Your LP's cant disappear from youtube. I have watched them so many, many times over again. Now its time to watch your tactics playthrough again for the 20th time :D
Just remember that Delita is a "guest" which also means he is an EXP thief! Try and save the finishing blows for your normal/main units to maximize EXP gain!
@DiogooSampaioo Thanks. I'm a partner with The Game Station, which is effectively the same thing. Of course, I don't do this for a living, but it's better than a sharp stick in the eye. :)
This game is great, although it can be a little hard and it's definitely a grindfest. I have the PSP version of this game, and I swear, it's even harder.
@HCBailly I have downloaded a few games of the originals to the ps3 and its exactly the same except its a download instead of a disc. Just so you have a heads up they have the same bugs in them too.
"When they die and pass three turns like that, they complete their focus and turn into a shiny little crystal". Gotta love the FF XIII reference there!
Here are my thoughts on this battle. I usually bring both Squires with Broad Swords and both Chemists. Why two Chemists? Because I like magic classes like Time Mage and Summoner and they develop naturally into those things. Other characters will sponge bonus JP from the Chemist class without having to be that class themselves, which lets me teach everyone else Phoenix Down and Potion without much effort. Everyone has Potions and Phoenix Downs early on, which is very useful until tier 2 classes.
If this was any day before this, I wouldn't have gotten the "There are FOUR LIGHTS!" reference, because I just saw that Star Trek episode last night for the first time. xD
This is embarrassing but the first time I played this, I was "one of those people who forgot to set up their units" and I indeed did get my ass kicked lol
@TheDragoon9713 Depends on a few things: ur characters' levels (Job class & regular) their weapons, armor, shields, accessories, etc, ur characters' supporting abilities (say u r a squire & you choose the archers' charge as a secondary act attack, reaction ability, movement ability), the battlefield, ur enemies levels, & types sometimes human sometimes monster (mostly monsters in randoms.) like any rpg: grind, upgrade equipment, strength of character. that stuff will determine length of battles.
@TheDragoon9713 You will DEFINITELY want to play this game! it is extremely fun. A stellar, interesting, and amazing storyline. Lots of job classes and abilities to choose from once you level up your jobs with JP job points Random battles aren't the same in this game as in other RPGs. it's not a free roaming like FFVII or whatever game. You're on a map and the locations, and the locations are circular. Blue locales are usually safe, while red ones are where random battles can occur SOMETIMES.
Funny story of my childhood. When i was 8 and i bought this game i didnt read the book so one this first mission i didnt know how to set up troops so i only had ramza and delita and i some how won the match fun day lol only took 5 tries xD keep up the great work HC im glad you make great Lp's with some of the greatest games ive played. youre commentary is great keep it up! :D
@dwab321: Yeah, if you already have a PS3 you may as well download it. Having a digital copy of a game like this is worth WAY more than $10 IMO. You don't have to worry about load times and like HC said, you wouldn't have to worry about wear and tear on the disc. I only wish they had SaGa Frontier and the Legend of Dragoon on PSN...
@enigma341 That's the height from the ground of the battlefield. with certain abilities and items learned or bought later, height is effected by your character's jump number. and the height effects movement. so if a enemy is on top of a really high house with like idk, 8h and you're at 0h you can jump up to the roof from the ground. pretty sweet to see.
Dang, I remember how long these battles are. Definitely show off -some- of the random battles, because some of them are quite cool, otherwise just show story-battles due to their length. Heck for a tutorial battle it took you nearly 15 minutes! That's a full (normal) RU-vid video!
Well, nice first battle ^^ Though, minor thing you forgot to mention: Enemies can also turn into chest which is well... not as good as a crystal, I guess. Because you usually only get junk.
@SilimsLetsPlays They can also turn into treasure boxes too with items. But if the battle ends and the knocked out character hasn't turned into a crystal or box, they're still in your party.
The funny thing about Final Fantasy Tactics is there are "Bosses", but only a few, and they are almost invariably easier than the fights leading up to them.
@DJ96829 He means the one that talks at the beginning of the battle, the one the goes "THE Beoulve Family?!" His portrait is different from the other squires.
@drunyon214 Well, at the start of the game, Ramza's the same as the rest of his noble classmates. He changes how he thinks as he goes on this adventure.
this map brings memories, when this game FIRST came out, i never knew that you can add team mates to game, i tried DUOING with ramza/delita.......i stopped playin the game for a long time from frustration lol.....my brother noticed it on my floor asked if i beat it yet, i explained, he says...."you know you can add more members to fight" damn....picked game up beat it in a week....i STIL play this game to this day, i have it on ps3 from psone classics
12:48 when the enemy dies it can either turn into a crystal or a treasure chest. the chest will contain an item that the perished unit was equipped with before death and the crystal like HCBailly said sometimes also has abilities available to learn for free. just to clarify, the abilities able to learn are based off of the skills that the particular perished unit actually had (yes computer characters do have a skill set) BUT those abilities are only available IF you have the job class available
When starting I usually choose who I'm going to use based on the brave and faith they have (friggin annoying system). I know later you can alter the stats, and that if you character gets too much faith they leave your party or too little brave they flee as well. but having an average of 70 brave and low faith for my physical characters is par for the course while casters have to have high faith. oh, and there are a specific few times you can say boss battle in this LP HC.
