[PS2] Final Fantasy XII

Made it to Raithwall's Tomb this morning (what a name, it's just asking for creepy shit to come and kill you). I was so, so, so, so tired...I just wanted to beat the bosses as fast as possible and LEAVE so I could sleep. So I was extremely cheap and I Mist'd them both to death in one move, then I ran back out, saved, and slept. And then I dreamt that a demon wall ate me

Oh yeah, and for some reason I felt really, really sad about

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the Urutan-Yensa that was dust'd by the creepy Queen, and the poor moogle was crying, awwww

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

The Queen looked like an alien to me :D

You'd think those Tusken Raiders, er, little sand people, would be thankful that I killed their enemy. Oh well. Can't say that moogle was crying though. Sad , yes. Crying, no.

P.S. I saw Belias' -limit break-. It was wicked cool. The manual says they use it after 'certain conditions are met.' What exactly are these conditions?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Not exactly sure what those 'conditions' are, but every time I've summoned an Esper, [with the exception of the one time I summoned Adrammalech] they've used their 'limit break' like attack. If you thought Belias was good, wait till you see Mateus. Looks amazing.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

btw. am I'm the only one who plays the game in widescreen? And I hope that I will soon get some new teammember. Penelo just left me and now I have to fight solo again...

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

Originally Posted by Freelance Wolf

Can't say that moogle was crying though. Sad , yes. Crying, no.

I dunno. It wiped its eyes several timesduring the scene and when I talked to it after so I assumed it was crying even if there were no visible tears. Either way, it was still sad.

Anyway, I bought that Grimoire thing from the bazaar and I have no idea if it's actually doing what it says it should. either way I saved over the wrong slot so if it's useless then I'm out of a lot of money. But I guess it's all right, I'll just sell stuff. I just got Penelo for the pirate den thing, too. I think I've only unlocked 7 of them, sneh.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I'm at the Draklor Laboratory in Archades trying to unlock the lift to the top floor...having trouble doing that, help would be appreciated

On a side note, Archades is very Star Wars-ish...in a good way

My main party is Vaan, Balthier, and Ashe (all of whom are level 45, everyone else is level 10 and 11 lol). Just curious, do I still have a long way to go in the game? Because I'm getting the sense that I'm reaching the climax...hope it's not a short game

P.S.~Anyone have the CG renders for the individual Judges, Vossler, Rasler, and Reks? Or just as many of those as you have? I want to use them for my sigs/wallpapers in Photoshop.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Yeah what is the Grimoire actually godd for? I mean it's damn expensive...if it's like an actual grimoire-book that means that you should be able ot get some good and strong spells.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I got the Grimoire forgotten book, and at first I thought I just wasted 18,000 hard earned gil for nothing, but this is what I found out - it decreases the amount of battle chaining you have to do to get the good stuff. I compared this with my Skeleton run vs my "Sandman" run in the Sandsea area. For me to get to level 3 battle chain, it took about a 50 continuous enemy kills to get the gold awards, however, with the Grimoire book, this is reduced to you only needing to get 30. So the first level is when you kill 10 of the same type of enemy in a row - you get the silver colored loot, the second is when you kill 20 of the same enemy in a row, you get the small gold loot, and the third set is for 30 enemies - you get the BIG gold loot, which can have positive effects, such as heal your party for anywhere from 5 to 150 HP, as well as cast protect and shell on your party. I can't wait to see what the other good stuff look like!

FELIPE NO

Ooh, sweet. That's awesome then...that big loot netted me lots of money in the end and the protect/shell it cast was very helpful. I should go on a skeleton run, soon. Or..actually, I think I can probably try it out with the Urutan-Yensa in the sandsea. That'll be pretty awesome. I notice that I get more Rainbow Eggs out of Axebeaks but I dunno if that's actually an effect of the hunter book. Either way, it's nice to have all those eggs to sell!

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

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I think I can probably try it out with the Urutan-Yensa in the sandsea.

That's basically one of the best spots right now for a good EXP run. Those guys are MUCH easier than the skeletons, and they are funnier too, not like the creepy undead. They give about 83 EXP and 1 LP each. You can find tons of them, so there's never the issue of running out. Just camp around the save stone and work your way around the platforms. That's what I've been doing for the last few hours.

