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[Vex_]

They'll get less rare as you do the story and events. You just kind of naturally gain a ton of them, lol.

Well it better. I will have to drop this game if it doesn't. This is fucking brutal . I'm still waiting on drops. Out of NRG, and got two more units I need to evolve.

I'm having flashbacks of a certain grindy action mmo.

 

[diablos991]

Well it better. I will have to drop this game if it doesn't. This is fucking brutal . I'm still waiting on drops. Out of NRG, and got two more units I need to evolve.

I'm having flashbacks of a certain grindy action mmo.

You have to remember we have a beta build of the first island.

Of course they aren't going to throw endgame 6* evo mats at us like candy.

 

[Foofaraw]

Finally got a 3 star CoD. Also rolled a generic thief, so I can finally steal stuff. Now on to the grinding game. Woo!

 

[Negator]

This is suffering. Spent 90% of my stam the last 2 days on mats!

 

[ZangBa]

The S1 Coliseum reward is a big ol' 500 lapis.

S rank enemies start doing a lot more damage and have much more health. Or that could just be because I'm too lazy to switch gear between my leveling and Coliseum parties. Why don't the party setups save equips. :|

 

[Dandte]

Finally Beat A3. Krille and her Dual cast cura and cecils durability saved me.

 

[Wired All Wrong]

Finally got a 3 star CoD. Also rolled a generic thief, so I can finally steal stuff. Now on to the grinding game. Woo!

Wish I could get a damn thief. I've rolled that Friend Point dancer like 6 or 7 times now. Even got her 3 times in a row once.

Loving this game though so far and I can see myself playing this for a long time. It's nice to be there for the beginning of the game for once. I've tried to get in to Record Keeper and that Kingdom Hearts game, but those just seemed so overwhelming with constant updates and stuff. Glad I decided to get the beta/soft launch version to ease myself into it.

Everyone feel free to add me.
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My leader is a level 40 3* Cecil soon to be 4* (hopefully, damn Heavens Ash).

 

[Aurizen]

This is suffering. Spent 90% of my stam the last 2 days on mats!

When awakening the units do they go back to lvl 1? like BF?

 

[diablos991]

When awakening the units do they go back to lvl 1? like BF?

Yup. But then they have a higher cap and learn new skills and traits.

Seems like it's a good idea to evolve units but a bad idea to evolve an entire team at once.

 

[Stider]

Yup. But then they have a higher cap and learn new skills and traits.

Seems like it's a good idea to evolve units but a bad idea to evolve an entire team at once.

Yeah that's the way I'm going about it. Currently have Vaan and Cecil at 5* in the 40's so I am probably going to change Rain and Lasswell to 5* soon, just a few mats short of doing both at the same tme.

 

[WarAdept]

Done! Both Lasswell and Rain maxed out at Lv80.

Now to farm Magicite for Ifrit/Siren. Nothing else to do right now, and I don't feel the need to farm awakening materials since I've gotten a decent amount of them from stealing.

 

[diablos991]

Done! Both Lasswell and Rain maxed out at Lv80.

Now to farm Magicite for Ifrit/Siren. Nothing else to do right now, and I don't feel the need to farm awakening materials since I've gotten a decent amount of them from stealing.

Rain is such a terrible unit. Need that 6* form stat!

 

[9teen8485]

How are people killing the white dragon? I know the poison/paralysis method. But I guess I should pray to the RNG gods that it actually sticks.i have two good units for poison, but my friend pull warrior with paralysis barely works :/

 

[diablos991]

How are people killing the white dragon? I know the poison/paralysis method. But I guess I should pray to the RNG gods that it actually sticks.i have two good units for poison, but my friend pull warrior with paralysis barely works :/

I think it took me around 100 tries until RNG worked out for me.

 

[WarAdept]

Rain is such a terrible unit. Need that 6* form stat!

Yeah his entire existence right now is to cure Lasswell of any status effects. That being said, he's a MC, so I'm pretty keen for his 6* form and him being a Full Break bot.

 

[spyhunterzero]

So for the white dragon do you just paralyze and poison and then guard til it dies?

 

[WarAdept]

So for the white dragon do you just paralyze and poison and then guard til it dies?

