No encounters
Description
Enc-None is a support ability in Final Fantasy VIII. When equipped to a member of the active party, it eliminates random encounters.
Enc-None and -Half can be seen as obsolete in Final Fantasy VIII Remastered, where the player can turn off random encounters at any time as a bonus feature.
Obtained[]
The Guardian Force Diablos learns Enc-None for 100 AP after mastering Enc-Half. Diablos is recruited by using the Magical Lamp Headmaster Cid gives at the Timber mission briefing. If the player removes Enc-None with Amnesia Greens, there is no way to get it back.
Mechanics[]
When Enc-None is in effect, the game does not check for random encounters, eliminating them entirely. Enc-None has no effect on fixed encounters or action encounters, such as UFO? sightings, or many of the battles at the Deep Sea Research Center: if the player moves when the blue light shines, they enter a battle regardless, and when answering the light's questions, the player must fight Ruby Dragons in between. Deeper in the ruins, if the player has Zell Dincht force a door open, the player must face some unavoidable battles on their way down to the deep sea deposit.
Use[]
Enc-None is good whenever the player wants to avoid fighting, such as for any segments with time limits: Centra Ruins, Esthar City during Lunatic Pandora's attack, and when awakening Omega Weapon in the final dungeon.
Enc-None can be good in Islands Closest to Heaven and Hell to use the draw points without being bogged down by endless encounters.
The player can gil farm by simply running around. Doing this on the world map earns salary payouts faster, and the player can eliminate encounters to make it a passive endeavor. However, the party's SeeD rank will drop of they fight no battles between payouts. While on the world map, the player can also avoid random encounters by walking on a road/railway tracks, or using vehicles, without needing to use Enc-None.
World map sidequests are less frustrating to complete if the player eliminates encounters: Obel Lake, UFO sightings, looking for the Lunar Base crash site, trying to initiate battle against Jumbo Cactuar.
The player should aim to unequip Enc-None when they are about to enter a boss battle and use the support ability space for something that enhances battle readiness instead.