Best place to level up at?

[Knaifhogg]

I've now completed the game at level 7, and I have tons of saves from disc 3 with Ultima Weapon dead and all that, so I figured I could go for level 100. Equip as many stat+ at level up and go.. where exactly? Where's the best exp? Islands closest to Heaven/Hell?

[Xilo The Odd]

i usually go for island closest to hell but i usually did so around level 50-70 (i grinded a lot)

the only real mob i remember being dangerous there was Malboro, if you dont got the Status Res you need, prepare to whipe when he opens up with bad breath almost instantly.

[Knaifhogg]

Yeah I mugged tentacles from those while blinded, never tried hitting them though. I am feeling kinda strong with my 100 ultima stack on strength.

[Solzec]

Originally posted by Knaifhogg:

I've now completed the game at level 7

You mean 70 i hope.

[Govalon]

Originally posted by SeQ:

Originally posted by Knaifhogg:

I've now completed the game at level 7

You mean 70 i hope.

Why? You only make things harder for yourself if you level up. Leveling up makes mosnters stronger than you gain from each level. Only way to counter this is to find better magic but eventualy you already have most of the best magic and at that point, leveling up only makes you weaker. There is no point in grinding to get levels.

[Atlas]

Originally posted by Govalon:

Originally posted by SeQ:

You mean 70 i hope.

Why? You only make things harder for yourself if you level up. Leveling up makes mosnters stronger than you gain from each level. Only way to counter this is to find better magic but eventualy you already have most of the best magic and at that point, leveling up only makes you weaker. There is no point in grinding to get levels.

This is only true when you don't have the stat bonus abilities, which the OP does. ;)

[Senrei]

Once you get Degenerator on Quistis, you can get a bunch of levels really quickly on The Island Closest to Hell and The Island Closest to Heaven. Quists can 1 hit single monsters with that ability.

If you're going to go the Degenerator route to level up and choose The Island Closest to Heaven, set your battle speed to slowest. This makes it easier to get her to attack before a Malboro can get its Bad Breath off if you run into one.

(Of course this requires farming Curse Spikes from Tri-Faces which appear on those islands. Need to get 100 of them by stealing. You can also get them from Malboros, I believe they can be stolen from them as well.)

[Xilo The Odd]

Originally posted by Govalon:

Originally posted by SeQ:

You mean 70 i hope.

Why? You only make things harder for yourself if you level up. Leveling up makes mosnters stronger than you gain from each level. Only way to counter this is to find better magic but eventualy you already have most of the best magic and at that point, leveling up only makes you weaker. There is no point in grinding to get levels.

some of us like a good challenge, like omega weapon at level 100.

though i want to try and mod my level beyond 100 with a hack device if possible and see if it continues to affect monsters. if it does my next run im goin to 200!

[Luftwaffle]

Originally posted by Govalon:

Originally posted by SeQ:

You mean 70 i hope.

Why? You only make things harder for yourself if you level up. Leveling up makes mosnters stronger than you gain from each level. Only way to counter this is to find better magic but eventualy you already have most of the best magic and at that point, leveling up only makes you weaker. There is no point in grinding to get levels.

Not everyone wants a "lolez" game. I find the game incredibly boring with low levels and high magic junctions. It's dull, not fun compared to leveling up. So that right there just completely counters your argument about leveling. Some people also like the feeling of leveling. The game is kind of a chore to run from every battle or otherwise ensure you don't level up.

[zipflopboing]

I'm only on my first playthrough on Steam version, every other playthrough on ps1 I levelled as much as I could, more because it felt right (and I was 13 or so) I'm going to try my next playthrough at original level, more for the achievement than anything else, but as to OP question, I tend to stick to Island closest to Hell, more Ruby Dragons there which offer decent xp.

[9mm Boss]

level up squall from start at training area fight the T-rex when you think your ready.

[Xilo The Odd]

Originally posted by 9mm:

level up squall from start at training area fight the T-rex when you think your ready.

to add to that, make sure you get 100 blind and use status attack junction with it. makes him a cake walk when he almost never hits you.