(Chapters 11 & 12 threads) Yep, Still Linear. I swear

Mission 7 being Bituitus the Pillager... I thought he was easy. Uhh, Cie'th are weak against magic so go nuts with that. I just killed Geiserio too, which I highly recommend doing. Super fun. I was all nervous 'cause the game had a pretty big warning that it was going to be hard, but it was easy. Guess I killed more munchkins than I thought. :o

Some of the descriptions for these missions are lulz.

I've been planning to progress the game, but I can't pass up a mission when I see one. I've done 1-9 and 12. xP

I've finished all the missions that I can so far and moved onto the tower. Talk about DULL. I've really enjoyed chapter 11 so far but this is just boring.

The tower is super boring. I hate all tower dungeons.

I loved it, purely because of the ease of which you can get 8000CP for dispatching five or so robot things which are insanely easy to stagger and kill.

EDIT: Or should I say, I'm loving it, as I'm not yet finished.

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Originally Posted by Croyles

Did anyone have real trouble with Mark 7/The Undying? I died the first time and then for some reason I thought it would be a good idea to use a sentinel, which didnt really work because the marks most damaging attacks a AoE anyway, but didnt want to restart, which meant I literally spent like 20 minutes duking it out on the edge of my seat, nearly dying every couple of seconds lol.
I should have used some different Paradigms I think.

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Sounds like it, because I beat it on the first try.

I've done the first... 9 marks, I think. I should probably advance the game at some point, but I still have a bunch of exploring to do.

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Originally Posted by Loony BoB

I loved it, purely because of the ease of which you can get 8000CP for dispatching five or so robot things which are insanely easy to stagger and kill.

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Yes! I ground the smurf out of those five guys. Got to level 4 with all my characters on all 3 of their main roles on them.

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Originally Posted by Raistlin

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Originally Posted by Croyles

Did anyone have real trouble with Mark 7/The Undying? I died the first time and then for some reason I thought it would be a good idea to use a sentinel, which didnt really work because the marks most damaging attacks a AoE anyway, but didnt want to restart, which meant I literally spent like 20 minutes duking it out on the edge of my seat, nearly dying every couple of seconds lol.
I should have used some different Paradigms I think.

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Sounds like it, because I beat it on the first try.

I've done the first... 9 marks, I think. I should probably advance the game at some point, but I still have a bunch of exploring to do.

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It was weak against magic so thats what I was spamming, but all of the elemental attacks are halved and I dont think I ever staggered him.
I didnt have any trouble with the other marks though.

Bartleby?

Oh Sazh. :love:

So I've explored close to 3/4 of the Expanse, mostly while doing Marks. I found a couple of treasure chests which I may never actually get, considering they were guarded by Giant Dinosaur Thing and the other by two behemoth kings. The latter may be beatable, but I engaged the Giant Dinosaur Thing and it stomped its foot and my party died (Lightning survived a few rounds while being in the air during her attack).

At the rate I'm playing (I didn't do much more than three marks today), I may never leave Gran Pulse. :p

Finally onto chapter 12 today. Whee.

Ok, im on Misson 10 still on Chapter 11. I got most of the Crystarium to level 4. Should I stay on gran pulse or continue the story? I heard that (and this is not a spoiler) after you beat the game that the crystarium is fully unlocked (to lvl 10) meaning its only possible then to do everything in grand pulse.

So I dont know what I should do.... Stay or go.

it's unlocked to level 5

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Originally Posted by Dignified Pauper

it's unlocked to level 5

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Ah right sorry.

Well I just got my first Chocobo, AWESOME!

I think I will now try to beat the game.

I can't decide what to do! This is why I like linear!

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Originally Posted by ShlupQuack

I can't decide what to do! This is why I like linear!

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This is why I'll probably barely play the game again until I get an hd and want to run through the game to get the full effect. The missions aren't even that great since they all involve just killing marks. Sad :( overall. At least the characters and story were excellent.