Best Tips for my 3rd Playthrough of FF12
-----------------------------------------------------------

Leveling Spot
--------------------
Lushu Mine, Chaining Bones. (Valid till LV40)
Feywood, Mirror Knight (Valid till LV60)
Nabreus Deadland - Chaining Dead Bones. ( Valid til LV80+ )
both EXP, and Gil


Rare Game Trophy, Hunt Game
-----------------------------------
Very Important. These Rare Game Trophy Monster will no LONGER SPAWN after KILLED. Some of them Carry very important loots for Bazaar, or Very good Equipment.
Some loot like Damalcus Steel, can be easily steal from a Rare Trophy. After you steal, run 2 map, re-spawn the Rare Trophy, steal again. Just DONT KILL IT

My Gambit Setup for Repeat Stealing on Rare Trophy Mobs=

Thief Char

1st - 4th slot	Phoenix Down, Blind, Remedy, Hi-Potion	Ally Any	Item Cure is still best compare Magic cure, faster. and it free the hand of Spellcaster
5th	Foe : HP > 50,000	Steal	So when you jumping around map, he wont steal every mobs
6th	Foe : Any	Attack	So, normal mob, he will attack

* So it will always steal 1st before attack. if non of the enemy on screen is >50,000, he will attack.
* Set to > 10,000 if the Trophy Monster is below 50k


WORST Job Combination
---------------------------

Any Mage + Any Mage

Worst in Game

I have a whitemage that constantly run out of Gambit Slot. But i have a Blackmage NEVER have enough Gambit Slot
Match 2 Mages DOESNT GET YOUR MAGE Stronger. because the License BOARD Over Lapping TOO MUCH

Any Mage + Ranged Class

BAD IDEA

Why?
Sharing Same Advantage, Sharing Same Disadvantage
Mage do Range Attack. Ranged Class do Range Attack
Mage LOW HP, Range Class LOW HP
Mage No Heavy Armor (except TIME), Archer No Heavy Armor.

Knight + Uhlan

Meaningless

Uhlan for Zodiark Spear.
Knight for Best Sword + Best Shield.
You Combined this 2 Job, you still only can choose 1.

Uhlan lack of Speed.
Knight need more Battlelore.

Gambit Tips
---------------
Atk Mage

0	Self : Silence	Echo Herbs	Top, if silence, you are no different than dead
1	Foe Status : Reflect	Attack	Prevent Instant Die when fighting reflecting Mobs
2	Ally HP < 10% or 20%	Curaga	put it 10% so, it wont trigger that easy, but IF Trigger, means you need to save it before atk. Maybe healer is out of hand.
3	Foe : Fire Weak	Firaga/Ardor
4	Foe : Thunder Weak	Thundega
5	Foe : Ice Weak	Blizzaraga
6	Foe : Holy Weak	Curaga
7	Foe : Fire Vulnerable	Firaga	*If non of above meet, just hit with Fire, if fire vulnerable
8	Ally HP < 100%	Cure	I always keep 100% HP if possible, see tips below
9	Self MP < 20%	Charge	dont set it too high, you will stuck charging.

Explanation
Fire Weak = Extra dmg with Fire
Fire Vulnarable = Can be dmg with Fire
So, setting 3 Gambit to Maximize Elemental Dmg, top Any atk gambit. Check for Elemental Weakness 1st.
But if no weakness found?
Hit with Fire,Ice you choose.
KEEP PARTY HP 100%.
It Boost alot Dmg and MATK. there is a license with FULL HP Boost Atk, it make my mage instant KO most thing


Attacker

0	Ally : KO	Phoenix Down	Top, i prefer item resurrect over magic, it FAST
1	Ally : Any	Nu Ca Sand	Deadly status. It Worth to give up atk but to handle it
2	Ally : Any	Blind	No point to cont attack without curing it
3	Foe HP < 10%	Poach	So it will poach it not atk it
4	Foe = Flying	Telekinesis, Bonecrusher	So they can hurt the flying mobs

5

Foe = Any

Prefer Any over nearest. So it wont keep switching target

Explanation
Why Not Task Healer with Status Remove?
Incompetent. Healer have Curaja in top action priority. So they mostly busy healing, and they wont remove status for you.

