Final Fantasy XIII-2

[Splintered]

Level 10 is extremely op'd. I beat him at level 8 and it was a decently easy victory with the bar set low enough to 5 star.

I 5 starred him the first time I beat him so I I don't really know if I had a real strategy. but there are a couple of tricks I've seen. Like I said before, I played offensively and used paradigm refresh as a major time saver between ravanger attacks and used aura as my buff. Apparently each ravanger ability has a passive ability but hell if I understand it.


Here's a video for a defensive, lower level win

I didn't use it but if you like ducking damage here's the way for you.

 

[Madame Mayor]

Boyfriend: Time to play Final Fantasy 13-2 with my special Plot Improvement Device.

*puts down gin and tonic*

 

[Fangu]

I just want to recommend to anyone who's played XIII and then XIII-2 to go back and play XIII again. Lex and I are simultaneous-playing XIII while on Skype now, and yesterday we did Bresha Ruins and Vile Peaks - and it is so much fun to revisit those places after having played the same locations 3-4 times in XIII-2. I never got the recognition effect in XIII-2 from XIII (save Oerba), but since you go through them so many times in XIII-2, I now had them memorized, and it was so much fun. Though they are slightly different, you recognize them! Also the locations looks much prettier in XIII as well. The Ruins couldn't have faded that much in a few years; in XIII you see a lot more details on the stone and it really feels more like a proper ruin that was once a grand place.

I was having a blast with this last night. I'm hoping for the same effect in a few other locations as well - Sunleth Waterscape comes to mind.

 

[Madame Mayor]

Playing this game actually does make me want to play the first one again. But I have to be careful... I might try to get all the achievements again and explode.

 

[Lex]

Looking forward to doing some moar tonight yay!!! Or you know, at some point soon since I have work tomorrow and apparently we have a VII chapter to do at some point today also .

EDIT: Deadpool, I don't think I can ever get Treasure Hunter/ Master/ whatever it's called again. I did it once for the Platinum trophy and the Fang theme, and once was enough. Farming all that Gil was NOT fun!

 

[Madame Mayor]

I stupidly did too many missions and my giant turtles changed so I couldn't beat them as easily. Made all of that way harder than it needed to be. *sigh*

 

[Lex]

I did the same thing, but I found the Adamantoise in Eden plaza has a higher Ingot drop rate anyway, and once you've got a solid strategy down you can beat it in about 2 mins (without using summons). I wrote a guide once, I'll have to find it.

 

[Bex]

Boyfriend: Time to play Final Fantasy 13-2 with my special Plot Improvement Device.

*puts down gin and tonic*

the only thing i took away from this post is that my drink recommendations stick

i'm also wondering if it's even worth getting any of the dlc. do any of the episodes actually add something to the story?

 

[Zee]

the lightning dlc is basically a big sequel hook and adds to her side of the story (and explains how she ended up where she was in the ending)

so i'd say get that one, if you get any

 

[Blade]

Sighhhh....item farming......grrr....

This would go so much faster if I knew how to play the Chocobo races better.

That, and Caius + Paradox Scope is a beast against Serah....

 

[Splintered]

Sighhhh....item farming......grrr....

This would go so much faster if I knew how to play the Chocobo races better.

That, and Caius + Paradox Scope is a beast against Serah....

Have you infused any abilities in your chocobos- because there's a few that translate into racing abilities? A potent leveld up chocobo+the right abilities pretty much guarantees a win no matter what. Some of them are essential. [Chocobo racing guide]

 

[Blade]

Well I maxed out my Bunkerbeast, but I need to know what are some good infusions for him.

Here's his stats:

Atk: 997
Mag: 296
ATB Lv: 4
HP: 11,052
Lv. 70

Passives:
Improved Guard (Light Lock)
Strength +16% (Light Lock)
HP+25%
Resist Deshell + 66%
Resist Deprotect + 66%
Feral Speed II
Imrpoved Ward
Critical: Shield
Resist Magic: +15%
Resist Physical + 15%

Skills:
Provoke/Challenge
Vendetta/Entrench
Steelguard/Mediguard
Element Guard/Sen Bonus Boost II
Deathward/Fringerward

I have yet to take on Yomi, Paradox-Scope Caius (versus Serah Solo), Shenlong Gui, or my DLC (still haven't beaten Jihl Nabaat yet).

I'd also like to know where I can get some Magic boosting accessories for Serah too (RAV), and Physical boosting accessories for Noel (COM).

 

[Splintered]

Well I maxed out my Bunkerbeast, but I need to know what are some good infusions for him.

Here's his stats:

Atk: 997
Mag: 296
ATB Lv: 4
HP: 11,052
Lv. 70

Passives:
Improved Guard (Light Lock)
Strength +16% (Light Lock)
HP+25%
Resist Deshell + 66%
Resist Deprotect + 66%
Feral Speed II
Imrpoved Ward
Critical: Shield
Resist Magic: +15%
Resist Physical + 15%

Skills:
Provoke/Challenge
Vendetta/Entrench
Steelguard/Mediguard
Element Guard/Sen Bonus Boost II
Deathward/Fringerward

I have yet to take on Yomi, Paradox-Scope Caius (versus Serah Solo), Shenlong Gui, or my DLC (still haven't beaten Jihl Nabaat yet).

Generally I SENs I see are goblin chieftain or pulsework gladiators as the SENS but it should still be similar- generally the things I see are

Resist Physical +36%- you can get it from a couple of different sources.

