Quote Originally Posted by Andromeda View Post
I was able to beat Chapter 11's boss without a completed Crystarium. I had probably half of the orbs still to collect. I beat Chapter 12 the same way. A completed crystarium is not a requirement to get through the game. The game is pace well enough that if you just fight everything you're given once that you can get through any required fight one a good strategy. Will you die the first few times against the boss, probably, but once you have a strategy down it is not going to be the stats that save you. Stats in the game only get you so far.

I only grinded two in my playthrough, the first for only for about 50k CP I think enough to get a couple of ability for Fang in Saboteur and the other time was actually a mistake on my part. I thought I needed to be stronger when in reality being stronger didn't make a difference, it was the strategy I was using. Once I change my tactics the battles very easy and I had realized I wasted hours grinding when I did not need it because it did not gain me what I was looking for. You can't overlevel in this game, they built it so that you can't. You have to win through smarts and not brawn. It is one of the reason why I enjoy this game so much.
Well, I'm doing the strategies that guide lays out for me to use.. Mostly Delta and Mystic Towers right now, then with quick changes to Relentless when I get a moment to use it.. Then, of coarse, buffing up when I can and Combat Clinic when needed.. It still seems to take a long time to stagger an enemy unless I get lucky and preempt them..

Well, right now I just defeated Proudclad again, it wasn't terribly hard, so I have a question.. It says you can open a portal back to Pulse now and return if you like to do some missions and explore or you can go on to the final encounter and finish the story, then return to Pulse..

Which did you do? I'm thinking of going back down and doing a few missions..