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Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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Hogama posted:



Tomorrow! (Along with the rest of the outstanding MC2s- Gordon, Josef, Leila, Ricard, Desch, Tellah, and Fusoya.)

Are they seriously adding this poo poo 18 hours into Sundaily. ffffffffff

I'm so tempted to pull on Keeper's Choice 2. Like, I already have SG and Butz's Excalibur, and I kinda gave up on getting Ramza's Shout (at this point I have both Tailwind and Unsung Hero so I've got things to use SB bars on if I bring him along). But... the allure of finally having Shout! And of course TERROR's BSB, just for the hell of it. But I don't know about the freebie relics, I don't have any EnFire relics so none of the fire boosts would come in handy at the moment. ffff

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Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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...well, it was a fun few weeks having 100% RM's collected but that's not going to happen again for a few months!

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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LornMarkus posted:

I'm going to bed now but in the morning I'm toying with the idea of doing a Mithril Revive run: blitz it and gain as much SB gauge as possible before dying then reset and hopefully blow it away outright.

This is what I did, except I did hit and run - put Concentration II on healer, everybody in back row attacks, healer Curaja's, then flee from battle... lather rinse repeat. It's boring doing that 12-15 times (at least), but it saves a mythril! I just couldn't do this without more Medica SB casts because Pandora's Box is stupid.

Haven't attempted the 180 yet, I'll worry about that tomorrow

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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Sure give me all the FF13 synergy I guess (+ something for Arc). That's actually the first relic I've gotten for a Dragoon at all, I think. I've been leaving Sky Grinder and Dragoon Jump at R1 all this time because I had little reason to hone them...

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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1/11, Hamelin. Ok.

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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I had an out of town trip the last few days that left me so busy I barely touched the game at all, all my stamina went into running dailies when I could remember to do it. As such, I hadn't really done the current event yet so I've been catching up, and finally got to try out the Hamelin BSB that I pulled back on Thursday.

So... Eiko's pretty much my perma-healer now, huh. Holy moly...

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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Didn't even know the new Nightmare dungeons were tonight.

The Lucky Relic Draw for White Magic isn't even half-price? Pass. Even though not all the relics on that banner are strictly healing-related, I don't think it's worth it right now after pulling Eiko's Hamelin

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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now that's a good Lucky Draw. My FF12 physical synergy is already covered pretty well so I might as well combine the two Orichalcums. I already had Cait Sith's Yellow Megaphone but not gonna complain about getting the Green one, and I had zero relics for Agrias so the Kaiser Shield is more than welcome.

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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Haven't done the mote dungeon yet, just got around to doing the bonus battles though. Lamia was a fuckin SLOG, I tried bringing a mage team but the DPS was not all there, second Sheepsong RW ran out before the end. TERROR BALTIMORE's old Magitek Missiles SB ended up killing her. Was never in danger of dying thanks to a lot of mitigation, it was just... a long battle. Maybe I need to R3 one of these Chain spells already.

The 12 Ultimate++ Knights though? I have Pencil and Ramza BSBs, so.... nuff said. What a bloodbath!

I'd just used an MC3 lode on Pencil too to make him a slightly more ridiculous holy god of destruction, but I did pause for a second when I realized I can use an MC3 lode on Vaan now that I have his BSB thanks to the Debuff Lucky Draw. Next one then! I don't even know what my A-team should be now...

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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I'm on Android and I can't start the game since the update. Stuck forever on the initial loading screen. Force closed and restarted several times, turned the phone off and on, disabled wi-fi in case that was being goofy, nothing's worked. I worry about having to try uninstalling the game, although it SHOULD be connected to the Google Play account... I hope....

(All this stamina going unused right now :( )

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

TERROR BALTIMORE

flowinprose posted:

Try seeing if you can delete just cache data. I get a similar problem on my emulator (Andy) sometimes, and that usually fixes it.

It didn't occur to me to try that, and it ended up working! Thank you!!

