shit hmmm...well I guess it's time to dust off my Seifer, Rufus and Sephiroth BSB team. I wanted to go Jill USB, Kuja USB and Cid BSB but my current Astra is limited to Iris.
Got a win vs Phoenix, something like 35 seconds. Noticed I somehow ended up at over 1500 red 5* motes (seriously, why do those pools suck so bad), so I don't feel too bad about doing a LD for Wakka of all people
Tyro: godwall, Mako Might, wrath+entrust to Elarra
Elarra: USB1 + BSB, ATK/MAG dance, RM extra meter when receiving hits
Tidus LD; Chain + USB1, Dr. Mog's, Sapphire Bullet R4
Bartz LD: USB1 + BSB(water), 30% sword damage, water+lightning spellblade R4
Wakka LD: USB1, 30% blitzball damage, Full Break + Sapphire Shot R3
RW: Priestess (!)
Magicite Geosgaeno (Famfrit, Kraken, Seraph for MND boon, Evrae)
Will have to play with it, maybe I can get it sub-30 if I switch Tyro to Ramza or Ignis and RW Wall
Fry on
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Threw some mythril in for RoP and got a bit lucky.
Type 0: 1/3, Deuce USB (dupe). Eh, at least I have a 7-star version now.
FFT: 1/3. Alma USB "Sacred Barrier". Haste, Protect, Shell, major Regen, Reraise, and all down allies are raised with moderate HP. They also get a barrier to let them dodge one debuff. Yep. That's a damned run saver if I ever saw one. And it's only a USB instead of a AOSB? Is there a downside to this break, or...?
I had some extra mythril burning a hole in my pocket, and I was bored. So I dumped it into one of the last 11x draws for 15 that I'd had lying around- I still have my XV, my III, and my Type-0 to do on those. I figured I'd roll on the XV banner and see what came out.
3/11.
Three discos. No doubles.
Noctis AOSB "Critical Link". Three massive physical attacks with a 100% crit rate that can break the damage cap.
Prompto Chain "Custom Starshell". 150-hit Lightning chain with major ATK boost and also majorly increases Lightning damage.
Aranea OSB "Highwind(XV)". A massive lightning/dark jump attack that hits harder with a slight weakness or weakness present, can break the damage cap.
Uhm... if anyone is looking for their draw luck, I think I found it...
That Alma's USB's catch is "no medica, also reraise sucks."
haste/protect/shell/major regen is great - but you want your healer to be able to spend meter healing everyone with a medica.
Reraise sucks because people come back without their buffs (haste, protect, shell, wall, attack buffs, etc) so they're just sitting ducks.
I didn't think XV was up yet? That's a hell of a draw though.
The XV draw he did was the discounted realm draw, 15 for 11 relics.
I've had Reraise work for me occasionally, but with the caveat that I'm using Porom's Ultra for Reraise; it being an instant medica itself, with Last Stand, I can in certain fights drop another one to protect the revivees as they come back. And hopefully it's also at a moment where I'm reupping my buffs.
The other catch to Alma's USB is that it isn't instacast, but honestly it's still a whole lot of good things packed into one move. If it had a Medica or 0CT it would just be plain unfair to all other healers.
Yeah, that was the discounted realm draw. I'm sitting on a bunch of stamina potions, too, and I have enough greens to refill off the chocobo store... it's looking like Sunday is going to be a good grinding for SBs and Materias day. I have so many to grind and learn so I can get my teams together... but the more options I have, the better!
XV dropped me Gladio's LMR. Which, ehhh. I already dove him in hopes of getting him to do good work for Quetzalcoatl, so this Cover LM is fighting with Sword-based damage up and Attack Up on hits taken. It's a hard sell, particularly when that still wasn't quite enough power, compared to Guy.
But, since I have my Zappy Birds, I can perhaps use him for fights where overwhelming power isn't as necessary.
Maintenance is usually at 12am PST or thereabouts, so if there is one it would be in like 6 and a half hours.
Don't they usually give a few days heads up?
Yes, that too. Apparently we haven't received any heads up, so either no maintenance, or intern forgot to send out message and apology bard mote incoming.
Gladio glint. That seems handy if I ever get around to the 5 star magicites. Hades and Siren still in my way.
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Killed the FF9 Torment Part 2 just barely under 30s. My Magicite actually got the killing blow. Boy does that boss do a lot of damage. Is this considered one of the harder Torments? I don't see how you do it without Eiko's guts Medica.
Killed the FF9 Torment Part 2 just barely under 30s. My Magicite actually got the killing blow. Boy does that boss do a lot of damage. Is this considered one of the harder Torments? I don't see how you do it without Eiko's guts Medica.
The trick is that's the home of (good!) trance LM2s, they expect you will have three to five of them and the attack routine is programmed accordingly.
Someone on Reddit did part 2 sub 30 with no soul breaks at all, just some excellent hones and a set of trances.
So, uhh, there was a Livestream earlier from the developers and there is some stuff to see in ~6 months.
