Strider
09-14-2003, 02:59 AM
Yeah, I finally got to FFIV's big guy today. And I got wasted. Numerous times.
But you know, it wasn't like I was unprepared. There were a couple of times where I was doing well until he opened his textbook and started schooling me. Everyone is reasonably strong, leveled from 53 to 57. I got pretty much everything I was supposed to: all of Rydia's summons, all sorts of stuff for Edge to throw, every spell that Rosa can know, pretty much all of the big armor and weapons, with a couple of notable exceptions.
One, I didn't get the Crystal Sword. I went downstairs a few floors without thinking to fully explore the first floor, and I passed it by. That would mean I missed out on all the other stuff on that path, also.
Fortunately, I did manage to get the White Lance and the Masamune and spiffy arrows for Rydia and Rosa, plus a near-infinite amount of every important item. I didn't really have much trouble with killing anything on the way down, except for maybe Mind, but that's besides the point. . .
I got to Zeromus and earned myself several old-fashioned butt-whuppins'. So I got to thinking: Does having the Crystal Sword make that much of a difference? Excalibur is a brilliant sword in itself, and so I didn't bother much to go back to the beginning and get the Crystal. Should I go back up a floor or two and level up some more? Cecil and Kain are well above 3000, Edge is right below it, Rosa is about 2500 or so, and Rydia is just short of 2000. I figured that'd be enough to last, but apparently it wasn't. Would Slow work on my enemy? Every time I thought I was out of trouble healing from one of his Big Bang attacks, I was right back in it a few turns later.
So yeah, any advice on what I should do?
But you know, it wasn't like I was unprepared. There were a couple of times where I was doing well until he opened his textbook and started schooling me. Everyone is reasonably strong, leveled from 53 to 57. I got pretty much everything I was supposed to: all of Rydia's summons, all sorts of stuff for Edge to throw, every spell that Rosa can know, pretty much all of the big armor and weapons, with a couple of notable exceptions.
One, I didn't get the Crystal Sword. I went downstairs a few floors without thinking to fully explore the first floor, and I passed it by. That would mean I missed out on all the other stuff on that path, also.
Fortunately, I did manage to get the White Lance and the Masamune and spiffy arrows for Rydia and Rosa, plus a near-infinite amount of every important item. I didn't really have much trouble with killing anything on the way down, except for maybe Mind, but that's besides the point. . .
I got to Zeromus and earned myself several old-fashioned butt-whuppins'. So I got to thinking: Does having the Crystal Sword make that much of a difference? Excalibur is a brilliant sword in itself, and so I didn't bother much to go back to the beginning and get the Crystal. Should I go back up a floor or two and level up some more? Cecil and Kain are well above 3000, Edge is right below it, Rosa is about 2500 or so, and Rydia is just short of 2000. I figured that'd be enough to last, but apparently it wasn't. Would Slow work on my enemy? Every time I thought I was out of trouble healing from one of his Big Bang attacks, I was right back in it a few turns later.
So yeah, any advice on what I should do?