Haha! Well doesn''t this look like an extremely familiar thread... in any case, unlike 1.3 randoms, Mercenaries randoms are not really "randoms"in that they are Missions, each one can of course be repeated.
Each Random will Always consist of Ramza, Rad, and Gafgarion, those three must be included in every battle. Every mission success will earn you a "War Trophy" of varying importance, it will most likely be a Relic, well... it always be one Relic, but there are other gifts to earn, depending on the battle... here is the layout of a Test Battle, so to speak...
Rad
Ramza
Gafgarion
Allies
(Randomly Present)
x1 Male Knight with Hymns (Offers a Linen Robe as War Trophy, if Present)
(Always Present)
x1 Female Knight with Gamble
Enemies
(Always Present)
Male Traveler with Grimiore and MA Up (Offers a Broken Pocketwatch upon victory)
Female Traveler with high job level and Defense Up
Male Traveler with Hymns
(Randomly Present)
x2 Male Knights
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Of course this is only an example (and a pretty poor one...) so I'm sure you fellows will come up with something better, but for reference...
Let's use only Chapter 1 Randoms to start off with.
Damsel in Distress
1x Rad
1x Ramza
1x Gafgarion
Allies (Randomly Present)
1x Female Rune Mage OR 1x Female Invoker OR 1x Female Cantor
Enemies (Randomly Present)
4x Traveler OR Dragoons
3x Marlboro OR Dragons
1x Arbalist leader OR 1x Warder Leader OR 1x Knight Leader
War Trophy
???
Map
Swamp or Flatlands
Goblin Fighter
1x Rad
1x Ramza
1x Gafgarion
Enemies (Always Present)
2x Black Goblin
1x Male Monk Leader
Enemies (Randomly Present)
4x Goblins
War Trophy
???
Map
Sweegy Woods
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Chocobo Wranglers
1xRad
1xRamza
1xGafgarion
Allies (Always Present)
1x Chocobo
Allies (Randomly Present)
1xChocobo
Enemies (always present)
2x Male Traveler
1x Female Archer Leader
Enemies (Randomly present)
1x Male Traveler
2x Cuar
War Trophy
???
Map
Mandalia Plains
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Pyromaniac
1xRad
1xRamza
1xGafgarion
Allies (Always Present)
1x Woodman
Allies (Randomly Present)
1x Treant
1x Taiju
Enemies (Always Present)
4x Bomb
1x Male Invoker Leader
Enemies (Randomly Present)
2x Grenade
1x Bomb
War Trophy
???
Map
Sweegy Woods
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Bleached Bones
1xRad
1xRamza
1xGafgarion
Allies (Randomly Present)
1x Female Traveler
1x Male Traveler
Enemies (Always present)
2x Skeleton
1x Bone Snatch Leader
Enemies (Randomly present)
4x Skeleton
2x Bomb
First and foremost, I will be suggesting at least one "Mission", I just have a lot of questions first.
Quote from: "LastingDawn"Let's use only Chapter 1 Randoms to start off with.
I guess the first question is: Are the areas in your Chapter 1 currently the same ones as in vanilla? Meaning that there are only five places for randoms: Mandalia, Lenalia, Sweegy, Desert, and Fovoham (or whatever Wiegraf's place turns into).
Similarly, are the same monsters available? Because I vaguely recall someone--I'm not sure if it was you, but it's between you and Lydyn--saying he wanted to get rid of Juravis and Pisco Demons, two of the (relatively) few monster classes that appear in Chapter 1 (in vanilla). Without those, off the top my head, only C Level monster classes of Chocobo, Panthers, Bull Demons, Ahriman, and Dragons appear. There a few B Level monsters that appear from the classes that stand out a bit more for whatever reason, such as Bombs, Skeletons and Goblins (oh my!).
Third question is with regards to Gafgarion: Even if he appears in these battles, are we going to be able to change his equipment? I ask because so far I've noticed that he acts like an uber-Guest: one that doesn't appear in the Battle Formation menu, but that you can still control.
I'm just asking because these are supposed to be easy and thus I don't want to (personally) have any Undead-heavy battle where he'll be nigh useless outside of physical attacks.
Fourth and last question is more specific and only being asked because you used in the example: So you finally decided what was going to be in Gamble?
I might be good to have a list of the classes that you've semi-finalized because right now I only know of four or five off the top of my head: Invoker, Esperblade, Traveler, Archer, and Reliquirian/Antiquirian.
