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Not to bring up old garbage but I don't post about the off-season challenges because (besides Chrono Trigger) it's "take this specific class and run it as fast as you can" and I don't play the game either of those ways lol. I think personally this'll be a great year or a bummer of a one. It's an interesting time for me and throwing myself into a game might just be what the doctor ordered!
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Interesting! Side note, shoot, I totally forgot I wanted to play Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light or Octopath Traveller this year before the run starts (as I'd completed all the Bravely Defaults in the same way for years past). Oh well, at least there was the BD2 demo earlier this year. StrangeAeon posted:Is there a post full of the hot mods and randomizers available, if we want to make a run or two a bit more spicy?  is almost certainly coming back this year if you want to wait on a randomizer run, although it might not be as spicy as you'd like (hmm...).
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Sounds like you have some money to spend then. https://twitter.com/revenantkioku/status/1267046548476575744
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Dancer+Monk might be one of my favorite combinations. I have a compulsion to overlevel and do everything anyway so it's a good time just laughing as you just Sabin everything almost the whole endgame.
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Welp, I started the FFV4JF with a dead power supply (and I'm still down my desktop) and wow what a time to miss out on the going-ons, but thankfully I did get to play a bit so I got a few posts to make here! First of all, last year's Randomizer was donated just in time for The Run! Congrats to Osci, 1234567890num, MagusDraco, blakelmenakle, apophenium, Darwinism, Doom Goon, and Can Of Worms.
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In case you thought I forgot something, I'm doing the Randomizer again BUT with one addition this time: Mild runs only. I guarantee you'll get something broken, but imo Spicy made it so practically everyone could just run through the game by holding down the 'A' button. To compensate I'll add an extra dime per run. The rest is the same: $1.10 per goon up to 20 for every goon that completes a run from now on to the end (must complete a normal run first) using Can Of Worms's Final Fantasy V Advance Randomizer. Make sure to emptyquote this post on a win so I can see it! Oh, and please don't use the FFV4JF site (probably not cool crowning on impossible runs). It's up to you if you want to spoil the Jobs you get or not but I'd recommend it to reduce grinding and magic level confusion. Also, I'll probably wait until next year to actually donate so I can kill two birds with one stone and water that tree. Also, make sure you use the clean unpatched Final Fantasy V Advance US ROM (CRC32 7A24AB0C)! You'll get game-breaking errors with the EU version or patched ROMs that change job stuff.
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I'm like behind 4 run posts and a hundred and something posts to read but I just had to say right now for posterity: I've finally done it!Okay, back to the game.
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Arrrthritis posted:
 https://vimeo.com/438392585 https://twitter.com/BookWyvern/status/1283225950910443522 So I guess a single Blue Mage is technically a "guaranteed" triple crown lol. If you're the right level and say you use Vampire on the GBA versions. You could probably make it easier in a variety of ways (death procs, that equipment glitch that only works on the US GBA version) but I wanted to keep it simple and show you could do it with 3 of anything else as well (Monks w/ crits would probably be the hardest? I guess you could just Time Slip them even if they were a high level). And, boy, was that an awful Omega win, no fancy script reading or anything and there were at least 2 non-Reflected punches, a bad Vampire, and a blocked Maelstrom. Honestly I'm a little surprised it didn't take longer, I got 2 successes in a something like a little over one 7 to 10 hours marathon Wonder Rod grind (the first being an embarrassing wipe on an early Flame Shield replace). I didn't even know the RNG was that varied enough to work to be quite honest.
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Cattail Prophet posted:Wait, zombied party members don't count as undead for drain attacks? Oh, I tried out Assassin's Dagger for random healing (hey, helpful for MP at least) but at a Red Mage w/ comparable level it still had minor damage which is bad mostly because of Maelstrom (if you're lucky with the last digit and fast enough you can catch the Sap). And iirc Mini has crits even though it's not exactly the Brawl/Fists weapon type so that's out for the same reason. Also, you can't really get Zombie out of Sleep so not the best, you'd just want to keep level in mind if you had Assassin's Dagger/wanted to risk the Death Sickle (Death Bow has a special death iirc). I guess you could reflect Ancient Sword on a free turn since Bone Mail is immune to Old? Actually, now that I think about it there was no reason for me to Time Slip that Zombie because Old doesn't work that way on characters (it does stats instead of levels which I'm guessing doesn't include armor's Evasion which is Magic Evade%?). Actually, I didn't check if any of that armor had Magic Evade% lol, I checked weight and agility. Doom Goon fucked around with this message at 09:28 on Jul 15, 2020 |
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Arrrthritis posted:You're insane. I'm going to add $6 from this one, although I never expected for anyone to go for Omega with goblin punches - so it kind of feels like I should donate more from this.
