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Not only are people clearing the tip-toppest high-end content F2P, but many players also engage in hilarious no-SB challenge runs just to prove they can.      If you really love nostalgia. If you really love micromanaging a team of absolute asskickers, squeezing out every last drop of power from them to overcome seemingly unbeatable challenges. If you are looking for a fun phone game that requires as little as 10 or so minutes a day, or a game that you can play for hours on end. If you like gambling with fake money and your emotional well-being.       The Acolyte's Archives has finally come, and with it has ushered in Record Dungeons and a much easier Newbie starting situation that offers dozens of free relics for everyone. Record Dungeons are the game's original story and plot and include Elarra, the current best healer in the game and the girl whose smile you will want to protect.  The Record Dungeons are basically mini-puzzles where you will be given a specific loadout of characters, abilities, and levels and it's up to you to beat them with what you have. Contrasted to the tense, stressful endgame, Record Dungeons offer a relaxed and interesting play on the FFRK experience. The plot itself is charming but the real reason you're here is for the awesome recreations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGFhMItcNUk&t=236s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqrsLHW7Ij0&t=120s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-srXH_Zwvo&t=2389s In recent news:  4TH ANNIVERSARY IS FINALLY HERE   Awakening Soul Breaks, a massive new leap in power, are officially here! More on that later. The GL/JP Divide FFRK kicked off in Japan six months before the rest of the world and it's clear that there's different agendas at work in terms of festivals and Japan-specific events. "Global and JP are two different games" is a prominent saying in every FFRK community and for good reason. There are pros and cons to both GL and JP, and several goons here have an account with both servers. If you are at all interested in playing an untranslated Japanese video game, click here  Battle System  FFRK uses the classic ATB battle system from Final Fantasies IV to XII. A characters ATB Bar fills up, they choose an action. You can choose to Attack, Defend, use one of two abilities you have equipped on a character, or use a Soul Break. Realm Synergy Now, remember, all the characters, bosses, and stages, are from past Final Fantasy games. This isn't just fanservice, it's enshrined mechanically. If a relic or character is from the game being adapted, they gain Synergy. So they have higher stats, and get more EXP.  This is Cloud if I'm using him in a stage based off Final Fantasy 7. You can tell if something is effected by Synergy if it has a blue aura around it. So while his Organics and Hero's Belt get it, because their items from FF7, the Kaiser Shield does not get Realm Synergy in this case, because it's an item from Final Fantasy Tactics. Soul Breaks are used when a character does enough actions and/or gets hit enough times to fill up a bar on their Soul Break meter. These are basically the Limit Breaks/Overdrives/Trance Attacks/Quickenings/Etc from past FF games. Generally, however, the Soul Breaks that characters naturally have aren't that good. The only way to get better Soul Breaks for characters is with the Gacha system, which I will talk more about below. Characters  There are a lot of characters in FFRK. Since it’s using every single Final Fantasy game as a source, you can imagine how big the playable cast is.  Each character can equip one weapon, one armor, and one accessory. Each character has their own unique equipment list. Cloud, for instance, can equip Knives, Swords, and Katanas. Obviously he's never going to use a Harp. Abilities are also based off the character you have. There are the Final Fantasy mainstays like Black Magic, White Magic, and Summoning. But also more unique skill sets to translate mechanics from other FF games like Samurai or Knight. Abilities  Abilities are made using the Orbs you get from all the Dungeons. You acquire the required Orbs, select the ability you want to make, and you use it! However, each ability can only be used a limited number of times in a Dungeon. Most abilities you make, you can use twice before you run out and your character has to settle for "Attack." You can extend the number of uses your abilities have by "Honing" them. Once honed they gain more uses. However, honing takes more Orbs than it would take to make a second