pancakesandsex
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Razmos should make an OT 2 with the spreadsheet in it because whoever made the original isnt updating!
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Final Fantasy: Record Keeper |OT| The only ATB here is Active Time Battle.
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This. I have good equipment and characters now, and this boss took ages to kill. Gosh was I relieved when he finally came out of his shell: Death* dealt with him swiftly. Good riddance.
* Just read that the spell wasn't guaranteed to work... Oh my. I was lucky.
He is constantly using Protect and Shell on himself. Frankly, he is begging us to Vit0 him.
I'm not eager to fight him again during the boss rush... In fact, I expect that boss rush to be a little difficult.
ErasureAcer
Banned
Finally met my match...last elite on XIII is tough. Can probably beat it. Need to bring quake I suppose.
chronobeej
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Just finished taking down Norg. It took forever to get him out of his pod. After he did I got lucky and death killed him on the first attempt. Now onto completing more Elites.
Just barely beat the elite oilboyles. The oil shot attack one-shot Vivi (for 4500) right after the first oilboyle died. The rest of the fight was a long slog after that. Oil shot seems like it's physical, so I'd say power break would be helpful for that fight. My sleep also missed many times before landing. Not doing that fight again.
Random Painted HIghway
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Silence will stop the oil attack
It was silenced when it did oil shot. Silence stopped oil blast (the counters), but not oil shot.
Lost Fragment
Obsessed with 4chan
Is it just me or is Black Waltz way easier in the boss rush?
Random Painted HIghway
Member
Oh sorry, Just ran that battle a bit ago and didn't even notice there was a difference, I guess it hit one of my tanks and didn't have much of an impact in my battle
Red Mage
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It's physical. Used Tyro's defense summon.
jasminlovesyoux
Banned
I went back and Vit0'd Norg. No shame. I'll be sad when it's gone, but this is one of the dumbest glitch/bugs I've used to progress in a game in a long time.
Katana_Strikes
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Wow just waited 45mins before bed so I could finish last round of the orb day and I got 2 fucking orbs. Thanks a bunch :/
StoppedInTracks
Member
I can't beat that damn t-rex for Squall's crystal
Yeah, he was hard.
1) My first try was the standard FF8 event party:
Yeah that didn't went very good. Rule of thumb: if your melee chars cannot OHKO trash mobs then it means the boss gonna mop you up. I S/L during the T-Rex fight about 10 times for Blind Strike to connect but it never did. Vivi was hitting him with Blizzaga for 4500 but that was just not enough... his tail swipe once killed 4 of my chars in one hit.
The party is just way too undereveled (and my 5* weapons as well) for me to succeed.
2) Second try was my "best" party (not much difference, lol):
Additionally I crafted Blind Buster (Wakka) and Blizzara Strike (Cloud) to have better chances.
It went much better. Terra's Blizzagas were hitting him for 9999, Cloud's Blizzara Strike as well. Blind Buster connected on first hit and then I remembered that I have Cloud's special SB on Hardedge which Paralyzes the enemy (AND hit him for 9999 as well). Cannot tell if he was paralyzed or not - is there a special icon for that?
No but the REAL DEAL here is the blindness. YOU HAVE TO BLIND HIM. All the counter's will miss then, dunno about Tail Swipes. You can win w/o Paralyze but you cannot win w/o blinding the bastard:
ShalashaskaEx
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There is indeed a special icon for paralyze.
He has less HP, like the bosses in the FFX boss rush did.
He has less HP, like the bosses in the FFX boss rush did.
Starwolf_UK
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When multiple status are up the icons alternate between each other.
In my battle with the T-Rex I found retaliate was really helpful (it is helpful against boss counterattacks in general as they can't counter counter attacks) but blind and intimidate were also key to survival.
It seems for the boss rush people are putting theories across of just going in with sleep and poison and just nuking it with magic.
In my battle with the T-Rex I found retaliate was really helpful (it is helpful against boss counterattacks in general as they can't counter counter attacks) but blind and intimidate were also key to survival.
It seems for the boss rush people are putting theories across of just going in with sleep and poison and just nuking it with magic.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I just used power break on the trex looking guy. And he is vulnerable to ice which I learned mid battle.
