Okay I'm now playing FFVI

[Sprites]

Kefka's such a troll

Summed it up in one

I like the sprite they used for the doberman, makes it look all cute and stuff when Interceptor is meant to be anything but cute.

 

[Danseru-kun]

Okay I thought Sabin's quest was over after the camp but now I'm in the Phantom Train, I allowed a ghost to join me. The part "...there... is... no... escape" was really creepy. I regret not buying a lot of potions I'm low on supply. Now I've been trying to defeat the box ghost without having my ghost dying. I can't heal my ghost and the enemy ghost kills him. Gonna try again.

Also the ghost sis kinda cute in sprite form, but his profile pic is creepy.

 

[Abortedj]

Okay I thought Sabin's quest was over after the camp but now I'm in the Phantom Train, I allowed a ghost to join me. The part "...there... is... no... escape" was really creepy. I regret not buying a lot of potions I'm low on supply. Now I've been trying to defeat the box ghost without having my ghost dying. I can't heal my ghost and the enemy ghost kills him. Gonna try again.

Also the ghost sis kinda cute in sprite form, but his profile pic is creepy.

There are shop keepers on the train, have to talk to a lot of ghost to find them however.

Also there is a way to beat any undead enemies in one turn. Some might call it cheating, but I take a more practical view.

 

[Danseru-kun]

6 hours into the game

- finished the Phantom Train. Honestly I was really pissed I came back to recruit the ghost again only to discover he'll leave my party. I thought he's going to join me :/
- I'm not attached to Cyan or anything but the scene where the saw his family ride the train is heartbreaking
- Shadow's gone but I know he's gonna come back
- Jumped off the waterfalls wee!
- Reallly running low on potions and tonics and when I arrived at the town I was oooo happy
- Oh I met Gau

 

[Fangu]

- Oh I met Gau

THOU! THOU! THOOOUU OOUUU ~~

 

[Cat Rage Room]

I am the FFVI master. Seriously. Some thoughts.

-Cyan blows.
-Sabin is only going to be really good for a certain amount of time. Don't use him as a crutch, other character's potential soars in a very short time.
-Gau is much, much better than you think he is.
-Grinding is never required in this game ever.
-You will use Edgar's 'Fight' command like, 3 times ever maybe. Put him in the back row.
-There is no time limit to input Sabin's Blitzes. Take as long as you like, it's not like putting in a fighting game motion.
-Terra and Celes are two of the game's biggest heavy hitters.
-Summons aren't that great with a few exceptions. Don't assign them based on what they do, assign them based on the spells they teach.
-The equipment you have on is far more important than any other factor.
-When you get the chance to raise stats, Magic is the most important stat by far. Vigor is slightly less important, with Speed and Stamina being worthless to raise because of the way the math works.

Correction: Put everyone in the back row. Terra should be using magic, Edgar should be using tools, Sabin should be using blitzes, Banon should be using Health/Prayer. Just don't have Terra use Fire on Ultros; he responds with Tentacles.

That's not true; Ultros only responds with a worthless Ink when hit with Fire. It's easily the most effective move to deal with him in every single fight.

 

[Cthulhu]

THOU! THOU! THOOOUU OOUUU ~~

Thou?

 

[Abortedj]

- Oh I met Gau

Might want to spend sometime getting him some good moves before moving on. Some of them are very overpowered. Some are completely worthless.

 

[Ⓐaron]

That's not true; Ultros only responds with a worthless Ink when hit with Fire. It's easily the most effective move to deal with him in every single fight.

you're right, I think I had fire mixed up with Pummel

Also, you're definitely going to want to teach Gau the Stray Cat Rage as soon as possible. The Catscratch attack does an absurd amount of damage. There are a number of other Rages you're going to want to learn as soon as you can get them as well. As soon as you get the airship you're going to want to go to the forest west of the Veldt and encounter a Grenade, then go learn its Rage. I can't remember the name of its attack (it might be Blaze) but it's an insanely powerful fire attack that can decimate the entire opposition in one hit. Retainer, which you can't get until the final segment of the game, is another Rage you don't want to miss. It has Shock, which is just one of the most ludicrously powerful attacks in the game; it's a non-elemental attack that can't be reflected and hits all enemies for what is usually maximum damage.

 

[Abortedj]

There is a ton of wasted youth being displayed in this thread... It is glorious.

 

[Ⓐaron]

Other particularly helpful Rages include Aspik (Giga Volt), Anguiform (Aqua Rake), Marshal (Wind Slash), ChickenLip (Quake), Chimera (stronger Aqua Rake than Anguiform's), Over-Mind (Elf Fire), Nightshade (Muddle, not available until the second half of the game), and Cirpius (Hastega).

GameFAQs has this guide which is really helpful. There's also my old Rages list from Eyes on Final Fantasy, which seems to have disappeared from their site.

 

[Danseru-kun]

I am the FFVI master. Seriously. Some thoughts.
-Cyan blows.
-Sabin is only going to be really good for a certain amount of time. Don't use him as a crutch, other character's potential soars in a very short time.
-Gau is much, much better than you think he is.
-Grinding is never required in this game ever.
-You will use Edgar's 'Fight' command like, 3 times ever maybe. Put him in the back row.
-There is no time limit to input Sabin's Blitzes. Take as long as you like, it's not like putting in a fighting game motion.
-Terra and Celes are two of the game's biggest heavy hitters.
-Summons aren't that great with a few exceptions. Don't assign them based on what they do, assign them based on the spells they teach.
-The equipment you have on is far more important than any other factor.
-When you get the chance to raise stats, Magic is the most important stat by far. Vigor is slightly less important, with Speed and Stamina being worthless to raise because of the way the math works.

