'nuff said. :)

What was your final playtime?

confused.

Order of Ambrosia is the highest clan rank. You have to do everything under god's creation to get it. Well, almost everything. You'll get there, Smarties. I will too, once I feel like going back to finish the hunts and bestiary.

Oooh, I'm currently training it's hard to keep everyone a high level, I mean I had to fight tiamat with lvl 20 characters, but I did it... somehow. I'm a rear guard now though. lol, rear guard.

If you do every hunt and side-quest as they become available, you really won't spend much time outright grinding for levels. I can only think of two occassions when I really hit it hard (in the Estersand [20 hours at the beginning of the game] and in Barheim [I made obscene amounts of money on the undead]) and I'm 80 (Penelo)/70s (everybody else).

Penelos your highest character, I think you've gone a ga for penelo, Balthier's my highest character, only because in the henne mines he was the only one who survived a flan onslaught.

Smarties, I'd ask you where you've been, but you made my sig for chrissakes :p

I thought it was just an infatuation but your obsessed, Humes are nothing but trouble. Especially those from Dalmasca.

Yes, I obsess. It's what I do. Humes are where it's at, yo. I like Ashe too, just not nearly as much as I like Penelo.

I find ashe rude but Vaan should still tap that, Vulnerable widows ftw.

Vaan definitely should tap that........
And ashe so wants him..................
who do you think Vaan would go for, ashe or penelo????

Nice job getting that far. I'm only a Knight of the Round, just one more clan rank up to go as far as I know. I think getting all the sky pirates den awards will be the hardest thing to do if I want to get to order of Ambrosia.

I don't know my final playtime...maybe 160 hours? I haven't finished it yet in this playthrough...don't know if I will.

I leveled up my characters to 70-80 before I even thought about doing the rare-game sidequest. Now I wish I had done that first, because it was really boring yesterday running around spawning super-rare monsters that I could two-shot with the tournesol + zodiac spear.

I found out after I had fully completed half of the bestiary that you don't need to complete the information pages, you just need to kill one of each monster to get the initial entry to show up.

The only thing I didn't do (besides the more mundane sidequests like racing or cockatrice quests) was get the wyrmhero blade, and that was on principle. I beat yiazmat, I pwned omega, I wasn't going to spend god knows how long doing that damn fishing game. (Reminded me too much of those lightning towers in FFX-2). Not to mention that, by that time, it's completely worthless anyway.

Final inventory:
Grand Helm - 1 (which is easier to get than you'd think...though I got it on the 1st drop. Still, easier than Danjuro.)
Grand Armor - 1
Circlet - 2
Lordly Robes - 2
Zodiac Escutcheon - 1
Ensanguined Shield - 1 (good for spawning some rare game)
Zodiac Spear - 1
Tournesol
Masamune - 1
Yagyu Darkblade - 2 (worthless, used on in Yiazmat fight but should have gotten another masamune)
Danjuro - 1 (worthless, but after spending hours getting it, I made penelo use it anyway)
Durandal
Stoneblade
Sagittarius + Artemis Arrows or Assassin's Arrows (unnecessary, but I wanted a ranger on my team)
Whale Whisker
Volcano (worthless, used once)
Fomalhaut - 2 (worthless by endgame)
Staff of Magi - 1 (good for Yiazmat battle)
Euclid's Sextant - 1 (measures are worthless)
Rod of Faith (worthless)
Ultima Blade - 2
Excalibur
Main Gauche - 3 (awesome for those freakin' henne mines bats!)
Ribbon - 1 (godsend)
Plus a ton of other crap I haven't sold off yet (random treasure weapons, black/white masks, etc).

