badcrumble
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Penance is hella boring and it is 100% okay to just Zanmato him (especially because, as you indicated, turn order is more important than leveling).
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Penance is hella boring and it is 100% okay to just Zanmato him (especially because, as you indicated, turn order is more important than leveling).
I bought the game yesterday for PS Vita now that it is on sale in Europe. I have already played it before btw and when I booted it I saw 3 choices. The first was FFX, the 2nd was Eternal Calm and the 3rd something about credits.
Unless I am missing something there is no warning about what Eternal Calm is so if someone watches it without having played the game this is like a massive spoiler straight in your face thing right?
I also selected the credits option out of curiosity... So both for this and the Eternal Calm you can't even quit if you want to do so and your only choice is to wait for those things to finish or just quit the game altogether and return to the dashboard?
Wtf S-E..
Unless I am missing something there is no warning about what Eternal Calm is so if someone watches it without having played the game this is like a massive spoiler straight in your face thing right?
I also selected the credits option out of curiosity... So both for this and the Eternal Calm you can't even quit if you want to do so and your only choice is to wait for those things to finish or just quit the game altogether and return to the dashboard?
Wtf S-E..
Wolf Akela
Member
I believe it's FFX - Eternal Calm - X-2 - Bonus Audio.
But for some reason, FFX Vita also has Bonus Audio.
But for some reason, FFX Vita also has Bonus Audio.
demosthenes
Member
Anyone have advice on path to take once you're done collecting the Monster Arena which I'm almost done with?
Guess I want a little help on having direction.
Guess I want a little help on having direction.
Wolf Akela
Member
Grab all Aeons if you still haven't. Form a main party get their ultimate weapons (do. Grind some random nodes until you can beat up the Species Conquest monsters which give you attribute nodes. I would prioritize farming STR/DEF/MDEF. Trying setting up the Don Tonberry trick.
This is honestly a very boring point of the end game. There are so many things you can do, but they all rely on doing something else to make it go faster.
demosthenes
Member
I remember the level trick. Wings to Discovery (triple ap & break hp limit) seem incredibly difficult to get :\
badcrumble
Member
Grind for Triple AP weapons on One-Eye, because Overdrive->AP and Double/Triple Overdrive are pretty easy to customize.
demosthenes
Member
Ooooooh, wow didn't know / forgot b/c it was forever ago that those were dropped, great idea.
Wolf Akela
Member
Break HP Limit is entirely skippable. I made BHPL armors just because I wanted to statmax.
One-Eye drops Triple AP weapons. Just customize Overdrive->AP on it, which requires 10 Doors to Tomorrow. You should have 99 of them as a reward from Monster Arena. IIRC you'll probably get 10 levels per Don Tonberry with just that. Try giving someone Auto-Phoenix (needs Mega Phoenixes), and try getting Tidus Auto-Haste assuming he's the one who suicides.
Once you can handle Ultima Buster, just farm him for the Don Tonberry armors. He can drop armor with OD->AP, Triple AP and Triple OD I believe. OD->AP is the easiest to customize out of those three so just add it if it's missing.
One-Eye drops Triple AP weapons. Just customize Overdrive->AP on it, which requires 10 Doors to Tomorrow. You should have 99 of them as a reward from Monster Arena. IIRC you'll probably get 10 levels per Don Tonberry with just that. Try giving someone Auto-Phoenix (needs Mega Phoenixes), and try getting Tidus Auto-Haste assuming he's the one who suicides.
Once you can handle Ultima Buster, just farm him for the Don Tonberry armors. He can drop armor with OD->AP, Triple AP and Triple OD I believe. OD->AP is the easiest to customize out of those three so just add it if it's missing.
Lumination
'enry 'ollins
Platinum get. Went the whole nine yards with fortune spheres for everyone. Worth it? Probably not. But I can finally say I did it. On to replaying X-2!
Wait, so you maxed out luck? You're crazy. If I had to kill another Earth Eater I'd go nuts.
Wolf Akela
Member
Species Conquest, Greater Sphere and Earth Eater in Monster Arena.
DPtheGod
Member
Wolf Akela
Member
Overkill makes them drop 2.
It's very grindy, especially HP, MAG, MDEF and LCK.
It's very grindy, especially HP, MAG, MDEF and LCK.
badcrumble
Member
Eh, Magic Defense Spheres are pretty easy to get, no? HP, Magic, and Luck, though, certainly yeah.
The Remiem Temple race is some bullshit. I remember someone posting a supposed method for getting the other chocobo to slow down, but it doesn't really work.
