DLNarshen

I like how the 1% multiplier makes the matches a little more exciting, but it's quite frustrating on the individual level. I'm sitting on 2400 flags right now because I kept waiting for late multiplier swings that either don't happen, or not with enough frequency. It doesn't seem like there's any right solution other than to get lucky and hope the numbers swing the right way. Spend 'em too early, and you risk a late game surge ruining your rank, hold on too late and you'll be shut out by the early birds if the multipliers stop.

ugh I'm so duuuuuuuumb I accidentally upgraded Fae's Light Breath instead of her Lightning Breath...IS gives me 50 free Refining Stones, and I just throw 'em away. Not to mention the 350 SP I just grinded out...

Of the characters who have a realistic chance, Nanna and Canas are my most anticipated.

Tharja is the only remaining character I have, but even with the 10% I feel she'll tank my overall score... It might just be between Faye and Dorcas for me.

I'm on team Catria. As usual, if anyone there wants to add me, feel free to send me a request and let me know you did. 7452501754 Leading with a Goad, DC Narcian.

I think the most I've ever hoarded is around 66K or so? I usually have some sort of project I'm working towards, so my feathers tend to get used up pretty quickly.

AA is such a trash game mode. My run took nearly 2 hours this week thanks to every other opponent running the same degenerate, bog-standard Reinhardt/Lyn/Cecilia core, all at +10 or close to it (706-718 score range). At least 3 of the Lyns in my successful run were the Firesweep/CA build that has no counters. I'm starting to think IS knew full well what they were doing when they made those three free or really easy to get. "Either pay up so you can outscore them or be content in ranged-cavalry hell". Not sure how much longer I'm going to have the patience to bother with deathless runs. Sorry for the pointless post, I just wanted to vent.

Until his next GHB rerun, my masterpiece is now complete.

Season 44 (1.3.0 S29) Results: Score: 4,966 (New Record!) Defense: 582 Rank: Tier 19 --> 20 Changes from last week: -Narcian got Distant Counter -Narcian got Aether -Narcian got Slaying Axe+ -Caeda’s Wo Dao was forged with +Def -Alfonse was given the fully upgraded Close Def seal The big 2.0 update brought about some significant changes to my team. I was very fortunate in that I pulled another Hector from the Legendary Heroes banner, who was promptly fed to Narcian for Distant Counter. He also acquired Aether for more points, and thanks to the new weapon forge I was able to make a Slaying Axe for him. He loses a lot of bulk and power against blue units, but I think it will be worth it once I get the +Spd upgrade. Baiting and killing Reinhardt fully charges his Aether, which he can use to blow up the B!Lyn waiting behind him. :) Caeda’s Wo Dao upgrade gives her some much needed physical bulk against some of the strong greens that are common sights in the arena, namely Hector, B!Ike, and Dorcas. With the +5 Hp and +4 Def, she is now usually able to survive combat against two of the above even if they’re +10, whereas before she was one and done. I have more upgrades coming for next season, and I’ll be aiming to stay in tier 20 for the first time. The bar continues to be pushed higher, but I’m so close, I want to do it at least once. Arena Assault: Rank: 3,325 I noticed they changed the upper reward tier thresholds a bit. I was low-balled in the enemy score ranges in this run, so maybe top 3K is doable -- certainly more so than top 1K ever was for me. Hall of Fame: Previous Season Results:

A new voting gauntlet means two more free summons: Block A: Block B:

I believe it's referring to the glitch where it's become extremely difficult to tap on and view a unit's passive skills in battle.

You guys are really making me want to promote my +Atk/-Def Reinhardt to replace my +Res one...

I went in this with about 246 orbs and one goal in mind: Get a spare Hector. Green orbs were annoyingly rare throughout my summoning session, and I got pity broken first by Ike, then Celica before finally lucking out and pulling Hector with 30 orbs remaining. Getting Deidre or S!Camilla would have been so demoralizing, and I'm just glad I don't have to bother with Green hell again for a long time, and Celica was a nice bonus. I've had Ike since the first PoR banner back in April, and I haven't decided what to do yet with my new one. At least now I can save my orbs again for whenever they decide to do a Thracia banner.

