Record Keeping Final Fantasy Record Keeper

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Glorious. Now, all that's left is picking up Basch's RM3.

So! Laguna bonus battles landed yesterday. I went at Adel with this setup:

Rinoa (L80): Rising Sun/Estharian Helmet/Terra's Pendant, R4 Waterja/R4 Thundaja, Devotion
Y'shtola (L65): Wyrmfang/Balamb Garden Uniform/Rune Armlet, R5 Curaja/R2 Shellga, Dr. Mog's Teachings
Eiko (L65): Golem's Flute/Red Cap/Glow Curtain, R4 Dispel/R4 Mana's Paean, Mako Might
Quistis (L65): Ochu Tentacle/Ten-Gallon Hat/Crystal Orb, R4 Magic Breakdown/R4 Darkra, Magic Madness
Hope (L65): Valkyrie/Blitz Helm/Circlet, R4 Firaja/R4 Blizzaja, Blood of Espers

Celes Runic RW

So yeah. I was wondering how well would a mage meta team perform all other things equal and the answer is pretty danged well! Adel's RES ain't too problematic once you get past Shell and she only uses it at scripted HP unlocks that aren't even interrupts. Mana's Paean was enough to have even Quistis of the Reno-level MAG breaking 9k damage a pop and Rinoa broke the damage cap even with Angel Wing Quake. Drain counters get eaten by Runic, and for some reason she was rather fond of casting Flare too. You can also throw Reflect and Drainga on your Reflect mage if you don't want to use your RW slot on Runic (I could've safely slapped Reflect instead of Blizzaja on Hope, for instance). That was pretty painless.

[Cotigo]

Unsurprising. I came fairly close to beating Adel but just fell short due to Hones IIRC. I wouldn't expect another challenging Ultimate boss for you a while now, sadly. Probably until they release U+ fights during the My Cousin Vinnie event.

Also, Basch's RM3 is in my possession now. Farming also netted me two MPOs and one MBO today, so it's been a pretty good day.

On another note, uh, is there a new Dissidia game coming out soon or something?  We're getting another Dissidia collab tomirrow, apparently.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

They're releasing Dissidia Arcade soon, but the collab seems mostly Duodecim-centric. Also, they released the banners for the event and they look -fucking sexy-. Garland's BSB is bizarro P. Cecil in a nutshell with bonkers damage potential, Golbez gets a mag-boosting offensive SSB and Kefka's SSB also speeds up magic casting time for the whole party. To boot, they also slapped MAG boosts on Kefka and Golbez in addition to their MC2s. Both of them will likely move up a few tiers as spellcasters due to their SB mix and 5* Darkness access.

[Cotigo]

Hmm, I was going to make it my policy to just hoard my mythril until the next B/S/SB Fest event (I suspect it'll happen around Golden Week, so early May), but uhhh that's really tempting. Both banners have a Hastega+Magic boost relic, too (Kefka's in the first, Edea's in the second). Maybe I'll pull on one of them. Garland's Burst mode attacks looks like it synergizes stupidly well with Bloody Cross, and may make that worth crafting/honing. That said Dark is probably one of the least useful elements in the game for hitting weaknesses, though at least not much high level content seems to null it either.

I only have enough mythril for one pull, so we'll see. Banner 2 looks like the safer bet for getting something useful for me. The worst one on there looks like Jecht beam and then... Black Materia? Yeah if Seph's SSB is the second worst thing on the banner that says a lot.  Even Garland's SB on that adds Dark weakness, which is something, and helps Dark suck less as an element (not that I can get both that and the BSSB, but whatever). vs. ...Jecht's headband which is nigh useless for me since I already have 3 fuckin cancel SBs, and Golbez's Rune Axe which yeah isn't gonna be seeing any use), but the B/SSBs on it are way better if I get lucky. We'll see.

[Meeplelard]

100 Gem pull gets me an FF13 Healer Staff.  4* Relic I already have one of?  Sure, I can work with another 4+* Staff for FF13 realms.

