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  • SpectrumSpectrum Archer of Inferno Chaldea Rec RoomRegistered User regular
    38thDoe wrote: »
    Spectrum wrote: »
    Already beat all of WoFF, so back to other content...

    I created Ifrit and Shiva and honed them along with Ramuh to Rank 4 in preparation for a semi-grindy battle. And then Garnet's BSB2 broke this battle over her knee for CMD2 of 40k/turn. And Terra chipped in to make it even more hysterical by doublecasting Maduin twice also for ~40k/turn. I purposely slowed down damage in order to create a single token Orb in Phase 2 before blitzing past and then kept destroying it.

    Anyone try this with a BSB summon rw?
    There's no reason it wouldn't work. I've seen Garnet's BSB1 recommended as a good one to use to blow up Phase 3.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    The randomly-cast 2-hit Breakdowns from Setzer's USB's Gamble Break mode have names based on card suits.

    Spades is Power
    Diamonds is Magic
    Clubs is Armor
    Hearts is Resistance


    Also, Umaro's ally Heal ability is "throw ally". Kinda hilarious.

  • RiusRius Globex CEO Nobody ever says ItalyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2017
    Well, I took the return of the fest banners and this morning's 50 mythril stockpile as a sign. If DeNa wants to give me one last chance at the top half of the 2nd fest banner, who am I to stop them? C'mon Faris USB!

    2/11 - Enuo's Scourge, Enuo's Scourge

    Weeeeeeelllllllllll that didn't work, lol. But on the other hand, that all-dark villain team got a lot stronger because I now have an 8* Enuo's Scourge.

    Rius on
  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited April 2017
    I really want to try pulling for Faris' USB again. It's very tempting, which I suppose is the point.

    Javen on
    Spectrum
  • TakelTakel Registered User regular
    Rius wrote: »
    Well, I took the return of the fest banners and this morning's 50 mythril stockpile as a sign. If DeNa wants to give me one last chance at the top half of the 2nd fest banner, who am I to stop them? C'mon Faris USB!

    2/11 - Enuo's Scourge, Enuo's Scourge

    Weeeeeeelllllllllll that didn't work, lol. But on the other hand, that all-dark villain team got a lot stronger because I now have an 8* Enuo's Scourge.

    I admire your ability to go "Let's spend some mythril" because you have it...

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  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA mod
    Not as sure on phase 1, now that I think about it. If I want to hone existing skills I need wind and dark, and if I want to prep for future skills (Tempest Snipe, Icicle Shot, Ruby Spike) I need lightning and dark, and I'm further behind on lightning. Current totals:
    Pow: 255.01
    Wht: 185.42
    Blk: 242.36
    Sum: 70.93
    Neo: 216.57
    Fir: 157.57
    Ice: 111.94
    Lit: 60.21
    Ert: 210.49
    Wnd: 91.1
    Hly: 125.45
    Drk: 103.49

    Sidenote, whatever happened to Power orbs? There's literally nothing coming up that uses them, and if it weren't for Guard Bringer we'd never need Holy or Earth again. It's mostly Black, Dark, Non and Lightning coming up, with some secondary ice.

    Gnome-Interruptus
  • AshtonDragonAshtonDragon AKA The Nix Registered User regular
    I said I wasn't gonna roll again, and now I have Kain's and Yuna's BSBs. I dunno what happened, I blacked out.

    Guess I'm not rolling for Onion's stuff after all.

    RiusKnight_NarbusA duck!DarklyreJoe Camacho MKIIFryGnizmosilence1186JragghenBluecyanJean
  • FryFry Registered User regular
    Heh, apparently Boundless Nemesis can drop greater summon orbs. So if you've got him on farm, you can get the best orb per stamina efficiency on that fight. :X

    Gnome-Interruptus
  • RiusRius Globex CEO Nobody ever says ItalyRegistered User regular
    Takel wrote: »
    Rius wrote: »
    Well, I took the return of the fest banners and this morning's 50 mythril stockpile as a sign. If DeNa wants to give me one last chance at the top half of the 2nd fest banner, who am I to stop them? C'mon Faris USB!

    2/11 - Enuo's Scourge, Enuo's Scourge

    Weeeeeeelllllllllll that didn't work, lol. But on the other hand, that all-dark villain team got a lot stronger because I now have an 8* Enuo's Scourge.

    I admire your ability to go "Let's spend some mythril" because you have it...

