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If you don't have a lot of 6* characters, I highly recommend buying out the stock of "cheap" 160 currency 6* awakening mats and Metal Cactuars toward the end of currency events, once you've got the really good stuff. Having the flexibility of a large 6* lineup is important in the grand scheme of things, and will make gimmick counters easier to deal with. Aside from Ace and Emperor, nothing in the below image is exceedingly rare: 
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Varance posted:If you don't have a lot of 6* characters, I highly recommend buying out the stock of "cheap" 160 currency 6* awakening mats and Metal Cactuars toward the end of currency events, once you've got the really good stuff. I count three event exclusives 
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Nuebot posted:I count three event exclusives I've got Xiao, Mercedes, Primm, Snow, Tilith, Agrias, Garland and Warrior of Light all waiting in the wings for their 6* turn right now. And Delita, but we don't speak of him. Edit: Looks like ratings moved quite a bit on the JP side over this last week. Spreadsheet will get an update when I get home from PAX East. Varance fucked around with this message at 04:40 on Mar 13, 2017 |
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Varance posted: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. We're going to get the second Brave Frontier collab. The only question is when, and if it'll be later than expected like the first one.
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Mar 13, 2017 04:32
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Another consideration is that Gumi will add global exclusive materia to the banner that may or may not impact a units usefulness.
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Cartoon Man posted:Another consideration is that Gumi will add global exclusive materia to the banner that may or may not impact a units usefulness. Global exclusive orlandu skills that make him twice as effective?
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Mar 13, 2017 12:37
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What I'm wondering is if the global exclusive units (such as Dracu Laswell or Yun) and awakenings (such as for Medius and Cerius) will get enhancements down the line at some point.
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Mar 13, 2017 12:43
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Varance posted: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. I didn't know "trinity" meant "nine". I thought it meant "three."  :pAlso, that guy talking to the Gumi guy at PAX should have asked when Maxwell and Tillith are getting their 6* forms. Also also, pulled on today's half-price because it was a daily quest, blue => gold => my first Shine. Varance posted:If you don't have a lot of 6* characters, I highly recommend buying out the stock of "cheap" 160 currency 6* awakening mats and Metal Cactuars toward the end of currency events, once you've got the really good stuff. This is an excellent idea and people should do this if they can.
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Mar 13, 2017 13:49
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You can also be insanely retarded like me and grind out enough currency to buy everything in the store that isn't repeatable, 70k Mog and all.
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So, I see that Nox has a Mac version as of about a month ago. It's time. How I mine 4 TM?
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Ayaka and Tilith have similar healing output. Tilith because you cant out output aoe full heals or aoe full revives. But what ayaka has that tilith doesn't is way better flexibility. She can strip buffs AND heal bomb your entire party in one turn while tilith can only do one or the other. She can raise someone back to full health and cleanse the party of status conditions when she has innate 100% resistances to conditions that would prevent her from acting in a turn. Combined with Reraise makes her the strongest main healer in the game, no need to run support healer/dps roles she can do it all. Tilith still has a role as one of the strongest mps batteries in the game and regardless of how expensive her abilities are, her innate sustain means she can keep casting them no matter for how long if you have enough max MP. The "Better Lukas" aren't really better than her post enhancements. She has a particular niche that fits well in a party that has support dps like Rikku in them. With enhancements she has Tilith level MP sustain and unmatched regen healing. Its basically a cast and forget that'll last the entire match only having to reapply them if someone dies. Its like casting curaja every turn, for free and without consuming her turn. Her weakness is that being an ability based healer means she doesn't have the sort of flexibility a magic based one has, lack of full raise hurts as well and reraise becoming more common in high end support and healers means she cant match up to them. Rikku shores up a lot of the ability based healers weakness though. If Rikku and Tidus are on the same banner I'm going to whale hard on them. I want to make a gimmick water based team with Tidus/Rikku/Mercedes/Luka + (WoL).
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:So, I see that Nox has a Mac version as of about a month ago. There's instructions in the Reddit thread, but it's basically Install nox, install game (you may still need to use an APK), log into account, set up macro, push button, wait.
