The Black Mage Village (Final Fantasy)

[fingers mccoy]

no haha i did something worse

[Happy]

...What?

[fingers mccoy]

killed off squall and zell and levelled up to level 60 with seifer until the average party level was 30 which drew the galbadian soldiers up to level 30 which gave them the agas then drew them all with seifer then beat x-atm092 about 20 times which gave 50AP at a time

it was an evening

[Happy]

Pretty good plan tbh, might have to use it myself.

[fingers mccoy]

are you serious

well it is good i mean it gets the three gfs you have up to level 100 if you junction one to each character (i dunno if you knew this but even if your character is dead, their GF gains the same exp and ap, and that exp/ap per character is divided up between all the GFs junctioned to that character)

it's just a little masochistic so do it with friends watching movies or something, takes about six or seven hours

the good thing is that levelling up stays constant regardless of your level, and seifer gets limit breaks like more than every other turn

change the disc speed if you're playing it on a ps2

[Happy]

I don't mind some level grinding, I was raised on FF and Pokémon.

[fingers mccoy]

yeh levelling up on ff7 was ridiculous

[Happy]

Not in the Northern Crater :)

[fingers mccoy]

i only levelled up on one playthrough, when i was about 11, and i think i levelled up in mideel or something

[Happy]

Yeah, outside of the NC it was awful for levelling. I think most playthroughs ended with a lvl 50-60 Cloud.

[fingers mccoy]

managed to get to around 80 then gave up

[Happy]

I was trying to level Cloud up to lvl 99 in my last playthrough. Got to lvl 94 and lost the memory card :-/
It was a good thing the members not in your party slowly levelled up with those in your party.

[Mister_Che]

are you serious

well it is good i mean it gets the three gfs you have up to level 100 if you junction one to each character (i dunno if you knew this but even if your character is dead, their GF gains the same exp and ap, and that exp/ap per character is divided up between all the GFs junctioned to that character)

it's just a little masochistic so do it with friends watching movies or something, takes about six or seven hours

the good thing is that levelling up stays constant regardless of your level, and seifer gets limit breaks like more than every other turn

change the disc speed if you're playing it on a ps2

That's ****ing ridiculous. :lol: :lol:

I was trying to level Cloud up to lvl 99 in my last playthrough. Got to lvl 94 and lost the memory card :-/
It was a good thing the members not in your party slowly levelled up with those in your party.

I've never gotten Cloud past level 84. :/

[fingers mccoy]

did you hear about my ix playthrough

i'm a pro

[Happy]

Probably did, can't remember, tell again :)

[fingers mccoy]

level 1 game under 12 hours

cept a true level 1 game is impossible, so i let zidane get to level 32

all the rest were level 1

i will link you to some epic posts

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16429942&postcount=16742

the amount of soft resets.... oh god it was traumatic. this is the only place in which i feel talking about it can be defined as bragging.

[Happy]

I remember those posts, resetting whenever you got a random battle etc lol.
Insane playthrough man, I wouldn't have the patience to do that.

People like you should have awards.

[fingers mccoy]

the thing is, cause i reset everytime something went wrong, if i couldve watched like a video of that whole playthrough, it would be GLORIOUS. absolutely everything on it would be perfect. great runs across the world map scaled without incident... whole dungeons traversed and bosses levelled in seconds. i couldnt get every treasure in the game cause that would be physically impossible on the english version, but i came prettttttty close.

oh and i would actually practice buying and selling stuff in shops :lol:

like i mapped out the commands for the least necessary amount of button processes, wrote them down and practiced them till i could perform a complicated process of buying, selling and synthesising in seconds. it was a beautiful thing. i still have notepad files on my comp that have commands listed in rows of four like :

r1,r1, x, U,
x, D, x, U,
x, o, U, x...


etc, with filenames like 'moogle in fossil roo.txt' and 'cotton robe trick lindblum 2.txt'

[Happy]

I'm sure thats down to good editing or cheat codes. No-one can be that lucky to never encounter anything.

[Chrysostom]

Yeah, outside of the NC it was awful for levelling. I think most playthroughs ended with a lvl 50-60 Cloud.

I was about the same - HP and MP+ Materia took care of the rest. best Materia in the game.

level 1 game under 12 hours

cept a true level 1 game is impossible, so i let zidane get to level 32

all the rest were level 1

i will link you to some epic posts

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16429942&postcount=16742

the amount of soft resets.... oh god it was traumatic. this is the only place in which i feel talking about it can be defined as bragging.

W
T
F

You are a disturbed and disturbing individual. Where the hell did you find the time and motivation? Why? Just...WHY!?

[Jim]

agreed. that's insane

IX is the only FF i've finished %100. All treasures, all chocographs, all 100 cards, all characters at L99, all secret bosses beaten, all side quests completed (moogle mail, zodiac things, daggers real name) etc.

actually though i lie. i only collected 2 of the 3 coffee beans. there's one you can only get at one point in the game and i missed it :( :( :(

[Liberi Fatali]

level 1 game under 12 hours

cept a true level 1 game is impossible, so i let zidane get to level 32

all the rest were level 1

i will link you to some epic posts

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16429942&postcount=16742

the amount of soft resets.... oh god it was traumatic. this is the only place in which i feel talking about it can be defined as bragging.
:eek:

/bow

I've done everything in FF IX other than that, and wouldn't even dream of attempting it. In FFX I've made some headeway towards being able to defeat Penance (not in the American version) - but have put that on hold for the time being with uni n that.

It's cool when games have something ridiculously hard like that - the trophy system (can't speak for the 360 awards system) for the PS3 is well used by some games. In Wipeout HD (f*cking awesome game) I finally got the gold beat zico trophy after sooooo many attempts. Hopefully FFXIII and Versus have some trophies in them, and some lengthy quests.

