The Official Final Fantasy XIII Thread (56K Warning)

[QUOTE="Bloodseeker23"]Man, right now im doing Chocobo hunt to get some gil, and I think it's pretty good. It's not that great compare to dropping Bulbasasurs and getting the gold nuggets, but it's still worth. Just been upgrading and stuff, hows everyone doing so far eh?HarDcore_RpG

Have you beaten the game yet or are you upgrading for the final battle? im not at the point of ridin chocobos yet, im in Orphans Cradle.

[QUOTE="HarDcore_RpG"]

[QUOTE="Bloodseeker23"]Man, right now im doing Chocobo hunt to get some gil, and I think it's pretty good. It's not that great compare to dropping Bulbasasurs and getting the gold nuggets, but it's still worth. Just been upgrading and stuff, hows everyone doing so far eh?TheEldestGod

Have you beaten the game yet or are you upgrading for the final battle? im not at the point of ridin chocobos yet, im in Orphans Cradle.

wow i just beat Wlad and the sanctum dude for 35520 CP, not bad. Im going to farm them like you guys say. It doesnt bother me at all. Itll be good practice for the boss:D

[QUOTE="TheEldestGod"][QUOTE="HarDcore_RpG"]

Have you beaten the game yet or are you upgrading for the final battle? im not at the point of ridin chocobos yet, im in Orphans Cradle.

Bloodseeker23

Lol I think im the only person who didn't really farm those two guys, I mean i did tried, but running back and forth down the stairs just to farm them... I think is very boring :P, But hey, Dk vs the Dog spot is still great for me! :lol:

It can get pretty boring. I just take breaks! I was told that was the best spot in the whole game, so I made sure to abuse them to their fullest to save myself some time in the endgame. I just hope it was all worth it. :P

wow i just beat Wlad and the sanctum dude for 35520 CP, not bad. Im going to farm them like you guys say. It doesnt bother me at all. Itll be good practice for the boss:D

HarDcore_RpG

[QUOTE="HarDcore_RpG"]

wow i just beat Wlad and the sanctum dude for 35520 CP, not bad. Im going to farm them like you guys say. It doesnt bother me at all. Itll be good practice for the boss:D

TheEldestGod

Thanks! i didnt know about the elevator! it makes it that much simplerr now. The Jabberwocky and Bandersnatch are much easier than the Wlad/Sanctum, I thought that battle with the Wlad/Sanctum was never going to end!

[QUOTE="HarDcore_RpG"]

wow i just beat Wlad and the sanctum dude for 35520 CP, not bad. Im going to farm them like you guys say. It doesnt bother me at all. Itll be good practice for the boss:D

TheEldestGod

[QUOTE="TheEldestGod"][QUOTE="HarDcore_RpG"]

wow i just beat Wlad and the sanctum dude for 35520 CP, not bad. Im going to farm them like you guys say. It doesnt bother me at all. Itll be good practice for the boss:D

Bloodseeker23

haha same:D hey EldestGod how much time did it take you to collect one round of 999,999 CP?

[QUOTE="Bloodseeker23"][QUOTE="TheEldestGod"] If you beat those guys you should have no trouble with the single Wlad or the Jabberwocky/bandersnatch. Instead of going up the ramps and fighting that nasty duo just head to the back of the bottom floor. There is a magic platform in the left and right corner that will take you up like an elevator directly to either monster. Just run up one elevator, fight, go down, up the next elevator, fight, go down, run to save point, save, rinse and repeat. ;)HarDcore_RpG

haha same:D hey EldestGod how much time did it take you to collect one round of 999,999 CP?

Has anyone beaten the game? I'm on Oprhan Cradle. And I can't beat the final boss part 2. Any tips?

Hey so I posted this request a while ago and didn't get any definitive responses, so I'll ask again now that many more people have completed the main story.

I need to know every area you can visit after the completion of the main story! Any help would be greatly appreciated. And in case you're wondering, I can't obtain this information on my own since I'm in college and my PS3 is back home. :cry:

Hey so I posted this request a while ago and didn't get any definitive responses, so I'll ask again now that many more people have completed the main story.

