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Azuran

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
1,563
I'm officially out both keys and energy which means I'm officially done with this Halloween boss.

I just couldn't do it. I tried every single combination out there with the units I had and took my sweet time with his HP and yet I still got destroyed in one turn after he goes nuts. This shit wasn't fun and the fact that it also take 10 years for those esper orbs to drop makes this a horrible fight.

I'm taking a break from this game after that nonsense. If all the future bosses are going to be ridiculous like that then that means I don't have the time or patience for this game.
 

ZeoVGM

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
76,219
Providence, RI
I'm officially out both keys and energy which means I'm officially done with this Halloween boss.

I just couldn't do it. I tried every single combination out there with the units I had and took my sweet time with his HP and yet I still got destroyed in one turn after he goes nuts. This shit wasn't fun and the fact that it also take 10 years for those esper orbs to drop makes this a horrible fight.

I'm taking a break from this game after that nonsense. If all the future bosses are going to be ridiculous like that then that means I don't have the time or patience for this game.

It's basically a "whales-only" event, as far as I'm concerned.
 
Oct 27, 2017
1,946
Just finished nightmare.
iNichol, Ace, 100% evade Zarg, 2 Orlandu. Ace 75% light imperil and 2x DR from the Landu's made quick work of him from 60%-0%. Drained all his mp on turn 1, built up espers with normal attacks, summoned espers and continued to drain and auto till 61%. Buffed up and started dps phases, took 3 turns from 60-0. One landu died at 3%......rezzed him with the other landu, zarg used his drain skill, ace used elixir on ressed landu, iNichol redirected to Zarg. Next turn he died.
 

Peacemillian

Member
Oct 25, 2017
637
Beat Nightmare last week, fully f2p player (with some crazy luck units i wont lie)

Tilith/WoL/Orlandu/Firion/Onion Knight/Friend Onion Knight

You should take enough damage to take him from 40% to 0% MINIMUM, its not that difficult as long as you have a good chainer, even 2 enhanced Agrias, enhanced Firion and friend Orlandu could do it.

Standard strat, auto attack him down until 60%, using both espers in the process, WoL keeps up Light is with us, Arms breaker and Embolden. Tilith was literally just there to heal, i didn't even use the break nullification since its only 20% now. Keeping his attack broken and a defence buff up is way more important.

I could only take him from 60% to about 2% with a full chain and finisher, so ended up just taking him to 40%, surviving a turn of his craziness, then finishing him off 40>0. The only danger is the single turn when you take him from 60% to 40%, you may want to consider just bouncing the client until you survive it.
 
Oct 27, 2017
1,946
So trying to see what unit best chains with Grim Lord Sakura and per this : https://dm.reddit.com/r/FFBraveExvius/comments/7an4x7/update_who_chains_with_whom_v_90/ Tidus Enery Rain, Mirage from Pod 153, and Toxic Rain Materia are supposedly 10 frames like Grim Lord Sakura's Soul Barrage.......this changes everything lol. I can run my 2 GLS and TT with Toxic Rain or A2 with Pod or OFC!!!, or Tidus. Going to test all of this tomorrow.
 
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PlanetSmasher

The Abominable Showman
Member
Oct 25, 2017
115,877
The last two phases of this story event are no joke. My A2/Orlandbro team is actually having trouble.
 

tx2005

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
269
I wouldn't mind getting involved in a gacha game, but I'm interested in playing casually without rerolling/spending lots of money (I don't mind dropping a few dollars here and there but very minimal amounts). Is this game at all accessible playing this way?

Note: I'm posting the same message in the Fire Emblem Heroes thread as these are the two games I'm interested in trying.
 

Xevren

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,567
I wouldn't mind getting involved in a gacha game, but I'm interested in playing casually without rerolling/spending lots of money (I don't mind dropping a few dollars here and there but very minimal amounts). Is this game at all accessible playing this way?

Note: I'm posting the same message in the Fire Emblem Heroes thread as these are the two games I'm interested in trying.

You can get by without rerolling or spending money, I didn't reroll or spend anything yet. Though I will say if possible rerolling is still a good way to go, having a top tier unit can help out so much for so long. Rates for pulling 5 stars is pretty low and can go a long time without getting one.
 

tx2005

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
269
You can get by without rerolling or spending money, I didn't reroll or spend anything yet. Though I will say if possible rerolling is still a good way to go, having a top tier unit can help out so much for so long. Rates for pulling 5 stars is pretty low and can go a long time without getting one.

Is there a good updated guide with tier lists and all that? I've found a number but I'm already afraid the stuff is out of date.
 

Azuran

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
1,563
Well I got in the end. Going back to the basic party did the trick.

