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Prism posted:Calcruthl is a really weird monster name. Where'd it come from? I would have guessed Lou Carcolh except it got another t in the second half and then switched some letters around. The FF Wiki has monster etymologies too!  quote:The name may be a mistranslation of Carcohl. Carcolh is a creature from French folklore said to be half serpent and half mollusk.
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Well, I've been meaning to knock FFV off my list of main FF games I need to complete (along with II and III) so why not do a Random run to make it happen? *gets assigned Monk for first class* ...that's why not I suppose. Oh well. Pummel away!
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 Six in-game hours. Thank you turbo mode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzVFugFcUto Thank you also to Neongrey for helping me figure out how much longer I had to go.
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Maleketh posted:Yeah, people like to mention Moldwynds for Elixir farming, but half the enemies in the Ship graveyard (Calcruthls and Undead Husks) can drop them too. If you have a chemist, outside of Karnak you can also farm for them from Zus while farming turtle shells. Elixers aren't that rare in this game.
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Just beat the Earth Crystal, and got my final job, Dancer. So now I'm rocking Black Mage, Red Mage, Chemist and Dancer. As a first timer, what should I know before moving on? They're talking about leaving the world so I assume this map is being left behind. Thanks to chat + mix guide, I have 70 or so Turtle Shells left, 9 elemental rods each. Is there anything else I should look out for?
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Artelier posted:Thanks to chat + mix guide, I have 70 or so Turtle Shells left, 9 elemental rods each. Is there anything else I should look out for? You may want a couple more Dark Matters for mixing Death Potions, which would mean fighting a few Prototypes. You wouldn't need more than 6 though (one for Gilgamesh on the boat, one for Dragon Grass, and one for each crystal) unless I'm forgetting some. They're not entirely necessary however, just nice to have. While I'm here, I'd just like to post something for others, because I find myself coming back to it a few times. Since I generally go to Istory for a second Aegis Shield, or even just usually do Fork Tower for Wonder Wand/Defender, I end up with tablets for weapons I don't need since you really only need three or four legendary weapons at the most. But why let weapons you can get go to waste? So for the record, the following legendary weapons sell for decent cash. Sasuke's Katana, Magus Rod, Sage's Staff, and Fire Lash all sell for 10,000 gil. The Assassin's Dagger technically does too, but pretty much every team in the game can make use of that unless you somehow get a party of all White Mages and/or Monks. The Gaia Bell also sells for 4500 gil, not as much as the others but still more than the ones I didn't mention, which only sell for 5 each.
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Well, Quickleak did the trick. It's dirty, but a win's a win. Took about three hours of leaving my GBA on (and plugged in to the charger, of course). I am also happy to say that I've managed to procure a Dragon Lance from one of the Jura Aevises in the Castle (God bless the Thief Knife), so that should provide some extra offense against Shinryu. I've never made it this far in this game, so I'm pretty excited.
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Bad Seafood posted:
Welcome to Esoteric Order of the Rugmage.
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Bad Seafood posted:
Wait, you don't have to split the party 2/2? I just assumed you had to do that for some reason.
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Jul 4, 2015 14:48
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13/f/cali posted:Wait, you don't have to split the party 2/2?
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Jul 4, 2015 15:43
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Ugh, another monk as my first class in my second run. Pondering if I should even bother continuing.
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Been meaning to try FFV out since forever, figured I'd kill two birds with one stone and take part in this at the same time. Going in clueless, so I'm taking a normal run, with black mage as my first job. Here's to everything burning 
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Jul 4, 2015 17:26
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Monk/Berserker/??/?? as of Water Crystal. As this is a random run, a question. Should I be even thinking of buying spells in case I roll a Mage/Summoner later?
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Jul 4, 2015 18:09
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ShadowedFlames posted:Monk/Berserker/??/?? as of Water Crystal. You can always go back for them, save for Esuna in the Karnak explosion. Just make sure to pick up Shiva and Ramuh before you go World 2 if you do roll Summoner.
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Jul 4, 2015 18:25
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KataraniSword posted:You can always go back for them, save for Esuna in the Karnak explosion. Just make sure to pick up Shiva and Ramuh before you go World 2 if you do roll Summoner. Duly noted. Thanks!
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This is my first year doing this and I think I made out pretty well on the classes, which is nice since it'll be my first time playing this to completion: Knight / Red Mage / Ranger / Dancer Just past the earth crystal, and so far it's worked out pretty well.
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Jul 4, 2015 18:58
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KataraniSword posted:You can always go back for them, save for Esuna in the Karnak explosion. Just make sure to pick up Shiva and Ramuh before you go World 2 if you do roll Summoner. You can buy Esuna in Nix if you miss it in Karnak.
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Jul 4, 2015 19:17
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  Finished my first Four Job Fiesta! I blogged through it, and won't be putting in that much work for next year (because gah-drat I have a new respect for quality LPs), but this was a lot of fun. When I do it next year I won't be doing it as a #Natural run because I didn't have to think too creatively throughout the run. As far as my pledge goes:  Fun times. I'm too tired from doing it this year since I was blogging it at the same time, but next year I'm going to try and get multiple runs in. Thanks to the organizers! (hosting on all the images is my own)
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Jul 4, 2015 19:19
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13/f/cali posted:Wait, you don't have to split the party 2/2? Sent my Berserker in alone with Mirage Vest and a pair of Hermes Sandals. Seemed to do alright, long as I remembered to heal after every fight. Fork Tower itself was a largely useless detour since I don't have any access to magic of any kind, but I needed Cid to fix me up so I could head underwater for the last few pieces of equipment I need. For my Berserker, weirdly enough.
