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CaptainPsyko posted:A well geared Orlandeau OSB will 1) one shot Lich and Kraken and 2) cover the holy and lightning medal conditions, and 3) allow for near instant casting of Full Charge by somebody with combat 5 against the second and 4th bosses. Thanks! Could use him as RW instead of wall, though may take too much damage? I've got a level 80 Squall's BSB, then not much really. The SSBs I have for level 80 characters are: Cloud Organics Aerith Wizard Staff Red XII Magic Comb Vincent Shotgun Exdeath Force Sabre Garnet Wizard Rod All the other BSBs/SSBs I have, people are like level 65 and lower, so guessing they're not going to be any use
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a very well-geared Orlandeu RW can one-shot Kraken and Tiamat instead, letting you go nuts with abusing fire and holy on the Lich. a +30% weapon RM might be required for a literal one-shot on Tiamat though. but a 20% + an attack or two should still do the trick.
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Feb 19, 2017 19:51
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OK, everything but multiplayer Lich is down. I really shouldn't have left it that long
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Feb 19, 2017 20:57
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Finally did the latest Lucky Draw and got a low key amazing draw with my third Twin Lance, Balthier's Imperil Fire gun and Edea's Imperil Dark armor. I've got Shadow's BSB so that's a good start to a dark element team and the Twin Lances are going to stay uncombined for now since my only other VIII synergy are guns and a generic fist. I've also got Steiner's BSB to pair with the Imperil Fire but I've got a question about its mechanics - I assume that applying the Imperil to a fire neutral enemy would trigger the extra hit on Steiner's BSB but I'm not 100% certain.
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Feb 19, 2017 21:50
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I finally got Orlandeau to 99 - I have his BSB but not his OSB, and I'm assuming I should just always run him with the Thunder God RM?
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Feb 19, 2017 22:11
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1st AD posted:I finally got Orlandeau to 99 - I have his BSB but not his OSB, and I'm assuming I should just always run him with the Thunder God RM? Alternatively if you have a fairly well-honed powerchain, that works pretty well, too. Then you can instead give him a +sword damage RM for example.
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Feb 19, 2017 22:17
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flowinprose posted:Alternatively if you have a fairly well-honed powerchain, that works pretty well, too. Then you can instead give him a +sword damage RM for example. This is generally a better choice. The problem with TGMode RM + BSB is that by the time you're switching to the BSB, you've already wasted a good chunk of TG Modes timer, and are stuck with long casts for the burst.
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Feb 19, 2017 22:38
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I now have 4 Fujin SSB and 2 Fujin daggers. What a couple of strange pulls.
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CaptainPsyko posted:This is generally a better choice. The problem with TGMode RM + BSB is that by the time you're switching to the BSB, you've already wasted a good chunk of TG Modes timer, and are stuck with long casts for the burst. It's drat good for getting mitigation up early in a fight, though, like if you're RWing a wall. That applies to anyone on the team, though. Really hoping his OSB shows up in the anniversary event. Can't see it not showing up, but still. That's my chase relic right now.
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Feb 20, 2017 00:30
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HPanda posted:It's drat good for getting mitigation up early in a fight, though, like if you're RWing a wall. That applies to anyone on the team, though. Sure. TG mode and the TG mode materia are good for lots of things. Stapling to a BSB only Orlandeau is a pretty low end use of it is my point.
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CaptainPsyko posted:Sure. TG mode and the TG mode materia are good for lots of things. Stapling to a BSB only Orlandeau is a pretty low end use of it is my point. What are some ways you can use the TG mode materia on other characters?
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ETB posted:What are some ways you can use the TG mode materia on other characters? On a healer - Especially one with wrath - to precharge Bursts/medica options; this is especially good for a wall/Asylum Y'shtola. On a DPS with a good BSB, to use Full Charge for 4 straight rounds before moving on to burst commands. To summon a roaming warrior on round 1. To launch a few key buffs and debuffs in as little time as possible.
