FF12 - how to get level 99 fast & early (stage 8-5: Garamsythe Waterway)

[bobmario511]

I've been enjoying following your guide as well as checking some of these videos. I am still early on (chaining werewolves) and was wondering something regarding the 40 hour method. What level, about, does it put Balthier and Fran at if you know (is it dependent on the level you enter when advancing the plot or is it something else)?

[ulillillia]

When Balthier and Fran leave, that's the level they'll be at when you get them again. The other 4, if you get Vaan to level 99, will also be level 99.

[bobmario511]

@ulillillia Ah okay, thank you.

[Backwardskey]

Ok, so I was LP farming in the Estersand, and accidentally attacked Nehkbet. He doesn't give up the chase, though, so I was forced to kick his ass. I got an Arcana from him. Are these important?

[ulillillia]

Arcanas do have use, though not for this powerleveling case. You can always flee by running into another zone. Just don't return to that zone.

[IveBeenWithBruma]

Being hp critical gives you way more damage with burning bow. Doing this way may cut the time drastically. Only problem is that its extremely risky. You get three great (much higher than hp full) stat boosts magic, defense, and strength.

[ulillillia]

That would help, especially with the 70-hour method as it would save about 4 seconds per 110-second loop (I don't recall the exact duration) and with over 1000 loops needed, that's over an hour saved. With the 40-hour method, it would drastically save time, saving probably 10 or so seconds per 80-second loop (again, uncertain on duration) and making it possible for even faster respawning of enemies, especially when combined with Hermes Sandals. 40 hours could very well be 30.

[Dimastrength02]

I've played this 120 hours and still my party lv 88....

[docbach329]

@Dimastrength02

ha ha ha ha ha

[MrLuigi13131313]

@Dimastrength02 my brother played for 204 hours and his party is only 79

[ulillillia]

Try level 99 in 30 hours with only having completed Nalbina Dungeons for the story. That is doable, though really pushing it. Oh, and the 70-hour method which calls for even less story progress but gets the entire party of 6 at level 99.

[ArcanegrinArc]

thanxxx you alot :)

[ArcanegrinArc]

and what shud i do now cuz my vaan is lvl 99 how shud i level balthier and fran? any idea

[ulillillia]

You could use this area to give them a quick boost - have Vaan immobilize/defeat the enemies. Once you get the dawn shard, you'll be able to utilize the secret area in the Necrohol of Nabudis with the 25 dead bones. Curaja works well here - use it on the enemies. Have Vaan as support for revival. Just be ready to flee if things really go wrong (swapping in your other level 99 characters).

[ArcanegrinArc]

and btw thnxxx for the 40 hour methodim almost 99 nao

[ArcanegrinArc]

hmmm 70 hour method links please?

[ulillillia]

I have no focused videos covering the 70-hour method. The only option is my powerleveling guide on GameFAQs, of which is much better than these videos anyway as it's far more efficient.

[ArcanegrinArc]

Hey I got a query that if I do my level 99 would my all character become 99 including Fran and blather cuz today I tried to continue the quest at my level 90 and still fran and blather remains 32 even after entering in bhujerba so I wana kne please help me out please i need the replies faster

[ulillillia]

Balthier and Fran will be left out with the 40-hour method. Basch, Ashe, and Penelo will be level 99 if you get Vaan to level 99 before Basch permanently joins. To get Balthier and Fran at level 99 as reasonably early as possible, you must use the 70-hour method. These 2 have the lowest baseline stats which makes them among the weakest.

[MultiLightning123]

it is the burn burning bow

[lameasswhiteppl]

what bow is that

[ulillillia]

It's either the burning bow (dropped from dive talon with a 1% chance) or the Yoichi bow. I don't think the "Lost in the Pudding" hunt is available right after the Nalbina Dungeons is cleared, so it's almost certainly the burning bow.

[lameasswhiteppl]

@ulillillia kk ty

[zaruyko]

Great, now i can 1-hit a few bosses.

[halomaniackslashcraz]

Why cant ff13 2 be like this ff13 2 has too many menus and titles and to many cinematics when you go in a fight i want it like ff12 with free roaming and small menus!!

