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bizarre deformity posted:I have the Full Metal Rod & Kuja is lv 80 Kuja carries that rod, casts Memento Mori, then summons Hope's BSB. Command 1 proceeds to do 20-30k damage per cast depending on debuffs and such. For the rest of your party, you want: someone that can cast Protectga, at least one Dancer 5 carrying Multi Break and Magic Breakdown Dance, and then at least one Dancer 4+ with Mental Breakdown dance. Yuffie is particularly good for that last role, especially if you have a thrown or fist or dagger or Bow with Mag (even off realm) that she can use; I had her doing 6500 damage with an FF2 bow w/110 Mag, Fire Veil, and appropriate + element materia. Swift Bolt would be equivalent. After that, fill up the rest of the group with whatever (magical) Holy, fire and Lightning damage you can scrounge up (Ninjas, as mentioned are great. So would a spare white mage with an extra medica and Diaga). Maybe toss in Power Breakdance for some extra mitigation if you have the slot free. Honestly, the BSB will do most of the work. If you can get Kuja to 400 Mag unbuffed, throw in Memento Mori and Mental Breakdown and he can literally solo the thing in terms of outgoing damage.
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Cleretic posted:Trash mobs shouldn't have Roulette. No, bosses shouldn't have roulette. Trash mobs can be killed before they cast it. (I also just brought my R2 Curaise instead of Curaja which solved all my other problems. It's not like any of the pre-bonus stages required much healing.)
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Oct 15, 2016 23:47
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PhysicsFrenzy posted:Extremely late to the party, but I finally beat that loving zombie dragon and nabbed my MC III lode. Reviving bosses are the death of me, not totally sure why. Here's my party breakdown in case anyone else is struggling: Reviving bosses might be the death of you because your breakdowns only look to be R2; remember, every time the boss 'dies' all it's debuffs get cleared and have to be reapplied.
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Oct 16, 2016 04:41
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Not only is Beatrix's BSB AoE Holy, it also applies an effect known as Imperil Holy; what that doesnis makes bosses vulnerable to attacks that do holy damage (such as, for example, Beatrix's burst commands, and many of the Knight skills she can use.) The bonus damage isn't massive (+20% - it adds up once/if you get some other holy damage dealers in your party, but for just Beatrix, it's weaker than the 'enelement' category of effects that competes with imperils for space), but the great thing is that when you hit an enemy with an element that they're vulnerable to, you get more SB gauge from that hit.
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Oct 16, 2016 07:01
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:Oh wow, that's pretty thorough! In addition to those listed: We can expect White Mage and Summon focused nightmare draws in the next few months as well, which will each offer exclusively mage relics for the most part (Beatrix sneaks in on the WhM draw), at the cost of having some dated items in the pool. Still, if your issue is not even having a baseline floornof good stat sticks to work with, it's almost certainly your best bet for a diverse pull. (Also, Garnet's BSB, Vincent's Shotgun and Edea with Sorceress Crown, plus a support and a healer, is absolutely a solid mage A team. Ideally you replace Vincent with somebody you can draw an en-element B/SSB for, but Edea is a Faithga + Hastega on a mage that can MM+DZ, and the Garnet Burst is perfectly strong enough on a very decent summoner.)
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Oct 16, 2016 09:49
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victrix posted:I'm sitting on a small pile of MC1 lodes and hero souls, what would be a good collection of 65 RWs to gather? You'll want to start targeting the +20% damage materia. First off, Ricard's +20% attack (Dragoon's Determination) and Vivi's +20% Mag (Devotion) are uniquely overpowered and haven't been repeated. Both are must grabs, but I'm pretty sure you can get both from realm rewards and then farming for a drop, no lodes needed. After that, focus on +20%'s for weapon types and schools you use a lot. Decil and Beatrix for swords. Cyan and Sephiroth for Katana. Edgar for Spears. Irvine for Guns. Leila and Locke for daggers. Agrias for Knight. Paine and Celes for Spellblades. Shadow for Ninja. You get the idea. There are more.
