Screw It, It's the FF8 Thread Now :o

[Ninjavenom]

I don't wanna alarm you, Bobo, but the turtles are a 50% chance occurence at the beach south of Galbadia Garden. I'm just trying to get a hold of the necessary parts to refine pulse ammo, i'm having your Adamantine problem with Elnoyles in Esthar City. Odin cut one of the motherfuckers down before i could mug him.

[SLjimbo]

The thing I hated about FF8 was trying to get Doomtrain, even though he's a valuable GF. It's annoying as hell to beat Malboros to get the item for Doomtrain (the only way I killed him was by Odin, which he very rarely appears for harder enemies) and it takes longer if you tried to convert the Malboro cards into M. Tentacles. After that was the Remedy +, which you could only get after you got Alexander and getting the required GF ability. It's pretty much going back and forth trying to find and get items.

Oh yea, I don't know if anyone mentioned this, but I believe you get the battle meter by some guy in the Desert Prison while escaping.

[Ninjavenom]

Malboros can be mugged easily for two tentacles a piece, and then you go to Cactuar Island to level up the Skill for Alex, then you mug some Wendigos out in the Roshfall Forest. I didn't think it was hard at all. It's all about the mugging.

[SLjimbo]

Yea, but you wouldn't be able to mug after Malboro gave you the Malboro Breath. I had no problem getting the steel pipes.

[Ninjavenom]

Really? I dunno, i maxed everyone out at the edge of the desert closest to Cactuar Island, the cactuars still appear there. I had everyone junctioned with haste on their speed, and my mugger also had Auto-Haste, so it was more of a hit-and-run thing for me.

[Professor Cool]

this is no longer an game help thread

I was gonna ask how you kill the ducks in duck hunt, but forget it now

[Schimid]

That's funny, I was just about to ask how to kill that goddamn dog.

[timrpgland]

The thing I hated about FF8 was that it wasn't as good as FF4, FF6 or FF7. Almost FF5 for that matter too. FF8 is still a good rpg though.

One thing it does have going for it is the GFs, I like the GF/Junctioning system but then again I hate drawing

[Les Waste]

You pussies complaining about getting enouch Malboro tentacles for Doomtrain made me remember my brilliant strategy for getting 100 Malboro tentacles, and for leveling up all my characters to level 100 in like three hours on the Island Closest to Hell. Here's what you do:

One of Quistis's limit breaks will kill any non-boss enemy instantly, even Malboros. I kept Quistis's HP at the highest it could be where she was still kneeling, and I gave her some GF ability that makes her little meter thing full when the fight starts so she can attack immediately. Then I just have her use that limit break. Doing that, you can kill a Malboro EVERY TIME, before it can even use bad breath.


It's kind of cheap, but, whatever.

[Ninjavenom]

...you smart bastard.

I just mug 'em and run, but when i get Ribbon i'll show those Malboros what the fuck for.

[Tropical]

How does GF Alexander and Diablos work? Their damages seem to fluctuate alot

[Ninjavenom]

Alex's is something to do with the target's resistance to Holy, as far as i know, and Diablos' is directly related to his level. For instance, at level 10, his attack will hit for 10% of the target's total hp. At level 50, 50%. At 100, 100%. The only problem is that he can't hit for more than 9999 at a time, so after disc 2, the system's gonna be pretty flawed, and percentage above level 50 is meaningless.

[Les Waste]

The cactuar GF is probably my favorite cause it does the same amount regardless of the enemy's defense, the only thing is you need to get it in a high level or else it sucks.

One thing I like in FF9 more than in FF8 is how you don't have to see the animations for the GF's every time you use them. Yeah, they're cool, and nice and all, but it's fucking annoying have to watch them over and over and over.

[Rongi]

I HATE FF8

It's the worst FF ever

I'd say it's the worst RPG ever if Everquest didn't exist

[Ninjavenom]

That's because Cactuars OWN.

[SLjimbo]

Shit I forgot, what do you give the alien at the end of the UFO/PuPu Card miniquest? 5 exilirs?

[Ninjavenom]

Aye, five elixirs.

Until just now, i was unaware that a steel pipe will give you two aura stones. Did anyone else catch that? Here i've been trying to draw it all this time, when i could just mug some motherfuckers and refine it.