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Oh yeah, there will be more. The Fiesta ends at the end of August so there's still plenty of time! I myself still have to write up 6 Run posts and convert a ton of stuff w/o a real desktop computer here. Also, I wanted to put out a reminder about my Randomizer since it's not in the OP.
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Pyrus Malus posted:is there a fancy emblem besides the yellow star you get for a triple crown? I never got anything but that but also submitted shinryu and omega pics after NED
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Run 1: Samurai, Berserker, Beastmaster, Berserker   Anything interesting?: Believe it or not this might've been my easiest/fastest ever 100% non-fleeing (or close, I think I accidentally did it for useless Lightning Dragons) runs ever. Iainuki just eats random encounters and things it didn't insta-death were often paralyzed by whips (which is becoming one of my favorite weapon types) or crits. The inherited Agility of Whips was nice as well. Oh, and the different damage formula means Dragon Whisker misses less (so does Beast Killer). One of those runs where Byblos (or was it Liquid Flame?) is the hardest boss in the game.
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Not Bows Strong vs. Creature? Besides that it has 10% more for Hit% than regular whips (wow!).
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Run 2: Bard, Black Mage, Dragoon, Ranger   Anything interesting?: Not really, I mostly leaned on Black Magic and Bard buffs. I got Rapid Fire but it wasn't worth it without good weapons. (I just checked my old save and I had 1 attack on Chicken Knife. Whoops!)
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I swear I forget more edge cases every year than the rest of what I remember. Why wouldn't two whips be special bows? Run 3: Knight, Ninja, Beastmaster, Thief Jose Valasquez posted:0 power Chicken Knife on NED   Mustached Demon posted:Useless Great Sea Trench     Anything interesting?: While tougher than my first run I had fun Dual-Wielding Dragon Whiskers at the end (don't worry, I got them grinding the bay so they had plenty of use)! Omega was a bit of an issue but !Calm locking wins the day.
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Run 4: Blue Mage, Red Mage, Dancer, Mystic KnightJose Valasquez posted:0 power Chicken Knife on NED   (I went back and did this, hope that's okay!) Bufuman posted:Magical Bufu's Magical              DalaranJ posted:The Perfect Crime     (I actually ended up doing this one with most of my runs! Gilgamesh steal below.) Mustached Demon posted:Useless Great Sea Trench Admiral Joeslop posted:Tyrannosaur oldskool posted:Level 5 Death Wipe  Arrrthritis posted:Goblin Punch   Ramuh   Sandworm   Cray Claw   Adamantoise   Soul Cannon https://files.catbox.moe/h54hcx.webm Archeoaevis https://files.catbox.moe/ar7hj2.webm Titan (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/cmf3cd.webm Purobolos (manipulated crit), here's a good one https://files.catbox.moe/jg0f37.webm Manticore (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/txldwr.webm Abductor (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/6p9bcq.webm Gilgamesh (manipulated crit), poor Gilgamesh https://files.catbox.moe/ewn8i2.webm Gilgamesh Big Bridge (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/12wfhl.webm Tyrannosaur (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/mmgycp.webm Abductor 2 (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/he87lv.webm Dragon Plants (manipulated crits), all of them https://files.catbox.moe/96w7ab.webm Enkidu (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/izbig5.webm Gilgamesh Boat (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/73tnfz.webm Atomos (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/01ny6n.webm Catoblepas (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/asrg95.webm Crystals (manipulated crits) [url]https://files.catbox.moe/nwzz1t.webm][/url] https://files.catbox.moe/dc8rxg.webm https://files.catbox.moe/6fq7pr.webm https://files.catbox.moe/308gtq.webm Exdeath Forest (manipulated crit), hilarious https://files.catbox.moe/dghetk.webm Carbuncle (non-manipulated crit apparently?) https://files.catbox.moe/42ffvw.webm Gilgamesh! You Worthless Fool! (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/3t96d4.webm Exdeath (manipulated crit, protected) https://files.catbox.moe/8bz0oz.webm Antlion (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/hvv52h.webm