Hit the 100K mark with autobattle today! B!Ike is capped out on HM now, and once B!Roy hits it he'll be swapped out for Joshua. I think outside of bonus runs, I'll just be playing for HM regardless of score, and ensuring I get into the top 5K by the end.

Forum event where the community votes on your next +10 unit. I can understand this. Having sacrificed two Hanas for LaD already, I've told myself that someday...eventually...I'll promote and keep one. I level new 5* fodder to Lv. 40 to unlock their confession in the catalog, and it never fails that I feel bad sacrificing them after they pour their heart out to me.

We've come a long way since the slow trickle of feather acquisition in the game's early days. An active player can reasonably expect to get 40-70K feathers a month before HM gains and non-recurrent sources, and potentially many more if you're in the highest scoring brackets of the arena, tempest, and voting gauntlet. I'm a planner with specific goals in mind. Now that my core arena team has reached a point where I can no longer do much with it feather-wise, I will soon begin work on my secondary goal of 5*'ing and building up every GHB hero released so far. My next 100K feathers are mapped out as follows: 1. Subaki (Quick Riposte 3 Inheritance for Narcian) 2. Robin-F 3. Cecilia (Gronnraven+ Inheritance for Robin-F) 4. Ursula 5. Odin (Blarblade+ Inheritance for Ursula) Of course, in the event of another Narcian GHB rerun or I pull more 4* Caedas, those will jump to the front of the queue. How does everyone else plan to spend the next couple month's worth of feathers (or longer term)? If you're hoarding, anything in particular you're holding out for?

I'm kind of surprised Brynhildr didn't get an upgrade alongside the Fujin. Making its effect a ploy similar to Loki's staff would have been cool, with maybe an additional effect like preventing armors from countering or something. I guess Leo being on a horse makes him good enough for now.

I had forgotten about this feature, thanks. Yeah, +Def is looking real appealing right now. In addition to the +5 Hp she'll be able to take on 2 of either Dorcas, Hector, or B!Ike at +10 and survive as a +3. +Atk Dorcas is dicey, but I guess ally support helps mitigate that somewhat.

Are there any duel calculators that have taken weapon refining into account yet? I'm trying to figure out which Wo Dao upgrade to get for my Caeda. I was initially thinking +Atk would be good, but the significant physical bulk she'd gain from +Def is hard to ignore, and might just make the difference against teams that run multiple physical greens on non-Alfonse rotations.

Season 43 (1.3.0 S28) Results: Score: 4,914 Defense: 582 Rank: Tier 20 --> 19 No changes to the core this week. It's Alfonse time this rotation, and I've made a couple changes to mine since I've used him last. He has Growing Light for points, and Axebreaker instead of the rather useless Brash Assault to give him a more reliable matchup against Hector, B!Ike, etc, since Caeda has trouble if she has to fight more than one physical green per match. I'm hoping to pull a Hector from tomorrow's banner for Narcian, and I'm looking forward to seeing what changes the weapon forge will bring. Arena Assault: Rank: ~2,623 Hall of Fame: Previous Season Results:

Free pull on the new banner: Well hello there 150 feathers. Got to hold strong until the 28th.

Having Tailtiu last TT really spoiled me. Having a strong ranged unit makes such a difference, but nearly all of mine are maxed out on HM...

