Hello all, old player new forum member here.
First of all, i`ve played FF8 at least 15 times by now since the start of the early 2000's so i know most of it's ins and outs by now. Ragnarok mod was the first i used a couple of years ago (played the 1.2b version) and thought i`d give it another go with the 1.2.3 version and see what's changed. Btw @Callisto, it would be nice to have a changes log for versions to know what's different.
Anyway, not important.
I've been lurking these forums for many years, since McIndus started to create mods for the game, and was doing so today reading through all pages of this thread. At around page 30 i just couldn`t take it anymore, i had to make an account here, seeing the constant complaints about the same stuff; basically "shoot yourself in foot then complain about the pain" posts:
- always same complaints about Mag being OP via Double/Triple compared to Str. Nobody, and i mean NOBODY is forcing you to go that path of OP Mag. This one reeks of the OG complaints about Card refining being able to break the game early on Disk1. Once again, it's a voluntarily choice that THE PLAYER MADE.
- complaints about characters being unbalanced in output/damage/power. NOT A SINGLE FF title in history has that "all rounded and balanced characters" (and i played them all from FF7 to FFXV including the MMOs); it's always a certain set-up of characters that outshine others, some are the main damage dealers while others are delegated to support role. This is intentional by the devs to allow players to opt for a sub optimal team to challenge themselves in completing the game.
- the "some fights lasts too long and are boring and repetitive" or "boss does too much damage and one shots me". You're playing a game mode that states it is HARDER than the original, and also has an even HARDER hard mode, yet find something to complain about. Just like the OG complaints "game is too easy".
Many thanks to the people that bring up valid arguments about issues with the game/mod and are trying to help flesh out a better experience. A huge THANK YOU to @Callisto, and others that are helping, for putting the time and effort FOR FREE in making this awesome game an even better experience.
Last time i played with the Ragnarok mod enabled (1.2b version a few years ago) i don`t remember encountering any bugs or crashes; i`ll keep an eye out on the latest version and see if i can bring any form of valid input during my playthrough.
Looking forward for that 1.3 !!
