Master Gambler

[Yapping Eevee]

This achievement seems like it's going to be a tricky one to get, especially given that the controls list on the pause screen obscures the slot reels.

Auto-battling with Setzer on Slot will generate a random result, it seems... but while I've managed to get the bad version of Joker's Death several times, still no luck on the real deal.

[Banim]

Escrito originalmente por Cyan:

If, like me, you overleveled Setzer just a teensy bit and the Slots + Cura or Curaga doesn't work for you because he does too much damage, try going to Kefka's Tower. Put him and your healer in Team 2, head a few rooms in to the place where you fall down, and then look for Mover x3. They have insane M Def and Setzer can't possibly one-shot them unless he rolls a Bahamut. Have the other character cast Cure (no need for Cura or Curaga) on all the Movers, and let it sit. Oh, and give your healer a ribbon, because the Movers will sometimes silence you.

This is what worked for me. Got the achievement within an hour of trying at that spot. Very much less annoying not having to worry about killing the enemies. Also good on my MP since I don't have a celestriad.

[mcinmosh]

Escrito originalmente por MuZero:

You all are incredibly lucky if you got it so fast or so early. My RNG is HORRIBLE. It's been two days fighting tumbleweeds north of dinosaur forest. I've got Setzer auto slots, relm healing the tumbleweeds and mob healing me. Both of the relic which reduces mp cost to 1. Total time so far has been at least 7 hours. I've gotten joker's death on my own party at least 60 times yet so far no achieve.

Stay strong, my friend. I had the same experience. It WILL happen.

[Zalie]

I got incredibly lucky on this all things considered. Tried it out for maybe 20-30 min in world of balance, no luck and said F it. Decided to try again as i was leveling up my characters in dino forest and autobattled, got the achievement after maybe 20 min. So all in all i spent less than one hour on this, now I am going back to never ever touching the slot command again...

[Rob T Firefly]

Escrito originalmente por Cyan:

If, like me, you overleveled Setzer just a teensy bit and the Slots + Cura or Curaga doesn't work for you because he does too much damage, try going to Kefka's Tower. Put him and your healer in Team 2, head a few rooms in to the place where you fall down, and then look for Mover x3. They have insane M Def and Setzer can't possibly one-shot them unless he rolls a Bahamut. Have the other character cast Cure (no need for Cura or Curaga) on all the Movers, and let it sit. Oh, and give your healer a ribbon, because the Movers will sometimes silence you.

This worked for me! Cranked battle speed and battle messages up to "very fast", had the healer cast Cure on the movers with a gold hairpin equipped so the MP held out, Setzer did Slots while the rest of the party defended, and just let auto-battle run. It took about an hour altogether, including restarting when the wrong Joker's Death happened.

[MetalSmasher86]

I've been trying to get this achievement while grinding the Bomb Forest for the Grenade entry for the bestiary, and I haven't gotten either the entry or the achievement. On manual I've had the last slot spin past the third 7 every single time, so I tried auto, and I've gotten the bad kind of Joker's Death several times but never the good kind.

But I have a couple questions, relating to a glitch I've seen speedrunners do on the SNES version. It involves turning the bad Joker's Death into the good kind by spinning 7-7-BAR and then confusing and unconfusing Setzer on the same turn before he acts. Is that glitch still in this version, and if so does it count for the achievement or does it have to be 7-7-7 specifically?

[Dude Love]

I probably spent about 2 hours grinding on auto battle, but I got the Master Gambler achievement.

[Tsuike]

Alright, I thought it was a joke, but after a day of farming and nothing, I went to narshe to fight Test Riders and I also got it in about 6 fights.

[Angrod]

Escrito originalmente por Tsuike:

Alright, I thought it was a joke, but after a day of farming and nothing, I went to narshe to fight Test Riders and I also got it in about 6 fights.

test riders are near the end of the game right ? ( no spoiler pls )
been trying to use the pause technique early in the game with no success
wondering if I wait to try it out fighting test riders

[Axtral]

Escrito originalmente por Angrod:

Escrito originalmente por Tsuike:

Alright, I thought it was a joke, but after a day of farming and nothing, I went to narshe to fight Test Riders and I also got it in about 6 fights.

test riders are near the end of the game right ? ( no spoiler pls )
been trying to use the pause technique early in the game with no success
wondering if I wait to try it out fighting test riders

You'll meet them sometime in the latter half of the game.

[Angrod]

Escrito originalmente por Axtral:

Escrito originalmente por Angrod:

test riders are near the end of the game right ? ( no spoiler pls )
been trying to use the pause technique early in the game with no success
wondering if I wait to try it out fighting test riders

You'll meet them sometime in the latter half of the game.

ok thx

[ndkindt]

I think everyone has their own horror story about this achievement. For anyone trying to work on it, I tried doing this after beating Kefka. I started with Setzer at level 48 and finally got it with him at level 97. I tried the test riders and I tried the spot north of Dinosaur Forest. Eventually I would kill Test Riders on almost all slot attacks and the only place really left was the Dinosaur Forest spot (Tumbleweeds can take a beating.) I put in probably 30 hours over the course of a week. Cleared every other achievement that takes a bit of time. Finally got it after getting the party wipe version at least 100 times. This was a TERRIBLE idea for an achievement.

[PupRiley]

got in world of balance, used pause trick. not sure if there was an update or something after OP post. I also tried to do it with auto battles then realized that wasn't working and just did it manually

[Stormcce]

Confirmed, guys! I tried Narshe for a few hours to no success. Then I decided to go lv. 99 on dinossaur forest and got it on autobattle after 1h or so. Don't give up

[A.D.M.King78]

I got it on AUTOBATTLE on dinosaur island vs 2 sprinter/2 lycaon formation... after... 5/6 hours.

AUTOBATTLE'S TACTICS:

CYAN (defense)
RELM (Curaga on ALL enemies with Celestriad)
MOG (defense)
SETZER (Slot in autobattle mode)

[zebulous_newt]

I am a bit confused, did they take away the ability to give Gogo other skill commands, via the stats menu? I would have thought you all would have included Gogo in your party and assigned him the slots command. At least then you would have twice the number of slots per battle.