It took me forever to finally get the JP version of Brave Frontier. I actually managed to download it already, but downloads take a hell of a long time...well, wi-fi here in Indonesia is pretty slow, and the JP version has a lot of content that Global won't have for another 5 months or so.
Anyways, I'm really excited to see what the JP version has. I'd really love to have my 6* Lodin soon, and 6* Lilith, that new dark unit Zephyr or something... I recently Rare Summoned a Lira in my Global account (Lord), and got a Magress (Guardian) in the Oboro dungeon (first encounter first drop lol). I'll be doing Nemia's dungeon non-stop for another Lance.
That's really all I wanted to say. I got the info on how to download the JP Brave Frontier here: http://www.bravefrontierforum.net/threads/japanese-download-tutorial-for-ios.923/
My player ID in JP: 23603487 (current leader Pikeman Lance)
My player ID in Global: 87290497 (leaders swap between Cyborg Lilith II, Drake God Lodin, Holy Earth Lance, Holy Flame Vargas, Holy Light Atro, Sea King Mega, Death Magress, Holy Thunder Eze, and Frost Queen Stya, but is usually Cyborg Lilith II)
My player name: Raiko
...It's the same for both JP and Global.
Friday, June 27, 2014
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Team builds: Mono earth team
Remember when I said I'd be doing a post about item farming for mono teams? Well...I sorta realized how obvious that is (Seals and Ores, duh!), so I decided to mix it up a bit. I'll be talking about some of my mono team builds, with the units I've obtained from events, rare summons, honor summons, and quest captures.
I'll be starting with my strongest mono team: my mono-earth team.
Take note that some of the spheres I use on this team are being used by those in my main team, so these stats are not final.
I went for a slight glass cannon build with enough endurance to screw over Cursed Estia level 8 in five/six turns with seals and ores. Here is a list of how to obtain the units (in all forms) in what I feel is the easiest way in this squad (bold means that this method is unusable at time of posting):
Holy Earth Lance
2* Pikeman Lance: Start with him, Honor Summon, Nemia's Vortex event level 2 & 3, Six Heroes event
3* Vine Pike Lance: Evolve Pikeman Lance, Six Heroes event
4* Earth Pike Lance: Evolve Vine Pike Lance, Six Heroes event
5* Nature God Lance: Evolve Earth Pike Lance, Six Heroes event (not so sure, since there were rumors of people obtaining Thunder God Eze and God Atro in that event)
6* Holy Earth Lance: Evolve Nature God Lance
Bow God Lario
2* Archer Lario: Honor Summon, rare drop in The World Tree (Blood Forest)
3* Marksman Lario: Rare Summon, evolve Archer Lario
4* Hawkeye Lario: Rare Summon, evolve Marksman Lario
5* Bow God Lario: Evolve Hawkeye Lario
Empress Lidith
3* Princess Lidith: Rare Summon
4* Queen Lidith: Rare Summon, evolve Princess Lidith
5* Empress Lidith: Evolve Queen Lidith
God Tree Eltri
3* Great Tree Alneu: Rare Summon
4* World Tree Altro: Rare Summon, evolve Great Tree Alneu
5* God Tree Eltri: Rare Summon, evolve World Tree Altro
6* Alpha Tree Altri: Evolve God Tree Eltri
Wild Slash Bayley
3* Maiden Bayley: Summoners in Arms event, Bayley's Vortex event
4* Nyan Slash Bayley: Evolve Maiden Bayley, Bayley's Vortex event (not so sure as I heard people obtaining the 4* Maidens during the event period)
5* Wild Slash Bayley: Evolve Nyan Slash Bayley
My leader is Holy Earth Lance, type Anima. His leader skill is useful for mono earth teams, as it boosts ATK power of Earth units by 50% and boosts HP of Earth units by 10%. He has solid stats and is a tanker, and probably the only downside is that he has very low REC, but I feel it is overlooked by his other outstanding stats. I stuck a Flesh Armor on him as well. The DEF buff from his SBB can help with the endurance of the team.
My main attacker is Empress Lidith, type Lord. She has the worst defenses among everyone in my mono-Earth team, but has the second-best attack power, as well as an attack animation that is somewhat made for sparking. The hits are more or less equally spaced within a small time frame, making sparking quite easy. Her BB produces a lot of HC, and I would use it if Eltri's BB is more than enough to fully heal the team. I would give her the Burny Soul Stone or the Flesh Armor, since I have two Flesh Armors.
My Bow God Lario (type Lord) and Wild Slash Bayley (type Oracle) are the slightly balanced attackers. Lario would have either the Burny Soul Stone or the Flesh Armor. I recently evolved Bayley, and she needs the stat boosts, so I stuck my Sacred Jewel on her, so she won't die very easily. Bayley's BB can help in dispatching mobs quickly as it can poison. Lario is another one of my spark machines in this squad.
My healer is God Tree Eltri, type Oracle. As per usual, on boss stages, he would be guarding at ALL times. I stuck the Refined Gem on this guy, so that whenever an AOE BB that has a chance to inflict a crapton of status ailments is unleashed, usually in boss fights (CURSE YOU, CURSED ESTIA! TURN 3 BB!), Eltri won't suffer from any ailment and I can use his BB to clear the party's status ailments, as well as restoring a sizable amount of HP.
Here are the methods to obtain the spheres I use in this squad:
The Burny Soul Stone is a sphere from a limited event back in April Fool's Day: Burny and Friends UNLEASHED!! It raises all stats of a unit by 10%.
Flesh Armors can be obtained in Arena (Warrior), or upon reaching HR 2. It raises the HP and DEF of a unit by 10%
Sacred Jewels can be obtained in Arena (Gladiator), Frontier Hunter Esteem Rewards, or upon reaching HR 9. It raises all stats of a unit by 15%
Refined Gems can be obtained in Arena (Crusader), or upon reaching HR 5. It invalidates all status ailments that can be inflicted on the unit.
As for items, I'd bring Cures/Divine Lights, High Cures, Earth Seals, Earth Ores, and an insurance Revive. If I'm confident that my team will beat the opponent without a dying member, I'll switch the Revive with Fujin Potions. But this almost never happens because I don't feel safe doing a mission without a Revive.
