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KnoxZone posted:Most CMs can be done with little synergy and native SBs, but they usually require good hones, levels, a really solid plan and occasionally some luck. I basically have nothing for VIII and X and have pulled through every time. The reddit has someonr who puts up a thread for beating the CM each event with no special items/SBs. Always a good read even if you do have good gear since the tactics are beneficial regardless. I was certain I'd fail the first Bahamut SIN fight, ditto the first CM in FFX vs Braska. Both times help from or SA thread and the reddit discussions gave the necessary insights on team setups, necessary hones, and so on. I've only ever used thr 2* skill Dagger Toss for one fight, and it was to slay the first CM boss. 
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How is Faris optimally kitted out with her BSB? Since it doesn't stack with Full Break or Breakdowns do people use it more as a supplementary source of mitigation? Something like Ramza as main support and Faris as a thief, and then they swap to DPS and support when a BSB is ready?
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Nov 26, 2016 06:29
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Thanks for the tips! I've spent nary a 4* nor 6* mote thus far but perhaps I'll start after I run Faris through some Ultimates.
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Nov 26, 2016 06:45
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Last fall I spent every mythril on the first XIV banner and went something like 0/45. Then I saved for months and in the spring spent 150-200 on SSB5 and FFT but missed out on SG and Shout. Haven't pulled on any realm-specific banners since then, just the Lucky Draws and 2 Burst Festival banners. Patience finally paid off: Onion's BSB and a Lust Dagger on my first 11x! 600+ mythril still saved up for OSBFest and XIV and Thunder God. 
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Nov 27, 2016 04:54
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I have a Lust Dagger and Onion Gauntlets, but after that all RS gear are the special 4* items like Gaia Gear or some reforged 3* items. Banner 2 has some very nice items, but if I can manage to complete the CM U+ now, am I best off waiting until the next III event to pull for more relics and tackle the Ahriman CM?
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Nov 28, 2016 00:25
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Someone mentioned they were 2 mythril short of a pull on the BSB lucky. The new multiplayer dungeons offer 6 mythril and there's 1h40min left to draw.
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Any of y'all still need to tackle the Diff 99 and 140 multiplayer dungeons? I'm hoping to pick up the mythril while splitting the stamina cost with some pals. 
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Dec 1, 2016 18:46
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Snazzy Frocks posted:I got good groups in MP by looking at the setups and jumping ship if there were really weak links. One-shot everything I just can't find any teams at all, it's been deserted when I take a look.
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Bad MP players failed to assist in mastering the 140 Diff Dark Dragon so I missed out on the 6 greater orbs. I know that's worth 20 stamina to re-run with a good group, but is it worth 60 stamina to re-run solo if I don't come across a good group? Getting 6 Greaters from 2 levels of a daily would be a solid result, but there's 0 chance at a Major which may make it negative EV.
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OK BSB and Penelo BSB are silly great together in the Multiplayer dungeons  Is the upcoming orbfest the one that makes refreshing non-optimal due to some drops being tokens that are redeemed for a finite number of rewards?
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Nihilarian posted:Personally I think that her actual, in-game abilities are more important to determining her skill access than her role as "the girl" in the Turks. A white-mage knight appears
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Dec 3, 2016 00:52
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Ooh, SSB+ makes it a must-pull just for accumulating gear, hopefully the 1+ SBs will be solid too. FFVI: Tiara SSB, plus some early Unique and Shared SBs FFIX: Garnet SSB, plus some early Unique SBs FFXIII: Lightning SSB, Vanille SSB, plus some early unique SBs FFXIV: Y'Shtola SSB, plus some early unique SBs I'd actually be A-OK with most of the potential dupes, except for another Peacemaker since I already more XIII guns than I can realistically equip. Good luck everyone!
