Saturday, August 31, 2013

Day #113 Recap (FF IV DS)

Current Game: Final Fantasy IV DS

Current Play Time: 3:01
Total Play Time - 242:12

Current Game Overs - 0
Total Game Overs: 14

Where I Currently Am: Near Fabul
Bosses Killed Today: Octomammoth, Mombomb

Current Setup

Cecil - Dark Knight - Lv 20
HP: 521 MP: 55
Str: 21 Spd: 15 Sta: 16 Int: 9 Spr: 3
Atk: 20 Acc: 90 Def: 16 Eva: 22 MgD: 3 MgE: 0

Equipment: Shadowblade, Dark Shield, Hades Helm, Hades Armor, Hades Gloves
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Rydia - Summoner - Lv 19
HP: 322 MP: 130
Str: 16 Spd: 13 Sta: 14 Int: 17 Spr: 11
Atk: 12 Acc: 80 Def: 9 Eva: 26 MgD: 8 MgE: 8

Equipment: Ice Rod, Feathered Cap, Leather Clothing, Silver Armlet

White Magic: Cure, Sight, Hold, Confuse, Esuna, Cura, Raise
Black Magic: Blizzard, Thunder, Sleep, Poison, Warp, Toad, Stop, Fire
Summon: Chocobo, Whyt
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Yang - Monk - Lv 20
HP: 876 MP: 16
Str: 25 Spd: 13 Sta: 24 Int: 2 Spr: 3
Atk: 30 Acc: 100 Def: 7 Eva: 30 MgD: 4 MgE: 2

Equipment: Leather Cap, Kenpo Gi, Iron Armlet
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Rosa - White Mage - Lv 16
HP: 257 MP: 97
Str: 15 Spd: 10 Sta: 10 Int: 11 Spr: 28
Atk: 30 Acc: 77 Def: 10 Eva: 21 MgD: 10 MgE: 9

Equipment: Power Bow, Holy Arrows, Feathered Cap, Sage's Surplice, Iron Armlet

White Magic: Cure, Hold, Slow, Libra, Sight, Raise, Protect, Cura, Silence
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Edward - Bard - Lv 15
HP: 220 MP: 48
Str: 15 Spd: 13 Sta: 12 Int: 8 Spr: 5
Atk: 13 Acc: 100 Def: 10 Eva: 26 MgD: 8 MgE: 7

Equipment: Lamia Harp, Feathered Cap, Bard's Tunic, Silver Armlet

Bardsong: Lullaby, Alluring Air, Silent Verse, Life's Anthem


Status + Notes

Not bad... mission accomplished. I will say right off the bat, as much as I dislike this engine compared to the PSP one... there are some cool things about it. The little close up camera work that's done at the beginning of the boss battles is outstanding. That said, I like some of the added usefulness they've given some of the characters. The new Darkness is a cool ability. Salve is a godsend... I don't think you can beat mombomb without it. Salve + Phoenix Down is wow. Still looking forward to getting a little more into the game to actually start using some if the new systems... Augment and what not.

So, anyway, my goal for the day is to become a Paladin! After that there's some obvious grinding that will have to be done, so hopefully I can take care of that too...

Friday, August 30, 2013

Day #112 Recap (FF IV DS)

Current Game: Final Fantasy IV DS

Current Play Time: 1:12
Total Play Time - 240:23

Current Game Overs - 0
Total Game Overs:14

Where I Currently Am: Underground Waterway
Bosses Killed Today: None
Current Setup

Cecil - Dark Knight - Lv 15
HP: 362 MP: 41
Str: 17 Spd: 13 Sta: 14 Int: 8 Spr: 3
Atk: 10 Acc: 85 Def: 12 Eva: 22 MgD: 1 MgE: 0

Equipment: Dark Sword, Dark Shield, Dark Helm, Dark Armor, Dark Gloves
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Rydia - Summoner - Lv 12
HP: 180 MP:84
Str: 14 Spd: 11 Sta: 12 Int: 9 Spr: 5
Atk: 5 Acc: 80 Def: 7 Eva: 20 MgD: 5 MgE: 5

Equipment: Rod, Leather Clothing, Silver Armlet

White Magic: Cure, Sight, Hold, Confuse, Esuna, Cura
Black Magic: Blizzard, Thunder, Sleep, Poison, Warp
Summon: Chocobo, Whyt
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Tellah - Sage - Lv 13
HP: 198 MP:90
Str: 6 Spd: 7 Sta: 8 Int: 25 Spr: 24
Atk: 6 Acc: 80 Def: 7 Eva: 22 MgD: 5 MgE: 4

Equipment: Staff, Gaia Gear, Iron Armlet

White Magic: Cure,Esuna, Raise, Silence, Confuse, Blink, Teleport
Black Magic: Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Sleep, Poison, Osmose

Status + Notes

So, as I said yesterday... not much playing time today. I literally fell asleep around 9:30 last night... so tired. So, yeah, I totally miss the PSP engine. It was such a great engine... and its all gone now. Sure, this engine does have auto-battle, but it doesn't act as a fast-forward... though that might not be such a bad thing. One wrong move in this version, and you'll have a character die. It's happened to me a few times already. The key thing in this version is to be patient, and not to be afraid to teleport out of somewhere and use a tent... Makes me really look forward to the Tower of Zot... ugh...

My goal for today is to make it through the Underwater Passageway, Antlion's Den, and Mt. Hobs...

Oh, by the way my overall goal for this game is pretty simple. Complete all the maps, and kill the 2 Super bosses, yes I realize that requires two playthroughs... deal with it.

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection Review

So, I am going to preface this review by saying I am certainly a bit biased towards this game as it is my favorite in the series. Great story, simple, clan mechanics, good pacing. Its all there. This is THE game that really solidified my love of RPGs when it was Final Fantasy II on the SNES. That being said, lets look into what we have here.

First of all, we have a massive amount of content. We have the original game, an interlude, and the after years sequel. Truely massive to fit in one cart. They all use the same engine, with a small change for the after years... that being bands. We'll get into the systems a bit later. Back to the length of the game. You have the main game at 12ish hours, the interlude at 2-3 hours and The After Years which easily clocks in at 50 hours... though this is bloated a bit by repetitive challenge dungeon gathering. I'd like to comment here about The After Years which originally was a cell phone game, and was released in chapters. 12 Chapters in all, 1 for each tale, and the last tale which was broken up into 3 parts originally. To fill in the time between releases they had the challenge dungeon which had rare loot if repeatedly completed as well as a rare dragon that could rarely drop a tail which gave you an accessory later in the game very similarly to Dimensions. This is how they padded the time in this game.

The challenge in this game really varies. In the main game, the challenge level is quite low. Especially if you know what you're doing. You can vary it some by refusing to use Spider Silks... but even without doing any level grinding you can really pace yourself through the main game. The interlude's challenge level is unimportant. It is really only there to tie up a few loose ends such as why the Maenad's can summon and give a timeline to things. In The After Years there's really various levels of challenge. First, some tales really make you consider your strategy as the party compositions change drastically in each one. Also, the challenge dungeons really are a challenge the first time you run them. Unfortunately, you level up really quickly in them and it becomes nothing but a grind after that. The Final Tale you can vary your challenge with the characters you use. Some of the bosses also can be a real challenge. I'm talking about Omega, Nova Dragon, as well as Ultima Weapon. They all require a decent amount of strategy. Strategy beyond Spider Silk.

The system of the game is so clean. You level up or get to certain parts of the game, you gain abilities... or bands. Each character has 5 stats. Strength, Intelligence, Spirit, Speed, and Stamina. The first 3 of these I consider main stats as they weigh heavily into damage, or healing. Speed is the most important stat in the game and learning what equipment makes you go faster is a must. Stamina really is a nice bonus I guess, I never found myself worrying about it all that much. The bands are interesting. They use up multiple characters turns to do some interesting things. Some give mega buffs, some do lots of damage, some do damage and healing... some just kind of look cool. These of course are only available in The After Years.

Postgame content. Well, we have the Lunar Ruins in the main game. This was originally introduced in Final Fantasy IV advance and carries over to here. Its basically just an extra dungeon that gives all your characters another tier's worth of gear with a souped up version of Zeromus at the end. Triple casting. A nice excuse to use some of the other characters though. In The After Years, we have Lost Babil. Which is a fight where you bring in 15 people in 3 parties and each fights a different section... Yeah, kind of a better designed Kefka fight. You win and you get a couple HP and MP increasing items. Oh well.

The story, once again weighs heavily on Elemental Crystals, though we never really see any effect on the elements themselves, its more how they all need to be collected to create an interdimensional gateway to the moon. Except, its not, its more about an angry Lunarian who is able to telepathically control a half-lunarian who is able to telepathically control a human. Yeah, its about travelling around, losing crystals at every turn, and then going to the moon and defeating an evil lunarian who's evil sticks around well after his body.

The after years brings a different moon into this and explains the purpose of the crystals. Initially, you spend the vast majority of the game investigating what happens after a meteorite containing a host of Rydia look-a-like clones called the Maenads to collect the crystals and bring them back to the True Moon. The Maenads consider themselves as a superior, more highly evolved species than us, and share Rydia's abilities to control the Eidolons after chaning them in another dimension. Anyway, after finally banding together and making our way to this True Moon, we descend and discover the crystals are actually recorders of evolution that a being called The Creator sent to many planets... The planets that host FF I-VI apparently. He wants to destroy the Blue Planet because it has not evolved quickly enough and is going to crash the moon straight into it. Really, while it sounds from left field, its a fairly decent explanation of many of the concepts of the game.

Each portion of the game includes its own Bestiary that you can fill up by defeating each monster. This is all well and good, however, in The After Years, some bestiary entries can only be obtained if you follow the non-suggested path through the game. Its like you have to make a choice between doing a canon playthrough and filling up the bestiary. And in a game as long as this, it was a bit annoying.

The sound is really great. The game includes two versions of the soundtrack. The original soundtrack, and a remastered version made especially for this edition. Whether you're going for nostalgia, or a slightly different take on some classic themes. You can't lose. Also, the tracks in this game are so memorable. Nobuo Uematsu's first foray into 16-bit sound truely showed his skill, and what he can do when not constrained by severe limits on the NES. The graphics are nice, the game runs extremely quickly. Which is nice. It still maintains the look of the original with the sprites, and everything, which is what probably allows it to run so quickly on the PSP. The couple cutscenes in the game are also beautiful. They look and sound amazing... especially if you compare it side by side with the DS version.

All in all, this was truely a great game. It was my first time playing the After Years and I was not disappointed. Sure, it was a little bloated, but as stated above, there are reasons for that. This is a game I will never tire of, and I'm sure I will play it again sometime... in fact I know I'm playing it again right now! I do mean sometime again in the future though. It is truly the definition of a classic RPG. Heavily weighted towards the wonderful story and characters with a simple battle system that is fun and engaging. I would bet that 10 years down the road if you wanted to introduce someone to RPGs this would probably still be the go to game to do it.

If you'd like to share your opinion, I would love to hear it!

Day #111 Recap (FF IV DS)

Current Game: Final Fantasy IV DS

Current Play Time: 0:28
Total Play Time - 239:39

Current Game Overs - 4
Total Game Overs:14

Where I Currently Am: Mist
Bosses Killed Today (TAY): Nova Dragon, Lost Babil
Bosses Killed Today (DS): Mist Dragon

Current Setup

Cecil - Dark Knight - Lv 12
HP: 276 MP: 33
Str: 15 Spd: 11 Sta: 12 Int: 7 Spr: 3
Atk: 10 Acc: 85 Def: 12 Eva: 22 MgD: 1 MgE: 0

Equipment: Dark Sword, Dark Shield, Dark Helm, Dark Armor, Dark Gloves
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Kain - Dragoon - Lv 11
HP: 226 MP: 15
Str: 15 Spd: 12 Sta: 10 Int: 6 Spr: 12
Atk: 10 Acc: 80 Def: 10 Eva: 20 MgD: 1 MgE: 0

Equipment: Spear, Iron Shield, Iron Helm, Iron Armor, Iron Gloves

Status + Notes

Yay, 4 weeks on the Complete Collection and I'm done! Sort of... yeah, I'm sitting on 1 monster left in the bestiary... and yeah, I'm going to get it. And I'll keep updates on that here. But I'm not waiting on that to keep going on.