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I booted this up yesterday on my phone and actually played the game instead of just doing the dailys and let the TM macro farm. Got to the Drowned City and unlocked Odin. So many Megacites saved up and still not 2*.... Really enjoying the story so far no clue why you guys say it's complete dogshit. Sure it's no FFVII but it's not that crappy either.
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Mar 13, 2017 16:22
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Varance posted:If you don't have a lot of 6* characters, I highly recommend buying out the stock of "cheap" 160 currency 6* awakening mats and Metal Cactuars toward the end of currency events, once you've got the really good stuff. I want your cupid arty... I burned almost all my tickets trying to get him. Instead I got 4 cupid lunas and Marie 
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Mar 13, 2017 17:00
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Seeing Ling's stupid expressionless mug is forever gonna piss me off over those 37 pulls that didn't get me one of her. Rikku can't show up soon enough.
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Mar 13, 2017 17:41
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Ling is incredibly stupid, just with her base evasion and 5k hitpoints it's very rare that she actually dies. Worst case scenario I am pretty sure she will always be relevant in arena and events like this one where a boss can be paralyzed.
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Mar 13, 2017 18:08
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rabidsquid posted:Ling is incredibly stupid, just with her base evasion and 5k hitpoints it's very rare that she actually dies. Worst case scenario I am pretty sure she will always be relevant in arena and events like this one where a boss can be paralyzed. You don't even need to do that if you have Ling. Daunting Step will bring his attacks down to hitting for 100-200 vs a 6 star character.
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rabidsquid posted:Ling is incredibly stupid, just with her base evasion and 5k hitpoints it's very rare that she actually dies. Worst case scenario I am pretty sure she will always be relevant in arena and events like this one where a boss can be paralyzed. Ling's evasion doesn't mean anything against magic and as soon as we get Shantotto's 5 star form any non-whale team can bring a single one of her for max damage elemental chaining, or two Shantottos which will outright kill pretty much anyone who doesn't start with 100% wind resist. 
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Vax posted:I booted this up yesterday on my phone and actually played the game instead of just doing the dailys and let the TM macro farm. Got to the Drowned City and unlocked Odin. So many Megacites saved up and still not 2*.... There are no, uh, percents between 100% and 0%. All or nothing with some people. Big numbers get bigger, you know. The story is passable. rabidsquid posted:Ling is incredibly stupid, just with her base evasion and 5k hitpoints it's very rare that she actually dies. Worst case scenario I am pretty sure she will always be relevant in arena and events like this one where a boss can be paralyzed. She's real, real nice, and lets me put forward an actually useful friend unit without having TM-ed myself up. Speaking of which... Go RV! posted:There's instructions in the Reddit thread, but it's basically Install nox, install game (you may still need to use an APK), log into account, set up macro, push button, wait.  Good... gooooooood... 
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Go RV! posted:There's instructions in the Reddit thread, but it's basically Install nox, install game (you may still need to use an APK), log into account, set up macro, push button, wait. Isn't APK injecting what gets you in trouble with their ban hammer, or am I mixing up my terminology?
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Cartoon Man posted:Isn't APK injecting what gets you in trouble with their ban hammer, or am I mixing up my terminology? APK injecting is using an APK that had been modified, not just the one you can download from the google store. The modded APK sends false data or manipulates the received data or some such, but "injects" it directly into the existing code so that it appears legitimate. This is a reason it's been hard to track for people who don't abuse it and get reported. PaybackJack fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Mar 13, 2017 |
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Cartoon Man posted:Isn't APK injecting what gets you in trouble with their ban hammer, or am I mixing up my terminology? Sideloading with the APK is not Injecting. Sideloading is just installing the game without using the Play store APK injection is more or less intercepting the network traffic back to the Gumi servers and saying it should return "x" where "x" is 100 Trust moogles and a dominion ring.
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I vaguely remember that Nox (or was it Memu?) phones home in a way some people didn't like? What do I need to do to protect myself?
