Stat Maxing

[BG-57]

Have you ever seriously tried to max your character's stats?

I'm not talking about raising to maximum levels (99 or 100 usually). I'm referring to raising the character's stats through some approved or illicit method.

Some of the ways I recall are:

FFVI: Equipping Espers for level-up bonuses.
FFVII: Morphing or winning items that boost a stat by +1.
FFVIII: Devour, equipping a GF with a stat level-up bonus (like Jumbo Cactaur), and refining items that add +1 to a stat.
FFX: Maxing out the Sphere Grid.
FFT: Level Up/Level down in different jobs using Degenerator traps.

I certainly tried with FFVI but once the characters reached 99, there was nothing left to do, short of using a hack. I also did some halfhearted attempts in both FFVII and FFVIII. But I eventually gave up because I realized that there was no opponent so challenging that maxing stats was really necessary.

Bottom line, it wasn't cost-effective for me.

[rubah]

I got some pretty crazy stats in ff8 and ffx xD

[Heath]

I made attempts in both VIII and X but got pretty bored with that idea pretty quickly when it became clear that either I simply couldn't be bothered with maxing the stats or that there simply wasn't a need for it. Otherwise, I've never bothered with the others.

[ljkkjlcm9]

I definitely maxed my stats in VIII. It was really easy. The best part was only taking like 1 damage from basically everything

THE JACKEL

[Clawsze]

Bottom line, it wasn't cost-effective for me.

QFT

[Tavrobel]

FFVI: I was on my way to do so until my emulators got wiped from the computer.
FFVII: Only accomplished the Defense and Luck Boosts.
FFX: Done, completed. One file with Luck in lieu of Eva/Acc. MP and HP aren't necessary.

[Anno Domini]

in all the games i own i try to max out. is just what i do :-]

[OneWingd]

I think the best stat maxing method is in FFIX, it involves not going up a single level until you own all the best weapons, armours, etc which increase stats as you level up. Search youtube: FFIX Perfect game

[Captain Maxx Power]

I got some pretty crazy stats in ff8 and ffx xD

Same. I've also gone out of my way to get max stats in FF3, FF4, FF5 (well, the max you can get from mastering jobs) and FF7 to an extent. Stat maxing is a bit of an artificial way to extend the life of a game, and there's very few games where it's even necessary (FF10 being the only one I would say for the sub-bosses). There's definately a real sense of satisfaction to be had from staring at your stat screens covered in 99/255's.

[Nominus Experse]

I got some pretty crazy stats in ff8 and ffx xD

I try reconciling the amount of time I've spent on these two games by noting that I am a god among insects in these two games.

But then I realize that I stat-boosted (AKA, wasted my life) on video games that are incredibly easy, and such maxing means absolutely nothing more than a useless, large number.

Hello failure me, how are you this day?

[Roto13]

Totally meaningless most of the time.

[Roogle]

I do not max statistics in any role-playing game. Occasionally, when I replay a game, I will use a game enhancement device to give myself an unlimited number of statistic raising items to distribute them in various ways.

[Nifleheim7]

I maxed out my stats in FFX twice.
(First time was on someone else's memory card).

[Blue Harvest]

I maxed out my stats on FFX once, but I cheated ;_;

[Takara]

I don't have the attention span to max out my stats, so I never did it. Maybe I'll do it, someday, when I'm extremely bored.