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Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age |OT| You Had One Job!
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TurnipFritters
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I would assume Daggers/Ninja Swords, because Axes are the Ivalice-brand where their damage is highly variable.
Gunslinger
Member
Yeah I noticed that. I have been using axe and sometime it hit for 600 sometime 1000+ I am level 31 on vaan.ok back to Dagger it is. Btw where can I get a ninja sword? I just finished frans story arc in the woods area.
AmethystEnd
Member
The damage formula for axes has a bit where your damage is multiplied by a random value between 0 and 1.111.
This is why sometimes you'll hit for single or double digits.
This is why sometimes you'll hit for single or double digits.
Gunslinger
Member
Yeah it can be really frustrating at tight situations. But love those 1000+ hits too.
Almost had my first game over...
I mean it should be a game over when everyone in your party dies, but then they let me swap people in and finish the fight?
It was in the Golmore Jungle, very tough fight. Would have loved to get a game over screen though so I could go back in and try to beat it with the party I had now that I knew what attacks were coming
I mean it should be a game over when everyone in your party dies, but then they let me swap people in and finish the fight?
It was in the Golmore Jungle, very tough fight. Would have loved to get a game over screen though so I could go back in and try to beat it with the party I had now that I knew what attacks were coming
SirNinja
Member
I think you can buy it from the Clan Centurio merchant once your rank is high enough. It can also be synthesized at the Bazaar, though I forgot how (should show up as the "Cursed Necklace" once you do).
EDIT: It's not for sale anymore in the Centurio shop, that was only in the original version of FFXII. In TZA, the Niho can be found in a chest in Henne Mines Phase 2 and the Pharos Subterra. Bazaar recipe is Blood-stained Necklace x3, Death's-Head x2, Leo Gem x3.
Brigandier
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I managed to scrape past omega to get to trial 100.... It's impossible for me I have 2 people down and gambits set up for omega whilst in red HP at the start....
Think I'm gonna have to get some more of them belts that reverse medicines effects so I can spam easily off the bat.
If your limping over the finish line past omega, floor 100 is as good as over before it starts.
Think I'm gonna have to get some more of them belts that reverse medicines effects so I can spam easily off the bat.
If your limping over the finish line past omega, floor 100 is as good as over before it starts.
Zodiark has to be one of the worst bosses I've ever faced in a game. His last form is just so unfair. You can't hit him with anything and it just becomes a game of tossing Phoenix Downs/Arise and Curaja before he'll wipe you out with Smite or Darkja which will cast Death on you most of the time. He has barriers for physical and magical immunities and they come back in less than a second. What the hell?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Man this looks so good. Also, I can't believe Vaan's abs still look trash, they just look different kind of trash now lol.
AmethystEnd
Member
Red Mage can heal fine until you've got 2nd jobs. I did the same thing.
My Fran is going to be White Mage/Machinist and I did Machinist first.
No problems at all.
Red Mage and Archer both get White Magic 4 (Cura), so you're fine.
Luckily this time I ran back and got a TON of rare steals from the treasure coffers.. so if I have to run back and try the other (hopefully less bullshit) Espers I'm missing then I guess I can do that. It's just so frustrating when he doesn't have anything left and nothing will hit, no matter how long you wait, because there is only a second long window for his barriers.
SkylineRKR
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Basically the first 3 tiers of Ninja Swords are in the
Optional Lhusu Mine area accessible after accepting AntLion hunt. I think there is also one in the optional Barheim passage.
I'm not a fan of them yet though. So many enemies drain Dark its ridiculous.
Go Dagger/Ninja Swords. Axes are shit.
RPGCrazied
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Anyone? I want to remember there is such a thing.
A while, you have two massive dungeons coming up. I'd say probably 15 hours ? Hard to estimate.
It's called Sage Ring and it cuts MP usage by 50%
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MeisaMcCaffrey
I'm not aware of such an accessory but Sage's Ring halves the MP cost.
RPGCrazied
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That's it huh? I have that already but not the license I want on Vaan. Still trying to hunt for it. He is bushi, white mage.
there's the accessory that lets you spend gil instead of mana to cast spells too
yep feel free to
Of the ones you listed I'd go with Bushi to take advantage of her higher base Magic Power with Katanas/Shades of Black.
Knight could be decent too if you want to use the esper unlocks for White Magic on it. Could do both; Knight/Bushi is a strong combo.
Man this looks so good. Also, I can't believe Vaan's abs still look trash, they just look different kind of trash now lol.
