Dr. Letha

Oldie but a goodie

Just finished Raithwall's Tomb.

Not getting a second job board after The Gigas is kinda depressing but I understand why you removed it. That said, getting the option to pick a struggle board or an otherwise limited version of someone else's job for a second board would be pretty neat to allow some branching out into hundreds of combinations. I personally would love that forever but I know FFXII modding is still in its early development so I can't presume to know the feasibility of that complex of a mechanics change.

I'm only at Raithwall's Tomb because holy shit Vossler is a goddamn monster to an unprepared team.

(also lol at the de facto black mage of the party having forced berserk for that boss battle. I know that's beyond your control, but I found it humorous enough to mention)

Escaped Barheim Passage. 

Fuck Mimics.

Not having access to Blizzard for the Mimics, Batteries, and Mimic Queen sucked hard but it was honestly a rough dungeon--in a good way. I couldn't just breeze through it like usual; I had to decide between progressing at a steady pace and risk the lights going out and fighting those fucking ghosts or prioritizing the power supply bugs and risking taking fleeing damage while pursuing them. It was tense and it was fun.

I'm not sure how I feel about the layout of the quickenings on the summon boards. Getting any slots that aren't the three in a row on any given board locks you out of some pretty big stuff, which feels like it's penalizing early game hard if they opt to pick a quickening early. I get the idea but I'm mixed on the execution. 

Still loving the game so far, though! Everything else has been fascinating so far!

Just got through Giza for the first time and I already love what you've done. The only major critique I have is that Vaan is still a bit squishy at the start of the game so a lot of my strategies so far have involved legging it in the direction of the nearest save crystal to get HP back, but that's earlygame in a nutshell so I really can't gauge how much of an influence your enemy stat boosting has over that. Plus, again, Vaan isn't the sturdiest knife in the tool shed, and he doesn't have his spray-on abs to block incoming hits anymore (thanks HD upgrade).

I really like the design of all the license boards, I can see that a lot of care was put into what licenses lead to what and which charachters' archetypal boards get to have which equipment and spells available. Changing the elemental spells up to be more varied than just the same attack with a different element is super neat, I'm looking forward to trying out all the wacky new attributes so I can find which spells I gravitate towards the most during my playthrough. 

One of the big things I like about FFXII is that, personally, I tend to make different builds for each character every single run. Not quite certain how that would work with having license board "presets" but I really appreciate putting a new twist on the game itself through the changes you've made. If nothing else, these changes are like looking at the game through a new pair of glasses, and I like what I'm seeing so far (so to speak).

You get the Letha's Seal of Approval so far. Good on you!

Holy shitballs a mod for FFXII?

I like you already.

4 hours ago, Bauglir said:

Dr. Letha's contributions to the channel are a good example of this - they were fucking hilarious examples of pornography gone wrong. I don't think anybody actually masturbated to them, but being able to see them posted has improved my life.

I feel so loved <3

So BTB has gotten me convinced, and now I've committed to the idea of "translating" Brave New World into a fresh new hell of engrish. I'm ready to put a wonderful new spin on such classic lines like "Well don't that just beat all...", "General Leo, I will avenge you.", and literally every other line of dialogue in this game. It's all getting restructured, and I wanna see how long it takes until I snap.

I'm absolutely up for ideas on specific scenes or characters. Naturally, engrishy is better, but humor is always appreciated.

Let's do this.

Pretty fly for a rabbi priest

"Pump him with Stamina and a Life Bell and you won't even NEED Terrato. "

Why not both

25 Terrato Sabin is a magical thing

the man

the myth

the legend (until Kain superceded me)

the doc

for those of you who are new to NG/ID, I'm Doctor Letha, Doc, Doc Letha, Leth, and That Unorthodox Fellow On The Discord Server.

Ignoring the fact that I'm legally obligated to inform you that I am not a certified doctor (yet, give it a year or so), I'm the local maniac with regards to doing dumb things in NG/ID romhacks, and I do dumb things because I like to make others enjoy my adventures through said dumb trials and tribulations. 

I like long walks on the beach, pina coladas, and playing shoot'n'loot games with a certain kaffesque overlord once in a... however long it's been since our last excursion into Elpis.

If you know me, it's probably due to my detailed and unfortunately-unfinished LLG run of FF6:BNW that ended due to a corrupted save file, and the dozens of walls of text that I created during that LLG's run. I love romhacks, I love it when fans put their heart, soul, and coding expertise to the mettle as they create something out of raw passion and curiosity, and I love sperging out over little details that people put into their hacks to show their devotion and level of care.

I also have two pets that I constantly bombard the server with photos of. You know them if you've seen them.

I don't know why I'm making this. it's 10AM.

I've stated before that if I leaned towards the male end of my bisexuality, BTB would be prime manmeat material.

Oldie but a goodie of me and my (now deceased) little princess Edgar.

I don't take pictures much, and I have since lost my long luxurious locks to charity, twice.

gonna lift my post from ID to further cement my firm stance on strago:

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My original vote was Celes, but I've since taken the vote back because–while I cannot deny her value in any group, the least of which being the unbreakable titan of defense in my LLG–she's more of a favorite than an MVP, and I consider the two to be different ideas. While she's no doubt my favorite character to use, there are others that would be more appropriate to be considered the most useful or influential in their roles in battle.

