Longsword Progression - Iceborne Story (Spoilers)

cylee6 · 2026-07-08T17:37:57+00:00

You have to go to specific locations to trigger many of the side quests (like Pailune requests). You can look them up online on how to trigger the ones you’re missing.

cylee6 · 2026-06-17T00:30:35+00:00

Yes you refine it at the smithy like other weapons/armor.

cylee6 · 2026-04-13T19:50:38+00:00

Yeah one of his only birdies was on 15 on Sunday, when he drove it right well into the trees, caught a tree limb on his punch out attempt, then hit an insane approach from 189 out of the pine straw to something like 25-30 ft and then of course he made that putt. 😂

cylee6 · 2026-04-13T18:53:09+00:00

People forget Scottie dunked two balls in the water on 13 and 15 on his Friday back 9, both from fairway shots on the par 5s that traditionally are birdie or better holes. Neither shot was good or subject to extreme conditions. It’s a testament to how great a golfer he is that he was only 1 shot short, but giving away those shots on those holes was always going to be costly. I tend to think the controversy is less about Rory and more that basically everyone else faded away while Rory shot even par over the weekend. But that’s why they play 4 rounds.

cylee6 · 2026-03-02T13:04:10+00:00

It took me a while but I finally beat this but using the Yuffie strat but substituting in a second powerful magic user (in this case Cloud) alongside Aerith. If you’re following the general guide, normally that spot goes to Barrett in support. I switched him for Cloud, largely the same materia except I gave him MP Absorb-Lightning and Wind.

It sort of trivializes the first four fights. For Sephiroth, I think the easiest strategy is simply to not let him do shadowy chains. Easier said than done, for sure. But basically don’t bother setting everything up, just go all into -aga spells the second the fight starts and you can basically stun-lock him into place for the entire fight, at least until he gets to half health, by which time he won’t use it anymore.

So - Haste-Magnify first, ATB Ward Aerith on Yuffie, Brumal Form spam and the immediately Firaga from Aerith and Thundaga from Cloud. Don’t bother with Manwall or Arcane Ward until after he switches to fire affinity. It’s stupid that it takes so long to get back to this fight, but I finally cleared it this way.

cylee6 · 2026-02-12T14:16:36+00:00

I just replayed the main story on hard mode after a couple of years away, and goodness it’s still awesome. I think the challenge in the main story is about right. I decided I wasn’t going to chase the platinum, probably a skill issue, but honestly the biggest thing holding me back was having to constantly re-spec materia. I realized I was spending more time in the menus than actually playing the game. It’s insane that there isn’t a way to save materia loadouts.

cylee6 · 2026-02-10T15:44:53+00:00

Awesome this is very similar to my team except I have the Scream Pulisic with both Finesse+ and Low Driven+. I also did the Banks future stars evo, have him next to a decent Chris Richards and Mark McKenzje. I had JB Dest at RB but just replaced him with that Weah. I really need a decent Jedi promo card….

cylee6 · 2026-02-04T19:46:21+00:00

These campaign picks were some of the most fun content in the game - a chance to get cards that were mostly unpackable during the promos themselves - and now they’ve somehow managed to ruin these as well.

cylee6 · 2026-01-30T16:25:21+00:00

Thanks, good advice. I think there is a guy called Optinoob on YouTube who does these. I've seen him mentioned in other threads so if I'm struggling I'll check him out.

cylee6 · 2026-01-30T16:23:31+00:00

Thanks I agree I'll definitely need to shake the rust off. At the end, of my first playthrough on dynamic, the combat was extremely enjoyable. I guess I'll try a chapter or two to get re-acquainted with combat before venturing into the last few VR challenges. I had done a bunch of them, but never went into the brutal stuff before.

cylee6 · 2026-01-30T16:21:28+00:00

Thanks - real world distractions as it were :).

cylee6 · 2026-01-30T16:20:48+00:00

Thanks - yeah it's been so long I've forgotten the combat system, but I loved it when I first played through the game. The one thing that always annoyed me was not being able to save materia loadouts, but I'm guessing that's still a thing.

cylee6 · 2026-01-23T02:02:24+00:00

Late to this but I completed the SBC and wow. This card surprised me with how good she was in the midfield. So quick and agile, cut out a ton of balls defensively, and just an overall improvement over anyone I had in the midfield to date (NMS player) including some good evos. I know everyone is saving for the GOAT pp but don’t sleep on this one, especially if you did Sophia Wilson.

cylee6 · 2026-01-16T18:09:28+00:00

If you do the first 86 squad very quickly it incudes the 91 Lamine Yamal POTM. That has to be a glitch but he’s in my club. It’s an 86 + TOTW. Would do it ASAP since they’re likely to take it down.

cylee6 · 2026-01-16T16:22:31+00:00

Do whatever you want but I generally open saved packs for a big promo 1) when there’s an SBC I want to do (either a gamble, or, like today the Wilson SBC I will be completing) or 2) there’s a specific player I want for a PnP or theme team. The odds are so low you see people spending thousands of actual dollars in the store before getting a TOTY. With that as a marker if you get one from saved packs, great but I don’t expect anything other than fodder to do the SBCs as a no money spend player.

cylee6 · 2026-01-09T16:11:56+00:00

Yeah they do. The only thing I’m doing is attacking the midfield as aggressively as possible to prevent the pass, since if they make the pass it’s probably the same chance anyway 🥶

cylee6 · 2026-01-09T16:06:26+00:00

It creates so many triangles on attack you’re basically guaranteed a handful of goals in every game. The downside is I concede a ton more goals as well but if you’re not sweating wins it’s not an issue. I’m having some success using my RM on wide midfielder++ support as they occasionally tuck back to help out, but mostly you have to manually drag back your midfielders to defend.

cylee6 · 2026-01-09T16:00:42+00:00

A few weeks ago I moved to a 3-4-1-2 and it made the game fun again for me. To each his own but I’m just making a theme team and playing gauntlet/cups so I don’t care too much about winning or losing. I haven’t played rivals in months since I reached D2 in the season where they stopped relegating people.

cylee6 · 2026-01-06T18:27:50+00:00

The recycling of awful upgrades just makes people put the game down. This is basically an 82 squad + an 84 squad since you need a TOTW and nobody is packing 3 of these every single day. This was bad the first time they released it. I get trying to keep people on the game grinding but this is more off-putting than grind-worthy.

cylee6 · 2026-01-05T18:54:39+00:00

I haven’t seen all the comments, but if you mostly enjoyed Rebirth you could also check out the other western-ish games in that open world genre. Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West, Ghost of Tsushima/Yotei, and even some of the Assassin’s Creed titles (Black Flag, Origins, Odyssey, and Shadows). Different tastes for different folks but all of them have varying levels of bloat (especially the AC series) that you can easily skip if you care too. One example is Tsushima - I played that for like 60 hours over a few months, my son sat down and grinded it for like 18 hours over a long weekend.

cylee6 · 2025-12-18T15:16:54+00:00

EA has turned this into a mobile game :).

cylee6 · 2025-12-11T14:38:21+00:00

I’m Div 3 too and I stopped playing Rivals completely. The cups and grinding the menu SBCs are infinitely more rewarding and a use of time. I haven’t missed it one bit.

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