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I've got two Ninjas on my team and i'm trying to get the Double Sword ability for them. i heard that you get it from a weapon called a "Nosada." can someone tell me where i can get one? is it a special one-of-a-kind weapon or just a regular one. also, can you tell me what weapons give you Strikeback and Bonecrusher?

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moé in the streets, senpai in the sheets

1) Nosada can't be bought but is earned at the end of some missions or regular engagements. Comes up a lot as an engagement reward late-game, IIRC.
2) For Humans, Strikeback and Bonecrusher can be learned as a Fighter with the armors Wygar and Ninja Gear. For Bangaa, Strikeback can also be learned with Wygar as a Gladiator, and Bonecrusher with the Carabini Mail as a Templar.

This post has been edited by LadyRed on 20th July 2004 23:30

thanx a whole lot. i'll just have to keep lookin for a Nosada i guess, but thanx for the armor tips.

EDIT: because i don't want to double post. can anyone give me any tips on easy ways to level up. all my people are level 10-11 now and all the clans i fight are at like 6-8. so, this makes it very hard to level up. i still haven't found out how i was able to get Lini with my characters at the levels they're at. so yeah, are there any ways to level up easily?

This post has been edited by Malevolence on 21st July 2004 16:54

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moé in the streets, senpai in the sheets

Here is one, when you can't attack any enemys use 1st aid (10 EXP) or say you have a LV.40 Clan member, and everyone else is around level 10, when you do missions with targets in them (Statues, etc.) Kill ALL of the enemys but don't kill the Targets, Now make sure you have a soldiers with Mental Break or Power Break (0 MP COst) have them use it on that Level 40 caln memeber, they will then gian a ton of EXP (Over 50 ususaly) after about 20 minutes or so your characters should be at high levels (around the thirties for me) after you destroy the targets (there are tons of missions like this so do it when you can and hope your batteries don't die or you need to recharge it). Hopefuley that can help you Malevolence.

I don't think getting any of the semi-secret characters has anything to do with level. I'm guessing you just took The Hero Gaol along as a mission item, had free space in your clan, and had a little luck on your side, and poof! Here's Lini. Levels don't have anything to do with it.

what i meant was, the monsters there were like dragons and malboros on level 13-14 and we were only on leevl 10 and 11.

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moé in the streets, senpai in the sheets

Ahhh. I'd try GamblingCat's suggestion then, although raising your levels will only raise the levels of the monsters as well. Usually in missions the enemies will be a few levels higher than your average clan level.

Actualy LadyRed when I tried that trick I said, the levels didn't seem to go up and it kind of made the game seem easier, but I didn't see a change of levels of my enemys in my file.

Another good mission to level up on is "Flan Breakout!" The reason being is because usually by the time you get this mission your party should be around Level 18-20 and all the Flan in the mission are Level 24-26. Now, we all know that Flan mainly use elemental attacks and can only be killed through the use of elemental attacks. So here's the strategy. First, have a White Mage cast Shell on everyone so that their magic resistance is raised up. Second, have an Archer use Aim: Arms and Aim: Legs on all the Flan so that they are all disabled and immobilized. Now with all this being done you are free to use physical attacks on the Flan, who only take one damage when attacked physically, for the rest of the mission and gain ALOT of experience and levels. Now this can take a LONG time so get ready for an endearing mission and save before you engage!

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You should know that at your level, you still have time to do the "Steal the Steal Weapon" trick. It may not help with leveling, but it can get you some great weapons early.

This is from a stealing guide written by Nyst.

HOW TO GET STEAL WEAPON ABILITY EARLY!

Firstly, to use this method you have to be quite early in the game(before
Main mission 9, magic wood). I would not recommend this method too early in
the game as there will not be enough quests for you to raise your clan
negiotiate skill quick enough. In order to get some of the rare items, you
need to hold off some missions before getting steal weapon ability. Finally,
you are trying to get steal weapon ability, NOT sword breaker!

Steps
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1. Sign up for the following Missions(pay fee), but DO NOT do them until
you get steal weapon ability!!!

a. Frosty Mage
b. Nubswood base
c. Magic Wood(main quest 9)


2. You need to get the steal weapon ability from the thief in the wanted!
quest(Diaghilev Godeye, quest no. 27). The quest will appear after you
have done Thesis Hunt main quest. Sign up for the mission(pay fee), but
don't do it until you get Cinqueda(For steal ability). There is an
alternative location where you can get steal weapon ability. See section
4. RARE/HIDDEN ITEMS LOCATION.


