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[cabellrosa]

@noblefavor , sydney ; location: white's club

"You know, you really must— Are you listening, Sydney?" Cabell stops halfway through his sentence, realizing he's talking to the air, or perhaps any other gentlemen walking by in the club who would seem to have more of an attention span than his dear supposed friend. "Honestly, Sydney, are you so bored from the lack of skirts or fresh meat around that you can't even listen to your friend's exploits of Ecuador?"

[freyayuki]

Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia Cloud Strife Banners

The Dimensions’ End: Transcendence Final Tier and the Dimensions’ End: Transcendence Reprise events just started in the Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia (DFFOO) mobile game. These events came with multiple banners.

Dimensions’ End: Transcendence Reprise Banner

The Dimensions’ End: Transcendence Reprise banner features the following chars and their weapons:

Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII (#ad) - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, LD, Force or FR, and Burst or BT

Edgar Roni Figaro from Final Fantasy VI - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, LD, FR, and BT

Have everything on this banner except for Cloud’s FR.

Start-Dash Draw Banner

The Start-Dash Draw banner features the following chars and their weapons:

Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, LD, FR, and BT

Squall Leonhart from Final Fantasy VIII - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, LD, FR, and BT

Lightning or Claire Farron from Final Fantasy XIII - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, LD, FR, and BT

Have everything on this banner except for Cloud’s FR.

There are also banners for Setzer Gabbiani from Final Fantasy VI and Kain Highwind from Final Fantasy IV but I'll have to talk about that in another post because apparently Tumblr's new post editor has a limit of 30 pics per post. Not sure if there's a way to go back to the old post editor.

Thoughts about Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII

My thoughts about Cloud are - complicated. I mean, sometimes I like him and sometimes I hate him. Will talk more about that in another post but for now, I think the state I currently have him in says it all.

I remember using Cloud a lot what feels like a long, long time ago. Have his 15cp, 35cp, Ex, and LD fully MLB. Oh, right, Cloud has like 2 or 3 more weapons. Also have them all fully MLB already.

Completed all of Cloud's Summon Boards and the Character Enhancement Boards for his 15cp, 35cp, Ex, and LD.

Got his Bloom Stone. Took the time to farm for triple of his perfect Artifacts. Even gave him triple real Spheres and bought his High Armor.

I also remember that I ended up pitying his Burst weapon when it first showed up in the English or Global version of Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia.

But when it became possible to upgrade Cloud’s BT and High Armor, I opted not to. Leveled up his Burst to the max but didn’t even bother to Realize it to BT+ 0/3. I did Realize his High Armor to 0/3 but didn’t bother to go all the way to Blueing it.

Now that Cloud’s FR is here and he just got another rework and update, I found myself wondering if I should pull for said weapon or not.

Cloud is pretty good. He’s a DPS with lots of utility in his kit such as being able to paralyze and launch enemies. He can even delay them and dispel their buffs. His damage output may not be the best but his utility more than makes up for that.

Plus his FR is also pretty good and the conditions to increase its HP damage bonus aren’t that hard to fulfill.

So to pull or not to pull? Still not sure so gonna have to think about this some more.

Dimensions’ End: Transcendence Reprise Banner Free First Multi-Draw Results

As part of the campaign that came with the Dimensions’ End events, we get free first multi-draws on multiple banners.

The free first multi-draw on the Dimensions’ End: Transcendence Reprise banner gave me dupes of Edgar’s 35cp, Cloud’s 15cp, and Cloud’s 35cp. Meh.

Start-Dash Draw Banner Free First Multi-Draw Results

The Start-Dash Draw banner was updated alongside the arrival of the Dimensions’ End banners and events. So we also get a free first multi-draw on this banner.

To my surprise, my free pull on the Start-Dash Draw banner actually gave me a Force orb. Yes!

Was really hoping to get my first copy of Cloud’s FR but unfortunately, ended up with a dupe of Lightning’s FR instead. Sigh.

This pull also gave me dupes of Squall’s 15cp and Lightning’s 15cp.

Dimensions’ End: Transcendence Reprise Banner and Start-Dash Draw Banner Tickets Pulls Results

After getting Setzer’s FR and BT (I talk more about that in another post), once again found myself wondering what to do about Cloud. Should I pull for his FR? Should I fully build him or not?

Well, still not sure if I’ll fully build him but after thinking about it some more, decided to try and get his FR with tickets. Even if I end up not fully building him, it’d still be nice to have his FR in case I need it or something.

So I started tossing tickets on the Dimensions’ End: Transcendence Reprise banner and the Start-Dash Draw banner.

IIRC, had around 200+ tickets when I started pulling and even ended up exchanging all my Daily Hunt Tokens for more tickets. Can’t remember the exact amount of tickets I used now but it was maybe around 300 or thereabouts.

Already have everything on both banners except for Cloud’s FR so just started interchanging between both banners. I’d do one 10-draw on one banner then switch to the other and then back again.

