Getting to 100% Buster Sword Proficiency Explanation
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Hey everyone! Just wanted to give a quick explanation of my understanding of how to get to 100% Buster Sword Proficiency. So quick worded explanation is that it is split into 4 parts
80% - (Guard, Strong Attack kills, and Command Materia kills from buster stance) - Each of the 3 methods so have their own cap
10% - Unlocking Break Damage Limit
5% - Unlocking Barrier Piercing
5% - Unlocking Barrier Break
For the abilities, they can unlock in the middle of battle, which is why sometimes you will see random jumps of percentage. So the clips at the end, you can see I go from 90-95 and 95-100 in the middle of battle for hitting barrier enemies. Anyway, I hope this is clear!
For fighting barrier enemies, mission used and shown is 9-5-6. You can also do 9-6-5 for enemies who have it already casted at start of the fight.
Make sure to also be playing on latest patch. It seems there was a bug on v1.0.0 that prevented the last ability from being learned.
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Thank you for an in depth explanation. Finally got mines to move up a bit. I was just using regular attacks and high jump since I forgot about the stance. I’m nearly done with Chapter 8 with 40% of the missions completed before knowing what proficiency was used for 😅
yeah. unfortunately I wish I knew if there was anything else tied to the proficiency. The main issue is because of how little it increases, it is very hard to tell if your damage increased due to higher percentage or if it is just due to leveling up and getting better equipment later. All I know is how to get to 100%.
Just got it right as I was starting your video.
Yea, I learned a lot doing my level 6 run.
Since the original commenter deleted their comment before I could send my reply, going to paste it here.
@BlazingShade You do realize that none of the abilities (Break Damage Limit, Barrier Pierce, and Barrier Break) do not have percentage requirements right? They have battle requirements. You don't unlock these abilities by how much percentage you have. You unlock them by meeting battle requirements. This is why there are people who unlock Barrier Pierce super early at under 20% because they purposely fought barrier enemies. There is something possibly tied where higher percentage means higher chance of unlocking, but it is not tied to it directly. Example, I did not learn Barrier Piercing because I was at 90%, I learned it because I was fighting barrier enemies. Same with Barrier Break. This is also why people are unlocking abilities at different percentages. It is because people are meeting the battle requirements at different percentages.
Like example. Most guides have said you learn Break Damage Limit around 15-25. Yeah I did not learn it until I was at 38% in which my percentage jumped from 3% to 48% upon learning it. Then I purposely fought non barrier enemies to get to a max cap to 90 without learning Barrier Pierce or Break. This is to prove that the abilities are tied to battle requirements (fighting barrier enemies) and not your actual percentage. I showed this on my video.
What you are saying is a bug is not a bug. It is the misunderstanding that the abilities are tied to your percentage as in once you reach a certain amount, you have a chance to learn the ability, which is entirely wrong. When you learn an ability, it is because you have met the battle requirements. There is no percentage requirements. This is why I kept repeating the details about the percentages because the abilities are not tied to how high your proficiency is.
As for the guides, I just checked gamerguide. Definitely do not remember seeing Barrier Break when I first checked it out a few weeks ago so probably got updated. As for game8, it is just saying you gain 5% from each, not that they are the same. And none of the other abilities are confusing because most guides were aware of them early on. The reason barrier break is confusing is because it has the same requirements as barrier pierce, which is to fight barrier enemies. This is absolutely confusing, but it is not a bug.
Can anyone explain between barrier piercing and barrier break? If I have to kill the same enemies that have wall up in order to unlock barrier break, how come barrier piercing unlocked immediately? why does barrier break take so long and how long does it take to unlock?
barrier piercing has to unlock first. then barrier break is learned. Barrier piercing is when you go from buster stance to strong attack or command materia, it ignores enemy barrier when calculating damage. Barrier break actually dispels the barrier.
Kill barrier enemies to unlock the barrier break ability
Enemies who use defense or barrier
@@Dylan-DJL I said this at 3:30
@@Brixgale now people can see it in the comments 👍🏼
How did percentage go up 5% in 1 battle
It is because I learned an ability in the middle of battle. The percentage of learning an ability is applied the moment you unlock it, not the end of battle. So when you learn Break Damage Limit, you get a 10% jump. Then if you watch my last two clips, I learn Barrier Pierce and Break, which gave me 5% jumps each time.
Whats the point having zack with max stats, he’ll die from just a hoard of infantry in the ending anyways?
Getting all the trophies. Defeating the strongest boss in the game, Minerva.
