ronlyn

1 hour ago, Hart-Hunt said:

Most of chapter 4 really isn't unfair, save for Altima and a few optional (skippable) Deep Dungeon fights. It's just that in Ch4, the game decides to completely steer away towards a different kind of combat dynamics and design. Where a variety of jobs and abilities was the name of the game in the first 3 chapters, in the fourth one Speed, CT manipulation, and DPS are kings. If you can master the technique of making your turns count in reliable ways, then Chapter 4 will seem easier and easier, and more a matter of planning how to break the uber-stats wall of enemies in each battle, and then executing said plan.

If you ever get stuck, I completed the main story (except for Altima) with the challenge of having 1 unit less in each battle, generics only, and no random battles (meaning natural growths, natural levels, and having to plan ahead which abilities I'll be learning). I find the playthrough very instructive, because it uses normal jobs and tactics, and mostly shines in CT counting and execution (my glory days ).

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWTk_7CuZPxLi3dgCM0IwagOrgDowjkiE

 

I know what I'm watching this week 

2 hours ago, xwDUSTwx said:

Thanks alot for the info. Yes you are right. I didn't realize the 2 handed symbol doesn't pop up when I equip the whale whisker. Kinda lame but whatever. All the other sticks are 2 hand able. I've looked at all kinds of patch notes. Maybe I missed this info. There's alot to go through. Hard to find the information I need sometimes.

As for the faith rod I just picked up Cloud so hopefully after I train him and Mel up I will zone in on it soon.

For growths I remember back in the day I felt like I had a hell of a time dealing with speed, and having my units do enough damage. So this time I spent alot of time researching the growths and leveled my characters at mandalia a specific way. Ramza for example is lvl 98 with base stats 13 speed, 17 Pa, 14 ma, 388 health, 124 mp as a squire. He is highly effective. Much better than last time I played this. So I don't know for sure if it is generally worth the effort but my party feels really strong and the battles have gotten easier. Except Elmdor. Dear god that was a nightmare, but I got all his stuff took 12 attempts.

And this is why 1.3 is a huge turn off for me: Most of the time you either blow away most of the challegue by exploiting the game or you can save scum until you get it right. There's no middle ground

(Of course you can argue that the early game is cool and all but then again, Vanilla FFT was balanced until the broken stuff starts to appear, then it's the same problem but backwards)

thanks for the correction, and yeah I would like a more balanced 1.3 since everything went crash down once CH4 become a thing: Enemies with absurd speed/MA/PA/equipment and special units were a must unless you wanted to challenge yourself (bad idea on 1.3 to be quite honest) , a lot of options are either useless or inferior and finally, the player must play like it was a LTC since getting levels in a wrong class can easily ruin later fights

On 12/1/2019 at 11:54 AM, xwDUSTwx said:

The biggest question has to do with leveling. I know it is possible to be overleveled early on, but is it possible to be underleveled? I am in chapter 3 and for some time enemies have been drastically overleveling me. Im in the first battle with Rafa and Malak. My highest unit is level 30. Rafa is lvl 37 and malak is level 43. The other enemies are high 30s. I am only wondering if it would be safe to grind a little in random battles to close the gap and learn some skills, or will the enemies get even tougher if I do?

The enemies are in their high 30s because before each battle, the game calculates the enemy level via the party's average level (including Rafa and Malak which are WAY ahead of you). You either level up everyone on the team or just stop using them for a while

On 12/1/2019 at 11:54 AM, xwDUSTwx said:

Next I can figure on my own but thought I would just ask. If I buy some level 1 recruits and take them into a random battle will the enemies be the same level. Lets say I take 5 lvl 1 squires in. Will the enemies be really high level since im in chapter 3? Im curious mainly for poaching reasons, and to level some characters I am leaving behind for now. Agrias for example. My generics are much better than her at least until I can take some time to get her some skills.

Read above. Agrias and all specials have that trouble: Most generics will have the skills they need before you get the first one, so it's your call if you want to used them since they need some work

On 12/1/2019 at 11:54 AM, xwDUSTwx said:

Next. For geomancers and samurais. Is elemental based off of MA or PA. Same question for samurai sword skills. Its a simple thing I know but I just can't tell. 

