Final Fantasy II Programmer gives the most ridiculous but realistic answer for why the Ultima glitch was not fixed.

[Xxain]

RolStoppable said:

Xxain said:
This is such a double edged answer:

For being a paid developer, what the hell answer is that!? but when you think about it in game perspective, it does make sense.

Why? Is FF II the odd one out? Because the classic FF games usually took place in worlds where ancient technology was superior.

That is just because though. In JRPG's or Japanese games in general, there is always some legendary monster, magic, or weapon ext that did some unprecedented damage in the past but was some how locked away/sealed/lost. With growing technology, what is to say that same *insert whatever power* is still a threat? Unless in game world is stagnant or just ignorant surely over time they would attempt to develop new technology to counter it. Maybe in FF II past having HP over 500 was not common, so ultima  was just wiping armies out. As people trained harder breaking past 500 HP limit and had armor with greater M Def .... Ultima may not be as destructive.