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it's not fun, don't do it
Equipment Buff Only Challenge
I couldn't think of a better name. 
Anyways, the rules for the challenge are:
a) No Sphere Grid
b) No Customization
c) No running from battles
d) No using overdrives
e) No summoning
f) No blitzball (rare items are obtainable through blitzball)
g) No ultimate weapons
Basically, the only thing I can do to improve my characters in this challenge is to get new weapons (hence the name).
The first few battles of the game in Zanarkand are impossible to lose, so I obviously got through those just fine. From there the battles in the ruins were just as easy. Basically I breezed through the first part of the game up until Sinspawn Euchilles (sp?).
I ran out of potions by the end of that battle and haven't been able to find a place to buy any since so I've been relying on Yuna for healing in battles (and she frequently goes into critical HP levels).
Anyways, I arrived in Kilika after defeating Euchilles and went to the forest to take down Ochu. He didn't provide too much of a problem (other than wasting alot of Antidotes and Yuna's MP (Esuna/Cure)) and I was awarded with a Belladonna Rod (Poisontouch), but I kept Yuna equipped with her Enchanted Rod (Magic +3%) I had obtained from one of the scripted battles in Besaid.
After that battle with Ochu, I quickly healed everyone and found Wakka's "Scout" weapon in the forest (Icestrike/Sensor) and then made my way to Kilika Temple.
-Sinspawn Gennaux (sp ._.)
This was the first battle in which I was afraid of someone being KO'd. I started the battle with Wakka, Lulu, and Kimahri on the field. I quickly switched Wakka out for Tidus because Tidus has higher agility, which meant more attack rounds. After taking out the tentacles with Fire and regular attacks from Kimahri and Tidus I focused my attacks on Gennaux itself. It cast Sigh twice which brought everyone into the critical status. I switched out Tidus for Yuna and healed Kimahri and Lulu. A few more attacks later and Gennaux was out of it's shell and quickly dispatched by Wakka/Kimahri physical attacks and Lulu's fire.
After that battle I saved the game and haven't played since. The difficulty is bound to increase soon and I am NOT looking forward to the Blitzerator.
If I get stuck on this challenge there is a FAQ that my friend linked me to that I will be using. I have yet to need it, though.
http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/f...gnc_taming.txt
Just so I (and you) can gauge how strong my characters are supposed to be, I'll post the unspent sphere levels my characters have:
Average : 10 Sphere Levels
Yuna: 2
I rarely use Yuna in battle, which explains why she has earned so little experience. Spending the Sphere levels is ever so tempting. :P
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You know that most of the challenge will be pure luck, just like Necro's NSGIENC? Well, if you make it to the Omega Ruins, you should be able to get sick weaponry. If you survive the battles, that is. You'll probably want to get Wakka's T.K.O. from O'aka at Operation Mi'ihen, then spend some time getting more Stonetouch equipment from Basilisks on Djose. Also, why did you not get Yuna's special equipment from Besaid Temple? That would boost your Cure spell to 300-500 hp.
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No running? I do wish youluck with this one, especially when you get to the areas near bevelle and whatnot....let alone the end of the game where you have to do 50K damage, and only do like 200 
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Minor updates. EDIT: Longer than I thought.
I arrived in Luca and went instantly to O'aka to buy some new weapons. The weapons he had for Lulu, Kimahri and Yuna weren't very useful (Sensor, Piercing, etc. if I remember right). However, I noticed Stunning Steel (Slowtouch) for Tidus and Rulebreaker (Poisontouch) for Wakka and decided to buy them. I could only afford Rulebreaker at that point, though, and even then I had to sell off alot of armor, potions, and spheres (I didn't feel bad losing those, though). I also obtained a Tidal Spear (Piercing, Waterstrike) for Kimahri from a chest on the docks.
I went through all the cutscenes and eventually got to the part when Yuna is kidnapped and battled my way through all the Machina guards (earning enough money on the way to buy Stunning Steel). After getting on the boat I anticipated a challenge from the Oblitzerator.
- Oblitzerator
The battle started with everyone at full HP and MP thanks to a save point just before the boat. While I was powering up the crane with Lulu's thunder I had Kimahri and Tidus attack. Tidus did about 100 damage each attack and Kimahri dealt about 60 (Tidal Spear has Waterstrike, and Oblitzerator halves water damage). Oblitzerator then used Blind Blitz on Tidus, I used a few more attacks/thunders and the boss then used Blitzball Blitz (or whatever it is) on everyone. This brought everyone to about 200 - 250 hp. I used a few potions here.
