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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 53: Merry Christine and happy Kryla-days
Horith
12/31/18 10:39:11 AM
#74
BS Sakura #2 from the 10+1. Guess I'll take that.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 53: Merry Christine and happy Kryla-days
Horith
12/30/18 11:32:00 AM
#66
TheArkOfTurus posted...
Ramza #1

D'oh


Same here.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 53: Merry Christine and happy Kryla-days
Horith
12/28/18 9:50:43 AM
#42
Nothing from the 10+1, SBDF #4 from the 5* EX.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/21/18 9:15:42 PM
#487
Got a Kryla from event tickets, not too thrilled with that one, but cool I guess.

So I imagine WKN is leagues better than Basch for magic tanking, and the provoke is nice. But I'm way behind on pots since I haven't been playing much lately, and I just upped Basch to 7* not too long ago. Is he so much better that he'd be worth the UoC ticket? My only other choice really is GLS, and I know that without a lot of her on my friend list, she's next to worthless. Long-term it seems like the better choice to go WKN, I just feel kinda meh on it because that pretty much means Basch was a wasted investment.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/21/18 9:57:25 AM
#481
14 tickets and got a WKN. 10+1 got me my first Luneth, and 3rd Merc Ramza. 5* EX got me my fifth Prompto.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/15/18 10:44:50 PM
#436
They're very different games, and Epic Seven is scratching an RPG itch for me that I've been needing. Epic Seven feels more like a standard JRPG than FFBE did, so that may be a bit off putting because, well, we've seen this kind of game before. It's nothing new. And even if 3* units are still solid, getting a good 4* or 5*, as well as a decent Artifact, can go a long way, so luck still may play something of a factor in how much someone can enjoy the game.

What I'm enjoying right now is the unit building. I used to enjoy that in FFBE, having to pick and choose what units I wanted to build up with my cactuars and pots, playing with team comps, etc. Now we're so saturated with units that it's just gotten stale. Cactuar fusing, lots more pots, TMRs, all of it for a unit that for the most part is only incrementally better than what I already have. Yes putting together good teams for a specific boss can and has been fun, but once you hit that sweet spot of the right team, most fights become a test of your ability to chain, and nothing else. And that, actually, has been my biggest issue. Chaining with anything other than DR and maybe Octaslash frames just sucks, and kills tons of units from being viable. What good is AR chaining if you can't hit it even half of the time? None, that's what, especially on bosses where you have to kill past a certain threshold. Mess up your chain, your dead. So back to the old boring DR frames if you want any sense of consistency.

Epic Seven removes the chaining, and a lot of the extraneous abilities that just clog the list, and it gives a bit more of a compact feel that's refreshing. Same thing with the unit library, right now it's fresh, so the pool is small, and getting something usually means you can use it and it's not just fodder. FFBE has just become so bloated with units that pulling isn't fun anymore. We're getting all this free stuff, and I just...don't care. What good is a few guaranteed 5* units when I'm not going to get anything out of them?

Mostly it's just because Epic Seven is fresh, new, and yet similar enough that it feeds that gacha fix I need. I dunno how long I'll stick with it, but it's still fun. FFBE has, at least I think, started to feel like it's run its course. Everything they're adding is only incrementally better than the last batch of units. Bosses are having to resort to dispelling buffs and covers, which are usually the only way units could survive the insane damage they threw in the first place. With the elemental requirements coming up, you pretty much have to have the right TMRs to survive a fight. And we all abhor bosses with pre-emptive mana drain. The challenge has always been to survive the mechanics of the fight, but lately things have gone in the direction of removing what allows you to survive in the first place, and that doesn't have the same feel as building up the right pattern, timing thresholds, etc. And one-shotting past a threshold is satisfying the first few times, but when every fight requires it? Then it's just a test to see if you have the most powerful units, not your teambuilding.

I loved FFBE, I thought it was one of the most fun gacha games I've played. But the game just isn't fresh anymore, and it shows.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/15/18 5:05:14 PM
#431
Alright, that gives me a good direction to go. Ill try to build up Lorina along with A. Cartuja, find a good wood unit in my box (probably Kluri? I dunno, my choices for Wood suck) and then start saving for 6*, probably Karin or Clarissa since theyre both doing incredible work already.