Farming spots for items, as well as who to spark (in parentheses):
Cure materials
Green Grass and Green Drops: Adventurer's Prairie - Start of Adventure (ALL BLOBS)
Red Drops: Destroyed Cathedral - The Peculiar Black Knight (Minotaurs and Fairies)
Blue Grass: Shrine of Lystia - Sword of Lightning Speed (Ramia and Orthos)
Purple Drops: Shrine of Lystia - Sword of Lightning Speed (Holy Knight Atro), also the town's river if it comes down to it
Seals and Ores
Paladin/Fate Stones: Giant's Ruins - Rampage of the Giants
Earth Eyes: Blood Forest - The World Tree (Trents)
Why that stage for Earth Eyes? You can obtain a Lario if you're lucky, as well as an Earth Idol. In future stages, Trents come few and far between, and Dwarfs make more appearances. Trent encounter rate is quite high in this stage as well.
So yeah. My mono-Earth team, the spheres used, and the items needed. Any suggestions for improvements are welcomed, as well as any information that I might have missed. Until then...
GAH! FRONTIER HUNTER PLEASE RETURN!
Bye guys!
I'll be starting with my strongest mono team: my mono-earth team.
Take note that some of the spheres I use on this team are being used by those in my main team, so these stats are not final.
I went for a slight glass cannon build with enough endurance to screw over Cursed Estia level 8 in five/six turns with seals and ores. Here is a list of how to obtain the units (in all forms) in what I feel is the easiest way in this squad (bold means that this method is unusable at time of posting):
Holy Earth Lance
2* Pikeman Lance: Start with him, Honor Summon, Nemia's Vortex event level 2 & 3, Six Heroes event
3* Vine Pike Lance: Evolve Pikeman Lance, Six Heroes event
4* Earth Pike Lance: Evolve Vine Pike Lance, Six Heroes event
5* Nature God Lance: Evolve Earth Pike Lance, Six Heroes event (not so sure, since there were rumors of people obtaining Thunder God Eze and God Atro in that event)
6* Holy Earth Lance: Evolve Nature God Lance
Bow God Lario
2* Archer Lario: Honor Summon, rare drop in The World Tree (Blood Forest)
3* Marksman Lario: Rare Summon, evolve Archer Lario
4* Hawkeye Lario: Rare Summon, evolve Marksman Lario
5* Bow God Lario: Evolve Hawkeye Lario
Empress Lidith
3* Princess Lidith: Rare Summon
4* Queen Lidith: Rare Summon, evolve Princess Lidith
5* Empress Lidith: Evolve Queen Lidith
God Tree Eltri
3* Great Tree Alneu: Rare Summon
4* World Tree Altro: Rare Summon, evolve Great Tree Alneu
5* God Tree Eltri: Rare Summon, evolve World Tree Altro
6* Alpha Tree Altri: Evolve God Tree Eltri
Wild Slash Bayley
3* Maiden Bayley: Summoners in Arms event, Bayley's Vortex event
4* Nyan Slash Bayley: Evolve Maiden Bayley, Bayley's Vortex event (not so sure as I heard people obtaining the 4* Maidens during the event period)
5* Wild Slash Bayley: Evolve Nyan Slash Bayley
My leader is Holy Earth Lance, type Anima. His leader skill is useful for mono earth teams, as it boosts ATK power of Earth units by 50% and boosts HP of Earth units by 10%. He has solid stats and is a tanker, and probably the only downside is that he has very low REC, but I feel it is overlooked by his other outstanding stats. I stuck a Flesh Armor on him as well. The DEF buff from his SBB can help with the endurance of the team.
My main attacker is Empress Lidith, type Lord. She has the worst defenses among everyone in my mono-Earth team, but has the second-best attack power, as well as an attack animation that is somewhat made for sparking. The hits are more or less equally spaced within a small time frame, making sparking quite easy. Her BB produces a lot of HC, and I would use it if Eltri's BB is more than enough to fully heal the team. I would give her the Burny Soul Stone or the Flesh Armor, since I have two Flesh Armors.
My Bow God Lario (type Lord) and Wild Slash Bayley (type Oracle) are the slightly balanced attackers. Lario would have either the Burny Soul Stone or the Flesh Armor. I recently evolved Bayley, and she needs the stat boosts, so I stuck my Sacred Jewel on her, so she won't die very easily. Bayley's BB can help in dispatching mobs quickly as it can poison. Lario is another one of my spark machines in this squad.
My healer is God Tree Eltri, type Oracle. As per usual, on boss stages, he would be guarding at ALL times. I stuck the Refined Gem on this guy, so that whenever an AOE BB that has a chance to inflict a crapton of status ailments is unleashed, usually in boss fights (CURSE YOU, CURSED ESTIA! TURN 3 BB!), Eltri won't suffer from any ailment and I can use his BB to clear the party's status ailments, as well as restoring a sizable amount of HP.
Here are the methods to obtain the spheres I use in this squad:
The Burny Soul Stone is a sphere from a limited event back in April Fool's Day: Burny and Friends UNLEASHED!! It raises all stats of a unit by 10%.
Flesh Armors can be obtained in Arena (Warrior), or upon reaching HR 2. It raises the HP and DEF of a unit by 10%
Sacred Jewels can be obtained in Arena (Gladiator), Frontier Hunter Esteem Rewards, or upon reaching HR 9. It raises all stats of a unit by 15%
Refined Gems can be obtained in Arena (Crusader), or upon reaching HR 5. It invalidates all status ailments that can be inflicted on the unit.
As for items, I'd bring Cures/Divine Lights, High Cures, Earth Seals, Earth Ores, and an insurance Revive. If I'm confident that my team will beat the opponent without a dying member, I'll switch the Revive with Fujin Potions. But this almost never happens because I don't feel safe doing a mission without a Revive.
