FF12 - attempt 2!
Aug. 23rd, 2007 02:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
liakuSo, like, we got far enough to meet Balthier. Yeah. Slow progress. We were busy killing everything in sight. ...Well, I did that to, to be fair. I did it in a systematic fashion. She just runs around looking for treasure chests and annihilates anything that dares stand in her way. Except when its bigger. She has clearly not played enough MMOs since she runs from anything bigger than a rat.
Which is fair, I guess, since the rats are pretty good at getting her into critical HP zone.
Which is fair, I guess, since the rats are pretty good at getting her into critical HP zone.
1) I hope Sonya improves at this fighting system. Or at least gets some confidence. Considering that we are both overleveled and overgeared (as overgeared as you can get so early in the game anyhow, which isn't very), we really shouldn't be dying against a few rats. I mean, I know they're fucking scary rats as far as rats go, but seriously. I still don't know how she managed to die against Thextera.
2) Vaan has Light Armor 2 and Daggers 2, we're planning on heading him in the general direction of daggers/ninja swords. He's also got Shields 1. I figure that's good enough to last until we get out of Rabanastre and actually get access to non-crappy gear. Right now, he's making a beeline for the first Quickening, the one by Fira and Accessories 4. We're taking the Fira/Thundara/Blizzara way around since I don't give a shit about Accessories 4. Everyone's doing that right now. I figure everyone ought to have their basic arsenal of spells anyhow.
3) Penelo went straight for the White/Green magic because I don't think it's worthwhile to prepare/get her better weapons/gear until I actually get her back later in the game. I think I vaguely moved her in the direction of the nearest Quickening. Wasn't too concerned about her. I like her character and all, but she's just not cool enough to warrant my attention just yet. It's too early to say, but she'll probably be heading in the general white-magey direction. Because that's what happens to characters I don't care about. You can't ever go wrong with white/green magic.
3) Balthier... needs a new gun. Sonya didn't seem to believe me when I said his starting gun was made of suck and needed replacement asap, but she's now seen the stats on that thing and is in perfect agreement with me. He needs a new gun. I'd discuss further plans, but he needs a better weapon first.
4) Fran is gonna use bows. Because Sonya's inner Legolas fangirl won't shut up. This is pretty much the only thing we've decided on about Fran. I think she'll be our resident black mage as well, just because she's so black mage-y.
5) Haven't gotten Ashe yet, but I'm in favor of making her a killbot. Sonya can't wrap her head around a chick in a hot pink miniskirt (of rather little good taste) killing things with anything but magic, but I'm telling her that that's the goddamn point. I think its because Sonya hasn't actually seen Ashe yet, besides for the beginning and that one quick shot of her with Vossler. This girl is a bitch.
6) I still <3 Vossler. He's hot. I'm hoping I'll find actual story reasons to like him later, but for now, he's my favorite character. Because he's hot.
I think Vaan should have Water/Aero by the time we're out of Garamscythe, and have Fira/Thundara/Blizzara once we're out of Nalbina. Ideally, he'd have already got the Quickening as well by then. Knowing us and our paranoid leveling tendencies (Sonya's anyway, I rely on actual skill and tactics against my bosses rather than I KEEL U ...though I admit Sonya's way is more reliable), Vaan's going to have fucking Curaga by then.
I wonder how Sonya's going to handle the respawning zombies in the whazzit dungeon. Actually, I'm pretty sure I'm not wondering. I'm pretty damn sure I know. We are gonna die. Duh.
2) Vaan has Light Armor 2 and Daggers 2, we're planning on heading him in the general direction of daggers/ninja swords. He's also got Shields 1. I figure that's good enough to last until we get out of Rabanastre and actually get access to non-crappy gear. Right now, he's making a beeline for the first Quickening, the one by Fira and Accessories 4. We're taking the Fira/Thundara/Blizzara way around since I don't give a shit about Accessories 4. Everyone's doing that right now. I figure everyone ought to have their basic arsenal of spells anyhow.
3) Penelo went straight for the White/Green magic because I don't think it's worthwhile to prepare/get her better weapons/gear until I actually get her back later in the game. I think I vaguely moved her in the direction of the nearest Quickening. Wasn't too concerned about her. I like her character and all, but she's just not cool enough to warrant my attention just yet. It's too early to say, but she'll probably be heading in the general white-magey direction. Because that's what happens to characters I don't care about. You can't ever go wrong with white/green magic.
3) Balthier... needs a new gun. Sonya didn't seem to believe me when I said his starting gun was made of suck and needed replacement asap, but she's now seen the stats on that thing and is in perfect agreement with me. He needs a new gun. I'd discuss further plans, but he needs a better weapon first.
4) Fran is gonna use bows. Because Sonya's inner Legolas fangirl won't shut up. This is pretty much the only thing we've decided on about Fran. I think she'll be our resident black mage as well, just because she's so black mage-y.
5) Haven't gotten Ashe yet, but I'm in favor of making her a killbot. Sonya can't wrap her head around a chick in a hot pink miniskirt (of rather little good taste) killing things with anything but magic, but I'm telling her that that's the goddamn point. I think its because Sonya hasn't actually seen Ashe yet, besides for the beginning and that one quick shot of her with Vossler. This girl is a bitch.
6) I still <3 Vossler. He's hot. I'm hoping I'll find actual story reasons to like him later, but for now, he's my favorite character. Because he's hot.
I think Vaan should have Water/Aero by the time we're out of Garamscythe, and have Fira/Thundara/Blizzara once we're out of Nalbina. Ideally, he'd have already got the Quickening as well by then. Knowing us and our paranoid leveling tendencies (Sonya's anyway, I rely on actual skill and tactics against my bosses rather than I KEEL U ...though I admit Sonya's way is more reliable), Vaan's going to have fucking Curaga by then.
I wonder how Sonya's going to handle the respawning zombies in the whazzit dungeon. Actually, I'm pretty sure I'm not wondering. I'm pretty damn sure I know. We are gonna die. Duh.