Wolf Akela
Member
Whoops. No idea why I put MDEF there. It's the easiest to get.
Games run fantastic on the Vita. They also look great.
In other news. YES GOT THE PLATINUM.
Fucking love this game. Worth every hour of killing the Man Eater.
Wolf Akela
Member
Only hiccup I remember is Yuna's first summoning cutscene in Besaid.
Resolution is slightly subnative but it's not obvious. I've seen waaaay too many people say it's native, but it's not.
demosthenes
Member
I just went back to the Cavern of the Stolen Fayth to finish it off for the monster arena and dark yojimbo popped up. I used my Yojimbo and paid him 200k and he Zanmato'd dark Yoji. Did I just save myself a whole lot of headache?
edit: Wiki just told me that you have to beat him 5 times, lol nope.
edit: Wiki just told me that you have to beat him 5 times, lol nope.
You have to beat him 5 times in a row. If you leave the cavern or save your game that 200k gil was basically for nothing.
Lumination
'enry 'ollins
I did it over the course of a month and a half on the subway to and from work. Gotta love the vita!
Yeah, there's no way I would have done all of this stuff if I didn't have it on the Vita. It inspires me to grind. It's the best!
Also, is there some kind of great walkthrough guide that tells me what I should be doing and when in FFX-2 in order not to miss stuff? I'm downloading FFX-2 right now and gotta prepare. This stuff is serious bizz.
demosthenes
Member
Yea I reset :lol
I was having a pain in the ass with Tonberry in the cave. I found a hint online that he only appears in the 'green' areas. I am a firm believer in this. I rotated between 2 of them and found Tonberry within 5 monsters each time. So glad that's over, on to Omega!
demosthenes
Member
I've been doing Catcher Chocobo for a little while now. God damn I wish there was a reset button. When it sets up the balloons in her favor, there isn't even a point of doing it.
Somnium986
Member
Finished FFX recently. Still awesome. The remodeled faces don't really bother me that much, but they should've left Yuna's face alone. She just looks so generic. The Tidus remodel grew on me after a while, and I think I prefer the HD version now. Everything looks so much better . Didn't realize it till I watched some old vids but the menu screens got a nice upgrade too. XD
The only thing that was kind of disappointing was the international content. All the best painless strategies involve Wakka's overdrive, and I hate Blitz Ball. Why is the best overdrive locked behind Blitz Ball! Had no idea he was so useful. The least annoying ways to max your stats seem to involve his overdrive too. ;_;
Oh well maybe I'll try Blitz Ball on my second file...
And after 13 years of saying "Fuck that" I finally got the Sun Sigil. Probably the least fun I've had playing a Final Fantasy game. First couple of tries I was absolutely certain I got 0.0 , only to see 0.4 on my screen... Then as if to mock me after getting hit by a gaggle of birds, the chocobo trainer 15 balloons, 1 bird hit in 34 seconds giving him 0.0. I've never wanted to chuck my controller through my TV so badly before. An hour later I got my Sun Sigil. What the hell were they thinking when they made this mini game?
Playing FFX-2 right now. Battle systems is a fun as ever, but did it always look better than FFX? I remember going back to it on PS2 and it was a hazy mess compared to FFX PS2. The animations looked surprisingly good in battle. Don't remember it looking like that.
The only thing that was kind of disappointing was the international content. All the best painless strategies involve Wakka's overdrive, and I hate Blitz Ball. Why is the best overdrive locked behind Blitz Ball! Had no idea he was so useful. The least annoying ways to max your stats seem to involve his overdrive too. ;_;
Oh well maybe I'll try Blitz Ball on my second file...
And after 13 years of saying "Fuck that" I finally got the Sun Sigil. Probably the least fun I've had playing a Final Fantasy game. First couple of tries I was absolutely certain I got 0.0 , only to see 0.4 on my screen... Then as if to mock me after getting hit by a gaggle of birds, the chocobo trainer 15 balloons, 1 bird hit in 34 seconds giving him 0.0. I've never wanted to chuck my controller through my TV so badly before. An hour later I got my Sun Sigil. What the hell were they thinking when they made this mini game?
Playing FFX-2 right now. Battle systems is a fun as ever, but did it always look better than FFX? I remember going back to it on PS2 and it was a hazy mess compared to FFX PS2. The animations looked surprisingly good in battle. Don't remember it looking like that.
Al Bhed Potions with Use command are so nice. Though, depending how much you've grinded before Bikanel, that 1000 hp (+Antidote) isn't probably enough. And you can have two persons with Use command on that place, Rikku and Kimahri.
