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Final Fantasy XIII |OT|
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I took a break to mess around in starcraft 2 the last couple weeks but decided to try and continue this game.
So today I finished chapter 8 off. ... that was certainly an interesting ending. I'm kind of wondering about the pacing for chapter 9/10 because I know what's gotta happen gameplay wise from reading the odd spoiler here and there and it doesn't seem doable without 6 or 7 boss fights, previous chapters were lucky to have 2 bosses.
So today I finished chapter 8 off. ... that was certainly an interesting ending. I'm kind of wondering about the pacing for chapter 9/10 because I know what's gotta happen gameplay wise from reading the odd spoiler here and there and it doesn't seem doable without 6 or 7 boss fights, previous chapters were lucky to have 2 bosses.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
cnizzle06 said:
Yeah, max out the crowns or tiaras and then break it. If you do it with the crown, you'll get Hermes Sandals which you can upgrade to Sprint Shoes.
There's a thing about the Japanese version of the game where you need to break down four useless objects before breaking the crown/tiara. People have said that it doesn't work like that in the US version, but save before hand to be sure.
cnizzle06 said:
get 3 tiadric crown
upgrade each to lv*
use Perovskite on each to turn them into 3 hermes sandals
upgrade each to lv*
dismantle them
u'll get 3 sprint shoes
auto-haste at the start of every battle
same mission rare drops tiadric tiara
u'll want at least 1-2 (can get 2 more from story later)
every mission win nets u 5 bomb cores
great for upgraiding the above crown/sandals
and also great for upgrading ur characters' weapons
once u done upgrading
farm at least 99 more of these before moving on
marathonfool
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There's really no point in farming Mission 7 IMO.
The auto-haste is not that useful unless you pair it with Lightning's Axis Blade.
You're better off farming the northern Behemoths for CP. Gil farming is not worth it at that point of the game.
The auto-haste is not that useful unless you pair it with Lightning's Axis Blade.
You're better off farming the northern Behemoths for CP. Gil farming is not worth it at that point of the game.
toastyToast
Member
Woohoo, I beat mission 64. All that's left is to grind for loot
I bought all the weapons and I'm in the process of upgrading them. I lost about half a mil getting all of Lightning's weapons to tier 2 (I have an Lionheart Omega Weapon already).I have about 3M gil in the bank, how much do I need afford everything for Treasure Hunter?
I bought all the weapons and I'm in the process of upgrading them. I lost about half a mil getting all of Lightning's weapons to tier 2 (I have an Lionheart Omega Weapon already).I have about 3M gil in the bank, how much do I need afford everything for Treasure Hunter?
firehawk12
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cnizzle06 said:
The Tiara gives you the Sprint Shoes directly, which is why it's preferred.
You can also get a guaranteed Crown and Tiara if you do the Chocobo hunts. I think one of the latter mission gives you a Crown as a reward as well.
BigJonsson
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ROFL @ Orphan's weakness being poison, made the fight a joke once I tried it haha
The ending confused the hell out of me.........ah well, time to do more missions
firehawk12
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darkwings said:
Just equip the catalogs and be happy with Crowns. The drop rates are very low unfortunately.
firehawk12
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darkwings said:
Yeah, I gave up and just settled for crowns. It costs some money, but what it's not worth the aggravation.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Well, I finished the game. The ending was tremendous. Absolutely fucking batshit insanely awesome. I just checked, it looks like Squenix spent 47% of the game's CGI budget just on the ending. :lol
I don't feel so bad about the first 20 hours of boredom now. The second half the game is really quite good. I love how they totally threw the
right out there after
and I admit I was sitting there going, wait, did I fuck that final part up and get the bad ending or something? Then the designers are like "FOOLED YOU! HAD YOU GOING THERE, DIDN'T WE, BITCH?!" and then you did the
(which is actually the one I'm supposed to get 5 stars on, that's bullshit) and then they just avalanche you in a 20-minute long CGI finale just because THIS IS FINAL FANTASY, BITCHES!! :lol
Okay, well, I'm not sure if I want to tough out the last 3-part final boss fight to watch the ending again anytime soon. Maybe in a couple days.
