FF9 Perfect Game with Offensive Training B - 108 (second and last long test of catching frogs)
0Welcome,
This is the 108th episode of a let's play of a "non-Excalibur II perfect game with offensive approach of training" type of challenge, intended for the NTSC US PS1 version of the game.
Link of the complete playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaIe3G8M8kUh9tYa0aIU7F18IAwcbZW66
Link of the first episode in the playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GxUT7eGCQY&list=PLaIe3G8M8kUh9tYa0aIU7F18IAwcbZW66&index=2
Like the episode 78, this video presents a session of a few hours of catching frogs, which represents a demonstration of how to go about reaching the cap of 32767 frogs in a very long session of nearly 1900 hours of manual play (which I will not start before obtaining Excalibur II via the in-game clock reset that would occur after the passage of nearly 20000 hours of play, assuming there is not a hidden cap preventing the in-game clock to reset). The session of several hours I tested and recorded is contained in the sub-episodes linked below (total playing time is 14 hours and a half but the main catching frogs session lasts 12 hours):
* Episode 108-1 (a kind of "prep" for the main 12 hours session starting from the next sub-episode / frogs captured count was raised from 272 to 290):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6EolNrN1tY
* Episode 108-2 (1st session of 2 hours of the main frogs catching session / reached 334 frogs captured):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tklmeOy_Hzo
* Episode 108-3 (2nd session of 2 hours of the main frogs catching session / reached 368 frogs captured):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmjwwDd9biY
* Episode 108-4 (3rd session of 2 hours of the main frogs catching session / reached 400 frogs captured):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dexIR4Dkiys
* Episode 108-5 (4th session of 2 hours of the main frogs catching session / reached 437 frogs captured):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5yi63UPYoE
* Episode 108-6 (5th session of 2 hours of the main frogs catching session / reached 476 frogs captured):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWukigF-UKg
* Episode 108-7 (6th session of 2 hours of the main frogs catching session / reached 513 frogs captured):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NVCdGj_Szw
Corrections/complementary info section:
* As a reminer, in anticipation of the eventual long sessions of frogs catching, I achieved in "episode 70" the "frogs ponds' improvement" task, that consists of transferring the golden frog from Lachenta Wetlands to Lanar Island (where the frog growth cycles are the shortest), and of ensuring that the golden frog has the best frog growth level among the 3 frog growth levels of a golden frog (the best one gives birth to baby frogs after the passage of only one cycle, without passing through the tadpole phase).
* I recorded and uploaded everything regarding the main frogs catching session of 12 hours of this episode, but if I ever record another long session of frogs catching in the future, I will surely cut the sections in which I do nothing but wait for the time to pass.
* The relevant count here is the number of frogs caught during the last ten hours only, meaning from the sub-episodes "108-3" to "108-7" (for the reason mentioned at 00:56), which gives 179 frogs caught in ten hours, in other words an average of almost 18 frogs caught per hour.
* Four frogs were caught most of the time in Lanar Island (adults and babies as a reminder); one or two baby frogs were caught in the other three ponds (IIRC, I found no baby frog to catch during two different visits, and I decided consequently after one of the them to wait exceptionally for only one cycle instead of two to pass before the next visit, but I do not think it was worth it and I do not remember in which session/sub-episode it was). As a reminder, adult female frogs are distinguished from males by a slightly warmer green color, pink feet and a black stripe all over the body.
* Regarding the difficulty of catching frogs, from experience, Donna Plains frogs have more responsive AI (hence Quina's comment), but the most troublesome pond layout is Lachenta Wetlands.
* Most players and I rely on the "Qu's Marsh" guide uploaded by the user "SoftReset" in GameFAQs for all the technical info related to Qu's Marsh and frogs catching/mating/growth; the strategy/routine I relied on was mostly inspired by the one submited in a topic in GameFAQs by the user "TylerD007".
* This is the last episode before the start of the big ordeal of waiting for the clock's reset to get Excalibur II.
Link of an annex guide which summarizes most requirements of the challenge:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/v75arfocbfl2cxs
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