Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep

[Nevex]

I'm not talking in general, but for that particular fight. Sonic Shadow's animation will always last for the whole duration of Meteor attack while TS, even if perfectly executed, might end too quickly. If that happens have fun being launched in the air at 1 HP while the boss teleports at your back and kills you.
Guarding meteors isn't a 100% safe option even with Second Chance/Once More because they occasionally hit you at random intervals and from different directions, which can bypass those abilities and get you killed.

You should always run far from the boss before reading shotlock so his teleporting around shouldn't bother you at all so the increased charing time is a minor disadvantage.
Lastly, Sonic Shadow will deal more damage than TS even factoring his -25% dark resistance, which is extremely useful during the Curaga spam phase, while TS will just cause him to dash after being hit a few times, reducing the overall damage.

[Charismatic]

Actually, I ended up taking him out without Second Chance or Once More since Terra was my first character and I didn't know how to get them... the meteors were never the problem no matter what my timing on TS startup was. I think to die to meteor with TS you would need to either start it well before he starts calling the meteors down on you (which running to an edge would take care of) or missing one of the timed button presses. The latter is the only real issue and I don't think TS is that hard to time so I doubt that'd happen unless someone were just too nervous.
But really, even with that, like I said... you can still get caught in an Ars Solum or something after Sonic Shadow (which is why I switched to TS)








EDIT: Also... who thinks that the Mysterious Figure is very closely related to Ventus/Vanitas? Vanitas moreso... I mean, the battle stance is the same (he holds his blades backwards like Ven though) and he even uses that X-blade cross attack shit as well as a couple of other similar motions.

[Tobi]

Grinded up to lvl42 so I could actually damage MF and it still wasn't much damage, but a lot more than before. Managed to win 1/7, almost won with no damage but got hit by a damn Orb as I was Cartwheeling. Those Orbs with beams seem to randomly hit you while dodging. Out of all my attempts, I always got hit by it at least once no matter what. And it seems you need to have a certain STR to actually do some form of significant damage, I tried at 29, and did dents, came back at 31STR and damage went up a lot. I'm gonna see if I can damage VS now since I was unable to the first time. Glad I didn't have to grind to 99 just kill both secret bosses.

Guess I'll finish getting stickers, chests, and commands for everyone to 100% my CM file, then move on to lvl1 CM run. Also, Aqua's Prism Rain Shotlock is completely broken and overpowered if you can time all hits, it does shitload of damage compared to any other Shotlock I've seen.

[Hyan]

Wtf, shotlock makes this game too easy.

That ending was so anticlimatic.. I guess there'll be more once I play the other 2 charas.

[Kiarax]

You don't get a real "ending" until you beat all 3 characters and do Final Episode, where everything gets concluded badly.

[Hyan]

Yeah, figures. The fact that you fight Terra's "mind" in KH2 FM+ kinda tells me shit hits the fan.

Gotta love these SE prequels though. No happy ending shit here.

[Nightmarelord]

Yup, can do it after his lightning shit too. That dude who was doing the level 1 CM stream uploaded a video of it a couple days ago.

He still hasn't managed to beat MF with anyone at level 1 yet though. Don't think he's done Vanitas with Terra either.

how did u get sound working? could u pm me how u got ur sound working / setup?

i just got my remotejoy shit up but i has no sound D:

[Charismatic]

male to male audio cable from the PSP into your computer's mic port

[Kiarax]

[Tymon]

Beat final chapter, is it just me or is phase 2 of the final boss really stupidly easy compared to the first one?

I know counter helps, but it still took me a while to figure everything out on Critical Mode. Phase 2 on the other hand, no damage, first try.

[Kiarax]

Yup, phase 2 is just retardedly easy. I'd go as far as to say one of the easiest bosses in the game even. Aside from the really retarded ones like the cat in Ven's story...

[Nightmarelord]

So um.. "Mysterious Figure" = Absolute Virtue v2?

[Insanecyclone]

At first thought yes. He can easily be over come with certain tactics and a lot of patience.

[Nightmarelord]

But in the final cs, he does NOT appear to be dead. lol @ how hes coded. hes still attacking when u actually land a finishing blow. GG se.

[Tobi]

Anyone Arena lvl30 or close yet? Trying to figure out best way to get Medals fast so I can finally get lvl30. It's the last Trophy I need too.

[Gokulo]

Command Board if you enjoy it/don't hate it I'd say. Going for the highest goal can get almost 1k medals a game if I remember correctly.

[Insanecyclone]

I'm Arena 21 on Terra. Just do all the command boards/racing and arena fights to get it up.

[Tobi]

I been doing that, but it still feel like it's taking ages to get the 9999 Medals you need And I fucking have very bad luck with Command Board in Arena I spent an hour and half just trying to win one damn game. I love rolling 1s 6 times in a row!

[Insanecyclone]

Second Chance and Once More makes this so much easier on CM or any fight really. Just getting the right melding commands early in the game is kinda hard. Thank god for strategy guide!

Rarely buy them now days but after that horrible FF13 guide I almost didn't want to.

[Tobi]

You can actually get them in first world with everyone if you can come across a Pulsing and Wellspring Crystal. When you get access to Radiant Garden, you can get all abilities, then, which is pretty damn early and makes the game a joke from then. It's great for getting best abilities as early as possible for lvl1 CM. You can even get the some of the best commands as soon as you get access to Radiant Garden. Megaflare, Triple spells, -ga spells, etc. It'll take about 2 hours or less to get all abilities once you get access to Radiant Garden, even quicker with Aqua.