Ok so I have been playing roughly ~20 hours. The whole gang just joined up for the first time. (As a team as in not arguing )

Few questions.

Upgraded weapons / accessories.
The early weapons worth upgrading?
I have been leveling up all there starting weapons to about level ~4
I read somewhere once they hit ~6 you can upgrade them into a new weapon? Or am I reading that wrong?

Also the summons. I can not figure out how the summons work. I know how to summon. That is about it..

When you are in first phase (Character) and (Summon) together fighting when is the best time to hit Square to turn into the summon (As in they join)
Once that is done how does that work? I see ^ X / \/ X / < X / > X / O / and Triangle but have no idea how to use it.. Usually comes with a number (~24) each attack takes about ~3 to use .. do I use it down to lets say 1 then do ultimate? or should I just go Utlimate?
Also has a arrows that goes down slowly.. whenshould I use the attack? ASAP or wait till it lowers close?

This post was edited by Galanoth on Jun 17 2010 09:01am

i didnt bother upgrading weapons until at the end of the game
cause you can dismantle fangs best weapon and get like 1 or 2 more traps to make another one, it just makes it alot easier to level them all up
as for summons i just use them until its almost empty then do the ultimate

i also use lightning, fang and hope unless im fighting a giant turtle then i use snow instead of fang since he has alot more health

It may be just me but the summons just don't seem very strong. I have used them like two times so far.. And blah not impressed. Do not get me wrong they look awesome. Just the damage (like every other one has been awesome.) has been poor.

Also, so dismantling weapons worth it? Should I keep leveling my first weapons? Or put on new ones and level them up? Like every other RPG I never vendor/dismantle/etc.. weapons/accessories because I never know when I can use them and what not. I have upgraded a couple to like level ~4 .. playing through it right now.. and doesn't seem to make that big of a difference. Some battles I have are taking forever.. others in seconds lol.

Lightning - Commando and Ravager
Snow - Commando / Sentinel
Hope - Healer / Synergist (More so healer)
Vanille - Healer / Sobateur
Sazh (Mainly Synergist) Rest of his ravager and commando is kinda shitty imo
Fang - Fang seems like a solid sentinel or Commando


I like to use lightning / Sazh (For the haste that is it lol ) / Not sure on third.... I haven't really used a sentinel yet.. Kinda seems meh...
I usually run Comand/Rav/Rav or Command / Debuffer / Buffer or Com/Rav/Healer about the only 3 i use yet.

i dont bother with summons at all really, but weapons go to lvl 26 before you can upgrade them, they they go to like 60 i think before you can upgrade them again

but the most effective combo i use is
lighting usually as rav unless fang ahs to be a sentinel then i use her as a comanado
hope usually a rav unless he needs to heal or buff
and fang as a commando unless she needs to be sent or debuff
and also lightning as a healer when needed

I seem to catch myself running out of Mats to upgrade my weapons.. I assume I am still early in the game.. Shortly after Sazh and Vanielle get saved by the other 4...

yea you are still kinda early, once you get to chapter 11 you can farm alot of mats, but if you go with the combo that i use the game is pretty easy

Will do, appreciate it

no problem, if you need anything else add me on PSN

PSN=zalmoxys

You'll want your melee, your balanced, and your magician.

Fang as Com, Light as Rav, Hope as Rav. With their additional primary roles, you have your bases covered.
For the vast majority of the game you will not be straying away from a COM\RAV\RAV and COM\COM\RAV. Later on things like RAV\RAV\RAV, SAB\MED\MED, SAB\COM\SYN become important for 5-starring a mission.

Give Light the axis blade and * it until you can afford adamantite for Enkindler.
Fang gets Taming Pole, turn that to a * Venus Gospel. Hope should use and upgrade hawkeye because of its huge MAG.
Belladonna wand + Vanille's death spell = mission success.

The bhakti reward in Oerba should keep you from farming incentive chips, so don't bother with anything outside of a few accessories and the above weapons until you are hacking away in Ch. 11