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[Lyrian]

Actually we are reaaaally close to the first Veritas banner, only FF XI raid left, if of course we don't get Nier/AG before that.
On it, Tim is a 3*-5* 50% breaker that has his uses (59% all with his LB), Victoria 4* with her chaining dark ability, Earth Veritas 4* as a pretty neat tank, and Fire Veritas finisher / Dark Veritas chainer both 5*

Edit : and next King Mog event after Tactics 3 will be Onion Knight amagad.

Potential Schedule:

Week of July 28 - FFT-3 Mog King
Week of August 4 - Nier/FF11 Raid
Week of August 11 - Veritas Story Event Part 1 (Dark/Flame/Earth Banner)
Week of August 18 - Main Story 7-2 (Land of Crystals) + Tetra Sylpheed + Bloody Moon/Global Exclusive Trial
Week of August 25 - FF3-2 Mog King (Onion Knight)

There could always be a Global Exclusive Wrench thrown into the timeline at any moment, of course, at Gumi's pleasure.

Interestingly, on the next enhancement batch, Global already has everyone on it with the exception of 6* Agrias and Greg.

 

[Celegus]

Yep these next few weeks are gonna be nice AKA don't waste your stuff on the current or FFT banners.

And even if wind veritas is meh, the TM is great and they said they're figuring out how to make jumps better

 

[Syntsui]

Am I missing something? That wouldn't even be an elemental chain would it?

It would and would build twice as fast, all elements would be at play at once as well as both imperils.

Edit: Just checked what I wrote, lol. Both Orlandu and Dark Veritas would have Excalibur and Deathbringer is what I plan. DKC with Excalibur only as his attack is already dark. It wouldn't be bis, but the damage would be superior than any bis build I guess.

 

[indigo-cyclops]

If there's any banner to do that, it'll be the Veritas Banner. They all have Top-tier TMs and most are pretty solid units too. The only one that's kind of a dud is the Wind Veritas because of jumps.

Yea not realizing how close we are, potentially, to that banner, I am going to save all the resources I can.

 

[Muku]

[JP] So, I've got a question. What the hell item is it that we need to unlock 3* Espers? I bothered with last little bit on Siren thinking "Aww snap, I can do this." Then get the screen saying "LOL scrub". I just know it mentions something about an item. And I bet we'll have this shitty mechanic when it comes to GL too.

 

[jnWake]

Following weeks look pretty cool. Guess I'll just use a few tickets on this banner then. After all, it's Mog King so they're easy to refill.

 

[Zippedpinhead]

Is there another giancryst/ticket bundle tomorrow for support? I bought the power and one other but that one is one I actually need...

I gotta talk about addiction. I want to pull, story is ok, but I don't play for that. Content is fun, sometimes a lot of fun.

But the real fun I have is when. I click that button and see those gems fly up/dr mog drops orbs/pull the yellow dragon arm. It is scary how much I enjoy that one activity.

I know I like the ups/downs of casinos, card games, slot machines and gacha. Sometimes I feel like that is ALL I want to do in the game.

 

[PantherLotus]

1. fine, i'm done spending tickets until we all dive back in. i'm starting now with 2 tickets and 5100 lapis.

2. yes expeditions are burning a LOT of cash. easily 1M per week, maybe more.

3. how is everyone handling their Advance Tokens? Are you spending them as you get them? Saving them up? Do they do anything other than speed up certain runs?

 

[Depths of Orion]

Screw it I'm going to try and pull for most of these characters especially, Orran. I love FFT and want them all!

 

[Shouta]

[JP] So, I've got a question. What the hell item is it that we need to unlock 3* Espers? I bothered with last little bit on Siren thinking "Aww snap, I can do this." Then get the screen saying "LOL scrub". I just know it mentions something about an item. And I bet we'll have this shitty mechanic when it comes to GL too.

It's an item from Chocobo Explorations. You gotta hit up Siren's forest with your birds to get it.

 

[NomarTyme]

1. fine, i'm done spending tickets until we all dive back in. i'm starting now with 2 tickets and 5100 lapis.

2. yes expeditions are burning a LOT of cash. easily 1M per week, maybe more.

3. how is everyone handling their Advance Tokens? Are you spending them as you get them? Saving them up? Do they do anything other than speed up certain runs?

When I go to sleep and see an hour left on my expedition, I usually use it then.

 

[Gromph]

What is a daily rainbow?

 

[tuffymon]

But the real fun I have is when. I click that button and see those gems fly up/dr mog drops orbs/pull the yellow dragon arm. It is scary how much I enjoy that one activity.

I know I like the ups/downs of casinos, card games, slot machines and gacha. Sometimes I feel like that is ALL I want to do in the game.

make alt accounts whenever you have an itch, or make a jp account and roll, see what new shinies you got that we dont have yet...

1. fine, i'm done spending tickets until we all dive back in. i'm starting now with 2 tickets and 5100 lapis.

2. yes expeditions are burning a LOT of cash. easily 1M per week, maybe more.

3. how is everyone handling their Advance Tokens? Are you spending them as you get them? Saving them up? Do they do anything other than speed up certain runs?

i use the occasional one before i go to bed if its within an hour, or before reset.


edit @ Gromph a daily rainbow is when you do the 1/2 price daily and get a rainbow

 

[Gromph]

edit @ Gromph a daily rainbow is when you do the 1/2 price daily and get a rainbow

I know i know what i mean im rank 118 in JP and never had a daily rainbow pull

 

[Muku]

Screw it I'm going to try and pull for most of these characters especially, Orran. I love FFT and want them all!

I love FFT. But I figure I'll get them in time. I just got Orran the other day in JP. So maybe I don't feel a rush to get him right now. Orlandu was the one I went big or went home on. Husbando was worth it though.

It's an item from Chocobo Explorations. You gotta hit up Siren's forest with your birds to get it.

Sweet, thank you. I'll dabble into that soon. Ish. Right now my time is focused on leveling and working on 6* mats. Hell I need to soon start running awakening mat places too. Gotta for Agrias and Camile initially.

 

[tuffymon]

I know i know what i mean im rank 118 in JP and never had a daily rainbow pull

I feel you man, I'm 129 and it's never happened to me either (course I don't really do 1/2 that often >.>)

 

[Rixa]

I know i know what i mean im rank 118 in JP and never had a daily rainbow pull

You have saved yourself from misery of getting Rainbow Golbez, Snow, Refia. 3 Daily Rainbows to drop my mood. Nor expecting DRainbow anytime me soon. Cause well I've got 3 already.

 

[Muku]

What is a daily rainbow?

What is love? Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me no more.

Seriously, I've only had one. And that was on alt. Think Fohlen was my daily rainbow surprise.

 

[Syntsui]

My last daily rainbow on global had the same value as a Gilbert, so sometimes it's better to not get even it to avoid frustration.

On JP though, LOL.

 

[Muku]

Random thought, but does Anniversary Ring and Growth Egg stack? Don't have a Growth Egg to test, but now I'm curious.

 

[jasminlovesyoux]

1. fine, i'm done spending tickets until we all dive back in. i'm starting now with 2 tickets and 5100 lapis.

2. yes expeditions are burning a LOT of cash. easily 1M per week, maybe more.

3. how is everyone handling their Advance Tokens? Are you spending them as you get them? Saving them up? Do they do anything other than speed up certain runs?

I use em if I need a certain unit I accidently sent on an expedition.

Random thought, but does Anniversary Ring and Growth Egg stack? Don't have a Growth Egg to test, but now I'm curious.

I have both, and yes they stack.

 

[Muku]

I use em if I need a certain unit I accidently sent on an expedition.




I have both, and yes they stack.

Sweet, thank you. Feeling like I need a Growth Egg now.

 

[jasminlovesyoux]

Sweet, thank you. Feeling like I need a Growth Egg now.

There's also Nines TM called Action. Stacks as well. I just have 1 growth egg, 1 action and the ring and they work together. I remember reading you can even stack 2 growth eggs with 4 Actions since they're abilities. That's a lot of extra exp!

 

[bonkeng]

Another great benefit for expeditions, Holy Crystals. Rarest awakening material for most of us.

From 0 when expedition started, to 74 now.

Never going to need to run Vortex of Awakening ever again.

 

[The Silver]

Another great benefit for expeditions, Holy Crystals. Rarest awakening material for most of us.

From 0 when expedition started, to 74 now.

Never going to need to run Vortex of Awakening ever again.

Seriously, I had nothing in the way of holy crystals before the expeditions, that vortex can go to hell.

 

[Muku]

There's also Nines TM called Action. Stacks as well. I just have 1 growth egg, 1 action and the ring and they work together. I remember reading you can even stack 2 growth eggs with 4 Actions since they're abilities. That's a lot of extra exp!

Yeah, remember seeing his recently. But I know I've got a Medius further along. Probably a lot further along than a Nine. But good to know.

Trying to cap out Maxwell finally. She's in final stretch now she's in the 90s.

 

[robotuw]

It would and would build twice as fast, all elements would be at play at once as well as both imperils.

Edit: Just checked what I wrote, lol. Both Orlandu and Dark Veritas would have Excalibur and Deathbringer is what I plan. DKC with Excalibur only as his attack is already dark. It wouldn't be bis, but the damage would be superior than any bis build I guess.

Oh ok that makes way more sense lol. I'd be really interested to know if the faster chain makes up for the split elements and the lower atk on the units.

There's also Nines TM called Action. Stacks as well. I just have 1 growth egg, 1 action and the ring and they work together. I remember reading you can even stack 2 growth eggs with 4 Actions since they're abilities. That's a lot of extra exp!

It sure is! With 2 eggs and 4 actions that's more than 250,000 exp from running timber tracks. With 64 nrg (8 runs) you can take a unit from 0 to 100. Probably not worth farming the TM's unless you are leveling a ton of units but it's still nice to fantasize about.

 

[cw_sasuke]

For some reason i thought the Maintenance would start in 30 minutes....well its just stamina xD

 

[Rixa]

Datamine is out

*Need LB crystals?*

Plan to do Counter Wilhelm gets better. Last ability slot for that new materia.

20% Chance to Counter Phys w/ Self 2 Turn +20% Mitigation

Wilhelm 6 Star
FFBEDB Unit Calculator
Right Hand: Survival Edges +32ATK+10%HP+Wind Element
Left Hand: Aegis Shield +53DEF+25SPR+100%Petrify
Head: Grand Helm +45DEF+100%Sleep/Silence/Confuse+20%DEF with Heavy Armor
Body: Dragon Mail +45DEF+15SPR+30%Fire/Ice/Lightning
Accessory 1: Black Belt +15DEF+30%P.Counter
Accessory 2: Ifrit's Claw +30ATK+10%HP+20%Fire+100%Blind
Ability 1: Emperor's Majesty +20%HP/ATK+3%MPRecovery
Ability 2: Emperor's Majesty +20%HP/ATK+3%MPRecovery
Ability 3: Emperor's Majesty +20%HP/ATK+3%MPRecovery
Pot Stats: HP: 390 MP: 65 ATK: 26 DEF: 34 MAG: 26 SPR: 26
Esper: Odin HP:5450 MP:3955 ATK:6250 DEF:4310 MAG:2075 SPR:2270
Total Stats: HP: 8819 MP: 257 ATK: 381 DEF: 565 MAG: 159 SPR: 255
Crit Rate: 10.00% P. Evasion: 0.00% M. Evasion: 0.00% P. Counter: 72.00% M. Counter: 0.00%

That would get counter rate to 92.00% (if it simply adds 20% to ffbedb calculator).
Decent hp, decent DEF, SPR is lowish tho.

Ifrit's Claw -> Arsha's Talisman

Total Stats: HP: 9236 MP: 257 ATK: 351 DEF: 583 MAG: 159 SPR: 271

 

[tuffymon]

Well, one of the two materia seems legit, thought they could both have been interesting... a new bundle too? Huh, gotta build up those Nier numbers right?

 

[Rixa]

Well, one of the two materia seems legit, thought they could both have been interesting... a new bundle too? Huh, gotta build up those Nier numbers right?

Malboro Trial too. Time to see if its event week 2 trial or new non time limited trial or time limited trial from start of event.

Bad Breaths for everyone.
Get your pouches ready, equip ribbons, be discernment.

From that datamine:

Mog King

1,200: [Materia] March +5% ATK/MAG +10% MP [Max:4]
1,200: [Materia] Vigilance +5% DEF/SPR +10% MP [Max:4]
4,000: [Greatsword] Defender +65 ATK (5% Phys Evade) [Max: 1]
12,000: [Dagger] Zwill Crossblade +72 ATK (30% Sleep) [Max: 1]
10,000: [Materia] Regenerator [Max: 1]
20,000: [Materia] Reactive Defence [Max: 1]

 

[bonkeng]

Marlboro.

A Final Fantasy is not a Final Fantasy without these fuckers.

 

[shintoki]

Yep these next few weeks are gonna be nice AKA don't waste your stuff on the current or FFT banners.

And even if wind veritas is meh, the TM is great and they said they're figuring out how to make jumps better

We're not going to have too much of a lull anymore, haven't since May when we got rid of the final wave of Type 0 banners.

Coming right after FFIII or right before, should be the XI Raid and Ayaka.

 

[witchedwiz]

Marlboro.

A Final Fantasy is not a Final Fantasy without these fuckers.

Will it be one shot table with proper setup?
I'm low on ribbon//discernment ATM :/
Or defensive tmr in general..
Have plenty of dual wield, black cowl, monster breastplate, one lordly robe, 2 excel, 4 shine tmr, 5 bracers, etc...

Tmr for defense i' e got zicht..
Working on 2 hill dagger, 1 eq heavy shield, and as soon as I'm done with 2 dps leftover tmr, I'll put there a ribbon or two for arena..
Sad life :/

 

[Alkez]

I'm super happy they lowered the last reward requirement which was 160 in first week to 120. That made it far more manageable.

It's funny, the first week I wasn't able to get to 160. Now the target is 120 and I get to 160 every week.

 

[across]

I'm very curious to see what the next couple months bring GL for raids. We've had Titan and (soon, possibly, maybe) Nier moved forward considerably and it's a safe bet that we won't be getting the MHXR collab (was not released globally) or Romancing Saga 3 (has not yet been released globally, though a western release was mentioned months ago) raids. Possibly the latter will make it here if it's timed to coincide with said western release, but I wouldn't hold my breath. That's a lot of raid content they're going to have to make up for.

Safe to say that the next two will be Nier and FFXI in whichever order, but beyond that, who knows.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Datamine is out

*Need LB crystals?*

Plan to do Counter Wilhelm gets better. Last ability slot for that new materia

That would get counter rate to 92.00% (if it simply adds 20% to ffbedb calculator).
Decent hp, decent DEF, SPR is lowish tho.

Ifrit's Claw -> Arsha's Talisman

Nice, another bone for us Wilhelmbros lol.

I wonder....who do you use as a breaker if you bring along Wilhelm ? Ling or WoL ?

 

[bonkeng]

Will it be one shot table with proper setup?
I'm low on ribbon//discernment ATM :/
Or defensive tmr in general..
Have plenty of dual wield, black cowl, monster breastplate, one lordly robe, 2 excel, 4 shine tmr, 5 bracers, etc...

Tmr for defense i' e got zicht..
Working on 2 hill dagger, 1 eq heavy shield, and as soon as I'm done with 2 dps leftover tmr, I'll put there a ribbon or two for arena..
Sad life :/

I'd bet it won't be OTKO'ed. Most trials lean on defensive teams. OTKO teams are usually used on raids.

Since this is a GL exclusive trial, we won't know until it's released.

 

[Rixa]

Nice, another bone for us Wilhelmbros lol.

I wonder....who do you use as a breaker if you bring along Wilhelm ? Ling or WoL ?

Been using Noctis for 30% breaks when I have used breaker. Maybe go double tank and have WoL.

In discord we were discussing
Reddit thread about counters and Eye for an Eye.

Golem Esper
3 Action/Turn
3 = 3x Phys
2 = 2x Phys + 1x Stonaga

Test on: Earth Veritas
Innate 30% Counter + Eye for an Eye + 20% First Strike

Results:

- 147 Phys Attacks (50 Turns)
- 120 Counters
- 81.6% Counter Chances

* LuxCrow
Quick question for anyone who knows about counters. Will Regenerator stack with Wilhelms counter ability? Or will it override it?

* Nazta
Stacks multiplicatively.
Also affected by E4E.

If I understood correctly (someone correct me if Iam wrong):

- Black Belt 30% counter chance is 60% after E4E.
- Sabin TM would give 30% + E4E making it to 60%.

But those wont be added (like being 120% counter chance), instead one has 2 different 60% chances to proc counter.

 

[Rixa]

Sorry about double post.

Game is up.

Daily FREE pull: Cerius.

There is no end date in Freebie pulls now. Prolly ending after today(?).

 

[Celegus]

Malboro trial? Marie enhancements please!

 

[Rixa]

Summer bundle is up too.

Costs 300 Lapis

2x Summon tix
Magic Key
Star Quartz

 

[cw_sasuke]

Summer bundle is up too.

Costs 300 Lapis

2x Summon tix
Magic Key
Star Quartz

Is it just me or is this a really good bundle ? 2 tickets for 300 Lapis...nice, perfect before the NieR Storm

 

[Kouriozan]

2 tickets for 300 Lapis is so worth it, I got my Noctis that way last December.

 

[Rixa]

Is it just me or is this a really good bundle ? 2 tickets for 300 Lapis...nice, perfect before the NieR Storm

2 tickets for 300 Lapis is so worth it, I got my Noctis that way last December.

Also using 350 Lapis today you can buy 1 tix and Support Giancryst. I did buy it.

 

[Myze]

If everyone hasn't noticed/remembered (or if it hasn't been mentioned), tomorrow is the 2nd free 10+1 ticket if you have logged in every day.

 

[Rixa]

If everyone hasn't noticed/remembered (or if it hasn't been mentioned), tomorrow is the 2nd free 10+1 ticket if you have logged in every day.

That ticket is better to save for later day.
We aint sure if limited banners (Nier) are added to that ticket pool.

But I do know that non limited banners are there. Atleast FFX is, cause with ticket I pulled my first Rikku as non rate up pull.
Obviously chances to pull something specific from non rate up pool is minimal.

 

[Myze]

That ticket is better to save for later day.
We aint sure if limited banners (Nier) are added to that ticket pool.

But I do know that non limited banners are there. Atleast FFX is, cause with ticket I pulled my first Rikku as non rate up pull.
Obviously chances to pull something specific from non rate up pool is minimal.

It will definitely depend if they keep the 10+1 ticket banner up permanently or add a cut-off date for the tickets to be used.

Will probably depend if they plan on having more of them in the future.

If they DO add all new banners to the pull, but all with no rate-ups, then I guess it's just up to the player if they want a chance if they pull a 5* for it to be a new one. Some may prefer to not have the pool diluted anymore if they want something specific like Orlandu or Fry. Honestly, if you want something specific (like from NIER) you should probably just pull on the banner.

I'll just save mine for a banner I like, whether it adds them to the pull or not, since that's when I'll be using my tickets/lapis anyway.

 

[Rixa]

I'll just save mine for a banner I like, whether it adds them to the pull or not, since that's when I'll be using my tickets/lapis otherwise anyway.

There are few GAFers that are saving those 10+1 tix for 3% rainbow rate (that prolly comes 2018). I think I blow mine when Nier comes.

 

[indigo-cyclops]

Weird, my 1/2 off banner is showing Seabreeze Fina etc...