Posted: 27th June 2006 16:57
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What is your best achievemnet in FF9.
Has anybody got the Excalibur II for Steiner? If you have then all my respects to you. I ask this question because this has got to be the ultimate challenge on FF9. |
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Posted: 27th June 2006 17:03
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Magitek Soldier Posts: 343 Joined: 2/11/2005 Awards: |
I don't think I ever have... nope. I did find the secret synth shop near the end without looking it up though. I'm rather proud of that.
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Posted: 27th June 2006 18:27
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Crusader Posts: 1,519 Joined: 12/9/2005 Awards: |
dont you just beat hades?
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Posted: 27th June 2006 18:29
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Lunarian
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Quote Umm not just that, but also Ozma. I never beat him =(I ask this question because this has got to be the ultimate challenge on FF9. No, I never got the Excalibur II. And besides, FFIX is pretty easy especially because of Trance. Zidane is teh winna mon. My best achievement was getting all the Chocograph treasures and unlocking all secret holes. |
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Posted: 27th June 2006 19:00
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Engineer Posts: 407 Joined: 25/6/2006 Awards: |
Quote (NeoEx-Death @ 27th June 2006 18:29) Quote Umm not just that, but also Ozma. I never beat him =(I ask this question because this has got to be the ultimate challenge on FF9. No, I never got the Excalibur II. And besides, FFIX is pretty easy especially because of Trance. Zidane is teh winna mon. My best achievement was getting all the Chocograph treasures and unlocking all secret holes. l'd still say that getting Excalibur II is a tad harder than beating Ozma. Ozma is really easy with the right stradgety. This post has been edited by Silver 09 on 27th June 2006 19:01 |
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Posted: 27th June 2006 19:44
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SOLDIER Posts: 744 Joined: 29/4/2006 Awards: |
I didn't get to disc 4 but i know that you have to beat the game in under 20 hours or something.
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Posted: 27th June 2006 19:48
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Holy Swordsman Posts: 2,083 Joined: 18/7/2004 Awards: |
Quote (Dragon King @ 27th June 2006 11:44) I didn't get to disc 4 but i know that you have to beat the game in under 20 hours or something. Close, you have to reach Memoria in under 12 hours. I'll admit that I'm certainly not an expert in FFIX. I made it to Memoria in about 13 hours, so I'm sure that if I really wanted to I could eventually shave that excess time off, but I've never really gotten into FFIX |
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Posted: 27th June 2006 19:52
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Dragoon Posts: 1,796 Joined: 15/11/2003 Awards: |
I've never gotten Excalibur2, but I have beaten Ozma, fully completed chocobo hot and cold, done everything in daguerro, got to hear multi-arms name
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Posted: 28th June 2006 02:10
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Magitek Soldier Posts: 343 Joined: 2/11/2005 Awards: |
Quote (dont chocobos rule? @ 27th June 2006 18:27) dont you just beat hades? Yes, but there are some who don't know to look. -------------------- Quote Do you think we're forever? |
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Posted: 28th June 2006 17:43
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Engineer Posts: 407 Joined: 25/6/2006 Awards: |
Quote (Kane @ 27th June 2006 19:48) Close, you have to reach Memoria in under 12 hours. You have to defeat Lich and look at the first on the right pillar in under 12 hours to be precise. I've done (what I know of and I know quite a lot) everything on FF9 apart from the Excalibur II sidequest cause I just can't bring myself to do it. Come on is there anyone who's done it! This post has been edited by Silver 09 on 28th June 2006 17:43 |
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Posted: 28th June 2006 23:19
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Disciplinary Committee Member Posts: 629 Joined: 3/3/2006 Awards: |
Ozma actually requires some luck. I had four Level 99 characters get killed easily by it. Flare Star and Meteor are doozies. -CSM
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Posted: 29th June 2006 11:54
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SOLDIER Posts: 709 Joined: 28/8/2004 Awards: |
Excalibur II is the only thing I didn't get. And the idea of it kinda' annoys me, I mean, it's REALLY not something anyone would get without a guide to know it's there. I prefer games to have things you can find on your own without a guide. =/
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Posted: 29th June 2006 12:04
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Red Wing Pilot Posts: 488 Joined: 30/3/2006 Awards: |
Ya know what....now I gotta dust off my copy of 9 and try to get it, because I am annoyed at not having done it. I mean, I got the Zeus Hammer and smacked Ozma...now I gotta get excalibur 2....arghhh!!
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Posted: 29th June 2006 12:21
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Holy Swordsman Posts: 2,154 Joined: 9/10/2005 Awards: |
Doing the tedious Chocobo-treasure minigame is harder than fighting the multicoloured bastard...and a good tip: input your commands while his animations are still going. That way he doesn't get a free turn. (He automatically does a move when you input a command.)
I can't imagine ever getting Excalibur II. -------------------- |
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Posted: 29th June 2006 12:23
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Red Wing Pilot Posts: 488 Joined: 30/3/2006 Awards: |
True..the chocobo game nearly had me destroying my PS!
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Posted: 29th June 2006 15:21
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Dragoon Posts: 1,897 Joined: 22/12/2003 Awards: |
The Excalibur II quest is about the only thing I haven't done, really, and I'm too much of a wuss to devote countless resets and retries since my last playthrough was bullet-in-the-head meticulous. I guess I could lay claim to having witnessed 98% of the dialogue first-hand, but that's nothing special.