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Jul 4, 2015 19:28
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I know berserkers can't run, but can samurai? I have a team of three berserkers and one samurai, and I can't run even if try to do it on my samurai's turn.
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Jul 4, 2015 19:43
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:I know berserkers can't run, but can samurai? I have a team of three berserkers and one samurai, and I can't run even if try to do it on my samurai's turn. Berserkers can run on the gba version. If you are getting "can't run" that means you have to fight that encounter. Usually it is saved for bosses or story battles.
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Jul 4, 2015 19:50
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Shwqa posted:Berserkers can run on the gba version. If you are getting "can't run" that means you have to fight that encounter. Usually it is saved for bosses or story battles. There are some battles that are incredibly hard to escape from. The Landcrawler and Shield Dragon each give you a 1 percent chance to escape.
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Mustard Iceman posted:the random battles in the Phoenix Tower are the only ones you can't run from, iirc. Also the imp fights in the floor slider room in Meatfort and the randoms in the desert leading to the Moogle Forest. If you don't listen to the moogles about avoiding the desert, you better have Break Blade or Aqua Breath.
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And Triple Crown #3 with Time Mage/Summoner/Beastmaster/Dragoon. I tried playing around with !Call, honestly, not a huge fan. Unless you are doing a low level run or natural or something, MP has never been an issue in the end game. Gold Hairpin + Air Knife + Slydra is very efficient and I usually have enough elixirs to survive. I also don't mind spending a bit of time grinding out some cash/elixirs, so if you don't like the grind I can see the appeal. Early game really sucks if you don't have a offensive class, cause Time Mage/Summoner (with no extra summons) means I have Ifrit which is ok or Break Rods, which is my only real offence. Dragoon gets a bad rap. Its not a bad class and its fun to avoid Mega Flare, Giga Flare, Earth Shaker or whatever other gimmick moves people have upon death. Its not a good as the melee gods like Ranger & Ninja, but its not terrible.   
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Time Mage/White Mage/Bard and rounding out the team is .... Dragoon :negative:
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Rei_ posted:Time Mage/White Mage/Bard and rounding out the team is .... Dragoon Its not that bad. Its nice having a class that can wear an Aegis Shield for some survivability and if you go into NED at a lower level, the Dragoon will be the only one with the HP to survive Almagest. You have a White Mage and Bard, just outlast everything instead of bursting it down.
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Punch Drunk Drewsky posted:Finished my first Four Job Fiesta! I blogged through it Hey, figured you should know: when I opened that link, my Microsoft Security Essentials lost its loving poo poo. You should probably make sure Wordpress/your theme are up-to-date and that poo poo isn't injected with badness. 
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 Way too late to make any Fartz money, but I finished my run. Not much to talk about strategy here. Rapid Fire and Hermes Sandals. A bit tough when my Ranger and stronger Berserker got Olded during Ned, but even some rough Grand Crosses didn't finish me off.
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Shwqa posted:Berserkers can run on the gba version. If you are getting "can't run" that means you have to fight that encounter. Usually it is saved for bosses or story battles. No, I'm getting no response when I try to run. I do not understand what's wrong. And would REALLY like to find out because this run would SO much easier if I could just run.
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:No, I'm getting no response when I try to run. I do not understand what's wrong. And would REALLY like to find out because this run would SO much easier if I could just run. Is it a particular enemy arrangement, or all encounters?
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Maleketh posted:Is it a particular enemy arrangement, or all encounters? I have not been able to run at all the entire game, and I've tried in dozens of different encounters.
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:I have not been able to run at all the entire game, and I've tried in dozens of different encounters. you know you have to hold it, right
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Kyrosiris posted:Hey, figured you should know: when I opened that link, my Microsoft Security Essentials lost its loving poo poo. You should probably make sure Wordpress/your theme are up-to-date and that poo poo isn't injected with badness. Le sigh. Thank you. It's clean, but something about the hit tracker my Wordpress uses makes some antivir programs go haywire. The vNucleus folks I run my server through (I think they're goons?) keep things locked down nicely, but I just can't seem to get rid of it. Like, for example, I had to petition Twitter directly to get them to stop tagging the links. Ah well, thanks for the heads up, and if nothing else I'm happy you were interested. The FJF was super fun and I can't wait to give it another whirl next year.
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alcharagia posted:you know you have to hold it, right Yes, I know. Not that it matters now. I'm stuck on Twintania. I'm going to have to reset to an earlier save outside the rift just so I can get coral rings, I guess. This is my second failed attempt to go into the rift where I have had to reset my progress, this is starting to suck.
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Punch Drunk Drewsky posted:Ah well, thanks for the heads up, and if nothing else I'm happy you were interested. The FJF was super fun and I can't wait to give it another whirl next year. You can always run it again!  (says the person currently quickleaking Shinryu on his eighth run)Also I'm always interested to read people's media on the Fiesta.
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:Not that it matters now. I'm stuck on Twintania. I'm going to have to reset to an earlier save outside the rift just so I can get coral rings, I guess. This is my second failed attempt to go into the rift where I have had to reset my progress, this is starting to suck. Kill the Berserkers in an earlier fight, and just heal up from what Twin does until the charging phase, then shiv her with a Death Sickle.
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Kyrosiris posted:Kill the Berserkers in an earlier fight, and just heal up from what Twin does until the charging phase, then shiv her with a Death Sickle. Hey, that worked!
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Maleketh posted:The FF Wiki has monster etymologies too! Then you both might be happy to hear that Final Fantasy 14 totally makes that pun with a giant slug monster/FATE with that reference 
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Pretty sure the answer is no but thought I'd double check anyway. Outside of incredibly huge luck, there's really no way to beat Omega with Knight/Summoner/Ranger/Dancer is there?
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