Also I now own Noctis's OSB and his doublestrike LM
Is there a most effective way to crush skulls with him? Not sure how the Armiger effect works
Ideally have someone else on the team who can provide party Blinks or Stoneskin also while Noctis spams Omega Drive as hard as possible (with sufficient ATK boosts to get to a decent multiplier). You may not have Omege Drive, in which case Full Charge is actually acceptable because of the cast speed bonus he gets while Armiger is active.
I believe with the absurd luck I've had on the last few banners getting Omega Drive shouldn't be too bad
Is the idea to try and get his ATK as high as possible, then OSB and keep him in Armiger Mode as long as possible to go nuts with phys damage? If so then Auron's blink + draw USB or Seifer's draw BSB + USB combo would both be solid choices to do that I'd think
Also I now own Noctis's OSB and his doublestrike LM
Is there a most effective way to crush skulls with him? Not sure how the Armiger effect works
Ideally have someone else on the team who can provide party Blinks or Stoneskin also while Noctis spams Omega Drive as hard as possible (with sufficient ATK boosts to get to a decent multiplier). You may not have Omege Drive, in which case Full Charge is actually acceptable because of the cast speed bonus he gets while Armiger is active.
I believe with the absurd luck I've had on the last few banners getting Omega Drive shouldn't be too bad
Is the idea to try and get his ATK as high as possible, then OSB and keep him in Armiger Mode as long as possible to go nuts with phys damage? If so then Auron's blink + draw USB or Seifer's draw BSB + USB combo would both be solid choices to do that I'd think
Alternatively, get him 3 bars and then just unload his OSB into itself as a fast casted huge bunch of burst damage.
When I created the site, one thing that was clear for me is that I didn't want to have to manually enter any data. Because DeNA didn't (and still don't) offer any API to fetch the data directly, you can only get info on equipment, relic draws, dungeons and enemies by playing the game. So I needed a little army of bots to play the game for me in order to get the data. So that's exactly what I did. And for the record, no FFRK Central user owned account was ever used by the datamining backend. I had my own accounts and they were more than enough.
I had about 2,400 bots playing FFRK 24/7. When I say "play", I mean it. They were doing daily relic draws (both free and using Mythril), they were completing dungeons and beating enemies. Overall, we're talking about 14,906,500 battles fought and 2,113,000 relic draws performed.
...
As I'm writing this, my bots have a total of 200,371 Mythril and 155,338,152,745 gil between themselves. Kinda makes you wish you could transfer them to other accounts, right . But despite what people might think, I've never once used my bots to fight my own battles in FFRK. I just couldn't bring myself to cheat.
From the reddit thread:
How did your bots defeat the tougher battles? Trial and error and learning? That's really impressive, if so.
there's really not much verifications done serverside. Once I figured that part out, I just coded the bots to just hit the mobs for 9,999 until it went down. It was really dumb/simple. Here's the code: <LINK REMOVED>
Funny story, I had to blacklist those timed fights that were published at the official FFRK website a while ago because all my bots were being listed on there with impossible numbers XD.
Also I now own Noctis's OSB and his doublestrike LM
Is there a most effective way to crush skulls with him? Not sure how the Armiger effect works
Ideally have someone else on the team who can provide party Blinks or Stoneskin also while Noctis spams Omega Drive as hard as possible (with sufficient ATK boosts to get to a decent multiplier). You may not have Omege Drive, in which case Full Charge is actually acceptable because of the cast speed bonus he gets while Armiger is active.
I believe with the absurd luck I've had on the last few banners getting Omega Drive shouldn't be too bad
Is the idea to try and get his ATK as high as possible, then OSB and keep him in Armiger Mode as long as possible to go nuts with phys damage? If so then Auron's blink + draw USB or Seifer's draw BSB + USB combo would both be solid choices to do that I'd think
Alternatively, get him 3 bars and then just unload his OSB into itself as a fast casted huge bunch of burst damage.
