Thought I'd start this up again, but with a slight twist! Only the MOST DIFFICULT questions can be posted in this thread!

I will start, setting the bar!

There is 1 and only 1 area where you can fight the enemy 'Tonberry', where is it and how much hp does it have?

There is 1 and only 1 area where you can fight the enemy 'Tonberry', where is it and how much hp does it have?

I think it's in the northern crater the first time you visit it before cloud gives him the black materia, in the part of the whirlwind maze, but you can't fight it there since the game is incomplete, you can only encounter it on the gold saucer and it has 15000 HP.

During the game , you can find "small shinra soldiers item ".
What's the point of them, and how you can collect them all.
That was the only big question for me.

During the game , you can find "small shinra soldiers item ".
What's the point of them, and how you can collect them all.
That was the only big question for me.

If you are referring to the '1/35 Soldier' item, there are plenty of rumor's about what they are for.

Taken from "The Final Fantasy VII Citadel, Rumors" (http://www.ff7citadel.com/rumors/r_misc.shtml#5).


5. 1/35 Soldier Ornaments
It is alleged if you collect twelve 1/35 soldiers and buy the house at Costa Del Sol, you can display these soldiers on a window sill as house ornaments.

6. 1/35 Soldier Bonus
If you obtain twelve 1/35 soldiers and play the strategy game at Fort Condor, you will receive an extra soldier unit to use.

There was a rumor that if you collected all 12 of them, and have a mythril bar, take it to the person who you get Aeris's 'Great Gospel' limit break from, he will take the items and tell you to come back later. When you do, he has a clone of Sephiroth there, dressed in white, who then decides to join you.

Those three are examples of BS rumors which have been debunked as false and do not exist/are not true. But to answer your question technosux:

Taken from the Versus Books 'The Completely Unauthorised Final Fantasy VII Ultimate Guide' by Casey Loe


1/35 Soldier

This item has absolutely no use. (Note that you cannot complete the whole "set of 12").

Find: Junon (x2)
Win: Gold Saucer Shooting Coaster
Buy: N/A
Sell: 25gil

I always found useless items frustrating, and in the case of FFVII, this is worse, because it let you think that you can collect 12 items.
I've replayed once the game, and was hoping to collect them all without luck.

Numerical answers, such as the amount of hp an enemy has, should be disallowed. It's an incredibly cheap way to come up with a difficult question, and the only way you find that out, really, is to read it in a guide or use sense, and who ever does that?

Well, there's a "relatively" hard question , is a about how to remove the countdown of Emerald Weapon. Seriously, without reading a guide, I think it's almost impossible to find the solution. There's absolutely no hint in the game, that would help for that.

When I fought Emerald Weapon (I played FFVII a few months ago, due to utter boredom in FFXI and other Xbox 360 games), I didn't use the Underwater Materia at all. Couldn't be bothered to go get it.

iirc... had Knights of the Round, W-Summon on one character (Cloud) and had Vincent and Red XIII with Mimic materia (Mastered). 6 shots of Knights of the Round... rinse and repeat.

@Xiahou Dun

I didn't use the Underwater Materia at all. Couldn't be bothered to go get it.
Getting the Underwater Materia isn't annoying, nor that hard at all; it's just that probability to get it is near zero, if you don't already know the solution.


6 shots of Knights of the Round... rinse and repeat.
I remind how this KOR was boring .... I try to vary each attack, I don't like to repeat endlessly same action.
In comparison, in FFX you have the option , to make shorter invocations.

Getting the Underwater Materia isn't annoying, nor that hard at all; it's just that probability to get it is near zero, if you don't already know the solution.

True, but it's not a necessarily needed item to fight Emerald Weapon though. It's sole purpose is to get rid of the thirty minute timer in that one battle. I'd rather have a HP Plus or MP Plus or any other Command materia etc in that slot, instead of a materia which isn't needed.


I remind how this KOR was boring .... I try to vary each attack, I don't like to repeat endlessly same action.

I don't use the 'KotR + W-Summon + Mimic (mastered) x2' strategy on every boss/fight. Against Emerald weapon you have to inflict as much damage as possible within a relatively short period of time. Granted KotR can be rather boring and monotonous to sit through... again... and again... and again. I found that for that one fight against Emerald weapon, who probably has around 1,000,000 HP, that the strategy I used was effective against it and did beat it within the time limit, with time to spare.


In comparison, in FFX you have the option , to make shorter invocations.

A valid point sure, as KotR as well as Eden (FFVIII) do have a horrendously long 'summon' time and being able to 'skip' the animation does speed things up. Still... remember FFVII is older than FFX by a good amount of time. I suppose SE didn't think of adding the ability to 'skip' the animation time for Summon monsters in earlier FF's until the PS2 generation.

Actually,from all the information I've read, Emerald Weapon has around 800 000 HP. Ruby Weapon is the one with 1 million HP. And Emerald's timer is only 20 minutes, not 30. ;)

They're still mind-numbing to fight though either way, although that's their whole reason for existence - to challenge players who have accomplished everything else in the game.

Anyway, here's a question that's sure to stump most players:

What is the only time and place in the game where you can gain the item Vagyrisk Claw, and what enemy drops it?

There are two times, both are at Fort Condor if you allow the enemy to breach the defences you initiate a battle with CMD Grand Horn, who you steal said item from.

Do you know how to get unlimited ether for free ?

There's two ways, there's a cave in the Great Glacier with an Ether. You pick up the Ether then while the -Received 'Ether'- caption is still up, leave and re-enter the cave and the Ether will still be there.

The other way is, of course, the W-Item cheat.

Hum , I think there's a better way.
Just use morph on the beachplugs near costa del sol.
You'll win in fact "turbo ether". That's pretty easy, and there's no cheating.

then thats a bad question... you should have asked something like "What is the weakest monster you can morph for a Turbo Ether" or something, what you asked was a very opinion-based question, no offence.

I didn't mention "morph", nor "turbo ether", because question would have been too easy.
Now try to reformulate my question without mentioning both.

Anyways, knowing that, was useful for me during the game.

There are two options when you first meet Aeris, one is "You're the flower girl." (or something with her selling flowers).

What is the other option you can choose?

And come on, no replaying the first couple of hours to find out! :)

The other one is "You're the Slum Drunk"

Actually, it's not the first time you 'meet' Aeris - she's shown in the very first seconds of the opening movie after all.

Not to mention Cloud also encounters her in the street in Sector 8 after the bombing of the Number 1 Reactor (where he can buy a flower from her or ignore her).

So that question isn't accurate, if we're being literal here. ;)

Actually, it's not the first time you 'meet' Aeris - she's shown in the very first seconds of the opening movie after all.

Not to mention Cloud also encounters her in the street in Sector 8 after the bombing of the Number 1 Reactor (where he can buy a flower from her or ignore her).

So that question isn't accurate, if we're being literal here. ;)

i wouldn't say you exactly "meet" her in the opening movie. I do however agree about meeting her on the street in sector 8 because that was a meeting of sorts and they talked, even if only for a few seconds.

i wouldn't say you exactly "meet" her in the opening movie. I do however agree about meeting her on the street in sector 8 because that was a meeting of sorts and they talked, even if only for a few seconds.

yes but you dont meet 'Aerith' / 'Aeris' there, you meet 'Flower Girl', she introduces herself after Cloud crashes through the roof and then when asked if you remember her there are two options;

"You're the girl selling flowers..."
-> "You're the slum drunk..." (select for lolz)

Well, an other question:
how do you get back to midgar on disc 2 or 3.
Anything special, you find when going back at aerith home ?
Any new items you could find , when going back to the town ?
Could you get back to the shinra thing ? (mako reactor, I think).

Actually, it's not the first time you 'meet' Aeris - she's shown in the very first seconds of the opening movie after all.
)

Yea sorry, I meant when you first learn her name in the church, as that's the first meaningful conversation with her IMO.


Well, an other question:
how do you get back to midgar on disc 2 or 3.
Anything special, you find when going back at aerith home ?
Any new items you could find , when going back to the town ?
Could you get back to the shinra thing ? (mako reactor, I think).

You can get back to Midgar by either advancing the storyline or by digging up a Sector.....5? key that would let you back in. And there are always new items when a storyline expands, its the RPG way! :)

Dig up the Sector 5 Key at Bone Village, then enter through the slums.
As long as you dont move, you see Aerith's ghost tending to the flowers.
You get Tifa's ultimate weapon 'Premium Heart' from the Item shop, and a 'Sneak Glove' from the weapons shop.
No, you can not return to the mako reactor.