I enjoyed Blitz when I first played the game on PS2, but now, I decided to mostly give up
on building the most OP team again, as I remember what a pain tech copying techs and keeping your team properly leveled was. Thankfully you should need to play at minimum 17 matches to get all the stuff you need from Blitzball.
Sun Sigil was still easy to get, but damn that Remiem chocobo race and trying to get 5 chests, that's frustrating. Thanks to the awful camera and controls. And the opponent sometimes just being sillyfast. About that chocobo trainer race, never try to get into her lane on the first straight, just go your lane and try to get at least 3-4 balloons. Turn sharp and plan your way on the course. Still, sucks if you don't remember the bird spawns and run straight in front of one.
And I'm cursing myself for playing on the standard sphere grid, it has more places to fill, why I did do that. And I need to fill the grid with all characters, not fun, especially grinding those fortune spheres, because why fill the grid and not get max stats.
If +1000 HP isn't enough healing you're horribly overleveled and should probably be walking away from everything unscathed anyway.
Actually, you shouldn't be taking much if any damage from random encounters regardless of your levels.
Some random encounters can be deadly, if you happen to get confused or so, or those funguar enemies decide to make your entire party sleep and then take their time roasting you. But on late game, there's nothing first strike doesn't cure.
Anyways, how's the Creature Creator on X-2? Do you keep what you've done with it on NG+ or do you need to start from the scratch. At least it seems to make me only need to make two playthroughs to get everything I need, as the tournaments seem to drop some rare accessories.
Somnium986
Member
Yeah I did all of that. It still took me a little over 2 hours to get the sigil. I've heard that you can improve steering by holding all the shoulder buttons? Or is that simply not true?
Started my first game on the expert grid, then switched to standard. Was having trouble keeping track of everyone's grid. Will start on expert grid next playthrough though. It was fun having Yuna use black magic early on.
You can hit the poles if you're going for the trophy.
There's a boss fight at the beginning of Gagazet (next area) where you can steal a whole bunch.
Tagged just in case.
Have Kimahrii steal them from Biran and Yenke.
Thanks for the answer, I'll see how that goes. No need to tag spoilers, I'm very familiar with X and X-2.
Trying to do the Chocobo race at the moment to get Tidus' weapon thing and I swear this is going to be impossible on Vita. The controls are so flimsy.
And fuck them for not putting in a Start > Restart option.
Vashetti, your avatar really fits in the mood of your posts 
Also, screw Master Tonberries and their spawn rate, basically everything else in Omega Ruins have been captured but not those bastards. At least I can get progress on that Coward overdrive mode from escaping every battle.
Also, screw Master Tonberries and their spawn rate, basically everything else in Omega Ruins have been captured but not those bastards. At least I can get progress on that Coward overdrive mode from escaping every battle.
Vashetti, your avatar really fits in the mood of your posts
Also, screw Master Tonberries and their spawn rate, basically everything else in Omega Ruins have been captured but not those bastards. At least I can get progress on that Coward overdrive mode from escaping every battle.
Ha, I didn't even notice.
coolfighter1993
Banned
Hey guys, I finished FFX 2 times (once on the PS2 and the other time on the Vita) and I struggled with it, without Trio of 9999 I wouldn't be able to finish 2 times.
Can anyone give me any tips to be less dependable on Trio of 9999? It would mean that Trio of 9999 would be my last option not the main option. What weapon/armour would you recommend (how do I get it)? Which path should I take on the sphere grid? I'm currently on expert sphere grid as I've just restarted the game after finishing the second time this morning (1 AM Dutch time btw.)
Can anyone give me any tips to be less dependable on Trio of 9999? It would mean that Trio of 9999 would be my last option not the main option. What weapon/armour would you recommend (how do I get it)? Which path should I take on the sphere grid? I'm currently on expert sphere grid as I've just restarted the game after finishing the second time this morning (1 AM Dutch time btw.)
Bosses in FFX are all about strategy on knowledge really. Most bosses either cause very little damage and try and kill you with gimmicks or there's a certain way to play around them.
Using your characters and to their strengths and correctly using your abilities makes a ton of difference. Most bosses in this game are absolutely crippled by things I think JRPG players are used to avoiding. Status effects and niche skills like Provoke, Nul- spells, or Sentinel are all extremely useful in this game.
As for the Expert Sphere Grid, if you're being efficient, it's really not all that different than the Normal Sphere Grid. You can customize however you want, but there's not a lot of things worth leaving the character's path for. (Lulu and Yuna are probably the biggest benefactors of choosing the Expert Grid)
coolfighter1993
Banned
Thank you for the help, I appreciate it.