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I just sold everything, which depressingly didn't amount to much. I still have 20 Draco Spike and 20 Crimson Blood Moogles though, if I ever pull Zyrus or Reberta.
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I think it might be the ads, but sometimes it can take several seconds for what I type to start registering in the message box, like the site is lagging out.

Only happens on GameFAQs for me.
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My companion units are typically:
Fryevia
TG Cid
Elza
Noctis
"Bonus"
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voltch posted...

I guess I should get cracking and take out gilgamesh, what's the secret recipe for him?

I did it with:

Rain: DW, Rune Blade, Air Knife
Cecil: Excalibur/Durandal, Black Belt, Golem
Bartz: Chirijiraden/Trident, MP Battery, Auto Attack only
Y'shtola: Dualcast Heals
Noctis Friend: DW Excalibur and Chirijiraden preferred, but not required.

Try to get the most HP you can on the team, not worry so much about attack power. Conserve MP and just use standard attacks and limit breaks until the first threshold, Noctis will be using Cover for MP regeneration on cooldown, Cecil will Provoke and Limit Burst when he can as well as back up heal if necessary.

Try to use Golem before pushing each threshold, and make sure Cecil has provoked as well the turn before. Use Noctis to push the threshold if you can. Noctis can full raise Cecil, or Yshtola can dualcast Raise and then Curaja if Noctis is busy after the 50% threshold.

After the first Bushido Transform, Rain uses Lava Floor every single turn until the end of the fight. Noctis continues to use Cover for MP regeneration.

Use Golem again before 50% and make sure you've provoked ahead of time. After 50%, Noctis will be using Thunder Flask every turn for the rest of the fight, Rain will still be using Lava Floor until end as well as mentioned. Bartz is now your mana battery with Life Giver. Make sure that before you use Life Giver, Cecil and Yshtola hasn't taken their turn yet. You should only need to use Life Giver for Noctis and Rain if you've been managing your MP. When Bartz uses Life Giver, Yshtola dual casts Raise and then Curaja, and then Cecil uses Curaja.

Bartz will probably have to give his life several times, but after 50%, the fight starts coming to a close a lot faster since Noctis will be using Thunder Flask every turn which will help speed things along. When you get down to a sliver of health, have everyone use their Limit Breaks and pray you didn't do it too early :).
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RaidenZeroX posted...

BakusaiTenketsu posted...

I'm guessing Minfilia, Elza, and two Fryevia would smoke it?

Depending on the Fryevia's it should be fine. Both would need Diablos and Dual Wield at least. Not sure what the exact stat requirements are for both, but I believe someone on the FFBE board got through it using mine and his (that I don't think is anything more than 500 Mag).

I could just steal the one DW I have from TG Cid, that won't be a problem.
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I'm guessing Minfilia, Elza, and two Fryevia would smoke it?
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I got Mustadio today myself... up to 50% towards my Romandan Pistol.

That 12 buck chest is really tempting, but I think I'm still gonna remain Free to Play. I'm still sitting on over 50 Rare Tickets and the first 4*+ ticket they gave us as well as about 8000 Lapis, and I am going to continue to hoard all of it and wait for the 2B Banner to pull my waifu.
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Are we going to get the Nier: Automata banner while the game is still relevant, or will we likely see the banner sometime this fall?
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So today's daily got me King. FFBE rankings don't seem to favor him positively, so is it safe to forgo investing in him, and getting his Magnati or Multitask? Was thinking of not even leveling him and just putting him in the squad as is for his bonus, and then maybe forgetting about him after the event.

I have PLENTY of good damage dealers that I don't think he would compete with. Elza already covers most of his important abilities, but better.

What do you guys think? Skip the Magnati and Multitask and bench him after event?


I mean, I could maybe see some fun in giving him an Aurora Scarf (if I had one), Equip Spear, and Twin Lance and just seeing how many times he auto-attacks, but that would be pretty pointless lol.
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Ash_Misty posted...

if you ignore the Crysts (don't ignore the crysts)

I pretty much always ignore the crysts sadly. I don't play the game nearly enough during the day to support getting crysts over anything else.

Hell, I don't even manage to get all the limited items from the event alone most times. I try to get all the Rare Tickets and Moogles first, and then after that I will go for whatever gear or materia looks useful. Awakening Mats and Cactuars if I need them. I usually don't make it to the mats and cactuars unless I am down to burning up the last of my resources.