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:I vaguely remember that Nox (or was it Memu?) phones home in a way some people didn't like? What do I need to do to protect myself? You can go in your firewall settings and make a filter for Nox to block all outgoing traffic set on a list of IPs provided in a reddit thread. Maybe block incoming traffic from those IPs too? I only blocked outgoing.
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Lumbered through Gilgamesh for the first time and for kicks did it with 5. Not sure how they can make these more interesting. This one and the Parade are just mindless button mashers with the few thresholds that are the only obstacles. For this one, Greg killed Cecil at all three instaKO chances, and because of that it was cake. Butz had stone blade and 2 element weapons, Lightning had waterblade and the other 2 element weapons, DC Refia, Cecil, and friend Noctis. Nobody other than Cecil died and used 4 boxes of chocolates for items.
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:I vaguely remember that Nox (or was it Memu?) phones home in a way some people didn't like? What do I need to do to protect myself? I blacklisted all the IPs in this thread back when I used to use Nox: https://www.reddit.com/r/FFRecordKeeper/comments/4trpp9/attention_nox_app_player_users/
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Skyridge posted: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. Never got any response to this.
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Skyridge posted:Never got any response to this. It's a good weapon for CoD if she is on your arena team. Dual Wield golem staff + Ling TMR. Barrage or blade blitz and watch enemy team stop moving.
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I had really hoped they would announce what's next because it feels like this white phantoma event has been going on for an eternity. EDIT: That player's choice  well guess I'm not rolling on the raid banner at all.
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So I've finally socked away enough moogles to give myself another tm, the first one being dw for noctis. Not sure what to drop them on though. I'm leaning pretty heavy towards dual cast for Refia, but I could also get an Excalibur for noctis (and have 2 moogles left over). I could also get doublehand but it seems like a better idea to load up noctis as much as I can since he's my only true super damage unit. Any thoughts? I really like the idea of juicing my noctis up to near 700 Atk, but dual cast Refia seems incredibly useful for those trial fights. Any input is much appreciated!
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Nuebot posted:I had really hoped they would announce what's next because it feels like this white phantoma event has been going on for an eternity. Well guess what, it' FF14 raid time! Get yourself a free Yshtola and stuff (likely after spending 100+ raids I bet) Also, THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE: -Noctis -Gilgamesh -Refia -Chizuru -Cecil -Zidane Pulls come with 1% moogles for specific units. THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN Note people's choice and FF14 banner are running simultaneously: the former is 1 week and the latter lasts till April 4th. HGH fucked around with this message at 10:25 on Mar 14, 2017 |
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Bleh, I might not even pull on the People's Choice. The only unit I want is Gilgamesh. FXIV though, that looks exciting. How does Y'shtola compare to Refia as a healer?
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More hybrid unit. She can basically switch to magic DPS at the expense of healing by using a 2 turn buff/debuff on herself(Magic +200%, Spirit -100%). She has Aerora/ga, Stonra/ga, Cura/ja, regular Raise, Holy, Esuna, Protectga, Shellga and most importantly innate dualcast. She has a passive that is Refresh+Camouflage. Her ultimate ability is a single target 100% heal. Finally her LB is a one turn 30 to 50% flat damage reduction. So what you're giving up here compared to Refia is resistance to most status effects, Full Raise, and Embolden.
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HGH posted:More hybrid unit. She can basically switch to magic DPS at the expense of healing by using a 2 turn buff/debuff on herself(Magic +200%, Spirit -100%). Just in case anyone isn't familiar with FF14, this is basically how healers in that game work. You have to swap between a healing stance, which boosts your healing stat and decreases your damage stat, and your damage stance which reverses that because healers have to do twice the work in that game. So that's a neat reference.
