Ye Olde Grand Changelogge

This list details the majority of the changes in NT, listing

Content and Gameplay.
Needless to say, there may be spoilers for those who haven't

played/finished FF7
in the past, and for NT-specific surprises, so read at your

own risk.

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\\Features & Utilities//
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\\Extended Save Points//

-) NT has expanded the scripts used by Save Points to offer

some new options and conveniences
	for the player. When coming into contact with a Save

Point, a new set of text boxes
	will appear listing several commands and options. From

there you can either use the
	Save Point as normal by opening the Party Menu and

selecting Save, or you can activate
	some of the special options by pressing the other

buttons.

	The features available are listed below:

	Quick Tent: L1/Page-Up
	This checks your inventory for a Tent and then

automatically uses it, saving you the
	bother of looking for it in your Item Menu.

	Rank-Up: L2/Camera
	This takes the player to the Rank-Up/SP screen where

they can spend their accumulated
	SP and upgrade their character's stats. A more

detailed explanation is given under the
	'Rank Up/SP System' entry in this text file.

	Toggle Battle Music Type: R1/Page-Down
	This toggles the music behaviour for random battles

between using the default battle
	theme or retaining the currently playing Field music

instead.

	Toggle Random Battle: R2/Target
	Random battles begone! If you're looking to explore an

area without being hassled by
	random encounters then this option disables them. Note

that boss battles and fixed
	encounters will still occur.

	Check SP: Square/Switch
	This allows you to check your party's currently

accumulated SP totals. If you have
	more than 100 for any character, then it's worth

visiting the Rank Up screen to buy
	a stat upgrade for them. More info on Ranks and SP can

be found under it's related
	entry further down.

	Open Menu: Triangle/Menu
	Same as before, just opens the party menu and allows

you to save, etc.

	Continue: OK/Confirm
	Closes the Extended Save Menu

	Overall, it's also actually faster to save your game

using an extended save point
	than a regular save point as you can open the Menu

immediately, rather than having
	to skip through a text box like in the vanilla game.


\\Rank Up/SP System//

-) Trialed in the 1.35 build, Rank Up is a new alternate

system that has the player decide
	how to develop each character's stats rather than

raising them through levels.
	Players earn 'SP' for their characters by defeating

random enemies that are of
	a lower level than all active party members, by

defeating bosses (SP is always
	gained), and small amounts are also earned by

selecting certain dialogue options,
	completing story/sidequests, etc.

	In the 1.4 build, Rank Up has been renamed to the 'SP

System' and it's easier
	to use than before. At Save Points, you can now track

how much SP each character
	has earned before visiting the SP Screen itself,

saving valuable time.

	Each Rank costs 100SP, and a total of 255 SP can be

stored with any one character.
	When you buy a Rank, you get 5 Sources of every type

to raise the character's
	Strength, Vitality, Magic, Spirit, Dexterity, and

Luck. You then choose one of
	four options to raise three of these stats even

further. An example of a Rank
	selection is below:

	Base Gain
	+5 Strength, Vitality, Magic, Spirit, Dexterity, Luck

	Additional Gain: Player's Choice
	Set #1: +10 Strength/Vitality, +5 Spirit
	Set #2: +10 Strength/Spirit, +5 Magic
	Set #3: +10 Strength/Luck, +5 Dexterity
	Set #4: +10 Magic/Dexterity, +5 Vitality

	So choosing Set #1 will result in the character's

stats increasing by:
	+15 Strength
	+15 Vitality
	+5 Magic
	+10 Spirit
	+5 Dexterity
	+5 Luck

	The SP System becomes available shortly after leaving

Midgar, after which it can
	be accessed/checked using Save Points. SP can still be

gained while playing up
	to this point, and will be available for use

immediately when it is unlocked.
	Characters who have not yet joined the party will

still gain SP.

	tl;dr - Kill dudes, get SP, buy Sources, use Sources.



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\\Gameplay Balancing & Equipment Changes//
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\\Magic/Materia//

-) Materia: AP needed to Master
	You may notice that common Materia can have either the

same or greater overall AP
	requirement to master than the rare pieces like Mega-

All or Double-Cut. This was
	done because common pieces can actually sell for

exorbitant amounts of gil once
	Mastered (not just All Materia). Another reason was to

cut down end-game grinding
	to an absolute minimum; you'll be able to Master and

distribute Materia like
	Double-Cut much faster than was possible in the

vanilla game. However, there's
	restrictions on certain Materia which is covered

below.


-) Materia: Single-Star
	As part of the large-scale balancing, a number of

Materia in NT have had their
	levels and AP requirements adjusted. However, some

have been taken a step further
	and set to only have 1 level and to already be

Mastered when you find them.

	There can be several reasons for this depending on the

Materia. In the case of
	Pre-Emptive, EXP Plus, Gil Plus, Enemy Away, Enemy

Lure, Chocobo Lure, and
	several other 'effect' Materia their effects aren't

particularly game-breaking
	and are more 'quality of life' than anything else.

	Other Materia such as Summons and Final Attack,

however, have been changed to 1-Star
	in order to restrict their availability and, in some

cases, the number of uses.
	In most cases, these Materia will be unique and the

only one of their kind in the
	entire game. This was done for balancing reasons, and

to make potent Materia feel
	much more valuable than before.

	All Summon Materia drop as a mastered 1-Star; this

means they can only be used once
	in battle (unless Mime is used) and only one copy of

them exists in the playthrough.
	This is to compensate the boosted properties of summon

spells, which ignore MDEF and
	can inflict a status ailment (100% chance). Master

Summon Materia is still available,
	but requires the defeat of a super-boss to get it (the

Huge Materia no longer enable
	Materia Blending to make the three 'Master' Materias;

a new function was added here).

