Kayden
Banned
Is anyone else really not happy with the guide? I've found it to be a huge pain in the ass. Not only are something flat out wrong/missing, but its also just plain inconvienent. Nothing in the 
ing book is alphabatized! Can you tell me what order the rare mobs are in? Items are aranged by license, magic by LP cost... WHAT THE ?!
I sent this letter the BradyGames to be ignored. Does anyone have like a corporate/important email for them? Or even snail mail? Thats how much I hate this game. I am willing to actually write a letter.
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I'm writting this letter in reguards to the Final Fantasy XII guide. I've noticed several errors, inconsistancies and inconviences.
On page 231 alone there are atleast 5 errors. There are places where they make references to other parts of the book that literally say "(See page ???)". When the guide is 350 pages, page ??? is pretty hard to find. This occurs FOUR TIMES on a single page. One of these also says "(See the "Ferryman Missing" side quest on page ???.)" Not only is there no page given to find the quest, but the quest "Ferryman Missing" isn't even in the book! After much searching, reading and playing, I found that the quest in the book is actually called "Cactaur Family".
Theres an area of the game that is open to you right away, but none of the storyline takes place there. This means that the map for it is tucked away in the back of the book on 240. Its not critical, so its not a huge deal, but evenstill, the map is wrong. It doesn't show where to areas connect nor the fact that two other areas actually aren't connected in the game. The map is associated with a quest and refers to locations on the map by name, yet doesn't label them on the map! It doesn't show a line through the area to the targets or even a simple dot showing the location.
As you're playing through the game sidequests open up after some events, but the guide doesn't say "Ok, nows a good time to take on these side quests on page ???." If you don't keep an eye on the sidequest section, you can shoot right by them.
Theres a mechanic in the game called Chaining. While the guide does a pretty good job of telling you about the bonuses of the chain levels, it doesn't show you how to distinguish between the different levels of the chain or what all the different text colors mean. Your chain counter can be: Blue, Red, Green, White and Blinking. Yet none of this is even mentioned in the book. I've gathered it has something to do with hunting rare monsters--Which brings me to my next points.
In the different zones of the game, there are 'rare monsters'. To get these monsters to appear you have to meet certain conditions and be in a special location in the particular zone. However, the guide doesn't tell you anything about them other than their base stats- Things that do you no good if you can't even find the monster, and if you're using the guide, you can't.
The rare monsters, as well as the entire bestiary, are in no discernable order. I've gathered that the weaker monsters are grouped by the areas they appear in and those groups are arranged chronologically in relation to the storyline. Then it lists Espers, Marks, Elite Marks, Bosses and Humaniods. Each of the subsequent categories have seemingly no arrangement. Every monster is numbered in the bestiary, however, this number is not listed anywhere else in the guide where the corresponding monster shows up. Why wan't the bestiary made alphabetical? There is no functional reason for the current arrangement other than to waste time.
Which is another issue I have with the guide; of the hundreds of items in the game and dozens of lists in the guide, only one list is alphabetical- and its not even a useful one! All of the weapons, armors, helms, magics and accessories in the guide are arranged by license. This does no one any good. You use the guide because you wat to find out more about an item. This would mean you probably don't know much about the item. Ergo, you probably don't know which license the item in question falls into! Wereas, if you just sortes the tables alphabetically, you'd know that "sash" should be inbetween "Sage's Ring" and "Steel Poleyms". Instead, its between "Amber Armlet" and "Argyle Armlet" because Sages Ring and Amber armlet are usable with license 6 and Argyle Armlet is 7.
The listing for Bazzar items is even less useful. They're apparently sorted by the order you can unlock them, but again, if you haven't unlocked it, you have no idea where it would be in the list (even if you did, you'd have to look it up ingame to know where to look in the book).
Technicks and Magics and Augments are all sorted by their cost in LP. Again, what good does that do anyone!? If you're trying to look up a skill, you probably don't know what it is, much less what it costs! Alphabatize!
Then theres a whole page dedicated to one use items. Theres about 30 items on the page and all the descriptions are ripped word-for-word out of the game. "Dark Mote- A mote containing the power of Dark." Why not just say "Dark Mote- Casts Dark on one enemy." We buy the guide to be helpful, not to give you money to rip off the same cryptic crap in the game.
