It's really unfortunate that it doesn't
really seem to work that way in this installment of the series.
In the ones I'm more familiar with,
it's possible to steal and/or win weapons from random battles for
most or all of the game, but in this one, that doesn't seem to be the
case unless we're talking event monsters or bosses. I could be wrong
about that, of course. It's been too long since I've sat down for a
session of this, and even longer since I've made it to this point in
the game, so I may be wrong about that.
The best way to find out about that
would be to advance the plot some, and after this last bit of running
around, it's about time to do that. In my stumbling about on the
Outer Continent when I first started this session, I came across the
Ragtime Mouse and one of his Pop Quiz bits. The question this time
was about if the Chocobo Forrest is in this game. Since these are
all true of false, the guy asks if it's between South Gate and
Lindblum, if I recall correctly. My guess was true, and it turns out
that was correct. Lucky guess on my part. Got 1000 gold for my
luck, which really isn't much at this point. Fortunately, though,
this was before I decided to put Steiner back in the party, so I
guess I didn't lose out on somebody who really needs the XP and AP
not getting it.
After I got back on the boat, I tried
to find Lindblum, figuring that would be the best place to go looking
for new stuff. Ultimately, it was a good idea, but it took a few
attempts to finally get there. After accidentially winding up in
Burmecia, I decided to switch out at least one party member, since
the team I had at the time was all maxed out. When I'd finshed
there, I switched Eiko for Steiner, since that's an option now and
Steiner has a ton of things to learn and was at minimum five levels
behind everyone else.
The next place I accidentally wound up
was Alexandria. The best thing to come of that is finding the dude
who runs the Synth Shop there. Took advantage of it and got a pair
of Feather Boots, which teach Auto-Float, and a couple other things.
The people there are wondering if Dagger will ever come back. She
will, of course, when the plot demands it. It might be interesting
to see what these people say if and when she's in the party before
then. I also got some running around done, but it's going to take
forever to get aywhere fighting those monsters.
Once I got that taken care of, I wound
up finally getting closer to Lindblum. I started out by South Gate,
near the Chocobo Forrest, or at least the one that's there. Not sure
if there's more than one in this game. I decided not to mess around
with it for now, since I'm doing this when I always do, and it was
far too late at night for that. Otherwise, the only purpose to being
able to go into South Gate is to get one of the Morrid's Coffee
sidequest items and use the spring to restore HP and MP if needed.
Once I got into Lindblum, there was
some decent weaponry I could finally afford, so I stocked up on that
and a little extra armor as well. As it was late, I just found the
Inn, spent the night and saved. I'll just get back on with things
later on. It'll be off to the east end of the Outer Continent and
maybe Kuja's Palace next time, since I'm at a point where I just need
to get on with all this. See you then. Until then, stay safe, have
fun, keep gaming, and DFTBA.
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