Dr_Boris_Goltz
Banned
Chapter 9 spoilers:
The whole chapter felt rather unfinished. Also we weren't given enough time with Luna (even after watching Kingsglaive) to give a shit about her.
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Final Fantasy XV |OT2| For Jared!
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Chapter 9 spoilers:
Thanks for the heads up; I guess that's how they managed to
include the photo I chose huh?
Also, does anyone actually enjoy the fishing minigame? Was by far my most underlevelled skill in the game. And frankly, I don't know what makes a good fishing minigame but I was not havin' it. Didn't click? Idk. Even on top of the control mechanics of the minigame in general, the fact that the types of fish in the spot weren't listed anywhere, and there were SO many damn lures...
Exentryk
Member
Haha, nice! Once you're decked out though, it only takes a couple of minutes to beat it.
Auto_aim1
MeisaMcCaffrey
Get 24 rare coins, make three spells of expericast. That's like 15 actual spells. Go to north of Hammerhead and fight the Bandersnatch. Don't kill it use all the spells first. Also yeah, go to Altissa and get the 100% XP bonus food first.
You should have around 450k XP. Then go sleep in a 3x inn.
If you want lots of gil. Go to Ravatogh mart and get the Wyvern hunt. Equip the ring of Lucii and kill them all in like seconds so not only will you get 9000xp each time with 100% xp bonus food but also 7 Wyvern wings. If you grind for a whole day, I mean in-game day, you should have like 100 wings. Sell them for 1600 a piece.
Wow, thanks! What level is the bandersnatch? Is he a hunt bounty?
Auto_aim1
MeisaMcCaffrey
He's level 38, no not hunt bounty. He just spawns. Also check my previous post for gil tips.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Jesus, end chapter spoilers but
entering the throne room with the bodies of luna, Regis, Nyx and I guess it was ravus on the end? Dark man lol. Wish there was a zoom function or an option to pull out the camera yourself
The sealed dungeons, if you complete them in order from lowest level to highest can easily get you to max level if you do side quests / hunts in between dungeon runs.
You can do either do that or the Expericast method that has been mentioned in this thread.
DirgeExtinction
Member
I skipped that by paying for the damn food, haha.
Also, it'd be awesome if you could fight superbosses more than once, but have them be stronger.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Well, finished the main quest. Going to be honest, that was one of my favourite final fantasy endings of them all. In the end, yea there's a lot that lacks clarity and is muddled, but I actually really enjoyed the story and Noctis' journey. Mostly it's a pacing issue. Pushing All the character development and main story dungeons to chapter 9 and beyond while cutting the player off narratively from the open word, made it a real slog plot wise to get there, but in the end it was actually pretty awesome.
You could use one of those Rainbow Pendants that prevent confusion. Wasps are really awful in the game.
SilverArrow20XX
Walks in the Light of the Crystal
And with this fish caught, I am 100% done with this game until DLC. Time to play other games. Took just under 154 hours. This makes it the second longest offline main entry I guess. Though I felt there was a lot more bloat and time spent doing nothing than there was in XII, which took 210 hours.
I heard this was the hardest fish, but I thought the Regal Arapaima was much more difficult. This one only took me 5 tries. Just tap R2 cautiously as he's thrashing and hold it when he stops thrashing. Other than that it's just following the direction changes quickly and hoping he doesn't switch too often. It's a short fight.
Leveling up the characters unique skills is the worst most grindy trophy in the game. Worse than do 80 sidequests.. Does Gladiolus skill even move?
Edit: wait this says you level up G by walking on foot
http://www.ffxvguide.com/skill/survival/
Edit: wait this says you level up G by walking on foot
http://www.ffxvguide.com/skill/survival/
Keep going there's not a lot left like 2 hours more.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Exactly that. He's where your next major destination is, if that makes sense. If you head there, you'll find him.
Cape Caem
What is it people dislike about chpt 13 BTW, is it the
hide sequences?
fought them instead.
just give noctis all his regular weapons?
Haunted
Member
No problem. Everything you mentioned doesn't even matter. Just need 99 Hi-Elixirs to drag out the fight until a summon shows up.
Just know that it won't be much fun until then because you'll be getting one-shot a lot.
If you went through them all regularly, there's going to be
a lady at the Hunter HQ that allows you access in the post-game.
You need to clear all dungeons then talk to the old lady at hunter HQ, if she doesn't give you the key you did not complete all the dungeons
I can do that and hope for a Ramuh appareance :3 Anyway, I just hate winning battles spamming items, feels so cheap.
dreamer3kx
Member
Ah man, I have to do soon for plat, what level are you on?
Ah, I must've missed a dungeon then, thanks.