[Jim]

lol my brother is so proud of his wipeout trophies

unfortunately, not many games are supporting trophies yet, but time will take care of that.

[Happy]

I was about the same - HP and MP+ Materia took care of the rest. best Materia in the game.




Agreed, I would've failed so hard without it.

[Chrysostom]

Agreed, I would've failed so hard without it.

Ha, tell me about it. All my regular party members had at least two of each type.

[Happy]

I think my Cloud once had about 5 :-/

[fingers mccoy]

agreed. that's insane

IX is the only FF i've finished %100. All treasures, all chocographs, all 100 cards, all characters at L99, all secret bosses beaten, all side quests completed (moogle mail, zodiac things, daggers real name) etc.

actually though i lie. i only collected 2 of the 3 coffee beans. there's one you can only get at one point in the game and i missed it :( :( :(

but you didnt get all treasures did you

wait did you? get the excalibur 2, cause even doing that above level 1 is pretty impressive if you got all the other treasures

[Happy]

Saying he didn't get all the treasures because he missed the Excalibur II is a bit unfair.

[Nightsbane]

I was trying to level Cloud up to lvl 99 in my last playthrough. Got to lvl 94 and lost the memory card :-/
It was a good thing the members not in your party slowly levelled up with those in your party.

I've gotten him AND Aeris to 99 on disc 1. Plus I earned all my parties limit breaks and every materia possible was mastered about three times each. A bit sad but that was five years ago so I don't care.

Also have an VIII file with the entire party at level 100, but that was on disc 4.

[Happy]

Cloud at level 99 on Disc 1?

I bet you pretty much demolished every enemy.

[fingers mccoy]

Saying he didn't get all the treasures because he missed the Excalibur II is a bit unfair.

this is true

also i dont think it counts towards your treasure rank with the four armed man

so the game is nice to you in that department

[fatbandit]

TBH, I am doing a 'perfect' game in FFVII atm (not the 99 of every item kind of perfect game. That's even more absurd than what I'm doing), and it is hard work motivating myself. I'm in the crater, grinding AP away to get everyone a Master Command/Summon/Magic (Going to stop at two, and get the third from beating Emerald WEAPON) and a few other nice 'essential' materia. Not the cheesiest/best setups, just the 'most complete' setup as I see it. I think 6 of my characters are level 99 now. I haven't used Cait or Vincent for the entire game though, and they're still about level 90 at the moment.

Next step is to morph enough of the Gelnika's monsters to get every stat to max ¬_¬

However, if you need more than one master HP plus materia on any given character, you're doing something wrong o_O. 5?

[Happy]

I had a lvl 40 Cloud when I was using 5.

[PayneTiger777]

You must have a lot of time on your hands to max out everything like that. Whenever I play a FF game such as FFVII I usually just level up as much as I want to and then try and have a challenging final fight. I remember the last time I beat it I was using Cid, Vincent, and Cloud and they were at about level 75 I believe. Sephiroth used Supernova on me and I had Cloud and Vincent both turned to frogs while Cid was at 1 hp and he had his limit break. I used Highwind and that was the final blow to Sephiroth. It was an exciting 30 minute fight. I don't like to level up like crazy to make the last fight really easy. I do understand if you want to beat all the WEAPONS though.

[fingers mccoy]

You must have a lot of time on your hands to max out everything like that. Whenever I play a FF game such as FFVII I usually just level up as much as I want to and then try and have a challenging final fight. I remember the last time I beat it I was using Cid, Vincent, and Cloud and they were at about level 75 I believe. Sephiroth used Supernova on me and I had Cloud and Vincent both turned to frogs while Cid was at 1 hp and he had his limit break. I used Highwind and that was the final blow to Sephiroth. It was an exciting 30 minute fight. I don't like to level up like crazy to make the last fight really easy.

that's not really why people do it

[PayneTiger777]

Yeah people do it so that they can feel like they have accomplished something great. I don't really have the patience to do all that.

[fatbandit]

I've already had the epic fights with Sephiroth. I'm not gonna whip KotR out on him or something cheap though. I think I'm right in saying Safer Sephiroth also gains 50000 HP for every character you have on level 99, and also gains more if you one-shot Bizarro Sephiroth with KotR. Might go after him with Initial Equip for the luls. I do have like 9 Ribbons though, so that should fend off his status attacks.

Tried an initial equip, no materia, solo character run of FFVII a while back, but got stuck at Carry Armor :(

And I DON'T have the time to max everything out, haha. This file is like my ongoing project. I'm currently just trying to max Cloud out first, and he doesn't have a single stat maxed yet. With his current strength AND the Attack from Ultimate Weapon, he still doesn't quite hit 255 strength. Stats haven't been my focus yet though, AP grinding has.

[Meatplow]

TBH, I am doing a 'perfect' game in FFVII atm (not the 99 of every item kind of perfect game. That's even more absurd than what I'm doing), and it is hard work motivating myself. I'm in the crater, grinding AP away to get everyone a Master Command/Summon/Magic (Going to stop at two, and get the third from beating Emerald WEAPON) and a few other nice 'essential' materia. Not the cheesiest/best setups, just the 'most complete' setup as I see it. I think 6 of my characters are level 99 now. I haven't used Cait or Vincent for the entire game though, and they're still about level 90 at the moment.

Next step is to morph enough of the Gelnika's monsters to get every stat to max ¬_¬

However, if you need more than one master HP plus materia on any given character, you're doing something wrong o_O. 5?

I remember doing this when I was about 13-14, how I wished I honed a skill inside of spending 3-4 months of my life mastering every materia over and over and levelling up my characters and pretty much going overboard in every nuance of the game :(

[fatbandit]

Yeh, between my band and my job and sleeping, I only get maybe an hour a week to do this kinda stuff, lolol. I still have my game of FFIV to finish too. That was a good break from killing Magic Pots in VII tbh.

