lol did you pause in disbelief when you finally got it?
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Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age |OT| You Had One Job!
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lol did you pause in disbelief when you finally got it?
lol yes. My immediate thought was, ok dont fuck up the easy part of the fight.
Vic_Viper
Member
Thank you!
So about the Mimic Queen. So the vendor in the dungeon definetly does not sell Blizzard lol. Havent tried fighting her yet so im not sure if I even need it but what else should I try to have before taking her on? Any abilities or than Blizzard?
AFAIK Blizzard is only available from the merchant at the south bank in Estersand. You could have gone here before going to the castle, but too late now- you can grab it after mimic queen. Honestly the boss can be defeated pretty easily just with melee. Ignore the small bugs and focus on the main boss.
just found these videos actually he goes per set of 10 stages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXGe1e-lCVw (1-10)
alternatively, you can read similar info here: https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/939426-final-fantasy-xii-international-zodiac-job-system/faqs/63057
search for [TRIA]
jipewithin
Member
I don't know if this has been asked before but i have been wondering which Job combo would be best. Or which job is most "useless", Machinist or Uhlan?
I made Balthier White Mage and was thinking of making him a Machinist like many have suggested. I made Fran Archer (+ red mage in the future) and Penolo is also white mage (maybe time mage in the future).
Then I heard Zodiac Spear can only be used by Uhlan, so should I try to squeeze it in? For example would White Mage + Uhlan or Archer + Uhlan be ok? Better than White Mage + Machinist or Archer + Red Mage?
So yes I kind of messed up and there will be 1 job left out. Or does it really matter that much and am I really just overthinking?
I made Balthier White Mage and was thinking of making him a Machinist like many have suggested. I made Fran Archer (+ red mage in the future) and Penolo is also white mage (maybe time mage in the future).
Then I heard Zodiac Spear can only be used by Uhlan, so should I try to squeeze it in? For example would White Mage + Uhlan or Archer + Uhlan be ok? Better than White Mage + Machinist or Archer + Red Mage?
So yes I kind of messed up and there will be 1 job left out. Or does it really matter that much and am I really just overthinking?
Lumination
'enry 'ollins
Just beat the level where you meet Basch as a guest. Story question:
Balthier seems to believe Basch's twin brother story without much issue. Does he have a reason to or is it just bad writing?
Machinist/White mage works to give the white mage damage. the guns ignore armor and keep the mage at a distance, and easier to keep aggro off.
doesn't really matter and zodiac spear ain't all that great to be honest
i'm not sure if it's ever directly said but there's certainly a heavy implication as to why he might do that which you find out later on
i'm not sure if it's ever directly said but there's certainly a heavy implication as to why he might do that which you find out later on
Did not see a response, not necessary but would love to see how quickly I can run through it
I'm going to mark a spoiler here that might answer your question, so read at your own risk.
Balthier used to be a judge. Basch's twin is a judge
Lumination
'enry 'ollins
PsihoPerihelion
Member
Can you change the character's licence? I picked Machinist for Vaan and it was sort of a mistake, lol.
The Xtortionist
Member
Nope.
InternHertz
Member
(optional boss)
defeated.
Damn how many life bars was that, seriously...and
has more than 6 times the health? Ho boy...
Good thing we can get out and heal. Beat the boss on stage 50, I suppose that makes 49 times getting out.
Hell Wyrm
Damn how many life bars was that, seriously...and
Yiazmat
Good thing we can get out and heal. Beat the boss on stage 50, I suppose that makes 49 times getting out.
PsihoPerihelion
Member
Oh dear, what have I done.
FlutterPuffs
Member
Fran, Vaan, and Balthier saw Basch talking to his twin brother, who wasn't wearing his helmet in the scene.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
Its an incredible feature, im very upset that the PS4 version of FFX doesnt have it.
Google up (or search this thread) on how to procure 3 (or 6) relatively easy Seitengrat bows as early as right after returning to Rabanastre from Barheim Passage (the first time). Probably the most straightforward way to utterly break the game from the earliest hour possible.
I just arrived at Mt. Bur and I'm scared to progress and lose Larsa.
Team
36 - Vaan
29 - Balthier
30 - Fran
29 - Basch
29 - Ashe
30 - Penelo
36 - Larsa
What optional stuff is open to me at this point?
I've already explored the Salikawood and (mostly) the higher level areas of Barheim Passage.
I was thinking of opening up all the paths in Zertinan. I went in there through the Osmose Plains entrance and ran straight into Adrammelech. Nope'd out of there lol
Team
36 - Vaan
29 - Balthier
30 - Fran
29 - Basch
29 - Ashe
30 - Penelo
36 - Larsa
What optional stuff is open to me at this point?
