Black Mages Only: Final Fantasy 12

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Ай бұрын

I've decided to compare the experience of doing a Black Mages only playthrough in Final Fantasy games. This means I need to do a black mages only run in some Final Fantasy Games. That continues this week with Final Fantasy 12.

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@nickcarmus7501 Ай бұрын

What about X-2 Black mages only?

@Trisaaru Ай бұрын

I've played this game for hundreds of hours over multiple playthroughs and have never seen a use for espers until today. Very cool.

@neubussy Ай бұрын

Fun fact: you can get Scathe literally as soon as you get to the Phon Coast. I always make the detour so my BM can pop off

@shuragear5259 Ай бұрын

Here is a fun broken magic thing you could've done. Get a reflectga Mote (or reflect rings), target self with AOE spells and hit the party. Each character basically hits the boss with 3 spells per cast. So each round is 9 spells instead of 3. Add the elemental buff staves give to magic, and you get massive damage super early with even Aero (Cherry staff buffs wind damage). This was insanely busted in the original version, but would need all your party to be Black Mages in this version... which is no real issue for this challenge

@Xephrost_Gaming Ай бұрын

Oh shoot. I wish I'd remembered that. That extra damage would have been very useful. Pretty sure I even had a reflectga mote or 2.

@kyogre-blue Ай бұрын

That did look like a fun challenge. Playing spellcasters is always exciting in a certain way.

@danielgloyd4529 17 күн бұрын

I am starting a mage only challenge run, so this is interesting to come across in the algorithm. I am not going as extreme as black mage only, but every combo of black white red and time as that makes 6 combos, and there happens to be 6 characters.

@uraninezak Ай бұрын

As soon as you get tge Dawn Shard, you can enter the Zertinan Caverns and steal Opal Rings from the Genade monsters there. Opal Rings let you pierce through the Reflect status which will spare your sanity in this kind of run. You could also do a Black Mage only run of Final Fantasy X-2 ❤️

@Xephrost_Gaming Ай бұрын

Oooh. I completely forgot about X-2. That would be interesting.

@bubbz127 Ай бұрын

Keep up the FF challenge videos. My favourite type of YT videos and your presentation of them is great. New subscriber 👍

@goldbigeagle6772 Ай бұрын

Tbh this may be the only FF that I actually enjoyed grinding. I remember leaving that desert feeling like a boss. And the jungle and foggy swamp. Really enjoyed this game.

@allofthebeers2691 Ай бұрын

I would love to see if doing a run of each job class is possible

@Xephrost_Gaming Ай бұрын

I'm definitely going to do more only 1 class series. Some will be more difficult than others.

@allofthebeers2691 Ай бұрын

@@Xephrost_Gaming very excited to see them!

@Can_O_Crayola Ай бұрын

It was actually refreshing to see magic be so strong in this game. It feels like magic spells in a lot of FFs and RPGs of late have been kinda disappointing. I think after I got to Phon Coast, my black mage (Ashe) started vastly outdamaging most of my party and basically became a party fixture even more than my white mage (Penelo) was. I had to actively swap her out and slow progression down because she was just eating up EXP and not sharing with Fran or Basch who would've normally taken turns with her.

@steveozone4910 Ай бұрын

I did a magic only run on my channel a few months ago. Being able to break the damage limit in the ZA really helps 😂. Especially with hunts like Yiamat. I'd still say that the dragon pair in the Zertinan caverns are the toughest enemy in game. Also oil+ fire magic is pretty broken in this game. You'll do triple damage with fire magic. Defeating Shenhazie allows you black mage to equip mirror mail. Giving you easy access to auto reflect. Another way to bounce triple spells off your whole party. To solve your healing issue for the last boss. Why not absorb an elemental spell? They are party wide. Maybe the black mask and dark motes?

@ryangibson8727 Ай бұрын

Nice run man, so rare to see ff12 videos

@Xephrost_Gaming Ай бұрын

FF12 deserves more love than it gets.

@BrendenBarlow Ай бұрын

The espers are far better in the remaster as are quickenings. They don't eat up all your magic.

@Xephrost_Gaming Ай бұрын

Oh, yeah. I forgot that mist charges were your mp in the original. I think you also couldn't control them directly in the original.

@BrendenBarlow Ай бұрын

@Xephrost_Gaming yeah quickenings sucked in the og and you are right you couldn't control espers in the og outside of their final move i think. Square enix had a history of thinking we were to stupid to comprehend different things. Mystic quest being a prime example of that. Also! Really well done video! Was super enjoyable to watch😊😁

@herosmerlose5784 Ай бұрын

You can buy blizzard in the south bank village before going into the palace, which mimic queen is weak to.

