38thDoelets never be stupid againwait lets always be stupid foreverRegistered Userregular
So no maintenance apparently.
Cleared out battle square,
omega is done except for Ice.
Greg is done except for II, XI, XIV, XV
And I recently cleared Ramuh, Shiva, and Diabolos.
Feeling accomplished in this game and I rarely do.
Need to work on a valefor team and finish my last 6*
So no maintenance apparently.
Cleared out battle square,
omega is done except for Ice.
Greg is done except for II, XI, XIV, XV
And I recently cleared Ramuh, Shiva, and Diabolos.
Feeling accomplished in this game and I rarely do.
Need to work on a valefor team and finish my last 6*
There was a maintenance last night from 1AM PDT to 3AM PDT. I know because I get up for work at 1AM PDT and couldn't do dailies right when I woke up >.<
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38thDoelets never be stupid againwait lets always be stupid foreverRegistered Userregular
Weird. Is this the first maintenance that ended before date change?
AI for multiplayer Titan is up. Looks like "member 1" (that is, the player below the leader) gets to enjoy the bulk of the Defend duty. Though phase 3 will wipe the front characters of the other players when you least expect it.
I tried doing it with pugs the other night, and it was about as awful as you would imagine.
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38thDoelets never be stupid againwait lets always be stupid foreverRegistered Userregular
Starting to think Lahabrea just has a ton of physical defense compared to his resistance.
I don't see much other reason why Yda, with 3 stacks of Enfire, 50% and 30% ATK buffs, and a realm artifact weapon, should need crits to get above 5000 damage with Ironfist Fire during the realm chain, when Papalymo is easily doing 9000 and higher with Chain Firaja with 1 stack of Enfire and 2 30% MAG buffs.
38thDoelets never be stupid againwait lets always be stupid foreverRegistered Userregular
Kinda. If you score new guy you need to get all their stuff or you are screwed for months since they likely won’t be in the lens shop so that is annoying.
I made the mistake of using 3 tickets on FFXIV before the eventual refresh. But I’m ok with that for 2 reasons. First, the stuff I’m aiming for is actually easier to get before Alisaie ends up on there without having anything in the lens shop. And second, my luck was shit anyway, and waiting for the refresh wouldn’t have made it any better if that luck had held. I got 3 items from 3 tickets. 1 of which was a disco, and all of which are on the lens shop.
And the last one was a Glint I recently did pull off of the lens shop.
I'm 70% certain they are using a seed for their rng. I've got multiple dupes of the same item on different banners that is highly improbable
which makes it so much more worse than it is
38thDoelets never be stupid againwait lets always be stupid foreverRegistered Userregular
This Titan fight is dumb. How many times do you have to kill him. It’s so obnoxious. I’m about to kill him and he starts landslide 3. Then my attack goes off killing him which doesn’t kill him because why would it but it makes his landslide go off and I lose 3 people. 1 mythril isn’t worth this hassle.
I'm 70% certain they are using a seed for their rng. I've got multiple dupes of the same item on different banners that is highly improbable
which makes it so much more worse than it is
My superstition is that the time you pull matters. Someone on reddit has a complicated emulator that lets him run both accounts at the same time and if he syncs the daily pull he gets the same rarity on each account. Which is possible but unlikely.
Titan has four HP bars. The HP is massively back loaded into bars 3 and 4. Landslide always happens the turn after the target marker (s) go out. If you finish a phase while the markers are out, landslide happens immediately.
For the single player fight, slot 3 does most of the defending; in phase 3, slots 1 and 3 will also have to defend.
For multiplayer, Member 1 (the slot below the leader) has to do most of the defending.
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38thDoelets never be stupid againwait lets always be stupid foreverRegistered Userregular
Thanks I’ll try again with the ai up. I think it is bad game design to need to do that.
2/11 Squall AASB2 and Irvine USB2
2/11 Squall AASB2 and Irvine Glint+
Well at least I've got Waifu toys. If anything this past few weeks have taught me is no more sinking Mythril beyond a 100. All Mythril for the fest now.
God, trying Lahabrea was a mistake. I can see so clearly how easy this would be if I had a full magic team instead of trying to make Yda work. But with Yda, i'm struggling to find the right way to survive phase 1 without immediately blowing my one Awakening. And it makes me actually want to pull again despite not having the mythril for it.
