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LornMarkus posted:And yeah, I still need to actually play War of the Lions, I bought it way back in the day but that slowdown on ability use was basically nails on a chalkboard for me and I barely made it at all into it. You can buy the mobile port where the slowdown is fixed! They fixed it by basically putting the game in permanent fast forward which is kind of irritating in cutscenes when everyone is running around like they're the Flash. Unless there's some menu option somewhere to slow it down (I only just got to the world map this morning). The control scheme also isn't great but it's functional. KataraniSword posted:Reis is either a dragon or a monk who can breathe fire. Your choice. Make Reis a Monk and give her the Holy Dragon form for a wardrobe record. Heaven Spacey posted:In terms of "This is an important character relevant to the story", there's a lot of ways they could go. The problem is that there's so many Knights and Spellblades. Elmdore would be a good pick just so they could do a Samurai. Otherwise, Weigraf and Folmarv, or FFTA/2 characters. Or Cloud. Who cares about important characters relevant to the story. Give me Worker 8. Of course, Worker 8 would pretty much just have Monk and Combat...but still, he's a giant robot and therefore is great and I want him.
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I couldn't let another chance for Excalibur IV pass me by so... Y'shtola's Omnirod is good, and I have my first XIV synergy weapon. This is my second Red XIII weapon in three days, which is a little weird, but will be useful for future CMs. Echo's SB is pretty good I think and I guess maybe FFI synergy might help someday? It's a weird pull, I guess I'm happy with it but I dunno.
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I wasn't able to lower Omega's attack, still got Champion. Halting Rumba and an Ashe BSB RW completely destroyed it.
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Nov 11, 2016 21:12
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Yeah getting Ramza to 99 is great for giving him more stats but his RM is crap (just turns your attack into Thunder Strike).
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Nov 14, 2016 01:58
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I tried the CM but couldn't handle it without a medica so...just stomped it with my A team. U++ was rough at first, but once Faris got enough gauge for her BSB, it became a lot easier. With Full Breakdown/Power Breakdown/Protectga/SG/Trueblade of Legend, his physicals only did 200 damage, and his magic attacks only 900. 
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Nov 15, 2016 04:13
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I already have Faris, Bartz, Rinoa, Cloud and Ramza's BSBs, so hopefully I won't pull any of those. Well, Ramza and Rinoa's wouldn't be bad since I could combine them, but I'd still rather get something new. Leviathan was terrible, since I have no petrify resist accessories. I also completely screwed up the first fight, accidentally keeping Faris in the back row so she was dealing garbage damage, and forgetting to wear water resist accessories on top of that. I won, but I didn't master it, so I had to do it again. It went much better the second time, didn't even petrify anyone (though I gave Selphie Esuna just in case). Since I'm behind on Nightmares, I just did Quadruple Foul today, and it went very well. Being able to stack Maria's Song/Shout was a huge help, and so was someone saying what to do in plain English. The official Reddit guide explained the barriers and stated what stat to lower which got me confused, so someone going "Hey use Power on top and Armor on bottom, then Magic on top and Mental on bottom the second time" was appreciated. I guess now I need to figure out how to take on the Tonberries.
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Nov 16, 2016 22:41
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Okay, how the gently caress do you do the Tonberries? I can handle the Tonberries themselves just fine, they're no problem. The problem is that when the Tonberry King shows up, I'm completely out of hones on everything I have, and then he just stabs me to death repeatedly while I can barely damage him. Here's who I've got: Locke: Thief's Revenge (R2), Lifesiphon (R3) Tidus: Dismissal (R3), Lifesiphon (R3) Lightning: Powerchain (R3), Full Charge (R3) Selphie: Protectga, Curaja Tyro: Slowga, Halting Rumba Locke has Valiant Strike, Tidus has Slice and Dice, Lightning has Crushing Blow, Tyro has SG, Selphie has Dreamstage. Is it just a matter of me needing more hones, or am I doing something wrong here? e: I realize Tyro has no offensive skills in my party, which probably cuts damage down significantly, but I don't know how else to make a party while still filling the medal requirements. Locke/Tidus/Lightning are the only 3 Celerity users I have at a decent level, I know Rikku gets Dancer, so maybe I just need to level different guys?
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Nov 17, 2016 04:08
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Dammit, I was down to the last sliver of health on Kaiser Dragon, had gotten the water/lightning requirements, and I accidentally pressed attack instead of defend with Krile. But at least I know I can do it. Now I just gotta keep trying again and again until I get lucky.
