Record Keeping Final Fantasy Record Keeper

[Captain K]

Looks like transferring the account is a no go.  I don't have enough room on my phone to redownload FFRK because I have actual good games on there now.

[Meeplelard]

Did the Black Friday Draw on Saturday because not being half price proves it's not worthy of being on Black Friday and IN DISGUST I am taking a stand by pulling it AFTER the Black Friday Draw is over!  That'll TOTALLY teach them!

No it won't...

My results?
Ashe's Model
Leon's Rune Axe
Jecht's The Blitz
Wakka's Glorious Armguard

So I got one of the best Mage BSBs period (also funny because I was noting how Ashe is one of the few Summoners I don't have a relic for yet), synergy for a realm I kind of lack it in (and for one of it's better characters too), a Ranged weapon for FF10 which was like the one thing I lacked, and a Relic for Wakka so he can do things.  Yeah, I'm good with this.

[Cotigo]

Pulled on the Dissidia banner. I now have Thyrus, so, uh. I guess I beat the game? 

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

After all those years and now it doesn't even make -that- much of a difference on average.

[Clear Tranquil]

If Zenny hops on a new global account today he might be able to catch the Black Friday LD before it goes. Don't know if he'll still get the FFXV Mythril but if so that's 15, plus 5 thanksgiving plus two log in giving a total of 22 Mythril right away. Unfortunately might be hard work to push for the remaining 28 but maybe not impossible. After there's also the  Keeper's Choice volumes mainly volume 2 which has a wall and shout on it. Or after BFLD maybe wait until Keeper's Choice 3 which global will hopefully be getting soon. Or if possible
Captain K could maybe use a computer and blue stacks downloading FFRK onto that, logging into Google vs the blue stacks app sync and getting a transfer code from there.

[Captain K]

That sounds like a lot of work to do something that benefits Zenny.

[Cotigo]

After all those years and now it doesn't even make -that- much of a difference on average.

Yeah that's kinda what I was thinking. It does give me a reason to hone the new Knight 5* skill I suppose, since I can now natively buff Agrias or Beatrix's DEF with their BSB commands and Thyrus, I suppose. Still, it's not going to make or break any party compositions at this point. I suppose I have FF14 CMs in the bag for the forseeable future?

[Cotigo]

That sounds like a lot of work to do something that benefits Zenny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXOdn6vLCuU&t=2m40s

[Clear Tranquil]

Would a team of Vanille (Mistilteinn/Burst), Cloud (Ragnarok/Overstrike),  Tyro (Sentinel 's Grimiore), Ramza (Shout) and Wakka (Glorious Armguard/Burst) be enough to clear some of the more difficult content in the game? If it matters I do also have Ramza's Burst but I haven't mastered Shout yet, I also have Vanille's Miracle Prayer for ability refreshing.

When I came back to the game my girl power/CT bait team of Aerith/Vanille/Selphie/Rydia/Eiko was seriously outdated but thanks to lucky pulls since Vanille got other things to play with. Also have Aerith 's Burst now as well but Vanille's is better I think. I figure I should set something up for harder content, I can always still use my favourites for classic event stages or something

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

That team can probably win more or less -anything- you can care to think of unless the content specifically highly walls physicals, CT. It has all bases covered with high damage, an -amazing- healing Burst with great commands and Shout covers phys boosting -and- Hastega. Magic takes more hones and stackable boosts to work, but when you have 'em, its potential just soars through the roof. Regardless, you have a very solid A-team on your hands, and further pulls can flexibilize it further. I'm not sure I'd use -two- Supports, Wakka could give way to someone else, but his Burst is pretty solid.

[Meeplelard]

Echoing Snow in that yeah, you have all your bases covered there.  I'd say more but honestly he covered everything...

Also, finished the FF3 Event and the Mote dungeon, but didn't Cid mission Ahriman.  My FF3 team just can't handle that.  I did Cid Mission the Ultimate+, which was a pain in the ass and lost 4 medals on it (went back and mastered with a Shout Team)

I did get a chance to play with two of my new toys at least, particularly I Mage Meta'd Doga/Unei so Ashe's Dusk's Decree so fun use there and between her and Terra (and Lulu hurling Meatballs) that fight exploded, and against Ahriman and the Crystal Boss Rush, Leon used his BSB so I got to see that fun stuff in action.

[Shale]

Spent ~540 stamina on Enigma dungeons thus far, zero onion motes to show for it. I should probably just start running Ahriman...

