You just can't disassociate religion (can be anything actually) to people especially if it's deeply embedded in their culture/way of life. It also applies to real life like in politics where a slight change in name or usage of a popular term is all you need to prove that in essence, you are still the same party even with a change in perspective.
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You just can't disassociate religion (can be anything actually) to people especially if it's deeply embedded in their culture/way of life. It also applies to real life like in politics where a slight change in name or usage of a popular term is all you need to prove that in essence, you are still the same party even with a change in perspective.
I know but my point Yevon is an extreme, extreme example of this. A real world example would if, and I feel really uncomfortable bringing this up, only after 2 years the end of WWII, there's a party running for power calling themselves the 'Neo-Nazi' in Germany and some managed to get enough support to be a major power. Now it doesn't matter if this 'Neo-Nazi's slogan is for the betterment of mankind, people are not going to take it seriously at best and outright condemn it at worst.
SoraanTribal
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I wonder how this compares to my original FFX-2 guide I got when the game first released. Should be the same, I'd imagine since most of the new International stuff is optional dresspheres and the tournament which have no impact on the Story % afaik.
Isn't the maximum % over 100% though?
XJF
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After my 7 playthroughs on PS2 I had 100+%. forgot the actual number though. Not sure if that was a glitch or something that was fixed in the I+LM version
SoraanTribal
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OmegaDL50
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Most of the information in the HD Remaster guide is carry overs from the original Brady guides for FFX and FFX-2, a lot of the fluff was cutout, text was made smaller to fit the content of both books into a single book and info covering most of the International Content was added.
100% completion in whole refers to the story completion percentile. All of the new content such as the two new Dress Spheres, Monster Capture / Recruits, the Monster Tournament, and of course Last Mission which like you said won't contribute to getting this 100%.
Took me exactly 36 minutes of on and off TV whole gaming to do the Chocobo Catcher. I just stuck to a few sale things and I came out alright.
1. Not getting hit is more important than getting a balloon.
2. I focused on just the left side, to get more practice that way.
3. Most importantly. DON'T HOLD FORWARD. The Chocobo moves forward on its own. All you need to do us steer left and right, and it's impossible to go backward so that makes everything easier. Since you can only go forward, it's less steering and more, directing. The Chocobo have about 5 or 7 different angles of turning radius. I just used the D-pad to fine tune exactly how far left or right I wanted to go. And I never held the button down, that's a good way to lose your bearings.
4. Second most importantly. Your run is over after 3 bird hits. Which means you're gonna get screwed over. A lot. Turn the TV on or something and wait out the last 15 seconds of failure when you know you lost a run. Take a chill pill.
1. Not getting hit is more important than getting a balloon.
2. I focused on just the left side, to get more practice that way.
3. Most importantly. DON'T HOLD FORWARD. The Chocobo moves forward on its own. All you need to do us steer left and right, and it's impossible to go backward so that makes everything easier. Since you can only go forward, it's less steering and more, directing. The Chocobo have about 5 or 7 different angles of turning radius. I just used the D-pad to fine tune exactly how far left or right I wanted to go. And I never held the button down, that's a good way to lose your bearings.
4. Second most importantly. Your run is over after 3 bird hits. Which means you're gonna get screwed over. A lot. Turn the TV on or something and wait out the last 15 seconds of failure when you know you lost a run. Take a chill pill.
SoraanTribal
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Ah okay. I'll just use my Brady Games guide then. And I might look at another one just to double check before I do each chapter.
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You know, there's one thing I don't really like about FFX - the weapon and armor system. In theory, it sounds great - having the ability to customize and add auto-abilities/etc to your weapons. But it makes getting new weapons quite boring sometimes. In other RPGs/FFs, you find a new/better weapon fairly often - that's always fun. But in FFX, I go for LONG stretches of play with never changing my weapon at all. I have used Brotherhood since I got it at the beginning of the game. And I'll likely continue to use it until I get his ultimate weapon. I guess part of it is I just finished Lightning Returns a little bit ago, and that game has such fun customization that I feel like FFX lacks. I mean, I like the sphere grid - that's still great. Just not a fan of the weapon/armor system.
MetalGearOnlineK
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Got the Vinus Sigil on my second try. Used the crater. First try I got about 25, then I turned off the volume and got 295 in about 25 minutes.
XJF
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Flare?
No, its definitely a fire spell. Festivalist Yuna has 4 elemental attacks that have a random factor, they either can be fire, fira, firaga or a fourth tier that I guess it will be called something like firaga 2 in english.
when you master those 4 elemental skills then you unlock a flare spell.
XJF
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It's still non-elemental, even in X and X-2. I thought this was a translational error, My bad
Vincent Alexander
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Why is it I get a hankering for Blitzball right as the game won't let me play it because of the plot?
Fancy Clown
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Same exact thing just happened to me
XJF
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Yes, You have to defeat all Species Conquest, Area Conquest, and Original Monsters to unlock Nemesis
OmegaDL50
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In games that have a fourth-tier of power they usually have a Ja suffix.
Firaja, Thundaja, Blizzaja, Waterja, and Aeroja exist in various FF titles. Notably FFXI, FF Tactics, and FF XII, and few spells in Bravely Default.
SoraanTribal
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Honestly, I feel like FFX has possibly the worst "end game" of any of the FFs. So much grinding/capturing/shit minigames, etc. And I don't even really think most of the end-game optional bosses are that fun or give enough good rewards to warrant the time it takes to (get ready to) kill them.