And Fiyun, based on what were seeing from Korea, yes a lot of 3* base units are still good, and Lorrina in particular stays good. They dont seem to introduce as many units as FFBE does, so a unit thats good now will generally stay good for longer.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/15/18 2:29:06 PM
#428
I'm actually badly hurting for support units. Damage I have covered: Clarissa, Karin, Kiris, and Ravi all get the job done nicely. Karin probably wouldn't be quite as much if I didn't have that Thief Artifact that gives bonus turns 15% of the time, but that just makes her absolutely insane. Tanks I've got Ravi, Bask, and will be getting Kluri in the works soonish. But while Achates is a good healer, she's not Destina tier or anything, and I don't have really any good buffers save A. Cartuja. I've got Elson like everyone else, but with his nerf I know he doesn't cut it quite as well as he used to, and none of my other pulls really seem to have been all that good in that department. So I'm still relying heavily on debuffs instead, and I know Achates slow healing is going to cause me to lag badly in the future.

I'll still work on Lorina soon, since I nabbed her a couple days ago, but since I've been so stacked for damage units, I haven't really bothered with her. And it's getting hard to tell when I should aim for a 6* versus just building up a ton of 5* units.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/15/18 11:09:44 AM
#426
Well Raiden, I finished the story for Adventure, and that was...an interesting ending. I get that they have to leave setup bait for the next chapter, but not even a hint as to what happened to Ras? And that final boss was a right pain in the ass. The only reason I won was because I brought a Destina friend, and her and Achates were just barely able to keep themselves and Karin alive long enough to win, and that was with Destina being stunned like 70% of the time. Didn't get to use Kiris as all once the mobs died, but eh, Karin is enough of a beast that it didn't matter.

I also did my first Moonlight Summon and got Assassin Cartuja. Based on what I'm reading on what I could pull from ML, I got a real winner here, so I'm quite pleased. Now to go off and clean up all the side missions for Orbis and whatnot, and then go back to farming the Side Story I guess.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/14/18 2:56:36 PM
#421
RaidenGarai posted...
Horith posted...
Goddamn that ending for the side story...just...godammit.


The writing for this game is top notch. Right in the feels


Yeah, I really wish there was a lot more of it. Hell, Iseria's chapter alone should've been way longer than it was. Ah well, can't expect a whole lot of story from a gacha game. At least there's no Lassworm character here.

Although I have to wonder, Vildred didn't change at all over the course of 20 years. Or anyone else for that matter. I know that new images for all the characters wouldn't have made much sense, but that's kind of jarring. Maybe they're planning on saying everyone ages way slowly so the lolis are solidly legal or something, I dunno. Kinda the whole Sakura thing. "She looks 12, but she's really 1,000 years old! It's not creepy!"

Speaking of Sakura, I'm somehow not tempted to just blow my UoC on her, even though I pulled like crazy over Halloween for her. Maybe it's because absolutely nobody is sharing her as a friend unit. This game really, really needs to fix its friend system badly. Hell, Puzzle and Dragons recently did an update where you can bring your own unit as a friend, because there's so many out there that it's impossible to find one to fit your team unless you're running the most meta of meta units.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/14/18 12:18:51 PM
#417
@RaidenGarai Goddamn that ending for the side story...just...godammit.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/14/18 10:13:58 AM
#415
I actually got a rainbow off a 5+1 ticket, my second Flame Veritas. Cool I guess? Not really gonna use him.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/13/18 5:53:33 PM
#412
I kind of figured. It was mostly just for one artifact I have that made me ask, most everything else I was just going to ignore. Hell, the one 5* Artifact I do have a dupe of I wasn't even going to use most likely, so it's not like it was going to change how I approached my box.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/13/18 4:50:02 PM
#410
Lemme tell ya, after all the hell Bloody Moon gave me when it first came out, getting through the Trio by absolutely shredding everything was satisfying as hell.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/12/18 10:47:12 AM
#384
I'm really trying to wrap my head around why he would even need W-Ability. If you can't get a breaker into your party sure, I can maybe see it to make his breaks more efficient? Beyond that, it just seems like such a weird choice for a slot.

