REALGONE2'S PROFILE

author=caprontos

author=Varn
I'm the one that said that. I'm not actually sure the Atma sword is in the Aether caverns. Somewhere around that stage of the game, though - as in "the only time I bothered using Silas".
Do note that you can find a Lionheart sword that is almost as good for Silas ; and that your other sword wielders may well prefer a sword with +Magic on it anyway.
The only truly indispensable, easily-missable item I located was the Dual-Wield materia, stolen from

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Ixion's 2nd encounter

. That, a Genji Glove, and her two best weapons, and Sapphire was doing around 35,000 per attack command in the final dungeon! (And due to the way her magic scales, her ninja scrolls were competitive with Neo-Bahamut if they could hit an elemental weakness!) I never did find another copy of that materia, either ... and I was really hoping to, too, ready to dump Jasmine the instant I did.

You can buy the vigilance materia at the arena, which is the same as duel wield with out the stat boosts but gives an extra attack... You can get it as soon as you have an airship if you don't mind grinding the arena awhile.

x-magic also lets you use any character with x-magic as your healer.

author=realgone2
Just finished the game. This is just my opinion. Nothing personal. Not a fan of that ending in the least.

I agree, I didn't really like it.. More because their isn't a lot of set up for the massive jumps it takes(and it doesn't really make a lot of sense).. But I guess it gives him more leeway for the next game, if he makes one.

Felt like it negated the whole series. Like it all just amounted to nothing. Also, like it was just sort of a short cut to tie it all up. I don't wanna spoil the end though by going into detail. Bad ending.