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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/13/18 9:24:15 PM
#446
I don't think he really needs anything special. Basch and Ramza should be taking most of the damage, and as long as he has the ability to survive the physical blows the demon throws his way, I should be good.

Thanks. I'll let you know how it goes.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/13/18 9:12:47 PM
#444
She's at 6628 HP, 200 Def. I just found I had Mog's Wisdom on her because I thought she'd need the LB build-up, but that's not really necessary with how many opportunities I have to build LB crystals. I can now get her ot 7472, so maybe if I have Nichol's strong HP regen I can get through the fight.

Are we friends? I'm not sure. My in-game name is Servillo.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/13/18 9:03:13 PM
#442
That's correct, I have not been blessed with CG Nichol. I am using a friend Orlandeau, but I can swap in a Sephiroth for chaining instead. But CG Nichols are pretty rare, and I'm still not sure that would solve my issue with Fina constantly dying in the last fight.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/13/18 8:41:54 PM
#440
I need some advice for Scorn of the Surging Menace, specifically the last fight. Fina simply cant keep up Divine Veil, Reraise on herself and Basch, heal and cure status effects, and change up her pattern if things wind up changing. Basch soaks up the magic damage, but he always bites it after Cursed Black Sphere, and Fina always dies thanks to the AoE physical attacks. Im running:

LM Fina: Heals and elemental resists from Carbunkle
Basch: Cover tanking whatever is needed.
M Ramza: Provoke tanking, critical for the last fight thanks to the hybrid damage ST abilities
Tidus: Water resist, buffs, and backup MP regen
Orlandeau x2: Damage

Im toying with the idea of bringing in Yuna in place of Tidus to be a backup healer, but Im worried losing the buffs, small as they are, will slow down damage. The main problem is the physical attacks that are just wrecking me thanks to the inability to keep breaks up, and I dont know how to make Fina tanky enough to take the blows without dying. And bringing in another healer will only exacerbate the problem.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/13/18 6:33:47 PM
#434
Why?

Why would anyone equip Brotherhood onto Orlandeau? I just wasted another 40 stamina on Scourge of the Surging Menace because I didn't check his equipment.

Just...why?
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/12/18 11:34:56 AM
#397
That's mostly why I'm not going all-out by blowing my moogles on spear-based TMRs yet. But when one's 7* options are limited, and with how slowly they're releasing (apparently we're not getting anything other than A. Rain this week? Has Gumi learned nothing?), I also know I should grab what I can get.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/12/18 10:52:37 AM
#395
I'm really hoping Merc Ramza gets some solid GL upgrades that make him worthwhile. Having his cover abilities on a CD just hurts him so damn much that as temping as it is to use my UoC on him for his 7*, I know it probably isn't worth it. I don't have the TDH gear for Tidus, and nothing else in this batch that I could UoC are units I use at all.

At this point I'm praying Reberta gets timed jumps so I can at least get something out of this batch. Really kind of pissed that Rem got shafted again.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/10/18 10:31:58 AM
#373
The only one I can outright 7* of that batch is Reberta. Depending on how she turns out, Ive got about 250% in moogles that I can use to get a few TMRs and have her up and running at near peak efficiency. Beyond that, Ill wait and see how Merc Ramza turns out, as I may use my UoC ticket to get either him or Tidus to 7*. Most likely him, as I dont have the gear to make Tidus worthwhile.

Edit: Oh yeah, I can do Nyx too. Pretty sure Im not going to waste the 3 mil on that.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/07/18 9:03:18 PM
#338
Well at the very least the current Raid is good to go through. Cactuars, Gil Snappers, and a lot of the equipment you can get is really good. Two different weapons with killers, which are always handy, and a hefty non-elemental Great Sword. There are two craftable weapons with killers as well, so those should be nabbed too.

Not sure if the MK is worth farming at this point. Most people got everything last time, so bonus units will be scarce, and outside of tickets it would just be dupes of the equipment you're getting from the raid.

Is anyone bothering to hold onto the Deus Ex raid moogles? I know we've had one or two raid events reappear (and I was so stupid for missing the Bahamut one to get moogles for my Reberta), but even if it does come back around I'm not sure it's worth holding onto anything for that long when I'm not going to pull for the units.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/07/18 8:18:45 PM
#336
No LMS, unfortunately. I will keep Carbuncle in mind, and gear for fire resist though.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/07/18 4:59:14 PM
#334
Huh. I'm having a surprisingly hard time with Monster Carnival ELT. My only successes have been when I bring a high MAG Dragonlord to chain cap. Guess I'll have to just eat the bonus and bring another Tornado chainer and switch Barb to finishing duty.

