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  • CruorCruor Registered User regular
    Maybe they'll give better compensation because of it. I could do with some more Gigantuars to feed to Exdeath. Which reminds me, I need to get the equip hat materia for him. I should be pretty set for him equipment-wise (double earrings, Wizard Rod, Creepy Mask, etc) once I strip Kefka down.

  • TalithTalith 変態という名の紳士 Miami, FLRegistered User regular
    Talith wrote: »
    I hope you guys weren't planning on playing today

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  • El FantasticoEl Fantastico Toronto, ONRegistered User regular
    It's all good. At this point I expect the compensation to be 300 lapis, 5 Gigantuars and Gil Snappers, 2 tickets, and 75 NRG refill. Woo.

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  • ArtereisArtereis Registered User regular
    Something must be downright fucked.

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  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    It's all good. At this point I expect the compensation to be 300 lapis, 5 Gigantuars and Gil Snappers, 2 tickets, and 75 NRG refill. Woo.

    it should literally be 264 NRG or equivalent lapis. there is no excuse for a 22 hour maitenence.

  • El FantasticoEl Fantastico Toronto, ONRegistered User regular
    In all seriousness, it's a big cause for concern. A single extended maintenance is one thing. For this many delays to have happened, there's some problems. It's not just a single issue or bug fix anymore. We'll never know the real reason, but you can bet it's a major issue.

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  • RiusRius Globex CEO Nobody ever says ItalyRegistered User regular
  • El FantasticoEl Fantastico Toronto, ONRegistered User regular
    Dunadan019 wrote: »
    It's all good. At this point I expect the compensation to be 300 lapis, 5 Gigantuars and Gil Snappers, 2 tickets, and 75 NRG refill. Woo.

    it should literally be 264 NRG or equivalent lapis. there is no excuse for a 22 hour maitenence.

    Oh, I agree. I was being facetious. Whatever compensation they publically announce they will hand out for this, likely on their FB account, I wouldn't be surprised if it got bumped up with something extra in a separate announcement, because they've done it before, such as the arena reset that they didn't initially announce they would reset or compensate for.

    Ah well, more time for FFXV tonight! :D

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    The added what, one Trial, and preparation for the new banner and maybe Christmas stuff? The hell did they manage to fuck up this badly for such an update?

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  • WaveformWaveform Registered User regular
    My guess is the UI update is the big problem. I work in software development and if your UI is poorly engineered it will be a constant source of bugs and problems every time you touch it.

    And we all know the game is poorly engineered at this point, so....

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    Ah, wasn't aware there was a UI update in the maintenance. That might do it.

    We'll see how long this blog lasts
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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    Eh, I can't imagine it's anything more in depth than the Halloween update. And that already shows they handled a UI update without this kind of clusterfuck.

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  • chrono_travellerchrono_traveller Registered User regular
    It must have been the icon change. ;-)

    The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. ~ Terry Pratchett
  • MackenzierMackenzier Gold Star Police Ninja Lurking... less than usual.Registered User regular
    I partly hope they give up some Gears... would save me some horrendous grinding.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    theres also the payout for the facebook thing too

  • ElementalorElementalor Registered User regular
    I'm getting Brave Frontier flashbacks.

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  • RiusRius Globex CEO Nobody ever says ItalyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2016
    Here's a long, long image, so I'll link it;

    https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/lapis-news/prod/en/img/news_banner_FFXIIIHangingEdge_week2_update_2.png

    But it says that the "gears drop rate has been increased", lol. Glad I haven't been grinding this event before now.

    Rius on
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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    Rius wrote: »
    Here's a long, long image, so I'll link it;

    https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/lapis-news/prod/en/img/news_banner_FFXIIIHangingEdge_week2_update_2.png

    But it says that the "gears drop rate has been increased", lol. Glad I haven't been grinding this event before now.

    I give at least a 33% chance that they mean Lightning/Snow/Fang get bonuses too.

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  • TalithTalith 変態という名の紳士 Miami, FLRegistered User regular
    The drop rate increased because hey look Lightning is 100% bonus and she is on everyone's friend list

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    Elementalor
  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    I've collected ~20k gears so far. I'll be miffed if they increase the drop rate.... But also relieved.

