#gaia memories

[haunted-xander]

Started this months ago but procrastinated hard bc I didn't want to draw backgrounds </3

[gideonthefirst]

i’m not going to pretend to be certain one way or another about what level of agency muir intends to give gideon in becoming kiriona/in aligning with john, because i think the level of uncertainty we’ve been given is both important and intentional, but i do think it’s specifically interesting how every other character we see be resurrected in some way and renamed by john it’s heavily implied that he also altered their memories and/or personalities; we see the renaming of titania and ulysses when he turns them into literal zombies entirely under his control and we see that the other lyctors, at some point, had different names and that their resurrection involves john altering them, and we see in some ways that kiriona falls right in the middle of those two - renamed like both of them, and still dead like titania and ulysses were and with her body having been altered by john and able to be “turned off” by ianthe at will, but also moving to some extent under her own power and retaining aspects of her personality (or her entire personality, depending on the reading - and i do think there are multiple legitimate, supported readings here)

and i think what’s specifically interesting here is that the set up of the original lyctors forces us to see them as complicit with john even though he does change and alter them - it is impossible to ignore the fact that m—- and a—- and g—- and c—- (and p—- and n—- and the nun and a—-‘s little brother!) stood with john through acquiring the first nuke, through killing hundreds of people, through necromantically piloting a world leader, etc. they’re fully complicit in the nuclear death of earth’s population even though most of them turned on him last minute, which translates over to being complicit in his empire, where we see the exact same pattern of them standing with him until eventually, later, individually deciding to betray him for whatever personal reasons they individually have. they are inarguably complicit, regardless of what alterations john made to them!

in contrast, titania and ulysses, at least prior to the resurrection, had no control, no ability to go against john at all, and so without knowing more about their resurrection and function as lyctors, it becomes almost impossible to say whether or not they had agency, ability to go against him, etc, and so all we know is that john used their bodies after their deaths in a way in which they could not resist against or do anything about

so by placing kiriona in this middle ground between the two, where we don’t know if she’s working with him entirely by gideon’s choice or if john altered her mind in some way, she’s in between total death and true resurrection, her wounds are still there but she isn’t rotting, the question becomes a question not of “is this her choice” but a question of “regardless of if this is her choice, how complicit is she?”

even if kiriona is mentally altered in some way, she’s only in this situation because she learned and embraced the cavalier role to such an extent that she died so that harrow could go lyctor. even if kiriona is mentally altered in some way, gideon was only in canaan house in the first place in order to earn the ability to “go free” and join the cohort. and, in contrast, even if she hasn’t been altered in some way mentally, she literally does not have physical control of her own body. kiriona isn’t a portrait of how people choose to align themselves with empire, but rather she’s the centerpoint of three books’ worth of themes about complicity, imperial corruption, death as something which the empire owns and corrupts, family, and memory. to say definitively that kiriona is only aligned with john because of trauma and her behavior is exactly how gideon always behaves in this situation or to say definitively that gideon would never act like this and so kiriona must have had her memory fucked with or her soul altered in some way i genuinely think is to miss the point - regardless of how much quote unquote agency gideon has in the way kiriona’s behaving and who she’s expressing loyalty to, she both has no power over herself (ianthe can and does shut her off!!! she spent her entire life obsessing over her body as a method of escape and now her body has been physically altered by john!!!) and is complicit, has been absorbed into the imperial seat of power and is being used as a weapon by that seat of power, etc.

additionally, this is a series heavily interested in themes of agency around death and how death is constantly being exploited by john and necromancers. it is important that gideon died on purpose (although obviously under. external pressures lol) and has been brought back in a manner which robs her of control over her own body, and i think being willing to engage with that and with what we’re told about the original lyctors and how john used them is important to a reading of kiriona

[doortotomorrow]

MURPHY + EMORI - The 100: 5x12

[theriverbeyond]

cannot stop thinking about Gideon. or Kiriona. the Corpse Prince, Heir to the Nine Houses, first of the Tower Princes. because who is she? what is she?

