Playing some of the new update again before trying Auron's EX fights. It seems FF12 has a Ranged-only fight. Well, at least I have plenty of Ranged weapons, one of which being a FF12 synergy gun! Should be fun. Had to hone up Drain to a decent level because I literally have no room in my party for Drain Strike and I have no other sources of Dark-elemental damage at this point. What did everyone else use?
Collected the Memory Crystals for Kim and Auron. No real desire to attempt the later parts of the event, because there's nothing worth my while for what I'm assuming will be a failed effort.
If people think I should put new player tips or information in the top post I can, but I figured it wasn't really necessary.
You could go into credit card debt for a sb weapon
Dual Delay? The Double Cut plus slow skill? What is the advantage of using that over double cut? Does Slow increase the duration of Reta or something?
Also, is there more to the mage meta than having Rods, ja spells, faith, and the assorted WM buffs? Its rockin pretty hard with just that but I wanna make sure I'm squeezing as much as I can out of my workforce.
Currently sitting at 69 Mythril, which might elicit some crude comments from Zenny.
New "Industrial Arts"/ "Engineer" class of abilities unlocking with the FF8 event tomorrow. That's neat.
New "Industrial Arts"/ "Engineer" class of abilities unlocking with the FF8 event tomorrow. That's neat.
Called it. Edgar/Cid4 uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh........................................................... (Every other character I can think of... isn't in the core series. Granted, that hasn't stopped them from releasing Zack, so... speculation?)
Well, still. Called it.
Frogs, bells, big cherries, Peter Pan, magic cheese, frogs, bells, big cherries, Peter Pan, magic cheese, SELPHIEROTH
Hey! Hey guys! Lightning got buffed because she wasn't good enough!
Lightning randomly can use Spears and heavy equipment now? ...uh.. Okay? Maybe that's a nod to Valkyrie Lightning from FF13-2?
Also, I'd like to ask you people to switch your RW to Seal Evil Aerith when the bonus battles land, since it'll spoil the hell out of the Ba'Gamnam ++ fight. All of them are vulnerable to Stop and inflicting the status on the head honcho's even a target score. I'll likely do the same.
@Zenny, you're still months ahead in 90% of stuff, we just get a few random quality of life things. We get a lot more orbs from events than Japan does notably.
@Magic, How much damage mitigation are you using? Sentinel Grimoire/Stoneskin RW helps immensely with their aoes. Slowing Yenke and Berserking Biran cuts down their damage output dramatically also.
Also, man you guys are getting the orb fest quick. I thought JP was several months ahead of GB for some reason.
BTW, is it safe to assume that since this is Laguna's event that he will be the character I need to keep alive for medals in the EX fights?
Also, Shadow Creepers. That makes way more sense. I was thinking they were trying to call them Shadow Clippers. As per my MO, though, I like my name better though so will continue to use that.
Seph (R5Reta, R3Flaming Weeabo)
Terra (R5Cheer, R3Quake) + Dualcast RM
Yuna (R2Shellga, R5Curaga)
Aerith (R2Protectga, R3Faith)
Faris (R5Tempo Furry, R2Armor Breakdown)
Gotta say, thinking about this fight, and even the fights before it (though obsessing about those did not matter)... my opinion of this game has changed drastically since I first got addicted to it. There's, like, actual DECISIONS to be made and plans to be planinated. I do wish it preyed less on the addictive personality mindset, but when you actually get to the big boy part of the game it's actually pretty good.
Does B.SIN have Break resistance? Does Break Resistance apply to Dances? Anyone know? Dances aren't in Global yet, so...
Nobody uses Luneth's SB as a RW on JP
Nobody uses Luneth's SB as a RW on JP, like, at all. I've only ever actually heard about it from your guys' posts.
Nobody uses Luneth's SB as a RW on JP
this sentence made sense to you all
now go fucking re-evaluate your lives
As someone who is rocking all kinds of physical (and exactly 1 magical) 5-star relics... Boost Reta-Meta is still just fine for mastering basically everything since they made the mastery requirements less restrictive.
I could stick my Hayate's bow on Thancred.
Roll Thancred/Luneth/Ashe/Rinoa/Rydia (maybe Golbez)
Thancred spams all the Tempo Flurries I got. Luneth equips my "5" star FFXII Hammer and tosses knives, getting synergy bonus from the hammer, somehow. Ashe/Rinoa/othermage blast it with spells.
Sundailyways, here we come. Cap-broke Tellah, currently running a four-character party for purposes of levelling up Ricard.
Sundailyways, here we come. Cap-broke Tellah, currently running a four-character party for purposes of levelling up Ricard.
??? Why only 4 characters?
The time has come for Musician Meta!
Thancred: Dismissal / Rally Song
Eiko: Valefor / Mana's Paean
Edward: Power Breakdown / Magic Breakdown
Lenna: Curaga / Stutter Step
Tyro: Meteor / Box Step
RW: Edward
Best team or BEST team?
And keep in mind my Loserface has a 7-star Book of awesome, so he's actually still one of my better mages.
you don't seem to understand my dearth of mage weapons...
Loserface is still one of my better mages.
why the fuck are you so bad at video games get on my level scrub and get more random mage drops nerd
Hmm, I wonder which elite stage has Ricard's MC. *goes to check*
OH FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
Next week's event in JP will feature Freya and Garnet's MC2. Let's ser if they manage to give Dragoon something truly significant.I'm assuming it'll be an ability that will turn the character into Kain's Dark Side, preferably with an emo haircut. It won't have any actual gameplay function, but it'll be important for aesthetic.
Out of curiosity, what rank are your summons at, Snow? (And entire RK board)
Yeah, but, uh, exactly what benefit is having to spend 3 turns getting my mage attackers reflected netting me over getting everything taken care of in 1 spell? It's not like I can afford to use the slot for healing, and I'm covering all my party toward the end of the fight when she starts throwing Flare/Holy at me is gonna net some extra damage. Is it just a matter of resource conservation?
I do want Terra's bustier (hurr hurr)
facts
Also, why does Terra get a water Soul Break? You'd think it could be any number of things, but water? Why? Why can't that be Strago's? (Aside from the image of Strago in a bustier)
Stuff
Stuff
good job guys (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEoLCrPnUx0)
It is worth sharing this kind of information because depending on what relics you get, it vastly changes how each of us plays the game. It is kind of the core of what makes gacha stuff interesting. Every time a player draws something new, that's a new resource added to a player's strategy set. What was once your optimal team build may have just changed drastically due to one or two new relics. This encourages trying out all kinds of different builds. And it's refreshing to see different strategies in play due to these options.
Case in point just from this discussion: snow and I don't have any MT healing Limit breaks, so our strategies don't involve Selphie in every party like most of Cap's. It also manifests itself in my having to use my summoned friend slot for MT healing while Scar or Cap would likely be able to use a completely different party build due to their access to different RW options like defense boosting or pure damage stuff.
So yeah, part of the appeal is epeen measuring I guess? But that's not the discussion we are having.
Disclaimer not intended to be some kind of indignant reply to the usual Grefter snark, I just like talking about game design and I think this aspect of gacha/collectable games gets overlooked a lot.
Wait what?
Guaranteed relic?
I'd put Ashe as at minimum the 1a to Terra's 1 at the moment. Stat spread is nearly identical, equips near identical (unless you are in the mnority that really like heavy armor), basically trades breakdowns for a clone of Vivi's default SB. I... suspect that I'm going to use Magick Lore more than breakdowns on Terra, personally.
Also that lucky draw makes me glad I have over 200 mythril stocked up.
Though I did read in japan, they gave out 25 mithril for this event for them.
Mog will also be good when he finally gets his damned MC. Bulkiest healier by far and only 3 less mind at 65 than Garnet.
Welp, giving up on Adel. I can consistently get to phase three but by that point my damage and healing are both spent and there's not a whole lot I can do. Oh well, someday I'll take down a Divine boss. That day is not today, however.
If you have Flare, then does that mean you passed up Meteor?
And edgar will have 5* Engineering.... in like, uh, long-enough-for-you-to-be-sick-of-the-game months from now.
ezpz just use mages plzyIs still funny.
EDIT: Is Boon the Shell/Haste SB (Good Time in JP)? If so, jesus your mitigation SBs dude.
Yuna Is nice, but she doesn't generate me any money. I never see firion, so maybe him being rate will net me more money? Dunno.
Use boon please.
Also, for shits and giggles I may change my rw to firion, unless asked otherwise.
Fight was a bit harder than Jo'ou led me to believe
Quote from: tldr; this topicFight was a bit harder than Jo'ou led me to believeBecause you are shit at games and don't have enough mage gear get fucking good you bad
So, to continue the general theme of this topic, fuck you Snow.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS ORTHROS NONSENSE
FUCKING SWRODS??? WORST DAY EVER *Smiths song*
Finally saved up the 25 mythril to get a lucky pull. Let's see where the wind takes me. I wonder who I'll wind up having to stick into my party, replacing one of my longtime members, like Cloud, or Josef, or Golbez.
....and I get a Rune Axe.
Well.
Suddenly things are really different. Clearly Golbez just stays in my party forever and ever. It feels absurd using someone other than him for black magic right now, though, since most people are now comparatively terrible at it. Uh.... Guess I need to look for a white mage and a support character (or someone who does both) to stuff in in place of Ashe.
Didn't see the pre-edit post, I think we can safely assume it wasFUCKING SWRODS??? WORST DAY EVER *Smiths song*
My second 11X draw gave me Yoshimitsu and some more 4 star weapons. So now my entire team has 5 star and 4 star weaponry but still mainly 3 star armor, which would be why I beat Motor Ball with only Cloud left alive. I do have three Golden Armors (the three-star FF6 variety) and a crapton of scarletite/adamantite, so maybe I'll go on a combining spree.
Iiiiiiiinteresting.
Also, Zenny: Mog only has 2** Jump,
Vanille's getting reissued next week with a shiny new MC for your troubles, so you're in luck! Warrior of Light, though, can't help you with.
Also, Zenny: Mog only has 2** Jump,
:(
my plans
Vanille's getting reissued next week with a shiny new MC for your troubles, so you're in luck! Warrior of Light, though, can't help you with.
Yeah, I figured Vanille was going to break the cap soon.
The other relic I was referring to was firions. Ha
So, that gives me 3 main character relic weapons...1,2,10
Because, why not. 3/13
So what does the team you've actually decided on look like? You've swapped it so many times, I'm not sure which five you're using.
Look at me being the worst human being ever.
jesus christ why
You play for your reasons, I'm gonna keep catching 'em all~
I am here to crush your dreams and show you how much better I am. Bow down bitches.
Also Aerith got the first move thanks to random ATB and kept Jenova Stop-locked for the entire duration.
SoFinal Fantasy Brave ExviusBrave Frontier: Final Fantasy Flavored! came out in Japan just recently, so I decided to bite the bullet and open up a JP iTunes account to test it out. It's a cute game, but the freemium elements are somehow even more awfully-designed than FFRK's. Sigh...
While there, I picked up FFRK JP to also play around with that.
Man, they are exceedingly kind to new players. Free 50x Mythril and a beginner 11-pull with an extra guaranteed 5-star of your choice. Also Ultros summon.
So I did my pull and got... Sentinel's Grimoire. *rage*
My fourth one! RNGesus is trying to tell me something...
I also got 3 more 5-star relics in that initial 11-pull, and then I chose Zidane's Butterfly sword for my 5-star relic out of the 'meh' stuff that was available. Mostly because Zidane actually has a pretty awesome skill selection and he was immediately available due to the FF9 event running. And thanks to the FF9 synergy I might be able to clear his MC fight before the event ends.
It's fun, but I'm not sure I want to poor too much time into a secondary account. Mostly curious to see how quickly I can go from 'nothing' to 'EX-ready'.
I see you already followed me. I basically use nothing but SG and Stonera Skin for my RWs anymore so I'll make use of yours.
Did you make two accounts? Someone else called DJ using Eiko's Shell SB added me too.
Are the Elemental Gigas the Divine fights? Their dungeon counterparts are uniformly vulnerable to paralysis, but I'd expect that to wane in between difficulties.
Successfully defeated the ++ Jenova fight to get that Cloud memory crystal
Zero to Hero in two months.
By the way: no, you don't ever need to use Mythril for inventory space. Hell, I have 100 slots and when I need room I just sell those 2++ equips that I'm never going to use anyway
VSM is not a drug.I strongly beg to differ.
Also, is anyone leveling the core mages that have already broke the 50 cap? Is it worth leveling black white red and summoner?
Fuck the Dollet story mission sideways with a spiked 2x4.
It's funny you say that, Shale. Those were actually the only story missions to give me any trouble when I started up. The spider robot really is a ridiculous power spike compared to the other available dungeons available at the time, even including the event ones. That said, that'll probably be the last difficult thing you face before you start challenging the event EX/+/+/+ fights, so (once you get past that) you're past the only real barrier to entry the game has early on.
I meant, do those core classes eventually get a rm3?
I have them all at 50. Wondering if it's worth getting them to 65.
You don't get to talk.
(http://www.tribute.ca/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/liviasoprano.jpg)
Poor you.
HAHAHA take that game! I gave you money and now you love me! That will show you.
EDIT: hahahahahaha holy shit they made THROW STONE into a relic SB this is glorious.
EDIT: Holy -crap-, Agrias gets Spellblade/White Magic 4 in addition to Knight and Combat 5. Beatrix and Steiner weep curled up in fetal position. Ramza is Support 5 in addition to Combat, Ninja and Thief 4 and Bard 3. Pretty much Vaan and Thancred with access to Full Break.