Or I could just stop. I got all the tickets last time, got the Cautery Sword and 30% Moogle now, and all I'd buy is Erdrick's Sword, which I'll get one of in the raid anyway. And that's a lot of currency for a sword that won't see a lot of use.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/06/18 12:55:10 PM
#320
I'm still gonna do dailies, maybe through some tickets at Dragonlord's because I like him over Estark and would like a LMS, but that's about it. Not going to go all out or anything, gotta start saving for the piss poor chance at GLSakura's 7*.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/06/18 11:55:39 AM
#315
How on earth is that supposed to endear you to your customers? I would love to know the reasoning, honestly. People weren't going to invest much in this banner to begin with, I don't see how the units getting into the pool was going to hurt them much in any way.

*sigh* Well, that's what we get for becoming gacha addicts. They know they can pull stuff like this and we'll keep coming back, because the game is still good enough at its core to be worth it. And I mean, it is a good game. It's challenging, unit building and theorycrafting are a blast, and it's fun to use all sorts of different FF units, even if a person's favorites may not be the most meta of the meta. I just...I dunno, it just feels like they're so desperate to save a few pennies here with things like unpopular units getting into the UoC pool early that they're going to lose dollars because people are going to take their business elsewhere as a result.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/06/18 11:27:43 AM
#313
Really? That's their reason for the emergency maintenance? I figured I'd be the only one crazy enough to even consider using their UoC tickets on Shantotto, and yeah, I'm hopefully not that stupid.

I mean, I'm kind of sick of the Gumi hatefest going on too, but if that's the reason, I'll admit there's going to be a part of me that thinks they fucking deserve it at this point. They do have a trend of fixing things that benefit the playes instantly, but any long-term issues that harm us just tend to linger. I just don't get their philosophy towards working and operating like this.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/06/18 11:15:10 AM
#311
Man, there's going to be a lot of stuff competing for NRG this week.

FFXI for cleanup items. Still need to get all the cactuars, been scared to because of the mass fusing spree I still have to do from Deus Ex.

FFXI Exploration

Dragon Quest, both the MK and Trial since I didn't really do much of either last time.

Vault of Hidden Treasures, even if it's cheap and once a day, that's still something.

Also, I'll admit that looking at the upcoming batch, I'm going to be tempted to 7* my Merc Ramza. I know unless he gets some good GL upgrades he's just not worth it because his covers are CD based, but until Basch comes he'd be my only 7* tank. Plus it'd stop me from doing something really stupid with my UoC ticket.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/05/18 8:48:24 AM
#307
The Mana Sword posted...
DQpalooza this week. The raid event, plus a rerun of the original MK event, and both banners.

First event happened when I wasnt really playing the game anymore so thatll be nice to pick up the goods for.


I'm in the same boat. I ran it some for the tickets, but I didn't get the swords and probably a few other things. I may have to pot a bit in order to finish up FFXI in time.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/04/18 3:14:26 PM
#299
What are the rates for the JP Gacha? And how many UoC stubs do they provide at this point? I just want to compare how we are compared to them. I know JP in general is more generous, but that's always a given with a gacha game.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/03/18 10:20:03 AM
#269
Bupkis on all my summons today. Getting a mite annoyed with the stinginess at this point.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/03/18 1:32:32 AM
#267
Hmmm, that may be worth farming then. CG Lid, CG Fina, and Livid Shantotto would love that boost.

Come to think of it, that doesn't seem half bad for Shantotto. Gives her additional HP, gets her high cost LB rolling that much sooner, and if she dies, gets it her back up and running quickly if it's needed.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
09/02/18 8:49:50 PM
#265
Well I'm terrible at saving. Blew 5K on the FFXI banner, didn't get Shantotto, but I did get my second Prompto. Didn't Fiyun say he had a good 7*? If so, I guess I can't argue with that.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/31/18 11:27:00 PM
#247
Skylight Desert? If so, that means you have pretty much all of Crystalis to get through in the next few hours.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/31/18 11:20:06 PM
#245
Where are you at this point?
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/31/18 5:33:30 PM
#242
Lucavi000 posted...
The thing that makes me think she isnt sustainable is the fact that all of her good magic skills are 110 MP a piece and that you get triple cast so she uses 330 MP a turn if you use all of them for nukes.

Kind of makes it annoying when you triple cast and one of them will have to be osmose to get some MP back but that only works once per monster.