This seems like it makes the OSB + doublestrike LM combination into a staple for almost every Jump Start from now on lol
At least until I get more options, I suspect Noctis is about to put me on his back for awhile
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Also I now own Noctis's OSB and his doublestrike LM
Is there a most effective way to crush skulls with him? Not sure how the Armiger effect works
Ideally have someone else on the team who can provide party Blinks or Stoneskin also while Noctis spams Omega Drive as hard as possible (with sufficient ATK boosts to get to a decent multiplier). You may not have Omege Drive, in which case Full Charge is actually acceptable because of the cast speed bonus he gets while Armiger is active.
I believe with the absurd luck I've had on the last few banners getting Omega Drive shouldn't be too bad
Is the idea to try and get his ATK as high as possible, then OSB and keep him in Armiger Mode as long as possible to go nuts with phys damage? If so then Auron's blink + draw USB or Seifer's draw BSB + USB combo would both be solid choices to do that I'd think
Alternatively, get him 3 bars and then just unload his OSB into itself as a fast casted huge bunch of burst damage.
Auron's far more useful than Seifer in modern content. Not as much as you'd like is ST tauntable, what's going to break Noct's shield is usually AoE (so if it's elemental putting the appropriate resist accessory on him can help this, trade this against what his ATK ends up as). Just don't sell out too hard, you still need healer + support + boost in some combination.
FFXI Torment w/Jump Start lands Tuesday, should still be around for a couple days when Orbfest closes. This one has Spirit motes on the D300 and Bravery motes for the CMs.
Decent FF1 equipment improvement (as if that's ever a thing).
Marginally better party noncharge over what I already had
Great Ice BSB
Stagnation ho. One relic that's any kind of marked improvement to almost anything. The FFXI Torment is REALLY going to be a joke for me now. Maybe the gem select draw itself will be kind, but I expect probably something like WoL's dumbass pink sword/11.
Banner 1: Only one dupe, some nice holy stuff, I just....well, frankly I value FFI and II stuff less because they're so infrequent, and I've got plenty of III. Going to sit on it.
Banner 2: So tempting. I've got Terra's OSB and that BSB that was part of the 11 draw, but no enFire. Despite chasing, I've got only Bartz's SSB. Celes' BSB would be much needed ice. Mog's BSB is great. But I'm up to 3 dupes on here now, which is my barrier of entry.
Banner 3: Absolute definite draw. Cloud USB chance, plus largest concentration of ice stuff, which is what I most need. 1 dupe makes this a no brainer.
Banner 4: Waffling, leaning go, just because I've chased Orichalcum Dirk so much and I have 0 dupes, and there's a ton of nice stuff here. Sidenote: The hell does Balthier have two BSBs?
Banner 5 is out, sadly. 4 dupes is just a tad too many, and as much as I want Raines' burst or some of those USB/OSB, just not worth it. If only the top end of the banner would please me, then the banner is out.
I'll have enough for 3 draws. So right now, thinking one draw on 2, one on 3, and one on 4.
Ok. I actually put a second Magic Boost in my team, and gave Fujin Scholar's Boon. Now she's doing 34000 with Into the Storm, and capping the hits on Gust and Raging Storm. A considerable improvement, with further room to grow if I ever do her Legend Dive at least halfway. Can't decide between teaming her up with Alphy and Papalymo, or Rapha and Onion. Rapha can't provide Radiant Shield, but Phantasm can do more per cast than Papalymo probably can with 6 shots of Meltdown.
I do have 3 dupes on 3 but it's where the ice damage lives and I need the ice damage. Tiny Bee amusingly made 4 better for me once I stopped to think about it since I already had Yuna's BSB2 and +10 mnd is +10 mnd, but we shall see.
I expect to come out of this fest with a lot more mythril than usual though, which is shocking given how crazy these banners looked from 6 months ago.
