Final Fantasy Hacktics

Squire Male - HP: 165, MP: 62, Sp: 8, PA: 9, MA: 7, Move: 4, Jump: 3
Squire Female - HP: 154, MP: 67, Sp: 8, PA: 7, MA: 9, Move: 4, Jump: 3
Chemist Male - HP: 154, MP: 77, Sp: 9, PA: 8, MA: 6, Move: 3, Jump: 3
Chemist Female - HP 144, MP: 82, Sp: 9, PA: 6, MA: 8, Move: 3, Jump: 3
Paladin Male - HP: 185, MP: 24, Sp: 8, PA: 11, MA: 5, Move: 3, Jump: 3
Paladin Female - HP: 173, MP: 25, Sp: 8, PA: 9, MA: 6, Move: 3, Jump: 3
Archer Male - HP: 154, MP: 28, Sp: 9, PA: 10, MA: 4, Move: 3, Jump: 5
Archer Female - HP: 144, MP: 30 Sp: 9, PA: 9, MA: 5, Move: 3, Jump: 5
Monk Male - HP: 185, MP: 43, Sp: 9, PA: 13, MA: 6, Move: 3, Jump: 4
Monk Female - HP: 176, MP: 46, Sp: 9, PA: 10, MA: 7, Move: 3, Jump: 4
Priest Male - HP: 134, MP: 77, Sp: 9, PA: 8, MA: 9, Move: 3, Jump: 3
Priest Female - HP: 125, MP: 82, Sp: 9, PA: 6, MA: 11, Move: 3, Jump: 3
Wizard Male - HP: 113, MP: 82, Sp: 8, PA: 4, MA: 11, Move: 3, Jump: 3
Wizard Female - HP: 106, MP: 87, Sp: 8, PA: 2, MA: 13, Move: 3, Jump: 3
Time Mage Male - HP: 113, MP: 72, Sp: 10, PA: 5, MA: 9, Move: 3, Jump: 3
Time Mage Female - HP: 106, MP: 77, Sp: 10, PA: 3, MA: 11, Move: 3, Jump: 3
Summoner Male - HP: 103, MP: 111, Sp: 8, PA: 4, MA: 10, Move: 3, Jump: 3
Summoner Female - HP: 96, MP: 118, Sp: 8, PA: 2, MA: 12, Move: 3, Jump: 3
Thief Male - HP: 144, MP: 19, Sp: 10, PA: 10, MA: 4, Move: 4, Jump: 4
Thief Female - HP: 135, MP: 20, Sp: 10, PA: 8, MA: 5, Move: 4, Jump: 4
Mediator Male - HP: 165, MP: 57, Sp: 10, PA: 8, MA: 8, Move: 4, Jump: 3
Mediator Female - HP: 154, MP: 61, Sp: 10, PA: 6, MA: 10, Move: 4, Jump: 3
Oracle Male - HP: 154, MP: 72, Sp: 8, PA: 7, MA: 9, Move: 4, Jump: 3
Oracle Female - HP: 144, MP: 77, Sp: 8, PA: 6, MA: 11, Move: 4, Jump: 3
Geomancer Male - HP: 165, MP: 57, Sp: 8, PA: 10, MA: 8, Move: 4, Jump: 4
Geomancer Female - HP: 154, MP: 61, Sp: 8, PA: 8, MA: 10, Move: 4, Jump: 4
Lancer Male - HP: 165, MP: 28, Sp: 9, PA: 11, MA: 4, Move: 3, Jump: 6
Lancer Female - HP: 154, MP: 30, Sp: 9, PA: 10, MA: 5, Move: 3, Jump: 6
Samurai Male - HP: 154, MP: 43, Sp: 8, PA: 10, MA: 10, Move: 3, Jump: 3
Samurai Female - HP: 144, MP: 46, Sp: 8, PA: 9, MA: 11, Move: 3, Jump :3
Ninja Male - HP: 113, MP: 24, Sp: 10, PA: 10, MA: 5, Move: 4, Jump: 4
Ninja Female - HP: 106, MP: 25, Sp: 10, PA: 8, MA: 7, Move: 4, Jump: 4
Scholar Male - HP: 113, MP: 86, Sp: 8, PA: 9, MA: 12, Move: 3, Jump: 3
Scholar Female - HP: 106, MP: 92, Sp: 8, PA: 8, MA: 13, Move: 3, Jump: 3
Bard - HP: 144, MP: 67, Sp: 8, PA: 9, MA: 12, Move: 3, Jump: 3
Dancer - HP: 135, MP: 72, Sp: 8, PA: 13, MA: 8, Move: 3, Jump: 3
Mime Male - HP: 146, MP: 57, Sp: 9, PA: 10, MA: 9, Move: 4, Jump: 4
Mime Female - HP: 136, MP: 61, Sp: 9, PA: 8, MA: 11, Move: 4, Jump: 4