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Nov 17, 2016 05:20
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Yes, Kaiser Dragon is toast! Mastered it too! Took a few S/Ls of course, and I had a fight where AGAIN I pressed attack instead of defend on Krile, but it's done and I never have to do it again. Having Hope and Rinoa's BSBs was a huge help, as was having Sheepsong, and for healing I used Rosa with Wrath and that kept Divine Heal ready to go at a moment's notice, so I was able to RW SG for damage mitigation. Necrophobe...can wait a bit, I think. I can't even handle Tonberries at the moment so Necrophobe is not worth attempting at the moment I feel. I do now have a sweet Meltdown ability at least!
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1st AD posted:How the hell do you beat Kaiser Dragon? I have enough materials to create Meltdown, but I usually can't make it to the 2nd phase on that guy. The only mage BSSB I have is Rinoa's, I also have Minwu's insta-medica. This was my strategy, which worked great, though it does depend on a particular loadout. Hope: Chain Thundaga (R2), Waterja (R3), Battleforged Krile: Maduin (R2), Ixion (R2), Dr. Mog's Teachings Rinoa: Chain Blizzaga (R3), Chain Firaga (R2), Magic Madness Rosa: Curaja (R4), Wrath (R3), Ace Striker Edea: Thundaja (R3), Bioga (R3), Witch of Succession RW: Sentinel's Grimoire Phase one: The first character to get a turn uses SG, unless it's Krile (who uses Sheepsong) or Rosa (who uses Wrath). Halfway through Krile's Sheepsong cast, everyone starts casting, with Hope prioritizing Chain Thundaga. Rosa keeps using Wrath, since unless Kaiser Dragon uses Venomist, anything else only does 900-1200 damage with SG up, and regen brings that up quick. After casting Ixion twice, Krile holds off so she doesn't accidentally hit the crystal in phase 2, but everyone else keeps blasting, with Hope keeping at least one Chain Thundaga in reserve. Phase two: whoever has the correct element casts at the crystal first (unless it's earth, since I didn't bring earth abilities and they weren't necessary), everyone else blasts with whatever. Krile uses Maduin as much as possible to build up for another Sheepsong, unless it's in the lightning phase, in which case she uses the two remaining Ixions. Rosa uses Divine Heal/Curaja when necessary, and Wrath if she can sneak it in. Right after he switches to his second element, someone casts SG (all his attacks ignore RES in phase 3 so SG isn't important there). Since you want to hit the crystal at least three times, the second phase is where I started holding off on some casts, since his health was getting fairly low (phase 3 starts at 30%). If he hadn't hit both lightning and water by the fourth elemental shift, I just S/L'd, since it's not worth waiting longer than that. Phase three: Rosa spams Divine Heal/Curaja, Rinoa and Hope popped their BSBs. Krile's out of hones at this point so she just defended and cast Sheepsong when she had the gauge for it. Edea just continues casting whatever she has left, and that's the end.
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Nov 17, 2016 18:45
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Lightning Dive absolutely destroyed the U+, I took Flan Master down in two rounds thanks to it. U++ was a bit more difficult. I have decent FFIV synergy in general, but my best magic weapon is...an Ice Rod++. This meant I didn't have the damage output to finish off the dolls before they could combine, making the fight much more of a pain.
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Nov 21, 2016 20:34
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Huh, so apparently my phone will allow me to either listen to the music in the game, or listen to the sound effects, but not both. Also it constantly changes between no music/no sound effects.
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Nov 22, 2016 03:56
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Attestant posted:Related to this, when was the Thanksgiving daily mythril supposed to start? I was thinking it'd start yesterday, but since it hasn't happened yet I'm going to assume it won't start until it's actually Thanksgiving.
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Nov 22, 2016 18:01
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Two rainbows on my 11 pull. One was a useless Burning Fist VI. The other was Onion Sword. This is an okay consolation prize, yes?
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Nov 24, 2016 02:13
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Getting only Onion Sword still doesn't fix my severe lack of III synergy now, this is only my second 5* item, the other being Genji Gloves (which admittedly are pretty good). I have 21 mythril now, and between login bonuses and Thanksgiving, even with the Lucky BSB banner, I can get one more 11 pull on this banner I think.
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Nov 24, 2016 02:28
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SageAcrin posted:Oh, apparently the email sent out to MVPs confirms that the Burst draw will be one time. I'm still pretty sure (hoping) it is. Everything they've called Lucky Draw has been half price, when the Nightmare relic draws changed to full price and unlimited pulls, they changed it to "Nightmare Relic Draw" so I'm assuming that "Lucky" specifically refers to half price banners. I suppose it could also just refer to one-time pull banners but...let's be optimistic.
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Varance posted:Malak's BSB is the exact opposite of Rafa's, which is to be expected: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBV_2_0bPKA Well these are extremely inaccurate to the game, his attack is supposed to hit everywhere except where the enemies are standing.
