I think I already got the Storm Dragon
when I got Cyan back. I kind of remember saying that it was easy
compared to what I had remembered.
Whichever one it was I got before,
though, when I beat the Ice Dragon in Narshe, the counter said six
dragons left. This one wasn't particularly difficult this time,
either. I'd run into it by mistake before when going after Mog and
Umaro before and wound up getting my ass kicked for my trouble. This
time, though, just wailing away on it and spamming fire spells with
Cyan, Terra, Strago and Gau in the party was not a problem.
Something I think I'll do between
searching out the Eight Dragons and Doom Gaze is try to build up
Gau's Rage list and Strago's Lores on the Veld. It's pretty much
grinding without experience in the mix, which means that as long as
the party has Espers they can learn spells from equipped, they'll be
learning those along the way. I'm not sure if I mentioned this
before, but the monsters travel through the Veld in waves. The
monsters tend to come and go in groups from various parts of the
game. This means that if I'm running into enemy parties made up of
monsters from the beginning of the game, it's going to be like that
for awhile, and then when it shifts into parties of more recent
monsters, it'll be that way for awhile, too. The cycle or pattern
continues regardless of if you're there or not. So, I'll go to the
Veld between dragons and grind there for awhile, just to see what's
available before going to look for other, more plot-related things to
do.
The Dirt Dragon is in the Opera House
southeast of Jidoor. There's a dude who meets you at the door and
says to talk to the Impresario, who's up in the balcony. He's up
there panicking like when Ultros interrupted the show back when we
were getting Setzer the first time. This time, though, he says
there's a dragon that's taken up residence on the stage and the show
can't go on until it's removed. The Dirt Dragon's weak against
water-based attacks, which makes Strago's Aqua Rake lore come in
handy. Cyan's higher-level Bushido skills work well, too. Having
Float spells on the party comes in handy as well, in part because
every so often, this boss will use a turn to use something called 50G
to take it off. As long as whoever else you've got in the party can
use ice magic, this shouldn't be too hard a fight at this point in
the game.
Now, I will confess that I had to look
up the locations of the remaining five dragons in order to beat them.
I know I've done it before, but it's been a long time now, so I hope
it's forgivable. But before I did that, I went to the auction house
in Jidoor and got the Golem and ZoneSeek espers.
Also before I looked up the other five
dragons, I looked around in a few places. A funny thing happened on
the way. I wound up getting more Lores for Strago that way than I
did on the Veld like I thought I would.
One of the five, the White Dragon, was
in the Fanatics' Tower, which I think I may have called the Magic
Tower before. That means that fighting the White Dragon's gotta be a
magic-only sort of thing, which is fine by me. I've always been a
fan of magic. All things considered, though, the White Dragon is
kind of a pussy. He's
susceptible to all sorts of the magic we've got now, including Mute
and Quake. It also kind of helps that I've leveled up a bit since
last time I was here, so kicking its ass was a lot easier than I'd
expected, almost like murdering it. I guess that makes it fitting
that I'd be watching an episode of classic Dragnet called The
Hammer as I write this section.
At this point, I'm down to four
dragons. My research tells me that two are in the final tower,
fought by two of the three parties that go through there, so I'll
probably be facing them down as I go through that. The remaining two
are in places that are tricky to get to. One's in the Phoenix Cave,
and the other's in the Ancient Castle, and I always seem to have
trouble getting through both. Another bit of trouble is finding Doom
Gaze. The same bit of research says that intentionally trying to
find Doom Gaze tends to be a futile thing, so I think I'll just kind
of give up on that unless I just happen to find it somehow.
With all that in mind, I think I'll
wrap this issue up here and pick up next time, once I've decided what
I'm going to do. I'd like to get all eight dragons and Doom Gaze for
a change, since it's been awhile since I've done that, but my console
is acting funny again, so there's half a chance I'll just go ahead
and get on with finishing the game instead. No matter what I decide,
I'll say what it is at the start of the next issue. Until then, stay
safe, have fun, keep gaming, and DFTBA!
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