How is it taking people that long...? You only need one goal and then you can leave the game sitting there, the clock runs at double speed, it's only 5 minutes per game (plus time in menus). Was done in 3~ hours or so, had to run around twice to recruit people again after reset data.
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How is it taking people that long...? You only need one goal and then you can leave the game sitting there, the clock runs at double speed, it's only 5 minutes per game (plus time in menus). Was done in 3~ hours or so, had to run around twice to recruit people again after reset data.
BrokenIcarus
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Yeah Wakkas Sigil took me under 3h. It's only 25 games.
Jecht Shot takes care of business.
Jecht Shot takes care of business.
ColonelSkills
Member
Wait, sit there? Doesn't that trigger an encounter and then the clock stops anyway?
Capturing enemies in the Omega Dungeon is a real slow grind. It's a proper balancing game here to ensure you survive and still be able to capture. I've equipped Tidus with Caladbolg so he can do big damage to the armored/bigger enemies to make it quicker for Wakka/Auron to finish them off with capture. Throwing in debuffs and whatnot as well to weaken or prevent the more status-inflicting enemies from wrecking me if possible. Capture weapons without break damage limit make this a real pain at times. I can deal with most of the Omega enemies now but things like Great Marlboros are continuing to be a pain to capture (killing them outright is easy) because of Ambush. I hear the Great Marlboros inside Sin don't start with Ambush though? That would make things a lot easier where they're concerned...
I guess I should really just go and get me some Ribbon armors and build the ultimate armors and then return to make it easier to capture the enemies who love to inflict every status under the sun on you. Got some makeshift status-preventing (stoneproof, darkward, things like that) armors as placeholders to give me a bit of extra space and time.
This worked a charm. Went to the green room and got 8 Tonberries in like an hour. :lol
I guess I should really just go and get me some Ribbon armors and build the ultimate armors and then return to make it easier to capture the enemies who love to inflict every status under the sun on you. Got some makeshift status-preventing (stoneproof, darkward, things like that) armors as placeholders to give me a bit of extra space and time.
This worked a charm. Went to the green room and got 8 Tonberries in like an hour. :lol
Not if you're behind your goalie. The other team will just swim around in circles in the middle of the map.
ColonelSkills
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Welp, fuck. Learn something new every day.
How is killing them easy whole capturing is not?Because of Break Damage Limit?
In this specific case, just use First Strike and Provoke to make them harmless.
Thanks, that sounds like it will work wonders.
Fright Zone
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Just got nine Lv. 3 Key spheres, a Return sphere, Friend sphere and 6 new Ronso Rages from the Biran and Yenke fight, great haul!
First Strike -> Provoke for enemies that ambush you.
Silencer Buster for enemies with status inflicting counter attacks (Demonolith).
A few of the Omega Ruins enemies are also weak to Delay Buster (Wraith) and you can kill them before they hit you, it counts as a weapon attack so it can capture too.
ColonelSkills
Member
That feel when Nimrook's contract expires and they fucking go ahead and hire Keepa in his place.
Birgitte2004
Member
Finished collecting monsters.
I thought Clear Spheres required beating Nemesis but I haven't even unlocked him and can still buy the spheres.
I don't really know where to go now. Just the thought of messing with the sphere grid makes me bored. Actually doing it? Ugh.
Maybe I'll fire up FFX-2.
I thought Clear Spheres required beating Nemesis but I haven't even unlocked him and can still buy the spheres.
I don't really know where to go now. Just the thought of messing with the sphere grid makes me bored. Actually doing it? Ugh.
Maybe I'll fire up FFX-2.
Sin Great Malboros don't auto-ambush, yes. Also if you really wanted to you could leave Omega Dungeon for last (get 5 of each, then put 10 of each off till you have enough free junk to put break damage limit on a capture weapon)
Clear Spheres are 5 of each.
boredandlazy
Member
Did you just steal those items during the fight?
XJF
Member
I'm following official Guide, it has a checklist in the back for 100%, and I check the walkthrough for individual things to do in each area to make sure it matches. I did a thing or two out of order in the 15 minutes into chapter 4 I got, so I assume that's it somehow..
There are two problems. Firstly, the guides are essentially all derivative of the original Brady Games guide and most of the elaborations are what the writer of the guide -thinks- triggers the percentages. Sometimes these are off (you get percentage before the guide says you should especially when watching the same comsphere many times in a row) or are otherwise not descriptive enough so you're often left wondering 'did I already fulfill this checkmark lol'
Secondly and more relevant is the game only shows you percentage in integers, while the guide does increments of 0.2% meaning you can't be sure you're spot on as far as the guide is concerned unless the "total" lands on a X.0% which can be hours apart at times.
Secondly and more relevant is the game only shows you percentage in integers, while the guide does increments of 0.2% meaning you can't be sure you're spot on as far as the guide is concerned unless the "total" lands on a X.0% which can be hours apart at times.