After the crane was powered up I had Tidus use it and then cast Thunder once more and the battle was over.
Oblitzerator dropped Lightning Steel for Tidus (Thunderstrike)
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I played through the cutscenes + blitzball and got the the Sahagin fights. The Sahagin's gave me a bit of trouble (dealing about 60 damage with each attack) and I came close to being KOd more than once. I used almost all of my potions in these battles.
After the Sahagin battles I fought the Vouvre (sp) with Auron, it went down with a single attack. Afterwards, I fought the Garuda with Auron, Tidus, and Wakka. It's Sonic Wings attack dealt a fair bit of damage each time (about 100) it used it and it forced me to use the last bit of my potions. Tidus' Stunning Steel (Slowtouch) came in handy in slowing down the intervals between each Sonic Wings attack, and having Wakka's ball cast poison on the Garuda helped alot too.
After killing the Garuda I finally had finished the last part of Luca and was awarded by seeing my favorite cutscene (Anima dealing bleedy-eye justice to all the fiends).
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This sounds like fun, but it will be impossible to complete the game with all of these rules in place, especially barring overdrives. I'm curious to know how far you'll get, though.
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it's not fun, don't do it
Well, I got the idea partially from your challenge. I am allowed to change my equipment, I can't customize it though. I know you had to give up at Seymour Omnis due to the cheap way he opens up the battle, but if I have abilities on my weapons such as SOSNulBlaze or Fire Ward I may be able to get past Seymour, and even if I do get that far I'm not sure I'll be able to beat Jecht.
Anyways, I just finished beating the Chocobo Eater.
Mi'hen Highroad has been more difficult than anything I've done so far in leaps and bounds. Enemies went from dealing 60 damage to nearly 200, and don't forget Bombs with 850HP and Self Destruct. I also met my first Game Over on the Highroad. I managed to get myself into a battle with a Bomb and two Float Eyes (I'm not sure what they are actually called here). I defeated one eye but Lulu was quickly KOd by a Bomb as was Tidus, Wakka didn't last much longer. After restarting I made sure to heal between every battle.
Anyways, I got a few good pieces of equipment on the road from travellers:
Red Ring (Fire Ward, HP+10%)
Hunter's Spear (Piercing, Sensor, Strength+10%)
Ice Brand (Icestrike)
There may have been one or two more, but they weren't helpful enough for me to remember them. I'll check them later.
After making it to Rin's Travel Agency I stocked up on Potions and Pheonix Downs again as well as bought some new weapons and armor:
Pearl Bracer (MagDef+3%)
Something(:P cant remember) Moogle (Mag+3%)
I then proceeded through the cutscenes and rests before the Chocobo Eater.
Chocobo Eater
~ Kimahri, Lulu, Auron
Chocobo Eater was surprisingly easy. When the battle first started it instantly KOd Kimahri with one shot. I revived him with a Pheonix Down from Lulu and then switched Tidus in for Kimahri. From there here is what each character did:
Tidus - Attack ~ Average 30DMG (Delays Chocobo Eater's turns with Slowtouch)
Lulu - Cast Fire (Chocobo Eater is weak against Fire)
Auron - Use Power Break once, then attack over and over ~ Average 200DMG
I switched Wakka into the battle twice to inflict Blind on Chocobo Eater with his Dark Shot (5MP per use, Wakka has 10MP). Yuna pretty much stayed out of the battle except when I periodically switched her in to heal (she averages 500HP per Cure, whereas my Potions only did 200).
Lulu was KOd twice, but that was the only setback throughout the whole battle.
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Sounds challenging, but it takes a lot of fun out of the game :P
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it's not fun, don't do it
Sinspawn Gui: First Attempt
~ Lulu, Auron, Tidus
HEAD: 4000HP
ARMS: 800HPx2
BODY: 14000HP (If I remember right)
I tried Gui for the first time today, and sadly died. The battle opened with Gui casting Thunder on Lulu, bringing her down to one digit HP. I healed her up with Tidus and then used Power Break with Aurono on the main body. Once that was done I began my assault on the Arms with Auron. Lulu concentrated on casting spells on the head while I switched out Tidus for Wakka, who also attacked the head. After about ten minutes or so of this (as well as switching in Yuna to heal every now and then) the head died.