not gonna lie. i was not looking forward to this lp. prolly cause i had the hardest time with this game and i couldnt beat it. but now that its started i cant wait for the next episode! im addicted again! i wonder how you are gonna handle the longer battles. are you going to skip the enemy turns or cut out walking to the enemies? i dont know but i look forward to seeing how you pull it out
One thing i did that made this game incrediably easy was have ramsa and another character be monks. I have them the dual wield ability from ninjas so that they could unarmed attack twice in one shot. Just the way the mechanic works punchs wind up being insanely strong late game if you're a monk or have the right skill. add that with counter attack to kill anyone that hits you and the monks other skills like the ranges attack and it almost seems to me like a game breaker. They're unstoppable.
@HCBailly I was curious about that too. I'm not sure if it actually effected their efficiency, but I would always use my units that had the highest brave or highest faith in my party and split them into the physical or magical class trees based on that. So, enlighten me, does it actually effect their efficiency with weapons(brave) and spells(faith)? Its the one thing I never bothered to research cause I always suspected it =P
@Skaeryll Yes, but at least you can try and grab their crystal (before the enemies do). There occasionally are some allies (usually guests) that cannot dissapear though, and the battle is lost by some key person dying. If Ramza is in a battle, and he dies, the game is automatically over. Pertains to some others as well.
@JeffroTheMan1 The terrain affects your ability to move and attack. Different classes have different jump stats. If their jump stat is high, they can jump up and down greater distances, essentially being able to get around easier. Also, if an enemy is too high above or too low below you, you can't attack them. Even if you're in an adjacent panel
Dunno if this has been noted or not, but you can tell how much damage you are going to do with an attack before you do it. Just look above the portrait of the unit you are using when selecting a target for your attack, and it will say, for example, -012 and you'll know that if you hit, you'll do 12 damage.
@superstickman42 the game is pretty long, regardless of battles.. but fun... i was playing it borrowed, but last thing i remember is that my main character died... and when i was about to finish the battle, he turned to a cristal... and i lost.... battles are long and sometimes can get tedious... but still fun nonetheless
Hm... If you want to save time, you really should just make everyone wait over and over while the enemies close in on you. Choosing where your units are gonna move and what they are gonna do is what eats most of the time in these games. Of course this doesn't work if there is a escort mission, a turn limit, or too many ranged units. Just my two cents.
I remember the first few times I played this battle. I had no idea I could use more than just Ramza and Delita. I got curbstomped. It didn't take me long to realize that this ain't a normal FF game, where the main character can wade through enemies even at lvl 1. :P
You could influence AT by having your Chemist attack instead of Wait. When you don't use Move or Act, that unit's AT will start off higher than if you use both. If you forgo your turn completely by using Wait, your AT for your next turn will start off even higher than if you Moved or Acted that turn.
I never heard anyone didn't like the "Surrender or die in obscurity" line, but I see why, because it doesn't fit with Ramza's later characterization as someone who doesn't care about class. That line of his is kind of an insult towards the fact that the thieves aren't upper class like Ramza is.
I remember in the solo Ramza challenge that this first level is the most ridiculous unfair fight in the whole game. I think you're right that early game is a little more difficult than later game (especially for any challenge mode) except for perhaps a certain fight duel...
@DJ96829 It made me stop playing for a week. I was that upset with it. but after a week I got back on and train them more and then the enemy gotten harder too >.< It sick that you have to level your characters up and find out that the enemy does the same things too...
@DJ96829 Ah, okay, I think I actually observed that my last time playing through the game and forgot about it =P thanks you =) so what is the deal with brave? I know that if you lower it low enough it can scare someone out of the battle, but does it effect anything like hit rate, evade, PA, anything?
It's been a while since I played the PSP version, but I believe they pronounce Ramza's last name as Be-Yewl-V. I'm also aware of a massive JP Glitch that will let you Master any job with a scroll bar on the first page of skills. Will you be using it?
HCBaily is bar none the best LPer on youtube. No one conveys the actual joy of playing these classics like he does. I'll be here as long as you will man. Setup a donation button man, i'm sure alot of use would like to support what you do.
Hey HCBailly, just tell me one thing, i saw most of your videos and i really love the way you play and you must be some kind of a "pro gamer" on FF series, so, my question is, are you sponsored or something? ^^ PS: keep making these awesome videos
All of the characters that really have any personality all have unique sprites and portraits, instead of the generic class-specific sprites and portraits. You gain a lot of unique party members along the way that have their *own* classes.
are you going to use the generic character's with the most faith/bravery that you have now, or are you going to grind for them in the character place? and maybe you should talk about bravery and faith if you consider it pertanant.
