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Final Fantasy: Record Keeper |OT| The only ATB here is Active Time Battle.
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RedNumberFive
Banned
Thanks. Time to combine then. Tyro has definitely become the MVP of my group with his last minute, life saving soul break.
pancakesandsex
Member
Do record materia actually DROP in dungeons in a chest or something or as an orb or do they just show up at the end of a stage?
It will pop up when you get it in the dungeon
I got Tidus' second record materia in one of the dailies today, so yep
cpp_is_king
Member
If you want to see the details about each 5* use this link: https://ffrk.denagames.com/dff/static/lang/ww/compile/en/image/gacha_series/promotion_image/1801.png
Change the last part to 1802, 1803...; 1901, 1902...; 2001, 2002...
Cloud is getting his second soul break with Hardedge: Cross Slash.
I was happy with the new daily dungeons until this. Saturday was the "do whatever" day because I very rarely need gil, now it's the "must get non-elemental orbs" day.
Now I'll feel like wasting stamina clearing content instead of farming orbs except for Sunday and Friday. /firstworldproblem
Friday is the do nothing day now. Dark and Holy are the least useful of the orbs
pancakesandsex
Member
Pop up as what?
As nothing, it's a pop up message. Can happen between waves
RedNumberFive
Banned
Same here. Keep hope alive!
IdreamofHIME
Member
I'm ready for FF12, lol...
Zero weapons for FF7, but a truckload for a realm that's never been released. Crazy RNG.
KojiKnight
Member
Woot! First time doing a single pull that ended in a 5 drop, one I really wanted too. Loves my terra!
IdreamofHIME
Member
What's that last armour? Every time someone shows it off all I can think is that it looks like Samus' power suit.
IdreamofHIME
Member
Pejo
Member
I like the idea of keeping a fully effective back-row party for grinding out dailies. With Squall's gunblade, he could join my Rising Sun Locke and Official Ballz Wakka. Really wish I'd have gotten Rinoa's Valkyrie.
Might as well throw in Lenna with a bow as well.
RedNumberFive
Banned
So with two Healing Grimoires and a Guard Stick in my inventory, I'm covered for healers. That said, which event is my best bet for using 50 mythril with the goal of getting some weapons that will give me some raw power?
It's ok, Irvine will make anyone look good so just stand next to him.
Looking at the banners last page, I'd have said Banner 5, because Aerith and Celes weapons are God-tier for 4-mage meta (Guard Stick, despite its SB, has better MAG stat and is a rod so it doubles as an offensive weapon on high MAG characters), Cloud has a 2nd Soul Break and Cyan's SB weapon is actually ridiculously good if you're so inclined to abuse VIT0.
But you already have a Guard Stick lol
I think it'll boil down to what generics there are too.
Single target damage + paralyze.
IdreamofHIME
Member
I'm hoping Frans bow turns up sooner than later.
Random Painted HIghway
Member
Here's my 11-relic draw from Soul break Celebration 2:
5 stars are:
- Tyro's Healing Grimoire
- Regal Gown (VI)
This is a high quality draw. even the threes are pretty good other than the staff on the left, not sure what that is. Rune staff combines with the two you may already have, the golden armor is great if you can get another or two, same with the helm. The fours you got are very versatile particularly the mesmerize blade and the crystal armlet. You're also getting decent items for what, five different realms here, IV, v, vi, vii, viii? You didn't get a four or five attack weapon, but the mesmerize blade is nothing to sneeze at. I'd be very pleased with this.
I think DeNA missed an opportunity with Snow's Record Materia. Something like "Adds 20% of character's DEF to ATK" would be both interesting and completely in line with Snow's characterization and gear in XIII and RK.
(His two RM are basically "ATK down DEF up" and "more DEF as HP lowers") Yeh ok, kinda useless without Taunt.
Also no idea why anyone would want to Taunt even onto a highly defensive character, when an alternative in Retaliate-Taunt exists and is better both defensively and offensively.
(His two RM are basically "ATK down DEF up" and "more DEF as HP lowers") Yeh ok, kinda useless without Taunt.
Also no idea why anyone would want to Taunt even onto a highly defensive character, when an alternative in Retaliate-Taunt exists and is better both defensively and offensively.
cpp_is_king
Member
I'm hoping that Retaliate meta goes away in a few months, due to a natural fallout of encounter design. It's honestly kind of a boring tactic, but even on a different level, anything that is so useful that it's almost the only thing used needs to be shut down.
