Final fantasy 13 question

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.

Typhoid · 06-08-2010, 05:21 PM

Everything starts at level 1.

And word of advice, if you are planning on dismantling an item, do it when it's at its 'star' level. It will give you more/better items than if you were to just dismantle it. But not always, only most of the time. It's usually worth it to upgrade a crap item you plan on dismantling (unless it takes a lot to max out).

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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?

Just depends on how you feel, who you use.
I mean, I expect John to come in here and play the game for you via this thread and tell you who to use, how to use them, what items to use, and how to level it - but just do what you want to do. If you use certain people more, give their items more attention. Or, if you don't like doing it that way, do everyone equally.

TheGame · 06-10-2010, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

If you use certain people more, give their items more attention. Or, if you don't like doing it that way, do everyone equally.

Ok.. so are you saying it's hard to make a mistake with leveling up gear?

My first run I don't really care about leveling everyone up, I just want a kinda quick run through the game. I'm about 15ish hours in (rough est) and I'm noticing that I don't really chose who's in my group yet. But also, I haven't leveled any of my gear (outside of Lightning's) and I'm having little to no issues progressing.

I guess I don't want to start dedicating materials to level weapons/armor until I'm sure that I'm doing the right thing, because you don't really get those mats back... from my understanding anyway.

Does a time come in the game where it's easy to farm up materials and level weapons quickly?

Typhoid · 06-10-2010, 03:16 PM

Oh, you can totally fuck up when you're levelling up gear.

Just keep in mind this:

-Organic items raise the chain multiplier.
-Mechanical items lower it, but give more exp.

So usually it's best (If you're going to level it a lot) to load up on the chain and make it X3, and then load on a bunch of (Let's say) Bomb Fragments for triple the normal exp you'd get for the all.

The way I screwed up most when I was doing it was by dismantling things without realizing what they were, and not to dismantle them before they're at a star level.

TheSlyMoogle · 06-10-2010, 05:27 PM

I just raised all my weapons to star level, the starter weapons, and that's what I beat the game with.

I didn't upgrade past first star.

Basically the most cost effective way is to:

Wait until you get to ch. 9.

At one point in Ch. 9 you'll find a hallway full of soldiers. You'll know it. They drop credit and incentive chips which can be sold for cash. That is their only use.

After you have farmed up enough cash, buy vibrant oozes and use them to pump your multiplier. These are the best way to pump your multiplier the whole game BTW. Afterwards, when you have the x3 multiplier, buy crankshafts to pump.

The deal is pumping items from mechanics make your multiplier decrease. So you have to pump them all at once to max it the most cost effective way. Most starter weapons only go to level 10. There are charts online pulled from the manuals you just have to look it up.

Weapon upgrade system, you get all my hate.