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Final Fantasy: Record Keeper |OT| The only ATB here is Active Time Battle.
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800 more Memory Prisms for another Greater Ice Orb which is the last one I need to create Mental Breakdown.
Yes, this event is literally about to give me Mental Breakdown.
¯\_(ツ_/¯
Haha!
So I finally got to 100,000 memory prisms. I ended up on 99,100 or so and just got the final 900 by repeating the flan battle.
I DIDN'T REALISE THEY DROPPED LESSER WIND ORBS! (I realise I'm far more excited about this than I should be)
I was actually in two minds about levelling up my characters, I thought maybe it'd be a better idea to sit on Solitary Island for another week to try and hone double cut to use with retaliate... but I get them here too! I have three at r3 at the moment and have enough lesser power orbs to hone two of those into r4, I just need the lesser wind orbs. From my limited time flan killing I'd say we get 1 per 3 fights... maybe I've just been un/lucky though?
Also I ended up creating 5 Dagger++ (IX) so I'm ready for the FF9 dungeons now, I'm going to use the broadswords the flans drop to further upgrade them.
I love flans!
Kill them in one hit. They're weak to lightning, so Thunder Strike or Thundara/Thundaga are your best bets.
I'm actually enjoying this event just for the Flan grinding. I've been pairing up different characters with my Summoner until that character hits level 45 or 50.
The EXP daily bores me to tears because auto-battle is a viable option and the only (occasional) drop is gil. At least with Flan, I'm racking up a sizable reserve of 2- and 3-star wind orbs. Honin' them Double Cuts like whoa. Plus, the novelty of using Dragon to wipe out a group hasn't worn out yet.
I'm also obsessed with the idea of seeing every character's level at 45 or 50. At least some multiple of 5. ALL OF THOSE OTHER UNORGANIZED NUMBERS ARE SO UGLY
Edit: Though I can confirm that grinding prisms 60 at a time is pretty slow-going. I'll get that Hero's Ring eventually
The EXP daily bores me to tears because auto-battle is a viable option and the only (occasional) drop is gil. At least with Flan, I'm racking up a sizable reserve of 2- and 3-star wind orbs. Honin' them Double Cuts like whoa. Plus, the novelty of using Dragon to wipe out a group hasn't worn out yet.
I'm also obsessed with the idea of seeing every character's level at 45 or 50. At least some multiple of 5. ALL OF THOSE OTHER UNORGANIZED NUMBERS ARE SO UGLY
Edit: Though I can confirm that grinding prisms 60 at a time is pretty slow-going. I'll get that Hero's Ring eventually
I will accept the consequences of my actions
So I started playing the game a few days ago (I'm hooked !). I just went through a bunch of normal dungeons, those FF2 dungeons around level 20, and I tried my luck with 2 relic draws before going to bed. I got 2 Zantetsuken back to back! Is that a common drop or am I really lucky? In any case those will help me tremendously given my current 2/3* gear!
Try 1/100 x 1/100 for 1/10000 chance of getting Zantetsuken twice in a row.
Wow great! My previous draws were always 3* stuff, so that was quite unexpected. Maybe I'll be able to do that Celes event hard mode now, with those equiped on Cloud and Tyro.
Random Painted HIghway
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Alternative to cloud with spell blade.
Ben Morales
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After a character reaches level 50, do they still soak exp?
They do, yeah.
Ben Morales
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Ahh okay. Thank you!
Pejo
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Summoner and Black Mage are both sitting in the 30s now. Going to get them to 45ish to be ready for this upcoming Materia thing. For those of you "in the know" with the JP version, are there any other jobs I should get near 50 for that Materia stuff? WHM is on the list, but are there any others?
Bard and Ranger have useful ones. Knight and Warrior currently have NOTHING.
Edit: In fact, Black Mage, White Mage, Red Mage, Summoner, Bard, and Ranger are the only core classes in JP so far that have Record Materia at all. Out of all those, only Red Mage has really awful Materia.
Edit: In fact, Black Mage, White Mage, Red Mage, Summoner, Bard, and Ranger are the only core classes in JP so far that have Record Materia at all. Out of all those, only Red Mage has really awful Materia.
