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[Scar]

So bssb festival is now after the braska event?

I'm thinking about pulling once on Edgars chainsaw, then dump the rest in that fest.

Then save for kains banner and try to get a weapon for delita.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

We don't know yet. We're thinking it should be at the end of June, given the timetable.

[Meeplelard]

Speculated Late June/Early July, yeah.  I know Summoner Nightmare is the 20th.  That's 25 Mithril spent right there!

Hoping I get a relic for Ashe, but I'll probably get ANOTHER Wizard Staff or Fairy Flute because screw you (ok, a 5++ Instrument could be cool for Ramza, and I suppose you could do worse than a 2nd FF7 Mage Weapon)

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

I just want a mage weapon for FF6, my best widespread equip for those purposes is a fake-6* Gravity Rod. I guess I wouldn't mind having one of Garnet's stat sticks either.

[DjinnAndTonic]

JP: Holy shit, that Caius revenge match...
Even with my now stupidly-high number of good BSBs, Shout, SG, and Aerith's spammable AoE heal burst, that was an S/L fest for the ages. My winning mastery run barely scraped by with Ramza and Wakka KO'd and everyone else on death's door, desperately fighting to outrace Caius' regen because my dispeller (Ramza) was already gone. Finally knocked him down with a quick Chainstarter into Tidus' Enwater-boosted BSB. God I love that 80% damage boost.

Team was:
Aerith (80, no synergy equips) Renewing Cure/Shellga (Ace Striker for Burst spamming)
Wakka (70, all my 13 synergy) Power/Magic BD (and his BSB gives Full BD and two unique ATK/DEF and MAG/RES Breaks)
Tyro (85, synergy spear) Lifesiphon/Protectga (Mako Might/SG)
Ramza (85, synergy bangle) Banish Raid/Full Break (Mako Might/Shout)
Tidus (92, synergy dagger) Lifesiphon/Chainstarter (Ace Striker/ Enwater BSB)
RW Lightning BSB (the Stun proc saved my life a couple times in the early rounds)

Not really sure how I could have made that less of an S/L fest apart from trying to use more of my FF13 synergy. I have a bunch of SBs for 13, and 2 SSBs, but none of them particularly fit into my team well. Tidus' BSB just outdamages them and keeps him from running out of Lifesiphon hones whereas the non-Burst SB characters just don't last in these long-ass U+ fights.

FF13 synergy: both of Fang's spears, Hope's Last Resort (6*!), Raines' SSB, two Sazh guns, Protectga Dagger
...that kinda sucks considering I even did an 11-pull on this latest banner.

Hope and Raines being mages means I could try a Mage Team, but I don't have any Faithgas. Nor any Hastegas on a mage (I have Ramza and Paine and that's it.) I do have Quistis' MT quickcast Cerberus SB which might help but I think Haste is generally considered better and Quickcast is supposed to stack with it to be useful rather than replace it?
Plus, considering the need for Dispel, that would suggest a Knight is the better option rather than having to dedicate a slot to a damageless white magic spell.
Not being able to use half of my 13 synergy might be the biggest issue though? No gunners or lancers apart from Tyro on my A-team. And Wakka was using Hope's MAG-focused 6* Thrown weapon but it wasn't that great for his physical output. Not even sure who I have that can properly use guns or spears. Ashe and Balthier can, but Ashe is a mage, and Balthier on has an SSB. I have Cloud's Burst, but not sure that he'd be a notable improvement over any of Tidus/Ramza/Wakka since he can't use Guns or Spears either (Gunner Cloud would be kinda cool. #buffCloud)

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Quistis' second SSB is Hastega+quickcast. I think you just answered your own question there.

[Meeplelard]

I just want a mage weapon for FF6, my best widespread equip for those purposes is a fake-6* Gravity Rod. I guess I wouldn't mind having one of Garnet's stat sticks either.

Getting either Garnet's SSB or her Leviathan Soul Break would be great for me honestly.  I lack a standard Faithga to stack with Focus (Witch's Hat and Mana's Paean aside, which are less potent), and my only Hastega is Shout, which means "why aren't you just using fighters?"  Those Soul Breaks cover both niches, so getting either one would make my RW options open up (eg Divine Guardian = I could just use an RW of Maria's Thunder XVI and still have Hastega.)

Go figure, I have her Storm Staff, which is easily her worst Soul Break.

Really though, it's those two that I really want, since they'd cover niches I don't already have (...and I don't consider "FF3/4 Synergy!" meaningful.  Yes, I know they just announced events for both games, but one event every 6 months is hard to care about)

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

I mostly want more rods for FF9 synergy, since Garnet's SBs cover niches I already have (Quistis' Mighty Guard is fairly similar, though I certainly -would- use DG in lieu of it a fair amount of the time - depends on whether I have the spare slot for Shellga or not. Leviathan, I have Edea's Inaugural Parade to cover for. Storm Staff... yeah). Everything else available on the banner I can take or leave, but very little would actively annoy me besides a blank.

[Grefter]

FF9 synergy the lamest euphemism for sex to have ever been said.

[DjinnAndTonic]

Man, I have so much FF9 synergy. Even my best rods are all FF9 synergy. Seriously, I have two 7* rods. I would gladly share my FF9 synergy with everyone if I could.

[Grefter]

I thought you were more Mystic Quest Synergy.

[hinode]

My FF9 synergy consists of one generic 5* bracer, a 4++ dagger, a fourth uncombined 4* dagger, and assorted 3* event rewards. I could use pretty much anything in that realm.

[Meeplelard]

My FF9 synergy was a bit lacking until recently.  Before the celebration, it was basically Garnet's Storm Staff.  After, Steiner's Ultima Sword and Eiko's Fairy Flute+.  Throughout the Kuja event, I got Vivi's Cypress Pile, Beatrix's Ragnarok, and Kuja's Gloves.

