Author Topic: 1/31: Seriously the best time ever to buy FFXIII-2 (Read 52328 times)

F U C K Clock Puzzles. It's trial and error. Spend 20 minutes yesterday "solving" the one in Yacshas Mastiff, solved by chance.

Gaddam at Archylte Steppe.

Grass in my Final Fantasy game?

change the weather to storm and you'll get owned by attacus clones

demi · « **Reply #606 on:** February 15, 2012, 03:02:07 AM »

Sazh DLC 2/28 for about $6/400 MS points

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #607 on:** February 15, 2012, 08:27:51 PM »

Maxed out Flanitor is awesome. On to endgame of episode 6.

maxy · « **Reply #608 on:** February 16, 2012, 02:24:15 AM »

Vizzys · « **Reply #609 on:** February 16, 2012, 02:43:06 AM »

SantaC · « **Reply #610 on:** February 16, 2012, 04:31:01 AM »

so, how does this enhanced mog throw work?

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #611 on:** February 16, 2012, 04:18:30 PM »

Took me 23 hours to get to the endgame fight. I think I died once when running into a Behemoth while being low-leveled. Also, I'm not getting how people don't understand the plot, it's very straightforward.

SantaC · « **Reply #612 on:** February 16, 2012, 04:33:32 PM »

This awesome game is too short

tiesto · « **Reply #613 on:** February 16, 2012, 05:21:05 PM »

I actually appreciate the concise length, especially as 12 and 13 were waaaay too long with major pacing issues.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #614 on:** February 17, 2012, 01:25:22 AM »

So.... about that ending...

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Whoops.

Hopefully its resolved with some DLC and not XIII-3.

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Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #615 on:** February 17, 2012, 02:00:32 AM »

I would've played it the same way if the baby didn't come 11 days early. I don't have RPG OCD. No offense meant. I did a few side things but I tend to play through the single-player storyline. My backlog is so fucking massive that I don't have time to do every single thing in every game.

demi · « **Reply #616 on:** February 17, 2012, 07:32:16 AM »

Enjoy wasting your time.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #617 on:** February 17, 2012, 09:12:37 PM »

I'm not sure if this has been communicated yet or not, but gatdam this game is actually fun. Wut?!

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #618 on:** February 17, 2012, 11:07:35 PM »

so awesome.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #619 on:** February 17, 2012, 11:54:53 PM »

Quote from: Shaka Khan on February 17, 2012, 09:12:37 PM

I'm not sure if this has been communicated yet or not, but gatdam this game is actually fun. Wut?!

TONS OF FUN.

Seriously, I had more fun with XIII-2 than XIII. And I liked XIII!

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #620 on:** February 19, 2012, 03:20:44 PM »

Quote from: Borys on February 19, 2012, 03:10:07 PM

Can you continue playing after you beat the game?

Yep! You're able to keep playing and unlock everything else.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #621 on:** February 19, 2012, 05:08:07 PM »

called it. great game!

tiesto · « **Reply #622 on:** February 20, 2012, 08:42:20 AM »

Beat it (with 0 stars $:-\$ ), did all the paradox endings... still some more to do before I platinum:

-get slot machine fragment
-beat Long Gui and Yomi
-Monster Collector fragment
-max levels trophy (almost there!)
-99999 damage trophy
-10000 steps on Chocobo trophy (should be easy just time consuming)
-100 preemptive attacks trophy (any way to speed this up?)
-capture Don Tonberry trophy
-5star end guy trophy

SantaC · « **Reply #623 on:** February 20, 2012, 09:03:39 AM »

havent been able to play much lately, but this is the most fun i had with a game in years.

tiesto · « **Reply #624 on:** February 20, 2012, 10:00:39 AM »

Quote from: SantaC on February 20, 2012, 09:03:39 AM

havent been able to play much lately, but this is the most fun i had with a game in years.

It's got a few issues here and there (mainly relating to the difficulty curve and a few ill-conceived minigames/areas) but this is probably the best FF I've played since 9. I'd like to think it's due to the tri-Ace involvement.

demi · « **Reply #625 on:** February 20, 2012, 10:19:35 AM »

Quote from: tiesto on February 20, 2012, 08:42:20 AM

Beat it (with 0 stars $:-\$ ), did all the paradox endings... still some more to do before I platinum:

-get slot machine fragment
Rubberband

-beat Long Gui and Yomi
Just set to Easy Mode, but they're easy regardless

-Monster Collector fragment
Easy, use a list

-max levels trophy (almost there!)
Easy

-99999 damage trophy
Long Gui, equip Odinblade + Power Wristbands, Stagger, beat the shit out of it, then use Meteor Javelin

-10000 steps on Chocobo trophy (should be easy just time consuming)
Run in a circle, if you have the speed time skill it goes even quicker

-100 preemptive attacks trophy (any way to speed this up?)
Do a preemptive attack, then hit Retry, rinse and repeat

-capture Don Tonberry trophy
Easy, equip fragment skills, use feral links

-5star end guy trophy
lol easy - it counts the fight form, not all the shit prior

tiesto · « **Reply #626 on:** February 20, 2012, 11:23:47 AM »

Thanks boo

demi · « **Reply #627 on:** February 20, 2012, 03:01:34 PM »

You're also missing the Raspatil achievement (beat Raspatil) - requires Normal Mode

Tackle that one last when you're maxed out.

