Final Fantasy Hacktics

CHANGES MADE IN VERSION 1.1

ABILITY CHANGES
*Moogle Charm - Moved from Squires to Onion Knights. JP dropped to 0, since Onion Knights cannot gain JP.
*Master Teleport (Magus) - cost increased from 2000JP to 3000JP.
*Tremor (Geomancer) - status effect corrected to bestow "confuse" instead of positive effects.
*Plunder Devotion/Plunder Cynicism (Balthier) - status effects corrected (they were swapped in version 1.0/1.01). Plunder Devotion now bestows "atheist", and Plunder Cynicism now bestows "faith"
*Cross-Slash/Omnislash (Cloud) - damage formula, MP, and range updated for balance.
*Shock/Crushing Blade (Beowulf/Ramza) - the magic casting animation was removed; this is cast by swinging the character's weapon.
*Nether Terra/Nether Aqua/Nether Ventus/Nether Fulmen (Marach) - animations and elemental attributes corrected.
*Snipe Attack/Snipe Magick/Snipe Speed/Snipe MP (Mustadio) - the magic casting animation was removed; this is cast by swinging the character's weapon.
*Spirit Blade (Ramza/Delita/Argath) - animation was corrected so that the sword does not disappear after swinging it.

BY CHARACTER
*Beowulf (Spellblade) - Gained the ability to equip Spears.
*Meliadoul (Arcane Sword) - Lost the ability to equip Crossbows.
*Reis (Dragon) - Gigaflare removed from learnable skills.
*Delita (Holy Knight) - Delita retains the Spirit Blade skill in the battles where he becomes playable.

BATTLES
183 Opening Battle - Ramza's abilities corrected so he does not have "Red Magicks", which he cannot learn.
181 Dorter Slums - Longbow removed from Monk
191 Ziekden Fortress - Argath given his specialty "Noble" class. This increases his HP, but should make him slightly easier to fight.
199 Balias Tor - Crossbow removed from Knight
110 Beginning of Chapter 2 - Lavian and Alicia given correct pre-requisites for Dragoon class upon joining your team
0A4 Mandalia Plains South 4 (Random Battle) - Gugnir removed from Lancer
0ED/0EE The Catacombs - Gastrophetes-wielding Lancers given the support ability of "Equip Crossbows"
0F9/0FA The Crevasse - Magus given Dragon Rod instead of Chaos Blade. One soldier was given the Chaos Blade, one was given Save the Queen, and two are dual-wielding Defenders.
00A/021/02E Tutorial Battles - Equipment reconciliation on Monks, Soldiers, and Archers.

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KNOWN HELP TEXT ERRORS
Due to the way that the program FFTactext handles PSP ISOs, in order to correct any of these help text errors I would need to rebuild the ISO from scratch, a process that would take around 10 hours and open the door for other errors to creep in. For now, they are being left as-is.

TREASURE HUNTER
*Displays only the first 2 characters of the item.

ITEMS
*All Longbows - Do not list the Samurai class as being compatible, though Samurai can equip them.
*Items with class compatibilty not updated from the original game. All of these have the same compatibility as other items of their type. List: Wizard Rod (Rod), Dragon Rod (Rod), Ras Algethi (Gun), Chaos Blade (Knight Sword), Mirage Vest (Light Armor), Sage's Robe (Robe), Brigand's Gloves (Armguard), Empyreal Armband (Armguard), Sage's Ring (Ring)
*The Genji Shield's description is missing a linebreak, causing the first line of class compatibility to show up on page 1.

JOBS
* Ramza's Chapter 1 "Noble" class description is missing a line break, causing the first line of page 2 to show up on page 1.

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REQUESTED CHANGES NOT MADE/ODDITIES EXPLAINED

*Why do some abilities display damage and statuses twice?
>There are 12 abilities that do this: the 7 Marksmanship Shots, Pulsar Crush, Spirit Blade, Snipe Movement, Snipe Action, and Seal Evil. This is because the of the way FFT handles animations. There is a casting animation and an effect animation. Sometimes, the casting animation does not wait for the effect animation before displaying damage. This is fixable by updating the animation string, but I have not yet found one that shows the weapon being used, but waits for the effect.