copy of the ability! It's up to you to decide if more orbs are worth it rather then just spread around the ability to multiple slots. (Since you only have 10 slots, this is usually the case though.) Most people will agree that Rank 3 is the sweet spot for hones. Harder fights may require more, but usually there are less costly ways to improve your party’s performance. Abilities are key to the success of any party, so make sure you're always selecting the best abilities for your party and honing them up as much as possible. ”A Wise Man” posted:You know they say that all abilities are created equal, but you look at Flare Strike and you look at Omega Drive and you can see that statement is not true. See, normally if you go one on one in a DPS competition, you got a 50/50 chance of winning. But Omega Drive is a numbers freak and it's not normal. So it got a 25%, AT BEST, at out-DPS Omega Strike. Then you add Cloud USB to the mix, Flare Strike's chances of winning drastic go down. See the 3 way, at Magicite, Flare Strike got a 35% chance of doublecasting, but Omega Drive, Omega Drive got a 66 and 2/3 chance of breaking the damage cap, because Barrage KNOWS it can't beat Omega Drive and it's not even gonna try! That doesn't help at all! There are too many! What do I make? Don't worry. When you're starting out, simply make a set of 3* and 4* abilities that a large number of characters can use and go from there. You won't want to touch 5* abilities unless you have an endgame capable character to use them with. For instance, if you have no 6* relics, simply make abilities like Double Cut, Launch, and the Breaks. If you got Bartz USB1 for instance, you'd eventually want to make and hone every 5* Spellblade ability for every element he can use -- Fire/Earth/Water/Wind Quadstrikes. In this game, it ultimately depends on the relics you have. That being said, here's a great list to begin with. Prioritize bolded abilities: 2* Abilities Double Cut Wind Slash Jump Every Spellblade Every Black Magic ability Cura 3* Abilities Armor, Magic, Mental, Power, Mind Breaks Launch Tempo Flurry Kick Every Spellblade Every Black Magic ability Curaga Dispel 4* Abilities [endgame usable in Italics and Bold] Lifesiphon - (I use 3 fully honed. You should make more than one) Pound Armor, Magic, Mental, Power, Mind Breakdowns - Essential abilities. Wrath - Lifesiphon for Casters. Essential. Adds a +3% Atk buff which actually nerfs PHY characters, so don't use this on people who swing swords. Banishing Strike Every Spellblade Every Black Magic Ability Quake Ruinga Curaja ****Protectga/Shellga AKA Proshellga. You will use these on almost every fight. Slowga Valefor Maduin Every 4* Dancer Ability Dark Bargain Memento Mori 5* Abilities for anyone While you want to mostly tailor these to who you have good relics for, here are some evergreen abilities at this tier: Full Break Entrust Multi Break Enfeebling Jitterbug Ultra Cure 6* Abilities 6* abilities are where it starts to get complicated. To create them, you need special record items, which can be obtained from several different sources: Nightmares, Job Motes, and Rubies. With the exception of Job Mote abilities, you can only ever have one copy of each ability. Furthermore, the 6* crystals needed to create and hone them cannot be exchanged for lesser orbs, or vice versa. Nightmare Abilities Nightmare records come from the 12 ultimate battles in the Nightmare dungeon, twelve in all. Each fight is a gimmick battle that tests your skill for the respective ability class; for example the Curada dungeon requires you to use white mages to beat it. Nightmare abilities are quite old at this point, and the game was very different when they were first introduced, so many of them have fallen out of the “meta”. There are still a few that are worth creating. Curada - The best healing ability if you don’t need Ultra Cure’s status heal. Meltdown - Hits three different elements (fire/wind/earth) Valigarmanda - Hits three different elements (fire/ice/lightning) Affliction Break - Lowers an enemy’s chance of inflicting status effects. Due to the way success rate is calculated, this forces a hard cap of 50% no matter what. However, in endgame battles (5* magicite and torment), status effects have the auto-hit property, which makes Affliction Break useless for them. Omega Drive - Still somewhat useful, but being non-elemental holds it back a lot. If you don’t have right elemental tools, it may be better to use this on the occasional omni-resist boss. Dervish - Like Omega Drive, but it does a lot more hits and can provide haste for the