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Grizzled Patriarch posted:I need to try Tiamat again since I've got Squall's BSB2 now, but ugh I just have so many bad memories of getting him down to like 30% only to have him go apeshit and drop like 3-4 AoE nukes in a row before I can even get a heal off, and that is the kind of poo poo that I hate most about this game. Magicite fights take way too long as is and having every single boss design be "easy as poo poo until you almost beat it and then suddenly you're hosed" is just garbage and every time I've considered just walking away from this game, it's because of that. That's kind of how most FF bosses are in all the games though.
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One pull on the Earth banner, I got Ignis's Chain, and Tifa's USB, BSB, and LMR (dupe but more +earth armor). Ka-ching!
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May 6, 2018 02:08
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 Cool, got this beefman that I passed up on before the fest. Still wish I'd get ingus chain since I have both his BSB's but oh well
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May 6, 2018 03:05
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Need Ixion tech or, really, any Earth Tech at all that isn’t slapdashing multi-element stuff into Earth without any boosts. So I pulled. ...never pull 
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May 6, 2018 03:14
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KataraniSword posted:Need Ixion tech or, really, any Earth Tech at all that isn’t slapdashing multi-element stuff into Earth without any boosts. So I pulled. Counterpoint:  Always pull. 
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May 6, 2018 05:05
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So if I'm looking purely at "making Ixion less of a pain in the rear end," is this earth banner better or worse than the II banner? The chain is a huge draw, but there seems to be a lot more chaff on this banner and less +earth gear.
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May 6, 2018 05:56
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I guess if your existing earth relics and / or support core are magical I could see a potential case for II over Earth banner against Ixion but if we just strictly compare them against each other in a vacuum the really unsurprising conclusion is that banner with 14 earth relics is miles better for earth stuff than the one with half of the banner being other stuff.
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May 6, 2018 06:38
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I can definitely vouch for Galuf USB on Ixion. Makes the fight much less of an annoyance.
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May 6, 2018 06:38
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Pulled on Earth, went 3/11 with Dorgann USB, Dorgann LMR, Galuf BSB. Wish I'd snagged that Chain or more than 1 earth boost, but the USB looks pretty solid and an en-earth LMR is nice. Galuf's BSB is sorta boring and the crit fix is going to be redundant in some setups but eh. edit: And now I'm faced with the conundrum of whether or not to LD Dorgann. Doublecast Knight is definitely good, especially whenever we get the earth version of Assault Saber, but I already have Marche and Beatrix dived. He does cover a different element, though. Grizzled Patriarch fucked around with this message at 07:03 on May 6, 2018 |
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May 6, 2018 06:57
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pulled on earth, got Dorgann BSSB didnt want to pull on earth again since I already have a lot of them there. So pulled in FF2 again and got Leon LMR and Minwu SSB
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May 6, 2018 07:03
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Pulled for chain got 3 +earth relics instead. Can't be too disappointed with this tbh
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May 6, 2018 07:06
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:Pulled on Earth, went 3/11 with Dorgann USB, Dorgann LMR, Galuf BSB. I'd say dive, because Marche covers both elements competently and Dorgann is Earth Beatrix. Your Holy and Earth teams are now solid, grats~
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May 6, 2018 07:08
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:Pulled on Earth, went 3/11 with Dorgann USB, Dorgann LMR, Galuf BSB. Goondolences on only getting a top USB, a 6* earth sword and the corresponding LMR with a single pull. Hopefully the future holds better pulls for you. You should try Ixion before contemplating legend dives. Maybe you don't even need to LD him.
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Neutral Zone Trap posted:Goondolences on only getting a top USB, a 6* earth sword and the corresponding LMR with a single pull. Hopefully the future holds better pulls for you. Oh I'm happy with the pull, the "eh" was just for Galuf's BSB. Getting probably the second-best 6* on the banner and a useable LMR ain't bad at all, I've just been chasing that dumb earth chain for a while so it's always mildly disappointing to see a disco ball that isn't the one you really want. And yeah that's a good point, I'll give Ixion a whirl first. I've got a huge pile of 5* motes right now, but that's not a good reason to spend them unwisely.
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Dorgann dive is really solid, but note that you will not want to use Earth Saber on him most likely. His USB gives a Def boost, which along with some combination of wall/protectga/gaia cross means that he will max out Earthbringer pretty well. As prev noted, I rock an R5 Earthbringer on him (for the extra chase hits) along with Gaia's Cross for the def buff. He puts in a lot of work, and I don't regret his dive, but I would definitely try him out without the dive first.
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May 6, 2018 07:36
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Oryp posted:Dorgann dive is really solid, but note that you will not want to use Earth Saber on him most likely. His USB gives a Def boost, which along with some combination of wall/protectga/gaia cross means that he will max out Earthbringer pretty well. Do you run him with a gauge-boosting RM or an entrust bot? Seems like it would take a long time to get him going without a free slot for Lifesiphon.
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I pulled on the earth banner. Two 6* relics! I might actually get a chain! 2x Tifa USB. Didn't even get +earth items.
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:Do you run him with a gauge-boosting RM or an entrust bot? Seems like it would take a long time to get him going without a free slot for Lifesiphon. Depends on the fight, if he is going to be taunting many attacks with Gaia Cross, then Knight's Charge or whatever its called for gauge on hit is great. Otherwise I would generally use MM/DMT to start with USB, or entrust, yeah. Although assuming an earth weakness it doesn't take too long to build gauge with 5* abilities, and it is still good DPS wise with his en-earth LMR. Also, if you dive, the LM1 is only better than LMR if you are starting with USB right away.