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Map: Fovoham South (meaning you start at the bottom IIRC)
Enemies (Always Present)
x 1 Female Archer (w/ Longbow type-weapons)
x 2 Male Archers (w/ Longbow type-weapons)
Enemies (Randomly Present)
x 1 Flotiball OR x1 Male Cantor
x 1 Female Archer OR x1 Female Cantor
War Trophy
[Insert something Archer-related Here]
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Map: "Chapter 1 Desert Whose Name Escapes Me Now" South
Ally (Randomly Present)
x1 Male Traveler
Enemies (Always Present)
x1 Female Traveler
x1 Skeleton
x2 Goblins
Enemies (Randomly Present)
x1 Male Blue Mage
x1 Bomb
War Trophy
Weathered Sword
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Map: Mandalia West (from Igros)
Ally (Randomly Present)
x 1 Female Cantor
Enemies (Always Present)
x 2 Male Knights w/ Flee AI
x 1 Female Knight w/ Flee AI
x 2 Skeletons
Enemies (Randomly Present)
x 1 Female Archer
x 1 Male Archer
War Trophy
Eschuteon (I'm pretty sure that's spelled incorrectly) or Buckler
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Map: Mandalia East
Enemies (Always Present)
x 2 Female Cantor
x 1 Female Invoker
Enemies (Randomly Present)
x 1 Male Traveler
x 1 Male Oracle
x 1 Female Blue Mage
War Trophy
Grimoire
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Map: Sweegy West
Ally (Randomly Present)
x1 Male Monk
Enemies (Always Present)
x 2 Black Goblins
x 1 Goblin
Enemies (Randomly Present)
x 1 Bull Demon
x 1 Cuar
x 1 Skeleton
War Trophy
Rusty Claws
The Damned you write alot
Maybe you can make a One random for each of the Reliquian's (i didnt spell that right) items, or weapons.
For example:
Map: Finath River right side
Ramza
Rad
Gafgarion
Enemies Always Present
1x Immortal ??? Reliquian w/ Glass Axe (can not be stolen?)
Enemies Randomly Present
3x Reliquian R/S/M with other Relics, even Orb of Minu o.O (can not be stolen) (one, two, or all three)
War Trophy
(A moderate Relic)
Another random with the Orb of Minu as a War Trophy should be in the Deep Dungeon, where you have to fight 3 Immortal ??? Reliquians and a random of 5 other regular Reliquians.
These are supposedly hard.
Quote from: "Voldemort7"The Damned you write alot
Yes, this is unfortunately quite true.
Quote from: "boomkick"Maybe you can make a One random for each of the Reliquian's (i didnt spell that right) items, or weapons.
You spelled it correctly; I'm the one that spelled it incorrectly.
What you're proposing was probably going to be done already, but we also have to keep in mind that currently LastingDawn only wants half of them to be Mission Awards. (http://www.ffhacktics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1355&start=40) The others are poachable or can be bought in stores, though I would imagine the bought in stores one would be fine or else I would have suggested Weathered Sword as War Trophy for one of them.
Whoa... thank you very much for the Random ideas, The Damned, Boomkick, Skip Sandwich and Voldemort! These are great! This has actually got a bit more attention then I had thought it would, hehe... in any case, the first chapter of Mercenaries does follow the normal story path from Zeakden to... well... back to Zeakden, after that there will be a few twists and turns in Chapter 2, then Chapter 3, is another whole ball game. Chapter Four is a lot of side quests and only the conclusion, really.
Now as for Missions... it would be rather odd to Only obtain Relics, I want to make them varied in effect and power, in which each one will keep it's use all the game long, since you might receive a Clockwork Night right before the finale, and I'd like to still have it have use (those goals... could take a bit of work) . Fighting Randoms will guarantee a Relic each time, therefore receiving the same one over and over is quite boring, but getting that special one, which you think you just need one more to face the challenges ahead... now that should be their purpose. Also the War Trophy's will probably be varied, in that you could have a chance to get a random choice of 3 or 4 relics in total, but only get one of them. I hope this clarified thing, of course to do this, it's as simple as making the Randomly Present, units on the same panel, therefore which ever one appears will have Said relic. I had planned to get rid of Juravis, but I really see no reason, they're pretty fine enemies. But the Porky are gone, unless I decide to turn them into Moogles... which sounds like a pretty appetizing idea, maybe.
But as for Gafgarion, the creator's of the random if they wish can list equipment they want him to wear for that battle, since normally he is Randomized from head to toe, unless it's a special battle.
And yes, I do have a full Gamble set, but it's late now so I'll post it in the morning (or afternoon when I get off work)
Invoker, EsperBlade, Traveler, Dragoon, Cantor, Invoker, Blue Mage, Archer, Arbalist, and I believe that's all of them for now.
Warder
Reliquian
Reliquian is finished, yes, but...
We don't even have Skill ideas for Warder, it's very difficult to even proclaim it semi-complete.
When you have the chance (since it already says on title) could you try to post the randoms you have on the first post. I know this is already on your agenda, but it would provide us with more information on what kind of randoms you want.
Another question, will all the monsters is Mercenaries stay the same or will they change?
Well here are some randoms I'm thinking of.
Ghosts?
Map: Zigolus Swamp (spelled wrong)
Controlled units:
Ramza
Rad
Gafgarion
(one other unit, maybe Lavian)
Gafgarion's equipment is basically the best for chapter 4, since this random only appears in Chapter 4. (He WILL need it).
Enemies always Present:
x1 Immortal ??? Ramza
x1 Immortal ??? Rad
x1 Immortal ??? Gafgarion
Enemies Randomly present:
x3 Ghoul, Gust, and Revenant
OR
x3 Skeleton class (their names escape me).
War Trophy:
A rare sword, dont know what it is yet.
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Magic's origin.