@Xephrost_Gaming Ай бұрын

Oh, yeah. You are very right about that. Woops.

@thunderchild1083 24 күн бұрын

12 is severely underrated imo. My party is usually Vaan, Fran and Ashe

@noyoucantnoicantnowecantsostop Ай бұрын

I'm surprised you just unlocked Opal ring that late during Archadia plot. But then again i only played the vanilla PS2 version.

@user-lt9zf3dt4l Ай бұрын

Missed opportunity to nama a video Only Spells

@oblivionkey2112 Ай бұрын

Can't you knock the barriers down by casting Arise twice on a target? I don't know about the Undying, but most of the hunts and superbosses work that way. The game in no way tells you that, but I am pretty sure that is how I knocked down barriers while playing. Worth looking into, even if you already won the challenge.

@_Failed_Butler Ай бұрын

Yes a new vid 😁

@ShadyPlatinum777 Ай бұрын

I have to try this for my next run

@chriswarren6738 Ай бұрын

Before I found this video, im starting a blk mage party with side jobs. also you can get thunder early from nalbina fortress

@skydude2529 Ай бұрын

Is there a reason you skipped 3? I feel like that and Tactics could be nice challenges.

@Xephrost_Gaming Ай бұрын

I skipped 3 because the bosses are a lot more gimmicky than the other games. And felt it might be more annoying than fun to do. And Tactics is easily one of my favorite games ever. But it's very long and slow and I'm sure it would have taken longer than a week to do and put out a video on.

@Rosedragon15 Ай бұрын

The Sky Fortress/Ancient Technologically Advanced civilization, in large part, has to do with Castle in the Sky and its profound impact on Japanese creators.

@natecunha2795 Ай бұрын

"What is the deal with Final Fantasy and sky fortresses?" Sky fortresses are cool. I love sky fortresses. I literally can't think of any reason NOT to have a sky fortress if you have the ability to have sky fortresses.

@jamanji-o Ай бұрын

Vid's a week old so Xephrost probs wont see this, but just wanted to say that after seeing that final battle, I would love to see an esper only run of FF12 (obvs only after raithwall's tomb for belias) ^.^

@Xephrost_Gaming Ай бұрын

Yeah, that could definitely be an interesting experience. Especially with how unfamiliar I am with the Espers in this game.

@bctk Ай бұрын

this is okay video

@leviphan3477 Ай бұрын

Is it bad I liked the old system more than the job system 🤣

@Xephrost_Gaming Ай бұрын

My issue with the default license grid is that everyone having easy access to every license tends to make each character less distinct. If white magic is easily acceptable, just teach everyone white magic, for example. So the characters can feel very similar. That isn't the case when you have distinct jobs layered over their character stats.

@cbennett6060 Ай бұрын

@@Xephrost_Gaming the old system requires much more grinding to get everyone to all licenses

@Xephrost_Gaming Ай бұрын

That is true. With 2 jobs in the remaster it's like 7k-9k depending on overlap compared to 13k in the original. However, a decent portion of the 13k is the bottom half of the grid which would be weapons/armor not relevant to a character's build (really only need 1 weapon and 1 armor group for each character). That weapon/armor is also true a bit with 2 jobs. But you get more than enough LP in a single playthrough to make every character good at everything in the original.

@Uzultima Ай бұрын

My problema with ff12 is that if you dont study guides ypu would miss 70% of all gear and stuff so half yput guys would be runnin store bought items. So you would still kinda make them differend builds with those gears you have. Even if everybody knows everything. My first run was yars ago just shield and sword and magic with everyone :p

@ger90shields80 Ай бұрын

Fff12 zodiac age came out in 2006a in Japan. We got the remaster and zodiac age way later

@Xephrost_Gaming Ай бұрын

Yup! I remember reading about it many years ago and being sad that we didn't have access in the states. I was very happy when the Zodiac Age remaster was announced.

@Trisaaru Ай бұрын

Well actually this is sort of false. Japan got the International Zodiac Job System version of the game a little after the game's original release. IZJS has some differences compared to TZA, such as each character only being allowed one job compared to TZA's two.

@Alexander12276 Ай бұрын

I just realized this... Final Fantasy tactics: mentions the zodiacs and has different jobs to choose Final Fantasy XII Zodiac Age: mentions zodiacs and has different jobs to choose HOW ARE THEY NOT RELATED TO THE SAME STORY?!

@Uzultima Ай бұрын

They do happen in same world or realm or so tho. Ivalice.

@Alexander12276 Ай бұрын

@@Uzultima neat