Tips N Tricks Tuesday #21 - Farming Items (FFXII: TZA)

The series in which I share a gaming tip or trick. Sometimes these are things I notice, sometimes things I have to look up. Hopefully, they help. ♥

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***Farming Items***
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age

I just recently bought Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age and I haven't stopped playing it since it arrived. I've never played this one before. I'm finding it rather fascinating.

To that end, I'm learning things other FF gamers probably figured out years ago. Particularly, item farming. I noticed that when you leave an area, you can turn around and go back, respawning any chests you'd already collected.

Now, it doesn't respawn all of them, every time. In the example below, you'll see how many times it changes each time I go back into the room. ▼

Tips N Tricks Tuesday #20 - Steal Your Way to a Trophy! (ACII)

The series in which I share a gaming tip. Some are ones I realized, some are ones I had to look up. Today's tip is one that I realized in my 3rd (or so) playthrough...

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***Steal Your Way to a Trophy!***
Assassin's Creed II

There's an achievement in Assassin's Creed II called Kleptomaniac. You have to steal 1000 florins to get it. This isn't hard, really, but is a bit time-consuming, and can be very annoying when soldiers try to kill you for it. I recently stumbled across a way to avoid the soldiers, at least. This probably isn't new information to most fans of this game, but maybe it will help some newbies. ▼

Tips N Tricks Tuesday #19 - Photo Challenge: The Carnival is Back! (FFXV DLC)

The series in which I share a gaming tip or trick. It may or may not help you be a better gamer...

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***Photo Challenge***
Moogle Chocobo Carnival DLC
FFXV

The Moogle Chocobo Carnival is back in FFXV and that means you have another shot at taking on the photo challenge. For this week's tip, I'm not only helping you out with this, I'm giving you the locations. For this, I broke the whole thing down into 6 different videos. 

SPOILER ALERT! If you don't want the locations, check out this tip I posted the first time this DLC came out: Photo Challenge Tip (FFXV Carnival DLC). It only gives away one location, just enough to show you how to find the rest. 

If you want the easy answer, continue on. ▼

Tips N Tricks Tuesday (#18) - Photo Challenge Tip (FFXV Carnival DLC)

The series in which I share a gaming tip or trick. Some are ones I discovered on my own, while some are ones I had to look up online. The following is one I happened to stumble across myself. 

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***Photo Challenge Tip***
Final Fantasy XV
Moogle Chocobo Carnival DLC

This post is by no means a cheat for the photo challenge in FFXV's Moogle Chocobo Carnival DLC. I only give away one image in particular. I've thought about finding them all for anyone who wants to "cheat" their way through this aspect, but there are already a bunch of videos doing just that. 

Honestly, I was getting so frustrated that I was tempted to find someone who'd posted all the locations. Until I happened to realize something...

Tips N Tricks Tuesday (#17) - Farming AP/EXP (FFXV)

The series in which I share a gaming tip or trick....like the title says...

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***Farming AP and EXP***
Final Fantasy XV

This may not be anything new to anyone playing this game, but I stumbled across a couple of things I thought might be helpful, as far as leveling up and strengthening your characters goes in FFXV. Check it out. ▼

Tips N Tricks Tuesday (#16) - Stomping Warlord Nix (Battleborn)

The blog series in which I share some gaming tidbit that may or may not help you in your quest to be a better gamer...

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***Stomping Warlord Nix***
Battleborn

Warlord Nix is a mini boss you take on in the second chapter (mission, or whatever they call it) in Battleborn. I play solo, so I need to find ways to defeat bosses without dying. 

I still die. 

A lot. 

In most of the games I play. 

That said, here's what I did recently to defeat Nix without dying, or even taking much damage. ▼

Tips n Tricks Tuesday (#15) - Old Slappy Must Die! (Borderlands 2)

The series in which I share a gaming tip or trick. These are most often Borderlands 2...

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***Old Slappy Must Die!***
Borderlands 2

In yet another edition of 'hide in that corner so the baddie can't get you,' I bring you the mini boss Old Slappy in Borderlands 2.

