So…yes. Any thoughts? ๐
I quote: "His double black ability with a high level magic can exceed 9999 damage for one turn but it’s unreliable. He and Eiko are the only ones who can technically do that. (Eiko with Holy)." It was on Gamespot. I don’t know if I’m allowed to link to it?
Yes, they can deal more than 9999HP damage, but it’s using an ability that essentially gives them two attacks in the one turn (Double Black Magic for Vivi and Double White Magic for Eiko). As far as base damage for one attack however, 9999HP is the limit.
Considering most monsters in the game aren’t anywhere near powerful enough to warrant spamming such abilities (with the exception of Ozma), it’s a moot point.
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I presume that breaking the 9999HP damage limit in FFIX is theoretically possible, but to do so would involve having to hack the game’s code and alter it, much like the ‘break damage limit’ patches that you can get for the PC version of FFVII. Maybe a GameShark could do something like that.
But that’s a big assumption on my part.
For me, breaking the HP Limit is a more useful ability than breaking the damage limit, especially since most enemies in FF games (even bosses) generally do not heal themselves.
…but I agree that breaking the HP limit is slightly more useful, yes. Plus it’s cool seeing such huge stats on your character, it makes you feel "powerful" ahaha!
Read an FAQ/Tutorial or two.
Since the damage multipliers work off how many kills you’ve obtained (Death Penalty) or amount of equipped high AP Materia (Missing Score).
To max Missing Score to it’s maximum x25 multiplier you’d need around 2,000,000+ AP (utilising around 4 Hero Drinks) and with Death Penalty you’d need to have killed over 15,000 enemies. Both of these require the use of either Berserk and Deathblow Materia.
If you don’t use Hero Drinks, then it becomes insane to pull off as Vincent would need to kill around 60,000+ enemies.
The most worthwhile kill with this would be One-Shot KO Emerald Weapon which would require you to have: 1,410,000 AP (3x Mastered Knights of the Round aids this significantly) on Barret and 16,896 Kills with Death Penalty.
All this information and more is found in my good friend Absolute Steve’s insanely in-depth FFVII guide: http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/197341/45703
EDIT: FYI, that wasn’t a plug… I just remembered reading that you could essentially do more than 9999 damage in FFVII, and didn’t want to rip off the information without giving due credit.