	Materia with potent effects like W-Item and Mime drop

as mastered in order to keep
	only one copy of them in the playthrough. This is to

help encourage variety in the
	party set-up instead of having three characters with

all the same end-game commands.
	The affected Materia are Mime, Speed/Magic/Luck/HP/MP

Plus, W-Magic/Item/Summon,
	and Final Attack.

	You may feel this is a step in the wrong direction,

but I feel that the best way
	to balance something while keeping its original use

intact is to limit how many
	of them you can get. Since limiting Enemy Skill

Materia to 1 in the game, I've
	seen players making much more use of their other Magic

Materia instead of relying
	on three Enemy Skill Materia to cover all their needs.

Same thing with Mime and the
	W-Materia; having only one means you need to consider

who to equip it on and
	encourages you to make more focused use of them,

instead of just splashing them
	into a set-up as an afterthought.


-) Cover + Counter + Sneak Attack
	In the default game, these have a %-based chance to

trigger that increases
	incrementally on each Level, up until they reach 100%

at Master. However,
	for NT the chances of these Materia effects triggering

has been adjusted.
	For counter-based Materia, the chance starts at 10%

(down from 20%) and rises
	by 10% each time for a max of 50%. For Cover, it's the

same but starts at 20%
	and has one less star (this was because a 10% Cover

Materia wasn't proccing
	often enough early-game).

	This is a counter-measure against the 'automated'

set-ups that ran rampant in
	older builds. Cover can still proc at 100% though if

you equip at least two copies
	of the Materia onto a character, assuming you have the

extra slot(s) to spare.
	Counter Attack works differently in that each separate

Materia has their own
	separate chance to proc; so having 5 mastered Counter

Attack in vanilla meant
	5 100% chances to counter-attack which is very tricky

to balance against.

	It's not all bad news, though. Counter Attack's AP

requirements are very low
	meaning you can quickly build it up for more

consistent use and/or get multiple
	copies of it floating about. Also, Sneak Attack was

adjusted so that it now procs
	100% of the time when Mastered, as opposed to the

original game's annoying 80%.

	Quick list on affected Materia:
	-) Cover
	-) Counter Attack
	-) Command Counter
	-) Magic Counter
	-) Sneak Attack


-) Plus Materia
	Making a not so triumphant return for the 1.4 build is

the previously disabled
	Plus Materias, namely Speed Plus, Luck Plus, Magic

Plus, and HP Plus. Due to
	balancing concerns, these were removed from the game

entirely as higher stat
	boosts on equipment make it dangerous to have %-based

boosts lying around that
	can be stacked up to 100% total.

	For their return, these Plus Materia all drop as 1-

star Mastered Materia conferring
	a 20% boost to their respective stat (MP Plus was

already present, but will now drop
	as a 1-star like the others). This means they'll still

provide a considerable boost
	for high stats, but can't be stacked to easily break

the game. And while MP Plus will
	be available from the Junon world map onwards, the

others won't appear until later
	in the game as part of new sidequests.


-) Spell Strength
	4 versions and plenty of tweaks have resulted in a

spell list that holds its own
	at all levels and will hopefully always be of some use

to the player. In FF7, Magic
	tends to start off strong but begins to fall away

toward the end of the game as
	physical attacks start to leap ahead using their

Level-heavy formula. And many
	spells fall to the wayside before they're even

unlocked due to Enemy Skills like
	Beta and the generally low base power vs. MP cost of

the 'Magic Materia' spells.
	Add to that a slew of other obsolete spells and you've

got a Magic list that's
	ripe for an overhaul.

	NT's magic list adjusts the MP cost, base power,

effects, and outright changes/merges
	certain spells to try and make everything useful for

as long as possible. So let's
	go through them all:

	-) Cure
	These had their base power boosted heavily for 1.4 as

a common complaint was that
	MBarrier made them a waste of MP next to the improved

healing items like Potion
	and Hi-Potion. So for this build, they're now powerful

enough to heal through
	MBarrier for a reasonable amount even if split across

the whole party.

	-) Regen
	One of the strongest healing spells in the game with

the right set-up, Regen was
	moved to Slot 4 of the Restore Materia, and requires a

lot more MP to cast at 70.

	-) Life
	During playthroughs, I'd rarely find use for the

Revive Materia as it tended to have
	a high MP Cost vs. something that could be done

quickly with an item so for this build
	Life has been buffed to revive a KO'd character with

50% of their MaxHP instead of
	the same 25% that a Phoenix Down offers.

	-) Mini & Frog = Lagomorph
	In order to create space for new spells, I condensed

certain spells down and combined
	their effects into one. In the case of Transform

Materia, I decided to combine Mini
	and Frog into the same spell which helps differentiate

it from Frog Song and the
	two Frog/Mini inflicting items Shrivel and Impaler.

	-) Status Magic = 100% chance
	Using status magic tended to be a bit of a crapshoot,

as they didn't work all the time
	and there wasn't really any cause for it in the

default game. For NT, enemies are
	generally weak to a number of status ailments and they

have been given a 100% chance of
	landing successfully. Bear in mind that differences in

Level can affect the accuracy
	of these statuses so even with the 100% chance set,

they can still miss if the difference
	between your Level and the Target's level is great

enough.

	-) Debarrier & Dispel
	This has been improved to handle later enemies using

the Shield and Peerless statuses,
	able to bypass the immunity of even Peerless to get

rid of protection effects.
	They cost less MP and their Materia has less penalties

than before, so always keep
	Destruct Materia handy on your set-ups. Dispel has

also been tweaked and will now affect:

	Sadness, Fury, Haste, Slow, Stop, Regen, Barrier,

MBarrier, Reflect, Dual-Drain, Shield,
	Death Sentence, Manipulate, Peerless, Death Force,

Resist, and 'Lucky Girl' (auto-crits).

