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  1. These character introductions are short enough I wouldn't be that worried about Raphael being (or not) a one-dimensional character just yet, though I agree right now he is giving strong "male Effie" or Ilyana vibes. Mercedes seems nice and continues the trend of me liking Blue Lions more and more every week. It's funny how at the start Blue Lions were my least favorite house (as a result of Dimitri being my least favorite of the lords) and Golden Deers were the favorite because of Claude, but every new Blue Lions cast member keeps changing that. Not that it matters terribly as long as we don't have to buy each house as a separate game. It's the new ranged class, replacing ninjas.
  2. Definitely agree it would be nice if the bonus legendaries were bonus during their own season. I'll be honest, the double Yune didn't occur to me until criminally late because I'm so used to combining dupes (unless I'm saving them for skill fodder). Only reason I have 2 Yunes to put on a defense team is that I wasn't sure which Yune to combine to which and kind of forgot until current season. Only got 1 Duma though (from that free anniversary pull). Giving blessings based on theme is definitely nice. I would do that if I cared enough to make working teams out of that. Speaking of theme though, maybe instead of fliers I'll go for a dark blessed tellius defense team instead. That could be cool. And yes I really wish you could set a separate defense map for each seasons, changing defense teams is such a hassle (especially remembering what set up I was using when I cared about that).
  3. Haven't posted in a while, but been playing AR each week still! I kinda went "F it" on figuring out a defense team and just threw in 2 Yunes and mages lol. Though I'm thinking of eventually switching over to a full flier team once I have blessings for that. This season has started decently, lost 1 ladder, 1 unit and 2 pots. Hopefully I can get to tier 21 finally, was 5 points short last light season LOL
  4. Cool stuff, Thanks @SatsumaFSoysoy and @Thane for translating! Looking forward to all that customization, the school system seems cool, if a bit... Complicated just based on text. Not too complicated though, I'm sure I'll get used to it once I actually have my hands on the game. Personal skills being back is nice, and I do like what we're seeing of them this far. If the three lords only have the exp boost it's a bit too samey or impersonal for my liking, but not a big deal. Gender locked classes is bit of a bummer but if the speculation of there being similar classes to the other gender is right, that's alright. I wasn't really feeling Blue Lions before but Felix and Dedue are really making me question my loyalty to Golden Deer. EDIT: Oh and Ingrid holy wow how did I miss her Blue Lions here I come. Also really digging the teacher designs. Hopefully they'll end up playable. I mean, there's bit of a difference between official Famitsu Preview info and leaks, which is what I assume they meant. That said everyone discusing leaks has been really nice with spoiler tags.
  5. It helps that saving 4 keys is about a fourth of the 300 stamina keys mission, so I won't end up needing much extras beyond those and dailies if I want to go for them. Usually I feel it out with Dark or Ice Dragons since those are the two easiest ones for me. I don't really have much to say about the spoilered part, aside from pretty much agreeing with everything you said. On the bolded part though, I can definitely recognize this as the biggest reason I've stuck with Granblue Fantasy (I do like it in general but in particular the learning curve at the start would have been tough on my own). And on the flip side I've dropped games I've otherwise liked to an extent but didn't have a group to play with. While I'll be sad to see the playerbase growing smaller, there's no need to do it if you're not feeling it. And being casual is always fine if you feel there might be a time you would want to get back to it. Going at one's preferred pace is always best with these games. And if you enjoyed it at all, I would say it wasn't a waste of time. @LuxSpes Congrats on clearing SS again! I was planning to try, but got stuck on... S-2? The one where enemies only took fixed damage. With princesses buffed by Luna plus Bern I feel I should have been able to do it, but the layout was truly evil. And I guess I didn't manage to get Freya back on track fast enough.
  6. Also, sorry to hear Luna's avoiding you. Congratulations on your first 6* units though. Being in the top 5 for one character is amazing! I think highest I have is Lana in few hundreds or so. As a total aside about goblins, I find it easier to do it 4 times in one day than once every day, even though it takes more time out of that day. Probably because that way I end up thinking about doing it less times in a week, and kind of... "Get in a groove"(?) for it.
