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Art & Entertainment => Gaming => Topic started by: c001357 on August 10, 2015, 05:42:19 pm

Title: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: c001357 on August 10, 2015, 05:42:19 pm
because we havent genderbent enough historical figures yet
official site (http://www.fate-go.jp/)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on August 10, 2015, 05:43:34 pm
not moving the posts from the weeaboo topic ? you are such a lazy admin.

stil no pictures of quetz ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 10, 2015, 06:37:36 pm
No picture of Quetzalcoatl because he's unlikely to come out until late in the game along with the other few full-on gods. A new TMAce came out dedicated to FGO with portraits and stats for the Servants that'll roll out when the 3rd chapter, Okeanos, is available (Fuyuki being chapter 0, Orléans and Rome being 1 and 2), and it's mostly sea-oriented Servants, obviously.
because we havent genderbent enough historical figures yet
Actually it seems pretty tame so far, considering the running gag that started with the first game. Drake was from Extra and explained by having the actual Drake switch place with the queen, then Yoshitsune is occasionally taken as a girl often enough in actual lore so it's not a massive stretch, d'Eon was a historical real life trap, and then Arturia and Nero were just the weird ones that started it all. Attila is the only real genderbend out of nowhere, and Da Vinci just said fuck it, I painted my ideal beauty, I want to appear that way.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 10, 2015, 06:38:49 pm
Apparently,the KohaACE magazine confirmed that the new content will be made available this friday,and to celebrate that,a 40 quartz gatcha that guarantees at least one 4* and one 5*.
Save up yo gems kids,just in case
Edit: Also share yo IDs so we can earn each other Friendship Points, 897951712 ,lvl 25 Jing Ke
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: c001357 on August 10, 2015, 07:19:26 pm
not moving the posts from the weeaboo topic ? you are such a lazy admin.

is it a good idea? feels like itd put the conversations in the other thread out of context

Actually it seems pretty tame so far, considering the running gag that started with the first game. Drake was from Extra and explained by having the actual Drake switch place with the queen, then Yoshitsune is occasionally taken as a girl often enough in actual lore so it's not a massive stretch, d'Eon was a historical real life trap, and then Arturia and Nero were just the weird ones that started it all. Attila is the only real genderbend out of nowhere, and Da Vinci just said fuck it, I painted my ideal beauty, I want to appear that way.

point, but since this is a mobage who knows what theyll add
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 10, 2015, 07:22:51 pm
is it a good idea? feels like itd put the conversations in the other thread out of context
I think there are some posts that include discussions about other stuff along with this, so probably not a good idea.
I think my code is... 308823527 / Gil ? But I only got a Lv12 Spartacus right now anyway.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 10, 2015, 08:19:09 pm
There seems to be a planned maintenace thats gonna last around 3 hours thats gonna start at midnight japan time
Hopefully they're gonna fix XP drops,people have only been getting Berserker and Lancer golden XP drops and not a single golden one from other classes
I think my code is... 308823527 / Gil ? But I only got a Lv12 Spartacus right now anyway.
Sent mine,I'll use you as support for some easier levels so you can get some cash
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: JustNoPoint on August 10, 2015, 08:56:57 pm
When this gets on IOS I may have to check it out. Maybe it'll be the 1st ios game I'll like and actually play? hah doubtful
Title: Whoa parenthesis. Fixed.
Post by: S.D. on August 11, 2015, 12:35:28 am
387033476 Lv15 Sasaki, I still haven't used my Quartz so I don't have 4*+ servants... Other than Saber Lily so shut up and save France with him, I'd switch to Mephistopheles but everyone is in France right now and why would you use a Caster against all those dragons?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 11, 2015, 01:00:51 am
I got my Spartacus up a couple levels thanks to the daily quests pumping non-knight classes EXP cards today (most of my Servants are non-knights), and by the time I figured that Blackbeard was lame, my Boudicca stalled. Similarly, I like Caster Cu, but he has shit firepower. I haven't tried out Phantom, and I dropped Mephisto, but I got a Sasaki and he's growing fast. And I'm not even trying Mata Hari (yeah, lots of Assassins in here)
Other than that... that AP regeneration rate is so terrible once you have a Master level too high to gain a level (and reset all your AP) every two or three quests :| Waiting over an hour and a half just to be able to do a poor 10AP quest ? It's not like we can just sit in front of the thing all day long...
Also, note to self : never use Erro's Jing Ke's NP as the final attack on a boss just for kicks when Jing Ke is the last surviving member of the team. Like Arash's, it's a god damn suicide move >_< wasting a Command Spell to revive the whole team *after* the boss is dead, now this is fun.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 11, 2015, 01:09:05 am
Yeah, the AP regeneration is bad once you reach the point where it takes you a while to level up, then it's either run story for progression and unlock more servants in gacha and at the same time get quartz and level up.... but if the content is too hard you're stuck doing dailies for the exp cards.
That's how mobages are with cooldown periods but still, other games are a tad more lenient (In FFRK it's three minutes for one point of stamina)

Anyways, some resources:
Quote
>FAQ
http://pastebin.com/G669xgbK

>Basic/General guides: making your way around the game
http://pastebin.com/GnwyTYGL

>Battle guides: Story Quests, Daily Quests, and other misc battle information
http://pastebin.com/akFC4Bky

>Party guides: Servants, Craft Essences, what they do, and how to use them
http://pastebin.com/mnurm57Q

>Extra Servant materials: for translated Servant information that doesn’t affect gameplay
http://pastebin.com/KebJjGAp
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 11, 2015, 11:09:23 am
I'm glad they finally just copy pasted a bunch of stuff into those pastebins,the OP in /vg/ looked cluttered as all hell

Also AP isn't really that big of a problem when you get like 5-6 quartz every day and 1 quartz refills the entire thing.
Also, note to self : never use Erro's Jing Ke's NP as the final attack on a boss just for kicks when Jing Ke is the last surviving member of the team. Like Arash's, it's a god damn suicide move >_< wasting a Command Spell to revive the whole team *after* the boss is dead, now this is fun.
It does 1000 damage to her as historically she took a sword to the hip when she tried to stab her target,she doesn't go arash akbar.
Just use a spell to heal her up for 1000 HP if you don't have that much and then stab the enemy dragons kneecaps with it
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 11, 2015, 11:22:17 am
Also AP isn't really that big of a problem when you get like 5-6 quartz every day and 1 quartz refills the entire thing.
Yeah, I learned about that last night, gonna make good use of it since I'm hoarding those right now (I have like 60).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 11, 2015, 03:08:13 pm
You all have more than I do,jesus,I have 47 of em
Also seems we will get more apology gems because the events were a bit fucked.
....This will only make it harder for me to wait till friday to roll

Also I'm still in fuckin' france and am almost at the damn castle
(http://i.imgur.com/wW38wYl.jpg)

Edit: iOS version tomorrow..?Or something like that
https://twitter.com/fgoproject/status/631094509816819712

Edit2:
http://fategrandorder.gawiki.com/wiki/Producer_letter:_to_iOS_players_who_wait_for_the_game
Since iOS users had to wait for their version they will get a gift of 54 quartz
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 12, 2015, 04:34:18 pm
iOS version seems to be out already,and if you create an account for the game today or tommorow you will get some bonuses so y'all get to it
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: JustNoPoint on August 12, 2015, 05:19:51 pm
I can't find it in the App Store. :( Only finding a guide to play it there. Do I need to search for something other than Fate Grand Order or Fate/Grand Order?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on August 12, 2015, 06:35:55 pm
(https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11811575_834091143341305_4370858471898648837_n.jpg?oh=55f4646a9b21cc2fe12f3eeef3bba855&oe=564DF436)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 12, 2015, 07:09:38 pm
I can't find it in the App Store. :( Only finding a guide to play it there. Do I need to search for something other than Fate Grand Order or Fate/Grand Order?
It's for Japan only. Allow external / unapproved sources for the apps (it's in the security parameters), then go to apkpure or qooapp to download the APK and launch it for the install (... that doesn't count as piracy to link to those sites, right ? It's free applications, just region locked). Don't forget, though : it won't automatically update itself when there's a new version, and if you redownload the app, it'll tell you that it can't install because it's already there, so you have  to uninstall it first. Before you do any of that, make sure you bind your account (http://grand-fate.tumblr.com/post/125427320164/binding-accounts-restoring-data) and then restore it after you've installed the update. (and then generate a new binding code again, it's one-time use)
Oh, and if you ever get an error screen right when you start the app, most of the time it's a server maintenance, don't worry, just wait (can be anywhere from a couple hours to nearly 24 hours and only coming back up for 10 minutes then another maintenance).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 12, 2015, 09:56:08 pm
doesn't qooapp have an update button though?Its there for Android version but I don't know whether its there for iOS.
Also based devs and those 3 golden ALL experience gems that I have no clue who to waste on
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 12, 2015, 10:13:45 pm
doesn't qooapp have an update button though?
It does ? I went with the other one (easier to find) and I've heard other people talk about that so I thought qooapp was the same. Good, then.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 12, 2015, 10:47:26 pm
Yeah, to update your app you just have to go to QooApp, click on Fate Grand Order and then you'll find the update button at the bottom.

I had to use a command seal for the first time after fighting Kiyohime and Elizabeth Bathory, I took like three NPs, ugh. On the other hand it was a nice investment since that leveled me up, I recovered AP and thus lost more sleep to use it. Yay (And thanks to that, my Tsubame Gaeshi is now LV3, and I'm at 150 Quartz)

Edit: Just so you don't mess up and prepare beforehand with the proper class for each stage:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WI4dKGcwWjn5XpTgfLsK8c0cipRzrWbVpiLGeVr55Ks/htmlview?sle=true#gid=1768996010
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 12, 2015, 11:10:18 pm
I managed to get through those with little to no problem,but I had nothing to counter Atalanta with as she is an archer as I didn't have Saber then
Also,Shadow Gilgamesh is a fucking bitch,2 resurrections and 7 NPs to take him down,jesus
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 12, 2015, 11:20:08 pm
My only Saber is... Saber Lily, sooo...
I just messed up by not using Jeanne's NP before their own, and I was too lazy to quit the app to restart the battle, oh well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 12, 2015, 11:25:51 pm
My bad,Archers are countered by Lancers and I am yet to get a single lancer.
Got Caligula as a berserker on the free roll and might actually put some exp into him as he looks cool
I just messed up by not using Jeanne's NP before their own, and I was too lazy to quit the app to restart the battle, oh well.
They made her NP a bit too good
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 12, 2015, 11:27:14 pm
No Saber, no Lancer, one Archer.... Arash. Casters and Assassins up the wazzoo, two Riders, one Berserker (Spartacus). Can't get anyone past level 16 (well, it'll be better when I can properly abuse the Cavalry EXP day). That's not really working out great.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Watta on August 12, 2015, 11:30:42 pm
I see the apk is 37.73 MB, but judging by the screenshots I'm going to assume that the actual size is quite large. Could someone please tell me how much space in total it will take up? I might be able to fit it on my phone. Also big thanks to Byakko for explaining how to install it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 12, 2015, 11:36:15 pm
The initial APK download is 37.something MB, but then at launch it downloads some more. I'm not sure how much that takes (I don't think it took a lot more time than the initial download, so probably in the same area, like 50 tops), but after that you can do a data install rather than have the game constantly query the server. This clocks in at... 463MB, quite a bit more (also longer DL time).
Also, like SD said, qooapp appears to be preferable. Go to Qooapp's site, F/GO is on the front page, try to download and it'll ask you to DL the qooapp app (you also can't get it through the Play Store), then go in that app and get FGO on the "front page". From there, you'll be able to do an update without losing the link to your account. Just tried it (it properly replaced the APK I got from apkpure).

Man, when I finally get proper Knight class Servants, I'll fill them with EXP, I've been keeping lots of high EXP cards for them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 12, 2015, 11:47:24 pm
Let's see, my App is a good, 499MB after the update (That's a lot, way larger than my other two mobage games, FFRK and Terra Battle), also be aware that these apps download a handful of assets on the go so if you don't have a lot of space you'll have to clear the cache data quite constantly (You can always save to a microSD if you have the option to, the minor trade off is reduced performance)

And yeah, Lancers beat Archers, that went past my head. I have Leonidas so I should start to level him up with the daily, I've been too focused on Kojiro (I got Lv4 Tsubame Gaeshi now) I'll probably get more exp cards whenever my AP refills. I guess I could switch my Kojiro for Leonidas for a while to help a bit.
Ditto about Casters and Assassins, and sadly riders aren't very good at the moment.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 13, 2015, 12:07:17 am
Ah, about the class rock-paper-scissor, I just thought, the dragons in France are Rider-class, I hear there's a lot of Assassin enemies in Rome - that's why they give out a lot of Assassins and Casters right now, right ? So they might be pushing for one class per chapter. Okeanos chapter will probably push for Riders (the pirates and all) facing Casters, London will push for I don't know what, and Jerusalem might push for Sabers given the context (although all the Hassans as well as David and Solomon should be around there). Babylon can be Gilgamesh's home turf, so Archers. And Lancers are left for London (all the Irish guys will come out there because hey, same region), meaning there will be a bunch of Archers.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 13, 2015, 12:33:53 am
Yeah, that's why I've been leveling up Sasaki, he just destroys dragons, you can check both triads works in-game and check the specific multipliers in that googledoc. They're definitely trying to make the game a bit easier by pushing servants of one class to deal with trash mobs from a specific map (And then a boss comes out and messes you up). I wonder how things will change since the datamining says there's more classes. Oh well, you can just get a good Berserker and not care about those things, as long as you have proper damage mitigation.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: JustNoPoint on August 13, 2015, 01:46:16 am
Ugh. I'm not very phone savvy -_-
Quote
It's for Japan only. Allow external / unapproved sources for the apps (it's in the security parameters)
I can't even find this in IOS8.4 at all. I've googled it. I've googled the qooapp thing and everything but I can't find the security options to allow me to run it.

I guess it'd be a stretch to just wait till an English version?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 13, 2015, 01:50:30 am
Download bluestacks on your pc and just play with us over emulator if you can't run the iOS version
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 13, 2015, 01:59:04 am
Ugh. I'm not very phone savvy -_-
Quote
It's for Japan only. Allow external / unapproved sources for the apps (it's in the security parameters)
I can't even find this in IOS8.4 at all.
Oh, uh, that's all for Android (qooapp and downloading the APK). I forgot it just got release for iOS - but I assume iOS is also region-locked, and FGO is definitely also Japan-only there. I don't know if the iPhone has any way around the region lock and the region store and if anyone outside Japan can play it on iPhone, so yeah, if there's nothing, the Android emulator on Windows is your best bet, apparently it runs just fine... I reckon there's no iPhone emulator.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: JustNoPoint on August 13, 2015, 02:07:29 am
Ah. Oh well. I'm sure I wouldn't have messed with it much anyway. I haven't found a game I like to play on my phone yet. Thanks for trying!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 13, 2015, 02:11:08 am
IIRC you can do it by making a Japanese account and then somehow finding your way around iTunes(I think the game is hosted on there) and getting it
Have you tried pretending to be from nippon yet?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 13, 2015, 03:51:52 am
http://app.steparu.com/guides/app-store-ios
It doesn't sound that complicated, in case you still want to give it a try.

I think the reason why the game is so huge is all the voice data, every servant has a dozen of voice samples or so, plus all the voiced story segments.
I have a small issue where the app randomly minimizes at mid-battle and it doesn't save my progress so I have to start battles all over again, it could be my phone just being awful and running out of memory though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Watta on August 13, 2015, 08:11:38 am
Thanks guys, I think I should be able to fit it in :)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 『レム-レム』 on August 13, 2015, 03:28:20 pm
i love this games <3... but do you have a solution for red saber?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 13, 2015, 06:04:27 pm
A solution? Are you fighting her in Rome? I'm not even there yet. Just bring Archers since she's weak to them.

I barely finished the Fafnir fight.
JESUS CHRIST. SO. MANY. DRAGONS.
....Thank you Sasaki.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on August 13, 2015, 07:20:25 pm
Loving a lot of the new servants but eww at that young Iskandar design. Also the fuck at girl Atilla. At least Leonardo has some bit of sense. Her stripperific design is stupid too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 13, 2015, 09:59:54 pm
Eh,seems we won't be seeing those new servants for like a month now,as many people speculated we will get 'em when the "guaranteed one 4*" event ends,but that got pushed till next month..so,fuck.
Also Rome being 200 times easier than france is kinda pissing me off as I'm doing nothing but fighting grunts with barely 2000 hp on 'em so far
edit: also something to cry at

This dude spent a shitload of money on quartz and barely got any good servants
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 15, 2015, 10:54:07 pm
Damn, the Master EXP day is incredibly efficient. My best Servant is Caster Cu at level 22, and yet it's enough to do the 20AP mission over and again. That mission has nothing but Assassin ghosts below level 25, so with two Casters and a tank (SD's Leonidas for example), I started gaining one whole Master level per round - which completely refills my AP on its own, even though my other Caster is a crappy lv 11 Mephisto. Now it takes two rounds to gain one level and I've gained over 12 levels already. It's a lot easier than the EXP missions, because you have to wait for your AP to refill to gain a significant amount of EXP.
Hopefully this run allows me to get more EXP, which, next week, lets me go for the 40AP mission. Not to mention finally finish France (lack of AP + low levels make it take a lot of time).

... The balance in this thing is terrible. The leveling barrier is all over the place. It might help if they switched the Master EXP day with the all class EXP day :P
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 16, 2015, 12:48:22 am
I feel like this game is taunting me because the entire 40 AP Master EXP quest is nothing but Casters.RIP Jing Ke.
30000 master xp is pretty fucking great tho

Also Caster Cu literally does nothing but complain about you not summoning him as a lancer,he must really like that Gae Bolg.

Also have 80 Quartz right now and I don't want to roll until the new servants come in but its extremely tempting.Really want a Tesla and Jack the Ripper
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 16, 2015, 01:13:36 am
Also Caster Cu literally does nothing but complain about you not summoning him as a lancer,he must really like that Gae Bolg.
You bet he does, I would too if Gae Bolg could one shot bosses left and right from what I've heard.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on August 16, 2015, 01:48:23 am
did you say GAY BULGES ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 16, 2015, 02:12:07 am
You're welcome, his skill AND NP make him a nice tank haha (I just got a better Craft Essence too so I just equipped him with it), I'll leave him as my point unit, at least until I get a nice 5* unit (I'm sitting on 174 saint quartz right now, I'm waiting for the new batch of servants to use it because I want a bunch of the servants from the leaked list)

I finally cleared France so I've been doing the 40AP Master daily (With one run I went from LV26 to 28, plus there's nice ascension material drops ), and other than the Rider shadow servant (A Rider), it IS full of Casters so bring Riders if you have them (Or Berserkers if you feel lucky). The final enemy is a LV40 Demon (Caster), just so you can plan your party accordingly.
(http://i.imgur.com/p4dzPDI.png)
I don't know if I'm fond of the way the game handles EXP, feeding cards to one unit instead of just receiving EXP from fights... I can see its ups and downs but it just feels plain weird to me.

Edit:
Actually, the 40AP Master EXP daily also has a LV30 Shadow Servant (Assassin and Archer), I'm fighting both Shadow servants and a Lamia right now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 16, 2015, 03:27:28 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/q4Y6360.png)
Jesus christ,we went from 2000hp grunts to somewhat easy bosses to fucking this
He still wasn't as hard as Gilgamesh was but jesus,Flauros was still pretty tough

Also I am way too bored of the 40 AP daily so I might as well settle for level 41 master.And I did the quest a shitload of times and haven't seen a single Snake Eye get dropped,these item drop rates are pretty crazy
I need to farm bones though
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 16, 2015, 04:05:48 pm
I'm farming the 40AP Master EXP until it's over, all that max AP will be worth it to farm the other dailies.
Also, I think I'm changing my tank to St. George, he's been awesome for the daily (Since most enemies are casters and he has some nice tanking ability)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 16, 2015, 09:45:55 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/p4dzPDI.png)

Ugh, that wasted AP. If only you had gained one level.

Currently I'm trying to make it work with Bluestacks but I'm having a bit of problem. Hopefully the tutorial I found will help me make it work. And hopefully I get Dragonslayer Kojirou for France when I roll.

---

So I just started. Free roll gave me Chevalier d'Eon. Friendship roll gave me Mata Hari. 4 Quartz roll gave me Darius III. I am honestly surprised at the party I got. I need a better Assassin but for now Mata Hari will do.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 17, 2015, 02:56:33 am
Holy shit you did really well.
I had nothing but Jing Ke and Shielder until I finished Fuyuki and you got Trap Saber right away.
Also if you're in need of a good Assassin,my Jing Ke is nicely leveled up,almost at the 2nd ascension,add me yo 897951712
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 17, 2015, 04:18:19 am
Ugh, that wasted AP. If only you had gained one level.
That's a non-issue, Sundays are exclusively for leveling master EXP, getting the maximum level ASAP is a huge investment for everything else that comes after. Now I don't have to do two or three stages and wait hours for AP, I can do twice or thrice as much.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 17, 2015, 04:36:14 am
They really need to lower the time it takes to recharge AP tho,playing for 2 minutes then having to wait 4 hours is really annoying.
Also those 1* XP cards we get don't really feel like gifts at all,rather a slap in the face.I dunno why
Edit:They're fixing up Servers in like 2 or so hours and its gonna last 3 hours
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 17, 2015, 05:26:00 am
Seriously, you know a mobage has ridiculous cooldown when you don't have full AP/Stamina after proper sleep, my bar isn't halfway full, what the hell.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 17, 2015, 10:48:43 am
1 AP each 10 minutes is ridiculous, even by Mobage standarts. I hope they lower it a bit. I also hope they split Craft Essence and Servant rolls, fuck the Black Keys.

Edit: Oh, and I'm adding you right now Erroratsu. My party leader is d'Eon btw. Oh, and my name is Oz.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Honestly my policy about Mobages is to put zero effort in getting cards, aka what I get is what I'll be stuck with (will still do Friendship rolls and Quartz rolls gotten in the game though). I wasn't expecting to be lucky to get these Servants. Darius is one of the good Berserker Servants for what I've read (Heracles being the best), and Chevalier d'Eon has good stats and skills too.

Also, Mata Hari is at lvl. 2 bond already. Seriously, it raises so fast that it surpassed d'Eon even though I got him/her first. Darius raises extremely slow though. I guess they have different bond rates.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 17, 2015, 11:17:56 am
D'Eon is historically a he trap (but he acted like a she trap for a while), and in this game, it's a she trap (confirmed by Marie Antoinette who did know him in real life).
It looks like Heracles is top, Lu Bu is second, then Darius and Vlad are close enough together. From the other end, it's Asterion, Caligula, Kiyohime.
Servants with more stars raise their level more slowly. 5 stars are a bitch to raise, 1 stars raise easily, but their level cap is lower (they ascend much sooner too).
There's no way they split CE from Servants in rolls, it's what makes people use money. But fuck the EXP cards in rolls, though, especially 1 star EXP cards, seriously. I wonder if there will be more types of CE when new Servant batches come in, or if the chance to get Servants will increase...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 17, 2015, 12:56:27 pm
This game keeps crashing on me each time I do a Friendship roll. And I lose all points wasted when that happens :(

Edit: Finished Fuyuki, got Caster Cu. Also I have done two single Quartz rolls and I've been granted Mephistopheles and Ushiwakamaru. What's the chance that all your Quartz rolls are Servants?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 17, 2015, 06:38:25 pm
Low, but it can happen twice in a row sometimes. Don't count on it though, the random factor is harsh.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 17, 2015, 09:09:59 pm
Well guys, guess what Servant I just got in some weird free friendship roll I just got:

(http://i.imgur.com/38r2vRy.jpg)

Just when I started to find dragons. My god, is this game doing it on purpose LOL?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 17, 2015, 09:21:33 pm
some weird free friendship roll I just got:
There's one free friend roll a day (and the day reset is at midnight JST, but the free login reset is at 4 or 6 AM JST).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 18, 2015, 12:23:59 am
Servants with more stars raise their level more slowly. 5 stars are a bitch to raise, 1 stars raise easily, but their level cap is lower (they ascend much sooner too).
Nah apparently it depends on something else, Mephistopheles bounds insanely fast and he's 3* (Or maybe, just maybe, it's because he was my first servant?)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 18, 2015, 12:31:04 am
I think it depends on characters personality or something?Jing Ke and Caster Cu are both 3 stars and Jing Ke bounded with me much faster than Cu did.

On an unrelated note,Caligula has good skills(ATK up and can heal himself) but his stats are pretty crappy so far,and so is his NP.I really like him tho which sucks.I also really wanted to make Minotaur work but his damn stats never seem to go anywhere ,jesus.

Also fuck those dog cards,30 cubes to get them just so they can raise your attack or hp by only 50.

Edit:Also did a single roll.Got Saber Gilles.Burned him for 3 cubes
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 18, 2015, 12:43:27 am
I would suggest going for HP rather than attack. It hardly makes any difference 50 more attack, while 50 more HP may allow you to survive one attack.

And yeah, for Bond XP it really depends on character personality, the more friendly they are, the faster it goes. For example, Mata Hari bonds really fast, d'Eon at a nice speed, Kojirou a bit slow and Darius really slow. It's easy to tell it's about their personality by using those examples. I'm sure Marie Antoinette and possibly Kiyohime levels up fast too, while Emiya may take a bit of time because of his cynical personality.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 18, 2015, 01:41:39 am
I meant EXP increase, not bond increase (I'm noticing just now that Nanashi was in fact talking about bonds, my mistake). Although it's possible that bond affects EXP increase, but it doesn't feel like it does to me.
Lv 25 Caster Cu is surprisingly strong, he's my strongest character right now (and I've pushed Sasaki, Alexander and Spartacus decently, they're all around Lv 22 to 24). He soloed a lv30 Rider-class hand monster in a single Brave chain in spite of the class weakness. He'll be useful in Rome, since I hear it's full of Assassins.
Too bad that at this level, it's starting to cost more QP than I gain EXP when I level him up...

And yeah, Asterion seems to be the worst Berserker, and Caligula is right next to him. How come Asterion's NP is EX ranked.

Also Nanashi, you should post your friend code, and we probably should ask a mod to keep up with the people posting their friend ID to edit the first post...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 18, 2015, 02:02:28 am
Some servants level up as an inverted S curve, so their stats only start to skyrocket at higher levels (Hi Saber Lily), I don't know how to feel about that, leveling up said characters at higher levels will take a ridiculous amount of EXP cards. I don't know if that's the case with these Berserkers though, then again they're one star haha.

