Dark Night

Dark Knight

Dark Knight

All the special dresspheres were pretty crappy aside from looking neat.

Dark Knight

All the special dresspheres were pretty useless aside from looking neat.

corrected =)

Dark Knight-8
Florall Fallal-2

I really thought FF would put up more of a fight then that, Dark Knight very easily goes through.

10. Beserker: Obtained by saving the Travel Agency in Macalania in Chpt 3, Beserker gives the choosen character a very feral look, and with some intresting attacks to boot, it is one of the better dresspheres.

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13. Mascot: Obtained from Barkeep in Chpt 5, this dressphere gives you choosen girl a companion which performs all sorts of strange attacks. Not a hugely powerful or useful dressphere, but intresting nonetheless.

Fight!

Berserker I found the Mascot sphere a bit extreme as they recieved some powerful attacks and it was just stupid.

Where as the Berserker looked good, Had some good attacks, and was a hell of a lot more interesting imo.

Beserker never got mascot so good riddance.

Mascot

Mascot was a lot more fun.

ignore

Mascot

Mascot --- actually both Yuna and Paine get extremely useful abilities with this that do pretty strong five digit damage. Add super high HP and defense, Ribbon ability and access to two other ability sets and this is really useful. Plus, it's funny.

I never did get "Mascot" ever, so I'll have to go with Berserker.

Mascot --- actually both Yuna and Paine get extremely useful abilities with this that do pretty strong five digit damage. Add super high HP and defense, Ribbon ability and access to two other ability sets and this is really useful. Plus, it's funny.

macot, strong ..

btw dark knight > floral fallall ? :S

Dark Knight pwns

Mascot

Beserker-3
Mascot-7

Easy win for Mascot there, never in any real danger.

4. Warrior: Paine's default dressphere, and a pretty powerful one at that.

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16. Full Throttle: Paine's special dressphere, obtained in Macalania, like Florall Fallal, it is pretty crazy looking, and likewise has some pretty powerful and impressive attacks.

Fight!

Full Throttle I thought was definitely the most powerful special dressphere and so it gets my vote. Warrior really actually isn't all that impressive --- many of the other "fighting" class dresspheres are more useful.

P.S.: I wrote earlier that I thought it was the most powerful dressphere. That was a mistake --- I meant "most powerful special dressphere."

I actually didn't think as highly of Full Throttle as Agent, but it still trumps Warrior.

Full throttle warrior was to blan.

Full Throttle.

Full Throttle

Im just adding to the Full Throttle Votes as it chops warrior to bits(lol see what I did there)

Warrior plz.

Full Throttle smokes Warrior.

Full Throttle is a bit annoying but it still is better than the default Warrior

I liked Full Throttle but as with other special dresspheres was annoyed that you had to go through several spherechanges before being able to access it which took up a lot of time in battle. However, it was pretty much unbeatable once I'd powered it up with double/triple HP.

Warrior was a solid dressphere that I used through pretty much the whole game with Paine, and Excalibur was a damn useful attack at lower levels. I found it to be quite versatile too and for that it gets my vote. Warrior it is.

On FFX Rumble:

Only bold the one you're voting for. The way you did that is going to be really confusing for the person counting the votes. Frankly, if I was running this rumble, I would simply discount your vote and not even take the time to figure it out.

Agent0042 ;-) I had not seen Prak's post in the other thread at that time.

Like all of the special dresspheres, Full Throttle sucked enormously. Warrior.

Full Throttle is a bit annoying but it still is better than the default Warrior

Full Throttle-10
Warrior-3

More then a 3:1 victory for Full Throttle there, very one-sided indeed!

Round 1, Battle 7:

6. White Mage: Obtained after sucessfully completing the mission in Zanarkand, in Chapter 1, White Mage will be familar with those who have played previous FF titles.

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3. Thief: Rikku's default dressphere, and leaves very little to the imagination! All sorts of thief related attacks(Steal, Mug etc etc) are par for the course here.

Fight!

Don't really care much this time, so I'll say Thief, cos skimpier.

White Mage Cause life saver when building up crappier dresspheres

White Mage

White Mage saved my ass many a time.

Thief

White Mage 'cuz cheapness.

I only ever used the White Mage dressphere to heal in the field, so Thief for me.

Thief, so fast, dual attacks, and some nice skills. Not my fav dressphere though...

Thief --- had some interesting and useful abilities in this one. White Mage in this game actually quick became non-useful as compared with Alchemist.

Thief-5
White Mage-4

Thief steals(see what I did there, lol) it by a single vote!

