Quote Originally Posted by Shiva_ View Post
I'm doing it right now. It's been very fun and quite challenging. It was really difficult at first and rough at times, though.

I'm about to start the Pharos. For some time, I've been doing the available marks and also getting all the items, equipment, accessories, etc. I need before heading into the Pharos.
I've done the first 3 storyline espers, zalera, and cuchalain so far.

The hardest battles so far have been Firemame (just didn't bring enough potions so I had to farm for some), Judges on the Leviathan, and Mateus. These battles took at least 3 tries.

Mimic Queen wasn't too bad. I suprisingly defeated Vossler on the first try. I remember him taking 2 tries on my original playthrough because he in his Enrage state wiped out all of my guys the 1st time. Tiamat was just long.

I was so relieved when I got my first Firefly. It took me like at least 30 tries to get it as I could never get the chest to spawn, and even when it spawned, it wasn't in there. The journey to the chest was long, and getting mobbed by zombies on the way there got quite aggravating at times. Fortunately, once I got it, I was able to get out a different way, and that way out was less unpleasant. Once I got it, I was finally able to License everyone up by having the Firefly-equipped character chain Dustias while everybody else had Golden Amulets.

All of the other battles haven't as hard since licensing everyone up.
I guess I got lucky getting firefly on my 4th try (But I was panicing because the zombies almost raped my entire party and I almost died on the 3rd last zone when the boms were chasing me). And even getting a second one after the LP farming when I returned to kill mateus.

And yeah the leviathan judges were a pain. I remember using hi-potions on the imperial soldiers and even pushing the soldiers away from vossler so he wouldnt kill them ( he got nearest visible attack gambit I think D: ). And for Mateus it helps a lot if you immobilize the ice azers