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Final Fantasy Brave Exvius |OT5| Our Golden Anniversary Brings Us Hope

Syntsui

Member
- They are delaying Luka's enhancements for Soleil and Grace, two units that literally nobody likes or cares about. Yay. /s

- Here's my oddsbitch for Nier. I also still have all of my 10+1 tickets. I think I'm ready.


- Like usual, we'll only realize that after the banner is done. Unlike Fryevia, however, she'll be gone for good.
Soleil's enhancements are pretty good (100%/120% AoE buff to each individual stat) and mostly use Tech Crysts which no one else that matters use. She is immune to every ailment and has that exclusive Esunaga materia which makes her great for Malboro trial. She will be a legit great budget unit.
 
I am flat broke. Expeditions and upgrading dark Knight Cecil has bankrupted me.

Is this raid going to help my money woes? I'm actually afraid I won't have cash to get expedition rewards for this week.
 
If they don't change costs Marie and Randi (Outside of Hero of Legend) have some cheap enhancements. Will definitely get Love you all and Lovely guard for Marie, and all 5 of Randi's. I have a feeling Marie is going to make Malboro easy as shit.


I am flat broke. Expeditions and upgrading dark Knight Cecil has bankrupted me.

Is this raid going to help my money woes? I'm actually afraid I won't have cash to get expedition rewards for this week.

I have made quite a bit of Gil selling raid coins after I got everything I wanted. Not sure if this raid is the best for that though since you are going to want those sweet TM moogles. They will more than likely drop snappers though so that will help.
 

Syntsui

Member
I am flat broke. Expeditions and upgrading dark Knight Cecil has bankrupted me.

Is this raid going to help my money woes? I'm actually afraid I won't have cash to get expedition rewards for this week.

If Nier raid has the updated rewards you should make more than 5m if you use all possible orbs everyday.
 
I hope so, the million Gil upgrades for DKC were really rough.

My streak of terrible luck will continue I can feel it. I spent all the tickets today. Last one I got my first Timothy. 18 pulls and 1 on banner 3*. July and august have been rough for me. Really disheartening.
 

Pejo

Member
I've been hesitant to do that korean store thing for the free tickets, but I guess every bit helps. I'll do it on Nox from home later though.
 

robotuw

Member
I've been hesitant to do that korean store thing for the free tickets, but I guess every bit helps. I'll do it on Nox from home later though.

If you're weirded out by it don't forget to disable the store app from your Google account after getting the tickets.
 
I've been hesitant to do that korean store thing for the free tickets, but I guess every bit helps. I'll do it on Nox from home later though.

I was as well. But I sucked it up and followed the guide. It's really simple and then I cleansed all traces of it ever being downloaded lol
 

cw_sasuke

If all DLC came tied to $13 figurines, I'd consider all DLC to be free
Im excited for the Nier Raid because this will be the first Raid ill try to "farm" in the past once i only participated rather casually and never ended up getting all the Gear or units. So i hope i can clear the ELT stage this time.
 
About to make an lol arena team of evade Noct, evade Ling, 2 Victoria, and Ashe. With 1 Victoria I'm pulling 19 chain attacks with Overflow I can only image how much more disgusting that will be with Fire Flask, Ling using World Destroyer/Bushido Freedom, 2 Overflows and Ashe Heavens Fury.
 

evangd007

Member
Holy fucking hell. Are you going all in until you extract 2B? A2+2B? 100 9S?

You should stream. That's a truly impressive number of pulls.

I'll see how much I have to pull to get one of the girls then decide from there.

Are you sure you want to watch me stream? 200 singles would get real boring real fast: 21O, 21O, Wakka, 21O, Bedile, Anzelm, 21O, Duane, oh another 21O for a change!
 

Nikokuno

Member
I'll see how much I have to pull to get one of the girls then decide from there.

Are you sure you want to watch me stream? 200 singles would get real boring real fast: 21O, 21O, Wakka, 21O, Bedile, Anzelm, 21O, Duane, oh another 21O for a change!

And YouTube too 😁
 

Doctor_No

Member
Completely missed that Marie was getting enhancements; it wasn't in that picture they showed.

But I'll probably enhance all her skills given that I never use green and guard crysts, and her Love You All is definitely worth enhancements as its a 5-turn Elemental Resits with 2,200~3,000 HP/turn.
 

Rixa

Member
Completely missed that Marie was getting enhancements; it wasn't in that picture they showed.

But I'll probably enhance all her skills given that I never use green and guard crysts, and her Love You All is definitely worth enhancements as its a 5-turn Elemental Resits with 2,200~3,000 HP/turn.

She is prolly mvp in coming <fakecigarettebrand> trial.
 
Just to touch on a couple things here - per JP players on Reddit, her attack animations/frames are such that it can apparently be a bit flighty to perfectly chain copies. She's the move-to-attack type, similar to Aileen, so you need to account for that.

Her 999% self-destruct move is not Balthier/FV level because it does not take weapon element into account and also does not benefit from killer effects. It also obviously doesn't DW. So it's actually pretty mediocre. This could get fixed on GL? But I wouldn't hold my breath.

