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[Cotigo]

Wtf why did I just now see that Mana Song exists. Thaaat could have mattered. I even have an L65 bard. Oh well
 Bsin is already ending in an hour. Good to know for next time.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

The time has come for Musician Meta!

Thancred: Dismissal / Rally Song
Eiko: Valefor / Mana's Paean
Edward: Power Breakdown / Magic Breakdown
Lenna: Curaga / Stutter Step
Tyro: Meteor / Box Step

RW: Edward

Best team or BEST team?

Mana's Paean when your only abilities running off Mag are Valefor and Meteor? And one of them is running off -Loserface- stats? Good lord.

[DjinnAndTonic]

Well, the only use I can think of for this team is Daily farming, so...

Besides, I can always switch those out for things with more charges. And Mana/Summoner Spring II helps of course.

And keep in mind my Loserface has a 7-star Book of awesome, so he's actually still one of my better mages.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

And keep in mind my Loserface has a 7-star Book of awesome, so he's actually still one of my better mages.

7* SG Loserface has less Mag than an actual mage with a 4* rod. He beats uh Quistis and Golbez in that department I suppose. Dear god, those stats.

[DjinnAndTonic]

you don't seem to understand my dearth of mage weapons...

Loserface is still one of my better mages.

[Captain K]

Since I already had a very reliable Belial beating squad put together, I spent the day farming him.  Out of 9 kills, got 2 greater summon orbs, 3 summon orbs, and 4 NOTHINGS.  Not really bad considering it's only 40 stamina, but it's kind of boring so I'll probably stop after this.  My setup was flawless, 0 deaths in those 9 kills, and worked with a variety of RWs.

[DjinnAndTonic]

Yeah I don't think Belias was that hard. I didn't even have to S/L on him. I had a lot more trouble with the lizard squad..... More than I care to admit. Lullaby would have really helped...

[Cotigo]

Laguna EX battles dropped, it looks like Laguna is only necessary for a couple of them and they don't look that bad TBH. He'll be kinda underleveled but I think I can manage with my team.

Also Captain gave me an idea. It's possible I should be farming the EX++ battles for Greater orbs instead, esp. if I can beat them easily (IIRC, Sephiroth Reunion went down OK). The farming rate on the new dungeons is pretty OK (average of 2-3 Major orbs at 90 stamina, not bad), but since I need Greater maybe that won't be the best use of my time. I still need Major Black and Major Power, so Black Power day isn't a question, but I don't think Fire/Earth is a day I should prioritize. Maybe. Fuck I dunno.

Wiping up the FF8 event. Should have used Sunday for levelling Laguna more but meh too late now.

EDIT: Can't seem to create a 4 team party, btw. But, does having a level capped character in my roster count for redistributing EXP?

[DjinnAndTonic]

Level capped characters still eat their share of distributed EXP, it just gets wasted.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Finished FF5 and FFXII dungeons on the new update. I'll beat the first Lunar Subterrane FF4 dungeon and use the stamina refresh to pick up Ricard's Memory Crystal on Tomb of Raithwall 4 Elite. Hopefully I'll have at least all of the Classics cleared by the time the Terra reissue lands.

[Cotigo]

Then, how can I create a 4-party system? I can't seem to just remove characters.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

I don't know about the new UI, but on the old UI, in the Edit Party screen, there's an empty slot at the start of the character roster with "Remove" written on it. You click on the character you want to remove from the current party, then click on the "Remove" slot.

EDIT: Ricard level cap BREAK. Tangentially, Mana's Paean is -amazing-.

[Grefter]

you don't seem to understand my dearth of mage weapons...

Loserface is still one of my better mages.

why the fuck are you so bad at video games get on my level scrub and get more random mage drops nerd

This is will never change or stop being hilarious.

[Captain K]

Yeah I kind of rolled my eyes every time Snow talked about Vivi being good without his weapon.  Then I got his weapon and now I get to laugh at all the FFRK peons crawling at my feet.

More Belial farming, much more productive today.  Did 7 runs, got 5 GSO, 1 SO, and 1 nothing.  I should probably stop because MFO isn't happening and I don't even use summons.