Map: Zeklus Desert (???)
Controlled Units:
Ramza
Allies Always Present:
x6 Invokers R/S/M and random equipment.
Enemy Always Present:
1x Immortal Invoker Sprite with a very strong primary and secondary, some of which are only accessible by bosses.
War Trophy
Any high level magic accessory would work.
Aren't we supposed to be sticking with Chapter 1 stuff?
And, LD, you got rid of all Uribos or do you just mean Porky (as in the Level A Uribo)? I'm trying to clarify even though I'm guessing you mean the former.
Anyway, I just realized that Fovoham North doesn't open up until Chapter 4, which annoys me. I guess I'll just suggest something for Fovoham West (from Zeakden). Although, now that I think about it, I'm not even sure if you can actually count it as part of Chapter 1 now that I think about it since Chapter 1 normally ends at Zeakden, meaning that Fovoham West technically isn't available until Chapter 2.
*shrug*
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Map: Fovoham West
Enemies (Always Present)
x 1 Male Dragoon
x 1 Juravis
x 1 Pisco Demon
x 1 Skeleton
Enemies (Randomly Present)
x 1 Skeleton
x 1 Female Dragoon
War Trophy
Spike Shoes
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Map: Sweegy East
Enemies (Always Present)
x 2 Female Geomancer
x 1 Female Geomancer Leader
Enemies (Randomly Present)
x 1 Bomb
x 1 Skeleton
x 1 Living Bone
War Trophy
Battle Boots
Clan of Chocobos
Map: Mandalia Plains
Controlled Units
Ramza
Rad
Gafgarion
Allied Units
x1 Black Chocobo
Enemy Units
x9 Yellow Chocobos
Random Enemy Units
x1 Red or Black Chocobo.
War Trophy
Mantle
Band of Thieves
Map: Mandalia South
Controlled Units
Ramza
Rad
Gafgarion(Gaffy has no sword or helm, only robe and battle boots equipped)
Lavian
Allied Units(Randomly Present)
X2 Female Cantors
(Always Present)
X1 Knight
Enemy Units(Always Present)
X3 Male Travelers
X1 Female Traveler
X1 Male Invoker
X1 Female Archer
(Randomly Present)
X2 Chocobos
X1 Blue Mage
X2 Gamblers
War Trophies
Lots of Gil
OR Battle Axe
OR an ancient sword(Relic)
OR chocobo feather(Relic)
I like these all, though what is a Chocobo Feather? Give a good reason for it, and I may consider it an item of some sort, hehe.
Grants haste to a single unit at cost of an item.
How about Accessory with Perm:Slow and Add:Haste so it starts out hasted and then gets slowed from the energy rush?
Quote from: "PX_Timefordeath"How about Accessory with Perm:Slow and Add:Haste so it starts out hasted and then gets slowed from the energy rush?
nice idea
Thanks Voldemort
Survive the Odds!!!!
Mandalia Planes South
Units:
Gafgarion(no weapon)
Rad
Ramza
Allied(Always Present):
X3 Gamblers
(Randomly Present)
X1 Chocobo
Enemy Units(Always Present):
X5 Gamblers
(Randomly Present)
X3 Gamblers
X4 Chocoboes
X1 Female Gambler w/ Gambler's Spirit[Accessory that has... Always:Slow, Poison, Add: Haste, Confusion, PA+5, MA+5, Speed +1/2]
War Trophy:
Chocobo Feather[1 for each chocobo that shows up]
OR Tarot Cards
OR a sword
OR Something really random
OR Gambler's Spirit if female shows up
(Just Random Sudgestions As Always)
Some Chapter One Random Battles
Allies Are Always:
Gafgarion
Rad
Ramza
(Unless Other Wised Stated)
Mandalla Plains North:
Random Squad (Could Be A little better)
Enemies:
1 Male Knight Leader (with Dragoon secondary skill set and is Immortal)
2 Male Knights
2 Female Knights
War Trophies:
Battle Boots
(Insert Something Here)
Sweegy Woods (Coming From Dorter):
Hunting Goblin Archer Squad
Guest:
One Goblin (Black or Red, Randomly Present)
Enemies:
1 Male Archer Leader (Looks a little different from the others)
2 Male Archers
2 Female Archers
1 Female Archer (Randomly Present)
War Trophies:
(Optional) 1 Random Crossbow
(Optional) 1 Random Bow
Mandalia Plains
Corrupted Disciples
Ramza
Rad
Gaffy
Always present ally
Yang(Male monk 10 levels above you)
Enemies(Always present)
10x Male monks(5 levels below you)
2x Chocoboes
Notes: Yang starts out surrounded but should be able to kill half of them HIMSELF with bad luck, REALLY easy battle, typing on a PS3 sucks T_T
Trophies:
Chocobo feather
Agood claw if Yang lives
Gil
A staff
I like it! Very nice, PX, that seems like quite an interesting random. Though probably the "good claw" will probably be the first one. This is Mandalia after all.
Zirekill would make more sense
Mandalia Plains
Corrupted Guardians
Standard 3...
