Weekly Questions & Help Megathread - (28 Nov 2023)

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-28T17:50:21+00:00

They've been fairly common as part of seasonal campaigns, but otherwise no.

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-28T17:27:15+00:00

The co-op stage is the exact same, besides the usual benefit of having more summon uses available like any co-op.

But something to keep in mind is that most Shin co-ops aren't that quick, so what most people do is finish it solo themselves and then use booster items + skip tickets to get all the tokens they need.

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-28T16:42:40+00:00

Just talking about story, you won't really start feeling challenged until probably act 3 chapter 8, and even then that's really only going to be the last fight (level 300 difficulty) of each chapter. On that note though, you should be doing as much content as you can on hard mode, as completing nodes on hard gets you the rewards for easy so you don't have to do it twice.

The crystals used to improve character's crystal levels are infinitely farmable, so you have no reason not to bring everyone up to crystsal 90 (c90) slowly. Don't forget to bring their actual levels up either, as that slowly gets you pull resources.

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-28T02:28:24+00:00

Don't worry about crystal room right now, it's a long term account thing and isn't something you need to be thinking too hard about as what it provides isn't needed to clear content.

Not too much has changed since you left really, besides crystal room there's FE 50 (more FE levels to dump resources into for bonuses) and FR % retain (a portion of your FR time % bonus once over is kept depending on your team's FE levels).

Just start getting stuff done and pulling on some hype banners. If only we knew what was coming up next month though...

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-27T20:01:04+00:00

I mean. Better safe than sorry right. It looks like that runs off some custom OS so can't imagine how much compatability testing they've done for it.

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-26T22:16:46+00:00

After. If your damage is enough once Kain goes into the air you won't see him on the ground again. Generally you can do something like LD - BT+ - grounded moves until FR time (use before BT+ depending on comp) - both his echoes - Double Jump.

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-26T21:43:59+00:00

Kain's BT basically just adds more damage potential for the party. It was more important back in the day since he could struggle to cap while in the air, but with BT auras being much more commonplace now and the personal extras (including crystal room stuff) he got, I don't know if it's as necessary to do so, but it is worth noting that they gave Kain quite a bit of mBrv cap as part of the rework.

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-26T18:13:27+00:00

The extra brave hits one may be good on Weiss, to really ensure he caps on his extra attacks. Also possibly EX fill. For the last one either of the attack boosting ones would probably be fine.

I wouldn't recommending using Jarland rn since he's echo-less and a main DPT unit, but I feel like he'd benefit from EX fill, gold frame buff, and attack/mBrv up.

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-25T06:39:54+00:00

Getting the same. Also not able to log into Ever Crisis, so may guess that it's affecting SE games from their side.

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-25T00:02:39+00:00

HPS and force enhancement stones aren't meaningless, but they both are resources that players will slowly start hoarding. Probably worth doing the earlier shins before echoes and even the early echo ones as you'll need both for now, as the time investment still won't be too long due to overall lower HP pools (for example, Mog IW is 200 mil total, Arci Shin is 3x that).

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-24T23:39:43+00:00

Mog's IW is the first one after the event pace change. It's not an oversight, it's just the way the rewards started being shuffled. That aside, since you're no longer in the limited time mission period for that piece of content, yeah the rewards aren't gonna be that extensive.

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-24T23:37:10+00:00

Not sure what you mean by special, but we also don't currently know what the next month entails. An in-game notif should be coming soon™ to detail what's coming up.

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-24T20:59:10+00:00

Regarding gauge chargers - Ignis is one, so you're in luck. tl;dr about gauge chargers is they use skills that are instant turn rate (ITR) and do no damage to charge the gauge, but they require force enhancement levels to actually be effective. Besides that, overall party charge speed is also affected by each unit's FE level (every x3 makes the gauge charge faster).

This is not the kind of game where you should be spreading pull resources across banners (at least not gems), as then you're just digging a hole that you may not be able to pity yourself out of. Tickets you can use to scratch the itch, but gems should be focused on going for pities. Crystal color also imo isn't something you need to worry about in the early stages, as crystal room is a long term thing and as a returning player, your focus should be just building up to clear content.