Namely, Strago and Shadow.

I've gushed enough about Strago in my LLG and other places (looking at you, Discord chat), but that doesn't mean he's any less worthy of the title. His bases are min/maxed so that he can fill his designated roles to the best of his ability (more so than most any other character), and while his versatility isn't as vast as, say, Locke, his stats and equipment loadout is optimized to an extreme degree to complement his options, few as they are. In a magically oriented role, his damage is beyond measure, with big numbers coming from neutral elemental hits. Against elemental weaknesses, his power is only rivaled by Terra, and his access to X-Magic means that even though his speed is lackluster (which can be fixed through equipment without sacrificing too much magic power since his bases are good enough to carry him for a long time), he can devastate anything that has the audacity to have a weakness to Ice, Poison, or instant death. Beyond X-Magic, Lore grants him some major variety with his magical options at the cost of dual casting. Tsunami is ridiculous against anything that doesn't negate water damage, Blaze and Bad Breath are incredible for setting statuses, Shield grants him a very special role as the fastest character that can set up Safe and Shell on the whole party (two turns with Zoneseek, three with X-Magic), Raze is so powerful that even its intentionally shitty double-elemental property can't stop the carnage, and Black Omen is almost literally a reskinned Quasar. 

In a Stamina build, Strago has, bar none, the single greatest magical defense in the entire game. Even without investment in Magic ELs, his 48 base Magic can service him up to the endgame with the right equipment, and he's basically a Ribbon on wheels with the right EL investment.

This is my go-to Strago, and he doesn't give a wrinkly old fuck about magical damage. Inherent Regen coming off of 109 Stamina makes him self-sufficient in battles where magical attacks are flying around, and 60 Magic hits pretty hard no matter what an enemy's magical defense is. Death Ward is honestly optional considering how quickly he can set Safe and Shell on everybody, and sometimes I replace it with an Amulet for some more bulk if Safe/Shell isn't and issue. Strago's awesome. 

And then there's Shadow. Fantastic evasion, fantastic speed, fantastic utility, and his speed works incredibly well with his damage options, so much so that Shadow's DPS is among the highest on the roster (I'm of the firm belief that Shadow/his Scrolls are due for a good nerf, but that's a different story). His options are pretty few with only two and a half real builds, but he does them so magnificently that that's all he needs for his claim to fame, so to speak. Phantom ELs for counter king and knife throwing, Fenrir for breaking the game in half in ways that other characters wish they were capable of, mix for a nice balance of both.

  Not only is this one of my favorite builds in the entire game, it's also one of the most effective at basically everything that Shadow's options allow. 104 speed +Haste and 84% evade (74% if Ninja Mask is opted over Dark Hood, which I usually choose for counters) allows Shadow to zip around the battlefield faster than anyone else on the roster, and his speed complements his utility options fantastically. There's no one better than Shadow when it comes to throwing Phoenix Downs out when needed, and access to Smoke Bombs and Inviz Scrolls lets him apply one of the best overall buffs and one of the best situational buffs (respectively) with incredible ease. His Throw tools are cheap and relatively easy to maintain, especially in the WoR where their prices are basically non-issues, access to Regen, Rerise, HasteX, and Fenrir let him set even more buffs on the party, and Butterfly/Man Eater knives make his anti-humanoid potential rival Cyan. Even Healing Shivs, while somewhat uncommon, are an interesting and surprisingly potent ST heal when thrown by Shadow.

But above of those options, Shadow's DPS with full Fenrir investment reigns supreme. Like I said, humanoid enemies get wrecked by Butterfly/Man Eater Throws, Shurikens are ridiculously cheap for how useful they are throughout the majority of the game, but the elemental Scrolls are far and away the most ludicrous of Shadow's DPS options. With b.pow values of 100 apiece, the elemental Scrolls are almost on par with Fire 3's overall power (108), and even with split damage, Scrolls hit incredibly hard for how cheap they are and for how early they are available. Even early game, having that kind of power as early as Jidoor is crazy when you consider that Shadow's base Magic is, for some reason, on par with Celes', and it gets crazier as the game progresses. The Kazekiri gives a big boost to Magic (and Wind Slash counters fucking hurt), the Memento Ring's +7 Magic is hilarious on the Floating Continent, the Mutsunokami's higher Magic and better proc compared to the Kazekiri is insane, and the Rogue Cloak's 25% damage boost makes Shadow's Scrolls/Aero procs hit outrageously fucking hard. And then when you factor in that he gets about two turns to the average character's one, his DPS is honestly really scary; god forbid he hits an elemental weakness, he may as well be a Terra on wheels at that point. 

Yeah, he's one of the flimsiest characters on the roster, and his evasion stats only go so far to avoid damage, but considering how cheap his consumables are and how easy it is to maintain his upkeep through Rerise/Regen/Image/Haste, Shadow's options make him an incredibly potent team member in whatever role he needs to fill. With nATB's effects on Speed and the removal of the soft cap for speed as a result, Shadow's Speed opens up options to him that are otherwise impractical or otherwise impossible to any other character, and his equipment loadout allows him to be dangerously effective at what he does.

Third pick: Yeti. Who needs finesse when you throw your own teammates at enemies for the damage cap? 

 

hope y'all like big, thick, girthy walls of text as much as I do.

Strago.