Well I only got Basch and Prompto out of this batch, and Prompto I only 7*-ed so I could get his STMR. I don't even care if it's good, I know I'm going to get more mileage out of it than I ever would of the unit, much less two of him. I haven't even played the game and I can just tell he's obnoxious.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/10/18 10:48:50 AM
#358
Hmmmm, had I waited like a week, I could've used this for Zargabaath and gotten something else out of my normal UoC. As it is, the only things appealing to me on the list are GLS (though not as much because she's not a popular friend unit), Fryevia because who doesn't love her, or just any of the limited time units for a TMR. It's cool though, not gonna lie. And everything else we're being given for the Fan Festa will be fun to pull with if nothing else.

@RaidenGarai I can't really screw up choosing who to promote in E7 that badly, right? I finally got enough fodder for a 4*->5* promotion lined up, and for some reason my brain is screaming "Wait! Alexa might not be the best choice!" I mean, I'm sure she is, because she's pretty much carried me all this way with a crit build, but for all I know a Healer or Ranger like Achates, Kiris, or Rima might be better. Or some other random 3* unit that I don't know is awesome, but have in my box. I mean, I know this amount of fodder grinding isn't too bad, but for some reason I just can't quite take the plunge.

Also, what should I be planning for team design when it comes to Arena? I'm getting trashed in there with the matchmaking against the higher level opponents, and several times a warning will tell me my team isn't optimized. Any specific units you might recommend, stat builds to go for, etc.?
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/07/18 7:04:12 PM
#326
Nah, it totally worked. And I had done some leveling of my equipment too, since that was pretty badly behind. Right now I'm debating if I want to go through the effort to get Alexa to 5*, or try and get some of my 3* units up a bit more. She's doing amazing work for me, honestly better than Ravi in some battles, but I know it's a long, drawn out grind to really get that far, and I'm in no position to really grind at all anyway.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/07/18 3:56:08 PM
#323
RaidenGarai posted...
Isn't the UoC stub in the first level of the story mission?


As soon as I went in I noticed that it was. Guess that makes sense, no need to gate UoC tickets behind the hardest content. For some reason I forgot that was how they did it. Got through it, got my Zargabaath, and just seeing those beefy HP stats on part with M. Ramza and those awesome CD skills is making me want to find a trial to take him on a testdrive for.

Also, I made the mistake of actually reading the text of the first story mission. Oh dear gods, I didn't think I could hate Sieghard any more than I already did. I mean, I'm sure he's basically lying (I would not be surprised if his brother and sister actually despise him, and I kind of hope that's the case because it would at least add some dimension to the character), but ye gods even his lies are so horrendously embarrassing to watch.

I may have a loathing for Lassworm being a whiny, petulant brat about...well, everything, but he at least has some redeeming qualities. His dedication to Rain in particular. But while he is a complete embarrassment of a leading character, he's not Sieghard. And that suddenly makes Lasspuke a fair bit more tolerable.

Can we just have Folka's story already? That's pretty much the only one of the Veritas I actually liked, and I'd love to see her background in more detail.

Oh, and on E7 stuff, I do like the ability to share a unit of each class. That is incredible, and more gacha games like this really need to do it. I just wish people realized you actually can do that, because my friend list really isn't filled out with folks that do. I'll give your unit a shot Raiden, and see if I can get through that chapter. If I can't, I'm not too fussed about it. At this point, it'd just be for a mad rush to try and get all the cinematic missions, and that's not happening in time anyway.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/07/18 10:09:08 AM
#321
I really need to find the motivation to get through Sieghart's Story missions, because I need that UoC ticket. Beyond that, I can tell my motivation to play is dwindling like everyone else's, and Sieghart's banner isn't helping matters.

Of course, I also hit my first story roadblock in E7 at 4-4. Too many water enemies, no good wood allies, too many fire allies. I'm trying to raise a Wood mage, but man does he suck, and Alexa just can't carry me like she used to. But when it's between him and a 3* thief, yeah, I'm kinda stuck. Really wish Silk was easier to unlock.

