Hopefully we can pull a CoD before the banner ends. I'm also interested to know if there will be any Black Friday or Thanksgiving promos.
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Final Fantasy Brave Exvius |OT2| All your Shadows Belong To Us
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Hopefully we can pull a CoD before the banner ends. I'm also interested to know if there will be any Black Friday or Thanksgiving promos.
Hippopuncher12
Member
This right here. The more I think about it the more I am sure I won't ever spend another dime on the game. It evolves and changes so fast that unless you are willing to spend a shit ton you will never keep up for the most part in that regard. So nah.
DrROBschiz
Member
Same
I do want to pull for Gilgy for fun
But I have a great pool of units and plenty are all getting 6 star upgrades
good times
Lyrian
Member
Against a boss that is weak against Wind?
But then again, I guess you could just equip wind elemental weapons to those units to achieve the same effect... so... /shrug?
Zera_Bloodwinter
Member
I need Gilgamesh for his TM, nothing more. If I pull another Zidane I'll be happy as a pig in shit and that will suffice. I need another DW to give to my 3rd dps unit.
DrROBschiz
Member
Says one of the most broken players on here lolololol
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
I'll tell you what happened, btw: Elza and Maxwell banner/events back to back, combined with a great arena and then a bad arena, combined with ever bigger/better pulls on the horizon, combined with an ever larger backlog of stuff I can't catch up on, blah blah blah .. it just kinda all adds up.
I'm having fun with the game! Why am I stressing about pulling rainbow units and missing out on DPS units? Well I'm not anymore, though I will still try to get them. All I'm saying is I'm just not going to stress about it.
It's a perfectly fine game to experience as a F2P-light Dolphin type. Decent story, and pulling units at the casino and scoring big will always be a great feeling. Lots to do. Not stressing.
Not stressing at all.
Nope. Not me.
I'm having fun with the game! Why am I stressing about pulling rainbow units and missing out on DPS units? Well I'm not anymore, though I will still try to get them. All I'm saying is I'm just not going to stress about it.
It's a perfectly fine game to experience as a F2P-light Dolphin type. Decent story, and pulling units at the casino and scoring big will always be a great feeling. Lots to do. Not stressing.
Not stressing at all.
Nope. Not me.
Hippopuncher12
Member
Maintenance is actually an ability that Lid and Black Cat Lid has.
DrROBschiz
Member
Lol Gilgy banner rush is gonna be a salt trains for sure
Lyrian
Member
Looks like the crazy robot trial on JP has been figured out.
Good gravy, the sheer level of power creep needed to win this fight is outright scary.
-- Minimum half million damage **per round** required (preferably well over a million per round to avoid the fight taking several hours to complete).
-- AoE Re-Raise required and mass spammed because the party gets more or less annihilated every single turn.
Strategy is pretty much:
-- Hard focus on main body, with water element weapons/attack (Tidus ideal).
-- Cast Rikku's AoE Re-Raise LB every turn.
-- Entrust Rikku every turn to ensure she can cast her LB on the next to rebuff killed units (see Tidus). {hey, it's my Rydia strategy, lol!}
-- Rinse, lather, repeat for dozens of turns until the main body is finally ground down. Clear right arm, then left arm for the win.
That's pretty insane that there is a trial that is pretty much chain zombie raising units each turn to overcome ridiculous levels of damage.
Good gravy, the sheer level of power creep needed to win this fight is outright scary.
-- Minimum half million damage **per round** required (preferably well over a million per round to avoid the fight taking several hours to complete).
-- AoE Re-Raise required and mass spammed because the party gets more or less annihilated every single turn.
Strategy is pretty much:
-- Hard focus on main body, with water element weapons/attack (Tidus ideal).
-- Cast Rikku's AoE Re-Raise LB every turn.
-- Entrust Rikku every turn to ensure she can cast her LB on the next to rebuff killed units (see Tidus). {hey, it's my Rydia strategy, lol!}
-- Rinse, lather, repeat for dozens of turns until the main body is finally ground down. Clear right arm, then left arm for the win.