[Nightsbane]

Cloud at level 99 on Disc 1?

I bet you pretty much demolished every enemy.

Pretty much. Didn't feel like dusting off Disc 1 like I did when I first got it and just stayed in Wutai earning EXP. After I got around to continuing the story (my third best character was level 89 and I was sick of killing thunderbirds) almost every boss fight was one hit, red pixels, loot screen.

[Brew]

Yeh, between my band and my job and sleeping, I only get maybe an hour a week to do this kinda stuff, lolol. I still have my game of FFIV to finish too. That was a good break from killing Magic Pots in VII tbh.

I think I'm getting close to going to the Moon in IV at the moment, my party is around lvl44 so I'm surviving quite well.

[fatbandit]

I'm past the moon part (though that doesn't mean I won't go back for some dungeon trawling/item farming. Need that rainbow pudding). I think I'm really near the end, though I'm not entirely sure. My party must be at least level 65/70, seeing as I think that is where you have to be to get Rosa to learn Holy? Haven't checked in a bit though. Funny thing is, some people have said you NEED to grind your way through this game, but I really found my levels have been more than adequate throughout, just from random encounters (which there are a lot of).

FuSoYa is also the most useless character ever.

[Anglachel]

but he rewards you with the best abilities if you teach him stuff :D

[Mister_Che]

I just (finally) started FFXII. First thing I noticed was that the voice acting is way better than X. Pretty enjoyable game so far. Im up to the dungeon where the Mimics are gnawing away at the power lines and if it gets too dark a bunch of stuff comes out and attacks.

[Happy]

The voice acting is better because its not all American voices.

[Collis]

They pull off the Indian-accent thing quite well.

I've just finished Pharos at Ridorina. Great dungeon. And the story all fits together pretty well!

[Chrysostom]

They pull off the Indian-accent thing quite well.

I've just finished Pharos at Ridorina. Great dungeon. And the story all fits together pretty well!

The story is probably the weakest element in FFXII. I'm up to the Great Crystal and not only have I lost track of the story through long breaks caused by the various types of sidequest, but I'm not even that bothered about it. It's pretty weak, simple, flat. In short it's 'meh'. Same thing with the characters. If this game had an engaging story and characters like, say, FFVII then it would probably be one of the best FF games and indeed one of the best games I've ever played because everything else in it is really great.

[PayneTiger777]

I agree that the story in FFXII is flat and not as strong as the other ones. The game play is about the only thing that was fun for me in that game. The main characters story line was very weak.

[Collis]

The story is probably the weakest element in FFXII. I'm up to the Great Crystal and not only have I lost track of the story through long breaks caused by the various types of sidequest, but I'm not even that bothered about it. It's pretty weak, simple, flat. In short it's 'meh'. Same thing with the characters. If this game had an engaging story and characters like, say, FFVII then it would probably be one of the best FF games and indeed one of the best games I've ever played because everything else in it is really great.

Oh no no I know that the story is pretty awful. But after Giruvegan/Pharos times it does click a little.

[Happy]

I really wanna play XII now and get my characters up to lvl 99 and get all the marks.

Stupid PS3 not backwards compatible.

[spitfirejunky]

I really wanna play XII now and get my characters up to lvl 99 and get all the marks.

Stupid PS3 not backwards compatible.

What the **** are you serious? What little incentive I had to buy it is now just gone.

[Brew]

The only PS3's that are backwards compatible aren't being made or sold anymore.

[Mister_Che]

That is, until PS2 stops selling. :/

[Brew]

The PS2 will probably still be selling when the PS4 is released.

[Happy]

What the **** are you serious? What little incentive I had to buy it is now just gone.

Yup only certain models can play PS2 games yet they can all play PS1 games. What a great idea that was.

[Anglachel]

backwards compatibility for the ps2 was removed in the 2008 model

[Brew]

The PS3 not being backwards compatible isn't really that much of a problem considering that the PS2 goes for a pretty reasonable price on ebay these days.

[Jim]

i just play both, even though my ps3 is backwards compatible

you're better off playing ps2 games on a ps2 anyway, because some bugs occur when playing them on the ps3

[Happy]

I just find it really annoying having to swap the cables and plugs everytime I want to play a game on a different consol etc.

[Lungingweasel]

FF 4 is my personal favorite, with 7 not far behind.

And I mean the American FF4. Dark Knights rawk my sox off!

[Liberi Fatali]

FF 4 is my personal favorite, with 7 not far behind.

And I mean the American FF4. Dark Knights rawk my sox off!
Uhh there is no American FF4. Final Fantasy V was never released originally outside Japan, so Final Fantasy VI was named Final Fantasy III in America.

There aint any point using the American numbers now anyway, with all of them having been re-released under their proper titles.

[Brew]

FF 4 is my personal favorite, with 7 not far behind.

And I mean the American FF4. Dark Knights rawk my sox off!

You mean the American FF2 rather than 4.

[Brew]

So, the Sealed Cave on FFIV has pwned me 3 times now, the first two times before I'd even got past the first floor and the 3rd time when I was hunting for a save point. Argh.

[Happy]

Always the worst, dying when you think you're so close to the next save point.

[Brew]

Yup.

Losing an average 5 levels per character too makes it worse :(

[Happy]

Ouch man, that sucks

[Anglachel]

Isnt that the place with the attacking doors

that place is cake if you have reflect

[Brew]

It has the attacking doors aye.

Reflect eh? I'll remember that next time I fire up my DS :thumb:

[fatbandit]

Behemoths are horrible in there. After I defeated each one, I teleported out, saved, and went through again. You only fight each one once. And using Blink on Cecil with draw attacks works wonders against them.