I've got 2+ million gil, almost 5 million clan points, all grimoires, all sky pirate's den figures (I was afraid that I wouldn't get Dalan and I'd have to backtrack across the ENTIRE map, but he showed up right on cue. *whew*), and a whole butt-load of knots of rust (can't imagine I'll be using any more dark matters). By no means is this a "complete game," I'm not that insane. :)

Vaan - 83 - Masamune, Genji Gloves
Balthier - 83 - Tournesol
Fran - 82 - Sagittarius + Artemis Arrows, Lordly Robes, Circlet
Basch - 84 - Zodiac Spear, Grand Armor/Helm
Ashe - 87 - Durandal + Demon Shield, Dueling Mask, Ribbon
Penelo - 82 - Danjuro + Zodiac Escutcheon, Lordly Robes, Circlet

With Amber Armlet equipped, Balthier could do 5k+ damage. I'm thinking of fighting the end boss with a single unarmed character. XD Just to make it interesting.

Nice job getting that far. I'm only a Knight of the Round, just one more clan rank up to go as far as I know. I think getting all the sky pirates den awards will be the hardest thing to do if I want to get to order of Ambrosia.

Err, forgot to post this.

Actually, the SP figures aren't that hard...many of them are for defeating bosses. The worst one for me was Gabranth...I spent like 3 1/2 hours the other night trying to get all those damn concurrences, which, if you used quickenings regularly (I didn't), you may be close to having anyway.
And don't worry about the Mythril sword/blade. I thought they were required for something, but they're not.

Anyway, now I can get back to real life, right? (heh)

Did you find getting the figure for compleating every map difficult or easy????
Is there any easy way of checking if you have the complete map of each area without going to that area.

Did you find getting the figure for compleating every map difficult or easy????
Is there any easy way of checking if you have the complete map of each area without going to that area.

It turned out to be pretty easy. I had to go through Pharos again, but I was there to chain Towers anyway. (Pharos Subterra has no map for the corner areas).

To see your maps, go to World Map in the game menu, and select the area you want to check. If you have any incomplete borders/gray areas, or if the connecting lines don't connect anywhere, then it's incomplete. www.ff12maps.com has all of the maps with the treasures/traps/map urns on them. Make sure you've covered both Giza-rains and Giza-dry, and get the candles for Henne, Lhusu, Barheim, and Garamsythe. I don't think Nalbina Dungeons or Draklor count towards completion.

You got Order of Ambrosia?! That's great!

Order of Ambrosia ranking is the most ultimate achievement in the game right? Because it includes all Clan Hunts, Club Hunts, beating Omega Mark XII, and other stuff right?

I'm now motivated to continue playing this game to 100% and getting that ranking. I've been playing since December, off and on, I'm 118 hours into it I think. I may end up playing this game occasionally while I beat other rpg's until Nov 20th(when Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings for Nintendo DS comes out and I'm buying it that day and I HAVE to be done with Final Fantasy XII by that time).

I think I'll do this...
Gradually spend time on FF XII beating it with 100% of sidequests, must be done by November 20th
Beat Rogue Galaxy(which I own and have played some of it) by Aug 28th
Get Blue Dragon on Aug 28th and beat it by Oct 1st
Get The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass on Oct 1st and beat it by Oct 30th
Get Lost Odyssey on Oct 30th and beat it by Nov 20th
Get Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings on Nov 20th, probably finish it with 100% sidequests...

Future games for next spring possibly: Alundra 1, Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core, ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat, Cry On. Not sure if I want to beat Mass Effect or White Knight Story though.

Wow, you seem to be super organised!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fair play to you though, Im just too lazy for any of that stuff, allthough I am very close to getting order of ambrosia.
I just played it whenever I got the urge. Worked for me, Hope you achieve your deadlines. Someone that organised has to get to order of amborsia

You got Order of Ambrosia?! That's great!

Order of Ambrosia ranking is the most ultimate achievement in the game right? Because it includes all Clan Hunts, Club Hunts, beating Omega Mark XII, and other stuff right?

I'm now motivated to continue playing this game to 100% and getting that ranking. I've been playing since December, off and on, I'm 118 hours into it I think. I may end up playing this game occasionally while I beat other rpg's until Nov 20th(when Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings for Nintendo DS comes out and I'm buying it that day and I HAVE to be done with Final Fantasy XII by that time).

I think I'll do this...