Always present allies:
1 Princess
Randomly present allies:
X2 Knights
x2 Warders
Always present enemies:
x4 Knights
X2 Warders
Randomly present enemies::
x6 Knights
X1 Dark Knight
Mandalia Plains
Bandits!
Allies Always Present
Ramza
Rad R/S/M
Gaffgarion R/S/M
Allies maybe present
Lavian (if you have her)
Enemies(Always present)
5x Thieves (red team)
1x Thief (Leader, so hes stronger) (red team)
Enemies randomly present
3x Thieves (red team)
OR
3x Thieves (green team)
2x Leader Thieves (green team
Trophies:
Thief Weapon
OR
Accessory
Loads of Gil
This is maybe for Chapter 4
Bervenia Volcano
Allies Always Present
Ramza
Rad R/S/M
Allies Randomly present
Uribo (starts off right next to enemy, seriously right next to them)
Enemies Always Present
Catoblas (dont know how to spell that)
Enemies Randomly present
1x Mercenary (Green Team)
1x Dark Knight (Green Team)
Trophies:
40,000 Gil
Yu-Gi-Oh Woods
Duel with Destiny!
Yadda yadda Ramza Rad Gaffy
Enemies(Always present)
X1 Shadow Ramza(Few levels stronger than Ramza but same skills)
X10 Level 10 Ghosts(very weak)
Notes: Ramza goes 1v1 against his shadow whilst Gaffy & Rad get blocked by ghosts
Hmm... with Thieves gone that role will probably belong to Traveler's Boomkick, as well Lavian is far too important a story character to be hanging around the mercenaries past Chapter 1, it would ruin a bit of the... continuity.
Dark Ramza and 10 Ghosts is pretty interesting, considering what the "Dark/Evil looking" status does now... though I wonder if it should be Ramza...
Zirekill Falls
Top the sensei!
Standard 3
Plus 1 generic
Allies(always present)
1 weak ass unit that Yang OHKOes on first turn
Enemy:
The kick ass Yang
4v1 but should be a hard battle, super rare chapter 4 battle.
Trophies:
You get none loser! This battle be only way to learn Demi Shock [Monk secret move]
I second the idea of having secret skills only learn able from later-game, rare randoms.
Duel with Destiny, change it to zombie Argath as undead knight with 2 xbows and arbalist secondary.
Aruguay Woods
Lovers Quarrel
Standard 3 and 1 ally generic of choice
Enemies(Always present)
X1 Esperblade female and x1 Esperblade male both ??? stats, on opposite sides and different teams.
Trophies:
Only way to learn Zodiark
I can't say that I agree with the whole "get into this hard to find random battle that you may not win and may not get hit with the actual ability as the only way to get your end abilties".
I mean, I understand that they should be harder to get than normal, but it seems like that's just unnecessary considering that Lasting Dawn already changed the Magic Ring to be a Materia Blade for these abilities and I'm guessing we won't get the Magic Ring just handed to us.
The only one that I would say should fit in would be Blue Magic's final ability, but considering that's the common Self-Destruct....
Also, aren't we only keeping this to Chapter 1 still?
It would help if Lasting Dawn updated this thread a bit when he has the time....
Omega Mark FFH
Zeklaus South
Regular 3 with Lavian and Alicia if have
Allies always present
x4 Knights your level
x4 Archers same level
Enemy
OMEGA WEAPON (level 199, god stats, really hard battle available from chapter 1)
Trophies:
Some really good shit
Why not just make it this...
Chaos
Deep Dungeon (END preferably)
Allies Always Present
Ramza
Rad
Gafgarion
(Any other current storyline allies)
Enemy Always Present
Chaos (Immortal ??? Stats, custom skillset)
Trophies
(Something Like the Chaos Blade or its replacement)
Elixir
Because Omega Weapon is the ultimate bitch in FF no matter what
One question, is Shadow Flare possible? Maybe with a lot of color editing of flare it could produce that effect (and would super sick in the process).
i think flare could be recolored like a dark holy shade of violet/indigo pretty easily but the screen would probably still tint red
Quote from: "Zozma"i think flare could be recolored like a dark holy shade of violet/indigo pretty easily but the screen would probably still tint red
That would still like pretty cool though (anyway to tint the screen grey in the process?)
Shadow Flare to look white / black would be epic
perhaps slow down the animation too
Flare's too fast looking to be as dramatic as Shadow Flare
Quote from: "Voldemort"Shadow Flare to look white / black would be epic
perhaps slow down the animation too
Flare's too fast looking to be as dramatic as Shadow Flare
Fix that by using Flare 2 as the base.
We need a badass super powerful battle, like all FFs and I vote for Omega Weapon!
From FF7, i remembered that Ultimate Weapon (i think thats what it was called) could cast Shadow Flare. Maybe you could make a dragon change into a dark color and give him Shadow Flare. That would be so cool.
Quote from: "The Damned"I can't say that I agree with the whole "get into this hard to find random battle that you may not win and may not get hit with the actual ability as the only way to get your end abilties".
I mean, I understand that they should be harder to get than normal, but it seems like that's just unnecessary considering that Lasting Dawn already changed the Magic Ring to be a Materia Blade for these abilities and I'm guessing we won't get the Magic Ring just handed to us.