Beat Adel.  Not much to say other than I think using Banishing Strike on Cecil was a waste since Shell wasn't hurting Rinoa's damage that much, but whatever.  The hardest part was simply just not being caught with mitigation down, which was partially my fault for not giving Lifesiphon to Tyro because I wanted Full Break and Magic Breakdown.  Probably should have just taken a legit support PC, given Tyro Lifesiphon and Banishing Raid, and dropped P. Cecil, but whatever, beaten and mastered.

The +++ I had to quit and come back to due to being cocky.  Thought Drawtaliate would get me through it but NOPE! Shotgun ignores it and more MT than I thought.  I mostly was relying on Protectga and that wasn't enough.  Went back in with actual access to Wall (and a Lightning SSB RW), and won.  40 Stamina lost sucks, but whatever, I can live. 


ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, I actually cracked up when I saw the Ultimate+ fight for Dissidia Cosmos was Terra + Cloud.  That's all too appropriate for RK, really.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

I only have enough mythril for one pull, so we'll see. Banner 2 looks like the safer bet for getting something useful for me. The worst one on there looks like Jecht beam and then... Black Materia? Yeah if Seph's SSB is the second worst thing on the banner that says a lot.  Even Garland's SB on that adds Dark weakness, which is something, and helps Dark suck less as an element (not that I can get both that and the BSSB, but whatever). vs. ...Jecht's headband which is nigh useless for me since I already have 3 fuckin cancel SBs, and Golbez's Rune Axe which yeah isn't gonna be seeing any use), but the B/SSBs on it are way better if I get lucky. We'll see.

Rune Axe is hardly a chase relic even at this point, but it's actually shockingly competent as a multipurpose stat stick for FF4's horrendously obnoxious dungeons and events. It's been a staple in FF4 dungeons for me even as a physical synergy option, though its use for -magic- is limited to Golbez and Golbez only, but he's a very competent and versatile black mage when he's up-to-date (and heck, he's roughly 70% of the reason I trounced his event due to getting the axe). What I mean is mostly that getting it isn't something to get actively upset over.

[Cotigo]

lol nevermind next event is FFT and Ramza's getting a BSSB and I know Scream's coming back almost for sure. Sorry Kefka you aren't Ramza.

EDIT: http://ffrk.appbako.com/archives/23907

percentages are based off of the data of skills with similar weight assigned to them in the descriptive text (小、中、大、特大)

Delita's SSB deals damage and lowers ATK probably by 30% (大).
Ovelia's SSB heals a lot (大) and throws up a Magic Barrier.
Ramza's BSSB raises defense of the party by 50% (大), and his Burst Mode attacks are a 2-hit Vanish Raid and the ability to fill up other party members' SB gauges.

The BSSB is tempting but honestly Scream would open up my party options more by letting me ditch Zack for someone else so I'll probably try for the Platina sword instead.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

That BSSB sounds really interesting. Wrath without requiring an ability slot is quite good and Banishing Strike+ is very nice as well. Getting -four- new characters in is a pretty bold idea, but frankly it's not like FFT lacks possible PC slots. High quality SBs in general for the event as well.

Also, I got five mythril from the sweepstakes. Yay, why not.

[Scar]

Adel mastered.

Laguna died to unmitigated holy on the last turn.

Still didn't matter.

I won 10 mithril. Yay.

Still waiting to unload this sploodge of blue all over an enticing event.

[Meeplelard]

I got the 1 Mithril Consolation Prize, bah I say.

[Captain K]

[Cotigo]

Getting -four- new characters in is a pretty bold idea

I count 3. Also Mobius FF did 4 as well it's just that nobody cares about Garland, Sara, or the Mobius scrubs.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Getting -four- new characters in is a pretty bold idea

I count 3. Also Mobius FF did 4 as well it's just that nobody cares about Garland, Sara, or the Mobius scrubs.