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Oct 16, 2016 10:00
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KataraniSword posted:"Significantly increases damage" is +20% on weapons and +30% on skill sets, mostly to balance out that the weapon damage boost happens with everything the character does, including basic attacks and SBs. Some SBs are coded right for the +damage (and/or doublecast) procs to kick in, particularly burst commands, but it's pretty rare, most SBs are NAT or PHY. Yeah, this is correct. Black/Summon/Spellblade bursts in particular tend to be well behaved in this regard. For others it's often a crapshoot. Anyway, here's a pretty good list rather than my scattershot off the top of my head list. https://amp.reddit.com/r/FFRecordKeeper/comments/4ept28/musthave_record_materia/
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Oct 16, 2016 10:09
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:Are generic MC3 crystals going to start showing up in most events from now on? I'd really like to get at least one for Luneth's douple XP record, but there's no way in hell I'm beating this U+ undead dragon with level 60-70 characters, no Full Break, bad synergy, and low hones. We'all be getting one per event, so, more or less weekly MC3s.
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Oct 16, 2016 19:06
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Prav posted:the catch is that we won't be getting nearly enough eggs to keep up with the crystals. The breakeven point at luneths RM is six months of only sundaily. Three months of all dailies.
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Oct 16, 2016 19:14
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flowinprose posted:This depends on whether you are using it on a solo character or in a group of several others using the 20% chance of double xp RMs. The assumption is based on full parties. Literally the least friendly circumstance possible. Zurai posted:There are also orbfests and event XP dungeons to consider, so it's actually much shorter than that. Exactly. If you want the RM, just bite the bullet and feed him the eggs ASAP because it's a cost that will eventually earn itself back.
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Oct 16, 2016 19:48
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By the way, folks pulling Vivi's Staff in this draw - gear him out and put it up as your roaming warrior. It's the ideal choice for blasting Meltgemini.
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Oct 17, 2016 02:22
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Panic! at Nabisco posted:U and U+ down, those weren't bad at all. Kraken scared me a bit with Ultimate Freeze but after I had magic blink going he went down easily. Given the tools you have, consider tilting more towards offense, skipping the magic blink, and bringing Y'shtola as healer and Garnet as summoner. If you pour on the damage, Meltgemini is going to waste four turns on scripted attacks, two of which will do zero damage (especially if you time a Garnet SSB properly) before ever doing something truly dangerous.
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Oct 17, 2016 05:26
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IcePhoenix posted:I don't know how these things work, but does a higher mind make burst mode last longer? Because considering most people are RW-ing BSBs for the attack/defend commands, getting enough mind to do get an extra turn or two out of burst mode may be worth losing a little damage on entry. No. the only effects that get prolonged by MND are the 'standard' status effects - protect, shell, haste, regen, and debuffs like poison, sleep, sap, silence, etc. Stat modifiers like burst mode and breakdowns and boostga are unaffected by mind.
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Oct 17, 2016 05:40
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Lechtansi posted:ok, i finally picked up 50 mythril and i'm trying to decide if i wanna pull on Elko 1 or not. There's also Quina's hairpin. That said, I probably wouldn't pull on this one if I were you. The only way it's a maybe is if you have Tidus's BSB and intend to go deep for his OSB. If you're not riding that very specific plan, don't chase on this banner.
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Oct 17, 2016 06:33
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Armitage posted:that's the first time that's happened in a long time around here. Play the lottery! People get 5*'s from the dollar pull here all the time? 