Lol, you sound committed, now. ;)

OoA is actually not too bad...finish all marks, collect every sky pirate figure, and get 1,000,000 clan points (which is a snap). There are plenty of crazy folks out there (or more likely, people without jobs :) ) who would not consider OoA as the "ultimate game," at least, not without all characters at 99, 6 grand armors/helms, 6 zodiac spears, 99,999,999 gil, 99,999,999,999 clan points, etc etc. Bleh, I can't imagine grinding out all that (besides the fact that you'd need to open that Henne Mines zodiac spear chest ~6000 times!)

There are plenty of crazy folks out there (or more likely, people without jobs :) ) who would not consider OoA as the "ultimate game," at least, not without all characters at 99, 6 grand armors/helms, 6 zodiac spears, 99,999,999 gil, 99,999,999,999 clan points, etc etc.

I cant imagine anyone who is attempting this feat and trying to lead a healthy sociable life, the two just cant be done simultaniously.

I cant imagine anyone who is attempting this feat and trying to lead a healthy sociable life, the two just cant be done simultaniously.

QFT. I've always felt this way. When I go back, I'm not even worrying about any drops. I'm just shooting for OoA.

FF needs more online capabilities, If FFXII had online my god would that be great. You could invite guests, Everyone had their own set of gambits, Your guests could turn on you *sigh* bliss.

Thats the way to do it. Except for the tournesol, if your going for OoA, that how I feel anyway

I admit it, I had fun doing some of the time-consuming stuff, like getting the Danjuro or the YDB. But I tried going for something in the Henne mines, and I opened the chest and reset something like 80 times, then realized how fucking sad my life had become. I had to stop.

Actually, I finished the game last night, with just unarmed characters. It was funny as hell, Basch was running around the Bahamut, killing all the imperial guards by just striking them once with his fist. Lmao. He was like *Chuck Norris* bad-ass. :) I should have recorded it and put it on youtube.

Thats the way to do it. Except for the tournesol, if your going for OoA, that how I feel anyway

Oh, I've already got the Tournesol. Big difference between weapon drops and loot drops. I've synthed almost every item in the Bazaar and I will finish the last.....checks list.....6 items.

I'm a big fan of synthesizing :D

Currently I'm only playing FF XII sometimes. I'm focusing my rpg time on beating Rogue Galaxy. It will take less hours for me to beat Rogue Galaxy with no sidequests(which was my original intention) than for me to finish FF XII with 100% of sidequests including Order of Ambrosia. I gotta finish one of them by August 28th(when Blue Dragon comes out) and it turns out to be Rogue Galaxy.

I'm starting Chapter 6(The Guide) in Rogue Galaxy just now and I can't remember most of the story of the game, which is annoying. Apparently I'm looking for a tablet. :D

You plan your life around video games, huh?

Currently I'm only playing FF XII sometimes. I'm focusing my rpg time on beating Rogue Galaxy. It will take less hours for me to beat Rogue Galaxy with no sidequests(which was my original intention) than for me to finish FF XII with 100% of sidequests including Order of Ambrosia. I gotta finish one of them by August 28th(when Blue Dragon comes out) and it turns out to be Rogue Galaxy.

I'm starting Chapter 6(The Guide) in Rogue Galaxy just now and I can't remember most of the story of the game, which is annoying. Apparently I'm looking for a tablet. :D

A lot of the sidequests in FFXII are just lame and have nothing to do with the story. I only did hunt club, mark hunting, and the 1st half of the fishing game (just to see what was at the end of all the clues...it was totally worth it, too btw).

I am having trouble with the fishing thing. I dont' get any "notes" in the bottles, maybe I did something wrong. Anyways I'm delaying that quest. Currently I am leveling up in the Henne Mines, I'm at Level 53. I need to gain a few more levels before I can continue with the sidequests.

How many hours would it take to get all the "club hunts"(not clan hunts) done?

Fishing isn't all that difficult really. I made a thread bitchin' about it a while back, but overall it wasn't that big of a deal. I've done much more monumental, aggravating and time consuming things (Yeah, I'm talking about the chocobo trainer in X).