Derp, I can't count. Still, I'm interested in how the new PCs will pan out. Delita seems to be based off his C1 incarnation, so he could end up as a mirror to Ramza, but who knows. Mustadio obviously gets Machinist 5 (his SBs even play into the skillset's mechanics and uh he's an Engineer), but everything else is a bit of a crapshoot - hoping for Support 4 at the very least. Spellblade, as an emulation of FFT's elemental guns, would be a pretty neat and unique build, but I doubt they'll go there (they didn't with Yang, after all). Ovelia, I'm more interested in her subskillsets, since WHM 5 is a given. I hope she's not Minwu mk. III, at least.

[Scar]

Really?

We finally get Delita and it's his scrub version look?

I hope he is good because he's a must have on my Coolio squad.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

It makes sense considering Ramza's sporting his Dorothy look as well and the event covers the Algus fight once again (he's an Ultimate!). And so far, FFT characters in FFRK have been pretty much the ur-units in their respective niches (Ramza's a god-tier support and Agrias is a mind-bogglingly good knight), but we'll see how this batch pans out.

Regardless, the FFT collab event can't come soon enough for us. Just... a couple... more... weeks...

[Scar]

I'd say Delita gets some forms of knight celerity combat and spellblade skillset. Maybe support? Dunno.

Yes, fft needs to hurry. Not counting the lucky draw and sssb, we have ff9 and.........egads a ff2 event before tactics shows up.

Should have close to 400 mithril if I don't use any during the anniversary events...

...

Which I totally will!

[Cotigo]

I imagine Delita will be a more offence focused Ramza. Ramza's damage output is godly for a support but kinda meh for a heavy hitter (no Knight 5, other skillsets are primarily support). I anticipate that Delita will be more combat focused, probably getting Knight and Monk or Samurai to differentiate him from both Ramza and Agrias. Probably Support 3?

Ovelia I'm just expecting bog standard WM, which is fine really, esp. If you get her SSB. Unfortunately that's on the banner not with Scream so I probably won't get it.

Mustadio… I'd  guess Celerity/Engineer/Spellblade?  Like Laguna and Balthier had a baby.

[DjinnAndTonic]

New Favorite Pairing confirmed!

[Cotigo]

This is the most you have ever contributed to any conversation I have been a part of. Perhaps the most of anything in your life.

You done good, boy. You done good.

[Cotigo]

FFT event dropped. Notes:

Ramza got a record dive set but nothing interesting, just stat boosts.

Mustadio is 4 Support, 4 Celerity, and 5 Machinist. Was kinda close.

Delita has 5 in Combat, Spellblade, and Knight, so yeah definitely more DPS focused than Ramza. Record dive is similar to Ramza's, just stat boosts.

Ovelia is exactly as I predicted. WM5 only. She's lucky that's enough.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Celes default SB clone on her is also a nice perk. AoE RES boost that stacks with both SG and Shell is hardly bad as far as starting loadout goes. Delita being Steiner+ is sorta surprising, but Combat/Spellblade/Knight makes for a strong set.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Well, fuck. Once again I fail to resist pulling on a FF9 banner. Spent 100 Mythril on this one. And apparently Zidane's going to be the one who'll save videogames in my account.

https://imgur.com/UQ4KqIZ

[Cotigo]

You have FFT coming up soon, you moron.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Yeah, and I'm pulling on it (I should still be able to drop at least 100 Mythril plus whatever gems I decide to spend), but it's not like I'll be -hurting- if I don't get anything from it. I have multiple Hastega and AoE healing sources as is and native Wall lets me RW Ramza whenever I need. Weirdest part is how having Zidane's SSB actually makes having Shout BETTER for me because now I have an actual SSB to use it with. My physical game's been honestly lacking compared to my magical equipment.

[Cotigo]

oh yeah i know you're mage boy and don't really need scream

just saying spending resources on inferior games when you could be spending resources on FFT is stupid