Elemental Sacred Weapons
Records Lab:
Gain Anima Lenses from events, pulling dupes. Three tiers of lenses, they are redeemable for:
L1 - Unique, SSB
L2 - BSB, OSB, or LMR
L3 - USB
New Magicite Dungeon: Boss strength/weakness will depend on your first attack. Use Water, it will be weak to it and attack with fire. Reward is a 6* Accessory that has moderate resist to all elements.
6* Glints. Can only be used once per battle, consumes no meter. Example: Kain 6* glint, 0CT, instacast 1, no air time for a short period of time.
Upcoming JP fest will have dream selects in the LMR, BSB, OSB, USB, Glint, and AOSB categories.
More rewards for 3 and 4* Magicites. Less exp to level 4*s.
Accessories will be able to be converted to Rainbow Shards.
Anyway there's a bunch more but that seemed like some of the really interesting stuff.
Edit: More details on Lens stuff, it's not a one to one sort of deal; you get x number of lenses per whatever but you need like 1000 to cash in for a relic. Less cool but it's still getting to pick something for collecting rewards so better than nothing. Also you get retroactive rewards if you cleared a record dungeon or whatever that will now get the updated reward.
3 & 4* magicite fights will now have a continue option, which gives some stat boosts and 1 ether.
Crit rate for bosses to be adjusted in Magicites, torments, record, and boundless. I'm assuming down/removing, less random bullshit lucky bosses I hope.
Oh shit, you can trade in accessories? Shouldn't have sold all those DEF/RES 5* ones then.
That's kind of annoying, I just cleaned out a bunch of junky 5* accessories. Oh well.
Interesting thought: I still have a bunch of accessories in the Gyshal Shop, if they aren't removed, I can save them there until we get this update, to convert to rainbow shards
Eh, I was going to say that, but we got more notice than Japan at any rate. Probably trade in all the debuff resists by then and hope for the best.
I’m still gonna hold on to 5 of each ailment if I can. Even if many fights use auto-hit ailments or use them infrequently enough that Astra can serve, I can’t be certain that I won’t have to contend with an old-school ailment spammer who’s better dealt with usinf Affliction Break and resistances. Better, I think, to have a few extra slots filled then to run into a fight for which I don’t have the tools, because I sold them off.
Eh, I was going to say that, but we got more notice than Japan at any rate. Probably trade in all the debuff resists by then and hope for the best.
I’m still gonna hold on to 5 of each ailment if I can. Even if many fights use auto-hit ailments or use them infrequently enough that Astra can serve, I can’t be certain that I won’t have to contend with an old-school ailment spammer who’s better dealt with usinf Affliction Break and resistances. Better, I think, to have a few extra slots filled then to run into a fight for which I don’t have the tools, because I sold them off.
I still hold onto way too many things. Excluding the last couple I haven't stuck in my spreadsheet yet, I've got 145 accessories.
I figure, keep enough of each accessories to cover a full team for whatever element/debuff, chuck the rest to rainbow shards for me.
Priority to keeping accessories that have dual or more resistances, as they are big time inventory savers.
I was actually thinking of purging some accessories last week, good thing I never got around to it. I doubt accessories will give very many shards, but with a new tier of sacred weapons, every shard counts I guess.
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Eh, I was going to say that, but we got more notice than Japan at any rate. Probably trade in all the debuff resists by then and hope for the best.
I’m still gonna hold on to 5 of each ailment if I can. Even if many fights use auto-hit ailments or use them infrequently enough that Astra can serve, I can’t be certain that I won’t have to contend with an old-school ailment spammer who’s better dealt with usinf Affliction Break and resistances. Better, I think, to have a few extra slots filled then to run into a fight for which I don’t have the tools, because I sold them off.
Eh, at most I'm going to be out 1 mythril and some orbs and crystals. I can live without that.
You know how they're going to update the auto feature to do SBs and abilities? Add the Gambit system from XII. Have various gambits be rewards for events and allow us to customize our Auto config and store it with teams. So then, once you can beat a 5* magicite the game becomes "okay, now how do I program this?"
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Feels really weird to skip realms on parade.
Tyro: godwall, Mako Might, wrath+entrust to Elarra
Elarra: USB1 + BSB, ATK/MAG dance, RM extra meter when receiving hits
Tidus LD; Chain + USB1, Dr. Mog's, Sapphire Bullet R4
Bartz LD: USB1 + BSB(water), 30% sword damage, water+lightning spellblade R4
Wakka LD: USB1, 30% blitzball damage, Full Break + Sapphire Shot R3
RW: Priestess (!)
Magicite Geosgaeno (Famfrit, Kraken, Seraph for MND boon, Evrae)
Will have to play with it, maybe I can get it sub-30 if I switch Tyro to Ramza or Ignis and RW Wall
Type 0: 1/3, Deuce USB (dupe). Eh, at least I have a 7-star version now.
FFT: 1/3. Alma USB "Sacred Barrier". Haste, Protect, Shell, major Regen, Reraise, and all down allies are raised with moderate HP. They also get a barrier to let them dodge one debuff. Yep. That's a damned run saver if I ever saw one. And it's only a USB instead of a AOSB? Is there a downside to this break, or...?