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Thancred's Hasting Air Knives Cid Raines' Holy Gloves Cyan's Stop-inflicting katana First XIV physical weapon and it's a Hastega to boot which is great. Cid's gloves appear to imperil Holy which could great with Hope and Penelo BSBs if I can obtain a Mnd+ SB down the line. The katana could provide decent CM options, especially if AoE is needed. 644 mythril still saved up, plus the usual dollar pulls, for festivals and XIV and Tactics.
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Attestant posted:How? That is some goddamn iron will. 100 gem pulls satisfy the gacha itch, and I save for festivals and top-tier banners. Having the foresight of JP (banner analysis, G5, etc) helped with the patience. Also had kept all useful 3*/4* items since I started so all Ultimates and CMs have been doable thanks to decent free RS. AweStriker posted:Or a severely beaten wallet. Nah, although the 100 gem pulls add up. I can justify that as a monthly fee for a really fun game, but I could never spend more than that on a banner.
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100 gemmed Leo's sword Does make it harder to justify pulling for Excalibur though, although I suppose having her original Runic makes that less of a pressing need
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Zurai, you had mentioned that Celes' Indomitable Blade was a proto-BSB when paired with top skills. Would Runic do more or less the same, save for Holy-spamming bosses, or is there another significant advantage (besides damage vs no damage)?
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Indomitable Blade RW made Sorceress U++ pretty trivial, just had to save SBs for the final assault. Tempted to make an 11x pull on Banner 1 for a chase at IB, and also to try and get any of the below for the first time: - Any SB for a physical darkness user; - Any Insta-damage initial SB; - Any Magic Blink; - Any 5* VI Mind stick; - And both CritUp and Last Stand would be brand-new as well. I know that the most talked about future banners are XIV, OSB Fest, and Thunder God Cid, but how does this VI Banner 1 stack up with the rest of them? Does the unique nature of the AoE BSB plus the potency of Indomitable Blade + Snowspell Strike, plus my above list, make this one of the stronger banners in the coming months? Thanks for any feedback!
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SageAcrin posted:This isn't a bad banner at all-it has some distinctive stuff(The OSB is the only multitarget one as of JP, the Bursts are fantastic and Relm's is one of the best in general for survival) that those banners lack. YoshiOfYellow posted:Don't discount Leo's SSB on this banner either. It's got the cool feature of adjusting its damage output based on the number of targets so it's always going to do relevant damage whether you bring it to an AoE or a ST fight. To be more specific it does 480/540/600/750 potency to 4/3/2/1 targets respectively. The Imperil Holy is the cherry on top. I picked up Runic in an old Lucky Draw and lucked out with Leo's SSB last night with the 100 gem pull. My VI relics are an old lot though, with everything dating back to summer/fall 2015 asides from Leo's sword and Terra's SSB hat. I'm fortunate enough to have been able to combine some Crystal Helms and Royal Crowns to provide sufficient stat boosts in the meantime. If a Mog item was on this banner I'd have already dropped 100+ mythril chasing it, but as it is I'm torn between "saving for future power-creep" and "ooh, unique-ish shiny items for characters from the first FF game I played". In V I've managed to pick up BSBs for Bartz, Greg, and Faris via Festival/Lucky draws, plus a ton of non-SB armors, but you raise a good point with ExDeath offering a similar skill. Now that I think of it, my best FFV Mag relic is still a ++ Fire/Thunder Rod, so it would be a good thing to aim for regardless. Thanks for the advice, it's super appreciated! This thread helps make this phone game more enjoyable than a lot of modern console stuff. Edit: Has there been any substantive theorizing about when a FFXV event may arrive? I know that the simultaneous XIV event last fall was a surprise, so I also want to keep that possibility in mind when budgeting mythrils.
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Got wiped in the final phase of Ultimate MP because the support and healers decided to go all-out assault.