Fishing isn't all that difficult really. I made a thread bitchin' about it a while back, but overall it wasn't that big of a deal. I've done much more monumental, aggravating and time consuming things (Yeah, I'm talking about the chocobo trainer in X).

Oh god, the chocobo trainer!

Dragonsoul: The notes are found in the Blue, Red, Green, Yellow and Black bottles. You need to be fishing in the upstream region.

And the club hunts aren't too terrible...I'd already completed about 30 of them by the time I actually started looking for them. I figure if you've got a Sunday afternoon/evening to blow, you could probably get it mostly done.

The chocobo trainer now that was tough going. I still penance the most difficult. Thank god for auto phoenix!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank god for living in America. No Penence or Dark Aeons in sight :p

What, there was no dark aeons in the american version????????????????
Thats just not fair...... They are THE toughest final fantasy bosses of all time.
But im kinda happy there there. It gives you a challenge withouth having to make up your own challenges e.g. FF12 solo no gambits.

I'm on the quest right now.

Completing the Bestiory is probably the hardest "quest" to comlete. And not even because of Yiazmat or Omega Mark XII. It's because of the Level 99 Chocobo. I've spend hours on no end trying to get him to spawn (kill atleast 6 Chocobos on the Ozmone Plane, and it'll apear in Haulo Green). If it doesn't appear you have to actually move two screens away and run back.

God I hate this so much.

You cant quote me on this but Im almost positive you dont need the lv 99 red chocobo to complete the bestiary

Yeah, 99 Red is covered by the Omnibus chocobo entry.

Ha ha ha ha. Looks like you just wasted a shit load of time looking for something that you dont even need to do. Ah well............. At least you know now

Yeah, you don't need the chocobo.

But if you're set on getting a Ribbon, another way to kill the chocobos is to do the following:


1. Kill all six chocobos on the Hualo green.
2. Zone away two screens.
3. When you come back, use Break on one group of chocobos. Once they've turned to stone, run across the area to the other group. Petrify them. Once they've turned to stone, run back to where the first group was, and they will have re-spawned. Keep doing that until a Lvl 99 shows up.

I'm not sure how much time this saves, since you still have to wait for each one to petrify.

Dragonsoul: The notes are found in the Blue, Red, Green, Yellow and Black bottles. You need to be fishing in the upstream region.

Great! :D

By the way, currently I'm listening to this song...

Kohei Tanaka - The Wind That Shook The Earth

It's the overworld theme from the Alundra 1 action rpg for Playstation 1 from 1998. Alundra 1 is like the Sega Genesis early-mid 90's action rpg Landstalker and is developed by the same team. It's basically like The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past in style except the puzzles are extremely hard and rank it as one of the hardest games of all time to beat. Also the focus is on getting rid of demons/monsters from people's nightmares so that they don't get killed by them or something. I need to finish it! :)

Sounds tough, is it enjoyable or just exteremly difficult

This is a great game and extremely difficult! :D

This is a classic game. It's about the same popularity at that time as Rogue Galaxy and Odin Sphere are this year I think. It's not something too forgetable but not something that's a block buster like Blue Dragon or Bioshock. You buy it! :D

Download the soundtrack! It's hard to get the soundtrack online though, some places have a ftp login where you can download it all. Check out rpgamer.com website.

This is a great game and extremely difficult! :D

This is a classic game. It's about the same popularity at that time as Rogue Galaxy and Odin Sphere are this year I think. It's not something too forgetable but not something that's a block buster like Blue Dragon or Bioshock. You buy it! :D

Download the soundtrack! It's hard to get the soundtrack online though, some places have a ftp login where you can download it all. Check out rpgamer.com website.

Sorry but Im not one for listening to game soundtracks............. Id be in it more for the gameplay.Sounds like a good game but if its for ps 1 it would be pretty hard to get..
I just spent the last 6 months looking for a copy of ff7 but no luck so eventually I just bought the PC version off ebay :) :)

Thank god for living in America. No Penence or Dark Aeons in sight :p

haha if you thought they were hard u might already know but u can kill them with yojimbo if ur boring like me lmao

Man, Zanmato is the pussy way out. To beat them without Zanmato takes real determination!!!!!

