The Final Fantasy XIII series thread. Black people sold separately

[ckrazy]

You need to stagger Snow, then juggle him (take off at least 50% of his life during the stagger) and finish him from there. Some people stagger Snow multiple times before killing him but I am not as good as some of those GameFaq people. A few of them killed Gilgamesh in 2-3 minutes. I beat Gilgamesh with a lame style of Chichu/Sazh/PuPu. I’m sort of jealous how they can speed run through Gilgamesh and Valfodr. I have to play it lame and take it slow.

The key to beating Gilgamesh in 3 minutes is to aim for 4.5-4.6 million hp after the first stagger. Anything lower than that he goes into enhance power. So if you stop right at 4.5 after the first stagger you can kill him in a total of two staggers. My best time was 3:46 on Gilgamesh.

As for Snow you can kill him in 1 stagger using V-Lighting (com) easy. If you use Chichu you might can kill him in 1 stagger if you get lucky (when I used Chichu I got down like to two 2% on the first stagger.)

Valfodr is such a fun battle. It’s not brain dead, but yea it all really comes down to your paradigm. I had to switch it up so many times to get 4 minutes on level 70, and 7 minutes on level 99. The 3rd form level 40/50 is annoying too because of the healing. Basically every single version has a different stragety behind it.

Farming pack mentality now to see how much V-Lighting can hit…

[Shadow_Ace]

Snow’s power up phases happen depending on how long he can attack a single target, What this means is that once he attacks someone, he’s going to stick to them, and the longer he does, the stronger he’ll get. Have a Paradigm with SEN/SEN/SEN ready when you fight him. When he powers up, let someone he isn’t attacking provoke him. When he shifts his focus, he’ll cool down, and you can wreck his shit until he starts powering up too much again. Keep his boosts off in the process and getting five stars on him is a cakewalk if you can’t body him with pure power. Having a high level Omega helps here, too, as it will greatly extend the amount of time he stays airborne for juggles.

so if he starts to build up to 300 power and I get him to focus on someone else he will lose the 300 power state?

[Pained_Auron]

just beat snow. now that i figured out how to beat him, it’ll be easy. just have a paradigm where both the main characters are sentinels, wait for him to power up, and then provoke him until he switches targets, then switch leaders (if you want), and rinse and repeat. took 2 staggers and 12 min to beat him.

[ckrazy]

I think Pack Mentality is overrated. I didn’t notice much of a difference in damage out put from COM Lighting.

[I_Kei_I]

so if he starts to build up to 300 power and I get him to focus on someone else he will lose the 300 power state?

Yup. If he KO’s anyone, you’re better off reviving who he’s KO’d, then switching to SEN/SEN/SEN. If he KO’s someone, then continues to fight, focusing on the next target in line, it counts as him not having switched his focus, which means he’ll still power up.

[Daniel_The_Free]

The key to beating Gilgamesh in 3 minutes is to aim for 4.5-4.6 million hp after the first stagger. Anything lower than that he goes into enhance power. So if you stop right at 4.5 after the first stagger you can kill him in a total of two staggers. My best time was 3:46 on Gilgamesh.

As for Snow you can kill him in 1 stagger using V-Lighting (com) easy. If you use Chichu you might can kill him in 1 stagger if you get lucky (when I used Chichu I got down like to two 2% on the first stagger.)

Valfodr is such a fun battle. It’s not brain dead, but yea it all really comes down to your paradigm. I had to switch it up so many times to get 4 minutes on level 70, and 7 minutes on level 99. The 3rd form level 40/50 is annoying too because of the healing. Basically every single version has a different stragety behind it.

Farming pack mentality now to see how much V-Lighting can hit…

I made many monster builds that were not 100% optimal speed running damage builds and could not match those fast times. You have great builds and great paradigms to get your times. Congrats

Many of my monsters were made before the optimal monster faqs came out and my monsters were well-rounded, highly survivable (not in threat of dying) and I had to grind out victories. I might release some monster crystals and remake them for speed running. Since I have all the fragments and won all the DLC battles, I might as well.

Some guys have Pack Mentality on V-Lightning and Valfodr. The damage is off the charts.

[Pained_Auron]

I’m lucky If I can get one star on valford

[Shadow_Ace]

I still feel that something is missing…like we all have these godlike parties and build but we really dont have anything to use them on outside of just fighting Val

I know I cant be alone in feeling this way…

Id love a new dungeon with all monsters HP is over 2 mill and can status inflict alot…

guess I need to find a new rpg to play…

[ckrazy]

Some guys have Pack Mentality on V-Lightning and Valfodr. The damage is off the charts.

