Grindey tiem

[JamesWN]

About one hour to collect 99 Ore items in FFIX. And lots more to go to max out all my summon gems.

Aquamarines you can only get from the statue it seems. And 96 Ores equals 24 Aquamarine... so two more times collecting just for Aquamarines... then 8 more for the last 2 to get a stack of 99.

And that's before I have to synthesize the other summoning gems... o.o;  

[JamesWN]

Yuki_Windira

o-o; Golly,all that for gemstones?

Yep. And I still have to gather Ore to Synthesize more Opal. Topaz, Peridot, Amethyst, Garnet, Sapphires, and I guessing you might need them for Lapis Lazuli once you reach Disc 4.

Also needed to steal more Phoenix Pinions now that I think about it.  

[JamesWN]

Yuki_Windira

JamesWN

Yuki_Windira

o-o; Golly,all that for gemstones?

Yep. And I still have to gather Ore to Synthesize more Opal. Topaz, Peridot, Amethyst, Garnet, Sapphires, and I guessing you might need them for Lapis Lazuli once you reach Disc 4.

Also needed to steal more Phoenix Pinions now that I think about it.

@~@; So time to hoard then...

Eeyup. I need...

Steal 17 more Phoenix Pinions

I need 50 more Aquamarines to get 99, so two stacks of 96 Ore to get two stacks of 24 Aquamarines. Then 8 more Ore to get the last two Aquamarines.

Then 58 more Ore to syntesize to max Amethysts.

63 Ore for the rest of Peridots

62 Ore for the rest of Sapphire

70 Ore for the rest of Opal

56 more Ore for Topaz

And then there's Lapis Lazuli but I haven't found what you use for it yet. I'd assume Ore is involved too. I only have 42 Lapis.

And finallly I don't know whether I want to get more Ore after that or discard it because having more Ore increases the chance of Odin using Zantetsuken but it also lowers the attack power of Odin's Sword attack from 145 (more than base Ark summon) by the number of Ore you have in your inventory. @.@

So... about 509 Ores just for the stuff I know about.  

[JamesWN]

Whelp, done with Aquamarine at least. And Opal. @.@ *goes to see how strong they is now*  

[JamesWN]

I knew it. Lapis Lazuli needs Ore too. And Dead Peppers. :/

Now I just need 82 Garnet and 58 Amethyst. Then 57 Lapis Lazuli and then I guess I'll collect 99 Ore again in Disc 4.

Annoyntment I can just steal from Ogres. Or I can just buy Annoyntment and Remedies in Esto Gaza anyway since I'll be near there for Phoenix Pinions. o.o

Dunno about Dead Peppers.

Forgot. I need 61 Peridot too. St00pid Ramuh. 6,9  

[JamesWN]

Done until I can synth Lapis Lazuli. @.@

...Now that I think about it. Not sure why I got more Amethyst for Atomos.

And now to steal more Phoenix Pinions from the Vepal things and make sure Quina finished learning skills.  

[JamesWN]

Stolen all the Pinions. Have my stock of items back up. Defeated Quale and prepped to start the next area. ... ... ... Tonberries. ._. Everyone's Grudge so OP. @_@