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so, no zodac spear for me for a little while. im not too worried about it since i was over powering the storyline and the last elite mark i did (antlion). i know what room you mean as it had a lot of knot of rusts. i also know exactly which room/hall youre talking about because i found it, but, not the store. i think ill need more than 100k gil though to get everything ill need/want.
You can get the spear as soon as you finish the events at Raithwall's Tomb. However, based on your comments I'm assuming you opened one of the chests you shouldn't have. If you want it in the Henne Mines, it's in the easternmost section, hidden in a section of the area not on the map.
itll be a little while before i head over up to archadia because 5-6 new marks popped up. theyre more important than the storyline
You're going to need to be strong to get through the Draklor Laboratory. It's a rough place if you're under-levelled.
I just found out about the monographs. I bought one for 22000 that works on constructs, but I don't know what they are.
Constructs are the golems. The first ones you find will be the Treants outside the Eruyt Village in Golmore Jungle and there's a few along the Mosphoran Highwaste.
Do you know what the differences are between axes, hammers, swords and katanas? Right now Vaan is my lead party character, so I have him equipped with a shield and either a sword or axe. But I noticed that there were some pretty powerful hammers out there.
Axes and hammers have the same kind of characteristics (maces too). They are both very powerful compared to the other weapons that are available at the same time, but they are very unreliable. I've seen them do 2,000+ damage on one hit and about 14 on the next. Yes, you read that right. There may be augments or accessories that improve their reliablity, but I don't know what they are.
Swords come in two varieties - one-hand and two-hand - and trade evasion for sheer power. They are very strong but have low evasion stats, particularly the two-handed versions. You can improve evasion for one-handed swords by equipping a shield, but it will reduce your attack slightly (sometimes it's not worth it). You cannot equip shields with any two-handed weapon.
Katanas, on the other hand, are some of the best weapons in the game because of their high rate of repeat attacks. The Masamune is the best katana in the game but only has 73 attack, but it can do some incredible damage. I've seen characters get ten hits in a row with it and that's without the Genji Gloves, an accessory which improves strike rate. Ninja swords are the same.
Also the same for handbombs and guns? It seems that even with the low attack power, guns are better in most cases.
Handbombs are like axes, hammers and maces: they can deal a lot of damage, but they're unreliable. Guns, on the other hand, ignore defence. I've seen a Fomalhaut, which only has 50 attack, do as much damage as the Zodiac Spear. However, they are the sowest weapons in the game: even with haste status, characters with guns will be slightly slower than those without haste and no gun.
I stuck with the bows for Fran. Are crossbows better?
I prefer bows for two reaons: the bows are easier to come by than crossbows and they have a wider (and better) range of ammunition, most of which is also easier to get. I currently have the Yoichi Bow with Assassin's Arrows (or Artemis, unless the bad guys are resistant to earth damage), which makes for a pretty good combination.
To me, this is the best lineup of weapons to have (but I've only got the game's final dungeon to go):
A-Team:
Balthier - Masamune (plus Genji Gloves)
Basch - Zodiac Spear
Ashe - Fomalhaut (plus Dark Shot)
B-Team:
Vaan - Excalibur
Fran - Fransisca (plus Ensanguined Shield ... FFXII's oddest item)
Penelo - Yoichi Bow (plus Assassin's/Artemis Arrows)
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only reason i still have my PS2 hookup.. But soon to finally be retired