So instead I'm trying to blitz through as much of the Side Story content as I can, and start building up resources from Hunts and the like. Oh, and finally chase down Orbis now that I know what they look like on the map. The game is definitely holding my interest for now, but I worry that the game won't have staying power. They're being exceedingly generous with energy and gold and stigma now, but what about once the Launch Event goes away? The pull rates feel FFBE levels of low too; but of course I don't have quite enough of a sample yet.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/06/18 1:10:44 PM
#312
Yeah, Alexa is doing amazing right now. I've given her two crit sets, and with those plus the Rhianna & Lucianna Artifact, there are turns where she gets four attacks off. It's so cool to watch her take down an enemy faster than Ravi would. I'm really hurting for an Earth element character though, haven't gotten a good one of those yet, and Silk's missions seem time consuming, to say the least. At least the kills mission, no idea about the Transfer Stone gift.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/06/18 11:21:10 AM
#309
Ooooh, I was wondering whether I was actually going to have to sacrifice the gacha units when I went to promote Alexa. Now I know why people bring monsters along for leveling and such. So once you get a really strong unit or two, you can take them to farm missions for like event currency while leveling fodder for promotions. Now I see why it takes so long, because you have to level a ton of fodder to do it.

And I know Penguins just exist for leveling units, but are Phantasmas the same? Why would you need two different units as experience fodder?
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/06/18 10:05:18 AM
#307
Yeah, I'm a little curious about how leveling and promoting and such really works. Apparently it's a pain to get a unit to 6*? The game hasn't given me much information about this. Also, what's recommended for spending Orbis on at the Sanctuary? I'm guessing the Spirit Forest, since that's where my leveling materials for units and skills comes from.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/05/18 2:24:54 PM
#290
I cannot. The rank limit to apply myself is 20, and I'm still only 14.

Edit: D'oh, was looking in the wrong place. I'm good.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/05/18 2:07:32 PM
#287
I still haven't gotten that guild invite, or even a friend request from Vanquish. I dunno if I accidentally deleted the friend request, but I don't think I did.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/04/18 9:00:56 PM
#277
So I will totally agree that getting a 5* Artifact does seem a bit disappointing on a pull. I got the one from the banner, and I'm not seeing how it's really all that great. The one I got earlier giving bonus turns? Hell yeah, that's amazing. This one? Eh.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/04/18 5:30:11 PM
#276
The Mana Sword posted...
Alright, hit level 10 in this thing.

My ID is 612799635


Request sent from me as well.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/04/18 3:20:56 PM
#272
It's been quite a while. Wasn't even aware I could dump game data, unless you just mean uninstalling it.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/04/18 2:56:07 PM
#270
voltch posted...
F/GO and Kancolle provide all the doujins we'll ever need.


Nah, there's never enough.

So Autobattle works pretty well if you can stomp everything. The characters run automatically, and use the full variety of their skills, unlike here where they only attack. Only issue I see is that it won't pick up chests or the like, so you have to pay at least a little attention if you don't want to miss anything.

Also, FFBE is having some serious slowdown issues for me. I tried running around a couple towns, and after maybe 30 seconds it became really noticeable that Lassworm was moving a lot more slowly than usual. I'm a little worried something about either my phone or the latest update has seriously screwed with the iOS compatibility, which might have explained my crashes when fighting Vindemiatrix. A memory leak perhaps?
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/04/18 1:03:36 PM
#265
Perverts, people who love cliche anime games, and reasonably generous at the start with literally giving you 30 chances to get a good reroll without having to restart the game. It seems fun enough, plus it doesn't have any of the timing stuff to deal with for chaining and the like that FFBE does, and that's a plus for me.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/04/18 12:33:02 PM
#261
I did an hour or so ago, so I'm set to go for joining a Guild.

What should my priority be at this point? I've got the Side Story event I'm doing some stuff on, but I know my units are going to start lagging behind in levels. Should I be working on the main story for now to get everything unlocked? I'd imagine so, as I need the ability to get Penguins for leveling I assume.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/04/18 11:11:26 AM
#256
Nope, Achates. No idea if shes good or not, but she can remove debuffs with one of her CD skills, so I assume that will be useful.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/04/18 10:30:32 AM
#254
True. This definitely does seem like another big time sink, and I'm not sure if I really want to do that to myself or not.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/04/18 10:10:09 AM
#252
Well the free unit I pulled today was a 4* healer, so I can pitch Aither out the door. And yeah, I saw that pulling units given as gifts can happen; I got Alexa on a pull last night, and I'm still working on her missions. But I'm not arguing, as it rounds out my team with another element and gives me a thief to use my 5* Artifact on.

