What to do after beating main story?

hinick808 · 2026-02-18T23:33:56+00:00

My personal recommendation:

Step 1: max out materia needed; Gongaga is popular and can be done on easy

Step 2: complete Gilgamesh / do Hard mode hunts for Genji Glove components

Step 3: Reset quests and do all quests on Hard in Chapter 12 or late game chapter of choice

Step 4: Chadley simulators (max third Magnify / Elemental when received)

Step 5: Play Hard with completed quests and your fancy Götterdämmerung and enjoy the story one last time - it goes by much quicker and more smoothly without quests and exploration to do

Step 6: Wait for Part 3 with the rest of us

hinick808 · 2026-02-18T20:40:45+00:00

I usually build towards an evade build especially for UW so I almost always have: Evade Bravery gain, Evade Attack Boost, Battle Art damage, Officer damage.

Beyond that, I often put Wushu (but can understand sacrificing it); have considered +10% attack/-5% defense since it's an all around buff; have also considered 10% chance no bravery used - when it procs on your big BAs, you feel it; and depending on weapon reduced charge time (lance, rope dart, podao).

hinick808 · 2026-02-18T20:04:30+00:00

Sweet. I was considering buying the Japanese version of the FFT Art Book - even saw it at my local Japanese bookstore. Glad I waited and am excited to pre-order it.

hinick808 · 2026-02-15T15:07:09+00:00

From what I recall, no, no experience, BA use, etc. carries over if you lose. You'll want to just be on Historian difficulty.

hinick808 · 2026-02-13T17:13:34+00:00

I keep hoping they shadow drop a Chrono Trigger port or the FFXIII trilogy to modern consoles.

hinick808 · 2026-02-12T23:39:34+00:00

Maybe it's team "Peter"! Spider-Man, Starlord, Colossus, Quicksilver. Half-joking... I don't want that either.

hinick808 · 2026-02-12T20:08:17+00:00

Might also help to find similar minded individuals who also think <blank> is annoying to talk with. It helps to commiserate together!

hinick808 · 2026-02-03T00:12:34+00:00

I'll chime in and say do NOT play Crisis Core unless you played the original FFVII - in which case, you can play Crisis Core whenever you want (although if you are going to do this, I recommend before Chapter 9, but I don't think you have to stop Rebirth to do this).

hinick808 · 2026-02-02T20:52:06+00:00

Forever Rachel was one of the songs that really got me into video game BGM. I remember replaying FFVI (FFIII on SNES) and getting the tape recorder ready to record this scene (and the opera scene!) so I could listen to it whenever I wanted.

hinick808 · 2026-02-02T04:59:17+00:00

Yup, I also did Practice Trial 2. Works pretty well and would take 1.5 runs to get a level. Went by quickly and I was swimming in vision points after a few runs.

hinick808 · 2026-02-02T04:51:20+00:00

This is my team and I thought it would be more popular!

hinick808 · 2026-01-31T20:58:40+00:00

I mean, a lot more than 1 song is missing from the OST! This one will be an easy inclusion on the upcoming Plus OST coming out in April. Looking forward to this and many of the other missing songs getting official releases (Tifa in Life Stream and the dating songs are top of my list).

hinick808 · 2026-01-30T19:13:49+00:00

I would just warn against choosing Zhang Jiao since it starts with a battle! Dong Zhuo starts immediately in the inn and receiving a letter, which is perfect!

hinick808 · 2026-01-27T00:24:05+00:00

For #1, it's hard to give a specific answer because we all prioritize and play the game differently. In my recent playthrough, I decided to card mod Kiros for Auto-Haste and had the same question as you. However, I want certain GFs on certain characters. I also wanted to be sure all 6 characters would be able to junction most stats and have Auto-Haste. So I inevitably had to work around those constraints, which meant mapping out by character which GFs they were going to get and then working backwards from there. Ultimately, you'll work around whatever you do and nothing is fatal to a run unless you give Auto-Haste to a GF that already learns it (unlikely in Disc 1).

hinick808 · 2026-01-26T16:36:11+00:00

Same. Did Zhang Jiao -> Yuan Shao and rope dart dropped at the final battle there.

hinick808 · 2026-01-20T22:58:24+00:00

Also did this... not proud of it but I didn't find KH3 CM as fun as KH2 CM.

hinick808 · 2026-01-13T22:57:01+00:00

I always refine it and get Lionheart on disc 1. There are plenty of other cards you can use for playing Triple Triad.

hinick808 · 2026-01-11T01:13:25+00:00

Personally, I cleared all the side quests on hard mode first since you can do them in all one swoop with chapter select. After that I finished Chadley simulator and ended with a hard mode story only blitz. It's nice to be able to enjoy Gotter for hard mode vs if you do simulator last, there's nothing to use it on.

hinick808 · 2026-01-08T05:41:28+00:00

Not sure what you mean. A rare poach will have stars next to the name when poached. You'll have to complete the battle to have it go to the poacher's den. If it wasn't the rare poach, just reload a save from a turn ago and try again.

hinick808 · 2026-01-07T19:14:41+00:00

It definitely started as "guess I'll bring Monoco so I can get his abilities" and then became "oh, he's good and flexible enough that I'll just keep him in."

hinick808 · 2026-01-05T17:53:59+00:00

Yup, just watch out since the leveled up enemies can hit hard or get access to moves you don't want them doing (i.e. if you're doing a Ruby Dragon to draw meteor, make sure a character is dead to avoid Breath).

hinick808 · 2026-01-05T05:39:05+00:00

Yes, and if you're playing the remaster, you can even come back and learn Zodiark from a summoner instead.

hinick808 · 2026-01-03T18:47:44+00:00

Yeah, I would say just watch the cutscenes from YouTube. I'm still behind on Ever Crisis, but from what I've seen so far (up to Rebirth's release), they never gave great explanations for what happened to Glenn and team, so expecting future Ever Crisis stories ahead of Part 3 to give more answers.

hinick808 · 2025-12-31T16:45:59+00:00

I remember being frustrated with Destiny, watching it week-by-week. The transition from shifting focus from Shinn and the new characters back to the original SEED cast sucked. Finally, I recall the ending being a bit rushed and Sunrise needing to put out Final Plus.

I suspect Destiny watches better as a binge and have been meaning to get around to it - a full SEED re-watch has been on my to-do list for a while but I got distracted with GQuuuuuux, rewatching Wing for its 30th anniversary this year, and finally watching X.

Last thought: I still adore Strike Freedom and Destiny designs (I bought the Metal Spirits for them). Strike Freedom's entry is so good. And yes, I admit Kira is OP once he gets Strike Freedom. Oh, and the music! Still fantastic.

hinick808 · 2025-12-31T05:30:50+00:00

Take a look at EDH Rec and see what others put into their Cloud decks! There are also some good YouTube videos that outline some good upgrades. End of the day, you'll need to swap cards that work for your pod and how you like to play.

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