Update Time!

Still in post-game hell but making steady progress. I also spoke to Mika and Bahamut so I could acquire the option to fight Sin, though I am still holding off for just a bit, but now I have Access to Wantz and his four slot blank equipment so I can make me some ultimate armor and grinding weapons.

Pros:
  • I have fully unlocked everyone's Celestial Weapon except Wakka due to ignoring Blitzball for a good chunk of the game.
  • I discovered that despite what a lot of guides online say, you can actually touch a Red Butterfly and still get Kimarhi's Sigil. The confusion comes down to the fact that touching one will significantly lower your odds of completing the course on time.
  • I only have four areas left to collect ten of every monster so I can unlock Nemesis in the Monster Arena. Overall, I've unlocked a good 80% of all the Area and Original Conquest monsters.
  • I managed to beat Abyss Worm on my first attempt. Helps I have a good chunk of the Celestial weapons unlocked and I can cheese the Earthquake move by summoning Valefore.
  • I am slowly moving the party back towards Kimarhi's section so I can start the process of maxing out the Sphere Grid for everyone.
  • I forgot to mention this, but I loved the nod to the classic Summoner job class when the Ronso said they would make a statue for Yuna and add a horn to it.


Cons:
  • Grinding money from the Mimics is time consuming. In fact the major gripe I have with all of X's optional content is the very fact all of it feels excessive for the sake of arbitrarily adding time to the clock. I hit the 40 hour mark by the time I finished Zanarkand, and that's also because I backtracked a lot and stopped to do some stuff like Chocobo Catcher. FFX is short compared to the sheer length of a lot of the entries that came after, but the optional content seems like it's designed to make you reach that 100 hour mark so they can say it offers that much content when the reality is that next sixty hours isn't exactly fun or riveting.
  • I really do dislike Blitzball. I'll save the rant for my next post since I'm short on time at the moment.