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Nikkolas

Nikkolas

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So i am beginning to play FF8 again and I was looking at the various Challenge guides for FF8 and I concluded something.

A pure No Junction walkthrough is the most boring idea in the history of anything.
So you use physical attacks and magic stones...and that''s it? Some people even don't use Limit Breaks.

There's a fine line between challenging yourself and just punishing yourself. I could ram my head into a wall to see how many times I could do it until I passed out but that's not a challenge. And that actually sounds more fun than no junctions at all.

My initial idea was simply not to use any summons in battle and not to junction my stats. However I'm thinking it be more fun if people here suggested handicaps for me.

As I pointed out, I flatly refuse not to Junction at all. That's just too frickin' tedious. I also would like to avoid a single character playthrough as I find that dull as well. Two characters is fine though.

So I welcome your imput.
 
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Do a one man challenge, that is kill all of your party and just play with a single character.
 
How about a spells only playthrough?
No Aura?
No in battle reviving?

/about all I can think up atm :jtc:
 
I was thinking about a spells only playthrough actually. I'm gonna try some of everythign out and then decide.
 
Solo the whole game with one char (I suggest Squall), and try also to beat omega weapon (squall solo) with no lionheart, no heroes or holy wars & no GF summoning, no spell casting (except aura & meltdown)
 
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The_Enemy said:
Solo the whole game with one char (I suggest Squall), and try also to beat omega weapon (squall solo) with no lionheart, no heroes or holy wars & no GF summoning, no spell casting (except aura & meltdown)
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It would be completely Impossible to do so unless using the glitch with Selphie, since Omega has several one-hit kills. But good thinking, no matter who you are this cannot be pulled off.

I suggest no glitch abuse. I once beat the game every boss from the point that I learned The End using the glitch that causes the enemy to wait and went through the game in about 2 hours from that.
 
He said he didn't want to do a solo challenge. I'd suggest a low level but enemies scale so thats out. :dry: You could do initial equip, and never touch equipment. Then add in no stat junction and limit the amount of spells you can cast. Like 40 cures, 20 curas and 5 Curagas. I'd limit powerful spells like ultima to maybe 2 or 3 casts.
 
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Dark Illumination said:
It would be completely Impossible to do so unless using the glitch with Selphie, since Omega has several one-hit kills. But good thinking, no matter who you are this cannot be pulled off.

I suggest no glitch abuse. I once beat the game every boss from the point that I learned The End using the glitch that causes the enemy to wait and went through the game in about 2 hours from that.
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believe me, it's not impossible...check this out ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYOVsqaw-FI I do not use lionheart finishing blow, or heros or holy wars...

and sorry for the bad quality, i just drew this video from my mobile phone and uploaded it now :p
 
Yes it's not impossible at all, you just need to be lucky and have good stats, although if you're going to battle Omega with a single character then i suggest using Zell just use meltdown on it and fire away with Armaggedon Fist with luck you'll finish Omega in two rounds.


Keeping on topic perhaps you could try a no limit break challenge that could make battles against more powerful opponents interesting.
 
Why dont you try no items.
That could work and potentially be rather interesting.
That or try and complete it without upgrading your weapons. It would be difficult but not too hard.
 
The only weapon worth upgrading is Squall so he can get Lionhart.
The weapon upgrades really don't add much in tis game.

Anyway this is the challenge I've agreed to and I've already started it:
So here we go:
-No Stats Junction
-No summoning GF in battle
-No using Inns
-Two characters only
-No Card game or card modding
-no running from battles
One character can ONLY use Elemental magic and one can ONLY use status/restorative magic
So say my party is made of Squall and Selphie...with some other character always KO'ed.
Squall will have Elemental Attacks and use elemental attack magic but that's it.
Selphie will have Status Attacks and can use Healing/Status magic

And the Inn thing wasn't my idea. I ha dno intention of using htem but someone suggested it so why not.

I'm not doing this to be "hardcore". I just want to have fun. So while this surely isn't the most challenging playthrough ever, it's my first time attempting anything like it.
 
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So like, no leveling up my SeeD score to the max by cheating and getting the answers for the tsts?

...I'd never do that. >>
 
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