Game Progress (No Spoilers)

[Hildegarde]

Oh. My. God.
This game is gorgeous, the city is beautiful, so far the story is to my liking; I'll be very happy if we get a rest from love stories and it seems like this is a bit more about politics.
I'm still a little befuddled with the fighting system, I wish there would be a way to block available, my poor Reks got a bit hurt, but, the learning curve is pretty fast.

I'm at awe at how big everything is, I've gotten lost a couple of times, given that I get sidetracked gawking at stuff, hahaha!.
Too bad that it seems that this is another game that will make me very sick, unless I play it for no more than a couple of hours, this kind of camera kills me.

I've gotten as far as the first save point on my way to the Killer Tomato (who knew, we would end up fighting killer tomatoes?) and I quit; real life beckons.
*sigh*

Oh right, my level?, I have no idea, sorry.

[Bryan 2.0]

I spent a day away from FFXII, but it's on the save screen right now. I think I'm just going to spend time getting gil, LP and better armor for a few hours. I just finished up the whole Leviathan thing.

Right now, here are my stats:

Time: 12:15:44

Hedge Knight: 17642

Gil: 1419

Vaan: Lvl. 11
Balthier: Lvl. 10
Fran: Lvl. 10
Basch: Lvl. 11
Ashe: Lvl. 12
Penelo: Lvl. 11

Andro, are you doing the clan hunts or hunts posted on the boards?

[Andromeda]

I'm doing both, though I have not found any of the marks for the Clans. I have 10 I think now, but only 4 of them are killed. I found one accidentally and it nearly killed me.

Vaan 21
Balthier 14
Fran 9
Basch 22
Ashe 22
Penelo 14
Rear Guard Rank now
77635 Points

I am at 17:00 now

I just finished talking to the Viera in their town and I'm off to some mines. I ran into some birds that I could not hit from the air, so I now I have to equip some ranged attacks for my main characters. That is a pain, but I knew I would need to put things in there eventually.

I got to ride a chocobo for the first time and that was a lot of fun. It feels a little slow, but it is safe for like a few minutes which is useful. I have to find some place with a chocobo, so I'm a little confused right now.

[Walter Sobchak]

I just got to the Tomb of Raithwall, and dealt with the opening boss. I teleported out of there, with my new levels and licenses in tow, and sent Nidhogg back to Hell. I am looking for my first Level II mark, the Wyvern I think. I havent done Montblanc's marks because I heard they were extra hard.

Basch is Level 14, everyone else is Level 15. I achieved the clan rank of Rear Guard. Vossler is a guest, and I am keeping it that way until I beat the Marks I would like to and buy all of the techniques and magic. Basch learned a Quickening, now he and Ashe both have one.

[LocoColt04]

Originally Posted by James

I havent done Montblanc's marks because I heard they were extra hard.

You'd definitely be right about that. I figured "Oh, those are Rank 1, they can't be too tough" and then got slaughtered. Twice. I've since given up on them for a while. I'm not even going to touch them until I'm level 20 or higher.

I refuse to use a guide, so I don't know what the "ideal" level would be for them.

[Walter Sobchak]

Originally Posted by LocoColt04

I refuse to use a guide, so I don't know what the "ideal" level would be for them.

Seriously, I hate the guide. I was using the index to get some information on one of the hunts, and on the adjacent page is the name of the Final Bosses in big letters. Goddammit Brady Games. All I wanted was some help finding items.

[Bryan 2.0]

The guide is useful for a few things, but that's about it. There is one HUGE thing in the guide that I wouldn't have even had the slightest guess about. If you guys didn't figure it out (because there are no hints about it in the game at all), I'll put it in a spoiler box below. It doesn't give away any of the plot or anything like that, but hopefully....

Spoiler: You haven't opened all of the chests that you've come across. There are some that you aren't supposed to open. It has to do with one of the strongest weapons in the game.

