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Final Fantasy Brave Exvius |OT4| Gacha Crystals, Gacha Money
- Thread starter Alkez
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Me too! Yay! Tickets saved for next banner! Hopefully Rikku! And then a month or so to save a handful for Anniversary!
What are we looking at? What did Japan do?
Expecting the next event to be FFBE Exploration without Tidus.
If they wanted to hold back WoL, that's fine. But some of the shit doesn't make sense. Release Garland at least. He turns into a solid unit and not the only tank you'll need.
Same with enhancements. Sure, I can see them holding back Ramza.
But why not give Cecil? His enhancements aren't that good.
DKS, since his enhancements finally turn him into a good character.
They obviously have a planned GL schedule. Nothing more that we can do but wait for the announcements. 6* WoL and Garland have to be in the next announcement. Ramza? Probably coming very shortly too.
Zera_Bloodwinter
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At this point I don't even check news/announcements anymore. It's rather silly and stupid that they are doing this but it's their game. I've been running chamber of gems rather than tm farm. I think I'll go back to farming next week. Need a break from it as it's done via switch control and not memu/nox. Def. need more of the T4 mat to drop.
Worst banner for me was Cecil and player's choice. I wasn't even pulling for a rainbow, 40+ tickets and I couldn't even get a single 3* Cecil. I spent another 50+ tickets during player's choice hoping for either a Gilgamesh or Noctis, also did my very first 10+1, not one 5*.
I think I got Rem on her banner and I've had her as my main healer up until this point. She covers pretty much everything you need support wise. Her aoe mp drain is dope for arena too.
UpDownLeftRight
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Just wondering if it's worth me still pulling on the discount banner? I've got two Kain's and two Zyrus so I dunno if I should start saving up Lapis for other banners with more TM's I'll need. I've done most of the story too since I've just hit a brick wall of Veritas so I won't have the easy flow of it anymore. I know being a fresh account I could do with more units but wondered if I should maybe stick to the free pull for now?
Should have about 20+ tickets by the time Bahamut raid is done anyway so I can rely on them for a while too.
Should have about 20+ tickets by the time Bahamut raid is done anyway so I can rely on them for a while too.
Muku
Member
Looking at these Type 0 characters and barf. But then again it's this damn game again. I pull on dailies in hopes of useful stuff, but I won't be on alt on this banner. Last time I got a Rainbow was Ace on his banner. Last thing I need is luck to dictate Type 0 for me again and give me Rem.
Firion is a great budget unit who can fit into a lot of different teams in a lot of different situations so I'd try to grab one of him if you can, but it's far from imperative - if you already have one then definitely stop pulling; if you don't then maybe do your last (?) daily tomorrow and fire off a couple tickets as a just-in-case thing.
You may want to skip the upcoming banner entirely, as well.
Alkez
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If there's one thing I've learned in my very short lifespan it's that everything is about perspective. I think we're all looking at this wrong. Everyone is mad that it's the Type Zero Part 3 event, but we all knew this was coming at some point. Instead we should be rejoicing that this is the last (known) Type Zero event. Once we're through this we're in the clear lol.
UpDownLeftRight
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Ah ok, Yeah I'll do the daily tomorrow then and see if I can get him. I was hoping you was gonna say that about the next banner to be honest. Saves lapis and the less I have to remind me of type-0 the better.
Pejo
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FFT0 Player's Choice banner incoming! Let the community vote on their 5 favorite FFT0 characters on a 3 week featured banner!
But yea, it's pretty nuts the attention that Type-0 has gotten in relation to overall series popularity. If you just got into FF by playing FFBE, you'd think Type 0 was a fan favorite or something.
I don't want to harp on how awful this banner is too much (it's fucking awful) but I do want to point out a couple things:
1) Defender's Daggers are pretty good. I think they're the highest SPR weapon Ramza gets access to without burning an ability slot on Equip Staff. I'm currently prioritizing this over even the tickets.
2) This banner is awful, so you can consider it a "free" 10 tickets, at the cost of terrible amounts of NRG.
3) Because this banner is awful, you won't want to do any daily pulls or ticket pulls, so your resource intake rate is going to be dreadful. Because of this, if you need a boost over the finish line, it's probably going to be better to spend lapis on NRG refills than trying for some dumb bonus unit who you will get angry at every time you see them in your unit list.