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

TERROR BALTIMORE
ahahaha, Hit and Run worked wonders on the U++. It's super easy to build up SB bars for him because his first action is always Haste, followed by a physical attack that usually does less than 1000 to someone in the back row. I nuked the poo poo out of him with Vaan and Pencil BSB's, had Agrias doing Cleansing Strike and Saint Cross, Tyrone doing Breaks, and Eiko BSB to heal and raise everyone's crit rate. He ended up Stopping Eiko immediately after she got the BSB off, but that was the best person he could have Stopped because I didn't need any more healing and just continued to barf damage at him. I never even used my second RW Shout cast. I tell ya, I'm super blessed to have gotten Vaan BSB and Agrias Cleansing Strike on that Debuff Lucky Banner.

Using an MC3 lode on Vaan was nice too because he couldn't get 5-hit Thief's Revenge outside of FF12 realms before (or unless he had Burst active...). I realized that I'd been building up a bunch of motes I hadn't been using so I started buffing up Vaan further, and figured I may as well give Eiko some buffs since she's my go-to healer now... except she apparently doesn't have Record Drive access. What? Wasn't the last FF9 event focused on Eiko, with her on the banner, even though she wasn't a new character... and she didn't get Record Drive access? Okay...

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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I think I've drawn blanks on the 100-gem pulls ever since getting Pencil's BSB, but I managed to get Aerith's BSB from this. EVEN MORE HOLY DAMAGE. Not sure it's worth replacing Eiko BSB as my healer though?

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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did the event with Celes, Faris, Agrias, TERROR, and Eiko. That was fun I guess.

pichupal posted:

The Casino and Brass de Bravo 2 event that gave out Eiko's RD access happened at the same time as the Cloud OSB event in Japan, which is why the Eiko event didn't give Eiko access. We'll probably see the Dive next month when we get the Golden Roulette Event with the other instrument users (I think it's Sarah, Echo and Kefka)

Best thing in her RD is Bard 5 for Angel Song (AoE Heavy Regen) which only shows up the the Brass event anyways.

Aha I see, thanks for the info. Global is certainly a unique experience.

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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Panic! at Nabisco posted:

I'm gonna do this event's bonus battles tomorrow, still got sundaily to spend my stamina on and I'm not exactly worried about not finishing it, considering it's made to melt if Tidus's OSB looks at it.

Yeah I don't understand why people are rushing to do the bonus battles within the first hour when we still have 7 hours of Sundaily with x2 Greens. They'll be there for another week!

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

TERROR BALTIMORE

KataraniSword posted:

Because most of my good characters are at Lv80+, all of my less good ones are at Lv65, and I'm tired of burning stamina constantly on dailies just for more greens? :shobon: Besides, 62 stamina isn't even a full run of ++ Sundaily.

We got MC3's with Level 99 caps now though... unless you're just using a lot of eggs to get everyone to 99 ASAP. I only egged up Luneth for the RM but I have Tyrone, Pencil, and Vaan in the 90's right now slurping up the EXP. Even if it's only 62 stamina, still feels silly to drop everything to do bonus battles now now now, unless you're hurting for another MC3 lode to break. Mondaily isn't as useful as extra EXP right now.

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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Goodness, those bonus battles really were a cinch. I had fairly good synergy going into this so I haven't pulled on either of the FFX banners, and I didn't even hone Sapphire Shot past R2 (I'm really hurting for Major Lightning Orbs, honing Thief's Revenge to R3 did a number on me). Omega Weapon was indeed a bit of a slog once I ran out of Sapphire Shot uses, but Vaan BSB and Agrias Cleansing Strike was mitigating the hell out of everything except for Gravity... which Eiko BSB healed up nicely.

I really really want more MC3 lodes.

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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I'm most confused as to why Shantotto isn't on the size list.

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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KataraniSword posted:

The notification describes it as "youngsters". Shantotto and Papalymo aren't kids, they're potatoes. :colbert:

Then they should have called it "Age matters not" instead of "Size matters not" :colbert:

U-DO Burger posted:

Oh thank god the lucky banner is tomorrow. I've been itching for an 11 pull

Same. I'm actually sitting on 233 mythril and have no idea what I'm going to splurge on, but I'll always take a chance on half-price Lucky Draws

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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Cloud's Hard Edge and Aerith's Prism Rod. Already have Organics for Cloud and Aerith's BSB, so.... eh. Not gonna complain too much since I the last Lucky Draw got me Vaan BSB, Agrias Kaiser Shield, and Cait Sith Green Megaphone, so I was due for a worse pull, right

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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So what was the recommended procedure for the Witch Hats? Combine them into a 8+++, or have two 6+'s? I don't run mage teams very often as I don't have many good mage SB's, all I have off the top of my head (that aren't complete poo poo) are Rinoa BSB, TERROR Magitek Missiles, Serah SSB, and Exdeath Grand Cross. I have plenty of gil so I'm not really worried about reforge costs.