It's not even really what I'd consider to be a spoiler at all, really. More like a huge tip. Huge, huge tip. Trust me though, if you haven't read what is inside the spoil tag, you may want to. I promise you that there is nothing in there that gives away anything about the plot or bosses of any kind.

If someone reads it and thinks that it may be taken as a spoiler, please remove it from my post. I don't want to spoil anything, but I feel that you guys should look into it.

[Andromeda]

Oh wow, I'm so happy right now. I spent two hours level and farming bats in this new dungeon I'm at. I'm getting 200 exp for each bat, so I leveled a lot. But I also got 99 Crooked Fangs, that go for 300 or more gil a piece, that came out to 25k almost. And I also have like 60 Wind Stones and 40 Wind Magicite. My gil went from 5k to 45k. So then I go on a shopping spree and get fully loaded out on the best swords and armor.

I now have returned to the dungeon I am killing these bats without effort. I was doing 200-250 for everyone and guest character doing 300-350. I'm now doing 600-700 and the guest is still doing the same. I could not believe the jump that I made in damage.

Vaan 25
Basch 25
Ashe 25
Everyone else the same
Points 115691

And I hit 218 chain on those bats. I'm at 19 hours now. I might have dropped 2 hours on that, but it was well worth the effort and I'm pleased beyond all belief in the results.

Oh and I also made 100k says the Den.

[Georg Prime]

Yeah i've always refused using guides for the most part in RPGs except if you are really stuck or just need info on certain things in the game. I've been tempted to look at some for FF XII, but haven't as of yet. I don't want anything spoiled.

Anywayz, with a little leveling up and some reconfiguring, that Ghis battle was a complete breeze. He didn't even get near to killing anyone, my healing kept things on lock down.

Just got Vossler in my party again and making my way thru the Sandseas because of those crazy star wars esque sand raider like people.

Vaan Lv. 13, Basch Lv. 14, Ashe Lv. 13, Vossler Lv. 17

I can't wait till i can get back to town, maybe i could if i had any teleport crystals. You can buy them i think right? I'm kinda wanting to get some of the clan hunts out of the way though.

[Merlin]

Well I actually managed to get 6 hours of gameplay in today. I think I'm playing this game too much like FFXI though. I have a bad habit of grinding in areas, instead of moving on. My favorite grinding spot was Barheim Passage. The obvious way through here is to kill the Mimics before your power goes below 50%.. because all the evil shit comes out when it does. But hey, do I listen to the advise and do that? Nah. I let the power go all the way down to 0% and boy does a whole bunch of mobs come out to play. I went up to level 11 in there and made over 10k in gil.. just killing all the mobs that kept popping. Zombies went through the whole alphabet about 3X. In the end, I managed to purchase all the latest gear and all the spells/techniques/gambits currently on sale.

I headed off to the Aerodrome for my first airship ride and now, its time for bed/school/work.. and all that fun jazz. I won't be able to play the game again until Tuesday... O.o

[Dimi]

After riding the Aerodrome and going inside the mines, now I'm still in Bhujerba. Right now I'm going to do a few mob hunts and try to level up my characters a bit more. Vaan is at level 13 along with Fran and Bacsh at the same level, but with Balthier at level 14. They each learned magic up to level 2 and 3 per magic type (except arcane). And they have learned some techniques as well. My clan rank is a Rearguard with 27,774 points. I'm currently on my fifth mob hunt fighting against Nidhogg.

[Georg Prime]

Well made it thru the sandseas and to the tomb of raithwell. Instead of going on though i backtracked thru the sandseas to the teleport spot. I'm managed to do some nice leveling up in the sandseas. Now i'm returning to town to restock on items, weapons, armor, magic, finish some clan hunts and get some MONNNEY. Happy to have my first pole (cypress pole) that i got thru the bazaar, that i equipped on Vaan. As well as my first spear which Penelo is using because she is my spear user. Also got two quickenings for penelo already.

