Do you have enough swords, Queen of Time Kompression?
I'm going to go ahead and get the important stuff out of the way:
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"Kurse all SeeDs. Swarming like lokusts akross generations. You disgust me. The world was on the brink of that ever-elusive 'time kompression'. Insolent fools! Your vain krusade ends here, SeeDs." - Ultimecia
Ultimecia is an incredibly powerful sorceress from the future, who seeks to compress past, present and future into one; erasing all life but her own.
She sends her mind to the present time and possesses the sorceress Edea Kramer, but the primary protagonist Squall Leonhart and his friends manage to track her down to her very own era and destroy her for good.
Event Start Date: July 5
Event Bonus Battle: July 8
Event End Date: July 15
All information is taken from a mixture of Reddit/Spreadsheets and my own obviously expert analysis.
Much info for the event comes from this thread and its related links: https://www.reddit.com/r/FFRecordKee...hk&sh=e47205ae
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:
...Whatever.
New Characters Acquired:
Ultimecia: Black Magic 5, White Magic 5, Summon 5, Darkness 5, Witch 5
Dress Spheres Acquired:
...Whatever.
Old Characters Acquired:
Squall
Seifer
Laguna
New Memory Crystals:
Ultimecia MC1/MC2
Old Memory Crystals:
Squall MC1/MC2
Seifer MC1/MC2
Laguna MC1/MC2
New Record Materia:
Ultimecia:
- Gain a small amount of Mag, but lose a small amount of Res.
- Deal moderately more damage with wind element attacks.
- Deal much more Black Magic damage when a Rod is equipped.
New Record Dive
Ultimecia - Black Magic 9%, Summon 6%
New Legend Materia:
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Acolyte Archives
- Beat 'King of Grudges 凶++' with a party consisting of FFVIII synergy characters.
Balance Changes
...Whatever.
Relics
Best Teacher is on another banner.
Kind of a good banner to skip, honestly, coming off a fest that introduces a lot of power creep.
The wind mage you're pulling for here is on B2, and your other reason for pulling is good ice tech - especially Laguna's Chain and Squall's items.
Also to note that there are 11 (yes, ELEVEN) BSB's on these banners. This is not normal, but dilutes the middle of the banners quite a bit. You can breathe a sign of relief that this event was not shoehorned into pre-fest and gain an easy 13 mythril.
Future Event Banner Comparison:
That said, next FFVIII (Rinoa + Quistis) should be a focus if you want VIII specific gear. The bulk of B1's major items return on B1 with Quistis/Rinoa stuff.
While not the Poison Queen we dreamed of, Quistis does become FF8's resident buffer with that event.
https://www.reddit.com/r/FFRecordKee...gj&sh=d715536b
Element Boosts:
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Ultra EX/Chase Type Glossary:
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Banner 1:
Those are some cute chains you have there. It would be a shame if someone were to come along and put them on...aww crap. My leg is cramping up.
Laguna brings the first v2.0 chain to the ice element, offering a standard Atk Boost for the physical 2.0's.
New for global is Squall's 2nd +ice sword in as many weeks, this time for his much improved USB2. This time, Squall has 12x ST ice/non physical hits with en-ice and a new EX Mode 'Lion'. 'Lion' pairs a self Atk boost with a familiar iteration mechanic, chasing Spellblade abilities with 4-8x ST ice/non hits with an increased damage modifier and crit rate with each successive use.
The downside is that the iteration boosts pale in comparison to his BSB2 (+2% potency, +5 crit, +1 hit per stage), but it is still nice to have. Overall, this provides similar output to his BSB2 when all is said and done.
Seifer pops out a new USB as well, 18x dark/fire ST hits with a self Atk/Def boost and a party CT0 charge. The hit potency is a little weak, but Seifer is kind of built around chain building anyways.
Which brings us to his new BSB offering: 8x ST dark/fire entry with party Dark Radiant Shield. His commands share the Darkness school, with C1 offering a dark/fire Crimson Cross equivalent and C2 3x ST dark/fire hits with fastcast x3.
Rino...Ultimecia has a lukewarm entry, gaining a wind/dark OSB with a weakness potency boost and standard 8x ST wind/dark magic entry with en-wind. Her commands share Black Magic and is similar to a Squall type (but really more Kefka lines of damage) buildup, with C1 being 2x wind/dark hits and 'Wind of End +1' while C2 is 3-6 hits of 230-300 potency based on 'Winds of End' charges.
Returning Items:
Squall: BSB2
Laguna: BSB2
Selphie: BSB2
Banner 2:
This whole banner is repeats, but some not too terrible ones.
As mentioned in the event recap, 6 BSB's on B2 here. That dilutes the middle of the pool a fair amount, but Fujin, Edea, and Zell still have decent to good BSB's and Irvine has a semi rare +fire gun.
At the top end of the banner, Laguna's solid imperil-ice USB (and +ice gun to boot) and Fujin's USB stand out as strong options. Rinoa's USB isn't bad either, but she gains much better tech in the next VIII event post Witch ability buff.
Returning Items:
All
Legend Materias:
- B1 - Seifer: Small chance to w-cast Darkness abilities.
- B1 - Ultimecia: Begin battle with en-wind.
- B1 - Squall: Begin battle with en-ice.
- B1 - Laguna: Small chance for minor imperil-ice when using Machinist abilities.
- B1 - Selphie: Small chance to grant Last Stand when using ST White Mage healing abilities.
- B2 - Rinoa: Mag buildup - Black Magic. 1% -> 20%.
- B2 - Edea: Moderate chance to fastcast cycle x1 when using Ice element abilities.
- B2 - Fujin: Begin battle with en-wind.
- B2 - Zell: Begin battle with Crit Fix 50%.
Relic Discussion
https://www.reddit.com/r/FFRecordKee...ws&sh=1f1383f0