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Washout posted:As a newbie who got lucky and pulled the Onion Knight Physical and Magic on the last banner should I pull on this one or wait for that FFT banner that's coming? I was saving for that but I could pull once on this and still have 100 by the time the FFT banner comes, or pull twice and still have 50 by then. I can only clear 140's right now and some are too hard, 180s are still a ways off I think, but mostly because I've been using all my stamina farming realms instead of farming orbs for more hones. I wouldn't even blink before pulling. The banner is stacked from top to bottom. The BSBs are good, the LMs are good, and there are still two of the best 6* relics in the game left. Definitely pull.
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Five dupes and three duds (relatively speaking), but I don't have any of the USBs. This is going to be a tough choice.
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Jan 30, 2018 05:06
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Five dupes on banner two, it's actually an easy pass for me. The Tidus stuff would be nice as would Squall LMR, but I'm not particularly attached to most of the characters. Banner 1 actually is more appealing personally for the Kuja/Jecht stuff.
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Jan 30, 2018 05:10
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I have a grand total of one Dupe on that banner 2, and I fully expect to draw that If I can get enough Mythril
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Jan 30, 2018 05:13
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Five dupes (All the BSBs except Squall's, OK LMR, Shout), but more importantly I have no mythril.  And no money with which to whale.
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Jan 30, 2018 05:19
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6 dupes, one I paid $40 for. 
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Jan 30, 2018 05:31
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i have four dupes on that second banner in Tidus chain, OK LMR, Noctis SSB and Yshtola BSB. i think im gonna pull even though thats all my mithril again but gently caress it, always pull
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Jan 30, 2018 05:50
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Tbh unless they radically change the next fest banners I'll probably have drat near as many dupes on all of those as I would here anyway. There are very few banners nowadays that don't involve dodging a minefield of dupes, but I guess that's the cost of being a long-term player with occasional bouts of really good luck.
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Jan 30, 2018 05:58
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3 dupes on each banner. May pull
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Jan 30, 2018 06:11
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Jan 30, 2018 07:01
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Catching back up with JP, the current IX event doesn't add too much; Amarant gets his legend dive, but, ah, still wouldn't exactly call him a top Fire Monk. Amarant posted:Amarant LM1: Fire Damage +10% BANNER 1 posted:Zidane's The Tower [USSB, +10 ATK] - 10 single-target Wind/NE physical attacks, En-Wind, Thief Ability Boost & Thievery to user BANNER 2 posted:Zidane USB1 Then straight on to the upcoming V event!  Bartz gets the USB2/UOSB/FSB grand treatment, but the rest of the main cast gets new toys as well. Also, Galuf gains White Magic 4*. BANNER 1 posted:Bartz's Man-Eater [UOSB, +10 ATK] - 3 single-target Wind/Water/Fire/Earth Overflow physical attacks (3 x 8.00) BANNER 2 posted:Bartz's Chicken Knife [USSB, +5 SPD & +10 ATK] - 10 single-target Wind/Water/Fire/Earth physical attacks, EX "Spellblade Barrage" to user
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Jan 30, 2018 07:24
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Ooo, Galuf gets a chain? Noice.
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Jan 30, 2018 08:33
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Four dupes on hero banner: Ok pUSB, yshy bsb, noctis ssb, Ramza ssb. Have 100 myth saved. I can see one pull easy. Maybe a rage pull if the first one sucks. I'm good for fft, so the god banner doesn't excite me much.
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Jan 30, 2018 08:42
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I need that Butts Flash Art and I need it now. Holy moly is that a good SB for him. Gonna pass on both of those Training banners. Wants from 1: Chain CoD bsb2 CoD lmr 2 dupes and 1 non dupe super Wants from 2: OK usb2 Tidus USB Tidus lmr OK lmr Squall bsb2 Squall lmr Ramza LMR 5 dupes and ramza bsb2 and noctis ssb as undesirables, ramza lmr kind of too because of fft soon. Actually 7 desirables is fairly high, maybe.. hm.
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Jan 30, 2018 09:31
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Neutral Zone Trap posted:Tidus USB Has his Chain, not USB. Still looks like a great banner, though.
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Jan 30, 2018 10:16
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5 dupes... think I'll pass
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Jan 30, 2018 10:22
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Six dupes on banner 1 and ELEVEN dupes on banner 2. Too bad, that banner 2 could actually pass for a god fest banner any day of the week.
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Jan 30, 2018 10:35
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For those wondering, Bartz now has twelve SSB+ relics, mastering all of them gives him +120 ATK and +5 SPD. Angeal has one SSB.
