Board 8 > Still playing Final Fantasy XIII, it just got to the point of opening up.

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And I gotta say

WHAT THE F***.

The first enemy I face is one of those big dog/rhino creature things that uppercut you with its horn, and it kills me in ONE F***ING ATTACK.

THAT IS BULL S***.

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Good thing you don't have to fight them!

But yeah, there are some enemies that will kill you pretty easily there, so pick your fights wisely!

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Behemoth King, that's it.

I summon Bahamut to put the smackdown on the thing, and it barely does any damage. Then when Bahamut goes away, the f***ing thing stands up to wield its weapon thing and COMPLETELY FREAKIN' HEALS ITSELF.

UGHGUUGHGUUGHHHH.

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Just wait until you fight the really big ones.

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Again, don't fight those things right now. You're gonna be there for a while, so after enough time leveling up, you'll be better equipped to handle them.

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You're almost to the point where I stopped playing. I can't believe you might actually finish the game! Here's a tip, get Pain. I haven't done it yet, and I really wish I did, because I'm having way too hard of a time beating a particular enemy and I hate grinding so I just stopped playing instead.

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Also, hopefully you've got Sazh in your party to spam buffs (especially Haste) because it was a lifesaver for me!

And yeah, a good Saboteur will also help against really big enemies.

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I usually don't have a problem with grinding. When I was playing FFVII, the one door boss in the temple was kicking my ass, so I spent like an hour or so just battling a bunch of enemies in a single room, got like 10 more levels, and defeated the boss in a few seconds.

I was overpowered the rest of the game. It was awesome.

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Which weapons should I be upgrading now? The only one I have upgraded is Lightning's, her Gladius is up to Lv. 23. Everyone else has level 1 weapons.

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I just upgraded stuff as it came along. There's not one particularly great weapon out there or whatever. Although I will say that if you want to use Vanille as a Saboteur, her Belladonna Wand is a great thing to upgrade because it increases the success of her Saboteur spells, if I'm remembering correctly.

But Pulse is a great place to get the stuff you need to upgrade weapons, too.

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Opening up? So the field? That's the only part the game "opens up" and they do a ****** job of it. You run right through there and the game goes back to how it's been.

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That area is the "hub" for the rest of the game. There are enemies that you basically can't even beat until after the final boss there too.

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Like the big Lord of the Rings elephant thing?

I just tried to fight it because I figured WHY THE HELL NOT.

I figured out quickly why the hell not. Then again I already expected that to happen, I just wanted to do it for humor's sake.

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Those are the ones I'm talking about. Many people get killed by them because of their recklessness.

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BlAcK TuRtLe grabbed the Guru victory, slow but steady.

Yay, Gran Pulse!

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This game f***ing sucks.

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
This game f***ing sucks.

Uh-oh, Spaghettio

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
This game f***ing sucks.

I told you that...you didn't listen.

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You're at the part I quit playing at.

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Going to continue your playthrough in this topic?

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Maybe. The difficulty spike in the enemies has kind of discouraged me though. Like, I understand there being huge enemies you can't defeat in the field that you can run past, but there's a point a little bit later, when you're in a cave or something, the path splits into two, and you come upon a door with a huge machine boss thing that trounced me in just a few seconds.

That pisses me off.

And then it takes away my motivation to play the game.

I know it's an optional enemy, but STILL. It shouldn't be able to tear me up that freakin' fast.

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I remember that thing.

SYN/SAB/SEN is your friend.

And a little Crystarium boosting won't hurt either.

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And trust me, once you're able to destroy those things like it's nothing, it's a great feeling.

Your characters' growth is a lot more noticeable in FFXIII than it is in other games, at least it is to me.

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So should I spend more time leveling in Gran Pulse, or should I just move on with the main plot and come back for those bigger enemies later?

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Personally, I leveled up until I was able to beat that Juggernaut thing, but if you want to move on, that's cool, too.

And once again, I hope you're using Sazh as a Synergist to spam Haste because it will make your life much easier.

Once Hope gets Haste though, you will really start to see things turn around.

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I just skipped over the enemies I couldn't beat at this point when I played through the game.

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Is the Juggernaut thing the big machine enemy that emerges from the large door?

And yes I'm using Sazh, when does Hope get Haste?

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Is the Juggernaut thing the big machine enemy that emerges from the large door?

Yes.

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I don't remember exactly. You can look at Hope's Crystarium and see. I'm pretty sure he can get it in Chapter 11.

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Well at the level he's at, I didn't see Haste anywhere. Not that I remember anyway.

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Maybe it's not until Chapter 12 then. I know it's before endgame stuff.

Regardless, once you get Hope with Haste and his ridiculously high magic stat, things will die much more quickly.

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Right, we're on Stage 8, and he doesn't have Haste anywhere to be seen. Bravery and Faith are the only ones left to obtain right now for his Synergist role.

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Well, Sazh will still do for now. If you want to level up, you can try doing some of the missions around there.

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Oh yeah, I did the first mission, and then the second mission, rated D, kicked my ass.

Which pissed me off.

Can't defeat a D rated mission.

F*** this game.

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If I'm just leveling up, what should my party be? You mentioned SYN/SAB/SEN, so should I have maybe Fang as a SAB, Snow as a SEN, and Sazh as a SYN? Would that be the best? I think Fang is a better SAB than Vanille, except that Vanille has Poison, but that's about it.

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Oh but then I don't have a Medic.

GRR >_<

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Poison is pretty beastly in this game, too, especially with enemies with high HP because I'm pretty sure the poison damage is percentage-based.

The only problem with a Fang/Snow/Sazh party is that you have no Medic, which is resolved if you have Vanille.

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Okay so Sazh/Snow/Vanille it is.

Bah.

My three least favorite characters.

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Honestly, unless you're planning on fighting some super huge enemies, you can manage with Lightning/Fang/Sazh since they have everything you need (even though Light isn't a great Medic). If you just use them for leveling up with stuff on your level and gradually work yourself up, you should be fine.

But when you decide to fight that Juggernaut, yeah, Snow/Sazh/Vanille is the way to go.

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Here's my tip.

Just continue the game for now, beat it, then return to the missions if you want to.

Pretty much all of the missions are harder than anything in the main game.

Also, a little heads-up with SLIGHT GAMEPLAY SPOILERS:

You have to beat the game to get the full Chrystarium anyway.

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Not all of the missions. The top tier missions, for sure. A good chunk of the missions are doable in Chapter 11. Some of them even result in short cutscenes when you beat them, which you can't see if you beat them after Chapter 11.

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Like what kind of cutscenes?

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None of them are really all that important. They just talk about little things.

There's one scene where Hope punks Vanille though, it's pretty great

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The second mission involves one of those huge poison dogs with 3-5 of those smaller poison dogs. I can't seem to beat them. Any tips?

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I don't know if you're against this sort of thing, but you can find videos of people beating the missions on Youtube if you want to see how other people do it.



Here's a video of Mission 2. All that guy does is basically summon Odin and beast on them, and it works.

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I think I just saw the scene where Hope "punks" Vanille.

My expectations must have been too high, that wasn't all that great.

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I've played and beat all Final Fantasy games except XI. I quit in the middle of this one (where you're at) cause it was too ridiculous and frustrating.

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Well I've played VI, VII, a very small amount of VIII, IX, and X, and I only beat VII and X. The others, I gave up on at some point because they were boring to me.

Somehow, I haven't given up on this game. It's got some major issues, but I'm enjoying it enough to keep going, oddly.

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What were your final thoughts on VII and X?

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