However, I have neither the time nor the skill to learn how to hack, and even if I did, I'm sure that many of the things I thought of would be beyond the ability of a beginner. So I was wondering if anyone here might help me out with it...Not to do the whole thing themselves, of course, I would do whatever I could to be helpful. Here's my ideas outlined, and I have a note below:
-Permanent recruitable Ouka if you defeat her/make her retreat with a school member every time she pops up.
-"Trombe!" as Kurogane's mech theme.
-Recruitable Wodan Ymir if you defeat him with Sanger in their final battle. Or something. (Needs player character stats)
-Recruitable Axel if you finish him with Kyosuke in the final battle with him. (Needs PC stats)
-Recruitable Mekibos if you finish Wendolo within one turn of his popping up. Or something. (Needs PC stats)
-Give Masaki "Dark Prison" as a bonus theme upon completing the game.
-Give Irm and Ring "The Violent Four" as a theme upon completing the game.
-Give Gilliam "Chaos" as a theme upon completing the game.
-Give "Ouka Genei" as a theme for the School Kids upon completing the game.
-Give Gilliam Zweizergain in the final stage/s. (Needs PC stats)
-Just as a pet peeve, change Alfimi's mech theme to "Alchemist's Query", and give "Alchemist's Query" as a mech theme for Rein Weiss.
-Make R-Gun Powered's mech themes "Femme Fatale" and "Marionette Messiah" for the whole game. I noticed that its mech theme changes from those two soon after you get it for real.
-Unlockable WildFalken L. Somehow.
-Twin Bird Strike combo attack for WildWurger L and WildFalken L if you get them both and stick Arado and Seolla in them, if at all possible.
-Make Predict less useless by bringing its bonus up to a reasonable level. Above what you'd get for spending the same amount of PP on Evasion and Hit, at least.
-If at all possible, allow you to choose who gets the Mechanoid: Yuuki and Carla(You get it when they join), Leona and Tasuku(Somehow..?), Ryoto and Rio, or Bullet and Kusuha before the mission/Route Split. New quotes would need to be created, however...And I don't know about "Dragoon Blade".
-For the love of all things holy, give the Aggressors something less sucky then "Resolve" as a spirit.
-Make enemies actually use Spirit Commands on Hard and EX-Hard, if possible.
Some of these are general gameplay improvements that don't seem like they would be that difficult, and any new playable characters or mechs wouldn't have to be part of the story. However, I also had a much bigger idea seperate from the rest...It would require a massive story rewrite, and adjustments to a few quotes, but I could write that out myself, if anyone would want to hack it for me...
-Replace Lamia with Amnesiac Axel, and Enemy Axel with Enemy Lamia. Give Axel new quotes, closer to his A quotes. Make Lamia the one who stays behind in the intro, to buy the others time to escape, or something. Make Lamia's quotes more emotionless, and heartless. Replace Lamia with Axel in all scenes, and vice versa, including rewrites to accompany that. Give Axel at least one "Happy" face. Lamia should show up in Rathgrith first, Angelg for the rest of the game, except for the final battle with her, when she shows up in Vysaga.
So, would anyone at least be able to outline how much of my ideas are actually possible with ROM hacking?