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Let me know how it goes. GameFAQs has fishing faqs too, if you're looking for reference material (like which Manillo shop is where).

I pulled out BoF3 again to see where I was in my LLG - it took 3 tries to get the right memory card lol. I'm still building up money for the trip through Mt. Zublo, catching the trout/bass across the bridge from Windia. So far there's only about 5000z when the guide suggested 30,000z, haha.

XD Just beating BOF3 was an accomplishment for me. Though I remember that at one point I was trying to get strong enough to beat Balio and Sunder in the first battle in Cedar Woods. I gave up on it though. I figured it was too much grinding for something that may have been impossible.

I found the blurb about trying to beat Balio & Sunder at the end of DavidK5's faq. He's one of the most knowledgeable BoF3 players on Gamefaqs, and I highly recommend his guide. (The Secrets FAQ at the bottom of the faq list is also nice for info on hidden statistics, like how Meryleep can increase your evasion or Ladon can increase fire resistance).


Anyway, I got a lot further in my LLG. The guide is suboptimal in places and calls for doing a lot of unnecessary stuff that made me really nervous about a few fights. You do not need to outfit your entire party in end-game equipment (Fairy Village) to get past Mikba...! I did get some really good armor for Nina though (her Defense was brought up to Ryu's level), but even without them she might have survived Quake from her full 50 HP.

Now I'm about ready to explore the Chrysm Lab so I can start kicking a** with the Force gene... I'll probably be using some of my Black Porgies (recovers 20 AP) since Ryu only has ~50 AP and Aura takes 20.


Pictures! ^^
Gisshan, Scylla & Charybdis (Garr used Monopolize to take all of the EXP so I didn't have to end the battle with just him). This battle SUCKED since I forgot to get a Claymore, so a 7-hit Super Combo did 300 damage compared to the guide's 500, leading to a lot of stalling since Gisshan has Vitalize.



Garr gets his a** kicked by a kid! (I forgot to use Behemoth's Blitz and used Meteor Strike instead, which did slightly more than a physical, 90 damage, since it only had ~300 HP and breath attacks are based on how high your HP are. Thankfully this was an easy fight and I still kicked his a** after I ran out of AP and reverted. Go go Ring of Fire!)



Dragon Zombie (I HATE Bone Dance):



The "Mighty" Mikba, who did about 12 damage to Nina after 2 Protects:

Also, apparently poison damage doesn't kill you. I revived Rei at the start (Ammonias revive with 1 HP) and Mikba immediately used Poison Breath, so I was like gah, I'll have to revive him again! Nope, he took 0 damage from poison. Good times!

Well yeah, it's a similar feeling. For this challenge it's more "wow, I beat them even with this handicap!" It takes a good amount of patience though, since you can't get EXP from random battles (learning skills is fine) so you have to fish or use Faerie Village's expeditions for cash.

This challenge is looking to be really easy thanks to FV's huge access to equipment and cash. Maybe at the end of the game I'll need all this stuff, but right now it's overkill. I can buy Tiger's Hats and Spiked Gauntlets (both give +5 Atk), Momo's got nearly 200 Atk even though she's still at her near-initial Lv11 (thanks to an expedition that got her a Ghostbuster)... pretty much my limiting factors are HP, AP and masters' skills. Too bad it's not like BoF4 where you don't have to level up to get new skills! Man do I want Meryleep's Shadowwalk (8 AP for never-miss critical hit).

If this challenge ends up as easy as I think it will be, I'll consider going bringing up some discussion on the BoF3 board about what rules were supposedly agreed on for the Lowest Level Game. My current challenge can have much lower levels by having a character receive all of the EXP for a boss fight using Monopolize, then killing off that character so nobody gets the EXP. I wonder how low a level is possible for winning the Ryu vs. Garr fight at Angel Tower?

My biggest accomplishment in the Breath of fire series is having all of my party members still living after fighting Fou-Lu. xD

That's only because he got frustrated with the Desert, like me. lol