7alentine answer is much better.

Yea sorry I can't be too descriptive with a vague question, I'll do my best next time?

Anyway, how many types of debuffs can you get in the Battle Square? (A debuff is a negative effect). I'm looking for a total number available, not how many times you can get one per contest.

im pretty sure its my turn Seru, considering i got the question correct...

but i'll answer yours anyway.

there is a total of 23 handicaps, 21 of which are negative;

1/2 MP, 1/2 HP, 1/2MP+HP, 1/2 Speed, 0 MP, -5lvl, -10lvl, Frog, Poison, Mini, Broken Weapon, Broken Item, Broken Armour, Broken Accessory, Stop Green Materia, Stop Blue Materia, Stop Yellow Materia, Stop Red Materia, Stop Purple Materia, Stop ALL Materia, TIMExDMG.

and NO, i did not look it up, i just love the Battle Arena!

Thats impressive I must say.

And I didn't know there were any rules to the questions, just when one was answered one was asked, thats my fault.

its usually the person who answers correctly that asks.

haha i was actually playing through FF7 a few hours before you asked that question.

my turn...

Emerald Weapon's -Aire Tam Storm- has a very specific damage calculation formula. Describe the formula as best you can.

Taken from Final Fantasy Wikia (http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Emerald_Weapon):

"Aire Tam" is actually "Materia" spelled backwards, which suggests that the attack has something to do with the party's equipped materia. It turns out that the attack deals damage to each character equal to the amount of materia equipped on them multiplied by 1,111. As such, having nine materia crystals or more equipped on a character meant certain death.

Found answer, after googling:
Damage to a character is determined by the amount of materia a character is holding, multiplied by 1111. For example, a character equipped with five materia will receive 5555 HP damage.
Does it mean that Emerald Weapon's is much easier to fight with less materias ?
I didn't know this.

Xiahou Dun is correct. Oh, and technosux you're not meant to google the answers, be fair and let people who actually know have the first shot at the answer.

All yours Xiahou Dun

Oh, and technosux you're not meant to google the answers,
It's been a long time I didn't play ff7, and wasn't forced at all to say I used google . Anyways, have fun .

Ultima Weapon, uses a attack called 'Ultima Beam', which is a unique attack. Please describe what makes this attack unique out of all the other offensive attacks ingame, as well as what element it is, what type of damage it inflicts and how to counter it.

I know there's more than one question above, but as they are all linked to the one effect, Ultima Beam, I think they still count.

Oh, and technosux you're not meant to google the answers, be fair and let people who actually know have the first shot at the answer.

Doesn't that also include looking it up on final fantasy wiki?

of course, unless noone has answered in like a day or so, noone is to look up the answers

That wasn't stated in the first post of this thread though... that you couldn't look up on Google (http://www.google.com), Final Fantasy Wikia (http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Wiki) or any other site right away for the answer, or after a set period of time you could etc. Granted some may already know that and take it for granted, others may not.

its basic courtesy. its called 'Trivia' not 'Quickest Googler Challange'

That seems a bit rich though 7alentine, where some of your earlier questions and answers were clearly taken directly from FAQs on GameFAQs, rather than from 'your own knowledge.' So, I think the argument on whether or not posters are not allowed to look online for answers is irrelevant.

As for XD's question, I've already discussed the answer with XD in detail over Windows Live Messenger the other day, but to clarify. Ultima Beam deals large non-elemental damage to all party members, so there is no way of actually getting a elemental resistance to it (just like Ultima itself). Using MBarrier or Shield would cut down the damage it deals significantly though.

There are rumours that 'non-elemental' is actually an 'element' in itself, but it's actually wrong. Non-elemental effects are exactly that, they're typeless magical damage, and usually using Shield or MBarrier spells is the only way to defend against it (or else Aeris's Great Gospel Limit Break, but that's not a legal way to defend against Ultima Beam in this case. ;)).

Anyway, I'm sorry if that has come across as harsh or nasty, as I'm not having a go at anyone here. I'm just wanting to clarify a few points that are inaccurate. :)

of course, unless noone has answered in like a day or so, noone is to look up the answers

Then, why did you not have a problem with it when someone posted, as an answer, a direct quote from final fantasy wiki?

Then, why did you not have a problem with it when someone posted, as an answer, a direct quote from final fantasy wiki?

Was wondering that myself.

because he did it like 3 hours after the question was posted.

Because XD is without internet at the moment, I'm going to go ahead and post a new question:

What location from FFVI is listed on a billboard on top of a building in Midgar's Sector 8? (The same place name is also seen on a small sign above a doorway in the same place in FFVII Crisis Core too for sharp-eyed players ;)).

@Enkidoh
well, if answer takes too long , you might provide a screenshot.

But that would be giving it away. :p

Oh alright, I'll give a clue.

For you FFVI fans, it is the place where Vargas gave Edgar and Terra a beat down not long into the game (before Sabin appears and promptly disposes of the misguided fool) ;)).

I see which place you mean , but it's because of your ff6 hint .
I prefer to let someone else answer until tomorrow
However I'm not against of getting a screenshot at the end.

Mmm, ok, the answer was Mt. Koltz I think, but I don't remind this on ff7. Probably because I played ff6 after ff7. I was quite surprised by ff6: I wasn't excepting a so good game. I quite like the graphic style, despite being "old generation".

because he did it like 3 hours after the question was posted.

Answering really fast and using sources against the rules is even worse. Did you really just not notice that he did that, or are you applying some kind of bizarre double-standard?

Technosux is correct. The place on the billboard in Sector 8 is 'Mount Koltz', an area from FFVI (the location of this billboard is in the second area of Sector 8 - the 'station square' area with the fountain and clock on the archway. However, the billboard is almost at right angles to the player's field of vision, located on the side of a building that faces the pathway down to the train tracks, and is quite hard to spot, but easy once you've noticed it.)

Go ahead and post a question when you're ready. :D

well, here's my question : at golden saucer there's a quite hard game, where you mount on a kind of "roller coaster" and shoot as much as possible targets.
What is the maximal price you can win (and by the way, have you been enough mad to win it).

Care to post the answer? I don't think anyone is going to get it.

@seru kai,
mmm ok, I was waiting until tomorrow, but since you have enough ...
The area, I was mentioning is in fact the "speed arena".
The best object you can win is Flayer a strong weapon for Cid.
Some people are saying that it's even stronger than Venus Gospel .
Unfortunately the "speed arena" game was just too hard for me , and I never got the skill to win such weapon.

I must think of an other question, then ?

It's been a couple days and there were no responses to the question, usually it's ok to move on. You can ask again if you'd like, I have nothing, and apparently no one else does either haha.

I guess it's hard to get a definitive answer , but here's this one for the "fun" (what an euphemism) .

How to get the fastest, powerful gold chocobo ? I mean a chocobo good to win all races at chocobo square. A gold chocobo with maximum stats.
I don't care of how getting a gold chocobo (breeding and so on) , but how to ensure it will be fast.

GOOOOOOOD Luck

Gameshark



/owned.

You have to suffer a bit more than that. For greatest pain, don't use google.

I despise google when it comes to trivia!

Don't you get a Gold Chocobo when you defeat Emerald Weapon? I've never done it, but I remember reading something like that. (NOT today) ;)

Again, I don't ask the fastest way to get a gold chocobo, but a gold chocobo that is fast.
How do you boost it speed ? I find a bit it's joke to defeat Emerald Weapon to get a Gold Chocobo, as usually having the KOR materia helps to fight him, and to get KOR, you must already have a Gold Chocobo. Never mind , I remind, when I've done the game, that I won a Gold Chocobo with better stats than one I've "created". Nevertheless there are few tricks to ensure to have a gold chocobo with good stats.
Give at least one.

I think you're referring to choosing the long course at Gold Saucer when racing the breeding chocobos, as this actually cuts down the amount of races you need to do to rank up your chocobo to S class, of which is one of the crucial factors that govern if you get a gold chocobo or not when breeding them.

Constantly feeding them the right sort of greens will also influence their stats too, but as it's been over ten years since I bred my gold chocobo, I can't remember! :p

Since I'm not looking for a perfect answer, but at least an answer, I will accept the one from Enkidoh.


Constantly feeding them the right sort of greens
The name is Sylkis green nuts. A littlle help from google, to refresh the memory is not
that wrong.