her entire (re)introduction seems engineered to make you think someone has deepfaked Gideon. it gives wrongfeelings all the way down. Uncanny valley supreme. not only the name change but... we have never seen a Gideon this cold or uncaring, or just.... brutal. and some of the things Kiriona wants are just so alien. like she wants to become John's cavalier? what the hell, she never gave a shit about the empire or God or John. she seems generally apathetic twoards Harrow which is just so NOT Gideon I don't know what to say. Gideon's two settings re: Harrow are hatred and devotion. PLUS in our first (re)introduction, it is clear that the House appears to be trying to pass off an obvious corpse as their alive heir, which is like, so many levels of red flag warning. and then she comes back so... easy. she was just playing possum? Kiriona does not feel.... i dont know exactly. She doesn't feel real. She's like if someone read a manual on who Gideon was but only head the headings, and very quickly.

so like, i would be convinced she was Wrong or Someone Else/Someone New BUT!!!! then there are just enough moments of pure, genuine Gideon to make me feel confused. the way she bickers with Ianthe is definitely in character. and then there's her anger at how she was treated as a child and her heartbreak&hysterics -- so palpable even when seen through Nona's semi concious state -- when she finally fulfils her childhood fantasy of killing Crux, on p.473, the source of so much abuse, and it just doesn't feel good. like. her breaking down because it didn't feel good was so genuinely Gideon and so painful.

and then on p. 374, Nona realizes that Kiriona is the saddest person she has ever seen, and that's just-- idk how to explain it. my breath caught. Gideon IS there.

and then again on p. 411, Kiriona -- Gideon -- asks Nona if Nona loves Harrow. she asks if Nona knows where Harrow is. and there's just.... idk. that's Gideon!!!! through so many layers of trauma or detachment but it IS Gideon, asking, because she loves Harrow to death and beyond it, and Nona just doesn't care so that's all we get. but that is fucking Gideon. that tiny moment. and she just seemed so fucked up and sad and resigned.

maybe this is Gideon, but put through the sieve of so much trauma that she has become unrecodnizable. maybe this is only Gideon sometimes, and someone else other times. but what the fuck happened to her. how did she get there, what happened to her, what is going on during the moments when she is unrecognizable. what did they do to her over the six month time gap. who did this to her, how did they do it, and most importantly will we get to see Harrow tear out their intestines slowly.

[w3bkinz-t0yb0x]

[nose-coffee]

hmm. banquet for thought....

[seanmorroww]

Dream Dolphin - “Cosmic Blue”

Gaia: Selected Ambient & Downtempo Works (1996​-​2003) [Music From Memory, 2023]

[ruinedholograms]

Outro Tempo, Uneven Paths, Virtual Dreams, Heisei No Oto, Oumuamua, and Gaia

[tvrningout-a]

ONE LINERS | @vonerde encounters kaiya!

" i've always wanted to apologize for... that time. and thank you. " her fingers fidget as she keeps her gaze steady on her lap. " i hate that you found me in such a state, but i'm-- i'm happy, too. because of you, i'm myself again. "

[haunted-xander]

Gaia doesn't even know Ryne's past. Even in the first two sections of Eden (before she loses all her remaining memories) she only really vaugely knows about the whole Oracle situation (That Ryne is the Oracle of Light, used to be called Minfilia, and was isolated somewhere in Eulmore). But like, she didn't know about the situation with Ran'jit, nor the way her relationship was with Thancred at first, having only seen them interact after they've already gotten into a healthier dynamic.

And after Mitron takes her memories she doesn't even remember that! iirc she never got those memories back either, so she kinda knows basically nothing about Ryne outside of the direct stuff she experienced in the Eden story.

I imagine Ryne would tell her at least the basic stuff(like her imprisonment in Eulmore & the Oracle stuff), especially since it would probably be a bit disconcerting for Gaia to have Ryne know so much about her yet know basically nothing about Ryne in turn. We already see Ryne telling Gaia about Thancred & Urianger when her memories first start disappearing, so I imagine she'd continue with that once the situation with Mitron is resolved. She has a good bit to explain, but explain it she will.

[rudeboimonster]

okay i don't know hooow to go about asking this well. does anyone know of a good way to try to look for the existence of old websites? i suddenly remembered a vague description of one my older sister used to go on, but the problem is i have memory problems and some memories have proven to be false or dreams. i just want to know if this website was real at one point or if I'm making it up. help?