Beginning to wonder if we want a separate topic for this.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/04/18 9:36:30 AM
#250
Then Ill just go with it. I know a healer may be better, but eh, not gonna pass up on two good damage dealers that can self sustain for a while.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/04/18 8:39:33 AM
#247
So on my third 10 summon, I got the following units, plus a couple 4* Artifacts

Ravi
Carmainerose
Roozid

I've also gotten a Romann and Achates from regular summons. It's not a lot, but I heard Ravi is exceedingly good for a long while, so it's tempting to call it quits here. Oh, and sent a friend request. My ID is 311305985 for anyone interested

And hey, Sieghard. That's an easy skip banner for me. But hey, finally getting that last piece of the Select Ticket so I can get me that 7* Zargabaath!
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/03/18 11:25:04 PM
#237
Okay, @RaidenGarai, you convinced me to get into Epic Seven. No idea if I'll stick with it, but it has fun anime cliches and whatnot, so it's hitting all those fun guilty pleasures. I'm not gonna reroll, because I know that's a timewaster when these kinds of games average out to giving you something good in the long run, but I'm hoping the 5* Artifact I got after 1-4 is good. Got Rhianna and Luciella.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/03/18 5:36:49 PM
#231
Never played any of the Fate games, so it'd be getting into another gacha just for the sake of playing another gacha. Been half tempted to get into one that's nothing but over the top anime girls just for the waifuisms, but meh. Half the reason I play this in the first place is to give myself something to do with my phone when it's not cool to pull out my 3DS or Switch. That and it gives me my gambling fix with the gacha and all, and I don't need more of that.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/03/18 5:21:46 PM
#228
I'm running the raid right now, and arena just to get my orbs used, but I haven't really used my NRG for much over the last few weeks. Enough to clear some content, and that's about it. I think the most time investment I've put into the game has been trying Leviathan and clearing some 10-mans while they're cheap. I'm still having fun, but I can feel the slowdown hitting me like it last year, and the way Gumi keeps screwing with pull rates and banners to make them even stingier than JP? That's leaving a pretty bitter taste in my mouth.

I've still gotten way more time out of this than most other mobile games, and the money I have put in doesn't feel too badly spent. But it just isn't as fun as it used to be.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/03/18 4:39:26 PM
#225
BakusaiTenketsu posted...
Do I really need to gear 10 units though? Like, can 3 or 4 of the units basically just be filler units and the content be done with 5 or 6 well geared units? Or are the fights meant to be done with 10 units, and anything less is handicapping yourself?


Unfortunately yes. They trials are 10-man trials because they're designed around needing 8-10 units to be able to cover everything. Most trials require a mix of

2 tanks (mix between magic cover, physical cover, and evade provoke)
2 physical DPS
2 magic DPS
1 breaker
1 buffer
1 healer
1 summoner

A lot of bosses switch between being physical and magical immune, so you need to cover both DPS spectrums. You may need specific elements for a fight, so you have to change your gear accordingly. Breaks are almost required just because of how hard the bosses hit, and while buffs aren't required, they're damn useful. A healer is a given. And lots of the bosses have a 'Kill with Summon' requirement, and a summoner to cap a chain is usually the best way to get the OTKO on a lot of the bosses.

Look, I get that you can only put so much time into the game every day. But the game really does demand more than that. Outside of the RNG bullshit-fest that is summoning, this game is pretty in-depth in what it requires for the hardest content, and you can't expect to build a team that will be able to do it all (at least not until the content is powercrept). The puzzle is usually based around figuring out what your team needs to be able to clear content, and making sure you time thresholds and mechanics properly. You can brute force a lot of the older stuff; hell, even the early 10-mans you can probably get away with only a little bit of tweaking from one team to the next. But on the whole, you have to take the time to build your teams around the fight. And that's not including the grind for equipment, stat pots, cactuars, etc. A lot of the time investment is because Alim was full of crap in their game design, and made things not convenient at all (looking at you cactuar fusion and having to sell turtles). But most of the reward comes from being able to plan out your team perfectly to be able to handle the challenge.

