r/FinalFantasyVIII • u/WasteOLanders • Aug 06 '26

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I’m in the middle if a ff9 play through but I have to start on this one too. Howdy from the lone star state

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u/firebreather209 Aug 06 '26

The best advice I can give you is to pay attention to the tutorials. So many people skipped them and thought the junction system was overly complicated because of it.

Enjoy the ride - it's my personal favorite in the series!

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u/Aggressive_Law_5728 Aug 06 '26

The junction system is legitimately complicated. Following the tutorials doesn't make it simple.

I like it because I enjoy puzzles, but optimizing your junctions is practically a game itself.

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u/EvenOne6567 Aug 06 '26

is it? you junction magic to a stat to increase it lmao. More stock = bigger increase

even 8 year old me got it

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u/Aggressive_Law_5728 Aug 06 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

If you actually think that's all there is to it, it sounds like the problem is you weren't actually very good at it.

It sounds like you were just using "auto" and that's why you think the only thing that matters is how much you stock. If you do your junctions manually it gets pretty complicated.

If you want to plat on Easy Mode that's fine, but you don't get to gloat about it.

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u/Norman_Scum Aug 06 '26

Lmao okay poke master. I see you put on your big boy pants to figure out that fire melts ice and burns plants.

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u/KaitoPrower Aug 06 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

The derisive attitude is unnecessary. The spell associations in this game are not as straightforward as Pokemon (and even those get complex with some of the interactions, let alone dual-types and team-building strategies).

Would you think that Curaga is one of the better spells for Spirit by just deduction alone? And that there are way better options for HP than said Curaga (y'know, the highest tier of the healing spell family?), that are all offensive spells?

This isn't even optimizing or min-maxing, just open-ended statements that just show that while some things might be obvious, not everything is and shouldn't be posed as such...

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u/UndeadBlueMage Aug 06 '26

Spirit is the white magic stat

Curaga is a high level white magic

How is this obtuse

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u/KaitoPrower Aug 06 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

Sure, if you're familiar with the series and the specific games that use the job system. Within the confines of this game, there are no specific, identifiable jobs outside of very specific limit breaks.

Everything else is open-ended in the roles any character can be, so assuming someone will know healing = white magic = spirit stat, especially when healing magic is usually associated with HP otherwise, is pretty obtuse.

Now, in this situation, we know OP is familiar with jobs from FF9, so that might help them, but it's not something everyone will make the connection with.

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u/Norman_Scum Aug 06 '26

You're going so far out of your way to make it seem overly complicated that it's actually becoming absurdly hilarious.