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I'm just thinking, as I play through the game, that a bunch of my characters don't really Fight that often; their non-MP abilities are just too powerful. This seems to almost disproportionately effect the ones who SHOULD be doing the fighting. So, ignoring magic

Locke: Steal more often than anything else
Edgar: Early, autocrossbow, middle drill, late chainsaw.
Sabin: Pummel just seems like fight +. And then there's bum rush.
Cyan: Dispatch - no delay, no buttons, you can even turbo/memory
Gau/Umaro: not even an option, plus no weapons.
Shadow: Shruiken
Gogo: Any of the above.

On top of that, Relm and Strago don't have useful 'fights'.

So other than endgame's Illumina/Atma Weapon era, you're left with Terra, Celes, Setzer, and Mog, right?

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Putting a genji glove on Strago with two elemental rods makes for a rather powerful character. And what happens if you run out of shruikens for Shadow?

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i can't see anyone spending so long in an area without going to an Inn or somethin that they would run out of Shurikens. i don't really fight that much. i fight to lvl up as much as needed, but not to some huge ammount.

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though i dont disagree that many of the characters have some awesome non-fight abilities, my strategy is so sloppy sometimes, and i make them fight a whole lot more often than i should. i really like using hte abilities, but most battles are just a waste of time, so why worry about it?

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Early game, some of the physicals use their abilities more often, such as Cyan's Dispatch and Shadow's Shuriken. Hoever, later on, you'll see that the abilities pale caompared to their physical attacks.

Which, in tirn, pale to a good Ultima...

Hrm...
Locke: Steal
Terra: Fight (Magic/Morph at Boss characters)
Edgar: Fight until items stolen, then Autocrosssbow
Sabin: Aurabolt, then Bum Rush
BANON: Health
Celes: Fight (Magic at bosses)
Cyan: Quadra Slam/Slice, or fight.
Gau: M-Tek armor, Pearl Dragon
Mog: Dance (Water Rhondo)
Shadow: Fight, or shuriken
Strago: Fight
Relm: Fight
Gogo: Bum Rush
Umaro: Equip both character-specific relics on him
Setzer: Slots

Hmm... Strago and Relm don't really count because I use them the least, and Gau and Umaro don't really count either because they do their own thing. So... I use it a lot less than I thought. (why the hell am i teaching them all the magic before I finish teh game?!)

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I am ashamed... i forgot Setzer... (goes off to commit sacred seppuku ritual

This post has been edited by strikerbolt on 18th February 2006 01:13

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I use the FIGHT command exclusively for most characters, especially in later FF's, but with the exception of Cyan and Edgar, FIGHT gets used very frequently

This is the game that I use fight the least, I guess, but I still use it a lot. Locke sometimes does steal/capture, and Edgar uses tools almost all the time, but blitzes are too hard to pull off, and swordtechs cease to be worth it about halfway through the game.

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I Fight probably 90% of the time. I have a habit of levelling excessively, and playing on an emulator means I can power through tedious battles using frameskip and holding in 'A'.

Unless it's a real hard fight for whatever reason, I mainly Fight. Though lately, having attained True Knowledge of Final Fantasy III (exaggeration, relax man) I've been using other people's stuff.

-Cyan's swordtech doesn't rely on his weapon. So you can just use Dispatch all the time.
-Sabin's blitz ignores row. Put him in the back and go nuts.
-Elemental rods are pretty good. No need for Gradeus or Swordbreakers.
-Shadow's Throw. Shuriken are 30 a pop. 2970 for 99. You can buy em when you first get him easy.
-Magic trumps all. ALL. Even without Ultima or Meteor or Merton.

There's other stuff that's been changing my mind about Fight, but it's common knowledge. Problem is that it's tedious sometimes. Fight is easier on the brain.

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Well, with the Genji Glove + Offering, you can kill anything with a simple X Fight command, does that count?

I usually stuck with fight for most random battles, and some of the harder stuff later on as well with that 8 hit trick.

I used Edgar's chainsaw a lot, and Sabin's blitzes as well. I never used Setzer much, but if I did it's almost always slots. And I like either dancing or jumping with Mog.

I'm also a big fan of Umaro, and he just does whatever the heck he wants to anyway.

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Vicks/Wedge, Terra in thingie: not applicable
Terra: usually Fight, except when using magic (usually only in boss battles), plus Morph in special boss battles
Locke: Capture (Fight before I can Capture)
Moogles: Fight (anything else?)
Mog: Fight (dances are useless)
Edgar: Drill or Chainsaw or Flash
Sabin: Fight or Air Blade or Bum Rush
Banon: Health or Fight
Shadow: Fight (Throw only in boss battles)
Cyan: Fight or Dispatch or Stunner or Quadra Slice
Ghost: Fight or Possess
Gau: see a Rage list somewhere
Celes: Fight (Runic is useless)
Setzer: Slot or Fight
Strago: Fight or Lore (Lore usu. only in boss battles)
Relm: Fight or Control
Umaro: ---
Gogo: usu. ends up doing a Blitz, a spell, or some imitation

This post has been edited by Glenn Magus Harvey on 21st February 2006 23:23

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Whenever i don't feel like thinking and just holding down the A button.

wow that's like every random battle.

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I usually use fight with people like Edgar and Cyan whose special abilities lose their usefulness. Tools are lacking in the WoR, though I usually like to give Edgar dragoon boots and a lance. Cyan does well with a gauntlet simply stabbing everything to death, Locke doesn't have much else he can do, and Shadow's fight is often times better then his throwing weapons.

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