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That accessory can suck it.
 

OutOfBounds

Member
Oct 27, 2017
642
Berlin, GER
I recently pulled Aileen and if I'm not mistaken we get a 100% Trust Moogle after beating Season 1, right?

TM farming is not an option for me at the moment, so my question is:
Should I put the Moogle into Artisan to "reap some quick benefits" or would that one be wasted?
 
Oct 27, 2017
3,043
yea the accessory is really bad for the challenge you need to beat to get it. Also a little sad i have never pulled a Soleil, but have been really lucky with my rainbows lately so no complaining
 

cw_sasuke

Member
Oct 27, 2017
26,413
Finished the Story event and used the 3 reward tickets on the current banner and only got trash. Didnt expect much aynway, so thats okay. Much more important is that im back to nearly 5K Lapis which are a must if we indeed get the guaranteed 5* banner next month.

[JPN]
After doing 3 steps of the step-up gacha and getting some solid pulls i was ready to call a quit on my pulls. Then i thought about it and figured that i should go for all 5 steps since im already 3 in and will get the guaranteed Banner 5* - so either Rinoa (dupe) for me or Squall (new)

Went ahead yesterday:

4thMulti:
Marie (new) +a bunch of trash
5th Multi:
Rinoa (dupe) + finally Zidane + a bunch of trash

But now im really done with pulling, just no need for it anymore. Been playing JPN for 4 days and i have like 11 base 5* on my account. Pretty crazy.


Still lacking friends though - so if anyone interested: 650 879 641 (6* Rinoa up for the event)
 

Vashetti

Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,554
Thank goodness all that Halloween stuff is gone from the Vortex. If you couldn't tell I didn't beat it.

Luckily the rewards weren't fantastic.
 

Hentailover

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,417
Moscow
seeing this thread made me want to retry the game, after dropping it ages ago... tutorial roll was kind to me, cuz it gave me a female red mage... for context, that's basically easiest way to bribe me... Female Red mages...
 

LucaMac

Member
Oct 29, 2017
19
Beat bahamut eventually with a bit of trial and error. Have Freyvia with Odin, Dragon Slayer and Ring of the Lucii up if anybody can make use of her for Bahamut as either a chainer or finisher...
 
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Syntsui

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,879
I recently pulled Aileen and if I'm not mistaken we get a 100% Trust Moogle after beating Season 1, right?

TM farming is not an option for me at the moment, so my question is:
Should I put the Moogle into Artisan to "reap some quick benefits" or would that one be wasted?
Yes, Artisan is a must for her. She simply doesn't work without it.
 

Deleted member 7051

User requested account closure
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
14,254
Plus she'll eventually get enhancements that give Piledriver a 75% earth imperil, which is still one of the highest non-lb imperils in the game in jpn. Even 7* units typically cap out at 65% imperil.
 

PlanetSmasher

The Abominable Showman
Member
Oct 25, 2017
115,877
Plus, 7* Aileen's attack stat is almost unheard of with the right gear. Artisan is of course mandatory for this. I really hope I get a dupe of her before 7*s come out.
 

OutOfBounds

Member
Oct 27, 2017
642
Berlin, GER
Thanks a lot for your answers!

The next logical TM-step after that one then should be Sworn Six's Pride - Wind, right?

By tge way: Apparently the NRG spent and the Gil earnt in story events don't count towards the daily quests.
 

Deleted member 7051

User requested account closure
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
14,254
Do you have dual wield? You really need it. It's a basic trust mastery that becomes practically mandatory but you're a long ways off Gumi adding it to Moogle King events the way Alim has done.

If you have a Gilgamesh or Lorraine that's even better.
 

Vashetti

Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,554
I have two Dual Wields, but whenever Mog King has it/them, I'll be sure to get more. Always handy to have for benched units that you can't be bothered to swap equipment to, lol.
 

robot

Member
Oct 27, 2017
2,471
Damn, couldn't finish the last story boss with Bahamut. He only went down to 23% turn 1. Well I was probably going to run it again anyway. People were saying he's rough? His first turn he barely touched me, and he doesn't seem to have threshold attacks. What makes him so hard?
 
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Kouriozan

Kouriozan

Member
Oct 25, 2017
21,139
Reached a new step on my hoarding.

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That number is looking nice but I hope I won't have much longer to wait for S2 Sakura (leak showed February), I guess there is always Mistair to get.
 
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Xevren

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,567
I would think we're due for a raid soon. Just dunno what we're getting. Could be FF 14 Garuda raid, think the Arianna thing was supposed to be a raid too but I have no idea.
 

