Shee's CC diary

[Shadow D. Darkman]

Lynx (who's really Serge I guess?)

Hmm...

Looks like you figured it out. Good for you.

[Shee]

aHAAAAAAAAA!  UPDATE TIME

Okay, so it's been a while, eh?  No worries, this is still goin on!  I met up with Bruce Sprigsteen, who apparently is female, yet shall remain named the aforementioned Bruce Sprigsteen, who had some pretty kick ass dialogue in their first scene there.  I totally dug it.

Then I went into the tower and met up with Harle, who had some VERY sweet dialogue as well.  Lots of stuff to ponder in these scenes.  The tower was weird....I saw Guile NTBCWMOGFSF and Poshul in the tower as well as Serge.  Then I talked to Ma and got up with Old Man Radius...and we just went through teh Fossil Valley, and Imma explore some before going to Termina with the eventual dance along that comes every time I'm there.

The Crew:
Lynx
Harle
Bruce Sprigsteen
Old Man Radius

Bruce is on the bench right now.

[x_XTacTX_x]

Have fun in gloomy Home Termina ;_;

[Acacia Sgt]

I saw Guile NTBCWMOGFSF and Poshul in the tower as well as Serge.

What? That can happen? I have only ever saw Serge during all those times I did that part. Did you entered the wrong door? I don't know what happens if you do.

[utunnels]

Yes, you can see other characters if you enter the wrong door.
That happened to me, since I didn't read a walkthough...

[Radical_Dreamer]

Benching the Boss? Come on!

[Shee]

If Bruce is The Boss then I quit.

Just moved into new apt. and I don't have the comp up yet (i'm on the craptastic lappy right now) so no new updates.  I was VERY dissapointed in not having a Termina dance party upon my arrival in the Home World.

[Shee]

UPDATE, though it is a small one.  Got the comp running finally, and it took a minute for me to remember just what in the hell was going on.  So I met with Chuck Norris' estranged blonde bastard son Helen, and we headed to Termina.  of course we get there and I'm thinking SWEET, gonna ride in this big boat.  But no.  We ride out in a Pinto equivalent piece of crapola that's even saucier then Korcha's.

Then I forgot where I was supposed to go.  I went to some cruise ship.  The music was straight but didn't find much to do.  Didn't look too hard either.  Then I went Guldove and bought some stuff, but didn't feel like exploring.  Next was Marbule, where I was pleasantly surprised to bump into Toma, though I didn't get a chance to toss back some "Pop" with him.

AAAAAAnd then I went to to the El Nido Triangle because it caught my eye, and I fought some peeps and got an @Mythril which was pleasant, but after a few battles I came here to post the update.  Probably will explore a little more and trade out Helen.  He's had his turn already, though I think I'll give him a little more time.

Current Party
Lynx but Serge
Harle
Helen Norris

The Crew
Lynx but Serge
Harle
Helen Norris
Old Man Radius
Bruce Sprigsteen

[V_Translanka]

I say stay with Sprigg, myself...I love learning what's on the Element grids of various monsters...Go, Dodo, I choose you...!!! If you're ever in a jam, she's always got something up her sleeve that can pull you out. She's like a controllable Gau (i.e. a Blue Mage)!! *gasp*

[idioticidioms]

you could have went with a Strago reference or at the very least a reference to FFV's job system's Blue Mage. Gau isn't even a Blue Mage because he basically becomes the monster (except in appearance) and loses control. which is why the call it rage instead of blue magic.

Of course, they call Strago's stuff 'Lore' but it hints in the game that it's Blue Magic.

With Gau, there's no magic involved.

Sorry, FFVI is the game that got me started playing RPG's. I know it inside and out, lol.

[V_Translanka]

How is there no magic involved? The story hints that he even may be the result of Magitek experiments by the Empire in Vector. Plus, various monsters' abilities he uses (if you use a monster's abilities, you're a Blue Mage in my book, so I'd even include Relm in that boat) are Magic.

I started on FFVI as well. It rulz.

And Sprigg uses the monster's whole set of abilities, not just one specific Magic, so I felt that a Strago reference didn't fit as well. I would have mentioned the FFV Blue Mage, but I don't really like FFV very much so Blue Mages in general I rarely enjoy...

[Fireseal]

I concur that Blue Mages aren't that 'wow'. In FFV, they were pretty overshadowed by all the other classes(except Bard and Hunter).. In fact, I didn't like FFV AT ALL! haha I liked it even less than FFII, and we all know how bad that one was.. I still can't believe I beat FFII.. Anyhow the only time where Blue Mages shined were in FFTA and in FFXI Online when they first came out and did more damage than Black Mages & Summoners and could heal better than White Mages and Red Mages. 

As for using Sprigg, I used him/her for my first playthrough until I got to the Dead Sea, and then way later on when I was able to transform him/her as Slash to use the Z-slash with Sprigg(as Slash), Serge and Kid.. I wasn't impressed so I dropped him/her like a rock after that. 

[Acacia Sgt]

Him/Her?

Sprigg is female.

[x_XTacTX_x]

What's with all the hate for FFV? It was my favorite of the series.

[idioticidioms]

I thought Final Fantasy II was a pretty good game, though they did go a little bit over-the-top in killing off characters in it.

I think that FFV got a bad rap, because by that point the story of the crystals had become old news, so to speak and they really weren't coming up with too many new ideas to incorporate them in. Though while that is a downside, the job system is spectacular, the fights are awesome and the storyline, besides the crystals, is pretty good.

You do notice that after FFV, they branched off of the crystals for the most part, except for giving them a slight nod in FFVI by making the Espers crystalline form resemble that of the Crystals. They didn't pick them back up fully though until FF9, and they did a really good job on that game. I enjoyed it completely. Then they left them alone again after that until FFXII and did a nice job of incorporating them into that while also tying FFTA more firmly into the story.

But as to why people generally dislike FFV: In most cases, it's the fact that the storyline is not too unique, and some people just didn't like the job system. Some even complain that it's too difficult. Personally, I have enjoyed every final fantasy game I've ever played. While I haven't enjoyed EVERY part of every game, all of them are damn good games comparatively. Keep in mind that I am not saying they're the best rpg series, just that they're really good, nonetheless. You can argue this, but seriously, 500 million people can't be wrong.