There's no damage cap anymore. There's no special way to break it, it just doesn't exist, so enjoying seeing those massive numbers! Your black mage will definitely be posting some huge numbers late game (and even earlier depending on set up.)
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Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age [Switch + XB1] |OT| Guess Who's Basch?
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There's no damage cap anymore. There's no special way to break it, it just doesn't exist, so enjoying seeing those massive numbers! Your black mage will definitely be posting some huge numbers late game (and even earlier depending on set up.)
Bought this on Switch. First time playing it and I'm loving it so far, except the forced d-pad in menus. My left button stopped working when i was trying to fix the joy-con drift, so i am struggling a bit...
That's so badass! Thanks!
Just curious, how far into the game is the second job unlock? I am approaching that part and I glanced at a walkthrough to gauge how far along I am, and based on how the guide is laid out it looks like nearly halfway, but it really doesn't feel like I've already played half of this game.
I'm just curious because I am so fucking thirsty for another FF7 playthrough lately but I definitely need to finish this before I do that lol
I'm just curious because I am so fucking thirsty for another FF7 playthrough lately but I definitely need to finish this before I do that lol
Maybe a little bit before halfway of the story... right at the end of the Tomb of King Raithwall? Keep in mind that if you ignore Clan Hunts, optional espers, and other sidequests, you can breeze through the game pretty fast. A big portion of the length is those things.
I'm about to enter to tomb, so yeah, guess I really am nearing the halfway point. Huh, I am having a lot of fun with it, it's just going by so fast. I do intend to get more involved with hunts and stuff (only done 3 or 4 at this point) so I imagine I do have quite a ways to go factoring that in.
Just did the intro sequence last night and kinda disappointed how it looks handheld on switch. I wish I could transfer progress between PS4 and switch so I could play it in 4K when I want and portable when I wanna grind. Oh well. Still brings a big smile to my face.
Looking at Reddit/wiki it's in the Great Crystal and dropped by Evil Spirit. 3% drop rate >__>
I hate that area after getting Shemhazai I went a bit further in and was getting beat by mobs of bombs and those necro spirits to the point I just had to leave and hoped never to return even though it seems like there are some great items to find deeper in..
i mean, if you don't plan out your party in advance, I would say it is pretty big. If you are going to go in blind, I think it could be a big deal if you want a "good" party.
If you are just going to have fun and do what you want, I don't think it matters.
Yes, this is what I'm asking about. As far as I know only the switch and Xbox versions have this feature. It seems like a pretty nice thing to be able to do...
Ok fair enough. I suppose I'm the kind of guy who'd just be playing for fun. I guess I could always just play it through more than one time.
BlakeofT sorry I edited my post after I reread your question then it clicked. The job system reminds me of FF11 online where you have to create the right job balances to maximise battles
Ie White mage was preferable to have black mage secondary role to get max mp and magic atk etc... Switch and XB1 just feels much more free to experiment without much regret
Ie White mage was preferable to have black mage secondary role to get max mp and magic atk etc... Switch and XB1 just feels much more free to experiment without much regret
Maybe there's some mods that allows you to do that if you search on nexus mods
Wasn't able to find one, but I suppose the switch and Xbox versions could inspire someone to make it. Would be great if all modern versions got this feature.
It's a pretty big game changer imo. I bought it on PC and love playing it on my widescreen monitor but I'm probably going to end up buying it again on Switch because of the ability to change jobs.
It's not a game changer at all. It's a nice QoL feature, but the game is so easy that it's not even an issue to worry about.
You can use almost any job combination and complete everything the game has to offer. In the original IZJS there was only the option to have 1 job, and even then you could beat the game with only WHMs. The PS4/PC versions gave you a second job + Trial Mode (You can get OP items very early and carry them over to your normal save. Essentially allowing you to get unlimited Ribbons, Excaliburs, etc).
The game is so easy in fact that I have a save file with all party members and no classes selected as a "Base NG file" so if I ever wanted to play again I can just start from that point and select any jobs I want to experiment with.