I just need to remind myself that these fights are here forever, that my team is only gonna get stronger over time (via Magia and leveling up the historia crystal), and that I have very specific requirements to pay any amount of money. Specifically,a banner would have to be heavily discounted (say, 500 gems), have good stuff on it, and have an item selection after a pull. we had that a few times in the past, and it's now my baseline.
I pulled here since I'm stacked for DPS in VIII with Irvine's chain, so a bunch of Laguna / Irvine / Selphie things would give me an easy-ish Dreambreaker clear.
Instead I got Squall SASB2 and AASB2. Given I already have his SASB1 and AASB1 this is interesting (I also learned you can't equip two Syncs) and probably sets me up for a slow Dreambreaker clear bringing Elarra. Between Squall and Rinoa I can field 5 Syncs or AASBs (and it would be 6 if you could equip two Syncs on Squall) so that's a lot of cap-break capability and probably allows me to wait for the full-break effects to wear off.
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I pulled here for Rinoa stuff to make Vaelfor easier but of course got Irvine Irvine Irvine.
Never pull
Kiros only AASB. If I had his USB this would be 10x easier due to QC. I'm gonna wait for the lens shop refresh to get it.
Selphie. Glint, USB1,2 and 3 used. If I had her Glint+, I wouldn't have to cast Godwall. She REALLY needs the bar. Her regular Glint is actually pretty useful here. Again, gonna pick up her Glint+ whenever I get the chance.
Squall. Is actually pretty competent? I was surprised that the BUSB + AASB2 combo with Renzokuken lets him break Rage EASILY during phase 1 and 2. The problem I'm having is Phase 3. By the time I reach here, I've lost my Crit fix and his AASB1 isn't breaking rage. I think using Bubsy commands OR glinting up before casting AASB1 would help me a ton.
Tyro. I'm having to waste some SB bar on Godwall making phase 1 real tight.
Laguna. Is actually pretty chill here. Maybe switching TGC for another SB Materia would help out.
Oh yeah, running with a maxed FF8 realm sword on Squall (it's better than a maxed out ice artifact) and maxed out ice artifacts on Kiros and Laguna. I bet if I give them realm artifacts this could go faster.
grah. I've only been able to get to 75%. Lack of Elarra hurts. I'm kinda wondering if luckying into Irvine is a blessing in disguise. I'd need to rework into Fire Squall tho...
Trying to slot in my stacked Rinoa without a proper boostga was a mistake too. She really struggles during Phase 1 and 2 with only her Sync+AASB. There's one thing I could try...but I dunno if I want to put so many resources into it. Since there's only one DB turn (Phase 3 start), maybe....I could bring Orran? I'd still need to deal with the damage in Phase 1 and 2...
Only her sync plus AASB? Wow that’s content I want to avoid.
The point was that you have to have buffs. I had the same problem in XIV, Yda was dead weight even with AASB because all my buffs were for mages. Switched her for Ysayle USB, and actually got more damage out of Ysayle.
I think I should definitely be able to roll this dreambreaker, I just don't feel like bothering quite yet?
Tools to work with in FF8:
•Squall: AASB 1 and 2, AOSB (ice), USB (fire), glint
•Rinoa: AASB 1 and 2, SASB (earth, and which apparently isn't in my spreadsheet bleh), G+ (earth), two ice USBs, AOSB, OSB, CSB
•Quistis: AASB, AOSB, G+
•Selphie: AASB, all three USBs
•Irvine: Realm chain, USB
•Seifer: AASB, USB, chain
•Laguna: AASB, USB, G+, glint
•Edea: AASB, AOSB, CSB, G+
•Fujin: AOSB, CSB, glint, USB
•Ward: AASB
•Ultimecia: AASB, G+
Which despite EVERYTHING I'm guessing will end up narrowing down to squall, rinoa, laguna, irvine, and selphie, assuming I don't sub in Tyro for someone for his OSB, but yeah.
Is that Irvine's new USB? In my experience, the lack of QC really kills the momentum of my team. I've been using Laguna's CSB and I'm having trouble with all the SB that Selphie needs. I'm not sure pulling her AASB would help me.
