up/down on d-pad for leader switch. as far as going solo, just go to the party menu and put everyone else away
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Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age |OT| You Had One Job!
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up/down on d-pad for leader switch. as far as going solo, just go to the party menu and put everyone else away
You can change party leader with D-Pad up or down. And no there's no way to leave them far back, you can just disable them all (go in the menu and put all but one character in the reserve)
SkylineRKR
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So since I sold a High Arcana, but didn't create a recipe out of it yet because I'm still not at the area that drops the other Elixir ingredients, there is nothing wasted for making Tournesol ingredients? I figure I just have to remember not selling the elixir stuff (demon drink etc).
I am aware of that and is postponing my revisit back to that place since I am terrible at navigating through that map.
I just got the Yagyu Darkblade anyway
Demoskinos
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Need advice.
In this temple with the Demon Wall. Should I even attempt to fight this thing or just run like hell? My party is all around lvl 17/18 right now.
do your best to weaken it, then you can hopefully pull off a good quickening chain to finish it off
before its too late
D
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run to the next area
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Can FFX be "broken" in the same sense that FFXII can with finding the op weapons early and whatnot? I feel like FFXII may be unique in the mainline series that no other numbered title can be broken so early and easily.
FFVIII also can be broken easily.
Admiral Woofington
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Ok enough is enough.
What is a good steal gamit when it isn't the leader?
I have Vaan in one of my two parties I alternate, and he is there to steal. The issue lies that the way the coding works, if you simply tell him to steal first and foremost, he will keep fucking attempting to steal.
if you tell him to steal only enemies at 100% health, he will go to one of the other enemies if there are multiple.
Why can't there be a "do this action once and them continue down chain" gambit
What is a good steal gamit when it isn't the leader?
I have Vaan in one of my two parties I alternate, and he is there to steal. The issue lies that the way the coding works, if you simply tell him to steal first and foremost, he will keep fucking attempting to steal.
if you tell him to steal only enemies at 100% health, he will go to one of the other enemies if there are multiple.
Why can't there be a "do this action once and them continue down chain" gambit
Ok enough is enough.
What is a good steal gamit when it isn't the leader?
I have Vaan in one of my two parties I alternate, and he is there to steal. The issue lies that the way the coding works, if you simply tell him to steal first and foremost, he will keep fucking attempting to steal.
if you tell him to steal only enemies at 100% health, he will go to one of the other enemies if there are multiple.
Why can't there be a "do this action once and them continue down chain" gambit
Add a gambit that makes him attack if there's 3 or more enemies.
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Enemy: HP < 90%: attackOk enough is enough.
What is a good steal gamit when it isn't the leader?
I have Vaan in one of my two parties I alternate, and he is there to steal. The issue lies that the way the coding works, if you simply tell him to steal first and foremost, he will keep fucking attempting to steal.
if you tell him to steal only enemies at 100% health, he will go to one of the other enemies if there are multiple.
Why can't there be a "do this action once and them continue down chain" gambit
Enemy: HP = 100%: steal
Enemy: any attack
Yabberwocky
Member
Ok enough is enough.
What is a good steal gamit when it isn't the leader?
I have Vaan in one of my two parties I alternate, and he is there to steal. The issue lies that the way the coding works, if you simply tell him to steal first and foremost, he will keep fucking attempting to steal.
if you tell him to steal only enemies at 100% health, he will go to one of the other enemies if there are multiple.
Why can't there be a "do this action once and them continue down chain" gambit
Yeah, I know that pain! Thanks to a user on Gamefaqs for this, it's changed my (stealing) life:
FOE=HP<90% - ATTACK
FOE=HP=100% - STEAL
FOE=LOWEST HP - ATTACK
I actually ended up replacing my old party leader/etc attack gambits for FOE=HP<90% - ATTACK then FOE=LOWEST HP - ATTACK on every party member, it's like a well-oiled machine. ETA: Had, beaten! Stolen!
HerroRygar
Member
So if I play this blind without a guide, how many awesome weapons, techs and spells am I going to miss out on?
Admiral Woofington
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thanks guys. This was driving me crazy. I don't think I bought the <90% when I saw it at a store, will do so when I get back to a town.
Demoskinos
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Maybe I'm missing something but I don't see how the "Enemy:HP <90%:attack" changes anything in that setup? Cause wouldn't he still just prioritize going from enemy to enemy that is still 100% stealing.
Wouldn't just setting "Enemy:HP=100%:steal" as number 1 then setting your attack Gambit after still garner the same results?
Edit: Nevermind I get it now. Took me a hot minute. Lack of sleep is killing me today. lol.
TurnipFritters
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The characters each have their own unique HP/stat growth, but the individual job boards have licenses that add to those stats.
PsihoPerihelion
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Shit I got all of them, for both of em....So...Oh well. Should have tied it to classes but whatever...I can get by easily.
Admiral Woofington
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I think the difference is that in 100% steal first set-up he goes from enemy to enemy stealing, and if the rest of your party is focused on the enemy that the party leader is aiming at then the thief will literally just stay attempting to steal one of the guys the rest of the party isn't focused on.
While with the <90% attack set-up they'll attack first, and then go steal. I guess the hope would be that by the time he goes to steal from another enemy in the area, your party hasn't brought down the enemy to less than 90% health.
This can probably be experimented by putting it at <80% or lower if your party is just stomping through the first 10% of health before you get chance to steal.
Well, I'm 6 for 6 on the Cure RNG manipulation Seitengrat method.
That shit CERTAINLY works. looooooool
The thief will prioritize helping the party take out damaged mobs before shfting over to steal. If you'd like to focus on stealing, kill that first line. If you'd like combat to end more efficiently, keep that line in.