I've also read once, that breeding chocobos with good stats helps to get other chocobos with good stats. While creating your "gold" chocobo, you'd rather breed then chocobos with good stats.

I'm sure there's other "tricks", but that's enough .


it's been over ten years since I bred my gold chocobo,
More or less the same for me.

I know it's Enkidoh turn to ask a question, but got an idea, and find it relatively "nice".
So next time . In the official ff7 OST , there's a track called " Chasing the Black-Caped Man". Tell me in which location in the game, this music is played in background.

Now you can't use gameshark to answer this question.

That's easy.

It's a general 'dungeon' type piece, that plays in more than one location. The first place that I can remember it playing in is the Mythril Mines, but it also plays in the Cave of the Gi, the Sleeping Forest, the Ancient Frog Forest, and the underwater tunnel that runs between Junon and the Underwater Reactor. I think there are other places that it also plays in, but I can't remember. ;)

Anyway, now for my question.

Name the six 'gimmick' weapons for each character and where you can find them (a gimmick weapon is a weapon which has high damage, but no materia slots, and also is usually in the form of a mundane item not normally associated as being a weapon).

Most can be bought, later in the game, in Junon, post Meteor.

Cloud - Nail Bat. Temple of the Ancients.
Aeris/Aerith - Umbrella. Gold Saucer.
Tifa - Work Glove. Found in Temple of the Ancients.
Barret - Rocket Punch. Temple of the Ancients.
Red-XIII - Hairpin. Wutai.
Cait Sith - Trumpet Shell. Temple of the Ancients
Cid - Mop. Bone Village.
Yuffie - Superball. Find at Condor Fort.
Vincent - Silver Rifle. Find in Temple of the Ancients.

I don't care of how getting a gold chocobo (breeding and so on)



The name is Sylkis green nuts.
I've also read once, that breeding chocobos with good stats helps to get other chocobos with good stats. While creating your "gold" chocobo, you'd rather breed then chocobos with good stats.



I can tell you don't know English as a first language, or maybe you are just bad with grammar, but you ask for breeding shortcuts to get your chocobo, but say that you weren't interested in breeding for the answer? Really?

I'm not looking to start anything, just please don't ask such a weird question without the proper information/wording.

XD got it. Go ahead and post an answer when you're ready. :D

@Seru_Kai

I can tell you don't know English as a first language, or maybe you are just bad with grammar, but you ask for breeding shortcuts to get your chocobo, but say that you weren't interested in breeding for the answer? Really?
Yes, french is my first language. I said I was not interested in the breeding , except off course if you could give elements about how getting a gold chocobo with good statistics or speed. I didn't want explanations about how getting a gold chocobo, can't say it better sorry.

Ok... Name the two skills the Dragon Zombie can use in battle and describe them.

Shadow Flare: Does large non-elemental damage to a single target that ignores the character's defence. Ultimate Weapon also uses this attack as it's final 'death move'.
Pandora's Box: does enormous non-elemental damage to all targets. This is the ultimate Blue Magic, sorry! Enemy Skill, available in FFVII.

Unfortunately, there is a variable hidden in the programming that ensures that only the first Dragon Zombie you encounter will cast it. Once that one casts it, the variable changes ensuring the Dragon Zombies will never again cast it. So you have to be ready to face them if you want to get all 4 Enemy Skill Materias with the spell (you can actually equip them all to one character - as long as none of the materias have that spell, you'll learn it on all of them, :D).

Got it right Enkidoh. Step up to the plate, the next question is yours.

Firstly, I just realized I can't count in my previous question - there are nine main playable characters in FFVII, not six! (Not including Sephiroth and Young Cloud during the Nibelheim flashback scene). Clearly I never learned how to count beyond 6. :p

ANYWAY, onto my question, :D

Name all the various troops and grunts of the Shinra Army (the Peace Preservation) you can encounter as enemies in the game (this includes SOLDIER, but not the Turks). Also this doesn't include mecha or weaponry.

lol thats just ASKING for someone to google it, oh well i guess if thats intended its ok =P

SOLDIER 1st Class
SOLDIER 2nd Class
SOLDIER 3rd Class
MP
Grunt
Special Combatant
Aero Combatant
Grenade Combatant
Mighty Grunt
Marine
Submarine Crew

That's about it I think.

Close, but you're missing a few XD. :D

This is where having the strategy guide with a full bestiary helps. ;)

EDIT: Okay, so it looks like no one else is going to answer so I'm going to go ahead and award it to XD, who came close, only missing two troop types.

These two troop types are:

Attack Squad troopers, ironically enough, the most commonly seen Shinra soldier, who mostly appear in cutscenes.
Underwater MPs, who are only found in one place - one section of the Underwater Reactor, in the square area with the doors just before the docks where you fight Carry Armour. Incidentally they are one of the few enemies that have Shinra Alpha armour. They can be easily identified by their gold coloured uniforms.

Anyway XD, go ahead and post a question. ^^

noone's going so I will.

what is the earliest in the game you can obtain a summon materia, what is the summon, and how do you obtain it?

I just log in, see I was allowed to post a question, and it gets snaked from me, before I can even formulate one. Gee thanks.

its been 6 days, god you're a cunt

Right, I've had enough of your shit 7alentine. I've put up with all of your abuse and I have NOT retorted back to you in a abusive manner whatsoever. What gives you the right to hurl abuse at others?

I just log in, see I was allowed to post a question, and it gets snaked from me, before I can even formulate one. Gee thanks.

It was your question 6 days ago. I've seen you on in the past week, so you had plenty of time.

As for the question,

The first summons you can get (I believe) is the Chocobo/Mog summons, at the chocobo ranch near the Midgar Zolom. You get it by talking to chocobo neat the fence and watching it dance.

It was your question 6 days ago. I've seen you on in the past week, so you had plenty of time.

That may be so Seru-Kai, but does that give 7alentine the right to be abusive? No. Regarding asking a question, I don't go INTO EVERY THREAD to read every single time I log in.

Edit: Far as I'm concerned, the gloves are off now (figuratively speaking).

Well you're right, I don't think he should've thrown the c-bomb into the mix (that's cunt to all the slow people). But I also notice he has....what....150 posts in over a year of being a member? He's obviously not that active, so you really shouldn't get bent out of shape like that. Fuck it if he's 'abusive', I get slapped around everytime I double click my Firefox icon. :D

I also posted the 6 days thing without seeing the posts on this page, I only saw the post I quoted.

But, this is one of very very few threads in the VII subforum that are worth reading, and while you may not check every thread everytime you're on here, you should probably be sure to check the trivia threads every day or two, especially if you know you answered a recent question.

its been 6 days, god you're a cunt

Do you blow everything you see, read, or hear out of proportion? You know what would've made him take your post more seriously? Well let me tell you. All you needed to say it's been six days.

And since everyone's being on the potty-mouth wagon, I think I'd jump on by saying that you're an IDIOT! CUNT! ASSHOLE! DOUCHE!!! Can't think of any more to add but seriously, you need to chill and stop making it seem that everything is a personal attack. Of course mine was so you can do what you want with it.

Sorry Xiahou, but I'm with 7alentine on this one. Maybe he had a harsh choice of words, but... It really HAS been 6 days, and you were active on the board since the 18th. Usually people wait less for it to be held up.
As for his choice of words, well, considering the way you reacted to him taking your question... well, him doing that WAS justified because of how long it's been, and therefore you calling him on it and making it sound like he's an impatient asshole kind of does make you look like a jerk, and I can see why it would frustrate him. Sure it's a strong word, and maybe he shouldn't have used the c-bomb, but in his place I probably would have had a retort as well.

It didn't seem like a big enough deal for me to retort if I was in 7alentine's shoes. I just wouldn't been like:

"It's been six days. You had six days. Too bad you missed your chance!" or something like that. But I do feel that it was a bit inappropriate for him to call XD a cunt because once again, I failed to see the hostility.

hostility.

See it now? It's right there!



I
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Guys, guys, guys, chill! Must I join us all in a circle and recite the merriest of Christmas tunes before our spirits are lifted?? Don't make me come over there!!

..I don't think that's necessary, but in all seriousness, if someone decides to do a little trolling, it's really best to just ignore them or they're only getting their way.

Whenever I hook up with a FFVII thread I catch the trolls.










You know what I'm talkin about.

Xiahou Dun - in all serious, you've been on regularly throughout the past days, so you can't say that you "just logged in."

To everyone, as Centercore says, chill.

