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I want to see how far along everyone is that recently bought the new PSP version.
I personally just started act three but quit after Olan went and got himself killed. So far I have figured out the requirements for an onion knight but not the dark knight,,,,, please don't post it I want to figure it out. Been grinding quite a bit, have two hands and two swords but dreading the grind for move+3.
Did anyone else see how blade grasp won't block bow attacks? Now I don't know what my reaction ability will be.
Anyway far have you come with the new game?

Personally, I switched to Abandon as my reaction ability of choice long ago. With the right mantle, Abandon's doubling of evasion makes it better than Blade Grasp, simply because it can apply to magic attacks as well as physical.

Personally, I haven't finished Chapter 1 yet. I'm working my way towards Fell Knight right now - I want to see what the skillset is. I won't say what the requirements are, but I will say that they're time-consuming to achieve.

Anyone else feel that the Onion Knight wasn't worth the effort?

Found a new character earlier today and I have to say he looks pretty awesome. Almost certain he'll make my final party

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And I not talking about Balthier or whoever, I haven't found him yet

This post has been edited by JesusLasVegas on 21st October 2007 06:19

And one other thing, the requirements for bard are Summoner-4 and Mediator-4, correct?
I leveled Ramza up to that but no Bard yet. I'm gonna go 6 and 6 and hopefully it'll unlock. If you know what I'm doing wrong tell me so I don't waste all this time

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Well, I know that you're not supposed to double-post... -R51

This post has been edited by Rangers51 on 21st October 2007 13:28

yeah, they increased the requirement for a lot of jobs. I think bard is now level five mediator and level five summoner.

Here's a link to the new job tree: http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/psp/file/937312/50312

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My favorite new addition to FF Tactics PSP? The new script, of course. But my second-favorite? It might be the larger army size - now I can make many more generics and still have room for special characters and poach-breeding monsters.

Anyhow, I just got to Riovanes Castle. My Ramza is at level 31, and I finally got my first Dark Knight (I'm going to make four, but three of them are just so a couple of females can get Move+3). Another comment - Are Rafa and Malak (or Rapha and Marach, whichever) much stronger, or am I hallucinating? Because every time Rapha uses Heaven's Wrath, it hits five or six times and destroys people instead of missing twice and wasting a turn.

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I agree Rapha and Marach are stronger, the first time I saw her do her heaven move I swear it hit like seven times, I wasn't counting but I thought it would never end

And I got the bard by the way

I just bought it (used) and I'm about to turn it on. I've never played FFT before for any length of time; I couldn't figure out the menus or survive the first battle. But I figure I can take it back if I still hate it, so, what the heck.

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Veni, vidi, dormivi.

I started the psp version something like one week ago, i played a lot cause i m actually waiting for my new job to start in december and FFtactics is one of the best game i ever played in my life (playstation version) on psp i got 74 hours of playing i got 5 characters level 99, and i m just before starting riovanes castle battles, i leveled so far cause i want to try to steal equipements to Elmdor in Riovanes and i remember he is very strong in this battle
I don t even know what he is equiped with in this battle or if it is even possible to steal something from him but i just wanted to try
i think i will do these battles today so i ll post up my progresses later
see ya

Unfortunately, you can't steal from Elmdor in this version. He has safeguard.

I got the game yesterday finally. Im at Fort Zeakden.

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Unfortunately, you can't steal from Elmdor in this version.  He has safeguard.

anyway he had nothin interesting in this battle, i stole accessories from the assassins....
you mean you cannot steal from him even in Limberry Castle ?

This post has been edited by puffdindon on 23rd October 2007 23:40

Elmdore at Limberry does not have Safeguard; His set list is as follows:

Sword Spirit
Vampire
Shirahadori (Blade Grasp)
Brawler (Bare Hand)
Master Teleportation

However, I did try stealing his equipment from him when I went up against him, but I my Ninja with Steal had a 00% rate to steal. I'm going to try one of the new characters that has an ability to the steal set. I hope that prevails. Heck, I'm sure we all hope it prevails!

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Elmdore at Limberry does not have Safeguard; His set list is as follows:

Sword Spirit
Vampire
Shirahadori (Blade Grasp)
Brawler (Bare Hand)
Master Teleportation

However, I did try stealing his equipment from him when I went up against him, but I my Ninja with Steal had a 00% rate to steal. I'm going to try one of the new characters that has an ability to the steal set. I hope that prevails. Heck, I'm sure we all hope it prevails!

Thanks a lot, we all hope so
I ll try too, curently i just finished the zeltennia battle, delita (lvl90) killed the church executor in one shot at the first move of the battle, that was funny, i got some more battles to do before i reach that point
i think i will have some fun with elmdor i remember i killed him easily in my first ps1 run (one shot with orlandu to kill him and his two assassins, they placed themselves in cross)
here psp play i got all my chars lvl 90+, i think i will have some possibilities to play with him, i will also try to to learn ultima for ramza and luso, a lot of work ^^
i ll post my results here, if you manage to steal from elmdor please let us know
Oo i also had a new scene that wasn t on ps1 where mustadio offer a lip rouge to agrias for her birthday
here is the configuration i had when it appeared
after riovanes battles
i completed the errand "true romance" in warjilis
i had mustadio ans agrias in my party
i also had alicia and lavian, i don t know if it is a condition but agrias talk about them in the dialogue session
i also still had radd but i don t think it s necessary
the event happened when i tried to leave the city after gettin back my soldiers from the errand
the day was 1 cancer but i don t think it matters for the event
the item receveid was tynar rouge (atk phy+3 atk mag+3, boost holy, permanent protect shell and haste, females only)
i hope it will help those who didn t had it
see ya

This post has been edited by puffdindon on 24th October 2007 01:23

it s me again, i noticed somethin strange, balk doesn t have a blaze gun but a glacier gun, is it the same for everybody ?

