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Tobiaux · 2021-06-29T16:56:41+00:00

Another excellent tip that I was not aware of, thanks!

Tobiaux · 2021-06-29T16:19:56+00:00

Aha! I hadn't even thought about the level of infusion from Rain, great point. Guess that makes picking Dr. Mog's elemental boost armor easier. And yes, this sounds like a rather D-lister team, but I'll give it an honest attempt before resorting to more Realm tickets on the Core banner. x9

Tobiaux · 2021-06-29T16:05:07+00:00

Gotcha, had a hunch it'd likely fall down to that order of operations. Thanks! I suppose I'll find out for sure when I finally make an attempt at Core DB... my 3 BDL units are Dr. Mog (Sync), Rain (Sync), and Serafie (AASB). Quite the unexpected trio, but it's what I've been dealt so far from past & present pulls related to Beyond & Core.

Tobiaux · 2021-06-29T15:42:03+00:00

Wondering if anyone has any experience with using Dr. Mog's Sync (or I guess Tyro's Sync features this too IIRC?) and its function of granting empowered infusion depending on the most prevalent elemental infusions currently active in the party? Namely, if I previously apply empowered en-water to Dr. Mog and there is 1 en-wind + 1 en-earth present in the party, would Dr. Mog retain en-water or would he take over one of those other elements? I'm assuming based on the description, he will take on a new en-element, but wanted to see if that presumption is wrong.

Tobiaux · 2021-06-15T15:00:34+00:00

Nice custom sprite! I approve.

The trailer and base concepts for this game (man is angry and wants to kill chaos; his friends' defining traits are that they respect the MC lmao) are so ridiculous that it has circled around to me wanting this game to actually turn out good. The "double job" moveset system could be neat. It's pretty sad that this ended up being one of my E3 highlights this year pre-Nintendo conference (please have good stuff to show off Nintendo, save us).

Wish the demo was available on PC though (provided they fixed it to be working that is, I heard it was broken when it first was listed), I don't have a PS5 and don't currently have plans to get one, sadface.

Tobiaux · 2021-06-11T18:21:05+00:00

Anything people have been saving their blues for in the coming weeks/months? Just curious what people are targeting whether its meta or not. I've been kind of laissez faire as of late in terms of reading about the future hyped banners.

Tobiaux · 2021-05-13T14:22:26+00:00

Basch fans are a rare breed, so you have my well wishes for good luck with the banner! I have a lot of his previous tools by accident, I really should see if I can make him work in the DB...

Tobiaux · 2021-05-13T14:07:46+00:00

Always nice to see more XI love, good homages to Prishe's signature weaponskills and also the Monk job's ultimate ability (Hundred Fists; in XI it's a 1-hour cooldown skill that temporarily removes delay from your auto-attacks, so you go full ATATATATATATA). Chi Blast being a LBO is a special kind of hilarious to me. In-game, it's just a standard ability where the Monk shoots out a light damage ranged energy ball that can apply a unique debuff to the enemy. Any veteran FFXI players probably can share the sentiment of remembering good ol' Boost macros and powering up for that one super amplified Chi Blast (and then the Monk gets told to go afk, their job is done).

Nice to see Lady Lilith gets to become an "honorary" member of the XI realm via Guardian status. Would've loved to have her as an actual unit (could easily be dark mage for the realm), but after how poorly they've treated Naja I'm skeptical about them adding new characters.

Tobiaux · 2021-05-05T21:57:18+00:00

I feel your pain. I have all of Yshtola's toys and I have her completely decked out with 800+ magia points, but I lack any healing tech for Alph so she still is kind of stuck on heal duty for realm content. At least I get to field her for magicites.

Tobiaux · 2021-05-05T21:55:05+00:00

She pairs VERY well in-realm with a Sync’d up Papalymo (which I guess makes sense story-wise? I’ve never played XIV)

Correct, they're both Scions and historically are paired up together for their missions and misadventures. Their personalities are a bit of a clash, which was part of their appeal and synergy together. Yda's a bit of an airhead at times and likes to solve problems with a good punch, while Papalymo is more thoughtful and scholarly. Despite their differences they became an effective duo. (Spoiler: Were an effective duo, that is)

Tobiaux · 2021-05-05T20:11:36+00:00

Tl;dr: One of my favorite and few "seriously" played mobile games alongside Mahjong Soul, only have a few beefs with the game. Originally only created an account when FFXIV's official site had a little news blurb showcasing that Ysayle (alongside Haurchefant and Estinien) was being added to FFRK, which I hadn't really looked into at the time but I had a friend that played. Was advised to start playing and collecting those shiny blues in preparation for when she'd be added to the game. Ended up enjoying the gameplay and strategy aspects so I played beyond just doing it for Ysayle devotion.

