And just when I was beginning to enjoy Record Keeper for what it is, the ugly side of a free-to-play construct rears its head. Once you reach the 50th floor of the Shinra event, you encounter Hundred Gunner, who (you suddenly find out only when you go into the battle - which is itself a 4 staged set that has completely expended your stamina at this point) cannot be attacked by your melee fighters. That's right. It's long-ranged only.
So of course, my team didn't make a dent aside from Kain's Soul Break and Rydia (who was my sole healer aside from those with the Salve ability, and Thunder user) was quickly killed by its missile attack. The only way to attack it is long range, magic, or special Soul Breaks.
So, I now have the few days before the event ends to level up range characters, to find suitable fragments to create better long-range abilities like Thundara, and to carefully choose both my team and what 2 abilities to equip onto my mages (who the hell thought just 2 abilities per character was a good idea?).
Checking the official site, I see that a lot of people have already wasted their Mythril, or bought more, on refilling stamina and such in order to progress at this point. What is quite funny is that a lot of people who just got Tifa bought rolls for the Rare Relic in order to get her Somersault Soul Break ... but she, and it, is completely useless on Hundred Gunner, lol.
Sigh.