	-) Death + Remove
	On the Destruct Materia, the Death spell was replaced

instead with the Remove spell as
	they both had the same function. The reason I chose

Remove over Death was because it
	has a unique spell animation. This freed up space for

another new spell.

	-) Elemental Magic
	From Fire1 to Flare, all these spells have had their

base power and MP cost adjusted.
	Early spells like Fire1 will cost more MP to cast than

vanilla but have a slightly
	higher base power to compensate. As you progress up

the tiers of magic, the ratio
	between base power and MP increases in the player's

favour, with stronger spells
	costing less MP to cast than before. This is to tackle

the imbalance between physical
	and magical formulas; the idea is that a spell which

has a cost should always be
	slightly ahead of a 'free' physical attack in terms of

raw damage.

	For the Contain spells, all four were given the same

base power of 115, a 10% chance
	to proc their status ailment, and Flare was given a

chance to inflict Dual-Drain.

	-) Full Cure
	This has adopted the effects of Angel Whisper, an

enemy skill that was replaced with
	a new entry. Full Cure will now, in addition to fully

healing a character, also restore
	their status and revive them from KO if applicable.

	-) Hydro, Pearl, and Ultima
	Two new end-game spells specced to be similar to

Contain magic, Hydro and Pearl cover
	the water and holy elements with Hydro proccing Sleep

and Pearl proccing Death. Both
	were placed onto Ultima's Materia, which was renamed

to 'Planet Materia'. Ultima's
	base power is the highest of any kernel-based spell in

the game and will ignore split
	damage through it's innate target-all enemies, but has

no other special effects.

	-) Poisona => Osmose
	Replacing the situational Poisona is Osmose, a spell

that appears in Slot 1 of the
	Heal Materia. This is a handy solution to MP problems

that players can encounter if
	they blow through all their Ethers and need an extra

shot in the arm midway through
	a fight. Osmose will drain MP from the target, and

costs 3MP to cast (usually returning
	somewhere upwards of 50-80MP depending on the caster's

Magic stat).

	This however means that Magic Hammer now has a

duplicate function, so that Enemy Skill
	was changed slightly.


	-) Summon Magic
	A tough set of spells to balance, in NT these have

been made one-use only through their
	Materia so they can only be used once per battle

(unless Mime is being used). This and
	their higher MP cost is to compensate for their high

base-power, 100% status-ailment
	proc, and their ability to ignore Magic Defence.

Unless the enemy is resistant to the
	element, you'll always see a return from Summon Magic

and they make for great panic
	buttons or as a way to open a battle and lay down some

damage + an important status
	like Shiva's Slow.

	A quick-list of each Summon:
	Choco/Mog: Base 28 (35), 70MP - Both forms inflict

Confusion, instead of Stop.
	Shiva: Base 30, 72MP - Inflicts Slow
	Ifrit: Base 31, 74MP - Inflicts Berserk
	Ramuh: Base 32, 80MP - Inflicts Paralysis
	Titan: Base 33, 86MP - Inflicts Petrify
	Odin: Base 48, 135MP - Inflicts Death (damage from

Gunge Lance only), Cut/Pierce element
	Leviathan: Base 65, 108MP - Inflicts Silence
	Bahamut: Base 70, 125MP - Debarrier Effect, Shout

Element
	Kjata: Base 100, 160MP - Fire, Ice, Lightning, Earth

element
	Alexander: Base 88, 130MP - Inflicts Stop
	Phoenix: Base 60, 174MP - Revives party from KO
	Neo-Bahamut: Base 105, 160MP - Inflicts Dual-Drain,

Shout element
	Hades: Base 90, 182MP - Inflicts Sleep, Poison, Confu,

Silence, Slow, Frog, Mini, Paralysis
	Typhon: Base 130, 190MP - Inflicts Mini, Gravity

element
	Bahamut ZERO: Base 140, 240MP - Dispel effect, Shout

element
	Knights of Round: Base 30x13, 250MP - 75% base

accuracy per hit


	-) Enemy Skills
	Some changes were made here to cover some of the

remaining gaps in the spell list and also
	to get rid of clashes with 'duplicate' spells in the

regular Magic list. Some of the more
	useless ones that didn't have a unique spell animation

were replaced with new ones.

	Frog Song: Less accurate than regular status magic,

and costs more MP

	L5 Suicide: Same as before, except a little easier to

work out who it will hit :x

	Vital Hammer: Same as Magic Hammer, but drains HP

instead. Has decent base power at 25
	and doesn't hit for determined/%-based damage but is

still Gravity element.

	White Wind: Costs more MP than before, was also

changed to a Magic formula so it will
	no longer cure several status ailments like Confusion

by accident. It can also be
	Reflected, unlike in vanilla.

	Big Guard: Single-target, gives Haste + Wall +

Reflect. The Haste wears down Barriers
	faster so was kept, but Reflect turns this into a

double-edged Skill. MP cost is also
	higher at 76.

	Stasis Lock: Replacing Angel Whisper, which was

condensed onto Full Cure. Stasis Lock
	forces Peerless, Slow, Stop, Paralysis, and Resist to

a target. This skill is unique
	to the player's arsenal because it ignores a target's

status immunities, which may
	'break' certain fights if used correctly; this can

only be obtained from Binah.

	Dragon Force: No longer raises stats unfortunately,

but instead gives a slew of buffs.
	The buffs given are Regen, Haste, and Auto-Crits

(called Lucky Girl in the files).

