Final fantasy 13 question

[TheSlyMoogle]

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.