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FINAL FANTASY: RECORD KEEPER

With the way Yuna is setup, there's no reason she can't be swapped for Tyro, but I think she's setup really weird in general and I dislike it. However potent you think Healer and that Salvation are, it'd be way better to have Sentinel's Guard and then a healing RW with an extra effect, like +Attack or Haste or whatever.

I'm approaching 100 mythril soon. Apparently when Japan got the lucky draws, they were also gifted enough mythril to cover all three of them, so I'm just going to assume it'll be the same for us, meaning I don't need to include it in my projections. FFT is the fifth event from now, meaning there will be at least 50 mythril available for that. Then 20 more event mythril up until the Relm event, plus at least 30 mythril from log in bonuses. So I should have no issues doing an 11-pull on FF2, FFT, FF6 (going for Celes's new Runic or any mage gear), and one SSB banner whenever that happens.

I might try doing Ultimate Bahamut Sin without Stoneskin, and maybe bring Tifa back out of retirement since I haven't used her in awhile. We'll see.

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I counted all of my stuff. I've averaged about one 5-star relic per 35 mythril spent, though that assumes I've spent all 1750 mythril on relic draws, which is definitely not true. Since May, I have almost exclusively done 11-pulls, so that extra item helps offset all of that inventory upgrading a bit, but I am probably still ahead of the average by a noteworthy amount. Currently, we have about a 1/8 chance on each pull, and I'm looking at a minimum of 1/7.

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I didn't know Jakob would follow you in Birthright as well. Mozu does, but she's a sidequest character so that's not surprising. Jakob is pretty good but he sits the bench for me. The game has a breeding system like Awakening/FE4, so the offspring are generally stronger than the parents. I didn't know how the breeding stuff would work, so I actually wasted 3/4 of my special class seals because I assumed the offspring would inherit their parents' current classes rather than what they start out with. I also botched some characters because I thought the class change stuff would be like Awakening, where your level resets whenever you change classes, so I promoted many characters as soon as it was possible and effectively missed out on 10 levels worth of stats for my protagonist and others. XP is abundant enough that you should really keep them at their base class until Lv20, because I've got a few characters already level capped (though there's a massively expensive item that can increase the level cap--I can't afford it) and I'm not finished with the game yet.

FINAL FANTASY: RECORD KEEPER

author=Craze
This isn't the anniversary event. That will be in march. This Goldor thing is part of the 10 million downloads event, and it's going on right now for both versions of the gae.
Still dumb.

Unlocked Red XIII's and Cid's record materia during the new event. All that remain are Gladiator and Yuna.

Annoyingly, my last Hand of the Emperor RW just got replaced by a Fenrir Overdrive. My second-to-last was replaced during the last FF7 event by Landscaper (which I unfollowed during the FF10 event, hoping that the user would change back after Yuffie was over, but nope). I'll probably never be able find a new HotE, which is why I need my own at some point.

Using Sunday to level up some FF8 characters for next week, since my FF7 dudes are already really strong. While I was at it, I checked my synergy and I won't be pulling on FF8, though the banners are quite good I need to save mythril. My synergy is excellent, though, but I forget about it because they're almost all generic items. I've got two 5-star swords, a 5-star dagger, two 5-star guns (one of which is for Irvine), a 5-star light armor, and a 5-star bracers with group-Cura on them. So I'll be just fine. I don't think I've even used the Betrayal Sword yet... Is this the first FF8 event we've had since the beginner's choice banner was released? That's where I got this sword.

FINAL FANTASY: RECORD KEEPER

Uh... Not much to this anniversary event, eh? Maybe the second part is better. Cloud's stupid costume comes out tomorrow evening as well. I don't really want anything on that banner except for the sword, so I plan on skipping it, but it might be hard to resist pulling on that sword since I've got a decent mythril stash accumulating.

