JRPG tier progression

[Hagane_no_Saiyajin]

Okay, okay. Now why this thread is being made is because how the mechanics work in an RPG. Normally you do thinks to get more experience, and that experience is used to level your character up and gradually get him/her stronger. Now I definitely can understand Tifa, Crono, Cloud, Ayla, Link, etc. being were they are by the end of their respective games or even at their highest levels but I'd like to know what were their tiers as the game continued on until that point. Ōkami Amaterasu, Bayonetta, and Future Warrior at least have a profile that shows the progression of their teirs, why can't like Tifa have that privilege?

 

[DarkDragonMedeus]

Well, it's often rather complicated and feels unnecessary to create a project giving multiple keys for every single JRPG protagonist. It's possible that we may or may not, but it would most likely take too long. However, it probably varies based on the game. Pretty much every JRPG protagonist should be no lower than Wall level considering cutting through solid steel like butter is a feat even fodder characters do regularly. It's also common for beginning JRPG characters to be above Building level given they fight giant monsters all the time.

Young Link is still durable enough to survive bombs that were calc'd at High 7-A in a seen from Phantom Hourglass. Kefka did have some Continent level feats mid game, so mid game Final Fantasy 6 could be around that level. Chrono Trigger actually has some extremely consisted 5-A feats. Not just the ones Lavos and Queen Zeal have, but there's a calc from Chrono Cross in which nearly everyone in that game can perform; Magus's generals should scale to that also, and the mid game Chrono Trigger cast defeat them rather easily. And Magus is especially above his generals by huge margins.

As for Final Fantasy 7, Zack Fair is Dwarf Star level and FTL+ and that's despite him dying early game. The FF7 cast mid game should be comparable if not superior to him. As do many of the summons consistently range from Tier 6 to Tier 5, so I think even early game FF7 characters would be in the range iirc.

 

[Hagane_no_Saiyajin]

It might be worth it in the end.