Updated realm/elemental banners are indeed coming next week, just got the notification ingame.
Looking forward to burning all my mithril again (and a couple of tickets).
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silence1186Character shields down!As a wingmanRegistered Userregular
Mildly excited for refresh. I've been saving mythril so I can do 8 elemental draws and 17 realms draws immediately. Time has basically stopped for me in progress in this game, but I do have some tickets saved for post refresh draws with the improved pools.
My biggest blockade to trying right now is not wanting to scrape barely over the finish line in fights. I'm content to wait until fighting the bosses isn't miserable, even if that takes years.
Mildly excited for refresh. I've been saving mythril so I can do 8 elemental draws and 17 realms draws immediately. Time has basically stopped for me in progress in this game, but I do have some tickets saved for post refresh draws with the improved pools.
My biggest blockade to trying right now is not wanting to scrape barely over the finish line in fights. I'm content to wait until fighting the bosses isn't miserable, even if that takes years.
I'll just say temper your expectations. The pools are getting bigger so even with MORE goodies, there's actually less chances to target specific stuff.
Mildly excited for refresh. I've been saving mythril so I can do 8 elemental draws and 17 realms draws immediately. Time has basically stopped for me in progress in this game, but I do have some tickets saved for post refresh draws with the improved pools.
My biggest blockade to trying right now is not wanting to scrape barely over the finish line in fights. I'm content to wait until fighting the bosses isn't miserable, even if that takes years.
I'll just say temper your expectations. The pools are getting bigger so even with MORE goodies, there's actually less chances to target specific stuff.
True, but a higher chance of getting something meaningful in general.
So, less chance of getting Lightning SASB, but a bigger chance of getting a AASB/SASB for anyone.
Only moderate heal, but regents, pblink, and party power chain is a nice mix of effects, especially since I've got her G+ and her OTHER usb which is large heal, def, and last stand.
Event Firion is something of a jerk - status effects plus heavy damage (some of which is unblinkable). The Raid Firion is especially difficult if you're running it solo since you don't get the starting SB bars. I had to bring double-healers to that one, including taking Larsa off the bench for the first time in a while.
Kite's lag exchange has been updated! Still completely useless if you're caught up with 5* magicite, but probably pretty darn handy for folks working their way through the early parts of the magicite trek.
Just a shame that the new inheritance missions are based on how many magicites you inherit abilities onto, and don’t take into account anything done before the missions were added. My maficite inventory is shrinking as it is.
Yda USB
Yda LMR
Haurchefant BSB
Montblanc USB
Mustadio USB
Did a final pull on water. And I think I broke the game:
Tidus BSB (the other one so new tech)
Sync Rikku (lol I need a new water chain. I have both AASB and Sync on her!)
Sync OK which pair nicely with his AASB.
So I think I have a decent Ifrit magic water team now.
Apparently, the banners didn't update as much as some folks were hoping, so buyer beware. Especially for XIV.
That would mean no updates for FF14? That's garbage. So no new relics for the realm.
No, there are updates. Trust me, I made sure to check before throwing anything more there. It at least now has Papalymo’s and Ysayle’s Awakenings. It doesn’t, however, have anything from the last month or two. Alphinaud’s hybrid Sync is still the only 7-star item on the banner. There isn’t anything from Alphinaud’s new healer focus, or anything from the recent FFXIV event.
It at least is now possible (if you’re lucky), to get more than 1 magic Awakening for the realm. I wasn’t lucky, but it’s possible now.
Well that's great. Well at least it was new stuff for those realms but I was hoping for DB tech. Oh well. No complaints.
You could argue it is dreambreaker tech. Y’shtola’s ACM Bubsy is lensable, and that Lahabrea fight has apparently been done with just one magic Awakening in a team of mages.
Dreambreaker is indeed why I keep throwing resources at that XIV banner.
Went through item lists on RK Squared. Best targets for me are I and II (where I basically have nothing). Worst are X and XIV (where I have more than a full team, and where they neglected to update, respectively)
Most of these discount draws are roughly equivalent to a 14 item banner with 6 wanted items. I haven't worked out the equivalence for the new 12 item banner format, yet.
