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Okay I got through it pretty easily on my next try after farming dragon fang/ Got a lucky crit with killer bow second shot, got everyone fire resistant. Somehow two of them got reflect though, so the firaga crystal kept getting healed. So I pivoted to tossing a couple of those +20 level potions on the monk and that took care of things. Thanks, everyone! I now see how beyond busted !chem is. I think this is my first time with hunter and time mage, too. So we're having fun
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there's an island near crescent with Prototypes, which drop Dark Matters. I took a few out using Turtle Soups. You don't really need too many Dark Matters though.Nihilarian posted:you ever only be able to equip two weapons?
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# ? Jun 23, 2021 22:34 |
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I know the toxx is over, I just wanted to celebrate chumping the bastard. girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 00:52 on Jun 24, 2021 |
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Nihilarian posted:there's an island near crescent with Prototypes, which drop Dark Matters. I took a few out using Turtle Soups. You don't really need too many Dark Matters though. If the Rune Chime was the legendary weapon instead of the Gaia Bell it would make so much more sense, but I guess they didn't want "Magus Rod" and "Magus Rod for a shittier job" in the same room (despite that being basically the difference between Excalibur and the Holy Lance).
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# ? Jun 24, 2021 01:26 |
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Shyfted One posted:$1 for each unique (not default or even Cactuar since that's become common) NED sprite submitted for victory. This is per each replacement option per person. So I'll only accept 1 Neo X Death, Yiazmat, etc victory shot per person. I want to see a variety! Max of $75?
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# ? Jun 24, 2021 03:24 |
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I can't let TheWonderTrickster have all the fun doing stupid stuffultrafilter posted:It's time, but I'm going to do something different this year. Everyone loves quadzerks, but how about quad geomancers or quad red mages? I'll throw in $10 per regular job that someone does a quad run of, and $20 for Freelancer/Mime/Gladiator/Oracle/Cannoneer. Some of those runs will be pretty miserable, but it's for a good cause, and let's face it: thread regulars have done worse. Overall, it's a busted class. In world 1 Oath demolishes everything pretty well early, then you can break rods for everything else, then in World 2 once you start getting Dark Arts it goes from demolishing everything pretty well to obliterating almost everything in your way. For those who haven't played with Necromancer before (almost everyone I'm betting), Dark Arts are like Blue Magic spells that you get for killing certain enemies. Since you aren't supposed to be able to unlock Necromancer until you've already beaten the "gently caress off why are you even here this place sucks" Sealed Temple dungeon all of the Dark Arts enemies are World 2 or later, most being World 3, several being Sealed Temple exclusive enemies. The other interesting gimmick for Necromancer is that you are innately Undead, so you can't heal using items in battle (you can out of battle though). One of the Dark Arts spells is a Drain that heals you, but it isn't very strong when you actually need it. Instant death spells will also heal you to full. Poison does NOT heal you and you aren't immune to other status effects, so it's mostly just the annoying parts of being Undead. The one exception they give you is that Phoenix Downs bring you back to life in battle. Otherwise some of this would have been impossible. Hellwind is one of the first Dark Arts you can pick up from Objet d'Art in the Bal basement. It is a magic wind attack that hits all targets with a 190 power, so it is a more powerful Syldra for 38mp. Just like Syldra it is boosted by the Air Knife, and it is the bread and butter of a Quadnecro run. NED was pretty easy to be honest, just burned him down with Hellwind Omega was going to be tough, the Chaos Drive (Lightning) Dark Art spell came from the Sealed Temple, the only other thing that I had that could hurt him was Dark Flare which did about 1500 damage. So... off to the Sealed Temple I went. The Sealed Temple is a pain in the rear end, it's impossible to complete without a Beastmaster and Thief, the bosses are all difficult, it's not a ton of fun when you are limited to one class. Luckily, the enemy I needed wasn't too far in, so I made a quick dip in and out and then back to the void... only to find that at my current levels (50ish) it was only doing about 3k... Time to grind. The sealed temple is a pain in the rear end, but it has great exp, so I ended up going through most of it anyway just to keep the grind from being too boring. I flipped to Beastmaster and Thief just long enough to get past the blocking points. Hellwind was still ripping through most stuff. Like TheWonderTrickster, I used an 8x exp ROM to speed up the grind to 99 (although NED was killed completely legitimately). The best room I found was the room that has a bunch of Omegas wondering around, so when I hit 99 