[vierandancer]

So long as interdimensional travel was out of their reach, Meiko aspired to visit the First as regularly as she could, so long as time allowed. The nonsense with the Final Days had understandably taken up a lot of her time, but now that things were relatively calmer, she tried to drop by every couple of weeks. With it, she gladly brought communication between the Scions and their loved ones, whether it be through letter or word of mouth.

The Crystarium was always her first stop. Sometimes it was her only stop depending on how much time she had, which worked well enough as it was the central hub of Norvrandt, and messages could be carried off in haste with Feo-Ul's assistance (after much praise and apology). Her best trips were the long ones, though.

Today would be the start of a long one, as she was also on an errand for Y'shtola that would likely require some thought from Beq Lugg, as well as Cylva and Unukalhai. She always sought out Ryne and Gaia first, though, and it didn't take her long to learn they were likely in Ryne's apartment at the Pendants. She waved to the Manager of the Suites and headed up the stairs to the familiar room.

As she neared the door, Meiko paused to knock, only to hear familiar giggling coming from inside. How cute. Feeling a bit cheeky, she decided to let herself in and surprise them.

"Guess who's back from 'cross th'Rift?" she greeted in a singsong tone, swinging the door wide open -- and watching the black blur that was Gaia fling herself across the room with enough speed to nearly knock over one of the chairs.

Puzzled, Meiko was about to apologize for giving the other teen a fright, up until she looked over at Ryne and saw the lass was practically radiating crimson. And adjusting her clothes.

Ah, fuck.

Fuck.

The Viera abruptly turned away, one hand coming up to shade over her eyes despite there being nothing scandalous to see. Or unsee.

"Uh! Sorry -- um," Shite. Fuck. Oh, she felt terrible now! And also couldn't help but think about Thancred's reaction. Not that anyone would be particularly surprised, but -- "Uh, I didn't --"

"Gaia, no!"

Meiko looked back to see Ryne restraining Gaia, who had picked up her mallet in furious response.

"You're supposed to knock! Were you born outside?" she demanded angrily, somehow redder than Ryne.

"I--I actually don't know that answer, but no! M'sorry! I was just tryin' to surprise you!" Meiko held up her hands in defense, then slowly let them fall to her sides and hung her head. "Okay, okay, you can hit me." It probably wouldn't kill her.

"We're not hitting anyone! It was a mistake, Gaia!" Ryne managed to pry the weapon from her hands. The other girl huffed and folded her arms, fuming as she looked away. Shaking her head, she turned back to Meiko. "It really is okay! We're always happy to see you, Meiko. Just--please knock next time."

"Promise on my life," Meiko agreed, sheepish. Literally, I think.

[freyayuki]

Final Fantasy Record Keeper Final Fantasy VII Crystal Dungeons

The Crystal Dungeons are currently the hardest kind of fight in the Final Fantasy Record Keeper (FFRK) mobile game. There are 2 kinds of Crystal Dungeons - the Portal of Creation and the Portal of Antiquity.

The Portal of Creation features elemental quests while the Portal of Antiquity features realm quests.

Right now, the Portal of Antiquity only has 2 dungeons - the Final Fantasy VII Memories of Antiquity - Gaia and the Final Fantasy VIII Memories of Antiquity - Heart. 

The Final Fantasy VII Memories of Antiquity - Gaia Crystal Dungeon features 2 quests:

Bizarro Sephiroth - quest level 600

Safer Sephiroth - quest level 700

There are rewards for being able to sub-30 these quests. Rewards for the quest level 700 fight also includes the materials needed to break the level cap of the Final Fantasy VII Historia Crystal from Level 120 to Level 140.

You can also get a new wardrobe record for Aeris or Aerith Gainsborough from Final Fantasy VII (#ad) known as FF VII-CC Guise. This features Aerith’s dress from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.

The boss of the quest level 600 fight is Bizarro Sephiroth (Zenith) while the boss of the quest level 700 fight is Safer Sephiroth (Zenith).

