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Is that an FFIII in your pocket or...

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  • EtericEteric Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    So... Should I get this for FFV first?

    I want this...

    But I want the other one, too...

    I WANT ALL OF THEM BUY I HAVEN'T THE CASH!

    Eteric on
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  • harvestharvest By birthright, a stupendous badass.Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Eteric wrote:
    So... Should I get this for FFV first?

    I want this...

    But I want the other one, too...

    I WANT ALL OF THEM BUY I HAVEN'T THE CASH!
    Have you considered donating blood plasma, or sucking cock?
    [spoiler:554bf55288]Get both[/spoiler:554bf55288]

    harvest on
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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Eteric wrote:
    So... Should I get this for FFV first?

    I want this...

    But I want the other one, too...

    I WANT ALL OF THEM BUY I HAVEN'T THE CASH!
    This is a hard decision!

    FFV has a more advanced/fun job system, but FFIII has fantastic presentation (and certainly isn't unfun because it's simpler).

    FFV is cheaper, but it's also basically the same as we've seen it before with more jobs. FFIII is the "missing link" of Final Fantasy, the one that never appeared anywhere else, and its higher production values probably justify the higher price.

    [spoiler:b4b72fca26]Yeah, get both.[/spoiler:b4b72fca26]

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  • Asamof the HorribleAsamof the Horrible Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    I decided to be a rebel and make Ingus a blackmage. Though I can't really see Arc as anything else but a whitemage. Speaking of which, do whitemages ever get to use any weapons of ANY kind?

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  • SpaceDrakeSpaceDrake Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    I CAN see the appeal of making Refia use stabbity implements. :) I'm tempted to do that myself.

    Also, before I go to bed, I'm going to make a quick and dirty Refia sig and avatar. Question though, does anyone know precisely how I could go about setting up a rotating sig and avatar?

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    I decided to be a rebel and make Ingus a blackmage. Though I can't really see Arc as anything else but a whitemage. Speaking of which, do whitemages ever get to use any weapons of ANY kind?
    Just slap two staves on them. :P

    Henroid on
  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Going by previous FF games, White Mage will likely eventually get to use a Staff weapon.


    And for you guys who were downcasting Monk earlier, bad idea. They gain attack power with every job level. My Warrior with dual mythril blades has an attack power of 34 right now. But my Monk went from a level 24 attack at job level 1 to 32 at job level 5. Warrior hasn't budged an inch from job level 1.

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  • Asamof the HorribleAsamof the Horrible Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Staffs staves staffs. Dual staves sounds too cool for school.

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  • SpaceDrakeSpaceDrake Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    New sig/avvy combo, get!

    Also, for the curious: Final Fantasy font, GET!

    Do it! It is precious.

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  • RikatixRikatix Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    harvest wrote:
    Eteric wrote:
    So... Should I get this for FFV first?

    I want this...

    But I want the other one, too...

    I WANT ALL OF THEM BUY I HAVEN'T THE CASH!
    Have you considered donating blood plasma, or sucking cock?
    [spoiler:d2ff50bc70]Get both[/spoiler:d2ff50bc70]

    i am about to email you (harvest) be prepared!

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  • RikatixRikatix Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    maybe i am dumb, but where is the space option in mognet. i.e. i want to say like 'hello friend' but it just comes out as 'hellofriend'

    edit: wtf found it....its under symbols

    edit2: wow, writing messages is really annoying with the spoace bar so inconvieniently placed

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  • RikatixRikatix Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    well, i tried to send mail to harvest, but i think he has to be online to recieve it because after i wrote out that message, i had to choose who to send it to and his friend code was greyed out and would not let me select it.

    Kinda lame if thats the case

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  • sethsezsethsez Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    So I got this and put about five hours into it. I stand by my earlier statements that IGN's review is fair, and is a reasonable assessment of the game's good and bad points. However, I also happen to be in love with the thing. It's... I dunno, adorable seems like the best word. I have no idea if the original was like this or if it's the result of the bobblehead characters, but the end result is just endlessly charming.

    sethsez on
  • XanathusXanathus Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Hey lets go up Dragon Mountain which is located right next to a peaceful village! It'll be fun!

    edit: oh geez you ARE supposed to go up it, I thought it was one of those will-rape-you places where you can accidentally wander into

    Xanathus on
  • SynapseSynapse Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Ummm...I'm a little confused...what's this gray down arrow next to two of my characters names (where the status effect symbols usually are...except these seem to be permanent...or I just have no idea what the fuck they are...I assume they are killing some stats). Really annoying.

