New or Returning Players Discussion 2: SoA Homeless Veterans Edition

[Cyleena]

No wonder she asked me for a Buffalo horn. I looked at her tits like 100 times in a row hoping there was some extra dialogue. Wrote a script with waits and buttonpresses to automate it.

I totally bet you were not the only guy to do that. Well besides the wait and buttonpress scripts... lol

[Byrthnoth]

I forget which game (maybe FFVII or FFVI?) but there was one where there was a situation like that where selecting a dead end option 20 times gave you some extra prize.

[Fwahm]

Is this what you're thinking of?

[AidenCarby]

I looked at the titties first too.

[Draylo]

Is this what you're thinking of?

That's the scene I thought of when I read his post lol

[Byrthnoth]

Haha, yeah. I think that was it. Ever since that game I've been obstinately choosing the wrong options in games.

If you guys ever wondered why game makers put dialogue choices into games in the middle of long scenes that clearly only have one correct answer, I am that reason. That actually increases game replay value for me.


...now if only more of them would actually have alternative scenes!

[geno3302]

I think it was 100 wrong answers for ffix. That game had so many fantastic little secrets, they really did a good job

[vivbiibasjiu]

Wasn't an unknown secret in FF9 recently discovered?

[Mertron]

not really. the "new secret" was known for a while if you were online since JP people knew about it (granted my first play through I had no idea)

member of the Excalibur II club for lyfe

[vivbiibasjiu]

It wasn't that

[Fwahm]

Are you talking about the Benero family sidequest? That was pretty much unknown to English speakers until like last year or so, yeah.

[Byrthnoth]

This sidequest, I think: http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Nero_Family

[Anoat]

Wow, that's neat. Never knew about that.

[fantasticdan]

How does the einherjar lockout work with the rhapsodies KI? I entered/cleared/bought a new lamp on watersday, said I needed to wait a vana day to enter again, waited till windsday, get the same message. Do you need to wait for an actual 24:00 vana time to pass?

Also, what are the best uses, if any, of crests during the KC/HKC event?

[Fwahm]

You wait for exactly 1 hour in real life, which is close to, but not exactly, one vana'diel day.

[Suteru]

I think 1 IRL hour = 25 Vana'diel hours.

[dasva]

I think 1 IRL hour = 25 Vana'diel hours.

Yeah or 1 real day is 25 vana days with I day/hour start lining up on jp midnight iirc

[Trumpy]

How do you enter button presses in script... I would love if i could make a macro to enter "down arrow key" for my mule to make it stop following without makin him rest.

[JeanPaul]

Also, what are the best uses, if any, of crests during the KC/HKC event?

For the most part, the drops are similar; crappy item, scroll/material x2, Abyssea +2 upgrade item, and then one unique item. The unique item is usually just a Kupon I-Seal or Kupon A-Lum, but can be something special based on which BC you are doing. Going by FFXIDB, the unique drops seem to be:

PHOBOS ORB (30 KCs):
Horlais Peak: WoE Coin pouches, Devious Die pouches
Waughroon Shrine: WoE Coin pouches, Liminal Residue pouches
Balga's Dais: WoE Coin pouches, Ergon Tinctures

DEIMOS ORB (50 KCs):
Horlais Peak: Corvine Abjurations
Palborough Mines: Supernal Abjurations
Balga's Dais: Transitory Abjurations
Chamber of Oracles: Foreboding Abjurations
Sacrificial Chamber: Lenitive Abjurations

ZELOS ORB (30 HKCs):
Boneyard Gully: Kupons for Absolute Virtue and Pandemonium Warden gear (no scoria)
Bearclaw Pinnacle: Tier III Skirmish segments

BIA ORB (50 HKCs):
Mine Shaft #2716: Dynamis Currencies (1s and 100s), Heavy Metal Plates (singles and pouches), Alexandrites (singles, cottons, linens)
Monarch Linn: Hexed armor (NQ and -1)

These drops have been consistent every time this event has come up, so you might want to save this list if anything there appeals to you.

[fantasticdan]

That is extremely helpful, thank you!