Mermaid's Tear

[ljspence]

I haven't seen this mentioned yet. I have the Mermaid's tear accessory and it is selectable as an item in the item list (although applying it to a character does nothing).

[DJC]

Sept 28, 2009 16:27:35 GMT -5 ljspence said:

I haven't seen this mentioned yet. I have the Mermaid's tear accessory and it is selectable as an item in the item list (although applying it to a character does nothing).

You have to use it in battle, it casts Water Shell. There are many items in the game now that cast magic when used as an item in battle. This was a way to make some items that didn't stand out originally more unique and worth having.

[ljspence]

FYI - I'm not entirely sure I think this change is a good idea. It makes lots of the healer's skills useless. Why expend MP to cast heal or shield if you have a ring which does it for free?

[guest]

Laxius power had items that could be used (unlimited as artifacts or limited as scrolls) and I liked that a lot.Maybe would be better
on top of item list for easy use.

[DJC]

Items were given ability to cast a skill to A) make game easier and B) make certain items more unique or useful, especially when other equipment pieces were otherwise similar.

Having a Mermaid's Tear + a White Wizard enables you to cast Water Shell twice in one round instead of once, which is a big deal when facing enemies that use skills that lower your elemental resistances, to either one target or the entire party. But yes I agree there is the potential for them to be overpowered since the cost is free and unbalanced because skills become superfluous.

I can't really move anything on the item list, or it will all be out of order and all sorts of references to items will then be wrong. And I also think that by default these items belong with others of their kind (for Mermaid's Tear accessories). If I could I'd let the player organize the item list in many ways or manually, so these items could be at the top, but that is not possible with rm2k/3.