So, now we move on to FF IV which we've been playing for the last month... but no, it is different. Markedly so. Different engine... not my favorite, but kind of interesting. MUCH harder. As well as some new systems. We'll get into all of it as we go through.

My goal for today... is to finish the review of The Complete Collection... seriously even if I don't get any gameplay in, I want to get that done... Also, this is going to be the last edition of Spoiler Alert for a while... I liked doing it, but it takes so much time. Need to get back to normal for a bit.

Spoiler Alert... Sarcastic Plot Developments of the Day:

So we start in Troia, where, now that she's saved the world, Leonora is allowed to become a leader of the nation officially... yay!!! Izayoi thinks that is pretty cool.  I think those other seven are just jealous of her audacious sagacity.

Next, we go to Mysidia. The Elder has woken up, and Palom says its about time and its his own fault for trying to do things he's too old to do. The elder replies saying, I'M A M... nope, I'm done with that... I think. Anyway, Palom decides he's possibly not well suited to becoming a sage. The elder puts him and Porom in charge of Mysidia... oh the thwacking that will occur... Anyway, Palom has a visitor... Leonora. She's decided she doesn't want to be the leader of an amazonian nation and instead would like to slee... err, continue her Sage training with Palom. Porom will also help, however she can... yeah I ain't touching that one.

Next, the Dwarven Castle where Luca is explaining to her father the purpose of the Crystals... He doesn't care... they'll watch over them just because they look pretty and they always have. Thankfully, Cid shows up with Mid. They decide to go work on the Falcon. The engine needs tweaking... like it always does, but Luca can't figure it out... must be that 10 you have in Intelligence... Luckily Mid is there and he's much smarter and even though he's like 2 he knows the perfect solution!

Here's Fabul... moon's gone, Yang and Ursula are training... and that pretty much sums that up.

In Damcyan, they are making some kind of preparations. They've procured some material.... what kind of material I don't know, but I guess its supposed to help with rebuilding. Before leaving, Edward summons the ghosts of Anna and Tellah and thanks them. He's the king he is today thanks to them I guess...,. Spoony bard...

Eblan time. Edge has wandered off again. He's getting a status report from the Eblan 4... who we've been witnessing are still spying on the other nations. Edge tells them to go off and live their own lives... but apparently they are soulless automatons who just want to serve a nation or something... Edge has better things to do though... like head off to Mist! In Mist, Rydia is playing with Cuore... the last Maenad we kidnapped from the True Moon. Leviathan and Asura have come to visit. Since Rydia is apparently not allowed to come to the Feymarch anymore, they figured they'd come see their adopted daughter. Rydia introduces her twice removed through adoption grandparents to her and surprise its Edge. He arranged this meeting... how HE can be in contact with the Feymarch is beyond me, but sure we'll roll with it. We've been wanting to see these two get together for 20 years now...

Finally in Baron. Cecil and Ceodore are training, and Cecil is not treating Ceodore like a kid anymore... in fact he has a new captain. Kain! So after all this... Kain ends up with Cecil's old job... just great. We then get a flashback with Cecil, Rosa, and Golbez... Golbez wants to visit his father's... whatever that thing is on Mt. Ordeals... and then he's off back to his moon to see whatever became of the Zeromus incident... we get no answer to this and its off to the Airships.

Ceodore... apparently the only member serving under Kain is helping disarm Baron's airships... never to be armed again. They will be helping to reconstruct all the nations of the world. But first they have to go to Damcyan to pick up the building materials... We see the moon... and then we see DUH CREDITS!!!!

THE END!!!!

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Final Fantasy IV The After Years Completion Data

Current Game: Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (The After Years)

Ceodore's Tale Play Time: 5:15
Rydia's Tale Play Time: 4:53
Yang's Tale Play Time: 2:49
Palom's Tale Play Time: 5:36
Edge's Tale Play Time: 5:01
Porom's Tale Play Time: 4:35
Edward's Tale Play Time:  4:55
Edward's Tale Redo Time: 4:46
Kain's Tale Play Time: 3:41
Lunarian's Tale Play Time: 3:48
Crystal's Tale Play Time: 14:29
Crystal's Tale Side Run Play Time: 2:41(incomplete)

The After Years Play Time (Total): 62:39
Interlude Play Time: 2:34
Main Game Play Time: 24:48
Side Run Play Time: 3:19

Total Complete Collection Play Time: 93:10
Total Play Time - 239:11

Current Game Overs - 4
Total Game Overs:14

Final Setup

Team Gen II:

Luca - Shop Hand - Lv 65
HP: 4787 MP: 139
Str: 99 Spd: 44 Sta: 82 Int: 10 Spr: 8
Atk: 15x - 190 Acc - 91% Def: 5x - 95 Eva: 60% MgD: 1x - 21 MgE - 20%

Equipment: Gigant Axe, Adamant Helm, Minerva Bustier, Dragon Gloves
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Palom - Black Mage - Lv 64
HP: 3116 MP: 714
Str: 39 Spd: 57 Sta: 42 Int: 86 Spr: 28
Atk: 8x - 110 Acc - 99% Def: 7x - 69 Eva: 47% MgD: 4x - 37 MgE - 54%

Equipment: Assassin's Dagger, Ribbon, Sage's Robe, Adamant Gloves

Black Magic: Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Sleep, Poison, Warp, Toad, Stop, Fira, Blizzara, Thundara, Pig, Osmose, Bio, Drain, Blizzaga, Firaga, Thundaga, Break, Quake, Death, Tornado, Flare, Meteor
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Ursula - Monk - Lv 63
HP: 4236  MP: 178
Str: 93 Spd: 68 Sta: 74 Int: 16 Spr: 41
Atk: 16x - 151 Acc - 99% Def: 8x - 71 Eva: 50% MgD: 3x - 22 MgE - 23%

Equipment: Dragon Claws, Godhand, Ribbon, Brave Suit, Limit Ring
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Porom - White Mage - Lv 64
HP: 2971 MP: 662
Str: 42 Spd: 45 Sta: 42 Int: 38 Spr: 99
Atk: 8x - 76 Acc - 86% Def: 9x - 98 Eva: 78% MgD: 5x - 61 MgE - 68%

Equipment: Seraphim's Mace, Adamant Shield, Cat-Ear Hood, Adamant Armor, Rune Armlet

White Magic: Cure, Hold, Slow, Libra, Sight, Raise, Protect, Cura, Silence, Esuna, Shell, Blink, Confuse, Teleport, Berserk, Curaga, Mini, Dispel, Haste, Float, Reflect, Curaja, Arise, Holy
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Ceodore - Red Wings - Lv 70
HP: 4995 MP: 451
Str: 94 Spd: 67 Sta: 88 Int: 35 Spr: 66
Atk: 16x - 220 Acc - 99% Def: 12x - 119 Eva: 65% MgD: 5x - 32 MgE - 40%

Equipment: Ultima Weapon, Hero's Shield, Adamant Armor, Lunar Mail, Giant's Gloves

White Magic: Cure, Libra, Protect, Raise, Cura, Esuna, Float, Shell, Blink, Reflect, Haste, Curaga


Team Gen I:

Cecil - Paladin - Lv 49
HP: 3322 MP: 206
Str: 74 Spd: 35 Sta: 58 Int: 26 Spr: 48
Atk: 12x - 180 Acc - 99% Def: 7x - 87 Eva: 45% MgD: 3x - 32 MgE - 33%

Equipment: Ragnarok, Lunar Shield, Crystal Helm, Crystal Mail, Lunar Gloves

White Magic: Cure, Sight, Libra, Cura, Teleport, Esuna
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Rydia - Summoner - Lv 59
HP: 2625 MP: 630
Str: 30 Spd: 28 Sta: 28 Int: 86 Spr: 54
Atk: 5x - 121 Acc - 89% Def: 3x - 38 Eva: 30% MgD: 4x - 27 MgE - 43%

Equipment: Mystic Whip, Mystic Veil, Luminous Robe, Rune Armlet

Black Magic: Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Sleep, Poison, Warp, Toad, Stop, Fira, Blizzara, Thundara, Pig, Osmose, Bio, Drain, Blizzaga, Firaga, Thundaga, Break, Quake, Death, Tornado

Summon Magic: Chocobo, Shiva, Sylph, Ifrit, Ramuh, Titan, Dragon, Odin, Leviathan, Asura, Bahamut
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Edge - Ninja - Lv 59
HP: 4033  MP: 276
Str: 69 Spd: 55 Sta: 61 Int: 53 Spr: 26
Atk: 12x - 190 Acc - 99% Def: 6x - 55 Eva: 44% MgD: 3x - 4 MgE - 12%

Equipment: Masamune, Triton's Dagger, Black Cowl, Black Belt Gi, Giant's Gloves

Ninjitsu: Flame, Flood, Shock, Gale, Smoke, Heal Pill, Shadowbind, Mirage, Blast, Frost, Blitz, Tremor
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Rosa - White Mage - Lv 55
HP: 2798 MP: 467
Str: 40 Spd: 30 Sta: 48 Int: 21 Spr: 88
Atk: 7x - 75 Acc - 73% Def: 3x - 57 Eva: 33% MgD: 3x - 29 MgE - 36%

Equipment: Rune Staff, Sage's Miter, White Robe, Protect Ring

White Magic: Cure, Hold, Slow, Libra, Sight, Raise, Protect, Cura, Silence, Esuna, Shell, Blink, Confuse, Teleport, Berserk, Curaga, Mini, Dispel, Haste, Float, Reflect, Curaja, Arise
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Kain - Holy Dragoon - Lv 60
HP: 4293 MP: 193
Str: 67 Spd: 45 Sta: 56 Int: 30 Spr: 46
Atk: 11x - 171 Acc - 95% Def: 8x - 77 Eva: 40% MgD: 3x - 21 MgE - 26%

Equipment: Crystal Shield, Holy Lance, Diamond Helm, Dragon Mail, Crystal Gloves

White Magic: Cure, Cura, Esuna, Haste, Blink, Hold, Teleport


Team Leftovers:

Zangetsu - Ninja - Lv 50
HP: 2610 MP: 289
Str: 53 Spd: 40 Sta: 57 Int: 36 Spr: 20
Atk: 9x - 124 Acc - 92% Def: 5x - 67 Eva: 84% MgD: 2x - 16 MgE - 16%

Equipment: Gungnir, Black Cowl, Black Garb, Giant's Gloves

Ninjitsu: Shock, Flash, Shadowbind, Blitz
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Golbez - Lunarian - Lv 54
HP: 2971 MP: 422
Str: 54 Spd: 32 Sta: 59 Int: 68 Spr: 40
Atk: 9x - 108 Acc - 99% Def: 7x - 54 Eva: 70% MgD: 4x - 30 MgE - 47%

Equipment: Dragon Shield, Enhancement Sword, Hypnocrown, Black Robe, Rapid Ring

Black Magic: Fire, Fira, Firaga, Blizzard, Blizzara, Blizzaga, Thunder, Thundara, Thundaga, Bio, Osmose, Drain, Quake
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Yang - Monk - Lv 50
HP: 4019  MP: 108
Str: 95 Spd: 52 Sta: 77 Int: 10 Spr: 22
Atk: 15x - 125 Acc - 99% Def: 6x - 77 Eva: 46% MgD: 2x - 15 MgE - 11%

Equipment: Tiger Fangs, Cat Claws, White Tiger Mask, Red Jacket, Giant's Gloves
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Leonora - Epopt - Lv 51
HP: 1879 MP: 368
Str: 46 Spd: 33 Sta: 53 Int: 31 Spr: 56
Atk: 8x - 136 Acc - 97% Def: 4x - 64 Eva: 63% MgD: 3x - 25 MgE - 33%

Equipment: Perseus Arrows, Perseus's Bow, Mystic Veil, Minerva Bustier, Protect Ring

White Magic: Cure, Raise, Teleport, Esuna, Libra, Sight, Hold, Cura, Slow, Protect, Silence, Berserk, Shell, Mini, Confuse, Blink, Float, Dispel, Curaga, Haste