All Knives should all +1 speed instead of +1 move. However Orichalcum and Katar can still have the +1 MA/PA
Also the Bizen Boat proc chance from the Mage Masher should increase from 25% to 33%

All ninja swords are fine as they are

Shieldrender should have WP be increased to 9 because no one uses it anymore

Coral Sword should have WP be increased to 12

Platinum Sword should have W-EV% increased to 20% since again no one uses it.

Ultima Weapon should have WP increased to 11

Knight Swords are fine as they are

Chirijiraden should have always berserk

Axes are fine as they are

Rods are fine as they are

Gold Staff should have -1 Speed and WP increased to 12

White Staff should have absorb Holy

Flails are fine as they are

Mythril Gun should have range increased to 8

Stone Gun, Blaze, Glacier and Blast Gun should have range increased to 5

Gastrafitis should have WP decreased to 13 but gain 50% extra attack proc

Silver Bow should have 25% chance to proc Holy

Ice/Lightning/Windslash Bow should have strengthen Ice/Lightning/Wind elemental instead of status proc chance

Windslash Bow should have hurricane proc chance be 33%

Atheist Bow should have WP decreased to 14 but have 5 range.

Harps are fine as they are

Books are fine as they are

Javelin should have WP increased to 10

Spear should be renamed Ice Lance and have element be ice and strengthen ice. looses breath proc

Mythril Spear should be renamed Heat Lance and have element be fire and strengthen fire. looses breath proc

Partisan should be renamed Thunder Lance and have element be lightning and stregnthen lightining. looses breath proc

Obelisk should have WP increased to 13

Holy Lance should have WP increased to 11. Strengthen holy and have 50% of Holy proc

Dragon Whisker should have WP increased to 15 and have -1 speed

All spears should be two handed except for obelisk and dragon whisker

Sticks are fine as they are

Bags are fine as they are

Cloths are fine as they are

Crystal Shield should be renamed Mirror SHield with 30% P-Ev 5% M-Ev and Always: Reflect

Genji Shield should have P-Ev increased to 15%

Swift Plate should be renamed Zephyr Shield and have both P-Ev and M-Ev increased to 10%

Genji Helmet should have HP decreased to 105 and lose initial berserk but gain + 1 speed

Golden Hairpin should have HP decreased to 60 but have MP increased to 60 add MA +1

Flash Hat should have PA +1

Thief Hat should have initial Innocent

Choice Band should have HP Increased to 80. Have intial haste removed and gain innocent, faith, don't move, silence, poison, oil protection

Chakra Band should have HP increased to 80

Genji Armor should have HP increased to 95

Reflect Mail should have always Reflect

Clothes are fine as they are

Light Robe should have poison and undead protection

Sprint Shoes should have Move +1

108 Gems should have poison, silence and oil protection

Squire M - PA 9, MA 7
Squire F - PA 7, MA 9
Chemist - Fine as is
Paladin - Fine as is
Archer - Fine as is
Monk M - 13 PA, 4 MA
Priest - 5-10 HP Buff
Time Mage - Fine as is
Summoner - 10-20 MP Buff
Thief - 5-15 HP Nerf, 15 C-EV
Mediator - Fine as is
Oracle - Fine as is
Geomancer - Fine as is
Lancer - +Robes
Samurai - 10-15 C-EV
Ninja - Fine as is
Scholar - -1 PA
Bard - Fine as is
Dancer - Fine as is
Mime - +1 MA/PA

