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[Alkez]

Hey Alkez. I still have you on my list. Good to have you back!!

ALKEZ! I could not let go. I recently started deleting folks who've been MIA 100 days or more. Which is quite a few. I see you posted this morning, so I'm assuming you weren't part of the recent slaughter.

Thanks guys. Appreciate you keeping me around for so long.

Lol at surviving the slaughter haha.

Alkez lives again!? Was it because of Lara Croft? =o

It actually was lol. My friend told me about it, and then I started discussing the game with another friend. Reminded me how much I miss making new and creative sets. I currently play Fire Emblem Heroes and Fate Grand Order, but neither have the creative depth that this game has. Plus Aileen is like my BE waifu lmao. It's a trial period for now though. I want to see if I can manage my time better than I did before and take it more casually. Trying to put less emphasis on not letting my NRG get full.

 

[Pejo]

Thanks guys. Appreciate you keeping me around for so long.

Lol at surviving the slaughter haha.

It actually was lol. My friend told me about it, and then I started discussing the game with another friend. Reminded me how much I miss making new and creative sets. I currently play Fire Emblem Heroes and Fate Grand Order, but neither have the creative depth that this game has. Plus Aileen is like my BE waifu lmao. It's a trial period for now though. I want to see if I can manage my time better than I did before and take it more casually. Trying to put less emphasis on not letting my NRG get full.

Welcome back man! Hope you get your Aileen Raider. I definitely know what you mean about the need to have your NRG never hit full, I've given up on it and become much happier overall.

 

[evangd007]

Got a regular Aileen off the free pull. First time one of these free pulls got me anything worthwhile

Thanks guys. Appreciate you keeping me around for so long.

Lol at surviving the slaughter haha.

It actually was lol. My friend told me about it, and then I started discussing the game with another friend. Reminded me how much I miss making new and creative sets. I currently play Fire Emblem Heroes and Fate Grand Order, but neither have the creative depth that this game has. Plus Aileen is like my BE waifu lmao. It's a trial period for now though. I want to see if I can manage my time better than I did before and take it more casually. Trying to put less emphasis on not letting my NRG get full.

Nice to have you back Alkez! I split time between FFBE, FFRK, and FEH, and when I stopped caring about my energy getting capped I started enjoying myself again.

 

[Chiefonthis]

So this was a really controversial post on Reddit, but there is a way to collect the iOS compensation if you are an android user. It works, I did change my FB password afterwards just to be safe.

 

[EDarkness]

Man, that's kinda wrong. Android guys didn't have to put up with that at all. People are just greedy....

 

[Muku]

:/ One side suffers and other always has to try to find a way to get that compensation as well.

Eh, not even really thrilled with what they did come up with. Best being 1500 lapis. I hate NRG as part of comp. It's so not interesting. Thank goodness I prepared my main by burning tons of NRG pots before that I could pull these out. My alt isn't so lucky right now though. I've not really got much to spend NRG on and I have 318 NRG right now. (Just realized that is the NRG on my main I've got to blow. I think I've got almost 200 on alt right now to blow.. not sure exactly.) With min of 30 pots to blow to pull out that comp. (PLZ FOR THE LOVE OF GOD LET US PULL SHIT OUT WE CAN TAKE! I would let the 30 NRG pots just rot.) I could move on with story, but it is so lackluster, and I'm so tired after work... I can't really pull myself together to go do more of it. :/

 

[Pejo]

Would it also just work to sign in to FFBE on my iPad instead of my phone that I normally play on? If something needs that much explanation, I always feel a little hesitant.

 

[Shouta]

They should have just given out the compensation to everyone even if it only affected iOS users. It looks better and it's a simpler solution down the line.

 

[Alkez]

Shouta/other JP players, I was wondering, how do 4* bases fair in the 7*s meta? I'm mainly thinking about support type units, for instance Water Veritas for her Magic Damage mitigation. Would a unit like that be a complete hindrance to my team because of the differing stat lines, or would she still be a viable support if I had good enough equipment?

Welcome back man! Hope you get your Aileen Raider. I definitely know what you mean about the need to have your NRG never hit full, I've given up on it and become much happier overall.

