Specialising your Characters.

February 19, 2008, 5:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Bambi

I was rea;ly dissapointed with the final boss. I had Penelo set up to heal heal & heal some more and Bashe & Balthier just hacked away at him while I watched

This post reminded me of a discussion I'd been having with OverFjell concerning how you utilise your characters.

It's a known fact that each of the characters in XII are better at one thing than another, for example, Penelo is better at being a Mage, whereas Basch is the strongest, physically.

Topic: Do you prefer to specialise your characters, in that each of them had a designated task to carry out?

As for myself, I preferred to have three identical characters. My main party always consists of Balthier, Basch, Fran and Ashe, exchanging one of the women each time I play through the game. I make each of them activate identical licences and equip identical gambits. I find this to be efficient because, should my hypothetical 'mage' die, I don't have to make a warrior go out of the way to revive this person, while he's getting murdered at the same time. In this instance, I prioritise each gambit exactly the same for each character and I've never had a genuine Game Over, excluding a foolish encounter in the Henne Mines [though that's been mentioned in a different thread. xD]

February 19, 2008, 5:34 PM

Aside from Penelo who does all my healing and status shizz all my others are set up the same

I do have cure as my second gambit but turned off, just incase Penelo conks out. I generally just have them all set to attack - protect and shell, oh and revive>penelo right at the top

February 19, 2008, 5:48 PM

Hmm, from what I remember, all my characters can deal a great amount of damage physically, with Basch being the main tank. So they are all set up the same as well. I pretty much make it a "save your own hide" scenario, but when need be, I also make all the girls do the healing for the party - as long as I know that it's safe for one of my guys to do another attack and survive another turn until one of the girls can heal them.

February 19, 2008, 10:44 PM

Tank - that's one method I've never used. I much prefer to cast Protega, Hastega and Shellga, buffing everyone up equally. As for Gambits, why not post your preferred set-ups?

On each character:
Ally: Any - Phoenix Down
Ally: Any - Esuna
Ally: HP < 50% - Curaja
Ally: HP < 70% - Cura
Ally: Any - Handkerchief
Ally: Any - Chronos Tears
Foe: Flying - Telekenisis
Foe: Lowest HP - Attack

I just manually cast buffs on my characters whenever they need them.

February 19, 2008, 11:15 PM

Lets hav a laugh...I just know Im gunna have an epic set up

Balthier

foe: HP=100% - Steal
Ally: Penelo - Arise
Ally: HP<30% - Curaja
Ally: Penelo - Esuna
Foe:Flying - Attack
Foe: Party Leaders Target - Attack
Foe:Any - Attack
Self:-Shell
Self:-Protect
Self:-Libra
Self:-Haste

Basch
Foe: Party Leaders Target - Attack
Foe:Status Hp Critical - Attack
Foe:Nearst Visable - Attack
Foe:Nearest Visable - Attack
Self: Regen
Self: Haste
Ally:Any - Arise
Self: Protect
Self: Shell

Penelo

Ally:any - Arise
Ally:any - Esunaga (off)
Ally:aNY - Esuna
Ally:Hp< 40% - Curaja
Ally:HP<30% - Curaga (off)
Self: MP<10% - Charge
Foe: Flying - Firaga
Foe: Party leaders target
Self: Protect
Self Shell
Self: haste (off)
Ally:HP <40% - Regen

Thats way messier than I remembered it. Have you ever seen a shitter set of gambits? Its no wonder this game gave me so many issues

February 19, 2008, 11:23 PM

I assigned roles to my characters based on their stats, yes. The 3 I use, Penelo, Balthier, and Ashe, have varying stats and I assign them their equipment and gambits accordingly. Balthier is the strongest by a few points and is thus best as the tank, with most HP and highest speed, though with slightly lower MP and magick power. Ashe is inbetween, with noticably more rounded stats, and Penelo is by far the strongest with magicks, and very good as the party medic. Mind you, she can deal heavy damage with magick powered weapons, such as katanas. In fact, she deals almost as much damage as Ashe if she uses Masamune.

February 20, 2008, 5:25 PM

Ye see that "Foe: Flying - Attack" set-up you have ... it wont work. Flyers are invulnerable to physical attacks and so you can only damage them with magic-based spells [including quickenings and espers] or Telekenisis, haha.

February 25, 2008, 4:32 PM

Or Frisky just shoots them with bows/guns/bowguns/bombs like the rest of us...

February 25, 2008, 5:30 PM

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Originally Posted by loch

Or Frisky just shoots them with bows/guns/bowguns/bombs like the rest of us...

Thet's not always practical, though. A number of players, myself including, dislike using ranged weapons and much prefer to attack with close-ranged weapons. Telekenisis is just as effective, if not more, when attacking flyers. Financially, it's the better option, too.

February 25, 2008, 5:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Vegeta

Telekenisis is just as effective, if not more, when attacking flyers. Financially, it's the better option, too.

You serious? Telekinesis was the weakest piece of shit in XII, both when Reddas used it and when my own characters used it. Maybe it was a fluke in my game...?

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