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I ended up giving up on the deep sea research lab because when I finally made it all the way to Bahamut he just instantly killed my whole party. Instead I went back and proceeded with the main story.
Then, I got to the point of battling Adel, and she just keeps killing us all immediately, so now I'm back on a slightly earlier save to see if I can do something to improve my chances. The internet said to get the cavtuar gf so I went and did that, but to learn kamikaze I have to grind for AP, and I don't wanna. Also idk how useful kamikaze will be since I do not have a lot of HP? I guess I need to get more magic to junction to hp or something? I've got only like 750hp on Zell and Adel kills him in a single attack no matter what, and then Squall only has like 2000 and Quistis has like 1300. The internet is like "oh this is an easy boss battle if you have 9999HP" and I'm like yeeeeeeah sure buddy.
Also I'm annoyed I can't upgrade my weapons because I don't have the right parts and I don't want to go fight more in order to get them. I have plenty of money though. Also I don't have many cards because I absolutely such at triple triad.
Anyway I've been reading a bunch of ff8 fic and found some good ones! I'll have to put together a rec list at some point. In the meantime I just wanted to note that I read one today where Squall has to go undercover as a stripper and Seifer is his undercover partner pretending to be a patron. It makes very little sense with the actual plot of the game because who would hire seed for this mission and why would the commander himself be the stripper but you know what, I don't care, Squall as a stripper is pretty hot. Coincidentally in my giant ffxv/ff8 group RP au Squall shows up initially undercover as a cage dancer and then ends up staying so he's a cop by day and a cage dancer by night. Guess I'm not the only one who has thought about this!
Then, I got to the point of battling Adel, and she just keeps killing us all immediately, so now I'm back on a slightly earlier save to see if I can do something to improve my chances. The internet said to get the cavtuar gf so I went and did that, but to learn kamikaze I have to grind for AP, and I don't wanna. Also idk how useful kamikaze will be since I do not have a lot of HP? I guess I need to get more magic to junction to hp or something? I've got only like 750hp on Zell and Adel kills him in a single attack no matter what, and then Squall only has like 2000 and Quistis has like 1300. The internet is like "oh this is an easy boss battle if you have 9999HP" and I'm like yeeeeeeah sure buddy.
Also I'm annoyed I can't upgrade my weapons because I don't have the right parts and I don't want to go fight more in order to get them. I have plenty of money though. Also I don't have many cards because I absolutely such at triple triad.
Anyway I've been reading a bunch of ff8 fic and found some good ones! I'll have to put together a rec list at some point. In the meantime I just wanted to note that I read one today where Squall has to go undercover as a stripper and Seifer is his undercover partner pretending to be a patron. It makes very little sense with the actual plot of the game because who would hire seed for this mission and why would the commander himself be the stripper but you know what, I don't care, Squall as a stripper is pretty hot. Coincidentally in my giant ffxv/ff8 group RP au Squall shows up initially undercover as a cage dancer and then ends up staying so he's a cop by day and a cage dancer by night. Guess I'm not the only one who has thought about this!
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I don't know what you currently have junctioned to HP (or how much of it you have junctioned), but Full-Life is great for that; it's the magic I always have junctioned to HP by the end of the game, having spent way too much time drawing from the Islands Closest to Heaven/Hell.
In fact, here's a list of some of the endgame junctions I remember using, all involving magic you can get from those islands. (I always junction 100 of each to every member of my party, but I'm sure you don't actually need to do that much drawing if you don't want to! I just always fall for the siren call of making my characters as powerful as possible.)
- Elem-Def: Ultima. Every Ultima you have junctioned gives you a percentage point of resistance against every element, so, if you junction 100 Ultima, you're immune to all elemental attacks.
- HP: Full-Life, as mentioned. Depending on how much you have junctioned, it can increase your HP by up to almost 5,000 points, so it should definitely improve your characters' chances if you have the patience to draw a lot of it!
- Strength: Meteor. Second-best magic there is for strength; the best is Ultima, but you'll want that for elemental defence!
- Magic: Triple. I rarely use magic in battle, but I still find it useful to have a high magic stat because it determines how much you can draw at a time! If you're struggling to draw enough magic - e.g. you're only drawing one/two/three spells at a time - you can use the magic exchange menu to give all your Triples to one character, junction them to magic, and then prioritise drawing with that character. You can always use the magic exchange menu again afterwards to distribute the spells they've drawn to other people, so it's fine to focus on drawing with your best magician, rather than making all your characters draw evenly.
Regarding weapon upgrades: if you only get one ultimate weapon, get the Lion Heart, as it gives Squall a more powerful limit break finisher (and, if you're drawing from the Islands, you'll probably have a fair few Aura spells with which to take advantage of that!). You should be able to finish the game without it, though.
If you do decide to collect materials, don't fight monsters on the Islands Closest to Heaven/Hell; find them elsewhere. Every monster on those islands is level 100.
Good luck against Adel! I had to restart the game when I first encountered her, because I hadn't been drawing at all and had no useful magic to junction; I'd just been spamming GFs to get through every fight, which you can't do against Adel because you'll hit Rinoa. You're definitely in a better position than I was!