These positive status effects, or beneficial enhancement spells, or status buff spells, or whatever you wish to call them, are extremely important in this game. More details about setting up your party can be found in the Party Setup section.įinal Fantasy XII has many reoccurring spells that appeared in previous Final Fantasy installments, such as Protect and Shell. The game also provides a spell mid-way through the game called Decoy which allows you to force enemies to target a specific player. Foes and bosses will “aggro” towards a character who damages them more or who casts healing spells more based on a number of calculations which we won’t get into here, but suffice it to say, you can employ strategies to ensure that foes and bosses target the appropriate character (the tank). The game enables this setup by having foes and bosses behave similar to what you would see in an MMORPG. You should have one character focus on defensive equipment and taking the attacks, one character focused on inflicting as much damage as possible and one character focused on healing (and potentially assisting with other Magick-based attacks).
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The game is not designed around individually inputting actions as was the case in previous Final Fantasy titles.Ĭheck out the Gambits section for more tips and tricks on what Gambits you should activate on which characters and for which boss fights.įinal Fantasy XII is one of the first games in the series that encourages the use of a tank/healer/damage-dealer setup similar to what you would see in most MMORPGs. Successfully using Gambits is critical to playing Final Fantasy XII, both from an enjoyment perspective and from a skill level perspective.
For example, you can setup a Gambit to have a party member use a Potion on a team member when their health falls below 50% HP. A Gambit is an automated move that you can setup to have one of your party members perform an action under certain conditions.
Gambitsįinal Fantasy XII introduces a new battle mechanic known as a Gambit.
These tips are based off the standard PlayStation 2 release of the game and may become obsolete once The Zodiac Age has been released, but should provide a good starting point for new players of the game. Included below are some general tips for playing Final Fantasy XII.
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