Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Group 4 Project DONE!!!

OH MY GOD. IT'S FINALLY DONE!!

So, just in case you're wondering why I haven't been talking about Brave Frontier a lot, especially with extra trial The Green Menace out with no posts on party setups, OR on the Halloween Global units making an appearance in JP as VORTEX UNITS (lucky buggers...), it was because of the Group 4 Project.

IB peeps, it's that time of the year again, when the pressure is coming strong and hard! Grade 12 has their exams, while we have the freaking Group 4 Project!

Remind me to never procrastinate again.

OKAY! At the moment, I'm placing my Brave Frontier JP on Auto when tromping along in Ishgria while I'm updating a blog for our Group 4 Project.

Yes people, we have a blog for our Group 4 Project results.

Find out about the science of sprinting over at that blog! Link provided below~

http://fastandfurioussmn.blogspot.com/

Thanks in advance for checking it out!

Monday, April 27, 2015

Trial X2...

And...I'm back.

Just finished this Trial a few days ago...and it took me 3 HOURS (with breaks). Starting from the moment I got dismissed from school (3:10 pm) up until a few hours after I finished my piano lesson (6:15 pm).

I'M NOT KIDDING. IT'S REALLY TIME-CONSUMING.

First of all, to access this Trial, you must have beaten Trial X1 already, which is the Xenon and Estia trial. Then, you're gonna have access to this trial, which makes you go against the Battle Maidens. First battle is against Cayena, Lico, and Fennia, and the second battle is against Vanila, Bayley, and Serin.

My squad setup is mainly focused on survivability, and here are its components:

Tyrant Lilly Matah (Breaker) leader, with Phoenix Eye and Legwand Gem
Massacre God Belfura (Anima), with Legwand Gem
Guardian Goddess Tia (Breaker, level 67), with Legwand Gem
Mad God Narza (Breaker), with Dandelga and Evil Shard
Thunder Savior Shera (Anima), with Legwand Gem and Evil Shard
Heavenly Emperor Kanon (Lord) friend, UBB unlocked, with Malice Jewel and Ihsir's Guise

Lilly Matah's LS provides a nice boost to BB gauge when attacked, and when coupled with either her SBB or Narza's BB gauge fill when attacked SBB, it becomes pretty damn OP.

I used Belfura because she is a tank, and her BB and SBB allows the enemy to be hit with ATK and/or DEF debuffs for 1 turn. Her SBB also fills the BB gauge, though less than Zelnite's SBB.

Tia is currently one of the best pure healers in the game, if not the best. She heals, gives HP regen for 3 turns, and in her SBB, gives BB gauge regen for 3 turns.

I used double mitigators for this fight, because Cayena really enjoys draining your BB gauges.

Kanon's LS provides a 30% boost to DEF and HP, as well as nullifying status ailments, which allows me to bring Tia instead of Ulkina to this fight, who lacks the HP regen. His SBB provides a huge DEF boost (one of the best in the game as of now), and his UBB mitigates 50% of damage received for 3 turns.

As for the battle itself...

Battle 1: vs. War Rocket Cayena, Raid Bolt Fennia, and Demon Blade Lico

-Cayena drains BB gauges
-Fennia can inflict DEF down
-Lico has a strong STBB
-Every 3 turns, guard all your units because they will inflict heavy damage and will nullify all your buffs

Their HP thresholds are at 50%. Cayena in particular will start going insane BEFORE 50%, from my experience (around 60%). When "I AM RIGHTEOUS!" pops out, she will drain ALL of your units' BB gauges to 0, but thankfully it will not remove buffs. THIS is why I recommend a Matah lead. She will do it again after 50% (40% or 30%, will have to reconfirm).

She is also programmed to attack the unit with the least HP at least 50% of the time, which makes her the most threatening unit in this fight. However, I would not recommend killing her first. The moment she dies, Fennia and Lico will gain an ignore DEF buff, which can be pretty deadly (pretty is an understatement lol), especially when you put Lico's extremely strong STBB into consideration.

At 50% HP, Lico will do an INSANE STBB that you will most probably not survive unless you guard + mitigate. I would recommend killing her first, though.

Fennia provides the least threat in this phase, arguably. Before 50%, she will put up a mitigating shield around her team, for a few turns (2 or 3 I believe). Starting at 50%, she will be able to use Galvanizing Pulse often, which has a chance to inflict DEF down on your units. She used it two turns in a row once.

All 3 will gain ATK and CRIT buff around this point.

