Chococid's FFT FanPage: Damage Formulae Hints

Damage Formulae (courtesy of AeroStar on gameFAQs)


Notes on the abbreviations and formulae:
PA stands for physical attack power. It is the number immediately right of the sword icon.
MA stands for magical attack power. It is the number immediately right of the rod icon.
WP stands for weapon power. It is found in the center of the middle stat bar.
P.EV stands for all physical attack evasion.
M.EV stands for all magical attack evasion.
These are composed of several parts:
(NOTE: If an "M" is before it, it's magical. Same goes for "P" and physical.)

- W.EV: the weapon evade stat. This is only used if you have weapon guard set and a weapon equipped. Front and side evasion only.
- S.EV: the shield evade stat. This is only used if you have a shield set. Front and side evasion only.
- A.EV: the accesory evade stat. This is only used if you have a "mantle" set. Evades from all sides.
- C.EV: the class's innate evade stat. This is always used. Evades from front only.

BR: the brave stat. Found next to "brave". Is always used as a percent or decimal.
CFA: magic caster's faith. Found next to the caster's "faith" text. Is always used as a percent or decimal.
CHP: current HP. This is the left number next to the HP bar.
MHP: maximum HP. This is the right number next to the HP bar.
CMP: current MP. This is the left number next to the MP bar.
MMP: maximum MP. This is the right number next to the MP bar.
Sp: speed. This is found next to the "speed" text.

Now, as far as Zodiac Compatibility goes, you take the relevant attack value and call that X. For instance, for sword attacks, it's PA. So you take the PA and call that X.
Now you take X and do different things to it:
- "Good": X+[X/4]
- "Best": X+[X/2]
- "Bad": X-[X/4]
- "Worst": X-[X/2]

Now you substitute that in place of the relevant attack statistic.
Oh wait... you're wondering what the [X/4] means? That's called "Truncating" or "Truncation". It means that if X/4 is not a whole number, you just round down. For instance [3.999] becomes 3. Remember the [brackets] mean truncate. (Parentheses) are used the same as you would in any algebra class. You just do those first.
The same thing applies to success rates in effect magics.