Just read the Novacrystallis interview

[Ryans]

If you actually think about the examples Yoshida mentioned then you'd see there could be some value in skill speed. Should you stack skill speed on turn 8? Probably not, as you are always on the target doing damage. What about turn 7? There are times when you are aren't using skills, even if only for a second, and skill speed might make up for that down time. In the long run, though, it doesn't matter as the secondary stats are all minimal dps increases.

[Nalien]

If you actually think about the examples Yoshida mentioned then you'd see there could be some value in skill speed. Should you stack skill speed on turn 8? Probably not, as you are always on the target doing damage. What about turn 7? There are times when you are aren't using skills, even if only for a second, and skill speed might make up for that down time. In the long run, though, it doesn't matter as the secondary stats are all minimal dps increases.

Ugh.. I hope the developers don't start expecting us to have multiple sets of gear for various instances...

[EdwinLi]

hm... so they are planning to reveal 1st expanion after 2.4.

Well then guess we just have to survive until after 2.4 for 1st expansion info in Fan Fest

[leoc85]

I'd like to meet one of these " professional monks" and slap them for making the devs think skill speed is good. Every time I run out of tp between invigorates in long fights I want to strangle the devs already, but reading that there are people who actually are trying to see wether skill speed or crit is the best stat for monks infuriates me.

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[HeroSamson]

Wait that doesn't make sense what he said about characters not showing up to a game because it would mess it up.

So why did they all appear here then? I mean even tifa is in the general thing when you shut off your tells and she says cloud eyes up here or something.

You see that's where your farplane comes in from FFX meaning if the dead want to not stay dead because they have a attachment to the world they will come back.

even the same weapons from your lore is here, magitek FF6 I mean I know, I know I am jumping the gun, maybe in future expansion cause you can't I like surprises myself.

[Gilraen]

Understand that Dissidia is a Final Fantasy fighting game that uses the Void as an excuse to have all those characters available. I mean, if you look at the characters available some of them really shouldn't be there because they weren't real to begin with (looking at you Tidus and Jecht). Writers will say anything to justify being able to kick much arse with Kefka or live out fantasies of razing battlefields as Shantotto (devs love insane). Yoshida clearly isn't going to be tossing in notable Final Fantasy personalities for the hell of it, he wants to give proper justification for their appearance.

"But we've had Lightning, Shantotto and Dragon Quest golems so far, justification my arse!" But there IS justification there. In the last two XIII games you have the character jumping through space and time chasing... what were they chasing again? Meh, it was a McGuffin anyway. In A Shantotto Ascension the mad professor causes untold problems when she goes and researches dimensional magic. And the golems were just... golems made using bricks instead of rocks. The puff-puff girls fit in so well in Ul'dah you could easily forgive that they were Dragon Quest references.

So far everything's been at least permissible within the lores of the characters involved.