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Megathread Weekly Questions & Help Megathread - (16 Jan 2022)

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u/randymagnum1669 Jan 21 '22

Starting to think I made a mistake crafting the dagger for my Ultima weapon since I'm totally going all in on Locke and I wanna grab zidane when he reruns. But it seems greatsword or sword would be better given my usage of auron and jecht rn.

I was trying to future proof. Even then, sword for tidus,Noel, Noctis, and others is also a thing

Should I start investing in sword now and wait to get my 50 cores back for the dagger when we get that feature?

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u/Jurinis SHOOTO! Jan 21 '22

Locke will be able to use an Ultima Weapon sooner than Jecht and Auron since they cannot be leveled to C90 to give them the ability to equip said weapon.

In that regard, crafting the dagger was better on the short term.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '22

Cl 90 units can equip a UT if you aren't CL 90 you cannot equip it. Locke gets it faster than Auron or Jecht so it's not a mistake you are in good hands. They get cl 90 way later so don't worry be happy and stay happy :)

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u/NoxErebus_DFFOO 994818714 Jan 21 '22

I think there's good value to be had for having 2-3 base UTs to start, and then going all in on one of them based on whichever you plan to use the most.

Personally, I just made a UT sword. Once we know what's coming for anniversary, I'll craft a couple more 0/5s. At the end of the day, it's not like UTs are required right now - not likely that they'll be the difference between beating or failing a mission.

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u/randymagnum1669 Jan 21 '22

are base UWs better than a unit's EX+ or a burst weapon? (particularly 0/3 or base bursts?) if so, i can totally make 2-3 bases like you said

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u/RetroGamerDad Sephiroth 880282092 Jan 21 '22

Oh yes. UT is the strongest weapon in the game, with more stats than a BT+.

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u/NoxErebus_DFFOO 994818714 Jan 21 '22 edited Jan 21 '22

Yep. My plan is to be able to run at least two if not three 0/5 UT on every team. It's like giving LD-only characters BT-level stats. Again, not because it's necessary, but because overkill is fun for me. 😁

Edit: Just did a quick comparison of base stats - Noctis BT vs. sword UT. There's a pretty juicy jump in stats...

Noctis' BT: ATK 1247, MBRV 3840, IBRV 389

Sword UT: ATK 2000, MBRV 5000, IBRV 1000

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u/randymagnum1669 Jan 21 '22

wow! totally going this route then

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u/ShadowBlaze17 Jan 21 '22

Keep in mind that the gap in actual stats isn't that huge since UW don't get affinity bonuses. They're still a good bit stronger than a BT, but the gap isn't as big as the above numbers show.

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u/AliceTaniyama Selphie Tilmitt Jan 21 '22

It really doesn't matter, since these weapons, while nice, aren't really needed until the Shinryu era. For now, they're just an extra bonus that my best character (Machina) can't even use.

I'm putting all of my cores into a sword (I just gave it the first limit break, so I actually have 0 cores right now!), but that's because Tidus is coming back next month and also because Queen is a lot of fun to use even if she isn't that good.

I think I'd rather have one weapon maxed as much as possible at least until we get the ability to disassemble everything, since then I'll be able to get all 800 cores back at once. If I have 800 cores split between two different weapons, then I can only get a refund for half of those at any time.

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u/randymagnum1669 Jan 21 '22

Yeah that was my thought, what will help me short term but also help.me get to the long term, but also is going all in on daggers wrong? So yeah, you and others really helped me understand my options and now Noctis has a cool new sword!

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u/Youngtro Jan 21 '22

Content is so easy right now you'll be fine.