Got a regular Aileen off the free pull. First time one of these free pulls got me anything worthwhile



Nice to have you back Alkez! I split time between FFBE, FFRK, and FEH, and when I stopped caring about my energy getting capped I started enjoying myself again.

Thanks guys. In my absence I've been playing FEH and FGO, and I never bother using my NRG in either game and have had a much better experience with it. Just log in daily for the rewards and if I have time to/want to play then I play. So far it's working well despite the raid and mog king lol.

:/ One side suffers and other always has to try to find a way to get that compensation as well.

Eh, not even really thrilled with what they did come up with. Best being 1500 lapis. I hate NRG as part of comp. It's so not interesting. Thank goodness I prepared my main by burning tons of NRG pots before that I could pull these out. My alt isn't so lucky right now though. I've not really got much to spend NRG on and I have 318 NRG right now. (Just realized that is the NRG on my main I've got to blow. I think I've got almost 200 on alt right now to blow.. not sure exactly.) With min of 30 pots to blow to pull out that comp. (PLZ FOR THE LOVE OF GOD LET US PULL SHIT OUT WE CAN TAKE! I would let the 30 NRG pots just rot.) I could move on with story, but it is so lackluster, and I'm so tired after work... I can't really pull myself together to go do more of it. :/

I still don't know how you manage 2 GL accounts and a JP account. Just having GL and JP burned me out so fast (though I miss my JP account, Sakura Fina and Nichol were so good to me).

 

[Andvary]

Would it also just work to sign in to FFBE on my iPad instead of my phone that I normally play on? If something needs that much explanation, I always feel a little hesitant.

Yes, once you login with your facebook you don't even have to wait for the updates to download, the compensation will be waiting in your android device.

 

[Shouta]

4-star supports in JP meta can be useful if you don't have a 7-star support character. A few of them are still fairly powerful. It's the position that's probably the least affected by everything but there's still a certain difference in the power of the units that's undeniable.

Most of the content doesn't require 7-stars aside from some of the latest trials and even those aren't providing extremely powerful stuff now when compared to some of the power creep.

 

[Alkez]

Is BE coming to an end? I was watching GGG and she said something about a "third season, final season" at the end. I don't speak Japanese, I just watch for the summons and reactions, but that part was in English. If I came back only for it to end I might as well put it back down lol.

 

[Pejo]

Is BE coming to an end? I was watching GGGand she said something about a "third season, final season" at the end. I don't speak Japanese, I just watch for the summons and reactions, but that part was in English. If I came back only for it to end I might as well put it back down lol.

While I normally wouldn't worry about something like that, it does seem like they're running out of things to do within the confines of the game. They'd need a major shakeup to keep it fresh for a few more years. They've already (usually poorly) released most of the FF units that people care about, and you can only coast by on original characters for so long without the community getting bored. Not to mention, the lack of real customization for units and team comps at the meta level isn't helping them.

I've thought for a while now that a Skill inheritance system like FE Heroes would do wonders for this game. Let us fuse 2-3 abilities per inheritance to any character we want, make all characters 6 or 7 star capable. I'd gladly get rid of all these extra Tidus units I have in order to make Locke a usable chaining unit. This is the type of thing that would give the game legs, imo.

Anyways, I still wouldn't worry too much about the game dying as long as it's bringing in money. Maybe they'll just focus on new protags or something after Rain & Co's story ends.

 

[Muku]

Shouta/other JP players, I was wondering, how do 4* bases fair in the 7*s meta? I'm mainly thinking about support type units, for instance Water Veritas for her Magic Damage mitigation. Would a unit like that be a complete hindrance to my team because of the differing stat lines, or would she still be a viable support if I had good enough equipment?


Thanks guys. In my absence I've been playing FEH and FGO, and I never bother using my NRG in either game and have had a much better experience with it. Just log in daily for the rewards and if I have time to/want to play then I play. So far it's working well despite the raid and mog king lol.

I still don't know how you manage 2 GL accounts and a JP account. Just having GL and JP burned me out so fast (though I miss my JP account, Sakura Fina and Nichol were so good to me).