That shit CERTAINLY works. looooooool
The thief will prioritize helping the party take out damaged mobs before shfting over to steal. If you'd like to focus on stealing, kill that first line. If you'd like combat to end more efficiently, keep that line in.
Demoskinos
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Yeah. I figured it out. I got like 2hrs of sleep last night so I'm not exactly on the ball today with my wits. Lol. Makes sense though now that I see it. I'm guessing you could prob also just substitute something else in there like enemy with lowest HP and that would work just as well. I'll have to use that as well.
I've been itching to know this as well.
Admiral Woofington
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Maybe, but I've never tested that one as it seems like the character would go to the weakest enemy regardless if they're at 100% health or not, so Steal would never happen.
for what it's worth I'm only using the guide to give me an idea of how to best tackle the maps and to give heads up of what to do before you leave a town/area on your chronological travels. treasures aren't too easily missable if you're exploring the areas thoroughly, and the only things in them tend to be items and rarely you get armor or a weapon that is appropriate and you can use but it isn't amazing just one of the standard ones.
Lowest HP can still count 100% health so it doesn't work.
Synless
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Oh shit this worked perfectly. Thank you so much.The actual 100% method
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1VpFs1O8s9I
Some items show up in treasure pots that don't spawn 100% of the time. Example, Brave suit is in a chest in Henne Mines that only has a 25% chance to spawn when you enter the area, so if you don't know the chest is supposed to be there, you won't know that you missed it. There are a lot of items that work like this, including some techs. Good news is that all of the spells that are in chests are 100% chance to spawn, so if you explore thoroughly you shouldn't miss any.
But none of these are permanently missable either, so you can always consult a guide later to find what you've missed.
Ah this is what I was mostly worried about. So nothing is permanently missable, from say an area you only go to once?
What about stealable items like the genji glove?
Genji glove is one of those items that you only have limited opportunities to acquire. If you fail to steal from Gilgamesh (which hopefully wouldn't happen, given his history in the series) you can still get one from the Phon Coast hunt club. But you're right the other genji gear is permanently missed. For items in chests though, nothing is permanently missable because no such items can only be acquired from 1-time only areas like the Leviathan and Draklor.
Okay so genji set.. anything else only available from one time steal opportunities?
Nevermind, I think this resource has everything listed out pretty well
http://www.rpgsite.net/feature/5791-final-fantasy-xii-the-zodiac-age-missable-items-and-trophies
Not that I can think of. Sometimes stealing from certain monsters may be the easiest way to get an item but not the only way (except genji armor).
I posted a video earlier of me stealing a very powerful rare sword from one of the end game espers. I had a 6% chance to get the steal, and it probably took me about 10 tries so I was pretty lucky. But if I hadn't done that, my only other opportunity to get that item would have been farming a specific chest in an end game area, with less than 1% chance. So while technically still available, not realistic.
RPGCrazied
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Finally got Trickster and Antlion. Trickster was really annoying. Mostly his movement speed, but got him halfway before he started to use white wind or whatever and quickening him to death.
Antlion was a little easier just Aeroga him to death, lol.
Antlion was a little easier just Aeroga him to death, lol.
SkylineRKR
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I am aware of that and is postponing my revisit back to that place since I am terrible at navigating through that map.
I just got the Yagyu Darkblade anyway
Got it as well. Its only from that specific chest, when I started to focus on just that it took me about an hour. Its a waste of time but I wanted to get the weapon this way, story wise i'm not even past the Steppe lol. Also got a Circlet and 2 Euclid Sextants as well so it wasn't all bad (well, the euclids are fucking useless). And I stole 6 damascus from that rare game.
Megawarrior
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It helps when you have to do those two hunts right after the mine.
i wonder if the wood enforces the viera dress code
Probably. I think that's rule #3, right after #2 - all male Viera must live in another village off-screen.
phantasmic_glaive
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The wall is weak to holy damage. If you have ashes lvl3 quickening, it'll do a shit ton of damage. Set gambits for blindness, sleep, etc. soon as it starts hit quickenings and try to do as many as possible to get to the next stage of final magic after quickenings ...after 3 successful quickenings it's fire damage and after 6(?) it's holy. Might kill in one whop
This is now probably my most replayed FF after FF7.
Game is still amazing even by today's standards.
The Zodiac system makes it feel so fresh even after I've played the original NA PS2 version a few times over.
I can't believe how long it took me to pick out jobs and sub jobs lol, at one point I just said fuck it and just picked what I wanted.
Game is still amazing even by today's standards.
The Zodiac system makes it feel so fresh even after I've played the original NA PS2 version a few times over.
I can't believe how long it took me to pick out jobs and sub jobs lol, at one point I just said fuck it and just picked what I wanted.
Any of the ally gambits will only cast when they're down, including ally: any.
probably tied with XIV as my second favorite final fantasy after playing this remaster
Vincent Alexander
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Ok. Someone help me make sense of this. Just finished Raithwall's tomb:
Then group gets upset at him. Why they grumps?
"We need the Dawn Shard to prove Ashe's lineage so she can rule Dalmasca."
"Oh no! Vossler turned on us by trading away the Dawn Shard...! So that Ashe can rule Dalmasca."
"Oh no! Vossler turned on us by trading away the Dawn Shard...! So that Ashe can rule Dalmasca."
Then group gets upset at him. Why they grumps?
Admiral Woofington
Member
It's strange, if you're going to have a 4 player party as often as you are, why not design the whole game around 4 player combat instead of forcing you to do 3 player parties plus occassional guest?
I'd rather do a standard 4 player party and rotate party members this way.
I'd rather do a standard 4 player party and rotate party members this way.
EekumBokum
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Are all the side stuff, hunts, etc. doable with just 3 party members? I'd prefer to finish the game first and come back to it after. If not, I'll just leave a save.