[ulillillia]

FF12's battle system and the availability of extreme powerleveling make FF12 one of the best Final Fantasy games. The story, however, is rather dull and uninteresting. A story like what's seen in the FF games from FF7 and earlier would be very nice.

[FinalFantasyXPro]

@ulillillia I honestly believe that if they gave FF10 or FF7 the combat system of twelve, they'd be even better than they are known to be. I like 12's system a lot :D

[ulillillia]

No kidding. Combine FF7's flexible materia system, and remove those annoying limits of 9999, and I'd go at it... Disgaea aside.

[FinalFantasyXPro]

@ulillillia Definitely. Agree 100% That has to be the one thing I don't like about 12's combat, you can only hit 9999. They should have gone all FFX on those Ultimate weapons and give them a damage limit break.

[ulillillia]

This damage limit is actually hurting my motive for playing Final Fantasy games. I hold the world record for the biggest single-target, single-hit damage of about 11.5 billion in Disgaea 2. It's hard to get away from Disgaea as, even though I hold the world record, someone might come along and do 16 billion damage (of which I know is definitely possible). You can just keep getting more and more powerful, pretty much without limits. 1250 hours on Disgaea 1 (850 on 2) and I'm not done yet!

[FinalFantasyXPro]

@ulillillia Yeah I get where you're coming from. With FFX, I found that being able to expand my boundries made me have more motivation to go that extra mile, I don't know if it would be too far of a stretch to say they could make the limit FURTHER than 99,999? I still find FFXII very interesting but at level 99 there really isn't all that much to focus on.

Good luck with your goals by the way. I've seen your videos. Very dedicated. And I like that ;)

[spoilingbrat]

should do this right after raithwall. do the sewers until 50. go to necrohol gets to 70 in 3 hour of grind. Plus the help of zodiac spear. 99 in another 4 hours. 99 in 39hours.

[ulillillia]

Is that for one character or every character? The 40-hour method could actually be done in 30 hours if you really push things.

[spoilingbrat]

@ulillillia every character. the exp is great even with a 3 people party. ranging from 1000 to 2000. Plus after 50ish its almost 2 hit ko on everything with zodiac spear and save the queen and rune blade from loot in necrohol. also i got 4 grand armor during my lvl up from that horse thing which is great.

[ulillillia]

Those areas require more story progress. My method focuses on being much earlier in the story (the 70-hour method is as early as you can get in reasonable time, before Nalbina Dungeons).

[gereover]

expensive putz don't play that game faiz more time when it developed it was in tichita uplains I went with a character and it developed 5 to 10 you take like this later fast upei I went for hene you mine

[bobmcbob49]

imobilise/disable is wasting alot of time. not like those are that powerful, and you can kill the malboros before they use something like bad breath most of the time

[ulillillia]

They take 3 hits to defeat. Should the annoying knockback occur, you're doomed to take a hit. Should several enemies be near, game over isn't far behind. Immobilize is critical to the process. An exception might be when you get the Hermes Sandals, of is accessible at this point in the story though only if one enemy is around. Later on, there is no need to immobilize the frog in the pit that has to take a long detour just to reach you.

[bobmcbob49]

@ulillillia just wondering though, how was a lv 98 hitting so low? under the right conditions, ashe and basch can already hit 9999 and they aren't even lv 70 yet

[Rezuvious]

how much time would be cut down if you ran around in critical health after purchasing the adrenaline augment though rather dangerous to do

[ulillillia]

That combined with the Hermes Sandals (auto haste) may trim 10 hours off the time, if not more. It's a huge difference. It takes a long time to get to HP critical in the first place, but you do have a point. It's best when you can consistently defeat these enemies in 4 hits without full HP.

[VvSharpshooter101]

Are you ever going to come back and film more ff12 videos....also on the 100 hour method would you recommend training in the zertaining caverns when ur about level 30 trying to get to a higher level or should i just stick with the werewolf method???

[ulillillia]

There is no 100-hour method. There's a 70-hour method and a 40-hour method. The Zertinan Caverns are not worth it.

