Return of the Jedi...

[Link Antilles]

Yes, CAA's local Star Wars freak has returned... what? You were expecting a Return of the Jedi movie thread? (That's kinda what my profile thread in who's who turned into a long time back... )

Anywayness..

O'boy... I'm glad this week is over.. and it's Saturday! yay. It's been a ruff week for me... started out with some family issues... those were kinda' resolved for now... but never truly will be.. if you know my family. Thanks for the prayers for my family, peeps.

Then, of course, for me, what's a rough week with out computer quandaries? ... Fortunately, my computer is doing find.. but, my folks computer isn't doing to well... meh -_-... it's got something on it... along with something called "lphlsvr" sucking up power in the back ground... :help:

Anyways, I'm pretty tired... but, I do feel accomplished! During this mess, I was able to finish some things and get the normal routin back on track! Also, yesterday, I had finally gathered enough funding to purchase a PS2... *shock* yeah, I bought a PS2... so yeah, I'm a Nintendo zealot with a X-box and PS2. Guess I can study my enmemy. Nah, the PS2's alright (my favorite's still the lovable 'cube)... I just don't like Sony..


So , yeah, things are looking up and it's awesome to be back! What I miss?

[uc pseudonym]

Not a lot, other than a minor troll attack that has been far overhyped and will not be mentioned again in this thread.. Very glad to have you back, Link Antilles.

And yes, until I checked the preview box for this thread, I was expecting a discussion of the movie...

[JediSonic]

I did a google search on that background spyware thingy you mentioned but it turned up 0 results. That leads me to believe that the program's name is probably randomly generated by whatever's bugging your folks' computer so I dont think its going to help much in solving the problem

Also, this thread is a bit late because I'm the one who has jedi in his username, and I returned from disney world nearly a month ago!

[Mr_Anderson]

Ya got an Xbox, do ya got halo or live? i think i'm gonna get live in november when halo 2 comes out.

[Lehn]

had finally gathered enough funding to purchase a PS2... *shock*

Welcome to the dark side.

Myself, I was a hardcore Nintendo girl until Zelda: WW, then Final Fantasy converted me, the rest as they say, is history.

[kaji]

Good to have you back LA.

I know what ‘issues’ with family can be like. Fortunately my brother has managed to stay out of jail a year now. Though he seams to be on the decline again, it’s a break through none-the-less.

At times, life just seams full of quandaries. However, it sounds like you are handling them just fine. With Christ’s help, anything seams possible. ^^

Congradulations on your converion to the Dark Side of gamming (The PS2), I knew you had it in you.

I do have bad news. While you were away, The Swiss have abandoned their isolationist philosophy and have amassed a massive army along the border of Germany’s southern provinces. The impending conflict seam inevitable, prepare for war…

[Link Antilles]

Thanks ya'll, it's awesome to be back!

Ya got an Xbox, do ya got halo or live? i think i'm gonna get live in november when halo 2 comes out.

Heh, well, instead of buying Halo for my X-box… I bought it for my computer, so I could play it online. O'yeah, I can't for November 9th, Halo 2!!! I might get Live, if I have extra money to spend.

I did a google search on that background spyware thingy you mentioned but it turned up 0 results. That leads me to believe that the program's name is probably randomly generated by whatever's bugging your folks' computer so I dont think its going to help much in solving the problem

I'm sorry, it's "lphplsvr" .... I ran AVG and Panda virus scan and discovered the computer was infected with 7 Trojan horses! O_o (So, just to be on the safe side, I ran it on my computer... nothing turned up.. some my computer's clear.) Anyways, It removed all but, two. They're twisted up with the OS or something. Yep, "lphplsvr" is still there.

Also, this thread is a bit late because I'm the one who has jedi in his username, and I returned from disney world nearly a month ago!

Sorry, I'm always late on these things. ]Welcome to the dark side.[/quote]

Guess I should change my user title from "Jedi" to "Sith"

Myself, I was a hardcore Nintendo girl until Zelda: WW, then Final Fantasy converted me, the rest as they say, is history.

The new Zelda game might pull you back to the light side if Wind Waker turned you off. Yeah, Final Fantasy compelled me to buy a PS2.

I know what ‘issues’ with family can be like. Fortunately my brother has managed to stay out of jail a year now. Though he seams to be on the decline again, it’s a break through none-the-less.

At times, life just seams full of quandaries. However, it sounds like you are handling them just fine. With Christ’s help, anything seams possible. ^^

Congratulations on your conversion to the Dark Side of gamming (The PS2), I knew you had it in you.

