Thursday, February 28, 2013
Screencaps
I was wondering if anyone has screencaps of the Highwind Ailerons 1,2 & Empennage from claiming the defat count milestones 2, 3 & 4? I forgot to screencap them >.<
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Operation Jenova Part 1
Part 1 Duration: 2/27 Wed 07:00 pm PT - 3/4(Mon) 09:59 pm PT
Event seems buggy. Weapons and abilities from the Calamity From the Skies doesn't seem to have 3x bonus despite it saying somewhere that they would. Way to FAIL, DeNA.
Operation Jenova is a bit more complex than previous events. Read the Event Details page. Seriously. It even says (Please Read!) on the Event page. Read everything really. And do the quiz!
Event seems buggy. Weapons and abilities from the Calamity From the Skies doesn't seem to have 3x bonus despite it saying somewhere that they would. Way to FAIL, DeNA.
Operation Jenova is a bit more complex than previous events. Read the Event Details page. Seriously. It even says (Please Read!) on the Event page. Read everything really. And do the quiz!
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Monday, February 11, 2013
Ronka Region Unlocked!
The FFVI event has ended! How did everyone do? Prizes are out and seems like it wasn't mishandled this time around. Whispers through the grapevine claim the next event will a FFVII event. Hopefully DeNA gives a few days before starting any sort of event or they going to burn us players out!
After the event, the Ronka Region quest maps has been released. Completion of the 4 parts will get you the Blacksmith job, then Blue Mage and Machinist can be unlocked. A new color job tree will be posted later, cause I'm too tired right now. There is still http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:FFAB_Job_Tree.png you can use though.
Also today, there is a new friend code referral 'event' going on. This time it star's FFXII's herorine, Princess Ashe! If you are new to the game and would like a free ability and Ashe summonstone, then please my my referral code 2c75b7bb
After the event, the Ronka Region quest maps has been released. Completion of the 4 parts will get you the Blacksmith job, then Blue Mage and Machinist can be unlocked. A new color job tree will be posted later, cause I'm too tired right now. There is still http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:FFAB_Job_Tree.png you can use though.
Also today, there is a new friend code referral 'event' going on. This time it star's FFXII's herorine, Princess Ashe! If you are new to the game and would like a free ability and Ashe summonstone, then please my my referral code 2c75b7bb
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Where did that Cross-Slash (SR) come from?
Just in case you used "Take All Shown" button, dont read the announcements on the airship page, and have no idea where the free SR ability came from...
Also new for today, Fat Chocobo is now available. Earlier it was redirecting people to the Airship page, but now it doesn't! Initially I thought it was going to be a cash shop item only, but then I learned that winning brigade battles will award Fat Chocobo items! (They should totally give away Vomp Carrots too, wouldn't that be nice?) I suggest trading in any SR/SR+ items that have a fast leveling rate since they kinda suck. Otherwise I don't particularly think it is worth using these premium/rare Fat Chocobo items on R/R+ unless you want new entries in your collection.
Also new for today, Fat Chocobo is now available. Earlier it was redirecting people to the Airship page, but now it doesn't! Initially I thought it was going to be a cash shop item only, but then I learned that winning brigade battles will award Fat Chocobo items! (They should totally give away Vomp Carrots too, wouldn't that be nice?) I suggest trading in any SR/SR+ items that have a fast leveling rate since they kinda suck. Otherwise I don't particularly think it is worth using these premium/rare Fat Chocobo items on R/R+ unless you want new entries in your collection.Monday, February 4, 2013
FFVI Event Gameplay Stratergies
I sorry I hadn't gotten a chance to write this earlier, but I've been tired and busy (and some lazy.)
This week brigades are 94 players large this week. Depending on the % active players, battles are going to go quick this week! Great for anyone who wishes to farm Magicite Shards. (three 1BP attacks yielding three 2x shards = 18 shards total vs one 3BP attack yielding 3x shards = 9 shards total in a 40 minute period) *not including level 7 Deathgazes, those yield three 4x or 6x crystals* Also great for the Deathgaze defeat counts! Faster paced battles shouldn't adversely affect the CP farmers as you would only attack when you have a full 3BP to get the most CP overall (CP from 1BP attacks wont add up to what is gained in a 3BP attack.) Other farming ideas have been discussed on older entries.
