Battle System poll

[UltimateSpamGrover]

what do you think is the best time/turn based battle system?

[DocFrance]

The one from FF1 and FF2 is superior. You had no idea of knowing if you or the enemy would act first. Plus it required some forethought and strategy, what with the 'Inneffective' deal going on.

[Kirobaito]

^ Agreed.

[DocFrance]

I tell ya, kids these days with their "ATB" and their "Sphere Grids." I tell ya, they just don't know what it was like back in the old days. Now they're all just a bunch a young whippersnappers doin' 99,999 damage with a normal attack! Why, back in my day, you had level up to at least level 40 with a Knight just to do over a thousand with the XCALBER! And that's if we were lucky to get that far!

[-N-]

Seriously. Back in the day, we had to predict whether our enemy would die before we attacked them, otherwise we'd waste a turn!

And back in the day, when Level 99 was nearly unattainable! Now any numbskull with opposable thumbs and 10 hours of free time can max out his levels... shameful...

And way back when, when you could only cast your strongest spell one or two times! None of this "Ether" business all these young'uns talk about these days.

[ChaosCalibur]

I don't know... I'm really used to ATB... yet i like CTB more... But every time i play with CTB i'm always in a rush, it's like a reflex! I'm starting to hate my triangle button So ATB gets-a me vote

[SpiritWolf]

I have to say that I liked the battle system in X alot.

[Lord Chainsaw]

I prefer RTB like in Star Ocean, but I don't think that's the same as the FFXI RTB. I chose that anyways, as turned based fighting puts me to sleep.

[aeris2001x2]

Seriously. Back in the day, we had to predict whether our enemy would die before we attacked them, otherwise we'd waste a turn!

And back in the day, when Level 99 was nearly unattainable! Now any numbskull with opposable thumbs and 10 hours of free time can max out his levels... shameful...

And way back when, when you could only cast your strongest spell one or two times! None of this "Ether" business all these young'uns talk about these days.

well arnt us young uns glad the ff seris has evolved from the dark ages.

nothing touches ff4-9 atb imho. the fact that you,d get a stuiped *inneffective* if the enemy died before you hit it is silly since seeing that the enemy is dead the character would use logic and atack the next, not swing the sword in mid air and hit nothing.

and back in the day the bossess were so easy. the four fiends for example will die in 1-3 hits at lv50 and ffI is without a doubt the shortest game to max lvs, just fight warmech a few times. he too was easy. and i,m saying this about the origins edition which is harder. the bossess hp was double then what Dr unne's data says on this site.


maybe we can do 99999 with a single hit now. but we dont have 2000 hp Warmech anymore. we have 12,000,000 hp Penance. we are not restricted to 999 hp and lv50 and as this has evolved, so too has the batle systerm. ff4-9 ATB is definitly more tactical then ff1-3 and ffX ctb was a glorious evolution of the classics. now as long as they dont go down the ffX-2 atb road, i,ll be happy.

p.s i,m not really that serious i just dont like the OAPS complaining is all

[SomethingBig]

FFX-2's battle system was the fastest paced battle system, so that's my favorite. What's FFXI's battle system like?

[-N-]

and back in the day the bossess were so easy. the four fiends for example will die in 1-3 hits at lv50 and ffI is without a doubt the shortest game to max lvs, just fight warmech a few times. he too was easy. and i,m saying this about the origins edition which is harder. the bossess hp was double then what Dr unne's data says on this site.


maybe we can do 99999 with a single hit now. but we dont have 2000 hp Warmech anymore. we have 12,000,000 hp Penance. we are not restricted to 999 hp and lv50 and as this has evolved, so too has the batle systerm. ff4-9 ATB is definitly more tactical then ff1-3 and ffX ctb was a glorious evolution of the classics. now as long as they dont go down the ffX-2 atb road, i,ll be happy.

Paramekion, FFIIj. Your argument is kaput.

[DJZen]

harumph

if new school uber bosses are so tough, how come I can just sit there and beat Ruby Weapon in only 10 button presses?

[aeris2001x2]

cool i can do it in ten butten pressess too. still dont mean hes easy, the guy had 255 defence for god sake.

he was way harder then warmech. i cant comment on shinryu or omega yet but the ff7/8 weapons and ozma were a huge evolution in hardness over him and in turn nemesis, the greater dark aeons and penance were a huge evolution over them. to be honest even penance is easy at the end when you know what your doing but that doesnt stop him being the hardest boss ever in ff. so i dont see what your point is really suggesting.

[Ultima Shadow]

ATB (FF4-9) is simply the best system there ever was. To make a boss hard all the time there must be no good stragedy at all that you can use on it.

[System Id]

I was really surprised at how much I liked FFX's battle system. It was very strategic and did a great job of making use of every character. I'm glad they decided to try something different for that game.