Final Fantasy Record Keeper End of Service Announcement

Had no plans to do any of these fights anytime soon. These quests were pemanent so I could do them whenever I wanted.

But unfortunately, Final Fantasy Record Keeper just recently announced that it was gonna end its service on September 29, 2022. I talk more about that in another post.

I really wish this didn’t have to happen. I don’t want FFRK to end, at least not anytime soon.

Since the game is ending already, decided to try the quests in the Crystal Dungeons now.

Final Fantasy VII Realm Team

My Final Fantasy VII realm team consists of the following chars:

Genesis Rhapsodos from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII

Aeris or Aerith Gainsborough from Final Fantasy VII

Barret Wallace from Final Fantasy VII

Vincent Valentine from Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VII

Genesis Rhapsodos from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Relics and Stats List

Currently, Genesis is my absolute, most fave Final Fantasy char. He’s the reason why I started playing Final Fantasy Record Keeper. Have all of his relics and he’s as fully built as possible.

True Arcane Soul Break (TASB) or Arcane Dyad Soul Break (ADSB), LOVELESS

Limit Break Overstrike (LBO) or Limit Break Over Flow (LBOF), Light of Doom

Synchro Arcane Soul Break (SASB), Purgatorial Wave

Awakened Arcane Soul Break (AASB), Genesis Rhapsody

Arcane Overstrike Soul Break (AOSB), SOLDIER’s Epic

Ultra Soul Break (USB), Apocalypse Genesis

Glint+ Soul Break 1 (G+1), Epic of Creation

Glint+ Soul Break 2 (G+2), Epic of Heroism

Glint Soul Break (G), Epic of Destruction

Default Soul Break, Laceration

Legend Materia 1, Rhapsodic Recitation

Legend Materia 2, Project G Creation

Legend Materia Relic (LMR), Fierce Opposition

Since the game was about to end already anyway, went ahead and fully honed all of Genesis’s Soul Breaks that can be honed instead of waiting until I get more dupes. I talk more about that in this post.

Other than that, Genesis is already fully maxed out in every way. Well, except with regards to his Magia Crystals. But that’s always been a slow-going process.

I thought that I’d always have time and that I’ll eventually be able to max out all of Genesis’s Magia Crystals but unfortunately, now that FFRK is ending soon, that’ll never happen anymore.

Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII Relics List

Have the following relics for Sephiroth:

Limit Break Chain (LBC), Woven Bond: Sephiroth - Dark

Limit Break Overstrike (LBO) or Limit Break Over Flow (LBOF), Dark Illumination

True Arcane Soul Break 1 (TASB1) or Arcane Dyad Soul Break 1 (ADSB1), Super Nova or Sunburst

TASB2, Jenova

Synchro Arcane Soul Break 1 (SASB1), Demonic Lord

SASB2, Crimson Octaslash

SASB3, Dark Carmine Blade

Awakened Arcane Soul Break 1 (AASB1), Stigma

AASB2, Underworld Guardian

AASB3, Flames of Nibelheim

Arcane Overstrike Soul Break 1 (AOSB1), Setting Sun

AOSB2, Purgatorial Flames

Ultra Soul Break 1 (USB1), Heartless Angel

USB2, Zanshin

USB3, Crimson Lotus

Overstrike Soul Break (OSB), Heaven’s Light

Glint+ Soul Break 1 (G+1), Shimmer Flash

G+2, Fervent Shadow

Glint Soul Break (G), Jenova’s Might

Burst Soul Break 1 (BSB1), Reunion

BSB2, Octaslash

Super Soul Break 1 (SSB1), Black Materia

SSB2, Transience

Unique Soul Break, Nibelheim Nightmare

Unique Soul Break, Hell’s Gate

Unique Soul Break, Shadow Flare

Default Soul Break, Oblivion

Legend Materia 1, Fallen Hero

Legend Materia 2, Jenova’s Echo

Legend Materia Relic 1 (LMR1), Fateful Secret

LMR2, Apocalyptic Hero

LMR3, Cruelest Cut

LMR+, Refinement (Sephiroth)

Yeah, I have basically all of Sephi’s relics. The only one I’m missing for him is his Dual Awakening Soul Break 1 (DASB1), Awoken Octaslash. I really hate that I wasn’t able to get this.

