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Panic! at Nabisco posted:So how do I get started on CMs? Now that I'm consistently clearing U++ and am done with realms and most nightmares, I figure that's the next step for me, but...since I only started ~3 months ago, I can't field actually leveled up teams in any realms but V and IX. I have some incredible A-team relics, but as actual CM teams go, I have maaaaaaybe two or three SBs per realm, if that? Most CMs can be done with little synergy and native SBs, but they usually require good hones, levels, a really solid plan and occasionally some luck. I basically have nothing for VIII and X and have pulled through every time.
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Wilekat posted:Thought since I'd cleared the III +++, I'd go back and try the one in the IV event, see if I could score me Titan and some more major orbs. I remember I had a serious offensive power issue with Barbariccia I had to solve by delaying breaking her Tornado form via Jump so I could make full use of that form's Holy weakness while focusing on mitigating her magic attacks (her physical ones can be taunted)... That said, when the burst says "physical wind and non-elemental", it's more that it'd go wind-based if there's not any kind of resistance to it and non-elemental otherwise, but it does prioritize for things like the better boosted element when there's multiple/no weaknesses (or the first listed weakness otherwise).
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Any advice for Barbariccia? She's absolutely flooring me and I'm not sure what to do about it. I took Luneth with my two hones of Lightning Dive and... that won't be enough jumps. Plus she hits like an absolute train.
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AstraSage posted:I remember I had a serious offensive power issue with Barbariccia I had to solve by delaying breaking her Tornado form via Jump so I could make full use of that form's Holy weakness while focusing on mitigating her magic attacks (her physical ones can be taunted)... Hey, there's an idea. If I dump my booster I can replace them with Hope. Diaga and his Holy BSB might do some work.
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Nov 26, 2016 01:53
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Simple way to think about it - the attack is the element which will do the most damage. So if it's wind/non. Vs. Wind weak = wind Vs. Wind resistant = non elemental Vs. Wind neutral = either or (+20% wind gear equipped) Vs. neutral = wind (+20% wind gear equipped) Vs. wind resistant = non elemental (+20% wind gear equipped) Vs. wind weak = murder
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Inge posted:Simple way to think about it - the attack is the element which will do the most damage. Works like I hoped it would then. I figured they did it to stop people's shiny SBs getting ruined by awkward resistances. The worst they can roll being flat 100% effectiveness (not including DEF or RES) is fair enough.
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Wilekat posted:Hey, there's an idea. If I dump my booster I can replace them with Hope. Diaga and his Holy BSB might do some work. Also, Celes' BSB as a RW does marvels in that fight.
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Nov 26, 2016 02:10
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gently caress that reraise fight, it's not even fun
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Nov 26, 2016 02:37
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How do you maximize the damage on Firion's BSB. Do you just alternate his commands?
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Dr Pepper posted:Does anybody have the Synergy stats of the Wightslayer reforged? With synergy, 143 Atk. My Lightbringer had that offsynergy at 5*, plus a Holy boost. Wightslayer is better than nothing, but if you have any sword you've been dumping Rosettas into, it'll probably be equivalent or better.
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Crazy Larry posted:How do you maximize the damage on Firion's BSB. Do you just alternate his commands? Unless you're doing a really, really long fight (like the coming Torment dungeons), stick with command 2. Command 1 takes way too long to ramp up.
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Wilekat posted:Works like I hoped it would then. I figured they did it to stop people's shiny SBs getting ruined by awkward resistances. The worst they can roll being flat 100% effectiveness (not including DEF or RES) is fair enough. Yep, this is absolutely the case for all element/non hybrid attacks. Dual elemental attacks, however, can be resisted, though the likelihood is very low.
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superloosegoose posted:gently caress that reraise fight, it's not even fun agreed but for all the nightmare bosses
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Prav posted:agreed but for all the nightmare bosses I really liked the CPU fight 
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Nov 26, 2016 03:43
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I haven't played since like...June? I think but decided to give this a shot again because I've been bored of everything on my phone lately. I picked a good day because i forgot all about the black friday stuff. I pulled on the BF banner and got 4 which is I think more than I"ve ever gotten from a pull period. Locke, Leon, Maria, Cloud. Leon/Maria I never really used before but it looks like she's got a great caster burst mode. I also got Onion Knight's sword from a 100 gem pull, and I'm reading with a lot of investment he's pretty drat good. Maybe the game will keep my attention again for a while. I've missed out on some characters, so are there any that are worth mentioning? I'm assuming no just because I won't have SBs for them.