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At a first glance, consider using both wizard rods and Vivi burst RW's. Quina's with needle fork, Beatrix spamming Lifesiphon in P1-> SB/Saints Cross in P2, with Quina doing support things and one slot left for a healer. In general, Meltman is going to benefit from an overwhelming offense strategy. You want to nuke one of the twins within 5 rounds to prevent their meteors, then kill the second while a Magic Breakdown is casting along with all the holy and fire damage you can muster. If you can get him below 50% HP before his third turn, his script resets. Kill him before his 5th turn, and you'll literally never see his Bio. It goes like this: T0: Kill Clowns T1: AoE Poison (no damage) T2: Meteor (ignores Res. Hits for ~1500 with proper breakdowns) At this point, Bio becomes availiable to cast. When his HP goes below 50% though, the following script starts: T3: AoE Sap (no damage) T4: Meteor (same as before) That means if you can unload with SBs/BSBs that hit him as weakness, his feeble HP will melt away and the scripted attacks are v manageable. Especially with a well timed DG refresh. (Zorn and Thorn are similarly super scripted. They'll hit fairly hard with fire and ice AoE on turn one but then will spend the next few rounds doing weak phys attacks to the party member with the highest HP, giving you plenty of time to top off.)
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Oct 18, 2016 16:28
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KataraniSword posted:They didn't, if I'm reading right - they're taking a 3 billion yen loss in damages by closing down these offices. Which is technically worse since they decided this was the more reasonable option. I mean, that's, what, 30 million dollars? Severance and continuation of benefits and whatever other obligations they might have to some 300 US employees can easily eat up a significant chunk of that right off the front.
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Oct 18, 2016 17:38
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bilperkins2 posted:Do dual-element SB's count towards both Mastery Conditions? No. the one that is listed first counts.
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Oct 18, 2016 19:26
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:If I can barely squeak by in regular Ultimate fights, should I even attempt any of the Nightmare dungeon stuff? Pretty tempted by all the major orbs and neat accessories, but that's a lot of stamina to spend if I'm just gonna get stomped. A lot of the nightmare trash fights are much easier than actual ultimates.
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Oct 19, 2016 03:27
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AweStriker posted:Skytank seems to be worse; I am having an awful time trying to get all my mitigation up before it murders someone with Turret Fire. Equip KO resist accessories and skytank becomes a chump.
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One big caveat about Thief's Revenge: it only really comes into its own for thieves around level ~70-75. (Subtract ten with realm synergy). Prior to that, it's basically a good drain strike and doesn't justify its orbs, so hold off unless you're ready levelwise. In general, a good 5* priority order is: 1) Hone Full Break to R2 2) Hone Multi-hit elemental skills that you can boost. That means Chain *-ga if you have a Mage with an En-Element B/SSB, Saints Cross if you have any Excalibur/Lightbringer but especially one of the newer ones with Enholy/Imperil like Cecil, Celes, Beatrix, etc. 3) Strong skill combinations that lean into your relics. PC/FC if you have tools for Lightning/Zell/Tidus/Gau/Zack, Dragoon Jump (or wait for Thunder Jump) if you have stuff for Kain/Freya/Fang/etc., Dark Zone for an Edea or Golbez or Kuja or you get the idea. After that, you get into niche stuff like multibreak, or 'I need a strong skill that lots of mans can use for CMs' reasons to Hone full charge or TR or chaingas, and so on.
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Shoenin posted:Hey guys That's what she said?
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Oct 21, 2016 04:50
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:Got Leon's axe and 2 of Maria's bow. That axe Burst seems pretty good against any boss weak to darkness (especially with a built-in drain attack), but the bows are kinda meh at this point I think, unless I'm missing something about it. Is there a reason to keep both of them or should I combine em? I don't think I've used a bow even once so far so I dunno if even a combined one will ever see much use. The magic boost is nice, but I've already got Vincent's shotgun and Edea's crown for that, and they don't stack, right? I'm guessing both of them are better mages than Maria, too, since I never hear anything about her. They don't stack, but the bow is equivalent to a rod, just has fewer users. Specifically, in terms of black mages or summoners, Echo, Maria, Arc, Ashe and Serah can use it. Yuffie and Thancred can also use it as a top tier ninja magic weapon. Maria is fine. She has among the highest Mag stats in the game, and her burst is one of the best. But this SB is Just Another second-rate Faithga, so, yeah, mainly useful for Cids Missions and such.
