[PS2] Final Fantasy XII

Originally Posted by Metal Sphere

- 1 Serpentarius (this is ridiculously complicated to make)
- 2 Teleport Stones

Yay, more teleport stones!!

Have not played for quite a while but geez, incredible that some of you guys are level 90+ already and still discover tough enemies...

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I agree that the soundtrack sucked. The only good songs were not composed by Sakimoto, but oh well, you can always mute the TV (?) It's awesome that some people who started four weeks after me already finished the game, I must be terribly slow.

By the way, an excellent place to level up if you're level 50~60+ would be

Spoiler:

the secret area in Nabreus Deadlands, there are lots of skeletons who give 1.5k exp and are very easy to kill with Holy Lance. Also, since there are tons of them, you can create some cool chains!

I gained like three levels per hour.

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Interestingly, I didn't think that FFXII had too many awesome "movie-esque" scenes, yes okay, the intro was quite awesome, but as for the rest, I dunno...

I was speaking idiomatically.

No, but you gonna need some additional karma

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Freelance Wolf

In regards to the 'movie' sequences, I agree that some of like, like the intro, ar quite good and movie-esque, but I still feel that the FFVIII sequences were better handled and more exciting to look at. Of course, since nobody likes the game, I won't get anyone agreeing with me

FFVIII rocks. I played it on PC and just bought the PS version, but I have to get an original Sony PSX memory card first =/

Originally Posted by Freelance Wolf

Too bad I'm not getting a PS3. though.

WHat omg why are you not getting PS3??!?

FELIPE NO

Heh, the Ultima battle is one of the most antisocial battles I've experienced in quite a while...

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Originally Posted by Karasu

Wait a sec, is Ultima:

Spoiler:

In the Pharos Tower?

No, that's

Spoiler:

Phoenix

,

I guess

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Rock

Oh and I'm also at the Pharos now; can I complete that dungeon and still be free to roam the world map?

Yes, you can. The last dungeon is Bahamut, so you'll still be able to roam the world map after you finished the Pharos dungeon.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Lionking-Cyan

So, any advices you can give me before i start the game?

Don't mess with the dino in the desert =D

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My main party is level 72 now and yesterday, I was like "uhh let's mess with those faggots in the Necrohol of Nabudis", well, what can I say, the first two were quite easy, but the esper, lol, I dunno, but maybe I should come later again ...

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Originally Posted by Metal Sphere

Edit: Musharraf, he's more than beatable at 72. You just have to keep the defensive suite up at all times and throw on wind absorbing equipment + confuse immune gear. This is assuming you cast the opposite element on each chaosjet around him.

I dunno. I was busy all time curing the Disabled status, I couldn't even attack him. Oh well, I might try it again today. What's a reasonable level to mess with Yiazmat? You think I can beat it at level 72?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by jb1234

In a way, it was brilliant game design on Square-Enix's part because when you're finally powerful enough to slaughter the thing, it feels REALLY good...

Well yeah but on the other hand, you are like $%&§$@FUCKYOUSQUARENIX because basically, you have to start all over again.

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Originally Posted by Metal Sphere

When I finished it, I was at level 99 with everyone and they all had the best weapon for their weapon class.

Honestly, how long did it take for you to beat the final boss? 20 seconds, 30 seconds?

How ya doing, buddy?

I am currently fighting Hell Wyrm. This faggot seems to have like ten million HP, this is so boring, I can even post on GFF

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

I love invert. Saves me ethers

But thanks for the advice`!

Edit: Do you mean that Yiazmat has even MORE hitpoints than Hell Wyrm??? O_O

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I got my 10th esper today so I travelled to the Henne Mines Secret Area which is, uhh, tough?! I especially like it when a mob of like 15 bats attack you after you pulled a certain switch. Is there a way to clear the way to Feywood?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Well usually you won't expel the main (story) character from your party since it's quite obvious that he will be story-relevant until the end. That's why I kept Vaan in my party all the time because I thought that maybe Fran or Balthier or whoever might leave the party sooner or later...

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I got Excalibur today. It was in the chest the first time I tried, so yeah, pretty cool; it was worth the long way. Though I have to come back to fight Ultima pretty soon - I wanted to fight Ultima, but I think level 73 isn't enough. I will come back later when I'm level 80+. Also defeated Fafnir today though I almost ran out of Chrono's Tears.

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Heh. I had quite some problems with Fafnir at level 73 when people told me that they beat him without any problems at level 50. Maybe I'm doing something wrong O_o

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Xellos

There's really no reason to level up the characters you don't plan on using. I didn't and I am 150 hours in the game without ever having a situation where everyone died and had to use the backups.

Yeah, same here. At first, I was a bit worried but now that I'm about 100 hours in the game, I cannot say that I have to rely on my "reserve" characters (sometimes, they are quite handy to escape from lethal battles, though). I am happy that I didn't waste too much time on leveling everyone.

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Originally Posted by Spatula

Even if the main objective is levelling up or not, I'm also thinking of the long term effects of FFXII in itself as a game. I know for sure once I complete everything and get 100% and beat the game, I am not going to touch this game again for a long time, so levelling everyone at level 99 isn't such a bad idea after all. At least I get my play times worth. And levelling up isn't too too bad.

Again, I have to agree. After I finished Pharos at Ridorana, I was like "uhh one more level, I think I gonna finish that and never touch this (in my opinion pretty disappointing) game again". That was at 35 or 40 hours. Now I'm at ~100 hours and glad that I continued with the mob hunts and sidequests and extra espers and whatever... this is where the game begins to make fun - there are real challenges (I almost went crazy when I fought Hell Wyrm for about three hours) and you just cannot get rid off the game until you completed the very last mob hunt or acquired the very last extra super esper. I am pretty sure that I will keep on playing for another hundred hours even though that might sound crazy for many.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Spatula

A two hundred hour game. Oh shi~.

I just checked my memory card because I knew there was a FFX savegame with over 200 hours. I played this game like a maniac, completing every single stupid sidequests including the heavily annoying chocobo races and the even more annoying lightning quest, if you know what I am talking about

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Originally Posted by Spatula

I'm up to the Sochen Cave Palace. Boring dungeon. Oh well. I'm doing some sort of puzzle right now, at least according to the book. I don't like how there won't be a save point for a while, besides the first crystal bug.

After you got the weapon from the riddle, you should go back to save your game, just in case. The two bosses are not that hard, but there won't be a save point until you get to Archades.

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Originally Posted by SOLDIER_2825

Well I think I'm gonna go take a run at Hell Wyrm here and see how that one goes. Has anyone else found the Espers to be basically useless? The only thing they've really done in my mind is to open up the Henne mines section. But in battle I think I've used them a couple of times.

I think I have used espers like three times in the entire game, because I also think that they kind of suck

There's nowhere I can't reach.

What does your timer say, Metal Sphere?

Haven't played for the last couple of days, but I definitely want to get to level 99 within the next few weeks so I better start playing again

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.