Paralysis lasts for 3 turns, and you cannot refresh the duration while the enemy is inflicted with it. Basically DPS as hard as you can and pray to the RNG gods that your paralysis move procs.

 

[blackflag]

So does this just end now at Port City Lodin? Not sure what to do next. How do I get Ifrit? Just been leveling with my NRG for the last day and a half.

 

[WarAdept]

So does this just end now at Port City Lodin? Not sure what to do next. How do I get Ifrit? Just been leveling with my NRG for the last day and a half.

Current content ends after you get Ifrit. From Port City Lodin, you should be able to talk to a sailor who will take you to Ordol Port. At Ordol Port, make sure you talk to the little boy at the ground level of the port. He will unlock the Inferno Hollow for you where Ifrit is held.

 

[spyhunterzero]

Paralysis lasts for 3 turns, and you cannot refresh the duration while the enemy is inflicted with it. Basically DPS as hard as you can and pray to the RNG gods that your paralysis move procs.

This is VERY good to know. I was wondering how if it had a limit or if it was always a certain amount of turns before it went away. Now I can plan accordingly

 

[blackflag]

Current content ends after you get Ifrit. From Port City Lodin, you should be able to talk to a sailor who will take you to Ordol Port. At Ordol Port, make sure you talk to the little boy at the ground level of the port. He will unlock the Inferno Hollow for you where Ifrit is held.

Thanks!

 

[spyhunterzero]

YES!!!! I finally beat that dragon. Messed up bad in the beginning since I forgot to poison but killed it in the end thanks to Vaan's Armor break and Lasswells pure strength.

 

[Rixa]

Done! Both Lasswell and Rain maxed out at Lv80.

You should lock your units (click that greay lock icon so it turns to yellow). So you dont accidentally sell / merge them.

 

[cw_sasuke]

I did not see this coming...

Honestly didnt even know you can get more than one Heavens Ash. Just like that Awakening Cecil doesnt seem like a dream anymore.

YES!!!! I finally beat that dragon. Messed up bad in the beginning since I forgot to poison but killed it in the end thanks to Vaan's Armor break and Lasswells pure strength.

Cool congrats - what does your complete team setup looked like ?

 

[Rootbeer]

i've been getting a pretty steady stream of heaven's ash from the Chamber of Awakening (both INT and ADV), I don't see what the fuss is about honestly At least 1 every 1 to 3 battles.

 

[cw_sasuke]

i've been getting a pretty steady stream of heaven's ash from the Chamber of Awakening (both INT and ADV), I don't see what the fuss is about honestly At least 1 every 1 to 3 battles.

As Rixa said...RNG knows what we need - i guess you dont really need them right now so the game has no issues dropping them like Candy for you. Meanwhile i didnt get a single drop yesterday.

 

[Rixa]

I did not see this coming...
Honestly didnt even know you can get more than one Heavens Ash. Just like that Awakening Cecil doesnt seem like a dream anymore.

Cool congrats - what does your complete team setup looked like ?

I think you need atleast one poisoner & paralyzer, the more the better.

i've been getting a pretty steady stream of heaven's ash from the Chamber of Awakening (both INT and ADV), I don't see what the fuss is about honestly At least 1 every 1 to 3 battles.

As Rixa said...RNG knows what we need - i guess you dont really need them right now so the game has no issues dropping them like Candy for you. Meanwhile i didnt get a single drop yesterday.

^^
What ever you dont need, you get them plenty. Thats the story for me.

Then I run ADV Awaken daily, since I need ECs and Dragon Hearts (I think they drop from ADV). Typical rng shit, in 4 rooms had total of whopping 5 enemies and didnt get double drops.

Thanks game. Luckily Iam not in a hurry (yet) to get those mats (EC & DH).

 

[Rootbeer]

As Rixa said...RNG knows what we need - i guess you dont really need them right now so the game has no issues dropping them like Candy for you. Meanwhile i didnt get a single drop yesterday.

need or not... i'll need them eventually. i'm okay with the game letting me stockpile them early

 

[RalchAC]

Today I got my first Heaven's Ash ever. On Vortex Intermediate.

At least now I know they exist.

I think the main problem with the Awakening Vortex is that there are way too many items that can drop.