Based on the next batch of events up to the RoR event, you can scratch from the list straight off for alternates: Squall, Wakka, Eiko, Snow, Lenna. You -may- want to pick up Paladin Cecil's MC1 on RoR, though, since there's already a quest available to recruit him and he's gonna be on the event's MC2 batch - far earlier than we'll get another FF4 event. He's a very good PC now anyway. Garnet you'll need to pick up on the Rift even as a character, IIRC: all the others are - or shortly will be, like Lightning this week - available through bonus quests.
For 100 mythril I got a decent haul overall (3 5*s), but I wish I could've gotten stuff for realms that I didn't have it in, rather than FF6/FF7. Or at least ranged weapons for FF6 instead of all melee. Oh well.
And most importantly, Auron gets Knight abilities for Tauntaliate. I hope they implement this one in Global sooner rather than later so that it'll still be relevant.
FFRK JP: Oh no! Kimahri got buffed! Now who will be the biggest loser in FFRK?
I deliberately go out of my way to maximize my suffering
You could PULL FOR YUNA'S BSSB GUN lol (nevermind that the banner also has Wakka's SSB ball)
There are too many awesome SBs on that FFX-2 banner to pass up in my opinion.
Also, I want to say that it's amusing that Snow got both of Snow's relics from the latest banner. Amusing because IIRC he's not a fan of Snow.
I really hate ... plot moments in FFXIII, so it ... makes -absolutely no sense-.
FOX NEWS
I really hate ... plot moments in FFXIII, so it ... makes -absolutely no sense-.
FOX NEWS
I could totally slap this on the likes of ... Terra
I deliberately go out of my way to maximize my suffering
Not surprised. At least, Gordon eventually gets a significant buff (particularly in durability, which he needs more than almost anyone else. I wish he had Rods and BM 4, though) months down the line.
get gud scrub
As long as we're not talking about anythingI could totally slap this on the likes of ... Terra
I guess you could say her default SB
is really
TERRA-ble
ha ha ha ha ha
Yeah but Wakka can use that Pumpkin that you just got and he's infinitely better.
So I've easily had worse luck than all y'all on the fucking draws, haven't donated a goddamn CENT to this game, and am still clearing base events and doing at least + fights, managed last event's ++ fight. So... maybe I have an idea of what I am fucking doing
So I've easily had worse luck than all y'all on the fucking draws, haven't donated a goddamn CENT to this game, and am still clearing base events and doing at least + fights, managed last event's ++ fight. So... maybe I have an idea of what I am fucking doing
As long as we're not talking about anythingI could totally slap this on the likes of ... Terra
I guess you could say her default SB
is really
TERRA-ble
ha ha ha ha ha
Hopefully we'll get the big Gordon buff in two months or so. Then he'll only be Josef-level squishy instead of bottom-tier mage PDur, so he's actually somewhat usable on the frontlines. Also 95 -> 121 atk.
I want to point out that my statement wasn't intended to be mean or condescending. I honestly thought you might have overlooked the fact that you now have a 5* ranged weapon that one of your dedicated supports can use, which really would help out your team. If you really -do- like Gordon and want to use him, by all means. This game is difficult, but if you carefully build your team, you should be able to use just about anyone you like.
I want to point out that my statement wasn't intended to be mean or condescending.
oh yeah? well eff that get good scrub. back when i was as bad at you at the game and the game was actually hard instead of catering to casuals i beat this shit with uphill both ways and am literally a better person for it.
I have no idea what you're talking about, I'm already counting my GBOs in order to have Thundaja honed to R4 by the time I end Battle at the Big Bridge's event. Afterwards, I have Blizzaja to hone to R3 at an absolute minimum for Calamity Exdeath in January (I'd like it at R4, but the GBO demand is so stringent I can't realistically achieve that sans absolutely gross luck on Dr. Lugae farming). For the absolute short-term, there's also R2 Meteor to look forward to, I'm only three Major Earth Orbs short of it and Celes' reissue event hands me that much.
After that, at least, I'll be able to parse my GBOs more leisurely, working on life-quality measures like R4 Ruinga and Bioga/Darkra/Drainga honing instead of wide-shut necessities.
Stacking busts and buffs is -paramount- to survival on high-end content. Also be aware that Shell and Protect stack with Sentinel's Grimoire/Stoneskin II, and Protectga and Shellga are two of the most important abilities to craft for the long haul. If you have White Mage's RM2, you can even use them at the start of every battle even at R1.
Some stuff that is not the sound of sloppy blowjobs.
How dare you.
Don't you know he has easily had worse luck than all of us on the fucking draws, hasn't donated a goddamn CENT to this game, and is still clearing base events and doing at least + fights, and managed last event's ++ fight. So... maybe he has an idea of what he is fucking doing.
How dare you.
Don't you know he has easily had worse luck than all of us on the fucking draws, hasn't donated a goddamn CENT to this game, and is still clearing base events and doing at least + fights, and managed last event's ++ fight. So... maybe he has an idea of what he is fucking doing.
You wanna hug it out?
Is this memes?
memes
Fabul Castle is okay as a one-off. Seems like they quickly learned it was a bad idea. Still a great place to farm RM2s!
FF6 dungeons in general are way overtuned. Mt. Kolts is the hardest dungeon in the game.
P.S. the RNG hates you.
Also, speaking of bullshit Story dungeons, WTF is with the Lunar Subterrain Part 1? Holy shit what an obnoxious fight IN THE BASIC MODE. Thanks for warning me that they counter attacks with self reflect but NOT warning me that they have MT Bad Breath attacks that can completely disable my party in two rounds if the RNG is being a dick. What a stupid fucking fight. Was not helped by the fact that I run a semi-gimped team for basic story dungeons so I can level up organ banks. >_<
Scrolling through the introduction to Relm's event. Relm's dialogue in the Japanese version of FF6 is actually pretty hilarious. There's something about her referring to Stragos as ジジイ that translating it to "Gramps" doesn't exactly capture. I do recall her being fairly entertaining when I replayed FF6 recently, but yeah.
I think at this point that's the only way they'll ever release the FF4 temp PCs not named Tellah, Edward and FuSoYa.
My wet dream for Cait Sith: Black Magic 5, White Magic 4, Bard 4/5. His weapon can even be an instrument! Make it happen, DeNa.
Also, drunken playing has revealed that I need to stop running scrubs for story dungeons as they will often just wreck me if I'm not playing srs bsns. The age of Autobattle Supremacy is sadly over. :(
About ready to try the boss rushes. Think I'll actually bring Setzer since it gives me extra points, and I'm probably not losing anything by replacing Josef. Alternately, I could bring another Fire Mage or Spellblade. (Another fire mage would give me a second healer.)
Ice Dragon was the worst kind of fight. Not hard, but super crazy long. Reminds me of my first experience with the flans. That thing took like 20 minutes before it finally died, and I was never in any real danger.
Gordon montage for VSM:
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https://gifsound.com/?gif=i.imgur.com/j9yt1Le.gif&v=IH4B-NSGBdw&s=0
Needed more Zenny.
*I finally figured out what Endo Aspiru is supposed to be. Aspiru is the word the game uses for the Sap status, so it must be something like Endurance Sap. So, Life Siphon isn't exactly inaccurate... but still, in both Japanese and English, in a game with a bunch of drain spells that actually Siphon Life/Sap Endurance, they really should have picked a better name. Can't really blame the translators there, it seems.
True to form, I still prefer my translation and will continue to use it. Suck it.
https://gifsound.com/?gif=i.imgur.com/j9yt1Le.gif&v=IH4B-NSGBdw&s=0
Needed more Zenny.
Why does this mashup exist? >.>;;
(I kind of love it, but it is such a weird mix...)
Quote*I finally figured out what Endo Aspiru is supposed to be. Aspiru is the word the game uses for the Sap status, so it must be something like Endurance Sap. So, Life Siphon isn't exactly inaccurate... but still, in both Japanese and English, in a game with a bunch of drain spells that actually Siphon Life/Sap Endurance, they really should have picked a better name. Can't really blame the translators there, it seems.
True to form, I still prefer my translation and will continue to use it. Suck it.
Well, "Aspir" comes from "Aspirate" and is usually translated as Osmose. Since I don't think FFRK enemies have MP, an actual Aspir spell wouldn't make sense. Still, the end result from End Aspir is similar - the player charges one of their skill resources (a Limit instead of MP in this case though...). The game it first appears in as "End Aspir" instead of just "Aspir" is FF13, where it charged ATB meter instead of MP (again, a game without traditional MP). But only did so if the move was used to finish off an enemy, thus the 'End' part I presume.
Snow: What did they even buff on Gordon to make using him worthwhile? Or did they just introduce an even shittier character to take his spot?
Why does this mashup exist? >.>;;
Wow. I apparently am irrationally fond of someone irrationally hated by most.
Gordon'll be in my party until I decide to give Celes a go.
On the bright side, now you have a much better tool for your physical meta. Also saves you the Water of Strength slot.
100 Gem Pull.
Bartz's Air Knife. Is this good?
(http://i.imgur.com/5AsIwNF.jpg)
They'll also introduce a new boss difficulty!
(If it's any consolation, Zack's getting a MC2 on the event as well.)
I was less thinking of fucking around with your inv to min/max domain bonus or whatever the fuck it is called, just raw caster party strength being the main motivator there if Mages are as OPOP as snow represents them.
snow u wouldnt be lying 2 me would u?
I guess I'll do the second dollar pull on the second half of the banner when/if that comes out
adele - hello.mp3
Ff5 peeps.
Old man.and princess are lv capped.
Buttz is 45, Gilike is 30.
Ran out of eggs.
Drat!
FFRK:
11 relic pulls.
(http://i.imgur.com/kQ4cu7z.jpg)
the best part is how halfassed the sprite editing is
EDIT: I found this while randomly reading back on the WGAYP topic and wanted to keep it handy.
(I'll probably need it in the future)Quote"Suppose if you’ve been through something catastrophic, like a storm or an earthquake together, something horrendous… it’d bring you together. But what if they are creating disaster within themselves?” (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XgeKHTcufLY)
what is love
baby don't hurt me
don't hurt me
no more (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISP9uEQeo6c)
Autobattle On The Big Bridge finished until Saturday, when they release the bonus fights. Meanwhile, I'm cleaning up the remaining update dungeons. Just Phoenix Cave and Gaea's Cliff left.
On a more hilarious note, they released Vincent in JP and he has the -most amazing- spread. Decent ATK! Good MAG! Absolutely no skills to use his ATK with because he runs off Black Magic 5* and Summon 4*! Literally core-level across the board durability with low-tier mage HP, sub-Vivi defense and sub-Fran res! At least he gets Rods and Staves, so he's offensively usable, but wow, he makes pre-buff Gordon look like a sentinel.
With synergy, I wouldn't be surprised if Cap broke 400 MAG on Vivi.
Man, I still haven't even crafted Blizzaja.
Fuck that noise you get Breakdancing Vincent instead.
Breakdancing Vincent
Breakdancing
Break dance
i thought that was the joke
also i didn't pay attention to the list but someoen here listed like a billion fucking skillsets vincent has thought one was dancer
*Asserts dominance.*
*Know your place, Margulis.*
Implying referencing Xenosaga is doing it right.
No seriously though Djinn stop sucking. Get gud bro
I forgot I was talking to Zenny
I don't want anybody else, when I think about you I touch myself (http://youtu.be/wv-34w8kGPM)
She also has good durability and can use Light Armor. Really her strengths are that she has no weaknesses.
Yeah, so FF12 event up next. Balthier's (Alternately, Valfreya*) MC2 and a bunch of shit I don't care about based on the description. Any info on what the SSBs actually are, Snow?
What's the ETA for the Seifer bonus battles, the 20th?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqGoSjIfV08&t=59s
Quote from: Jo'ou RanbuGet gud at RNG, noobOk.
Friday is my ridiculously long commute to work so I decided to do just one fix (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wbXciBKcfQ8)
+++ Edea uses Maelstrom very frequently in general.
I was up until 6AM trying,
I was up until 6AM trying,
god fucking dammit i hate you so much
eat a dick
my dick
thats what you should eat
eat a dick
my dick
thats what you should eat
Coolest story. You gonna start following me around and yelling about how you hate me every time I drink too much and wake up with a hangover now?
eat a dick
my dick
thats what you should eat
Coolest story. You gonna start following me around and yelling about how you hate me every time I drink too much and wake up with a hangover now?
no but i don't stop and eat every third piece of dogshit i see on the way home either
bawwwwww somebody likes me thats not fair everyone should hate me because i shout at them bawwwwweat a dick
my dick
thats what you should eat
Coolest story. You gonna start following me around and yelling about how you hate me every time I drink too much and wake up with a hangover now?
no but i don't stop and eat every third piece of dogshit i see on the way home either
Also, Magic, as much as I love me some Figabros, they aren't really anything resembling a priority for cap-breaking except for completion's sake (or if you happen to have their SB weapons like I do... both of them, amusingly.)
Well, you'll have to pack Vanish Raid specifically for target scores anyway (it's one of the mastery reqs). Sounds like you'll end up bringing both abilities.
Anyway, yet another fight that reinforces how mandatory SG is and how they basically have to design every boss around it as an RW. I think I'm just gonna hoard mythril from now on until the next time Sentinel's Grimiore comes up for lottery, perhaps around New Year's. There's a White Mage lucky draw that I'm tempted by but even at half mythril price it just doesn't even compare. I wouldn't be terribly surprised if they didn't put it up for grabs again, though. It's so stupidly overpowered even being forced to use Shitforbrats isn't enough to balance it.