Level 99, think it took about 2 and a half hours, its not difficult just long and boring. Make sure to stock up on potions/elixirs/Phoenix downs.
| Praxis |
Banned
Dark Cloud 2 had good fishing. The fishing in XV was terrible.
If you want to make Admantiose easier at 99,
Get Zwill crossblades, Enchantment for ignis, power and crit food, and use the power vx potion.
You start the fight , get 3 bars, cast enchantment 3 times and try to get all 3 elements, use power vx and go ham on his tail/ eyes, use armigar when needed,
shouldn't take more then 15-20min
Haven't come across the Zwill crossblades yet (still missing 3 Royal Arms and not sure where to go to get them).
I don't get the enchantment bit - I thought you cast it once and whatever element that comes from that is what the enemy is weakest to. I started to notice later in the story that if I used enchantment more than once it would sometimes give different elements but I assumed it was a glitch.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Jared just got
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killed off screen I guess or something?
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Haunted
Member
You mean your hunter rank stars? No, you only get the stars once.
There are better ways to earn money, so repeating bounties basically only makes sense if you want to grind for a rare drop or something.
I was wondering if doing that bounty grind for 9K exp
with the lucii ring
SynthFetish
Member
You can use those spells on any group of enemies and have the same effect. I did it with the level 1-5 stuff around hammer head. Still netted me 500k exp
Nope, you can get all 3 elements at the same time and admantoise does not resist any of them, also, Zwill Crossblades are from the legendary crafter side quest, you need to kill naglfer (omega weapon)
You can use the ring to kill them, not optimal but, yeah.
Like a minute or so, but you can renew it with your tech bar everytime, it will always be up when the last set of buffs ended
North of Galdin Quay.
Exentryk
Member
Yeah, I know. Was taking too long for one kill, so it's a really poor option.
It takes around 2+ hours to beat it.
Haunted
Member
Prompto's Gravisphere is a good option for those if you don't want to invest in magic.
Hope you counted those floors, there's
a hundred
After 74 hours, I've finally got the Platinum trophy! This is my third PS4 platinum after the two Infamous games.
Aside form Gladio survival skill and the royal arms, unlocking all the trophies came naturally. Even the fishing skill was something I leveled up quite high before finishing the game. Doing the remaining big fish quests and stocking up on Platinum Myrltrout so I can use the Golden Tail Soup bonuses for the post game dungeons got Noctis to level 10 without any extra effort. I leveled up Gladio's skill by just refraining from using the Chocobo post game. It made it to 10 just before starting the last sealed dungeon (which I still need to do!)
This game has been such a blast to play.
Aside form Gladio survival skill and the royal arms, unlocking all the trophies came naturally. Even the fishing skill was something I leveled up quite high before finishing the game. Doing the remaining big fish quests and stocking up on Platinum Myrltrout so I can use the Golden Tail Soup bonuses for the post game dungeons got Noctis to level 10 without any extra effort. I leveled up Gladio's skill by just refraining from using the Chocobo post game. It made it to 10 just before starting the last sealed dungeon (which I still need to do!)
This game has been such a blast to play.
How long does it take for the game to "click"? Played for 3+ hours now and it's not doing much for me. The combat feels really scrappy and messy despite generally getting A/A+ ratings every time. The open world structure feels fairly bland and repetitive. The characters are 'okay' at best so far. Story doesn't seem to have gone anywhere or peaked my interest although I watched the film first and was more intrigued by that than now after playing the game.
Exentryk
Member
Yeah, that's what I used, but finished off with a spell as it only took one spell to kill all of them. Waiting for Gravisphere to fill up is annoying too.
Spikematic
Member
I'm in chapter 9 now. This game is utterly gorgeous. So far it's been a fun ride but a very underwhelming one too. I think for a franchise that is always very story/plot heavy this game has a severe lack of exposition. Too much major stuff just happens in mere seconds. Wish there was more impact. More cutscenes would definitely have helped. I mean even Final Fantasy XIV has more cutscenes and that's a freaking MMORPG. They should have scaled back the side stuff (which I have started skipping now as most of it is boring me now) and focused more on fleshing out the main story.
I have plenty of other complaints too but this is definitely the one that is bothering me the most. Still having fun though so let's see how it goes from here!
I have plenty of other complaints too but this is definitely the one that is bothering me the most. Still having fun though so let's see how it goes from here!
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Personally the actual gameplay in terms of combat and exploration didn't really click for a good 10 hours. Once I had my chocobo customised and levelled up a bit and I was just striking out and ditching the car, looking for hidden areas and ignoring most of the fetch quests, things started to really go and it felt most final fantasy. Story and character wise I dont really feel like it kicks off until
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