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FFBE Global now has a Youtube channel. For those who didn't believe me about Fujimoto being fluent in English, well, now you know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WKVm_Li7zk The "please look forward to it." answer from the video is just about what I got at PAX East when asking about Orlandeau, just with more pausing. Really was expecting for them to hold off on 14 for a few months to match Stormblood. We also don't have 6* Tilith or Orlandeau for this event, which JP had. In other words, Global's at a disadvantage versus when this was released for JP. ------------------------ For those interested in Y'shtola or Minfilia, you're going to have to keep your orbs on cooldown early on. The difficulty of Ifrit keeps going up as more Global players clear the trial, so if you don't get in top difficulty clears early on, you may find yourself unable to clear him later when he hits Level 10+, and may not get everything out of the Gacha that you need to get her up to speed before the end of the event. Example of Ifrit at Level 16: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM3oZawJlDM&t=360s Varance fucked around with this message at 13:02 on Mar 14, 2017 |
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Y'shtola vs Refia So, Refia's our best healer in terms of raw healing, with good health and defense, a bunch of negative status immunities and great spells like Embolden and Full-Life. What's so special about Yoshi Cola? For starters, she's got Presence of Mind, which is a fancy name for "Dualcast." This means she can do things like double Curaja or cast Protectga and Shellga on the first turn. While she lacks Full-Life, she is capable of casting Raise and Curaga to decent effect. Next, Y'shtola has a passive that functions as both Auto-Refresh and a 50% reduced chance for her to be targeted by attacks. Even though she's squishier than Refia, she's less likely to be attacked, which is a good trait for a healer. The Auto-Refresh also helps in long fights, where MP becomes an issue. Y'shtola also carries over the Cleric Stance mechanic from FF14. For those unfamiliar, Cleric Stance lets healers deal increased damage while the effects is active, at the cost of reduced healing. In FFBE, it functions as a buff that drops your Spirit into the group while doubling the character's Magic for 2 turns. Once Cleric's Stance is up, she can put her offensive spells to good use, which include Aeroga, Stonega and Holy... and she can Dualcast them. This is great for bosses that can be paralyzed or stopped for a few turns, allowing you to get some extra offense in from your healer. Two other things of note to her: Her limit break is an AoE damage reduction of 30-54%, which can be very useful against enemies where you have advanced notice of a big attack coming down the pipe. She also has Benediction, which will heal a target to full and doesn't count as magic (can be used while silenced). Where does Refia shine that Y'shtola does not? 1) Y'shtola is unable to cure petrification. You'll need to equip her with Stona for that. 2) Y'shtola does not have status ailment protections like Refia does. Y'shtola getting silenced, petrified or paralyzed is a big deal, so you will have to equip her for that (or have necessary status removals ready). Y'shtola is also a bit squishier, with a bit less health and defense. 3) Y'shtola does not have offensive team buffs. Embolden is great, especially if you're running a physical-leaning team. Most current 6* chars fall into this category. 4) Y'shtola only has regular Raise, which even combined with Curaga will not bring a character like Paladin Cecil anywhere near full health. Also of note: To get the most out of Y'shtola's offensive magics, you'll have to equip her like an offensive caster, which means you'll be sacrificing (even more) healing potency to make her hit hard. This is not a big deal if you're running Paladin Cecil or Queen, as they can offheal if needed. Note that Y'shtola's event gear does NOT cover this point - it's almost entirely spirit in nature. If you picked up that Lovely Rod from the Valentine's Day event, you've got a good start, as the only current 6* caster that can use the thing is Dark Fina. Varance fucked around with this message at 13:23 on Mar 14, 2017 |
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HGH posted:Well guess what, it' FF14 raid time! Get yourself a free Yshtola and stuff (likely after spending 100+ raids I bet) The announcement says 3* Moogles handed out "for some" with every summon. 1% Moogles are 1*. What aren't I realizing here? Watch me not get a Noctis again, by the way! Varance posted:For those interested in Y'shtola or Minfilia, you're going to have to keep your orbs on cooldown early on. The difficulty of Ifrit keeps going up as more Global players clear the trial, so if you don't get in top difficulty clears early on, you may find yourself unable to clear him later when he hits Level 10+, and may not get everything out of the Gacha that you need to get her up to speed before the end of the event. What do you need from the Gacha to get her up to speed?
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