Of course, you can be like me and still fail miserably even when you think your team is perfect, wasting all that time prepping units only to unequip them because you can't pass the trial. Still salty about Leviathan being a right bastard and continually screwing me over. So if you're not ready to put in that kind of time, it might be worth considering whether or not this game is a good fit for you.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/03/18 8:11:57 AM
#219
Second Lightning. Blargh.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/02/18 11:37:15 PM
#217
Honestly, if you have even a few 7* units, most of the 10-mans are pretty badly power crept at this point. Tegmine used to be a monster, and now he's a joke. Almost all of them pretty much need to be one-shot in their last phase, otherwise you're going to either die or put in such a bad place that you'll never be able to recover. However, most of them have relatively small health pools, so that's not nearly as hard a feat as it sounds. For reference, I beat a lot of them with Tornado chaining with a 6* Barbie and Lexa. Some of them I didn't even need anything other than those two for finishing damage, just needing physical chainers for when certain bosses became magic immune.

Really, the hardest part of these fights is making sure you have a team built around the boss. The gearing alone can take quite a while, just because you need to equip 10 units with the stuff they need to perform their roles well. After that, it's just a matter of fighting the bosses with the occasional redo as you learn the patterns, assuming you don't just hit the hard thresholds every time and just bypass all the mechanics.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/01/18 9:36:28 PM
#203
Okay, Im a little concerned. Did Vindemiatrix cause crashes for anybody else? It was constantly crashing whenever I went to swap characters. I got through the fight (twice, becuase I forgot the no LB mission), but that was really annoying, and Im worried about the last two fights I have to do now.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
12/01/18 4:30:28 PM
#201
Tegmine down, don't feel at all bad about cheesing that fight with 7* units.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
11/30/18 2:54:59 PM
#196
Broke down and went for the step up. I dunno that I'll finish it (I'd have to buy Lapis, and...eh), but I was able to get to Step 3, and I got my second A2 and fourth Orlandeau. That's actually really awesome, and while I know A2 was the more disappointing of the two Nier units, I'm not terribly upset with this.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
11/30/18 8:45:12 AM
#194
Well...huh. Ive joined the 2B army, but Ive only got one. Thats not gonna do me a whole lotta good.

Edit: Dark Fina and A2 off of regular tickets as well banners being a tease, but still, wow...
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
11/29/18 2:40:06 PM
#186
You better believe he does. Also does Stop, Petrify, and stat reductions. All on top of a 99% damage reduction that you either have to dispel every turn, or use ice attacks three turns and deal with a unit getting snorted.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
11/29/18 2:34:08 PM
#184
Damage isn't really my problem, surviving and keeping MP topped up is. I'm thinking I can get away with 2x Loren, Zarg, Basch, healer, and someone to provoke the snort as long as I can find a way to keep the team topped up on MP. Problem is Zarg is terrible for party MP regen, LM Fina and Ayaka have fixed MP heals which can't keep up with Loren, and items may not carry me through since most everyone is going to be too busy to use them.

2B would help if I had one for the LB chaining, because I've read that can shred Leviathan down from 80%. But as I don't, that's not too much of an option unfortunately.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
11/29/18 1:27:50 PM
#181
Anybody having any luck with Leviathan? I'm trying to go the magic cover route, because I don't have the ability to gear up a whole team with the necessary element resists, and Leviathan is just trouncing me. Machina's breaks and good buffs aren't even enough to survive. I dunno if I should got the Snort or Avoid Snort route either, because I can't really afford to lose anyone on my team.
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NNID/PSN: Servillo
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
11/29/18 8:46:13 AM
#180
Free daily gave me my first Ace a day early for the upcoming event. Sweet. Also, I need to double check, but I think that completes the whole Type-0 set for me.
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TopicFinal Fantasy: Brave Exvius Topic 52 - Ready 2B Disappointed? A2-time banner.
Horith
11/28/18 1:38:23 PM
#173
So if I'm gonna gear up a unit to share for Leviathan, a few questions about what people might want.

Reberta or Loren?
Full 130% Ice and 100% Water, or just enough that a 50% Elemental Resist buff will cover them?
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