*** Final Fantasy XIII ***

Has anyone upgraded a weapon to Level 3 (Ultima) yet? Reading around I need to get a "Trapezohedron" to upgrade from Level 2 to Level 3. They cost either 2 million (I have 200k atm) or can be had by beating one of the most powerful enemies in the game. Neither sounds like fun. Anyone got any tips?

Mark1989 said:
Please explain streeteh? As up until this point in the game i know of no easier way to get gil, Do the missions give you gil?
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I think the Chocobo helps you find buried treasure that is worth more than Incentive Chips. Although (I think) the treasure placement is random so could take longer than you method, depending on luck.


rp2000
 
I`m such an idiot, just moved back to my flat for 3 days, bought the PS3, but left FF13 next to the TV :(

Have to be put on hold for a few days. Cant wait to start playing again, will have to *make do* with GOW3 until then
 
Is it me, but is the computer in your team when a medic completely dumb? Sometimes won't even heal themselves.

...or maybe its just me and user error :p
 
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Mull3t said:
This farming situation? I am coming to the end of Chapter 7 and as yet have found no areas to farm anything? nothing respawns, is this something that comes later on?
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When you are controlling Lightning, Fang and Hope inside Hope's house after it has been trashed and ambushed by the PSICOM soldiers, they will constantly respawn when you defeat them and run around. Good place here to earn some yummy chips for cash. Only way to end it is to examine the organge marker that leads into the room, which then it will be all over and you have the boss battle to end the chapter.

Mull3t said:
Is it me, but is the computer in your team when a medic completely dumb? Sometimes won't even heal themselves.

...or maybe its just me and user error :p
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Well they do tend to prioritise you as you are more important.
 
rp2000 said:
Has anyone upgraded a weapon to Level 3 (Ultima) yet? Reading around I need to get a "Trapezohedron" to upgrade from Level 2 to Level 3. They cost either 2 million (I have 200k atm) or can be had by beating one of the most powerful enemies in the game. Neither sounds like fun. Anyone got any tips?


I think the Chocobo helps you find buried treasure that is worth more than Incentive Chips. Although (I think) the treasure placement is random so could take longer than you method, depending on luck.


rp2000
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Not tried this yet but reckon it should help,
GATHERING TRAPEZOHEDRON

As you can tell by simply looking through the weapon list, you will need at
least 6 Trapezohedron to create 1 tier three weapon to each character. If you
were to buy these, you would be spending 12,000,000 gil. Considering the cost
of materials needed to upgrade weapons and accessories, the extra 12 million
is not a welcome sight. Here's how to bypass that cost:

The best time to do this is during post game. All you need is Vanille's Death
ability (available in the level nine crystarium). With this, you can easily
kill those huge Adamantoise creatures wandering around Gran Pulse. There is
also one in Leviathon Plaza in Eden. This is personally the best place to
farm, as there is a save point in the plaza next to the Adamantoise.

Now, to make this go as quickly as possible, give Vanille the Marlboro Wand
(Tier 2 of the Belladona Wand). Also, give here anything to boost her speed
(Hermes Sandals, Sprint Shoes, Whistlewind Scarf, Aurora Scarf, Nimbletoe
Boots).

Set up you party with Vanille as your lead, then a Sentinal and Medic. Your
Paradigm deck will be Attrition (SAB + SEN + MED).

Now, as soon as you enter battle with the Adamantoise, begin casting Death
with Vanille. This has a low probability of working, but keep at it. When the
creature dies, you will receive 40,000 CP, and you'll have a chance at
getting a Platinu Ingot (sells for 150,000 gil, 5% drop rate), or a
Trapezohedron (1% drop rate).

**Note that the Adamantoise are also a great way to farm money, and if come
back after obtaining the Growth Egg you will gain a decent ammount of CP
from the fights as well.


TRIPLICATING TRAPEZOHEDRON
Once you have one Trapezohedron, you can turn that one into three.

