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Final Fantasy: Record Keeper |OT| The only ATB here is Active Time Battle.
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KojiKnight
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Only in the record. Character - armor - weapon don't have synergy on their own.
Doesn't matter who's using it. FF IV gears gets a boost in an FF IV dungeon regardless of the character. FF IV gear doesn't get a boost if used on an FF IV character in a non-FF IV dungeon.
Yep, every time they mean holy they say fire. I'm sure they'll fix the text later, but for the first boss you have to heal it and use fire, and for the latter one (use "fire" & don't use fire), you have to heal it and not use actual fire.
Synergy only applies when you use a character or item in the corresponding Record. For instance, in FFIV, Rydia (IV) acts like she has +10 levels and the Black Cowl (IV) acts like it is higher level than it actually is regardless of who is using it. Of course, combining both-- Rydia (IV) + Whip (IV) + Black Cowl (IV)-- is super effective and lets you steamroll content.
I'm guessing this is another instance of the game saying fire when it means holy.
For the final boss of this event,am I supposed to attack him at all or just wait for him to go away?
It's a typo. It's supposed to be "use holy" and "don't use fire". The first version of him had a similar typo but it was "use holy" and "use fire".
Mobius and pet octopus
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So is dark cecil worth using or leveling up? I guess you get paladin cecil (light cecil?) at the end? I'm a fan of cecil in either case.
KojiKnight
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Dark Cecil is essentially Sephiroth light, if you don't have Sephiroth he's a good replacement (same basic stat lineup, just a little lower). Or if you want someone who'll be good while tackling the annoying-as-hell FFIV elite dungeons he's also a good replacement there. I'll actually likely level him over Pally Cecil because he's too 'slow' (low attack - high defense. Most fights need to be won with lots of damage and tanky heroes are kind of lower tier IMO)
DRk is offense and on par with cloud and also has the highest HP. Light has the highest def. Both are slow as hell.
Shouta
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Benefit to Dark Cecil is that he can use swords which means he has more access to good equipment. There are a lot of 5 Star swords too, lol
After looking at a character comparison chart I think I'll keep both Cecils in my party at least until the next character event, with Paladin Cecil taking Tyro's place for occasional healing. Still need to acquire him to see what my equipments can do to his white magic efficiency though.
So I'll be rolling with Cloud, Seph, Rydia, PLDCecil and DKCecil. I've beat some Elites and haven't felt the need to go back to WMage yet, we'll see.
So I'll be rolling with Cloud, Seph, Rydia, PLDCecil and DKCecil. I've beat some Elites and haven't felt the need to go back to WMage yet, we'll see.
He has a higher mind stat than Tyro. Here's the comparison chart I was looking at:
(Spoilers for future characters) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...jX47Ym3wVCSGkk8gpwphEEn2yU/htmlview?sle=true#
Marginally higher base mind on Cecil. Cecil also has almost double Tyro base defense and 600 more hp. Tyro though can equip anything so theres that.
What is the difference between the Magic stat and the Mind Stat? The light staff boosts tyros mind, but he still hits for shit.
Considering white Cecil has a strong defense rating I think that automatically makes him a better healer. As he can take much more damage before the news to heal himself.
Considering white Cecil has a strong defense rating I think that automatically makes him a better healer. As he can take much more damage before the news to heal himself.
Magic is Fire, thunder blizz etc. Mind is healing
KojiKnight
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Mag offense, Mind healing.
That's Sephiroth's major drawback, isn't it? It looks like there are only nine katanas in the JP version:
- IV has one 2*
- V has two: one 2* and one 5*
- VI has one 5*
- VII has four: one 4* and three 5*
- X has one 4*
Sephiroth may be "better" but Dark Cecil is far more versatile.
nicoga3000
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Thoughts? You're almost done with the event in a day and it goes for a week. It makes perfect sense, haha.
I guess. Hards just suck so much without good synergy, wondering if the drops are worth it vs. farming them out of FFVI or something.
If it makes you feel better I beat shinra pretty easily without dark attack. On the other hand Double Cut is one of the best abilities in the game. And will come in handy against Rufus. Buy that instead
BassForever
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Is today's daily the best for the lesser orbs needed to get more thundara uses? Or is that tomorrow?
Just got to the 8th Station on Mount Ordeals. Stamina costs have risen to 10 now.. better get ready for some crazy boss that my party is not equipped to fight on the 9th Station. 
My Dark Cecil is rocking a 2* Mythril Dagger or something. I haven't gotten any decent weapons from pulls.. I think my 4* Whip is my only one over 3.
My Dark Cecil is rocking a 2* Mythril Dagger or something. I haven't gotten any decent weapons from pulls.. I think my 4* Whip is my only one over 3.
KojiKnight
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IMO FF6 seems to have been more efficient for me... They cost 5 mana and I generally get 1-2 orbs I need per run. Normal dailies drop mostly 1* orbs so you have to farm Hard mode which costs twice as much stamina and depending on your level are not great for farming any ways.