[Bread and Faxes]

I remember fighting the behemoths there. They're damn tough. With about 60,000 hp each?

[Anglachel]

behemoths in the place with attacking doors?

uh what no I have no recollection of this
the first place i found behemoths were in bahamuts place

[Bread and Faxes]

That's where I fought them.

[The Transporter]

What the **** are you serious? What little incentive I had to buy it is now just gone.
you wanted to buy a ps3 to play ps2 games? lul

[fatbandit]

I'm pretty sure that's where the Behemoths are, but I could be wrong! I have a bad memory ;)

Wherever you fight them, they're a pain in the arse :p

[Happy]

you wanted to buy a ps3 to play ps2 games? lul

It is handy not having to set up your ps2 whenever you want to play a ps2 game.

Plus I've had my Ps3 for like 9 months and only have 5 games.

[The Transporter]

sucks to not be able to afford more games. i forget how many i have, but they're all awesome

[PayneTiger777]

No I have gray eyes.

[Mister_Che]

WTF Lamont is a guy? I just thought she had small breasts!

[fingers mccoy]

lol yeh join the club

[Mister_Che]

I'm up to Wraithwalls tomb and enjoying the game so far. The combat system lends itself to really hectic combat with or without using gambits.

[HighandDriving]

I'm playing FF6 on my phone, never really played much of it on a computer emulator so Imma try and play it all the way through this time.

[Happy]

Is it the same as the original? I hate playing games on phones.

[Chrysostom]

I'm up to Wraithwalls tomb and enjoying the game so far. The combat system lends itself to really hectic combat with or without using gambits.

Actually using gambits ftw.

[fingers mccoy]

yeh gambits are awesome

[Chrysostom]

yeh gambits are awesome

It's going to come as a shock having to press attack every time when I finally get round to playing and completing FFIX and X. If you combined gambits with the Materia system you'd have the best FF engine ever.

[Happy]

But you wouldn't do anything at all during battle.

[HighandDriving]

Is it the same as the original? I hate playing games on phones.

I'm using an emulator so ya.

[Chrysostom]

But you wouldn't do anything at all during battle.

That's not the way gambits have worked out for me. I've ended up with what I consider the perfect amount of personal intervention in fights.

[spitfirejunky]

you wanted to buy a ps3 to play ps2 games? lul

I wanted to buy a PS3 with the option of playing PS2 games.

[The Transporter]

shoulda bought one while that had ps2 backwards compatibility built in; like i did

[spitfirejunky]

How much did you pay?

[MrConeman]

I thought these were pretty good. Basically a bunch of people rambling about how awesome Nobuo Uematsu is...
part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqEnZ608Qlg
part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ102AXKboM&feature=related

[The Transporter]

How much did you pay?
whatever the 60gb models used to cost. 5 or 6 hundred i think? for all you get though, it was well worth it to me. (hell, bluray only players were a grand or so back then)

saving a hundred bucks or so wasn't worth getting a less endowed system, so i just bit the bullet.

[PayneTiger777]

I payed over 600 for an 80 gig PS3 that came with MGS4 :(

Damn you 80 dollar two year warranty!

[spitfirejunky]

whatever the 60gb models used to cost. 5 or 6 hundred i think? for all you get though, it was well worth it to me. (hell, bluray only players were a grand or so back then)

saving a hundred bucks or so wasn't worth getting a less endowed system, so i just bit the bullet.

Hehe, I'm not judging, I'm just wondering if I missed out on a decent price. Reason I didn't buy it at all was because of that.

[The Transporter]

for what you get, 600 bucks really wasn't that much. they're even cheaper now (despite lack of hardware ps2 compatibility). for the lower price though, you can buy a ps3 and a ps2 and probably still be better off than buying at launch price

[Mister_Che]

What did you guys think of Vagrant Story? Any good?

[HighandDriving]

Ya I played that on an emulator way back and it was dec but I never got all the way through.

[Happy]

Yeah I liked what I played of it but for some reason I never got far into it.

[Mister_Che]

I'm close to buying it. Just need more opinions.

[-Listy-]

Yeah I liked what I played of it but for some reason I never got far into it.

same here

[Mister_Che]

Ah well, I'll take the chance.

[Happy]

Its definitely worth buying.

[fingers mccoy]

one of the best games on the playstation gotta say

[HighandDriving]

Cool battle system also.

[spitfirejunky]

What did you guys think of Vagrant Story? Any good?

One of the best games I ever played in my life.

[The Transporter]

why doesn't square make games like Chrono Trigger anymore? or parasite eve? or Secret of Mana?

[Anglachel]

Chrono Trigger DS out November 28th

[fatbandit]

VS is awesome. Buy it now. As long as you understand affinities and that you can't beat on everything with the same weapon, you'll be fine :)

[The Transporter]

Chrono Trigger DS out November 28th
i know this, but i dont have a ds. i want to play video games on a screen that i can actually see. not two that i cant

[huxtaposition]

In a couple of years DS emulators should be running perfectly, so we all just have to wait, though who really wants to play Chrono Trigger DS? Give us the third, damnit.

Vagrant Story is practically flawless, and you can always download it.

I just started playing Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2. Sooo addicting.

[Anglachel]

i know this, but i dont have a ds. i want to play video games on a screen that i can actually see. not two that i cant

you must be blind

get a dsi their screens are a quarter inch larger
not that its needed


I want to play CTDS

[Phalanx]

Chrono Trigger DS is up (in English, ignore if it says JPN).

http://www.mediafire.com/?3id0nygz2qt
http://www.filefactory.com/file/b558ba/n/2949_Chrono_Trigger_JPN_NDS-Caravan_zip

[Collis]

I am getting a DS for christmas so what is the best Final Fantasy to get for it?

[Happy]

I like III so I'm going to say that one.

