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    We are indeed referring to Hurricane Irma, which Funnyman is directly in the path of. This follows Hurricane Harvey, which flooded out Houston (where Synchysi and I live).

    The class system is purely cosmetic on the surface - I'm not about to start asking for class perks when we don't even know that the base idea is feasible, but it is something I'd definitely be interested in.

    (Also, any FMJ reference was purely unintentional. I'm not even sure what you're referring to >.>)

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    "Oh, almost forgot. Shadow missed himself with a Smoke Bomb while blinded. How do you even miss a smoke bomb?"

    Well, if you're already blind yourself, it's difficult to capitalize on a a maneuver that blinds your opponents.

    "Really like the new line where Locke now tries to help Danchou relax. I took Cyan this time and really like the way he talks too."

    Credit to @Bishop for re-doing all of Cyan's lines.

    "Atma Weapon was "defeated by a phantom who was able to dispel its power"? Is that a hint to cast Dispel on it? >.>"

    yes.jpg


    "-Wasn't expecting the healing lady in Vector to have new dialogue. Kinda FF5 Spoof-y, but nice. Also the inn o.O;;"

    That line is me venting some frustration at people who pronounce names from this game wrong.

    "-Huh, so that's where Vicks went. Wonder where Wedge is?"

    Same place he always was? >.>

    "-Wait, how does Terra "remember it all" when she was just a baby? (Well okay, she left when she was 2. That's more reasonable for remembering how her parents met.)"

    Shush. You're not supposed to notice the plot hole.

    "-When Arvis mentions the new equipment in Narshe, he says they intercepted a shipment "bound from Albrook". You must mean "bound for Albrook.""

    No, I mean bound *from* Albrook to the front lines where the Empire's soldiers are fighting. There's little sense in shipping equipment to and from the same continent when there's only one port town on it >.>

    "-Lol @ Terra quoting Derpy :v"

    So few people notice that one :P

    "-So after the Battle on the Bridge, is there a way you could change the espers flying out to ones the player couldn't have? I always thought it was weird seeing a second Shiva and Zoneseek."

    It's always bugged me, too, but the game's graphics code is a fucking nightmare.

    "-I like the line where Gestahl admits to being weary and asks for a break."

    I did this to make it more obvious that breaking is the "correct" choice.

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    5 hours ago, SuperHario said:

    What statuses does cover check for?  Image and clear should not be covered, probably muddle too (since the muddled character could end up killing  your own team, or you might want to attack the character with a brush or shiv to break muddle).

    Another thought, could an attack with a spear against a teammate be covered by the attacker (a rather impressive maneuver)? That should probably be nixed too.  

    Thinking a bit more on it, maybe all attacks from teammates should be ignored for cover purposes.  You could have an odd strategy of e.g., flameguard and flametongue to heal.  Also makes muddle a bit more detrimental as a status ailment.

    Check the Readme - everything is explained there.

    Short answer is that everything you're suggesting should already be the case, and we're just running into issues that have arisen from rewriting the code.

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    8 hours ago, thzfunnymzn said:

    The major issue I'm seeing here is that naming the build after one esper, with the base also being a hybrid, doesn't really match up with whag the builds really are. For example, something like 10/10 Terrato/Stray on Sabin is definetly a stamina build. Or, something like 7/7/7 Unicorn/Carbunkl/Maduin on Terra is a (bulky) magic build. Also, stuff like Siren vs Shiva on Celes is definitely nitpicking at build differences.

    These are loose guidelines rather than hard rules right now, obviously; you'll notice I've specified no numbers, and with good reason. Right now I'm just trying to get the idea out there.

    Also good to see you here - I was worried about you the other day because I know you're right in that path of that thing. Stay safe, my friend.

    P.S. I didn't forget Speed Relm so much as I decided that Speed Relm is effectively her "hybrid" build >.>

  7. Posted · Edited by BTB · Report reply

    So, one of my "wish list" items for BNW at some point in the future is to bring back the "class" labels. Except rather than simply being a description of the character, it would reflect their esper build. Each character would have a "default" class that would eventually change depending on which esper they predominately use for EL growth (or remain the same for hybrid builds, for the sake of simplicity). If you've ever played Seiken Densetsu 3 or Sword of Mana, it's basically the same thing.

    Without further ado, here we go!

    Terra
    Mage (Base)
    Battlemage (Bismark)  ---  Morph delay is shorter; Break and Storm cast faster
    Black Mage (Maduin)  ---  MP+25%; all Fire/Ice/Bolt spells & Ultima cast faster
    White Mage (Unicorn)  ---  HP+25%; all Cure and Life spells cast faster
    Omega Mage (Tritoch) ---  Regen MP while morphed; Remedy and Regen spells cast faster
    Red Mage (Phoenix) ---  HP/MP+12.5%; Cure (1-2), Fire (1-2), and Life (1) cast faster

    Celes
    General (Base)
    Holy Knight (Ramuh)  ---  HP+25%; all Swords get some kind of bonus(?)
    Dark Knight (Phantom)  ---  No dual-wield damage penalty; Merton and Demi/Quartr cast faster
    Valkyrie (Crusader)  ---  Inherent Cover; Safe and Haste cast faster
    Vanguard (Alexandr)  ---  Inherent Counter; Life and Regen spells cast faster
    Magic Knight (Siren)  ---  Runic restores 2x MP; all Ice & Bolt spells cast faster
    Holy Mage (Shiva)  ---  MP+25%; Holy, Merton, and all Cure spells cast faster
    Cleric (Seraph) ---  HP+25%; Rerise, Remedy, and all Cure spells cast faster

