I found a bug where Cúchulainn stays on screen permanently and enemies continue to target it after its hp hit's zero. At this point the dismiss selection, exiting the game, and killing the summoner don't dismiss it so I restarted from an earlier save.
I absolutely love this mod and it has made FFXII one of my favorite games. One issue I think I've found is that demon feathers needed for the cloud staff are only a 5% drop from Imps and Pit Fiends. In SFF they are 95% poaches from them as well, but that is not the case here because you get the moon flute azuricite instead.
Edit: of course it was added to a chest later on so it's fine.
Not sure if this is intended, but it seems almost impossible to get ancient turtle shells in a reliable manner. The turtles in giza plains have had that drop replaced with an azuricite, same with the ones in zertinian caverns. The 1% drop on adamantite I haven't got to proc yet. Other options seem the non-repeatable pandaemonium and darksteel.
Trying to make a venetian shield and seems very difficult to get this component.
FYI am about to start Pharos and loving the mod so far. Only gripe apart from above is that I don't get rood inverse until so late (shadowseer) and I have spent the whole game thinking about combinations for it.
When I load into estersand bank village, the game stays loading forever. This was an issue in the SFF version as well but I couldn't figure out how to fix it.
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My playthrough so far has been amazing I love these hardcore playthroughs. I'm currently in balfonheim after giruvegan. I want to do as much as possible without reddas so I level up quicker. I've done all hunts available including all elite hunts (that are available so far). Most painful ones I found were 'Belito' hunt and the Sochen cave palace 5 mandragoras boss. One self inflicted challenge was fighting archeoaevis, they are not balanced at all and was the most excruciating experience ever.
main party: Balthier (66), Ashe (61), Penelo (61). reserves: Vaan (51), Fran (25), Basch (21).
As a result of all of that, I feel I can finally give some thoughts of what I've found in the mod.
It places a much higher value on exploring every nook and cranny because you don't know what you'll find. Hell I found an area in Stilshrine of Miriam I never knew existed. Explore EVERYWHERE. Go back, double check. Half of your magic/techniques will come from treasures.
The challenge is in finding juuust the right technique for each fight. If you try to brute force things, you WILL fail.
Some of the stuff I've taken advantage of. Characters:
Balthier was great early, mid and late game with Pirate hat and aqua shot. Means double damage.
Pheasant netsuke + balthier throwing potions is better than any healer.
Ashe has been great late game, Gravity works on a lot of enemies, means 50% of their health disappears (aoe effect).
Penello. Well, you still need a healer. Sages ring = never run out of mana.
Accessories:
Embroidered tippet- treasure in feywood. 5% poach from coeurl in tchita uplands.
Bubble belt- 1 from antlion hunt. 1 from Feywood ice field of clearsight. 1 from bazaar recipe.
Half of the fun is in finding everything. I won't spoil what is where in the mod however I suggest you explore very thoroughly:
Necrohol of Nabudis
Barheim passage
Giruvegan
Zertinian caverns
(yet to explore myself) Pharos + Subterra.
Gil/Money and XP farming:
Early: Lhusu shunia twinspan skeletons- Kill skeletons on bridge, run to site 2, kill all skeletons. Zone out to Oltam Span.
Mid: Golmore jungle Paths of Chained Light coeurls- Kill Coeurls zone out to Ozmone plains Field of Light Winds. If focusing on XP kill everything. Hellhounds give most xp.
Late: Feywood Walk of Dancing Shadow Mirror Knights- Kill mirror knights, zone out to redolent glade.
Welcome any questions and I'll try help out where I can.
Hi, i have a question about entity can you still steal the perspective stone since i am after the dawn shard and i want to know if i can steal a Salamand Halcyon from the Salamand Halcyon or it was change since i don't want spend hours with out finding out if it has it or not to steal. Also can you later buy Mega-Potion since that would really good for me.