Black Magic: Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Poison, Sleep, Stop, Drain, Osmose, Fira, Blizzara, Thundara
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Tsukinowa - Ninja - Lv 50
HP: 2317 MP: 178
Str: 55 Spd: 59 Sta: 41 Int: 26 Spr: 27
Atk: 10x - 117 Acc - 99% Def: 7x - 60 Eva: 60% MgD: 2x - 16 MgE - 19%

Equipment: Mutsokinami, Rising Sun, Genji Helm, Fire Scarf, Giant's Gloves

Ninjitsu: Gale, Mirage, Heal Pill, Restore Weed, Smoke, Tremor 


Team Not Even Picked

Cid - Engineer - Lv 43
HP: 2644 MP: 88
Str: 63 Spd: 18 Sta: 46 Int: 10 Spr: 9
Atk: 9x - 165 Acc - 90% Def: 2x - 61 Eva: 0% MgD: 0x - 14 MgE - 11%

Equipment: Thor's Hammer, Diamond Helm, Genji Armor, Genji Gloves
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Gekkou - Ninja - Lv 40
HP: 2479 MP: 123
Str: 50 Spd: 24 Sta: 50 Int: 18 Spr: 15
Atk: 8x - 117 Acc - 70% Def: 3x - 52 Eva: 42% MgD: 1x - 16 MgE - 19%

Equipment: Poison Axe, Red Cap, Black Belt Gi, Bone Wrist

Black Magic: Flame, Flash, Payback Wave
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Edward - Royal - Lv 39
HP: 1601  MP: 156
Str: 46 Spd: 36 Sta: 33 Int: 32 Spr: 37
Atk: 8x - 118 Acc - 99% Def: 4x - 40 Eva: 49% MgD: 2x - 0 MgE - 6%

Equipment: Loki's Lute, Officer's Hat, Black Belt Gi, Flan Ring
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Izayoi - Kunoichi - Lv 40
HP: 1809 MP: 186
Str: 43 Spd: 36 Sta: 25 Int: 29 Spr: 33
Atk: 8x - 90 Acc - 99% Def: 4x - 36 Eva: 43% MgD: 2x - 14 MgE - 21%

Equipment: Yoichi Arrows, Yoichi Bow, Mystic Veil, Rose Twine Dress, Bone Wrist
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Harley - Secretary - Lv 37
HP: 1444 MP: 152
Str: 30 Spd: 23 Sta: 22 Int: 39 Spr: 33
Atk: 5x - 21 Acc - 99% Def: 2x - 19 Eva: 40% MgD: 2x - 8 MgE - 16%

Equipment: Queen's Whip, Queen's Mask, Queen's Tights, Queen's Gloves
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Calca - Doll - Lv 21
HP: 543 MP: 72
Str: 26 Spd: 25 Sta: 25 Int: 31 Spr: 22
Atk: 5x - 46 Acc - 80% Def: 3x - 56 Eva: 62% MgD: 1x - 10 MgE - 16%

Equipment: Mage Masher, Goblin Mask, Final Outfit, Flan Ring
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Brina - Doll - Lv 21
HP: 552 MP: 77
Str: 32 Spd: 15 Sta: 23 Int: 14 Spr: 10
Atk: 5x - 41 Acc - 99% Def: 1x - 34 Eva: 25% MgD: 0x - 18 MgE - 18%

Equipment: Dancing Dagger, Gold Hairpin, Warrior's Clothes, Diamond Armlet


Day #110 Recap (FF IV: The After Years)

Current Game: Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (The After Years)

Ceodore's Tale Play Time: 5:15(complete)
Rydia's Tale Play Time: 4:53(complete)
Yang's Tale Play Time: 2:49(complete)
Palom's Tale Play Time: 5:36(complete)
Edge's Tale Play Time: 5:01(complete)
Porom's Tale Play Time: 4:35(complete)
Edward's Tale Play Time:  4:55(complete)
Edward's Tale Redo Time: 4:46(complete)
Kain's Tale Play Time: 3:41(complete)
Lunarian's Tale Play Time: 3:48(complete)
Crystal's Tale Play Time: 12:07
Crystal's Tale Side Run Play Time: 1:01

The After Years Play Time (Total): 58:37
Interlude Play Time: 2:34(finished)
Main Game Play Time: 24:48(finished)
Side Run Play Time: 3:19(finished)

Total Complete Collection Play Time: 89:08
Total Play Time - 235:09

Current Game Overs - 4
Total Game Overs:14

Where I Currently Am: Postgame, Subterrane(Siderun)
Bosses Killed Today: Omega, Gilgamesh, Atomos, Ghost Train, Orthros, Ultima Weapon, Deathgaze, Mysterious Girl+Bahamut, Creator

Crystal's Tale Current Setup

Luca - Shop Hand - Lv 63
HP: 4548 MP: 135
Str: 99 Spd: 43 Sta: 90 Int: 9 Spr: 7
Atk: 15x - 189 Acc - 90% Def: 5x - 100 Eva: 60% MgD: 1x - 15 MgE - 17%

Equipment: Gigant Axe, Adamant Helm, Minerva Bustier, Giant's Gloves
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Palom - Black Mage - Lv 61
HP: 2510 MP: 614
Str: 37 Spd: 56 Sta: 40 Int: 83 Spr: 27
Atk: 8x - 109 Acc - 99% Def: 7x - 68 Eva: 47% MgD: 4x - 37 MgE - 53%

Equipment: Assassin's Dagger, Ribbon, Sage's Robe, Adamant Gloves

Black Magic: Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Sleep, Poison, Warp, Toad, Stop, Fira, Blizzara, Thundara, Pig, Osmose, Bio, Drain, Blizzaga, Firaga, Thundaga, Break, Quake, Death, Tornado, Flare, Meteor
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Ursula - Monk - Lv 60
HP: 3895  MP: 168
Str: 90 Spd: 66 Sta: 72 Int: 15 Spr: 40
Atk: 16x - 144 Acc - 99% Def: 8x - 70 Eva: 50% MgD: 3x - 22 MgE - 22%

Equipment: Dragon Claws, Godhand, Ribbon, Brave Suit, Limit Ring
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Porom - White Mage - Lv 61
HP: 2744 MP: 625
Str: 40 Spd: 44 Sta: 41 Int: 37 Spr: 96
Atk: 8x - 75 Acc - 85% Def: 8x - 97 Eva: 78% MgD: 5x - 61 MgE - 67%

Equipment: Seraphim's Mace, Adamant Shield, Cat-Ear Hood, Adamant Armor, Rune Armlet

White Magic: Cure, Hold, Slow, Libra, Sight, Raise, Protect, Cura, Silence, Esuna, Shell, Blink, Confuse, Teleport, Berserk, Curaga, Mini, Dispel, Haste, Float, Reflect, Curaja, Arise, Holy
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Ceodore - Red Wings - Lv 65
HP: 4767 MP: 431
Str: 93 Spd: 66 Sta: 86 Int: 35 Spr: 64
Atk: 16x - 220 Acc - 99% Def: 12x - 118 Eva: 65% MgD: 5x - 32 MgE - 40%

Equipment:Ultima Weapon, Hero's Shield, Adamant Armor, Lunar Mail, Giant's Gloves

White Magic: Cure, Libra, Protect, Raise, Cura, Esuna, Float, Shell, Blink, Reflect, Haste, Curaga

Status + Notes:

So, again got sidetracked... ya know into finishing the main game... and raging... lots of raging. First, I wiped on Nova Dragon... I'm still too low level for him. I'm fine with that... then I wiped on Bahamut after I thought I had saved... nope... had to go all the way back to the FF V boss floor. rawr... and then after working back to Bahamut and killing it... found out its one of those Bestiary entries you DON'T get if he joins Rydia... well crap... now if I want 100% bestiary in my side run I have to make it ALL the way to Bahamut... that's a LONG way. We'll see... I may start up FF IV DS and keep this as a side thing on my way through...

Comments on the last boss... yeah, if you do enough dps... this thing will never touch you, it will just keep on transforming. I honestly think he got off like 4 attacks the whole fight... 2x Flare is awesome... and Spider Silk is OP...

The one thing I won't change though is still needing to kill the Super Bosses before I move on. That means you Nova Dragon and Proto-Babil! So... expect the Completion post sometime today... though man, that is going to be  LONG one to post since I'm going to put all the characters in... ugh... Might be another day or two before I do the review.. Again its going to be a long one since I'm covering the whole game.

Spoiler Alert... Sarcastic Plot Developments of the Day:

So... another rest stop. This time we pull out the Whisperweed and see that we've returned to Walkie-talkie range... that's not good. The world is pretty much in a state of crap right now.... not good. But we have some bosses of Future Past to take care of... Atomos and Gilgamesh... yep... so... they die. And we move on.

Another rest area, and Kain is here to rally Ceodore... Rosa is very thankful that Kain can get the best out of him. They learn Double Jump and its on to the FF VI area. Ghost Train first... though we can't Phoenix Down it... darn. Then, Ultros... who still likes the ladies... Ultima(Atma) Weapon, and finally Deathgaze... From here its a straight shot down to Miss Blue Hair. She summons Bahamut, and its on. Rydia calls on Leviathan and Asura who try to snap Bahamut out of it. They get a Megaflare TO THE FACE for their troubles... but in the end it works out. Bahamut wakes up and gives Miss Blue Hair a double dose of Megaflare to take her down... Yeah its like a double deuce... only with more flare... and more mega.

So, we come to a chamber of Miss Blue Hairs... creepy much... apparently they are known collectively as the Maenad... yeah kind of a borg thing going here... If the Borg looked vaguely like Rydia... with Blue Hair. We find a tiny Maenad and tell her to stay... and then roll over... nah, I just made that up. So, we keep on descending and we come to the very center... Collecting all of our old crystals alogn the way... except they're all dark now... But we still recognize them of course. We beat up the door of the core... honestly, I don't know what the heck it is... I like the game's explanation of it... ??? Yep. That pretty much says it all.

Well, after we blow the door off of it, Droopy Dog appears, and explains that the crystals are a recorder of evolution... yeah kind of like Lavos I guess... apparently we haven't evolved enough for this things liking so the moon is going to eat our planet. So obviously we need to kick its butt.... We do that for a while... and it turns into something from Tron I guess... then apparently we sever its connection to the core, which means its evolving rapidly... Yep, that's right now we're into Illusion of Gaia territory... So, apparently its ultimate evolution is something like Exdeath... and its crashing into us... great. So, we get the obligatory prayer sequence... which makes all the crystals light back up again, and the Creator targetable... yay. So, we beat on him and he dies... 
 
But apparently he can replicate himself infintiely... of course he can. So its time to run away!!! We run away, but the Creator keeps on tapping us on the shoulder from behind and bothering us. Luckily defeating him has released the Maenad from his control, and they help us keep him occupied while we run away.
 
We escape back to the ship and see that the True Moon has altered its course. Hooray! The world is saved...

Tune in tomorrow when we go over what happens in the ending...

TO BE CONCLUDED!!!