	Antipode: Replaces Flamethrower, this is a Fire/Ice

element skill that hits all targets
	and can inflict Slow; this gives the player early

access to the status in addition to
	Shiva and Added Effect with Time.

	Laser: No longer a clone of Demi2, this skill inflicts

damage equal to 1/3 of the MaxHP
	of the target rather than the current HP. In other

words, it can kill the target.

	Beta/Aqualung/Trine: Base power has been lowered from

the 50s down to the 30s (roughly
	where default Trine was). They are now found in

different locations:
		Beta: Jemnezmy, Temple of the Ancients (also

Stilva, Gaea Cliffs)
		Aqualung: Garuda enemy, Da Chao
		Trine: Thundercracker, Mt. Nibel (first few

screens)

	Magic Breath: A non-element skill with a debarrier

effect and high base-power at 77.
	This can be learned from Malboro and Abyss in the

North Crater on Disc 3.

	Chocobuckle: This skill has been changed from it's

largely useless Escapes formula
	to be a straight-up early Wind skill. It has 16 base

power and has a chance to
	inflict Confusion. Every chocobo in the game had it's

level adjusted so you can now
	learn this E. Skill from any set of tracks provided

you have L5 Suicide.

	Alpha: A new Enemy Skill that slightly outstrips Beta

in terms of base power, Alpha
	replaces Roulette and is carried by the Midgar Zolom

wandering around the marshes.
	In addition to it's damage, it has a good chance to

inflict Slow-Numb.

	Shadow Flare: Changed to use the 'Hidden' element

which has been set up to act as a
	counter to Holy, Shadow Flare ignores magic defence

and can inflict KO, albeit with
	a huge MP cost. Reflectable.

	Pandora's Box: The second Hidden-element Skill, Box

also ignores defence and has a
	huge MP Cost but it's special effect is that it will

hit everything on the field,
	including the player party. Reflectable, which can

cause some chaos.


\\Character Equipment//

-) Weapons, Armour, and Accessories
	NT's equipment lists have gone through a thorough

overhaul with every piece having a
	more focused use and effect. Each new weapon you find

won't be a straight upgrade to
	the previous one, but rather a different alternative

that can help you create specific
	builds for clearing out an area, or dealing with a

problematic boss.


-) Cloud's Weapons
	As an 'all-rounder', Cloud's weapons give a wide range

of stat boosts to help him fulfil
	various roles such as frontline fighter, mage, tank,

support, etc. His starting weapon
	has a higher base power and will retain this up until

Cosmo Canyon when it'll be made
	obsolete by the Butterfly Edge.

	His weapons mostly have average accuracy, hovering

around 97-100% with a 1% crit modifier.
	For special weapons he has the Yoshiyuki and Ultima

Weapon, but also the Force Stealer which
	now drains damage as HP (basically a blood sword).


-) Barret's Weapons
	While his Long Range weapons are very accurate, they

have no crit modifier, rarely offer
	stat bonuses, and are slightly behind his short range

weapons in terms of base power.
	On the flip-side, his short range weapons are

inaccurate at 80% though boast a high
	crit modifier and bonuses to various stats. Later,

he'll get access to cannon-type
	weapons like Microlaser and A.M. Cannon that combine

the best of both, albeit with
	slightly less accuracy than his automatic weapons.

	For specials, he's got the global-targeting Enemy

Launcher which hits everything on
	the field to enable blender strats, Max Ray for non-

elemental damage, Solid Bazooka
	to inflict Paralysis, and Missing Score which counts

on the equipped Materia's AP.
	To counter-balance Score's damage, though, it now only

has 4 slots instead of 8.


-) Tifa's Weapons
	As a predominantly melee fighter, Tifa's weapons have

decent accuracy and higher crit
	modifiers. Her standard weapon list alternates between

small boosts to auxiliary stats
	and a larger boost to the Dexterity stat. Her starting

weapon has been refashioned into
	a late-game Triple AP weapon, with her Metal Knuckle

replacing it as the default weapon.

	For specials, Tifa still has Powersoul and Master Fist

but these now come with 0 base power
	to counter their incredibly high damage. She also has

Motor Drive, which gives a heavy Dex
	bonus but at the cost of inflicting Haste on her

targets, Kaiser Knuckle (inflicts KO),
	and God Hand which still boasts 255% Accuracy. Her

Premium Heart had its damage formula
	swapped with Red XIII's Limited Moon, so it uses MP as

the modifier rather than the
	Limit gauge now.


-) Aeris' Weapons
	Not typically a melee fighter, Aeris has a mix of

'stat sticks' and unique healing weapons
	that restore HP instead of dealing damage. Some of

these also confer positive statuses
	such as Barrier or even Shield. She'll start the game

with a 'Restore Rod' which recovers
	the target's HP, replacing the Mythril Rod. Her Guard

Stick was converted into a Triple AP
	weapon and is acquired later.

	Due to an unfortunate incident at the end of Disc 1,

Aeris has fewer weapons than the rest
	of the cast. Not counting her restore weapons, she

only has one special weapon with the
	Wizer Staff which can drain a target's MP.


-) Red XIII's Weapons
	As the other all-rounder, Red's weapons also cover a

lot of different stats but have
	a tendency to carry Dexterity bonuses. He has good

crit modifiers, and functional
	accuracy on them with plenty of unique effects to

choose from.

