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Hmm. I saw this on that crappy FFPortal app, but I didn't realize this applied to the ps4 version too. I guess I'll finally give the game a try.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

I had some fun with my new relics against Doomtrain Apocalypse.

Tyro's USB to help a little against his annoying status spam.
Sephiroth OSB for weakness exploitation with its fire damage
Lightning OSB for Lightning weakness exploitation
Ramza with Shout and Eiko with BSB to further improve the physical damage.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Someone please take my phone away. I just blew another 100 mythril on banner 1, so that's 250 total now. At least I got Seph's OSB this time, so I should be safe from any further banner 1 draws, even though I still want Vaan and Kain. But I'm now legit scared I'll blow all my remaining mythril on banner 3 for that Raines BSB.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

I already overspent on my plannings. My planned 2 draws became 3. Great...

100-gem: Red Jacket (new)
11x: Tyro USB (new, but I have SG), Maria BSB (dupe)
11x: Red Jacket (dupe)
11x Red Jacket (dupe), 2x Sephiroth Gloves (both dupes)

Now the questions are:
How do I juggle Tyro USB and SG?
Red Jacket and Gloves: do I combine, or do I keep them seperate?
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Hmm, here's some math:
3 SB gauges
En-lightning unique + OSB x2: 1.8 x 11.25 + 1.8 x 12 = 41.85
OSB x3: 11.25 + 12 + 12.75 = 36
So you'd do more damage with the combo, though the difference isn't that significant. With only 2 gauges, it's obviously not worth it.

An entruster might also be worth considering, to get more en-lightning OSBs off.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Fuck yeah! Celescalibur! I've wanted this thing since its release.

I also got Lightning's OSB, which is nice since I have her en-lightning SSB (which is an armor with lightning+) and a dupe Yshtola BSB.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

3/11
Vincent
Yda
Sazh

I'm not quite sure how good that actually is. 3 new bursts is obviously nice, but they aren't exactly relics that get talked about a lot.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

First thought is 100 mythril each on banners 1, 3 and 4. This could obviously still change, depending on what I draw tomorrow on the BSB banner and on Ultros.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Got Desch Unique en-thunder (yay III synergy), Braska's en-fire SSB and Emperor's BSB.

Nothing particularly exciting, but decent enough, I guess.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

The en-element banner has something like 30 relics I'd really like to have, and a bunch more that I wouldn't mind getting. That's easily good enough for 25 mythril.

I just hope I don't go Lightning Uniform/11
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Got Aerith's BSB and a dupe Selphie SSB.

I'm swimming in healer BSBs, but I like Aerith and I was missing a VII rod, so it's ok.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Don't look back in anger
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

The minigame mythril is stated to drop on the 25th. Let's just hope they don't screw up again. *coughphase5coughhalloweencough*
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Eiko's garbage Reraise SSB and Mustadio's Hyper Break SSB.

Eiko's SSB is pretty much Mind+10 as I already have her burst. I guess the gun will have some use for FFT Cid Missions (including the next Torment), but this is pretty unexciting. At least I didn't get my 4th Platinum Sword.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Some lucky bastard is going to get TGCid OSB and Onion BSB from the upcoming Lucky Draw. I just wish I could be that lucky bastard.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Must. Resist. Urge. To pull.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Being fat
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Breaking the Habit
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Natwaf_akidna posted...

Didn't they dchange the format of the banner by then?

Yeah. Those banners have Legend Materia relics, which are, let's say, of questionable value.
If you get one of those for a character whom you don't have a relic for, it's pretty much useless, but I suppose they can be nice if you already have other relics for those characters.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Generally beer, but it really depends. Wine is great with some "fancier" food, but I'm not going to watch TV and drink a glass of wine.

Rum is used in some awesome cocktails, but I probably wouldn't drink it pure. Same goes for gin or tequila.

Not a big fan of whiskey.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

They changed the abilities. It's now Bahamut and Full Break. Much better than Chain Firaga and Ultra Cure.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

The OSBs make me pretty happy, actually, since I have an en-element for 3 of those.
BSBs are ugh. I have Asylum and Paladin Force, so Onion Burst is really all I'd like there.
SSBs: Well, at least Celes is here. I just know I'll get my 4th Plat Sword, though. And who the hell voted for Onion SSB? Maybe they'll drop this one to avoid having two Onion relics on the banner.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

I set my RW to Maria BSB, since that's basically the "I win" button against the Gigas. Just make sure to not spam command 2, or Ice counters will seriously annoy you. Just use Command 2 once, then spam command 1 to take them out one after another.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

I really like the look of the new FFVII, so I spent 100 of my hard-earned mythril there, and boy, was that worth it!
1/11 Cloud BSB2
4/11 Zack BSB, Seph glove, Barret Hyper Break, Cid goggles.

I'd still have loved Cid's BSB or Shout, not to mention that awesome USB, but this is enough for now.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Mandragora CM was surprisingly not as frustrating as I expected. To be fair, I did draw Penelo's Medica BSB on the last LD, which definitely helped, but a shared Medica might be sufficient, if you have nothing better. The fight goes very fast.