Also I meant the FINAL form, not the fights prior

Trent Dole · « **Reply #628 on:** February 20, 2012, 07:02:22 PM »

ME costume for Noel incoming, apparently...
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/02/20/final-fantasy-xiii-2-x-mass-effect-collaboration-in-the-works/

tiesto · « **Reply #629 on:** February 20, 2012, 10:43:00 PM »

Alright, how in gods name do you beat

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Caius in the Void Beyond in the Paradox Ending

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?

Guy is kicking my ass, I can't do nearly enough damage to him before he restores all his HP and then buffs himself. My Serah is almost maxed out, also using a max Silver Chocobo (SEN) and max Gold Chocobo (COM), also equipped with the Odinbow (with 152 or so fragments).

demi · « **Reply #630 on:** February 21, 2012, 11:03:02 AM »

Quote from: tiesto on February 20, 2012, 10:43:00 PM

Alright, how in gods name do you beat
spoiler (click to show/hide)
Caius in the Void Beyond in the Paradox Ending
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?

Guy is kicking my ass, I can't do nearly enough damage to him before he restores all his HP and then buffs himself. My Serah is almost maxed out, also using a max Silver Chocobo (SEN) and max Gold Chocobo (COM), also equipped with the Odinbow (with 152 or so fragments).

Real way: Use SEN to keep him busy, start battle with SEN/SEN cause he will attack Serah immediately. Then use SAB/SEN and Poison him, Imperil, then RAV/SEN to build up stagger. Chances are he will reset it which is annoying.

Easy way: Set it to Easy Mode and kick his ass

demi · « **Reply #631 on:** February 22, 2012, 12:33:30 PM »

Quote from: Borys on February 22, 2012, 12:24:27 PM

490/1000

5* last boss like it was nothing.

Still have 2 roles to max out. Funny how you can simply buy the best weapon (Odinblade). 105/160 fragments collected.

Game rox

It's not the best weapon. But it's the best easily accessible weapon.

demi · « **Reply #632 on:** February 22, 2012, 03:23:54 PM »

I took the hits, healing with items and magic, until he sucked them back up.

demi · « **Reply #633 on:** February 22, 2012, 03:45:46 PM »

I think it's random, but I could be wrong

Maybe he spits them out based on what he absorbs.

Try just pumping your people up. Get dat chichu.

tiesto · « **Reply #634 on:** February 22, 2012, 05:05:36 PM »

Think I'm just gonna set the game on Easy to power through all the tough boss challenges just to get my plat. Should hopefully get lots of time Sat and Sun to play, as long as I make my goal of platinum-ing it before Mass Effect 3.

demi · « **Reply #635 on:** February 23, 2012, 01:52:34 AM »

You're also a dumbass. You don't win any awards for doing it with pen and paper. lol.

SantaC · « **Reply #636 on:** February 23, 2012, 10:16:58 AM »

Quote from: Borys on February 23, 2012, 10:00:57 AM

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=462028

Look at all those losers whining about FF13-2. Over 1000 posts of pure bile. Reminds me of magus. Yuck.

gaf has shit taste, news at 11.

tiesto · « **Reply #637 on:** February 23, 2012, 10:30:15 AM »

Quote from: Borys on February 23, 2012, 01:42:29 AM

Don't be a pussy, mang.

I did all the Oerba Time Clock puzzles without using a guide and only used pen and paper for that one pictured above.

I did them all by trial and error, myself... guess we're both a bunch of stubborn Polacks

I beat Long Gui on normal but had to dial the difficulty down for Serah vs Caius paradox scope battle, and I got very close to beating Yomi like 3 times before I dialed it down b/c I was getting sick of fighting

Sucks you can't do that for Rasptail, but I'm 1 level away from maxing out Noel/Serah so hopefully by that time I can just breeze through that battle.

magus · « **Reply #638 on:** February 23, 2012, 05:35:00 PM »

Quote from: Borys on February 23, 2012, 10:00:57 AM

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=462028

Look at all those losers whining about FF13-2. Over 1000 posts of pure bile. Reminds me of magus. Yuck.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #639 on:** February 23, 2012, 09:10:41 PM »

Quote from: Borys on February 23, 2012, 10:00:57 AM

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=462028

Look at all those losers whining about FF13-2. Over 1000 posts of pure bile. Reminds me of magus. Yuck.

It's funny just how wrong most of GAF is about this game.

demi · « **Reply #640 on:** February 25, 2012, 02:57:54 PM »

You can poison it.

tiesto · « **Reply #641 on:** February 28, 2012, 08:22:34 AM »

Anyone grabbing the Sazh DLC today?

demi · « **Reply #642 on:** February 28, 2012, 10:16:50 AM »

I beat him with the Fragment Weapons, all I had was STR increase on Noel, and some Magic stuff on Serah. I used Chichu, Silver Chocobo, and some Ravager Mud Frog. I didnt farm any Traps or do anything unnecessary.

tiesto · « **Reply #643 on:** February 28, 2012, 11:31:52 AM »

Yeah, I didn't really have much of a problem with Rasptail - maxed out party, a Gold Bangle on Serah and some Power Bangles for Noel, a Silver Chocobo (SEN), Gold Chocobo (COM) and Yakshini (SYN).

