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I actually think it makes the video even more useful haha since it helps understand some of the nuances of the conditions more deeply!

It really does remind me of coding, its just a bunch of If & else statements 😂 the devs said “code the the game yourself” JK lol

The game even states that the priority system only happens under specific circumstances and that it RANDOMIZES your conditions. It doesn't follow a strict order unfortunately, so units don't actually do what you want them to do. They just have a list of commands to do _a thing you want them to do at some point_ . The only thing the game seems to really adhere to is the priority order of your list, but not the actual conditions. It's nowhere near as good as the Gambit system, which was a far superior If > Then system.

If you really want to get into coding, try playing Carnage Heart. Either the PSX or the Vita one.

@@Neonmirrorblack It's been a long time since I played FF12, but didn't you have to buy gambits and were stuck with a fairly limited set of instructions until basically late game?

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Hey! Josef has just been busy. He recruited that one guy!

@@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures 😂

That's a big help, thanks.

You should still be able to use 2 “prioritize” in the same row right?

I didn't know

I remember doing one and not getting much Gold, so I figured it didn't matter, but I should have known it had more value than simply practicing considering you can already do so at the forts. Thank you for putting this out there. I will definitely mess around with this now moving forward.

@@LunarwinglunaOhhh, if that's the case it could be that the reward gets bigger the further you get from the starting point. I can confirm for now which of them give 2k gold because I'm writing them down (the game doesn't tell you which ones you already beaten): Fort Veille, Fort Thessalon, Fort Soligie, Fort Rimitz, Fort Chandelis.

All the forts in the

Isn't that hp drain though? Damage takes hp away from the hp and the user heals half the hp. Sounds like drain to me. Having him attack lowest defence makes sense tho, imma try that.

​@@degreeskelvin3025 HP drain implies if you dealt 50 damage to a 10 HP target you would remove that 10 HP and add it to your own. However, if you're healing for half of damage dealt and you deal 50 damage then you will always heal 25 HP regardless of if they have 10 or 100 HP. So it's similar but importantly different in certain cases.

@@Scizson thanks that makes sense, though if it's not hp drain, what is it called? Because to me it looks like hp drain just mechanically a little different. Itd be like poison activating at the end of every turn, but instead of dealing a % of hp, it deals a flat amount. It's still poison, just slightly different

@@degreeskelvin3025it’s called sanguine attack …jokes aside, could be “invigorating strike” where the more damage it deals the more confidence you have and the more resilient (hp) you feel (have)

Better yet, you want to give it to someone who actually does damage instead of Lex

My pleasure!

You're welcome! Do make sure you check out my followup video to this one, as I made some mistakes here that I correct there.

Yeah, prioritize tripped me up again. Added a comment addressing it, thanks.

Already working on it. 😉

@@TitaniumLegman nice!

@@TitaniumLegman nice!

@HZAres Thanks for your comment! Please correct me if I'm wrong-as I'm trying to make sure I understand you-the major issue is the "initiative" condition, right? Since there will always be an answer to "target highest initiative"? Does this mean "target highest initiative" would be a good Condition II, or is it more like this condition will always result in an attack and stop the flow of logic? Admitting my confusion there, it seems like Priority 1 should use condition "prioritize backline," which could then check down into "prioritize armor," correct? Condition "Target Low HP" will always be met, so having that as the final check makes sense. Not sure if you or Tom will take the time to read/respond, but I appreciate it regardless!

You're right, I've added a comment addressing that. My apologies for being dumb, I've always been terrible with code but I thought I had it down this time.

@@TitaniumLegman No need to apologize! It's so fun learning and understanding this stuff together-your video + the comment section has helped me learn, and I'm sure we'll all pick up on more stuff as time goes on! You (and your content, and your community) are awesome ^__^

@@ceasec think we are talking apples and oranges. There is nothing wrong with using those conditions together. If we are talking logic or discrete math, both conditions are "are/or" clauses, in a sense that they will match regardless of the input. One checks given a set of inputs find legal target with the highest X stat while the other checks if backline is present if not target frontline. So neither offers a way for the input targets to go to the next tactic. It is a little confusing because of the lack of prioritize tag in of the target highest initiative condition name, as it becomes more clear reading the condition detail text since it doesn't have the will not rigger if not met warning. Not sure what the Japanese text for the condition is, it might just be a bad translation. Could always test/debug the tactics in mock battle lol

@@TitaniumLegman no problem, all this stuff is a black box anyways. just tested some stuff with ppl in the UO discord the general targeting rules seems to be hard targeting > prioritize row > prioritize condition 2 > prioritize condition 1 2 conflicting hard targets will cause the tactics to fail all the prioritize types have the same weight if you are interested

Right, that's what I was trying to do too. I just flubbed it with the "prioritize" statement. 😭

Oh yes, gonna be wild.

It does work exactly like that. Although you get to know who has more initiative and decide if its worth freezing someone or not. Also, there are items that raise initiative (accesories, for example) that you can equip outside of the battle screen.

