FFXII Speed Run Part 12

Gabranth -- 62 seconds (took Basch out of the party so that the speech was shortened)
First Cid -- 32 seconds
Famfrit -- 3 min 47 seconds
Second Cid -- 1 minute 38 seconds

In the first part, you will see the licenses I've used for this speed run. You can skip this if you want. I just wanted to make sure that everyone knows the augments that helped me survive so far. I made sure Vaan and Penelo knew those channeling augments so that they don't consume too much mp. The Phoenix Down and Last Stance augments seemed important. I definitely had my Viking Coat licenses ready for Famfrit's devastating Waterja attack. When I attempted Cid and Famfrit before, they would always use Waterja and Cyclotrone at the same time, wiping out my party. It was game over because the reserves weren't fast enough to revive my party.

Towards the end, Cid almost had me. I thought that once Famfrit was gone, Cid would be a piece of cake. However, I forgot to dispel his haste status. He started shooting like a maniac and I lost control of my team. Nevertheless, Reddas saved the day once again.

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• ffxii
• ff12
• final
• fantasy
• xii
• 12
• speed
• cid
• gabranth
• famfrit
• pharos

[MoogleBoss]

I see things were getting wild in the last battles, even Basch had to heal with Cura.

[jamdown2008]

Yeah, Cid was just too fast for me and Famfrit did a lot of combos.

[kilgour22]

cid has a big gun.

[garoad]

Gotta say my mind = blown. Setting up a speed run for a Final Fantasy must take TONS of planning, prep, and strategy.

[jamdown2008]

Correct. So, if you want a faster time, you should have only one file for saving FFXII data. Two files wouldn't hurt. You could use two to try this for the first time.

[jamdown2008]

I also did try reloading and tried getting a better time but lost patience. In the Japanese Version, the game was beaten in 8 hrs and 38 minutes without Dustia and Zodiac Spear. As I mentioned before, Deedlit beat the game in 8 hrs and 6 minutes (that's what he claimed and I don't know if I believe him). The Japanese Speed run report mentioned something about a time of 6 hrs and 50 minutes. This could be possible by stealing and getting rare drops from enemies.

[jamdown2008]

Yes, I've tested this and it's better than Dustia. If you just level with Dustia only, you will make less money but gain a little more LP. Also, Flans drop teleport stones which are probably needed for traveling faster. I started with Dustia at first and then spent time leveling with Flans for the rest of the game.

[palkey1]

well haveing it a few hours off isnt that good but sheenas was a few mins

[jamdown2008]

BTW, since you are thinking of a speed run, you can probably do the same things I did but instead of spending 1 hour grinding on Flans, you could take 40 minutes to level and gain LP pts and then breeze through the game. Deedlit (someone of gamefaqs) claimed to have beaten this in 8 hours and 6 minutes by just leveling for 40 minutes after Tiamat.

[jamdown2008]

No problem. If you have several save data of FFXII on your memory card, you will gain 7 extra seconds on your save and load times. That's why it's best to use only one file for a speed run.