That's pretty insane that there is a trial that is pretty much chain zombie raising units each turn to overcome ridiculous levels of damage.
Hippopuncher12
Member
She learns it at level 24 as an fyi.
What are the rewards?
not gonna lie, this really doesnt sound fun at all
There is a crazy 145 ATK knuckle and a Knuckle Mastery for one of the missions iirc.
Zera_Bloodwinter
Member
It's not my fault RNGesus has smiled upon me Rob!
Welcome to hi-end gacha trials
Seriously, Maxwell is already near the top-end of difficulty that I'm comfortable with. Damn.
DrROBschiz
Member
Im about to catch up to ya!
DrROBschiz
Member
cpp_is_king
Member
Only if all trials going forward are this difficult. Most gacha games will come out with a few absolutely ridiculous challenges for the high end whales, but the average difficulty will still be accessible to the casual spender.
crazyivan19
Member
This is the tough part to keep in mind, and I think what Panther and I were talking about earlier.
It's REALLY easy to get caught up in the high spender mania with a game like this, and I think a combination of friend units and engaged boards like this or over at Reddit only make it worse. It's very, very hard not to compare and get jealous when you see the whales charging ahead into territory that is impossible to follow with mostly (or completely) F2P gaming.
But if you take a moment and step back, you can realize that the underlying game is still there, and there is a ton of fun in this game without getting into a unit frenzy or challenge frenzy. There will be trial and challenges you can't beat. That's okay. You don't have to beat them all. Move on, have some fun, and congratulate those that ARE able to beat them. Hopefully a few of them are on your friend list, which ipso facto means you win as well.
Plus, it really should be noted that there are quite a few members of this board that have absolutely monster teams that are F2P, or at the very least aren't "whales" by the usual definition. You never know when Lady Luck will roll your way, so just keep at it.
Of course, I say all of this today when I'm sitting pretty well with my team and no one has posted pics of their rainbow Gilgamesh pulls.....
With tms you wont be in any clear disadvantage at all.
You can see the mvp of the Maxwell trial is a base 3star unit.
But, if you wanna pull and dont waste money, save for orlandu.
Orlandu is love, orlandu is life
This is the tough part to keep in mind, and I think what Panther and I were talking about earlier.
It's REALLY easy to get caught up in the high spender mania with a game like this, and I think a combination of friend units and engaged boards like this or over at Reddit only make it worse. It's very, very hard not to compare and get jealous when you see the whales charging ahead into territory that is impossible to follow with mostly (or completely) F2P gaming.
But if you take a moment and step back, you can realize that the underlying game is still there, and there is a ton of fun in this game without getting into a unit frenzy or challenge frenzy. There will be trial and challenges you can't beat. That's okay. You don't have to beat them all. Move on, have some fun, and congratulate those that ARE able to beat them. Hopefully a few of them are on your friend list, which ipso facto means you win as well.
Plus, it really should be noted that there are quite a few members of this board that have absolutely monster teams that are F2P, or at the very least aren't "whales" by the usual definition. You never know when Lady Luck will roll your way, so just keep at it.
Of course, I say all of this today when I'm sitting pretty well with my team and no one has posted pics of their rainbow Gilgamesh pulls.....
Thats why this community is here. It doesnt help when people says "omg i did a daily summon and got 2 elzas!!!" When in reality they caught their elzas in the 40th summon. I dont know why people has to lie like this (im not talking about here. This community is awesome, but reddit is a toxic please full of pos like that) So its normal to get frustrated, but as long as ExviusGAF lives, we all as a group Will clear all the trials. You can beat your ass that Will Be true.
