Current Events > What is the WORST Side quest in the FF series?

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The BEST Summon, without a doubt in the FF series, goes straight to Bahamut. KOTR came in a not so close second with about only half the votes. I voted for Bahamut Zero, so I'm sad they didn't win.

These were the ones that obviously set me off in places, so we have a big fat Other category to smooth things out.

Personally I liked Chocobo Hot n Cold, but from our very first topic in the series, a lot of people hated it. Now I'm tackling that onto the fact that it is REQUIRED in order to fight the big bad optional boss of FF9. For those that hated it, that's just a downer.

If you vote Other, Other, Other, or Other, be sure to let us know what bad side quest/activity you think deserves the (poop) cake

Best Minigame: Triple Triad via FF8
Worst Minigame: Dodging Lightning via FF10
Best Gameplay Mechanics: Set classes and (learnable) abilities via FF4/6/9
Worst Protagonist: Vaan via FF12
Best Cid: Cid Highwind via FF7
Worst Dungeon: The Great Crystal via FF12
Best Soundtrack: OST via FF7
Worst/Most Annoying/Difficult Optional Boss/Enemy: Absolute Virtue via FF11
Best Story: Yasumi Matsuno via FFTactics
Worst Story: Motomu Toriyama via FF13 series
Best Director: Yoshinori Kitase via FF6, FF7, FF8, and FF10.
Worst (playable) Character: Hope via FF13
Best Villain: Kefka via FF6
Worst Job: Berserker via FF5/6/TA
Best Opening Cutscene/Section: Liberi Fatali via FF8
Worst Plot Twist: Plot Twist via FF8
Best Limit Break/Trance/Overdrive: Omnislash/Cloud via FF7
Worst Translation: Words and Phrases via FF7
Best Status Effect: Haste via Multiple FFs
Worst Status Effect: Confuse via Multiple FFs
Best Summon: Bahamut via Multiple FFs

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Does Pitioss in FFXV count as a side quest? Or an optional dungeon?

Cuz that's my answer.

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slmcknett posted...

Does Pitioss in FFXV count as a side quest? Or an optional dungeon?

Cuz that's my answer.

Let's roll it into the side quest category. It has now been tallied

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Dodge lightning 100 times. " im out game"

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Dodging lightning in 10, fuck that shit

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That one quest where i'm too overleveled to get mayerials from to summon that one guardian GF.

I'd say the Pink Tail in FF4 is goddamn annoying. There's a tiny room which contains a 1/64 encounter, which has a 1/64 item drop. You wouldn't even know its there under normal circumstances; the game doesn't tell you anything about the room is special nor where the pink tail is located. Odds are you never even get in a single fight there due to its small size; go in, open the treasure chest in the middle, leave.

But my vote goes to FFX, because there's a hint of skill required for all of lightning dodging, butterfly dancing, chocobo racing, etc. Whereas FF4 is just mind numbing, dreadfully boring grind.
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Damn, who hates the Ancient Castle? My spirit monster lives there :( (or at least in chest in a room outside)

I feel like the Celestial Weapons are the obvious choice, since they contain some of the most hair-pulling minigames ever committed to the series; the only upside is that getting Wakka's second sigil is the best excuse the game gives you to play Blitzball extensively. If navigating FF XII's Great Crystal to find Ultima / Omega Mark XII is that frustrating, you can download a map off of this very website; there is no outside aid that can help you master Lightning Dodging apart from heavy drinking.

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Deep Dungeon in FFT.
It's a Disgaea-style grind, in a game that's nowhere near Disgaea's levels of absurdity.

Coasting by while Orlandu murders everything suddenly ceases to be a viable strategy.

Then again, it suddenly shifts to being one of the best sidequests once you can survive, because it's a great grinding area, and also because Ninjas start tossing rare katanas at you at higher levels.

That Spear in 12. There were 4 chests in the world you were not allowed to open and there isnt anything saying that for you to know.

At least with dodging lightning told you what you needed to do

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It wont win, but shout out to that one side-quest in FF9 that most of the gaming community was unaware of for 15 years, because its based on a throwaway line that requires a bunch of back tracking after reaching Memoria at the end of the game, and the reward is super lame>_>

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masterpug53 posted...

there is no outside aid that can help you master Lightning Dodging apart from heavy drinking.

Except for all the videos showing how you can manipulate the Lightning to always hit the same place making it a breeze to do?

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Not just the lightning dodges, but also the butterfly catching, cocobo racing and blitzball to get the sigil peaces in FF X.

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there is a spot in the thunder plains where if you run to it triggers a lightning strike
getting the necessary lightning dodges is a lot easier when you take out the randomness
its still tedious and boring but you wont mess up when you know the lightning is coming.

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MaxEffingBemis posted...

Dodging lightning in 10, fuck that shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HbIHVoTY2M

rofl

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DirkDiggles posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HbIHVoTY2M

rofl

Lmfao holy shit

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Monster arena in FFX. Capturing 10 of every random enemy is tedious thanks to every area having that one rare encounter that takes longer to get 10 of then everything else in that area combined.

