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For all the hint sites and answer blogs out there, if you can't do Sudoku, you can't get through the Symbol challenges for the Da Vinci Code quest. If you can't do shape rearrangement, you won't survive the Geography, Curator, or Restoration challenges. Today's challenge was the latter, and it certainly lived up to its name of being challenging! I tried to work my way in from the outside, using the "tumbleweeds" that only had one connecting partner. The trick to getting through the Restoration challenges is to click on all of the "tumbleweeds" and see where they would go if you click on one. You can click on L, and see R, but if you click on R, you might see L lit up-- and whichever one you actually "decide" on (by clicking again), it changes the direction of how the shape moves. You have to be aware of that.
My challenge kept leaving me with 4-5 shapes, two on the far right that were too far apart, and a pyramid-shape of 3-4 more on the left, too closely packed to match up. But I worked with that right side until I got those two stubborn ones to go away, and YATTA! I got it! :D Only four more days left now... *excited*
I seem to be in a gaming mood lately. I was playing FFX-2 last night and this morning before Yu-Gi-Oh!, and I managed to get up to Level 60 of Via Infinitio without realizing it. I've decided it's a pain in the neck trying to beat the Concherer/Maester Mika fiend by itself; its Gunk attack kills all my MP, and its Megaton Press kills my girls completely. I've tried the Gunner strategy, the Dark Knight strategy, and plenty of others... useless. Better to get it to Oversoul, when it doesn't do those attacks at all, and becomes more Spellcaster. Problem is, there are only two Hermit-types in the whole game-- the other one being Shell Shocker. According to all the guides I've found, Shell Shocker is found on Level 27-29 of Via Infinitio, and on the "Dry Plains," which I've come to find means the Moonflow's North Bank. In both places, I only encountered Shell Shockers a few (like, 3) times, and Oversouls are usually AT LEAST 10 times per type. I already tried just running around in the hopes of getting a Shell Shocker, but alas! No luck. I have two options:
(1) Keep fighting on the Moonflow/Via Infinitio 27-29 until I get enough Shell Shockers to oversoul
(2) Fight Concherer as-is, and wait until I encounter it again as a regular monster on the lower levels. Either way, it'll have to Oversoul eventually.
I'd like to level up more somewhere (?) but I still need to catch Chocobos (access the Chocobo Dungeon and the Mi'ihen Highroad Dungeon), avoid fighting Ultima/Omega Weapons (they're already Oversouled, and I don't want to have to fight them again until I get to Paragon. Paragon's supposed to be easier when Oversouled), and STILL get enough Oversouls for Concherer (only 7!? Wow.)... and Chac if I can, while I'm at it. So, where to go?
Zanarkand for Basilisk-types for Chac (10)
Moonflow North Banks for Concherer (7)
Thunder Plains (etc.) for Chocobo
@_@;;;
For all the hint sites and answer blogs out there, if you can't do Sudoku, you can't get through the Symbol challenges for the Da Vinci Code quest. If you can't do shape rearrangement, you won't survive the Geography, Curator, or Restoration challenges. Today's challenge was the latter, and it certainly lived up to its name of being challenging! I tried to work my way in from the outside, using the "tumbleweeds" that only had one connecting partner. The trick to getting through the Restoration challenges is to click on all of the "tumbleweeds" and see where they would go if you click on one. You can click on L, and see R, but if you click on R, you might see L lit up-- and whichever one you actually "decide" on (by clicking again), it changes the direction of how the shape moves. You have to be aware of that.
My challenge kept leaving me with 4-5 shapes, two on the far right that were too far apart, and a pyramid-shape of 3-4 more on the left, too closely packed to match up. But I worked with that right side until I got those two stubborn ones to go away, and YATTA! I got it! :D Only four more days left now... *excited*
I seem to be in a gaming mood lately. I was playing FFX-2 last night and this morning before Yu-Gi-Oh!, and I managed to get up to Level 60 of Via Infinitio without realizing it. I've decided it's a pain in the neck trying to beat the Concherer/Maester Mika fiend by itself; its Gunk attack kills all my MP, and its Megaton Press kills my girls completely. I've tried the Gunner strategy, the Dark Knight strategy, and plenty of others... useless. Better to get it to Oversoul, when it doesn't do those attacks at all, and becomes more Spellcaster. Problem is, there are only two Hermit-types in the whole game-- the other one being Shell Shocker. According to all the guides I've found, Shell Shocker is found on Level 27-29 of Via Infinitio, and on the "Dry Plains," which I've come to find means the Moonflow's North Bank. In both places, I only encountered Shell Shockers a few (like, 3) times, and Oversouls are usually AT LEAST 10 times per type. I already tried just running around in the hopes of getting a Shell Shocker, but alas! No luck. I have two options:
(1) Keep fighting on the Moonflow/Via Infinitio 27-29 until I get enough Shell Shockers to oversoul
(2) Fight Concherer as-is, and wait until I encounter it again as a regular monster on the lower levels. Either way, it'll have to Oversoul eventually.
I'd like to level up more somewhere (?) but I still need to catch Chocobos (access the Chocobo Dungeon and the Mi'ihen Highroad Dungeon), avoid fighting Ultima/Omega Weapons (they're already Oversouled, and I don't want to have to fight them again until I get to Paragon. Paragon's supposed to be easier when Oversouled), and STILL get enough Oversouls for Concherer (only 7!? Wow.)... and Chac if I can, while I'm at it. So, where to go?
Zanarkand for Basilisk-types for Chac (10)
Moonflow North Banks for Concherer (7)
Thunder Plains (etc.) for Chocobo
@_@;;;