I decided not to bother going back out and I just killed one of those Omegas instead Even at 99 this was tricky. Chaos Drive was hitting for about 7k, but even then you've got to deal with Wave Cannon and no healing. I ended up sticking the Assassin's Dagger on Butz because he was the only one without a Gold Hairpin and fishing for instant death procs to heal people up. There was a lot of save state abuse, but I eventually made it through. Shinryu was comparatively easy. It was mostly annoying because I went back to the Void to do it. I berserked him with the Wonder Rod and then just mowed him down with Hellwind. That was actually the last thing I did, first I did the unthinkable. I killed Enuo is essentially Treedeath and NED on steroids. The first phase has Enuo and two non-targetable hands that give him 3 attacks per turn. One of the hands casts Grand Cross and Giga Flare, the other casts a ton of status effect spells to either buff Enuo or debuff you. Enuo himself casts high level spells like Firaga, Meteo, Flare, etc. On the bright side, Enuo in phase 1 is vulnerable to stop. Similar to Omega, it doesn't last long, but you can lock him down (not the hands though). One of the Dark Arts spells Deep Freeze does ice damage and inflicts stop, so the first phase was just a matter of locking down Enuo and pounding through it as quickly as possible before the hands could do much damage. Then there's phase 2, which is the NED-like phase. This was tough. He has 60k HP and my hardest hitting spells were doing 3k damage. Here's the AI script code:
Maelstrom would hit the entire party. I was level 99 so Flare was the only level spell I had to watch out for. For his counters, Reaper's Sword instantly kills a party member... but I'm Undead! Great! Except it isn't like other instant death attacks, it kills me anyway Danse Macabre turns dead party members into Zombies. This never seemed to hit, but I'm not sure why, I definitely saw my characters get zombied at an earlier point in the Sealed Temple. Oh well, no complaints. I spent most of my time throwing out Phoenix Downs and fishing for Assassin's Dagger procs with save states just to survive, if I had all 4 members up everyone but Butz would use Deep Freeze one at a time to deal with the counters. Eventually I whittled him down and got the kill My first Quadruple Crown was fun, I didn't know much about Necromancer before this and I don't think I ever actually stepped foot into the Sealed Temple until now. I don't recommend it unless you are severely broken inside, but it was interesting. It's a shame Necromancer can't be used in official fiesta runs, it's a cool class. Also... CourtlyHades296 posted:EDIT: I don't plan on doing a Sealed Temple toxx. That dungeon is obnoxious even with Time/Mystic/Bard/Cannoneer. nrook posted:
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# ? Jun 24, 2021 03:34 |
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I thought the Fiesta patch only unlocked the jobs available for the Fiesta, but if Necromancer is there, it's worth $20 too.
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# ? Jun 24, 2021 03:49 |
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ultrafilter posted:I thought the Fiesta patch only unlocked the jobs available for the Fiesta, but if Necromancer is there, it's worth $20 too. Yeah, it unlocks every job.
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# ? Jun 24, 2021 03:57 |
Beastmaster, Berserker, Ninja, Dragoon triple crowned for my 1st run! Pretty nice synergy, early on boosted Agility and Strength for Berserker and Beastmaster (I even used Berserk there for a second) and later on Dual Wield shined (double whips = double chance of paralyzing, Dragoon had good damage output with two weapon !Jumps, double Axes of course). 4 Berserkers at the beginning made a bad Liquid Flame, I think it was Level 17 with Mythril Knives and equipping Magic Defense stuff (a lot of it was surviving with single digit HP). Oh, I decided to get all the treasures as well. I always forget you're required to throw Elixirs at the Magic Pots (for Phoenix Downs and some late game ABP, what a deal). Weirdly enough I missed a couple in Tule (easily gettable in World 3) but I did have a couple crashes and the like so I'm guessing I lost data. nrook posted:
DalaranJ posted:Last year, I asked you to commit The Perfect Crime. This year, I need you to Attack and Dethrone God(s). Red Metal posted:You ever notice how some summons drop items that you have to use before you can summon them? I don't know why that is, but that doesn't mean I can't make a out of it! Aerdan posted:https://twitter.com/aerdan/status/1402644546073288705 Shyfted One posted:$1 for each unique (not default or even Cactuar since that's become common) NED sprite submitted for victory. This is per each replacement option per person. So I'll only accept 1 Neo X Death, Yiazmat, etc victory shot per person. I want to see a variety! Max of $75? Koobes posted:
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# ? Jun 24, 2021 07:50 |
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I got weirdly lucky in Ghido's Cave and got a buncha Staves of Light so Exdeath in World 2 was just my time mage snapping htem all to just skip through it. This year I have Time Mage, Ninja, Bard and Dancer and I never got Time Mage or Bard before and I didn't know how effective stop was for most encounters.
