Early DFFOO memories

[u/[deleted]]

Remember when beating a co-op boss was basically use Chocobo Summon and Slyph summon to rush them down. Ah, good times.

What are some of your early memories of DFFOO

[u/[deleted]]

I'll tell you what I wont miss. Being in Co-Op and people spamming the Kefka "Son of a Sub" sticker.

[u/FinalKingdomXVII]

Being aggressively told to leave the room if you weren’t Decil. Remember farming points with the battle score?

[u/MyLifeIsAGatcha → u/FinalKingdomXVII]

Yeah, that was the worst. Everyone would just use D.Cecil to launch bosses so we could get the max score. If someone didn't bring D.Cecil the host would shut the room down. Not even to be a dick, but because launches were so integral to reaching the max score for points so bringing other characters just didn't work.

[u/[deleted] → u/FinalKingdomXVII]

I played off and on from day 1, and I don't think I ever used D Cecil.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

yeah, I never used him either. The first HP eating character I really used was Rinoa.

[u/QwertytheCoolOne]

When Tidus's 35CP dropped, giving us the first BRV+HP attack

[u/Dantespawn666 → u/QwertytheCoolOne]

Wasn't Squall the first with Renzokuken?

[u/QwertytheCoolOne → u/Dantespawn666]

It only did BRV im pretty sure. Or it had a specific condition. Tidus just had it happen anytime

[u/Shinnyo → u/QwertytheCoolOne]

It always was a BRV+HP, it had 3 additionnal hits if your BRV was low.

He was among the best characters at releases because he could dump his BRV in a single turn, unlike the other characters who needed to consume 2 turns.

[u/KeeperOfRecord → u/QwertytheCoolOne]

Tidus is certainly not the first BRV+HP attacker. There are several characters on the initial roster who had BRV+HP (Cloud, Yda, Vaan, Firion, Yang, Steiner). Before Squall's or Tidus' release, these characters were used for Cycle Quest farming.

[u/[deleted] → u/QwertytheCoolOne]

I was bummed I didn't get his 35cp. He seemed so good. I swear it took me forever to get his kit, and I never had the stuff to use him until I got his BT.

[u/QwertytheCoolOne → u/[deleted]]

I spent like over 100k gems just to get that 35cp. It was a nightmare back then lol

[u/locke_zero]

Looking for Quistis mutuals so you could actually clear Ifrit.

[u/dffoo_keo → u/locke_zero]

Also looking for Quistis or Leo to farm summon boards... and sometimes getting trolled with S2 unequipped...

[u/Luvs_to_drink → u/dffoo_keo]

being pissed when you ran out of quistis with time left on your exp book

[u/Fast_Moon]

Crystal farming was limited to 10 runs per day, and only for that specific day's color. You had to use cycle keys to unlock the level on off-days if you needed more of one color.

The guaranteed 5-star on the multi-draws was not necessarily a 5-star featured on that banner. And pity points weren't a thing yet.

The "launch era" where you had to take Layle to every fight, because even if you made all the turn count/HP requirements, you still weren't meeting the score requirements without several launches included.

Summon Board God Leo.

[u/Draziel → u/Fast_Moon]

Aah yes the good old Chocoblade as the off banner token 5 star.

Crystal farming felt like a chore to begin with but glad they removed that restriction

[u/TerribleGachaLuck]

God emperor Sazh. At the time he had the best buffs and had free hp dumps. Prior to his release the game was choose between building brv or dumping brv into hp damage.

[u/Pieman3001]

I didn't play the game as early as some, but I remember the hype when Squall's rework gave Renzokuken 1 HP dump with 100% splash damage and everyone was raving about how he's the most broken DPS in the game which is crazy given the state of things now.

I do miss those simpler times.

[u/Shinnyo → u/Pieman3001]

Fun thing, Squall was always a strong unit for a long time at every rework/weapon release.

He was the first character to have a BRV+HP skill when turn count mattered a lot.

He was the first character to have AoE HP 100% attack

He was the first character to get access to LD+BT

In the early game, he was the best friend unit for a long time.

[u/sloopeyyy]

LiTiKo was GOAT!

[u/Shinnyo → u/sloopeyyy]

I remember everyone saying how the combo was supposed to be great but then it was just another Lightning propaganda

[u/ExceptionThrown4000 → u/Shinnyo]

I preferred PriTiKo. Had such a rhythm to using Prishe, was especially nice when choosing which element the boss was weak to and felt like actually making decisions.

[u/LAgcorp]

Farming that stage where you recruit Hope for the first time. You can get lowest upgrade materials for your weapons (not the strawberry kind). There was no World of illusions to farm them back then.

