Tifarith 2.0

Many elements of Tifarith are still here but with many features added/changed like :

-Innate abilities : Like New Threat, characters have some innate could be passive (Barret has natural defensex2) or active (Cloud gains Strength in front row/defenses in back row).

-Balanced character's powers : In the former version Tifa was VERY overpowered, now she's still very strong (her limit breaks are a bit nerfed though, except for the first 2 ones and Final Heaven) but other characters, especially Vincent, got some buffs (in stats, but also his very good innate and transformations)

-Most characters have not 1, but 2 "last weapons". For example, Barret may use the HP Punch based on HP ratio or the Crit Score which always grants a crit, or Cid may use the Mars Gospel which absorbs HP or the Flayer which ignore defence.

-Back Row only grants 33% damage reduction and some enemy's attacks (especially "Shoot" ones) are long range.

-Sadness now grants 50% damage reduction but is less accessible than before (tranquilizers are really rare and only a late E. Skill can grant Sadness)

-modified damage formulas : Death Penalty (now for one of Tifa's last weapon) and Premium Heart (now for Vincent's) formulas are boosted a bit, so get especially less weak than before when you have few kills or empty limit bar. Damage formula based on Materia modified too, as it is a bit too cruel (now 666 x materias instead of 1111)

-New bosses/minibosses : Many bosses are swapped or completely changed with new strategies, and other bosses, optional as well as mandatory, were added with often a strategy element to take into account.

-New spells/elements/E. Skills : Now every weapon has an element (Cut, Shoot, Hit or Punch) which could be strong or weak against some enemies. Earth is now mainly a physical element. Gravity does no longer percentage damage and is now a physical element as well. Limit is also an element in itself (replacing Shout) which some bosses may resist or be weak against. Physical E. Skills were replaced by more potentially useful ones (especially HealVortex or Magnify).

-Sense can work until 300 000 HP (In other words, only Emerald, Ruby and Safer cannot be sensed). Thanks to Postscriptthree for this one.

-Bonuses for summons : Except a few ones, they does not cause stats drop anymore, YET their materia bonus can be very worthy. Magical as well as physical summons.

-Story scenes addition : Disk 1 part features a small scene between Tifa and Aerith when you enter Nibelheim. Possible Tifa x Aerith date if you got more than 50 love points for both. Dialog additions as well at some part of the game.

-Additional sidequests : Additional sidequests (mainly for interesting weapons) are added at last part of the game.

-Added Northern crater areas : Inspiration from New Threat 1. 5's Dark Cave. While navigating through Northern Crater, just before the separation you'll have to face Sephiroth's world of illusion, with 3 bosses in it increasingly difficult.

-if you're too lazy to do Chocobo Breeding, you can obtain the Desert Rose from the guy at Battle Square's stairs after the Special

Difficulty adjustement : still progressive, but difficulty peaks are less violent, whereas the beginning of the game is slightly more difficult due to the new strategical things to integrate.

The most massive difficulty changes are at disk 3 : 1st half (before the separation) is still doable right away, 2nd half of Northern Crater is way harder, especially the bosses. It is very recommanded, if not mandatory, to do some sidequests/grinding before going to it, as Safer is only a few inches from Ruby/Emerald (but there is a little trick, usable with Ruby as well).