This event is slightly better and slightly worse for being casual. Slightly better in that I usually get about 4-6 runs in a day of the Elite run, so I don't feel like I'm grinding nearly that much. Worse in that I still haven't even seen whatever drops bonus phantoma in my elite runs, so I don't get a lot of bonus phantoma either.
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RaidenZeroX posted...

Be prepared to set aside 20 minutes if you autoattack with him.

Yeah, I can't stand that. If I ever pull him, he will never be in any of my Auto Farm teams.
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I'm debating how many of these Trust Moogles I should hold on to. I have 3 Gungnirs now, so I probably can afford to sell all of those, and I don't need any more than 1 Equip Heavy armor I think, so I can sell those. But those Moogles aren't my problem area.

I still don't have a Zyrus or Reberta, but I haven't really hard pulled for them either. I'm saving every one of my tickets until the 2B banner (50+ atm, and I still have my 4*+ ticket). I currently have 37 Draco Spike Moogles, and 31 Crimson Blood Moogles, and almost 50k Raid Coins still.
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GANON1025 posted...

I'm personally flooded with dual wields. I have 4, counting the second knife, and like 18 zidanes laying around

First World Problems.

I didn't even get my first Dual Wield until the Popular Banner, which is when I pulled two Noctis before even getting my first Zidane lol.

Again... First World Problems :p.
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So if I want to use a chaining Fryevia with another Fryevia, do I need to be Dual Wielding (like how people do DW chaining Orlandeaus)? All my Fry friends don't have Dual Wield, so not sure if I should stick with Orlandeau instead.
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voltch posted...

Why did they do this

Give new comers a chance at older loot and give old timers a chance at TMR grinding.

I for one wouldn't mind some older content coming back once in a while. I still loathe that I don't have that Stellar Shield with the Magic Stat on it.
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lol, I'm just barely holding on to a 200 Lapis Ranking Reward now after whatever happened with the Bahamut Raid.
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I might sacrifice a couple Zidanes then and slowly start working on the last Zidane as I can. I've actually done pretty well without Dual Wield up to this point (and I've been casually playing since launch), so I haven't really been spoiled by it yet.

I don't have any units capable of Dual Wield on their own, so I've basically never had that feeling of DW awesomeness until I got a Second Knife (which more or less became a permanent addition to my Noctis). I'd put Dual Wield on Orlandeau over Fryevia because I have WAY more Orlandeau friends, and from my understanding Chaining with a DW Fryevia is supposed to be fairly difficult.
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How many Dual Wields should I worry about getting?

I have 4 Zidanes, but enough Trust Moogles to maybe get one of them to 90%. So, I could use two more Zidanes and get a Dual Wield and still have one more Zidane left for a future Dual Wield, or should I hold onto all of them, eventually get a Dual Wield soon (within the month maybe), and another 3 or so later down the line.

What do you guys think?

I don't earn Trust Moogles all that frequently, nor do I TMR farm much (since doing it manually sucks, and my computer doesn't use the emulators very well without lagging like crazy).
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Fiyun posted...

... Fudge!

Sold 2 Fry-needles while cleaning up.

You can't possibly be serious...
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So... I'm looking to get serious about doing the Bahamut Trial now.

From what I've seen suggested for units, I am thinking of taking Fryevia, Y'shtola, Refia, and Cloud of Darkness of my own units. Who should I be looking for as a friend?
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I'm on cloud 9 right now. Just beat the Gilgamesh Offensive using my own stuff (and a friend of course), and got all the rewards to boot.

Rain - Air Knife, HP and Defensive Gear
Cecil - Durandal, HP and Defensive Gear
Bartz - Chirijiraden, HP gear
Y'shtola - Mostly her own private gear, Jeweled Ring and HP/MP stuff
Friend Noctis - Excalibur and Chirijiraden

Honestly, I have my own Noctis as well, and I'm not sure if I could have gotten rid of my Bartz and used my own Noctis in his place. Bartz was basically my mana battery bitch after 50%, and was only there to serve as back up Wind/Fire sealer in the event I had a mishap with Rain. I probably sacrificed him 8 times to keep Noctis and Rain fed so they could keep Thunder Flasking and Lava Flooring. If I had taken my own Noctis instead of Bartz, I might have been able to have a bit more utility with an extra Raise and Cover going on, but I wouldn't have had the secondary Wind damage source.

