Lete River Trick

[Starshipmexico]

Okay so I've played this game through more times than I can remember, but I've never took the time to max out really ANY of my character's stats. This time around I thought I'd cut some corners and do the leveling up trick using autofire on the Lete River. I just want to know when to stop, right now my party's all at at around 6500 hp and hitting for 3000-5000 (and with crappy early-in-the-game weoponry!) So How will I know when there at lv.99? Everyone else I meet later on will be leveled up too right (except Locke and Celes I suppose)?
I just really hope the power doesnt go out or anything, because I've been at this a couple of days now.

[ljkkjlcm9]

yes, everyone you meet will be at level 99, however I don't suggest doing it because you get no Esper bonuses when you do that.

THE JACKEL

[solidusoul]

Well I'm pretty sure that all new characters will be based off the party average so they won't be 99 if Locke isn't (he'll be at whatever level he left at), though the new characters will be at least 75. A good idea to give Locke a quick level jump is not bringing him to Zozo, he'll then be averaged up to the other's level (at least thats what I think happened). You can always do the Lete River trick after getting the airship too.

FYI Level doesn't raise stats, Espers do. Though a character's level takes part in the damage calculations.

[Peter_20]

Save the Levels for major Stat boosting.
Also note that you only need to boost MP+50% at LV46-50, and HP+50% at LV69-71; the other Levels can be freely used for optional boosting.

These are my recommendations:

Vigour: 128 (fighters)
Speed: 50
Stamina: 42
Mgc. Pwr: 128+ (magicians)

[NeoCracker]

ITs not the average, its based off your hightest level. I use it to get to around 30 so I can zip through the first half's battles.

[Captain Maxx Power]

When a character first joins your party (in the World of Balance, or the World
of Ruin), their level is calculated based on the average level of your current
party members. The level for characters is also recalculated at a few other
points in the game as well. When you first start the game with Terra, her
level is always 3.

The new character's level =
Average of all current members' levels (rounded down)

If a character is joining in the WoR, then the new level will never be lower
than their old level.

If a character is joining for the first time, then a value is added to the
average party level to determine their new level, as follows for each
character:

Terra : +0
Locke : +2
Cyan : +2
Shadow : +0
Edgar : +2
Sabin : +2
Celes : +0
Strago : +2
Relm : +0
Setzer : +0
Mog : +5
Gau : +2
Gogo : +2
Umaro : +0
Banon : -3
Leo : +5