user. Job Mote Abilities Job Mote records are unlocked on a character’s record sphere screen for characters that have natural 5* access in certain ability classes. For example, Celes has the Snowspell Strike sphere available because she has natural 5* spellblade access, but Cloud does not because he gets 5* access from his record board. Unlike Nightmare and Ruby abilities, multiple copies of Job Mote abilities can be created, with only motes and characters being the limit. It costs 5 motes to unlock 6* access on a character, and 15 motes total to create an ability record. Like Nightmare abilities, these are fairly old, but not quite as outdated. Snowspell Strike - Hits two different elements (ice/wind) Allegro con Moto - Provides double cast speed for offensive magic abilities for the entire party. Mug Bloodlust - Damage, self buff, and enemy debuff. Also fast cast, so it’s decent for building SB gauge. Stitch in Time - Damage and self buff. Also instant cast, so it’s great for building SB gauge. Sky High - Only slightly better than the 5* ability Aerial Dive, but it does produce more SB gauge than most other 6* abilities. Ruby Abilities Ruby records are available from the Royal Crucible in exchange for rubies. Currently, rubies can only be acquired from the endgame Torment dungeons. Unlike the old Nightmare and Job Mote abilities, all Ruby abilities are extremely good! You’ll have to be careful about which ones you buy due to the limited nature of rubies, however. Most people suggest prioritizing the multi-element abilities (Voltech, Blastspell Strike, and Stormspell Strike) for more versatility, and then picking up others depending on your needs and abilities. For example, having Tidus’s USB Day to Remember means it’s a great idea to create Sapphire Bullet. Fister Roboto fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Mar 25, 2019 |
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 First off, one of the most important things to keep in mind is ASK BEFORE SPENDING MYTHRIL If there's a good banner available, we'll tell you. If the best banner is coming in a week, we'll tell you. Pulling blind on a banner isn't necessarily bad, but it is helpful in the beginning to get the best chances at the best gear. Just wait. If you feel like you need good relics to progress (you don't), we can tell you which to immediately select.When you're starting out, FFRK is a game of beating as much as you can with whatever team you can scrounge up. Always prioritize any event dungeon that you can clear that's ending soon. You can look under the titles of any event to see when exactly it ends. Realm Dungeons will be your primary method of generating both Stamina and Mythril, so don't neglect these either. You can join raids immediately and play with goons! We'll carry you, so be sure to hit up our Discord! IMPORTANT: if you're new, work on these as much as possible! FFRK players are generally helpful and will absolutely carry you through most of the MP fights, especially if you come play with goons. This isn't WoW. Raiding isn't the endgame and it isn't always difficult. That being said, most raids do not recur! So always try to clear them when you can! Reddit has a great and comprehensive guide for specific progression here In general, your path to success will include the following: 1) Completing any and all Event content you can. 2) Raid as much as you can, and goons can carry you. 3) Continually pushing the ~1000 Realm Dungeons when you're finished all the time-sensitive content. You'll need to level up your Stamina readily as well. At the start of every month, there is a Realm Dungeon Update, which adds new stages and makes all dungeon stamina cost 50% less. Try to run them during this period, if possible! 4) Continue pushing your Event clears further and further, until you're reliably finishing d180 content 5) Start on Nightmare dungeons (most of these have been power creeped pretty hard nowadays) 6) Fully Clear Events and Nightmare dungeons 7) Start 3* Magicite 8) Start d240 Torment battles 9) Work up to clearing all 4* Magicite and all d240/d280 Torment battles 10) Kid yourself into thinking you can clear 5* Magicites and d$$$ Torments! 