Ben Morales
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I still have yet to get the mastery bonus for Hard. It's insane. Hopefully next week I can do it after my team is stuffed full of flan.
Doing some flanning yesterday with Tyro using Dragon (or whoever your first character is called) let me level up my party from 25 or so to 30. Is that dude useful or I should use Rydia or other non-core character?
When my Terra reached 30 I changed her for Rydia.
I had 3 character at a time, which meant 5k between them instead of 7,5.
If today is Weapon / Armor booster day I don't think I'll flan. I'll farm stones to improve my equipment.
Or do story levels to reach 50 Mythril for 11 pulls.
Yeah, I've listened to the FFX battle theme too much to not notice that something sounded different
When my Terra reached 30 I changed her for Rydia.
I had 3 character at a time, which meant 5k between them instead of 7,5.
If today is Weapon / Armor booster day I don't think I'll flan. I'll farm stones to improve my equipment.
Or do story levels to reach 50 Mythril for 11 pulls.
Ohhhhhh man. I didn't realize it wasn't 8bitting all the battle themes, I guess I haven't done X/ViI in so long I forgot. Man now I'm sad.
Need me some flan to eat away my sadness...
Yeah, I've listened to the FFX battle theme too much to not notice that something sounded different
Ben Morales
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Ohhhhhh man. I didn't realize it wasn't 8bitting all the battle themes, I guess I haven't done X/ViI in so long I forgot. Man now I'm sad.
Need me some flan to eat away my sadness...
Flan comfort food. ^_^
Maybe this will cheer you up a little bit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fwxrXAi4FQ
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Who renamed Tyro?
I did.
I did.
I did.
I used my usual in-game name "Chrono", not realizing I was naming Tyro. I thought it was just general name for the account.
So I guess Tyro will be forever Chrono.
I named him Shahed after myself like I usually do for male characters. Then I found out he was shit and promptly dropped myself to the reserves.
I named him Roto because I am adorable
Katana_Strikes
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All Elites done now so at max Stamina. Lots of easy ones but the odd lower level bosses were a bit harder.
So it's going to be Flan day for XP and Wind Orbs. Plus some armour materials here and there to level up equipment some more.
Not really bothering with the collecting gems event. Hardly seems worth the effort unfortunately.
So it's going to be Flan day for XP and Wind Orbs. Plus some armour materials here and there to level up equipment some more.
Not really bothering with the collecting gems event. Hardly seems worth the effort unfortunately.
StoppedInTracks
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Mine is Borys as every character I've ever made in every RPG I've ever played.
Is there a schedule for the US version dungeon releases to this game? JPN is so far ahead it makes me want to drop the US version and start from scratch the JPN one...
Is there a schedule for the US version dungeon releases to this game? JPN is so far ahead it makes me want to drop the US version and start from scratch the JPN one...
IdreamofHIME
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I named him after myself and like myself he grew up to be completely average and unremarkable in every way and as such doesn't get to hang with the cool gang anymore.
Was slightly disappointed to unlock Knight only to see he is a Core character, not FFI.
ain't nobody got time for core characters.
I imagine once all the FF related realms and events are done, they will probably start creating a "Core" realm right? maybe with some original stuff?
ain't nobody got time for core characters.
I imagine once all the FF related realms and events are done, they will probably start creating a "Core" realm right? maybe with some original stuff?
I think a big clue is when the current events end. They've always been exactly when something new launches.
Also of interesting note is how they're all 6 days apart instead of a week. CATCHING UP IN 3 YEARS LETS GOOO
edit: About JP vs US, I actually felt the opposite. While a big part of the reason I defected was because more people (by almost a magnitude) I knew were playing the US version compared to the JP one, I only played it casually on and off, and when I tried to get into it hardcore (around the time US launched) I found I was too far behind, and quite a bit of the events came and went without me being able to complete the hardest difficulties. It felt a little bit like a rich-get-richer scenario since when events are gone they're gone forever outside of questionable reissues (the events are still different)
Starting over and keeping up with the US version allows me to at least keep on the crest of the wave. I dunno, most people wouldn't mind, I guess, but I'm kinda OCD about my gaming. (platinum trophies, etc)
So once you complete all the missions Normal & Elite and Daily Events once, how are you supposed to earn Mithril? I thought each Daily Event would reset, but I just completed my 1st week and it was already "Complete"
Is there any other way? Or are people who want to stay free-players screwed?
