FF5 Four Job Fiesta 2013

2013-06-18 10:14:50 am

Obscure games ftw

The launchers have 10800 HP, but if they hit 10000 or lower HP they use their explosion animation and die. So effectively, they have 800.

Triggerlily

2013-06-18 10:30:17 am

Quote from duckfist:

Taking a short speedrunning break with some FF5 action.

#random
White Mage -> Thief -> Monk -> Black Mage

Looks like it's wind crystal only this time. The only trouble I've had thus far was Byblos and Sol Cannon. I ended up having to grind a couple extra levels for Byblos, who has a lineup of some seriously shitty abilities. Protect and an apparently massive evasion rate made it hell for my all-physical party, and if Dischord was used too early on one of my Monks, I'd just reset. Oh yeah, and getting combo'd by Drain. I could swear it used it like 4 times in a row once.

I'm pretty sure I got lucky on Sol Cannon. I couldn't figure out why this happened: In my second attempt at the battle, the two launchers seemed to disappear as soon as I started attacking the main cannon part. Guides are saying they have 10,000 HP. Does anyone know why this happened?

Anyways, I'm having a blast so far. Grin

I have yet to find a guide or website that lists the soul cannon correctly. Everything lists total health, not effective health which is what really matters. The cannon has 22500(?) but it's actually half of that once everything explodes

[quote="duckfist"]Taking a short speedrunning break with some FF5 action.

#random
White Mage -> Thief -> Monk -> Black Mage

Looks like it's wind crystal only this time.  The only trouble I've had thus far was Byblos and Sol Cannon.  I ended up having to grind a couple extra levels for Byblos, who has a lineup of some seriously shitty abilities.  Protect and an apparently massive evasion rate made it hell for my all-physical party, and if Dischord was used too early on one of my Monks, I'd just reset.  Oh yeah, and getting combo'd by Drain.  I could swear it used it like 4 times in a row once.

I'm pretty sure I got lucky on Sol Cannon.  I couldn't figure out why this happened:  In my second attempt at the battle, the two launchers seemed to disappear as soon as I started attacking the main cannon part.  Guides are saying they have 10,000 HP.  Does anyone know why this happened?

Anyways, I'm having a blast so far. ;D[/quote]

I have yet to find a guide or website that lists the soul cannon correctly. Everything lists total health, not effective health which is what really matters. The cannon has 22500(?) but it's actually half of that once everything explodes

FFgamer86

2013-06-18 09:40:48 pm

SDA Speedruns: 1

I started with blue mage too. So you can watch my vods for strats.

Triggerlily

2013-06-18 10:17:52 pm

Finished my normal run today http://www.twitch.tv/triggerlily/c/2446072 Would have posted the video of the final battle sooner but been sorting through some issues with something else.

CVagts

2013-06-18 10:40:26 pm

"Let's put a SMILE on that face!"

Random run with Monk/Blue Mage/Time Mage/Mystic Knight, I haven't played this game in 15 years so it's basically blind, stream viewers say it's a good party and it's been relatively smooth sailing so far. Got to Galuf's castle so far.

Tiberius

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Tiberius: 2013-06-19 11:22:26 am

2013-06-19 11:19:52 am

Make it so.

Just started a normal run, kicking of with thief, oh great Sad

EDIT:Actually, what the hell, let's make it a 'natural' run for funzies

RedArremer

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RedArremer: 2013-06-20 03:21:40 am

2013-06-20 03:21:24 am

Well, I got Monk as my Fire Crystal job (only Wind jobs so far!). Liquid Flame did not pose as much of a problem as I thought, but Byblos just kicked my ass. Bleh.

duckfist

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duckfist: 2013-06-21 07:59:44 pm

2013-06-21 07:49:50 pm

#Random #Victory

White Mage -> Thief -> Monk -> Black Mage

Well, that was a nice break from speedrunning. I think I'm good my RPG fix for a while. I was a bit underleveled for the final boss, but decided to give it a shot, and nailed it on the first attempt. The fight lasted an hour, definitely the hardest fight for my team since Byblos. It would not have been possible if it weren't for Shell, Blink, and Hermes' Sandals. My Thief had a Chicken Knife and !Focus, which decimated every other boss. Everybody else had !White and/or !Black, nuking everything and healing/buffing like crazy. Admittedly, I used a great deal of turbo throughout the rest of the game because I was so anxious to get through it. Still, I made sure every boss fight was done at normal speed and without savestates.

If it weren't for Black Mage as my last crystal, I'd be at this for a few more days I think. I might come back and do another run before it's over, maybe after SGDQ.

GGFFV.

#Random #Victory

White Mage -> Thief -> Monk -> Black Mage

[img]http://i.imgur.com/hVBB1lt.png[/img][img]http://i.imgur.com/wFqPn5P.png[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/GdQVC7o.png[/img][img]http://i.imgur.com/YhSuwLm.png[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/Z14V54W.png[/img]

Well, that was a nice break from speedrunning.  I think I'm good my RPG fix for a while.  I was a bit underleveled for the final boss, but decided to give it a shot, and nailed it on the first attempt.  The fight lasted an hour, definitely the hardest fight for my team since Byblos.  It would not have been possible if it weren't for Shell, Blink, and Hermes' Sandals.  My Thief had a Chicken Knife and !Focus, which decimated every other boss.  Everybody else had !White and/or !Black, nuking everything and healing/buffing like crazy.  Admittedly, I used a great deal of turbo throughout the rest of the game because I was so anxious to get through it.  Still, I made sure every boss fight was done at normal speed and without savestates.