The only one that I would say should fit in would be Blue Magic's final ability, but considering that's the common Self-Destruct....
Also, aren't we only keeping this to Chapter 1 still?
It would help if Lasting Dawn updated this thread a bit when he has the time....
Thank you for your concern, and I do apologize for not updating this thread very often, but yes, Self-Destruct is kind of a cop out... I certainly don't want to give them Ultima or anything... did someone mention ShadowFlare? That would be pretty interesting...
Also I think I have all for Chapter 1 I need, thank you all for your support! (I should really update that...)
Quote from: "PX_Timefordeath"We need a badass super powerful battle, like all FFs and I vote for Omega Weapon!
I can assure you Exodus will warp your minds. Not only does he flip the whole stage around, reversing all direction, he now also has Defendants and Prosecutors. He's come a long way from that old video.
Also if there's any additional monsters, it won't be Ultima Weapon (While I do so love the Ultima Weapon as an item in FF6, Atma Weapon, indeed!)
Quote from: "PX_Timefordeath"Duel with Destiny, change it to zombie Argath as undead knight with 2 xbows and arbalist secondary.
Aruguay Woods
Lovers Quarrel
Standard 3 and 1 ally generic of choice
Enemies(Always present)
X1 Esperblade female and x1 Esperblade male both ??? stats, on opposite sides and different teams.
Trophies:
Only way to learn Zodiark
Algus is not coming back, Algus is only the first enemy you fight, I have no reason to bring him back, not with Mercenaries story line. And also... Elmdor and his floozies exclusion makes that even more so. Random or not.
Lover's Quarrel is interesting, but as I've said repeatedly, the Secret Skills are not gamebreaking, I personally do not want to have them obtained so late in the game (considering you get the Band of Abilities near the end of Chapter 1 if you fulfill "certain conditions")The only late game secret skill acquisitions would be the unlocking of Hessian and Red Mage and deciding who to sacrifice Hedin for.
Quote from: "PX_Timefordeath"Zirekill Falls
Top the sensei!
Standard 3
Plus 1 generic
Allies(always present)
1 weak ass unit that Yang OHKOes on first turn
Enemy:
The kick ass Yang
4v1 but should be a hard battle, super rare chapter 4 battle.
Trophies:
You get none loser! This battle be only way to learn Demi Shock [Monk secret move]
A nice idea, except... Demi-Shock was originally Amarant's. Yang would have no business teaching it, of course if he casted it on you there's a chance you'd learn it. For those kind of characters, I will probably give them innate Maintenance and give them a Band of Abilities, so they can use theit abilities to their fullest potential. Also wouldn't it make sense for Yang to bequeath a claw of some sort? Not the secret skill which doesn't belong to him in the first place?
Quote from: "LastingDawn"...did someone mention ShadowFlare? That would be pretty interesting...
Yes it would.
Is it possible for enemies to be ALWAYS critical or no? If so then...
OMFG SANDBAG!
Mandalia Plains
Allies Always Present
Ramza
Rad
Gaffy
Enemies Always Present
6x Cantor, Always Critical.
Enemies Sometimes Present
6x Monks, Always Critical.
Trophies
Healing Staff?
(some item with regen maybe)
New thought, Any way we can Change Some Calcuator Skills to Lvl5Death or Lvl4Holy, or something like that.
OMFG SANDBAG2!!
Enemies:
x12 Travelers, 6 with item, 3 with cantor skills, and 1 is a ??? boss.
Hmm... item no longer exists, with only one of the Runes healing, Item wouldn't be their best bet, Cantor, and Blue Mage can heal... ish...
END GAME MAP *Any*
War Veterans
Standard 3
3x immortal Warders with Maintenance and the best gear in the game
QuoteNew thought, Any way we can Change Some Calcuator Skills to Lvl5Death or Lvl4Holy, or something like that.
this
is an excellent idea... if somehow we could pull it off
Hmm... Lvl. 5 Death and Lvl. 4 Holy are both traditionally Blue Magics... but that's a lot of work to ask of our already taxed ASMers.
you cant learn blue magic on fft if it causes death or stop tho....
Quote from: "Zozma"you cant learn blue magic on fft if it causes death or stop tho....
you can learn lvl?whateverHoly by getting hit with it
and lvl?Death by getting hit with it if you are undead (so it heals you????)
duno?
lol
I have to admit that is a pretty interesting idea... but that would definitely be the most difficult skill to learn...
Blue Mage's Secret Skill?
it'd powerful enough to be a secret skill, that's forsure
especially if you keep with it's relatively traditionally low MP cost
it's a brilliant idea
Or, the easy way would be to make those two skills, Death (100%) and Holy (100% accuracy), the only skills that can be used with Math (there is a checkbox for it on the patcher i think). They can only be learn't by the few that can use Math Skills and have those learn't. So Have the Level skill and the values 4 and 5, So there would be Lvl5Holy, Lvl4Holy, Lvl5Death, Lvl4Death.
If Shadow Flare or Lvl(#)(Spell) are going to be implemented, don't we need a program to modify to spells or a really good hacker?
