I've come to the conclusion that Death doesn't do anything in Final Fantasy XIII. There's one hunt where I read a guide that says you can kill it with Death and get the Growth Egg while you still have some use for it. I tried like 20 times. Each attempt involved casting death 5-10 times. It never worked. Not even once. Even with "improved debuffing II" on Vanille.
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Professor Beef
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Final Fantasy Wiki said:
So there ya go.
Professor Beef
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It doesn't say that you can't use it when someone is staggered, it says that you can't boost the chances of it working when they're staggered.Roto13 said:
Aeana said:
I think it was because ol' Hironobu wanted an operatic / Renaissance European theme to FF6, so Uematsu probably drew heavily from sources from that era.
It wouldn't be the first or last time he draws from other genres to match the theme of the game; see Otherworld.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Death works too slowly and is quite inefficient, even with additional debuffs. It's better to fight it head on using good Optima settings. It does work, however. Debuff it as much as possible when you take out its legs and cast Death on it when it falls. I usually went with the "if it doesn't die during the first fall, then restart" policy.
I personally go with a Fang/Vanille/Snow party for early postgame, but for a quicker takedown in mid/late-postgame, go with a Fang/Vanille/Lightning party. Debuffing the thing makes it go down faster.
Ingots and Traps were hard to come by for me, so I ended up fighting more Guis instead for money and Dark Matters. >.>
I personally go with a Fang/Vanille/Snow party for early postgame, but for a quicker takedown in mid/late-postgame, go with a Fang/Vanille/Lightning party. Debuffing the thing makes it go down faster.
Ingots and Traps were hard to come by for me, so I ended up fighting more Guis instead for money and Dark Matters. >.>
Professor Beef
Banned
It's been a while since I updated, and I've done a whole bunch of shit in FF7.
After convincing Roto13's grandpappy to hide our stash and turn his 3D space model into a safe house, we decided to go back to the City of the Ancients and find out what in the world Boney was up to. Turns out Boney was trying to save the world, but Sephiroth put a damper on that plan. Our mission is now clear:save the cheerleader kill Sephiroth, save the world. Before we could put that plan into motion however, there was a bit of a crisis that needed to be taken care of. Shinra somehow moved the Junon Cannon (without anybody noticing) and plopped it on top of Midgar like a stack of Legos (again, with few people noticing and also within the span of no more than 2 weeks). Their plan was to fire a huge blast of energy at Sephiroth's shield so people could get inside to where he is.
Unfortunately, one of the Weapon critters decided to intervene. It managed to get a volley off, but not before getting a hole in its chest for its trouble. It was a cool twofer: shield goes down, Rufus blows up. Unfortunately, before we could attack Sephiroth, Hojo decides he's going tocontinue to be a dick and overloads the cannon. Not only that, but Reeve (the Oracle to Gravijah's Batman) gets thrown in prison by Gwah-hah-hah and Kya-hah-hah.
Since it had been a while since we all did anything badass, I took Kagari and Billychu with me and we decided to parachute into Midgar. We traveled through the stanky sewers until we finally get out just in time for Heidegger and Scarlet to somehow sneak by us in a giant fucking robot. We didn't have time for their crap, so I asked Kagari to cast Knights of the Round so we could hurry up. Once that was done, we met up with Hojo and killed him dead. We celebrated Shinra's defeat by having everybody leave the ship and find out what they're fighting for, which left me and ULTROS by ourselves.
After a very subtly implied sexy scene, we go back onto the ship and find out that everyone has come back. Even Dark Schala came back, but tried to play it cool and did a backflip onto the ledge that she's always standing on. After some more cheerful hellos, Billychu flipped a switch and we zoomed off to Disc 3.
I decided that before we head into the big, ominous crater, I should take care of a few things. I KO'd Ultima Weapon (which took me a long time since I didn't know you could cast KotR and have him instantly go to Cosmo Canyon). And since I was collecting Enemy Skills, we headed back to Wutai so Kagari could finally settle things with her father. After a grueling fight (read: waiting for him to cast Trine), they finally made up...and Kagari's father told her to steal our materia again. :|
Right now, my save file is just outside of Gold Saucer and I'm trying to figure out if I want to try doing the Secret Battle stuff, or just head to the Crater.
