FFVI - Children of Vector

That for sure, but it's also a chance to set a new balance compared to ff6 of snes.
Just examples: let's say that he'll add supernova and darkhole skill, i'd be happy to use dark hole to do 6000 damage with a mage(instead of 3000 with a warrior), but that will be useless if supernova will do 9999 both with mage and warrior, precisely what's happened with meteor and ultima. So it would be wise give magic only to some characters, or write a more balanced damage formula.
Other example: you have the chance to deal 8 x attacks, great... but if you do 8 x 9999 damage and not a single boss can resist to that damage, then the game is broken. Solutions? - u do great damage, but strong boss have great hp too; - 8 x attacks will never be able to do 9999 damage each blow.
I always hated weapons that let's you ignore defense with normal attacks, like Atma: thanks to that exploit Locke and Terra result stronger than Cyan and Sabin, cause parameters won't count anymore...

So... what's the lesson?

1) With a correct balance there's no need to rise difficulty: what was easy, suddenly becomes normal, if not hard;

2) If you create an interesting feature, then in the game there MUST be the need of use it somewhere, plus a PROPER reward for use that feature(like Ragnarok esper: you can transform monsters into items, but just for receive 3-4 nice items, that you still can get elsewhere; you learn ultima, but paladin shield teaches it too... so why should i have to get the esper instead of the sword, that you can even trade with Illumina?);

3) To a great force in your hands, it MUST to correspond one or more enemies which are strong enough to justify the use of that force, or that force becomes an abuse, the game become broken and there's no fun anymore in fighting;

4) Each character MUST have a unique feature, that features must follow lesson 2) and any character MUST NEVER have the chance to steal the job to one or more characters!!! If you ask me which is the perfect party in a game and i can give you the right answer, then the creator has failed in giving the same chance to shine to his characters; If i'm not able to answer, then the creator has done a great job with his characters;

5) Starting from FF7 they add a great feature: the limit break, or other names... actually even in ff6, but desperate have a meaning just in WoB, after that there's no difference at all between a Riot blade and an Atma slash... WHY??? if u create desperate, that skill MUST have something really special, another solution may be to make it become the only way to score a 9999 damage.


If u ask me, they may be the 5 golden rules to follow in order to create a perfect working battle system in an RPG, are u agree?