[PS2] Final Fantasy XII

Quick question, the Yagu darkblade is dropped by the Bombshells in the Lushu Mines correct? Also can you steal it from them or is it only gotten from chaining and acquiring loot? I also forgot which span it was that they spawn in if someone could refresh my memory.

Edit: Shit, well nevermind, I forgot that Bombshell was a rare game. Seeing as how I already have the trophy for him, I don't believe I will be getting the darkblade anytime soon.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Metal Sphere

Did the sigils I put up help you? Oh, Bombshell isn't a trophy monster. For the Bomb family monsters, that's the Matriarch Bomb's bit.

Wait are you serious about that? I fought the Bombshell once, and then I went to get the yagu Darkblade today and looked in my guide and it said Bombshell was a rare game? So I figured I jut had the trophy and I wouldn't see him again. Since we have seen the guide wrong or incomplete thus far it wouldn't surprise me if it messed up again.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I probably read it wrong or something. Well then I suppose I will go after the Yagu Darkblade tonight then.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by LilGreekKid

goodluck....I faught that bomb 4 times and no blades I kept going 2 areas away and then back again and kept on getting the Aeorinte but no bomb. Very frustrating.

Well if it is any consolation, I haven't gotten a blade either. In fact I still haven't even gotten the freaking thing to spawn. I kept zoning and going back but with nothing to show for it. I think tomorrow I will set aside a decent chunk of time to ensure I get the damn thing.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Well I was starting to get bored with doing all of the side stuff. Well more like fed up with it all so I decided to start a new game. I still have a lot of things I could do for my main game though so I'm not sure how long I'll stick to playing the new one. I think I just need to take a little break from the whole game in general to get my motivation for it all back.

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Originally Posted by Scratch and Sniff

I took down that Fafnir like nobodies bitch. He was pretty easy, actually, and it was more funny that I spent more time getting into blizzard mode than taking him on. It's quite surprising that a million HP mark went down in about 8 minutes. Its funny how when I first started the game, I was like, shit, 1 Million HP? That battle is gonna take a LONG TIME.

Yea I had the same thoughts too. I also thought fights like Hell Wyrm, Omega, and Yizmat would be nearly impossible. One thing when I looked at it that I didn't take into account was the combo's. While unless you have certain weapons and accessories they can be sporadic, but they can add up pretty quickly as well.

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Originally Posted by Scratch and Sniff

Nice, I might consider the Hell Wyrm next. I keep hearing it as HARDCORE, but I think I can manage. As for the story bosses, they fear ME.

I was in the high 70's when I took on Hell Wyrm. I assure he is far from "hardcore". You should be able to take him down pretty easily. The only thing about it is the time factor which really isn't even that bad. Just have a couple of Black Mask's or Demon Shields ready for when he uses his Judgement since it's dark elemental. Also you might want a healthy supply of Chrono's Tears or a Power Band or armlet or whatever because Judgement can also inflict stop. All in all it wasn't a bad fight.

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Originally Posted by Scratch and Sniff

Posting in a MOTHER FUCK RAPED THE HELL WYRM THREAD.

Took that overrated piece of orange ringed shit sucker down in about 65 minutes. He was pretty easy, just LONG at 8.9 million some HP. Yeah his Invert was something I looked forward to since it boosted up my MP to max, while I just use X potions to save the dudes out of critical state then just curajas up to 100% health (9999 for most of the characters). I think this is the first time I've seen Basch chain up to 6 hits for about 2500 each with Genji something and his Masamune - very nice indeed. If I was low on MP (which was probably when he had about 4-5 dots left), I'd just use an elixir or H Ether to give me a good caffine boost.

For some reason I feared I would have overestimated my abilites and got my first game over screen, but not-quite yet! So far the only bosses I did have some difficulty with were Chaos esper and near the end of the Gilgamesh fight.

So how does the Behemoth King compare to this guy?

Haha, well I'm glad you enjoyed raping him. The Behemoth King is basically a pussy version of Hell Wyrm. So I wouldn't get my hopes up of a challenging fight or anything with him.