Each difficulty should have 5-7 different materials. The harder is a stage the rarer are the rewards. The most common items could be dropped in normal fights and free roaming areas.

Right now I feel there is like 15+ items that can drop in those stages, so the chances to get what you actually want is really slim. And that kind of defeats the purpose of having a special stage that drops awakening materials.

 

[Rixa]

Today I got my first Heaven's Ash ever. On Vortex Intermediate.

At least now I know they exist.

I think the main problem with the Awakening Vortex is that there are way too many items that can drop.

Grats, I guess . As you can see my picture above. Sucks to get "Book of Ruin" or "Esper Cryst" from adv awaken. Both are really common materials and such a bs drop.

 

[cw_sasuke]

This weekend (5/27 to 5/29), the Cactuar Dunes will be unlocked for all adventurers! Check our ingame news!

https://twitter.com/FFBE_EN/status/735020524418387968

I guess this will be a good time to level up your units.

I think you need atleast one poisoner & paralyzer, the more the better.

Good to know - im lacking both at this point. Yeah this will be a while...but looking forward to Muramasa at some point xD

 

[Yu Narukami]

At 5.4k lapis now. This game needs to release soon. I want to pull...

 

[FantasticMrSnake]

I'm trying to create my account at https://appleid.apple.com/#!&page=create but it keep getting me errors, even from the phone, is anyone else having this issue?
Can someone pm me an apple sweden fake account that doesn't use to download the game?

 

[Rojo]

So when grinding for xp do frieds take a portion im hearing different things for global

 

[Rixa]

So when grinding for xp do frieds take a portion im hearing different things for global

In Global they dont (atleas at the moment) they say that in JP they do.

Cactuars on weekend, time to grind rank ups (Catacomb Exit, one of the best rank exp / nrg in Beta).

 

[Yu Narukami]

In Global they dont (atleas at the moment) they say that in JP they do.

Cactuars on weekend, time to grind rank ups (Catacomb Exit, one of the best rank exp / nrg in Beta).

Poor Architeuth. Must have killed him 1000 times by now.

 

[cw_sasuke]

I'm trying to create my account at https://appleid.apple.com/#!&page=create but it keep getting me errors, even from the phone, is anyone else having this issue?
Can someone pm me an apple sweden fake account that doesn't use to download the game?

Hmm...cant help but could you try creating an account via iTunes ? I think thats what i did when i needed an US account a couple years ago. Best of Luck...or maybe someone here can hook you up with a temporary account.

In Global they dont (atleas at the moment) they say that in JP they do.

Cactuars on weekend, time to grind rank ups (Catacomb Exit, one of the best rank exp / nrg in Beta).

I assume the Stamina costs for Cactus will be the same like with the other Vortext stages...as in 5,10 and 15 stamina ?

If i get enough Awakening materials i will try to rank up a bit this week, thanks for the tip.

 

[Rixa]

I assume the Stamina costs for Cactus will be the same like with the other Vortext stages...as in 5,10 and 15 stamina ?

If i get enough Awakening materials i will try to rank up a bit this week, thanks for the tip.

Assuming same, In the mornings when I wake up I blast my nrg to vortex 10 & 15 dungeons. Later its time to autogrind those 3 nrg dungeons (takes 1min or so to do it without touching after you press auto).

Edit: From Reddit

For the record...
This is a lot better than the EXP Vortex.
Level 3 = 15 EN - 3 Waves (Stupidly easy)
The last wave will always drop a Mustachio (30k Unit EXP)
The two first waves can drop: nothing, lower tiers Metal Cactuars (5k/10k) or a Mustachio. (30k)
When enhancing a unit you also have a low chance of getting either a 1.5x or 2x EXP bonus.
Downside: Costs a decent amount of gil

Tip: If needed you can use some of the low tier metal cactuars on FP units to level/sell them.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Milestone 4 has been reached
https://twitter.com/FFBE_EN/status/734930878267154432
<2 million to go for the milestone that actually matters

 

[Visceir]

First time around when jp got the cactuars vortex the 15 en stage wasn't available. Generally you're guaranteed 1 large cactuar for the 15 en stage while there's a chance to get a second large one or medium/smaller ones.