• The easiest is the green chocobo and level it to 48, but there are some issues with actually catching him. (Yaschas Massif AF110)
• If not you can try leveling Tabasco Toad, but you have to level him to lvl 63 which is expensive, but he's easier to catch. (New Bohdum AF03)
• The next best thing is Resist Physical Physical +26% where you can get from a lot of sources, like Major Moblin lvl 20 (found it Archetype stepp- funny weather- Grave Ridge and Stonestump Wastelands).

Resist magic +36%

• Most efficiently gotten with Mewmao to lvl 23. (Rainy weather and Clearwater Marshes)

Resilience 40%- means it has 40% more resistance to all status ailments except daze

• Necrosis to lvl 70 (Yaschas Massif AF010/AF01X)

Resist elements +30%

• Caterchipillar (Archylte Steppes Rainy Weather; Clearwater Marshes)

HP +30%- although Bunkerbeast has a ton of HP and you already have HP +25 so you might find it that it's not worth the extra 5% because HP +30% is incredibly expensive to get

• Necrosis lvl 72 (Yaschas Massif AF010/AF01X)- if you are already going to go for Resilience, HP +30 is only two levels away from it
• If you aren't going for Resilience because it's too much, you can get it from Forked Cat lvl 54 Oerba AF400

These are the best defensive buffs that i've seen. You can try building him as a offensive/counter- monster since I heard he can do a decent amount of damage with Vendetta but the AI is unreliable (if you still want to, you can try getting improved counter II from pulsework gladiator lvl 28, and maybe a strength and magic boost). There is an improved guard II but requires lvl 99 flandit and I don't think it would be worth it.

I'd also like to know where I can get some Magic boosting accessories for Serah too (RAV), and Physical boosting accessories for Noel (COM).

I actually have no idea >__>, if you have the basic magic accessories, you can just upgrade them to the durable versions. There are other powerful ones but they either take up a whole bunch of Accessory points or they come with bad buffs like perpetual poison or halving HP.

 

[Blade]

No problems with obtaining the Green Chocobo, I've already been wandering around catching several monsters (even caught a rare Deathgaze and Metal Gigantuar while I was out hunting). I'm tempted to use Metal Gigantuar for my Sen just for kicks, but he has Hindrance, which is lame...

I found a few equipment that takes care of my Str Stat and Mag Stat issues, couple of the weapons you buy from Chocolina have the ability to match your Mag with Str and vice-versa...now I can boost Serah's low Str stat some without dealing with Mag nerfs...hopefully I'll be able to take on Paradox Scope Caius with her solo soon...he's hard to kill even with just Noel or as a team.

 

[Blade]

I am sad. The last few days I have wanted to play FFXIII-2...but I could not.

The reason?

My PS3 crashes whenever I play the game.

It's fine for the initial exploration portions...but it shuts down like an overheat (Red Blinking Light) as soon as I initiate a battle.

I don't know what happened, but something is wrong.

To confirm it wasn't my PS3 getting old/dying on me, I played Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3 for a while...the graphics engine was running fine on that.

So what is it? A patch glitch?

 

[Strangelove]

so hey the 'fragments after' novel came out

Spoiler: spoiler because the there are spoilers in the chapter descriptions

- Lightning: Up to her becoming Etro's knight in the temple, to be continued in the DLC?
- Snow: Meeting Lightning in a dream. Up to him becoming a l'Cie again, to be continued in the DLC?
- Alyssa: The lament of a dead person, at the mercy of destiny
- Noel: Precious memories of his friends, Yuel and Caius
- Yuel: The wish of the wanderer of time

Not sure what the deal is with the 'to be continued DLC' thing. But I've not being able to get Light or Snow's DLC yet so yeah. if you don't mention them to me that'd be great

 

[Arianna]

so hey the 'fragments after' novel came out

Spoiler: spoiler because the there are spoilers in the chapter descriptions

- Lightning: Up to her becoming Etro's knight in the temple, to be continued in the DLC?
- Snow: Meeting Lightning in a dream. Up to him becoming a l'Cie again, to be continued in the DLC?
- Alyssa: The lament of a dead person, at the mercy of destiny
- Noel: Precious memories of his friends, Yuel and Caius
- Yuel: The wish of the wanderer of time

Anything about fal'Cie?!

 

[Shakarian]

Found some stuff online, thought it was worth sharing. They both mention DLC content that never made it into the game.

http://squareportal.net/2012/07/06/new-final-fantasy-xiii-2-ultimania-omega-scenario-details/

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/619315-final-fantasy-xiii-2/63314579

 

[Arianna]

fal'Cie?!

I demand fal'Cie!

 

[Shakarian]

I know the image is kinda blurry, but is anyone able to translate the blue and red boxes below, curious to know what they mean.

 

[Strangelove]

Is that some kind mini-game where you had crack codes in Augustia Tower? It's a Live Trigger, the blue box is if you get the right answer and get a clue as to what's going on, and the red is when the security system does something blurry that i can't read.


Other stuff: there's a 25th FF anniversary event going on in Japan around September 1st and the days before and after that. On the 1st though there's going to be a FFXIII 'Lightning Saga - New Developments' presentation where the staff will talk about. future developments for FFXIII.

 

[Shakarian]

Found this via GameFAQs:

Wonder if she's hinting at XIII-3?

 

[Fangu]

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES


OH YES

Edit: Article in question: http://www.warpzoned.com/2012/07/sq...announce-final-fantasy-xiii-3-on-september-1/

 

[Lex]

I love Rachel Robinson, she's always interacting with everyone on her Facebook page.

 

[Ghost X]

What excites me most is finding out, around when September 1st arrives, who will be the first to create an Final Fantasy XIII-3 thread?