Anyway, let's keep things moving. [b]Seru Kai[/i], yeah, Choco/Mog is the first and that's where you get it. Your question.

FFVII seems to have spawned legions of trolls :-/

I blame the fan boys/girls.

Xiahou Dun - in all serious, you've been on regularly throughout the past days, so you can't say that you "just logged in."


That's a fair appraisal, and I'm not denying that. However, to get my PoV across, YES, I have been logged in in the past few days. Do I have an excuse for not posting a question? Nope. I wouldn't of cared if potty britches for a retarded excuse for donkey excrement (AKA YOU 7alentine) had said 'It's been 6 days, time for someone else to ask a question'. IF that had been said, No fucking problem.

FYI when I said I had 'Just logged in' I meant I had just logged in that night, and was typing up a question. But w/e...

HOWEVER that was NOT said. Just hurl some abuse at the person instead. For Zak, Seru_Kai and the rest, 7alentine has abused me before not just in this thread but in another, and I'm fucking sick to death of this shit. THAT is the point I'm pointing out.

In any case, w/e. I'm done with this thread. All it's doing is letting people spout how much info they know of a game, which in all fairness, isn't the 'end-all-be-all' game it's being treated as.

I blame the fan boys/girls.

They blame themselves too! :D

As for my question:

What's the second best prize you can win in the parade in Junon, and list the percentage bracket you have to place in. (This is NOT the sendoff with Shinra).

Okay everyone, I didn't really want to enter into this debate, but I feel that XD has been unfairly targeted here (he was answering my question after all).

Because no one had responded after my second post, I simply edited it, awarding XD as he came close (only missing two enemies), because I did not want to double post, respecting standard forum rules. My post clearly states that it was edited that exact day with that information. Yes it might have been six days since I asked the question, but no one deserved to be treated in such a poor way.

I'm not having a go at anyone here, as I feel enough has been said on this subject and anything more will only add fuel to an already raging forum inferno. So lets all be friends again. :D

*throws flower petals around*

Annnnnyway. In response to Seru's question, the second best item you can win during the parade, are six ethers, which you have to score a TV rating of 40-49% (the best reward is 5000 gil). I always find it better to deliberately muck up the parade and get the news crew fired for the poor ratings though. Their comments are hilarious :p

Xiahou Dun - in all serious, you've been on regularly throughout the past days, so you can't say that you "just logged in."

As you can see from Enkidoh's post, Agent0042, Zak, Seru_Kai and even that imbecilic piece of monkey excrement on toast and fed to itself (7alentine If you can't guess) I 'can' say I had "Just logged in".

I think I am owed an apology.

lol like im going to apologise to a cocky piece of shit like you! you can eat my big fat cock and go fuck yourself!

Okay, I think this has gone on long enough.

Agent or another moderator, please lock this thread. This is getting out of hand.

nah its ok, lets keep it going.

However, I will actually apologise to Xiahou, I shouldn't have called you a cunt, I was having an absolutely HORRIBLE day and given our past history I just lashed out. I dont want to be friends or anything like that, I'm simply doing the right thing.

Anyway, Seru Kai was correct about the question, so its your turn.

As you can see from Enkidoh's post, Agent0042, Zak, Seru_Kai and even that imbecilic piece of monkey excrement on toast and fed to itself (7alentine If you can't guess) I 'can' say I had "Just logged in".

I think I am owed an apology.

You honestly had no idea that the post was edited that day, none at all or you would've said something. I'm also not going to apologize for missing an edit that happened, even though the apology thing probably isn't directed at me.

Your friend saved your ass on this one, that's basically what happened. I think the trivia thread can resume.

Enkidoh's question.

I can't believe this is still going. I'm not going to close the thread-- Enkidoh, take your question, or open it up for someone else if you like. Next person that posts anything to continue this will both have their post removed and a warning posted against them. This is getting way out of hand.

Sure thing Agent. And thanks for trying to sort this out too, I don't like seeing threads get locked.

Anyway, now for my question:

What are the two items you can gain by letting Cloud fall when the tracks break on the Mount Corel railway bridge?

Star Pendant and Wizard Staff. Easy mode, I always make sure I get those on playthroughs ;)

Got it in one. ;)

Go ahead and post your question Seru when you're ready. :D

I shall summon my shallow depth of knowledge!


What's the name of the only female-specific armor and how do you obtain it?

Oh, that's easy. It's the Minerva Band, which can be stolen from Elena during the final battle against the Turks in the Midgar train tunnels during the raid on Midgar at the end of disc 2.

I seem to also recall gaining one just before the final battle against Sephiroth, at the bottom of the Northern Crater, when the party hands over the items they found during the descent through the crater, but I haven't been able to find any conclusive evidence to back it up.

So officially, the only that can be found is the the one that Elena is carrying. ;)

^^Yea, now that you mention North Crater, it sounds familiar. I have no save anywhere near there so I can't be sure.

Your question either way ;)

For the record, you can find a second in the Ancient Forest according to Final Fantasy Wiki.

Right, I've had enough of your shit 7alentine. I've put up with all of your abuse and I have NOT retorted back to you in a abusive manner whatsoever. What gives you the right to hurl abuse at others?


That may be so Seru-Kai, but does that give 7alentine the right to be abusive? No. Regarding asking a question, I don't go INTO EVERY THREAD to read every single time I log in.

Edit: Far as I'm concerned, the gloves are off now (figuratively speaking).


That's a fair appraisal, and I'm not denying that. However, to get my PoV across, YES, I have been logged in in the past few days. Do I have an excuse for not posting a question? Nope. I wouldn't of cared if potty britches for a retarded excuse for donkey excrement (AKA YOU 7alentine) had said 'It's been 6 days, time for someone else to ask a question'. IF that had been said, No fucking problem.

FYI when I said I had 'Just logged in' I meant I had just logged in that night, and was typing up a question. But w/e...

HOWEVER that was NOT said. Just hurl some abuse at the person instead. For Zak, Seru_Kai and the rest, 7alentine has abused me before not just in this thread but in another, and I'm fucking sick to death of this shit. THAT is the point I'm pointing out.

In any case, w/e. I'm done with this thread. All it's doing is letting people spout how much info they know of a game, which in all fairness, isn't the 'end-all-be-all' game it's being treated as.


As you can see from Enkidoh's post, Agent0042, Zak, Seru_Kai and even that imbecilic piece of monkey excrement on toast and fed to itself (7alentine If you can't guess) I 'can' say I had "Just logged in".

I think I am owed an apology.

Final Fantasy 7 trivia threads are serious business.

Okay!

Now for my question:

In keeping with the theme of Seru's previous question, what is the Minerva Band's male-only equivalent armour, and where can it be found?

Zeidrich found on Rude.

Nope. As far as I was aware, that wasn't gender-specific. ;)

The armour I'm thinking of can only be equipped by male characters (making it the equivalent of the girl-only Minerva Band).

Condom armor ?

... even though I said to a person I wouldn't be back in this thread...

The answer is the Escort Guard, found in either the Downed Shinra Plane or using the Morph Materia on Iron Giant.

Nope. As far as I was aware, that wasn't gender-specific. ;)

The armour I'm thinking of can only be equipped by male characters (making it the equivalent of the girl-only Minerva Band).

Man it doesn't matter because FF7 SUCKS, am I right guys? Huh?!

...

I'm going to ignore that.

Anyway, XD got it. It's the Escort Guard. Go ahead and post a question when you're ready.

Cloud can acquire two katana's to use during the process of the game. The Murasame and the Yoshiyuki. Describe the Yoshiyuki's own effect, which can potentially make it into a powerful weapon in it's own right.

Power doubles when one party member is KO'd and tripled when two are.

Cloud is not a valid option for a KO'd character.

You got it execrable gumwrapper.

You've got next question.

Pass. I just like answering.

Make another XD.

Ok... this one's gonna be a bit tricky (for execrable gumwrapper), but as I just did used this in the pc version and I can confirm the answer... here's my question.

When casting Knights of the Round, what weapon is the tenth Knight using?

I wanna say staff. It's been a while though.

I'll post the answer to this question:

When casting Knights of the Round, what weapon is the tenth Knight using? in 12 hours time, if no one has answered by then.

i'll agree with gumwrapper, its a bo staff

Actually it's not a bo staff, though it is a polearm type weapon. It's a Naginata the Tenth Knight is using.

