cheats?

[FuzZerd]

do you guys think that the change spell(on weak monsters), anti spell (on yourself), or attacking yourself is cheating?

[vorpal blade]

I don';t know what you're talking about, but it seems to me like your just taking advantage of the battle, which is actually a very intelligent thing to do, however cheap it may be.

[Sefie1999AD]

I don't think it's cheating, though it's quite a cheap tactic. I never bothered to level up the Change spell so I never used it, and in my game of FFII DoS, my party members' HP kept automatically leveling up, so I didn't need to attack my own party members. I can't remember what Anti does or if it's the same as Sap, but I kept using Sap on my own party members to drain their MP so that they could gain more MP that way. I just thought the way of casting a spell dozens of times on one battle to waste your MP was way too time-consuming and stupid, so instead, I used a spell that lowers the target's MP.

[Martyr]

It's a really good question.
But check this out:

You have the ability to attack your own party members.

Now you knew that. And whether or not you know anbout the accidental secret cancellation trick, the fact remains that Square also knew that the game enables you to attack your own characters. Therefore, it isn't cheating. It's a tactic that was built in, and so I have no problem.

I use Sap and Change for the sake of speed, plus it boosts my stats. I don't really care that the mechanics of the game would rather that I waste my time casting one spell against one of 8 snakes while 7 run away in the 1st round, making my have to find another group of them.

No, that's too annoying.

[Sefie1999AD]

I use Sap and Change for the sake of speed, plus it boosts my stats. I don't really care that the mechanics of the game would rather that I waste my time casting one spell against one of 8 snakes while 7 run away in the 1st round, making my have to find another group of them.

No, that's too annoying.

That is seriously so annoying that it's one of the reasons why I just decided to use cheap tricks instead.

[Evastio]

It's cheap but not cheating.

Even though it sure feels like it. :(

[DarkLadyNyara]

Abusing the system is not cheating. Cheap, yes. Cheating, no.

[Martyr]

Abusing the System

That's a good way to call it.

[FuzZerd]

Now that I think about it I read somewhere on these forums that mp loses are cumulative if thats true it seems almost pointless to use sap when you could level up your spells and mp at the same time.

[Martyr]

Now that I think about it I read somewhere on these forums that mp loses are cumulative if thats true it seems almost pointless to use sap when you could level up your spells and mp at the same time.

Pointless? What? Sap an undead.

[FuzZerd]

well I meant in that cheap kill your mp to gain max mp way.

[Fatal Impurity]

i dont think its cheating becuase the ability to attack your own characters is available in the other FF's which also proves martyrs point....

[Bart's Friend Milhouse]

No. It's the most intelligent you can do. If you know how to abuse the battle system, you'll find the rewards are generally pleasing

[Hayabusa]

I don't think It's cheating....I saw attacking your own guys as "Training"

No PAIN no GAIN, right?