I’ve been playing a lot of FF12 lately, though it’s been a bit of a slog. Spoilers:

After talking to the Marquis there was a lengthy cutscene where I got swept away and imprisoned on some airship, where I had to rescue the princess. She’s the true ruler and trying to help the rebels and blah blah blah, I haven’t really been paying attention to the politics to be honest since I barely remember any of the background. Anyway, we rescued her and headed back to the Marquis, after which we set out in search of some relic that proves her lineage.

That’s where the slog comes in, since it required traveling through a whole bunch of desert zones, with a lot of backtracking and exploration of side branches and dead ends, and hardly any save points (I had to let the PS3 sit there paused for about four hours since I couldn’t get to a save point before our weekly EQ2 group). But, I finally got to the tomb we were headed for and defeated the outside boss. I’m up to level 22 now and have all the party members, so I’m pretty well-prepared.

Since I had a fourth member tagging along for some extra firepower, I also went back and completed the rest of the hunts I had available, including the Cluckatrice and Rocktoise. Unfortunately I still need one more hunt to gain a clan rank, but no others are available for now.

Next up, some guy’s tomb…