[VvSharpshooter101]

@ulillillia I meant the 70 hour method cuz on my clock its 100 hours due to story progress....but r u ever going to come back to ff12

[ulillillia]

The 70-hour method does not require story progress beyond the inauguration parade (no Nalbina Dungeons). The 40-hour method does require Nalbina Dungeons.  I do intend on returning to FF12, but it's not any time soon at the moment. I've returned to Disgaea 2 and I've barely managed to do a billion total damage in that one.

[VvSharpshooter101]

@ulillillia No I am already level 99 with all of my characters....due to the story progress that I have already made after reaching level 99 is what made my clock say 100 hour...well when you do return to ff12 i hope u post vids....i think that you should do a lets play ff12

[ulillillia]

The next videos I intend on doing with FF12 is remaking this series of videos, of which are so out of date. My GameFAQs guide is much more up to date.

[VvSharpshooter101]

@ulillillia Ah thats cool well I hope to watch them as soon as they come out

[ulillillia]

Both the 40-hour method (an enhancement to it in particular) and the 70-hour method are intended to be covered in the replacement videos. On top of that, the obtaining of the near-best equipment right after getting the dawn shard is intended to be covered as well.

[frozenminigame]

One last question! I've reached level 99 and the necrol of nalbudies (80 hours of playing). In my first play through the game I accidentally opened the chest in front of Dalan's house. Can I still get the Zodiac Spear in this second play through?

[ulillillia]

The opening of a flagged chest is only dependent on that particular play. Another play resets all the flags allowing you to obtain the Zodiac Spear, but only if you leave those 3 chests alone (the fourth you can't get to for a long time in the story so I tend to disregard it - you can't access Phon Coast until you clear the Mount Bur-omisace events and you'll be level 99 well before that).

[frozenminigame]

I have an idea for the 40-hour method. With HP critical and 3 licenses "Adrenaline", "Spellbreaker" and "Last stand", dealing with the monsters is much faster (I usually do about 2800 damage) than with Focus and full HP (only 1800), and it only takes about half an hour to level up once (I'm at level 72)

[ulillillia]

I was suggested the adrenaline method, especially for the 70-hour method - I just need to add it to my GameFAQs guide.

[frozenminigame]

thanks

[frozenminigame]

I have to go through a few story progress in order to get immobilize right? when Vaan's at lvl 99 are Balthier and Fran at lvl 99 too when they join the party again?

[ulillillia]

Yes, you'll have to advance the story to the point where Balthier anf Fran leave the party leaving Vaan alone for the last time in the entire game. This means doing the Nalbina Dungeons event. Balthier and Fran will be at the level in which they left, not 99. Basch, Ashe, and Penelo, however, will still be level 99. If you don't want to advance the story, look into the 70-hour method, of which is only covered in sufficient depth in my GameFAQs powerleveling guide.

[10000richards]

hey...make a walkthru 2

[10000richards]

i hve a question.... as u level up, does the strength, speed, atttack, def, magick and all other parameters increase?

[ulillillia]

Yes. From level 1 to 99, these stats generally increase by 50 (speed by only 10). Defense and magic resist are not affected - only armor raises those (unfortunately).

[TheBaker9999]

Its taking me ages to get to level 99 im 70 :S

[ItachiTenshi]

I have a question about leveling. As your level raises, does the amount of EXP needed to level up increase as well? Because right now I'm level grinding and it seems like it's taking longer and longer to get to the next level.

[ulillillia]

The amount of exp needed to level up constantly climbs. Going from level 98 to 99 requires over a half million exp. You need about 13.74 million total exp to get level 99.

[ItachiTenshi]

@ulillillia Wow O.O That's going to take forever! Thank you for the info, I was wondering if I was just getting impatient but apparently it was true. I'm only at level 40 and it already takes so long to level up! But I'll get through it eventually :)

[ulillillia]

Don't do it all in one go. Read "40-hour method" and "70-hour method". It's impossible to have it done all in one day. But, think of it this way, when you do get level 99, you can go through the game again at level 99 by simply loading this file.

[xcusemeprincess]

Ulillillia, why don't you just memory hack the game to make it so you get like a billion xp every time you win a battle? I have better things to do than spend two days just levelling up characters.