[Brew]

I'm going to agree with Happy, but also highly recommend IV.

[Anglachel]

Chrono Trigger DS is up (in English, ignore if it says JPN).

http://www.mediafire.com/?3id0nygz2qt
http://www.filefactory.com/file/b558ba/n/2949_Chrono_Trigger_JPN_NDS-Caravan_zip
I swore I'd buy it, I swore I'd buy it...

I'm not gonna buy it now, am I? :(

EDIT: I am

i put the rom on my m3 and the screen stays black once i enter the first gate

[JerrySanders]

I can't believe I've still never played VI. I'm gonna go play it now that I go an Snes emulator.

[fingers mccoy]

are ds emulators any good could they play the recent ff remakes i'm interested

[Joelbassman]

All the ones I've tried sucked or didn't work. But it's been awhile since I tried.

[Bread and Faxes]

I can't ****ing beat golbez in the dwarf castle!

I'm at like lvl 42 too. I don't understand why I can't.

[HighandDriving]

are ds emulators any good could they play the recent ff remakes i'm interested

Most of the suck balls and aren't wroth bothering your self over but if you do abit of googling you might find a dec one.

[fatbandit]

Is that the one where you just have Cecil?

[kingsoby1]

how would a DS emu work on a pc without the touch screen? i'm assuming they use some kind of mouse pointer instead?

[fatbandit]

Depends - on FFIV DS, there is no NEED for the touchscreen - I never move Cecil around using the stylus, and the minigames that use it are totally unnecessary. Can't speak for any other game though really.

[Anglachel]

how would a DS emu work on a pc without the touch screen? i'm assuming they use some kind of mouse pointer instead?
yes


I can't ****ing beat golbez in the dwarf castle!

I'm at like lvl 42 too. I don't understand why I can't.

uh isnt that when adult rydia joins
just have her use fire, blizzard and thunder over and over until you notice his barrier change pattern then use eidolons

[Bread and Faxes]

Ok, I'm at the Lunar core now.

Well....not all the way there. I want to get all my ultimate weapons first. Where do I get them?

[Brew]

I haven't touched FFIV since I got pwned by the Sealed Cave about a month ago :(

[Anglachel]

Ok, I'm at the Lunar core now.

Well....not all the way there. I want to get all my ultimate weapons first. Where do I get them?
ultimate weapons are all inside the final dungeon

ultimate armor is achieved by fighting dragons all over the game and pink flams and getting the tail items and bringing them to that guy who gave you adamantite (i think)

Brew: Door uses target, use reflect on who was targeted, ez exp

[MAthiAS]

So I'm playing through XII the whole way this time (hopefully), needing something to do over break so I may as well.

[huxtaposition]

i bought twelve and was really enjoying it for sixty hours (i just fought cid for the first time and had to chase after him) but then i had to get around 300 grand to buy all the equipment in that port town so i said **** this and stopped playing. if i'm going to play a game for a hundred hours at least give me blitz ball or triple triad. 12 had nothing but straight gameplay.

[IgniteYourAvail]

Hahaha man that's exactly what happened to me with XII. Right up to the 60 hours part. This was about 8 months ago though.

I just started playing FFX again. I forgot how good it was. The voice acting is better than I remembered (Except Tidus and Yuna, the two main characters...)

[Collis]

I finally completed XII today, and I bought the game when it came out here, so ... almost two years ago!

Yeah the game is pretty good, story a little sketchy but all-in-all pretty good. Not up to the standard of 7 and 10 though!

The final string of bosses were also quite easy and I was only level 50. Although the final dungeon (Ridorina) was awesome; it took a long long time to do but my lord it was quite epic.

[IgniteYourAvail]

I'm at that part where you touch the things and you lose a certain skill, like the ability to use magic, attack, etc. Annoying ****.

[Collis]

Yeah which did you choose?

The map is blatantly the easiest. Infact I'm considering going back and trying it without magicks and other stuffs.

[Brew]

2 years to complete XII?

pfft, it took me almost 4 years before I completed IX.

[Happy]

What do you mean by complete.

Cos there's a few I haven't properly completed.

[Brew]

Defeating the final boss in the storyline.

[Happy]

Yeah, I normally complete them pretty quickly.

But then I have a save file from a while before the final boss where I can pick up from and do all the quests etc.

[Chrysostom]

I believe I win at FFXII with 198:40:00 hours currently on the clock. All characters are at level 70 and last night I spent an hour defeating Hell Wyrm in Sochen Cave Palace. I'm meant to be going to Balfonheim but I'm defeating the big *** wyrms first.

[Happy]

I've defeated the Hell Wyrm, it was boring.

[Chrysostom]

I've defeated the Hell Wyrm, it was boring.

True enough. But satisfying.

[Happy]

I suppose.

It took like 4 hours to do it though.

[Mister_Che]

I just started playing FFX again. I forgot how good it was. The voice acting is better than I remembered (Except Tidus and Yuna, the two main characters...)

I never understood why Yuna whispered almost everything she said.

[Happy]

Because Japan is creepy

[Mister_Che]

It's so annoying.

[Chrysostom]

I suppose.

It took like 4 hours to do it though.

Ouch. No wonder it bored you. It took me 55 minutes.

[Happy]

I think I must've been a few levels lower than you.

Also, I hate gambits so that could've been a reason.

[fingers mccoy]

holy **** that's a long time it took me like 10 mins

[IgniteYourAvail]

I never understood why Yuna whispered almost everything she said.

Yeah, she's supposed to be the "sweet shy" girl, and the foil to Lulu. I guess whispering is supposed to be "shy" like.

[Chrysostom]

I think I must've been a few levels lower than you.

Also, I hate gambits so that could've been a reason.