I logged in one last time to use up all my mythril and tickets on the refresh, saying "Hey, maybe with a modicum of luck, I might be tempted to start playing again."
17 draws in total across the eight elemental draws and the best 9 realm ones (all 23% or better for an AASB plus by RK-Squared). I got one sync dupe on water draw, and two AASB dupes on III and XIII.
Yeah, uninstalled for good. Done with all gacha forever.
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silence1186Character shields down!As a wingmanRegistered Userregular
Been saving up for this.
Elemental Draws:
Fire - Jack LMR, Locke OSB, Ignis USB dupe. Blargh
Ice - Lulu LMR, Josef Glint, Lulu USB1. Blargh
Lightning - Queen LMR, Vivi AOSB2, Queen AOSB. This probably helps a tiny bit.
Earth - Gladio AOSB. Complements him a tad.
Wind - Alph USB1 dupe, Fang USB2 dupe. Blargh.
Water - Yuffie BSB2. I hate this game.
Holy - Tama BSB (wth?), CoD BSB1 dupe, Celes BSB2, Yuna LMR dupe, Dr. Mog AASB. At least it's an AASB?
Dark - Finger snap! Raines AASB, Gaff Sync! Ended on a good note.
Realm Draws:
1 - Meia BSB, Master AOSB dupe. Still a useless realm
2 - Firion USB3, Maria G+. Marginal upgrades, but still upgrades
3 - OK AOSB dupe. Blargh.
4 - Finger snap! Palom LMR (+DMG w/Rod), Golbez Sync! Dark teams are flexing.
5 - Galuf Glint, Galuf G+. This woulda been helpful with Ramuh last year! FFV continues to hold out on me.
6 - Kefka Glint. Hate hate hate.
7 - Zack USB2. EnWind for Zack!
8 - Ulti Glint dupe, Edea Glint, Selphie USB1 dupe. Blargh.
9 - Eiko G+, Amarant AASB dupe. Eiko G+ isn't ProShellHastega?
10 - Tidus LMR (QC1 cycle), Kimahri USB. Garbage.
11 - Lilisette USB dupe, Aphmau AASB. Decent, actually.
12 - Penelo BSB dupe, Vaan LMR dupe, Gabranth G+. It's fine, but nothing immediately helpful.
13 - Hope USB1, Fang AASB. Lightning Sync continues to evade. Shores up my Hope, but Fang's AASB is bad.
14 - Thancred LMR, Thancred bUSB. I wanted this stuff, but it's not useful anymore.
15 - Promptio Chain! Noct AASB dupe. Hrmm. This might shake up Leviathan.
FFT - Alma LMR, Agrias AASB! Perfectly functional!
T-0: Deuce USB2, Sice bAASB. Awash in Dark functionality now.
Core: Biggs LMR dupe, Wedge Glint dupe x2, Tyro G+. Free instant Wall ain't bad.
Big spender! I've got the rage now! Look out!
Lightning draw with tickets fishing for toys:
1st - Aranea OSB dupe, King USB dupe, Reno USB dupe. Sadness.
2nd - Vivi Glint, Master Glint, Fran USB2, Reks USB dupe, Ashe USB dupe, King G+. Sigh
3rd - Prishe USB2 dupe, King AASB. Hmm.
Stopping there. Between Queen buffs, new stuff for King, and/or Prompto Chain, I might need to revisit Leviathan.
Only one Plasma Shock might be a problem, or it might not...
Overall my emotional state after that isn't bad. Two Dark Syncs was a get. I'm not sure what the total ramifications will be until I get past Leviathan and reassess at following Magicite. Might look at Dreambreakers after that. Might continue to ignore them. Gold Odin or whoever that's coming will probably be an ignore, unless I can Cloud Keeper him to death.
I logged in one last time to use up all my mythril and tickets on the refresh, saying "Hey, maybe with a modicum of luck, I might be tempted to start playing again."
