Current Play Time: 26:43
Total Play Time - 627:27
Current Game Overs - 0
Total Game Overs: 59
Where I Currently Am: Disc 3 Sidequests... (Heading towards Black Mage Village)
Stuff Did Today: So, we found Dagger and saved her as the Invincible (That floating eye spaceship) went and destroyed Alexander. We woke up in Lindblum castle.When we found Dagger, she could no longer talk! Apparently the grief has been too much, etc. So, we're searching for a plan to take out Kuja. To do so, we figure we need an airship. Cid is working on the Hilda Garde 3, but unfortunately he's not smart enough as an Oglop to make a good one... so we take a chance and make up a potion for him to change him back... which certainly made him not an Oglop anymore... it made him a frog. Oops. So, now, we're gonna go search for Hilda so she'll change Cid back. Unfortunately, we have no leads on her location. We do know that Kuja had some Black Mages with him, so we're going to head to Black Mage Village to ask some questions. To get there, Cid gives us a boat.
So, before we go do any of that, we can explore! We go get our friend Choco again and take him to the Chocobo Lagoon and he digs up some more treasures for us... in doing so he changes color a couple of times... first to Red, and then to Dark Blue, now he can pretty much take us anywhere... as long as anywhere isn't the Western continent...
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: 28 Strength: 36 Magic: 30 Spirit: 30
Attack: 44 Defense: 20 Evade: 26 Magic Def: 17 Magic Eva: 18
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
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: Chakra(L), Spare Change
Learned Passive Abilities: HP+10%, Undead Killer, Beast Killer, Man Eater, Body Temp, Level Up, Ability Up, Flee-Gil, Insomniac, Bright Eyes
Eiko - Lv 31
HP - 1283 MP - 136
Equipped Abilities: Auto-Regen, Body Temp, Level Up, Ability Up
Equipment: Lamia's Flute, Lamia's Tiara, Magic Armlet, Silk Robe, Phoenix Pinion
Speed: 22 Strength: 24 Magic: 35 Spirit: 24
Attack: 21 Defense: 16 Evade: 16 Magic Def: 20 Magic Eva: 16
Learned Active Abilities: Carbuncle, Fenrir, Phoenix(L), Cure, Cura, Regen(L), Life, Panacea, Stona, Shell, Protect, Silence, Reflect, Float
Learned Passive Abilities: Auto-Regen, MP+10%, Reflect-Null, High Tide, Body Temp, Level Up, Ability Up, Insomniac, Antibody, Loudmouth, Jelly, Auto-Potion, Locomotion, Clear Headed
Quina - Lv 24
HP - 1113 MP -107
Equipped Passive Abilties: High Tide, Level Up, Ability Up, Millionaire
Equipment: Silver Fork, Twist Headband, Magic Armlet, Survival Vest, Feather Boots
Speed: 16 Strength: 28 Magic: 31 Spirit: 17
Attack: 53 Defense: 17 Evade: 19 Magic Def: 18 Magic Eva: 16
Learned Active Abilities: Goblin Punch, LV4 Holy, LV3 Def-less, Aqua Breath, Mighty Guard, Matra Magic, Limit Glove, 1000 Needles, Pumpkin Head, Night, Angel's Snack, Frog Drop, White Wind, Vanish, Mustard Bomb, Magic Hammer, Auto-Life
Learned Passive Abilities: Auto-Reflect, MP+10%, Add Status, High Tide, Counter, Body Temp, Level Up, Ability Up, Millionaire, Insomniac, Antibody, Loudmouth, Jelly, Auto-Potion, Clear Headed
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
Dagger - Lv 30
HP - 1390 MP - 154
Equipped Abilities: Body Temp, Level Up, Ability Up, Insomniac, Loudmouth, Clear Headed
Equipment: Stardust Rod, Lamia's Tiara, Magic Armlet, Survival Vest, Extension
Speed: 24 Strength: 27 Magic: 41 Spirit: 31
Attack: 16 Defense: 18 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, Healer, Chemist, Reflect-Null, High Tide, Body Temp, Level Up, Ability Up, Insomniac, Antibody, Loudmouth, Jelly, Auto-Potion, Locomotion, Clear Headed
Steiner - Lv 23
HP - 1389 MP - 72
Equipped Abilities: HP +10%, Accuracy+, Bug Killer, Alert, Level Up, Ability Up, Antibody