I do have bad news. While you were away, The Swiss have abandoned their isolationist philosophy and have amassed a massive army along the border of Germany’s southern provinces. The impending conflict seam inevitable, prepare for war…

Your brother sounds like my uncle (Though, I haven't heard from him in six month)... I will pray for your bro.

Indeed, everything went better that I expected with his help.

Thanks, the PS2 put me further into debt... but, hey, I'm having a blast. I finally have a chance to play through FFX and Kingdom Hearts.

All I can say to your finally paragraph is... Never trust the Swiss. Anyways, Kaji, I think I have the bugs worked out on the World Powers RPGs... just need a good name for it.

[uc pseudonym]

I'm on both sides. Does that make me a Sidi or a Jedith?

I'm looking forward to both the new Zelda title and probably Final Fantasy XII. They should be pretty good games. Glad you're having fun playing FFX and Kingdom Hearts; they're both great games.

[kaji]

I have clocked over 130 hours on FFX and I have yet to uncover every thing.
I have one Celestial weapon to still unlock, and numerious monsters in the battle arena that I have not 'created' or killed.

*sigh* I just dont have the heart to keep going. Dodging 200 consecutive lightning bolts was the perverbial straw.

My Blitz Ball team rocks though. Every one is like level 40 except Brother who is like 60 or 70-somthing. (I play a one man kind of game. ^^)

No hurry on the Country Game. I was kind of worried I missed the boat for a little while. I will try to think of some ideas for names.

Later,

-kaji

[Mr_Anderson]

i'm waiting for nov. 9 to. i'm gonna save my money and probably get live. maybe we can play sometimes.

[Link Antilles]

I'm on both sides. Does that make me a Sidi or a Jedith?

Possibly... a mischievous Jedi? ...you know, the kind that sits outside the grocery store and force pushes grocery bags out of carts as people pass by? Guess, I'm more of a Jith.. since being 2/3s evil (X-box & PS2). ]I'm looking forward to both the new Zelda title and probably Final Fantasy XII. They should be pretty good games. Glad you're having fun playing FFX and Kingdom Hearts; they're both great games.[/QUOTE]

Haha... I screamed when I heard the announcement of the new Zelda.. as for FFXII... is looking great.. I just wonder how the whole "you can switch between real-time and turn based" will work. I hopping its really a different battle systems and no just pausing the game to make it turn based; like Kotor. Kingdom Hearts is going smooth as butter, but FFX... arg, I'm stuck at Seymour Flux... I hate that guy more that Kefka. He should have been dead after Auron diced him with that claymore like katana the first time. So ya' , I'm being cheap and raising up my Aeon's overdrive... that's the only weakness I can figure out. If anybody has some tips... I'm all ears.

I have clocked over 130 hours on FFX and I have yet to uncover every thing.

130 hours? O_o Wow, I'm only 30 hours in. The Biltzball game never really caught my attention, but it was a fun distracted for a while. But, the coolest distracted thing, I think, is the theater in Luca. I'm trying to get back to the airship so I can go back and buy all those really cool Cinema scenes and music tracks!

I’m waiting for Nov. 9 to. I’m gonna save my money and probably get live. Maybe we can play sometimes.

Sounds awesome to me! We'll start a Halo 2 thread then and post our “call signsâ€

[kaji]

Seymour Flux can be a pain, and a much tougher challenge than previously thought.

Things to remember: Tidus, Yuna, and Kimahri all have Trigger command options that allow them to talk to Seymour and raise there strength and Magic Defense.

Use Tidus to cast Hastega on the group and Yuna to cast Protect. Occasionally Seymour will cast dispel erasing all your hard work! But take the time to put your status effects back up.

Seymours ‘Cross Cleave’ (or something like that) can do around 2500HP to each party member! Those with Protect will only take half damage, so keep that shield up. Seymour has a pattern of attack. He focuses on taking out one party member at a time. First by inflicting zombie on them and then, in his next turn, casting full life on them. You will only have one turn between Seymours, so be sure to throw some Holy Water at the effected party member.

You should try to Silence Seymour and don’t forget to use Bio.

Eventualy Mortiochis will begin to charge up its ‘Total Annihilation’ attack and will fire it off in two or three turns. One of your characters needs to deal enough damage to take out the Mortiorchis. This causes the chariot to siphon more life from Seymour and delays the attack somewhat. Your probably best off to bring in Auron and Lulu at this point.

Seymour will start to cast Flare, so keep up that protect and cast Barriar. If he gets off the aforementioned Total Annihilation, quickly use a mega-potion to recover.
This is about when you will want to bring in your Aeons to finish off Seymour. Make sure they all have their over drives up, as you will only get one shot before Seymour kills them off.

