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Jabodie 09/03/18 7:49:31 PM #1:	Especially missable rare drops that you have to go out of your way to farm if you want all the items? --- <insert sig here> <cite>Jabodie posted [p:908055221] in Why do JRP... [t:76964202]...</cite> <quote>Especially missable rare drops that you have to go out of your way to farm if you want all the items?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
immaWHOOPdatASS 09/03/18 7:50:53 PM #2:	One of my luckiest feats was probably only getting the Sword of Kings in Earthbound after only like ten minutes. --- Backup Conflict alt lol <cite>immaWHOOPdatASS posted [p:908055306] in Why do JRP... [t:76964202]...</cite> <quote>One of my luckiest feats was probably only getting the Sword of Kings in Earthbound after only like ten minutes.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jabodie 09/03/18 7:56:00 PM #3:	immaWHOOPdatASS posted... One of my luckiest feats was probably only getting the Sword of Kings in Earthbound after only like ten minutes. In FF4 there are monsters which drop summon spells at a 1/1280 drop rate. And there are four of them. At least they're not missable though. By far the worst offender of this is FF9's Excalibur II. --- <insert sig here> <cite>Jabodie posted [p:908055585] in Why do JRP... [t:76964202]...</cite> <quote><cite>immaWHOOPdatASS posted...</cite> <quote>One of my luckiest feats was probably only getting the Sword of Kings in Earthbound after only like ten minutes.</quote> In FF4 there are monsters which drop summon spells at a 1/1280 drop rate. And there are four of them. At least they're not missable though. By far the worst offender of this is FF9's Excalibur II.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Howl 09/03/18 7:57:25 PM #4:	Jabodie posted... immaWHOOPdatASS posted... One of my luckiest feats was probably only getting the Sword of Kings in Earthbound after only like ten minutes. In FF4 there are monsters which drop summon spells at a 1/1280 drop rate. And there are four of them. At least they're not missable though. By far the worst offender of this is FF9's Excalibur II. What? FF9's Excalibur II doesn't have a "drop" rate. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.5.1 <cite>Howl posted [p:908055643] in Why do JRP... [t:76964202]...</cite> <quote><cite>Jabodie posted...</cite> <quote><cite>immaWHOOPdatASS posted...</cite> <quote> One of my luckiest feats was probably only getting the Sword of Kings in Earthbound after only like ten minutes.</quote> In FF4 there are monsters which drop summon spells at a 1/1280 drop rate. And there are four of them. At least they're not missable though. By far the worst offender of this is FF9's Excalibur II.</quote> What? FF9's Excalibur II doesn't have a "drop" rate.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jabodie 09/03/18 8:00:18 PM #5:	Howl posted... What? FF9's Excalibur II doesn't have a "drop" rate. Yeah, I mostly mean in the "absurdly rare (missable) item that makes completionist playthroughs way worse than they would be otherwise" sort of category. Excalibur II may not have a drop rate, but getting to it without dropping any missables is quite a feat. Especially if you're one of those perfect stats types with FF9. It's why I'll will never have a truly complete run of FF9. But I may do a "complete aside from Excalibur II' playthrough one day. --- <insert sig here> <cite>Jabodie posted [p:908055777] in Why do JRP... [t:76964202]...</cite> <quote><cite>Howl posted...</cite> <quote>What? FF9's Excalibur II doesn't have a "drop" rate.</quote> Yeah, I mostly mean in the "absurdly rare (missable) item that makes completionist playthroughs way worse than they would be otherwise" sort of category. Excalibur II may not have a drop rate, but getting to it without dropping any missables is quite a feat. Especially if you're one of those perfect stats types with FF9. It's why I'll will never have a truly complete run of FF9. But I may do a "complete aside from Excalibur II' playthrough one day.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
immaWHOOPdatASS 09/03/18 8:02:35 PM #6:	The Sword of Kings has a 1/128 chance. Jeez that doesn't compare to those ff4 summon spells --- Backup Conflict alt lol <cite>immaWHOOPdatASS posted [p:908055898] in Why do JRP... [t:76964202]...</cite> <quote>The Sword of Kings has a 1/128 chance. Jeez that doesn't compare to those ff4 summon spells</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jabodie 09/03/18 8:04:31 PM #7:	immaWHOOPdatASS posted... The Sword of Kings has a 1/128 chance. Jeez that doesn't compare to those ff4 summon spells 1/128 is still a pain. The nice thing about the PSP version of FF4 is that there's auto battle, and relatively weak enemies drop all the summons. So it's very easy to just watch show/movie and let the game grind for you. --- <insert sig here> <cite>Jabodie posted [p:908056017] in Why do JRP... [t:76964202]...</cite> <quote><cite>immaWHOOPdatASS posted...</cite> <quote>The Sword of Kings has a 1/128 chance. Jeez that doesn't compare to those ff4 summon spells</quote> 1/128 is still a pain. The nice thing about the PSP version of FF4 is that there's auto battle, and relatively weak enemies drop all the summons. So it's very easy to just watch show/movie and let the game grind for you.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
