SE and "borrowing" elements from other FF games

[Antanias]

Not all change is good.

Maybe not, but I was free to mix/match my GF's, characters, and spells as I preferred.

[Amherst]

That was a great system, and only b/c it was something different

Maybe not, but I was free to mix/match my GF's, characters, and spells as I preferred.

Because those features totally weren't present in the two prior FF games, and implemented better at that. Mmyup.

[Kiote]

Because those features totally weren't present in the two prior FF games, and implemented better at that. Mmyup.

No Final Fantasy prior to VIII let the player completely customize/optimize their character stats.
No Final Fantasy Prior to VIII locked Summon learned ability to having the summon equipped.

[Amherst]

No Final Fantasy prior to VIII let the player completely customize/optimize their character stats.

Customize is a bit of a joke considering you just boosted every single stat by X amount...or you didn't have enough and in the end only boosted it by Y instead. "Optimize" is rendered completely pointless since, as with almost every other game in the series, eventually you're just hitting everything for 9999 (multiple times or otherwise) anyway.

No Final Fantasy Prior to VIII locked Summon learned ability to having the summon equipped.

I don't see how that's supposed to be a good thing.

[Kiote]

Customize is a bit of a joke considering you just boosted every single stat by X amount...or you didn't have enough and in the end only boosted it by Y instead. "Optimize" is rendered completely pointless since, as with almost every other game in the series, eventually you're just hitting everything for 9999 (multiple times or otherwise) anyway.

There is a big difference between grinding your characters to level 99 so you can walk through the final fight and Creating a Full party of Characters that are immune to all Status Effects, absorbs all Elements, and have every stat capped at closer to level 50.

I don't see how that's supposed to be a good thing.

It adds depth to the summons instead of making them just an egregiously over powered special attack.

[Firon]

There is a big difference between grinding your characters to level 99 so you can walk through the final fight and Creating a Full party of Characters that are immune to all Status Effects, absorbs all Elements, and have every stat capped at closer to level 50.



It adds depth to the summons instead of making them just an egregiously over powered special attack.

You could do that in FF 7 and 6 >.>

[Andrien]

You could do that in FF 7 and 6 >.>

that is true. I remember in FF7 the different materia combos you can make, especially if you level the materia to maximum.

[Yrusama]

No Final Fantasy prior to VIII let the player completely customize/optimize their character stats.

I'm sorry. Would you like me to show you my Locke Cole with 4 times the speed of any of my other party members? You can manipulate stats rather effectively in FFVI, but it involves either learning all spells on all characters first, or locking certain Espers. VIII gives more immediate control of stats, if that's what you mean. The fact is you CAN swap Espers around in VI, and it was a smoother system because you weren't totally nerfed by removing them. I would rather not have to reconfigure all my magic junction if I accidentally removed 1 GF.

@OP: I doubt they'd add something like that. The Draw system to me is basically designed around the idea of MP syphon. We'll see MP drain abilities, I'm sure, but nothing that quantifies magic the way Draw does. I liked the draw system, but thought it was overkill when they tied it to your stats. And summon junctions? What makes you think they'd do that when they've already told us how SMN will work?