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DimmuBurgerKing
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Cloudy said:
wat
DimmuBurgerKing
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omg rite said:
OMFG SUMMON KNIGHTS OF TEH ROUND oh wait
Cloudy said:FFX:
Great story
Great music
Great characters
Great battle system
My only gripe with the game was its easiness and shitty blitzball
FFIX:
Forgettable characters and plot. WTF was it about again? :lol
wat
FFIX:
Great story
Great music
Great characters
Great battle system
FFVIII:
WTF was it about again?
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DimmuBurgerKing
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Cloudy said:Great story
Great music
Great characters
Great battle system
My only gripe with the game was its easiness and shitty blitzball
IX was a welcome return to classic Final Fantasy form. The (generally) lighthearted mood, the excellent soundtrack, the pseudo-medieval setting. It just has a "homey" vibe that I hadn't felt since VI.
As for X, I liked the music, the battle system, and.. Auron.
XIII is shaping up to be one of the good ones. The only character I genuinely dislike is Hope. Snow is growing on me a little, somehow.
Unknown One
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Did you try to use Odin in battle? Might help out a bit.
Got this game and am liking it so far, about 23 hours in.
You know, I like the Persona games but it's nice to be doing some life and death shit AND not trying to go to school and act like nothing's going on at the same time.
Just got to finally set my party, I beat the chapter 9 boss but used like nearly all of my stock to upgrade some weapons, I'm going to try the save before it and see if I can do it without the weapons upgraded.
You know, I like the Persona games but it's nice to be doing some life and death shit AND not trying to go to school and act like nothing's going on at the same time.
Just got to finally set my party, I beat the chapter 9 boss but used like nearly all of my stock to upgrade some weapons, I'm going to try the save before it and see if I can do it without the weapons upgraded.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Now that I'm:
Upgrading Weapons
Got A "Summon"
Have A Shitload Of Paradigms
this game is really coming into its own. Swapping Paradigms on the fly with the real time battle system is so tense and satisfying. Really impressed.
Upgrading Weapons
Got A "Summon"
Have A Shitload Of Paradigms
this game is really coming into its own. Swapping Paradigms on the fly with the real time battle system is so tense and satisfying. Really impressed.
Unknown One
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Chapter 9 is good for farming Gil from drops. Sadly I didn't farm any gil and went on.
I can't use Odin, it's just Sazh and Vanille.
On that note, DID IT ON TRY #6 HELL YES. And 5-starred it!
I had myself, Sazh, start out as a SYN and Vanille as a SAB to give myself Enthunder and to make him weak against multiple elements. Then it was back to COM/RAV. If the effects on him wore off I went to COM/SAB really fast.
Challenging but fu...
OH MY GOD
WTF.
On that note, DID IT ON TRY #6 HELL YES. And 5-starred it!
I had myself, Sazh, start out as a SYN and Vanille as a SAB to give myself Enthunder and to make him weak against multiple elements. Then it was back to COM/RAV. If the effects on him wore off I went to COM/SAB really fast.
Challenging but fu...
OH MY GOD
SAZH!!!!
Unknown One
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Oh that fight it took me near 20 minutes. It took forever to stagger and I had to do multiple staggers. I used Sazh Commando with the non elemental magic attack.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
So I just started Upgrading Weapons and Accessories.
Any general tips, or am I just so early on it doesn't matter yet?
Any general tips, or am I just so early on it doesn't matter yet?
Unknown One
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What chapter are you on?
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
1, Choose equipment to upgrade.BenjaminBirdie said:
2, Use 36 Sturdy Bones, Barbed Tails or Vibrant ooze to get a x3 bonus.
3, Use correct amount of a single EXP boosting component to instantly bring it to its maximum level.
4, Return to step 2 and repeat until your weapon is fully upgraded.
The best EXP giving components are: (all EXP boosts are averages)
Ultracompact Reactor - EXP 40,000, Buy Price 50,000
Particle Accelerator - EXP 4,800, Buy Price 10,000
Tesla Turbine - EXP 823, Buy Price 1,800
Super Charger - EXP 774, Buy Price 1,600
Turboprop - EXP 768, Buy Price 1,600
dragonballjoseph
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This should help you out a bit for the boss.Papercuts said:
Use Lightning, Fang, and Vanille. Use the following paradigms for your respective characters:
1. Ravager, Commando, Ravager;
2. Ravager, Commando, Medic
3. Medic, Sentinel, Saboteur
4. Ravager, Sentinel, Medic
You can use more, but these are core.
You can use the first 2 when battling the 4 heads. But after that, you want to try and stagger him as fast as you can while staying safe. So use the 2nd one for the most part. After he does that attack where he charges for a while, use the 3rd one, so that Fang takes damage and Vanille continues to attack to keep the stagger up with Light healing everyone. But while he is charging it (and your party is healed for the most part), switch the the first class and do a lot of damage since you can't be hit while he is charging and it hits everyone.
When he about to do the attack that looks like a beam, switch to the fourth class so that he aims for Fang and Light attacks while Vanille works on healing Fang. And basically rinse, wash, and repeat.
