bragging with a point

[leader of mortals]

I am currently level 36, before I even have Penelo , but I have 2 questions...

1) What is the drop rate of the burning bow from the Dive Talon because I am thinking of getting Penelo on my team and chaining them.

2) What level should I stop power leveling at the beginning(dont tell me I am too overleveled because I dont want to hear it)

[Vivisteiner]

lolz, you know you can beat the final boss at level 40?
And at level 50 the Final Boss goes down easily.

I dont know about the Burning Bow though. Not that you need it. XD.

[Lawr]

The final boss is weak trash.

[leader of mortals]

Well it is easiest to level at the beginning of the game because everyone elses levels are based on Vaan's(I already beat the game and I want to own the game this time around) and the guide says the burning bow is the Dive Talons rarest drop. I just wanted to know if anyone got it from him and what my battle chain should be.


Edit: And the final Boss is a weak Son of a Bitch

[Hazzard]

Stop being mean to 'The Undying' (Such a misleading name when he dies in a matter of minutes.)

By the way, you're too Overlevelled...xD

[Renmiri]

You don't want to get Vossler at level 99

Move on when you get bored of just having Vaan and Penelo

[gudkid]

i got the burning bow 5 times from the dive talons...
i chained them more than 60+.... but i already have all the monographs at that time...

[leader of mortals]

I got Penelo now, and I realized just how strong the Dive Talons are. They can hit me for 300 each hit and they keep on chaining their attacks on me. This is gonna be harder than I thought

I have to have the silver bow for both of them right now, because its the only long range weapon at this point in the game(besides the gun, which is worse than the bow), so I shall get Penelo out and continue my Werewolf training(If I fight around 900 more werewolves, I am level 99!)

[gudkid]

werewolves in the mosphoran highwaste?

[leader of mortals]

nope the werewolves near the crystal in the giza plains

[gudkid]

they're easy... taken one at a time...

[leader of mortals]

yes they are

[Hambone]

I got Penelo now, and I realized just how strong the Dive Talons are. They can hit me for 300 each hit and they keep on chaining their attacks on me. This is gonna be harder than I thought

I have to have the silver bow for both of them right now, because its the only long range weapon at this point in the game(besides the gun, which is worse than the bow), so I shall get Penelo out and continue my Werewolf training(If I fight around 900 more werewolves, I am level 99!)

You're so lucky you enjoy fighting on this game. Leveling up on FFXII is such a snooze fest! Speaking of leveling up, does anyone know of a good way to level up fast? I'm fixing to try to beat Mateus again (I barely lost twice now) and I'm on lvls 30-31. Also, does anyone have any good strategies for beating him?

[gudkid]

for levelling, equip embroidered tippets and chaining is the best way to go. i used to train in the bottom of the golmore jungle map. in the rustling chapel if memory serves me correctly.
you first have to kill all enemies then skelies will start spawning which can be killed with one shot of raise (that is if you don't miss). you have to be wary of one attack of the skellies that'll incur the disabled status effect. i forgot the name again. just circle around that area and if none spawns, move 2 screens away and go back there. boring process but the skellies drop sturdy bones which sell more or less for 400 and if your lucky, a rare game - the dead lord it think, will appear and you can kill it with one shot of raise.
hmmm.
i started off with 2 heavy hitters and 1 magicker/buffer(with charge technick) and hit mateus with a high quickening chain right off the bat when his ice azers are close to him. it's a helpful way to get rid of the ice azers. then i went for ground and pound using my heavy hitters and always let your magicker stay away as to not get hit by sleepga or you can equip everyone with the ninshinsomething belts... forgot the spelling. the ones that make you immune to sleep. you can buy them in the sand-strewn pass.
just continue with the ground and pound while your buffer/magicker just watches from the side lines to spam cure or any restorative magic and help when it is needed.
and use charge when the buffer is out of mp.

[Little Blue]

If you're fighting Mateus now, I doubt you have Embroidered Tippets, I know I don't and I'm just after that trying to beat Cuculaninn with my lvl 40 ish party. Easiest way to level I would suggest is going back to the Henne mines to the second switch where you get ambushed by about 16 flans, set everyone to fira (or one person to fira and the others to steal if you wish) with some basic healing, and set off the trap.

After dealing with them, flee two areas away, and run back, still fleeing, and set off the trap again. The fleeing maintains the chain by not engaging the steelings and other foes, which, while doing nothing for the exp gain, raises the quality of the loot, when you get 99 yellow liquids, just teleport somewhere you can sell them. Massive amounts of exp and gil. Should easily get you to lvl 35, if not more depending how patient you are.

As for mateus, I think I just hacked her to death with a level 35ish party. I might've quickened her too, but I think I probably just hacked, so I can't offer much of a strategy.