I tried putting pack mentality on V-Lighting and Valfodr and the damage was still unnoticeable. I made sure the paradigm role were all the same type too. I’ve have like 6 yellow lock pack mentality lol (i farm the shit out of it) just to test it.

Most of my monster were whack at the start too, I just released them and rebuild them.

[Zeu]

Square is really charging like 3-4 a pop for battles now? They can seriously eat a dick with that.

[Cisco]

Yo. I forgot we had a thread on this… 13-3 trailer is out, it isn’t as polished yet so the graphics still look bad.
But since we are still in 13-2 what is your main paradagim pack? I go for Com-Lightning, Cloudburst, and Goblin Chieftain. Rav Lightning seems like the better RAV but that FL of Cloudburst (with Chieftain) is what makes me keep him. It’s like there is no need for a syn role due to both of them.

[Faith_From_Hell]

Illegitimate wikipedia quote on FF13-3

Plot
Following the events of Final Fantasy XIII-2, Gran Pulse and Valhalla have merged due to the chaos released after Etro’s death. The result is Novus Partus, a series of islands floating in the Sea of Chaos, with “Bhunivelze”, the new Cocoon, hovering in the sky. However, due to the chaos released after Etro’s death, everybody has stopped ageing since the canon ending of Final Fantasy XIII-2. Hundreds of years after the the canon ending of Final Fantasy XIII-2, Lightning awakens from her crystal sleep to save the world, as in thirteen days, it will be destroyed. Along the way, Lightning reunites with her former allies, including Hope Estheim and Snow Villiers.

Everyone stopped ageing. Funny how I missed that detail. When I first heard about the plot, I thought Lightning was the sole survivor from turning herself into a crystal for hundreds of years. But if no one was aging, well, what the hell. Guess she overslept.

[Shadow_Ace]

give me a new cast of characters and keep the OG ones as cameos/assist…noel the hippie can go to

if your party wasnt light/fang/hope during vanilla 13 then you sucked…jk

[SWBeta]

if your party wasnt light/fang/hope during vanilla 13 then you sucked…jk

Eat butt :arazz:

Spoiler

Switch Hope out for Sazh. Game is still booty, though :tdown:

[therook]

Yo. I forgot we had a thread on this… 13-3 trailer is out, it isn’t as polished yet so the graphics still look bad.
But since we are still in 13-2 what is your main paradagim pack? I go for Com-Lightning, Cloudburst, and Goblin Chieftain. Rav Lightning seems like the better RAV but that FL of Cloudburst (with Chieftain) is what makes me keep him. It’s like there is no need for a syn role due to both of them.

Lightning(RAV)/Valodr(RAV)
Lightning(COM)
Sazh(SYN)

[Cisco]

If anybody deserves more game time, it’s Sazh. Square needs to polish the new Black man job class because it’s a promising job class for this generation. They should give that guy his own title “Sazh returns, black” and make it into a GTA/FF or something.

[Faith_From_Hell]

Just “the nigga with the motherfuckin gun” job class.

[therook]

All the Trolling aside, I agree that Sazh(and by extention Fang and Vanille) should get more screen time, however I’m ok with LR:FFXIII being Lightning’s game.

[Las_Vegas_Pimp]

I got FF13-2 for Christmas, I remember reading only about Chichu or something like that way back in the beginning. Will try this sumbitch out.

[Cisco]

More info for FF13-3

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII features an "amazing Active Time Battle"...

In LRFFXIII the player controls Lightning and Lightning alone, however, the game is not an action RPG. Weapons, shields, accessories, and abilities are formed into “Styles” which can be switched out during battle. The outward appearance and performance of these Styles will enjoy a great selection of customization. The act of defeating enemies will allow Lightning to earn points which will increase available world time and items to strengthen her equipment.
While the name of LRFFXIII’s combat system has yet to find a name for itself, it’s tentatively being referred to as “sugoi ATB,” or rather something along the lines of “amazing ATB.” Commands can be set up and mapped to face buttons, combined with action elements such as real-time blocking and direct control over Lightning’s movement. It’s a system that gives the impression that multiple members still take part in battle despite the reality of Lightning’s solo situation.
Monsters will appear both in and around the city. At certain times, black haze will appear in certain areas which signifies a new monster territory. Approximately half of the game’s monsters are new, so you’ll still encounter some familiar types from the previous two games.