Bulbagarden Forums - Blogs - The Live Wire by System Error http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/ Bulbagarden - The original Pokémon Community en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:49:03 GMT vBulletin 60 http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/images/styles/XY/misc/rss.jpg Bulbagarden Forums - Blogs - The Live Wire by System Error http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/ <![CDATA[And today I'm...something?]]> http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/today-im-something-58887/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:45:16 GMT Hm.

I guess all days can't be like yesterday. Oh well, I can still force my way through. ]]> System Error http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/today-im-something-58887/ <![CDATA[I'm fired up today!!]]> http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/im-fired-up-today-58873/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:28:04 GMT I don't know where I got all this energy from, but it's inspiring me to get things done!

Yahoo! No wait, I'm mad right now. Let's give'em hell! There that's better. ]]> System Error http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/im-fired-up-today-58873/ FF5 Four Job Fiesta 2013 2: Lack of screenshots edition http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/ff5-four-job-fiesta-2013-2-lack-screenshots-edition-58860/ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:21:33 GMT
The next town has an interesting item - the Frost Rod. This boosts the power of Ice-elemental spells. This makes Burt's Blizzard fairly viable. It more than anything else I found in that town - and I didn't care much for anything else I found in the town - made clearing the mountain easier, except how I used Thunder against these lightning fellows because they're weak to it. Easy enemies, easy everything, easy easy easy. Even the boss was easy stuff and of little concern. But let's talk about that boss, shall we?


Final Fantasy V has a lot of interesting bosses. Magissa and Forza are two of them. To show how little I care I entered with the girls dead. Magissa will cast spells until she hits 300HP (starting with 650). Then she summons the physically-attacking Forza to the battle. Unfortunately, Forza is vulnerable to Sleep, and many other status effects. Ergo, I cast that spell on him, finished Magissa, and had Burt Blizzard the helpless muscular man to death.


This gains access to the Wind Drake and as such the next area of the game - Walse. This carried nothing really for me but this prize in the castle's basement. It's swarming with these powerful monsters known as Jackanapes, but I took advantage of a flaw in the GBA console where quicksaving and reloading lets you not get into encounters.

VIDEO: This would come in handy against the boss - Galura. Beating him proved too easy with four party members, so I went with one. His attack pattern is simple - a basic physical that did around 40 and Rush which does around the same but also inflicts HP Leak. He has 1200HP, and below 800 he'll do a two-hit combo counter when you attack him. With all this in mind, it was easy to outpace him.


Don't ask about this. But you can get Mime in World 1, sort of.


But moving on.

This opened up my second job - the Berserker. The Berserker is a class constantly under the Berserk status. They're also the only class besides the GBA-only Gladiator and Freelancer to equip Axes and Hammers. These weapons do variable damage, but the formula for their power is as follows:

Attack = (Weapon Attack/2) + (0..Weapon Attack)
M = (Level*Strength)/128 + 2
Defense = (Defense/4)
Already, we can see that the defense-piercing properties are something, although note many enemies have negliable defense. And so instead of Mythril Hammer having an attack of strictly 28, it can be anything from 14 to 42. Battle Axe (23) will vary from 11 to 34.

The damage formula is...

Damage = (Attack - Defense) * M
Assuming the worst vs. a 0 defense enemy, Level 9 Slutzerker w/46 Strength (M=5) and Mythril Hammer will do 70 damage at least and at most 210. With the Battle Axe that range is 55-170.

They're often the most ignored class for a reason, but they have their uses. There are some useful axes and hammers out there, they get heavy armor, and they can act out of turn order. The two biggest disadvantages are their agility - the lowest in the game for some stupid reason, and they don't do well against counterattackers.


These common grinding fodder aren't counterattackers, but are an example. They use the Blue Magic ????, so an overzealous Berserker could hit one into critical, and that would hurt. So...Slutzerker had to die!


Stuff happens. 15 Equipment Weight was important, as it meant she would move faster in battle.

VIDEO: Then it was onto the Fire Ship, where I mostly forgot about Poltergeists, beat up my own party members, and shit on the boss.


After this the castle blows up and you have to run the hell away while grabbing all the useful chests if you dare. Luckily, Burt's AOE made it a joke and I made it out with three minutes (out of 10) to spare.

