Final Fantasy Tactics

[Falcon Critical]

[Valec]

I didn't like Orlandu that much... He sucked out all of the the fun by making everything far too easy to defeat. I do know, however, that against the final boss, Beowulf's Drain Sword does a lot of damage at any level. I don't quite remember if there was a damge limit, but if there was, he hit it. But seriously, Falcon Critical, try out Cloud with short charge. It cuts the charge time roughly in half and makes Cloud far more enjoyable to use. I have to say that I only use Blade Grasp with my 'tank characters'. Cloud stays just out of melee range when I use him, so my worst problem is magic. Sure, blade grasp stops bullets and such, but Auto X-Potion can normally heal the damage dealt by those means. I can't say I know everything in the game as of yet, because I have yet to get a single person to master each and every job class Final Fantasy Tactics has to offer. I'm currently playing Suikoden through again so I can play Suikoden V to it's fullest. As soon as I do finish it, though you can count on me jumping back into Tactics to master it. =D

[Arcana]

Hey, one way to play FFT is to discharge Orlandu from your party. I did it in my third or so playthrough. I remember during that playthrough rejecting every major NPC and using only original characters. The only one I kept in my party for any amount of time was Worker 8 in order to get the super special shield (since you need Worker 8 to hop on top of).

It's a fun way to add a bit of challenge to the game. Do that, and also don't do the super cheap potion/yell trick. I think a neat challenge would be an FFT speedrun. I'm wondering if anyone would be willing to try this out, because I think speedruns are ultimately more impressive than trying to build up the most powerful team and strategy ever.
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[Valec]

I've done the Ramza only challenge before. The hardest part is that battle in Gariland against all the squires and that chemist. You have to hit every single move just right and get lucky in a few spots. It took me nearly 100 times to finally pull it off. Easy sailing from there, though.

[Timbo]

Orlandu is strong, but the strongest thing in the game is a black mage with calculator for it's secondary skill. Being able to to hit multiple enemies with flare, for no MP, from unlimited range and not having to move you so will gain your next turn faster is way too powerful. Not to mention you can do the same with curing, positive status boosts and ressurecting.
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[Valec]

I found the calculator fun to play with... Give him auto haste and keep him out of range and all die. I'm getting an itch to play tactics again now...

[Zeik Tuvai]

I never use more then three units tops, Ramza and two generics. My favorite generic is a Thief setup like this:

>Steal
>Draw Out
>Hamedo
>Equip Knife
>Move +3

97 Brave and about 7 Faith...

Because Reaction Skills use Brave as a direct source for their success, Hamedo happens about 97% of the time... I kinda get to avoid a physical attack as well as smack an opponent most of the time. As for the Faith, I hate spell casting, and hate getting hit with spells even more, so I like to their hit rate and damage down to a minimum...

Draw Out works wonders for healing an area of folks around you, and it can do some massive damage if you just run into a crowd of enemies and nuke'm.

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I've done both speed through and Ramza only challanges... As well as a Ramza only speed challange. I really like being able to just pummel my enemies, maybe even play with them awhile before finishing them off. My ultimate goal is to play with Velius like I play with random encounter generics and monsters... Brutally.
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Those who stray from the path of justice,
Are those who have no courage...
But under the wing of a strong leader,
Cowardice cannot survive.

[fuji]

Agreed, a Black Mage Calculator can clear entire maps in one turn. Orlandu is the obvious powerful character, but the calculator is the real powerhouse of the game. So much so that I disallow myself from using that character when I play (along with the NPC's like Orlandu and Agrias).
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[Zeik Tuvai]

Non-generic characters are just boring. Way too much power in them... I'll actually use Rafa for her Truth skill from time to time, though. I love it! It may be random, but it's a load of fun. Ramza and Rafa are probably the only two non-generics I use. Like I said, my main team is Ramza and two generics. If it's a random battle, I won't even use Ramza, and just let the two generics tear through whatever.

I've never used calculators... They're always too boring for me, but most definately powerful, and definately not something I'd mess with if it were on par with one of my own characters...

I do keep all the non-generics, though... I rarely USE them, but I keep them. I strip'm of their gear and either use it for other characters or as selling fodder.
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Those who stray from the path of justice,
Are those who have no courage...
But under the wing of a strong leader,
Cowardice cannot survive.

[Zephon]

I used to use a Red chocobo in all my battles near the end it could 1-2hit most enemy's with it's meteor attack, for the rest I used a knight, a lancer, Ramza as a dark knight and a summoner

zephon

[Hawk Thanatos]

At the moment I have Ramza with:

Guts - Some really useful skills and a good alround class for Ramza.
Draw Out - Holy shite this is useful, great offense and healing.
Auto Potion - Invincibility basically.
Two Swords - Just because I like characters to use two swords.
Teleport - A bit erratic, I might swap to Move+3.

And two generics with:

Steal/Talk
Punch Art - Chakra anyone?
Blade Grasp
Two Swords
Move+3

Black Magic
Summon Magic - Leviathan FTW!
Weapon Guard
Short Charge
Move+2

For the rest of my party I usually use either Agrias, Beowulf, or a Elemental and Battle Skill generic. I just got Reis and Worker 8 recently so I need to try them out too. Oh and I'll definitley be using Cloud when I get him.

[Valec]

Cloud is extremely good. My only regret is that you have to have the materia blade to use limit. I think the scale was materia blade = diamond sword.

[Ujitsuna]

My favourite job class was easily the Samurai, the Draw Out ability allows you to use a sword for practically every scenario. Need haste with regen? Draw from the Masamune. Need attack? Draw the Chirijraden. Need health? Draw the Murasame. The great things about these normal attacks is that they distinguish friend from foe, so you won't accidently put an enemy in haste (which is very annoying) or regen. The katanas can be broken in the drawing, but it's unlikely this will happen and if you use the weapon duplication trick than you never need to stop using these amazing abilities. They're also the most balanced warrior in the game, having high magic stats to compliment their Draw Out. The fact they're from Feudal Japan would be enough anyway as I'm obsessed with that time and region.

The women in my party are usually Dancers with the Draw Out ability with a support such as Blade Grasp to prevent physical attacks during dancing or whatever. The men are mages and samurais with the black or white magic secondary options. Makes for quite a force to be reckoned with.

[Zelphiel]

Orlandu balances out a little bit if you take his Excalibur away from him. He's still strong as hell though.

anyway... FFT is one of my favs in the series story wise but gameplay wise it really isn't. with the exception of the story battles I've always found the leveling in that game to be extremely tedious.
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[Sialeeds]

Man does FFTA2 ever get released?