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Combo posted:I pulled on the BF banner and got 4 which is I think more than I"ve ever gotten from a pull period.
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Nov 26, 2016 03:52
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I'd rather do the Nightmare Evrae fight a thousand times than have to do that loving Guardian fight once.
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Every time I beat a Nightmare fight I sigh and say "Thank god that's over". Can't wait till the whole drat thing is done with!
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Twelve by Pies posted:I'd rather do the Nightmare Evrae fight a thousand times than have to do that loving Guardian fight once. And I'd rather do twenty Tonberry slogs than deal with Nightmare Necrophobe. (Everything happens so much: the fight) Kaiser and Ultima were just kind of dumb and RNG, CPU and Demon Wall were actually neat, gently caress everything else.
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Nov 26, 2016 04:10
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Pulled a Romphaia and a Dupe Lightbringer(IX). Not sure if i should combine or not. i do have some other IX swords (including the Ultima sword or whatever from steiner) but i think an uncombined lightbringer is still better than any of them. but a 6* lightbringer is very tempting...
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Panic! at Nabisco posted:Not too long ago the pull format was changed, and now all 11-pulls are guaranteed at least one 5*. It's pretty great. I thought I read on reddit earlier that a guy bought an 11 pull for the first time and got 0/11? Or do you mean just on the BF banner?
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Combo posted:I thought I read on reddit earlier that a guy bought an 11 pull for the first time and got 0/11? Or do you mean just on the BF banner? You can still get an off-banner generic 5*. But if things stay like JP then starting with the next event the off-banner rate will get much much lower, to the point you're almost certain to get an on-banner. With Lucky Draws though, since all the relics are unique SB relics, you are guaranteed one with G5. So with this Black Friday draw you were guaranteed at least one BSB.
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KnoxZone posted:Most CMs can be done with little synergy and native SBs, but they usually require good hones, levels, a really solid plan and occasionally some luck. I basically have nothing for VIII and X and have pulled through every time. The reddit has someonr who puts up a thread for beating the CM each event with no special items/SBs. Always a good read even if you do have good gear since the tactics are beneficial regardless. I was certain I'd fail the first Bahamut SIN fight, ditto the first CM in FFX vs Braska. Both times help from or SA thread and the reddit discussions gave the necessary insights on team setups, necessary hones, and so on. I've only ever used thr 2* skill Dagger Toss for one fight, and it was to slay the first CM boss. 
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Panic! at Nabisco posted:Ah. So they're mostly for people who have been around a really long time and have tons of synergy and levels, then. You need levels, which you can't get around, but if you start abusing the roaming warrior system you actually don't need much else. Have one mage jacked up on Mag as high as possible and then have everyone else support that mage with mental breakdown faith etc.... Any CM boss with an elemental weakness melts pretty quickly. Everyone else you can make a good go at with Maria's Meteor XVI. It's a self buffing BSB that can do serious damage even on neutral bosses. Think of it this way. It's pretty easy to hit 30k per bsb command with such a point mage on an elemental weakness boss. You can squeeze off 5 commands if you're good. 30×5×2 is about 300k damage not including the entry. That's enough to kill most U+ straight out
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Tiny Bee Zeus Mace Artemis Bow (V) Masamune 
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Alpine Mustache posted:Pulled a Romphaia and a Dupe Lightbringer(IX). Whats your other 9 synergy? You've got the Ultimate Sword, at least one lightbringer, and...? Because if you've got two other weapons, it's antotal no brainer to combine them. Yeah, a ligthbringer might be better than any of them. But what's 20 attack in one realm versus being 20 attack closer to softcapping with a +holy weapon in every realm without worrying about synergy? Because that's what holy swords are good for. Lightbringer + with 20 Rosetta stones means you can use a level 80 knight against any boss in any realm and need one less synergy weapon. Which owns.
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So I think I've gotten four Onion Knight motes today total. This is abnormal, yes?
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I've been getting about one every other 90-stamina run. Four in a day doesn't seem out of reach at that rate unless I, too, have been super lucky.