Farming spots for items, as well as who to spark (in parentheses):
Cure materials
Green Grass and Green Drops: Adventurer's Prairie - Start of Adventure (ALL BLOBS)
Red Drops: Destroyed Cathedral - The Peculiar Black Knight (Minotaurs and Fairies)
Blue Grass: Shrine of Lystia - Sword of Lightning Speed (Ramia and Orthos)
Purple Drops: Shrine of Lystia - Sword of Lightning Speed (Holy Knight Atro), also the town's river if it comes down to it
Seals and Ores
Paladin/Fate Stones: Giant's Ruins - Rampage of the Giants
Earth Eyes: Blood Forest - The World Tree (Trents)
Why that stage for Earth Eyes? You can obtain a Lario if you're lucky, as well as an Earth Idol. In future stages, Trents come few and far between, and Dwarfs make more appearances. Trent encounter rate is quite high in this stage as well.
So yeah. My mono-Earth team, the spheres used, and the items needed. Any suggestions for improvements are welcomed, as well as any information that I might have missed. Until then...
GAH! FRONTIER HUNTER PLEASE RETURN!
Bye guys!
Friday, June 20, 2014
Camp experiences
There is a slight...technical issue for the post. I have little to no pictures, since literally all the time was used for activities, cooking, eating, and socializing. Oh, and Brave Frontier. It's saying something when all the male organizers are Brave Frontier players, and two of the participants are also Brave Frontier players: me and KirinMax. Yep, finally met him in real life.
At first, I was really excited because I seriously wanted to meet KirinMax and everyone in the Brave Frontier group in real life. Stupid reason, I know. Also, I at least wanted to see some of my friends before I start going to school in SMN, since Kayla, Jessica, Jeanette, Kaylin, and Audrey were joining.
We arrived at the gathering area at approximately 9.00 am, 'we' being my cousins and myself. We were immediately ushered on to the bus. I sat down at the front with a quiet girl called Tesa, and my cousins sat behind me. To the right of them were two boys: one tall and the other one who seemed to be in primary school.
Later on, during the journey to the hotel, I found out that the tall boy was KirinMax. His name was Joshua, which was pretty awkward for me because I have a friend who was named Joshua as well, and he's in Sec 1. Once my cousins found out, they teased me endlessly.
Can't believe that on the way to the hotel, we played a game. I was punished by my younger cousin, and was pretty much forced to sing a song IN THE BUS. I was going to do 'This Game' by Konomi Suzuki, 'Rennai Yuusha' by Gumi (kradness cover), or 'The Snow White Princess is...' by Miku (Piko cover), but ended up being forced to do 'Choir Jail' by Konomi Suzuki. The only way I survived was because I had earphones on to play the song while I was singing, and that I did NOT look at the video camera that seemed to be taking a video of me. GAAAAHHH. I have yet to exact my revenge on her.
Getting to the hotel, we started off by chilling out for a while and eating lunch. Then there was a lot of talking and group dividing for the games, and a small 'Angel's Note', where we are supposed to write something for a person, something positive like advice or compliments. Yeah... We had to send to a random person, and the rest, we can send to whoever we want.
We cooked baso tahu: a dish of minced fish meat on tofu, in soup, fried, or steamed. It went okay, until the meat pretty much detached themselves from the tofu. My cousins' team, along with Kayla, Audrey, and Jessica, had the worst experience with detaching meat: pretty much all of their tofu were bare.
More games and talking. The game I remember the most on day one was the game where we had to spin around for 5 or 10 turns before trying to get a rubber band, held by our team leaders, and having to get back to the start as soon as possible. My head was spinning for a good remainder of the day.
We cooked dinner after that, fried rice. Paaahhh...my team did something wrong with the second batch of fried rice. We placed the green vegetables early so they didn't look nice when the food was served. The smaller kids: Kevin, Victor, and Natasha, were in charge of putting all the things in the wok. I had to cut everything, and Tesa pretty much cooked the rice.
We went to our rooms to put our stuff after that. Apparently, my cousins and I, along with Kaylin and Audrey, were in the same villa, along with an organizer, Ci Mega. Beside our villa was the other girls' villa. Across ours was the rooms of a few primary school kids, and, a room filled with three other members of the Brave Frontier group I was in. That was a sour spot.
Another game, another punishment. I was cursed that day, end of story.
Then there was a talk about how we should be happy and thankful for what we have now, for our parents, and the like. All the girls pretty much cried, me included. Not so sure about the boys, though. Really can't say anything about it, because GOD, it was an extremely emotionally charged session words cannot do it justice.
Then the barbeque came up. A large majority of us stood near the grills to warm up. Some took walks around the area, others gave up and went to the villa first to get some shut-eye. Kayla and her friends wanted to sleep in the main room, but ended up going 'screw this I'm outta here' and pretty much went up to the villa again. At that moment, there was only Tesa, my cousins, myself, and Joshua, apart from the organizers and Kayla's group.
That night I evolved Commander Mega to Sea King Mega before sleeping, lol.
Morning call was SUPPOSED to be at 6.00 am, but ended up being at 6.30 am, the time I fully woke up, along with a large majority of others. We all walked around for a while and ate breakfast a few hours later, at 8.00 am, I think.
More games and sessions, along with a first-aid guide, and a big game in the end. We had to finish sending out Angel's Notes, and had to do a presentation about a word we got at the end of the big game, along with sharing what we feel about the camp. Again, my cousins teased me when I said, "I don't think I knew anyone else except for my cousins, and my friends from school. I mean, I know Joshua, but this was pretty much the first time we met in person.'
Of course we ate lunch! Right before the Angel's Notes were to be read, too!
As for the Angel's Notes...I'm pretty sure I got a double from one of my cousins. Great. Like I said, I have yet to exact my revenge on them. Especially when my elder cousin said I found my 'other half'. I know there's two from the organizers (one of them, I'm pretty sure it was from my tutor), one from Kayla's group of friends (I'm thinking Jessica), THREE from my cousins (elder cousin sent double, from what I can see in handwriting), and one that I have a slight idea, but I don't want to jump to conclusions. Looks like a boy's handwriting, and it seems to be the stipulated one, as the name and the message has different handwriting. It's in English too. Joshua, I think?
I had to send to Jeanette, and I also sent to Joshua and my younger cousin, along with a large joint message for Jessica, Kayla, Kaylin, and Audrey. So...yeah. There was free time, and we went home after. Free time was spent with kids (and a few elder ones) playing in the pools, some girls taking selfies, and a few just loitering around.
