FF9 Perfect Game with Offensive Training B - 98 (cards collecting)
0Welcome,
This is the 98th 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
The video you are watching is just a presentation containing (a lot of) info; the actual gaming sessions are contained in the sub-episodes linked below:
* Episode 98-1 (main 6 arrows allocation 1/3):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTOpKP7enoo
* Episode 98-2 (main 6 arrows allocation 2/3):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5UiSUn7lcw
* Episode 98-3 (main 6 arrows allocation 3/3):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEtKBfxm0ao
* Episode 98-4 (main 5 arrows allocation 1/4):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpwSwbmjK1A
* Episode 98-5 (main 5 arrows allocation 2/4):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22zCFkxSddI
* Episode 98-6 (main 5 arrows allocation 3/4):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYS2qeKAWzY
* Episode 98-7 (main 5 arrows allocation 4/4):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My2RgXRoo2o
Extra info/corrections/comments on this episode:
* As a reminder, regarding the whole Tetra Master quest of the challenge, the main cards collecting's phase was delayed until now, because the task of maximizing Tetra Master losses and draws (task that required more than 110 hours and achieved in the previous episode) requires (for practicality) being able to carry dozens of expendable cards in the inventory.
* The ingame time consumption of this episode is 14 hours and 45 minutes. However, counting the hundreds of games played in previous episodes at the beginning of Disc 4 to collect Excalibur II and others cards, the few resets I had to make (when losing cards or to shorten the length of the recorded task of obtaining the last 5 arrows combination for example) and thus the few hours played for nothing, the "complete" collecting phase must have taken me between 20 and 25 hours of real life time (note that the "Arrows Manipulation" trick that I used extensively is a shortcut when it comes to allocate arrows combinations, but the time I gained with it is I think mitigated by the abnormal bad luck I had when collecting few specific 6 and 5 arrows combinations).
* As a reminder, the cards collecting of this challenge is harder than a regular cards collecting, because it requires having the max number or arrows in the collection, which is 540 (given the condition of reaching 1700 CollectorsLV points), and allocating the most arrows to the "strongest" cards. The arrows combinations allocation is as follows:
- 8 arrows to Ribbon.
- 7 arrows: Nova Dragon, Alexander, Invincible, Ark, Alexandria, Lindblum, Bahamut and Genji.
- 6 arrows: Odin, Masamune, Dark Matter, Behemoth, Viltgance, Ultima Weapon, Airship, Hades, Boco, Namingway, Veteran, Leviathan, Mover, Abadon, Two Moons, Holy, Excalibur II, Madeen, Iron Man, Atomos, Elixir, Blue Narciss, Ifrit, Ozma, Red Rose, Malboro, Cactuar and Meteor.
- 4 arrows: Zaghnol, Skeleton, Chocobo, Mog, Fang, Goblin and Frog.
- 5 arrows: the 56 remaining cards.
* As a reminder, a criterion I named "ELABORATED V2" was used to determine the number of arrows each card "deserves"; the criterion derives from a main critetion I named "ELABORATED V1", which is well detailed from 22:54 in the following video (from a previous challenge):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKjXvACzL6g
* The following is a download link of a file in which it is possible to display the "ELABORATED V1" criterion's cards scores, and in which it is possible to tweak some parameters of the criterion's global formula (enter "5" and "4" as bonus factors for "Main rate 1" and "Main rate 3" respectively to obtain the scores of "ELABORATED V2").
https://www.mediafire.com/file/4fea4uonlivjx9y
* The following is a link of an old demonstrative video of the "Arrows Manipulation" trick:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPFpeaWcjuA
* The following is a download link of a diagrams tab to use with my special pattern of the "Arrows Manipulation":
https://www.mediafire.com/file/kv8lisj8j0pbfho
* The following is a download link of a "bonus" file containing the list of Tetra Master opponents, their availability conditions, their card decks and their strategies:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/kjchq0967bxlm1z
* Besides the preferred/standard display type ("Composite/CRT TV"), "RGB/CRT TV" had to be used during some sessions in this episode for convenience.
* The video below contains few tips (other than those mentioned in this video) regarding the collecting phase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25R-4FqjHP8
The following is the link of an annex file containing the details on max stats/items/Tetra Master requirements (it contains the collecting phase "tools" relevent to this episode):
https://www.mediafire.com/file/v75arfocbfl2cxs
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