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[ULTROS!]

Defend like crazy. Also try and debuff whenever you can.

Seriously, keep a defender out at almost all time, then heal when needed. Dual healing if necessary.

I was able to beat the boss. Guess I'll share my strategy:

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I used mainly 4 paradigms:

Sab/med
Med/med
Com/rav
Com/com

You need to debuff him when he buffs himself otherwise you won't be able to survive his attacks much. Then proceed to wound him. It's slow but it will work. Heal when necessary. When his HP is less than halfway, proceed to com/rav then com/com.

 

[StunandStab]

I was able to beat the boss. Guess I'll share my strategy:

Spoiler

I used mainly 4 paradigms:

Sab/med
Med/med
Com/rav
Com/com

You need to debuff him when he buffs himself otherwise you won't be able to survive his attacks much. Then proceed to wound him. It's slow but it will work. Heal when necessary. When his HP is less than halfway, proceed to com/rav then com/com.

You didn't use a Sentinel? You can cast Wound over and over for minutes before having to switch to a paradigm with Med to heal if you use a Sentinel. Still takes a long time, though lol, but it's a lot easier when he isn't targeting you

 

[xxczx]

This is probably a very stupid question but is everyone you fight (including maybe human soldiers or something like that) recruitable or is it just monsters?

Just monsters but humans (Lightning and possibly more) via DLC can be.

 

[Robin64]

There's a guide for Chocobo Racing that says to use only items with the prefix "Potent" for levelling up the silver chocobo. Thing is, I've got mine to level 25 already using whatever I had on hand. Have I messed up or does it not make that much of a difference really? If it is messed up, can you get another one?

 

[StunandStab]

There's a guide for Chocobo Racing that says to use only items with the prefix "Potent" for levelling up the silver chocobo. Thing is, I've got mine to level 25 already using whatever I had on hand. Have I messed up or does it not make that much of a difference really? If it is messed up, can you get another one?

I have no idea how a chocobo's combat stats affect racing... I've been using all vitality stuff for my silver chocobo, it has over 10k hp at level 38

I hope it isn't something silly like strength = speed and magic = stamina or something

 

[ULTROS!]

You didn't use a Sentinel? You can cast Wound over and over for minutes before having to switch to a paradigm with Med to heal if you use a Sentinel. Still takes a long time, though lol, but it's a lot easier when he isn't targeting you

I only have one sen monster and it's weak, so I had to stick with the meds.

 

[StuBurns]

Does the difficulty ramp up in the last chapter? Because so far, except for going somewhere earlier than I should have, it's been absurdly easy, and I'm not generally good at games, so it's not a skill thing. I thought the fact there's an easy mode would mean normal would be harder than usual.

 

[Hispanicguy]

Um, do you mean the ATB+1 weapons? You got those and have only 120 fragments?

The weapons that power up depending on how many fragments you have? Or are we talking about other weapons that apparently I don't know about yet? lol

 

[StunandStab]

The weapons that power up depending on how many fragments you have? Or are we talking about other weapons that apparently I don't know about yet? lol

There are weapons that give your characters +1 ATB. They're pretty much the "ultimate" weapons. Those weapons are pretty good though! I'm still using them at 159 fragments...

 

[badcrumble]

Yeah once you get the Chaos Crystal weapons you never, ever need to equip anything else for the rest of the game. Maybe something stronger'll come out as DLC; we'll see. But Toriyama kinda seems to like avoiding genuinely 'ultimate' (as in unequivocally better than everything else) sort of equipment, which is too bad because the Mascot and Iron Duke stuff in FFX-2 was pretty neat.

There are weapons that give your characters +1 ATB. They're pretty much the "ultimate" weapons. Those weapons are pretty good though! I'm still using them at 159 fragments...

No, the fragment weapons are better. See how much more powerful they get at 160 fragments - they blow everything else away in terms of stats, and although the chain bonus boost lv5/atb rate+50%/atb+1 weapons all have some nice stuff to offer too, you WILL kill shit faster and harder with the fragment weapons at 160.

 

[StunandStab]

Yeah once you get the Chaos Crystal weapons you never, ever need to equip anything else for the rest of the game. Maybe something stronger'll come out as DLC; we'll see. But Toriyama kinda seems to like avoiding genuinely 'ultimate' (as in unequivocally better than everything else) sort of equipment, which is too bad because the Mascot and Iron Duke stuff in FFX-2 was pretty neat.
No, the fragment weapons are better. See how much more powerful they get at 160 fragments - they blow everything else away in terms of stats, and although the chain bonus boost lv5/atb rate+50%/atb+1 weapons all have some nice stuff to offer too, you WILL kill shit faster and harder with the fragment weapons at 160.

I didn't know they would get significantly more powerful at 160, I figured it would just be like adding +1 fragment any other time.

Still filling out my bestiary for that last fragment...

 

[ban25]

Just finished AF1X. This is the most fun I've honestly had with an FF since 9, it's fantastic!

 

[Electivirus]

The clock puzzles aren't nearly as frustrating as I thought they'd be. Went through several of them pretty easily without even using that generator. =d

 

[Gregorn]

I got this for free when I bought a new PS3 and planned on trading it in for the MGS collection or something, but this thread is making it sound kinda fun.

