The Official Final Fantasy XIII Thread (56K Warning)

Yay! I finally got my first theme earlier today. Got the Loremaster trophy, and now good ol' Sazsh is gracing my PS3. I'll be changing it to Vanille though once I pass Chapter 11.

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

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

Like Shire said, using shrouds for some of the really easy missions (mainly pre-empt) combined with Sprint Shoes is the best way to 5 star them. I 5 starred all of the missions before maxing out and upgrading all my gear (even mission 64), so my target times were a little higher than yours probably. But what you CAN do is use unleveled weapons and/or not stat accessories. There's only around 7 or so missions (outta the 64) that you can't pre-empt with a shroud. Yeah, shrouds are kinda expensive, but I had like 30 shrouds by the end of the game (that I hadn't used), so probably won't have to use too many. I also recommend saving yourgame at the closest save point before attempting any mark as sometimes the Cei'th stone can be really far away from the mark, so it's just easier to reload your game and try again.

[QUOTE="TheEldestGod"]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. ElGreco88

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.

No problem, TheEldestGod. And yeah, sometimes it might be wise to attempt it once just to Libra, so your teammates won't waste a lot of time doing crappy spells.

And like TheEldestGod said, I also believe it is better to do as many of the missions as possible before maxing out (if you are trying to 5-star them, anyways). Eventually you'll get to the point where you HAVE to level up some more as the missions become much harder, but I'd say at least the first 40-50 can be done with maxed Stage 9 crystarium.

I wish I had known about Wladislaus before it was too late, lol. I was already 999,999 CP capped (and maxed stage 9) before the last dungeon from all the grinding I did for Traps and Ingots. If I had known, I would have probably continued on with the story because those seem much better CP overall.

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[QUOTE="TheEldestGod"]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.

Aaah, it's nice that you can go back to Gran Pulse once you're there. Then I guess I'll follow your advice and complete some of the easier missions. Thanks for the tips.

Im at Taejin Tower on chapter 11 is there any good CP farm spots i need to take advantage of? Also am i at the point of no return to pulse yet? (until after the game) If not does it tell you that you cant go back? Thx!!-Hoax-

Mission 24 is a good farming spot for CP AND gil, but you can't repeat it until after you beat the tower. No, you are not really that close to the point of leaving Pulse (gotta go through Oerba first). And it's really obvious when the point of no return is. It pretty much tells you flat out.

Its cheap and kinda cheating but I took out one of the huge turtles with the tusks with a death spell to the main body last nite. I got a platinum something that sold for 150,000 gil. I don't know how accurate it is since it worked on the first shot for me. I had the item catalog accessory maxed out. Funny thing is I didnt get the trophy for "fell a giant of the lowerland"or whatever. so I guess with trophy's cheaters never win

Death works great sometimes, but it is far from reliable. I used it for a while until I was powerful enough to farm them. You were just realllly lucky on Death working so fast and the drop, lol. It can be pretty bad. And those turtles aren't the ones you have to kill to get the trophy. Big, blue turtles unlock later after a certain mission that give the trophy - they are much harder and are immune to Death.

[QUOTE="-Hoax-"]Im at Taejin Tower on chapter 11 is there any good CP farm spots i need to take advantage of? Also am i at the point of no return to pulse yet? (until after the game) If not does it tell you that you cant go back? Thx!!naaros

Mission 24 is a good farming spot for CP AND gil, but you can't repeat it until after you beat the tower. No, you are not really that close to the point of leaving Pulse (gotta go through Oerba first). And it's really obvious when the point of no return is. It pretty much tells you flat out.

45% complete the missions all 5 starred... this is longer then i thought, and theres still all that gil farming to max out accesories...:shock:

Yeah, it'll take a while! Good thing most of it is fun stuff, and not just the menu-upgrade part, lol.

of course i forgot all about Oerba Thx! for the Misson 24 tip

No problem. You can make like 350-400k an hour spamming Mission 24 over and over (the Cei'th stone and mark are in the same room, so it's really fast) with COM/COM/COM if you are fast. There are better ways to make money later, but are less reliable methods (ie: need good drop rates). Mission 24 ALWAYS gives a gil reward (6000gil) after each completion and is really fast.