Ah. I love gambits. they saved my bacon a few times vs. Hell Wyrm, with Ashe automatically using Curaga on weak party members. That said there were 4 or 5 times that the damn thing wiped out Ashe and Basch and I had to substitute penelo so she could revive Ashe who would revive Basche, Curaga him, then Penelo would make way for Vaan who was my other tank.

[fatbandit]

Man, I used to be into finding the hard dungeons and optional bosses, but lately I've just wanted to finish the main game. I just don't have the patience. The only one that I've spent that many hours on is FFVII. And the optional stuff on that is mad easy compared to every game after it. And relatively easily achievable.

[Professor Frink]

why did ff 6 have such a low print run?

[huxtaposition]

I hated the gambit system I want complete control of everything. I never used any so was doing a lot of menu work which got a little annoying.

200 hours at level 70? Man. I think in my sixty hours my people were in their fifties. I could definitely not play that game for 200 hours. FF Tactics on the other hand...

[Happy]

holy **** that's a long time it took me like 10 mins

You're joking.

[IgniteYourAvail]

You're joking.

Yeah, he is. It has 8 million HP. The hit cap is 9999. Do the math.

Actually I just did. That would mean he would have to do 13,333 damage a second.

[Happy]

Is it possible for all 3 characters to hit every second though?

[FakePlasticTrees]

I cant remember the last time I played XII. I guess I just got bored with it.


When is XIII going to come out?

[IgniteYourAvail]

Not for a while. Screens and trailers are just starting to surface. I expect late '09, early '10. It's coming out for PS3 AND xbox, which is good, because I didn't want to buy a ps3 for 1 game.

[Happy]

I don't even think its worth buying from what I've seen.

[IgniteYourAvail]

You probably saw FFXII Versus stuff. That looks really awful, but FFXII actually looks pretty good. They didn't change a lot which is always good.

[fingers mccoy]

yeh so i totally thought the hell wyrm was something else sorry about that

i did not kick XII's *** that hard

[Chrysostom]

yeh so i totally thought the hell wyrm was something else sorry about that

i did not kick XII's *** that hard

To be honest, I'm starting to wonder why I've bothered to kick XII's *** that hard given that I've got the PS1 FF Origins and Anthology coming my way for Xmas and I don't want to be playing XII for ages before I get to tackle those 4 games. I think I've made a mistake in delving so deep into XII - I should have just gotten through the story on this, my first run through, and done all the side quests on my second run through. As it stands, Origins and Anthology are going to be sitting there unplayed for a couple more months while I finish both FFXII and Dragon Quest: Journey of the Cursed King. And even then I should probablt start new games on FFIX, X and X-2 since I never finished the first two and never even started the last one. I've screwed up.

[FlyingPaul_83]

XII is worth delving into though.

[IgniteYourAvail]

Origins is pretty crap, since FF1 and 2 are terrible and did not age well at all. Anthology, on the other hand, had 5 and 6 if I'm not mistaken. Those are awesome games. I'd definitely play Anthology first, because I guarantee you won't play Origins for more than 10 minutes.

[MAthiAS]

I didn't like 5 that much... didn't finish it. 6 was incredible even though I played it over 10 years after it was made. The bad thing about playing it on a PSX is that the load times get extremely annoying. Just going from field to menu is a painstaking 3 seconds..

[Brew]

Origins is pretty crap, since FF1 and 2 are terrible and did not age well at all. Anthology, on the other hand, had 5 and 6 if I'm not mistaken. Those are awesome games. I'd definitely play Anthology first, because I guarantee you won't play Origins for more than 10 minutes.

I really enjoyed FFI but couldn't ever get into II.

[Happy]

I couldn't get past the first boss in I.

[IgniteYourAvail]

The funny part is that I played 1 up until I had an airship on the Gameboy Advance a long time ago. I can't even imagine doing it again. I must have had a long attention span back then.

[Anglachel]

i beat 1 it was fun :(

and 2 actually i liked abusing the **** out of its exp system or w/e

[fatbandit]

Anthology is 4 and 5, not 5 and 6.

I loved 5, but got really stuck pretty far in and never played it again. Now I've lost the save file, and I'd have been away from the game for so long that it wouldn't make sense to me anyway :(

[FakePlasticTrees]

Tempted to play some Final Fantasy on my break. VII maybe? I need to get lost in a good rpg.

[Anglachel]

I spent almost as much time grinding in 5 as I did in 2, even if it is largely unnecessary

i wanted every ability that i could possibly have each time i got new classes

[fatbandit]

Red Mage was so much win in that game. I had everyone as Red Mage at the beginning, but I seem to remember around the time of the fire ship you needed better magic and then i diversified.

[Bread and Faxes]

When is the remake of V on DS going to come out?

[huxtaposition]

yeah red mage was great especially with time so you can use quick then dual cast.

even better was archer and ninja plus quick i think it was. can attack sixteen times.

[Professor Frink]

Anthology is 4 and 5, not 5 and 6.

I loved 5, but got really stuck pretty far in and never played it again. Now I've lost the save file, and I'd have been away from the game for so long that it wouldn't make sense to me anyway :(
It's 5 and 6.

[Anglachel]

4 was rereleased with chrono trigger for the ps

EDIT: the greatest thing about 5 is how each time you mastered a job all its bonuses and growth stacked on to freelancer :D

i spent a lot of time with everyone level 5 deathing the Objet D'Art (i think they were) that were under castle Bal (12 ap for every fight with 5 of them, 4 for 2)

[Anglachel]

When is the remake of V on DS going to come out?
i didnt know there was one (EDIT: there isnt one?..)

it'd be sweet to end up having 4-6 on GBA and 3d DS of 3-6 it'd be cool to compare original and new

[Brew]

Anthology is the UK was 4 and 5.

