Lame-age

March 21, 2007, 2:15 PM

Does anyone else think it's completely lame that the best way to level in this game is to stand outside of Altair (the place you start), kill all the enemies but one, and then attack and heal yourself with your characters. That's easily the fastest way to get up your stats. Not only do you control how hard you hit but how much and all of that. Anyone else thinking major lame-age?

March 21, 2007, 6:23 PM

yea. to be honest, I think 2 is the worst of the franchise. And yea, total lame-age. Almost as lame as drawing magic for a whole battle to get stronger

March 21, 2007, 10:27 PM

I don't mind the system overall... I just think that's lame. Cause I showed BustaMom this earlier... I just had him attack himself, my attack myself, and my magic caster try to keep us healed. And when the battle was over, we'd all improved in like 3 different areas. lol It was kinda strange.

March 21, 2007, 10:42 PM

Actually, I think it's a fantastic system, it just should not increase your stats when you attack yourself. I think it's completely absurd that a magic user in other FF games will get tons of MP and spells whether he actually bothers to use one or not.

Really, though, I did a lot of training by fighting those Captains in Fynn. They did so much damage, my HP levels shot through the roof- kinda funny, actually.

March 22, 2007, 9:10 PM

Is the level system for this game like elder scrolls, you use a skill i.e. magic and your magic stats will increase???

March 22, 2007, 9:19 PM

Not really. In Elder Scrolls the enemies lvl up with you. this is like the old classic dungeon crawler ways where getting hurt and dealing damage earns experience and you do that ad nauseum till you can destroy the enemy in one hit

March 22, 2007, 9:28 PM

Meh, it's kinda similar but it's not applied in the same way at all. I'd have to go with a no, like MR said, even though I agree.

March 22, 2007, 10:58 PM

Oh like runescape??

March 22, 2007, 11:33 PM

It's like real life, in a way. If you use a sword a lot, you get stronger. If you get punched in the gut a lot, eventually, you will be able to resist more damage. If you cast spells constantly... you get the idea.

The problem comes when one party member says "Hey, I have an idea! Why don't I hurt you and then cast Cure on you a billion times in a row, so you get 9999 HP without fighting a single enemy?"

March 22, 2007, 11:38 PM

Lol.....well i never expected the older ff games to be Problem free. Although HOW THE HELL could square miss that??