CuthbertAllgoodz
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Announcement was wrong but banner was right. I think that JP had wrong info on the banner. Might be enough of a difference for them.
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Announcement was wrong but banner was right. I think that JP had wrong info on the banner. Might be enough of a difference for them.
Eh when other companies give out mithril equivalent for spelling errors this is mildly disappointing. Not to get all entitled-gamer, it is what it is lol.
Hours Left
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It shouldn't be the responsibility of the player to make sure there are no discrepancies between announcements and banners. (Especially in regard to things that use Mythril/real life money.) And even if I had noticed, how would I know which one has the correct info?
I sent them a support ticket. I really hope they offer a Mythril refund, because the whole reason I used that much because it was the best chance to score a 5* to date. I wasn't aiming for any specific relic, just the increased chance to get some.
CuthbertAllgoodz
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Not defending the company, I just try to imagine their reasoning. Good luck!
Yeah for sure that's disappointing on top of the already shitty gatcha rate (in my experience so far anyway).
Hope you get a positive response from them. I blew $200 of Play credit for paltry few decent drops on top of all the other garbage from earned Mythril so I feel your pain lol.
Hours Left
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Thanks. I'm not some kind of person that would try to game the system, but I feel like the in this case it deserves a refund. They really need to check those announcements more carefully before publishing them.
Behind as usual, but I took the Anima Heroic Master weight off my shoulder.
No mythril spent, but I did get a level up for Vanille and Rinoa (thanks to carefully placed growth eggs), and made sure to get only one Anima in the path. Countless s/l...
Soon, Danjuro won't be my lonely 5* anymore. I will try to get that Diamond Vest to a fake 5* thanks to the Locke event.
But I still need to finish the 125k crystals from Vanille first...
No mythril spent, but I did get a level up for Vanille and Rinoa (thanks to carefully placed growth eggs), and made sure to get only one Anima in the path. Countless s/l...
Soon, Danjuro won't be my lonely 5* anymore. I will try to get that Diamond Vest to a fake 5* thanks to the Locke event.
But I still need to finish the 125k crystals from Vanille first...
BassForever
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Hit 75k crystals for Vanille's event, feel so close and yet so far from Thundaja.
Keep at it. It's not that bad. I'm 1 hard run away from it, despite starting late. I farmed the Lenna event until the very end.
I just noticed I'm only three 4* Wind Orbs away from honing Bladeblitz, from event rewards and Liquid Flame/Anima drops. It's nice to know there won't be much Humbaba-ing in my future.
Up to Magitek Factory Elite on the event. Having rewards doing their flashy thing one after the other after each boss is way more satisfying than trading magicite, haha.
Up to Magitek Factory Elite on the event. Having rewards doing their flashy thing one after the other after each boss is way more satisfying than trading magicite, haha.
BassForever
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I'm just salty as I couldn't get the dumb game to work all day yesterday when I was perpetually trapped in an airport doing nothing. Now I have to be back at work which makes playing the game more difficult.
Oh man, that sucks. No 4G or Wi-fi? I just realized that since the game launched I haven't been in a situation where I couldn't deplete some stamina, I'd probably have withdrawals if I couldn't play for a few seconds to at least enter a dungeon to get it below the max.
BassForever
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PixyJunket
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Any reason why this event is so short?
Not that I'm dying to 100% both running events, but I feel like I'll probably have to choose one if I decide to do either.
And the XIII event is kind of poo, so. Or is a (sort of) free Thundaja really worth it?
Not that I'm dying to 100% both running events, but I feel like I'll probably have to choose one if I decide to do either.
And the XIII event is kind of poo, so. Or is a (sort of) free Thundaja really worth it?
The_Endless
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Finally completed Vanille Heroic. And got my Thundaja. I'm afraid Mastery is beyond me... I can never get more than expert on the mobs 
Back to Locke Elite!
Back to Locke Elite!
I would definitely keep them separate. Two healing soul breaks will probably save your life someday.
I'd say prooooooooobably because more rapid events are coming.