Nah, you wouldn't use her 110 MP skills. Her setup needs to be any of the three ways she has to get to her -aga V spells, and stack those up. They stack quickly, only needing three casts before they hit max, and as she has several ways of getting to them, she doesn't need to spend a lot of time with setup skills. Her CD also gives her a crapton of MP regen for the a few turns, although I really don't get why it's a 12-turn CD. That seems way too high to me, personally.

I think they way I'd use her (if I had her 7*)
Turn 1: Elemental Seal
Turn 2: Triple Cast whatever spell is needed to get to max stacks
Turn 3: Triple Cast again or Play Rough if it's up
Turn 4: Mana Spring or Play Rough
Turn 5: Continue Triple Casting

She has a good chunk of MP regen built into her, and those spells will only sap 240 MP a turn instead of 330, while doing more damage. Unfortunately she's more of a 2-3 turn nuke unlike Dragonlord's 1-turn nuke, but she has a lot more elements to play with. I think even with the higher costs she'd be easier to maintain than Dragonlord in the short term, although I'd rather have someone like Zarg or a stronger MP battery than Fina to keep up with her.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/31/18 3:14:11 PM
#238
Don't use lightning attacks, like at all. Not only does he put up the shield, but he retaliates pretty heavily when he's hit by them. Just stick with something you can imperil yourself.

I only tried the trial once, and I ran into that issue. I hear he hits kinda hard after the threshold too, but it should still be manageable with good tanks and elemental mitigation.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/31/18 2:56:10 PM
#236
Oh, I was thinking about mid Season 1 during the tournament. My bad.

Yeah, you'll still need refreshes, but you can probably manage to get there in time. You're almost done with Gungan, and you just have to finish the entirety of the next continent to finish what you need to.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/31/18 2:37:08 PM
#233
I'm being really silly, defending Livid Shantotto on the board. I get that she's not a great unit, but holy crap the arguments people are making are awful.

"She can't chain!"
"Her AoE abilities are locked? Awful!"
"She can't one shot everything under the sun."

Apparently magic finishers with stacking damage never existed before. Can you imagine if someone like BSSakura got blowback like this?
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/31/18 2:18:27 PM
#231
You've got a long, long ways to go. You're not even finished with Season 1 yet, and still have a ton of content in that one as it is.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/31/18 8:54:41 AM
#229
Well I blew all my tickets on the banner. I dunno why, I just get so tired of hoarding when I know it's not really helping the odds of getting something I want by all that much. But on the last ticket I got myself a Livid Shantotto. Guess I'll just keep doing dailies in the hope of a dupe. Pretty happy though, I got what I wanted.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/30/18 3:24:41 PM
#222
Guh, curse my masochism and my need for tickets. I did a second run of the Trio, and while I still won, the Moon was a lot tougher than it was last time thanks to RNG. It killed Basch twice on two different thresholds because of course it wanted to be a jerk, and it Snorted out Ramza once. Took over 20 turns for the Moon. I also didn't realize that Echidna would still hit crazy hard if I let it survive even a single turn, and that almost ended the run too. But I got my tickets, so I never have to touch that trial again.

That said, it was definitely a fun one. I actually like the Moon trial despite the RNG, and it's fun to have a trial like the moose that's just a damage race instead of being full of crazy, wonky mechanics.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/30/18 2:34:45 PM
#220
The moose is really easy; if you can take the Moon, that trial will be cake. It's pretty much a DPS check, kill it by turn 8 or you die. Some things to keep in mind:

-It's thresholds are based on what you used to damage it past the threshold. If you used Magic (note magic-type abilities don't count), it will use an AoE magic attack. If you used anything else, it'll use an AoE physical attack. It also normally attacks with an AoE physical attack in addition, so if you don't trust your team to take one or the other, magic-based abilities are probably best.

-It's SPR is lower than its DEF, so magic is better than physical for your damage.

-It's vulnerable to ATK/MAG breaks, so that can greatly reduce the damage you take.

Since you've got MS Nichol, I'd use him, Basch for a cover tank, and then just bring a ton of DPS units. Use MS Nichol to give yourself HP regen, boost your stats, and reduce incoming damage. Basch should cover and use his breaks, unless you want to bring someone who has better breaks than him. The rest can be used to bring him down as quickly as possible. His first turn he gives you a crazy MP regen buff and doesn't attack, so your first turn is basically free for setup.

For reference, since he was part of the Trio, I used just GLSakura for chaining and BSSakura for finishing, and he went down in four turns. This was without any buffs too.

