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Azure Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist from The World Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist
#478251: Jan 30th 2016 at 12:21:02 AM

Third. I'm supposed to be in the Northern Crater but I'm putting that off.

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WonderSquid Since: May, 2012
#478252: Jan 30th 2016 at 12:44:30 AM

Northern Crater is actually the best grinding spot in the game. What you want to do is go all the way down (take multiple trips back and forth if you have to) and then use your save point at the bottom near the core where your party meets up again and it's quiet. DO NOT USE YOUR SAVE POINT AT THE AREA WHERE YOUR PARTY SPLITS, DUE TO A BUG YOU WILL LOSE EVERYONE YOU SEND OFF PERMANENTLY AND NEVER BE ABLE TO LEAVE THE NORTHERN CRATER. Then backtrack to the wet marshy area where Reunion plays. There are a few enemies of note there, since it's endgame territory:

  • Movers: the best ones in my opinion. They drop a shitload of money and a shitload of AP — 2400 AP and 90,000 gil (they appear in groups of three, at 800 apiece), which can be bumped up to 7200 AP with a triple materia growth weapon. No EXP at all, unfortunately, but if you're like me and don't want to wind up overlevelled while you're trying to get your materia matered they're pretty much perfect.
  • Magic Pots: 8000 EXP and 1000 AP. Forgot how much money. They appear in either ones or twos and apart from occasionally stealing your shit they're mostly non-hostile. Mind you, you can only exploit them if you have an Elixir, which you can steal from
  • Master Tonberries: 6000 EXP, not a ton of AP compared to the other two. The legend we feared. Will fuck your shit up if you don't know what you're doing. Can be Morphed into a Ribbon, the best Accessory in the game. Don't attack more than twice per turn or they'll instakill you with Everyone's Grudge, and make sure you cast Death Force on your party or they'll instakill you by taking out your kneecaps and jamming a butcher knife in your eye, because that is how Tonberries do. Or just steal his shit and run.

But if you don't feel like triggering the endgame that early, there's the Sunken Gelnika. Has enemies that can all be Morphed into Sources, which will permanently boost your stats, as well as a pretty good sword for Cloud and Yuffie's Ultimate Weapon, the Conformer, which does normal damage when using Morph. Also has the Hades materia, which you will never use ever because status effects are worthless in this game outside of Ruby Weapon, and some of the best designed monsters in the franchise since everything on that aircraft is the result of just giving Hojo some disposable people and a pair of scissors and telling him to go nuts. They all give a decent amount of EXP and AP, but the thing you're definitely gonna want are the sources.

The first room contains a bunch of squid things that you might have remembered Hojo spawning during his boss fight, which can be Morphed into Speed and Luck sources. The fucked up kite ribcage Unknown can be morphed into a magic source. The Unknown that is mostly teeth and eyes and its back half is like a gall bladder or something can be morphed into Strength, the Unknown that is fingers with mouths at the end with eyes in the mouths with fingers coming out of the eyes can be morphed into Guard, the Sea Serpents that are just kind of there can be morphed into Spirit, and you can steal pretty good armour from them all that was previously only available once on disc 2.

Also the Turks are there as a boss fight. Unless you already told them to piss off on Disc 2, in which case I don't think they will be.

Oh also Rude has the Ziedrich in case you missed it before, which halves damage of nearly every single element in the game at the cost of having no materia slots. The Mythril/Mystile is still better.

edited 30th Jan '16 12:53:07 AM by WonderSquid

Azure Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist from The World Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist
#478253: Jan 30th 2016 at 1:22:20 AM

I already did Sunken Gelnika and got the fuck out of there because it was creepy as shit.

But I guess I'll go back there. I don't feel like fucking with Tonberries.

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WonderSquid Since: May, 2012
SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#478255: Jan 30th 2016 at 1:41:12 AM

I'm finally getting my Star Wars RPG off the ground.

With real flesh and blood people.

Let's see you nerds compete with that.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
Azure Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist from The World Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist
#478256: Jan 30th 2016 at 1:41:35 AM

Who the fuck even hired Hojo?

Was it the President? He seemed stupid enough to do that.

I think Rufus kept him around for laughs.

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WonderSquid Since: May, 2012
#478257: Jan 30th 2016 at 1:58:31 AM

Professor Gast did, remember? Jenova's discovery and the ideas for the Soldier Project were originally mostly his work, with Hojo being his partner.

Dads in general are kind of shitty assholes in the VII-verse. Gast, Hojo, President Shinra, Seto (kinda), Whatever Schmuck Knocked Up Ms. Strife, Mayor Lockhart, Godo.

[up][up]how is your internet better than mine

haha just kidding i don't have friends

Wait it was the President that started cutting his funding after Cloud wound up a vegetable and Zack wound up a corpse shortly thereafter. That's why Heidegger and Scarlet started making all those robots.

edited 30th Jan '16 2:03:19 AM by WonderSquid

ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#478258: Jan 30th 2016 at 8:05:22 AM

what are people

I live in a constant state of fear and misery.
Rivux same old me from [a jump to the sky turns to a rider kick] Since: Aug, 2010
same old me
#478259: Jan 30th 2016 at 10:35:12 AM

live sister squids

mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#478262: Jan 30th 2016 at 11:04:38 AM

gaster is like uboa if he was actually creepy

you know when you don't actually see him

in which case he just goes "OH FUCK DONT SCARE ME LIKE THAT"

WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
Azure Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist from The World Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist
#478265: Jan 30th 2016 at 11:18:13 AM

You know what.

Fuck it, I quit Genocide.

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ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#478266: Jan 30th 2016 at 11:18:51 AM

YOU SMART

YOU LOYAL

I APPRECIATE THAT

I live in a constant state of fear and misery.
ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#478268: Jan 30th 2016 at 11:25:27 AM

was it undyne or sans that did you in

Azure Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist from The World Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist
#478269: Jan 30th 2016 at 11:29:21 AM

I got up to Undyne.

I think that's enough murder for me to get the gist of it.

Its not that it was particularly hard, just.

Not fun.

edited 30th Jan '16 11:30:06 AM by Azure

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WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
#478270: Jan 30th 2016 at 11:33:41 AM

i kinda feel like playing undertale just to kill all those damn characters tumblrinas obssess over

"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#478272: Jan 30th 2016 at 11:37:03 AM

ENTRY NUMBER 17

DARK, DARKER YET DARKER

THE DARKNESS KEEPS GROWING

THE SHADOWS CUTTING DEEPER

PHOTON READINGS NEGATIVE

THIS NEXT EXPERIMENT SEEMS

VERY

VERY

INTERESTING

...

WHAT DO YOU TWO THINK

Azure Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist from The World Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist
#478273: Jan 30th 2016 at 11:44:28 AM

Trip.

Plz.

Stop diluting Gaster.

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WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
#478274: Jan 30th 2016 at 11:47:56 AM

so did the undertale designers really rip off pay homage to uboa

because the resemblance is uncanny

"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."
WonderSquid Since: May, 2012
#478275: Jan 30th 2016 at 11:51:35 AM

I think it was an intentional homage yes

It does that

like with the croissant


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