4) Banner's awful.
1) Defender's Daggers are pretty good. I think they're the highest SPR weapon Ramza gets access to without burning an ability slot on Equip Staff. I'm currently prioritizing this over even the tickets.
2) This banner is awful, so you can consider it a "free" 10 tickets, at the cost of terrible amounts of NRG.
3) Because this banner is awful, you won't want to do any daily pulls or ticket pulls, so your resource intake rate is going to be dreadful. Because of this, if you need a boost over the finish line, it's probably going to be better to spend lapis on NRG refills than trying for some dumb bonus unit who you will get angry at every time you see them in your unit list.
4) Banner's awful.
Muku
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OMG don't even...
DrROBschiz
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Yeah I hate to say it but you summed things up nicely here
Snag the dagger and move on. It does suck for anyone in need of resources but this will likely be our weakest Mog King event yet
Maybe some lucky users will share a King or Rem but overall its not really a good time to pull......
Well, Roselia's almost done, I own Lenna's Magi Staff (70 SPR) so equip staff was the better option. Refia will be next for that +30% SPR since I own 3 of them.
Singbot Ramza is nearing completion.
Will still get the dagger for niche fights. Good thing I don't need awakening mats or other stuff.
Singbot Ramza is nearing completion.
Will still get the dagger for niche fights. Good thing I don't need awakening mats or other stuff.
Alkez
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Yeah I was asking about that a few weeks ago. Potentially the game was popular in Japan?
I always assumed they were just using it to stall for time. "Oh, a game that's still technically FF with a huge cast of nobodies? Perfect!" The first year or two was always going to be about how long they could string people along without blowing their FF7/8 load. Once you release a person's *favorite* character you run the risk of them becoming satisfied and dropping the game. Give them a bunch of crap while hinting at something better later and they'll stick around for longer. Frankly I was really surprised they already released Cloud. Regardless of how he affects the meta, I expect they'll delay him as long as possible here purely because he's so popular.
Sozhe today. I thought the odds of 4* base being on-banner were 50%? I got like 6 golds and they all turned out to be off-banner. At least 3 of them were blue --> yellow; does that change the summon pool or something?
I just want to get rid of these fucking moogles already. I got gigantaurs to claim, son!
I just want to get rid of these fucking moogles already. I got gigantaurs to claim, son!
Pejo
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Yea I get what you're saying. I think they blew their load a little too early for other FF series characters by having a lot of cool units like Shadow/Sabin/Krile/Tellah as nobody 3-5* units to entice players to the game to begin with. In a perfect world, Rem would be that 3-5* unit and Shadow would be an elite 5* base DD unit, but ain't nobody going to pick up the game hoping to get Trey in a starter roll.
I always thought a nice fix for this would be to add a "souls" gacha system or something. You roll on a pool to get an upgrade to them that basically rewrites their moveset and updates them relevant to current meta, maybe changes the sprite art and animation too, to current standards. Maybe we'll get something like that when they finally graduate to 7* units.
I hate the fact that some of my favorite units like Locke and Vivi just won't be relevant in a party ever with the current system.
crazyivan19
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As I just spent an ungodly and totally unjustified amount of lapis and tickets on the current stupid banner, I'm actually quite pleased to read all of this. I could use a banner of not-pulling to regroup some. I'll probably run the event enough to restock on tickets and 6* mats and call it a day. Maybe the dagger if it seems reasonable without too much effort/NRG.
Vivi's 6* is actually pretty amazing, he gets Rod Mastery and an incredible spell (enhanced so it don't kill you)
Maths time.
Tickets are normally 28k from the mog king. If I skip the last three then it's only 10k. If I don't pull on the banner then assuming 200 currency per 13 NRG I get 7 tickets for 650 NRG, aka the weekend. Bringing a 50% bonus friend gets me to 433 NRG. Pulling my own bonus makes that 325 NRG.
Hm, I guess I'll do a few pulls and that'll decide if I go for the last 3 tickets or not. One daily and one ticket on this turd and that's it.
Tickets are normally 28k from the mog king. If I skip the last three then it's only 10k. If I don't pull on the banner then assuming 200 currency per 13 NRG I get 7 tickets for 650 NRG, aka the weekend. Bringing a 50% bonus friend gets me to 433 NRG. Pulling my own bonus makes that 325 NRG.
