The Official Final Fantasy XIII Thread (56K Warning)

Well, guys, I finished!!! That was one of the best endings ever! The story throughout didn't do much for me at times, but the ending surely made up for it! As a father of two young sons a certain part of the ending actually had me teary eyed! Seriously! I never expected it would've ended so beautifully! Cheers, Squeenix! Oh, and the final boss was a total joke. I 5-starred it in one try in less than 30 secs. Sab/sab/syn, com/rav/rav, com/rav/com with Fang, Vanille, and Sahz = instant 5-star glory. ;)TheEldestGod

THANK YOU!!!! i didnt get any strs and it only took me about 2 minutes :-s

did you not enjoy enjoy ff10 then?

[QUOTE="TheEldestGod"]Well, guys, I finished!!! That was one of the best endings ever! The story throughout didn't do much for me at times, but the ending surely made up for it! As a father of two young sons a certain part of the ending actually had me teary eyed! Seriously! I never expected it would've ended so beautifully! Cheers, Squeenix! Oh, and the final boss was a total joke. I 5-starred it in one try in less than 30 secs. Sab/sab/syn, com/rav/rav, com/rav/com with Fang, Vanille, and Sahz = instant 5-star glory. ;)gizmo_dave100

THANK YOU!!!! i didnt get any strs and it only took me about 2 minutes :-s

did you not enjoy enjoy ff10 then?

Woo! Just got my Platinum trophy for the game! Clocked in at around 117 hours, but I could have shaved off at least 20-30 hours of that just dicking around grinding in the first 10 chapters, lol. Treasure Hunter trophy is definitely the hardest one to get, and I thought I had missed it, but you gotta go back to Vanille's Robot thing in Oerba to get the actual trophy rewarded to you. Loved the game! Not sure where it fits in my FF rankings, but it's probably in the top 3. I wanna star at least one of everyone's ultimate weapon before I quit for good though (at least, until I replay it).

I can't get my trophy card to ever update these days. :/ It just sits there saying "We're generating your trophy card." but nothing ever happens.

Woo! Just got my Platinum trophy for the game! Clocked in at around 117 hours, but I could have shaved off at least 20-30 hours of that just dicking around grinding in the first 10 chapters, lol. Treasure Hunter trophy is definitely the hardest one to get, and I thought I had missed it, but you gotta go back to Vanille's Robot thing in Oerba to get the actual trophy rewarded to you. Loved the game! Not sure where it fits in my FF rankings, but it's probably in the top 3. I wanna star at least one of everyone's ultimate weapon before I quit for good though (at least, until I replay it).

I can't get my trophy card to ever update these days. :/ It just sits there saying "We're generating your trophy card." but nothing ever happens.

naaros

Thanks. And yeah, definitely would be cool if it had a new game plus feature to use my stats and such. ;/ Oh well. I'm gonna play through the game later just for the story after some time has passed.

As far as treasure hunter trophy goes (if you try for it), I recommend just getting a list off the internet of all the items you need and make a checklist. You'll have to farm quite a bit of gil to get everything upgraded - the most time consuming part of getting the platinum, by far.

Woo! Just got my Platinum trophy for the game! Clocked in at around 117 hours, but I could have shaved off at least 20-30 hours of that just dicking around grinding in the first 10 chapters, lol. Treasure Hunter trophy is definitely the hardest one to get, and I thought I had missed it, but you gotta go back to Vanille's Robot thing in Oerba to get the actual trophy rewarded to you. Loved the game! Not sure where it fits in my FF rankings, but it's probably in the top 3. I wanna star at least one of everyone's ultimate weapon before I quit for good though (at least, until I replay it).

I can't get my trophy card to ever update these days. :/ It just sits there saying "We're generating your trophy card." but nothing ever happens.

Woo! Just got my Platinum trophy for the game! Clocked in at around 117 hours, but I could have shaved off at least 20-30 hours of that just dicking around grinding in the first 10 chapters, lol. Treasure Hunter trophy is definitely the hardest one to get, and I thought I had missed it, but you gotta go back to Vanille's Robot thing in Oerba to get the actual trophy rewarded to you. Loved the game! Not sure where it fits in my FF rankings, but it's probably in the top 3. I wanna star at least one of everyone's ultimate weapon before I quit for good though (at least, until I replay it).

