@Omicron:
Regarding the Conformer, it has two unique properties: Its attack strength is set based on the strength of your opponent (thus it is one of the easiest weapons to get to 9999 in the situations where you really need to be doing 9999s)
and, as a result of how that scaling was done, it is the
only weapon in the game unaffected by the Morph damage penalty.
Every enemy in the Gelnika can be Morphed into something extremely valuable. Also, you can Morph Battle Square enemies.
Regarding Mime: It will copy the last action
exactly -- including linked effects -- without paying any cost for it, whether that is MP, summon uses, item stockpiles, or
limit gauge. A character can only Mime their own limits, though.
EDIT:
Winning the S races, even against Joe, is pretty straightforward:
1. Stuff your golden Choco full of Sylkis Greens (only need to do this once but you're after ~145kph/999 stamina)
2. Race the short course.
3. Go to manual control, speed up until your choco is slowly burning stamina at cruising speed.
4. On the spiral climb, where every other Chocobo (except Joe's) will slow down, make sure you don't get stuck behind anyone. If someone's in front of you, slide to one side, blow past them, then pull back in.
5. You should then be OK to cruise to the rainbow arch at the start of the space section of the race; Joe's Chocobo is always faster than you
but he doesn't use stamina aggressively.
6. As soon as you cross that arch, sprint the rest of the course.
If you win 10 S-Class races (doesn't have to be consecutive or even with the same Choco) you win 1x of every reward possible in the S-Class. The big ones are Magic Counter, Sneak Attack, and Sprint Shoes.