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Originally Posted by Metal Sphere

At your level, you should be doing absolutely savage amounts of damage. With both MP restoring licenses (augments), you shouldn't be running out before the fight ends. Heck, the longest fight in the game was probably Yiazmat and I never ran low.

I also can't think of a fight where my MP ran low. The only times where I have needed an ether or needed to charge was fights where the enemies would use "Fearga". Aside from that though you should be fine. Like you said MS, with augments you should be gaining MP every time you either recieve damage or dish some out.

Correct me if I am wrong but in order to fight Omega you need ll 13 espers right? I thought that you did and I was almost finished with the Great Crystal BS puzzle again when I realized I have yet to face Zodiarc. So I promptly turned around and and currently about to go through the Henne Mines to take down the final esper. I think I will shoot myself if I was wrong and was able to fight Omega withough having all 13 epsers. As to why I didn't simply finish the last gate and find out for myslef, I don't know.

MS, there can't be much left for you to do. You still playing or kinda takin off from XII?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Lazlow

uh where can I find the magick "scathe" at?

It's at the secret Baknamy shop in the Ncrohol of Nabudis. The same place where you can get the Maxmillians and Mega Power Shiask and the Telekenisis.

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Originally Posted by LilGreekKid

SCRATCH AND SNIFF--see how you fare against Yiazmate. By the way, does HOLYJA cure herself completely?

Still trying to get a dang ribbon from Cerobi Steppe. I am in the crossfield. Every Chest I open there is like over 2500 gil. I would then save at the Blue Save Crystal and then cancel the game and reload it and the chest would respawn. I found another formalhaunt doing this. So that makes 2. One from Lhushe Mines and the other frome Cerobi.

Metal Sphere or Soldier_2825---To get the Wyrm Bone it says to either steal or drop from Skulwyrm. I was able tp get 3 Battlewyrm Carapiece from it. Is that the same thing?

The only Ribbon I have been able to get thus far has been the one in the Pharo's. I have heard though that it can take some serious time to the one in the Stoppe. As for the Wyrm Bone they are not the same thing as the Battlewyrm Carapiece. I believe the Skullwyrm is in the Dry Beam area of the Cavern. Just keep chaining it and eventuallly he should drop them. Also steal before you kill him since it essentially doubles your chances of getting said items.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Scratch and Sniff

I don't think I'm ready to take on the Omega, I have to admit I have *some* difficulty with the Ultima fight, and she's easy compared to the higher ups. I think I should just continue and kill Zordiak. Must be black masks first.

Also, I'm low on ethers for MP! HELP!

Well like said before, if you have all of the augments you should be fine on MP unless an opponent uses Fear. If you need ethers though IIRC, they can be bought at the Secret Baknamy shop in the Necrohol. The black masks I believe can be bought In Balfonheim.

LilGreek Kid: I remember reading about the bastard sword, but I don't recall if it is a dropped item or bazarr. I'm almost positive its not a Bazarr item. Anyways what are the stats for sword?

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Originally Posted by Andrew Evenstar

Hey guys just a question...

I played throught the Japanese game and have yet to play through the English version.

How are you guys / girls liking the game and how does it rank against other FF's? What are your opinions, likes, dislikes?

I think overall it's a great game. IMO the storyline could have been developed quite a bit more, also could have used a lot more dialogue to get to know the characters better. One really good thing is all of the sidequests and obviously the hunts and stuff. Some of it was tedious (creating weapons such as Turnsoul) but was gratifying in the end. I thought the storyline for FFX was better but other than that XII is probably one of the best.

BTW, the ribbon as you have found out does not negate the Esunaguised Shield. You probably won't be hit by any physical attacks but just have to deal with the negative effects.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by LilGreekKid

Man....Zodiark is one tough SOB. I cannot beat this Esper. Everytime I get him down to very low HP where he is immune to Physical Attacks, my brain goes haywaire. Why. Well, his immune to magic flickers on and off. Whenever I use Bio, for some reason reflects back to me but the strange thing is, it will say "No Longer immune to magic." Some times I get a hit, sometimes I don't.