[Clear Tranquil]

Thanks all. Took the team on a trial run for a +99 difficulty fight in the FFIII dungeon and strolled it. For the boss set up SG first, then debuffed it with Wakka, then used Shout, set up Vanille's Burst, and used Cloud's overstrike. Cloud's Finishing Touch did over 50'000 damage and Vanille's Light Eternal was doing 8000~ x2, Wakka's Burst commands combined with SG and initial debuffing effectively neutered the rest of the fight.  Considering I went in with only 1-20/25 for most weapons and Wakka's armour here, also only Vanille had any abilities (Cura/Dispel, because that's what she had from before) , rather nice~

Used a Gilgamesh friend.

Now have ;

Cloud L65, Ragnarok 25/25, Genji Helm 20/20, Wolf Earring
Vanille L65, Mistilteinn 1/20, Mystery Veil 20/20, Rose Corsage
Tyro L65, Sentinel's Grimiore 20/20, Genji Armour 20/20, Hyper Wrist (VI)
Wakka L65, Hawkeye 20/20, Gloriousarmguard 20/20, Hyper Wrist (VIII)
Ramza L50,  Platinum Sword 1/20, Genji Helm 20/20, Ice Horn (III)

Abilities I have, Double Cut r3, Retaliate r3 (Cloud), Diaga r3, Slow r3 (Vanille),  Blade Bash r3, Draw Fire r1, (Tyro),  Intimidate r2, Dark Buster r1 (Wakka),  Pound r1, Revive r1 (Ramza) and Soldier Strike, Innocence/Prayer of the Cetra, Highscorer and Preemptive Strike for Record Spheres until I learn which abilities and stuffs are good now that I should be getting.

Just used a memory crystal lode to get a memory crystal and broke Ramza's level cap so I'll be getting him to L65 as well.  I do have a bunch of breaks/breakdowns from before but unsure if those would stack even further with Wakka's Burst/Burst commands or not.

[Cotigo]

Ok so I assume you already know that you're going to need to get your weapon levels up ASAP and stuff like that, but I have some advice to help you get the most out of your team. First, to answer your question, since both Wakka's BSB commands only affect one stat, they will not stack with the breakdowns. For that matter, Full Break and the BSB itself don't stack, so they're not a high priority. I may recommend honing them to R2 regardless, though. You'll get more mileage out of Wakka's BSB if you have him use Ace Striker or Battleforged rather than Mako Might/Dr. Mog's Teachings. The obvious downside to this strategy is that you won't have breakdowns until Wakka gets his SB gauge built, so having those ready even if you don't normally use them is a good idea.

That said, you have a lot more pressing hones to get.

First, get one copy of Wrath for Wakka. Even R1 will be enough to get his Burst up ASAP with Ace Striker, and then you can just have him continually use burst commands.

Second, get at least two copies of Life Siphon and hone them both to R2, one you'll use on Ramza so you'll always have Shout up during most fights. The other you can swap between Tyro and Cloud depending on if you need more damage or more mitigation. I would recommend breaking your copy of pound for Power orbs for this. Lifesiphon is less damage, but has a 100% hit rate like Pound and you're going to get more out of building up Soulbreak than the slightly more damage you get from Pound.

Those are the big ones. Shellga/Protectga R1 if you don't already have it. Honing Curaga rather than Curaja will be faster for you and will almost certainly suffice in harder battles until Vanille's burst gets built up. Honestly though if you just get Wrath and the Life Siphons I imagine you'll be able to beat the +++ Fight for sure, and will have a strong fighting chance against the Ultimate.

As far as what Record Materia to use, I'd reckon on that setup Battleforged (Ramza RM3), Ace Striker (Tidus RM3), Dr. Mog's Teachings (Tyro RM3), Mako Might (Cloud RM3), and then Cloud's RM4 would be the most useful ones to gun for. For the RM3s, you will need to use the Memory Crystal 2s to break your characters' max levels to L80 in order to get them. Luckily, Ramza, Tyro, and Cloud are already on your A-team, so the only one you'd have to go out of your way for is Tidus'. Luckily you'll be swimming in MC2 lodes when you get to the point where you can beat +++ fights, so this won't take you very long to accomplish. One side note, I would actually recommend getting Tidus' MC2 before getting Vanille's. White Mages have a much easier time compensating for being lower levelled, and the boost to SB gauge gain from Ace Striker is a very useful boon.

Cloud's RM4 requires you using a Memory Crystal 3 to cap break Cloud to L99 for. You'll probably be able to get this after getting most of the other record materia; you'll need to beat the Ultimate+ boss of an event, but by that point you'll be caught up enough that it won't be outside the realm of possibility.

[Shale]

The next round of multiplayer beta battles dropped, and they have actual rewards. Four-digit greens, orbs, and mythril. Guess I'm going to take part after all....