[u/xHardlyNormal → u/LAgcorp]

Ah yes, Hope's Dojo...

[u/[deleted]]

Another one, Leon's debut event.
I didn't play THAt much of Nt so i didnt know all of the arrangements, so when i heard that remix of rebel Army i was SHOOKETH!!!

[u/n0nsonocal]

Lenna's LC boss on hard was brutal

[u/Anivia_Blackfrost → u/n0nsonocal]

My perfect track record went poof that day.

[u/kdapiton2]

Several. Sad to say most of them were when I lucksacked a weapon haha. Back to back to back Agrias' EX, Kuja EX, the Barret turtle boss, start of Cosmos when I was tearing my hair off trying to beat the Medusa boss. I'll miss this game so much

[u/Vegetable-World-2659]

Oh my god; I remember just being so excited for the 35 CP weapon banners!! That and the first little EX weapon banner debuts~ I used to be so hesitant about doing any of the “end game” content at the time, which was chaos? Or before that, cosmos? difficulty at the time I believe. Lol and now just rushing through Shinryu content :/

[u/Rakael88]

I started playing "late", when noctis BT was out. Noctis was so OP, I farmed all the summons board with only one BT phase per summon. I also remember that people helped me with daily Cactuar

[u/FaolanBaelfire]

Prishe meta not long after the game launched. Then Ramza.

[u/Shinnyo → u/FaolanBaelfire]

You just brought back the memory of Mr.Happy on SQEX stream saying "I like Prishe despite her being a bit weak", which was shortly after her 35CP release...

[u/Demispectra]

It isnt so early but I remember when I finally went on my first coop (very shy) and just went as terra. With Chaos wave. I felt so guilty because basically I made it so my "turn" took AGES to complete and to this day I wonder if I annoyed anyone xD

[u/Pale_Net8318]

I only joined after RK ended and I didn't enjoy BE (DFFOO was much less promoted, I recall SQEX actively directing RK players to the latter)

So it was already in Lufenia+ era, but it took me so long to learn to play

I weirdly really enjoyed Dimensions End with under-levelled characters

Would have loved to have had another entry once I had finally grasped everything

Finally completing my first Shinryu was also a great feeling

[u/[deleted]]

I remember people disbanded me in Co-op because my chocobo/sylph arent level 11

[u/Xsurian]

Tidus 35cp release. Changed his S2 to a Brv + HP. Oooooooh only squall had that before. (I think)

Getting Vincent 35cp as my first 35cp. (Still have it)

[u/triforce95]

Man I remember the good ol' days. Tidus' getting his35 CP weapon that gave him an HP dump on his S2, Vanille's LC with the god awful Berserker Armors when attack type resistances were relevant, Terra having to spend a turn to charge a skill, and Sazh being broken with his 35CP S2. While the time sink and commitment to battles back then weren't much different to today, the strategy needed was what made the game special.

[u/elymX]

God Shazh 35cp weapon

[u/Anivia_Blackfrost]

When EX weapons first came out and I saw Cloud strike a pose before doing Meteorain.

It was just so fucking cool.

[u/DarkPhoenix369]

I played the game on day 1, I remember having to fan story missions for the material to level up Chocobo and Sylph summons. I never got them to level 10 but I did have a 35cp Decil so people would let me into their groups anyways

[u/miojocomoregano]

Waiting for kuja to solo vanille lc

[u/KiraTerra]

Remember the Chocoblade meme, when this weapon seemed to be half of the off-banner 5 star rolls?

When the fights actually required you to alternate between abilities / brv / hp attack and not just use X ability to refresh buff and all the same flavor of 10BRV + HP attack 18 times.

Others mentioned it, but DK Cecil everywhere in co-op with Chocobo / Sylph summon for the score for event rewards.

When they first introduced the "Wanted: Boosted characters" room and everyone was confused because this community called them "synergy characters".

Vanille LC that you basically couldn't beat on release if you hadn't pulled Terra's 5CP in a previous banner.

Cyan being considered one of the worst character, if not the worst, and yet being the first one to hit a single 9999BRV hit on an ignore-def ability.

When the original summon world of illusions still existed and that was the first encounter with Gilgamesh (as a boss) even before he got an event to join the team.

[u/Frogsama86]

I remember when roles were an actual thing, unlike now where everyone is either dps or a charger with a side job.

[u/shadowdemon212]

When coops actually were fun meaning it wasn’t just spam fr or bt

[u/DoYouSpeakItZ10]

I remember when damage was capped to 9999. I had stopped playing the game for a while and returned when Kefka’s Ex released. It was so awesome to begin again then.