/ffg/'s guide to starting Mobius (and other shit)

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TO-DO:  Revise based on suggestions
        Complete Boss/Monster drop list
        Damage Formulas?
        Job section and mini reviews
        Events section?
        Altema info

CONTENTS:
    [1] Summoning your first job
    [2] Obtaining Currency
    [3] Choosing Ability Cards
    [4] THE GRIND
        [4b] Boss availability
        [4c] Monster availability
    [5] Multiplayer

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[1] Summoning your first job/overview
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>I just finished the tutorial. What now?
Now, you should probably summon a job card if possible. The starter 3 jobs are fine for
clearing content in chapters 1 and 2, but you want to make the jump to an actual job
ASAP. Summoned jobs have higher stats than the jobs you can reach by grinding the starter 3.


>I can't summon a job right now.
It takes 6 summon tickets or 3,000 magicite (500 magicite = one ticket)
to summon a job (a combination of the two can be used if you're lacking
in one - for example, one could use 3 summon tickets and 1,500 magicite)

The starter jobs will be good enough to help you clear out chapters 1 and 2,
but don't rely on them beyond that.


>Can I use magicite to summon?
NO. Yes, the option is there, but save your magicite for the Mobius Gift Box.
The Gift Box gives a shitton of goodies (including 6 summon tickets to replace
the cost of 3000 magicite) and boosted EXP for one month.

SAVE your magicite until you have 3000. Already bought the box? Keep saving
for the next one and if you manage to get more than 3000, then you could
probably get away with spending the extra on whatever.


>What's the difference between the 3 job classes?
Warriors: Balanced between the other 2 classes, high ATK
Mage: Low HP and ATK, but able to shit out a ton of damage when enemies are broken.
Ranger: Low ATK, but can easily break enemies. Tend to have more turns than the other 2 as well.


>WAH WAH I DIDN'T GET THE CLASS I WANTED
Better luck next time, kupo!

In all seriousness, don't be to angry over what you summon. There's always the next summon and having
one job to work with helps give you direction over what type of cards you should be focusing on.

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[2] Obtaining currency
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>So how do I get more summon tickets?
Playing the game. They can rarely be found in chests scattered around the world,
and you can get them from clearing out chapters. Events also tend to have them
as rewards, so check the ingame news for what you can find. The Mobius Gift box gives 6 of them
out for purchasing it as well.


>What about ability tickets?
These are much more common, and are what you usually will find in a chest. They are
also given out through logging in each day (6 per login bonus) and doing the daily
task (1 each day).


>Magicite?
Always check the distiller. It takes a whole 16 hours to fill completely, but you should
draw from it whenever possible to help avoid overflow and wasted magicite.


>Crystals?
Tend to be even rarer than tickets. You can get a couple from clearing out every circle
in the chapters (this includes the arena in Chapter 2). Bosses can also drop them rarely.


>Gil?
Selling cards. Gil however, is mostly useless outside of augmenting cards. The game even
acknowledges this if you check the ingame shop.

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[3] Choosing ability cards
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>Ability tickets?
Ability tickets are a form of ingame currency used to purchase ability cards from the shop.
They can also be used to upgrade the ability levels of your cards (more on that later).


>What cards should I pick?
First off, you want to pick cards that:
a) are of the same class as your job (that you hopefully summoned)
b) are elements usable by your job
You can sort the shop by element and job class if the icons somehow aren't clear enough for you.

Offensive cards (most of the ones in the shop) come in 3 different varieties (different from
their job class). They are single target, "cone type" (represented by the Wi-Fi symbol)
or AoE (represented by a circle/gear looking icon).

Here's the gray zone: everyone will recommend something different in terms of these 3
cards. Personally speaking, I would prioritize take ST cards, then big AoE, then cone, but
to each his own.

Support cards (pink hearts) heal you slighty (unless the card is Cure or Yuna's Song of Life, in which
it will heal for more) and bestow secondary effects.

Do also note that you can spend an increased amount of tickets to buy a card with maxed out
skillseeds and ability levels, though if you're willing to endure the grind, this isn't neccessary.


>What support cards should I take?
Cait Sith if you started late and need a healing card. It eventually gets the ability
to be casted without using up a turn, which can put it over Yuna.

Hades is a popular choice for classes that do a lot of damage with basic attacks.

Moogle is nice for mages to get big numbers when broken.

Alternatively, you could always borrow someone else's support card as a rental and pack
your own offensive cards. Support cards can be used by any class, so it may be easier to follow
a ton of support cards instead of specific cards to one class.


