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[Aeana]

I'd really love to see a version of this for FFVI. Maybe you can only use certain espers or something.

I realize FFV is perfectly suited to this kind of contest but I like VI more :V

Sounds like you just need to play 5 more. Eventually you'll realize it's the best one.

 

[Professor Beef]

Sounds like you just need to play 5 more. Eventually you'll realize it's the best one.

Maybe she'll listen to you, because she's certainly stopped listening to me. :V

 

[Emitan]

Sounds like you just need to play 5 more. Eventually you'll realize it's the best one.

The best FF is getting an HD remake this year!

 

[Emitan]

Seriously, this. I liked FF V, if not as much as II/IV and III/VI (I have an irrational love for IV that even the After Years can't shake). But since playing through a bunch more times for the Fiesta, I've come to really love it.

I always stop somewhere after you fight that boss that sucks people towards it. I don't know why.

 

[Link Man]

No arguments there. I'll throw whatever !equip I have available until you get something just too good to pass up.

Monks and Red Mages are basically the only two classes that start good and end not so good, though Red Mages can be saved of course if you have another magic school that can be used with dualcast, that's all I'm really saying.

Watch me get Monk again multiple times this year for all the dissing, I still love this class but man I wouldn't mind not getting them ever again.

A Red Mage with !Black is pretty good, too, especially once you get the Enhancer. Kind of like playing as Lina Inverse.

 

[RevenantKioku]

I'd really love to see a version of this for FFVI. Maybe you can only use certain espers or something.

I realize FFV is perfectly suited to this kind of contest but I like VI more :V

The only real fun run of VI is a no-esper run, but this is neither here nor there!

 

[MetatronM]

Awww yissss.


2012 - Thief, Blue Mage, Blue Mage, Bard (Hard Mode)
2011 - Monk, Mystic Knight, Ranger, Dragoon
2010 - Black Mage, Summoner, Geomancer, Dancer

Amazingly I've never had a repeat from a previous year with the only repeats at all being last year's doubled up Blue Mages. And no Berserkers! Or Beastmasters for that matter!

I still have had at least one "waste" job every year with Geomancer (although I kind of liked how versatile my Geo was, especially with black magic and summons available), Dragoon, and Thief, though.

 

[BassForever]

My runs from the past year

2012 (Normal)

Blue Mage
Mystic Knight
Geomancer
Dancer

2012 (Hard)

Knight
Blue Mage
Summoner
Ranger

My "hard" run was more or less a joke, though I feel any run where you get a blue mage pretty much ends up being easy mode... unless you got berserkers. I learned to appreciate dancers or at least the dance skill.

The one thing that kind of annoys me about this challenge and it's not RK's fault is that a lot of the more interesting classes that could shake up a play style come from the last two crystals IE Ranger, Beast Master, Bard, Dancer, Dragoon, Samurai, and Geomancer. I kind of wish some kind of challenge that enabled you to get any job from any crystal even as early as the wind crystal with the rule being that if you got a later job you were stuck with bare until you got to the crystal in question.

Basically I just want to get either a Samurai or Dragoon this year lol. Before anyone says "you forgot chemist/ninja" both of those classes pretty much break any semblance of challenge the games has.

 

[Negator]

Why would you want a Dragoon, they are so bad.

 

[Emitan]

Why would you want a Dragoon, they are so bad.

Because dragoons are the coolest class in Final Fantasy.

 

[BassForever]

Why would you want a Dragoon, they are so bad.

Fun

Also they've always been one of my favorite FF classes, unlike some people here I really like the jump skill. It's like having a berserker who doesn't get hit half the time and can throw out items if need be.

 

[Emitan]

Is Galuf wearing a hoodie? Also good lord why does this game have free movement!?

 

[Toth]

And here we go! I wonder if Reverend can give us a option to reselect if we get the same characters as last year. Part of the gun of the challenge is trying new setups and I hate to play the game again with the same setup.

 

[Negator]

Is Galuf wearing a hoodie? Also good lord why does this game have free movement!?

I can't take my eyes off that meteor...ewwww....

 

[Emitan]

I can't take my eyes off that meteor...ewwww....

The meteor looks fine on the iPhone 5. I guess it's some retina thing or something?

 

[BassForever]

I can't take my eyes off that meteor...ewwww....

Or the character sprites D:

 

[Aeana]

Is Galuf wearing a hoodie? Also good lord why does this game have free movement!?

