Isn't this a FF staple?
Just wondering why this FFesque little tidbit never made it into the game.
*For all elements mind you.
In other FF games, hitting a monster of an element with the same element (nuke or otherwise) healed the monster. Fire damage to bombs, Wind damage to air type mobs, Earth to ground.
Do miss the days when you:
/nukes the bomb with Fire 3.
/shits pants.
Fire damage doesn't heal fire mobs?
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11-09-2011, 09:56 AMDoctorMogFire damage doesn't heal fire mobs?
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11-09-2011, 10:03 AMSav
It does on pudding-type mobs, but it'd be cool to see it for most elementally-aligned mobs.
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11-09-2011, 10:04 AMShiki_Lockhart
Same applies to us... if we had X resistance we could absorb that elemental and heal us.
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11-09-2011, 10:05 AMJinko
Yea only on pudding mobs, but it would be nice to see it work on other elemental based monsters.
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11-09-2011, 10:05 AMJennestia
Yeah, they'll likely begin introducing this more widely when they balance everything out. It's one thing I missed and really miss it from FFXI as it forced you to pay attention to what you're doing even in a 'zerg' fight.
Speaking of FFXI, I hope they bring Djinns back, the bomb type that explodes if you nuke them with the element matching the day, dunno how it would work in XIV, but I hope they bring it back >.>.
(The good times of Mpking parties that pissed you off.) -
11-09-2011, 10:07 AMREDace0
Hm...as someone who has and uses Emulate I think this is a great idea.
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11-09-2011, 10:07 AMPhysic
it was never all mobs in any ff, only specific ones with a high affinity. and there are some cases, like bombs where they were actually weak to their own element
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11-09-2011, 10:11 AMIrondudeowwwww i like that idea maybe an item that does this, but you sacrifice resistance to the opposite stat. so like a idk Ice Hat that cures you when you take ice damage but 1 fire nuke and your toast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shiki_Lockhart
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11-09-2011, 10:19 AMRydinI like that... it was like...Quote:
Originally Posted by Physic
half damage if your affinity was high...
No damage if it was really HIGH
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11-09-2011, 10:27 AMKliveMy guess this will not happen. How easy will a primal battle, such a ifrit, when you stat resist to super high levels.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rydin
Ifrit does super AoE Fire spell of doom and the party is healed to full....
The standard for every battle of a primal would become stack the element of the NM to high levels. -
11-09-2011, 11:22 AMRydinYea.. it does seem like it would be hard to balance.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Klive
You could make the point at which you get the half damage, resist and absorb be super insanely high in your elemental attributes so it would be virtually impossible without triple fire resist materia on all applicable gear, jewelry and electrum circlets just to get to half damage or even resist -
11-09-2011, 11:24 AMReq
What about healing the undead to kill them? I thought that was even more of a staple of the final fantasy games
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11-09-2011, 11:26 AMEstellios
Enemies that absorbed elements were extremely rare till later in FF11's life. In fact I think the only enemy that absorbed anything (and even then it was situational) might have been a single storyline boss until Treasures of Aht Urgahn was released. I'd imagine its some kind of MMO balance issue or something.
I don't think it's really necessary except for special enemies, and even then it really isn't any kind of difficulty factor unless the enemy shifts elements like Flan/puddings do. Once you learned enemy X absorbs fire you would stop using it and then it's a non-issue. It works in offline RPGs where you are fighting unknown enemies in a new area or the enemies are designed to take advantage of certain party members to make them tougher to defeat because of it. -
11-09-2011, 11:29 AMDoctorMogQuote:
Originally Posted by Req
This too.
do want.