One time they screwed up the Global version and only charged 97 gems for a first time pull. (Which is the Japanese rate.)
Ha. Oops.
Yeah I only have pc/fc at r2 which isn't enough even if I brought another shared medica I doubt I'd do enough damage, my build was basically the same as yours. I think I could hone pc/fc to r3 but I don't use it often
Mine are only R2 and I still had leftover charges at the end. Cid Raines is pretty squishy for a U+. Granted, I used that character to cast both Shout RWs and a soulbreak of their own. If you're worried about it, use normal attacks for the first few rounds because Cid Raines is pretty non-threatening before his weakest phase, such that I was able to roll into his weak phase at almost full HP thanks to Major Regen. My gear is good, but not unreasonably good.
After his dispel, I was able to kill him within four of his turns using Saint Cross, PC -> FC, BotW -> Dragoon Jump, and Breakdowns. His action order was Seraphic Ray -> Ruinga -> Ruinga -> Protect -> Dazega, which is close to as ugly as it can get, but it wasn't enough to kill anybody as long as Full Break, Magic Breakdown, and Shellga were in play. If he used a fifth AoE instead of Protect, then one person would've died (two if you take away the lucky dualcast Curaja), which would've been enough to finish the fight anyway. With a group cure, there would be almost no risk at all. There's always the risk of Dazega landing a Sleep, which didn't happen to me, but I opted to give my healer the 5-star FF1 Sleep-resist ring just in case (Crystal Ring, maybe? Bad with names).
I'm glad they introduced Cid missions. It gives something for the crazies who pull on every banner to do and the rewards are so negligible I don't give a damn to do em myself.
Or just be a veteran player. I've cleared every Cid Mission so far, including Mote Ifrit, and I've only bought a $30 gem pouch in a fit of rage. They are definitely not balanced around pulling on every banner.
