Getting to 30 - Getting Over the Triple Triad Beginner's Hurdle

[Slapped_Silly]

I am not even 50 yet and I am wondering if I should spend my time playing cards or leveling haha..

I may get some of the cards from drops as I run dungeons right?

[Welsper59]

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Ascension is godly if you can fill your roster (or half/half). Beastmen or Imperial seem to be the go-to for 2-star, I guess because you can't really have primals or scions (besides just Garuda and Tataru) until 3-star deck.

I am not even 50 yet and I am wondering if I should spend my time playing cards or leveling haha..

I may get some of the cards from drops as I run dungeons right?

Well to be honest, depending on what you choose to do in the end, that'll determine how much time you "should" spend. In the end, just do what you want man lol. Just think of it as side-questing in a normal FF game.

[JayCommon]

I heard that top-end cards could trade for as much as 600gp, too.

I can confirm that a 4 star trade in is worth 200 GP. I got my first double of Minfilia yesterday. I've only gotten one 5 star (not including Squall in this) and it was Merlwyb from the time-based NPC in the Limsa GC spot. But I've heard that a 5* trade-in can be worth as much as 1000GP? I'm not 100% on that number but I saw a post yesterday saying the person has acquired multiple Bahamuts and made "thousands of MGP" selling back the duplicates.

[Garlyle]

Whew! Thank you all for your input. I've made a number of little tweaks/corrections a few of you brought up, and am glad this has been useful to everyone.

I'll note specifically that Gegeruju was shifted into Medium mostly because I wouldn't really expect people to beat him with the starter deck alone; Medium's the tier I've used for "you'll want to get a couple upgrades elsewhere first". But yeah, he is kinda hilariously easy once you have a good 3*+ of your own to wield against him, due to Swap.

[GeekMatt]

Super useful and much appreciated! I had a pretty good idea of what I intended to do, but needed the insight into NPCs, their difficulty, and their drops.

Edit; I actually farmed Gegeruju with the starter deck + Chocobo (1*) to get Minfilia

[Aeyis]

Ill see if I can get a timer on Sezul Totoloc. Just reached Sworn earlier today and before that he would say something along the lines of not having time to play games while theres work yet to be done. But if it stops playing afterwards, there may be a timer (as well, or just a timer)

[Garlyle]

Ill see if I can get a timer on Sezul Totoloc. Just reached Sworn earlier today and before that he would say something along the lines of not having time to play games while theres work yet to be done. But if it stops playing afterwards, there may be a timer (as well, or just a timer)

I'm moderately certain there's a variable timer based on rank with Sezul. I have a friend who was rank 5 who was unable to duel Sezul - literally while I was standing there farming him freely. The specifics are just unknown yet because of the variables involved.

[Aeyis]

I'm moderately certain there's a variable timer based on rank with Sezul. I have a friend who was rank 5 who was unable to duel Sezul - literally while I was standing there farming him freely. The specifics are just unknown yet because of the variables involved.

Ah that would make sense. Didnt have any problems farming him earlier today either, and so far (12 EZ hours later) none either. Im guessing there isnt any timer at max rep then.

[Larvitan]

Ah that would make sense. Didnt have any problems farming him earlier today either, and so far (12 EZ hours later) none either. Im guessing there isnt any timer at max rep then.

It seems quite logical to not have any time when we reach max Ixal rank since the work on the ship is over. And when we can't challenge him he says something like :
- I can't play right now I'm thinking about work.

[Necato]

I heard that top-end cards could trade for as much as 600gp, too.

It's true for Bahamut at least.