Mmph. I see.
Well, I suppose tomorrow will be dungeon farming for mythril then. Even though Y'shtola fulfills a niche I already have crammed up my butthole, Stonera Skin is just that good so I'll spin the wheel on the chance of it. Though really, even with worse stats, Shitbrat would be a better option just because he can fulfill those stupid Doom and Doom+ medal requirements for skills used without having to sacrifice my useful characters' skillsets/swap out to do so.
Also, now that you mention it, of course they designed Sentinel's Grimiore like that. FTP games, man. Poor design decisions in order to generate funds and this is a good business model. I guess I can't fault them because the game is still playable (and, for the most part, very winnable) without it, and really this is one of the LEAST predatory things DeNA does with the game to get money, but I don't have to like it.
Mmph. I see.
Well, I suppose tomorrow will be dungeon farming for mythril then. Even though Y'shtola fulfills a niche I already have crammed up my butthole, Stonera Skin is just that good so I'll spin the wheel on the chance of it. Though really, even with worse stats, Shitbrat would be a better option just because he can fulfill those stupid Doom and Doom+ medal requirements for skills used without having to sacrifice my useful characters' skillsets/swap out to do so.
Also, now that you mention it, of course they designed Sentinel's Grimiore like that. FTP games, man. Poor design decisions in order to generate funds and this is a good business model. I guess I can't fault them because the game is still playable (and, for the most part, very winnable) without it, and really this is one of the LEAST predatory things DeNA does with the game to get money, but I don't have to like it.
I don't disagree. Power creep, man. Tangentially, -one- other thing that would help you immensely (though not replacing SG) would be grabbing a Hastega+buff SB, of which there are quite a few in the WM discount banner. There's a whole SB trinity going for being able to keep on top of the highest end battles: Wall relic, Hastega buff relic and AoE healing relic (of which you have the last). One of them at least is pretty much mandatory -in your party- if you want to reliably, sanely clear Calamity/Doom fights. I kept looking at your accounts on the Judge Bergan fight and thinking "yeah, that sounds utterly nuts without something like Boon".
Anyway, to your last point, post Orbfest 2 dailies, and actively playing through 90% of the Orbfest 2 help a lot. I keep reading y'alls takes on the Global +++ fights and going "yeah I could probably take that EZ PZ" and then I realize that if I started playing Global at the time I started playing JP before quitting the first time I'd probably just now be beating my first couple of +++ fights just due to how much progression has accelerated even discounting how much B/S/SBs have powercrept somethin fierce
Also, super-jealous of Cap for that Paladin Fist... I want a reason to use Snow, game... :(
I am very good at this video game.
Punishing Palm and Kick along with Pressure Point will be interesting. Any suggestions on how to make them -good-?
So! I think it's about time I set up a list of my gear again. Maybe someone can help me figure out what the hell I'm doing.
Nnnnnnope. Easily run out of abilities again.
I'm bad
Get gud
I'm still bad
Get gooder
So I've easily had worse luck than all y'all on the fucking draws, haven't donated a goddamn CENT to this game, and am still clearing base events and doing at least + fights, managed last event's ++ fight. So... maybe I have an idea of what I am fucking doing
If I have to fucking GRIND to play a game that I play for 15 minutes at a time, I'm going to delete the game.
If I have to fucking GRIND to play a game that I play for 15 minutes at a time, I'm going to delete the game.
Yeah, well.
Fortunately, there's nothing actually all that scary in the fight except for the big fuck you Sandstorm attack. I should actually be able to get this done without SGSRS as long as I can make sure the adds are dead and not respawned before Sandstorm goes off.
Next JP event stars more characters that make you good at the game with things that let you get good.
Yeah but why don't DeNa love me?
Actually have you tried getting good? I am working out how to get even better than get good..
Sigh is a noteworthy move in the rush.
Words words words
I think Luneth getting spellblade makes sense in a very round about way. FFIIIDS gave us Dark Knights, but the NES game had that class as Mystic Knights (or to that effect), who were basically the counterpart to regular Knights, an armor class that could use low-level black magic. FFV gave us Mystic Knights as RK understands them, people that swing magic-enhanced swords at people, but I think FFV's incarnation was an evolution of that core idea from FFIII. So having someone from FFIII represent the seed of that idea is kinda neat.
Sigh is a noteworthy move in the rush.
...You didn't Intimidate him into submission?
Bayb give me more arithmetics
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p much
Maybe it's just because I'm exhausted and ill and all that but my giving a shit muscle is pretty dead right now.
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This post gave me cancer
Record Keeper character build talk. Incoming Meeple-length rant.
One other thing I've come to realize is that I should probably get my mages some Magic Damage up materias. In this case, it doesn't matter for her, but wow Dualcast is inefficient if you're not nearing the damage cap or stat softcap. When I first tried I threw the RM on Zack, and his damage decreased from 8000 buffed on a weakness to 6200 buffed on a weakness.
Dualcast would have to go off once every four times to break even with this, and while it does do so frequently (ish), it's still RNG dependent and in this case often lobsided. Yeah, Dualcast went off 3 times against Fujin, but then never against Raijin, when I frankly needed it to go off on him since Terra cannot hit a weakness on him with this setup.
Exodia in the water.
Shadow event announced yesterday, bonus quests released and completed for Greater Growth Eggs. What's the freaking point of making a character quest for Cyan that appears only two dungeons before you can recruit him on the story updates? Seriously, DeNa.
In more useless news, I crafted Flare.
Exodia in the water.
Starring M Night Shamalan as a down on his luck Magic Player whose underappreciated MAD SKILLZ will change the world
Farm farm farm. No majors today, but plenty of Greaters, and my greater Strengths no longer feel like wastes but instead integral pieces of a puzzle I need. Considering farming Thursday as well as I transition to beefing up my physical characters instead of relying on Mages who are awesome but don't synergize well with Mog. Getting -aga Strikes to R3+ seems like the first order of business since they have the highest mults with Weakness, then Pound (maybe 2) for non-weaknesses and then another Indoor Spell in that order. Dismissal would be neat if I didn't have two Dismissal SBs that are waaaaaay more accurate than Dismissal itself.
But then I have no idea when I'd actually do events now that I need to farm gil on Wednesdays. DeNAAAAAAAAAA.
I should make a probability table telling me exactly how much stamina to spend each day for what orbs I need and how much I can spare on events and dungeons and then follow it religiously.
Nah. Haha that'd be crazy tho. (pst someone get MC addicted to this game pls)
On another note, even selling all of my 3*/+/+ equips I am running into the equipment limit. DOES THIS SPELL THE END FOR ME NOT SPENDING MYTHRIL ON INVENTORY SPACE?
(...)
That said I will probably be reaching the limit for abilities soon and yeaaaah then I'm gonna have to blow some mythril just to float all my badass skills.
Yeah Snow no offense but I'm pretty sure you're a hoarder.
An exciting blend of Asperger's, Obssessive Compulsive Disorder, Mathematics, and jaded Liberal Arts majors.
An exciting blend of Asperger's, Obssessive Compulsive Disorder, Mathematics, and jaded Liberal Arts majors.
I love you.
An exciting blend of Asperger's, Obssessive Compulsive Disorder, Mathematics, and jaded Liberal Arts majors.I love you.
だって。そうなんだ。すごい、人生はね。
Because . is that so. Wow, life I .
Because . is that so. Wow, life I .
Thanks Google translate.
Ninja skills... Seem to be a a might underwhelming.
Ruinga and Swift Bolt both on Tyro with 258 MAG after Synergy in FF3.
Swift Bolt (which Kongbakpao lists as its multiplier being 21 and RES-ignoring) does 2400-2500 damage.
Ruinga (which Kongbakpao lists as its multiplier being only 5.9) does 4800-4900 damage.
Trap Skill?
EDIT: Well, thinking on it, it's at least full MT while being only a 3* skill, so there's that.
Main thing is it only counts half of your magic stat instead of the full thing.
https://www.reddit.com/r/FFRecordKeeper/comments/3wax09/mathcraft_swift_bolt_aka_ninja_as_mage/
Good against upcoming Omega weapon battle, not so hot in other situations.
I think it'll be better for him, because the new Realms screen has text telling you how many dungeons you have left to clear.
Holy Lance (heck yeah!).
Mog rules for you now
Iiiiinteresting. I do have his MC, and Mystery Veil has an MT heal SB, although it's "light" healing so I don't know how helpful that will actually be. As far as physical fighters go I have MCs for him, Steiner and Wakka (plus Eiko and Vivi on the spellcasting side). I guess I can take a stab at Locke's in Assassin in Black, although tacking L60-scaled Ultima Weapon may be out of my range right now.
Did a pull on the Sephiroth SSB banner and got Reno's fighter-mage stick!
Man, I also pulled on Seph's banner and got Reno's baton AND the Dragon Bracer.
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Wasn't the new grimoire supposed to be one of the Christmas login things?
Ih, and the new login bonus has some Ff6 item at the end. I wonder what it does...
This kinda slipped by under the radar and even I didn't notice it until now, but some summons just got a pretty big buff in JP. Basically, any 4*+ summon worth its salt hits twice now. Overall multipliers haven't been changed, so this effect is minimal against high level, high-RES content, but summons just became amazing for grinding dungeons. Dealing 9999x2 against the Dream Stooges on classic mode was very, very cathartic to the Zenny who had to restart an entire FF6 file due to them as a kid.
I love my own salty flavour and so should you
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This kinda slipped by under the radar and even I didn't notice it until now, but some summons just got a pretty big buff in JP. Basically, any 4*+ summon worth its salt hits twice now. Overall multipliers haven't been changed, so this effect is minimal against high level, high-RES content, but summons just became amazing for grinding dungeons. Dealing 9999x2 against the Dream Stooges on classic mode was very, very cathartic to the Zenny who had to restart an entire FF6 file due to them as a kid.
With Kuja coming next as a PC, they also seem to be signaling a slow swing back to magic improvements. The next two Darkness skills are both mage tools (Doom+Mag Up on self and 2-hit magical ability+increased damage underDoom), which is neat for the mages with Darkness on their skillsets (hi, Kefka. Hi, Vincent. Hi, Edea, Hi, Exdeath). Hopefully we'll start seeing new Black Magic tools as well, we haven't seen a new BM ability since Darkra, on -Lulu's- event which's already a thing of the past even on Global.
This kinda slipped by under the radar and even I didn't notice it until now, but some summons just got a pretty big buff in JP. Basically, any 4*+ summon worth its salt hits twice now. Overall multipliers haven't been changed, so this effect is minimal against high level, high-RES content, but summons just became amazing for grinding dungeons. Dealing 9999x2 against the Dream Stooges on classic mode was very, very cathartic to the Zenny who had to restart an entire FF6 file due to them as a kid.
With Kuja coming next as a PC, they also seem to be signaling a slow swing back to magic improvements. The next two Darkness skills are both mage tools (Doom+Mag Up on self and 2-hit magical ability+increased damage underDoom), which is neat for the mages with Darkness on their skillsets (hi, Kefka. Hi, Vincent. Hi, Edea, Hi, Exdeath). Hopefully we'll start seeing new Black Magic tools as well, we haven't seen a new BM ability since Darkra, on -Lulu's- event which's already a thing of the past even on Global.
Welp, you're not wrong. Kuja's relic, the Punisher Rod, is Dark-elemental damage + Mag UP. Don't know data mining, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was 30%. I'll be honest, I'm tempted to throw 50 Myth at the banner even though I really should be saving all of it for a potential Scream re-release (that... may not even happen! Or would totally happen right as DeNA shifts back to Mage superiority... DAMMIT.). The fact that it isn't Hastega + Damage Boosting is the only thing preventing me from drawing on it right now.
I expected that Firion/Edward/Ingus were getting screwed when they took their memory crystal data out a few weeks ago. Now the question is, was it an error or intentional? Going to hold on to my Hero souls until end of event just in case they fix it.
Dammit game, I just wanted a 5* Thrown mage weapon...
I expected that Firion/Edward/Ingus were getting screwed when they took their memory crystal data out a few weeks ago. Now the question is, was it an error or intentional? Going to hold on to my Hero souls until end of event just in case they fix it.
Same here. As it always is the case, it's funny to watch the meltdown on Reddit over it. Sir Will especially is a shining beacon of pathetic bile.Dammit game, I just wanted a 5* Thrown mage weapon...
You could have picked Valkyrie on the Beginner's Selection, but nooooooooo, let's go with the neglected realm synergy sword whose main niche is about to get bulldozed by Ultimate fights.
Dammit game, I just wanted a 5* Thrown mage weapon...
GET GUUUUUUD SCRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUB
Yeah, I got a free Mythril from Dr. Mog's Mythril Stash when I loaded the game up this morning and another when the date changed, but no other daily bonus beyond my RW cash.
(Also, for Draw Fire/Retaliate my best approach would be to recruit and cap break Gilgamesh, no?)
For Shale: run of a weaponless Loserface mastering solo VoM's Dark Cecil by abusing the fact he dies after twenty turns. Weirdly hilarious.
http://youtu.be/m-eXjgMlRpE
Wow, -someone- for whom Tidus will remain relevant for a couple months ahead.
It would be easier to answer that question if we knew more about what weapons you already have.
