Final Fantasy Hacktics

Yeah, it's alright. The biggest problem with it, really, was that I had been doing it before setting foot in Dorter. I didn't have a lot of equipment choices, and I hadn't had a chance to build up the JP to get any status effects that would have helped. This sort of thing isn't nearly as much of a problem later on when you've got more toys in your toolbox, but at the very beginning of the game it's awfully frustrating.

Thanks for taking the time to explain in-depth though, I do appreciate it!

(Also, yeah, I'm not on the beta version. Thanks for the explanation on that, too!)

I have an unwinnable fight, early in the game. I haven't been to Dorter Trade City yet, but the Tortoise in the plains is literally unkillable. Every time it gets to critical HP, it uses Guts as a reaction - which isn't listed anywhere in its status screen, I might add - and restores itself to full. It's done this three times in this fight alone, and I do not have any abilities on any characters powerful enough to finish it without getting it to Critical state. The most damage I can do to it is 25, and its Critical threshold is greater than that.

I'm currently savestated fighting it, it's cornered and we've gained a boatload of JP, so I really don't want to have to reload and lose the entire fight... is it really a guaranteed 100% thing like it seems, or is there a chance I can savestate-scum the stupid thing to death?

E: Nevermind, another dozen savestates later and I got a hit in without tripping Guts. This is going to suck, but it's doable. Just... not naturally.