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Instant game overs in scripted battles aren’t really … good.
Quote from: DeathlikeThe only time the "Not Enough MP" message is displayed is when a target is Charmed and simply doesn't have enough MP to cast the spell that was randomly selected.
Unless I remember incorrectly (a distinct possibility), in FFIV (the SFC version at the very least), MP needed to cast a spell is subtracted at the moment casting is begun (as opposed to upon casting). Spells in a menu may be dimmed out based on MP at the time the menu is generated to prohibit the selection of a spell which cannot be cast due to a lack thereof. Due to this, schematically it would appear to be impossible for the player to initiate casting of a spell which could fail based on lack of MP.
However, if a character’s MP is siphoned away after the menu is called and before it is dismissed, it is not updated and the player can select a spell which should be greyed-out (this was not the case in FFVI, and probably also V). In the case of this anomaly, the game will see the PC go through the required casting time before calling the dialogue box in question: “Not enough MP.”
Obviously, the message is also seen whenever a monster attempts to cast a spell as a matter of course without enough MP.
Quote from: DeathlikeIt might sounds strange, but Toad is probably the most useful spell of the bunch, given the implications of the status itself vs MP consumption.Are there enemies which Tornado would fail on, considering the period in which the command is available …?
Incidentally, I’m very sure that in the SFC version of FFIV, Dispel would remove Reflect if Reflect’d off a battler of the opposing side.
Is this conviction unfounded? I did actually test this a few years back, and was fairly sure it wasn’t just the Reflective barrier wearing off … <__<;;
It seemed to me as though auto-Hide would occur faster the lower Gilbert’s HP was in the GBA version. I can’t pretend to have done empirical trials, but is this consistent with your observations?
For me, I remember him Hiding immediately after re-Appearing when his HP was a single digit, but staying for longer when he was just barely in the danger zone. : /
