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Mylan posted:gently caress dunes. Just spent a full bar of 93 NRG and the best run I got was 1 jumbo and 1 regular cactuar. Don't have anyone that I absolutely need to level anyways I guess. My RNG was so bad with the cactuar dunes this evening that I realized I would have been just as well served running my Mercedes through the EXP vortex since I have an exp egg. Never seen so many green cactuars in adv.
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I'm, uh, going to assume Cup Noodles in the google doc list is referring to Noctis?
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AegisP posted:I'm, uh, going to assume Cup Noodles in the google doc list is referring to Noctis? Yep https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9PN8pzSn2Q&t=7s
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Dec 30, 2016 18:35
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Dec 30, 2016 18:38
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See even before the game came out I kinda figured Gladiolus was going to be my favorite for some stupid reason or another.
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AegisP posted:I'm, uh, going to assume Cup Noodles in the google doc list is referring to Noctis? There are few nicknames/references that aren't dumb as hell, this is one of them. 
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Dec 30, 2016 18:43
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Cup Noodles, and other types of ramen and such are as big in Asia as you might imagine. Recently here in Taiwan, the conservative, pro-China, newspaper (that regularly spews anti-foreigner fluff stories like Fox News does about...well anything that's not supporting a White, Christian, Republican viewpoint) decided to publish a piece about a white guy who just happened to be eating some instant noodles...the wrong way! See these noodles are meant to be enjoyed with the noodles separate from the soup rather than together in the same bowl. This of course drew harsh criticism from the paper for him being ignorant of local customs, while they found one person who applauded the foreigner for his unique method of enjoying the noodles. Cup Noodles: serious business.
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To be fair, I would hold a similar amount of disdain for anyone who makes a steak well done.
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Cartoon Man posted:Hopefully the next event isn't a mass of bullshit. Frosty is the best event we've had in months, sadly. I don't expect the trend to continue. Go RV! posted:To be fair, I would hold a similar amount of disdain for anyone who makes a steak well done. At that point, you might as well be eating warm beef jerky, drinking water with no ice, and jumping into light fierce. goons posted:cactuars Ah, this is a game we haven't played in a while: Has Gumi nerfed rates, or are we just having shared lovely RNG? Maybe I should bring along my Locke.
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Go RV! posted:To be fair, I would hold a similar amount of disdain for anyone who makes a steak well done. I'm with you on that one, but try to imagine if Bill O'Reilly went on a rant about a middle eastern guy who decided to eat crackers and soup and put the crackers right into the soup and not only suggested that this is the wrong way to eat crackers and soup but it was in fact downright unAmerican. Now that I type it I could actually see something like that happening... KataraniSword posted:Frosty is the best event we've had in months, sadly. I don't expect the trend to continue. Unique gear isn't that great, I mean better than the last event for sure, but overall meh. I like that the rewards are just right there though, I don't need to go buy them, but most of all I don't need to run the event 50 loving times a day to get them. Practically the minimum level of effort gets you all the tickets. Of course that's a poor strategy for getting casuals to whale a bit but it's been nice being able to mostly ignore the event beyond the daily missions. PaybackJack fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Dec 30, 2016 |
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KataraniSword posted:Ah, this is a game we haven't played in a while: Has Gumi nerfed rates, or are we just having shared lovely RNG? The latter. My first 5 dunes runs were all 2 gigantaurs, with one of them being 3 gigantaurs. That luck did not continue and I've been back to averaging a gigantaur and cactaur each run.
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PaybackJack posted:I don't need to run the event 50 loving times a day to get them This is exactly why this event is good and I expect the next event to be bad. The unique gear could literally be a poop emoji and it'd be worth it if you could casually grind tickets/gigantuars and could feasibly get a trust moogle without having to rely on rare summon luck for garbage "bonus drops" units or going without sleep. KataraniSword fucked around with this message at 19:46 on Dec 30, 2016 |
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Vax posted:All of you loving liars spend thousands on this game to get your 4th or 5th 5* base. I must be the only one in here with sub 100 spent. You cant fool me goons! Goons all have computer janitor jobs and no girlfriends, of course they have the money to spend on stupid games like this. I'm jelly of you Nocti-havers. Shoenin posted:See even before the game came out I kinda figured Gladiolus was going to be my favorite for some stupid reason or another. He speaks what we all feel deep in our heart, about Cup Noodle's versatility. It's available at fine stores worldwide! PaybackJack posted:Cup Noodles, and other types of ramen and such are as big in Asia as you might imagine. Was it the dipping kind of ramen? There's a Portlandia about that.
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:Was it the dipping kind of ramen? There's a Portlandia about that. Here is the specific brand if you're really curious. Basically you are supposed to cook the noodles, drain them, then mix them with a paste and add a power packet to the water to create the soup. The package even comes with two bowls and pictures to follow if you're so inclined to actually look at the directions on a package of instant noodles.
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If I have a pile of Bartz laying around its safe to smoosh them together yeah? Doublehand seems decent but badly outclassed by dual wield.
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Servaetes posted:If I have a pile of Bartz laying around its safe to smoosh them together yeah? Doublehand seems decent but badly outclassed by dual wield. Depends, there are uses for it. DKC likes it, as it's a good buff, and DW will make him kill himself constantly. Garland LOVES it because he has it innately and it stacks with itself if it's from different sources. (Like two materia would be useless, but innate/materia is great)
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Doublehand only stacks once if the character has it as an innate passive (IE: Garland), and that's the only place where it's worth it, so you won't need a lot of them
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Servaetes posted:If I have a pile of Bartz laying around its safe to smoosh them together yeah? Doublehand seems decent but badly outclassed by dual wield. If you play the Japanese version you can stack them still IIRC. Global doesn't get to have that fun. Having 1, maybe 2, would be fine unless you run a squad of 5 Garlands or something.
