Weapon Upgrading

[Correction]

That ring of stones out in the field? I checked those, it's not there.

No, the Titan missions are in the area you can only reach from a Chocobo, jump onto the cliffside over all the little blue shellbeasts.

[Maguspk]

As far as I can tell, its like a lot of other things in the game. If you Light as your party leader you will probably not notice a thing. I have had Fang as my leader 90% of the time since I picked her up. But there really is no way of describing how stuff just "jumps to stagger" with Light as leader wielding the Lionheart.

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I brought Light back as leader simply because the party members do not use their last tier abilities unless you tell them to. The AI simply wont trigger them. And quite frankly Light's owns. Fang's is good, Hopes is ok, Van's is a gimmick, but Light's is just fun to watch let alone see how much carnage it does. So you will probably be maining Light after you get it anyway.

Bit confused, you say I won't notice a thing but then say there is no way to describe how things 'jump to stagger.' Do you recommend upgrading it and using it over Gladius or not?

[Cayos]

Ah alright, thanks. I tried to do the mission to gain access to that area back there, but couldn't find the boss.

[Lovian]

i'm chpt 11 mission 20 when does colored jellys become avalible?

[Purrrfect]

what does stagger lock on the taming pole mean?

[BadKarma]

What level I create the omega weapon from my flamberge?

[sade3437]

Flamberge caps at 61

[Talus]

what does stagger lock on the taming pole mean?

I can't be 100% certain because I don't have the taming pole, but since I have the Durandal with the Stagger Lock attribute, I assume it works the same, i.e. the person wielding the Stagger Lock weapon can't stagger a mob, but somebody else in the party can.

[vrumpt]

I can't be 100% certain because I don't have the taming pole, but since I have the Durandal with the Stagger Lock attribute, I assume it works the same, i.e. the person wielding the Stagger Lock weapon can't stagger a mob, but somebody else in the party can.

from what i've read elsewhere yeah pretty much this, person with stagger lock can get the stagger gauge 99.9% full, but somebody else has to push it over the edge.

i'm still unsure how i should go about deciding what weapons to upgrade for each person. i figure the best would be to enhance what i have my party members already doing, but there are some effects on weapons i don't have and i don't know what they all do. id hate to start upgrading something now and then get a weapon later that fits better.

those charts from the guide doesn't really do much, Ironstrike II doesn't really tell me much on what it does.

[Eaglestrike]

Put the Stagger Lock weapon on whoever is mostly going to be Com for you, Com's barely move the stagger bar anyway, they just keep it steady, so it's not much loss to have them unable to stagger a mob. Unless you have a group that can do rav/rav/rav baseline, that's the best way to go, imo.

I'm going Light/Fang/Hope, so I'm upgrading Lionheart, Taming Pole and Hawkeye. Light will be Com/Rav mostly so a balanced weapon is best and Quick Stagger will make up for Stagger Lock and Hawkeye is the highest Magic weapon for Hope. This is letting me upgrade Hawkeye early and it's kinda funny for my healer to be such a pro DPS, heh.

[Amiricle]

Sooo changed my mind on lionheart. Swapped Light back into lead role to play with Army of One when I realized the ai doesn't use thier unique skills, and holy shit does Enkindler rape with that skill. Chain gauge spikes so damn fast lol.

[Maguspk]

Sooo changed my mind on lionheart. Swapped Light back into lead role to play with Army of One when I realized the ai doesn't use thier unique skills, and holy shit does Enkindler rape with that skill. Chain gauge spikes so damn fast lol.

Enkindler? That EU for Enfire or something? Also did you take Lionheart or drop it? I've got an Ultimate Weapon but I'm debating whether to max it or not, the stats are so horribly low...

[Amiricle]

Enkindler? That EU for Enfire or something? Also did you take Lionheart or drop it? I've got an Ultimate Weapon but I'm debating whether to max it or not, the stats are so horribly low...

Enkindler is stage 2 of Axis Blade. Was going to make Lionheart/Ultima into my Omega, when I had the mats/gil to finish upgrades, but changed my mind now and going to go ahead with Axis/Enkindler. Lovin this sword sooo much.

[Elcura]

Enkindler is stage 2 of Axis Blade. Was going to make Lionheart/Ultima into my Omega, when I had the mats/gil to finish upgrades, but changed my mind now and going to go ahead with Axis/Enkindler. Lovin this sword sooo much.

This, the ATB charge rate at 20% is insane, even more so with Haste. Though, I might get Lionheart up as well, cause Quick Stagger seems good for annoying enemies.

[KoD]

Just found this guid today while looking for pictures of the Maps:
http://ff-13.info/

[Xerlic]

Is it worth upgrading more than one weapon per character? In other words, if you know which weapon you plan to upgrade to the final form, should I bother upgrading other weapons for a particular character?

I'm currently on Chapter 5, and upgraded Light's initial weapon to level 10, but I'm reading that it isn't the best weapon to max out, so continuing would be a waste of materials, no?

[Gethsemane]

I used to believe that no upgrading weapons would be of no help but in the later stages of the game Gran Pulse and on, the difference between monster stats and yours is actually a pretty big damn gap. So doing grinding for CP and also grinding up your weapon upgrades isn't a bad idea. I initially wasn't going to do it until I kept getting my ass handed to me by bosses and monsters. Probably going to spend all day today grinding CP for more stats as well as items for weapon upgrades. I say level whichever weapon has a good benefit. I can't say out of experience all the the weapons I have done but I have Lightning's Gladius(sp?) at level 23 right now. And I do have tons of components I can use for it to see what happens when it hits max of what 26 and then 3rd stage = final weapon? I'll keep you updated. i know I could use strategy sites but eh trying to refrain from doing that my first time through the game.

[vrumpt]

is there any easy way to see what catalyst you need for each * transformation, or do i have to keep 1 of each on me at all times?

and is adamantite or dark matter used to transform stuff?

[Drace]

is there any easy way to see what catalyst you need for each * transformation, or do i have to keep 1 of each on me at all times?

and is adamantite or dark matter used to transform stuff?

Check out the site this guy mentioned earlier:

Just found this guid today while looking for pictures of the Maps:
http://ff-13.info/

It lists all the XP/Level/Catlyst details for every weapon for every character (along with a lot of other decently organized info).

[Tyrath]

So from what I've been reading it looks like the best 2 weapons to upgrade to Omega for Lightning are the Lionheart and the Axis Blade?