The Very Big Final Fantasy XIII Thread

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by Kerensky287

Even with Hope and Vanille around, I still find the cast of FF13 to be surprisingly believable. Take Lightning for example. Yes, she was a TOTAL bitch at the start of the game, but she seems to have softened a bit by now. I mean, it's quite striking when it goes for a flashback and Lightning pulls some shit like "This is the worst birthday ever" . Then she comes back to the present, Hope goes on some stupid tangent like "I HAVE TO GET STRONGER SO I CAN AVENGE MY MOTHER, THIS PLAN IS CALLED OPERATION NORA. MY MOMS NAME WAS NORA BTW." And Lightning just doesn't comment.

Vanille would be believable if she would tone down the ditzyness. I'm half expecting it all to turn out to be an act later on - like, she pretended to be shallow so no one would get to know her or something - because at this point she's just ARGH.

Sazh is great, Lightning is good if familiar, Snow is great when he's not obsessing over Sarah, and Fang is good from what I've seen of her (which admittedly isn't much).

Regarding weapon levels - does anyone else find it to be almost inhibiting? I keep finding weapons for my characters, but I've spend so much on the weapons they're already holding that there's no reason to switch.

On weaponry, it's much better to only upgrade what you're actually going to use. Resources are scarce in this game, both components and Gil. Weaponry seems to fall into four categories:
- high ATK, low MAG
- balanced ATK and MAG
- low ATK, high MAG
- low ATK, low MAG, special effect

Depending on your needs and each character, some just make more sense than others, especially at first. Don't waste your components upgrading every weapon. You will quickly run out. Also, be as thorough as possible in searching for stuff, because they were REALLY tricky with the AI and party banter. Your NPC allies will rush off on the straight path through, ignoring all the hidden areas, dead ends, and alternate paths that hold chests, and let me tell you, having to buy a weapon after missing it is a good way to wipe out every last Gil you own. Just one can break your bank. Also, don't get dissuaded when your party members say something like, "What, we're going back?" when you try to backtrack. In some cases, there IS no going back and there's an item there, so yeah, the devs made sure to fuck with you.


On Vanille, I will only say she is not what she seems and you'll get to see that later.