Why Not Task Mage with Status Remove?
UnOptimized. Mage are VERY VERY HIGH DPS. Task them clear STATUS = make them LESS Casting = Party DO LESS DMG

Why TASK MELEE with Status Remove?
Item Status Remove is Faster. Guaranteed (no not enough MP issue). Melee ATK have high HP, always last standing, they always the last stand to revive entire party. they NOT Effective IN HEALING OR DEALING DMG. they are best TASK with these job to Free The HAND OF HEALER and CASTER

Currently, have 2 Ribbons and looking for another one. Anyway, the longer I'm in the game, the longer I feel some of the classes are utter rubbish.

Nabreus Deadland? Oh, I just kill everything. I think I'm on Level 65 at the moment.

Anyway, Poison, Sap, Stone and Petrify are the most annoying ones.

This post has been edited by Joey Christensen: Aug 1 2017, 07:18 PM

thanks man

Belial does not really give any classes really useful abilities.

I end up giving it to Vann to learn Libra , other than that it doesn't matter much.

While mostly true , but 2 of the best Magician combos came from pairing White Mage + Machinist & Red Mage + Archer
These cheesy little Mages can do up to 40k dmg with Scathe , Ardor and Holy spamming with the appropriate setups


To put it precisely , the Magic spells in this game have receive a MAJOR Improvement over the old FF12 .

Wall of text ahead , click to read why ( no spoilers )





The Red Mage / Archer combo come in mind , while they are still not as good as a Black Mage/Monk counterpart , they are only good for 1 thing -
the Burning bow ( Amplify all Fire Dmg ) + Ardor

The Ardor + Burning bow allows Red Mage to deal the same dmg as a Scathe , the Ultimate Endgame spell you will be spamming as a Black Mage.
And unlike Scathe , Ardor is fire elemental spell . Which means its damage can be further amplified by casting OIL on enemies /bosses , surpass Scathe in raw Damage.
( Which is also its weakness , watch out for mobs with Fire Immunity )



Now moving onto the White Mage + Machinist combo , beside the great amount of HP nodes and consumable talent ,
the Machinist can learns Hastega , one of the most crucial and important buff for your characters .

This effectively making your White mage the Ultimate Buff Guy in the game , as you do not have to switch over to your Time Mage to buff the party or waste an accessory slot.

Your White Mage can also wield some of the end game Gun like Fomalhaut which can do some decent dmg without getting too close to the enemies .
If your white mage is one of the girls , she will most probably reach 99 MAG in their 70-80s where she no longer need to rely on Rod/Staff to boost her Mag

This post has been edited by Convael: Aug 2 2017, 06:34 AM

Tested to go one long shot in trial mode and the highest I could get is until Level 72. Illnesses are crazily inflicted even with four characters equipped with Ribbon. I didn't do much on the Gambits. Could that be a reason or the chosen job classes are all wrong?

How to hit Level 100?

Finally got platinum trophy~
Very satisfying~

Here's my current game play summary...I just figured out which character gets the Esper(s) that will have better results. Anyway, still a long way to reach Level 99.

I'm totally fucked up. Accidentally sold all my quest reward long time ago. Now I can't get the Barheim secret passage key 😂

Which one did you sold? Nebralim, Valeblossom Dew @ Great Serpentine Skin?

I'm pretty sure you can still get the the Barheim key, just that you won't get the best possible reward, that's all.

There's an alternate route to Barheim Passage via Garamsythe Waterway.

This post has been edited by The_Gekko: Aug 6 2017, 06:50 PM


Attached thumbnail(s)

all of item from quest 1-12 already at Archades and suddenly remember about the wife of the guy who gives u quest hunting for the cactuar.

Haha I know the feeling I kinda screwed out with the quickening nodes, so I redo the whole game once more. I have already reached the Draklor's Lab when I realized it. Now I am currently at level 40 ish' around the Stillshrine of Miriam quest.

