10th April 2005, 7:16 AM
I didn't know there was another way to learn Ultima. But yeah, I took the Esper both times that I played through the game. (In 2002 and in 2005.) I spent several hours before entering Kefka's Tower training my characters and teaching them all Fire 3, Ice 3, Lightning 3, Life 2, Cure 3, Ultima, and various other techniques that I deemed necessary. I guess it wasn't really necessary to teach these moves to Gau and Relm considering I could only take twelve characters with me and they were the two I left behind.
As for the save crystal in FF7, on my first time through (2001), I left the save crystal at the area where all the characters split up. I figured that was about midway between the boss and the entrance, so I figured if I needed to leave for any reason, I could. Instead, I found it aggravating to have to walk all that way to the boss over and over, so on my second time through (2003/2004-ish), I put it pretty damn close to the boss. Though I've only beaten the game once. I could never beat Safer Sephiroth on my second trip. (I hate that damn attack he does, where he destroys the entire Solar System... again and again.)
As for the save crystal in FF7, on my first time through (2001), I left the save crystal at the area where all the characters split up. I figured that was about midway between the boss and the entrance, so I figured if I needed to leave for any reason, I could. Instead, I found it aggravating to have to walk all that way to the boss over and over, so on my second time through (2003/2004-ish), I put it pretty damn close to the boss. Though I've only beaten the game once. I could never beat Safer Sephiroth on my second trip. (I hate that damn attack he does, where he destroys the entire Solar System... again and again.)