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Day #109 Recap (FF IV: The After Years)

Current Game: Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (The After Years)

Ceodore's Tale Play Time: 5:15(complete)
Rydia's Tale Play Time: 4:53(complete)
Yang's Tale Play Time: 2:49(complete)
Palom's Tale Play Time: 5:36(complete)
Edge's Tale Play Time: 5:01(complete)
Porom's Tale Play Time: 4:35(complete)
Edward's Tale Play Time:  4:55(complete)
Edward's Tale Redo Time: 4:46(complete)
Kain's Tale Play Time: 3:41(complete)
Lunarian's Tale Play Time: 3:48(complete)
Crystal's Tale Play Time: 9:30
Crystal's Tale Side Run Play Time: 1:01

The After Years Play Time (Total): 56:00
Interlude Play Time: 2:34(finished)
Main Game Play Time: 24:48(finished)
Side Run Play Time: 3:19(finished)

Total Complete Collection Play Time: 86:31
Total Play Time - 232:32

Current Game Overs - 2
Total Game Overs:12

Where I Currently Am: Depths B12 (Crystal Tale)
Bosses Killed Today: Echidna, Twin-Headed Dragon, Ahriman, Cerberus

Crystal's Tale Current Setup

Luca - Shop Hand - Lv 59
HP: 4079 MP: 125
Str: 99 Spd: 42 Sta: 87 Int: 7 Spr: 6
Atk: 15x - 188 Acc - 89% Def: 5x - 98 Eva: 60% MgD: 1x - 15 MgE - 16%

Equipment: Gigant Axe, Adamant Helm, Minerva Bustier, Giant's Gloves
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Palom - Black Mage - Lv 56
HP: 2510 MP: 614
Str: 25 Spd: 54 Sta: 33 Int: 78 Spr: 21
Atk: 7x - 105 Acc - 99% Def: 6x - 43 Eva: 48% MgD: 4x - 36 MgE - 63%

Equipment: Assassin's Dagger, Sage's Robe, Sprint Ring

Black Magic: Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Sleep, Poison, Warp, Toad, Stop, Fira, Blizzara, Thundara, Pig, Osmose, Bio, Drain, Blizzaga, Firaga, Thundaga, Break, Quake, Death, Tornado, Flare, Meteor
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Ursula - Monk - Lv 55
HP: 3343  MP: 149
Str: 99 Spd: 62 Sta: 77 Int: 14 Spr: 39
Atk: 16x - 136 Acc - 99% Def: 7x - 78 Eva: 51% MgD: 2x - 11 MgE - 11%

Equipment: Dragon Claws, Godhand, White Tiger Mask, Brave Suit, Giant's Gloves
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Porom - White Mage - Lv 56
HP: 2406 MP: 562
Str: 33 Spd: 37 Sta: 33 Int: 30 Spr: 96
Atk: 7x - 72 Acc - 84% Def: 7x - 61 Eva: 88% MgD: 4x - 51 MgE - 60%

Equipment: Seraphim's Mace, Adamant Shield, Cat-Ear Hood, White Robe, Rune Armlet

White Magic: Cure, Hold, Slow, Libra, Sight, Raise, Protect, Cura, Silence, Esuna, Shell, Blink, Confuse, Teleport, Berserk, Curaga, Mini, Dispel, Haste, Float, Reflect, Curaja, Arise, Holy
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Ceodore - Red Wings - Lv 65
HP: 4409 MP: 403
Str: 81 Spd: 55 Sta: 69 Int: 35 Spr: 64
Atk: 14x - 176 Acc - 96% Def: 10x - 126 Eva: 60% MgD: 4x - 34 MgE - 40%

Equipment: Holy Lance, Crystal Shield, Adamant Helm, Adamant Armor, Giant's Gloves

White Magic: Cure, Libra, Protect, Raise, Cura, Esuna, Float, Shell, Blink, Reflect, Haste, Curaga

Status + Notes:

True mission accomplished today. Flew through first half of my side run as well as another set of bosses done in the main run... yeah, I wiped on Omega after... however, I really was dumb about it. Came in with an awful equipment setup, and was learning the strategy as I went along. I plan on destroying it this time.

So, yeah, here is my Gen II lineup. I like it because it really takes advantage of alot of things. First of all, the Minerva Bustier on Luca is so awesome... turns her into a true powerhouse. Ceodore and Ursula have a nice dual-band for DPSing... not as good as Ceodore and Kain but whatever... and there's also another Five-tech that they have which is just fun. Plus Palom is a much better Black Mage with the Assassin's Dagger... plus he learns Flare and Meteor much earlier than Rydia.

So my goal for today is certainly to finish the Side Run. Probably another hour there if I speed down. And then to get as close as I can to finishing the Main Run... certainly will need another day to clear the bestiary... but tomorrow at some point I plan on starting FF IV DS. Finally...

Oh yeah, and I really apologize for mistaking the 2nd floor full of bosses to be FF III bosses... they were from FF II... no wonder the Iron Giant was so easy...

Spoiler Alert... Sarcastic Plot Developments of the Day:

Another set of crystals... another rest point. Here Cecil and Kain catch up. Kain tells Cecil about how well Ceodore's been doing since Cecil's Bahamut induced coma... Kain sees alot of both Cecil and Rydia in him... however, we are not going to talk about the fact that Cecil's father gave Kain the same gift he gave to Cecil... nope. Not gonna talk about it.

So, these crystals were taken from the World of Darkness in FF III... so everyone has to mention that they're eerily similar to the Dark Crystals... but they're somehow different... great, thanks....

TO BE CONTINUED!!!

Monday, August 26, 2013

Day #108 Recap (FF IV: The After Years)

Current Game: Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (The After Years)

Ceodore's Tale Play Time: 5:15(complete)
Rydia's Tale Play Time: 4:53(complete)
Yang's Tale Play Time: 2:49(complete)
Palom's Tale Play Time: 5:36(complete)
Edge's Tale Play Time: 5:01(complete)
Porom's Tale Play Time: 4:35(complete)
Edward's Tale Play Time:  4:55(complete)
Edward's Tale Redo Time: 4:46(complete)
Kain's Tale Play Time: 3:41(complete)
Lunarian's Tale Play Time: 3:48(complete)
Crystal's Tale Play Time: 7:49

The After Years Play Time (Total): 53:18
Interlude Play Time: 2:34(finished)
Main Game Play Time: 24:48(finished)
Side Run Play Time: 3:19(finished)

Total Complete Collection Play Time: 83:49
Total Play Time - 229:50

Current Game Overs - 1
Total Game Overs:11

Where I Currently Am: Depths B9 (Crystal Tale)
Bosses Killed Today: Leviathan, Asura, Lich, Marilith, Kraken, Tiamat, Astaroth, Beezelbub, King Behemoth, Iron Giant

Crystal's Tale Current Setup

Kain - Dragoon - Lv 60
HP: 4293 MP: 193
Str: 87 Spd: 55 Sta: 91 Int: 40 Spr: 50
Atk: 14x - 141 Acc - 99% Def: 9x - 118 Eva: 70% MgD: 3x - 33 MgE - 41%

Equipment: Adamant Shield, Defender, Adamant Helm, Dragon Mail, Giant's Gloves

White Magic: Cure, Cura, Esuna, Haste, Blink, Hold, Teleport
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Rydia - Summoner - Lv 58
HP: 2557 MP: 619
Str: 29 Spd: 37 Sta: 27 Int: 88 Spr: 45
Atk: 6x - 121 Acc - 89% Def: 4x - 42 Eva: 28% MgD: 5x - 27 MgE - 45%

Equipment: Mystic Whip, Gold Hairpin, Sage's Robe, Limit Ring

Black Magic: Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Sleep, Poison, Warp, Toad, Stop, Fira, Blizzara, Thundara, Pig, Osmose, Bio, Drain, Blizzaga, Firaga, Thundaga, Break, Quake, Death, Tornado

Summon Magic: Chocobo, Shiva, Sylph, Ifrit, Ramuh, Titan, Dragon, Odin
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Edge - Ninja - Lv 59
HP: 4033  MP: 276
Str: 71 Spd: 74 Sta: 73 Int: 48 Spr: 31
Atk: 13x - 162 Acc - 99% Def: 9x - 93 Eva: 70% MgD: 4x - 30 MgE - 31%

Equipment: Rising Sun, Kiku-ichimonji, Adamant Helm, Brave Suit, Protect Ring

Ninjutsu: Flame, Flood, Shock, Gale, Smoke, Heal Pill, Shadowbind, Mirage, Blast, Frost, Blitz, Tremor
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Rosa - White Mage - Lv 55
HP: 2798 MP: 467
Str: 50 Spd: 30 Sta: 48 Int: 21 Spr: 73
Atk: 8x - 92 Acc - 99% Def: 3x - 61 Eva: 37% MgD: 2x - 34 MgE - 39%

Equipment: Yoichi Arrows, Yoichi Bow, Ribbon, White Robe, Protect Ring

White Magic: Cure, Hold, Slow, Libra, Sight, Raise, Protect, Cura, Silence, Esuna, Shell, Blink, Confuse, Teleport, Berserk, Curaga, Mini, Dispel, Haste, Float, Reflect, Curaja, Arise
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Cecil - Paladin - Lv 48
HP: 3216 MP: 202
Str: 82 Spd: 35 Sta: 62 Int: 31 Spr: 41
Atk: 13x - 152 Acc - 99% Def: 7x - 110 Eva: 40% MgD: 3x - 32 MgE - 32%

Equipment: Excalibur, Crystal Shield, Crystal Helm, Adamant Armor, Giant's Gloves

White Magic: Cure, Sight, Libra, Cura, Teleport, Esuna

Status + Notes:

Mission once again... kind of accomplished today... just didn't feel like starting the side run. To compensate though I made it through the first 2 sections of the depths... And yes, I used the original party... why? Because its fun to use awesome looking 5-person bands sometimes... I do plan on switching up my party up somewhat... in fact I'm going to completely for the next section... I call this time Gen I... today I play with party Gen II. See if you can figure out who that includes before I post it tomorrow

Now today I'm certainly going to start the side run... would actually like to get up to Subterrane in it. Also, in the main run I'm going to get through 1 or 2 more sections of Depths... probably going to involve some level grinding... so be it.

Spoiler Alert... Sarcastic Plot Developments of the Day:

We come to another rest area and Ceodore wants to meet Uncle Golbez... he'd like him to light up a lightbulb by sticking it in his mouth... but this is the wrong uncle. Golbez is pretty whiny still upset at all the bad stuff he did in the past. But Ceodore doesn't want to hear any of it. He wants to know what its like on the moon... I'll tell you what's its like, its like the first seven levels of this dungeon we just went through! Only with a giant ass dragon that lives down the street.

Next we come to the Sylph cave area... accept the floors aren't actually made of lava. Darn. Deep within we come to a couple houses... nestled sweetly in the side of the core of the moon. Ya know 2 beds, 2 baths... lovely starter homes... and ya know Eidolon Royalty likes to hang out on the balconies. So, first we take on Leviathan. He eventually wakes up and joins Rydia's Summon list. Then we head next door to Asura's house... apparently there's some marital trouble since Miss Blue Hair came into the picture... do I smell an affair? Anywho, while we're fighting Queenie, Leviathan comes out and is all wake up... but really it does nothing. We have to knock some sense into her... which we do.

So, we finally reach floor 13... where Dark Knight Cecil is hanging out. Yeah, I thought we got rid of him back on Mt. Ordeals too. Well, Paladin Cecil does his best zombie impression and its time to fight. We beat on him, however, we are unaware he knows the vicious Black Fang attack. Cecil jumps in front of everyone and takes the attack, until DK Cecil decides to directly target Pally Cecil. Pally Cecil things 5 fangs would be too much! So, Golbez jumps in front and takes his. Rosa heals up Golbez and its time for round 2. Ceodore finally accepts his lineage and jumps into the fray, only for another Black Fang... Cecil, previously lying on the floor, once again jumps in front to cover his son. DK Cecil has an identity crisis and falls over eventually turning into Excalibur.

Miss Blue Hair shows up and decides not to fight us. Instead she invites us into the final dungeon... a long trip bringing us even further down closer to the core. We come to a rest area. Cecil and Golbez want to catch up. Cecil admits that while he had no idea what was going on during the whole controlled by Miss Blue Hair affair, the memories of his family kept him going, including Golbez. Golbez admits he was tired of hiding out on the moon and that FuSoYa sent him back to the blue planet to help out. Wonder how he's making out against Zeromus anyway... ah well.

 A few floors down we come to a bunch of crystals, each housing an Elemental Fiend from Final Fantasy I. Obviously, no one in the party knows who they are... but we know... and that's all that matters. Also, someone $#!+ on the coats. Now, if they're the Elemental Fiends, and Scarmigilione and Co. are the archfiends... are they in charge of the Fiends??? Or is the Blue Planet just on a more important district than whatever planet FF I was on? I'd like to know the Elemental Political Hierarchy damnit...

So, more floors and another rest area... Kain and Golbez are talking now... Kain wants to know if anything happening here is related to Golbez's moon. Golbez has no idea, as his crystals were brutally destroyed as well... just another moon caught up in crystal genocide. So now more crystals. These ones house bosses from Final Fantasy III. Including Iron Giant... luckily, this Iron Giant doesn't require us to be around level 90 to kill it. Thank god... also, without turn based battling to make it completely OP, it's not so bad to take it down. Also, Spider Silk.... Damn Iron Giant... great fight in FF III...

