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Wolf Kanno
06-28-2015, 07:26 AM
or -a, -aga- and sometimes aja?
When it comes to spell levels, do you prefer old school numbering or the flavor text variety?
-ra, -aga definitely. Makes it sound more magicky.
FFNut
06-28-2015, 07:36 AM
I like the Flavour text, let me cast Fire Storm instead of Fire2
I prefer the numbers, honestly.
Mr. Carnelian
06-28-2015, 07:55 AM
Having numbers for the spell names seems a bit jarring.
If you were a mage and you named a spell, you wouldn't call it 'Ice 7', would you?
Having numbers for the spell names seems a bit jarring.
If you were a mage and you named a spell, you wouldn't call it 'Ice 7', would you?
Oh, my sweet son. You're making it blatantly obvious that you're really new to the series :love:
Mr. Carnelian
06-28-2015, 08:09 AM
Having numbers for the spell names seems a bit jarring.
If you were a mage and you named a spell, you wouldn't call it 'Ice 7', would you?
Oh, my sweet son. You're making it blatantly obvious that you're really new to the series :love:
Don't mock me! I refuse to be mocked! :colbert:
blackmage_nuke
06-28-2015, 09:19 AM
I like ra and aga but I prefer Ice and Bolt to Blizzard and Thunder and while Iceara and Iceaga doesnt really roll off the tounge I think Frost/Frostara/Frostaga would have been a good substitute
theundeadhero
06-28-2015, 10:09 AM
I want numbers. It's the same spell you're casting, you've just gotten better at it so it's stronger, but it takes more out of you.
fat_moogle
06-28-2015, 10:44 AM
I prefer Thunder / a / aga compared to Bolt 1 / 2 / 3, but I wouldn't complain if they went back to the old numbered system. I wonder what even made them change it in FFVIII onwards?
Wolf Kanno
06-29-2015, 04:31 AM
I prefer Thunder / a / aga compared to Bolt 1 / 2 / 3, but I wouldn't complain if they went back to the old numbered system. I wonder what even made them change it in FFVIII onwards?
They actually were always the fire/a/aga classification, the earlier games just didn't have the space limits to translate properly. Kind of like how the Scan spell is Libra but libra itself is a shorten version of library. The real question is why VII didn't change it when it most likely could have.
Skyblade
06-29-2015, 05:50 AM
Having numbers for the spell names seems a bit jarring.
If you were a mage and you named a spell, you wouldn't call it 'Ice 7', would you?
You've never met Red Mage (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/10/28/episode-476-red-mage-in-the-cradle/), have you?
Pumpkin
06-29-2015, 05:56 AM
I like the a-ra-aga more :jess:
Vermachtnis
06-29-2015, 07:16 AM
Mages being a vocal class, the spells should more fun to say. So the a/ra is better. But spells are at their strongest when they're an onomatopoeia. Kaboomle and Kaswooshle being the best spell names ever.
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