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Dragongem posted:Did Vit0 for my first time on Elite NORD. When he popped out death landed first try. I'm super lucky For the EX Boss Rush I didn't bother with Death -- didn't have the spare ability slot and if you can make it through 70% of his hp to pop the pod you can make it the last 30%.
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EscortMission posted:After 7-8 runs of no orbs at all, I am now a believer in Granaldo Claus. Agreed. 
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Japan's new event has Golden Saucer/weekend-grade daily login prizes. Including a 5 star staff.  Bobulus posted:I did a 3x pull on Squall's banner, hoping to get a FF8 sword. Keep it and give it to Lightning and you will have a back row spellblade user. Seriously, for the Nth time don't combine non-unique 5 star relics. We're lacking some of the gun users but there's plenty of useful ones and even if you don't use Irvine in FF13 content for whatever reason you can toss the guns on Lightning and Sazh. Or use two gun users in 90% of content, sitting in the back row doing solid damage. Having a pair of 5 star guns to toss around would be more useful than a pair of random swords. the Orb of Zot posted:So yeah, if anyone plays Japan, I pity you. Also hilarious to note: You can use the event in Japan to get the Warrior job character if you didn't have him yet and he doesn't get a memory crystal even in this event  Schwartzcough posted:You just need to be prepared, like this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaQYi1PheiE Only 4/4 flare? What a scrub.  e: Oh boy, the final level of the FF4 stages in this new event is the Dark Knight from Mt. Ordeals. With a difficulty level of 110.  e2: Thank god for protectga because he resists breaks. Barely beat him though Sephiroth died in the process. Even with (resisted) power break and protectga his dark wave was doing 900-1200 damage to people. Evil Fluffy fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Jun 27, 2015 |
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Cecil is dirt easy. 100% of his attacks are physical. Just bring in a single character with Retaliate 10/10 and he'll kill himself.
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Jun 27, 2015 21:35
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Sweet, I pulled Squall's weapon. Should help me get through the Elite dungeons in his event.
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Granaldo runs are legit. I'm getting a G. Orb once every two runs, which fits with the percentages. Maybe I'll be able to hone Bladeblitz due to this.
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Jun 27, 2015 22:22
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How do I beat the flans in FF12's dungeon? Only have enough for one Ifrit summon.
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Jun 27, 2015 23:02
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Violet_Sky posted:How do I beat the flans in FF12's dungeon? Only have enough for one Ifrit summon. Get a Terra friend summon with Trance Fira.
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Jun 27, 2015 23:20
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Zurai posted:Cecil is dirt easy. 100% of his attacks are physical. Just bring in a single character with Retaliate 10/10 and he'll kill himself. Hello Cloud power leveling spot.
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What would be more advantageous of the following: • power through all the story missions and elites • force myself at the current event I'm leaning towards the first to make sure I unlock all the characters and get heaps of rewards along the way, as well as stamina and mithril. I did get far enough to get Irvine and squall's crystals though.
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Jun 28, 2015 00:34
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Psyker posted:What would be more advantageous of the following: If you can manage them, at least do the non-Boss event stages. You don't need a particular strategy for em since they are all trash waves + you can get some rewards from em easily
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Jun 28, 2015 00:36
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The non boss stages are easy if you have the memory crystals you shouldn't have a problem with the trash only stages cheap orbs as a reward. I wouldn't attempt the last 2 stages (the boss ones) if you don't have a solid group / plan. They are not easy, the last two is kind of where all the events make elite a huge pain. You can clear classic on the event without any issue though if you haven't done that already.
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Psyker posted:What would be more advantageous of the following: Do as much of the elite as you can, but while White Cape and Leviathan are nice, it's not like you're going to be in some sort of hole forever if you don't get them. Just focus on doing the things that are best for your account right now. If you need stamina, get stamina. If you just really need wind orbs because you're trying to make/hone Bladeblitz, clear the event so you can farm the first EX stage.
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I have determined that I have over 1400 stamina's worth of Elites left to do. It comes out to over 71 hours of stamina! Yaaay..... yay. Ugh, I'll keep killing Granaldo instead. Although that is 5 more stamina and 22 more Mythril. Hmm...
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Schwartzcough posted:I have determined that I have over 1400 stamina's worth of Elites left to do. It comes out to over 71 hours of stamina! Yaaay..... yay. Ugh, I'll keep killing Granaldo instead. 4* orbs regularly from 18 stamina is priceless
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Jun 28, 2015 01:12
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MotU posted:4* orbs regularly from 18 stamina is priceless And the elite dungeons will always be there, waiting for you, eventually...
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Jun 28, 2015 01:14
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Yeah, while I know I can get a few more stamina from doing more elites, 105 is already quite good, and I have cumulatively earned probably 25 greater orbs already, including 8 greater wind (and getting Bladeblitz to rank 2). I doubt it will get me enough to R3 Bladeblitz or anything but this is really too good to pass up.
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If you have over 100 stamina, you should probably do enough more elites to get to 4 gems for a stamina slingshot (save the elites that only cost ~50, or any normals you have left), and then go farm Granaldo. When the next event drops, you can clear half of it on normal, do one more classic/elite, and then clear the rest of it in a sitting. Rinse and repeat for future events until stamina is maxed.
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Jun 28, 2015 02:05
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Jun 28, 2015 02:05
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On one hand, I'll be able to make use of this Masamune that's gathering dust. On the other hand, I'm only going to have enough mythril for one 50 pull at Red XIII's relic. 
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Great White Hope posted:On one hand, I'll be able to make use of this Masamune that's gathering dust. If it makes you feel any better, Red is better as a RW anyway.