I can't get my trophy card to ever update these days. :/ It just sits there saying "We're generating your trophy card." but nothing ever happens.

naaros

hey congratz man! This is inspiring, for me at least :D

and i know what you mean with the trophy card, mine hasnt updated in a week or so...

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[QUOTE="HarDcore_RpG"]

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.

TheEldestGod

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

That explains so much! thanks

Well, guys, I finished!!! That was one of the best endings ever! The story throughout didn't do much for me at times, but the ending surely made up for it! As a father of two young sons a certain part of the ending actually had me teary eyed! Seriously! I never expected it would've ended so beautifully! Cheers, Squeenix! Oh, and the final boss was a total joke. I 5-starred it in one try in less than 30 secs. Sab/sab/syn, com/rav/rav, com/rav/com with Fang, Vanille, and Sahz = instant 5-star glory. ;)TheEldestGod

[QUOTE="TheEldestGod"]Well, guys, I finished!!! That was one of the best endings ever! The story throughout didn't do much for me at times, but the ending surely made up for it! As a father of two young sons a certain part of the ending actually had me teary eyed! Seriously! I never expected it would've ended so beautifully! Cheers, Squeenix! Oh, and the final boss was a total joke. I 5-starred it in one try in less than 30 secs. Sab/sab/syn, com/rav/rav, com/rav/com with Fang, Vanille, and Sahz = instant 5-star glory. ;)Bloodseeker23

[QUOTE="Bloodseeker23"][QUOTE="TheEldestGod"]Well, guys, I finished!!! That was one of the best endings ever! The story throughout didn't do much for me at times, but the ending surely made up for it! As a father of two young sons a certain part of the ending actually had me teary eyed! Seriously! I never expected it would've ended so beautifully! Cheers, Squeenix! Oh, and the final boss was a total joke. I 5-starred it in one try in less than 30 secs. Sab/sab/syn, com/rav/rav, com/rav/com with Fang, Vanille, and Sahz = instant 5-star glory. ;)TheEldestGod

congrats on getting the platinum!

il go back to the game at some point but not for a while, been looking forward to ff8 so guna play that first.

and ff13 ending = WOW!

Thanks all. :)

Just a reminder about the Treasure Hunter trophy for those trying to get the platinum, you don't have to hold onto the accessory/weapon (components are not counted) forever. You just have to have had it at some point. Also, remember you have to go back to Vanille's robot in Oerba after getting everything (the longest part is just upgrading every single weapon to tier 2), and if he says "You are a treasure hunter!" (or something similar), you should be awarded the trophy then. I'm not entirely sure why they made you go to the robot to complete it, but ya know, lol. In fact, no where in game says that you need to go back there as far as I've seen. I had to look it up on the net to know.

The order in which I did things for the platinum is: complete game, get 5 stars on final boss, complete all missions (5 star them at the same time), grind gil (and CP), maxed characters completely, killed Long Gui (one of the trophies is for this), and then treasure hunter.

If anyone has any probs 5starring some of the missions, let me know. Mission 54 (the giant cactuar) pretty much requires the "Random: Instant Chain" ability to get 5 stars imo (unless you are VERY lucky), and Mission 64 is pretty challenging (took me quite a few attempts - some to get the hang of the fight, some for re-working my strategy with different people, and some for just random bad luck, lol).

So if anyone needs any help, toss me a PM, and I'll see what I can do!

