Guns in FFXII

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Did anyone ever use guns in this game?
I found guns to be overall cumbersome and too slow in loading, in that it prevents Balthier (who is my principal gun-wielder) from participating in many of my battles. Well, he does, but he should have more of an impact than usual.

Opinions on this?
 
Yeah, I used Balthier only for guns. I didn't find it too bad considering he didn't get hurt all the time and kept his distance, so it was all right for me.
 
I never used guns. i think i either found them too weak, or, i couldn't find any in the shops D:

I found Swords and Spears more useful anyway :)
 
Aerith Gainsborough said:
I never used guns. i think i either found them too weak, or, i couldn't find any in the shops D:

I found Swords and Spears more useful anyway :)
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Agreed. Swords and Spears > Guns. But it's also handy when the rest of your characters can only afford hammers and daggers. xD

You can buy guns everywhere. o_O

samplerphone said:
I also used Balthier with guns all the time.
The whole long range weapon thing was great, because he was always the last to get hurt, which can be a real life saver.
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lol, the enemies always target Balthier first for me, since he's always in lead. I guess I should change that. xD
Anyways, is there any way to increase the speed of the charge-up rate of guns?
 
I did equip Balthier with guns at first because he looked cool with them. But he did more damage with bows so I eventually gave him those instead. I didn't bother with guns after that.
 
I friggin love guns in this game. The whole ignore defense factor is great, and since this game actually gives me the option of whether or not i wanna fight up close, i usually go with one tank, then an archer and a gunner. I also made Fran my gunner, she seems to do more damage with it.
 
Never used guns. They did very little damage and I prefer swords for a Final Fantasy game. Fantasy to me is partly defined by swords and hand-to-hand combat weapons.

If I was to use a long-range weapon in this game, I preferred the bow and arrow for Fran to nail the out of range creatures. Playing Dirge of Cerberus before FFXII made me sick of guns.
 
Ah, okay thanks. I was wondering whether that swiftness thing only worked on hand-to-hand weapons. I never really noticed that change in Balthier, but maybe it has sped him up. xD
 
samplerphone said:
Getting the Swiftness squares on the license board help,
and there's an accessory that reduces the time it takes,
but I can't recall the name...
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Oh i know, it's....oh wait....i forgot too. Isnt it the Cat-Ear Hood? I think...

But yeah, the swiftness licenses help, and IMO, the slower time is worth it for the damage. I dont know why Balthier is always hitting so low for you guys, he's pretty powerful for me (i switched my gunner back from Fran to Balthier, i just like keeping everyone the same class they start at).
 
Yeah, same here VR. I pretty much kept almost everything to the original, what with the same weapons, except for Vaan, who I upgraded to using a hammer and Penelo, who's now using a bow. I can't find much use for their daggers.

But getting back to guns, I loved how they were named, despite the lacking in speed at first. They should name guns after stars more often. xD
 
i only use guns with balthier. He's my strongest character. he's a ranger and a tank at the same time
 
Actually, Guns do the same amount of damage as the other weapons since Guns ignore damage. I did stop using guns but, I used them when a boss had high defense.

Also, Vaan was my bow/gun user.
 
When you get to a certain lv other weapons will far outmatch guns. The formalhaut will do around 3500 damage.
 
VengefulRonin said:
Oh i know, it's....oh wait....i forgot too. Isnt it the Cat-Ear Hood? I think...

But yeah, the swiftness licenses help, and IMO, the slower time is worth it for the damage. I dont know why Balthier is always hitting so low for you guys, he's pretty powerful for me (i switched my gunner back from Fran to Balthier, i just like keeping everyone the same class they start at).
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Yea, but its better to use Hermes' Shoes since it has Haste ability, i equiped it on Balthier (gun user) and he attacked with normal speed as he had a sword.
 
I always had a gun wielder in my party. That person was typically also my Support, so the range was nice as well as dealing decent damage. I tried incorporating guns to more people, but it didn't work out. I'm a fan of going 'all out' against foes, so guns didn't work so much for me.
 
Um, I don't know if its been mentioned, but ya'll do know guns ignore an enemies defense right? Also, they are unavoidable, and they have different ammo for different situations.

Example:
When you fight Famfrit, he's weak versus fire. So in that case, cast oil on it, then make sure you have wyrmfire ammo, equip, and watch Balthier do at least around 6000-8000 damage. This is also good againt Slyt and other enemies weak against fire.
 
But slyt and famfrit are easy enough anyway. Once you get the high end great swords guns become almost useless. I prefer bows to guns anyway because you deal more damage over time compared to guns.
 
But, with Bows you have to have high speed in order to get off good attacks.

I think guns come in handy during boss battles just because they ignore the defense.
 
When you get the cat ear hood and a Sagittarius your bow will become very powerful ^_^
For me guns do the same amount of damage as the strongest 1h sword available at that time, except that it is alot slower.
 
I actually want that damn Sagittarius but can never find the right items.=(

As for the guns, what is the best gun? Shouldn't that be a pretty strong gun?
 
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