Final Fantasy XII – After Archadia

So I finally left Phon Coast and went to Archadia. I have to say that I was fairly excited about a somewhat fetch-and-go quest that was in the city so I could reach another part. Having to get the chops was extremely easy; I was also able to read more about the culture of Archadia. I’m not exactly impressed by its design. I found the streets and areas I gained access to paled in comparison to my view of Archadia’s behemoth size and chance of exploration. But I found the aisles to be even thinner than that of Rabanastre which is such a larger city as far as experience is concerned.

I beat Cid on the first try. I’m at… level 38 pretty much and I haven’t gained a level since. I find the voice actor for Cid to be extremely awesome but otherwise I don’t see the hoopla over his character given his lack of direct involvement with the characters and his quick scenes. Otherwise I find Reddas to be a nice person – not exactly what I would call a pirate, but eh. So I found out that I’m somewhat near the end of the game and I need to start doing sidequests and hunts. I haven’t gotten but two Espers and haven’t had anyone learn it on their license board because I find Espers to be useless compared to my brute strength. For example, when I was fighting the Wyrm in the Westersands for a Hunt… called, the.. Wyrm that Tolls or something along those lines, I ended up using Belias. This meant I had to cycle in Fran, and underleveled character (about 30 since I equipped the double EXP item on her and for hunts I use my second party rather than my first) because I taught her Belias. He was taking out . . . roughly. . . . 1K to mid 1K on the Wyrm, when my Basch takes out mid 1K anyway (1.5K who cares?). But I did it anyway. That motherfucker sort of pissed me off. Regardless of my gambits, I don’t have too many items that prevent status ailments and I don’t have too many spells besides Esuna that are beneficial. Hell, I haven’t even taught offensive Green magicks to anyone yet.

So now I have to do quests and stuff because I’d rather not do them before the last fight. I figure I have about 15 more hours left where I am, which includes whatever side stuff I plan on doing then going straight through with the game. But if I proceed and cannot hang in the final dungeon, it will take me fooorreeever to beat the game. I have a final dungeon phobia where I just don’t feel like doing anything. So. That is my progress. At least it is progress. Maybe I’ll have the game done before I start back college in two weeks!