I need to know every area you can visit after the completion of the main story! Any help would be greatly appreciated. And in case you're wondering, I can't obtain this information on my own since I'm in college and my PS3 is back home. :cry:

Ultimasamune

I got to the place where you have to claim Vanille's Eidolon and I kinda got stuck. This is actually the first Eidolon I'm having trouble with. I start the game with two saboteurs and cast a bunch of despells while he's waiting in that looming position or something. Then when he's attacking I change to medic and sentinel and heal all the time while Fang defends. And when he's defending again I change to Commando and Ravager. The thing is that I have filled the gestalt like 10 times, but I never get the claiming notification. It's like I need 1 more round, but I always run out of time.

Is there a better strategy or I should just grind a bit more. Also If I develop Fang's Ravager role will I fill the gestalt faster? (with RAV-RAV instead of RAV-COM)

The thing is that those secondary roles need quite a lot of points and the result is only a slight boost in the stats.

I got to the place where you have to claim Vanille's Eidolon and I kinda got stuck. This is actually the first Eidolon I'm having trouble with. I start the game with two saboteurs and cast a bunch of despells while he's waiting in that looming position or something. Then when he's attacking I change to medic and sentinel and heal all the time while Fang defends. And when he's defending again I change to Commando and Ravager. The thing is that I have filled the gestalt like 10 times, but I never get the claiming notification. It's like I need 1 more round, but I always run out of time.

Is there a better strategy or I should just grind a bit more. Also If I develop Fang's Ravager role will I fill the gestalt faster? (with RAV-RAV instead of RAV-COM)

The thing is that those secondary roles need quite a lot of points and the result is only a slight boost in the stats.

ElGreco88

[QUOTE="ElGreco88"]

I got to the place where you have to claim Vanille's Eidolon and I kinda got stuck. This is actually the first Eidolon I'm having trouble with. I start the game with two saboteurs and cast a bunch of despells while he's waiting in that looming position or something. Then when he's attacking I change to medic and sentinel and heal all the time while Fang defends. And when he's defending again I change to Commando and Ravager. The thing is that I have filled the gestalt like 10 times, but I never get the claiming notification. It's like I need 1 more round, but I always run out of time.

Is there a better strategy or I should just grind a bit more. Also If I develop Fang's Ravager role will I fill the gestalt faster? (with RAV-RAV instead of RAV-COM)

The thing is that those secondary roles need quite a lot of points and the result is only a slight boost in the stats.

Sphire

Oh thanks. I didn't know that debuffs kept filling the meter even if they didn't "land". That's why I only debuffed him in the beginning and then switched to RAV-COM. I guess I'll know better next time. :P

[QUOTE="Sphire"][QUOTE="ElGreco88"]

I got to the place where you have to claim Vanille's Eidolon and I kinda got stuck. This is actually the first Eidolon I'm having trouble with. I start the game with two saboteurs and cast a bunch of despells while he's waiting in that looming position or something. Then when he's attacking I change to medic and sentinel and heal all the time while Fang defends. And when he's defending again I change to Commando and Ravager. The thing is that I have filled the gestalt like 10 times, but I never get the claiming notification. It's like I need 1 more round, but I always run out of time.

Is there a better strategy or I should just grind a bit more. Also If I develop Fang's Ravager role will I fill the gestalt faster? (with RAV-RAV instead of RAV-COM)

The thing is that those secondary roles need quite a lot of points and the result is only a slight boost in the stats.