EDIT: Incidentally, it looks like you all have Lightning's SSB dropping in a few weeks. If you're already leaning towards more of a physical build, this one really stands the test of time and utterly trivializes any fight with Lightning-weak opponents (there's quite a few of them, actually). Can't speak to the usefulness of anything else on that banner, except the Keepsake Knife has a shared Protectga SB and kinda crappy offensive stats, and FF13 synergy is only marginally more useful than FF2 synergy. Like, the next 13 event after Lightning's SSB event is the one we're getting in JP next week.
I'll add fuel to the fire regarding Storm Staff pointing out it's an OFFENSIVE staff: its main stat is Magic and it's fine at that, running off at 112 Mag and 101 Mind. Its problem, of course, is not being usable by a couple relevant mages, such as Vivi and Rydia, but any BM who uses Staves will put it to good use.
Anyone else looking forward to Ultimate Exdeath?
My months of planning and training will finally come to fruition.
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Anyone else looking forward to Ultimate Exdeath?
My months of planning and training will finally come to fruition.
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The real reward for mat phase is mythril. They even just made it run concurrent with the orb events in JP this time.
In other news, wow they must have completely broken Barret because I got something stupid like 5 mythril in total for all the fixes they did to him over the past week. With this and me miscalculating the amount of mythril I was set to get, I'm pretty sure I can do a Cult of 3 pull on Banner 3. I either have a super high chance of getting a hastega relic, or get my bad luck out of the way before Banner 4 pops out.
This is going to be the most use I ever get out of Barret. Too bad, I actually like Barret a lot for all that he's basically a Mr. T rip off and says a lot about how Japanese people view non-Asian PoCs as a whole, but Machine Gun Arm Dad is still pretty cool in spite of it. Too bad he's such a shitty PC in RK.
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Hm. So the main thing standing between me and a physical beatdown build is a Record Materia that would let Mog start fights with an SB gauge filled. To get that I need to get either Cloud or Tyro to their second level break. Vale of Memories has blank MC2s. Thus, it would be very nice if I could get my A team from "struggles with Orbfest + fights" to "can beat one of VOM's boss fights with no time to build SBs" in the next week and a half. I have Mythril for two X11 draws (and could maybe build up enough for a third if I go whole hog on story dungeons, but that would mean neglecting Orbfest), a crap-ton of Growth Eggs and enough orbs to craft decent 4 star abilities by the time Orbfest is done with, but not to refine them very far (if at all). Hopeless?
Hm. So the main thing standing between me and a physical beatdown build is a Record Materia that would let Mog start fights with an SB gauge filled. To get that I need to get either Cloud or Tyro to their second level break. Vale of Memories has blank MC2s. Thus, it would be very nice if I could get my A team from "struggles with Orbfest + fights" to "can beat one of VOM's boss fights with no time to build SBs" in the next week and a half. I have Mythril for two X11 draws (and could maybe build up enough for a third if I go whole hog on story dungeons, but that would mean neglecting Orbfest), a crap-ton of Growth Eggs and enough orbs to craft decent 4 star abilities by the time Orbfest is done with, but not to refine them very far (if at all). Hopeless?
Final verdict: Not hopeless at all. Mission accomplished a day ahead of schedule, in fact! My level 50-55 party came at Cecil with maximum mitigation (Sentinel Grimoire RW, one Protega spell and two SBs, R3 Kirin, Power Breakdown, Draw Fire, everybody in the back row, and Loserface holding the Evil Lantern for extra evade) and despite a scare where Gilgamesh dropped to under 1/3 health I heroically convinced him to go away and do something more interesting, claiming my blank MC2 prize. I'd have championed if I had Paladin Cecil, but the reward there pales next to getting access to the materia I need (eventually, after a bunch of story dungeons). Yaaaaaaaaaaaay!
Congratulations. (http://youtu.be/oyFQVZ2h0V8)
Hastega hastega hastega. Hastega? Hastega.
Since the FFX banner coming up evidently sucks, I decided to dump 50 Mythril on FF5 in hopes of a Brave Blade or Kotetsu. No luck, but I did come up with a second Black Garb that I can combine into a 4+ armor, and two Sage's Staffs! So that's my first 6 star gear lined up, plus I should probably try for Lenna's MC2 now. I beat Gilgamesh, so I'd only need to BS a couple of wins for it. Maaaaaaaaaaaybe.......
Dumped most of my mythril into the banner. Got two copies of Vincent's mantle (o boi), and… Tyro's BSSB. Wow.
No Thyrus or Platinum Sword, but with Zack's SSB and the two BSSBs I have now, they feel a lot less necessary. In fact, though I will have enough mythril for one more 11 pull in a couple days from the login bonuses, since I have Tyro's BSSB it may be prudent to try for Sentinel Grimiore rather than Thyrus. I have some time to think about it, anyway.
Edit: Holy shit these randoms in Mount Gulug (IX) classic are brutal.
And mug time has a low chance to blind the target.
The question I have is why the requisite FFX armor giveaway is only a 2 star. I guess FFX doesn't have much incidental equipment but even a very early player doesn't have much use for 2 star armors.
We are the monsters.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A
Okay, time to buckle down and try for Lenna's MC2. Gotta deal with Exdeath first. Looking at strategy recommendations the main thing I'm missing is Carbuncle (not enough Greater Summon Orbs), so the second phase is going to hurt - I'll have to save as much mitigation as I can to deal with the threat of double Earthshaker/Vacuum Wave offense. Boss rush....this is where I'll be burning a ton of mythril, I expect. Particularly for the crystals. Not at all sure I can beat them even with 30+ mythril to use for revives, but I'll give it a shot.
Defender X fails all day against Reflect and Berserk as before.
I'm not certain Dragoon's Determination/Self-Sacrifice sap lasts that long.
Yeah I don't know how long Sap from the RMs last, but I'm pretty sure it lasts indefinitely. I've never had it wear off before the end of a battle (admittedly, I always had Regen up until last week, so take that as you will.
That or I'm really upending all my existing strategies trying to work in SSB spam and this will sort itself out when Indoor Spell is available. Hopefully. Mm. It's Power/Ice/Wind? That's what I'm remembering so I've been hording all those, if that's not is someone correct me.
Ultimate Boss
Be prepared to face Barthandelus!
Defeat him and claim the Soulfont Talisman! (RES +15)
All the loads he has gotten and about to get. Nearly has enough loads.
Oh, yeah I could if I used my main party, but why? Sure the EXP gain isn't much but it adds up, and repeatedly tapping Meteo-Ruinga-NOBODY UNDERSTANDS MY PAIN-Flaming Weeaboo-Valefor on L50-65 characters isn't any harder than autobattling, and is a little bit faster if I'm trying to get all my timebux spent before work/my next class. If you mean you can with characters under L65, I don't believe you. Not without characters dying anyway. Some of those Daily enemies pack legit damage.
Who else were you pondering for that remaining MC Lode, anyway?
I went back to look at the next banner set and wow, is it underwhelming. When one of the best equips on a banner is a -heavy armor-, you know you have a winner. Par for the course for FF4, though, its only good banner ever was Golbez'.
Polymorph Rod synergizes great with all these 1- or 2-use 5* abilities I have sitting around.
Who else were you pondering for that remaining MC Lode, anyway?Eh, I think you're selling the banner a bit short. There's no top tier item, true, but there's a fair number of stuff with unique stat builds and some above average SBs. Murasame is a great stat stick with +20% water damage and +71 magic for ninja spells, and the SB has both good damage and 100% AoE stun. Elfin Bow has a subpar side effect for an AoE heal, but being a bow instead of a staff opens up some neat builds on other characters, mainly Cecil. Double-blink is really nice for Rydia, who's going to be one of our top two summoners for several months. Polymorth rod... well, the stats are nice at least.
I went back to look at the next banner set and wow, is it underwhelming. When one of the best equips on a banner is a -heavy armor-, you know you have a winner. Par for the course for FF4, though, its only good banner ever was Golbez'.
Every time Terra isn't an update, all the players should be asking, where's Terra's MC4?
She might've been on the Al Bhed team before she scampered off to go help Yunie?
Also, checking the FF wikia, apparently all of the Gullwings can play Blitzball in FFX-2 in Ch5 in Luca. So technically Yuna should get Blitzballs too.
Edgar likes scary movies. (https://ffrk-movie.static.sp.mbga.jp/soul_strike/10600600/20160108_WrRRcuq_Xhs.mp4)
EDIT: Mang, we're like a month away from Kefka's event. That's kinda nuts.
Also, oh boy, an FFVII event in a few weeks. Man it's been like a week since we last had one. Too long.
Eyes On Me. Good. Good fuckin
That is the important part of that edit
drive cars, fill bars.
content? what's that?
Snow: Yup. After I farm out enough gystahl greens to get that last MC2 lode before time runs out on it, Im shifting back into hardcore farming mode. The FF13 event taught me that I still really, really, really, really, really want Thyrus.
Also. FF6 event's ultimate boss is the Dream Stooges. Is it weird to hold a grudge against video game characters for 18 years? I feel like it is weird to hold a grudge against video game characters for 18 years.
But fuck it, those motherfuckers are getting ground into paste.
Those are the moments we live for in Record Keeper.
Ultimate Rubicante: WHAT THE FUCK
what the hell is this shit
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
welcome to my life bitch life
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fuck you dr. mog
uwehehehehehehehe
This was basically ... Pretty easy ...
Having sg ...
Speaking of, how is Rikku working out for you, Snow? Since you're the only one who has her good relic, I'm curious if she's as good of an asset as Thief/Dancer/Celerity would imply?
In idle news, reddit since forever
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On the plus side it looks like you get some new 3* equipment which is okay I guess.
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Jecht's however was really dumb because he has no way of healing himself. You'll basically need to manipulate his EXP so he levels up immediately before the boss battle (or blow a mythril to revive... which is what I ended up having to do)
Jecht's however was really dumb because he has no way of healing himself. You'll basically need to manipulate his EXP so he levels up immediately before the boss battle (or blow a mythril to revive... which is what I ended up having to do)
Jecht is a Monk. The 3-star ability Chakra heals you.
[19:49] <MagicFanatic> So, while I was at work, I decided to try to do an 11-draw on Lightning's SSB banner, because I really need an FF13 fighter weapon to stick on Fang. Get one 5*! Okay, let's see what it is. Hoping a weapon, hoping a weapon... Tungsten Bracer. I can't tell whether RK is trolling me or giving me something I need.
I don't really why everyone is so terrible at this game.
lrn2getgud
Something and the thing I want are only ever the same thing on throwaway pulls on Zack banners.
Snow Senpaiiii do you like my new hair cut and dye job???? Plz love me because dena don't:(:(:(:(:(:(:(
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Valiant. Got fuckin Valiant.
Valiant. Got fuckin Valiant.
My condescenses.
Currently doing Yuffie's event and gonna gun for the event quests straight away in order to get fucking good scrub. Good thing I have a fake 6* FF7 katana and a bunch of 5* bracers for the realm.
Dena missed our anniversary :(
IDC orbs go in my mouth, get gud comes out.
If I may ask, what is so awesome about Pecil's RM3?
Yes, Lightning is a very solid PC. The ++ fight is pretty easy and Drawtaliate solves 3/4s of the boss rush.
I've been meaning to ask about that. How permanent is permanent? Is it still just four blank MC2s and then you're done forever, or does it refresh from time to time?
If the booty's phat
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Autoreflect is the worst RM ever and I have to wear it until Red 13's RM2 drops. This is pretty obnoxious.
Autoreflect is the worst RM ever and I have to wear it until Red 13's RM2 drops. This is pretty obnoxious.
Signeur Tori. Plays FF Nostalgia game.
Signeur Tori gets rewarded with memories of the most famous backstabbing in gaming history.
Where are your gods now Ephraim?
*posts more about his erection*
My love is cheap dena but even I have standards.
*Crafts Steal Time*
*Completes the last Quest*
Thyrus Thyrus Thyrus Thyrus
Draw 1: Thancred's Debuff SB dagger, Generic FF14 Dagger.
Draw 2: Garbage. Buncha 4*s that helped me make fake 6*s at least.
Draw 3: Evoker Horn, common Non elemental damage+Magic DEF Down SB.
Welp good thing I already expected that.
the struggle is real
It's not a habit, it's cool, I feel alive
If you don't have it you're on the other side
I'm in heaven, I'm a god
I'm everywhere, I feel so hot
It's over now, I'm cold, alone
I'm just a person on my own
Nothing means a thing to me
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yea u bad
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Yeah, I mean really more than anything having the native wall would just assure victory and give me more options to do builds that aren't "B/SSB team+Ramza" on Ultimate+ fights. And really, for trying out new builds (at least on Ultimate) Thancred's Dagger is pretty cool.
But still. Want.
I have been living in glorious Nippon so long I can't tell White people apart.
Actually true. All white people kinda look alike now. This isn't actually a joke.
Also, Zenny, Möbius Sera is actually FF1 Princess Sarah. Yeah, that one you rescue at the beginning of the game whose only purpose is to get your bridge built.
DADDY I'M A WHALE
Steiner is the required character this time? And here I was looking forward to actually using the mandatory party member for once.
(Speaking of which, I should motivate myself to do the FF7 boss rush, I guess. On the off chance I get Lunatic High I don't want to end up kicking myself for missing Red's MC2.)
You should totally pull on the second one because like 5/6 DL players have a Golem Flute and it feels weird that there are still people out there who don't.
You should totally pull on the second one because like 5/6 DL players have a Golem Flute and it feels weird that there are still people out there who don't.Rub one out on the second, go on you wanna have a little play of the Golem Flute, everyone else does it!
