We all know that monsters/players level up as your character do in this game so simple power levelling won't do you any good. The best thing to do is keep your level as low as possible and to power level only on disc 3.
Well, this guide is for those who want their GFs to learn abilities without leveling their character. All you need to do is Quetzalcotl's "Card" command and "scan" magic and maybe some good level 1 magic too depends on the enemy.
When you start the game, you start at level 7 Squall and level 8 quistis. Before entering your first battle, make sure you let quetzalcotl learn the "Card" ability first. It takes about 30AP to learn the skill. Go outside and fight the blue bugs, draw scan until you have 100 for both squall and quistis (yeah, i know drawing is boring that's why i only do this once and never bothered to draw for the rest of the game except for the GFs from miniboss/boss) when you have 100 scans, try also drawing some offensive magic if you still have the patience. When the fight is over, each bugs give 2AP. You may also encounter a glacial ice, you can draw ice magic from it that could be usefull when you go to fire cavern.
After defeating enough enemies and learning Quetzalcotl's "card" command, use it in ALL of your battles from now on. Scan the enemy first to check their hp then hit a couple times, be sure to count your damage so the enemy won't die. When the enemy is about to die, use card command to turn them into cards. This way, you won't get exp but AP only.
Also take note that when you use the card command on buel and bomb monster in fire cavern, you can get a krysta card which is a high level card that can be used during card games or card modded into holy stones which in turn can be L-refined into HOLYS! XD After you defeat ifrit, continue doing the leveling and make your GFs learn the ice,wind,and fire-refine abilities.
You should have a decent deck of card by now, go back to garden and play some cards. I usually play the running boy because of minimog card and he is easy to defeat and have good cards. After that, I go to doctor kadowaki who have even better cards. Use card mod on cards that you won and refine them to high level magic. I got quake, water, and tornado magics just from playing cards early in disc one. And in my last playtrough of the game, i've had flare and blizzaga even before the dollet mission.
Now go to training center and train your ass off. Grats are good but their sleep attack annoys me, what we're here looking for is the scarry t-rexaur wooh~ XD but meh, because we're already buffed he doesn't pose any threat anymore. Just junction water or blizzaga to your elem-atk and tornado or flare on str. After 1 or 2 hits, you can now turn him to card and savor the 10AP given with 0xp. This is what i do to learn those GF abilities without even raising my level.
But there are times where you can't turn enemies to cards like in the dollet mission where you fight G-soldiers. In this situation, just junction all your GFs to seifer and kill squall and zell. This way, they won't level. It's okay to level seifer since you won't be able to use him after that anyway.
Now when you defeat elvoret and on your way to shore, you have 30 mins and X-ATMO is chasing you. Use this chance to learn those GF abilities! Depending on how many times he is downed, X-ATMO gives 30~50AP per battle WITHOUT EXP! YES, WITHOUT EXP XD. Just make sure you don't kill him so you can milk him for AP. And also don't forget to take look of the time, you might enjoy milking him and have your time runout because of it LOL.
so there you go, my first guide on how to abuse the gameplay of ff8.. pls feel free to correct any mistakes if you say fit.. comments, suggestions and reactions are very much appreciated..
Well, this guide is for those who want their GFs to learn abilities without leveling their character. All you need to do is Quetzalcotl's "Card" command and "scan" magic and maybe some good level 1 magic too depends on the enemy.
When you start the game, you start at level 7 Squall and level 8 quistis. Before entering your first battle, make sure you let quetzalcotl learn the "Card" ability first. It takes about 30AP to learn the skill. Go outside and fight the blue bugs, draw scan until you have 100 for both squall and quistis (yeah, i know drawing is boring that's why i only do this once and never bothered to draw for the rest of the game except for the GFs from miniboss/boss) when you have 100 scans, try also drawing some offensive magic if you still have the patience. When the fight is over, each bugs give 2AP. You may also encounter a glacial ice, you can draw ice magic from it that could be usefull when you go to fire cavern.
After defeating enough enemies and learning Quetzalcotl's "card" command, use it in ALL of your battles from now on. Scan the enemy first to check their hp then hit a couple times, be sure to count your damage so the enemy won't die. When the enemy is about to die, use card command to turn them into cards. This way, you won't get exp but AP only.
Also take note that when you use the card command on buel and bomb monster in fire cavern, you can get a krysta card which is a high level card that can be used during card games or card modded into holy stones which in turn can be L-refined into HOLYS! XD After you defeat ifrit, continue doing the leveling and make your GFs learn the ice,wind,and fire-refine abilities.
You should have a decent deck of card by now, go back to garden and play some cards. I usually play the running boy because of minimog card and he is easy to defeat and have good cards. After that, I go to doctor kadowaki who have even better cards. Use card mod on cards that you won and refine them to high level magic. I got quake, water, and tornado magics just from playing cards early in disc one. And in my last playtrough of the game, i've had flare and blizzaga even before the dollet mission.
Now go to training center and train your ass off. Grats are good but their sleep attack annoys me, what we're here looking for is the scarry t-rexaur wooh~ XD but meh, because we're already buffed he doesn't pose any threat anymore. Just junction water or blizzaga to your elem-atk and tornado or flare on str. After 1 or 2 hits, you can now turn him to card and savor the 10AP given with 0xp. This is what i do to learn those GF abilities without even raising my level.
But there are times where you can't turn enemies to cards like in the dollet mission where you fight G-soldiers. In this situation, just junction all your GFs to seifer and kill squall and zell. This way, they won't level. It's okay to level seifer since you won't be able to use him after that anyway.
Now when you defeat elvoret and on your way to shore, you have 30 mins and X-ATMO is chasing you. Use this chance to learn those GF abilities! Depending on how many times he is downed, X-ATMO gives 30~50AP per battle WITHOUT EXP! YES, WITHOUT EXP XD. Just make sure you don't kill him so you can milk him for AP. And also don't forget to take look of the time, you might enjoy milking him and have your time runout because of it LOL.
so there you go, my first guide on how to abuse the gameplay of ff8.. pls feel free to correct any mistakes if you say fit.. comments, suggestions and reactions are very much appreciated..
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