11) Congrats, you're now a salty vet! So how exactly do I get through content? Starting out, you're going to want to have a solid A-Team. This will be comprised of 3 of your most effective DPS, a solid Support character, and a great Healer. At this point, the relics you're trying to look for are: Hastegas (Soul Breaks that offer Hastega to the party. While this is now an ability, having it on an SB is still useful) Medicas (Party-wide healing, especially Instant ones) Boostga/Faithgas (To buff your team) Wall (+100% DEF/RES buffs. You immediately get one for free from the Archives called Sentinel's Grimoire. Enjoy using Tyro!) From there, you'll be able to tackle lots of content. Getting into the endgame, you'll need specific relics for specific content and as such you'll pull on banners based on what you need in order to progress further. This is highly dependent on your current account. Okay, I'm at Endgame (or planning on Endgame). What do I do? With the rise of 5* Magicites, DeNA has decided that everyone will need a Physical and Magic team for every element in the game (Fire/Ice/Wind/Earth/Lightning/Water/Holy/Dark). If you're thinking with absolute endgame in mind, look for the strongest Element SBs for both Physical teams and Magic teams. For Magicites, you'll want to have at least one well-developed Element team. This way, you'll be able to beat one then make the rest of the magicites much easier by collecting their magicite. Think Mega Man. I'm getting my rear end kicked! What the hell am I doing wrong? You're probably not aware of Buff Stacking This gets its own section because it's pretty important. Now, the way FFRK handles buffs and debuffs is different from most RPGs I've seen. The way it works is that each Buff/Debuff has its own ID, based off what stats it effects. So, an ability that reduces the Enemy's attack and one that raises the user's attack would have the same ID, because they both effect just Attack. You can't have two effects with the same ID on the same character, the new one will just overwrite the old one. So if you use Attack Breakdown, then Attack Break, you'll just end up undoing your Attack Breakdown for the lesser Attack Break. So don't do it. However, two Buffs/Debuffs that effect different stats will stack. So Attack Buff/Debuff and Magic Buff/Debuff will stack. And here's where things get crazy. Some abilities give Buffs/Debuffs that effect multiple stats at once. These then have their own unique ID. So let's say you have three Debuffs to inflict on the enemy. An Attack one, a Magic one, and one that decreases Magic and Defense. Then you throw on a buff that increases your Party's Attack, then one that increases their Magic, then another that increases both Attack and Magic. All three will stack since all three have separate IDs. This is important to know because high end FFRK content pretty much requires the ability to be able to stack up multiple buffs and/or debuffs. More details on stacking: ”KataraniSword” posted:Does this stack? ”FisterRoboto” posted:Effects that set the critical hit rate or critical hit damage to a certain percentage [b]do not stack[b] and are known as crit fixes and crit damage fixes respectively. Abilities that have an innate critical hit rate or critical damage bonus (like Sky Grinder or Gaia Rush) have their bonuses added on top of fixes. So for example, using Gaia Rush (+20% crit rate) with a 50% crit fix results in a 70% crit rate.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS How is multi-element damage handled? For example Meltdown. The game calculates the potential damage for each element and then selects whichever is highest. So for example, if you used Meltdown on an enemy that is 50% resistant to wind and 150% weak to earth, it would do earth damage. USEFUL LINKS http://dirge.tv/ffrk/event-list/ - For upcoming banners and events Fister Roboto fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Apr 2, 2019 |
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Excellent new thread.
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Bringing in my hatred from the other thread, gently caress the jump rope minigame.
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New thread? Has it been 4 years already? Man, this game is so good!Electric Phantasm posted:Bringing in my hatred from the other thread, gently caress the jump rope minigame. I got 41 on my first try. That got me the Octagon Rod. I'm fine with that.
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How are you supposed to use Cait Sith? I never realized how bad he is until getting his USB made me check him out.Kheldarn posted:New thread? Has it been 4 years already? Man, this game is so good! gently caress I didn't even notice that. I'll do it for Vivi.
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MarcusSA posted:What’s the max you can get? There's a gil reward at 200. In terms of rewards that you might actually want, there's major orbs at 60, 3* motes at 80, and 4* motes at 100.