ElGreco88

Oh thanks. I didn't know that debuffs kept filling the meter even if they didn't "land". That's why I only debuffed him in the beginning and then switched to RAV-COM. I guess I'll know better next time. :P

Don't use RAV. Stick to two paradigms. SAB/SEN and MED/SEN. (or you can start off with SAB/SAB as well, before he attacks). You raise the gestalt meter by constantly inflicting debuffs on him, and also while healing Fang. So even if all your debuffs have already stuck, just keep hitting him with more. It raises the meter faster. That's how I did it. I guess this level is to prove the usefulness of debuffs.Sphire

Oh thanks. I didn't know that debuffs kept filling the meter even if they didn't "land". That's why I only debuffed him in the beginning and then switched to RAV-COM. I guess I'll know better next time. :P

what 3 people do you use more in your party? and what do you use them as mostly when you begin a battle?passon13

Anyone know where you can stock up on Deceptisol (Shrouds). I dont have any gil so i need it from a enemy drop.-Hoax-

Well I'm not sure where you are in the game, but the way I get shrouds (such as deceptisol) is by going through a lot of battles in the Mah'habara area with the "Survivor's Catalog" item. This item increases the chance of getting shrouds. Also, I start the battle with 3 synergists. This way I can extend the battle to guarantee that I get a low rating. A lower rating increases your chances of getting shrouds while a higher rating increases your chances of getting rare items.

So in summary, all you need to do is use the survivor's catalog and get low battle ratings and you should be able to get some deceptisols.

[QUOTE="passon13"]what 3 people do you use more in your party? and what do you use them as mostly when you begin a battle?TheEldestGod

I found that the perfect start for the Wlad's was to start with Protection (MED/SEN/SYN), then when everyone had full buffs, switch right to Delta Attack (COM/SEN/RAV) and they went down in about 2 1/2 minutes. I had to switch to Combat Clinic (MED/SEN/MED) during the early Wlad grinding, else Fang would eventually fall, but as I got stronger I was able to take down the Wlad's without ever having to heal once I switched to Delta Attack.

[QUOTE="ElGreco88"]

[QUOTE="Sphire"] Don't use RAV. Stick to two paradigms. SAB/SEN and MED/SEN. (or you can start off with SAB/SAB as well, before he attacks). You raise the gestalt meter by constantly inflicting debuffs on him, and also while healing Fang. So even if all your debuffs have already stuck, just keep hitting him with more. It raises the meter faster. That's how I did it. I guess this level is to prove the usefulness of debuffs.Sphire

Oh thanks. I didn't know that debuffs kept filling the meter even if they didn't "land". That's why I only debuffed him in the beginning and then switched to RAV-COM. I guess I'll know better next time. :P

I was having trouble with this part myself a while back and asked this same question but somebody told me instead to use RAV/RAV and then switch to MED/SAB and it worked for e on the first try. All you need to do is teach Fang "Fire" which is the first ability she learns. If your still having trouble try this out.

Ok important question for everyone. What's everyones favourite music piece from the game? :lol:

My personal fav was something first heard near the beginning, I thought it was the rebel NORA group's theme or something. You don't hear it often, but I love it. Parts of it kinda remind me of music from X-2, heck even some other songs remind me of x-2 in some part or another. Turns out the piece I heard is this:

Snow's Theme

Which was kinda surprising to me. I mean you first hear it when you control Hope the first time. And man I thought it'd be a perfect battle theme song too. Ah well, it's a great tune. Of the character themes, I have to say Snow and Fang have the best (though Fang's doesn't really sound like a theme song), Vanille's is pretty good too.

I don't particularly like Hope's theme and I hate Sazhs theme (some hiphop/reggae piece, I remember when I heard it in game, instantly didn't like it). Lightning's theme suffers from being an inferior version of the main battle theme. While Serah's...has lyrics! Which I don't like...and in the process butches the main menu theme (it's the same piece but with lyrics). I'm pretty sure there is another version like Serah's theme, that has the word 'rainbow' in it too. God that sounded weird running around on the field map and hearing lyrics that included the word 'rainbow'....Damn!

Anyway, other noticeable pieces I like are the main menu piece(which has maybe one too many iterations in the game), the main battle theme (what is most likely the most awesome battle theme ever!) and the Sulyya Springs background piece. What with no backtracking to earlier parts of the game, I don't recall if there were anymore among those I liked. I can say I hate Mah'habara's background theme. I probably hated the music playing while in the Ark too, if I remember correctly.