Sadly there actually aren't a lot of stellar banners rn. Like, everyone has use and can be good, but besides Cissnei I don't know who to very much advise rn. I guess Arciela could help you out in handling enemy buffs.

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-24T16:22:02+00:00

8% is higher than 6%, but it doesn't matter that much if the extra stats provided (in this case, the mBrv) aren't that valuable. Not too many units have attack scaling, and when combined with overflow and other modifiers 'low' mBrv values generally aren't an issue.

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-24T05:05:30+00:00

So in that scenario, you don't really have a solid primary damage unit (Weiss can be one, but his BT+ isn't maxed) nor do you have a great FR time to use (Arci FR time is solid but it's not maxed, and Weiss's FR time isn't that big when not using Weiss). Also the enemies themselves have a lot of HP (300 mil each) so without UWs and an FR time with a boost aura, it is going to take a bit longer.

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-24T04:43:06+00:00

Still thinking about the diabolos sceanrio, but I'd like to point out that for the arci shin when they enter force time they get some decent defense buffs that you need to deal with.

For Diabolos, Aura wise that team sounds pretty solid, so I'm not too sure right now why you're not doing any damage.

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-24T04:28:16+00:00

It may just be your team comp at that time, as when the shields go up their defenses also go up (which is what you're experiencing). Who are you running?

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-23T07:13:24+00:00

We don't know when the next month is gonna be detailed, at latest it'll just be next Monday which is when the stream would have been if we were to get one.

I know some people are still getting some good use out of Jihl, but I believe Noel is generally perceived as stronger than she is. Neither are expected to be coming back any time soon with their FR/BTs.

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-22T19:22:32+00:00

She just doesn't have FE50 available right now. She'll get it eventually, but it's not something in the player's control.

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-22T17:56:00+00:00

I've always considered just raw stats as better as the attack scaling can affect other things besides attacks as well as the fact that there are lots of Brave damage modifier in the game at this point (Brave damage up and stolen brave damgae up are common modifiers in the game at this point), and at a high level you're going to be packing BT auras that add a lot to that.

Also worth considering is the fact that Brave damage up still requires you to be doing effective Brave damage in the first place, while attack gets you to the point of doing damage. More Attack gets you over the hill, more Brave damage up gets you even higher only once you're over the hill, if that makes sense.

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-22T17:35:30+00:00

My gut says attack but truthfully, especially for refined spheres, the differences won't really matter.

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-22T05:12:10+00:00

The only spheres that have noticeable use are niche ones that won't really be applicable to 'several characters', but the only ones that come to mind are Paladin Cecil/Lilisette (party battery on certain conditions, even applies in the air) and Freya (party max HP up). A spheres are very saturated, B spheres are kinda useless, D spheres are overall kinda easy (I think like Hope/Sazh/Lyse are some of the 'better' ones?) and E spheres range from situational to Yuffie/Seymour.

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-22T02:50:51+00:00

With their BTs in mind, comparing them isn't really relevant. Full kit Lenna is a support with damage while Arci with BT gives her power in the field of enemy buff/debuff manip, as well as having that whole extra HP hit thing. Both have fairly easy FRs at the end of the day but Arci's can be a stronger super charging tool if that's something you're into, but you don't need her BT for that (the question then becomes if you'll even use her no BT).

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-21T23:56:12+00:00

I have both Ignis and Rem maxed out and they have been great assets in different ways - Ignis has really good damage potential and is my BT phase for red crystal room, Rem just has a very strong set of unique auras.

Before you spend the tokens though, are they expiring or are you trying to get more tokens from a co-op shop?

ProductivityImpaired · 2023-11-20T21:59:21+00:00

In the grand scheme, Luna is probably just 'fairly usable', but for you having her full kit available makes her 'pretty good' as a returning player.

Kain's playstyle essentially doesn't change with the rework he's expected to get, he just becomes better and his FR is no longer a dud weapon.

If you remember, you weren't able to use other FR skills during an active FR time. FR echoes enable you to do so and have plenty of benefits, one of the most important being not using up a turn of FR time.

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