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Snow is the best sentinel, his HP becomes ridiculous.

Fang has a crazy strength stat though which, as you said, helps her be a great commando as well which I think makes her a better fit for a well rounded party. You can use Delta Attack to work up the stagger gauge to about 40% - 50%, then switch to Mystic Tower (Ravager Sentinel Ravager) to stagger. Flip to Relentless Assault to work up to about 500% damage (on the bigger guys), then flip to Commando Commando Ravager to do some crazy damage.

So yeah, Snow can be a great tank, but having someone who is a good commando is also important in a lot of fights so that's why I opted for Fang over him. Lightning is there because she's just good at everything, though perhaps not great. She's a good Ravager, a good Commando, and a good Medic.

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I will be taking this into account for the future. Yay new paradigm decks!

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Any updates? I'm going to start playing again Monday night.

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Last night I made it back to Cacoon and I'm moving through Eden.

And wow, the game just starts throwing crazy enemies at you at this point. Behemoth Kings everywhere. I'm just after the part where you fight the Proudclad.

The cut scene after arriving back on Cacoon is one of the best I've ever seen in a game. Very cool.

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I was on a slight vacation this weekend so no playtime for me. I'm moving through Maw of the Abyss now though.

I think what I'm gonna keep doing is farming CP until everyone gets to their level four role crystals for their three "main" jobs. The main crystals too, not any of the outlying ones unless they lead to abilities or additional accesories.

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Right now I'm basically just running around Siren Park grinding for CP. Spheres have gotten ridiculously expensive, and the enemies in the area after Siren Park (Leviathan Plaza), are ridiculously difficult.

Just going to grind until I have all the available spheres.

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I was able to get all the spheres filled out for each of the three "main" roles for all my characters so any CP I'm getting is just sitting there until I get to Stage 9 of the Crystarium, which I'm assuming is once you get to chapter 12? Either way I actually stopped playing right at the point where I was before I lost my save thanks to my PS3 dying. So hooray for that! I have a doctor's appointment in an hour and I'll probably just come back home and advance the plot some more as soon as I'm done there.

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Yeah, you get a Crystarium expansion right at the end of Chapter 11.

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Officially done with chapter 11! That was an interesting boss fight, got one star only, but I passed it and I'm happy, especially considering I got a decent length along the way of the expanded crystarium with everyone.

Vamp, I read that the last stage of the Crystarium doesn't open up until you beat the game, is that right?

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No idea, I've never beaten the game. :)

That Barthandelus fight was pretty crazy. I tried it once and spent over 20 minutes trying to beat him, only getting him down to about 1/3 health. Then he cast death on lightning so I switched to relentless assault in a desperate attempt to beat him, and just got killed.

Second time around I switched up my paradigms - I used Smart Bomb to afflict him and buff me, delta attack to stagger, relentless assault to work his stagger meter up to 500%, then aggression until the meter ran out.

Ended up getting 5 stars the second time around.

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Yep.


Agreed. That was by far one of the most epic boss fights I've ever had in any game. The scale of it felt awesome (is in creating awe, not 'thrilling').

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I thought it was pretty action packed for a game where the battle consists of you doing button presses every so often. I was getting into it, humming the melodies of the music, hopping around a little in my chair on the edge of my seat and stuff.

I liked it!

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I'm in Siren Park right now, I did the CP grinding dance back in Maw of the Abyss in that area where the Juggernaut was. I had a ridiculous amount of CP saved up after I fought Barthandelus so now it's only a matter of me getting all those little loose spheres that are hanging around on each person's 9th Crystarium stage for the main roles, which I hope won't take too long.

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Well this is it. Chapter 13! I'm excited! I'm genuinely excited.

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I ran 2 setups. Ravager, Ravager, Commando and Sentinel, Healer, Healer (Whatever that was called).

Found out through quick shifting early in the game that when you shift it resets your ATB gauge to full.

Ran Fang, Lightning and Hope.

Officially broke the game. Never had an issue.

Ravager Ravager commando will basically stagger any enemy in 2 rounds.