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I thought RWing Vessel of Fate for the Kain U+ would make me able to fulfill the CM for it. Ha ha, nope. When the enemies can hit for 1500 damage or so through ProShellga, the game is basically yelling "You have to bring a Wall, dumbass!"
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Cape Cod Crab Chip posted:Is Divine Heal your only IV SB? If so, you may need to roll with two healers like I did. It's a game of rocket tag to drop Flan Master, cleanup after that should be manageable. CaptainPsyko posted:Bring a Garnet RW, give Rydia and one of Golbez/Fusoya/Tellah/Palom your two best Mage sticks and bring two healers and a support and just blow them all up with AE burst command. Ended up not using either of those strategies, but I still managed to pull it off. Just took me not being dumb with equipment.   Note: actual RW used was Vessel of Fate. So Edge didn't last long, as he was only level 50. He did get off an Eblan Dual Wield against Flan Master for a little over 15k damage before he went down at least. Rydia was first to summon the RW and then it was the Spellstrike/Bahamut (and then Meteor) combo as it lasted. Cecil and Rosa put up mitgation and Cecil did weak SCs before he was taken out. If he had survived he would've been the second RW summoner. What helped the most though as opposed to my first failed attempt was giving Kain and Rosa lightning resist accessories. That made all the difference. Oh, and getting lucky with the RNG and not having Flan Master reflect Flare off himself to kill a party member. That helped too. I really, really need more magical equipment synergy for IV.
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Nov 25, 2016 00:08
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Seeing Onion Knight jump from 1400 HP with synergy to 7000 HP with synergy after going up one single level is pretty great.
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One rainbow. Tiny Bee. welp And full price stinks too, if it had been half price I'd be able to do an another 11 pull on OK 1 or 2 since I desperately need III synergy. But at full price, that's not happening, I only have 9 mythril left. Guess it's time to start saving for the XIV banner.
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Nov 25, 2016 15:49
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I'd rather do the Nightmare Evrae fight a thousand times than have to do that loving Guardian fight once.
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I'll probably have enough mythril for another 11 pull on Onion Knight, but I'm debating whether to pull on 1 or 2. I already got the Onion Sword from banner 1, and I don't feel like I'm lucky enough to get the Gauntlets. Plus, it'd be neat to have the Eternal Staff too so OK could fill a magic role too, and apparently Refia's BSB is really good. On the other hand, everyone is saying that there's a lot of bad relics on 2? I'd hate to get stuck with something lousy.
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wizard on a water slide posted:How big of a boon would OK BSB be (i.e. do you already have both a physical and magic boostga of some kind) and what's your III synergy like? If the answer is "nice but not vital" and "I'm okay with it", at least, I'd just save the mithril for future banners, especially OSBfest. I have Shout and I have Sheepsong, so I have one boostga of each type. My III synergy is garbage, my best stuff is Onion Sword, Genji Gloves, Elder Staff, Black Belt Gi +++, and Dragon Helm +++. That's why I was hoping my first pull on OK1 would help my synergy, and it did slightly with the sword, but I was hoping for more.
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"Oh I guess I can bring Onion Knight up from 96 to 98. I guess it might help a little." >Attack goes from 183 to 229 Ahriman wasn't bad at all. I got worried because at the beginning of the fight despite my attacks doing at least 5k damage, it looked like its life bar was barely moving. That changed after I got off Faris' BSB and OK's SSB, but the real champion was Cloud with Climhazzard and Finishing Touch. And so now all of OK's physical side is completely maxed out. I need more 3* motes before I can do his magic side.
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Finally got into MP now that there's substantial rewards. Went to Dark Dragon and I had a competent party so things went well! For the most part, nobody was hitting the dragon after I put it to sleep with Ramza's Phantasm. It got a bit rougher at the end as a Cloud could only use Lifesiphon/Drain Strike, so it kept waking up, but the healing was good and someone brought along a SG Tyro. However, I am slightly annoyed I couldn't do better. I wasn't aware your SBs reset to the default when you first start MP, so even though my Ramza knows Tailwind and Shout, I was unable to use them in battle due to that. It's frustrating because Tailwind would have helped a lot. Didn't master it due to attack not being lowered, but I'll jump in another raid later I guess.
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EscortMission posted:Yeah I just soloed it, I like MP a lot but I don't see myself putting in the work to make sure I'm paired with three other well built parties. I'm having a lot of fun with MP, but yeah, sometimes you get paired with bad parties. I had one where nobody brought any sort of mitigation at all. The raid leader kept continuing, despite the fact that we were all going to fall to 5k damage Stonegas/Aerogas every time we tried, so I just had to close out and leave. Just mastered Dark Dragon, had some fantastic partners with me. I was worried when I brought Tyro and they brought Y'shtola that we might be overstocked on walls, but they had Aetherial Pulse and that went well with my SG.