In Sanctuary, Sir Hammerlock gives you a side quest called Slap-Happy that involves killing the thresher who took his arm. Below, you can witness me killing him without getting hit.

...except for that one time. ▼

Tips N Tricks Tuesday (#14) - Wrong Order, Idiot! (Witcher)

The series of blog posts in which I share a gaming tip or trick. These are mostly Borderlands. But today's is not! [happy grin]

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***Wrong Order, Idiot!***
Reaping Time Main Quest
A Lost Lamb Side Quest
The Witcher

I don't come up against too many issues in The Witcher, but the other day I was playing and accidentally failed a quest that I'd all but turned in. My jaw dropped, completely shocked, but I wasn't too upset. I'd saved right before and could simply reload the game and try again. Check it out below. ▼

Tips N Tricks Tuesday (#13) - Killing Knuckle Dragger (Borderlands 2)

The blog series in which I share or demonstrate a gaming tip or trick. These are mostly Borderlands...

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***Killing Knuckle Dragger***
Borderlands 2

Borderlands 2 has a crap-ton of bosses, most of whom have some spot near them where you can stand and kill them without getting killed in return. This week's tip is just such a spot, this time for the very first boss, Knuckle Dragger. ▼

Tips N Tricks Tuesday (#12) - Constructor Mayhem (Borderlands 2)

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***Constructor Mayhem***
Borderlands 2

Borderlands 2 has a crap-ton of baddies to destroy, some of them stronger than others, though still not actual bosses. The lovely peoples behind Borderlands calls them BADASSES.

From time to time, you come up against badass constructors. I hate them with a blinding hatred. They kill me a lot unless I manage to find a Glitch Rock (i.e., a place you can stand and hit the enemy while they cannot hit you). The video below demonstrates just such a spot. ▼

Tips N Tricks Tuesday (#11) - Avoiding Death (FF Type-0 HD)

I'd forgotten all about this little tip until I was looking through my gaming vidz from my PS4 games. So let's take a brief step away from Borderlands and take a look at a tip for my fellow Final Fantasy Type-0 HD players.

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***Avoiding Death***
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD

There is a trophy / achievement in Final Fantasy Type-0 HD called Above the Law. I couldn't, for the life of me, figure out HOW to actually get that trophy. I had to look it up. 

I can't remember exactly which site finally told me what to do. It might have been that lovely site that lists all the possible trophies for a game (crap, should have bookmarked it), or it might have been IGN. I use IGN a lot. A lot a lot. Like... all the time. Love that site!

Anyway, one of those lovely sites told me what to do and after a few tries, I finally nailed it. Check out the success video below. ▼

Tips N Tricks Tuesday (#10) - Projectile Shooting (Borderlands 2)

It's Tuesday again, so let's have another tip from Borderlands 2, shall we? ☺

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***Projectile Shooting***
Borderlands 2

So there is this thing in Borderlands 2 called a Badass Rank. It gives your character boosts based on certain challenges you meet while playing the game. This rank is specific to your gamer tag / ID / profile, so all the boosts carry over to each and every character you happen to create. 

Tips N Tricks Tuesday (#9) - SPP Farming (FF Type-0 HD)

How about another video on how to farm for the special currency in a game?

Every game has currency of some sort and it seems they also have some sort of special currency as well. Final Fantasy games are no exception.

Simple grinding will get you the base currency, usually, but sometimes there are tricks to getting special currency faster than normal, even without cheats and mods. Today, let's explore the special currency in FF Type-0 HD.

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***SPP Farming***
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD

For this week's tip, I'll show you how to farm SPP in Final Fantasy Type-0 HD. ▼

Tips N Tricks Tuesday (#8) - Leveling Up With Deathtrap (Borderlands 2)

Back to Borderlands 2! I did mention I have a crap-ton of tips/tricks for this game, didn't I? Today we'll talk about one I got from hubby and bro (again) and I'm not sure where they got it. It might be one they realized one day during one of their buttload of playthroughs. Who knows. 