    I have never been good at hoarding, it's true. There are very few things I've saved up more than 2 pulls for that I actually have; Locke's Valiant Knife, Y'shtola's Wall and Papalymo's Faithga are pretty much it. I have a lot of good stuff but it's all random things from dungeon lucky draws, 100 gem pulls or unplanned festival acquisitions.

    The downside is I have 0 mythril now. I was going to spend this 50 on FF3 banner 2, and while I can still put 50 there it'll have to wait until towards the end of the banner. And I'll only be able to do that because of the Portal app reward of 10 mythril on the 14th, and the extra incoming from the new daily dungeons. And that'll depress my stock for the next FFV event a bit, but what can you do, eh? Before that is the dungeon update, which I can clean it out and blow 23 mythril + 120 gems on that lucky draw, and be back at 0 again, but it's FF3/12/14 and I could use lots of things from those realms.

    Saving is for suckers, though; look at the horror stories of people who saved 400, 500, 600 mythril and didn't get the thing they were chasing.

    Gnizmo
  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA mod
    Rius wrote: »
    Well, I took the return of the fest banners and this morning's 50 mythril stockpile as a sign. If DeNa wants to give me one last chance at the top half of the 2nd fest banner, who am I to stop them? C'mon Faris USB!

    2/11 - Enuo's Scourge, Enuo's Scourge

    Weeeeeeelllllllllll that didn't work, lol. But on the other hand, that all-dark villain team got a lot stronger because I now have an 8* Enuo's Scourge.

    Yeah, I got an 8* of that too, and I'm not sorry to have a +dark rod that's 173 MAG off-realm.

    Rius
  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    Hahaha. What the fuck. I didn't even notice the orbfest came back and blew all my stamina murdering the Rose of May ult. Oops. Not like I need orbs for anything in particular anyway though.

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  • BrodyBrody The Watch The First ShoreRegistered User regular
    So I know OK's BSB is on this coming banner, but does it come back after next weeks banner?

    "I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."

    The Monster Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson

    Steam: Korvalain
  • RiusRius Globex CEO Nobody ever says ItalyRegistered User regular
    A steak! wrote: »
    Rius wrote: »
    Well, I took the return of the fest banners and this morning's 50 mythril stockpile as a sign. If DeNa wants to give me one last chance at the top half of the 2nd fest banner, who am I to stop them? C'mon Faris USB!

    2/11 - Enuo's Scourge, Enuo's Scourge

    Weeeeeeelllllllllll that didn't work, lol. But on the other hand, that all-dark villain team got a lot stronger because I now have an 8* Enuo's Scourge.

    Yeah, I got an 8* of that too, and I'm not sorry to have a +dark rod that's 173 MAG off-realm.

    Hardly any of my offensive casters can use staves, but neither can a lot of them do Dark damage. The two notable exceptions are Exdeath, of course... and Raines. So yeah, "not sorry" is a thoroughly accurate description =) It's only 10 mag or so behind Terra's 30/30 OSB sword, and only ~30-40 MAG behind a 5* synergy stat stick.

  • Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    Well, I'm probably going to end up tossing a 50 at banner 1 after all. Tricksy DeNa

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  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA mod
    Rius wrote: »
    A steak! wrote: »
    Rius wrote: »
    Well, I took the return of the fest banners and this morning's 50 mythril stockpile as a sign. If DeNa wants to give me one last chance at the top half of the 2nd fest banner, who am I to stop them? C'mon Faris USB!

    2/11 - Enuo's Scourge, Enuo's Scourge

    Weeeeeeelllllllllll that didn't work, lol. But on the other hand, that all-dark villain team got a lot stronger because I now have an 8* Enuo's Scourge.

    Yeah, I got an 8* of that too, and I'm not sorry to have a +dark rod that's 173 MAG off-realm.

    Hardly any of my offensive casters can use staves, but neither can a lot of them do Dark damage. The two notable exceptions are Exdeath, of course... and Raines. So yeah, "not sorry" is a thoroughly accurate description =) It's only 10 mag or so behind Terra's 30/30 OSB sword, and only ~30-40 MAG behind a 5* synergy stat stick.

    It fucks me over a little bit because Golbez can't use it. Then again, it's not like he was going to be picked ahead of Raines anytime soon.

    Rius
  • 38thDoe38thDoe lets never be stupid again wait lets always be stupid foreverRegistered User regular
    Rius wrote: »
    Takel wrote: »
    Rius wrote: »
    Well, I took the return of the fest banners and this morning's 50 mythril stockpile as a sign. If DeNa wants to give me one last chance at the top half of the 2nd fest banner, who am I to stop them? C'mon Faris USB!