To be honest, I don't bother with 4*s in JP anymore, but that's just me. I mean, when I don't have stuff to work on I bring some of the ones I like up, but I don't really use them. Not sure they'll be able to keep up really.

My alt GL account is far less played this day. I thought about dropping it.. but it's the account with TT and A2. (My main does not have TT and has 2B instead. I think I like A2 more than 2B, oddly enough. Wish I could trade those two + VotD over and I'd be happy to drop alt. ;_; ) I spend far less time in it now. Once a day at this point, even during raid times. I don't play my main as much either. BUt then again with recent stuff, or lack of interesting stuff, it's made it easier. Recently I spend more time in my JP account. And to be honest... if I had to only keep one account, I'd drop my GL accounts before I gave up my JP one. I have such a good crew in JP at this point that it would become my main.

 

[Pejo]

I realize this isn't really FFBE related, but holy shit @ this cover of One Winged Angel:

 

[Muku]

Holy crap! One Winged Angel sounds so good on that. So fitting! So dramatic. Loved it. :3

 

[EDarkness]

Pejo, that video is awesome.

I did the free pull yesterday and it came down rainbow. I ended up with Fryevia! FINALLY! Got to use that 100% moogle I've been saving up for months now. Not sure how to use her or anything, but at least I have her now. The sad thing is I was hoping I'd get Aileen Raider, but alas.

 

[Alkez]

Damn that made me want to go back to 7 lol. I'm moving abroad soon for the rest of the year so I'm planning to pick up a PSP or a Vita and play through all the FF games starting from 1. Been meaning to do this for years and now seems like a good time seeing as I won't have a home console or desktop with me.

While I normally wouldn't worry about something like that, it does seem like they're running out of things to do within the confines of the game. They'd need a major shakeup to keep it fresh for a few more years. They've already (usually poorly) released most of the FF units that people care about, and you can only coast by on original characters for so long without the community getting bored. Not to mention, the lack of real customization for units and team comps at the meta level isn't helping them.

I've thought for a while now that a Skill inheritance system like FE Heroes would do wonders for this game. Let us fuse 2-3 abilities per inheritance to any character we want, make all characters 6 or 7 star capable. I'd gladly get rid of all these extra Tidus units I have in order to make Locke a usable chaining unit. This is the type of thing that would give the game legs, imo.

Anyways, I still wouldn't worry too much about the game dying as long as it's bringing in money. Maybe they'll just focus on new protags or something after Rain & Co's story ends.

Yeah that's true. It could just be the end of the main story and not the game as a whole. Makes sense, the story can't go on forever lol.

To be honest, I don't bother with 4*s in JP anymore, but that's just me. I mean, when I don't have stuff to work on I bring some of the ones I like up, but I don't really use them. Not sure they'll be able to keep up really.

My alt GL account is far less played this day. I thought about dropping it.. but it's the account with TT and A2. (My main does not have TT and has 2B instead. I think I like A2 more than 2B, oddly enough. Wish I could trade those two + VotD over and I'd be happy to drop alt. ;_; ) I spend far less time in it now. Once a day at this point, even during raid times. I don't play my main as much either. BUt then again with recent stuff, or lack of interesting stuff, it's made it easier. Recently I spend more time in my JP account. And to be honest... if I had to only keep one account, I'd drop my GL accounts before I gave up my JP one. I have such a good crew in JP at this point that it would become my main.

I actually know what you mean. Before I quit I thought about just quitting GL because I liked my JP account so much. My core of Fina, Nichol, and Sakura was so good. I'm hoping I can pick them back up in GL. Thankfully Sakura is on a banner tomorrow so really hoping I can get lucky.

 

[Muku]

Oh wow, Alkez. Moving abroad for rest of year? That's a long time. Hope it treats you well.

I haven't had huge luck lately on last few events, in terms of on banner pulls. With exception of somehow miraculously pulling two Flammie's. Just got crystalized Flammie's TM last night. (Got other one from the raid stuff.) Got a nice group going on. Now I have Sephiroth caught up for most part with gear and all, he's swapping spots with CG Sakura. If I need some magic type stuff she'll go. Otherwise Sephy is back in action with his now 7* squad. (He used to be in it before 7*.. but then fell behind when that dropped. While trying to pull on a recent event I got lucky with an off banner pull of Sephy to 7* him finally.)

I didn't try for CG Sakura when she came up on GL. Just didn't have many resources and figured she'd come to me when I least expected it. Two to three weeks after her introduction, I was pulling for something else and out she came. I was so thrilled. I hope you get lucky with pulling her too.

As much as I love some characters... and want them on GL, I'm totally content with them on JP. My JP account is so nice now. Even getting the gear and all. Finally merged recently my dupes of units that can go towards STMR. When I found out you get regular TM 50% moogle I decided what the hell. Blow a bit of money but get some 50% moogles in mean time to work on the good stuff. Used last one yesterday or so to finish something. I find now though I gotta work on getting some regular moogles so I can get a Katana Mastery. Sephy could use it.

 

[Shouta]

Is BE coming to an end? I was watching GGGand she said something about a "third season, final season" at the end. I don't speak Japanese, I just watch for the summons and reactions, but that part was in English. If I came back only for it to end I might as well put it back down lol.

She's talking about the 3 free 10+1s JP is getting right now. 3rd Season means the last 10+1 we're getting next week, lol

 

[Muku]

Yeah, my 10+1's in JP have been a dumpster fire of trash.

 

[Pejo]

Anted up for the Attack Women's Day banner, got my 2nd Elfreeda, so...not bad! Only need Cloud for that sweet TDH meta now. I thought for sure I was going to get another Olive, but was hoping for Loren or Prishe. I still have enough for another 10 Pull, but I'm going to stop and think about it. CG Fina should be coming up and I really want her as a healer with damage capabilities.

You guys pull on this banner or nah?

 

[Muku]

Waiting on Batch 3 tbh. Fryevia and TT on it? Yes please. And Barbie on it for good measure. Watch me end up getting one of the other three on banner I DO NOT need.

 

[EDarkness]

I used two tickets on the Women's Day banner, but gonna wait until the 3rd Batch in order to try to get Trance Terra. I might blow a couple of tickets on Batch 2 to try to get Ayaka. Not sure about that one.

Got my Tidus all enhanced so gotta figure out who to enhance next. I might go with Orlandu or Aileen, but not sure yet.

 

[Muku]

Just spent one ticket on girl banner. On alt. I was allowing myself 1. Came down Rainbow. OLIVE! OMG YESSSSSSS /dies happy

 

[hitmon]

Anybody have tips on how to be Sol in the story? I seem to be having some trouble.

 

[Andvary]

Anybody have tips on how to be Sol in the story? I seem to be having some trouble.

Evil Laughter guide has some good tips

 

[Alkez]

Oh wow, Alkez. Moving abroad for rest of year? That's a long time. Hope it treats you well.

Thanks Muku. It's a big change (moving from London to Melbourne) but I'm looking forward to it. And I'm looking forward to finally playing some of the FF games I've never played like 2 and 3 while I travel around the country lol. Seems like a dumb thing to look forward to but I just never have time to play them here and I want to fully understand FF from it's roots until now.

She's talking about the 3 free 10+1s JP is getting right now. 3rd Season means the last 10+1 we're getting next week, lol

O lol!! Nvm, no need to panic haha.

Anted up for the Attack Women's Day banner, got my 2nd Elfreeda, so...not bad! Only need Cloud for that sweet TDH meta now. I thought for sure I was going to get another Olive, but was hoping for Loren or Prishe. I still have enough for another 10 Pull, but I'm going to stop and think about it. CG Fina should be coming up and I really want her as a healer with damage capabilities.

You guys pull on this banner or nah?

I'm going to be pulling on batch 3 because I want 5 of the 6 units (Sakura come home please!!). I'm glad they're doing them every 2 days. If I manage to summon anyone good I'll still be able to utilise the increased success rate that's going on atm.

 

[hitmon]

Evil Laughter guide has some good tips

Thank you for this.

 

[Muku]

Did my last free 10+1 on JP. All three 10+1's did not disappoint. Hot garbage.

 

[Pejo]

Anybody have tips on how to be Sol in the story? I seem to be having some trouble.

Also, remember to not take in Light elemental damage dealers. I ended up taking wayyyy longer than I needed to since I had all light DD's when I fought him, and didn't want to do a second run. Ironically, almost all damage friend units use Light (Excal). Though, with Tidus enhancements I've begun seeing some water buds out there now.

Decided against another pull on the Women's day banner, not pressing my luck after getting Elfreeda. Everything now is saved up for CG Fina. Gotta have that self-kissing CG cutscene to make playing this game really dicey in public spaces.

 

[Shouta]

Didn't get anything with my 3rd 10+1 pull in JP but 2 single tickets netted me another Prompto and a Luneth back to back. Oof.

 

[Muku]

Used like 25 tickets or so that I had saved. Tried pulling for Batch 3 on GL. Ended up with one Rainbow... with a dupe shit Seabreeze Fina. Thanks game. Thanks. -_-;

Have pulled an ungodly number of times on TT/Courel banner on JP. Enough to also use all my tickets. Not a damn Rainbow. Meh. Meh meh meh.


Edit: I see Kunshira is on next banner. FML. Fuck this game. Urgh.

 

[Alkez]

Decided against another pull on the Women's day banner, not pressing my luck after getting Elfreeda. Everything now is saved up for CG Fina. Gotta have that self-kissing CG cutscene to make playing this game really dicey in public spaces.

Haha that made me laugh. I think I'm in full save mode now until Nichol arrives which should be some time away. Women's banner drained my resources.

 

[Muku]

Double W-T-F. Get on alt. Do half daily.... Gold -> Rainbow. Well fuck. Out comes Explorer Eileen. Double fuck. I have enough for her TM on main + more. ><



Edit: Should note, non BE related mostly, that Duolingo FINALLY has a Beta version of Japanese up. :3 I've been refreshing myself at low end without testing out because... it's rusty not being in Japan anymore. Might be worth it for folks wanting to brush up on it, work on it regularly, or learn if you're playing JP BE~

 

[EDarkness]

I did a shit-ton of pulls on the Trance Terra Women's Banner. Holy shit that banner kicked my ass. So many pulls and NO Trance Terra. Not even in JP. I did walk away with Ayaka and Mystea. I got Santa Rosa in JP. Man, that was terrible. I got rainbows, but not the ones I wanted. Oh well, I guess I can feel good about getting Ayaka.

On top of all that, Kunshira is coming this Friday...man, that sucks. Oh well, not much I can do now. Gonna have to start saving from here on out.

 

[evangd007]

10+1 ticket: Cor and 10 members of the 2016 release club.

 

[Muku]

Should note I used one of my 10+1's on my main (3 still left now...) and it was all garbage too.

I realize on my alt the only thing from Batch 3 I would want is Barbie and Fryevia. I know I won't get either, so saving my 40 tickets for Kunshira.

 

[Pejo]

Should note I used one of my 10+1's on my main (3 still left now...) and it was all garbage too.

I realize on my alt the only thing from Batch 3 I would want is Barbie and Fryevia. I know I won't get either, so saving my 40 tickets for Kunshira.

Lol that's one thing about you having 3 accounts, you're always pulling on something. Good for that dopamine shot to the brain when you eventually get that rainbow. I still don't know how you manage though.

Super pumped about CG Fina. Got enough for 3- 10 pulls and whatever resources the story event gives. Let's do this.

Which CG units are actually good? I managed an off-banner Pyro Glacial Lassworm a few weeks ago and I pulled CG Sakura on her banner, so I'm 3/3 on the CG units so far. Sakura seems strong but I haven't really used her, and Lasswell seems kinda unremarkable so far. I heard Jake sucks, but I'm not sure about Nichol or whoever else gets a CG unit.

 

[EDarkness]

Raegan is awesome as hell. When he comes out you should definitely pull. CG Nichol is pretty awesome, too.

I'll be blowing whatever I have left on trying to get Kunshira. Considering the game likes to give me multiple copies of her in JP (I've gotten her Super TMR), I hope that translates to Global as well.

 

[Muku]

Lol that's one thing about you having 3 accounts, you're always pulling on something. Good for that dopamine shot to the brain when you eventually get that rainbow. I still don't know how you manage though.

Super pumped about CG Fina. Got enough for 3- 10 pulls and whatever resources the story event gives. Let's do this.

Which CG units are actually good? I managed an off-banner Pyro Glacial Lassworm a few weeks ago and I pulled CG Sakura on her banner, so I'm 3/3 on the CG units so far. Sakura seems strong but I haven't really used her, and Lasswell seems kinda unremarkable so far. I heard Jake sucks, but I'm not sure about Nichol or whoever else gets a CG unit.

Actually, until recently, I hadn't been pulling. So my losses on JP and GL (main) are kind of hard. Ticket broke. But I don't play as much as I used to these days. Time but also to be honest, not like anything worth a crap is going on in this game these days. ;_; Which is good. Allows me to do my one log in for day or so and just be done.

So... while my losses were high, yeah, kind of expected something. But seems like only my alt is getting love right now. x_x I wouldn't have blown everything on my main had I realized Kunshira was around the corner. Been waiting for her.

Passing on CG Fina, but they'll probably give me her. As far as CG units being powerful, kind of hard to say, since I haven't really run most until after 7*. So hard to compare since I didn't really use them much, if at all, until 7*. Raegen though is awesome. (Even at 6*.) But then again... I imagine they'll probably nerf him because reasons. Raegen has a perm spot in my group as he is my mana battery + debuffer + spot healer + awesome.

 

[Shouta]

This arena event in JP is really not any different than a normal arena but getting 2x the points to redeem for rewards is so good. I'm gonna get a lot of pots and arena tickets this week, lol.

 

[Alkez]

I did a shit-ton of pulls on the Trance Terra Women's Banner. Holy shit that banner kicked my ass. So many pulls and NO Trance Terra. Not even in JP. I did walk away with Ayaka and Mystea. I got Santa Rosa in JP. Man, that was terrible. I got rainbows, but not the ones I wanted. Oh well, I guess I can feel good about getting Ayaka.

On top of all that, Kunshira is coming this Friday...man, that sucks. Oh well, not much I can do now. Gonna have to start saving from here on out.

I actually had the opposite experience. I got 3 rainbows and they were all trance terra lol. I was happy with 2 but 3 kind of sucks. I don't like her super trust. Plus I really wanted Sakura, but any of the others would have done. Kind of hoping I pull a 4th Trance Terra at some point in the future so I can have 2 7*s lol.

I'm in full save mode now for Nichol. I feel he is a must pick up for me, and if I remember correctly he was on a single rainbow banner when he first released which is rare these days.

 

[Pejo]

We made it guys, 30 Million downloads! My 30m ticket gave me Krile, Mustard man, and a TM moogle. What'd you guys get?

 

[Muku]

Will have to try this evening when I get time, since I go to work earlier than I usually do. I am excited about the tickets for next two weeks on GL though.

 

[Alkez]

I was planning to save all my tickets until the last day because I never get anything good with any sort of daily pull. Do we have to use em daily though?

 

[Pejo]

I was planning to save all my tickets until the last day because I never get anything good with any sort of daily pull. Do we have to use em daily though?

They're on a separate banner (like EX tickets), so probably just before it ends. Dangerous game you're playing though. If you miss out on Anzalem and Rakashaka, don't blame us!

 

[Alkez]

They're on a separate banner (like EX tickets), so probably just before it ends. Dangerous game you're playing though. If you miss out on Anzalem and Rakashaka, don't blame us!

lol! I literally pulled Anzelm yesterday as well going for a second Soleil (thankfully got her in 4 tickets). That unit seriously needs to go down to the friend point summon.

 

[evangd007]

30m ticket: Galuf, Faris, 5% moogle
10+1 on Croft: Fire Veritas, no banner units

 

[EDarkness]

We made it guys, 30 Million downloads! My 30m ticket gave me Krile, Mustard man, and a TM moogle. What'd you guys get?

I can't remember who I got...two common blue dudes and a 5% moogle. Hopefully tomorrow is better....