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    Grin tips please

    hi everyone, i got my first copy of ff8 today and was wondering if you had any tips for me before i start playing because i dont have a guide for it. i appreciate any info you have because i'm not starting the game until tomorrow because i'm at a mates

    THANKZ!!!!!!!!!!

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    Stay at a low level until much later. For the time being, the lower the better. Draw, draw, draw and draw some more. Magic is your friend, and the more the merrier. Learn Boost and Junction abilities with your GFs first, and don't forget to give your characters a GF when you get them. Don't be afraid to experiment with magic and junction combinations. Only through trial and error (and posting questions in this forum) can you discover what works the best.

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    at this stage (before i've played the game) i dont know what junction abilities are but thanks tons for helping im sure ill figure it out soon enough

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    Read the game manual before you start, and don't skip the in-game tutorials. They may seem boring but the information is vital to understanding the gameplay.

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    i was never one to read and listen to the tutorials but if you say so
    cheers.....anything else you can tell me i just wanna learn because i normally just continuously start and start games again(perfectionist..thats me) and it ends up taking weeks more than it should for me to complete a game. :rolleyes2 :rolleyes2
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    You can't really skip the tutorials But pay attention. It's not difficult and you can always go back to them later (But you still can't skip through them)

    Yeah, learn boost, and then ALWAYS use it to kill your monsters. That way you can stay at a slightly lower level (because whoever kills a monster gets more experience and levels faster. You want to do most of your levelling in the third or fourth disc, because then you can make them level a LOT higher concerning stats) and that way you'll be summoning your GFs more often and raising compatibility. Compatibility just means the next time you summon them, they'll come a lot faster. It takes a couple of seconds to summon a GF at 1000 compatibility compared to a couple of turns for a GF with 0 compatibility. This is easier if you'll keep one person with a certain set of GFs. You dont' need to switch them to build up all their compatibilities, mostly because you can't do it When one goes up, the others go down.

    Hmm, after you learn boost, definitely get the junction abilities. These are like Spr+20% (boosts your magic defense 20% when you learn it and equip it) After you do that, some GFs will have extra abilities that will raise your stats. Since you won't be levelling, we won't need them until later, so you don't have to learn them yet. Instead, learn the refining abilities. I refine-- you can turn items like wizard stones, north winds etc into ice spells. Blizzard, blizzara, or blizzaga depending on how rare the item is. This is a lot faster than drawing spells, and you'll be sick of all those items and you'll just have to sell them anyways or waste them.

    There's a couple of ways to build your GFs up without gaining levels right at the beginning. The two best ways are to get Quezacotl to learn Card (40 ap, you'll have to fight a few battles, but you if you split it between quistis and squall they shouldn't level up) Then, when you weaken enemies, they'll turn into cards. You'll get ability points (AP) but no experience points (exp)

    The second way is a bit further on, but it's probably even better. You'll get a certain rowdy and obnoxious person in your party to fight with. KO the other two for a while and have the blond battle, with all the GFs attached to him. He doesn't need to summon them and shouldn't, to keep their compatibilities unaffected. He should be able to take care of the enemies in the area pretty easily

    oh, and just because you can refine spells instead of drawing them, does NOT mean you shouldn't draw new spells that are labelled as "????"

    ALWAYS draw these, and do NOT go a battle without looking to see if there's some new "????" so you should always keep someone equipped with the Draw command. (this is especially true for boss battles. Especially one that's coming up soon)

    Oh, and learn how to play cards. It can be addicting and gets you some moderately nice items and hours of entertainment

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    PHEW!!
    thanks for that so do you meet characters throughout the game or do you just start with all of them and if not who would you reccomend to have in my party
    cheers

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    You start off with two characters, then quickly get a third and a fourth. The others continue to appear at regular intervals, and you should have all of them 5-6 hours into the game. The best team is whoever you want. I always use Squall and Rinoa, and I rotate the other member between the remaining characters depending on the amount of development they require. You'll find out at the end of the game that raising a couple of characters isn't going to work - they all need to be fully developed or you will become incredibly unstuck.

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    I like using Squall, Rinoa, and either Irvine or Selphie as the third character. Quistis and Zell bore me. So I use those two to level everyone else up. Sacrifice for the greater good and such.

    Occaisionally you'll have outside characters join. I suggest using these, to aid your low-levelness.

    oh, and do keep your junctions clear. they get so muddled during some parts (disc three anyone?) and when you find yourself missing 1/3 of your good spells, it can get hairy. (in the last special sequence, I found my third character junctioned with a fourth set of spells, which were mostly extra status spells-_- it sucked.)

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    thankz all of you for the help i'm gonna start it today

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    Let us know what you think / how you get on.

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    draw magic from every boss and monster and for high level magic go to islands of heaven and hell and keep pressing the X button

    This sig is by -apollo-! behold his power!!!!
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    i started playing it an hour ago and i love it right now im fighting that boss at the communication tower and i read the tutorials they helped thanks, im pretty confident using the GF/magic system now.

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    You did get the GF the boss at teh tower has, right? It's a fairly useful one and it only takes one turn to draw it.

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