Round 1, Battle 8:

7. Gun Mage: Obtained from the Battle Arena, Gun Mage is not as useful as Gunner, but still has some intresting attacks.

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14. Machina Maw: Rikku's special dressphere, obtained on Bikanel Island, like her fellow YRP members special dressphers, this one has many powerful and devastating attacks.

Fight!

I disliked Gun Mage more than Machina Maw, but I'm not fond of either.

Machina Maw.

Also not that it really matters but you get Gun Mage for doing the Hypello guarding task in Chapter 1 or the ticket selling task in Chapter 2. You don't get it from the battle arena.

Machina Maw by all means.

Machina Maw --- Blue Magic just wasn't great in this game.

Machina Maw for me to. Gun mage was a load of crap.

throughout my new game +'s, I always kept at least one character as Gun Mage. Intensely easy using 1000 Needles throughout first half of the game. And Storm Cannon, Annihilator, and Cry In The Night make the dressphere worthwhile.

I personally didn't find any of the specal dresspheres especially advantageous whatsoever.

Gun Mage, but only because it's harder to get than the special dress sphere. Getting Machina Maw through the main story makes it even shitter than having to shave the hypello.

Machina Maw; when I found out this dressphere is pretty idiot proof I smoked the entire game with it my first time around. I used it practically every boss battle and it never failed.

I disliked Gun Mage more than Machina Maw, but I'm not fond of either.

Agreed fully. Though I did max out Gunmage on Yuna, it's hardly worth using it.

Gun Mage, but only because it's harder to get than the special dress sphere. Getting Machina Maw through the main story makes it even shitter than having to shave the hypello.

Machina Maw is sweet

Like always, I detest all of the special dresspheres. Gun Mage.

Machina Maw.

Gun Mage

Gun Mage-5
Machina Maw-9

Comfortable win for Machina Maw there, it never looked in any real danger.

That's the end of Round 1, the 8 remaining are:

2. Songstress
3. Thief
9. Dark Knight
11. Lady Luck
12. Samurai
13. Mascot
14. Machina Maw
16. Full Throttle

Round 2, Battle 1:

12. Samurai: Defeating Alchemist in Round 1, Samurai will hope to chop its way through its next oppenent.

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2. Songstress: This unique dressphere, defeated Black Mage in Round 1, and when the votes are cast, Songstress will be hoping to sing a victory song once again.

Fight!

Songstress As I liked some of the attacks. They were quite beneficial of they were used while the other two had the right dresspheres on.

Songstress was far more powerful and infinitely more useful.

Samurai

Songstress was far more powerful and infinitely more useful.

Ah. Hmm. Songstress, I suppose.

Actually, I adore Samurai.

Samurai.

Seeing as a Songstress had no direct attacks, I'll go for Samurai. A lot of the Samurai's attacks were unique and nearly all were extremely powerful. It's a shame that Samurai had such little HP.

Songstress.

Songstress was infinitely more useful.

Actually, I adore Samurai.

Well you see the Songstress had some sweet moves, which could reduce MP cost to zero or inflict statuses on your enemies, but the Samurai was just cooler. And Rikku is smoking in her Samurai costume...

You're supposed to bold which one you picked, not both of them. -.-

As for myself, Songtress owned face. It's a very unique "class" if you think about it. It's not everyday your characters abilties are based on singing.

Oh, right. My Bad, I pick the Samurai. For reasons stated above and also, the fireworks skill is pretty cool.

Samurai-6
Songstress-7

Songstress scrapes through by a single vote!

Round 2, Battle 2:

11. Lady Luck: This unique dressphere will be hoping for more luck in this round, after disposing of Gunner in Round 1.

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9. Dark Knight: Lady Luck must over-come this poweful dressphere, and after walking all over Florall Fallall in impressive fashion in Round 1, Dark Knight will be keen to add another notch to its bedpost.

Fight!

Dark Knight. Lady Luck was just a bit unfortunate.

Yeah, Lady Luck was not nearly as certain, in terms of pulling off damage as the Dark Knight. I reckon, due to the high damage and excellent all-round stats that the Dark Knight is the better dress sphere.

Dark Knight ftw, actually.

Lady luck Dice was an amazing move

Lady Luck. I never did get used to the Dark Knight's (lack of) speed.

Lady Luck is so amazingly useful and beneficial, there's no way I'm not voting for it.

Those who are voting for Dark Knight obviously haven't discovered the pure joy of ZOMG EASY LADY LUCK RANDOM REELS 777 CONGRATS! INSTANT KILL ITEMS AND GIL GALORE!

Lady Luck is so amazingly useful and beneficial, there's no way I'm not voting for it.