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MarcusSA posted:Excellent new thread. It's terrible actually, I just copied the old OP and updated some things. Only reason I did it was because I'm pretty sure ceaseless doesn't play anymore and some things were extremely out of date. Next fest will be a complete rewrite though. Here's my Dupes of the Realms haul: FFT: Orlandeau BSB (dupe) FF0: Deuce USB (dupe) FF15: Prompto CSB (awesome) FF14: Minfillia BSB (dupe) FF13: Sazh USB (dupe) FF12: Vayne endark LMR (good) FF11: Shantotto CSB (great) FF10: Jecht USB (great) FF9: Kuja endark LMR (good) FF8: Fujin enwind LMR (good) FF7: Cloud BSB2 (dupe) FF6: Celes BSB2 (meh) FF5: Krile GSB (decent) FF4: PCecil endark LMR (decent) FF3: Ingus LMR (bleh) FF2: Ricard enwind LMR (dupe) FF1: Garland GSB (dupe) 7/17 dupes. Not as bad as some, but still pretty bad.
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Electric Phantasm posted:How are you supposed to use Cait Sith? I never realized how bad he is until getting his USB made me check him out. The SB attached to it is actually pretty decent, too! Like, it's not gonna blow minds or anything, but it could easily see use in the IX torment if you lack good buffing options for the realm. Plus as a bonus, it's well established that a dived Vivi can put out surprsingly solid DPS numbers even without any offensive relics, so he can still contribute after casting it.
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I did the current 11x for 25 banner, and got 3/11: Terra USB 2 Gau USB 1 Rikku USB 1
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0: Ace BSB (dupe) T: Marche BSB XV: Gladiolus USB XIV: Alphinaud USB XIII: Snow USB (dupe) XII: Larsa LMR XI: Ayame BSB (dupe) X: Seymour BSB1 (dupe) IX: Vivi USB VIII: Squall LMR2 VII: Cait Sith LMR VI: Sabin BSB V: Dorgann BSB (dupe) IV: Pecil USB1 III: Aria USB II: Guy USB I: Meia LMR LMR: Alphinaud LMR, Seifer LMR1 USB: OK mUSB (dupe), Lann USB, Minwu USB2 I skipped the OSB banner for obvious reasons, but otherwise 6/22 dupes isn't bad. In particular Alphinaud USB/Vivi USB will probably see some direct work, Squall LMR2 combos nicely with his BUSB if I need to switch to fire, and Guy USB/Minwu USB2 will come online real soon once the FF2 Torment shows up.
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Just in case anyone didn't notice, there's a Hall of Arcana all the way at the bottom of the feast dungeons. Presumably, the enemies drop arcana.
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Hell yeah new thread. Also jumprope was a pain, but I managed to hit 101 on attempt #10 or so.
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Congratulations on everyone who manages to make it through the in-game browser game in this browser-based game. It's a good freebie!
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RoP finally finished, along with the USB lucky, so lets look at the damages: Type-0: Ace Glint Tactics: Orran USB XV: Gladio OSB (dupe) XIV: Minfilia Glint XIII: Hope enHoly LMR XII: Fran USB1 (dupe) XI: Curilla BSB X: Jecht USB2 IX: Garnet LMR1 VIII: Irvine USB VII: Cloud BSB2 VI: Kefka OSB V: Faris BSB2 IV: Rosa BSB III: Ingus BSB2 (dupe) II: Maria Arcane, Firion LMR2 (dupe) I: Echo BSB1 And then the Daily Draw netted me both Garnet LMR 2 and Strago Chain, and the USB lucky got me Xezat USB and Barret USB. I still have to pull on the two free banners that show up later tonight, but honestly, I'm pretty alright with what I've got! Not a lot of dupes this time around, and while there's absolutely nothing that's particularly screaming at me (save for Strago Chain), it's still some stuff I can work with. I spent all my mythril since New Years fest on the KH banners last month, so I'm basically all tapped out this fest. I'd love to pull on the chain banner, if anything, but I'm honestly just gonna save it for the core banner that's coming up so I have two pulls ready to go for that free third pull.
