Record Keeping Final Fantasy Record Keeper

[Nitori]

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I need to play six months in the future to out-Snow Snow

Happy gacha is Machina LMR/Orlandu SSB dupe/Ignis SSB/Estienen SSB/Sazh SSB1 dupe, must mean happy for DeNa

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

needs more ysayle and rinoa chain

[Meeplelard]

Here's the results of the Parade + Free Pulls.  Haven't done the 2nd 33 pull for 50 Mythril:

FF15/T/T0: Malach's LMR (Well, I have his Ultra at least)
FF14: Y'shtola's USB (there was much rage when I saw the Disco turn into this...)
FF13: Sazh's SSB (Dupe -_-)
FF12: Vayne's BSB (ok, this is nice to go with his OSB that I have.  Fun fact? When I got this, I went "This is an omen; Vayne is going to be the revealed character in Dissidia Tomorrow!" ...and that's exactly what happened, leading to me saying "I WAS JOKING ABOUT THAT!")
FF11: Prishe Medica SSB (Dupe...)
FF10: Seymour LMR (I have his Super but little else, so blech)
FF9: Steiner SSB2 (Dupe *le sigh*)
FF8: Rinoa SSB1 (...I joked this is the worst thing you could get on the banner, go figure the game did this to me...)
FF7: Zack LMR (On one hand, YAY ZACK RELIC! On the otherhand, I don't have anything beyond his Uniques ;_; )
FF6: Kefka OSB (and thus, I FINALLY have a relic for every single villain in the game!  ALso BEST ANIMATION IN THE GAME!!!)
FF5: Lenna BSB (Whatever one I didn't have already, I now how both, let's leave it at that!)
FF4: Ursula LMR (I have her Burst, so not a total loss)
FF3: Cloud of Darkness LMR (I have her Hastega+Faithga Burst, so this isn't a loss at all)
FF2: Firion Burst (Dupe)
FF1: Echo SSB2 (I hate life sometimes...)

Yeah, the Parade basically kicked my ass outside of FF5, FF6, and FF12, getting Supers, Dupes and LMRs everywhere, as well as the ultimate Troll in the FF14 Draw.

Free 11 pull:
Paine's LMR (Dupe)
Kimhari's SSB (Dupe...also go to hell, Kimhari)
Garnet's SSB1 (graaaah!)
Locke's OSB (...ok, that's fine)
Rem's USB (that's ALSO fine!)

Yeah, basically got both trolled AND satisfied in the same draw, getting 5 relics, with all the 5*s being dupes, and the 2 6*s being new stuff.  I am ok with this.

Free 33 Pull:
Setzer's SSB (dated SSB AWAY!!!  Whatever one is on Death Tarot)
CoD SSB (...what's with all the CoD relics lately gods damn it? And what's with all the +Darkness defensive gear too!?)
Balthier's Burst (DUPE!!!! *shakes fist*  I forget which one, but it's the Spica)
Edward's Ultra (...ok, I am not allowed to argue about this one)
Bartz's Ultra (and I've basically lost any right to complain or whine about this pull at all)

...this one feels like an apology for the parade.

[Shale]

Realms on parade:

3 dupes: Shantotto burst, Cloud of Darkness burst 2, Edea ultra
2 new USBs: Hope, Rydia
3 new BSBs: Basch, Marcus, Edgar
3 new LMRs: Marach (first relic for him), Papalymo (got his burst), Rikku (BSB, Master Thief SSB)
4 new SSBs: Shelke, Lenna, Scott, Echo (her haste/shell/res buff)

Overall, not terrible but probably not worth the 75 mythril. Oh well.

Free 11-pull: Tifa USB. Okay, that works. Quality over quantity.

Free 33-pull: Edgar' Chainsaw SSB, Raijin BSB, Terra USB. DEFINITELY quality over quantity. God tier animation for Edgar, and my fire team is now even more stacked with that extra-long EX mode boosting her OSB to the stratosphere.

Fest banner 1: OK LMR, Marche BSB, Rosa USB. That'll work. OK keeps his spot as my premiere buffer even without an ultra, Marche can use that LMR I drew for him months ago, and Rosa has all my healing needs covered forever.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Man, that was a lot of relics.

Realms on parade net me: Gafgarion LMR, Garlond BSB dupe, Serah BSB1, Vayne LMR, Ayame OSB, Auron BSB1 dupe, Kuja BSB dupe, Seifer SSB2, Ward SSB, Kefka OSB, Galuf USB, Kain LMR, CoD BSB2 dupe, Josef SSB2, Master SSB and Master BSB. Could've gone better, could've gone worse. Picking up Kefka's amazing +Dark bracer was a steal, though.

Free 11-pull: Ashe SSB dupe and Rydia BSB2! Yay, stat-complete Rydia.

Free 33-pull: Mog SSB dupe, two other dupes I can't even remember and Serah USB! Hell yeah.

Mythril 33-pull: Tyro OSB (...), Quistis OSB, Malak BSB, Elena SSB (+fire ranged weapon! Locke thanks ye), Cyan SSB1, Sephiroth BSB1 dupe, Zack SSB and Thancred BSB2. Welp.

Picked XIII's free relic set, now my Lightning has 349 base ATK and I can kill Kraken in 21 seconds (well, thanks to Sora, mostly, but she makes that USB and those two OSBs count!).

[Meeplelard]

I just 100 Gem'd Lightning's Ultra.

THis is making me scared for my luck in the future.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

So, uh, mastered Boundless Ozma. For all that it was kind of a pain in the ass, it took me around three tries and, in the end, I can't help but feel it wasn't as hard as Nemesis back in the day - or heck, even Magicite Tiamat. That's the curse of the puzzle fight.

Apropos of nothing, I also have sub-30 runs against all 4* Magicite as of now. Midgarsormr took me the longest to figure out, but ESTINIEN of all people to the rescue. That USB's seriously legit.

[Shale]

I 100 gemmed a disco ball!

It's the only OSB in the entire fest. Sad trombone.

I think the general assessment is that Boundless fights get easier every time, up to the new one in JP right now that can be soloed with Ashe BSB. Looking forward to that.

For my part, I've kinda hit a plateau. Despite picking up some (apparently) excellent fire, lightning and ice tech lately, not to mention Rosa's ultra, 4* magicites still seem more like a complicated practical joke than beatable fights. So I'm running through events on autopilot, grinding 3* magicites for the monthly mithril and some orbs, but making no headway on beating the fights currently out of my reach. Not thrilling!

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

4* Magicite are just very execution-heavy even when you have the tech. Even Marilith, which I in theory just roflstomp with God Tidus and Bartz USB, took some fine-tuning to get the grind going, and they also ask for some priority reworking - in particular, it taught me just how valuable Entrusting your healer instead of your DPS is. There is a puzzle aspect to them in that they're rather scripted and some of their nastier minutiae require specific mindsets (Kraken's counters beg for more SB-centric action, Ixion's dispel and defensive gimmicks need you to focus on keeping your hastega up, Isgebind's flight gimmick needs you to be extra careful with your healing, Tiamat emphasizes speedrunning to an unhealthy degree. The most straightforward are Marilith and Midgar - Marilith just needs you to have a mitigating measure for her death counter and Midgar's status mostly gets mitigated by Astra and a Hastega at ready). All of them took me multiple resets to get into gear, but, like 3* Magicite, once you get the kinks sorted out, you can make more or less a science out of those clears.

[Shale]

While getting execution down is absolutely part of it, even when I have properly timed healing and buffs and whatnot they're still just unbeatably durable. Fire is my strongest element and if Isegebind didn't attack at all I still couldn't kill him before running out of hones.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Yeah, more hones and more copies of abilities are part of the equation too. 4* Magicite made me break my one-copy-per-ability rule very definitely. I honed an extra Chain Firaga to R2 and two Chain Blizzagas to R3, along with another R3 Thundering Twinstrike.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Welp, done with fest now that I cleaned some clock on banner 5. Total tally from the fest banners: Kain BSB dupe, Zidane LMR (both from 100-gem pulls), Terra AOSB, Terra Glint, Terra LMR, Yuffie USB2, Yuffie LMR, Krile CSB, Tidus LMR dupe x2, Tidus BSB2 dupe x3 and Yuffie BSB2 dupe x2. Six 11-pulls total.

