Earning Game Points (GP)

[Amuro]

So I'm on disc1. I just got the Tiny Bronko and I'm tring for the Omnislash, but earning GP is so painful. I got 30gp from Moogle game and kept playing the bike game but this is way less rewarding for the time I put in. So i switched to playing SUPER 'F'ing DUNK. I am totally annoyed by this but could earn 3~9point per game. I guess i suck at it pretty bad. I heard you can stack up to 300 with this game, but how? Are there any good tips for playing this? or what do you play for earning GP on disc1? So tired of shooting balls man.

[taxicabmessiah]

Once you get the airship, there will be a guy at the Gold Saucer entrance who sells GP. That's how I got GP. I was so loaded at that part in the game, that I could buy pretty much anything. Getting Omni Slash is such a pain, Meteor rain can suffice though.

[atellis]

there is way that I did it way back when and its silly, but if you have a turbo controller and some tape... what you do is position cloud next to the arm wrestling game, tape down the d-pad buttons to make him walk into it, and tape down X or O or which ever it is, minimize and go to bed if it works as it did for me the turbo settting will instatly win the game and he'll repeat over and over again.

[Shiro]

Originally posted by Venom:

Once you get the airship, there will be a guy at the Gold Saucer entrance who sells GP. That's how I got GP. I was so loaded at that part in the game, that I could buy pretty much anything. Getting Omni Slash is such a pain, Meteor rain can suffice though.

That guy has nothing to do with the airship. He can show up at any time, but he's very rare and you can only buy up to 100 GP (I always thought it meant "Gold Points", since it's the "Golden" Saucer, but anyway).

Anyway, getting Omnislash during your first, or indeed your second story-related trip to the Golden Saucer is going to be a painful slog. Pretty much the only way to get GP is to play the bike game, and that only rewards 10 GP a go. It's later when you can either race chocobos, or play the snowboarding game (neither of which unlocks until Disc 2) that you can start getting a lot of GP. That has the added bonus of Omnislash's cost being cut in half.

[Verkanyne]

If you're trying to earn GP, follow the chocobo breeding sidequest and race your chocobos. The gold or even the black chocobo will be able to win just about every race, and you can choose GP as your reward at the end of every race you win. Some of these are worth several hundred or even thousand GP, and the races only take a couple minutes each.

But, you mentioned Omnislash in your post. I'd like to point out that Omnislash is bought with BP, not GP. BP is earned exclusively through fights in the Battle Square. You probably won't use more than a few hundred GP for the Battle square entry fees.

[Shiro]

Originally posted by Verkanyne:

Some of these are worth several hundred or even thousand GP

You can never earn more than 300 GP at once. But yes, the chocobo racing (especially if you're using the golden) is definitely the easiest way to earn a bunch of GP. Even during the breeding process to get a golden chocobo, you'll likely get the odd Mega Elixir or Turbo Ether that are both worth over 100 GP if you trade them in.

[taxicabmessiah]

Originally posted by Shiro:

Originally posted by Venom:

Once you get the airship, there will be a guy at the Gold Saucer entrance who sells GP. That's how I got GP. I was so loaded at that part in the game, that I could buy pretty much anything. Getting Omni Slash is such a pain, Meteor rain can suffice though.

That guy has nothing to do with the airship. He can show up at any time, but he's very rare and you can only buy up to 100 GP (I always thought it meant "Gold Points", since it's the "Golden" Saucer, but anyway).

Anyway, getting Omnislash during your first, or indeed your second story-related trip to the Golden Saucer is going to be a painful slog. Pretty much the only way to get GP is to play the bike game, and that only rewards 10 GP a go. It's later when you can either race chocobos, or play the snowboarding game (neither of which unlocks until Disc 2) that you can start getting a lot of GP. That has the added bonus of Omnislash's cost being cut in half.

I tested it on my second playthrough. He never shows up on disc 1. I remember reading
somewhere about the airship triggering his appearance. I think it was Neoseeker.

[Verkanyne]

Originally posted by Shiro:

You can never earn more than 300 GP at once.

Oop, my bad. You're right.

[Shiro]

Originally posted by Venom:

I tested it on my second playthrough. He never shows up on disc 1. I remember reading
somewhere about the airship triggering his appearance. I think it was Neoseeker.

Hm... maybe. I don't really know that much about him outside of him being on the rare side to appear in the first place, and that any time I've seen him I could only buy 100 GP and then he'd leave. It's entirely possible that he only shows during Discs 2 and 3.

[taxicabmessiah]

Originally posted by Shiro:

Originally posted by Venom:

I tested it on my second playthrough. He never shows up on disc 1. I remember reading
somewhere about the airship triggering his appearance. I think it was Neoseeker.

Hm... maybe. I don't really know that much about him outside of him being on the rare side to appear in the first place, and that any time I've seen him I could only buy 100 GP and then he'd leave. It's entirely possible that he only shows during Discs 2 and 3.

Yeah, he's very rare. I was terrible at all of the mini games so I just got all of my GP from him. After I got it, I realized that Omni Slash just wasn't worth the effort.

