• Statistics

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    The statistics in FF2j work radically differently than in any other Final Fantasy game. This is an explanation of how they work. In FF2j there are no experience points, so it just raises the stats it thinks you need, as measured by what you use. This tells how to raise them and what affects them. Note that dependant statistics are not recalculated after independant statistics change until you equip or unequip something or enter battle (this explains why you can unequip something then equip that exact same thing again and have different statistics than before you unequipped it sometimes).


    Independent Statistics
    • Hit Points - To raise HP get into a fight, make sure your character gets beaten up (do it yourself if you want to), then win the fight and that character will usually get more HP.
    • Magic Points - To raise MP just use up your all your MP during a fight.
    • Power - To raise Power attack many times in one fight (100 should work). Power is sometimes lowered by casting White Magic.
    • Agility - Agility is raised evading physical attacks.
    • Vitality - Vitality is raised the same way as Hit Points. Vitality is sometimes lowered by casting Black Magic.
    • Intelligence - To raise Intelligence cast Black Magic several times in one fight. Intelligence is sometimes lowered by making lots of physical attacks.
    • Soul - To raise Soul cast White Magic several times in one fight.
    • Magic Power - Magic Power is raised the same way as Magic Points.
    • Weapon Skill - Weapon Skill levels are in the form of one number, then a hyphen, then two numbers. The number to the left of the hyphen is the maximum number of hits you can make with that weapon (or maximum number of chances for defense if you are using it as a shield). The double digit number to the right of the hyphen is the number of times you have used that type of weapon on that level. Once it reaches 100, the number to the left of the hyphen raises by 1.
    • Magic Skill - Magic Skill levels are in the form of one number, then a hyphen, then two numbers. The number to the left of the hyphen is the level of the spell. Raising magic skill levels makes spells more likely to work or more effective. The double digit number to the right of the hyphen is the number of times you have used that spell on that level. Once it reaches 100, the number to the left of the hyphen raises by 1.


    Dependent Statistics
    • Attack - Attack is equal to 0.5*Power (round down). That is the Power value not including adjustments for equipment. When a weapon is equipped in the right hand only, the character's Attack is equal to his initial Attack plus the Attack value of that weapon. When a weapon is equipped in each hand, the character's Attack is equal to half of his initial Attack (rounded up) plus the Attack value of the weapon in his right hand. Since you can not upgrade to a more powerful set of fists, the game compensates by raising your attack power directly for every weapon skill level up you get in fists. For each weapon skill level above 1 your power raises by 8, although you only get this increase when you are unarmed.
    • Defense - This is just the sum of the Defense values of a character's Armor.
    • Hit% - Hit% is in the form one number, then a hyphen, then two numbers. The number to the left of the hyphen is equal to the number to the left of the hyphen of a character's Weapon Skill level in the type of weapon equipped in the right hand. The double digit number to the right of the hyphen is equal to Power+80. That is the Power value not including adjustments for equipment. The double digit number to the right of the hyphen is the initial Hit% minus the Hit% value of the weapon equipped in the right hand.
    • Evade - Evade is in the form of one number, then a hyphen, then two numbers. The number to the left of the hyphen is equal to the number to the left of the hyphen of a character's Weapon Skill level with a Shield (when a Shield is equipped). The double digit number to the right of the hyphen is equal to Agility. That is the Agility value not including adjustments for equipment. A character's Evade rating is equal to his initial Evade rating plus the Evade rating of both weapons. When a character gets a level up in a Weapon Skill, the Evade rating for that type of weapon goes up by the Evade Rating for that weapon. That is, a Buckler Shield has an Evade Rating of 4, so a Buckler Shield on level 1 has an evade rating of 4+1*4=8. A Buckler Shield on level 5 has an evade rating of 4+5*4=24. Armor lowers Evade.
    • Magic Defense - Magic Defense is in the form of one number, then a hyphen, then two numbers. I have no idea how the number to the left of the hyphen is calculated (I'm working on it though). The double digit number to the right of the hyphen is equal to 0.5*(Vitality+Magic Power)+15. Those are the Vitality and Magic Power values not including adjustments for equipment. Armor raises Magic Defense.


    Tricks
    Casting Change on low level enemies is an easy way to get your HP very low quickly without risking killing yourself and use up all your MP.

    You do not actually have to cast a spell or use a weapon to get credit for it; you just have to enter the command. So if you want to level up a spell, just enter the command do cast the spell, cancel the command, and enter it again (same for using weapons). This will only work for the first three characters, since entering a command for the fourth character starts the battle and you do not have a chance to cancel it, but it is a great help in raising spell and weapon levels and stats for your first three characters.