[hinode]

Hmm, I wonder which elite stage has Ricard's MC. *goes to check*

OH FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

[Cotigo]

Yeah snow the UI is still the same in that regard. Apparently it just became a blind spot and I didn't even look at the button.

Currently taking Laguna farming with Aeris and Yuna. Had Luneth in there too for a bit until I got the Start: Haste RM, then dumped him. Levelling this way works decently it seems so I should have Laguna near 50 by the time I'm doing the event fight I have to babysit him for.

The Divine fight this time looks doable, though I'm not gonna fret as much about it since the rewards aren't as stellar.

EDIT: What's so good about Richard's RM? Is sometimes proccing Jump instead of a regular attack really that worth it?

[DjinnAndTonic]

Not the sometimes-Jump RM, the ATK+20% but Start:Sap RM. Sap is a minor annoyance, but ATK+20% is huuuge. Especially compared to every other damage-increasing RM.

[Cotigo]

Ah, yeah knowing the actual % on that makes that a lot more worthwhile (also, my illiteracy made me think he started asleep, not sapped).

[DjinnAndTonic]

Oh yeah, the reddit is full of datamined information like that. It has certainly made the game more strategic since I know how all the pieces and parts work.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Hmm, I wonder which elite stage has Ricard's MC. *goes to check*

OH FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

It wasn't that bad! Belias has about the same HP as the +++ fight on Vaan's event, but somewhat less defense. I managed it with an actually sub-optimal party (brought Red XIII and Eiko with zero offensive output), though that might be more of a testament on how potent Hastega is. It's -completely- worth it to boot, +20% Attack means an almost 40% increase in physical output to anyone carrying that RM. Insanely badass, especially considering it's Ricard's FIRST Materia.

Anyhow, all Classics done, currently farming black power for the last time before the Orb Festival sweeps in. Also manhandled Elite Chadarnook, who is a chump. Dark Bahamut will be seven kinds of unfun, though. I might postpone this particular Elite until I have Ruinga because seriously, fuck FF4 dungeons. The goddamn Princess Flans absorb Earth!

(This does push Meteor further and further into the NO REGRETS! field, though. More elemental MT is such a huge QoL thing.)

[DjinnAndTonic]

Oh yeah, I bumrushed Belias yesterday and got Ricard's Dragoon's Determination and it is sweet. Especially for a physical-heavy build like mine.

...It actually does away with the need for Advance in all the current dungeons. I don't know how long that'll last, but I'll enjoy Advance-less Advantaliate for a while. (I suppose that's just Reta-meta, but the damage output is on par with Advance so it -feels- more like Advantaliate only I can still bring a SG RW.)

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

I was dishing out 5k with synergy 5+* Zantetsuken Auron under that RM with a -basic physical- on Elite Chadarnook dungeon. It's pretty sweet.

[Cotigo]

Meteor is also going to serve you well in several months. Really wish I had had it for B.Sin.

Notably, after Black Power Day and converting all orbs to Majors... I'm like .9 Major orbs away from R1 Meteo. Alternately, that's 90 Greater Black orbs, I could hone up to R3 Blizzaja AND R3 Firaja with some to spare (probably to hone my -gas to R4 if not R5). That would potentially help out with the Deep Dungeon bosses whose weaknesses I need to exploit, and those pay out in... 7 Majors, 5 Greaters, and 2 black crystals assuming mastery. And R1 meteo will help with exactly 0 of those bosses. Yeah OK sold.

Holding off on honing Blizzaja to R3 for now, though, because less Major Ice orbs means less chance for Full Break, and I may be able to get that after Wind/Lit day.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Ah, Full Break. I've had the orbs to craft it for a while, now, but the ability isn't out in Global yet. Hopefully I'll be able to hone it to R2 by January or something.

EDIT: you mentioned you wanted a mitigation SB, didn't you, Zenny? Quistis' Scorpion Tail on the second Laguna banner sounds like a nice gamble: Shellga+Hastega+High-Regen's pretty sexy.

[DjinnAndTonic]

Huh, looking at some of the sprites that were added into the code recently... Apparently FFRK is getting Gogo soon.

FF5 Gogo! Wait what