It's better that way, with the onscreen dpad. Trying to do tile movement with one of those things is a nightmare.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Ok, I'm going to finish this time. Count me in. I need to beat 5 again anyways

 

[Emitan]

It's better that way, with the onscreen dpad. Trying to do tile movement with one of those things is a nightmare.

I guess that's true. But it feels "cheap" somehow to be using free movement in a game I know is designed around tiles.

 

[BassForever]

It's better that way, with the onscreen dpad. Trying to do tile movement with one of those things is a nightmare.

I don't recall having much issues with FFD after I set the dpad to be stationary on the screen. The one that appears wherever you touch and then slide in the direction you want to move is garbage dunno why that's the default setting.

 

[TheSeks]

The only real fun run of VI is a no-esper run, but this is neither here nor there!

FF12:I:ZJS lends itself more toward this than anything, I wager? Unless you did FFT but FFT has class requirements where 12 has the license/job-boards from the get-go and once you pick your chosen class/zodiac you can't change the board.

 

[RevenantKioku]

FF12:I:ZJS lends itself more toward this than anything, I wager? Unless you did FFT but FFT has class requirements where 12 has the license/job-boards from the get-go and once you pick your chosen class/zodiac you can't change the board.

Never played ZJS so I dunno. $5000 and I will, though.

And Tactics has yes, the requirements to unlock and the game is just too good

Spoiler

to pass on and play any other game that is actually fun.

 

[Aeana]

Oh lordy, don't get RK started on Matsuno games.

 

[RyougaSaotome]

Signed up for normal with Berserker risk. This gunn be guud.

 

[Lumpy Onion]

Is this playable on Vita yet?

Sadly not yet is the US. That missing bubble on my Vita Final Fantasy page makes me sad.

 

[TheSeks]

Quick, someone get Notch on the line to drop $5K!

3 could also be used since it has the job system but 3 is terrible and bad

Spoiler

and since you stick with one class a lot of grinding to 99 each of those classes can break the game I wager?

I can't recall any FF besides 3/5/12 and the Tactics series to have the job system, not counting the MMO's/11 and 14.

 

[Aeana]

Quick, someone get Notch on the line to drop $5K!

3 could also be used since it has the job system but 3 is terrible and bad

Spoiler

and since you stick with one class a lot of grinding to 99 each of those classes can break the game I wager?

I can't recall any FF besides 3/5/12 and the Tactics series to have the job system, not counting the MMO's/11 and 14.

10-2.

Also, I assume you're talking about the remake of 3, since the original is brilliant.

 

[TheSeks]

I haven't played the NES 3, but if it's like the DS 3 it's horrible. No where as bad as 2 but terrible.


Oh, right, 10-2 could work but you don't get the classes from the get-go. Have to have some rule about sticking with the chosen job and something before you unlock that job?

 

[BassForever]

I haven't played the NES 3, but if it's like the DS 3 it's horrible. No where as bad as 2 but terrible.


Oh, right, 10-2 could work but you don't get the classes from the get-go. Have to have some rule about sticking with the chosen job and something before you unlock that job?

FF3 DS was a "wtf were they thinking" remaking, seriously play the NES version

 

[Emitan]

Finished the wind shrine. Now the wait begins.

 

[godofcookery]

I want to get the GBA version via eBay or something like that, but are there fears of having the save function not work properly?

 

[Professor Beef]

I want to get the GBA version via eBay or something like that, but are there fears of having the save function not work properly?

Not that I've ever heard.

 

[demidar]

Exams do not run until August 31, do they? (The event is until then. I will update the original post.)

Oh I didn't see that. Maybe I will join then, if I can find a copy to play.

 

[walei]

Natural and Random can be played. You just give Butz whatever is in your Wind slot, Lena whatever is in the Water slot and so on.

Sorry for me being daft here...

Normal is you get one job for each crystal for sure, and Random is you get job out of all the currently unlocked jobs correct (e.g. after water crystal your second job can still be a wind job)?

So under Random and Natural:

After Wind crystal: Gilgabot unlocks Knight (for Bartz)
After Water crystal: Gilgabot likes wind so much he rolled a Thief, so Lenna/Faris/Galuf all stay as Freelancer.
After Fire crystal: Gilgabot unlocks White Mage. Again, L/F/G all stay as Freelancer.
After Earth crystal: Gilgabot again unlocks another wind job Black mage.

In this case, only Bartz can change jobs and the rest must stay as freelancers?

What am I missing help me out here!

