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I don't use BBs much. When I played the 4 black belt party, I never equipped the Masmune to anybody.
Has anybody ever equipped the Masmune to a Master or Black Belt? Anybody know it works?
I imagine that it makes him weaker, the same way it's better to sell the nunchucks because the BB strength doesn't stack with the hit rate of fists.
But, out of curiosity, has anybody ever equipped and improved a black belt with the Masmune?
actually i remember you mostly from that thread you had where you bashed BM
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Originally Posted by Dragonfire
heh heh..yeah.
But how can you not remember? You nemesis the warlock and a few others didnt believe me when I said I beat a solo White Mage. Then the discussion led to if a solo thief was possible or not. Then I went and beat it on an emulater and recorded my proof and Omnitarion posted my movies for me.
I belive the you Black Mage FF1, but it must have been alot pf leveling rigth?
However what I guess is the most powerfull party is: Figther,Figther,Figther, Wite Mage/Red Mage. Give Massamune to the Wite Mage/Red Mage. This party kicks ass.
If you have never tried it, try replacing your white mage and black mage with 2 red mages.
You get pretty good attack power...the two mages together equal one fighter in terms of attack damage. That's pretty good.
They are tougher. In the beginning, they have better armor. In the late game, their armor is as good as the WM and BM, but they still have more hps than the BM (though about the same as a WM). So together, the RM/RM is tougher than the WM/BM.
You get the option to double-up on spell damage when you need it. True you have fewer spells, but since their attack damage is pretty good they don't need to rely on spells for everything. And when you absolutely must kill all your opponents, being able to cast 2x elemental damage at once is a handy option. It also works for doubling up on heals. And best of all, you can fast both of your fighters in one round. If you go for a ninja, he can fast himself, true, but with RM/RM he can spend his round attacking instead. All in all a better deal.
You miss out on the highest level spells, true. But later in the game I find the BM's spells to be less attractive. When you are facing say 3 gas dragons, and your F/F or F/BB can kill 1 each without help, what good is an elemental spell that does some damage to all of them? In that situation (and you run into 2-3 monster battles pretty often), having a pseudo 3rd fighter in your RM/RM is a great deal. And having the option of 2x ice3 in one round is pretty cool.
All in all my fav party is F/F/RM/RM. Tons of attacking power, loads of healing after class change, and enough magic for when you need it. A great party if, like me, you hate running for battles to save your magic points.
i'm currently doing BB/BB/RM/RM on easy mode on origins, just because easy mode lets you get lvl more, so BB gets godly early
I just did a F/BB/BB/RM party, and was very satisfied by it. I like having an extra black belt instead of a ninja; they just always do more damage. IN the end game all 4 members of the party can do over 500 damage. And all can have decent defense. In the NES version of the game, the Black Belts have better defense cause you can take advantage of the bug that automatically sets their absorb to current level, but also have them equip a ribbon and a proring for their magic defense properties. Just don't goto the armor screen cause that'll put their defense back down to 9 or something (or just give them a gold bracelet and their absorb will be 33).
But this party just about owns everything it sees; it's pretty fun.
This is the second time I'm playing Final Fantasy I (Origins version). First time on the normal mode. And my party is:
Fighter
Thief
Monk
Red Mage
Is this a good party or does it suck???
It is a good party. It is actually my favorite party to use. Though it is not even close to being as good as a Fi/Fi/Fi/Rm or Fi. It is a lot more fun IMO.
For beginners, I'd recommend Fi/Fi/Bm/Wm. It's what I used the first time round, and it worked extremely well before class change, although afterwards I suppose it was a little inbalanced due to the 3 white magic users to one black magic user, but you could replace the Fighter with a Thief for that, but personally I wouldn't.
The 8-Bit theater party I am currently using on FF Origins of Fi/Th/Rm/Bm is certainly a useful offensive party to use, however it lacks real healing power, as until class change, only RM can heal and even after that the Knight can't use all that powerful healing magic.
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Originally Posted by Doomsday
Thats far too easy for any expert. If you want a challenge then you should do a solo thief or a low lvl game.
agreed, solo mission are the only real challenges in FF1 anymore.
Solo Black belt?!? *Jumps out nearest window*
Gimme... F/F/RM/RM
Or...
F/RM/BM/WM
Prehpas I will try just one BB... Then again...
Ive found that any party does well... As long as you put in the time!
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Originally Posted by Blitz_Ace
Um yeah a solo Black Belt is not hard at all. It is actually one of the easiest solo games you can do.
Im not saying its hard,
Im saying that I DISLIKE bb's a great deal and any follow on from them. (AKA, Monks.)
Thats the reason I would rather not have a solo BB party. With FFI, for me its sort of a 'You like, you use' situation. :)