[Anglachel]

oh yeah pal had 4&5 urrite

[fatbandit]

Aye, I r UK. I assumed it'd be the same worldwide. Had to buy 6 seprately. The load times killed it for me. Just got it on emulator instead ¬_¬

[Chrysostom]

I don't get why, with the PS1 remakes, they didn't make three compilations with 2 games each - we who bought the remakes before the DS was released or who don't own a DS have been denied an FFIII remake for no good reason.

Origins could have been FFI & II, Blah could have been III & IV, and Anthology V & VI like the US version.

[Bread and Faxes]

Just picked up Chrono Trigger on DS.


I am very satisfied!

[Anglachel]

Just picked up Chrono Trigger on DS.


I am very satisfied!
I almost have a perfect file on it :D

all endings, 99% bestiary, 97% item encyclopedia, all the ultimate equips and etc. etc.

i just need to max all the stats i can and do something with the multiplayer part

[Bread and Faxes]

Not I.

This is the first time I've ever played it. I played and perfected Chrono Cross. That's a great game too. But I'd only heard about Chrono Cross.

I'm at Tata and The Frog.

[Brew]

I'm almost done with the Sealed Cave in IV, w00t.

[IgniteYourAvail]

I'm maxing my stats in FFX right now. 99999 damage per hit already, but I'm still not satisfied =P

[Happy]

Have you beat Penance yet?

[Chrysostom]

Origins is pretty crap, since FF1 and 2 are terrible and did not age well at all. I'd definitely play Anthology first, because I guarantee you won't play Origins for more than 10 minutes.

You guaranteed wrong. I'm 10 hours in, and FFI is so awesome I can't even believe it. Can't wait to move on to FFII.

[Brew]

I really enjoyed FFI but found FFII difficult and didn't get very far with it.

[Chrysostom]

I love the redone old school graphics. Which character classes did you use Brew?

[Brew]

I'm pretty sure I went Knight/Monk/Red Mage/Black Mage.

[Chrysostom]

Same as me except i went White Mage since their slightly better at physical combat than black mages. Red mages are totally ftw.

[Anglachel]

Not I.

This is the first time I've ever played it. I played and perfected Chrono Cross. That's a great game too. But I'd only heard about Chrono Cross.

I'm at Tata and The Frog.
I dont think I have the attention span to perfect Chrono Cross

CC gets good after kid gets poisoned but before that its so boring


EDIT: On all my FF1 games I played Knight/Theif/White/Red or Red/Red/Red/Red >.>

[Bread and Faxes]

I dont think I have the attention span to perfect Chrono Cross

CC gets good after kid gets poisoned but before that its so boring


EDIT: On all my FF1 games I played Knight/Theif/White/Red or Red/Red/Red/Red >.>

It's a task lemme tell you.

[IgniteYourAvail]

I loved Chrono Cross. I played for like a week straight and got near the final boss (I think). Got boring though.

[Anglachel]

I loved Chrono Cross. I played for like a week straight and got near the final boss (I think). Got boring though.
final boss is confusing i think everyone needs to gamefaq how to beat it

[Liberi Fatali]

The person who wrote the gamefaq didn't >__>

[IgniteYourAvail]

So I just finished the story of FFX, and good lord. I forgot how God damn sad the ending is. Manly tears.

[Happy]

Manly tears? You homo.

Only manly tears allowed are over things like Fry's dog in Futurama.

[Brew]

and when you've been kicked in the nuts

[Happy]

yes.

[FakePlasticTrees]

So was Tidus dead like Auron? I never really understood that part. :I

[IgniteYourAvail]

Manly tears? You homo.

Only manly tears allowed are over things like Fry's dog in Futurama.

Oh Jesus, don't even mention that.

So was Tidus dead like Auron? I never really understood that part. :I

Yeah, pretty much. It wasn't very clear though, because as far as I could tell from the cutscenes, he didn't get sent like Auron did.

[Bread and Faxes]

Ok, so basically I'm at the Black Omen. I have a bunch of side stuff to do though.

I want to get the Rainbow shell.

Where do I start?

[Chrysostom]

Manly tears? You homo.

Only manly tears allowed are over things like Fry's dog in Futurama.

I can't believe Matt Groening would do that. Genuinely got me down.

[Collis]

I can't believe Matt Groening would do that. Genuinely got me down.

I thought it was hilarious; I love how blissfully unaware Fry is that his dog waited all those years.

Then again I am not a pet person at all.

[Happy]

So was Tidus dead like Auron? I never really understood that part. :I

No, me neither.
All I got was that he couldn't be sent until he found Tidus and brought him to Jecht or some crap.

[Chrysostom]

If it weren't for the fact I don't care about FFX, recent conversation in this thread could have ruined that game for me.

[Happy]

I thought that too, but then seeing as FPT had already ruined it, I might as well say what I wanted to say.

[IgniteYourAvail]

Board needs spoiler tags.

[spitfirejunky]

So was Tidus dead like Auron? I never really understood that part. :I

SPOILERS

Tidus was either a former resident of Zanarkand or simply never existed. He was one of the apparitions created by the surviving Zanarkand summoners who couldn't deal with the grief of having lost their city during the war.

I'm not exactly sure if this is correct but this is how I understood it in the part of the game right before you enter the ruins and the group talks about summoning forces.

SPOILERS

[IgniteYourAvail]

MORE SPOILZ:

Wasn't all of Zanarkand created by the Fayth?

[Chrysostom]

I wish FFI had a more developed plot/characters.

[Happy]

MORE SPOILZ:

Wasn't all of Zanarkand created by the Fayth?

That's what I thought.

ps white writing really shows up on dark skins.

[Chrysostom]

TBH the plot for FFX sounds lamer than I remember it being when I got as far as the Calm Lands.

[Bread and Faxes]

I can't believe Matt Groening would do that. Genuinely got me down.