    Synapse on
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  • harvestharvest By birthright, a stupendous badass.Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Hey Rikatix in the manual it says that after we both enter the friend code for the other person, "both [...] must select "A Faraway Friend" in the Moghouse menu." So... lets do it.

    harvest on
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  • RikatixRikatix Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    harvest wrote:
    Hey Rikatix in the manual it says that after we both enter the friend code for the other person, "both [...] must select "A Faraway Friend" in the Moghouse menu." So... lets do it.

    k trying again

    ah sweet, it worked this time, too bad my message didnt send the first time...it took me like 4 minutes thanks to the shoddily placed space button

    edit: i am also suprised that there is no way to name your friend codes, i think they could have made this a really fun aspect of the game.

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  • harvestharvest By birthright, a stupendous badass.Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Got your message woot!

    harvest on
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  • harvestharvest By birthright, a stupendous badass.Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Synapse wrote:
    Ummm...I'm a little confused...what's this gray down arrow next to two of my characters names (where the status effect symbols usually are...except these seem to be permanent...or I just have no idea what the fuck they are...I assume they are killing some stats). Really annoying.
    The gray down arrow indicates that your characters in the 'job transition' phase. After a few fights it will go away and they'll gain job experience normally.

    harvest on
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  • RikatixRikatix Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    harvest wrote:
    Got your message woot!

    so did it say that you got a message from my friend code or that you got a message from "rikatix" ?

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  • SynapseSynapse Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Ah, thanks a lot Harvest.

    Synapse on
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  • harvestharvest By birthright, a stupendous badass.Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Rikatix wrote:
    harvest wrote:
    Got your message woot!

    so did it say that you got a message from my friend code or that you got a message from "rikatix" ?
    It had your name on there.

    harvest on
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  • The SphinxThe Sphinx Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Do you both have to be online at the same time? I would assume so but the instruction manual is a little unclear on that point.

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  • astroboyastroboy Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Does Circuit City price match?

    Fred Meyer has it for $5 cheaper, but Circuit City offers a free FFIII skin.

    Can I get it price matched at CC so's I can have my cake and eat it, too?

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  • LCDXXLCDXX A flask of wood and glass Terre Haute, INRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2006
    Guy. Guys! GUYS!

    I have Final Fantasy III in my DS at the moment... I also have Final Fantasy V in my DS.

    Dual wielding FOR THE WIN.

    LCDXX on
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  • mugginnsmugginns Jawsome Fresh CoastRegistered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Zilla84 wrote:
    Henroid wrote:
    Who else made Arc their white mage? His mannerisms just cried out "I'm no fighter!" to me.
    Arc is a total mystery to me. The game says he's a he, but he does not look anything like a he. He doesn't even move like a he. It's like they originally had the character down to be a second girl character but changed it at the last minute.

    Edit: Whoops redundancy

    I think i definitely named Arc "Bitch" because I thought he was a girl. The others: Dom, Marcus, Cole.

    mugginns on
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  • ShujaaShujaa Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Shujaa wrote:
    Is this game region-locked, or is it import friendly?

    My understanding is that all DS titles are region-free.

    My understanding was that the DS doesn't enforce region locking, but publishers still have the option to.

    I'd like confirmation from someone please!

    Shujaa on
  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited November 2006
    LCDXX wrote:
    Guy. Guys! GUYS!

    I have Final Fantasy III in my DS at the moment... I also have Final Fantasy V in my DS.

    Dual wielding FOR THE WIN.
    That's too much fantasy for one DS.

    Sterica on
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  • LCDXXLCDXX A flask of wood and glass Terre Haute, INRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2006
    mugginns wrote:
    Zilla84 wrote:
    Henroid wrote:
    Who else made Arc their white mage? His mannerisms just cried out "I'm no fighter!" to me.
    Arc is a total mystery to me. The game says he's a he, but he does not look anything like a he. He doesn't even move like a he. It's like they originally had the character down to be a second girl character but changed it at the last minute.

    Edit: Whoops redundancy

    I think i definitely named Arc "Bitch" because I thought he was a girl. The others: Dom, Marcus, Cole.