Those who are voting for Dark Knight obviously haven't discovered the pure joy of ZOMG EASY LADY LUCK RANDOM REELS 777 CONGRATS! INSTANT KILL ITEMS AND GIL GALORE!

Lady Luck is so amazingly useful and beneficial, there's no way I'm not voting for it.

Those who are voting for Dark Knight obviously haven't discovered the pure joy of ZOMG EASY LADY LUCK RANDOM REELS 777 CONGRATS! INSTANT KILL ITEMS AND GIL GALORE!

Lady Luck is so amazingly useful and beneficial, there's no way I'm not voting for it.

Those who are voting for Dark Knight obviously haven't discovered the pure joy of ZOMG EASY LADY LUCK RANDOM REELS 777 CONGRATS! INSTANT KILL ITEMS AND GIL GALORE!

Dark Knight

Lady Luck is so amazingly useful and beneficial, there's no way I'm not voting for it.

Those who are voting for Dark Knight obviously haven't discovered the pure joy of ZOMG EASY LADY LUCK RANDOM REELS 777 CONGRATS! INSTANT KILL ITEMS AND GIL GALORE!

That was a great move, but it was difficult to pull off (unless you cheat and use pause). All the other times when you don't manage 777 Congrats!, you usually end up having your own party being attacked in some bizarre way which puts you at a disadvantage. I like my damage to be certain, much like the dark Knights darkness attack. Sure, it damages the character, but not critically like failing on the reels would. That's why I'd stick with my choice of Dark Knight.

Lady Luck

Lady Luck helped me out so much in FFX-2

dark knight its slow but has high def, and attack and darkness is really usefull.

Lady Luck-9
Dark Knight-6

A narrow win for Lady Luck there, and it takes its place in the last 4.

Round 2, Battle 3:

13. Mascot: This unique dressphere will be hoping for another scalp in this round, after surprisingly beating Beserker in Round 1.

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16. Full Throttle: Paines special dressphere, and after powering past Warrior in Round 1, Full Throttle will be hoping it has too much torque for Mascot to handle.

Fight!

Mascot

Oh, and Magester, of course you use Pause.

Mascot

Mascot

mascot

Mascot Because I didn like the whole Paine having swords for legs

Mascot

Jumpin' on da Mascot bandwagon.

Damn right, Mascot! Moogles are sexy! (Joking)

Jumpin' on da Mascot bandwagon.

Mascot

Mascot-11
Full Throttle-0

Wow a total wipeout, amazing!

Round 2, Battle 4:

3. Thief: After stealing victory from the jaws of defeat against White Mage in Round 1, this dressphere hopes to mug its oppenent in this battle.

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14. Machina Maw: It faces Rikkus special dressphere in this round however, and it hopes to avoid the same humiliation Full Throttle suffered in the last battle.

Fight!

Thief --- this one had some extra skills you don't find on a typical thief that kept it interesting.

Thief cos Machina Maw is useless.

Thief --- this one had some extra skills you don't find on a typical thief that kept it interesting.

Thief --- this one had some extra skills you don't find on a typical thief that kept it interesting.

Thief cos Machina Maw is useless.

Thief cos Machina Maw is useless and cheap.

Thief. It's a respectable dressphere, and Machina Maw is pure, unadulterated shit.

Fuck you niggers, Machina Maw plz.

Tricky for me. Thief is OK throughout the game, but Machina Maw is particularly useful for Chapters 2 and 3. I guess Thief, but only because it is much more accessible.

Thief.

Erm... uh... Thief?

Sorry folks, I kinda forgot about this, won't happen again. ;(

Anyways....

Thief-10
Machina Maw-1

Only Gina's non-conformist ways save Machina Maw from a total blow-out, and we're down to 4:

2. Songstress
3. Thief
11. Lady Luck
13. Mascot

Semi-final 1:

2. Songstress

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11. Lady Luck

No introductions are needed at this point, the gloves are off and blood will fly.

Fight!

Yeesh this is a toughie two of my favorites.

Well im gonna say Lady Luck Simply because of dice

Lady Luck.

Lady Luck

Also, I should nip in at this point and say i'm going to do Bosses as the next rumble.

Bosses, eh? Cool.

Anyway, for this battle, strongly and emphatically Lady Luck. Lady Luck, FTW, really.

Ouch. I really hate to see these two up against each other this soon. I don't really care which one wins, as I like them both equally, so I'll vote Songstress simply because I want it to be a close battle.