You can see here: Final Fantasy VII Summon Knights of Round (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdNnJMJXbis) at 0:49-0:52, that the Tenth Knight is wielding a naginata. I always thought it was weird that a Knight from the Arthurian legend, is wielding a oriental type weapon, but then FFVII was made by a Japanese company. Sides, having 13 Knights swinging their swords would be rather boring.

Oh, and FYI, here's a list of the weapons the rest are using:

* The first knight attacks with a long sword that look like Cloud's Rune Blade,
* The second knight attacks with a lance,
* The third knight attacks with a rod and casts what looks like fire magic,
* The fourth knight attacks with a mace,
* The fifth knight attacks with a long sword,
* The sixth knight attacks with a hammer,
* The seventh knight attacks with a wand and casts what looks like blizzard magic,
* The eighth knight attacks with a trident,
* The ninth knight attacks with a staff and casts Comet on the target,
* The tenth knight attacks with a naginata,
* The eleventh knight attacks with a battle axe,
* The twelfth knight attacks with a sword,
* And the thirteenth knight {King Arthur} attacks with Excalibur.

Next poster asks a question.

lol i never put that much effort into it, i always went for a jog or something whenever i summoned KotR, good question though.

Which is the first enemy to cast Trine?

The Materia Keeper at Mt. Nibel

correct, your turn

I don't know why, but that Materia Keeper was one of the hardest friggin' bosses in the game for me :( I wound up leveling so high before it that everything which followed became a cakewalk. I think it's just because I was doing it wrong though.

ask a question man

Which is the most powerful sword you can have for cloud before reaching midgar zolom?

Hardedge, brah.

Either you can buy the Mythril Saber in Kalm, or steal a Hardedge from a Soldier 3rd during your fights in the Shinra Building, prior to leaving Midgar.

execrable gumwrapper got it.

Name all the Materia Sephiroth has equipped during the Nibelheim flashback.

Okay

Materia equipped to Masamune (weapon), from left to right: Revive, Restore, Earth, Fire linked with All. Materia equipped to armour (Gold Armlet): Ice linked with All, Lightning linked with All.

Incidentally all his materia is mastered, not that you gain any exp or AP during any battles in that section of the game anyway. ;)

Enkidoh, stop being a good poster... You're making it seem like the majority of posters here are like that.

Anyhow, your go.

:)

Seeing as we're talking about materia in that flashback scene...

What is the materia that Cloud mentioned he was given by Shinra in that flashback scene? (It's actually the only piece of materia he has at that part).

Pre-Emptive materia.

Correct! :)

Go ahead and post when you're ready. ^^

While on the topic...

During Cloud's flashback of Niebelheim, the cargo truck he is in gets attacked by a Grand Dragon, how many times does Sephiroth attack the dragon before he kills it?

Seem to recall that it takes two strikes.

correct! your turn

Sorry to jump into a thread like this, I know that it is customary to answer a question before asking one...

And it definately takes 2 strikes for Seph to take down that dragon. It can take no more or less as his masamune deals critical strikes with 100% success while he is in his god like format and controlled by the computer. I think they tried to mask the fact that they were critical by placing him always in the back row, even if you gameshark Seph into your party his attacks are always halved if you use him as a mortal...

Anyways i wanted to ask a rather hard question.. It is actually unfair to ask i think as their is no way you would know the answer from simply playing through the game...

There is as far as i know a few things that were put into the game which were later not activated at all through the game:

One was a materia (i think there may have actually been 2 that were never available to attain)

One was a key item

And the third was something which actually became a rumour! And the rumour stated that you could obtain this thing.. which is of course bullshit.

The only reason i found these things was when i was making some gameshark codes for the game and came across some weird shit.

If someone could name any of the three things that were taken out it'd be pretty impressive.

Sorry again for posting out of turn. In exchange i'll make sure the answer the next question if i can.

You're right. Agent was the one who was meant to ask the question, seeing as he got 7alentine's question correct, but anyway. To answer your questions:

There was actually several materia that never were activated but were left as 'dummy' materia in the game - I seem to recall reading somewhere that some of these were originally planned to be Carbuncle and Golem summons, but were never made. Whether that was indeed true though is complete conjecture.

As for the key items, there are actually three hidden in the programming - A Letter to a Wife, A Letter to a Daughter, and Mystery Panties. Two of these were planned for a quest that was only partially programmed (the dialogue for the first was partially programmed, but never completed, and can only be viewed using a hex editor).

As for the 'Mystery Panties', your guess is as good as mine, but the name seems to suggest a connection to the Wall Market quest at the start of the game. In any event, these three items can only be 'gained' by hacking the game using a cheat device (PSX version) or a save trainer (PC version).

In regards to the 'rumour', that is rather vague, as there are plenty of rumours connected with FFVII, ranging from the believable to the frankly ridiculous. So I am not going to repeat anything further in regards to this.

You're right. Agent was the one who was meant to ask the question, seeing as he got 7alentine's question correct, but anyway. To answer your questions:

There was actually several materia that never were activated but were left as 'dummy' materia in the game - I seem to recall reading somewhere that some of these were originally planned to be Carbuncle and Golem summons, but were never made. Whether that was indeed true though is complete conjecture.

As for the key items, there are actually three hidden in the programming - A Letter to a Wife, A Letter to a Daughter, and Mystery Panties. Two of these were planned for a quest that was only partially programmed (the dialogue for the first was partially programmed, but never completed, and can only be viewed using a hex editor).

As for the 'Mystery Panties', your guess is as good as mine, but the name seems to suggest a connection to the Wall Market quest at the start of the game. In any event, these three items can only be 'gained' by hacking the game using a cheat device (PSX version) or a save trainer (PC version).

In regards to the 'rumour', that is rather vague, as there are plenty of rumours connected with FFVII, ranging from the believable to the frankly ridiculous. So I am not going to repeat anything further in regards to this.

Yes my appologies for jumping in..

But nice work with the key items, the one i found by mistake was the letter to daughter.

One of the materia that it is the game but practically unusable was called Rifabu (or something along those lines) some sort of reflect spell like carbuncle.

Also the third thing i was talking about was the white chocobo.. Which is programmed into the game but impossible to get.. You can code it into your stables but not ride it.. or you can code it onto the world map, but you actually appear as the chocobo, not on top of it haha. funny actually.

Okay, let's go ahead with my question. When you first talk to Cid, the required option to advance the plot is "Tell me about this rocket." Once you've chosen this option, he gives his speech and then you can't get anything else out of him but "My last hope is to talk to the president..." What are the other two options that are available to ask him about?

Is Rufus coming? and Can we borrow the "Tiny Bronco"

Yep, those are the ones. Your turn.

7alentine? Must be a fan.

Btw, why is this thread called HARDCORE? At least go with MAYCORE if you're wanting a challenge.

I would have liked question about tricks that could be interesting if ever you want to replay the game.

Ok, my question. In Junon ( path to the underwater reactor ), there is a room that was always guarded by a dog, that made it impossible to enter. How can you access this area and what's inside? I think it's quite easy ;)

7alentine? Must be a fan.

Btw, why is this thread called HARDCORE? At least go with MAYCORE if you're wanting a challenge.

Anyone up for some Jirouzo actually? He may be a bald twat but it can be a fun game at times.

How long will it take before these two usernames are banned?

Place your bets people!

Two years? I place my villa in Madrid on the line, make sure you put something of equal value up for grabs.

I lol.

How long will it take before these two usernames are banned?

Why would we get banned, because we're not on topic to the point where we're as boring as your average forum go-er? Get with the times. Final Fantasy is dead.

Stop having an opinion you fanny, you'll get us banned.

Stop calling me a fanny!

No.

crit's odd offtopic convo for SUPER WARMTH!

Good lord.

LMAO, this troll must be one bored little sheltered kid. Whoops, my bad, I meant, these "two people".. Seru_Kai, I'd wager if "these people" keep this up, it won't be more than a few days or so. I may be new to forums as this is my first one, but I'm certainly no internet newbie, and I know what kind of things to watch out for.

"Final Fantasy is dead". And yet, here you are registering two almost identical usernames here to trash our forum. Nice move, kiddo.

You really are clueless aren't you?

Is he retarded, is he a fag, no he's a forum n00b! He's also retarded and a fag, I lied.

Go and watch Pirates of the Caribbean for fuck sake.

If you want to better that, preferable without Owen in it, go and watch Edward Scissorhands or Ed Wood. Lord of the Rings blows.

LMAO, wow, you "guys" are very clever, aren't you? Trolls make me laugh :D

Ok, this has gone of for long enough. Owen Sanchez and Johnny Wanker, if the two of you are not going to contribute to the thread topic at hand, please do not post in it at all.