    2/11 - Enuo's Scourge, Enuo's Scourge

    Weeeeeeelllllllllll that didn't work, lol. But on the other hand, that all-dark villain team got a lot stronger because I now have an 8* Enuo's Scourge.

    I admire your ability to go "Let's spend some mythril" because you have it...

    I have never been good at hoarding, it's true. There are very few things I've saved up more than 2 pulls for that I actually have; Locke's Valiant Knife, Y'shtola's Wall and Papalymo's Faithga are pretty much it. I have a lot of good stuff but it's all random things from dungeon lucky draws, 100 gem pulls or unplanned festival acquisitions.

    The downside is I have 0 mythril now. I was going to spend this 50 on FF3 banner 2, and while I can still put 50 there it'll have to wait until towards the end of the banner. And I'll only be able to do that because of the Portal app reward of 10 mythril on the 14th, and the extra incoming from the new daily dungeons. And that'll depress my stock for the next FFV event a bit, but what can you do, eh? Before that is the dungeon update, which I can clean it out and blow 23 mythril + 120 gems on that lucky draw, and be back at 0 again, but it's FF3/12/14 and I could use lots of things from those realms.

    Saving is for suckers, though; look at the horror stories of people who saved 400, 500, 600 mythril and didn't get the thing they were chasing.

    The take away is that just because you have a lot of money, the casino odds don't change. Spending your whole hoard is never wise no matter the prize. The true prize is getting to erect a big building and putting a mythril symbol on it and then swimming in it.

    Besides once you have all 800 mythril named, its hard to spend them.

    RiusDarklyreTiger Burning
  • TakelTakel Registered User regular
    Hypothetical situation.

    Let's just say you have a mage OSB and said mage has nothing else, plus is unable to Wrath. How would you employ the OSB? Just treat it as an old fashioned damage SSB+ and mash that button for the kill shot when it pops up? Or would you build mage team around them plus another mage and have an entrust bot fuelling the mages assuming the other one has a decent SB/BSB?

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  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA mod
    Takel wrote: »
    Hypothetical situation.

    Let's just say you have a mage OSB and said mage has nothing else, plus is unable to Wrath. How would you employ the OSB? Just treat it as an old fashioned damage SSB+ and mash that button for the kill shot when it pops up? Or would you build mage team around them plus another mage and have an entrust bot fuelling the mages assuming the other one has a decent SB/BSB?

    I'm in this situation with Hope and I have settled on just using him normally and doing a wad of damage at the end. If you have an enElement for that caster the math probably changes in favor of Entrusting, though.

  • BrodyBrody The Watch The First ShoreRegistered User regular
    38thDoe wrote: »
    Rius wrote: »
    Takel wrote: »
    Rius wrote: »
    Well, I took the return of the fest banners and this morning's 50 mythril stockpile as a sign. If DeNa wants to give me one last chance at the top half of the 2nd fest banner, who am I to stop them? C'mon Faris USB!

    2/11 - Enuo's Scourge, Enuo's Scourge

    Weeeeeeelllllllllll that didn't work, lol. But on the other hand, that all-dark villain team got a lot stronger because I now have an 8* Enuo's Scourge.

    I admire your ability to go "Let's spend some mythril" because you have it...

    I have never been good at hoarding, it's true. There are very few things I've saved up more than 2 pulls for that I actually have; Locke's Valiant Knife, Y'shtola's Wall and Papalymo's Faithga are pretty much it. I have a lot of good stuff but it's all random things from dungeon lucky draws, 100 gem pulls or unplanned festival acquisitions.

    The downside is I have 0 mythril now. I was going to spend this 50 on FF3 banner 2, and while I can still put 50 there it'll have to wait until towards the end of the banner. And I'll only be able to do that because of the Portal app reward of 10 mythril on the 14th, and the extra incoming from the new daily dungeons. And that'll depress my stock for the next FFV event a bit, but what can you do, eh? Before that is the dungeon update, which I can clean it out and blow 23 mythril + 120 gems on that lucky draw, and be back at 0 again, but it's FF3/12/14 and I could use lots of things from those realms.

    Saving is for suckers, though; look at the horror stories of people who saved 400, 500, 600 mythril and didn't get the thing they were chasing.