Anyway...

TO BE CONTINUED!!!

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Day #107 Recap (FF IV: The After Years)

Current Game: Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (The After Years)

Ceodore's Tale Play Time: 5:15(complete)
Rydia's Tale Play Time: 4:53(complete)
Yang's Tale Play Time: 2:49(complete)
Palom's Tale Play Time: 5:36(complete)
Edge's Tale Play Time: 5:01(complete)
Porom's Tale Play Time: 4:35(complete)
Edward's Tale Play Time:  4:55(complete)
Edward's Tale Redo Time: 4:46(complete)
Kain's Tale Play Time: 3:41(complete)
Lunarian's Tale Play Time: 3:48(complete)
Crystal's Tale Play Time: 5:41

The After Years Play Time (Total): 51:10
Interlude Play Time: 2:34(finished)
Main Game Play Time: 24:48(finished)
Side Run Play Time: 3:19(finished)

Total Complete Collection Play Time: 81:41
Total Play Time - 227:42

Current Game Overs - 1
Total Game Overs:11

Where I Currently Am: Subterrane B12(Crystal's Tale)
Bosses Killed Today: Baigan, Magus Sisters, Lugae+Barnabas, King+Queen Eblan, Scarmiglione, Cagnazzo, Barbariccia, Rubicante

Crystal's Tale Current Setup

Kain - Dragoon - Lv 55
HP: 3730 MP: 155
Str: 72 Spd: 43 Sta: 76 Int: 32 Spr: 39
Atk: 12x - 136 Acc - 99% Def: 8x - 84 Eva: 34% MgD: 3x - 14 MgE - 18%

Equipment: Aegis Shield, Defender, Cross Helm, Dragon Mail, Giant's Gloves

White Magic: Cure, Cura, Esuna, Haste, Blink, Hold, Teleport
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Rydia - Summoner - Lv 52
HP: 2167 MP: 556
Str: 26 Spd: 35 Sta: 24 Int: 87 Spr: 44
Atk: 6x - 64 Acc - 73% Def: 4x - 43 Eva: 35% MgD: 5x - 33 MgE - 51%

Equipment: Stardust Robe, Gold Hairpin, Sage's Robe, Rune Armlet

Black Magic: Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Sleep, Poison, Warp, Toad, Stop, Fira, Blizzara, Thundara, Pig, Osmose, Bio, Drain, Blizzaga, Firaga, Thundaga, Break, Quake

Summon Magic: Chocobo, Shiva, Sylph, Ifrit, Ramuh, Titan, Dragon, Odin
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Edge - Ninja - Lv 52
HP: 3369  MP: 238
Str: 73 Spd: 46 Sta: 58 Int: 44 Spr: 20
Atk: 12x - 165 Acc - 99% Def: 5x - 64 Eva: 74% MgD: 3x - 11 MgE - 19%

Equipment: Murasame, Kiku-ichimonji, Black Cowl, Fire Scarf, Giant's Gloves

Ninjutsu: Flame, Flood, Shock, Gale, Smoke, Heal Pill, Shadowbind, Mirage, Blast, Frost, Blitz, Tremor
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Rosa - White Mage - Lv 49
HP: 2291 MP: 413
Str: 45 Spd: 27 Sta: 45 Int: 18 Spr: 67
Atk: 7x - 91 Acc - 99% Def: 3x - 59 Eva: 37% MgD: 2x - 34 MgE - 38%

Equipment: Yoichi Arrows, Yoichi Bow, Ribbon, White Robe, Protect Ring

White Magic: Cure, Hold, Slow, Libra, Sight, Raise, Protect, Cura, Silence, Esuna, Shell, Blink, Confuse, Teleport, Berserk, Curaga, Mini, Dispel, Haste, Float, Reflect, Curaja
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Ceodore - Red Wings - Lv 55
HP: 3260 MP: 315
Str: 66 Spd: 40 Sta: 51 Int: 23 Spr: 45
Atk: 11x - 128 Acc - 99% Def: 8x - 72 Eva: 38% MgD: 3x - 16 MgE - 20%

Equipment: Lustrous Sword, Dragon Shield, Genji Helm, Genji Armor, Giant's Gloves

White Magic: Cure, Libra, Protect, Raise, Cura, Esuna, Float, Shell, Blink, Reflect, Haste, Curaga

Status + Notes:

Mission kind of accomplished today... Got most of the way through the Lunar Subterrane of the True Moon. Watched a bunch of story sequences... and holy encounter rate... I mean seriously... I found myself lucky to take 5 steps sometimes without running into a battle. And then the last floor B12... well, that really kicks up the encounter challenge a bit now doesn't it. Seems like a great place to grind some levels if you want to work with multiple character parties.

So, did not start on my side quest... which I realize now is going to have to extend to Rubicante... took the Edge only fight this time through, but there's separate entries for the party battle against him... sigh... oh well.
My goal for today is to get up to the Depths (Final Chapter, part 3)... and probably get through a bunch of the side quest...

To reiterate, the side quest is basically going to be a speed run through the first 2 parts of the final tale. I'm not collecting any tails, just going through and killing all the Eidolons and the Antlion... and then speeding through the Subterrane up to Rubicante and killing him with a party.

Spoiler Alert... Sarcastic Plot Developments of the Day:

So, our chosen party lands on the True Moon and is allowed to explore the moon's surface... if ya know, your idea of exploring is a bunch of dead ends except for the one dungeon entrance. So, we enter. And look, its the same Lunar Subterrane from the other moon... or is it. No, those who are attentive will note that is a mirror copy. We immediately find a broken crystal... bad portent, eh?

A couple floors down we find a crystal intact and upon examining it, Baigan is ressurected and attacks us. Luckily, all he really wants is to die and be at peace... so we have no problem with that. After that we are forced to rest. During the rest Ceodore and Ursula catch up, and Ursula notes how much Ceodore has grown up since she last saw him. This apparently awakens some kind of bond, and now they can do a team attack... hooray??

We continue, and find another crystal... This one has the Magus Sisters. After sending them back to their rest, we take another one ourselves. During this one, Edge scolds his disciples... and praises them at the same time. We are left asking ourselves, who's watching the castle anyway??? And also reminding ourselves that Edge is awesome... After our next crystal(Dr. Lugae), Palom and Porom catch up. Palom kind of realizes he may no longer wish to be a sage, after all, Leonora is probably a better fit for the job. Porom is kind of shocked that he can praise someone other than himself. Which leads Palom to praise himself... the only thing missing from this scene is Palom getting thwacked... darn.

Next rest after our next reborn boss(Edge's mom and dad). Rydia and Luca talk... Luca decides she's over Palom, because love is so unimportant, and Dwarves don't dwell on unimportant things. She's too busy being an awesome airship mechanic anyway... next we decide to rest without even beating a boss, and while Porom and Leonora are talking, Luca gets all up in Leonora's face and makes her admit she likes Palom. Next, she asks Leonora if she plans on putting on her Mask, Tights, Gloves and Whip for him tonight... well not really, but we're all thinking it. Palom overhears all of this and thinks girls are scary.

Next we start coming after the Elemental Archfiends... which just makes Edge excited because he'll get to face Rubicante again... and after we face Scarmiglione we go through the door expecting a nice crystal area... but instead we see that this is indeed a new area! We're going through the areas of the elements... like some sort of Temple of Chaos or something. Well, this is the water area... so Cagnazzo, kill! Well, before we get there, its a random rest spot. Where Cid and Luca argue about whether or not Cid is old, or whether or not Luca is already better than him. Anyway, during all this, Calca and Brina break down. Oops.

So, yeah, back to Cagnazzo Kill!!!! Next we get a scene with Harley and Edward... Edward is debating whether or not he can still consider himself a bard... Well, checking the spoony-o-meter, I'd say fork yeah! Harley convinces him that his music gives great meaning to many people and he should stick with it and put a fork in all this giving up talk... Okay, I made up that last part.

The random tornadoes are here to tell us this is the wind floor. Thanks for the hint. I wonder who is the boss in this crystal? If you didn't guess Barbariccia you are no longer allowed to read this... So anyway, Barbariccia kill!!!! Next we get a scene with Edge and Yang. Edge says he's too young to think about having kids... Yang seems to think its about damn time. Really, how old is Edge, he's like in his mid-30s... anyway. Yang says a good king should always think about the future of his country including an heir. This seems to allow them to band together to kick some tail... nice.

Edge is extremely excited, because now we're on the fire floor. Edge decides to take him on himself. Rubicante is impressed by Edge's skills, and turns Inferno on himself... Edge still thinks he is not in Rubicante's league....

What other fun little scenes will we get? Where is this dungeon going? Tune in next time!


TO BE CONTINUED!!!

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Day #106 Recap (FF IV: The After Years)

Current Game: Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (The After Years)

Ceodore's Tale Play Time: 5:15(complete)
Rydia's Tale Play Time: 4:53(complete)
Yang's Tale Play Time: 2:49(complete)
Palom's Tale Play Time: 5:36(complete)
Edge's Tale Play Time: 5:01(complete)
Porom's Tale Play Time: 4:35(complete)
Edward's Tale Play Time:  4:55(complete)
Edward's Tale Redo Time: 4:46(complete)
Kain's Tale Play Time: 3:41(complete)
Lunarian's Tale Play Time: 3:48(complete)
Crystal's Tale Play Time: 3:32

The After Years Play Time (Total): 49:01
Interlude Play Time: 2:34(finished)
Main Game Play Time: 24:48(finished)
Side Run Play Time: 3:19(finished)

Total Complete Collection Play Time: 79:32
Total Play Time - 225:33

Current Game Overs - 1
Total Game Overs:11

Where I Currently Am: True Moon(Crystal's Tale)
Bosses Killed Today: Ifrit, Ramuh, Titan, Cecil+Odin, Mysterious Girl

Crystal's Tale Current Setup

Kain - Dragoon - Lv 50
HP: 3181 MP: 117
Str: 70 Spd: 43 Sta: 60 Int: 34 Spr: 40
Atk: 11x - 109 Acc - 99% Def: 8x - 72 Eva: 34% MgD: 3x - 10 MgE - 16%

Equipment: Aegis Shield, Dragoon Lance, Cross Helm, Diamond Armor, Giant's Gloves

White Magic: Cure, Cura, Esuna, Haste, Blink, Hold, Teleport
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Rydia - Summoner - Lv 45
HP: 1735 MP: 472
Str: 22 Spd: 22 Sta: 21 Int: 74 Spr: 46
Atk: 4x - 46 Acc - 66% Def: 2x - 34 Eva: 30% MgD: 3x - 27 MgE - 41%

Equipment: Faerie Rod, Gold Hairpin, Luminous Robe, Rune Armlet

Black Magic: Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Sleep, Poison, Warp, Toad, Stop, Fira, Blizzara, Thundara, Pig, Osmose, Bio, Drain, Blizzaga, Firaga, Thundaga, Break

Summon Magic: Chocobo, Shiva, Sylph, Ifrit, Ramuh, Titan, Dragon
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Edge - Ninja - Lv 45
HP: 2387  MP: 182
Str: 63 Spd: 42 Sta: 50 Int: 29 Spr: 23
Atk: 10x - 141 Acc - 99% Def: 5x - 50 Eva: 44% MgD: 2x - 4 MgE - 9%

Equipment: Kotetsu, Kiku-ichimonji, Black Cowl, Black-Belt Gi, Giant's Gloves

Ninjutsu: Flame, Flood, Shock, Gale, Smoke, Heal Pill, Shadowbind, Mirage, Blast, Frost
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Rosa - White Mage - Lv 43
HP: 1805 MP: 363
Str: 31 Spd: 24 Sta: 26 Int: 29 Spr: 59
Atk: 5x - 72 Acc - 85% Def: 3x - 39 Eva: 32% MgD: 2x - 29 MgE - 40%

Equipment: Angel Arrows, Elfin Bow, Ribbon, Luminous Robe, Rune Armlet

White Magic: Cure, Hold, Slow, Libra, Sight, Raise, Protect, Cura, Silence, Esuna, Shell, Blink, Confuse, Teleport, Berserk, Curaga, Mini, Dispel, Haste, Float, Reflect
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Ceodore - Red Wings - Lv 50
HP: 2709 MP: 277
Str: 58 Spd: 38 Sta: 63 Int: 22 Spr: 38
Atk: 10x - 131 Acc - 99% Def: 7x - 71 Eva: 32% MgD: 2x - 7 MgE - 13%

Equipment: Defender, Diamond Shield, Cross Helm, Ice Armor, Giant's Gloves

White Magic: Cure, Libra, Protect, Raise, Cura, Esuna, Float, Shell, Blink, Reflect, Haste, Curaga

Status + Notes:

Mission Accomplished. The Blue Planet is no more for the After Years... well except for my side run, but that's another story. Really, this tale, and yes I'll call it a tale, is a catch up tale for people who didn't import data in. Otherwise its just kind of a big exploring side quest with some fun plot along the way. I do believe I hit all the bestiary entries I needed, but if I didn't I kept a save file here on the Blue Planet... and of course I'm going to have to do a side run soon to get the entries for all the eidolons and antlions. Shouldn't take too long.

