Final Fantasy Hacktics

even on maps where you're really far away from the enemy initially?
if so that's weird, but i'm pretty sure that if they can take an action that could kill an enemy on the first turn they'll do that over buffing/restoring a petrify (as that recent battle with mucus' team showed)

As always, thanks for the upload.

Thanks time and again, these videos have helped me a ton!


and another side note, just call me Dyna, much shorter when saying it out loud.

The leader goblin knows -some- human tongue.

A little more info? Okay, editing now.

Footsteps that start at a brisk walk, then get faster and heavier as Quint started into a run. Opposite of him on Mandalia Plains was a small group of goblins, they smirking and yelling at each other, thinking that the lone monk would be an easy win. An eager goblin would sprint up to meet Quint half way, rearing back his arm for a punch. Blows were exchanged, Quint taking a solid shot to the nose, but returning the favor three-fold to the goblin's ribs, it doubling over in pain. The other goblins raged at their friend's defeat and rushed ahead, but they also wound up having a meet and greet with the soft grass. But they were able to get their own licks in before falling, Quint now panting, his head dizzy from the strikes. Their leader, a Black Goblin fumed from his position in the back, angry at his group for being this bad. He spat and cursed in their language, finally rising himself to face off against Quint.

What the regular goblins lacked in intelligence he made up for, his blows calculated and meeting their marks more often than not. After eating yet another blow that nearly had him drop to his knee, Quint was able to grab the black goblin's arm, both wrestling to the ground. A scuffle ensued, scratches and bites from the goblin, but a solid heatbutt would end the goblin's struggle. Picking it up by the shirt, Quint slammed it into a large rock that protruded from the ground, catching his breath for a moment before he yelled out:
"Where is it?! Some of your other friends told me you're the one he saw, so TALK."
To make sure it understood Quint hit with another powerful strike to the midsection, causing a little blood to come from the leader's lips and onto Quint's shoes. The Goblin gasped for air that wouldn't come, the human words barely audible. 
"He....was going t-to...Temple.."
Nevelska Temple, home to seemingly nothing, an abandoned building on an island off the North eastern coast. But maybe that's what the king of dragons, Bahamut, wanted, so that no adventurers accidentally found his base. But with this information, there was one person headed straight there, and he was pissed. That only left the problem in front of him.
"I'm gonna let you go now.." Quint looked dead in the creature's eyes, "And if you try anything crazy.." His grip tightened, choking the goblin a little.
"You won..just leggo!" A single final glare and Quint released his hold, the goblin dropping hard onto stone, on hands and knees in a coughing fit. Quint would walk towards his gear in preparation to travel, but just as his hand touched a bag, the leader goblin drew a knife from his belt, charging towards the monk! He sighed, able to hear every heavy and desperate step towards him. In a flash he would retaliate with a swift turn kick, knocking the goblin dead in the chin, his knife flying from his hand. A couple feet later its body would slide to a stop and not make another twitch, and Quint would sigh, knowing now not to trust a goblin.

With his bag hanging from his back, trying to soothe the throbbing pains in his chest and head, Quint would head east towards Gariland Trade City, the goblins behind him silent in defeat.

Quote from: SoySauceMaster on April 15, 2012, 10:25:25 am
Thanks for the vids Dol and Barren.

spoiler: FDC vs SSM

Looks like I could've used more speed and MA. Probably should've dropped lightning absorbtion for that purpose. Oh well, I've already submitted my team, so I can't edit it until after the tourny. GG, FDC.

What? Yes you can, I've been editing my team for the past week now. Pretty sure you can just keep upgrading your team until the 28th when it HAS to be submitted.

im like 1-3 or 4 but that first win feels amazing. Still got a long way to go, but feels like it's coming together.

and wait also, i thought unit 1 would be the closest to the enemy? Do I have to flip it around? Because that's probably a part of it too, the damn formation is wrong

Lets see if I have this correct..

Name: Quint
Age: ~24
Personality: A brutally honest person, his mouth gets him in trouble a lot. He's generally happy, since he feels fighting brings out the best in him, but talking about the pendant he wears changes that demeanor in a flash, suddenly becoming distant.
Appearance: Black hair, cut very short. Black shoes, forest green pants. Usually doesn't wear a shirt unless the weather says otherwise, then he's wearing a black jacket that covers his arms, but keeps the front open.
History: A boy born to a poor family, Quint has always tried to work hard for his parents and sister Sierra. He would have a girl in his early adult years, and  their love was seemingly unbreakable, until she and their love were destroyed by a creature most thought was a fairy tale, and others who knew the truth feared. Finding a job as a monk that mirrored his way of going about life (In your face and physical), Quint travels the world to find the one creature that brought his world literally crashing down around him, Bahamut.