17 draws in total across the eight elemental draws and the best 9 realm ones (all 23% or better for an AASB plus by RK-Squared). I got one sync dupe on water draw, and two AASB dupes on III and XIII.
Yeah, uninstalled for good. Done with all gacha forever.
So like, actual results. Discounting dupes: XIV got me Papalymo’s Glint. FFV shot me nothing. Ice got me Lasswell’s Awakening (which would be neat if I wasn’t done with Valefor, but it does work with his frying pan). Earth got me Galuf’s Imperil Earth BSB and Maria’s weird +Earth Glint. II got me nothing. And Wind got me Gau’s Glint, which just makes me sad that I don’t get to use him for Wind like I used to.
Really, nothing particularly great, and one of the more interesting things was on the lens shop anyway. I kinda want to try Lasswell just for yuks, but my actual strongest ice team wouldn’t have room for him.
I try to take these results in stride, but I absolutely get how this game can just lose someone forever. Best of luck to you, ArcTangent.
silence1186Character shields down!As a wingmanRegistered Userregular
My time begins to move forward again: Physical Leviathan down! King over Sora was the upgrade I needed to DPS the boss while ignoring the doom timers and bubble game entirely.
Odin accessories. +Lightning on DPS, +MND on Tyro/Elarra. Some to max Crystal Waters. ~200 Magia on everyone (been bored running dailies)
Shelke would Wrath x2, RS until 10s, hold until 11s, Jump, RS, Chain, BSB, RS until phase 2, AASB after phase 2, RS spam until end
Elarra would G+, Dance, USB1, then weave USB1 and Dance, USB2 and Ramuh when Chain goes up, then weave USB1 and Dance. Hold turn around phase 2 to Dispel.
Tyro Wrath, Wall, USB4, Entrust Elarra, Wrath/Entrust Elarra until 100% Crit is up, call Ramuh, call RW to break Rage, call RW for killing blow
Queen FD spam until ~2 SB bars, G+, USB, AASB, spam Ripping Plasma. AOSB before Chain and BDL both end for 19999 x 20 hits.
King Plasma Shock spam to 2 SB bars, G+, USB, AASB, Plasma Shock in phase 1, switch to Tempest Snipe in phase 2 and beyond. Timing worked out that his 3rd hit triggering his chase landed right before the boss's phase 2 Protect, so 12 x 19999 skipped phase 2 pretty handily.
Phew! Maybe coulda suffered through a slow Reraise clear earlier, but this was much easier on me.
Now to look at magical Ifrit *shudders*
Rydia AASB is my heavy hitter, which doesn't work against the pillars. I also have Aria USB to tank the extreme Fire damage from ignoring some pillars. Hrmm.
My time begins to move forward again: Physical Leviathan down! King over Sora was the upgrade I needed to DPS the boss while ignoring the doom timers and bubble game entirely.
Odin accessories. +Lightning on DPS, +MND on Tyro/Elarra. Some to max Crystal Waters. ~200 Magia on everyone (been bored running dailies)
Shelke would Wrath x2, RS until 10s, hold until 11s, Jump, RS, Chain, BSB, RS until phase 2, AASB after phase 2, RS spam until end
Elarra would G+, Dance, USB1, then weave USB1 and Dance, USB2 and Ramuh when Chain goes up, then weave USB1 and Dance. Hold turn around phase 2 to Dispel.
Tyro Wrath, Wall, USB4, Entrust Elarra, Wrath/Entrust Elarra until 100% Crit is up, call Ramuh, call RW to break Rage, call RW for killing blow
Queen FD spam until ~2 SB bars, G+, USB, AASB, spam Ripping Plasma. AOSB before Chain and BDL both end for 19999 x 20 hits.
King Plasma Shock spam to 2 SB bars, G+, USB, AASB, Plasma Shock in phase 1, switch to Tempest Snipe in phase 2 and beyond. Timing worked out that his 3rd hit triggering his chase landed right before the boss's phase 2 Protect, so 12 x 19999 skipped phase 2 pretty handily.