1. Ravager, Commando, Ravager;
2. Ravager, Commando, Medic
3. Medic, Sentinel, Saboteur
4. Ravager, Sentinel, Medic
You can use more, but these are core.
You can use the first 2 when battling the 4 heads. But after that, you want to try and stagger him as fast as you can while staying safe. So use the 2nd one for the most part. After he does that attack where he charges for a while, use the 3rd one, so that Fang takes damage and Vanille continues to attack to keep the stagger up with Light healing everyone. But while he is charging it (and your party is healed for the most part), switch the the first class and do a lot of damage since you can't be hit while he is charging and it hits everyone.
When he about to do the attack that looks like a beam, switch to the fourth class so that he aims for Fang and Light attacks while Vanille works on healing Fang. And basically rinse, wash, and repeat.
Unknown One
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Don't worry about that till later on :lol
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Can someone explain how exactly to do an infinite juggle?
I tried to time my attacks, but inevitably he'll hit the ground and poop, it's over. I'm trying to grind the King Behemoth without him transforming.
My understanding is this:
Attack to launch, and then Ruin with the rest of the ATB.
Your teammates RAV attacks should keep him in the air.
Wait until he gets near the ground and then attack to launch again and repeat.
I feel like I'm missing something obvious though.
I tried to time my attacks, but inevitably he'll hit the ground and poop, it's over. I'm trying to grind the King Behemoth without him transforming.
My understanding is this:
Attack to launch, and then Ruin with the rest of the ATB.
Your teammates RAV attacks should keep him in the air.
Wait until he gets near the ground and then attack to launch again and repeat.
I feel like I'm missing something obvious though.
Nose Master
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Papercuts said:
He was a joke. Fang/Hope/Sazh. Sab/Syn/Syn to buff as much as possible, switch to sen/syn/syn if you start getting rocked. Switch to com/rav/rav. When he is staggered, switch to com/rav/com. Repeat. Summon if you get in trouble.
The above strategy actually made the game too easy, so I switched to Lightning/Vanille/Sazh. God I miss protect/shell. I'm damn near dying with max crystariminuimizzlewoozle and maxed weapons :lol :lol :lol
firehawk12 said:
Haste makes it a lot easier.
Additionally, you can just grind on the one fighting with the giant wolf near the tunnel zone entrance. It starts at half health so, you can prolly kill it with the initial stagger off the preemptive.
Unknown One
Member
Why not set up 2 commandos for juggling and execute actions early with triangle if needed instead of waiting for other bars to fill.
Ballistictiger said:
Well here's a few questions about upgrading:
a) Does every single weapon you can find/buy transform into a new weapon when you max it out?
b) Do those weapons also transform or when you max those out, that's it?
c) Do accessories transform into new items when you max them out?
d) Are there any "ultimate" accessories?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
omg rite said:
All weapons have two transforms to get to the "ultimate weapon" stage.
Nose Master said:
That's the one I'm trying. I can't keep him in the air and he still transforms.
Am I doing it right though? My COM will relaunch the guy into the air if he's close enough to the ground?
I guess I need to launch, switch to someone with Haste and hope to god he casts it on my COM, then switch back to attacking.
Funny thing is I can't even find a video of someone doing this. Every video I've seen the guy is so overpowered that he finishes the King Behemoth right after staggering him, so it's like no juggling required.
Nose Master
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firehawk12 said:All weapons have two transforms to get to the "ultimate weapon" stage.
That's the one I'm trying. I can't keep him in the air and he still transforms.
Am I doing it right though? My COM will relaunch the guy into the air if he's close enough to the ground?
I guess I need to launch, switch to someone with Haste and hope to god he casts it on my COM, then switch back to attacking.
Funny thing is I can't even find a video of someone doing this. Every video I've seen the guy is so overpowered that he finishes the King Behemoth right after staggering him, so it's like no juggling required.
Just start the fight with Sazh out and wait for him to Haste everyone. The pre-emptive 99% stagger lasts for like twenty seconds. You can't really infinitely juggle without everyone haste'd, I'd think.
Unknown One
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A) Yes but all turn into the same ultimate weapon with different stats and ability depending on what weapon you upgraded.omg rite said:
B) You can transform them when the level is maxed with a stone, the stone can be bought.
C) Yes they do but don't max out those pointless accessories.
D) Yes there are, Sprint shoes (Auto Haste), Growth Egg (2x AP/EXP for the whole party!), Gold Watch (Increase target time, useful for rare item hunting since 5 stars = 5% chance of drop according to Japanese version players), Genji Gloves (Break damage limit, to get that trophy), Best Choice (Increase rare item drop rate by 1% according to Japanese version players)
Nose Master said:
I guess I'll mess around with it. I've actually been using Lightning, Vanille, and Sazh for this so I'll try other combos. It's still incredibly annoying to die because of the AI bunching together when a bunch of AoE attacks come in, I've gone from full health to dead a few times from that.
Nose Master
Member
Papercuts said:
Hope makes a huge, sad difference with Protect/Shell. It's bullshit that he's the only one that can learn them, feasibly.