November: Alfonse: Balanced (Promoted) Amelia: +Def/-Atk Anna: Balanced (Promoted) Arden: Balanced (Free) Azama: +Res/-Atk (Promoted) Azura +1: +Atk/-Hp Azura (PA): +Def/-Atk Black Knight: Balanced (Free) Boey: Balanced Caeda: +Atk/-Hp (Promoted) Camus: Balanced (Promoted) Catria: +Res/-Hp Cecilia: Balanced (Promoted) Chrom: +Res/-Hp Clive: Balanced (Free) Corrin-F (Summer): +Def/-Hp Eirika: +Atk/-Hp (Promoted) Eldigan: +Spd/-Hp Elincia: +Def/-Res Eliwood: +Spd/-Def Ephraim: +Res/-Def Fae: +Hp/-Spd Genny: +Atk/-Spd Genny: +Hp/-Def Gray: +Def/-Atk Hector: +Def/-Hp Hinoka: +Spd/-Hp Ike: +Res/-Def Ike (CYL): +Atk/-Hp Innes: +Spd/-Res Jaffar: +Spd/-Res Julia: +Spd/-Def Katarina: +Hp/-Atk Leo: +Atk/-Hp Lucina (CYL): +Def/-Spd Lyn (CYL): Balanced (Free) Mae: +Res/-Hp Marth-M +1: Balanced (Free) Narcian +3: Balanced (Promoted) Ninian: +Def/-Atk Nino: +Spd/-Hp (Promoted) Ogma: +Res/-Hp Raven: +Res/-Spd Reinhardt: +Res/-Spd Roy (CYL): +Spd/-Atk Sanaki: +Hp/-Res Seth: +Hp/-Atk Setsuna: +Atk/-Res Shanna: +Spd/-Hp (Promoted) Sharena: Balanced (Promoted) Shigure (PA): +Atk/-Hp Tailtiu: +Atk/-Def Takumi: +Hp/-Res Tana: +Hp/-Res Tharja: +Res/-Atk Tiki(Adult): +Def/-Res (Promoted) Tiki(Young): +Res/-Spd Tobin: Balanced (Free) Valter: Balanced (Promoted) Xander: Balanced (Promoted) SI'd or Merged: Athena: +Res/-Atk ; Passed on Wo Dao+ to Caeda Azura: +Def/-Res ; Merged Caeda: n/a ; Merged Caeda: n/a ; Merged Caeda: n/a ; Merged Gordin: +Res/-Atk ; Passed on Brave Bow+ to Setsuna Hana: n/a ; Passed on Life and Death 3 to Setsuna Hana: n/a ; Passed on Life and Death 3 to Shanna Hinoka: n/a ; Merged Hinoka: n/a ; Merged Marth-M: Balanced ; Merged Narcian: Balanced ; Merged Narcian: Balanced ; Merged Narcian: Balanced ; Merged Narcian: Balanced ; Merged Narcian: Balanced ; Merged Nowi: n/a ; Passed on Lightning Breath+ to Fae Odin: n/a ; Passed on Blarblade+ to Corrin-F (Summer) Roderick: n/a ; Passed on Firesweep L+ to Shanna Shanna: n/a ; Merged Only one new 5* star added to my barracks in the last month, but eight merges to help bolster my arena core. I must have had a surplus of unused feathers before I updated time, since I really doubt I got a total of 120,000 feathers in the course of just one month.

Season 42 (1.3.0 S27) Results: Score: 4,922 (New Record!) Defense: 580 Rank: Tier 19 --> 20 Changes from last week: -Hinoka gained another merge mid-season, but my score was obtained before that. -Deflect Magic 3 seal was upgraded, replacing the Atk+3 seal I was on track to make a 4,926, but I got a death on the last match, and I had already wasted enough crests getting a deathless run to begin with -- getting another with Hinoka's new merge wasn't worth the effort. I don't have high hopes for next season, having to use Alfonse again with no significant changes to the core, but I'm hoping for good things after the 27th. Arena Assault: Rank: 3,259 Hall of Fame: Previous Season Results:

I think they're borderline offensive, and very difficult to get excited for. They exist as little more than predatory marketing ploys designed to drain the bank accounts and satisfy the fetishes of people with more money than sense. ...All right, that's a bit harsh, but not too far off from how I really feel about limited-time banners. My dislike of them stems from their limited nature, in tandem with their releasing of new movement types that add spice to specialized team compositions (fliers, armors...). The lack of units being dropped down in rarity is already causing a stagnant summoning pool, but I'll take 1/3 or 1/4 new units dropping in rarity over every other set of banners being removed from the summoning pool entirely. The Performing Arts banner was particularly egregious to me -- yeah sure let's add four refreshers who will be meta as hell on utility alone and make them limited for no reason other than the obvious money grab. The delaying of new characters to add (mostly) existing ones wearing goofy outfits is probably the least of my concerns when it comes to these banners.