I believe Steal Armor and Steal Time come with the Vaan event so about a month or so
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Starwolf_UK
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Single enemy fights like the story version of same dungeon? Yeah I'll do the same tactic I did before; just lose the action medals on the enemies and make up for it on the boss (which lends itself physical or retaliate team for anyway). With Shellga and magic breakdown applied, mega flare becomes a mega joke that does a few hundred damage (time it wrong and it does a few thousand like I found in forbidden treasures just now
) so the boss won't eat medals.I barely played the game today, for some reason it was running SUPER frustratingly slow, changing my equipment or going into dungeons just took forever.
And I was getting so frustrated with it that I wasn't thinking and accidentaly pressed "collect all" in the item chest, collecting the 30 weapon upgrade materials I had in there :/
And I was getting so frustrated with it that I wasn't thinking and accidentaly pressed "collect all" in the item chest, collecting the 30 weapon upgrade materials I had in there :/
BassForever
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Did a 50 on this final banner, got a 5 star masamune ff7 and a 5 star kaiser shield ffxii
There's another one tomorrow.
BassForever
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Oh fooey on me then, I wish we'd get another event like the last celebration after that was over I had every gear in my inventory maxed, with this I'll only knock out most of my armor
pancakesandsex
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Mastered both events in full so far. Looking forward to clearing CPU. I'm gonna hone dispel and bring my mage team, then re-clear the elite for mastery after I do it in the event.
I love collecting these trophy accessories.
I took a weird setup to bahamut.
Cecilidin, Kain, Cloud, Tellah, Eiko.
Requiem goes through reflect and does like 3-4k with the lilith rod, and she can do the attack buff, which I have 6 charges of. I should have given cecil something other than draw fire and minus strike for this fight though. I gave Tellah poison and shellga. No healing. Cloud was a retaliate bot with pound R2. Kain had magic break and jump. I retaliated the trash without buffing, saved everything for bahamut. Had all 3 melees attack, tellah would swipe at cloud for retaliation and eiko requiemed. S/L till I landed poison on round 1 and made sure sentinels's friend summon and magic break and shell were up during megaflare. Champed it.
I love collecting these trophy accessories.
I took a weird setup to bahamut.
Cecilidin, Kain, Cloud, Tellah, Eiko.
Requiem goes through reflect and does like 3-4k with the lilith rod, and she can do the attack buff, which I have 6 charges of. I should have given cecil something other than draw fire and minus strike for this fight though. I gave Tellah poison and shellga. No healing. Cloud was a retaliate bot with pound R2. Kain had magic break and jump. I retaliated the trash without buffing, saved everything for bahamut. Had all 3 melees attack, tellah would swipe at cloud for retaliation and eiko requiemed. S/L till I landed poison on round 1 and made sure sentinels's friend summon and magic break and shell were up during megaflare. Champed it.
There's no reason not to make it. We know basically the game's blueprint for the next four months. Out of the 5* abilities that have come out in that interim, Full Break, Valefor and Meteor all use different 5* orbs. (RIP Barrage/Quick Hit if you go with Valefor, but I don't see why you wouldn't)
It's like Quake(/Ruinga) except more damage, and without the hassle of worrying about resist. 2 casts for now is fine by me. I have honed enough abilities for the 2nd slot that I'm not going to run out on bosses anyway.
Truth be told though I'm basically buffing up on NE damage for Dark Bahamut (I'm aware of the cheese strat).
Spent 240 stamina getting the last 4* Summon orb I need hahahah.
Also got a Comet, two Bioras (all r4) and enough orbs to hone the shit out of Bioga since I went nuts with Phantom Train these past two weeks.
pancakesandsex
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Can you explain the cheese strat for dark bahamut because i'm not sure i understand it.
Dark Bahamut has two states for his AI. Normal, and Reflect. He goes into Reflect after a certain number of turns and will Flare himself for two turns (you're supposed to dispel it so he hits himself)
The cheese strat is that manually casting your own reflect on him forces him into his Reflect state AI meaning you can basically get him to perma-nuke himself, with the only damage he does to the party being the 5-turn megaflare(s).
The cheese strat is that manually casting your own reflect on him forces him into his Reflect state AI meaning you can basically get him to perma-nuke himself, with the only damage he does to the party being the 5-turn megaflare(s).
IdreamofHIME
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Anyone know how to make Rubicante expose himself?