I used Balthier with Confuse Shot (top right) and Blind Shot (botton left) to somewhat neuter two of them. Ashe and Vayne called the Raines BSBs and spammed the AoE command, while Penelo danced and used her Medica once. Larsa was main healer with Protectga and Ultra Cure.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

SSJSephirothGokuX123 posted...

All these recent banners are super tempting, but the problem is the second anniversary is so close. They really are making it hard to save mythril, especially since the XIII one before the anniversary has Cid Raines' burst.

And ugh, the Mandragoras, the more I read about them the worst it seems. I guess it's karma because ever since sanctuary keeper the Ultimate+'s have been pretty easy and straightforward, so I guess Dena wants to throw us a curveball.

Yeah, I think I'll have to draw on FFXIII banner. I skipped the previous Raines banner because I preferred the upcoming Raines banner. We'll hopefully have the celebration banners before the FFXIII event disappears, but odds are, chasing Raines BSB will actually be smarter than spending big on the celebration banners. That relic is so insanely strong.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Ashe SSB and Penelo BSB.
I'm very happy with this draw. I really needed more XII stuff, unlike VIII where I'm pretty much set. Besides, I have wanted a mage sword for a long time, for those occasional "physical darkness acting as a mage" CM strategies, not to mention I like Ashe and I'm glad to have a relic of hers.

Also, I had to laugh a bit when I saw Penelo Burst. That's my fifth Healer BSB (or my fourth, if you don't want to count Selphie). i have 10 BSBs, and half of them are healer relics. I can field a full team of healers and I think it would actually do pretty well. I could have Penelo as a support, Yshtola could carry an additional Breakdown, Eiko and Yunie could provide some extra damage with summons. Selphie can dish out some solid damage in her Burst Mode, too,
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

D250 Gi Nattak mastered. That was absolute hell. My lack of any FFVII mage weapon, and my MVP from both previous torments, Maria, having her element nulled by Gi Nattak, made this a clear step in difficulty above the other two. I still wanted Maria to deal with the trash rounds, but her BSB didn't quite cut it against the boss. (15k-ish per command). So I decided to take an Alph BSB RW and have Maria summon that one, after her self-buff, to become the dps-monster I love so much (22k instant cast is nice)

Here's the setup

Dorgann - Aerora Strike, Mental Breakdown - SSB (wind damage and a Boostga/Faithga - pretty much perfect for this strategy)
Ramza - Full Break, Magic Breakdown - Shout
Tyro - Shellga, Silence Shell (stupid medal condition) - Sentinel Grimoire
Maria - Firaja, Double Firaga - BSB
Y'shtola - Curaja, Wrath - BSB, SSB
RW Alphinaud BSB

Obviously, everyone was using KO resist accessories. Protectga for the trash was covered by a Mako Might'ed Ysh SSB. During the trash rounds, i mostly auto-attacked with the physical characters, occasionally using SBs for Shout and Dorgann's SSB, to increase damage output. Maria used her abilities until she had close to two gauges, then started her BSB rampage and murdered every trash enemy in her way.

The fight against Nattak is actually pretty easy when the Soul Fires are possessing someone, but when they're out, all hell breaks loose, especially if this overlaps with a Debarrier.

I have no idea how I'm going to handle the CM. Lack of medica will be a very real problem. I might go dual-healer with Cait Sith and Aerith, though I feel I might be short on damage if I do that.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

1/11 Tifa Burst

Well, this will not help at all for the Torment dungeon.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Woo attack softcap increased. I'll probably stick to magic, mostly (Maria BSB and stacking Faithgas too strong) but I'm glad physicals are 25% more viable now.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Valigarmanda's barrier gimmick is f***ing stupid. So I just went all "screw this s***", skipped the barrier medal condition and mastered with full medals everywhere else.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

1/11: a stupid dupe Terra Tiara

I was onl y planning a single draw, but after that, I decided to rage-draw one more time (when has that ever NOT worked out?)

3/11
Yuna BSB - OMFG YES!!! Literally my most wanted relic on the banner!
Hope BSB - I don't like Hope, but ok.
Seymour BSB - Pretty poor BSB, but I really like the guy, so that's a win in my book.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

I'm not sure if anyone here's interested in it, but if you're bored of doing dailies, and have a very strong team, here's a site that I use (thanks Reddit), which I use for Torment farming.

https://ffrk-creeper.herokuapp.com

It tells you as soon as you enter a battle what your drops are going to be. It's not that hard to setup honestly. It might be considered an exploit, but I don't think it's breaking the ToS. So what I've been doing, is using this to farm major orbs from the torment dungeons. 2 Major Dark Orbs (or Major NEOs) for 60 stamina is amazing value. Basically, I flee the battle until I get the drop I want, which doesn't cost any stamina on Torment dungeons. When I see a Major drop, I complete the dungeon.
Its kinda exhausting to farm Geos, so I wouldn't do it for days on end, but it's so worth it.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII