Final fantasy 13 question

TheSlyMoogle · 06-06-2010, 11:09 PM

My advice:

Eventually all characters can become all classes. It is at this point that you only continue to pump points into their 3 innates:

Snow - Ravager, Commando and Sentinel
Lightning - Ravager, Commando and Medic
Hope - Ravager, Medic and Synergist
Sazh - Ravager, Commando and Synergist
Vanille - Ravager, Medic and Saboteur
???? - Sentinel, Commando and Saboteur

So yeah. You can max those grids through the main game with little to no issue, but the 3 classes that each do not have innately, they're a bitch to level and aren't worth it.

If you really want to power through the game, go with a party of Lightning, Hope and ????

Also there's a really baller trick to the ATB and Paradigm shifting that makes the game a bit more fun, that I will divulge if you want to know how to do it.

TheGame · 06-06-2010, 11:17 PM

Thanks for the Advice... I'll use that for my first run haha. And thanks for hiding the name of whoever else is in the group, cause I really don't know who they are yet.

Also, you can PM me the trick if you'd like.

TheGame · 06-07-2010, 12:33 AM

I wish I had more time to play this game.. been playing it almost all day, and feel like I got nowhere.

Typhoid · 06-07-2010, 04:21 PM

To touch on what John said, sure they can become all classes, if you grind all the time. And he admittedly did a lot of grinding.

If you just play through the game normally, they won't max everything out.
My advice would be not to freely spend all your CP just as soon as you get it, unless you find yourself in a tough spot and need the boost, but even then, be smart about it.

I'm 70+ hours in (Almost at the end), I haven't done any type of grinding, and my guys have only maxed their normal classes, and I just started working on a couple extra classes for each.

And I even spent a couple hours running around doing nothing but killing stuff.

TheSlyMoogle · 06-07-2010, 08:25 PM

Actually if you just fight every random battle that you come across you'll be able to max your innate job classes by the time you get to the last boss. Yes I did grind to max level in the 3 innates before my last battle. That was really stupid of me because I spent all of the last "dungeon" really wondering around without much of a purpose.

Like DM said, just fight every encounter (With the exclusion of chapter 11 and you'll see why lol), and you'll be alright.

TheGame · 06-08-2010, 02:59 AM

Okay cool.. It's funny cause that's what I naturally do now. I never try to run past any enemies, and try to run down every possible path before advancing.

And I don't mind grinding... I played FFXI and WoW... I don't think anything in a normal game can compare to the endless grinding of an MMO. lol

TheGame · 06-08-2010, 03:04 PM

Mmm I guess I have another question, about upgrading items... At some point in the game can you buy items that are already leveled for you, or is the whole game played through upgrades?

Also, is it good to only focus on leveling a few people's items, or is it better to balance things out and level everyone's gear together?

In RPGs I always get nervious about putting extra work into tweaking out someone's gear, just to find out later I should have tried to keep everyone around the same level. Or vice versa... sharing the wealth and finding out I should have only been gearing 2-3 people hard.