DrROBschiz
Member
Pull fever on this board is good times
Not the same without Chilly though
Tilith broke him
Not the same without Chilly though
Tilith broke him
cpp_is_king
Member
There might be hope for me on this upcoming trial after all. I just got both Plant Killer abilities (Ifrit 2* skill and Mystic Woods Exploration), so now all I need to do is spam Kolobos Marsh Exploration to get Vaan to 5* Lv. 80 for Full Break and I should be set. It should take me ~8 full bars of energy to max Vaan, but then I have to factor in another ~3 bars of running Chamber of Awakening for Sacred Crystals. I'll probably rank up somewhere in there, so that's either 10 lapis refills or just 10 bars of waiting. I'll probably refill up to 5 and then wait on the rest.
Gumi making an endgame trial super ridiculous that requires specific characters you have to spend money to get in order to complete? What a shocke- Oh wait like half the Brave Frontier trials are like this when they first come out.
Like others have said, give it some time, eventually you'll find either you end up with a reasonable comp or power creep jumps ahead enough that the trial becomes easy.
crazyivan19
Member
Can I get an amen all up in here?!
KillerDark
Member
Just wanted to say you guys and this community are awesome!
Another daily another Bedile, wooooo!
Having Maxwell has helped this Karma grind to be better the past couple days (farmed cactuar most of the weekend). I still haven't completed the kill Maxwell with a LB and have no one die objectives, but not sure if I can/if its worth it. Probably could pull off the LB... but the no KO objective I'm not so sure on.
Another daily another Bedile, wooooo!
Having Maxwell has helped this Karma grind to be better the past couple days (farmed cactuar most of the weekend). I still haven't completed the kill Maxwell with a LB and have no one die objectives, but not sure if I can/if its worth it. Probably could pull off the LB... but the no KO objective I'm not so sure on.
cpp_is_king
Member
Playing a lot of gacha games I've come to appreciate the small things in life.
Can we get some love for Gumi refilling your energy BY your maximum when you do a lapis refresh, rather than TO your maximum? Fuck that annoyed me in other games.
Can we get some love for Gumi refilling your energy BY your maximum when you do a lapis refresh, rather than TO your maximum? Fuck that annoyed me in other games.
DrROBschiz
Member
Yeah we are pretty good at coming up with winning strats here on exvius GAF
and making broken ass friend units
and making broken ass friend units
Zera_Bloodwinter
Member
This is the tough part to keep in mind, and I think what Panther and I were talking about earlier.
It's REALLY easy to get caught up in the high spender mania with a game like this, and I think a combination of friend units and engaged boards like this or over at Reddit only make it worse. It's very, very hard not to compare and get jealous when you see the whales charging ahead into territory that is impossible to follow with mostly (or completely) F2P gaming.
But if you take a moment and step back, you can realize that the underlying game is still there, and there is a ton of fun in this game without getting into a unit frenzy or challenge frenzy. There will be trial and challenges you can't beat. That's okay. You don't have to beat them all. Move on, have some fun, and congratulate those that ARE able to beat them. Hopefully a few of them are on your friend list, which ipso facto means you win as well.
Plus, it really should be noted that there are quite a few members of this board that have absolutely monster teams that are F2P, or at the very least aren't "whales" by the usual definition. You never know when Lady Luck will roll your way, so just keep at it.
Of course, I say all of this today when I'm sitting pretty well with my team and no one has posted pics of their rainbow Gilgamesh pulls.....
I'll speak on this from the dolphin perspective. I came into this game knowing I wanted a few select units and that I'd go out of my way to get them. They were Lightning and Orlandu. I've got one and the other isn't released in global yet. I knew I was going to have to spend some cash to obtain. This isn't my first rodeo when it comes to gatcha games. Along the way there were a few select units that I wanted as well but did not obtain, Dracu Lasswell and Luneth. I did however get Elza who's IMO one of the best units right now and she's become a staple on my team for the foreseeable future. Chasing rainbows will cost you. It can cost you a little or it can cost you a lot. The choice of the two unfortunately isn't up to you, it's up to RNG. For the most part I've been very lucky when comparing cash spent vs. the units I've obtained. For me the pot has run out. I purchased my home so the excess cash I had is now gone. I'll do a few 11 pulls for Orlandu and possibly 1-2 for Gilgamash as I need the TM or hopefully get a Zidane out of the pot.
