Not sure about the latter, but you can get energy crystals from the monster Ellonyle (sp?) in Esthar after the lunar cry. Just speak with that crazy man, and it should appear as much as you want.
You can use the Quistris degenertor trick here as well. it helps.
After Lunar cry, yeah, go to Esthar airport, go a few screens to the right until you can go upwards. Go up into the next screen then talk to the guy sitting down. Elnoyle isn’t really hard and has good spells to draw. I suggest putting the ability Rare Item on so you’ll have more chance of getting Energy Crystals after the fight.
1 Energy Crystal refines into 10 Pulse Ammo using Ammo-RF, and you get 2-3 Energy Crystals from every Elnoyle you beat at L40+, provided that you don’t mug from it. Mugging will get you Moon Stones instead.
It’s been a while, but I am pretty sure that pulse ammo needs to be refined from energy crystals or Laser cannons
You can only get a Laser Cannon in the Laguna Flashback’s, you have to mug them from Elastoids… I believe the Laser Cannon can also teach Quistis a Blue Magic ability…
The trick is to play cards alot on disc one.
Can anyone remember a specific SPECIFIC area where i would be most likely to encounter a creature carrying the energy crystals on disc 4?
forget it i know i just have to keep wandering aimlessly through the plains of esthar until i find some damn behemoths
In the bit when you play as Irvine and he’s choosing who should play which instrument for the garden festival on the stage in FH, leave to the left and go into FH.
Go into the Grease Monkey’s house in the North of FH. There will be a Galbadian soldier there and after talking to him he tells Irvine to step outside for a fight.
When you go outside he doesn’t follow but if you go back in again (you might have to walk around a bit first) he’s lying on the floor near the door. If you talk to him he says "Ugh…" or something, but then talk to him again and you get pulse ammo and 2 other kinds (can’t remember which) and it’s either 6 or 8 pulse ammo I think.