Man I woke up, my stamina wasn't full, I got to do three rome stages and now my AP is gone again. Awesome.

As for Rome: Ehh, sorta but not quite, there are some Assassins here and there but it's not anywhere near close to France being full of Riders. Rome is a big more varied, there's still a handful of skeletons and roman soldiers of the Saber, Archer and Lancer class, there's also a large amount of Berserker-class golems.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 100_Sad_Pandas on August 18, 2015, 02:28:37 am
How are you guys playing the game? I thought it was region locked for Japan only
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 18, 2015, 02:33:57 am
Rome is basically a bunch of saber/lancer grunts with like 2000 hp and then a 20 000 hp Berserker Golem here and there.
Assassin Ghosts jump in rarely,and the last chapter has a dragon or 2.
I don't remember what the chimeras classify as tho.

And yeah, Asterion seems to be the worst Berserker, and Caligula is right next to him. How come Asterion's NP is EX ranked.
His character profile has his stats as pretty good while he sucks ingame.He would probably be useful in an actual Holy Grail War much more than he is ingame
How are you guys playing the game? I thought it was region locked for Japan only
The store is region locked.However the game isn't,so if you get the game through qooapp you can play it on your android or on your emulator of choice
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 18, 2015, 02:57:44 am
I don't know, Spain is actually full of golems so far.
Chimeras are berserkers, I just fought two golems and a chimera at the end of this round, it was tough, but yeah, I also heard that Rome was full of Assassins initially but that really wasn't the case.

Aaand I reached 200 quartz.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on August 18, 2015, 05:07:07 am
Gah why do I often keep getting Assassin class servants?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 18, 2015, 09:32:58 am
How are you guys playing the game? I thought it was region locked for Japan only

I used this to play it on my computer since I don't have an Android nor an iOs. Keep in mind it tends to crash a few times. If you have one of those devices, simply grab the QooApp and download the game through it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3fgvwx/guidefaq_how_to_play_fate_grand_order_without/

And before I forget. And I already added all the friend codes posted in this thread:

Quote
Name: Oz
Friend code: 562219238
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 18, 2015, 12:14:13 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/hcjIb1D.png)
I cleared Rome in an epic stand off where
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

So uh, now I'm waiting for new content, I guess I have dailies and free quests to keep me "busy", taking into account the ridiculous AP recharge time.

Also, I switched my tank to St.George because he's actually better than Leonidas, especially on master EXP day.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 18, 2015, 12:40:32 pm
Me, I'm stuck in France because of the ridiculous low AP regeneration. If it was faster, I'm sure I would have reached the last stage already. Seriously, to advance the next node I need to do 5 fights of 9 AP. And unfortunately I don't enough AP to do them all, nor enough Exp to level up. I sure hope there's less nodes like that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 18, 2015, 12:49:13 pm
There's more. Way way more.
This is why you abuse the  EXP refill on Master EXP day, you do the 40 AP if you can (Or multiples of lesser exp), get a refill, do one or two stages from the main scenario and then go back to grind for more master EXP, it's tedious but effective, eventually you'll have to add more master EXP runs to level up but it's well worth it, that's how I blazed through Orleans.

New events:
http://typemoon.com/news/2015/bqdsnb

...Great all the servants I have... oh well. At least we'll get ascension materials and gems?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 18, 2015, 02:29:12 pm
Unfortunately I have yet to reach 40 AP, so yeah, a looooong way to go for me.

Cool at that event, I seriously needed an Archer and Lancer. Arash specially, as it has a great suicidal NP. Though I wonder when will they decide to add the new Servants or Okeanos, there's hardly anything more to do in the game after beating Rome.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 18, 2015, 02:41:49 pm
I don't think they were expecting everyone to finish Rome so soon. A lot of people paid a lot and have a bunch of Lv 60~80 Arturia, Jeanne, Heracles, Altera etc. ascended to the max already. I started less than a week late and I'm still one tile before Orleans because AP regeneration + working during the day. And I haven't even done any Free Quest yet.
But then again, I actually (do my best to) read the text. Nasu writes so fucking much, and a lot of people just skip it and maybe read it later in the event archive - maybe that's a good way to wait for AP regen actually...
...Great all the servants I have... oh well. At least we'll get ascension materials and gems?
Apparently it's precisely here so you can ascend these low ranked Servants, including leveling their NP. I won't mind taking them all - I haven't checked if Shakespeare is worth something.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 18, 2015, 02:43:31 pm
You weren't kidding with the nodes. After beating Martha I got in my face another five battle 9 AP nodes. Fuck you game. Oh well, a good time to take a break I guess.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 18, 2015, 02:56:54 pm
The real fun starts when you have like, five 13AP nodes in a row (Sup Rome)

I guess the extra servants + Ascension materials are there to help people who have trouble with France? I do want to ascend Kojiro, I don't know abouyt the rest, I mean I'll do it eventually but I'll be using my EXP cards on whatever 5* servant I end up rolling with all my quartz.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 18, 2015, 05:17:52 pm
Apparently it's precisely here so you can ascend these low ranked Servants, including leveling their NP. I won't mind taking them all - I haven't checked if Shakespeare is worth something.
Last time i checked,most casters can be completely ignored,including Shakespeare.Andersen seems to be really good for buffs and support tho

Edit:it seems some new servants are in the game now...as enemies only tho.I hope this means we get em soon

Edit2:(http://i.imgur.com/yhtlPt8.jpg)
I don't know if I like Lancelots NP being a quick attack.GOLD looks hype as fuck tho,too bad I will never roll the guy
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 18, 2015, 09:17:50 pm
All of them 4-5 stars... Oh well, hopefully Jack the Ripper and Astolfo are 3 or less. Wow Gilgamesh skills btw.

Edit: Ugh, a Spartacus... Guess I won't be getting an Archer or Lancer until the special event starts...

Edit2: Okay, I no longer need a Lancer. My single Quartz roll just gave me a Cu Chulaiin. Now for my missing Archer. Also, I already knew in advance that Caster Gilles only targets Jeanne, but it appears that Lancelot does the same for Arturia. I'm so glad I got her as support (a lvl 42 with that Emiya 5* craft), that monstruosity literally ate the health of that Saber in two turns by getting all attacks critical. I'm so glad I had her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 19, 2015, 01:08:42 am
I recall reading that Berserker Lancelot won't end up being that good due to his stats.

Also... I've been doing Free Quests so a heads up: Avoid the Paris Free Quest at all costs, unless you have a very OP team because after two rounds of wyverns you'll fight a Lv50 Shadow Servant (Ruler), she has a ridiculous pool of HP, I had to abuse my two tanks, all my dodge commands (Along with Shielder's abilities) and even use a command seal to restore the support I brought (Lv50 Berserker, the only reliable way to deal damage to her)
I don't think I'll try this again until I recover my command seals (And I still have to go through this two more times, on the other hand that'll give me 30 quartz)

...At least it's sorta doable, unlike the 40 quartz mission in Fuyuki.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 19, 2015, 01:27:49 am
(And I still have to go through this two more times, on the other hand that'll give me 30 quartz)
Well... I'm pretty sure that when you don't have Command Seals, you can use one quartz instead to revive your team (although I'm not completely sure you can do it more than once a day, like the CS).

On the other hand - 30 quartz in Paris, 40 quartz in Fuyuki ? That doesn't sound right. Are you referring to the number above the quartz symbol ? Because I'm pretty sure that's the recommended average level for everyone in your team to take on this mission. It's not the number of quartz it gives you :( You only get one quartz most of the time. Same with  the daily quests, one manaprism.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 19, 2015, 01:49:03 am
Yeah, the 30 above the two swords is the recommended level, something that it's easy to miss if you didn't know in advance. Which I'm glad I did, since I spared myself from being trashed by that Shadow Heracles in Fuyuki. And no way you win that fight at lvl 40 LOL.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 19, 2015, 01:51:50 am
The recommended level makes no sense,it sometimes tells you you need to be level 30 for a bunch of easy mobs and sometimes you get your level 20 party fucked over because it was too difficult for the recommended level.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 19, 2015, 01:58:28 am
Is it difficulty/recommended level? Given how much of a struggle this was it makes sense (I don't know if some of these would still be doable with a party full of LV30's though, it might be an arbitrary number, sometimes it's very misleading, as Erroratu said), still, just one for all this trouble? (Sure the clear screen says x1, but I thought it was x1 of a set group of items, oh well) I don't know how to feel about it.

I think the 10 AP dailies give one and 20 AP give two and so? I didn't really pay much attention to the result screens on master EXP day but I feel like I got two at some point (That and I haven't done dailies ever since, AP is so difficult to recover so I'd rather get these free quests out of the way)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 19, 2015, 02:19:51 am
I spared myself from being trashed by that Shadow Heracles in Fuyuki. And no way you win that fight at lvl 40 LOL.
Incidentally, that's the same mission where I realized what the number was.
But yeah, I guess it's more of a guideline, like, don't run into a 40 with a team of 15, and you might still need a good synergy or CE or leveled NPs, and/or hope for a good advantage through weaknesses. I think the 'recommended lv 25" mission for the Cavalry EXP daily has some Lv30 monsters, and if they all hit several criticals in a row, you're rapidly in trouble. Or you might get lucky and get nothing but lv12 monsters in three waves recommended at lv25, but it's not that often that they're all weak. I think those cases rely on class advantages, in which case even lower level monsters can still hit you bad.

... Did... Did the forum just make a copy of my post instead of edit it... ? Double post deleted.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 19, 2015, 05:39:26 am
I need to check the reference links to know what's Rome's difficulty 40 battle, but other than that I'm almost done with the Free Quests... not counting all the interlude ones that are locked.
Oh, today's friend rolls gave me Hassan and Blackbeard (Supposedly Hassan is a very good Assassin despite being two stars) do that's more interludes I'll have  to deal with... whever I end up unlocking him (Supposedly max out bond level and then ascending the servant, but it's not fully confirmed, but that's mostly why I put a junk unit in my last slot, so they can leech some bond points while doing nothing and eventually unlock their interlude)

Edit:
So these are the next batch of servants, for those who haven't seen it.
https://imgur.com/a/0NV2r
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 19, 2015, 08:53:37 am
If I recall correctly, apart from the ones that have already appeared in other Fate novels, the new ones in order are:

- Lancelot (Saber version)
- Enkidu
- Brynhildr
- Da Vinci (the shopkeeper girl if you didn't know. He's a man in the Fate universe but decided to have the form of the Mona Lisa because)

Also, one question. How hard it is the 30 level quest from the new event? I just did the 18 level one and it was easy to do IMO.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 19, 2015, 12:55:54 pm
Enkidu isn't new,he is from Fate Strange Fake
The series in which Richard Lionheart gets arrested and then apologizes for the destruction he caused on live american TV while the entirety of the Mages association has an aneurysm
Also, one question. How hard it is the 30 level quest from the new event? I just did the 18 level one and it was easy to do IMO.
Spooky skeletons and spooky ghosts,so yea,bunch of assassins,nothing difficult really
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 19, 2015, 01:23:23 pm
Also apparently Brynhild is the previous Lancer in Fate/Prototype, although she wasn't revealed at the time, like Arash.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on August 19, 2015, 04:52:38 pm
enkidu also has the best summoning with only prototype-apocrypha assassin coming close.
spoiler of enkidu's summoning
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

pretty hilarious, if I may say.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 19, 2015, 10:20:28 pm
I do remember reading that somewhere, Enkidu making a pact with a wolf, a really long time ago. Don't remember where, maybe the wiki.

Wow, I just encountered the first bullshit fight in the game. Against Atalanta. A grand total of 5 battles in the node, three of them with dragons. And guess what, the third one with dragons is Atalanta with Black Dragons. And her NP fills in just three turns, and it's a AoE attack. And the damage it does one-shots all my characters. I had wasted my dodges trying to reach the fights because the dragons love to spam that wind attack that always crits. Ffs that was just imposible.

Fortunately I had 3 command spells, and Darius killed Atalanta before going down with a beautiful Buster Brave Combo, so once I brought them back it was easy to clean. But seriously, here hoping I never had to use a Command Spell as a challenge...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on August 19, 2015, 10:44:31 pm
This game is kicking my butt. Am I just missing the best way to get EXP cards? All Chaldea Gate is giving me is QP
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 19, 2015, 10:49:08 pm
The first 3 things in chaldea gate are currently the event thats going on.
The last 6 are 2 daily events that change everyday,keep in mind that its already thursday in japan
http://pastebin.com/G669xgbK check the 1st portion of the faq,that should tell you when you get what exp
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 20, 2015, 12:09:32 am
So basically, your best bet to level up your servants is to aim for the daily dungeon whenever there's EXP cards. You can use any EXP card on any class, if you match them both you get some extra bonus EXP (I think it wasn't a lot and it only ends up being a lot over time)

Friend Points roll also give EXP  cards, and your daily login also gives you some here and there.

If you're just starting, your plan should be to abuse master EXP day this Sunday as much as possible and get the max amount of AP you have, then through the week abuse the dailies to level up your servants (You should probably use a quartz to refill your AP every day to make the most out of it as well, I think you get one as a daily login bonus anyways, don't be like me and hoard them haha) then you can start taking on the main story because, unless you have the right friend support (Jeanne or a Lv50+ Berserker) and you know beforehand the units in every stage, you'll be having a very rough time.

The 30 AP quest wasn't that hard, make sure to bring decently leveled Casters and you're good. Kojiro has a handful of HP and he'll definitely use Tsubame Gaeshi more than once so use your dodges and tanks accordingly.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 20, 2015, 12:23:00 am
Yeah, will have to grind at this point. That, or wait three days for the 3 Command Seals, because I'm not seeing myself winning against Fafnir when all of its attack are AoE. And I certainly didn't need two dragon fights before the boss. Le sigh.

Kojiro is definitely useful for clearing out the goddamn dragons, but he's an Assassin, so his low health unfortunately doesn't make him last long. Fortunately I got a lvl 4 essence that increases crit damage, something he clearly benefits. Now I need more levels so my Servants clear out the dragons without losing way too much health.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on August 20, 2015, 12:42:12 am
So there's no real benefit to stocking up quartz and going for the 10 cards? Good to know, I thought maybe there'd be a higher chance of servant cards or something.

Also hearing about that master EXP thing is a huge relief because I'm level 12 and holy shit I was not looking forward to hours of grinding just to be able to do some of those gate quests
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 20, 2015, 01:02:36 am
Oh no, I'm just saving quartz because I'm waiting on some servants, you definitely should go for the premium rolls here and there, there's the promotion where a 10 roll will give you a guaranteed 4* card (Could be a servant or craft essence, but hey, four stars), that'll be active until the end of the month.
Fully clearing a stage will give you one and clearing a full map gives you a handful as well (Or was that just Fuyuki and the game's launch promotion?), if you make steady progress you should have enough for both premium rolls and AP refill.

And this game right now it's not as much hours of grinding but more of a "waiting for AP" (My max is 74 I think and I'm never full after proper sleep)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 100_Sad_Pandas on August 20, 2015, 02:36:03 am
I got the game yesterday.
Name:  カムラン
ID: 558396363

How do I know which servants are better than others? I don't know if there's some screen or something. Right now I'm using Kid Alexander and Leonidas.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 20, 2015, 02:42:33 am
you guess. And either way, it's not much help since you have to rely on luck for those you get. It's only when you start having more than a complete team that you can start wondering about that.
And both of those are pretty good for starter Servants, at least for those you can reasonably hope to get in those classes. Not everyone can land a Heracles, Lu Bu, Arturia, Altera, or a Lancer Cu Chulainn early on.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 100_Sad_Pandas on August 20, 2015, 03:03:07 am
Cool. Actually just got a lancer Cu right now. Are those ones considered the better ones or something?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 20, 2015, 03:34:41 am
More stars = better, that much is obvious (save few exceptions, but generally that's how it works, Vlad is supposedly a bad Berserker despite his stars, mostly due to his lack of defensive options and cards.. he can't brave buster chain, his stats are decent though and he'll be doing massive damage if he's decently leveled)

Also, even if you have a "bad"unit, if you pit them against another one where they have a favorable advantage they can save your entire team, case in point:
(http://i.imgur.com/dxBPBm3.jpg)

You can read the specifics here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3frqah/the_modern_magus_magazine_notable_servants_and/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 20, 2015, 09:51:59 am
Well, finally done with the event quests, all of them. I won the last one by mere chance, only support Arturia that kept taking hits like a boss. One more turn and I would have eaten a Tsubamegaeshi in my face. I really need to level up a lot more if I want to do the next ones.

Btw, I wonder if Arash will kill himself when he uses his NP in his event quest.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 20, 2015, 12:36:19 pm
I got the game yesterday.
Name:  カムラン
ID: 558396363

How do I know which servants are better than others? I don't know if there's some screen or something. Right now I'm using Kid Alexander and Leonidas.

Click on the my room option in the menu
Pick the first option
Then pick the first option again
That should let you see all the servants you have gotten and encountered,and the max stats of servants you have gotten.
Keep in mind you can ascend your servants pass the max level,but it costs a shitton
Cool. Actually just got a lancer Cu right now. Are those ones considered the better ones or something?
Lancer Cu is considered the best low rank Lancer at the moment as he has good stats and that Gae Bolg of his has a chance of insta kill
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 20, 2015, 01:20:10 pm
I got the game yesterday.
Name:  カムラン
ID: 558396363

How do I know which servants are better than others? I don't know if there's some screen or something. Right now I'm using Kid Alexander and Leonidas.

Leonidas is a good tank, you may want to stick with him until you get a Lancer Cu. Kid Alexander has Charisma, though you have to ascend him IIRC, which is not really worth it. Ushiwakamaru is IMO the best low rank Rider, her skills allow other units to increase the rate in which they gain NP. If your team is built to gather NP fast, she's definitely the best option

Oh, and I just added you, name is Oz.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 20, 2015, 01:38:57 pm
Alexander has Charisma from the start, his second skill for his first ascension is the charm skill.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 20, 2015, 01:52:16 pm
Oh, I though it was the opposite. Then I guess it's an okay card, though I don't know how much he increases attack.

Party buffs are always good IMO. That's why I run Mashu despite seeing people dislike her for some weird reason. Neutral damage against everything + party defense buff + invincible and NP increase to 1 unit + NP that does the same as all the buffs combined is a really good reason to run her IMO. And she's 0 cost, which means I can easily put her with a good essence without spending too much cost.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 20, 2015, 02:30:56 pm
Some people don't like her because you don't get bonus EXP from cards so it's tough to level her up, not to mention that she never deals extra damage to a specific class so neutral damage against everything is... not good, she's decent support, yes, it's just hard to place her in dedicated teams (But early into the game that's all you have)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 20, 2015, 08:24:20 pm
Got my first ascension with Kojirou. Level 1 Servants are so cheap to ascend. Why couldn't they do the same for level 4 and level 5 servants... Oh well, that Vitrification skill is quite good, instant stars plus I can get rid of mental debuffs. No more annoying poison or similar I guess. I should probably raise the level of that skill if it increases the amount of stars it gives you.

Perhaps I should also raise Mata Hari's level, I have her affection maxed and I can access her interlude. Would be a waste of Assassin EXP but oh well.

Edit: Kojirou, the hero of France. Tales about him will never be forgotten. For he was the only one alive against the mighty dragon Fafnir. And with three criticals in a row he decimated it.

Yeah, I just won that goddamn fight. It also helped that his NP was at lvl.4 and fully charged before the fight. Ffs I thought it was over when he was the only one standing. I'm so glad I ascended him. I'm so fucking glad.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 21, 2015, 01:28:14 am
Edit: Kojirou, the hero of France. Tales about him will never be forgotten. For he was the only one alive against the mighty dragon Fafnir. And with three criticals in a row he decimated it.
(http://i.imgur.com/bixrine.jpg)

Also those fucking enemy specific ascension items never fucking drop,I've been trying to get those bloody bones for 2 days now and they only dropped like once,jesus christ
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 21, 2015, 01:40:38 am
Drop rates have a really shitty low chance in this game unfortunately. People who managed to ascend some of the Servants to 3 or 4 have done so by buying Quartz and doing the missions repeatedly (and they spend a lot of them, enough to even get a 10 roll). I would highly suggest you not to do that. It's not worth it. Once you start buying, you get hooked at doing it all the time. As much as I like some of the Servants, it doesn't justify wasting that much money (3 euros for 4 Quartz is a ridiculous amount IMO) to get or ascend them.

So yeah, take a break and forget about farming for them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 21, 2015, 02:12:55 am
So I finally got my first ascension for Caster Cu. His Arrow Evasion skill gives him dodge for 3 turns (plus defense up for 3 turns, but, uh, why, if he can dodge) 3 attacks, holy shit. And he's got crazy stats for a Caster. How come he's not much more popular ? Is it because he's the pity Servant you get for free right from the first "introduction" chapter ? Or just because France is infested with Rider-class dragons who kill him dead.
(also I noticed that his final profile blob unlock literally says "uh, his flaming giant cage NP out of nowhere, yeah, well, that's just because, uh, it's the NP for all celtic druids, so there, that's why he has that")
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 21, 2015, 02:54:44 am
Starting on 8/21 (JP time), until 8/27, all QP and EXP Card dailies will cost 1/2 the normal AP. (This does not apply towards the Master EXP) so grind away.

Well, now I feel really behind, I haven't ascended a single servant, but now that I'm done with all the free quests I can farm for statues to ascent some of these (and EXP cards to max out their level)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 21, 2015, 02:58:50 am
I've ascended a Spartacus, Kojirou, Caster Cu, and Arash (just because I had tons of Archer EXP I didn't know what else to do with and didn't feel like feeding to other classes, I'll do that when I have someone really worthy, like Lu Bu or Lancer Cu). 1* are easy to ascend, the cap is at lv20. Especially easy if that's all you have - I guess you don't really care when you have a few 3* Servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 21, 2015, 03:07:56 am
I'm just missing statues, I have little to none since I've been ignoring those dailies in favor of story+free quests.
I don't like the fact that I can't hoard all these EXP cards since they share inventory space with servants and we have a max of 50 slots (And buying more slots uses quartz) so I've been leveling other characters here and there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 21, 2015, 03:14:39 am
I've ascended Caligula and Medusa,and Jing Ke is waiting for her 2nd ascension which she will get the second I get those damn bones.
Caster Cu isn't far off either,he just needs like 2 levels.
I might put some exp into Mozart as I like his look
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 21, 2015, 08:48:26 am
Yep, that 1/2 AP event is awesome, but apparently only works for events that give EXP only. Doesn't work for other kind of events (so yeah, no 20AP Master EXP quest). Still awesome though. Unfortunately I will ran out of QP with that many level ups LOL.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 21, 2015, 09:46:16 am
I think they'll also boost the QP rewards.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 21, 2015, 10:14:10 am
Didn't know that. I thought the QP rewards were for those new events that give you Servants. Apparently the QP rewards will be huge, reaching the 100K QP. I really hope that's true, I need it.

Oh well, I am finally in ROOOOOOMAAAAAA! Having a Berserker sure helped in killing the dragons after killing Jeanne. Darius was the only one standing in the end LOL. Also, I have completed Mata Hari's interlude, and I have to say the recommended levels for the interludes are pure bullshit. Recommended level for her was 20. First fight was indeed easy, just human soldiers. Second fight was a bit hard, Berserker golems, but nothing I couldn't deal with. Guess what I encountered in the last fight. A lvl. 44  Assassin Ghost with 3 attacks per turn, a really annoying stun skill that it loved to spam (I'm so glad it missed) and its NP filling in just 3 turns. Yeah, um, next interlude will be done at +10 levels the recommended level. Oh well, free Quartz is always nice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 22, 2015, 08:27:41 am
The new event is up, along with some nice QP rewards.
Maybe I'll be able to ascend St.George. Maybe one of these days I'll take my own advice and use quartz to refill AP or just use them for something (Maybe I'll do that on master EXP day)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 22, 2015, 09:05:47 am
My god, the 1/2 AP event is a god blessing, I swear. Being able to farm that much QP and EXP without having to spend 40 AP is amazing. I would rather prefer that they leave it that way forever.

Also, time for the Savior of France to obliterate those Riders again. I feel sorry for St. George.

Edit: OMG the QP rewards. 100K QP for the beginner quest and 400K for the mid quest. There goes my farming for QP LOL.

Edit2: So guys, I'm about to fight the Demon Flauros. Any advice as to what I should do for this fight? The only thing I know is that Saber, Archer and Lancer class deal 1/2 damage to it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 23, 2015, 01:48:31 am
I only remember bringing a berserker and support (Tanks, healers, proper use of evades and heals)

Speaking of tanks, St.George is a great choice for today's 40AP Master EXP daily :mink:

Edit: Wait don't you have Lancer Cu? Gae Bolg him and you're good. If the IK doesn't activate you can probably quit the app and start your turn again.
http://blogs.nrvnqsr.com/entry.php/3311-How-is-effect-success-rate-calculated

Aaand more datamined bits:
http://blogs.nrvnqsr.com/entry.php/3298-The-Weapon-Triangle-Spoiler-Version


I wonder if Beast = Monster
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 23, 2015, 03:45:22 am
There's no Monster, but clearly Flauros is Beast class.
I finally rolled a Lancer Cu, I'm ready to abuse the Gae Bolg luck check as needed, if I can build his NP gauge fast enough. I have a Kaleidoscope I can give him for boss fights (I'm finally in Orléans preparing for Jeanne Alter). And damn, apparently his second skill is the same Arrow Evasion as Caster Cu (stays active forever until it has dodged 3 attacks) so I'll try to Ascend him ASAP, that thing is so OP (except when the whole trio of enemies decide to maul him all together, it vanishes in a single turn, but at least it also raises defense).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 23, 2015, 05:42:07 am
Ah, I read in a different post that Monster was datamined as well, but I can't find the link at the moment. Are you sure Flauros is beast class? The multipliers don't quite fit, but I wouldn't know how else to categorize him.

