Machina: Sorry I'm late guys...what happened?
Ace: Machina, are you feeling okay?
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"When my transfer notice to Class Zero was put up, I was relieved." - Machina
"When the war is over, what will I do?" - Rem
"I wonder if Cinque has done her work yet." - Queen
I can't say this enough: If you have not played Type-0 go do yourself a favor and find the PS4 HD version and treat yo self 2018.
It is easily the best game to emerge from the mess that was Fabula Nova Crystallis, and aside from that it's the best written FF title since Tactics. The soundtrack is amazing to boot - "The Beginning of the End" is top 10 FF song material.
When Milites begins its attack on Rubrum, Arecia's Class Zero cadets are the only ones able to withstand the effect of the imperials' crystal jammer and thus are deployed to take it down.
During the capital liberation Queen finds Ace with a dying dominion legionary Izana, consoling him while telling him not to heal Izana, as the man is beyond recovery and he needs to reserve his strength for the group of Militesi soldiers she predicts will arrive shortly.
In contradiction to her inaction at the time, when she later stands up to Machina for thinking they willingly left his brother to die while chiding him for acting like a hero, Queen reveals she had remorse for Izana and that she would have saved him if he had suffered only minor injuries.
Queen and the other cadets tutored by Arecia destroy the empire's crystal jammers and Akademeia is liberated. Impressed by the cadets' prowess Chancellor Khalia Chival VI has them officially admitted with Machina and Rem also joining.
She is skeptical of the two newcomers, half-believing they had been set up as their "chaperones" and expecting them to prove their worth on the battlefield.
Event Start Date: January 24
Event Bonus Battle: January 28
Event End Date: February 4
All information is taken from a mixture of Reddit/Spreadsheets/Kongpakbao Site and my own obviously expert analysis.
Much info for the event comes from this site: https://www.reddit.com/r/FFRecordKee...od&sh=c58ee295
Though the information provided is used as a guideline and not always taken directly from the thread. When necessary, additional thoughts on Cid Missions and battle strategies are added.
Notable Rewards:
Angel Earrings - Accessory. Mnd+15 and moderate KO resistance.
Gravelling Quadstrike - Spellblade 5*. Four hits of ST earth spellblade damage.
New Characters Acquired:
Machina - Black Magic 3, White Magic 3, Spellblade 5, Combat 5
Rem - Black Magic 5, White Magic 5, Summon 5, Celerity 4
Queen - Black Magic 3, White Magic 3, Spellblade 5, Combat 4, Celerity 5, Knight 4
Dress Spheres Acquired:
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Old Characters Acquired:
Ace
Deuce
New Memory Crystals:
Machina MC1/MC2
Rem MC1/MC2
Queen MC1/MC2
Old Memory Crystals
Ace MC1/MC2
Deuce MC1/MC2
New Record Materia:
- Machina RM1: Deal slightly more damage with Spellblade abilities.
- Machina RM2: Attack becomes an AoE physical attack with a long cast time.
- Machina RM3: Deal much more damage with Spellblade abilities.
- Rem RM1: Increase mind a small amount when equipping daggers.
- Rem RM2: Deal significantly more White Magic damage.
- Rem RM3: Deal much more White Magic damage.
- Queen RM1: Small attack boost when equipping swords.
- Queen RM2: Attack has no cast time.
- Queen RM3: Moderate chance for Attack command to become Double Hit.\
New Record Sphere
Machina: Spellblade +9%
Rem: White Magic +9%, Healing +3%
Queen: Sword +3%, Spellblade +6%
New Legend Materia
- Rem "Spellmaster Exchange Student" - Small holy damage up.
- Rem "Throne of Love" - Medium chance to doublecast White Magic abilities.
- Machina "Swordsman Exchange Student" - Small Spellblade damage up.
- Machina "Throne of Fear" - Chance to self Stoneskin when using Spellblade abilities.
- Queen "Rational Prodigy" - Small Lightning damage up.
- Queen "Secret Berserk" - Once per battle, when critical HP, self full heal and enter Trance Mode: Rakshasa (25s, Quickcast, ATK +50% / RES -50%).