And it’s definitely not for lack of trying. When Sephiroth’s Dual first showed up in Final Fantasy Record Keeper, I tried pulling for it.

I talk more about that in this post, but the main point is that, sadly, no matter how many times I pulled on the banner said Dual was featured in, was never able to get it.

Went 10 pulls deep on that banner, spending hundreds of mythril, until I was all out, and yet I couldn’t even manage to get all the relics featured there.

Was really frustrated and annoyed about that. Still am, really. Eff the crappy, trashy rates on this game. And now that FFRK is ending, I’ll never be able to get Sephiroth’s Dual. Sigh.

Aerith Gainsborough Relics List

Have the following relics for Aerith:

Dual Awakening Soul Break (DASB), Awoken White Materia

Awakened Arcane Soul Break 1 (AASB1), Star Pulse

AASB2, Planetary Pulse

Ultra Soul Break 1 (USB1), Hidden Bloom

USB2, Innocent Cure

Glint+ Soul Break 1 (G+1), Refreshing Breeze

G+2, Star Whisper

Burst Soul Break 1 (BSB1), White Materia

BSB2, Prayer of Salvation

Super Soul Break (SSB), Pulse of Life

Unique Soul Break, Planet Protector

Unique Soul Break, Fury Brand

Unique Soul Break, Dragon Force

Unique Soul Break, Healing Wind (VII)

Default Soul Break, Seal Evil

Legend Materia Relic (LMR), Flower of the Slums

Legend Materia 1, Daughter of the Ancients

Legend Materia 2, Motherly Protector

Was able to get all of Aerith’s relics, all except for her Synchro Arcane Soul Break (SASB), Blue-Eyed Sentinel. Too bad I was never able to get this before. And now I’ll never be able to because the game is ending already. Sigh.

Barret Wallace from Final Fantasy VII Relics List

Have the following relics for Barret:

Limit Break Chain (LBC), Woven Bond: Barret

Dual Awakening Soul Break (DASB), Awoken Ungarmax

Chain Soul Break (CSB), I'm The Leader Here!

True Arcane Soul Break (TASB), Catastrophe

Synchro Arcane Soul Break (SASB), Rocket Hammerblow

Awakened Arcane Soul Break 2 (AASB2), Uncontrolled Beam

Ultra Soul Break (USB), Height of Anger

Glint+ Soul Break (G+), Avenging Flames

Glint Soul Break (G), Angry Mind

Legend Materia Relic+ (LMR+), Swiftness (Barret)

LMR1, Armed and Dangerous

LMR2, Opposition Leader

Legend Materia 1, Hot-Blooded

Legend Materia 2, Vermin Exterminator

The above list might not be entirely complete or accurate because unfortunately, FFRK ended before I had the chance to double-check my relics list for Barret.

Vincent Valentine from Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VII Relics List

Have the following relics for Vincent:

Limit Break Overstrike (LBO), Galian Scratch

Chain Soul Break (CSB), Cerberus Soul

Synchro Arcane Soul Break 1 (SASB1), Bestial Claws

SASB2, Chaos Saber

Awakened Arcane Soul Break 1 (AASB1), Chthonian Blaze

AASB2, Galian Saber

Ultra Soul Break 1 (USB1), Lucrecia's Lament

USB2, Dirge of Cerberus

Burst Soul Break 2 (BSB2), Flame Penalty

G+1, Munitions Reload

G, Forsaken Power

LMR2, Beastly Aspect

LMR1, Seeing Red

Legend Materia 1, Turk Among Turks

Legend Materia 2, Beast Within

The above list might not be entirely complete or accurate because unfortunately, FFRK ended before I had the chance to double-check my relics list for Vincent.

At least I was able to take the above screenshot. Wish I’d been able to take more though so I could have had more info and details and such.

Final Fantasy VII Realm Team Info

Genesis is my main DPS. He deals physical fire elemental damage. I know I’m kinda totally biased but he is really good. He’s capable of dealing lots of damage, especially when given the proper support and buffs and such.

Sephiroth was my secondary DPS. He has Soul Breaks that deal physical dark elemental damage and ones that deal physical fire elemental damage.

