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Got Leila's Sync on the FFII banner.

Was heavily thinking about skipping the AASB LD, but I pulled anyway: Umaro (dupe) and Gilgamesh. That probably wasn't worth 25 mythril.

Damn, super jealous of that jackpot. Congrats.

"Upgrade Hero Artifacts" -> "Hero Artifacts" -> pick equipment with the new passive and choose the one you want to keep.

I assume this still works, even after it gets to lvl 99, but I have no lvl 99 gear to check yet.

If it's any consolation, I also get overloaded with Guy crap. At least I have 4% element Demon Rod for Emperor, so that's better than Kite stuff. I haven't seen anything better than Kite's 3% on his Emperor's armor yet. I keep getting that garbage Res-buff or damage-reduction.

Accessories are generally ok (48%, 47%, 14%), but weapons and armor are a pain to farm.

I try not to overdo it; 1 manual run per day is enough for my sanity, the rest is bookmarks.

Got Locke's Sync from LotR. Nice.

Rem Sync might be a bit better, I guess, but it really doesn't matter much. Unless I had the free SB boost before the fight, Rem and Pecil AASB casts usually dealt the finishing blow. Maybe a single ability cast under AASB at worst.

Chain isn't necessary at all. Cait AASB and the massive imperils from Agrias let Pecil and Rem cap regardless.

I don't think it's been mentioned in this topic yet, but if you're looking for an efficient Labyrinth auto-team for high difficulties, magic holy is the way to go.



This team solo'd the entire D500 dungeon on auto. No need to switch teams or equips. Fatigue barely matters, since Mind isn't affected. The Def, Res, and HP penalties aren't really noticeable either. Agrias damage drops a lot at high fatigue, but she's mostly there for imperils.

Soul Breaks that were actually cast:
Cait AASB(honed)&Glint+
Pecil Dyad&AASB
Rem AASB&Sync (Sync was only used against the final boss)
Agrias Sync
Deuce Glint+&USB3

Did a pull on the IX banner:

Lili AASB (dupe), Zeid LBO, Lion Sync
Real happy with that Lion Sync.

Wow, AASBs of the Realms continues: 6 new AASBs!
This time it's Laguna, which will be great in a few months when I will finally have his chain.

Did the 15 mythril draws on XI, XV and Core, and spent my 5 hoarded tickets on Core

Prishe AASB
Cor AOSB
Elarra Sync2, Tyro Dyad, bunch of dupe USBs

I'm working my way through the labyrinth. Now at the D260 fights. So far, so good, but things will definitely get more annoying on the harder difficulties, where I'll absolutely need to switch RMs between fights.

Got Garnet's AASB. It never hurts to pick up a BDL relic for your chain holder, especially the ones with a SB+ Glint.

Weekly events, Chocobo Greens shop, some of the lower difficulty Cardia fights.
There's also typically some in the upcoming fest dungeons and log-in bonuses.

Edit: But their number is limited for those who haven't been playing that long.

It's been a very long time since I've been this excited for a maintenance:
- Labyrinth
- Realm/Elemental banner refresh
- 10 daily draw
And that's just things we 100% know is coming.

In other news, LotR keeps being pretty good to me this time around: XI gave me Curilla's AASB and X gave me Wakka's Full Break Counter realm chain, both relics that I could potentially use.

Got Fran's LBO today.

Considering she's my ice chain / imperiler, this was a major success. It's basically free damage on a character who will always be in my ice teams.

If only we had ice-weak Odin where I could use it.

After 4 days of LotR, I've already picked up 2 new AASBs: Ardyn and Yshtola dps. Not bad so far.

My current plan is:
- 150 mythril max on banner 2 (stop if I get Mog AASB2 earlier)
- if I didn't get Mog AASB2 in step 1, spend the 100 mythril on the select to pick it there (not doing the select if I get Mog on banner 2)
- 100 or 150 mythril on XI

I'm a simple man. I see LotR, I pull.

Seven Glint+ dupe, bad start.

Above average, but there's definitely better rpgs on the SNES.

Toaster-dog is the absolute GOAT, though.

Hmm, I didn't even realize that banner was half-off. Still skipping, though: too many dupes, not enough grand prizes.

I want that Mog AASB2 a lot, but next fest's 100-mythril AASB select banner feels even worse than the one from previous fests.

I seriously feel like I'd rather gamble a bunch of mythril on banner 2 for Mog AASB, than spend 100 on that abomination.

Congrats on another Bahamut kill.

I'm having a very hard time on those. Lilisette is my only Bahamut FB counter, and I just can't seem to make her work properly in those fights. I just keep dying, because she can't provide enough additional healing, and my healers, who are mostly stuck with USBs, can't solo heal.

I've tried overbuffing with Cait Sith in mage-heavy realms (II, IV, XIV), which helps a lot with survival, but I suppose I'm still doing something wrong. I'm never fast enough to beat the phase 2 Megaflare, so at best I make it to phase 3 half-dead, where I don't have enough SB gauge to stay alive and/or do enough damage fast enough to kill him.

The slow rollout of Odins really makes no sense at all. We could still get them before Labyrinth, since mvp mails never mention everything, but I doubt it.

Counting a series if I've extensively played at least 1 game in the series. So demos don't count:

Final Fantasy
Dragon Quest
Tales of
Mana
Shin Megami Tensei
Super Mario RPG
Fire Emblem
SaGa
Xeno
Chrono
Ys
Breath of Fire
Arc the Lad
Phantasy Star
Front Mission
Grandia
Mother
Shining
Soul Blazer
Lunar

I did an 11 on the Core banner, but I wish I didn't.
2/11 - Wedge LMR, Wedge LBO
Bleh

Sub-30'd the torment pretty easily with Tyro, Elarra, Wedge, Biggs, Rain. Shouldn't be that much harder to do it with 3 Beyond characters, even though I'm really not sure which of those other Beyond losers I want to run.

DB Shadowsmith, on the other hand, will be a major problem with Rain AASB being my only cap-break relic. I could get Biggs HA to help somewhat with rage-breaking, but I still don't imagine it would be enough.

Breath of Fire
Borderlands

Both are at 5 entries. Unless you want to count the JP only mobile BoF6.

I don't think there's anything with more entries than that.

Yes

She kinda sucks in battle, other than Haste, but I like her a lot as a character.

Yes

If I had expected Remake to be free this soon, I wouldn't have bought it. Ah well, it's a great game, but this stings a bit.

Braid

I thought that was a weird first thought, but it actually seems to be quite common.

IW > Endgame
I'd be legit shocked if IW dropped first.