1. There are several ways to get a ribbon.Originally Posted by Alexander
1- Ribbons are a pain to steal.
2- Ribbon does not cut Condemned down. And they don't boost your stats, Cursed Shield cuts them all by 7.
2. It's quite a long countdown. You should be able to beat most enemies before it ends, so it's nothing to worry about. I didn't even have to do some extra fights to uncurse the shield. I just went on doing side quests and some leveling up which I would have done anyway.
That's why I recommend the sword. You can learn Ultima from the Paladin Shield (which is not THAT hard/annoying to uncurse, if you just use a ribbon and go on with the game). And the Illumina is really worth it. Btw. it boosts your stats by 7, so it compenstates the Cursed Shield's effects; equip a Ribbon and the Illumina and the Cursed Shield won't have any effect but "condemn" your character and that's really acceptable, as you not only get Utlima but also the best piece of armor in the game.
And the summon is quite useless. It will take even longer to get something valuable from it than uncursing the Paladin Shield. You won't need the stuff you can get using Metamorph anyway...
On the other hand of course, it's cool to get Ultima so early in the game and to have an additional esper, so it's up to your preferences. If you tend to use a lot of magic (and have an economizer), it might be better to get the Esper...
I'm sorry, but as far as I know, you don't get anything if you use Vanish-X-Zone/Doom on him. Otherwise you'd have received Bahamut...
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