Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Day #298 Recap (Final Fantasy IX)

Current Game: Final Fantasy IX

Current Play Time: 23:27
Total Play Time - 624:11
Current Game Overs - 0
Total Game Overs: 59

Where I Currently Am: Alexandria Castle (Post Treno Card Tournament)
Stuff Did Today: We made it to the bottom of the Iifa tree and found no sign of Kuja. We did find the source of the Mist, however. The mist was spread through the roots of the Iifa tree by a creature named Soulcage. We defeated it and the mist went away! We returned to Madain Sari which had been distrubed by Lani and the Red-haired guy. Lani kidnapped Eiko and was about to get Dagger's pendant when Amarant stepped in. He wanted a one on one match with Zidane, which he got, and lost. Dagger realized she came from Madain Sari as a child and left during a huge hurricane. Amarant, who having lost to Zidane wanted his life ended was persuaded to come along with our group. We went back to the Iifa tree and found Kuja who was luring Queen Brahne into a trap. Kuja summoned mist monsters to fight the queen, who eventually summoned Bahamut. Kuja had a huge eye in the sky which turned Bahamut against Brahne killing her.

Back in Alexandria, Dagger was preparing to become Queen while the rest of the group was at a loss for what to do. We all eventually made our way to Treno where a Card Tournament was being held. Zidane won, and beat Erin a friend of Regent Cid in the finals. Cid took the group on their new airship the Hilde Garde 2, which could fly without mist. Word broke out that Alexandria was under attack by Kuja and we headed back. Beatrix and Steiner teamed up to clear the streets and Zidane and company went after Dagger...

Current Setup:

Zidane - Lv 32
HP - 2373 MP - 135
Equipped Passive Abilities: Auto-Haste, HP+20%, Man Eater, Level Up, Ability Up, Bandit
Equipment: Angel Bless, Twist Headband, Chimera Armlet, Brigandine, Running Shoes

Speed: 26 Strength: 36 Magic: 30 Spirit: 30
Attack: 44 Defense: 20 Evade: 26 Magic Def: 17 Magic Eva: 8

Learned Active Abilities: Flee, Detect, What's That, Soul Blade, Annoy, Sacrifice, Lucky Seven, Thievery(L)
Learned Passive Abilities: Auto-Reflect, HP+20%, Distract, MP Attack, Bird Killer, Bug Killer, Stone Killer, Undead Killer, Devil Killer, Beast Killer, Man Eater, Steal Gil, Add Status, Gamble Defense, High Tide, Counter, Protect Girls, Body Temp, Alert, Level Up, Ability Up, Flee-Gil, Insomniac, Antibody, Bright Eyes, Jelly, Auto-Potion, Locomotion, Clear Headed, Mug, Bandit

Freya - Lv 22
HP - 1122 MP - 81
Equipped Passive Abilties: HP +10%, Distract, Man Eater, Cover, Level Up, Ability Up
Equipment: Ice Lance, Cross Helm, Diamond Gloves, Plate Mail, Diamond

Speed: 22 Strength: 28 Magic: 23 Spirit: 27
Attack: 31 Defense: 17 Evade: 19 Magic Def: 17 Magic Eva: 13

Learned Active Abilities: Lancer, Reis's Wind, White Draw(L)
Learned Passive Abilities: HP +10%, MP+10%, Bird Killer, Bug Killer, Undead Killer, Dragon Killer, Man Eater, Add Status, Chemist, High Tide, Cover, Body Temp, Level Up, Insomniac, Antibody, Bright Eyes, Jelly, Locomtion, Clear Headed

Vivi - Lv 32
HP - 1396 MP - 172
Equipped Passive Abilties: Body Temp, Level Up, Ability Up, Insomniac, Loudmouth, Clear Headed
Equipment: Oak Staff, Mage's Hat, Magic Armlet, Magician Robe, Rebirth Ring

Speed: 19 Strength: 24 Magic: 43 Spirit: 29
Attack: 23 Defense: 21 Evade: 16 Magic Def: 20 Magic Eva: 16

Learned Active Abilities: Fire, Fira, Sleep, Blizzard, Blizzara, Slow, Thunder, Thundara, Stop, Poison, Bio, Drain, Demi
Learned Passive Abilities: Auto-Reflect, Auto-Float, Add Status, High Tide, Body Temp, Level Up, Ability Up, Insomniac, Antibody, Loudmouth, Jelly, Auto-Potion, Locomotion, Clear Headed

Amarant - Lv 31
HP - 1729 MP - 97
Equipped Passive Abilties: Man Eater, Body Temp, Level Up, Ability Up, Flee-Gil, Insomniac
Equipment: Poison Knuckles, Twist Headband, Glass Armlet, Leather Plate, Germinas Boots

Speed: 25 Strength: 33 Magic: 22 Spirit: 19
Attack: 33 Defense: 8 Evade: 12 Magic Def: 17 Magic Eva: 7

Learned Active Abilities: Spare Change, Chakra(L)
Learned Passive Abilities: Undead Killer, Beast Killer, Man Eater, Body Temp, Level Up, Ability Up, Flee-Gil, Insomniac, Bright Eyes

Not Currently In Party:

Dagger - Lv 28
HP - 1227 MP - 143
Equipped Abilities: Body Temp, Level Up, Ability Up, Insomniac, Antibody, Loudmouth
Equipment: Stardust Rod, Lamia's Tiara, Magic Armlet, Survival Vest, Extension

