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New IRO Options

• Relax Mode: Applies the following parameters-

  • Enemy HP, Strength, and Magic reduced by 10%

  • Enemy Level reduced by 20%

  • Enemy Defence & Magic Defence reduced by 30%

  • EXP & AP received increased by 20%

  • Gil received increased by 50%

  • Other Adjustments:

  • Steal rates for weapons in the North Crater increased

  • Attacks for certain bosses adjusted (some status ailments removed, base power reduction, etc.)

  • Some boss parameters and AI manually adjusted (speed nerfs, etc.)

• Struggle Mode: Planned for a future release (will replace Hard Mode)

• Triple-Linked Slots: Materia slots with 3-linked slots can be used.

  • Requires PostScriptThree's IRO to be active and to have the 'On' setting.

Enemy Changes & Bugfixes

• Removed element from Aurora Fence (Whirlwind Maze boss) to prevent an unintended status flag switch and made the attack more consistent with the version used later (albeit weaker)
• Changed Morph for Lost Number's Magic Form from Enhance Sword to Crystal Bangle
• Changed Mustard Bomb's animation (original had no audio)
• Defence & Magic Defence nerf for enemies in Gelnika, Ancient Forest, Midgar Raid, and North Crater (including Disc 3 extra bosses)
• Corrected AI text for Emerald Weapon (was referring the 1.5 enemy name, Carmine)
• Kimara Bug given check to not use Stop Web if only one active character (for Battle Square encounter)
• Issue where Senior Grunt could try to attack before assigning an attack ID to its variable (produced 'out of MP' message)
• Targeting issue with Maximum Chimera's Dusty Gale counter (and renamed to display [Counter]
• Issue where Malldancer would target its allies with Leaf Dance
• Text issue on an attack in Special Battle
• Name of Lusus Mark added with a space at the end to separate the A and B identifier
• Incorrect name displayed in AI for Hurricanranu enemy
• Rocket Buster boss HP & defences reduced
• Elena's Light Curtain item renamed to Lunar Curtain
• Changed Grenade Bomb animation for Train Driver enemy (potential softlock when Vincent transformation is pending)
• SOLDIER: 3rd Stats tweaked (Air Buster fight & Floor 67 of Shinra HQ)

Balancing Tweaks

• Kill requirements on Limit Breaks reduced for all characters

Spells

• Renew: Base power doubled to 150, MP cost reduced to 45
• Goblin Song now only inflicts Fury on enemies (30% accuracy reduction), revive effect removed
• Comet & Comet2 base power reduced by 5 (25, and 22 respectively)
• Base power of tier3 elemental spells and Planet/Contain elemental spells raised by 10
• Osmose MP cost set to 0
• MP Cost of Bahamut ZERO and KOTR reduced, base power of Bahamut ZERO and KOTR reduced
• Typhon Materia erroneously had Gravity as its element instead of Wind
• Ultima Materia changed to Hidden element (spell is still non-elemental)
• Kjata Materia set to carry the Earth element
• Updated Exp Plus and Gil Plus to display modifier bonus in their Materia description
• Quadra Magic upgraded to Octa Magic