So what's everyone elses :question:

Ok important question for everyone. What's everyones favourite music piece from the game? :lol:

My personal fav was something first heard near the beginning, I thought it was the rebel NORA group's theme or something. You don't hear it often, but I love it. Parts of it kinda remind me of music from X-2, heck even some other songs remind me of x-2 in some part or another. Turns out the piece I heard is this:

Snow's Theme

Which was kinda surprising to me. I mean you first hear it when you control Hope the first time. And man I thought it'd be a perfect battle theme song too. Ah well, it's a great tune. Of the character themes, I have to say Snow and Fang have the best (though Fang's doesn't really sound like a theme song), Vanille's is pretty good too.

I don't particularly like Hope's theme and I hate Sazhs theme (some hiphop/reggae piece, I remember when I heard it in game, instantly didn't like it). Lightning's theme suffers from being an inferior version of the main battle theme. While Serah's...has lyrics! Which I don't like...and in the process butches the main menu theme (it's the same piece but with lyrics). I'm pretty sure there is another version like Serah's theme, that has the word 'rainbow' in it too. God that sounded weird running around on the field map and hearing lyrics that included the word 'rainbow'....Damn!

Anyway, other noticeable pieces I like are the main menu piece(which has maybe one too many iterations in the game), the main battle theme (what is most likely the most awesome battle theme ever!) and the Sulyya Springs background piece. What with no backtracking to earlier parts of the game, I don't recall if there were anymore among those I liked. I can say I hate Mah'habara's background theme. I probably hated the music playing while in the Ark too, if I remember correctly.

So what's everyone elses :question:

Sphire

Honestly, I think I like the plain ol' battle theme the most. It's better the louder it is, seriously. There are a lot of background details you can't detect if your volume is too low.

Ok important question for everyone. What's everyones favourite music piece from the game? :lol:

My personal fav was something first heard near the beginning, I thought it was the rebel NORA group's theme or something. You don't hear it often, but I love it. Parts of it kinda remind me of music from X-2, heck even some other songs remind me of x-2 in some part or another. Turns out the piece I heard is this:

Snow's Theme

Which was kinda surprising to me. I mean you first hear it when you control Hope the first time. And man I thought it'd be a perfect battle theme song too. Ah well, it's a great tune. Of the character themes, I have to say Snow and Fang have the best (though Fang's doesn't really sound like a theme song), Vanille's is pretty good too.

I don't particularly like Hope's theme and I hate Sazhs theme (some hiphop/reggae piece, I remember when I heard it in game, instantly didn't like it). Lightning's theme suffers from being an inferior version of the main battle theme. While Serah's...has lyrics! Which I don't like...and in the process butches the main menu theme (it's the same piece but with lyrics). I'm pretty sure there is another version like Serah's theme, that has the word 'rainbow' in it too. God that sounded weird running around on the field map and hearing lyrics that included the word 'rainbow'....Damn!

Anyway, other noticeable pieces I like are the main menu piece(which has maybe one too many iterations in the game), the main battle theme (what is most likely the most awesome battle theme ever!) and the Sulyya Springs background piece. What with no backtracking to earlier parts of the game, I don't recall if there were anymore among those I liked. I can say I hate Mah'habara's background theme. I probably hated the music playing while in the Ark too, if I remember correctly.

So what's everyone elses :question:

Sunleth Riverside

^ This theme plays when Sazh and Vanille was in some forest area. I thought the theme fit the atmosphere

Sunleth Riverside

^ This theme plays when Sazh and Vanille was in some forest area. ITs my favorite

dbz987

Sunleth Riverside

^ This theme plays when Sazh and Vanille was in some forest area. ITs my favorite

Can somenoe help me with the leveling system? I don't understand it at all. Like when I unlock everythingfor Medic (Vanlla) how come shes doesntlv

Can somenoe help me with the leveling system? I don't understand it at all. Like when I unlock everythingfor Medic (Vanlla) how come shes doesntlv

shadow13702

Can somenoe help me with the leveling system? I don't understand it at all. Like when I unlock everythingfor Medic (Vanlla) how come shes doesntlv

shadow13702

Are you just looking at it or do you actually use it? Look at the grid spheres, click things and you should be able to figure things out.