I <3'd almost every FF apart from XIII and the demo for this was even worse. Is there any chance of me enjoying the full game if I didn't like XIII or the XIII-2 demo?

 

[StunandStab]

Well, I have no idea what monsters are missing from my bestiary or how I'm supposed to find them... and I'm not going to use a guide. This is going to be a long search probably

 

[StuBurns]

I got this for free when I bought a new PS3 and planned on trading it in for the MGS collection or something, but this thread is making it sound kinda fun.

I <3'd almost every FF apart from XIII and the demo for this was even worse. Is there any chance of me enjoying the full game if I didn't like XIII or the XIII-2 demo?

I think so certainly. I didn't like the demo, but I'm enjoying the game a lot. You have it, might as well give it a few hours to see if it grabs you, you can't trade-in sealed games anyway.

 

[badcrumble]

Well, I have no idea what monsters are missing from my bestiary or how I'm supposed to find them... and I'm not going to use a guide. This is going to be a long search probably

Uh you should probably use a guide for this, just sayin'. Some monsters are incredibly rare spawns or only spawn in certain parts of a map and stuff.

 

[Svafnir]

I still have yet to beat the last boss of FF13, does anyone have any tips? I literally have given up for months, and have not gone back to it. So I might be a bit rusty, I just remeber the boss would 1 hit my party leader and I woulda insta die when the boss had like 5% hp life left.

That happened like 10x, so I just gave up. Gonna try tomorrow.... if I can finally kill him, I will go and pick up FF13-2 since I do have fond memories of the combat system. (minus last boss)

 

[StunandStab]

Uh you should probably use a guide for this, just sayin'. Some monsters are incredibly rare spawns or only spawn in certain parts of a map and stuff.

Probably =/

I just haven't looked anything up for the rest of the game, so it'd be nice to be able to say "I Platinumed this without a guide!" you know? =P

This kind of information really should be in the game... the bestiary should have blank spots and should be organized by location

EDIT: OR you should be able to look at Dr. M's bestiary and compare it with yours to determine what he has that you don't

 

[Dark Schala]

I still have yet to beat the last boss of FF13, does anyone have any tips? I literally have given up for months, and have not gone back to it. So I might be a bit rusty, I just remeber the boss would 1 hit my party leader and I woulda insta die when the boss had like 5% hp life left.

That happened like 10x, so I just gave up. Gonna try tomorrow.... if I can finally kill him, I will go and pick up FF13-2 since I do have fond memories of the combat system. (minus last boss)

Did you equip any Cherub's Crowns on your party leader? I bought and equipped as many as I could for max resistance against Instadeath when I fought it.

 

[Svafnir]

I ended up getting that, I think I had like a 60% death resist thing? Died another 2x after getting due to insta death of party leader.

Oh that's a question, is FF13-2 the same way? As in if my party leader dies, game over?

 

[Robin64]

Oh that's a question, is FF13-2 the same way? As in if my party leader dies, game over?

Nah, it automatically switches leader.

 

[xxczx]

I still have yet to beat the last boss of FF13, does anyone have any tips? I literally have given up for months, and have not gone back to it. So I might be a bit rusty, I just remeber the boss would 1 hit my party leader and I woulda insta die when the boss had like 5% hp life left.

That happened like 10x, so I just gave up. Gonna try tomorrow.... if I can finally kill him, I will go and pick up FF13-2 since I do have fond memories of the combat system. (minus last boss)

I couldn't kill the boss at first but then I did most of the Cie'th missions up until Titan's Trials (Mission 35, I think?) and it was a cake walk but I'm guessing you'll probably won't want to do that

 

[Gregorn]

I think so certainly. I didn't like the demo, but I'm enjoying the game a lot. You have it, might as well give it a few hours to see if it grabs you, you can't trade-in sealed games anyway.

You can't!? I was keeping it sealed thinking it would be worth a little bit more. I guess I'll be having a Final Fantasy night then.

 

[Dark Schala]

I ended up getting that, I think I had like a 60% death resist thing? Died another 2x after getting due to insta death of party leader.

Oh that's a question, is FF13-2 the same way? As in if my party leader dies, game over?

Try equipping more than one for more defense against it. If you'd like, I typed up a strategy here for the final boss of FFXIII.

And if your party leader dies, you switch to the other character in FFXIII-2. It's game over when both human characters are no longer alive.

 

[Svafnir]

Nah, it automatically switches leader.

That makes me very happy, party leader dying = insta death was stupid.

Edit: Also thanks Dark Schala

 

[firehawk12]

So what's the word on the Lightning DLC? How does she play? When can you get her?

 

[Nohar]

Hmmm, interesting : Amodar/Lightning DLC and Serah's weapon Azrael are available as DLC in the EU, on XBOX360 (I guess it's the same for the US).
I don't know if Omega, Brave Embrace and Summoner Garb are also available, since I unlocked them thanks to my pre-order code.

*sigh* I don't like DLC... I won't spend 4$/€ for that, and I'm concerned about the scenario DLC... >.> Tssss. I hope juridictions will stop this.