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Fister Roboto posted:PS: If anybody wants to recreate the scene in the thread title, but with FFRK stuff, there might be a new avatar certificate in your inbox! I like my current avatar and making this was reward enough.
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My LotR: T0: Cinque en-earth LMR (good) T: Alma BSB (meh) XV: Dupe Prompto LMR XIV: Alphinaud en-wind LMR (good) XIII: Dupe Serah USB1 XII: Vayne en-dark LMR (good) XI: Curilla cover LMR (meh) X: Dupe Rikku BSB2 IX: Dupe Kuja BSB VIII: Irvine BSB (meh) VII: Reno BSB (okay I guess) VI: Mog LMR1 (meh) V: Lenna BSB1 (meh) IV: Dupe Decil BSB1; Barbaricca BSB (good) III: CoD OSB (okay) II: Firion Glint (good) I: Garland LMR (good) I guess in hindsight it wasn't that bad, picked up a bunch of good LMRs for characters I use. Still, very unexciting.
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I shredded a lot of my Realms on Parade stuff since I just mastered and forgot about it, but I got quite a few discos of varying quality! To sum it up: My first pull on Type-0 was a successful haul with Sice (I think?) USB. The darkness-elemental one. While I have a fairly strong dark party already, it's nice to have, and I already had some gear for them in the past. Immediately after on Tactics was Delita's USB, which was, well... all right, at best. Not exactly the best tool, and I'm not hankering for +holy swords, but it's interesting. After that I got some crappish stuff. Some stuff for Gladiolus and Haurchefant (who keeps on plaguing my goddamn Realms on Parade). Then, on 13 was a very interesting tool - I was scared that the fist I was looking at was a dupe, but it was in fact Snow's more recent USB that creates an icy Radiant Shield. It's a hell of a get in conjunction with the chain he also has. Next is some unmemorable things. 12 has completely lost me, 11 was definitely something for Shantotto. For 10 I got excited to see another disco - could it be Tidus or Rikku's chain, solving my water problems forever? Nope, unfortunately, it's Braska's USB, which was probably the most disappointing new relic of the bunch. 9 gave me another disco, but it was my only Overstrike of the bunch - and it was Steiner's, adding insult to injury. From here... 8 I believe gave me my first duplicate of the parade in Quistis' LMR or Glint, one of the two. Then for 7, I don't remember at all what I got. 6's pull was one of the most important ones - a disco ball resulting in Kefka's USB, which is my first step towards a legitimate Dark Mage team. Doubly sweet because I had gotten his dualcast LMR some time ago and can now put it to good use. 5's pull threw me an Arcane Overstrike for Krile. I have her USB but haven't bothered using her much - maybe this is a good reason to switch Papalymo out of my fire mages. 4 was a crazy pull - not only did I get a disco, but I also got two 5* relics. You heard me right, every single relic in the three-pull was a rainbow or higher. It ended up with an okay-ish LMR for Edward, a Burst for Cecil Paladin, and an Ultra for Ceodore. None of them seem like things I'll actually use, but hey, the sheer novelty of it is worth mentioning. I mentioned this earlier, but 3 gave me a dupe Onion Magic USB, which I was upset about because I paid money to get one. Oh well. Finally, some less notable tools in the end. Ricard and Echo got LMRs, though one is neater than the other - no guesses as to which. Final tally of discos out of 17 Realms on Parade pulls: 9. Finally, we wrapped up our business with the USB lucky. Unfortunately, it was a 1/11 dupe with Bartz's Chicken Knife. Not a useful thing to have more than one of. Oh well. Tomorrow's a new day with the 40x pull and the 8x pull, and then festivale will truly swing in earnest.