When it comes to power creep we all know that's just the nature of these games. I chased Chizuru HARD, never got one until like 2 weeks ago where I pulled 3 lol. Now, Chiz ain't shit and that's only because she doesn't have her 6 star yet. The game is at a point now where 3* are getting 6* form and are closing the gap between whale and F2P. Will it fully close it? Hell no, Gumi needs to make that cash. Coming from Puzzles and Dragons I'm fully aware of what's in store for Trials and such, personally I find this game to be much more forgiving as we've found strats and ways to deal with such things like Maxwell, Golbez, etc. for the F2P crowd.
I think one of the most important things to realize is that this community will always be here to help each other. I'm constantly spending lapis to open up slots for more of the newer people joining us. All we ask is that you keep Gaf in your friend message so we don't delete you. We'll always find a way to get through what ever Gumi decides to throw at us!
Personally, I have a real disdain for whining without reason, but I know that is heavily me due to my previous experience. My last MMO I played was EvE Online, where this is child's play compared to it. In the sense that you had to play out your character's direction months, if not years in advance.
So the notion of me not being able to clear content isn't just a given, it's to be a expected. Same with Arena. Same with a lot of the challenges.
Basically every game is the exact same concept. It's either time or money. A game like DOTA2 doesn't reward spending more money, but rewards spending more time. FFBE is largely the opposite, where the more you spend, the more you'll get ahead. But it also comes down largely to your own expectations, planning, and strategies in place.
I want to also say Reddit's poison because they basically suck on the tit of a few members, use it as fact without individual thought, and their knowledge pool is based on what is current in Japan, with no input in between the current date in GBL to JPN.
Amen, valentus youtube and CoD carried me so hard
KillerDark
Member
Congrats, that is awesome! Not sure if I am going to be able to get it this week... kind of ignored arena for the first couple days this week. Up to like 55 streak right now.
crazyivan19
Member
As someone who has used your units on MANY occasions, I extend many thanks your way.
And to the board in general, for that matter. I think we all do a great job here in sharing, whether it be one of my meager units or the monsters like yours or Valentus'. I've been in plenty of situations where my friend units are the reason I pulled through.
I love how Maxwell seemed impossible on day one, but by day two or three, a good chunk of us have been able to beat it through strategy and trial and error. It feels like cheating the system, and that's just plain fun. The hard part is having the patience to get there.
Lyrian
Member
Also, an AoE Full Break materia.(200% + 50% DEF ignore AoE attack as well + the Full Break)
Yup.
QFT.
This as well. This trial was clearly designed for units not available yet. The fact that it can be cheezed through semi-exploiting the system is novel in its own right, but I agree that the trial is likely balanced around 7* units.
Lyrian
Member
Did this one last night. Bring an OP melee friend unit (Lightning, Luneth, Elza). Stack HP on units before entering; Tsunami **hurts**.
Single target and kill the trash floor mobs individually each turn to buy time for LBs before Leviathan. When I ran it, I had three trash mobs spawn, which was plenty of time when everyone spam overkills each mob each turn.
On Leviathan, spend turn 1 autoattacking to finish any LBs not yet full.
Eat Tsunami.
Unload LBs on turn 2 for the win.
DrROBschiz
Member
I was hoping 7* wouldnt become a thing but
yeah...
Probably just in time for FF7 cuz lololololol
crazyivan19
Member
Is there an easy way that I'm missing to see what lapis missions you haven't completed yet without having to go into each individual area? So, for example, when I pull up the Grandshelt map, is there a way to see if there are incomplete dungeon lapis missions without having to pull up each individual dungeon area?
What did I just watch? A team of moogles defending for ten turns and the king moogle walks away from battle?
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