  7. You are not truly into a mobage until you write an essay or two about it. I saw this on reddit earlier, but as I don't have an account couldn't really comment. So here goes: Personally I'm really looking forward to that Altemuller summer skin that's supposedly a lotto reward. I feel like Orichalcum spending is really case specific, depending heavily on what units and equipments you already have. I started out getting Spirits (for Last Knight and later Seal Guardian), then switched to getting weekly random weapon packs for Ullr Bow (leftover ore, if there was any, went to spirits again), then I got all 9 random packs one week (I probably skipped Spirits the previous week, no idea otherwise how I would have enough Ore) and now I'm getting exclusively Spirits again, at least until a lot of my key ssr equipment are at lvl40 or higher. That said, because the ssr equipment you can get for free is pretty darn good, I would definitely say the Spirits are the most efficient option. Also the safest one for new players.
  8. That's a good point, though reducing that damage reduction effect is still something. I'm going to wait to get it any higher though. Oh I'm absolutely going to be using Demon Hunters, I meant using Griffon Knights over Heavensguard when that would be useful. Though honestly, I think it's mainly going to be for when I run tactician with Lanford. I see, thanks! I'll probably spend some pulls on the current banner but not a whole lot. That focus has nothing of interest to me, but I want that Shelf from the next one. As a mostly free to play player I should focus on the focus (heh) banners anyways. Thanks for the links and info! Sakura sounds really good. 4 move cavalry seems odd though, and did I see right that the mechs don't have soldiers? Hopefully that's just a visual thing. Of personal interest to me is that aside from Sakura (and Ichiro) this is a different line up of characters than the collab Granblue Fantasy had with the series in 2016. Oh um, I hope I wasn't coming off too strong about the Freya thing. I didn't mean it as a direct reply to you, but more of a general last statement from me on the topic. Placing it where I did on that post wasn't the best move though. Good luck on the incoming banners, hopefully you won't need too many pulls for Luna and Shelf!
  9. Any details for the Sakura Taisen characters by chance? I really hope we can get these collabs in global, though I'm not holding my breath. And as Lux said, it's not that we're advocating for Freya Best Tank or something, it's just a counter reaction to seeing a lot "Freya sucks never use her she's useless" comments. On different news, I finally got Ullr's bow! My plans to upgrade armor for Ledin (and other tanks once I level them) with my Epic Spirit stocks went down the drain right there lol. I'm going to be using Griffon Knights with her for now since my cavalry are really underleveled. That will also work nicely with Lanford's faction buff when I want to use that. Also, was the next focus banner going to be the one with Shelf? I'm wondering if I should spend some pulls on getting Listell and/or Lanford copies, but if Shelf's in the next one I should wait for it.
  10. @LuxSpes My Freya's at 62/150 (that event really helped) and Ledin at 12/100. Somehow I had missed the damage reduction in his talent though, was just paying attention to the counter attack part. Valkyrie class sounds interesting, any idea when the Chinese version got that? I would ask when we might be getting it, but to my knowledge global is getting things in a different order. Speaking of Freya's Gate of Fate, I was bummed to learn Lanford doesn't have his. Was hoping to get some shards for him during this 18 daily tries event, with the usual 9 those shards are a lot more contested, especially once Shelf gets a focus banner and I hopefully get her. I'm also using some of those extra runs to unlock 4th and 5th bond skills for my characters, which is something I hadn't before. I knew about Jugler taking a lot of runestones (that and him apparently not retaining the fluffy appearance in battle made me decide not to pull specifically for him), but Zerida needing a lot of stars is news to me. That's unfortunate. I was thinking she could be a good holder for my Extreme Magic Bow, but maybe I'll give Diehart that honor when I have enough runestones to give him... Or I could make Narm a melee archer since she doesn't need stones for it.
  11. Oh. I was wondering if that was a second Performing Arts, but when I checked it's called Hoshidan Summer and my brain equates yukata to summer. Thanks for telling me.
  12. Well I got Lanford on my first 10 pull so that's nice. Was expecting to pulling a bit more R units and maybe get my first 6* that way, but I'll take this victory against gacha rng. Oh, I didn't mean her defense stat specifically, just that she kept dying easier. My bad on the confusing wording. I forget what the difference was though, I think I tested with same equipment anyways (aside from weapon since Templar Ledin and Freya can't use the same ones). Could have been bonds as you say, at the moment Freya is definitely behind on those. Nice to know her barbs will work there too eventually. And congrats on Listell, that's amazing you're only missing 2. I myself am missing Shelfaniel, Listell, Zerida and Jugler. Shelf is my top wanted unit out of them because Princess Faction. The other three I don't really know what I would do with even, except Jugler is a cute and fluffy pet.
  13. Voted Performing Arts (mainly Inigo), New Year, Spring and Valentine. But really, as someone who plays a bunch of gacha games, I tend to gravitate away from the types that every gacha game under the sun seems to have, like swimsuits, christmas and halloween. The exception being anything with a Japanese motif because I'm a sucker for kimono. Give me all the yukata and furisode and hakama. My absolute favorite was the summer banner with Micaiah and Elincia, but didn't want to vote for swimsuits lol. This is also mainly why I like Spring and the incoming picnic seasonals and appreciate the Valentine aesthetics Heroes goes for instead of more standard stuff.
  14. So the new mode seems pretty nice, today's map has a gimmick where you can only heal by placing your unit on specific tiles (these also protect the unit from the boss' aoe skill that's used at the start of each turn), and the boss changes its type to whatever you attack them with. Empire (and Origins) being buffed here, Leon is amazing since he can attack and retreat. If you can bring infantry, lancer and cavalry unit you can basically cycle around them so that the typing is always weak to a unit of yours (I used Elwin, Bern, Leon and Altemuller, though I messed up my rotation towards the end). Unfortunately it's just one run per day, but the rewards seem pretty good. The Blessing doesn't work there, though. Aside from that, the Easter event seem pretty nice, you basically get extra drops from Secret Realm that you can exchange for Trinity Vouchers, SSR enchant scrolls, Gold and other things. Or up to 1998 SSR hammers lol. 18 daily runs of Gates of Fate is amazing. Makes sense. The rewards are indeed nice, I'm honestly kind of annoyed that I forgot to get the 200 orichalcum last week, since I was just 2 maps away from it and I've got them before. Yeah I kept seeing people mention Freya sucks because dragons and the bosses in the new mode (checked it with Bern to be sure) are immune to fixed damage, but usually I just kept thinking "what about the other modes?" at that. If I remember correctly, my main issue with Freya was that her defense was lower than my Ledin's, and at the time I needed a tank who can take punishment from non-cavalry enemies (might have been demons which just makes Ledin skyrocket). I got a Mirror Armor from the latest Ice Dragon and my brain instantly went to her, nice to know you're liking it on her. Looking forward to building her, which I'll do next since I finished leveling Angelica. I'm also looking forward to building Liffany for more fixed damage shenanigans.
  15. Wow, that's amazing! I should try the harder difficulties of it some time soon, but all the other things usually give me my fill of the game lol. I never bought the "Freya sucks!" speakers myself (like a lot of absolutes in meta talk, it reaked of overfocus on a specific mode, namely dragons and, if I remember right, the mode we should be getting tomorrow), but I unfortunately still let her fall off recently. I like her barbs mechanic but I ended up having a lot of other units I wanted to use more so I ended up not dedicating potions / class materials / hammers for her. That said, my Freya's at level 50 so she's not that far behind, 2 to 3 days of Training School should be enough for that. My main team and some additional units are about ready now though so I should work on her next.
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