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Final Fantasy XV |OT| There and back again.

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orthodoxy1095

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I cannot stand that there's no way to advance night-time without sleeping. I would pay all of my gil for that option.

Instead, I'm just sitting here with my game running posting on GAF waiting for morning. Ugh.
 
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Ralemont

not me
Best fishing minigame since Dark Cloud 2. It's actually difficult and I have to pay attention. Rewarding to get better equip and dominate the fish types/sizes that were just housing you an hour ago. Think I fished for like 3 hours today, haha. Level 38, Chapter 6, 28 hours in...

Also, for people saying there's too much running around barren space....stop running. No, seriously. You gotta get that Fallout/Witcher 3 vibe out of your head. The rhythm should be using your car to get to a parking spot/as close as you can and then chocobo or hoof it. Unless you like all the running, then go for it. But seriously there's a reason fast travel is so cheap and there's so many parking spots.
 
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ultron87

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Im not missing some easier way to access spare magic and techs during combat, am I?

It seems real weird that it looks like the game wants you to make choices about which weapons, techs or magic to equip but you can actually just change them in the middle of a fight, assuming you want to be going several menus deep on the pause screen in the middle of a fight.
 
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guybrushfreeman

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Am I the only one really disappointed by the bro's AI? It's awful. I spend half of big battles reviving them after dying to the same attacks over and over. Prompto is supposed to be a ranged attacker but he still gets stomped constantly by the feet of monsters? It's really bad.
 
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carlsojo

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Relaxed Muscle said:
Chocobos that sometimes can't even jump 1 meter fences. Chocobos make traversal a bit more fun, but there's still a lot of annyoing invisible walls forcing you to take the longest path.
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Chocobos that you have to rent for some inexplicable reason. Can't I just... BUY the damn Chocobo?
 
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Illucio

Banned
Just finished getting the mythril ore and doing the thing after that...

The coatzlcotal was a pretty interesting fight, but I felt like they could had done more with the ruins with the water above. I was so hoping the bird was going to throw me into the water forcing me to swim back down, or take me outside for a 2nd battle. I have way too high expectations....

I feel like every complaint about this game so far is "Why didn't they do this? They have it set in place, it would have been cool if they did."

I'm starting to notice a ton of things that have been cut here and there. And I'm really getting powerful in some areas, but I'm actually genuinely becoming bored with the current overworld. Those dungeons were a shit ton of fun and when I got back outside I was like "Oh... I'm back out in the open world where I can fight the same 10 monsters."
 
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guybrushfreeman

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orthodoxy1095 said:
I cannot stand that there's no way to advance night-time without sleeping. I would pay all of my gil for that option.

Instead, I'm just sitting here with my game running posting on GAF waiting for morning. Ugh.
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If you can manage to fast travel it takes up some time. I haven't slept in days, they do comment on it eventually but it hasn't been a problem
 
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Papercuts

fired zero bullets in the orphanage.
guybrushfreeman said:
Am I the only one really disappointed by the bro's AI? It's awful. I spend half of big battles reviving them after dying to the same attacks over and over. Prompto is supposed to be a ranged attacker but he still gets stomped constantly by the feet of monsters? It's really bad.
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They're trash.

Keep running into my magic far away and dying. I also sure wish Ignis would actually use libra without running around with a thumb up his ass.
 
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Sioen

Member
I'm scared, I didn't do side quests for a long time but I'm worried the main story will outlevel me later. If I do the lower level side quests later do they give the same amount xp as when I was lower level because I won't level up by them then right?
 
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orthodoxy1095

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guybrushfreeman said:
Am I the only one really disappointed by the bro's AI? It's awful. I spend half of big battles reviving them after dying to the same attacks over and over. Prompto is supposed to be a ranged attacker but he still gets stomped constantly by the feet of monsters? It's really bad.
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They're complete garbage. If you're going to have an ARPG with a party, you desperately need something like FFXII's gambit system or Tales of's AI commands.

I cannot stand having zero control over what they do. It's terribly designed.
 
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Inuhanyou

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orthodoxy1095 said:
They're complete garbage. If you're going to have an ARPG with a party, you desperately need something like FFXII's gambit system or Tales of's AI commands.

I cannot stand having zero control over what they do. It's terribly designed.
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you cant customize your party at all? even in their priorities?
 
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FlutterPuffs

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Relaxed Muscle said:
My dislike for the battle system, reached a new high after fighting the Coeurls with their one shot attack. No windup, no clear visual clue, can't be guarded, is just fucking unfair. Is even worse when you AI team of dumbfucks dosn't know how to deal either and are constantly dying.

It wouldn't be that bad if you fought one, but with five constantly running in circles is just bad enemy pattern design. One of the times I wasn't even attacking the one that killed me. He was just close to the one I was comboing.
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Fought 2 while I was level 31 and it was what, 37?

Died the first time, got through the second with some use of elixirs and phoenix downs but there is a pattern. Just hard to see because Couerls are pretty fast.
 
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Relaxed Muscle

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orthodoxy1095 said:
They're complete garbage. If you're going to have an ARPG with a party, you desperately need something like FFXII's gambit system or Tales of's AI commands.

I cannot stand having zero control over what they do. It's terribly designed.
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Specially when the game is full of AoE enemy attacks, one shot attacks and projectile attacks.

FlutterPuffs said:
Fought 2 while I was level 31 and it was what, 37?

Died the first time, got through the second with some use of elixirs and phoenix downs but there is a pattern. Just hard to see because Couerls are pretty fast.
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I mean, I won at the end, but had to use lot of Phoenix down.

Is a really bad fight and enemy.
 