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Oct 21, 2016 05:15
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KataraniSword posted:At the moment your only other options are on Desch or Barret, but Lightning's future BSB2 has an imperil lightning baked in, if memory serves. Desch is enthunder not imperil. (Unless he has both? Anyway that SB is bad.)
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Pander posted:*meteor* Nah he said he has Dreamstage, so it's more like *meteor* *dreamstage* *meteor - miss* *meteor* *the boss should be dead by now, honestly*
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:My Debuff Lucky Draw gave me Agrias' Kaiser shield. So the SB itself seems pretty decent (Having a Knight with a debuff can be pretty good), but after actually checking the equipment it actually boosts Lightning damage (the element) and can be used by Lightning (the character). I have her SSB and a Lightning boosting sword so that's pretty exciting, unfortunately the only debuff I have for elements is Balthier's Fire SSB so there's not much overlap there. Sort of. The big two are element buff equipment (armor and weapon), and En-element buff SB's, along with multi hit skills that can take advantage of them, all on one character. Lightning with Lightning and her SSB isn't quite there, but her second BSB adds the enlightning to put it over the top. Tidus can do similar things with Water and his BSB and OSB once that comes out. And at this point everyone knows about the sort of hilarity Cecil or Celes can put together. The elemental debuffs are less important - it's only 20% damage (versus 50-80% for the enelement buff), and of course if the boss is already vulnerable, it's not giving you anything, and if the boss is resistant/immune it's probably not giving you enough damage to justify ignoring that resistance. The big advantage is that attacks against an elemental weakness generate SB gauge faster. That adds up fast. So, for example, that Balthier SSB means that after the first SB cast, Firaga Strike is a better attack than Lifesiphon on an otherwise neutral target. And it means that any mages you have should grab a fire spell rather than an ice spell when choosing arbitrarily for a boss with no weakness or immunity. But if the boss is weak to Thunder, you should probably just load up on that element and ignore the SSB imperil effect. It'll be nice for boosting the damage of chaining the SSB, but won't be as good as just hitting a real weakness. But in general Imperils are your lowest priority until you start looking at shenanigans like an all Paladin team carrying excaliburs with multiple honed copies of Saint's Cross or whatever. They're nice to have, but don't chase them. (Of course, some imperil SB's are very very good, independent of being imperil effects. Beatrix comes to mind.) Chevy Slyme fucked around with this message at 10:17 on Oct 30, 2016 |
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KataraniSword posted:Wait, what? So even F2Ps who haven't been particularly "lucky" with dupes will get to kiss their wallets goodbye with some actual +++ 8*s? No, everyone who has been playing for a year gets the +++ and two Rosetta Stones. Literally everybody gets the +++.
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Oct 30, 2016 18:13
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flowinprose posted:Does combining the pumpkin increase the evasion on it? We won't know until it drops, but probably not. (The Japanese pumpkin wasn't bugged, so we don't have a comparison.)
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Oct 30, 2016 19:10
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AstraSage posted:Draw Report for Larsa 2: (2/11) Platinum Shield and a Off-banner XIV Sword with Shared Self-Boost. Plat Shield is the best offensive item on the whole banner. Combine it with a no-synergy Excalibur and Saints Cross and that's one less slot in your CM party that needs synergy gear for literally every realm except 7/11/13/14 (and most of those will be solved in time).
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Panic! at Nabisco posted:Bartz can use throwing weapons too, and he's my go-to spellblade, so I actually get a decent amount of use out of synergy throwers for realms where I don't have tons of synergy. I mean, definitely combine it up to 7*/++. But burning the resources to reforge it is... questionable at best.