On the way back, my cousins and I were talking about watching the new Black Butler movie. We invited Joshua, but he declined. Bummer...I was actually hoping to get to know him more, he seems like an interesting guy, just a bit on the silent side.
Photos will hopefully come in a few days time, but this is all I can say for now. It was a really fun experience, and I would love to join again next year. And on that note, bye guys!
At first, I was really excited because I seriously wanted to meet KirinMax and everyone in the Brave Frontier group in real life. Stupid reason, I know. Also, I at least wanted to see some of my friends before I start going to school in SMN, since Kayla, Jessica, Jeanette, Kaylin, and Audrey were joining.
We arrived at the gathering area at approximately 9.00 am, 'we' being my cousins and myself. We were immediately ushered on to the bus. I sat down at the front with a quiet girl called Tesa, and my cousins sat behind me. To the right of them were two boys: one tall and the other one who seemed to be in primary school.
Later on, during the journey to the hotel, I found out that the tall boy was KirinMax. His name was Joshua, which was pretty awkward for me because I have a friend who was named Joshua as well, and he's in Sec 1. Once my cousins found out, they teased me endlessly.
Can't believe that on the way to the hotel, we played a game. I was punished by my younger cousin, and was pretty much forced to sing a song IN THE BUS. I was going to do 'This Game' by Konomi Suzuki, 'Rennai Yuusha' by Gumi (kradness cover), or 'The Snow White Princess is...' by Miku (Piko cover), but ended up being forced to do 'Choir Jail' by Konomi Suzuki. The only way I survived was because I had earphones on to play the song while I was singing, and that I did NOT look at the video camera that seemed to be taking a video of me. GAAAAHHH. I have yet to exact my revenge on her.
Getting to the hotel, we started off by chilling out for a while and eating lunch. Then there was a lot of talking and group dividing for the games, and a small 'Angel's Note', where we are supposed to write something for a person, something positive like advice or compliments. Yeah... We had to send to a random person, and the rest, we can send to whoever we want.
We cooked baso tahu: a dish of minced fish meat on tofu, in soup, fried, or steamed. It went okay, until the meat pretty much detached themselves from the tofu. My cousins' team, along with Kayla, Audrey, and Jessica, had the worst experience with detaching meat: pretty much all of their tofu were bare.
More games and talking. The game I remember the most on day one was the game where we had to spin around for 5 or 10 turns before trying to get a rubber band, held by our team leaders, and having to get back to the start as soon as possible. My head was spinning for a good remainder of the day.
We cooked dinner after that, fried rice. Paaahhh...my team did something wrong with the second batch of fried rice. We placed the green vegetables early so they didn't look nice when the food was served. The smaller kids: Kevin, Victor, and Natasha, were in charge of putting all the things in the wok. I had to cut everything, and Tesa pretty much cooked the rice.
We went to our rooms to put our stuff after that. Apparently, my cousins and I, along with Kaylin and Audrey, were in the same villa, along with an organizer, Ci Mega. Beside our villa was the other girls' villa. Across ours was the rooms of a few primary school kids, and, a room filled with three other members of the Brave Frontier group I was in. That was a sour spot.
Another game, another punishment. I was cursed that day, end of story.
Then there was a talk about how we should be happy and thankful for what we have now, for our parents, and the like. All the girls pretty much cried, me included. Not so sure about the boys, though. Really can't say anything about it, because GOD, it was an extremely emotionally charged session words cannot do it justice.
Then the barbeque came up. A large majority of us stood near the grills to warm up. Some took walks around the area, others gave up and went to the villa first to get some shut-eye. Kayla and her friends wanted to sleep in the main room, but ended up going 'screw this I'm outta here' and pretty much went up to the villa again. At that moment, there was only Tesa, my cousins, myself, and Joshua, apart from the organizers and Kayla's group.
That night I evolved Commander Mega to Sea King Mega before sleeping, lol.
Morning call was SUPPOSED to be at 6.00 am, but ended up being at 6.30 am, the time I fully woke up, along with a large majority of others. We all walked around for a while and ate breakfast a few hours later, at 8.00 am, I think.
More games and sessions, along with a first-aid guide, and a big game in the end. We had to finish sending out Angel's Notes, and had to do a presentation about a word we got at the end of the big game, along with sharing what we feel about the camp. Again, my cousins teased me when I said, "I don't think I knew anyone else except for my cousins, and my friends from school. I mean, I know Joshua, but this was pretty much the first time we met in person.'
Of course we ate lunch! Right before the Angel's Notes were to be read, too!
As for the Angel's Notes...I'm pretty sure I got a double from one of my cousins. Great. Like I said, I have yet to exact my revenge on them. Especially when my elder cousin said I found my 'other half'. I know there's two from the organizers (one of them, I'm pretty sure it was from my tutor), one from Kayla's group of friends (I'm thinking Jessica), THREE from my cousins (elder cousin sent double, from what I can see in handwriting), and one that I have a slight idea, but I don't want to jump to conclusions. Looks like a boy's handwriting, and it seems to be the stipulated one, as the name and the message has different handwriting. It's in English too. Joshua, I think?
I had to send to Jeanette, and I also sent to Joshua and my younger cousin, along with a large joint message for Jessica, Kayla, Kaylin, and Audrey. So...yeah. There was free time, and we went home after. Free time was spent with kids (and a few elder ones) playing in the pools, some girls taking selfies, and a few just loitering around.
On the way back, my cousins and I were talking about watching the new Black Butler movie. We invited Joshua, but he declined. Bummer...I was actually hoping to get to know him more, he seems like an interesting guy, just a bit on the silent side.
Photos will hopefully come in a few days time, but this is all I can say for now. It was a really fun experience, and I would love to join again next year. And on that note, bye guys!
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Excited.
So, holiday season has started. You know what that means: video games, relaxation, hanging out, drawing, video games, internet, reading, video games, writing fanfics, video games, and video games. Did I mention video games yet? Also, I will be able to update this blog more often. Heck, I already have my next post planned out: item farming for mono teams in general, but I'll be focusing on mono earth.
This blog may not be seen by many people, but I would like to thank you if you took the time to read any of my posts. I mean, I've been getting on and off, and this used to be my Global Perspectives blog, but now it's a video game blog. Totally different ends of the spectrum.