This post has been edited by puffdindon on 24th October 2007 02:45

Not past Fort Zeakden myself. I have four generics that are leveling, this
time as more class-centric traditionals than as crazy-customized avatars.
I am loving the new script; I wish I had the latest PSP with the video-out
so I could export this to dvdr and share with nonPSP friends!

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im currently at the spot where you help out mustrido or w/e but im at lvl 31 and 36 for my generic char who is me of course lol

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My PSP and copy of FFT (purchased through AmaCon) arrived yesterday, and I'm enjoying the story so far. Definitely more complex and engaging than the standard FF storylines, which can only be a good thing.

I'm still on Chapter 1, just fighting random battles to get some gil. I'm a bit of a stickler for upgrading equipment as soon as it becomes available, and even at the beginning of the game it seems you need a hell of a lot of gil to do that! The first 2-3 battles were actually quite hard, and I've probably used more Phowenix Downs already than in the entirety of any other FF. The "3 turns and they're gone" thing is irritating to say the least, but the rest of the battle mechanics are solid. The lag is there, but it's not unbearable.

I've also been taking breaks by replaying the WH40K: Squad Command demo. Definitely recommended, that.

Anyway! Yeah, excellent game so far, can see why it's been so well loved the last nine, nearly ten years. Can see myself sinking lots of hours into this one.

Edit: Oh, just a quick question on recruiting: is it worth recruiting any more generic soldiers? I just have my starting 6 (I think it's six) and would prefer to concentrate on getting them beefed up than having a larger but individually weaker party. I know you can get special characters down the road as well, so I'm not sure if training up random generic soldiers is worth it.

This post has been edited by bam on 3rd November 2007 17:05

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Edit: Oh, just a quick question on recruiting: is it worth recruiting any more generic soldiers? I just have my starting 6 (I think it's six) and would prefer to concentrate on getting them beefed up than having a larger but individually weaker party. I know you can get special characters down the road as well, so I'm not sure if training up random generic soldiers is worth it.

You don't get to keep any special characters until at least the end of Chapter 2, if I remember the storyline correctly, and you don't get any decent number until Chapter 4 (wherein you get swamped by them, if you do all the sidequests). Don't hold back on generics just because some special guys are available way later.

In my opinion, the starting characters are fine. Given that you start with six in addition to Ramza, I usually wind up booting at least two before the battle at Dorter.

That said, going and hiring new generics isn't necessarily a bad thing. Some battles are easier if you have characters of specific genders and specific zodiac signs, which is achievable by repeatedly starting a hire, then cancelling it until you get the right sign. That's one of those "abuse the system" methods (from my point of view) that isn't necessary to enjoy the game, but is available if one feels the need to get everything.

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Edit: Oh, just a quick question on recruiting: is it worth recruiting any more generic soldiers?  I just have my starting 6 (I think it's six) and would prefer to concentrate on getting them beefed up than having a larger but individually weaker party.  I know you can get special characters down the road as well, so I'm not sure if training up random generic soldiers is worth it.

You don't get to keep any special characters until at least the end of Chapter 2, if I remember the storyline correctly, and you don't get any decent number until Chapter 4 (wherein you get swamped by them, if you do all the sidequests). Don't hold back on generics just because some special guys are available way later.

In my opinion, the starting characters are fine. Given that you start with six in addition to Ramza, I usually wind up booting at least two before the battle at Dorter.

That said, going and hiring new generics isn't necessarily a bad thing. Some battles are easier if you have characters of specific genders and specific zodiac signs, which is achievable by repeatedly starting a hire, then cancelling it until you get the right sign. That's one of those "abuse the system" methods (from my point of view) that isn't necessary to enjoy the game, but is available if one feels the need to get everything.

i honestly keep about 3 generics because for the fact that not only you can see the changes in jobs, i get a thrill on being able to have myself in a game and trying to be powerful as chars like orlandu, to ramza or maybe even beowulf and the fact that you can do so much with them extra to doing side jobs to earning treasure hunting levels besides the others are good like orlandu but whos been with ramza since day one?

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I'm at the part of the game where you save up the money to go buy it. lol. but there are a few things I know:

1) you can't steal the genji equipment from elmdor. don't try. I don't know why they changed that, as it was a point of pride for many to accomplish this feat - but they did. Just because his skillset doesn't have safeguard in it, doesn't mean he doesn't have it either. Many enemies in the game have 'built in' support abilities to their classes. (such as izlude's concentrate)

2) generics are cool too. I usually scrapped my team as soon as I could so that I could set their brave/faith level, and name them names that I thought were cool. That way I enjoy playing them until I do get better characters at the end of the game.

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