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Cao Ni Ma
May 25, 2010



Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:

How will Garland compare to Chizuru, assuming basically the best TMRs for each? I've been using Chizuru for a while, and was sorta hoping when Garland comes out he would be at least comparable enough that I could swap him in. Especially if I want Firion to use blade mastery.

Dual wielding Chizuru will beat out unenhanced Garland 6* by a mile. Even with his enhancements it comes down to your comp, would you benefit more from a chainer or a finisher? Considering you have firion already, I'm guessing you are better off with linkers.

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Ghosts n Gopniks
Nov 2, 2004

Imagine how much more sad and lonely we would be if not for the hard work of lowtax. Here's $12.95 to his aid.
No discordchill for me with chronic fatigue kicking my rear end but

how much SPR and HP on top of that buff is required to survive six Meteor and two Alterna from 60% magboosted ExDeaths?

Ubiquitus
Nov 20, 2011

If I have Queen, is gate of destiny worth farming for from the moogle king? I don't have any other characters to use other than Queen that can be 6* yet apart from Bartz and Luka, who are both 5* and 4* still.

I guess I can count Terra Kefka and Garland, if they are getting 6* soon.

Ubiquitus fucked around with this message at 08:47 on Mar 12, 2017

CAPT. Rainbowbeard
Apr 5, 2012

My incredible goodposting transcends time and space but still it cannot transform the xbone into a good console.
Lipstick Apathy

THE DANIELNATOR posted:

Wait should I keep rerolling? cause I haven't found anything good yet.

Sure, re-roll if you want. These other guys are not unflappable optimists, though, you may want to get used to that I guess.

You have a much better starting squad than I did, my best were Golbez and Terra. I have a good murder squad now, half price pull eerday.

With a little luck and a half-price pull every day, you'll have a fine murder squad sooner or later. Sooner if you TM grind, obviously.

A better starting roll probably won't make that much of a difference, but if it makes you feel better do it.

Skyridge
Jan 1, 2011




Literally one piece equipment away from full best-in-slot Firion...

Why couldn't I pull a Yun :sigh:

Khisanth Magus
Mar 31, 2011

Vae Victus
Just started the game, and with my initial free 11 summon I'm currently running exdeath, Kain, Garland, Terra, and chizuru. It probably isn't the most powerful team, and I actually have a couple 4 stars I could use (vanille and Mercedes), but those feel boring!

rabidsquid
Oct 11, 2004

LOVES THE KOG


has anything happened in this game, i've been busy lately and haven't even been running my macro because :I

i should really be running that macro, although if gumis generosity continues at this pace i can 9% monthly moogle it to 100% in a full year!!!!

Infected
Oct 17, 2012

Salt Incarnate


Khisanth Magus posted:

Just started the game, and with my initial free 11 summon I'm currently running exdeath, Kain, Garland, Terra, and chizuru. It probably isn't the most powerful team, and I actually have a couple 4 stars I could use (vanille and Mercedes), but those feel boring!

Barring better options Vanille isn't a terrible support unit to use, she gets both Cheer and Focus to buff units as well as Cura and Esuna to heal. Mercedes is probably a better option than either Kain or Garland at the moment, simpy by virtue of being able to be awakened to 6*.

Tengames
Oct 29, 2008


MrLonghair posted:

No discordchill for me with chronic fatigue kicking my rear end but

how much SPR and HP on top of that buff is required to survive six Meteor and two Alterna from 60% magboosted ExDeaths?

if every hit is 999, Propably over 8000-8500, give or take how well the attacks chain. checking unit calculator, A refia with Max HP pots, 4 hp+30%s, and 2 muscle belts and on Golem, reaches 8832 HP. Dunno how big a buff the arena gives to stats.

Tengames fucked around with this message at 08:40 on Mar 12, 2017

Ratmtattat
Mar 10, 2004
the hairdryer

Finally beat stupid Gilgamesh. Had to craft a water blade for Bartz, then equip him with Kaiser knuckles and a coral sword. Got a lucky run and managed to get everything but no items in. Special thanks to the 1100 atk Olive goon for the damage.

Go RV!
Jun 19, 2008

Uglier on the inside.

I've got a ton of friend slots open, so anyone who doesn't have me and wants an 835 Yun (As soon as this batch of TMs goes through, he should be Best In Slot at 944ATK), friend request me. Make sure you have goony poo poo in your message, obviously.