Gargoyles (manipulated crits) https://files.catbox.moe/5axzga.webm Sekhmet (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/qq36lg.webm Melusine (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/xll9fc.webm Phoenix Tower Bandercoeurl (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/xuedlg.webm Gargoyles (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/w6ftiy.webm Wendigo (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/dytabf.webm Omniscient (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/jhi3ci.webm Gargoyles (manipulated crits) https://files.catbox.moe/3vdrje.webm Pigs (manipulated crits), all https://files.catbox.moe/bbh41u.webm Odin (manipulated crit), clutch! https://files.catbox.moe/kvskpt.webm Bahamut (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/ya91kn.webm Gargoyles (manipulated crits) https://files.catbox.moe/4zqqux.webm Leviathan (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/vxrpv1.webm Calofisteri (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/8h8w83.webm Apanda (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/6bfa9m.webm Azulmagia (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/u1pkja.webm Catastrophe (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/4yg20b.webm Halicarnassus (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/sbonco.webm Twintania (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/l83kyj.webm Gilgamesh Void (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/7lrkny.webm Barriers (manipulated crits), a good one, this took forever to set up https://files.catbox.moe/4b8ar7.webm Necrophobe (manipulated crit), same fight, look at those whiffs! https://files.catbox.moe/2ydwfl.webm Shinryu (manipulated crit) https://files.catbox.moe/5etbjz.webm Omega (manipulated crit) Exdeath (manipulated crit), reloaded after https://files.catbox.moe/aoojhd.webm Neo Exdeath (manipulated crits), perfect finish! https://files.catbox.moe/qztpdz.webm Anything interesting?: This was my single Blue Mage Goblin Punching Omega after an extremely rare Dark Spark at an exact level run, so yeah. On top of that I Goblin Punched (mostly level manipulation crit-ing) most of the bosses after I remembered that existed. Mystic Knight and Red Mage helped that because they have status effects they can do that Blue Mage alone cannot plus a Libra and more accurate sword Osmoses. It's also hilarious when some of these bosses have their MP drained away. My favorite run... ever!
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Looks fine on my 640x480 laptop  . Really though, thanks!Run 5: Monk, Geomancer, Time Mage, White Mage Jose Valasquez posted:0 power Chicken Knife on NED      Anything interesting?: Here's something you might not think about but Monk and Time Mage actually have synergy because w/o Hermes Sandals you can equip Kaiser Knuckles. Absolute powerhouses that way at mid/high level, although boy was my defense lacking. I was hoping for the ol' Monk/Dancer combo but this was neat to see. Oh, Geomancer's wind and related attacks work pretty well getting through World 3 dungeons most of the time but boy do I still hate that class because it sure lets you down when you need... anything.
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Yeah, Gravity can be good although I kinda wish there was a multi-target version (same with Stop, it's rare to find a good single target where you want to risk it). Speaking of, I got !Time enough this Fiesta I noticed that Slow has a higher hit percentage so it's better than Slowaga on single targets. Oh good, new page. I know I'm the one that posted all those Goblin Punch webms but I'm really glad they're gone lol. Run 6: Summoner, Red Mage, Mystic Knight, Chemist Jose Valasquez posted:0 power Chicken Knife on NED   Mustached Demon posted:Useless Great Sea Trench  Admiral Joeslop posted:Tyrannosaur    Anything interesting?: Summoner is nigh-broken, another really fast World 3. Because I had Chemist I could boost Leviathan at the end (it's not super worth it or anything but at least it's there) and not just knife-boosted Syldras. It's just kinda weird that exists and to remember it. Omega stuff: I got tired of !Spellblade whiffing so I just ended up using !Mixes. Also, I know the Algorithm Guide kinda says otherwise but I swear Resist Fire wears out eventually (ouch!). I'm also about 60% positive I saw a weird glitch involving a (failed) Rocket Punch on a self !Mix out of nowhere but I unfortunately wasn't recording it.