Equipment: Ice Brand, Mythril Helm, Thunder Gloves, Plate Mail, Lapis Lazuli
Speed: 20 Strength: 32 Magic: 20 Spirit: 27
Attack: 35 Defense: 17 Evade: 16 Magic Def: 12 Magic Eva: 10
Learned Active Abilities: Darkside(L), Minus Strike, Armor Break, Mental Break(L)
Learned Passive Abilities: HP +10%, Bird Killer, Bug Killer, Undead Killer, Devil Killer, Man Eater, Cover, Alert, Level Up, Insomniac, Antibody, Bright Eyes, Jelly
Tetra Master:
7x Goblin 0P00
5x Fang 0P00
6x Skeleton 0P00
5x Flan 0M00 - 0M01 - 0X01
3x 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
4x Wyerd 1M01
4x Mandragora 1M01 - 1M02
2x Crawler 1P10 - 1P20
Sand Scorpion 1P10
3x 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
Cargo Ship 2P40
Theater Ship 1P51
2x Oglop 2P10
Lindblum 0P49
Chocobo:
Type - Dark Blue
Beak Level - 39
Chocotreasures dug up -Streamside, Between Mountains, Uncultivated Land, Healing Shore, Abandoned Beach, Cold Field, Forgotten Lagoon, Faraway Lagoon, Abandoned Lagoon, Bird's Eye Lagoon, Small Beach, Dawn Lagoon, Forbidden Forest, Green Plains
Chocograph Inventory - Dusk Plains, Forgotten Plains, Sea at Dusk, Ocean, Cold Lagoon
Status & Notes:
Yay! Sidequest time again! Finally, I really wanted to get my chocobo to Dark Blue so I can pretty much freely explore the world. It makes things a LOT easier. Not to mention, the equipment doesn't hurt either.
I wanted to talk a bit about the story today, becuase it is something I really haven't touched on too much in my playthrough, and since I'm spending time on sidequests anyway, I figured it is as good a time as anyway. I would say, that the story in this game is probably the closest to Final Fantasy IV as any game in the series. Both in content, as well as how the characters are handled. Each character in the game certainly has his own class, you can almost draw parallels between the games. Steiner -> Cecil, Freya -> Kain, Vivi -> Palom, etc. Now, obviously the classes have been updated since then. Summoners now use white magic instead of black... Zidane is more of a classic Thief than a Ninja, etc.
Also, it took almost 25 hours before we've really had a point where we can go and explore. Most of this game is very linear. This, also, very similar to Final Fantasy IV. Obviously, the intent of this game was to give it more of a classic feel as opposed to the modern feel of the previous two games. To do this, we've obviously gone back to a medieval setting, and focused heavily on summons through the first two discs. Also, we have the classic "different levels of bad guys" thing going on, with Brahne eventually leading to Kuja.
The one thing I will say against this though, are the story sections are really really long. For some reason, this is something I notice more playing through Final Fantasy VII, but now I'm just wondering if that's because it is so much of a difference compared to the SNES Final Fantasies, and now I'm more used to it after going through VII and VIII. I mean, there's probably a good hour-plus section at the beginning of Disc 3 there where the only battles you fight are the mistodon battles with Beatrix and Steiner... and the optional Tantarian boss. Still though, the characters are so fun and the story so engaging that you really can't complain about getting so much of it.
Alright, goals for today. The first thing I'm going to do is finish digging up the Chocographs I can get to right now. Once that's done, I'm going to give a visit to the Qu Marshes and catch some more frogs. After that, its going to be gathering up some new Blue Magic. Then, there's a few places to go loot, and some new and important items to get at the Auction House... if by some miracle I get all of this done, it is off to the Black Mage Village.... lets see how it goes.
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