Vaan Lv. 16, Basch Lv. 16, Ashe Lv. 16, Vossler Lv. 17

[Andromeda]

Well I made it past that area and I am now trying to figure out my way into a shrine that I need something from. It is all locked up and I'm tired, so I'm ending there tonight. A little earlier for me, but oh well. Friday, Saturday and Sunday I will be going all day long on it.

Vaan 27
Basch 28
Ashe 28
Points 156482
22:01 right now

I killed Nidhogg without trouble this time, he was a push over. And I killed another mark that was further in. I picked up a few more, mostly Rank II ones so I am a little concerned about fighting them. Right now I have +500 and +200 HP for Ashe and +500 for Basch, along with the other +HP I have, but these are new ones. I also get a double license points item for all three of them now. So I am getting license points really easily now.

I also rode the airship and learned that the teleport stones on purchasable from there. So now I don't have to worry about spending the 14 stones I managed to find. Now I can have as many as I need.

The story is getting really interesting and involved now. So I'm pretty excited to see what happens next since there is a lot of things happening right now.

[Bryan 2.0]

Andro, where did you go to level at? I'm getting frustrated at one of the Espers. Four different characters have their Quickenings now. It's just annoying when you can't pull off the moves...

So yeah, that's where I'm at. I need to go level up a bit before I continue on. I've kind of rushed things. I'm not sure what level I'm at now because I just shut the PS2 off.

[Andromeda]

Well it depends on what level you are where you go to level. I leveled the most recently at the Henne Mines on just bats for a while. 218 chains will that do to you. Earlier I leveled off of those sea people since there are a ton of them everywhere and if you are getting the Esper Balias then, you are probably in the Sandsea area.

[garoupinha87]

so... is anyone gonna reply to my post? no one has.. i feel so.... alone.. im gonna go cry in the corner of my bedroom now.....haha jk but do you think i should restart the whole game? i have had the same weapons for everyone for 6 and half hours. i didnt know the license grid had 2 different sections haha

[LionheartVIII]

Well I just completed Leviathan and beat Ghis. It was a bit of a challenge but not to bad.

My progress:

Vaan: LVL 12
Baltheir: LVL 12
Fran: LVL 12
Ashe: LVL13
Penelo: LVL 13
Basch: LVL11

I dont really care to much for Basch.

I have a little over 11 hours of play time.

I decided to give Nedhogg another go, and ended up losing due to an insufficient number of Pheonix downs... He had like 200 HP left, I was soooo close.

Im going to go buy more items then whoop his sorry ass.

I think Im a rear gaurd in the clan.

[Georg Prime]

Well garoupinha87..there is a help thread for a reason. This thread is not meant for questions, but to post your game progress.

Anwayz, made it through the tomb of raithwell and i'm at the battle with Belias. Kinda sux i didnt level up magic more because i could use some water spells right now but he shouldn't be too much of a problem anywayz.

Vaan Lv. 18 Ashe Lv. 18 Basch Lv. 19 Vossler Lv. 17

Looking forward to getting some more clan hunts done once i'm done with this..especially that Cluckatrice.

6 items in the sky pirate den..have atleast one quickening for each of my active members (Two for penelo who i haven't even used). Clan Rank - Rear Guard.

[Overdriven]

Location: Giza Plains- Nomad Village (Rainy Season)
Play time: 17:20:28
Levels:
Vaan- 21
Bathier- 17
Fran- 17
Basch- 18
Ashe- 18
Penelo- 17

Gil: 2534
Clan Rank: Rear Guard
Points: 82277
Longest Chain: 90, on the soldiers on an airship

[Georg Prime]

Well just finished the Tomb of Raithwell..what a crazy scene/incident that happened afterwards! Won't spoil anything but certainly a change of events..

Taking a break now before going to meet with the garifs? Got some clan hunts/leveling up to do for the time being.

Vaan Lv. 18, Ashe Lv. 18, Basch Lv. 19