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For thr orb prioritization question, here's what worked for me. Of course YMMV due to some R1 5* skills being rewards and the power creep in bonus battles. Full Break R2 was my first 5* hone, and was my only 5* hone for many months 4* hones were Power Breakdown, Armor Breakdown, and Magic Breakdown since I primarily ran physical-Shout teams. Curaja for heals. I honed a R4 and R3 Lifesiphon for my best SSBs, Banishing Strike for Dispel and Holy weakness, and a few other miscellaneous physical skills. After that I hoarded until U+ CMs prompted me to hone Saints Cross, Dark Zone, Powerchain, Full Charge, and Dragoon Jump up, along with several Ajas and Dances. Never honed anything significant for: Monks, Thieves, Summoners, Bards, Samurai, or Spellblades. Just focused on Support, Knights, Healers, and the select high-DPS versatile skills listed above. Hope this is of some help!
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EscortMission posted:Minor KO resistance also affects gravity, which is the real thing KO resistance is desirable for. I ain't keeping around these Momento Rings for nothing. They (i.e. status resists) don't stack iirc, and Gravity-type attacks have a 303% hit rate which means you require moderate or major KO resist to get it under 100%. (FFRK math is weird).
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Zurai posted:Neither of these statements are true. Ah whoops, hopefully my ignorance helped inform some other people. 
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KataraniSword posted:goddamn Kill Bill jumpsuit I'd legit consider spending mythril on either of these if they were offered. Actually, a monthly Wardrobe Record gacha that cost Greens or Gil would be pretty awesome. Anyways, two things that dawned on me as I began working through the latest DU: 1) With orbfest coming its a good time to deliberately stall at 4 stamina shared and save the cheapest-stamina dungeon for a mini-refresh 2) During the JP 2nd anniversary they halved the cost of all story dungeons. If you aren't in urgent need of more mythril or orbs then it may be worthwhile to min-max by saving the non-stamina-shard dungeons until then.
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Queueing up AoE SBs just before Atomos summonef his first 3 gems sure made the final stretch a squeaker. Only 1 was felled by those two massive counter-attacks thankfully, and Slow/Dismissal bought the necessary time to win. Now if only I could figure out a working setup for this VI CM. This one's been surprisingly tough.
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pichupal posted:Just finished the U+ Cid Mission. Not too bad with a mixed team + Onion BSB since between all the Mages, Celes and Shadow it's easy to get your Lightning abilities in there. I was struggling with Celes/Setzer/Terra/Kefka/Mog until just now when it went really smoothly. Probably due to bettr anticipation of the 70% & 40% HP Barriers so I didn't waste turns, and finding a VI-synergy OK BSB so Swiftspell could hit for 14k~ per use. Plus a lot less gravity attacks, maybe I had bad RNG the first bunch of attempts. Anyhoo, now I can look at Nightmares #4 - #9 and figure out which ones I have the SBs, hones, and patience for.
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Huh weird. Cleared some friends before to make room for newer BSBs, and re-opening the app just now I got a new pop-up offering 3 friends to add based on MP setups.
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I'm hoping to clear out the Nightmares this round, strike it lucky on either OSBFest or XIV, then create 6* skills and unlock 6* motes based on the new A-Team. I figure the Nemesis and Diff200+ dungeons will be the time to start spending these thousands of Major Orbs and hundreds of Crystals/Motes. What's the upcoming bottleneck for Majors based on what JP has received? For a while everything needed Power, then Wind, then Black had a resurgence. Is Dark the new coveted drop?
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Dang, 1/11 dupe pull on VI Banner 1. Oh well, that'll teach me to deviate from.the "hoarding for the best-of-the-best banners" strategy.
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1st AD posted:Is there a good guide to beating Nightmare bosses? The only one I've beat to date is Ultima Buster, and that was down to luckiness with the RNG and a reraise RW. I can't beat any of the others despite being able to clear 180-level content. https://www.reddit.com/r/FFRecordKeeper/comments/5hdj76/dervish_record_celerity_2_nightmare_dungeon/
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Did I miss some Kyoon-level crazy or just dumb hate-speech sort of ranting?