I've had to flee from Red Dragon elite twice now because my setup just wasn't cutting it. Pretty much all of my ability creating/honing and gear combining decisions in this game have skewed towards overwhelming enemies with burst physical damage, so I don't have much in the way of honed water/ice spells or Magic/Mental Breakdown.
Watching this video of someone going all out with Blizzaga/Blizzard Strike/Shiva etc. and even they have a pretty tough go of things. (Though they actually kill the damn dragon, which is more than I can say.)
Still determined to make a physical-heavy strategy work with what I have, just need to figure out how. HMMMMM.
Watching this video of someone going all out with Blizzaga/Blizzard Strike/Shiva etc. and even they have a pretty tough go of things. (Though they actually kill the damn dragon, which is more than I can say.)
Still determined to make a physical-heavy strategy work with what I have, just need to figure out how. HMMMMM.
re: Physical-focused:
I'm holding off because I'm taking my time to manually farm up Locke (Growth Eggs are probably going to end up like Megalixirs lol save them forever then the game's over and you still have them) and to see if Record Materia drops in 5 days (1 day leeway to finish off Locke dungeon) but this is what I'm planning. May change depending on availability of Record Materia
Cyan -
- Maneater+ 4*+ (~135ATK)
- Crystal Helm 4*+
- Hyper Wrist
- - Retaliate x8
- - Magic Break x6
Lenna
- Judgement Staff 5*
- White Dress+ 3*+
- Angel Ring
- - Curaga x12
- - Slowga x4
Locke
- Greatsword++ 2*++ (115 ATK)
- Ninja Gear++ 2*++
- Hero Ring
- - Venom Buster x4
- - Boost x8
Terra
- Gravity Rod 4*
- Beret+ 2*+ (lol)
- Angel Wings
- - Watera x8
- - Reflect x6
Celes
- Greatsword++ 2*++
- Diamond Vest 3*
- Hyper Wrist
- - Armor Break x6
- - Double Cut x10
Thoughts:
- Everything focused on Retaliate. Cyan has the best ATK stuff I can pile on him, and Boost/Armor Break capitalizes on it. While Cyan is slower than Sephiroth it hardly matters when he just needs to keep Retaliate (and Magic Break) up. Also has more def than Seph with RS, albeit 10% less hp.
- Lenna is in there because her soul break is really useful vs aoe damage. She might be too fragile though considering no 5* armor, so the alternative is swapping for Aerith.
- Celes is in there mainly for Soul Break, and the damage dealt works out to be more when double cutting Cyan vs using Water Strike herself even with the vulnerability, because of Cyan's massive ATK and Boost.
- May actually swap Celes for Cloud since Cloud tanks more damage, lets me use my 4* Diamond Armor, and has Braver (I have a Buster Sword... outclassed in VI but the Soul Break may help with the burst needed for final phase, even if at the cost of mitigation)
- Other shit may change depending on availability (or not) of Record Materia in a few days time.
I'm holding off because I'm taking my time to manually farm up Locke (Growth Eggs are probably going to end up like Megalixirs lol save them forever then the game's over and you still have them) and to see if Record Materia drops in 5 days (1 day leeway to finish off Locke dungeon) but this is what I'm planning. May change depending on availability of Record Materia
Cyan -
- Maneater+ 4*+ (~135ATK)
- Crystal Helm 4*+
- Hyper Wrist
- - Retaliate x8
- - Magic Break x6
Lenna
- Judgement Staff 5*
- White Dress+ 3*+
- Angel Ring
- - Curaga x12
- - Slowga x4
Locke
- Greatsword++ 2*++ (115 ATK)
- Ninja Gear++ 2*++
- Hero Ring
- - Venom Buster x4
- - Boost x8
Terra
- Gravity Rod 4*
- Beret+ 2*+ (lol)
- Angel Wings
- - Watera x8
- - Reflect x6
Celes
- Greatsword++ 2*++
- Diamond Vest 3*
- Hyper Wrist
- - Armor Break x6
- - Double Cut x10
Thoughts:
- Everything focused on Retaliate. Cyan has the best ATK stuff I can pile on him, and Boost/Armor Break capitalizes on it. While Cyan is slower than Sephiroth it hardly matters when he just needs to keep Retaliate (and Magic Break) up. Also has more def than Seph with RS, albeit 10% less hp.