I saw it later, i find this good, so 2 things would be good, for rare games to have their drop and steals it would also help out, at least for they who respawn, Also i am now before Girvagan and Darklabor was really hard, i had to flee from these mobs because they were to many from them and hit to hard. I would rebalance that also i still try to find a shop that sells me Mega-Potion, i do ahve now X-potion but to make healing easier and not my Van who is a Chemist some what useful i really need them T_T. I really hope i can buy them at some point. Also i am searching for the blitz technique where is it? Sorry for these many question.
Quick progress update: 114 hrs into the game, level 60 stats all around. I only have Behemoth King, Hell Wyrm, Shadowseer, Zodiark and Yiazmat to beat as well as the final boss.
At level 60, most of my characters CANNOT damage the Undying with physical attacks outside of guns, and he is immune to all elements and debuffs. Furthermore, his Piercing Flare and other attacks do 8000+ damage a hit. Add to this his basic physical deals confusion, immobilize, disable and poison, and you realise just how tough Proud Mode Undying is.
This, coupled with the fact that I cannot get anywhere near the Subterra without getting utterly annihilated by the Abaddons and Mistmares in the Penumbra means that I have to level grind to do any more bosses. Hell Wyrm and Behemoth King do too much damage, I can't get anywhere near Zodiark because the Abysteels are beyond busted, and I can't get to Shadowseer because of the aforementioned Abaddons. And because Undying is so cheap I have no choice but to level grind up to 90+.
Which brings me to the issue I have with the game. Past level 50 the levelling curve starts becoming overwhelming, as you need around 100k+ EXP in order to level up once. There are useful mobs to powerlevel on (such as Negalmuur to level 50/60/70, Jellies in Henne Mines and Abysteels in Henne Mines) but a lot of these methods were removed or nerfed completely. Dustia Farming was erased because of the change to Potions and Phoenix Downs, Negalmuur was nerfed so that its summoned mobs only give 1 EXP, Jellies in Pit Junction A only give 1 EXP so grinding in the early game is not easy in the slightest. In the late game, even more so, as the enemies can deal immense damage to you that you constantly have to micromanage. The Abysteels in Henne Mines are by far the easiest, thanks to Disable being AoE and Ashe getting an Indigo Pendant, but that involves the use of Fran and Penelo to maximise damage with Scathe and Holy before the mobs debuffs wear off, and at 60k HP, that could take a while. Levelling up the guys proves more problematic as only Balthier is a viable healer with Mega Potions and Pheasent Netsuke, and he only has a limited supply.
At this point in the game, just to beat the final bosses, I will have to grind up for hours at a time, both to increase my HP, and to be able to access areas that have Ribbons, just to beat Undying. With Hell Wyrm having 18m HP, and Yiazmat presumably having 100m HP, I dread to think how those battles will go without max stats.
Bit of an update on my game - I beat Shadowseer. It was not easy at all, considering I can buff up ahead of time and restock, the difficulty wasn't in facing the Shadowseer directly, but the four other bosses it spawns. The biggest issue is that because it uses Fearga, you can't rely on magic, and you can't status it. Thus Balthier and his Pheasent Netsuke was doing most of the healing, and Basch and the Exsanguined Shield (auto-Lure) were tanking while Fran did most of the damage. Ended up going through 99 Phoenix Downs, 90 Ultra Potions, 20 Mega-Potions and god knows how many Hi-Ethers. Oh, and I threw around 500k gil at the 5 bosses to try and speed it up.
I'm just glad Subterra is done now. I only need to go back for rare game purposes if I ever want the platinum.
I enjoyed reading your updates. Have you made any progress since your last update?
Despite the struggle detailed in your posts, I am still carefully considering a Proud Mode run myself. Though I think I'll go back to the base SFF to refamiliarize myself with eternal's new balancing.
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Edit: of course it was added to a chest later on so it's fine.
Trying to make a venetian shield and seems very difficult to get this component.
FYI am about to start Pharos and loving the mod so far. Only gripe apart from above is that I don't get rood inverse until so late (shadowseer) and I have spent the whole game thinking about combinations for it.