I had some extra mythril burning a hole in my pocket, and I was bored. So I dumped it into one of the last 11x draws for 15 that I'd had lying around- I still have my XV, my III, and my Type-0 to do on those. I figured I'd roll on the XV banner and see what came out.
3/11.
Three discos. No doubles.
Noctis AOSB "Critical Link". Three massive physical attacks with a 100% crit rate that can break the damage cap.
Prompto Chain "Custom Starshell". 150-hit Lightning chain with major ATK boost and also majorly increases Lightning damage.
Aranea OSB "Highwind(XV)". A massive lightning/dark jump attack that hits harder with a slight weakness or weakness present, can break the damage cap.
Uhm... if anyone is looking for their draw luck, I think I found it...
I can has cheezburger, yes?
haste/protect/shell/major regen is great - but you want your healer to be able to spend meter healing everyone with a medica.
Reraise sucks because people come back without their buffs (haste, protect, shell, wall, attack buffs, etc) so they're just sitting ducks.
I didn't think XV was up yet? That's a hell of a draw though.
The XV draw he did was the discounted realm draw, 15 for 11 relics.
I've had Reraise work for me occasionally, but with the caveat that I'm using Porom's Ultra for Reraise; it being an instant medica itself, with Last Stand, I can in certain fights drop another one to protect the revivees as they come back. And hopefully it's also at a moment where I'm reupping my buffs.
I can has cheezburger, yes?
Nothing world breaking, but might be just enough to get me to sneak past 30s on the XV 280
But, since I have my Zappy Birds, I can perhaps use him for fights where overwhelming power isn't as necessary.
Daily draw: Rapha BSB dupe
XV RoP: Gladio BSB dupe
Womp Womp
It's gotta be soon, no?
Don't they usually give a few days heads up?
I dunno about this one, doesn't seem overly hottt.
Yes, that too. Apparently we haven't received any heads up, so either no maintenance, or intern forgot to send out message and apology bard mote incoming.
Please, someone take my luck. Nothing but great relics and they're all dupes!
Seems pretty useless. I have no supporting relics.
Royal Guardian (100% HP Bubble and Combat damage boost), or Warp Factor (crit damage buff and speedcast)?
The trick is that's the home of (good!) trance LM2s, they expect you will have three to five of them and the attack routine is programmed accordingly.
Someone on Reddit did part 2 sub 30 with no soul breaks at all, just some excellent hones and a set of trances.
Elemental Sacred Weapons
Records Lab:
Gain Anima Lenses from events, pulling dupes. Three tiers of lenses, they are redeemable for:
L1 - Unique, SSB
L2 - BSB, OSB, or LMR
L3 - USB
New Magicite Dungeon: Boss strength/weakness will depend on your first attack. Use Water, it will be weak to it and attack with fire. Reward is a 6* Accessory that has moderate resist to all elements.
6* Glints. Can only be used once per battle, consumes no meter. Example: Kain 6* glint, 0CT, instacast 1, no air time for a short period of time.
Upcoming JP fest will have dream selects in the LMR, BSB, OSB, USB, Glint, and AOSB categories.
More rewards for 3 and 4* Magicites. Less exp to level 4*s.
Accessories will be able to be converted to Rainbow Shards.
Anyway there's a bunch more but that seemed like some of the really interesting stuff.
Edit: More details on Lens stuff, it's not a one to one sort of deal; you get x number of lenses per whatever but you need like 1000 to cash in for a relic. Less cool but it's still getting to pick something for collecting rewards so better than nothing. Also you get retroactive rewards if you cleared a record dungeon or whatever that will now get the updated reward.
3 & 4* magicite fights will now have a continue option, which gives some stat boosts and 1 ether.
Crit rate for bosses to be adjusted in Magicites, torments, record, and boundless. I'm assuming down/removing, less random bullshit lucky bosses I hope.
That's kind of annoying, I just cleaned out a bunch of junky 5* accessories. Oh well.
Interesting thought: I still have a bunch of accessories in the Gyshal Shop, if they aren't removed, I can save them there until we get this update, to convert to rainbow shards
I’m still gonna hold on to 5 of each ailment if I can. Even if many fights use auto-hit ailments or use them infrequently enough that Astra can serve, I can’t be certain that I won’t have to contend with an old-school ailment spammer who’s better dealt with usinf Affliction Break and resistances. Better, I think, to have a few extra slots filled then to run into a fight for which I don’t have the tools, because I sold them off.
I still hold onto way too many things. Excluding the last couple I haven't stuck in my spreadsheet yet, I've got 145 accessories.
Priority to keeping accessories that have dual or more resistances, as they are big time inventory savers.
I was actually thinking of purging some accessories last week, good thing I never got around to it. I doubt accessories will give very many shards, but with a new tier of sacred weapons, every shard counts I guess.
Eh, at most I'm going to be out 1 mythril and some orbs and crystals. I can live without that.
You know how they're going to update the auto feature to do SBs and abilities? Add the Gambit system from XII. Have various gambits be rewards for events and allow us to customize our Auto config and store it with teams. So then, once you can beat a 5* magicite the game becomes "okay, now how do I program this?"