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Heh, that's a funny last post before this thread went dormant, Kai9d9. Are you seriously
telling me that of all the CoNmyn out there, on a game where the average play time is at
70-80hours and most devotees have over 200hrs in, that only CloudStrife510, Laszlow,
Nytecrawla, Magicite, and myself individualized their final parties, with specific reasoning
and/or character stories?

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I had people, based on my favorite things, too...

Ramza was Ramza, I had to have him.

Tatsu was a Ninja, and I had him either with the infinte jump, or fly. The Infinte Jump looked hell-la cool, but the flying was awesome, because it looked like he run so fast that he floated in the freaking air...

I had a black chocobo, named Ultima, because I couldn't think of a name at the time. Tatsu's finisher move was to throw books at poor, unexpecting bastards, and jump on his chocobo and flying away...though the battle was still going on...

His partner was a Theif, Kyosho, who was a part-time bard, and whose songs gave Tatsu the inspiration to fight on.

Tatsu's love interest was a samurai named Hitomi, who used a girl, and was "hot because she couold kick his ass." In the middle of battle, she shot Tatsu multiple times for "ruining her chances to die honorablely.

I had a whole story line, that I could probably made into a fanfic, but am to lazy to write, but I have so many more characters that were based on Jobs I wanted at the time...

I think I may replay this some time soon.

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Uhhh...I meant that Hitomi used a gun...not a girl...

This post has been edited by Tatsubei Yagyu on 25th July 2006 02:48

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"Kiros, the second black guy in all of Final Fantasy...unless ofcourse, you count the Black Mages...heh..."
~Me

That's what I'm talking about, Tatsubei! Kickass!

One of my favourite characters, influenced by another one of my favourite series,
is Anondrymous, or 'nameless guy'. He's a Thief with Knightly break abilities, with
EquipGun and SpeedSave, and Move-Find_Item. He calls GTA: IvaliceCity his home.
However, I have to admit I didn't really make him when GTAIII came out, but
rather GTA: ViceCity (after I became disenchanted with the main character and
longed for the nameless, ruthless fun of LibertyCity). While I generally love to
make anime characters, I felt a Rockstar homage was totally necessary.

I wonder what Crono would have been like? TimeMage with Samurai abilities? And
Teleport, with TwoSwords and WeaponGuard, and a LightningRod and Katana! Ha!

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Quote (A11smart @ 24th July 2006 19:34)

I wonder what Crono would have been like? TimeMage with Samurai abilities? And
Teleport, with TwoSwords and WeaponGuard, and a LightningRod and Katana! Ha!

I have an FF4-themed party that I really enjoy using. I've tried to make the abilities as consistent as possible with FF4. Here are the five main characters:


Name: Cecil
Sign: Libra
Secondary: White Magic
Reaction: Caution
Support: Defense Up
Movement: Move +3


Name: Kain
Sign: Scorpio
Secondary: Item
Reaction: Weapon Guard
Support: Attack Up
Movement: Ignore Height


Name: Rydia
Sign: Leo
Secondary: Black Magic
Reaction: Absorb Used MP
Support: Short Charge
Movement: Teleport'


Name: Rosa
Sign: Virgo
Secondary: White Magic
Reaction: Regenerator
Support: Short Charge
Movement: Float


Name: Edge
Sign: Sagittarius
Secondary: Steal or Elemental
Reaction: Blade Grasp
Support: Attack Up
Movement: Move +3

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The world before the fall...
Delightful is the light of dawn...
Noble is the heart of man...

What about Rosa as a Priest with Time Magic and Equip Crossbow? Then she has access to things like Haste, Float, Slow, etc.

Magicite: sw33t! In fact, seeing your FFIV cast, I wonder what it would be like to
simultaneously replay FFV and FFT again, intermixing gametime between the two.
Right now, I can't stop leveling down Rhamsza one more cycle, for he steps on the
threshold of divine feats!

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This FAQ lists ways you could set up an FFT team with all kinds of themes for:


Final Fantasy IV

Final Fantasy VI

Final Fantasy VII

Final Fantasy VIII

Final Fantasy IX

Chrono Trigger

Saga Frontier

Xenogears

Suikoden

Suikoden II

Vandal Hearts

Breath of Fire III

Breath of Fire III

Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete

Lunar II: Eternal Blue Complete

Star Ocean II: Second Story

Shining Force II

Wild Arms

Ronin Warriors: Dark Warlords

X-Men


Here's the link to see how to set up each of these themed teams.


Kudos to you, Magicite, for your take on an FFT/FFIV team. I think I like your setups better, because they seem more "accurate".

This post has been edited by Hamedo on 26th July 2006 20:30

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Hamedo, that link you posted has pretty good information about the characters and classes, but it doesn't seem to make any attempt at making an authentic set-up of parties from other games. I also have set-ups for the remaining FF4 cast if anyone wants them.

Some games, such as FF7 and Breath of Fire, can't really have theme parties in Final Fantasy Tactics, since the classes do not cross over. (FF7 doesn't have classes at all, and the abilities in the Breath of Fire series are totally foreign.)

Quote (Fuzzypickles @ 25th July 2006 16:34)

What about Rosa as a Priest with Time Magic and Equip Crossbow? Then she has access to things like Haste, Float, Slow, etc.

That would give Rosa access to a few additional spells that she has in FF4, but it would greatly reduce the effectiveness of her archery. (In FF4, Rosa is the best archer.) She also loses the ability to equip a longbow. Not only does this reduce her range, but it is less consistent with FF4. In FF4, all of the bows were depicted as regular bows, not crossbows. (Even the "CrossBow" item looked like a bow.)

This post has been edited by Magicite on 26th July 2006 20:56

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The world before the fall...
Delightful is the light of dawn...
Noble is the heart of man...

Yo, Hamedo. I got an angry message from GameFAQs when I clicked the link, due to the
referrer information? However, if anyone's interested, you can still access the main page
and then navigate to 'Character Setups Guide' under heading 'In-Depth Guides'.

FFFAQtics!

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Quote (A11smart @ 29th July 2006 22:02)

Yo, Hamedo. I got an angry message from GameFAQs when I clicked the link, due to the
referrer information? However, if anyone's interested, you can still access the main page
and then navigate to 'Character Setups Guide' under heading 'In-Depth Guides'.

The link that Hamedo posted works fine for me.

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The world before the fall...
Delightful is the light of dawn...
Noble is the heart of man...

Weird. I got redirected to this page in Ie, but flowed through fine in Firefox. Secret plan to
push the official CoN browser? Ha! Weird, though.

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Quote (A11smart @ 29th July 2006 23:38)

Weird. I got redirected to this page in Ie, but flowed through fine in Firefox.

I accessed the link using IE and had no trouble.

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The world before the fall...
Delightful is the light of dawn...
Noble is the heart of man...

Yeah, you can't hotlink to faqs.

Still, looks interesting.

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Link works fine for me, and I've done it using Slimbrowser, IE, and Navigator.

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Here's an update to my Terror Squad

Tundra

Black Mage/ Ninja
Throw/ Koga Knife
Black Magic/ Spell Edge
Speed Save/ Thief Hat
Magic Attack UP/ Black Costume
Move Gain HP/ Dracula Mantle

Tundra is my mage specialist. He only uses Ice based spells and attacks (He throws Ice Rods, Water Balls, etc.) He is used in story battles only and can be very valuable. The reason I limit him is well, because I can. It makes it interesting. He has mastered all classes, and maybe he'll be changing jobs soon, bu for now, he's my attack mage par excellance.

This post has been edited by Nytecrawla on 30th July 2006 20:24

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Quote (Nytecrawla @ 30th July 2006 15:15)

Tundra is my mage specialist. He only uses Ice based spells and attacks (He throws Ice Rods, Water Balls, etc.)

Since you've made a "cryomancer" (ice mage), have you made other elemental mages?

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The world before the fall...
Delightful is the light of dawn...
Noble is the heart of man...

