Saturday, August 17, 2013

Day #99 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:  4:25

The After Years Play Time (Total): 32:10
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: 62:51

Total Play Time - 208:52

Current Game Overs - 1
Total Game Overs:11

Where I Currently Am: Challenge Dungeon(Edward's Tale)
Bosses Killed Today: None

Edward's Tale Current Setup

Guard A - Soldier - Lv 20
HP: 751 MP: 0
Str: 18 Spd: 12 Sta: 21 Int: 8 Spr: 9
Atk: 3x - 39 Acc - 90% Def: 2x - 25 Eva: 20% MgD: 0x - 3 MgE - 2%

Equipment: Iron Sword, Bronze Shield, Iron Helm, Iron Armor, Iron Gloves
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Guard B - Soldier - Lv 20
HP: 735 MP: 0
Str: 20 Spd: 15 Sta: 19 Int: 9 Spr: 10
Atk: 3x - 40 Acc - 90% Def: 2x - 24 Eva: 20% MgD: 0x - 3 MgE - 2%

Equipment: Iron Sword, Bronze Shield, Iron Helm, Iron Armor, Iron Gloves
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Guard C - Soldier - Lv 20
HP: 715 MP: 0
Str: 19 Spd: 13 Sta: 20 Int: 7 Spr: 8
Atk: 3x - 39 Acc - 90% Def: 2x - 25 Eva: 20% MgD: 0x - 3 MgE - 1%

Equipment: Iron Sword, Bronze Shield, Iron Helm, Iron Armor, Iron Gloves
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Edward - Royal - Lv 31
HP: 1140 MP: 124
Str: 25 Spd: 22 Sta: 15 Int: 26 Spr: 30
Atk: 5x - 48 Acc - 97% Def: 2x - 25 Eva: 22% MgD: 1x - 12 MgE - 19%

Equipment: Muse Harp, Officer's Hat, Professor's Robe, Level Band
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Harley - Secretary - Lv 28
HP: 974 MP: 116
Str: 23 Spd: 18 Sta: 18 Int: 33 Spr: 27
Atk: 4x - 42 Acc - 62% Def: 2x - 29 Eva: 24% MgD: 1x - 11 MgE - 18%

Equipment: Chain Whip, Beret, Exorcist's Robe, Gil Band

Status + Notes:

Yeah, went a little overboard with the play time today, oh well... must be because <sarcasm>I like playing Edward's Tale so much</sarcasm>. Seriously though, his tale is all challenge dungeon. The plot has zero bosses, and basically is just going back and forth through the underground passage. I have had a decent amount of luck in the tale. Got enough monster drops to get the Gold Tail, and in m 3rd trip through the challenge dungeon I got a Megalixir, which I sold for 325k gold which makes the rest of the runs a snap. So far I've done 8 out of 10 runs... though I'm still trying to minimize losses.

Here is my strategy for the runs right now. Assuming you come in with 7k+ gil and a New Moon
1. Loan money to woman in 2nd floor Lobby.
2. Go to 4th floor and talk to Restaurant lady to spawn pig.
3. Head to 3rd floor via West passageway possibly running into loan lady or Pig
4. Kill boss on west of 3rd floor hopefully not losing 10k gold, but minimizing loss if you do since all you've done is spend gil so far.
5. Return to 2nd floor via west passageway turning in Bard's Lyre and killing Gil Bird
6. Kill Bandit in East room of 2nd floor.
7. On First Floor, check West passage for loan lady, turn in Gil Bird Egg in Central Passage, check Alcove for Loan Lady.
8. In the Grand passage, kill the Bandit, and check for Pig.
9. Kill Steel Golem.
10. Turn in any random items you've found
11. If you have not gotten Pig and loan lady yet, go through the 500gil doors on 2nd floor
12. Return to 4th floor, turn in Pig and kill Belphegor.
13. Open Chest.

There. Also, I've killed off my guards so I can actually level Edward and Harley, not exactly the easiest task... So, my goal for today is to finish the challenge dungeon... hopefully only 2 more runs, and hopefully getting Edward and Harley to at least Level 35. And getting a start onto Kain's Tale.

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

So, we go back through the Underground Waterway picking up tails on the way and getting to see how exactly we are able to climb up that huge waterfall. So, we make it to Kaipo where Harley promptly collapses with the Desert Fever. So... yeah, programmers really insisted on using existing dungeons in this one. So... Edward heads out ALONE to get a Sand Pearl because HE'S A MA... No, he's still not... also, I don't think he's 40... He's around Edge's age if I'm not mistaken.

So, once again the Spoony Bard Forks the riv... or crosses the bridge... to reach the Antlion's Den, where apparently that New Moon's effect hasn't kicked in very much because the monsters are weak and the Antlion's don't give a crap, they just let Edward take a Sand Pearl... which means it's time to walk back to Kaipo, after forking the... crossing the bridge one more time we get to the Underground Waterway where we are promptly attacked by Bandits!!! Instead of fighting them, Edward jumps down the waterfall basically saving us another boring trip through the dungeon... Yay Edward.

Back to Kaipo where we cure Harley and there's much rejoicing...  so we learn that Kaipo has a new dock. Which is great because up to this point no one has actually said HOW we're going to make it to Baron. We head over there and the boat was just leaving... coincidence? I think not. So we sail for Baron and run into Yang on the way, to let us know where this tale comes in on the timeline. Even though we're both using the wind to power our ships somehow Edward's ship zooms ahead and makes it to Baron.

At Baron, we have what is possibly the most pretentious information gathering conversation ever between Edward and Cecil. Harley doesn't know what the heck is going on. But in the end, Edward politely leaves and gives Cecil his flowers, to which Cecil makes a vague homosexual reference... Cecil goes all Addams Family Values on Edward and gifts him a bomb. So, back on the boat, where Edward realizes that Cecil is not Cecil... and he's used the flowers to bug the throne room.

I honestly expect to here muffled walkie-talkie like noises as we pick up the conversation between Miss Blue Hair and Cecil where they bascially say they don't trust Edward and Damcyan is weak and they can basically pick up the Crystal whenever they want to. Meanwhile Harley is the Brad Pitt to Edward's Morgan Freeman and wants to know "WHAT'S IN THE BOX?!?!?" But we can never open it... at least not until its strategically advantageous to us... and that my friends is what we call a belated SPOILER ALERT.

In the distance, Edward see Leviathan... must've eaten Yang.... again.... darn. END OF CHAPTER!!!

TO BE CONTINUED!!!

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