Materia AP Changes

• All Materia: AP requirement for Master reduced from 100k to 25k
• Command Counter & Magic Counter: AP requirement for Master reduced from 100k to 80k
• MP Turbo: AP requirement for Master reduced from 100k to 90k
• HP/MP Absorb: AP requirement for Master reduced from 100k to 10k
• Sneak Attack: AP requirement for Master reduced from 100k to 25k
• Added Cut/Steal: AP requirement for Master reduced from 100k to 50k
• Steal: AP required for Master reduced from 84k to 12k
• Sense: AP required for Master reduced from 84k to 5k
• Flash: AP required for Master reduced from 50k to 15k
• Throw: AP required for Master reduced from 90k to 35k
• Deathblow: AP required for Master reduced from 100k to 70k
• Manipulate: AP required for Master reduced from 100k to 25k
• Core: AP required for Master increased from 25k to 100k
• Fire/Ice/Thunder/Earth/Restore/Poison/Gravity: AP required for each level adjusted
• Heal: 2-Star (25k AP) required to activate Esuna, AP requirements adjusted
• Revive: AP requirements for Life2 adjusted from 20k to 90k
• Seal/Mystify/Transform/Exit: AP requirements for Master reduced
• Barrier: AP requirements for Master reduced from 100k to 80k
• Hydro: AP required for Master reduced from 100k to 50k
• Time: AP required for each level adjusted
• Osmose: AP required for master reduced from 170k to 50k
• Pearl: AP required for master reduced from 100k to 55k
• Destruct: AP required for master reduced from 100k to 70k
• Counter Attack: AP required for master increased from 30k to 45k
• HP<->MP Swap and Exp Plus set to drop as mastered

Splinter Materia (duplicate single spell Materia)

• MBarrier: AP required for Master reduced from 70k to 25k
• Slow: AP required for Master reduced from 70k to 30k
• Break/Tornado/Dispel/Reflect: AP required for Master reduced

Materia Prices

• Mastered Materia prices adjusted
• Unique Materia that is acquired as Mastered/1-Star sells for 30k

Equipment

• Removed Ignore Defence flag from several weapons, replaced with stat bonuses & tweaks
• Nerf to Wizard Bracelet defensive stats (15/15), 7/7 for defensive and evasion stats)
• Ziedrich given 50/50 and 15/15 for defensive and evasion stats
• Prices adjusted on items
  • Weapon prices reduced by 20%
  • Ancient weapons set to 20k (sells for 10k)
  • Endgame weapons given a higher selling price
  • Ultimate weapons set to 20 million (sells for 10 million)
  • Rare item selling prices tweaked

Statuses

• Slow-Numb timer increased to 45s from 30s
• Poison tick timer made 50% slower (2 action ticks = 1 poison tick, down from 1 action tick = 1 poison tick)
• Sleep duration reduced by half
• Dual-Drain (Reverse-Regen) duration reduced by half

Field Script & Event Changes/Bugfixes

• Fixed issue where some of the soldiers in the command room would disappear once Barret operated the panel
• A secret encounter was made unmissable and can be accessed on Type A and Type B
• Reno added to Type B Mythril Mines scene
• Set Party Swap to only be available from the Highwind once the bottom of the North Crater has been reached (an old countermeasure that warped players back to the Highwind if accessing the Crater with a different party leader before the split-up event has been resolved is now deactivated)
• Set 2nd Long Range Materia to not be visible if picked up earlier in the game (Rocket Town)
• Fixed softlock on Cait Sith sidequest on Disc 3 when arriving at the white screen
• Changed Silver Chocobo Dialogue to not mention something on Type A run
• Adjusted Silver Chocobo Warp destination to prevent a softlock when using Tifa/Cid as party leader
• For the last 60s of the Mako Reactor 1 countdown, random battles are disabled
• When returning to the cargo car on the train, some characters would be placed erroneously
• Prevented return to the Church right away after escaping Reno & Co.
• Added an accessory reward for getting picked by Corneo
• Whirlwind Maze; players are knocked through the wind rather than away, to help with progression
• Icicle Inn; fixed issue where a character would disappear under certain conditions
• Icicle Inn; fixed scripts for Tifa in the Inn
• Updated Whirlwind Maze Nibel scene for some characters
• Merged in the Type B control panel scene into both types as part of event progression
• Added an extra event line to prevent Barret from reaching Rufus and co. in the control room
• Wrong battle being used for the Weapon Raid event when entering the control room
• Improvements to scene during Weapon Raid when meeting Yuffie
• Re-added guards to junon after weapon raid (inaccessible area with open door, just a cosmetic tweak to explain inaccessibility)
• Small animation issue when going down to the underwater reactor and talking to the guards as either Tifa or Cid as party leader
• Wonder Square prizes have been given their actual names instead of ????
• Added Wonder Square prize exchange to the Chocobo Square NPC at the Exchange desk
• Betting on S-Rank Chocobo races now requires a Gold Ticket (doesn't affect player chocobo races)
• Changed music for Vincent's boss fight on Disc 3 & dialogue
• You now see the clean version of Floor 67 when returning to Midgar HQ on Disc 2
• Fixed scene with Tifa under the highwind so that either version can be triggered based on dialogue choice
• Fixed invisible Gondola
• Added 75% reductions to stored BP when prizes change after receiving the buggy and bronco
• Updated text on an unused item
• Junon Weapon Raid event progression now uses both Type A and Type B events together
• Wrong encounter on Junon Weapon Raid Type B in the control room
• Fixed jumping animations for Tifa and Cid as party leaders in North Crater
• Added Cait Sith to Icicle Inn (part of 'talk to party in towns' feature)

