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[FFRK] Goodbye fest banners. Also Magicite Keystones in two weeks.

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  • Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    Fry wrote: »
    Knight_ wrote: »
    vit brv is shelke, morrow, cid 14 if you have stuff for him, and then one long wet fart.

    I think there are a few more in vit/brv that are OK if you have the right relics for them, it's just that those particular relics are pretty rare and they aren't especially popular characters so most people don't go out of their way to try to pick up those relics:

    Prompto (Chain)
    Irvine (USB)
    Quina (USB)
    Wakka (USB)
    Minfilia (USB)

    I expect we'll see a lot of people doing Prompto's legend dive after the next festival.

    The problem really is that the opposite side (dex/brv) is stuffed with characters that are popular, have multiple good soul breaks, and have dives that are in some cases so good you could even consider doing them without any relics.

    i'm not personally a fan of the imperil dives, but yea they're not bad really. not like they have much competition either. personally i have prompto half on my list because i've picked up his lmr and his ultra through various lucky draws even though god knows i don't need any more lightning power.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Would it be a good idea to pair Garnet chain with Lightning and Aranea Ultras, if I field Ramza with Battle Cry to provide an ATK buff? It kinda feels weird to field someone with a pure MAG buff to boost some physical fighters, but I guess that's not too different from fielding Rinoa with Squall.

  • DarklyreDarklyre Registered User regular
    Enlong wrote: »
    Would it be a good idea to pair Garnet chain with Lightning and Aranea Ultras, if I field Ramza with Battle Cry to provide an ATK buff? It kinda feels weird to field someone with a pure MAG buff to boost some physical fighters, but I guess that's not too different from fielding Rinoa with Squall.

    It should be fine, since your physical characters will still benefit from the field buff. You could even get away with just Fabula Raider, since those USBs have their own ATK buffs.

  • ArtereisArtereis Registered User regular
    These torments are going more smoothly than I expected.

    Fully cleared: I, II, III, IV, VII, VIII, FFT
    Jumpstart unlocked: VI, IX, XIV
    Yet to start: V, X, XI, XII, XIII

    There isn't one realm where I couldn't complete at least 1 of the 3 Cid missions for the jumpstart.

  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Yeah. Gave it a try. It not only works, but it's just shy of sub-30 Kraken. If it weren't for my lack of electric OSBs, I'd be ready for the lightning 5-stars. Maybe.

  • JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    Artereis wrote: »
    These torments are going more smoothly than I expected.

    Fully cleared: I, II, III, IV, VII, VIII, FFT
    Jumpstart unlocked: VI, IX, XIV
    Yet to start: V, X, XI, XII, XIII

    There isn't one realm where I couldn't complete at least 1 of the 3 Cid missions for the jumpstart.

    Yeah, they're pretty old, so a lot of the difficulty has been powercreeped out

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  • BrodyBrody The Watch The First ShoreRegistered User regular
    edited July 2018
    I've cleared almsot all of the Torments after someone mentioned they will likely close soon, but its making me realize my Lightning team sucks balls. Unfortunately, I drew twice on banner five, and got: Tifa LMR, and two healer Relics...

    Edit: However, my FFT team is flat stacked.

    Cid OSB LMR
    Ramza Chain (Plus probably Chant or Tailwind, or maybe USB) LMR
    Agrias USB LD
    Meliadoul BSB
    Ovelia BSB

    Brody on
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  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    reminder that laguna is a shitty absentee dad

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  • 38thDoe38thDoe lets never be stupid again wait lets always be stupid foreverRegistered User regular
    Remember that there was some vague story that made zero sense attached to an awesome card game.

    Wish I could get seifer LMR off this banner somehow but it looks awful.

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  • Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    edited July 2018
    ya this banner is an ice chain and a bunch of traps

    i mean shit one of the 6*s is an overstrike for a character nobody has anything for, that's just asking for trouble.

    Knight_ on
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  • DarklyreDarklyre Registered User regular
    Knight_ wrote: »
    ya this banner is an ice chain and a bunch of traps

    i mean shit one of the 6*s is an overstrike for a character nobody has anything for, that's just asking for trouble.

    And unlike Barbariccia's stuff, it doesn't even have the courtesy of being +elemental.

  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    hey now I remember why I don't do raids.

    anyway, I finally got him down with a holy team consisting of marche usb, orlandeau usb, ramza chain, aphamau usb and cait sith BSB/dancing.... even then I ended up killing cloud twice and firoin once because yay targeting.