Grats , give yourself a pat on the back , it wasn't easy . I was slacking off on the platinum until a few days ago too. Getting all bestiary and all Quickening scenes probably took the longest.Black Hole was sort of dicey to get .

I didn't realize most of the super rare spawn can be gotten from trial mode and farm them the hard way as well . The trial mode 100th stage is definitely a major challenge added to the game

Getting to level 100 is easy later in the game .


farm 3 x embroidered tippet ( double exp ) for your characters , poach them from Coeurl ( Tchita Uplands )
Get to Hennes mine later stages and farm huge amount of exp from Bats spawned from the junction switch. ( 120k exp every 10-15 seconds )


Small demo from my video :

1) Have at least 2 characters with Curaja learned , set up gambit with > foe > any > Curaja as the top priority .

2) Get the 2 healers characters buffed with Faith .

2) Have your Black mage ready to spam Sleepga on the legion of bats . foe > any > Sleepga as top priority

4) Cast decoy on your most Tanky hero .

5) Clear the bats , move 2 screens away from the function , return to flip the switch again

Eventually when your tank get high enough level to tank the the swarm of bats , you can swap the black mage or have her spam Scathe for even faster clear .
For alternative , have your red mage and other Magician base character spamming Scathe and Ardor w/burning bow is a good way to clear the bats as well




You sound like you are trying to brute force the game thru high levels, levels are not very meaningful in the late game.
If your party composition and gambits weren't setup correctly , the endgame boss like Omega will crush you in a matter of seconds.

This post has been edited by Convael: Aug 9 2017, 10:30 PM

Yeah, pretty much on levels. I didn't tinker much with the Gambits and all because I was testing something. Now sitting at Level 80. Here's my equipment:

Vaan
Weapon: Excalibur
Off-hand: -
Helm: Crown of Laurels
Armour: Maximillian
Accessory: Ring of Renewal

Balthier
Weapon: Golden Axe
Off-hand: Gendarme
Helm: Golden Skullcap
Armour: Maximillian
Accessory: Thief's Cuffs (substitute with Ribbon)

Fran
Weapon: Tula
Off-hand: Grand Bolts
Helm: Crown of Laurels
Armour: Maximillian
Accessory: Ribbon

Basch
Weapon: Sagittrius
Off-hand: Artemis Arrows
Helm: Crown of Laurels
Armour: Brave Suit
Accessory: Ribbon

Ashe
Weapon: Karkata (substitute with Vrsabha, with no Gendarme equipped)
Off-hand: Gendarme
Helm: Golden Skullcap
Armour: Maximillian
Accessory: Ribbon

Penelo
Weapon: Wyrmhero Blade
Off-hand: -
Helm: Golden Skullcap
Armour: Glimmering Robes
Accessory: Sage's Ring (maybe I should just give to Balthier instead? I could equip her with Ribbon)

Nothing much but hope to get a better bow and armour, perhaps? Any comments? Penelo's HP is really low, sitting at 4,182HP and 835MP

Oh ya, about the Embroidered Tippet, I only got one but I didn't equip it though. I think it is possible to rake in the levels by just walking around the map and whack, whack, whack away.

This post has been edited by Joey Christensen: Aug 9 2017, 11:31 PM

My review of the game: https://chaosdotgaming.blogspot.my/2017/08/...review-ps4.html

Hi, I just got my dark shard in the temple. And I just started to apply my license to each character. May I know which priority elements you assign in the license board?

For example:

Gambit slot > HP > weapon, armor, accesseries > skill?

Say, does anyone know whether the R2 version of the game has the Japanese VO for it? I assume it's identical for all versions but I've heard the R2 version is fully dubbed in English without the option of changing it to Japanese unlike the R1 and R3 versions. Doesn't make sense IMO but a little confirmation will help a lot.

LOL i too only able to get till trial 72, but died at that level.

I tried searching the web but there are no mention regarding that matter.