Everyone in my team now has the +500 HP thanks to them being so easy. I'm thinking of sticking around here until I clean up all the main augmentatios I want for my team until I move onto the next stage. You can easily get 100+ chain with these guys, it's not even funny. Just don't touch the save stone and don't go to those platforms with the Aldurians (small tomato like things) and you should be fine.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Do those lots heal and protect the group by itself or do you have to cast it first?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I found that stealing from skeletons yield a lot of cash when you sell off bones.

I'm at about level 27, which is the best place to "farm" at this point? I'm sticking around the snowy area because there are skeletons, but it's kind of hard to chain, and the elementals get in the way.

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

Originally Posted by Simo

That's 1.5 million copies shipped, not sold.

Oh, I just read this and then posted. I'm sorry.

How ya doing, buddy?

Is it just me or does the Eruyt Village theme sound a lot like something from Chrono Cross?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Elrasiel

Do those lots heal and protect the group by itself or do you have to cast it first?

If you're referring to the big gold loot once you get to the level 3 battle chain, then there's a chance that the heal and protect will automatically be casted on your party, which is nice. All you have to do is keep killing and collecting the loot until you get to the big gold loots.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Note to self: Never again wander into the Necrohol of Nabudis. D:

That place is NASTY. I was just exploring, yet again. Basically just wanted to grab my Zodiac Spear... But DAMN, that trek is way longer than I thought it was. Maybe I just went the wrong way or something. I'm glad I bought 60 Phoenix Downs, in any case.

Most amazing jew boots

Are there any requirements on getting the Zodiac Spear?

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

Originally Posted by TheXeno

Are there any requirements on getting the Zodiac Spear?

There are four treasure chests in the game that you can't open or else the Zodiac Spear disappears from its chest in the Necrohol.

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It's hidden pretty deep in the Necrohol, so getting through the zone is one requirement. XD Though if you keep ONLY one character on-screen at a time, you lessen your chances of getting a game over quite as fast.

Other than that, there's certain Treasures through the game that you have to NOT open, otherwise the Zodiac Spear won't be there. They are:

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1. At the southern end of Rabanastre Lowtown, the chest that sits in front of Old Dalan's house.
2. In the Rabanastre Palace Cellar, do not open the treasure chest(s) that sit in the southeast corner of the map. There are either one or two chests that may appear there. Do not open anything in either case.
3. In the Nalbina Dungeons, do not open any of the treasure chests that appear in the room where you get the map for the area and regain your equipment.
4. At the eastern-most section of the Phon Coast (Vaddu Strand), do not open any of the 16 chests that are there. [Though if you do what I did and go to the Necrohol early, you don't have to worry about this one.]

There's nowhere I can't reach.

So how awesome is this Zodiak spear? I'd check it up but I'm at school now, so therefore I don't have the guide book. Spoiler tags where necessary, thank you!

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

Well I can't get the spear now ;(

Oh well, can't win em all


Though I hate stuff like that, I mean how are supposed to know not to open the chests?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

ugh.. i sure hope i can get back into this game.. i was diagnosed with bells palsy last week, cant play for awhile. I think i stopped right at gettin the first esper.

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when do you get to pick which character it goes to?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by rpgcrazied

ugh.. i sure hope i can get back into this game.. i was diagnosed with bells palsy last week, cant play for awhile. I think i stopped right at gettin the first esper.

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when do you get to pick which character it goes to?

you should automaticly be able to go to your liscenece board and choose it for anyone. Just look around the board, i think around the right edge.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Damn!!!

I went further ahead to the Hennes Mines today and ugh!!!! There are some hard sections in there, mainly the swarms of bats and jellies that cluster in several locations. I actually had to make a run for it at the second jelly swarm.

And then I had to fight the boss,

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Tiamat, Damn, she's HARD! I actually got her into the red zone when I ran out of hi-potions and phoenix downs and watched my team fall one by one. Gah...thank god there's a teleport stone right before her, so I can stock up on the stuff before facing her again.

Those T-Rexes remind me of the T-Rexaurs in FFVIII so much.

FELIPE NO

If you had troubles with that boss, good luck with the next one.

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