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Feb 20, 2017 01:48
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4/11 on the second banner. Red Scorpion and three Crescent Wishes! Finally something for Quistis but Red Scorpion is pretty outdated nowadays. Also finally a medica for FFVIII, and I've upgraded it to 5*+++ ha ha ha Armitage fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Feb 20, 2017 |
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Feb 20, 2017 02:04
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Dreamstage on the dollar draw. Ff8 has been surprisingly good to me! Now to hibernate until the festivities next month.
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Feb 20, 2017 02:16
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Dollar Pull got me Crescent Wishes.  It's a FFVIII Medica, something I was lacking before. With getting this, Riona's BSB, Squall's Jacket, and all of Seifer's stuff this event, bring it on CM Ifrit. 
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Feb 20, 2017 02:16
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 No dupes, Selphie is my favorite VIII character, my first VIII medica, the burst is good too. Probably won't use the crown too much and I'd like a weapon Quistus could use natively but I'm pretty happy regardless
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Feb 20, 2017 02:18
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loving hell, this banner looks hella solid. I just don't have 50 Mythril to pull, nor do I feel like chucking a dollar at it.
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I dollar pulled a Quistis OSB. :gettin:
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Alright, I new MP dungeon! Going to get some more 4* motes and upgrade my squad and... oh. Dexterity motes. Again. Sweet.
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Feb 20, 2017 02:56
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Dexterity and Wisdom motes are in chronically low supply for me so I always welcome them. Also did I just get a good team or was this apoc fight really easy? Like, the easiest one so far by a large margin.
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Feb 20, 2017 03:11
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I haven't done the fight yet, but based on the description, is it just a standard tank (debuff?) and spank sort of fight? If there aren't any gimmicks, pubbies tend to handle that sort of fight fine. It's when the fight gets issues like "hold off on buffs until phase change" or "don't attack until mitigation is up" that poo poo goes sideways.
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Feb 20, 2017 03:15
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:Dexterity and Wisdom motes are in chronically low supply for me so I always welcome them. Haven't tried the Apocalypse one yet, but the 160 version actually missed half the team with Ultimate Megaflare on my second attempt. Had to make two attempts because the game crashed out to my phone's home screen for no discernible reason when he was close to dead on my first attempt.  I've been having that happen a lot recently, actually, with this game and Fire Emblem: Heroes. Hasn't happened yet with Kingdom Hearts: Unchained X yet, at least not that I can recall. But it's really starting to annoy me.
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Feb 20, 2017 03:16
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Got Quistis' SSB and OSB on my one allotted banner 2 pull And Irvine's pentabreak Enelement that can wrath into 99999 OSB is a thing I've wanted since Terra 
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Vaan's BSB is incredible for Bahamut. Singlehandedly fulfilling the target scores and helping gimp it's damage. Since literally every attack is Def/Res piercing having a stacking debuff is great.
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Dr Pepper posted:Vaan's BSB is incredible Yeah it's real nice. I'm always using that alongside Agrias' Cleansing Strike and nothing single-target has any hope against me.
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Feb 20, 2017 03:36
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Beasteh posted:Got Quistis' SSB and OSB on my one allotted banner 2 pull I can en-element into all 3 of my OSBs 
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What's the dps output look like on Terra + Wrath spam + enFire SSB + OSB? Seems like a heck of a lot of setup before you can get rolling with dumping OSBs at full power. Worthwhile for Torments maybe?
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victrix posted:What's the dps output look like on Terra + Wrath spam + enFire SSB + OSB? Worthwhile for anything where you're much more concerned about 50-0 then you are about 100-50. Also for nightmares where the rest of your party can easily take care of phase 1 without Terra/Quistis. It's great for those. It takes about 4 rounds to set up a chain of SSB->OSB without incoming damage. So if he fights gonna last 6+ rounds (which is reasonable), it's real good.
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:Dexterity and Wisdom motes are in chronically low supply for me so I always welcome them. Yeah, I had Faris and Mustadio with their various breaks and he couldn't even manage 1k per hit, except megaflare, which did around 4000. We were at full health so we just took the hit and kept going. He's not very fast either. I read the part about Tornado and had Instant KO accessories but he only did it once so lightning's the better bet.
