Battle Design Options

[bulmabriefs144]

Okay, so we have a sort of reactive system, where enemies try to guess moves and play strategically (according to their type, more strategically as the game goes on). And we have a counterspell system. And we have an elements system:

Melee
Ranged
(Some things like ghosts are completely immune to both physical, and flying things are probably immune to melee and earth)
Fire
Water
Thunder
Ice
Earth
Air
Light
Dark
(At least)

There should also be all kinds of strategies for bosses, including some puzzle bosses. Ummm let's see... VX has TP, but I think you can turn it off, at least in ACE. Do we want TP system?

[Sparrowsmith]

of course not!

Also, another feature of 'reaction' based battles is the enemy groupings.
We can make two very weak enemies into a POWERFUL team if we group them together. Imagine an enemy dousing your party in oil and then the other sets you alight.
water and lightning.
etc etc

I mean, lets think about stuff that REALLY hurts.
If you're wounded, salt in the wound would be very painful. Followed by water would be even worse.

There's so much we can do with enemy pairings really. Or any pairing.
Once we've decided on a few more elements, we'll make a list of all reactions