Insane Difficulty: 2.0 Idea? Maybe? - Insane Difficulty

In my version of the idea, no it doesn't persist. I forgot that Wonder Wand does persist when I was using it as an example, else I would've clarified that.

Making early summon order something like Stray -> Ifrit -> Siren ensures that it's useful for randoms; Stray is damn good when something is vulnerable but you have other users, Relm naturally has Ifrit anyway, and Siren being third means most encounters that care about MP probably died via Ifrit. Anything after that can be summarized as 'Welcome to flavor town', really.

Create a ring when equipped improves summon power (like boost ability in FF9 ) or give an alternative attack for that summon (like carbuncle in ff9)

Maybe odin when equipped this ring transforms into raiden using the alternative attack?

Maybe this ring can improve esper bonus?

Hm. The problem is, it doesn't add much. Summons are 1/battle, which makes it difficult, if not impossible, to have a build centered on the actual casting of one - a relic like the one you're describing would need to add a weaker attack and then allow more frequent use, or something. I think there would be significant technical challenges, although perhaps not. Additionally, Raiden's sprite no longer exists. It got shitcanned to make room for Kaiser's sprite.

Bauglir, on 29 March 2017 - 08:15 AM, said:

The ring can improve summon attack even the attack used only once
Improve summon equip bonus
Gives some extra status bonuses

Does not need to be build focused.
Anyone can equip .Maybe the ring gives some status bonuses and give better esper equip bonus. For example kirin gives magic +5 ,when equipped with the ring ,it gives magic+7

Raiden's sprite has indeed been scrapped.

Alternate summons also won't happen due to our complete lack of unused spell slots.

Maybe the ring can be Relm only and let her summon the esper equipped as many times she wants at the cost of dealing half the damage/healing

ronlyn, on 29 March 2017 - 02:12 PM, said:

how's that work with zoneseek

Also, an item that improves your stat bonuses from an Esper doesn't do anything that multiple items that offer the same stat bonuses couldn't do, except possibly force you to juggle it around in a multiparty situation. But it also comes with a lot more work, because it requires you to balance it for every possible Esper - you can't take a pass on the ones that don't lend themselves to adjustment this way, like the ones that offer status immunity. You'd still have to come up with a bonus for those ones. Finally, I don't really see how it helps the game do what it's trying to - Espers are already meant to be very important, so adding an optional way to make them moreso is going to create redundancy that could be better spent on addressing balance issues or adding something novel.