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Final Fantasy: Record Keeper |OT2| I HAVE NO MYTHRIL AND I MUST SHOUT
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pancakesandsex
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Oh good. I'll set up for it later then. When does the terra event end?
ActStriker
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Saturday
Random Painted HIghway
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No. Maybe biora. Save your orbs for conversion down the road. If you absolutely can't defeat something by using firaja r3 firaga r4 Firasword r4 and Fira r4 (or comet r4) and valefor r3 for non elem damage, then you should create and hone then and only then. Particularly now that we have mana's paean combined with mental breakdown. That's seven abilities. Throw in a cure or Kirin, a diaga or a power/magic break, and either protecga and Shellga and you are good to go for any elemental weak bosses. Make sure your items and record materias are equipped properly to buff the aga/ara guy to be near on par with the Aja and you can have quite a team without blowing orbs for abilities you already have honed up.
BassForever
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Yeah I still don't have protectega or shellga :X
Is it safe to rely on a unique healing SB or should I always have curaga/kirin on my healer?
Finished maxing out the Core classes! Now to focus on hitting 65 with the rest. I'm so happy to be equipping Record Materia again
If you have it unlocked, the Healer RM is useful for keeping people topped off during auto-battles too. Doesn't do much when Core classes are getting blasted for ~1200 though.
If you have it unlocked, the Healer RM is useful for keeping people topped off during auto-battles too. Doesn't do much when Core classes are getting blasted for ~1200 though.
Depends on context. Didn't bring Curaga or Kirin for Dark Bahamut for example and used high-regen+heal RW instead.
Others you pretty much need Curaga/etc to keep up. Others Kirin is boss but you want to stack it with Boon/LH/Sentinel Grimoire because the boss only does AOE damage.
Others you pretty much need Curaga/etc to keep up. Others Kirin is boss but you want to stack it with Boon/LH/Sentinel Grimoire because the boss only does AOE damage.
ActStriker
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I don't think I remember the last time I've seen a Gigantuar.
BassForever
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Wish there was a way to skip the animation for getting 3 star and above items, it's really annoying when you get multiple in one set of battles.
firehawk12
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I'm still not sure whether or not to use mythril on these half price draws or on orb chances. The draws seem like a terrible idea because of the chance to get all 3* items though... and if there really is an overlap with the orb event and the Cloud event, you're going to have to refresh stamina anyway...
BassForever
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Both ideally
There is, I think
Every single pull you do has a chance of being like that. Just pull on it, it's far better than the usual banner, don't miss this opportunity for a silly reason like that.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I only have 136 right now, so that seems impossible.
I don't know how Falk has like 500 mythril. lol
I don't. We need more ff9 events. And i forgot to bring her to the last ff9 dungeon update.
BassForever
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100 mythril for the 4 half cost pulls
36 for refreshes
Should be good?
Doesn't work for me
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Also need to spend like 5 mythril to buy more inventory space to hold any new items, particularly since I can't combine any extras since it doesn't make sense to waste time on getting upgrade items during the event.
RocketDarkness
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Only 2 5* orbs after 10 or so refreshes, and both Dark. I'd like to get a little bit closer to R2 Meteor/Full Break, but the game isn't cooperating. At least I'll be more than ready for Orb Refinement, when that comes out in like 5 months, hahah.
BassForever
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Finally got 1 5 star orb WOO! Only seen like 5 Gigantors done about 5 refreshes
I had a sliver over 200. Was gonna blow them all. (The last thing I pulled on was Tellah's banner)
Then the 4x11 pulls hit. Had to recalculate. I'm only spending 160 on refreshing now, plus 100 = 260 total. Doing all the login bonuses, clear/mastery rewards, Cloud event and the dungeons is just enough.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I don't think I can turn this game into a calculus problem. lol
I suppose the highest priority is still the Summon Orbs though, so I'll just wait for that.
PixyJunket
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I think I'll put five or so Mythril into refreshes per phase.
Ten for Wind/Non-Elemental, I guess, I always need those. Maybe ten for Summon?
The drop rate is decent (for 4★, at least), but not enough for me to go nuts.
Perhaps the EX+ one will be worthy.
Ten for Wind/Non-Elemental, I guess, I always need those. Maybe ten for Summon?
The drop rate is decent (for 4★, at least), but not enough for me to go nuts.
Perhaps the EX+ one will be worthy.
You mean Harvest Festival? Yeah that one is actually significantly more lucrative than this one, AND higher max stam by that point.
I'm unabashedly beyond redemption at this point. Not just for FFRK either.
I'm unabashedly beyond redemption at this point. Not just for FFRK either.
Aha, as I said earlier my first run of the orb dungeon today had me fighting a Gigantuar on the first fight of the first stage. I only got a 4*
And just now on my last orb dungeon run for the day I fought another one on the first fight, except this time I got a shiny Major Black Orb.
So one Gigantuar this morning, and another at the end of the day, but nothing inbetween, lol.
And just now on my last orb dungeon run for the day I fought another one on the first fight, except this time I got a shiny Major Black Orb.
So one Gigantuar this morning, and another at the end of the day, but nothing inbetween, lol.
CuthbertAllgoodz
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0 here! Soon I expect Gigantuar to steal my own Major Orbs.
PixyJunket
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There's something cruel and possibly hostile about Cactus/Giant dropping 3★/4★.
