Comment by Boughter

January 26, 2007 @ 4:06 pm

Definitely not an esper. And the game unfortunately doesn’t become too much harder. Some of the hunts are tough, but the game is very easy overall. Fun though. Beats 8 in my book, but doesn’t shake a stick at 6 or 7 IMHO.

Comment by cody

January 26, 2007 @ 5:45 pm

Jeez im I the only one who hasnt finished it? thats a little sad seeing as i bought it first. The game is sortof as tough as you make it i’ve found, alot like FF8. If you realize how to use the license board and stuff like that, come prepared to boss battles and know gambits, the game is significantly easier. On a side note, lately i’ve really been enjoying final fantasy III on the DS. Essentially you get that game by dividing final fantasy XII by final fantasy IV.

Comment by Boughter

January 26, 2007 @ 10:51 pm

haha, the thing about the License Board is you really can’t make a mistake. Just put a Golden Amulet on “Person X” and bam, you’ve got enough points to do whatever you want. Also, just getting the lower left of the upper right section = sauce.

Comment by Jeff

January 26, 2007 @ 10:53 pm

well its easy in the way that 50% of the bosses ive faught so far I can just chain a quickening, swap one person in, repeat a few times, and ive won the battle.. the only time I couldnt do that was on the green dragon you fight in the jungle on your way to the mountain top above the rift. although its easy, i love it. The hunts are like omg im spending as much time as i did in ff11!

ok but you know the guy you need to fight in the “tracks of the beast” in giza plains? how the hell do you get to him? ive chopped down every damned tree i could find but it stills said i need more driftwood… grumble..

Comment by Boughter

January 27, 2007 @ 4:12 am

There’s one tree in like all but two zones. Just do anothe sweep, you’re probably missing one. And be prepared for an annoying fight if you’re undergeared. He’s really, really easy, but if you can’t get through his armor its ><><><>< And ya, they kinda prevent chain quickening later on on many of the hunts/bosses because they constantly cast AoEs that prevent you from switching characters unless you let one die. I actually rarely use em nowadays (really close to the end) just because Magick > them if you can take the hits. But for the first half they saved my life (them and summons, which I haven’t used since the green dragon in the Henne Mines >.>

Comment by cody

January 27, 2007 @ 12:10 pm

Ya it gets really hard to use quickenings later and is less effective ( unless you do the right combos to get the insane finishing moves) fyi: Some of them are insanely hard to do, like black hole is 3 level 3 quickenings activated for 3 characters=nuts.

Comment by Micah

January 27, 2007 @ 6:17 pm

Basically I just filled in all of the augmenting licenses and equip the best heavy armor because it enhances your strength and find the best one hand sword and basically melee everythin and don’t even worry about magic or anything but healing sometimes, and I rock. All of the marks and bosses were really easy.

Comment by Dylan

January 28, 2007 @ 12:42 am

Sounds like you picked the right school Schenk. Good luck with your first project. Isn’t FFXII awesome?! I am still playing it, I even bought a strategy guide =\ to try and get all the content done but some of the weapons have ridiculous requirements in order to get them. Mind you, I didn’t get the strategy guide till the last zone and only because I didn’t want to spend even more time talking to everyone in the cities.

Comment by Boughter

January 28, 2007 @ 11:33 am

Ya, nice try to cover your ass Cano, you cheater.

Anyway, that’s a good strat I think Micah. I went with a combo Light/Heavy on my tank (heavy for chest, light for head). Gives you good HP with the best Magick and Melee Defense, but you’ll lack in STR a bit. Then pure heavy on my DD and pure Mystic on my healer/caster.

Some of the bosses will start to be melee immune at certain stages, or throughout the whole fight, so be sure to get some magick (not to mention it murders. I went heavy magick early on and just slaughtered, especially against the [element]-weak mobs).

Comment by Jeff who is sitting in his car because its better internet reception than his apartment

January 28, 2007 @ 12:43 pm

right now ive got a pretty solid team , penelo and ashe are pretty hardcore magic, and with vaan as my uber kick your ass tank (he has like all the shield block licences and basically never gets hit) and its working pretty well, definitely working on getting the magic up, as its certainly becoming more essential.

and nothing wrong with teh strategy guide, i used the one from an OPM magazine for ff8 after i was about half way through so i could get everything.

and yes, this school is fucking amazing. ill show you guys when you drive through on your spring break.

Comment by Boughter

January 31, 2007 @ 1:27 pm

Strategy guides on a first time through = teh lame SAUCE.

Comment by Jeff

January 31, 2007 @ 3:29 pm

it might not have been the first time, I just know I ended up playing through most of it, then I didnt play it for like.. a year then came back to it with a strategy guide.. i dunno, but yeah if i did do it first time through kinda lame.. but its not like after i beat it once im gonna feel like doing it again.

Comment by cody

January 31, 2007 @ 6:08 pm

i dont know about thatl. maybe i=teh nerd but i’ve been through final fantasy VI through X several times a peice. Ya i probably just equal=t3h nerd.

Comment by Boughter

February 1, 2007 @ 4:54 pm

haha, I’m the same way Cody. VI and VII especially.