«It's so rare to meet a team that fuses veteran pedigree with genuine spirit, skill and
an innate affinity for the passions of core gamers,» noted Mr. Gunnarsson.
You'll have to know a vague idea of each character's «role» in a group (which is fairly obvious once you're at the 50 + hour time mark), you probably need to know how to level artes (which the game does a very nice job of explaining), and knowing how to gem (even only on a very basic level) would probably be helpful, but you by no means have to go into the world of
affinity coins to complete the main story assuming you are a player of average skill and ability level, nor do you have to feel the
innate need to update your character's equipment every 5 minutes (unless if you're preparing
for a boss encounter).