*Can you remove the inherent reaction skills?
>I've gotten this request a few times. I am aware that they can cause a character to retain a skill they haven't yet leraned, but that doesn't happen every time, and the inherent abilities reflect my vision for this game. If you run into this, simply replace the ability.

*Can Ramza have Chant and Salve?
>If you want to use FFTPatcher to add this, go ahead. My patch will not have them. I wanted to portray 2 things through Ramza's lack of abilities at the beginning: First, I wanted the generic characters to not be expendable (This is also the reason why 3 of your generics will always be named Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie). Ramza must rely on his support team to progress. Second, I wanted to show Ramza and Delita progress into a Dark Knight and Holy Knight, respectively. Chant and Salve don't really fit into those classes.

*The Magus class is overpowered! Can you nerf them?
>The Maguses are a flashy class, to be sure, but they are not significantly stronger than Summoners. They have lower Magic Attack and MP, their spells take a long time to cast (sometimes multiple turns), and the spells are difficult to pull off without hitting your own teammates. The main point of contention seems to be "Master Teleport". I considered removing this ability, but decided to keep it in. Currently, every support ability in the game is able to be learned by the characters, and I didn't want to make an exception for this one. Also, there is no practical way this ability could be unlocked without excess grinding. It requires collecting a bare minimum of 15,740 job points to be collected, with no other abilities learned outside of the Monk and Wizard classes. At the point you would get this ability, movement isn't, or shouldn't be a concern for you anyway.

*Why do the Squires (and now the Onion Knights) have the Moogle summon?
When I added the Migardsomr summon to the Summoners, it required removing another ability to make room. Moogle was the obvious choice, since Moogles became a playable class in later Ivalice games. I didn't want to remove the ability entirely though, so I removed the summoning casting animation, changed the formula to be an upgraded "Chant" ability, where you sacrifice HP to give HP to your teammates. Originally, this was given to Squires, as it didn't fit anywhere else. After feedback from you guys, I made the decision to move this to the Onion Knight to make the Red Magicks feel more cohesive and to give the Onion Knights a little bit more of a buff.

*Why is it so hard to hit Skeletons with arrows?
Skeletons have the inherent ability "Archer's Bane". They are not the only creatures who have gained inherent abilites.

Changelog in V 1.1

==System-Level Changes==
* The slowdown removal patch is now built in. Unfortunately, it required a switch to the European ISO, so saves will not transfer over. Because of this, I've included a patch for the US release without the slowdown removal patch for those that want to continue their progress.
* The PSP Menu Icon/Background have been changed to distinguish this game from the original release.

==Character/Ability Changes==
* "Plunder Gil" has been changed to "Plunder Spell", a new ability that allows Balthier to cancel the casting of a spell, a charged attack from a Soldier, or a Song/Dance from a Bard/Dancer.
* Cloud now starts with with Materia Blade equipped, and the Materia Blade is once again required for pulling off Limit skills.
* Reis is able to learn Tri-Thunder, Tri-Flame, Dark Whisper, and Gigaflare in a Blue Mage fashion, by being hit with them.

==Item Changes==
* The "Oak Staff" has been changed to the "Defense Staff". Hitting an ally with this staff will put them into a defending status, doubling their evasion until their next turn.
--Treasure Hunter--
* With the Materia Blade now coming equipped on Cloud, it no longer makes sense to find it on Mount Berevenia. I have replaced the item in that location with the "Arondight", the first of 4 Fell Swords. This is available at the beginning of Chapter 4.
* Treasure Hunting at Nelveska Temple has been changed drastically. Here are the 3 changes:
- The Nagrarok was changed from the weakest standard sword to the strongest Fell Sword, on par with the Knight Sword Ragnarok (this was in version 1.0). It can be stolen from Loffrey the last time you fight him, or it can be won in Midlight's Deep. It is no longer available at Nelveska Temple.
- In Nagrarok's place in Nelveska, you are now guaranteed to find Gungnir (formerly known as Javelin mk.2).
- Pridwen (formerly known as Escutcheon mk.2) is no longer found at the Nelveska Temple. It can now be found (guaranteed) in Dorvauldar Marsh.
- The spots that once held Gungnir/Pridwen now hold standard purchaseable equipment.