Board 8 > Shad plays the Kingdom Hearts series

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OK, I get why Sora had Kairi's heart, but why the other princesses'?
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I wanna say it's because when all those lights join up to Kairi's when Malificent reveals the keyhole but I honestly forget what the actual reason if there is one is
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Fair enough!

I made a list of materials to go farm for synthesizing. I'll be back in like 3 days.
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I did some Final Mix synth farming with my wife a few weeks ago. Some of those special Heartless they added are real pains in the ass.
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My opinion on Re:CoM has changed to a less ambiguous "really annoying" when I discovered how Premium cards work after getting all my attack cards turned into them.
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I've decided to attack bastion hollow again before doing synth farming because I want to get my final puppies. Also, I had no luck trying to get the gigas shadows to appear so that was annoying me.
Got up to lvl 50 though!
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I thought Gigas Shadows spawn pretty often. You just have to re-enter until there are regular Shadows and kill those.
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Then again I'm not going to tell you this game's RNG isn't bullshit.
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paperwarior posted...

I thought Gigas Shadows spawn pretty often. You just have to re-enter until there are regular Shadows and kill those.

That's what I thought too! I went in 10 times in a row and got nothing so decided to call it a sign.
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Oh god the mobs are so much harder now.
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If you mean actual nothing is spawning you need to go 3 rooms away or leave the world or something.
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Nah, I mean the shadows weren't spawning, it was other stuff.

101 dalmatians get.
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Theres an ability they added in Final Mix that makes it so the enemies will reset just by leaving the room, which makes rare Heartless hunts way easier. Cant remember its name off the top of my head or where to get it though. I can check when I get home from work.
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I told shad about it on discord, encounter plus
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taggo
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Using Bambi to farm for some materials (I should've done this before HB).

Trying to get some Frost Gems in Wonderland, got the Gigas Shadows fight and got a Fury Stone!
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Oh dear my list has grown.

Fury Stone
Power Stone 2
Mythril Stone
Serenity Power
Power Shard
Mythril Stone
Power Crystal 3
Bright Crystal 2
Mystery Goo 2
Blaze Shard 2
Thunder Shard 3
Lucid Crystal 4
Blazing Stone 3
Frost Stone 3
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Final Mix is almost less fun to 100% because I dislike the new heartless mini games you need to grind for it.
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OK, got my Fury Stones. Time to move on.
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Got accessory up so now I'm rocking 13 MP. I feel like I'm doing damage with thunder again.

Which just made me think I should work on getting my aga spells. Maybe I take a break from synth farming to look into that.

(Yes I'm being very adhd with this)
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I completed the synthesis List for the original Kingdom Hearts but not the Final Mix version. I really didn't have any time for that
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Since I never played the original, I figured I would like to 100% this. I did FFX to completion, this can't be much worse right?

While I had a baby napping on me (she just napped for 1.75 hours like a champ), I decided to try the Hades Cup. Got all the way to Hades who proceeded to annihilate me.
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Does 100% include getting the platinum trophy? Because then you have to play through the game at least three times.

Otherwise, a regular 100% play-through is easier than FFX imo.
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BlackDra90n posted...

Does 100% include getting the platinum trophy? Because then you have to play through the game at least three times.

Otherwise, a regular 100% play-through is easier than FFX imo.

Technically it's only twice I think since the difficulties stack now. But I would be doing it again on easy to do the no continues/ not changing equipment before going to proud.

My goal is to do everything but the second and third playthroughs and see how I feel, might come back for that stuff later.
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Yeah KH1 is way easier than 100%ing FFX if you're not talking about getting the platinum.

KH is definitely easier to plat, I've done the plats for 1 and 2 so far
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Yeah platinuming KH1 isn't too bad

Its fucking CoM and BBS that are the real shit. Not sure if they nerfed the platinum requirements in the new release.
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They're all easy enough imo.

BBS just has the badness of doing redundant things 3 times.

CoM stacks difficulties in the ps4 version. That was the worst part
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pjbasis posted...

They're all easy enough imo.

BBS just has the badness of doing redundant things 3 times

BBS Adventurer trophies are so bad as it essentially requires you doing ALL the trophies again three times in a row. This also means you have to beat every secret boss again with each of the three characters including Unknown / Mysterious Figure (he is bullshit enough as it is but he is three times as bullshit trying to beat him as Terra as you can't spam dodge roll with him so it comes down to using thunder surge and praying).

