CGI vs in game graphics

[Envy]

The line is starting to blur.

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[Envy]

Carrier, has arrived.

[Jordash]

Except the guys still look like girls. I have no other point, really.

[Cham]

Originally Posted by Jordash

Except the guys still look like girls. I have no other point, really.

That's because in Japan, the guys are girls.

[Envy]

I swear to god they got Taelden to do the voice acting for Vanille.

[Satake]

Originally Posted by Envy

I swear to god they got Taelden to do the voice acting for Vanille.

I believe I found Taelden's superhero alter ego: Black Canary

...
Abilities
"Canary Cry", an ultrasonic scream; ...

she's kinda hot... and a blond ninja.

[Cham]

[Maridia]

Vanille would be the best if only she would never speak. Ever. EVER.

I've been asking for a redheaded character for ages! Why did they make her so retarded? :(

[Envy]

Some guys like that kind of character. Not I, personally, but others may.

Lightning is just about the best/coolest character ever. In anything. Ever.

[Maridia]

I had heard her described as a "female cloud strife" in development. I'm happy to see she has a broader emotional range. Even if that is currently mostly "Very angry".

I like her a lot.

[Envy]

I also like this a lot:

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[Maridia]

I really need to get ahold of the soundtrack to that game. I really love that composer, I am a big fan of his other works.

[Socio]

What characters/roles are you focusing on once you get to the open-game aspect? So far I've been using Lightning/Snow/Vanille.

Commando/Sentinel/Saboteur main focuses, with secondaries of Ravager in each and Medic/Commando/Medic for third focus on skillups. Only thing I'm really lacking is good Synergist buffs, but I'm going to specialize Sazh in solely Synergist so I can swap out if need be, I think. Noone else gets Haste until much later in the game so it's pretty important to have him around to swap to IMO.

I prefer raw powering down people while stripping/debuffing them fully so this combo suits me nicely. I start out in Relentless Assault (Com/Rav/Rav) in most grindy type fights and just plow through mobs. Swap up to Com/Sen/Med if I need to heal, or for mobs that take awhile to kill I can pop Med/Com/Sab to make sure I'm fully healed up, then switch to Rav/Rav/Sab to really charge up combo bar to get them into a stagger. Staggered = ridiculous damage from Lightning/Snow by swapping to Com/Com/Rav.

Any other combos people are workin with? I guess Hope is technically better than Vanille for the caster spot, but A: I don't like him as much and B: I prefer more of a debuffer role, and she does it pretty damn well. Can't wait to get death for CP farmingz.

[Envy]

I'm still playing around with it. I haven't found a party yet that I like the best.

[Envy]

On another note: This game already had me sold as the best in the series before I got to the palencia showdown..

And now it just got 3x better. lol?

[stylus]

Guess I'll have to go to the store todayyyy

[Jamis]

I've had the shit since Tuesday and still haven't been able to sit down and dive in. I'm reserving several days coming up to get lost in it.

[Envy]

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[Envy]

Finished it. Single player story game perfection.

[Envy]

Originally Posted by Socio

What characters/roles are you focusing on once you get to the open-game aspect? So far I've been using Lightning/Snow/Vanille.

Commando/Sentinel/Saboteur main focuses, with secondaries of Ravager in each and Medic/Commando/Medic for third focus on skillups. Only thing I'm really lacking is good Synergist buffs, but I'm going to specialize Sazh in solely Synergist so I can swap out if need be, I think. Noone else gets Haste until much later in the game so it's pretty important to have him around to swap to IMO.

I prefer raw powering down people while stripping/debuffing them fully so this combo suits me nicely. I start out in Relentless Assault (Com/Rav/Rav) in most grindy type fights and just plow through mobs. Swap up to Com/Sen/Med if I need to heal, or for mobs that take awhile to kill I can pop Med/Com/Sab to make sure I'm fully healed up, then switch to Rav/Rav/Sab to really charge up combo bar to get them into a stagger. Staggered = ridiculous damage from Lightning/Snow by swapping to Com/Com/Rav.

Any other combos people are workin with? I guess Hope is technically better than Vanille for the caster spot, but A: I don't like him as much and B: I prefer more of a debuffer role, and she does it pretty damn well. Can't wait to get death for CP farmingz.

To finally answer your question:

I ended up using Lightning + 2 casters pretty much the whole game, and I found sentinels to be absolutely and completely unnecessary for the entirety of the game, except for the couple instances where you're essentially forced to use one in certain eidolon encounters.

So mid game I used Lightning + sazh + vanille.

End game I used Lightning + hope + vanille with the following Paradigms:

Hero's Charge (Commando + Medic + Synergist)
Scouting Party (Commando + Saboteur + Medic)
Variety (Commando + Medic + Ravager)
Relentless Assault (Commando + Ravager + Ravager)
Tri-Disaster (Ravager + Ravager + Ravager)
Perpetual Magic (Ravager + Medic + Medic)