You can snag a Level 4 Key Sphere from him with Rikku.

But dont take too much of a break, your next boss is litteraly around the next corner.....

Even with all these pointers, I still think there just a certain element of luck involved in surviving this battle.

Good Luck I hope this helps.

Oh, yeh the Theater IS really cool. I still go back and watch the opening sequence once in a while. ^^

You may think Blitzball is just a past time, but you will need to participate in a bunch of matches to unlock Wakka’s Ultimate weapon and almost all his over drives. With his Celestial Weapon, Wakka becomes the most powerful character in the game. IMO

[uc pseudonym]

Wakka has a great deal of potential with that weapon, but I wouldn't say he's necessarily the most powerful. I was never fond of Blitzball (too little freedom of movement), so I generally didn't bother to get ahold of it.

I believe that all the advice I would have given has already been said by kaji. If all else fails, however, go into the battle with everyone ready for an Overdrive. That can be pretty devastating. Plus, the time it takes to increase everyone's overdrives will level you up enough to make at least some of a difference.

[Lehn]

Embrasssing Story #5792: My first time through FFX, I skipped over Rikku's dialogue at the beginning that explained how to use the sphere grid. Not good. I had no clue about how to even access that window, so I didn't upgrade/change weapons any of my characters until a bit after Mi'hen Highroad. Let me tell you, beating Operation Mi'hen takes some mad skillz doing it that way.

The new Zelda game might pull you back to the light side if Wind Waker turned you off.

;_; No Game Cube. All my pennies are going towards Japan next year. I might tig my cousin's GC though and rent it, and cry myself to sleep afterwards.

[Solid Ronin]

Ah Link is back...Welcome back Link.....Welcome to the mechine...again

[kaji]

Wakka has a great deal of potential with that weapon, but I wouldn't say he's necessarily the most powerful. I was never fond of Blitzball (too little freedom of movement), so I generally didn't bother to get ahold of it.

You never got into Blitzball?!? What a shame. You can get some pretty cool stuff from playing that mini-game. Does that mean you never got ‘Attack Reels’, ‘Status Reels’ or ‘Auroch Reels’?

After unlocking the ‘WorldChampion’ (that means getting the WorldChampion the Jupitor Crest and Jupitor Signal, then taking them to the ‘Crystal Thingy’ in Macalania forest), you will gain ‘Break Damage Limit’ (in addition to some other cool abilities).

Use Wakka’s Attack Reels overdrive, and you can do up to 12 attacks to random opponents. If your strength is maxed out and you are fighting one boss (i.e. the battle arena) you can hit one opponent 12 times for around 99,999 damage each hit. That’s about 1,199,988 Damage. No other character can deal that much damage in one move. Plus, since you now have the ‘Triple Overdrive’ ability, you will be able to perform you Overdrive 3 times as much.

About Blitzball. You can change the mode to manual, so you can control the players when they have the ball. You can also decide on your formation to help protect your goal or go all out on offense. If your still having trouble, the easiest way to win every time (or nearly every time) is to get a really fast character. I like Brother. If you are at a point where every ones levels are just so much higher then Brothers, just select the ‘Reset Stat’ option.

Basically brother is fast, can throw far, has a decent shot, and a good defense. Throw him in the center to assure he gets the ball a lot. When he does get the ball, just take a lap by the defense (so they all want to follow you) then just run straight away from them (its easiest to look at the little map in the corner). They will all chase you away, but brother should be able to out run just about any one. When every one is a good distance away from your forwards (or if some of your pursuers begin to turn back), stop and pass the ball back across to your waiting shooters. Have them run right into the goalies face and pound one off.

Easy Goal. Some times I would have games that were around 20 to nothing.
Also, because Brother is getting a lot of ball time, he will level up a lot faster then the rest of your team, and the other teams. Making your job just that much easier.

[Link Antilles]

Thanks for the tips!

Well, last night I defeated Seymour... yeah, out of the frying pan and into the furnace... yep, I'm fightning her.


So, this is how I defeated Seymour Flux...

