Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius (Smartphones)

[Malithar]

Pulled with every last lapis and ticket I owned on my account and of course Noctis was the last thing I pulled.
I'm completely dry of any lapis now though. *bunkers down* no more pulling until gacha change. ;o

I don't envy that situation with some strong units in our not-so-distant future, but grats nonetheless. I've messed around with a few friend unit ones and his versatility is really strong. Still tempted to throw everything into it, but holding myself back.

[Dimmauk]

Just started playing. Who are the top tanks, healers, DId?

I have amarant, Charlotte, cloud of darkness, Garnett, Exdeath, Bartz, Vaan, Zidane.

[Zoii]

https://exviuswiki.com/Unit_Rankings

[Dimmauk]

https://exviuswiki.com/Unit_Rankings

Thanks

[Ayn]

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[DFJS]

Forgot how much fun the enchanted maze was. Nice change from the gears grind. Too bad only lasts a week.

[arus2001]

I stuck my second DW on CoD6* and outfitted her with full mage gear (dual staves, full +MAG) and pumped her to 500MAG. Now my 2x sunbeams pretty much always hit for max 1k each in the arena. Should I stick golem staff on her instead? Does petrify work via sunbeam? Probably not? I think just the element of the weapon transfers (fire staff, etc)?

Never had golem staff proc via bio blaster, so I'm guessing debuff commands may overwrite that chance.

[theshun]

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Just finished mine! Knocked out 70k gears in two days.

[Diomer]

Never had golem staff proc via bio blaster, so I'm guessing debuff commands may overwrite that chance.

Golem Staff Petrify will only work on purely physical attacks and definitely not on the dream combo of Sunbeam.

Guess I should swap my lead to Noct when I finish leveling him right?

[Robertfb]

Did TM grinding change alot from what it was back in july? Seeing tons of people advocating TM farming and just dont see how it can be feasible beyond using a script program.

[arus2001]

Moogles are a bit more generous, but in general, no, same ol' shit.

[theshun]

There's an easy iphone way to farm TM. If I was working any of my old jobs, I could have it run my entire shift. You just have to tap every so often.

[Karbuncle]

Finally killed that damn flower. What a whore. Thanks to Ajax man once again. Noctis really helped I think. Having a level ~80 CoD thanks to this maze helped too. Omniveil and aura ball, stacked with Noctis Thunder magic for MAG down made it so much easier.

Still a really tough fight.

[Malithar]

Did TM grinding change alot from what it was back in july? Seeing tons of people advocating TM farming and just dont see how it can be feasible beyond using a script program.

After Gumi repeatedly gave a seemingly straight go-ahead for macros, using terms like built in functionality of OSs is ok (switch controls for iPhone, simulated touch macros for Android or Android emulators), people really went wild. You've still got your 1~ month no lapis spend macros that just focus on not wasting energy overnight, while at work, etc. But there's also a few out that focus entirely on speed, burning lapis to get some silly rates. You can now use a macro and about 10k~ lapis to complete a batch of TMs in 4-5 days. Can check here and here for more info and some options. Also, depending on how long ago you took your break, Nox was the emulator of choice. Now there's also Memu. People seem to have better luck with one over the other between systems so I'd suggest trying both.

Also, if you plan on spending any at all, I'd suggest getting the app through Amazon. Amazon Coins provide a 5-25% discount depending on how much you buy, though you're charged tax when buying lapis depending on your state. You also can't buy exact coins so you'll find instances where you'll have extra which can be annoying. It's not perfect by any means, but it can help in the long run.

I dunno how/if you can post a table from Reddit on BG, so just going to link to this comparison between GL and JP Noctis. The differences are pretty crazy. What's worse is as good as Noctis is, GL's will prolly never match JP's.

[Mina]

I imagine GL Noctis will update to JP in like 9 months when the meta will be right for it. Seems like a lot of the vets from BF think that gumi will likely do that and run a second noctis banner when they do to cash in more.

Regardless I am happy with my Noctis. ;0 Husbando.

[Diomer]

I imagine GL Noctis will update to JP in like 9 months when the meta will be right for it. Seems like a lot of the vets from BF think that gumi will likely do that and run a second noctis banner when they do to cash in more.

Regardless I am happy with my Noctis. ;0 Husbando.

I feel the same minus the husbando sentiments; global units have only had abilities added before now (if you ignore Doublehand stacking which is different imo); not subtracted but Noctis couldn't be released how he is in JP because he'd be way too OP for where global is currently. At the same time, I'm sure they recognize that -30% breaks will be falling behind soon with WoL's 6* (and other things) so Noctis will become extremely awkward to use at that point until he gets updated. Also don't see any way we don't get access to that additional attack unlocked after using certain skills because GL Noctis will literally be poopy if we never get access to it. I'm a little more iffy on his TM being updated; I wish Gumi would give us some insight about this whole thing though.

[arus2001]

Another Refia. ffffuuu

[Malithar]

I wish Gumi would give us some insight about this whole thing though.

That's pretty much what it comes down to; they could go either way and we're left completely in the dark unfortunately. If they just updated him, it'd be the first instance of them doing so. In a gacha game adding ways, like 6* upgrades or enhancements, to improve characters is important to keep the game healthy and not absolutely require top end newest of the new units. But just buffing a unit beyond minor fixes (IIRC didn't they give Charlotte an extra 5% HP in a patch?)? I have a hard time believing they'd do it. They'd be turning a unit from alright to great (down the road whenever they do it) to top of the line.

He's top of the game right now no doubt, and while some aspects of his kit like breaks and damage won't age well, his kit as a whole will still remain versatile and relatively functional and effective. Maybe they'd add some GL only quest or unlock mechanism to make it work, but buffing a unit that strongly for free down the road just seems unlikely IMO.

[Diomer]

That's pretty much what it comes down to; they could go either way and we're left completely in the dark unfortunately. If they just updated him, it'd be the first instance of them doing so. In a gacha game adding ways, like 6* upgrades or enhancements, to improve characters is important to keep the game healthy and not absolutely require top end newest of the new units. But just buffing a unit beyond minor fixes (IIRC didn't they give Charlotte an extra 5% HP in a patch?)? I have a hard time believing they'd do it. They'd be turning a unit from alright to great (down the road whenever they do it) to top of the line.

He's top of the game right now no doubt, and while some aspects of his kit like breaks and damage won't age well, his kit as a whole will still remain versatile and relatively functional and effective. Maybe they'd add some GL only quest or unlock mechanism to make it work, but buffing a unit that strongly for free down the road just seems unlikely IMO.

It's also the first time they've given us a unit that is anything but virtually identical to the JP version. So all of these things are uncharted territory and you really can't say that they won't do it because they haven't done it before since we're already rewriting the usual script. At bare minimum, if they leave Noctis alone, I would assume that when he gets his enhancements in GL, they will be bigger enhancements than JP and bring him much closer to that level. As long as he eventually gets that ability, upgraded weapon %s, and higher break percentages, he should be pretty awesome though.

[Mina]

^ He will fall heavily behind the curve in terms of damage if left untouched. That's why I'd say in 9 months down the line we'll probably see him on another banner and at that time they will realign him to match up with the meta. This will encourage a wave of people to buy him again. From a business point of view, they would profit by doing that.

edit: gumi should come out and say what they intend on doing though, might help push people to throw $$$ lol