Leto Eu`Acumen
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Ishad
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Fadahl is fine in raids. Injury and atk down definitely add survivability. He doesn't see much action in future raids as edea brings most of the good status ailments plus mitigation.
He's one of the few 7*s that I have that I haven't found much use for. (Other is an oracle sefia which I haven't bothered evoing)
He's one of the few 7*s that I have that I haven't found much use for. (Other is an oracle sefia which I haven't bothered evoing)
Leto Eu`Acumen
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Yea, that is kinda what I was thinking.
I think I'll avoid spending any Imps on him and just give him his day in the sun as-is and retire him as soon as I can find better. (Psst....Colt? Ruby? Are you listening? I have Bacon.)
My Sefia is about to hit 7-star, but she'll be useless for me anywhere outside the Arena. 42 DC is pretty nice, AI typing not so great, but usable. Everywhere else though, I don't need the leadership skill, I have better characters providing BC drop rate buffing and Paralysis by itself isn't worth an entire character slot.
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The (early) popular unit rate up is probably going to drag me in unless somebody talks me down. Most days are bad for me, but Day 3 actually looks good. I only have 1 of the units (Narza) and there is one other I wouldn't use (the blue dragon whatever its name is)....but Claire, Dion and Kikuri would all be valuable subs for me, and although I need him less now, Kanon is still Kanon.
Weighing that against the upcoming Vesti batch though....Vesti isn't the only unit there that has my attention, Reyes is sick as fuck too. I still expect that batch to release without a proper rate-up though. (a non-rate up with a "10+1 from the batch" quasi rate-up bonus or somesuch nonsense is the best I see coming - but who knows what they might do if they try to tie it in with their 'summer event' before July is over.)
It would probably be smarter to just wait it out and be patient long-term, but I don't know if I am that smart or patient
That and by the time we see actual good rates on Vesti batch units, I'm gonna be looking ahead to Roa anyway........and as much as I'm looking forward to Vesti, I would tie Vesti to a burning pyre Melisandre-style for Roa.
I'll probably end up splitting the difference and dropping 5 summons on Day 3 (for the 5+1) and saving everything else for some yolo Vesti/Reyes action whenever it looks good.
Weighing that against the upcoming Vesti batch though....Vesti isn't the only unit there that has my attention, Reyes is sick as fuck too. I still expect that batch to release without a proper rate-up though. (a non-rate up with a "10+1 from the batch" quasi rate-up bonus or somesuch nonsense is the best I see coming - but who knows what they might do if they try to tie it in with their 'summer event' before July is over.)
It would probably be smarter to just wait it out and be patient long-term, but I don't know if I am that smart or patient
That and by the time we see actual good rates on Vesti batch units, I'm gonna be looking ahead to Roa anyway........and as much as I'm looking forward to Vesti, I would tie Vesti to a burning pyre Melisandre-style for Roa.I'll probably end up splitting the difference and dropping 5 summons on Day 3 (for the 5+1) and saving everything else for some yolo Vesti/Reyes action whenever it looks good.
Leto Eu`Acumen
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el-oh-el at Farlon...if he has no utility, I see little value. Infinite AoE SBB's don't impress me when you have to worry about filling up the SBB's of the rest of the squad anyway.
The others look interesting. If I never pick up a decent crit buffer before then, my Oracle Signess might even see some action
Without seeing any of the stats, my early knee-jerk impression is that Alyut might be sitting in Will's shadow....still could be a damn handy combination with no healer in the squad.Great info Ishad!
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This is me talking you down, as instructed.
edit: was a few months ago. At least I'm f2p now. You guys had to talk me out of quitting, though. The 7th Kuda in the mailbox was so fucking insulting.
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Any word on when/if that typingt adjustment will make its way westward? I'll confess to a great deal of self-interest. My Guardians are legion and that seems to be an absurdly favorable adjustment. Guardian would seem to be the second best type after the change, whereas Oracle...would still be the worst, but certainly better than before.
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Those changes also devalue Lord types - at least psychologically, and likely genuinely - for me. The Guardian adjustment makes for three interesting stat distributions, Oracle still seems shitty, and Lord is simply mundane.
Leto Eu`Acumen
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Yea, even with the change, Oracle is at the bottom of the list by a mile. Guardian on the other hand = easy 2nd spot after the change imo. Lord/Breaker depending on unit (I still don't have a problem with Lord typing, mundane or not, beyond just not being an Anima), but generally I'd put breaker 4th.
