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I'm still trying to max out my fishing scores in Breath of Fire III, and get the Gold Eggs to drop the Divine Helm. I'm only intending to get one, which I will then have the faeries copy, so both Rei and Garr get one, without me having to fight another few hundred of those damn Egg Gangs.

This is very long and boring work so I've been dabbling in other games inbetween times. This is so not cheating. I made the rules, after all.

I played my old save file of Star Ocean: 'Til the End of Time a bit, mostly just to run around and have Maria shoot things. I played through some of Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter, again, mostly to run around and shoot things (okay, stab, I didn't get Lin yet). I finished the white chamber, which is freeware released by Studio Trophis (and rather fun). And I'm playing through the RPG mode of Ehrgeiz, which I may post up some basic tips for later. My main tip is, level grind. I find money and items hard to come by, and doing that means having more items to sell/save for later, and less need to use them on new enemies. I'm also making a rough exp chart, which I may post up.

Oh, and I played some Spyro.

Breath of Fire III - Ultimate Equipment Shopping List

A list of all the equipment you need to collect in order to fully equip all your characters in Breath of Fire III. There are individual lists, linked below, but this is here to make things a bit easier.

• Ryu
• Nina
• Momo
• Peco
• Garr
• Rei

Weapons

• GooKing Sword for Ryu - Stolen from GooKings in Myria Station.
• Ouroboros for Nina - Bought from the Faerie Village's Ability Weapon shop for 22,000 zenny.
• Atomic Bomb for Momo - Bought in Caer Xhan for 16,000 zenny.
• Dragonfang for Peco - Dropped by Reddrakes and Icedrakes in Myria Station Laboratory.
• Beast Spear for Garr - Examine Guardian Geist's ashes immediately after the battle.
• Holy Avenger for Rei - Dropped by Archmages in the Container Yard.

Armour

• Life Armour for Ryu and Rei - You can find one suit in the Desert of Death, and you can buy more from the Manillo at the Lost Shore, near Kombinat.  You'll need one Whale, one Spearfish, and three Barandy.
• Diana's Dress for Nina - Dropped by Revenants in Myria Station.
• Mist Armour for Momo - Dropped by Mistmen in Myria Station.
• AmberBPlate for Peco - Can be Bought in Parch in the Faerie Colonies Ability Weapon Shop.
• Gideon's Garb for Garr - Dropped by Armour in Myria Station.

• Aries Gloves for Ryu, Nina, Momo, Peco, and Rei - Stolen from Berserkers at the Container Yard.
• Giant Shield for Garr - Found in Myria Station.

• Dragon Helm for Ryu - Found in Myria Station after finding the Chimera.
• Silver Tiara for Nina and Momo - Found in Eden.  You'll need to have the Faeries copy it if you want one each.
• UV Glasses for Peco - Found in the Steel Grave.
• Divine Helm for Garr and Rei - Dropped by Gold Eggs in the Factory and Wraiths in Myria Station.

Kids with Swords

I played my first RPG, Final Fantasy VIII, when I was around twelve or thirteen. Now I'm twenty-two.

The heroes of Final Fantasy VIII were all seventeen or eighteen, and it's been very odd growing past that age. At first, the characters seemed impossibly mature to me - now they seem very young and out of their depth. I wonder how the older characters will look, in later games, as I grow past them? I've past Cloud's age (21) now. I'm the same age as Aeris (22)(I insist on calling her Aeris. Bite me, it's my blog and my playthrough). I've passed Alice Elliot (21). Soon I'll catch up to Yuri Hyuga (24).

I played Final Fantasy X and X-2 between the ages of fifteen and nineteen. That is, I started off at Rikku's age (15) and grew up through to Yuna's (19) in X-2.

I defended Yuna strenuously when her new look was criticised. I suspect that all teenager girls go through a stage like that, when their clothes become sexier and more revealing, as they realise that they're becoming women and not girls. It's not a bad thing. It can be dangerous, if they are encouraged in the wrong ways or by the wrong people in their budding sexuality, but it doesn't mean that Yuna has essentially changed as a person - no more than any teenager does during those years.

If it helps, though, think about how the monsters' hit points are represented, numerically. The characters don't see that - that's there for the player, to make things easier. Is it not possible that the revealing outfits are there purely for the player, that the in-game characters don't see them that way? After all, while people comment on her new outfit, they don't mention that it's overly revealing.