Hm, I guess I'll do a few pulls and that'll decide if I go for the last 3 tickets or not. One daily and one ticket on this turd and that's it.
Just sold 38 crimson blood moogles (held on to 20 more..That's just pure ridiculous. Chances are I'll pull a few Robertas in the future and be annoyed (sold some Freyvia moogles and got a second one), but that's a serious amount of space...
Another note. Any Japan players want to help carry my new Japan account until I get up to speed? Have a Tidus just broken his cap to 6*, need to get some trials out if the way to beef him up and some carries would help.
Japan friend code 125,457,529
Another note. Any Japan players want to help carry my new Japan account until I get up to speed? Have a Tidus just broken his cap to 6*, need to get some trials out if the way to beef him up and some carries would help.
Japan friend code 125,457,529
Same here. I guess I won't be getting the tickets from the event as I plan to sit this one out. Without bonus units, it's gonna be a serious slog. Not sure I want to spend that much time on it, and the the bonus mob we have to beat might be a pain in the ass, too. I have no interest in this. So damn tired of FF Type 0. Ugh.
Ahhhh this has to happen at some point right?!?! Would love to see WoL get the Exvius treatment!
Noticed I'm down to 13 holy crystals. Don't suppose there's an easy way to get more of those? I have over 200 sacred crystals still, those haven't been a problem for a while.
(flew over from the UK to visit family for two weeks). Managed to do all daily quests and use up Orbs/NRG before the flight.
Alkez
Member
Not going to lie, I feel like y'all are making a bigger deal out of this then it is. I mean I didn't want to pull on tactics or secret of mana at all but I pulled enough to make farming manageable.
I guess if you don't want anything outside of tickets then that's cool. But I don't really see the harm in going even on tickets to get the other stuff. It was something Shouta advised me to do when I didn't want to pull on a mog king banner and it's been working out ok for me. Still have 56 tickets and 36k lapis.
I'm just going to do what I did with tactics. Do dailies and not farm the event for the first week, and then farm it in week 2 (or when I have enough banner units). It only takes 2-4 days to clean out the shop and there's not going to be anything substantial going on next week anyways.
I guess if you don't want anything outside of tickets then that's cool. But I don't really see the harm in going even on tickets to get the other stuff. It was something Shouta advised me to do when I didn't want to pull on a mog king banner and it's been working out ok for me. Still have 56 tickets and 36k lapis.
I'm just going to do what I did with tactics. Do dailies and not farm the event for the first week, and then farm it in week 2 (or when I have enough banner units). It only takes 2-4 days to clean out the shop and there's not going to be anything substantial going on next week anyways.
Not even for Tilith or Ayaka?!
I rejoice because I won't have to spend anything again and it gives me another 12 tickets for Rikku!!
I use two maxed Xons and my luck is still minimal. I managed to boost both my lightnings Lightspeed to +2. I think that was maybe 6 Gigancrysts received.... I also think i have 2 or 3 Healing Gigancryst but one of those is from log in rewards. Hopefully I can get another three more Xons for a full team soon... or a Garnet. She's one I wanted since forever. </3
Pejo
Gold Member
I have Tilith, she could be situational for the MP regen and/or "no magic" challenges, but I'm not sure who Ayaka is. Hopefully by Tilith 6* we have WoL 6* so I can pass Embolden duties to him, or even Ramza's 100% buffs.
Greatest 5* Healer
Gotta start saving those LB Pots for her sweet sweet HP Heal boosts (100%) on her LB.
Pejo
Gold Member
Yeesh, It's like Gumi said "ok just give her literally everything". The only thing she can't do is regen the party's MP. What a stacked kit.
Sorta scares me that future content necessitates a unit like that.
I know, right? How do you even top that? What are they going to do for future FF name brand characters that are healers?
witchedwiz
Member
Oh well..
Guess I'll just do daily for ff type 0 and that's that..
If I get bonus unit, fine, if not, not gonna suicide myself over it..
Guess I'll just do daily for ff type 0 and that's that..
If I get bonus unit, fine, if not, not gonna suicide myself over it..
Alkez
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I have been wondering that ever since she came out. It actually annoyed me at first that they gave her basically everything because I don't see how any other 5* healer can even get close to competing, and I don't like monopolies when it comes to units.
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