It's finally taking me two 40 AP stages to level up, it's almost time to stop and focus on other dailies, 217 quartz so far, I'll start using them to farm exp cards and materials after tomorrow, I'll be happy if I reach a max of 80AP to make the most out of a quartz reload.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 23, 2015, 12:30:13 pm
Edit: Wait don't you have Lancer Cu? Gae Bolg him and you're good. If the IK doesn't activate you can probably quit the app and start your turn again.
http://blogs.nrvnqsr.com/entry.php/3311-How-is-effect-success-rate-calculated

I do have a Lancer Cu, but the main problem is that if I can raise his NP before he's utterly destroyed by Flauros. Perhaps I should ascend him first to get him Protection of Arrows, hopefully that makes a difference. I do have Ushiwakamaru for speeding NP raise, and Cu has an essence that raises the amount of NP gained (unfortunately no "start with X NP" available to me).

Or maybe I could use Sanson, his NP is also an IK and unlike Lancer Cu he's not weak against Flauros.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 23, 2015, 11:10:10 pm
Lancer Cu Appreciation Day (AKA Three Knights EXP Daily) carried mine all the way through his first ascension on his first day. With his Arrow Evasion and his stats and an NP boost CE, he is now my main.
Also I've finally finished France. On one hand I feel like I'm really late compared to everyone, but on the other hand, the daily quests are much more important, and if you have time to waste outside the daily, you should be doing the free quests to gather up the Dragon Balls quartz and try some serious roll (if you ever hope to do a 40 roll to get real 4+* Servants...) So it makes sense IMO that the third chapter isn't coming out yet. It's been only three weeks, after all.
Well, that's only for people who don't pay their way through the game, of course. Let's not even talk about those people who have lv 80 Arturia / Altera / Heracles and final ascensions, just hope to catch one as support.

I do wonder if the dailies will stick to that format forever, though. After a while, unless you luck out on a bunch of gold EXP cards and serious high level ascension/skill up material, it stops making much of a dent in what you need, and it turns into typical farming for entire weeks nonstop (with terrible drop rates). Of course, that's pretty much the incentive to pay, but it's not really self-sustaining for a f2p...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 23, 2015, 11:58:12 pm
I think somebody mentioned that you need a total of 634 or close Gold EXP cards from the same class to max out a 5* Servant from lvl.1, if you were to use only Gold EXP cards. So they most likely will leave it that way, specially since there are some mentions of Grand Ascension for some Servants, and you'll most likely have to reach their max level with all ascensions. They gotta milk the players as much as possible, and as you've seen there's some crazy dudes doing that.

I wish I was as lucky as you to draw Lancer EXP cards. For some weird reason I'm only getting useless Archer cards when I have no Archers. UUUUURGH. And that low AP regeneration doesn't help... If you leave your Lancer as main I'll be borrowing it for the fight against Flauros if you don't mind.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 24, 2015, 12:00:55 am
I received a bunch of silver Lancer EXP cards but when I didn't or when I wanted to get past one more step, I just used some silver Archer and Saber cards. I'm trying to not, but it's not like I have anyone else to give them to ATM (except freakin' Arash). I'm not using up any gold cards beside Lancer, though, just in case I ever luck out on a good Saber or Archer.
As for Lancer, I only got his instant kill against mooks, I restarted the round a bunch of times against Jeanne Alter but never got it and had to do it the hard way. It was hard.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 24, 2015, 12:02:27 am
FINALLY got enough bones to ascend Jing Ke and am faced with the harsh reality that is the ammount of exp it takes to get someone over 40 a level up,jesus.
Ah, I read in a different post that Monster was datamined as well, but I can't find the link at the moment.
Monster is a class that is exclusive to Ryougi Shiki iirc...and Since we're getting Alter Egos from CCC I wouldn't be suprised if they threw in Arc and Shiki later on.
(except freakin' Arash).
Arash seems like a cool dudebro,too bad he has shitty stats.Also no archers here either,I just wanna draw Robin Hood,his NP is pretty damn good(Big damage and a poison effect)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 24, 2015, 12:07:13 am
People talk about the Monster class because someone thought it was found in the datamining, but it never was. And in spite of crossover prospects, I'm not expecting anything from Tsukihime or Rakkyou until after all the chapters are out. We don't even know how long the "secret" ones will last for, anyway. There are those that already have all their data, then there are those that have an artwork, voice actor etc., then there are those that have nothing but a name, and I wouldn't expect characters like Ishtar or Quetzalcoatl to pop up until the very end, so anyone else not in the data would come after that, I reckon.

The only reason to have Arash is to make use of the weakness triangle (and that's only when you know you're facing a really strong Saber), he has nothing else going for him. And then he kills himself, and I don't even think the damage is scaled per his remaining life. He could be a bit better if there was a way to build it up.
But after all, there's only like 3 Archers that you can draw so far, and one is 4*, so of course it's super rare.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 24, 2015, 03:49:25 am
I hope you're ready for the grind http://blogs.nrvnqsr.com/entry.php/3286-How-much-%28servant%29-XP-do-I-need-to-level

Anyways, I'm not playing in a very effective way, I'm leveling up everyone equally since my only 4* is Saber Lily, and you can't hoard EXP cards because of the 50 slot limit.
And yeah, I'm sure Delightworks wasn't expecting people to rush through content at this speed, not getting Okeanos right away is fine with me, I can try to finally get these cubes and hoard them since I won't be using them anytime soon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 24, 2015, 08:53:36 am
Well, you can spend a quartz to increase your Servant/EXP limit by 5, same with the CEs, up to 250 if you need.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 24, 2015, 10:18:13 am
Anyways, I'm not playing in a very effective way, I'm leveling up everyone equally since my only 4* is Saber Lily, and you can't hoard EXP cards because of the 50 slot limit.
And yeah, I'm sure Delightworks wasn't expecting people to rush through content at this speed, not getting Okeanos right away is fine with me, I can try to finally get these cubes and hoard them since I won't be using them anytime soon.

I have not payed for any content, and never have refilled my AP with Quartz, and I reached the Flauros stage in less than a week. I do admit I've been lucky with the Servants draw but still, except for a few stages, the rest of them are really easy to beat. And if it's Sunday, if you combine it with the Master EXP you can even go even faster in progression. So yeah, I find it normal to beat the game that fast even without spending money. I mean, the Roma stages are so easy compared to France that until you reach Servant fights you won't even need more than 3 turns to beat one.

I suppose the reason the difficulty curve was so extreme in France with all the dragons was so people would take a lot more time to beat the game. I'm sure they weren't expecting Assassins to make the whole thing way too easy. Oh well, once I beat Flauros it will be time to ascend my Servants once and then get as many Quartz as possible from free quest stages. I don't want to overlevel myself for Okeanos honestly.

And ffs game, give me more Lancer EXP cards!!!!!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 24, 2015, 10:45:25 am
Who is your support unit? Because  if you have Jeanne or a friend with a high level servant then that's a way to kinda cheat the game (Kinda)
I think they should've made friend summons once a day to avoid this, because you can exploit the friend summon in an awful way, then again we're complaining about AP reload times and with a more normalized AP recharge we could've beasted through all the maps and dailies in record time so I don't know.

And yeah you can go with Da Vinci and expand your inventory size, I wouldn't be fine with spending premium currency to keep increasing my inventory size and keep hoarding EXP cards haha, perhaps later once I land a good servant.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 24, 2015, 11:14:31 am
It's either Lvl. 45 Arturia with Limited/Over Zero (if this guy even reaches the first Ascension OMG the damage her Buster attacks will do) or another Arturia Lvl. 50 with Hollow Magic. So yeah, I suppose it's kinda cheating LOL. Charisma boost + AoE Excalibur does make things easier. Honestly, I wasn't expecting them to befriend me, which I'm kinda surprised. But hey, I'm all about exploiting the system as much as possible if they allow me, that's the least they can do with their shitty AP regen and the high AP cost for the Daily Quest (even if right now it's 1/2 AP).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 24, 2015, 02:29:31 pm
It's free FP for them, that's why, I wouldn't mind free FP.


That's the deal though, they didn't plan the Friend system properly, it's so easy to abuse it and rush through the game, I started with a LV25 Jeanne and near the middle of France I got a Level 50 Vlad as support that made things mindlessly easy (As long as I keep him alive with tanks and Shielder) They really should've limited that to once per day (Like in FFRK) so you could try different people's support and whatnot. Oh well, I shouldn't complain, that helps me through Master EXP day a lot.
That is a good point though, screw the AP regen, might as well do what you can to make the most out of it. Too bad master EXP wasn't 1/2 haha, that would've been TOO GOOD.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 24, 2015, 03:21:55 pm
Or even easier, that you can only get as support Servants with less or equal level than your highest leveled Servant, to make it fair. I was going to say using Master XP as reference, but taking into account how easy it is to level it up with the Sunday daily, that's not really an option. Or set a max level in each scenario, and only let Servants with less or equal level than the limit appear in the list.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 24, 2015, 03:25:54 pm
Or even easier, that you can only get as support Servants with less or equal level than your highest leveled Servant, to make it fair.
Wow wow wow let's not get carried away. It would pretty much be useless once you start having more than one or two decent Servants. Support Servants are sometimes the only way to get past some particularly hard missions, especially the high level daily quests, and there would be no incentive at all to using support Servants with lower level than you have, beside the FP, but even gaining 25 a pop is pretty low, and that's assuming you actually friended them.
The most I'd imagine is something like "you don't get FP if you use a support that's much higher level than your best (except if you friended them)".
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 25, 2015, 08:32:19 am
Still, the amount of FP is so small that it wouldn't be worth it, really.
And the Shakespeare event is up, the maps are full of Lamias(Caster) so bring Riders.

Edit: Holy shit, Leonidas' Interlude is hard as hell. I had to fight three high level servants in a row, the last one being Herakles, it was so bad I had to use command seals, not even bringing tanks, support and a Lv50 Berserker helped.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 25, 2015, 04:09:48 pm
Interlude difficulty is pure bullshit, even the 1* Servants have really hard enemies to deal. I still remember d'Eon's interlude that I saw in Youtube. Just search for it. The whole fight is really hard to beat without CS. I don't understand why they are so annoyingly hard for no reason, seriously. I can understand for EMIYA since it boosts his NP damage a lot, but for just a free Quartz they have to be that difficult?

Oh, and I just beat Flauros, had to use CS because there's no way my Servants can take three AoE in a row, specially after being hit with a debuff defense skill. Now only Attila remaining... need to wait for the CS to recharge again urgh.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 25, 2015, 04:19:30 pm
I haven't done any of the Interludes yet, but it feels to me like a way to push for every Servant ; you wouldn't take on a Servant's last boss battle if that Servant is still at level 10 or so, it's a reward for completing / mastering that Servant (although I guess a simple reward of one quartz isn't worth that). I like that principle myself, it makes sure everyone can be relevant, like you can go to a high level with anyone. And it ties to that Servant's lore too, which shows that they're not just dumping anyone they can think of, they're actually digging in the actual myth.
Speaking of interludes, I checked out the Garden of Avalon short stories the other day and they're pretty cool, I hope they're included in the relevant Interludes (Lancelot Saber, Arturia Alter Lancer with Rhongomyniad etc.)

How many times does Flauros' AoE attacks hit in one go ? If it hits each Servant only once, Lancer Cu's or Caster Cu's Arrow Evasion would be golden against it.
edit - Youtube says it hits everyone just once, so yeah, both Cus get a free pass for 3 attacks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 25, 2015, 04:56:50 pm
It hits once, but since he usually attacks three times in a row Protection From Arrows only usually lasts one turn, three at most if he spams his debuff or buff skills which is definitely a bad thing since if he can easily one-shot your Servant if it has accumulated enough debuff defense. Doesn't help the fact that he can easily crit you, and that Saber, Lancer and Archer are weak against all of its attacks. And you don't really want to waste it too much since you need to take into account that his NP is impossible to survive against unless you have something that makes you take 0 damage against it.

So let's resume all the crap he does:
- Takes 1/2 damage against the knight classes and double damage (Berserker as always does 1.5x) against non-knight classes. Does double damage to knight and half to non-knight (Berserker excluded). Keep in mind that non-knight classes tend to have low HP unless you have 4-5* Servants, so they really don't last more than 2-3 turns unfortunately (and less if you get a crit).
- Its normal attack is an AoE, and has a good chance of being a critical hit. Can easily spend a whole turn spamming only this attack.
- Has a skill that debuffs one Servant defense a lot and inflicts "Flame" status, which means they lose HP each turn. This starts accumulating with the amount of damage it does, which is not good (and unlike in Extra you will die, not stay at 1HP, if they do enough damage to kill you).
- Has a buff skill that is star related. I believe it either enhances its critical damage or increases the chance to get a critical. No idea unfortunately, I died the turn he used this so I don't know what it does.
- Impossible to survive its NP, hits multiple times with absurds amount of damage. You need a null damage skill to survive.

Good luck there pal.

---------------

Edit: And so, the game has decided I suffered enough and has finally given me an Archer in the free roll, Arash, in order to deal with Attila. Which I instantly ascended because I had plenty of Archer EXP that I didn't need at all. Hopefully with the event that will come soon I can upgrade its NP to lvl. 2 and turn his suicide attack into a huge amount of damage.

Edit2: Welp, Arash lasted two turns, so much for him. But still, I beat Rome. With only needing one CS to fully heal Saber, before I was forced to eat another NP I hit Attila with a beautiful Buster Brave Combo with Excalibur too. I pitied her. Now it's time to farm all Quartz from the free stages!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 26, 2015, 01:28:43 pm
From Beast Lair, REALLY GOOD NEWS! You probably saw it if you opened the game

Quote
Bow before the generosity of the King, is what it says!

Actually there's a lot of stuff.

The King will open his vault and give us a bunch of shit.

5* Gilgamesh also coming to gacha.

Mystery event on 9/4.

Holy fuck, that TM Ace FGO special CE is getting a huge upgrade. +1 FP -> +75

also, 10-roll gacha will be changed to give you at least one 3* or higher Servant.

AP RECOVERY TIME DECREASING TO 5 MINUTES

THANK YOU MY KING

This will take place in August 31st. Also, they extended the 1/2 AP Daily Quest Event.

-----

About the gifts we will receive from Gilgamesh vault, it's these ones:

① 10 Saint Quartz
② 3 summon tickets
③ 3000000 QP
④ 3 All-class 4* EXP cards
⑤ 3 HP up 3* Fou-kun cards, 3 ATK up 3* Fou-kun cards
⑥ Skill up materials: 15 All-Class Shiny Stones, 5 All-Class Magic Stones, 2 All-Class Hidden Stones, 1 Imperial Wrath of the Dragon, 1 Heart of the Barbarian God, 1 Legend Crystal
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 26, 2015, 04:35:33 pm
Holy shit,thats a lot of fucking stuff.
Also Gil being added to the Gatcha is great,he can go on the list of servants I'll never ever get
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 26, 2015, 06:44:27 pm
His skills are outstanding, both active and passive, and his stats are quite good too. He's the best Archer and probably one of the best Servants in the game, and taking into account that he's 5* he probably will be impossible to level up LOL.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 27, 2015, 01:27:22 am
Apprently, Gilgamesh will only be available from 31st of August, 2015, 5:00AM to 9th of September, 2015, 13:59 PM.
Also the Half AP campaign has now been extended to the 3rd of September, 2015, 23:59 PM.

The AP recovery and 10x draw adjustments are permanent (Some people thought that those would only apply for Gilgamesh's campaign)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 27, 2015, 01:55:21 am
The AP recovery and 10x draw adjustments are permanent (Some people thought that those would only apply for Gilgamesh's campaign)
Oi,so a guaranteed 3* servant or higher will stay with us?Thats fucking neato.
I'm really glad they're trying to kick off the game with these events.

Also if any of you bastards manages to grab a Gil during the event make sure to brag here,although the chances of that seem pretty low.5* Gatcha being Under 1% chance is a bummer
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 27, 2015, 02:17:08 am
I have 250 stones. I'm ready. (I wanted to save them for the new batch of servants though)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 27, 2015, 10:18:00 pm
Oh wow, how much money did you spend in this game? That's a lot of Quartz.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 27, 2015, 11:30:40 pm
Absolutely zero, I never spend money on mobages.

Edit:
I completed main content, all the free quests,  intrludes, events, I got the 40 quartz from the start up campaign (I settled with my servant and never rerolled) and all the extra ones they gave us as compensation from the huuuuge maintenance, we just got extra ones from short maintenance here and there, daily login bonus, etc.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on August 28, 2015, 12:00:58 am
Neaaaaato.
I can't wait for Gilgamesh. He's practically my favorite servant next to Tamamo and Kojiro.

Also I just started Rome, it's pretty easy so far so there's nothing major to worry about for now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 28, 2015, 12:34:43 pm
sup, get your own Leonidas now.
Also speaking of Lancers, Benkei's interlude was also quite difficult, you fight Lancer Cu, Leonidas and Berserker Lancelot. I'm sure I only barely cleared it thanks to my support unit.

Edit: The second part was easy, it was full of Casters.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 28, 2015, 07:56:03 pm
Great, and I just recently ascended my Leonidas too. Boosting his NP will surely aid him a lot.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 29, 2015, 03:41:39 am
Yeah uh, I had to use a seal for his third interlude...
You fight Emiya, then Arturia and finally Gilgamesh, and since I wasted abilities trying to get to Gil he just Ea'd my entire party. Typical Gil.
I think my goal right no with the half AP campaign is to ascend everyone at least one level (So far I have Arash, Kojiro, Hassan, Darius, Mephistopheles, Leonidas and St.George), get the interlude for the quartz and then leave the character alone unless it's someone very useful/I like.

Also, I cleared the LV60 Shadow Herakles battle on Fuyuki and... after you clear it it unlocks three more stages haha. Yeah no, I'm not trying that again unless I land a 4*+ servant.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 29, 2015, 12:59:03 pm
Gilgamesh fight is pure bullshit for what I've seen in Youtube. He can even spend his entire turn boosting his NP bar, to the point that in the second turn you may even eat an Enuma Elish in your face. Go there with 3 CS or Quartz because it's a really bullshit fight.

Also, don't worry about that free quest in Fuyuki after beating Shadow Berserker, those battles only have skeletons, and they give a lot of Master EXP. Good place to grind if you don't have the Master Daily Quest available. They're easy to beat, believe me.

In my case, I want to ascend my Darius, Ushiwakamaru, Mephistopheles and d'Eon. So far, Koujirou, Mata Hari, Arash, Leonidas and Lancer Cu are all ascended. Maybe I can ascend all 1* Servants that I have too, they're easy to ascend and their Interludes are the easiest to beat, which will help me get extra Quartz.

Edit: Hey, did someone comment before that Leonidas FIRST fight in his interlude consists on a three-round battle against a Hassan, Robin Hood, and Siegfried? Because I sure as hell didn't know. Wow at this fight. I had to reload quite some times because Hassan kept instantly killing my d'Eon with his NP, and Siegfried threw me a Balmung at turn 2 because he spammed a skill that replenished one bar of his NP. I only won because of my awesome Lancer Cu and the support character.

Seriously, DW, debuff the goddamn interludes. Why are they so hard when there's no point for them in being like that?!

Edit2: And so I read that in the second fight a 100K Spartacus and a 120K Heracles awaits me. Followed in the third fight by high level ghosts.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

hahahaha

ha...

Oh well, let's go do another interlude!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 30, 2015, 01:22:24 am
I had to use two command seals for that Gilgamesh fight, it's okay though, I cleared it (And I'm trying to hoard more quartz, I wouldn't spend one to clear the quest!)

Really? I saw a 40 difficulty and lost interest in completing it but if it's just skeletons then it's doable. Shadow Herakles was incredibly difficult.

Basically yeah, you want to ascend 1* servants since it's so cheap (materials and EXP-wise) just to get the interlude and extra quartz (Plus it doesn't hurt to have some back up characters to counter certain classes)

About Leonidas' interludes... yep, I had to use one seal for that one, the second one is harder and the third one is full of ghosts but don't underestimate it, it's not easy despite the fact that it has no actual servants. I already cleared all of them but I had to waste seals.

Benkei's interludes were hard as hell too, I unlocked Darius and Hassan's but I don't plan to even try them until I get my seals back.


Oh also if someone added me recently, I accidentally deleted you since I was half asleep and I thought I was accepting a request, whoops. Feel free to add me again.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 30, 2015, 11:09:31 am
Hey guys, did somebody do the lvl 40 recommended quest in Rome? I really don't want to waste my AP unless I'm sure I won't encounter any bullshit enemy in that fight.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 30, 2015, 11:57:16 am
Not yet, it's still Master EXP day.
You can find the quest here maybe? https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WI4dKGcwWjn5XpTgfLsK8c0cipRzrWbVpiLGeVr55Ks/edit#gid=0
If not I'll give it a try after grinding some more master EXP.


Also!
http://itsalmo.st/#giltime
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 30, 2015, 12:54:36 pm
I'm having an inner conflict myself. While I don't have enough Quartz for a 10 roll, I do have plenty for at least 6 rolls... yet I don't know if I want to waste it all, wait for that September 4th event just in case, or wait for the yet-to-come Servants that appeared in that TM-Ace magazine, in which most likely I will have plenty of Quartz with the daily login bonus...

Guess I will do the Friendship roll at least, and wait for others to comment about the chance of getting Gilgamesh. Should be 1%, but perhaps it's been boosted because he's a limited time event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 30, 2015, 12:58:13 pm
10 rolls give you a guaranteed servant (Or rather, they will really soon) So you could keep working on free missions, getting daily login bonus and wait for that. I doubt I'll use all my quartz trying to get Gilgamesh but I'll definitely give it a try a couple of times.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 30, 2015, 01:15:37 pm
I suppose I should. Guess I will have to indulge myself with the Friendship rolls. I do want an assured 3* or more Servant if I want to waste all the Quartz.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 30, 2015, 02:24:40 pm
Quote
Notice of maintenance 8/31 AM2:00 ~ 5AM
Details
3 million user campaign update
Gilgamesh put in gacha for a limited time
Game updates AP/Magazine CE
For more details see what was posted on the 26th
Other updates
-Adding new servants and Craft Essence
-Adjusted QP drop
QP from monsters from Main/free quests by 10x
QP 5x increased from daily dungeons
2x rate increased for better drops in QP daily
2x rate increased for better EXP cards in EXP daily
-Battle Adjustments
NP cards can now obtain critical stars
-Quest difficulty reduced
Main quest has some of its areas made easier
Some free quests have been made easier
-System adjustments
Changed the amount of items you can have in your giftbox from 100 to 200
Changed the amount of friend requests you can have at a time from 10 to 20
-Fixed typos in main story and system messages
-Provide more detail on saint quartz summon
-Compensation 4 Saint Quartz
-Distribution period September 1st 4am to February 29th 2016
>NEW SERVANTS AND CES
YES
>Changed typo in story
I bet they fucking fixed the "Regend of the Samurai"
>Better drops
YAAAA
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 30, 2015, 02:29:43 pm
"Regend" was fixed at least a week and a half ago already.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 30, 2015, 02:32:23 pm
Yeah, I did Kojiro's interlude a while ago and it said "Legend" so they're additional typos here and there.

It doesn't seem like they have implemented the guaranteed 3* or more servant adjustment yet? Oh well I'll enjoy those benefits after waking up, half AP AND recharge time, 2x rate increase for EXP AND the 1/2 AP per EXP quests we have right now? YES.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 30, 2015, 06:35:01 pm
You wanted Gil? Too bad, it's maintenance time!

Jokes aside, my god, if this new update brings Asfolto and Jacky, I'm so rolling the moment we get out of maintenance time. Guess I also have 7 rolls in the Quartz gatcha because of the downtime LOL.

And yeah, that Legend was fixed a long time ago, I believe when a lot of people (not only the ones that just paid through the game) started getting into the interludes. I remember how hard I laughed when I read it. Japan and its Engrish moments LOL.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 30, 2015, 06:48:37 pm
You wanted Gil? Too bad, it's maintenance time!
Uh ? That's pretty obvious, there's never anything new without a maintenance first, the maintenance is done specifically to add the new stuff. This one is planned to last from 2 to 5AM (JST).
Think of those guys who come to work on Monday morning at 2AM.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 30, 2015, 06:51:06 pm
I already knew that, though some people seem not to have expected it. What I was not expecting was the new Servants (and CE) nor the 2x Gold Rank EXP drop rate increase.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 30, 2015, 11:01:48 pm
33 gifts holy shit
ALSO ITS TIME
Good Luck Fam

ROLLED MOTHERFUCKING PROTO CU LETS GO
FUCK 2 PROTO CUS
Make that 3
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 30, 2015, 11:07:33 pm
Hahaha the AP timer is 5 minutes instead of 10 now but the AP counter is stuck at 0 even when the timer resets. New maintenance (plus apology quartz) in 5, 4, 3... I hope no one tries to use up a quartz to refill the gauge because it looks like it's hardcoded set at 0 for some reason right now. That's some major fuck-up, coding-wise.
ROLLED MOTHERFUCKING PROTO CU LETS GO
I'm interested to know if he's any different from regular Lancer Cu.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 30, 2015, 11:12:38 pm
Since I had full AP I can farm the Knight EXP. Gotta do it before it goes into maintenance again.

Also, the three tickets granted me a Crystal Horse, fucking Rin's pendant and an Imaginary Around. An Imaginary Around! I'm so glad I at least got something good. I'm so glad.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 30, 2015, 11:14:50 pm
I don't know why the game keeps giving me Boudica and Shota Xander dammit
Also got Medea and 3 new CEs Bazzet,Caren(I think) and some sort of sea thing
Edit:Its the sea tha Moses split isnt it?
ROLLED MOTHERFUCKING PROTO CU LETS GO
I'm interested to know if he's any different from regular Lancer Cu.
IIRC Proto Cu has a fucking crazy Gae Bolg that he had to seal away
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 30, 2015, 11:22:04 pm
The third skill Prototype Cu unlocks, frankly, is only useful against Beast type like Flauros. Lancer Cu from FSN has a much better ability that allows him to heal himself. Combining it with Battle Continuation and the Protection From Arrows makes him last a lot on his own.

Apart from that, no idea about his base stats. If he has higher stats then perhaps he may be a better option than Lancer Cu.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 30, 2015, 11:38:23 pm
IIRC Proto Cu has a fucking crazy Gae Bolg that he had to seal away
That's in Prototype, but according to the pastebin of the leak, the NP is the same - high damage, def down, chance of instant death. It doesn't list the skills though. But it sounds like it's not very interesting.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 30, 2015, 11:41:27 pm
Sorry, let me correct myself. I got a Limited/Zero Over. How did I even mistake the two LOL? So yeah, Buster damage will benefit my d'Eon, specially with her new boosted ATK.