I charge all of my aeons into overdrive along with Auron and Wakka. Then, I customized Yuna, Wakka, Auron's armor with Zombie ward. Stepping into the battle I had Yuna, Wakka, and Auron, of course. I ignored the Talk commands (for I've heard them three time, previously) and just started summoning the first five of my aeons to overdrive Seymour into the side of the mountain. In-between summoning I used Auron's and Wakka's overdrives. After, that they just took damage, heal, and soften Seymour up. The battle was going good... until the move I was fearing and prepare for came.... Total Annihilation... Yuna...died....Wakka..died...and Auron had 2,000 hp left (6,000 total ) Naturally, I had Auron used Mega Phoniex, Wakka cured Auron, and Yuna.. summoned my second to last aeon... that black dragon.. you may ask this: overkill much? My response:

Anyways, I did have two insurance policies ready... Auron and Wakka's weapon were equipped with poison strike (which I know is pure luck if they hit).. and my final aeon.. the Samurai dude.

After the battle I scream, “Yeah! Yeah! And stay down! W00t!â€

[kaji]

A quick to tip that will make your fight with the Sanctuary Keeper a little easier.
Just cast reflect on her. Now who's healing who!?!

If you decide you want to cast a spell on her, just throw reflect up over one of your party members then cast the spell on them. The first Reflect not only ups the power of the spell, but causes the spell to negate the second reflect. i.e. The spell will still work on your oponent and even hit a little harder then normal.

[uc pseudonym]

You never got into Blitzball?!? What a shame. You can get some pretty cool stuff from playing that mini-game. Does that mean you never got ‘Attack Reels’, ‘Status Reels’ or ‘Auroch Reels’?

All but the Auroch Reels. I play minigames I don't like for the sake of getting the things I want. At the moment I can't remember if I played enough to get the World Champion or not.

Use Wakka’s Attack Reels overdrive, and you can do up to 12 attacks to random opponents. If your strength is maxed out and you are fighting one boss (i.e. the battle arena) you can hit one opponent 12 times for around 99,999 damage each hit. That’s about 1,199,988 Damage. No other character can deal that much damage in one move. Plus, since you now have the ‘Triple Overdrive’ ability, you will be able to perform you Overdrive 3 times as much.

However, 1,199,988 damage is a certain fatality... but so is 300,000. Most people can do that much damage. If I remember off hand, no boss in the game will survive an attack dealing 300,000. Any extra damage is completely wasted.

Furthermore, zombie/life or stone/physical are also gaurenteed kills. It's all opinion, though.

About Blitzball. You can change the mode to manual, so you can control the players when they have the ball.

I know you were giving advice, but here I'll say that I always play with manual (and that is what I meant by not enough movement). The other way is terrible boring and generally inferior in playing skill.

[Saint Kevin]

A belated welcome to you Link. Some advice concerning your parent's computer:
My guess is that the file you mentioned is most likely spyware. Interestingly enough, a lot of spyware files will be detected as trojans and then deleted. Unfortunately, spyware is nearly always tied up with your registry, and your start up files, and an antivirus program does not perform these fixes. This could lead you to (presumably) deleting a spyware program with an antivirus program, but having it get reinstalled from the web when you shut down and boot up your computer.

My advice, is to try two programs, both free, called Spybot S&D, which you can download at http://www.safer-networking.org/ and AdAware 6.0 from Download.com.
Don't forget to check for an updated reference file after you launch the program each time.

Hope this helps Link.

P.S. Most of the time, you can easily see problems in your startup files by clicking on the start menu, clicking run, and typing "msconfig" in the run box and clicking ok. From there you should click on "Selective Start up" from the General Tab, and then go to the Start-up tab, and only leave check boxes next to programs you know are fully legit (Truly, the only box that absolutely needs to be check here, is SystemTray). Try it.

[kaji]

Originally posted by thinkshe'sfunny:

Whats this about 'she'? jk ]
However, 1,199,988 damage is a certain fatality... but so is 300,000. Most people can do that much damage. If I remember off hand, no boss in the game will survive an attack dealing 300,000. Any extra damage is completely wasted.

Furthermore, zombie/life or stone/physical are also gaurenteed kills. It's all opinion, though.
[/quote]
Well, thats true and both untrue. There arent many bosses with more then 300,000 HP, however there are MANY monsters in the areana that far exceed both the power and HP of any boss.

Furthermore, zombie/life or stone/physical are good ways to deal with monsters, but most bosses are imune to all these effects.

Oh, I see what you are saying about your experiance with with BB.

[uc pseudonym]

That's true, I forgot about the arena. Nemesis would probably take a wee bit more than that to kill. Most bosses do tend to be immune to most things too, annoyingly enough. For that very reason, I generally do not bother to learn such attacks. Against normal enemies, there will be no challenge, and when I need them it will not function properly.

One thing I do not remember: is Wakka's attack focused on a single enemy or random?

Whats this about 'she'? jk

The same thing that's with the grammar.