As soon as the battle starts, I gave a Fujin to my Narza and had him use his SBB, while everyone else attacked normally. Then, I tend to alternate mitigation between Narza and Shera, usually using Narza after the turn 3 insanity AOE, in conjunction with Matah and Tia's SBB for maximized BB regeneration AND HP regeneration. Belfura's SBB will ONLY be used in an emergency (she was SBB 1 at that time), and most of the other times I used her BB. I try to use Kanon's SBB the turn after the turn 3 insanity to try and soften more of the maidens' damage on my team.

Tia's HP regen is a godsend in this fight. With it, there's no need to heal every turn, something which you might need to do if you were to use Ulkina, Altri, Ivris, and the like. The reason why I wouldn't recommend Phoenix is that not only are his stats severely outclassed by now, but he technically isn't a burst healer - he only gives a heal over time buff.

Battle 2: vs. Sky Angel Vanila, Wild Slash Bayley, and Gun Goddess Serin

-Vanila has a RTBB that can inflict most status ailments (poison, weak, injury, paralysis)
-Serin can inflict taunt on one of your units for focus fire
-Bayley heals every 5 (?) turns, 50000 HP per heal
-Serin mitigates a LOT in this fight (once every 3/4 (need confirmation) turns the mitigation shield is gone)

This fight is more of an endurance test more than anything. First thing that you WILL find out is that Bayley WILL heal her team for 50000 HP every few turns. Be careful; she is capable of putting you in something similar to the notorious Sacred Song Loop from Maxwell fame if you can't hurt her more than she heals. She will gain an Angel Idol buff at approximately 20% HP, and at this point you really should just focus fire on her until she goes down for good. I don't know if she will reapply the Angel Idol buff because at that point, the mitigation shield is gone and I overkilled her with Kanon's UBB.

Actually, Vanila's RTBB is a godsend in this fight if you bring someone with 'fills BB gauge when attacked' LS or BB/SBB effect because each of the random hit is treated as one attack, so you can go from empty BB gauge to full in almost no time.

HP thresholds are at 50% HP. Bayley and Serin just unleashes a strong MTBB on everyone. Vanila ALSO does that, but it's arguably worse if you don't mitigate and guard in her case. My friend's Kanon died when he wasn't guarding (mitigation shield on); that should give you an idea.

I would recommend killing Bayley off first for this portion. It's really easy to regain BB gauges in this fight because no one steals BB gauges here. However, I suggest focus-firing on Bayley initially before focusing on Serin, killing Vanila last. If Serin and Bayley are out of the way your damage output is drastically increased. Not only that, try activating Overdrive one or two turns before the mitigating shield goes down so you can unleash it For Massive Damage.

Vanila gained an Angel Idol buff towards the end of the fight, but I'm not so sure if Serin was the one who applied it to her, if she got it from Bayley beforehand, or if it was supposed to happen once her HP reached 20% or so.

Completing this quest, you get a Gem, EXP, Zel, and Blighted Seal.

Blighted Seal: Boosts ATK by 100%, CRIT damage by 50%, lowers DEF and REC by 20%

It's an OP sphere alright.

Good luck with this trial!

Thursday, April 16, 2015

I'm back in JP servers!

I'm finally back in JP servers.

WOO!

But my team right now is so outdated are you kidding me. This is how I left my team:

Lucca, level 34 (Anima) leader
Ragshelm, level 28 (Breaker)
Darvanshell, level MAX (Lord)
Ulkina, level MAX (Breaker)
Luther, level MAX (Guardian)

But, with the rates up just today, I've summoned quite a few good units, not to mention I got Feeva, Kanon, and Tora before I went on a hiatus in my JP file. The units I just summoned today? They were Ivris (Anima), Fadar (Breaker), and Kurt (Oracle).

That being said, I'm reworking my main team because let's face it...cost problems are just so limiting on your team's potential. So, after I get everyone up to speed, I'll rework my main team...

I have a few setups in mind, so I'll put them up here.

Setup 1 (Main team):

Feeva (B) leader
Darvanshell (L)
Ivris (A)/Ulkina (B)
Fadar (B)/Kurt (O)/Ragshelm (B)
Lucca (A)/Luther (G)

Setup 2 (Arena team?/Speed-clear team?):

Kurt (O) leader
Maxwell (L)
Fadar (B)/Tora (G)
Feeva (B)
Kanon (L)

Those are the 2 main setups I was thinking about but these are subject to change.

Well, right now I'm raising my Tora, Yujeh, and Ivris for Trial 004. Fadar, Kanon, Kurt, and Feeva are more or less works in progress as of writing, since I'm just getting everyone to 6* right now.