There is no need to insult other members of the forum for them happening to like Final Fantasy.


Why would we get banned, because we're not on topic to the point where we're as boring as your average forum go-er? Get with the times. Final Fantasy is dead.

If that is how you feel, then fine. Why did you register as a member of a Final Fantasy forum in the first place? If you feel the way you stated in the above quote, then please leave. You will not be missed.


crit's odd offtopic convo for SUPER WARMTH!

kouper, please do not post stuff which has nothing to do with the thread topic at hand.

I apologise to the rest of the forum members who have posted in this thread before, for not continuing with the thread topic at hand, but enough is enough. I have also forwarded a PM to the forum Moderators regarding this as well.

LMAO, this troll must be one bored little sheltered kid. Whoops, my bad, I meant, these "two people".. Seru_Kai, I'd wager if "these people" keep this up, it won't be more than a few days or so..

Whenever I hook up with a forum, I catch the trolls. ;)


Two years? I place my villa in Madrid on the line, make sure you put something of equal value up for grabs.

I lol.

Ok, I'll put up about 5 dollars (that's U.S. currency) for that is all a 'villa' in Madrid is worth really. They're like the projects in the States.

/flame on!

In truth, I probably shouldn't have even said anything to him/her. Whoops, I mean "them"! Sorry troll(s)! But rather just ignored them and PM'd an admin about it right off the bat, so I'm to blame for some of the thread derailing myself, mainly in the X-2 trivia thread. But this one.. er, two, is one . . . er, two, of the shittiest trolls I've ever seen. A little effort would be nice, but no, he.. or, they? just practically wave this big red flag that says "BAN ME OR I'LL SUE!!" :D At any rate though, I'm not gonna post in this thread any further unless I'm asking or answering a question, as that's the whole purpose of it.

Ok, my question. In Junon ( path to the underwater reactor ), there is a room that was always guarded by a dog, that made it impossible to enter. How can you access this area and what's inside? I think it's quite easy ;)

By not destroying the Red Submarine, head back to Junon and you'll be able to go through the door which was blocked by the dog. I think losing the minigame involved is the only way to remove the dog and enter that area and instead of having the Grey Submarine, you'll have the Red Submarine.

@Szczepan
Thanks for that not so easy question. You must loose at the submarine games , where you have to blow up an other submarine, having a huge materia. After the mission failed you can go back , to the room that was guarded by a dog, but the dog is no more here. You'll win this time the ability to take control of a red submarine. However, you loose the huge materia.

sorry, seems that XD was faster

Or you could just use a gameshark code to walk through walls (dogs) when you first enter junon and nab the sub on the first disc. enabling you to smash emerald at the earliest possible point in the game!! Good luck to whoever can do that with the limited materia available at this point. I gave it a go with only using the code to get past the dog and no other to give me new materia or experience.. Long story short, I failed.

Aye! Xiahou Dun, you're correct and 1st. Your turn now.

Ok, what is the earliest weapon you can find in a chest for Vincent Valentine, well before he can be recruited to join the party (HINT: You can find it before heading to Junon.).

It's in Kalm, I think it's called Peacemaker, but I can't be completely sure.

Correct Seru_Kai. Your question.

Seru shoots....he scores!

What is the item that is hidden behind Don Corneo's bed when you confront him after sneaking into his house in Wall Market?

its a hyper, baby

used to nab it to increase limit on cloud early in the game.

Yea I always have hypers on every character ;)

Your question.

An hyper.

ok, I give up, problem with easy questions.

Do you read other posts before yours? The question was answered a couple hours before you posted, just be sure to check. And so what if it's an easy question, it's possible to miss that item, so I asked it.

You don't have to participate if you don't want to.

The hardest questions are those quote ones like.. wat is rufus shinra's first words of the game? That is not the question by the way because i have no idea.

here is a question which may seem pretty simple but here it is either way.

What is the strongest magic in the game?

And when i say magic i do not mean Super NOVA or Knights, just ur everyday green materia.

Well, technically it's meant to be Ultima materia, although personally I found Comet materia to be more destructive. Maybe I just needed to raise my spirit or something.

But I'm pretty sure the developers planned Ultima to be the 'ultimate magic' in the game.

Strongest in what way? Healing, defense or attack?

Because I'd wager that Shield is the strongest.

I presumed he means Black Magic, not White, seeing as he mentioned Knights of the Round Table and Supernova (the later of which is not an actual spell the player can use), in which case my answer is correct.

If he is meaning White Magic though, Full Cure would probably be the most powerful, although Shield does appear on the surface useful, in game I found it to be quite weak actually (supposedly it grants you the 'Peerless' effect, the same effect that Aeris's Great Gospel Limit Break gives, but it doesn't actually work the same, apparently only increasing your defense). Making the spell rather a letdown.

But I digress... ;)

Yeah, I never used Shield; I always just mastered it a couple times to get the Master Magic materia.

If cheema201 meant Green attack materia, I refer to the following:

Ultima can do roughly 7000 damage per use. Comet. With it's second tier spell, Comet 2, 4 meteors hit the target, each hit can do up to 2500 damage, for a total of 8000-10,000 damage as the damage is calculated individually and not collectively. Death Materia with the spell Death kills all enemies instantly, though not 100% effective all the time though. The Exit Materia, second level, Remove can remove all enemies, effectively ending the battle straight away (Not effective on some monsters or bosses though).

If cheema201 meant Green support materia, I refer to the following:

Shield protects one character from all physical damage and absorbs all typed magic as HP (Of course, not Type-less magic). Revive materia in it's second spell of Life 2 restores a KO'd character with full HP.

So for Green attack materia I go with the Comet Materia spell Comet 2, and if for Green support materia I say Shield materia.

Ok let me re-phrase the question..

What is the strongest attacking magic in the game? not including comet 2 which is a multi hit magic.. Also Death and Remove deal with the enemies status, even though technically they are attacking they have no real attack power.

Which green materia magic move will deal the most damage for you?

Ok let me re-phrase the question..

What is the strongest attacking magic in the game? not including comet 2 which is a multi hit magic.. Also Death and Remove deal with the enemies status, even though technically they are attacking they have no real attack power.

Which green materia magic move will deal the most damage for you?

Since you refined the question, either Ultima (which can do 6000-7000 damage, depending on what other materia you have linked) or the spell Flare from the Contain materia (which can do the equivalent amount of damage.).

Ultima OR Flare?

I think it only fair that you choose one answer.

Ultima. As it deal typeless damage, it's damage output won't be offset due to a enemies resistance to a particular element, whereas Flare can have it's damage output reduced depending on the enemies overall defense against the Fire element.

As that both Ultima and Flare can do the same amount of damage on enemies which have no defense against Fire element, both are applicable.

For the purpose of this trivia, I say Ultima.

The element should have nothing to do with it.. simply attack power.. Because what about enemies that are weak to fire?

The element should have nothing to do with it.. simply attack power.. Because what about enemies that are weak to fire?

The damage quotient between both spells is pretty much equal, the elemental resistance would negate only a small amount of damage potential from the target, and would increase fractionally on those who are weak to the Fire element.

I still say Ultima for the sole reason, as it's type less damage there is no modifier (Elemental etc) to either reduce or increase it's damage potential, while for all Elemental spells, they do have the elemental modifier to take into account.

In any event, isn't it time you reveal the answer for this question?

So your answer is Ultima?

Ultima is incorrect.

In the event that it was correct I would have said so after Enkidoh mentioned it

I say again:

In any event, isn't it time you reveal the answer for this question?

There have been numerous guesses and you have shot them all down, so I think it's fair you reveal the answer and 'enlighten' us.

Well, of all the normal attack magic spells, only Ultima is 'typeless', every other destructive spell (not including the Exit spells which do not actually do damage) follows a certain elemental alignment, even if it's not actually noticeable.

Following that idea, I'm probably going to say Demi III (the final spell on the Gravity materia) then, even though that is 'gravity elemental' and tends to miss more often than it should (a surprising amount of enemies are immune to it).

Failing that, I have no idea.

Flare is the correct answer. Not by a long shot, but definately stronger than Ultima as far as attack power goes. The fact that it has an element is not really a big deal. makes it stronger against some enemies and weaker against others, however it is definately stronger than Ultima. Tornado and Ultima are equal in attack strength but Tornado has a wind element, and can cause confusion! Making tornado better than Ultima in situations against flying enemies.

