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This is known as a Guardian Forces' Compatibility.

The more they like a character, the quicker they'll respond to his/her call. The effect of these abilities is cumulative, so it's best to teach a GF as many of these abilities as possible. Teaching a GF certain GF Abilities, like HP+10%, can alter both a GF's Attack Power and HP. Overall, it's much more effective to use an item to learn an ability than to wait for a GF to earn a bunch of AP.Īs GFs grow in strength, their Attack Power and HP also grow. In fact, you can only get some abilities by using these rare items.

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If more than one GF is Junctioned to a character, the GFs still receive the full AP amount rather than having to split it among them equally. AP is earned after any battle during which a GF was Junctioned to a character in the battle. AP is learned to teach GFs new abilities and comes in much smaller portions than Exp. However, if more than one GF is equipped on a character, the experience gets divided into equal shares between the GFs.īesides Exp (Experience Points), GFs also gain AP (Ability Points). Any GFs Junctioned to characters in a battle receive an amount of experience equal to what the character they're Junctioned to receives. Just as your characters gain experience and go up levels, so do your GFs. GFs grow throughout the game in a way that's very similar to your own characters. Over time, you'll get a feel for setting up your characters to take full advantage of the abilities you've chosen. You can eventually have as many as four Character abilities equipped on a character, but at the beginning of the game you'll have to make due with just two. These give your character additional bonuses to vital stats and other benefits. The two abilities below the Command abilities are the Character abilities. Also, it's important to have at least one person who can use Magic and one who can use Items. You'll almost always want everyone in your party to have the ability to Draw Magic. Character's start the game with the Attack ability, but must be given additional Command abilities. These are the options available to the character during battle. The top three abilities are Command abilities. The game will then automatically choose from the character's stocked magic, and make appropriate Junctions based on what you've chosen.Īfter boosting the character's stats, it's time to set the character's abilities. If you want, you can select the Auto option, and then choose to have the grame prioritize increasing a character's Attack Power (Atk), Magic Power (Mag), or Defense (Def). You don't have to Junction magic yourself.

Different types of magic have different effects on the various stats. Junction abilities increase a vital stat by enabling you to Junction stocked magic to the stat. You must next Junction magic to your character's stats using the GF's Junction abilities, assuming that the GF has at least one. These GFs cannot be selected until they have been removed from the character they're currently Junctioned to.Īfter selecting a GF, back out of the screen using the triangle button. GFs whose names are opaque are already Junctioned to a different character. Grayed out GFs are already Junctioned to the character you've chosen. Those in white are available for Junctioning. A list of all of the GFs you've had join you thus far will be shown. Open the Main menu and select the Junction option, and then select a character before the other options become available.Ĭhoose to Junction and select the GF option. Junctioning may sound complicated at first, however, it's really quite simple. Granted GFs don't do it all on their own, but they're the basis on which a character is built upon.

Face it, without a GF backing him up, Squall is pretty much an ordinary guy thrown into an extraordinary circumstance. Rather than just assisting in battle, Guardian Forces actually determine the vital stats and abilities of the character they're Junctioned with. They're still the same powerful creatures you've come to know and love, and you'll see a lot of familiar faces, but this time their role is much larger than it has been in the past. Final Fantasy VIII has pushed the summoned creature's role even further with the introduction of Guardian Forces. Guardian Forces will assist you in battles, strengthen your characters with new abilities and Junctioned magic, and they will help you acquire new magic, items, and even cards.įrom Final Fantasy II to Final Fantasy VII, summoned creatures have always been there to lend a helping hand in the heat of battle. You'll acquire several of these creatures throughout the game, relying on them heavily throughout its entirety. Final Fantasy VIII introduces us to the Guardian Force (GF), a new type of creature that a character can summon.

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