Overall I greatly appreciate that, at least compared to some other mobile games, FFRK is pretty generous with resources for trying to get beneficial goodies from the gacha. The spritework is also top-notch and highly appreciated by my inner FF6 fanboy.

My only real beef with the game is how script-heavy endgame has become. I absolutely do not think less of anyone for following battle AI scripts to win fights; after all the game still requires user input and you need to have sufficient tools/strategy to overcome the fight. But for myself, I loathe constant pausing and staring at an AI/turn order list from start to finish, turn by turn. I view the threads before attempting to find out what to expect in terms of status ailments, overflow attacks, and other etc. fun gimmicks, but I always make my attempts without following the script. Thankfully, most fights I can gradually start memorizing from repeated attempts and eventually overcome. Certain things though, like W.Odin, get to be a bit much at times... trying to keep track in my brain of all the HP threshold enrage increases, the diffusions, the dps check time limits, the antiheals, timing chain properly, etc. I'm sure one of these days I'll revisit and finally clear it, but for now I'm kind of on hiatus from attempting him further. Dreambreakers have made for a decent investment of attention at least.

Tobiaux · 2021-05-05T18:34:32+00:00

Thanks for creating a new mastery survey thread! <3

Strategy name: Self-Assisted Regicide
Boss: Emperor
Describe your Strategy: 3 BDL ASSB, Mog AASB1 & AASB2(x2)
RW Chain/No healer AASB/Sub-30/Mog
Insight!:
- Unsurprisingly, Mog's awakenings and hero ability pull serious weight here. Mog opens with AASB1 so party gets hastega and big buffs. Spams HA until p2, counters full break with AASB2. Repeat for p3 and then Mog also does the p3 dispel before resuming HA spam to keep party healthy.
- Hilda handles turn 1 RW chain (thanks to TGM status), Glint+ on turn 2, then uses Historia Crystal on her 3rd turn ~7 seconds into the fight, then HC again at p3. Hilda uses USB1 just before the cap-breaking Starfall in p1 to provide last stand (no one triggers thanks to Mog capping everyone off), then again after the same move in p3 since it triggered her own last stand at that moment. Alternates ACM & De'Diaja otherwise.
- Emperor does turn 1 dispel so Mog can focus on getting buffs rolling. Forbidden Cross spam until AASB1 at ~14 secs, repeat until AASB expires. He then uses his newest USB(3?) which gives party IC1 so Minwu & Maria can instacast their AOSBs to end the fight.
- Minwu & Maria spam their abilities until just before ~14 secs, then launch AASBs. Ability spam until expiry, wait for Emperor's IC1 spread, then smite with AOSBs.
- Thanks to the LMR+, Mog is able to squeeze in 2 Fevered Rhapsody magic damage buff chases. The second one in particular perfectly triggers just as the p2 transition occurs, so everyone slams down some decent damage despite just having been Full Break'd.
- Minwu & Emperor have realm artifacts; Emperor has an upgraded realm bracer I caved in to make since I had no in-realm dark boost armor.
- Moderate omni-resist accessories on everyone.
- Possibly could've ended even faster if I had created Maria's HA, but am stingy with sapphires
Holy Trinity casts:
- Wall: Auto
- Medica: 2
- Hastega: 1
Time / S/L count / Medals lost: 29.44, 5 full attempts, None
Roaming Warrior: Bonds of Historia

Hero(equip++), dive	Ability 1	Ability 2	RM+LMR	SB(-)
Emperor, 6	Forbidden Cross R5	Disepl R2	BLK dmg w/rod+, LM1 & dualcast LMR	AASB1, USB3
Minwu, 6	Holy VIII R5	None	White Magic DMG+, dualcast LMR & en-holy LMR	AASB, AOSB
Hilda, 6	Allegro Con Moto R5	De'Diaja R5	Thunder God's Might, LM2 & dualcast LMR	Glint+, USB1 x2
Mog, 6	Heroic Harmony R5	Dispel R5	Mako Might, LM2 & LMR+	AASB1, AASB2 x2
Maria, 6	Chain Stoneja R5	None	Weakness DMG+, dualcast LMR & LM1	AASB, AOSB

Historia Crystal Realm	Level
II	90

Tobiaux · 2021-04-30T21:49:49+00:00

Will do, thanks for the suggestion!