- Lenna is in there because her soul break is really useful vs aoe damage. She might be too fragile though considering no 5* armor, so the alternative is swapping for Aerith.
- Celes is in there mainly for Soul Break, and the damage dealt works out to be more when double cutting Cyan vs using Water Strike herself even with the vulnerability, because of Cyan's massive ATK and Boost.
- May actually swap Celes for Cloud since Cloud tanks more damage, lets me use my 4* Diamond Armor, and has Braver (I have a Buster Sword... outclassed in VI but the Soul Break may help with the burst needed for final phase, even if at the cost of mitigation)
- Other shit may change depending on availability (or not) of Record Materia in a few days time.
They're def easy in the beginning but I believe they get much harder as you go on, similar to Rinoa event.
ErasureAcer
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I mastered 4 of the later dungeons on elite, Magitek to Esper Caves and finished up getting Thundaja. I now have Curaja to 6 uses. Though I've been doing these elites with my 10 Curagas.
So I just beat him with this setup: http://i.imgur.com/8BVfchI.png
2 medals shy of Mastery thanks to a last-minute Southern Cross that wiped out three people. If only he hadn't cast that...! In general, though, this was a really sloppy run. I was determined not to use a mythril revive, so I got to the Red Dragon with 0 Armor Breaks, 0 Water Strikes (Cloud) and 3 Retaliate. I'm going to tweak things a bit and try a no-mythril Mastery run again after I've cleared some other elites.
Some notes:
- I S/L'ed until Blind, Slow, and Poison all landed on the first try. Blind + Slow + Kirin means that regen keeps everyone topped out so long as Red Dragon sticks to a 2:1 ratio of melee attacks and Fireball. I only ever needed to use Curaga when someone ate a Flare.
- Mystery Veil + Aerith, Status Reels, and Magic Shield were all really big factors in my survivability and damage output. Magic Shield was basically a reverse Magic Break and helped a lot during the Flare/Flare Star phase (though it was still no match for Southern Cross).
- Retaliate doesn't seem nearly as useful here as it was for Anima. Even with Zantetsuken (bootleg 7*) + Boost, Cloud was averaging something like 2500-3000 per hit. I was expecting more. Though Status Reels definitely helped with burst, and I really shouldn't have used Armor Breaks on trash.
- Mystery Veil + Aerith, Status Reels, and Magic Shield were all really big factors in my survivability and damage output. Magic Shield was basically a reverse Magic Break and helped a lot during the Flare/Flare Star phase (though it was still no match for Southern Cross).
- Retaliate doesn't seem nearly as useful here as it was for Anima. Even with Zantetsuken (bootleg 7*) + Boost, Cloud was averaging something like 2500-3000 per hit. I was expecting more. Though Status Reels definitely helped with burst, and I really shouldn't have used Armor Breaks on trash.
I'm an idiot
Lots of room for improvement. I'll be interested to hear how it goes for you. You've got a clear edge on honed abilities
Don't bother holding onto Growth Eggs. In the short time I played the JPN version of record keeper, I'd amasses more of those things than I'e gotten since the Global version came out. EXP rains from the heavens.
Almost most back there. I opted to swap Cyan for Cloud cause he has way better ability choices and their stats are pretty much the same even with RS. Cyan really is terrible, though I might tag him back in for fights that don't use elemental weaknesses.
Locke's four levels higher than last time. Dunno what I'll consider a good point before retrying the cave.
Almost most back there. I opted to swap Cyan for Cloud cause he has way better ability choices and their stats are pretty much the same even with RS. Cyan really is terrible, though I might tag him back in for fights that don't use elemental weaknesses.
Locke's four levels higher than last time. Dunno what I'll consider a good point before retrying the cave.
I was also planning to Mythril refresh :V
Like, blow everything on the trash, die, refresh with N O R E G E R T S and go nuts
I'm totally fine with using 1 (and only 1, that's my limit for now) Mythril per event, which translates to roughly one less morsel of disappointment per month.