EDIT: Also... you're breaking his armor off, first, right?
Ballistictiger said:
Ah, so for Lightning every weapon turns into Omega Weapon but with different stats? Is there like a "best version" of it you can get?
That's good. I thought it was something that automatically happened when you maxed out.
The freak in me might have to. :lol One of the achievements is to hold every item so wouldn't one have to max out accessories to get certain other ones?
So what accessories would I have to upgrade to get those? Or perhaps they can just be found/bought.
I really care about the Growth Egg though. Where do I get that?
Unknown One
Member
omg rite said:
Growth Egg - doubles CP earned
(obtained during mission 55)
To get to mission 55 you will have to complete missions 1-15 to get a
Chocobo
These accessories have to be earned.
Hermes boots can be upgraded to sprint shoes and to get it you have to disassemble a tetra crown or tetra tiara I think.
Gold Watch - increases target times for all battles
(obtained by beating the last side mission)
Genji Gloves - break damage limit
(obtained during each of the two 'second-to-last' side missions)
Best choice can be upgraded from the item good choice which is sold in a store later on.
I have gotten none of these btw. I researched it all from forums. Sadly hardly any website have any info.
Worry about getting all item and accessory when you are rich later on. BTW Keep all the elemental rings, you can't buy them and those items are necessary to upgrade for that trophy.
Edit: It's going to take me months to platinum this game but hey there are hardly any games in the summer that I'm looking forward to. Probably not even going to get any games in the summer.
omg rite said:
Not really. The one you upgrade from the Gladius has the highest attack power, others have very good magic stats, very good abilities... it depends on what role you want Lightning to be most of the time. If you want her to be a COM a lot, you'll want the Gladius, a RAV needs high magic power, etc.
EDIT: ^First tier is different for every weapon, second is tropezahedron.
Unknown One
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Here's website much easierK' Dash said:
http://ff-13.info/Lightning-Sword/
Trapezohedron is a stone for ultimate weapon and it cost about 2 million in the store or you can get it from large adamantoise with a 1% chance. 5% if you get 5 star rating, 6% if you have Best chance accessory equiped and 5 star rating. The website shows the stones for other upgrades as well.
Well off to bed.
I found most of my info from this forum
http://finalfantasy-xiii.net/forums/showthread.php?t=10241
From people who played the Japanese version.
Lost Fragment
Obsessed with 4chan
Items spoilers:
Is the connoisser catalog worth it? Also, what stone do I need to upgrade Hermes sandals? I've read mnar but it doesn't work. What about the stone I need to upgrade the tetratic crown?
The grind of chapter 5 and 6 don`t seem as bad now that I reached chapter 7,pretty great in that chapter,and again,wow at the graphics in this game,it`s almost like you are playing a CG,so beautiful.
I was a little upset that after getting the Gladius to level 2(which is still low I presume lol) that when I found a new weapon and used the optimise offense option,it switched for the new one...no upgrade from now on till later.
I was a little upset that after getting the Gladius to level 2(which is still low I presume lol) that when I found a new weapon and used the optimise offense option,it switched for the new one...no upgrade from now on till later.
mjemirzian
Banned
How can anyone stand running around the ch 11 area for missions? It's the most brain numbing activity holding the analog stick up for 1-2 mins straight just to reach a mission point or target. I quickly gave up on any idea of doing things post-game. From what I've seen on youtube, I'm not missing anything anyway.
Not to mention the soul crushingly stupid grinding.
Oh well, on to Resonance of Fate.
Not to mention the soul crushingly stupid grinding.
Oh well, on to Resonance of Fate.
Finally started playing this today even though i have had it since launch. Great game. Only an hour or so in so far
A few things though. I keep getting all these items, such as an iron bangle, and pheonix down as well as others. But it wont let me use or equip them. What are they for?
Other than that i feel its a blast. I can see why some people may not like it. So far it is essentially on rails. Its just corridor after corridor with enemies. But to me the game is just setting itself up. I am enjoying it anyway, the battle system is top notch. Not as good as Tales battle system, but still very good.
Oh and graphically i am impressed. As good as the FMV is, the only way i could not tell it was in game graphics was the texture detail. Superb Square. And might i just say those FMV's are just beautiful. I think i heard the PS3 displays them in full 1080, and man there just drop dead sexy.
Anyway my PS3 controller just run out of batteries, so cant play more but so far so good.
just got inside that big thing and playing as Snow
A few things though. I keep getting all these items, such as an iron bangle, and pheonix down as well as others. But it wont let me use or equip them. What are they for?
Other than that i feel its a blast. I can see why some people may not like it. So far it is essentially on rails. Its just corridor after corridor with enemies. But to me the game is just setting itself up. I am enjoying it anyway, the battle system is top notch. Not as good as Tales battle system, but still very good.
Oh and graphically i am impressed. As good as the FMV is, the only way i could not tell it was in game graphics was the texture detail. Superb Square. And might i just say those FMV's are just beautiful. I think i heard the PS3 displays them in full 1080, and man there just drop dead sexy.
Anyway my PS3 controller just run out of batteries, so cant play more but so far so good.
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