-start the round with SAB/SAB/SYN, try to inflict Deshell and Imperil on Rasptail
-ignore Wladislaus (sounds like a Polish name haha), though kill the Vampires if they get summoned
-build up stagger meter with RAV/RAV/whatever
-if he does Aleph Zero, shift to Tortoise (SEN/SEN/SEN)
-Combat Clinic (MED/MED/SEN) if necessary
-when staggered, switch to COM/COM/COM

I had much much much more trouble with Serah vs Caius Paradox Scope fight, even at max level (had to switch to Easy $:-\$ )

demi · « **Reply #644 on:** February 28, 2012, 11:41:46 AM »

Also make all your Paradigms the Wide version so your characters cast the bigger variants. I kept spamming Ruinga.

tiesto · « **Reply #645 on:** February 28, 2012, 11:14:36 PM »

Finally got this goddamn Lucky Coin fragment! Just gotta get the 99999 dmg, and then 5 star the end boss and get the "secret ending". Hopefully I'll have that done by tomorrow.

magus · « **Reply #646 on:** February 29, 2012, 08:34:07 AM »

minigames not included for dirty poors

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #647 on:** February 29, 2012, 12:51:21 PM »

How is the Sazh DLC? Just card games?

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #648 on:** February 29, 2012, 01:13:54 PM »

Basically, but Chronobind, the original game included, is the best minigame since Chocobo H&C in the series. So addictive.

tiesto · « **Reply #649 on:** February 29, 2012, 10:01:20 PM »

Got my Platinum!!! Now to just finish reading the datalog/fragment datalogs and then run through Sazh's DLC and it's time to pack this up.

tiesto · « **Reply #650 on:** March 01, 2012, 08:52:33 AM »

Go for the 99999 one after getting 160 fragments and the Odinblade, and equip 4 Durable Power Bangles on Noel. Then when the Long Gui is staggered and deprotected, use Meteor Javelin and the 99999s will flow like wine.

Can't really help you with the casino one, just make sure you are playing the slots when the girl is like "It's a hot summer's day!". And if you can help it, play manually when you are in Victory/Super Victory mode. I got like 2 jackpots in a row and wondered why the hell I wasn't getting the fragment - turns out I already had it (probably when I left it on autoplay and went to take a poop).

For the Serendipitous one, play the Chocobo Racing with a maxed out Silver Chocobo infused with the Pulsework Gladiator (I think that's the one) to give him "second wind" till you get it.

Do you have the fragment skill that enables monster capture easier? That should help with the Don Tonberry.

demi · « **Reply #651 on:** March 01, 2012, 09:09:36 AM »

You need to win 7,777 coins in slots (not at once) to get the fragment.

Then you need to earn 10,000 in profit in general. Just breed the Silver Chocobo up and race for a couple hours.

The 10,000 is confusing to understand, but just start at a set number (ex. 5,000) and don't spend a single coin until you reach 10,000 more (ex. 15,000)

Freyj · « **Reply #652 on:** March 02, 2012, 10:51:34 PM »

Playing this for the first time in a week or so and Academia 400 AF is making me want to put it down for another week.

demi · « **Reply #653 on:** March 02, 2012, 11:07:36 PM »

That's really the only doodoo point. Get through it and you'll never have to do it again, unless you're going for the fragments.

Freyj · « **Reply #654 on:** March 02, 2012, 11:16:06 PM »

Quote from: demi on March 02, 2012, 11:07:36 PM

That's really the only doodoo point. Get through it and you'll never have to do it again, unless you're going for the fragments.

I normally wouldn't, but I really like fragment hunting

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #655 on:** March 04, 2012, 12:53:43 AM »

So I haven't booted up the game in while, and today I was prompted to download patch 1.04. Does it fix anything or does it basically set the game for DLCs?

SantaC · « **Reply #656 on:** March 04, 2012, 03:23:42 PM »

140 fragments, i tried 2 hours taming a proto behemoth. is there any skill to easier tame monsters?

demi · « **Reply #657 on:** March 04, 2012, 03:26:28 PM »

Yes, except I'm not even sure you can tame the Proto Behemoth

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #658 on:** March 04, 2012, 03:33:22 PM »

Quote from: SantaC on March 04, 2012, 03:23:42 PM

140 fragments, i tried 2 hours taming a proto behemoth. is there any skill to easier tame monsters?

Look in your bestiary or in the Librascope menu to see if you can actually tame it.

SantaC · « **Reply #659 on:** March 04, 2012, 03:35:04 PM »

Quote from: demi on March 04, 2012, 03:26:28 PM

Yes, except I'm not even sure you can tame the Proto Behemoth

it's tamable commando.

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Author Topic: 1/31: Seriously the best time ever to buy FFXIII-2 (Read 52328 times)