How the heck do you beat this MFer? I tried Scathe, but dude is immune to it.

I personally haven't fought Zodiark yet, been a little sidetracked from XII for a few day's. I'm not sure how fast he/she is, especially towards the end when it goes immune like you say. I guess while it doesn't have a magic palling up you could try and triple-cast on it. It's immune to scatche, are you sure it just didn't take down it's magic palling yet? Scathe I believe is non-elemental so it shouldn't be immune to it.

How ya doing, buddy?

I agree with all of that. The development of the gambit and new battle system not only save time on fights, but it allows for the player to that much more involved with your party. By having the gambit system you have so much control over them, without having to imput commands every second. It's not like you just sit there and watch the fights role by either. In many cases you will have to input a different command they may not have been set up in your gambit's. All in all the new battle system is revolutionary and brings the FF series up another notch when many probably thought it wasn't possible. Great game, one of the best FF's ever.

How ya doing, buddy?

Well I was starting to get burnt out on XII so I took a break. Been about two weeks now and I'm thinkin it's about time to get back into the swing of things here. Just got Omega, Zodiark, and Yizmat left.

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Originally Posted by LilGreekKid

Soldier....Forgot Ultima.

I actually already took out Ultima. Wasn't too bad once you got used to the barrier shifting. Although like I mentioned before I thought you needed to have all 13 espers before you fought Omega so I left to go take on Zodiark. Which sucks because Giruvegan (especially the Crystal section) is my least favorite place in the whole game. Not to mention having to solve the F'ing crystal puzzle again. Then I found out you didn't and got pissed and that's when I decided to take my break from the game.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I remember that when I had a copy of FFXII on reserve through EB games, it ended up not coming in until a month or so after they had said it would. But like everyone else it would be awesome if there were a new FF coming out before the end of the year.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Lazlow

Question: Can you get the all genji items from Gilgamesh when you fight him for the first time?



and I also got theifs cuffs equiped

You can get two of the items in the first fight. I don't remember which ones they were, but the other two are available during the second fight.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Spidey

I actually get him down to 5% health, but he always holds his weight at the last moment. We all get roasted.

IIRC he is weak to ice, so i had two ranged attackers using magick while i had another healer. I think i was in my low 30's when i took him out as well so just keep at it and soon enough he will fall. if you need to at the end of the fight have two people healing and buffing while just one attacks. Or maybe he was weak against lighting and used ice attacks, shit i can't remember, but its one of the two, and with doing so you should be fine with him. ( if you have reached the Jahara be sure to buy and equip the ice shields)

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Originally Posted by Spidey

All I got to help me, is the Manufactured Nethicite and the +20 to Magick Resistance thing...So he is weak to lightning?

Yea he is weak against lightning and he absorbs ice. But he casts a lot of ice spells. So you could have one ranged attacker/healer, then another person to cast the lightning (at this point you should be able to have thundaga i believe) and another melee attacker if you want who will draw the majority of the attacks. Although I believe gil snapper will start to chase your magic user so just keep running around with him allowing your other two to deal free damage. Also like I said before since he casts blizzard spells you should have the ice shield from the jahara since it cuts ice damage in half, and always stay buffed as usual.

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Originally Posted by Dr. Uzuki

Thanks for that tip. I tracked down that gun from your suggestion last night, it was really worth it. Although, the gun in the package wasn't the main draw of gathering those loot items for the bazaar goods, it was the ammo. Think I'm going to wait until I have some more Espers under my belt and the extra section to Hennes Mines opens. Hecteyes is suppost to be in that way and I can just steal the liquids from him instead of braking my back over it now.

The Foobars in the Dead lands drop the Silver liquid pretty often when i was getting them. I forget the names of the areas but from the save crystal just head south one screen and right down from the exit threre should be a foobar who drops. Just keep zoning and you should have plenty of liquid in no time. Also to get into the Henne you need atleast 10 Espers IIRC. Be careful with the Hectytes too, they are a pain in the ass if you don't have anything to protect against confuse.

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