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[Meeplelard]

So I decided that a Magic based Rod and a Bow are two things I don't have but would totally like, so I decide to pull an 11 pull on the FF5 Banner...

...and get nothing but 3 and 4*, and those 4* aren't anything I can make use of.  Well, I guess my run of good luck is over, bah.

[Magic Fanatic]

GUYS GUYS GUYS COUNTDOWN CAMPAIGN.

HUGE REWARDS.

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

Edit:  In total:

20 Growth Eggs
15 Greater Growth Eggs
5 Major Growth Eggs
60 Greater Orbs between all flavors except Power and Summon
10 Mythril.

...Unless, of course, my math's a bit off, but hey.  Lots of free stuff.

[Cmdr_King]

If I'm reading the thing right, basically all 10 flavors of Greater Orbs drop once per check-in, for +6 to each total.  Still, very excellent.  Do note that half the check-in times are on the 31st, and the non-orb rewards escalate there.

Edit: Correction: every flavor of greater orb... EXCEPT Power.  Dammit DeNA.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

And Summon. Also, as long as you login within the last three hours of the year, you'll reap all rewards. No need to login separately at each designated time.

[Meeplelard]

It was amusing waking up at 5 AM, going "meh, let's just use some stamina now because I'll toss and turn otherwise" and seeing a number 13 on my Home menu, and reading the log-in rewards.

So let's look at the holiday rewards in the past few months!

Halloween: A pumpkin throwing weapon, and a hat with a Magic boosting Soul Break, both FF13 synergy (aka something many don't have a lot of.)
Thanksgiving/Black Friday: 25 Mithril + a Lucky Draw Banner to use it on
Christmas: Choose ONE Item between a Mind-based Rod, a Dagger with a crappy soul break, and mittens, all 4.5* Level stats and FF7 synergy...right after an FF7 event finished...
New years: LOOK AT ALL THIS GOOD SHIT IF YOU KEEP LOGGING IN DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT!

I think it's safe to say Christmas has the worst of the rewards by far.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

So, I decided to actually farm the daily because -nobody- needs to hardcore farm upmats if there's something better to do. I'll likely spend tomorrow on the upmat phase, though, since I'm in no shortage of Greater Winds and have pretty much nothing else to use Greater Lightnings on anymore. Weird feeling.

[Cotigo]

The real reward for mat phase is mythril. They even just made it run concurrent with the orb events in JP this time.

In other news, wow they must have completely broken Barret because I got something stupid like 5 mythril in total for all the fixes they did to him over the past week. With this and me miscalculating the amount of mythril I was set to get, I'm pretty sure I can do a Cult of 3 pull on Banner 3. I either have a super high chance of getting a hastega relic, or get my bad luck out of the way before Banner 4 pops out.

This is going to be the most use I ever get out of Barret. Too bad, I actually like Barret a lot for all that he's basically a Mr. T rip off and says a lot about how Japanese people view non-Asian PoCs as a whole, but Machine Gun Arm Dad is still pretty cool in spite of it. Too bad he's such a shitty PC in RK.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Man, I almost forgot Faris/Krile bonus battles land today. Anyone else looking forward to Ultimate Exdeath?

[Captain K]

I'm gonna hit him with my rod.

[Grefter]

Anyone else looking forward to Ultimate Exdeath?

My months of planning and training will finally come to fruition.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Anyone else looking forward to Ultimate Exdeath?

My months of planning and training will finally come to fruition.

Yes.

[DjinnAndTonic]

The real reward for mat phase is mythril. They even just made it run concurrent with the orb events in JP this time.

In other news, wow they must have completely broken Barret because I got something stupid like 5 mythril in total for all the fixes they did to him over the past week. With this and me miscalculating the amount of mythril I was set to get, I'm pretty sure I can do a Cult of 3 pull on Banner 3. I either have a super high chance of getting a hastega relic, or get my bad luck out of the way before Banner 4 pops out.

This is going to be the most use I ever get out of Barret. Too bad, I actually like Barret a lot for all that he's basically a Mr. T rip off and says a lot about how Japanese people view non-Asian PoCs as a whole, but Machine Gun Arm Dad is still pretty cool in spite of it. Too bad he's such a shitty PC in RK.

I have found Barret pretty useful personally - Full Break carrier, can use guns, and in the JP version, fuck yeah Machinist! Ever since they introduced those skills, I haven't had to worry about stupid RNG for status! Yeah, there's other Machinists, but they are all basically at the same level of utility.

[Nitori]

i heard they fixed the ui and the menus so i can play this game without feeling terrible

my team is in the 30s and i got owned by dollet classic several times i feel like a scrub here



train time though

[Captain K]

First 11 draw:  Brave Blade, Sage's Staff, Lilith Rod, Gaia Gear, Edincoat (VII), 3 four-stars, 3 3-stars
Second 11 draw:  Kotetsu, 3 four-stars, 7 3-stars

I shall dine on the delicious tears of those less fortunate.

[DjinnAndTonic]

Sweet! Got Cecil's SSB sword! Not only does that give me a physical SSB weapon finally, but it fills in my FF4 synergy needs AND is on a character I use all the time. Only 1x 11 pull so I guess I can save all the rest of my mythril until Ramza! Heck yeah!

[Shale]

Dollet Classic is the biggest pack of bullshit in the world, go do other quest lines and then smack it around after you've gained like ten levels.

