20/05/2010

Funny Bits in Star Ocean 2 (316)

I still fail to see the link between these pink, thick-heeled boots and bunnies.

Next to the Eternal Sphere, here's another item that breaks the game; this one you can also get as soon as you're on Nede (well, you need a Synard first), but its powers are much less obvious to the ordinary adventurer. Equipping the Bunny Shoes on a character will make him/her run A LOT faster on the battlefield (emphasis on A LOT, cause I don't wanna change font size), that much you can figure out, but that this gives you an unfair advantage against most enemies isn't a given. While attack speed isn't affected, you should know by now that almost all attacks and Killer Moves require the character to line up with his/her target, in which a dramatic increase in speed helps a lot.

The extra speed from the Bunny Shoes is also useful for significantly shortening the duration of battles against weaker enemies, since now you can have a fighter quickly reach your enemies and dispatch them. Oh, and let's not forget about a very nice side-effect these shoes have: this piece of equipment is one of the few in the game that raises your character's stamina by a good amount, giving him/her the added benefit of almost never having to heal or regain MPs after a battle (if his/her base stamina is high enough, s/he'll even start regaining strength during battle). Finally, the Bunny Shoes can be useful even for spellcasters, both for the increase in stamina and for making them less vulnerable to direct attacks (although it's a waste to equip them on spellcasters, unless you've got spare pairs).

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