Steiner is the required character this time? And here I was looking forward to actually using the mandatory party member for once.
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http://youtu.be/wbXciBKcfQ8 + gambler's fallacy. Yeaaaaaah.
(On FF12 characters they could add) Even Vossler, Reddas, or the new PCs from Revenant Wings. So much potential. Hell RW even has a new Dragoon who had the only revival spell in the game. WHT5/DRG5 could be an interesting combo.
Quoteanything/DRG5 could be an interesting combo.
no it couldnt, dont lie
EDIT: Actually this comment made me think about it, and... wow they haven't done anything interesting with the Dragoon skillset. They kinda tried to make it a spellblade-lite with Wind Jump, Ice Jump, and gave it a restoration skill and 5* with Drain Dive and Sky Grounder back in the Freyja event, but there's nothing Dragoon does that Spellblade doesn't do either cheaper (3* Drain Strike vs. 4* Drain Dive), better (4* elemental skills vs. 3*s), or equivalent (Critical chance on Sky Grounder vs. Wind Elemental on Tornado Strike). I guess it can add sap?
Honestly it's a skillset that could use some work, and hey if they did release the RW character that would be a good opportunity to beef it up a bit.
EDIT: I just realized who I'm talking to. Your opinions are bad.
Love you too, Zenny-baby. But honestly, more combat-focused characters with White 4 are always welcome because as the Knights with White 4 have showed us, it is super helpful having another place to slot Shellga/Protectga. Dragoon is just another flavor of it.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1398740330/image.jpg)Haha squeaker
Ran into DJ on a reddit thread then some dumb shit talking about New Kain without mentioning his name.
Vanille DID bite it in the winning run to a combination of stray Holy and Stock Break before she could heal herself but eh, not relevant.
Admittedly I'd have been bummed as hell if I hadn't Mastered this, I spend a LOT of Mythril getting good FFIX gear so I could. In which light I am now concerned about Vossler buuut I'm not terrible in FFXII, just my equips are weird. Might drop an extra draw or three on banner 2 here, for all that honestly both banners are bad.
Was that perchance sparked by the incoming FF4 event, which will come with new Dragoon stuff?
Re: Drg5/Wht4 character
I can totally agree that Dragoon skillset isn't as good as Knight or Spellblade, but it's functional, unlike most of say... Ninja. Also, FF12, the realm in question regarding Revenant Wings' Lyude, doesn't have any Wht4 combat hybrids, so it would actually be a solid niche for FF12 content, even if Beatrix/Cecil/Agrias are better in general.
Not to mention where we are in JP, synergy is a lot less important than it seems to be in Global. 3++ synergy is not even better than a 5* character relic (EDIT without synergy) thanks to power creep, and 4++ is nice but in all the fights I couldn't complete, I cant imagine that the 10 point ATK difference would have pushed me over the edge. Would have helped, but wouldn't have closed the gap.
5* relic synergy is still baller, though.
In other news, thanks to playing around with equipment while dungeon diving, in hindsight I can't help but wonder if I have been overvaluing offensive stats when I should have been beefing up defensive stats for some of those battles. The difference between the defensive scores of my attack boosting armors and some of my light armors is often 30 to 50 points, and that does seem to make a much larger difference in durability than I previously assumed.
FF6 gets events fairly frequently (just not MONTHLY the way FF7 does), so Mog probably gets his MC2 in the next one.
...
Mog will probably be tossed on there because "Why not?" situation
Wow, that Quest system upgrade is happening -really- early. I wonder if they're going to be adding extra Quests for all the content between now and when it was introduced in JP?
Eggs, bread,
Ham and cheese,
No mayo, mustard please
Pick-les
Vinegar,
Lettuce and some veggies
SAND-WI-CHES.
SAND-WI-CHES.
I'm real hungry.
Need food in me.
Sit in the seat
now here I eat.
Eggs, bread,
Ham and cheese,
No mayo, mustard please
Pick-les
Vinegar,
Lettuce and some veggies
SAND-WI-CHES.
SAND-WI-CHES!
(Instrumental)
Many many many mouths,
Spread em wide and munch it up,
Many many many mouths,
Spread em wide and munch it up,
*Violins*
Many many many mouths,
Spread em wide and munch it up,
Many many many mouths,
Spread em wide and munch it up,
(Do-you-want-it-toast-ed-or-not?)
Many many many mouths,
Spread em wide and munch it up,
Many many many mouths,
Spread em wide and munch it up,
(Do-you-want-it-toast-ed-or-not?)
Many many many mouths,
Spread em wide and munch it up,
Many many many mouths,
Spread em wide and munch it up.
(Do-you-want-it-toast-ed-or-not?)
Many many many mouths,
Spread em wide and munch it up,
Many many many mouths,
Spread em wide and munch it up.
SANDWICHES!
SANDWICHES!
Quest system going away, begin panicking now those who haven't kept up.
Also weekend orbfests. Begin panicking now people who barely play this game anymore (me).
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First off, I will say I spent more moeny on this banner than I'm willing to admit, but it did NOT Exceed 3 digits...not even close! Still, it's something I'm a bit embarassed by but all 4 Character Relics are something I really want. I have 200 Mithril going into this but not spending it all on this event...just 3 11 pulls worth!
...
I'm now upset, wait a day, and go "Screwit, I WANT ONE OF THOSE OTHER ITEMS! EDGAR'S DRILL ISN'T ENOUGH!" I do a few more pulls, not saying how many. What do I get? ANother Thief's Bracer and Gaia Gear, ok, that's becoming a 6*, no 4* I can make use of, worthless 3* and...Maduin's Horn.
...
Well crap I...wait, Maduin's Horn? Ok, I can say it was worth it...well, no, I just spent more money on a game for a freaking in-game item but SCREW YOU TOO!
Quitting while you're ahead isn't bad strategy.
I kept telling myself that but still broke down. Now granted, I also wanted the Holy Lance which sounds like it's not reappearing ever (though, they may put it on the Celebration Banners, since they tend to change those, the only things confirmed are the featured ones), and Kefka's Lamia's flute which may be on the celebration banners but not confident, so it wasn't like I was pulling ONLY for that. On the flipside, I already got Edgar's Drill...
I got what I wanted so I can't say I regret doing this, but yeah, I am sucker.
I've gone off the deep end before (god, the FF14 event) and the feeling's just ugly. I had to set a hard limit on my pulls after it.
Also yes guys come on don't spend money on this game. Just devote every waking second of your thought processes and time to it. Much better.
It's also that he doesn't find the stress worth it.
It's also vaguely gross to look at how far the game went from the beginning when we were doing shit like farming Vanille's event for ages in hopes of picking up a copy of Thundaja. God, it's been almost a year.
I really wish I had done more than one pull on that banner way back when.
You can and it's not a -terribly- demanding fight either (y'see, she's vulnerable to Stop). Fran isn't particularly high-priority as a Support without a char relic, but there's also the orbs.
FFT banner andSSB celebrationsnot the FFT banner -both- coming up. It'll be a strenuous month.
Snow: The draw will go on longer than the FF5 event banners, and I'll have another 25 mythril for that in a hot second. Besides, after realizing that I've gotten nothing but VALIANT and MASAMUNE from these draws, my most out-dated weapons, my boner for the Lucky Draws is pretty dang limp.
EDIT: Oh yeah, and Minwu's shitty Cancel SB. Yawn.
Yeah, I mean I'm not not pulling on it. It just isn't getting pulled on until I gamble on the Faris/Lenna banner.
Also, 3 Assassins Daggers > one Brotherhood or Valiant. Period. A 7 star dagger that anyone can equip is likely going to outpace everything else you have with realm synergy, barring 6*+ character relics, or other 7* generics. May even beat out 5* SSB relics, but that may be a stretch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZUcpVmEHuk
The nice part about Spectral Keeper is that Draw Fire +Retaliate makes him -completely- harmless outside of Glyph Mine. I guess you can't kill him before Berserk Tail x3, but if the fight ever comes up again (and it will on your Dungeon strolling), it's something to keep in mind.
Also, congrats!
losing 1 medalscrub
Lucky Draw banner… get Locke's rising sun. Outdated weaponry from a lucky draw banner, shock.
I may try this fight again under the Reddit challenge conditions, it'd be interesting to see how the common people live.
I only have enough mythril for one pull, so we'll see. Banner 2 looks like the safer bet for getting something useful for me. The worst one on there looks like Jecht beam and then... Black Materia? Yeah if Seph's SSB is the second worst thing on the banner that says a lot. Even Garland's SB on that adds Dark weakness, which is something, and helps Dark suck less as an element (not that I can get both that and the BSSB, but whatever). vs. ...Jecht's headband which is nigh useless for me since I already have 3 fuckin cancel SBs, and Golbez's Rune Axe which yeah isn't gonna be seeing any use), but the B/SSBs on it are way better if I get lucky. We'll see.
Getting -four- new characters in is a pretty bold idea
Getting -four- new characters in is a pretty bold idea
I count 3. Also Mobius FF did 4 as well it's just that nobody cares about Garland, Sara, or the Mobius scrubs.
but ff9 is groooooooooooss
On the FFT Christmas, DeNA gave to me
On the FFT Christmas, DeNA gave to me
You -do- realize there's another orb festival coming in JP at the end of the month, right? They datamined it last week and it's slated to start at around the 24th.
This style of ultimate fight is more enjoyable than past ones. Hedoesn't have phases you have to keep track of, he's fast but not instantcast fast, he doesn't have a nuke move combined with his speed. You just need to deal with continuous light physical damage.is really EZ and even a scrub like me can beat it.
If you don't have Tyro and Cloud's MC2s, they're the first ones you should do. Otherwise, the correct answer is assuredly Gilgamesh.
I haven't been getting nearly as good a Gigantuar rate as some of you (three so far) but it's been enough, combined with the rewards from the FF9 event, for me to finally bank enough majors to craft one 5* ability of my choosing. Given that it'll be a long time before I can hone whatever I get, what's my best bet? Full Break?
IIRC, Shale is also still only sometimes clearing ++ and +++ content too, right? I recall a number of bosses that made me want MT damage back around the events you're about to get. The FF12 event's +++ comes to mind.
Last day nabbed me my first ssb relic.
Nanakis!
So does reds ssb stack with shell or sg?
That reminds me, at some point I need to get back to clearing core dungeons so I can get my stamina above 90.
Well. I now have a reason to try to convince my nephew to stick with FFRK.
I just drew Quistis's Red Scorpion on his iPad, plus some Aeris stuff.
...His got better pulls than me...
OK at least I am not playing accounts for family members to get them interested in the game. JFC Magic you got a problem bro.
That reminds me, at some point I need to get back to clearing core dungeons so I can get my stamina above 90.
...
Y'know, I really wish I could play the game like you.
Yoshiyuki, Rising Sun (VIII), Ice Whip, Moore Branch.
Fine, fine, DeNA, Snow was right all along.
Ultima Buster beaten. Killed it on first try but missed mastery. Swapped in auto-reflect so that I stopped killing myself when mana sphere showed up and mastered it easily.
Also amusing, Vivi procced Blood of the Espers when casting Flare on Mana Sphere. Second hit targeted Ultima and got reflected onto Vivi for 8500 damage.
Huh, using it quickly after Elixir isn't scripted? Shitty luck for me, I guess.
In soviet CKRK, Grefter heals you.
Trying to get myself ready for Summoner's Abyss - looks like my party's gonna be Yuna/Terra (after her SMN5 buff)/Rinoa/Eiko/Hope (after his SMN5 buff)... This seems viable.(?)
Of course, I'm always hurting for Summon spells/hones, so I'm thinking... Bahamut/Valefor/Ixion/Alexander/3*s should be the priority?
It finally happened.
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I did one pull for something and got exactly what I wanted (and then some, Vanille's staff will be great for even longer than Terra's SSB, but Terra fanboyism and all that.)
Only have fifty mythril left to throw at Ramza, but who cares?
2X Genji Blade
Ultima Sword
Peacemaker
OK, so equal to Faith, right? That's worth trying for, then. That alone would make Summoners/Black mages viable for me again, even though my S/SBs for them are comparatively non-existent.
Holy jeez, I knew actual damage SBs would help, but I didn't realize how much. Just smoked the X-2 +++ battle thanks in large part to Crushing Blow with attack bonuses being goddamned bonkers. Gearing up to fight the Ultimate later today. Here's hoping!
Success! Cloud/Gilgamesh/Lightning/Mog/Lenna, with Quistis' Mighty Guard as the RW. Took a lot of S/L to get Leblanc to go down without crippling my party first, but after I managed that the other two easily. SSB spam is useful.
...I just thought of something.
Zenny must be looking at this thread and frothing at the amount of people getting the Platinum Sword here.
He's probably sleeping. He had it coming anyway, though.
Magic: I forget what you have in your load out, but eh, if you have Shout I'd save your mythril unless you really need Physical SBs. Agrias' SSB is good but its use against U/+ bosses is pretty niche comparatively (granted, that niche is still pretty good against Multitarget bosses). Her regular SB is arguably better, could be worth it for that. Otherwise... Yell and Stone Throw compete for breathing room with Scream, which is fine for Yell but obsoletes Stone Throw. The N-Kai armband is at least a really good armband, though.
Also keep in mind that you're not gonna have any FFT synergy events until 6 months from now so yeah, probably best to pull on more common/difficult realms. FF8 synergy, for instance, would be nice for when y'all get wrecked by Ifrit.
So, since I only did one pull, I still have over 100 Mithril.
