Final Fantasy Hacktics

No one's right? Why? Are they all left? *Snort*

Wait- Let's talk about Basic Skill some more.

First, I don't really want 'new' skills, I prefer either just boosting or nerfing old ones.

Anyway-
If Dash is changed to PA*WP with 100% Blind: What's the point of using normal attacks then?
If you're going with that (You really like t3h blind don't you? lol), I'd like it to at least have charge time or MP cost.

Or you could give the Br reduction thing to Dash and Blind effect to Throw Stone. (No KB)
OR the 100% Knockback to Dash and Blind effect to Throw Stone which would be make more sense.

Just my 2 cents.

Oh and one more thing:

Scream : AoE effect with the range of Draw Out, it reduces Br of units around the user. UBERGUTS exclusive skill.
THIS'LL make UB3RGUTS special.

Bitch, if Ramza screamed, you'd be shitless. He's a mild mannered man of justice but he fucking annihilated the shrine knights in orbonne which sent little Izlude retreating scared shitless, then he proceeded to hunt down demons from hell and killed them one by one. You can only imagine what horrors the 'next' demon experienced while waiting for Ramza. Chaotic.Fucking.Good.

Uh... can I make a request? I didn't read this topic from the start so sorry if this has been asked before.

I want a bunch of Ramza Ch. 4 sprite recolor. Possibly making the butt pants black so it wouldn' be such an eyesore, as well as the cross on his chestplate. I'm thinking that giving him an alternate palette will make it look less ugly, asking for something just as good as Ch.2 - 3 sprite is too much.

Thank you.

Oh yeah. it's (Martial Arts) based on PA. I'm an idiot.

Alright, how about:

Dash - CT00 with... 40~60% Chance? You don't even need to give it damage.
Throw Stone - This one will get blind, higher damage but charge time equivalent to charge + 1. You need a few seconds to find a rock.
Or leave it that way but give it WP*AP but have charge time.

I didn't understand what you meant about "status mutually exclusive"......

Anyway-

Are monks really strong? I mean, sure, they hit hard but most of the time I don't use them due to their squishiness.
A Two Sword monk really doesn't last as long as a 2 Hand Lancer.......

Enlighten me.

That's pretty great. I'll have until Christmas to bother you with crap like... Omfg giev Ramza Sowrdskillzlelel

I know you hate it but I kind of edited my post while you were replying. Sorry.

I swear the topic title seems like it changes every time I come here.

@Arch/Philsov

Hmm... alright, alright. I stand corrected.

EDIT:

I got some Qs btw.

What's the % completion of this patch so far anyway?
I'm kind of holding back on easy type in anticipation for this.

Oh and are you tweaking the difficulty? Will this be harder than the current easy type in terms of enemy unit prowess?

And some things I'd like to point out:

Rad, Lavian and Alicia coming with jobs unlocked are OK, you can proposition them anyway, what I find slightly annoying are Agrias and Mustadio. I could use them with more unlocked jobs.

I'm probably just lazy but I do find grinding a little lame. Would it be possible to give them more unlocked jobs preferably all higher tier (summoner, geomancer) unlocked but still at level 1?

That way you only have to grind for abilities.

Yeah, I still do. But I'd get my ass handed down to me harder 'without' it. Much much harder.

Well, it's fine. I just don't like how it outclass Katanas anyway.

That reminds me.

You need to nerf Spears. I've been playing the original 1.3 and Dragon Whisker is freakin' broken. It one shots literally any unit from 2 panels away making Hamedo laughable. You have no idea how much 2 Hand Dragon Whisker helped me... it made most battles easier than they would be if I hadn't poached them.

What I'm thinking is giving Spears for this hack 0 Weapon Evade. Really, how do you parry with a spear anyway in actual non-scripted combat?
And possibly a little less WATK. They already have 2 Weapon Range.

For Katanas:

Increase Weapon Evasion - Turn them into "parryish tanks" where ninjas are "speedy assassins". They can't wear shields anyway, then force Katanas to 2 Hand only. (35 to 45~55)
Increase Class Evasion - Goes well with the increased Weapon Evasion (Thinking around 30-45?)
Increase WP - Superior to spears
+1 SP for Katanas - Kendokas IRL are freakin' fast
Innate Support Ability (Samurai)- Attack Up? MAtk Up?

Of course, you know better so the increase in WEV and CEV wouldn't be exactly like that... but if it were, I know I'd think twice on using a Samurai instead of a Draw Out BM or a 2 Hand Wanker Lancer.