You have to exploit his two weaknesses, but the bastard just hides behind his cape the whole fight. He's zero problem and I'm taking massive chunks out of his HP, but those stupid conditions keep me back and I have to reset the fight near the end.
I had this problem with him before and it's really annoying me we have to face him 3 times in one dungeon. Such a cheap bastard.
You have to exploit his two weaknesses, but the bastard just hides behind his cape the whole fight. He's zero problem and I'm taking massive chunks out of his HP, but those stupid conditions keep me back and I have to reset the fight near the end.
I had this problem with him before and it's really annoying me we have to face him 3 times in one dungeon. Such a cheap bastard.
pancakesandsex
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So he doesn't interrupt > reflect himself like normal bahamut when you dispel?
pancakesandsex
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Wait 3 turns with the cape up, and he puts it down I though.
IdreamofHIME
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Ive seen this said somewhere else and it never works, he just sticks behind it.
pancakesandsex
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I think the second rubicante has slightly different AI and it may take a few extra turns. Just use the time to buff or heal.
n8NMONSTER
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Try having everyone cued up with ice/water abilities and then wait for him to react. If he drops tornado, he'll usually go into cape. If he doesn't and just does a regular attack, burst out 2-3 attacks at once and then see what he does next. If he's in cape, just wait a few turns. Try playing at speed 3 or faster if you're impatient.
ShalashaskaEx
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Ah, I didn't know that it doesn't share orbs with full break and Valefor. Good information.
LossLess009
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Congrats!
Are you still going for valefor r5 + maduin r5 in the orb fest?
Can I ask what was the reasoning behind that, as opposed to the double valefor? I recall you mentioned something made you change your mind.
How many orbs should someone with both val and mad r1 stash to get them to r5...?
It's entirely random. He could stay behind it for 20 turns if you're (very) unlucky.
Hours Left
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New Event in Japan...
Exdeath recruitable. 5* White/Black Magic. Can use swords. SB Relic has potential Runic like properties in addition to damage.
Star Falcon
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Was Cecil an event character? Done a lot of the Final Fantasy IV stuff but didn't come across him yet. Managed to get Golbez though.
Game is addictive as hell. I'm really enjoying it, great throwback to the classic Final Fantasy games with surprising depth and polish. Internet connection requirement is a bit annoying as i use the Underground everyday so i can't play during prime iPhone time!
Game is addictive as hell. I'm really enjoying it, great throwback to the classic Final Fantasy games with surprising depth and polish. Internet connection requirement is a bit annoying as i use the Underground everyday so i can't play during prime iPhone time!
Mental Atrophy
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What Golbez lacks in magic he more than makes up for on toughness. And he's much closer to Vivi's damage than Paladin Cecil is to other fighter's. I consider it a remarkable trade.
Yes, and his event redux wasn't that long ago.
Starwolf_UK
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On the quests tab check out the bonus quests. There are two Cecil ones there. It might be a bit longer until it is practical to clear the dungeons it wants you to clear.
Star Falcon
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Amazing, thanks!
My mind changed from a concrete plan of 2x Valefor to a toss-up between the two.
The big factor is going to be the relative drop rates between Greater and Major orbs during Orb Dungeon. My preference is still 2x Valefor (since I don't see myself using Barrage or Quick Hit any time soon, and saving 4* Summon orbs means I can hone utility 4* summons more easily if I need to) but if Maduin looks to be much faster to farm, (i.e. 5* drop rate is shit - you need like 15 for a r5 Valefor) then I'm going to go with Valefor+Maduin
I'll be watching the FFRKi spreadsheet like a hawk the first two phases of Orb Dungeon before deciding.
He's only slightly better than Quistis which is trash-tier, but makes up for it by being ultra-tanky. Knight vs Support is also dependent on encounter and other composition I guess. Not surprisingly though he edges out all non-IV casters in IV realm.
ActStriker
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It's raining mythril.
firehawk12
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Is Zealot worth getting for trash mobs, or is the reduction in damage big enough that it's never worth using?
pancakesandsex
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It's worth getting for mechanics like zorn and thorn fight and norg if nothing else.
Random Painted HIghway
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Man, I was hoping with the end of the mog mythril horde that they would have given out better rewards like with the field of gold. Blizzaja, unholy blitz, dances, where are you?
I swear there has yet to be a day where I go into a daily dungeon thinking "I need x orb type" and don't get a way more of the other type. I always get more Power, Wind, Holy and Ice than Black, White, Lightning, Dark and Non-Elemental.