Friend slots are open, by the way. I use either Lucca or Feeva as leaders, both 6*. Cost problems...

ID: 23603487
IGN: Raiko

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

7* units are out! Tips to get them!

I'm back!

After a refreshing CAS trip with friends to Batam, a movie marathon with the same friends at Ciwalk where we watched Cinderella and Insurgent, and a new update from Brave Frontier, I'm back!

So, new update, 7* units are out. We have the 7* forms of the Six Heroes now, and their LS boosts are insane. 100% ATK and 30% HP boost to those of the same type? Are you kidding me?!

The moment I found out about the update, I grabbed my phone, updated Brave Frontier, went in the Earth Mecha Totem dungeon, and evolved my Lance. So my leader now is Earth Legend Lance, SBB 1, Anima.

Coming from someone who got a 7* unit already, here are some tips for obtaining them.

1. The Legend Stone

You can get a Legend Stone by trading for one in Daily Quests. Right now, it's on a sale at 100 BP per stone, one per week. It is an evolution material required for a unit to hit 7*.

It's the icon on the far right on the evolution screen. Sometimes it does not appear; it's a visual glitch. I was still able to evolve my Lance despite the icon being invisible.

The requirements to evolve a unit from the Six Heroes batch to 7* include:

1 Mecha Totem
1 Miracle Totem
1 Totem
1 Idol
1 Legend Stone

2. Energy requirements

It's 70 energy per run. You SHOULD be prepared for a marathon battle. And you probably should be really sure if you're gonna run this dungeon, since 70 energy is no small amount. The Trials are 50 energy, for crying out loud!

3. Team

I recommend using elements that are strong to the dungeon you aim to clear. For example, if you want to go to the Earth Mecha Totem dungeon, use a mainly-fire team. The totem's AOEs hit pretty hard, especially if they decide to use it 3 times in a row.

That's where the Light and Dark totems become a problem. My solution? Cardes lead. That 20% damage reduction can work wonders.

You need a damage mitigator and a healer too, for failsafe.

Like most (if not all) enemies in the game, they can be inflicted with ATK and DEF down debuffs, so if you have Ardin, Fiora, Ragshelm, or the like, feel free to use them.

4. Dungeon layout

The dungeon consists of three battles.

First battle is from a round of mooks that you SHOULD be able to curbstomp easily. I would suggest gaining BC for the BB gauges here because...

Battle 2 is against a group of elite mooks from the Thunderbird line. SBB spam if necessary, but try to keep the gauge filled out for the third battle.

Battle 3 is against the totem and IT HITS HARD. Ultor or mitigators will work wonders here. It only knows an AOE other than regular attacking, so don't worry about Chaos Trilogy-like attacks!

Well...I guess that's all I need to say right now. Good luck with your first 7* unit!

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Status update

Hey guys,

So, tomorrow, I'm going to Batam for my CAS Trip. I'm not excited for it, though, I just want to stay in Bandung.

It's not that I'm being bullied; no, not at all. It's not the fact that I'll be spending five days with my classmates, one of them being my crush; I enjoy spending time with them. It's not the fact that I'll be unable to play any video games, or listen to any of my music.

No, it's the fact that my pet cat is terminally ill and can die at any given moment.

That sounds silly, but let me explain.

I had him from when he was a kitten, back when I was still is K1. That makes him more than 12 years old by now.

I haven't been able to spend time with him ever since Sec 4, since I was so busy with IGCSEs that time (and IB now), and due to paranoia after our house had very nearly been robbed. We don't hire workers anymore, and we kept our cat in my cousins' house.

And now I got the soul-crushing news that he's gonna die very soon.

I just...can't.

I might not update for quite a while, so...yeah. The five days of the trip, and later on too.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Cheesing TWEWY's bonus boss on Ultimate! (SPOILER ALERT)

Argh, finally sat down to update this blog again. We have to start our Extended Essay, and I'm doing it on Psychology. Loads of work. Not only that, my classmate's birthday just came up and I was preparing a little surprise for him. He's actually the guy who was my Secret Angel from back in December, and is also one of KirinMax's old friends. Oh, and he's also my crush, and the guy KirinMax loves to ship me with.

I drew an SAO-inspired piece, sorta like what he'd look like in the game, because he got into anime again because I introduced him to SAO. I drew him dual-wielding swords and wearing a coat that sort-of resembled Kirito's coat..

But you're not here to hear me ramble about him, right? Of course not.



