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Kyrosiris posted:Honestly if it wasn't for the third gold hairpin I might actually try it, but uh... I Thief Knifed the gold hairpin last year, but that was because: A) I was already doing all the optional stuff for my insane cutscene toxx (iirc, I did have to enter the tower but the Gogo fight itself wasn't necessary) B) My team was something ridiculous like black/red/summon/time, so I actually had a use for a third hairpin C) I was abusing savestates extensively
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FWIW freelancer is actually pretty useful in a fiesta setting.
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Is there something resembling a general discussion thread in the retro sub? It wouldn't hurt to drop a link in there somewhere, if nothing else.
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Some Guy TT posted:I should note that if your whole premise of wanting to keep this thread for a thirty old year game in Games is that the Retro Games forum sucks and no one posts there...you're not exactly working off a pitch inclined to make people want to jump subforums to have a good time with you. It took me a bit to parse why this was a response to me specifically, considering I was closer to agreeing with you than a lot of other people. Are you seriously suggesting that retro games posters, who for the sake of argument we're pretending don't already post in games too, would refuse to participate in the fiesta out of... spite, for some reason? For a perceived slight (noone itt has said retro games sucks, btw) that they wouldn't even be aware of without already having expressed interest by clicking on the link?
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There's always blessed kiss and quickleak, and time mage might also be able to pull it off with just quick and a good enough pair of meteors. Chicken dance with dual wield could work too with enough grinding or bard/chemist support. Does anything Necrophobe does trigger monk's counter?
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Harrow posted:I've never actually finished FF5 before but I'm thinking of Fiesta-ing this year. Should I just go with the standard ruleset or is there one that you think might be more fun? Standard is fine, but if you're specifically looking for something low stress to ease yourself into things, random750 is generally considered the "easiest" mode.
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What was last year's new run modifier, anyway? I know the advance jobs got decoupled from the void gimmick, but I don't remember if there was anything else.
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StrangeAeon posted:Is there any setup for this that can Triple Crown all five runs? Easily. Bard, chemist, beastmaster, and time mage are all free omega clears, and then you just put mystic knight and ranger on the last team and damage race him. As for Shinryu, you just need a rod/staff user on each team and a big enough pile of phoenix downs.
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...I was actually talking about Rune Chime shenanigans, but your answer is way more fun anyway.
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So I went digging in the algorithm guide because I wasn't familiar with the bell/rapid fire interaction, and not only does the bell damage formula ignore the step where rapid fire modifiers would be applied (which, to be fair, appears to be a trait shared by all weapons that deal magic damage), it also... skips accuracy checks altogether, for some reason? So you technically still get autohits with rapid fire, but only because you always get autohits. Bells also get shut down entirely by mute (the time spell, not the status effect... I think), which doesn't seem to be the case for any other weapon based magic. Bells* are weird. *Keep in mind that there are a grand total of four bells in the game, and only two of them actually use the bell damage formula.
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DACK FAYDEN posted:This post counts as someone poo poo talking Diamond Bell and Kotetsu within earshot of me and I will not hear it Bold words from someone who can't even remember which katana they're talking about.
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Wait, does equip bells not pass along geomancer magic either?
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Pretty sure it does, but the flail and morningstar might not be part of the deal.
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Consider the following: 1. Your party is black/time/monk/samurai 2. Your black mage is subbing !time and your time mage is subbing !black, because duh, and they both have element boosting rods glued to their hands 3. The samurai is probably also subbing !time, tbh 4. Three !time users is probably enough, so you're looking for something else for the monk to do 5. You didn't stock up on elixirs or flame rings because you wanted to throw money at your problems 6. Maybe endgame level heal staff bonks outheal hi potions, even with monk's lovely base magic? 7. Equip Katanas? What's that?
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You've also been able to submit your victory screenshots directly through the fiesta site for a few years now. The only thing you absolutely must use tweets for still is the initial #reg.
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Tbh it's barely worth it even with time mage unless your team's offense is really dire or you're allergic to having an incomplete spell list (which I am tbf).
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Mega64 posted:There’s a cure to that, it’s called Phoenix Tower. I've gotten summoner every year I've fiesta'd, and you'd best believe I climbed that tower every time. Besides, unlike Ace Transmuter posted:and Bahamut. And Leviathan. Phoenix is Cool and Good and you can cheese Wendigo with it.
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Admiral Joeslop posted:how girl get gregnant Help, my brain put two and two together and I couldn't stop myself: 
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Preemptive condolences to everyone involved for, uh, all of world one. Liquid Flame with four monks? Yikes.
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Hellioning posted:The real question is how you wipe in the wind shrine. Iirc he was deliberately running around with multiple dead party members to manipulate levels for future goblin punches.