I'm gonna try using Laguna's SSB for boostga and pair it up with RW:Chain and see if I can get further. If not, maybe try for Irvine's CSB on Banner 2.
I got to ~15% left on Cerebus last night. This is clearly doable.
Behold my "FFVIII but not ice" team:
Irvine CSB with burnt offering and entrust as skills
Rinoa AASB2, BUSB, glint, OSB
Squall SASB2, AASB2, fire glint
Selphie AASB, USB1&2, G+, including her HA
Raijin AASB, USB, OSB
Squall can keep cap-breaking even under the first full-break, so I tried to avoid using Tyro. It's probably still better to swap him back in for better critfix, more entrusting, and dealing with the full breaks. I'll try again when I have the time.
I think I should definitely be able to roll this dreambreaker, I just don't feel like bothering quite yet?
This has been my attitude on Dreambreakers since the beginning.
I did the break trick for FF9, and then just failed to consider them after that. Being mired in 6* Magicite is probably contributing to the lack of caring.
I did FF7 because I happened to see a clear video on the front page of Reddit that matched what I had exactly, but for realms where the solution isn't obvious, bothering seems like a waste of time.
silence1186Character shields down!As a wingmanRegistered Userregular
Post fest event blitz. Cleaned up Cloud-Sensei, the FF14 event, and FF8 event, including all the MP battles.
MP Gloom Titan was the worst of the lot. Took my Ice team, which headlined with a stacked Squall is my go to team when I need to flex over a tough boss these days.
I might have enough Mythril to pull on all the Realm/Elemental banners once they refresh.
I guess I can start looking at Physical Leviathan again, but I'm being stubborn and absolutely refuse to make Reraise.
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Cleared out battle square,
omega is done except for Ice.
Greg is done except for II, XI, XIV, XV
And I recently cleared Ramuh, Shiva, and Diabolos.
Feeling accomplished in this game and I rarely do.
Need to work on a valefor team and finish my last 6*
There was a maintenance last night from 1AM PDT to 3AM PDT. I know because I get up for work at 1AM PDT and couldn't do dailies right when I woke up >.<
I tried doing it with pugs the other night, and it was about as awful as you would imagine.
I don't see much other reason why Yda, with 3 stacks of Enfire, 50% and 30% ATK buffs, and a realm artifact weapon, should need crits to get above 5000 damage with Ironfist Fire during the realm chain, when Papalymo is easily doing 9000 and higher with Chain Firaja with 1 stack of Enfire and 2 30% MAG buffs.
Banner 1 is better in a vacuum, correct?
1/11 disco
New guy G+
Worst item on the banner?
And the last one was a Glint I recently did pull off of the lens shop.
So... oh well.
which makes it so much more worse than it is
Streaming 8PST on weeknights
My superstition is that the time you pull matters. Someone on reddit has a complicated emulator that lets him run both accounts at the same time and if he syncs the daily pull he gets the same rarity on each account. Which is possible but unlikely.
For the single player fight, slot 3 does most of the defending; in phase 3, slots 1 and 3 will also have to defend.
For multiplayer, Member 1 (the slot below the leader) has to do most of the defending.
This seems like a decent banner
2/11 Squall AASB2 and Irvine USB2
2/11 Squall AASB2 and Irvine Glint+
Well at least I've got Waifu toys. If anything this past few weeks have taught me is no more sinking Mythril beyond a 100. All Mythril for the fest now.
I just need to remind myself that these fights are here forever, that my team is only gonna get stronger over time (via Magia and leveling up the historia crystal), and that I have very specific requirements to pay any amount of money. Specifically,a banner would have to be heavily discounted (say, 500 gems), have good stuff on it, and have an item selection after a pull. we had that a few times in the past, and it's now my baseline.
Instead I got Squall SASB2 and AASB2. Given I already have his SASB1 and AASB1 this is interesting (I also learned you can't equip two Syncs) and probably sets me up for a slow Dreambreaker clear bringing Elarra. Between Squall and Rinoa I can field 5 Syncs or AASBs (and it would be 6 if you could equip two Syncs on Squall) so that's a lot of cap-break capability and probably allows me to wait for the full-break effects to wear off.
Never pull
Also, am I crazy or was Ifrit the tutorial for 8?
