Quote Originally Posted by tellahd
if you beat ruby weapon emerald will seem easy

note, ruby is harder than emerald
Debatable, but I personally agree. Really, Emerald is stronger than Ruby. However, Emerald is an attacker, wheras Ruby is a lot better at defense. It forces you to face it one-on-one, and inflicts lots of status effects (which can be countered by Ribbon), not to mention lots of damage (and you MUST have Final Attack since you have no teammates to revive you). And of course it absorbs all elements (negating most spells and most offensive E. Skills), and is invincible part of the time. Wheras Emerald's main defensive tactics are the threat of Aire Tali Strom(sp?) based on materia equipped and, of course, the 20min time limit, which can be negated by Underwater materia but leaves you open to at least 1111 for each character.

Quote Originally Posted by Doors
Really, it's ideal to attack Ruby weapon first.
Not if you suck at Chocobo breeding and value your sanity. Really, I found it ideal to kill Emerald first--it gets you used to fighting super-bosses, but you don't have to deal with the hell that Ruby can raise.

OOC:Has anyone else noticed that Aire Tali Strom's acronym is A.T.S.?