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Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia Cid Raines FR and BT Banner

The banners featuring all of the weapons (15cp, 35cp, Ex, LD, Force or FR, and Burst or BT) of Cid Raines from Final Fantasy XIII just showed up in the Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia (DFFOO) mobile game.

I talk more about this in another post, but I already pulled a bit on this banner using tickets and I was able to get a copy of Raines’s Force weapon.

Prior to that, I already have Cid’s 15cp, 35cp, Ex, and LD. Have the passives for all of these weapons.

My Cid has his High Armor, and it’s been Realized to 0/3. He has his Bloom Stone.

All of his Summon Boards and his Character Enhancement Boards have been completed.

He has the following Artifacts: 3 ATK 108 with Guardian Corps Officer Up★★ (When inflicting knock back: Raises own INT BRV, MAX BRV, ATK, DEF by 5% for 8 turns).

After getting a copy of Raines’s FR, I equipped him with it.

And that’s it. That’s all I did with Cid. Have yet to get any of his Force Enhancements. Haven’t bothered to fully MLB his FR or Blue his High Armor. Didn’t even give him any Spheres, real or otherwise.

Thoughts about Cid Raines from Final Fantasy XIII

I like Cid Raines from Final Fantasy XIII (#ad) well enough but wouldn’t call him a fave or anything.

Cid Raines is actually a really good magical DPS, especially now that he has his own Burst and Force weapons.

Raines can launch with every one of his moves. Some of his moves will even battery the party for these launches. He also has some turn manipulation in his kit. He can even remove the buffs of enemies and any debuffs afflicting him and his allies.

But although Cid is really good, I decided to skip fully building him and maxing him out. I talk more about this in another post, but that was the conclusion I came to when I thought about what I was gonna do about Raines.

I thought that was the end of that, and that I wouldn’t be revisiting Raines or his FR and BT banner anymore.

But now I found myself thinking about Cid Raines again. This was due to a lot of reasons.

For starters, there’s the World of Illusions Spiritus: Pandemonium Spiritus quest. This fight is listed as “quest level ???” so presumably, this is harder than a Shinryu (level 300; currently the hardest type of fight in the game) quest.

I talk more about this in another post, but I’ve already cleared the aforementioned fight with the following chars: Rinoa Heartilly from Final Fantasy VIII, Lunafreya Nox Fleuret from Final Fantasy XV, and Selphie Tilmitt from Final Fantasy VIII.

Aside from simply clearing said fight though, we also got a time-limited mission that wants us to “Achieve grade A or better in World of Illusions Spiritus: Pandemonium SPIRITUS with Raines in the party”.

Haven’t cleared said mission yet. However, I’ve seen some vids that show that this Spiritus quest can be cleared even with a Raines who doesn’t have his FR and/or BT.

But aside from needing to run Raines through said fight, I also want to beat the Pandemonium Spiritus quest with Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII in my party.

I don’t need to do that but I want to. I’ve already tried this fight with Sephi multiple times by now but the best I’ve been able to manage so far was getting the boss of the Pandemonium Spiritus quest down to 8% HP before running out of steam. I talk more about that in another post.

Since I’ve been thinking about Cid and actually fully building him, I now also found myself wondering if he’d be able to help me beat the Pandemonium Spiritus quest with Sephiroth.

Perhaps Raines could replace Rinoa as my main DPS for that fight and he can help carry Sephi to victory.

Even if that’s possible though, I don’t want to build Raines for just 1 fight. So I’ve been thinking of where else I could use him. I could try to use him as my main DPS in upcoming fights.

Cid can also help me clear a Dimensions’ End: Transcendence Tier. But the thing is, I already have him locked on to Tier 5.

If I want to use Raines for a future Transcendence Tier, gonna need to redo Tier 5 to free him. We’re up to Tier 11 by now and Tier 12 is coming really soon, so Tier 5 has long since been powercrept. It shouldn’t be that hard to clear this fight again.

Another thing that was making me hesitate to fully max out Raines was the state of my resources. A lot of the resources needed to build a char in DFFOO can be really scarce.

So I’ve always been super selective in who I choose to build and max out. More often than not, I don’t fully build a char even if I manage to get their weapons.

That’s kind of what happened with Raines actually. Althought I’d already decided that I wasn’t gonna bother to build Cid, I still ended up tossing tickets on his BT and FR banner anyway. Then I got his FR but didn’t do anything with it so couldn’t really use him in endgame content.

Now that I’m thinking more about this, I’ve come to notice that I seem to be doing this sort of thing a lot.

I toss tickets on a banner and get the featured char’s weapons but don’t bother to do anything with them so they’re basically just rotting in my inventory because why should I bother to bring a char who I didn’t build when I can just bring in someone who I did fully max out instead?

Aside from Raines’s FR, I have a couple more Force weapons in my inventory that haven’t been limit broken at all.

Now I’m like - why did I bother to pull for these weapons if I’m not gonna do anything with them anyway?

Sigh. I really wish we got more resources so I can build more chars, so I don’t have to feel like I always need to save as much as possible.

