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[DjinnAndTonic]

White 3 is "yay you can bring Faith and Reflect!"

Though Terra might be able to swing a decent Curaga, I don't recall what her MND is like (aside from amnesia-addled ohoho).

Also seriously, Cyan? What is even the point of adding him to an event?

I guess he could be useful if he's the reward for the first fight? If you're a new player on their first day and they're only other options are like Kain and the Cores?

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

The point of adding Cyan to the event is making the banners even worse.

[Captain K]

Oh hush, Cyan isn't even a bad character now.  He's gotten so many stat buffs that he's one of the tankiest characters in the game.  And his new Soul Break is pretty decent also.  Cyan's only flaw is that he fills the same party spot as Sephiroth.

I keep going back and forth on whether I want to pull on Terra's banner.  I've been hoarding mythril for the FF5 release, but that's still a loooong way away.  I do want Terra's bustier (hurr hurr) and I lack FF6 gear in general other than swords (3 of those!).

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Problem is that, if you want FF6 gear, Celes' reissue banners are considerably better overall, and that's just three weeks away. Terra's reissue banner set is simply terrible and you have the Enhancer, which will be more than enough to get you through unscathed for that one. The Bustier will also come back for the SSB fest, to boot. If you really want the Bustier -now-, sure, pull some, but I wouldn't recommend more than a 3-pull even then.

Meanwhile, I'm actually reconsidering my pull on Hope's banner to something less splurgy in order to save a couple pulls on Seifer's banners, which has a nice variety of weapons and I'm sorely lacking on FF8 material. Heck, even Quistis' whip I could hand to Rydia now that she's good and I still could use a second priest weapon, since Selphie Sticks are making a return.

[Veryslightlymad]

I do want Terra's bustier (hurr hurr)

I dunno. I always figured it was more MY kind of bustier than YOURS, y'know?

EDIT
Hey, man. Event also gives me a crack at adding the twins to my party, which is nice (for all that I likely won't use them), so overall, I'm pretty dang pleased.

[Captain K]

Well Snow said it was a bad idea so I must do the opposite of what he wants and spend 50 mythril!

...

Wow that was terrible.  2 four stars and that's it.  Almost all of it bad.  Even threw away one of the four stars because it was a FF7 glove and I already have Tifa's.  Oh well at least it gave me an excuse to clean out my inventory again.  So yeah my butt's pretty sore right now.



And wtf is so special about Celes's banner?  Looks pretty horrible other than the chance of getting Runic.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Better weapon variety, mostly. Light Armors are never bad, nor are daggers, especially with that synergy. The Sniper procs Sap, which is a very rare status and very useful against bosses, since they almost never resist it. Mog's SB is really good, since its debuffs stack with Breakdowns. The armor has a Draw Fire that anyone can use, so it has niches for Tauntaliate setups on non-Loserface/Gilgamesh PCs - otherwise, similar. Though Soul Sabre alone makes a case to be a better pull draw than both of Terra's reissue banners, which features two of the worst weapon types en masse and a fucking shield to add insult to injury. THIS SAID, neither event's banner set appeals to me personally and I'm at best dropping the 100-gem pull. Not like I'm hurting for FF6 synergy anyway.

Also, told ya.

EDIT: Hilariously, they just did up the gacha rate on 5*s to 12%! No sign of rolling gacha, however.

[Cotigo]

Urg, missed mastery on the… does this one even count as a boss rush?  The Tonberry/Diablos fight because I assumed Mog's default SB was wind elemental when it wasn't. Do I spend 40 stamina for 3 Major eggs and a Major Holy orb?  Ehhh. Maybe if it was literally any other element.

On the other hand, I did this to Odin, so I got that going for me, which is nice.

Esthar soldiers look like I may want to dance my way to success, but I'm kinda busy the rest of the day so I'll tackle those guys tomorrow. In the meantime, dungeon diving, levelling up Richard, etc. Etc.

[Magic Fanatic]

So.  I'm probably the last person on these boards that's able to do the FF12 +++ fight to actually complete the fight.

Yuna L54 with Curaga R2/Shellga R1
Y'shtola L56 with Curaga R3/Protectga R1
Cloud L65 with Armor Break R2/Retaliate R4, Self-Sacrifice RM
Thancred L55 with Tempo Flurry R5/Boost R1, Double Hit RM
Rinoa L62 with Waterja R3/Dispel R1

RW: Planet Protector Aeris

Fight was absolutely brutal.  Lost 1 medal for actions taken and 2 medals for damage taken.