	First, his Howl Comb (formerly Magic Comb) can inflict

Berserk, Plus Barrette drains
	damage as MP which is handy for magic builds relying

on heavy MP use, Centclip offers
	8 linked slots for intricate set-ups or AP farming,

and Hairpin is one of the very few
	long range weapons available outside of Yuffie,

Barret, and Vincent's weapons.
	Red XIII's Ultimate Weapon, Limited Moon, has also had

it's formula swapped with Tifa's
	Premium Heart and now uses his Limitn gauge to

determine damage; this should be a better
	fit as Red's Lv.4 Limit is a little lackluster

compared to others.


-) Yuffie's Weapons
	Speed and Magic are the two common themes for Yuffie's

weapons, with a few additional
	options to inflict statuses or elemental damage. She

has above average accuracy and
	all of her weapons are long-range, but the stat gains

are quite linear and you'll
	find it tough to raise her defensive attributes.

	On the other hand, she can make use of some innate

elemental damage from Wind Slash
	and Twin Viper (Poison) to deal double damage against

enemies that are weak to those
	elements, with Viper inflicting the poison status as

well. The Conformer has its
	original LV-based formula, which is already very

potent against higher level enemies.


-) Cait Sith's Weapons
	Boasting the highest crit modifiers on his weapons, he

also has the lowest base accuracy
	at around 70% meaning his naturally high Luck has to

carry some of the weight where his
	poor Dexterity cannot. He's got some chunky stat

bonuses for Luck and defence on his
	early weapons, and a few options to raise Magic here

and there.

	His special weapons suit his preferred role as a

support tank, with White M-Phone acting
	in a similar way to Aeris' healing weapons but giving

MP on strike instead. He can also
	drain damage as HP using the Black M-Phone which can

be handy if you bulk up his Strength
	and have him counter-attack any Covered damage. HP

Shout has also been changed, given the
	same damage formula as the ???? Enemy Skill (Max HP -

Current HP =  Damage) so the more
	damage he takes, the more his defence-ignoring

ultimate weapon inflicts.


-) Vincent's Weapons
	While nothing special in terms of accuracy or crit

modifiers, Vincent's long-range guns
	enjoy decent Magic boosts and a range of status

ailments that they can inflict on enemies.
	Among the statuses he can inflict are Slow, Silence,

Slow-Numb (gradual petrify), and Fury
	which reduces enemy accuracy by 30%.

	Vince also has a few unique pieces like the Shotgun

which hits all targets on the field
	and the Sniper CR which has 255% accuracy like the God

Hand. The Death Penalty has also
	been adjusted and now uses the same formula as

Yoshiyuki, inflicting increased damage
	when allies are KO'd.


-) Cid's Weapons
	Joining late, a lot of Cid's weapons are quite

powerful with a high crit modifier of 3%
	countered by a lower accuracy of around 80%. His

primary stat gains are to Vitality and
	Luck, with the rest being a mix of elemental, status-

ailment, and other special effects
	such as the Trident with its innate Lighting/Water

element damage and the Viper Halberd
	which inflicts Poison like Yuffie's Twin Viper.

	Among Cid's special weapons are a long range spear,

Grow Lance, and the Flayer which gives
	him a huge boost to Luck but inflicts Auto-Crits/Lucky

Girl status on hit (though perhaps
	this could be used to your advantage). As for his

Ultimate Weapon, he has no special attack
	formula for it but instead has the very potent drain

damage as HP effect which can make him
	very tough for enemies to put down.


-) Sephiroth's Masamune
	The Masamune can now be crafted and used as an

alternate Ultimate Weapon for any character
	by the player. It has the highest base power of any

weapon at 100, double the cap that was
	imposed for 'normal' weapons, and sports 255% accuracy

with a 255% crit modifier meaning it
	will always land a critical hit. It's also non-

elemental, so it'll hit through Shield and
	other elemental resistances.


-) Armour
	In NT, characters have a special defence boost in-

battle that makes their defensive stats
	twice as effective as vanilla. This means that the

differences between Armour defensive
	ratings are much wider than they initially appear, and

choosing between a Bronze Bangle
	and Iron Bangle will make a noticeable difference in

damage reduction.

	The majority of NT's armour also carry additional stat

gains and elemental/Status resistances
	to help better protect your team. Strength and Magic

are the common buffs, but you'll also
	get Armours like Shinra Beta which gives a high Dex

boost at the cost of zero defence.
	The powerful end-game Armours like Ziedrich and

Mystile all carry their own innate drawbacks
	as well such as Mystile offering 0 defence for it's

high evasion and the Ziedrich halving all
	elemental damage, including the Restorative element

from healing.


-) Accessories
	Radically overhauled with stat gains and other

effects, Accessories have a wide range of
	effects and buffs to make them much more competitive

with each other. Anything that offers
	status protection now also offers a unique mix of stat

boosts to keep them viable against
	the dedicated stat gain Accessories like Power Wrist

and Earring.

	There are also accessories that give higher stat

boosts, but at the cost of preventing the
	character from using a particular buff like Barriers

or restricting the effectivness of
	healing magic on them. The Ribbon, usually a standard

in default games, has taken a note
	out of the Hardcore mod's book and now prevents any

status, good or bad.


-) Items
	A large-scale overhaul of item effects was carried

out, with the aim of turning largely
	useless items like Potions into viable mainstays that

will be useful for much longer.
	Starting off, Potions now restore 300HP in-battle

which means they continue to be
	useful through a large section of Disc 1 as an

alternative to Cure when MBarrier is
	in use or for topping up HP cheaply.

	Some status-healing items were also condensed down to

make room for new items, but also
	to make them much more useful throughout the game.