Speaking of blogs, the other day, I stumbled upon my elder cousin's blog that she runs with her friend. They're both beauty bloggers and I commented on one of her posts. It seems like she doesn't realize that it's me who posted the comment... Oh well. Gonna reply and see if she finds out who the hell AoiSenri is.
So, now you guys might be wondering, why the hell am I excited? You see, tomorrow there will be some sort of summer camp, organized by my math tutor. He's also a Brave Frontier player by the in-game name of Chery. It also marks the day that I will meet up with some of my friends, like Wilosbp (a Brave Frontier player as well) and his classmates. It will ALSO mark the day I will meet KirinMax, another Brave Frontier player around my age, in real life.
Now, you may be wondering how I can meet a person and NOT know them in real life. Well, my tutor made a Brave Frontier group a few months back, and we started chatting in the group, and, eventually, in private. He's a great guy and we have a lot in common. We love Pokemon, Vocaloid, anime, J-Pop, and, of course, Brave Frontier. Apparently, he went to AFA ID 2013 on the same date as I did, but we never met.
So, tomorrow, I will NOT be able to post anything. I'll be back on Friday to talk about the camp, however, so stay tuned.
Have a modernized Seria sketch now.
What do you guys think? Does it still look like her? Let me know, please!
On that note, see you later, fellow Summoners!
This blog may not be seen by many people, but I would like to thank you if you took the time to read any of my posts. I mean, I've been getting on and off, and this used to be my Global Perspectives blog, but now it's a video game blog. Totally different ends of the spectrum.
Speaking of blogs, the other day, I stumbled upon my elder cousin's blog that she runs with her friend. They're both beauty bloggers and I commented on one of her posts. It seems like she doesn't realize that it's me who posted the comment... Oh well. Gonna reply and see if she finds out who the hell AoiSenri is.
So, now you guys might be wondering, why the hell am I excited? You see, tomorrow there will be some sort of summer camp, organized by my math tutor. He's also a Brave Frontier player by the in-game name of Chery. It also marks the day that I will meet up with some of my friends, like Wilosbp (a Brave Frontier player as well) and his classmates. It will ALSO mark the day I will meet KirinMax, another Brave Frontier player around my age, in real life.
Now, you may be wondering how I can meet a person and NOT know them in real life. Well, my tutor made a Brave Frontier group a few months back, and we started chatting in the group, and, eventually, in private. He's a great guy and we have a lot in common. We love Pokemon, Vocaloid, anime, J-Pop, and, of course, Brave Frontier. Apparently, he went to AFA ID 2013 on the same date as I did, but we never met.
So, tomorrow, I will NOT be able to post anything. I'll be back on Friday to talk about the camp, however, so stay tuned.
Have a modernized Seria sketch now.
What do you guys think? Does it still look like her? Let me know, please!
On that note, see you later, fellow Summoners!
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Brave Frontier Tips
I've been meaning to do this for quite a while, actually. I wanted to share some of my strategies to clearing quests. I mean, some of the people I know in real life have some sort of difficulty clearing regular quests but not event quests and Frontier Hunter, or winning arena matches. While I'm the inverse. Blazing through quests, couldn't care less about Arena and Xenon.
The difficulty spike in Brave Frontier is quite unexpected. I got the first taste of a true difficulty spike when fighting Demon Abaddon with pretty weak units. They were Princess Lidith, Fire Knight Lava, Ice Selena, Holy Queen Luna, and Great Tree Alneu. I used a gem. Feel free to laugh at my idiocy. Then I felt the need to evolve and level up my units.
While I DID manage to beat Maxwell with four-star units, I had to use a gem for Cardes because I was lazy as HELL. I got him to the point where one or two turns was all it took to beat him, and I didn't want to redo the entire freaking battle, so I used a gem. I used a mono-earth team against him, by the way.
I considered beating Maxwell with four star units a big achievement since everyone else I knew had at least one five star unit in their squad. Yeah. I started doing totems AFTER reaching Amdahl. I remember using a Fire Knight Lava at Elios Plains, and that Fire God Lava was my first five star unit that I evolved. Laugh at me.
You can't hold back on obtaining totems now, though. The second difficulty spike was the Vampire and Gunner Douglas dual boss in Cordelica. I don't know why either. Maybe because Zafonic Bullet hits everyone, and not random targets. I ended up using Drake Queen Aisha, Commander Mega, Fire God Vargas, God Tree Eltri, and Nature God Lance to finish the two off. Before losing at least five times. With loads of different team combinations.
Third difficulty spike was the Bow God Lario and the two Legnauras boss in Lizeria. I mean, I SLAUGHTERED Lugina in four turns with my rainbow team and a Michele helper while sacrificing my Lodin, then Lario showed up and turned my rainbow team to mush. I beat them with my mono earth team in the end.
The latest difficulty spike I experienced was Sir Sancus Xenon. He was easy. Up until he reaches Sir Sancus. Three Soul Descretions in a row is enough to kill off my team. Dark units just hate me, I suppose.
And NOW IN JP, we have BEIORG. Revives to FULL HEALTH THRICE, nulls buffs every 4 turns and uses a strong AOE the turn after, can use another AOE after buff-wiping, can paralyze...the only reason I won was because I played double mitigators (Aaron and Krantz), double 30% HP + DEF boost leads (Kanon lead + Oguro friend), and brought Feeva (OP BC + HC boost) and Lucca (Earth element buff + 100% ATK boost in SBB). And OWEN, who comes immediately afterwards in the next map Wulgee, whose stage is a 1-battle area, is just too hard without a mono-water squad.
So! Strategies and tips. Let's go!
General Tips
1. Use your gems for rare summoning, especially if you're just starting out. In the early stages of the game, ANY rare unit is good. Then, after getting the units you want, start investing your gems for unit/item limit expansion, energy recovery, hunter/raid orb recovery, and reviving units. Oh, and more rare summons.
1a) Don't use your gems to refill arena orbs. They refill naturally in an hour and will be refilled upon leveling up as well. Also, as of the current update in JP, Raid orbs are fully restored upon leveling up.
2. Use any and all good units in your squads in the start. After obtaining a sizable amount of units, you can start building a variety of teams: mono, arena, rainbow...
