FFXII Help Thread: CAUTION - spoilers abound

LocoColt04 · 11-02-2006, 01:12 PM

It would be nice if you still mark major storyline spoilers with the [spoil] tag, but otherwise feel free to toss around any information necessary to explain your situation in hopes that we may help you.

I don't want to hear any complaints about spoilers in this thread.

It's clearly marked and can be expected in a help thread. If you don't want things potentially spoiled for you, don't read it. Pretty simple, eh?

That said, let the helping commence!

Georg Prime · 11-02-2006, 01:20 PM

1. Does somebody have a guide or a simple explanation on how quickening's work? I thought there would be something about them in the game but i can't find anything
2. Is there anything special on the Leviathan? I'm not sure if you will be returning to it, but i'm trying to explore the starboard sections for any treasure. It's nice you can turn off the alarm for 60 secs but is there any way to get rid of it permanently?

LocoColt04 · 11-02-2006, 01:28 PM

1: I'm not sure. Wikipedia and Gamefaqs alike seem to be missing Quickening sections. I can't tell if I'm supposed to be putting in some sort of button combo or not... if I am, I don't see it on the screen. I know you can link other characters' Quickenings to create combos, so... maybe that's what the timer is for? Maybe Andromeda knows more.

2: No, it can't be turned off permanently, and no, I didn't come across anything too special and I covered the whole ship. If you head out the top of the lower level first, you can go to the control room. Take out six guards and you have access to the first terminal -- meaning you can turn the alarm off prior to going back to the storeroom. Then run as quick as you can back downstairs and then up to the storeroom. The alarm should sound just before you get there, but only for about ten seconds. When you get in the storeroom, turn off the alarm from one of the panels (doesn't matter which) and then just run upstairs as fast as you can and toward the exit.

I know you mentioned something in the other thread about needing some levels. My advice to you to gain a couple of levels would be to sit just outside the room with the save crystal, and let guards come to you. Fight until you're almost dead, turn back into the other room, save, and repeat. It will get you the experience points you need to level up without risking a game over.

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How they work
Gaining your first Quickening will bring one new change, you will notice that when your MP is full it will start to glow. Your second Quickening will double your MP as well as splitting your MP into two. The third will triple your [original] MP and will split your MP bar further into three parts.

The split in the MP's are called "Mist Cart"'s short for Mist Cartridges, and the Quickenings use certain amounts of Mist Carts to be used. The first Quickening, uses one Cart, second uses two, and the third uses three. Using Quickenings will drain the whole cartridge, meaning that a level 3 Quickening will leave you with 0 MP and so it should ONLY be used in extreme emergencies (preferably near the end of the battles).

How do I do Combo's
When you select a Quickening you will notice on the bottom right hand corner there will be the names of your three characters, and possibly a button (Square, Triangle, Circle, X) next to their names. Pressing the button will make that character carry out that particular Quickening themselves. If there's no buttons next to the names, press the L2 button to shuffle the list until the button symbol appears. To make matters worse, as the combo's go up, the time limit you have to choose the next combo goes down.

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I'm pretty sure it's R2 rather than L2.

My suspicion was correct though. There are no buttons to press to actually perform the Quickening; rather, there are options to chain Quickenings together.

Georg Prime · 11-02-2006, 05:29 PM

Thanks for the help on quickenings. I tried to look at gamefaqs as well but found nothing. I was just really confused cause usually there is SOME KIND of onscreen help to explain, like all the limit breaks in X. That makes sense though, basically i only have one quickening as of now so i guess i have nothing to worthy about in terms of pressing buttons. I'm surprised with something that complicated they don't have a guide in the game.

Ah and that makes sense about the security terminals! I didnt know there were more. I'm kinda pissed because of the random treasures, one time in the storeroom i found an Ancient Sword which was much better than the Zwill Blade Baasch had equipped. I died that time though and haven't been able to find it in the Leviathan since. I just wanted to be sure there was nothing really rare or anything.

