FFXIII/FFXIII-2 Daily Update Thread - What's been done today? [SPOILERS!]

[wee187]

then I got mopped when

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Rosch's

mech removed restrictions and I wasn't expecting such a big jump in power.

For that fight, it's all about staying on top of healing. When you're finally able to stagger it, have Lightning use Army of One 2-3 times, and then switch to something like Agression or Relentless Assault to mob the floor with it. It'll still take a few staggers, but that's usually how I approach that fight.

Buffs help a lot.

[kokushishin]

157/160 fragments;  I got Lucky Coin this morning which leaves the bestiary as the only annoying one left (other two are just paradox fights).   Took a break from that to restock--burned a ton of gil on monster materials.

[kokushishin]

All fragments.   Still need a chunk of Gil,  plenty of monster building etc.   Internet's been acting up a ton so I haven't been able to get to the DLC.

[kokushishin]

Burned through my stock of Power Crystals so I'm getting more to try and finish Odin. 

[Hal]

I'm currently playing a NCU Challenge in XIII. Had a good flow til Chapter 11 (40 hours total til 11), stucked a little at Mission 12 because of my completely undergeard party and nearly no gil to upgrade. But overcome that after a week or so. Well, i played FFXIII in that week 2-3 hours. Wasn't really motivated there.

Now i'm at hour 84 and farmed approximately 13mio Gil. Upgraded some weapons  earlier before with 2,5mio to Tier 2* and want to do a few missions. Before that i will upgrade my HP Bangles to Maximum. 3000+ HP more, makes it a little easier. This one Adamanchelid near the Mahabara Entrance, protecting a Treasure with one Gold Nugget looks interesting, too. Maybe will try him. I Have more than in enough Shrouds anyway. Will update this now and then .

[Hal]

Continued farming until hour 100 and upgraded my HP Bangles. The Adamanchield was a very funny experience. I made a video of this fight if someone is interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJEb1J9yv_8&feature=youtu.be

Mission 15-20 is also done. Next stop: Taejin Tower, yeah.

[Hal]

Taejnn Tower almost done. There's only Dahaka left. I messed up with upgrading and made to many Traps. Now i have not enough Gil left over to use them properly. Farming again.

[Hal]

Have enough Gil after another 15 hours of farming and upgraded Hopes Hawkeye, Fangs Partisan and Sazhs Deneb Duellers to their ultimate form. Dahaka had really no chance in his 2:17 minutes of lifetime against my party. I think, Dahaka even glitched a little. Normally, he does his Diluvial Plague, after he lose 50% of his life. Well, this time he doesn't. He was already at 10% or so after the first stagger, maybe that triggerd the glitch.

[Hal]

Beaten Bart 2 in Oerba in my very first Try in my NCU Challenge. Actually, this was only a try for practice to see how the mechanics and tactic are working.  I was very suprised and a little shocked.

After all the frustration with him along several forums, i expect it much more difficult. Used Snow, Fang and Vanille. All with magic raising weapons. Fang and Vanille kept Slow and Deshell on him with a MAN-MAN-RAV paradigm. This paradigm raised the stagger gauge too. When Bart was staggerd, i switched between COM-RAV-RAV and COM-COM-MED. I used SEN-SEN-MED for his area attacks and for healing.
Basically, that was everything i did. He fall after 8 minutes and 29 seconds.

Ohh, almost forgotten. I summoned Bahamut at his first Apoptosis. In that way, only Fang loses all her buffs, the other two kept them the full time. That was a huge advantage.

[kokushishin]

XIII-2: still mostly building.

XIII: went back and went to making some more weapons for lulz.

[Hal]

Another Try on Bart 2 in Oerba. The boss was really demolished this time. Battle Time now: 3 minutes and 42 seconds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ysMuOaCRQ

Highly satisfying for me, so i can go on now.

[Hal]

Bandersnatch & Jobberwocky (mostly with Shiva), Wladislaus (very easy with RIC and Odin) and Tiamat Eliminator (Firsttry) down. Looking forward to Barthi 3 and Orphan.

[kokushishin]

Got ROTG and a couple other things in my download queue but I still gotta mess with my network.

[Hal]

Barth 3 done. It was a long fight at first, even with doom counter at the end. But everything works fine now and he loses in approximately 11 min. I struggle at Orphan, what a hell of a boss. Should try some different tactic. I can't make it with only one healer.

[Shadow Gilgamesh]

Been playing through again, was at the forest place with Lightning and Hope and noticed that the elevators sometimes make the same sound as the M-44 Hammerhead from Mass Effect 2 does when it completes scan.