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Final Fantasy XV |OT2| For Jared!
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Are we talking about questlines?
Sorry for sounding a bit specific, just wondering if we have any sorts of timeframe for these.
I mean I was expecting the newly announced patch that is coming on 22 to feature some interesting stuff and all i see are some items, a carnival event and some pretty ridiculous attires :/
I was expecting some quests at least. (and a Pro patch)
Vincent Grayson
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I've played a lot of action RPGs where you have little control over the party, and I've felt like XV handles it pretty well. I haven't run into situations where they were making the game harder to play, which is the biggest issue with AI helpers. It's far better than a lot of other games (Ni no Kuni, I'm looking at you).
ArkhamFantasy
Member
I would guess the meaty DLC stuff will take around 3-6 months to come out.
MAX PAYMENT
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What is the cheapest/easiest way to see kingsglaive and the anime?
Imp the Dimp
Member
Is there a better sword than the ultima weapon in the game?
Vincent Grayson
Member
The anime (Brotherhood) is entirely available on Youtube. Kingsglaive though, you'll need to rent or buy.
if you liked this hunt, the optional post game boss is even more epic
Some are better situationally like Sword of the Father, but no I don't think so.
I saw a video of a guy using flare magic, I know how to produce the Flare spell but what caught my attention was that he had like 50 flares casts available from this single spell.
How do you get so many casts of a given spell?
I thought most were like 5 casts using the catalysts.
I got the Ultima blade but I fail to see how it is better than Sword of the Father. With Ultima I am doing less damage than Father's sword. Father sword gives a lot of strength.
How do you get so many casts of a given spell?
I thought most were like 5 casts using the catalysts.
I got the Ultima blade but I fail to see how it is better than Sword of the Father. With Ultima I am doing less damage than Father's sword. Father sword gives a lot of strength.
I'm on chapter 7, 25 hours in. Level 40.
I really enjoy the game, it has plenty of flaws but none that make it unplayable. The good is still outweighing the bad at this point for me, however it doesn't feel like what Final Fantasy means to me.
I like being able to listen to the old FF tracks whilst driving the Regalia around but it mainly just reminds me of what I'm not playing. Hearing some HUGELY nostalgic tracks like Fisherman's Horizon, Rose of May, You're Not Alone, J-E-N-O-V-A, Movement In The Green etc and not being in those worlds is starting to have a negative effect on my experience.
I love the game as a huge open world RPG but not as a FF.
Even as an open world RPG it pales in comparison to Witcher 3.
I hope Square Enix take note of what Capcom are doing with RE7 when they start working on Final Fantasy XVI. They need to go back to their roots IMO.
I really enjoy the game, it has plenty of flaws but none that make it unplayable. The good is still outweighing the bad at this point for me, however it doesn't feel like what Final Fantasy means to me.
I like being able to listen to the old FF tracks whilst driving the Regalia around but it mainly just reminds me of what I'm not playing. Hearing some HUGELY nostalgic tracks like Fisherman's Horizon, Rose of May, You're Not Alone, J-E-N-O-V-A, Movement In The Green etc and not being in those worlds is starting to have a negative effect on my experience.
I love the game as a huge open world RPG but not as a FF.
Even as an open world RPG it pales in comparison to Witcher 3.
I hope Square Enix take note of what Capcom are doing with RE7 when they start working on Final Fantasy XVI. They need to go back to their roots IMO.
Yes.
Called Balmung and you can find it in the Steyliff-ruins after Chapter 15. Has 248 ATT. Ultima has 208
The air combo on Ultima is sometimes more useful, and it sometimes hits harder. It depends on the enemy. Base attack on Ultima is around 200 points higher.
I use both.
Ultima has 364.
No, it has 364 when YOU equip it ( Stat is boosted by accessoires or Royal Weapons ).
Balmung would have 404 
Valonquar
Member
Because I forgot to sync trophies on my secondary PS4, I have to redo chapter 6,7 and "summon one of the six for the first time" trophies to get platinum... holding out hope that the NG+ patch will fix this for me without going through any hassle, since I loaned out my 2nd PS4 to a friend now.
BassForever
Member
So in chapter 3 was the best way to grind up gil all of it in those Ignus cook books and the 1500 weapons near the volcano.
Seems I've found two similar bugs. Prompts for actions not appearing.
Post game level 82 clearing dungeon secret rooms.
1. The Ascension Coin vendor in Atissia has no prompt to interact with him.
2. There's no prompt to allow me to squeeze though the small crack at the entrance to Fociaugh so I can't get in to access the locked room.
Tried restarting etc... The only other relevant save I have is 3 hours ago which isn't too bad, but I'm hoping there's a fix someone in knows of.