Think of it this way: If you didn't know what kind of content you were about to walk into and you had to pick only one buff for your group, would you pick 140% Defense or 140% Attack? I pick Defense 10 times out of 10 because a lot of content has your squad in body bags without it....and amongst offensive buffs, ATK is amongst the least effective anyway.
I don't see why the same principles are not in play when it comes to typing.
The only way to really fix Oracle typing would be to fundamentally change/rebalance what Rec does imo.
Think of it this way: If you didn't know what kind of content you were about to walk into and you had to pick only one buff for your group, would you pick 140% Defense or 140% Attack? I pick Defense 10 times out of 10 because a lot of content has your squad in body bags without it....and amongst offensive buffs, ATK is amongst the least effective anyway.
I don't see why the same principles are not in play when it comes to typing.
The only way to really fix Oracle typing would be to fundamentally change/rebalance what Rec does imo.
Leto Eu`Acumen
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Man that was some epic bad luck, but that last bit is so tragic it is is downright comical in the retelling LOL. I never thought any of it was funny at the time, but that line actually made me laugh today.
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It's hilarious rereading it in your quoted reply, for sure, but even typing it incited no small amount of rage. I spent money on that shit. Never again.
I agree largely with your hierarchy, but I tend to like breaker more than any (pre-upcoming change) except Anima for some units. My Raaga wouldn't be the same without that 4k attack with a 30% sphere =p. I should see what he's like with a Blighted Seal or something. Units like Oguro with absurdly high attack and low defense already, I prefer Guardian (one of the few Guardians I have that I'd not convert to Lord given the chance)
I agree largely with your hierarchy, but I tend to like breaker more than any (pre-upcoming change) except Anima for some units. My Raaga wouldn't be the same without that 4k attack with a 30% sphere =p. I should see what he's like with a Blighted Seal or something. Units like Oguro with absurdly high attack and low defense already, I prefer Guardian (one of the few Guardians I have that I'd not convert to Lord given the chance)
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And despite my telling you to back down, I might summon one today. I don''t have ANY of those, and would at the very least try out any of them except Sefia.
Leto Eu`Acumen
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I've been using the everluvin' begeezus out of your Raaga for Raids btw. My go-to friend-lead for raiding.
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I've got a pretty bad habit of switching to Claire for arena and forgetting about it. Will try extra hard not to do it knowing you're using Raaga for raids.
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It's all good.
Supposedly the code was added to Global in the last patch (just not activated yet) that will allow us to assign an Arena team (no need to switch every time) and a "Friend Helper" Unit, so the friends list sees the same unit no matter what squad/leader you are using.
Will be nice additions if they ever flip those switches to "On".
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Do you know if they've done the same for sphere management? E.g., I've got my Xentar on Raaga for primary squad and my Xentar on somebody else for Arena?
Leto Eu`Acumen
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Not a clue.
Would be nice though....I'd definitely make some different sphere choices for the Arena if I wasn't using those same units elsewhere. As it is, I just don't switch spheres. I'll pick a different unit to dedicate to the Arena before I'd switch spheres dozens of times a day.
The only time I switch spheres is to put on some Ignore Defense spheres for Metal/Imp parades.
Edit: My gut says probably not. Multiple sphere setups for the same unit is probably a bridge too far for 'em lol
Came back to the game after four months or so off. Seven stars seem to be the thing now which means I have some leveling to do.
Got a question about main group composition now though.
Was running darv, ulkina, zelnite, Maxwell, and the fire stsbb guy. Now I've pulled a ruby, and a yura. I also have an anima elimo that I did nothing with before and a guardian edea that's sitting at five stars. Should I max the new pulls and elimo then prep edea for her seven star?
Would have a squad of yura, ruby, elimo, Maxwell, Darv. Then switch darv out for edea when she seven stars. Don't know if I should keep the Maxwell in or not and what would be a good replacement for her?
Got a question about main group composition now though.
Was running darv, ulkina, zelnite, Maxwell, and the fire stsbb guy. Now I've pulled a ruby, and a yura. I also have an anima elimo that I did nothing with before and a guardian edea that's sitting at five stars. Should I max the new pulls and elimo then prep edea for her seven star?
Would have a squad of yura, ruby, elimo, Maxwell, Darv. Then switch darv out for edea when she seven stars. Don't know if I should keep the Maxwell in or not and what would be a good replacement for her?