My goal for today is to make some headway into the Lunar Subterrane, and probably do some work on the side run as well.

Spoiler Alert... Sarcastic Plot Developments of the Day:

Eblan is on FIRE!!! No, I don't mean it hit 3 baskets in a row. I mean Ifrit is here and setting things ablaze. We're forced to head to the two towers and kill some Melt Golems so we can get into the throne room. Once there we take on Ifrit, but apparently tactically we are unprepared so we have to RUN AWAY!!!! Edge then mans up.. he's preparing for 40 after all and tries to take on Ifrit alone... this does nothing except give Edge another hallucination of Rubicante. Rydia joins in on this trip and after Rubicante uses his mighty Inferno on us, we learn to use it as a band. So, Ifrit comes once again and after we cast Inferno on him he knows we mean business. And by business, I mean that the plot says that we can actually finish the fight this time. So, after being very careful not to actually kill him, he snaps out of his Blue Hair induced stupor and recognizes Rydia and magically all the fire goes away.

Next, we head to Mysidia, where all the mages are taking a nap... no, no, Ramuh is just flying around having fun throwing thunderbolts at everyone... So, we have to teach him a lesson. The lesson being how to do very patient dps while keeping everyone alive... after Rydia survives a Judgment Bolt and a thunder spell directed at her... Ramuh decides to wake up and join us as well. After he does we head to the Elder's house where Porom has been using up all her energy keeping the place shut from Ramuh. She is now spent and therefore can't fight with us... or can she?

So, we fly down to Agart. Who do we run into here, but Miss Blue Hair! She has no use for this planet., so she sends Titan at us... to no surprise we fight him...  but don't want to kill him. Eventually we see that he gonna bury us with a Gaia's Wrath induced earthquake... except Pink Hair to the rescue. Porom shows up out of nowhere and casts Float on us. She passes out, so we let her lie there while we take on Titan again. This time, we successfully don't kill him, and he joins Rydia.

Finally, we head to Damcyan, where the Antlions have taken over... well everywhere but the throne room, where Harley wants to come along with us to Baron so she can check on Edward. Edge doesn't agree... so the chancellor says she should go too. Apparently, no one in Damcyan wants Harley around. Edge agrees this time, but because she is a lowly secretary she's not allowed to fight, and has to stay on the airship.... Get in the kitchen and make me a pie woman!!!! Well, that's what he'd say if the Falcon had a kitchen.

We return to Mist where we learn that the children of Mist have used their meager summoning powers to keep the Dragon safe and out of Miss Blue Hair's hands all this time, and now that it is time to take back the planet, the mist coalesces and the Dragon returns to Rydia's summon menu.

While all this planet hopping has been going on. Ceodore, Kain, Rosa, Edward, and Cid have been storming the castle in Baron. Kain decides to take Cecil on 1-on-1. Things go well, until Cecil breaks out the Unknown Move of Doom!!!! This brings Kain to his knees, but he's fine. Next, he taunts Ceodore, asking him if he'd really draw his sword on his own father. Apparently the answer is yes... yes he would. At this point, Edge's crew busts in to the throne room. Kain instantly recognizes the Man In Black as Golbez... and its on vs. Cecil. Miss Blue Hair summons Odin to help Cecil out... except Odin does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING but stand there while we beat on Cecil. After Cecil gets beaten up enough, Odin calls out to his children, and says he'd never hurt them... and puts Cecil on his rear.

Miss Blue Hair tires of this and takes us on herself. We survive the onslaught of Leviathan and Bahamut she sends at us... ya know, cause we've gone through challenge dungeons, and eventually succumbs... However, Miss Blue Hair #2 & #3 show up and use the Dimensional Elevator to head to the moon. Luca wants to follow her in an arirship... however, apparently she hasn't had her physics classes yet, and doesn't understand gravity. However, Golbez reminds us that the Lunar Whale is parked right outside Baron... What do you mean it wasn't there this whole time?!?!? Obviously we just didn't notice it sitting there... even if it is a giant spaceship...

So, we take off for the moon, and guess what. All the people we found who had to rest on the Falcon have all magically recovered... all at exactly the same time. How convenient!!!! Everyone is concerned about Cecil. He doesn't seem to have full control of himself, and Kain calls him an empty shell.

What did Miss Blue Hair do to him, and what will we find on this strange moon?!?!?

TO BE CONTINUED!!!

Friday, August 23, 2013

Day #105 Recap (FF IV: The After Years)

Current Game: Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (The After Years)

Ceodore's Tale Play Time: 5:15(complete)
Rydia's Tale Play Time: 4:53(complete)
Yang's Tale Play Time: 2:49(complete)
Palom's Tale Play Time: 5:36(complete)
Edge's Tale Play Time: 5:01(complete)
Porom's Tale Play Time: 4:35(complete)
Edward's Tale Play Time:  4:55(complete)
Edward's Tale Redo Time: 4:46(complete)
Kain's Tale Play Time: 3:41(complete)
Lunarian's Tale Play Time: 3:48(complete)
Crystal's Tale Play Time: 1:24

The After Years Play Time (Total): 46:53
Interlude Play Time: 2:34(finished)
Main Game Play Time: 24:48(finished)
Side Run Play Time: 3:19(finished)

Total Complete Collection Play Time: 77:24
Total Play Time - 223:25

Current Game Overs - 1
Total Game Overs:11

Where I Currently Am: Eblan(Crystal's Tale)
Bosses Killed Today: Shiva

Crystal's Tale Current Setup

Luca - Shop Hand - Lv 42
HP: 2391 MP: 86
Str: 50 Spd: 28 Sta: 51 Int: 5 Spr: 5
Atk: 8x - 102 Acc - 79% Def: 3x - 48 Eva: 27% MgD: 0x - 10 MgE - 19%

Equipment: Ogrekiller, Green Beret, Diamond Armor, Sprint Ring
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Rydia - Summoner - Lv 42
HP: 1559 MP: 433
Str: 22 Spd: 21 Sta: 20 Int: 60 Spr: 45
Atk: 4x - 45 Acc - 65% Def: 2x - 36 Eva: 32% MgD: 3x - 29 MgE - 42%

Equipment: Faerie Rod, Ribbon, Luminous Robe, Rune Armlet

Black Magic: Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Sleep, Poison, Warp, Toad, Stop, Fira, Blizzara, Thundara, Pig, Osmose, Bio, Drain, Blizzaga, Firaga

Summon Magic: Chocobo, Shiva, Sylph
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Edge - Ninja - Lv 42
HP: 2387  MP: 182
Str: 55 Spd: 39 Sta: 47 Int: 26 Spr: 22
Atk: 9x - 112 Acc - 95% Def: 4x - 48 Eva: 44% MgD: 2x - 4 MgE - 9%

Equipment: Kotetsu, Chakram, Black Cowl, Black-Belt Gi, Giant's Gloves

Ninjutsu: Flame, Flood, Shock, Gale, Smoke, Heal Pill, Shadowbind, Mirage, Blast
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Golbez - Lunarian - Lv 46
HP: 2971 MP: 357
Str: 57 Spd: 28 Sta: 76 Int: 50 Spr: 41
Atk: 9x - 130 Acc - 99% Def: 5x - 72 Eva: 45% MgD: 2x - 16 MgE - 26%

Equipment: Aegis Shield, Defender, Diamond Helm, Ebony Robe, Giant's Gloves

Black Magic: Fire, Fira, Firaga, Blizzard, Blizzara, Blizzaga, Thunder, Thundara, Thundaga, Bio, Osmose, Drain, Quake

Status + Notes:

Mission not accomplished today... I took a light day... I think I'm due.

So, some interesting things going on. I like how they give you kind of this odd party composition for the beginning of this tale, and then subtly they tell you that Rydia is supposed to be your healer for now. That actually is kind of interesting. She gets Sylph and the Recovery Rod, its really not bad.

I've realized I'm going to have to do a side run to complete the bestiary... that's okay I think because all the entries can be picked up right at the beginning of the tale, so I may just do this in the middle of everything to get it done.

Goal for today is the same thing as yesterday, just get through to Baron event... that's a couple dungeons to get through, but I think its doable.

Spoiler Alert... Sarcastic Plot Developments of the Day:

So, with all the Forest Clearings, Single Trees in barren areas, and Meteor monument things cleared out, our group of travellers heads to Mist. Here, the Mist has returned. Rydia immediately recognizes it as her mother who tells her she must free the Eidolons and then returns. Until then she has to protect the village. Honestly, I don't see how the village will need any less protecting at that point, but we'll go with it.

Our first stop is Troia, where everyone in the castle has been frozen solid... Strangely, this aura of chill stops at the castle and has not moved into the town at all. Unless you count everyone being frozen in fear!!! Ha ha, awful pun. Anyway, the crystal chamber is empty, so its time to play detective. While flying on the airship previously, we remember seeing Palom flying on a chocobo going north. Luca remembers Cid telling her about the Lodestone cavern cause he was there. So... they put 3 and 3 together and decide they should check it out.

When they get there, they find that due to extreme cold the magnetic field has disappeared... So, yes I blame game mechanics changing due to String Theory. We make our way to the Crystal Chamber where we see Palom and Leonora frozen. Rydia immediately recognizes this as Diamond Dust... The glass shatters and Stone Cold Steve Austin is coming to face... no its Stone Cold Shiva... So, we go all Trogdor on her and after some burnination she decides she's bored of attacking us. Eventually she recognizes Rydia and gets all back in our Summon menu. Palom and Leonora are unfrozen, however, need time to recover meaning we can't change our party yet, boo. Back on the airship, Luca gets very jealous and wonders why Palom is hanging out with other women. Leonora replies "You don't know me!"... and promptly falls asleep, so I guess the Eblan Four are reduced to Nurse status for this tale. Palom, meanwhile really wants to fight... but it turns out he really needs to sleep, so back to exploring.

Next, we head to Fabul, where some Sylphs are running around and no one has seen Yang. Sheila gives us her Frying Pan and Ladel, while Edge laments not having another kitchen knife to throw at enemies... cause he's awesome. So, after being swallowed by Leviathan, I guess Yang and Ursula washed up on the desert shore, because they're in Kaipo... in the same house where everyone recovers from Desert Fever. That woman must be getting real tired of taking in sick people... So, Edge beats Yang upside the head with the frying pan and wonders what is wrong with Yang's family... which I take to mean that he knows that Yang and Sheila have some kind of freaky bedroom relationship. However, Edge refuses to hit a girl, so he gives the Ladle to Rydia. This of course wakes Ursula up, and like Palom and Leonora, they're not allowed to fight yet, and are left under the care of ninjas... Speaking of ninjas, I wonder what's going on in Eblan?

TO BE CONTINUED!!!