The Celestial Weapons , nothing can come close .
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The Fort Condor battles in FF7.

At least the lightning dodges in FF10 are done in about 5 minutes. If you actually want to partake in the Fort Condor stuff, it takes quite a while.

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FF10 certainly takes the cake solely because of that "Must hit 0.0 time" BS


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Aysander posted...

FF10 certainly takes the cake solely because of that "Must hit 0.0 time" BS

I thought it could be lower than 0.0?

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The celestial weapons. Chocobo racing and lightning dodging. Just, ugh. Rage inducing nonsense.

Greatly contributes to my inability to replay the game even 20 years later. A single thought about it just kills any desire.

AlisLandale posted...

It wont win, but shout out to that one side-quest in FF9 that most of the gaming community was unaware of for 15 years, because its based on a throwaway line that requires a bunch of back tracking after reaching Memoria at the end of the game, and the reward is super lame>_>

The Nero brothers thing? A protect ring is pretty nice. It isn't the Excalibur III or whatever else it could have been, but it isn't bad by any means.

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DirkDiggles posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HbIHVoTY2M

rofl

lmao wow. I love it

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I guess FFX if considering all the celestial weapons as one sidequest since there's a lot of tedium in there (especially the hours of Blitzball since it's trivial to win every match after a certain point).

Zodiac weapon quest line in FFXIV before they nerfed the requirements deserves a shoutout though. That was a lot of tedium.

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Celestial weapons because of lightning dodging

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I haaaaate chocobo hot n cold. HATE. Granted it is kinda nice when you hit the good rewards, but god damn there is no more tedious sidequest. Even with a FAQ/guide, its still brutal.

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If I didn't hate seagulls before FFX, I sure would have after.

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The Popo posted...

The Fort Condor battles in FF7.

I loved those battles! 2nd favorite minigame; first being the biker slash game
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ffx had some of the most annoying sidequests i have ever played

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I love ffx but many of those celestial weapons were an exercise in patience and tenacity.

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I did not expect this to be this one sided

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i was contemplating the others until i saw celestial weapons and immediately voted without reading further.

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Bad_Mojo posted...

That Spear in 12. There were 4 chests in the world you were not allowed to open and there isnt anything saying that for you to know.

This. They don't have markings to say "something's different." I restarted and got 2 of 3 ZSs, but didn't use them (defense penalty; ZEs are better).
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Wedge Antilles posted...

If I didn't hate seagulls before FFX, I sure would have after.

Yoda might have some words of wisdom on this subject.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9t-slLl30E

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they made it easier to get the spear in the hd remaster in ff12
now the chests dont make it lost forever you just gotta keep going in an out until it spawns.

they added a new ultimate weapon instead called the seitengret bow
which has max attack. even at level 1 the bow will deal over 10000 damage

the chest its in is invisible
it only has a 1 in 1000 chance of actually spawning
and then if it does spawn it only has like a 1 in 600 chance of actually having the bow

though you can cheat the RNG system to guarantee you get it but ive tried and it never works for me

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God damn The Celestial Weapons just gave me war flashback. O_o

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yusiko posted...

they made it easier to get the spear in the hd remaster in ff12
now the chests dont make it lost forever you just gotta keep going in an out until it spawns.

they added a new ultimate weapon instead called the seitengret bow
which has max attack. even at level 1 the bow will deal over 10000 damage

the chest its in is invisible
it only has a 1 in 1000 chance of actually spawning
and then if it does spawn it only has like a 1 in 600 chance of actually having the bow

though you can cheat the RNG system to guarantee you get it but ive tried and it never works for me

That sounds painful for completionists

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DoGCyN posted...

That sounds painful for completionists

It's one of the worst of the rare items to get in the game, but there are plenty of other items with horrendously stupid methods to get them in the game too if you want to really 100% complete it. It could take literally years to get them all if you did it legitimately, but thankfully you can manipulate the RNG for all of them (but that still takes many hours). I wouldn't consider them sidequests, but if they were then they would blow every other option on the list out of the water.

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The sidequests in FF15 are by far the worst. Its not close

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solosnake posted...

The sidequests in FF15 are by far the worst. Its not close

I wish I remembered more about that game. So unbelievably forgetable

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DoGCyN posted...

That sounds painful for completionists

if you beat the main game you unlock new game plus which lets you start the game over at level 90 right from the start for all your party members

if you beat the trail mode that you can do from the title screen then you unlock new game minus which makes you unable to gain experience so everyone stays level 1

here is a video of someone beating the hardest boss in the game in new game minus mode. he or she had multiple seitengret bows
the bow is invisible like the chest its in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGN0nBgxS5w

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No question it's FFX. If you separated this by quests instead of games FFX would still take first, second, and third place.

Obel Lake in FF8

i didnt really mind the celestial weapons in FFX

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