FF6 - Brave New World

1: Do spears ignore row for damage calculations? Mog is dual wielding a
Full Moon and a Stout Spear and, without criticals, the Full Moon is,
well, mooning the spear in damage. Around 2:1.

Spears ignore row, yes. I would attribute at least part of what you're seeing to the fact that the Full Moon is a significantly more powerful weapon than the Stout Spear is (by the time you have Mog, the Stout Spear is quite outdated).

2: Is there a significant advantage to having Cyan use 'Fight' compared to Dispatch?

One, it's targetable. Two, several of Cyan's weapons have random casts. Of particular note is that the Kazekiri's random Wind Slashes are affected by the inherent "Gauntlet" bonus that Cyan gets from holding it with both hands, making it a pretty decent (and Cyan's only, for that point in the game) MT attack.

3: In Brave New World, is there enough space on the Esper screen to say
how much of each stat I gain? For example, Kirin gives +30 HP/+2
Stamina.

There is not, unfortunately. This is something I'd like to see fix, but that would be Synchysi's territory.

4: When draining HP/MP, how much do I drain? The limit seems to be the
amount of HP or MP I'm down, but at least with Empowerer, I don't get a
full refill. Hmm.

All drain attacks have a power just like any other cap, but more often than not it's going to be the amount of HP you're down that caps the damage dealt. Empowerer is a physical attack, so what you're probably doing is using it against enemies with high physical defense.

5: Does having at least 1 Moogle in the party increase the time before I can take my first turn in battle?

No. What made you think that was the case?

6: Should it instead be called the Returners' Hideout? (It's now Returner's.)

Yeah, it should be. I don't recall changing it, but fixing it is easy enough.

8: Shouldn't it be Dusk Requiem? If so, this typo was also in the original.

Yeah, this has been pointed out to me already. I'll fix it for 1.0.6.

9: When Terra reaches the Sealed Gate, shouldn't Mog also say something?

I suppose. Though if he said anything, it just be "Kupo!" (Mog is kind of an ass like that).

10: Sealed Cave: Did I miss anything significant by not stealing from the Ninja near the save point?

No.

11: Sealed Cave: I got every chest I knew about but found no Coin Toss nor Atma Weapon. Did they move?

Yes.

12: "Consumes MP for Critical Hits" weapons: Shouldn't they only consume MP if they hit? Celes used a Rune Edge, I got the critical hit screen flash, and she missed! Oh, and I lost MP. (This was pre 1.0.5.)

It would make sense. I have no strong feelings one way or another on the matter.

13: Imperial Banquet: Did y'all change any of the responses to get the
best stuff? I spoke with 24 soldiers and just followed standard
operating procedure for dealing with the banquet.

We didn't change the positioning of any of the correct responses, though I reworded a few of them to make the "correct" ones a bit more obvious.