But continuing on topic (if these were ever implemented)
Any End Game Map
Omega
Allies Always Present
Ramza
Rad
Gafgarion
Enemies Always Present
Omega (Knows Shadow Flare)
Trophies
A good sword
Gil
Any Map (preferably Poeskas Lake)
Death's Blue Mage
Allies Always Present
Ramza
Rad
Gaffy
Enemies Always Present
1x Undead Blue Mage (??? Stats and Immortal, or immune to many negative effects).
Trophies
An OK Staff
Gil
Aruguay West
Wark!!!!!
Same three
Allies always(controllable?):
X2 Chocokin
Allies random:
X2 Chocobo Knights[knights riding chocobos]
Enemies always:
X5 Travelers
X2 Gamblers
Enemies random:
X3 Knights
X2 Gambler
X1 Esperblade
Hmm, clever way to keep the list from going over 9, good random. I'll add it in later.
I have an idea for a random where all the enemies have reflect rings on, but don't know what to specificly put in it. Always reflect on enemies would be awesome since they target so damn well with it. Bouncing nukes and revives off corpses...
Zeklaus Desert South
Bouncy Bouncy!
Gaffy Duck
Youngest Beoulve
Dycedarg's Elder Brother
Enemies Always Present:
X12 Invoker with Reflect ring and Cantor 2nd
Zigolas West
Ahhhh Fuck
Standard rapists..
Enemies-
3X Tonberries
HP:10k+
Speed:30
Move:2
Fly
Any Ground
Immune All Status
Attacks do Ludicrous Break Damage Barrier OHKOes
Defence Up & M Defence Up
Good luck
^ no
Funny if Kanbrabrif was also in this game as a wandering presence.
Kanbabrif Is in the game, he plays a crucial role later in the story, I can't reveal too much... But he will become an important character far later on.
Alright! Everyone! I would like a grand revival of this thread! All items are put down, all classes finalized and finally there's the addition of 48 Bounties to be caught! Feel free to make up stats and poaches for them here, or in their appropriate thread!
As such the format remains the same as seen earlier in this thread.
(Please at the moment this is only if you have ideas for human based groups, as it stands I still have to choose which monsters are going to stay or go)
Bervenia Volcano South
Are you lucky?
Allies Always Present
Ramza
Rad
Gafgarion
Enemies Always Present
8x Immortal Gamblers (they break rules)
They all are the same other then their secondary abilities.
They all have two swords support with two workable Tarot of Bens
They all wear Feather Hats (lol)
They all wear Veiled Mists
They all have White Materia
Trophies
Gran Grimoire
Lots of Gil
Poeskas Lake
Mercenaries?
Allies Always Present
Ramza
Rad
Gaffy
Enemies Always Present
1x Immortal Ramza
1x Immortal Rad
1x Immortal Gaffy
Their items cannot be stolen and they wield extremely strong items.
Trophies
Wave Creese
This is gonna be my first try so this may be stupid and bad but here's my idea:
Map:Bervenia North
Allies Always Present
Ramza
Rad
Gaffgarion(Good Equipment)
And a 1x Male Cantor OR 1x Male Dragoon
Random Allies:
1x Female Cantor OR 1x Male Arbalist OR 1x Red Chocobo
Enemies Always Present:
2x Dragons
2x Behemoths(Can't Spell it)
2x Cantors
Enemies Randomly Present:
1x Male Knight
1x Female Esperblade with M.Brand
Name of Encounter: Might of the Beasts
War Thropies:
Magma Brand and another weapon
A good Armor/Shield
By the way i would do other things but it would be too hard...like 5 behemoths and 2 Dragons with 3 Dragoons and 2 Esperblades but that would be too hard and yeah....You can change the Behemoths and dragons from 2x to 3x if you want...also im impressed by MAGMA BRAND...
Ah, well thank you for the suggestion, one thing though... Magma Brand is a Spell Blade, if anything the female Esper Blade would have it. Really other then that it looks pretty solid, once I can fix this glitch I'll look into it.
Witch Hunt!
Maps: Barius Hill
The Three Stooges
Allies Always Present:
1x Esperblade
Enemies Always Present Team 1:
5x Knight
4x Cantor
Enemies Always Present Team 2:
3x Invoker
Enemies Randomly Present Team 1:
2x Inquisitor
Enemies Randomly Present Team 3:
4x Travelers
Trophy:
Some random Spell Blade
Quote from: "LastingDawn"Magma Brand is a Spell Blade, if anything the female Esper Blade would have it. Really other then that it looks pretty solid, once I can fix this glitch I'll look into it.
Ooookay! If you accept it then make the Esper Blade have the MAGMA BRAND...i didnt think a lot...sorry..Ill get a better idea..
