Final Fantasy XII

Vaan, actually, is currently carrying a polearm, it's called a spear but I've never seen a spear with a rectangular head. He's still the main character, has plenty of health, and the heaviest armors I've found so far. He also has a decent power over weaker white and black magics, so he's a backup healer as well.

Basch has a sword and shield, a tank's worth of health, and currently no great magical power.

Fran is, essentially, my red mage, though she currently has a better ranged attack than Balthier. She has the basic white, black, and green magics, branching a bit more heavily into white. Main healer.

Balthier is a bit of a loose end at the moment. I don't want to make him a close-ranger, but his shot is still comparatively weak. He's got decent health, and could be considered a backup backup healer.

Ashe I haven't done a lot with yet, but she's a sword & shielder with large health and a good use of white and black magic, more heavily on the black. I'll see how she does in close combat, and if I don't like it I'll probably be converting her to a full-on black mage.

I have done literally nothing with Penelo yet, as I just got her back and didn't use her on

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Judge Ghis.

Originally posted by BackFire
"What if, What if, What if."

Gotta go with the sure thing, bro. Final Fantasy XII is a win no matter what.

I'll put it this way...if I get the game now, I'll want to play it while I'm writing, and I'll be wanting to write while I'm playing, and thus get nothing done on either.

Has anyone gotten the Collector's Edition? I was thinking about getting that becuase it might be cool. Do you think it is worth the extra 10 bucks or so for the bonus material?

Originally posted by Kumar
Has anyone gotten the Collector's Edition? I was thinking about getting that becuase it might be cool. Do you think it is worth the extra 10 bucks or so for the bonus material?

I spent the extra $10. The box is shiny. DVD's worth it if you're into developer interviews and art galleries. It's got a nice "History of Final Fantasy" thing that goes over the numbered series and points out the new accomplishments of each. Amusingly, that skips over X-2 by only remarking it was the first FF to have an all-female main cast and then moving on. XD;

Originally posted by General Kaliero
I spent the extra $10. The box is shiny. DVD's worth it if you're into developer interviews and art galleries. It's got a nice "History of Final Fantasy" thing that goes over the numbered series and points out the new accomplishments of each. Amusingly, that skips over X-2 by only remarking it was the first FF to have an all-female main cast and then moving on. XD;

I like how the first thing you point out about the collector's edition is that the box is shiny 😛

Hey, I like my shiny box! Hell, I would have paid $10 just for the box and no DVD.

Oh and that history feature? Also keeps track of Cid and Chocobo appearances throughout the games. 😄

I wanted the Collector's Edition but Wal-Mart didn't have it.

I asked about it and the women was like, "What are you talking about?"

And I was like, "It comes with an extra disc and all......."

And she was like oh, we give that to you at the counter.

So she takes the game out from behind the glass, takes it to the counter, I Follow. I get there and she brings out another seperate box and I thought "Well this is different, to have the collector's edition in a whole seperate box. And the box was a Game box that you would find a PS2 game in, and it had FFXII covering.

So I get home, open it up and all it has is an Arts Book of FFXII.

I was so pissed. The book is nice and the artwork is lovely and all, but I wanted the collector's edition. Are only certain places providing the special edition, like gamestop and all of those places?

I wonder to myself, if I knew what I was getting, would I have waited and searched for the Collector's edition elsewhere, risking not getting the game at all right now, b/c of none of those specialized gaming stores being anywhere near me, or would I have gotten it anyway.

Because of that, I'm deeply perturbed and disgruntled.

I also wonder would I purchase the special edition anyway, just for extra coverage even though I already have the game itself.

Any thoughts on my predicament?

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The collectors edition is exclusive for Gamestop/ebgames.

I get most of my stuff from EB, so it may have just been a deal through them.

I personally wouldn't waste $60 just to get the not-the-game stuff. And I don't think Wally-World takes opened games back anymore...