Dark is Seph’s primary element. He’s a really good dark DPS. He does well enough as a fire DPS but he’s definitely better as a dark one.

For this fight though, I’m using Sephi as a fire DPS since my current FF7 team is a fire elemental one. My plan was to use all of Sephiroth’s fire relics first then move on to using his dark ones later on, if needed.

Vincent served as another DPS as well as a support. He deals fire elemental damage. He has Soul Breaks that can imperil or lower the enemy’s resistance to the fire element.

Vincent is a hybrid char, meaning he can be made to deal either physical or magical damage depending on which stat currently has a higher number.

Since the rest of my DPS for this fight all deal physical damage, made sure that Vincent’s ATK stat was higher than his MAG stat.

Aerith served as my healer. She’s really good. She’s also a really good support and buffer for physical attackers.

Recently, I ended up honing Aerith’s Planetary Pulse Awakening to the max. It’s now at Rank 15 of 15 which means I can now use this twice per fight.

Normally, Awakenings can only be used once per fight unless they’ve been honed to the max.

IIRC, I honed Aerith’s AASB2 a few days or so before FFRK was gonna end. Was really rushing now and trying to finish as much of Final Fantasy Record Keeper’s content as I could before the end.

Sadly, I didn’t have as much time as I wanted to play the game before it ended. I really wish we could have gotten more time.

Anyway, didn’t bother honing Aerith’s AASB1 because her honed AASB2 was more than enough already. Having her Dual helped as well.

Since I have so many BDL relics for her, I never felt like I needed a second use of her AASB1. And usually, fights will be over by the time I finish using all of Aeris’s BDL relics.

Bizarro Sephiroth Quest Level 600 Fight

Was a little worried about trying the Bizarro Sephiroth fight in the Final Fantasy VII Memories of Antiquity - Gaia Crystal Dungeon. I thought it might be too hard.

If Final Fantasy Record Keeper wasn’t ending yet, would have waited until I had even more Final Fantasy VII relics before trying this fight. I would have wanted to have an even more stacked realm team before tackling this quest.

But now I had no choice but to just try this fight now if I didn’t want to miss out on the opportunity of doing so before FFRK ends.

To my surprise, actually managed to get the win. This quest level 600 fight was surprisingly pretty easy. Well, my FF7 team is already pretty stacked enough as-is but still.

Really glad I was able to get the win. Everyone did really well. Was able to beat Bizarro Sephiroth in 34.55 seconds.

Too bad I missed out on being able to sub-30 this fight but still really pleased that I was able to get the win. Having multiple BDL relics for multiple chars really helps.

Safer Sephiroth Quest Level 700 Fight Take 1

After beating Bizarro Sephiroth, it was now time to try the Safer Sephiroth quest level 700 fight.

Since the Bizarro Sephiroth fight didn’t turn out to be that bad, I thought the Safer Sephiroth quest would be the same.

It wasn’t though. For one, it was definitely harder when compared to the Bizarro Sephiroth quest. But it still seemed manageable enough. It didn’t seem that bad at first.

Was able to get past the first 2 phases well enough. But then things started going wrong when I got to phase 3.

Now, seemingly all of a sudden, my chars couldn’t break the damage cap anymore, not even while under the effects of their BDL relics.

Not only were my DPS dealing crappy damage, my healer was now also having a hard time keeping up with the constant attacks from Safer Sephiroth.

With my chars dealing chip damage per turn and with them basically hitting like wet noodles, the fight started to drag so it wasn’t long before my party got hit with the auto-eject move. By then Safer Sephiroth was only down to 35.0% HP.

Since I didn’t get the win, only got some of the rewards from this fight. One of these rewards enabled me to level up my Final Fantasy VII Historia Crystal from 120 to 130. To get it to Level 140, need to actually win against Safer Sephiroth.

Plans for the Safer Sephiroth Quest Level 700 Fight

When I first tried the Safer Sephiroth fight, there were only like 2 or so days left before FFRK was gonna end. I really want to clear this quest but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to before the game ends. Gonna keep trying so we’ll see, I guess.

