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[Magic Fanatic]

So.  Nightmare Demon Wall beaten.  While not quite an *easy* fight, it was actually pretty simple.  Used Zack/Squall/Bartz/Sephiroth/Tyro for it, with Tyro being SG/Healer.

[Scar]

Nada on lucky draws.

[Meeplelard]

Got Zack's Gloves, Seifer's Hyperion, and Bartz's Air Knife.  So a consolation prize for not getting Apocalypse, a better FF8 Sword than one I already (though a worse Seifer Soul Break), and an FF5 Knife, yeah I'm fine with this.

[Captain K]

Rufus and Dark Nation beaten.  Used Faris SB for the mastery conditions.  Tried Shout RW but there was no way to survive Mako Cannon phase with that so went SG instead.  Not surprisingly the winning run was the only one where Rufus didn't get Hasted.  He still killed Lenna and Faris but I ended up with 1 damage medal lost and 1 death medal lost.

Then I went and soloed ++ Daily with Cloud.  That was a thing.

[hinode]

Ultimate fight was pretty rough, took me three tries to not have someone die or someone essential get their Haste dispelled by Dark Nation. On my winning run, Rufus actually killed Y'shtola with his second Mako Cannon right before she was about to refresh SS2, but he was mostly dead at that point so I decided to see if I could salvage the run. Beat him with a near dead Ramza and full health Gilgamesh (Leaching Leap ftw).

Mastery conditions for U+ were a real pain, as was needing Esuna/Blindna. First time I tried it I forgot to bring some sort of power break and thus only got completion. Finally cobbled together this team: http://imgur.com/OkCNTAg

Not exactly an ideal Shout RW team, shall we say. Terra managed 8K Waterjas with all that synergy gear but ran out of charges around the Blind Gas phase. Downgrading from Knight +30% damage and Banishing Strike to Sword +20% damage and Power Break was painful, as well. Shout ran out near the end, as did all my damaging abilities, but I squeaked out the last 5% or so with 1900 damage Retaliates.

[Cotigo]

Selphie event Ultimates dropped. Ultimate fight is the same as the +++ fight y'all had in the Adel event a couple weeks ago, so I suspect it will fall handily to all my MT SSBs. Gonna play around with this because it should be EZ and I'm going on vacation Wednesday and won't be playing for the duration (ok except to get daily login bonuses... and to speed through the events that drop when I have wifi.......and just a liiiiiittle bit of farming maybe). Thinking of dusting off Alexander and pairing it with Beatrix's SSB just for super cheese, but eh, Beatrix/Steiner will be doing enough damage on soul breaks as it is. Basch's SSB will have some mitigation use as well thanks to Physical blink. I could also hone Sky Grinder to R2 and put Kimarhi in but I don't want to (haaaate dragoon) so I won't.

I also noticed that I could upgrade the 2x Blizzaja skill released in the Paine event immediately to R3, which is a ridiculous *21* Multiplier against weakness (10.5 w/o). That's almost as high as Meltdown under Enfire. Maybe I'll crank out an Ifrit attempt with that before I fly off, that's a ridiculous boon for that fight.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Tried Ultimate Rufus again. This time, went with The following setup:

Red XIII: R4 Power Breakdown, R3 Full Break/Mako Might
Yuna: R5 Curaja, R4 Diaga, Healer's Prayer II
DK Cecil: R4 Lifesiphon, R4 Pound, Dr. Mog's Teachings
Steiner: R2 Saint Cross, R4 Banishing Strike, Zeal
Yuffie: R2 Thief's Revenge, R4 Dismissal

Sentinel's Grimoire RW.

Yeah, Hastega just made all the difference. Full medals once again, even with no AoE or SSBs, just having both Saint Cross and Thief's Revenge ensured a quick kill on Dark Nation and Cecil's +35% ATK buff was enough for damage. I'm still not entirely satisfied, though. Hastega feels like the key point once you apply the standard mitigation and the fight works in such a way that forgoing the mitigation gets you plastered unless you can blitz really well.

EDIT: Right, I also did the Combat Nightmare dungeon. Setup:

Lightning (L80): R4 Lifesiphon, R5 Tempo Flurry, Master Sniper RM
Bartz (L65): R4 Lifesiphon, R4 Blizzaga Strike, Ace Striker RM
Gilgamesh (L77): R2 Saint Cross, R4 Banishing Strike, Heroic Stance RM
Ramza (L80): R4 Power Breakdown, R3 Full Break (purely filler damage), Dr. Mog's Teachings RM
Y'shtola (L65): R5 Curaja, R2 Protectga, Mako Might RM

Vanille's Miracle Prayer RW

So yeah, the funny thing is: this setup actually wasn't that awesome for the fight! Mainly, the sole issue was the fact most of my SSBs are AoE-centric, which uh means the arms get easily 2HKOed by Crushing Blow and Faithful Companion and I'm almost inevitably seeing Nightmare Gravija (unless I was really careful with the SB order, but quite frankly, fuck that, zerg rush and Vanille SSB when that lands. I missed mastery on the first clear because of Gravija, since Demon Wall used its AoE while the finishing blows were charging and half the party got KOed. Oh well, it's just 1 stamina.

[DjinnAndTonic]

How can you pass up all that sweet Gysahl double rate to do Nightmare content? The event ultimates I understand, time limit and all, but the Nightmare comes back even if you somehow can't finish it this week.

My grinding OCD is triggered.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

There's just not much to do with Gysahls yet and I'm going to get them on dailies anyhow. I did a refresh on Sunday to compensate to a degree, but that was mostly because I wanted to level-cap Celes and get Bartz past the L70 mark. Also, do note the campaign's already over.

