What challenges are you looking forward to completing?

[HopScotch]

So if you google final fantasy IX challenges, you'll find tons of fun ways to play through the game.

I've created my own challenge for the next playthrough which is this:

1 - No grinding! Always take a straight path to each objective, never level for the sake of leveling just to beat the next boss. This means as the game progresses I'll become underleveled and will have to strategize to succeed!
2 - Everyone levels up equally: Between each battle, always switch my characters to the lowest leveled characters. This will be tough because my XP and AP will be split between 8 characters rather than 4.

These aren't necesarrily the hardest challenges (not as hard as the level 1 challenge where you can never level up your characters), but they'll sure make the game interesting!

[D]

swag% (speedrun with full abuse of boosters) and e2pg (proper 100% file)

[Zunnoab #931]

I know I won't do them all that's for sure in regard to achievements, especially the jump ropes. I had enough 'fun' with the lightning dodging in FFX... which I admit I'll do again when it comes to the PC.

[Corfaisus]

100% achievements (aside from maximum gil and Excalibur II). I got the 99m achievement on FF7, but only because the All materia is so easy to level up and sells for over 1m each.

[HopScotch]

It seems everyone who's replied are talking about achievments, not challenges.

By challenges, I mean restricting the game in such a way to make the game more challenging and interesting.

A few examples are:
Single Character Challenge: beat the game with only 1 character (the others simply pass their turn in the battle)
Level One Challenge - beat the game with only level 1 characters (requires running from battles so that you don't gain exp)
No Equipment challenge: no armor/bracelets/etc. can be equipped, except your initial weapon.
No Healing / No Money Challenge: the name implies itself
Attack / Item Only challenge (no spells, no special abilities)

You can learn about them here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/197338-final-fantasy-ix/faqs

just look under in-depth FAQ's

[Zunnoab #931]

The only one of those I've ever done was for FFVI a low character number final dungeon, though I recruited Sabin by mistake without thinking so it wasn't only three. I was tempted to do it with three this time but decided I just wanted to play normally.

[D]

Originally posted by HopScotch:

It seems everyone who's replied are talking about achievments, not challenges.

By challenges, I mean restricting the game in such a way to make the game more challenging and interesting.

A few examples are:
Single Character Challenge: beat the game with only 1 character (the others simply pass their turn in the battle)
Level One Challenge - beat the game with only level 1 characters (requires running from battles so that you don't gain exp)
No Equipment challenge: no armor/bracelets/etc. can be equipped, except your initial weapon.
No Healing / No Money Challenge: the name implies itself
Attack / Item Only challenge (no spells, no special abilities)

You can learn about them here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/197338-final-fantasy-ix/faqs

just look under in-depth FAQ's

both of what I mentioned are challenges in the same realm of thought as yours, albeit one (swag%) isn't very "challenging". E2PG is undoubtedly this game's most well known "challenge".

[HopScotch]

Originally posted by donniesmithers:

Originally posted by HopScotch:

It seems everyone who's replied are talking about achievments, not challenges.

By challenges, I mean restricting the game in such a way to make the game more challenging and interesting.

A few examples are:
Single Character Challenge: beat the game with only 1 character (the others simply pass their turn in the battle)
Level One Challenge - beat the game with only level 1 characters (requires running from battles so that you don't gain exp)
No Equipment challenge: no armor/bracelets/etc. can be equipped, except your initial weapon.
No Healing / No Money Challenge: the name implies itself
Attack / Item Only challenge (no spells, no special abilities)

You can learn about them here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/197338-final-fantasy-ix/faqs

just look under in-depth FAQ's

both of what I mentioned are challenges in the same realm of thought as yours, albeit one (swag%) isn't very "challenging". E2PG is undoubtedly this game's most well known "challenge".

It looks like I am outclassed?

What's swag percentage?

[D]

Swag% is a speedrun category whose rules allow for full abuse of whatever game boosting mechanics are included in the game. The goal is simply to beat the game as quickly as possible, within the allowed parameters of the game.

The name is not my making, but comes from what the FF7 community calls runs on PS4 that use all game boosters to beat the game absurdly fast (i.e. any% tries to beat the game as fast as possible through "normal" means, swag% can use boosters to beat the game as fast as possible, 100% would collect everything, etc.)

[Mukashi]

My chellange is the scond try to get Max-Lv in CD1 against tazelwurm after gizmarluke and lose with Max-Lv aigainst belatrix. Last time i tryed it my Ps1 died as i reach lv 94 :(

[.//Endelphia]

I'm going to go for a perfect game which includes me speedrunning the game at level 1. It's gonna be great.

[D]

Originally posted by The Moogle Queen:

I'm going to go for a perfect game which includes me speedrunning the game at level 1. It's gonna be great.

which boosters if any will you use and why? I will be doing the same, going path Combined Stats! Good luck to you