The bird is tougher. Much tougher. I'm not sure what to do about that one, because it opens with a pre-emptive volley that absolutely thrashes you. When it first came out the only chance was to hope that someone like Mystea's innate AoE cover proc'ed and that your key units survived, unless you could gear for a crazy amount of Ice Resist. I'm not sure what the options are now.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/30/18 1:18:35 PM
#218
It is kind of a shame that it's gotten to that point. Even when I pull a rainbow, the thrill is fleeting because most times I don't really need the unit; it's just nice to have. It's why I poured everything into FFVIII, and will put a small chunk of resources into the upcoming banner to chase Shantotto, instead of hoarding for the next big meta unit. If I'm going to get a rainbow, I'd rather it be for a character I like, because at no point are the best units strictly required. They make things easier for sure, and I won't deny that I use some of them like CG Fina. But I have no desire to chase after Hyoh, Akstar when he rolls around, or many of the CG Veritas units, so I'll put my resources into banner units I enjoy, even if I don't get them.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/30/18 12:45:08 PM
#215
Where are people getting all this rainbow luck? XD

I still think it was a decent choice overall, but I can't deny I'm feeling the salt when I've gotten nothing but blues and golds. I'm hoping the 10+1 luck will be a bit better for me.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/30/18 10:48:07 AM
#210
@Fiyun Thank you for the use of your GLSakura. I cleared the battle pretty easily, but of course I missed the mission to kill the stupid moose with magic. I dunno if two tickets are worth 50 stamina and having to do that battle again, even if it wasn't that bad.

It's disturbing how powercreeped even the Moon is at this point. I knocked off almost 40% of its health with 2x Grim Siphon and a Quick Rebel Intention, although I was boosted with the Quick MAG boost skill.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/30/18 12:30:20 AM
#191
Wow, don't think I've read about anyone beating it with the kidnaps happening. Usually the Apostles nab a damage unit and it's GG. That's awesome work!

So, Marlboro next?
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/29/18 10:15:12 PM
#188
It's all three fights as they were. Elakifarkas (or however it's spelled) and Echidna have been pretty well power creeped, so I'm hoping they won't be too bad, especially since I plan to bring M. Ramza to soak up the Charm ailment. Moon is the part I'm worried about just because it took me a couple tries to get it down, and I'd rather not have to relearn the fight when I have to get through a huge moose and an annoying woman serpent to get to it. As I said, I thought about Dragonlord cheese, but I don't have a handy fire imperil, nor am I confident in my ability to time the kill right.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/29/18 9:12:29 PM
#186
Lucavi000 posted...
Horith posted...
Would anyone be willing to put up a GL Sakura? I'm wanting to try the Torturous Trio trial, and she's the only non-elemental Mag chainer I have.


Trio would be much easier for you if you had 2 tornado/aeroja chainers instead as well as an enhanced Dragonlord. It kind of hinges on it actually because you need to be able to 2 turn the first boss, 1 shot the 2nd and 1 shot the moon with a kafrizzle and bahamut cap.


I had considered doing that, but I would like to try it this way around first.

Something to keep in mind: Not all of us powergame or have the most meta units. And sometimes we just want to do things in a less efficient manner becaues it is more fun for us that way.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/29/18 9:01:00 PM
#184
Would anyone be willing to put up a GL Sakura? I'm wanting to try the Torturous Trio trial, and she's the only non-elemental Mag chainer I have.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/29/18 12:15:57 AM
#172
Honestly, MS Nichol is the better option I think. He's got skills to buff your stats, run as an MP battery, and has a good damage mitigation skill to let you survive thresholds or losing WoL to Snort. All Rikku gets you is an AoE Reraise at the cost of the MP gain and no stat buffs. You absolutely need the ReRaise during the transition, and Phase 1 is easy enough that Ayaka can take two turns applying the reraise. After that it gets a little hairier, because his thresholds do have a chance of using the instant-death, but RNG will RNG no matter what, so you're kind of rolling the dice as is.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/28/18 10:58:12 PM
#169
Yeah, Basch absolutely has to be geared for high SPR and HP. The elemental attacks thrown his way really aren't all that damaging, while Meteor Moon is non-elemental and is an absolute beast of an attack since the Moon itself can't be Mag broken. You can break the Apostle's Mag though, so Basch can break them and mitigate the incoming damage from them to make it easier to survive the big hits.

Your biggest challenge from here is dealing with Snort when it comes up. I'm not sure, but I think they fixed the reset trick that let you cheese the RNG for Snort, so you'll have to deal with WoL getting blown out of the fight for three turns. I think I had that happen to me on one of my attempts, and I just turtled for a few turns to keep from dying.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/28/18 4:36:21 PM
#164
Well that was a waste of stamina. I was determined to get the 10% moogle from Alhena, because I missed the esper kill the first time around. Apparently I forgot how I actually beat him though, because I had two failed runs because A) I forgot that I brought M. Ramza for a reason, and B) How important using the first phase to get Aeroja stacks up was. Finally got it 150 stamina later. So totally not worth it, but eh, I like moogles.

