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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:The walking around is a bit annoying though, can't figure out exactly why. Don't really like the virtual joystick. The ultra-precise movement gets you stuck on corners far too easily, and more often than not you're running up against a wall and getting slowed down otherwise. Diagonal movement is a neat idea, but this is kind of a pain in the rear end.
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Levantine posted:Speaking of Dimensions, man do things ramp up in Chapter 4. I don't think it's quite as good as the SNES era games but it's very close in quality. With Square Enix posting losses I doubt we will see anything like it again but I sure can hope. Retro throwbacks are basically all Matrix Software does. I think they're going to be around for a while, too.
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Mar 29, 2013 10:11
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Bongo Bill posted:Retro throwbacks are basically all Matrix Software does. And Avalon Code. We can't forget Avalon Code. We probably should forget Avalon Code
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Mar 29, 2013 11:40
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Shaezerus posted:The ultra-precise movement gets you stuck on corners far too easily, and more often than not you're running up against a wall and getting slowed down otherwise. Yeah I've taken to swiping right, pausing, then swiping up anyway. Getting past stuff like holes in the ground or poison plants sucks.
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Mar 29, 2013 12:43
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Dimensions question: I just got the airship and I want to fill in some jobs. What is a decent place to grind as soon as you have the Airship? I can't kill Super Cactuars yet. Regular battles seem to give ~30AP so that's not bad but I was hoping there was a place I could get more.
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Mar 29, 2013 13:51
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I don't have an iOS device but I'm sure auto battle is a welcome addition since my previous method for quickly leveling up / mastering jobs was to master Berserker on everyone.
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Mar 29, 2013 18:32
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I'm thinking about purchasing Dissidia duodecim for my Vita, but didn't play the first one. A friend told me I should just get duodecim because it's basically an expanded version of the original; is there any truth to this?
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Mar 29, 2013 18:39
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Behonkiss posted:I'm thinking about purchasing Dissidia duodecim for my Vita, but didn't play the first one. A friend told me I should just get duodecim because it's basically an expanded version of the original; is there any truth to this? There is all the truth to that. Duodecism is Dissidia: Dissidia Harder. You lose nothing by skipping the first one.
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:The FF5 port is the same way yeah. Actually looks pretty nice, and holy poo poo auto battle is nice for grinding or getting through weak encounters you'd normally mash through. Does the FF5 port's autobattle work like FFD's, in that if you set the battle cursor to memorize, Auto-Battle uses what your cursor's memorized to?
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Mar 29, 2013 18:58
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SmockJoc posted:It's a shame too, since the high-def enemy sprites look so gosh-darn good. But the main characters are just terrible reskins of the FFD ones. I didn't really mind the static character sprites in FFD that much but it seemed like there was a lack of animation frames, like each character only had three or so generic poses that were used for everything.
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Behonkiss posted:I'm thinking about purchasing Dissidia duodecim for my Vita, but didn't play the first one. A friend told me I should just get duodecim because it's basically an expanded version of the original; is there any truth to this? From what I understand the entire first game is in there and then some, no content was cut or removed only added to. You should just get Dissidia012
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Behonkiss posted:I'm thinking about purchasing Dissidia duodecim for my Vita, but didn't play the first one. A friend told me I should just get duodecim because it's basically an expanded version of the original; is there any truth to this? Duodecim is a prequel, when you beat the prequel campaign it unlocks the full campaign from the first game. You can even level characters in the second one if you have a save from the first. There's really no reason to buy the first one. Kyrosiris posted:Does the FF5 port's autobattle work like FFD's, in that if you set the battle cursor to memorize, Auto-Battle uses what your cursor's memorized to? Yes, so once you get Level 5 Death and go to that basement in the castle you can probably max out every job while you watch TV
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Bongo Bill posted:Retro throwbacks are basically all Matrix Software does. I think they're going to be around for a while, too. And as far as bad artwork/sprite design goes, they've always had that problem.
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alcharagia posted:And Avalon Code. We can't forget Avalon Code. Press A to search! And attack
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:Yes, so once you get Level 5 Death and go to that basement in the castle you can probably max out every job while you watch TV Excellent. 