Speed: 23 Strength: 26 Magic: 40 Spirit: 30
Attack: 16 Defense: 17 Evade: 16 Magic Def: 19 Magic Eva: 16

Learned Active Abilities: Ramuh, Cure, Cura, Life, Scan, Panacea, Stona, Shell, Protect, Silence, Reflect, Confuse, Blind, Float
Learned Passive Abilities: Auto-Reflect, Chemist, Reflect-Null, High Tide, Body Temp, Level Up, Ability Up, Insomniac, Antibody, Loudmouth, Jelly, Auto-Potion, Locomotion, Clear Headed

Eiko - Lv 28
HP - 1079 MP - 122
Equipped Abilities: Auto-Regen, MP +10%, Level Up, Ability Up
Equipment: Golem's Flute, Lamia's Tiara, Magic Armlet, Magician Cloak, Sapphire

Speed: 21 Strength: 22 Magic: 34 Spirit: 23
Attack: 17 Defense: 15 Evade: 16 Magic Def: 20 Magic Eva: 16

Learned Active Abilities: Fenrir(L), Cure, Cura, Regen(L), Life, Panacea, Stona, Shell, Protect, Silence, Float
Learned Passive Abilities: Auto-Regen, Reflect-Null, High Tidfe, Level Up, Ability Up, Insomniac, Antibody, Loudmouth, Jelly, Auto-Potion, Clear Headed

Quina - Lv 21
HP - 941 MP - 93
Equipped Passive Abilties: High Tide, Level Up, Ability Up, Millionaire, Antibody
Equipment: Mythril Fork, Mage's Hat, Mythril Armlet, Magician Robe, Fairy Earrings

Speed: 16 Strength: 26 Magic: 30 Spirit: 17
Attack: 42 Defense: 21 Evade: 21 Magic Def: 17 Magic Eva: 13

Learned Active Abilities: LV4 Holy, LV3 Def-less, Aqua Breath, Mighty Guard, Matra Magic, Limit Glove, Pumpkin Head, Night, Angel's Snack, Frog Drop, White Wind, Vanish, Mustard Bomb, Magic Hammer, Auto-Life
Learned Passive Abilities: MP+10%, Add Status, High Tide, Counter, Body Temp, Ability Up, Millionaire, Insomniac, Antibody, Loudmouth, Jelly, Auto-Potion, Clear Headed

Steiner - Lv 15
HP - 886 MP - 52
Equipped Abilities: HP +10%, Bug Killer, Alert, Level Up, Antibody
Equipment: Blood Sword, Iron Helm, Mythril Gloves, Mythril Armor, Germinas Boots
Speed: 19 Strength: 30 Magic: 17 Spirit: 26
Attack: 24 Defense: 15 Evade: 15 Magic Def: 7 Magic Eva: 7

Learned Active Abilities: Darkside(L), Minus Strike, Armor Break
Learned Passive Abilities: HP +10%, Bird Killer, Bug Killer, Undead Killer, Cover, Antibody, Bright Eyes

 Tetra Master:
7x Goblin 0P00
5x Fang 0P00
6x Skeleton 0P00
5x Flan 0M00 - 0M01 - 0X01
2x Zaghnol - 0P00
8x Lizard Man 0P00
4x Zombie 0M00 - 0M10
3x Bomb 0M00 - 1M00 - 1M01
3x Ironite 0P10 - 1P00 - 1P10
2x Sahagin 1P00 - 1X00
3x Yeti - 1M00 - 1M01
3x Mimic 0M11 - 1M01 - 1M11
3x Wyerd 1M01
3x Mandragora 1M01 - 1M02
2x Crawler 1P10 - 1P20
Sand Scorpion 1P10
2x Nymph - 1M01 - 2M02
2x Sand Golem 1P20 - 2P10
Zuu - 1P01
2x Dragonfly 1P10 - 2P20
4x Carrion Worm 2M00 - 2M01 - 2M10 - 2M11
Antlion 1P11
Cactuar 2P80
Troll 3P21
Tantarian 3M11
Armstrong 3M23
Tonberry 1P22
Nova Dragon BP6C
Shiva 2M04
Ramuh 4M14
Ribbon 0MCA
Genji 0P3A
2x Mythril Sword 1P00
2x Oglop 2P10
Lindblum 0P49

Chocobo:
Type - Light Blue
Beak Level - 17
Chocotreasures dug up - Streamside, Between Mountains, Abandoned Beach, Healing Shore, Bird's Eye Lagoon, Small Beach
Chocograph Inventory - Uncultivated Land, Cold Field, Faraway Lagoon

Status & Notes: 

Well, I did not accomplish my goal for the day, but it wasn't for lack of trying. I seem to always underestimate the amount of time the various story sequences take in the game. Not that I'm really complaing, the story in this game is very fleshed out and well done. It is just time consuming. Really, it makes me applaud the effort people put in to do an Excalibur II run, because you basically have to ignore all the story and rush through things to be able to do that.

While in Alexandria at the beginning of Disc 3, I decided I was going to do the Hippaul Mini-Game... now, someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there is really ANY way of getting the final rare item without cheating in some way. The first time I played, I think I tried Turbo controllers and I think I got up to around Level 50. This time, I started doing it legitimately and I got up to Level 43... at which point I turned down the framerate to get up to Level 80... If anyone has done this legitimately I'd love to know.

So, anyway, goals for today. Well, yesterday's goal still holds. Get the boat, and do some exploring, there's really not much else to it than that. Tomorrow I think I'll comment a little but more about the story and how they handled it in this game. So, tune in for that. Until then, we'll see how it goes...

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