Final Fantasy Hacktics

Just something I threw together. It's been a while.

8/22/2012

Quote from: Gaignun on June 27, 2012, 11:21:00 pm
So you're saying it's possible?

Maybe if units had a sub-equipment menu that equips items that only halves one element, each. The sub menu would need to have 8 slots to account for all the elements, even though there's only 5 spaces available. Then you'd have to make a sniping class to target only the sub-menu items. Of course, all units would start out with innate half-elemental damage, so there would probably need to be some rebalancing issues with elemental weapons/abilities. There's also the issue of overlapping original elemental-guarding equips.

Seeing how there's already a sniping class, as well as teams that use equips which offer elemental protection, as is, I find it quite redundant. If you want to inlict more spell damage, then that's what Faith manipulating and Shell-dispelling abilities are for.

thx 4 vids

Sorry 'bout that, was reading too fast. But, anyway, they may as well be. If you're going for a unit with high physical evasion, then most likely it will have low Faith. In that case, it'd be better to equip a Vanish Mantle, or even Cherche. It's the same scenario with Battle Boots. Red Shoes are the shoes worth using because of Draw Out. Even then, there's the whole metagame to worry about, and would probably rather prefer status/elemental protection over that.

I agree with Raven about Iron Boots. There are already the Perfumes for permanent Protect/Shell buffs. Besides, every single team has ranged/AoE skills and/or attacks. Having to sacrifice move isn't going to change a damn thing to the AI, and could only make for an OP accessory. Ignore Height and Teleport surpasses any Jump+ skill, so I also agree with Raven there. Seeing how easy it is to improve movement with knives and Green Beret, I doubt that anybody would be sad about shoes getting chucked.

thx 4 vids

Glad to hear everything's alright, Barren.

I appreciate all the vids, but, I'm done.

Thanks for the vids.

Giving every class a passive ability, that only benefits the abilities of the class, is a start. That would discourage exploitation of stacking effects of abilities from other classes. But, for that to happen, some nerfing needs to be done; especially to Mediators, Summoners, and Ninjas.

Many thanks, Barren and Wiz. I didn't make huge changes, so it's alright.

So, the solution to balancing classes is to just add procs to existing abilities? Mages simply lack the tools. Why do Scholars and Summoners get more elemental types? Why do Ninjas and Samurai get elemental abilities? It's the same problem with ailments; the abilities need to be more exclusive to the classes they're intended for. It's why Mediators are broken; no charge-time *OR* MP cost.

What I'm seeing, right now, is that a pure melee team can't even compete, because of all the damn procs and AoE.

Thanks for the vids Dol and Barren.

Very well done, Avalanche.

1) Best of 5 is way too long.
2) There's more to maps than starting distance and positioning. There's also elevation, weather, and terrain; all of which greatly effects mobility.
3) Sorry, but I can't host for technical reasons.
4) Will all teams participate, or is each contestant limited to a number of teams that can be enlisted?

Thanks for the vids, Barren. This may be a late reponse...

Thanks for the vids, Barren. I haven't been commenting on other's matches, so, here:

Thanks for the vids, Barren.

Thanks for the vids, Barren.

Thanks for the vids, Barren. Really sorry about my lack of preparation for such circumstances.