The adding a second job + trial mode allows you to completely break the game in so many ways that nobody should stress out at all about combinations. Just use whatever you like the best. I use all 12 jobs because I think it's fun, and I'm sure its far from optimal.
If you were concerned about min/maxing then you'll have to monitor every characters HP gains per level as it's random. Look up Ashe10 on youtube to see how insane min/maxing can go.
The game is also pretty short. A lot of the lenght comes from the optional content, so with 4x speed you could speed past most of the game up until you get your second job.
While the Switch/XBox additions would be nice, I wouldn't let it get to you.
So this game is piss easy and kinda takes the fun out of the combat system. I played the original release on the PS2 and remember it being much harder...to the point where I couldn't beat an enemy and gave up. I'm not at that point on the switch version yet but I really don't remember it being this easy. Does new game + make it challenging at least?
No, NG+ is the same unless you change the difficulty. I started the game on hard difficulty and the start was pretty hard and so was the last boss + the entire post game + DLC. The DLC is very challenging honestly. The majority of the main campaign is rather managable though, true. The hard difficulty increased the XP and gold I think, which kinda made up for the harder enemies.
edit: Wrong game, lmao.
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I think the game has been pretty hard honestly, until you unlock the second job tree I suppose, but then again I have no idea how to earn gold in this game. All those weapons and abilities and gambits are just taunting me while I'm window shopping as a lowlife peasant. I guess you farm loot from low level enemies and sell them? Hunting marks doesn't seem to give much and treasure chests (can you even call them chests?) are a joke.
Stealing and poaching are your best friends. Also sell equipment if you have more than one copy, they fetch a decent price
Thanks. The problem is also that enemies dish out different status effects as the game goes on so you're continually buying and using items. At first it's Blind and Poison. Then I get the spells that heal those statuses. Now it's Petrify, Sleep and Doom etc. Also one time one of my characters got X-Zoned? Like I literally had no idea what happened and how to combat that. The game doesn't really tell you much.
Also, when I perform a Quickening the game tells me to do something but I have no idea what.
Also, when I perform a Quickening the game tells me to do something but I have no idea what.
Some effects can only be dealt with remedies and remedy lores activated. X-Zone you have to switch areas for your character to come back iirc
Status recovery items are not very expensive but you could still buy white magic spells like esuna, stona, etc if you want ot use MP instead
So anyone really tried to figure out the ideal job combinations? Or just what has worked best building toward the end and the hardest bosses/hunts?
I see random articles and such but there seems to be little logic or such and just all over the place. Just opened the second job and am curious what people have found to work best?
I see random articles and such but there seems to be little logic or such and just all over the place. Just opened the second job and am curious what people have found to work best?
You can change the difficulty? Also what DLC? Are you talking about X?
Holy shit dude, I thought I was in the Dragon's Dogma thread lmao. Well, I platinumed FFXII too, so you're lucky.
This game doesn't get hard until you go for the optional content. They added a separate arena mode which is very difficulty as well. The story fights remain easy though.
There is no real point in min maxing honestly, the game is allrdy way too easy as it is you could finish the game without even touching the second job board because they never actually rebalanced the game for it and they allrdy did very little for the IZJS version.
Can I go through this whole game with just 3 characters or do I need to lvl all of them? I hate when rpgs don't lvl the chars you aren't using outside your party
3 characters are enough, but when they die you can switch with your reserve party
Nabbed the Barheim Key and went back into that tunnel, going a new way. Wasn't expecting to get swamped by so many enemies down there, but eventually made it to Zalera, so killed and nabbed that as a new Esper. The amount you can go off-story in this game and just explore is phenomenal.
When I set up my gambits for Vaan for example it just keeps doing the first thing on the list and nothing else
Party leader target - steal
Party leader target - attack
All he does is steal the whole battle and never attacks
Party leader target - steal
Party leader target - attack
All he does is steal the whole battle and never attacks
That's because since the first gambit is always applicable he doesn't attack.