Since I’ve been saving as much and as often as possible, I can see now that I do have some resources that I can spare for Raines. After all, he is a really good DPS.

But there’s no way I can fully build Raines if I’m still missing his Burst weapon. So that’s how I found myself going back to the World of Illusions Spiritus: Pandemonium banner 1. This is the banner that contains all of Cid’s weapons.

World of Illusions Spiritus: Pandemonium Banner 1

The World of Illusions Spiritus: Pandemonium banner 1 features the following chars and their weapons:

Cid Raines from Final Fantasy XIII - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, LD, Force or FR, and Burst or BT

Lulu from Final Fantasy X - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, and LD

Leila from Final Fantasy II - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, and LD

World of Illusions Spiritus: Pandemonium Banner 1 Tickets Pulls Results

Haven’t fully limit broken my copy of Raines’s FR so I thought it was better to pull on the World of Illusions Spiritus: Pandemonium banner 1 for a shot at more copies of said Force weapon.

I know there’s no way to guarantee that you’ll get a Burst weapon by using tickets but I thought I’d try my luck anyway. I have been able to get a BT just by using tickets. Of course, this doesn’t always happen but it’s really great whenever it does.

Anyway, I currently have 404 tickets on hand.

Got the usual bronze and silver trash and a few 15cp, 35cp, Ex, and LD dupes. But my pulls on this banner weren’t that bad. Actually got a number of golds. Here are the results of some of my more notable pulls:

3/10, came from a gold orb - dupes of Lulu’s 35cp, Leila’s 35cp, and Leila’s Ex

Was annoyed that I kept on getting dupes of Leila’s Ex. Because the B Sphere that it gives just raises its user’s MAX BRV by 10% when they’re targeted by enemies.

2/10, came from a gold orb - dupes of Lulu’s 15cp and Raines’s LD

Ugh. Wrong Raines weapon. Could I get his BT and more copies of his FR now, please?

Surprisingly, I was able to get a number of gold orbs. Too bad they gave me nothing more than dupes. Was getting kinda annoyed so I kinda stopped taking screenshots at some point. Or to be more precise, I stopped taking screenshots of everything.

Even got dupes of Lulu’s LD which I also found annoying. That’s because this used to be one of the weapons I was missing on this banner alongside Raines’s FR and BT.

When I pulled for Raines’s FR before, I was also able to get 1 copy of Lulu’s LD. Back then, I thought I was completely done with this banner so I went ahead and spent the 12 Power Stones needed to fully MLB Lulu’s LD so she can help me farm the Pandemonium Chaos quest alongside Raines and the other synergy chars for said quest.

To get dupes of Lulu’s LD now - sigh. Ah, well.

Since it didn’t seem like I was ever gonna get Raines’s BT, much less dupes of his FR, I was thinking of just stopping already. It seemed like it was better to just walk away from this banner now before I run out of tickets.

Was considering what to do now while still continuing to toss tickets on this banner (because couldn’t seem to help it. LOL) when - to my complete and utter surprise, a force orb suddenly appeared.

Welp, totally wasn’t expecting that at all. But super pleased to see this. This draw gave me dupes of Raines’s FR, Lulu’s Ex, and Raines’s LD.

Yay for my second copy of Raines’s Force weapon.

Probably should have stopped pulling now but decided to keep going for a bit longer. Still hoping to get a copy of Cid’s Burst and maybe even more dupes of his FR.

2/10, came from a gold orb - 2 dupes of Lulu’s Ex

Ugh. It’s also annoying how I keep getting dupes of Lulu’s Ex. Her Ex gives an A Sphere that raises its user’s INT BRV and MAX BRV by 10% whenever they deal weakness damage to an enemy.

Would have preferred to get dupes of Raines’s Ex since his gives an A Sphere that raises its users ATK by 10%. The only issue with this is that the user of said Sphere is required to inflict knock back in order to get the stat boost.

1/10, came from a gold orb - dupe of Leila’s LD

After a few more pulls, I got another gold orb.

I thought I was about to get the usual Ex and/or LD dupe. Well, I did get a dupe LD. This time, it was Leila’s.

But aside from that, I also got my third copy of Cid’’s Force weapon. Nice. Now if I could just get his Burst as well, that’d be really freaking awesome.

A bit later on, got another force orb. Welp, it’s like it’s raining force orbs on this banner. LOL. Wish I could get a Burst orb too. Raines BT, doko da?

Anyway, this draw gave me 2 more dupes of Lulu’s Ex as well as my fourth copy of Raines’s FR.

Now down to 134 tickets so I decided it was about time I stop pulling on this banner.

By now I already have enough dupes of Cid’s Force weapon so I can fully MLB my first copy without having to use a single High Power Stone.

It’s really too bad but it seems clear that Raines’s Burst just isn’t gonna show up from this banner unless I resort to using gems and possibly pitying it.

But I don’t want to do that, and I don’t want to spend any more tickets here so that’s it. This pulling spree is over now. LOL.

