Just dont. My girlfriend did the pull for a boostga and got like an old ass SB for snow and a dupe lenna medica.
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Final Fantasy: Record Keeper |OT2| I HAVE NO MYTHRIL AND I MUST SHOUT
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Just dont. My girlfriend did the pull for a boostga and got like an old ass SB for snow and a dupe lenna medica.
Retaliate and ViT0 Combo was always a favorite of mine.
BassForever
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While this is true, how many are gonna pull on a ff1 banner?
Worth the risk and almost everyone here who's pulled got something worthwhile out of it
cpp_is_king
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I'm a simple man. I see a half price banner, i pull. Even a random 4* upgraded to 6* will probably serve someone well for a long time to come
Hours Left
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*raises hand*
Pretty much where I'm at. If nothing else half price means $15 (US) for a pull which puts it in the realm of where I think 11-pulls should be priced at anyway, so if during orbfest or FFXIV I find myself ~25 mythril short of a pull I can justify just paying the gems for it.
At this point I've been playing for just over a year and can already clear pretty much all content with just having two parts of the Trinity (Wall and Medicas) and can just RW the Boostega with no problems, so I don't get TOO hung up at this point on chasing specific godtier relics like Shout, OK BSB etc. I like pulling to get Rainbows and hopefully get something cool
ActStriker
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Based Retameta
BassForever
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VIT0 a time when I'd get 30-40 rw a day since one of my first relics was vanille's deprotectega
FINALLY catching up on Nightmares, I've got all of them done now except the Necrophobe fight, fuuuuuuuuck that shit
You....already had it right?
Did the half off Support pull... only got Sentinel's Grimoire.
You....already had it right?
Surprisingly not!
I think this is the 3rd Grimoire I have for Tyro now.
Healing, Celebration, Keepers, and Sentinel's
You know Sentinel Grimoire is, by far, the best defensive SB in the game, right?
Dude, SG is probably top 5 items in the game, and only one of two Walls (currently at least) which is one of the trifecta items you need for most endgame stuff. And you have it natively now. LOL
Secret Character
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You guys are going to hate this post...
Girlfriend pulled on Buff banner:
- Angeal's Super (which is a surprisingly good Knight SB, btw), Joseph's Avalanch, and another Onion Knight Burst.
My pull:
- Aerith's Planet Protector (shout minus Hasteaga), Ramza's Burst, and Sheepsong.
It was a good pull for both of us.
Girlfriend pulled on Buff banner:
- Angeal's Super (which is a surprisingly good Knight SB, btw), Joseph's Avalanch, and another Onion Knight Burst.
My pull:
- Aerith's Planet Protector (shout minus Hasteaga), Ramza's Burst, and Sheepsong.
It was a good pull for both of us.
ActStriker
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"Only" SG, guys
Hippopuncher12
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I am assuming I should go ahead and pull on this half price banner?
Yeah, it's great for people new to the game. It will come down to the RNG, but that's how it is.
Do it and post your pull so the veterans can analyse.
Hippopuncher12
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Alright did it. Got 4 Rainbows.
Shadowblade for Cecil....Platinum Fist for Tifa (Dupe)...Full Metal Rod for Yuna and Wizard Rod for Garnet (Dupe)
cpp_is_king
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Btw don't forget to save the dupes so you can combine up to higher tiers
Hippopuncher12
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Yeah that is what I have been doing. That was actually my 3rd Wizard Rod it seems.
My newbie take on this is that Shadow Blade and Platinum Fist do exactly the same thing, so the buffs won't stack if both are used. So you'd have to roll with either Cecil or Tifa for that role.
Full Metal Rod and Wizard Rod both raise Resistance, but the Wizard Rod also has major Regen, so they should stack.
Let's wait for a more experienced player to analyze this, but it seems this Wizard Rod is really great.
Secret Character
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Close, but not quite.
Regen is a status effect, not a stat boost. Wizard Rod boost Resistance the same way Full Metal Rod does, so they don't stack. Had it been two different stats at once (like Sentinel Grimoire, which gives both Defense and Resistance) then it would stack.
