Xander
09-12-2003, 10:55 PM
Just wondering how everyone likes to go about healing.
For example, do you use cure magic more than potions, or do you prefer to use one in battle and another out of battle. I know it may vary depending on the game but this is in regards to all the FF's in general.
How low do you let a character's HP get before you heal?
Lately I've found myself using potions a lot less. In battle I prefer to use cure magic, which I assign to one character if I have a choice (FFVII, FFVIII) or obviously I have a white mage to do that in FFIX and X. It generally cures more HP back and can be used on all characters in some circumstances.
The only time I've really been using potions is to top up health when not in a battle if I have spare ones left over, or if my mp is getting really low. Or if my curer can't use their magic for some reason.
I always end up buying about 99 anyway though just in case :p
I usually let my characters health go down about a third before I start bothering to heal them, for example if they are at 5000 HP I won't heal till they are about 3000, but of course it depends on the battle and how much damage the enemy is about to do.
In FFIX I made more use of tents than anything else cos I always seemed to be able to afford a lot of them.
And if you know a good source of ethers, eg. stealing, you can restore MP and have way more cure spells from one ether than if you used a potion.
Although Auto-potion on FFIX was helpful, except for random battles when I forgot to unequip it and a character used a potion when being damaged by about 10hp :rolleyes2
For example, do you use cure magic more than potions, or do you prefer to use one in battle and another out of battle. I know it may vary depending on the game but this is in regards to all the FF's in general.
How low do you let a character's HP get before you heal?
Lately I've found myself using potions a lot less. In battle I prefer to use cure magic, which I assign to one character if I have a choice (FFVII, FFVIII) or obviously I have a white mage to do that in FFIX and X. It generally cures more HP back and can be used on all characters in some circumstances.
The only time I've really been using potions is to top up health when not in a battle if I have spare ones left over, or if my mp is getting really low. Or if my curer can't use their magic for some reason.
I always end up buying about 99 anyway though just in case :p
I usually let my characters health go down about a third before I start bothering to heal them, for example if they are at 5000 HP I won't heal till they are about 3000, but of course it depends on the battle and how much damage the enemy is about to do.
In FFIX I made more use of tents than anything else cos I always seemed to be able to afford a lot of them.
And if you know a good source of ethers, eg. stealing, you can restore MP and have way more cure spells from one ether than if you used a potion.
Although Auto-potion on FFIX was helpful, except for random battles when I forgot to unequip it and a character used a potion when being damaged by about 10hp :rolleyes2