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author=Lawr
Interesting how much getting a good relic can change up your whole party's dynamic. And how much not getting one has had me hoard all of my Orbs, 2-Star and 3-Star relics so I can just upgrade them. Of course you rekt Seymour cause your party is full of beefcakes!

You would have items if you didn't have 300 mythril.

FINAL FANTASY: RECORD KEEPER

Seymour is a wiener. Smashed him with this party:



Since I didn't go with a Runic RW, I dropped the Gilgamesh idea altogether. Yuna's SSB doesn't actually hit that hard, and was only doing 2k per hit, but the +50% RES was appreciated. I only needed Hymn of Fayth once after a Gravija. Yuna was hitting the damage cap with her summons, so there was much self-leeching from Seymour's parasite. The fight was really brief, so Bartz only got to use Wing Blade a single time, and I was very fortunate that it nailed Sap. Bartz was my Emerald Bracer (Shellga) user, which was an error on my part so he had to use his meter on that at the 50% HP mark when Seymour uses his second Dispel, and he had to use Tempo Flurry like four times before it would Slow the parasite which stunted my meter rate.

Really not a whole lot to say about the fight except that a group Cure is probably important, but if you've got that covered it's not a bad fight at all. I used Protectga st the start but never refreshed it after the Dispels, so I'd say it might be unecessary, but I only got cleaved once so that might be high risk. Though, Draw Fire/Retaliate Auron/Gilgamesh might still be a good idea anyway because the parasite does a lot of normal sttacks that could help you kill Seymour faster. From what I could tell, Ultimate Dispel does not work on Lure Magic, so I assume the same is true for other physical effects like Draw Fire, Retaliate, and Sentinel.

Heh... Got Shinra hat in daily draw.

What are you thinking about? (game development edition)

Lately, it seems like people are aping Earthbound's aesthetics more.

FINAL FANTASY: RECORD KEEPER

I have way more eggs than I need so I used all but four of my normal Growth Eggs to shoot Yuna from Lv64 to Lv80 to get the quest mythril. I think the only quest left is an armor combining one, which is inevitable. Only Seymour remains but I'm out of stamina. I'll have enough before bedtime if I remember to spend it.

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author=Lawr
Also Jude, how good is Drunk Cecil? What kind of abilities do you usually have on him? Or do you use him because you have a nice SSB for him?


I use him because I have his Shadowblade which doesn't have a potent SSB but does have a very useful +35% Attack to the entire party, plus two hits that usually approach 20k total if already under the effects of Shadowblade. It's the only +Attack group buff I have, and it does a swell job of it. Without that sword's limit break, I don't really use Drunk Cecil very much. There are lots of better +Attack options, including the coveted Scream sword that Ramza gets in like a month, but I don't have any of those yet.

He is pretty much the best Combat 5 character in the game, but that's the only thing he does. Combat is a good skill set but it doesn't stand on its own very well. Its raw damage is pretty excellent, with abilities like Pound and the expensive Barrage, but it's very rare that I want two Combat abilities on a single character so it's important to have another useful ability group to pair it with. With the addition of Life Siphon, this doesn't matter very much if you have a great soul break for that character, which I do.

Usually when I bring Drunk Cecil he'll have Life Siphon plus Barrage or Armor Break, and probably Ace Striker. Ace Striker increases how much soul meter you get when performing an action. Life Siphon actually gets enough meter to keep full uptime on Soul Eater (Shadowblade's limit break), but Ace Striker gives me more breathing room to mix in Armor Break or Barrage, and allows me to use my -first- Soul Eater like a whole turn earlier which is important because Mako Might and Dr. Mog's Teachings are usually in use already for defensive limit breaks. Also, Soul Eater does respectable damage, so being able to use it more often just for the extra damage is nice too. I usually save my Barrage, which I only have R1 of, for the last stretch, and in FF4 bonus battles can hit for about 20k. I don't really plan on honing Barrage because the Major Power Orb competition is so steep, but when you're going to be using Life Siphon or a limit break every turn it doesn't matter if your second ability only has two uses.