Quote Originally Posted by nonsensei View Post
No, we can't. (Starting at 14 mins, apparently the link doesn't jump there for some reason).--
You had 43k total power by this point. That's hardly a new player level, by which I mean the time when AQ4 starts being doable. Although your video doesn't comment on how high your Grid is. But based on your HP, around ~30% Defenders from two Defender SSRs, I can assume that it was quite high (or did you upgrade Defenders first?).

Also, you had Sol when AQ was released and you didn't exploit -70% Atk?
Quote Originally Posted by nonsensei View Post
You also forget that AQ4's threat isn't the boss alone, the only place where BP really matters.
Not at all - many mobs from wave1 are really useful to BP. Like the second mob in Wind if you have enough damage to kill two mobs in four turns. A new player probably doesn't, so it's probably better off to not use (as this means that you get less "free turns" when the mobs are just buffing up on a buff that doesn't stack).

In Wind wave2 Wind, Joan can either damage cut the first, small AoE or you can wait to cut the buffed AoE - but not both. And you'll be in trouble if you're not about to kill the mid-boss when the third one is approaching. Again, BP giving you WAY more turns until this soft-limit comes up.

Overall, I'd rather have BP in all AQ content than Joan's damage cut. There are certainly ones where it isn't particularly useful (like Dark wave1 for example), but these ones don't gain anything from damage cut either.