Hello everyone, new user here.
Just downloaded the mod yesterday and I'm honestly having a blast with it. I'm actually surprised cause being a fellow modder i'm usually VERY picky about gameplay changes, but most of what i've read in the changelog or experienced myself makes an enormous amount of sense. So far i've played up to halfway trough chapter 1 and i've loaded a endgame save with all weapons obtained through cheats.
As for the feedback, so far major props to:
- Almost everything in the global changes section, from RT to equipments. Heck, almost every balance-induced change
- Outright removing "mandatory passives" like strengthen, spellcraft, anatony, switftfoot and so on
- Outright removing ability to use scrolls.
- Added/new effects to spells and equipment. Changing resurrection to "save the npc".
- The FFXII tribute with cursed weapons, lol.
Cons
- Sprite changes/portrait changes. Mixed feelings about some of them but overall a con. For example the minor changes to Deneb and Lanselot are ok, I can live with Donnalto but it's mostly up to personal preference and Sara, Voltare and Rudlum are a big no for me. It's onestly a pity that the amazing work done on the balance side has to be penalized by purely cosmetic changes of all things. Seeing how you're also having difficulties with cutscenes and whatnot, I heavily suggest to revert all of them for the mandatory balance patch and make an incremental patch (that can be applied on top of the balance changes) for the new sprites. It looks like a win-win situation for me, cause you'd have way less work to do before you can release 1.0 with balance changes only, less bugs and better reception by making a (seemingly) controversial change optional.
Bugs
- You already know about the "nothing" skill Canopus and others still have
- A few on hit skill have a bugged/placeholder description "process_type_xxx" like RT increased, - 0 HP/TP/MP
That's it for now. Really looking forward to future releases, i'll probably say more when i have a better understanding of all the other changes i still don't know.