And yeah, Prototype Cu is a slightly worse version of Lancer Cu apparently. If you already have a Lancer Cu, it's not really worth getting. Caster Medea is definitely worth getting, and she's 3*, so I will rely on Friendship roll for her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 30, 2015, 11:53:09 pm
Oh, from my tickets + friend rolls + a 40 quartz roll, I got shit with one small exception - Medea, then ROMA and a bunch of shit CEs (one gold - young Sakura).
... But my "Beginning of the journey" CE (the one from TMAce) is bumped from +1 FP to +75, so I get 100 for every battle where I bring a friend. I'll be over here farming Friend Points now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 30, 2015, 11:54:59 pm
Use my d'Eon if you don't mind. I just equipped her with the Limited/Zero Over card and she's lvl. 34 (and still raising using the Daily EXP), so it will definitely help you. And I definitely need those friend points to get a good Caster and Archer.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 30, 2015, 11:58:57 pm
Man, I have this guy with a lv50 Arturia Alter with a Kaleidoscope for hard Dailies, with my FSNCu + Kaleidoscope, I wipe out bosses with an Excalibur Morgan - Gae Bolg - whoever is my third NP combo. The alternative is a lv 45 Herc with Nine Lives.
But I make sure to use friends with lower ranks for story and free quests, so it'll come in due time.

Oh hey, I spent a quartz for refill and now the timer does refill my AP, good. There will still be a maintenance coming though, for those who don't spend a quartz and are stuck at 0.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 31, 2015, 12:09:32 am
I didn't experience that error though, guess it happens to some people, most likely the server that can't handle so many people connected. Not sure if that will warrant an apology quartz or not, hopefully it does.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 31, 2015, 12:29:32 am
Yeah, still glitching crazy.
I fed Medea a few EXP, leveled her up ; went to do an EXP daily, got a bunch of Lancer EXP, went back to the Servant strenghtening screen, and Medea was still Lv1. I try to level her up, an error pops up saying I don't have that Servant. My Lancer EXP cards aren't here. Oh, and my AP gauge dropped to 20 when it was over 60 (out of 84).

... And after restarting for the 5th time, everything is back to normal. Wut. Except my AP and my Lancer EXP. ... Oh wait, my Lancer EXP is reappearing little by little, what the fuck.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 31, 2015, 01:00:46 am
Okay here's the deal.
The servers are lagging, if it looks like your AP is stuck at 0 or you rolled and then everything disappears, it's still there, it's just that the server hasn't updated your profile.
It happened to me once. ALSO.
(http://i.imgur.com/aza6rtj.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 31, 2015, 01:07:35 am
Screw you I wanted a Lancelot.
Also did they increase the chance to get the new Servants or something?I can't believe I pulled 5 copies of new servants with the servant pool being 50 something

I guess Proto Cu will do.I don't think I'll be using Medea that much tho :/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 31, 2015, 01:10:50 am
Yeah, the gacha page says there's an up rate.

Also, psh... I deserve that good roll, my first one was absolute garbage, just look at this.
(http://i.imgur.com/O4dVZ0q.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 31, 2015, 07:51:39 am
At least you got a Lancer Cu, which is one of the best Lancers in the game, so be happy about that fact. You'll see how good he is when you ascend him the first time.

Also, it went unnoticeable because of the Gil event, but just to remind you, Arash event is now available. You can get your hands on an Arash, 2 Quartz, 500k QP and one ascension material, so don't forget about it.

And I finally managed to ascend d'Eon... so many EXP cards needed... now it's the turn to ascend my Darius.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 31, 2015, 08:24:44 am
The problem is that I have way too many of every other class except Archers and Sabers. I need Archers badly, I wouldn't mind landing an Emiya or Gilgamesh.

I already got Arash's NP to LV4... might as well get it to 5 and go out with a blast I guess.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 31, 2015, 10:05:50 am
Also, it went unnoticeable because of the Gil event, but just to remind you, Arash event is now available.
It's not that no one noticed because Gil, it's that it wasn't the case. Those "1 star Servant" events reset at 1 or 2PM (still JST) because the first one started at that time, not at midnight. Basically you caught it right when it started.

I got curious about buying quartz and you need around 40 bucks to get a 10 roll (so 8 Black Keys + pendants and 1 Servant), this is ridiculous. edit = misremembered the numbers, but it's still bad
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 31, 2015, 01:08:41 pm
Hahaha, Arash kills himself when he uses his NP in the event quest. They didn't remove that for when he's a boss. Easiest Servant ever LOL.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 31, 2015, 01:14:07 pm
Yeah, just turtle it out and make sure you have either a dodge, a back up member or defense buffs stacked.
I wish I could boost his NP gain with my skills to make that even faster.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 31, 2015, 01:21:44 pm
His NP fills in three turns only, so it doesn't take that long for him to suicide fortunately. I really hope in the Saber event it's Gilles using his worthless NP so he dies even faster. And with the amount of Gilgamesh appearing in the Friend list any Saber that appears will be raped.

Speaking about Gilgamesh, his critical star generation is insane (I tried a Friend one, I'm not that lucky). Arts and Quick attacks can grant a max of 5 stars, while Buster a max of 4. Wow at the percentage of criticals one can have. I had three attacks at 100% chance and the others at 50% or close, since I combined it with other star generation skills and had a critical chain in the previous round. And he has Charisma. And I read that at lvl. 20 he has 7000 atk or close. Number one broken Servant is here.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 31, 2015, 02:04:37 pm
I think with the Lancelot I drew, I'm ready to make a REALLY good combination of him, Kojiro and St.George.

I got the 600% Critical craft essence (Bazett) so that goes on Lancelot, then Kojiro get the Crit Generation CE (Tokiomi) and St. George Just tanks.

...Then I'll be getting 100% Critical Buster Brave chains with Lancelot (If I get lucky), OH YES. I'm definitely spending quartz on Berserker EXP day to level him up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 31, 2015, 02:33:39 pm
Yeah, I just saw you putting Lancelot as your Leader with that essence. I thought Lancelot wouldn't be a good Servant because he was more focused on Quick attacks rather than Buster attacks, but I was wrong. Heracles is still the best though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on August 31, 2015, 03:44:56 pm
Hahaha, Arash kills himself when he uses his NP in the event quest. They didn't remove that for when he's a boss. Easiest Servant ever LOL.

Just had this happen to me doing the lvl. 30 quest. Had three Lancers out with Continue the Fight activated, couldn't stop blinking in disbelief.

Man, am I the only one that thinks ascended Leonidas is super distracting?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 31, 2015, 04:14:02 pm
Nah, his head is on friggin' fire and the shape of his cape is too super hero-y. But then the third ascension also feels wrong, he's just red haired Cu..
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 31, 2015, 10:11:20 pm
And so I gained tons of Quartz because of the problems with the AP not regenerating and more, allowing me to reach 40 Quartz. So I decided to roll. Got another Limited/Zero Over, two Medea, Caster and Saber Gilles and Proto Cu (plus garbage CE). Oh well, at least now I have a good Caster. Now I'm missing a good Archer... Hopefully when Euryale is released she's a good 3* Archer.

And now my Ushiwakamaru has more clothes! I mean, she has ascended and now has Charisma skill! Yay! Medea, your turn.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 01, 2015, 12:38:46 am
Medea is one of the best 3* servants and casters so that's not bad at all (Level up her skill to Lv4 or so and she'll practically get full NP bar in one turn)

Also I refuse to ascend Boudica.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 01, 2015, 12:41:50 am
Just ascend her once to be able to access her Interlude. It's one battle only, you do it, get the Quartz, and forget she ever existed. That, or ascend her three times so she turns visually passable.

And yeah, OMG Medea is able to boost her NP even higher than Andersen. Her NP is also good, so no problem in that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 01, 2015, 12:46:37 am
At least give Boudicca a skirt.

How does Medea's skill work ? You cast it once, it greatly increases the NP gain, kinda like Formalcraft, but for one turn only ? Or does it last a certain number of turns ?
I'm reaching a point where I'm close to the max level I can get for my top Servants, soon I'll have to hunt for material for their second ascension. In the mean time I'll push up my other Servants to get their Interlude. But that's only if I have enough space in my inventory, what with those hundreds of gold Saber and Archer EXP cards I don't have anyone to use on !
Oh, a Proto-Cu in the friend rolls. At least there's still that, I could only do one quartz 10 roll, it's so hard to build back up enough quartz - but at least I probably won't spend any more quartz to refill the AP gauge with the doubled rate, that's a relief. I already forgot if it's going to stick for good, it's not just for the Gil campaign, is it ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 01, 2015, 12:49:08 am
It works exactly as it works with Andersen. You use it, and it fills your NP bar a certain amount. For Andersen, it filled 50% of the bar, and it was High-Speed Incantation B. Medea has A rank, so it should increase it even more. That's why a lot of people liked Andersen support, since he could boost your entire party the first turn with the right preparations.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 01, 2015, 12:51:28 am
I don't have use Andersen. Hang on, it raises everyone's NP gauge ? What do you mean by boosting the entire party ? Or is that the effect of his NP which he can easily get ? edit - oh right, you mean boost the party as in random buffs for everyone, is what the NP does, okay.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 01, 2015, 01:03:54 am
Quote
Caster: Medea
Max Stats: HP 8643 ATK 7418
NP: Rule Breaker // Single-target Damage, Removes all enemy buffs. Recharge Self NP. Overcharge increases recharge rate. [ARTS]
Skill 1: High-Speed Incantation A, Increases NP gauge by 80%.
Skill 2: Golden Fleece, Heals Medea for 500. Yay. (The text says she "touches the Fleece lovingly." Touch Fluffy Fleece.)
Attack Pattern:
Cards: Q A A A B
Comes with Territory Creation A and Item Creation A.
Can you see how she gains massive NP? Between her skillset, Territory Creation A and being able to Brave Arts Chain....

So NP spam. Her first skill charges the meter hugely (80% or more depending on her level) and the NP charges it by 25% afterwards. So slap a Kaleidoscope on he, pop NP, pop skill, pop NP again. and you'll still have 1/4 NP meter after that!

About Boudica, I was mostly kidding (As far as Riders go I'm leveling up Blackbeard right now, but  she's probably next)

...EXP daily isn't giving me Berserker cards and I NEED them badly.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 01, 2015, 03:26:01 am
The fact that all my servants are now getting just a +10/20 stat increase when I level em up is really annoying,damn these growth curves.
Also I have been farming golem crystals for a week now and not a single drop.And I need 6 more of them.
The fact that they only appear in like 2 levels doesnt help either
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 01, 2015, 11:21:27 pm
Quote
Caster: Medea
Max Stats: HP 8643 ATK 7418
NP: Rule Breaker // Single-target Damage, Removes all enemy buffs. Recharge Self NP. Overcharge increases recharge rate. [ARTS]
Skill 1: High-Speed Incantation A, Increases NP gauge by 80%.
Skill 2: Golden Fleece, Heals Medea for 500. Yay. (The text says she "touches the Fleece lovingly." Touch Fluffy Fleece.)
Attack Pattern:
Cards: Q A A A B
Comes with Territory Creation A and Item Creation A.
Can you see how she gains massive NP? Between her skillset, Territory Creation A and being able to Brave Arts Chain....

So NP spam. Her first skill charges the meter hugely (80% or more depending on her level) and the NP charges it by 25% afterwards. So slap a Kaleidoscope on he, pop NP, pop skill, pop NP again. and you'll still have 1/4 NP meter after that!

About Boudica, I was mostly kidding (As far as Riders go I'm leveling up Blackbeard right now, but  she's probably next)

...EXP daily isn't giving me Berserker cards and I NEED them badly.

Wow at those skills. 500HP is not really that much, but I suppose for a Caster it's plenty since they usually have low health. That NP increase though. First turn NP with low rank CE is not a dream anymore.

Anyway, I completed quite a bit of Interludes that I managed to unlock (except d'Eon, which sports a 900K HP ghost, no kidding there with that health value, I need to spam instant death NP from Cu). Darius, Sanson and Mozart's interlude are easy, I'm surprised that Darius got only skeletons in his interlude. Leonidas was as bad as I read, second fight was ROME, Spartacus and Heracles, while third round was full of ghosts. Had to waste 2 CS ffs. I'm so glad of my support Arturia AND for Leonidas using his taunt skill. I'm so glad.

So yeah guys, if you want to farm Quartz using interludes, use that as reference. Lancer Cu's interlude is normal difficulty (full of Homunculus that are easy to kill IMO), same as Mata Hari (only Mata Hari's third battle may be a bit challenging if you're not prepared, it's a ghost team). Dragonslayer is normal difficulty too (IMO the demon was easy to handle since I didn't bring Koujirou in the fight LOL).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 02, 2015, 03:41:45 am
I ascended way too many characters and ran out of Class Pieces (Not to mention that I used four quartz yesterday for AP regen) so I have to start farming those. Too bad those dailies are 40AP, ugh (I just need four Berserker pieces and one Dragon Scale for Lancelot)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 02, 2015, 11:15:06 am
I'm so jealous you have a Lancelot. His star generation is quite good, specially when you use his NP against a group of 3. I saw a video in Youtube in which they reached 64 stars or close when they used it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 02, 2015, 01:43:28 pm
I juuuust got him to 50 too, I wonder how many quartz will that Dragon scale cost me...
And I was lucky to get two in the same draw so I can get his NP to 200%. His abilities weren't working properly though, there was a small two hour maintenance (So we're getting more consolation quartz tomorro) and now Focus AND Bazett's CE work properly. So now he can hog all the stars (Or at least most of them)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 02, 2015, 02:56:59 pm
S.D. you're earning a bunch of friend points from me,holy shit.
I just can't avoid picking the fucking minigun knight everytime I see him on the support list.

Also,holy shit they werent kidding when they said they buffed up the money drop rates,this is nuts
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 02, 2015, 03:07:06 pm
Just wait until I get that Dragon Scale haha.

It's a decent NP, it boosts damage and gives a bunch of stars, pairing him with Sasaki means TONS of stars too.
I still don't know which CE should I equip on him, he's a Berserker who deals even more massive damage with crits so Bazett + focus works really well, but the Sakura CE gives him a bunch of NP meter and I can't say no to the mini gun.

I'm done farming Berserker pieces, that was painful and I'm down to 130 Quartz haha whoops (I leveled up once for an extra AP refresh too)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 02, 2015, 04:29:57 pm
I would go with something that boosts his crit damage, seeing as how much he loves to generate stars. A Berserker doing extra crit damage means whatever you hit is dead for sure, no need to do a Buster Brave Combo.

Edit: Medea looks much much better without the hood. That's a good extra reward for ascending her. And yeah, I wasted Gold Knight EXP on her, instead of other characters. Why? Because the other possibility was Saber Gilles (which I guess I'll do now since he has an Interlude available in France). I don't want to level up the other Servants I have since I don't want to do Okeanos overleveled (top is Lvl 30 unless it's a Gold Servant).

And seriously, Saber Gilles sucks. Level 16 and with stats that are equal to a 1* Servant. No wonder people doesn't want him. I wonder if he's the type that gets better stats at late levels, but honestly, he's really not worth using for what I'm seeing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 03, 2015, 12:17:00 am
He can hardly generate his own stars, he only has one Q and sure his NP is Q as well but he only has one A so charging NP (Unless paired with the right support) takes forever, and don't even think about getting it to 200%.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3fuhiz/the_modern_magus_magazine_notable_servants_and/?sort=new

So he needs someone like Kojiro generating stars and then he can use Focus (Plus additional assistance by the Bazett CE) to hoard most of the stars the next turn (I've been doing 30K+ with a critical Buster)

OH BOY, Saber Gilles? Get ready to use seals for his interlude. The first two were easy but that LV40 Shadow Saber from the third one is TANKY AS HELL, not to mention all the ghosts before her that will make you waste your abilities.
I think his growth curve is the same as Saber Lily, and Lancelot, really really sucks early and you'll start seeing some massive stat boosts after LV30ish or so.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 03, 2015, 05:57:37 pm
And the wonderful 1/2 AP offer is now over... over... over... Yeah, it's easy to notice the difference, one battle and that's it, you cannot grind anymore, at least at my level, as I have 71AP. I hope they repeat it again in the future.

And when will the special event start, btw?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 03, 2015, 06:40:48 pm
On the 4th, so if it's not up yet, it's probably like the class events, at 1 or 2PM JST.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 04, 2015, 12:19:33 am
I literally got no servants except for one and it was before the event.
All I got were some craft essences that I already have + some new ones
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 04, 2015, 12:26:34 am
You have as much luck as Irish Lancers do.

There will be a new event starting soon so I hope we will get a chance at summoning something cool again.Also get that summon ticket from the new Event.

Inb4 the Secret F/GO event is so secret that we dont even know that its already in the game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 04, 2015, 01:42:54 am
Well, a leak says:
(http://i.imgur.com/BTsI0au.jpg)

Also, does anyone have a reverse dragon scale? I've been farming for one all day UGH, I just need one more to ascend Lancelot again. Jesus Christ this drop rate is awful. I wish we could trade items haha, even though that would break the game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 04, 2015, 11:32:27 am
http://typemoon.com/news/2015/bfue6l
The announcement is up, on the 7th after 3PM (maintenance from 2 to 3) the king will grant you one 4* Servant out of those listed :
Emiya, Siegfried, d'Eon, Herc, Elizabeth, Carmilla, Stheno, TamaCat, Marie Antoinette, Martha.
I'm not sure I get it, but apparently you won't be able to use the code redeem system inside the game, you'll have to go through the one on the site together with your friend ID (I already forgot but I think it was the same for the "beginning of the journey" CE you can get from the TMAce)
I think that weird phrase says the code input section in the game will be ditched in favor of the site, so pick a code from the site then enter the code in the designated page. This also applies to the other codes (Arturia Lily and the CE)

Lots of people are going to get Carmilla.
Edit - hang on... It's not explicit but there's one sentence that implies you can pick the one you want (a single "think about who you want to summon" in the middle of the page). Wut.

I guess I'll be going with Herc, then. I really need an Archer or Saber, but Emiya, d'Eon and Siegfried all have super lame stats and/or skills for 4* (d'Eon isn't even an attack), and Hercserker is TSUYOI.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 04, 2015, 11:56:05 am
If that's the case I'll either get Emiya or Siegfried since I need a good Archer and/or saber. I was going to mention the severe lack of casters but there's no good 4* casters (Waver..), no lancers either but there's no 4*+ lancers whoops, Bathory is a lancer..
Only one archer though? I guess the other one is Gil and that would be silly, and then Atalanta (They probably don't want to give away the new servants)
Tamamo and Herakles are pretty good choices too, too bad I'm too invested in Lancelot right now (10 quartz gone down the drain today and not a single scale drop)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 04, 2015, 11:58:11 am
And in this moment is when I laugh at the fact that some people has wasted tons of money to get a specific Servant, for TM and DW to offer them for free.

Yeah, you will be able to choose the Servant you want. I can pass without Carmilla, Hassan is a really good Assassin with instakill, good skills and good star generation. The same for Emiya, will have to bear with it until I get a Robin Hood, which is also a good Archer. Eliza is outclassed by Lancer Cu IMHO, after how many times he has saved my ass with Battle Continuation and Protection from Arrows. From the list, Saber, Rider and Berserkers are the most recommended ones to get since the 3* Servants or less are outclassed by them.

And just to warn you, Siegfried is meant to be a tank, same as d'Eon. d'Eon has taunt and can dodge for an entire turn. Siegfried has better stats, has a healing skill and his NP is all party damage (plus one of his skills boost NP generation). You decide. Personally, I'm stuck with Marie, since she's an awesome support, or Heracles, which is a monstruosity in terms of damage output.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 04, 2015, 12:13:46 pm
Oh I know that, and I need a Tank since I'm running a Berserker in my team OR someone who generates star or NP (I'm trying to ascend Kojiro though so maybe I'll settle for Siegfried and stop trying to level Saber Lily after getting her interlude)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 04, 2015, 12:27:09 pm
Try Ushiwakamaru for NP generation, can grant that buff to all the party plus her first ascension skill is Charisma, which will certainly benefit your Berserker. Don't use the ascension materials on Saber Lily if you won't have enough for Siegfried LOL. Is her interlude available in the game already btw?

I think I'm going to go for Marie. I have two friends in my list with an Heracles equipped with Kaleidoscope. There's really no point getting him as Servant when I can easily use one as support.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 04, 2015, 12:50:52 pm
Farming for first ascension materials isn't that bad.... the second one though... ugh..
I'll probably get an Emiya then, I don't have Robin Hood and Arash is my only archer so... yeah..

I'm sure Saber Lily's interlude is in Orleans, so that would be an extra quartz I can use for.. AP reload and farm more stuff that won't ever drop.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 04, 2015, 01:28:52 pm
It's a pity I wasn't able to get a Lily code, it would be one extra Quartz I could get. Even if as a Servant she's not that good.

I hope in the future they release maps or events to make 2nd and 3rd Ascensions less painful than they are. Hopefully.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 04, 2015, 02:08:33 pm
About Siegfried, I don't need a tank, I have these two guys who never ever die (I'll probably ascend ProtoCu too to make a trio of unkillable Cus). Seriously, I must have lost like one of them in one 40AP battle once since I've had these two. I might go for Emiya since I have two Herc supports and SD's Zerkalot.
If I could friend roll either a Robin or a Lu Bu, that'd resolve my dilemma, but I'm only ever getting 1* EXP. It's a change from 15 Mozarts and Spartacuses, sure, but...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 04, 2015, 03:14:40 pm
I have ZERO Mozarts or Erics, tons of Kojiros, Arash, Spartacuses...


...Aaaand I give up, I spent a grand total of 15 quartz on regen today (Plus some level ups for stamina regen), I killed a grand total of 15 giant dragons but zero scales, I'll give it a try on Sunday's daily, it'll hurt to miss the master EXP daily but I can't level up Lancelot anymore without the scale, the abysmal drop rates are so bad, I really wanted to get him to 60 :(

Hopefully getting the Assassin monument for Kojiro will be easier... I need to work on interludes to recover all my quartz.

As for Saber Lily, apparently she's pretty decent, it's just that her growth curve is very slow, but he starts to get massive stats bonus at higher levels.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 04, 2015, 04:54:12 pm
FUCK. D'EON. INTERLUDE

30 minutes in and I still can't kill that 900K ghost, I'm at 500K and I have already wasted 3CS. Ffs who thought that was a good idea...

Edit: And now I am trapped in NP hell, aka repeating until Gae Bolg decides to kill it.

Edit: Fuck it, I give up. I'm not doing that quest until all my Servants are able to remove 50K each turn. Or until they lower its health.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 04, 2015, 05:56:58 pm
Joan and Andersen combo do wonders in that fight with their amazing support NPs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 04, 2015, 06:02:12 pm
I don't have those two unfortunately, and for some reason people seems to dislike putting Jeanne in their friend list for some weird reason.

Seriously, not even the final bosses in each scenario have that much health. It's just an Interlude that doesn't even boost its NP, why is it so stupidly hard? I have the feeling that they wanted to make it 90K but an extra 0 went here by mistake.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 05, 2015, 12:50:06 am
Don't worry, I had to waste 3 CS in Shakespeare's interlude as well (And this is only the second stage!), this Chimera was THE WORST and the trash mode also did insane damage (The black cat people)
So much for recovering all the quartz I wasted yesterday haha.
I guess I'll do LV40 free missions instead, these have to be easier than interludes, seriously.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 05, 2015, 01:00:41 am
Finally gutted Flauros and Altera. When everyone in your party is at lv40, it isn't as hard as it sounded a week or two ago (I only lost CasCu on Flauros and FSNCu on Altera once each).
Ah, I still have to ascend a lot of people once to get their interludes... All those useless guys like Mata Hari, Boudicca and co.

Rome ending scene said:
Dr. Roman : You guys must be sore, you should try getting a massage some time.
[...]
Mash : hey senpai, you want to try a massage like the doctor said ? I've trained a little.
... Senpai ? Where are you going ? ... What, you want to do the massage in your bedroom ? *blush*
*scene end*
*Mash has ascended*
Oh, okay, glad to see Type-Moon hasn't lost track of what's important in their games ! (I wonder if this will affect her in a similar way as it did Emiya in Fate/Extra, when he was all brooding and dismissive and snappy at you at every mistake with short one-liners as usual, until Rin "fixed" him and he was all happy praising you on every little treasure drop and very talkative)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 05, 2015, 09:11:36 am
Speaking of which, for the people who can't read Japanese, there's also this
http://fgo-story.byethost18.com/?ckattempt=2#player
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 05, 2015, 10:54:58 am
Wow, he's fast. It hasn't even passed one month since that website opened.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 05, 2015, 11:57:27 am
Also, this:
http://imgur.com/a/Hj6JX

I really hate how the messed up Lancelot haha, the first ascension only removes the haze, the second one doesn't even give him Arondight even though the sword is in the card.
Goddammit.

Seeing the sprites up close is sorta nice though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 05, 2015, 12:31:19 pm
Did someone hack through the game? There's even Servants that you can't get at this moment at their last form.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 05, 2015, 12:34:22 pm
Yes, that happened about two or three days after it was released.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 05, 2015, 12:36:18 pm
Someone just digged through the .apk file and extracted that in the same way the card art was extracted.
I haven't even seen Jack the Ripper in-game (I've seen Kintoki in the 4-class ascension daily though)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 05, 2015, 02:34:18 pm
Pulled a Zhuge Liang once and he's the only five star servant I have.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 05, 2015, 05:39:16 pm
Good support you have there. Wish I managed to get some of the Arturia versions (Normal, Alter or Nero).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 05, 2015, 06:46:34 pm
Also how do I do interludes for specific servants?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 05, 2015, 06:58:34 pm
Most of them need one ascension (some need a second ascension), plus finishing the chapter it's located in (Orléans or Rome). Not everyone has their interlude available yet. You want anyone in particular ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 05, 2015, 07:02:09 pm
Most of them need one ascension (some need a second ascension), plus finishing the chapter it's located in (Orléans or Rome). Not everyone has their interlude available yet. You want anyone in particular ?

Well it was mostly for Sasaki.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 05, 2015, 07:16:49 pm
Ascend him once and I think he needs like 3 or so bond level with you.
Then you can find him in Rome,IIRC
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 05, 2015, 08:46:31 pm
Most of them need one ascension (some need a second ascension), plus finishing the chapter it's located in (Orléans or Rome). Not everyone has their interlude available yet. You want anyone in particular ?
And and like Erroratu said, they require different bonding levels.
Some have more than one too (In case it wasn't implied), I don't know if some characters have three but it wouldn't surprise me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 06, 2015, 12:34:45 am
Warning for Sasaki's interlude, do not bring him (or in fact any Assassin) to the third fight. They're going to get raped by the Caster Demon that awaits there. It's not a hard fight unless the majority of your team is formed by Assassins.