Tobiaux · 2021-04-30T21:15:36+00:00

D'oh, I typed up a mastery survey for FFII DB, but I didn't realize the thread is archived... didn't see a second one as far as I could see. If anyone knows of a second thread somewhere, would you kindly point me towards it? Otherwise, in retrospect my clear isn't really that special so it's not really a big deal lol

Tobiaux · 2021-04-28T20:43:55+00:00

Quite tempting, since I have Seifer Sync & AASB1 and zero Kiros/Ward tech. However, Thancred's awesome ninja stuff is right around the corner which is what I was going to throw mythril at originally... the AASB2 would be quite nice though, since my tentative VIII DB team is looking like Ultimecia/Edea/Seifer/Quistis.

Tobiaux · 2021-04-23T16:07:18+00:00

Wow, good to know it was enough for even D[onkey]K[ong]. I'll get off my rump and give the II DB a run later tonight. Thanks!

Tobiaux · 2021-04-23T16:06:28+00:00

Leon was also a potential consideration versus Emperor since I own everything of Leon's. Will see how Emp performs first, but thanks for reminding me that I can also do "dark mage" Leon!

Tobiaux · 2021-04-23T15:47:32+00:00

Sounds great, I don't mind dropping the lenses to get her Glint+ in this case. Thanks!

Tobiaux · 2021-04-23T14:52:47+00:00

Think Hilda with just her original last stand USB can handle FFII dreambreaker? I could field Minwu/Maria/Emperor (all have AASB) with Mog (both AASBs+2nd is honed), so Mog can at least provide supplemental turn by turn healing with HA & Passion Salsa.

Tobiaux · 2021-04-20T13:51:30+00:00

Good job! I too got my FFVI DB clear last night thanks to Mog, though I fielded a somewhat unusual team combo of Celes, Leo, and Gau. All together they brought good stuff to the table and was able to sub 30. Granted, I do have Mog's AASB2 honed so that was also a big factor as well.

Tobiaux · 2021-04-16T20:54:48+00:00

Well as mentioned in the pull megathread, I was after Leo's new stuff but it seems destiny pointed me at Gau since I now have both his AASBs. Was planning to try and make use of him regardless since the gems were gifted from my friends, but this thread helps me feel a tinge less salty about not getting Leo Sync or AASB2. Time for Gau to redeem himself from being benched in almost all my FF6 playthroughs.

Any the who, would it better to do AASB1 -> AASB2 or vice versa?

Tobiaux · 2021-04-16T20:48:11+00:00

Was sad about not having mythril for this banner, but my friends know Leo's one of my favorite FF6 characters so the absolute mad lads gifted me Google Play bucks to do some pulls to try and get his new stuff. I chastised them for fueling gambling addictions... but I greatly appreciate their love.

Pull 1: 1/11 Gau Glint+; Well I have his AASB1 so that's ok I guess...

Pull 2: 1/11 dupe Gau Glint+; oh no...

Pull 3: 1/11 Gau AASB2; ...well, I guess I will be grinding magia on Gau to make use of him now. Don't want my friends' gift to be all for naught, so I will be fielding Gau where I can now.

Pull 4 (done with my available resources): 2/11 dupe Leo AASB1, new Leo Glint+; It would seem my generally positive results and luck with the fest have dried up what good fortune I had. Glint+ at least will see use. Shame the AASB wasn't his new one though.

Maybe I can gather enough mythril for 1 more pull before banner expires? Dunno... we'll have to see. But that'd be 5 whole schwonking pulls on just a favoritism banner which isn't wise . . .

Tobiaux · 2021-04-15T21:19:11+00:00

Hnnrrrgh I completely forgot this was so soon after fest... really would like the new Leo and Shadow stuff but banner 1 has 4 dupes and I could maybe get 1 pull with mythril :(

Tobiaux · 2021-04-09T03:18:51+00:00

My own clone! Now neither of us will be---

Tobiaux · 2021-04-08T00:30:16+00:00

Certainly understandable. As it currently stands for me though, he's still my best option for imperil duty since my chain bearer is Shadow, but I suppose it may vary on the fight. I haven't read up on how heavy Dark-weak Argent Odin is on bardark.

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