I beat it though, and I haven't slept at all because of how excited I was when I got it done lol. I was holding my breath hoping that the friend unit Noctis was going to kill Gilgamesh with his LB, and when he did, I about lost control lol.

It's probably old hat to some people at this point, but as free to play with no TMRs and a pretty casual playstyle, this is a pretty big accomplishment for me lol.
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I still need to give the Bahamut trial a real go. I've been working on the Gilgamesh Trial trying to get the rewards there first. I'm really far behind on the things to do in this game. I still haven't done the entirety of Mysidia or unlocked Titan.

I missed most of the Type-O and Akademia stuff, so I don't have a lot of useful abilities for some of the more recent stuff, so I am kind of trying to catch back up.
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Got a gold crystal from free draw today.

Turned into a Leon. I had to look him up because I had no idea who he even was, but saw he was 5* max beforehand, so was already imagining him to be garbage.
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Axl_Rose_85 posted...

Also I have heard about a hermaphrodite character in the game way back then but it isn't who I think is it?
Kaine?

Not...quite.

There are no hermaphrodites in the game. However, there is a character that is "sexually confused," in the very stretch of the description.

Yes, it's Kaine. She's been possessed by a male spirit which is why she is the way she is. It's all explained eventually.
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PhoenixFey posted...

Everybody done with the Trial version of Shadow Bahamut?

I tried it once, got smooshed on Turn 1, haven't tried it since.
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SupremeZero posted...

BakusaiTenketsu posted...

Nier: Automata = Final Fantasy 8

No.

It's an analogy, not a comparison.
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Why is it important that she's black when 3 out of 5 were Black, and a 4th was Indian? And what does political affiliation really mean for Miss USA anyways?

Anyways, imo, the hottest is Meredith and second hottest is Chhavi, but that's simply because I am not really all that into Black women.
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I've never played Drakkengard, though I wish I kind of had. That said, it is NOT required to play to get the gist of the Nier series. At best, you'll get very minor references through out both which you'd really only understand if you were hardcore into both series and were specifically trying to look for the little tidbits.

A singular ending to Drakkengard is what leads to the Nierverse, and that's pretty much all there is to it.

Now... I have played Nier, and am currently working through my third Nier: Automata playthrough (of which you need to play through, like, 5 times in order to really get the whole story), and between the two, I really like the original ever so slightly better. I love the characters just a bit more, their voice acting, and overall setting, and the music in the original is still my favorite OST for a video game ever. Nier: Automata is absolutely amazing though, and against most other contenders would still be my game of choice.

For the record... You DO NOT have to play Nier in order to play Nier: Automata either. They are related only in the sense that they are of the same world, but the gap in time is huge and there's nothing much that you take away from Nier in the hopes of it being answered or revisited in Nier: Automata.


Think of it this way.

Drakkengard = Final Fantasy 6
Nier = Final Fantasy 7
Nier: Automata = Final Fantasy 8

They are all similar in that they share a lot of things, like common names, chocobos, potions, etc... But that's pretty much where the similarities end. Drakkengard/Nier games are pretty much no different.
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Out of curiosity, how are two Fryevias better than two Orlandeaus? I know they both can chain, but what is it about Fry that makes her stronger than Orlandeau, especially with Bahamut's weakness to Light?

I only ask because I have a Fryevia and I have a few Fryevia friends, so I wanna learn what makes her superior since I also have Orlandeau and been using him.
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My Free Summons have been garbage too.

Yesterday, Sashaka
Today, Shantotto
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Wanglicious posted...

i then got kain.

I wouldn't mind another Kain. A second Gungnir is way better than multiple copies of Equip H Armor. I've pulled nothing but Firions from Rare Tickets off the featured summon.
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I thought Fryevia and Xon were limited time only. Are they still part of the summoning pool?
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I'm out of Unit space >_>... so many Draco Spike and Crimson Blood trust moogles, and no Reberta or Zyrus yet.
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I get the feeling that the Trial is a lot more manageable if you have a lot of Jumpers lol.
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Anyone who hasn't added me yet that wants to:

FC - 641 543 963
IGN: ®an©id

Usual leads:
Orlandeau (591 attack DW w/ Durandal)
Elza (700 attack DH with Demon Scythe)
Fryevia (471/698 w/ Needle)
Bonus Units if necessary for farming events
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I always saw Punisher as Marvel's equivalent of Batman. Basically a highly trained, normal human being, with a lot of resources to help him wage his personal wars.