Attack strength of three magics mentioned:
Ultima = 105 (no element)
Tornado = 105 (Wind element, can cause confusion)
Flare = 115 (Fire element)

Either way at least you gave Flare a mention.

Your question Death's Hand

Well, of all the normal attack magic spells, only Ultima is 'typeless', every other destructive spell (not including the Exit spells which do not actually do damage) follows a certain elemental alignment, even if it's not actually noticeable.

Following that idea, I'm probably going to say Demi III (the final spell on the Gravity materia) then, even though that is 'gravity elemental' and tends to miss more often than it should (a surprising amount of enemies are immune to it).

Failing that, I have no idea.

Most enemies are immune to Demi but surprisingly Emerald Weapon (who some would say is the hardest boss in the game) is not immune and Demi 3 will blast him for 9999 without fail

This is a long question, broken into four parts. Correct answer must answer all four parts.

The main cast (not including Vincent, Yuffie or Cait Sith), can steal weapons from certain non boss enemies. Most of these characters have one weapon they can steal from the enemy (for example, Cloud can steal a Hardedge from Soldier 3rd in the Shinra Building), however there is one who can steal two different weapons from two different enemies.

First Part
Name the character.

Second Part
The two weapons stolen.

Third Part
The enemies you can steal them from.

Fourth Part
The general area where the enemies can be found.

great question..

stealing weapons for characters is an amazing part of the game. you can nab some powerful weapons long before you can actually buy them.

You can definately steal two weapons for barret. atomic scissors and w machine gun.

atomic scissors was kinda annoying as it was not long range, you can steal it from the enemies that use matra magic just outside midgar. no idea what they are called, but they use an ability called w machine gun, which is kinda funny as you can steal the weapon w machine gun off the same type of monster which is stronger, i believe you fight it in junon where the soldiers are training (at least i think thats the one). you have to set off the alarm to get them to come out and fight, but a great place to level up early in the game, especially if you managed to get beta from midgar zolom (if you bothered fighting it) when you go through the marshes. anyways that is off the topic

I think thats what you were looking for.. The other weapons i remember stealing are:
1. striking staff for aeris which is in midgar with a horse looking creature.
2. grand glove (or something) for tifa, in the place just after you find the midgar zolom smashed by sephiroth from a monster swining a metal ball above his head.
3. boomerang for yuffie in the forest near fort condor, the monster is a blueish purple flying monster.

you already mentioned hardedge. thats all i can really remember, I could be mistaken about a few of these, it has been a while since i played through the game.

cheema201, you're partially correct so far. The first, second and fourth part's of the question are correct, just need the third part now.

First Part
Barret Wallace

Second Part
Atomic Scissors and W Machine Gun

Third Part
The enemies you can steal them from.

Fourth Part
Area outside Midgar and in Junon.

Whoever gets the third part, the Name of the enemies these weapons are stolen from, gets to ask the next question.

Flare is the correct answer. Not by a long shot, but definately stronger than Ultima as far as attack power goes. The fact that it has an element is not really a big deal. makes it stronger against some enemies and weaker against others, however it is definately stronger than Ultima. Tornado and Ultima are equal in attack strength but Tornado has a wind element, and can cause confusion! Making tornado better than Ultima in situations against flying enemies.

Attack strength of three magics mentioned:
Ultima = 105 (no element)
Tornado = 105 (Wind element, can cause confusion)
Flare = 115 (Fire element)

Either way at least you gave Flare a mention.

Your question Death's Hand

What if you factor in that Flare only attacks a single enemy, while Ultima automatically attacks all AND is non-cumulative? Ultima becomes far more powerful even if you're only facing two enemies.

Also, Death's Head, if you don't mind my saying so, you're asking for a lot of really specific information; there's no occasion by which someone would reasonably find out the names of those enemies and remember them without specifically doing so just for the sake of answering a trivia question; this kind of question is not a fair test of knowledge of the game.

Also, Death's Head, if you don't mind my saying so, you're asking for a lot of really specific information; there's no occasion by which someone would reasonably find out the names of those enemies and remember them without specifically doing so just for the sake of answering a trivia question; this kind of question is not a fair test of knowledge of the game.

So you would feel it'd be more prudent for me to change the question then?

I think the questions is decent. It's hard yes, but there have been other questions across all trivia threads like this.

As for the enemies in question, I believe one is the Sweepers (maybe wrong name, but they look like industrial vaccums), as for the one near Junon, no idea sadly.

I've decided to have a quick look online regarding this question, and found that the source I got the info for the question from is rather suspect. Hence I'm voiding the question and giving it to Seru-Kai as he did name one of the enemies (can steal the Atomic Scissors from Custom Sweepers outside Midgar).

Your question Seru_Kai.

Well since cheema did most of the work, I'm still going to ninja it from him/her, just for the sake of ninja. :D


In Sector 5 Slums, there's a kid in a bedroom with a hidden drawer in his dresser. There's a possiblity of getting 1 of 2 items in the hidden drawer. What are the items and how do you go about getting one or the other?

The items are either 5 gil or a Turbo Ether. To get the 5 gil, examine the drawer and take it. The way to get the Turbo Ether is to leave the 5 gil and the next time you're in Sector 5 Slums, go to the dresser and you'll get the Turbo Ether.

Gah, I am never able to think of hard questions.

Your turn.

Actually, you can't get the turbo-ether from the drawer itself, you have to speak to the kid on the bed, who will tell you that because he's so happy he'll give you the item he bought with the money in the drawer (the turbo-ether). But only if you didn't steal it beforehand. ;)

And for those who don't know, the other enemy in DH's question is the Death Machine, which is another 'sweeper' type enemy (apparently they're some kind of robotic device for cleaning and protecting Mako Reactors).

But I digress. :)

It feels weird, getting completely dominated in a single post.

/bowtoyourknowledge
:)

In point of fact, Enkidoh had given that question to me, when we last spoke so I'm passing the next question over to Enkidoh to ask.

Okay, here's my question (and no, I'm not all-knowledgeable when it comes to FFVII - I just keep the strategy guide book close to my computer ;)).

From the nine magic elements that are used in FFVII, name the three elements which are not represented as regular magic spells available to the player (green materia).

This means, elements which don't have a materia only of that specific element - materia that has a group of elements in it doesn't count. Neither do 'typeless' spells.

'Hidden' elements don't count either (I could explain what this means, but it would give it away. ;).

What if you factor in that Flare only attacks a single enemy, while Ultima automatically attacks all AND is non-cumulative? Ultima becomes far more powerful even if you're only facing two enemies.

But Flare is stronger.
I mean you could say that Fire 3 is the strongest if you pair it with MP Turbo and quadramagic, against enemies weak against fire. The point was to find out which magic could do the most damage (attack power) with a single attack. Flare is the winner, even though it does not start out on all enemies by default, i'm pretty sure that mega-all covers that and it still dominates Ultima I believe, The reason i found this out was when i was fighting Ruby Weapon and wanted to kill off his 'arms' in order to fight him without them in the ground, i found that the quickest and most effective way was not with Ultima but with Flare. So i looked into the Kernel of the game and found that its attack is higher. The only way that Ultima could win the fight against Flare would be if it ignored an enemies defense or something, really making it the ultimate magic, however it isn't.

Okay, here's my question (and no, I'm not all-knowledgeable when it comes to FFVII - I just keep the strategy guide book close to my computer ;)).

From the nine magic elements that are used in FFVII, name the three elements which are not represented as regular magic spells available to the player (green materia).

This means, elements which don't have a materia only of that specific element - materia that has a group of elements in it doesn't count. Neither do 'typeless' spells.

'Hidden' elements don't count either (I could explain what this means, but it would give it away. ;).

Nice question for starters. I like questions that people can not easily google haha, they rely on knowledge of the game.

Are you talking about:

1. Holy
2. Water
3. Wind

I dont really wanna say wind as Tornado i guess is a regular spell. But if you are refering to regular spells like:
fire, ice, bolt, quake etc then i guess wind can fit.

Holy is used by alexander and water is obviously aqualung.

It is a shame that holy was never a usuable spell in the game. I took it upon myself to create a holy materia (if anyone would like the code then let me know, coz i'll have to dig it out of my code books). I replaced 'shield' with holy. not a big user of shield, for defense you just need to eat hero drinks in big battles, otherwise big guard is sufficient.

Cheema is correct. Well done. ^^

Apparently though, an 'Aero' materia was planned for the game but never actually implemented (although 'Aero 3' which would presumably be the most powerful one does exist in game as an enemy-only attack that several monsters use.)