I don't feel so bad about the first 20 hours of boredom now. The second half the game is really quite good. I love how they totally threw the
fake bad ending
the 1st Orphan fight
2nd Orphan fight
Okay, well, I'm not sure if I want to tough out the last 3-part final boss fight to watch the ending again anytime soon. Maybe in a couple days.
Yay, just offed the Chapter 11 end(?) boss (
). He was surprisingly easy after reading what a bitch he is, I guess I was overlevelled.
Anyway, figured I should start upgrading some weapons, and wanted to make sure I got everything:
1. The animal parts (upper half of the component list) are low-exp, but increase the Experience Multiplier, right? Then the mechanical parts (middle-bottom half of the component list) decrease the Experience Multiplier, but are high-exp, correct? Am I allowed to use these components however I want, or should I be wary of using some rare-as-hell components?
2. The "-ite" components (that have the description "Used for transformational purposes" or something like that) are ONLY used to transform a fully-upgraded Tier X weapon into a Tier X+1 one, correct? Do they have any use whatsoever other than that?
3. The components at the end of the list that say "Can be sold for a premium", are they used for ANYTHING other than amassing Gil? Or should I sell them off as I please?
Thanks in advance!
Barthandaleus redux
Anyway, figured I should start upgrading some weapons, and wanted to make sure I got everything:
1. The animal parts (upper half of the component list) are low-exp, but increase the Experience Multiplier, right? Then the mechanical parts (middle-bottom half of the component list) decrease the Experience Multiplier, but are high-exp, correct? Am I allowed to use these components however I want, or should I be wary of using some rare-as-hell components?
2. The "-ite" components (that have the description "Used for transformational purposes" or something like that) are ONLY used to transform a fully-upgraded Tier X weapon into a Tier X+1 one, correct? Do they have any use whatsoever other than that?
3. The components at the end of the list that say "Can be sold for a premium", are they used for ANYTHING other than amassing Gil? Or should I sell them off as I please?
Thanks in advance!
Katana_Strikes
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I find travelling about in
a chore, even with the still slow
.
So I find the quests annoying how say, you've done one and want to replay it, you'd have to travel back again to find it and then the Mark. Why not just let you select the one you want from the list on the map screen and you go directly to it.
Also the fact you can't fight on the back of the
meaning you have to always get on and off, is tedious.
Also a question about the story. I did give up on the story towards the end, but one thing that stood out which I found quite odd (though maybe missed something?) was when the fake
spoke of Lightning's first name but a big deal wasn't made of it with anyone. Considering it was kept a mystery the whole time, I thought something more would have come from that.
Gran Pulse
Chocobo
So I find the quests annoying how say, you've done one and want to replay it, you'd have to travel back again to find it and then the Mark. Why not just let you select the one you want from the list on the map screen and you go directly to it.
Also the fact you can't fight on the back of the
Chocobo
Also a question about the story. I did give up on the story towards the end, but one thing that stood out which I found quite odd (though maybe missed something?) was when the fake
Sereh
I'm about 3 and a half hours in and I think I am in chapter 3,
. And I really like it so far, except for the voice acting of Vanille. I can kinda stand all the other voice actors, but Vanille is just so bad. I actually cringe every time she opens her mouth. Anyway, just wanted to chip in that I think the game is pretty cool except for that part so far. I don't get the story yet, but I'm sure I will understand later. Time for me to avoid this thread again until I've finished the game!
the crystal lake area
Katana_Strikes
Member
ULTROS! said:
Tips!!!
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
Katana_Strikes said:
I used Fang/Lightning/Hope
I made all their weapons second level, level 25 except Lightning's Lionheart (Level 1 IIRC). I then equipped Lightning with Speed Sash in order to get Random: Instant Stagger. Of course before entering the battle, I used fortisol and ethersol. I also used the COM/COM/MED or COM/COM/RAV strategy.
Anyway, during the battle I got an instant stagger and there you go, I beat the boss in around 10 seconds. :lol
I made all their weapons second level, level 25 except Lightning's Lionheart (Level 1 IIRC). I then equipped Lightning with Speed Sash in order to get Random: Instant Stagger. Of course before entering the battle, I used fortisol and ethersol. I also used the COM/COM/MED or COM/COM/RAV strategy.
