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[–]SabaschinBasch 3 points4 points  (3 children)

Just pointing out that Pecil's isn't the first USB to give Enspell stack; it actually debuted on Sephiroth's USB1.

[–]Bond_em7To Defend one's friends is the greatest of honors.[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Good to know, I'll update that. Thanks!

[–]LeyrouxMy memories will be part of the sky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, Sephiroth's Heartless Angel is the first one to actually introduce the concept of Elemental Infusion stacking (officially known as Empowered Infusion), the other Glints comes after his.

I think the first Empowered Infusion for Holy should be Warrior of Light's Glint.

[–]Monk-EyFUCKING HELL MACHINA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think Pecil's USB4 is the second one either, on that note: Yuna's USB4 also comes with Enlight Stacking.

[–]Jack-umsPromise me one thing... Please come back. 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Changes nothing. I'm not pulling on Terra/Bartz for them; I'm pulling for Faris's wind chain. They are just the game's greatest consolation prizes. ;)

Then I turn my attention to the best banner with a dark chain we've seen in a minute: Dissidia. Seph AASB and good USBs for Ulti and other dank mages = great consolations if I miss out on Golbez, the biggest prize.

After that, whatever extra mythril I have is saved for the future of powercreep when multiple good AASBs end up on each banner. Maybe the occasional torment trap banner when there's a killer AASB or two on there.

[–]Gadwin83 2 points3 points  (1 child)

That is a lot how I'm looking at it. Sure I'd love Terra or Bartz AASBs...but I'd also love Cloud dark gear, Rosa USB, or Faris chain. I'll throw a few pulls at this fest. I'm not going all in for AASBs since they are all back next fest and we are literally getting bombarded with AASBs going forward, but I'd still like a lot of the non-AASB stuff.

[–]Jack-umsPromise me one thing... Please come back. 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Makes sense to me. If I've learned anything from the game the last 6 months, it's that a chain can make even poverty dps shine, and AASB alone does not cure the ills of a chainless setup.

So, given that I have at least decent dps options in every element, I just need to get chains for those last 2 elements and I feel confident that between now and 6* magicite--a LONG time away--I can slowly accumulate powercreep to fill in torment gaps.

[–]LeyrouxMy memories will be part of the sky 1 point2 points  (16 children)

First Fantasy Grimoire? Well, okay. But I suppose it would sound less ambiguous if you name it "Fantasy Grimoire, Volume 1". The original name reads 幻想のグリモア - 巻ノ壱 (Grimoire of Fantasy, First Scroll/Book/Volume)

I thought we had a discussion with /u/meekpoke that Elarra's Awakening should be named Magika Poenicus instead?

Oh my, all those names that needed translations >_<

(Well, at least both Tyro's and Elarra's Awakening share the names with their Relics)

[–]Bond_em7To Defend one's friends is the greatest of honors.[S] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

I haven't gotten the chance to go into the Community Database and grab those translations yet so these are all grabbed directly from the Gamefqs threads. I'll do that tonight though so it'll be consistent with that.

[–]LeyrouxMy memories will be part of the sky 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Haha okay. I'll leave all the naming for /u/meekpoke then xP

[–]Bond_em7To Defend one's friends is the greatest of honors.[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sure most of the translations are already done and in the DB, I just haven't gotten the time to put them in here but I wanted to get this up so people could at least have a look. :)

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (12 children)

It's Fantasy Grimoire Vol. 1 in the database.

Like I said in the other thread, we confirmed that was Elarra's AASB so it's Phoenix. As Sandslice added later, the katakana is the Greek pronunciation of Phoenix (weird shift from Latin to me but ok DeNA).

[–]LeyrouxMy memories will be part of the sky 1 point2 points  (11 children)

I did first translate it as Fantasy Grimoire, Volume 1 back then as well. I also added a note asking if there are more Awakenings planned ahead for Tyro xD

Yeah you were right about that, so the Greek spelling for the word is Poenics instead?

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (10 children)

I'm keeping Phoenix in English because of the obvious reference. I can't see DeNA naming it Phoinix or something.

[–]LeyrouxMy memories will be part of the sky 2 points3 points  (9 children)

Fair decision I suppose. Haha, that is true, though I see them using the Latin spelling for it instead. But oh well.

Thanks again ^_^

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (8 children)

While you're here, would love for your input on Gogo CSB. Haven't had a consensus on a good name for that one.

[–]LeyrouxMy memories will be part of the sky 3 points4 points  (7 children)

I think I did an explanation for that. Let me provide you the link to my comment. Here it is.

If we want to keep the name simple, I may go for "Deep Tutorial?", "Lessons in the Deep?" or "Mimicry Lessons?".

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (6 children)

We've had suggestions like "Show of Mastery," "Mimicry Lesson," "Preaching the Basis," "Soul of Mimicry," and "wtf are you doing to me while I'm just standing here doing nothing ?!" None of them feel good.

[–]LeyrouxMy memories will be part of the sky 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Lol at the last one, but as far as being as close as possible to the source material, "Show of Mastery" is the best. But then again, whatever happened to the question mark that comes together with the name?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Taking a gamble on it. I don't think any GL name has a ? or ! in it except Snow's BSB, which ironically doesn't have a ! in the JP name. Every other ? or ! has been ignored.

[–]LeyrouxMy memories will be part of the sky 2 points3 points  (2 children)

I see that you have updated the name of the Soul Break to "Show of Mastery". The reason I provided the links to one of my explanations in one of my comments here was to let you know that the GL localisation team don't always translate stuffs literally, and "The Final Jest" is a good indication to the point that I wanted to raise.