But before I try again, need to tweak my party first. If I had even more BDL relics for Genesis, Sephiroth, and Vincent, maybe I’d be able to get the win against Safer Sephiroth but since I don’t, gonna need to try something else.

Decided to drop Vincent and replace him with Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII.

Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII Relics List

Have the following relics for Cloud:

Limit Break Chain (LBC), Woven Bond: Cloud

Limit Break Guardian Soul Break (LBGS), Guardian Choco-Mog

Dual Awakening Soul Break 1 (DASB1), Awoken Finishing Touch

DASB2, Awoken Darkpetal Bloom

Chain Soul Break+ (CSB+), Bond (Cloud)

True Arcane Soul Break 1 (TASB1) or Arcane Dyad Soul Break 1 (ADSB1), Omnislash

TASB2, Apex Hazardous Darkness

Synchro Arcane Soul Break 1 (SASB1), Apex Slash

SASB3, Mako Strike

Awakened Arcane Soul Break 1 (AASB1), Angelic Synergy

AASB3, Dark Side Braver

Arcane Overstrike Soul Break 2 (AOSB2), Eye of Darkness

AOSB1, Sonic Braver

Ultra Soul Break 1 (USB1), Ultra Cross Slash

USB2, Climirage

USB3, Darkpetal Bloom

Overstrike Soul Break 1 (OSB1), Finishing Touch

OSB2, Cherry Blossom (FFT)

Burst Soul Break 2 (BSB2), Cloud Cycle

BSB1, Fenrir Overdrive

Super Soul Break (SSB), Blade Beam

Unique Soul Break, Climhazzard

Unique Soul Break, Cross Slash

Unique Soul Break, Braver

Glint+ Soul Break 1 (G+1), Aerial Fang

G+2, Jenova Cell Power

G+3, Truth and Illusion

G+4, Triple Slash

Glint Soul Break 1 (G1), Mako Power

G2, Mako Abyss

Default Soul Break, Sonic Break

Legend Materia Relic 1 (LMR1), Sprinting Wolf

LMR2, Truth Surmounted

LMR4, Broken Illusions

LMR5, Borrowed Blade

LMR6, Self Forgiveness

Legend Materia 1, Lone Wolf

Legend Materia 2, Mantle Bearer

Have most of Cloud’s relics. The only relics I’m missing for Cloud are his LBO, Sync 2, AASB2, BSB3, and LMR3. Too bad I was never able to get any of these before. And now I’ll never be able to because the game is ending already. Sigh.

Anyway, Cloud is a really good physical DPS. He has Soul Breaks that deal either wind or dark elemental damage. He’s better as a wind DPS though. In fact, he’s one of the best wind DPS in this game.

Cloud’s Ultra Cross Slash USB gives him BDL9. IIRC, he and Sephiroth are the only ones in FFRK who can get up to BDL9. For Sephi, his Zanshin USB is the one that gives him BDL9.

Safer Sephiroth vs Genesis, Sephiroth, Cloud, Barret, and Aerith

After gearing Cloud, tried the Safer Sephiroth fight again. Having Cloud on the team really helped, especially since I have a lot of relics for him.

Of course, I unfortunately couldn’t bring all of his stuff since each char can only equip up to 10 Soul Breaks so just made sure to bring all of Cloud’s most important relics.

Cloud was able to deal a lot of damage. He doesn’t have much synergy with Genesis and Sephiroth since he doesn’t have any fire relics. Since Cloud was better as a wind DPS, brought his wind-type Soul Breaks to this fight.

Cloud’s Chains are really good too. They helped to increase everyone’s damage output. Too bad both Chains can only be used once per fight.

Unfortunately, even with Cloud as part of my team, still wasn’t able to get the win. This time, only managed to get Safer Sephiroth down to 47.4% before everyone died.

A bit later on, tried the fight again. By now FFRK was set to end in a few hours so was really running out of time now. Decided to just keep trying the Safer Sephiroth fight until the end.

Because I do want to clear this quest and I want to keep using my Final Fantasy VII team. Want to keep using Genesis. Really don’t want to say goodbye to him or this game yet.

Anyway, fared much better on my next try. Somehow, actually managed to get to phase 4 of this fight.

