This week Rocketeer is betrayed by Vossler, the tall, humorless, duty-obsessed military guy who wants to guard the princess. I was glad to be rid of him, since I already have one of those on the team and Basch isn’t any fun either.
In listing his grievances against Vossler, Rocketeer says:
he gets a fucking greatsword by default, while I have to dick around with sword-and-board for entirely too goddamn long;
I hunted in all the shops I could find in Dalmasca. I checked the Bazaar. I stopped and talked to every pissant trader I found. I even hiked to the other side of the Giza plains to Nalbina Fortress and checked those shops. I checked with every merchant in Bhujerba. I honestly thought I was losing my mind. Obviously I’m supposed to have a buster sword. There was probably one offered for free in the tutorial and I somehow missed it.
Here's the shop interface, in case you're curious what that looks like. It seems like my entire party is behind the curve on gear right now. I'm not sure what I was doing?
I was hours into the game, and Vaan was still slumming around with a sword and a small wooden shield like he was a starting character in Skyrim. It was embarrassing. How did I mess this up so bad?
It was quite a shock when I looked online and discovered that I hadn’t made some ridiculous blunder and I was having the intended experience. All of my characters were using more or less conventional real-world weapons, and I wasn’t missing out on a buster sword, a gunblade, an arm-cannon, a sword made of water, or other stylishly ludicrous weapon.
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “FF12 Sightseeing Tour Part 7: Where is my Buster Sword?”
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