I think banner 3 is the definite winner of the 5 for sure, just in terms of the sheer number of universally good choices
I don't have anything off banner 5 yet so that's looking like my other choice for sure, lots of great stuff there
Banner 5 has some great stuff, and would be amazing if you don't have anything.
Papalymo's BSB is the best mage fire burst in the game
Gladolius's BSB is enEarth (which isn't super common), sentinel, and from my experience has done quite good damage - even below 99 he was my primary DPS against Hydra
Noctis' BSB I haven't really test driven yet, but it seems quite nice, just designed to work with his OSB.
Alph's BSB is great, particularly given the commands are summon-typed.
Take those out and layer against what I just got, and I just can't justify it.
This Balthier BSB2 from the 30-pull is my new favorite toy that I had no idea I might want.
Balthier - 7.68 / 8 - Fire/Non - RNG - Ranged - Imperil Fire
Machinist- 0.60 / 2 - Fire/Non - ST - Ranged - 25% to Minor Imperil Fire (10%)
Machinist- 4.80 / 4 - Fire/Non - ST - Ranged - With three uses of C1. Else 0.96, 2.16, 3.36 over 4.
His Legend Dive gives him another 9% Fire Damage, and his LM1 is another 10% Fire Damage. His LM2 is "30% chance to cause Minor Imperil Fire (10%) to the target after using a Machinist ability on an enemy", so presumably that stacks with his C1. His LMR is 25% Dualcast Machinist.
And there'll eventually be Heat Offer, a Machinist 5* ability that's essentially his C1, but with a 35% chance instead. And Burning Snipe, which is a Machinist 5* ability that does six hits of fire.
And Balthier can use Swords. Like my brand new 6* stat stick sword with +fire.
Godlike.
Oh, and Papalymo's dive gives him 9% Fire, LM1 is 10% Fire, LM2 is 35% Dualcast Fire.
I thought I was good on Fire options before, but I didn't know what Good Fire was. This is Good Fire. The only downside is Papalymo needs 1193 MAG to reach his 6 hit CM1 threshold. I don't know how I do that in a party with both him and Balthier. I'll probably just pair Balthier with Refia.
How does Minor Imperil end up stacking with other Imperil types, by the by? Does it just keep adding up until it hits the cap of 3 with regular imperil?
How does Minor Imperil end up stacking with other Imperil types, by the by? Does it just keep adding up until it hits the cap of 3 with regular imperil?
Yeah, basically. Just a faster way to get to the imperil cap.
And Balthiers BSB2 IS amazing. It's been hugely helpful on Sealion runs. If he didn't require DEX/VIT I'd have legend dived him weeks ago.
Yeah, it stacks up, the cap remains 60%. His LMR would make this totally ridiculous, but I've no access to that. I would likely just run him with Lifesiphon plus Burning Snipe when that comes out.
I dunno about worst. My draw, the only thing I can use without luck on other banners is a dupe of Sephiroth's Glove.
Dupe elemental booster is still good and even without en-wind that OSB can still heavily contribute to Golem at least.
I'm doin' something wrong, because the best I can get Fujin to do with her OSB on Golem is 14K. At which point I might as well just swap her out for Ramza, to give more speedcasts to Setzer.
What the absolute hell
My non aura Fujin OSBs hit for 67k. Granted I'm full dived so she has higher base MAG and some +wind and +blk but still.
The hell are you doing? Are you not taking any MAG boosts?
In total what I have on her:
Dive: +9% BLK, +9% Wind
RM: +30% Wind
Equipment: +20% Wind
Magicite: +11.75% Wind
And then 526 base MAG with 2 30% boosts
That's a pretty nice Fujin, but I would just like to add that due to the way stacking works she would be better off using +30% damage to weakness than +30% damage to wind, if possible. You might be using that one on somebody else, in which case ignore me.
Changed the team up. Replaced Alphy and Popoto with Rapha and Mog. Mog has Faith.
Fujin is now hitting Golem for 45K with Into the Storm. This will work. Still might tweak it, though; Alphy might be better for this than Rapha, due to damage reflection.