I must say... I have never played an RPG before (unless you count Kingdom Hearts) and I find FFXIII absolutely amazing. The story and characters are so great. I am about 15 hours in on chapter 7 and I love the mystery of the story. What other games are like FFXIII? This is probably my favorite game of this generation; favorite all-time still has to be Kingdom Hearts or Ratchet and Clank: UYA.

The graphics of this game are incredible. I'm pretty speechless.

[QUOTE="shadow13702"]

Can somenoe help me with the leveling system? I don't understand it at all. Like when I unlock everythingfor Medic (Vanlla) how come shes doesntlv

GalufUndies

Are you just looking at it or do you actually use it? Look at the grid spheres, click things and you should be able to figure things out.

That was a bit harsh. Simply put, maxing out your current crystarium at any given point in the game before you beat the final boss does not mean you gained a level in that role. For you to level up in that role you must unlock a Role Level crystal. Each role maxes out at five and they appear after specific boss battles. Like EldestGod said, your characters dont level up, your roles do.

[QUOTE="GalufUndies"]

[QUOTE="shadow13702"]

Can somenoe help me with the leveling system? I don't understand it at all. Like when I unlock everythingfor Medic (Vanlla) how come shes doesntlv

HarDcore_RpG

Are you just looking at it or do you actually use it? Look at the grid spheres, click things and you should be able to figure things out.

That was a bit harsh. Simply put, maxing out your current crystarium at any given point in the game before you beat the final boss does not mean you gained a level in that role. For you to level up in that role you must unlock a Role Level crystal. Each role maxes out at five and they appear after specific boss battles. Like EldestGod said, your characters dont level up, your roles do.

Well I unlock everything for certain roles such as lighting commader role thing. Once I unlock everything thats it? Im only on chapter 2 btw

[QUOTE="HarDcore_RpG"]

[QUOTE="GalufUndies"]

Are you just looking at it or do you actually use it? Look at the grid spheres, click things and you should be able to figure things out.

shadow13702

That was a bit harsh. Simply put, maxing out your current crystarium at any given point in the game before you beat the final boss does not mean you gained a level in that role. For you to level up in that role you must unlock a Role Level crystal. Each role maxes out at five and they appear after specific boss battles. Like EldestGod said, your characters dont level up, your roles do.

Well I unlock everything for certain roles such as lighting commader role thing. Once I unlock everything thats it? Im only on chapter 2 btw

You haven't progressed far enough to unlock the level up spheres on your Crystariums.

[QUOTE="HarDcore_RpG"]

[QUOTE="GalufUndies"]

Are you just looking at it or do you actually use it? Look at the grid spheres, click things and you should be able to figure things out.

That was a bit harsh. Simply put, maxing out your current crystarium at any given point in the game before you beat the final boss does not mean you gained a level in that role. For you to level up in that role you must unlock a Role Level crystal. Each role maxes out at five and they appear after specific boss battles. Like EldestGod said, your characters dont level up, your roles do.

Well I unlock everything for certain roles such as lighting commader role thing. Once I unlock everything thats it? Im only on chapter 2 btw

completed it last night and WOW!

have also decided not to go for platinum....after hearing how long it will take i just dont think i would enjoy going for it.

no worries though now i got FF8 from the psn :-D

I must say... I have never played an RPG before (unless you count Kingdom Hearts) and I find FFXIII absolutely amazing. The story and characters are so great. I am about 15 hours in on chapter 7 and I love the mystery of the story. What other games are like FFXIII? This is probably my favorite game of this generation; favorite all-time still has to be Kingdom Hearts or Ratchet and Clank: UYA.

The graphics of this game are incredible. I'm pretty speechless.