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I feel like they drop about as often as greens in regular dailies.
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FruitPunchSamurai posted:I feel like they drop about as often as greens in regular dailies. Yeah, same. They're more uncommon than actually rare.
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CaptainPsyko posted:Whats your other 9 synergy? You've got the Ultimate Sword, at least one lightbringer, and...? For IX i have: Exploda (Zidane), Ultima Sword and Excalibur (Steiner), and now Lightbringer x2. I don't think i can ever use all of them at once, and Steiners Excalibur also boosts Holy damage. I like your reasoning, and will combine them
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How is Faris optimally kitted out with her BSB? Since it doesn't stack with Full Break or Breakdowns do people use it more as a supplementary source of mitigation? Something like Ramza as main support and Faris as a thief, and then they swap to DPS and support when a BSB is ready?
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kalensc posted:How is Faris optimally kitted out with her BSB? Since it doesn't stack with Full Break or Breakdowns do people use it more as a supplementary source of mitigation? Something like Ramza as main support and Faris as a thief, and then they swap to DPS and support when a BSB is ready? I personally equip Faris with Thief's Revenge and Tempo, I use Tyro as Full Break+Breakdown, myself.
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kalensc posted:How is Faris optimally kitted out with her BSB? Since it doesn't stack with Full Break or Breakdowns do people use it more as a supplementary source of mitigation? Something like Ramza as main support and Faris as a thief, and then they swap to DPS and support when a BSB is ready? On single target fights I open with a Mako Might Beryl Serpent and then follow up with Mug Bloodlust and the burst commands. I'm starting to think I might be better off taking armor breakdown instead of Thief's Revenge though. Usually if she just gets hit a couple times while going about her business she can keep burst mode up indefinitely. But that's the beauty of Faris, she can cover a lot of edge case status weaknesses with Machinist and Dancer if you dive her, or just do respectable damage with Thief's Revenge while healing herself.
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Thanks for the tips! I've spent nary a 4* nor 6* mote thus far but perhaps I'll start after I run Faris through some Ultimates.
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Reporting in that my Black Friday Lucky was a 1/11 with Tifa's Oversoul. Most would say "oh that's mostly meh", but my earth team just got even better. Between Tifa, Maria, and Guy I'm gonna smash all the things!
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YoshiOfYellow posted:Reporting in that my Black Friday Lucky was a 1/11 with Tifa's Oversoul. You just need Mog's SSB for a full Earth experience!
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YoshiOfYellow posted:Reporting in that my Black Friday Lucky was a 1/11 with Tifa's Oversoul. I'm actually a little jealous, I'd love to have an excuse to main Tifa in a team. Also, heads up to other JP side players: The Dissidia Anniversary Banner just dropped, first pull is half price. In total it's got Zidane's OSB, Vaan, Firion BSBs and Lightning's BSB 2, Warrior of Light's Radiant Sword SSB, Garland's Bardiche SSB, Shantotto's Vidofnir SSB, Terra's Fire Beam SSB and Y'shtola's Stoneskin II. I personally pulled Radiant Sword and Stoneskin II out of it, which I am totally fine with. 
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Since I more or less whiffed on the FF3 banner - got dupe Heroic Shield and Danjuro- should I give it another pull?
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Nihilarian posted:Since I more or less whiffed on the FF3 banner - got dupe Heroic Shield and Danjuro- should I give it another pull? If that's all you have from the banner I would try again. Hell, I'm debating going for a third and final pull but I think I would die of salt poisoning if all I got was a second Heroic Shield or third Lust Dagger, and quite frankly I don't think anything short of the Gauntlets would make it worthwhile. But the more I think about it the more I want 'em...
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I'm figuring out a party to take on Ahriman tomorrow, and I was wondering: is there a source of magic wind damage in the game? Specifically, a BSB to RW? I can think of a few physical ones, but I'd rather not RW Butt's OSB unless I have to, given Ahriman's giant pile of HP necessitating hone extending. I'd love Alphinaud BSB, but that won't be around for another month, and black mages have no access to it outside of my two casts of meltdown that will be glued to Maria. e: Just looked it up on the spreadsheet and nope, literally all phys. I guess I'm bringing along some kind of bruiser and RWing Luneth BSB or something!
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