Oh and it turns out that Relm's Divine Portrait is a good answer to Golem's interruption bullshit.
Aphmau's BSB is interesting
Decil is garbage tier. Will never see the light of day even in a Dark damage team
Fujin OSB which won't see much use on account of being a common (to me) element type
Ace USB which I'm pondering how I'll end up using in a team that would otherwise consist of the potato and his enFire BSB
Jecht OSB which is.... yeah....
and Luneth's OSB which is only saved by the fact that I lucked into his USB
Almost half the crap I got were dupes and the other half are largely situational hits or outright misses so aside from the lucky Luneth's 6* stuff, I really haven't gained much power out of this fest.
Well, I was gonna ask if I should legend dive Balthier since I also scored his BSB2, but that answers my question, thanks team.
I already had his OSB and LMR so I guess duh, no brainer with the BSB2 plus the upcoming machinist abilities.
I need to rethink my banner pulls after the 30-pull. I went from 2 dupes on banner 3 to 3, and 3 dupes on banner 4 to 4. It's a nice first world problem to have though. Yay loot!
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11 items with 3 Discos is statistically where I should be, so that helps puts things in perspective.
The Lightning Chain should see some use, and while it's nice to have a bunch of good healing bursts, Y'shtola will probably still be my main healer for most things, since her Legend Dive makes her phenomenal at healing. I don't think I can go without w-cast Curadas anymore. Eiko can help boost physical damage a bit, and Yuna or Vanille fits in nicely on my mage teams. Vanille's instant-cast BSB entry could also be key to some fights. Remains to be seen if they can solo heal Magicites with no Legend Dives, with or without Enkidu backup.
The healer USBs are nice stat sticks, but don't give me much in the way of new options.
Larsa's medica is nice for CMs, but that's about it.
Both of the BSBs are garbage, but are decent +element weapons (particularly Garnet's dagger).
Luneth's OSB is a 6* +element weapon, which are premium items, but I don't think he can break into my Wind team or my FF3 CM team.
So my Lightning team got a nice improvement, and that's probably it. Not a bad haul, but disappointing all the same, since it doesn't help me much with what I'm trying to do, so that's unfortunate. Feels like a giant missed opportunity.
I'm now wondering which Fest banners to pull on, if any (leaning P2 and P5), what two Bursts to pick from the two selections, and how much to pull on FF15 banner (thinking two pulls, enough for the CM).
Mostly the complexity of the game is starting to overwhelm me and I don't know what relics I need, only that what I have right now isn't good enough for top end content.
The first time I successfully got him to Stop Phase things were going so smoothly I thought hey maybe they did the sensible thing and made Stop 100% hit rate against him. Then Stop missed on the turn that I would have killed him and I spent like 25 minutes before everything worked.
So I've done the mythril dungeon, have enough for one of these anniversey banners. Would i be better off using the 50 mythril on the two 10+1 half price newcomer bundles or on one of the parade banners at 50 mythril a pop? if the parade, which one is best?
The newcomer banners are garbage never touch them. Any of the anniversary banners would be a solid choice. #3 probably being the strongest in a vacuum just because of how dumb Cloud's dumb thing is, although other banners might have a better average relic quality depending on what you're looking for. But you could just pick based on which has your favorite characters and not really suffer for it.
Put in a free 30 draw and overload the servers.
Give everyone 3 apology mythril to make up for the fact that people couldn't draw as fast as they'd like so that they can make more draws.
I dunno about worst. My draw, the only thing I can use without luck on other banners is a dupe of Sephiroth's Glove.
Dupe elemental booster is still good and even without en-wind that OSB can still heavily contribute to Golem at least.
I'm doin' something wrong, because the best I can get Fujin to do with her OSB on Golem is 14K. At which point I might as well just swap her out for Ramza, to give more speedcasts to Setzer.
What the absolute hell
My non aura Fujin OSBs hit for 67k. Granted I'm full dived so she has higher base MAG and some +wind and +blk but still.
