Aerial Combat!

[Aaron_T]

In Final Fantasy 13 and a lot of other video games there is Aerial Combat!
OBviously for certain encounters this wouldn't look right and it would be too much work I suppose to re-write all that code and re-make every encounter in the game.

However, I see this series heading moward towards the action genre. Which isn't a bad thing at all. What most people get turned off about the MOST in Final Fantasy games is the turn based combat. The fact that you could just press 1 button for every fight in 13 didn't help much either.

I think if we could add a stagger meter in this game and a nice chain combo system it would be so amazing so start bringing some fights to the air.

Also slightly off topic but, does anyone know how Titan doesn't hit his head when he Rocket Farts?

[Truefaith87]

Aion achieved what you are looking for.. VERY slightly passably, I might add. Adding a third dimension of movement to combat requires a TREMENDOUS amount of computing, and usually doesn't work right, or well. Again, pointing the proverbial finger at Aion. Even limiting the location you can be in flight in Aion didn't fix the looming issues, namely exploitable actions, techniques, and movements monsters couldn't take. For example, flying as a ranged class while fighting a melee only monster would lead to one of two actions, either resetting the monsters AI and just making it invulnerable, or it would gain a new attack to shred your flight time until you were forced to ground once again within seconds, even if you have minutes of flight time left. As admirable a concept as it is, it has been proven by now to be a concept that sadly just doesn't work. I am sorry to be the one to burst your proverbial bubble.

[Felis]

Also in the FF games most midair battles were during cutscenes.

[Nomad-phx]

I recall grandia 3 having an interesting concept on aerial combat, but being a former ps3 player ive seen too much lag and latency for that to work right. Just watching the struggles to dodge titan ex that ps3 players go through is enough to tell me that as long as ps3 is getting support cool ideas like this will never be

[Tyce_Rousel]

Wow had a fun aerial fight in Icecrown Citadel involving 2 airships, cannons, a boss, jumping mechanics back and forth and a JETPACKS!. It was a pretty fun fight.

Here's a video of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfYQaIjzrg8

[Lemon8or]

What most people get turned off about the MOST in Final Fantasy games is the turn based combat.

You're playing the wrong series bro. I love turn based combat in FF.

[Luxx]

You're playing the wrong series bro. I love turn based combat in FF.

imo, after having to do turnbase in ff for so many years, or games, it does get stale.
personally...im glad ff15 finally got
out of turn base. you can see ff13 slowly edge away from in each installment
but 13-3 failed hard on it and should of got rid of it completely. >>;

[TheGrimace]

I wanna see some Chocobo Knights up in here. Bonus points if they wear silly clothes like moogles in Final Fantasy Tactics A2.

You're playing the wrong series bro. I love turn based combat in FF.

Word. I also loved the live-action systems in XI/XII and, subsequently, XIV.

[Nikita]

You're playing the wrong series bro. I love turn based combat in FF.

I think he means people that aren't already fans of the series. Mosh of the time when I try to get people to play FFXIV the first question I'm asked is "is it turn based like the other games?".