Dr. No

Yoshi
Member
Oct 25, 2017
90
Reached a new step on my hoarding.

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That number is looking nice but I hope I won't have much longer to wait for S2 Sakura (leak showed February), I guess there is always Mistair to get.

Wow, the temperance and self-control needed to hoard that many tickets must be amazing. I'm constantly at 0 tickets.

I would think we're due for a raid soon. Just dunno what we're getting. Could be FF 14 Garuda raid, think the Arianna thing was supposed to be a raid too but I have no idea.

That Ariana event is interesting, according to the leaks there was also going to be a healer Ariana as a gacha summon, presumably non-free. Which according to the leaks was suppose to be 11/17-11/23, the Thanksgiving week, right before Black Friday.

While I'm not in the demographics of Ariana Grande, I am still interested how good a healer she will be. Especially as Ayaka was just released and CG Sakura only a few months away. To Gumi, getting the Ariana Grande brand is clearly a big deal, I would assume they would make her pretty powerful for a non-free unit.
 

Deleted member 7051

User requested account closure
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
14,254
If Charming Kitty Ariana ends up being a better healer than Ayaka and S2 Fina I think I'd just laugh. Or barf. Maybe both.
 

robot

Member
Oct 27, 2017
2,471
Started farming the lower parts of the story event with 4 Xons, Pirate Jake, 2 pods, the Raven Cloak, and whatever a friend can manage. I'm getting that bonus drop dammit!
 

Broseybrose

Member
Oct 25, 2017
473
Who do you guys think is the best unit to put Raven Cloak on in order to maximize your chance of drops? I use it on my Locke and take him and Xon with me.

But I was wondering maybe its better to put it on Xon and leave Locke out, or maybe its better to put it on another unit entirely.

Or maybe you get the same bonus no matter who you put it on and it doesnt matter at all?

What do you all think?
 

norn

Member
Oct 26, 2017
628
Who do you guys think is the best unit to put Raven Cloak on in order to maximize your chance of drops? I use it on my Locke and take him and Xon with me.

But I was wondering maybe its better to put it on Xon and leave Locke out, or maybe its better to put it on another unit entirely.

Or maybe you get the same bonus no matter who you put it on and it doesnt matter at all?

What do you all think?

Reddit testing suggests that Locke, Pod 153 and Pirate Jake do nothing for story event drops because the drop pool they affect ("common") is already 100% on story events, unlike Chamber, where the rates are not 100%.

Only Xon and Raven's Cape work on the "rare" pool. It should not matter who you put the Cape on. I put mine on Xon and share him with a Pod for Mirage chaining, though Rikku's Pouch for Chaos Grenade would work too.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FFBraveExv...ysts_story_events_vs_chamber_of_gems/dpbshyf/
 

Vashetti

Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,554
Once again Gumi just can't pace these story events properly. You can auto your way through all of them until they suddenly become challenging on the final two. No gradual increase in difficulty, just a straight up difficulty spike.

"Defeat a Red Roper with magic". Okay, what fucking counts as magic? Because I was using Adawg's Emperor with +2 enhanced Fire From Below which very clearly hit the Roper and did most of the damage to take him to 0. Didn't count, missed my ticket.

Bullshit.
 

Rixa

Member
Oct 26, 2017
3,312
Well that's trash. Specify that in-game.
I know. Been complaining same thing earlier. Cant use Ace skills:
- Wild Card - Magic Damage
- Jackpot Shot (LB) - Magic Damage
- Tri Beam - Magic Damage

Gumi being lazy "Use magic damage". Well hello smart asses, what the fuck are those 3 skills?
 

Vashetti

Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,554
Just took Zera's TT through again to beat the Red Roper, used Chaos Wave a couple of times, got it to 0, realised immediately I hadn't used Black Magic and force closed the game.

Luckily managed to save it and instead Dual-Casted Ultima a few times. Gumi really need to specify 'use BLACK MAGIC'.
 
Oct 27, 2017
1,946
Just took Zera's TT through again to beat the Red Roper, used Chaos Wave a couple of times, got it to 0, realised immediately I hadn't used Black Magic and force closed the game.

Luckily managed to save it and instead Dual-Casted Ultima a few times. Gumi really need to specify 'use BLACK MAGIC'.

Nice save lol. I agree this needs to be better detailed. I have ring of the lucii on her so she can chain finish as well with dual cast alterna
 

Vashetti

Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,554
Nice save lol. I agree this needs to be better detailed. I have ring of the lucii on her so she can chain finish as well with dual cast alterna
She's awesome man, just tears through everything.

I hope my Tidus can be as useful when his enhancements role out. I have all the crysts saved up for it, but no where near the required amount of Gil.