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Posted: 29th June 2006 21:28
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Red Wing Pilot Posts: 484 Joined: 20/1/2005 Awards: |
My best achievement? I finished the game with the Atlethe Queen and 1789 Jumps in the Jump Rope minigame. I don't know about the Excalibur II, I always knew that you got to be in Memoria in less than 12 hours, but its really worth it? Far I know only Steiner can equip it ( and if you don't like Steiner, why bother?), plus you could simply get it with a gameshark code..
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Posted: 30th June 2006 11:41
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Getting the sword is actually very easy. Play the game through at your own pace, then once you reach the correct place, leave the game on until 100 hours. This resets the timer allowing you to get the sword. Simple. However, it still does not make the game any more fun...
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Posted: 30th June 2006 15:24
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Quote (sweetdude @ 30th June 2006 07:41) Getting the sword is actually very easy. Play the game through at your own pace, then once you reach the correct place, leave the game on until 100 hours. This resets the timer allowing you to get the sword. Simple. However, it still does not make the game any more fun... Has that been verified anywhere? It seems like a rookie glitch if they actually allowed that. -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Posted: 30th June 2006 15:43
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Holy Swordsman Posts: 2,083 Joined: 18/7/2004 Awards: |
I've heard the timer does reset. However, that said, it doesn't reset after 100 hours, but more like 2 years.
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Posted: 30th June 2006 16:52
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Holy Swordsman Posts: 2,154 Joined: 9/10/2005 Awards: |
Yeah, something like that, if at all. For most people that don't wish to fry their PS, you're going to have to work for the Excalibur II.
Which besides the note from Gilgamesh, what's so special about it? Getting past Lich in 12 hours...jeez. -------------------- |
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Posted: 30th June 2006 18:36
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Crusader Posts: 1,519 Joined: 12/9/2005 Awards: |
you realize quina can actually EAT Lich right?
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Posted: 30th June 2006 18:38
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Engineer Posts: 407 Joined: 25/6/2006 Awards: |
Quote (sweetdude @ 30th June 2006 11:41) Getting the sword is actually very easy. Play the game through at your own pace, then once you reach the correct place, leave the game on until 100 hours. This resets the timer allowing you to get the sword. Simple. However, it still does not make the game any more fun... Does that really work? I'd love to know. |
Post #121957
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Posted: 30th June 2006 22:32
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Quote (Silver 09 @ 30th June 2006 18:38) Does that really work? I'd love to know. I'm tempted to say it doesn't work because it ruins the best and hardest secret in any FF game. Sorry guys. -------------------- Scepticism, that dry rot of the intellect, had not left one entire idea in his mind. Me on the Starcraft. |
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Posted: 30th June 2006 22:46
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Returner Posts: 17 Joined: 30/6/2006 Awards: |
I got Excalibur and then i beat the last boss(i think his name is katja but it was a long time so i cant remembe) with just steiner. FFIX was pretty easy once i got Steiner to lv 85 with excalibur.
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Posted: 1st July 2006 20:42
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Engineer Posts: 407 Joined: 25/6/2006 Awards: |
Quote (Darkwolf30 @ 30th June 2006 22:46) I got Excalibur and then i beat the last boss(i think his name is katja but it was a long time so i cant remembe) with just steiner. FFIX was pretty easy once i got Steiner to lv 85 with excalibur. The last boss is Necron. |
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Posted: 2nd July 2006 01:52
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Lunarian Posts: 1,207 Joined: 23/6/2004 Awards: |
I can't bring myself to play for only 12 hours just to get a real powerful sword. I loved the Chocobo mini-game but it is a pain to master it and you need to in order to get Zidane's Ultima Weapon and Steiner's Ragnarok with Shock. I've never gotten far enough in the Chocobo quest to fight Ozma.
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Posted: 2nd July 2006 15:25
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Chocobo Knight Posts: 90 Joined: 31/5/2005 Awards: |
Quote (Rangers51 @ 30th June 2006 10:24) Quote (sweetdude @ 30th June 2006 07:41) Getting the sword is actually very easy. Play the game through at your own pace, then once you reach the correct place, leave the game on until 100 hours. This resets the timer allowing you to get the sword. Simple. However, it still does not make the game any more fun... Has that been verified anywhere? It seems like a rookie glitch if they actually allowed that. No, that's been proven false by a number of people. The timer does reset, but the Excalibur II has gone. |
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Posted: 3rd July 2006 14:55
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Dragoon Posts: 1,838 Joined: 3/2/2004 Awards: |
For me, beating Ozma, but in regards to getting the sword in under 12 hours, use the FMV skip by opening the disc cover and closing it, works for every one, and helps with time as well.
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Posted: 3rd July 2006 21:43
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Disciplinary Committee Member Posts: 589 Joined: 25/10/2004 Awards: |
Quote (Rangers51 @ 30th June 2006 11:24) Has that been verified anywhere? It seems like a rookie glitch if they actually allowed that. Not to mention it doesn't make sense from a programming point of view. This isn't an overflow. Timing glitches occur because you end up flipping the bits because someone was fool enough to use a byte when a word was needed. That is to say that 100 hours isn't a power of 2 using any sort of well-known atomic as your time representation. It's also unlikely that the game itself would 'reset' the clock variable directly, but just roll over the display. You'd be better off trying 2^32 seconds to see if an overflow occurs. I estimate that to be 130+ years. -------------------- Visions of Peace - Four Generals, One Empire, and the Returners caught in the middle. |
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