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Attestant
Oct 23, 2012

Don't judge me.

Grizzled Patriarch posted:

God drat these high level hones and reforges are expensive. Why do the gil dungeons have to share days with all the orbs I need a bunch of :argh:

Secret option: Do something like the upgrade materials dungeon on Monday, and sell excess mats. 5* stuff is good money.

Or just wait till the orbfest hits this month!

Attestant fucked around with this message at 11:22 on Dec 7, 2016

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Wilekat
Sep 24, 2007

Desperately trying to grind stamina and mythril before this Orfest, because I figure the fest will be a much much better use of stamina than a few additional mythril for Minfilia.

82 stamina so far! More the merrier.

Grizzled Patriarch
Mar 27, 2014

These dentures won't stop me from tearing out jugulars in Thunderdome.



There was someone on that FFRK reddit site talking about how this orbest changed something and stamina refreshes for it aren't "optimal" compared to how they were before. Is it actually a bad idea to stamina refresh this time around for some reason, or is it just spreadsheet-y "this is .5% less efficient" stuff?

Panic! at Nabisco
Jun 6, 2007

it seemed like a good idea at the time
The issue is that this orbfest drops tokens for the casino, and those are included in the drop table. Therefore, once you have everything from the casino, it's objectively worse to refresh, since you're getting a much lower rate of actual orb drops than most other orbfests and the drops are taken up by a bunch of excess tokens you can't use. I'd just play normally and drop a few refreshes on any stages you really need, like summon orbs or something.

e: Note to new players reading this: do not refresh your stamina for orbfest if you have less than, say, 150 total stamina. At low stamina levels, the mythril to stamina ratio is low enough that it's really not worth it.

Panic! at Nabisco fucked around with this message at 12:13 on Dec 7, 2016

KnoxZone
Jan 27, 2007

If I die before I Wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.


Vote for the accessory you have most need of your favorite husbando.

Chevy Slyme
May 2, 2004

We're Gonna Run.

We're Gonna Crawl.

Kick Down Every Wall.

KnoxZone posted:



Vote for the accessory you have most need of your favorite husbando.

Vote Wind.

Attestant
Oct 23, 2012

Don't judge me.
Vote for your husbando

Snazzy Frocks
Mar 31, 2003

Scratchmo
Even if zidane isn't your husbando please pretend he is for this vote

big cummers ONLY
Jul 17, 2005

I made a series of bad investments. Tarantula farm. The bottom fell out of the market.

I don't know which of those is useful but I know that I always vote for Han Solo

Alpine Mustache
Jul 11, 2000

Well this turned out better than I had hoped.


This plus Edea's ice ssb makes a good start to an ice team. I guess I will be using Serah now.
The tiara is a dupe, and I don't think I will combine it yet.

ETB
Nov 8, 2009

Yeah, I'm that guy.

KnoxZone posted:



Vote for the accessory you have most need of your favorite husbando.

There is already a bunch of wind resist and atk gear, not so much fire resist and atk.

Chevy Slyme
May 2, 2004

We're Gonna Run.

We're Gonna Crawl.

Kick Down Every Wall.

ETB posted:

There is already a bunch of wind resist and atk gear, not so much fire resist and atk.

Two items versus one.

And we have like nine fire resist items and only four of any sort for wind.

pichupal
Mar 23, 2013

Poochy ain't Stupid.
I might be.
Zidane is as close as I'll get to voting for Vivi, so he'll get my vote.

Armitage
Aug 16, 2005

"Mathman's not here." "Oh? Where is he?" "He's in the Mathroom."
Jecht is The Best and I can't even vote for him.

ETB
Nov 8, 2009

Yeah, I'm that guy.

CaptainPsyko posted:

Two items versus one.

And we have like nine fire resist items and only four of any sort for wind.

Fair enough.

Still voting for Locke. :getin:

Beasteh
Feb 12, 2012

I'M QUESTIONING MY EXISTENCE AND THIS IDIOT JUST WANTS TO PEE OFF A WALL

I'm voting Locke because he owns.

ETB
Nov 8, 2009

Yeah, I'm that guy.
Also from reddit:

quote:

[Min-Maxers should be voting Locke!

We're going to be getting a Vortex Ring (15 ATK, moderate Wind Resist) from the FF14 event at the end of the month. - That's our 5th wind resist right there.

So, that means we'll have enough for a full team in all three elements. Looking specifically at +ATK (with resist), we'll have 3 for Lightning, 3 for Wind, but only onefor Fire.

Locke's is the coolest anyway, so, from both a min/max perspective and subjectively, I think Locke's Bandana is the way to go.

Side Note: In addition to the Vortex Ring, we'll also be getting a Wind Resist from Fujin's Eyepatch (+15 MAG, moderate Wind Resist).

big cummers ONLY
Jul 17, 2005

I made a series of bad investments. Tarantula farm. The bottom fell out of the market.

If you want to min-max your sexual pleasure you will always vote Balthier

Snazzy Frocks
Mar 31, 2003

Scratchmo
Fine, Locke is new boyfriendo (he won't commit anyways)

U-DO Burger
Nov 12, 2007




I'm voting for Locke's bandana because it's the only one with real story significance

big cummers ONLY
Jul 17, 2005

I made a series of bad investments. Tarantula farm. The bottom fell out of the market.

So I've made 3 11-pulls thanks to the discount banners. Is now a good time to stop and just start banking mythril for select banners? Or... or do I gamble :ohdear:

bilperkins2
Nov 22, 2004

Fashion for Dogz
:france:

Can't win if you don't play.