Cid Missions
- Beat '凶++ High Dragon' with a party which must contain at least 3 Type-0 synergy characters.
Now that Type-0 has a full kit, expect the next CM to be a full party of 5.
Relics
Banner 1 is made worse by moving Ace's stuff to Banner 2.
Banner 2 is made better by Ace's stuff being on it.
Whats fun to note here is that Rem is FFRK's first dedicated attack White Mage. None of her SB's heal the party, and her Burst command can only heal herself.
Overall, theres a few good buffs here and this may be a good time to pick up Type-0 centric stuff for the future without relying on lucky draws or event banners.
Banner 1:
Rem and her unique approach grabs top billing on Banner 1. Her USB entry is 10 hits of holy/dark and en-holy with an EX mode of "Dominion". It carries a hefty Mind boost of 50%, but she takes a Def and Res hit of 15% each. Dominion is also a cycle type EX mode, granting her triple cast speed after hitting a weakness. While she isn't quote Cid Raines level (needing both USB and BSB to accomplish that without another mnd boost source), the fact you can dive her doublecast LM and the USB carries a hefty self mind boost, Rem can dish out the holy damage at a pretty nice clip.
Her BSB is a little interesting as well, playing up her attack white mage role. Entry is 8x AoE holy/dark hits, again with en-holy, and an Ether charge. Cmd1 carries a 4x ST holy/dark hit with a self heal, and Cmd2 is a self Magic Blink with a White Magic damage boost of 15% x3.
Finally, her SSB is a party Last Stand and Reraise.
Machina gets a little lost with all the strong spellblade competitors, but he does have the rare earth element attached to him. His entry is 10x ST earth/dark with en-earth, 2x of Yshtola's double blink, and 'Awakening' EX mode.
Awakening is a mix of Bartz and Noctis. Until Machina takes damage, his cast speed is doubled and he chases all Spellblade abilities with 4-6 hits of earth/dark/non auto-hit damage. Unlike Noctis, Machina will have to rely on the blinks because he doesn't have built in stoneskin on the USB without resorting to...
Machina's BSB! Cyclone Drive entries with 8x ST earth/dark damage with a party stoneskin of 30%. Cmd1 is 3x of earth/dark/non damage with 3 charges of increased Spellblade damage and Cmd2 is an additional Self Stoneskin.
His SSB may be more useful for the non-RS earth boost than its effects: party haste, Res+100%, and increases critical hit damage.
Deuce finishes up the banner with her instant USB medica, VoF cura BSB, and SSB.
Banner 2:
Queen and Ace make banner 2 equal to banner 1 in a lot of respects - but like Machina, Queen gets a little lost in the amount of Spellblades we have available.
Her USB lacks any EX mode, but is a self buff-suite in its own right. 10x ST lightning/dark damage with en-lightning, Atk/Def +30%, and doubles Spellblade cast speed.
Her BSB is the same lightning/dark element mix with an 8 hit ranged entry and a party crit fix at 50%. Cmd1 is similar to Machina's but with lightning/dark elements, and Cmd2 is a 2hit AoE with Atk/Def bargain.
Her SSB is an AoE lightning/dark barrage with instant party esuna.
Ace is a pretty good fire mage in his own right, but be careful because a lot of his attacks force him to be on the front lines. His OSB, USB, BSB, and SSB return.
Nine finishes things up with his BSB and SSB appearing.
Legend Materias:
- Banner 1 - Rem: Mind buildup. White Magic hits 1% -> 25%.
- Banner 1 - Machina: Begin fight with en-earth.
- Banner 1 - Deuce: Stat buff duration +30%.
- Banner 2 - Queen: Small chance to doublecast lightning abilities.
- Banner 2 - Ace: Small chance to add physical blink after using Black Magic abilities.
- Banner 2 - Nine: Small chance to inflict small imperil wind when using Jump attacks.
Relic Discussion
https://www.reddit.com/r/FFRecordKee...sb&sh=c1164715