Any ideas gaf?
It's showing 364 on the inventory page. Regardless of whether it's equipped or not and isn't affected by removing or adding any other gear.
In game now, just checked. What am I missing?
Post game level 82 clearing dungeon secret rooms.
1. The Ascension Coin vendor in Atissia has no prompt to interact with him.
2. There's no prompt to allow me to squeeze though the small crack at the entrance to Fociaugh so I can't get in to access the locked room.
Tried restarting etc... The only other relevant save I have is 3 hours ago which isn't too bad, but I'm hoping there's a fix someone in knows of.
Any ideas gaf?
No, it has 364 when YOU equip it ( Stat is boosted by accessoires or Royal Weapons ).Balmung would have 404
It's showing 364 on the inventory page. Regardless of whether it's equipped or not and isn't affected by removing or adding any other gear.
In game now, just checked. What am I missing?
Thanks! Will take a look!
I think they might be wrong. Checking the game now and Ultima definitely has by far the highest attack (364) of any of the short swords and this stat is independent of character and accessory/clothing stats. Just tested it.
Also just tested both Sword of the Father and Ultima on an Iron Giant and they hit for almost identical amounts. The difference between the two being your preference of combo style it seems.
I'm not sure what is affecting it, but the weapons have a basic stat which apparently you cannot see ingame. I have the guide though and every weapon has a base stat and
Balmung
you only get +11 on MP instead of the +40 Ultima gives
Jimnymebob
Member
I have a question about chapter 6:
I'm driving along with Iris in the Regalia, and we've stopped due to an enemy base, and Ignis has suggested we sneak into it. Do I just sneak into it, or do I do what I did with the last one and rest at a campsite so they can come up with a plan during a cutscene?
The waypoint is showing on the base, but I can't see my way in.
The waypoint is showing on the base, but I can't see my way in.
Pretty sure that info is either outdated or incomplete. I found Balmung and it hit for lower than Ultima so I sold it.
In game, no matter what I do, Ultima has by far he highest attack stat when equipped with my best star boosting gear.
The stats that show on the inventory screen are entirely separate from stat buffs too, and it reads 364 there.
Unless I'm missing something here I think that info is incorrect.
VeteranGamer
Banned
weird, I remember selecting first aid for Noctus. hmm
It's not the sword I was thinking of, so you may be right.
All I know is the attack values you quoted don't align with those in game. Ultima is 364 for sure. Balmung be higher.
Edit: it seems Balmung is around 440 or so according to that video (on.mobile so can't see clearly).
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
So at this point, is the consensus that they are just going to pretend they never announced a PS4 Pro patch for December and just give us the other patches instead?
So I blitz(ball)ed my way from chapter 8-13 over the weekend after a few more challenging hunts and picking up the highest level engine blade
for Noct.
Overall, it wasn't all that bad, though a few chapters feel like they could have been shortened or even more fleshed out. I'm also seeing hooks for an entirely larger game that never came together. Chapter 10-12
Another thought on Chapter 10 btw:
Now for Chapter 13:
Finally, a question that might be wrapped up here in the next few chapters:
Ultima Weapon
Overall, it wasn't all that bad, though a few chapters feel like they could have been shortened or even more fleshed out. I'm also seeing hooks for an entirely larger game that never came together. Chapter 10-12
shows a much larger world that seems to have been completely cut or maybe never was, but it's a whole other continent that almost appeared explorable, but left mostly to the train. Tenebrae being window dressing and the Shiva encounter being way less intense than the previous guardian fights didn't help the pacing.
Another thought on Chapter 10 btw:
Sucks that Ignis lost his sight, but doing that entire dungeon at a snail's pace made me come to hate the fact that I was also hamstrung by him and didn't help with the situation between the bros. Also, the major issues of what had happened in the previous chapter seemed to be quickly swept under the rug to "get on with it" even tho I'm sure some actual hostilities remain.
Now for Chapter 13:
Not as bad as most of the criticism I've seen, but entirely too long. The first section with just the ring seemed to last forever and reminded me of underground sections of both Solaris and the sewers in Nortune from Xenogears combined. Straight forward in linearity, but also confusing as hell and stretched out for what seemed like an eternity. The change in combat was okay, though stretching out combat either avoiding it or lengthening it artificially wasn't. At least in some case it had a plot reason? Getting the sword later in the area helped in balancing out combat and at least that meant most of the journey was over. Or so I thought...
