>healing items can miss

>vrpg thread with vrpg related op image

>>3796700 (OP)
>Item always does exactly 1000 damage
>Use item on a boss
>"'boss' resisted the damage"
>Takes 1000 damage

>have a whole range of statuseffects in game
>normal enemies die too quickly for the status effects to be viable
>bosses are immune to them

>>3797746
This is a legitimate problem, but I'm not sure how to fix it.

>>3796700 (OP)
name three (3) games that do this

>>3797746
name three (3) games that don't do this
seriously why is it so fucking common

>>3797857
in persona 5 royal there are a few bosses and many mini bosses that can be inflicted with status ailments

>>3796700 (OP)
>50 hour game needs a guide for obscure true ending

>missing items can heal

>>3796700 (OP)
Kino of the highest order. Dropping the heal on an already fallen unit is also up there.

>>3797857
>seriously why is it so fucking common
Because you don’t play a lot of games?

>>3797811
Balance the combat around expecting buffs/debuffs, shrimple. FF13 pulled it off well.

>>3797811
Adaptive resistance, like in Etrian Odyssey. Or go the SaGa route and make bosses so strong that spamming stuns and absolute guards is a mandatory strategy.

>>3797811
Stop playing old Square games or modern clones

>>3797857
Healing can miss in Final Fantasy Tactics. Only one I can think of off the top of my head.

Staves can miss in Thracia 776.
On hindsight this is actually realistic.

>healing potions damage the undead

>>3798148
>revive items instakill the undead

>>3797857
>ENTER NEW AREA IN DRAGON QUEST
>REFUSE TO USE STATUS EFFECTS BECAUSE YOU'RE RETARDED
>MASH ATTACK ON ALL CHARACTERS INCLUDING YOUR MAGE AND PRIEST
>DIE
>"WOOOOOW YOU HAVE TO GRIND SO MUCH IN THESE GAMES EVERYONE WHO LIKES THEM IS DUMB"

>>3797857
>name three (3) games that do this
Wizardry

>>3797857
>name three (3) games that don't do this
Uhh dragon's dogma, Final Fantasy V and I'm drawing a blank for the last one.

>>3797746
>>3797857
I sometimes use this image as a shitpost, but in kemco games, status effects always work on bosses.

>>3798383
yeah i'm not playing anything with the hentai artstyle, sorry.

>>3798409
Hey, that only applies to magetic. I'm sure you'd at least like a hit-point game.

>>3796700 (OP)
Only case I've seen this is in badly-made rpg maker games that don't tag healing items/spells as "automatic hits".

>>3797857
>name three (3) games that don't do this
Etrian Odyssey
7th Dragon
Octopath Traveler
Bravely Default
Various Daylife

>>3796700 (OP)
Consuming a healing drink isn't easy when:
>People are shooting at you
>People are casting fireballs at you
>People are swinging swords on you
>People are casting lightning bolts at you
>It's dark and rainy in the midst of combat
>You're on death's door below 2% HP, hands shaking intensely
>People are casting ice spikes at you
>You're outnumbered by hostiles 5 to 1
Sometimes you spill the drink. a miss