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Jan 30, 2018 10:38
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Avalerion posted:Has his Chain, not USB. Still looks like a great banner, though. Oh, that's even better though since my Teedus is naked. Going to have to sleep on this. For reference the Godly banner has 6 desirables if I'm counting Ramza BSB2 and it will absolutely not help me beat the final 4* Tiamat. But only 1 dupe. I'm absolutely pulling on the Godly banner. I've gone out of my way to pass banners with the relics it shares with to make the banner's value as high as possible. Speaking as a veteran, what's the value of ie. Marche BSB? Would I ever use him without the USB? I don't think so. Or Alma USB? Nice to have, probably never used. Orlando's BSB is +10 atk, Gaff BSB is +10 atk etc. Does a high dupe count matter if there are enough desirables? That's the question I need to answer.
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Jan 30, 2018 10:43
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In the OP it mentions a reduction in stamina costs for realm dungeons at the start of the month - is that still something that gets done? Will that go live this Thursday and traditionally how long does this reduction last? I'd like to power through the realm dungeons and some of the earlier elite dungeons, hoover up some more stamina gems.
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DeadButDelicious posted:In the OP it mentions a reduction in stamina costs for realm dungeons at the start of the month - is that still something that gets done? Will that go live this Thursday and traditionally how long does this reduction last? I'd like to power through the realm dungeons and some of the earlier elite dungeons, hoover up some more stamina gems. It happens every time that a Dungeon Update hits - so not tomorrow, but a week after that on the 6th - and it generally lasts a week. Neutral Zone Trap posted:Speaking as a veteran, what's the value of ie. Marche BSB? Would I ever use him without the USB? I don't think so. Or Alma USB? Nice to have, probably never used. Orlando's BSB is +10 atk, Gaff BSB is +10 atk etc. I brought up Alma USB's general "bleh" status in Discord and got torn apart about how the New Chain Meta in JP (with the 150-cap chains, all of which give ATK +50%) doesn't include Hastega so Alma USB slots in just as well as Rikku USB, just giving Astra (and a mostly useless Reraise) instead of ATK/MAG. ...Except it's also on a healer, and generally you want medicas on your healers. Regarding banner viability, a dud and a dupe are about equivalent, until you get into the situation where you already have all the dupes you want (which is to say, you have an 8* piece of equipment or enough +element to go around your team) in which case a dupe drops off even further. A dud relic is still more diversity/stats for your team, even if it's bad SBs or on bad characters. Every character is usable. Except Angeal. KataraniSword fucked around with this message at 11:15 on Jan 30, 2018 |
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Jan 30, 2018 11:11
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Balls, was looking forward to powering through a bunch of dungeons at the end of this week.  Ah well, next week it is.
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KataraniSword posted:I brought up Alma USB's general "bleh" status in Discord and got torn apart about how the New Chain Meta in JP (with the 150-cap chains, all of which give ATK +50%) doesn't include Hastega so Alma USB slots in just as well as Rikku USB, just giving Astra (and a mostly useless Reraise) instead of ATK/MAG. The main problem with Alma’s USB is that it’s not much more than a high-density ability slot saver and the best general purpose effects are - or will be, in Hastega’s case - replicable by abilities. It’s a NICE convenience swiss army knife, but the only valuable, non-replicable boon it gives is Astra, which is both situational and better used by a healer with Wrath. I figure they meant it to be comboed with her BSB - open with Divine Barrier then devote any further gauge to her BSB. But that’s frankly pretty awkward design and I feel her lack of Wrath acess hampers it further. Maybe it’d work a bit better if they replaced the regen with 3000 HP stock, it’d gain some use as a makeshift Medica that way. (Replacing Reraise with Last Stand would also go a long way, but that’d hurt Ovelia more than help Alma)
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Jan 30, 2018 11:41
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4 dupes on that second banner (Cloud USB, Squall and Ysh BSB, Ramza SSB) so I'm pretty sure it's replacing my FFT pull I had allotted. Only 3 dupes on the FFT banner, but a lot more duds, relatively speaking.
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Parasol Waddle Dee posted:The main problem with Alma’s USB is that it’s not much more than a high-density ability slot saver and the best general purpose effects are - or will be, in Hastega’s case - replicable by abilities. It’s a NICE convenience swiss army knife, but the only valuable, non-replicable boon it gives is Astra, which is both situational and better used by a healer with Wrath. I figure they meant it to be comboed with her BSB - open with Divine Barrier then devote any further gauge to her BSB. But that’s frankly pretty awkward design and I feel her lack of Wrath acess hampers it further. Maybe it’d work a bit better if they replaced the regen with 3000 HP stock, it’d gain some use as a makeshift Medica that way. It sounds sensible enough to me, but I'll let you know how it works once I get a chance to use her some for hard content.
