Quote Originally Posted by Slashley View Post
When you reach the power level to hit 1m against Ults, you're not exactly going to need any Exceeds against them since you should be strong enough to AAB all of them.
I don't even know whether I can AAB any ult... well, I hate AAB, so not even going to check.
Anyway, never said I need exceed, it just helps. Honestly though, where would you NEED exceed ? I suppose on hrags, where else ? Maybe tower if you want to clear floor few turns faster. In most cases you don't need it, it just helps get damage higher.

Quote Originally Posted by Slashley View Post
Your attachment is broken. Just use imgur, it's more reliable than HBC attachments sadly.
Weird, it works for me... anyway, that's 1.085m damage Mammon, without crit. Had also Shingen with 1.22m with crit on 35% DEF down Andromalius, but she didn't even need exceed weapon for that (MP enhancements).

Quote Originally Posted by Slashley View Post
And yes, Thunder Aphro gets you ~35% more damage, which would get me to need more than one Exceed (as I could expect ~1.35m when Crits happen). So what? Getting a Limited Edition Hime is not a matter of skill. Neither is getting P2W Eidolons. I'll accept Aether as she's been in a Miracle Ticket, but outside of that... how exactly does one need the increased cap from Exceed? With a full, and I mean FULL FLB Grid, I can see needing one (1) Exceed weapon. Add one more for a P2W Eidolon, and/or add one more for Thunder Aphro. Not sure how much of an impact Phantom weapons will have in the long run. Need to play around in the calc.

Still don't see the reason to put Exceed on a pedestal. You're going to use it, but only because the game just hands you some and you don't get to choose.
Because getting Aether from MT is matter of skill obviously. Need for exceeds with Aether is debatable though (for now that is), her buff raises cap.
Exceed is on pedestal, because it helps bring higher damage from burst, sometimes much higher. And it doesn't have to be TAphro or Aether. It can be stun punisher, it can be Sati with 50% guaranteed crit, it can be Vigor from Isis. In future you will have Atum with 50% Vigor, Vahagn with 50% Vigor, Kamihime with 200 BG, Neptune with 20% Assault per stack and list can probably go on. Does this mean, that everybody will need exceed ? Probably not, but it's always nice to hit 1.3m burst instead of 1.03m one (or anything higher for that matter).