Anyway, during the battle I got an instant stagger and there you go, I beat the boss in around 10 seconds. :lol
Anyway, how do I beat Mission 55?
Neochu is really hard
ULTROS! said:
use a SEN (preferably Snow, with his Mediguard ability and tons of HP, he rarely needs healing) and Vanille as Sab, use Hope for healing the SEN, use shrouds before the battle to get all the buffs up, equip Vanille witht he weapon that improves debuffing (forgot the name), start the battle, those little guys will attack the SEN, start spamming death at Neochu with Vanille until his dead, then take care of those little guys.
always keep your SEN, those little guys are more dangerous than Neochu really, equip everybody with physical and earth (Neochu used earth attacks IIRC ) resistance accessories, you can finish the battle in less than 4-5 mins and get the 5 stars.
always keep your SEN, those little guys are more dangerous than Neochu really, equip everybody with physical and earth (Neochu used earth attacks IIRC ) resistance accessories, you can finish the battle in less than 4-5 mins and get the 5 stars.
RuneFactoryFanboy
Member
Got my Platinum yesterday, that Treasure Hunter trophy was such bull crap. All the other trophies were fun to get, the TH one equated to me grinding for hours and spending another hour between the Shop/Upgrade screens.
Amazing game, has some issues but I enjoyed it a lot.
Amazing game, has some issues but I enjoyed it a lot.
ULTROS! said:
I think he is meant to be taken down that way, hence his stagger limit being set to lucky 777%.
darkwings said:
Remember:
- you need 3 stars for normal rare drop rate.
- You can't get a rare drop (tiara) if you get less than 3 stars.
- finishing the battle with a 5 stars ranking applies a 5x rare drop rate bonus.
I just did 12 battles (5 stars) and I got
- 3 crowns
- 1 tiara
with connoisseur's catalog equipped.
It's easier and cheaper to get sprint shoes from tiara*'s.
Scythesurge
Member
This game is becoming difficult to play as I'm finding myself having less and less time to play games lately. I'm in the
in chapter 11 doing the first batch of missions. How much longer would you say I have in the tower? In chapter 11/until the end of the game? I'm going to need some motivation to play this in small bits.
tower
LALILULELO
Neo Member
Unknown Soldier said:
I actually got that trophy on my first go..without knowing about the trophy or trying :/
DigitalDevil
Member
I've got a question about the big enemies in Chapter 11. After beating the final chap 11 boss, I backtracked to the steppe to do some more missions. I just unlocked the ability to
. My daughter saw that huge turtle thing that is guarding the treasure sphere over by the north side of the steppe. She wanted me to fight it and so I did, knowing that I would get my ass handed to me. Well, I actually beat the thing!
Now, it is big like the things wandering the steppe but it looks a little different. How difficult are the large ones roaming the steppe as compared to the guy I just beat?
For the record I didn't have to spam death or anything, I just kept staggering it and hacking away. It almost killed my entire party several times, but I was able to hold it together.
ride chocobos
Now, it is big like the things wandering the steppe but it looks a little different. How difficult are the large ones roaming the steppe as compared to the guy I just beat?
For the record I didn't have to spam death or anything, I just kept staggering it and hacking away. It almost killed my entire party several times, but I was able to hold it together.
DigitalDevil
Member
on another note, I wish people were better at using spoiler tags. I hate seeing things like "OMG I AM SO PISSED RIGHT NOW. I JUST FOUGHT
AND HE TOTALLY
!!!!!
You give absolutely NO indicators as to what kind of spoiler it is, so you have people like me that are far in the game but haven't beaten it that end up getting spoiled, or you get people that are early in the game but whatever you're describing sounds like something they just encountered and they REALLY get spoiled. I mean, is it so hard to preface a spoiler tag with the chapter you're in? Or at the very least, what TYPE of spoiler it is? Jesus.
KEFKA
KILLED AERIS RIGHT IN THE FACE
You give absolutely NO indicators as to what kind of spoiler it is, so you have people like me that are far in the game but haven't beaten it that end up getting spoiled, or you get people that are early in the game but whatever you're describing sounds like something they just encountered and they REALLY get spoiled. I mean, is it so hard to preface a spoiler tag with the chapter you're in? Or at the very least, what TYPE of spoiler it is? Jesus.
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