- The problem with Sabin's blitzes is that my analog stick moves by itself so before it can move I input as fast as possible. Auraball is the only thing I can do.
- Yeah Cyan's skill is pretty weak
- When I met Gau he said he's hungry and I don't know what to do I dunno wanna attack him so I gave him a green cherry nothing happened so I attacked him ^^

 

[Fangu]

Oh, do get Over-Mind. Helped me out a lot that early in the game.

You do need to feed Gau, yes. But he wants something fit for growing boys who burn a lot of calories

 

[Cat Rage Room]

- When I met Gau he said he's hungry and I don't know what to do I dunno wanna attack him so I gave him a green cherry nothing happened so I attacked him ^^

Buy Dried Meat from Mobliz.

 

[Abortedj]

- Yeah Cyan's skill is pretty weak
- When I met Gau he said he's hungry and I don't know what to do I dunno wanna attack him so I gave him a green cherry nothing happened so I attacked him ^^

Cyan also has the weakest magic stat in the game. You can correct that, but other character have better skill and need far less help in that department. So he is basically worthless. Shame too, cause I like him as a character, but gameplay is king.

He wants some meat, you get it at the item shop.

 

[Ⓐaron]

Spoiler: gameplay spoiler

You have to give Gau Dried Meat. You can buy it in Mobliz.

With Blitzes, if it's listed as "down-left" you can input either down or left for that segment of the input and it'll still accept the input.


edit: wow we all posted that at basically the same time xD

 

[Fangu]

Yeah I tried to make mine a bit more subtle in case Danseru wants to find out for herself how to get Gau If she really wanted to know how I'm sure she would look it up, I don't think she's asking for specifics.

 

[Cat Rage Room]

Cyan also has the weakest magic stat in the game. You can correct that, but other character have better skill and need far less help in that department. So he is basically worthless. Shame too, cause I like him as a character, but gameplay is king.

True, but while magic is the dominant stat/skill in the game there are plenty of characters who rock without a high magic stat; Edgar, Setzer (with the right setup), Shadow, Mog, etc.

 

[Ⓐaron]

The problem with Cayenne is that his skill takes too long to use. If his Bushido meter charged up more quickly, or you could use other characters while you were waiting for Bushido to charge up, he'd be a lot more worthwhile.

 

[Cat Rage Room]

The problem with Cayenne is that his skill takes too long to use. If his Bushido meter charged up more quickly, or you could use other characters while you were waiting for Bushido to charge up, he'd be a lot more worthwhile.

Pretty much, yes. Between that, his low Magic stat, and his relatively lackluster equipment, he's not very good. He's servicable, sure, you can beat the game with him, but there are much better choices.

 

[Cat Rage Room]

The problem with Cayenne is that his skill takes too long to use. If his Bushido meter charged up more quickly, or you could use other characters while you were waiting for Bushido to charge up, he'd be a lot more worthwhile.

Pretty much, yes. Between that, his low Magic stat, and his relatively lackluster equipment, he's not very good. He's servicable, sure, you can beat the game with him, but there are much better choices.

 

[Danseru-kun]

@ Frangu

I realized I have to feed him meat after I went to the item shop, I wasn't spoiled or anything

I wanna adopt Gau and be his mother <3

 

[Sprites]

-Grinding is never required in this game ever.

I would say that's debatable, this is my first playthrough where I've actually had no problems beating bosses and the dragons because I did grind, one of the things that made me give up previous playthroughs of FFVI was because I struggled severely in some of the boss battles at later stages.

 

[Cat Rage Room]

I would say that's debatable, this is my first playthrough where I've actually had no problems beating bosses and the dragons because I did grind, one of the things that made me give up previous playthroughs of FFVI was because I struggled severely in some of the boss battles at later stages.

But that's not necessarily an argument, because that logic applies to most RPGs; grinding makes it easier. But is it required? Not in many, especially JRPGs. Final Fantasy VI is notable for having been beaten below level 10.

FFVI as a game is very equipment oriented, where most of your parties abilities and limitations stem from what they're wearing. Some of the most effective equipment and combinations in the game turns your characters into absolute beasts regardless of what level they're on.

It's a general rule that if you're stuck in FFVI, it's either because of your equipment or your strategy, never your level.

 

[Sprites]

I can see your point because you can also argue said point about FFVIII, levelling is nowhere near as important as setting your characters up with the correct junctions.

But still, sometimes I'd have good equipment and I'd still not find it worked enough, or maybe I just hadn't done enough, either way for me personally I feel that grinding a few levels doesn't hurt.

As for people who've beaten the game on a low level well good for them, I imagine that took a good few run throughs, knowing the game inside out and how to exploit certain things to make it work or several attempts in battles but that's not what I'm talking about.

I'm not sure if I mentioned this before but I've never beaten FFVI before so I'm talking about after a couple of playthroughs where I've attempted the game and this being my first one to fully complete the game where I'm taking my time with it and I still thought levelling was important, I've known that the Espers were important for their stat boosts rather than what they actually do, I don't think I've really used my Espers apart from stat boost this run through but I still wouldn't have known that equipment plays a major part in fact there's times I haven't noticed it.

The thing I did notice that doing a little bit of extra levelling along the Lethe River and a few later parts of the games before getting the esper stat boost did help me out a bit in parts where I'd struggled before that didn't necessarily have anything to do with what equipment I had. I'm just saying for a more inexperienced player it's not something I would take as much notice of as to someone who is highly familiar with the game.

Case in point again, FFVIII I had no idea my first couple of run throughs just how important Junctioning stats was, it was only after my maybe 4th/5th proper playthrough I completely mastered it and would argue for it the way you're arguing for FFVI.