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Cupsbert

Rosetta Stone target advice - all opinions welcome!

Question

My go-to A Team is:

  • RW Wall
  • Lightning - Lifesiphon + Tempo Flurry / misc (SSB, with Kaiser Shield, +dmg RM)
  • Agrias - Lifesiphon + Drain Blade / misc (SSB + SB, +dmg RM)
  • Ramza - Lifesiphon + Full Break (Tailwind and Stone SBs, +dmg RM)
  • Aerith - Cures + Protectga (Planet Protector, Mako Might)
  • Quistis - Magic/Power Breakdown + Armor Breakdown (Mighty Guard, Dr. Mog's Teachings)
  • (If the boss negates lightning damage but not holy, I can sub out Lightning for Pecil with SSB; that's my only other SSB.)

I always give Lightning my highest damage weapon, since she usually does over 40K damage with her SSB thanks to the Kaiser Shield. It turns out that I have a 5* weapon for Lightning in every realm except FFV. This means I would almost never use Peacemaker, even if I stoned it to 126 Atk.

I'd say my weakest link is Quistis, who is mostly here for Mighty Guard. If I have an RS 4++ or 5* dagger to spare, I can put her in the front row with RS Light Armor and she can do okay damage with her Breakdowns. However, I often don't have said daggers to spare, and the only ranged weapons she can equip are whips. I do have an Ochu Tentacle, but would any sane person Rosetta an Ochu Tentacle? Not likely.

With no other SSBs/BSBs on the table, and Pecil as my only strong DPS sub-in, what would you guys Rosetta up? I have a Yoshimitsu I could stone to 124 attack for Quistis and put her near-permanently in the front row, which will get saner when her MC2 arrives next month. Since some people say that stoning your best 5* dagger is a safe bet anyway, this seems like it could be okay...

I also could drop Armor Breakdown altogether, give Ramza Magic Breakdown + Full Break (I've never used Tailwind more than once in one fight, anyway), and then stone Red Scorpion to +20 to make Quistis into an almost competent black mage? Considering I mostly use physical damage, dropping Armor Breakdown will probably be a net loss in DPS, so I'm not strongly considering it. Plus Red Scorpion is only useful on a small handful of mages. Yuck.

I could stone Defender, so I'll always have a 143 Atk sword available for Ramza or Agrias, no matter the realm. There are quite a few realms where that would be my third strongest weapon, and some where it'd be my second strongest. Or I could stone Peacemaker anyway, for those rare niche situations where I do want to use it.

Or should I just hoard my Rosettas until I pull something like Sephiroth's SSB, something that gives me a clear winner of what to buff?

Thanks in advance for your opinion! No advice is bad advice.

Posted Apr 19, 2016, 6:13 PM UTC

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robaisolkenCecil (Paladin)•

My advice is to save until you encounter the following

  1. A Holy dmg Up ssb/bssb sword. (Bartz, Celes, Cecil Etc)

  2. A katana ssb

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mendicantLenna (wanna see my Heathen Frolic?)•

That's what I did last night... Used all my stones on Bartz' Excalibur.

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kotoshinnaked RW:HotE:iJhE•

... I had no idea what I was doing with rosettas earlier, so I checked my equipment. Gold sword (VII) on Firion's Demon Axe. 1x Rosetta on Buster Sword (don't ask). And today, excalipoor on Zack's Gloves.

.... I should probably clean inventory. XD;

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Gun_MageSage•

keep in mind, Quistis's mighty guard is based off mind. and the whip doesnt boost mind at all. so if you use her, don't use her whip, it should be with realm synergy rods

I know you don't want to hear it. but nothing you listed should be rosetta stoned. It's best to wait until other relics catch your eye for rosetta use

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heroes8219Dxu. The Incredibles Guild•

But if she's your breakdown character you probably want attack equips over a few seconds of mind.

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ness839aKKursed sEEds!•

As many have said before, be wary of Megalixir Syndrome. If you want to use them, feel free!

However, I think the Stones are best used on weapons rather than armors. +20 ATK will be much more valuable than +20 DEF or RES in the long run.

Also remember you don't really "lose" the Stones...you can use the old weapon as a material to transfer the augments.

To your situation, Stoning the dagger or Defender would certainly be fine. Don't feel bad about saving them, especially if you aren't having any troubles with content. You never know what you might draw down the line.

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ThunderBunz"I find dead men rout more easily"•

I could stone Defender, so I'll always have a 143 Atk sword available for Ramza or Agrias

This would be my recommendation. If you are running a physical team, I would always get an SSB Sword (regardless of realm) to maximum augment. Swords are common equipment, and a fully augmented weapon can usually come close to a 5* synergy weapon.

That being said, it sounds like you have a lot of bases covered, so the gear you augment will be largely for QoL.

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sevenhundredone9wCH Fenrir Overdrive•

A full augmented Defender or Fusion Sword for example has 143 ATK.

A generic 5* sword with RS is going to have close to 200 ATK. That's still kind of a huge difference, and there's obviously no way you'd want to use that fully augmented sword out of realm once you have enough stat sticks to go around.

Where that fully augmented gear really shines is:

  1. "Non-synergy" type things like Sunday and Monday dailies, nightmare dungeons, orb fests, etc.

  2. Seldom used realms like FFI-III or T where you probably don't have much RS gear.

  3. If you're going full physical and are giving someone that sword as your 3rd or 4th best weapon.

Depending on what buffs you have in place, you may be hitting soft cap anyway, but it's still nice to not have to rely on that fully augmented sword all the time.

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