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rare Magic card l00k posted:I'm sorry in advance for spamming you with this in multiplayer: 
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1st AD posted:I've been MIA from the game for a couple weeks since I was overseas and couldn't successfully connect to the servers to save my life. Anything on the current banners worth pulling on, or should I wait? If you have Tidus's Burst (Rasmatazz/Abe's All Star) and especially if you have hat and Quina's golden hairpin, the first FFX banner is really really good. Tidus OSB and BSB and that weapon and the new skills in this event all synergizes magnificently for one of the most potent "everything on one character in a neat little bow" package this side of paladin Cecil Excalibur Funtimes. Otherwise, there's a lucky draw tonight, then save for Onion Kid or Orlandu
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Grozz Nuy posted:Ashe's BSB commands count as BLK, right? Does that mean they have a chance of triggering twice with Blood of Espers, or should I stick to Devotion instead? If the command isn't drat close to capping out at 40k damage, devotion is probably better anyway.
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SageAcrin posted:Thing about Sheepsong(as a beginner thing); Hastega+Heavy Regen alone is a pretty solid Soul Break. One thing about Mage teams and beginner hones is that the standard advice in that regard is a bit outdated. You need a bit more of a baseline (you can't cover your lack of protect/shell/breaks with wall, for DU, you still need some way to cover trash), but in the era of VERY GOOD Mage burst RW's, having two mages with synergy weapons and sheepsong means you don't actually need many honed spells of your own for most content.
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NGDBSS posted:If I've managed to collect all extant characters thus far, do I need to care about keeping any more Souls of a Hero? Similarly, do I need to care about keeping any generic MCs when I collect all of the personalized ones? Only if you foresee yourself taking several weeks off for some reason and missing new intros. And even then, you'll get enough souls to catch up super quickly on returning.
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Elewem posted:Pulled Abel's Lance, and was disappointed due to it not being a Sleip Tail and the fact that I left kain in the 30's level wise. Then I read what all it did. I still want a Sleip Tail, but this is a pretty good consolation prize. I read someone mentioning an upcoming new skill called Lightning Drive, though I feel like I'm far from being able to get it, something to look forward too though. The Rydia whip is mediocre long term. That kain spear is one of the best BSB items in the game. You did good.
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Necrophobe is a butt. That said, the solution, as with several of the last few nightmares, was to slow down in P1 to allow the person with the good SB to spam Wrath a few more times. (In the past that was usually a magic blink on Rosa. In this case it was Wakka for his BSB). Once I was actually pushing into P2 with a one two punch of Wakka BSB (the full breakdown carries into P2 for some extra damage early on) -> Celes Runic SSB RW, with my buffs up, and had Wakka's gauge charged enough to cast his BSB pretty much every time my rooms were fading (either as an all-clear or to put up 3-4 of them at once, either way worked) and Ramza lifesiphoning up Tailwinds as needed it became very manageable.
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RagnarokAngel posted:I understand wanting to control 6* abilities but goddamn they're just not worth how long it takes to forge one let alone hone it. I mean, the "how long it takes" is entirely a matter of waiting, and not frustrating repetitive farming, so while they're arguably a let down after the wait, infail to see how "clearing all the content and getting a sometimes very useful skill" isn't really worth it. I mean, I play the game to play the game and beat as much of it as possible. In doing that, I'm going to get Meltdown and Curada and Snowspell Strike and Northern Cross and I'm gonna use them because they are in fact good and useful skills.
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Schwartzcough posted:Protectga literally is a status effect and will absolutely stack with pure +Def buffs. It even ignores the buff-stacking caps. Or to get technical, pure DEF buffs like from Bartz' Trueblade of Legend is status ID 604, while Protect is the unique ID 207. The same is also true of Shell, (and, though it doesn't actually matter Haste). If it can be cleared by a normal dispel, it will stack with the effects that can't, is an okay way to think of it if you have trouble keeping track. Alternately, just remember that Protect Shell and Haste stack with everything that isn't a second casting of protect shell and haste, and that they "don't count" when determining what the other stat buffs on an effect (the attack on shout, or the +res that is on Echo's SSB along with shell) will stack with.
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