To do this, pick up a Mistilteinn, one of Vanille's weapons, buyable from
Plautus's Workshop for 11,000 gil. Along with this, you will need the
following materials:

159 Sturdy Bone \
89 Superconductor \ Total gil:
2 Particle Accelerator / 1,507,400 gil
28 Ultracompact Reactor /

1 Scarletite
1 Trapezohedron


Now, use the following items to upgrade the Mistilteinn in this exact
order (for best cost effectiveness)

36 x Sturdy Bone
50 x Superconductor

1 x Scarletite

36 x Sturdy Bone
2 x Ultracompact Reactor
15 x Sturdy Bone
27 x Superconductor

1 x Trapezohedron

36 x Sturdy Bone
26 x Ultracompact Reactor
36 x Sturdy Bone
2 x Particle Accelerator
12 x Superconductor


The weapon should now be a maxed out Nirvana. Once you dismantle this, you
will receive:

71 x Monstrous Fang
60 x Entrancing Tail
36 x Moonblossom Seed
10 x Tear of Woe
3 x Trapezohedron
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msmalls74 said:
Not tried this yet but reckon it should help,
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Hmmm, I have not used this death ability yet, although I have unlocked it, as Vanille is not one of the chars I use.

I think I will save then try this as I have not upgraded her weapons and don't want to waste money on her if this fails to work.

Those Adamantoise creatures are the Tortoise with the chains around their legs right? I think there is 2 or 3 variations of them floating around Gran Pulse, although they beat me within about 15 seconds whenever I run into them.


rp2000
 
At the moment I am bored so I am beating up on this little guy, who I recognise from FF7 :)

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rp2000
 
Haha i so want to get to gran pulse, Ive stoped farming on Chapter9 and now just progressing got Lights Blazfire to Tier2 So now is also level 20 on that, Fang i have got her`s to Tier2 also and Hope is still on Tier1 lol but now im controling Sazh/Vanile which isnt as fun!
 
Do I have to kill the Adamantoise with Vanille's death ability, or can I just pwn them with my other characters with whatever I like? I can kill them pretty easily now that I've reached the 10th tier on the crystarium.
 
Fubsy said:
Do I have to kill the Adamantoise with Vanille's death ability, or can I just pwn them with my other characters with whatever I like? I can kill them pretty easily now that I've reached the 10th tier on the crystarium.
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Any tips? I have level 10 for Fang/Light/Hope and I am sure last time I fought one it beat me really quickly. Normally 2 stomps of his leg and all my chars are dead. I would imagine equipping the Connoisseur Catalog would help, although I have not figured out how that and Collector's catalog work. Might be the person who strikes the final blow in the fight has to be wearing it to increase the drop rate of items, or anyone in the team.


rp2000
 
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if you cast a summon then dismiss it with the big attack it makes the big admantoise guy fall down for a while so u can try casting death on it when its like that or just smash him but he just stands back up after a while and smashes me most of the time :p
 
rp2000 said:
Any tips? I have level 10 for Fang/Light/Hope and I am sure last time I fought one it beat me really quickly. Normally 2 stomps of his leg and all my chars are dead. I would imagine equipping the Connoisseur Catalog would help, although I have not figured out how that and Collector's catalog work. Might be the person who strikes the final blow in the fight has to be wearing it to increase the drop rate of items, or anyone in the team.


rp2000
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I have accessories on that limit the amount of physical damage my guys take, that helps a lot.

I'm using a mixture of

COM/SAB/SYN
RAV/SAB/SYN (These two to start off with to buff/debuff, switching to the healing para below when needed)
RAV/COM/RAV
COM/COM/RAV (these two to finish it off quickly)
RAV/COM/MED
 
Fubsy said:
I have accessories on that limit the amount of physical damage my guys take, that helps a lot.

I'm using a mixture of

COM/SAB/SYN
RAV/SAB/SYN (These two to start off with to buff/debuff, switching to the healing para below when needed)
RAV/COM/RAV
COM/COM/RAV (these two to finish it off quickly)
RAV/COM/MED
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What is your accessory layout?


rp2000
 
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