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Go RV! posted:To be fair, I would hold a similar amount of disdain for anyone who makes a steak well done. Ugh. triggered. Well done steak is just a euphemism for "throwing away perfectly good meat"
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2016 needs to end already so my Noctis can wield Excalibur & Demon Scythe rather than Excalibur x2.
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AegisP posted:2016 needs to end already so my Noctis can wield Excalibur & Demon Scythe rather than Excalibur x2. whaleproblems.txt On a serious note, I have a question about item bonus mechanics and stat pots. Do items like Hero's Ring apply the +10% bonus to the base stat with stat pot increases included? Or the just character's innate stat for their current level?
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Benthalus posted:whaleproblems.txt Stat pots directly increase base stats, so any +% materia or ability also gain in potency since the base stats they modify are increased.
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Stat pots add to your base stats, therefor making any percentage increase (Hero Ring, Blade Mastery, Axe Mastery...) even more potent.
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Dread Frost was surprisingly easy, especially after you get his spell. I'll take the free barblizzaraeroga that counts as an ability, thank you.
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 Noctis OP (note that's 30k not 300k damage) Drainer from blood sword heals for like 8k x2.
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So I did back of the envelope math to get a ballpark of how much Dyer, the whale in the lead of the raid, has spent. I know of no better way to check my math than post it publicly to be torn apart by goons. Assumptions: 290 energy a day, all spent on Snowy. Dyer is max rank and thus has 110 energy per refill Did frosty offensive elite right from the get go With these assumptions it looks like he spent a smidge over 10k lapis. I'm shocked by the risk/reward being shown there. Edit: Wrong max rank and energy per refill. Oops. So UNDER 10k lapis. I feel people have this idea that he's spent way more and it's not worth chasing or they are using it on grinding TMs. Vexrm fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Dec 31, 2016 |
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The max rank is 150 now for 135 max energy.
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On the other hand, that's a little less than 10K Lapis - the premium currency equivalent of about $90 (or $48 during the current sale) - being spent for absolutely no benefit to the player. People who spend that much TMR grinding at least get awesome gear and abilities to show for it, and if it was spent during one of the Mog events you could argue he could just overload on 6* Awakening materials or is gunning for buying out the one-off items. No, this is someone who's dropped respectable amounts of money just to be on top of a leaderboard for a week, and then to get three trust moogles. 
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Vexrm posted:So I did back of the envelope math to get a ballpark of how much Dyer, the whale in the lead of the raid, has spent. I know of no better way to check my math than post it publicly to be torn apart by goons. I think something is wrong with your math. Assume that the dude had 900k point before lord frost the ultimate arrived. Total Points/points per run = total runs so 900k/160 = 5625 runs. Total Runs x Energy per run = total energy spent so 5625 * 20 = 112,500 energy spent total. Energy gained by time is negligible so Total Energy/ Energy per refresh = Amount of times refreshed so 112,500/135 = 833.33. And finally that * 100 = total lapiz spent, so Its over 83k lapis spent.
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Fenrir posted:Ugh. triggered. Well done steak is just a euphemism for "throwing away perfectly good meat" Jokes on you, I like the lovely meat and I like it cooked until it resembles a shoe. Or maybe they're just serving me shoes, I don't know and it's delicious. Dry turkey is the best turkey too. Anyway, dread frosty is a complete chump and I'll have this event done with before it's over for certain now. I'm only farming pro because it's a complete snooze of a fight, but it's still pumping out 125 points a fight.
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Is there any point to getting more event points once I get the 12000 point Trust Moogle? I'd much rather spend my time farming cactaurs but I'm wondering if I'm missing something.
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Captain Vittles posted:Is there any point to getting more event points once I get the 12000 point Trust Moogle? I'd much rather spend my time farming cactaurs but I'm wondering if I'm missing something. You aren't missing anything. Once you get to 12k just do whatever it is you want to do.
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Do the extra stats from stat pots carry over when a unit awakens? Or they wasted on non-max tier units?
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Gains from pots do carry over, the caps do increase as a unit awakens though. Use 'em as needed, just be mindful so you don't waste pots because you hit the cap before hitting a character's max rank.
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KataraniSword posted:On the other hand, that's a little less than 10K Lapis - the premium currency equivalent of about $90 (or $48 during the current sale) - being spent for absolutely no benefit to the player. Bragging rights are priceless and Dyer is likely someone who spends $5000+ a year on the game, so what's an extra $50+ to boost their own ego? People spend hundreds/thousands in games like Clash or Clans or Game of War on a whim (and lose it when people dog-pile them).
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Scrublord Prime posted:Gains from pots do carry over, the caps do increase as a unit awakens though. Use 'em as needed, just be mindful so you don't waste pots because you hit the cap before hitting a character's max rank. How can you tell when you've hit a character's cap with pots?
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Nuebot posted:How can you tell when you've hit a character's cap with pots? The pot type you are maxed out on will be blacked out when you go to enhance the unit and you won't be able to select it as an option anymore. You'll still be able to use other pot types just not the ones you're maxed on. Not sure if it's a total number of pots that maxes it or the number you increase the stat by though, I'm assuming it's the latter
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Captain Vittles posted:Is there any point to getting more event points once I get the 12000 point Trust Moogle? I'd much rather spend my time farming cactaurs but I'm wondering if I'm missing something. There won't be any secret additional awards? I hope not.
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Captain Vittles posted:Is there any point to getting more event points once I get the 12000 point Trust Moogle? I'd much rather spend my time farming cactaurs but I'm wondering if I'm missing something. you get rewards based on ranking it's in one of the news items
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