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Alkaid

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  1. I used to do full pulls, but ever since the princess banner during the first gauntlet where I failed to get Lucina doing full pulls each time, I switched to going for the colors I want. I figured I was just screwing myself from trying to get exactly what I wanted most even if it meant I got more total units out of my orbs.

    I only spend orbs when there's somebody new I want. I don't feel like I have enough orbs to justify rolling only for skill fodder, as much as I'd like to. I've been trying to hold back for the next exclusive timed banner like the Spring banner, but I ended up blowing 40 orbs trying (and failing) for Celica anyway.

  2. 22 minutes ago, BANRYU said:

    Aw hell dude, toss her over my way, all I been gettin' is these weaksauce vanilla bun Camillas with no SI work. //my way of saying I'm adding you lol

    And accepted! That's a very nice Nino you've got there my dude. I'm jealous cause I've only ever pulled 2 3* -atk/+def Ninos. I can't teach her to read with IVs like that.

    3 minutes ago, BANRYU said:

    BUT, I suppose the Splatoon formula does not necessarily match up since 1) battles are pretty easy to win in the gauntlet, and 2) they're not played in real time competition like Splatoon... So that might skew the results a BIT and I'm not sure how well it would match up...? In theory, it could work, though...

    Totally, that's why I said they'd need some tweaks. I haven't put enough thought in to come up with how they could make it work best (like basically a second arena perhaps? as a passing idea) but at least going that direction seems like it could turn out good if they did it well. Splatfests were a lot of fun, and I feel like they could at least take some elements from them since the guantlet is so similar on a base level. (popularity contests + battles between the teams) I'd love for gauntlets to get all that fun fan art and rivalry (the fun kind) that we haven't really seen again since the first gauntlet.

  3. I think the 3x multiplier was a first attempt bandaid fix because they saw just how big the blowouts were before and didn't want people on other teams being discouraged from participating.(not everyone is happy to just game it for feathers, I'm sure most still just pic their favorite character and hope for the best) Personally, I wish the gauntlet worked more like splatfests in Splatoon. Popularity is just a part of calculating the winner, while still important, and winning matches (they could just use the system they're already using for gauntlets for the most part, with some tweaks) could contribute to the rest of it. Maybe toss some time periods with score multipliers (globally) to replace flag multipliers.

    In general I found the splatfests to seem pretty fair in determining a winner, and if anyone's played Splatoon you know it caused a lot of tight matches and fan art. At least going towards that direction might be some kind of improvement. I think we can all agree the gauntlet system could use improvement, and splatfests are just what comes to mind as a similar thing that I really enjoyed.

  4. Just now, Magnux7 said:

    I wish that was the case, but I'm pretty sure Robin will get 1 last multiplier. Tharja is gaining about 150 million on Robin every hour, and by calculations that should give Robin a multiplier within 25 hours. The worst thing is if he get's it really late and we have no time to catch up again.

    The best thing would be for Tharja to gain 200/250 million on Robin every hour, since then he will get the multiplier much sooner and thus we can easily catch up and win.

    It also might get crazy in the last couple hours aside from that since it's likely a lot of people on both teams are holding their flags for the very end, and if both sides start blowing their flags at the same time it could become a toss up in case it either causes a 3x for Robin (whether he does or doesn't get one before then) or Tharja's numbers still pull it out.

  5. Just now, omegaxis1 said:

    Don't be too sure. We have about 25 hours remaining before the match is over. Within that time, if Tharja pulls ahead of Robin and we get one more multiplier, we can one again turn the entire match around and win the lead.

    True, but the gap needed will also get bigger as well, so it'll continue to be harder to hit the difference needed.

  6. 4 minutes ago, GinRei said:

    I'm going to guess that Tharja members are waiting to see if he can pull ahead JUST enough for a x3 before firing off a round of flags.  Odds are it won't happen due to team size differences, but I guess time zones could change that.

    Robin's not pulling further ahead, Tharja's just not catching up as fast as before. And really that's a good thing, since if it takes a long time to pass him again that means he'll never get the 3x multiplier again before it's over. I'll be saving my flags till tomorrow. I only spent any today when we actually got a couple 3x multipliers this morning.

  7. 6 minutes ago, BANRYU said:

    Hey dude I don't have you on my FL do I? :0 who you runnin' as leader?

    Probably not. Unfortunately I don't think I have anybody from SF on my friend list yet. I'm running my TA Gronnraven Bunny Camilla to hopefully help people wreck all those Robins and other blues that are getting spammed. If you wanna add my code's 4922534500. :D

  8. 7 minutes ago, BANRYU said:

    EDIT: oh yeah and the funny part is I never even married her on any of my runs lol. I just like her. I think she's pretty as well incidentally, but my reasons for liking her got little to do with the fanservice aspects of her... I just like goth girls (aesthetic as well as attitude) lol.