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[4] Card mechanics
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>Card fusion?
Basically, fusing cards raises the EXP level, though there are other effects discussed below.


>Skillseeds?
These are used to develop your summoned classes skills. Different cards give a mixture
of skill seeds. You can raise these by fusing cards of the same element together.


>Ability levels?
This is the actual attack power of the card. Power refers to damage dealt, and break power
is how much of the orange gauge you take off when you use this card. These are trickier to raise:
to do so, you need to fuse the same ability cards together, not just element. (Ex: Fuse a "Fire Sword"
card into another "Fire Sword")

Once the ability card hits a certain level, you have the chance to unlock extra skills for it.
Unlocking the extra skill is random and takes longer depending on whether or not it is the
first, second, third, etc... skill the card has.


>Card augmenting?
Augmenting a card raises its' rarity level. Depending on the rank, you'll need different ingredients
to raise a card's rarity. More on this later.

3* cards need Growstars to be augmented. These cards are limited and are usually given out as login rewards
for logging in and grabbing every item. They are also occasionally found in events.


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[4] THE GRIND
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Buckle up. It's gonna be a long one.

Before we start, however, be aware of Mobius Day, which happens on every day of the month
containing an 8. (8th, 18th, 28th) If possible, plan around these days because the Exploration Region
will have a 2x skillseed bonus for all elements. Ability fusion and unlocking rates also go up.


>How do I get more skillseeds?
Consider creating a deck using only the element you need. Once it's availiable to you,
head out for the Exploration Event. Different skillseeds get bonuses depending on the day,
with Sunday granting a bonus to all.


>What do I do with these monster drops?
Ideally, hang on to one copy if it's a lowbie card (1*, 2* type cards).

The reason for this is because you can augment monster cards using rare drops from
other boss type monsters. Once augmented, all monsters will drop a 2*/3* card instead of
the basic level.

Most trash mob cards lose the "lesser" prefix and become actual abilities once they hit 3*.
More importantly, this means that you will be able to fuse these cards into store-bought ones to
raise ability levels, removing the need to use tickets to do so. For example, Blue Dust Mages drop
Lesser Blizzard at 1*/2*. Once it is augmented to 3*, it becomes Blizzard and can be fused into the
store-bought Fafnir card.

In order to augment trash cards, you'll need drops from specific bosses. If you look at the augment card
section, and tap on a card that's been grayed out, you can see what mats you'll need and what boss monster
will drop them. Most of the time. See section [4b].

>So why use store cards as opposed to monster drops?
Most trash mob cards cap at 3*, while store cards can be augmented up
to 4*. As a result, store cards are generally stronger in the long run
and get helpful abilities such as Break Damage Limit.


>I need EXP!
Once you aquire Mystic Tablets (from doing the daily tasks), you can travel
to the Shrine of Trials for 3 Tablets. In there, you'll find cactuars of different
races. Silver = EXP, gold = Gil, and green = skillseed fusion chance.

If you're low leveled, killing cactuars can give a good amount of EXP for your deck. To help maximize your time
there, bring one of each element you can carry and hope the cactuars are weak to one of them. Obviously,
make sure to play at double speed and turn on Quickstart to save a couple of seconds, and throw your
cactuars into the card bank to deal with later. It should also be noted that the auto battle AI is good
at guessing the elemental weakness of each Cactuar.

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[4b] Boss locations
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Chapter 1:
Red Dragon (Fire, Flame Cross)
Adamantoise (Water, Blizzaja)
Treant (Wind, Wind Strike)
Cockatrice (Wind, Aeroja)

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Chapter 2:
Killer Mantis (Water, Ice Strike)
Diremite (Earth, Earth Cross)
Mindflayer (Wind, Aeroja)
Lich (Water/Earth, ST Ice cards of each class) (can be found in arena after story content ends)
...and various others can also show up in the arena.