Also did the 100-gem pull and a 50 Mithril Pull!...  Got one 4* piece of gear.  Bah.

[Grefter]

facts

I do fucking love Argyle.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

So, against my better judgment, I did a 3-pull with 15 mythril (I'm taking that from my alotted Mythril for Hope's event, so it shouldn't change how much I have for Zidane's second banner, which is my big aim for the next couple months). Got another Crystal Helm (sweet, I have a 4++* for FF6 events) and my sixth character relic! Yay!

... it's Cyan's Kotetsu. Sigh. I guess I have a weapon for Sephiroth, at least. And I already had Cyan levelled to 50, so he can deal actual damage for the event. Doesn't hurt it's the weapon with the highest base attack I have.

[DjinnAndTonic]

A five star Katana is pretty cool. The rarity of katanas is basically the only thing that keeps Sephiroth from being top tier, so hey, you're now living the Sephyfanboy dream!

I, as a huge Terra fan rivaled only by like Meeple, have managed to draw Edgar's Partisan. Which sucks for gameplay but fuck yeah to having a reason to use one of the Figabros!

I'm now sitting at 16 natural 5-star weapons. Which is quite far above the curve considering I've only paid the 100-gem pulls (and roughly ten dollars during the fruitless Tellah banner, sigh). I really want one of Terra's equips but I guess it's not in the cards. Maybe during the next Breakfast? I have Tidus, Tyro (x3), Balthier, Thancred, Aerith, and now Edgar's SB weapons so that's pretty cool. At least it's no one I hate... Well, Tyro but he's more like a nonentity than a disliked character.

I could make a functioning team of them even!

Cleared out Terra's classic fights so now I'm sitting at 71/72 available PCs, leaving only Celes before I'll have finally closed the difference between my Month 2 start and what Day 2 players have.
Technically there's still Warrior before I can say I've "caught them all", but I haven't heard about a reissue for him. Nor a Memory Crystal. Which is impressive considering they are issuing MC2s for months now in Japan. So I'm not sure I consider him an actual character. More like a forgotten trinket.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

In the end, a character relic is a character relic. And Cyan has in fact seen worse days (he actually has about as much ATK as Lightning nowadays, which is solid). Still, kinda underwhelming.

EDIT: Dear god, Djinn, we have the same amount of natural 5* weapons (not counting the ones fed to combining, at least. This'd prop up mine to 20).

[DjinnAndTonic]

It's worth noting that I've gotten Tidus', Aerith's, Thancred's, and one of Tyro's SB weapons from 100-gem pulls. That has saved me a lot of mythril overall so I've probably been able to portion out my draws in a statistically-favorable way.

Except when it comes to mage weapons of course. ...spent SO much mythril on Tellah's banner for crap like Lances...

I -really- wish Terra's banner didn't come right before Orbtoberfest -and- the first SSB banner. I would have loved to just spend everything on FF6 characters. I feel like if I did an 11-pull here, I'd probably even get Terra's bustier, but the (statistically-likely) chance of missing it means that the logical choice is clearly to save up for the guaranteed power that all those mythril refreshes will bring to my party during Orbtoberfest.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

The Bustier comes back on Shadow's banner, at least. My sights are set on Zidane's and Lulu's banners, though - so much mage stuff and Lulu's not only my third-favorite PC from my favorite FF, her banner comes with Yuna's Lullaby Rod and Wakka's second relic SB. All my three favorite FFX PCs rolled in a single banner.

EDIT: Currently doing Elite dungeons on Terra's event, just got Cyan's Memory Crystal a Greater Growth Egg. Kotetsu Cyan is indeed legit. The thing has 207 Attack with FF6 synergy, for chrissakes. For comparison, a 5+* Zantetsuken has 213 Attack with synergy, and a 5* weapon being so close to a combined natural 5* sword is kinda nuts. I'll also be able to break 300 Attack with it on Sephiroth without synergy once I level him to 65, so there's that. A character relic is a character relic, indeed. Terra's also L47, so she should be cap-broken before the event ends.

[hinode]

Only 7 5* weapons for me, but they're a well balanced set (Zantetsuken, Gold Spear, Keepsake Knife, Judgement Staffx2, Full Metal Staff, Thyrus) and Thyrus is Thyrus so I'm happy. Also 2 hats and 4 bracers, which is good since I like offense boosting armor with RK's lopsided algorithms.

[Scar]

So I thought I'd add up my natural 5 star items..


Here's the count.