CuthbertAllgoodz
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Next 2 stages each gave me a Major and a Greater... Bitching on GAF worked for me THIS once. One was Major Dark so meh but at least one was Lightning!
This is truly awful!
BassForever
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I've only gotten 1 major and it was a dark think I'm 6 refreshes in
HungOverOnATues
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2 black. 2 lightning. 1 dark. 0 refreshes.
I guess I'm doing alright.
I guess I'm doing alright.
RocketDarkness
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On the plus side of the MDO windfall, we'll be able to have some pretty brutal 4* Ninja abilities at high level! Sange is 6x random ranged physical hits, Illusion Dream does resistance-ignoring non-elemental damage and inflicts Sleep, and Shadow Strike does damage + inflicts Sap!
CuthbertAllgoodz
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What the...
How important are these Major Fire Orbs x3 for Mastering Frostfire Dragons +++ on the Terra event? I've completed but not mastered it (I don't have enough staying power for Fire Dragon) as Fire Dragon ended up incinerating me after I ran out of Shellga/Magic Break/Double Cut (using Avantilate strat). 2 people died, losing the no KO requirement, and I took too much damage/too many turns.
Is wasting another 40 stam worth it or should it just go towards the Orbfest?
Is wasting another 40 stam worth it or should it just go towards the Orbfest?
Red Mage
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I have about as much and I do one refresh per day.
Hours Left
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Thank you Gigantuar.
lmao replace "refreshes" with "11 pulls" and "major orbs" with "5*"s and this feels like a very familiar discussion.
edit: FWIW my initial estimates were ~400 stam per major orb (so ~1200 per SPECIFIC school major orb), which is 3 (or 9) Mythril refreshes per, and it seems to be around that. Thing is when chances are that low, standard deviation is a cruel mistress even with sample sizes going up into the tens (w.r.t. refreshing).
edit: FWIW my initial estimates were ~400 stam per major orb (so ~1200 per SPECIFIC school major orb), which is 3 (or 9) Mythril refreshes per, and it seems to be around that. Thing is when chances are that low, standard deviation is a cruel mistress even with sample sizes going up into the tens (w.r.t. refreshing).
Random Painted HIghway
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3 major lightnings one major dark. Thanks? Orb conversion cannot come soon enough.
Hours Left
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I'd suggest Meteor. It's really helpful for clearing trash in the higher difficulty dungeons.
Yeah I was leaning towards Meteor. Hopefully I can get it upgraded too!
RocketDarkness
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I went with Meteor. I feel the times a 9x damage AoE will come in useful far outweight the times I'll miss that extra 3x multiplier. And Flare Strike isn't usable by enough characters, plus the power orbs can be put to better use.
Hours Left
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That's what I'm aiming for also. Quake doesn't really cut it anymore.
CuthbertAllgoodz
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Anyone here or on Reddit calculated when Meteor should be upgradable from events rewards? Counting on Gigantuar for anything seems like a lost cause to me.
Meteor r2 5* costs:
- Black 20
- Fire 6
- NE 12
- Earth 12
For Major Earth:
Orb Fest - 1 from rewards (like all other schools)
Hope and Vanille event - 2 from rewards
DU12 - 1 from rewards (MIGHT BE MISTAKEN)
It also drops from Raithwall 3 (Demon Wall) Elite if you're desperate.*
For Major Black:
-Should- have had 16 before Orb Dungeon started assuming you created Meteor and nothing else, so with a base of 17 (+1 from Orb Fest reward), there's events in the next 3-4 which will cover it. Also farmable from some IV dungeons in DU12.
*** The droprates from Dungeons are ABYSMAL but worth it if you need like 1 or maybe 2 more. Granted, Gigantuar rates are just as abysmal but you're getting everything and the kitchen sink while you're at it.
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edit 2: * Someone is telling me this is from Raithwall 3 Elite mastery only, but I have Raithwall 3 Elite as a repeatable farm in my notes. Haven't personally confirmed either way.
edit II.5: Comment on official strategy site says "drops" it, for what it's worth.
- Black 20
- Fire 6
- NE 12
- Earth 12
For Major Earth:
Orb Fest - 1 from rewards (like all other schools)
Hope and Vanille event - 2 from rewards
DU12 - 1 from rewards (MIGHT BE MISTAKEN)
It also drops from Raithwall 3 (Demon Wall) Elite if you're desperate.*
For Major Black:
-Should- have had 16 before Orb Dungeon started assuming you created Meteor and nothing else, so with a base of 17 (+1 from Orb Fest reward), there's events in the next 3-4 which will cover it. Also farmable from some IV dungeons in DU12.
*** The droprates from Dungeons are ABYSMAL but worth it if you need like 1 or maybe 2 more. Granted, Gigantuar rates are just as abysmal but you're getting everything and the kitchen sink while you're at it.
edit: Formatting
edit 2: * Someone is telling me this is from Raithwall 3 Elite mastery only, but I have Raithwall 3 Elite as a repeatable farm in my notes. Haven't personally confirmed either way.
edit II.5: Comment on official strategy site says "drops" it, for what it's worth.
CuthbertAllgoodz
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All right, thanks! Even in the event of no Major Black or Major Earth during Orb Fest, Meteor R2 is a few events away and maybe some farming for the last Earths.
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