Edit: Last event to get two Quartz, ascension material and a Summon Ticket. Berserker based this time, with surprisingly a 3* Servant, Lu Bu, as the opponent. Be really ready for the 30AP fight.

And DO NOT FORGET about the free 4* Servant you can get tomorrow, and for a lot of people here, today because of timezone difference. I will try inputting more than one code in case TM and DW fucked up and you can put more than one code.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 06, 2015, 12:19:15 pm
Yeah, he was pretty tanky in the 30AP quest despite the fact that he's a berserker. Oh well not every boss battle will be as easy as Arash's.
He's a pretty decent Berserker too (In case all you have are either Asterios or Spartacus)

So uh I've been keeping track of the ascension material drop rates and so far, I've fought a good 100 giant dragons at the end of dailies, spent 44 quartz on AP reload (I get two runs a and a half with a reload since I can only find those in the 40AP dailies two days a week) and.... NOT. A. SINGLE. REVERSE. DRAGON. SCALE. And this daily isn't doing anything for me anymore, I already maxed out bond level with ALL MY SERVANTS.

I just need one to ascend Lancelot, goddammit. I was actually hoping the berserker daily to hand us a reverse dragon scale, but we got a page I most likely not use in a while. Oh well.

Edit:
30 Dragons and 11 quartz later, no scale. Fuck this.

I managed to pull this though, it was glorious.
(http://i.imgur.com/nyTqmiH.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 06, 2015, 05:53:21 pm
Beautiful. I experienced the same with a friend's Heracles, but only because I got 5 Heracles cards to choose, and I had a full party alive. What are the chances of that LOL?

Tbh, I feel quite angry about the Berserker event. I would have prefered to get Lu Bu as a reward rather than a summon ticket. Goddamn Kirei. Oh well, it's a great place to farm Berserker related stuff plus the golem drops.

About the 4* Servant gift event, apparently it will be at 15:00. At 14:00 there will be maintenance that will last 1 hour in order to put the event in place (1 Quartz gift btw), then you'll be able to input the code. It will be 6:00 AM for me YAY! Guess I won't be able to try if they fucked up with the codes.

Oh, and just did Saber Gilles interlude, all thanks to farming bond points in the daily after getting sick of the Master Daily quest. First two fights are easy, last is medium. But I don't get why there's so many ghosts in the interludes ffs. Oh well, Friend Gilgamesh obliterated the Shadow Saber that appeared there. Time to farm Lancer pieces to ascend Proto Cu and do his interlude.

Edit: Hahaha, I just leveled Medea's High Speed Incantation to lvl.4, and it gives me 101% charge to her NP, with no CE to help! Instant NP in first turn is not a joke. If I leveled it more, I could use a CE and get a 200% charge. Which will probably increase my NP charge a lot more after using. OMG that NP spam. If it wasn't for the fact that it asks me to use materials for ascensions to level her skill, I would have done so already. Wtf, 8 dusts from Shadow Servants? Are you kidding me?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 07, 2015, 01:36:28 am
For the code they send, where can I be able to find it when they send it?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on September 07, 2015, 04:30:06 am
I think they're going to put on the website and the official twitter.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 07, 2015, 06:36:10 am
Before I forget, here's my ID if anyone wants to add me:
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Side note: I didn't think it was possible to change master name and which master you use, but apparently it is.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 07, 2015, 08:29:04 am
It seems like farming the 30 AP Lu Bu event is good for Berserker monuments (And the 3 and 15 AP ones have a decent drop  for crystal ascension mats) so if you're trying to raise an Berserker you might want to look into that.

Beautiful. I experienced the same with a friend's Heracles, but only because I got 5 Heracles cards to choose, and I had a full party alive. What are the chances of that LOL?
Really? Three near 100% crit distribution on a berserker? IIRC that's only possible with Lancelot if you upgrade his skills and give him Bazett's CE, If you have five cards they would distribute evenly, especially on Herakles since Berserkers have low crit weight.

Edit:
And of course as expected by DelightWork's, people are having trouble getting into the game after maintenance
https://twitter.com/fgoproject/status/640776731800932352

I expect additional apology stones.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 07, 2015, 08:45:23 am
What I meant is, all cards were Heracles attack, so that's why I had crits on it. I wasn't lucky with the star distribution, it's just that it was the only option to happen. Then again having 5 cards of the same Servant in a turn with other party members alive is quite lucky too, happened to me only twice. And the amount of stars was caused thanks to multiple skills and NP that gave me crit stars, like Koujirou's NP and skills.

So hey guys, you can now redeem the codes!

http://typemoon.com/news/2015/atwifz

You need to go there, find the name of your character in Japanese, copy the code and below the code you'll find that (this exampel is for Marie Antoinette btw):

マリー・アントワネットゲットする!

Press the ゲット, you'll be redirected to another site, where you can input two codes. The top one is the code you use for when you bind your account, the bottom one is where you put the Servant code. After you do that, you wait until it reaches your account.

But guess what guys, servers work like shit at this moment because they're overloaded. What a surprise! I cannot even go to that site nor log in the game. So yeah, I suggest you guys wait for some hours.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 07, 2015, 09:08:59 am
I wasn't lucky with the star distribution
That was the entire point of my picture though...
I mean, having all five cards available when you're on your last member is normal, heck it's part of the game's as some sort of comeback mechanic.

And yeah, the servers are being hammered right now, the Fate/GO twitter just gave everyone a heads up on this. We should get used to these server issues by now, at least we're getting apology quartz so I'm fine with this (As long as it's not another 48+ maintenance hell, that is)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 07, 2015, 09:31:16 am
But Heracles wasn't the only party member alive, that's what I mean. I mean, my party when it happened was Lancer Cu, Koujirou and Heracles, and yet I got only Heracles cards at that moment.

Oh well, I just traded my code. Now time to wait until I can log in the game.

Edit: VIVA·LA·FRANCE!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 07, 2015, 10:39:14 am
Oh. Then full card distribution isn't that rare as you think, it happens often.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/COIl5tZU8AAV_m2.png)
Stacking crits up to almost 100 on three unit cards for a crit brave chain however...

Servers are still down. I guess that gives me more time to think who should I get.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 07, 2015, 10:42:35 am
I'm in the game after tons of tries. Next day, will have to farm tons of Rider cards so I can level her up. Fortunately I saved them before so now she's level 20.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 07, 2015, 11:55:14 am
I'm hella confused on where/how to input the codes ffffffff
EDIT: I think I got it. Time to get Tamamo Cat.
Another edit: It gives me a red message whenever I try to get Tamamo from my mailbox. Anyone know what it says?
A third edit: Apparently it had to do with inventory space. I'm a dummy.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 07, 2015, 01:41:57 pm
Next time you can just post the error message here and we can translate for you.

Yeah so, I wanted to get Emiya but apparently he has no synergy with my team and he has a heavy critical weight. Then Sigfried apparently sucks as well so it's either Herakles or Tamamocat maybe, St.Martha and Marie are really good support too (But I have Hans). Ugh I'll just sleep it off and get my 4* later.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 07, 2015, 03:35:44 pm
On a side note: Leveling servants in this game is a pain sometimes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 07, 2015, 03:44:33 pm
Try ascending them.Thats an even bigger pain in the ass because the drop rate for ascension items is horrible.I've been trying to ascend Caligula for weeks now.You're good with XP as long as you do the XP daily events and have quartz to refill if you need more
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 07, 2015, 03:58:07 pm
Yeah, the dailies does wonders, make sure not to miss them. Right now it's the Saber, Archer and Lancer EXP. And in a few hours, it will be the Caster, Rider, Assassin and Berserker EXP. Use this website as reference:

http://fate-go.cirnopedia.info/

Also, people seem to forget about it, but leveling up skills is also a pain. It has some bullshit requirements for materials, apart from the usual skill crystals.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 07, 2015, 04:01:17 pm
My FSNCu has been stuck at lv40 for a couple of weeks now. Two chaos talons and one lancer piece left. But TBH I haven't tried too seriously because I stopped using quartz for AP refill so I'm just coming back when I have enough AP, plus I'm not playing during the day.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 07, 2015, 04:01:24 pm
Try ascending them.Thats an even bigger pain in the ass because the drop rate for ascension items is horrible.I've been trying to ascend Caligula for weeks now.You're good with XP as long as you do the XP daily events and have quartz to refill if you need more

Well I have enough items to ascend Tamamo and Lancer........only once.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 07, 2015, 07:59:22 pm
Just cleared a dozen gold & silver Archer EXP cards, and Emiya jumped to lv26. That's a start, and I finally have a little more room in my inventory.

Edit: VIVA·LA·FRANCE!
Vive*

Oh, I just did a 4-roll and oh shit Sir Zerkalot. I finally rolled something actually good.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: c001357 on September 07, 2015, 09:34:57 pm
got tamamo from the event and marie from a gacha so im set with this game
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 07, 2015, 11:41:19 pm
I think slightly more important than EXP (Unless you need it badly/are like me and have OCD about leveling EVERYONE) is that today is also ascension dailies for the knight class, it's better to start grinding for pieces (and monuments) early, otherwise it becomes a HUGE chore.
Try ascending them.Thats an even bigger pain in the ass because the drop rate for ascension items is horrible.
You tell me. I've probably fought the giant dragon almost a hundred times (I even had to sacrifice Master EXP day) and not a single reverse dragon scale..
And from what I see, I'll need talons for Lancelot's next ascension, along with a bunch of tusks (15?) and monuments. HAHA, sounds fun.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 08, 2015, 12:00:37 am
Well hey, we're talking third and fourth ascensions here, and this is only the second chapter. Without expecting it to become piss easy, I'm hoping later chapters have slightly better drop rates for high levels. I still think second chapter would expect you to be between levels 30 and 50.
And I'm also hoping DW will see how fast people are going and add a fourth level of difficulty for the dailies (maybe a fifth way down the line). In the first place, I can't see it maxing at "recommended level : 40" when actual level cap is between 70 and 90. And it also feels stupid that you only get a prism once and then that's it for rewards in dailies.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 08, 2015, 12:34:05 am
I don't know, this dragon scale is for barely the second ascension and the drop rate is plain abysmal (The ONLY reason I have two out of the three I need is, one was a guaranteed drop from Fafnir and the second one was from Gilgamesh's campaign)

3rd and 4th do sound like something I shouldn't get yet (Then again, leveling up abilities eventually asks you for ascension materials instead of skill gems and that's absolutely terrible) :
3rd   Berserker Monument x 4   Talon of Chaos x 5   Void's Refuse x8
4th   Berserker Monument x 10   Void's Refuse x 16   Dragon's Tusk x 24

Ironically, I have more than enough Void's Refuse (Due to two weeks of grinding Master AP, and those have reasonable drop rates too). I should probably farm Lu Bu for monuments instead of doing dailies, but I need lancer pieces to ascend my lancers once.


I think more than a fourth level of difficulty, what we need are better drop rates maybe? I saw this terrible pic of someone going through the 40AP EXP daily and he got mostly bronze cards and then two or three silver EXP cards. We probably wouldn't be able to afford higher difficulty dailies anyways, the half AP dailies should be the standard cost, really, that campaign didn't last long enough.

Prisms are super limited, I farmed absolutely everything I could and I capped at 78, I know that they plan to add more to the store other than those ATK/HP up cards, there's tons of planned stuff that hasn't been implemented yet (Customizing your character's appearance, different master spells maybe) and I feel like we might have to buy those with prisms.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 08, 2015, 12:45:01 am
There are very clearly a bunch of characters whose third and fourth ascensions use materials that aren't even in the game yet, so yeah, they didn't expect everyone to reach the max yet. I'm just thinking later chapters will also give a slightly better drop rates for the other high level types of material. I'm fine with having a few 3* at level 40 for now.
Prisms can be obtained by burning Servants or CEs of 3* and above at the shop, it's just that at this point, it's also kinda lousy to see what little you can get that need so many prisms (seriously, you get like one prism for burning a 3* card, and you need 30 of them to get some shitty +50 on ATK or HP, or something like that, like, what's the point, right now - especially since even the number of +50 cards you can give a Servant has a limit cap).
For the Master spells, it seems to me like different "dresses" will give you different sets of spells (you level up the dress and it improves your spells). It's just not implemented yet either.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 08, 2015, 12:52:23 am
Oh right, burning... I forgot about that, you can always burn a massive batch of 1 or 2* at once to get prisms though, but that can be an issue thanks to the limited inventory space (I ended up just saving all my duplicate Kojiros so I can make a team of three Kojiros in their different ascensions haha)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 08, 2015, 01:01:37 am
I think 1 and 2* don't give you any prisms.
Also you can't put duplicates of the same Servant in a team, so keeping duplicates has zero use. Except to keep older looks, yeah, maybe, since some of the later forms are terrible (Arturia Alter, Hassan of the Cursed Arm, and Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce Lu Bu if you're not into that).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 08, 2015, 04:35:22 am
I thought they generated prisms, but you had to burn like... 10 at once, maybe I grabbed a 3* by mistake.
Except to keep older looks
Thaaaat was one of the reasons. Yeah Super Saiyan War God Mode Lu Bu is just.. bizarre. I don't mind Hassan that much, I don't like Arturia with the cape and crown to be honest, I know a handful of people prefer Gilgamesh with the armor as well.
Oh well, I admittedly I never tried to add multiples of the same in a team (Or using a friend support that was the same unit as one of my party members)


Good o'l Jouji Nakata is playing the game and he's aware of BLACK KEYS
https://twitter.com/joujinakata123/status/640845715208433665


Edit:
...So yeah. You can have multiples with support, I knew I saw a screenshot with two Kojiros a while ago.
(http://i.imgur.com/R7kNotU.jpg)


Edit: Oh yeah I lied, I capped at 81 prisms, there were some dailies I didn't complete, and I forgot that the first daily gives one prism, then two and then three.

Working on interludes right know, Mata Hari's is so easy, same for Saber Lily's..., Romulus' was sorta easy too, the difficulty of these is all over the place.
JESUS, Hassan's interlude is a joke.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 08, 2015, 02:01:54 pm
Yeah, Darius for example is another one easy, even though he's 3* Servant. Then you have Cu's who has Homunculus and a Chimera, which will rape you if you're not ready. They really need to balance the interludes honestly. And decrease the huge amount of health the ghost in d'Eon's interlude has.

Also, I'm sure they will allow us in the future to choose the sprite we want to show while fighting. I rather prefer to have Marie with red suit than white suit, if I ever reach her 3rd Ascension one day.

Btw, I'm slowly getting to the max level of all my Servants, meaning Ascension hell is coming closer and closer. I'm scared guys.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 08, 2015, 02:26:22 pm
Yup!
I juuuuust did Darius' it was only two stages and the ghosts were incredibly easy, not as tanky as the ghosts in other interludes.

I haven't ascended Cu or Proto Lancer yet since I'm lacking lancer pieces, is it that bad? I don't think I've fought Homunculi at all.
I'm also missing:
Kiyohime, Caligula, Spartacus and Lu Bu (I haven't ascended them since I'm need to save all these 'zerker pieces for Lancelot.. also I see a second interlude for Lancelot on Orleans)
FAT Ceasar (I need to level him him until the first cap)
I'll do Sanson's after I get enough AP, I've been extremely lucky since I haven't had to use seals so far.

I haven't cleared the Galia Free mission against the Chimera either (THRICE to get the quartz, mostly due to lack of AP/been busy clearing other content and farming materials)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 08, 2015, 02:30:24 pm
New event already. Half AP cost is back (again not for all dailies), and great success (double EXP) / super success (triple) rates are doubled. This goes for Servants and CEs.
It starts tomorrow (9/9, 4PM JST), ends on the 16th.

... At this point, I'm thinking they love watching everyone scramble to get good cards, be it exp, servants or ces, and pay more and more to get more.

Homunculi are those big thick white or dark grey giants with a blob-like head and arms like a mace blob. You'll know when you'll see them, and yeah, they're rare. And tough. Not tough enough for a few lv40 3* though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 08, 2015, 02:47:32 pm
Ah you beat me to the announcement. That's great since I'm almost done with interludes and I need pieces and those hellish ascension mats.

Oh, I've seen the sprites on screenshots yeah, I was just wondering where I'd end up finding them. I read that Proto Lancer's interlude was super easy too so more free stones I guess? Oh and for those wondering, Sanson's interlude is easy so far. I want to draw a Mozart or Eric Bloodaxe for completion's sake (Read: Free quartz), I'm surprised I don't have them yet.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 08, 2015, 02:54:19 pm
Sanson's last battle is against a Shadow version of himself, also easy. And why don't you have a Mozart? Goddamn thing has appeared enough times to get the NP to level 3, when he's incredibly worthless. I would rather want an Andersen ffs. Or a Lu Bu, enough Spartacus, I already have him at level 5. And the EXP cards are waaay too common seriously, I would rather get worthless CE than that.

What I have never seen myself is either that Eric Bloodaxe and Edward Teach. How rare are they anyway?

Anyway, glad to know Proto Cu is easy, unfortunately I need Lancer Pieces first unfortunately. Jing Ke is the next for me, but I heard that there's a Shadow Gilgamesh there, for some weird reason. And I already saw Marie's interlude (Nero waiting for me there), so I'm ready when she reaches level 40.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 08, 2015, 02:58:30 pm
I've no idea, I know DKDC has also drawn a bunch of Mozarts so I'm extremely confused, I thought 1* and 2*'s were common? (I wouldn't mind a SAIKO NO COOOOL or shota Iskandar either)
I do have an Andersen with LV2 NP, I've been using him quite a bit with the 60% NP start CE, maybe that's why I haven't used my seals yet, he's been doing some nice work. I have a Black Beard with LV2 NP as well.
lv1 EXP cards are just plain worthless to me right now yeah, all my servants are decently leveled, I'll just feed them to Shielder..
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 08, 2015, 03:00:38 pm
Well, with this new event I can have her at level 40 and be a bit useful for Okeanos I guess, with her invincibility skill and NP. Though I won't give her any priority until the rest of my Servants are at max level, since I can't even ascend her.

Caster Gilles is okay, but honestly, if you already have a Caster Cu, Andersen and Medea, you're good to go. Shota Iskandar would be good to get, I guess. Also Jeanne too, but that last one is a dream that will never come true, at least for me since I won't spend cash at all.

But seriously, there's some guys that have spent way too much cash in this game. Just watch this:

http://imgur.com/a/x3ZO9

Where does people get that much money and free time to do this anyway...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 『レム-レム』 on September 08, 2015, 03:06:21 pm
i have ( T____T)  caster   
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 08, 2015, 03:13:49 pm
Yeah, I must have Lv4 or 5 NP for Mozart, Spartacus, Mata Hari, Kojiroh, and lv3 Phantom. Yes, I do a lot of friend rolls, thanks to the Journey CE. But it's shit.
I also got a Cursed Arm Hassan and Lu Bu on my alt account (my tablet is a few years old and can't handle it right so I moved my main account on Bluestacks and I still made a new one on my tablet just for kicks). I'm not keeping the shit ones on that alt account so I won't keep track of duplicates (I do already have a lv2 NP Kojiroh there, but he's good).
Got one Eric, one Asterios and one Edward on my main. Haven't seen them since. Same for Alexander, Mephisto, Boudicca.

I wish there was a system where 1* exp gave a bit more to the Servant if he's ascended more and more. It's completely worthless otherwise.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 08, 2015, 03:24:03 pm
Not even the 3* EXP is worth something when you can get tons of them in the 40AP daily, and I'm sure people won't get one at low levels. I would rather want that they remove the EXP from the Friendship roll honestly. Even at level 1 they were worthless because of the dailies.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 『レム-レム』 on September 08, 2015, 06:02:49 pm
i finish  Fuyuki story but i don't have alter it's normal ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 08, 2015, 06:05:30 pm
After Fuyuki you unlock Alter in the Gatcha,you get Caster Cu as a prize for finishing it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 08, 2015, 07:01:53 pm
After Fuyuki you unlock Alter in the Gatcha,you get Caster Cu as a prize for finishing it.

And because of this reason Saber Alter wasn't an option in the 4* Servant choice. I would have picked her instantly had she been an option...

Goddamn Koujirou shadow in the daily quest. Spamming the dodging skill every turn. Every turn. Took 10 minutes to deplete his 69 health to 0, goddamn it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 『レム-レム』 on September 08, 2015, 07:10:08 pm
ok thanks ( ^___^)b
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 08, 2015, 09:50:12 pm
I've successfully managed to ascend Sasaki and now I'm doing his interlude.
Time to level him up more to kill dragons in France.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 08, 2015, 09:59:04 pm
Rolled normal Lancer Cu.
Now I have the entire team Cu Bros.
Also got ANOTHER Mozart.Holy shit man I like you and all but please stop
I've successfully managed to ascend Sasaki and now I'm doing his interlude.
Time to level him up more to kill dragons in France.
Good luck,m8
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 08, 2015, 11:35:31 pm
Those three fucking gold Ghost Assassins in CasCu's interludes that take forever to kill (good thing the whole battle is just these three, no other wave).
That fucking chimera in FSNCu's interlude, after those OP homunculi.
Oh well, these short stories are nice, at least.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 09, 2015, 01:32:18 am
I've successfully managed to ascend Sasaki
YUP, me too.
The RLEGEND CONTINUES...
(http://i.imgur.com/OX92nTn.png)
Or not, I don't think I can farm for gears. At least the crystals should be relatively easy to drop and the monuments drop here and there on the daily...
If only ascending Lancelot was this easy...


I'm glad the 1/2AP campaign will be there to level him up but also kinda upset since the dailies where I get to suffer farm for dragon scales won't be reduced to 1/2 AP.

Edit:
So I ran the ascension mats 40 AP and I only got one caster piece. Great use of stamina hahaha ugh.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 09, 2015, 02:04:23 am
Well I completed his interlude. Unsure what to do now aside from leveling Tamamo and Zhuge Liang. Maybe Cu Lancer as well.
EDIT: No idea what the shadow servants event is about, but I did it either way.

Shadow Boudica keeps fucking reviving though and it's annoying.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 09, 2015, 02:16:12 am
EDIT: No idea what the shadow servants event is about, but I did it either way.
http://kairosity.tumblr.com/post/125576872324/fategrand-order-how-to-play => "9. THE CHALDEA GATE + DAILY QUESTS"
Shadow Servants are Ascension or Skill reinforcement items (today is Ascension). So mostly class pieces and skill stones (rarely monuments and I don't think it ever gives unique items like chaos talons, homunculus baby and whatnot).
Quote
Shadow Boudica keeps fucking reviving though and it's annoying.
Yeah, it's a massive pain how the enemy never has any cooldown for skills. Try fighting that lv40 Shadow Heracles when he spams his Eye of the Mind dodge skill every single turn. Or Battle Continuation (though you can still hope to just kill her twice in one turn for this case).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 09, 2015, 10:47:28 am
F/SN Campaign : 9/9 16:00 to 9/16 13:59
Draw rates for below servants increased:
5* - Saber/Arturia
4* - Archer/Emiya, Berserker/Heracles
3* - Lancer/Cu Chulainn, Rider/Medusa, Caster/Medea

All 10x rolls will guarantee at least a 4 star card (can be servant or CE) and one 3 star and above servant
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/COcXvdtUsAAAgYL.jpg)

But... Gilgamesh was in F/SN? :(
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 09, 2015, 04:58:32 pm
Us mongrels have already wasted our chance to get him.

Since I'm not going to waste any more quartz until Astolfo and Jack the Ripper are available, I don't really care that much about these news. Though obviously this only affects quartz rolls, so if you're relying on friendship rolls to get Lancer Cu, Medea and Medusa well... good luck to you pal.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 09, 2015, 11:13:06 pm
I finally ascended Cu Lancer YAY ME
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 10, 2015, 01:34:35 am
I had like 40 Saber EXP cramping my inventory with the Knight EXP daily, and then I rolled a Caesar. He instantly jumped to level 34 or something. I'm still figuring him out (I dunno yet what kind of CE I can give him), but I'll try putting him as my leader for a bit (and I already got new friend requests with him). I'm getting a little weary of Team Unkillable (I just ascended Proto Cu too so he got his Arrow Evasion as well) because damage wasn't stacking as well as I hoped (although I did also get a second CasCu for his NP), so I'm trying more combinations with Emiya (it's really hard to deal decent damage with him, man), Sir Yellsalot (love his voice and his vulcan minigun), and others, like trying to make Medea useful without being squishy (I also got a Medusa but she's only at level 14 or so). Yes, surprisingly I had some really good rolls in the last couple of days, I even have a Saber Gilles but I'm not even touching him. I think I actually got almost everyone I wanted (reasonably speaking), except Hassan and Arturia Alter.
I'll still keep a secondary team with all 3 Cus (Proto Cu also has Lv2 NP), it's still fun once in a while to be completely immune to absolutely everything for ever.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 10, 2015, 02:23:44 am
I got Caesar, I haven't really used him though so I don't know how good he is, my other sabers are Gilles and Lily and I've been favoring her over the rest since she's at a decent level.
I don't have a Medusa and today I got my third Hassan, still no Mozart, still no Eric, still no Robin Hood.. I wouldn't mind a Caster Gilles either. Oh well. I don't need phoenix plumes (YET) so I'll farm more EXP today I guess.

Speaking of which, One thing that bothers me a lot is the 1* exp card we get as a daily login bonus, I know it's meant to help new players but it feels so... pitiful...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 10, 2015, 02:27:13 am
Should I replace my Zhuge Liang with Cu Lancer (since he's ascended) for now until my cost goes up?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 10, 2015, 02:43:44 am
Caesar has a NP power boost for the whole team and a decent Charisma, so pretty much put him with people who can build their NP quickly (or have a Kaleidoscope / Imaginary Number Magecraft, maybe Formalcraft / Projection Magecraft) and try to stack them all. He has real good stats, yet he's hard to keep alive if there are several high level enemies and / or if he get hit hard by class disadvantage. He'll die pretty fast if you're not careful.
Ah, Robin, the last one that keeps eluding me in the Friend rolls along with Hassan and Lu Bu.

