official Final Fantasy XIII

[DPyro]

Well, long story short I went back and got that Champion's Belt along with two Blaze Rings - and was rewarded with 100,000 CP for my efforts. I then proceeded to kill another giant turtle :D Still need a lot more CP though :(

Vanille, Fang, and Hope absolutely pwn with SAB, SAB, SYN - I was able to kill some of those Behomeths with death. I just noticed I don't have the collectors catalog though :( Where can I get this?

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

You can buy that from Moogleworks if all else fails. If you have missed it however you can pick it up from the Seventh Tier in Taejins Tower. I think that area is only accessible after defeating the boss at the top. too. So there is a chance of you missing it.

[DPyro]

Think it might be worth buying if I can get a better chance of receiving platinum ingot (Y)

[Pablo2008jedi]

I don't have the collectors catalog though :( Where can I get this?

I think you get it after completing Mission 12...I think.....I got it from a mission near the start of ch11

Edit: Mission 8

[sundayx Veteran]

Wrong post.

[DPyro]

Well I've done all lower class missions as I got the trophy for it...think that was 1-8 at least.

[George P Global Moderator]

I ran into a juggernaut after CP farming and moving on into the cave, died a few times then decided to save and call it a night. Guess I'll give it another go with a different stratagy, I've been told it's best to have a sab at all times, or most of the time to keep casting down his stats, then switch to com/rav/rav when he's cleaning. And have a sent for when he's going to attack or w/e.

I'm thinking starting off com/snt/sab with some med/snt/med or med/snt/sab when needed, then switch to com/rav/rav when he's cleaning. Sound good?

[slyph]

that juggernaut should be skipped until after you finish the game, he can one shot you until after you master at least 3 roles for your main party.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

The talk about challenging bosses has me wanting to get back into FF13 :rofl:

I loved all the Ultimate weapon battles in the previous titles, or the dark summons in FF10 I think they were called.

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

that juggernaut should be skipped until after you finish the game, he can one shot you until after you master at least 3 roles for your main party.

Not really, it's really easy with some tactics.

Just get Sazh into the party and set him to SYN. Allow him to cast Barfire. This will make most of Juggernauts attacks pretty ineffective.

Then get some sort of SAB to cast basically anything on the Juggernaut. itll cast Steam Clean instead of Wrecking Ball.

[DPyro]

I'm finally on the last chapter and don't know what I should do. I went back to Grand Pulse and killed a couple more turtles but I'm still not receiving any platinum ingots from them even with the connoisseur's catalog or collector's catalog. My characters HP ranges from 7500 to 9000 (Snow) with an average of 8000 HP, almost all main roles maxed. I need money to upgrade weapons + accessories as I haven't really upgraded much - except for main weapon, although Hope has two diamond bangles on. Should I just finish the game and then do missions or try and upgrade accessories? - How hard are the final 3/4 bosses?

[Pablo2008jedi]

that juggernaut should be skipped until after you finish the game, he can one shot you until after you master at least 3 roles for your main party.

I defeated the Juggernaut with the 3 main roles maxed at lvl3, yes it was tough and enjoyable ;)

Also last night I beat Barthandelus, in chapter 11 (after the ruined village). Managed to take him down on first attempt. Was quite easy actually, all 3 main roles maxed @ lvl3. I had Lightnign/Fang/Hope, and basically did rav/com/rav and switching to med/sab/syn for buff/debuffs and sometimes rav/com/med.

[George P Global Moderator]

I beat it, just had to get the right stratagy going, what I thought up worked. I went with Fang/Lighting/Vanille. All my characters main 3 rolls are maxed atm lvl4, can't go higher yet since I'm still in chapter 11. Started off with Com/Rav/Sab, then switched to Sent/Med/Med after a few of his fire attacks. Then when he's doing his cleaning I switched to Com/Rav/Rav to get his stagger up. Switched to Com/Rav/Sab again when his cleaning was done or to my two meds if needed. Once you stagger him it's way easy if you keep him up in the air.

Once I got this strat down I took out another one a bit later on before you get on that big rolling thing to get to the next level. With the right stratagy the boss/mini-boss fights are easy once you're leveled up enough.

