:shy: So I'm down to about 12K lapis, but I need to do the last 5K step of my 2nd step up summon run. I'm just waiting for a sign when to do it
So STMRs. My understanding is that your 3rd & 4th copies are a basically a 50% Trust mog for the STMR, and unlike the regular TMR's you
have to fuse the dupes because there's no farming to raise the STMR %.
A big warning I got is that unlike turning a unit into a prism, which gets you a separate trust prism for the TMR, fusing your dupes to your 7* will
NOT get you anything for their TMRs. You'll get the 5% + any other progress towards the TMR the dupe had, but that's it.
So in other words: with 4 Tidus all a 0% tmr you could:
1) 7* the first 2, then immediately fuse 3&4 into the 7* to get the STMR. That gives you
2 Brotherhoods - one from your 7* and one from the prism.
2) 7* the first 2, then farm 3&4 so you get 100% TMR from them, AND THEN fuse them to the 7*. This would give you
4 Brotherhoods.
The question is whether you want 4 TMRs and have the patience to farm 1 (or 2) of them, or are willing to forego the TMRs so you can access the STMR earlier.
Oh, and
option 3) Prism #3 and Merge with #4, getting you 2 7*s. My understanding is that you
WON'T get a 2nd TMR Prism Mog, but at least you have 2 7* units, which could be more valuable than 1 STMR. Plus, if you change your mind, fusing a 7* into another 7* will still get you the STMR.
Personally I don't see how any STMR is worth 2 chaining dupe 7*s. But then again, I don't have one yet, so it's hard to say.