(okay Magitek Missiles really aren't that powerful but still)

Shock Trooper fucked around with this message at 00:48 on Nov 10, 2016

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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FF13 event doesn't start until Friday? Guess today is Dungeon Update day.

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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I started the 105-stamina Wutai Pagoda dungeon a couple hours ago, forgetting that tonight was the last of the Coliseum updates. Whoops!

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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Mmm.... gave Ashe BSB a try but I just don't have the juice to take out Omega. I have no native Faithgas other than Witch's Hat, and my only forms of Hastega are on Quistis's Cerberus (which isn't a terrible idea for this fight I think) and Eiko's Golem Flute. Hrm.

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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Worlds collide and people fade
Seeking gates through timelines, we've all prayed
Let's fix the past, trade it now to see smiling faces
This hope, heart of Chaos cannot take
Paradoxes must break, this is the path I must take
My destiny may change your fate
The pain my heart feels is my strength

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

TERROR BALTIMORE

Varance posted:

Switched over to my lv99 Ashe with Dusk's Decree. 427 MAG, which should translate to 575 magic vs Omega.

Friend code: FMsa

Thank you for this. Finally got Omega Weapon down to a combination of this, and just saying gently caress it to mitigation and putting Mako Might on Quistis since she had my only feasible native Hastega for this. Even though her MND was poo poo so Stops wouldn't last as long, I was still able to finally keep chaining them while Rinoa and TERROR nuked Omega down with the Ashe BNB casts. I really was overcomplicating this, but I also needed the DPS on the Cleansing Storms.

As for the Atlas Ultimate++... the only Drawtaliate character I had anything good on was Basch (Apocalypse Shield), but I don't think the extra damage from his SB helped out that much. A second Crushing Grasp landing right after I reapplied Shout made things scary, but still managed to finish him off on the first try before I could get Ultimate Roared into oblivion.

Now to figure out who to use this MC3 lode on. I was about to use it to break TERROR if I was still struggling with Omega Weapon. Agrias is a maybe now that I have Cleansing Strike, but usually Pencil is covering my Knight needs since I have his BSB. I still never really bring Ramza along on parties even though I have Tailwind and his BSB, since I usually let Tyrone cover breakdowns. Or I just say gently caress it and break someone who has an RM I want.... maybe Cloud for the 30% sword damage? Gah, I hate that these MC3's are being rationed out so slowly when there's so many choices.

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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Attestant posted:

I still haven't done Mote Ifrit, CM or not. Every time it rolls over, I just go "eeeeh" and leave it there.

Same. I even have native Rinoa BSB and I still can't be bothered. Maybe next time! (probably not)

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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Going forward, it's hard to justify pulling on the themed Nightmare banners now when your "guaranteed 5*" could still be a landmine like Healing Grimoire. At least when they were half price it felt more worth it to roll the dice. Except for the time I pulled 2 Healing Grimoires on the same lucky draw.

I do like how the select screen on each Nightmare has swapped out the word "Difficulty" for "Rounds". 20 Stamina, 130 Rounds... um

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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I've got 7 BSB's... Vaan, Pencil, Eiko, Ramza, Rinoa, Sephiroth, and Aerith. Still gonna totally pull on that Black Friday banner, half price or not.

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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AweStriker posted:

How is anyone even supposed to handle Vinuskar, anyway? I tried, but it does wtfdamage wtfast and if it decides to use Bite on any of its first three or so turns whoever it hits is basically dead.

Can't survive one hit of Bite? I mean sure, it was doing 4200+ before I could get mitigation up, on my first attempt it hit Vaan twice in a row and killed him, even with synergy bonus HP. On the second try it didn't pick on the same person and I was able to get Protectga and SG up, and from there the fight went swimmingly with further debuffs. The repeated Sword Dances for ~1000 were starting to add up but then Eiko got her BSB.

