LogFAQs > #942270841

As for grinding in SOA, that's the one thing I like about it, there's very few times in the game where you really have to level up to make it anywhere. The only real exceptions are probably doing a bit on Shrine Island way in the beginning, maybe gaining a few extra levels prior to taking on the Executioner in the Valua Colosseum, or the moment Fina joins, since she starts at Level 1 with zero experience. Other than that, the game is paced quite well when it comes to your level versus the area in game.

In a previous save from many years ago, I have reached level 99 before, and that gives you ridiculous spirit points. Each character on your team has something around 20/25 spirit points, and all four characters come to 80/99 at the start of a battle. Your entire party can cast Eternum, a spell that costs 15 Spirit points, and still have 20 Spirit points left. And in a ship battle, your spirit starts at 84/119, crazy. [Even though the game displays max spirit at 99, the overflow value of the extra 20 points that the Delphinus has does get added on for 99+20.]

This current save puts character spirit at 3 points per character. My characters are right around level 40ish at the moment. While I can't remember the exact value, the party spirit totals out to somewhere around 12/54. Being able to use Aika's Special Omega Cyclone [which uses 12 spirit] helps tremendously at expediting battles of weaker mobs of enemies, sometimes ending the battle outright by killing every enemy available. Before this, I was making use of Lambda Burst, since my starting spirit matched the 8 points necessary for a quite a while. Hitting the 12 points just happened. Fina was the last character to get her third point of spirit, which I believe occurred right around Level 38.

No, I haven't fought the giant looper yet.

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