EDIT: Oh and btw, if you are having issues 5-starring some of the missions, just know that you can use pre-empt & buff shrouds for 90% of the hunts. There's only a few that the pre-empt one won't work on. Makes some of the harder ones a little easier - especially if you are trying to 5star early missions and you have your crystarium maxed out (the target time for battles is based on your stats). You can also unequip ultimate weapons (and powerful accessories) to increase your target time.

hello everyone i was hoping to get some advice. i do nt play many rpgs, so i wanted to ask a few questions. 1. im currently in chapter 5, should i start upgrading weapons and accessories now, or wait until later? 2. am i supposed to buy weapons from the shop? or will find good weapons in drops/treasure chest? 3.is it possible to build your character wrong? 3. are there certain items that i should keep? or should i just sell most of it? so far i have kept everything, didnt sell one thing.bizzy420

1. Personally, I wouldn't upgrade them much until Chapter 11. Maybe a few levels here and there as you get better components, but the most efficient ways come later imo.

2. Don't buy weapons from shops. You should find every weapon in the game in a treasure chest (besides 1 for each character late in the game) or from a boss.

3. No, not really. I mean, some characters function better in certain roles (ie: Snow is a better SEN and COM than RAV), but eventually you'll get enough CP to do all their roles - at least the main ones.

4. Personally, I'd keep everything except items that have the description of "Can be sold for a premium" or something. ie: Credit Chips, Incentive Chips, any "dolls" or figurines you can sell.

[QUOTE="bizzy420"]

1. Personally, I wouldn't upgrade them much until Chapter 11. Maybe a few levels here and there as you get better components, but the most efficient ways come later imo.

2. Don't buy weapons from shops. You should find every weapon in the game in a treasure chest (besides 1 for each character late in the game) or from a boss.

3. No, not really. I mean, some characters function better in certain roles (ie: Snow is a better SEN and COM than RAV), but eventually you'll get enough CP to do all their roles - at least the main ones.

4. Personally, I'd keep everything except items that have the description of "Can be sold for a premium" or something. ie: Credit Chips, Incentive Chips, any "dolls" or figurines you can sell.

[QUOTE="bizzy420"]hello everyone i was hoping to get some advice. i do nt play many rpgs, so i wanted to ask a few questions. 1. im currently in chapter 5, should i start upgrading weapons and accessories now, or wait until later? 2. am i supposed to buy weapons from the shop? or will find good weapons in drops/treasure chest? 3.is it possible to build your character wrong? 3. are there certain items that i should keep? or should i just sell most of it? so far i have kept everything, didnt sell one thing.Sphire

Is there a way to farm the wladislaus after the game is completed? I have another save so its not a big deal but i was just wondering. thanks in advancefrielock

[QUOTE="frielock"]Is there a way to farm the wladislaus after the game is completed? I have another save so its not a big deal but i was just wondering. thanks in advanceTheEldestGod

Ya sooooo the final boss, stage two, killed me in two hits, 1st was the big sword drop, 2nd was the hand swipe... yep:(

does the damage from the battle with dysley carry over or is he just that powerful?

Ya sooooo the final boss, stage two, killed me in two hits, 1st was the big sword drop, 2nd was the hand swipe... yep:(

does the damage from the battle with dysley carry over or is he just that powerful?

ok awesome, thanks for the info guys. just a few more quick questions. im a lil confused about the credit chips.. the credit chip i should sell? or keep to upgrade? do components have an individual effect on weapons? for example when upgrading are there certain components that i should use for certain weapons? i hope that makes sense.bizzy420

Credit Chips and Incentive Chips are fine to sell. Basically anything that has a description that says "Can be sold for a premium." is okay to sell and won't hurt you. Different components just give different amounts of xp - some better than others. No component "helps" a weapon more than others.

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And about the 2nd form of the last boss, I'm like 99% positive that one move he does takes off 80~% of your HP (total HP, not HP you have remaining), so if you are missing a chunk of your HP before he does it, you'll likely die. You can also switch to SEN/SEN/SEN to reduce the dmg by about half (or more). The move is called 2 diff things if I remember. Something Light and Something Dark. After you see that, you have a few seconds to switch to SEN/SEN/SEN, but sometimes I am too busy doing different things, so I didn't notice.