XJF
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I would recommend using the KG21 guide from gamefaqs along side it, just for assurance. I know a few people who have had success with that guide
At the beginning of Chapter 4, the official guide has Watching Crimson Record 2 & 3, and resting in the cabin adding 1.8% for a total of 61.4%, then some CommSphere stuff that leads to 62.2%. Then it says Talk to Paine on Deck of Celsius for 0.8% leading to a total of 63.0%.
However, KG21's guide has, Resting, Talking to Paine, and watching the 2 Crimson Records all together for the 1.8% that totals to 61.4%.
Which is right?
thanks, i was doing it with cactuar king though, but it works the same. leveling up 3 characters at once..
but i've ran into a problem, i've started running out of spheres.. is there a easy way to get them? specifically power spheres.
i've tried fighting KOTTOS but he's way too hard (unless there's a special method?) do i just have to fight normal enemies for ages?
1 character with Break Damage Limit should be enough. My setup is something like this since I don't have Auto-Protect/Auto-Haste and Break Damage Limit on all of my current characters:
Party Member 1: Character with High HP and Defense
Party Member 2: Healer (Yuna)
Party Member 3: Hitter with Break Damage Limit
1. Cast Hastega on the First Turn (any character).
2. Cast Protect using Party Member 2 on Party Member 1.
3. Wait for the turn of Party Member 1 then make him/her use Sentinel.
4. Once Sentinel is up, use your character with Break Damage Limit to Extract the Sphere you want then bash Quick Hit. Cast Curaga using Party Member 2 on Party Member 1 if his/her HP gets too low.
5. Rinse and repeat until enemy is dead.
I tried to rely on Auto-Phoenix on my initial attempt but my hitter loses his/her Haste buff once he/she dies so it takes longer.
SoraanTribal
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For me, it wasn't even really the time factor that made me hate getting Wakka's sigil. It's just boring as fuck. Every game proceeded like this (because it was the most assured way to win): Grab ball with Brother, round up all the opposing team to the opposite side of the arena, pass to Tidus who is on the other side at the goal, shoot and score. Repeat this x100. The Al Bhed Psyches were annoying simply because of their goalie being really good. And the Guado team was also annoying because of how fast they were. Brother couldn't really outrun them very well. But every other team it was a joke. And just..boring.
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Reading all these posts about FFX-2 makes me almost dread playing that game. I want to get 100%, but it seems like such a chore.
So don't go for 100%.
SoraanTribal
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But I mustttt! On my first playthrough (well, my only playthrough) of FFX-2 back when it released, I got like 98-99% and was so pissed off. I ended up watching the perfect ending on youtube years later. But I'd like to actually get 100% this time. It just sounds like a big pain, though. I wish they had been a bit more lenient on the requirements.
This is what I've been using and so far so good, the checks are really thorough and it certainly covers everything, at least so far.
XJF
Member
I figured it all out. The guide was talking about talking to her on the Bridge, but mistakenly put Deck. I'm back on track now.
just did a speed run of Chapter 4 directly after doing the Mi'ihen CommSphere stuff to get to Chapter 5 and make sure all my stuff pegged Rikku as the culprit. It Did! Now to reload and do the rest of Chapter 4 by the book.... I hate chapter 4...
Seems like over half the people in this thread went for the Platinum in X
brandonh83
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Am I the only one that thinks Lightning Returns would have made for a far superior Vita/handheld version than a console version? For one the graphics left a lot to be desired, but would look phenomenally good as a portable game. For two, the questing and sheer amount of sidequests have a very pick up and play nature to them. For three... eh that's all I've got but I think I made my point.
XJF
Member
The hardest parts are the Sphere Grid trophies. So monotonous. Hard to carry on through that.
And complained about it for like 40 hours which boggles the mind.
cpp_is_king
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XJF
Member
Exactly. Takes forever. Not to mention all the times you have to fight Kottos to get spheres to activate nodes. I'd almost rather do Chapter 4 of X-2 repeatedly for the rest of my life than do that again lol
stargateheaven
Member
ok, i started hunting more monsters, and i got power spheres back since then, started doing ap trick again. when i run out i'll start collecting monsters again.
weirdly rikku is my strongest character.. 40k damage from an attack. lol.
so i can take one-eye out ini a few quick hits now.
weirdly rikku is my strongest character.. 40k damage from an attack. lol.
so i can take one-eye out ini a few quick hits now.
Yep, you have to do the Omega ruins.
Also, you have like a billion to one chance of doing it.
XJF
Member
Maybe not in one minute, but you can reliably get 99 S.lvl's in about 3 minutes using the Don Tonberry trick.
CambriaRising
Member
It was a tedious but ultimately fulfilling task.
It consists almost entirely of hanging around on the airship and spying on people.