Weekly /r/FinalFantasy Question Thread – Week of October 11, 2021

If it's any consolation, I also had Vivi and Eiko on my party for the boss fight there, and it ended up being the toughest one in the game. That is to say, the only one that gave me any challenge. Damn fun boss with two casters.

No there's no way to swap once you've entered. I also brought Vivi my first time there, and just had him be item boy and heal everyone with potions. It's gonna be a long dungeon for you I'm afraid.

We are in the same boat. No release date = we don't know.

Someone on this subreddit mentioned to keep an eye on the Final Fantasy Twitter. They said that once a teaser is released, it should be about 2 weeks to release.

It doesn't count if you use white magic out of battle, sadly. It will increase the spell level, but won't contribute to your stat growth in any way.

I played and completed FF2 pixel remaster two weeks ago. I feel that INT/SPR are difficult to raise. My white mage ended up at 50 or so - compared to all characters with 99 agility and almost 99 strength.

royal edition does not have episode Ardyn IIRC.. and royal pack does not have a lot.

I'm sure others will add to this, but some pointers I've posted before. There's still a luck element involved, and it'll take a few attempts to nail that perfect run, but I've done it on a few playthroughs now. Hopefully this helps!

The first five balloons are "free" as there aren't any birds in the first section. If the first one is on your side then you have the edge as you can get yourself in front and you should go for it. However if the first one is on the trainer's side, don't bother trying as you'll end up behind and probably miss out on all five. Get as many of the free balloons as you can by getting ahead of the trainer only where it's feasible.

The birds come in pairs and will target you or the trainer specifically. You can't see any difference visually but you'll notice it if you run on the opposite side of the track to the trainer. Once you realise some birds are heading your way, get ready to dodge.

Balloons take three seconds off of your time, and bird strikes add three seconds on. However, the real time you lose from a bird strike is more like 4-5 seconds as you are stunned and need time to recover. If you're especially unlucky you'll get two bird strikes in a row and the run might as well be over at that point. The moral of this - if you can collect a balloon, but it's likely you'll hit a bird in doing so, then leave it! It's only worth going for it if you'll get 2-3 balloons in a row from doing it, which is rare. Birds over balloons!

Learn where the invisible walls are and do your best to stay away from them. This is especially pertinent in the final section where if you go either too close to the cliffs on the right or too close to the edge on the left it will just throw you back into the fray and more than likely straight into the path of that bird you just tried to dodge. You'll figure this out with practice and probably still get frustrated occasionally.

A "perfect" run will likely need 13-14 balloons with no bird strikes, or I think I've done it with 15 balloons and one bird. Not saying it's definitely impossible with more than one bird strike, but I think you'd need 17-18 balloons at that point which is pretty unrealistic.

Finally, not so much a tip but you need to BEAT 0:0:0. If you hit it exactly, it doesn't count. Yeah, that one was frustrating haha.

To be honest, nothing special and I didn't hit my own members. Best tip I can give - leveling shield skill soon and equipping shields for a while. You can equip two shields to make evasion 99%.

You can keep Maria casting, like switching between elementals - fire, blizzard, and thunder.

Magic skill takes a while and it is based on the casting. For weapon skills, it works best for me at the endgame with a little effort. Let me know if you need it.

The only thing I can think of is make sure you're using that MP in combat. Casting outside of combat will help your spell levels but do nothing for your stats.

nobody knows yet

If you're jonesing hard for an FF fix, you could try the PSP version of FF4. It's got a lot more content and a sequel. Or, if you just want to turn your brain off and hack away at monsters, there's always FF Mystic Quest.

Episode Gladiolus: Chapter 7

Episode Prompto: Chapter 11

Episode Ignis: Complex, but the best advice is after clearing the game as it spoils the ending.

Comrades: After Chapter 13

Episode Ardyn: after clearing the game as it also spoils the ending.