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i forgot to mention how fucking devious vayne's speech was last FF12 loveblog post..... like, legit was writing notes on how smooth and well structured it was from turning a hostile audience to one on your side. gonna come in handy for corporate shenanigans. :3c

too smooth, obviously. anyone gives a speech (to commoners) (looking like that) in a video game is obviously up to no good but like, dang, writers are doing some cool shit in this game.

anyway, i JUST discovered (lol) jobs and the license board... listing my combos below for those who're curious:

shikari/foebreaker = basch (i spoil my favorites rotten and this *is* technically listed as the best set. i know story-wise knight fits best on him but i'm leaning on Good Gameplay just because i'm not a FF expert by any means)
knight/bushi = balthier (high stats in everything, good heavy physical wall.)
white mage/mechanist = fran (since her stats are slightly wobblier, mechanist sounds good there, and she's been holding up ok as the party white mage so far since even before buying all the licenses.
black mage/red mage = ashe (high magic stat, she'll be fine here. i also like her being offensive tbh)
monk/?? = vaan
(i uh. don't intend on using pandelo much. sorry!)

* also you can regen MP faster by having your mage walk in circles??? thank fuck. guess my old trick of 'leave the tv for a while' won't work but at least you're not up shit creek between battles.

almost through the barlehiem(?) passageways .... i hear the game opens up a tad after that which i'm really looking forward to. tried doing the threxla hunt (no2 i think) with just vaan when he was wayyyy underleveled but loling now how i'm going to curbstomp the thing.

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helicoprion

Vayne's speech is good shit. From the second he and his perfect hair showed up I was like "oh hello evil machinating hot boy," and he does not get less interesting from there

kradeelav

makes you wonder how many hours a day that prettyboy spends on his hair :P it's nice to see a bishie in a videogame again!

queenlua

vayne's so good dreamy sigh

yuussss, the competency is just... chef kiss, among other bits. already loving how he's framed as nuanced and not just 'evil obvious empire aligned guy'

sleepyquail

God yeah, Vayne's speech is so so good. He's a politician through and through (this makes him very intimidating to write tho fkvkvk) and I love how everything he says and does has like five different layers underneath. He's a very good example of the type of writing to expect in the rest of the game too - none of the motivations are particularly set out obviously and a lot of it is left up to interpretation. You've played part of Vagrant Story and some Tactics, so you probably know this is Matsuno's speciality! I love it because it gives you so much to analyse, textually, and then a lot of lore is packed into the bestiary as well if you like reading that stuff! When you kill the required number of each enemy (there's a little number next to each entry), it unlocks more obscure lore and history bits which are all super interesting!

Mmm I love these job combos! Foebreaker for Basch is such a good look, I love to imagine him just whaling on things with his fists hehe. Knight/Bushi is an excellent combo, Bushi is a real good job that gets access to some of the best weapons in the game, and having Knight gives u some white magicks as well which is always helpful.

It definitely opens up after Barheim, you can explore to your heart's content and maybe experience getting boned by something a lot higher level than you haha. It's like a rite of passage! I'm really glad you're enjoying it so far anyway, looking forward to seeing more thoughts!!!

ehehe you're so right with the bestarity - it's JUST the right mix of tips and 'oh that's cool' thoughts linking the flora/fauna of the setting... doubly immersive since i'm not real used to FF"isims" yet entirely.

also what is it about basch having one of the sluttiest outfits with the midriff opening XD

That's for us, that is. Basch Tummy Opening with his slutty little potholder and his SHORTS. GOD. I wanna bite him.

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