I hate the stupid Mickey Head when you complete a part of the journal. That was driving me nuts for the longest time when I only had one. I had no clue what it was and there was nothing mentioned about it in the game guide. When I started seeing more and more of them I realized that's what it was for.

I heard after a certain point in the game Proud Mode just isn't that hard. If leveling is as easy as it was in standard mode (I ended up getting to level 99 just by going through and leveling forms/summons/finishing synth list) then I don't know how the difficulty is going to hold up, but I could be totally wrong.

Sephiroth was totally easy compared to the first, but I'm glad it actually mattered this time through. Getting those form skills really make the difference though (Well, only Wisdom Form's super dash.. I use that for everything. ).

I'm working on leveling Master Form right now. I've found it to be the easiest to level in Hollow Bastion with those tanky looking heartless and the giant red mage ones.

Booo! Timeless River! Kidding.

The only one I hadn't done much with is Final Form. Personally.. I don't like it. Master any day!

Hrm, timeless river eh? Ohhh, I get it. That little cheat that refills your drive gauge must work better there than it does in Hollow. I have to hop to a save sphere and up to my Gummi ship to refill my drive.

Cheat? What cheaaaat?

Actually.. I just use that ability that makes your drive gauge go up faster when you're out of MP and just circle around from the building site to Mickey's house (Through those weird window things) and back to Cornerstone Hill. Maybe it's because I had Jackpot and the Oathkeeper equipped, but I was able to keep my Drive up for about a round and a half around the path. It didn't take very long for me to max out Master, Valor, and Wisdom there (Valor took a bit longer since I couldn't spam blizzard magic on the cars and fat boys) since everything would repop each time I ran around.

What cheat though? It sounds like something I should do the second time I play.

When you're in that place and your drive is about to run out run back into the present through the door and your drive will be back to maxed out. Then quickly run back into Timeless river and repeat the process. You can also use a similar cheat where you run to a save sphere before your drive runs out, hop into your gummi ship then immediately pop back down. Full drive.

Your drive is refilled every time you enter a Cup in the Hercules world.

And here I am doing things the old-fashioned way. I could use that to level my Final Form! Thankiiiiies.

Went on a crazy spree to get synth items, beat sephiroth, and cause random mayhem. Final form gets SWEET once I remove all of the combo pluses, use negative combo, and equip Fenrir. Nothin' but finishing moves, baby! Made That neat looking Ultima Weapon, though I'm dissapointed with it. I like fenrir more >.>

And yeah, I don't look forward to the tons of tedious crap I'm going to have to do to get that last bit of percent, I swear, it had better be worth it >.<

Also, random side question - What the hell is with the Underdrome? I assume that there are more Paradox cups than Pain and Panic, but that's the only one that comes up. I've beaten the first four, gotten the scores needed for them on the Missions page, and beat the first Paradox cup with the required score as well.. is there something I'm missing that I need to do to unlock other cups, or what?

oh well, I'll content myself to level the next 23 levels to level 100 for now, while doing what I can for that stupid journal.

I swear, why does that damned cricket demand to know EVERYTHING?!

If you max our your forms and summons then you should be able to do all four of the Paradox ones.