10 natural 5 star weapons. Two character specific, Yuna and rydia.

5 natural 6 star armor pieces. No specifics, and 1 is a shield. Seriouly, I have tons of  shitty shields. For reasons unknown I hold onto them. I've NEVER equipped one in any event.

Granted I have TONS of 5 star gear after combinations, but looking back. I've gotten the rng shaft as far as pulls go.

I'm doing this whole thing wrong.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

We could do another e-peen contest, since it's been a while! My list as of today:

6* (5*+)

Diamond Pin (Red XIII, FFVII)
Official Ball (Wakka, FFX)
Heat Lance (FFX)
Emerald Shield (FFX)
Monk Robe (FFX)
Zantetsuken (FFVI)

5* (Natural)

Judgment Rod (FFV)
Genji Armor (FFV)
Genji Helm (FFV)
Golden Lance (FFVI)
Hawkeye (FFVI)
Oak Staff (Vivi, FFIX)
Keepsake Knife (FFXIII)
Danjuro (FFXII)
Running Fire (FFVIII)
Adamant Bangle (FFVII)
Edincoat (FFVII)
Viking Coat (FFXII)
Dark Helm (FFIV)
Rune Axe (Golbez, FFIV)
Blazefire Saber (Lightning, FFXIII)
Lominsan Bow (FFXIV)
The Keep of Saints (FFXIV)
Evoker's Horn (FFXIV)
Gold Hairpin (FFIV)
Kotetsu (Cyan, FFVI)

6* (4++*)

Ten-Gallon Hat (FFVIII)
Empyrean Rod (FFXII)
White Robe (FFIV)
Red Jacket (FFVI)
Crystal Helm (FFVI)

5* (4+* and 3++*)

Warrior's Sword (FFX)
Royal Crown (FFVI)
Thornlet (FFV)
Bright Armguard (FFX)
Black Robe (FFIV)
Masamune Blade (FFVII)
Sage Staff (FFIV)
Lilith Rod (FFIV)
Flail (FFVIII)

[DjinnAndTonic]

Man, I really wanted Yuna's weapon too... So jealous.

Like, my Friend List is literally just "DLers", Luneths, and Yunas. I think I have like an Edward and an Ashe in there randomly too. All the other support RWs show up in rotation often enough that I haven't needed to follow any. It would be -sooooo- convenient having a party-healing SB, just due to the nature of how that resource works. Unlike the other support SBs like Sentinel's Grimoire or Boon, MT healing SBs aren't usually -needed- turn 1, so there's inherently time to build up the gauge, and since that's a renewable resource, it's far better than using your RW slot on 2 shots of healing. It's frustrating.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

MT healing is the only thing I -don't- have from my relics, and I want it pretty bad. I'm already planning pulls on Hope, Zidane 2 and Lulu for that exact purpose, since Wyrmfang, Emerald Light and Hymn of the Faith (MT healing with Protectga/Hastega/High-regen) are all there. I'm even pondering doing a 3-pull on Seifer 2, since they reissue Selphie Sticks on it.

[Captain K]

Real 6*:  Balthier's gun, Selphie's rod
Fake 6*: Masamune Blade (FF7)

Real 5*: White Robe (IX), Adamant Vest (IX), Defense Veil (X), Genji Shield (IV), Oak Staff (IX), Crystal Glove (VII), Masamune (VII), Blitz Sword (VIII), Enhancer (VI), Zantetsuken (VI)
Fake 5* 21 others

So 12 5-star pulls, 6 of them character specific.

And Djinn, MT healing is pretty damned important on turn 1.  Turn 1 is when you'll take your biggest hit from bosses because you don't have mitigation up.  On guys like Belial or Dark Bahamut who always aoe, you will be left hurting.  That's not to say MT healing is a necessity, but let's just say Cloud's new RM will be going straight to Selphie and staying there when I get it.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Cap-broke Terra after walloping Deathgaze. His first fight drops Greater Holy Orbs (got one myself) if you care.

Tangentially, DeNa confirmed in their FFRK blog that, after Freya, the next two events will involve FF2 and Final Fantasy Tactics. We may all start hyperventilating now.

[Scar]

Can't wait until they reveal fft cloud as the first character for tactics.

[Veryslightlymad]

Wait, there are natural 6 star stuff? Does that mean you can level it all the way to 8?

[DjinnAndTonic]

No, there's no natural 6-star stuff. He just means that it was made with two 5-star weapons as opposed to those filthy lower-born 4-stars.