FFXIII-2: Post Release Discussion

[Nevex]

What artificial mechanic did Gilgamesh have? I don't think anything about him was cheap, he was just genuinely difficult.

[miokomioko]

Is that another old FF boss?

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I only knew the name from one of the Mog backstory lore bits. It said that when he entered Valhalla, he encountered the strongest thing there, "Valfodr," who warned Mog that there the strong rule the weak. Mog fought him and was immediately swatted him down to the ground... then Valfodr said he had no use for anyone so weak and walked away.

Also, he looks like the shadowy figure encountered in the Coliseum who keeps warning you to leave.

[Burningthought]

Spoiler: show

I only knew the name from one of the Mog backstory lore bits. It said that when he entered Valhalla, he encountered the strongest thing there, "Valfodr," who warned Mog that there the strong rule the weak. Mog fought him and was immediately swatted him down to the ground... then Valfodr said he had no use for anyone so weak and walked away.

Also, he looks like the shadowy figure encountered in the Coliseum who keeps warning you to leave.

Oh, wow that was really obscure. Neat though.

[Katlan]

What artificial mechanic did Gilgamesh have? I don't think anything about him was cheap, he was just genuinely difficult.

Him healing for 1m after each stagger is an artificial gimmick to make him harder. He would still be very difficult w/o that gimmick and imo a lot more enjoyable

[Ansems]

Yay Snow.

[Appie]

Oh nice a Snow episode while they said we wouldn't get one! I'll probably download it, don't care much for the battle DLC's, but episodes I like.

[Spira]

lol i need to sit my ass down long enough to clear gilgamesh...

the caption for valfodr does mention something about the true form of the arbiter of time or something. i dont know their japanese names..

[Alkar]

Isn't Lightning's scenario due out in May too?

Hmm yes. I'm simply saying that between now and then there's a month and I don't see why they wouldn't release anything at all.

[Burningthought]

Hmm yes. I'm simply saying that between now and then there's a month and I don't see why they wouldn't release anything at all.

Japan has a week long holiday this month right? Golden Week? Maybe that's why we don't have anything from now till then?

Edit: April 29th to May 5th, i'm totally wrong.

[Tobi]

some screens

http://andriasang.com/con0qn/ffxiii2...l_res_screens/

[miokomioko]

I had a few questions, even though I am quite a bit late on this stuff...

• Does the Bestiary's "Tamed" crystal icon change back to the "Tamable" cat-head icon when you release/infuse a monster? I wanted to eventually catch one of everything, but I'm not sure if I can use the Bestiary as a quick reference for what monsters I currently have, it's just that I have infused a couple monsters in the past without re-obtaining them, so I'm not sure anymore.

• Do passive traits like "Item Scavenger" or "Bonus CP" trigger even if you don't call the monster out during a battle? For example, I have a Silver Chocobo in my current Paradigm Pack, but I don't really know if I'm getting his Item Scavenger II effect when I don't bring him out since I'm generally farming on Cerberus or Aggression W and I don't care to have a useless Sentinel standing around.

• What determines which and how many Role Abilities a monster can learn through Monster Infusion? I can have a Commando that only knows a handful of abilities, and feed it another Commando that knows a bunch of different stuff, and sometimes I don't get to move over any of those Role Abilities to the monster that ate him. What's the restriction on that mechanic? Are Role Abilities learned in this manner limited to 1~2 and completely permanent?

• Can you easily re-obtain monsters found with Moogle Throw (Chichu) or Sazh?

[Gokulo]

For the last one: dunno about Sazh (though I think the same rule applies), but you can't re-obtain Moogle Throw monsters.

[Bregor]

I had a few questions, even though I am quite a bit late on this stuff...

• Does the Bestiary's "Tamed" crystal icon change back to the "Tamable" cat-head icon when you release/infuse a monster? I wanted to eventually catch one of everything, but I'm not sure if I can use the Bestiary as a quick reference for what monsters I currently have, it's just that I have infused a couple monsters in the past without re-obtaining them, so I'm not sure anymore.

• Do passive traits like "Item Scavenger" or "Bonus CP" trigger even if you don't call the monster out during a battle? For example, I have a Silver Chocobo in my current Paradigm Pack, but I don't really know if I'm getting his Item Scavenger II effect when I don't bring him out since I'm generally farming on Cerberus or Aggression W and I don't care to have a useless Sentinel standing around.

• What determines which and how many Role Abilities a monster can learn through Monster Infusion? I can have a Commando that only knows a handful of abilities, and feed it another Commando that knows a bunch of different stuff, and sometimes I don't get to move over any of those Role Abilities to the monster that ate him. What's the restriction on that mechanic? Are Role Abilities learned in this manner limited to 1~2 and completely permanent?

• Can you easily re-obtain monsters found with Moogle Throw (Chichu) or Sazh?

Bestiary remains "tamed" even if you use it to infuse another monster.

For Item Scavenger and the like, the monster has to be the one you're using when the battle ends.

There is no max on number of Role Abilities a monster can learn. Some are just unlearnable. The number of Role Abilities transferred depends on how developed the monster you're using to infuse is (I forget the exact correlation numbers though.)

You cannot re-obtain Moogle Throw monsters or Golden Chocobo (from a treasure sphere). Not sure about Sazh, might be able to time reversal his zone and obtain him again.

[Raldo]

I think what he was asking was, regardless of what the bestiary says, can you tame another one of that type once you infuse it into something else?

I would like to know this as well.

[Gokulo]

I think what he was asking was, regardless of what the bestiary says, can you tame another one of that type once you infuse it into something else?

I would like to know this as well.

He wasn't actually. Just wanted to know if the bestiary icon changes after you infuse. You can catch another monster after infusing no prob.

[miokomioko]

Ah, thanks for the answers~

Also, it's not possible to finish the 100% maps quest before finishing the game, is it?

[Xanthe]

Ah, thanks for the answers~

Also, it's not possible to finish the 100% maps quest before finishing the game, is it?

You can, but you have to make the jump onto the last stretch of Academy City 500AF to finish the map. You can then turn back.

[miokomioko]

Damn, I must just be derping about how to get to the 13th floor of Augusta Tower.

[Alkar]

You can get Sazh again.

[miokomioko]

How do you get that last tiny piece of map in the southwestern part of Academia 400/4XX? It's a storefront from the looks of it... closed in both 400 and 4XX, and obviously not there in 500.

edit: neverrrrmiiiind, I didn't know it was on the bottom level...