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nrook posted:
I need my Masamune and Holy Lance ok
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# ? Jun 24, 2021 15:22 |
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Golden Goat posted:I got weirdly lucky in Ghido's Cave and got a buncha Staves of Light so Exdeath in World 2 was just my time mage snapping htem all to just skip through it. If you're playing my rebalance, that would be because I made the Staves of Light and Reflect Rings guaranteed drops!
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# ? Jun 24, 2021 17:40 |
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Galick posted:If you're playing my rebalance, that would be because I made the Staves of Light and Reflect Rings guaranteed drops! That expalins everything
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# ? Jun 24, 2021 17:43 |
I did it guys. Grand cross berserked my mystic knight after he put on flare blade so that was a thing.
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# ? Jun 24, 2021 19:38 |
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Ramc posted:
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# ? Jun 24, 2021 22:23 |
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monk/monk/thief/black mage classic mode is all suffering, but I killled tyranno without phoenix down etc
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# ? Jun 24, 2021 23:56 |
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Going through and tallying up legendary weapon toxxes. Thanks to everybody who has participated so far. I did notice something a little strange, though! Serene Dragon posted:Oh right, almost forgot, I sold off 8 of my weapons before venturing into the Void
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# ? Jun 25, 2021 00:32 |
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nrook posted:
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# ? Jun 25, 2021 01:00 |
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nrook posted:Going through and tallying up legendary weapon toxxes. Thanks to everybody who has participated so far. More legendary than the Gaia Bell.
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# ? Jun 25, 2021 01:28 |
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nrook posted:Going through and tallying up legendary weapon toxxes. Thanks to everybody who has participated so far. ... Lmao I didn't even notice. I did sell 8 legendary weapons that run for sure but I was selling a ton of my other extra weapons at the same time and took the screenshot of the wrong lance oops Edit: oh, I did have the holy lance there as well. Hmm, what weapon did I miss then... Edit 2: It was the magus rod, but unfortunately I only have a screenshot of the sell menu with it there, I didn't get the shot of actually selling it. And it was two runs ago for me now so this is it for evidence lol Serene Dragon fucked around with this message at 02:39 on Jun 25, 2021 |
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Serene Dragon posted:... Lmao I didn't even notice. I did sell 8 legendary weapons that run for sure but I was selling a ton of my other extra weapons at the same time and took the screenshot of the wrong lance oops Don’t worry, I believe you
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nrook posted:Don’t worry, I believe you I think my brain does think the partisan is the legendary lance so of course I should get the screenshot of selling it, and I just uploaded the 8 images I had and didn't bother checking them. I sold 8 and I have 8 images good yes correct lol
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# ? Jun 25, 2021 03:14 |
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So my new Pure Chaos run is Freelancer/Monk/Mystic/Dancer. Freelancer and Mystic are two of my favourite classes so I'm pretty stoked about this, plus Equip Ribbons is super nice to have. Monk is there, I guess. Question: Does the Freelancer have to master Monk to get Monk-strength or is just getting Barehanded enough? Would they have to equip Barehanded to get the strength then?
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LynneTheUnlucky posted:So my new Pure Chaos run is Freelancer/Monk/Mystic/Dancer. Freelancer and Mystic are two of my favourite classes so I'm pretty stoked about this, plus Equip Ribbons is super nice to have. Monk is there, I guess. They'd have to either master the class or equip barehanded, I believe.
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Leraika posted:They'd have to either master the class or equip barehanded, I believe. That's slightly annoying in terms of the grind, but at least it will make for a super bulky freelancer in the long run. Thanks!
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# ? Jun 25, 2021 06:30 |
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For the toxx, selling 11/12 of the weapons, as this run is so lean that I still need the magus rod.
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# ? Jun 25, 2021 09:04 |
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Admiral Joeslop posted:I like big Bartz and I cannot lie. Still ended up having to use a phoenix down, but Fira spellblade and flame bow do the job just fine.
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# ? Jun 25, 2021 09:07 |
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I can't seem to get anywhere with Neo Exdeath and Ninja/Bard/Dancer/Time Mage currently. I'm not really doing enough damage to form 3 before it sets off Almagest.
