[FFRK] Sins of the Father (Ultimate)

Ultimate Godo was probably the easiest Ultimate to date aside from Advantaliate cheesing Yunalesca. It is worth noting however that FFVII is by far the realm that I have the strongest synergy with. He was basically brute forced down.

Godo was beaten but not mastered on the first attempt because I ate a string of bad AoEs at the very end of the fight which killed Barret. I did master it using the same party configuration during another attempt. With the recent introduction of the orb exchange and shatter mechanics, it was very easy to hone Shadowsteel to R3. It was also a good thing that I did so because Sap only proc’d on the very last charge on all boss attempts. It is a shame that it did not proc sooner because sap does around 4k a tick. Party used:

haracter Ability 1 Ability 2 Record Materia
 Cloud  Lifesiphon  Drain Strike  Ace Striker
 Barret  Magic Breakdown  Full Break  Thief’s Code
 Yuffie  Dismissal  Shadowsteel  Sky Pirate’s Pride
 Red XIII  Power Breakdown  Armor Breakdown  Zeal
 Aerith  Renewing Cure  Shellga  Planet Guardian

Roaming Warrior: Sentinal’s Grimoire
Notable Soul Breaks: Blade Beam, Planet Protector
Notable Weapons: Organics, Gatling Gun, Silver Barrette, Aurora Rod

  • Red XIII was used as a Black Mage for the other Bonus Battles and as a support bot for Godo. I had forgotten to remove him from the back row when setting this party up. Whoops. I think hairpins are melee? Well, go go synergy and Planet Protector for making up the damage loss.
  • Shellga and Sentinal’s Grimoire were sufficient mitigation to keep everyone alive but just barely towards the end of the fight. Using Renewing Cure over Curaja did help a bit because the regen effect will cancel out the poison effect.
  • Haste RM on 3/5 characters = poor man’s hasteaga I guess.
  • Full Break and Armor Breakdown really softened him up. With Planet Protector, even back row melee Red XIII was hitting for around 8k or so a pop.
  • Oh man, Lifesiphon is a fantastic ability if you have a 4*+ combat character with a good SB (preferably multi-hit non-elemental damage). Having Ace Striker and Lifesiphon on Cloud meant that I could use Blade Beam for 3×9999 damage every third turn.

Round 1
Cloud: Lifesiphon
Barret: Full Break
Yuffie: Shadowsteel
Red XIII: Sentinal’s Grimoire
Aerith: Shellga

Round 2+
Cloud: Lifesiphon until SB is charged, use Blade Beam, repeat. Drain Strike if low to alleviate healing duties.
Barret: Full Break, Magic Breakdown, Magic Breakdown, Full Break. Use Full Break roughly every 25% health
Yuffie: Spam Shadowsteel until Sap procs then spam Dismissal
Red XIII: Alternate between Power Breakdown and Armor Breakdown
Aerith: Try to cast Planet Protector when possible. Otherwise, heal bot.

Sentinal’s Grimoire was cast at the beginning of the fight and then half way through the fight. I also recast Shellga at approximately the half point as well. Drain Strike and Dismissal can be replaced with whatever you feel is more suitable as both are filler abilities. Overall, the real MVPs of this fight are: Realm synergy, orb exchanging, and Lifesiphon + SSB spam.

Dwarf Fortress: Chapter 2

Today I learned that fortresses have names. So, welcome to Outpost Stizashoddom. Population 7.

DF-189-04-12-MenuAt this (early early) point in the game, I have started breaking away from the tutorials now that I have become somewhat self sufficient by learning to produce food, build things, etc. I still don’t have much of an idea in regards to what I should be doing or preparing for but I figured that sporadic wiki searching + figuring it out on my own is more fun than following a step by step tutorial.

I dug out a dedicated section for living quarters on level B1 and moved all of the beds over from the B2 dormitory. Dwarves, like the rest of us, seem to enjoy having their own living quarters. Each room is 2×2 and contains a bed, chest, and a door. I have also created separate stockpiles for wood, food, and furniture (room to the right of the bedrooms). It’s a bit easier to keep track of items visually, now that everything isn’t lumped together in one room.

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The south most room in level B2 is now a dedicated eating area. The north most room now containing a mason let workshop.The fortress is layed out in a somewhat random manner but it is what it is

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I noticed that my stockpiles had a weird purpley icon on them that I haven’t seen before. Upon further inspection, it appears that they are hamster remains. According to the Internet, vermin remains do not generate miasma (whatever that does sounds not so good), so it may not matter I guess? Regardless, I wouldn’t want hamster remains in MY stockpiles. Pretty sure that I need to adjust where refuse is kept or something along those lines

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Since my fortress is essentially a giant open hole in the ground, I built this wall thing around the entrance area. I am not sure how one would go about making a gate at this point. I queued up several doors at the woodworking station but for some reason the dwarf assigned to said station has been on “break” for about a month.