YES
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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

BakusaiTenketsu posted...

I wish I didn't have such terrible lag on Memu and Nox. I really want to get some TMR farming going, but it's just so bad to run those programs on my computer without watching it snail crawl through a 2 turn dungeon every 3 minutes.

Adjust the settings and give the "phone" more cores and/or CPU power.

Tried for Memu and it still ran like absolute crap.

I adjusted the settings on Nox to Highest Quality so I could get 2 Cores, and it seems to be a little better, but still quite laggy, takes about 3 minutes to run a stage from selection to reselection, which is at least a bit better than it used to be.
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I wish I didn't have such terrible lag on Memu and Nox. I really want to get some TMR farming going, but it's just so bad to run those programs on my computer without watching it snail crawl through a 2 turn dungeon every 3 minutes.
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I can't get Nox or Memu to run on my computer without lagging like crazy, so I haven't been able to do any TMR farming for a while.
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I'm kind of disappointed that the OGs Father, Kaine, and Emil are overshadowed by Automata.
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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

I have 2B tickets ready to GO for Nier.

/chuckle
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voltch posted...

Will add, but hot damn that's p much the dream team lineup of 5s.

Yeah, I get plenty of Rainbows, almost too many really since I can't really do anything super powerful with them without the TMRs to support them and even needing to figure out who needs to sit out usually.

I have Ramza, Dracu Laswell, and 2 more Noctis (3 total) even for Base 5*s, plus the standard Y'shtola and Dangerous Ariana. >_>

Unfortunately, with Dual Wield, most my units still tend to sit around 550-600 attack since I don't have the Accessory or Materia TMRs to really beef up my stats.
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Feel free to add me guys. I have 130 friend slots, so I can always make room since I have lots of people who don't log on very often.

FC: 641 543 963
IGN: ®an©id (Registered, a, c, Copyright, i, d)
Rank: 84

Leaders I use:
Elza
Fryevia
Noctis
Orlandeau
Marie (current)

I am Free to Play (despite having some amazing luck with draws) and haven't spend a penny on the game. That said, I don't have the TMRs for super units, so don't expect 100% evasion Noctis, 800+ Attack or Magic units, etc. I can get my Elza up to 700 Attack and Fryevia up to 700 Magic.

I have one copy of Dual Wield, one copy of Doublehand, Demon Scythe, Fryevia's Needle, Rising Sun, and Blade Mastery as the more "awesome" TMRs, and most came from Trust Moogles. Most of my +% Stats Materia are still +10%.
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On a side note... I was considering posting a Open 5 Man Nightless game here last week. but never got around to it. Setup is pretty straight forward and used every time this type of game is played.


3 Town Aligned Conditional Vengeful Townies
-Condition is that they are only Vengeful on the first lynch.

1 Mafia Aligned Godfather
-If the Godfather is Lynch #1, town wins automatically. Vengeful kills do not count.

1 Mafia Aligned Goon
-Standard Goon.
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CherryCokes posted...

I want a Lopen ranks the Mafia players topic

God Tier:
Lopen

Trash Tier:
Everyone else


...obviously
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I has been summoned.

This would be absolutely amazing to play in, but part of the reason I don't frequent B8 or play mafia here as much as I used to is that I just can't dedicate the time to it anymore. 48 hour days just requires way too much of a commitment from me with the life I currently have.

I got 8 and 9 year old kids that I have to carpool to and from school, sometimes with additional volunteer hours, piano & karate lessons for both after school, scouts, meals to prepare during free time, a never ending laundry job, dishes to wash, various other chores my kids won't do to do, and sleep to attend.

If you are absolutely desperate for another body, put me at the bottom of the list, but just keep in mind what I said as it really should impact any decisions of putting me in a B8 Mafia game and know that as much as I would love to play anything here, I will be an absolute embarrassment activity wise.
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