How did Square Enix let this happen? You literally have to use exploits to get 100 hits now, because they changed the controls for the game and didn't consider the ramifications
If memory serves triangle is now used both for launching a special and telling Donald and Goofy to attack. Problem is having Donald and Goofy attack decreases the combo count. I didn' t care about reaching 100, all I wanted was the loot and it' s still easy enough to get it (reaching 30 or 40 already gives you a chance to get it). If you want to reach 100 that badly I read there' s a way to get rid of Donald and Goofy (by getting them stuck behind a wall or something).
Getting 40 only gets you a 10% chance of getting one though, and you need 7 to synthesize everything, so getting more hits can make things a lot more efficient
I first encountered one and had no idea they even existed so I went online to be like "HALP! I DUNNO WHUT AM DOIN!" but it said to use Ragnorak and all that and I needed to get to the menu to get that... which I couldn't because THERE WAS A HUGE MUSHROOM IN FRONT OF ME DANCING BUT IT WAS AN ENEMY. Thankfully I managed to get far away enough from it in the area to stop the battle music... but then I forgot it was an aerial command and forgot to jump ;-;