Echo Screens were combined with the
	badly placed Eye Drops item to make Echo Drops, that

heal Silence and Darkness.
	Cornucopia also took on Maiden's Kiss' effect to heal

Frog & Mini, leaving space to make
	a new item that heals Confu & Berserk, two nasty

statuses that were missing from the
	original status-healing item list and which could only

be healed by Remedy (or a hit,
	in the case of Confusion).

	Attack items were also brought more in line and should

be useful around the time that
	they are obtained. But for balancing reasons, the

multi-target effect of many status
	inducing items were changed to be single-target

instead. This includes Light Curtain,
	Spider Web, etc. Ink was also changed to inflict Fury,

as Darkness does not affect
	monster accuracy, and Molotovs can inflict Slow. The

Eye Drops item was changed to
	a 100% poison-inflicting Grenade as well, the

decidedly infamous 'Dirty Bomb' that
	previous NT players seem to be quite fond of.

	There's a few other surprises in store; try using

Greens on your party members, or
	give the new and improved Hero Drink II a whirl. It

may not be what you expect, but
	I promise that, if used correctly, it can make

something very, very powerful. There's
	also a few brand new items that were added to the

list, like Astral Curtain (Shield),
	Yellow Wave, and Fletch Rockets.


\\Enemies & Bosses//

-) Enemy Stats & Weaknesses
	Rather than just tweaking these based on a % of their

original values, every enemy was
	fine-tuned to present a reasonable threat to parties

on a normal curve of progression.
	Everything from Level to Evasion was adjusted to

spread out the effectiveness of
	different tactics.

	Elemental and defensive strengths/weaknesses have been

made far more consistent across
	enemy types.

	Machines: Weak to Bolt & Water, Resists Poison
	Beasts/Bugs: Weak to Fire & Ice
	Flying: Weak to Wind & Gravity, Resists Earth
	Large/Heavy: Weak to Earth, Resists Gravity & Wind
	Humans: Weak to Poison
	Demonic/Jenova: Weak to Holy, Resists Hidden

	You'll also find that some types like Machines will

have higher Defence than Magic Defence
	while smaller enemies will be more vulnerable to

physical attacks while elemental monsters
	like Bomb or Bottomswell will have their resistances

adjusted to account for their
	elemental affinity. The idea with all this is that you

can quickly discern a new enemy's
	weaknesses and adjust tactics on the fly.


-) Enemy Attacks
	To accompany the adjusted stats, every enemy attack

was reviewed and some new ones were
	added to their arsenal. You'll be dealing with new and

unusual effects like Dual-Drain,
	Resist, and unique damage formulas that were normally

reserved for special weapons or
	rare attacks. These attacks have been picked to best

compliment the monster using them
	and the other enemies that might be in the formation.


-) Enemy AI
	A core component in any balance adjustment to enemies

is the AI; in a lot of cases,
	enemies will have smarter AI that will avoid knocking

off statuses like Sleep and
	try to apply statuses to characters that don't already

have them. Boss AI was also
	generally tweaked either to make them more aggressive

or to pace out their attacks
	to account for increased power (Dyne being a good

example, in order to avoid a
	scenario where the player becomes trapped in a healing

cycle).

	You'll also be encountering unusual twists in AI, such

as attacks that will decrease
	MaxMP, flags being set to nullify Restorative, and

others.


-) New Enemies
	There's a host of new enemies to be found in NT. Some

are bosses blocking special
	treasure, or which are part of new/adjusted events

you'll find either in the story
	or as a part of new sidequests. There's also new

random enemies in most of the areas
	in the game to keep players on their toes.



-----------------
\\Area Changes//
-----------------

This is a breakdown of some of the new things/adjustments to

be found in each area
of the game. Not everything is listed, but the important

things are.


\\Kalm & Nibelheim Flashback//

-) Kalm Traveller
	In a slight departure from his original function, he

will now make three difficult
	battles available when trading him the Earth Harp,

Desert Rose, or Guidebook.
	Two of these fights have a unique and powerful Enemy

Skill to learn (used when
	the monster is killed) and the third drops an item

used to make Red XIII's
	Ultimate Weapon: Limited Moon.

-) Flashback Skip & Easter Egg
	The Flashback can now be skipped, with all important

optional variables flipped such
	as the piano for a Disc 2 Elemental Materia. For this

playing the Flashback
	anyway, Sephiroth has been made player-controlled and

has a more varied arsenal
	of Materia at his disposal while 'Young Cloud' has

been specced to be more on
	par with his 'predecessor'.



\\Chocobo Ranch//

-) Cheaper Choco-Lure Materia
	The price of this has been adjusted down from 2000gil

to 200gil.
	Poverty may still find you.

-) Lv.5 Divisible Chocobos
	All chocobos have been given a level that is divisible

by 5 so that L5 Suicide
	can prompt Chocobuckle from any Chocobo; note that

Chocobuckle was turned into
	a straight-up wind-element attack that uses a regular

magic formula and is worth
	getting early on.



\\Mythril Mines//

EXP Plus
-) As Long Range Materia has been removed from the game, EXP

Plus has been put down in
	it's place. This drops as a 1-Star mastered Materia

with it's full effect active
	meaning it doesn't need to be built with AP.

The Turks D:
-) A new battle with Elena and Rude will occur while talking

to them next to the exit
	of the Mythril Mines.

Antipode
-) The Flamethrower Enemy Skill was converted into a new one

called Antipode, which is
	basically Fire + Ice and hits all targets with a

chance to inflict Slow. Should
	be more useful than the original.

New Random Enemy
-) A Mythril Diver enemy can now appear; it has decent

physical defence and gives a hefty
	chunk of gil when killed. You'll generally find one

new random enemy in each area,
	but some are tucked away on the beaches or rarely

walked terrain.

SP Introduction
-) The SP system is introduced following the scene with the

Turks.