Man, Zanmato is the pussy way out. To beat them without Zanmato takes real determination!!!!!

its true im a pussy lmao
yhh i beat penance without zanmato takes time though and it doesnt help either cuz in penance's second form because of his instant kill attack a nightmare or what lol
o well i killed it i am happy :)

I've also managed to reach the Order of Ambrosia Rank. Took... a lot of time and commitment out of me. Lol time and commitment that I should've spent on things more meaningful such as school.. and the like. Anyway I've pretty much collected all the weapons except the Zodiac Spear. And I apologize but I didnt mean to brag. But has anyone here actually found it in the Henne Mines secret passage? I mean its appearance rate is ridiculous.

I'm getting pretty excited, I will finish getting up to Level 99 in ten hours, then I only have 25 hours left to finish all the sidequests and beat the game! :)

After this is done, I'll play Alundra 1. I am not sure if Lost Odyssey will come out soon, it may be delayed. Anyways, I already have Mass Effect reserved for me. :)
p.s. I returned my Blue Dragon rental today, and am awaiting Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1 rental.

I see. Well good luck in raising your team to Lv99 and completing any remaining sidequests of the game.

Alundra 1, I've never heard of that game. How was Blue Dragon by the way.

Oh by the way, am I suppost to "quote" your comment or post another quick reply? Sorry.

I see. Well good luck in raising your team to Lv99 and completing any remaining sidequests of the game.

Alundra 1, I've never heard of that game. How was Blue Dragon by the way.

Oh by the way, am I suppost to "quote" your comment or post another quick reply? Sorry.

Nevermind.

Alundra 1 is very similar to the Landstalker Genesis action rpg from early-mid 90's. It's like Zelda 3 but with extremely hard puzzles. It's great! It had some popularity.

I have a thread on the rpg forum about Blue Dragon, check it out, I was disappointed with Blue Dragon unfortunately.

You don't need to quote me if I am the last poster. :D

Getting OoA wasn't as difficult as I thought it had been, it was the same with the Wyrmhero Blade when I had originally believed that that was impossible. But I was glad to have stuck in there for the both of them and got my just rewards. I would also have to say, out of all the figurines, Gabranth's takes the cake for the most frustrating and annoying to obtain, particularly when speaking of the concurrence Whiteout. I don't know whether it was my method, or that Lady Luck wasn't smiling at me, but this one was a sure pita for me.

Gabranth never bothered me. In fact, I got all my concurrences, save Blackhole, with just Vaan and Penelo :)

What?! Tell me the secrets to getting Whiteout (if there are any you are aware of), I've got to at least know if I truly do suck at concurrences or that I've been wasting over 2 1/2 hrs on something that's not meant to take that long. Gaining 5 lvl 3 quickenings wasn't hard, the backbreaking stuff lies in being careful not to overdo the quickenings that would trigger other concurrences like Ark Blast etc. Getting this single concurrence was even longer than the Yiazmat fight lol and that was a b*tch in itself.

I can't remember off the top of my head, but I think White Out is 5 lvl 3s?

Someone who is still playing this game confirm or deny that, please.

Yes.

Have you done a Windburst? I am convinced the guide mixed it and Whiteout up.

Sorry about the posts shenanigans :o

There were 4 posts here a second ago. Screwy internet. My apologies, Agent.

Windburst is 5 lvl2 quickenings right? Ah nvm about it.

I was thinking about the one which is 3 of each level, which is Luminescence. At any rate, check out the Quickening guide at GameFAQs. I'd give you the link, but they won't allow direct links, so don't think I'm deliberately trying to be unhelpful.

I've run into many people who've had trouble with concurrences here in the subforums, and usually it is just a matter of keeping at it :(

I'll have a look thru it, thanks.

Gabranth was a challenge indeed. Such a pain as well.