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

[Shlup]

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

[Jings]

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.

[Dignified Pauper]

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

[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.

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

[Raistlin]

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.

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.

[Psychotic]

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.

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.

[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.

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.

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.

[Psychotic]

Bartleby?

Oh Sazh.

[Raistlin]

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.

[Loony BoB]

Finally onto chapter 12 today. Whee.

[Croyles]

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.

[Dignified Pauper]

it's unlocked to level 5

[Croyles]

it's unlocked to level 5

Ah right sorry.

Well I just got my first Chocobo, AWESOME!

I think I will now try to beat the game.

[Shlup]

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

[Dignified Pauper]

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

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.