Phew! Maybe coulda suffered through a slow Reraise clear earlier, but this was much easier on me.
Now to look at magical Ifrit *shudders*
Rydia AASB is my heavy hitter, which doesn't work against the pillars. I also have Aria USB to tank the extreme Fire damage from ignoring some pillars. Hrmm.
Hooo boy, Magic Ifrit.
There are options there, but he’s always going to be a real wisdom tooth. You could give someone (Rydia?) Ogopogo, hope for a dualcast on turn 1, and have the other DPS blast the pillars with single-target spells to snipe them down. Rydia’s Water BSB does 6 hits, which, if they do 9999 each, will reduce the pillars to about 1 HP. You could also, depending on your access to Raise, sacrifice Rydia by having her kill all 4 pillars at once, and then revive her. That could allow you to skip a lot of stacked Pain in phase 2 or 3. Any way you slice it, though, Ifrit’s a Pain.
II - Firion LMR (w-cast Knight), Minwu G+
III - OK pUSB (dupe), Aria G+, Arc G+
VII - Shelke G (dupe)
X - Lulu USB2 (dupe), Jecht LMR (en-fire), Wakka AASB
XIII - Lightning USB3 (dupe)
C - Dr. Mog AOSB (dupe)
I am getting a ton of Glints today. Firion's LMR is definitely nice, and Jecht's makes him a good physical fire candidate. Wakka AASB pushes my X team from "water-based" to "might as well use it on fire magicites."
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Looking forward to burning all my mithril again (and a couple of tickets).
My biggest blockade to trying right now is not wanting to scrape barely over the finish line in fights. I'm content to wait until fighting the bosses isn't miserable, even if that takes years.
I'll just say temper your expectations. The pools are getting bigger so even with MORE goodies, there's actually less chances to target specific stuff.
True, but a higher chance of getting something meaningful in general.
So, less chance of getting Lightning SASB, but a bigger chance of getting a AASB/SASB for anyone.
Man I hate that banner. So many characters that aren't really holy showing up there for no reason.
Only moderate heal, but regents, pblink, and party power chain is a nice mix of effects, especially since I've got her G+ and her OTHER usb which is large heal, def, and last stand.
I don't believe so. I think the next "seasonal" draws are around US Thanksgiving.
Looking forward to trying once again on FFXIV and getting a Y’shtola Glint dupe, lol.
I wonder which banners will have the best odds of something great now. I’m probably gonna roll on XIV, V, and VI first, regardless, but still.
*spend for 4 of them and get nothing of consequence*
Boo, renewed discount banners.
Edit: 5.
Yda USB
Yda LMR
Haurchefant BSB
Montblanc USB
Mustadio USB
Did a final pull on water. And I think I broke the game:
Tidus BSB (the other one so new tech)
Sync Rikku (lol I need a new water chain. I have both AASB and Sync on her!)
Sync OK which pair nicely with his AASB.
So I think I have a decent Ifrit magic water team now.
That would mean no updates for FF14? That's garbage. So no new relics for the realm.
No, there are updates. Trust me, I made sure to check before throwing anything more there. It at least now has Papalymo’s and Ysayle’s Awakenings. It doesn’t, however, have anything from the last month or two. Alphinaud’s hybrid Sync is still the only 7-star item on the banner. There isn’t anything from Alphinaud’s new healer focus, or anything from the recent FFXIV event.
It at least is now possible (if you’re lucky), to get more than 1 magic Awakening for the realm. I wasn’t lucky, but it’s possible now.
You could argue it is dreambreaker tech. Y’shtola’s ACM Bubsy is lensable, and that Lahabrea fight has apparently been done with just one magic Awakening in a team of mages.
Dreambreaker is indeed why I keep throwing resources at that XIV banner.
Ysale usb
Ysale imperil lmr
Y'shtola g+
Yda aosb
Papalymo glint
Papalymo awakening
Alphinaud sync
Guess I'm just a lucky asshole.
Even the dupes I pulled were sub-AOSB so I didn't even level up any of my SBs. Feh.