969098268

McSpankWich
Aug 31, 2005

Plum Island Animal Disease Research Center. Sounds charming.

Ratmtattat posted:

Finally beat stupid Gilgamesh. Had to craft a water blade for Bartz, then equip him with Kaiser knuckles and a coral sword. Got a lucky run and managed to get everything but no items in. Special thanks to the 1100 atk Olive goon for the damage.

Coral sword does nothing as the lightning seal is currently bugged to only trigger on hybrid or magic damage.

HGH
Dec 20, 2011
What you really wanna do is equip Thundaga Blade from all those Bediles you TM'd together!

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


McSpankWich posted:

Coral sword does nothing as the lightning seal is currently bugged to only trigger on hybrid or magic damage.

The proper term is that it is currently "gumied" to only trigger on hybrid or magic damage.

Tengames
Oct 29, 2008


McSpankWich posted:

Coral sword does nothing as the lightning seal is currently bugged to only trigger on hybrid or magic damage.

Finally, thundaga blade's time to shine!

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


2 person Gilgamesh.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=G7ZE7H2q1to

https://www.reddit.com/r/FFBraveExvius/comments/5yzc5r/gilgamesh_trial_two_person_cheese_build_with_all/

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


https://www.reddit.com/r/FFBraveExvius/comments/5z06s8/survey_results_free_101/

And now to restart the shitstorm we had a few weeks ago! It was postulated that some base 5's showed up more often then others in the freebie 11 pull. If you believe the data below, it's pretty obvious, though he admits it could be dubious. Olive wasn't part of the freebie pull for one.




(Results are a direct result of community input. Obvious outliers were taken out for this spread but are no longer done in formal banner threads anymore. Rates are not completely accurate due to insufficient user participation.)

Participants: 686

Rarity Rates
Rarity Reported Rate Expected Rate
3* 76.51% 80.99%
4* 22.02% 17.83%
5* 1.48% 1.62%
+1 Pull Rainbow Crystal Rates: 4* is 88.89% and 5* is 11.11%.

Unit Rates (Alphabetical Order)
Name Count %

Ace 10 0.17%

Agrias 86 1.43%
Alma 83 1.38%
Amarant 86 1.43%
Anzelm 82 1.37%
Arc 83 1.38%
Artemios 81 1.35%
Bartz 90 1.50%

Bedile 93 1.55%

Cecil 110 1.83%
Celes 88 1.47%
Cerius 81 1.35%
Charlotte 89 1.48%
Chizuru 99 1.65%
Cloud of Darkness 79 1.32%
Clyne 86 1.43%
Cyan 73 1.22%

Dark Fina 10 0.17%

Dark Knight Cecil 15 0.25%

Delita 12 0.20%

Duane 63 1.05%
Edgar 103 1.72%
Edge 62 1.03%
Elle 71 1.18%

Emperor 12 0.20%

Exdeath 85 1.42%
Fang 84 1.40%
Faris 104 1.73%
Firion 73 1.22%
Fran 77 1.28%
Freya 87 1.45%
Gaffgarion 73 1.22%
Galuf 76 1.27%
Garland 69 1.15%
Garnet 76 1.27%
Gilbert 76 1.27%

Gilgamesh 1 0.02%

Golbez 93 1.55%
Guy 81 1.35%
Hayate 80 1.33%
Hope 76 1.27%
Ingus 76 1.27%
Jack 60 1.00%
Kain 71 1.18%
Kefka 87 1.45%
Krile 80 1.33%
Kuja 59 0.98%
Lani 76 1.27%
Lenna 78 1.30%
Leo 75 1.25%
Leon 90 1.50%

Lightning 4 0.07%

Locke 64 1.07%
Ludmille 85 1.42%
Luka 67 1.12%
Luna 61 1.02%

Luneth 7 0.12%

Maria 67 1.12%

Marie 16 0.27%

Medius 67 1.12%
Mercedes 76 1.27%
Miyuki 65 1.08%
Mustadio 76 1.27%

Noctis 5 0.08%

Olive 2 0.03%

Penelo 72 1.20%
Rakshasa 80 1.33%

Ramza 3 0.05%

Refia 69 1.15%
Rosa 56 0.93%
Roselia 57 0.95%
Russell 69 1.15%
Rydia 63 1.05%
Sabin 70 1.17%
Sazh 84 1.40%
Seven 71 1.18%

Shadow 85 1.42%

Shantotto 80 1.33%
Shera 16 0.27%
Shine 8 0.13%
Snow 66 1.10%
Tellah 76 1.27%
Terra 69 1.15%
Trey 85 1.42%
Vaan 80 1.33%
Vanille 68 1.13%
Vivi 80 1.33%
Warrior of Light 89 1.48%
Xiao 74 1.23%
Zidane 86 1.43%

Cartoon Man fucked around with this message at 21:11 on Mar 12, 2017

Tagichatn
Jun 7, 2009

I got olive from the 11 freebie pull.

