FF:BE - A Skinner box with plot

[dasva]

Can anyone think of a good reason for me not to STMR Rem? Her STMR looks great and she has some nice chaining partners now so I can't see me needing a second 7 star dupe of her. She is the first 7 star they've released I can STMR without burning UoC tickets which I'm saving for Fryevia. Plus item world was very nice to me and put high tide and +25% magic on her defender's daggers.

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About the only time I'd choose 2x of something over the stmr is when the stmr is pretty meh like TT.... and well that stmr is amazing.

Speaking of amazing STMRs goddamn dat Barby stmr. Also she looking nice too. Wish had a 2nd one so I could replace one of my less good tornado chainers like Rinoa

Hmmm only things I awaken in this batch is Aileen, Eiko and Beatrix and only Beatrix excites me mostly cause I want to see how much Epeen I can get with her 42x hybrid move lol. And no stmrs I can get . Guess I can use Aileen as a poor mans Nyx for filling LB gauge.

[Alkar]

I had Zarg, Rem and VoF this batch. Quite happy with all of them, Zarg has insane utility and variety now (dualcast for some abilities, amazing LB, tank and chain with Octaslash family).

[DFJS]

I can only 7* rem and VoL this time around but I dont have either one of their tmr. Can't really decide who's tmr to work on next. Thinking about seabreeze dark fina for a stronger tornado buddy for barbie but I don't have her tmr either. Only thing I'm really close on is flame blade agni. Prolly just work on cg lids tmr since it's good and hope I get another one.

I've got quite a few people I can 7* but I don't use any of them. Seems like a waste to upgrade them if I'm not gonna use them.

[dasva]

Yeah I'm in the same boat... it's kind of making me focus my tmr farming based on what I can awaken. Like yeah I really want xxx tmr but I don't want to gimp a 7* also fuck making prism moogles

[Yuri-G]

7* Beatrix before Beatrix enhancements lmao

[Karbuncle]

I had...

Prishe, VoF, VoD, VoL, and Barb.

No Zarg for me.

[dasva]

7* Beatrix before Beatrix enhancements lmao

Just giving you more to look forward to! Just another 30% or so on an extra before I can awaken

[arus2001]

Tempted to try and pull for another VoD so I can STMR him. Only because he's been my boy for so long. Otherwise, my VoF army got converted.

[Nitsuki]

1 more barbie so i can get her STMR, but she is damn good already, that stmr will make her broken af.

[Ayn]

Thoughts on 7 star Zarg? Have 3 of him. How does he compare to Nichol?

[Prothescar]

Assuming we're talking about 7* Nichol here since comparing 7* to 6* doesn't mean much. He's good but not gamebreaking. For pure buffs Nichol will win. Nichol is also better at generating LB and Esper Orbs and is better at party wide MP recovery. Zarg can restore up to 2 units' MP really well and can 100% evade provoke but... not much else going on there. Some of his best skills aren't dual castable which is a problem that Nichol really doesn't have. Nichol also brings in additional utility like water imbue but that's pretty niche. 7* nichol wont be for another few months tho at this pace.

[Alkar]

I'd say he's on par if not better than Nichol, depending on what you need. The beauty of Zarg is that he can tank, chain and support all at once potentially saving you party slots.

[Delain]

Only units I can awaken this batch are VoL and I think I saw Aileen on the list. I have never used either of them, and neither seem that amazing at 7*. Both of them I have 3 of, so if I pull a fourth eventually, I will consider a STMR, but for now I am saving my gil. Fryevia please.

[Prothescar]

Not really sure what the Zarg chaining hype is about. It's pod frames, which most support units should be equipping anyway. Worth mentioning that Nichol also gets his own dual castable chain ing and finishing spells, Flood getting more partners into the future and his finisher capping at 1200% per cast. I don't really see Zarg's Octaslash as a unique trait. Like I said, he can evade provoke tank but... how often I would actually make use of that can probably be counted on one hand. Generally if something has physical attacks dangerous enough that I need to have a dedicated tank for them, I'm using a physical cover.

Just really feel like this "utility" is being overstated all over the place atm. Kind of like how people are writing off Barb while in reality she's stronger than Trance Terra after only a handful of turns, which will be relevant once we're out of this middle ground of content that folds under a single TT chain.

[Cyn]

I had 5 Zargabaath, turned them into a STMR and 2x 50% moogles. Now Zarga is back on the shelf where he belongs. The tiny bit of content that he could do slightly better than Nichol can as an unenhanced 6* is overshadowed by the cost of enhancing him and leveling him up.

[Delain]

I did finally use my UoC ticket on A Rain today, no regerts. Instantly 120, his stats are hilarious, even if I aim for specific element immunity. Instantly put him in arena party as annoyingly geared as possible. I really wish I had augmented his sword during that IW week, but Axes this week give some solid tank options as well.

[dasva]

He can use maces too which we just had. Defensive stat wise fangbreaker can be just as good as Rain sword

Edit: About the versatility thing. It can be nice especially when some roles only need to do their thing once every so many turns. However some roles most of the time you'll really want them to have whatever up and going full time starting turn 1. Tanking and buffing are often that way. Now there are some exceptions with some turn based stuff... like say Diabolos I used Mystea because I didn't need (and in fact actively didn't want) magic cover till turn 2 but also needed status/stop protection t1 so worked out great. But most other fights I'd have 1 unit full timing the cover and someone else full timing the protection because I don't want my team to go a turn without protection

[Jiyo]

Have a few people I can 7* this batch, but nothing I'm really too interested in. Still waiting out for that Loren 7* goodness. Second full run of IW got me HP10/SPR15/Hightide Bowie Knife, really happy with that.

Also, was buying mog king stuff and noticed I have 850 star quartz.....what should I be buying with this lol

[Robertfb]

Hard pulled for Raegen and Hyoh (11k), barely got 1. Had no interest in Citra. Daily pull: Gold > Rainbow: Citra. Decided for hell of it to throw the daily and CG intro tickets on her banner. Final ticket: Rainbow > Citra #2! Now have a maxed out 120 7* Citra.

Hyoh and Raegen are shaking their heads at this.

[Delain]

Second day in a row I have hit the 100 Lapis on the rewards wheel. Getting free lapis for ignoring my phone is always nice.