\\Junon Area: World Map//

-) Ziegfried Miniboss
	Replacing the now defunct Mystery Ninja encounter is

an optional boss (Hellrider V2)
	renamed to Ziegfried from FF6. He's quite tough, but

will give you a special Materia
	if you somehow manage to beat him.


\\Fort Condor//

-) Improved Funding & Starting Funds
	Fort Condor now starts with 15,000gil as disposable

income which they can use
	to defend themselves when you're not around. Each

automated defence costs 3000gil,
	and it covers all of the 'inaccessible' battles should

you choose not to disrupt
	the story-critical scenes they unlock in by

teleporting away to FC.

	You also gain 400gil back per soldier, so assuming you

don't lose too many units
	there won't be too much lost on costs for a successful

battle.

-) Rewards Revision
	In addition to cleaning up the text and scripts, Fort

Condor now dishes out some
	improved rewards for helping them clear each battle

(but as ever, nothing is
	missable). Potent healing items are given in batches

of 3-5, strong equipment
	can be accessed early, and there is a very special

prize available to players
	who don't allow Fort Condor to be beaten by Shinra a

single time (awarded when
	receiving the Huge Materia following the final &

mandatory Fort Condor battle).

-) Teleport NPC
	This NPC appears in various towns at different points

of the game (usually) when
	a new Fort Condor battle becomes available and will

warp your party to FC
	and then back again once you've concluded your

business there.

-) Battle Notification
	In certain scenes where there is a small window to

access a particular FC battle,
	a small notification will appear to alert players. In

the special case of the
	Weapon Raid & Mideel scenes, a discreet confirmation

window is shown beforehand
	to decide whether or not to interrupt these scenes

with notifications + teleports.

-) Shops Revision
	The basic Materia store has been changed to use their

more advanced Disc 2/3
	version with Deathblow and others available for

purchase. The Item store has
	also been changed and now sells Echo Drops which are

very useful for the
	upcoming Illuyankas (Bottomswell) boss fight in Junon.


\\Junon//

Changed Item Shop Inventory
-) The inventory sold by the man in Under Junon has been

swapped to sell Echo Drops which
	are an important status healing item for the impending

boss fight.

Respectable Inn - Revised
-) Like the Beginner's Hall, it's Junon counterpart has had

it's information changed to
	better reflect battle mechanics and some of the

advanced tricks that can be
	performed to gain an edge over enemies.

Junon Leagues
-) In the Beginner's Hall/Respectable Inn, a new tourney-based

1v1 bracket can be entered
	by one of your party members. Winning the bracket will

net a batch of prizes,
	with higher brackets offering better rewards but

tougher opposition.

Marching Minigame
-) The top prize for this was changed to make it more

worthwhile (?) than the Ether prize.
	Maybe.

Send-Off Minigame
-) The prizes have been changed here as well, with a HP Plus

no longer being available.
	The top prize (120+) is now a Mastered 'Enemy Away'

Materia, with 2nd Prize being
	a Rune Armlet. There is no longer a consolation prize.

Comet Materia
-) If players missed Comet during the Corel Train sequence due

to not catching up to the
	train at all (which is unlikely but can happen) then

it can be picked up from
	the empty Cargo Ship port on Disc 2/3.

Shop Inventory - Disc 2/3
-) Some stores had their inventory changed to keep certain

weapons as 'end-game' weapons.


\\Cargo Ship//

Shop Inventory
-) The sailor's shop inventory was adjusted for the upcoming

boss fight with Jenova.


\\Costa Del Sol//

Cloud's Villa: Redux
-) When purchased, several new NPCs appear who will

periodically give you a supply of
	rare items including Megalixirs.

Alternate Rufus Scene
-) Restored from the game script, an alternate version to the

arrival of Rufus scene is
	now played after disembarking from the Cargo Ship for

the first time.
	It features the greatest punch in history.

Basement Inventory
-) The items available from the Villa's basement have been

changed.


\\Mt. Corel//

Extended Scenes
-) A mixture of new scenes and restored/reactivated events

have been peppered throughout
	Mt. Corel, mostly revolving around Barret's odd

behaviour as they approach the town.

Cokatolis' Nest
-) The items taken from the nest were changed to a stock of

Remedy instead, and the enemy
	fought is a unique Mamatolis instead of a regular

Cokatolis.


\\North Corel//

Barret Flashback Skip
-) You can now skip Barret's (admittedly brief) Flashback

involving the town's decision to
	let Shinra build a Reactor there + the attack.

Gold Saucer shortcut
-) After purchasing a Gold Ticket, you can talk to the Ropeway

Attendant to quick-warp to
	any of the Gold Saucer areas rather than riding the

tram and going there manually.


\\Gold Saucer//

Price of Admission
-) The ticket price for one-time entry into the Gold Saucer

has been changed from 3000gil
	to 300gil. Gold Tickets are still 30,000gil.

GP Seller
-) The random chance behind his appearance was removed; he

will now always be there after a
	certain point in the game (Disc 2).

Cait Sith's Gift
-) Annoyed that Cait Sith is joining your party? He gives the

party 100GP to sweeten the
	deal this time around.