Here's another Fail one:
Name of Encounter: Commander of The Undead
Map:Yugou Woods South(Its the place after Rafa joins you as a guest and its the battle with the Undead Black Mages and Time Mages)
Enemies always present:
1x Rule-Breaking Undead Knight(Sorry i dont know good Setups for Merc's or Undeads
)
2x Ghouls
2x Bonesnatches
Enemies Randomly Present:
1x Undead Cantor(wtf)
1x Undead Gambler(If he is present then Random Cards will be in War Thropies) OR (Undead of Course)Invoker
Allies Always Present:
Ramza
Rad
Lavian
Gaffgarion
1x Esperblade
Allies Randomly Present:
1x Travler Or 1x Invoker
War Thropies:
An Armor of the Undead Knight Commander(Helmet,Armor ya know he has "good" not uber equipment)
Random Grimore(?)
Phoenix Down(Rofl)
Also one thing more: You can Delete allies (Lavian,Esperblade) if you dont want them because i just though that this encounter will be hard because of the Undead Knight Commander...This was just a Plain bad idea...I'll get better ones..
Also...I know that P.Downs can be used....But i wanna see some1 do it without it if its good enough....P.Downs are Cheap...Its like Cheating yourself 999 Dmg Hits
Map: The Plains where you did fight Miluda
Name of Encounter: Return of The Beasts(AKA Might Of The Beasts Part 2)
Enemies Always Present
1x Boss Behemoth
2x (Sidekick) Behemoths(one is weaker because of BOSS)
Enemies Randomly Present
2x Dragons(low level) or 1x Female Invoker
Allies always present:
Ramza
Rad
Gaffgarion
Male Dragoon(Hunter Dragoon Is hunting for Behemoth BOSS)
Allies Randomly Present
1x Dragon(Pet Dragon of the Dragoon)
1x Female Dragoon
Special War Thropies:
If the Female Dragoon is Present:
OK Spear OR Female Accesory(If Mercenaries still has them)
Normal War Thropies:
Behemoths Horn*
Gamblers Spirit
Here's the thing:
The "Boss" Behemoth Should be a Bounty Monster(The Bounty "Games" from FFXII as now i noticed that its a Very Good Game) but i dont know what the name should be...Maybe a Simple one like...Behemoth King? There was one in FFXII...
*If it would be possible...You could make a Accesory Called "Behemoth Horn" It should be:
1.Upgraded Version of Genji Gauntlet(+2 PA +2 MA) and it should have (+3 PA +3 MA and -1 or 2 Speed)
2.Acce. with +2 PA and +1 Speed
3.Brute Accesory: +3 PA +1 Speed -3 MA
But its Optional and if you dont want it then Replace it! Kays?
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MAP:Zeklaus(Cant remember name) Desert
Name:Close and Yet so Far!
Allies always Present:
Ramza
Rad
Gaffgarion
Gambler with a Sword(If possible)
GENERIC WITH Bow
Enemy Always Present:
TEAM 1
Leader Mediator with Gun
2x Female Archers
1x Male Archer
1x Male Arbalist
TEAM 2:
Leader Knight w/ PA Setup
2x Male Dragoons
1x Female Knight
1x Male Person(Monk?) who Uses CLAW Weapons
War Thropies:
Random Spell Blade
Random Bullets
Random Gun/Bow
Its overused but im in a hurry so yeah
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Quote from: "PX_Timefordeath"Witch Hunt!
Maps: Barius Hill
The Three Stooges
Allies Always Present:
1x Esperblade
Enemies Always Present Team 1:
5x Knight
4x Cantor
Enemies Always Present Team 2:
3x Invoker
Enemies Randomly Present Team 1:
2x Inquisitor
Enemies Randomly Present Team 3:
4x Travelers
Trophy:
Some random Spell Blade
Looks good poor Team 2 though, heh...
Quote from: "KihakuFTW"Here's another Fail one:
Name of Encounter: Commander of The Undead
Map:Yugou Woods South(Its the place after Rafa joins you as a guest and its the battle with the Undead Black Mages and Time Mages)
Enemies always present:
1x Rule-Breaking Undead Knight(Sorry i dont know good Setups for Merc's or Undeads )
2x Ghouls
2x Bonesnatches
Enemies Randomly Present:
1x Undead Cantor(wtf)
1x Undead Gambler(If he is present then Random Cards will be in War Thropies) OR (Undead of Course)Invoker
Allies Always Present:
Ramza
Rad
Lavian
Gaffgarion
1x Esperblade
Allies Randomly Present:
1x Travler Or 1x Invoker
War Thropies:
An Armor of the Undead Knight Commander(Helmet,Armor ya know he has "good" not uber equipment)
Random Grimore(?)
Phoenix Down(Rofl)
Also one thing more: You can Delete allies (Lavian,Esperblade) if you dont want them because i just though that this encounter will be hard because of the Undead Knight Commander...This was just a Plain bad idea...I'll get better ones..
Also...I know that P.Downs can be used....But i wanna see some1 do it without it if its good enough....P.Downs are Cheap...Its like Cheating yourself 999 Dmg Hits
Well... Lavian is not the Mercenary's ally, she hired them to escort her safely after her run-in with the Mad Mages in Mandalia. She gets roped into Dorter and agrees to help them in Zeklaus (in Rad's place, still wounded from the previous fight). After that she leaves, as per the normal story at Zirekile, her side is turned permanantly, along with Agrias and Alicia. So... no Lavian as a guest.