    Locke
    Rogue (Base)
    Fighter (Ramuh)  ---  Critical Attack rate up; all Swords get some kind of bonus(?)
    Paladin (Kirin) ---  All Shields get some kind of bonus(?); Cure (1-2) cast faster
    Thief (Ifrit)  ---  Steal always succeeds; Drain and all Bolt spells cast faster
    Red Mage (Phoenix) ---  HP/MP+12.5%; Cure (1-2), Fire (1-2), and Life (1) cast faster

    Edgar
    Engineer (Base)
    Alchemist (Siren)  ---  Status-setting attacks/spells ignore enemy stamina; gain elemental resistance from equipped weapons
    Sentinel (Golem)  ---  Inherent Counter; Tools delay is shorter
    Spartan (Unicorn)  ---  All Shields get some kind of bonus(?); Safe and Slow spells cast faster
    Dragoon (Palidor) ---  Two-handed damage bonus is 75% instead of 50%; Haste and Float spells cast faster

    Sabin
    Monk (Base)
    Shaman (Stray) -     AKA "Stam-WOW" Sabin  ---  HP Regen rate is doubled; gain elemental resistance from equipped weapons
    Godhand (Golem) - AKA "Slap-Chop" Sabin  ---  Critical Attack Rate Up; Blitz delay is shorter
    Guardian (Terrato) - AKA "Schticky" Sabin ---  Inherent Cover; Sleep and Drain spells cast faster

    Cyan
    Samurai (Base)
    Swordsmaster (Bismark) ---  +25% Physical Damage; Bushido delay is shorter
    Templar (Kirin) ---  Inherent Cover; Cure spells cast faster
    Vanguard (Alexandr)  ---  Inherent Counter; Life and Regen spells cast faster

    Shadow
    Ninja (Base)
    Assassin (Phantom) ---  Critical Attack rate up; Pre-Emtpive Attack rate up
    Shinobi (Fenrir) 

    Gau
    Hunter (Base)
    Beastmaster (Stray)
    Berserker (Fenrir)

    Setzer
    Gambler (Base)
    Undertaker (Shoat)     - AKA "Slotzer" ---  No dual-wield damage penalty; Doom and Poison/Bio cast faster
    Pilgrim (Starlet) - AKA "The Bank"(*) --- Inherent Counter; Remedy and Regen spells cast faster
    Cleric (Seraph) ---  HP+25%; Rerise, Remedy, and all Cure spells cast faster

    Mog
    Moogle (Base)
    Druid (Shoat)  ---  Summon delay is shorter; Break, Quake, and Poison/Bio cast faster
    Geomancer (Maduin) ---  Dance always succeeds; (?)
    Dragoon (Palidor)     - AKA "Mogoon" ---  Two-handed damage bonus is 75% instead of 50%; Haste and Float spells cast faster
    Guardian (Terrato)  ---  Inherent Cover; Sleep and Drain spells cast faster

    Strago
    Blue Mage (Base)
    Sorcerer (Zoneseek) ---  MP+25%; X-Zone, Dark, and Ice spells cast faster
    Wizard (Shiva) ---  +25% Magical Damage; Stop and Osmose spells cast faster
    Sage (Odin)  ---  HP Regen rate is doubled; Lore delay is shorter

    Relm
    Pictomancer (Base)
    Sorceress (Zoneseek) ---  MP+25%; Meteor, Flare, and Fire spells cast faster
    Priestess (Starlet) - AKA "Love You Long Time" Relm ---  Summon delay is shorter; Rerise, Remedy, and Regen spells cast faster
    Illusionist (Ifrit) ---  Brushes may set image; (?)

    Gogo
    Mime (Duh)

    Umaro
    Yeti (Double Duh)

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    I'm a little late with this post, but here are some things to look out for.

    You can now prevent Atma Weapon from re-buffing by casting Dispel pre-emptively; you'll get a message the first time you Dispel him after he powers up indicating that his defenses are down and subsequent messages indicating that A) he is storing power again and B) you have removed that stored energy whenever you Dispel him again (i.e. a different message than if you Dispel him after he re-buffs). The re-fight with Atma does *not* exhibit this behavior as I did not have enough A.I. space.

    With cover now being more prevalent since it's attached to stamina and to spears, I'm curious to how a multiple bodyguard situation will work. Let me know.

    The Life spell should be fixed now. Please test extensively.

    The Demonsbane is now anti-undead instead of holy damage and it should proc 50% of the time. Do a run through the sealed Cave with it and let me know how it performs.

    Please continue to test how stamina defends against status ailments set my enemy "special" attacks; it should prevent the status (but not the damage) some of the time.

  13. Posted · Edited by BTB · Report reply

    3 hours ago, Deschain said:

    The printme lists Giga Volt as lightning, but it's actually wind/lightning

    Huh, good catch. That error has been in there for a *long* time.

    And to everyone reporting empty encounters, this is because I asked Synchysi to enable encounters in a few rooms that didn't have them before but forgot to specify a pack. I've already fixed this in my ROM.

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    1 hour ago, TimeSpaceMage said:

    So I guess the brown part is their face? I'm still gonna just see them as smiling purple blobs.
    Also a big WUT at Gau's Leap not ending battle any more and him returning immediately. Super useful, but I just stood there like a lox waiting for the fight to end lol. And omg the exchange at Crescent Mountain xD

    The inn guy at Nikeah worries me with his "clean" beds...

    Went up against Fidor x1/Trooper x1 in the Narshe battle. Trooper used HasteX and Fidor countered him. Was that intended? o.o;

    'eh, it's a thing.

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    So, because I apparently just can't stop fucking with things... a casual thought popped up during routine Discord discussion involving the upcoming changes that tie stamina to cover and counter. Given these changes, I figured it would make sense to make cover the standard spear property rather than counters. All said and done, this leads to some very... interesting changes for Edgar. 

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