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CaptainPsyko posted:There were three posts about twenty times each across 5 dozen or so threads. Haha yea a good number of my bookmarked threads had the same "post deleted" pop up, aside from the one linked above. C+ effort though, far cry from a classic Kyoon or Toblerone screed.
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Neat. Meltdown Nightmare can be mastered with just one of the required weaknesses being exploited with the right setup. That must have been a good number of double-digit S/L's otherwise.
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I've read the megathreads for all the Nightmares so I have a good idea how to approach each one. In terms of frustrating boss mechanics and/or chances of one-shot kills, do any of the following stand out as more/less reasonable than the others? Neo Bahamut Quadruple Foul Northern Cross Curada Affliction Break
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I'm torn on the Celerity Nightmare. Choosing to pull here would not impact OSBFest, XIV-1, XIII-2, or Tactics planning, but would put a dent in the nest egg reserved for 2nd Anniversary banners. It's a tough choice between hoping to add coverage on more characters and realms, versus saving for pulls on gear I'd use for Diff 200+ bosses. Pros: 7/9 OSB/BSB are for characters for whom I have only default SBs. 10/16 SSB are for characters for whom I have only default SBs 2 BSB and 2 SSB would be upgrades over current SSB/SBs 14/25 relics are for realms in which I have poor physical RS (II, IV, VII, X, XII, XIV) A strong Thief relic would give reason to create Mug Bloodlust Cons: Full-Price Power Creep is Getting Steep (Torment, etc) 4 Dupes (albeit 2 would be useful dupes due to weak RS) Would appreciate an outside perspective!
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ETB posted:Pull once and call it a day. The potential for good OSBs is strong. I might hold off if there is a better OSBfest banner, but that is your call. The OSB Fest banners are a tough call when I consider my needs/wants and existing relics: B1 - 4 great items, 2 very good, 1 ok, and 2 dupes (Tiara, Thyrus) B2 - 5 great items, 3 very good, and 1 dupe (SG) B3 - 5 great items, 4 very good B4 - 2 great items, 2 very good, 4 ok, and 1 dupe (Ninurta) B5 - 1 great item, 3 very good, 4 ok, and 1 dupe (Onion Gauntlets) Right now I'm leaning towards 1 pull on B1 and B2, and up to 2 pulls on B3. So yeah, if I pull on the Celerity Lucky it will just be one 11x, and then cross my fingers at least 1 of the non-dupes.
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Yay, mastered all Nightmares, and stamina is due to max out just a little after 8PM EST. 'Twas a good day for FFRK. Edit: Reddit search isn't working well at the moment, and I was wondering what the current split was between O/BSB, SSB, Unique, and off-banner for standard event banners, and what a reasonable split for the OSB Fest might be. For standard banners at this time it's 1%~ per OSB/BSB/Unique, and 2%~ per SSB, with a very low chance of off-banner yea? For the festival would you expect 1% for each of the 4 OSB/BSB and 2% for each of the SSB/Unique? I presume it's impossible to know until some data is collected? kalensc fucked around with this message at 00:10 on Dec 23, 2016 |
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Schwartzcough posted:I'd say another weakness of banner 1 is that it has three substantial duds if you already have a wall, in Y'shtola's old relics. And I believe they're high-% relics, so a lot of people are going to end up with those items over the top prizes. I just know I'm going to end up with 3 omnirods and nothing else... Yeah, I've saved for months based on the hype but hadn't really read the details on the items available. I have all 3 of Y'shtola's relics (2 robes, 1 of each rod) so it's hard to rationalize pulling despite the fantastic top prizes.
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What are USBs exactly? The jump in quality for SB to SSB was helpful, SSB to BSB was significant, but BSB to OSB has seemed less eye-catching. Do USBs become the new item to save mythril towards? Or is still primarily BSBs that defeat the toughest content in JP?
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