My Perfect Game File

[SeeDRankLou]

Athlete Queen
-As you can see earlier, I got the Athlete Queen.
-This section starts with some scenes, and then I take control of Vivi. He goes down to Hippaul and starts a mini-game.
-I don't know why everyone thinks that after the first 7 races that you can only increase his level by 1 each race. I didn't start doing 1 race per level until I got to level 60. Maybe I just do it faster, I don't know. I change the button configuration to switch the X and O buttons so that they are closer together, that's about it (I just had to remember to press O to speak to Hippaul's Mom).
-After I got the Athlete Queen (and rested while the game was paused), I return the button configuation to normal and go to the Square. I watch the ATE Artemicion so that I can read the letter he delivers. He also informs Stiltzkin that he has been delivering all of his letters (i.e. I have read all 6 of his letters so far).
-Then I go to the the bell tower, ring the bell to get 5 cards, buy Stiltzkin's deal, deliver a letter to Kupo and read the one he just got and saved.


Cheering Up Zidane
-Vivi makes his way to the theatre, scenes...scenes...scenes. When I gain control of Eiko temporarily, I unequip her of everything except her Ruby. Scenes...scenes....scenes....when I regain control of Zidane, he searches the pub for the 3 items I skipped way back in disc 1.
-I go to the bell tower and read the letter Kupo got from Stiltzkin and I save.

From the beginning of disc 3 to now, the guide alots 33 minutes to do this section. I did this section in 23 minutes. *Bows, bows, allows applause to fade...*
-Afterwards, I go to the theatre and get the gil on the ground. This isn't a missable item, but I wanted a little more money because I'm making one extra purchase than the guide says.
-Shopping: Synthesize a Barrette, and purchase a Plate Mail and Brigandine. The first two are for Freya gaining the exp from Tantarian, and the latter is for Amarant possibly learning Ability Up. I'm not sure I need it, but I'll buy it anyway. I'll have to have it at some point.
-Then I go to the dock, where Freya and Amarant almost duke it out. Pick up the Phoenix Pinion and gil, and take the boat to the castle. I then get the Ether, Phoenix Pinion and Lapis Lazuli. Then two areas to the left, there's a third Phoenix Pinion. I go ahead and pick up Leo while I'm there.
-Scenes, scenes, scenes.....I regain control in Treno. I watch the Memories by the Water and City People ATEs, which grants me the Chimera Armlet.
-I leave Treno and save half-way to South Gate.


Road Trip!
-I need to go to Dali now. Not only do I need 99 more Wrists, but this is the only time I can get a few items.
-I go through South Gate and save half-way to Dali.

-I enter and go to the Mayor's House. I get the Mini Brahne and the Mayor's Key. Then I enter the windmill while it's stopped and get a Cachusha and Elixir. Then I use the Mayor's Key and get the Burman Coffee and 30,000 gil. Before I leave I buy 99 Wrists.
-Then I go to the Observatory and trade in my coffees for the Mini Prima Vista.
-I save half-way to South Gate.

-Then I go through South Gate and save half-way to Treno.


Card Torunament
-Now I get to play Tetra Master. But first, I go synthesize 99 Cotton Robes.
-Then participate in round 1. Using the Shiva, Ramuh, Nova Dragon, Tantarian and Armstrong cards I get a perfect win and all of his cards.
-There are two ways to get a Namingway Card. One is from the Desert Palace, and the other is here. If I don't send Vivi out of Treno (which I didn't), there's an ATE after round 1, Hippo's Prize. If I watch that, then Mario of the Slums will be my round 2 opponent, and he uses Namingway Cards. So this is the other way to get them. So I do this.
-During round 2, using the same cards, I somehow get another perfect game, so I get all 3 Namingway Cards that he played, which is really cool.
-I decide to save now and not chance anything going wrong with Catoblepas.

-Now it's time to defeat the second arena monster, Catoblepas. The easy way to do this is to use Lucky Seven and do 7777 damage. If Zidane gets KOed in this battle, he'll come back with 1 HP. So I can then use a gem to make his HP end in a 7. I currently have 11 Ores, if I had 9 then Zidane would be healed for 36 HP so he would have 37. I thought I needed to use the Sapphire I had, but I don't.
-So Zidane gets the Gladius, Bandana, Chimera Armlet, Bronze Vest and Reflect Ring, and deactivates Distract. I buy a Coral Sword, sell 2 Ores and my 99 Cotton Robes while I'm in the sell window.
-I fight Catoblepas and it uses Thundara to KO Zidane. Then Zidane activates Distract and Jelly. I fight Catoblepas again. Zidane gets the first turn, and I use an Ore, which puts his HP at 37. Then Catoblepas uses Devil's Bell, which does nothing. Then Zidane uses Lucky Seven for 7777 damage and the win. I get 15000 gil for my victory. This took maybe 10 tries.
-I go back to the moogle, who gets a letter from Kupo about the Athlete Queen, and I save.