[DjinnAndTonic]

http://imgur.com/fl8Xw8I

Shiiiiiiny

[Nitori]

Combat draw blank
11x Basch: Lohengrin

law of averages rip

[Captain K]

http://imgur.com/fl8Xw8I

Shiiiiiiny

gratz on your Aegis Shield.

Did 5 mythril on Basch, got Demonsbane.  I should stop now while I'm ahead.  For FF12 I now have 4++ sword, 5* Spear, 5* magic sword, 7* gun.

[DjinnAndTonic]

Got Fran's Bow (finally a 5* bow!), Ashe's sword (yay more magic swords!), and Penelo's war dance stick (more medicas in various realms is useful!). Plus a Shellga vest and a generic sword that I already had. Now it's a 6* sword at least!

I am pretty set for FF12 synergy for a long while. And welcome to team Bunny Girl!

[Meeplelard]

Rufus and Hojo beaten on first attempts.  Rufus I full Medal'd, Hojo I lost 1 on Damage and Turns, but mastery nonetheless.

Team used:

Rufus:
Auron: Buster Sword-CC, Edencoat, Aries Gem, Mirror of Equity R3, Lifesiphon R4, Ace Striker
Tyro: Pole Axe, Holiday Mittens, Champion Belt, Multibreak R2, Banishing Strike R4, Dr Mog's Teachings
Terra: Wizard Staff, Wutai Headband, Terra's Pendant, Firaja R4, Bahamut R2, Devotion
Yuna: Lullaby Rod, Cat-ear Hood++, New Beginning's Sphere, Curaja R4, Protectga R2, Mako's Might
Zack: Zack's Gloves, Edencoat, Vossler's Gauntlets (on hindsight, Godo's Mask would have been better, but whatever), R5 Tempo Flurry, R4 Power Break
RW: Shout

Changes made for Hojo:
Auron: Silver Specs (FF5), Draw Fire R4, Retaliate R5, Dragoon's Determination
Tyro: Lifesiphon R4, Fullbreak R2
Terra: Bahamut -> Dispel R3
Yuna: New Beginning's Sphere -> Peace Ring (FF7)
Zack: Vossler's Gauntlets -> Cloud's Sunglasses
RW: Boon (probably could have picked a better one, but whatever, Hastega)

Notable Soul Breaks the above have:
Auron: Banishing Blade
Zack: Rush Assault
Terra: Magitek Missile
Yuna: Hymn of the Fayth
Tyro: Sentinel Grimoire

They have others but they either suck (Celebration Grimoire), or never saw use (Dragon Fang would be good against Rufus in theory, for example, but by the time Auron's gauge was up, Dark Nation was already too close to dead to be worth it.)

Fun fact, Terra got the finishing blow on Hojo with Magitek Missile, and he was in Pixel Rage.  We'll just assume that's Terra letting out her rage on a mad scientist for having been a lab experiment her entire life, and the only scientist in FF6's world is a half-decent human being in Cid who probably ended up dying of food poison.



ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, 100 Gem Draw got me a 5* Light Armor w/ Shellga Shared RW.   Not bad for a 100 Gem draw, frankly.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Survival Vest on a 3-pull. I've gotten worse.

EDIT: Done all the full-stage dungeons on Basch's event, waiting for timebux to refill so I can tackle the + set. What the fuck is the equip selection on Basch, good lord. That's almost as good as Gilgamesh's.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Main course on Basch's event completed. Mateus was kinda funny in that I didn't bother with SG/SSII and all it cost me was a single damage medal. Not bringing Banishing Strike was really sloppy, though, and made the fight longer that it had to be (not that it -mattered-, with Shout and Crushing Blow, but it cost me an actions medal).

[Shale]

Mastered the Demon Wall! Can't wait to have Crushdown reach a usable rank sometime in the year 2019.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

We might be able to craft it by 2017.

[Magic Fanatic]

So, cleared through the +++ fight just now with a silly full Synergy team.

Ashe at L62, with Synergy Bonus + Focus Magic + Devotion + 4*++ Rod + Hitting Weakness = Barely over 10K damage with Ramuh.

[Shale]

Smacked around Ultimate Rufus easily enough, but U+ Hojo is not happening. Don't have the hones or the magic gear for it.

[Magic Fanatic]

Things you need for U+ Hojo:

A decent WHM with Curaga(ja)/Protectga
A Drawtaliator with a good damage SB.
Bonkers levels of ATK boosting.

U+ Hojo I'd rank as one of the easier ultimates that DeNA has put out.  Granted, NOTHING will ever be harder than Ultimate Bartandelus was at the time.

[Shale]

I'm 2/3 on those but without native wall/Shout/HOTE  I just don't have the offense for him. When I RW Wall I can't chip through his HP before losing it, and when I RW Shout the AOE that Gilgamesh doesn't drawtaliate is enough to wear me down. Never mind that if I want mastery I have to find room in my party comp for a black magic ability and Dispel that I just don't have.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Hojo is less about the magic (his Res is ridiculous, you're better off spamming accumulated SBs once the Blind Gas phase kicks in) and more about the hones. With 300k HP, he's really more of a battle of attrition rather than the ugly rocket tag race that is Rufus. You can use Vivi's RM3 for the Black Magic req, but Dispel is non-negotiable.

[Meeplelard]

You don't need "Bonkers level of Attack Boosting" at all.  If you check my set up, I have no form of Boostga whatsoever.  The only damage boost I have is from Auron's SSB on occasion lowering defense (which is like +15% damage?)  Good Hones are way more important than massive attack boosting.

[Magic Fanatic]

What kind of offensive gear and abilities/hones DO you have available?  Maybe I could craft up some strategy if I was more familiar with what you have available?

That said, you can also use Terra/Rinoa/Hope/Vanille/Some others that can't hit 80 yet for both the BLM requirement and the Dispel requirement.