A skinny person, but don't let his lack of massive muscles fool you. From the solid black shoes to the deep green pants and a shirt that would get mention, if he ever wore it, Quint is a person who's a little too serious most times. His body is solid while still being lithe, able to stop on a dime and stop a man in his stride with a single well executed strike.

A fighter of hand and foot, blood and bone, Quint has always enjoyed using just his body, working manual labor jobs throughout his teen years. Though most of his friends growing up became knights or marksmen, his passion was with the fist. Over the years he would hone his skills, finally graduating and becoming a monk. Though here he's only just starting out, he is eager, angry, and the type of brave most people call stupid. He trains for one reason, to hunt monsters, testing himself and the world. Fighting people, even those who might say they'd kill you can be reserved, there are some things a person just wouldn't do. An animal is a whole different beast, able and willing to claw an eye out or kick you in the teeth. They have no remorse, they don't think about you as a person. You are a threat to an animal if they are willing to fight, combat wouldn't end at the first knockout like with most fights with people.

He'll never tell anyone about why he's trying to kill the king of dragons, Bahamut, but a small black necklace with a bat shaped centerpiece is pulled out every time he thinks he's a step closer to that battle.. Bahamut is an immensely powerful dragon, filled with an ancient strength that would be lost by Ramza's time, but was that thanks to Quint?

Just a question about Damage Split, is anything being done to it? I know I'm a scrub, but 33% feels too low. Maybe it's supposed to be an anti-sandbagging tool, unit with low health from across the screen hits with lore, you DS, they die? I dunno, but at 33% it felt more prudent to go after pure defense in Defense UP and somewhat risky high evade Abandon than it did to use Damage Split and die because you weren't able to reflect enough damage back.

Again, I'm a scrub, but I love Damage Split. Tanks are easy to make and work well with this crazy ass AI running shit.

Let's rock.

31) Dynablade

Quote from: Dome on January 10, 2012, 10:31:13 am
Those battles are not meant to be hard xD

then which ones are (other than DD, which is supposed to be attempted at 99)? Only thing that was tough was the one with Tiamats right next to where you start in one map, and that's only hard because they have like 12 speed and use that dark breath shit instantly.

maybe it's the rare fight?
fought a team called DOracle3 i think, had two thieves and two knights.
Petrify > Reraise
Jump > Yin Yang Magic
easy peesy

Quote from: shoruke on January 09, 2012, 01:36:08 am
So I figured I'd just do some grinding, teach Orlandu and Meliadoul the skills they need to not be NPCs, bring Agrias' level back up to par, and then this one fight... everyone is named dchrist2. Took me a second to figure out what was going on  . Anyway, your supremely high-power spells can suck my instantaneous sword skills. And also the fact that Worker 8 got VERY lucky with that Last Song. >.>

So I go back to that place again,

where was that? wanna try throwing my team up against it

Nevermind, just had to play it a bit more safely, become faster than they were.
Haste gave me the CT advantage, then putting Attack UP on everyone save the ninja thief and healer time mage was the right way to go.
Zombie Zalbag fight was easy too, keeping attack up meant he went down in three actions.

Also got Cloud! Think you have to beat that stage (holy place) in order for the battle to trigger maybe, since before it I wasn't able to, dunno. But yay, AND he starts off at character level, instead of at 1, thank god.

Deep Dungeon time. Hopefully I don't get derped.
ill post party composition when not so lazy

Yep, got derped. I dont even know how many ramzas that was, don't care. Non-Charge and Teleport 2 meant they wrecked me before I even got off the first level, what the hell. Sure I'm just gonna cast first Sancta then Meteor and there's not shit you can do about it. Think this means it's worker 8's chance to shine.

lol nope.

shrine knight battle, and wow this is kinda gay. Maintenance on two, a chaos blade so that's nice, but the three are quite powerful.
Damage split + ~560 HP AND innate Wall is hilarious. Before this was easily a single turn battle, you just blitz the boss and pray he falls. Now it's almost guaranteed that there will be multiple turns, and the longer it goes on, the worse it gets. Why does one of them have MBarrier? Why can the Sorcerer heal for 300+?
This is really crazy. I want that Chaos blade, but it's really tough keeping my stealing chick alive long enough to pilfer it.
Either I'll get mad and just win the battle through brute force, or...

http://imgur.com/qtY42

Fuck you adramelk okay?
had to take a team that doesn't do physical damage, all of the knights, worker 8 and Ramza made quick work of this bastard. Think next up is the undead fight, ugh..