Being voiced by Patrick Seitz in the story in English also helps a lot with his popularity, and Gumi's first popularity poll had Zazan winning over Elsirelle by a landslide. It doesn't hurt that despite being the only N unit in the game, he has the highest movement stats in the game, along with access to the rare Thief subjob.

Zazan is very popular in both sides due to his comic relief and his design as a man wearing a bear skin with his armor.

Draco in Leather Pants: Global players love Zazan's design, overlooking the fact that he's a remorseless killer who doesn't fight fair.

Because of how buffs apply before actions, Aeon Bond effectively gives her a 30% chance to fully heal herself if she does not die in one hit. Her EX job unlock, however, gives her Aeon Bond, which adds an auto-cure to it. At base power, Yevon's Gift is a mediocre reaction ability that has a 30% chance to buff her Healing Power.

While Yuna doesn't have statuses, her EX Job has Aeon Bond.

In Japan, after EX jobs increased the cost of raising units and Gumi ramped up the introduction of 100-cost units from once every 6 months to once every month, the base shifted towards outright hatred. Others don't mind, as the game provides shortcuts for dolphins and whales. Some believe they are inherently exploitative due to costing more and taking longer to raise than a regular Ultra Rare unit.

100-cost units are a very polarizing topic.

Others believe there aren't enough, and that it's just another scheme to force players to spend money. Some appreciate the higher depth and the thought that new life that it brought to units like Xiza and Robb. Fully awakening a unit to Job Level 25 costs 400 more shards in addition to the 600 needed to raise a unit beforehand.

It adds new materials and other farming opportunities, but the real power gap for most free-to-play players is the shards.

They effectively represent the next level of Power Creep that the game has to offer.

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