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High points so far: A few of the bedrooms have been claimed so that dwarves are actually sleeping on actual comfy beds and not in the designated common area on B2. A few migrates have arrived, adding to the population. Have not starved to death or otherwise. Well, other than animals that is. A Donkey and a Water Buffalo Cow starved to death :<

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My stockpile records are lacking. The game recommended that I assign a bookkeeper. So, Ducim Buzatducim is now the official bookkeeper by virtue of random assignment. Both bookkeeper and expedition leader are titles of nobility. As such, both Ducim and Datan will require special quarters (pictured below, to the left side of the fortress). I also assigned a random dwarf to the title of manager because I wanted to see what that did. At some point in the game I may have to shuffle titles of nobility around to dwarves who posses actual skills relevant for that office.

Also, certain offices apparently need to have a study in order to function. For lack of a better place to put them, I built a manager’s office and a bookkeeper’s office somewhat mixed into the nobility quarters. A single chair, preferably not overlapping with any other function (such as dining or bedroom) is all that is needed for a study. As you can see below, all rooms are way bigger than they need to be. There’s not a whole lot that I can do about that at the moment I guess.

Offices and stuff

Kol Emalushat has been possessed! I don’t have any clue as to what that means but I guess we will find out during my next play session.

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FFRK Errata: Orb Farming, Yunalesca, Etc

Most of yesterday’s stamina was dedicated to Record Materia farming in the FFII dungeons with not much luck. Still need to do Rubicante Ultimate. For his fight I am thinking mage meta with Vaan to Steal when he cloaks and hit him with Magic Breakdown. If I recall correctly Rubicante counters physical attacks so I will probably have to shelf the usual suspects.

Leviathan and Major Ice Orbs
I went through a big effort to scrounge for the last 4 Major Ice Orbs needed to hone Full Break to R2; The last boss completed being Leviathan. It’s not so much that Leviathan was that much of a pain in the ass as it was mostly mastering the trash while not burning through to many ability uses. I was ready to burn a Mithril if need be but alas, it was not needed.

I didn’t have enough room for Carbuncle, but Sentinals’ Grimoire allowed everyone to stay alive long enough for Lenna to cast reflect on everyone. A few S/Ls were needed to reflect Leviathan before he started buffing himself.

I did run out of most abilities and ended up scratching my way through the last quarter of Leviathan. Gilgamesh’s self sustaining tauntaliate, Cloud’s Blade Beam, and Rinoa’s Angel Wing Bolt were the real MVPs of the fight. Honed Full Break about 2 weeks ago. Haven’t really needed it since :/

Yunalesca and friends
What an odd set of encounters, almost all of which are trivialized by Advantaliate or otherwise. For a super easy Yunalesca U master, it really did work like a charm. No wall, no hasteaga, no healing needed.

Dwarf Fortress: Chapter 1

Started playing Dwarf Fortress. I am using the Lazynewb pack with one of the included graphical tilesets, which makes it a bit more digestible for a new player. Achievements for today’s game progress include: Figuring out how to not starve over the course of x game months, brewing alcohol, assigning a bedroom. As you can see, not what I would consider the best and most robust fortress design but hey I figured out how to build something! (With the help of a tutorial).

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…and here would be the aforementioned bedroom (giant room to the right). It is way too big. I had attempted to correct it by building walls around each of the beds but it looks even weirder now. In the future I will probably section off an area at the end of a long hallway with a bunch of either 1×1 or 2×2 rooms. I haven’t figured out what to do with the animals yet and am surprised that they are still alive. That shall be tonight’s project.

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Odds and Ends: January 2016

Both Christmas and New Years were awesome. This week has also been awesome albeit cold and rainy; More so the latter. As a whole, there has been more media consumption than gaming lately.

Steins;Gate
The Internet really seems to like this show. Steins;Gate gas a decent plot and fairly original as far as anime goes at least. The story ties most everything together and wraps itself up neatly. The characters are average to mildly annoying as they all seem to over exaggerated tropes.

If there was one thing that I really disliked about the series it would be it’s pace: Steins;Gate takes about 10 episodes to really get started. Given that it is a 24 episode show, that would be about half the series. Overall, if I had to give it a rating I would say that it is either a solid B or a B-.

Undertale
This game was my one and only purchase from the Steal Sale. I am having trouble getting into Undertale but I have only really dedicated a grand total of 30 minutes to the game so there’s that. Today was supposed to be a play Undertale, clean the entire house, do errands day. It ended up being a watch #AGDQ2016 on Twitch and play with the cat day.

The Walking Dead Season 6
Caught up with The Walking Dead. You know that you have been watching too much of this show when you start using free head space to evaluate the structures around you for their zombie resistance rating.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
I was planning on writing on a lengthier post on The Force Awakens but… holidays. As a side note, I think we have passed the point in our lives where we are willing to attend any movie midnight showing unless there is a strong social incentive. So like old people, we attended the first showing of the day at the local theater on the Saturday after it was released. Without spoiling anything: Movie nitpicks aside, went in with very few expectations, came out thoroughly pleased.