Okay, why is 5 Stars important?

[Lucavi]

I must be the only person who isn't afraid to switch to combat clinic for 3 seconds of max healing, and then right back in the thick of it. I rarely use just 1 healer unless I'm running a buff/debuff/healer setup. I'm more likely to com/rav/rav with potions and then switch to CC when everyone is fairly low than nerf my damage by a third with a full-time healer.

I do wish, however, that since the main character will always perform actions slower than your allies (due to us actually having to make decisions), they could have given your controlling character access to all of their abilities. It'd have been nice to drop one big curega on the group and keep fighting immediately, since the only other way to keep up with the speed of my allies is to auto-battle and hope for the best.

[nekoshoonen]

i don't full time heal. But i certainly never used combat clinic. Vanille has curaja it's all i need

[Lucavi]

I don't have it yet - I'll probably shut down the clinic once I obtain it. Its a clever name, though.

[KoD]

Well, Some would say Inc myself getting all trophies is part of completeing the game, and if you don't have all trophies you haven't completed it.

[Cylo]

With Light/Hope/Fang I buffed on Bully, then alternated Relentless/Diversity on the individual targets. Bully again for rebuff on main enemy, then Relentless/Diversity until Destructo where I switched to Hero to buff/heal and Solidarity to take the hit and recover.

This is the exact strategy in the piggyback book. I am guessing that is where you got it from? I did this too, and it took two tries. I was too slow the first time around.

[Xanthe]

This is the exact strategy in the piggyback book. I am guessing that is where you got it from? I did this too, and it took two tries. I was too slow the first time around.

Yeah, it's from the book. The strategy worked great, it was just too slow for a rating. I never was doomed, either.

[Lucavi]

Well, Some would say Inc myself getting all trophies is part of completeing the game, and if you don't have all trophies you haven't completed it.

Not every game needs to be "completed" then, by your logic. I mean, would you feel unhappy with not "completing" Street Fighter 4, which would involve you having to master everyone's trials - even people you may not like to play? Even if you outright mastered your favorite characters?

Completing a FF game to me meant maxing character levels (not to be confused with min-maxing, like mass esper-swapping in FFVI for maxed stats), getting every final weapon and other weapon in the game, beating the game (duh), and not missing any secrets, like Shadow dying.

I hardly think I'm going to be restarting this game just to go back and make sure I get 5 stars on that plant boss so I can have everyone on facebook give me a thumbs up for earning that trophy.

To each their own, I guess. Never grasped the trophy aspect of it, though - just get 5 stars on everything to get them, not for some e-handshake from the game.

[Xanthe]

I hardly think I'm going to be restarting this game just to go back and make sure I get 5 stars on that plant boss so I can have everyone on facebook give me a thumbs up for earning that trophy.

You don't need to get a 5 star rating on every single major encounter for the trophy. You only need a 5 star rating for the final boss, and for each of the hunts for a different trophy.

[KoD]

^this...
And i don't understand how you would come to that thought that you did, pretty much to get those trophies you need 2 get 5stars on all repeatable fights, after you finished the story line.

[Kiarax]

slightly off topic but is anyone else glad they got rid of the stupid fucking minigames?

so fucking glad I don't have to become the moogle/chocobo homogay buttsex world grand champion 300 times to unlock someone's ultimate whatever

I like having minigames, but they shouldn't be required for stuff like ultimate weapons. FF7 had plenty of completely pointless minigames that were just fun to fuck about with. Wouldn't make sense in the setting this time so it's understandable that there is none.

[Rhyis.]

TLDR;

They aren't.

[fren.]

That plant boss was fucking awful. Hope kept getting one-shotted and I didn't have enough gil for more than 3 Phoenix Downs.

[Headspace]

You must dodge 300 consecutive lightning bolts to get the ultimate weapon.


Best idea ever.

[Belkin]

Okay so to answer my question, there is no reason to get 5 stars unless you like getting achievements/feeling proud of yourself.

Roger.

I don't think drop rates are improved to be honest. I 5-star normal battles more often than not and usually get nothing.

[Tyrath]

I don't think drop rates are improved to be honest. I 5-star normal battles more often than not and usually get nothing.

Well if something is 1% its still only gonna be 5% with 5 stars. From what I understand the drop of normal things increase with higher stars and Sol drops increase with lower stars.

[Tobi]

Pretty much.

Getting a 5-star ranking increases rare drop rate by 5x. No rare drops for 2-star and below.

[miokomioko]

I'd rather 5-star every single battle in XIII than dodge 200 fucking lightning bolts in a goddamn row.

[Altanass]

i must have spent over half my game time at the Gold Saucer in ff7

when you know the game is finally out and that its only x number of hours long, whats so wrong about extending the life of it somewhat.

[Nevex]

Is there any notable boss drop that is worth 5-starring for?
Please don't say Bulbasaur boss is among them... hate that thing.

[Kiarax]

I am 99% certain boss drops are 100% drop rate.