Contain materia doesn't count, as it's spells are all different elements on the one materia - I was looking for elements which didn't have a specific materia. Which is of course, Wind, Water and Holy.

Anyway, go ahead and post a question when you're ready. :)

Cheema is correct. Well done. ^^

Apparently though, an 'Aero' materia was planned for the game but never actually implemented (although 'Aero 3' which would presumably be the most powerful one does exist in game as an enemy-only attack that several monsters use.)

Contain materia doesn't count, as it's spells are all different elements on the one materia - I was looking for elements which didn't have a specific materia. Which is of course, Wind, Water and Holy.

Anyway, go ahead and post a question when you're ready. :)

I would have posted a question haha but u just answered it!!!

Since you were talking about elements i was gonna ask about the Aero thing. Thanks for stealing my thunder haha. i'll think of something else

But Flare is stronger.
I mean you could say that Fire 3 is the strongest if you pair it with MP Turbo and quadramagic, against enemies weak against fire. The point was to find out which magic could do the most damage (attack power) with a single attack. Flare is the winner, even though it does not start out on all enemies by default, it is quite easy to change that and it still dominates Ultima I believe, The reason i found this out was when i was fighting Ruby Weapon and wanted to kill off his 'arms' in order to fight him without them in the ground, i found that the quickest and most effective way was not with Ultima but with Flare. So i looked into the Kernel of the game and found that its attack is higher. The only way that Ultima could win the fight against Flare would be if it ignored an enemies defense or something, really making it the ultimate magic, however it isn't.

My whole point is that it's very ambiguous to ask which is the "strongest" simply because you didn't specify how many enemies you were facing. Take, for example, the Emerald Weapon when it brings out those jewel things. If you use flare against them, you have to kill one at a time, which is horrendously inefficient. Ultima, on the other hand, can kill them all in one hit, and then, even if it isn't strong enough, it can kill them in two turns; much faster than one at a time. You should have specified that you were measuring the amount of damage it does to a single enemy.

Was simply measuring attack strength.. Flare would not be the best magic to use in all situations. Just as Ultima wouldn't be the best magic against Emerald and his little friends that come out. In that situation against emerald Demi 3 on all would be ur best choice, throwing out 9999.

Anyways for a new question, something a little different.

If in midgar you name Red13 'Nanaki', does Cloud still ask who Nanaki is when you go to cosmo canyon for the first time? Or at that point does Cloud simply say nothing and the game continue as the game code recognises his input name?

At best even if you have no idea its a 50/50 haha

Was simply measuring attack strength.. Flare would not be the best magic to use in all situations. Just as Ultima wouldn't be the best magic against Emerald and his little friends that come out. In that situation against emerald Demi 3 on all would be ur best choice, throwing out 9999.

That's a horrible idea because Demi never kills an enemy...


Anyways for a new question, something a little different.

If in midgar you name Red13 'Nanaki', does Cloud still ask who Nanaki is when you go to cosmo canyon for the first time? Or at that point does Cloud simply say nothing and the game continue as the game code recognises his input name?

At best even if you have no idea its a 50/50 haha

Nothing, they just say, "What? Nanaki's name is Nanaki?!"

Side note: Nanaki is a anagram of Anakin, another tip of the hat SE did for the George Lucas Star Wars franchise.

That's a horrible idea because Demi never kills an enemy...



Nothing, they just say, "What? Nanaki's name is Nanaki?!"

Demi does a good job against Emerald, I guess ur right in the fact that it doesn't kill, but up to the point where an enemy has 14000 it will do 9999.

Yeh it is funny that they didn't take it into account and have some sort of 'if then' command to search for the values of the name you entered at the start of the game. But still funny when it happens.

Ask away

Side note: Nanaki is a anagram of Anakin, another tip of the hat SE did for the George Lucas Star Wars franchise.

Didn't Squeenix almost get sued for using Wedge and Biggs aliases?

Also never noticed that about Nanaki. Crazy.

Not to split hairs too much, but they were Squaresoft at this point. They hadn't merged with enix.

^First thing I thought of when I read that as well.

Okay, I'm guessing the question has become forfeit therefore I am taking it upon myself to ask:

What is the name of the ShinRa television station?

You can't just assume the question has been forfeit-- you need to give the person who got the correct answer at least a semi-reasonable chance to ask a question.

Okay, I'm guessing the question has become forfeit therefore I am taking it upon myself to ask:

What is the name of the ShinRa television station?

It's been a day, you cock.

Q: What is the proper way to pronounce "Cait Sith"? Please spell phonetically.

Kate Sith or Ket Shee


There was a hidden character who was taken out of the game at the very last minute. What was his name

@execrable gumwrapper: Cait Sith is pronounced as Kett Shee.

@Draven: Usually wait for confirmation of your answer, before asking a question.

Kate Sith or Ket Shee


There was a hidden character who was taken out of the game at the very last minute. What was his name

Chocobo? haha

And yeh i think we need some confirmation over here for Cait Sith (is this one of those star wars things like he is some kind of Sith Lord?)

You say Cait Sith's name phonetically like this Dar-th Sid-i-us.

@execrable gumwrapper: Cait Sith is pronounced as Kett Shee.

@Draven: Usually wait for confirmation of your answer, before asking a question.

and you suck dick anyway you big head lol and how do you know your right, you didnt wait either fucker

Chocobo? haha

And yeh i think we need some confirmation over here for Cait Sith (is this one of those star wars things like he is some kind of Sith Lord?)

You say Cait Sith's name phonetically like this Dar-th Sid-i-us.

wasnt chocobo lol

and you suck dick anyway you big head lol and how do you know your right, you didnt wait either fucker

What exactly was your point here? Death's Head didn't post a question. He posted an answer to a question and he is now waiting for confirmation as is everyone else. Except you apparently.

indeed

Indeed is right. Let's wait for execrable gumwrapper to call this one.

Draven and Death Head are correct, but Death's Head wasn't a douche about it.

Agent's call on who has next.

in fact, just go next, i know you cant answer my question anyway, so take your turn

in fact, just go next, i know you cant answer my question anyway, so take your turn

If you're gonna toss trash through the forums, let me point out that this is because your question wasn't a good one. Asking questions about characters not included in the final game is like asking movie trivia questions about actors considered for parts that didn't make the cut. Seriously, though, don't be so belligerent; nobody was angry until you got defensive about misunderstanding the thread's rules. Nobody thinks you're a moron because you made a minor gaffe, and this whole thing would've been avoided if you'd seen that.

does it even really matter anyway lol i mean come on!

Please, just drop it. You said Death's Head can have the question, so it will be. I'm starting to get really tired of this sniping...

HEADSHOT!





Edit: Sorry, had to. :D

There are two materia in the game, only available via Gameshark or other game hacking/cheating methods. What are the two materia and their effects?

I thought this had already been covered? Maybe it was another thread, but most people won't know this unless they've used a gameshark.

I only found that out, due to using the Jenova (Like a Gameshark, but a program tailored just for FFVII on the PC) about these two. However as Seru_Kai pointed out, only people who have used cheat devices would be able to get them. For those who want to know what they are:

Booster materia, makes the user resistant to earth-elemental attacks.
Prevent Floor Damage materia, that protected against dungeon traps.

Hmm... how about this one then:

What equipment does Sephiroth have equipped during the 'Flashback at Nibelheim'?

He's got the Masamune, a Tough Ring, and (this one's a guess) a Gold Armlet?

He's got the Masamune, a Tough Ring, and (this one's a guess) a Gold Armlet?

Correct on all three FF1WithAllThieves. Go to the head of the class and ask a question.

Alright:

Name all of the command materia that does NOT have to be mastered to create a Master Command materia.

W-Item, W-Magic, W-Summon, Slash All, and Double Cut.

OH YEAH AND ENEMY SKILL BOOOOIIIIIII!

That Enemy Skill's a sly motherfucker.

Your first post on the forums is, in fact, a correct answer! Your question.

What's the only way you can get Trine on all 4 Enemy Skill Materia? And WHEN do you have to fight this enemy to obtain it on all four (Which disc)?

The only way to get Trine on all four of the Enemy Skill materia is by fighting Yuffie's father, Godo. You have to save the fight with him until after you've acquired the fourth Enemy Skill materia, so it has to be on Disc 2. Not Disc 3-- by then it's too late because the game will no longer let you take part in Yuffie's sidequest at that point.