Brigade Battles
Having the brigade with more contribution points will be important during events. As I've observed and mentioned before, the losing brigade will encounter the Esper (with a Miracle Potion) more often and the winning brigade will encounter Fiends more. During non-event times, this helps the losing brigade to potentially catch up in points. But during events, generally no one wants to attack Espers or Fiends, so brigade battles could come to a standstill with no one killing the Esper and it could be exasperating that the other brigade gets to have a free-for-all on the Event Boss.
About Locke!
He shows up randomly for any type of brigade battle and will be around for 5 minutes starting from when you first click the Brigade button. Try not to go straight to the Brigade page if you have 5 or more minutes left to regen to a full 3 BP, you will only get annoyed that the Locke timer will run out before you regen to 3BP. If you can't remember what time you will reach full BP restoration, visit the Airship page to check your time. Want to know if Deathgaze has been spotted by your brigade without triggering Locke too early? Go visit your Profile via the Airship page check out the brigade activity log there.
FYI
Just in case you didn't know yet, if you click on the "Chests" or "Other" tabs in the Mog Box, a "Take All Shown" button will make getting things easier. Surprisingly, not everyone figures this out right away.
Blue Magicite
Unless you are using them Vomp Carrots, abilities are gonna be crazy scarce unless you are freakishly lucky. I really recommend saving Blue Magicite to transmute R Abilites so they don't suck. You get 2 free abilites, one from the quiz and one from Deathgaze defeat count.
White Chocobos
When I ran into a White Chocobo during this and last events, I got an SR event ability (once with no carrot, and then the 2nd time with a carrot.) Maybe because I got lucky, or because White Chocobos are just that awesome. But don't be blaming me if White Chocobos do give you crap. But please let me know the results regardless what happens so I can make a better conclusion on White Chocobo drops on event maps.
Damage
Various factors. You need strong summons, weapons & abilities. Seriously take the time to level up abilities, weapons and summons. The 2 brigademates you take into battle also make a difference, I've actually tested it and saw my total damage drop when I used weaker people. As I mentioned before, event weapon bonus is not active for the two that go into battle with you, so you want whoever has the highest atk/def. The game usually picks the strongest by default so you won't need to manually pick them. Using the summon low charges will let you summon more often.
Jobs Recommendations
Samurai - Str/Agi - Katana
Dragoon - Str/Agi -Spear
Viking - Str/Agi - Fist
Blackbelt -Agi/Int - Fist
Dancer -Agi/Int - Knife
Ninja - Str/Agi - Katana
Black Mage - Int - Rod
Berserker -Str - Fist
Transmuting
The Magicite cost decreases as you evolved an item. The 4th Evolution is cheapest, but 3rd is affordable and will get you your higher rarity item sooner if you being cheap on CP.
Analyze the numbers & decided what's best with whatever you can afford. I recommend having fully Evolved R+ Weapons for starters. Then fully evolved SR then when feasible, fully evolved SR+. It depends on how lucky you get on drops or how much CP you have to spend.
*Some image names won't match in-game names, since I made these before the Deathgaze event launched. They are what I guessed the localized English names were going to be.
I was a dumdum last week and didn't check weapon stats while doing my transmutions and evolutions. Apparently I should have left my SRLightsabers Radiant Lances untransmuted and just leveled them up to have multiple 17200/16740 weapons. GAR!
This week brigades are 94 players large this week. Depending on the % active players, battles are going to go quick this week! Great for anyone who wishes to farm Magicite Shards. (three 1BP attacks yielding three 2x shards = 18 shards total vs one 3BP attack yielding 3x shards = 9 shards total in a 40 minute period) *not including level 7 Deathgazes, those yield three 4x or 6x crystals* Also great for the Deathgaze defeat counts! Faster paced battles shouldn't adversely affect the CP farmers as you would only attack when you have a full 3BP to get the most CP overall (CP from 1BP attacks wont add up to what is gained in a 3BP attack.) Other farming ideas have been discussed on older entries.
Brigade Battles
Having the brigade with more contribution points will be important during events. As I've observed and mentioned before, the losing brigade will encounter the Esper (with a Miracle Potion) more often and the winning brigade will encounter Fiends more. During non-event times, this helps the losing brigade to potentially catch up in points. But during events, generally no one wants to attack Espers or Fiends, so brigade battles could come to a standstill with no one killing the Esper and it could be exasperating that the other brigade gets to have a free-for-all on the Event Boss.
About Locke!