If it weren't for Black Mage as my last crystal, I'd be at this for a few more days I think.  I might come back and do another run before it's over, maybe after SGDQ.

GGFFV.

RedArremer

2013-06-21 10:05:12 pm

Well damn. I rolled Ranger as last class, so I've got White Mage, Knight, Monk and said Ranger. Seriously considering dropping some money so I can get a magical damage class.
Byblos also was way too hard with the three earlier classes. Stupid level decreasing bullshit...

presjpolk

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presjpolk: 2013-06-21 10:13:41 pm

2013-06-21 10:13:15 pm

HELLO!

Ooooh yes. Biblos with White Mage. That for me would take a few tries. And some yelling.

The Sid

2013-06-22 01:59:17 pm

raising the stakes on being bad!

Black Mage -> Berserker -> Beast Master -> Samurai

First and Last have saved my ass so many times, I still can't make heads or tails of if the beast master is actually useful though >.<

All the way up to the island shrine at Lv.31 with #Reg just need to power through to the end

RedArremer

2013-06-22 03:04:48 pm

Beastmaster is very good in combination with Blue Mage. Without a Blue Mage, ehh... Calm/Tame is bugged. Catch can be quite useful during early/mid game, but towards late game, it becomes pretty useless.

revenantkioku

2013-06-22 04:09:05 pm

That's actually quite untrue, alas you must either 1) spend lots of time experimenting or 2) have a FAQ handy to help you realize what is worth your time.
They saved my butt several times late game, especially here: http://www.twitch.tv/revenantkioku/c/2461518

presjpolk

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presjpolk: 2013-06-23 12:02:18 am

2013-06-23 12:01:11 am

HELLO!

Yes, relying on stuff like that is *exactly* why I traded in Blue Mage and would have traded in Beastmaster.

Stuff like that, doing lots of reading and experimenting, wouldn't really be good stream material in my case. Smiley

Also, Swords Dance had better stack with Sword Magic or I'm going to have *two* dead weight classes (Dancer, Geomancer).

Well Geomancer isn't totally useless, but...

Tiberius

2013-06-23 07:22:50 am

Make it so.

So I've just got Ranger as my third (natural rules) job, along with Thief and Red Mage. Question is, I don't remember how to find the Ranger job, or how early you can get it as I really want it asap as Thief/Red Mage/Freelancer/Freelancer sucks as a party. Any help?

Sir VG

2013-06-23 07:50:58 am

Fucking Weeaboo

Quote from Tiberius:

So I've just got Ranger as my third (natural rules) job, along with Thief and Red Mage. Question is, I don't remember how to find the Ranger job, or how early you can get it as I really want it asap as Thief/Red Mage/Freelancer/Freelancer sucks as a party. Any help?

You get Ranger and Bard a little time later when you get to the Chocobo Forest.

Essentia

2013-06-23 09:17:10 am

Everything's better with Magitek

I got my last job last night, so now my party consists of white mage, red mage, bard, and dancer. I was hoping for a more reliable way of dealing physical damage than sword dance, but oh well. Tongue

presjpolk

2013-06-23 09:47:39 am

HELLO!

Quote from Essentia:

I got my last job last night, so now my party consists of white mage, red mage, bard, and dancer. I was hoping for a more reliable way of dealing physical damage than sword dance, but oh well. Tongue

Someone in my stream mentioned you got White, Red, Bard and I said "Well, that sounds tough, but she's good at Final Fantasys right? She'll be fine."

Clearly Gilgabot was listening. Smiley

hitmanatee

2013-06-23 12:54:55 pm

Just to share my pain. I got White Mage, Beserker, Bard, Dancer.

revenantkioku

2013-06-23 03:57:05 pm

Quote from presjpolk:

Yes, relying on stuff like that is *exactly* why I traded in Blue Mage and would have traded in Beastmaster.

Stuff like that, doing lots of reading and experimenting, wouldn't really be good stream material in my case. Smiley

Fair point! Pretty much anything in the Fiesta is possible. Fun is another story all together.

doicm

2013-06-23 06:50:37 pm

Quote from revenantkioku:

Fair point! Pretty much anything in the Fiesta is possible. Fun is another story all together.

I wasn't sure if that was true, but had to find out for sure. Sure enough, at least one person this year has finished a run w/ 3 berserkers. Wow.

Triggerlily

2013-06-23 06:59:59 pm

Quote from doicm:

Quote from revenantkioku:

Fair point! Pretty much anything in the Fiesta is possible. Fun is another story all together.

I wasn't sure if that was true, but had to find out for sure. Sure enough, at least one person this year has finished a run w/ 3 berserkers. Wow.

Someone also beat Shinryu with White Mage and 3 Berserkers http://fourjobfiesta.com/players.php?player=SpoonyGundam The pic attached to it doesn't actually show Shinryu going down though. Just the inventory which is kinda disappointing

Tohmane

2013-06-25 03:41:13 pm

Execute.

Started my own run now, better late than never. First job Knight, not too shabby.

puwexil

2013-06-26 09:01:19 am

Professional Second Banana

Finally started my run and got Monk/Red Mage/Bard for my first 3 - definitely liking the balance of physical/magical/support abilities that team has to offer.

Plus, in-game reason to #PianoFlex = priceless.

I have no name

2013-06-26 11:22:37 am

Obscure games ftw

The most intense fight I've had in any RPG, ever

World 2 Exdeath, the fight started going downhill after Condemn killed someone and he Dispelled immediately before. I still nearly managed to hang on and win, but sadly, I lost due to playing too offensively.