-I have decided to let Freya absorb the exp from Tantarian instead of Zidane. It's kind of fun playing a level 1 game, so I'll let Freya sit it out for most of the rest of the game. And, her taking the exp affects only her max magic, which for her will only affect her max MP. I don't think that's as important as Zidane's max strength and max HP. Plus, I don't need to sit through an auction and get a Dark Matter. So, on to the last round.
-I didn't get a perfect game like last time, but I won. I took an Oglop Card with just one arrow as my prize, don't know why, probably doesn't matter. I get the Rebirth Ring, and then it's off to Alexandria. Too bad I can't save beforehand.

Alexandria Attacked
-After some scenes and an FMV, I delegate assignments for the Knights of Pluto, for which I get Angel Earrings. Then, Steiner and Beatrix are off.
-I unequip everything from Steiner. If one "optimize"s Beatrix, one will find that only her accessory changes. She has a Yellow Scarf on, and optimizing her will give her the Madain's Ring (or the Rebirth Ring if I wouldn't have gotten that). This actually lowers her magic defense, so there's no point in doing this. I don't know why the guide instructs you to do so. If you remember from her last battles, Beatrix was at level 13.
-Fight 1 can be skipped with a some slightly tricky footwork.
-Fight 2: Steiner self-KOs. Beatrix uses an Elixir and wins. She goes up to level 15.
-Fight 3: Beatrix uses 2 Full-Lifes and wins. Up to level 18.
After this, I take all but the Plate Mail off of Beatrix and give her an Elixir.
-Fight 4: Beatrix uses an Elixir and wins. Up to level 19.
-Fight 5: Same and fight 4. Up to level 20.
-Fight 6: Beatrix uses Full-Life and wins. Up to level 21.
-Figth 7: Beatrix uses 2 Full-Lifes and wins. Up to level 22.
During the last fight she has to start with empty ATB because Steiner is suppose to trance here (you know, I have not had a non-forced trance in this game yet). For most of the single Mistodon fights Beatrix started with enough ATB to go first. All in all, it was a good run. I got a few Ethers and Peridots too.
-Interesting note: During one of my tries, Full-Life missed one of the Mistodons. This only happened once though. I guess only an Elixir is sure to work.
-Now for some more scenes. Dagger runs up to the platform, skips some FMVs and summons Alexander. Zidane's group arrives at Alexandria.
-I run up to the guardhouse and save.


Tantarian
-Holy freakin' crap, I got lucky with this one. This so makes up for the Amarant battle. I tried this battle 70ish times yesterday, not including the ones where Tantarian opened with Paper Storm and KOed the whole party. Relying on Lucky Seven to do 7777 damage 3 times in a row, with the possibility of one or two 7 damages in the mix, is a true test of patience. 80%ish of the time I opened with either 77 or 777, so I had to reset. Then sometimes Zidane would get a Doom and the phoenix down wouldn't do a 7. Many many tries, many many failures.
-So, I wouldn't touch Vivi's equipment since he'll be KOed at the end of this battle, but he has the Survival Vest and Zidane needs it, so first he gets a Mythril Vest. Zidane gets the Survival Vest. Freya gets the Barbut, Mythril Gloves, Plate Mail and Barette. The first 3 up her Spirit by 4 points total. The Barette raises her Strength by 3, Magic by 1 and Spirit by another 1. Zidane loses Distract and activates Antibody.
-Zidane gets the first turn, Lucky Seven does 7777 which opens Tantarian. The other 3 give Tantarian a Hi-Potion each. Freya gets Poisoned, she uses an Antidote. Zidane uses another Lucky Seven for 7777 damage again. Vivi gets Poisoned. Zidane uses a third Lucky Seven for 7777 damage. That's right, 3 times in a row. I'm talking about some serious luck here. Then Vivi and Amarant self-KO and Freya KOs Zidane. Then Freya goes in for the kill. I don't know if it would have been faster to wait for Zidane to self-KO, but it probably wouldn't have made much of a difference.
-Freya levels up to 18 and gets almost her max stats along the way. Freya learns Bug Killer, Undead Killer, Man Eater, Gamble Defense, Chemist and Locomotion. I get the Running Shoes as a reward for my efforts. It's too bad that only Freya can benefit from this 30 AP.
-After, I run up to where Dagger is. Skip some dialogue and some FMVs, then wake up in Lindblum. I get two treasures.
-I get a letter to deliver and save.


Same old Lindblum
-This is the same as the last Lindblum visits, except MUCH LONGER. Most of this section is just a bunch of scenes that I have to go through.
-I deliver a letter to the moogle in the inn and get the three potions from around town. From this point on, nothing in Lindblum is missable. But I went ahead and picked up the gil from the tantulus hideout, the Lapiz Lazuli and the Chimera Armlet.
-Then I took the Blue Narciss to the shore by the Qu's Marsh on the Outer Continent and saved in the same spot I save when I left Fossil Roo.


Black Mage Village....or lack thereof
-I walk to the chocobo tracks, call Choco, and go to the Black Mage Village.
-This is just a couple of scenes. On the way around, I get the Black Belt while there's no one guarding it.
-I take Choco back to the Blue Narciss, and take that to the shore by the Desert Palace. I walk a little ways in and save.


Small hiatus. My dvd player broke, so I bought a dvd recorder (and they're rather cheap too). I'm currently trying to hook everything up and see how well it works and all that good stuff. I'll be back soon.