I mean, that Y’shtola Glint+ is of no use in Dreambreaker, but with her Bubsy, it makes her one of the best secondary healers in most magic teams.
Pick up Y’shtola’s Bubsy and Papalymo’s OSB (the only OSB in XIV), and you’ve got a really nice magic team for XIV.
Most of these discount draws are roughly equivalent to a 14 item banner with 6 wanted items. I haven't worked out the equivalence for the new 12 item banner format, yet.
Only major pickup was celes awakening.
17 draws in total across the eight elemental draws and the best 9 realm ones (all 23% or better for an AASB plus by RK-Squared). I got one sync dupe on water draw, and two AASB dupes on III and XIII.
Yeah, uninstalled for good. Done with all gacha forever.
Elemental Draws:
Fire - Jack LMR, Locke OSB, Ignis USB dupe. Blargh
Ice - Lulu LMR, Josef Glint, Lulu USB1. Blargh
Lightning - Queen LMR, Vivi AOSB2, Queen AOSB. This probably helps a tiny bit.
Earth - Gladio AOSB. Complements him a tad.
Wind - Alph USB1 dupe, Fang USB2 dupe. Blargh.
Water - Yuffie BSB2. I hate this game.
Holy - Tama BSB (wth?), CoD BSB1 dupe, Celes BSB2, Yuna LMR dupe, Dr. Mog AASB. At least it's an AASB?
Dark - Finger snap! Raines AASB, Gaff Sync! Ended on a good note.
Realm Draws:
1 - Meia BSB, Master AOSB dupe. Still a useless realm
2 - Firion USB3, Maria G+. Marginal upgrades, but still upgrades
3 - OK AOSB dupe. Blargh.
4 - Finger snap! Palom LMR (+DMG w/Rod), Golbez Sync! Dark teams are flexing.
5 - Galuf Glint, Galuf G+. This woulda been helpful with Ramuh last year! FFV continues to hold out on me.
6 - Kefka Glint. Hate hate hate.
7 - Zack USB2. EnWind for Zack!
8 - Ulti Glint dupe, Edea Glint, Selphie USB1 dupe. Blargh.
9 - Eiko G+, Amarant AASB dupe. Eiko G+ isn't ProShellHastega?
10 - Tidus LMR (QC1 cycle), Kimahri USB. Garbage.
11 - Lilisette USB dupe, Aphmau AASB. Decent, actually.
12 - Penelo BSB dupe, Vaan LMR dupe, Gabranth G+. It's fine, but nothing immediately helpful.
13 - Hope USB1, Fang AASB. Lightning Sync continues to evade. Shores up my Hope, but Fang's AASB is bad.
14 - Thancred LMR, Thancred bUSB. I wanted this stuff, but it's not useful anymore.
15 - Promptio Chain! Noct AASB dupe. Hrmm. This might shake up Leviathan.
FFT - Alma LMR, Agrias AASB! Perfectly functional!
T-0: Deuce USB2, Sice bAASB. Awash in Dark functionality now.
Core: Biggs LMR dupe, Wedge Glint dupe x2, Tyro G+. Free instant Wall ain't bad.
Big spender! I've got the rage now! Look out!
Lightning draw with tickets fishing for toys:
1st - Aranea OSB dupe, King USB dupe, Reno USB dupe. Sadness.
2nd - Vivi Glint, Master Glint, Fran USB2, Reks USB dupe, Ashe USB dupe, King G+. Sigh
3rd - Prishe USB2 dupe, King AASB. Hmm.
Stopping there. Between Queen buffs, new stuff for King, and/or Prompto Chain, I might need to revisit Leviathan.
Only one Plasma Shock might be a problem, or it might not...
Overall my emotional state after that isn't bad. Two Dark Syncs was a get. I'm not sure what the total ramifications will be until I get past Leviathan and reassess at following Magicite. Might look at Dreambreakers after that. Might continue to ignore them. Gold Odin or whoever that's coming will probably be an ignore, unless I can Cloud Keeper him to death.