If you still can't survive the first Bite, maybe put Amarant's Draw Fire RM on a tanky character? Would still be dangerous unless they're in the back row though.

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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Shoenin posted:


and with that, I bid so long guys, I am done with this game for good if its going to give me a giant gently caress you like this.

"loving Terra"

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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Yeah okay, those bonus battles were pretty easy. I even accidentally killed the Flans and watched Flan Master revive them, had enough hones to kill them all again and still got full medals. The dolls were whatever, AOE's all day and they never got a chance to transform. Guess I don't have to pull on the FF4 banners after all.

Now back to figuring out when I should actually sit down and learn the gimmicks for these uncleared dogshit Nightmares.

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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I made the mistake of thinking this Ifrit was weak to ice too, so I brought my Rinoa with BSB. Whoops. I guess she did SOME damage, but....

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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No Gauntlets, but I had no FF3 synergy going into this so I'm not gonna complain

edit: also I don't know why one of the images broke

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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1/11, Rikku's Machinations. Is it any good if you DON'T have any other Water SB's to take advantage of the decreased resistance?

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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Fair enough! Just wanted confirmation that it stacked with other debuffs, that's cool then.

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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Bonus battles were easy with this new FF3 synergy, all clear first attempt with no S/L's. Ultimate+ was kinda fun! Ultimate++ got a little scary but wasn't too bad.

As for Ahriman... woof. Even with all that mitigation up (including Vaan BSB), that dude still hits HARD. Tyrone ended up dying before Eiko could get Prayer of the Lost off, but I didn't need another charge of SG and was able to blitz him down. Luneth with BSB active constantly interrupting his attacks with the 4-hit wind attack (with increased critical chance from Prayer of the Lost) put in work.

I'm sad there was no blank MC3 for this event though. I know we got the Onion Knight MC3 instead, but.... so many chars need breaking.....

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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poo poo, I got wrecked by the Guardian and completely forgot I had Sephiroth BSB. I don't think I have time to deal with this now, but I'll keep that in mind the next time the Nightmare dungeons open.

At least I finally got around to doing Mote Ifrit. Vessel of Fate RW was a godsend, since I wanted to bring in Rinoa since I have her BSB but at the same time I wanted to debuff the hell out of him with Vaan and Agrias. Fight ended up going beautifully once everything was in place. Can't imagine doing the CM though...

Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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3/11, 3 Uniques. Yuffie's 4-Point Shuriken, Fang's Partisan, Cid's Pole Axe. I don't really have much in the way of throwing weapons so I guess that as a stat stick (stat star?) is something, I guess...

I'm weak, I can't resist half price.

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Shock Trooper
Oct 24, 2006

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Bahamut SIN... whatever, no problem, of course. Had to slow down killing him to kill the 8 creatures, but I got full medals so missing out on that condition wouldn't have affected anything I guess.

Caius... it was pretty cute the way he hit my healer Eiko twice in a row on the first attempt and killed her before I could do anything. It's like the developers are saying "Yeah we know you guys like to S/L out of these fights, so catch these hands". Once he split up the opening attacks and I could get all my mitigation up, fight was a breeze, as expected.

Cagnazzo though. I remember when everyone was talking about how Cagnazzo was one of the hardest Ultimate+'s even in the Japan version, so I feared it. I almost didn't bother trying it because I didn't think my party was up to snuff, but I managed to clear it and was pretty stoked. Figured I could do it now with fun new toys like Rinoa BSB, but holy poo poo I am getting trolled to hell and back. The fact that he can start charging water at any time he wants, without any rhyme or reason as to when he decides to do it, keeps resulting in failed attacks. Oh I thought I could hit him with ice, now he's charging up. Hopefully I can get three attacks in in time... oh I guess not, the Tsunami came out and the last lightning attack whiffed. Fine, at least I can hammer him with ice for a while... oh look at that, he's charging water again. gently caress! On my second attempt he actually started off the fight charging water before anybody had even used an action yet, holy poo poo. I think I need to go with a different team approach...

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