Burning $9 in Google Play credit has paid off today -- 100 gem pulls in the SB fiesta and FF5 banner produced the FF4 Black Suit, which will be nice to have against Cecil, and then the FF5 Crystal Helm. Sure, I'll take a second Power Sash with different synergy, that sounds great.

I'm still farming the Power/NE/Wind orbfest. Was mid-dungeon when they changed over and the game is being so stingy with Greater Power Orbs that I can't bring myself to finish the dungeon. I'll probably keep going until Gilgamesh hits level 50 and has to use his MC, then farm mythril and upgrade materials for a day before I go after that MC2. I've got enough mitigation that I may just have a shot!

[Meeplelard]

Did my 2 100 Gem pulls on new banners and got...absolutely nothing worth noting, yay!!!

Probably do another 11 pull (I have 96 mithril) on Faris' Banner due to Magus Rod and Artemis Bow are things I could use in general ways.

[hinode]

Really wanted a Sage Staff and had resisted the desire to indulge my inner FF5 fanboy for the last event, so I went hard on the second FF5 banner with my mythril stock. Results:

100 gem: Some 4* item I've forgotten
50 mythril: Brave Blade, Nodachi, Hayate Bow (third), rest 3*
50 mythril: Brave Blade, Crystal Bangle (fourth), rest 3*
50 mythril: Soldier Sword VII, Sword Breaker VI (eighth FFVI 4* dagger >_<), Rune Axe V, rest 3*
50 mythril: Lilith Rod, Variable Steel X, Crystal Armor V (second), rest 3*
50 mythril: Warrior's Sword X, Ten-Gallon Hat VIII (second), Hayate Bow (fourth), rest 3*
50 mythril: Lilith Rod, Crystal Sword VI, Crystal Armor V (third), rest 3*
50 mythril: Brave Blade, Sage's Staff, Ninja Suit, Cat Claws II (fourth), Power Glove XIII, Maneater VI (NINTH 4* FFVI dagger, jesus christ RNG), rest 3*

Objectively not the best use of so much mythril, but in the end I'm pretty happy with the results. I'm set on VII and X weapons now, let alone FFV. Ultimate Exdeath is going down hard on Monday after I finish level grinding and upgrade mat farming.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Holy shit, 350 Mythril. Totally worth it for the 7* Brave Blade and Sage Staff, though.

[Meeplelard]

So FF5 Chat Talk + hinode's thing made me go "screw it, TIME FOR ANOTHER 11 PULL!" on the FF5 Banner.

Results?
-Aevis Killer, aka one of the two weapons I was hoping for since I lack a 5* Bow, so huzzah! (other was Magus Rod because I lack a Magic-inclined Rod.)
-FF5 Rune Axe, hey look! Another 4+* Axe with Synergy, yay!
-FF5 Crystal Mail; already have one, so yeah, a 4+* Armor with Synergy

Way better than my last attempt that's for sure!

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

YES! Mastered Ultimate Exdeath! Took me two S/Ls, both due to not properly handling his low HP transition - the triple act is -nasty- if you don't have at least SG/SSII up. Setting up for counter bypassing doesn't feel worth it either, just hone Protectga/Shellga to R2 instead. Lulu RW proved incredibly useful, though: of all things, the stackable +50% RES, along with the rest of my mitigatory measures, made Exdeath's magic openly unthreatening (as in 200 damage a pop unthreatening). This fight was a lot of fun, though, and scratched that hard fight itch I've been missing for a while in the game. I'm totes hyped for the rest of the Ultimates, that's for certain.

EDIT: tl;dr

[Grefter]

Congratulations.

[Cotigo]

Did a Cult of 3 pull. Got Zack's SSB, Damage + Hastega.

Well then. Regardless of if I get scream or not, I have a Hastega relic, so that's neat.

EDIT: OH SHIT this means I have the Boss Rush Ultimate+ fight in the FF7 event in the bag. awwww yeah.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Apparently, the game just wants you to use Zack forever.

[Cotigo]

Considering I just went back to Bahamut SIN and Adel, and largely thanks to Zack's Hastega, I utterly wrecked them (0 medals lost on either), I am perfectly fine with this.

Things that are weird to me and make my dick hard:

Hastega means I'm never not under the effect of Sunbath, or in shorter fights, SG/SRS. <3 <3 <3
Zack having that sword frees up Zack's Glove for Gilgy to use, so I am set for basically every FF7 fight for the foreseeable future with my Masamune/Apocalypse/Zack's Glove 5* combo. Given how much DeNA seems to like their FF7 events...
Two white mages are no longer mandatory. Ideally, next round I get Scream and SRS, and Mog and Aeris get to go retire to some beach home and make weird beastiality babies for the remainder of the game. This will make me regret not getting Y'shantola's relic in the JP beginner banner, but I have a feeling I'll be fine.

In hindsight, using the phrase "make my dick hard" then talking about Mog and Aeris making babies thereafter was not the smartest thing I've done with my mouth.

I did another Cult of 3 Pull on this banner, figuring if I got Ramza's relic I could obsolete Aeris in the event that I get Stonera Skin but not Scream next banner, and if I got anyone else's they'd at least have their place in my roster, and got diddly squat. A 4* FF6 sword, because I need more FF6 synergy I guess? k. Shifting back to waiting to dump all my mythril on the Bartz/Tyro/Thyrus/Platinum Sword banner and hoping that last 15 mythril pull didn't gyp me out of everything in Banner 4.