He shows up randomly for any type of brigade battle and will be around for 5 minutes starting from when you first click the Brigade button. Try not to go straight to the Brigade page if you have 5 or more minutes left to regen to a full 3 BP, you will only get annoyed that the Locke timer will run out before you regen to 3BP. If you can't remember what time you will reach full BP restoration, visit the Airship page to check your time. Want to know if Deathgaze has been spotted by your brigade without triggering Locke too early? Go visit your Profile via the Airship page check out the brigade activity log there.
FYI
Just in case you didn't know yet, if you click on the "Chests" or "Other" tabs in the Mog Box, a "Take All Shown" button will make getting things easier. Surprisingly, not everyone figures this out right away.
Blue Magicite
Unless you are using them Vomp Carrots, abilities are gonna be crazy scarce unless you are freakishly lucky. I really recommend saving Blue Magicite to transmute R Abilites so they don't suck. You get 2 free abilites, one from the quiz and one from Deathgaze defeat count.
White Chocobos
When I ran into a White Chocobo during this and last events, I got an SR event ability (once with no carrot, and then the 2nd time with a carrot.) Maybe because I got lucky, or because White Chocobos are just that awesome. But don't be blaming me if White Chocobos do give you crap. But please let me know the results regardless what happens so I can make a better conclusion on White Chocobo drops on event maps.
Damage
Various factors. You need strong summons, weapons & abilities. Seriously take the time to level up abilities, weapons and summons. The 2 brigademates you take into battle also make a difference, I've actually tested it and saw my total damage drop when I used weaker people. As I mentioned before, event weapon bonus is not active for the two that go into battle with you, so you want whoever has the highest atk/def. The game usually picks the strongest by default so you won't need to manually pick them. Using the summon low charges will let you summon more often.
Jobs Recommendations
Samurai - Str/Agi - Katana
Dragoon - Str/Agi -Spear
Viking - Str/Agi - Fist
Blackbelt -Agi/Int - Fist
Dancer -Agi/Int - Knife
Ninja - Str/Agi - Katana
Black Mage - Int - Rod
Berserker -Str - Fist
Transmuting
The Magicite cost decreases as you evolved an item. The 4th Evolution is cheapest, but 3rd is affordable and will get you your higher rarity item sooner if you being cheap on CP.
Analyze the numbers & decided what's best with whatever you can afford. I recommend having fully Evolved R+ Weapons for starters. Then fully evolved SR then when feasible, fully evolved SR+. It depends on how lucky you get on drops or how much CP you have to spend.*Some image names won't match in-game names, since I made these before the Deathgaze event launched. They are what I guessed the localized English names were going to be.
I was a dumdum last week and didn't check weapon stats while doing my transmutions and evolutions. Apparently I should have left my SR
Friday, February 1, 2013
Long Live the Snow Flans!
So yesterday there was a bit of a squabble over the Snow Flans not dying in one hit. There was debate on whether the people who spawned it should be responsible for killing it, that who ever didn't kill on the first try should hit it again until it is dead, or whoever has 3 bp should take a whack at it. My opinion? Attack if you have BP to spare, don't waste it waiting for the Flan to die, especially since it could stay up for a good 10 minutes before it goes down (for my brigade anyways.) People should be grateful that we don't get stuck on espers, because that takes a larger collective effort to take don quickly
But it is funny how all the sudden these Snow Flans are suddenly living longer. It's due to people not optimizing their equips before battle. Event weapons are awesome against Deathgaze, but sucks against everything else (at the moment since no one has all SR+ weapons yet.) Even the people who don't attack need to optimize their equips if they are the heavy hitters of the brigade because they make a difference. Normally I can one shot a Snow Flan within the first round of attacks but after event launched, it barely finish it off by the 3rd round because the other 2 brigade members I used in battle had their event weapons on, which happen to be weaker than their normal stuff.
BTW event bonus does not apply to the 2 brigade members that go into battle with you. So you will want the ones will the highest overall atk/def.
But it is funny how all the sudden these Snow Flans are suddenly living longer. It's due to people not optimizing their equips before battle. Event weapons are awesome against Deathgaze, but sucks against everything else (at the moment since no one has all SR+ weapons yet.) Even the people who don't attack need to optimize their equips if they are the heavy hitters of the brigade because they make a difference. Normally I can one shot a Snow Flan within the first round of attacks but after event launched, it barely finish it off by the 3rd round because the other 2 brigade members I used in battle had their event weapons on, which happen to be weaker than their normal stuff.
BTW event bonus does not apply to the 2 brigade members that go into battle with you. So you will want the ones will the highest overall atk/def.
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