[ulillillia]

2 things: Not many have a GameShark, Action Replay, etc. Even if I did have such a device for the PS2, I have no way to find the memory address for EXP without guessing (and the chances of finding it approach that of winning the lottery). Second, few understand how to change a variable (programmers are more likely). To an outsider, seeing "E0 A7 D1 00" looks like gibberish, but it's actually the value for 13,740,000 (big endian).

[mrmvpful]

wow this defeats the whole porpose of the game makes the game boring besides ive gotten the zodiac spear and toursenal so buring bow is a waste to me. fyi ive killed the yiazmat with lvl 88,82,86,31,27,30 characters no point in getting to lvl 99

[ulillillia]

The more quickly I can obliterate bosses, the more exciting and entertaining an RPG becomes for me. Look at my Disgaea videos and you'll know what I mean. I finished Disgaea 1's story... doing over 20 million damage to every boss in the game. Not a single enemy in that game can withstand that much damage, not even the item god 2 with 15 million HP. I won't be advancing Disgaea 2's story for a long time yet.

[Bankai01Warrior]

I love your guide, it is very noob friendly, lol. I am proud to say, that thanks to your guide, i got the burning bow in only 2 hours AFTER i started playing from the beginning..... It took me TWO tries for the rod, and TEN for the burning bow. It is possible, and I did it. Right now I am level 30 with 14 hours, but, that is because I left it on the menu for more than two hours straight >.<. But anyways, thanks to your amazing guide, I will be ale to complete this game, fast & early ^.^

[ulillillia]

10 tries for the burning bow is actually very good. Normally, you have a 50% chance of having it within 69 tries. This video series is actually rather inefficient for leveling up on.  I've had the burning bow with only 3 hours on the game clock.

[MrJacky137]

@ulillillia i got burning bow in just 27 min on the game clock and real time , kinda lucky

[jenos70]

amm man i got a question when u got lvl 99 the licences board was not completly yet right ?? did i neen to complete the board before i start making the story or its not differnt if i want the all charcters have alot of lp??

[ulillillia]

The 40-hour method (of which these videos cover in a rather inefficient way - my GameFAQs guide explains the better, faster method) only provides like 6000 to 8000 total LP, enough to clear only half the license board. The 70-hour method (covered only by my GameFAQs guide) provides 24,000 to 28,000 LP, enough to clear the license board twice over. LP is easy to accumulate, you just need a lot of it.

[RewindBrothers]

I managed to find a Francisca, an axe that has 89 weapon attack power, I got in the the bazaar after selling the drops i got from the Malboro's and the Lizards. I'm not sure what the drops were exactly or how many i sold, but i'm sure if you collect enough, you can buy it, it is a little more than 10000 gil, so not much at all! but, it can hit as low as 50 damage, but as high as 2500 at only lvl 42! It being a melee weapon and not ranged, i would recommend you use Disable instead of Immobilize.

[ulillillia]

Disable has a lower success rate and the lizards are completely immune to it. Immobilize works on all of them.

[RewindBrothers]

@ulillillia Haahha, yeah i just realized that! I just used the francisca in Zertinan Caverns for the Winged Helm, it gives strength and speed bonuses.

[MaTjs]

your voice is very radio friendly! have you thought about doing voiceover work?

[Aljon1000]

where do u get the burning bow??

[ulillillia]

Dive talon. You can get it right after defeating the Rogue Tomato and before the palace, but you'll need a quickening.

[NoMoreLiesAboutMe]

I am so wanting Fran on lvl 99 im gona try to do it in like 100 hrs i dotn care as long as she is lvl 99 ,i played for like 16 hr im lvl 47 and i got the bow in like 2 hrs of boring playing 

[VvJSlayerVv]

The weird thing is is thatt im 50 hours through the leveling and im only level 68 and i dont mess around i stay in here and kill things like u do but ur level 99 and im only level 68.