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Jan 30, 2018 14:39
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Bruceski posted:I've got 7 dupes on that, don't think I can justify a pull. But MAN that's a tasty banner. I got 7 dupes too, but the other 7 are too tasty for me pass up
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Jan 30, 2018 15:20
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On the one hand, the mote dungeons are great: since yesterday, I farmed 120 Vit motes for future use on Prompto and maybe one of Ingus or Orlandu. On the other hand, I need to farm 100 Wis motes to dive Ace and they start on Dark orb daily day. 
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Jan 30, 2018 15:31
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Power up dungeons - do I do anything special to magic pots, or just beat them up?
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Jan 30, 2018 15:40
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Just kill them.
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Jan 30, 2018 15:44
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KataraniSword posted:I brought up Alma USB's general "bleh" status in Discord and got torn apart Is "torn apart" really how you remember that conversation?
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Jan 30, 2018 15:46
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Avalerion posted:Power up dungeons - do I do anything special to magic pots, or just beat them up? It's really fun to use the biggest hardest attack you have on them.
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Jan 30, 2018 15:50
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Cape Cod Crab Chip posted:Is "torn apart" really how you remember that conversation? Nah, exaggeration. I still don't see the appeal, but I'll admit that I probably am undervaluing the buff suite. 
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Jan 30, 2018 15:54
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Does anyone know how long Flash tech SBs last? 15 seconds? Hell, for that matter, what about USBs without "EX modes" but named modes, such as Setzer's USB giving you "Gambling Break."
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iamsosmrt posted:Does anyone know how long Flash tech SBs last? 15 seconds? Hell, for that matter, what about USBs without "EX modes" but named modes, such as Setzer's USB giving you "Gambling Break." Don’t have an answer for Flash SBs, but most EX Modes -and- pseudo-EX Modes last 15s. Terra is a known exception with her 25s EX, but I think there may be others with a higher duration.
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Jan 30, 2018 16:39
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Rank boosts have been 15 second while the attach stacking has been 25. "EX modes" are just a bunch of unique buff IDs much like Setzer's "Gambling Break" which is also a unique buff ID. They all last 15 seconds with some notable exceptions. Why is it not called an EX mode then? Hell if I know, but it's the exact same thing. Sometimes things have different durations inside soul breaks of which Cloud's Ultra Cross Slash is a fine example of. The 100% crit part ("Cross Slash") lasts for 25 while the damage cap break and boost ("EX-SOLDIER") is 15. A more common example would be an en-element quickcycle like Refia's where the "EX-mode" lasts for 15 but the enfire for 25.
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Jan 30, 2018 16:44
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I only have 3 dupes from that second sorta-event banner so I'm definitely giving it a pull. I also kinda want to try a pull on that banner with Chicken Knife because Chicken Knife.
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Jan 30, 2018 17:07
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I know screen real estate is an issue, but it'd be nice to have actual timers on some of this poo poo. Or at least have all fights have a timer that could be toggled on and off. It's just too difficult sometimes to keep track of all these buffs/ex modes/etc. once you have a bunch of your team all juggling all these USBs n'stuff. I have a lot of the top prizes on banner 2, including Tidus CSB, Cloud USB, OK pUSB, Tidus and OK LMRs, and then the lesser prizes of Vaan BSB and Ramza SSB1. I'm still debating a pull though because OK mUSB would be awesome to have, Squall BSB2 is something I've been trying to get, and the other things on there would just be nice to have. Banner 1 should be a pull since the only thing I have on it is Kefka's BSB2, but my go to dark users are dived Raines, dived Shadow with BSB (wish I could get his USB, but I don't think it ever comes back), and CoD USB/BSB1. TG Cid's banner makes this a tough choice with only having 100 mythril right now...
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Jan 30, 2018 17:16
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They should at the very least make the magicite timers standard in every battle. I can at least have a decent idea of durations from that. I had to S/L on the Crystal Towers a couple of times because I forgot to re-up Wall on time.
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Jan 30, 2018 17:50
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What's with the os update later February? Finally optimizing for Android?
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DizzyBum posted:I also kinda want to try a pull on that banner with Chicken Knife because Chicken Knife. That’s jp so several months away for us on global I believe. 
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