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[FFRK] One does not simply gacha into Mordor. (LOTR starts 3/8).

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  • WyvernWyvern Registered User regular
    Jragghen wrote: »
    Daily hit: Ashe glint, which makes her complete aside from her arcane (and uniques, but whatever)
    People tend to downplay enelement glints, but if you have someone kitted out to the point you can go Enelement LMR > Glint > Enelement USB, that's actually a crapload of extra damage at very little extra cost.

    I didn't even bother figuring out how to break Geo's rage consistently after the chain refresh; I just let Ashe brute-force it through the extra defense.

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  • JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    Wyvern wrote: »
    Jragghen wrote: »
    Daily hit: Ashe glint, which makes her complete aside from her arcane (and uniques, but whatever)
    People tend to downplay enelement glints, but if you have someone kitted out to the point you can go Enelement LMR > Glint > Enelement USB, that's actually a crapload of extra damage at very little extra cost.

    I didn't even bother figuring out how to break Geo's rage consistently after the chain refresh; I just let Ashe brute-force it through the extra defense.

    Yeah - Ashe and Palom are monsters, I just need a goddamn lightning chain and I'll instantly be sub-30.

  • lionheart_mlionheart_m Registered User regular
    I figure I would have an easier time with better LMR. Man...I wonder if I should try my hand once more for Sora. I mean with ROP&4YA so close...but wouldn't it be cool to have Sora Awakening? lol. oh decisions...

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  • 38thDoe38thDoe lets never be stupid again wait lets always be stupid foreverRegistered User regular
    Apparently a few months after fest all the realm 15 mythril draws refresh, and 8 elemental banners appear, all of which can have AASB on them. 375 mythril to pull on them all.

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    JP got their 15 mythril realm banners in November, right around the time we got our first round, so expect May I guess?

  • ElderlycrawfishElderlycrawfish Registered User regular
    Oh hey, non-useless daily draw today: Rinoa's w-cast LMR. Nice, I still have to do Typhon and she was going to be part of the team anyway.

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  • FryFry Registered User regular
    edited March 2019
    Counterpoint: IMO Chupon's phase transitions are very important to hit consistently, so doublecast RNG can make it hell. The only RNG on my team is Rinoa's LM2 (chance of quickcast 3), which is very low variance, especially since I'm using her chase ultra that gives it extra chances to proc. Consequently, my runs are super consistent, which is great for farming.

    That said, for almost any other fight, yes I wish I owned Rinoa's doublecast LMR, so I am jelly of your hit. :bro:

    Fry on
  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    So. Semitt Falls part 1. The whole story of that scene is exploring a cave system to find mythril.

    You don’t get any mythril for completing that dungeon.

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  • 38thDoe38thDoe lets never be stupid again wait lets always be stupid foreverRegistered User regular
    Tyro doesn't want to disrupt the timeline. He doesn't know we sneak the mythril out to wanted felon Dr. Mog in exchange for heartbreak.

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  • JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    Hmm. FF1 Torment is tonight. This is gonna be interesting.

    Stuff to play with:
    Echo: Both SSB and her BSB1(I think)
    Garland: SSB, CSB
    Master: BSB
    Sarah: SSB, USB (does she have two? It's the 30/30, shell haste, HP stock 2k one)
    Matoya: Nada
    Meia: LMR
    Thief: SSB
    WoL: OSB, CSB, USB2, LMR1, LMR2
    Wol: BSB

    I think I'd be best off just trying to funnel my damage through WoL, honestly. Sarah's in for USB casting at the beginning and then just SSB from then on. Wol is the only potential entrust source. Garland directly interferes with WoL chain so he's probably out. Probably being Echo along for another medica option because neither of them are instant. Maybe bring Matoya along to cast holy/de-dia and go along with the holy chain, if I choose to use that chain instead of the realm one?

    This realm is gonna be annoying. There's no real synergy, is there.

