I value your advice sensei..er I mean Quistis! That you go into detail with your points is why I have confidence in them. Ok, after knocking out virtually all the chaos stages in LCs and main story, I have the ingots now. The fact I won't need any for LD weapons makes it an easier choice because I WILL have my Squall maxed to the T when his new stuff appears (except for orbs and maybe damn artifacts). I'm assuming Burst weapons use ingots? Although I'm not going to hoard for that just yet since I have until around August.
Yep! I knocked out all the main story on both difficulties and did the same with all the Lost Chapters and that meant hundreds of thousands of gems :D That's the main reason but I also got lucky getting Arenea on the first 5k pull after the freebie and lucked into Rinoa and Irvines with tickets. I want to say Zack is the only one I've had to pull hard for so far. I'm also a master tier hoarder in Kourizan's league haha The both of us are tops in FFBE and apparently he's got that crown for this game too. That said, due to the nature of how this game gives characters a shorter time in the meta, I probably won't hoard quite to the degree I'm able to in FFBE. We shall see! You better believe I'm not going to allow myself to dip below the Burst pity for Squall though!
Also, I'll defend Squall X Rinoa until the end of time! It can be compressed if need be!
Thanks, you appreciation gives me such strength! I'm happy to continue being a helpful instructor!
On your last point, the biggest reason I want a FFVIII remake, aside from the possibility of nailing a type-zero gameplay loop for multiplayer mercenary missions using the polish and thought put into FFVIIRemake, is because that Romance is freaking tele-novela insane.
You got these two people, one carefree and one reserved, who almost make it happen but never follows up on their love, one makes a hit jam that tops the charts for DECADES, and they both end up having kids that have a more intense reversal of personality traits, that fall in love with that jam being a central theme?
I'm not even bringing up the space shit, it's insane, I love Squall and Rinoa's relationship. It's the best.