Yes actually...I've also specified defensive mages, support mages etc...

Cherish

Oracle/ Geomancer

Yin Yang/ Poison Bow
Elemental/ ------
A Save/ Ribbon
Equip Crossbow/ Secret Clothes
Move + 2/ Cursed Ring

She was my status changer. She only cast Don't move/act, Silence, Darkness, etc. Her story is the reason for the curse ring, she will always be undead. Anyway, she is a lot of fun to use and the elemental skill is a great supplemental ability to cause status changes wihout MP use! I have also created Lightning users, Poison/ Time...I love limiting my mages, and toeing the line between victory and ruin.

This post has been edited by Nytecrawla on 30th July 2006 21:28

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I was a soldier, now I just play one in video games.

Y'know, Nytecrawla, that's a pretty cool idea specializing your mages like that. I think I tried it once with a Samurai/Summoner Combo chick named Joanna. She had nearly every summon and master Samurai. I think all I was trying to do was create a character with massive strength and decent range of attacks. I'm not sure I ever tested it though. How well do you think it would work? Let me know how you think it would.

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One to be born from a dragon
hoisting the light and the dark
arises high up in the sky
to the still land.
Veiling the moon with the light of eternity
it brings another promise to mother earth
with a bounty and mercy. -Mysidian Legend, FFIV

The love of a woman is a warrior's ultimate weapon!

Quote (MagitekDragon317 @ 5th August 2006 21:50)

I think I tried it once with a Samurai/Summoner Combo chick named Joanna. She had nearly every summon and master Samurai. I think all I was trying to do was create a character with massive strength and decent range of attacks. I'm not sure I ever tested it though. How well do you think it would work? Let me know how you think it would.

Well, as you know, Summons require a lot of MP and have long CTs. Yet the Samurai's equipment does not provide much of an MP bonus. I think that she could be a pretty well-balanced warrior as long as you gave her Short Charge as a Support Ability. You might also give her Absorb Used MP as a Reaction Ability.

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The world before the fall...
Delightful is the light of dawn...
Noble is the heart of man...

That's not a bad idea, Magicite! I just wonder if there are other ways to make it work. Another thing, Magicite, why have you been double posting? It just seems kinda weird to me.

This post has been edited by MagitekDragon317 on 6th August 2006 05:42

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One to be born from a dragon
hoisting the light and the dark
arises high up in the sky
to the still land.
Veiling the moon with the light of eternity
it brings another promise to mother earth
with a bounty and mercy. -Mysidian Legend, FFIV

The love of a woman is a warrior's ultimate weapon!

Quote (MagitekDragon317 @ 6th August 2006 00:41)

Another thing, Magicite, why have you been double posting? It just seems kinda weird to me.

It's not intentional. Even though I click "Add Reply" only once, it often double-posts my reply.

If there were a way to delete my own posts, I would, but all I can do is edit them.

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The world before the fall...
Delightful is the light of dawn...
Noble is the heart of man...

I guess that makes sense, Magicite. Thanks for clearing that up. But getting back on the the subject, do you think there's any other way to mak a Samurai/Summoner combo work?

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One to be born from a dragon
hoisting the light and the dark
arises high up in the sky
to the still land.
Veiling the moon with the light of eternity
it brings another promise to mother earth
with a bounty and mercy. -Mysidian Legend, FFIV

The love of a woman is a warrior's ultimate weapon!

Quote (MagitekDragon317 @ 6th August 2006 10:27)

But getting back on the the subject, do you think there's any other way to mak a Samurai/Summoner combo work?

SET-UPS

Job: Samurai
Secondary: Summon
Reaction: Blade Grasp or Absorb Used MP
Support: Short Charge or Half MP
Movement: Move +3 or Move +2

Which Reaction and Support abilities to use depends on whether you want this character to be primarily physical or magical.

You will definitely want to use a Samurai with Summon as a secondary ability. Samurai equip much stronger weapons and armor and have better base evasion. Having a Summoner with Draw Out is not as practical, since she can never equip katanas. (There is no Equip Katana ability.) The problem is that it will usually be more practical to use the Draw Out skills than Summon, even though both are ranged attacks that strike multiple panels.