More broadly, none of the JP players who talk about 2B on Reddit are particularly positive about her. No one is saying 'pull for her, she's so good!' or 'great situational unit' or 'definitely worth the lapis'. The overwhelming sentiment is 'use her if you are a Nier fan or you pull her trying for 9S, but not worth the lapis to chase her'. I don't want to dissuade anyone from pulling for her! But know what you're shooting for. Onion Knight (who is going to be here as early as the following week) seems like a way better unit mechanically.

This is true for me. I got 2b chasing 9s(still don't have him), I rarely use her. I would absolutely trade my 2b for an OK or Cloud in a heartbeat.
 
Lol

Where/how did people find out she was getting hers anyway? She wasn't in the vid they released.

She wasn't in the picture, but the Gumi producer said her name in that part of the video. So people followed up with them afterwards and confirmed that Marie is definitely getting her enhancements this week even if she wasn't in the picture.
 

Rixa

Member
Lol

Where/how did people find out she was getting hers anyway? She wasn't in the vid they released.

She wasn't in the picture, but the Gumi producer said her name in that part of the video. So people followed up with them afterwards and confirmed that Marie is definitely getting her enhancements this week even if she wasn't in the picture.

See my post 5090. FFBE Twitter confirmed it.
 

Muku

Member
So after thinking on what you guys said, I think I'll keep playing, but at a reduced rate, and with a different mind set.

Treat it as a time waster kind of game, and just do my 5 arenas and story, and the events as they come.

Thanks for putting up with my whining and not being dicks about it.

Exviusgaf best gaf

Exvius GAF is awesome GAF for sure.

We like to help out and temper expectations. We hate to lose one of us, but it happens. We've all been in that position as well and talked each other down. I know due to pulls, on both main and alt, I have said I was considering several times. But hasn't happened yet. It's also how I realized I had to find maybe other parts of the game I liked to focus on. It got better when I did that. Also, cutting down my play time during those periods helped.

Onion Knight should be right around the corner as well, maybe even right after this banner if JP schedule means anything (not to mention Prishe should be the next raid after this with her stupid sexy hat).

Flood of really great units in a span of a month.

Oh sweet baby Cecil, I hope so!!! I have my EX Tickets still left as well. They are ready to be blown as well if need be. I might do dailies on Nier, but my tickets and Lapis are waiting to welcome OK into the GL world.
 

robotuw

Member
Just realized the veritas banner will be around with the first week of the Nier banner. That means I can still go back to it if a miracle happens and I get all the Nier units I want. I don't care about OK at all so Ayaka is the next big thing coming for me, and I'm waiting for the shoe to drop on how Gumi will screw up her banner.

Do we expect the Global Malboro Trial to be even tougher than the Robo one ? Would be a bummer if every trial from now on involves a a 5h fight....

It's another global exclusive so I don't think anybody knows for sure, other than lots of statuses (and thus RNG) will be involved. I just hope the rewards are decent this time.
 

cw_sasuke

If all DLC came tied to $13 figurines, I'd consider all DLC to be free
Do we expect the Global Malboro Trial to be even tougher than the Robo one ? Would be a bummer if every trial from now on involves a a 5h fight....
 

Broseybrose

Member
Im super stoked theyre adding a way to replay all the cutscenes. Thats something a lot of us have wanted for a while now.

Also, definitely going to enhance Marie!

But Lyrian was right, after all - Gumi played us hard :p Nier and Veritas banners OVERLAPPING???

This month will probably be the best money making month for Gumi, EVER.
 
Im super stoked theyre adding a way to replay all the cutscenes. Thats something a lot of us have wanted for a while now.

Also, definitely going to enhance Marie!

But Lyrian was right, after all - Gumi played us hard :p Nier and Veritas banners OVERLAPPING???

This month will probably be the best money making month for Gumi, EVER.

Until the Chrono Trigger collab of course.
 

robotuw

Member
Im super stoked theyre adding a way to replay all the cutscenes. Thats something a lot of us have wanted for a while now.

Oh snap I didn't hear that part. That's great! I probably won't use it much but a mobile game that has so much effort put into its story deserves a way to replay it.
 

cw_sasuke

If all DLC came tied to $13 figurines, I'd consider all DLC to be free
I wonder is it worth to Ability Awaken Sevens Elementalash ? Would be my first awakening, the crystals are rather rare so i wonder if there will be a free or rather easy to get unit soon that can debuff enemy resistance to that level ?

Now that i have Olive it would be cool to be able to bring a friend Olive and start TrueShots on turn 1 with Seven debuffing....especially for Raids.

So yay or nay ? lol

I also dont own any of the units that will geht Buffs this month so i could save up crystals again for next month if the drop Gilgameshs Ability Awakenings.
 

robotuw

Member
I wonder is it worth to Ability Awaken Sevens Elementalash ? Would be my first awakening, the crystals are rather rare so i wonder if there will be a free or rather easy to get unit soon that can debuff enemy resistance to that level ?