EDIT: More info from FF wiki; I edited out the name of the final boss cuz of spoilers:

In the first half of the battle, _____ switches between Consummate Light and Consummate Darkness. During Consummate Light ______ only has access to a slap attack which hits all nearby party members for moderate damage, and also regularly heals itself for around 2,500 HP per turn. Its Consummate Darkness mode is more dangerous, as its laser attack inflicts a fair amount of damage to a single party member, while also inflicting a large array of debilitating status ailments. Whenever ______ switches form, it uses the powerful Merciless Judgment attack, dealing fractional damage to all party members and leaving them with dangerously low HP levels. Players cannot perform actions or paradigm shift while this attack is in action.

[QUOTE="TheEldestGod"][QUOTE="frielock"]Is there a way to farm the wladislaus after the game is completed? I have another save so its not a big deal but i was just wondering. thanks in advancefrielock

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umm so ya, i thought i beat the game when i beat Orphan and then the lil in game movie scene came and now it looks like a third form.

@ theEldestGod is this where you used SAB/SAB/SYN --> RAV/COM/RAV --> COM/COM/ RAV ? and is this the fight you have to five star? because i five starred the Barthandelus fight, i two starred the orphan fight and if i five star this will i get the trophy and lightnings theme?

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umm so ya, i thought i beat the game when i beat Orphan and then the lil in game movie scene came and now it looks like a third form.

@ theEldestGod is this where you used SAB/SAB/SYN --> RAV/COM/RAV --> COM/COM/ RAV ? and is this the fight you have to five star? because i five starred the Barthandelus fight, i two starred the orphan fight and if i five star this will i get the trophy and lightnings theme?

The 3rd form is the one you have to 5-star. What I recommend doing is SAB/SAB/SYN (get deprotect/deshell/imperil on if possible, I forget if he's immune to any of those), then RAV/RAV/RAV to get him staggered ASAP, then I did COM/COM/COM (or COM/COM/RAV) with Lightning/Fang/Hope. And that got me 5 stars. Don't spend too much time buffing (get at least haste) because you only have about a minute to get 5 stars; maybe a little less depending on your gear.

ahh damn i beat him in the first stagger but i wasnt fast enough, i four starred it. i quit and now im restarting all three again.

The 3rd form is the one you have to 5-star. What I recommend doing is SAB/SAB/SYN (get deprotect/deshell/imperil on if possible, I forget if he's immune to any of those), then RAV/RAV/RAV to get him staggered ASAP, then I did COM/COM/COM (or COM/COM/RAV) with Lightning/Fang/Hope. And that got me 5 stars. Don't spend too much time buffing (get at least haste) because you only have about a minute to get 5 stars; maybe a little less depending on your gear.

naaros

ahh damn i beat him in the first stagger but i wasnt fast enough, i four starred it. i quit and now im restarting all three again.

HarDcore_RpG

wow second time trying all three and would you know i five starred all the fights!!!!

wow second time trying all three and would you know i five starred all the fights!!!!

HarDcore_RpG

Grats! :) It took me 2 or 3 times to get 5 stars on it. Originally, I think I was wasting too much time buffing when it really doesn't require that many buffs (just haste is enough).

JESUS CHR*ST I HAVE TEARS IN MY EYES!!! THAT ENDING! I CANT ! BRAVO SQUARE-ENIX BRAVO!

Yep, I really enjoyed the ending a lot. :) I've beaten it multiple times just to watch all the cutscenes during the final boss and of course, the gorgeous ending CGI. It's a shame some people didn't enjoy the game; seems like a love it or hate it kinda game, I suppose. It's in my top 3 FF games.

lol, grats to you, too. The Lightning theme you get as a reward for Superstar is pretty cool. I'm using Serah's theme atm (platinum reward). Honestly, I'm kinda sad that Serah wasn't used more in the game (besides being motivation). I really liked her character.

JESUS CHR*ST I HAVE TEARS IN MY EYES!!! THAT ENDING! I CANT ! BRAVO SQUARE-ENIX BRAVO!

