Power Levels

[Homac]

I have a question: can abilities be stronger than "strong"?

I mean, could I use 8 or 10 AP on a single ability to make it more powerful and versatile than a strong ability?

I ask because I plan on auditioning for Gogo, a mimic from FFVI. If I got the character, I'd want to make his/her only skill, Mimic, as strong as possible, since (s)he has no other abilities in game. Plus, it opens up interesting possiblities for other chars as well.

[Rocket!]

Bilby has gone the extra mile for his Hercules canon, by buying three Strong abilities, all dramatically increasing his strength.

So, multiple abilities for one cause can do the trick, I think.

[nascent]

Gogo, you say? Heh... ambitious move, Homac. I'd considered trying out for the character myself, but I don't wanna have too many faces in my character chain. Heck, I already have one or two characters that hardly get any story-love at all (sorry Welyon!), so if you do a good job with Gogo I won't bother fighting you for him. Good luck!

Hmm... regarding the original question, I have an additional query. Does two Strong Abilities doing the same exact thing equal or outmatch a Super-Strong Ability? Or does Super-Strong trump all?

I suspect we'll need Iris or Northie to answer that one. ^_^;;

[kempff]

Isn't the strength more placed in the description of the ability, not the amount of AP?

The amount of AP is more a division of what is expected and what you can or can't do. At 6, you can do pretty much anything besides instant kill/blatant god mob/un-dodge able abilities.

If you want a "world ending" ability, you get what I mean, just change the description as you increase from 2-4-6. That's my advice.

(Having a limit at 6 can also prevent any one ability being too refined and given too much freedom. That would be bad.)

[Akito]

To be honest, I'm not much for the buffing one ability above 'Strong'/6 AP. It opens too many questionable doors. I let Hercules past largely to the specificity and nature of the ability; focusing on Super Strength and whatnot. And because I show Hero favoritism. It's true, I do.

I suppose it'll all come down to the nature of the ability if bolstering it above 6AP will be passed. So it'll be a case by case basis -nod-

I am curious to see what would constitute a 60 AP ability xD

[nascent]

Sept 3, 2009 23:08:30 GMT -5 Akito said:

I am curious to see what would constitute a 60 AP ability xD

Probably something to the tune of this, followed closely by this and this, I imagine.

Dang, old school anime did have some fun moments, despite the frequent cornball flavor. xD

[kempff]

Please use extreme discretion Akito, there should be probable reason for potentially screwing the AP system. Just sayin'.

[Heroic Bilby]

You can't really go above 6 AP. In fact, me buying 2 extra strength enhancement abilities on Herc was mostly a waste of my munny b/c we all know how strong eh is and who would argue with it even if I only had 1? I spent the munny mostly as a status-symbol kind of thing, and to limit how many overall abilities he will actually end up with as a sort of handicap. XD

Were it anyone but Herc it would likely be largely inappropriate.

[kempff]

Sept 5, 2009 20:55:12 GMT -5 Heroic Bilby said:

You can't really go above 6 AP. In fact, me buying 2 extra strength enhancement abilities on Herc was mostly a waste of my munny b/c we all know how strong eh is and who would argue with it even if I only had 1? I spent the munny mostly as a status-symbol kind of thing, and to limit how many overall abilities he will actually end up with as a sort of handicap. XD

Were it anyone but Herc it would likely be largely inappropriate.

Point and match.

[Rocket!]

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*surreptitiously throws evil Stitch plans out the window*

*COUGH* Oh yeah definetly would never do that mhmm.