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Don't those guys give like no EXP though? Get you to the Deep Sea Trench with some Bards, motherfucker 
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The White Dragon posted:Don't those guys give like no EXP though? Get you to the Deep Sea Trench with some Bards, motherfucker They give very little XP and buttloads of AP and Gil. In short, they're perfect.
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Mar 29, 2013 22:15
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Mega64 posted:Here's the site for the patch and info on the various changes. How is the Mod of Balance hack? I've only played the NES version and I'm told the original GBA version was about as hard as a down pillow covered in chinchilla fur. Are the new classes pretty interesting? It's hard to tell which class gets what magic, he hasn't updated the spell/equipment lists. Bellmaker fucked around with this message at 22:32 on Mar 29, 2013 |
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Mar 29, 2013 22:30
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I wish the FFV Custom Classes mod made the game harder to compensate for the greater customization and the boss EXP. I wound up ridiculously high-leveled by the end of the game, even more so than I normally would. In most fights, I could just have Lenna !Iainuki and kill everything before anyone else got a turn.
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Bellmaker posted:How is the Mod of Balance hack? I've only played the NES version and I'm told the original GBA version was about as hard as a down pillow covered in chinchilla fur. I haven't gotten very far in it, but I like the variety. I mostly played around with Sages, which are magical nukes made of paper. There's some neat classes and a few new spells specifically for a couple classes, so there's plenty to play around with at least.
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The White Dragon posted:Don't those guys give like no EXP though? Get you to the Deep Sea Trench with some Bards, motherfucker The statues give like 5AP or something, and they're so easy to kill, which makes them prime for job grinding. And with the Autobattle you can set it to Memory, so you'll always use L5 Death.
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In Dimensions, how rare are the tails? I managed to get a Green one pretty easily but I'm trying for Grey and it's taking an age. I have four mastered thieves so I'm rocking Treasure Hunter on four of my dudes. I am also using Item Finder just in case that some how influences rare drop rate. Is there a better place to find the Gorging Bunny than just walking back and forth in the tiny area where Falgabard Castle is?
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Bellmaker posted:I'm told the original GBA version was about as hard as a down pillow covered in chinchilla fur. While it is easier I think this is a bit of a hyperbole. I'd say it's still harder than any of the post-NES FFs though it's more in line with those entries at the same time. Of course, if you habitually grind like you would in the original you'll plow through it like mad, but I get the feeling the difficulty reduction was meant to eliminate that necessity, and I'm personally thankful for it.
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Nah, except for maybe the bonus dungeons the GBA version is basically trivial.
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I don't think that's true. I've played it a few times and always have to stop and grind a bit at certain dungeons. Depends on what you consider trivial, I guess. I think of FF6 or 7 as trivial, where holding O during most battles is sufficient. Depending on the classes you use, FF1 can be tough during some of the deep dungeons. That one hallway with the Earth Ogres or whatever is a good way to quickly grind up and trivialize the game if you care to, though.
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One more Dimensions question if anyone is still playing: I finally got a Valhalla for the break damage limit property. I read that one was sufficient for the entire party to have the effect but I'm not seeing that. Either my guys are really good at doing exactly 9999 damage or it only works for the wielder (who incidentally can't do that much damage!)
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Bellmaker posted:How is the Mod of Balance hack? I've only played the NES version and I'm told the original GBA version was about as hard as a down pillow covered in chinchilla fur. FF1 Dawn of Souls is extremely easy, yeah. They did tone down some things like Black Belts getting level * 2 attack and level = defense when using no armor though. Basically they made black belts stop being Goku. The White Mage in my game has more HP than my Black Belt actually. The MP system is handy for stuff like PURE and there's more items (including ethers) and you aren't limited to inns/tents/cabins/houses for saving the game. It is very easy though. While Black Belts aren't quite as godly in that version it's more than made up by all the other changes. You don't really need to grind but if you spend even 30 minutes in the Hall of Giants you'll probably gain 5-10 levels and find yourself at or over level 20, which will turn the cave and probably the next few areas in to a leisurely stroll through the park. I went with the standard Fighter, Black Belt, White Mage, Black Mage party but my normal playthrough of Fighter, Thief/Fighter, Black Belt, Red Mage murders Dawn of Souls (FF1/PSP/iOS version) pretty badly compared to the NES version.