Haha yea i figured out last night what a great place for leveling up the Leviathan is, the first time i kinda was just overwhelmed by the number of enemies so i just fled the whole time till i got to Ghis. Once i stopped and tried to fight them i figured out how easy they were and how quickily i could gain levels. It also helps that i have Vossler, him and Baasch are like a two man wrecking crew. I fought many battles after i first got ashe, failing to realize that her gambits weren't even on so she wasn't even doing anything! I still managed to destroy those imperials though. Too bad i can't bring Vossler with me to the Ghis fight. Thus far i've managed to level up everyone in my active team 2 or 3 levels. Even though i think i'm well equipped to fight Ghis, i might stick around a little longer to gain more experience and try to find some more gil on the Leviathan.

Thanks for the help Loco.

Andromeda · 11-02-2006, 05:34 PM

From what I understand of the Quickenings there is a button that will pop for up each of the moves. If there is not a button, press R2 to refresh. When you see a button push it to activate it and it will go after the one you started is finished. You obviously have a limited time to do this is, so when you push the button it will reset the time. It is really hard right now for me, but I only have two, so I think it is going to be a while before I can really do it while, since you can have up to 3.

Georg Prime · 11-03-2006, 08:41 AM

Does anyone know how to lure out the cluckatrice? The kid said something about finding a beak..can't find anything like that. I thought maybe since it said it was scared of humes that maybe it wouldn't be scared of Fran and i could use her to lure it out but i got Vossler as a guest and there's nothing i can do about that at the moment. Maybe i'm just off alltogether.

I'm wandering around the north bank and finding nothing..i swear i hear some bird chirping it certain areas though

LocoColt04 · 11-03-2006, 12:28 PM

I lured out the Cluckatrice on accident once. Then it raped me. I escaped, but barely. Here's what I did. You know the little area that's like a big circle, where all the chirping comes from? You'll have to go back and do this without a guest. Make sure Fran is THE only active party member, run through the little nest area in circles, kill the monsters, circle a little more, and then zone out to the left. Pull your active party members back out, zone back through, and you'll see one of the chicks rolling toward you. Two seconds later, mom will be there to rip you to pieces.

I did this when I was level 11 and got ganked. They're all immune to Libra, so I'm not sure what level they're at, but I'm sure 15-20 is good enough to avoid certain death. As long as you've got a decent amount of HP, you should be fine.

Georg Prime · 11-03-2006, 12:45 PM

Sweet gotcha, i figured that Vossler was the problem. I'm fighting Belias right now in the tomb of raithwell but once i'm done i'm gonna have to give the cluckatrice a go seeing that my team is Lv. 18 and Lv. 19 now.

So i should be able to take him on no problem, the Wyvern Lord is a whole other story though haha..definitely have do some more leveling up before trying to take that thing on.

Thanks again

EDIT: I kinda feel like an idiot asking all the questions, but this is more of a random question rather than a help one. But it kinda goes with my last one..but i forgot that it's the rain season in the giza plains..does that mean i can't do the cluckatrice hunt all together or do i have to wait till later in the game?

And a seperate note, does anybody know who or what that thing is wandering the giza plains? You can't talk to it..you can't target it as an enemy..at first i thought it was a monster but it seems to be helping you. From what i saw it cast beserk on toad then tried to kill it?

Rumrunner · 11-04-2006, 07:46 PM

I was just wondering.... Is Fran able to cast magic? For me her magic points stay at 0.

Andromeda · 11-04-2006, 08:09 PM

Did you try to equip the Goddess Magicite, because that have MP=0, which means you have no MP. It sadly does not mean casting does not take away MP. That confused me for a bit too until I looked closer.

LocoColt04 · 11-05-2006, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by GeneralLeoCristophe

And a seperate note, does anybody know who or what that thing is wandering the giza plains? You can't talk to it..you can't target it as an enemy..at first i thought it was a monster but it seems to be helping you. From what i saw it cast beserk on toad then tried to kill it?

You mean that Bangaa who's out hunting monsters?

Some of the areas have NPC adventurers. It's really that simple.

He cast Protect on Vaan and Penelo way back in the beginning of the game.