Geomancers use both MA and PA to calculate damage, so it's a good idea to have a good score in both and samurais use MA or PA depending of the skill

I'm still half-expecting a full comeback of the 1.3 tournaments: lots of fun 

IT'S FINALLY DONE:

Overall, I really enjoyed  this little adventure . Let's hope I can keep up with the heat, because Second Chapter is next

Going straight into endgame:

THAT ONE FIGHT

Grancel up to Semi finals

Chapter 3 complete. Endgame ahead

Chapter 2 done.

I will try to update every time I beat a whole chapter rather than give meager two to five minutes videos so I will be out of commission for time to time

Hello everyone, it has been a long while I showed my face here. Today I brought to you a really nice yet somewhat obscure series called The Legend of Heroes 6. I'm planning tackle all the games while doing a LLG on the hardest difficulty while attaining 100% completion in the game

About Monster Tactics: I will get into it later down the line since it was long enough reach CH4, let alone deal with all the extra battles (and some of then are outright time consuming)

Without something more to say, here's the playlist:

Hello there BTB, it has been a long time since I touched this gem so I must ask: this update will take too long before being release? I got a lot in my table but this one takes priority

About the hidonites: Why don't just make them respawn after a set amount of turns like number 128 and his pals?

IDK if this sounds kind of rude but..........

Why don't just play the game and have fun? If you wanna do a review, do it while you enjoy the game for what it is: A new experience with familiar faces

1 hour ago, Fein-Life said:

What do u mean grinded to the level where they are using poison? 

Do the enemies scale with you or something?

No scale in terms of levels and such: Enemies change their AI after a certain level is obtained to avoid power levelling

In fact, you should REALLY avoid grinding like crazy since the game tends to punish you for trying to cheese it

I have a suggestion which may or not sound kind of crazy but here it is nonetheless: Dark could be a magic spell that deal physical damage instead of magic damage 

This would both make the spell more unique since target with a exceptional m.defense tend to be quite fragile against physical attacks and would also put the spell apart from Black Omen (Or if it's possible, make the spell power being calculated from stamina)

1 hour ago, thzfunnymzn said:

I recommend digging up the alternate sprite patches for Terra and Celes, even for a new player. >_> A general ought be wearing armor, not some weird whatever.

I would support a patch that change everyone's clothes in WoR

In my case I just decided to screw him over by confusing his henchmen via Noiseblast and make the do my bidding by rocking the tarr out of the old man alongside Shadow while Celes and Locke played medics and sometimes lay down some hits to fast things up.

Morale of this topic: EVERYONE has that one boss that make you rage-quit, just deal with it and try to enjoy this awesome mod

A question here: Can we use old saves once this new version comes up? Because I tried normal mode and it fells.....empty

Hell, I didn't even bother to go past X-ATM since he was LAME compared to the arrange mode counterpart

53 minutes ago, Sega Chief said:

Arrange Mode is the hard mode of the mod, but I purposely didn't call it hard mode because I worried people would play the mod for the first time on that setting and be turned off it. Arrange is less balanced than normal mode and has some bugs with events, particularly the Bizarro fight. I'll be fixing these in June when I've got some more time.

Welp, I guess me and my ass are going to normal then: 7 hours in and I like arrange mode as my first run, but if endgame is hell I better put myself on normal to avoid ragequitting there

Edit: BTW great mod sega chief: I have never played FFVII and I don't have any reference to the vanilla version but so far I love this mod

My lp sense is tingling

September 2th - The Calm before the Storm:

Cute but deadly (7/10):

Entry 47: Zalmo II  

Rankings:
8.5/10 (First timer)
6/10 (Normal Player)
5/10 (2nd Playthough)

Preview:

Gameplay (Yes, I decided to record this since it was practically one-sided):

Conclusion:

I hope everyone had a good time following Oersted so far, because we're not seeing his face in a LONG TIME

Entry 46: Zeltennia 3 

Rankings:
7/10 (First timer)
5/10 (Normal Player)
4/10 (2nd Playthough)