[ulillillia]

It's probably because you're not optimizing things. Even I wasn't doing my best as I'm quite sure this is doable in as little as 40 hours, potentially even 35 with greater risks and using dustia. I was getting 9000 exp a minute at the end - just focus on the initial area where you get the 5 enemies (3 malboros and 2 frogs), get 2 zones away, return, and repeat. The 9000 does vary quite a bit, depending on how the enemies are arranged.

[VvJSlayerVv]

@ulillillia i do that area mabey its just cuz im not attacking as much as u. I take breaks to look at some of my stats and clan primer alot.

[ulillillia]

Constantly attacking is key to speeding the process up. Avoid using the menus as much as you can. You don't need to use the clan primer and the such for this, you only need the serenity license, immobilize, the burning bow, and arrows (avoid elemental arrows) to do this at the very least. If done right, having level 99 by 40 hours is quite doable, perhaps 35 with greater risks and using dustia for the early levels.

[miniccc]

Ulillillia, I was wondering, is there any way you could do a guide on how to get the Tournesol or the Wyrmhero blade?

[ulillillia]

I actually don't know how to get those myself so I really couldn't help you. The only thing I can say is to check GameFAQs. You most likely get them from the bazaar, stealing (likely from a rare monster, of which will take numerous attempts, even with the "thief's cuffs" accessory), or doing certain hunts (of which is where the handy masamune comes from that I use on Yiazmut and H Wyrm.

[VvJSlayerVv]

@ulillillia Beat yizmat for godlayer badge, Beat omega for the omega badge, then fish out the other badge. But i cant remember what u need for the tounesoul.

[VvJSlayerVv]

Im level 63 right now and im having trouble leveling cuz its taking so long so how many hours do u estimate getting to level 99 from level 63.

[ulillillia]

At first, the rate is a bit low, but around level 64, you should be needing 5 or 6 hits on malboros to defeat them so I'm guessing you're getting around 6000 exp a minute. That rate will increase, once you can get them in 3 hits, to 9000 exp a minute. You need 13.74 million total (almost right on a tenth of a percent of the age of the universe). Stage 8 is the longest process, but a fast run can have level 99 in 40 hours, though having it by 50 hours is much more likely.

[VvJSlayerVv]

@ulillillia ok thanks .

[ANy5500]

hey can anyone tell me the average time u take to a lvl around 60's, cause i think im taking too long

[ulillillia]

The time depends on the method. If you use the 100-hour method (which is the earliest possible in regards to the story), level 64 by under 45 hours in is doing good, under 40 is doing very good. If using the 50-hour method, of which is what this video covers, level 59 in under 21 hours is doing good, under 19 is very good. Because you'll be defeating enemies in fewer hits later on, the rate of gaining exp will speed up a lot.

[ANy5500]

dud i played another hour and im now lvl 60 XD !

i gotta say ulillillia i saw SOME walkthroughs and im telling u this is helpful and its pretty simple!;) nice job

[ANy5500]

hey remember any? i dont online a long time ago and so i havent played ff12 in a kinda long time! i came back now and im lvl55 in almost 24 hrs ! is that cool?

[ummmmyeah1]

ulullullia when you get to the place with all the midget things you should get fohmhault or is that the other one? but you can get it by stealing from entites wyvern wings and killing the yen sin things and you buy from bazaar, its the 2nd best gun in the game

[ulillillia]

Well, now you can go through essentially the whole game with 4 characters at level 99. For Balthier and Fran, there are other places to level up (Nabreus Deadlands and that skeleton-rich area is the best). I'd suggest waiting until you get the embroided tippet and license it before leveling those 2 up.

[VvJSlayerVv]

Were are u in the story right now.

[ulillillia]

In this video, I've only just completed the Nalbina Dungeons event. It's just before Basch joins the party officially.

[ulillillia]

By level 69, you can almost go the fastest rate possible, something along the lines of 9000 exp a minute if I recall. I don't know how much exp you have at level 69 (total), but I'm guessing it's something around 4 million. You need 13.7(3) million to reach maximum level. At 9K a minute, that's about 1100 minutes needed, 18 hours.  I've mentioned the rate (averaged over hours) somewhere, so all you need to is find it, determine how much exp remains, and do the simple division.

