05-03-2017, 10:00 AM
I like the idea of this. The three scenarios are way off in length in vanilla, and this is weird both from a story and gameplay perspective. From the notes above, Sabin's scenario is the short one now, although it's closer for sure. The Veldt, Barren Falls and the Serpent Trench don't have a lot of meat to them unless you do some Rage grinding.
I think all of this can be done with event editing and map editing. The only thing that I think needs some rethinking is the land bridge connecting to the Veldt. Due to the way the Veldt works, this will cause some issues with the music, and maybe other things as well. You also have to be careful not to let Banon's team reach the Veldt. You also can't just make the Lete River dump the team off on the Veldt every time because it would be possible to get stuck if you leave the airship at Doma later. My suggestion is that when you retravel on the Lete River after the scenarios, you could have a dialogue box in place of the Ultros fight. This dialogue box could give you the choice of going left (to Doma) or right (to the Veldt). That way the two areas can be completely separate, and both can be accessed by looping around via the Lete River.
As for balancing, you may want to lower GhostTrain's magical defenses a bit, so that Terra's Fire can actually do something against him, in case the player doesn't know the Revive Kills Zombie trick. That being said, having Banon for that fight gives you a nice counter to his multi-target attacks, which previously had to be healed off by every character throwing a Potion. I also recommend giving Rhizopas a bit more HP, as a three person party will tear him apart. Gau might be able to kill him in one hit with the Hazer Rage.
Also make sure that the Imperial Camp guys don't hurt Terra too much with counterattacks if she drops a multi-target Fire spell on them. It's a natural thing to do, and this might be too punishing in comparison to most of the game around that point, even with Banon around.
I think all of this can be done with event editing and map editing. The only thing that I think needs some rethinking is the land bridge connecting to the Veldt. Due to the way the Veldt works, this will cause some issues with the music, and maybe other things as well. You also have to be careful not to let Banon's team reach the Veldt. You also can't just make the Lete River dump the team off on the Veldt every time because it would be possible to get stuck if you leave the airship at Doma later. My suggestion is that when you retravel on the Lete River after the scenarios, you could have a dialogue box in place of the Ultros fight. This dialogue box could give you the choice of going left (to Doma) or right (to the Veldt). That way the two areas can be completely separate, and both can be accessed by looping around via the Lete River.
As for balancing, you may want to lower GhostTrain's magical defenses a bit, so that Terra's Fire can actually do something against him, in case the player doesn't know the Revive Kills Zombie trick. That being said, having Banon for that fight gives you a nice counter to his multi-target attacks, which previously had to be healed off by every character throwing a Potion. I also recommend giving Rhizopas a bit more HP, as a three person party will tear him apart. Gau might be able to kill him in one hit with the Hazer Rage.
Also make sure that the Imperial Camp guys don't hurt Terra too much with counterattacks if she drops a multi-target Fire spell on them. It's a natural thing to do, and this might be too punishing in comparison to most of the game around that point, even with Banon around.
Moogles FTW