Thread: Guild Orders Megathread

Originally Posted by FreeToPay

When you couldn't even get pass stage 1 because middle mob is too op if you go in blind. FML

I know that feeling. Going in blind on this is, ultimately, not a smart idea. I gave up and spent 5 minutes complaining to myself about it.

Hmm, lost against Quetzalcoatl due to a couple of major misplays.
1st mistake: I really underestimated full bursting with Uriel, as I'm used to doing low damage with my water and thunder teams xP
I attacked on turn 1 to trigger the buffs, waited them out, threw out my stuff, then bursted. Hit reload to find out that was enough to knock into raging.
2nd mistake: I burned Joan's damage cut on the first instance of the raging overdrive. Without a way to remove the defense debuff, that led to me wiping against the second raging overdrive. Also, I could've dodged that second one if I had gotten double attacks from soul + second slot to enable another full burst, but that didn't happen :/

I do keep updates on what you will be facing in the OP, if you guys haven't noticed.

That said, do feel free not to check it out if you want the DMM blind run style experience.

Originally Posted by Cobblemaniac

That said, do feel free not to check it out if you want the DMM blind run style experience.

I went in blind as usual, but did not learn anything at all about what all the different mobs do because everything died too fast.
About the only thing I learnt is that quetz buffs herself with DATA on turn 1. She died on turn 2.

It's possible to kill her in 1 turn I guess; I carried pf into stage 5 instead of just using pf on stage 4 and procc'ing up FB there to be ready earlier. So other ppl have killed her on turn 1, while I took 2, due to not planning pf proc earlier/properly. :<

Originally Posted by VeryVoodoo

I went in blind as usual, but did not learn anything at all about what all the different mobs do because everything died too fast.
About the only thing I learnt is that quetz buffs herself with DATA on turn 1. She died on turn 2.

It's possible to kill her in 1 turn I guess; I carried pf into stage 5 instead of just using pf on stage 4 and procc'ing up FB there to be ready earlier. So other ppl have killed her on turn 1, while I took 2, due to not planning pf proc earlier/properly. :<

Most bosses have around 8-9m HP as far as I'm aware, and besides you're literally using the rocket launcher element as advantage here

Also I could list the exception but I don't know if this counts as boss spoilers, so in case it does...

->Open Spoiler<-

St. Nicholas GO has 15 def compared to the normal 10. In other words, it's 1.5x more HP effectively.

Hmm, fire Rs are better than the thunder ones. Soooooo about that full R hime run....

Originally Posted by Amak

Hmm, fire Rs are better than the thunder ones. Soooooo about that full R hime run....

It's quite unlikely to happen with people who don't main fire starting last year since we get so little fire SSR weapons these days.

Someone care to prove me wrong?

Originally Posted by Amak

Hmm, fire Rs are better than the thunder ones. Soooooo about that full R hime run....

Gimme one more day, I screwed up with the stage1 mid mob & got some TA from mobs here & there.

EDIT: Actually, I should do Sieg mission first & I will be busy with Phoenix farming afterwards (only got a LB1 bow & I want my 2 FLB bow), so might be only next week.

This is not the kind of game sold on super-polished gameplay mechanics you know

Originally Posted by Bear

It's meant as a grace bypass. Any vet who meet the requirement can just clear it like they normally so while those who don't will pay a small price of convenience. (And those still can't handle it, maybe they shouldn't be attempting the quest to begin with.) I don't see why 'casual' like yourself would complain about it when the game already has so few catch up measures for weaker players.

I've already stated my viewpoint: if you're using inconvenience as a means to balance encounters, your encounter design is flawed. Games are supposed to be fun (right?). The damage check should either be hard and very difficult to circumvent (acting as a gate), or soft and permitting alternative strategies (e.g., a debuff clear). If you want to make an encounter hard, make it hard. Don't make it inconvenient.