But everyone’s damage really dropped when I got to this part of the fight. Then Safer Sephiroth actually got up to Rage Level 4. Normally, enemies can only get up to Rage Level 3.

While under the effects of their BDL relics, my chars can lower an enemy’s rage level easily enough.

But for this fight, I’ve found that it’s near impossible for my chars to break the damage cap and lower Safer Sephiroth’s rage level if it’s currently at 4. My chars just couldn’t deal enough damage now.

As if that wasn’t bad enough, Safer Sephiroth continued attacking my chars. He afflicted everyone with a Doom debuff that has a 10-turn duration. Then he also ended up paralyzing Genesis and Cloud.

Aerith couldn’t keep up with all this damage. It didn’t help that my DPS were all hitting like wet noodles basically all the time now.

So it was only a matter of time before Safer Sephiroth killed everyone again. At least this time I was able to get him down to 28.2% HP before the battle ended.

Kept trying this fight again and again but it was no use. Still couldn’t get the win. The most damage I managed to deal to Safer Sephiroth was 71.8%.

End of Final Fantasy Record Keeper Mobile Game

And that’s it. It’s all over now. At the time I’m writing this part of this post, it’s way past September 29, 2022 so FFRK has just ended its service. Ahh, I still wish that this didn’t have to happen now or anytime soon.

I tried but sadly, wasn’t able to finish all the content in Final Fantasy Record Keeper before the end. I talk more about that in another post.

Also sadly, wasn’t able to beat Safer Sephiroth. Kept trying the fight again and again until the end but it was no use. Never got the win. Now that it’s all over, can’t do this fight ever again which really sucks.

It also sucks that I missed out on the Crisis Core Aerith costume. Wish I could have had the chance to try out said costume even for just a little bit. Also never got to fully level up my Final Fantasy VII Historia Crystal.

Never even got a chance to try the Final Fantasy VIII Crystal Dungeons fights. Yeah, there are lots of things that I’m just never gonna be able to do now that FFRK is over. Sigh.

Another thing that’s really upsetting is the way Final Fantasy Record Keeper ended. Its end feels so anticlimactic. Truly a letdown of epic proportions. The game could have tried to do more before everything ended.

But instead, even before the end, FFRK felt dead already. We stopped getting any new events long before the end.

We got a special banner and some tickets that we could use to pull on said banner. I talk more about that in another post, but we’d get like 1 ticket per day as part of some login bonus campaign or something.

That only lasted for like 30 days or so though. But why couldn’t they have made it last until the end? Why couldn’t they have given us more free pulls?

Why couldn’t they have adjusted the rates or something? Why couldn’t they have made it so that these daily free 10-draws would give us at least 1 6-star or 7-star Soul Break or something?

They didn’t even refresh the Realm and Elemental banners or given us more mythril and Realm/Elemental x11 tickets.

The game could have gone out with a bang but it feels like it all just ended in disappointment.

Conclusion

So what about you? Have you done any of the quests in the Crystal Dungeons? What do you think about these fights? What do you think about the fact that the Final Fantasy Record Keeper mobile game is all over now? 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 Final Fantasy Record Keeper game account

[leg-made-a-thing]

just had an idea for Chaleon’s lore and thought i’d get some outsider opinions on it.

living equipment: yay or nay? in other words, is a driver/weapon/vehicle that’s able to think, reason, have emotions and opinions, etc. better or worse than one that’s nothing more than equipment/a machine?

i should clarify. i don’t mean something like Mr. Belt, i.e. a glados-type situation where an existing human consciousness is put into a machine. i was envisioning something more akin to Kuuga’s Arcle or Acrobatter, i.e. a machine that’s either created with a conscious mind already inside it, or one that slowly develops a consciousness as it continues existing.

i ask because i have an idea for Chaleon’s next two forms, but it won’t make sense if his belt and/or suit isn’t capable of having opinions. i get that that sounds weird but i promise it makes sense in context.

[shatinn]

Sims 4 - The Wildfangs

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[atwas-meme-ing]

One of my favorite headcanons (not originally mine) is that Sonic visits Apotos once year to get some ice cream and/or chocolate and spend a day remembering Chip.