I did really feel sad during that. The song was excellent as well.

[Brew]

whey, finally finished the Sealed Cave in IV.

its taking far too long to complete this game :-\

[fatbandit]

I took the DS with me on a long car trip to finish FFIV.

I spent half an hour flying round to every town/dungeon trying to remember what the hell I was supposed to be doing. I can't work it out for the life of me. I think I need to gamefaq it to high heaven o_O

[Brew]

From what I remember of my play through of FFIV Advance I think I'm nearing the end of the story. After the stuff on the moon I don't think there's alot left to do in the main game.

[fatbandit]

That's basically where I am. But I can't work out where I'm supposed to be going - I haven't played it since late October, and I forgot everything that happened in it ¬_¬

[Collis]

Just found out Wakka & Kimahri (sp?) are voiced by the same guy as Bender.

Awesome.

[spitfirejunky]

Rikku by Bubbles from Powerpuff Girls. One of the dudes also did Raiden in Metal Gear Solid 2 and Reno in the english version of Advent Children.

[Bread and Faxes]

Just found out Wakka & Kimahri (sp?) are voiced by the same guy as Bender.

Awesome.

That's pretty obvious.

Phil Lamar does a lot of stuff too.

Those guys keep themselves busy.

[Anglachel]

The person who wrote the gamefaq didn't >__>
well somebody eventually figures things out

Ok, so basically I'm at the Black Omen. I have a bunch of side stuff to do though.

I want to get the Rainbow shell.

Where do I start?
talk to Toma in the tavern in that town you cant get to until you have the epoch in 600 and go from there

SPOILERS

Tidus was either a former resident of Zanarkand or simply never existed. He was one of the apparitions created by the surviving Zanarkand summoners who couldn't deal with the grief of having lost their city during the war.

I'm not exactly sure if this is correct but this is how I understood it in the part of the game right before you enter the ruins and the group talks about summoning forces.

SPOILERS

thats right

zanarkand actually existed once and then got n00ked and then the survivors were like "bawwwwwwwwwwwwwwww" and dreamed up a new one and tidus was one of those dreams

[spitfirejunky]

"bawwwwwwwwwwwwwwww"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/jonnie5/Bawwwww_bunny.jpg

Sorry couldn't help myself.

[huxtaposition]

I loved playing through Zanarkand the first time 'cause the music was so damn good.

[Mister_Che]

http://speeddemosarchive.com/demo.pl?FinalFantasy7_PC_741

Everyone watch segment 48 and watch how fast this guy kills FFVIIs Materia Keeper.

[IgniteYourAvail]

What the fu‪ck did 7777 randomly? I know the lucky 7s trick but what is THAT?

[Brew]

lucky 7's?

and whats with the dodgy music? PC version?

edit: just read the title, 'tis the PC version.

[Mister_Che]

Yep, lucky 7777. The description:

Probably the segment I spent the most time on. What happens is this: Materia Keeper has 8400 HP. Bio does 78 damage, and Tifa's attack does 21 damage. This leaves Materia Keeper with 8301 HP. Each poison deals 262 damage. He takes 2 from poison, dealing 524 damage, leaving him with 7777 HP. This is known as "lucky 7's" causing everything MK does to cause 7777 damage... including poison! So he dies instantly. I grab the Counter materia because one time, I got stuck on it, and I didn't want that to happen again. I spent probably 3 weeks on that segment.

[Bread and Faxes]

well somebody eventually figures things out


talk to Toma in the tavern in that town you cant get to until you have the epoch in 600 and go from there



thats right

zanarkand actually existed once and then got n00ked and then the survivors were like "bawwwwwwwwwwwwwwww" and dreamed up a new one and tidus was one of those dreams

I've done all that.

Apparently it's been taken to the castle, but how do I use it?

[Brew]

fair play to the guy, 3 weeks on one segment is pretty hardcore.

[Chrysostom]

Rikku by Bubbles from Powerpuff Girls. One of the dudes also did Raiden in Metal Gear Solid 2 and Reno in the english version of Advent Children.

No way? Cool.

[fatbandit]

I admire people greatly who can come up with strategies as great as that for the Materia Keeper. It's so outside the box - I love it.

[IgniteYourAvail]

I beat Emerald Weapon with the Lucky 7s trick. If you get one of your characters at 7777 HP, they'll hit like 20 times for 7777 each. No idea why they put it in the game.

[Anglachel]

I've done all that.

Apparently it's been taken to the castle, but how do I use it?
g2 present, put marle in party, enter castle

[The Transporter]

I beat Emerald Weapon with the Lucky 7s trick. If you get one of your characters at 7777 HP, they'll hit like 20 times for 7777 each. No idea why they put it in the game.
yeah lucky 7s was awesome

[HighandDriving]

Well I just picked up the R4 for my DS and I'm wondering what's the best FF DS game to start with?

So far I have Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings and Final Fantasy IV but I can dl any other if they're better.

[Anglachel]

3 and tactics a2
oh and i like cc:ring of fates

[HighandDriving]

I've heard that Final Fantasy IV was better then III though.

[IgniteYourAvail]

It is. By soooo much.

[RetiredAt21]

No comparison. IV is more elite in just about every way.

[Brew]

IV has the better story/graphics/gameplay.

III has the fun of the job system.

[Anglachel]

does it really matter you should get them all anyways

[fatbandit]

I tried beating Emerald Weapon with lucky 7s. Doesn't kill it if you go into the fight with 7777 HP. There are plenty of easy strategies for emerald anyway though, so all was fine :)

[Happy]

Ominslash and Mime lol

[fatbandit]

8x Counter attack

[Brew]

as taken from the strategy guide I got for FFVII manymany years ago:

''Pat Butcher it with Knights of the Round''