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I seem to remember that happening before another year vaguely. I don't remember switching equipment there because it would remove !Spellbladed knives anyway (until I switched to just !Mix). This Fiesta I didn't really do any fancy shield swapping even though I probably should've a few times.Doom Goon posted:My Randomizer pre:Summoner Default: !Zeninage Skill 0: 30 !Spellblade 1 Skill 1: 55 !Black 3 Skill 2: 85 Vigilance Skill 3: 160 !Spellblade 5 Skill 4: 420 !Summon 5 Knight Default: !Blue Skill 0: 20 HP +10% Skill 1: 60 !Chakra Skill 2: 100 MP +30% Skill 3: 180 !Time 5 Skill 4: 400 !Dualcast Dancer Default: !Gaia Skill 0: 10 !White 1 Skill 1: 55 !Hide Skill 2: 90 !Steal Skill 3: 180 !Flee Skill 4: 270 Equip Sword Thief Default: !Dance Skill 0: 25 Berserk Skill 1: 55 !Recover Skill 2: 85 HP +20% Skill 3: 200 !Dance Skill 4: 410 !Drink     Final run! Oh, I did this going through all areas without fleeing (Attack 0 Chicken Knife). The Good: I've never gotten to use !Zeninage early as I don't run that romhack and boy does it destroy early bosses lol. I struggled a bit on Liquid Flame early but instead of having to do anything funky I found this out one-shoting it for 3-4k damage. !Dance is great of course and on top of the equippable one Thief got it as their default skill (especially nice with Equip Sword). I didn't notice it until Meatcastle but I did have !Steal (yay Genji Helmet?). I had all but the strongest !Spellblades, !Time enough for Hastaga/Slowaga, Float, and stuff, and all of !Summon (hello more Syldra boosts). !Drink was there but not being a default skill means it wasn't really used. Oh, Wonder Rod! The Bad: Innate !Blue is there on Knight! But it doesn't come with innate Learning, so it's a dead slot. I had !Recover and !Chakra, !Flee even though I never fleed, a bunch of MP/HP bumps, Berserk (no explanation necessary, what am I gonna do put it on a Thief instead of the eventual Equip Sword?)... and Dualcast can be useful but it was Red Mage-quality (Cure was nice after Fire at least). The Omega: !Time was just under enough so no Quickleak, also no Thundaga or real healing. So I couldn't really cheese Omega. I really hate !Spellbladeing Omega (it misses soooo much even with knives) and nobody had an innate attack good enough that I could do any !Drink shenanigans without Reflect heals. Knight had good survivability but really that was it, so many wipes to reflected Atomic Fires and the Flamethrower. What I ended up doing was Reflect Ringing most everyone, Slowing Omega (it's a thing) and Hasteing everyone I could through reflects (especially the Knight), and slowly working on it with Coral Sword !Dances and a little bit of Odin !Summons (until they wiped). I had a Shell on Wonder Rod but unfortunately relying on it reflecting means it missed with a 50% chance. Omega was slow enough that I could save all but the worst Maelstrom results (and I did, many times!) and usually attempt a !Dance twice before Search wore off. Thankfully after 96 out of 99 Elixirs (thank goodness for !Time, Wonder Rod, and !Stealing those White Flames in the Zone Forest) at LVL50 it was a done deal! 2nd hardest Omega this Fiesta. Notice that my screenshot has a full AP bar? That means Omega actually was finished off from the HP Leak residuals from a reflected Rainbow Wind lol.
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ultrafilter posted:All jobs $1 for Water Thief $1 for Fire Samurai -> Blue (Patreon reroll) $2 for Fire Samurai -> Red $1 for Wind Ranger -> Monk $2 for Water Samurai -> Geomancer $3 for Fire Samurai -> Time $3 for Earth Dragoon -> White $4 for Wind Thief -> Summoner $5 for Earth Monk -> Chemist =$22 on the Job Fair in six runs (ouch). I guess that's what 4 dupe Samurais will get you.
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Awesome, love hearing about first time players!
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Also, if you can stall a boss to buff don't forget that !Drink is a really cheap (in terms of money/grinding time) that'll basically make you OP to anything not a superboss. For a couple grand or so you can be Protected (1/2 damage physical attacks), 2x Max HP, Hasted (if you don't want to grind for shoes), and a higher level (which effects most things including most status effect hit percentages) than what's possible normally. Just ignore Power Drink as it only effects Goblin Punch.
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I'm not saying don't get them, I'm just saying if you're shooting for the end you're probably grinding done and one turn to reapply Haste is a small price. Also, again, 2x max HP and insane levels will make all of that less painful.
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Thank you  Doom Goon posted:Randomizer On top of that I think I've finally convinced one other person (out a of a group) to try the Fiesta before it ends so I'm pretty happy!
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Oh right, rods also suffer the multi-targeting penalty for breaking even though you can't change it. I wonder if they realized how strong that would be or if it was just a byproduct of the scripting?
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