I focus mostly on melee because I like to have full MP and my characters are generally strong enough to off most mobs without having to resort to magic, but with groups of 3 or more I'll typically throw up some magic. I've been tempted to go with the elemental weakness gambit setup, but I haven't had any problems with the way I handle things yet, so I haven't switched.
well, if you get tired of seeing hacking and slashing: with -aga spells set to gambits, my MP still stays pretty much full. As long as you have all of the MP recovery licenses (inquisitor and such) the MP recovers almost as fast as you can use it.Originally Posted by Drex
Brian: "If I remember correctly, this is the Physics Department."
Chris: "That would explain all the gravity."
I dont play this but the answer is just use offensive magic if you have high def and high mag
I use offensive magic. As farplaner said, just gambit the -aga spells and with the MP regen abilities, it's like you're not even using MP.
For some reason I never really liked black magic; I'm more into fighters and white wizards.
Some black magic does rock though, especially Ultima in FF6.
You can also buy "Turtleneck Choker" at the town square in Bhujerba. It allows you to cast spells using gil instead of MP
Me and my kids have dragon eggs:
Blind is the only reason I am where am.
I pretty much just hack and slash. =/
Triple-cast Scourge and Scathe did wonders against Chaos. Picture 20000-30000 damage caused per character. Yeah. Offensive magic in boss battles is an absolute must for me now. <3
I usually only set up magic gambits for boss fights, but I usually have a Foe:status=Oil>Firaga gambit on.
You are forced to use it at least a few times it seems... once in particular...
(SPOILER)
After 30minutes reducing his HP to 20%, then another 3hours getting it from 20% to 7% before I ultimately died waiting for his seemingly auto-Immune Physical to wear off... Zodiark finished me off.
Most bosses seem to use immune physical over the course of the game, so I thought it would fall off Zodiark.... so.. after waiting for 10 consecutive Immune drops followed 0.3 seconds later by Immune back up again... I decided to try nuking, and it is very hard to get even magic in between his immunities.. A dispel to get faith/bravery/Reflect off, and then before flare or holy or anything can get cast, its up again.
Perhaps Zodiark requires Opal rings, Bubble spell vs belt, and lvl 99 to kill.... Did give him a 3hour run though and used all my phoenix downs, all 99 of them, 3 megalixers, and 4 elixers. May level up, may go back with 60/45s party... But definately need to find a way to get by his reflect and immunes, also to stay alive when bravery is on him since theres little time to get it off with dispel. One mean dang fish at least.
So yea, I'll be looking into using offensive magic more often
Last edited by ValiantKnight; 01-06-2007 at 06:43 AM.
The only magic i use is white magic mainly cure and esuna and the type the other magics dont do enough damage quick enough kinda feels like a waste. Its too bad they cant make offensive magic more useful or more different.
IM GONNA DRAGON KICK YOUR ASS INTO THE MILKY WAY
Hihi. I call this the "barbecue gambit"
Me and my kids have dragon eggs:
After I get to area, I access what the main type of weaknesses are. For example, if I see 2 types are weak to wind, 2 types are weak to blizzard. I give my main spellcaster 2 Gambits that say Target: Weak Ice -> Blizzaga, Target: Weak Wind -> Aeroga. And yeah, if you hit 2+ weak targets at the same time, you almost always GAIN mp back instead of losing it, and by lv 50+, -Ga spells will be hitting appropriately weak enemies for 8k+ if you are using Faith and/or Mystic Armor
with the appropriate augment on the license board that is
Usually its 3+ for me to gain MP back.. 2 just makes the cost very very low.
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