 

[rayman1900]

I'm stuck just after acquiring Ifrit. I don't know what to do from here:

I know I need to go on that town next, but I think I talked to almost every NPC in there and I didn't unlocked the next map. Could you help me to what to do next, please?

 

[Whizkid7]

I'm stuck just after acquiring Ifrit. I don't know what to do from here:

I know I need to go on that town next, but I think I talked to almost every NPC in there and I didn't unlocked the next map. Could you help me to what to do next, please?

That's as far as the beta goes. Nothing more to do storywise until the game actually launches.

 

[rayman1900]

I see !

Thank you, I'll just boost my units and do my dailies until the game officially get out !

 

[Pejo]

Paralysis lasts for 3 turns, and you cannot refresh the duration while the enemy is inflicted with it. Basically DPS as hard as you can and pray to the RNG gods that your paralysis move procs.

I'm fairly sure that you can re-apply debuffs while it's still afflicted. When I beat the dragon, I kept using blade bash and bio blaster every round, and got 6 rounds of the dragon not acting, (followed by getting ass blasted by that move that takes away 90% of your hp).

 

[Vex_]

Should we be saving these friend points for anything? I'm just sitting on em for now.


Also I finally evolved my EXDEATH! Now I'm even more pissed. Do you all see the requirements for the NEXT AWAKENING?!? Holy shit. It's like they said, "you think you're done? Nah mah dude. Now grind THIS shit."

 

[creid]

Paralysis lasts for 3 turns, and you cannot refresh the duration while the enemy is inflicted with it. Basically DPS as hard as you can and pray to the RNG gods that your paralysis move procs.

I saw someone post on reddit that the dragon isn't so bad if you use silence, since it has a much higher proc rate and his physical attacks aren't so bad. Has anyone tried it?

 

[Blade25]

I saw someone post on reddit that the dragon isn't so bad if you use silence, since it has a much higher proc rate and his physical attacks aren't so bad. Has anyone tried it?

I don't know if silencing him is any better since he hits like a truck and attacks 2-3 times per round from my experience. I can stick a blinds status on him but he still seems to have good accuracy.

Maybe if you have high HP and defense and can cure a lot for each turn it can be easier.

 

[creid]

I dug up the comment:

I beat him last night and found a pretty easy way myself: Silence. Since pretty much all of his powerful attacks are spells, just silence him and the battles quite simple, all he does 3 physical attacks each round that dont hit that hard, and the scripted maelstroms that knock 2 members down to 1%. If you want a pretty sure bet win and one of these hit your healer you can give her a high potion, otherwise its hard to lose long as your silence lands.
Plus silence has a higher rate then the paralyze strategy. About 40-50% i think, vs 10-30% on most paralyze. And you can craft silence, then it on tons of characters, where as paralyze is only available on mainly weaker characters except Cyans whos decent.
Youll still want poison to deal with his massive hp pool, but otherwise yea silence, and even if you have no poison so it takes ages to take him down, still possible with silence high proc chance and 2-4 turn duration.
I think blind should also work if your having trouble with the phys attacks, tho didnt bother myself.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FFBraveExv...ve_founded_a_glitch_for_easy_murasame/d3f64wm

 

[Wired All Wrong]

I saw someone post on reddit that the dragon isn't so bad if you use silence, since it has a much higher proc rate and his physical attacks aren't so bad. Has anyone tried it?

I tried it last night and it seems like it should work well once I get my team leveled up. Tried it with a bunch of 3 star characters and no one had Cura so that kind of screwed me. I also threw some Blind in there, but unlike Blade25, his physical attacks missed me nearly every time so that really helped too. Got him down to about 30% health with an underleveled party. I'll have 2 characters with Cura in a day or two so I'll try again then. Also thinking of trying to throw a Sleep in there and hopefully I can finally roll a Rizer so I can have someone with Paralyze. Just going to status effect the crap out of it.

 

[Dandte]

I Finally Beat the white Dragon.

Cecil 4* Lvl 59 only attacked
Krile 4* Lvl 60 - mvp. With Dual cast and cura
Rydia 4* Lvl 54 tried to use Bio But failed
Cyan 3* Lvl 40 did paralyze him once
Bigs 3* Lvl 34 Bio blasted Him once and died.