Now I can just unwind and wait till next fest, since the banners enter a veritable lull at this point. Not to mention I'll have roughly a full month of practically nothing to do now that I have replicable, consistent sub-30 runs for all 4* Magicite currently released.

[Shale]

My final haul from the fest banners, from four 11-pulls and a bunch of Google Play credit for single draws:

Banner 1: OK LMR, Marche BSB, Rosa USB. Best healing USB for pure damage avoidance, super solid buffing LMR that also makes OK into an excellent entrust bot.
Banner 2: Crap on the 100-gem pull, not enough shinies for mythril.
Banner 3: Gladioulus OSB, Ingus chain. The OSB is a pure stat stick, although not a bad one since it comes with native fire boost and RS earth boost. Ingus' axe instantly supercharges my Bartz USB/BSB3 combo, although beyond that my earth options are limited. Tifa BSB1??
Banner 4: 100 gemmed a dupe Zidane BSB2. Too many dupes to spend mythril.
Banner 5: Tidus LMR, Tidus BSB2, 2x Tidus chain, Terra LMR. I'm one step short of full-on God Tidus and I'm not even sad about it. Getting a double Double Edge was a disappointment after seeing two disco balls in my last pull, but it still jumps my water team to the point where I can maybe take a run at Marilith, so that's great. Also that LMR made diving Terra a no-brainer.

Overall: Nice haul but not a stellar one. Terra looks to be on par with Vivi as a fire god now. I'm still looking for a party-buff USB (maybe in that lucky draw that's coming up) and missed out on AOSBs.....although Sora's tri-element shenanigans mean I don't care that much on that score. Earth and water chains make Bartz's follow-ups more than a neat party trick, and might finally get me a 4* magicite win; I had Snow and WoL's already, but holy only matters after the Dark fight unlocks while it takes more than Squall BSB2 and the worst chain to beat Tiamat.

Currently running through old elite dungeons to get another 50 mythril for the 33-pull, since I put that off until after all the fest banners were done. Good thing, because I needed a second  pull on banner 5 to get that shiny shiny CSB.

[Meeplelard]

My Pulls:

Banner 1-4: I only 100 Gem'd, did get Luneth's LMR from one of them at least.
Banner 5: Threw 4 pulls at this.  Got Terra's AOSB (!!!!), her Glint (Yay!), Krile's CSB (My first 5*+ Whip!), Yuffie's LMR, Krile's LMR, Yuffie's AOSB, and a dupe Tidus CSB.  Wanted Terra's BSB2 just for completion purposes but...I can live without it, and pray they don't change the record dungeon select (it seems they've stopped that crap after the first Keeper Select stunt that pissed people off?)

33 Pull #2: Rinoa's BSB2 (-_-), Serah BSB, Curilla's SSB, some dupe I can't recall, Shantotto USB

Healer Lucky Draw: Dupe Sarah SSB, dupe Relm SSB (that is COMPLETELY obsolete so it's a Rosetta stone), and Rosa SSB (well, it's new)

Buff Lucky Draw: Curilla USB, Gogo-5 SSB, Matoya SSBx2


Picked up Ayame STuff from the 11 draw free thing, because I had a dupe of everything and FF11 was only an SSB, and I could use more Ice stuff so...yes, I just got 2 BSBs, but I don't have any physical Ice things and one of those is Rinoa BSB2 so quiet!

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

This maintenance was a doozy. Meia and FFD2 events translated! A second set of Renewal Dungeons! A new series of elemental pickup banners! Daily Missions, at last!

Love how the reddit's constant meltdown state for the last four months has been rendered entirely perfunctory in the span of four hours.

[Shale]

My shiny new toys enabled me to go from "4* magicites are bullshit" to "lol, sub-30 Marilith." Then I did a 100-gem pull on the FFX banner because Google gave me a bunch of credit, and got Tidus' AOSB. So my water team is set forever. I've also got a reliable Ixion clear, and have come damn close to finally beating Isegebind. Properly leveled 4* magicites should be able to put me over the top there.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Speaking of "4* Magicite are bullshit", what the fuck is wrong with Hades.