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Chapter 3:
Red Dragon (Fire, Flame Cross)
Shadow Dragon (Fire, Firaja)
Adamantoise (Water, Blizzaja)
Behemoth (Water, Ice Cross)
Treant (Wind, Wind Strike)
Diremite (Earth, Earth Cross)
Mighty Golem (Earth, Earth Strike)

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Chapter 3b:
Shadow Dragon (Fire, Firaja)
Idol Head (Fire, Flame Sword)
Killer Mantis (Water, Ice Strike)
Behemoth (Water, Ice Cross)
Cockatrice (Wind, Aeroja)
Mindflayer (Wind, Wind Strike)
Diremite (Earth, Earth Cross)
Great Malboro (Earth, Earth Strike)
Imperial Lich (Earth, Ice Sword)

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Silent Ruins (Exploration 1):
Red Dragon (Fire, Flame Cross)
Adamantoise (Water, Blizzaja)
Treant (Wind, Wind Strike)
Mighty Golem (Earth, Earth Strike)

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El Dorado (Exploration 2):
Idol Head (Fire, Flame Sword)
Killer Mantis (Water, Ice Strike)
Mindflayer (Wind, Wind Strike)
Lich (Earth, all forms)


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[4c] Monster Drops (incomplete)
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Starting from the chapter listed, you'll be able to raise the ability levels of
these cards dropped from trash mobs.

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Chapter 1:
Flame Sword
Flame Blast
Flame Burst

Blizzard
Blizzara
Blizzaga

Windfang
Windwave
Winddance

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Chapter 2:
Earth Sword
Earth Blast
Earth Burst

Aero
Aerora
Aeroga

Flame/Ice/Wind/Earth Shift

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Chapter 3a:
Ice Sword
Ice Blast
Ice Burst

Fire
Fira
Fireaga

Earthfang
Earthwave

Fire/Water/Wind/Ground Force
Berserk
Haste
Regen

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Chapter 3b:
Wind Sword
Wind Blast

Firefang
Firewave

Stone
Stonera

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Chapter 4a:
Light/Dark Variations
"Fatal" Attacks of varying elements


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[5] Multiplayer
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>How do I access it?
After clearing chapter 1, you have access to the Ring of Braves on the
World Map. In there, you can play a multiplayer mode where you face off
against baddies with 3 other Wols. Stamina used here is seperate from stamina
used during singleplayer.

Technically, you can enter as soon as you finish chapter 1, but in reality,
you should stay far away from it until you've at least finished the 3rd skill
seed panel for your job. Otherwise, you'll likely be a corpse 2 turns in and
people will be upset at you.


>How does it differ from singleplayer?
First off, all classes are sorted into 4 "sub-classes" that define your
role online. KNOW YOUR ROLE. They are as follows:

Attacker: DPS. Use your most powerful attacks while the boss is broken.

Breaker: Breaks the boss. Ideally, you want to use only normal attacks
since the team is relying on you to get breaks quick and often.

Defender: Tank. Can draw fire from the boss with the appropiate card and
element drives used by a defender are shared with everyone.

Healer/Support: Healing. Heart/support cards become AoE and affect the whole party.


>How should the flow of multiplayer go?
At it's most simplest...

1). Attackers remove orange gauge
2). Breakers remove red
3). Attackers unload on boss
4). repeat until dead
All while defenders and healers do their best to keep the group alive.

Of course, things are never this easy and depending on your party,
things can go by extremely smoothly or terrible. Playing with randoms is a mixed
bag, but costs no stamina as long as you join a group.


>So who are we up against?
Most of the bosses are ones from other FF games. They are, if you want to prepare...

Ifrit (Fire)
Tyro (No element, limited time event)
Shiva (Ice)
Odin (Wind)

Upcoming:
Hashmal (Earth)
Anima (Dark)
Bahamut (Dark)
Ultima (Light)

(Later, double monster quests begin to show up, such as Ifrit and Odin together, etc.)

Each boss has a different difficulty level marked by stars which
determine what loot they drop on a sucessful run.  As you go up,
bosses can get Guardians who assist by casting debuffs and powering the boss
up when they die. It's still worth killing them for extra mats, assuming your team
can handle the power up.

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[6] Tower Events
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Tower events can be considered a form of "PVP" where each player races to kill
a number of bosses. Rewards are given to those who pass a certain threshould.

As of this writing, two events have already passed, which were:
Adamantoise: Earth
Dahaka: Fire/Wind

But if you want to get ahead, there are sources on altema that gave results
on what strageties worked.

Omega: Wind Elemental. Dragoons and dancers dominated.

Tonberry: Water elemental. Altema lists a lot of classes that did well this event, ranging from
Dark Knight, Dragoon, White Mage, Assassin, Scholar, Dancer, and Hunter. All of these classes have some form
of Fire Elemental Up or Water Resist.

Ultros and Typhon: Double battle! Ultros is water and Typhon is fire elemental.

Gilgamesh: Non-elemental, but is able to hit for each of the 4 main elements.
Debuffs were more useful for this tower in particular since Gilgy can take a beating.

Of note, the very top of this tower has each of the previous bosses returning.

Rematch Event: All bosses return here in a special tower event.