    Trajan45
  • TalithTalith 変態という名の紳士 Miami, FLRegistered User regular
    Oh hey server is actually back on.

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  • Magus`Magus` The fun has been DOUBLED! Registered User regular
    So what's the strat for the new trial?

  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    Looks like gears are doubled. Much better.

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  • RiusRius Globex CEO Nobody ever says ItalyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2016
    urahonky wrote: »
    Looks like gears are doubled. Much better.

    So, back to the previous event's rates? That's not bad; my derpy Sazh plus a geared Lightning friend clearing the PRO should net 500 gears a run, then. I can live with that.

    They upped the compensation to 500 Lapis and 5 Summon Tickets, too. Now, do I try to get a Lightning, keep trying to get a Gilgamesh or start saving them again for something going forward?

    Rius on
  • ArtereisArtereis Registered User regular
    Pretty sure I'm all in for Orlandu at this point.

  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    I wonder if they increased the spawn rate of the cactaurs.. I've run into two already.

  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    they also appear to have increased the metal gigantuar rate. I've gotten 2 in 2 runs.

    Riusurahonky
  • RiusRius Globex CEO Nobody ever says ItalyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2016
    Good news all around, then!

    Edit: Daily was a blue -> yellow that popped as a Garnet, which I hadn't had before. Huzzah for new units!

    Rius on
    chrono_traveller
  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    it also looks like they have slightly buffed the first 3 levels of elite and nerfed the final boss.

  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    Compensation is 500 lapis and 5 tix btw

  • TalithTalith 変態という名の紳士 Miami, FLRegistered User regular
    I'll take it. 500 more lapis going towards Zidane TM grind and 5 shadows.

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    urahonky
  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    Did a daily just for shits and giggles. Got a Vanille.

    Ran it three times before I remembered to sub her in for Sazh.

    I only saw one cactuar in ~6 runs though, but yeah, doubled (and Vanille replacing Sazh) is super nice.
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    I should be able to add 75% to that multiplier tomorrow when I can sub in Sazh for CoD and rely on a friend Lightning for that extra damage. Not even sure I want to pull on the banner even for the extra bonus though. I'm pretty sure a whale-enough Lightning can solo(ish) clear it, so I'd just need Refia for the phys buff, but Hope and Fang are 100% worthless, even on just a TMR level.

    Also, yeah, WHALES DISABLED is a pretty fucking major bug. Which is still not fixed. Good work, Gumi. Looking forward to more maintenance tomorrow.

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    Lightning will Counter even if you trigger her physical evade ability FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

    We'll see how long this blog lasts
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  • Trajan45Trajan45 Registered User regular
    urahonky wrote: »
    I've collected ~20k gears so far. I'll be miffed if they increase the drop rate.... But also relieved.

    yeah looks like I may go for the trust moogle since I'll have so many gears now.

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    urahonky
  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    Aegis wrote: »
    Lightning will Counter even if you trigger her physical evade ability FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

    You think that's bad? She'll also counter if she's petrified. She just edges forward and somehow does damage.

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  • Magus`Magus` The fun has been DOUBLED! Registered User regular
    Dunadan019 wrote: »
    they also appear to have increased the metal gigantuar rate. I've gotten 2 in 2 runs.

    What difficulty?

  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    Well, Two-Headed Dragon is down to about 50% hp and I've triggered Dragon's Voice at least a half dozen times. This is not as terrible as I had thought.

    It helps that Elza Auto-Reviving removes the debuff.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    Magus` wrote: »
    Dunadan019 wrote: »
    they also appear to have increased the metal gigantuar rate. I've gotten 2 in 2 runs.

    What difficulty?

    I got two in 10 runs on Pro.

  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    Dragon down. Item used: 4 Elixirs, 1 X-Potion, 1 Phoenix Down, & 1 Mega-Ether

    Many people died this day. But Brute Force Strategy was successful!

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  • Magus`Magus` The fun has been DOUBLED! Registered User regular
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    Not too bad, just really slow. Good luck on that no death goal.

    AegisTalith
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