    The take away is that just because you have a lot of money, the casino odds don't change. Spending your whole hoard is never wise no matter the prize. The true prize is getting to erect a big building and putting a mythril symbol on it and then swimming in it.

    Besides once you have all 800 mythril named, its hard to spend them.

    Shit, my wife and I had a hard time coming up with a boy name and a girl name for our soon to be child, you came up with 800? I mean, sure, I expect you didn't have to haggle with your spouse over each one, but still.

    "I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."

    The Monster Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson

    Steam: Korvalain
    38thDoeRius
  • AshtonDragonAshtonDragon AKA The Nix Registered User regular
    Takel wrote: »
    Hypothetical situation.

    Let's just say you have a mage OSB and said mage has nothing else, plus is unable to Wrath. How would you employ the OSB? Just treat it as an old fashioned damage SSB+ and mash that button for the kill shot when it pops up? Or would you build mage team around them plus another mage and have an entrust bot fuelling the mages assuming the other one has a decent SB/BSB?

    I'd probably have that mage be the one to summon the RW Raines or Onion Knight, and then use their burst commands to fuel the OSB.

    Gnome-Interruptus
  • RiusRius Globex CEO Nobody ever says ItalyRegistered User regular
    Takel wrote: »
    Hypothetical situation.

    Let's just say you have a mage OSB and said mage has nothing else, plus is unable to Wrath. How would you employ the OSB? Just treat it as an old fashioned damage SSB+ and mash that button for the kill shot when it pops up? Or would you build mage team around them plus another mage and have an entrust bot fuelling the mages assuming the other one has a decent SB/BSB?

    Either is fine, really, but there's nothing wrong with using something like Chain Firaga to hit a weakness then dropping a 40x Earth/Non or Lightning/Non OSB towards the end of the fight.

  • BrodyBrody The Watch The First ShoreRegistered User regular
    Takel wrote: »
    Hypothetical situation.

    Let's just say you have a mage OSB and said mage has nothing else, plus is unable to Wrath. How would you employ the OSB? Just treat it as an old fashioned damage SSB+ and mash that button for the kill shot when it pops up? Or would you build mage team around them plus another mage and have an entrust bot fuelling the mages assuming the other one has a decent SB/BSB?

    I'd probably have that mage be the one to summon the RW Raines or Onion Knight, and then use their burst commands to fuel the OSB.

    This is what I do when I bring Rinoa (OSB and a one of her shitty SB's). Summon Raines to give everyone a magic boost, then drop a quickcast meteor on some fool.

    "I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."

    The Monster Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson

    Steam: Korvalain
  • El FantasticoEl Fantastico Toronto, ONRegistered User regular
    Brody wrote: »
    So I know OK's BSB is on this coming banner, but does it come back after next weeks banner?

    Only in Lucky Draws, which Sunday's DU drop will have, and there's at least one more DU update between that drop and whatever DU# Japan is in with III in it. Soooo, at least 3 more windows of opportunity?

    Personally, I'm going maybe 200 mythril deep again on Banner 2 to try for it, and hope for a disco ball or two to go with it. If it's not meant to be, then so be it.

    PSN: TheArcadeBear
    Steam: TheArcadeBear

  • DarklyreDarklyre Registered User regular
    Took another shot at banner 3.

    Shouldn't have done that. Noel SSB and my third Sabin' s Armlet. :?

  • WyvernWyvern Registered User regular
    Everyone please note that the ream missions/half stamina cost event was NOT extended, so don't put those off if you haven't finished them.

    Also, I guess I'm back to agonizing over whether or not to pull on banner 1. And maybe some others. Might as well wait until after the lucky, at least.

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  • BrodyBrody The Watch The First ShoreRegistered User regular
    Yeah, after the DU on the 10th(hoping for Vaan's Dagger) I'll try pulling on Banner 1 again...

    "I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."

    The Monster Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson

    Steam: Korvalain
  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Sanity check; if I did pull Ashe's OSB, how often do you think I would actually be able to use it? I have her BSB, but she can't Wrath, and I have no sources of imperil lightning.

  • El FantasticoEl Fantastico Toronto, ONRegistered User regular
    Enlong wrote: »
    Sanity check; if I did pull Ashe's OSB, how often do you think I would actually be able to use it? I have her BSB, but she can't Wrath, and I have no sources of imperil lightning.

    It seems like a more powerful stat stick for her and other Magic Sword users than anything. Pump it full of Rosettas and enjoy the utility that having 60 extra MAG over most 5* MAG weapons have.