Battle Square
-) The prizes here have been changed to the following:
	[Pre-Bronco]
	Spider Web = 100
	Speed Drink = 200
	T/S Bomb = 400
	Ether = 800
	S-Mine = 1600
	Sun Curtain = 2000
	Diamond Bangle = 4000
	Peace Ring = 8000
	Reflect Ring = 16000
	Curse Ring = 32000

	[Acquired-Bronco]
	Speed Drink = 100
	Hourglass = 200
	Ether = 400
	S-Mine = 800
	8-Inch Cannon = 1600
	Astral Curtain = 2000
	Crystal Bangle = 4000
	Touph Ring = 8000
	Circlet = 16000
	Champion Belt = 32000

	[Acquired Highwind]
	Dazers = 100
	Ether = 200
	8-Inch Cannon = 400
	Sun Curtain = 800
	Astral Curtain = 1600
	Vaccine = 2000
	SS-Mine = 4000
	Hero Drink II = 16000
	Oversoul Shard = 24000
	Mystery Prize = 32000

	The idea behind the prizes is to provide useful items

that can be used in-battle for
	running Battle Square once, but to dole out equipment

that's ahead of the curve if
	the player is patient enough to run it several times.

You'll notice that there's some
	new items listed in this prize-list; refer to the Item

section for more info.

Extra Battle
-) An additional option that's unlocked in Battle Square once

the player has reached Disc 3,
	cleared Special Battle, and bought the Mystery Prize.

A new NPC appears on the left-hand
	side of the room who will enable the party to fight

against some super-bosses from other FFs;
	including a replica of the Nemesis super-boss from

FFX's Monster Arena. This enemy's AI and
	attacks are very similar to it's counterpart and can

make it appear overwhelming at first, but
	using some of FF7's unique mechanics might expose some

surprising weaknesses...

	Clearing Extra Battle nets the player a special item,

the Hero Medal. This was used
	originally to unlock an alternate final battle in NT

but has a new function in the 1.4 build.
	It's overall effect on the game is a secret, but

having it will enable a very special chain
	of events at a certain time.

Dio's Trial
-) The prizes that Dio gives the player when participating in

the forced Battle Square encounter
	for the Keystone have been changed. Clearing more than

five battles gets you an organics
	sword for Cloud, while clearing it entirely will earn

you Organics, a Lucky Pill, and
	5x 8-Inch Cannons.

Wonder Square & Speed Square
-) Some prizes were tweaked slightly, nothing ground-breaking.

Don't believe the fortune-teller
	and its lies.

Chocobo Square
-) You can now bet for A and S Rank races from the get-go,

instead of needing to become a Jockey.
	This can make some end-game items available early,

assuming you have the money and
	patience to actually do this :I


\\Desert Prison//
Junkyard
-) A new save point was added to the junkyard outside of

Dyne's hideout.
	Nothing else.


\\Gongaga//
-) A new encounter is fought at the Reactor for the Titan

Materia; an opportunity to save the game
	was added to the end of the Turks fight in order to

help prevent a potential loss of progress.

-) Aeris' additional dialogue is now possible to get when

talking to her after exiting Zack's house.
	A disabled scene with Barret upon leaving Gongaga was

also added. Like with other towns,
	your party members can be found around town.


\\Cosmo Canyon//
-) A new encounter is hiding somewhere in the Cave of the Gi,

and a new Save Point was added just
	before the fight with Gi Nattak. The Added Effect

Materia was replaced with a Magic Counter.

-) HP & MP Plus can no longer be bought from the Materia

vendor in this town; both Materia are now
	one-off unique pieces that are acquired elsewhere.


\\Nibelheim//
-) It's now mandatory to clear the Shinra Mansion in order to

set up a new event on Mt. Nibel.
	Blocking the entrance to the Mansion is a squad of new

Shinra enemies based on the
	SOLDIER enemy.

-) The key to the basement is now acquired from a treasure

chest rather than by opening the
	safe; inside the safe is Odin Materia and the Lost

Number encounter, like before.
	The Enemy Launcher weapon was moved to the treasure

chest upstairs on the right-wing.

-) An enemy change shouldn't be listed here, but Yin/Yang's AI

was changed so that it's text
	strings no longer pause the flow of battle.

-) There seems to be something else here.


\\Mt. Nibel//
-) The Keeper boss is now optional, and no longer blocks the

route leading to Rocket Area.
	He does drop the Powersoul weapon now, though, so if

you want this strong piece
	of equipment you'll need to go through him first.


\\Rocket Town//
-) A save point was added into Cid's house so you can save

before the Palmer fight.
	For whatever reason you'd want to do that.

-) Cid's new sidequest to get his Lv.4 Limit also starts from

here, and involves besting the
	increasingly dangerous mechanised contraptions of his

'student', who can be found
	hanging around his house after you've acquired the

Bronco.

-) Cid's flashback can be skipped.

-) The boss fight with Rude up on the Rocket has been altered

slightly.

-) The Punmaster has a new unique script if you talk to him

during the rocket launch event.


\\Wutai//
-) Keeping in mind the stronger enemies + no Materia

situation, a number of powerful Lv.3 items
	have been left lying around to help you with the Rapps

battle.


\\Temple of the Ancients//
-) Various shops were added to make it easier to survive

inside.

-) The battle that triggers when you're knocked down from the

clock puzzle is now with a unique
	boss rather than the dreaded pincer battle with

Ancient Dragons.

-) Due to the unique nature of the boss fight with Brass/Red

Dragon and the lengthy cutscene that
	precedes it, a Retry option was added in the event of

a Game Over.

-) Demons Gate is now double the fun.


\\Bone Village//
-) The shop here was changed so that Diamond Bangles are now

exclusive to Icicle Inn, allowing
	Gold Armlets their time in the sun (they can be

acquired elsewhere, but not as conveniently).


\\Forgotten City//
-) Comet was removed from here, and is now acquired from the

Corel Train sequence. The Enemy Skill
	that was here has also been removed.

-) Something good or bad will happen here, depending on your

perspective.


...I'll finish the rest later :I

(but I never did - 11/03/2017 :c)