Alxprit
Feb 7, 2015

<click> <click> What is it with this dancing?! Bouncing around like fools... I would have thought my own kind at least would understand the seriousness of our Adventurer's Guild!

Wow, the new dungeon updates after this one start getting a bit harder, but now they have five rewards per Elite instead of four. They throw in 3* Motes or extra Major Orbs. Pretty cool.

Koobes
Nov 6, 2012

big cummers ONLY posted:

If you want to min-max your sexual pleasure you will always vote Balthier

Attestant
Oct 23, 2012

Don't judge me.

big cummers ONLY posted:

So I've made 3 11-pulls thanks to the discount banners. Is now a good time to stop and just start banking mythril for select banners? Or... or do I gamble :ohdear:

Might not be a bad idea to start saving up, only because there are a handful of really powerful banners coming soon. FF14 in a few events, FF Tactics after that, and finally there's an Overstrike Soul Break-themed event coming too, with probably really good banners too.

LornMarkus
Nov 8, 2011

KnoxZone posted:



Vote for the accessory you have most need of your favorite husbando.

Wow, Zidane is the character on that list I dislike the least but that's not much of an achievement. Min-Maxing Vote it is.

SageAcrin
Apr 23, 2014

there was a mean thing here before, but now there is a dog
False alarm guys, I got bored and spent two hours* beating on witches U++ so I could Champion the fight.

I think the satisfaction of killing her on "2" was worth it when her triple-defense-broken butt finally dropped was worth it.

*Two hours may have been partially spent futzing around on the internet as well.

a computer ghost
May 30, 2011

an unhackable cat???

KnoxZone posted:



Vote for the accessory you have most need of your favorite husbando.

My heart says Balthier but that dickbag Ifrit demands Locke. Min-maxing it is.

Grizzled Patriarch
Mar 27, 2014

These dentures won't stop me from tearing out jugulars in Thunderdome.



Ugh this U++ is kicking my rear end, not being able to have the RWed wall up for all 3 rounds keeps getting me murdered. I definitely need it in the first round, and I guess I probably just need to try and skip it for the second, but man. This fight requires an absurd amount of hones.

edit: Oh nice, two dollar draw 5-stars in a row. Got Leo's Imperial Highblade this time. It's starting to become absurd how much this game wants me to run a physical holy team. 2 Holy imperils, 2 swords with bonus holy damage, 1 staff with bonus holy damage, and 1 holy mage BSB. What is going on :psyduck:

Grizzled Patriarch fucked around with this message at 02:15 on Dec 8, 2016

Jedi425
Dec 6, 2002

THOU ART THEE ART THOU STICK YOUR HAND IN THE TV DO IT DO IT DO IT



Finally, a good first pull. I wanted Celes' SSB something fierce, and another OSB is always welcome.

Orfeo
Nov 27, 2007

Ectobiology sure does involve a lot of button pushing.
Magical Brush from the dollar draw. :stare:

Grizzled Patriarch
Mar 27, 2014

These dentures won't stop me from tearing out jugulars in Thunderdome.



So how does this "deals more damage against fewer enemies" thing work on the Imperial Highblade? Like I mean the gist is self-evident obviously, but is it base damage that gets stronger against fewer enemies, or is there a damage penalty when facing larger groups? It sounds really good on paper for tough single-target fights, but I'm guessing it's not a huge damage boost.

Bahumaut
Apr 6, 2009
Priest Miter and Cyan's katana. Guess they are 5*s. Really want a runic ability at some point of my own.

Koobes
Nov 6, 2012



My curse has been lifted. 46th 100 gem pull finally nets me a 5*

Koobes fucked around with this message at 02:45 on Dec 8, 2016

Twelve by Pies
May 4, 2012

Again a very likpatous story
I wanted a Leo relic and I did my dollar draw and the screen shook. COULD IT BE?

Nope, it was just Cyan's Mutsunokami. Meh, well, a magic blink SSB is still pretty good.

LornMarkus
Nov 8, 2011

Hmm, I've got enough wiggle room that I could do a pull here and still probably be on track for everything I have planned, and I really would like to have Indomitable Blade now that I'll be using Celes for her BSB (plus I wouldn't mind getting Shadow's or Relm's stuff too). And the next opportunity won't be until the Celes OSB banner almost six months from now, unless it's on an OSB Fest banner or one of the Anniversary Banners.

Not sure, though, feel like I'll regret it if I do.

KnoxZone
Jan 27, 2007

If I die before I Wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.


Looks like Orbfest is being delayed by 4 days and reduced by 4 days.

Lyndon LaRouche
Sep 5, 2006

by Azathoth
Decided to whale an 11 pull and it paid off. 3/11: Imperial Highblade, Excalibur, Luminous Robe.

Perfect. I finally got a holy boosting sword, along with a Holy imperil. Oh, and I have access to native Runic now. Hot drat. :dance: The Relm robe is a nice thing since I'm using her as my healer anyway and I don't yet have a medica for her. I'm probably using Shout for CM purposes anyway, but more flexibility is always nice.

I also don't need to pull on VI banners again for a good long time.

U-DO Burger
Nov 12, 2007




Phantom Train is apparently vulnerable to instant death. Been a loooooooong time since I've seen my Zantetsuken proc

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Nihilarian
Oct 2, 2013


KnoxZone posted:



Looks like Orbfest is being delayed by 4 days and reduced by 4 days.
that matches up with what Japan got

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