What have I done to you, Dena? (Other than not spending any money on this...)
What have I done to you, Dena? (Other than not spending any money on this...)
It won't do enough damage to OHKO trash mobs in high difficulty dungeons, but it will make farming lower difficulty stuff much quicker. Also like pancakes said it's really useful in some fights where AOE prevents certain attacks.
Man Called Aerodynamics
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So annoying when you have one character that's lower leveled then everyone else, and the enemies all specifically gang up on that character. Seems to happen all the time. Is it my imagination, or does the enemy AI actually do that?
My lack of any good pulls is starting to bum me out, I feel that cheeseing bosses with retaliate spam is my only real option to complete content. My best mage weapon is the free Light Rod and its my only 3*+ mage weapon at that, this combined with my best melee being the free Zantetsuken make me feel way underpowerd for how I've been playing.
You need to trick the game by tricking yourself into really believing you need the other orb type.
I guarantee it works.
When did you start?
Near the end of the original Sephiroth event.
You should've gathered a lot of mythril then. Have you not been doing pulls? Even 3 and 4 star gear gets good when you combine them. Up until recently I relied on my Gravity Rod ++ and Empyreon Rod ++ exclusively as I had no other mage weapons
Oh I know some 3* and 4* items are extremely useful especially with realm synergy and when combined, I feel my original post came out more negative then I had intended. It's not that I don't have any other 5*s it that the 5*s I have are kinda crappy like I have 2 Behemoth Knife's, a Genji Shield, a Golden Shield and 3 Shark daggers. I realise that I could combine all my Shark daggers to make a 7* but 97 attack 3 times is more valuable to me then a single 111 attack. I think if I were to to rephrase my post I would say a lack of the meta 5* is what bumming me out.
CuthbertAllgoodz
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Um... Not sure what to farm today... Falk, how many kills for your GSO on Ultima?
pancakesandsex
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Well actually. How often are you using all 3 shark daggers at once? If it's not frequent, combine them.
broz0rs
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So my characters are strong enough now to take on Heroics. However, I'm questioning whether running Heroics are worth the stamina to farm greater orbs. I think I average around 1 greater orb for every two runs. Two Heroics runs and I'm out of stamina lol. Is there a better way to farm greater orbs? do you guys target specific elite dungeons that have bosses with higher drop rates for greater orbs?
8 (lol)
FFRKi is saying just over 20%, but I think it's totally not worth it when Blue Dragon had a slightly better return while dropping 3* summon orbs rather frequently too, and was an XP/Gold pinata.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...PrXtCM7qw5Y89eTcU6cqDyR_o/edit#gid=1933251675
Aforementioned spreadsheet. However, if you're just at the stage where you're getting into Heroics, I would advise beefing up your core 3* abilities by running the heroics before worrying about farming Greater Orbs. For us grind-heads I think the amount of 4* orbs actual grinding (outside of Summon Orbs for obvious reasons) is about maybe 10% of total accumulated 4*s. The events are hella generous with them, and beefing up your party to the point you can clear as much of each event as possible will net you more 4* orbs than grinding, really. (Which, again, means beefing up your 3* go-tos, like Curaga, -ga spells, Comet, Breaks, Intimidate, etc.)
Random Painted HIghway
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That is some crazy five star luck. I don't have a sing five star dagger, unfortunately. If I were you I wold combine the Sharks together for one really nice lead weapon. For reference, the zantetsuken is 104 atk and can't be used by sephiroth. My best weapon, the masamune is at 115, barely better than your 5++ shark at 111and my Sephy with his weapon have been very useful even in non rs realms. This game really seems to be a case of figuring out how to play the hand your dealt or spend enough cash to play how you want, at least until you've been able to make 7-8 11 pulls and accumulated a wider variety of gear.
broz0rs
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that makes a lot of sense. thanks!
Random Painted HIghway
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I dunno. Any boss that is weak to paralysis you are likely just to bring intimidate and high honed thunder spells. You need more than two uses of paralysis if the chance to hit is middling. Mobs now should be one shot by a summons or handled differently. I don't see much utility in quetz unless you were able to get it to r4 or something.
HungOverOnATues
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I'm personally going Ixion for the damage difference between them but I also have Cross Slash on Cloud that lets me paralyze without taking up another ability slot.
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