    I suppose I could finally dive Master and have fun with his 16-hit attack, even if non-elemental.

  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    My stuff:

    WOL: USB1, Chain
    Garland: BSB, OSB
    Echo: BSB1, BSB2
    Matoya: SSB, USB

    Ain’t got anything for Sarah, though I could pull her BSB or SSB off of the Archives.

    If I took Sarah’s SSB, I could have her and Matoya cast theirs at the start of the battle for a quick boost to everyone, and have Echo dance forever while Garland and WOL do things? Matoya then does Thunder Witch stuff, hopefully with her USB lining up with Echo’s BSB1. I basically only have Sarah’s SSB as a useful pull on that particular book, anyway.

    Alternatively, I bring Aphmau, Larsa, or Yuna as a ringer healer for the first two parts.

  • FryFry Registered User regular
    Reminder: power up dungeons go back to the regular schedule in an hour. Try not to be in the middle of one when that happens.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    Farmed a small pile of Syldras. No more. I think I'm done for the time being. Back to Tortuga.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Aw sweet! Got a sub-30 kill for Garland part 1 with a full FFI team!

    Swapping in Rikku for part 2, though. The team struggles enough with getting set up that I really need her USB for this. Sorry, Echo.

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  • lionheart_mlionheart_m Registered User regular
    Hmmm...man I don't have a ton of FF1. WoL. Wol. Meia. Garland. I don't see much synergy here.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Hmmm...man I don't have a ton of FF1. WoL. Wol. Meia. Garland. I don't see much synergy here.

    What relics do you have for those characters? You may need to bring in a ringer off-realm, and possibly grab a healing SB for Sarah. Alternatively, you could bring an off-realm healer, and have Sarah buff the team with Bard stuff.

  • lionheart_mlionheart_m Registered User regular
    Oh it was enough. BSB for everyone of them. Well and Garland Glint but really didn't need to. I don't know if I can manage a d280 with that team tho!
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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    Got Alma’s USB2 from the...semi-daily draw?

    100% dark damage shield could be very useful.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    edited March 2019
    Javen wrote: »
    Got Alma’s USB2 from the...semi-daily draw?

    100% dark damage shield could be very useful.

    Use that vs Torment Cuchulainn, and you can worry about his Dark spells even less than normal, leaving room to just use anti-bio stuff. Might also be of use vs Ark or something, but I've not done the research on that too much.

    Enlong on
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  • FryFry Registered User regular
    Javen wrote: »
    Got Alma’s USB2 from the...semi-daily draw?

    100% dark damage shield could be very useful.

    Certainly seems amazeballs for the FFT Torment. Probably also great for Doomgaze and Ark as well.

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  • DarklyreDarklyre Registered User regular
    edited March 2019
    Fry wrote: »
    Javen wrote: »
    Got Alma’s USB2 from the...semi-daily draw?

    100% dark damage shield could be very useful.

    Certainly seems amazeballs for the FFT Torment. Probably also great for Doomgaze and Ark as well.

    Bar-element SBs, elemental bubbles, and the ones that lower enemy elemental attack levels are low-key amazing. It's like having a defensive magicite on tap, plus it laughs at enemy imperils. I thought Vanille's USB2 was meh, but she makes a mockery of any holy-using boss.

    Darklyre on
  • JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    Garland 280 sub-30, but had to bring Elarra external - FF1 team was a smidge rough.

    I'm mostly happy with the 140 spirit motes, though.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Sub-30 for me, too. Rikku as a ringer was a little tougher than expected; had to give her good defensive gear to survive the opening salvo.

    Still, seeing Matoya dualcast Hell Thunder for 9999 a hit with the FF1 chain? Lots of fun, that.

    Probably not going to get anywhere near close on the Part 3 for a while, but such is FF1.

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  • ElderlycrawfishElderlycrawfish Registered User regular
    In JP news, Maria is finally getting an earth w-cast LMR. Also an AASB.

