The 'a'/'ra'/'ga'/'ja' poll, concerning new patches.

[NeedsMoreNoise]

My vote's for keeping them as they are.

[Zozma]

changing them would definately make the spells look better if you created skillsets that dont include all 3 or 4 of the set.

take FF9 for example
Beatrix had Cura and some sword skills but if it had been Cure 2 it would have bugged me that she didnt have Cure (lvl1) as well.... hey thats just one of my things..

[Austin]

I likes the numbers. It's a lot simpler to me and spell names like firaja and blizzaja just don't sound right.

And needsmorevoice did you actually vote? It should be 2-2 now.

[NeedsMoreNoise]

I likes the numbers. It's a lot simpler to me and spell names like firaja and blizzaja just don't sound right.

And needsmorevoice did you actually vote? It should be 2-2 now.

I intended to, but for some reason, the poll's not showing for me. Mebbe if I switch to Internet Explorer...

EDIT: Yeah, that worked.

[jedimasterarcturus]

Blizzard, Blizzara, Blizzaga and Blizzaja just sounds better to me. As does Cure, Cura, Curaga and Curaja. The changing of the suffixes for each level makes each level sound more powerful than the one before it to me.

[Skip Sandwich]

I prefer the numbers, because tactics has 4 tiers, instead of the usual 3, and -ja is to similar to -ga for me to redily distinguish between the two

[DarthPaul]

If I'm not mistaken one of the other FF games had a 4th tier but i don't know which one..... by the way suffixes ftw.

[Archael]

keep as they are

square needs to learn a lesson

trashy gimmicks are trashy

[Zozma]

haha. Voldemort that would solve my problem on how to properly label the earth and water spells

[DarthPaul]

Lol eartha would just be too wierd.

[Zozma]

Quakera sounds wierd....

waterga? hmm i know it was in ff9 but it sounds odd

[DarthPaul]

Quakeja ........... sounds like a health condition.

[Zozma]

in a way the new suffixes sound good but for some things it just seems odd.. im still considering the good and bad of both really

[DarthPaul]

The suffixes sound cool but the numbers add security in not sounding too stupid what more do you need.  In other words it's pretty mucha tie between the two.

[Zozma]

ive considered also taking out the lvl4 names and giving those 4th tier spells unique names

[Skip Sandwich]

something i've been considerign is actually having a split-tier for each element, consisting of single target and multi-target. Example

Fire: basic single target fire element spell, range 5, area 0
Fire 2: more powerful single target fire element spell, range 5, area 0
Flame: basic multi target fire element spell, slightly weaker then Fire, range 4, area 1
Flame 2: more powerful multi-target fire element spell, more powerful then Fire, but weaker then Fire 2, range 4, area 1
Melt: ultimate fire element spell, combines high damage with a large AoE, range 4, area 2

[Archael]

why even keep fire 1 /2  /3 /4 around?

just give them all different uses and rename them

(melt, burn, flare, blaze, pyre, inferno, ember, bla bla)

go nuts

would be better than fire 1 / 2 /3 /4

and definitely better than fire / fira / firaga / firaja

[Shade]

Yeah you could do fire slash

[The Damned]

I agree with Voldemort7: Synoynms are your friends.

Synonyms are also your compatriots.

[kinneas123]

I know ra, ga, and ja are official, but I just don't think they fit the style of this game.  Plus, Firaja just sounds dumb as hell.  Pretty much any ja is gay in my book