Peachfart
Jan 21, 2017

Cartoon Man posted:

https://www.reddit.com/r/FFBraveExvius/comments/5z06s8/survey_results_free_101/

And now to restart the shitstorm we had a few weeks ago! It was postulated that some base 5's showed up more often then others in the freebie 11 pull. If you believe the data below, it's pretty obvious, though he admits it could be dubious. Olive wasn't part of the freebie pull for one.




(Results are a direct result of community input. Obvious outliers were taken out for this spread but are no longer done in formal banner threads anymore. Rates are not completely accurate due to insufficient user participation.)

Participants: 686

Rarity Rates
Rarity Reported Rate Expected Rate
3* 76.51% 80.99%
4* 22.02% 17.83%
5* 1.48% 1.62%
+1 Pull Rainbow Crystal Rates: 4* is 88.89% and 5* is 11.11%.

Unit Rates (Alphabetical Order)
Name Count %

Ace 10 0.17%

Agrias 86 1.43%
Alma 83 1.38%
Amarant 86 1.43%
Anzelm 82 1.37%
Arc 83 1.38%
Artemios 81 1.35%
Bartz 90 1.50%

Bedile 93 1.55%

Cecil 110 1.83%
Celes 88 1.47%
Cerius 81 1.35%
Charlotte 89 1.48%
Chizuru 99 1.65%
Cloud of Darkness 79 1.32%
Clyne 86 1.43%
Cyan 73 1.22%

Dark Fina 10 0.17%

Dark Knight Cecil 15 0.25%

Delita 12 0.20%

Duane 63 1.05%
Edgar 103 1.72%
Edge 62 1.03%
Elle 71 1.18%

Emperor 12 0.20%

Exdeath 85 1.42%
Fang 84 1.40%
Faris 104 1.73%
Firion 73 1.22%
Fran 77 1.28%
Freya 87 1.45%
Gaffgarion 73 1.22%
Galuf 76 1.27%
Garland 69 1.15%
Garnet 76 1.27%
Gilbert 76 1.27%

Gilgamesh 1 0.02%

Golbez 93 1.55%
Guy 81 1.35%
Hayate 80 1.33%
Hope 76 1.27%
Ingus 76 1.27%
Jack 60 1.00%
Kain 71 1.18%
Kefka 87 1.45%
Krile 80 1.33%
Kuja 59 0.98%
Lani 76 1.27%
Lenna 78 1.30%
Leo 75 1.25%
Leon 90 1.50%

Lightning 4 0.07%

Locke 64 1.07%
Ludmille 85 1.42%
Luka 67 1.12%
Luna 61 1.02%

Luneth 7 0.12%

Maria 67 1.12%

Marie 16 0.27%

Medius 67 1.12%
Mercedes 76 1.27%
Miyuki 65 1.08%
Mustadio 76 1.27%

Noctis 5 0.08%

Olive 2 0.03%

Penelo 72 1.20%
Rakshasa 80 1.33%

Ramza 3 0.05%

Refia 69 1.15%
Rosa 56 0.93%
Roselia 57 0.95%
Russell 69 1.15%
Rydia 63 1.05%
Sabin 70 1.17%
Sazh 84 1.40%
Seven 71 1.18%

Shadow 85 1.42%

Shantotto 80 1.33%
Shera 16 0.27%
Shine 8 0.13%
Snow 66 1.10%
Tellah 76 1.27%
Terra 69 1.15%
Trey 85 1.42%
Vaan 80 1.33%
Vanille 68 1.13%
Vivi 80 1.33%
Warrior of Light 89 1.48%
Xiao 74 1.23%
Zidane 86 1.43%

Those numbers for 5* units (except Marie, wtf) are all within the margin of error for such small reporting numbers.

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


I thought Olive and Shine came after, I honestly can't remember.