Got the usual bronze and silver trash as well as a few gold dupes and even 10-draws that didn't have even a single gold. Didn’t take a lot of screenshots though.

Was pleased to get dupes of Cloud’s and Edgar’s Ex weapons since these give good Spheres. IIRC, I got like one or two dupes of these weapons.

A bit later on, got a Force orb. Was really hoping to get Cloud’s FR already but unfortunately, ended up with a dupe of Edgar’s FR instead.

Then, after a few more 10-draws, got another Force orb.

Thankfully, this time, this turned into my very first copy of Cloud’s FR.

Hell, yes! Super pleased to see this. And really glad I didn’t have to spend that much to get this weapon.

Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII

I'm happy that I was able to get Cloud's FR but I still wasn't sure if I wanted to fully build him or not. I keep thinking, okay, let's do this, but then I always seem to end up hesitating then changing my mind at the last minute. Been going back and forth and debating with myself about this but still can't seem to make up my mind.

After thinking about it for a few days, finally made up my mind. Decided to go ahead and max out Cloud. The following reasons helped to sway me to go for it:

-It's not like I absolutely loathe Cloud or anything. These days, I just seem to fluctuate between liking him and not liking him. Like I said, it's complicated. LOL.

-I already have Cloud mostly built already so going all the way wouldn't take a lot of my resources.

-Speaking of resources, since I've been pretty stingy when it comes to who to fully build, I do have a few to spare so I can afford to max out Cloud and still have some for the other chars who I want to complete.

-Cloud may not be the best DPS in the game but he does deal pretty good damage while also providing useful things like delaying and paralyzing enemies.

-Lately, we’ve been having events where chars get locked out once you use them on a single stage, or where you can only use chars that are of a certain Crystal Color and/or weapon type so it’s good to have as many fully built chars as possible.

-We also just got this new weekly event called Crystal Quests. This comes with a new feature called the Crystal Room.

Basically, you take on these Crystal Quests to earn points and get passives and stats for your chars. To get these points, you need to form a team of chars that are all of the same Crystal Color. The points you get will then be for that same Crystal Color.

So for example, if you build a team of Green Crystal chars, you'll get points to unlock the stats and passives of the Green Chamber in the Crystal Room.

Currently, been doing the weekly Crystal Quests with Green Crystal chars mostly because of Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII. Will talk more about that in another post.

But anyway, as a Blue Crystal char, Cloud can't benefit from the Green Crystal stats and passives that I've unlocked so far. However, recently, been thinking about either switching to building the Blue Chamber or building Blue Crystal chars next once I'm done with the Green Chamber.

Don't know for sure if I will switch to Blue even if I'm not fully done with Green yet. Initially, I thought for sure that I'd fully finish the Green Chamber first before thinking about what Color to build next.

But what got me thinking about possibly switching to Blue is the fact that Weiss the Immaculate from Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII is coming really soon to Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia. He'll be the latest playable char to be added to the game. And the banner featuring all of his weapons is coming really soon.

At the moment, it seems like Weiss will be the closest I'll get to having Genesis Rhapsodos from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII in DFFOO, at least until they actually and finally add him to this game.

Currently, Genesis Rhapsodos is my absolute, most fave Final Fantasy char. Been waiting and hoping for what feels like forever for him to finally be added as a playable char here in DFFOO but sadly, that has yet to happen. So for now, will just have to make do with Weiss and other FF7 chars.

Anyway, the point is that, if I do switch to Blue, then it'd be great to have Cloud as another Blue Crystal char I can use to help me clear the weekly Crystal Quests.

Besides, whether I switch to Blue or finish Green then move to Blue next, the fact remains that players will eventually get 'round to getting all the stats and passives for all the Crystal Colors. So it's really just a matter of deciding which Color to focus on first.

-The Dimensions’ End: Transcendence Reprise event features a lockout mechanic but this only applies to non-boosted chars. So you're free to use any of the boosted chars for all the quests in this event but non-boosted chars can only be used once.

Cloud is one of the boosted chars here so I can use him as much as I want to. This'll give me more options like being able to save my best chars for the hardest fights in this event.

-It's been a long time since I last used Cloud, especially since I didn't bother to Green his Burst and Blue his High Armor before. So it'd be nice to get to use him now. This will also give me another char who I can use for endgame content and such instead of gravitating towards or using the same chars over and over again.

So anyway, after making up my mind, spent the High Power Stones needed to fully MLB Cloud's Force weapon. Completed his Force Board, Force Echoes, and Force Enhancements.

Then I spent the Book and 3 Ingots needed to Green his Burst weapon or get it to BT+ 3/3.

Also spent the 3 Ingots needed to Blue his High Armor.

Now my Cloud is fully built and complete. Looking forward to trying him out in some endgame content.

Conclusion

So, what about you? Did you pull on the Dimensions’ End: Transcendence Reprise banner and/or the Start-Dash Draw banner? What do you think about Cloud, Edgar, and all the other chars featured on these banners? 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