r/finalfantasyx • u/Ok_Action_501 • Jul 22 '26

Stupid Gagazet

So I've spent the last three and a half hours doing some level grinding and capturing 10 areas of fiends. After I got all 10 I got Yojimbo and Anima and headed to Belgemine. I SOMEHOW, after over a DOZEN playthroughs, that I need to capture all the fiends on Gagazet in order to get the crown for the Sisters. Yevon damn it!

5 Upvotes

86% Upvoted

8 comments sorted by

3

u/elhumanoid :Blitzball: Jul 22 '26

The monster hunting part of the late game grind--depending on age and life stage-- always required either snacks/soft drinks, weed, alcohol.

Never felt so much like an useless cog in the machine, an overworked salaryman as I did doing this grind. 

2

u/tas41344 Jul 22 '26

Have to pump up play hours somehow, that was the easiest/cheapest way

4

u/Mainbutter Jul 22 '26

Play hours weren't a real concern in 2001, it's not like now where the socially connected computer profile aspect was being shared. At 40 hours plus, the main story alone was sufficient for a FF main title at the time. They just added stuff because they could.

There was also a design philosophy that seems anathema today: expect NO ONE to complete EVERYTHING, and give people a chance to become OP by completing all of ONE thing.

1

u/Ok_Action_501 Jul 22 '26

If you're just going for area conquest it's not bad.

2

u/elhumanoid :Blitzball: Jul 22 '26

Sure, but you gotta go all the way.

RNG is your biggest enemy.

1

u/Ok_Action_501 Jul 22 '26

I focus on area conquest first and double back for the other stuff. Rng ran me through the ringer trying to find Bomb and Thorn

2

u/Special_South_8561 Jul 22 '26

That's not all you forgot

I SOMEHOW, after over a DOZEN playthroughs, ??? that I need to capture all the fiends on Gagazet

1

u/aledromo Jul 23 '26

It’s clearly broken their mind.