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I feel like it also bears mentioning that 32 is basically endgame level for parties that don't need the raw hp to survive almagest.
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Mustached Demon posted:I came up with a hopefully fun That's kind of a... fuzzy condition, given that there are two tablet dungeons locked behind Fork Tower, and while the Trench is pretty pointless for most parties, there's a lot of good loot in Istory. Then there's the defender and wonder wand in Fork Tower itself. Not to mention it's literally required if you're running pure chaos and roll mime. E:f;b, partially
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Admiral Joeslop posted:There is also a Fiesta mod you can find on the Discord that unlocks all Jobs from the start. It generally ends up being harder if you roll something like Bard, because you aren't supposed to use Freelancers and now you gotta go with 4 Bards. Something something Kyrosiris' least favorite boss
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Twitch chat is saying that entering the void for the first time locks you out of getting the mirage vest from chocobo guy? Weird.
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Hahaha he just got death by math'd.
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poo poo, Yaga's still going? I stopped watching after his first death post Elmagus' finish. E: Oh nvm now he's done
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Isn't the ribbon pretty much right on the critical escape path, even? It's not like it's one of the upper floor chests.
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DeathSandwich posted:Redmage can still smash rods though, giving him some level of use on top of passing red magic to your Geo to make him marginally less useless. Monk/zerk/geo/drg straight up has some bad synergy. Yeah, in a vacuum I think you can make the argument either way, but with that party I'd absolutely rather take the red mage, if only to make the more obnoxious world 1 fights suck less.
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Oof, you're gonna want at least low 40s for a realistic chance at success. The good news is, since you already know you have chemist, you can kill two birds with one stone and stock up on drug money and turtle shells at the same time.
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They've got Mime, Rugwizard isn't negotiable, plus that team really wants Artemis Bow to burn down Almagest. They should probably still farm the power staff tho.
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Holy poo poo, why won't these fans drop any goddamn dark bows? I've already gained 4 levels in the ruins, snagged a tiara in case I need it, and grabbed like half a dozen elixirs off the very same fans.
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Cattail Prophet posted:Holy poo poo, why won't these fans drop any goddamn dark bows? I've already gained 4 levels in the ruins, snagged a tiara in case I need it, and grabbed like half a dozen elixirs off the very same fans. Update: Apparently the game knew what it was doing, because my earth job ended up being Blue Mage, and I would have had to grind up to 25 anyway to grab Level 5 Death before leaving world 1. Also, the tried and true strategy of "complain on the internet" worked like a charm; I got a bow drop within something like ten encounters after making that post.
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DACK FAYDEN posted:Fixed this (and the Omniscient tip telling you that you can !Mimic an Elixir for the same reason) - thanks! Another thing I caught: the Manticore tips mention the killer bow, which uh, isn't available at that point.
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Maybe put something about it in the ruins section too, in that case.
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HamSmoothie posted:I've finally got a chance to play through FFV for the first time, so why not make it weirdly entertaining with a Fiesta? It's not really ever worth going out of your way to grind job levels in world 1 unless there's a specific ability you need to get past a problem boss. You might want to grind gil for a bit though, to stock up on rods for your time mages to break. The dogs in the forest near the next town are a prime moneymaking source, and conveniently that town is also where rods are sold.
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Artemis Bow is good specifically for NED if you don't have an easy solution for Almagest; it deals effective damage to that part.
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First run done: Thief/Ranger/Knight/Blue Mage, and I've got so many fuckin' toxxes to turn in!Bufuman posted:Oh, that reminds me that I had an idea for a toxx myself.         (Yes, I know the spellblade page is completely redundant.) apophenium posted:I'm excited about this Fiesta!!! I registered for a Pure Chaos Risk run. My first risk! No idea if this has filled up already, but in case it hasn't:  Kyrosiris posted:I am also reprising mine from last year. As follows: I forgot to actually get a screenshot of both of them in my inventory at the same time, but here's me in the menu equipping the one from Shinryu:  And here's me stealing and equipping NED's:   Mustached Demon posted:Thought about it and I think the Great Sea Trench would be better. Seems more useless if you don't have a time mage or geomancer to make it less annoying. Monk is ok because they need help. All Pigs Are Bastards  Azza Bamboo posted:
It's not video, but hopefully this series of screenshots is unambiguous enough to suffice:    berenzen posted:I have a little bit of expendable cash, so I think I'll make a Blue Mage is great for providing enough sandbagging power to do this at sane levels. Extra shots of Shinryu performing various attacks included to demonstrate his lack of berserk:           
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Magical Bufu's Magical 
TWO RAGNAROKS, AGAIN