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  • LilnoobsLilnoobs Alpha Queue Registered User regular
    edited October 2020
    What's the purpose of those information disc things? It looks like it opens up a story, does that mean it opens up more levels to play and complete? Or is it just a narrative to read? Something else?

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    Lilnoobs wrote: »
    What's the purpose of those information disc things? It looks like it opens up a story, does that mean it opens up more levels to play and complete? Or is it just a narrative to read? Something else?

    Narrative. Go to the third option in the event and you spend film reels on the story segments for this event. Archives from the Home screen lets you buy all the ones you already earned from previous events to have permanent access to read them when you'd like to. Each completed story gets you a medal for the trophy case.

  • LilnoobsLilnoobs Alpha Queue Registered User regular
    Alright, thanks.

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited October 2020
    Orphane wrote: »
    SV-4 challenge mode is uhhhh how the fuck do you do that

    I'm asking here to acknowledge my weakness before I go look up a video for it

    oh right, cheap snipers at the start. And a pusher+puller. I never remember the shifter units.

    if it's the one with the lancers, you can literally pack most of your dps, including any melee, aimed at the one jetstream which will slow all the enemies following the path and just make a killbox there
    a supporter can help slow them but in general many of the enemies don't have that much health

    that's how I did normal, challenge made the initial runners too fast so my normal mode strategy of dropping high dps vanguards in there first didn't work, the solution I needed was "use cheap snipers at the bend first instead of vanguards you moron"

    for reference my SV-4 challenge mode rollout was approximately:
    -drop 2 E1 max/E2 single target snipers in the upper right ledge facing right to clear out the first few waves.
    -drop Earthspirit to the left of them facing down, covering the killbox. Save Earthspirit's S2 for the two heavies wave.
    -drop Cliffheart with S2 on the rightmost melee square facing left, use her to stun and slow lancers in the killbox.
    -drop S3 Eyjafjalla in the lower left cliff area, closer to the killbox, facing right, saving S3 for the big guys wave.
    -drop Feater with S2 in the space down and to the left of Cliffheart's spot, use as another slow and delayer for lancers and big guys coming into the killbox.
    -the Kyostinv video I was watching had S3 Silverash in the melee spot in the middle of the killbox, but I opted to put S1 Manticore there for more slow and AOE damage instead, since I had enough damage for the big guy wave with S3 Eyjafjalla already.
    -drop Meteorite behind Eyjafjalla pointed towards the killbox for more DPS and cleanup of anyone who slips by.
    Lilnoobs wrote: »
    What's the purpose of those information disc things? It looks like it opens up a story, does that mean it opens up more levels to play and complete? Or is it just a narrative to read? Something else?

    Narrative. Go to the third option in the event and you spend film reels on the story segments for this event. Archives from the Home screen lets you buy all the ones you already earned from previous events to have permanent access to read them when you'd like to. Each completed story gets you a medal for the trophy case.

    is it only the ones you've seen or is it all previous event scenes, even ones you have missed?

    I started out with some of them unlocked already and some that I had done locked, along with one set locked I was not sure if I had done or not.

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    I didn't get the Grani stories, so events you actually did, it seems like.

  • FeldornFeldorn Mediocre Registered User regular
    you guys farming SV6 or SV7 for materials?

  • SpectrumSpectrum Archer of Inferno Chaldea Rec RoomRegistered User regular
    Feldorn wrote: »
    you guys farming SV6 or SV7 for materials?
    7's rate on Gel is incredibly good and its sub drop is Iron at a decent rate as well.

    You can theoretically use up to a few hundred Gel by CN timeline, so it won't go to waste.

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  • FeldornFeldorn Mediocre Registered User regular
    That’s what I’ve been farming.

  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    My active team is starting to feel real good, I cleared all the event stages and challenges without ever looking up a strategy, which I haven't managed before. Also, Zima E2 today, since I had the materials lying around.

    Hmm... where did all those extra Vanguard chips come from. Something about... Scotland?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PdXIHGvMpk

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    bagpipe


    stabs REAL hard

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  • SpectrumSpectrum Archer of Inferno Chaldea Rec RoomRegistered User regular
  • LorekLorek Registered User regular
    Looks like we must be close enough to the CN server now that they're slowing us down. The login bonus boost is 2 weeks long.. so unlikely to get a new event before November.

    Anyway, this should be the next standard banner (probably Friday?):

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    So Nightingale and Cliffheart in the shop.

  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    edited October 2020
    I got my first top operator tag in ages. Paired it with just healing since Shining is the only one of those I don't have. Got a Nightingale dupe instead, but... eh. She's really good so.

    That's a really disappointing banner for me - I don't have Waai Fu but...

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    I'm in full hoarding mode for the Weedy/Elysium banner, not even gonna be pulling for guaranteed 5* till then.

    In the meantime just slowly farming mastery mats with daily sanity, and running the skill book daily whenever it's up cause holy shit do I need a ton of blue books.

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    I'm really appreciating the costume reissues (got Apple Pie's EXCELLENT alt today). I hope they also reissue Granni and the free Hibiscus costume while they're at it...

  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
  • SpectrumSpectrum Archer of Inferno Chaldea Rec RoomRegistered User regular
    I'm fully prepped mat wise for the limited anniv banner for who I want. Back to the Mx mines for current ops, since I also don't really want to spend much xp/LMD until then either.