I think more on Ravus would be nice, though I got the gist that while he was against Noct and crew, part of it was a test (lol) on if Noct was worthy of being the true king, with his back-up plan being him and Tenebrae taking out the Empire first with the help of the Oracle. He miscalculated what Ardyn was doing and he got fucked in the process, failing to even protect his sister in her time of need. I suppose his plan was also to capture the gods to either deter or save Luna from essentially wasting away.
Having the bros come back was nice, but also led to the issues I had in Chapter 10. The reveal that Prompto was also a Niff felt both outta nowhere and unneeded except as a for someone else to have security access and to open an previously locked door. Felt like a poor place for some last minute character development that fell entirely flat.
The reveal that Ardyn is both immortal and a Calem was neat enough, but I had to go look at his last name to remember that's the same as Noct's. I would like to chalk it up to my own poor memory, but it's something rarely, if ever, gets said during the game. It also seems like the gods fucked up and Noct is their last Trump to fix their fuck up, but then again, I still have two chapters to flesh all of that out. I did love all the small tidbits about the fall of Niff and would have loved way more info on that outside of the few scraps you pick up while also learning that daemons are essentially people too.
I think more on Ravus would be nice, though I got the gist that while he was against Noct and crew, part of it was a test (lol) on if Noct was worthy of being the true king, with his back-up plan being him and Tenebrae taking out the Empire first with the help of the Oracle. He miscalculated what Ardyn was doing and he got fucked in the process, failing to even protect his sister in her time of need. I suppose his plan was also to capture the gods to either deter or save Luna from essentially wasting away.
Having the bros come back was nice, but also led to the issues I had in Chapter 10. The reveal that Prompto was also a Niff felt both outta nowhere and unneeded except as a for someone else to have security access and to open an previously locked door. Felt like a poor place for some last minute character development that fell entirely flat.
The reveal that Ardyn is both immortal and a Calem was neat enough, but I had to go look at his last name to remember that's the same as Noct's. I would like to chalk it up to my own poor memory, but it's something rarely, if ever, gets said during the game. It also seems like the gods fucked up and Noct is their last Trump to fix their fuck up, but then again, I still have two chapters to flesh all of that out. I did love all the small tidbits about the fall of Niff and would have loved way more info on that outside of the few scraps you pick up while also learning that daemons are essentially people too.
Finally, a question that might be wrapped up here in the next few chapters:
Where in the fuck was Ardyn this entire time? Sealed and unearthed some time ago when King Regis was still up and about or just mulling around for several thousand years?
Wireframe
Member
A lot of your suggestions were actually the plan according to insiders, there just wasn't enough time to implement it.
No.
Goddamn it D:
I heard about using a rubber Band on the anolog stick, i dont know the details
Imp the Dimp
Member
I'm in the gym right now trying to get jacked and have FFXV running at home using the rubberband trick to up survival. I'll be at home in 30 mins so I'll report in then.
what rank are you? 30 min isn't a lot of time.
Imp the Dimp
Member
9. I'm in the gym for 80 mins.
Ok, that should be enough depending on how much of the bar is already filled.
Imp the Dimp
Member
9.25 after 77h
BlazingDarkness
Member
At 66 hours and level 83, I completed the game last night. I'll post some thoughts, spoilers clearly marked.
FFXV is undoubtedly a game of two parts, I hesitate to say 'two halves' because I spent 55 hours in the first part *location spoiler, don't read until you pass chapter 6*
and just over 10 hours on the events afterwards. If I didn't know any better I'd go so far as to say this before and after were designed by completely different teams! The first part is the open-world structure, in which the plot takes a back seat (but is still very much there!) and the second part trades the open-world format for something entirely more linear (not unlike FFXIII) with a stronger focus on the plot.
I am in two minds about this. Taken on its own, I don't like how the second part develops, and it is clear to me this is where much of the content of the game would have been taken out. I kept asking myself, why can't I explore these places? *location spoilers, up to chapter 12*
- here just some examples of what I thought were missed opportunities. Had the game in the second part offered both the stronger focus on plot, and the exploratory freedom of the first part, it would be almost faultless in my mind.
The plot beats in this second part are brilliant, so many awesome set pieces and memorable encounters *endgame spoilers, don't read if you haven't completed the story!*
The game also offered the series's best villain since the likes of Seymour in FFX, and the overall lore (concerning the villain and his motives), while sometimes a little ambiguous, is really interesting and generally well realised.
If the game was constructed entirely like the second part (like FFXIII is), my overall opinion would be much lower, but because the first part offered such a wealth of content, and cleverly formed this strong character narrative between the four guys (without showing it in cutscenes), I really experienced this beautiful journey, where the second part of the game served as the payoff to that journey. So my advice to anyone playing (or replaying) the game would really be to take your time in that first part, explore that region to the full, because once you leave, the game is designed specifically with the purpose to catapult you to the climax, there's very little room for respite and distraction (unless you return to that region, of course).