 

[APZonerunner]

May was well note that the guys at VG247 asked me to write a little piece on this game yesterday. In it I muse a little on the fate of the series in general.

Finally hopefully going to sit down and plough in on my retail PSN account properly this week... hopefully. Time! Bah.

 

[Goli]

Went and battled Yomi once more and my results were as follows:
With Tortoise and with buffed (protect) characters Wicked Whirl damaged each character/monster for anything between 40-60 with each hit.
With just Tortoise, Wicked Whirl damaged each character/monster for anything between 100-160 with each hit.
Without Tortoise and with buffed characters Wicked Whirl damaged each character/monster for anything between 100-160 with each hit.
Without Tortoise or buffs, Wicked Whirl damaged each character/monster for anything between 200-260 with each hit.
When I was with Tortoise and buffed at some point someone blocked one of the hits but since the camera goes all crazy I couldn't really tell who.
The target time was 15:15:00. I finished the fight in 12:18:00 and got 5 stars, on normal mode. I think I could have gotten a better time like the first time if

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I hadn't been playing with the Clock Master fragment skill set to speed the game up, but after playing with it for a while I realised I can't go back to the normal game speed, it feels so slow ):

 

[Lain]

I still don't have my copy of the game, plus game.uk canceled my preorder of the crystal edition without reason. I'm really, really pissed off at the moment.

 

[FreeMufasa]

Really like how Serah/Lightning narrate. It was one of my favourite aspects of FFX.

Loving the game so far; I'm at the part where you meet Hope. God I hope Serah bins Snow for Noel.

 

[ChocolateCupcakes]

Did anyone else that pre-ordered have trouble with amazon receiving the other $10 code?

 

[mr. puppy]

You need to go through

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Oerba 200 AF to get to it. Collecting the graviton cores is probably the worst part of the game, it honestly gets better after you're done with them.

its fucking stupid. fuck that entire stupid fucking part of the game.

 

[Eusis]

its fucking stupid. fuck that entire stupid fucking part of the game.

It instantly justified the Strategy Guide fully. Well, I guess looking online would've worked, but as a guide actually being USED it passed easily.

 

[mr. puppy]

It instantly justified the Strategy Guide fully. Well, I guess looking online would've worked, but as a guide actually being USED it passed easily.

fuck anybody that makes me go through academia 400 for another fucking stupid fetch quest. this is like Wind Waker 'travel the giant world of stupid on your slow ass boat for triforce' awful.

 

[Zoe]

fuck anybody that makes me go through academia 400 for another fucking stupid fetch quest. this is like Wind Waker 'travel the giant world of stupid on your slow ass boat for triforce' awful.

There's only one core there, and you only needed five. You could have skipped it.

 

[Robin64]

Academia 400 is just horrible. I wouldn't mind if the fights were worth doing, but even at the level you arrive there, they are absolutely useless.

 

[Reveirg]

fuck anybody that makes me go through academia 400 for another fucking stupid fetch quest. this is like Wind Waker 'travel the giant world of stupid on your slow ass boat for triforce' awful.

The Core is right next to the gate you last encountered when leaving the area.... you don't even have to enter any fights, honestly. And the 2nd gate available isn't that far either... 2-3 fights on the way.

 

[squall211]

So you don't need all 7 cores to advance the story? What's the point of getting the last two then? Just for the fragments? Or is there something else?

 

[PerZona]

http://youtu.be/YPEzumonJv4 (New Bodhum 003 AF)

Does this track remind anyone else of FFX? (The non-singing part).

Oh yes, and I'm absolutely pumped for FFX's HD remaster!

But i still find this track the nicest (and saddest) in FFXIII-2 though:

http://youtu.be/bMukSKkjlkk

 

[Zoe]

So you don't need all 7 cores to advance the story? What's the point of getting the last two then? Just for the fragments? Or is there something else?

For the fragments.

 

[lastflowers]

Academia 400 is just horrible. I wouldn't mind if the fights were worth doing, but even at the level you arrive there, they are absolutely useless.

For me, they weren't.

 

[Jeels]

So what are the catch rates for Lightning and Amodar.

 

[Stuart444]

The price for Lightning and Amodar isn't too bad, £1.59 or 240MS points

Not too bad imo.

(I expected worse, like 4 quid or 5 quid.)

 

[hertog]

ok help me, I'm stuck


I was just at

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The Void Beyond [??? AF] and after that I should be going to Sunleth Waterscape [300 AF]

but it doesn't show up??

 

[Shadow780]

Mog is so cute ^

 

[StuBurns]

Given the plot, I think it'd be really strange having Lightning in your party. It's not a bad price, but I don't really see the attraction. I'd pay for a Lightning-esque outfit for Serah though.

 

[hertog]

ok help me, I'm stuck


I was just at

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The Void Beyond [??? AF] and after that I should be going to Sunleth Waterscape [300 AF]

but it doesn't show up??

nvm I've opened the right gate

 

[Robin64]

What's the word on who we'll be facing in the Coliseum other than Omega and Lightning/Amodar?