I think there is a better way to set up his Yahna for stopping the next target. Offhand I think filtering it for "has full AP" + "highest initiative" might be better, but that won't necessarily target the backrow.

I do mainly want backrow targeting, so getting around the prioritize commands is going to be... Tough.

@@TitaniumLegmansounds like “back row” then “highest AP”

i agree i feel like i'm a n addict waiting for a dose

I have heard of them. I haven't encountered them in the demo yet as I haven't really had time to play more, but I do intend to seek thwm out.

Ah yeah you'd want HP % rather than raw value. This system really is very literal! lol

@@williampounds5191 dang... context really matters when setting conditions huh? Will definitely make note of this. lol

There should be, yes. There's conditions for all the status effects.

Those are action point and passive points, they consume themselves to active abilities. If u have any problem undesrtanding the game jn the menu there is a tutorial function that explains everything

Basically, they're how many points you have to activate your skills. Red ones are your active skills, which are the same color in your character's status screen, and blue ones are passive points, which also correspond to your passive ability color in the menu.

Ok so if if you set the condition " 🔻 target hp is

That sounds correct. I've not messed much with the ap/PP trigger conditions yet so I can't say for certain, but I believe so.

@@smugyoshi5927I think people are confusing the red/blue triangles with red/blue diamonds. The diamonds mean active/passive points, but the triangles shown for conditions like "target hp is

It might change enemy targeting tho, which could have a big impact on how how things play out.

@@TitaniumLegman It would be valid if there was more than one enemy in the front/rear, but we are talking about 2 enemies lined up in the middle column, that is where it does not make sense because they only have a single enemy in the front to target....If I position and alternate my lateral unit and from one side to the other, does it do more damage than the other side? wtf

@@TitaniumLegman It happens to me too, even if there is only one enemy unit left in the middle of a row, when positioning my units laterally the amount of damage varies drastically, there was even a somewhat curious bug that I am testing, when I add support with a magician in a battle. archer, the damage I make in total..... it go down? why? I am applying extra damage to the enemy units, or that the hit rate varies depending on where I place my unit, even with a single enemy, The way the AI ​​adjusts attack/crit/evasion rates is a bit cumbersome and not 100% accurate.

@@ponceponte4416 I hope they can adjust it in the next patches.

@@user-bn1bs5wn5r Doing a little research, I saw that more than anything the game randomly re-rolls the existing RNG when you move a unit's position vs with a single/multiple enemies (all this influences evasion/crit/hit rate) this being a bit strange, Literally when it happened to me that before the confrontation the forecast told me that my units would lose/die, I removed an accessory from a unit and the forecast already told me that I would win... same phenomenon with deactivating support attacks...wtf.

If you mean like, there's three archers and you want to hit the lowest hp one, yup. You can set the condition "archer, lowest hp" using both the conditions you can set.

Yeah you have to double check their tactics. You can get a more powerful item and make yourself weaker.

Hey, that's part of the goal! Make sure people are informed, so they can make a wise purchase decision. 👍

It's good design. Basically you are going to change what you are doing depending on what you are fighting. You can also change party leader as you want also. You can also change out your party if you recall them as well to resummon them. I did this on a map where it suited me to change out the character at a garrison point.

Oh I agree, it's well done. It just feels so powerful it's almost like cheating, that's all. It's NOT, it's just a euphemism.

I do think seeing, pretty much the exact outcome is too strong, you can trial and error every combination of tactics until it says you win on the amount of damage you do V's them.

Why before March 28th?

@@TitaniumLegman March 28th is the release of the very final chapter of nier reincarnation. Starting from march 28th, you’ll basically have a 1 month deadline until the servers shut down forever and the game will be no longer available. As they have announced that nier reincarnation will officially shut down on April 28, 2024. On average, each chapter takes about 1-3h to complete with the addition of grinding for character levels and weapon levels which takes an additional 1-2h, (I suggest focusing on 3x 5 star characters and maxing them out as the main party). Arc 1 has 12 chapters, arc 2 has 6 and arc 3 has 7 chapters (chapter 7 is the final chapter as mentioned above) Please note: Replay the last chapter of arc 2, this will unlock a hidden option and a hidden cutscene that will be important for arc 3 in terms of context. The game is heavily focused on narrative so the combat is semi automated. It’s like reading a story in a way. The game has a stamina limit that replenishes daily, however with all the events going on, you can bypass that with the stamina regens that they hand out. Regardless, I do hope you enjoy the story and have fun, would love to see your reaction and thoughts when you get to arc 3. It may seem slow at first, but pay attention to the story and artworks of the characters. Weapon stories and character stories will be very interesting and they will all tie together for the final chapter.

I did play that Nier Reincation previously and I do admit the story is pretty good but other than the story, the overall game is not well balance and get pretty boring very fast.

This makes things far faster, once you have things set up.

You can have them smart target things. Choosing for every battle would make it super slow. If you set good tactics it does what you'd want. For example mages targeting the armored tanks is something you'd probably choose to do.