I use the two male Squires and both Chemist for this battle. Seems to make it easier for me. @Near54321 Ramza's damage was ok. The Chemist had an opposite sign then Ramza so his damage was less. It works both ways though. :)
I was wondering, "HCBailley, are there advantages to having this downloaded to your ps3 as opposed to using the disc?" I have the disc, but I want to know if I should just shell out the $10 or so to grt it on psn.
@HCBailly hahah good to know, im a huge fan of FF series since im 12, and im 21 now. I guess you have gainned a new "fan" Cant wait for final fantasy xiii-2 (hope you do a LP for that next year) :) have fun, cya
The first time I played this game, I didnt understand how to place units... I played through the first three fights with Ramza solo. I almost quit because I thought it was stupid lol. I've beat it at least 6 times now.
@Terrafrit Try and search just for Final Fantasy Tactics, the PSP version is named War of the Lions. Maybe it's not out in the UK yet? I know the EU gets different releases on PSN so you might be out of luck for now :/
@Nevahwins Faith affects the chances that a spell will hit you. Example: If you are going to cast haste on your unit and he has low faith then has less chance of being hit by it. If he has high faith than the chance is higher.
I'm sure almost everyone doesn't set their units for that first fight the first time they play the game. It is possible to win that fight with just Ramza and Delita. I've done it. You have to keep Delita alive with wish.
Story of a fail Chemist: "I wanted to heal one of our soldiers, so I threw a potion in his direction, but he didnt catched it. Potion hit his head and caused more damage than sword and poor soldier died..."
HCBaily, Would you recomend this game? what would it's rating out of 10 be? (1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest) Also, when are you going to do a Final Fantasy 10 let's play? if you are going to do one. :)
This game is old, and yet I still aprreciate the graphics. Simple, and quite colorfull. Oh and you will be able to say Boss fight HC... and you know it! Some fights fall into that category IMHO.
@HCBailly But HCBailly, wouldn't it be more effective to throw Gil at your opponent since they have so "little money"? (I don't recall an ability that lets you do that, but I couldn't resist)
Care to give any details on how you're planning to shorten things up later on (if that is the plan)? Not that you need to... I'll be more than happy if this turns out to be an obscenely long LP. :)
@sneakerpimp64 The name might be a spoiler. An extremely powerful character joins later in the game. He has abusive holy-sword attacks (ranged) abilities and his sword provides innate haste.
@yukioftyris1 I think so too because you can't just help but start screaming when you are being chased by a giant tyranassour who one-shot your party member doing 1,200 damage and you haven't saved yet.
LOL on the party member thing. When I was 10 or so I played this game and had no idea about that. I gamesharked my way through a good portion of the game with just Ramza. Fun times.
I'll be honest.I thought (gasp) fft:advance was pretty good. The only thing is the grinding since those boss levels (the ones where you only have your leader) are pretty damn hard.
@JelchKaTlen Thanks, i'm used to Fire Emblem and those games are dicks when it comes to making mistakes and allies getting killed. P.S. HCBaily should do one of those game next :P
its sucks when i had a summoner and a squire goes and uses stone. it knocks her off the ledge and the fall kills her. it was an elevation of i think about 7 or 8 it wasnt fun.
@yukioftyris1 That was my first time playing and I got a bit cocky. Game over and had to start over. Learned my lesson though-DON'T attack the docile tyranassour. Just leave him alone.
I didn't even realise it was an ST reference at first, I forgot about the quote! I was laughing just because I thought it was totally random! (Which HCB is known for)
The first time I played this battle I didn't know that I had other party members and so Ramza and Delita fought alone. Needless to say, history was changed that day.
I forgot but I think your ramza sucks at damg because he had a low brave score but a high faith score.. I wonder if he is going to recruit high stat allies after this battle
the lucavi demons you fight can be considered bosses you lucky sob that damn chemest healed himself every time i hit him took me 20 turns to kille the bastard
when you say "some people say little money suggested this" and "some people don't like this line," who are you referring to? were you a member of a fft forum?
I guess you can say "for boss time !" when the objective is to defeat the leader. In those battles the leader normally has the highest stats so it kinda works ...
If you get that chemist in a corner you can grind levels of of him because he has INFINITE POTIONS D:< You only get 5 potions and some other random stuff :C
you could say boss time when you feel that the battle has an important enemy in it, but only if they die in said battle not escape by the skin of their teeth
@Nagoragama I don't like that line because Ramza doesn't know what it's like to live like they have and he's basically saying that no one will care if they die.
@HCBailly Oh, try to show one of the really unique special battle maps! Like that super huge cliff face or that volcano later on etc.? A map you don't usually see?
@RamblingJosh The only hard part of bosses was "SPOILERS KINDA" was stealing their awesome items, that's my only major gripe about this game. Stealing.