After convincing Roto13's grandpappy to hide our stash and turn his 3D space model into a safe house, we decided to go back to the City of the Ancients and find out what in the world Boney was up to. Turns out Boney was trying to save the world, but Sephiroth put a damper on that plan. Our mission is now clear:
Unfortunately, one of the Weapon critters decided to intervene. It managed to get a volley off, but not before getting a hole in its chest for its trouble. It was a cool twofer: shield goes down, Rufus blows up. Unfortunately, before we could attack Sephiroth, Hojo decides he's going to
Since it had been a while since we all did anything badass, I took Kagari and Billychu with me and we decided to parachute into Midgar. We traveled through the stanky sewers until we finally get out just in time for Heidegger and Scarlet to somehow sneak by us in a giant fucking robot. We didn't have time for their crap, so I asked Kagari to cast Knights of the Round so we could hurry up. Once that was done, we met up with Hojo and killed him dead. We celebrated Shinra's defeat by having everybody leave the ship and find out what they're fighting for, which left me and ULTROS by ourselves.
After a very subtly implied sexy scene, we go back onto the ship and find out that everyone has come back. Even Dark Schala came back, but tried to play it cool and did a backflip onto the ledge that she's always standing on. After some more cheerful hellos, Billychu flipped a switch and we zoomed off to Disc 3.
I decided that before we head into the big, ominous crater, I should take care of a few things. I KO'd Ultima Weapon (which took me a long time since I didn't know you could cast KotR and have him instantly go to Cosmo Canyon). And since I was collecting Enemy Skills, we headed back to Wutai so Kagari could finally settle things with her father. After a grueling fight (read: waiting for him to cast Trine), they finally made up...and Kagari's father told her to steal our materia again. :|
Right now, my save file is just outside of Gold Saucer and I'm trying to figure out if I want to try doing the Secret Battle stuff, or just head to the Crater.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Fifth Ark usually seems to be the make or break point in FFXIII--some people stay one after, but some people just really dislike the location's design a lot and they put the game down as a result.
That was the point where I almost quit during my English playthrough. I didn't like it much on my Japanese playthrough.
That was the point where I almost quit during my English playthrough. I didn't like it much on my Japanese playthrough.
You should've taken me along for the Hojo battle for extra dialogue. He's responsible for my dear love's unhappiness and isolation!Professor Beef said:
Professor Beef
Banned
Yeah, but he also had sex with her, so I figured bringing you would've been preeeeeetty awkward.Dark Schala said:You should've taken me along for the Hojo battle for extra dialogue. He's responsible for my dear love's unhappiness and isolation!
Professor Beef
Banned
Yeah, I got everyone's ultimate weapons. I'm fairly certain I got everyone's Level 4 Limits too.ULTROS! said:Were you able to get the ultimate weapons for your characters, Beef?
Don't forget ULTROS' ultimate weapon.
Professor Beef
Banned
yes but you're still a kidnapperGravijah said:
I think I'm at the point where all of the C'ieth Missions I have left to do in XIII are hard ones. That's enough for me, I guess. I'm kind of surprised that I played the game for 80 hours. I don't usually spend that much time with games, even RPGs. Of course a lot of that was probably just spent idle on the menu screen while I dicked around on the internet or something.
Cait Sith is pronounced nothing like Cait Shit.
Cait Sith is pronounced nothing like Cait Shit.
The Fifth Ark didn't really bother me so much aside from the super hard boss battle. It's basically like every other part of the game except you have more freedom to develop your characters. (Which is more of a hindrance than a help, really. ) And after that it's
Yeah, it's annoying the first few times a behemoth stands up and heals itself until you realize that's it's going to happen pretty much every time and it just becomes a part of the battle.
) And after that it's
on to Gran Pulse, which is the best part of the game before the post-game.
Yeah, it's annoying the first few times a behemoth stands up and heals itself until you realize that's it's going to happen pretty much every time and it just becomes a part of the battle.
