Gau Nerfed? :c

[Jynx T.]

Gau can't use cat scratch 4 times with master's scroll??

[Kiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at 🃏]

*LOL*

Do like me some cat scratch...
(but wait, which character teaches that rage? I thought stray cats were in FFV but not FFVI.)

[Jynx T.]

Originally posted by Kiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at:

*LOL*

Do like me some cat scratch...
(but wait, which character teaches that rage? I thought stray cats were in FFV but not FFVI.)

:nekopawright::seewhatyoudid::pawl:

Most powerfull attack for him. Stray cat teaches the rage.

[Dyex]

There's a rage Actinian that does clam that does x5 damage. (Cat scratch is x4)
But it also blinds you so you would need to counter that.

[Puzzlemint]

Originally posted by Dyex:

There's a rage Actinian that does clam that does x5 damage. (Cat scratch is x4)
But it also blinds you so you would need to counter that.

Actinian does 1.5x, not 5x. Stray Cat is Gau's strongest physical rage by far.

Also, Gau's magic rages are way stronger than his physical rages. You can solo 90% of the game with just Aspiran and Ninja.

[Dyex]

Originally posted by Puzzlemint:

Originally posted by Dyex:

There's a rage Actinian that does clam that does x5 damage. (Cat scratch is x4)
But it also blinds you so you would need to counter that.

Actinian does 1.5x, not 5x.

Ah crap you're right.
Misread sandhorse's clamp is x5, but the rage is sandstorm.

[Dogmeat]

Originally posted by Marlove:

Gau can't use cat scratch 4 times with master's scroll??

I don't think you ever could do that. I'm pretty sure only the basic attack is x4.

[Watcher Rat]

Sadly, this change has been in game versions for some time (same with him not being able to use the Merit Award, eliminating Wind God Gau). Stray Cat is still strong, but nowhere near as good as it was in the SNES days.

[hopefuldeath]

Master Scroll working with his attack based rages has been a thing in every single version until this one actually

[landmine36]

Geez, the amount of "Say you never really played FF6, without saying you never really played FF6" in this thread

Master scroll has ALWAYS worked with rages, especially stray cat,

and it still works here, it's just currently bugged, the first action gau takes after using a rage with master scroll happens like this Rage Name+action > Next turn > action > next turn > action > Next turn > action+action+action+action,

currently there's a bug breaking his first "rage" when he has a master scroll on, so it is intended to work like it always has, it just needs to be fixed.

refer to this good ol gif that i seem to have to re-post every time people mention gau.

https://gfycat.com/frigidkindgroundbeetle

[Jynx T.]

Originally posted by landmine36:

Geez, the amount of "Say you never really played FF6, without saying you never really played FF6" in this thread

Master scroll has ALWAYS worked with rages, especially stray cat,

and it still works here, it's just currently bugged, the first action gau takes after using a rage with master scroll happens like this Rage Name+action > Next turn > action > next turn > action > Next turn > action+action+action+action,

currently there's a bug breaking his first "rage" when he has a master scroll on, so it is intended to work like it always has, it just needs to be fixed.

refer to this good ol gif that i seem to have to re-post every time people mention gau.

https://gfycat.com/frigidkindgroundbeetle

hmm,,,
I thought it was a nerf, thanks for the explanation.

[mOnocularJohn]

What's the spawn rate of the stray cat on the veldt? Is it drastically lower than any other enemy? I've seen everything on my bestiary a dozen times and not one stray cat battle. Going on 3 hours now.

[Puzzlemint]

Originally posted by One Eyed Leftist:

What's the spawn rate of the stray cat on the veldt? Is it drastically lower than any other enemy? I've seen everything on my bestiary a dozen times and not one stray cat battle. Going on 3 hours now.

The Veldt doesn't have spawn rates.

Every enemy formation (including those that can't appear on the Veldt) is divided into 64 groups of 8. Once you encounter a formation outside the Veldt, it gets added to the list of formations you can encounter on the Veldt for the rest of that playthrough.

The game starts on group 1, and every time you get into a battle on the Veldt, the game rolls a number between 0 and 7. If it lands on a slot that you can encounter on the Veldt, you get that battle. If not, it moves on to the next slot you can encounter, wrapping from slot 7 to slot 0 if necessary. If there are no formations you can encounter in that group, it moves on to the next group, eventually wrapping from group 64 back to group 1. After a battle, it moves on to the next group.

This means the odds of getting any given encounter can be anywhere from 0% (if you haven't seen that formation this playthrough), to 1 in 8 (12.5%), to 100% (if you've only unlocked one formation in a group), but only when you're on the correct group.

The good news is, unlike previous versions of FF6, the Pixel Remaster doesn't do anything to screw with which encounter group you're on when you load a save.

Stray Cat appears in slots 1, 2, and 6 of group 7, and slot 1 of group 8. If you save after a battle from group 6 (Silver Lobo + Guard x2, Wererat + Bandit, Wererat x2, Doberman x2, or Actinian x3), you can fight two battles, and if you don't get a Stray Cat, reload and try again.

[mOnocularJohn]

Oh wow. So my luck just sucks. They eventually showed up. As usually I have to complain about something to make it suddenly appear. LOL

All that sounds confusing, but makes it seem like it's much easier to take advantage of later when you're dealing with a heck of a lot more enemies to sort through!

[KnightimeX]

Doesn't master scroll nerf your damage output by 50% or is the defuff ignored with Gau?

[krendall2006]

Originally posted by Dogmeat:

Originally posted by Marlove:

Gau can't use cat scratch 4 times with master's scroll??

I don't think you ever could do that. I'm pretty sure only the basic attack is x4.

You definitely used to be able to do that. Whether it's a bug or an intended change, I have no idea.