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Papercuts

fired zero bullets in the orphanage.
Inuhanyou said:
you cant customize your party at all? even in their priorities?
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No. You can force some stuff like libra in Wait mode only which is irritating. Just fought the end of chapter 2 boss and he Ignis didn't auto check his weaknesses the entirety of the fight and my party kept running into his legs where I casted lighting.

I'm not hot on the combat in this game and not being able to influence your pack of idiots with you isn't helping me much.
 
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orthodoxy1095

Banned
Inuhanyou said:
you cant customize your party at all? even in their priorities?
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Nope. Just techniques that you can order them to use.

Which I guess is handy since it seems to give everyone brief invincibility, but other than that, whoppdedoo.

If I could tell Prompto to keep his weak ass back from battle, maybe he wouldn't die every time we fight a major enemy.
Relaxed Muscle said:
Specially when the game is full of AoE enemy attacks, one shot attacks and projectile attacks.
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And you know, friendly fire magic for God's sakes!
 
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thetrin

Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
I remember someone saying they felt the royal arms felt weak, but I've been using the axe, and it's just mashing things. Absolutely love it. I do have to use it sparingly, though, for obvious reasons.

Btw, do royal arms fall into a "type" category for weakness? If so, how do I tell the type for a given royal arm?

orthodoxy1095 said:
And you know, friendly fire magic for God's sakes!
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There hasn't been a time when I've used magic and not injured someone on my team. It's just too explosive.
 
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Seraphis Cain

bad gameplay lol
orthodoxy1095 said:
Nope. Just techniques that you can order them to use.

Which I guess is handy since it seems to give everyone brief invincibility, but other than that, whoppdedoo.

If I could tell Prompto to keep his weak ass back from battle, maybe he wouldn't die every time we fight a major enemy.
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Yeah Prompto is a serious problem. Even with the best HP and VIT accessories I can get equipped on him, he dies far, far more often than anyone else in the party.
 
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Sesuadra

Unconfirmed Member
oh man, what I would not give for no friendly fire at least in easy mode lol. I mean I'm playing in normal..but I'd switch to easy for that >>
 
F0rneus

F0rneus

Tears in the rain
Not sure if my PS4 is dying, or if Ignis's Mark is bugged, but everytime I use it, I get shit tons of colored squares all over the bottom of the screen.
 
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Dominator

Member
I just tried a hunt where I needed to kill a bunch of tiger looking beasts with large horns.

I was 10 levels above them and I got destroyed... Holy shit, by far the hardest fight. I tried going at it for about 15 minutes and I didn't even get one of the five I needed to kill even to halfway health. You're stuck in such a small confined corridor type area, its hard to move out of the way. They also seem to have an attack the one hit KO's you.

Its so hard.
 
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The Emperor

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ULTROS! said:
XV > XIII > XII

XV is the most FF amongst XIII and XII.

If I'd rank my series:

X > VII >= IX > XV > IV >= VI > XIII > V > XII > III > I > II
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Awesome thanks!! Good to hear you enjoyed it so much! It looks to be going in the same place on my too FF's list so far! Also I see you haven't ranked VIII...play it!!
 
jasminlovesyoux

jasminlovesyoux

Banned
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!

MAJOR SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!''

I just got to Chap 14,

WORLD OF RUIN!>!?!?!? THIS is the the final fantasy I know and love! Chapter 13 was long in the tooth but it was really not nearly as bad as everyone said it was. I was expecting terrible gameplay or something the way it was being spoken of. But man, i am SO hyped!!!!!!!!!!!! Its crazy that the first half(more than half?) of the game is such a drastic departure from what chapter 9 and on have been. If they just took more care into crafting scenes like the latest chapters into the earlier ones, the story complaints would be non existent. Instead, you get two sides of the same coin, but I wouldve liked more of a mix if you catch my drift. Anyway, I love all the events and revelations. Bahumut looks badass, I cant wait to see what the World of Ruin is all about. Mega ff6 vibes. Im so happy right now! So excited! I cant imagine whats going to happen to get the game back to how chap 1- 8 was , but here we gooooooooooooo!
 
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orthodoxy1095

Banned
Just got back to the story.

Why in the bloody hell am I seeking to avenge
Jared's death.

Holy shit this game is bad at emotional payoff and investment.
 
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ffvorax

Member
Started yesterday and impressed with the upgraded graphic from Duscae demo... it looks MUCH better now. Also I feel the gameplay to be much more refined, 'cause was another thing I didn't liked at the time, but not I do.
 
ULTROS!

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.
The Emperor said:
Awesome thanks!! Good to hear you enjoyed it so much! It looks to be going in the same place on my too FF's list so far! Also I see you haven't ranked VIII...play it!!
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Whoops I forgot VIII lol:

X > VII >= IX > XV > IV >= VI > XIII >= VIII > V > XII > III > I > II

XIII beats VIII a bit coz I enjoyed the battle system. VIII had great OST and locations.
 
TriAceJP

TriAceJP

Member
After hitting past Chapter 10

(Light Spoilers)


I think I am just going to truck right through the main story, then start a new game and do all the side quest stuff. I'm level 45 and I had a slew of stuff to do, but some places I went kicked my ass for no real reason other than monster 'our stats are stupidly high' crap. I figured I'd do some story stuff to unlock new weapons and level a bit, but now that part of the game is over?

Eh, once the story is out of the way I won't have that feeling that I am missing out on story stuff by doing the (honestly at times quiet tedious) side quests.



ULTROS! said:
Whoops I forgot VIII lol:

X > VII >= IX > XV > IV >= VI > XIII >= VIII > V > XII > III > I > II
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You live up to your user name. You are a monster.
 
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