I go back and forth in straight lines usually if I'm grinding, though for the most part I despise random encounters.
I go back and forth in straight lines usually if I'm grinding, though for the most part I despise random encounters.
On the earlier ff's with tiles I walk in squares, in the later ones i tend to walk back and forth in time with the music if possible.
Kefka's coming, look intimidating!
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Usually a circle around a save point, but if the game gets you into battles based on the running animation, and not actual distance moved (FFX and FFX-2 come to mind), I'll put my character next to a wall, and hold the controller down until I see the screen switch.
There are exceedingly few RPG's I've played where grinding is required if I fight the battles I run into while simply playing the game, so I rarely grind. If I do have to though, I prefer to just run in any old random direction changing my path often. Except for in 2D RPG's anyway. In those I'll just move back and forth between two squares.
I pretty much do the same as scrumpleberry.
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streme Wheelie
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I run in circles most games. Sometimes I run randomly though, when circles bore me.
When I'm really bored (mostly when I'm grinding...) I tend to trace the surroundings so that I walk on every square.
8's. In FFVIII you can get in this pattern without touching eachother. It looks funny.
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Depends on where I am. If I can opt for a wide circle I'll tend to go for that. Otherwise it varies between circles, lines or following the boundary of an area.
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The figure 8.
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I usually follow the boundary of an area and run back and forth between exits. Though it's rare that I actually bother as I'm not a big fan of random encounters.
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I usually find the longest stretch of land in the area and run from one end to the other for a long time.
I used to have a third-party turbo controller that came in handy for levelling.
What I would do was set the turbo (so that holding down a button = multiple presses), tape down the X (or O) button, loop an elastic band around the analog stick and go to bed.
It was also good for FFX-2 and the Gunner dressphere's Trigger Happy. It made the Via Infinito easy as.
What the heck happened to that controller anyways? *curious*
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