I was on phase 4 before the first chain wore off.
edit: some context. This was
Kiros only AASB. If I had his USB this would be 10x easier due to QC. I'm gonna wait for the lens shop refresh to get it.
Selphie. Glint, USB1,2 and 3 used. If I had her Glint+, I wouldn't have to cast Godwall. She REALLY needs the bar. Her regular Glint is actually pretty useful here. Again, gonna pick up her Glint+ whenever I get the chance.
Squall. Is actually pretty competent? I was surprised that the BUSB + AASB2 combo with Renzokuken lets him break Rage EASILY during phase 1 and 2. The problem I'm having is Phase 3. By the time I reach here, I've lost my Crit fix and his AASB1 isn't breaking rage. I think using Bubsy commands OR glinting up before casting AASB1 would help me a ton.
Tyro. I'm having to waste some SB bar on Godwall making phase 1 real tight.
Laguna. Is actually pretty chill here. Maybe switching TGC for another SB Materia would help out.
Oh yeah, running with a maxed FF8 realm sword on Squall (it's better than a maxed out ice artifact) and maxed out ice artifacts on Kiros and Laguna. I bet if I give them realm artifacts this could go faster.
Making Kiros go full Dark...it could work I guess?
yup. thats why Irvine/Kiros are the real traps imho. Due to Sap, Selphie's USB3 isnt really good.
Trying to slot in my stacked Rinoa without a proper boostga was a mistake too. She really struggles during Phase 1 and 2 with only her Sync+AASB. There's one thing I could try...but I dunno if I want to put so many resources into it. Since there's only one DB turn (Phase 3 start), maybe....I could bring Orran? I'd still need to deal with the damage in Phase 1 and 2...
The point was that you have to have buffs. I had the same problem in XIV, Yda was dead weight even with AASB because all my buffs were for mages. Switched her for Ysayle USB, and actually got more damage out of Ysayle.
Tools to work with in FF8:
•Squall: AASB 1 and 2, AOSB (ice), USB (fire), glint
•Rinoa: AASB 1 and 2, SASB (earth, and which apparently isn't in my spreadsheet bleh), G+ (earth), two ice USBs, AOSB, OSB, CSB
•Quistis: AASB, AOSB, G+
•Selphie: AASB, all three USBs
•Irvine: Realm chain, USB
•Seifer: AASB, USB, chain
•Laguna: AASB, USB, G+, glint
•Edea: AASB, AOSB, CSB, G+
•Fujin: AOSB, CSB, glint, USB
•Ward: AASB
•Ultimecia: AASB, G+
Which despite EVERYTHING I'm guessing will end up narrowing down to squall, rinoa, laguna, irvine, and selphie, assuming I don't sub in Tyro for someone for his OSB, but yeah.
I'm gonna try using Laguna's SSB for boostga and pair it up with RW:Chain and see if I can get further. If not, maybe try for Irvine's CSB on Banner 2.
Behold my "FFVIII but not ice" team:
Irvine CSB with burnt offering and entrust as skills
Rinoa AASB2, BUSB, glint, OSB
Squall SASB2, AASB2, fire glint
Selphie AASB, USB1&2, G+, including her HA
Raijin AASB, USB, OSB
Squall can keep cap-breaking even under the first full-break, so I tried to avoid using Tyro. It's probably still better to swap him back in for better critfix, more entrusting, and dealing with the full breaks. I'll try again when I have the time.
This has been my attitude on Dreambreakers since the beginning.
I did the break trick for FF9, and then just failed to consider them after that. Being mired in 6* Magicite is probably contributing to the lack of caring.
I did FF7 because I happened to see a clear video on the front page of Reddit that matched what I had exactly, but for realms where the solution isn't obvious, bothering seems like a waste of time.
MP Gloom Titan was the worst of the lot. Took my Ice team, which headlined with a stacked Squall is my go to team when I need to flex over a tough boss these days.
I might have enough Mythril to pull on all the Realm/Elemental banners once they refresh.
I guess I can start looking at Physical Leviathan again, but I'm being stubborn and absolutely refuse to make Reraise.
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This new idea of locking a wardrobe record behind a gem-only banner pull can fuck right off.
You can just jump it with a dragoon.
Note to self; try this with Kain.