The hell are you doing? Are you not taking any MAG boosts?
In total what I have on her:
Dive: +9% BLK, +9% Wind
RM: +30% Wind
Equipment: +20% Wind
Magicite: +11.75% Wind
And then 526 base MAG with 2 30% boosts
That's a pretty nice Fujin, but I would just like to add that due to the way stacking works she would be better off using +30% damage to weakness than +30% damage to wind, if possible. You might be using that one on somebody else, in which case ignore me.
To quote an esteemed scholar in this thread "Tyro is a nerd".
I'm not quite at the point where I can just raise random people to 99 for their RMs (Orlandeau was the closest and I was only chipping away at him), so 30% Wind is better than only having 20% Weakness.
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I believe with the absurd luck I've had on the last few banners getting Omega Drive shouldn't be too bad
Is the idea to try and get his ATK as high as possible, then OSB and keep him in Armiger Mode as long as possible to go nuts with phys damage? If so then Auron's blink + draw USB or Seifer's draw BSB + USB combo would both be solid choices to do that I'd think
Tyro USB2
Shadow USB
Penelo USB
Tidus OSB
Vivi OSB
Jecht OSB
Sazh BSB
Basch BSB
Kimahri BSB
Relm BSB
Noctis BSB
Paine BSB
Deuce BSB
Larsa BSB
Vincent SSB1
Cid XVI SSB
Only one of which was a dupe.
I made out like a fucking bandit.
Alternatively, get him 3 bars and then just unload his OSB into itself as a fast casted huge bunch of burst damage.
From the reddit thread:
Good lord.
That little chocobo and his Sazh-fro all giving the team boostga/faithga AND 2 instant commands to Sazh AND those sick debuff commands
*fans self*
This seems like it makes the OSB + doublestrike LM combination into a staple for almost every Jump Start from now on lol
At least until I get more options, I suspect Noctis is about to put me on his back for awhile
Auron's far more useful than Seifer in modern content. Not as much as you'd like is ST tauntable, what's going to break Noct's shield is usually AoE (so if it's elemental putting the appropriate resist accessory on him can help this, trade this against what his ATK ends up as). Just don't sell out too hard, you still need healer + support + boost in some combination.
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vanille bsb
larsa bsb
lenna bsb (dupe)
vayne bsb
maria bsb (dupe)
lion usb
noctis osb
yda usb
potato osb
shelke bsb
alph bsb
exdeath bsb
cid ssb goggles
not as gamechanging as in my dreams, but a lot of good workhorse items in there. def worth 75 mythril.
Yeah, I hate you.
Healer:
Skipped
BSB+:
Garland
Zidane2
6*:
Ramza USB
30:
Dupe Tidus OSB
Dupe Shantotto BSB (and already Rosetta Stone'd the original)
Ayame BSB
Garland SSB
Decent FF1 equipment improvement (as if that's ever a thing).
Marginally better party noncharge over what I already had
Great Ice BSB
Stagnation ho. One relic that's any kind of marked improvement to almost anything. The FFXI Torment is REALLY going to be a joke for me now. Maybe the gem select draw itself will be kind, but I expect probably something like WoL's dumbass pink sword/11.
Banner 1: Only one dupe, some nice holy stuff, I just....well, frankly I value FFI and II stuff less because they're so infrequent, and I've got plenty of III. Going to sit on it.
Banner 2: So tempting. I've got Terra's OSB and that BSB that was part of the 11 draw, but no enFire. Despite chasing, I've got only Bartz's SSB. Celes' BSB would be much needed ice. Mog's BSB is great. But I'm up to 3 dupes on here now, which is my barrier of entry.
Banner 3: Absolute definite draw. Cloud USB chance, plus largest concentration of ice stuff, which is what I most need. 1 dupe makes this a no brainer.
Banner 4: Waffling, leaning go, just because I've chased Orichalcum Dirk so much and I have 0 dupes, and there's a ton of nice stuff here. Sidenote: The hell does Balthier have two BSBs?