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  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2020
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  • SpectrumSpectrum Archer of Inferno Chaldea Rec RoomRegistered User regular
  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    Fuck, that's sooner than I thought.

    So uh, are we not getting the Weedy/Elysium banner before CC1, or are things gonna just go super fast?

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  • LorekLorek Registered User regular
    There's a JP livestream on the 22nd and the current rerun stuff ends on the 28th. Livestream means something so could be the w/weedy banner and chapter 7 then and CC right after it. That'd be super hype.

  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    Lorek wrote: »
    There's a JP livestream on the 22nd and the current rerun stuff ends on the 28th. Livestream means something so could be the w/weedy banner and chapter 7 then and CC right after it. That'd be super hype.

    I thought they already soft confirmed Darknights Memoir for the 28th though, at least that's what the twitter hints seem to indicate.

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  • LorekLorek Registered User regular
    I did not know that.. boo.. oh well, more savings to accumulate.

  • LorekLorek Registered User regular
    So if anyone is really bored and needs a unit to build, the CN version just announced that there's going to be a stage that'll require E2 Amiya in your team to run it.
    Might as well get that out of way sooner rather than later I guess... is it the 22nd yet? I need my livestream news.

  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDSJghnNuWc

    very fast dog throwing at incredibl hihg speed

  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
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    From the JP stream, next event announcement.

    Fucking whaaaaaaat????

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  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2020
    schedule status: extremely wack

    if they give us Wolumonde that means Suzuran, Ayerscarpe, and Click on banner and Folinic as welfare iirc? then since they've already announced CC#1: Pyrite for late November that's Asbestos and Tsukunogi

    at this point maybe any of the side story events are fair game for global/jp so thonk levels are off the charts here esp since if i recall Twilight of Wolumonde actually chronologically happens after Darknights Memoir and god knows when we'll get Ch. 7

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  • LorekLorek Registered User regular
    edited October 2020
    Yeah the Twilight event apparently has story beats that take place after Darknight Memoirs so that's super weird.
    Also, this should be the next standard banner:
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    So Angelina and Ptlopsis in the shop for yellow certs.

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  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    What the hell?

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited October 2020
    They absolutely are holding the Weedy + (spoiler operator that I'm pretty sure everyone knows about anyways at this point) banner for the actual anniversary, it's the only thing that makes sense at this point.

    ph blake on
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  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    Like seriously, this event has MASSIVE STORY SPOILERS for the 'Anniversary' event.

    That spoiler operator is explicitly shown with RI in this event!

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  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2020
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    since we have no indication of when we're getting the Weedy banner and by extension Elysium this is even more thonkworthy and i guess flips the table in terms of CC strats but we'll have Suzuran I guess who can either do triple target arts or slow + weaken + heal allies as a Supporter so lol

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  • LorekLorek Registered User regular
    Basically not expecting Weedy/W until January now to line up with the actual anniversary. I could maybe see that banner come as a big Christmas celebration, but I doubt it.
    Also means we're doing the next CC without Weedy so all the CN strats are basically out the window.

    Hell, we could end up getting Surtr before Weedy/W now. That'll really throw a wrench into saving for that limited time banner.

  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2020
    i want to say Elysium is more core to CC strats than Weedy is because why wouldn't you want a Myrtle who buffs sniper ops and can slow, shred armor, and reveal stealth on targets

    if we get Thorns or Eunectes or even Surtr before Weedy banner that would be...
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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    Lorek wrote: »
    Basically not expecting Weedy/W until January now to line up with the actual anniversary. I could maybe see that banner come as a big Christmas celebration, but I doubt it.
    Also means we're doing the next CC without Weedy so all the CN strats are basically out the window.

    Hell, we could end up getting Surtr before Weedy/W now. That'll really throw a wrench into saving for that limited time banner.

    Oh god please no...

    I mean, I would definitely pull for her over the Weedy banner, but I was planning on saving for both.

    Also I just realized, at least this means I don't have to keep hoarding mats for Elysium before CC#1

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  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2020


    yeap there it is
    we've been tricked, backstabbed, and quite possibly bamboozled
    i mean not really but this is going to throw anyone who was planning to have specific rosters for CC based on CN scheduling completely into disarray, so good luck on that

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  • SpectrumSpectrum Archer of Inferno Chaldea Rec RoomRegistered User regular
    What the fuck is this reordering...

    How am I supposed to save for the anniversary limited who I must have at all costs if they keep moving banners ahead of her...

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    Lorek wrote: »
    Yeah the Twilight event apparently has story beats that take place after Darknight Memoirs so that's super weird.
    Also, this should be the next standard banner:
    j3uFtcb.jpg

    So Angelina and Ptlopsis in the shop for yellow certs.

    At least that's a good list of banner units. And Ptilopsis in the shop would be great for anyone without her.

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  • SpectrumSpectrum Archer of Inferno Chaldea Rec RoomRegistered User regular
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    And now to frantically pivot to Suzuran farming

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    I know for a fact that this one hardcore whale on my FL will M3-90 Suzuran asap, so I'm just gonna chill out and not really try for her.

    She's nice to have but I've already built up Pram, Saria S3, and Angelina for this upcoming CC anyways

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