Now to figure out if I want to try the Trio, Tegmine, or Aldehafera next.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/28/18 11:05:32 AM
#153
So looks like UoC tickets are limited to units that have had their 7* forms released, and new units won't be added until their banner's are completed. Seems like a reasonable compromise considering there were concerns Gumi would be bastards about releasing UoC at all.

I'm guessing most people are skipping this upcoming banner outside of trying to get a handful of bonus units? I haven't even played her game, but I enjoy Shantotto enough to throw a couple of tickets perhaps, but that's it. It's not like I'm hurting for mages.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/28/18 8:43:34 AM
#142
Got my first Aranea from my ticket. Guess the game is telling me my dragoon plan is good to go or something? Meh.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/26/18 3:47:15 PM
#97
Lucavi000 posted...
Fragmental rock is a 12x magic aoe attack


D'oh, that was stupid. Yes, that was magic AoE, didn't read the mechanics page right.

@BakusaiTenketsu Ignore like half of my party advice then.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/26/18 2:08:57 PM
#93
I thought Fragmental Rock was a physical attack with magic damage? Or am I confused about how those types of attacks work? I could never really suss that out, never made much sense to me.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/26/18 1:42:51 PM
#91
You need a 100% evade provoke tank instead of Basch. Cover tanks generally won't block single target attacks, which is why you'll often see people run two tanks for the harder content, one cover and one provoke. And Golem hits hard enough that it doesn't matter how beefy a unit is, it'll likely die after only one or two hits, so the 100% evade is required. In addition, Fragmental Rock reduces your earth resistance by 100%, so any earth damage will get through after he uses that.

I would run:

-Veritas of the Earth: Earth Resistance + AoE cover tank (you'll want him to AoE cover so Fragmented Rock doesn't hit everyone)
-100% Evade Tank: This can be anyone you can get up to 100% Evade and 100% Provoke. Friend units may be the way to go here. All they do is Provoke and keep your other units from dying, so it doesn't matter what else they do.
-MS Nichol: Your best option for MP sustain and buffs. Just have him do what he does best.
-Two DPS: Anyone that can perfect chain together. If you have Lexa, her and a dupe or anyone that can Dualcast Tornado+Aeroja will be great. Worst-case, just pick any two units you have that can chain and slog your way through.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/26/18 1:29:19 AM
#87
Okay, that is kind of sad. So since I hadn't finished Nue, I tossed the Valkyrie weapon from the FFVIII event into the item world and got Mag +22%. I just finished Nue tonight, and went to see how much of a hit VoL's Mag would take by swapping the two. I instead gain 26 Mag by equipping Nue. I need to double-check what my bonus percentages are at, and we'll see if this still holds true after I finally manage to pot her for Mag.

Oh well. Time to start farming up Dragoon gear!
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/24/18 5:53:02 PM
#73
Believe me, now that I'm actually doing the whole macroing thing, I'm rather pissed at myself that I threw away all my Cyans. 'Course, this was back before I realized how critical evasion was as well, so double-dumb-ass on me.

Hmmm, although it is an interesting thought. If the game senses me desiring a common blue unit, what will it actually decide to throw at me?
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/24/18 2:17:49 PM
#71
I do not believe I am getting through to you, so I will reiterate: I have looked at the wiki, I know what gear I have and what I can't get. I can and have built Noctis as a 100% evade, but I would like to be able to build up WoL, VoE, or Merc Ramza as alternatives so as to provide myself more flexibility for tougher trials. My stumbling block is currently materia, as those are the only options for getting non-innate evaders to 100%. I only have two Shines which I am farming up now, and because I missed certain events easy options are gone for me, so of course I am tempted to jump on any easy access to evade that I can get.

I have done my research, I know what my options are. Simply commenting my temptation to make bad decisions doesn't mean that I don't know what I'm talking about.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/24/18 1:55:58 PM
#69
I have. Everything is either limited-time stuff that I've missed, or TMRs to farm up. I've got all the equipment that the game provides for free except for the Wolf Mask, which isn't any better than the Raven Beret. And end of the day, what I need is evasion materia, because I've pretty much capped on what equipment can give me.
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TopicFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!
Horith
08/24/18 11:20:54 AM
#67
I am so happy I finally get to use my Light Veritas for something. She's no Olive, but she's still tearing the raid boss a new one. Just wish I could get some Mag pots to finish boosting her.
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