FFVIII Advice & suggestions.

[Desert Warrior]

Originally Posted by summonerbrandon

I already had the boost ability for all of my G.F except Diablos for some reason. He don't have it.

Certain GFs don't have Boost (Diablos, Carbuncle, Cerberus, and Cactuar to be exact). They don't have it because their attacks work differently. The damage from Diablos is based on something concerning his level. Carbuncle casts Reflect. Cerberus casts Double and Triple. And Cactuar does 1000 damage for every 10 levels. So if he's at level 40, he does 4000 damage.

I'm still having a little more problem with having Rinoa & the others able to level up because it seems that Squall is leveling up 2-3x as fast than them. Quistis is level 18 because of the Laguna past thing & Selphie is level 17 like Quistis because of the Laguna past thing. Is that what makes Squall level up so fast or what?

It takes 1000 Exp to gain a level. Every level is like that. But since you seem to want to keep gaining levels, get Squall a better Gunblade. He will have more Limit Break finishers the better his Gunblade is.

[G.SummonerBWM]

Right now, Squall has the Flaming Saber. He's lv 72, Quistis is lv 41, Sorceress Edea (My favorite) is lv 27, Selphie is lv 31, Irvine is lv 28, Zell is lv 33, & Rinoa is lv 28 in a coma. I'm trying to find the G.F. Gilgamesh & is trying to find the G.F., Pheonix.

Edit: -_- How in the world can I get the Tonberry King? It's real hard. Also, where can I get me a pocketstation for me to summon my chocobo?

[Desert Warrior]

To get Gilgamesh, you have to lose Odin. And to get Pheonix, you have to use a Pheonix Pinion. All three of those GFs don't act like normal GFs. They all randomly appear during a battle.

Odin will only appear at the start of a battle. He uses Zantezuken (sp?). It will instantly kill all enemies. Does not work on bosses.

Gilgamesh can appear at any point in the battle. He has 4 attacks. Zantezuken (sp?) does the same as Odin. Masamune does alot of damage. Excalibur does alot of damage. Excalipoor does 1 damage. Gilgamesh can appear during boss battles, but Zantezuken (sp?) will not work on bosses. Trust me. Gilgamesh once used that attack on Adel, and it missed.

Pheonix, I'm not completely sure. I've never actually used it. But I think it harms enemies, and revives any fallen members.


More advice

You're gonna lose Edea soon enough, so don't get too attached to her. Do not beat disk 3 until you've done everything you want to do. Such as getting GFs, getting everybody's ultimate weapon, etc. And also, why only the Flame Saber? I got the Twin Lance on disk 2.

Make sure to have Diablos's Enc-None ability. Then find the Island Closest to Heaven and the Island Closest to Hell. You are gonna want to have the Enc-None ability active because the enemies at those islands are automatically at Lv. 100. And a Lv. 100 Marlbro is not fun to fight. Trust me. I've tried several times. Still haven't killed one. Except Odin killed one once. Anyways, the islands are useful because they are loaded with draw points. But not just any draw points. They have the best spells. Ultima, Holy, Triple, Aura, Quake, Tornado, Meteor, Flare. I think those are all the spells.

Gilgamesh... To get him you must already have Odin. Then you do the last battle in disk 3, against Seifer. Once the battle starts, Odin will appear, and then Seifer will kill Odin. Do not kill Seifer. Just keep drawing Aura spells from Seifer. Eventually, Gilgamesh will appear and finish the battle.

As mentioned before, do not beat disk three until you've done everything. Once you beat disk three, you cannot enter any town or do just about anything.

[G.SummonerBWM]

The only reason why Squall has only the Falme Saber is because I still is having a hard time getting all of the items. -_- Everytime when I try to turn back after I got Edea, they won't allow me to turn back, so I'm just fighting in the Great Salt Lake, getting a lot of exp(Somewhere around530-858), & having Squall use mug to get items. I don't want to go to Esthar yet, so I'm just busy trying to have my characters' level raised up real high, but then once I hit disc 4, I most probably will have to raise Rinoa's level too, but for now, I'm trying to have Squall's level 100 for now to make things easier & to have his attack high. Also, I have more than a million gil, so I be at the Shumii Village paying 5,000 gil in order to draw Ultima. I be haivng the ability, Move-Find, on so I can find hidden save points & draw points. The only problem I have is getting the items that I need to get my characters strongest weapon.

[Desert Warrior]

You will get to use Rinoa again before the end of disk 3. You can still travel around the world with everybody before beating the disk.

You don't need the Move-Find ability on the two islands. Just equip the Enc-None ability and run around, constantly pressing X. I usually walk around the edge of the islands, and then go about the middle of them.

And once again: You didn't need to raise levels. There is no need to. It is better to not do so.