Also there are no Phoenix Downs in Mercenaries. Pheonix Downs have been replaced for Faith Runes which increase your faith by 10 (a permanant two)
Other then that everything looks good.
Quote from: "KihakuFTW"Map: The Plains where you did fight Miluda
Name of Encounter: Return of The Beasts(AKA Might Of The Beasts Part 2)
Enemies Always Present
1x Boss Behemoth
2x (Sidekick) Behemoths(one is weaker because of BOSS)
Enemies Randomly Present
2x Dragons(low level) or 1x Female Invoker
Allies always present:
Ramza
Rad
Gaffgarion
Male Dragoon(Hunter Dragoon Is hunting for Behemoth BOSS)
Allies Randomly Present
1x Dragon(Pet Dragon of the Dragoon)
1x Female Dragoon
Special War Thropies:
If the Female Dragoon is Present:
OK Spear OR Female Accesory(If Mercenaries still has them)
Normal War Thropies:
Behemoths Horn*
Gamblers Spirit
Here's the thing:
The "Boss" Behemoth Should be a Bounty Monster(The Bounty "Games" from FFXII as now i noticed that its a Very Good Game) but i dont know what the name should be...Maybe a Simple one like...Behemoth King? There was one in FFXII...
*If it would be possible...You could make a Accesory Called "Behemoth Horn" It should be:
1.Upgraded Version of Genji Gauntlet(+2 PA +2 MA) and it should have (+3 PA +3 MA and -1 or 2 Speed)
2.Acce. with +2 PA and +1 Speed
3.Brute Accesory: +3 PA +1 Speed -3 MA
But its Optional and if you dont want it then Replace it! Kays?
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------QuoteEh heh... Equipment is Completely Finalized, you can check it out on the first post of the Mercenaries Equipment Thread. King Behemoth in 12 is probably just a throwback to King Behemoth's in FFT, pretty clever, in any case. Also I like the idea of different war trophies depending on the ally there to help, as in "how much of the reward" they left. So for a name... a name...
Giruvegan? If I recall right there were a lot of Behemoth in Giruvegan in FFXII, so I think that could work, to signify that it came from well... Giruvegan. All in all your best one yet!
QuoteMAP:Zeklaus(Cant remember name) Desert
Name:Close and Yet so Far!
Allies always Present:
Ramza
Rad
Gaffgarion
Gambler with a Sword(If possible)
GENERIC WITH Bow
Enemy Always Present:
TEAM 1
Leader Mediator with Gun
2x Female Archers
1x Male Archer
1x Male Arbalist
TEAM 2:
Leader Knight w/ PA Setup
2x Male Dragoons
1x Female Knight
1x Male Person(Monk?) who Uses CLAW Weapons
War Thropies:
Random Spell Blade
Random Bullets
Random Gun/Bow
Its overused but im in a hurry so yeah
Ah well keep in mind Mediator's no longer exist, also the only gun in the game is owned by Mustadio (who's part is played out in Chapter 2). So an enemy weilding a gun isn't very proper. Other then that, looks good though. Thanks for the suggestions everyone! And keep them coming! Come later next week I should hopefully have a chart up to show things in a better light.
before u make that chart be sure to read over the last 4 pages of these and make notes because there are many suggestions that may fit into mercenaries that you may have shrugged off then or skipped over.
Finath River
Life's Gamble
Allies Always Present:
Ramza
Gafgarion
Rad
1x Guest Gambler (uncontrolled)
Enemies Always Present Team 1:
4x Gambler (Forced Guns and shots)
Enemies Always Present Team 2:
4x Gambler (Forced Guns and shots)
Trophy:
Engineer's Gun
Coffin Nail
Sweegy Woods
It's HammerTime!
The Gafgarion 3
Allies Randomly Present:
1x Invoker
1x Monk
Enemies Always Present:Team 1
3x Gambler w/ 2 Handed Bec de Corbins
Enemies Always Present:Team 2
3x Travelers w/ 2 Swords Bec de Corbins
All with immortal flags, of course
Trophies:
IF MONK IS PRESENT: A claw
IF INVOKER IS PRESENT: A relic
IF NEITHER IS PRESENT: A whip
Does this thread still live? Since i see only 11/120 missions so dunno if i could go ahead and post moar ideas.
Feel free to, just try to keep it in the format outlined on the first page of this topicc.
A True Vagrant
Zeklaus Desert/Fovoham Plains/Yugou Woods/Araguay Woods
1x ??? Skeleton.
Randomly Present: 2x Undead Traveler(Possibly with the Thropies if possibly possible. Yeah im half asleep and typing random stuff)
Thropies:
Vitality Gash
Mysiril Sword
The Gafgarion Trio
Allies always : 1x Invoker
Allies Random : 1x Gambler
Anyway. I got the idea for this encounter with a little story. I can tell you a short ver. of it. Basicly a Young Man who wanted to be a adventurer died shortly after leaving his home, bandits killed him, But his sorrow coudlnt allow him to die without his life goal begin completed. He came back as a almighty Undead which is driven by his Rage but only wants to explore Ivalice. Even if you defeat him he will come back untill he saw all of Ivalice and is ready to go....