So how did the teleporting thing go? And yeah, I agree they were two very enjoyable fights. I just beat Gilgamesh a second time yesterday and it was great. I still have Fafnir to deal with, but since it’s so much stronger than the other marks, I decided to leave that until later. Now I’m finally climbing the Pharos, one of my favorite dungeons ever. Btw, is there any purpose to the Excalipoor aside from being the usual joke weapon? There’s a license for it and everything.
I have a feeling I'm suppose to be teleported once, not leave the dungeon, and walk back to him to get the fight going. I'll check tonight. Ultima is still my favorite battle in the game next to Gilgamesh.
Oh man, that sounds very frustrating. I was never a fan of the Lost Woods type of dungeon, and that only sounds like there’s an extra layer of frustration on top. Meanwhile, I got Ultima, so now I have all the optional espers aside from Zodiark. Time to finish some hunts and off to the Pharos I go!
I thought once I stopped playing FFXII, I wouldn't have to deal with tricky Mark Hunts anymore but Arc the Lad 2 has me back here again. I'm trying to hunt this monster who is in this obnoxious Lost Woods knockoff. Finding him is a bit time consuming because certain battles are unavoidable, but the issue is that I can't figure out how to initiate the fight. You'll run into him in the woods and he claims to be the Guardian of the Forest. You can then ask him two questions: Where is White House? Which is the story place I need to go to, or how to get out of the woods. He'll answer the latter, but will teleport you back to the start of the dungeon if you ask about the other one. So, I'm not quite sure how to get this fight going...
Fury is certainly one of the more memorable mark hunts in XII.
Fury was hilarious
The Wanted Monsters are mostly like the Hunts from XIII and XV where you end up fighting monsters from later sections. By going to the locations they are said to be at, you will engage in a "random" battle, and there is a chance the monster you're looking for will be among the usual encounter on the map. The exceptions are when the Monsters are part of a Hunter's Job which are the real jewel of the side content since these missions are story driven. So for instance, one Wanted Monster is a Doll Master which is a type of weak mage monster with HP, but his wanted poster doesn't know where the guy is. Instead, I take a Hunter's Job that involves protecting a jewelry store from being robbed, and lo and behold, this is the Monster that shows up to steal all the jewels with a small troop of Golems. Making this mission even more interesting is that the Golems try to ignore you and instead target the jewelry displays before trying to run away and the Wanted Monster tries to be a diversion. So you have to stop the Golem's before they leave or the mission is a failure. Also, if you advance the plot too much, other Hunters will complete the missions instead. Wanted Monsters are exempt from this though and are always available. So yeah, the Hunter Jobs are the awesome side-quests.
Gotta love those dramatically improved sequels. Though that does sound dumb with the randomness. Are they something like hunts in FFXII aside from that? That reminds me about something I forgot to tell you - the various Hunt and side missions in the Witcher 3 are done quite similarly, with all of them really adding to the lore and world, and most of them being unique (though not as distinct from regular monsters as in FFXII, plus they’re not as big a challenge bump). I wish more games really capitalized on monster hunts actually feeling unique. As for the Great Crystal, I managed without a map once, I’ll manage again I’m thinking of drawing my own map, actually!
I'd suggest finding a map online for it, but frankly most of them are awful sadly... I finished Arc the Lad 1 and started Arc the Lad 2 which is frighteningly better. My only issue is that I screwed up and moved the story ahead before completing a few limited time missions and I had to start all over again. That and remembering why I actually don't like the Wanted Monsters, because it's actually random if you will encounter them on the map they're suppose to be hiding out on.
So I stopped playing at the Great Crystal yesterday because it was late and I had to sleep. I hope I don’t get too lost coming back to it today