[DjinnAndTonic]

Awww... Meeple's really growing up, what with all the FF9 synergy lately.

[Grefter]

Your joke's better than mine was about you being Mystic Quest synergy (lets be real you are more SaGa Frontier 2 and let your freak flag fly).  So I can go back to not posting.

[Cotigo]

Revenge dungeon time!

Bahamut Sin, I said to myself, using BSSBs against him would be mean, so I ran a team with only SSBs. Turns out using SSBs against him is also mean. Holy crap dudebro's health just melted away to Zack's Apocalypse, and Terra's Fire Beam could off the Shadow Clippers from full health. Meteo and what have you were also dealing 9999.

One noteworthy thing happened, at least. I had to wait at the end of the fight for enough Clippers to spawn to get full medals. So there's that.

It is kinda absurd how far my units have come from trying and failing to Tauntaliate him to death.

Cagnazzio got no restrictions since I beat him fairly once before. Still, didn't really matter since the fight was mainly preventing any Tsunamis from going off, and none of my SBs really help with that. I suppose Lightning's Enthunder SB could!!! Hahahahahahahaha it is good to laugh.

Caius I am actually seriously planning for, he was a massive cunt the first time around and I don't suspect he'll be any kinder this time. Cmon, Beatrix/Ramza BSSBs. Tidus' nuke I am trying not to use, but if worse comes to worst then I cannot be held responsible for the daddy issues to follow.

[Meeplelard]

New Kain event introduces a new Dragoon 5* which appears to be some Lightning elemental attack, and a new 5* Summon which is...Titan? Really?

Look, I get it; you're trying to make Earth a relevant element and all, but Titan is not one I'd associate with a 5*.  Like why not use, say, Midgarsormr (which is FF6 Terrato) and pretend it's a reference to FF14 where the character in question is actually meaningful. Or Hecatoneir from FF13, which has no expectations ala the FF10 originals  so you can get away with any level there.  But no, let's use the mid-game at best Summon that people associate with "Slightly above Ifrit tier!"

Ok, that's off my chest, it seems they've decided Rydia will be yet ANOTHER Earth Elemental mage.  Kind of getting silly at this point though I guess Rydia has some basis thanks to Titan association. 


On a different not, SSB Lucky Draw apparently, which sounds cool.  Wonder if BSBs count or if it's specifically the SSB tier.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

For Bahamut SIN: pitting a boss -unscaled- against nine months of steady power creep is the very definition of catharsis.

Anyhow, plowing through the remainder of Serah's event until Ultimates land. Nothing new under the sun, though having two FF13 guns helps.

[Meeplelard]

Bahamut Sin was one I had to Mythril Refresh to get a Mastery on because the turn conditions at the time were too strict for a fight THAT involved.  I feel like that fight alone was the reason they adjusted that requirement for Ultimates to be more lenient.  It was less the damage and more opening with more Soul Break gauges to actually handle all the crap.

The other was the Gigas Fights, because my hones just weren't where they needed to be to handle a fight like that, so I needed the refresh just to get through that.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Done with the main fights on Serah Lightning Celebrity event. Nothing of much note other than Dahaka struggling to break three-digit damage after stacking Multibreak, Heathen Frolic Sarabande and Toy Soldier on top of Shellga and Lulu's Focus. Well, and Cait Sith bitchslapping him with 12.5k damage Maduins. Also got RM3s for Luneth, Refia and Ingus this week, along with Hope and Vaan RM2s. I still have to decide on how will I tackle Caius, but that'll wait until tomorrow if the schedule on the event is right. Regardless, the main decision I have to make is whether I bring Arc for RES +50% and run SG/SSII as a RW or Y'shtola with HP boosters and Dreamstage RWs for Magic Blink and some form of AoE healing. Ramza/Beatrix/Lightning/Bartz feel pretty much non-negotiable, since I need someone to break and shout, someone to hold Peacemaker, someone to buff defenses (I need a Protectga slot and a Banishing Strike slot here) and someone to deal damage. This isn't going to be fun.

[Cotigo]

Pulled once on Tyr's second collection. 4 rainbows.

Bartz's Excalibur, Auron's ATK and DEF down SSB…

Terra's BSSB...

Aaaaaaaaaand… aaaaand...

Ramza's Platinum Sword.

THE WAIFU PULL IS REAL. 

Fuck yeah gambling.

I took the Estar Armband for my freebie.

I suppose now I just hoard mythril until the next equipment fest.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Anyhow, done with the current DU. I overshot FF3 Bahamut because of Ultimate+ memories and brought a variation of my A team - which was complete overkill. This said, I'll just go back to farming Holy and Dark orbs for the rest of the day.

[Meeplelard]

I want to finish the DU but at the same time, I want to make the most out of my Stamina refills, namely I'd rather use them on Monday nights to get through the early event stuff ASAP, rather than lose valuable Black Power day time and I hate sitting on things.

That said, I'm still scratching my head at why they put up the FF13-2 event's Bonus Fights a day later.  I know it was always scheduled this way, but it's a completely random, bizarre decision.  I mean, if there was an event going on at the same time like an Orbfest, or some such, then yeah, altered schedules make sense, but nothing is happening outside of Double Greens weekend which won't happen until the following day anyway...which makes the decision MORE baffling since now there's a gap of several hours between the Event update and the Double Greens, instead of a full day.

[hinode]

Ot did overlap with an orbfest in Japan, and DeNA is too lazy to adjust the delay downwards for global. Same thing happened with the Advent Children event.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

At least it's just a one-day stretch, unlike AC's half-week-long slog.