Final Fantasy

[Lord Myne]

I imagine it's all about utilizing abilities, magic, weapons, armor, accessories, and materia to their best potential against each enemy.

[UnmeiNoTsubasa]

You have to be careful with how much magic you use, since mp can only be recovered by completing the chapter, smashing shinra crates or completing side quests (I think)

And you can't use items at all

[Luffynatsu87]

I just buy a load of hi potions and mega potions they help me get through the game without using magic to much as safe it for tbe boss battles

[Lord Myne]

Items and magic can only be use during boss battles.

Plus HP and MP regenerates during battles too.

Weapons have regeneration for both on them so they must regenerate some.

[Lloydiboy]

No items in hard mode at all, and mp doesn't return at rest points, only hp. Mp does regenerate slowly in and out of battle, and busting crates can give it a boost too.

[Lord Myne]

I typically never use items and just like that when they might be useful the game disables them. Sounds annoying. Sounds to me like they shouldn't of bothered to add items to the game at all.

I’m assuming that means, in Hard Mode you can start with max or high level characters, maxed out materia, and maxed level weapons?

Which means without placing some limitations here and there the difficulty wouldn’t be challenging enough.

I already don’t use MP often and use items rarely. Might need to use the benches for resting more often on Hard. Though Pray and Chakra work well well for HP recovery.

[Luffynatsu87]

Prey is good one to use depends on the battle i found most of battle quite challenging but fun as well

[Lloydiboy]

I typically never use items and just like that when they might be useful the game disables them. Sounds annoying. Sounds to me like they shouldn't of bothered to add items to the game at all.

I’m assuming that means, in Hard Mode you can start with max or high level characters, maxed out materia, and maxed level weapons?

Which means without placing some limitations here and there the difficulty wouldn’t be challenging enough.

I already don’t use MP often and use items rarely. Might need to use the benches for resting more often on Hard. Though Pray and Chakra work well well for HP recovery.

Enemies have scaled up with you for the difficulty. I used copious amounts of ether in the normal difficulty and the odd phoenix down, so shifting to no items and hella slow mp recovery was a system shock.
High level pray is a good healer, but maxed Chakra is a must, as it will bring your health to a respectable level. Also all items are disabled whether in battle or out, and Chakra and Pray can't be used out of battle.