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[Enkida]

Originally Posted by Rubah Lapah ^

@enkida; you didn't happen to make it to mysidia to get the change spell when you went on your lvl1 world tour, did you? xD

No, believe it or not, I'm playing a cheat-free game. I know, I know. I feel like an idiot sometimes with all this freakin' grinding I'm doing. I don't call the "have your team punch eachother in the face" cheating because I figured that out on my own, after, y'know, dying about 20 bazillion times a few steps out of the Altair at the beginning of the game.

CHEAT FREE FOR THE LOSE!

[rubah]

but you have to use the change spell for SOMETHING! it takes so long to get it levelled up to where it stops failing you might as well not consider it a cheat either >:{

[Enkida]

when I find it, if I can afford it - and that's a BIG FRACKIN' IF! - I'll give it a whirl. But mostly because trying to level up MP is almost as big a hassle as levelling up HP was. It's not an issue yet, though, I haven't found Mysidia yet. Well, I might have found it, but I didn't *enter* it yet. XD

[KoShiatar]

Is there any spell who is really worth leveling up besides Cure and elemental black magics?

[SwordFighter_Dago]

I am utterly and truly sorry for not posting my progress. I was very (and I mean very) busy the past couple of weeks, and I simply didn't have time to sit down and properly play this game. When I do, which should be in about a week, I'll try to get as far as possible. Once again, sorry for all the delay.

BTW, up until now I've played this game without select-cancel bug, straying from the designated path and WITHOUT PUNCHING MY OWN TEAM MEMBERS IN THE FACE!! (I know, this is going to be a heck of a grind fest, but I'll try to lay off of it until I'm REALLY runnig out of time)

[rubah]

Heal is pretty important to level up if you don't want to be stuck carrying around three goldneedles in some of the later dungeons/towers. I have nightmares about an incident that happened to me shortly after I got richard. Haste and Berserk would probably be good to level up so you could cast them 4 at a time and have them all be effective. MP will level up faster when you get your spells to higher level and cast them. That's one reason I've been enjoying playing maria as a back-row magearcher, sometimes I just get her to take off backrow monsters with her magics so that the rest of the party can meet halfway in the middle of the group xD

The levelling system is so subtle it's impressive. You have to imagine that the map was designed like it was on purpose, to force you out of your path and give you chances to level up when venturing place to place. At least if you don't waste all your money on the airship and ferry between palm and poft. If only it didn't take up so much time xD I think it's a better situation than in ff1 though, because at least you CAN take initiative yourself and speed up the process.

[Captain Maxx Power]

Originally Posted by KoShiatar ^

Is there any spell who is really worth leveling up besides Cure and elemental black magics?

Holy is great if you want to grind Soul for Cure whilst still causing damage. Osmose is also uber for later dungeons since it allows you to regain massive amounts of MP quickly. Also Esuna, Basuna, Aura, Wall, Barrier and Dispel need to be levelled to at least level 6 to be wholly effective. Berserk and Haste can make your physical attackers absolutely monsters. Blink levelled enough can make your party immune to physical attacks if you don't want to use Shields/don't have enough Agility.

[rubah]

oh hell yeah, I forgot about Aspl