Regen is a status effect, not a stat boost. Wizard Rod boost Resistance the same way Full Metal Rod does, so they don't stack. Had it been two different stats at once (like Sentinel Grimoire, which gives both Defense and Resistance) then it would stack.
PixyJunket
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Only combine if an extra item for synergy stats won't be useful.
Wizard Rod has Haste too, which is a boost. Wouldn't it stack then?
cpp_is_king
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Meh I always combine. I like the red and blue shinies
Nope, Haste is a separate buff.
What it does is give you two buffs at once, the stat buff and haste.
Nothing outside haste and slow can change SPD, as far as I remember
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Better explanation:
Haste is a status effect
There is a new mechanic in the game called Reforge which lets you raise ++ items to +++ items. So 4* can eventually become 7* now, and these, in my experience, are equal to natural 5* with RS. And i mean they are equal to a natural 5* that also has RS.
Reforging is very expensive however, so not recommended for a new player until after orbfest gives you a bunch of gil.
Haste is a status effect.
ActStriker
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Haste doesn't affect the base SPD stat, but synergy does. You're not gonna get another hit out of TR with/without haste
cpp_is_king
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As a first timer for Orbfest, is there going to be any type of dungeon that offers better exp, equipment upgrade materials, or gil than the current dailies? Or is it just for orbs? I need tons of gil and upgrade materials, so idk whether to refill stamina now or wait for orbfest if there's going to be something better.
cpp_is_king
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Tomorrow is the manteinance. Orbfest starts the 22 if Im not mistaken.
Random Painted HIghway
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Tomorrow daily dungeon change to daily reward change is maintenance. V event is tomorrow evening. Orb fest starts evening of 22nd in the us.
ActStriker
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Orbfest has better XP and Gil alongside orbs, but less than the specific ++ dailies, and there are upgrade mat versions of the orbfest dungeons.
Orbfest easily most efficient
Starwolf_UK
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Did the lucky draw. Good result:
Lightbringer (VI) - Nice, I can RW Wall now and have the same boosts Vessel fate was giving me (though the latter has nicer commands).
Lust Dagger (III) - Combo time (I have Luneth's en-wind burst and this SSB is wind hits)
Hewley Buster (VII) - Eww buster sword...actually, hi regen and def boost could come in handy for the Cid Mission.
Dragon Claws (VI) - Another party attack boost for a Monk that might get wheeled out for Cid missions.
The hall of rites does make the "complete dungeon x to unlock y" quests obsolete.
Speaking of hall of rites they first rolled out the feature (limited time for an event they said any unused blank crystals would be gone...when the feature returned permanently they had not) they made some deliberate changes compared to Japan.
They added in two FFXIV characters (as that colab event was moved months ahead compared to Japan schedule), removed most FFIII characters (as we skipped an FFIII colab event at this time) including ones actually in the dungeon updates and the memory crystals for Ingus, Edward and Firion (the latter two and Mog were put into some banner fest but without their MCs due to the colab events that had those being skipped). Edward in particular had to wait a long time. Back in those days people complained about those MCs, rolling gacha not being confirmed for global (something like each relic you don't pull per banner increases chance of getting a relic next pull but doesn't carry over banners and isn't specified in any other way) and some of the SaGa abilities (they bought Pound over but not water of life which is like boost but not celerity...this was before we had things like planet protector).
Sorry to go off track a bit.
Lightbringer (VI) - Nice, I can RW Wall now and have the same boosts Vessel fate was giving me (though the latter has nicer commands).
Lust Dagger (III) - Combo time (I have Luneth's en-wind burst and this SSB is wind hits)
Hewley Buster (VII) - Eww buster sword...actually, hi regen and def boost could come in handy for the Cid Mission.
Dragon Claws (VI) - Another party attack boost for a Monk that might get wheeled out for Cid missions.
