No encounter: How would it go?

[Larxian]

So I have always been annoyed by the crazy amount of random encounters in this game, I never liked random encounters and in this one it was just too much, as much as I gave up after a few hours, it's not my thing and it was too repetitive and boring for me. I know some of you might say I should just not play the game at all etc... But here's my question:
There is a listed feature on the store page: No random encounters, if I play like that, what would happen? Wouldn't the boss fights be impossible without the battle exprience? Do you have to use others cheats if you use that? Because that's not what I want either.
Would this end in actually, a progression without random encounters, but sometimes i'll have to stop, enable them and grind for a few minutes in windowed mode while watching a tv show in the same time?
Random battles have always been really stresfull for me, I hate them, I want to explore without having to worry about that every 5 seconds.

Thanks for your answers

[Power House Of The Cell]

It has booster apps just like the other final fantasys on steam. You play a little game and unlock levels very fast. It wont take away much from the game and you will be able to power through it a lot faster.

[Fli]

Turning off encounters would just mean that you'd have to grind before bosses.

Generally in FF games, as long as you don't run from random encounters you shouldn't have to grind at all.

People generally do grind to make the game a little easier or to grind gil, but for the most part assuming that you're just playing like normal you'll be at the correct power level for each boss.

If you skip encounters, you'll get to bosses relatively underpowered, and might have to grind a little before you can actually beat the bosses.

That said; In FF10 a solid strategy was a lot more important than sphere levels past a certain point. Assuming you can use your skills correctly you should be fine beating every boss a bit undertuned.

[Spectro]

No Random Encounters is only for when you want to quickly get across an area without getting into a fight. Before this version, it was a weapon you only equip for usually a few minutes at a time or while trying to get certain items. You're correct in assuming that the bosses would be impossible to beat without the experience from random incounters.

[Larxian]

I think i'll wait to hear more feedbacks about the PC features, if it's really unplayable without the encounters all the time, i'll probably pass, having to grind a bit before bosses is still better than encounters all the time, but if it's a 2 hours grind, that won't work.

[Spectro]

Originally posted by Larxian:

I think i'll wait to hear more feedbacks about the PC features, if it's really unplayable without the encounters all the time, i'll probably pass, having to grind a bit before bosses is still better than encounters all the time, but if it's a 2 hours grind, that won't work.

It honestly sounds like this might just not be the game (or series) for you if you don't like random encounters. You might like Final Fantasy XII, though. FFXII is currently only on PS2, unfortunately.

[Larxian]

I know XII already played it on ps2 and yes I liked it, XIII is my favorite, really liked lightning returns, Type-0, Crisis Core etc... I'm just more action-ish, turn based isn't really my thing and random encounter make it worse, especially in X because the encounter rate is way too high, you can't do 10 steps without a battle, it's just way too much for me

[Spectro]

Yeah, some people just don't like it. That's understandable. I'm sure you'll enjoy Final Fantasy XV. Let's hope that comes to Steam.

[Larxian]

I've been waiting for XV since VS XIII almost 10 years ago, yeah :p I love Kingdom Hearts and when a project about a Final Fantasy game with a similar gameplay was announced, that was my Final Fantasy dream, I always liked Final Fantasy for its characters, art direction, stories, musics and all, I played many of them for that, but always disliked turn based, XIII was the first one where I actually really enjoyed the battles, and XV seems just like everything I want.
Really want to see more about Final Fantasy VII Remake too

[Sylvester Sirloin]

Originally posted by Fli:

Turning off encounters would just mean that you'd have to grind before bosses.

Generally in FF games, as long as you don't run from random encounters you shouldn't have to grind at all.

People generally do grind to make the game a little easier or to grind gil, but for the most part assuming that you're just playing like normal you'll be at the correct power level for each boss.

If you skip encounters, you'll get to bosses relatively underpowered, and might have to grind a little before you can actually beat the bosses.

That said; In FF10 a solid strategy was a lot more important than sphere levels past a certain point. Assuming you can use your skills correctly you should be fine beating every boss a bit undertuned.

Lies! There is one boss you have to grind for and its Evrae (whatever its name is) on the airship for the first time. If you don't have the 3rd rank magic spells for Lulu, it is nearly impossible to beat.

[Chucs_Padina]

Originally posted by Orlandeau:

Originally posted by Fli:

Turning off encounters would just mean that you'd have to grind before bosses.

Generally in FF games, as long as you don't run from random encounters you shouldn't have to grind at all.

People generally do grind to make the game a little easier or to grind gil, but for the most part assuming that you're just playing like normal you'll be at the correct power level for each boss.

If you skip encounters, you'll get to bosses relatively underpowered, and might have to grind a little before you can actually beat the bosses.

That said; In FF10 a solid strategy was a lot more important than sphere levels past a certain point. Assuming you can use your skills correctly you should be fine beating every boss a bit undertuned.

Lies! There is one boss you have to grind for and its Evrae (whatever its name is) on the airship for the first time. If you don't have the 3rd rank magic spells for Lulu, it is nearly impossible to beat.

LMAO! That ♥♥♥♥ was hard if you weren't prepared.

[Linkk]

Originally posted by Orlandeau:

Lies! There is one boss you have to grind for and its Evrae (whatever its name is) on the airship for the first time. If you don't have the 3rd rank magic spells for Lulu, it is nearly impossible to beat.

Oh god please don't remind me, that was a terrible long and stressful fight :D

[GeminiEclipse]

At least it's not as bad as dying to a (near the end of story) boss with a 10 minute cutscene in front of it.

Also I think there are no sphere grid challenges? Although you probably need to steal stuff to actually do it.

[Gilbertify]

Hit a button, no encounters. Possibly hit it again or hit another button for more encounters.

[MorningLightMountain]

Originally posted by Fli:

Turning off encounters would just mean that you'd have to grind before bosses.

Bosses are encounters. You won't be fighting them either. No encounters means exactly that you will only experience the story.

[Govalon]

Originally posted by MorningLightMountain:

Originally posted by Fli:

Turning off encounters would just mean that you'd have to grind before bosses.

Bosses are encounters. You won't be fighting them either.

LOL you don't know what you are talking about. That is not how it works. You really think you could just walk through this game without fighting at all? LMAO, you are in for a rude awakening.