HarDcore_RpG

Yep, I really enjoyed the ending a lot. :) I've beaten it multiple times just to watch all the cutscenes during the final boss and of course, the gorgeous ending CGI. It's a shame some people didn't enjoy the game; seems like a love it or hate it kinda game, I suppose. It's in my top 3 FF games.

naaros

lol, grats to you, too. The Lightning theme you get as a reward for Superstar is pretty cool. I'm using Serah's theme atm (platinum reward). Honestly, I'm kinda sad that Serah wasn't used more in the game (besides being motivation). I really liked her character.

naaros

lol, grats to you, too. The Lightning theme you get as a reward for Superstar is pretty cool. I'm using Serah's theme atm (platinum reward). Honestly, I'm kinda sad that Serah wasn't used more in the game (besides being motivation). I really liked her character.

naaros

*spoiler * just joined the superstar club took me 1:20 to 5 star him. frielock

BTW, im going for PLAT! starting tomorrow:D

[QUOTE="naaros"]

lol, grats to you, too. The Lightning theme you get as a reward for Superstar is pretty cool. I'm using Serah's theme atm (platinum reward). Honestly, I'm kinda sad that Serah wasn't used more in the game (besides being motivation). I really liked her character.

TheEldestGod

lol, yeah. Too bad most of my friends won't have a clue at who Serah is, lol. I think I'm gonna make them play the game, though!

BTW, im going for PLAT! starting tomorrow

Nice, gogo! It really wasn't as hard as I was expecting it to be. Don't get me wrong, it IS challenging (especially 5 starring some of the missions), but most of the time is just spent grinding gil. Thankfully, the battle system is amazing (imo), and is probably my favorite system in any game, so grinding turtles (and soldiers, etc etc) wasn't boring at all. Had a blast doing all of it. But I must say, sitting in front of the Upgrade menu doing all items and weapons wasn't that thrilling, but oh well. :P

Nice, gogo! It really wasn't as hard as I was expecting it to be. Don't get me wrong, it IS challenging (especially 5 starring some of the missions), but most of the time is just spent grinding gil. Thankfully, the battle system is amazing (imo), and is probably my favorite system in any game, so grinding turtles (and soldiers, etc etc) wasn't boring at all. Had a blast doing all of it. But I must say, sitting in front of the Upgrade menu doing all items and weapons wasn't that thrilling, but oh well. :Pnaaros

I'm not looking forward to that. I've 5 starred all but 5 of the hunt missions. I'm trying to find the right balance between leveling and getting those 5 stars. I don't want the target time coming down too quickly. Which means I've also changed my weapons to all level 1 weapons (because I only upgraded a few, some have nice stat bonuses too...and I can't be bothered to do upgrading yet). Of the 5 remaining hunts, I haven't beaten any yet, but I think I can somewhat readily get 5 stars in 3 of them. At least finishing these hunts will net me around 5 trophies. The rest should be leveling, still haven't gotten the sen/syn/sab/med roles maxed out yet (i think i have 1 role maxed per character at the moment), and the dreaded treasure hunter.

A while ago I tried upgrading my Diamond bangle, I didn't even get to transform it before all my components were used up just increasing the levels! And I have to transform it twice!(I missed the treasure in last stage) And that's just 1 accessory! Man I'm not looking forward to that...

Home for the weekend and I've started on my perfect save! :D There's a lot of respawning to complete some of these Enemy Intel entries, but I'm up to the beginning of Chapter 4 now.

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One thing I noticed this time around is that Vanille is the only character who starts the game with three ATB segments, since she is already a l'Cie. Neat little detail I thought I would share for those who didn't notice. :P

Man, I think I kinda screwed myself by becoming so powerful before doing the missions. Every mission I've done so far I've finished in less than 30 secs and the highest I've gotten is three stars. WTF? What can I do? I couldn't possibly imagine completing those missions any faster. In fact, most of the fights I have on Gran Pulse go by in the blink of an eye and I end up with just a couple stars. What can I do to 5 star these battles with my characters so powerful? Any tips? I never thought I'd be having trouble 5-starring EASY battles. TheEldestGod

So you think it's better not to grind TOO MUCH, and not farm CP before the last boss? I'm currently on chapter 12 and I was thinking to farm that monster everyone was talking about. Maybe you're using leveled up weapons? I heard that if you use level 1 gear the target times in these missions will increase and you'll get 5-stars more easily.