  • DarklyreDarklyre Registered User regular
    edited July 2018
    Wow.

    Word of warning - the D260 CM is a nasty one. If you don't have Selphie's USB and somebody with Blind Shot you are gonna be in for a real rough time.

    Darklyre on
  • JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    Tifa plan on Nemesis seems to be working, but I have the problem of fitting in everything I need.

    Tifa is a given. Ramza for shout and Chant. Need a healer, probably two given the amount of damage. One of them has to have a means of reraise (which limits me to 3 people, or I need to craft reraise). Want a support to break to improve damage. Need a last stand.

    Each hit was doing over 50k damage, but I was missing the last stand. Not sure I'll be able to keep up without party powerchain, but MAYBE I can do this.

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  • FryFry Registered User regular
    edited July 2018
    These Fellstar Weapons are giant sacks of HP. I've downed three of them so far, and it was a slog. My teams were "chain and ridiculous instacast + OSB", "two hitters with element aura + Arcane" and "two hitters with element aura + Arcane." Not looking forward to mister "resists everything at 90%"

    Fry on
  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Man. For like 5 seconds I thought we were going to get an Octopath Traveler event. Turns out it's just an ad.

  • DarklyreDarklyre Registered User regular
    Fry wrote: »
    These Fellstar Weapons are giant sacks of HP. I've downed three of them so far, and it was a slog. My teams were "chain and ridiculous instacast + OSB", "two hitters with element aura + Arcane" and "two hitters with element aura + Arcane." Not looking forward to mister "resists everything at 90%"

    I found Ultima to be the easiest of the Fellstar Weapons, actually, since it doesn't have "do this or die" mechanics like Diamond's core, Emerald's eye, or Ruby forcing you to fight with four characters. It has big stats and a lot of HP but has easy mechanics, so bring lots of stacking MAG breaks, DPS with BSBs to supplement your hones, and you'll be fine.

  • MaytagMaytag Registered User regular
    Darklyre wrote: »
    Fry wrote: »
    These Fellstar Weapons are giant sacks of HP. I've downed three of them so far, and it was a slog. My teams were "chain and ridiculous instacast + OSB", "two hitters with element aura + Arcane" and "two hitters with element aura + Arcane." Not looking forward to mister "resists everything at 90%"

    I found Ultima to be the easiest of the Fellstar Weapons, actually, since it doesn't have "do this or die" mechanics like Diamond's core, Emerald's eye, or Ruby forcing you to fight with four characters. It has big stats and a lot of HP but has easy mechanics, so bring lots of stacking MAG breaks, DPS with BSBs to supplement your hones, and you'll be fine.

    I'm starting to feel like the fact I didn't use any breaks on the ones I killed so far contributed to them being so difficult.

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  • JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    Darklyre wrote: »
    Wow.

    Word of warning - the D260 CM is a nasty one. If you don't have Selphie's USB and somebody with Blind Shot you are gonna be in for a real rough time.

    Other protip: don't forget to bring hastega

    (I almost made it)

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  • MummBrahMummBrah Registered User regular
    My goal is to try and sub-30 every 3* magicite before I move on to the 4* rotations, but that may not be doable for Hydra or Golem :( not enough options to get the damage online for my wind/earth elemental teams yet

    Magicite has been so great for making me learn how to actually construct parties and getting a much clearer idea of my weak elements

    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • ElderlycrawfishElderlycrawfish Registered User regular
    Note to self: get more realm healer coverage. VIII is one of the few where I've got nothing, and poor Selphie trying to curada to keep up with Diabolos was lacking.

    Managed to squeak a win with brute force and Selphie USB RW though. I actually used Seifer for once, though for his Death by Committee buff SSB more than anything else.

  • MummBrahMummBrah Registered User regular
    I think Death By Committee is an excellent SSB, it's one of my personal favorites

    Hitting triple elements on top of the mixed buff feels so nice

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  • kuhlmeyekuhlmeye Registered User regular
    Thanks again for the help in the raid last night! So far I've downed the D200 and D250 FF7 Torments. Zack chain and ultra combined with cloud USB RW meant aeroa strike was hitting for 30k, and Orlandeau's Raging Quad strike was hitting for 20k each hit! Plus I remembered I got Red's ultra, which gave me the haste and shellga so I didn't need to slot those in. Now to try the Jump Start, and see if I can find some more wind damage.

