Rikzilla Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Congratulations @Nabby9 ? If you're interested there is still lots to do in the game (chocobo breeding, Emerald and Ruby Weapon, etc), but to be honest on this play through that I'm doing I'm doing it bare bones too. Just got to the life stream where Tifa is trying to help Cloud piece himself together so coming to the end now if I remember correctly. I think I need to start looking for my next game to play ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Nice one bruv, nice one. On the subject of the weapons. Has anyone ever done them without cheesing it? I always just trigger the KotR summon counter and go make tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggletooth Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Does taking advantage of mime and counter materia really count as cheesing it? Anything that does that level of damage then fair gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikzilla Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 I use W-Summon, KotR (one mastered one normal), mime (one mastered one normal) and something else for Emerald but I can't remember. I don't think that anything that requires that amount of work can be considered cheesing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 I would say it's cheesing if you trigger the fight and win with only one command. I've certainly never done it any other way though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 I give Yuffie the Conformer (damage scales up against bigger/more powerful enemies, so guaranteed 9999 against Emerald), put her in the back row (because ranged) and give her 4 or 5 mastered counter attack materias and a mastered cover. Every non-AOE will hit her and she'll counter for 40-50k. Add on her normal attack turn and that gives her a really high DPS. Give her mystile so she has high evasion and a tough ring if you have it so she basically becomes a DPS-Tank The other two don't matter so much as long as someone has mighty guard and a supply of x potions. You could give them no materia if you want. That was the way I found to do it when I got sick of messing up the mime-KOTR chain and watching long attack sequences, think you don't even need underwater materia for it but it's been a long while. For Ruby I don't really remember except you have to kill two of your party members so Cloud will probably solo that one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikzilla Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 I've never killed Ruby ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCH Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 I think it was PLAY magazine that had a pullout guide for Ruby Weapon that I stuck to religiously. Could never beat him without it. @one-armed dwarf is correct about starting with only one party member. The [high level] Materia combination was quite involved, if memory serves. They also recommended killing Ruby first, as it was the "easier" one of the two. Mostly because of Emerald's ultimate attack 'Airetam Storm' (Materia, backwards) which deals damaged based on how much Materia you have equipped for the fight. I do remember only having one line of Materia, in my sword and a long war of attrition followed. It was one of the lesser weapons that had a full row of linking slots. Of course, once and only once, I got extremely lucky and hit the Jackpot on Cait Sith's Level Two limit break. =Instant Victory! The amount of EXP and mastered Materia I got for that fight was insane. Bear in mind, even Slots won't guarantee victory against Ruby. As that boss fight comes with caveats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Your memory of ffvii stuff is exceptional which is weird because you also say your memory is shit ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCH Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 15 minutes ago, one-armed dwarf said: Your memory of ffvii stuff is exceptional which is weird because you also say your memory is shit ? ? My memory for details from when I was young is good. Adulthood+ is a crapshoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikzilla Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 At the stupid submarine mini game now and I forgot how much I hate this stupid fucking submarine mini game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikzilla Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Proud Clod and Hojo defeated so Disc 2 is basically done now. Not sure if I should go straight to the crater or tie up some loose ends first. That's a slippery slope though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikzilla Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Had my first death yesterday. In the Northern Crater. One step away from the the final boss fight. And in the three rooms before the boss room it wouldn't let me use the Save Crystal so I lost an hour ?♂️ I really can't be arsed to do this all again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Those fights on the steps are a pain in the arse. I always run away from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikzilla Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 I was, then the second suit of armour killed me. I'm back there now, killed two of the fuckers and fighting the third. Had to restart the crater again after not reading the go-left-go-right section properly and Cloud got stuck with all the fuckers without Materia ?♂️ I'm so close to the end I'm just anxious now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikzilla Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Game has pissed me off now. Tried Jenova 3 or 4 different times and each and every time it has wiped me out with one singal Ultima spell. Why? Because I'm not casting MBarrier or Reflect, or have Final Attack materia. Why? Because I didn't pick the fucking materia up earlier in the game. I've had to reload and fly to literally every town on the map until I found the shop that sold Barrier materia (Rocket Town. I picked up a Time materia for good measure too), and now I'm in the forests around Mideel grinding AP until I get Reflect, making my "You don't need to grind in FFVII" statement earlier moot through my own idiocy. Luckily I have Cloud's Apocalypse weapon with triple growth on it so it shouldn't take too long. Hopefully. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 When Jenova starts counting down is when you just increase DPS and stop healing/buffing. Reflect doesn't work on ultima also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCH Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 22 minutes ago, RikSP said: Game has pissed me off now. Tried Jenova 3 or 4 different times and each and every time it has wiped me out with one singal Ultima spell. Why? Because I'm not casting MBarrier or Reflect, or have Final Attack materia. Why? Because I didn't pick the fucking materia up earlier in the game. I've had to reload and fly to literally every town on the map until I found the shop that sold Barrier materia (Rocket Town. I picked up a Time materia for good measure too), and now I'm in the forests around Mideel grinding AP until I get Reflect, making my "You don't need to grind in FFVII" statement earlier moot through my own idiocy. Luckily I have Cloud's Apocalypse weapon with triple growth on it so it shouldn't take too long. Hopefully. Enemy Skill - Big Guard. It can't be understated. You don't need any of the grinding, Barrier or Time Materia if you pick up that one simple spell. As @one-armed dwarf said, we all learned the hard way you can only take the hit when it comes to Ultima. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikzilla Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 I guess it's back to banging my head against a fucking wall then. Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 What is your party & equipment/materia makeup? Jenova is sort of a rush to just deal loads of damage from what I recall. A party with high damage limit breaks could end it fairly quickly. Ultima also is (ironically) useful to keep the tentacles down, or any other sort of group magic/enemy skill/summon Only other thing I'll say is to protect against frog for later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now