2a) That being said, there are times when some units are more suited for a certain situation compared to others. Take 7* Elimo and Kanon, for example. Both are hailed as the defensive support masters in Brave Frontier. While Elimo and Kanon have the best DEF buff in the game in their SBB (at least, in Global) and can cleanse status ailments, Kanon doesn't heal and mitigate. Elimo also doesn't null status ailments, something Kanon is capable of doing in his BB. Also, Kanon's ES acts as his personal Refined Gem, allowing for more sphere combos with stat boosts on him.
3. Mono teams can make your life easier in the early quests. Be careful in Amdahl and Lizeria, however, where bosses can have element counters. So, if you bring a mono-water to a fire dungeon, there is one boss stage with Sky King Falma in the dungeon. Lizeria in particular can be jarring for mono teams because in ANY map, there is more than one element of enemies. For example, in Frozen Lake Lodan, there is an abundance of Trents and Time Mage Claris to mess up mono thunder teams.
3a) Two-element buffers, such as Lucca and Ardin, can help with the element penalty when attacking. Quaid is even better because his SBB buffs your team with 4 elements, and his UBB with all 6. Shida is also great, but his SBB is full support while giving 6 elements to all of your attacks + BB gauge boost + ATK boost, while Quaid's SBB is an AOE.
4.It'd be good if you can obtain a Miracle Totem in your first try without using any gems, but a sizable amount of players, mostly free players, need at least one gem for their first Miracle Totem. So don't worry. After getting a six star, preferably the six star forms of the Six Heroes (Vargas and friends), Miracle Totems get WAY easier. Especially if you're playing a mono team. Scratch that. Miracle is easy now, with our current insane units! MECHA is where things get really hard. But don't gem here! Just look for a strong friend and keep trying! Oguro, Feeva, and 6* Grah are amazing for this.
5. Don't hesitate to put off quest progression if you're running out of materials. Also, don't hesitate to revisit earlier stages for synthesis materials. Some of the farming spots (like Adventurer's Prairie) are frequently visited for synthesis materials because you can get as much as 20 of the material you need provided you spark well.
6. Frontier Hunter has a few good stuff if you manage to obtain a certain amount of points, so participate once it goes on! A Refined Gem at rank 5? Sounds like a good deal. Also, as long as you have a solid team, getting two ranks up each Frontier Hunter is doable if you're a free player.
6a) The general tip for FH is that you need to SBB spam as much as possible. Sparking, overkill, multikill, and attack bonuses rack up the most points. Also, that Survival Bonus is really great for Esteem Points, especially in Terminus.
This'll be constantly updated, so stay tuned!
The difficulty spike in Brave Frontier is quite unexpected. I got the first taste of a true difficulty spike when fighting Demon Abaddon with pretty weak units. They were Princess Lidith, Fire Knight Lava, Ice Selena, Holy Queen Luna, and Great Tree Alneu. I used a gem. Feel free to laugh at my idiocy. Then I felt the need to evolve and level up my units.
While I DID manage to beat Maxwell with four-star units, I had to use a gem for Cardes because I was lazy as HELL. I got him to the point where one or two turns was all it took to beat him, and I didn't want to redo the entire freaking battle, so I used a gem. I used a mono-earth team against him, by the way.
I considered beating Maxwell with four star units a big achievement since everyone else I knew had at least one five star unit in their squad. Yeah. I started doing totems AFTER reaching Amdahl. I remember using a Fire Knight Lava at Elios Plains, and that Fire God Lava was my first five star unit that I evolved. Laugh at me.
You can't hold back on obtaining totems now, though. The second difficulty spike was the Vampire and Gunner Douglas dual boss in Cordelica. I don't know why either. Maybe because Zafonic Bullet hits everyone, and not random targets. I ended up using Drake Queen Aisha, Commander Mega, Fire God Vargas, God Tree Eltri, and Nature God Lance to finish the two off. Before losing at least five times. With loads of different team combinations.
Third difficulty spike was the Bow God Lario and the two Legnauras boss in Lizeria. I mean, I SLAUGHTERED Lugina in four turns with my rainbow team and a Michele helper while sacrificing my Lodin, then Lario showed up and turned my rainbow team to mush. I beat them with my mono earth team in the end.
The latest difficulty spike I experienced was Sir Sancus Xenon. He was easy. Up until he reaches Sir Sancus. Three Soul Descretions in a row is enough to kill off my team. Dark units just hate me, I suppose.
And NOW IN JP, we have BEIORG. Revives to FULL HEALTH THRICE, nulls buffs every 4 turns and uses a strong AOE the turn after, can use another AOE after buff-wiping, can paralyze...the only reason I won was because I played double mitigators (Aaron and Krantz), double 30% HP + DEF boost leads (Kanon lead + Oguro friend), and brought Feeva (OP BC + HC boost) and Lucca (Earth element buff + 100% ATK boost in SBB). And OWEN, who comes immediately afterwards in the next map Wulgee, whose stage is a 1-battle area, is just too hard without a mono-water squad.
So! Strategies and tips. Let's go!
General Tips
1. Use your gems for rare summoning, especially if you're just starting out. In the early stages of the game, ANY rare unit is good. Then, after getting the units you want, start investing your gems for unit/item limit expansion, energy recovery, hunter/raid orb recovery, and reviving units. Oh, and more rare summons.
1a) Don't use your gems to refill arena orbs. They refill naturally in an hour and will be refilled upon leveling up as well. Also, as of the current update in JP, Raid orbs are fully restored upon leveling up.
2. Use any and all good units in your squads in the start. After obtaining a sizable amount of units, you can start building a variety of teams: mono, arena, rainbow...
2a) That being said, there are times when some units are more suited for a certain situation compared to others. Take 7* Elimo and Kanon, for example. Both are hailed as the defensive support masters in Brave Frontier. While Elimo and Kanon have the best DEF buff in the game in their SBB (at least, in Global) and can cleanse status ailments, Kanon doesn't heal and mitigate. Elimo also doesn't null status ailments, something Kanon is capable of doing in his BB. Also, Kanon's ES acts as his personal Refined Gem, allowing for more sphere combos with stat boosts on him.