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May 6, 2018 07:45
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If I use Ignis's BSB for earth reflect barrier, and Tifa's USB for nonelemental reflect barrier, does it go with the one that was put up last or does something weird happen?
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Bruceski posted:One pull on the Earth banner, I got Ignis's Chain, and Tifa's USB, BSB, and LMR (dupe but more +earth armor). Ka-ching! I got 3/11! Guy Record Materia Guy Record Materia Emperor Record Materia gently caress this gam
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May 6, 2018 11:19
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Elephant Ambush posted:It's just bad RNG. I have the same problem with Terra. Keep at it. Forgive my ignorance, but how do double-cast Legend Materia and Record Materia interact? Does the likelihood of a double-cast increase if you use both, or does it only count the higher one? Can you ever get a triple-cast if you have both? I've been using the Spellblade double-cast RM on a legend-dived Butts, and based on your post I've probably been wasting the slot...
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Andante posted:Forgive my ignorance, but how do double-cast Legend Materia and Record Materia interact? Does the likelihood of a double-cast increase if you use both, or does it only count the higher one? Can you ever get a triple-cast if you have both? A separate roll for each, nondependant on the results of other rolls. So a 25% doublecast LM and a 13% doublecast RM mean you do a single cast (.75*.87) 65.25% of the time, a triplecast (.25*.13) 3.25% of the time, and a doublecast 31.5% of the time.
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Bruceski posted:A separate roll for each, nondependant on the results of other rolls. So a 25% doublecast LM and a 13% doublecast RM mean you do a single cast (.75*.87) 65.25% of the time, a triplecast (.25*.13) 3.25% of the time, and a doublecast 31.5% of the time. Oh, okay. In other words, it isn't a blanket waste of a slot to use two sources of double-cast on the same character. Thank you, good to know!
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Me: Hey there, Earth Banner. I could REALLY use that Chain. Like, it would make the difference between not beating Ixion at all and maybe sub-30'ing it. Here's 50 mithryl. Earth Banner: Galuf USB, Galuf LMR, Ursula LMR, and Chain Me: Nice doin' business with you. Why aren't they all this way?
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May 7, 2018 02:07
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Remember autotarget rules. Just had a guy in the raid quadcast Blazing Strike. The last three casts of it went onto the fire gigas
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I thought they said they fixed that in one of the updates, that follow up abilities would hit the same target as the original ability, but even if I manually target something the follow up abilities always auto-target something else instead. It's dumb and it makes Kraken accidentally extra difficult because it keeps wasting doublecasts and follow-ups on the tentacles. Speaking of targeting, the MP Proud Clad fight's gimmick of doing four hits in a row got old real fast. That would've been a nice place to allow Draw to actually do something. Draw itself isn't a terribly unbalanced ability, it's the fact that retaliate means you counter AND dodge the attack that means they have to remove it completely to avoid neutering high-end bosses. I love drawtaliate but I wish it worked like in classic FF games and you took AND did damage so they could balance around it more often. And then High Retaliate or something could allow you to avoid the attack and counter.
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Bruceski posted:A separate roll for each, nondependant on the results of other rolls. So a 25% doublecast LM and a 13% doublecast RM mean you do a single cast (.75*.87) 65.25% of the time, a triplecast (.25*.13) 3.25% of the time, and a doublecast 31.5% of the time. This should probably be added to the OP, it's one of the most commonly asked questions.
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May 7, 2018 06:47
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Maybe something along the lines of: Does this stack?
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KataraniSword posted:Maybe something along the lines of: 
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Should probably add something about crit buffs too, like *Effects that set the critical hit rate or critical hit damage to a certain percentage do not stack and are known as crit fixes and crit damage fixes respectively. Abilities that have an innate critical hit rate or critical damage bonus (like Sky Grinder or Gaia Rush) have their bonuses added on top of fixes. So for example, using Gaia Rush (+20% crit rate) with a 50% crit fix results in a 70% crit rate.
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May 7, 2018 07:39
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Done. I'll work on cleaning up the bottom part of the OP soon and make it more cohesive.
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They've been layering on mechanics for so long in this weird mishmash of ways they clearly didn't intend I wonder if they'll ever just end FFRK and do an FFRK 2 kind of reboot. Do mobile games do that? Is that why there are 15 different FF mobile games
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May 7, 2018 07:57
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i love and also hate how much collective brain power is put into this stupid ftp gacha game
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May 7, 2018 07:57
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Do not pull on FFII banner 2. It’s been a while since we’ve had a banner this bad. That banner is garbage. Don’t do it.
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Neutral Zone Trap posted:Do not pull on FFII banner 2. I don't think I've ever pulled on the second banner of a regular event my entire time playing this game.
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Neutral Zone Trap posted:Do not pull on FFII banner 2. Don't tell me what to do, Dad (he's not wrong its really bad).
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:They've been layering on mechanics for so long in this weird mishmash of ways they clearly didn't intend Some mobile games do that, and usually it ends horribly. Reboots alienate the whales you've already got and don't draw in enough new blood to make up for it. Terra Battle 2 comes to mind. Kingdom Hearts Unchained X/Union X comes to mind too, but that's more of a retooling from a website game to a phone game. As for the constant FF mobile games, that's Square trying to throw everything at the wall to see what sticks. Picross and the like have a niche audience in Japan, so Pictologica comes out. Theatrhythm sold, so release the whole game with each individual song as DLC. Someone in Square gets their panties in a knot about games needing story, so you have Brave Exvius and Mobius. (I never said they had good stories, just that they had stories.) Before Tactics S and All The Bravest, Square stuck to actual "purchase this and play through it to the end like a normal video game" phone games but those never came out here. Nowdays, they've realized that gacha and microtransactions are where the money are.
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