Need a few more votes here before I update ;(

Ouch. I really hate to see these two up against each other this soon. I don't really care which one wins, as I like them both equally, so I'll vote Songstress simply because I want it to be a close battle.

Songstress.

Songtress plz

Lady Luck

Lady Luck-5
Songstress-4

Despite the low amount of votes, Lady Luck is our first finalist!

Semi-final 2:

13. Mascot

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3. Thief

Fight!

Mascot, cos funny.

Another for Mascot, 'cause also very useful.

Mascot

Teif the concept of stealig life is HI-larious.

Mascot

Mascot

Thief

Mascot

Mascot-7
Thief-2

Mascot romps to victory and makes the final!

Final:

This is it, 16 dresspheres started out, only 2 remain.

Lady Luck:

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Mascot:

Fight!

Wow, were at the final? I didn't even realize. My favorite and my best choice throughout --- Lady Luck over Mascot for all of the levels, gil and other good it brings you.

Probably the most difficult battle so far. I don't really care which goes through (as I like them both), but to even the score I'll vote for Mascot.

They both suck, IMO, but Lady Luck is definately better than Mascot.

Lady Luck

Lady Luck b/c of Congrats.

Lady Luck Again for Dice

Mascot

Mascot.

Lady Luck

cos sluts

Lady Luck

Lady Luck

cos sluts

Haha oh man you crack me up<3<3<3

Lady Luck-7
Mascot-3

Alright, thats a win for Lady Luck, and a win overall. Amazing.

Ok, im taking suggestions for the next rumble now, suggest away~

I did Best Missions in the old version of this once. Might be fun to try it again.

That sounds like a good idea.

Sounds like a pretty nifty idea actually.

Ok, i'll try and get something up in the next few days. I'm uber busy lately though, so be patient.

Okay, looking forward to it.

Feel free to suggest me some missions guys by the way!

Bryan --- I get the general impression that nobody is going to do nominations. I'd do some except that I'm afraid I'd probably just come up with stuff that I already used in the previous edition. You might want to just go ahead and put the list together yourself if nobody's going to post any nominations.

Yeah seems to make sense dude. I was gonna post some but I cant think of the proper names.

Hmm, if you just wanna post basic descriptions, I think I should be able to come up with the names.

It's no problem fellas, I can dig out the X-2 guide I got free when I got the game to help me out. I'll get something up either later or tommorow.

Excellent, thanks! Looking forward to the new edition then.


P.S.: Is that the BradyGames guide that you got?

Oh yeah I completly forgot I have the official ffx-2 guide at home so I can give ya some more if ya need Bryan. Unless you have the same guide in which case NERRRRRRRRRR:-P

Agent0042: Nope, its the offical guide apperently.
Xander: Yes, yes I am nerd, proud of it too :-*

Hrm --- the official guide? You mean written by Square-Enix or something? Who's the publisher? Because my guide is by BradyGames and I'm pretty sure it says on it that it's the "official guide."

I think there are two versions, but on the guides that I own, they are all marked from Authorised Collection.com except for the FFVII Guide which is marked from BradyGames. I'd like to add that the FFVII Guide is the worst too. It has many errors and is not as in-depth as the other guides. My advice is that if you want a good guide, make sure that it has Authorised Collection labelled on it.

Ok, lets get this going. I've got a list of 32 missions, drawn them off and we can start now.

Battle 1:

18. Follow that O'aka!(Chpt 1): Hounded by Al Bhed creditors, O'aka is on the run, you can catch him and do two things: Turn him over to the Al Bhed, or hide him aboard the Celsius, and help clear his debt, which if you manage to do so, he opens a shop selling a lot of very useful items.

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16. Foggy Fiend Frenzy(Chpt 1): Essentially, a gauntlet from Mushroom Rock Road to Youth League headquarters, fighting your way through fiends. You can reach the Den of Woe for the first time and meet Nooj for the first time also.

Fight!

Let's do one for Follow that O'aka. It wasn't all that great, but I found it more fun than the Foggy Fiend Frenzy overall. That one just got annoying after a while.


BTW --- I think the IX strategy guide is generally considered the worst, because it keeps referring to information at PlayOnline and that info isn't even available anymore.

Follow That O'aka for the same reasons as Agent.

Hrm --- the official guide? You mean written by Square-Enix or something? Who's the publisher? Because my guide is by BradyGames and I'm pretty sure it says on it that it's the "official guide."

The one I have is wrote by Square-Enix and im assuming its the same as Bryans.

Also Good for you my Nerdy friend :-*

Follow That O'aka for me

Follow That O'aka

Follow That O'aka for the same reasons as Agent.