[kaji]

One thing I do not remember: is Wakka's attack focused on a single enemy or random?

Right, Wakka’s attack does hit random targets. But this is easily overlooked, as when you fight monsters (i.e. non-boss enemies) they appear in groups, but each one is easily killed by one hit (of the possible 12). Luckily, Bosses, and boss level monsters (as found in the arena) only appear by them selves, thus taking all 12 of Wakka’s attacks.

I’m not trying to dismiss having status attacks on your weapons. These can be very effective against small annoying enemies, or elemental types; especially during the early portions of the game. Lets be honest with our selves, turning your opponent to stone and then having them shatter into a million little pieces, all in one hit, looks really cool.

However, the downfall to attacks like this is that you miss out on any potential ‘Over Kills.’ Performing an over kill awards you with an experience boost at the end of battle. A generous plus when you are trying to fill the entire sphere grid.

While we are ‘kind-of’ on the topic of the battle arena, I would like to point out the excitement this side-quest offers. Sure you have to travel all over Spira, catching monsters, in order to have that old guy ‘breed’ new ones. But you get some really cool items, and lots of them, for complying with his wishes. (and beating his monsters) In some realistic ways, this is the only place you are ever going to get enough of one item to create cool abilities like Break HP limit, or the illusive Ribbon.
That is, unless your pockets are deep enough to bribe them out of your enemies…..

Oh, another great attack, that can easily be overlooked, is the ‘Quick Attack.’ Mixed with Haste, you will sometimes be able to attack your foe several times before they are able to take a turn. Another great ability to use in the Battle Arena.

-kaji

[uc pseudonym]

I'll admit that I'm biased against Wakka. I simply don't like him, especially since his "I'm the best" drove me nuts at the beginning of the game. Not that I don't use him... he's still good.

I have a long running game at another friend's house... it will be kind of funny if I beat the game, but unfortunately I really don't have time to level.

Anyway, yesterday I beat the Calm Lands and got into Mount Gagazett. The annoying thing was that Auron (and later Lulu) had both maxed out their portions of the Sphere Grid, and I hadn't laid eyes on a level 3 Key Sphere for the entire game. It didn't really matter because Auron could kill anything he hit, but I definitely wanted him stronger than that before I got to the dreaded Seymour Flux.

However, I found my solution when Kimahri fights Biran and Yenke. They have level 3 Key Spheres on them for some reason, so I mugged the snot out of them. A combination of Lancet/White Wind/Mighty Guard made the battle a piece of cake. Unfortunately, I didn't get to go far in Mount Gagazett...

[kaji]

Yah, its funny how the game designers time things, like finding level 3 key spheres, to happen just when you start to need them.
I guess it’s just there way of controlling your progression.
(oh, you can also Lancet a bunch of ‘enemy skills’ from your Ronso fight.)

While you were in the Calm Lands, did you head over to the castle with your Chocobo? Do the little race thing, and fight ‘That summoner Lady who likes to pick fights with you’? You might also want to try to beat the chocobo race game. If you get a 0 min, or less time, you can begin to unlock the Caldabolg (or what ever Tidus’ sword is called).

I think the Celestial weapons in FFX were the biggest pain-in-the-butt Ultimate Weapons to get, of any FF game I have played. (Except maybe the Excalibur2 from FFIX… maybe) That’s just my opinion though.

It’s ok if you just don’t like Wakka. Personally his hair cut got on my nerves some times, but you might not want to let him lag behind for Mt. Gagazet, as there are a couple water area’s, where you can only use Rikku, Tidus and Wakka. They’re no big deal; I just thought I would let you know.
If you have any question, or looking for any pointers; feel free to ask.

Have fun.

-kaji

[uc pseudonym]

Actually, I basically never used Kimarhi's Lancet, just so I could steal skills from the Ronsos. As you know, every time he gets a skill via Lancet, his Overdrive meter recharges, so I could used White Wind and Might Guard to make myself basically invincible and give myself some time to use Mug. I think I have all the enemy abilities he can learn, now.

What I did in the Calm Lands:
1) Got a Chocoboco, didn't bother doing any further training. I'll mess around with the Sigils later.
2) Beat Belgamine.
3) Got capturing weapons, though I haven't started using them yet.
4) Got Yojimbo.

Actually, almost all my characters are even, excluding Auron, who is ahead of everyone else. He's just so convenient for Overkills. I keep people balanced by, when only one enemy remains, using up all my turns by switching in a person who hasn't fought and having them block, and then use the last turn to bring in Auron, who kills whatever it is.