Really, the bonus stuff is nothing you can't live without. The entire art gallery on the DVD is likely in the art book you got. The history of the series doesn't offer any secret knowledge, and the interviews aren't exceptional.

Did you get to see the voice actors in the DVD?

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Short answer: No.

Directors, Translators, music designers and art designers. Only ones that spoke English were the text translator and the script translator.

Is the gamebox a metallic material or same material with shiny covering?

Which cover do you like the most.........shininess aside?

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The box is a clear plastic thing to hold the discs and booklet, with a layer of metal on the outside covered with metallic paint. The front of the box has the "XII" embossed (so that it's been pressed down). On the inside, under the clear plastic, the left side has a group picture of the party, and the right side has the five Judges on the top and Lords Larsa and Vayne on the bottom.

Truthfully, (shininess aside 😆 ) I much prefer the work of art that is the Collector's Edition box. However, I don't think it's worth $60.

I agree with nasty girl that this game is hella addicting...

I forgot how many hours i have spent but i spend most of them leveling up because im a level whore, got use to it ever since i played FF11 lol (which i had 4 level 75 jobs ughh)

So yea I spend my time leveling A LOT so im not that far right now, only at the part where i have to get to the west gate to get to the airship or whatever... but level 16 I think trying to keep them all even

So far i only have Basche fran and Balthier as extras

Vaan: Assassins Dagger for leveling up, that dagger owns! Occasional 1 hit kill! and has a leather shield for evasion, i usually have fran blind the enemy right away, im pretty much using ninja tanking on this one with mega evasion instead of def at the momment

Fran: Has her silver bow and shes main healer as of now and of course my blind girl lol sort of like a rdm right now

Balthier: Backup healer and i gave him a bow since the guns suck so far... unless theres something i dont know about them??? He protects and shells me. I have him and fran in the backline so they dont get in the way

Basch: Not many weapons to choose from yet so he has a sword and shield also, im mainly going to give him the two handed weapons

Panelo: Do not have her yet but most likely will be my little mage

Ashe: Dont even know what she can do yet we'll see....

Im mad that I cant use a Bangha (Forgive my spelling) I saw one with a Polearm and i was like NEAT I want one haha... he gave me protect...

I really wish the armor would show on the characters, id make fran naked probably because shes the hottest thing ever......

and to answer innerises question: Yea i go on those hunts every chance i get, the ones in the clan hall are very tough so i cannot do those at my current level but i do the ones in the tavern area, they give good items and gil so yea and they are just fun to do...

Everything is easy to understand the whole gambits and what not and thats very good! dunno what else to say i give it a 10/10

For some reason I never focus on defense armor and evasion and all of that. I always want to get new weapons.

I'll see about defense and invasion the next time I play and pass on new weapons for the time being.

So who do yall have as your top 3 lineup?

At first it was Balthier and Fran and Vaan and then it was Balthier and Ashe and Vaan and now it's Vaan, Ashe and Fran.

I can't make up my mind.

What do yall think about the Bows and Arrows for battle?

As much as I'd hate to do it, I may have to switch Fran with Balthier.

Not a big fan of Basch and Penelo.

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Bash, Vaan, and Fran are my mains. But I keep all my other characters strong and good to go.

Good. I'm glad to somone else using Fran. Did you keep her with her Bow and Arrows.

So what are your levels looking like for your characters?

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Yeah she's got her bow and arrows, and balithier still has his gun.

My highgest level character is Basch, he's level 25, Vaan is 24, everyone else is 21-22.

I'm at the poing where I need to go to the Henne Mines or whatever.

How many hours have you been playing? You seem to be ahead of me and I've played for about 20 hrs. So don't tell me anything else about where you're at please. I'm paranoid.

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lol ive only been playing about 4 hours or less and my characters are 15, today im gunna spend my whole day leveling in the west, yea evasion comes with the shield and its really helpfull, im actually more into armor then weapons cause the weapons right now are very limited nothing special, the bows are nice

In my party i always want a tank, damage dealer, and mage thats basically it...