So Oerba is really awesome. Great atmosphere, great music, great everything.

Oerba: (SPOILER)Holy does Vanille's pet robot give you a freaking mountain of gil. I maxed out stage 2 of Fang's and Hope's weapons with plenty leftover (I'm waiting for Lionheart for Lightning).

End Chapter 11 boss: (SPOILER)So you've been given the "overplot" to the game in two conversations with this guy, and he just tells it to you. Is it just me, or is that lazy-ass writing? Not a terribly difficult fight, just lengthy as usual. Also, FINALLY a crystarium expansion. I had a few hundred thousand points to spend, and in one go got all the useful new abilities available. Also, WTF at that stupid Cie'th stone lying back down; I thought it was going to be a very convenient teleporter.

Is there a way to get back to Pulse from Cocoon before endgame? I probably should go all the way back to Oerba's teleporter to do some more missions and stuff.