Quote Originally Posted by Forsaken Lover View Post
Well I got utterly annihilated by FATE. On the bright side, I have access to Rainbow equipment!

...or I would if i: A) had any clue how to get Shiny materials besides Disassembling unique equipment (I have plenty of Shiny Dew but I haven't come across any of the others at all.) and B) If I chad the 72,000 Gold needed to outfit everyone with the requisite armor(Getting even half the Gold needed for one piece of equipment is a chore in and of itself. The mod I'm playing seriously nerfed money drops. The most you get is 200-300 Gold per battle, and that's with Profiteer Purse.).

Rainbow weapons be nice but the armor to survive FATE'S countdown move is probably the more important thing to focus on.
I looked it up for you, and I'll be damned, Summons actually have a purpose. The Shiny Materials only drop from enemies defeated with a summon. Farming them is easier in NG+ due to a certain item becoming available by that point, but Shiny Salt and Soot will be difficult to farm since there are no Field spells for those two elements.

I also need to re-explore Chronopolis because I think I missed some information. None of the stuff I read talked about Lavos for example. I'm positive there is some exposition on that matter somewhere. Also I really feel like there's something for Grobyc.
There should be a terminal somewhere that discusses Lavos, though the first terminal about him is actually in the Dead Sea in Home World. Grobyc's Lv. 7 Tech is in Chronopolis but you need him in your active party to get it.