AegisP
Oct 5, 2008
Yea, there would need to have been a much larger sample of people involved to draw any conclusions about the distribution of 5* rates, as the individual 5* reports are far too small.

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


Sure looks like Noctis, Greg, and others got nerfed drop rates over Emporer, Dark Knight Cecil and other "bad" base 5 pulls.

Ratmtattat
Mar 10, 2004
the hairdryer

McSpankWich posted:

Coral sword does nothing as the lightning seal is currently bugged to only trigger on hybrid or magic damage.

Of course Gumi screwed that up. I was still hitting with Noctis' thunder flask so I guess that's why I got through.

Victis
Mar 26, 2008

Cartoon Man posted:

Sure looks like Noctis, Greg, and others got nerfed drop rates over Emporer, Dark Knight Cecil and other "bad" base 5 pulls.

I mean, that's how summons have always worked? Cecil/Zidane/Exdeath etc. are part of the "rare" 3* pull set, why would 5* work any differently. Thinking it had anything to do with the freebie pull is silly.

Also:

McSpankWich posted:

Coral sword does nothing as the lightning seal is currently bugged to only trigger on hybrid or magic damage.

Water blade IS hybrid damage; equipping a coral sword/kaiser knuckles etc. doesn't change that, just adds lightning/wind/what have you. Also according to Reddit they already patched the hybrid requirement out?

Victis fucked around with this message at 22:25 on Mar 12, 2017

Skyridge
Jan 1, 2011

Am I ever going to need more than one Venomous Edge? I have three Lings, but the only person I can think of who wants one is Cupid Artemios and I want to start cranking out more TMRs.

Khisanth Magus
Mar 31, 2011

Vae Victus
Should I use the 5000 lapis I built up on an 11 pull on the greg vanquishers banner, or should I wait for something else?

Cao Ni Ma
May 25, 2010



Khisanth Magus posted:

Should I use the 5000 lapis I built up on an 11 pull on the greg vanquishers banner, or should I wait for something else?

Dont do a 11 pull on this lovely rear end banner unless you really really want an agrias but chances are you'll get a snow lol (it'll actually be a garnet)

Evil Fluffy
Jul 13, 2009

Scholars are some of the most pompous and pedantic people I've ever had the joy of meeting.

As soon as we can get the Genji shield it'll be possible to solo Gilgamesh since it grants immunity to KO and would allow a unit like Noctis to also have 100% evasion, meaning Gilgamesh can never hit him with anything.

Cry Havoc
May 10, 2004

This cyberpunk cartoon avatar is pretty dang ol' good, I tell you what.

Cartoon Man posted:

Sure looks like Noctis, Greg, and others got nerfed drop rates over Emporer, Dark Knight Cecil and other "bad" base 5 pulls.

for whatever reason some people think gumi is the pinnacle of integrity and even though they can and have messed with rates they didn't for the free pull because you just don't understand how probability works :colbert:

Ubiquitus
Nov 20, 2011

Anyone that have Gate of Destiny, can you tell me if it is useful to have on Queen? I'm trying to figure out whether I should spend the time to farm it from the Moogle King . . .

Ghosts n Gopniks
Nov 2, 2004

Imagine how much more sad and lonely we would be if not for the hard work of lowtax. Here's $12.95 to his aid.
I propose this for a new measurement of time:

AegisP
Oct 5, 2008

MrLonghair posted:

I propose this for a new measurement of time:


I bet 170 NRG.

NinjaDebugger
Apr 22, 2008


Ubiquitus posted:

Anyone that have Gate of Destiny, can you tell me if it is useful to have on Queen? I'm trying to figure out whether I should spend the time to farm it from the Moogle King . . .

It's better than DK Cecil's best darkside-like by a significant margin, in both damage and HP cost, and if you're feeling comboriffic, with dual wield and her shiny new auto-rez, you can have her kill herself and auto-rez into her 200% ATK buff. It's a lot of trouble for a character who is pretty much as bad as a 5 star base can get, though.

Ghosts n Gopniks
Nov 2, 2004

Imagine how much more sad and lonely we would be if not for the hard work of lowtax. Here's $12.95 to his aid.

AegisP posted:

I bet 170 NRG.

At least 25 NRG from the time I took the screenshot :haw:

jetz0r
May 10, 2003

Tomorrow, our nation will sit on the throne of the world. This is not a figment of the imagination, but a fact. Tomorrow we will lead the world, Allah willing.