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  • SelnerSelner Registered User regular
    Yeah, thanks to the folks who ventured into MP land to help us newer folks out.

    When BoT VII finished, BoT VIII almost half completed itself. Lots and lots of 3* motes :) . The MC3s were very nice though. My supply of eggs is pretty low though, so I can't really lvl up any characters for a minute. Eggs seem to flow pretty quick though.

    Last night I also learned that TGCid is Orlandu. I legit didn't know that. I've never played FFT so I didn't know his name was Cidoulus or whatever. Everyone's comments about using TGCid make so much more sense now :) .

    And now for Torments! I've got the Reddit guide, and I'll hopefully be able to take a couple down.

    I do get to choose a BSB for BoT VII. Not sure which one to get...

  • 38thDoe38thDoe lets never be stupid again wait lets always be stupid foreverRegistered User regular
    After a bit you'll struggle to find characters you want to level. I'm currently leveling random yahoos to 99 for no reason at all.

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    Yeah after a lot of trying and a lot of frustration, I think it's time to dust off Vaan's USB.

  • Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    38thDoe wrote: »
    After a bit you'll struggle to find characters you want to level. I'm currently leveling random yahoos to 99 for no reason at all.

    I broke nine because I had his lmr. It’s rough over here.

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  • 38thDoe38thDoe lets never be stupid again wait lets always be stupid foreverRegistered User regular
    edited July 2018
    Oh I long for the days when I was getting people to 99 based on a LMR or Unique.
    Going to be a long time to the next fest.

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited July 2018
    Is it still possible to solo Yiazmat when we get him with Rem? Because I have her USB, and if so, am strongly considering grabbing her BSB and LMR from the dream selection banners.

    Javen on
  • FryFry Registered User regular
    Javen wrote: »
    Is it still possible to solo Yiazmat when we get him with Rem? Because I have her USB, and if so, am strongly considering grabbing her BSB and LMR from the dream selection banners.

    People soloed it with Core Thief. Personally I am not going to be spending real money (or even fake money) worrying about it.

  • Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    ya i hear it's solable with pretty much anyone who has a sustain c1 bsb. ashe is a big one that i figure a lot of people have gone after over the years.

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  • JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    Continuing to do mote stuff. Broke 7.5s for lightning

    Best for Earth was just under 5.5s.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    I am traveling and on mobile, but when we hit 100 I have a new thread ready.

  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Hoo boy that Diabolos A++ Cid Mission is mean. Dude starts with an unblockable 75% Max HP Gravity AOE. And his next real attack comes just before Magicite charges. I wouldn't attempt the fight without some flavor of Selphie Medica (or maybe Raijin's last Stand SSB) ready to go on turn 1.

  • LeeksLeeks Registered User regular
    I pulled on the 8 banner because I like to make poor choices. Only dupes were Squall BSB2, and Squall LMR.

    3/11 no rainbows.

    Squall LMR
    Squall BSB2
    Squall BSB2

    Welp.

  • DarklyreDarklyre Registered User regular
    Went on a legend diving spree. Garnet, Ashe, Cloud, Tifa, and Ramza are all fully dived. Still debating on whether to do Vincent (USB/BSB/LMR) or Krile (CSB/OSB/LMR). If I dive Krile, that frees up the BRV motes to do a BRV/VIT dive, but my only other candidate there is Faris and her LM2 is hot garbage.

  • JaysonFourJaysonFour Classy Monster Kitteh Registered User regular
    Finished off my first Ultimate last night. Did the Ifrit one in the latest FFVIII event dungeon, and though it took me a single continue, I came back and just hammered the damned thing to death with as many SBs as I could muster.

    I'm feeling confident I can take anything up to a 140 at the moment.

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  • kuhlmeyekuhlmeye Registered User regular
    Okay, ff7 torment completely done. The jump start was almost easier than the 200 and 250.

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  • JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    kuhlmeye wrote: »
    Okay, ff7 torment completely done. The jump start was almost easier than the 200 and 250.

    That's pretty common, honestly.

    I'd focus on the 200s first - job motes are rarer than other types of 5* motes, and those are the rewards for the 200s.

    ESPECIALLY get any ones which have spellsword motes.

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  • lionheart_mlionheart_m Registered User regular
    shit got burnt real bad by the banner. OSB Ultemicia...BSB Laguna and Seifer. Second pull and at least I got this:
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