Big up the down Red Mage!

ReloadPsi · 01:50 PM

I just played through FF1 with a party of two fighters and two red mages, and it was the easiest game I ever played. Why? Because my two mages didn't spend 90% of the game stood in the back row hitting for 1 damage while I saved magic for when I really needed it!

Sure, they can't learn Nuke, Fade, XXXX or Zap!, but why does that matter when you can rarely afford to use those spells anyway? Chaos went down in a couple of rounds and it might even have been quicker if I hadn't wasted time casting Fast and Tmpr...

So in conclusion, I think the Black and White mages kinda suck. What's the point when they're only useful in 10% of the battles, as opposed to Red Mages, who are useful in nearly all of them, especially when they have nearly as much HP as the Fighter? Hooray for Red Magic!

Captain Maxx Power · 08-26-2006, 01:52 PM

And this, my friends, is why Red Mages will always be the greatest class of them all.

ReloadPsi · 08-26-2006, 02:12 PM

On a side note, I had one learn Black Magic and one learn only White Magic, with some minor exceptions like (I think) Levels 5 and 7 where they could only learn one or two abilities, so I had a few crossovers for that reason.

So my White Red Mage still stood at the bottom row to be a supportive character, just like when I used to actually use a White Mage *shudder*.

Garn the Red · 08-26-2006, 02:46 PM

Yah, but with the redmages you cant warp. YOu have to walk everywhere!(or fly in the airship.)

ReloadPsi · 08-26-2006, 02:49 PM

I wouldn't know, I never used the Warp spell; didn't understand it.

Garn the Red · 08-26-2006, 03:02 PM

It baseicaly got you out of dungeons without having to walk u all the way back up.

ReloadPsi · 08-26-2006, 03:03 PM

Exit does that too. And Red Wizards (albeit not mages) can learn Exit, but by the time you have Exit, you're getting warped out after killing the boss anyway.

Garn the Red · 08-26-2006, 03:05 PM

Warp also gets you back to the last inn you stayed at.

Captain Maxx Power Hasbro(tm) Location: In all good toy shops	#2 (permalink) And this, my friends, is why Red Mages will always be the greatest class of them all.
08-26-2006, 01:52 PM

ReloadPsi	#3 (permalink) On a side note, I had one learn Black Magic and one learn only White Magic, with some minor exceptions like (I think) Levels 5 and 7 where they could only learn one or two abilities, so I had a few crossovers for that reason. So my White Red Mage still stood at the bottom row to be a supportive character, just like when I used to actually use a White Mage shudder.
08-26-2006, 02:12 PM

Garn the Red Location: Temple of Fiends	#4 (permalink) Yah, but with the redmages you cant warp. YOu have to walk everywhere!(or fly in the airship.)
08-26-2006, 02:46 PM

ReloadPsi	#5 (permalink) I wouldn't know, I never used the Warp spell; didn't understand it.
08-26-2006, 02:49 PM

Garn the Red Location: Temple of Fiends	#6 (permalink) It baseicaly got you out of dungeons without having to walk u all the way back up.
08-26-2006, 03:02 PM

ReloadPsi	#7 (permalink) Exit does that too. And Red Wizards (albeit not mages) can learn Exit, but by the time you have Exit, you're getting warped out after killing the boss anyway.
08-26-2006, 03:03 PM

Garn the Red Location: Temple of Fiends	#8 (permalink) Warp also gets you back to the last inn you stayed at.
08-26-2006, 03:05 PM