The Draw Out skills are instant and don't require any MP. The only downside is that they require spare katanas to use, which may not be readily available until late in the game.

The Summon skills don't require items, and they don't strike indiscriminately. (Only enemies will be damaged by offensive summons, and only allies will be helped by support summons.) The main problem with Summons is that they have long CTs and require a lot of MP.

If you don't mind the long CTs, try the Half MP ability. However, I think that Short Charge is a better strategy. Most battles don't last long enough for a Summoner to use more than one or two Summons, and therefore, your MP pool isn't as much of a priority as your CTs. Even if your MP runs out, you can use Draw Out or Attack.

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The world before the fall...
Delightful is the light of dawn...
Noble is the heart of man...

I have a 5 person team with a D&D slant to it. I tried to build it around a standerd/classic D&D party set-up. I use all Generic characters except for Ramza, as I put a lot of work into him. Names shortened in game where needed.

Eric - Knight (Ramza)
Primary - Battle Skill
Secondary - Gutz
Reaction - Hamedo
Support - Concentrate
Movement - Move +3

My "meat & potatoes" unit, Eric is the unit that heads strait into the fight while the other units get into possition. I named him after myself if you hadn't guessed.

Rebecca - Cleric
Primary - White Magic
Secondary - Yin Yang Magic
Reaction - Blade Grasp
Support - Short Change
Movement - Teleport

Rebecca is the primary healer obviously, but also maintains an offencive bite with Holy and her Yin Yang Magic for times when healing is not a priority. She is usually the unit closest to Eric on the field. She was named after my now wife Becki.

Kevin - Rouge
Primary - Steal
Secondary - Talk Skill
Reaction - Weapon Guard
Support - Two Swords
Movement - Move +3

Kevin is a DD-unit that has the ability to switch gears to a support unit. He is named for my longtime bestfriend, a real-life "rouge".

Douglas - Mage
Primary - Black Magic
Secondary - Time Magic
Reaction - Blade Grasp
Support - Short Change
Movement - Teleport

Find a quiet corner and let the mana fly, is the basic function of this unit. Like Kevin he can switch to a support unit if his magic is for some reason not useful in the battle. He is named for my brother Doug, aka Wizard on MySpace and Gaia Online.

Keeton - Minstrel
Primary - Sing
Secondary - Item
Reaction - Sunken State
Support - Throw Item
Movement - Move +3

Pure support, he stays close to Douglas to maintain his Either habit. Named for a friend in Michigain who acts alot like Edward from FFIV.

This post has been edited by Eric on 19th September 2006 08:27

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The Brave Knight
Name: Eirikir Lashius (Ramza)
Role: Knight
Age: 23
AA1: Arts of War
AA2: Guts
R: Counter
S: Concentration
M: Move +3
W: Durandal
O: Reverie Shield
H: Grand Helm
B: Grand Armor
A: Brigand's Gloves

That's a pretty cool theme, Eric. I should think of making a party that centers around my DragonRealms character and her allies.

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The world before the fall...
Delightful is the light of dawn...
Noble is the heart of man...

I've been working on a new team since before I last posted. I'm bored at the moment so I'll post it now. It is a Far East themed team, formed in honor of my religion of Buddhism. Like before I use all Generic characters except for Ramza.

Sar - Samurai of Legend (Ramza)
Primary - Draw Out
Secondary - Punch Art
Reaction - Hamedo
Support - Two Hands
Movement - Move +3

P - Chirijiraden
S -
H - Grand Helmet
B - Maximillian
A - Red Shoes

Sar is what I think of when I think "Mythic Samuria of Legend". With the power of the SAM and MNK combined he is very strong, while Hamedo gives him that "first strike" thing that Samurai's seem to be famous for, Two Hands gives him that defient stance that is also classic warrior of the east. All in all with a movement of 7, the power to all but strike from anywhere, and the ability to heal himself and raise the dead in a limited way, Sar has no equal.