Now that i have Olive it would be cool to be able to bring a friend Olive and start TrueShots on turn 1 with Seven debuffing....especially for Raids.

So yay or nay ? lol

I also dont own any of the units that will geht Buffs this month so i could save up crystals again for next month if the drop Gilgameshs Ability Awakenings.

Who is Seven replacing on your party? Shattering shot also breaks def by 50%, which is way more than the 20% resist bonus you're getting from elementalash, so if you aren't breaking def with someone else it isn't worth it.
 
I wonder is it worth to Ability Awaken Sevens Elementalash ? Would be my first awakening, the crystals are rather rare so i wonder if there will be a free or rather easy to get unit soon that can debuff enemy resistance to that level ?

Now that i have Olive it would be cool to be able to bring a friend Olive and start TrueShots on turn 1 with Seven debuffing....especially for Raids.

So yay or nay ? lol

I also dont own any of the units that will geht Buffs this month so i could save up crystals again for next month if the drop Gilgameshs Ability Awakenings.

What robutw said.
 

Anoregon

The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Chrono Trigger collab would end me being F2P, yeah.
 

cw_sasuke

If all DLC came tied to $13 figurines, I'd consider all DLC to be free
Who is Seven replacing on your party? Shattering shot also breaks def by 50%, which is way more than the 20% resist bonus you're getting from elementalash, so if you aren't breaking def with someone else it isn't worth it.
What robutw said.

lol thanks guys...i completely missed the def break part of Shattering shot. Would have been quite the wast to awaken Elementalash.

Olive also will geht Enhancements down the line....they might buff Shattering shot even more.

Guess i just wanted to Enhance a unit at some point...wish they would bring Gilgameshs update, since i skipped Firion for him.
 
lol thanks guys...i completely missed the def break part of Shattering shot. Would have been quite the wast to awaken Elementalash.

Olive also will geht Enhancements down the line....they might buff Shattering shot even more.

Guess i just wanted to Enhance a unit at some point...wish they would bring Gilgameshs update, since i skipped Firion for him.

Only unit whose abilities I've awakened are Elza and Cecil and both of them are riding the bench. When I pull a Dark Fina, or they update Noct, WOL, TT, Fry, Olive, or Orlandu then I'll spend some crysts. Until then, the stockpile continues to grow.
 
I haven't enhanced a single unit yet.

Hoarding for when Orlandeau gets his and I can enhanced both at once.

Same for Ramza. Saving for him, although it's taking longer than I would like.
 

Broseybrose

Member
I enhanced Firion's Fin Briar / Legend Killer and Exdeath's Meteor lol. Chizuru's Molt was my first enhancement, back when she was still in my arena team.

Firion is justifiable, but Meteor was a waste, I know. No big deal though.
 

RedZaraki

Banned
Everybody, I want to know what you really think about the current rates though.

Like seriously, are you happy with them?

Are you going to be playing a year from now if they never give us better rates? Are you going to keep spending money on Lapis at these rates?
 
I haven't enhanced a single unit yet.

Hoarding for when Orlandeau gets his and I can enhanced both at once.

Same for Ramza. Saving for him, although it's taking longer than I would like.

I'm hoarding the crysts for the exact same things. Except replace dual Orlandu with dual Tidus. Ramza was the first unit I was specifically targeting support crysts for.

Of course, with Marie getting hers I may finally break. Unless someone else here is so kind to fully enhance her to friends share for Malboro..... Then maybe I won't end up spending my own :p
 

cw_sasuke

If all DLC came tied to $13 figurines, I'd consider all DLC to be free
Okay guess im not the only one who is "picky" with what to use crystals on. Much better to save them for the "big" enhancements...especially for non-Orlandu owners like me i need to make sure to have enough for Agrias down the line.Hell maybe even enough for two Agrias depending how well this works out.
 
Everybody, I want to know what you really think about the current rates though.

Like seriously, are you happy with them?

Are you going to be playing a year from now if they never give us better rates? Are you going to keep spending money on Lapis at these rates?

No I fucking hate what greedy crap they're pulling. I'm with you, pull for Nier and other 4* units, stop spending until things change. I need to hold strong and go into hoard mode. I fear what they'll do to Ayaka. I thought I'd pull hard for her but if it's on a double 5* forget it.
 
Everybody, I want to know what you really think about the current rates though.

Like seriously, are you happy with them?

Are you going to be playing a year from now if they never give us better rates? Are you going to keep spending money on Lapis at these rates?

Not happy with them at all. $200 in multies plus 60 tickets included 3 4* tickets got me only one rainbow. Dupe Rem. Shit is absurd.
 

RedZaraki

Banned
I'm not saying "Hate this game forever and stop playing."

I'm saying that right now, as it currently is, spending money on this game is a massive waste of money, because the larger than small chance that you will get absolutely nothing for it.

And I want everyone to realize that until the rates improve, the odds are really, really against you.

Still a fun time-waste, when you're bored.

But as a collection-hobby, oh jeez not even in the ballpark of reason.
 
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