Excalibur II

[Aulayna]

Did you ever manage to obtain it? (legit like, not by cheating!)

[Wolf Kanno]

No, because I like playing the game for the story, and it just seems silly to me to rush througha game so I can get some little trinket that has a few points higher attack power for one character and is only useful for a short period of time. Its still my least favorite gimmicky weapon sidequest. At least Suikoden II had the decency to make its rush job sidequest give you an alternate story...

[Elpizo]

No, and I don't think I ever will, either.

[Tigmafuzz]

On my sixth or seventh playthrough, I decided I'd go for it. Took a lot of luck, but after almost three weeks of reloads and even a few complete restarts, I finally got it. It wasn't nearly worth it, with being very underleveled and not having the right skills learned to take on Kuja. Although it would have been a lot easier if I had known the trick for skipping FMVs back then. I could probably do it again now and actually beat the game afterwards, since the FMVs are almost two hours worth of game time or something. That's a good amount of time to grind on those Grand Dragons with Level 5 Death.

I want to play it again now :(

[Skyblade]

Eh, if I ever cared enough, I'd honestly just cheat for it by resetting the game clock. It's the same as letting the game clock wrap around, except I don't have to wait for 2 years for it to happen.

Sorry, I don't play RPGs to rush through them. It seems to be the worst way to play, in my opinion. You miss out on so much.

[Sephiroth]

I have done it once. Personally I did like it for the "I have done it" feeling but for nothing else. The Level 1 challenge was more fun even with all the reloading. At least I have had as much time as I wanted.

[Quindiana Jones]

Nah. It never seemed worth it to me. I did enjoy the Gilgamesh reference it gives you, though.

[Rantz]

What he said. ^

[Jinx]

Nah. You have to pass up SO much just to get this one item. I love FFIX because of the story. If I can't even read the dialogue, that'd be no fun!

[Roogle]

No, I only obtain it through cheating every time I play through the game. I'm not going to speedrun a game for a single item. I don't like that they did that.

[Zeiferxx]

No. I need to beat the game several times more in order to go for Excalibur II.