3. Mono teams can make your life easier in the early quests. Be careful in Amdahl and Lizeria, however, where bosses can have element counters. So, if you bring a mono-water to a fire dungeon, there is one boss stage with Sky King Falma in the dungeon. Lizeria in particular can be jarring for mono teams because in ANY map, there is more than one element of enemies. For example, in Frozen Lake Lodan, there is an abundance of Trents and Time Mage Claris to mess up mono thunder teams.
3a) Two-element buffers, such as Lucca and Ardin, can help with the element penalty when attacking. Quaid is even better because his SBB buffs your team with 4 elements, and his UBB with all 6. Shida is also great, but his SBB is full support while giving 6 elements to all of your attacks + BB gauge boost + ATK boost, while Quaid's SBB is an AOE.
4.
5. Don't hesitate to put off quest progression if you're running out of materials. Also, don't hesitate to revisit earlier stages for synthesis materials. Some of the farming spots (like Adventurer's Prairie) are frequently visited for synthesis materials because you can get as much as 20 of the material you need provided you spark well.
6. Frontier Hunter has a few good stuff if you manage to obtain a certain amount of points, so participate once it goes on! A Refined Gem at rank 5? Sounds like a good deal. Also, as long as you have a solid team, getting two ranks up each Frontier Hunter is doable if you're a free player.
6a) The general tip for FH is that you need to SBB spam as much as possible. Sparking, overkill, multikill, and attack bonuses rack up the most points. Also, that Survival Bonus is really great for Esteem Points, especially in Terminus.
This'll be constantly updated, so stay tuned!
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Zebra farming tips, anyone? (plus random stuff)
I've been hunting this guy for quite a while already. 20 runs and still no Zebra. It seriously tries your patience. But, on the bright side, I replenished my stock of Suzu Nuts, Buru Nuts, and Blue Drops. I've been running out of Red Drops, but by going on to many forums (App Invasion and Brave Frontier Forum comes to mind), I've been able to replenish my stock of Red Drops VERY quickly. Thankfully.
So...I actually have TWO team configurations for Zebra. One is my main squad, and the other is my main squad, but Aisha is replaced with a Head Chef Lancia. Stats shown below:
Head Chef Lancia
Level: 24 (in the process of BB levelling)
Type: Guardian
Element: Fire
Leader Skill: Pure Strobe (Large boost in Heart Crystals produced during Spark)
Sphere: Royal Shield (50% DEF boost for first 3 turns)
HP: 3677
ATK: 807
DEF: 1117
REC: 1449
Brave Burst: Gourmet Dish (Greatly recovers HP for all allies and boosts ATK for 3 turns)
BB Level: 8
Yeah. She's my alternative to the Zebra dungeon squad. Why? Well...
I only have three types of units that I can bring to the Zebra dungeon, in terms of summoner helpers. They are:
Ice Apostle Tiara
Phoenix Reborn
Gemini Il and Mina
I only use the Lancia configuration when Il and Mina are selectable summoner helpers. My items will then change accordingly. For example, with my main squad, my items are:
Cure
High Cure
Tonic
Holy Water
Revive
But, with the Lancia + Il and Mina, my items are:
Cure
High Cure
Divine Light
Fujin Potion
Revive
Makes a huge difference. Il and Mina's 5* leader skill nullifies all status ailments, so only healing items and a Revive is what I need. If there's no Il and Mina, however, I still have to bring Holy Waters and Tonics. The Fujin Potions in the Lancia configuration is for Holy Earth Lance's SBB. The DEF buff from his SBB is particularly useful.
I bring Phoenix or Tiara for the gradual heal effect. With Il and Mina, my healer is Lancia, so...yeah. Dat ATK boost.
Damage output comparison for my three teams:
Tiara helper > Phoenix helper > Il and Mina helper
Why? Let's just say my Aisha is usually stronger than the Il and Mina and my Lancia, and I have to swap her out for Lancia in order for the Five Light's Force to kick in. With Tiara, it's a double Five Light's Force, so damage output is the greatest in that case.
Right. For Zebra, if you're planning to bring Light units...make sure they have high DEF. My Lilith II (Guardian) still took a sizable amount of damage from Zebra's Chaos Rage and her DEF was 1600 or so. My Lodin was still squishier though.
I beat Cardes yesterday (Albeit using a gem. I suck.) with a mono Earth team, consisting of Holy Earth Lance, Empress Lidith, Bow God Lario, Nyan Slash Bayley, and God Tree Eltri, with a Gemini Il and Mina helper. The exact same team (swap Il and Mina with ANOTHER Holy Earth Lance) beat a Miracle Totem with relative ease. Maybe you guys can play mono for Zebra and Cardes. It could work...but I'm not risking it for Zebra.
You see, I'm very reliant on Sparking to deal a hell load of damage, and I still can't spark that well with my mono-earth team after replacing Gaia Fist Nemia with Nyan Slash Bayley. I really should evolve her, but I...have other plans. I'm aiming for a Sea King Mega first (for my main team), then a Sky Angel Vanila (the Guardian one), before moving on to either Holy Light Atro (for my mono light team) or Holy Thunder Eze (for Karl), maybe evolve Zele, Bolt Knight Amy, or my other Maiden Vanila (Anima) while I'm at it.
I have too much units. Pokemon Syndrome still running strong. I'm a casual player, usually, so my team is weaker compared to the other Brave Frontier veterans that I know. I mean, I know someone with Hell Keep Alice AND Phoenix Reborn in his team, and most of his units in that squad are MAX level! WHAT!
...ahem.
Item farming? Running out of items? Well...I've been going to some forums...usually Brave Frontier Forum . net and App Invasion, and I've managed to get some important info for getting some of the items you might need for Zebra.
Buru Nuts: Forest of Beasts - Shadowy Forests (Spark the Mandragoras)
Suzu Nuts: Monster's Nest - The Heinous Chamber (Spark the Skeletons)
Blue Drops: Cave of Flames - Wielder of the Fire (Sparking anyone can, apparently, make them drop the Blue Drops, but Nymphs seem to drop Blue Drops the most often, thanks to App Invasion for location)
Green Grass and Green Drops: Adventurer's Prairie - Beginning of Adventure (Spark everyone! Every single forum I've been on, as well as many players, suggest this spot to farm for those two items. On that note, all of the blobs in Mistral drop these two items as well.)
