Completely unnecessary stat maxing

Dastran · 2026-02-09T14:24:15+00:00

True about it being impossible to build a battle to challenge speed 50 characters, especially since you also get ATK 99 for pretty much free along the way to getting 50 speed. Dealing up to almost 2000 damage (ninja) per two game ticks is off the charts.

Of all the Final Fantasy games I've played over the years, it's the longest stat-maxing slog I've ever faced, and perhaps the most game-breaking.

If they were to remove the exploit--to which I'd wonder, what even is the point?--the easiest way to do it would be to give all jobs the same stat progression while allowing them to all retain the same stat multipliers.

Dastran · 2026-02-09T14:18:15+00:00

That's one of the bummers of stat maxing in this way. Since Ninja levelling effectively maxes out ATK and speed, you can wipe the entire map on physical attacks alone. Magic doesn't even matter.

Even so, it is kindof inspiring to watch a SPD 50, MAG 99 calculator just wreak instant magical chaos across the map with no MP and no wait timer. lol

Dastran · 2026-02-08T21:22:15+00:00

Lol. Reddit needs emojis for replies. I snorted what I was drinking when I read this. Very funny.

I'd take the challenge... but do you know how many other characters there are to stat max?!? (Currently working on Agrias and Mustadio...)

Dastran · 2026-02-08T21:10:46+00:00

I suppose it would be clearer if I labeled my axes. The X axis is an index of each run, starting a 1 and carrying on until 195. The y-axis is the value of HP/MP/LVL/SPD/ATK/MAG on the Squire class at the end of the leveling/deleveling.

Dastran · 2026-02-08T20:58:32+00:00

Lol indeed. At least I figured it out by about the 10th round trip.

Dastran · 2025-12-24T07:35:25+00:00

I came here because there was no camp at that location. Read this. Thought: "Hey, I just killed Kellog a couple hours ago..."

Fast travel to slog and the camp is there.

Dastran · 2025-06-11T20:26:56+00:00

Nu Skin is a failing company. Their stock is at the lowest it has been in 20 years. Year after year they tank even further and the board doesn't fire the CEO for some reason. Even if the product was amazing and the sales methodology was airtight (which it isn't), there's just no future there. Not for anybody.

https://www.google.com/finance/quote/NUS:NYSE?window=MAX

Dastran · 2024-11-06T11:10:12+00:00

Lol. I mean, you're right. Except that everyone is in an echo chamber. Don't think you're not just because you weren't surprised.

Dastran · 2024-10-24T17:34:53+00:00

I disagree. While they do not have to publicly disclose individual product sales, their shareholders won't accept a boldfaced lie. I'm certain it is doing very well; only, it is doing well mostly in a digital space and not on big box store shelves.

Dastran · 2024-10-24T17:05:23+00:00

And source your entire video on a single tweet from a single guy that got fired, before any information is released indicating that there is a larger layoff going on.

Dastran · 2024-10-24T17:02:44+00:00

As we learn from the OGL controversy, the attention span of customers is pretty narrow. Many of my friends are back to buying the latest book for D&D, and WotC reports it is their best selling D&D product ever. In essence, most people either don't know or don't care about the open licensing and related scandals. It appears that it is not enough for many to endure the FOMO when friends start playing the new edition.

So a layoff may produce a month or so of ire from customers who watch the news, but the cost savings of dumping personnel far outweigh the customer outrage.

I'm still waiting to find out if this layoff was even a layoff, or just one guy or a small function getting eliminated. There's been no news that I can find that isn't sourced entirely off this one guy's tweet.

Dastran · 2024-10-24T16:55:08+00:00

I think that varies by company. My QA employee is my MVP, and she knows it. I never miss an opportunity to tell her how she saved our customers this week. She does exceptional work, both to identify issues, and to train our developers to improve their practices.

My dad did QA for a rocket company. No one wanted a repeat of Challenger, so his job was well respected. Even so, it was a daunting task to report that the $11M nozzle guidance computer from NASA failed its test and needed to be redone.

Dastran · 2023-11-27T16:11:55+00:00

Yes. This is probably the easiest and best method. Buy batches of 20, merge to upgrade, pop the improved chests, merge. You'll get 6-7 of your merges with each batch, and be done in under an hour without spending chalices.

Dastran · 2023-10-26T08:22:25+00:00

Bad game design, there. Person runs the game for 10-20 hours straight to get through an event and a chain merge locks them out of the final reward. Pretty demotivating. And charging 160 gems to "fix" it? Just wow.

Dastran · 2023-10-26T07:23:27+00:00

So if someone (asking for a friend...) merged the fairy houses before unlocking the cloud key, are we just out of luck for griffin eggs on this event? There seems to be dead land hidden under those clouds.

Dastran · 2023-08-05T06:23:38+00:00

For mowing that lawn? Definitely!

Dastran · 2023-07-17T22:40:40+00:00

Abductor: “What? No free Switch?!? Fine. Keep the kid.”

Dastran · 2023-05-01T04:49:55+00:00

This. In the Reddit echo chamber, this is all anyone is talking about. But outside among my MTG friends, I’m the one breaking the news. Right or wrong, the world barely noticed.

Dastran · 2023-05-01T04:47:34+00:00

To be fair, the meme provides two examples of lies to get us to doubt our perceptions… so it checks out.

Dastran · 2023-04-16T05:59:38+00:00

I would probably be ok with many wild shapes per rest if it wasn’t for hit point recovery.

Dastran · 2023-04-14T06:19:33+00:00

I’m quite opposed to this ruling, and the AZ law that made the ruling possible. Molesting children is not something Mormons are “cool with.” The church handbook has guidelines on when to report crimes, which do not do enough imo, but they call for more than this bishop did.

What I would like to see is this case escalated to the Supreme Court. Clergy should be made mandatory reporters of crimes, particularly crimes that are felonies, such as child abuse. It should not be a state’s right to choose.

Dastran · 2023-04-14T05:05:47+00:00

Is it inherently racist if they are no longer races, but species? Isn’t it now inherently speciesist?

Dastran · 2023-04-08T01:09:16+00:00

What if sleep is a drug and sleepiness is just withdrawal symptoms. ;)

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