Retaliate has gone away in favor of 4 Mage in Japan.
Even before that though, its usefulness decreases more and more when your #2 and #3 melee weapons approach #1. Retaliate meta requires you to sacrifice turns to set it up, and when everyone hits more or less equally hard, the difference, even with Boost and nullifying the 0.1 penalty from double cuts, becomes marginal at best.
It's more or less a temporary stopgap (well, temporary being relative here lol) when you have one weapon that towers above the rest for a given record synergy, which is pretty much inevitable in these first few months of the game when people have relatively shitty gear pool.
edit: Don't get me wrong, Tauntilate still sees action but that's more due to it being suitable for certain encounter designs (stuff similar to 2nd Tidus Boss Rush boss) than it being the one-size-fits-all answer.
Even before that though, its usefulness decreases more and more when your #2 and #3 melee weapons approach #1. Retaliate meta requires you to sacrifice turns to set it up, and when everyone hits more or less equally hard, the difference, even with Boost and nullifying the 0.1 penalty from double cuts, becomes marginal at best.
It's more or less a temporary stopgap (well, temporary being relative here lol) when you have one weapon that towers above the rest for a given record synergy, which is pretty much inevitable in these first few months of the game when people have relatively shitty gear pool.
edit: Don't get me wrong, Tauntilate still sees action but that's more due to it being suitable for certain encounter designs (stuff similar to 2nd Tidus Boss Rush boss) than it being the one-size-fits-all answer.
Red Mage
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RedNumberFive
Banned
Banner 5 it is then. Thanks for the advice.
pancakesandsex
Member
So that still doesn't answer my question then. I want to know if it "drops" in the dungeon, as an orb or a chest or some unique icon.
I dunno what's better, the fact that he's all 'yea i spent a shit ton of money but i dunno the exact amount don't rly care' or that he has 115 inventory slots after having pulled maybe 1250 items.
"BOSS BOSS WHAT DO WE DO WITH THESE 4* ITEMS?"
"THROW THEM OUT LIKE ALL THE OTHERS"
Random Painted HIghway
Member
This is really overwhelming to consider.
I get what he's saying about the SB but in a VIII dungeon it would be advisable to have a VIII weapon, especially a native 5*.
GordonShumway
Neo Member
He did answer it (vaguely). You get a pop up message mid-battle when an enemy "drops" it. Doesn't show up as an orb/chest.
I don't think conventional considerations about the rarity of certain record synergies applies to his thought process.
RedNumberFive
Banned
I don't think I'll ever be a point at my life where I have the expendable income for $3K on an iPhone game.
Red Mage
Member
Yeah, I know, but I figured it'd be useful to read up on what each one does. Let us learn from his foolishness!
I wonder if he ever got that Healing Tome he wanted...
Oh, I agree. I linked it since it tells you what each SB is. i.e. do I want to do an 11-pull now or wait for that one I think is really awesome that's coming up soon.
From this, it seems like the best relics are:
Cloud's super soulbreak Ogrenyx
Squall's super soulbreak weapon
BOTH Lightning's weapons
Tyro's Sentinel Grimoire
Rinoa's Valkyrie
Fran's bow
Sephiroth's 2nd weapon
Yuna's 2nd weapon
Tidus's 2nd weapon
Gilgamesh's weapon
Vivi's weapon
Celes's weapon
Luneth's weapon (as Friend Summon)
Cecil's shield (as Friend Summon)
Basically any multi-hit weapons. So of the ones currently available in Global/NA:
Tyro's Sentinel Grimoire
Rinoa's 1st weapon
Celes's 1st weapon
Luneth's weapon (as Friend Summon)
Cecil's shield (as Friend Summon)
IdreamofHIME
Member
This only makes me think of the other guy who chased that grimoire and walked away a few grand poorer and no grimoire.
Play for what items you want, don't focus on only going for the "best". You'll go insane if you spend 200mythril and then your actual money trying to get these relics and come up short.
Trying to be clever with the RNG is like saying you have a system for winning slots st Vegas.
This game is supposed to be about scratching a nostalgia itch. Trying tobget Tyros weapons seems to be 100% against that.
Preach.
pancakesandsex
Member
When I got Wakka it came up in the reward screen for a single stage, not mid fight. I did not notice if during the actual combat there was a drop or not, and that's what I want to know.
Random Painted HIghway
Member
What is the best place for minor holy orbs? This daily I'm guessing, on easy? Need 45 for boost r5
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