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**Leveling Up With Deathtrap**
Borderlands 2
••must have Mechromancer DLC••

So this trick only works if you have the Mechromancer DLC character. If you have The Handsome Collection, or the Game of the Year Edition, you have this DLC, so no worries. 

Gaige's action skill is Deathtrap, a truly awesome robot who kills lots of things. LOTS of things. Oh man.

He has a certain skill called Upshot Robot. This is essential for this leveling trick to work. It adds 5 seconds to Deathtrap's timer for every baddie killed by you or Deathtrap. ▼

Tips N Tricks Tuesday (#7) - Finding a Dud (FFXIII LR)

In an effort to have more gaming tips than just Borderlands, I've chosen one from Lightning Returns (FFXIII) for today's Tuesday tip. 

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***Finding a Dud***
"Unfired Firework"
Canvas of Prayers Side Quest
Lightning Returns (FFXIII)

The following video is one I did when I [again] had to look up how to find the Unfired Firework required for this quest. I found the info I needed on IGN (again), and did a little video just to demonstrate how ridiculously easy this mission actually is. Take a look. ▼

Tips N Tricks Tuesday (#6) - Killing the Golem (The Witcher)

Finally! A tip that's not related to Borderlands! LOL This one's for The Witcher. Enjoy the lightning goodness!

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***Killing the Golem***
The Witcher

This tip is one I got from the strategy guide that came with my copy of The Witcher. I'm not sure who wrote it. Someone from CD Projekt, perhaps?

Watch the vid for a demonstration that almost results in Geralt's death. ▼

Tips N Tricks Tuesday (#5) - Killing Grug & Ork (Borderlands 2)

*How to Kill Grug & Ork*
Borderlands 2
Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep

Here is yet another spot in Borderlands 2 (this time in the Tiny Tina DLC) where you can hang out and kill something stronger than you without getting hit by them: aka a Glitch Rock. ▼

Tips N Tricks Tuesday (#4) - Defeating Dukino's Mom (Borderlands 2)

I'm coming to realize that Borderlands 2 is the game I've probably got the most tips about. Kinda weird, but then again, maybe not. I don't like FPSs, so gaming the system is a bit of a hobby now, I suppose. lol

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**Defeating Dukino's Mom "Trick"**

I'm terrible at FPSs. Seriously bad. I don't know how to get out of the way and my aim is really, really bad. To that end, I look for corners where I can shoot things but they can't shoot me.

The idea that these places exist was put in my head by my brother and my husband. They read somewhere about a spot they refer to as Glitch Rock in the side mission where you take on Terramorphous. I don't know if they came up with the moniker or if the original poster did, but that's what we call it. It's a spot you can stand and shoot Terramorphous and he can't touch you. So now I look for a similar spot in every boss fight I'm in, even little bosses like Dukino's Mom.

Tips N Tricks Tuesday (#3) - Red Orb Farming With Lady (DMC4)

I'm a huge fan of the Devil May Cry series (all of them, really. Read my review of DmC HERE), so I've picked up a thing or two during my 200+ hours of gameplay. The following trick from Devil May Cry 4 is one I make use of quite a bit. 

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**Red Orb Farming With Lady**
Devil May Cry 4

So, first off, if you want to use Lady for this, you have to have the Special Edition. However, this trick can be done with Nero in the standard edition.

Tips N Tricks Tuesday (#2) - Leveling Up With Marcus (Borderlands 2)

I've played a lot of Borderlands 2 and learned a lot of things. Some from my hubby and some from my brother. Here's one of the first things hubby taught me. Not sure where he heard about it, or if he figured it out on his own. 

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**Leveling Up With Marcus**
Borderlands 2

One of the first things my hubby taught me when playing Borderlands 2 was a leveling trick involving Marcus, the gun seller in Sanctuary.

Please note: This is an M-rated game, and this particular vid is a little gory, since I forgot to turn off the gore... I think...