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The White Dragon posted:Don't those guys give like no EXP though? Get you to the Deep Sea Trench with some Bards, motherfucker EXP isn't particularly important in FFV though. On average you're expected to be around level 40 or so by endgame.
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Head Hit Keyboard posted:While it is easier I think this is a bit of a hyperbole. I'd say it's still harder than any of the post-NES FFs though it's more in line with those entries at the same time. Of course, if you habitually grind like you would in the original you'll plow through it like mad, but I get the feeling the difficulty reduction was meant to eliminate that necessity, and I'm personally thankful for it. It's not hyperbole at all- unless you're doing the bonus dungeons FF1 DoS is easy to the point of tedium. There's no risk of getting chipped down in HP in DoS because of the greatly improved access to healing (both via White Magic and better healing items) and much more access to early-game screen clearing if you take a Red or Black Mage, and they didn't up the difficulty of the rest of the game to compensate for it. Since most of the challenge in FF1 classic came not from single hard fights but getting chipped down by several fights just hard enough to drain your limited resources, this basically murders any challenge FF1 had in it's sleep- as in you could probably beat the game in yours, barring Chaos himself. On the flip side, some of the boss encounters in the bonus dungeons can be challenging, but they're also all over the place in terms of 'very difficult but fair' and 'complete bullshit unless directly countered' so your mileage may vary on that. Also the bonus dungeons outside bosses are still boring tedious dreck.
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Mr. Locke posted:It's not hyperbole at all- unless you're doing the bonus dungeons FF1 DoS is easy to the point of tedium. There's no risk of getting chipped down in HP in DoS because of the greatly improved access to healing (both via White Magic and better healing items) and much more access to early-game screen clearing if you take a Red or Black Mage, and they didn't up the difficulty of the rest of the game to compensate for it. Since most of the challenge in FF1 classic came not from single hard fights but getting chipped down by several fights just hard enough to drain your limited resources, this basically murders any challenge FF1 had in it's sleep- as in you could probably beat the game in yours, barring Chaos himself. I'm comparing DoS's difficulty to later games in the series. If FF1 DoS is easy to the point of tedium I don't know how you can stand to play any other entry in the series. It's not even like the NES version is actually hard, it just forces you to grind like every other NES RPG. That's tedium.
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Levantine posted:One more Dimensions question if anyone is still playing: I finally got a Valhalla for the break damage limit property. I read that one was sufficient for the entire party to have the effect but I'm not seeing that. Either my guys are really good at doing exactly 9999 damage or it only works for the wielder (who incidentally can't do that much damage!) Only whomever is wielding the Valhalla or Ultima Weapon gets Break Damage Limit. Note that wielding one of them passes the trait to both equipped weapons, though.
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Evil Fluffy posted:FF1 Dawn of Souls is extremely easy, yeah. They did tone down some things like Black Belts getting level * 2 attack and level = defense when using no armor though. Basically they made black belts stop being Goku. The White Mage in my game has more HP than my Black Belt actually. The redone formula means a black belt no longer can one shot Chaos and using an unboosted flare does about 400 of Chaos's 20k HP. Attack boost spells work now, though, so your Black Belt can get buffed for a turn or two and suddenly they're right back to dropping 2k-4k damage a swing.
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I'm somewhat disappointed that this thread didn't include the tactics series in the introduction to all the games. Other than that, the first couple posts was entertaining enough that I enjoyed wasting 10 minutes reading it.
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I hope you don't mind Shaezerus, I was bored, and your Gladiator was pretty cool. I also did Mime:  [e]: Thanks VVV Pesky Splinter fucked around with this message at 19:15 on Mar 31, 2013 |
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Holy poo poo, those are awesome.
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Nice, I wonder if it's possible to mod those into the game.
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That loving Sned posted:Nice, I wonder if it's possible to mod those into the game. Thanks, it should be possible for Mime, at least, though I'm not tech-savy enough to do it.
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Pesky Splinter posted:I hope you don't mind Shaezerus, I was bored, and your Gladiator was pretty cool. Haha those are great. That kinda does give me drive to think up something for the other three Jobs. 
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Shaezerus posted:Haha those are great. That kinda does give me drive to think up something for the other three Jobs. Thanks, if you do, I'd be more than willing to try to sprite them. Not that I'm that great at it... Pesky Splinter fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Mar 31, 2013 |
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