[LingeringSoul]

I'm finally on the last chapter and don't know what I should do. I went back to Grand Pulse and killed a couple more turtles but I'm still not receiving any platinum ingots from them even with the connoisseur's catalog or collector's catalog. My characters HP ranges from 7500 to 9000 (Snow) with an average of 8000 HP, almost all main roles maxed. I need money to upgrade weapons + accessories as I haven't really upgraded much - except for main weapon, although Hope has two diamond bangles on. Should I just finish the game and then do missions or try and upgrade accessories? - How hard are the final 3/4 bosses?

With characters like those, you're going to completely stomp the last three bosses. I had Lighting and Fang around 6000 HP and Hope around 4000 HP if I recall correctly, and I still managed to beat them all on my first try.

Though the second last boss has an attack that brings you down to critical levels regardless of your HP, so perhaps HP isn't the best measuring stick for character strength. Still, those characters are more than good enough for the final three bosses.

[DPyro]

With characters like those, you're going to completely stomp the last three bosses.

That's the point :p I'm sick and tired of being pushed around by these ######. :angry:

[DPyro]

Just beat FFXIII, although I was stupid and didn't finish the final boss off fast enough...the other two battles I got 5 stars though.

EDIT: Just beat all three bosses again with the last only taking 1:30 :p

Edited April 19, 2010 by $n!pR

[obiwong]

the last FF game i played before this was X which i enjoyed

i didn't have any expectations when i went to pick the game up

and before i started playing a couple of my friends told me basically that this was a terrible game

so before i loaded the game, i had extremely low expectations. specifically that the combat system was TERRIBLE.

although to be fair, one of the complaints was that the entire game was X button mashing to which i replied, how is that different than any other FF game

anyways, i managed to get a few hours into the game this weekend and was pleasantly surprised

i love the Paradigm system. but i am disappointed at the fact that you cannot control all of the characters in your party. i would at least like to be able to switch in the middle of the battle. but at least the AI isn't stupid, they heal the right character and they focus fire which is a huge plus.

another disappointment is lack of character customization, i miss the FF III days of equipping weapons, armor and accessories.

but i do like the way characters are leveled via the Crystarium system.

hopefully between juggling RL and WoW and can put in some more time to beat this game!

before i get too deep into the game

are there any ultimate weapons or armor that i should be gunning for?

i remember spending countless hours in FFX farming for those which was pretty fun (except for Lulu's. i hated trying to dodge those lightning bolts)

[Pablo2008jedi]

before i get too deep into the game

are there any ultimate weapons or armor that i should be gunning for?

i remember spending countless hours in FFX farming for those which was pretty fun (except for Lulu's. i hated trying to dodge those lightning bolts)

Yes there are ultimate weapons, and you have to level up your kit to obtain. SPOILER AHEAD

Mainly you level up your weapons after you finish the storyline, and do the missions available back on Grand Pulse

[George P Global Moderator]

Yes there are ultimate weapons, and you have to level up your kit to obtain. SPOILER AHEAD

Mainly you level up your weapons after you finish the storyline, and do the missions available back on Grand Pulse

You can do them before though, at least up to 2nd star, getting the catalyst is hard after that so getting the 3rd form is as you said. Still I dunno about many but after I beat the main game for RPGs I don't tend to do anything post-game.

[Pablo2008jedi]

Still I dunno about many but after I beat the main game for RPGs I don't tend to do anything post-game.

Yeah I feel the same way, not sure if I'll go back to do all the missions, I'm not after trophies ...

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

This game has a crapload in common with The Last Remnant - it feels more like that game than a Final Fantasy game, to be honest.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

This game has a crapload in common with The Last Remnant - it feels more like that game than a Final Fantasy game, to be honest.

Now that game was a huge pile of dung.

Square better redeem themselves with Versus.

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

Now that game was a huge pile of dung.

Square better redeem themselves with Versus.

It was okay on the PC, if you had an Xbox 360 controller. But it did kinda play itself. You just kinda gave a general direction and the game did the rest. :sleep:

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

It was okay on the PC, if you had an Xbox 360 controller. But it did kinda play itself. You just kinda gave a general direction and the game did the rest. :sleep:

Ah yeah, it was a technical nightmare on the console. Square's track record with the 360 has been quite poor.

[theclueless]

logged 65 hours, end of chapter 11, already maxed kain's lance and nirvana, 2 maxed imperial guards and entite rings, got one more trap for lightning and lionheart to be upgrade later...

now need to farm those turtle again for another 22 ultracompact reactor, 1 dark matter, 1 more royal guard and entite ring... so 16 more plat ingot :cry: