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Muku

Member
Holy crap guys! I did a yolo ticket for the hell of it and rainbow!

Alma

I lied. There was no rainbow, and there won't be one for you either. Don't let people tempt you to pull on this p.o.s. banner.

Well said.

Also, all these folks acting like it's raining Rainbow's in JP too.. it's not. LOL, it really isn't. I'm getting the same crap there as I do on GL. Today's free pull there was Rydia. Yep. Rydia. Because... she haunts me across all points in time.
 

robotuw

Member
Holy cow arena is a raging dumpster fire this week. No recovery abilities (including white magic even though they aren't abilities GUMI) and no ice attacks (aka blizzard flask). If you don't have ribbons on a bunch of mages and you don't go first you're screwed.

Lol, you make me want to burn a ticket.

Crap, did I do reverse psychology accidentally? I wasted a ticket for that joke, don't let it be entirely in vain!

How much does Agrias' World breaker reduce stats and how long does it last? Most guides seem outdated for her (obviously since it has only been a day).Just wondering since WoL has tons to do and him easing off breaking duties can help quite a bit.

World breaker is a materia from the robot trial, it can go on anybody. It's a 35% break to all stats. Agrias has her own full break, but it's only 30%.
 
How much does Agrias' World breaker reduce stats and how long does it last? Most guides seem outdated for her (obviously since it has only been a day).Just wondering since WoL has tons to do and him easing off breaking duties can help quite a bit.
 

sasuke_91

Member
Used the 10+1 ticket I got for Daily Login. Got this:
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Isn't she kind of outdated by now? I already have Fryevia, Tidus and Amelia for good damage and chaining. What is she good for?
 
Used the 10+1 ticket I got for Daily Login. Got this:

Isn't she kind of outdated by now? I already have Fryevia, Tidus and Amelia for good damage and chaining. What is she good for?

Absolutely nothin!

jk grats. Actually she is extremely outdated and will probably be no use to you. Could try making her a 100% evade unit at least.
 
World breaker is a materia from the robot trial, it can go on anybody. It's a 35% break to all stats. Agrias has her own full break, but it's only 30%.

Oh, it's a coincidence that all the Agrias I ran into while farming had it. I was looking forward to it too once I get my Agrias to 100.

Also does a chain break when a hit lands without another simultaneous hit or is it based on a few frame timer when something else doesn't land? I got some high damage when I do Orlandeau wait then Setzer then Yun (chain seems to start up twice, mostly due to dw), and I was wonder if I possibly spammed Agrias in there would it break what I already have, even though all 4 characters are different.
 

robotuw

Member
Oh, it's a coincidence that all the Agrias I ran into while farming had it. I was looking forward to it too once I get my Agrias to 100.

Also does a chain break when a hit lands without another simultaneous hit or is it based on a few frame timer when something else doesn't land? I got some high damage when I do Orlandeau wait then Setzer then Yun (chain seems to start up twice, mostly due to dw), and I was wonder if I possibly spammed Agrias in there would it break what I already have, even though all 4 characters are different.

Chains break if a character's attack hits twice in a row or if nobody hits the enemy within about a half second. Also, if you are building elemental chains a different element attack will break the elemental chain and turn it into a regular one (which isn't as good). If you're already just doing regular chains then adding Agrias in shouldn't break anything.
 
Hmm okay, thanks. I think I'll concentrate on maxing Ashe and WoL first.
imho..
assume that you didn't drop her..
not worth investing into her as is..
unless you're REALLY strapped for dps.. anyway her stuff is not chainable, so she's of limited use anyway...

if you need advice, post your 5* and 4* roster, and i'm sure someone will give you a solid advice..
as is, my only advice is, "she never happened"..
if you had gotten queen, at least you would have the wisdom tmr..
but when you get lightning as a 5* after a starvation your only response can be...

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Zalasta

Member
There can be more than one chocobos right? All of my encounters so far are just singletons, not at all like the previous events.
 

tuffymon

Member
Is there any situation now or in the future where it would make sense to run two Gilgamesh ? I doubt it but maybe two of them can chain well together with his enhancements....

well, later when he gets his enhancements his 3 hit move is a 12 hit move... so that could be a great super edgar/setzer style chain with a finisher for sure...

Used my 10+1 ticket. Finally got a zidane!

funny that you were like zidane f. ya! and not oh look at my shiny 5 star~ i chuckled
 

sasuke_91

Member
imho..
assume that you didn't drop her..
not worth investing into her as is..
unless you're REALLY strapped for dps.. anyway her stuff is not chainable, so she's of limited use anyway...

if you need advice, post your 5* and 4* roster, and i'm sure someone will give you a solid advice..
as is, my only advice is, "she never happened"..
if you had gotten queen, at least you would have the wisdom tmr..
but when you get lightning as a 5* after a starvation your only response can be...

1303tf.jpg

Okay, I'll start with my 2 main teams and their most important stat (they're all 6* by the way):

Team 1:
Y'shtola (446 SPR)
Rikku (not sure what that would be - she has 5338 HP, 252 ATK and 263 DEF)
Fryevia (652 ATK, 544 MAG)
Tidus (533 ATK)
Cecil (483 DEF)

Team 2:
Rikku (similar stats to above with another esper)
Amelia (530 ATK)
Fryevia (same as above)
Ashe (only lvl 70 right now with 412 MAG)
Tidus (516 ATK)

Here are my other 6* units:

And my 5* units:

I have too many 4* units to really list them here, but here are the ones with 6* evolution:
Chizuru
WoL
Seven
Nine
Vaan
Medius
Soleil
Shine
Agrias
Gaffgarion
Snow
Sozhe
Grace
Beach Time Fina
Ilias
Rasler
Bran
Helena
Moogle
Yda
Papylmo
Santa Roselia
Xon
Zyrus

I usually go with this list for tiers and stuff. Is this one good?
Thanks for anyone who takes the time to read this and tries to give recommendations. And sorry for the post being a bit long.
 

Celegus

Member
There can be more than one chocobos right? All of my encounters so far are just singletons, not at all like the previous events.

Not sure myself, I've only seen singles as well all day (one yellow and one red)

@sasuke: WoL is your #1 priority of that list
 

robotuw

Member
Okay, I'll start with my 2 main teams and their most important stat (they're all 6* by the way):

Team 1:
Y'shtola (446 SPR)
Rikku (not sure what that would be - she has 5338 HP, 252 ATK and 263 DEF)
Fryevia (652 ATK, 544 MAG)
Tidus (533 ATK)
Cecil (483 DEF)

Team 2:
Rikku (similar stats to above with another esper)
Amelia (530 ATK)
Fryevia (same as above)
Ashe (only lvl 70 right now with 412 MAG)
Tidus (516 ATK)

Here are my other 6* units:


And my 5* units:


I have too many 4* units to really list them here, but here are the ones with 6* evolution:
Chizuru
WoL
Seven
Nine
Vaan
Medius
Soleil
Shine
Agrias
Gaffgarion
Snow
Sozhe
Grace
Beach Time Fina
Ilias
Rasler
Bran
Helena
Moogle
Yda
Papylmo
Santa Roselia
Xon
Zyrus

I usually go with this list for tiers and stuff. Is this one good?
Thanks for anyone who takes the time to read this and tries to give recommendations. And sorry for the post being a bit long.

Your lineup is solid as hell. Fryevia or Tidus will destroy with a matching friend. Yshtola is still the best (non-limited) healer around until you can get a dualcast on Refia. Rikku is great support, though not necessarily needed for most fights, so you could put Ashe or maybe Emperor on Team 1. Marie is also a fantastic support that is worth leveling. She's a godsend for trials. Cecil is still a solid tank but you may want to consider working on WoL to eventually replace him. Agrias just got a nice 6* but I don't think I'd recommend her with your team. She won't chain with Tidus or Fryevia. Amelia is good (particularly for arena) but your other units are probably better. Do you TM farm? Since you've got some great units it might be worth looking into how to kit them out. Tidus in particular has pretty low atk there.
 

shintoki

sparkle this bitch
Looking over the Mog King, I'm probably gonna go for the Gian Crystals this time. Power for sure, but maybe Support. Power are going to be used like water.

Also hit 50 tickets, we should be getting 4 from the Portal, 10 from Mog, 1 for the Expeditions. So I'll be at 65 for Nier. With the Raid tickets, I should be able to hit 70.

After Nier, I'll most likely be sticking with dailies looking at the upcoming banners till the FFXV or Ayaka where I may try my luck
 

tuffymon

Member
Not sure myself, I've only seen singles as well all day (one yellow and one red)

@sasuke: WoL is your #1 priority of that list

I was wondering the same, has ANYONE seen more than 1? 1 red / 1 black myself

I agree with WoL being a priority, and I saw you had Marie, she should be prepped for 6* in case you need her~ (her tm is amazing /jealous)
 

sasuke_91

Member
Not sure myself, I've only seen singles as well all day (one yellow and one red)

@sasuke: WoL is your #1 priority of that list

Thanks.

Your lineup is solid as hell. Fryevia or Tidus will destroy with a matching friend. Yshtola is still the best (non-limited) healer around until you can get a dualcast on Refia. Rikku is great support, though not necessarily needed for most fights, so you could put Ashe or maybe Emperor on Team 1. Marie is also a fantastic support that is worth leveling. She's a godsend for trials. Cecil is still a solid tank but you may want to consider working on WoL to eventually replace him. Agrias just got a nice 6* but I don't think I'd recommend her with your team. She won't chain with Tidus or Fryevia. Amelia is good (particularly for arena) but your other units are probably better. Do you TM farm? Since you've got some great units it might be worth looking into how to kit them out. Tidus in particular has pretty low atk there.

Rikku is great for stuff like bosses that normally kills my entire team.
Yeah, I have some great units because I've been playing this game since it came out and have been pulling dailys and banner units every now and then. I never knew which one of them was good because I never looked that up or read up on the game's meta and stuff. This changed a little when I pulled Fryevia a few weeks ago.

I don't TM farm, no. I don't even know how that works. I read something about installing some stuff on your computer that does the farming for you? Or is my memory messing with me?

I was wondering the same, has ANYONE seen more than 1? 1 red / 1 black myself

I agree with WoL being a priority, and I saw you had Marie, she should be prepped for 6* in case you need her~ (her tm is amazing /jealous)

I guess I only have good units because I've been ignorant of the fact that they're good. I would never pull decent units if I aimed for it.

Thanks for the help and comments, guys! :)
 

tuffymon

Member
there are several ways to get tm's.

1 use moogles or duplicates (on some units, thats a no no)

2 use memu or nox or whatever else and have it auto use energy for you

3 some sorta switch controls on your phone so you can just push 1 button to do 1 run (not super familiar with this one)
 

Rokuren

Member
Looking over the Mog King, I'm probably gonna go for the Gian Crystals this time. Power for sure, but maybe Support. Power are going to be used like water.
I need to start running the gem chamber or something, I'm at 16 power gian to 17 milcryst.

I was wondering the same, has ANYONE seen more than 1? 1 red / 1 black myself

I've seen two black in one run, but they were in separate waves.
 

sasuke_91

Member
there are several ways to get tm's.

1 use moogles or duplicates (on some units, thats a no no)

2 use memu or nox or whatever else and have it auto use energy for you

3 some sorta switch controls on your phone so you can just push 1 button to do 1 run (not super familiar with this one)

Why's that? That's the way I've been TM farming up until now.
I think I may have to read up on Nox. There's quite a few units that I want to TM.
 
I modified your teams slightly
Team 1: aka official team
Y'shtola (446 SPR)
Rikku (not sure what that would be - she has 5338 HP, 252 ATK and 263 DEF)
Fryevia (652 ATK, 544 MAG)
Tidus (533 ATK)
WoL (!!!!)

Team 2: aka off team for doing farmable content
Yshtola (similar stats to above with another esper)
Amelia (530 ATK)
Fryevia (same as above)
Wol
Tidus (516 ATK)
Also decide on a carry..
E.g. Fryevia
Most events are best farmed with bonus friend, full bonus party self save one spot, the carry, that should be able to mop up the floor..
Your most palatable candidate is fryevia, as tidus might not have enough mp to do a 5 stage clear on his own :)

What to give to whom..
La pots --> rikku
Stat pots --> Atkins to your attacker, hp/spr/def tank first, rikku second, then rest of the team..
Depending on the situation, you might not want to invest too many pots into yshtola... she's good, but a better healer should be in the pipeline at some point..

Also, tmr tmr tmr..
Your endgame is farming tmr..
Usually you do
1) core weapon for your dps
2) dual wield for all your dps
3) more dps gear
4) yet nor dps gear
5) realize that your tank dies too fast, and start farming some tmr go him :)

If you can run the game on android emulator, like memu or not, it's very easy.. if you can I can help you set it up in the beginning of august when I get back home..
Else I think there are some alternative on the phone itself, but I'm not too knowledgeable on the topic :)

Second topic:
Resource pooling..
Are you f2p? Giving the game money or will in the future?

Don't hesitate to ask for advice on pull and read defianthermit post on reddit ffbe..
For this banner.. welp..
An agrias might be nice, but you have her already..
A few gaffgarion for braced tmr would be nice, but not worth the risk..
5* units are luckluster..

Skip the banner, heck even dailies might be a waste..
 
Why's that? That's the way I've been TM farming up until now.
I think I may have to read up on Nox. There's quite a few units that I want to TM.
Because stuff like zidane, you want the extra copies for more tmr..

And in general you don't want to "waste" a possible tmr from a 5* unit for a meager 5% proficiency upgrade
 

sasuke_91

Member
I modified your teams slightly

Okay, I see. WoL it is, then :p

Also decide on a carry..
E.g. Fryevia
Most events are best farmed with bonus friend, full bonus party self save one spot, the carry, that should be able to mop up the floor..
Your most palatable candidate is fryevia, as tidus might not have enough mp to do a 5 stage clear on his own :)

Yeah Fryevia is my carry. I have 2 Agrias and 2 Gaffgarions, so I can fill a whole team with Fryevia as my carry. She has 400 MP, so she can make it through quite a few waves usually.
Should I concentrate on ATK or MAG for Fryevia? Mine has a little more ATK but I see a lot of my friends (from GAF as well) concentrating on MAG.

What to give to whom..
La pots --> rikku
Stat pots --> Atkins to your attacker, hp/spr/def tank first, rikku second, then rest of the team..
Depending on the situation, you might not want to invest too many pots into yshtola... she's good, but a better healer should be in the pipeline at some point..

I have Fryevia and some other units fully potted. Y'shtola and Refia have full SPR. Rikku's LB is at lvl 18 or 19 right now.

Also, tmr tmr tmr..
Your endgame is farming tmr..
Usually you do
1) core weapon for your dps
2) dual wield for all your dps
3) more dps gear
4) yet nor dps gear
5) realize that your tank dies too fast, and start farming some tmr go him :)

I'm doing Cecil for Excalibur right now. Tidus' weapon after that. But yeah, basically only by feeding them trust moogles.

If you can run the game on android emulator, like memu or not, it's very easy.. if you can I can help you set it up in the beginning of august when I get back home..
Else I think there are some alternative on the phone itself, but I'm not too knowledgeable on the topic :)

Thank you for the offer. I'll get back to it, I think :)

Second topic:
Resource pooling..
Are you f2p? Giving the game money or will in the future?

Don't hesitate to ask for advice on pull and read defianthermit post on reddit ffbe..
For this banner.. welp..
An agrias might be nice, but you have her already..
A few gaffgarion for braced tmr would be nice, but not worth the risk..
5* units are luckluster..

Skip the banner, heck even dailies might be a waste..

F2P only. Might put in a small amount of money in the future, but not too much.
I'm waiting for the Nier: Automata banner that will probably come up in the near future to pull a 10+1. I guess I'll skip dailys as well.

Because stuff like zidane, you want the extra copies for more tmr..

And in general you don't want to "waste" a possible tmr from a 5* unit for a meager 5% proficiency upgrade

Okay, I misunderstood. I thought he meant giving trust moogles is a no no for some units xD
Thanks for the clarification.

And thank you for the time you put in to help. Very much appreciated :)
 

Lyrian

Member
Whoa, so there can be 7 waves? Weird.

Haven't seen a chocobo yet, but Reddit also says that there can be two floors with a chocobo on it.

Only one per floor, this time, unlike the last FFT event. /sadface

Yellow = 500, Black = 700, Red = 1000

Well, at least the yellow chocobo isn't so bad this time around.
 

tuffymon

Member
Why's that? That's the way I've been TM farming up until now.
I think I may have to read up on Nox. There's quite a few units that I want to TM.

It'll obviously depend on what you're looking for and your drop rates... sacrificing Cecil's cause they drop like crazy for you? SURE do that... you have 3 of a more rare unit like Zidane, or a 5* base? NO!
 
Yeah Fryevia is my carry. I have 2 Agrias and 2 Gaffgarions, so I can fill a whole team with Fryevia as my carry. She has 400 MP, so she can make it through quite a few waves usually.
Should I concentrate on ATK or MAG for Fryevia? Mine has a little more ATK but I see a lot of my friends (from GAF as well) concentrating on MAG.
Technically you should aim for a dual wield mag fryevia, but as you she requires quite some tmr that she and only she can use (e.g. Letter ad arms.. I've seen it only on her and e death), try to gear her the best you can..
Replicate your current build here
http://ffbedb.com so that we can see what can an be improved in the short term.
Unfortunately she will require a lot of tmr, and her bis build requires to have two fryevia (lol)

I have Fryevia and some other units fully potted. Y'shtola and Refia have full SPR. Rikku's LB is at lvl 18 or 19 right now.
Rikku lb makes her MVP in a lot of hard fight, so that's very good!

I'm doing Cecil for Excalibur right now. Tidus' weapon after that. But yeah, basically only by feeding them trust moogles.
I assume you've done fryevia weapon already?
Excalibur.. how far you are? Below 30/40 you can temporarily pause it..

Thank you for the offer. I'll get back to it, I think :)
Okke

F2P only. Might put in a small amount of money in the future, but not too much.
I'm waiting for the Nier: Automata banner that will probably come up in the near future to pull a 10+1. I guess I'll skip dailys as well.
Nier seems to have a few interesting units, so it's fine, but as f2pyou must spend wisely

Okay, I misunderstood. I thought he meant giving trust moogles is a no no for some units xD
Thanks for the clarification.

And thank you for the time you put in to help. Very much appreciated :)
no harm done..
Ffbe gaf is the best gaf, and I was you not many months ago so it's all cool :)
Remember to drop me a pm, as a reminder, if you need help and want to setup box for tmr.. I'll come back to you on the 2nd//3rd of august..
 

sasuke_91

Member
Technically you should aim for a dual wield mag fryevia, but as you she requires quite some tmr that she and only she can use (e.g. Letter ad arms.. I've seen it only on her and e death), try to gear her the best you can..
Replicate your current build here
http://ffbedb.com so that we can see what can an be improved in the short term.
Unfortunately she will require a lot of tmr, and her bis build requires to have two fryevia (lol)

Well damn, okay. Guess I'll have to get on with that TM farming then xD

I assume you've done fryevia weapon already?
Excalibur.. how far you are? Below 30/40 you can temporarily pause it..

Yeah I have Fryevia's Needle already. And Excalibur ist at ~32%. Should I pause it and go for Tidus instead?

no harm done..
Ffbe gaf is the best gaf, and I was you not many months ago so it's all cool :)
Remember to drop me a pm, as a reminder, if you need help and want to setup box for tmr.. I'll come back to you on the 2nd//3rd of august..

I'll drop a PM in a few days. Thanks :D
 

Xion86

Member
Finally caught up with GAF. Decided to do an 11 pull and a Rainbow poped up! Ended up being Fryevia which is quite cool as I haven't got her yet :).

My Agrias is 100/100 now, geared her up and shared (with World Destroyer too).

Hmm have no idea who to use these Limit Burst Pots on now I've finished with Cecil, Noctis and Rikku...

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've only ever used them to bring units back from Expeditions who have equipment on that I need!! :p

Random question:

What is the NUMBAH WON confirmed future unit that you guys want to have?

I know mine already.

Cloud. 140 tickets, 10+1 ticket and 5* Guaranteed ticket saved up so far...will be blowing all tickets at once when Cloud finally comes in...nervous already.

Guys

Please take holy weapons off your friend units

Cmon now

Bumping this post due to its importance ;)
 

Syntsui

Member
It feels good to do a Mog King event without needing to buy the crysts, the bonus enemies rate seems to be great too which makes it even better. One week or less and I will be done with this.
 

Visceir

Member
Yea, I should probably just focus on cactuar dunes while that's around. Just slightly hesitant as we'll hopefully get plenty of cactuars from upcoming raid.

Need to level more units for expeditions. Investment for the future!
 

tuffymon

Member
It feels good to do a Mog King event without needing to buy the crysts, the bonus enemies rate seems to be great too which makes it even better. One week or less and I will be done with this.

I've dropped nearly 3 energy bars, seen 2 singles... either way with the bonus I'll finish, but I'd have liked it to be faster >.>;
 
Does Agrias only chain with herself and the Thunderlapis God?

I haven't tested it with Agrias but with Orlandude + Yun and Setzer, I use Orlandude first since his orbs fly in slower then hit the Setzer + Yun combo and they seem to start comboing, but it will stop halfway into Divine ruination because Setzer + Yun will be done before the attack finishes. This is with DW on all 3. I also do throw in Rikku using the water skill and it can help cover the chain in small gaps. This tactic seems to work so far and I feel I hit harder than I should since my strongest character only has like 580 attack (No Excalibur yet, using Durandal for the light sword to work with the light imperil).
 

linkent

Member
Does Agrias only chain with herself and the Thunderlapis God?

from what i read, she only chain DR with herself now.
but will chain with Orlandood after enhancement.
@okey_dokey_bokey: In case anyone wants to visualize how the chain breaks, here's a quick image I slapped up. This assumes a 1 frame offset which is insane: http://i.imgur.com/DpeTjeP.png

DpeTjeP.png


The best you can do is a 6x chain as far as I can tell.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FFBraveExvius/comments/6ps4r2/friendly_reminder_unenhanced_6_agrias_cannot/
 
I find it hilarious that people are hitting 1 frame links in a f2p mobile game. These guys can be doing Electric Wind God Fists in Tekken if they put some effort into it.
 

robotuw

Member
I used my 10+1 ticket and got Aileen holy shit.



Btw isn't magic Fryevia better than attack? Mine has 422 attack and 765 mag (Dualwield) and it melts.

Nice, congrats! Atk contributes as much to hybrid damage as mag, but since enemies tend to have lower spr than def it's probably better to kit her out for mag. Her BiS mag is also higher than her BiS atk.
 

J-Tier

Member
I got Rikku just now for my 10+1. Now I can finally replace Minfilia.

Current team:

Setzer
WoL
Tillith
Elza
Rikku

Hoping to find someone to eventually replace Elza. I haven't pulled any banner units since 4 banners ago. I've been so unlucky, I only pulled Wakka once off banner, and I actually wanted him for his TMR throwing weapon for my Setzer. My early game luck has left.
 
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