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Zurai posted:Cecil is dirt easy. 100% of his attacks are physical. Just bring in a single character with Retaliate 10/10 and he'll kill himself. I already beat him, but you can retaliate against the dark wave aoe ttack?
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Jun 28, 2015 02:16
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Nephzinho posted:If it makes you feel any better, Red is better as a RW anyway. Yeah, but I don't have Tyro's Sentinel Tome, so I'd like to get the ability to actually make use of multiple of the great defensive SBs in a single dungeon.
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Seph reissue, Nanaki, One Winged Angel and diamond hairpin. Hell yes my mithril is aching to be spent.
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Red XIII will be part of the event as well (his Diamond Hairpin for Lunatic High is part of the banner) which means we'll prooooooobably get his MC as well, months and months ahead of Japan's schedule for it.Evil Fluffy posted:I already beat him, but you can retaliate against the dark wave aoe ttack? Yep. Dark Wave is a physical attack, so Retaliate works against it. There are some physical attacks which ignore the Taunt skill/Sentinel SB, but so far as I know every physical attack misses and causes a counterattack against a character with Retaliate active. Zurai fucked around with this message at 02:26 on Jun 28, 2015 |
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So what are Red XIII's stats/skills like? And what does his special relic do, again?
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Is Red XIII even minimally useful as a character sans relic? I get the impression that his stats/skill selection is kind of a confused mess. Like, second rate Tyro or something.
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Red's not a very good character, alas. He's a melee range support character with almost equal (on the low end for viability in both) physical and magical attack power. He's got Black 3, White 1, Physical 3, and Support 5, but he can only equip fist weapons, hairpins, hats, helmets, and bangles. Spoiler alert: there's exactly two weapons he can equip with any magic on them whatsoever (the 3* hairpin has a little magic and his second 5* hairpin is a hybrid like Terra's Enhancer), so his Black 3 and 121 magic at level 65 are only useful for support magic like Stop.
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Great White Hope posted:Yeah, but I don't have Tyro's Sentinel Tome, so I'd like to get the ability to actually make use of multiple of the great defensive SBs in a single dungeon. Yeah, but I feel like having the Sentinel Tome would be better than the pin for the ability flexibility it offers (doing the Squall EX, I spent a ton of time just figuring out how to get everything I needed onto people-- Tyro carrying two unrelated things would've been helpful), and that LH is something you'd want to cast Round 1 whereas Sentinel is something that is often better used later in a fight. For Ex fights that'll matter. I'd rather have Sentinel on the team and bring the LH on summon. I just spent all my mythril trying for Revolver, so I will probably be saving for a later draw.
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Nephzinho posted:For the EX Boss Rush I didn't bother with Death -- didn't have the spare ability slot and if you can make it through 70% of his hp to pop the pod you can make it the last 30%. I just finished the EX Boss Rush, and it seemed like Norg came out of the pod at more like 95% health to me. I didn't take Death either, but by the time the pod popped I was totally out of abilities and he still died in ~2 rounds of auto attacks. Anyone else have a similar experience?
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Nephzinho posted:Yeah, but I feel like having the Sentinel Tome would be better than the pin for the ability flexibility it offers (doing the Squall EX, I spent a ton of time just figuring out how to get everything I needed onto people-- Tyro carrying two unrelated things would've been helpful), and that LH is something you'd want to cast Round 1 whereas Sentinel is something that is often better used later in a fight. For Ex fights that'll matter. I'd rather have Sentinel on the team and bring the LH on summon. I just spent all my mythril trying for Revolver, so I will probably be saving for a later draw. Yep. I spent a ton of mythril getting my Sentinel's Grimoire because Tyro is just straight up a better character than Red XIII in this game. I'll get my Lunatic Highs from my friends list. I'm going to try to pick up Sazh's Vega, though, because Sazh is actually an excellent support character (Black 3, White 3, Physical 2, Support 5, and can attack from the back row and wear both light and heavy armor).
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If I get Red XIII's relic he's probably replacing Tidus in my party. Poor stats or not, that SB is going to save lives.
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...oops. Guess I should have saved some mythril. :/
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Zone of Danger posted:I just finished the EX Boss Rush, and it seemed like Norg came out of the pod at more like 95% health to me. I didn't take Death either, but by the time the pod popped I was totally out of abilities and he still died in ~2 rounds of auto attacks. You probably got lucky and had Zantetsuken proc instant death.
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Schwartzcough posted:You just need to be prepared, like this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaQYi1PheiE Can someone explain why he's using reflect to cast all his spells off his own party onto it?
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Because it counters magical attacks with self-Reflect. That's how he got the Reflect on his own character; note that none of his characters have Reflect as an ability.
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Sitting and waiting for a show to stay in Manhattan, two people in the row in front of me playing this. App has made it.
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I don't know how they expect you to master some of these stages. I lose two medals on damage taken because... the bosses actually put up a decent fight? Jeesh. So I'll have some extra stamina after I finish the boss rush tonight for XP DAILY GRINDING. Should I; a) Grind Bard from 30ish to 50 to get his RM b) Grind BM from like level 7 to try and get his RM c) Grind WM from like level 12 to try and get the RM I can probably only get away with one of them because I can't spare two spots for tagalongs. Also I really wanted the FFXII event. Boooo. Should I blow my 20 mythril or so on this event pull?
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Zurai posted:Because it counters magical attacks with self-Reflect. That's how he got the Reflect on his own character; note that none of his characters have Reflect as an ability. Uh, no, you can see quite clearly that Vanille has reflect as her first ability.
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Benthalus posted:Uh, no, you can see quite clearly that Vanille has reflect as her first ability. Sorry, I was thinking of a different video (one that doesn't use Stop). Mea culpa. Same reason, though; you can't cast single-target spells directly at Omega because he reflects them back at you if you do.
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