When I load into estersand bank village, the game stays loading forever. This was an issue in the SFF version as well but I couldn't figure out how to fix it.
main party: Balthier (66), Ashe (61), Penelo (61).
reserves: Vaan (51), Fran (25), Basch (21).
As a result of all of that, I feel I can finally give some thoughts of what I've found in the mod.
It places a much higher value on exploring every nook and cranny because you don't know what you'll find. Hell I found an area in Stilshrine of Miriam I never knew existed. Explore EVERYWHERE. Go back, double check. Half of your magic/techniques will come from treasures.
The challenge is in finding juuust the right technique for each fight. If you try to brute force things, you WILL fail.
Some of the stuff I've taken advantage of.
Characters:
Accessories:
Half of the fun is in finding everything. I won't spoil what is where in the mod however I suggest you explore very thoroughly:
Gil/Money and XP farming:
Welcome any questions and I'll try help out where I can.
i have a question about entity can you still steal the perspective stone since i am after the dawn shard and i want to know if i can steal a Salamand Halcyon from the Salamand Halcyon or it was change since i don't want spend hours with out finding out if it has it or not to steal. Also can you later buy Mega-Potion since that would really good for me.
I would rebalance that also i still try to find a shop that sells me Mega-Potion, i do ahve now X-potion but to make healing easier and not my Van who is a Chemist some what useful i really need them T_T. I really hope i can buy them at some point.
Also i am searching for the blitz technique where is it?
Sorry for these many question.
114 hrs into the game, level 60 stats all around. I only have Behemoth King, Hell Wyrm, Shadowseer, Zodiark and Yiazmat to beat as well as the final boss.
At level 60, most of my characters CANNOT damage the Undying with physical attacks outside of guns, and he is immune to all elements and debuffs. Furthermore, his Piercing Flare and other attacks do 8000+ damage a hit. Add to this his basic physical deals confusion, immobilize, disable and poison, and you realise just how tough Proud Mode Undying is.
This, coupled with the fact that I cannot get anywhere near the Subterra without getting utterly annihilated by the Abaddons and Mistmares in the Penumbra means that I have to level grind to do any more bosses. Hell Wyrm and Behemoth King do too much damage, I can't get anywhere near Zodiark because the Abysteels are beyond busted, and I can't get to Shadowseer because of the aforementioned Abaddons. And because Undying is so cheap I have no choice but to level grind up to 90+.
Which brings me to the issue I have with the game. Past level 50 the levelling curve starts becoming overwhelming, as you need around 100k+ EXP in order to level up once. There are useful mobs to powerlevel on (such as Negalmuur to level 50/60/70, Jellies in Henne Mines and Abysteels in Henne Mines) but a lot of these methods were removed or nerfed completely. Dustia Farming was erased because of the change to Potions and Phoenix Downs, Negalmuur was nerfed so that its summoned mobs only give 1 EXP, Jellies in Pit Junction A only give 1 EXP so grinding in the early game is not easy in the slightest. In the late game, even more so, as the enemies can deal immense damage to you that you constantly have to micromanage. The Abysteels in Henne Mines are by far the easiest, thanks to Disable being AoE and Ashe getting an Indigo Pendant, but that involves the use of Fran and Penelo to maximise damage with Scathe and Holy before the mobs debuffs wear off, and at 60k HP, that could take a while. Levelling up the guys proves more problematic as only Balthier is a viable healer with Mega Potions and Pheasent Netsuke, and he only has a limited supply.
At this point in the game, just to beat the final bosses, I will have to grind up for hours at a time, both to increase my HP, and to be able to access areas that have Ribbons, just to beat Undying. With Hell Wyrm having 18m HP, and Yiazmat presumably having 100m HP, I dread to think how those battles will go without max stats.
I'm just glad Subterra is done now. I only need to go back for rare game purposes if I ever want the platinum.
Bosses to go: Hell Wyrm, Omega, Zodiark, Behemoth King, Yiazmat, Undying.
Despite the struggle detailed in your posts, I am still carefully considering a Proud Mode run myself. Though I think I'll go back to the base SFF to refamiliarize myself with eternal's new balancing.