Take Xyle’s PS2 Final Fantasy XII Challenge!

The Game? Playstation 2's Final Fantasy XII.

These Challenges are designed for experienced players who have completed the game at least three times. From scratch. Although they may be attempted by novices, novices should be more interested in exploring the storyline than delving deep into the side areas of the game where it is hours or, in the extreme case(s), days before you advance the storyline.

It takes me about 100 hours on the Game Clock each time that I play; however, I have yet to defeat Omega Mark XII, which I would expect would at least double, if not triple, that. This form of play puts those hours at the earliest part of the game.


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Early Game Challenges:

Challenge No. 1) Acquire the Bazaar Item: Wooden Pole [33] (Cyprus Pole x1) *before* entering the Palace.

Challenge No. 2) Acquire the Bazaar Item: Traveler's Garb (Feathered Cap x1, Traveler's Vestment x1) *before* entering the Palace.

Challenge No. 3) Acquire the Rare Drop: Burning Bow [63] before returning to Rabanastre after Escaping the Barheim Passage (while Basch is still a Guest).
• Alternate Extreme Challenge: Do so before entering the Palace.

Challenge No. 4) Defeat the Wild Saurian before acquiring Penelo in the Giza Village (or any other time when Vaan is alone). Please note that this Challenge risks a quick Game Over.
Alternate More Challenging Timing: Before defeating the Rogue Tomato.

Challenge No. 5) * Rated Extreme * Acquire 1 Bone Mail per party member before acquiring the Dawn Shard. The earlier the timing, the more extreme the challenge. Note: I have not verified Bone Mails are a rare drop as my game guide says they are.
· Most extreme variant of Challenge No. 5? Before defeating the Rogue Tomato.

Other Possible Challenges before entering the Palace:
• Bazaar Item: Potion Crate
• Bazaar Item: Soul of the Fire-bird
• Rare Drops: Flame Staff [33], Kotetsu [50], Heavy Lance [48]
• Steal from Rare Game: Gladius [45]

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For Perceptive: Strongest Purchasable Weapon before entering the Palace: Iron Sword[24]
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Challenge No. 5) Acquire the Bazaar Item: Shell-worked Collar (Turtleshell Choker x1) before defeating the Mimic Queen. Note: One of the ingredients to this Bazaar recipe must be acquired before entering the Palace.

Challenge No. 6) Acquire the Bazaar Item: Golden Garb (Golden Helm x1, Golden Armor x1, Golden Shield x1) before defeating the Mimic Queen. Note: Two of the ingredients to this Bazaar Recipe must be acquired before entering the Palace. Please note that I have yet to verify that one of pre-Palace ingredients is indeed a Rare Poach/Utra-rare Drop item as my guide game says it is.

Challenge No. 7) Acquire the Rare Drop: Mage's Habit before defeating the Mimic Queen. Note: There are only 14 opportunities for this drop to occur.
• Alternate Challenge: Acquire one for every party member that is not equipped with stronger armor.

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Challenge No. 8 ) Acquire the Bazaar Item: War Axe [89] (Francisca x1) before going to Bhujerba.
• Alternate Extreme Challenge: Acquire while Vaan is alone (before delivering the Sword of the Old Order).

Challenge No. 9) Acquire the Bazaar Item: Oil-soaked Incindiaries [66 +3] (Oil Bombs x1, Tumulus x1) before going to Bhujerba. Note: One of the ingredients must be acquired before defeating the Mimic Queen.

Challenge No. 10) Acquire the Bazaar Item: Jag-Tooth Ninja Sword [62] (Kagenui x1) before going to Bhujerba. Note: One of the ingredients must be acquired before defeating the Mimic Queen and is unverified as a rare drop as my game guide ambiguously might be interpreted as saying it is.

Challenge No. 11) Acquire the Bazaar Item: The Leering Blade [90] (Deathbringer x1) before going to Bhujerba. Note: One of the ingredients must be acquired before defeating the Firemane, and another before defeating the Mimic Queen. Neither of which I have verified as rare drops as my game guide says they are & the second one is ambiguously so.

Challenge No. 12) Acquire the Bazaar Item: Wind Walkers (Hermes Sandals x1) before going to Bhujerba.


Other Possible Challenges before going to Bhujerba:
• Bazaar Item: Hollow-shaft Arrows (Bamboo Arrows x1, Loxley Bow x1)
• Bazaar Item: Water-drop Munitions [+5] (Water Bombs x1)
• Bazaar Item: Phials & Philtres
• Bazaar Item: Noisome Incindiaries [58 +2] (Poison Bombs x1, Fumarole x1)

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Challenge No. 13) Acquire 6 Shielded Armors before entering the Tomb of Raithwall.

