Day #548 Recap

Current Game(s): Final Fantasy X-2, Final Fantasy XI

Current Play Time(Final Fantasy X-2): ~126:00
Current Play Time(Final Fantasy XI): ~145:00
Total Play Time - 1,299:34 (+)

Current Game Overs(FF X-2) - 10
Current Deaths(FF XI) - 50
Total Game Overs: 72

Where I Currently Am(FF X-2):  Chapter 1... in NG+! (99% Complete, Bestiary *100*% Complete)

Where I Currently Am(FF XI): Windurst Mission 6-1. Currently Levelling Up some Side Jobs (Current Levels RDM 76/THF 30... BLM 50... DNC 30)

Stuff Did Today (FF X-2): Finished running through Via Infinito back down to Cloister 100 where Paragon was waiting for me... thankfully I made sure that weapons were currently oversouled... so took out oversouled Paragon and headed into the Depths of Bevelle. Made it to the towers and fought about 6 Precepts Guards until it oversouled... with that done I returned to the Celsius and spoke to Shinra who gave me the almighty THE END Garment Grid...

With that taken care of, it was time to finally head into the Farplane Abyss... as we entered we encountered some Keyboards, a brief search of the area and we discovered the right notes to play... what is this Goonies?!?!? We did this a few times and came upon some weird floating platforms where they wanted us to play the melody again... but screw figuring that out, I'll fight the boss monster instead... fought an Azi Dahaka and continued on... to Vegnagun!!!

As we approached Vegnagun we sae that Shuyin/Baralai is in the controls... Nooj was there... he came up with a plan, that of coursed involved him commiting suicide...  Yuna decided she didn't like that idea... then Gippal showed up with Leblanc and gang. We decided we were going to dismantle this big Machina and everyone was going to help... and by help, of course, we mean getting their ass kicked until we show up to help them... So, we fought Vegnagun's Tail, then its leg... and then its head...

We defeated them all... which apparently made Vegnagun very excited because it made its giant cannon become erect... yep I went there. We took that down pretty fast... and then Shuyin came to talk to us. We put on our Lenne dressphere to try and persuade him to stop, but eventually he realized the illusion and attacked... apparently he thinks like Nooj, because that was quite suicidal.

So, with Shuyin defeated, we talked to him again... this time Lenne's spirit disassociated from Yuna's dressphere and the two got to have their moment and dissipated into pyreflies... and the world is saved... yay... so, the first thing to do obviously is hold a press conference in Luca. Baralai, Nooj, and Gippal apologized for pitting their factions against each other, and thanked Yuna for saving the world... again....  Yuna decided not to attend the conference and fly "home" on the Celsius.. I assume Besaid, but who can really say.

After the credits roll, its New Game + time!!! After getting our Garment Grid back from Leblanc... again, we headed back to the Celsius and immediately headed to the Creature Creator... we ran some tournaments to level up some and more importantly grab 5 SP traps. With them we caught Leblanc, Ormi, Logos, Kimahri, and Lulu... doing so then unlocked Shinra in our Bestiary... and why is that important??? Well, I didn't know this, but now I do. Selecting Shinra in the Bestiary lets you IMMEDIATELY skip to the ending of the game! Woohoo!!!!

Stuff Did Today (FF XI): None

Status & Notes: 

Well, that is actualy a REALLY cool bonus for completing the Creature Creator. For a game that most likely people are going to have to play through more than once to get up to 100%, it is quite awesome to just be able to skip the rest of the game to go see the bonus ending. Yes, it requires a LOT of work catching all the monsters in the Creature Creator, but it still seems totally worth it.

Now, what's next, now that we're in NG+??? Well, I still obviously saved my previous file. This is important because I plan to use it just to obtain some leftover trophies I haven't gotten yet... because part of the playthrough is that I do plan on getting the Platinum Medal for the game. Also, I'm going to use the second playthrough as a method for learning Blue Bullet skills, which I completely ignored in my first playthrough. Now, yes, it does involve me actually going through the game a bunch to collect the Blue Bullets, but that's not really a big deal, we can still do pretty much a minimal playthrough and get everything we need. So, yeah, collect the rest of the Garment Grids we need, collect the trophies, collect all the Blue Bullet skills... and we'll move on to Last Mission...

As for the ending and my feelings about the plot... I'll talk about tomorrow...

UPDATE: yeah I am dumb. After doing some more research... I figure it will be a lot easier to do all the blue bullet stuff back in my chapter 5 file. I still have repair manuals and I can learn the rest in the fiend arena. Sure ill have to go back through the end of the game again and farm the sp traps but in the end this will be far quicker.