Priest
- Protect/Shell - Instant. 100 JP
Time Mage
- Stop - Hit_F(MA+60)%
- Demi - Hit_F(85)%
Thief
- Bad Luck - Removed
- New Skill or Reaction - Stealth or Sunken State
Oracle
-Spell Absorb - AbsMP_F(MA*7) Hit_F(MA+70)%
-Life Drain - AbsHP _F(MA*7) Hit_F(MA+70)%
Geomancer
- Pitfall, Hell Ivy, Carve Model - Dmg_((PA+3(/2*MA)
Lancer
- Jump - Element = Weapon
Ninja
- Meiton, Fuuton, Suiton - Change hit property to magic so it doesn't deal bonus sleep damage.
Scholar
-Quake, Tornado - CT 3

Mime - SP 9

Genji Armor, Secret Clothes, Thief Hat - HP +5-10

(suggestion)
Knives
- Mage Masher - 33% Cast Magic Ruin ( 8 WP Two Hands, 33% Magic Ruin )
Swords
- Phoenix Blade - W-EV 20%
Katanas
- Masamune - 8 WP, W-EV 15%,  Range 2 Stats/Element/Special None, 2H Yes, 2S No
Rods
- Thunder, Ice, Flame Rod - WP +1 (MA +1)
- Dragon Rod - 10 WP
Staves
- White Staff - 10 WP, Strengthen: Holy
- Healing Staff - Strengthen Holy removed.
Guns
- Mythril Gun - 8 WP, 4 Range,  +1 or +2 MA, 2S
- Stone, Blaze, Glacier, Blast Gun - 5 Range
Crossbows
-Bow Gun - Give Animation otherwis change into
(Crossbow - 8 WP, PA+2
(Scout's Bow 8 WP. Move +1 Jump+1)
(Repeating Cbow - 7 WP, 4 Range, Dual Cutter Effect)
Books
- Monster Dict - 33% Cast Bizen Boat
Spears
- Spear, Mythril Spear, Partisan - Give element.
Bags
- P Bag - Immune: Poison
Cloths
- W-EV% 20

New Shield - P-EV/M-EV 15%, Move/Jump +1

Helmets
-Genji Helmet - 70 HP, +1 SP
Hats
- New Hat - 70 HP, 10 MP, +1 MA/PA
Headbands
- Choice or Focus Band removed (Choice)
- Super Ribbon (red) - SP+1, PA+1, MA+1 +0-50 HP (See FFV/FFXI)
Clothes
- New Clothes - *) 80 HP, 5 MP, +1PA/MA
Robes
- Light Robe - Immune: Poison

Remove Immune Petrify on Chakra Band
Add both Immune Dead and Death Sentence

Battle Boots - Immune Darkness
Red Shoes - Immune Silence
108 Gems - Immune Poison
Elf Mantle - Immune Poison

With Always reflect, dead units can't be revived by Raise.

Thief Hat Initial Innocent? Would rather have a new hat for that.

Sprint Shoes with Move +1 kills the balance of +move shoes.

+1 SP on Daggers? Definitely too OP
Golden Hairpin +1 MA again? Not balanced.
Gold Staff and Dragon Whisker -1 SP? There's no real reason for this, especially on for the spear due to Jump CT.

I like Absorb Holy on White Staff

I'd rather change bow gun than Gastrophetes. It's a great weapon on high PA units due to its versatility with WP*PA abilities. We had similar ideas with a double attack crossbow though.

I like the strengthen element on the bows. (Would have to remove Hurrican Bow's proc)

I like the Javelin change, but only if the elemental spears get a buff, otherwise this doens't balance spears.

Flash Hat +1 PA? Why? This just makes Twist Headband less viable. Flash Hat and White Robe are still extremely good pieces of equipment.

This gun has suffered from mediocrity for awhile.  It performs the same task as an MA booster and a Romanda Gun, but not as well; Unlike the Mythril gun, MA boosters (Wizard Staff, etc.) typically grant W-EV, and the Romanda Gun deals more damage and has longer range.