Plus it isn't even a good stat stick because it was a time when the developers felt because Monks have high attack, fists should have lower attack than swords (or maybe they just hated Monks...) and extended this logic the 5* SB gear as well. I've not heard what dark matter does but like a 7* Giant's Gloves has been weaker than uncombined standard 5* gear for a long time. Thankfully, some time ago they stopped doing that and made a 5* weapon have whatever the power curve is at currently ( starting attack of 97; the Giant's Gloves are 72 for reference) regardless of weapon type.
The new quests auto completed which is nice (it sucked to make an ability and then find it doesn't count as you didn't accept the quest). Those that you completed before the change can be found via a link in the details section. Only completed quests so I'm not taunted by not forging Flare or Holy.
The hall of rites does make the "complete dungeon x to unlock y" quests obsolete.
Speaking of hall of rites they first rolled out the feature (limited time for an event they said any unused blank crystals would be gone...when the feature returned permanently they had not) they made some deliberate changes compared to Japan.
They added in two FFXIV characters (as that colab event was moved months ahead compared to Japan schedule), removed most FFIII characters (as we skipped an FFIII colab event at this time) including ones actually in the dungeon updates and the memory crystals for Ingus, Edward and Firion (the latter two and Mog were put into some banner fest but without their MCs due to the colab events that had those being skipped). Edward in particular had to wait a long time. Back in those days people complained about those MCs, rolling gacha not being confirmed for global (something like each relic you don't pull per banner increases chance of getting a relic next pull but doesn't carry over banners and isn't specified in any other way) and some of the SaGa abilities (they bought Pound over but not water of life which is like boost but not celerity...this was before we had things like planet protector).
Sorry to go off track a bit.
cpp_is_king
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Do you mean on the regular daily or the orbfest? On regular daily every enemy is guaranteed to drop an orb, so at the end you will always have ~18 orbs. I say ~18 because sometimes you will get a magic pot, which is only 1 enemy per round. Of those, there will be a mix of 3*, 4*, and 5*.
In my experience (which is still very limited) it's something 75% 3*, 20% 4*, 5% 5*.
Also add in the completion reward which is 8x 3* orbs, so after using 90 stamina you can expect to have ~22x 3* orbs, ~4x 4* orbs, and ~1x 5* orb.
I want to know about Orbfest. Considering how it's hyped I expect at the very least 3x more.
zerokoolpsx
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Manage to beat the Wings of Destruction Ultimate++ but didn't get mastery doing to it using Flare 3 times and one of my guys dying literally at 3% hp. Whatever, got my Crystals. Dismissal never worked or hardly worked at all.
You get a bunch. Gigantaurs drop a guaranteed major, mid size drop 4*, and the cactuar hordes drop a guaranteed 3* orb which is usually 2 4* with em.
You refresh it'll be worth it. Last one I amassed like 20 million gil and enough orbs to kickstart some nice upgrades.
I won't refresh because I value the pulls too much, but if I get half of that it will be worth it already.
Pulls are great, but you need pulls and orbs/gil/exp. It's worth it to refresh :3
ActStriker
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I mean, you still need your hones and know how mechanics work properly. That's why some of the whales on reddit are awful at actually playing the game.
I went ahead and pulled, totally expecting garbage like a 1/11 with a dupe (which is totally normal for my Lucky banners).
Iga Blade
Dragon Claws (FFII
Feathered Cap (FFIV)
Seifer's Coat
A BSB for my Ramza that i can easily work into my Holy team and 3 solid SBs/SSBs for characters that didn't have any before. I won't complain. Not even a little bit.
Iga Blade
Dragon Claws (FFII
Feathered Cap (FFIV)
Seifer's Coat
A BSB for my Ramza that i can easily work into my Holy team and 3 solid SBs/SSBs for characters that didn't have any before. I won't complain. Not even a little bit.
I really wanted a Iga Blade. Congrats!
CuthbertAllgoodz
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This Orbfest should be the one with Golden Knights dropping chips for the roulette game. At some point you have all the chips you need and chips become a wasted drop. This is the Orbfest worth refreshing the least in all Orbfests.
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