Challenge No. 14) Acquire Bazaar Item: Late-model Rifle (Arcturus x1) before entering the Tomb of Raithwall.

Other Possible Challenges before entering the Tomb of Raithwall:
• Bazaar Item: Black Vestments (Black Mask x1, Black Robes x1)
• Bazaar Item: Double-bladed Knife (Zwill Crossblade x1)

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After acquiring the Dawn Shard:

Challenge No. 15) Outfit your party with helms with Magick Resistance 30+ before talking to the Garif Elders. (Numerous Possiblities)

Challenge No. 16) Outfit your party with helms with Magick Resistance 50+ before talking to the Garif Elders. Known Possiblities: Celebrant's Miter (Chest in the Barheim Passage), Black Mask (Rare Drop in the Deadlands), White Mask (Bazaar Item).

Challenge No. 17) Outfit your party with armor with Defense 30+ before talking to the Garif Elders. (Numerous Possiblities)

Challenge No. 18 ) Outfit your party with weapons of Attack 70+ before talking to the Garif Elders. (Numerous Possiblities)

Challenge No. 19) Acquire the Zodiack Spear (Don't Touch That Chest Sidequest) before talking to the Garif Elders.

Challenge No. 20) Acquire 6 Grand Armor before talking to the Garif Elders.

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Strongest Armor available from shops before talking to the Garif Elders: Defense=20. Magick Resistence=18.
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Some of these challenges I have accomplished, some I have not. If you need further details, feel free to ask.

 

No.

 

No.

 

Definitely not.

 

Never in a million years.

 

You would have to remove my testicles first.

 

What? To all of them? Which then begs for the question: Do you play? & If you do, how many hours do you log before you complete the game?

 

Everyone knows Final Fantasy IX is the best.

 

Fine Jojobonobo, I'll take your troll bait.
Final Fantasy VI is the best.

Grakelin, no double-posts please.

I have to admit that I do not play this game and probably never will. Xyle, what makes these feats challenging, No. 1 for example?

 

Bazaar items only be available when you sell certain quantities of certain pieces of loot. To get the Cyprus Pole you need to sell a certain number of Bone Fragments (I can't remember how many, it may be five) plus a few other things. To get a Bone Fragment at that point in the game, you have to defeat High Level Rare Game that drops them at about 40% of the time, so not only do you have to done it once, you have to do it repeatedly. Also, that early in the game, the expected level you would be playing at is about level 5 to 10. When I finished that first challenge, my level was in the twenties and my game clock was past twenty hours.

Furthermore, Your weapons are too weak to go toe-to-toe with the rare game, so you have to develop your licensing board (this game's version of a level scheme) to unlock powerful attacks called quickenings. A single quickening isn't enough to take out high level game, so you have to chain them, to create concurrences. The stronger the concurrence the more difficult it is to create it.

 

That first bit sounds like a boring grind. A player would have to encounter a particular foe a certain number of times to guarantee the requisite number of an item drops. No thanks.

That second bit sounds like strategic meta-gaming that might exercise a player's skill. I don't know how the game works, but there might be a certain amount of grinding required to develop one's licensing board. Even so, if the combinations that can be linked are cool enough, this could be worthwhile.

 

I think Grakelin has missed a fundamental component of the "puppet account" technique.

Final Fantasy VIII is my favourite, though I don't know why. I can't come up with a single reason for it, it's just the one I had the most fun playing.

I preferred the battle system of FFX. (Turn-based, baby!)
I preferred the setting of FFIX.
I preferred the characters in FFVII.
I preferred the outfits in FFX-2.

Still, I would replay FF VIII over any of the others, if I had to.

 

Meh, Final Fantasy is just shit.

 

Meh, Charonte's opinions are mostly shit.

 

Sorry, but this thread is shit.

 

I appreciate what he is doing here and I find it funny that in one thread a few of you mentioned you would like this. Anyway I found 7 was the best of them. I liked the Balamb Garden in 8 so much that I rate that game simply for that. Never played 9 because I couldn't get into the main character being a furry. 10 was also good but that was the last one I played. X-2 killed final fantasy for me.

 

Has somebody hacked into Zanza's account?

 

If you can't get into medieval pseudo-monkey like aliens than what can you get into?!

 

Yo momma!