Banner 5 is out, sadly. 4 dupes is just a tad too many, and as much as I want Raines' burst or some of those USB/OSB, just not worth it. If only the top end of the banner would please me, then the banner is out.
I'll have enough for 3 draws. So right now, thinking one draw on 2, one on 3, and one on 4.
I don't have anything off banner 5 yet so that's looking like my other choice for sure, lots of great stuff there
I do have 3 dupes on 3 but it's where the ice damage lives and I need the ice damage. Tiny Bee amusingly made 4 better for me once I stopped to think about it since I already had Yuna's BSB2 and +10 mnd is +10 mnd, but we shall see.
I expect to come out of this fest with a lot more mythril than usual though, which is shocking given how crazy these banners looked from 6 months ago.
Tidus CSB
Balthier OSB
Aerith USB
Seifer USB
Vaan USB
Penelo BSB
Aphmau BSB
Sazh BSB
Ace BSB
Gogo BSB
Not a single SSB in the bunch, no dupes to be found, and a total of five 6* relics over 3 LD + the 30 draw. Not a bad haul if I do say so myself.
Banner 5 has some great stuff, and would be amazing if you don't have anything.
Papalymo's BSB is the best mage fire burst in the game
Gladolius's BSB is enEarth (which isn't super common), sentinel, and from my experience has done quite good damage - even below 99 he was my primary DPS against Hydra
Noctis' BSB I haven't really test driven yet, but it seems quite nice, just designed to work with his OSB.
Alph's BSB is great, particularly given the commands are summon-typed.
Take those out and layer against what I just got, and I just can't justify it.
Hell, I'm super jealous of the CSB. I still have yet to get one of those.
His Legend Dive gives him another 9% Fire Damage, and his LM1 is another 10% Fire Damage. His LM2 is "30% chance to cause Minor Imperil Fire (10%) to the target after using a Machinist ability on an enemy", so presumably that stacks with his C1. His LMR is 25% Dualcast Machinist.
And there'll eventually be Heat Offer, a Machinist 5* ability that's essentially his C1, but with a 35% chance instead. And Burning Snipe, which is a Machinist 5* ability that does six hits of fire.
And Balthier can use Swords. Like my brand new 6* stat stick sword with +fire.
Godlike.
Oh, and Papalymo's dive gives him 9% Fire, LM1 is 10% Fire, LM2 is 35% Dualcast Fire.
I thought I was good on Fire options before, but I didn't know what Good Fire was. This is Good Fire. The only downside is Papalymo needs 1193 MAG to reach his 6 hit CM1 threshold. I don't know how I do that in a party with both him and Balthier. I'll probably just pair Balthier with Refia.
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Yeah, basically. Just a faster way to get to the imperil cap.
And Balthiers BSB2 IS amazing. It's been hugely helpful on Sealion runs. If he didn't require DEX/VIT I'd have legend dived him weeks ago.
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That's a pretty nice Fujin, but I would just like to add that due to the way stacking works she would be better off using +30% damage to weakness than +30% damage to wind, if possible. You might be using that one on somebody else, in which case ignore me.
Fujin is now hitting Golem for 45K with Into the Storm. This will work. Still might tweak it, though; Alphy might be better for this than Rapha, due to damage reflection.
Oh and it turns out that Relm's Divine Portrait is a good answer to Golem's interruption bullshit.
Got Matoya's BSB from the 30 pull so I was on the fence about doing an 11 pull. Did my 100 gem:
Maria BSB
One of my most wanted relics for a long time, plus with 4 dupes the banner is a hard pass. Get to save some mythrils for the future.