:bro:
Really, nothing particularly great, and one of the more interesting things was on the lens shop anyway. I kinda want to try Lasswell just for yuks, but my actual strongest ice team wouldn’t have room for him.
I try to take these results in stride, but I absolutely get how this game can just lose someone forever. Best of luck to you, ArcTangent.
Did a handful of draws, still aiming for a magic water/holy chain.
V: Krile G (earth)
VI: Setzer G+ (dupe), Umaro USB
Water: Meia G, Lion G+
Holy: Hope BSB2, Pecil Sync!
Not exactly what I was looking for, but not gonna complain about that start!
I notice that there's a tab for Armor Artifacts on the upgrade menu, now. Guess those will be arriving soonish. With New Odin, I think?
I did fire, lightning, and earth, too. Red xiii awakening, which is great, but I still need a magic earth chain.
Team:
Elarra Passion Salsa/Dispel (G+, USB1, USB2) DMT (LM1) 6* dive
Tyro W/E (G+, USB4) MM (LM2, LMR) 6* dive
Queen Ripping Plasma/Flash Disaster (G+, USB, AASB) +DMG (LM2, w-cast)
King Plasma Shock/Tempest Snipe (G+, USB, AASB) +DMG (LM2)
RW: Mage/Ramuh
Leviathan/Madeen x3 (including MND boon for the Stop)
Odin accessories. +Lightning on DPS, +MND on Tyro/Elarra. Some to max Crystal Waters. ~200 Magia on everyone (been bored running dailies)
Shelke would Wrath x2, RS until 10s, hold until 11s, Jump, RS, Chain, BSB, RS until phase 2, AASB after phase 2, RS spam until end
Elarra would G+, Dance, USB1, then weave USB1 and Dance, USB2 and Ramuh when Chain goes up, then weave USB1 and Dance. Hold turn around phase 2 to Dispel.
Tyro Wrath, Wall, USB4, Entrust Elarra, Wrath/Entrust Elarra until 100% Crit is up, call Ramuh, call RW to break Rage, call RW for killing blow
Queen FD spam until ~2 SB bars, G+, USB, AASB, spam Ripping Plasma. AOSB before Chain and BDL both end for 19999 x 20 hits.
King Plasma Shock spam to 2 SB bars, G+, USB, AASB, Plasma Shock in phase 1, switch to Tempest Snipe in phase 2 and beyond. Timing worked out that his 3rd hit triggering his chase landed right before the boss's phase 2 Protect, so 12 x 19999 skipped phase 2 pretty handily.
Phew! Maybe coulda suffered through a slow Reraise clear earlier, but this was much easier on me.
Now to look at magical Ifrit *shudders*
Rydia AASB is my heavy hitter, which doesn't work against the pillars. I also have Aria USB to tank the extreme Fire damage from ignoring some pillars. Hrmm.
Hooo boy, Magic Ifrit.
There are options there, but he’s always going to be a real wisdom tooth. You could give someone (Rydia?) Ogopogo, hope for a dualcast on turn 1, and have the other DPS blast the pillars with single-target spells to snipe them down. Rydia’s Water BSB does 6 hits, which, if they do 9999 each, will reduce the pillars to about 1 HP. You could also, depending on your access to Raise, sacrifice Rydia by having her kill all 4 pillars at once, and then revive her. That could allow you to skip a lot of stacked Pain in phase 2 or 3. Any way you slice it, though, Ifrit’s a Pain.
Aria is good for Ifrit.
II - Firion LMR (w-cast Knight), Minwu G+
III - OK pUSB (dupe), Aria G+, Arc G+
VII - Shelke G (dupe)
X - Lulu USB2 (dupe), Jecht LMR (en-fire), Wakka AASB
XIII - Lightning USB3 (dupe)
C - Dr. Mog AOSB (dupe)
I am getting a ton of Glints today. Firion's LMR is definitely nice, and Jecht's makes him a good physical fire candidate. Wakka AASB pushes my X team from "water-based" to "might as well use it on fire magicites."