Hanako - Holy Priestess
Primary - Summon
Secondary - White Magic
Reaction - Blade Grasp
Support - Short Change
Movement - Teleport

P - Sage Staff
S -
H - Ribbon
B - Robe of Lords
A - Chantage

Hanako is the standard "holy anime maiden". She is quiet, kind, sweet, and has the ability to summon great and fearful beast, not to mention the playing with the holy. She is a very long lasting character, with Regen, Reraise, Shell, Protect and the Ribbon.

Kenji - Shinobi
Primary - Throw
Secondary - Elemental
Reaction - Weapon Guard
Support - Concentrate
Movement - Move +3

P - Iga Knife
S - Sasuke Knife
H - Thief Hat
B - Secret Clothes
A - N-Kai Armlet

Kenji is the shadow, the darkness, he is DEATH. No really, he moves to his place on the field and strikes out, with either his mighty blades/stars or the might of the earth which he controls with a trained and shadowy mind, scary no?

Nobu - Sage
Primary - Yin Yang Magic
Secondary - Black Magic
Reaction - Blade Grasp
Support - Short Change
Movement - Teleport

P - Faith Rod
S -
H - Golden Hairpin
B - Black Robe
A - 108 Gems

A great Sage that can twist mana to his will, Nobu is the crazy mage character. With his catalog of spells, Short Charge, his Black Robe, and his 108 Beads, he is deadly.

Qui Chan - Diplomat of the Mainland
Primary - Talk Skill
Secondary - Battle Skill
Reaction - Dragon Spirit
Support - Concentrate
Movement - Fly

P - Blast Gun
S -
H - Thief Hat
B - Power Sleeve
A - Feather Boots

Qui Chan is the standard "messenger from afar" that always seems to find their way into the problems of others. Both wise and powerful, Qui is a go anywhere, do anything unit.

This post has been edited by Eric on 19th September 2006 08:26

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My Final Fantasy Tactics: The War Of The Lions Avatar

The Brave Knight
Name: Eirikir Lashius (Ramza)
Role: Knight
Age: 23
AA1: Arts of War
AA2: Guts
R: Counter
S: Concentration
M: Move +3
W: Durandal
O: Reverie Shield
H: Grand Helm
B: Grand Armor
A: Brigand's Gloves

Eric: thoroughly enjoyed your backstories for your FFT team. It adds a lot to the game to
have backstories in cRPGs, just like in tRPGs.

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A11smart, I totally agre with you and I have to give credit to Eric for his themed parties; very cool.



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Seifer Almasy


"The most important part of the story is the ending."
Secret Window


"Peace is but a shadow of death."
Kuja

well right now i started a new game but currently

Ramza/Knight
JR(me)/Archer
Mike(bestfriend)/knight
Nathan(my son lol)/Chemist

I only have 4 because i want to use agrias and malak and all those chars and such.

Also all my chars have mastered squire and working on those jobs now.

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Live For Everything, Die For Nothing  *The Game

I've restarted for the umpteenth time, and for some odd reason felt like posting my current characters. They're at the beginning of chapter 3 at the moment, and are certainly not optimized for anything in particular. Just for fun, you know. My powergaming days are over.


Ramza
Squire
Brave: 85 Faith: 70

Guts
Draw Out
Weapon Guard
Concentrate
Move + 2

Mustadio
Chemist
Brave: 60 Faith: 62

Item
Snipe
Auto Potion
Gained JP Up
Move + 1

Agrias
Holy Knight
Brave: 74 Faith: 63

Holy Sword
White Magic
Regenerator
Magic Defend UP
Move + 2

Rad
Wizard
Brave: 66 Faith: 66

Black Magic
Summon
Counter Magic
Magic Attack UP
Move + 2

Alicia
Ninja
Brave: 70 Faith: 62

Throw
Steal
Abandon
Martial Arts
Move + 2

Lavian
Geomancer
Brave: 71 Faith: 61

Elemental
Dance
Weapon Guard
Attack UP
Move + 2


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