FF13 post-game.

So I just moved up to farming a different set of enemies in FF13. (From big-ass turtles to slightly smaller turtles, but that are blue. Which means, among other things, that they cast Ultima. FML.)

I feel like every time I start managing to kill one of these uber-enemies, I consistently get item drops the first few times. Then it's like the game realizes, "Okay, I guess it wasn't a fluke and you actually can kill these things," and starts applying the real drop rates. Especially now that all my characters are maxed, and item drops are the sole reason for farming these things, it's very depressing to get nothing at the end of battle.

Early on in the game, I told myself I wasn't going to go for the Treasure Hunter trophy, but somehow I decided to do it after all. Maybe because I got good at farming the turtles and it was kind of fun (all thanks to this guy), and what else am I going to do but try to get Tier 3 weapons for everyone and all. Now I'm back to realizing that it takes a ton of money to upgrade all these darn things. I am not so dorky-excited about there being a catalyst called Perovskite anymore after realizing I need like 20 30 (!), and they cost 30,000 gil each. But I'm stuck for it. Just Treasure Hunter and Adamant Will, and I get the platinum trophy.

At least it's not like Disgaea-style grinding.