//Dialogue

• Dialogue adjustment for opening of Type B (character name shown before naming screen)
• Adjusted dialogue where 'everyday' was used erroneously in some cases instead of 'every day'
• Adjusted Jessie's ladder dialogue
• Train passenger's dialogue referring to the news
• Train conductor's line regarding trains leaving Midgar
• Tifa's line referring to the bar as a shop
• Wedge's dialogue about Tifa's cooking
• Beginner's Hall (SP system, status colours to indicate curing method, dialogue box placement for the two fighting boys)
• Consistency naming for Aeris/Elmyra's House (went with Aeris' House)
• Moved dialogue boxes around for the pillar escape scene
• Text involving the locked chests on Floor 59's shop
• President Shinra's dialogue on Floor 66 with Hojo mistakenly used a Type B line for both modes, which would make the Type A dialogue not make sense
• Aeris dialogue when trying to interact with elevators etc. in the lobby during escape
• Cloud's line when remembering the entire letter in the Nibel Flashback
• Cloud dialogue in flashback when trying to go to Mt. nibel early
• Dialogue of man at entrance to Kalm
• Weapon Raid between Rufus & Heidegger
• Weapon Raid, when meeting Yuffie
• Gaea Amulet updated: Luck +50 instead of Spirit +30 (was redundant next to a Phoenix Ring)
• PHS disabled on Highwind bridge for Tifa when entering Highwind for the first time
• Vincent dialogue on Highwind when Tifa enters the bridge for the first time
• Set a character to not appear on the deck when entering the bridge for the first time
• Missing 'to' in Barret's line for Disc 2 in the Chocobo Ranch
• Minor alteration to choco billy's lines about empty stables
• Minor alteration to lower junon item store owner's dialogue
• Meteor dialogue added for Red XIII in Icicle Inn
• Meteor dialogue added for Barret in Cosmo Canyon
• Typo on Bugenhagen dialogue when talking about Cloud's fall into the lifestream
• Dialogue when interacting with the little silver chocobo in Mideel
• Red dialogue in Mideel
• Palmer dialogue during the Huge Materia scene
• Fix for old man's greeting in Mideel when talked to as Cid
• Echo Drop instead of Echo Drops in Junon pickup
• Updated name of cave where Alexander Materia is found
• Updated description of Ink to use Darkness instead of Blind
• Incomplete line in North Corel (post train)
• Extra 'this' on nurse's line in Mideel
• Missing 'me' on cloud's line in Cloud's Memory scenes in Mideel
• Adjusted Parade trooper dialogue on the submarine
• Dialogue between Cid and the crew during rocket launch against Meteor
• Cloud dialogue in Bugenhagen's observatory
• Bugen dialogue in Forgotten City
• Hojo dialogue on the cannon, if you've already seen Lucrecia
• Curse Ring displayed text as Cursed Ring when picked up