Cid Raines from Final Fantasy XIII Force Weapon

Went ahead and fused the 3 dupes of Raines’s FR that I just got to my first copy.

Now my Cid’s Force weapon is fully MLB. Yay. On a side note, I really like the blue background of a maxed out FR. It’s such a lovely shade of blue. What do you think?

Cid Raines from Final Fantasy XIII Armor

After maxing out Cid’s FR, I turned my attention to his High Armor. I already have a copy of his High Armor, and I’ve already spent a Book to Realize it to 0/3 a long time ago. So now I spent the 3 Ingots needed to upgrade it to Blue.

Cid Raines from Final Fantasy XIII Force Enhancements

As aforementioned, my Cid Raines already has all of his Summon Boards and Character Enhancement Boards completed. Did this a long time ago.

Now that I’m planning to fully build Raines, I turned my attention to his Force Enhancements. Spent all the points and such needed to get Cid’s Force Enhancements to Level 30.

Cid Raines from Final Fantasy XIII Spheres

Equipped Cid Raines with the following real Spheres:

Noctis Lucis Caelum’s (from Final Fantasy XV) Smash Attack Up Longer A Sphere

When inflicting knock back: • Raises own ATK by 10% for 8 turns

Keiss’s (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers) Link Attack Up Longer A Sphere

After joining in chain attack: • Raises own ATK by 10% for 8 turns

Cid Raines’s (from Final Fantasy XIII) Smash Raging Attack Up A Sphere

When inflicting knock back: • Raises own ATK by 2% up to 5 times, once per turn

I’ve had these Spheres for what feels like forever already. They’ve just been languishing in my inventory since the chars who I wanted to give Spheres to preferred other kinds of Spheres.

Cid Raines is actually one of the best chars who can easily and consistently make use of the aforementioned Spheres since he can initiate launches with every one of his moves and he will always join in the chain attack if he does that.

Cid Raines from Final Fantasy XIII Burst Weapon

Now my Cid Raines is nearly complete. He’s just missing his Burst weapon now. Just need to figure out how I’m gonna get said weapon.

I can pull on the banners that feature Cid’s Burst but I don’t want to do that anymore. Already spent a lot of tickets on his BT and FR banner so don’t want to suddenly switch to using gems there.

If I pull with gems, I could end up spending up to 120k just to guarantee Raines’s BT, and I definitely don’t want to do that.

Which means I’m gonna have to use my Burst Power Tokens to exchange for Cid’s BT.

The Burst Power Token Exchange Shop features all the Burst weapons that are currently in Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia.

You need 50 Tokens in order to get 1 Burst. Unfortunately, at the moment, I only have 13 Burst Power Tokens.

Gonna need 37 more Tokens so I went to my weapons inventory. If you sell a Burst weapon, you’ll get some gil as well as 5 Burst Power Tokens.

So I decided to sell the dupe BTs that I have lying around. These Bursts belong to the following chars:

Noctis Lucis Caelum from Final Fantasy XV

Terra Branford from Final Fantasy VI

Zack Fair from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VII

Garnet Til Alexandros XVII from Final Fantasy IX

Celes Chere from Final Fantasy VI

Too bad I don’t have any more dupes. IIRC, already sold a few before.

Anyway, the 5 I’m able to sell now gave me 25 Tokens, bringing my total count to 38.

Now I just need 12 more Tokens. This time I went to the Dimensions’ End: Transcendence section of the game. Clearing the quests here will give you lots of rewards, including a few Burst Tokens.

We can only carry up to 50 Burst Tokens at a time. If you get any more, they’ll be sent to your gift box where they’ll stay for 90 days before expiring and automatically being deleted.

Didn’t want to risk losing any Tokens so I opted not to collect the ones from clearing the Dimensions’ End: Transcendence quests. Can just get these Tokens whenever I needed them so there was no point in collecting them now.

So far, IIRC, I’ve never had to get any Burst Token here. Well now, that’s about to change. Went ahead and grabbed the 12 Tokens I need to finally get to 50.

Now that I have exactly 50 Burst Power Tokens, went back to the Burst Power Token Exchange Shop.

Spent all 50 of my Tokens to exchange for Cid Raines’s Honor the Fallen (XIII) Burst weapon.

Then I went to level up said BT from 1 to 50. After that, spent the Book needed to Realize it to 0/3. Then I spent the 3 Ingots needed to upgrade it to BT+ 3/3 or Green.

After that, I went to equip Raines with his new Green Burst so I can take a screenshot.

I also have a Level 5 of 5 Fist-type Ultima Weapon so that’s what I’m gonna be using whenever I bring Cid to endgame content.

Now my Cid Raines is finally fully built and maxed out. Can’t wait to try him out in endgame content. I’ve already seen him in action in co-op quests, and he is really good. Will try to use him as much and as often as possible.

Conclusion

So, what about you? Did you pull on either of the World of Illusions Spiritus: Pandemonium banners? What do you think about Cid Raines? Did you decide to fully build him and max him out? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below or by reblogging or replying to this post.

Notes:

screenshots are from my Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia game account

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