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Ironshanks · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2003 5:18 pm Post subject:

Take it outside please.
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Tenshi · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2003 5:57 pm Post subject:

Ninkazu · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2003 2:51 am Post subject:

If you wanna see slow ATB bars, you should play Cai 3 :P

DarkDread · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2003 6:45 am Post subject:

heh... I noticed that... man, I went and made myself a coffee, had a smoke, and came back just in time to watch the bar finish filling. :p

All kidding aside though, I had the same exact thing goin' with SoC3... the atb bars would fill way too slow at first... but after a few levelups, they'd zip by... it was tough as hell to balance out... and it's still wonky. I've given up on atb style... I like the way FFX does it... a return to nice, and simple turn based, heh.
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The Anarchist · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 3:08 pm Post subject:

Now that I think about it, did anyone think of using a ratio(ninkatzu)? Make the middle character's atb bar level up at, say 10 seconds and then get the character to load up in a ratio to the 10 seconds, so he would get a turn every second while fighting a lowley slime, but only every 40 seconds when fighting blood-ravenous angel of death, rather than having to wait 60 seconds and then having it come down as you're speed decreases.

Also, now that I think about it, do you're characters level uniformly (+2 attack every level) or do the points gained increase as you're level does? Just a genereal question, because i'm not sure which method to use when I do it.
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mandrake@work · Guest

heh, I love Turn based combat....it's just so much nicer than ATB. I mean, yeah ATB is supposed to be more action packed, but all I usually end up doing is waiting for the little bars to fill up....

and guys, if tenshi thinks the game is a slut fest, let him. What's so wrong with Person A having an opinion of a game?

Tenshi · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 4:20 pm Post subject:

FF X Yuna ----> "transformation" ----> FF X-2 Yuna
- Farewell Yuna, I once thought you were the greatest RPG chick since Aeris. *sniffle*

-I believe I solved the ATB problem. I took about the mid-way point of the highest possible Agility score (64 / 2 = 32) and did tests with that. Then I tested the max (y'know, with haste and all), and the norm. Once I was satisfied with the amount of time it took for the bars to increase, I let it be. I also made it so that a person's Agility does not increase with Level. But you can put bonus points earned from battles into a person's Agility to increase it. =T
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Ironshanks · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:11 pm Post subject:

Who likes short shorts?
I have to agree it does out of character, Tenshi.

I like real time combat more than both, but it depends on the game. Some games have the kind of gameplay that demmand a good turn-based system. Still, if they can work it I really like real-time.
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DarkDread · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 6:26 am Post subject:

While we're at it, I didn't really like _any_ of the female chars in FFX... Yuna was a whiny, wimpy do-gooder, bleh... Lulu was a bitch... who looked too much like she was going to pop out at any minute... barf... and Rikku... well, actually, Rikku was the only one I could stand. Go figure.
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Janus-is-a-guest · Guest

You need to play chrono cross.

Ninkazu · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 6:56 pm Post subject:

mandrake*rpgdx · Guest

well here are some suggestions, take 'em or leave 'em:

PSX:
Persona 2
Grandia
Lunar: Silver Star Story
Lunar: Eternal Blue
XenoSaga
(ummm, there's more, but I'm at work now, so I'll edit this when I look at my massive PS2 rpg collection)

GBA:
Golden Sun <- fantastic
Car Battler Joe
Breath of Fire 2
Lunar
Phantasy Star Collection

DreamCast:
Grandia 2
Evolution
Evolution 2

PS2:
XenoGears
Wild Arms 3
FFX
Breath Of Fire 5

Ninkazu · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 9:08 pm Post subject:

XenoGears and XenoSaga should be flip-flopped... and where's breath of fire IV? That game owns! Star Ocean: A second story, Chrono Cross, Suikoden.... man they are all awesome. Here's an off-genre, but SquareSoft game, Parasite Eve II, one of the coolest psx games I have feasted my eyes upon.