PixyJunket
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Whoa. I actually mastered the FF IX Boss Rush, just under the wire. I used a Mythril to revive once, which is starting to make sense since it's not doing me much for relics.
124/128 quests complete, the FFVIII event and all classic and elite story dungeons mastered. Just missing Bard, Ranger and Kain's second record materia now so I'm grinding for those before bed, will farm orbs for the next few days around when the boss rush is released
How the hell is this even possible? I've barely touched the elites because of the ridiculous stamina costs. Are you burning mythril for stamina or buying gems?
I spent two mythril refilling my stamina over the past few days (best time is when you're on 2/5 shards, so you can usually tackle two more elite dungeons very quickly and get it up to 4/5 then simply wait for stamina to refill to try a 5th and after completing that you have a refilled stamina bar
) and I haven't had to retry any parts of any dungeons so that helped.lol nope I'm not that dedicated, I usually get 7-8 hours sleep
I also held onto the four stamina shards that were given out a while ago so I got a free refresh that way (add them when you have 0/5 shards so it jumps to 4/5 then go complete a dungeon for a free refresh)RedNumberFive
Banned
Having a 4 month old at home ensures that I'm up at all hours and able to efficiently use my stamina.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Long-term who can use guns besides Irvine? I got his shit special weapon from a 50-pull and I'd rather have the spot empty then use him, but maybe the weapon is salvageable?
Barret I think.
Balthier, Lightning, Sazh can all use guns.
Mist Cave would be better since it there are more rounds per stamina.
I ended up just doing the first VII dungeon. Four rounds for 3 stamina. But it never dropped and I got bored of waiting.
Pejo
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Did you use Carbuncle? I'm building stamina to try that same stage out.
Also, did anyone have any luck with Norg Elite yet? I fought that bastard for like 11 minutes and ran out of skills, but had vivi alive and death ready, but couldn't break the cockpit. I'm not sure what else I can do to get more damage on the pod. Bard materia II made hitting the nodes a breeze, but shit. Ended up fleeing and retreating.
It took me 20 minutes, but I did it. I threw everything I had at him until I ran out of abilities and then whittled away the rest of the pod's HP until it opened. Then I hit Norg himself with some Gravities and whittled him down slowly, too.... Still somehow managed to get one medal for actions taken.
Hated that fight. Hope I never have to fight him again. The event details don't mention a boss rush.
Pejo
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Yea it truly is a pain in the ass. If they do come out with a boss rush, depending on the summon/reward, I might try again. I think I read on Reddit that in the JP version, the summon is Leviathan, which is sorta "meh" to me. If that ends up being true, I'll probably skip the end of this event like I skipped the FFX one and keep working on elites/honing my 3-4 star abilities.
Nah I didn't use summons. I used Black Mage, Terra, Garnet, Vivi, and Cloud and had each of the three main elements for charges. I got lucky tbh. Black Mage takes a lot of hits though.
StoppedInTracks
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Earning gil on the Heroic Daily. $30k per 15 stamina is quite good. Learned the hard way that Malboros absorb earth & magic damage :/
Also 64/128 quests done.
Also 64/128 quests done.
Mental Atrophy
Banned
Uh... Initial impression of Irvine is very poor, but maybe it's because I only have crappy daggers. What's the point of high level black magic if you don't have the stats and gear proficiency to back it up?
He had access to 5* BM and 4* WM in the japanese version when he was first released. Irvine is restricted to 1* Black Magic and 2* White Magic in our version, with 5* Support and 3* Combat, making him a decent ranged fighter (as long as you have a gun, that is).
His magic skills are useless for damage. On the other hand, he has some utility, since he can bring some spells such as Poison and Sleep (though Busters are more interesting).
Mental Atrophy
Banned
I see. My reference material is dated then and I should look at the actual in-game information. I lack a firearm for Irvine at this point, and considering I have Rising Sun and Official Ball for Locke and Wakka, I don't see him bumping them for ranged attacker any time soon. I'm only using him right now for the bonus XP and stats while I clear out the event--right now he's using Mental and Magic Break. Squall seems pretty good at least... Similar to Cloud.
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