More screenshots in next editions I guess? ]]> System Error http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/ff5-four-job-fiesta-2013-2-lack-screenshots-edition-58860/ Yeow. http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/yeow-58853/ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:45:18 GMT Hope this doesn't wreck my sleep schedule. I mean again. Sleepless nights are one thing, being ass-backwards is another. :/ ]]> System Error http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/yeow-58853/ Another sleepless night. http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/another-sleepless-night-58838/ Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:47:56 GMT Not due to issues this time but due to distractions? But issues were involved. Still though. Bleh. Not due to issues this time but due to distractions? But issues were involved.

Still though. Bleh. ]]> System Error http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/another-sleepless-night-58838/ FF5 Four Job Fiesta 2013 1: Light it up!!! http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/ff5-four-job-fiesta-2013-1-light-up-58832/ Sun, 16 Jun 2013 05:41:49 GMT Check out this site for information on the Four Job Fiesta, dedicated to playing through Final Fantasy V in a unique way. My Rules: ---Quote--- #Natural - Each character may only use one job from their corresponding Crystal; B-Man can use the Wind job, Lenna the Water Job, Faris the Fire... Check out this site for information on the Four Job Fiesta, dedicated to playing through Final Fantasy V in a unique way.

My Rules:
#Natural - Each character may only use one job from their corresponding Crystal; B-Man can use the Wind job, Lenna the Water Job, Faris the Fire job, and Galuf/Krile the Earth job. They must remain Freelancers until their job unlocks.
#random - Each crystal will give you a job from either itself or any of the ones below it. You will not get a duplicate job.
#BERSERKERRISK - You have a chance of getting a Berserker as one of your jobs. There is also a chance you'll get more Berserkers, depending on the donation counter. If there are more Berserkers to hand out than there are people with Berserker risk (which there are), you will get one and have a chance of getting more than one.
No Rod-Breaking - Self-imposed. I won't break rods or use cheap tactics.
Anyway, the RPGe translation of FF5 - one of the very first of its kind - as well as the PSX translation calls the main character Butz. Further translations apparently did not like the connection to asses and as such called him Bartz. I decided to compromise, so he is Burt for my game.


Being that this is a Natural Game, I figured it would be best if I killed off all the other characters and handle things solo with him for a period of time. There were two threats in doing so, both in the Wind Shrine. The first was the White Serpent enemy, which has a chance to use Entangle which will paralyze you. A killer for a lone character, but luckily they're weak. The other threat comes at Level 7 - there are enemies in the shrine called Black Goblins.

You may recall Goblin Punch as a trademark spell of the series, which does a lot more damage if your levels match. Since they're level 7, I stopped here and beat Wing Raptor. Who kept using Breath Wing when not closed, but I made it through. And the first job I rolled was...Black Mage!!


Before we get into why this is good, let's talk about the Black Mage itself. It casts the spells that make the people fall down, but the early ones are surprisingly ineffectual unless you're hitting an elemental weakness. To wit, if I equipped a Dagger, he would do 40 damage from the front row. Later on, they become powerful nukes with the appropriate elemental rod. Anything with a weakness is just _done_

Ability-wise, they have little to offer me. !Black is wasted on the class in a natural game, so the mastered reward: MP+30%, it will eventually is.


Now the Canal. There are two types of enemies here. Both of them will only ever target Lenna and Faris in-battle. This allowed me to grind Burt to level 8, and also I got Galuf up as well since the enemies would never attack him.


Level 8 is good for a Black Mage vs. Karlabos, the boss of this place. He has three attacks. A basic physical, a paralyzing attack, and Tailscrew - which takes your HP to critical levels. However, a Black Mage will kill him off fairly quickly. Galuf was going around 50 a strike, and the girls were dead weight.


Yeah. Expected that as a consequence.

The Ship Graveyard has a few different enemies in it. Carcursers are these...blanket things that are immune to fire and notably drop Elixirs, but Burt could still murder the Skeletons (which are) and the Undead Husks (weak to Lightning).


I didn't get a good screen of Siren, but I streamed it so there's that. She's a unique boss, shifting from a human form with various spells and a high resistance to magic, and an undead one that's the opposite. So the strat is: mob stab her when she's a human, and burn her when she's an undead. I made a nice call of the shift back there. If I had remembered the Flail - a weapon which ignores defense - I'd have employed it against her here. But it's like, does it matter?