Son's account (0 dupes going in):
2/11, both WoL USB
2/11, Desch BSB and Leila BSB
Not what we were aiming for but fine nevertheless
I never post about my 100 gem blanks, which is basically every banner, so
Aphmau BSB
Decil BSB
Fujin OSB
Ace USB
Jecht OSB
Luneth OSB
Dupe Vanille BSB
Dupe Yuffie BSB
Dupe Ramza SSB (Shout)
Dupe Faris SSB (Serpent's Gale)
Dupe Balthier SSB (Strahl Strafe)
Aphmau's BSB is interesting
Decil is garbage tier. Will never see the light of day even in a Dark damage team
Fujin OSB which won't see much use on account of being a common (to me) element type
Ace USB which I'm pondering how I'll end up using in a team that would otherwise consist of the potato and his enFire BSB
Jecht OSB which is.... yeah....
and Luneth's OSB which is only saved by the fact that I lucked into his USB
Almost half the crap I got were dupes and the other half are largely situational hits or outright misses so aside from the lucky Luneth's 6* stuff, I really haven't gained much power out of this fest.
Oh well.
I already had his OSB and LMR so I guess duh, no brainer with the BSB2 plus the upcoming machinist abilities.
I need to rethink my banner pulls after the 30-pull. I went from 2 dupes on banner 3 to 3, and 3 dupes on banner 4 to 4. It's a nice first world problem to have though. Yay loot!
Healer:
Aerith, Eiko, Yuna2, and Vanille BSBs
BSB, USB, CSB:
Ovelia USB
6* only:
Selphie USB
Shantotto CSB
30 pull:
Larsa SSB1 (Hastega/Medica)
Exdeath BSB
Garnet BSB1
Luneth OSB
11 items with 3 Discos is statistically where I should be, so that helps puts things in perspective.
The Lightning Chain should see some use, and while it's nice to have a bunch of good healing bursts, Y'shtola will probably still be my main healer for most things, since her Legend Dive makes her phenomenal at healing. I don't think I can go without w-cast Curadas anymore. Eiko can help boost physical damage a bit, and Yuna or Vanille fits in nicely on my mage teams. Vanille's instant-cast BSB entry could also be key to some fights. Remains to be seen if they can solo heal Magicites with no Legend Dives, with or without Enkidu backup.
The healer USBs are nice stat sticks, but don't give me much in the way of new options.
Larsa's medica is nice for CMs, but that's about it.
Both of the BSBs are garbage, but are decent +element weapons (particularly Garnet's dagger).
Luneth's OSB is a 6* +element weapon, which are premium items, but I don't think he can break into my Wind team or my FF3 CM team.
So my Lightning team got a nice improvement, and that's probably it. Not a bad haul, but disappointing all the same, since it doesn't help me much with what I'm trying to do, so that's unfortunate. Feels like a giant missed opportunity.
I'm now wondering which Fest banners to pull on, if any (leaning P2 and P5), what two Bursts to pick from the two selections, and how much to pull on FF15 banner (thinking two pulls, enough for the CM).
Mostly the complexity of the game is starting to overwhelm me and I don't know what relics I need, only that what I have right now isn't good enough for top end content.
Easiest 100,000 GIL of my life.
The first time I successfully got him to Stop Phase things were going so smoothly I thought hey maybe they did the sensible thing and made Stop 100% hit rate against him. Then Stop missed on the turn that I would have killed him and I spent like 25 minutes before everything worked.
Inquisitor77: Rius, you are Sisyphus and melee Wizard is your boulder
Tube: This must be what it felt like to be an Iraqi when Saddam was killed
Bookish Stickers - Mrs. Rius' Etsy shop with bumper stickers and vinyl decals.
Give everyone 3 apology mythril to make up for the fact that people couldn't draw as fast as they'd like so that they can make more draws.
I'm fine with that.
To quote an esteemed scholar in this thread "Tyro is a nerd".
I'm not quite at the point where I can just raise random people to 99 for their RMs (Orlandeau was the closest and I was only chipping away at him), so 30% Wind is better than only having 20% Weakness.
It's sad but that 3 Mythril proofs out my budget for any randomness/having to fully extract everything from all the stages before pulling...