Also, I CM'd the FF3 U+ - as if the onionburst wasn't brutal enough, they made the tankiest guardian Eternal Winds bait. 3/6 Onion Mote drops down,  too.

[Magic Fanatic]

I'm at...  13/12 Onion Motes.

So what can we do with the extra motes after we finish unlocking all his classes?

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Use them as cupholders.

[Meeplelard]

Got all the Motes I needed for Onion Knight!

Also, that was downright CATHARTIC murdering Bahamut Sin and Cagnazzo in one attempt with little difficulty, albeit, just the whole "GET THAT THUNDAJA SPELL OFF ASHE PLEASE!" nonsense as well as "Water Surges!" right before an attack resolves is argh still.  Nonetheless, the point of Revenge has been met! 

Caius wasn't too difficult, other than the first attempt he used that buff and went "oh, right, he has really damn good Regen, let me come back with Dispel."  Was able to Mage Meta him down this time granted, something I couldn't do the first time (I relied on Shout Meta), thanks Raines' SSB Glove, a Mage BSB (Ducks Decree here...I know what I said...), and the existence of Sheepsong.


Not sure if I should bother with the Lucky Draw or not.  I mean, it is a half price but...

I already have plenty of FF7 Synergy and my FF7 bases are more than covered for.   About the only thing I lack is a Red XIII relic (I have a Barret one!), but honestly that's relatively minor.
FF13 is pretty well handled as well.  Blazefire Sabre (a bit outdated, but still good with Synergy), one of Snow's gloves, Raines' gloves, Wyrmfang, a Healer Staff+++, Pumpkin and Sazh's SSB weapon, so nothing I feel is absolutely necessary there.  I would like Lightning's BSB which I believe is on the banner, granted.

So really it's just FF4 Synergy, which is mostly Kain's SSB Lance, a Dancing Dagger+++, and Porom's SSB Staff. 


If this was maybe 4 months ago, that would be a much different story, but as it stands now?  Yeah, struggling to see it being worth pulling, even with G5 and Half Price.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

I pulled for reasons of what the heck why not, even though it's a trap. End result: Serah's Gloves and Rydia's Mystic Whip. That's uh actually not bad, my FF13 armor synergy needed some help and having Rydia at least remotely relevant is nice.

[Magic Fanatic]

My end result: a combine to Fang's first spear that I already had.

[Meeplelard]

I pulled for reasons of what the heck why not, even though it's a trap. End result: Serah's Gloves and Rydia's Mystic Whip. That's uh actually not bad, my FF13 armor synergy needed some help and having Rydia at least remotely relevant is nice.

To be honest, that's about as good a pull from this Lucky Draw as I figure I'd be able to get, and it's nothing too exciting from there.  The odds are definitely not worth it for me in any event.


Just made R3 Bahamut when I realized I had plenty of MSOs, and now realizing I'm only down to 16k Greens...I should probably stop doing the Onion knight EXP dungeon and go back to dailies.  I am, after all, done Mote farming for him, and did use all 12 already to unlock all his spheres (just so I can be certain "Yes, I have enough.")  Also mastered his Viking Mote for the purpose of having someone in FF3 with Support 5 for Cid Missions.

[Cotigo]

Support is good, definitely the first one I unlocked too. If you have his BSB, I'd also recommend getting Black Magic sooner than later. There will be a window coming up for you all where if you have more than one MAG buffer it's just going to be flat out better for OK to chain his Quickcast Magic BSB command and build for magic rather than attack. After hitting the relevant softcaps, chain casting that command will routinely outdamage his physical command + Full Charge because the mults on his physical attack just aren't there to break 5000 damage on most high end bosses.

[Shale]

Without any MAG diving or stacking SBs he still tops 10K damage/cast against every boss I've brought him to, so I believe that.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Support is good, definitely the first one I unlocked too. If you have his BSB, I'd also recommend getting Black Magic sooner than later. There will be a window coming up for you all where if you have more than one MAG buffer it's just going to be flat out better for OK to chain his Quickcast Magic BSB command and build for magic rather than attack. After hitting the relevant softcaps, chain casting that command will routinely outdamage his physical command + Full Charge because the mults on his physical attack just aren't there to break 5000 damage on most high end bosses.

This is so damn true, and I even ended up pulling his mage SSB to boot. Dealing 25k a pop with Swiftspell on U++ Doga and Unei was just silly as hell. A 4*-level mult on magic just gets a lot more mileage out of multihits and buff stacking than a 4*-level mult on physicals due to the softcap difference.

[Cotigo]

Yeah.

Black Magic was also the last one I unlocked for him due to poor planning and hitting a dry spell of 4* knowledge motes so realizing that actually I had to gimp him into a physical build in order to use most of his skillset was... frustrating.