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Day #104 Recap (FF IV: The After Years)

Current Game: Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (The After Years)

Ceodore's Tale Play Time: 5:15(complete)
Rydia's Tale Play Time: 4:53(complete)
Yang's Tale Play Time: 2:49(complete)
Palom's Tale Play Time: 5:36(complete)
Edge's Tale Play Time: 5:01(complete)
Porom's Tale Play Time: 4:35(complete)
Edward's Tale Play Time:  4:55(complete)
Edward's Tale Redo Time: 4:46(complete)
Kain's Tale Play Time: 3:41(complete)
Lunarian's Tale Play Time: 3:48(complete)
Crystal's Tale Play Time: 0:13

The After Years Play Time (Total): 45:42
Interlude Play Time: 2:34(finished)
Main Game Play Time: 24:48(finished)
Side Run Play Time: 3:19(finished)

Total Complete Collection Play Time: 76:13
Total Play Time - 222:14

Current Game Overs - 1
Total Game Overs:11

Where I Currently Am: Baron's Castle(Crystal's Tale)
Bosses Killed Today: Kirin(x6), Armstrong(x5)

Lunarian's Tale Final Setup

Golbez - Lunarian - Lv 45
HP: 2971 MP: 349
Str: 56 Spd: 28 Sta: 75 Int: 49 Spr: 40
Atk: 9x - 130 Acc - 99% Def: 5x - 71 Eva: 45% MgD: 2x - 16 MgE - 26%

Equipment: Aegis Shield, Defender, Diamond Helm, Ebony Robe, Giant's Gloves

Black Magic: Fire, Fira, Firaga, Blizzard, Blizzara, Blizzaga, Thunder, Thundara, Thundaga, Bio, Osmose, Drain, Quake
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FuSoYa - Lunarian - Lv 40
HP: 2472 MP: 190
Str: 10 Spd: 20 Sta: 20 Int: 43 Spr: 58
Atk: 3x - 27 Acc - 70% Def: 2x - 25 Eva: 28% MgD: 3x - 20 MgE - 32%

Equipment: Protect Staff, Sage's Miter, Sage's Surplice, Rune Armlet

White Magic: Cure, Hold, Slow, Libra, Sight, Raise, Protect, Cura, Silence, Berserk, Teleport, Esuna, Blink, Confuse, Shell, Dispel, Mini, Curaga, Haste, Float, Reflect, Curaja, Holy, Arise

Black Magic: Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Sleep, Poison, Pig, Blizzara, Fira, Thundara, Stop, Bio, Toad, Quake, Drain, Warp, Blizzaga, Firaga, Thundaga, Break, Osmose, Death, Tornado, Flare, Meteor

Crystal's Tale Current Setup

Luca - Shop Hand - Lv 40
HP: 2222 MP: 81
Str: 48 Spd: 28 Sta: 49 Int: 4 Spr: 4
Atk: 8x - 102 Acc - 79% Def: 3x - 47 Eva: 27% MgD: 0x - 10 MgE - 19%

Equipment: Ogrekiller, Green Beret, Diamond Armor, Sprint Ring
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Rydia - Summoner - Lv 40
HP: 1442 MP: 408
Str: 21 Spd: 21 Sta: 20 Int: 64 Spr: 44
Atk: 4x - 30 Acc - 60% Def: 2x - 34 Eva: 30% MgD: 3x - 27 MgE - 39%

Equipment: Polymorph Rod, Gold Hairpin, Luminous Robe, Rune Armlet

Black Magic: Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Sleep, Poison, Warp, Toad, Stop, Fira, Blizzara, Thundara, Pig, Osmose, Bio, Drain
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Edge - Ninja - Lv 40
HP: 2189  MP: 172
Str: 53 Spd: 37 Sta: 45 Int: 25 Spr: 22
Atk: 9x - 110 Acc - 95% Def: 4x - 47 Eva: 44% MgD: 2x - 4 MgE - 8%

Equipment: Kotetsu, Chakram, Black Cowl, Black-Belt Gi, Giant's Gloves

Ninjutsu: Flame, Flood, Shock, Gale, Smoke, Heal Pill, Shadowbind, Mirage
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Golbez - Lunarian - Lv 45
HP: 2971 MP: 349
Str: 56 Spd: 28 Sta: 75 Int: 49 Spr: 40
Atk: 9x - 130 Acc - 99% Def: 5x - 71 Eva: 45% MgD: 2x - 16 MgE - 26%

Equipment: Aegis Shield, Defender, Diamond Helm, Ebony Robe, Giant's Gloves

Black Magic: Fire, Fira, Firaga, Blizzard, Blizzara, Blizzaga, Thunder, Thundara, Thundaga, Bio, Osmose, Drain, Quake

Status + Notes:

First off, some bookkeeping to take care of. You may notice some of the times changed in some of the tales. I went back in after finishing the Lunarian's Tale and picked up a couple bestiary entries I was missing before loading them all into the Crystal's Tale.

So, on to the Crystal's Tale. The first thing we have to do is the fun sidequest of gather 21 small tails... this will give us access to the Rainbow Tail and one Other colored tail of our choosing. I'm probably going to go for a Rare Band, in case I actually want to try to get some other ones to drop...

My goal for the day is to make it up to the Baron Castle event... I'm going to be very careful before I actually start it to make sure I get all the bestiary entries I need and what not, so yeah. I may start tracking the Bestiary up top... we'll see.

 Spoiler Alert... Sarcastic Plot Developments of the Day:

Back on the Falcon, Edge really wants to know who the Man In Black is... but we still have no time for such things. Especially because Meteors are falling from the sky! Also noted in Agart is that the big moon is starting to fall towards the Blue Planet...

Well, there's only one thing to do. Confront Cecil about this mess! Except, right now the castle is surrounded by the Tower of Babil-esque glowing plot wall of doom!!!! So... how do we break in? I don't know, but we do have an airship to fly around in!!!! Time to collect some tails.... not tales... tails...

TO BE CONTINUED!!!

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Day #103 Recap (FF IV: The After Years)

Current Game: Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (The After Years)

Ceodore's Tale Play Time: 5:15(complete)
Rydia's Tale Play Time: 4:53(complete)
Yang's Tale Play Time: 2:40(complete)
Palom's Tale Play Time: 5:36(complete)
Edge's Tale Play Time: 4:47(complete)
Porom's Tale Play Time: 4:34(complete)
Edward's Tale Play Time:  4:55(complete)
Edward's Tale Redo Time: 4:46(complete)
Kain's Tale Play Time: 3:37(complete)
Lunarian's Tale Play Time: 2:00

The After Years Play Time (Total): 43:13
Interlude Play Time: 2:34(finished)
Main Game Play Time: 24:48(finished)
Side Run Play Time: 3:19(finished)

Total Complete Collection Play Time: 73:44

Total Play Time - 219:45

Current Game Overs - 1
Total Game Overs:11

Where I Currently Am: Challenge Dungeon (Lunarian's Tale)
Bosses Killed Today: Curse Dragon (x4), Mysterious Girl(w/ Asuna), Mysterious Girl(w/ Leviathan), Zeromus's Hatred

Kain's Tale Final Setup

Kain - Holy Dragoon - Lv 50
HP: 3181 MP: 117
Str: 65 Spd: 43 Sta: 50 Int: 31 Spr: 40
Atk: 11x - 108 Acc - 99% Def: 8x - 58 Eva: 40% MgD: 3x - 9 MgE - 15%

Equipment: Ice Shield, Dragoon Lance, Cross Helm, Diamond Armor, Power Armlet

White Magic: Cure, Cura, Esuna, Haste, Blink, Hold, Teleport
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Ceodore - Red Wings - Lv 50
HP: 2709 MP: 277
Str: 53 Spd: 38 Sta: 38 Int: 22 Spr: 38
Atk: 9x - 110 Acc - 99% Def: 7x - 56 Eva: 32% MgD: 2x - 8 MgE - 14%

Equipment: Obelisk, Diamond Shield, Cross Helm, Ice Armor, Bone Wrist

White Magic: Cure, Libra, Protect, Raise, Cura, Esuna, Float, Shell, Blink, Reflect, Haste, Curaga
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Cid - Engineer - Lv 43
HP: 2644 MP: 88
Str: 66 Spd: 18 Sta: 46 Int: 7 Spr: 6
Atk: 10x - 116 Acc - 90% Def: 2x - 46 Eva: 10% MgD: 0x - 6 MgE - 5%

Equipment: Sledgehammer, Diamond Helm, Horned Armor, Power Armlet
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Rosa - White Mage - Lv 43
HP: 1805 MP: 363
Str: 31 Spd: 24 Sta: 26 Int: 39 Spr: 59
Atk: 5x - 72 Acc - 85% Def: 3x - 37 Eva: 30% MgD: 3x - 27 MgE - 38%

Equipment: Angel Arrows, Elfin Bow, Gold Hairpin, Luminous Robe, Rune Armlet

White Magic: Cure, Hold, Libra, Slow, Sight, Raise, Protect, Cura, Silence, Esuna, Shell, Blink, Confuse, Teleport, Berserk, Curaga, Mini, Dispel, Haste, Float, Reflect

Lunarian's Tale Current Setup

Golbez - Lunarian - Lv 40
HP: 2971 MP: 309
Str: 51 Spd: 25 Sta: 54 Int: 37 Spr: 30
Atk: 8x - 97 Acc - 90% Def: 5x - 65 Eva: 26% MgD: 2x - 8 MgE - 14%

Equipment: Mythril Shield, Icebrand, Mythril Helm, Ice Armor, Giant's Gloves

Black Magic: Fire, Fira, Firaga, Blizzard, Blizzara, Blizzaga, Thunder, Thundara, Thundaga, Bio, Osmose, Drain
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FuSoYa - Lunarian - Lv 40
HP: 2472 MP: 190
Str: 10 Spd: 20 Sta: 20 Int: 43 Spr: 58
Atk: 3x - 27 Acc - 70% Def: 2x - 25 Eva: 28% MgD: 3x - 20 MgE - 32%

Equipment: Protect Staff, Sage's Miter, Sage's Surplice, Rune Armlet

White Magic: Cure, Hold, Slow, Libra, Sight, Raise, Protect, Cura, Silence, Berserk, Teleport, Esuna, Blink, Confuse, Shell, Dispel, Mini, Curaga, Haste, Float, Reflect, Curaja, Holy, Arise

Black Magic: Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Sleep, Poison, Pig, Blizzara, Fira, Thundara, Stop, Bio, Toad, Quake, Drain, Warp, Blizzaga, Firaga, Thundaga, Break, Osmose, Death, Tornado, Flare, Meteor

Status + Notes:

Heh, I respect the Lunarian's Tale... its actually kind of difficult. Its like the developers kind of said. So, you really think you like Black Mages huh? Well, here, how's this? The tale that actually made me use Dry Ethers... anyway, how awesome is it to get to play as Golbez? How awesome is it to finally see what is behind that stairway past Zeromus? How awesome is it to get to play as Golbez? Yeah, I know I asked that one twice but it bears repeating.

So, on to the final (2) challenge dungeon(s)! And then on to the final tale!!!

My goal for today is to finish the dungeons and start on Final Tale - part 1...

Yeah, for those who don't know, the final tale really is 3 tales, its just not broken up in the PSP version.

 Spoiler Alert... Sarcastic Plot Developments of the Day:

So... Here comes the Man In Black... and he's having a nightmare... Here comes the Man In Black... and his name is GOLBEZ!!! So, he wakes up and thinks something is wrong. So he emerges from his napping chamber which is right behind that staircase you couldn't go up in the original game, and starts heading up towards the Crystal Chamber. Apparently all monsters have disappeared from the Lunar Subterrane with the exception of a very few spots, but the secret passages are still there... except when Golbez puts up a plot wall!

So, we get to the crystal chamber and all the crystals are now amber... which Golbez remarks is the color of blood... umm, okay. FuSoYa appears and he's noticed that something is wrong as well... Not only that, but he's noticed that Golbez has noticed that something is wrong... that's why he's the leader. So, let's go explore with no direction what so ever... We travel through the Lunar Tunnels, until we get to the Hummingway cave. Where someone finally tells us musically that a meteor crashed by the Lair of the Father... aka Bahamut's Lair. So, we head over, and to no one's surprise the Land itself is being putrified... WE GET IT ALREADY!!! We run into Miss Blue Hair, and she summons Asuna... because we haven't used her yet... and after a looong fight, we overcome her... yes, the score is now Miss Blue Hair 8... Us 1...