Should I do more FFT Banner pulls, or save it for the future?
I also need 8 synergy, my 5* Ten-Gallon Hat, Blitz Sword, and Morning Star can only go so far.
Plus magic up + haste, and potential ZELL hype
Ah, yeah, that does help. I'll probably ditch the protection rings, then. 15 MAG + 50% ID resistance is probably better than 75% ID resist, since the MAG can play off of synergy. Plus, if there is a BS ID boss in the future that I'd want ID resist for, I can just hone Marise/Arise and use Aeris.
...Hm. One of my friends is looking into starting FFRK, but he wants to be able to reroll until he gets Yuna's Tiny Bees. He's got a Google Play account, so does anyone know of any instructions on how to do this?
https://www.twitch.tv/zedoshi/v/59222840 - in which Zedoshi rolls a Platinum Sword and Grand Armor on his core only account, augments the former into his pumpkin, and sells the latter.
https://www.twitch.tv/zedoshi/v/59222840
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Mug time or thieves revenge?
Which should I hone, if any?
EDIT: I just realized I could theorhetically smurf global accounts until I pulled Shout.
I am not going to do that. That would be dumb. But I really really want to do that just to get it out of my fucking system.
Welp, apparently they're releasing a pick-your-SB banner soon similar to the Beginner's banner. All of it is actually pretty good, too. Maduin's Horn, Leonhart's Armor, Faris's SSB Bow... but the obvious jewel there is Eiko's Golem Flute. Yeaaaaaah. Golem's Flute would fill my need for a non-Zack Hastega and open up my flexibility options so much it would be dumb to not pull on it. I'm hoping the deadline for pulling is quite long, as I would still like to get in an 11-pull on Celes's BSSB, but we'll see. A hastega that also heals lets me ditch Zack, who really has not been pulling his weight aside from keeping up Haste.
Being your best break monkey alone tends to earn a PC a spot on your A-team, that's how good Support 5 off actual stats and equipment options is. See Zenny taking Ramza borderline everywhere as well while his only relic for him is the Nu-Khai Armlet.
EDIT: Also, keep in mind that Agrias' Cleansing Strike ATK/MAG -50% effect STACKS with breakdowns -and- Full Break, so the two of them will synergize very well together in your party.
Being your best break monkey alone tends to earn a PC a spot on your A-team, that's how good Support 5 off actual stats and equipment options is. See Zenny taking Ramza borderline everywhere as well while his only relic for him is the Nu-Khai Armlet.
EDIT: Also, keep in mind that Agrias' Cleansing Strike ATK/MAG -50% effect STACKS with breakdowns -and- Full Break, so the two of them will synergize very well together in your party.
The main thing keeping me from "Fuck yeah usable Ramza let's do this" is that I need 13 more major power orbs to get an R2 Full Break, and without that the utility of Support 5 is marginal.
the part of the animation where Gilgamesh and Enkidu high-five.
Well, that and the part of the animation where Gilgamesh and Enkidu high-five.
Assuming you have nothing else (this is basically Beginner's Banner v2 after all), Peacemaker is still probably fine due to being 5 hits, MT, and elemental. Elemental SBs never go completely out of style vs. weakness. Maduin's Horn is kiiinda usable because of how many hits it has if you have decent magic buffing and synergy, but otherwise yeah it's pretty outdated now. Organics is garbage and has been for a while; it's basically outdated already in Global. An SSB that only deals physical, non-elemental damage? With only 3 hits at that? Get the fuck out of here
http://i.imgur.com/8xeZcBp.jpg
Overdramatic much hinode?
If this fight is indicative of the future standard of U+ difficulty I may be really upset when I get two Gaus Helmets instead of Celes' BSSB, >_>
If this fight is indicative of the future standard of U+ difficulty I may be really upset when I get two Gaus Helmets instead of Celes' BSSB, >_>
*two Thief Bracers
By the way, how does Ultimate+ Ultros look like?
When you've got native trinity and multiple physical SSBs, what else are you really saving mythril for if not a favorite character? I wants Ramza SB dammit!
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Now that Relm's SSB is out, should I switch my RW over to SS2? Princess's Favor is strictly outclassed by Portrait of Lakshmi now, but SS2/SG is probably the single most common RW and I'm not sure how many people are actually going to draw for Relm.
Probably won't make a big difference either way, but if anyone I'm mutually following right now has a preference I'll go for it.
Now that Relm's SSB is out, should I switch my RW over to SS2? Princess's Favor is strictly outclassed by Portrait of Lakshmi now, but SS2/SG is probably the single most common RW and I'm not sure how many people are actually going to draw for Relm.
Probably won't make a big difference either way, but if anyone I'm mutually following right now has a preference I'll go for it.
The latest jp Ultimate boss's HP is so low it I half expect DeNA goofed up. 120k?
Even with some adds that's still a joke.
HOLY SHIT THE BATTLE ON THE BIG BRIDGE NEW YEAR'S COUNTDOWN EVENT IS COMING TO US EARLY MAY
GILGAMESH HYPE NEVERENDING
Both are still useful even at only R2. Get a Lifesiphon up to R5 to use in conjunction with SC and you'll have enough charges to make it through most U+ content.
Debating spending my next 15 mythril trying for Celes's BSSB again. Stackable 20% buff to both offensive stats is just too good to not try for, especially now that I know I have a guaranteed hastega on a support character waiting for me in the form of Lunatic High.
There's also not a time limit on that freebie banner, so it's nit like I'm in a hurry, either.
If you haven't taken a shot at Chaddy yet, I highly recommend using Mage Meta if that is at all possible for you.
...interestingly, of the FF7 weapons, I think only the Striking Staff was called by that name in FF7 proper. I believe everything else was called Rod in FF7, which given Aerith's weapon design, seems to make more sense. This could explain why FF7 has so many "in-name only" staves begging the question why they didn't just re-translate them as rods.
Completely unrelated but the FFRK subreddit drama from the past few days is an unexpected hilarious trainwreck to see go up in flames. Are all subreddits like this? I try to avoid Reddit if at all possible but it's the only reliable place for FFRK info at the moment.
Completely unrelated but the FFRK subreddit drama from the past few days is an unexpected hilarious trainwreck to see go up in flames. Are all subreddits like this? I try to avoid Reddit if at all possible but it's the only reliable place for FFRK info at the moment.
You say that like the DL hasn't had mod/admin drama before.
Got another 15 mythril thanks to the spring campaign's free 5 mythril and did a 3 pull on the Rikku BSSB banner, kinda hoping for Paine's SSB since Hastega on a Steiner clone.
I got Kimarhi's SSB.
This is what I get for not being content with Relm's brush, eh.
Is this to be my penance? An SSB for someone with Combat4/Dragoon5 and nothing else of import?
What Am I to be… CHOPP LIVRR?????????
TuesMondailies stop making me pay attention. I just want to autobattle shit.
Also, Yuffie's usefulness is in Dancer4/Celerity/Thief5, not Ninja...
Oooh, wait, you guys are doing Rufus/Doggie for the Ultimate event right? That's a pretty fun fight.
Snow, do it hard mode. No (native) Shout, No (native) Wall, No useful MT skills. If I can do it, then you can do it.
*comes into topic, immediately gets depressed again*
http://imgur.com/4h9uNeK
Probably still beats the last ~595 mythril I spent, despite the Josef rickrolling. Also my FF2 synergy now consists of 2 5*s, 1 4*++ dagger, and 1 4*+ sword, which more than my 4, 8, and 9 synergy combined.
tbh i don't even pretend dj is people anymore and just kinda skim his posts like meeple's
http://imgur.com/fl8Xw8I
Shiiiiiiny
Hmm... Well then the idea of tossing Vivi's RM3 on Mog and then giving Mog another Curaga/ja/raise/Therapy cure might be your best bet. There's no problem that more healing can't solve! (Except low turn count scores)
Is it just me, or did U+Cid's most dangerous stuff just flat-out ignore defense?
I've been sitting on the Major Earths needed for R3 Saint Cross for a while. Problem is I'm still 20 Major Holies short. Oh well, there's always Full Charge in the future to look forward to.
Ultimate 12 fight was dead easy, due to him being weak to slow. Mug Time trivializes any battle where bosses can be slowed.
Djinn's shiny new Lion's Roar as RW
Finished Squall event. Very unremarkable. Need to spend all my remaining mythril on banner 2 cause my 8 synergy *suuuuucks* and Ifrit is going to bend me over.
Decided to follow in people's footsteps here and threw 50 Mithril at Banner 2.
Got an Inferno Fang. Am I allowed to complain about this one?
25 mythril on banner 2, got Ehrgeiz. God Bless the Ring.
Need to test if the +crit% stacks with the extra crit on Explosive Fist. If so that's going to be some pain.
Yeah, it's not that I can't so much as "well is another crystal and a few major orbs worth the time/another 60 stamina". The orbs in question are Major Ice. So looking at my orb piles, I recently put Fullbreak up at R3 so I'm down a bit on Major Ice. More than that, with the White Magic Nightmare coming up I'm looking at honing up Holy. I have the Ice orbs to put it at R2 (I'm way low on Holy orbs but hell, Friday's long since been a full grind day), but with three weeks it's possible, if a bit unlikely, I could get it up to R3, so they could well prove immediately useful. So yeah, worth doin'.
Decided to follow in people's footsteps here and threw 50 Mithril at Banner 2.
Got an Inferno Fang. Am I allowed to complain about this one?
Palom/Porom event, 100-gem pull yields... Edge's Kotetsu. Are you trying to tell me something, game?
Beat the main course on Wundertwins event. FF4 content never fails to annoy, Baigan was as annoying as he was unthreatening. Whee, having the arms not self-destruct being a medal condition while the arms themselves have about half of Baigan's 100k HP. Odin, once again, raised his sword just in time to die from Edea's Thundaja.
Yda also has Support 4, so they share a niche in that (equip/stat-wise, she has better stats and swords, he has hammers, axes and shields). His selling point over her is the SSB, since AoE damage + 40% mHP healing is a really nifty toy for a dps unit. Regardless, getting Support 4 instantly slaps you into the higher echelon of monk tiers.
The problem with not leaving Seifer for last was that once he hit 50% and started going nuts Fujin/Raijin would inevitably finish off whoever was left weak from his AOE, wall or no wall.
Granted, I probably shouldn't talk about difficulty in any realm given my current loadout.
Also just noticed that hinode sabotaged his Stoneskin II RW. Was wondering why it kept running out so quickly. No telling how many runs that ruined.
SS2/SG duration is fixed, equipment doesn't matter at all. Mind only matters for named status effects (Protect, Haste, Sleep, Paralysis, etc.), not straight stat buffs/debuffs.
First place I looked. Mind in relation to soul breaks is not addressed on there.
Dropped Cagnazzo, missing only one actions medal. That and the ultimate are both super luck based with all the status you have to avoid (especially slow), but once things fell into place it worked out pretty handily. Although for the U that meant S/L'ing over and over until I got a run where the counter stun never landed outside of times when I was about to refresh Shout anyway.
Agrias (R4 Lifesiphon/R4 Thundara Strike, Battleforged)
Rydia (R2 Carbuncle/R4 Thundaga, Attunement 2)
Gilgamesh (R4 Ice Jump/R4 Lightning Jump, Dr. Mog's Teachings)
Lenna (R2 Shellga/R4 Diaga, Knight's Charge)
Ramza (R3 Venom Buster/R4 Banishing Blade, Holy Knight's Pride)
RM Shout
I'm stockpiling black orbs for the chain spells. It takes 60 MBO to hone each one to R3, and I definately want to hone Chain Blizzaga/Firaga/Thundaga. Probably Chain Waterga too assuming we get one.
Right up there with making accounts "for your brother's ipad" and then just playing a second global account.
Farming dailies with sub-90 stamina sounds like the spawn of fucking Satan, for starters. Reddit houses some really scary people.
Uninstalled. These Ultimates are driving me nuts and I can't just skip them because I feel like I'll be hurting down the road if I do. Better if I just don't play so I don't break my phone in half.
Sadface. I liked CmdrKing's posts. Hope you'll at least keep posting about your other mobile game experiences - FFBE and KH and such.
So, with FF12's new event, we get Larsa. And is it just me but that's a really neat support build? White 5*, Support 5* and even Bard 4* thrown in off typical Support PC stats - EXCEPT healer-level Mind. Equip options are kind of a bummer for hybrid builds (only swords in addition to mage weapons), but that feels like an oddly versatile build. Alas, poor Gordon.
Also Gordon can use Shields! Yeah, don't think that actually helps him much seeing as the two big ones are Basch's Shield for Holy +20% damage, which is offset by Larsa having much better Mind anyway, and Agrias' Kaiser Shield which he can't really take advantage of anyway (...no, I am not going to hype his Thundaga.)
Oh man, Captain K (and by this I mean Daleks, not CmdrKing... ehehe)... you left just before the greatest of all meta was born: Hit and Run!
Huh, didn't know that, because yeah, that's a pretty nice perk if so. Still stand by my point that Shields offer limited value to Gordon, but still an extra equip option Larsa can't make use of.
I fear the upcoming regression to the mean that's prolly gonna hit me hard during the Burst Fest... Sigh. Never gonna get a new Terra relic...
Damn. Guess Bea isn't gonna be useful then... Maybe Magic Lure? (Should I just use Celes in that case?)
It's Lucky Draw time again! I got...Yuna's Lullaby Rod, the best possible SB in the pool that I already have a clone of. Buuuuuuut it's on a summoner instead of Lenna the pure white mage, which opens up some interesting options for a Carbuncle strategy against U+ Bahamut (who is totally kicking my ass).