Yeah. Since I just yojimbo'd everything, it was kind of disappointing in a way.
Well, clearly the solution is to not yojimbo everything, but when the game hands you an "I WIN" button in one hand, and offers an alternative of 20 hours of monster grinding, it's a hard decision not to make.
I really enjoy the game, but new things annoyed me this time through. The dark aeons / penance were kind of a let down.
OmegaDL50
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None of the FF superbosses usually give significant rewards other then a key item that was little more then bragging rights.
Dating back to the first first super bosses in the series in FFV with Shinryu/Neo Shinryu and Omega /Omega Mk. V which simply were there.
FF7's Ruby and Emerald Weapon gave you a Gold Chocobo, which you probably already had at that point to get KOTR, and well at the point you also probably had the Master Materias as well.
FF8 again with Proof of Omega, and I doubt many thought rushing through FF9 to fight Ozma and to get the Excalibur II was hardly worth the planning involved, same for the near 4 hours it takes to kill Yazmat in FFXII.
No difference for the Dark Aeons and Penance either.
Unfortunately, the post game isn't very rewarding even if you decide not to Yojimbo. After your hours of stat grinding, you're rewarded with very shallow and boring fights.
I think the Monster Arena is fine, since you can beat most of it while your party is still relatively weak and there's a little more strategy to be had in the actual fights, beyond that though it gets very boring very quickly.
SoraanTribal
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I suppose, but getting to those bosses was a lot less time consuming than what all you have to do in FFX. Like to prepare for FFX's end game bosses, you have to do so much boring stuff and incredibly frustrating minigames. I don't think the gameplay at the end of FFX is particularly fun either, though. I love the base-FFX combat system, but the end game is just Quick Hit and Overdrive spam over and over (the bosses have such a crazy amount of HP). I'm not saying you don't have abilities like that in previous FF games (KoTR for example), but those fights were far more entertaining to me.
Can't not read it in their voice.
OmegaDL50
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The dialog during the Wagon Defense game along the Djose highroad is equally hilarious.
Are there any guides for the Expert Sphere Grid? I decided to use based on suggestions made in this thread, but it's my first time, and I don't really know which buffs the characters should get.
Also, this game looks so clean. Just got to Besaid Island, and the new theme being placed to the actual level works even better for me now.
Also, this game looks so clean. Just got to Besaid Island, and the new theme being placed to the actual level works even better for me now.
Could the fourth tier be Firagun?
Professor Beef
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Shinryu gave you a very powerful sword in FF5, and Ozma gave you a second Pumice Piece so you could fuse them to make the item to summon Ark.
OmegaDL50
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Scroll up the page abit, there is an actual name for the 4th level spells in FF series that I mentioned already, why it wasn't used in FFX-2 though is odd.
A lot of guides seem to put off "main missions" until the last possible moment. Even though in that case it wouldn't make a difference. I guess it's a typical video game habit. When you know the right way, it's ingrained (in some of us anyway) to go all of the wrong ways first.
It's interesting hearing my younger brothers adopt this from their older brothers. "No, I don't want to go that way yet. It's the way I'm supposed to go."
It's interesting hearing my younger brothers adopt this from their older brothers. "No, I don't want to go that way yet. It's the way I'm supposed to go."
Go for it. The book is nice, and it looks like the square enix store (U.S.) is still selling the LE version.
It's probably best to finish the mission in Macalania then head over to Besaid, but I personally just go down the list and save the story missions for last.
Not having White Mage isn't really a huge deal, a Songstress with the Healing Wind GG works just as well at that point.
It's not that you need it for healing, it's that you'll have more time with it to level it. But I guess if you actually want to walk around grinding instead of leveling it organically, it doesn't matter. Although I actually prefer to have access to pray when I do Mi'ihen Highroad.
SoraanTribal
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lol, this is so true. On games that have a way point or a button you can press to show you the way to continue on (like Bioshock Infinite/BaS for example), I'll press it to see where I have to go, but only so I don't go there first. I don't wanna miss anything, so I explore everywhere else first. xD
Heh, going in order like I do, Mi'ihen ends up being the first place you experience fights at. Getting a Shantak as your first fight is a fun experience.
As for leveling the White Mage, it's really not a problem. It is a Dressphere with a lot of good abilities to dump AP into, but every action it does earns AP so it ends up leveling fairly quickly as long as you make the effort to use it.
XJF
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I skipped Luck and Fortune spheres and just dropped MDef everywhere for the Perfect Grid Master trophy. Fuckk all kinds of that. You need like 55 Luck spheres and ~448 Fortune Spheres. I chose Sanity.
I'm in the Calm Lands in Chapter 1 of X-2. I have absolutely no desire to go on right now. May take a break. 102 hours of X in 11 days may have burned me out.
Regarding X-2 order, my very first play through and all following I always go to Moonflow first to get Gun Mage (love that dress sphere). It's tough, but doing a good amount of fighting there basically makes the rest of chapter 1 a cake walk.
X-2's biggest problem was that it was just too easy. One time, just to test the difficulty, I flew through chapters 2 and 3 only doing story missions (so missing a good bit of really good equipment and spheres) and it was still pathetically easy.
X-2's biggest problem was that it was just too easy. One time, just to test the difficulty, I flew through chapters 2 and 3 only doing story missions (so missing a good bit of really good equipment and spheres) and it was still pathetically easy.