    Cole Train, baby!

    LCDXX on
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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Has anybody got to that moment yet, maybe 6-8 hours in?

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  • mugginnsmugginns Jawsome Fresh CoastRegistered User regular
    edited November 2006
    [spoiler:19585a8510] I just beat the djinn and did a bunch of shit, now my guys have mithril weapons and jawbs, yo. I think i hvae a red mage, white mage, warrior, and thief. Not sure where to go now, Cid wants me to take him back to his pad to be with his boo[/spoiler:19585a8510]

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  • The SphinxThe Sphinx Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Shujaa wrote:
    Shujaa wrote:
    Is this game region-locked, or is it import friendly?

    My understanding is that all DS titles are region-free.

    My understanding was that the DS doesn't enforce region locking, but publishers still have the option to.

    I'd like confirmation from someone please!
    DS cannot region lock, not even if a publisher wanted to.

    The Sphinx on
  • Vincent GraysonVincent Grayson Frederick, MDRegistered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Man, I forgot about the one thing I cannot stand in old school rpgs. Unwinnable fights.

    I got to the top of [spoiler:bda5de9f16]the mountain outside Canaan, and of course, the fight with what appears to be Bahamut starts. I assume it's one of those "fight until you die" things, and then it turns out I was wrong...I guess I was supposed to run or something? I assumed I couldn't[/spoiler:bda5de9f16]

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Man, I forgot about the one thing I cannot stand in old school rpgs. Unwinnable fights.

    I got to the top of [spoiler:3198b9c544]the mountain outside Canaan, and of course, the fight with what appears to be Bahamut starts. I assume it's one of those "fight until you die" things, and then it turns out I was wrong...I guess I was supposed to run or something? I assumed I couldn't[/spoiler:3198b9c544]
    [spoiler:3198b9c544]Don't they tell you to run?[/spoiler:3198b9c544]

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  • Vincent GraysonVincent Grayson Frederick, MDRegistered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Man, I forgot about the one thing I cannot stand in old school rpgs. Unwinnable fights.

    I got to the top of [spoiler:c7fef5b409]the mountain outside Canaan, and of course, the fight with what appears to be Bahamut starts. I assume it's one of those "fight until you die" things, and then it turns out I was wrong...I guess I was supposed to run or something? I assumed I couldn't[/spoiler:c7fef5b409]
    [spoiler:c7fef5b409]Don't they tell you to run?[/spoiler:c7fef5b409]

    Yeah, but I just assumed I couldn't *actually* run, but rather that once beaten, the game would dump me into a running away cutscene, as was typical of games back in the day.

    edit: does anyone know how job levels are gained? Luneth hit like, level 13 freelancer, while everyone else was only level 5 or 6, and even since they all started jobs at the same time, some people are advancing far faster (Reifa seems to be taking forever to gain levels as a thief)

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    I think you gain more job levels for using associated abilities of that job, or at least by acting in battle...essentially, if you're a slow class and the first three characters always end the fight before it gets to you, you'll fall behind in job levels.

    For example, [spoiler:f8cecac94a]the FF3 guide at GFAQs says that the Viking, being a slow class, will likely fall behind for this reason, but the Provoke command takes first precedence as if he acted first, getting him some job XP.[/spoiler:f8cecac94a]

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  • KKprofitKKprofit Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Important question!

    This grey haired person you start with? Dude or chick? I named him locke you see... so if its a chick I have to start over.

    KKprofit on
  • Mace1370Mace1370 Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    KKprofit wrote:
    Important question!

    This grey haired person you start with? Dude or chick? I named him locke you see... so if its a chick I have to start over.

    Dude, although my eyes beg to differ.

    Mace1370 on
  • GinsaneGinsane Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    It's a guy.
    Who likes Frolicing through forests. Stupid gamboling.
    Though he does seem like the dainty dancing type.

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  • LCDXXLCDXX A flask of wood and glass Terre Haute, INRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2006
    gam·bol (găm'bəl) pronunciation
    intr.v., -boled or -bolled, -bol·ing or -bol·ling, -bols or -bols.

    To leap about playfully; frolic.
    n.

    A playful skipping or frolicking about.

    I just looked that up because until now I could have sworn they made that up.

    I just gained 2xp in vocabulary. Yay me!

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