[ANy5500]

right after raithwall u do the barheim sidequest and get the deathbringer from ithuno i belive a bow is better for lvling in the waterway cause of the range but 2 break trought the game i guess anyone should somethin' stronger dont u??

[ulillillia]

You don't get the Barheim key until quite late in the game. I'm doing this much, much earlier, before first visiting Bhujerba.

[ANy5500]

@ulillillia yeah but that aint it, its just u said u use the burning bow for almost 40% of the game or so, but, after u get to do tomb of raithwall after bhujerba and leviathan u can do the sidequest and get the deathbringer!! I mean after getting lvl99 at the time when u can get the zodiac spear, just a good weapon to break through the game!

got it?? xD

thx for th all help

[ulillillia]

For the Garamsythe Waterway area, I strongly advise against using the ax - the enemies are too powerful. However, you can use it all you want outside this area, except on flying enemies of course.

[IgorValar]

these videos are most useful... although you must spend about 30-35 hours to do just this... it's much faster than the dustia thing and escpeially faster than the normal way... and by the way you can get the fransisca axe also from the loot these malboros and the lizard's drop... it has 89 attack power but it seems to cause just casual damage on occasions

[ulillillia]

Axes are strongly not advised for this method because they require close-in combat in order to be of use. The bow allows you to keep your distance and strike without much worry, other than immobilize expiring... after about 17 attacks. It may be possible to have 4 characters at level 99 within just 40 hours using this method, using the fastest possible (with perfection (using a program to play the game), it's possible in just 35 hours, maybe even 30).

[IgorValar]

@ulillillia yeah i know that it is not too wise to use melee weapons in this case because of the attack strength of these creatures and especially when those malboros tend to use either the cloying or the bad breath which causes a little too nasty things although it misses quite often... but when it hits you may be in serious troubles... the axe would an ok weapon to use after the leveling has been completed but only then.

[tencruise]

Well i know there's two way to get level upto 99lvl

by leveling both penelo and vaan characters at early period of mission. Or waterway place,where you enable single players but it doesn't help to lvl up 99lvl.these are the problems.

[ulillillia]

The fastest method for getting everyone on level 99 as early as possible is by spending about 90 hours in the Westersand, defeating dive talons. This is before you get Penelo for the first time. The next fastest is the method covered by this video series, but this method allows for 4 characters to be level 99 (more than a whole party's worth)... in under 40 hours potentially (50 hours is a good run).

[Sabourok]

So let me see if I got this right. If you want all five other characters to be lvl 99 out of this, your only option is to go with the ~200 exp monsters in westersand until you can take down werewolves or dive tallons in one or two shots (since you wont have immobelize) For cryen out loud, that'd take forever and just doesn't seem worth it. Now with this method, it would be worth it if all of them got 99, but while the other three is all you "need", need doesn't exactly cover the want.

[ulillillia]

The Westersand method is faster overall for getting level 99 as early and quickly as possible. It's not 1 or 2 shots, it's 4 that I recommend as the most number of hits. If you can deal 1100 damage to one at the low end, you're in the clear. You'll want plenty of HP too. This method is the fastest and earliest for getting a party to level 99, since only 2 characters are sacrificed, but in the long run, it's still actually faster that way, especially once Nabreus Deadlands is accessible.

[classicalmix]

Wow, congratulations man. I was looking for quick level up techs and came up with this series, I spent about 1 hour watching them. I have to say this is good for a challenge, and patience tester.

Personally next time I want to level up quickly at the start of the game I will take the short cut and make it zero seconds using the Gameshark, but well done. Really I didn't think this was possible under 50 hours.

[ulillillia]

There are others available, but you'd have to make more story progress. The Cerobi Steppe is the best place (but unavailable until essentially the game's end) - cast death on the flying enemies. A secret passage in the Nabreus Deadlands (available once you get the Dawn Shard) that has 25 "dark bone" enemies closely packed is the next best but is very dangerous early in the game. Garamsythe Waterway is the next earliest (available after the Nalbina Dungeons event) followed by the Westersand.