Zhuge Liang has useless skills and stats, he only gets good stats at a very high rank (but that's mostly because he's a 5* and can go further than everyone else who isn't a 5*), and for his skills to be useful, you really need rock solid planning and team building. All 3 Cus are real good pretty early, especially with Arrow Evasion after their first ascension. If you can give them a CE that has good ATK up, they'll kill things left and right at a good rate without trouble. It's only on the long run that you start wishing they had just a little more and start looking at other higher ranked hard hitters, but they're bread 'n butter mass slaughterers.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 10, 2015, 03:20:52 pm
I don't have a Medusa and today I got my third Hassan, still no Mozart, still no Eric, still no Robin Hood.. I wouldn't mind a Caster Gilles either. Oh well. I don't need phoenix plumes (YET) so I'll farm more EXP today I guess.

Dude, I just keep getting Mozart compared to you. I got one again, NP to 4. I don't mind getting Hassan over Mozart seriously. GIVE ME YOUR LUCK!

Btw, this new event was not kidding with the chance of getting Great and Super success. I'm constantly maxing my characters with it. Can't believe I got my d'Eon to 50 so fast. I need now 9 Saber pieces for her, fortunately I have plenty of Hero's Proof since it's a pretty decent drop.

Edit: OMG I just got a Benkei in my free roll. I can't believe it. I thought it would be Leonidas, but guess not. With this I have all Lancer entries unlocked.

And speaking of Benkei, I haven't seen any video with his NP yet. How weird.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 10, 2015, 09:30:06 pm
I JUST REALIZED HOW DIFFICULT CU LANCER'S INTERLUDE WAS
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 10, 2015, 10:30:39 pm
Caesar has a NP power boost for the whole team and a decent Charisma, so pretty much put him with people who can build their NP quickly (or have a Kaleidoscope / Imaginary Number Magecraft, maybe Formalcraft / Projection Magecraft) and try to stack them all. He has real good stats, yet he's hard to keep alive if there are several high level enemies and / or if he get hit hard by class disadvantage. He'll die pretty fast if you're not careful.
So I just did the easiest thing I could do and used your friend support (All my Saber cards have gone to Lily), he seems okay, I didn't know his NP was Quick (And for some reason it crashed the game twice), I kept him alive just fine but I have an ascended Andersen so it wasn't too hard.
Dude, I just keep getting Mozart compared to you. I got one again, NP to 4. I don't mind getting Hassan over Mozart seriously. GIVE ME YOUR LUCK!

Btw, this new event was not kidding with the chance of getting Great and Super success. I'm constantly maxing my characters with it. Can't believe I got my d'Eon to 50 so fast. I need now 9 Saber pieces for her, fortunately I have plenty of Hero's Proof since it's a pretty decent drop.

Edit: OMG I just got a Benkei in my free roll. I can't believe it. I thought it would be Leonidas, but guess not. With this I have all Lancer entries unlocked.

And speaking of Benkei, I haven't seen any video with his NP yet. How weird.
I did a bunch of friend rolls since my friend list is practically full so I get a decent amount of NP. Still no Mozart, got my sixth Black Beard so I upgraded his NP to LV5...
Luck? Nah, if I had luck I'd have a goddamn dragon scale to ascend Lancelot already, I was going to farm some more today but screw it, half AP EXP is too good to pass up.

People say Benkei is boring but he makes for an okay tank if you ascend him and his stats aren't too awful for being a bronze servant, he has saved me a handful of times (I gave him the parting sea CE so it's useful whenever he uses taunt)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 10, 2015, 10:42:51 pm
Yeah, turns out Caesar isn't so squishy if he's not fighting Archers. He'll still need a shot of heal and dodge to survive all three waves against a hard daily if he still get pummeled, but that goes for everyone who isn't named Cu Chulainn. Also, put him with a Lancelot, an Emiya, or a Gilgamesh in a combo after him, and you'll rack up a million stars, his quick cards are very effective (I pulled like 16 stars out of a QQAExtra Brave Chain with him, and 7 just now with only an AABExtra Brave Chain). Definitely good at making everyone else strong, but his stats are misleading, he doesn't quite deal as much damage as FSNCu if they're both at lv40 (I guess the difference in Divinity causes that gap) though his NP is decently strong, and he's not as tanky as he seems since he doesn't have any skill (passive or active) for protection.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 11, 2015, 03:03:17 am
(http://40.media.tumblr.com/117107cf19c217c747d6e580419370b9/tumblr_nuhn35E4l41td9veto1_1280.png)
I haven't maxed her out yet but I'm not quite sure how to get the other ascension item for Tamamo.
Well that and the other ascension item for Cu Lancer (from level 40 to level 50)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 11, 2015, 04:08:19 am
Also, put him with a Lancelot, an Emiya, or a Gilgamesh in a combo after him, and you'll rack up a million stars
Gilgamesh is kinda unfair, Busters hit five times so they get a massive star/NP bonus depending on your starter haha.
Right now my star generator is Kojiro (With Tokiomi's CE equipped)
I guess I won't be ascending him again anytime soon, I bet I'll be able to farm the gears until London. And with these awful drop rates... at least Monuments are relatively easy to get.

"This is Sparta" (http://i.imgur.com/wTPMv6H.png)
Haha, too bad his NP isn't a kick.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 11, 2015, 05:18:29 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/2PtzTh2l.jpg)
Am I cool yet?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 11, 2015, 08:19:25 pm
... Uh wait, we can get Fou's stat bonus cards in the Friend rolls ?
... Uh wait, we can get super successes on Fou's stat bonus cards ??! And it works, it gives you thrice the bonus ?!!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 11, 2015, 08:26:15 pm
For what I read, the Great and Super Success for Fou's stat bonus only increases the low EXP it gives you when you use it. I've never seen people happy when they get a Great or Super Success with Fou, only frustated that they wasted it.

And speaking of Successes, I'm starting to hate them, even though I said I liked them before. I get those successes when I am one level away of maxing, and I'm not getting them when I use 5 gold EXP cards. And I see I'm not the only one experiencing that. I make sure to waste as less EXP as possible in case it happens, but seeing it happening so frequently makes me feel like there's some conspiracy going on... Oh well, back to grinding and getting more irritated.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 12, 2015, 01:05:55 am
I just saw Lancelot's Noble Phantasm
If that isn't a reason to want him, then I don't know what is.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 12, 2015, 01:12:11 am
Had you used Quartz in the event that introduced him to the Gatchas, your chances to get him would have been better. Now it's all up to your luck and the money you have.

Hey Mozart, NP 5. Guess what's gonna happen to you next time you break my hopes making me think I'm going to get Andersen.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 12, 2015, 02:26:40 am
Why are the drop rates for ascension items such ass....?
I now realize Erroratu's pain.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 12, 2015, 03:35:53 am
... Uh wait, we can get Fou's stat bonus cards in the Friend rolls ?
Yeah I have some Archer attack up cards I haven't been able to use ye-
... Uh wait, we can get super successes on Fou's stat bonus cards ??! And it works, it gives you thrice the bonus ?!!
That's pretty amazing haha, and CE's can also get super successes (I didn't know this until yesterday when I dumped some junk CEs from FP on my Bazett)

only frustated that they wasted it.
Oh so no increased stat bonus? Eh, you don't really waste is, I mean, it's not something you can control anyways.

Edit:
In case you were curious about the cards base attack rate (Not counting multipliers or bonus by first card, attributes, etc)
https://twitter.com/humanity6/status/642329511325859840
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 12, 2015, 09:43:08 am
Nice to know, though after playing for a while you can figure the approximate values of the attacks.

Btw, was this from the magazine? How come nobody posted it until now?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 12, 2015, 12:25:24 pm
Why are the drop rates for ascension items such ass....?
I now realize Erroratu's pain.
I hope that it isnt Golem Crystals that you need because they only drop once every 2000 years.
And after I get those I need to farm for golden assassin monuments aaaaaaah

-
Anyway,I ended up picking Tamamo Cat in that event which I kinda regret now as I already have a working zerker and I should have probably picked EMIYA.Dammit.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 12, 2015, 12:47:33 pm
About the stat bonus with super success, I don't know, I'm pretty sure my Lancelot has a 100 more points in his ATK stat than he should have (in addition to the 50 he should have gotten by default from the card), and I don't remember giving him any other stat increase card.
Also even if it doesn't work, there's no sense in lamenting that it got "wasted", it's just frustrating at most.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 12, 2015, 12:57:57 pm
Yeah, again, you don't really waste it, it's not something you can control.

Anyways, Master and Bond EXP is in a few hours, have fun grinding master EXP everyone, I with I could join but I have to farm more stupid Reverse Dragon Scales (I wish I could get something out of the bond daily but again, all my servants have a maxed out bond)
Btw, was this from the magazine? How come nobody posted it until now?


No idea, I'm checking the digital copy of Type Moon Ace - FGO and that's not there, you have profiles and sprites of the servants that are not in yet, there's an explanation of the battle system, a list of Craft Essences, a bunch of short manga stories by different artists, A section with Jeanne visiting France and Nero visiting landmarks in Rome, and a bunch of Nobunaga and Sakura Saber comics.

This is probably from a newest Type Moon Ace? I could be wrong though.

So yeah, these are the servants I have so far:
http://i.imgur.com/1G0uRAa.jpg

Note the massive lack of Mozart. Seriously what the hell. I can understand not having Robin Hood, Medusa, Ushiwakamaru, Caster Gilles... those are 3*... but Mozart? Oh well.

I hope that it isnt Golem Crystals that you need because they only drop once every 2000 years.
And after I get those I need to farm for golden assassin monuments aaaaaaah

-
Anyway,I ended up picking Tamamo Cat in that event which I kinda regret now as I already have a working zerker and I should have probably picked EMIYA.Dammit.
Actually, the Lu Bu event... that one had a decent drop rate, I got a couple after clearing the event once. On retrospective, I should've farmed that event because now Kojiro needs them.

Emiya doesn't work with my team but I'm tempted to get him because I have no decent archers haha.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 12, 2015, 01:03:57 pm
Why are the drop rates for ascension items such ass....?
I now realize Erroratu's pain.
I hope that it isnt Golem Crystals that you need because they only drop once every 2000 years.
And after I get those I need to farm for golden assassin monuments aaaaaaah

-
Anyway,I ended up picking Tamamo Cat in that event which I kinda regret now as I already have a working zerker and I should have probably picked EMIYA.Dammit.

Ghost Lanterns for Tamamo
On a side note, Master EXP day, everyone!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 12, 2015, 09:16:27 pm
Hah, my Master level is at 69, Master EXP isn't doing much for me anymore, I need 3 runs at the 40AP for one level but I have only 92AP, I have to wait over 2 hours to get the third run and get up a level.
On the other hand it's the only place I can (hope to maybe) get a snake jewel and I need only one last for Medusa's second ascension (already have the Rider Pieces).
Oh, and Lancelot at level 42-something wipes out the Demon boss with a single Buster Brave Chain woohoo (with a Charisma or two on him, granted).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 12, 2015, 11:26:12 pm
I'm in the same situation as you, so I basically am grinding bond EXP since I have tons of ascended Servants that I want to unlock their quest.

And speaking of Servant quests, I'm surprised Marie has a second quest. I knew Emiya had two, but not her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 13, 2015, 05:04:51 am
So, the packets are encrypted and people got the drop rates from so ascension mats. It seems like Reverse Dragon Scales only have a 2% drop rate.
And you can only farm them in a dumb and useless 40 AP daily dungeon. What the actual fuck DelightWorks, I've been struggling for almost three weeks to get only one (I've probably invested enough quartz for two 10x rolls), I fear for the sanity of people who need more than one.

Edit:
http://keripo.com/2015/09/fast-ascension-item-farming-guide-with-packet-sniffing/
Yeah I'm trying this, I gain nothing by losing minimal QP rewards.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 13, 2015, 10:57:47 am
My suggestion, just don't bother. I'm sure in the future there will be a free quest that will allow you to farm them. That's hell you're walking into if you continue.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 13, 2015, 11:08:07 am
Yeah, that's my philosophy too, those things will come later with better rates (i.e. yay millions of dragons and chimeras in later chapters). I'm not trying to get the Chaos Claw for FSNCu (except when I have a few APs to spare before tuning out), though I can still try to get the Lancer Pieces I think, for ProtoCu who uses Void thingies (which I have a million of) instead of Chaos Claw, and I might still get that last Snake Jewel for Medusa but only because it's the Master EXP quest and it's always useful.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 13, 2015, 12:07:15 pm
Yeah I gave up.
Fuck it, 2% and down to 120 quartz later. It's not worth it. All these guys with Lv80 servants in my friend list are so lucky haha
Blame it on boredom, I have nothing to do at the moment, other than leveling up servants, Okeanos can't come soon enough.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 13, 2015, 02:16:40 pm
OMG the battle against Shadow Alter Jeanne in the free quest. OMG the bullshit of this fight. I bring a support Jeanne since Rulers are just too tanky because they resist everything except themselves and Berserkers, and Jeanne was obliterated with a 6000 damage critical buster from that thing. I only won because of Marie and her beautiful skill that gives her invincibility for three attacks. Sure, the dragons have been nerfed, but Jeanne hasn't been nerfed. Make sure to have extra CS for this fight, I fortunately didn't need to use them but you'll need them, I assure you.

Honestly, I really hate the game and its unfair critical chances. Some fights were harder than usual because of LOL crits happening too often. While we have to rely on stars to have them, and you can have 90% critical chance miss for some stupid reason.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 13, 2015, 03:53:12 pm
Oh the Paris quest? Yeah the problem is that she's both very tanky and also has a huge pool of HP.
And then you have to do that three times for one quartz.
I used a Vlad with Kaleidoscope and then Lancelot to use the Critical stars from the NP, I still struggled a lot, the first time I used command seals, I was probably underleveled as well. Not anymore though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 『レム-レム』 on September 13, 2015, 06:28:59 pm
I have trouble playing this game

I am lvl 17 but don't feel to evolve in the game :/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 13, 2015, 06:32:33 pm
Do the daily quests as much as you can, and only advance in the main story when you feel like taking your time. Make sure you don't miss the proper daily quests that give plenty of EXP or items for the classes you want to push.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 13, 2015, 06:38:28 pm
I have trouble playing this game

I am lvl 17 but don't feel to evolve in the game :/

Should've done as much daily quests as you can. It'll help for both you and your servants.
But anyway you're going to need to ascend your servants sooner or later.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 『レム-レム』 on September 13, 2015, 06:44:57 pm
I follow the main story of the game but  didn't feel to be strong (thx support lvl 60 saber)
i clear Fuyuki for unlock Saber Alter in the gacha ... but I get that unnecessary cards

 if you have an idea for getting better
I am here  :)

sorry for my bad  english

edit : daily quest ok ! thanks
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 13, 2015, 10:00:50 pm
So hey:

http://i.4cdn.org/vg/1442123495548.png

It's all unconfirmed. Datamined data from the chinese. So yeah, it may change.

And I seriously hope it changes. Astolfo and Jack are 4* Servants... My heart just broke into 40 pieces...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on September 13, 2015, 10:51:33 pm
Translation for non-moonspeak readers?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 13, 2015, 11:15:06 pm
Long story short, all Servants that will appear in the game, classified by class. Some of them have info of their stars as Servants, and the majority have info of which artist worked on them. There's also empty slots for future Servants (for example Nobunaga which is missing but I'm sure she will appear, and before you ask yeah it's a she). One thing we don't know from that list is who has a different gender than from the source they come from, so expect the unexpected.

There's tons of them, giving you a list here right now is kinda hard (and besides I would only be able to give you the names that are in Katakana). Fortunately someone did the job for me!

http://shinichameleon.tumblr.com/post/125782139590/fgo-all-over-100-playable-servants-are
http://blogs.nrvnqsr.com/entry.php/3273-GO-You!-The-Blacklist

Don't know if that's all of them. Huge spoilers btw, read at your own risk. Oh, and to break more people's heart, Iskandar (adult form) is 5*.

------------------------

Edit: Okay, here's what I understood. Only translated those without kanji, except when I already know who it is from the game itself. Feel free to fill the remaining "kanji" (all names are in the order they appear). I haven't done the ones that have no class assigned yet.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 14, 2015, 04:19:01 am
if you have an idea for getting better
I am here  :)
Exploit class weaknesses.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 14, 2015, 06:29:55 am
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
BTW, it's not Koujirou, it's Kojirou (or Kojiroh).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 14, 2015, 06:48:23 am
You know, with the plethora of servants they have planned, I would expect like... weekly additions to the actual game (From one to four would be reasonable?)
With the huge gap in between new content updates, gacha-only events (Sure there was the class-ones from days ago but you could finish those in a day), a lot players (At least those who have been playing for a while) have nothing to do and are getting overleveled (Putting aside gated servants and abysmal ascension material drops) so they'll breeze through Okeanos.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 14, 2015, 06:51:33 am
I also fear for the size of the inventory if you want to catch 'em all. Isn't it capped at 255 ? (well, that's likely to change) With the exp and doubles, I'm not yet convinced every last one will make it in. Or maybe it'll be over two or three years.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 14, 2015, 07:17:18 am
Yeah, EXP and Fou cards shouldn't share inventory space with servants, really, if CEs can have  their own inventory I don't see why exp cards have to be like this (Actually I do, since you can feed servants to other servants for minimal EXP, but I digress)

Upgrading inventory will also take a sizable amount of quartz, then again, that's only if you're lucky enough to keep drawing unique servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 14, 2015, 02:20:32 pm
>Tesla
>Archer
Well,he was trying to make some sort of a projectile shooting thing but never finished it IIRC
And him being an archer makes him even better,fuck yea,I was expecting him to be a Caster tbh

Edit:Also why the fuck did they make Apocrypha Vlad a Zerker and the EXTRA version a Lancer.
Would have worked much better if it was the other way around
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 14, 2015, 02:32:31 pm
New event people:

http://typemoon.com/news/2015/kk3yot

Basically, we will be able to get medals that can be used to trade for a Nero CE and ascension materials. In fact, those ascension materials are the ones you cannot currently get in the game. Joy!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on September 14, 2015, 02:39:26 pm
Long story short, all Servants that will appear in the game, classified by class. Some of them have info of their stars as Servants, and the majority have info of which artist worked on them. There's also empty slots for future Servants (for example Nobunaga which is missing but I'm sure she will appear, and before you ask yeah it's a she). One thing we don't know from that list is who has a different gender than from the source they come from, so expect the unexpected.

There's tons of them, giving you a list here right now is kinda hard (and besides I would only be able to give you the names that are in Katakana). Fortunately someone did the job for me!

http://shinichameleon.tumblr.com/post/125782139590/fgo-all-over-100-playable-servants-are
http://blogs.nrvnqsr.com/entry.php/3273-GO-You!-The-Blacklist

Don't know if that's all of them. Huge spoilers btw, read at your own risk. Oh, and to break more people's heart, Iskandar (adult form) is 5*.

------------------------

Edit: Okay, here's what I understood. Only translated those without kanji, except when I already know who it is from the game itself. Feel free to fill the remaining "kanji" (all names are in the order they appear). I haven't done the ones that have no class assigned yet.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty


Still no Archer Herakles? Damn it.

Also ugh Frankenmoe.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 14, 2015, 02:45:22 pm
Frankenstein having the same number of stars as Heracles sounds like bullshit to me, honestly. I don't really think she was that popular to justify giving her that many stars, nor she's strong enough to use that as reason.

Don't worry Mgbenz, there's still a chance that they release Archer Heracles in the future. I sure want to see his Nine Lives NP in Archer form. Btw, have you shared your Friend Code with us? I can't see it in the thread.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on September 14, 2015, 02:58:59 pm
I have like restarted at least 3 times because I've been reinstalling both my OS and the android emulator I'm using for the past few weeks. I'm going to wait awhile until everything's stable before sharing my friend code.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 14, 2015, 03:34:29 pm
Be sure to bind your account with a password so that you can pull it again when you reinstall, rather than starting over from scratch.
Tesla is often associated with a death beam, and everything crazy involving lightning (with most of his inventions being stolen by Edison or taken apart after his death), so there's a lot of ways to do go in overdrive with him. Probably starting with a big massive "fuck you" railgun.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 14, 2015, 05:25:56 pm
I have like restarted at least 3 times because I've been reinstalling both my OS and the android emulator I'm using for the past few weeks. I'm going to wait awhile until everything's stable before sharing my friend code.

Use the bind account option. It's saved my ass a few times, specially when my computer decided to say farewell after a lot of years working for me. And you need it to get a free 4* Servant, which will help you start the game if you didn't get any.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 14, 2015, 10:00:37 pm
You can try this
http://grand-fate.tumblr.com/post/125427320164/binding-accounts-restoring-data

Or this
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3gb8aw/i_emailed_support_supportfategojp_about_getting/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 14, 2015, 10:46:29 pm
I FINALLY got the 6 Ghost Lanterns I needed for Tamamo Cat

It wasn't fun. AT ALL.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 15, 2015, 12:08:18 am
I FINALLY got the 6 Ghost Lanterns I needed for Tamamo Cat

It wasn't fun. AT ALL.


Let me tell you one piece of advice. Once you start laughing like a madman after trying to get Lancer pieces from Shadow Benkei or from the Ascension material daily event, just because it won't appear for some reason, you know you've reached the end of your sanity, and it's a good moment to stop. Real experience here. Just apply it for any material you need to grind for.

I don't even want to know what will happen when it's time to farm monuments...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 15, 2015, 12:29:00 am
What will happen is that you'll do that after Okeanos and it'll probably be a bit easier with higher standard for enemy Servant level.

Logged in to 2700 FP (I rarely get any anymore), it looks like people are more interested in a Servant with the Journey CE attached, so more looking to stack up on FP than lv75 Hercazerk, which are a dime a dozen.

... I got like 15 1*/2* EXP cards from that (and the small reserve I had just before), with an Asterios, a Mata Hari, and one 2* CE. Thanks Delight Works.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 15, 2015, 12:35:12 am
Hopefully. Hopefully. Unless DW decides to keep it the same way because it gives plenty more quartz, which I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled such move.

And another true story happened just now. I'm about to go to sleep. I have 10 AP. Oh well, let's waste it in the ascension material daily. Nothing but Saber EXP, all junk. I have used that beautiful Lancelot with the Friendship CE (or rather I've been abusing it), so I have 200FP again. Roll. Get my first goddamn Edward Teach after 30 tries with only EXP, not even one cheap CE.

I am going to sleep, and hopefully tomorrow will prove that it wasn't a dream. That I don't have E rank Luck. See you tomorrow!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 15, 2015, 01:04:00 am
I still really really really hate that one star exp we get as a daily login bonus, and to top it off they have to give it a fancy animation. Ugh.

Yeah FP rolls are hit or miss but uuuusually miss, I get a so-so CE or Fou card here and there, but the 1* and 2* exp cards are the worst, they might as well be junk at this point in the game.

Aaand I'm one piece away from ascending CAESAAAAR, I just want his interlude, really.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on September 15, 2015, 01:30:31 am
So I just started playing this game.

I blame Kai.

(http://i.imgur.com/bG9IxCT.jpg)

The party atm. Gilles I got from the tutorial summon, Archer from the code event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 15, 2015, 06:16:47 am
So I just started playing this game.

I blame Kai.

(http://i.imgur.com/bG9IxCT.jpg)

The party atm. Gilles I got from the tutorial summon, Archer from the code event.

I am both a good and bad influence.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 15, 2015, 10:32:20 am
I would have recommended you a reroll. Gilles is the worst Saber in the game, honestly. I have him at level 40 because I couldn't give more EXP to Mashu, and his stats are still terrible. His NP is also bad too, not worth using Military Tactics nor Golden Rule. Why does he have to have Mad Enhancement EX if he won't benefit from it?

And yeah, it wasn't a dream. I have an Edward Teach. Hopefully that makes Hassan and Andersen appear now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 15, 2015, 02:41:57 pm
http://typemoon.com/news/2015/hzq945
コマンドフェーズにおけるカード選びなおし機能の実装
In battle, while selecting your attack cards, you can cancel and redo your attack sequence
Fucking finally.

Lots of other stuff (even interface adjustments etc.) but I'm just quickly glancing over right now. Smells like APK update.

Chose the sprite displayed even after ascending your Servant
Fights will go faster

For sometime this month, don't see as specific date
Not seeing any mention of Okeanos
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 15, 2015, 02:51:11 pm
So I just started playing this game.

I blame Kai.


The party atm. Gilles I got from the tutorial summon, Archer from the code event.
Post friend code
Also I hope your next rolls will be better
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 15, 2015, 03:07:11 pm
http://typemoon.com/news/2015/hzq945
コマンドフェーズにおけるカード選びなおし機能の実装
In battle, while selecting your attack cards, you can cancel and redo your attack sequence
Fucking finally.

Chose the sprite displayed even after ascending your Servant
Fights will go faster

OMFG, why did this take so damn long?! This feature should have been there since Day 1! I swear I'm going to scream of joy when in a battle it really lets me go back. So much suffering because of badly made choices that I cannot come back from.

I'm glad you can now choose the sprite you want. Some Servants have 3rd ascension sprites that I just can't like. For example, I rather prefer to see Marie in a red dress than in a white dress.

And for fights will go faster, does that mean Servants with caster attack patterns will not take an eternity to shoot their bullets? Please be that.

Edit: Apparently you can now give Fou cards to Servants with max level for their current ascension. In the past, you were forced to wait before leveling your character completely because it would lock you from leveling their stats. Nice, since that really happened to me with d'Eon and I was forced to ascend her before I was able to use my Fou cards.

Oh, and Attila, Nero, Caesar and ROMA aka Romulus have a higher chance to appear in the gatcha now. In case you have 40 quartz or pay for them in the game.

Edit2: Heck, here's a good link to check the info

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3l0y9g/additional_information_on_nero_festival_event/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 15, 2015, 03:09:13 pm
>Fights will be faster
They probably mean that ghosts won't have their entire life flash between their eyes every time they try to attack.
Or Doors taking forever to unlock and drop shit
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 15, 2015, 03:47:35 pm
It says they revised the tempo, I'm thinking about the pauses between each action. I've always been bothered by the camera constantly moving all over the place to track every little motion, it causes slowdowns and contributed to the action being slower, I hope this is also addressed, if the pauses between each action is reduced (if not, hello epilepsy).
Also the "first bonus" (bonus of type of first card in your sequence) will be made clearer to understand.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on September 15, 2015, 04:33:49 pm
I would have recommended you a reroll. Gilles is the worst Saber in the game, honestly. I have him at level 40 because I couldn't give more EXP to Mashu, and his stats are still terrible. His NP is also bad too, not worth using Military Tactics nor Golden Rule. Why does he have to have Mad Enhancement EX if he won't benefit from it?