3. After you completed the main mission 8(Hot Awakening), it time to do
SOME clan level up! Go to the pub and do ALL the dispatch/battle
missions you can do. Then REPEAT the following quests in order to raise
your clan skills(most importantly negiotiate skill):

a. Swords in cyril
b. Metal Hunt
c. Chocobo help
d. Materite
e. Missions with flags icons...
f. Other Possible missions...

You are repeating the missions in order to reach clan negiotiate skill
30, so that you can get Cinqueda. It will take a quite while(I did it in
26+ hours of game time). So at the same time you can level up your
characters and learn the abilities and unlock the jobs that you want to
get(assassin, ninja, illusionist..etc..). Rememeber at the same time to
learn ALL the steal abilities.


From Andrew Pellerano:

"There is a much easier way to reach negotiation level 30 at the beginning
of the game.

1. Do just the first couple of major quests so that you can activate the
clan command and random battles.

2. Immediately ditch your second human in the party (he’s the most useless
early game) so that you have 5 members total in your clan.

3. Get into a random battle and flee as soon as you can. When you check
the missions list at the pub, you’ll notice a (tribe) Wanted mission
posted by Montblanc where (tribe) is the race aligned with the current
month.

4. Send someone out on this dispatch mission (they take 5 days) and when
they return you’ll gain experience towards your negotiation skill.

5. Say no to the new member who wants to join; yes, you’re going to make
a lot of people cry. Run around the map until it is the beginning of
a new month.

6. Head into the pub and you’ll see you now have 2 (tribe) Wanted missions:
one aligned with last month and one aligned with the current month.
Note that if you accidentally invite a member to your clan, you’ll miss
out on the second quest generated by the previous month.
You may need to get into a random battle and start the process over
from there. Every 3 or 4 of these dispatch quests will net you a level
in negotiation."

Using the above steps will allow you to reach negiotiation skill level 30 in
about 6 hours(varies).


4. The missions will reappear in different months of the game. So just walk
around on the map and visit pubs to see if the quests reappears. Also,
to get Missions with flags icons(turf missions), when your turf is under
attack, DO NOT go to rescue it!!! Wait till its captured and the turf
missions will appear in the pubs and you can do them again for clan
skill points. If there are multiple turfs being captured, only one
mission will show in the pub. You can only do 1 turf(dispatch) mission
at a time.


5. If you find that you have too much useless mission items(adamanite,
materite, chocobo eggs..) you can discard them. The missions with those
items as rewards will reappear. DO NOT THROW AWAY OTHER MISSION ITEMS
BESIDES THE THREE LISTED ABOVE!!!!


6. Once you reached negiotiate skill 30, you will get Cinqueda. Now it's
time to get steal weapon ability!! Equip your thief with the cinqueda
and do the wanted! quest(Diaghilev Godeye, quest no. 27). Steal the
steal weapon ability from the thief of that quest, before killing him.

NOW YOU HAVE STEAL WEAPON ABILITY EARLY!!!

I believe that you can get Nosada with the "Steal Weapon" ability early from the Gertai Band and in the mission #096: Shadow Clan.


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The Brave Knight
Name: Eirikir Lashius (Ramza)
Role: Knight
Age: 23
AA1: Arts of War
AA2: Guts
R: Counter
S: Concentration
M: Move +3
W: Durandal
O: Reverie Shield
H: Grand Helm
B: Grand Armor
A: Brigand's Gloves

Your experience gained is based on:
A. Your level
B. Level of your target

if they're the same level, you get 10 exp
if A > B you get less exp
if B > A you get more exp

here's the important thing...
levels of enemies in MISSIONS do not change as you progress through the game, the level of a certain enemy in a certain mission will be the same if you are level 1 or 50.
the levels of random encounter enemies are within about 2 levels of the average level of your clan members.

therefore: kick out unused clan members and your random encounter battles will be higher levels so you can raise the remaining clan members faster.


trick 2:
use jugglers and time mages (jugglers work best) and smile or quicken each other several times in a row and get (usually 10) experience each time you do it and not worry about enemies attacking you.

trick 3:
if you have a high level clan member (mine was Marche) cast spells on him (preferably helpful like shell or protect) or use abilities on him. If he can take it even hit him, and your experience goes up faster because he's higher level.

and finally if you can't stand to kick anyone out...
trick 4:
use your lowest level characters in each battle you get into because they will raise faster than the high level ones.

tricks 3 and 4 work best used together, and even better when used with tricks 1 and 2.

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