ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek

Cool! I have been looking into some of the balance issues you raised in your previous playthrough, so this will be helpful information. I'm working on a version 2 with some big changes, like adjustments to Lores (sorting, abilities), fewer % based attacks, and a big change for Terra... I'm looking into making Terra a spell-blade instead of a walking MTek suit, the biggest variances being that her status applications will work like Stunner (in that, much of the time they don't try to apply at all) and her absorption is limited by the enemy's max HP (so no full-healing off a 15 HP enemy).

I'm also going to try to address some of the problems I'm seeing in your comments, such as making enemies occasionally cast Purify or Soothe on their party during the fight (or the new lore Esuna, which removes all statuses + or - from the field, both sides), or making Vargas dispel the player party after his heal script so that Haste is out of the picture. You might encounter some problems with this particular style of run with the new patch, though, because I'm changing Cyan to set Retort after her first action in battle, regardless of what you do (did this to open up an 8th Bushido, which will inflict the damage-reducing status Fearful). Maybe not, though, as I'm also considering removing the Sleep status from it to compensate (since it won't be calling Pummel's spell code anymore). With bosses, it may be necessary to make them explicitly pick on Celes (especially the Magitek Facility fights) to kill her and drop that runic absorb. I might also start giving some enemies the runic status like Bit has, so that certain fights can't be solved by magic spam... or have them use Terra's new spellblade attacks to bypass the runic protection.

I like that you're picking up on some of the subtleties I introduced to the engine, like the non-permanence of relic status effects. I might consider nerfing EXP in version 2 to make this more apparent to players, either by lowering it across the board or removing/flooring it from human enemies (so that they're the gil sources, and monsters are the strength sources).

I'm also giving Rages another look, both to reduce the list to a more interesting selection and to make Jujitsu a little less erratic. I'm eliminating any rages that have 0 MP death from the mix, because it's awkward when Gau gets hit by Rasp and is permanently killed for the fight.

Your challenge does kind of break some of the boss battle strategies, particularly the two you thought were hardest. You're supposed to Slash at the stooges with Cyan to cut their health in half, and you're supposed to poison the tentacles by having Sabin use his newly learned ShadowBox (though at low levels, maybe he doesn't know that one yet...)

Pearl inflicting regen is a mistake; I will look into that. Probably a flag that didn't get flipped when I reordered the spells.

The video hasn't loaded yet, but I look forward to watching it. Based on your comments, it looks like you've put a lot of thought and effort into this, and I'm moved by your enthusiasm.

EDIT: You can prevent DoomGaze's banish by blinding him. Of course, not in a run like this, but just as a note for future reference.

EDIT EDIT: FYI, I'm nowhere near close to done with all I just described, so your challenge run will be the gold standard for a very long time.