 

[MGrant]

This will be a lot of fun to do again; I haven't participated since 2010. My classes then were Knight, Mystic Knight, Samurai, and Geomancer. Not too hard that time, I'll probably try a random run this time.

 

[Heropon]

Sorry for me being daft here...

Normal is you get one job for each crystal for sure, and Random is you get job out of all the currently unlocked jobs correct (e.g. after water crystal your second job can still be a wind job)?

So under Random and Natural:

After Wind crystal: Gilgabot unlocks Knight (for Bartz)
After Water crystal: Gilgabot likes wind so much he rolled a Thief, so Lenna/Faris/Galuf all stay as Freelancer.
After Fire crystal: Gilgabot unlocks White Mage. Again, L/F/G all stay as Freelancer.
After Earth crystal: Gilgabot again unlocks another wind job Black mage.

In this case, only Bartz can change jobs and the rest must stay as freelancers?

What am I missing help me out here!

The first job goes to Bartz, the second job goes to Lenna (it doesn't matter if Gilgabot rolls one of the Wind crystal jobs), the third job goes to Faris and the fourth to Galuf.

After Wind crystal: Gilgabot gives a wind crystal job to Bartz.
After Water crystal: Gilgabot gives a wind or water crystal job to Lenna.
After Fire crystal: Gilgabot gives to Faris a non Earth crystal job.
After Earth crystal: Gilgabot gives Galuf another job.

 

[walei]

The first job goes to Bartz, the second job goes to Lenna (it doesn't matter if Gilgabot rolls one of the Wind crystal jobs), the third job goes to Faris and the fourth to Galuf.

After Wind crystal: Gilgabot gives a wind crystal job to Bartz.
After Water crystal: Gilgabot gives a wind or water crystal job to Lenna.
After Fire crystal: Gilgabot gives to Faris a non Earth crystal job.
After Earth crystal: Gilgabot gives Galuf another job.

Ohhh okay I was confused with this and didn't understand it till now

2. If you are playing a mode other than Normal you simply assign the job listed in that slot on the players page for your job.

@ff5forfutures #reg #natural #BERSERKERRISK for me it is!

 

[A Human Becoming]

I want to get the GBA version via eBay or something like that, but are there fears of having the save function not work properly?

I've heard something about that before. I didn't have that issue last year.

 

[RevenantKioku]

Lots of awesome donations coming in but most are forgetting to tie it to a vote. Just because you want it to go towards people getting Berserkers does not mean you cannot tie it to a vote!
http://fourjobfiesta.com/rkrun.php

 

[Tomat]

Lots of awesome donations coming in but most are forgetting to tie it to a vote. Just because you want it to go towards people getting Berserkers does not mean you cannot tie it to a vote!
http://fourjobfiesta.com/rkrun.php

Damn you guys are getting a lot of donations pretty quickly. Will jobs with negative counts not be used at all? We could get rid of all the berserkers?

 

[zashga]

Hooray, been looking forward to this again. Signed up for natural mode; hope Galuf likes being a freelancer forever.

 

[demidar]

Damn you guys are getting a lot of donations pretty quickly. Will jobs with negative counts not be used at all? We could get rid of all the berserkers?

wat

The point of charity is to make people suffer for a good cause. If anything, we need more berserkers.

 

[Finalow]

so what's the most hardcore way to go for this FF5 run.

 

[Man God]

so what's the most hardcore way to go for this FF5 run.

Natural Random Berserkerrisk.

 

[HiddenWings]

Damn you guys are getting a lot of donations pretty quickly. Will jobs with negative counts not be used at all? We could get rid of all the berserkers?

That is just for RKs run. Rest assured, the rest of us will get our fair share of berserker-age.

 

[Heropon]

People are getting careless and now RK has a job that is actually good. Red Mage needs more love.

 

[Kientin]

Wasn't planning on it, but in the end I couldn't resist. #regrand #natural because I feel like it.

 

[transience]

I hope I get some form of magic this year, either healing or attacking. last year I was purely physical. hoping that the Gilgagods don't give me Berserker again just because I did it last year and there really isn't anything to it. The class is fine but the strategy is nonexistent. I'm cheering for Blue Mage or Mystic Knight, I think.

watch me get four mages now

 

[Man God]

There's probably more strategy involved with the Berserker than every other class combined. Try a solo Berserker run if you don't believe me.

 

[demidar]

I've never understood why Berserkers are so hated because I never used them. Is it because they have shitty hit rates and low defense?