How much time did it took you from the moment you unlock barrier piercing to unlock barrier break? I’m at 95%! I already used all the percentages for Battle Stance Strong Attack, for Command Materia & Guard as well! I had Barrier Piercing at around 13% of proficiency to get myself an instant 10% more to have then 23% when I got it! But now, I already cleared the game, and I’m again at the Portal of Severence in my first NG+, every missions are already done at 100% and I’m at 96 hours of total play done! So, how much time did it took you to get Barrier Break as I said?
took me about an hour after unlocking barrier pierce. Got to keep fighting those barrier enemies. A commenter suggested 9-6-5 since some of the enemies come in with barrier casted already. Also make sure you are on the latest patch. Some people mentioned having issues with 1.00, but no confirmation to know for sure unfortunately.
@@Brixgale Finally, once I hit the 95% percent of proficiency, I went to the 9-6-5 Mission and it took me 40 minutes to get to 100% as well of leveling up 6 time till Level 95, and spent 20 minutes after to level till 99! But yeah, I already had the last patch auto-installed on my Switch, the 1.0.2! But yeah, still, thank you! Now my Completionist play of Crisis Core Reunion is finally done!
Does the proficiency transfer to New Game Plus like say I'm at 23 percent would that transfer over or do I have start the proficiency all over?
Yes. Buster Sword Proficiency carries over as well as any abilities you unlocked from it.
@@Brixgale ok that's good thanks for the info
I unlock armor piercing at 75%. Can I unlock armor break now or I have to wait until 95%?
you should be able to unlock it now with the same method you unlocked barrier piercing. i only waited until 95% to prove a point.
How many times can the random rare 10% chance happen?
It is only once. And it isn't exactly random. The 10% increase happens when you learn Break Damage Limit. This can be learned in the middle of the fight, which is why a lot of people don't associate it to the ability. If you look at my clip at the end where I learn Barrier Break, you can see that I learn it in the middle of the battle and that my attacks start removing the barrier from the enemies. Same idea.
How long does it take to reach from 95 to 100% killing those Beatles with wall ? Approximately 🙏
Got it took me 30 minutes
@@efrainrosales1684 took me about an hour so sounds about right. glad you got it quickly
i need barrier break ability with mission i have to get that one ? lol
just have to keep fighting enemies with barrier. 9-5-6 is a good one to use since the beetles cast wall.
Mission 3 4 3 is good also cuz all enemies cast wall. Its all machines and genesis copies
@@Brixgale In 9-6-5, there are enemies that already have Barriers on them. So, you don't have to wait for them to be cast.
@@Deception975 oh good to know! and thanks for all the info! assuming same person from Gamefaqs lol.
@@Brixgale Yea, that's me. I was a little surprised hearing me mentioned in a video, lol
You are in Hard mode. Is it possible in Normal mode?
Yes. Should be the same for normal mode. Just takes awhile since there isn't a visual progress bar unfortunately.
@@Brixgale Tried it yesterday, but it remain fixed to 95%.
@@SixDovahkiin are you attacking barrier enemies? also is your game updated to latest patch? There was people saying they got stuck but it was fixed after patch. No official confirmation but seems there have been enough people mentioning it.
@@Brixgale Yes, I found in Mission 9 a map where there's wutai and shinra soldiers protected by barriers, but nothing change if I kill them.
@@Brixgale Yes 1.0.2. To not mention that there's still a bug. When you enter in punish mode, sometimes Zack stops responding to the attack commands.
What mission is at the end ??
9-5-6. forgot to add that in the description. thanks for the reminder.
Thank you 😊
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I’m too powerful That it takes me forever to level up proficiency
you may have hit a cap on one of the ways to level up proficiency. The 80% has 3 caps for each of the methods. Also there is a max cap per battle how much you can get altogether. So there is no benefit for doing long battles
@@Brixgale I’m at 4% and it still goes up but it will take forever because I can kill anyone in one hit except Minerva I guess
@@aaronwalakay you will reach a point where you wont 1 hit mobs, excluding minerva
This is fake. I've been doing the same mission for hours at 95% proficiency and has not gone up.
He even says he didn't hear anyone talk about it other than "Deception."
100% Cap 🧢
I literally posted proof at the very end showing me unlocking the ability. I even show the abilities in the video. If you have all 3 abilities already, then that means the last 5% are tied to buster stance guard, kills, or command materia kills.
also are you waiting for the enemies to actually cast wall and defense? If you don't attack enemies with those buffs, you aren't going to unlock it.
@Brixgale Literally doing the same exact thing. I have the Buster Sword: Barrier Piercing a long time ago... I wait until they cast Wall, I also kill them in Buster Sword Stance before killing them.... Nothing
Found the problem... game was not updated. Did this a few tries and got. Sorry about that.
@@TyroneDonald Got to keep at it. Also if you are playing on PC, make sure you are playing on the latest patch. I am playing on PS5 so don't have to worry about that. There is no confirmation on it, but people are saying you can't get the last ability on v1.0.0 on PC, but it was fixed on the newest patch.