Will Kefka be harder?

[Tricky]

A lot of us that played the original were disappointed by the difficulty of the final fight with Kefka. Will this new version make him harder or keep him the same? I'm tired of seeing videos where he's basically 1 shotted.

[Tricky]

I bought this set for my daughter because so far she loves the original emulated series on classic nes/snes. Unfortunately, she's only played 4 and 6, so I can't comment on what she thinks yet.

FFIV releases Sept 8, so we're excited about that.

[SC_Nikki]

Originally posted by Tricky:

I bought this set for my daughter because so far she loves the original emulated series on classic nes/snes. Unfortunately, she's only played 4 and 6, so I can't comment on what she thinks yet.

FFIV releases Sept 8, so we're excited about that.

Aww, that's so sweet. ^_^

[Presea]

Originally posted by Shockwave:

So for people who played 1-3, did they make anything harder there or was it just easier?

My understanding is that "save anywhere" can trivialize a lot of it, especially the gauntlet that is FF3's final dungeon.

I have no idea whether or not 100% status effects are intended or not in FF2.. but it's definitely broken both against and in your favor (sleep sword says hi)

[ChickenStrip]

It is hard to say, but FF1/FF3/FF4 all had ambiguously more difficult final bosses in the PRs.

1 had GBA Chaos buff without the extra GBA dungeons.
3 gave Cloud of Darkness way more HP than the Famicom version.
4 Zeromus had far more frequent turns, which can make Very Fast / Active combination quite rough.

[Tricky]

My 11 year old daughter just beat FF4 today, took her 4 days.

I hope Kefka is harder!

[HisShadowX]

LOL I beat Kefka (Final Boss) at level 21 on the SNES when I was eight. Basically I just ran away from almost every battle but I was able to learn all the magic and Ultima spam made the game very easy.

Except the fact I only leveled four characters to 21..... everyone else was at level 10 which made the Terra WoR battle very hard and Kefka's tower a slow process as my main group I would have to keep warping out and redoing different sections with bosses with my main group.

[fmalfeas]

Remember folks, Ragnarok/Illumina + Atma Weapon + Genji Glove + Offering on Terra was the winswitch for Kefka. No need to spam Ultima or anything like that. You just attacked and annihilated him.

[RafaelElendil]

I really hope they DONT touch the difficult and just rework the mechanics (like natural stat growth, removing esper stat groth,etc)

FF6 is ALL about the story, not being locked on a random battle because some teenager wanna brag at school about some stupid cheese needed to pass a boss. (and 99% of the time, if the boss could only be defeated by a singular attack/skill, why he isnt the supreme evil boss since other bosses of the game doesnt have the skill to defeat him? Just the player have.)

If they make a boss with 300k HP just remove the HP and damage cap from the player too.

[Blind]

just don't fight with a level 60+ party and using Atma Weapon...

You can quite casually beat the game at the low 30s, a party level of 24 average is also kinda standard... and that's not even getting into genuine low-level runs

[Dadalama]

Originally posted by Blind:

just don't fight with a level 60+ party and using Atma Weapon...

You can quite casually beat the game at the low 30s, a party level of 24 average is also kinda standard... and that's not even getting into genuine low-level runs

It takes a LOT of work to be underlevelled for the kefka fight. Everything between getting the Falcon and Kefka's tower is optional preparation.

[Narrowmind]

Oh, wow, that reminds me of when I used game genie to keep my level ultra low with end game equipment. That was a really hard run. LOL The jump command was invaluable!

[Zunnoab #931]

He was hard for me when I first played it but it was my very first time playing a menu-based RPG.

By the way, if you do the second from final battle in that gauntlet wrong it gets EXTREMELY dangerous. I forgot exactly what it does but it starts spamming a nasty spell if you do it the wrong way.

Ah, I looked it up. It's if you get Rest low on HP he becomes an absolute monster (quote below):
When his HP falls below 10,240, he will begin using Meteor every turn, and counters attacks with either Meteor or Trine, an attack the player likely hasn't seen before that inflicts Silence and Darkness on the party. When Rest dies he uses Repose either once or twice, which inflicts Instant Death and ignores immunity.

[Tricky]

Originally posted by Zunnoab #931:

He was hard for me when I first played it but it was my very first time playing a menu-based RPG.

By the way, if you do the second from final battle in that gauntlet wrong it gets EXTREMELY dangerous. I forgot exactly what it does but it starts spamming a nasty spell if you do it the wrong way.

Ah, I looked it up. It's if you get Rest low on HP he becomes an absolute monster (quote below):
When his HP falls below 10,240, he will begin using Meteor every turn, and counters attacks with either Meteor or Trine, an attack the player likely hasn't seen before that inflicts Silence and Darkness on the party. When Rest dies he uses Repose either once or twice, which inflicts Instant Death and ignores immunity.

Dude. I want this to be the full fight plz. Seriously this would be perfect lol

[GrandMajora]

Originally posted by Tricky:

I just don't want there to be a way to 1 shot Kefka. It really really makes the whole climactic experience feel pretty pathetic lol. Just watch this clip...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqV0C9Ir7RM

Regardless of whether or not the final battle is anticlimactic, the fact remains that Kefka's actions have permanently changed the world. Not only does his death result in the subsequent death of all magic, including magical beings such as the Espers, but his godly rampage altered the geography of the planet.

[Locklave]

I love that people equate a damage sponge to difficulty.