You can still wear Spears but its Weapon Evade is 0 now. It's better to use a 2 Hand Lancer this time... - WHICH isn't as hard hitting and as defensive as Samurais but has 2 panel range and jump.

And Samurai units will be urged to wear Mantles instead of something so standard like... Bracer or Magic Gauntlet or something.

THAT means Blind > Samurai. Rock, Paper, Scissowned.

ON Blind (Spell): How about massive range, minor damage and knock back or something? I know I'd step back if someone threw shit on my eyes. AND it'd hurt.
Furthermore this'll let you take advantage of the terrain depending on the situation. Knocking someone off the ledge in this hack where movement is decreased will be a major difference. (Besides, it comes with Yin Yang Magic anyway, it'll be a situational spell).

NOW, on an entirely different note:
I'd like to propose moar innate support ability. How come only Thieves got Concentration?
Those slow moving Knights should have Def Up or something and maybe innate GJPUp for Squires for shits and giggles.

This topic is awesome.

Shit. You guys got real life battle experience.

I can tolerate my job, time flies when I do it.

It's just that I have plans on migrating, it's very possible, I have relatives there, the means and the knowledge about the procedure and I wouldn't want to have regrets.

Anyway, it seems that if I just don't "hate" my job and the atmosphere is cool for me and it pay the bills, I'll be fine.

I'm eyeing culinary arts (the place I'm migrating to recognizes vocational schools as higher level education) right now.

Of course, a "real man's job".... a blue collar job that requires skill isn't bad too.

Really, there's too much great advices given here I couldn't elaborate on them all.

PS: I do have a college degree btw. It's in line with International Studies (useless shit)

RE: Chocobos

Good idea on the movement. You lose 1 extra unit for massive movement.

RE: Items

Whoops.

RE: Blind

I forgot about innate weapon guard but I still like Arch's idea.
Else I really am better off casting Paralyze or Sleep or some other lame RNG status.

Damn. Can Chocobos get a boost then? They're like... the weakest monster class IMO. At least Goblins have Samuraish AoE, Status Skill and Falcon Punch...

People ride them. You can put bags on them... how about giving them Phoenix Down access and higher SP/HP or something... kind of like a support monster.

Anyway, whatever.

Regarding items:

That's great. Since you're taking out the single status healing items, I have a few suggestions (again) if you haven't finalized the replacements yet:

Potion 30
Hi pot 50
X Pot 100
ULTRAPOTION 200
UBERPOTION 400 (For late game?)
Mega Potion - OMFG IDEA STOLEN (AoE Heal like Cure)
Exploding Bottle - Antidote Sprite - Fire Elemental, weaker than Fire Ball but has knockback effect.
Weed - Echo Grass Sprite - Confusion Effect (50~80%)
Blind's worthless BTW. Is it getting a boost? Like... make enemies seem like they have Blade Grasp when you have this on but Blind won't last very long?

I hope we're not swaying too far from the original game........

Crazy shit. Must've been fun.

I got a bunch of friends too but they're focused on leveling. We want to do some adventuring/exploring too but we know that MMORPGs rarely reward that.

Woah woah. We're using Ultrapotion in order to decrease the original potions' values because Auto Potion is a little broken.
That's the original story so increasing Pot, Hi Pot and X Pot's value is out.

My mages can frekin' tank.

I don't mind the 300 HP Ultra Pot. Sounds good, in fact.
Elixir too.

Sure, we all had dreams when we were little, but it's a little different now.

I work a desk job, it's pretty stable, no overtime, no night shift, but fuck me.
I keep thinking it'd kick ass to have a job that lets you travel around the world in search of something like a movie,... of course there's nothing like that unless we're talking about those bastards in Discovery Channel.

Right now I can't figure out what I wanna do. Sure I already have some plans in the near future but nothing after that.

How do you figure out what job you'll like? Is there a psychological test or something? Or do you just go Courage Wolf and brainwash yourself with a dream you think is cool?

Aren't desk jobs boring? I'm not talking about skilled desk jobs like... programming or whatever. I'm talking about desk jobs anyone can do.

What the f...

You got to 113? I was just 52 when I quit. Was a Paladin or something.
Jesus. How did you level? Party Quests? Don't tell me you had the patience to grind all the way!

It's a bit different if you have friends though.

Z-Potion lol amirite?!1

*Crickets chirp*

Well, there's this La Tale, but I heard it's just as slow as Maple Story.

Inb4moralfags:

I wish I had a legit copy of D2: LoD.
I'd sooo play online, but then again, players in official servers are often dicks.

I play a Double Swing Barbarian post 1.10