My Retaliate should hit for ~2.1k-2.3k, but I think I've sorted out longevity anyway.
Like, blow everything on the trash, die, refresh with N O R E G E R T S and go nuts
I'm totally fine with using 1 (and only 1, that's my limit for now) Mythril per event, which translates to roughly one less morsel of disappointment per month.
My Retaliate should hit for ~2.1k-2.3k, but I think I've sorted out longevity anyway.
Man, the comments for the Strategy Site are youtube-quality sometimes. More posts about how the elites are ridiculous and REQUIRE spending money than trying to figure out how to beat them.
Ultima Weapon, Nepala and Air Force seems like they can be trivialized with Intimidate. Just need to figure out what I'm gonna do about Ultros & Typhoon before Air Force.
Ultima Weapon, Nepala and Air Force seems like they can be trivialized with Intimidate. Just need to figure out what I'm gonna do about Ultros & Typhoon before Air Force.
It's possible I would quit the game.
cpp_is_king
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Don't swap Lenna for Aerith. If anything swap her for Vanille. Save your Wateras for the end and have Vanille use Deshellga, it'll do more damage than having Cyan retaliate once.
Hours Left
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Why does everything need Power Orbs? I can never have enough of them. :/
Katana_Strikes
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All classic dungeon Elites done
Now just on to Lockes events elites now. I have almost a full set of synergy armour and weapons. DK Cecil has a attack stat of over 300. Nice.
Now just on to Lockes events elites now. I have almost a full set of synergy armour and weapons. DK Cecil has a attack stat of over 300. Nice.
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I leveled up Locke to 45 from growth eggs. I'm not even sure he'll big a big part of my party in the future but I figured why not. Then I tried the phoenix elite and got wrecked. The thing has so much armor I can hardly deal enough damage without armor break so next time I'll try saving all my armor breaks etc..
As usual though, I need 3* orbs to power up things like blizzaga though. There is a certain amount of frustration in how they are holding back abilities from being available in the game.
As usual though, I need 3* orbs to power up things like blizzaga though. There is a certain amount of frustration in how they are holding back abilities from being available in the game.
*blinks*
So, Fire Dragon might not be the sole PITA this event has to offer. That was a hail Mary 900 damage attack victory, though it involved way less S/L abuse since I only needed to land one status effect.
At least I didn't spend any mythril on this one. Definitely want to upgrade Intimidate to level 3 at the least, plus make some other tweaks that I could have made but opted not to for god knows what reason.
So, Fire Dragon might not be the sole PITA this event has to offer. That was a hail Mary 900 damage attack victory, though it involved way less S/L abuse since I only needed to land one status effect.
At least I didn't spend any mythril on this one. Definitely want to upgrade Intimidate to level 3 at the least, plus make some other tweaks that I could have made but opted not to for god knows what reason.
Upgrading some VI gear and I now have a 5* gravity rod though I'm wondering if Rinoa should use it instead. What I might do is boost Terra up and give it to her so I can kick Rydia out.
I'm wondering once I upgrade and combine the VI gear I have if it's still worth putting on my other characters. Locke has a Falchion 5* but I have a Genji shield on him. Should I change it for a 4* mythril armor or is the synergy boost not that great in comparison?
I'm wondering once I upgrade and combine the VI gear I have if it's still worth putting on my other characters. Locke has a Falchion 5* but I have a Genji shield on him. Should I change it for a 4* mythril armor or is the synergy boost not that great in comparison?
I wish Lenna could equip Boost, it's the only thing that keeps Aerith as my go-to support character. Not really an issue though, Lenna's RES aside their stats don't differ that much.
I might have to use growth eggs on Cyan and Locke, the trash in the latter half of the Elites is starting to not fuck around.
I might have to use growth eggs on Cyan and Locke, the trash in the latter half of the Elites is starting to not fuck around.
archnemesis
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I put boost on Locke although I haven't had any need of it yet. The first few elite dungeons are rather easy for my current party.
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