    But Emperor is also getting an AASB that covers Earth, Wind and Dark.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Which probably also makes the Emperor a top-rank physical Dark user, like how Sephiroth is a top-shelf Mage now.

  • 38thDoe38thDoe lets never be stupid again wait lets always be stupid foreverRegistered User regular
    For efficiency, you may want to hold your realm of parades pulls until Legendary weapons come out so you don't have to expand your vault. If you are into efficiency.
    Also realms of parades is now called Lord of the Rings mysteriously enough.

    One does not simply gacha into mordor.

    The hour is later than you think, the 9 3* orbs have already left Dr Morgul.

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    ANOTHER disco today, but it was a dupe Noctis AOSB

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    38thDoe wrote: »
    For efficiency, you may want to hold your realm of parades pulls until Legendary weapons come out so you don't have to expand your vault. If you are into efficiency.
    Also realms of parades is now called Lord of the Rings mysteriously enough.

    One does not simply gacha into mordor.

    The hour is later than you think, the 9 3* orbs have already left Dr Morgul.

    Stealing this. Thanks much!

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  • LeeksLeeks Registered User regular
    5* daily hit.

    Ochu Tentacle (VIII) not even a unique, hah.

    FF1 Torment 240 sub 30. My WoL and Garland are pretty stacked, so I should be able to do the 280 once I get around to it.

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  • 38thDoe38thDoe lets never be stupid again wait lets always be stupid foreverRegistered User regular
    Wow, that's some trash that takes me back.

    @silence1186 This is what is available on the anima lens exchange. Might want to add it to one of the early posts there for reference.
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HoP_uGqGmjXP8hBkSGVUhbMjMdZADisTx_qDXs4Qlm0/edit#gid=0

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  • JaysonFourJaysonFour Classy Monster Kitteh Registered User regular
    Oh, are we getting anima lens soon, as well?

    Going to try to get three pulls worth for RoP- the spreadsheet makes it so much easier to figure where I need to spend for some pulls!

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  • lionheart_mlionheart_m Registered User regular
    "supposedly" in two weeks?

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  • FryFry Registered User regular
    I think the Anima Lens thing is still a few months off. The new feature we're getting with this festival is legendary weapons/rainbow shards.
    JaysonFour wrote: »
    Going to try to get three pulls worth for RoP- the spreadsheet makes it so much easier to figure where I need to spend for some pulls!

    Generally speaking, most players should try to do all of the Realms on Parade pulls. Guaranteed BSB or better for 5 mythril is completely nuts. Even if 2/3 of your draws are garbage/dupes, you're still doing way better than expected value for regular, full-price draws.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    I wonder if they’re calling it “Luck Of The Realms” because St. Patrick’s Day is coming up.

  • JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    I thought it was rainbow shards coming, not anima lenses

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  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    lord of the rings starts tonight?

  • JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    Tomorrow.

    Also, on the "go ahead and pull" side of the equation, the first four (I think?) pulls overlap with the USB select. Just sayin'

  • BrodyBrody The Watch The First ShoreRegistered User regular
    What are legendary weapons/rainbow shards?

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    38thDoe wrote: »
    Wow, that's some trash that takes me back.

    @silence1186 This is what is available on the anima lens exchange. Might want to add it to one of the early posts there for reference.
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HoP_uGqGmjXP8hBkSGVUhbMjMdZADisTx_qDXs4Qlm0/edit#gid=0

    Got it. Updated the second OP.

  • JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    Brody wrote: »
    What are legendary weapons/rainbow shards?

    Legendary weapons are 7* weapons which there's one of each type (sword, dagger, etc) which have great stats. You make them stronger by feeding other weapons into them. You do that by converting them into rainbow shards. 5* are better than 4* are better than, etc. I think they get realm synergy on every realm too? I can't remember. They're supposed to be great for torments.

    We'll get a second round of legendary weapons that are elemental-boosting which make the first round kinda pointless.

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