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Golden Goat posted:I can't seem to get anywhere with Neo Exdeath and Ninja/Bard/Dancer/Time Mage currently. I'm not really doing enough damage to form 3 before it sets off Almagest. Do you have Meteor and Quick? Quick into double-Meteor eats through MP like nobody's business, but it also does loving absurd damage, especially with a fully-buffed Hero's Ballad. As for strategies for fighting NED himself without sending you on any more fetch quests? Focus down the bottom-middle section first (it uses Almagest), then the top-middle (it uses does the status thingies), then wear down the other two at about the same time. When one dies, blitz down the other, fast, it goes wild casting all kinds of dangerous poo poo. What level are you? Complete_Cynic posted:EDIT: Beaten with a Ninja, fittingly. girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 11:08 on Jun 25, 2021 |
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Golden Goat posted:I can't seem to get anywhere with Neo Exdeath and Ninja/Bard/Dancer/Time Mage currently. I'm not really doing enough damage to form 3 before it sets off Almagest. If you have 2 !Singers max out your speed, str and lvl on Treedeath the Ninja should be able to basically melt the Almagest part when you hit NED. Or maybe Mana's Paean and then two !Throwers would work? EDIT: Beaten with a Ninja, fittingly.
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girl dick energy posted:What level are you? Level 37 Meteor is the only spell I didn't pick up mainly because I just sorta skipped the side dungeons in world 3. I'll try all the song buffs though at tree wizard though.
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# ? Jun 25, 2021 11:18 |
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Golden Goat posted:Level 37 You really should go get Meteor. Every single enemy in the Deep Sea Trench is Undead, including the bosses, so you can blaze through the entire thing with Requiem spam.
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# ? Jun 25, 2021 11:27 |
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Just the stat buffs from singing should be enough, you'll be running circles around NED by that point.
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# ? Jun 25, 2021 11:58 |
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girl dick energy posted:It's still doable, but drat. I'll try and buff the team first in tree man form. I just always assumed hero's rime would be better then the individual stat songs. Does haste affect songs buff rate?
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# ? Jun 25, 2021 12:30 |
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Mega64 posted:Just the stat buffs from singing should be enough, you'll be running circles around NED by that point. Yeah at 99 agility and hasted (you did buy four pairs of Hermes Sandals, right), each character gets 15 actions before Almagest fires. If your team can't do 55k damage in 60 actions, something is horribly wrong.
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Kyrosiris posted:Yeah at 99 agility and hasted (you did buy four pairs of Hermes Sandals, right), each character gets 15 actions before Almagest fires. I just use hastega, should I have gotten sandals for everybody?
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# ? Jun 25, 2021 12:53 |
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Golden Goat posted:I just use hastega, should I have gotten sandals for everybody? Yes, because they provide four status immunities (Sleep, Slow, Stop, Paralysis) and cannot be dispelled.
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Blind / first run, first time actually playing the game even, classic rules The monk/monk duo were never good, not even in early game did they have any damage output or utility, leaving the black mage to do all the DPS for the entire party and the thief to mostly try to steal things for the black mage. An side effect of this was that every boss from about the first quarter of the game onwards became a gimmick boss. Ended up using absorb rings, reflects and all sorts of stuff to get through most of world 2 and 3. Toxxes so they're all recorded in one spot: -Tyranno without phoenix down -Sale of 11/12 legendary weapons -One dead party member at NED -First playthrough of the game / first run completed Spades fucked around with this message at 13:10 on Jun 25, 2021 |
# ? Jun 25, 2021 13:05 |
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I refuse extremely good advice! Having two people buff with singing basically made it work. The first phase of the tree fight he could only kill one character at a time For Neo the Dancer was getting Sword Dance with dual wield for max damage very frequently and the time mage threw scrolls with the magus rod equipped for 7000+ damage at all parts while the Ninja threw just the rest of the equipment I had laying about. Lenna died and I just wasn't bothered to revive her since all she was built for was singing and avoiding physical attacks. I think that's the first time I triple crowned my fiesta run. E: Straight onto the next run with Knight, Beastmaster, Samurai and Oracle Golden Goat fucked around with this message at 14:43 on Jun 25, 2021 |
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girl dick energy posted:Do you have Meteor and Quick? Quick into double-Meteor eats through MP like nobody's business, but it also does loving absurd damage, especially with a fully-buffed Hero's Ballad. Meteor has a (randomly) fixed Attack and M value: the only thing that affects it is random variance and the target's Magic Defense.
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