Thinking of doing the same, if only because Dark Knight Cecil will be a lot more useful in FFiV elites which I'm still slowly plowing through.
Yeah that's what i was leaning towards. Hopefully if I get a bit lucky these will get my abilities up so I can finish Shinra in time
Just got to the 8th Station on Mount Ordeals. Stamina costs have risen to 10 now.. better get ready for some crazy boss that my party is not equipped to fight on the 9th Station.
My Dark Cecil is rocking a 2* Mythril Dagger or something. I haven't gotten any decent weapons from pulls.. I think my 4* Whip is my only one over 3.
I'm on the last stage, but so far I've steamrolled the mountain with a whip++ and three kunais++. I put in level 1 Dark Cecil as soon as I got him, too. You should be fine.
I've been doing one level of hard daily dungeon and then quitting. For one you usually get multiple lesser orbs, and always one of the regular orbs. I was just able to create Curaga. And I've gotten a ton of lesser black orbs. I should be able to create a ton of elemental abilities tonorrow during the elemental daily
I don't think S-E's number crunchers are doing a very good job. Firstly, they chose weapons as the gacha prize in this game over characters. It's hard to get as excited over getting a piece of gear or a weapon over, say, pulling an ultra rare Sephiroth.
Still, it's nice that they're trying to break away from the norm of character gacha, but the prices are horrible for premium currency, considering that you're buying the chance to fill one of two mains slots of a character's equipment.
In most games, $20 gets you 6 pulls without any promos or sales. In this game, you need $17.98 for 6 pulls, but your pulling for single pieces of sets for characters you may not even have. It's like they tried to beat the price of a normal gacha pull, but didn't realize you're just pulling for one of two necessary pieces to complete specific characters.
An 11 pull in this gems should cost $20 or less, not $28.99, especially considering they oddly put in two premium currencies that can't be combined.
Geez, you weren't kidding about this. Orbs dropping from the sky like rain.
Only need 2 more L. Wind Orbs for Doubt Cut lets goooooooo
I would never pay for gacha pulls because it's too much like gambling. I don't want to spend money on anything in-game if there's a good chance it's something that I'll never use. It would be different if I had the option to just buy a specific item for a bit more.
I finished the event. Got Paladin Cecil. I think I want to replace Sephiroth and Tyro with both Cecils. (Already using Rydia and Kain is leveled up a good bit too. Gonna reck FFIV elites.) I didn't master the final dungeon, despite getting champion on three of the floors. I blazed through everything right up until the boss, who was still doable, but he was stronger than I was expecting and he knocked out one of my characters.
I finished the event. Got Paladin Cecil. I think I want to replace Sephiroth and Tyro with both Cecils. (Already using Rydia and Kain is leveled up a good bit too. Gonna reck FFIV elites.) I didn't master the final dungeon, despite getting champion on three of the floors. I blazed through everything right up until the boss, who was still doable, but he was stronger than I was expecting and he knocked out one of my characters.
Well I swapped out Tifa for dark Cecil. He's already doing better than her in the event. With the lesser xp orbs I had I got him right to 15 and he's crushing. I think I'll keep him for now and see how it goes.
KojiKnight
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And now the final wait... 30 more stamina before I clear the FFIV event and I go back to tackling elites. One mithril from another pull and sadly already cleared the dailies.
KojiKnight
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No, it's only single target I believe. Skip the level 1 summons, they are non-elemental and are thus extra garbage. Those slots are better saved for elemental spells.
(edit) Feeling the strongest urge to replay FFIV now... might load it up on the Vita to play while I wait for my stamina to recharge...
you think your nightmare is over
your nightmare has only just begun
(rank 3 double cut x2)
Shouta
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Summons kinda suck in general. The level 1s can be useful though because Non-elemental becomes more useful later on when bosses will outright resist certain elements or absorb them to restore your HP. You need a lot of magic power to make it work though, I believe. I haven't used my level 1s recently but I may try it out.
GordonShumway
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Planning on using both Cecils in my party for a bit. Only got DK Cecil so far but now I'm getting the Growth Egg glitch in my game.
I just want to feed Cecil dozens and dozens of eggs so he grows strong. :-(
I just want to feed Cecil dozens and dozens of eggs so he grows strong. :-(
silvermember
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I don't think you can use growth eggs for party members (if that is the glitch you are having) you have to take 'em out.
Works fine on Android
KojiKnight
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It's a known bug (you can see it on the announcements page) that some people are having. It should be fixed soon.
nicoga3000
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Got my Sephiroth! Didn't get the Master rank, but I have a few days to level Sephiroth to do that. Also got a Greater Summoning Orb from him!
GordonShumway
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It's the thing that they sent an in game message about. I'm on Android (Note 3).
Not working no matter what I do. In the party, out of the party, in a realm, in the main hub. Doesn't matter. It appears to be registering I'm hitting the + but the number used doesn't change.
It was wonky when I got Tifa/Seph but I eventually got it to work. Now it's not working at all.
Still loving the game. Hope it's fixed soon.
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