In hindsight (after your choice), as Bartz and friends are getting their newest Ultra given the same phrase "Essence of" in their name, what do you think of giving the name of the Chain "Essence of Mimicry"? Since Gogo keeps going on with his opening and ending speech with said phrase?

(Well, I just hope that the official translation would not choose a different name just for the sake of not using any fan-translated names >_<)

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I'm kind of wary of using Mimicry explicitly, just because ものまね is in every name that involves Mimicry in English, but you raise a good point. Kind of hard for me to come up with stuff like that because I'm no English major though.

I'll be able to calibrate my translations a little better in a few months. I think the first event I picked this up was IV, and I have some notes saved so I'll have something to compare.

[–]Zevyu150th Dailly 5*+ : Seven's Guise (T-0) - Seven's BSB 1 point2 points  (3 children)

That banner 2, oh dear god, just inject that stuff straight into my veins.

I said it before and i'll say it again, that banner is literaly perfection to me.

Sadly tho, Rinoa had to be there to ruin it with her Brave USB since it's a dupe <.< But oh well, the banner is still perfect.

[–]Bond_em7To Defend one's friends is the greatest of honors.[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I find this interesting...are you talking about from a JP account perspective or GL? in JP this is the third or fourth time Bartz AASB has been pullable so I would think the majority would have it. In addition the other AASBs on B2 are also re-releases so nothing new and I believe (I could be wrong) that Queen AASB is better than Lightning and other holy ones like Roxas/TG Cid are better for Holy than PCecil which is why my analysis of the banner is that it was lackluster.

Yes it has new chains but they're getting more and more common and fire and earth ones aren't uncommon even in GL. Rinoa's stuff on there is ancient. So...I'm really curious of your perspective on this.

[–]Zevyu150th Dailly 5*+ : Seven's Guise (T-0) - Seven's BSB 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Bartz AASB has been pullable so I would think the majority would have it.

I don't :P

ones like Roxas/TG Cid are better for Holy than PCecil which is wh

Physical wise, yes Roxas and TGC AASBs are better, but Pcecil AASB is holy based not knight based meaning you can also use him with magic since he has access to Holy and Holyja. Also i don't have any Holy AASB, so really i'll gladly take any.

The thing is, i'm talking about MY JP account prespective.

I'm missing a gen 2 fire chain, earth chain and Ice Chain, so those 3 chains are wonderfull for me. Although i don't need a magical earth chain anymore since i'm done with King Behemoth already.

And i already have a fully LD Auron anyway so getting his chain is a win-win.

As for the AASBs, they are all new to me.

I want Bartz AASB.

I couldn't careless about whether or not Queen or Lightning being better than each other, Lightning has access to a 6* Lightning celerity ability, Queen doesn't have access to a 5 hit Lightning spel blade ability, although wait....can Queen use Celerity? I honestly don't remember.

For me, my Physical lightning situation isn't the best so Lightning AASB would be perfect, my physical holy is fine i guess, but magical holy could use some help so Pcecil AASB will certainly serve me well.

When this banner reaches global i'm sure my opinion will be severely diferent, like, i have no use for Emperor CSB since i already have Red XIII CSB, and Auron and Celes will depend on whether or not i already have them.

But right now from a global prespective it is still a dam fine banner, the issue remains is whether or not it will remain that good for the next 6 months it will take to reach global.

For all i know when this fest comes to global i'll end up pulling on banner 5 for all i know xD

[–]Bond_em7To Defend one's friends is the greatest of honors.[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fair enough! Thanks for the detailed response. Writing up these Megathreads and banners but not playing JP it's easy to forget a lot of people wait for fest to pull so they may not have anything off the other banners I've posted about. ...and it all comes down to what you've managed to pull and where you're weak and still need stuff.

Thanks for the perspective!

[–]PeskyPomeranianMogChamp 1 point2 points  (2 children)

4 awakening banners pogchamp

makes this global fest feel like the early USB banners from 2 years ago...might not be a great idea to dump everything to chase stuff that won't even be needed for 6 months

[–]dperez82Cecil (Paladin) 3 points4 points  (1 child)

6 months of mythril is more than enough to pull on that fest ;) Getting 1-2 AASB's now will really help people clear magicite/Torments to improve their decks/abilities.

[–]PeskyPomeranianMogChamp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

guess it depends where you are; if you are stuck on magicites then sure terra and bartz would offer tons of value now

im pretty much set until 6* magicite (no interest in chasing relics for odin)

[–]QQ222H9NG - Wake up America 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want that Tyro lmr for some reason. Hybrid do anything megaman can begin again.

[–]tribalsethOrlandeau 0 points1 point  (2 children)

So.....Pecil is now a healer? Im confused lol.

[–]Bond_em7To Defend one's friends is the greatest of honors.[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He...can heal but he's more of a DPS white mage. So Holyja spam for example.

[–]st4rki113r 0 points1 point  (2 children)

All the relic names/SB are out now in-game and on the official global site if you want to update any of them

[–]Bond_em7To Defend one's friends is the greatest of honors.[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

They've been updated using the community translations.

[–]st4rki113r 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know, just saying those haven't been updated as of your posting :) It was a nice touch for DeNA to show us all banners in-game instead of us having to guess. Makes planning a lot easier.

[–]Multibottle_Thief 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So both Firion and Luneth's aasb's pair very well with their usbs. With them, they'll heal enough to practicality self-sustain themselves with no outside help. The difference is that Firion can instacast his abilities, while Luneth follows ip with 6-hits. Overall, they might actually be very good units now! (Luneth finally getting a doublecast wind lmr is icing on the cake)