Now where was I...

[qwertysaur]

Just fought Penance for the first time. I jumped in without preparing any kind of strategy and just went for it. (SPOILER)I failed : ( after fighting for about 55 minutes (I could sense I was close to beating him!) suddenly one of the arms popped back right before I wanted to use Wakka's Attack Reels to finish the other arm off. You can guess what happened: instead of targeting the weakened arm Attack Reels hit the newly regenerated arm and Penance himself. The result: Judgement Day on the next turn. Wakka and Tidus were revived by Auto-Life. In those turns I was able to finish off one of the arms, but it was too late. Penance and the left arm killed both characters on their next turn.

That was very unlucky.

[CloudNyne]

Yeah lightning bolts was a pain but choccobo race was pretty easy, but anyways good luck. FF X is the one I like to perfect the most out of the FF series. For some reason I can beat it over and over again but not get bored with it.

[Pete for President]

Yeah lightning bolts was a pain but choccobo race was pretty easy, but anyways good luck. FF X is the one I like to perfect the most out of the FF series. For some reason I can beat it over and over again but not get bored with it.

Thanks! Same here : )

[qwertysaur]

Also I don't think you mentioned it yet but are you using the original sphere grid or the expert one?

[Pete for President]

Also I don't think you mentioned it yet but are you using the original sphere grid or the expert one?

It's the expert one : )

[Jiro]

What is the difference? I can never remember.

[Pete for President]

What is the difference? I can never remember.

I think it has something to do with the paths and connections. In the beginners one I don't think the paths are linked to eachother until the very end of one characters path. The expert sphere grid connects them a lot sooner, though they're blocked by key spheres.

Anyway, I've watched some youtube video's to 'study' my enemy. PENANCE WILL DIE!

[Carl the Llama]

Also I don't think you mentioned it yet but are you using the original sphere grid or the expert one?

It's the expert one : )

What is the difference? I can never remember.

Poor you, the standard Sphere Grid has 55 more nodes for stats.

FTR I have completely completed this game, the trick I used with the lightning bolts is to Not go to an area with a high amount of bolts and pause each time I dodged a bolt, write it down on my tally and continue, I do it first time every time.

[Pete for President]

Also I don't think you mentioned it yet but are you using the original sphere grid or the expert one?

It's the expert one : )

What is the difference? I can never remember.

Poor you, the standard Sphere Grid has 55 more nodes for stats.

Wow, didn't know that. Oh well, everyone's maxed out nonetheless.

[Carl the Llama]

Poor you, the standard Sphere Grid has 55 more nodes for stats.

Wow, didn't know that. Oh well, everyone's maxed out nonetheless.

Maxed out on health? 55 nodes is a difference of 16500 HP lol.

[Pete for President]

Poor you, the standard Sphere Grid has 55 more nodes for stats.

Wow, didn't know that. Oh well, everyone's maxed out nonetheless.

Maxed out on health? 55 nodes is a difference of 16500 HP lol.

Nah I don't see the point in BHPL. Only Wakka is unfortunate enough to have it on his ultimate armour.

The others have:
Ribbon
Auto-Haste
Auto-Protect
Defence +20%

Which works wonders : )

[Nebulance]

Nah I don't see the point in BHPL. Only Wakka is unfortunate enough to have it on his ultimate armour.

The others have:
Ribbon
Auto-Haste
Auto-Protect
Defence +20%

Which works wonders : )

I agree, HP break limit is useless (I guess it's somewhat helpful in the monster arena, but it takes away a slot on your armor).

My favorite configuration of the armor is:

auto-med
curse proof
stone proof
confuse proof

it would be nice to get auto-haste in there, but I think of it like baseball: defense wins championships

[Pete for President]

HA! PENANCE is down >: )

I'm currently watching Rikku get some ridiculous amounts of AP. The battle lasted for about an hour and cost somewhere around 45 megalixirs. I earned 10 Master Spheres, 41 Dark Matter and a Ribbon Armour with 3 empty slots for Auron. Thanks Penance! Game time: 128:55. My setup was:

Auron (Masamune, Ribbon, Auto-Haste, Auto-Protect, Defence+20%)
Rikku (Godhand, Ribbon, Auto-Haste, Auto-Protect, Defence+20%)
Wakka (World Champion, BHPL (+- 17000HP), Ribbon, Auto-Haste, Auto-Protect)

Rikku's Ultra Nul-All mix helped getting everyone to survive all attacks. After every attack I'd immediately use Quick Pockets for a Megalixir and use the next turn to dispel Full Break. Worked like a charm!

However, this battle is quite mentally exhausting. Luckily no mistakes were made, the battle had a nice and predictable rhythm. All good!

So that's it. My list is done. Thank you Square for making this videogame with amazing depth in every single aspect. Even after almost a decade I still love it and I can finally say I've completed every challenge in there. Last but not least; a big thank you to everyone who has shown their support in this thread! Ha!

And now I'm off to do a victory dance!

[Nebulance]

awesome, congrats!

Once I take Uncharted 2 down, I think I may return to this game on a more full-time basis...