Death works great sometimes, but it is far from reliable. I used it for a while until I was powerful enough to farm them. You were just realllly lucky on Death working so fast and the drop, lol. It can be pretty bad. And those turtles aren't the ones you have to kill to get the trophy. Big, blue turtles unlock later after a certain mission that give the trophy - they are much harder and are immune to Death.

how the heck do you beat Neochu? i tried SAB/SEN/MED with Vanille,Fang,Hope and spammed Death with Vanille, no luck? when my health is low i switch to MED/SEN/MED but its not enough, those little sh*ts attack so fast!

I recommend using Snow with any accessories that give HP and physical resistance. Go in with Vanille (MED), Hope (SYN), and Snow (SEN), and as soon as Haste from Hope pops on Vanille, switch to SAB/MED/SEN and spam Death. Hope should be able to keep Snow alive (assuming you've leveled his SEN role somewhat). I did this at Stage9 so my Snow only had like 10-11k HP at the time. After death works, summon on Vanille and do the riding mode to weaken them, then do RAV/MED/SYN and spam Firaga on them. They will go down slow, but it's safest. Maybe not required for you (I don't know how leveled up you are).

how the heck do you beat Neochu? i tried SAB/SEN/MED with Vanille,Fang,Hope and spammed Death with Vanille, no luck? when my health is low i switch to MED/SEN/MED but its not enough, those little sh*ts attack so fast!

HarDcore_RpG

how the heck do you beat Neochu? i tried SAB/SEN/MED with Vanille,Fang,Hope and spammed Death with Vanille, no luck? when my health is low i switch to MED/SEN/MED but its not enough, those little sh*ts attack so fast!

I too took Naaro's advice and once Death finally killed him, I had to summon. Those little things are fast and strong, damn. Luckily it was really a matter of time really once Neochu went down. Done in 6 mins for a target time of 20 something mins. Sweet. I did this first before Gigantuar since my last save was at the Tower, so it was closer. But hell, now that I'm on to it, Gigantuars a pain too. He's fast. I've been doing the random instant chain technic, but the dude doesn't get interrupted when staggered, which is irritating. I tried Fang's summon but it's not enough to kill it during the stagger time.

Quick question, once your in gestalt mode, does the stagger/chain bar deplete? I never noticed it before, but does it deplete or is it frozen til gestalt is over? That would help a ton if true. If not, I'm gonna have to grind (which isn't so bad since I got the growth egg from Neochu), but alas, I'm going away for a couple of days, so no gaming til I get back.

Another question actually, if I re-did Neochu, do I get another growth egg? Does the growth egg stack up? Would be sweet to get x4 or x6 cp.

I recommend using Snow with any accessories that give HP and physical resistance. Go in with Vanille (MED), Hope (SYN), and Snow (SEN), and as soon as Haste from Hope pops on Vanille, switch to SAB/MED/SEN and spam Death. Hope should be able to keep Snow alive (assuming you've leveled his SEN role somewhat). I did this at Stage9 so my Snow only had like 10-11k HP at the time. After death works, summon on Vanille and do the riding mode to weaken them, then do RAV/MED/SYN and spam Firaga on them. They will go down slow, but it's safest. Maybe not required for you (I don't know how leveled up you are).

naaros

That's some really bad luck on Death, TheEldestGod. :( When I got the Growth Egg, I was still at stage9 cap on crystarium, so the Screech move always killed me which just made me restart and try again. The more debuffs you have on an enemy, the greater chance of future debuffs landing which you can assume applies to Death as well. So you could put on Imperil or whatever else he isn't immune to, but the thing is, you have a limited time until Screech happens, so I don't know if it's worth the time casting other debuffs. Who knows. But on the time I DID get Death to work on him, I had put Imperil on him first. Could have just been random luck.