Red Drops: Destroyed Cathedral - The Peculiar Black Knight (Spark the Minotaurs and Fairies)
Rule of thumb: Look for the lowest energy cost for an area in Mistral and start using your spark team, so item drops are increased. Also, equip a Thief Bracer on your main sparker.
...I should really evolve my Stya to her 5* form soon. Also, I really should start investing my time to get a Gun Goddess Serin, War Rocket Cayena, Holy Ice Selena, and...many more units. And in 'get', I mean 'evolve'.
Right after I evolve Commander Mega though. He's my main water unit and one of the first units I Rare Summoned, so I'm very attached to him. And he's Anima too. Heh, wait til I get a second Sea King Mega...I have a MAX level Captain Mega (Anima) just waiting to be evolved.
If there's anything I missed, please let me know. And until then...I'll be completing Lizeria!
See you soon!
So...I actually have TWO team configurations for Zebra. One is my main squad, and the other is my main squad, but Aisha is replaced with a Head Chef Lancia. Stats shown below:
Head Chef Lancia
Level: 24 (in the process of BB levelling)
Type: Guardian
Element: Fire
Leader Skill: Pure Strobe (Large boost in Heart Crystals produced during Spark)
Sphere: Royal Shield (50% DEF boost for first 3 turns)
HP: 3677
ATK: 807
DEF: 1117
REC: 1449
Brave Burst: Gourmet Dish (Greatly recovers HP for all allies and boosts ATK for 3 turns)
BB Level: 8
Yeah. She's my alternative to the Zebra dungeon squad. Why? Well...
I only have three types of units that I can bring to the Zebra dungeon, in terms of summoner helpers. They are:
Ice Apostle Tiara
Phoenix Reborn
Gemini Il and Mina
I only use the Lancia configuration when Il and Mina are selectable summoner helpers. My items will then change accordingly. For example, with my main squad, my items are:
Cure
High Cure
Tonic
Holy Water
Revive
But, with the Lancia + Il and Mina, my items are:
Cure
High Cure
Divine Light
Fujin Potion
Revive
Makes a huge difference. Il and Mina's 5* leader skill nullifies all status ailments, so only healing items and a Revive is what I need. If there's no Il and Mina, however, I still have to bring Holy Waters and Tonics. The Fujin Potions in the Lancia configuration is for Holy Earth Lance's SBB. The DEF buff from his SBB is particularly useful.
I bring Phoenix or Tiara for the gradual heal effect. With Il and Mina, my healer is Lancia, so...yeah. Dat ATK boost.
Damage output comparison for my three teams:
Tiara helper > Phoenix helper > Il and Mina helper
Why? Let's just say my Aisha is usually stronger than the Il and Mina and my Lancia, and I have to swap her out for Lancia in order for the Five Light's Force to kick in. With Tiara, it's a double Five Light's Force, so damage output is the greatest in that case.
Right. For Zebra, if you're planning to bring Light units...make sure they have high DEF. My Lilith II (Guardian) still took a sizable amount of damage from Zebra's Chaos Rage and her DEF was 1600 or so. My Lodin was still squishier though.
I beat Cardes yesterday (Albeit using a gem. I suck.) with a mono Earth team, consisting of Holy Earth Lance, Empress Lidith, Bow God Lario, Nyan Slash Bayley, and God Tree Eltri, with a Gemini Il and Mina helper. The exact same team (swap Il and Mina with ANOTHER Holy Earth Lance) beat a Miracle Totem with relative ease. Maybe you guys can play mono for Zebra and Cardes. It could work...but I'm not risking it for Zebra.
You see, I'm very reliant on Sparking to deal a hell load of damage, and I still can't spark that well with my mono-earth team after replacing Gaia Fist Nemia with Nyan Slash Bayley. I really should evolve her, but I...have other plans. I'm aiming for a Sea King Mega first (for my main team), then a Sky Angel Vanila (the Guardian one), before moving on to either Holy Light Atro (for my mono light team) or Holy Thunder Eze (for Karl), maybe evolve Zele, Bolt Knight Amy, or my other Maiden Vanila (Anima) while I'm at it.
I have too much units. Pokemon Syndrome still running strong. I'm a casual player, usually, so my team is weaker compared to the other Brave Frontier veterans that I know. I mean, I know someone with Hell Keep Alice AND Phoenix Reborn in his team, and most of his units in that squad are MAX level! WHAT!
...ahem.
Item farming? Running out of items? Well...I've been going to some forums...usually Brave Frontier Forum . net and App Invasion, and I've managed to get some important info for getting some of the items you might need for Zebra.
Buru Nuts: Forest of Beasts - Shadowy Forests (Spark the Mandragoras)
Suzu Nuts: Monster's Nest - The Heinous Chamber (Spark the Skeletons)
Blue Drops: Cave of Flames - Wielder of the Fire (Sparking anyone can, apparently, make them drop the Blue Drops, but Nymphs seem to drop Blue Drops the most often, thanks to App Invasion for location)
Green Grass and Green Drops: Adventurer's Prairie - Beginning of Adventure (Spark everyone! Every single forum I've been on, as well as many players, suggest this spot to farm for those two items. On that note, all of the blobs in Mistral drop these two items as well.)
Red Drops: Destroyed Cathedral - The Peculiar Black Knight (Spark the Minotaurs and Fairies)
Rule of thumb: Look for the lowest energy cost for an area in Mistral and start using your spark team, so item drops are increased. Also, equip a Thief Bracer on your main sparker.
...I should really evolve my Stya to her 5* form soon. Also, I really should start investing my time to get a Gun Goddess Serin, War Rocket Cayena, Holy Ice Selena, and...many more units. And in 'get', I mean 'evolve'.
Right after I evolve Commander Mega though. He's my main water unit and one of the first units I Rare Summoned, so I'm very attached to him. And he's Anima too. Heh, wait til I get a second Sea King Mega...I have a MAX level Captain Mega (Anima) just waiting to be evolved.
If there's anything I missed, please let me know. And until then...I'll be completing Lizeria!
See you soon!
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