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CaptainPsyko posted:Worthwhile for anything where you're much more concerned about 50-0 then you are about 100-50. Also for nightmares where the rest of your party can easily take care of phase 1 without Terra/Quistis. It's great for those. Oh poo poo I didn't even think about Nightmares, and I've only completed one of those. Yeah those fuckers are getting cooked wherever possible I'll give that a try when they open up and report back, curious how strong it is.Unrelated, that Mithril planner spreadsheet is Real Good (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YRvKQZr6SpknY_7r80LgFSwurX_96n-x4S2jhycqd8Q/). Very nice to peer into the future and map out exactly where to spend resources. Only bummer is after second anniversary it looks like it'll be my best chance to go for Orlandeau's OSB+BSB just a few weeks later. I think I can just barely do 3 full draws if I save all of the last elite dungeon mith until then. Cid and Firion are the only two characters I give a poo poo about having their breaks just because they're cool, and TG is a wee bit better, so sorry Firion, you only get one draw before the anniversary 
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Huh. Dreamstage on 100 gem pull. I have something of a dillema, right now. My main healer is Arc, and I have both of his SSBs : the Instant Medica/Phys Blink, and Major Regen/Magic Blink. I also own Selphie's BSB, so I'm pondering to replace Arc with Selphie. But... Instant Medicas are so drat useful. Thoughts?
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Bahamut is a scrub. He is completely free to reverse wall and a party heal. Vanille's BSB or any magic blink SB will work. Just pile on the debuffs and go in as hard as you can. The description made him sound like Barthandelus 2.0 but he was really easy.
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Cosmic Afro posted:Huh. Dreamstage on 100 gem pull. Get out of the One Team To Rule Them All mentality, and use both when the situation calls for it. Arc is better at responding to burst damage and has a phys blink that Selphie lacks. Selphie has better longevity, boosts your offense on a Mage team. Different boss fights will be better suited to different characters. Outside of the very newest of the new players, resource scarcity preventing characters from being useful just isn't really a problem in this game. All it takes is a few runs of sundaily, a couple of omelettes, and an MC I/MCII lode, both of which are abundant at this point. Chevy Slyme fucked around with this message at 04:34 on Feb 20, 2017 |
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Cosmic Afro posted:Huh. Dreamstage on 100 gem pull.
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I did apoc Bahamut with pubbies pretty easily (despite one disconnect early on ). If your team packs full breakdowns he hits like a kitten, but even if not, apparently if you have magic blink and his ultimate thundaga misses, it doesn't actually count towards charging ultimate megaflare so... he just keeps casting it and then dies horribly. Also I'd say bring resist lightning accessories, not instant ko, since he seemed to use thunder a lot more than tornado, but either works.
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ALL ABOOOOOOARD  (I guess the rest of it is good too)
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I'm glad a bunch of you are getting strong pulls in on Banner 2. Already having Party Dress, Red Scorpion, and Crescent Wish, this one is a big ol' nope for me. Also surprised so many aren't sticking to Sundaily and doing Ultimates/MP tomorrow.
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Yeah, Bahamut's kind of a pushover. Between a first round cast of Asylum and a whole mess of breakdowns, the 160 difficulty didn't do a single point of damage during the entire fight.
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CaptainPsyko posted:Get out of the One Team To Rule Them All mentality, and use both when the situation calls for it. Arc is better at responding to burst damage and has a phys blink that Selphie lacks. Selphie has better longevity, boosts your offense on a Mage team. Different boss fights will be better suited to different characters. Oh, making a character levelled is no problems, I got eggs out of the eyes, going for it. I've been just pondering what's been better for my teams right now. Arc's more useful, because of the Instant Medica, but Selphie might work out better for my Mage Team(which do have Papalymo in it), for more MAG stacking. EDIT: Hm, looks like Papalymo's Leylines and Selphie's BSB don't stack.
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Cosmic Afro posted:Oh, making a character levelled is no problems, I got eggs out of the eyes, going for it. I've been just pondering what's been better for my teams right now. Arc's more useful, because of the Instant Medica, but Selphie might work out better for my Mage Team(which do have Papalymo in it), for more MAG stacking. Uhhhhh, yes they do.
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