[QUOTE="Duxsox56"]

I must say... I have never played an RPG before (unless you count Kingdom Hearts) and I find FFXIII absolutely amazing. The story and characters are so great. I am about 15 hours in on chapter 7 and I love the mystery of the story. What other games are like FFXIII? This is probably my favorite game of this generation; favorite all-time still has to be Kingdom Hearts or Ratchet and Clank: UYA.

The graphics of this game are incredible. I'm pretty speechless.

-Hoax-

agreed, graphics obviously wont be as good but they are by no means terrible, and ff10 **** all over 13-and i think 13 is great :-)

[QUOTE="-Hoax-"][QUOTE="Duxsox56"]

I must say... I have never played an RPG before (unless you count Kingdom Hearts) and I find FFXIII absolutely amazing. The story and characters are so great. I am about 15 hours in on chapter 7 and I love the mystery of the story. What other games are like FFXIII? This is probably my favorite game of this generation; favorite all-time still has to be Kingdom Hearts or Ratchet and Clank: UYA.

The graphics of this game are incredible. I'm pretty speechless.

gizmo_dave100

agreed, graphics obviously wont be as good but they are by no means terrible, and ff10 **** all over 13-and i think 13 is great :-)

for me FF games go in this order

7

10

8

12

13

9

I havent played 8 and 9 for SO long though that a second go is required to appreciate it more,and that order might very well change

I think FFX was the best in the series. I also liked VII and IX. VIII wasn't that great imo. I don't understand why people hate on FFIX. It was pretty solid and absolute fun. It had some great minigames. The only thing I didn't like was that it was kinda hard to grind, especially in the beginning. It was the only game I remember that you kept your status ailments even after the battles. There was an abandoned mansion early in the game where everybody would poison you and I could hardly find any antidotes. I also didn't have Esuna yet. Other than that I believe it is kinda underestimated.

Try FF10 on PS2:)-Hoax-

agreed, graphics obviously wont be as good but they are by no means terrible, and ff10 **** all over 13-and i think 13 is great :-)

Absolutely love Final Fantasy XIII. I just need the Treasure Hunter trophy for the platinum, and I'm nearing completion on that as well. Just need to farm a little bit more gil to craft an ultimate weapon or two. Currently at around 110 hours.

I think FFX was the best in the series. I also liked VII and IX. VIII wasn't that great imo. I don't understand why people hate on FFIX. It was pretty solid and absolute fun. It had some great minigames. The only thing I didn't like was that it was kinda hard to grind, especially in the beginning. It was the only game I remember that you kept your status ailments even after the battles. There was an abandoned mansion early in the game where everybody would poison you and I could hardly find any antidotes. I also didn't have Esuna yet. Other than that I believe it is kinda underestimated.ElGreco88

I am so with you. I've placed IX as my rpg marker. Any ff game, heck any rpg for that matter, I will always compare it to IX for starters. I feel IX is the minimum a good rpg should strive to achieve. A solid story (not best, but solid), solid characters (some irritating, but overall good), solid gameplay and solid setting. So while it wasn't excellent, I felt it was a nice fun rpg.

Having said that then, my order is something like this: X>VII>IX>VI>XII>VIII
I don't want to exagerate, so I just put one > between all the games, otherwise....
Anyway, for me, to score higher than IX, a game needs some real excellent points going for it, while to score lower than IX, it's got to have some serious flaws(well VI wasn't all that bad, but I did like IX more).

Now though I'm having trouble placing XIII, I think there are some excellent elements in the game, but with a few serious flaws too. It'll be either just higher or lower than IX. Not higher than vii or x, and not lower than vi.

@Hoax: He's only done 1 part to the review, but I'm sure he'll be continuing it like he did with viii.
Spoony's FFX review

Quick note, that review is full of spoilers, so it's only for those who have played the game really (although he does make some glaring mistakes on his understanding of the story)

for me FF games go in this order

7

10

8

12

13

9

I havent played 8 and 9 for SO long though that a second go is required to appreciate it more,and that order might very well change