"Quick question, once your in gestalt mode, does the stagger/chain bar deplete? I never noticed it before, but does it deplete or is it frozen til gestalt is over? That would help a ton if true. If not, I'm gonna have to grind (which isn't so bad since I got the growth egg from Neochu), but alas, I'm going away for a couple of days, so no gaming til I get back.

Another question actually, if I re-did Neochu, do I get another growth egg? Does the growth egg stack up? Would be sweet to get x4 or x6 cp."

I think the stagger bar DOES go down in while in Gestalt mode, and I'm 99% sure after you do Gestalt mode, stagger goes away completely. Or the bar resets. Pretty sure anyways, lol. On the giant cactaur, I just got Instant Chain to proc, and my 2x COMs owned him pretty quickly. I recommend putting Defog prevention accessories on Hope (or whoever your healer is if you have one) as well as Ribbon and Goddess' something (shortens debuff time). Because if your healer get silenced/fogged, you'll probably die shortly. Assuming you aren't going COM/COM/COM with all 3 having Instant Stagger anywho. I only had enough items for 2, lol.

And no, there's only one Growth Egg in the game sadly.

The only thing I can think of is just really bad luck. :( Good luck. :-/

wow I wasnt aware that the turtles fall over when you take out the legs, I thought they just wouldnt stomp anymore. I took no time to take the legs out I thought I was weak :)

I really wish you could make the other commando attack the same target though..

Kinda stinks you can't really upgrade your weapons effectively until later on. Anyone know when you can do the whole 3x experience booster and then mega-booster? I know you can buy the materials at some point, but when?

Up to the beginning of Chapter 8 now. :) Acing that Pulse Armament mini game got me really frustrated! Other than that, everything is going smoothly so far.

Kinda stinks you can't really upgrade your weapons effectively until later on. Anyone know when you can do the whole 3x experience booster and then mega-booster? I know you can buy the materials at some point, but when?

yokofox33

These are the best big boosters.

1.Ultracompact Reactor – 40,000exp – buy for 50,000gil from R&D Depot
2.Particle Accelerator – 4,800exp – buy for 10,000gil from R&D Depot
3.Superconductor – 400exp – buy for 840 from Lenora's Garage
4.Perfect Conductor – 751exp – buy for 1,600gil from Lenora's Garage

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Kinda stinks you can't really upgrade your weapons effectively until later on. Anyone know when you can do the whole 3x experience booster and then mega-booster? I know you can buy the materials at some point, but when?

These are the best big boosters.

1.Ultracompact Reactor – 40,000exp – buy for 50,000gil from R&D Depot
2.Particle Accelerator – 4,800exp – buy for 10,000gil from R&D Depot
3.Superconductor – 400exp – buy for 840 from Lenora's Garage
4.Perfect Conductor – 751exp – buy for 1,600gil from Lenora's Garage

Yeah, I figured it out now. I unlocked the R&D Depot and upgraded one of my weapons significantly. I just have one question though: is it more effective to use one giant experience gainer with the 3x multiplier, or do I use as many as I can at one time with the 3x multiplier? Like do I use one material at a time, or all that I have at once?

Yeah, I figured it out now. I unlocked the R&D Depot and upgraded one of my weapons significantly. I just have one question though: is it more effective to use one giant experience gainer with the 3x multiplier, or do I use as many as I can at one time with the 3x multiplier? Like do I use one material at a time, or all that I have at once?

yokofox33

Yeah, I figured it out now. I unlocked the R&D Depot and upgraded one of my weapons significantly. I just have one question though: is it more effective to use one giant experience gainer with the 3x multiplier, or do I use as many as I can at one time with the 3x multiplier? Like do I use one material at a time, or all that I have at once?

yokofox33

where can i find a weapon translation guide. I have the japanese FFXIII version and i want to earn the platinum trophy

At first, I was iffy about not having many (or any according to some people, although it did have a few) towns, but while playing the game, I honestly didn't notice. I was way too into the story and characters to care about exploring some town with NPCs that spout useless dribble. Plus, from a story perspective, it wouldn't make sense if you could waltz into towns being as everyone hated you.

