MP won't recover at all in Hard Mode unless start new chapter or smashing Shinra Boxes or u match up with Materia. Aerith's soul drain will lead to smack of the decade more than actually recovering, so conservation is the key thru all Hard Modes. Plus if you learn how to mix it up with most of the character abilities with the correct materia, you won't need to use magic unnecessarily. I nvr carry Revival Materia up until Chapter 18 due to the boss fights are long, in other cases I will rather let the team gets wipe out and starts all over again, that's how I get my platted game at 150 hours... lol

Is just that afer beat hell house in hard mode, let's say my MP left 10, it will left 10 MP after I won
What I mean is once enter collosseum, each battle will restore 50% hp and mp
As for Rosche duel, I saw guide in online say will restore HP for me, but for my case don't restore at all
Luckily is the last boss, so I spam use MP only, counter all the way

You can equip revival earring
As for MP, let it slowly recover during battle, use MP in boss battle only
I rarely use soul drain as well, mostly use arcane ward, fleeting familiar, ray of judgement and atb ward
but they hardly will die as each of them equiped with 2 HP and MP UP materia (max AP)

This post has been edited by XeactorZ: May 14 2020, 05:43 PM

I just completed the game. May I know how to level up Aerith since after the plate falls in sector 7, she is not playable anymore until chapter 18

soul drain on staggered target recovers about 20 MP, worth it to do so. 150 hours holy shit that's almost double of my time to plat it.

you don't really need to, since exp gain is across all characters.

but if you really want to, chapter selection to 8/9/17. 9 will be a pain in the ass before reaching colosseum due to hell house.

Right, thanks!

Just finished my first playthrough. Was wondering did anyone tried getting the Gotterdammerung first before re-playing the other chapters on Hard difficulty? If so, can you exit Chapter 17 after getting the accessory? Does it also save the progress you've made of clearing the new Shinra Combat Simulator challenges if you exit the chapter? Do you have to finish the chapter to keep newly obtained items like armors, accesories, materias and manuscripts in Chapter Select?

This post has been edited by DJ-Spike: May 16 2020, 11:03 PM

Gotterdammerung battle in on hard by default. You can reach the VR room on normal, but it'll switch to hard when you start the fight, IIANM.

No need to finish the chapter after you obtain the items/manuscripts, but would be safer to make it a habit to save before you exit.

get the gotterdammerung first before replaying all chapters in hard mode. this item makes hard mode a breeze🙂🙂.. in fact sometimes felt easier than normal mode!!

Thanks, looks like I'll have to replay Chapters 9 and 14 first for Aerith's Colosseum challenges.

Noted. Thanks.

Got my platinum.
Used the Gotterdammerung since chapter 11.
- ends almost every regular battle instantly
- gotterdammerung + Aerith planet protection is broken. 80% of the time the entire party is immune to damage lol.
- the only time I actually got the game over screen was with Rufus and the ghoul due to bad materia setup.

Really ar?? I'm still using her healing wind limit since it can heal + remove status ailments.

I'm reaching ghoul on my cheat run with 3 gotters. I'll try your method later.

After messing with game editor I'll say SE will either release part 2 in DLC form or they will release some side story DLCs before releasing part 2. Based on the codes I found some unused materia and accessories. But can't see them in game because the save cannot be loaded if I make those things appear in my inventory. It says the game need to be updated for me to load the save. Maybe they are contents for part 2 or DLC stories.

This post has been edited by Si kutu rayau: May 17 2020, 07:15 PM

She will auto level just like everyone else if they not in ur team.

For fast-leveling, just play on easy mode after completing the game. Go to Chapter 14 (where you storm through the garage in Shinra HQ) Equip Firaga+All and melt all the troopers. Rinse and repeat

Thanks for the tips. I just completed the hard solo challenge for Cloud to unlock weapon level 6. Don't think I would want to go through hard level for the entire game. Considered complete for me,lol.

Tried to get the Gotterdammerung earlier but wasn't able to complete that Pride and Joy battle. That challenge was no joke. Gonna try again tomorrow.

Actually you still can blast most of the bosses with magic since they are at the end of chapter. Next chapter you'll have your hp and mp back. So you just need to preserve your mp at normal monster fight. Only few like ghoul, Reno at the church and that jenova dreamweaver something. Those will be more tricky because you still have boss fight after them.

I believe you're just nervous during the fight. Try just look at it like you look at those shinra junk robots. It will help a bit.

But if you ask me to fight again I wont because I hate facing leviathan even with 3 gotters.

And anyone having fun with enemy skill bad breath? I tried put it on Tifa and blow a bad breath at Rude. I laughed watching him struggling.

This post has been edited by Si kutu rayau: May 19 2020, 08:46 AM

Yeah, the Leviathan battle is hard. Haven't managed to get past it, yet. I should probably ignore equipping the Assess Materia as well and equip something more useful.

This post has been edited by DJ-Spike: May 19 2020, 12:39 PM

Yup 1st time around you should probably just ignore assessing the enemies if you feels like your materia slots were not enough. Plus you should probably know everything about the boss by now, weakness/immunity etc when you google-ing how to defeat pride& joy.

The 2nd time onwards should be easy enough if you want to complete your Enemies Assessed directory.

Good luck!

This post has been edited by slowpoker: May 19 2020, 03:04 PM

What is your party roster? If you put Tifa you will have a hard time at Leviathan because it keeps flying and going underground. Too difficult for Tifa to reach. Not to mention more and more tornado as time goes on.

I did most of those Shinra simulators with Barret, Aerith and cloud. I'm really not good at using Tifa, can't unleash her full potential...