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Even at half price this banner is a pass for me, because I have 33 mythril and I'm building up for a big pull on OK 2. I wouldn't make it if I pulled on this.
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Cagnazzo hit me with three Watera attacks before I could do anything, each of them dealing over 6k damage. What the gently caress.
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Okay, was able to master Cagnazzo. It seems like literally all he does is just prep Tsunami, so I ran out of uses of my lightning abilities at about 3/4 health. Fortunately Rosa's magic blink medica helped, as did getting lucky with Rydia's Chain Blizzagas after he'd let off a Tsunami. Cleansing Strike probably helped quite a bit as well. Of course, I had to have an opening where he used the full party Watera while Rosa used the SG RW, because if he used the three single target ones then that was a S/L right there.
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Caius, on the other hand, went down in one try. Onion Knight was in the back row, and ended up getting targeted by one of the opening attacks and Launch, but he had the beefiness to survive it with over half his life still intact. Agrias dispelled as needed, Ramza Shouted, Onion Knight broke, Cloud Lifesiphoned, and when Caius was down to half health or so, a couple of EnWind Finishing Touches combined with OK's SSB took him out.
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The only thing tempting me to roll on the Lucky Draw is I am in desperate, desperate need of mage weapon synergy for IV. This Ice Rod +++ is just...underwhelming.
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I'll probably go for Balthier on this MCIII since I have a fully augmented 8* Aldebaran. Even more damage out of that thing is pretty sweet.
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I got 50 mythril and went to pull on Onion Knight 2 in hopes of getting the sweet staff. Remember how people said that banner 2 was great and the only way you could lose on it is to pull Desch relics? Well...  At...at least it's III synergy... 
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After thinking about it a bit I'm a little more okay with my pull than I was initially. Since those swords are for Desch who's a hybrid physical/magic character, that means that for III content, my Onion Knight will have a strong weapon that also boosts his magic, so he'll be great for ninja magic as well as physical stuff. Is there anyone else other than Onion Knight/Desch who really benefits from a sword that's more geared towards magic?
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Okay then it seems like magic swords are good for a decent number of characters then. Now I feel even less bad about my pull. I still wish I'd gotten the staff though.
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:People mentioned a bunch but Ashe has a level 99 RM that boosts magic with a sword too I might have to get her MCIII this event then. I went ahead and combined the two swords since even with synergy, it had less attack power than a VII Ragnarok, and I can't imagine too many situations where I'd have more than one sword-equipping mage in III content.
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Decided to go ahead and attempt the CM for the III event since I was out of EXP dungeon runs, and everyone from the III cast is level 70 or above. It went really well! Luneth: Blizzaga Strike, Aerora Strike, Spellblade Master OK: Powechain Full Charge, Ace Striker (Onion Slice) Ingus: Power BD/Magic BD, Secrets of the Qu Arc: Protectga, Curaja, Dr. Mog's Teachings (Renewing Rains) Desch: Chain Thundaga, Meltdown, Impetuous Youth (Bolt of the Ancients) RW: Shout Arc's magic blink saved me from two Tsunamis, and he just cast Protectga and cured as needed. He did go down at the very end to a Flare, but at that point I'd already won. Luneth hit weaknesses when he could, and Spellblade Master triggered quite a bit which was great, as it got me through Salamander quickly. OK just did the PC/FC combo, and broke out Onion Slice when his gauge was full. Ingus just did breaks and regular attacks, but was definitely necessary. Desch just used regular attacks to build up his gauge until he could let loose Bolt of the Ancients on Kraken, then cast Chain Thundagas. Meltdown was a champ against Titan, and I got lucky he never used Quake, just regular attacks and Flare three times, only knocking a character out once (that being Arc, right before OK's Onion Slice took Titan down). Fun stuff, was expecting it to be a lot tougher than it was, and admittedly it would have been much tougher if I'd had a Quake or two used against me.
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Aw man I'm definitely pulling on that DU banner now. What do I have that's SSB or above, let's see. VI - Ichigeki, Valiant Knife, Excalibur iX - Tin Armor, Trident, Wizard Rod, Fairy Flute XIII - Peacemaker, Sirius Sidearms, Starseeker, Ninurta XIV - Omnirod, Ninja Chainmail Hopefully I won't get too many (or any) dupes. e: Oh yeah, I remember I have Ninja Chainmail now. Maybe I should level Thancred at some point in time, for CM if nothing else, since Yuffie is my top ninja/thief.
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