All in all, this guide is hands down, the worst arranged, least helpful, most aggravating guide I've ever bought. I would have brought it back to the store as its hardly worth $10, let alone $30, but GameStop doesn't take back open items. I just thought you may like some feedback.
ing book is alphabatized! Can you tell me what order the rare mobs are in? Items are aranged by license, magic by LP cost... WHAT THE ?! I sent this letter the BradyGames to be ignored. Does anyone have like a corporate/important email for them? Or even snail mail? Thats how much I hate this game. I am willing to actually write a letter.
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I'm writting this letter in reguards to the Final Fantasy XII guide. I've noticed several errors, inconsistancies and inconviences.
On page 231 alone there are atleast 5 errors. There are places where they make references to other parts of the book that literally say "(See page ???)". When the guide is 350 pages, page ??? is pretty hard to find. This occurs FOUR TIMES on a single page. One of these also says "(See the "Ferryman Missing" side quest on page ???.)" Not only is there no page given to find the quest, but the quest "Ferryman Missing" isn't even in the book! After much searching, reading and playing, I found that the quest in the book is actually called "Cactaur Family".
Theres an area of the game that is open to you right away, but none of the storyline takes place there. This means that the map for it is tucked away in the back of the book on 240. Its not critical, so its not a huge deal, but evenstill, the map is wrong. It doesn't show where to areas connect nor the fact that two other areas actually aren't connected in the game. The map is associated with a quest and refers to locations on the map by name, yet doesn't label them on the map! It doesn't show a line through the area to the targets or even a simple dot showing the location.
As you're playing through the game sidequests open up after some events, but the guide doesn't say "Ok, nows a good time to take on these side quests on page ???." If you don't keep an eye on the sidequest section, you can shoot right by them.
Theres a mechanic in the game called Chaining. While the guide does a pretty good job of telling you about the bonuses of the chain levels, it doesn't show you how to distinguish between the different levels of the chain or what all the different text colors mean. Your chain counter can be: Blue, Red, Green, White and Blinking. Yet none of this is even mentioned in the book. I've gathered it has something to do with hunting rare monsters--Which brings me to my next points.
In the different zones of the game, there are 'rare monsters'. To get these monsters to appear you have to meet certain conditions and be in a special location in the particular zone. However, the guide doesn't tell you anything about them other than their base stats- Things that do you no good if you can't even find the monster, and if you're using the guide, you can't.
The rare monsters, as well as the entire bestiary, are in no discernable order. I've gathered that the weaker monsters are grouped by the areas they appear in and those groups are arranged chronologically in relation to the storyline. Then it lists Espers, Marks, Elite Marks, Bosses and Humaniods. Each of the subsequent categories have seemingly no arrangement. Every monster is numbered in the bestiary, however, this number is not listed anywhere else in the guide where the corresponding monster shows up. Why wan't the bestiary made alphabetical? There is no functional reason for the current arrangement other than to waste time.
Which is another issue I have with the guide; of the hundreds of items in the game and dozens of lists in the guide, only one list is alphabetical- and its not even a useful one! All of the weapons, armors, helms, magics and accessories in the guide are arranged by license. This does no one any good. You use the guide because you wat to find out more about an item. This would mean you probably don't know much about the item. Ergo, you probably don't know which license the item in question falls into! Wereas, if you just sortes the tables alphabetically, you'd know that "sash" should be inbetween "Sage's Ring" and "Steel Poleyms". Instead, its between "Amber Armlet" and "Argyle Armlet" because Sages Ring and Amber armlet are usable with license 6 and Argyle Armlet is 7.
The listing for Bazzar items is even less useful. They're apparently sorted by the order you can unlock them, but again, if you haven't unlocked it, you have no idea where it would be in the list (even if you did, you'd have to look it up ingame to know where to look in the book).
Technicks and Magics and Augments are all sorted by their cost in LP. Again, what good does that do anyone!? If you're trying to look up a skill, you probably don't know what it is, much less what it costs! Alphabatize!
Then theres a whole page dedicated to one use items. Theres about 30 items on the page and all the descriptions are ripped word-for-word out of the game. "Dark Mote- A mote containing the power of Dark." Why not just say "Dark Mote- Casts Dark on one enemy." We buy the guide to be helpful, not to give you money to rip off the same cryptic crap in the game.
All in all, this guide is hands down, the worst arranged, least helpful, most aggravating guide I've ever bought. I would have brought it back to the store as its hardly worth $10, let alone $30, but GameStop doesn't take back open items. I just thought you may like some feedback.