It'll also be useful for the Nightmare itself, where having multiple AoE heals -actually helps-. If it's any consolation, Hymn of the Fayth keeps Yuna a completely legit PC by itself even in these days and it's her best relic bar none even now.
JP has a "refresh RW list" button now, 1-stamina enemies finally get a reprieve from their endless slaughter.
JP has a "refresh RW list" button now, 1-stamina enemies finally get a reprieve from their endless slaughter.
I haven't wanted a QoL feature this badly since they implemented the new UI.
I am so fucking stupid it is amazing I have lived to my late 20s without accidentally killing myself by grinding my feet on coral at the beach.
I am become death, destroyer of worlds.
Quote from: ZennyI am become death, destroyer of worlds.
Yep.
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A. Opens floodgates for all the ridiculous requests ranging from various Square-enix reps like Crono, Fei, DQ Characters, etc. to MORONIC **** YOU SEE IN SMASH BROS. like Goku and Batman.
B. Call this one petty, but the game is "Final Fantasy", and I prefer to keep it that way. Collab events to me are akin to the off-franchise music in Chibirhythm, so whatever, but the characters feel like they should stay within the franchise.
Didn't they make a Saga RK? If they wanted to, they could make a non-FF RK game for RPGs.
i knew you'd go there
Stayin' classy.
Okay, so I beelined for Cait Sith's MC and egged him up to 50 so he can survive Tuesdaily. Having looked up his L65 stats, it's frankly kinda silly that he has more HP and defense at L65 than Aerith at L80. Good thing his MC2 is just a month away. He's like a spin on Mog trading a bit of statistical superiority for a better skillset, and that's a winning trade given the scales.
Ugh. You got Tidus' 6*? I did three 11 pulls on this banner (all my hard-saved mythril~).
I mean, I got Wakka's stupid-good Burst so that's cool. And two copies of both Paine's Hastega sword and Tidus' Quick Hit armor, which will likely see some use. But come on, I want shinies for my favorite JRPG main with daddy issues. I may have to rush the history dungeons for more mythril and try another 11-pull before the banner ends. Even if I get a third Paine/Tidus relic copy, at least that means I can finally do something with these dark matters.
*Proceeds to rub his nutsack onMeepleDJ's face while purposely never using Tidus again.*
QuoteOkay, so I beelined for Cait Sith's MC and egged him up to 50 so he can survive Tuesdaily. Having looked up his L65 stats, it's frankly kinda silly that he has more HP and defense at L65 than Aerith at L80. Good thing his MC2 is just a month away. He's like a spin on Mog trading a bit of statistical superiority for a better skillset, and that's a winning trade given the scales.
Yeah, Aeris' durability is up there with wet paper. I'd also agree that without relics, Cait's just flat out a better Mog. Summon 4 and Bard 5 are waaaaaaaay better than Black 3 / Dragoon 2. Not sure how they hold up after relics, though. What does Cait's relic actually do again?
Rinoa (BM Damage up 30%), I think probably marginally less useful than the physical 30% boosts just because of the higher MAG soft cap, but I didn't calculate it out so I may be wrong
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Speaking of which, they datamined the gacha banner for Tyro's Selection Vol. II and it has Terra's BSB, Sentinel's Grimoire, Shout and Bartz' SSB.
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With BSBfest coming soonish and what used to be my overriding need (hastega) finally settled, I figure it's a good idea to take stock of where I am relic-wise and figure out what I should be pulling for in the future. Thinking mainly in terms of SBs rather than synergy right now, since I can summarize my synergy needs pretty simply as "swords and daggers for FF5, 6 and 13, and any melee weapon for FF4."
SSBs:
Cloud – Blade Beam (MT damage)
Gilgamesh – Faithful Companion (MT damage, party high regen)
Lightning – Crushing Blow (MT lightning damage)
Rinoa – Wishing Star (Random 5 hit magic damage)
Medica:
Lenna – Princess' Favor (Cura+party high regen)
Yuna – Hymn of the Fayth (Cura+party high regen)
Yuffie – Clear Tranquil (40% heal, instant)
Ashe – Northswain's Glow (Cure+AOE white magic damage)
Medica/Hastega:
Eiko – Emerald Light (Cura+hastega)
Boostga:
Mog – Sunbath (30% boostga+high regen)
Sabin – Razor Gale (30% boostga+MT wind damage)
Galuf – Fist of the Dawn (35% boostga+ST single hit damage)
Desch – Selfless Spirit (35% ATK/DEF up+50% mHP self damage)
Mitigation:
Agrias – Cleansing Strike (40%ATK/MAG down+ST damage)
Kimahri – Mighty Guard X (party magic blink)
Auron – Dragon Fang (MT ATK breakdown+damage)
Damage:
Ramza – Hail of Stones (ST damage+100% stun)
Irvine – Fast Ammo (Random target damage)
Squall – Fated Circle (ST damage+lesser MT damage)
Thancred – Dancing Edge (ST damage+DEF breakdown)
Vivi – Doublecast Venom (ST poison magic damage)
Rydia – Diamond Dust (MT single hit ice magic damage)
DK Cecil – Darkness (MT single hit dark damage+self damage)
My biggest need currently is mitigation. I rely heavily on the double offensive breakdown of Cleansing Strike, which is a great move but also restricts my party composition pretty significantly -- see the coming FF13 event, where I have little choice but to field a character with zero weapon synergy rather than using my spare gun or throwing weapon. Wall obviously would be fantastic, but any move that stacks with breakdowns and comes with a character not locked to swords/daggers represents a big improvement in my flexibility.
Similarly, boostgas. I have a bunch! But they're on characters with very limited skillsets, and Desch in particular is a big offensive liability if he doesn't have an elemental weakness to hit. (On the other hand, thanks to Emerald Light his self-damage is no longer an issue because whenever I put up buffs there's a Medica along for the ride) Mog's my go-to but he is getting less and less helpful on offense as U+ bosses' RES ramps up and Diaga drops from solid damage to sub-3K.
I'm pretty well set for Medicas. Emerald Light is a very strong two-for-one deal and if I don't need to bring a native Hastega I can replace it with Yuna or Lenna's versions of HOTF or, when I eventually find a good ability combo for her, forego a second white mage and bring Yuffie.
Damage is waaaaaaaaaaay down the list, which is a nice luxury to have. BSBs would be very appreciated and take the pressure off my hones in a major way, but in terms of big damage SB/SSBs, I can't complain much.
Eh, I would say pulling on BSBs is also not a bad idea for him since he doesn't really farm religiously. Since getting a comfy number of BSBs my farming is mostly useful for making numbers go up in my inventory, and the odd time when a skill suddenly becomes useful (hi chain starter) and I need to R3 it immediately. Once you have a character that can use special attacks for 4 turns (usually this is enough to cycle through to another BSB going off as well), all you ever really end up needing is an R3 lifesiphon.
Only idiots pull on the Lightning BSB banner.
Eh, yeah. Sure. But are you ever running a party without a (Boost/Faith)/ga in content that matters? Maybe with good synergy physicals for reasons we've covered, but certainly not in literally every other case.
Eh, yeah. Sure. But are you ever running a party without a (Boost/Faith)/ga in content that matters? Maybe with good synergy physicals for reasons we've covered, but certainly not in literally every other case.
Yeah, it's mostly comparing between how things were way back.
Git outta my lawn youn' varmint
I just want a mage weapon for FF6, my best widespread equip for those purposes is a fake-6* Gravity Rod. I guess I wouldn't mind having one of Garnet's stat sticks either.
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Honestly, sounds like you guys just had great RNG luck on his battle AI. I'm sure it would have only taken me one try too if he used his physical a bunch instead of Pulsar Burst.
Also while the Reddit tier list is obviously flawed, it's also fairly simple to understand and start crafting teams up with, and that's something that shouldn't be undervalued. The more convoluted you make the rules for something the fewer people will bother with it, and getting broader participation was one of the goals of this whole challenge. I'm not sure anyone besides Djinn will actually bother with whatever system he cooks up here.
Guys you know what's great?
Tidus' OSSB.
Plebs.
. The most manipulation one can do is just not drawing multiple times when you get a bad pull, since it's known to be sorta streaky
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its me
Edit Meeple is the Sir Will of the DL, there, I said it.
I wasn't actually affected (both my draws were SSBs) but I will gladly accept any apology mythril they wanna throw my way. >_>
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Odd that you didn't add Vayne in FF12. You also didn't mention RW but I assume that's because those characters have a much lower chance of getting in than literally any other FF sequel.
And... while I agree that Reno is an odd choice to prioritize, he doesn't seem nearly as out of place as Braska. Honestly I'd be okay with seeing more Turks in FF7's roster as opposed to a lot of the other potential ideas from that game (dear god what if they use Vincent May Cry villains?) Cissnei, Rude, Elena are at least potentially interesting. I'd be okay with CC:FF7 Angeal too, if for no other reason than "why doesn't FF7 have a Knight character yet?"
WTF is this Pudding Master U++ fight from? I do not remember this guy from FF4 at all. Is it an FF4TAY thing?
QuoteWTF is this Pudding Master U++ fight from? I do not remember this guy from FF4 at all. Is it an FF4TAY thing?
FF4 Advance, I believe. He was one of the weapon guardians in the Maze of Trials to get "weapons that make the former temps NOT SUCK", guarded Palom's Triton Dagger, I want to say.
Sounds like RK takes from both Advance/PSP FF4 AND FF4DS now...still hate the fact that they think the latter is a good idea, because seriously, Geryon is stupid and looks stupid, and a large part of the FF4 Realm's issues do in fact stem from using FF4DS as the inspiration instead of the original game.
Onion Knight
Does anyone here still use my Advance RW? It's obviously fallen out of favor, but I do have some other options - like Cecil's burst, or Hand of the Emperor. But if it's still being used, I'll leave it.
With enough mitigation and High Regen, Flourish of Steel just means Odin distributes four hits' worth of SB gauge for the price of one.
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U+ Gilgamesh was easily the toughest Big Bridge boss, thanks mainly to Enkidu. Goddamn Berserk nonsense. Faris' AOE double break came in very handy, though.
I'll probably still log in for daily rewards, maybe do new content as it arises, but that means basically playing once every few days, instead of constant grinding. I realize I really need to cut down on worrying about a game like this, if not just drop it outright. I compare my time with RK to my time with FF14 (my other addiction feeding game) and I realize I just have more fun with FF14, despite how all I'm doing is beating up the same dungeon time and time again.
I fixed my FF8 synergy problem. (http://m.imgur.com/d605IYC)
I am become Snow, Rinoa user.
For those playing at home, that is my 3rd OSB. Bonus points, both mage OSBs are weapon types that a couple Ninjas can use so if I ever want to use them.
WEAK Fire / Ice / Lightning / Water / Holy
Crisis Core final boss, FF14, FF14.
There's also a LightningLouis Vitton modellingOSB event, but that was literally inevitable post-OSBfest.
Ok, quick run down of the who the fuck everyone is!
On a different note, I think I've decided that the amount of RK I'll be playing is enough to empty my stamina once per day. That way I "keep up" if I ever want to get serious again, but I can also "play it and forget it" each day as a result.
To be honest, you don't even -need- the boss to be Thunder-weak. Just the Lightning boost on Kaiser Shield boosts Crushing Blow from effectively 6.5x to 7.8x mult (i.e. ST SSB-level offense) and you can stack it if synergy says so. On Desch, the effect is also worth it on average as long as you don't have synergy 5* hats for a real, and, even if you do, the difference is small. It becomes a bit of a choice between better defenses or better Res and slightly better damage.
Because Zenny needed to get more stacked: DeNA gave some OSB weapons unique RS bonuses. Now, the single-element OSB weapons give their relative elements a %20 damage boost in addition to improved stats when under synergy.
Your quality: Less willpower than Meeple has vanished.
ff8 waifu pull is real
11X pull on the FF4 banner: Kain's SSB and Edward's harp! My FF4 synergy problems are solved, I can finally field a mage team that's not a total joke, and the zero-jump-time effect should be fun to play with.
Song of Swiftness RW plz
Kotetsu (IV)
i didn't know they put sephiroth items on a ff4 banner
Gaia Cross by itself is a pretty solid niche. He really doesn't need anything else
If you don't CM Fragment Ifrit (wtf mote that is sooooooo goddamn stupid), Snow, nobody will be able to. I believe in you.
Also vacation? Where you goin?
Yeah Magic's gonna take a hit in usefulness until the multihit attacks come out. Can Desch at least use Ixion? I honed it before Chain Thundaga came out and it's holding up pretty well.
Snow: Didn't realize you don't have a Selphie Relic.... yeah, that's gonna be a hard sell. Dream Stage would be such a godsend. Since your Rinoa is so stacked, would it be more useful to maybe hone Shiva instead of a second Blizzaja since it's dual hit? Or would that not break the 9999 cap enough for you to bother? I forget Shiva's mults since I never bothered since she's only a 3* summon, in fairness.
Fragment/Mote Ifrit: OW. That's not happening quite yet. I've got no ice SBs worth using and my A team can barely get through a quarter of his life before wall wears off.hahahaha welcome to the fucking machine
Lucky Draw netted me Setzer's Gambler Darts~ Yay?
Oh, and Wakka's SSB Blitzball.
I now have enough Blitzballs to field a full team of Tidus/Wakka/Jecht/Rikku. Life goals complete.