After the head died I set my party to Auron, Yuna, and Kimahri and followed this procedure:
Auron - Attack the arms when they are regenerated, when they are destroyed attack the main body.
Yuna - Heal whomever the body attacks if their HP falls below 500.
Kimahri - Use Lancet when HP is below 500, otherwise attack physically in the same manner as Auron.
Eventually I noticed the only thing that the body was doing was casting Demi, then attacking, casting Demi, attacking, over and over again, so I devised a better plan. When it was a Demi turn, I would switch in Wakka, Lulu, and Tidus. When it was an attack trun, I would switch in Yuna, Auron, and Kimahri. This way Yuna only has to heal one person, and Tidus, Lulu, and Wakka can never die (because Demi doesn't kill).
Auron - Attack arms, then body
Yuna - Heal. If everyone is above 500HP, simply defend.
Kimahri - Attack arms, then body. If HP is below 500 use Lancet
Tidus - Attack in the same manner as Auron.
Wakka - Attack in the same manner as Auron.
Lulu - Cast magic on the main body only, not the arms.
It was going really great until I had run out of healing items and Yuna only had 8MP left. See, before the battle I had spent money on new armors so I had very little left for Potions/Ethers/Pheonix Downs, and eventually Yuna ran out of MP which led to the death of the party. Gui had about 3900HP when it killed me.
I'm going to follow the same steps next time I fight, except beforehand I'll stock up on some more Ethers, Potions, and Pheonix Downs.
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Sinspawn Gui: Second Attempt
~ Tidus, Yuna, Auron
Before the battle I bought about 30 potions, giving me a total of about 36 or so. I also bought two Pheonix Downs (giving me a total of 5).
The battle opened with Gui casting Thunder on Tidus, which didn't bother me because I quickly replaced him with Lulu. Auron was replaced for Wakka after he had used Power Break on the main body.
Lulu - Attack the head with magic.
Yuna - HEAL HEAL HEAL!
Wakka - Attack the head.
Once the head got taken down I switched Lulu out for Auron and Wakka out for Kimahri. Gui rotates between a physical attack and Demi, Auron, Kimahri, and Yuna were on the field during attack turns, and the rest were on the field during Demi turns.
Kimahri - Attack the arms, when they are destroyed attack the main body. If HP falls below 500 use Lancet.
Yuna - Heal with Potions, if someone's HP falls FAR below 500, use Cure.
Auron - Attack arms, when they are destroyed attack the body.
Lulu - Magic on the main body
Tidus - Do as Auron does.
Wakka - As Auron does.
I followed these steps until the main body fell below 3000HP. Once it did, it alternated it's attacks and randomly used Demi/attack so I could not predict the next attacks. So from there I used only Yuna, Kimahri, and Auron:
Yuna - Heal, keep everyone at about 450HP. If everyone's HP is at this level, Demi does moderate damage and Auron+Kimahri usually have enough HP to survive one punch after Demi.
Auron - Same as before.
Kimahri - Same as before.
Yuna was KOd at one point, and so was Kimahri. I quickly revived them and kept repeating the method above. Eventually, when Gui was at about 1000HP, I just had Kimahri repeatedly cast Lancet and Auron attack the main body directly (ignoring the arms). I had to cure once or twice more, but then Gui went down.
The death animations for bosses are SO much more satisfying when you beat them like this. This battle took me about 45 minutes or so to complete.
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Sinspawn Gui, Second encounter: First Attempt
~ Seymour, Auron, Yuna
This battle took me about two minutes to complete.
Seymour - Level Two spells (Fira, Watera, etc) on the main body, ignore all other parts.
Yuna - Defend. She had to heal Seymour once after Gui used Demi, just for safety.
Auron - Defend.
The main body should go down in about 4 of Seymour's turns. Yay! Mushroom rock done!
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Now I'm on my way to the Moonflow~
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This looks great, id be intrigued to see how far you can get, probably the first Seymour as anima will be incredibly hard without aeons
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). It probably took me about an hour and a half to get through Mushroom Rock and to the part where Operation Mi'hen is starting, and I had to restart on the way two or three times.