And yeah, it wasn't a dream. I have an Edward Teach. Hopefully that makes Hassan and Andersen appear now.

I was unaware rerolls were even a thing that you could do.

So I just started playing this game.

I blame Kai.


The party atm. Gilles I got from the tutorial summon, Archer from the code event.
Post friend code
Also I hope your next rolls will be better

mah code: 273596416
And hopefully I'll get some better rolls later.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 15, 2015, 04:53:01 pm
Does anyone know what the Nero CE does?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 15, 2015, 04:56:23 pm
Apparently it boosts HP, and gives you the Guts status (basically if your Servant was killed when you had that status it revives at a certain HP, in this case at 500, while erasing that status effect). Basically emulating that skill in EXTRA that Nero could use that made her revive if she was killed in battle. For some stupid reason you can only get 3 of them, so there won't be a boosted effect for ascending it four times.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 15, 2015, 05:33:25 pm
I was unaware rerolls were even a thing that you could do.
Some people go root access to delete the ID, some people legit lose it somehow, and you can just load bluestacks, use the "pull account" option, then on your phone/tablet/whatever, it'll tell you "your account was pulled on another platform, delete from here ? Yes/yes" (sic)
Or uninstall and reinstall the apk, not sure if that deletes the memory too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 15, 2015, 07:24:09 pm
Alright, I'll try and go over the full list.
http://typemoon.com/news/2015/hzq945
- Bug fixing
Some skills, CEs, Command Cards had their effect not applied (maybe that includes the famed "ignores defense" I've heard of, notably for Emiya's UBW ?)
Sometimes, if you disconnected from a battle, it would consume your AP but not offer you to resume the battle, we've improved counter-measures against that

- Fixes on the battle part
Addition of a high speed battle mode
Direction on how the battle plays out (I take it like a movie, directing how things unfold) has been rearranged, improving the tempo
Able to undo your selection of attack cards
Command cards show the class affinity (what ?)
Damage counter show the influence of class affinity
First Bonus and Chains make their effect more understandable
Battle screen shows which wave you are in

Generally speaking, improvements on the tempo were highly requested, and the UI has been rearranged to help that

- Improvements on strenghtening
Changing the conditions to use Fou-kun's cards
you won't be prevented from using Fou's cards when your Servant has reached his level cap

- Other changes
General changes on the UI, such as showing how many quests you still have to clear
Help text is available throughout the whole game
You can skip the animations in the gift box
Those are the most notable changes, they'll show in the next app update. This will be some time in September.

- Future game updates
Everything above will be out in the next app update. We're working on more stuff we haven't had the time to finish, that will come at a later date. Here are the most notable changes planned.

- Improvements on how to compose your party
Revamp of the party composition interface, including stuff like going over cost by mistake because of the CEs.

- Improvements on the quest info interface
You can check the info on enemy classes before entering a quest, and you can rearrange your party more easily

- Selecting the battle character
You can select as your wish the battle character (i.e. the sprites) for your ascended Servants

- Others, item expansion
Additions on new magic formal dress (Master's cloth that gives you your Master spells), ways to use the Grails you earn, new articles in Da Vinci's workshop
Again, those are the most notable new stuff, there's more.

There's also server extensions and tuning coming because of how hard it is to connect and update your info (like how your Leader isn't always updated in someone's friend/support list, I assume), they're forming a backup team specially to work on that. ... Then three lines of apology. Sounds like apology quartz pack down the line.

Unique Nero event starts tomorrow (link given)
Oh, the third chapter is being worked on in parallel to the repairs and events. "Please wait a bit".

That is all.



The horrible thing with those ascension material quests is that the difficulty of the quest has no impact on the randomness of the items you'll get and how good they might be. This is so bad.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on September 16, 2015, 02:21:31 am
(http://i.imgur.com/YBb8yFH.png)

I did a 10 summon after scrounging enough quartz.

Also I completed Fuyuki and got Caster Cu.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 16, 2015, 04:33:11 am
snip


Alright Boudica, off with the skirt.

I'm thankful for some of these fixes (They should've been in the game's initial release anyways), now if they could also improve the way the inventory is handled and improve the RNG drop rates (Getting one silver EXP card in the 40AP ascension daily is an insult, this is the second time this happens to me today)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 16, 2015, 05:11:20 am
Which reminds me
Is Boudica even good past ascension?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 16, 2015, 10:02:48 am
Nero event is up, supposedly the drop rates are amazing and we get gears and talons and pages galore.
the 30AP is kinda hard though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 16, 2015, 11:01:00 am
I found the 20AP to be harder, because of Mata Hari's NP having the success rate of charming you to be stupidly high, which means every 4 turns I would be unable to do anything for a turn. Not even Jeanne's Magic Resistance did anything to stop that effect WTF.

Lu Bu in the 30AP quest died in the first turn, then it was a matter of slowly killing the Caster and Jing Ke. But I suppose the Chimera in that quest may be the reason it's hard for some people. Btw, you can farm Chaos Talons there if you have a good party.

Btw the bullshit of the amount of medals you need to exchange. One round hardly makes you reach 10 medals (yeah, I know 1 Gold medals = 10 Silver medals but still). I see what you did there DW. Where do you exchange them anyway?

Which reminds me
Is Boudica even good past ascension?

Nope, Boudicca's a terrible Rider. Only ascend her once to be able to access her interlude, or thrice to make her visually more appealing. Her NP is the worst, it gives you defense buff but Mashu does the same with a skill, and it increases defense even more than that NP. Sure, you can overcharge it to surpass Mashu' skill, but it's not worth it.

Edit: Oh, in case you guys don't know, you get one time Ascension materials (x5 amounts, a really good amount) if you beat a map for the first time, plus 1M QP or more depending on the map the first time too. And the Nero CE can be dropped by any enemy WTF.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 16, 2015, 01:00:26 pm
Finally managed to ascend Tamamo....
Now to ascend Cu Lancer...somehow.

EDIT:
http://fategrandorder.wikia.com/wiki/Nero_Festival
Increased drop rates for Attila, Nero, Caesar, and Romulus
In addition, Nero will be unlocked in the gacha for everyone if you didn't clear Rome yet.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 16, 2015, 01:25:47 pm
DKDC already mentioned that, you're kinda late.
Where do you exchange them anyway?
Shop. Twitter says that the feature isn't implemented yet, so maybe after weekly maintenance.
So grind the 30AP away, mobs have a chance to drop talons and the bosses might drop monuments.

I need one berserker monument and that goddamned dragon scale to ascend him twice.


Reading other people's posts takes little to no time, otherwise you just come out as rude (Not that I'm the best person to dictate that but just saying). Just a heads up.
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V
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 16, 2015, 01:53:17 pm
Oops. School cuts in on my research time.
Anyway decide to use my 10 quartz and got Proto Cu. Guess what I did with him.

(http://i.imgur.com/AVsBegql.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 16, 2015, 05:47:56 pm
I'm currently farming in the 30AP quest. 20K+ Master EXP, 1K+ Bond EXP, Chaos Talons appearing every 3-4 tries, lots of Gold Medals in that quest which will allow me to get tons of materials... I went from 1 Chaos Talons to 10 without spending a single quartz, in less than a day.

So many tears of happiness because they made it so easy for all of us. I'm crying so much.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 16, 2015, 09:45:13 pm
Never did I think hearing Date Masamune yell Gae Bolg would ever sound cool as fuck
But it just did.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 16, 2015, 11:09:21 pm
I finally caught him...

... Robin' Food.

I am sorry.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 16, 2015, 11:57:57 pm
I finally caught him...

... Robin' Food.

I am sorry.

Wow, you got him? Congrats, you got the best no-quartz Archer you can get in the game so far. I'm so jealous of you. I feel like my NP 5 Arash is moking me each time his card appears with the Friend roll.

And you know what? I officially give up on the 40-quartz roll. I'm going to YOLO roll as people say each time I have 4 quartz. Fuck my luck.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 17, 2015, 12:29:18 am
I finally caught him...

... Robin' Food.

I am sorry.

Wow, you got him? Congrats, you got the best no-quartz Archer you can get in the game so far. I'm so jealous of you. I feel like my NP 5 Arash is moking me each time his card appears with the Friend roll.

And you know what? I officially give up on the 40-quartz roll. I'm going to YOLO roll as people say each time I have 4 quartz. Fuck my luck.

Think that's bad?
Try getting trolled by Kirei, only getting black keys.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 17, 2015, 12:41:05 am
Why do you think I said that? Bullocks that the only Servant I get is a Saber Gilles. Thank you very much game. What happened to your increase rate of getting the other Servants?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 17, 2015, 12:42:31 am
Soooo guess what?

Someone listed the other upcoming mats up for grabs in the festival.
Semi finals has Horseshoe, Heart of the foreign god, Phoenix plumes and Twin crystals.
Finals has Homunculus Baby,Dragon’s Reverse Scale, snake jewels and seed.

I want all my quartz and AP and time back, haha ugh.

I'm currently farming in the 30AP quest. 20K+ Master EXP, 1K+ Bond EXP, Chaos Talons appearing every 3-4 tries, lots of Gold Medals in that quest which will allow me to get tons of materials... I went from 1 Chaos Talons to 10 without spending a single quartz, in less than a day.

So many tears of happiness because they made it so easy for all of us. I'm crying so much.
My game must be glitched because I've been running the 30AP no-stop, I even leveled up here and there and so far the only rare drop I've seen is a yellow berserker skill up gem. No talons so far. Oh well.

Think that's bad?
Try getting trolled by Kirei, only getting black keys.
Why do you assume we haven't had to deal with Black Keys again?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 17, 2015, 01:00:59 am
No idea.
But I hate having Kotomine rejoice......

I haven't even gotten a good Saber yet and I don't think I can get Lily since you know, pre-registration codes and all that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 17, 2015, 01:09:55 am
She's not really worth it, just so you know. You can survive without having your own Saber, just use a support Saber. The best ones are usually Arturia for party attack buff and Excalibur, and Attila for Photon Ray plus the fact that she does the highest damage from the Saber class. They're all around level 70 so imagine how strong they are.

I said it before, and I'll said it again btw. Medea is so goddamn broken. I love how easily she can remove the annoying buffs Servants have just the first turn she appears with instant NP thanks to her skill. Even the ones that makes them take no damage. You guys need a Medea in your team. All of you. Mainly because we will start seeing a lot of Servants like Kojirou spamming annoying dodges like no tomorrow, and Medea's NP goes through them plus removes the annoying buff.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 17, 2015, 01:15:18 am
Most Sabers are 4 or 5*. Caesar is fine, Gilles has a horrible reputation (I've never actually tried him, though in the Nero event it seemed to me that his NP gives him a humongous ATK boost - but for a massive DEF down cost), d'Eon is a Caster in disguise who learned to tank, Siegfried is a tank that doesn't deal much damage. Then there's Nero, Arturia Alter, Arturia, and Altera, and good luck rolling them.
My fav is Arturia Alter. She has good HP and has almost the ATK of Heracles (though without the Berserker class bonus against everyone, without Divinity, and without Mad Enhancement). Plus AoE NP that hits hard and regenerates a bit of NP gauge.
But I'm not meant to roll her, apparently. I hope she gets included in an event someday. I'll buy quartz for her.

I found myself not farming the Colosseum quests at all. I have no need for most of those items, at most I'll grab the Reverse Scales, the Gears, some Pages, and some Horseshoes, but that's just for like two or three Servants each. I'm not touching (or having) most of the guys that use these items. My APs are better used rushing the Knights EXP day, I've made a lot of progress on Caesar, Emiya, Elizabeth (but she doesn't improve much at this level).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 17, 2015, 01:44:58 am
A bit off topic but I know they're pretty much the same, but different stats. I'm thinking about replacing FSN Cu with Prototype Cu (Because Kazuya Nakai as VA is awesome imo).
Are there any objections?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 17, 2015, 01:49:53 am
Most Sabers are 4 or 5*. Caesar is fine, Gilles has a horrible reputation (I've never actually tried him, though in the Nero event it seemed to me that his NP gives him a humongous ATK boost - but for a massive DEF down cost), d'Eon is a Caster in disguise who learned to tank, Siegfried is a tank that doesn't deal much damage. Then there's Nero, Arturia Alter, Arturia, and Altera, and good luck rolling them.
My fav is Arturia Alter. She has good HP and has almost the ATK of Heracles (though without the Berserker class bonus against everyone, without Divinity, and without Mad Enhancement). Plus AoE NP that hits hard and regenerates a bit of NP gauge.
But I'm not meant to roll her, apparently. I hope she gets included in an event someday. I'll buy quartz for her.

I found myself not farming the Colosseum quests at all. I have no need for most of those items, at most I'll grab the Reverse Scales, the Gears, some Pages, and some Horseshoes, but that's just for like two or three Servants each. I'm not touching (or having) most of the guys that use these items. My APs are better used rushing the Knights EXP day, I've made a lot of progress on Caesar, Emiya, Elizabeth (but she doesn't improve much at this level).

In my case, I don't have any more Servants to level up... I really made good use of the 1/2 AP event. So yeah, I have nothing better to do than farm those beautiful materials that otherwise would be really annoying to gather. Plus you get like 1M QP or more in some quests, which helps me since I don't need to worry about running out of it. Also, if you want EXP, you can also trade it with the medals you get for a good amount.

Saber Gilles is bad because of NP, skills that he doesn't benefit at all (Golden Rule ratio is low for him) and terrible stats. Just look at the damage a Buster attack does when you fight him in the colosseum. It hardly reaches the 1000 damage. At level 40 it just does 2000 damage aprox, something I can easily achieve with other Servants at less level. Yeah, he's bad, and like Boudicca only worth leveling for the interlude.

A bit off topic but I know they're pretty much the same, but different stats. I'm thinking about replacing FSN Cu with Prototype Cu (Because Kazuya Nakai as VA is awesome imo).
Are there any objections?

FSN Cu has better stats (small difference though) and his third skill is far better than the one you get for Prototype Cu (Prototype Cu gets an Anti-Beast skill, while FSN Cu gets a really good self-heal). But the difference is minimal if you don't reach the third ascension with him. You can just stick with any you want IMO. I prefer FSN Cu voice and looks though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 17, 2015, 02:55:30 am
On a side note, I have so much QP, I'm kind of sick of seeing it all the time in my inbox.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 17, 2015, 08:40:32 am
12M QP here.
FSNCu has skills to never die ever, Proto Cu has skills that make him slightly better at killing things (single targets only), but not by a big margin, and he still has one of the three survival skills (the better one). My suggestion at this point is just pick the one with a higher NP level, the difference is the most noticeable for whoever has the thickest, biggest thrust.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 17, 2015, 09:26:08 am
the difference is the most noticeable for whoever has the thickest, biggest thrust.

Oh myyyyy.........
But in all seriousness thanks.

I managed to pull an Edward Teach last night. Is he any good for a bronze servant?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 17, 2015, 10:36:03 am
He's shit. So far, it's rare for Riders to have good stats, skills, or NPs, beside gold ones, and there's only Marie. Medusa and Alexander are okay, they have everything decent. Martha has full party heal / cure, but at a late ascension I think.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 17, 2015, 10:40:36 am
St.George is a good tank, but it doesn't work in my team because riders have a big critical weight and it messes up my team's synergy.
I think Edward is also pretty much support, I ascended him once but still yeah, he's not amazing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 17, 2015, 03:42:10 pm
St.George is a good tank, but it doesn't work in my team because riders have a big critical weight and it messes up my team's synergy.
I think Edward is also pretty much support, I ascended him once but still yeah, he's not amazing.

Funny you should mention St. George.
I just got him from friend point summons
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 17, 2015, 04:41:44 pm
If you don't have any 3* Rider Servant or above (or if you have a Boudicca), he's worth using. He's easily outmatched by them otherwise, as far as I tested.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 17, 2015, 05:27:08 pm
If you don't have any 3* Rider Servant or above (or if you have a Boudicca), he's worth using. He's easily outmatched by them otherwise, as far as I tested.

I have Alexander so.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 17, 2015, 10:37:06 pm
Then keep using Alexander, he's a good 3* Servant. Only do Edward Teach for the extra quartz in his Interlude (unlocked in Okeanos btw).

Phantom of the Opera, getto desu! I would have preferred a Hassan, but oh well, I'm happy I got a new Servant.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 17, 2015, 11:53:21 pm
30 AP Nero festival quest can be quite BS since Zhuge Liang can constantly buff himself with defense.
EDIT: Look at this bullshit.

(http://i.imgur.com/H1SZq8c.jpg)
I eventually killed the fucker with Lancer so that's good I guess
(Also the only reason I have Shielder in my party is because of her buffs + cost issues)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 18, 2015, 12:38:12 am
Medea's Divine Speed Casting (upgraded a couple of time for instant 100%) > RULE BREAKER will take care of that for you.
If you have her, of course. If you don't, get her as support and put support in fourth slot. Just keep someone to kill Lu Bu in one shot.

I you have nothing of that... Well, don't try to take on lv40 difficulty when you have bad levels :P

But then again, since he's shit at dealing damage, just wear him out over time and don't mind his defense.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 18, 2015, 12:41:31 am
Hahaha, that happened to me too. Then I used Medea's NP, and all of those buffes disappeared instantly. I laughed like a mad man when that happened. I use as support someone with a strong AoE NP like Arturia, Attila or Tamamo Cat, buff them as much as I can and then use the NP. Lu Bu dies in the first turn with that combo, and the other two lose half of their health in the process. Oh, all those Servants I mentioned are equipped with Kaleidoscope, and are between level 50-70.

But yeah, Waver can be a bitch with his constant buffes. Make sure to kill Lu Bu the first since Waver is scripted to buff him into a killing machine if he's alive. Once he's dead, he will only use the defense buff, and he will spam it more if he's alone. Make sure to kill him second. I suggest you put a Servant with dodges in the first position to deal with Jing Ke's NP. And pray it doesn't instantly kill you.

Btw, speaking of her NP, I had Lancer Cu at the front. I used Battle Continuation on him, but I had no dodges. She managed to pull an instant kill on him (the text appeared to confirm it), plus she also did 11000 damage to him, and he took it like a boss and survived because of Guts. But I'm not sure if that was supposed to happen though. Maybe I just found a weird bug LOL.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 18, 2015, 01:24:57 am
I find Jing Ke is easy to kill immediately after Lu Bu. I go Lancelot Buster - Emiya UBW - Arturia Alter Excalibur Morgan, with the first Buster hitting Jing Ke. Both Lu Bu and Jing Ke are erased by that combo. Then you don't have to worry about instant kill, and Waver is unlikely to kill all 6 of your guys, maybe 2 if you were left in a bad state from the Chimeras, 4 if you're really fucking up hard somehow, but definitely not 6. He does have an insane amount of HP even before his buffs, though, so he takes forever to kill, that's the only issue.
Btw, speaking of her NP, I had Lancer Cu at the front. I used Battle Continuation on him, but I had no dodges. She managed to pull an instant kill on him (the text appeared to confirm it), plus she also did 11000 damage to him, and he took it like a boss and survived because of Guts. But I'm not sure if that was supposed to happen though. Maybe I just found a weird bug LOL.
Why would that be a bug ? It's exactly how it's supposed to work. You take the full attack, and you revive after that, so even if something like that hits both the instant-kill and the high damage, your HP still regenerate after the attack (but before the end of the turn, so if someone else is coming after that, that might still kill you).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 18, 2015, 01:29:20 am
I thought that Guts stopped one of the deaths, but it couldn't stop the other one. I mean, you literally are killed twice at that moment. Guess Guts acts for a single attack, regardless if it's an instant kill, high damage or both.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 18, 2015, 01:31:15 am
I don't see why it would only block one. You aren't killed twice, you take an attack, at the end of the attack you're left with 0 HP, and that's when Guts revives you. Guts doesn't interrupt the attack right between the IK and the damage.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 18, 2015, 11:56:28 am
(http://i.imgur.com/hcLOz56.jpg)
Underleveled dragon but the memes foretold.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 18, 2015, 09:47:34 pm
Hahahahahaha!

(http://i.imgur.com/8GjwNxu.png)

I finally got the goddamn CE. Heck fucking yeah!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 19, 2015, 12:32:35 am
Were Neros breasts always that huge,jesus
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 19, 2015, 12:58:26 am
Were Neros breasts always that huge,jesus

Maybe her outfit was acting as breast suppressors.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 19, 2015, 02:37:54 am
Yeah I just got it today as well, if I get ONE more then I'll be able to max out the CE after combining them with the ones we'll be able to buy from the (god-knows-when-it'll be-implemented) shop.

Aaand I got my first Mozart and then got Tamamo from a single roll. I guess I exhausted my FGO luck for the next three months.

Edit: The servant names on the colosseum are hilarious.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 19, 2015, 08:26:00 am
Guys, new Nero Festival dungeons are up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 19, 2015, 08:56:45 am
IIRC, for the Mage team in the first round was:

- Andersen: Guy who doesn't work.
- Shakespeare: Guy who works.
- Mozart: Guy that just happened to be there.

Kinda silly names used for them LOL.

And S.D., after a while you're gonna hate the fact that you're getting Mozart. I assure you.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 19, 2015, 09:01:57 am
IIRC, for the Mage team in the first round was:

- Andersen: Guy who doesn't work.
- Shakespeare: Guy who works.
- Mozart: Guy that just happened to be there.

Kinda silly names used for them LOL.

And S.D., after a while you're gonna hate the fact that you're getting Mozart. I assure you.
PFFFFT
Iirc Elizabeth's was CCC 48
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 19, 2015, 09:12:37 am
I wouldn't mind getting more so I can max out his NP.
But for some reason he doesn't pop out in my account

About the new event, the 5AP randomly drops Yggdrasil seeds and 20 AP drops Phoenix Plumes.
I'm still unsure about what you can farm from the 30AP one but hey, you get really good bond and master EXP so why not? (Plus the servants are easier than in the previous 30AP)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 19, 2015, 09:21:15 am
You can farm the Golem items in the 30AP, and it has a decent drop rate. I mean, my first try granted me 1 of them.

It's also really easy to win that one. Bring Arturia, Arturia Alter, Nero or Attila in there with their NP full. Use it, and see how all of them die or are left with barely any HP, as all of them are weak to Saber attacks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 19, 2015, 09:48:17 am
I just brougt a support Arturia with Kaleidoscope and yeah, easy.
For those curious about the layout and drops:
https://twitter.com/akari_fgo/status/645109599087890432
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on September 19, 2015, 04:49:24 pm
Were Neros breasts always that huge,jesus
eh, she's flat compared to passion lip (also  passion lip fucking when !?)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 19, 2015, 06:44:21 pm
They're all tiny compared to King Proteas tats

(also  passion lip fucking when !?)
Right after Okeanos ,I bet
So never :^)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on September 19, 2015, 07:20:05 pm
passion lip's bust measurement is bigger than her height  :tough:  protea can't beat that
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 19, 2015, 07:39:20 pm
Right after Okeanos ,I bet
So never :^)
Apparently they clearly planned to have a chapter released every two months (which isn't too unreasonable).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 19, 2015, 07:58:41 pm
Only problem with that is that we didn't have enough content to last two months. Not even a month. So now we are riding on events only to survive the long wait.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 19, 2015, 08:43:31 pm
Guess who got the Nero CE:
(https://41.media.tumblr.com/edf6ef6e1ae1a90e4e49028e7ead1b91/tumblr_nuxt7nvDFZ1td9veto1_1280.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 21, 2015, 12:21:41 pm
Congrats, join the party with us. Will you try to ascend it to max level if you get another one? Personally, unless I have spare gold, I won't.

One thing I just recently read, is that you cannot downgrade your medals. So yeah, you can go from 10 Silver -> 1 Gold, but you can't go from 1 Gold -> 10 Silver. Which is bollocks IMO since you're wasting a lot more AP and the quest is supposed to be harder. Oh well, I got 400 Gold, time to farm Silver since apparently I managed to get the needed 300 Bronze without noticing it.

And I finally got a Hassan. Goddamn it, I really wanted him in my team. Now it's your turn Andersen. I'm starting to think the game really goes for the "When you don't want it, you get it" logic since my FP roll was more about getting extra CE to level up my gold CE rather than wishing for a Servant. At least it wasn't another shitty EXP. I was also running out of Servants to max their Bond Level, so I guess that's a plus?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 21, 2015, 01:25:25 pm
You can't downgrade medals?
Ugh, that kinda sucks, farming the 30 AP is too good due to the drops and master EXP. I'm pretty sure I only have 40 bronze or so.
I might just farm those on the last day or something.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 21, 2015, 09:33:32 pm
Congrats, join the party with us. Will you try to ascend it to max level if you get another one? Personally, unless I have spare gold, I won't.

Probably won't ascend it, I only have enough gold medals to trade for one.
Also that feel when you get a dupe Saber Gilles and dupe essences
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 22, 2015, 09:01:37 am
Fixes in the next update.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3lvm8h/major_update_923/

Quote
-Fixed bug where enemy single target Noble Phantasms always targeted lead character

Oh boy, here comes a world of hurt. Now it's a must to have a tank with Taunt in your party.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 22, 2015, 09:18:52 am
So for the 30 AP quest of the Nero Festival Finals
(https://36.media.tumblr.com/4ac6991287b85f1990c8e4f5e280c5d8/tumblr_nv2hjpeoYj1td9veto1_1280.png)
So this battle wasn't so bad, just need to bring Sabers or Beserkers.
(I only brought Lily with me to level up her bond)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 22, 2015, 09:41:43 am
Had this huge dragon been something other than a Lancer, like an Archer, this battle would have gone an entire different way. I'm so glad it's a Lancer.

It's also the best place to farm those Dragon Scales. Overuse it guys.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 22, 2015, 10:09:15 am
Quote
-Added countermeasures against decreased performance when large number of critical stars dropped
Oh, maybe it'll be slightly more playable on my tablet. That's when it would freeze and give up most often.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 22, 2015, 09:01:48 pm
I remember how much the frame rate goes crazy when you get tons of stars. Glad it will change.

Goddamn it, the big dragon keeps crushing my hopes giving me red chests, to then show that it's only a skill up gem.

Edit: Oh hey, I just got a Fou ATK card for Lancers. And all my Lancers are maxed! Guess the next update will be useful for me.

