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    Do you put in to this game? I apparently do not put enough because I always started having an incredibly hard time near the Phon Coast. But now I'm playing it with someone else so I'll probably be doing level grinding when he isn't home so I'll get a lot more of it done

    How much do you grind in this game?

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    OMG this is one of favorite games to grind in. By Phon Coast I would probably be level 60-70. Once I got to 50 in the Barheim Passage.

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    Yeah I find it super fun exploring every corner of each area and killing every enemy; makes grinding a nonissue; even tho I could have done without the randomly generated chests that give you 5 gil when you expect to get some cool treasure...

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    It's not so much that I grind in this game, but there's just sooo many sidequests and hunts and optional areas and espers and other things to do and find that I just always naturally ended up overleveled.

    So... uh... not at all?

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    I grind until I discover the full bestiary for every enemy I encounter. Because I love lore. So, pretty heavily.

    Which, unfortunately, makes the game a complete cakewalk where "playing" it basically means moving the analog stick around.
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    I actually didn't grind much at all when I beat it recently. I did grind in the Sandsea at one point for LP. Gave everyone the thing that doubles LP and just walked around since I could kill everything in one hit while I had Netflix going. That was an hour at most.

    My main party was definitely below level 60, but I can't remember the exact level I was. Everyone else was in their 20's and just popped out occasionally for a quickening chain. THere were a couple of tough fights, but it wasn't too troublesome for me! I may go back and try to do more of the hunts though. I really ignored a lot of that in the game.

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    I accidentally grinded all the freaking time, because I loved the combat and I loved the loot system. Basch had a beastly katana from the Werewolves by the time I got to the first demon wall thing, and that thing just dropped. My first playthrough, it damn near destroyed me! xD

    So yeah, if you find exploration and looting fun, you'll grind a lot just naturally. If you enjoy playing around with different gambit setups and seeing how well they function, you'll grind a lot just naturally.

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    I didn't really grind, but smurf I love this battle system and I did tons of mark hunts because of it so I never really had much trouble. This is really the only Final Fantasy where I've ever enjoyed just dicking around killing things.

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    Grind #1: Lhusu Mines
    Grind #2: Tchita Uplands

    No idea why, but I ended up grinding notably in these spots in both my complete playthroughs.
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    Mine are typically:

    Grind #1: Dalmasca Westersand
    Grind #2: Barheim Passage
    Grind #3: Henne Mines
    Grind #4: Nabreus Deadlands (Overlooking Eternity) until lv99

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    I've forgotten all the names of things. I had the guide, so I pretty much followed those tips. Mines in Ondore's sky place, a stretch in the watery place you meet Mathias (I think) and, of course, Deadlands were my top spots.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB View Post
    Grind #1: Lhusu Mines
    Grind #2: Tchita Uplands

    No idea why, but I ended up grinding notably in these spots in both my complete playthroughs.
    If Lhusu was the place with all the bats, then ya I used that to grind endgame.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Omni-Odin View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB View Post
    Grind #1: Lhusu Mines
    Grind #2: Tchita Uplands

    No idea why, but I ended up grinding notably in these spots in both my complete playthroughs.
    If Lhusu was the place with all the bats, then ya I used that to grind endgame.
    That's the other mine, Henne.

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    I did a decent amount and beat the main game with relative ease. I did a good chunk of the extra stuff, but stopped when I realized how much grinding would take place for me to achieve certain tasks. Sometime I'm just not in the mood for it, but FFXII does make regular grinds bearable for the most part.

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    Money is the biggest problem right now. I always want to buy EVERYTHING even if I don't need it and money isn't the easiest to get in this game

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