Terra's morphing

um...i'm at the stage where I'm back to narsche to talk to the elders and then i'm off to the cave of the espers to get them to help the war effort.


during a battle, I notice terra has the "morph" command, which changes her into that snowy esper form. I don't know what purpose that serves though. Can someone explain how morph works?

I believe morphing increases Terra's magic attack and magic defense.

Also, the less often you have Tina transform, the longer her transformed state will last when you do.

I believe the Morph state doubles physical and magical attack and defense. Could be wrong, though.

And what Kishi said.

So does it keep track of how many ties you morph and adjust the duration accordingly or is it setup so you remain morphed for shorter and shorter successive time periods....resetting if you "rest" a while (ie not morphing)? :confused:

It's based on how long it's been since you last morphed. And her level, I think. She also seems to be able to hold it much better in WoR, but that may just be the level thing.

If you're good enough, you should really only have to use it one time in the WoB, anyway, (SPOILER)in the fight against Ultros up in the Crescent Mountains, before you get Relm.

Ahhh...thanks for the heads up. :)

I think you start out with 25 seconds fully charged. 25 seconds is pretty long considering all the menus and attacks that pause the clock.

in morph status her magic power is doubled and every time you morph the alloted time is increased by 5%

I never really understood what the wait was.

Does it only count the time she spends in battle without morphing?

I don't think it has anything to do with how often you morph; that would slow the recovery down.

I battled a million battles in the forest so she went from lvl 40 to 99 hardly ever morphing. Battling Kefka is a joke. I can fight the whole battle with her morphed (just Kefka). I should time it and compare it to the 25 seconds that we allegedly know is the initial value. It's probably about a minute or so.

Yea, Terra can be a real powerhouse in morphed form. I save it for bosses.

I've heard it has something to do with Magic Points (the ones you get to learn spells, not the ones you use to cast spells)

This might be wrong, though.

It's also highly dependent on the current phase of the moon.

I never morph until I fight in the last battle anyway. Even then I don't morph most of the time.