[Amuro]

Hey guys, thanks for the replies. I was asking cuz I was trying to get the ultimate for Cloud on disk1. A lot of you mention the guy near the save point, but I wasn't really going for that as I was trying to get the ultimate on disc1.
I never got 300GP from playing the SUPER Fing DUNK game but stocked up to 220GP'ish' and cleared the battle arena with 40GP remaining. I'm thinking whether I should get the champion belt as well. but I'm seriously burnt out. haha. I'm liming lvling for some other chars and when I'm done, I might try to get the belt as well. I heard you can't get it in Disc2.
By the way, I was mentioning GP cuz I needed it to earn BP. I realized that I should stock at least 200 to get Cloud's ultimate.
Having so much fun so far, def brings back the good old memories from my childhood. :)

[Two-Timer-Twan]

wait till you get the "High Wind" Airship then start breeding chocobos. "Guides can be found online" racing enough chocobo's to get a golden chocobo will get you more then enough GP to get clouds ultimate and almost everything on the menu "Also Knights Of The Round MATERIA". only way to get that is with a golden chocobo...By the way....trade everything except the elixers to the chocobo race lady. "SAVE ALL YOUR ELIXERS" You will need them in the end game to start getting huge amounts of xp and ap if you give them to the "magic pots" Hope this helps

[djinn004]

Originally posted by Venom:

Originally posted by Shiro:

Hm... maybe. I don't really know that much about him outside of him being on the rare side to appear in the first place, and that any time I've seen him I could only buy 100 GP and then he'd leave. It's entirely possible that he only shows during Discs 2 and 3.

Yeah, he's very rare. I was terrible at all of the mini games so I just got all of my GP from him. After I got it, I realized that Omni Slash just wasn't worth the effort.

...It's the highest DMG attack in the game...

[FrozenFayt]

Originally posted by Venom:

Yeah, he's very rare. I was terrible at all of the mini games so I just got all of my GP from him. After I got it, I realized that Omni Slash just wasn't worth the effort.

While Omnislash does the EXACT same damage/hit and # of hits as KotR, I agree. It isn't worth the effort*, but if you buy both Omnislash and W-Summon, you can enter the Special Battle where you can win 'Final Attack' Materia, and that is worth all that effort and more.

Originally posted by Venom:

Once you get the airship

Originally posted by Verkanyne:

If you're trying to earn GP, follow the chocobo breeding sidequest and race your chocobos.

Did either of you read the topic?

Originally posted by delitegun:

or what do you play for earning GP on disc1?

DISK 1. Meaning before Aeris dies. Meaning No Chocobo stables, and No Airship.

My advise would have been BET on chocobo's, trade for GP.
you'll lose a few times, get 10GP a few times, get 15GP a few times, keep going till you get 20GP from 1 item. Would probably have around 250 - 350 just from ChocoBetting. Not that it matters anymore.

Originally posted by delitegun:

stocked up to 220GP'ish' and cleared the battle arena with 40GP remaining. I'm thinking whether I should get the champion belt as well. but I'm seriously burnt out. haha. I'm liming lvling for some other chars and when I'm done, I might try to get the belt as well. I heard you can't get it in Disc2.
By the way, I was mentioning GP cuz I needed it to earn BP. I realized that I should stock at least 200 to get Cloud's ultimate.
Having so much fun so far, def brings back the good old memories from my childhood. :)

OP has succeded in what they asked for help with.



*why is it not worth the effort? look below for answers.

OMNISLASH
Lots of effort x all in 1 sitting = BEST attack, needs charging of Limit bar before use.
Can only be used by cloud.
Cloud needs 240 killing blows,
8xL1LimitUse, 8xL2LimitUse and 8xL3LimitUse
before he can use it.

OR

KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND
Lots of effort - can be split into as many sittings as you want = BEST attack, Cost240MP
Can be Paired with Support Materia.
Can be used Twice in a Turn (W-Summon)

Omni and KotR are, according to the game code, identical in damage amount, damage type and number of hits. KotR can be used by anyone though, and doesn't have the L4 Limit restrictions. Sure, it costs 240MP, but pair it with MP Absorb.........

The only times KotR is worse than Omni?
- Time Limits (Train Sequence)
- Before you have anyone with 240 or higher max MP.(Which can be fixed by adding
Magic, Summon or MP Plus materia)

MIME works with both, with 0MP cost, but only Cloud can Mime Omni.
Miming a W-Summonned (KotR)-(MP Absorb) works wonders!
(2x Best Attack in the Game + Loads of MP all in a single turn!)
Replacing 'MP Absorb' with 'HP Absorb' or 'SteelAsWell' works too.
As Does 'Counter'(Blue), especially when you also have a MASTERED 'Cover'

[Shiro]

Originally posted by sin_harvest:

*why is it not worth the effort? look below for answers.


Cloud needs 240 killing blows,
8xL1LimitUse, 8xL2LimitUse and 8xL3LimitUse
before he can use it.

Seeing as Cloud is a mandatory party member for roughly 95% of the game, it's nearly effortless to meet those requirements. It's only for the other party members where grinding to get them Level 4 ready can be a pain in the ass. From there, it's a matter of doing a few Battle Arenas (which are easy by end-game standards), or the extremely lengthy Chocobo breeding sidequest (which gets lengthier still when you consider how much Gil you have to grind-up to afford all the Greens needed).

So yeah, I'd damn-well hope that Knights is more worth the effort given how much more effort it can take to earn it.

[FrozenFayt]

I suppose I'm looking at it from the perspective of knowing exactly what to do in both cases, (in which case both take about the same amount of time come endgame (since theres nothing to really spend your gil on that you don't already have so the 'affording the greens' becomes a 'finally something to spend my money on'.