Let's do one for Follow that O'aka. It wasn't all that great, but I found it more fun than the Foggy Fiend Frenzy overall. That one just got annoying after a while.

anyone else to vote?

Follow That O'aka

Let's do one for Follow that O'aka. It wasn't all that great, but I found it more fun than the Foggy Fiend Frenzy overall. That one just got annoying after a while.

Follow That O'aka for the same reasons as Agent.

Follow That O'aka for the same reasons as Agent.

Ok, lets see whats what.

Follow That O'aka-10
Foggy Fiend Frenzy-0

A total whitewash for our first battle! Hopefully not a sign of things to come.

Battle 2:

31. Masterpiece Theatre(Chpt 5): Very intresting mission this one. The Al Bhed build a very strong machina which you can fight, and by digging up parts on Bikanel Island, can make increasinly more powerful. Once it reaches its maximum, it goes awry and you are forced to fight it.

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6. Water Are We Doing Here?(Chpt2): Short and sweet. Simply go to the Oasis on Bikanel Island, where you fight Logos and steal a syndicate uniform. Machina Maw is obtained here also.

Water we doing here that stupid monster you can fight in the desert is pointless.

Masterpiece Theatre for me.

Getting a shitty special dress sphere so very easily versus the Al Bhed proving their stupidity. I think its got to be Masterpiece Theatre...

I definitely have to go for Masterpiece Theatre.

Water We Doing Here, because finding all of the repair manuals for Masterpiece Theatre is a total bitch.

Water Are We Doing Here because it's my favourite kind of mission - a short one.

forgive the delay folks, what with me being away and busy and all that. ill get this going again tommorow.

Whoo-hoo, rumble time again.

Getting a shitty special dress sphere so very easily versus the Al Bhed proving their stupidity. I think its got to be Masterpiece Theatre...

Water We Doing Here, because finding all of the repair manuals for Masterpiece Theatre is a total bitch.
OMG yes.

Water Are We Doing Here; Machina Maw wins, not to mention a simple mission.

Ok folks, terribly sorry about the long delay in getting this going again. I'll get this back to being updated every 2/3 days once again.

Ok...

Water Are We Doing Here-5
Masterpiece Theatre-4

WAWDH nicks it by a solitary vote in the end!

Battle 3:

Concert Clean-Up: A fairly short mission, in which you are required to eliminate fiends in a cavern in the Thunder Plains, in order for Yuna to safely perform her concert. You fight the boss Zalamander here.

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Battle Blockade: The Ronso, seeking vengence against the Guado for Maester Seymours atrocities, are carrying out an invasion against their enemy. It is up to Yuna and company to confront Garik, and try and prevent him from carrying out the massacre.

Fight!

Battle Blockade

Battle Blockade

Concert Clean-Up

Battle Blockade

Battle Blockade --- Concert Clean-Up (actually, isn't that Conshert Cleanup?) was required and too easy a boss to fight.

Concert Clean-up

Concert Clean-Up. I can't seem to remember the other one.

Battle Blockade

Battle Blockade, because getting Garik to use Mighty Guard on you was quite a challenge.

Could care less but I like Kimhari.
Battle Blockade

Concert Clean-Up.

Battle Blockade, as there were some annoying armoured fiends in the concert clean-up.

Concert Clean-Up-4
Battle Blockade-8

A 2:1 win for BB there, and it advances to round 2.

Battle 4:

Tourist Trap: Taking place in the cave located on the gorge just north of the Calm Lands. You are required to rescue the tourists trapped in the fiend infested cave, and defeat Yojimbo. Not an easy battle.

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YRP, The Scalpers Three!: At the Moonflow, the girls are required to sell all the tickets for an upcoming production by Tobli. Done correctly, a tasty profit and a dressphere are your reward.

Fight!

Tourist Trap

Tourist Trap~

Tourist Trap

I'm going with Tourist Trap because it was rather involved and kinda interesting at times. Whereas the other is more "go here, do this."

Tourist Trap, because for the other, you basically needed the guide to tell the most profit you could make from everyone.

Thanks for reminding me of that, Olde. I really can't stand stuff like that, so it bewilders me how I managed to forget about it in this case. Oh well, vote edited.

I'm going with Tourist Trap because it was rather involved and kinda interesting at times. Whereas the other is more "go here, do this."

Tourist Trap

Where are ye, Diablo? It's been over a month.

yeah, i pretty much dont have the time and dedication to keep this going. the doors open for anyone that wants to give it a go.

Tourist Trap

Tourist Trap

There's no point in voting, not unless somebody intends to take over management duties. Diablo said he won't be managing this anymore.