Strengths:
- The interactions between the four guys
- The game's art design, the OST
- The overall world design, the freedom to explore in the first region
- The battle system, when it works, is probably the best in the series
- The unconventional plot exposition (the newspapers, the radios); many people did not like this, but I really enjoyed finding out about the world and its events in this manner
- The villain
- The lore (I really liked the idea of the Six etc.)
- The ending
Weaknesses:
- Linearity (plot in place of freedom in the second part)
- Amazing OST, but is it used well enough? My least favourite track also happened to be played 90% of the time (the music in the outposts/gas stations etc)
- The camera; in tight spaces or forested places I often couldn't see what was happening on screen
- The Astrals look absolutely incredible, it's a shame though, that we can't see more of them
- Cut content is really quite obvious (both plot and otherwise), the narrative jumped around a bit at times (specifically, when we see the black screen with 'X days/weeks later' which was a great shame, though what we do get is still great
- There is room to develop side characters more, though again, what we do see of them is good, I just want more!
Overall I really loved XV, it delivered for me, and really has made me hopeful for the future of the franchise. I still have all of the post-game content to explore, and I will probably check out Kingsglaive (I enjoyed Brotherhood). I also look forward to some of the DLC, I hope they will flesh out some of the world even further (and maybe fix a few of the technical issues). It's hard to rank the game in comparison to other FF titles, as it's so different, but I do know that it's ten times the game XIII was. Had it been released last generation, it would be up there with Xenoblade as my game of the generation.
FFXV is undoubtedly a game of two parts, I hesitate to say 'two halves' because I spent 55 hours in the first part *location spoiler, don't read until you pass chapter 6*
(specifically, Lucis)
I am in two minds about this. Taken on its own, I don't like how the second part develops, and it is clear to me this is where much of the content of the game would have been taken out. I kept asking myself, why can't I explore these places? *location spoilers, up to chapter 12*
Altissia is beautifully detailed, yet the map is much bigger than any place we can go to, Tenebrae? We visit only the station in the outskirts, with the city looming in the background, the whole Imperial region (and city) are entirely linear (literally on tracks for much of it)
The plot beats in this second part are brilliant, so many awesome set pieces and memorable encounters *endgame spoilers, don't read if you haven't completed the story!*
specifically, the whole of chapter 14 was great, the Ifrit fight was probably the high point, jaw-dropping stuff! I also loved the ending, and the little touch with the logo was perfect
If the game was constructed entirely like the second part (like FFXIII is), my overall opinion would be much lower, but because the first part offered such a wealth of content, and cleverly formed this strong character narrative between the four guys (without showing it in cutscenes), I really experienced this beautiful journey, where the second part of the game served as the payoff to that journey. So my advice to anyone playing (or replaying) the game would really be to take your time in that first part, explore that region to the full, because once you leave, the game is designed specifically with the purpose to catapult you to the climax, there's very little room for respite and distraction (unless you return to that region, of course).
Strengths:
- The interactions between the four guys
- The game's art design, the OST
- The overall world design, the freedom to explore in the first region
- The battle system, when it works, is probably the best in the series
- The unconventional plot exposition (the newspapers, the radios); many people did not like this, but I really enjoyed finding out about the world and its events in this manner
- The villain
- The lore (I really liked the idea of the Six etc.)
- The ending
Weaknesses:
- Linearity (plot in place of freedom in the second part)
- Amazing OST, but is it used well enough? My least favourite track also happened to be played 90% of the time (the music in the outposts/gas stations etc)
- The camera; in tight spaces or forested places I often couldn't see what was happening on screen
- The Astrals look absolutely incredible, it's a shame though, that we can't see more of them
- Cut content is really quite obvious (both plot and otherwise), the narrative jumped around a bit at times (specifically, when we see the black screen with 'X days/weeks later' which was a great shame, though what we do get is still great
- There is room to develop side characters more, though again, what we do see of them is good, I just want more!
Overall I really loved XV, it delivered for me, and really has made me hopeful for the future of the franchise. I still have all of the post-game content to explore, and I will probably check out Kingsglaive (I enjoyed Brotherhood). I also look forward to some of the DLC, I hope they will flesh out some of the world even further (and maybe fix a few of the technical issues). It's hard to rank the game in comparison to other FF titles, as it's so different, but I do know that it's ten times the game XIII was. Had it been released last generation, it would be up there with Xenoblade as my game of the generation.
It took around 100 hours for the survival skill to hit level 10 naturally for me. I probably could have leveled it up much faster if I didn't use the chocobo all the time.
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