FFXII was always a beautiful game, even now. It's just that low resolutions and interlacing does not mix well with HD Systems.
robotzombie
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Anyone know the best way to get scarletite? I'm trying to fight the Emeralditans in Nabreus Deadlands and I'm just not getting these at all. Is there a better way to do this?
The Aspidochelon Trophy rare game, just steal it, run two screen away respawn the mob again. Use the thief cuffs for bertter chances and make sure not to kill the ennemy since it's a trophy rare game if it dies it'll never respawn.
whiteninja
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Finally got this guy to spawn after a few hours. Almost died too.
I finally managed to beat Zodiark.. and I got quite lucky in that last fifteen second stretch. He'd killed everyone but Ashe and put up his barriers. Luckily I timed things just right and managed to beat him with a second to spare. Here is the video if anyone wants to watch.
KyanMehwulfe
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During the story it was usually just based on whatever had the highest 'level'.
I think I went Gladius through Raithwall, then I got a Hammerhead axe in north Estersand that I used through Ozmone Plains until Mt. Bur-Omisace and Shrine of Miriam.
You could try go into the Zertinan Caverns at that point get a super rare Iga Blade drop or... steal/drop a Platnimum Dagger, but at Lv20 (vs Lv35 mobs), figured it would take too long and I'd end up getting overleveled -- especially when you get easily get a Iga Blade barely 1-2 hours later.
Which is what I did... right after Mt. Bur-Omisace and Shrine of Miriam, get Antlion Hunt for Lhusu Mines and get an Iga Blade and Koga Blade, and mostly used that until I farmed the materials (from Henne Mines and Zertinan Caverns) for a Scorpion Tail F, which you can get pretty early in the game for an ultimate weapon.
I'll mostly end up using a mix though I think. Scorpion Tail F hits like a truck but that top dagger or whatever Danjuro was replaced by is probably fun for regular mobs with its 70% KO rate, and the Orochi N has a pretty nice combo rate -- still very slightly less attack and combo than either Masamune I or Whale Whisker N but pretty close.
Either way, I went Balthier SHI/FOE precisely because with Germinas Boots he can reach Str 99 Vit 98 Spd 98 so any of them will be great.
Well DQ8 did come with the FFXII demo, not too much of a stretch to see the reference.
Speaking of which... I would be happy with just a PS2 Classics release of that. Hopefully between this and Star Ocean 3, SE thinks it is worth it
Easiest thing to do is use the free Kagenui you get from the Barheim passage and I used that until I got the ingredients to make the Mesa.
I didn't use Daggers that much and I never used Hammers/Axes. I don't like the random damage of the Hammers/Axes and I found getting powerful Ninja Swords easier than the Daggers.
Freeglader
Member
Nope
you could run through the game with three of your favorite characters without even touching the others. Or you could try two... or even one!
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Deleted member 77995
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there's a rank v hunt that won't show if you have any male characters out (it'll say in the clan primer) but otherwise feel free to ignore whomever.
thetrin
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So, I'm pretty much ready to head into the last dungeon, but I'm cleaning up hunts, espers, etc. that I didn't get up until now. Thing is, I wanna level up some before I do so. (my team is around 62).
What's a good grinding spot for endgame?
Also, once it shows, you can just change your team back before engaging.
What's a good grinding spot for endgame?
Also, once it shows, you can just change your team back before engaging.
So I completed that dungeon for the lab. Was that one of the massive ones? That felt fairly quick.
Also, I was trying trial mode today and I think I got into the 30's, but then lost to a boss that summons two skeletons at a time and I was doing like no damage to. I think now looking back he must've been flying so no melee weapons could do damage so I needed my ranged characters in instead.
None of the rewards up to then seemed worth it. Great LP farming though. Wowza.
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Deleted member 77995
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great crystal before the omega mark XII with embroidered tippets equipped on all 3 characters worked well for me. I haven't even attempted to grind and my main 3 are all early 80's by just running through the zones
Here's a map of the crystal
Nope
Merci. I probably shouldve asked earlier because now i'm debating if i want to reset to change Jobs, since i'm not that far yet...bleh
Goddamn, I didnt remember Tchita Highlands being so massive. Leveled up like crazy just exploring.
Yup, game is beautiful.
The attention to detail is impressive, at times its hard to believe this was a PS2 game.
Yup, game is beautiful.
The attention to detail is impressive, at times its hard to believe this was a PS2 game.
In the inevitable PC release, someone needs to do something about those ground textures. They burn my cornea.
Otherwise, yes, it looks really good.