Is there any other way? Or are people who want to stay free-players screwed?
There's definitely a finite amount of Mythril. Outside of the weekly events (which are likewise finite, AND limited-time so people coming in now are at a disadvantage of missing out of previous event's mythril) you get two per 10 days of login from the login bonus. Which is again, finite vs time.
That being said though the game has had a very doable difficulty curve even on the unlucky side of things. (I've personally only pulled 1 5* ever)
Keep in mind that good abilities can trivialize the content as much as good gacha. Imagine if you had twice as many uses on all your equipped abilities (outside of summons which... are again limited by events afuasdjgajsdf), with the caveat it takes way longer to farm the orbs for subsequent ranks vs. being lucky with pulls.
Point is, though, all content is clearable without spending any money.
(For now, at least?)
That being said though the game has had a very doable difficulty curve even on the unlucky side of things. (I've personally only pulled 1 5* ever)
Keep in mind that good abilities can trivialize the content as much as good gacha. Imagine if you had twice as many uses on all your equipped abilities (outside of summons which... are again limited by events afuasdjgajsdf), with the caveat it takes way longer to farm the orbs for subsequent ranks vs. being lucky with pulls.
Point is, though, all content is clearable without spending any money.
(For now, at least?)
Pulled an 11 pull, got 8 3*s and 3 4*s. At least one of the 4*'s was Swordbreaker, which is a useful dagger for this event.
5* Falchion++ is ripping stuff apart in the hands of Cloud, and I got Celes. Now I'm just XP farming with Flans. Just trying to get some base levels onto my weaker team members.
Is it more efficient to go in with just two characters (Summoner/Rydia + Training character), or go in with all 5 (Summonr/Rydia + 4 training characters)?
5* Falchion++ is ripping stuff apart in the hands of Cloud, and I got Celes. Now I'm just XP farming with Flans. Just trying to get some base levels onto my weaker team members.
Is it more efficient to go in with just two characters (Summoner/Rydia + Training character), or go in with all 5 (Summonr/Rydia + 4 training characters)?
So with the current schedule it would take a little over a month to save 50 Mithril. I don't mind difficulty and such as long as I can even just compete on "Normal" but when you get a new character every week or so, it's really difficult to get their 5* weapon without spending money.
Is Rydia 50? Because they still soak XP at 50. In which case, in the long run, having her soak 50% of the XP (2 people) is less efficient than having her soak 20% of the XP (5 people) even if your trainees level slower per flan run.
Look at it this way; the business model keeps the game free for you lol.
Once we start running into insurmountable brick walls I guess it's time to reevaluate.
(it's also probably really hard to get their 5* weapon while spending money. Double or triple shitty odds is still shitty odds, except now with more disappointment)
Look at it this way; the business model keeps the game free for you lol.
Once we start running into insurmountable brick walls I guess it's time to reevaluate.
(it's also probably really hard to get their 5* weapon while spending money. Double or triple shitty odds is still shitty odds, except now with more disappointment)
I got really lucky and pulled 3 5*Weapons for Rydia, Wakka & Cloud in an 11x but that probably will never happen again. Then there is combining... I'll try to keep a Free player
She's not 50 yet. I figured once she hit 50, I'd replace her with Summoner (who's like level 13 right now), and keep the XP being useful.
It's virtually equal then. I guess it'd only start making a difference when you get close to running out of people who can summon that won't also soak XP, although Bladeblitz is a viable alternative. They absorb Quake, unfortunately.
(from the FB page)
I dunno which is more awkward, having Snow in an English screenshot (oops!) or Sephiroth having Thunder equipped in a 'tips and tricks' screenshot about useful abilities lol.
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It's virtually equal then. I guess it'd only start making a difference when you get close to running out of people who can summon that won't also soak XP, although Bladeblitz is a viable alternative. They absorb Quake, unfortunately.
(from the FB page)
I dunno which is more awkward, having Snow in an English screenshot (oops!) or Sephiroth having Thunder equipped in a 'tips and tricks' screenshot about useful abilities lol.
Maybe they're fighting Cagnazzo? = P
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Dena will ban these accounts eventually, right?
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