Fan Festa didn't really give us any news we didn't already know. Cloud coming this week, Glacial trial coming soon, and we're getting a collab with a game I've never heard of. Lot's of gifts incoming soon though!
I have competed the Gilgamesh challenge, but nothing past that. I tried beasts of the dark, had ayaka dispel the espers, broke their attack with WoL, but still took a ton of damage and lost a unit or two turn 1. Not sure how to proceed with that one.
I wanted to come back to this post and help those of you who still need some of the older trials by showing how to do these trials using a completely budget team of no trust masteries at all, no event exclusive equipment, and no rainbows, along with finishing every mission. First of all, here's a video I made of the dark esper trial using a completely budget team / gear:
Video has full step by step walkthrough with commentary, but here's the basics:
Use Mystea geared in at least 50% fire, water, and dark resist (Diabolos esper, Unsui clothes, Cat Ear Hood, Fire Resist rings).
Bring along holy torches and hyper (items)
I used a Garnet as the healer to speed up the esper summon gauge, but any healer is fine (Make sure they know Dispel innately, from an item, or from an esper!)
Bring a resist buffer for fire/dark/water. I used Cerius, but Minfilia, Marie, Rikku etc all work.
Use a tank that has a 100% taunt, either innately or with golem + iris shield. Cagnazzo is an excellent budget tank.
Use a friend Trance Terra as your DPS. Any AoE dps is fine, but we're killing them at the same time with this strat, so you want AoE dps friend.
Caution: Do NOT overpush them through multiple thresholds. A best in slot Trance Terra friend can easily push 2 thresholds in a single round all by herself, so if you're using a whale friend, intentionally go slower on the dps and let the bosses finish their threshold attacks before pushing the next threshold (70%, 50%, 30%). If you push two thresholds at once before they finish their 2 round threshold attack, it's auto-wipe.
Of course, you're free to use rainbow versions of these units and any TM's you have to make it even easier. Ayaka, Marie, or Wilhelm would be the upgrades to Garnet, Cerius, or Cagnazzo. I just wanted to use the absolute cheapest units possible to make the setup more accessible.
Rengak
I hope this helps (and hope it helps any of the rest of you!)
If this was helpful to some, and you want some tips / guide on budget clears on some of the later trials, let me know and I'll see about making budget clears of newer trials.