My first time, both ultimates beaten Cid mission style, full stars!
Videos:
Hashmal and
Gabranth
I have awesome synergy in FF12, and the orb fest let me level a full team in preparation, so both of these fights didn't seem very bad at all. The cid setup I went with for both fights:
Basch -- Banishing Strike r3 __ Draw Fire r2 __ RM: Paladin's Devotion
Vaan -- Lifesiphon r3 __ Magic Breakdown r3 __ RM: Mog's Teachings
Balthier -- Dismissal r3 __ Lifesiphon r3 __ RM: Battleforged
Fran -- Power Breakdown r3 __ Full Break r3 __ RM: Mako's Might
Penelo -- Curaja r3 __ Protectga r2 __ RM: Healer's Prayer II
Roaming: Wall
I forgot to give Penelo a shared medica SB, so healing got a little risky near the end of Gabranth, but still wasn't too bad. The combo of draw fire + paladin's devotion RM on Basch was a great help to relieve the healing load.
I'm already leveling the units needed for the next few cid missions, so hopefully from this point forward I can always do them cid style.