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[8d. Detection]
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You have probably wondered why "Vanish" does not really make you invisible
as monsters still chase you across the zone. Hopefully you will get a better
idea through this section.
All monsters in FF12 detect enemies (you) out of four senses:
(1) Vision (V)
Usually applies to monsters that have, obviously, eyes. This is the only
sense that can be deceived by the Vanish status. The area of detection
is usually a partial circle (fan) centered on the direction that the
monster is currently facing, because... eyes are located at the center
of the face.
(2) Sound (S)
Sound detection is usually not as far-reaching as vision. There has been
a rumor that the Float status makes no footstep sound, therefore ignores
monsters' hearing. The Ultimania guide does not mention this anywhere, so
it may be just a beautiful piece of imagination.
(3) Life (L)
Life detection is actually the "loss of life" detection. When your HP is
less than 40%, certain types of monsters (undead, plants and bugs) can
detect your weakness through the Force. Oh I mean the Mist.
(4) Magic (M)
Only applies to monsters that "go nuts" when you cast magic, because of
the Mist distortion. You can always explain nonsense with the the Mist.
Below I will give a list of all types of monsters' detection type, radius (r),
and angle (deg, if not 360 degrees, centered in the middle of their face). See
Section 10f to have a better idea of what distances represent.
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| Category | (V) r deg | (S) r | (L) r | (M) r |
|------------------|------------|-------|-------|-------|
| Plant | 10 140 | 8 | 10 | -- |
|------------------|------------|-------|-------|-------|
| Fish | 9 160 | 8 | -- | -- |
|------------------|------------|-------|-------|-------|
| Beast | 10 100 | 7 | -- | -- |
|------------------|------------|-------|-------|-------|
| Dragon | 18 200 | 7 | -- | -- |
|------------------|------------|-------|-------|-------|
| Bird | 14 160 | 5 | -- | -- |
|------------------|------------|-------|-------|-------|
| Giant | 10 130 | 6 | -- | -- |
|------------------|------------|-------|-------|-------|
| Magical Creature | -- | 10 | -- | -- |
|------------------|------------|-------|-------|-------|
| Undead | -- | 8 | 15 | -- |
|------------------|------------|-------|-------|-------|
| Insects | 10 140 | 6 | 15 | -- |
|------------------|------------|-------|-------|-------|
| Flan & Jelly | -- | 10 | -- | -- |
|------------------|------------|-------|-------|-------|
| Materials | 11 160 | 3 | -- | -- |
|------------------|------------|-------|-------|-------|
| Imperial Army | 11 160 | 3 | -- | -- |
|------------------|------------|-------|-------|-------|
| Humanoid | 11 180 | 6 | -- | -- |
|------------------|------------|-------|-------|-------|
| Weapon | 20 200 | -- | -- | -- |
|------------------|------------|-------|-------|-------|
| Elemental | -- | -- | -- | 20 |
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Therefore, Vanish is effective against Bird, Giant, Insects (if HP > 40%),
Materials, Imperial Army and Humanoids, because of their poor sound detection
radius.
o Chain detection?
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The same type of monsters can chain their detections, just like we yell out
danger to warn families and friends. When a monster enters battle and is
within the detection area of a second same-type monster, the second monster
also enters battle mode.