AVEE'S PROFILE

author=Mr_TagoMago
I think most western people were FF fans before they got into DQ. Of course I owned Dragon Warrior as a kid but that was really early and bare bones in fact its the probably the weakest in the series though it has a sorta nostalgic charm 2 was such an improvement and 3 was a behemoth.

Actually DQ was my first RPG, soon followed by FF, then DQ2 (I didn't like it much) and DQ3 (My favorite NES RPG).
All four NES DQs were released in North America. We did get 3 other FF games on the Game Boy, but those were actually SaGa games and differed greatly from FF1.
In my opinion, DQ did far better than FF before the SNES era.

FF2 was ported to PSX 14 years after its Famicom release (13 on the WonderSwan but nobody bought that obscure console).
FF3 was ported to the DS 16 years after its Famicom release.
Both FF2 and FF3 on the Famicom are quite bad. The FF2 ports are equally weak, and the DS FF3 is mediocre.

Things changed when Squaresoft began to release several great SNES games. FF4 and FF6, along with other titles such as Secret of Mana, Breath of Fire, Mario RPG and Chrono Trigger. DQ5 and DQ6 were not released in North America due to Enix' lack of confidence in potential sales (Square was actually also struggling at the time despite having released those excellent RPGs).

If I had to pit each original release in the series against one another and focus on the gameplay, my personal preferences would be:

FF1: 5 interesting classes (Thief sucks). Less linear, less grindy.
DQ1: Fun open world. Too redundant and grindy.

DQ2: Unique characters. Occasional lack of directions.
FF2: Boring from beginning to end. Poorly balanced.

DQ3: 6 interesting classes (Merchant and Goof-Off are useless). Fun battles and character growth. Lack of freedom in battle strategy near the endgame.
FF3: See FF2.

DQ4: Lack of control over allies in Chapter 5. Otherwise a great title.
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FF4: Similar to yet better than FF1 in strategy and character growth.

DQ5: Hands down one of the best titles in the series.
FF5: A few fun classes. Poorly balanced after the halfway point.

FF6: Hands down one of the best titles in the series.
DQ6: Haven't beaten it yet, but not as good as DQ5.

The way you coded it so far will require the player to interact with the lever twice in order to open the door.

The closed door will then appear at its location because the Variable 0001 DOOR needs to be equal to 1 in order for the closed door to show. Before the variable is set to 1, there will be no door shown.
This might not be what you want.

Also, the player can pull the lever again to increase the Variable 0001 DOOR even more because you set the operation to +1, which will make the door disappear at value 2 or higher if the player has not interacted with the door when it was at value 1.
Again, this might be a problem.

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EDIT

Here are a few screenshots of a working example:

Yes, each artist has his/her prices and it also depends on the medium used.

If you want concept art and not actual in-game battlers, you could also request simple sketches. Either black and white or colored, artists would charge less for those.

-You can use a Fork Condition command in the door's event page to check for a third switch (or more).
-Once you've checked if all 3 switches are ON, turn on a switch for the door.
-Make a second event page activated by the door's switch, make the door opened so the player may pass.

Let me know if that works.

I can't really think of a specific dream team; I'd probably enjoy teaming up with anyone as long as everyone gets his/her job done and brings positive energy.

As far as genre/theme goes I'd likely prefer going out of our comfort zone. I could enjoy combining my background with calunio's to make an adult psychological thriller/horror but I don't think it would be as satisfying as, say, make a kawaii sci-fi bullet hell where you shoot down mutant cheese.