[pantherkiller0000]

if you get to level 99 before you get balthier and fran will they be level 99

[ulillillia]

Only if you get level 99 before first getting them. You can also be 98 and still have them on 99. However, you'll have to use the method explained in stage 4 once you get the burning bow, and use it for several dozen hours. That method is the fastest way to get everyone on level 99 as fast and early as possible. If you get Balthier and Fran later, they'll be at the same level they were when you got them (22 in my case). Basch, unused, will be 99 along with Ashe and Penelo.

[bastiontaker]

how are morboles and lizards in the garamthey waterways? in mine are just rats and vamps..

sorry for my sick english but i have to know it xD

[ulillillia]

At first, you'll only get rats and bats. If you complete the Nalbina Dungeons event and return (see stage 8-1 for the location), you'll then see malboros and frogs. Storywise, dealing with these would be suicidal for your character, but if you followed my walkthrough, making the most of the immobilize spell, they're easier than the game's first enemies upon first starting, considering you don't get hit (remember to run if immobilize fails).

[bastiontaker]

@ulillillia

very thanks!

[22VBlack]

so baltheir and fran will not start at lv 99

[ulillillia]

... and neither will Ashe and Penelo as I once thought. I forgot about the averaging case. Since Balthier and Fran aren't level 99, Ashe and Penelo won't be either. You'll also have to get Balthier and Fran to level 99 as well which pretty much means you'll be better off using the Westersand method covered in stage 4 after the burning bow is obtained. It'll take 90 hours on a good run, but it's actually faster since everyone will indeed start on level 99.

[Rezuvious]

FF12's malboro's are rather disappointing compared to the ones from other series

[ulillillia]

No kidding. Get close to one so it flips its crown, get away from it so it resets starting to charge up "immobilize" shortly after, then, when it sends its crown up again, get close to it again to fire away. The same works with regular attacks. However, the very annoying knock back....

[robotdell]

ulillillia, have you ever tried playing the Disgaea series?

[RealeloH]

@robotdell you may have just given him something to do until the day he dies

[ulillillia]

I haven't, but I have Disgaea 2 on my Christmas list. Christmas is just a mere 21 1/6 days away (at the time I posted this, applicable to my area).

[robotdell]

Oh? Which one? The one on the PS2?

[ulillillia]

I'm only aware of Disgaea 2 being available on the PS2. If it's on another system (like the Gamecube or even the older PS1), then the odds of getting it improve. I don't have any of the current generation consoles (and won't get any for probably another 2 years due to the high price and lack of interesting games), or the Xbox. The PS2 is only temporary (I'm borrowing it from my sister).

[robotdell]

There was a port recently released on the PSP.

[baconnygoodness]

what!? 9000!?

[ulillillia]

9000 what? What are you referring to? Are you referring to experience per minute? The actual sustained average, starting once you can defeat these enemies in 3 hits, is 7900 exp per minute.

[baconnygoodness]

@ulillillia  2:05

[Rezuvious]

its a reference to a dragon ball z episode

[ddn847]

U Probably Have the best strategy 4 this game 2 get 2 level 99 I am very impressed =)

[RobinlvGamer]

Calculated, you need to kill about 7500 of those sewer monsters.

[RealeloH]

uli, have any of your videos gotten enough views for youtube to offer you revenue sharing? you seem to be an underground celebrity of sorts

[ulillillia]

I have 2 videos that have this, maybe 3. The "50 oddities in Spyro 2" one, the first segment, is the best one in the group.

[DiscJockeyyMGO]

Have you tried anything similar or have any gameplay videos of Chrono Chross? I'm a huge fan of the final fantasy series as well.

[ulillillia]

I don't know anything about Chrono Cross other than its name. I have heard this name before your comment, but beyond that, I'm clueless.

[valcaron]

You're not missing out on much. The only good thing about Chrono Cross was Yasunori Mitsuda's music.

[notskorn]

I'm confused. Did you level up to level 99 like this twice or did you just not upload these videos until now?

[ulillillia]

This process was done just once in this way and was recorded nearly a month ago. I just finally got to processing them (after the rather boring and unmotivating boss fights one (especially Yiazmut which took nearly 6 hours to do). Once that was cleared, I could get to this series of videos, of which is a favorite.