Following up on Reks' suggestion, repurposing the Mythril Gun as a fourth spellgun that casts instant, single-target Demi is a good idea. A healing gun is good, too, although this does partially overlap with potions.

Scholars and Wizards are undeniably in competition with each other in purpose.  Though Scholars have access to a wider range of weaponry, their respective skill sets encourage players to play them the same way: by stacking MA and nuking opponents with magic and/or weapons.  Rather than delicately tweak each classes' stats to find a fair balance, I suggest we repurpose one class -- scholars -- entirely.

A class whose absence I've felt strongly about is the battle mage: a tanky spellcaster with decent HP and MP, low CT spells, and access to shields, and possibly also armor.  Currently, all mages with the exception of Oracles suffer from low HP, and no mage has access to shields.  If we could repurpose Scholars as a battlemage, they would fulfill this new, unique role.

Of course, as a spellcaster, there will be times when the class is attacked midcharge, during which time the equipped shield's evasion is not applied.  To solve this problem, it would be nice to create a reaction ability that ignores the Charging and Performing flags when calculating damage, so that evasion is always applied.  This reaction ability can even be set as one of the classes Innate abilities.

Stats and skills would look something like this:

M: 144 HP, 77 MP, 08 SP, 10 PA, 08 MA, 4 Move, 3 Jump, 5 C-EV
F: 135 HP, 82 MP, 08 SP, 08 PA, 10 MA, 4 Move, 3 Jump, 5 C-EV
Can equip: Swd, Rod, Stf, Book, Pole, Shld, Helm, Armr, Robe, Acc

Maelstrom: As before
Rime Bolt: As before
Earth Dragon: As before
Thunder Flare: As before
Shadow Shade: As before
Mad Science: Killed off/Repurposed/CT lowered at the expense of something else.
Tornado: Light\moderate AoE damage. Cancels some sort of positive buff. CT stays at 2.
Quake: As with Tornado
Bio 1/2/3: Sent to Wizard.  At least one Bio spell could be repurposed/killed off.
Poison: Inherited from Wizard. CT may be reduced to 0.
Spellsinger (... or something): Allows P-EV and M-EV to be applied even when Charging/Performing. 200 JP or so.
Distribute: As before/moved to another class
Damage Split: As before/moved to another class
Equip Magegear: As before
Move=0: As before

As a bonus, this new reaction ability will allow the map-wide lore spells (Maelstrom, etc.) to be safely cast in the midst of battle in spite of their long CT. Other classes with long CT spells, particularly Summoners, will also benefit from this new ability. This ability will also make Equip Shield a viable support ability on spellcasters.

To continue further, I wonder how easily status effects that manipulate elemental strengthening and/or weaknesses can be implemented.  After hearing about the new Oil negating elemental defense, I wondered about the possibility of creating status effects that temporarily add "Halve: All elements," "Strengthen: All elements" or some such.  If so, this class could use these skills, as well.

I mentioned this around... two years ago, so I doubt anyone remembers, but what do people think about redesigning Houkouton, which is awfully similar to Punch Art in purpose, to a 0 CT spell that cancels some positive buffs that are often exploited, but hard to respond to in the current metagame, like Haste and Regen? This change would invigorate the Ninja skillset as as means of debuffing opponents.

Good idea! The archer's movement abilities should go to Lancer if this change is implemented.

Given that the AI only casts the Priest spells when the target is in danger of dying, having the spells heal as well as apply Protect and Shell is the best solution.  However, I am not sure that a skill can both heal and apply a buff at the same time.  If this is impossible, then lowering the CT to 0 is the best compromise.

Edit: Ignore the following.
On a tangent, is it possible to reduce the damage reduction of Protect, Shell, Defend UP, and Magic Defend UP from 2/3 to 3/4?  2/3 reduction is fine if these buffs can only be temporarily applied through spells, but items and support abilities with Always: Protect/Shell, particularly perfumes, are just too good.  For example, equipping Defend UP increase ones effective HP and effective healing (toward one of the two damage types, mind you) by a whopping 50%.  In contrast, equipping Equip Armor increases ones HP by 15%~20%, and effective healing does not increase at all.