I've already explored the Salikawood and (mostly) the higher level areas of Barheim Passage.
I was thinking of opening up all the paths in Zertinan. I went in there through the Osmose Plains entrance and ran straight into Adrammelech. Nope'd out of there lol
Phew just got my platinum, took me 112 hours, I wonder how many more hours it would have taken if I didn't play some at 4x speed and the vast majority of the game at 2x.
Had a really great time with it. I liked it when it came out originally but not nearly as much as I loved it now. Finished it at level 77
Had a really great time with it. I liked it when it came out originally but not nearly as much as I loved it now. Finished it at level 77
If you think those are tough.. just wait until you find the bastards that constantly start spamming doom and death on you.
My guys are lv 23 at Bur Omisace and I already feel overleveled, have you been doing trials?
The Xtortionist
Member
Set yourself up for Vaan being a Machinist/White Mage, hopefully
please be excited
No I've just been running all over any location I can, stealing from everything, doing the hunts...
I played the game back when it came out and I used to love breaking it and being in areas you really shouldn't be at that point.
I'm at the
are destroying me, I'm around level 36 and have 3300 hp on both my melee (Basch/Vaan) with Ashe healing. There's just so many at once, I also screwed up by equipping mirror armor and sold my other armors so I now have to use something really low level or else Curaja doesn't work properly. I might need to revert to another save.
Draklor Labs and the soldiers
Never sell gear.
I remember the enemies starting to hit harder around then, maybe use decoy on someone with a shield when there's a lot of them. You can always just run past everything but the boss at the end is one of the harder story fights in the game
Sick! thanks. Going to do some research.
I agree. Larsa and Reddas are both really well done characters and probably have the best development of the main characters in the game bar Ashe and (maybe) Vaan.
You can get the nihopaloa as early as when you are able to pass through the magic barriers in Golmore Jungle.
3x leo gem (Wild Saurian in Estersand)
3x blood-stained necklaces (these drop from the undead in Adrammelech's room in Zertinan Caverns)
2x Death's head (clear the map just north of the entrance to Feywood in Golmore until skeletons start spawning, and those drop these)
None that I'm aware of - everything is attainable at some point. There are some loots that are easier to farm in some places than others, but nothing major.
I don't think I can agree with Vaan.
When they return to Bhujerba after being prisoners, his purpose and involvement in the story is basically 0. It would have made a lot more sense if there was a scene between him and Balthier about him becoming an apprentice of some sort, which is likely what they were trying to go for anyway.
I don't know if we're spoiler tagging story stuff in here, but I did anyway.
I'd still say that Vaan had a personal development more than most of the other main characters though even if that only occurred in the first third of the game. Late game spoilers:
Also I would say that Vaan is necessary because without him, it's possible that Ashe wouldn't have had someone to relate to with the death of Rasler and very well could have chosen revenge with the Occuria had she not had him there.
Vic_Viper
Member
After being super worried about the Mimic Queen boss I beat her in like 2 mins lol. Thanks for the tips, I probably was over leveled by the time I got to her. I wiped hard at the Firemane boss so I was kinda worried about this one.
TurnipFritters
Member
Tried to hunt the Vorpal Bunny but accidentally awakened the souls of the damned
I just kept 2 shotting the small ones and the boss kept spawning more.. all he did.
Vic_Viper
Member
Just got my first 100 Chain lol. Got over 120 LP in like 15 minutes!
Man this combat system is so much fun. It makes grinding especially soo much easier and actually not a giant pain in the ass lol. I can see how people might have not liked it at first, but after getting alil further in it has totally clicked. I wonder why more games havent tried a similar system.
Man this combat system is so much fun. It makes grinding especially soo much easier and actually not a giant pain in the ass lol. I can see how people might have not liked it at first, but after getting alil further in it has totally clicked. I wonder why more games havent tried a similar system.
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
Is it safe to sell all LOOT?
Sumio Mondo
Member
Forgotten just how hard the game can get at times (Zertinan Caverns + the loooong trip through Ogir-Yensa Sandsea & Nam-Yensa Sandsea). Really an endurance test, after a while the MP pot just dries up and it's all about survival. Brought back memories to the time when I almost got to the save crystal at Nam-Yensa as you enter it and died on the last section of the map after just covering the entire map for Ogir-Yensa. Was so frustrating. Never got this auto-save back then and lost hours of game time. Probably the weakest music in the game for me as well (at Ogir-Yensa) which doesn't help things. Glad I'm now almost through it.
Which part isn't working? Can you get the chest to spawn?
Synless
Member
No, I haven't run into it once.