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Here's some things kids have to say about the game: Going in to battle: "Dr. Mog always has something to say." During a cutscene: (slightly angry voice) "That Dr. Mog, always telling us what to do!" And a very important question at the rewards screen after completing a dungeon: "Why do they turn into eggs?" Hmm yes, a very good question. Those people do indeed turn into eggs.
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From the last thread:FairGame posted:They’re OSBs, not AOSB, unfortunately, and the problem with pulling that banner is precisely what your second paragraph is about. Yeah, I accidentally mixed up AOSB and OSB..did end up pulling on the USB banner today (and didn't regret it) because I figure I'm generally too early to be ignoring those and still don't have enough spread across all of my characters. As for elements, I only have CSBs for fire, earth, and holy (all Gen 2). Of these, my holy team is pretty stacked physically and Roxas' AASB pushes it a lot farther letting me take on 260+ dungeons. Everything else is still far too slim to even begin to separate into phys/mag damage groups, but I'm still working through 3* magicites. Best healer is Penelo with her instant heal USB and support would now suddenly go to OK as I very recently lucked into his mUSB and pUSB along with the fact that the tons of growth eggs from today's festival allowed me to finally level him to 99. Other than that, I'm lacking in good Wall SB's and other general support.
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Bruceski posted:I like my current avatar and making this was reward enough. 
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That's a terrific piece of art right there. I wish I could put things on my fridge but the drat thing won't keep magnets on it. Luck of the Realms is over so here's my haul: T0: Machina OSB FFT: Ramza LMR1 dupe XV: Noctis Glint XIV: Yda USB XIII: Vanille LMR XII: Gabranth BUSB XI: Curilla USB1 X: Jecht BSB, Wakka BSB IX: Garnet BSB dupe VIII: Fujin AOSB VII: Cid USB dupe VI: Cyan LMR V: Bartz USB1 dupe IV: Pecil AOSB dupe III: CoD USB II: Firion LMR1 I: Master USB USB lucky gave me Ace's USB. Not exactly short on fire mages here but thanks anyway, game.
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 People made so many jokes about Edge SSB being his USB0 that DeNA decided it's a USB now.
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This is good because it means you can pull it from Ultra lucky draws and the ilk. Smart move to recognise its power and make it more obtainable - now I might still be able to get it! Still hilarious.
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Mar 25, 2019 09:09
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DeadButDelicious posted:This is good because it means you can pull it from Ultra lucky draws and the ilk. Smart move to recognise its power and make it more obtainable - now I might still be able to get it! Still hilarious. I'd be very surprised if they actually coded it to add it to ultra lucky draws and so on. Its official USB status is way more likely just to be limited to that text on that battle into helpsheet.
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Mar 25, 2019 10:06
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Qwertycoatl posted:I'd be very surprised if they actually coded it to add it to ultra lucky draws and so on. Its official USB status is way more likely just to be limited to that text on that battle into helpsheet. That'd be a bummer if that's the case. It's still a powerful bit of kit that's progressively rarer to pick up as time goes by. The two free draws are up and I pulled a bunch of unremarkable 5* crap, with the only non-dupe 6* being Sazh USB. Are we beyond the point where mulching 5*s for Rosetta Stones is a good idea? I ask because I have a couple of relics I'm trying to finish off 30/30ing for 5* Magicites and Torments but don't know whether it's better to mulch them into Rainbow Crystals. Finally are there any stand-out ranged physical Wind users and abilities? I pulled a dupe Fujin AOSB and it's a 6* + wind thrown weapon so she's sorted for a weapon. The other primary candidate, Alphinaud, can't use the weapon. I could keep one for OK, or mulch the other or even combine them to 7*. Any advice would be appreciated, goons. 
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Mar 25, 2019 10:42
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DeadButDelicious posted:That'd be a bummer if that's the case. It's still a powerful bit of kit that's progressively rarer to pick up as time goes by. Edge SSB will become easily available to everyone via lenses in a few months. Also, he’s getting a for real USB that does the same thing but more, which I think is in the next FFIV event.