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    Steam: TheArcadeBear

    Narbus
  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Hm. Will consider. I have a 7* Blood Sword as it is, but having another such weapon might come in handy.

    Still have like a week to decide, between this, WOFF, and neither.

  • SpectrumSpectrum Archer of Inferno Chaldea Rec RoomRegistered User regular
    edited April 2017
    *sigh* One more shot at Banner 2 for Faris USB or Minfilia's SSB

    Mistakes were made 2/11: Quistis' Dress (double dupe so I guess now it's 8*), Enuo's Scourge (I have literally 0 dark users so I don't care even as a stat stick)

    Oh well, it's fine, Mythril Planner showed I was way positive against my targets so this isn't the end of the world

    Spectrum on
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  • RiusRius Globex CEO Nobody ever says ItalyRegistered User regular
    Enlong wrote: »
    Sanity check; if I did pull Ashe's OSB, how often do you think I would actually be able to use it? I have her BSB, but she can't Wrath, and I have no sources of imperil lightning.

    In a vacuum? She's still a BLM5 SMN5, so any time she can hit a weakness with those abilities she can charge bar.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/FFRecordKeeper/comments/63falp/updated_future_boss_element_and_status_resistances/

    Good chunk of upcoming stuff's weak to Lightning element. Higher difficulties are coming, which means longer fights. Ashe with R3 Chain Thundaga + BSB + OSB could do some serious work in them, but it's not like you need the OSB for that sentence to be true.

  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    I almost hit that go button, but...I beat nemesis, and aside from challenge modes, that I'm starting to take a bit more seriously now but still not stressing out about, I can safely clear pretty much all relevant content, so I think I'm good on relics.

  • FryFry Registered User regular
    Brody wrote: »
    So I know OK's BSB is on this coming banner, but does it come back after next weeks banner?

    All of the good stuff either comes back or is powercrept. As a recent example, people (like me) chased Setzer's BSB because it's great and it "wasn't coming back." Surprise, JP just got a new event that has it reappearing, along with a new USB for Setzer, plus Legend Materia relic, plus both of his SSBs, etc. Onion's burst will probably be back in 8 months or whenever the next III event that we don't know about yet happens. Even if it doesn't, other characters (Snow, Mog) have started getting bursts with party haste plus stacking buffs, so there'll be something similarly good to chase if you aren't looking specifically for Onion items.

  • WyvernWyvern Registered User regular
    Okay, upon reflection:

    Banners 2 and 3 are like 2/14 on relics good enough to tempt me, so no sense revisiting those.

    Banner 4 is a coinflip. 5 solid OSB/BSBs (mostly due to me valuing a good +holy stat stick highly; Minfilia's ATK really tends to lag), 5/14 dupes, and 4/14 SSBs that straddle the line of "decent". I'll probably cave; I don't think any upcoming banner is better than a coinflip for me until the next fest.

    And 1 I'll probably pull once on if I don't miraculously get Vaan's BSB on Sunday.

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    Fry wrote: »
    Brody wrote: »
    So I know OK's BSB is on this coming banner, but does it come back after next weeks banner?

    All of the good stuff either comes back or is powercrept. As a recent example, people (like me) chased Setzer's BSB because it's great and it "wasn't coming back." Surprise, JP just got a new event that has it reappearing, along with a new USB for Setzer, plus Legend Materia relic, plus both of his SSBs, etc. Onion's burst will probably be back in 8 months or whenever the next III event that we don't know about yet happens. Even if it doesn't, other characters (Snow, Mog) have started getting bursts with party haste plus stacking buffs, so there'll be something similarly good to chase if you aren't looking specifically for Onion items.

    Mog's is a sageshout, same as Serah's SSB. Snow's is the same Atk/Mag boost though.

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  • RiusRius Globex CEO Nobody ever says ItalyRegistered User regular
    FFV Gogo in a couple months has an SSB which duplicates the entry of OK's BSB.

  • 38thDoe38thDoe lets never be stupid again wait lets always be stupid foreverRegistered User regular
    Snow wishes he had OK versatility.

  • RiusRius Globex CEO Nobody ever says ItalyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2017
    OK is a trap; pull his BSB, spend a zillion 4* motes and get a character who can do "anything", but you're probably just going to run Full Break and C2 all day. Or just RW his BSB and get all of the benefits with none of the effort.

    Rius on
    FryNarbus
  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    I like to give him Shellga and Full Break.

  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    This is cray cray.

    I gotta hit my spreadsheets.

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