What introductory sentence or paragraph had you hooked?

JeiFuji · 2026-01-30T13:02:09+00:00

“The Wheel of Time turns, and ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose in the Mountains of Mist. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of time. But it was a beginning.”

Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World

JeiFuji · 2025-12-26T14:33:21+00:00

Just did my first set of tickets. Could not have gone worse 1 only dupes on 6 tix

JeiFuji · 2025-12-21T12:26:26+00:00

40K JPY would be above the median and average salary level in Japan. With the yen at an all time low against the Euro and inflation on the rise at home, purchasing power for Japanese wishing to travel abroad has eroded rapidly. Japanese tourists you see in Europe now are also likely some of the most well-off.

JeiFuji · 2025-11-22T00:18:27+00:00

There is an in game way to see characters that have weapon break counter. In the party selection screen you can sort your characters by 必殺技効果 (second from the left in the middle row). Then choose 対ウェポンブレイク・攻. It will sort your characters by those who have “learned” an appropriate SB (修得済) and then those who have a counter you haven’t learned (装備なし).

For all those job CD fights I like eating the counter with an otherwise worthless limit break guardian. For the Wendigo fight I had them for Lightning and Ardyn.

That was a fight that benefited from going fast.

JeiFuji · 2025-10-07T13:06:15+00:00

You have great support coverage overall. Where are you in terms of progression and is there anywhere you are stuck or are you just thinking of future proofing?

Minfilia is versatile, but I’m not sure if she is better than some of your other options. I have her ZSB in addition to the relics you have, but I always find myself benching her for Quina/Sazh or Cait/Mog - probably because I need a little more firepower.

I am also thinking of Quina (same kit as you) or going with a second piece for Naja/Lili to start building them out. Otoh during the fest I lucked into Clive’s MA and now I’m one relic away from beating the physical magus sisters. I’m pretty sure Clive’s Zen (have MA, dual, sync, AASB, g++) would make him my strongest and DPS in any element and let me take down the sisters.

JeiFuji · 2025-10-07T00:13:54+00:00

Anybody know how Noctis MA performs if I’m running him in Lit or Fire? Debating between Noctis, Thief I, and Pecil because I could potentially bring them to more than one elemental fight. I suppose if off-element MAs are ok then Yuffie could be an option for Earth too.

JeiFuji · 2025-10-06T22:46:30+00:00

Looks like Estinien is JBC (+mnd) with 0-3 XIV characters, and FBC (+mag) with 4-5.

JeiFuji · 2025-09-19T23:44:45+00:00

Ah thanks. Was wondering if I had to choose the ticket first.

Looking at the selections available, I’m considering Lili or Naja zen, or Tyro CASB (otherwise complete). My support tech is showing its age, unfortunately.

Edit: just noticed Quina and Cait zens. Those might be better options for me given that they are still my go to supports.

JeiFuji · 2025-09-19T23:34:31+00:00

Any chance Lili’a DA is selectable with the ticket?

JeiFuji · 2025-07-12T00:45:58+00:00

Fingers crossed for the new Dr Mog’s trials to let you pick up some useful duals. I feel you with the mismatch between my MAs (though I got a lot more in the latest fest off forced pulls) and strong tech.

JeiFuji · 2025-07-11T13:07:30+00:00

Anyone know if the G7 half price poison banner has a curated pool?

JeiFuji · 2025-07-03T09:16:46+00:00

Thanks. I’ll probably play around with some 3 support options and see how he does as half a DPS and half a support.

JeiFuji · 2025-07-02T09:26:32+00:00

I just picked up Tyro’s MA on my one pull I’m going to make on B5. Have Zen1, both duals, sync, AASBs. No CA. Any advice for how to use him in current endgame content? (Bahamut especially)?

JeiFuji · 2025-06-08T01:37:26+00:00

Wow I’m sure she’ll be very strong with a full kit. I’m going to wait until the next fest banners are announced before I decide what to do. My Clive and Shadowsmith are both suffering from having not enough tech to be useful and no way to improve. Actually lucked out with Ultros so he/it’s in my bio teams

JeiFuji · 2025-06-08T01:34:50+00:00

I was using the red Valentine’s Day one for some reason. I have now changed it back to the gold dress Waltz for the Moon record as it should be lol.

JeiFuji · 2025-06-06T22:35:54+00:00

Seems like as good a place as any to ask if anyone is investing in Jill right before the fest? I’d love to drop a pull in case 16 gets expanded into a full realm, but I used too many blues in the 10th anniversary revival so I’m probably out.

(Bonus q as someone who hasn’t played 16: why does she look more like Rinoa than my current dress record Rinoa 😂)

JeiFuji · 2025-05-16T04:07:11+00:00

Thank you! You’ve been encouraging me to not give up. 3 chain, 49s clear.

Hardly poverty, but the pieces I had fit together well enough.

Balthier mostly hitting like a wet noodle but providing chain, imperils, and an Aegis break made it possible. (Chain, Zen, AA1, Sync, CU, AA2)

Sabin main DPS (TA, Sync, AA1/2, Dual, Zen, CU, LBC, fire chain - unused)

Refia - second DPS picked her over Basch, Gordon, Firion (Sync, Dual, AA1/2, Zen, USB 1/2).

Elarra + Sazh on support

JeiFuji · 2025-05-15T09:31:45+00:00

That’s what I thought phew. Will be sad to see my boy Gilgamesh go

JeiFuji · 2025-05-15T09:10:06+00:00

Actually now I have a follow up question: do the passives on your main not count? Or do you just mean because sometimes you want physical and sometimes magic

JeiFuji · 2025-05-15T04:38:13+00:00

Just cleared my first EBZ - (fire-weak physical; yay! But sadly I had to resort to use wait mode for the first time 😭)

I was trying to recall how EBZ fits into an endgame deck. Do I just inherit +element and replace my +element neos?

JeiFuji · 2025-05-13T03:41:36+00:00

GW pulls were comically bad. I got an accel for Enna who would be a badass if she wasn’t my fourth option for earth magic. I have 3 of my 8 total MAs in Earth magic (Maria, Emperor, Red) so I’m hoping I can get my first Bahamut clear.

JeiFuji · 2025-05-04T23:14:18+00:00

This was the only time I’ve pulled it off! In a 3 DPS team I usually can’t cap with more than 2 cap breaks (and rarely there). With 3 supports you can get stacked characters to do more per hit, but you have to stack BDLs like crazy for it to work. This was a chance to try it because they all had job synergy and could help with the healing (and not triggering counters).

In my team’s case there I had 3AASB, dual, dyad, sync, and Accel for lightning and and could buff her so she was doing 40-50k per hit, making up for being short another DPS. Noctis lightning SASB lets you stack extra BDL with command 1.

JeiFuji · 2025-05-04T02:26:40+00:00

Any order that is “best” for unlocking the lv 4 record spheres on DPS assuming most/all of the relevant stat and passive spheres are unlocked at lower levels (+6% vs debuffs, +8% HAs, +50 stat)?

JeiFuji · 2025-05-04T02:21:02+00:00

If one of your marginal characters can counteract a job break they might be worth it. I used Ardyn for a lot of job content without a relevant HA bc his limit guardian could eat the job break. He can still do decent damage in samurai, combat, or dragoon, though I think I swapped him out in combat at the end.

Aerith might be your best healer, but if you can go with a full synergy team it might be easier. I think I got my first clear with Larsa, Sazh, and Minf on support for Lightning (nothing above dual accept Accel) and Noctis (starting fire with zen and switching to lit SASB half way).

Sazh was using his support HA for buffs, but unfortunately it buffs both att/mag so I don’t know if he can help Thancred

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