    Same here. I really like her but both times I played through Awakening I married Cordelia. She's still my favorite girl there, but Tharja's a close second. If I ever go back to play again I'll try a magic build for a change (plus magic Mrogan) and marry Tharja finally. Also, patrician taste my friend.

  9. There sure were a good few hours of 3x back and fourths after reset this morning. Luckily I was awake for them because I was awake until like 8am because there was a huge spider that vanished somewhere near by bed and I couldn't sleep until it showed itself. It seems like things have settled for a bit now that I've woken up.

  10. Just now, Sunwoo said:

    My score and ranking in this round is really bad. But I didn't really play very much this round and I actually have 1,460 flags still left. (Collected all the flags I could get, too.) I wonder what'll happen if I spend all of these in the final round?

    When the first voting gauntlet was a thing, I enjoyed playing matches and putting in effort. But now it feels like a chore. The second one didn't have me all that hyped up either.

    Kind of the same here. I went all in on the last one and was in the top 5k total rank and top 1k of Camilla's team. I think I exhausted myself after that, so this time I wasn't nearly as anal about battling as much as I could. That plus hardly any 3x multipliers for team Tharja means my score sucks.

  11. 2 minutes ago, Arthur97 said:

    Maybe we can get a manakete gauntlet next time...though Tiki would probably carry it.

    That'd be cool, but they'll need to add some more to the game first, which I doubt will happen any time soon. If they go for a class/movement type theme again I'd guess cavalry could be the next choice.

  12. 1 minute ago, Vaximillian said:

    Got his Ninian for my very last fight for our divine empress. Reinhardt isn't a dragon too, I've just realised.

    I'm rank 2,385 with 576,800 points in team Julia, rank 4,430 with 792,500 points overall.

    Man, that's almost double my total score(granted I still have 900 flags un-spent). Just goes to show how much of a difference all the extra 3x multipliers makes.

  13.  

    Well, I tried to go for Celica and Mae. Used 40 orbs on 2 full summons since they were both 2 red/2 blue/1 colorless (Genny would be fine too)

    First summon:

    4* Lon'qu - He'll be vantage fodder. I haven't pulled one of him in months, so not bad. He's even +atk/-res if I ever actually wanted to use him.

    4* Sully - Draw Back fodder, she's -atk.

    4* Subaki - +spd/-def. Probably QR2 fodder.

    4* Lilina - +def/-hp. Decent for me since I only every pulled 1 of her before and it's -atk, so this is a big improvement despite being meh still.

    3* Serra - Lame no 5* pull but at least I never got a Serra before, so she can fill that hole of my collection.

    Second pull:

    4* Lukas - +spd/-res. Cool, nice to get a pretty good one of him, even if it's 4*.

    3* Corrin - Fodder

    4* Effie- OH SHIT I FINALLY GOT AN EFF- she's -atk. FUCK. Well, I might still level her to use for the armor quests, but I guess I'll never 5* her..

    4* Eirika- +hp/-res. Well, better than either of the 2 5* ones I have but not worth 20k feathers to replace the -atk one I'm using.

    5* Faye - neutral IV. Well, that's pretty cool, but of course I'm kinda dissapointed she blew my % since I'm already fine with Takumi.

    Disappointed I didn't get Celica or Mae, but at least I didn't get nothing but totally useless 3*s for a change instead. Hopefully I can pull them before the banner's over..

     

  14. 2 minutes ago, unique said:

    what's wrong with arthur's? it's well drawn, the style fits him, the poses are nice, it's recognizably him, and his design isn't changed.

    with lloyd, the face is completely off, his expressions don't fit him at all, he looks too young, his pose is super weird, his fingers look fucked up, and his facial hair is barely visible.

    like, comparing this to this, you can hardly tell it's the same character

    Well for me, I hate the Code Name Steam art style and I think it's jarringly out of place against the rest of the art in Heroes. I get that the comic book superhero look fits him thematically, but I just can't do it. Lloyd looks pretty shit but at least overall he looks like something from this game. Still bad, but I'm not as taken aback as when I first saw Arthur's.

  15. Just now, Ralphophoulous said:

    Honestly I think it's much worse. In arthur's they gave him a dumb style, in eliwoods they gave him terrible eyes, but in this.... (as in ursula's) they just morph the character in to something horrible that they were not! AND the art is bad too....

    The desire to rapidly tap the artist on his head with a marker and scold him intensifies.  

    Fair enough. I can say I probably won't end up using him unless he's REALLY good just off that art alone. And don't remind me of Eliwood's eyes.. or Laslow's.. they both cause me pain.

  16. I'm just glad we all seem to agree Corrin stinks.

    And on topic; Tharja's lead continues to rise. I might just start using some flags (besides saving some for tomorrow night just in case), since I've used none so far this round besides the 1 3x multiplier I was awake for after reset last night.

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