Shantotto, Lulu, Son, MisterP
Shantotto has just recently worked her way into my heart with her AOSB, USB, and full dive (when got USB). Before that she was dead weight who hit the chain button and then got out of the way of Ashe. I haven't tried out her double witch and 6* yet. But when I go back and try to Sub-30, she'll be there. I haven't given any thought to what else she would bring, probably the 5* version of the same spell since they got buffed. The current new plan is to take her and Ashe, and bring two entrusters and make sure Shantotto gets CSB followed by USB up immediately. I may give Shantotto Voltech to help her build chain really quickly and then once USB off, double cast Lunatic. This would be under the assumption that I'm killing fast enough that rank4 Chain Thundaja (and Valigarmanda at start) don't run out for Ashe.
Lulu has such a fun USB. I was hesitant to dive her because Rinoa already dove, and I have Vivi and O Knight waiting to pair with Rinoa, and I also had Serah USB/BSB/LMR wanting to drafted. That's going to be a big Entrust cost as well. Getting Rinoa CSB and USB up but keeping Lulu fed with repeated Instant Casts. I thank you again for pointing out to me how powerful/fast that can be. Not alot of people seem to have her USB.
Son turned 14 in September. He wrote out a want list for Christmas and had the PS4 on it I was already considering giving him the PS4 but hadn't because it would be permanent. Plus I couldn't understand why he would want it since he already had an X1X and all his friends/CoD/Fortnite people are on Xbox. But I guess he wants to play God of War, Dragon Quest 11, and a few others. He mostly plays Ark Evolved. Not much CoD/Battlefield these days. Plays Fortnite but not as much as the rest of the world, and then single player here and there. His main thing for the last few years though has been Ark and Destiny. The Roblox phenomenon blows my mind.
It really saddens me to lose
MisterP. I know Enlir is the Dr. Mog and Reddit's savior but MisterP was my home resource when I first broke down and said "well let me check the internet, it's just a mobile game but I'm sure someone has some tips out there" and when I found his eBook and that it was free, I was blown away. That guide taught me SO much before I even found this community and was further educated by the fine folks here.
Parade - No one seems to know for sure. But as you suspected, should be this upcoming week or the week after for sure.
Squall BSB2 is one of probably about 10 BSBs (not counting medicas) that are still relevant in the world of dWhales and 5* magicite. Well I hope it's relevant for the upcoming Wind magicite anyway. The first people killing Tiamat all hard Squalls.
Was having the hardest time deciding between Vivi / Palom / Tyro USB3 for the final day of Dream Pull, and then this morning:
Sup Stranger. Nice pull, that worked out well for you. How is your Tifa doing, I imagine you already had Tifa USB1? Tyro with USB3 and LMR is a lot of fun. It's one of those things where you can't tell someone to take it over Vivi USB in good faith, but if they have it, it's like the best QoL improvement. I'm always happy if I can find a way to work it in since sometimes Tyro is hard to work into a magicite battle. Someone on Reddit pointed out how well it pairs with Gen2 chains.
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WarAdept - I'm wrapping up fest and with big goals taken care of, I'm looking at my 5* abilities that I want to take to rank 3 or maybe even 4 while the getting is good. Things I never use but might some day like Spark/Icicle rush, Earth Sabre etc. So this leads me to Bio Grenade. You're usually a forward/future thinker on this stuff, plus my head associates that ability with you ever since you commented on the animation/sound effect discrepancy. I'm thinking it's time to finally shatter it, but I keep holding out hope that Poison will be relevant and I'll be the one guy who's ready. Plus double machinist? Meanwhile I have NEVER used Bio Grenade seriously.
Everybody/Anybody Else -- What do you think one copy each of Dark Zone and Reaping Scythe or just make second copies of Dire Heal and Dread Weapon? (I don't use the doom counter abilities although I know they're probably best). I guess I'm feeling wild with my message formatting today.