Khisanth Magus posted:

Should I use the 5000 lapis I built up on an 11 pull on the greg vanquishers banner, or should I wait for something else?

gently caress no, don't pull on this banner.

Ubiquitus
Nov 20, 2011

NinjaDebugger posted:

It's better than DK Cecil's best darkside-like by a significant margin, in both damage and HP cost, and if you're feeling comboriffic, with dual wield and her shiny new auto-rez, you can have her kill herself and auto-rez into her 200% ATK buff. It's a lot of trouble for a character who is pretty much as bad as a 5 star base can get, though.

Hm I see. Unfortunately for me I only have one other 5* base. I guess I'll have to bite that grind then, thanks!

Rocketpriest
Nov 28, 2006
Alias: Non-Demoninational Minister Capable of Sub-Atmospheric Flight
Oh man, bit the bullet on finally downloading an emulator to tmr farm overnight and hooooly poo poo is it great to not be wasting energy while I sleep anymore! Hopefully we've got a little break before the next farming event because I want Olive loaded with Doublehand and Sparky when the next one rolls around, and I'd PREFER not to spend many thousands of Lapis to make that happen (but I will. So loving help me, I WILL).

edit: Speaking of the mog king event...

I've got four characters I want to bring to 6* in the near future: Refia, Luka, Warrior of Light, and Exdeath.
I'm using 5* Lenna right now as my healer, but a lot of her MP gets chewed up by Cheer, with 6* Cecil picking up the slack on Curaja spam, but WoL's 6* is supposed to be GREAT and coming real soon, and my current mage is 5* Arc who I wouldn't mind replacing with an evil tree man.

Basically, I have the 6* mats for Luka and Refia ready to go, but I probably won't have time to farm 6* mats for both WoL AND Exdeath. Should I prioritize one over the other, just drop Luka altogether and raise the other 3, or what?

Rocketpriest fucked around with this message at 02:36 on Mar 13, 2017

Ghosts n Gopniks
Nov 2, 2004

Imagine how much more sad and lonely we would be if not for the hard work of lowtax. Here's $12.95 to his aid.

Luka and Refia are both great to have at 6* but Refia just in general is better, even more when you drop a DualCast materia her way. She's strong and hard to kill, got native immunities to a handful of status changes on top of that. It's just that sometimes Luka is better. Plus, sometime you might want to have two healers running.

Keep Luka around for the future.

Varance
Oct 28, 2004

Ladies, hide your footwear!
Nap Ghost
Luka is best for "No White Magic" conditions, as her big heal is not even considered magic at all. Otherwise, Refia is overall the better character and will benefit from Dualcast, where Luka will not.

The magical trinity of healers on the JP side is as follows:

Ayaka (best healing throughput by miles, has dualcast innately)
Y'shtola (Dark Fina with heals, has dualcast innately, also AoE damage reduction)
Rem (Exdeath with heals, has dualcast innately)
Tilith (powerful if MP-intensive heals, best buffs, mana battery, can 100% prevent stat down debuffs, etc.)
Aria (a better Luka, focused on buffs instead of offence)
Hunter Fina (also a better Luka, plus she can mana battery)
Luka (gets around certain pesky win conditions, best offence for a 4* base, easily replaced by Aria later on)
Refia (tanky healer that can take hits, nigh indestructible if set up right)

Note that we only have Luka and Refia in the final 6* forms right now. Tilith is still at 5*, and the rest have not been released yet. For filthy casuals, Tilith is going to be your brass ring, as the nuke mages and Ayaka are 5* base, but there's no guarantee we'll get her again. There's also no guarantee we'll get Hunter Fina, as she's a Monster Hunter crossover char. Barring those two, Aria is probably going to be the next easily attained "good" healer to come along, as she has the same AoE raise that Ling is known for, plus Protectga/Shellga.

Varance fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Mar 13, 2017

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Nuebot
Feb 18, 2013

The developer of Brigador is a secret chud, don't give him money

Varance posted:

Luka is best for "No White Magic" conditions, as her big heal is not even considered magic at all.

It also heals status effects in the same cast as a heal so it's useful that way too and comes with a water damage spell that can be good for hitting certain damage types too. But if you can only afford to 6* her or refia right now, go for Refia and save Luka for when you're sitting on a surplus of materials.

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