CoM isn't difficulty its just sheer tedium. Card Collector Sora and Riku lvl 99 are the main annoying ones along with having to beat the game 6 times (at least in the 1.5 FM version). Is Riku lvl 99 in the PS4 version?
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Raka_Putra posted...

Shaduln posted...

"There can't be two keyblade masters" yeah ok Riku

lol I forgot this was a thing.

Hahaha, Rikus say the darnedest things.
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Pirateking2000 posted...

Is Riku lvl 99 in the PS4 version?

Probably. Yeah I did forget that CoM wants you to level to 99 with both characters even though it's not nearly as easy as the 1 and 2.
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pjbasis posted...

Pirateking2000 posted...

Is Riku lvl 99 in the PS4 version?

Probably. Yeah I did forget that CoM wants you to level to 99 with both characters even though it's not nearly as easy as the 1 and 2.

Ah alright.

Sora 99 actually wasn't too bad since he had some good room clearing moves like Tornado and such. Riku on the other hand does not making his waaaaaaay more tedious. I think the closest he has is a card that has a chance on hit to warp an enemy out of combat / auto kill them.
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I have the Platinum for the entire series. Riku lvl 99 in ReCOM was by far the worst.

From most fun Platinum to worst: KH2 > Dream Drop Distance > KH1 >>>>> BBS > Re:CoM.
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I'm kind of grinding for Defender while looking for a Lucid Crystal. Once I get the Crystal, I'll make the crown and redo my list.
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Holy shit Crystal Crown is great!

I didn't get Defender (surprise surprise), but I'll look later.

Here is my current synth mats list:

Mystery Goo 4
Mythril Stone 2
Power Crystal
Power Stone 2
Serenity Power

Honestly doesn't seem so bad.

(19 Synth done out of 30?)
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Except getting Power Stones suuuuuuucks.
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Oh what, difficulties stack now on the PS4? Back in my day difficulty didn't stack.

BK_Sheikah00 posted...

I have the Platinum for the entire series. Riku lvl 99 in ReCOM was by far the worst.

From most fun Platinum to worst: KH2 > Dream Drop Distance > KH1 >>>>> BBS > Re:CoM.

I can agree with this rating.
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Well, I got everything on that list except the power stones, which allowed me to open the next set.

Also, I got the Dream Shield which kinda sucks huh.
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The best shield is the one that gives extra magic. So that Goofy can be the best MP Gifting slave that he can be.
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lol up to 16 MP this is fun. Level 66.

I'm working on getting another Lucid Crystal and grinding for Defender again.
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OK I got the Defender.

And I realized some of the stuff I need to grind for is in the next area, so I'm going to get to the point of no return and then go back to grinding.
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Made it to the Final Rest. Got as many Gales as I think I'll need. Made my first Cosmic Arts, would probably like to make one more to get my MP up to 18 (at 17 now).

My synth list currently looks like:

Dazzling Stone
Energy Stone
Frost Gem 3
Lucid Crystal
Mythril Stone
Orichalcum 7
Power Stone 2
Serenity Power 2
Stormy Stone
Thunder Gem 2

Level 68
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Did some more farming this morning. Need 2 thunder gems (easy with Bambi) and then still my 2 power stones. That will get me to 30 items, which then unlocks ultima weapon? I haven't read up on it actually, i'm just assuming that comes next.
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Bwa ha ha Power Stones get. Just needed enough MP to really spam stop.

Now let's unlock the final level...
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Oh dear.

Blazing Stone 2
Dark Matter 3
Dazzling Stone 4
Energy Stone 5
Frost Stone 2
Lightning Stone 2
Mystery Goo 3
Mythril Stone 3
Power Stone 3
Serenity Power 2
Stormy Stone 3
Thunder Gem 5
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:D

The thing is, I think the Thunder Gem is the worst part of all of that.

2/5 already though.
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pjbasis posted...

Final Mix is definitely less fun to 100% because I dislike the new heartless mini games you need to grind for it.

FTFY :)
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The only one I've really disliked is the ones you can't let them see you. The ones for the power stones. Maybe the rare truffles too, but I don't need to fight them to get mystery goo so I don't care about them.
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I just absolutely hate menial grinding. So it really really annoyed me and I'll never do it again.
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