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Mar 25, 2019 11:22
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Bruceski posted:I like my current avatar and making this was reward enough. 
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Mar 25, 2019 12:57
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Free 8x draw got me Garland's AOSB to go along with his chain, so now he can do finally something else with his gauge. Also it's a really good +dark sword, which I needed. Also got some really good LMRs - Cloud's wind dualcast, Squall's en-ice, and both Decil and Pecil's enelements. 40 pull got me 3 disco balls, but one was the Garland AOSB I just drew, and the other was my 5th(!!!) Wakka USB. Stop giving me these loving blitzballs Dena. Luckily the third ball was Eiko's USB, which I don't really need for general use anymore now that I've got Elarra's USB, but I will happily take it for the IX Torment since it seems basically mandatory if I ever want to make headway in the final stage. Overall, not too shabby. Could have been better, could have been worse. The USB draw and 40x pull were kinda disappointing but I still walked away with a bunch of useful kit. Fingers crossed on these CSB and Awakening banners.
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Mar 25, 2019 13:36
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  this is very welcome after how bad my RoP draws were. Vaan, Relm, Vincent, and Raines BSBs are all dupes, as are TGC LMR and Lightning AOSB. Still hard to argue with 3 good USBs and a good AOSB. The 8 draw makes me wish I hadn't picked Seph BSB2 and Fujin enwind ssb on the Acolyte Archives but what can you do.
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Mar 25, 2019 13:52
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My 48 pull was unimpressive. Either I'm paying for my good luck grabbing an OK USB3 a few days ago, or I'm getting all the bad luck out of my system for the fest. I got a Zell AOSB, and that's about it. I could use a good fire fist.
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Mar 25, 2019 13:52
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RE: Madeen https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3861719&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=141#post493629469 First clear of a 5*! Sub 60 and not reliable as of yet, but I'm hoping most of my troubles come from my badly optimized 4* magicite deck.
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Mar 25, 2019 14:13
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Present Draw got me Tidus AOSB Yuna Glint Bartz LMR Raijin LMR Steiner BSB Ayame BSB Leon BSB CoD self doom BSB 8/40 on the other one Strago OSB x2 this should be illegal Refia Glint Krile LMR Quina LMR Machina LMR Paine BSB Locke BSB Quina LMR is nice now I can drop their USB as soon the battle starts.
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Mar 25, 2019 14:54
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Can't really say I got anything of interest fr9m this free pulls but perhaps s9mething will prove useful when I get more into the new torments
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Mar 25, 2019 15:05
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Fast And Freerious 8 Tidus BSB 2 and Cloud LMR 3 were dupes. Top 40 Sunday Hits  Gogo FF5 BSB1 was a dupe, because I got it in the Free 8, above.
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8-pull: Papalymo AOSB, dupe Paine BSB, dupe Marche LMR, dupe Jecht endark LMR, Yuffie BSB1, Penelo BSB1, Queen BSB, Delita buildup LMR 40-pull: Dupe Garland CSB, Yuffie USB2, Edgar triplecast LMR I think I should probably dive Papalymo, I've got his USB and AOSB now (plus other stuff) so he's pretty obviously my best fire mage at this point. Nothing too amazing with the other stuff, but most of the dupes were for boost/resist stuff so they're still useful. I've wanted Yuffie USB2 for a long time, though she's probably outside of the 'holy poo poo amazing' window now. I've got dived Edgar with his USB so the LMR is pretty cool too. Despite the dupe and only one item over the minimum, I'm kinda happy about it? Pretty OK with these in general. And now we wait for banner 4. I'm considering a pull at banner 3, but I already have one of the elemental CSBs, already have a gen1 phys lightning chain and magic fire chain, and the realm chains are not really that interesting to me so it seems pretty questionable. Wouldn't mind Ignis BSB though.
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