Your time in the Fire Cavern - Page 2

September 28, 2007, 6:41 AM

I’m not sure what happens when you run out of time, never done that before. I'm sure you'll loose a large amount of points toward your final SeeD exam though.

My first time through, I chose 30 minutes and came out with just a little over 15 minutes to spare. My second time through the game, I chose 10 minutes... Only because I had leveled Quistis and Squall up to 100 before entering cavern. Anyway, I think I came out with just a little under 5 minutes to spare.

September 28, 2007, 6:49 AM

When time runs out it is game over.

I usually choose 10 minutes. My best time was 17 seconds. If you kill Ifrit when you have 7 seconds or less you'll get 100 points towards your SeeD test.

September 28, 2007, 8:26 AM

I chose 10. It wasn't hard going through and defeating him in 10 minutes.

September 28, 2007, 9:47 AM

You really only need about 5-7 minutes, and that is still fighting every monster. If you want a better SeeD score then you need to chose 10 minutes. When you beat Ifrit make sure there are less than 10 seconds on the clock by the time all the dialogue is finished.

September 28, 2007, 2:39 PM

10 or 20 minutes and achieved a perfect score in the evaluation. What matters most really is punctuality.

September 28, 2007, 2:44 PM

I first choose 30 mins cause it was my first FF game. But I finished it in like 12 minutes or something close.

September 28, 2007, 2:48 PM

I always choose 20 because i can't quite beat ifrit in 10 mins, I do get close though but i never train beforehand

September 28, 2007, 3:10 PM

As someone has noted out: it's not what time you choose which is important, but to get closest possible to that limit when you've beaten Ifrit.

Remember that using GFs takes a lot of time, so it's probably wisest to only use Shiva with one character and Blizzard-magic with the two others. Ifrit has 1068 HP at Lvl 6 so it's just to count and slow down attacks if you got much time left.

Choose any time, finish with less than 1 minute left -> 70 point on SeeD exam
Choose any time, finish with less than 7 seconds left -> 100 points
Choose 20-40, finish with less than 10 minutes left -> 40 points
Choose 20-40, finish with more than 15 minutes left -> no points

In the end those points will not be important enough to make a difference. You make more than enough salary anyway to be able to spend it all.

(my record is 9,56 since that was the thread's primarly question)

September 28, 2007, 5:53 PM

Well, the way I did it was I drew scan from one of those blue bugs outside....I think they were called Bite Bugs? Either that draw from the fishes around the beach area.

Anyways, I used scan on Ifrit and I would knock off some of his health. I kept using scan to check his health. Once his HP is low enough around....30-50HPish, wait for less than 12-10 seconds. Then have Squall or Quistis attack him with their weapons. A bit critical here because you might have bad luck that Ifrit avoids your attack and then game over.

I did say 17 seconds before. Bah, I don't remember what was my timing. Had to be after 20 seconds.

September 28, 2007, 7:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Cecil The Paladin

i really dont like traning too much at that point in the mage i like to wait untill i have at least 3 charaters so i choose 30 min cause at the begining lvl stuff gets annoying

You cant have 3 characters. You cant advance further in the game unless you get Ifrit can you?