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==Weapons==
==Weapons==
'''Rods'''
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'''Wands'''
''Read More: [[Wands]]''
'''Tech-Mags'''
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'''Longbows'''
''Read More: [[Longbows]]''
'''Cards'''
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==Other Considerations==
==Other Considerations==

Revision as of 01:22, 29 January 2022

General Gameflow

A type that relies on Technics for attacking and providing support. The type's high TEC and MND make it adept with Technic weapons. For advanced players.

"haha Sazonde go BRRRRRRR"

Perks and Drawbacks

Termology

Casting Time / Casting Speed: The amount of time between pressing down the button and the Technic coming out.

Tri-casting: By casting multiple Technics in succession, the casting time of the Technics past the first one is shortened. Can apply to a maximum of three presses (hence tri-casting). Applies to Rods and Wands, but does not apply to Tech-Mags. Some Technics are incompatiable with Tri-cast.

Strafing: movement while holding L. Some weapons can be used while moving this way, such as Handguns, and, more importantly for us, Wands and Tech-Mags. Only the Technic on Square is usable, though. Some Technics are incompatiable with Strafing.

Strafe Casting: A glitch that allows the the player to basically skip the casting time, and quickly spamming Techinics, by casting while alternating between strafing and not strafing (pressing and not pressing L). Applicable to both Wands and Tech-Mags, but can only be used with Square.

[Attribute] Hi-Speed/Advance: Abilities which enhances Technics of the mentioned attribute. Hi-speed shortens the casting time of those Technics, and Advance provides a high damage boost.

Empower Attribute: Instead of Status effects, Technic weapons have Empower [Attribute] abilities, which provides a flat damage boost to Technics of that attribute.

Damage Multiplier: The TEC % on Technics.

Technics

Technics are the centerpiece of a Force strategy. Choosing the right Technics is more important than using the right weapons, even.

Technics are separated by elements, and can be loosely categorized based on their effect:

Fire Ice Lightning Ground Light Dark
Projectile Foie Barta Zonde Diga Nagrants Megid
Midrange AOE Rafoie Rabarta Razonde Radiga Grants Ramegid
Close-range AOE Gifoie Gibarta Gizonde Gidiga
Hold for Damage Damfoie Dambarta Damdiga Damgrants Dammegid
Hold for Tracking Noszonde Nosdiga Nosmegid
Hold for AOE Diverse Megiverse
Persisting Damage Foverse Sabarta Sazonde Samegid
Support Shifta, Jellen Deband, Zalure Anti, Resta

Note: despite the naming convention, Foverse works very differently from Diverse and Megiverse, and is more akin to the Sa-spells.

We will discuss these Technics from two angles: Attributes and Effects.

There's a few reasons Attributes are very important for Forces:

Empower Attribute

Unlike Melee and Ranged Weapons, Technic Weapons does not have attached Status effects, and instead have Empower [Attribute], which boosts the damage of offensive Technics of that Attribute from the weapon. The boost is a flat boost, and applies regardless of enemy attribute. Since each weapon only Empowers one attribute at a time, ideally we want to fit multiple Technics of that attribute onto that weapon to maximize the damage boost.

Attribute Based Type Abilities

Forces gain 16 Abilities related to Attributes: Hi-speed and Advances for offensive Technics of each Attribute, Resta, and Support Technics. Hi-speed shortens the casting time of Technics of the designated attribute, while Advance provides a sizable damage boost to all offensive Technics of the designated attribute. Bringing every attribute ability is not realistic, since we don't have the room to fit all the abilities. Instead, we want to focus on a few Technic schools, so we have more room to stack bonses and damage.

Attribute Bonus

Attribute Bonus is a rather big part of damage. By matching up the correct attribute, the player can gain a hefty bonus to their weapon ATK. Unlike other weapons, Technic Weapons has three stages of attribute bonus stacking:

  1. the attribute of the Technic used is matched with the attribute of the enemy. If the attributes match correctly, the weapon gains a 30% attack boost.
  2. For each Technic equipped to the weapon that has the same attribute as the Technic used (including itself), a further 5% is added.
  3. If the attribute of the weapon used is the same as the attribute of the Technic used, the % of the weapon is also added.

Example cases:

Weapon Used Technic Used Enemy Attribute Result
Example #1 Wand (Neutral 0%)

Barta, Foie

Barta Fire Barta is the correct matchup against a Fire enemy, thus providing a 30% weapon attack boost.

Since there's 1 Technic equipped with the same attribute as Barta (Barta itself), it gains a further 5% boost,

for a total of 35% boost.

Example #2 Wand (Fire 25%)

Barta, Foie

Barta Fire Same reason as above, for 35% boost.

The attribute of the weapon used is not checked if it's not the same as the Technic used. Even if it's the same as the enemy's.

Example #3 Wand (Fire 25%)

Barta, Rabarta

Barta Fire Barta is the correct matchup against a Fire enemy, thus providing a 30% weapon attack boost.

Since there's 2 Technic equipped with the same attribute as Barta (Barta and Rabarta), it gains a further 5x2% boost, for a total of 40% boost.

Example #4 Wand (Ice 25%)

Barta, Rabarta

Barta Fire Barta is the correct matchup against a Fire enemy, thus providing a 30% weapon attack boost.

Since there's 2 Technic equipped with the same attribute as Barta (Barta and Rabarta), it gains a further 5x2% boost.

Since the Wand has the same attribute as the Technic used, the weapon's % is added, for a total of 65% boost.

Example #5 Wand (Ice 25%)

Barta, Rabarta

Barta Ice 0%. Attribute boosts does not apply if the matchup isn't correct.


In other words, for optimal damage, we should aim to strap Technics onto Rods of the same attribute, and then match it up against the correct enemies. While it's beneficial to have a lot of Technics with the same attribute for that 5% bonus, it comes up too little and increases so little that the damage is barely noticable, so don't feel obligated to use only one attribute on one Rod.

With these, building Technic Setup is fairly straight forward: pick an attribute, fit Technics onto a Rod that empowers that attribute, and equip the appropriate Hi-speed and Advances.

Which attribute do we pick then? Technic Schools are not born equal. Some attributes have very good Technics so strong that you'd use them on every enemy, while others either have nothing notable, or barely have one half-way decent one. It's not really worth gimping yourself just to hit Attribute weaknesses, and, if you need to use a specific Technic often, you want to avoid bloating your palette with Technics that you wouldn't usually use.

Another thing to mention, is the importance of PA levels for Technics. Technics gets a huge upgrade at Lv11, and another at Lv21. Besides the usual improved damage, they also gain improved range, improved pp efficiency, improved hitbox coverage, and in some cases, improved hit count. This is a big reason why Technics are so much more devastating in the hands of a Force than other types. Obtaining high Lv PAs, then, is incredibly important, and directly affects the viability of many Technics.

Anyway, let's first look over the effects of each technic category and see how they work out.

Projectiles
Midrange AOE (Ra-)
Close-range AOE (Gi-)
Hold for Damage (Dam-)
Hold for Tracking (Nos-)
Hold for AOE (-Verse)
Persisting Damage (Sa-)
Support (Others)

Once we understood how Technics work out, let's see how each school of attribute performs. Attribute is important to how we distribute Technic setups, weapons with Empower effects, and Attribute Advance/Hi-speed abilities, after all.

Fire
Ice
Lightning
Ground
Light
Dark

General Tips

Weapons

Rods

Read More: Rods

Wands

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Tech-Mags

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Longbows

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Cards

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Other Considerations

Type Abilities

Racial Differences

Notable Weapons

Where to go from here

Other Notes