I recently picked up The World Ends With You again, and once I did, I immediately headed over to "Another Day" to attempt to beat Panthera Cantus...AGAIN. I only managed to beat him twice, on Easy and Normal, just to get the King Arthur pin. One to evolve to Excalibur (BPP), the other for pin mastery.

The reason I want to fight him? That Black Jupiter pin. Initial drop rate is 13%, I believe, so eating 8 Curious Mushrooms should be enough to max up its drop rate at level 100.

It goes without saying that my level is set back to 100, and I already buffed some of my stats with food (mostly HP and BRV though).

My team specs are as below:

Neku:
-My Phones
-Lollipop's Parka
-Iron Maiden's One-piece
-Aun

Joshua:
-Angel Feather
-Pi-Face's Cap
-Pi-Faces Jeans
-School Uniform w/Sweater

This setup is mainly focused on Defense. On Joshua's side, it's also focused on offense, and being able to score Fusion Stars throughout the fight, as well as being able to execute his ultimate aerial finisher. The Angel Feather helps tremendously, mainly due to the 2000(!!) HP boost.

I used the Eden Set, and Splish Splash Barrier, for pins. This, of course, requires all pin slots.

The basic strategy for this fight is hit-and-run for Joshua's side. Panthera Cantus has insane attack (1000, are you kidding me?), so if you see him on the ground, levitate, get some hits in, try to get a finisher in if possible. See him in the air, teleport back down. Get rid of the shadows as much as possible, because he might then waste turns trying to bring up more of them before attacking.

On Neku's side, the Eden Set grants him immunity when he holds the Light Puck. Get a combo in with Josh, then move around as much as possible. If ever Josh gets hit and you enter SOS, pull up the barrier and heal. It takes 33 seconds to recharge, so you can just play the evasion game with Josh until the pin reboots if ever you need healing.

Take note that the Light Puck WILL wear off after a certain amount of time (depending on sync rate), so you need to keep Neku moving too. This is also why maxing up sync with your partner is detrimental for this fight.

Save your Fusion for the end of the fight, so that you'll have no need to fight long when the yellow HP bar of Panthera is depleted, because at that point, he just becomes aggressive. Not only that, since Neku and Joshua's level 3 Fusion is just too OP, just use it shortly after the yellow HP bar is depleted.

And whaddya know!


I CAN LIVE WITH THE D RANK AS LONG AS I GET MY BLACK JUPITER PIN.

All that's left for me is to find those damn Fifenfrogs for the last Darklit Planet pin. Argh...

Well, I guess that's it, and good luck fighting this boss!

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Enmei Chiryou (Translyrics)



This might be horrible, so...yeah.

Enmei Chiryou is one of my favorite songs by Neru, actually, because of it's pacing and, well, the fact that it's rock and that it's NERU.

Neru's known for his dark works, so...yeah.

Please credit me if you wish to use these lyrics!

Disclaimer: I do not own the original song. I only created the translyrics. The song's composer is Neru, and the Vocaloid he used for this song is IA.

~


This anesthesia; it’s piercing through my veins.
They say with only this, I can feel happiness…
And looking to the west, you see dolls being played,
While looking to the east, it seems like operations’ been stopped...

Hey, ain’t it strange?
It almost seems like my head’s bugging out…
Don’t get this life of late asphyxiation…
That binary knife; it’s driving me insane -
That cast, it can’t be removed.

Patient’s state: being stuck between machinery and pride,
As both sides, hurting each other with these two limbs; limbs full of tubes and wires.
This treatment, it’s bleak and really uncertain!
Hey now, I beg of you, take me away!

“But wait, you’re getting sleepy.”

That wooden bridge, trembling irregularly,
It crumbles after raising a dull voice.
And kicked away to the side, just like trash,
It raised its voice, and laughed towards the sky.

Its left behind on that operation table,
Along with the me of yesterday, who’s weeping.
The next day, it relies too much on miracles…
So really, what are we supposed to wish for?

Symptoms bud, even if I get my freedom from visions.
And us two, we expected that we'd meet again, embracing once again…
But a ward where we have lost our utopia;
It splits us, and I have known why, from the very start…

By admitting it, my life will go on without a hitch, now ain’t that right?
“Hey, I know that it’s all my fault,
Yeah, I know that I am to blame.”
That adult I’ve always dreamt of being; well, I can’t exactly be him now!
Well that’s that, so what should I become now?

Long life, grant me a long life,
And proof, give a question of proof…
Regret, that’s my diagnosis.
How’s that?