Also, I was kinda worried about not having MP and thought it wouldn't be balanced. Turns out, it was probably the most balanced FF to date.

At first, I was iffy about not having many (or any according to some people, although it did have a few) towns, but while playing the game, I honestly didn't notice. I was way too into the story and characters to care about exploring some town with NPCs that spout useless dribble. Plus, from a story perspective, it wouldn't make sense if you could waltz into towns being as everyone hated you.

Also, I was kinda worried about not having MP and thought it wouldn't be balanced. Turns out, it was probably the most balanced FF to date.

Also, the lack of control over individual party members.

SNOW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/48263855@N04/4422702471/
VANILLE: http://www.flickr.com/photos/48263855@N04/4423467724/
SAZH: http://www.flickr.com/photos/48263855@N04/4423466578/
FANG: http://www.flickr.com/photos/48263855@N04/4423466066/
HOPE: http://www.flickr.com/photos/48263855@N04/4423465518/
LIGHTNING: http://www.flickr.com/photos/48263855@N04/4423464950/


Weapon charts of every character if anyone is intrested or want to know which one to upgrade.

4nia

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyone who has beaten the game, can you tell me a few areas you can go back to. A list of all of them would be great, but even the ones just from your own experience would help a lot. Can you go back to Taejin's Tower? Or every part of Eden? Oerba? Thanks!

Anyone who has beaten the game, can you tell me a few areas you can go back to. A list of all of them would be great, but even the ones just from your own experience would help a lot. Can you go back to Taejin's Tower? Or every part of Eden? Oerba? Thanks!

Ultimasamune

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Anyone who has beaten the game, can you tell me a few areas you can go back to. A list of all of them would be great, but even the ones just from your own experience would help a lot. Can you go back to Taejin's Tower? Or every part of Eden? Oerba? Thanks!

TheEldestGod

Finally! Thank you for a definitive response! So, Siren Park, for example, is still accessible in Eden? The Tesseracts, too, right?

5* the final boss is so damn easy!!!!! have NEVER had a easier gold in my life!!!

[QUOTE="TheEldestGod"][QUOTE="Ultimasamune"]

Anyone who has beaten the game, can you tell me a few areas you can go back to. A list of all of them would be great, but even the ones just from your own experience would help a lot. Can you go back to Taejin's Tower? Or every part of Eden? Oerba? Thanks!

Finally! Thank you for a definitive response! So, Siren Park, for example, is still accessible in Eden? The Tesseracts, too, right?

5* the final boss is so damn easy!!!!! have NEVER had a easier gold in my life!!!

gizmo_dave100

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5* the final boss is so damn easy!!!!! have NEVER had a easier gold in my life!!!

TheEldestGod

5* the final boss is so damn easy!!!!! have NEVER had a easier gold in my life!!!

Hey Guys i need some help! On Chapter 11 Taejin's Tower 2nd Tier you have to complete 3 missions in order to advance in the tower.... Mission 21-23. I done all 3 missions but only got a 5* on 2 of the missions is there any way to redo the missions because there is no Cie'th Stones you get the mission from the Statues but they wont let me redo them :(.-Hoax-

[QUOTE="-Hoax-"]Hey Guys i need some help! On Chapter 11 Taejin's Tower 2nd Tier you have to complete 3 missions in order to advance in the tower.... Mission 21-23. I done all 3 missions but only got a 5* on 2 of the missions is there any way to redo the missions because there is no Cie'th Stones you get the mission from the Statues but they wont let me redo them :(.TheEldestGod