garan 09/03/18 8:13:33 PM #8:	Because no one in Japan got the memo that grinding isn't any damn fun. <cite>garan posted [p:908056557] in Why do JRP... [t:76964202]...</cite> <quote>Because no one in Japan got the memo that grinding isn't any damn fun.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kingdrake2 09/03/18 8:17:56 PM #9:	trying to farm for mithril in netpunia VIIR low drop rate. makes it easier to gain parts. since only need 2 ore. its not dropping fast enough :(. i give those scouts energymate and they fucking don't get my work done gawd damnit. --- I'm pretty much Stu from Rugrats making pudding at 4 in morning because I've lost control of my life - Polycosm <cite>kingdrake2 posted [p:908056815] in Why do JRP... [t:76964202]...</cite> <quote>trying to farm for mithril in netpunia VIIR low drop rate. makes it easier to gain parts. since only need 2 ore. its not dropping fast enough :(. i give those scouts energymate and they fucking don't get my work done gawd damnit.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jabodie 09/04/18 12:47:39 AM #10:	Here's a chronicle of somebody hunting a summon: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/958463-final-fantasy-iv-the-after-years/50053213 --- <insert sig here> <cite>Jabodie posted [p:908071202] in Why do JRP... [t:76964202]...</cite> <quote>Here's a chronicle of somebody hunting a summon: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/958463-final-fantasy-iv-the-after-years/50053213</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kickflip 09/04/18 12:49:09 AM #11:	That's why I don't play stupid games like that --- https://i.imgtc.com/EXJmSZF.gif <cite>Kickflip posted [p:908071255] in Why do JRP... [t:76964202]...</cite> <quote>That's why I don't play stupid games like that</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
yusiko 09/04/18 12:51:13 AM #12:	in dragon warrior 7 monsters dropping any item at all was rare but them dropping a monster heart only had a 1 in 400 chance of happening even when they dropped an item --- yusketeer <cite>yusiko posted [p:908071340] in Why do JRP... [t:76964202]...</cite> <quote>in dragon warrior 7 monsters dropping any item at all was rare but them dropping a monster heart only had a 1 in 400 chance of happening even when they dropped an item</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jabodie 09/04/18 12:51:43 AM #13:	What are they used for? --- <insert sig here> <cite>Jabodie posted [p:908071358] in Why do JRP... [t:76964202]...</cite> <quote>What are they used for?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
yusiko 09/04/18 1:00:11 AM #14:	Jabodie posted... What are they used for? in dragon warrior 7 at one point you can change jobs and once you learned the right combination you unlock hybrid jobs which are more powerful. there are basically 3 tiers of jobs base jobs, hybrid jobs, ultimate jobs if you have a monster heart you can go to the temple to change class into a special monster class with its own stats and abilities there are about the same number of monster classes as there are normal classes the base monster classes arent anything special but the hybrid and ultimate monster classes are some of the most powerful classes in the game and if you want to unlock them you need the patience of a saint you need to get all the base monster hearts to unlock the stronger ones just by mastering the base ones but even those take forever to get you can get most through a mix and match card game in the casino but its rare for them to show up as a rewards. there are a few treasure chests in the game that have them. but there are 3 base monster hearts that can only be obtained from battle so you need to deal with the low drop rate and the 1 in 400 chance of that drop being a heart --- yusketeer <cite>yusiko posted [p:908071665] in Why do JRP... [t:76964202]...</cite> <quote><cite>Jabodie posted...</cite> <quote>What are they used for?</quote> in dragon warrior 7 at one point you can change jobs and once you learned the right combination you unlock hybrid jobs which are more powerful. there are basically 3 tiers of jobs base jobs, hybrid jobs, ultimate jobs if you have a monster heart you can go to the temple to change class into a special monster class with its own stats and abilities there are about the same number of monster classes as there are normal classes the base monster classes arent anything special but the hybrid and ultimate monster classes are some of the most powerful classes in the game and if you want to unlock them you need the patience of a saint you need to get all the base monster hearts to unlock the stronger ones just by mastering the base ones but even those take forever to get you can get most through a mix and match card game in the casino but its rare for them to show up as a rewards. there are a few treasure chests in the game that have them. but there are 3 base monster hearts that can only be obtained from battle so you need to deal with the low drop rate and the 1 in 400 chance of that drop being a heart</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ArchiePeck 09/04/18 1:05:45 AM #15:	Kickflip posted... That's why I don't play stupid games like that This is why I don't have OCD about missing things and just enjoy playing games instead of worrying about them. <cite>ArchiePeck posted [p:908071876] in Why do JRP... [t:76964202]...</cite> <quote><cite>Kickflip posted...</cite> <quote>That's why I don't play stupid games like that</quote> This is why I don't have OCD about missing things and just enjoy playing games instead of worrying about them.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 09/04/18 1:06:02 AM #16:	Only one? <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:908071890] in Why do JRP... [t:76964202]...</cite> <quote>Only one?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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