Since she can summon Eidolons we should check on Bahamut. So we enter the dungeon and say to ourselves... Gee, I hope this place doesn't have 3 required sub-bosses that are fairly difficult. Well, jokes on you, because IT DOES! Apparently, the Malboro's believe in an Ariostocracy, because we introduce Count Malboro... he has a crown... and more tentacles... and he hits really hard... and has a lot of hit points... and did I mention there's 3 of them??? Well, after destroying some nobles we find Bahamut. Golbez thinks its petrified... But, no, FuSoYa notes hes been bound in another dimension. I guess Miss Blue Hair can see in 5 dimensions... 5000 dimensions... Of course we can only see 2... but that's a personal problem.

So, FuSoYa's spidey sense is going off and we should go back to the Crystal Palace. So... we walk all the way back, and when we get there a Crystal Shatters! Miss Blue Hair comes back... and this time summons Leviathan. It matters not, we win again bringing the score to 8-2... and Miss Blue Hair shows up? Wait, there's more than 1!!!! Well, she teleports herself and the corpse away... Spidey sense goes off again, she's going for the sleepers now apparently so back down the Subteranne.

We descend, and as we do, we get flashes of crystals shattering. Sucks... So we get to the bottom and right when we get to the very spot where we originally fought Zeromus, the last one shatters... gee, I wonder what's coming... Well, now Zeromus is unsealed... but now he's recolorred... and apparently just his hatred remains... and we kill it!!! But it lives!!! And FuSoYa teleports Golbez onto the Lunar Whale.

So... on the Lunar Whale, Golbez is passed out and we learn the reverse history of Golbez. Starting with all the defeats during the original game... and onto when Cecil is born. Apparently Golbez blames Cecil for his parents dying and that's why Zemus was able to control him... Anywho, Golbez wakes up and sees the other moon heading for the Blue Planet.... END OF CHAPTER!!!

TO BE CONTINUED!!!

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Day #102 Recap (FF IV: The After Years)

Current Game: Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (The After Years)

Ceodore's Tale Play Time: 5:15(complete)
Rydia's Tale Play Time: 4:53(complete)
Yang's Tale Play Time: 2:40(complete)
Palom's Tale Play Time: 5:36(complete)
Edge's Tale Play Time: 4:47(complete)
Porom's Tale Play Time: 4:34(complete)
Edward's Tale Play Time:  4:55(complete)
Edward's Tale Redo Time: 4:46(complete)
Kain's Tale Play Time: 2:57

The After Years Play Time (Total): 40:33
Interlude Play Time: 2:34(finished)
Main Game Play Time: 24:48(finished)
Side Run Play Time: 3:19(finished)

Total Complete Collection Play Time: 71:04

Total Play Time - 217:05

Current Game Overs - 1
Total Game Overs:11

Where I Currently Am: Challenge Dungeon (Kain's Tale)
Bosses Killed Today: Curse Dragon (x8)

Kain's Tale Current Setup

Kain - Holy Dragoon - Lv 50
HP: 3181 MP: 117
Str: 60 Spd: 43 Sta: 50 Int: 31 Spr: 40
Atk: 10x - 107 Acc - 99% Def: 8x - 61 Eva: 28% MgD: 3x - 10 MgE - 16%

Equipment: Flame Shield, Dragoon Lance, Cross Helm, Ice Armor, Diamond Gloves

White Magic: Cure, Cura, Esuna, Haste, Blink, Hold, Teleport
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Ceodore - Red Wings - Lv 50
HP: 2709 MP: 277
Str: 53 Spd: 38 Sta: 38 Int: 22 Spr: 38
Atk: 9x - 110 Acc - 99% Def: 7x - 56 Eva: 32% MgD: 2x - 8 MgE - 14%

Equipment: Obelisk, Diamond Shield, Cross Helm, Ice Armor, Bone Wrist

White Magic: Cure, Libra, Protect, Raise, Cura, Esuna, Float, Shell, Blink, Reflect, Haste, Curaga
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Cid - Engineer - Lv 39
HP: 2340 MP: 78
Str: 58 Spd: 16 Sta: 43 Int: 5 Spr: 5
Atk: 9x - 113 Acc - 89% Def: 2x - 44 Eva: 10% MgD: 0x - 6 MgE - 5%

Equipment: Sledgehammer, Diamond Helm, Horned Armor, Power Armlet
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Rosa - White Mage - Lv 40
HP: 1573 MP: 336
Str: 30 Spd: 23 Sta: 24 Int: 39 Spr: 56
Atk: 5x - 72 Acc - 85% Def: 2x - 36 Eva: 30% MgD: 2x - 27 MgE - 37%

Equipment: Angel Arrows, Elfin Bow, Gold Hairpin, Luminous Robe, Rune Armlet

White Magic: Cure, Hold, Libra, Slow, Sight, Raise, Protect, Cura, Silence, Esuna, Shell, Blink, Confuse, Teleport, Berserk, Curaga, Mini, Dispel, Haste, Float, Reflect

Status + Notes:

So, on to Kain's challenge dungeon. Pretty interesting one. Takes a little bit the first time through, almost like running a regular dungeon. And then after you can speed run it alot... in fact you have to run this one 12 times... ugh... the boss is kind of interesting... ya know if you're not used to bosses that counter everything. Not really much to say about it.

So, yeah. Anyway, today's goal, is to finish clearing out the challenge dungeon and probably finish the plot portion of the Lunarian Tale.

Spoiler Alert... Sarcastic Plot Developments of the Day:

None Today...

TO BE CONTINUED!!!

Monday, August 19, 2013

Day #101 Recap (FF IV: The After Years)


Current Game: Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (The After Years)

Ceodore's Tale Play Time: 5:15(complete)
Rydia's Tale Play Time: 4:53(complete)
Yang's Tale Play Time: 2:40(complete)
Palom's Tale Play Time: 5:36(complete)
Edge's Tale Play Time: 4:47(complete)
Porom's Tale Play Time: 4:34(complete)
Edward's Tale Play Time:  4:55(complete)
Edward's Tale Redo Time: 4:46(complete)
Kain's Tale Play Time: 1:06

The After Years Play Time (Total): 38:42
Interlude Play Time: 2:34(finished)
Main Game Play Time: 24:48(finished)
Side Run Play Time: 3:19(finished)

Total Complete Collection Play Time: 69:13

Total Play Time - 215:14

Current Game Overs - 1
Total Game Overs:11

Where I Currently Am: Challenge Dungeon (Kain's Tale)
Bosses Killed Today: Octo-Kraken

Edward's Tale Final Setup

Edward - Prince - Lv 39
HP: 1601 MP: 156
Str: 31 Spd: 26 Sta: 18 Int: 32 Spr: 37
Atk: 5x - 51 Acc - 99% Def: 3x - 30 Eva: 26% MgD: 2x - 13 MgE - 21%

Equipment: Muse Harp, Officer's Hat, Professor's Robe, Gil Band
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Harley - Secretary - Lv 37
HP: 2486 MP: 267
Str: 30 Spd: 23 Sta: 22 Int: 44 Spr: 38
Atk: 5x - 54 Acc - 74% Def: 2x - 32 Eva: 30% MgD: 2x - 18 MgE - 28%

Equipment: Ice Whip, Beret, Exorcist's Gown, Rune Armlet

Kain's Tale Current Setup

Kain - Holy Dragoon - Lv 48
HP: 2850 MP: 103
Str: 57 Spd: 42 Sta: 49 Int: 31 Spr: 39
Atk: 10x - 106 Acc - 99% Def: 8x - 58 Eva: 18% MgD: 3x - 6 MgE - 12%

Equipment: Flame Shield, Dragoon Lance, Cross Helm, Plate Mail, Bone Wrist

White Magic: Cure, Cura, Esuna, Haste, Blink, Hold, Teleport
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Ceodore - Red Wings - Lv 49
HP: 2593 MP: 272
Str: 46 Spd: 37 Sta: 37 Int: 21 Spr: 37
Atk: 8x - 98 Acc - 92% Def: 7x - 52 Eva: 30% MgD: 2x - 8 MgE - 13%

Equipment: Icebrand, Ice Shield, Cross Helm, Flame Mail, Bone Wrist

White Magic: Cure, Libra, Protect, Raise, Cura, Esuna, Float, Shell, Blink, Reflect, Haste, Curaga
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Cid - Engineer - Lv30
HP: 1650 MP: 55
Str: 32 Spd: 13 Sta: 32 Int: 5 Spr: 5
Atk: 5x - 70 Acc - 82% Def: 1x - 41 Eva: 0% MgD: 0x - 6 MgE - 5%

Equipment: Mythril Hammer, Mythril Helm, Plate Mail, Power Armlet
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Rosa - White Mage - Lv 30
HP: 930 MP: 250
Str: 24 Spd: 17 Sta: 18 Int: 17 Spr: 53
Atk: 5x - 25 Acc - 62% Def: 2x - 24 Eva: 28% MgD: 2x - 20 MgE - 28%

Equipment: Mythril Staff, Sage's Miter, Sage's Surplice, Rune Armlet

White Magic: Cure, Hold, Libra, Slow, Sight, Raise, Protect, Cura, Silence, Esuna, Shell, Blink, Confuse, Teleport, Berserk, Curaga, Mini

Status + Notes:

Day #101 > Day #100...

I think I can now consider myself somewhat of a master on Edward's Challenge Dungeon... and I never want to see it again. Yikes... I will say its fairly well designed... I just wish there was something to do other than keep my battle on auto... oh well.

Back to Kain's Tale... which apparently is really really short... I mean, sure, all the battles are a joke coming into the tale near level cap, but still, one hour and I'm all done... ah well. Now on to one of the harder challenge dungeons in the game... and thankfully there's no gimmick or anything... just good old dungeon crawling and boss killing.

My goal for today is to do most of my challenge dungeon runs... While I'd love to finish it all up, it is a longer dungeon and so doing all the runs in one day may be a bit optimistic. We will see.

Spoiler Alert... Sarcastic Plot Developments of the Day:

Ceodore and Hoodie make it to Kaipo and Hoodie decides he needs a rest. After all, Damcyan isn't in imminent danger or anything... so after a good night's sleep its time to go through the Underground Waterway... again... of course by now we make it through with our eyes closed, and get to the save point where Hoodie once again decides he needs to rest. Seriously, he needs more rest than a pack a day smoker... Anyway, afterwards we get to the waterfall, where Hoodie asks Ceodore, "ARE YOU A MAN?!?!?, ARE YOU 40?!??" He may not be, but Ceodore jumps down the waterfall anyway. And we get to the bottom where YET ANOTHER big octopus is waiting for us. How big is this thing's family... I'd like to see the family tree... yikes.

Meanwhile, Kain, goes to Damcyan and is like gimme your crystal. Edward says nope, and pulls out a present for Kain. Isn't that thoughtful? Edward then tells Kain that he has set him up the bomb. Many bombs in fact... flying ones. After all, Edward knows that for Great Justice we must move Every Zig. However, Kain does not believe that "Fire Bad!!!" So he charges in and kicks Edward's unmanly rear anyway. Then he decides to have his way with Rosa.

So, we step outside the dungeon, and the Red Wings are just leaving... so, I'm assuming that Kain spent two days having his way with Rosa before leaving on the airship. Sometimes its better not to think about timelines in games... We get to Damcyan, and the Red Wings are getting fired on... by the Enterprise... hey who knew the thing had weapons. Doesn't stop them from flying back to Baron, but, ya know... Anyway...

So, Cid flies us back to Baron and we enter and catch up with Kain before we get to the throne room... where Rosa finally gives us the plot twist we've waited 8 chapters for... Hoodie is Kain!!!! But, Kain is Kain. Well, remember the shattered room in Mt. Ordeals.. Apparently, Kain got to have a trial too... except his didn't go so well, and Evil Kain was released into the world... and Evil Kain is Kain, meanwhile Good Kain went Emo and Belicheckian... So, its time to fight again. Except this time, we've gone through challenge dungeons and levelled up way more than we should... so Evil Kain goes down.

Kain accepts his dark side, which apparently allows him to release his full power, and transform his armor... and gives him a weird crown... that, or the voice of Cecil's dead father had something to do with it... in any event he is now a Holy Dragoon... which is alot like a regular dragoon with more Holy. And with that END OF CHAPTER!!!!

TO BE CONTINUED!!!