I know it's going to happen and I still hate it!Roto13 said:The Fifth Ark didn't really bother me so much aside from the super hard boss battle. It's basically like every other part of the game except you have more freedom to develop your characters. (Which is more of a hindrance than a help, really.on to Gran Pulse, which is the best part of the game before the post-game.
Yeah, it's annoying the first few times a behemoth stands up and heals itself until you realize that's it's going to happen pretty much every time and it just becomes a part of the battle.
Hated it all the way until the end the last time I played the game. (._. )
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Sazh is awesome, though... just because he's the RIC King. Want a quick takedown? Bring Sazh and equip his RIC gear and have him use Cold Blood repeatedly. :3
Well... Hojo does seem popular with the ladies. What's his secret?!Professor Beef said:
Professor Beef
Banned
Ladies love bad boys. I bet if I tried to take over the world right now, I would at least get one phone number.Dark Schala said:Well... Hojo does seem popular with the ladies. What's his secret?!
Professor Beef
Banned
I have none of those features. Damn, I should start planning a takeover right now.Aeana said:
Not only is Hojo The Bad Boy, he's also rich as hell and famous from running the world's biggest company. Bill Gates could probably pull off the same effect if he walked to a beach.
That's the one thing that Dirge of Cerberus got hilariously right. I remember lots of fan speculation with FF7. How did Hojo get with Lucretia? What did Hojo have over the prettyboy Vincent? Did Hojo rape her? Did he blackmail her? It's gotta be something horribly dramatic!
...Nope, she just liked older guys with status and money.
That's the one thing that Dirge of Cerberus got hilariously right. I remember lots of fan speculation with FF7. How did Hojo get with Lucretia? What did Hojo have over the prettyboy Vincent? Did Hojo rape her? Did he blackmail her? It's gotta be something horribly dramatic!
...Nope, she just liked older guys with status and money.
I've been playing through Final Fantasy IV: The After Years for some time now, and I've got to say it caught me off guard. I'm really enjoying it. It's not like an absolutely marvelous game or anything like that, but going in with lowered expectations, I really am impressed. Kind of like Final Fantasy IV, the plot is interesting enough to keep me playing, but subdued enough to not bog anything down. The individual tales are short enough to play one fully on a free night, but long enough to add intrigue to the overall package. I've basically been knocking out one chapter a night.
I'm currently just at the beginning of "The Crystals" which is the last chapter of the game (I think).
I'm currently just at the beginning of "The Crystals" which is the last chapter of the game (I think).
Roto13 said:
I got the whatever part drop on my first fight with those whatever guys.
I would say that the game is too easy, like FFIV. So far anyway. The hardest fights are the Challenge Dungeon bosses (the first couple of times through a dungeon) and the rare monsters you fight for tails. With the former, there's a save point right before, so it's not a big deal.
I'm not bothering with grinding for the 'tail' items.
Oh, and Edward's and Porom's Challenge Dungeons were booorrrriiinnnggg. I liked the rest though.
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
My problem with After Years is that the content is heavily recycled from the original game (that is, if you played FFIV PSP). Not to mention you go through the same location many times but in different perspectives.
Also, some chapters are too long as compared to the others like Edward's (which has a loooooot of backtracking).
Also, some chapters are too long as compared to the others like Edward's (which has a loooooot of backtracking).
http://eldi13.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=0
someone has made all the logos, including type-0, versus and xiii-2, without text in vector format, these go as big as you want. looks amazing
someone has made all the logos, including type-0, versus and xiii-2, without text in vector format, these go as big as you want. looks amazing
Hey, those are really cool.miladesn said:http://eldi13.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=0
someone has made all the logos, including type-0, versus and xiii-2, without text in vector format, these go as big as you want. looks amazing
So I was watching the Bravely Default trailer the other day and noticed the guy in this picture with the hat:
Is "The Adventurer" from FF:4HOL:
Upon further research (via the FF Wikia):
Is "The Adventurer" from FF:4HOL:
Upon further research (via the FF Wikia):
Having recently beaten 4HOL, this was exciting news to me and something I would expect to be more common knowledge. Did anyone else know about this?