"Ultimate Magic"?

[DJZen]

There's a lot of things that factor into damage, but in the original game, flare's effectiveness rating was higher (fire, blizzard, thunder & poison were at 5, holy was at 10 and flare was at 15 I think). Interestingly enough, flare and holy both do the same element damage (non-elemental).

[Peter_20]

In FFII, it is. So what? Aero started out as white magic, too, in FFIII.

Wasn´t there an Aero in FF2 as well? And then it belongs to black magic.

[Masamune·1600]

In FFII, it is. So what? Aero started out as white magic, too, in FFIII.

Wasn´t there an Aero in FF2 as well? And then it belongs to black magic.

That was more the result of a poor translation than anything else. "Aero" in FFII was actually Poison-elemental.

[Reine]

In FFII, it is. So what? Aero started out as white magic, too, in FFIII.

Actually, it started out in FF2, although for some reason it did poison damage. I've always found that wierd. I like wind better than poison anyday

[Peter_20]

In FFII, it is. So what? Aero started out as white magic, too, in FFIII.

Actually, it started out in FF2, although for some reason it did poison damage. I've always found that wierd. I like wind better than poison anyday

Well, it seems it was Poison magic, not Aero.
You could name Fire something like Opal Bolt or Hyper Ultima and it´d still be Fire.
Effects decide the spell type, not necessarily the names, since they could be results of poor translations, as mentioned earlier.

[Fireblade13]

Ultima- A spell that at birth of the cartridge is told to do something different every time. Trying to find the correct formula will cause insanity.

I think this is the best definition for the formula of Ultima- Enjoy

Plus who cares how much damage it does to the emporer if you have bllod sword.

Although the fact that u do about 5 dungeons for the stupid thing when u can buy a spell that is sometimes better? Please explain why we couldn't just skip the ultima dungeons and get on with our lives? I'd make up for all the misssed training.

[DJZen]

'cause Stone Cold said so

[boys from the dwarf]

in my SoR game i gave ultima to minwu because he had the highest spirit. although scott had more intelligence than minwu had spirit and his flare was on a higher level than minwus ultima but ultima still did more damage. i think its mainly based on spirit.

[DarkLadyNyara]

in my SoR game i gave ultima to minwu because he had the highest spirit. although scott had more intelligence than minwu had spirit and his flare was on a higher level than minwus ultima but ultima still did more damage. i think its mainly based on spirit.

It is based on weapon/spell levels. Since Minwu has more spells than Scott, he tends to do more Ultima damage. Spirit/Intelligence have nothing to do with it.

[DJZen]

Unfortunately, the world may never know how damage is figured out in the FC version. Also, I too experienced a great amount of damage from Ultima when I first got it in SoR. However, it never really did more damage as I levelled it up, and Scott's Flare soon became much more powerful.