So yeah, that's about where I'm at right now. ]]> System Error http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/ff5-four-job-fiesta-2013-1-light-up-58832/ Well the FF5 Four Job Fiesta is up! http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/well-ff5-four-job-fiesta-up-58825/ Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:54:33 GMT My first job: Black Mage. Also as an additional challenge I won't break rods.

Hey, I may stream if I feel like it. I'll make another blog if I do. But as for right now...watching Zelda Classic. ]]> System Error http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/well-ff5-four-job-fiesta-up-58825/ <![CDATA[Wanna know what I don't like?]]> http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/wanna-know-what-i-dont-like-58820/ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:37:31 GMT People who care more about having a good time than responsibilities they have taken up. Also enablers. There's a limit to these sorts of things. Usuually it is a passive dislike, but...

...anyway, that is alll. For now, at least. ]]> System Error http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/wanna-know-what-i-dont-like-58820/ <![CDATA[I've just had no energy as of late.]]> http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/ive-just-had-no-energy-late-58808/ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:46:26 GMT I really need to solve this issue that is making me energyless, but that requires either crossing my fingers and hoping for luck, or a surge of energy which is not uncommon or improbable within a reasonable period of time but seems to come and go as it pleases and does not seem to be around. Pft. I really need to solve this issue that is making me energyless, but that requires either crossing my fingers and hoping for luck, or a surge of energy which is not uncommon or improbable within a reasonable period of time but seems to come and go as it pleases and does not seem to be around.

Pft. ]]> System Error http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/ive-just-had-no-energy-late-58808/ Well I signed up for FF5 Four Job Fiesta last...earlier? http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/well-i-signed-up-ff5-four-job-fiesta-last-earlier-58800/ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:32:19 GMT Check it out. Apparently it could possibly start earlier than anticipated, so it's a good thing i was up basically all night was informed of it and was ergo able to respond. Rrndom selection, Berserker risk, Natural crystals only, Final Destination. LET'S FUCKING DO THIS ]]> System Error http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/well-i-signed-up-ff5-four-job-fiesta-last-earlier-58800/ <![CDATA[I guess I'm a bit hungry today]]> http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/i-guess-im-bit-hungry-today-58779/ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:25:15 GMT I had three roast beef buns for dinner and I still got hungry three hours later. So I had to go to the gas station just now...where there was only one corn dog. Oh well. It was enough, I guess? Was too lazy for once for ketchup, or maybe I just wanted it plain for once. I dunno.

Mind's been messed up lately because of stuff. ]]> System Error http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/i-guess-im-bit-hungry-today-58779/ Been losing a lot of sleep lately http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/been-losing-lot-sleep-lately-58774/ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:23:55 GMT Somehow, I did not last night. Wow. That came as a genuine and positive surprise. Somehow, I did not last night.

Wow. That came as a genuine and positive surprise. ]]> System Error http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/been-losing-lot-sleep-lately-58774/ Apparently it is possible to get a pimple on your tailbone. http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/apparently-possible-get-pimple-your-tailbone-58756/ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:02:36 GMT It's not fun.

Just trust me on this. Don't get a pimple on your tailbone. I'd say how to avoid it but I don't know how I got it. What the hell. ]]> System Error http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/apparently-possible-get-pimple-your-tailbone-58756/ So they got corndogs at the gas station now! http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/so-they-got-corndogs-gas-station-now-58747/ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:18:45 GMT Not badly priced either.

This is good. It means if I am hungry and there is nothing around I won't have to go too far to get some food. Pretty awesome stuff. ]]> System Error http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/so-they-got-corndogs-gas-station-now-58747/ Fuck being woken up by thunderstorms after 1-2 hours sleep http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/fuck-being-woken-up-thunderstorms-after-1-2-hours-sleep-58717/ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:54:50 GMT Also a bunch of other stuff. Including hypocrites. That is FUCKING all. Also a bunch of other stuff. Including hypocrites.

That is FUCKING all. ]]> System Error http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/blogs/12918/fuck-being-woken-up-thunderstorms-after-1-2-hours-sleep-58717/