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Also, FF14's new female PC/Support/Paladin (what the hell, skillset creep) is Minfilia. >_> Alphinaud is the mage.
but fuck grinding
My interest in being worn by Grefter like a pair of handcuffs is at an all time high.
Yeah the only item I have from that banner is Platinum Shield so I will be pulling like there's no tomorrow. 5* guarantee or not, there's never going to be a better shot at the Big Three relics again. By contrast I'm skipping the Lucky Draw because while FF13 is easily my weakest main-series realm outside of 1, 2 and 3, the other two on that list are far and away my strongest. I'd rather save the mythril for another chance at Shout/Wall/DG.
(Also, ahahahahaha "Kill Cloud" you're adorable. If I could do that I wouldn't be in this bind. MM/DZ is tempting since it'd see some use down the line on a mage team when I finally put one together, except I need Kefka to carry Enveloping Etude in this fight so I can't actually bring the combo.)
Considering what I could read off Kongbakpao's skill lists, would I be wrong in assuming that Cloud is mostly shut down by Tauntaliate strategies? Even then, Terra also gets spoiled by Runics, so if you have one of those available, that's your ticket. Or a DG RW that way, and just hope that Cloud never uses Blade Beam/Spin Drive.
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Got Air Knife, Aevis Killer, and 2x Raine's Gloves (combined already because seriously, who needs two mage fists?). Former two only have somewhat niche use given my insane FF5 weapon collection, the latter will take a while for me to digest the possible uses for.
Nope. It'd take too much S/L to get all my mitigation up without him killing anybody (Closest I got was him using Meteor while Fran was charging Mist Overload), and I have other things to do this morning.
Well, I assume you also need a Hastega there, so you'd be running both SG and the hastega first. At least you can slap Lifesiphon+Battleforged on Agrias. REGARDLESS, the Ifrit fight is the roughest contest we have had since ye olden days of Rinoa's Parade Float. It took me a few tries to pull it off even with my A-team. At least, we haven't had a power spike like that again... yet.
All this talk just makes me extra-glad I got good.
The weak point is here
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sheep master race
Datamining from the update is out:
Multiplayer is coming, as "Raids."
OSSBs are known as Overstrike Soul Breaks. Meh.
Also wanted Ghido's Whiskers for the En-Dark (way better for a Darkness mage than Holy Imperil) and Genji Blade, although I forgot the latter does recur. Third Ragnarok is also kinda nice since I can reforge it and drop a bunch of Rosetta Stones on it for 170 non-RS attack in the future, although that was more a minor bonus than something I seriously chased for.
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Good stuff! Not Jecht's balls or Tifa's fist, but it'll do.
I would like a bsb...so I'm pulling on banner 2 and 3 or 4. Still undecided...
I would like a bsb...so I'm pulling on banner 2 and 3 or 4. Still undecided...
Not going to save for Kain's BSB in November?
You have his OSB. Jacket.
I just realized that I'm one Beatrix BSB away from being able to field a competent team of nothing but knights (if you count Ramza), at least when the fight is mainly physical.
Beatrix: Paladin #1 and primary tank with her Sentinel burst.
Agrias: Paladin #2 and/or spellblade specialist, brings Cleansing Strike.
Ramza: Breakdown monkey with burst for Banishing Strike substitute and DEF boosting
Basch: Apocalypse Shield for boostga and even more DEF boosting
Leon: Darkborn Blade makes him tank #2, brings Dark Bargain since I can stand to lose the DEF on this team.
Bring a Divine Guardian/MG8 RW, or Sync if I really need the medica instead of high regen, and my only problem would be running out of Platinum Shields. I only have three!
At this point, I just have to wonder how much Mythril Jo'ou has. That is an insane amount of pulls.
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I should never pull on a FF9 banner again, though.
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Nostalgia beats my desire to win. Fft gets all of my mythril until that banner ends and fuck ffx
look at the dirty filthy things i am doing to your account bro
Nice! It'll be cool to see you using someone other than Kefka!
When I made a throwaway JP account for their second anniversary just to see the shiny, my BSB draw was Reno and DK Cecil, so I figure as long as I pull anything other than Tiny Bee or a dupe this will at least be as good as that one.
look at the dirty filthy things i am doing to your account bro
So I failed to stop letting nostalgia rule my life and have Malak's BSB now because I am a goddamn slut
Y'know if anyone who is done playing the game wouldn't mind handing over their account (or at least letting me play on it) so I can hop onto some multiplayer shenanigans, that'd be p cool
Good call. Also realized I should probably ask on a topic the people who quit would actually read, so.
By the way, Shale, interested in joining a raid group?
I'm in if I can use Captain's... I have a lot ... on my hands and could probably get it up ... withsome planning in the next month, soooo.
I'll look up how to do it this weekend.
After all those years and now it doesn't even make -that- much of a difference on average.
That sounds like a lot of work to do something that benefits Zenny.
I pulled for reasons of what the heck why not, even though it's a trap. End result: Serah's Gloves and Rydia's Mystic Whip. That's uh actually not bad, my FF13 armor synergy needed some help and having Rydia at least remotely relevant is nice.
Support is good, definitely the first one I unlocked too. If you have his BSB, I'd also recommend getting Black Magic sooner than later. There will be a window coming up for you all where if you have more than one MAG buffer it's just going to be flat out better for OK to chain his Quickcast Magic BSB command and build for magic rather than attack. After hitting the relevant softcaps, chain casting that command will routinely outdamage his physical command + Full Charge because the mults on his physical attack just aren't there to break 5000 damage on most high end bosses.
The next round of Scarbait just dropped in JP -- an FF4TAY event with the Holy Dragoon costume and Kain OSB. Also, Ceodore.
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Did two pulls and a 100-gem on the banner myself because I'm weak. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ge53QaDpKQ)
Thancred: He has Wind, FIre and Poison. Ok each make sense in a different way, with Wind because of his role, Fire because he's from the Thanalan region, and Poison because of his effect on women...ok, that last one was a stretch...
First 11 pull: Both Minfilia relics
Second 11 pull: Wizard Gloves, Evoker's Doublet, Healer's Robe
Pretty good haul. Only question now, should I change my RW from SSII to Ley Lines, Deployment Tactics, or Blessings of Light?
Edit: It probably goes without saying, but Cid went through the rest of the XIII event like a hot knife through butter. GodDAMN that's good damage. Haven't done MP Barty yet, but he and Agrias are going to have a lot of fun there, I think.
I think I might have the makings of a mage team now?
I'm thinking something like,
Onion Knight - Onion Gauntlets
Terra - Blood Sword/Tiara
Alphinaud? - Veil of Wiyu, Evoker's Doublet
Papalymo? - Wizard's Glove.
Ysh'tola? - Healer Circlet, Thyrus (also have Healer Robe, and Omnirod)
Ace Striker/Battleforged on your BSB/En-element+OSB Support 4 mage is a seriously legit combo and is totally worth it as long as you have good enough synergy/base equipment to at least aproach 500 MAG with decent optimization before buffs. This is particularly great for Quistis and Raines, who also have a stackable self-MAG buff among their burst commands. Regardless, any Support 4 mage with a Burst/OSB En-element option (or just generally insane like Raines is) goes seriously far. Long gone are the days when Wrath was a waste of a slot, that sucker's enough of a mainstay on my teams that I ended up crafting two of those to R4.
The banners seem interesting...
Dunno if I want to pull on them though...
Isn't the anniversary right around the corner? I wish we had an idea of what was going to show up there.
Oh and I got fuujin's bsb and super items.
Celebration-wise, I'm going to be throwing mythril at banners 1 and 4. Only one dupe on 1 and it's Seph's glove, which is +dark armor anyone can use, so I won't cry about a second. 4 has two dupes but the rest of the stuff is super awesome.
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'Tis your birth and faith that wrong you, not I.
By the way I decided to do the record dive thingy with Vanille. Not quite sure I really get it, once I complete it all, will she be able to use Dancer skills and stuff?
Yesterday: We get apology mythril just as a general apology for the game being especially buggy lately.
Today: X Records launches with all record synergy turned off.
Really turning the corner there, DeNa.
Edit: Holy crap, they even screwed up giving us a free ability. Instead of the 5* summon Bahamut we got the dummied-out tutorial spell "Bahamut" that can't be honed or shattered and only hits once (but instantly kills the Guard Scorpion!).
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Now for the real anniversary gameplay, by which I mean slot machines. I have 110 mythril now, and have budgeted two pulls for banner 4. Question is, do I blitz some realm dungeons and pick up enough extra that I can also try my luck with a full pull on banner 3? The dupes are there but the shinies are shiny. Hmmmmm.
This week's raids were great fun. A++ Ultros, we went with double-Shantotto+double-Ashe (I ran with OK and Shantotto, in order to cover a stackable buffing layer) and just fried his ass with Play Rough spamming (the other Shantotto also had Primordial Elements for great stacking goodness). Not much to say, but tons of fun. I'm pretty sure I also ran a team with Meeple on Ultimate Ultros, which involved a lot of explosions, since I ran Papalymo on that fight.
Get hyped ladies and gents.
It's Kain week.
Prepare to see my cry!
Indeed.
Took 3 tries..
Oh shit we're getting support and celerity LDs tomorrow. Celerity I'll have to look at the relic list for, but a shot at all the support BSBs? Hell yes.
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U+ Adamanchelid is easily the nastiest D160 boss in a long time, so I can't wait to try the 220 version (yes I can). Proudclad should be at least sorta manageable with two healers and extra DEF buffing, either from Raines burst or Ramza's depending on how much extra I actually need.
Or a shitload of real time spent grinding the 6 stamina event dungeon.
My plans for the fest may be changed now, too - I was planning a pull on banner 2 instead of Celes 1, but Tifa's burst is a dupe thanks to the lucky draw, and I could use those FF6 faithgas to enable Kefka. Hmmmm...
Sephiroth: Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow
I have three last stand relics and I'm strongly considering bringing them all and RW'ing a fourth. It's pretty brutal.
It's sadly not even among the lowest echelon of implementations of the mechanic if only because the game has so much more in the way of safety nets than it did back when it was common. I still remember Ultimate Barthandelus and his Ultimate Dispel COUNTER.
It's sadly not even among the lowest echelon of implementations of the mechanic if only because the game has so much more in the way of safety nets than it did back when it was common. I still remember Ultimate Barthandelus and his Ultimate Dispel COUNTER.
Remains to date one of the worst designed Ultimate fights.
Don't have Chant unfortunately, was hoping to get it from summer fest =( I think Zack's Chain has crit buff though, and I also picked up his Burst a while back. Yeah, my FFVII synergy seems all kinds of crazy. Getting something for Cait Sith was something I'd been looking forward to for a while as well.
JP update: Ashe just went full godmode, USB that chases black magic with 2-6 hit lightning attacks depending on the hone level of the spell you used. R5 Chain Thundaga = 8 hits with a decent chance for 16 thanks to LM.
Please tell me this Jump Start Bahamut fight comes back. I can't figure out how to beat it with three helpings of dead weight (I have 5 SSBs for the realm: Luneth, Ingus, Refia, and 2x OK), and I want to just wait until later.
Anyhow, FF14 event bonus battles: "oh Rhytahtin halves all elements, I guess Terra wouldn't be too optimal but as long as she deals like 45k with her OSB it'll be fine" - *Wrath till two gauges.* *Omen.* *Scorching Flames.* *RESIST.* *99.999.*
You may be able to pull off the mote CM without too much effort just with Firionburst, methinks. The fight's so heavily slanted towards magical damage that the MBlink can do a huge number on the losers and they're still sporting last year stat spreads.
Oh, also, instead of a proper event this week we're getting "beginner dungeons" for FF7, 8 and 10 that come with the biggest trap banners in the history of everything -- lucky draws that include every 5* item for each realm, including uniques. So there's an FF7 lucky where instead of a chance at Force Stealer, you get a chance at Buster Sword/11.
Yay?
"Sweet, fest banners are posted, let's see what we've got."
DeNa: *Replaces Yuna BSB2 with Revenge Of Tiny Bee*
" ....So, FF6 banners!"
Oooooh, people comparing the gem-only banner's selection list to the JP version are prognosticating changes to the Crystal Tower Select list, based on the fact that the second list only included bursts missing from the gem banner's options. One of the changes would be switching the FF8 relic from Seifer's burst to Fujin's. If that's true, goodbye 50 more mythril.
New toys
If I weren't already planning to throw 100 mythril at the next FFX banner that would've been really tempting.
I just took down Goddess and it is my solemn duty to report that Squall BSB2 is straight-up nonsense.
All but Fenrir beaten for the first batch of Magicite. Also beat Omega a bunch of times to get everything needed there, though didn't master single player Apex but...I can live without a bunch of upgrade mats.
Here's a thought for discomfort: Imagine the Mastery Rewards for Omega before the UI Update.
I feel about that way about the VI banner. I want a Terra that can burninate the gods.
2/11: Penelo burst and Gabranth ultra. Gabranth's ultra is a standard but perfectly solid elemental EX mode (which can quickcast new casts of the USB, unlike Paine's) so he's got a free pass to my dark team, and Penelo's burst is a solid upgrade on Porom's -- same entry but with token white magic damage added in, and an extra self MND buff to further beef up her AOE heal. No ST heal, but I rarely use those in healing bursts unless it's instant or provides a blink.
Speed run when Snow?????
Also, husbando +70 ATK Steiner is a thing
Also, husbando +70 ATK Steiner is a thing
wow your taste in men has really deteriorated