There is no gambits that makes you steal until the enemy doesn't have loot. You have to use roundabout ways like foe hp=100% steal to ensure he steals from everyone at least once
put the firefly accessory on your characters then.. playing a low level play through is really fun TBH..
Some of it is less relevant now that people have done more experimenting with job combinations post-TZA, but I did round up some links here. A good one for quick reference was done by a user Kensuke on the old forum, and he gives good reasoning on why job combinations would work for each character.
For me, I like to go by a combination of a) what weapons look good with each character, b) what jobs are kinda appropriate for their skill sets. It's worked well for me thus far, lol. But as other users have said, go with whatever you're interested in - between doubling up on jobs, the ease of accidentally over levelling, and TZA being easier in general that the original, it's pretty hard to go wrong. Plus, you can respec if a character job combination isn't working.
Just finished it. I had played a bit of the game on PS2 but never came close to finishing it before. Wow, that's definitely one of the best Final Fantasy games I've played. Makes you wonder how they went from XII -> XIII.
There were a couple of downsides (second half can feel like a slog) but overall I enjoyed the game a lot.
Also, 4x speed modifiers should be an option in every 60hr+ RPG.
There were a couple of downsides (second half can feel like a slog) but overall I enjoyed the game a lot.
Also, 4x speed modifiers should be an option in every 60hr+ RPG.
The optional stuff can be quite the challenge, especially if you try and tackle them as soon as they become available. Thanks to the job system, your characters are less versatile, but a lot more powerful, mostly due to the addition of many extra Battle and Magick Lores to the License Board.
Outside of a few "top DPS" combinations like Bushi / Knight and weapon combo speeds, a lot of what's optimal is just opinion.
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I feel like a fucking dumbass.
I'm in Barheim Passage (I think) and up until this point, my early impressions were glowing. I was having a blast. But this... ... is like negative fun. I hate this. It's the worst part of a timelimit + harder enemies when you're doing poorly. I hadn't died once yet, and I've died like six times already. It seems pretty linear, I'm rushing straight to the battery bugs and killing them, but I've dipped a few times below 30%, and then the darkness comes and I get ganked. Also, I got pretty far south but there's just a giant fence/gate in front of me.
Surely I'm just missing something? This sucks.
I'm in Barheim Passage (I think) and up until this point, my early impressions were glowing. I was having a blast. But this... ... is like negative fun. I hate this. It's the worst part of a timelimit + harder enemies when you're doing poorly. I hadn't died once yet, and I've died like six times already. It seems pretty linear, I'm rushing straight to the battery bugs and killing them, but I've dipped a few times below 30%, and then the darkness comes and I get ganked. Also, I got pretty far south but there's just a giant fence/gate in front of me.
Surely I'm just missing something? This sucks.
It's a big advantage. Keeps things fresh all the way through your run. It's not a short game.
The changes might come to the Steam version too. There is no reason why they shouldn't.
IIRC, the power level only falls when there's actually a Battery Mimic nearby zapping electricity; so you're best off checking every nook and cranny for them. It sounds like you're missing one or two so they're constantly draining the bar.
Checking the side areas should also take care of that gate.
And that was my miss! Thank you! Didn't realize the battery meter only depleted when there was a zapper around. Focusing on them first and as exclusively as possible got me through no problem.
Boss at the end gave me some trouble; I feel like I leaned in way too heavily on potions, even with gambits set up for healing.
Is there a way in game to view the license board, or do you just have to "minesweeper" it and hope to get what you're looking for?
Got my Great Trango, got my Kumbha, and got my six Ribbons and six Gendarme shields. Now I truly am OP.
Time to clear out Trial Mode.
This game still kicks ass.
Otherwise it's off to the Great Crystal with you, and I wouldn't wish that upon anybody. I hate that place.
Time to clear out Trial Mode.
This game still kicks ass.
Stealing it from Diabolos in Trial Mode stage 70-something is probably the simplest way, if you can make it that far.
Otherwise it's off to the Great Crystal with you, and I wouldn't wish that upon anybody. I hate that place.