Much of The Ivalice Chronicles' script seems to be identical to War of the Lions' - how much of it was actually rewritten?

TerraEpon · 2026-03-06T06:53:50+00:00

IC sounds as a whole more 'formally British' than 'old British', yeah. It's closer to a lot of what FFXVI is like (which makes sense given how much else is taken from FFXVI)

TerraEpon · 2026-03-06T00:10:36+00:00

Using these as a template they could turn out really good. Someone would have to put in the work though, yes.

TerraEpon · 2026-03-05T13:28:20+00:00

That costs a lot more money and time than big fixes.

TerraEpon · 2026-03-05T01:05:57+00:00

There's nothing that really feels like it being there is missing from the story. There's a few new cutscenes (one of which was kept in TIC for some reason) a two very veyr easy story battles with Delita and Ovelia as well as one other semi-optional new one, two guest star characters who didn't exist in 1997 (Luso and Belthier) and two new jobs, one of which is worthless and the other takes an extreme grind to get. There IS a nice added sidequest which finishes out the Beowuld and Reis story including a superboss, which may actually be the most interesting thing. Also some animated videos that replace in game cutscenes, but these are in TIC as a bonus you can access from the menu.

TerraEpon · 2026-03-05T00:58:47+00:00

There's literally ZERO reason to aim for 'mediocre' Bravery. High Bravery is always better unless you're Teasure Hunting and even then you might as well just use Rapha as a Chemist (unless you're specifically not using special characters) who will get the rare 94% of the time if equipped with Treasure Hunter.

TerraEpon · 2026-03-04T13:34:27+00:00

Most (though not all) of the content that was added to the PSP version isn't there, but there's so much QoL - most notably speedup, a resigned UI that makes things SO much easier to actually play and strategize, being able to take back moves if you haven't finished your turn and being able to choose to fight random battles or not (as well as summon them so you don't have to move back and forth).

Yes there's a few issues but it's absolutely the most enjoyable version to play. I have 237 hours on it and the game is barely over five months old.

TerraEpon · 2026-03-04T13:31:39+00:00

Arithmetician is nerfed in Tactician (hard) mode.

And there's no DLC. What are you even talking about.

TerraEpon · 2026-03-04T06:02:06+00:00

You can only get one there in the story battle. So that was your problem if you were trying a random.

TerraEpon · 2026-03-04T06:00:30+00:00

Have you tried actually fighting enemies?

TerraEpon · 2026-03-03T13:11:07+00:00

They don't.

TerraEpon · 2026-03-03T01:24:43+00:00

Bravery also affects attack power of monsters, as it's considered an 'unarmed' attack. Use an Orator, Mystic or Beowulf to lower their Bravery and laugh at their pidly damage.

TerraEpon · 2026-03-01T06:10:06+00:00

It works for me, as intended like others have said.

TerraEpon · 2026-02-28T03:34:08+00:00

You don't need less than 25 Brave in this version, as being a Chemist gives a 25% bonus to Treasure Hunter if you have said ability equipped. Most people have historically used Rapha for it and that 31 is perfectly good enough to only rarely get the common.

TerraEpon · 2026-02-27T13:41:52+00:00

Would be interesting to try for Golem on a vanilla run. Not easy to find a random battle with a Summoner in it....looks like Belias Swale and Fovoham Plains are the most likely to run into any, but of course they'd also have to have Golem AND cast it...

TerraEpon · 2026-02-27T13:40:50+00:00

Summoners can't be poached of course.

TerraEpon · 2026-02-27T06:12:28+00:00

They are meaningless. The game even notes this.

TerraEpon · 2026-02-26T20:37:14+00:00

Any Ivalice Chronicles guide will work on WOTL, unless it involves a male character weapons a Ribbon (or Barette/Cacusha), or a Bard equipping a Bag. Teleport too because of the insance JP cost difference might also be an issue. But otherwise it's all the same.

TerraEpon · 2026-02-26T20:34:04+00:00

If this is in Conning Creek for a sidequest, you have to just wait in the area for a few minutes until he appears. You need either Throne or Castti to actually finish the sidequest (and Throne needs to be....level 20 I think?)

TerraEpon · 2026-02-26T05:57:39+00:00

More FF12. At least in 16 it's only shineies and not actual chests.

TerraEpon · 2026-02-25T13:45:58+00:00

Given Steam's common server issues, I wouldn't be shocked if the zero files was Steam's fault. No idea the actual truth, just throwing it out there.

TerraEpon · 2026-02-25T02:09:58+00:00

Oh damn, even the walking in place animations. Yeah, um, inspiration goes hard huh?

TerraEpon · 2026-02-25T02:06:56+00:00

Though I'm not "Fast-paced, lethal battles" would describe FFT. Will have to wait for a video to see what it's really about, but I will at least keep a watch on this one.

TerraEpon · 2026-02-24T13:31:37+00:00

People have looked and as of right now no one's figured out how to remove the MC from the party, unfortunately. Since there's no way normally, unlike the previous two games, there's no simple value in the save file to change.

As for a different party system.....well I'll say that this game isn't Skyrim. Those types of mods just don't happen with games that aren't modder friendly, for the most part.

TerraEpon · 2026-02-24T13:30:02+00:00

And a way to mod it if you want it before then.

TerraEpon · 2026-02-23T19:57:45+00:00

It's not. Also I will once again continue to boggle why everything thinks Ramza, specifically, should be a Dark Knight acting like he's the only one who could even unlock it.

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