Edit2: So yeah guys, in case you can't join the game, maintenance has been extended to 19:00. We will get two more quartz though, so that means we get 3 rolls instead of two.

Edit3: Aaaand extended again to 20:00. Better give us yet another quartz or two.

Edit4: It's finally available, but we need to wait for QooApp to update the version they have before we're able to play it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 23, 2015, 01:44:18 pm
Or you can just get it from here
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3m1g6y/update_out_on_ios_and_google_play_store_qooapp/

Edit:
40AP Finals is:
Wave 1: Roman Lancers x3
Wave 2: Cú Chulainn Prototype, Cú Chulainn Caste and Carmila with 4 backup servants: Gilgamesh, Alexander, Heracles and Nero.

HAVE FUN!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 23, 2015, 02:28:38 pm
Should I put (this evening, in about 5 hours) my Lv 50 Emiya as support instead of Lancelot for the duration of the event ? First I'll see if he survives long enough (maybe putting him in the back row so he comes out against Nero). Apparently Nero is super strong and she comes out last after the other Servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 23, 2015, 02:34:23 pm
Fuck that Nero. Fuck it with all my life. This goddamn thing keeps overusing her goddamn skills, which not only can heal her back up to 7000 HP, but it gives her massive defense buffs, to the point of making my Berserkers do three-digit damage. What the fuck?!

I thought I had won the goddamn battle when Nero was the only one alive and I had wasted the 3CS to bring back my entire party for her, but the rate of healing + the absurd defense buff + damage output she has makes her even harder than dealing with the other 6 Servants. I will have to waste Quartz for this, because this is just impossible I swear. Not even using Medea's NP helps me at all, she instantly uses Imperial Priviledge two times in a row and there you go, she gets two defense buffs (AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE RANDOM!!!) and I'm screwed.

And as far as I tested, she seems to be scripted to spam the healing skills at less than 10K HP, so you better kill her fast before you reach that amount else your attacks will do shit damage and she'll be back to five-digit health bar.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 23, 2015, 02:41:31 pm
Medea, Kaleidoscope or Sakura, Art Chain, next turn RB + buster x2, third turn Divine Speed Casting to another RB and two Busters or NP chain if the Art chain was enough ? Don't use RB last so it's not wasted, you can slip in like 15 to 20k if you have Archers.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 23, 2015, 02:47:17 pm
I don't pay in this game. How am I supposed to get those CE? Also, Archers are what I don't have unfortunately. I mean, I have an Arash, but no way I use him in this fight with his terrible stats and his suicidal NP. And for some reason Friendship list has no Gilgamesh which would certainly destroy her... The max I can attempt is first turn NP and that's it, but Nero seems to love putting back her buffs unfortunately.

Oh well, right now I'm trying to obtain the quartz from the Chimera free quest, and will attempt it yet again, so I don't have to waste the apology quartz.

Edit: Oh hey, I just got another from Hassan's Interlude. I can win with two quartz.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 23, 2015, 04:40:38 pm
You get the CEs by using quartz. If you do the full story mode, and counting a bunch of apology quartz depending on when you started playing, you're supposed to have over 200 quartz. You can afford to throw a couple 10-rolls or three.
But not now, though, the randomizer is favoring certain Servants and CEs so you should have done it a while back. I've had one Kaleido and two Sakuras after like two weeks. I didn't pay anything to get them, either, and I'm not saying "duh just pay".
And then, even if you don't get them, get a NP for everyone, grind Nero down a bit until she buffs, and just Divine Speed once and chain 3 NPs, with Medea's first. You can still get at least 70k damage if you find a decent Herk support and have a Lv40 (not counting d'Eon, sorry) (and if you don't even have a 3* at lv40 then why are you even still here, you should grind for a couple of weeks first before you even think about taking on a quest that says "min level required : 40 or 50").
In the first place, there's a lot of Hercs and Gils with Kaleido all the time.

For Archers, just stake out the support list, it's randomized depending on which server it connects to, but they're not that rare. And don't hesitate to send a friend request at the end when you catch one. I've got a couple of Gils, a couple of Arturia Alters, and a couple of Herkazerks, all around Lv 60.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 23, 2015, 05:24:05 pm
Well, in the end I grabbed a level 70 Jeanne, which had that CE that raises the amount of NP one gains, and my god it was so useful since I was able to protect my party every time she used her NP, after that, it was really easy. Only had to use 1 quartz because I sure don't know how you can survive 7 Servants without having any Servant die. I made sure to leave weak Alexander alive until I was forced to either kill it or eat his NP, and it was really useful since it reduced the number of turns Nero used to two. I wish I could have done the same for Caster Cu, but dealing with an NP that takes HP over time (that Burned status) was something I couldn't afford. Btw, for Nero's case, if she sets 4 defense buffs your attacks will do 0 damage (though with 3 they do 100-200 so yeah...), just warning you. Taking into account how much her skills heal, they're probably at level 10.

So yeah, the hell is over. You get like 20 gold medals (and possibly a high chance to get her CE, which didn't happen to me). As rewards for the first time, 10M QP and Crystalized Lore. So yeah, I don't see any point in repeating that hell. Time to raise Silver medals and gold medals to get my hands on a second Nero CE and another Crystalized Lore, and I'm done with this event.

Edit: Btw, that option to change the battle speed... My god, it's so awesome.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 23, 2015, 08:23:01 pm
>Everyone complaining about Nero
>Nero didnt do a thing on my game
>Carmilla spammed her NP every 2nd or so turn
AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaah
I beat it tho,took 1 quartz to get everyone back in as I didnt have any Command spells

Also how the hell am I gonna buy that Nero CE,its freakin 200 medals,jesus
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 23, 2015, 08:33:59 pm
Well I bought the Nero CE.
Also I encountered a bug involving Nero's NP. After she used it, the bg from her NP was still there and it was covering all of the characters.
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/ffbf98978551cf3e4c8cfc9f32c1ecab/tumblr_nv57p3gDSG1td9veto1_1280.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 23, 2015, 08:47:22 pm
With all the strategies in the world, it's a massive pain that you really need to kill the one guy who's about to unleash his NP. Because a NP from a high level is always an instant kill against anyone you may have, unless you're saved by the class triangle. Once again, it's more of a "just kill everyone as fast as you can" than a game of skills and strategies :-\

Yeah, the "background for Nero and Emiya sticking around after use" bug has been around for a while (but it's nice and could just stay that way, with the swords on the ground or the theater backdrop). Never saw it actually cover the characters, though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 23, 2015, 10:19:56 pm
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I JUST DID A SUMMON AND GOT RULER
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *dies*

I also got Caesar but he isn't really important.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 23, 2015, 11:53:34 pm
I hate you sooooo much... I went for YOLO rolls and only got Black Keys (at least I got a red one finally, now I have a better one to equip to Berserkers apart from Limited/Zero Over) and the Leyline Stream. Oh well, one more for the last one and its effect will increase. Because we have to keep being positive!!

If you don't mind let me summarize all the battle:

- Carmilla will spam nearly all the time Vampirism. This depletes the NP of one of your Servants and increase one NP bar of her own. Kill her the first if you really rely on NPs.
- Proto Cu will use Protection from Arrows, aka inmunity to three attacks. I personally kill him the first because I can easily block Carmilla's NP with a dodge plus retrying until it hits the character with the dodge, and having to deal with Protection from Arrows spam is far worse than Carmilla Vampirism, at least for me.
- Caster Cu also has Protection from Arrows, but it's used less often, compared to the one that boosts his critical chance. His NP is full party target though, make sure to kill him before it happens, or block it. The flame status effect lasts 10 turns according to what people said, and it cannot be dodged nor blocked, be wary that you'll lose 200 HP every turn.
- Alexander is possibly the best Servant to leave for last, as it has no way to block any of your attacks nor fill his 5-bar NP gauge, spams the low chance charm instead of Charisma, and his NP can be easily blocked if you have Jeanne. I personally left him last so Nero only had two attacks per turn.
- Gilgamesh is next. I sure don't need to tell you he MUST die as soon as possible. Golden Rule gives him one bar, and he has three, Enuma Elish will kill everything if it hits (40K damage from enemy Servants will happen with him), and even his normal attack has a ridiculous chance of getting a critical. If you have a Lancer, make use of it as much as possible since against Nero it will be worthless.
- Next is Heracles. As long as he doesn't overuse his dodge, you should have an easy time killing him. Gilgamesh is your worst problem if you still haven't killed him.
- Last is Nero. The bullshit. She will spam her skills like no tomorrow. If she gets 3 defense buffs from Imperial Priviledge, you'll do three-digit damage unless you use an Archer. Four, you do 0 damage. Keep in mind she also can get attack buffs, and with 4 she most likely will one-shot a lot of your 1-2* Servants with a no-buster attack. Plus the healing, she can regain 7200 HP at max. Either keep being defensive like I did with Jeanne, Marie and Cu with the dodge plus invincibility (it works since her skill spam makes her attack much less), or go full offensive with an Archer and hope you kill her before she stacks buffs. If you have a Gilgamesh, you probably will win easily. A bit of work will be needed for Emiya, but it's still doable. Arash won't even survive one turn against her, and Robin Hood may survive one turn, but no more than that.

So yeah, this is all what you'll encounter.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 24, 2015, 04:15:25 am
That 40 AP quest was hell on earth if you ask me.
Also have we gotten the ability to change servant sprites yet?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 24, 2015, 04:27:46 am
Keep in mind that you're fighting one enemy from each class, so if you're planning a strategy that doesn't rely on brute force then you'll need a pretty varied party (For better or worse I have an evenly level cast, I even got Mashu to 40 with the EXP cards from the shop), I don't plan on taking on the event yet, I need to do some more preparation.

I already bought everything from the store except for the last crystal and QP, I guess the grind wasn't that bad. Ideally I should be getting EXP for the servants I just ascended (And I need one monument for Lancelot) but I'm going to keep farming the event because I need one more Nero CE to max it out.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 24, 2015, 09:54:11 am
Also have we gotten the ability to change servant sprites yet?
It wasn't planned for this update, so no.
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I don't plan on taking on the event yet, I need to do some more preparation.
Don't wait too long, IINM it ends on the 25th at 16:00, that's like 23 hours from now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 24, 2015, 10:24:47 am
Yeah, I can see the timer right below the mission :P
I'm just waiting for AP to do another 30AP mission since that will level me up, look for Nero's CE some more and then take on the event.

I wasted AP a couple of hours ago trying to clear Lancelot's second interlude, I had to retreat, I was very tempted to use seals but I knew I'd be needing them for the finals.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 24, 2015, 11:49:19 am
Yeah, I was going for quartz and god damn Lancelot's second interlude is nuts. Shadow Servants with crazy HP. Thanks support Saber high rank as the last line of defense (plus two good Servants of my own).

http://typemoon.com/news/2015/984h63
Does the Moon Goddess dream of dumplings ? (wat)
Orion (with Artemis) 5*, Moonlight Fest CE 5* with Artemis
Also Moon-gazing maidens pick-up, up rate for Stheno, Marie, Ushi, Jing Ke, and new CEs with the Moon Cell, Rin, Artemis again.
From the 25th at 6PM to Oct. 2.
Oh, okay, collect dangos in the event to exchange for Fou, EXP, Pieces and Monuments for Archer (great), Assassin, Rider, and the Moonlight CE.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 24, 2015, 11:55:55 am
I messed up by not having an Archer in my party and got mostly wrecked by Shadow Siegfried being super tanky and didn't even made it past Robin Hood since I had sabers on queue to deal with Shadow Romulus. Oh well, I'll be better prepared next time.

I just saw the news, getting anyone but Marie would be nice (Because I already have a Marie of my own), too bad this is yet, another gacha event, we'll just keep waiting for Okeanos  I guess. That's okay, I need to farm berserker monuments anyways..

Edit:
Cleared with seals, I didn't use a single quartz.
I just brought a team that counterpicked every servant except for Riders and brought a support Gil. I got lucky since Nero never buffed herself, she kept attacking my Saber Lily along with Alexander.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 24, 2015, 09:35:22 pm
Apart from Stheno, I already have the rest of Servants. Guess I'll save my YOLO rolls for when Orion is released, since I just gained 4 quartz for the 10 days login. I wish it was the Servant what you get in this event, not a CE.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 25, 2015, 07:16:18 am
http://fategrandorder.wikia.com/wiki/Bath_of_the_Lunar_Goddess
The CE might prove to be useful for some servants as it allows the servant to recover 500 HP every turn (most likely 1000 when maxed).

But that's my opinion.

http://fategrandorder.wikia.com/wiki/Moonlight_Festival
The 5* one I'm not too big on since I'm not the type of guy that focuses on crits most of the time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 25, 2015, 11:50:25 am
I'm aiming for that regen since that would make d'Eon the best tank. 3-turn taunt + self-heal + regen + dodge + master dodge. My god how can it even die?

Also, that regen, when maxed, it heals 1000 HP. Basically the same as Jeanne's NP. It's that good honestly.

And I will be able to ascend Marie to 2 and maybe three thanks to this event. I'm so happy.

Edit: Guys, farming the 5 AP quest is definitely better than the 10 AP quest. You get better rewards by doing 2 * 5 AP than doing 1 * 10 AP. And same for the 20 AP LOL.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 25, 2015, 01:14:44 pm
Everyone needs to equip dango CEs on their support to make farming less of a chore.

Edit:
So one of the quests has a Dragon Slayer team: Martha, George and.... KOJIRO
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 25, 2015, 02:57:33 pm
Hahaha, yeah I just fought them. As always kill Kojiro first so he doesn't start the "spam dodge skill" bullshit. Once he's dead, Martha is next for the heals. George is last. It may take a while since he loves to stack defense buffs, but unlike Nero it's not really a problem because his damage output is laughable.

So I got 4 Summon Tickets, here's my results: Crystal Horse, Jing Ke, fuck you Saber Gilles and surprisingly that 4* CE Ilya that boosts your Buster damage. I still got one more remaining, hopefully it ends up being good.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 25, 2015, 06:27:00 pm
I didn't think it was even possible to buff yourself up so much that you dont even take any damage
Like no dodge skill,but straight up a shitload of defense buffs
What the fuck st.George
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 25, 2015, 07:48:49 pm
Dude, did you even do the 40 AP quest in the Nero festival? Nero was even worse at doing this, and the worse part is that the defense buff was supposed to be random, yet she got it every single time. At least George does shit damage so you can easily survive even against his NP.

I'm about to reach 200 Gold Dangos, easy since I've been farming the 5 AP quest which gives a lot of them. I've heard Orion is the last boss in it. Will have to grab a good Lancer, she's level 60 for what I read.

Edit: Well, that was easy. Her damage output is kinda ridiculous, but having Lancer Cu trivializes this whole fight. Also, you get two summon tickets instead of one. I got another 4* CE (the one that enhances crit damage) and another Moon Cell, which I won't ascend since you can stack them apparently.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 25, 2015, 10:55:25 pm
I get this feeling that this game (or Nasu in general) has a fetish for dragons.
(Attila's battle is her and 6 dragons, was thinking about bringing Sasaki for this but eh
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 26, 2015, 12:26:52 am
OMG the difficulty of the 30 AP quest. OMG, you get into a fight with a Demon with tons of HP, then after that you encounter Caligula, Caesar and Attila. I'm so glad I had a Gilgamesh with his NP ready. I don't think I could have won that fight otherwise. I don't even want to do the 40 AP quest in fear they will rape me.

Also, 34 Dangos for such quest, when I can easily get 20 by repeating the 5 AP quest 4 times, seems really bullshit to me honestly. Even with the Moon Cell plus a +3 boost from the CE that the Gilgamesh assist carried. WTF. Give me back my AP...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 26, 2015, 02:11:16 am
What are we supposed to do with the gold dangos that keep piling up after you finished the story ? It doesn't look like we'll be able to convert them to silver dangos...
I'm also scared to open that 40AP quest that recommends lv60.
And I got the last Archer Piece I needed, Emiya got his second ascension. I'll do his NP up interlude tomorrow, yay. Waiting for recharge still manages to be painful though, thankfully the 5AP is more than enough to pile up non-gold dangos.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 26, 2015, 03:36:24 am
Apparently gold dangos will just keep piling up.. yay? (This is why the more costly AP missions give more normal dango and little to no gold dango)

From what I've heard the 40AP is a fight against shadow servants first round and then a super tanky Artemis on the second one.. so bring lots of Lancers I guess? I haven't unlocked it yet.

Edit:
http://typemoon.com/news/2015/s60qh1

So we can exchange gold dango for moon dango after the event ends.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 26, 2015, 09:35:33 am
Yep, it's exactly like that. Just mentioning that apart from being a tank it dishes retarded amounts of damage. Even Lancers will take 1200 damage with their resistance, and I was using a level 70 Elizabeth. And obviously let's not count the EX buff she uses, which fortunately she rarely uses and instead goes for the Anti-Male buff to then waste it on a female.

Anyway, I wasted 3 CS to win that fight. Oh well, I'm not repeating it obviously, 32 Dangos are not worth it, and it's obviously a fight in which either you waste quartz or you have a really good team because you payed. And as always, Lancer Cu proves he's the motherfucking best Lancer in the game.

Edit: Oh hey, so apparently after the event is over you'll be able to exchange your Gold Dango for Silver Dango, at a 2G->1S rate. That's a really good rate. I'm going to keep farming the 5AP if that's the case.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 26, 2015, 01:44:10 pm
Huh, Orion Grand Battle wasn't as bad as I thought.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 26, 2015, 09:32:14 pm
Hahahahahahahaha! At my last Quartz roll!

(http://i.imgur.com/drqYpsw.jpg)

The miracle just happened to me! I can't believe it! I finally have another 4* Servant! What a goddamn miracle! I'm so glad I picked Marie instead of her in the free 4* Servant event. And with this I got all increased chance Servants in this event except Orion. Now I'm not jealous of people showing me their Lancelot or Orions!

Huh, Orion Grand Battle wasn't as bad as I thought.

I must admit, I went there with too many Moon Event CE. Should have gone more prepared I guess. High-Level teams can probably afford that, but my team, except for two, only reaches Level 40 at most. But farming the 40 AP quest is not worth it unless you have many quartz to spend and the 2x Dangos CE.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 27, 2015, 05:29:13 am
I brought an all-lancer team (They're all barely past their first ascension) with Mashu and Lancelot (And a Gilgamesh support since I have no Liz supports) and I cleared it without using seals.
http://imgur.com/a/JJNYh

Edit:
Even with 2x CEs, the 5AP is better, the only way to make the 40 AP optimal is with three x2 CEs (everyone has been doing calculations and this is the general consensus), also, farming the 5AP multiple times means you have more chances to get the CE.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 27, 2015, 10:19:01 am
Well, the chances to get the CE in the 5 AP are really low, but still possible (I've seen a screenshot that shows it's possible). But if you get 500 Silver Dangos it's recommended you waste them on the CE since it will increase your gains even more. I'm currently getting 6-7 Dangos of any kind in the 5 AP quest with 2 Moon Cells and a Support +3. When I get the CE, I will be gaining 9-10 at a time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 27, 2015, 11:31:13 am
I thought buying the 500 CE was obvious and like the very first thing you should do?
And that you shouldn't go for the 2000 one since it won't make profit in time according to basic math (Not unless you have a bunch of dango CEs from either quartz/summoning tickets rolls or as a drop, then, and only then it might make some profit, but that's only if your team+support is already  full of extra dango CE's and you buy it to replace the lowest one/Moon Automaton)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 27, 2015, 03:27:38 pm
I think nobody is crazy enough to farm the 2000 dango CE, unless they have bought everything already.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 27, 2015, 03:31:45 pm
500 is enough, thank you.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 27, 2015, 09:53:22 pm
Hey guys, do you know any place where I can consult what I can find info about Marie's Interlude, the second quest? The first part of it gave me a bit of trouble with the many ghosts in it, so I want to be ready for the second one.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 27, 2015, 09:58:39 pm
Hey guys, do you know any place where I can consult what I can find info about Marie's Interlude, the second quest? The first part of it gave me a bit of trouble with the many ghosts in it, so I want to be ready for the second one.

I tried looking and I couldn't find anything about her 2nd interlude.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 27, 2015, 10:01:30 pm
After Saturday's all EXP dailies, the dango exchange for all EXP cards, the Archer Pieces and Monuments, and the Knight EXP dailies that just started, I left my Lancelot a little behind and banked everything on Emiya, and got his third ascension already. Between the NP upgrade, a few ATK+ Fou cards from the dango events, and now this, I might keep him as a main for a bit.
... God that outfit is ugly. The "pick the outfit you like" option can't come fast enough. I hope the F/E CCC final outfit (the golden armor thingy) will be for one of the two alternate Emiyas. It was one of the good things to come out of it (with Robin, "ultimate" Gil being more recurrent, AUO cast off, and such), and I found it went well with Wada's art style (which I otherwise really don't  like)
Speaking of which, I'm expecting Assassin Emiya to have the outfit from Ufotable's UBW ending/flashbacks. The usual black armored clothes he already has in his second form, and a brown tattered cape > clean white cape > probably a red cape with some decorations for his final ascension. That would leave the CCC armor for Emiya Alter (like, just a black > red > gold palswap). It's doable.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 27, 2015, 10:09:04 pm
Yeah, I saw you putting him as leader. Between the Nero event and this event, raising Archers, Riders and Assassins to their third ascension is really easy. I mean, I just ascended Marie again and once I get her to 70 I will be able to ascend her again without needing to farm the materials. And here I though it would take me like half a year to get a third ascension in one of my Servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 27, 2015, 10:14:41 pm
I've been focusing on Ruler for most of the time only because of her ascension items.
But I won't be able to farm for Lancer Pieces right now and it sucks.

Isn't there a dungeon I can farm to get them?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 27, 2015, 10:30:00 pm
Silver lancer pieces can be dropped by shadow benkei in fuyuki city
Golden Lancer pieces require you to do the ascension daily quest
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 27, 2015, 10:33:11 pm
Silver lancer pieces can be dropped by shadow benkei in fuyuki city
Golden Lancer pieces require you to do the ascension daily quest

And just to warn you, that Shadow Benkei loves to make you suffer by not dropping those pieces at all. Once the Ascension daily starts, stick to it until the bitter end if you want to ascend that Ruler of yours.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 27, 2015, 11:01:03 pm
Yeah, the drop rates are awful. The ascension daily is terrible because not only the drop rate isn't good, on top of that, it can be anything from either of the three classes, and it can be pieces or monuments (when it's not a fucking Void's Refuse in a goddamn red chest why). So mostly you're gonna get the ones you don't want right now. My FSN Cu has also been stuck at 40 for ever, but at least I have the Talons from the Nero event.
Well, I guess for Ruler, it's a bit easier to swallow since she needs stuff from all three Knight classes, Pieces and Monuments, right ? I'm not sure, I never got her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 27, 2015, 11:06:17 pm
Yeah, the drop rates are awful. The ascension daily is terrible because not only the drop rate isn't good, on top of that, it can be anything from either of the three classes, and it can be pieces or monuments (when it's not a fucking Void's Refuse in a goddamn red chest why). So mostly you're gonna get the ones you don't want right now. My FSN Cu has also been stuck at 40 for ever, but at least I have the Talons from the Nero event.
Well, I guess for Ruler, it's a bit easier to swallow since she needs stuff from all three Knight classes, Pieces and Monuments, right ? I'm not sure, I never got her.

Yeah she only needs Pieces and Monuments for her ascension materials.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 27, 2015, 11:10:06 pm
Oh, nothing else ? Well then the knight ascension daily is just perfect for her, just keep piling up everything for a day.

Silver lancer pieces
Golden Lancer pieces
The silver ones are the Pieces, the golden ones are Monuments.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 27, 2015, 11:57:25 pm
The amount you need to reach the third ascension for Jeanne in monuments is ridiculous though, and let's not talk about the fourth ascension. I would rather farm for some materials than monuments, at least for now since the only way to have a good chance to get monuments is to farm the 40 AP quest, and unless you're high level at most you'll be able to do it two times. Hopefully in future releases they make getting monuments way easier honestly.

Honestly, it's far far easier to just search someone who has done this for you, I have one support with a level 74 Jeanne that I myself can't believe it exists, and it works really well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 28, 2015, 01:22:52 am
I think everyone's priority (Other than EXP and stats increase cards) should be Archer pieces, the rest you can farm from different maps. And you might not have Archers (Or might just have Arash which is almost the same) but look at them as a long time investment.

Actually it's not that hard to get the 2000 CE, I was at 2000 yesterday since I have a couple of dango CE stacked, but I decided to get monuments, EXP and stats up cards for Lancelot, I would need one more dango card to make that investment profitable but I didn't because there's no way in hell I'm relying on the extra CE I need dropping, not in this game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 28, 2015, 02:17:08 am
Yeah, the thing with picking the card instead of everything else when you have 2k is that you basically need to go and collect all that again. So you kinda have to try and calculate if it's faster to use the CE to collect it all again and then more for everything you need, or if it's faster to not take the CE and just finish gathering some more dangos to get everything, even at a rate slightly lower because you don't have the extra CE.
But of course it's definitely useful if you actually intend to collect absolutely everything, in which case sure, go for all the CEs first. For any other case... Probably not. It's like a self-fulfilling prophecy, you need all the cards first to get all the cards.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 28, 2015, 03:50:28 am
Well, if anything this should make things easier for everyone trying to calculate their earnings and dango profit:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rogD9KeyIHnWFNXSZ9esZStJbzeIKhjSOjLIrWPTZEs/edit#gid=140420500

Again there is very specific situations where you might want to get the 2K one, they're very situational but they do exist. If you're lucky enough to get two +3 drops from all the grind (That also means you'll be very likely to max out the CE!), then again time is running out so it's getting less and less likely for those situations to make profit.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 29, 2015, 12:01:04 am
I swear the 30 AP quest pisses me off sometimes because it ALWAYS. TARGETS. GILGAMESH.
Which forces me to reopen the game and find a new way to make Gil not die.

It's fucking annoying.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 29, 2015, 12:48:49 am
...Why are you farming the 30AP?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 29, 2015, 12:52:56 am
...Why are you farming the 30AP?

I get bored of farming the 5 AP sometimes/getting gold dango half the time.
Well that and to get some exp once in a while.
I should probably just stick to fucking up George sometimes.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 29, 2015, 06:22:18 am
Uh no?
If you're a masochist, you farm the 5AP because it's tedious as hell, if you want to be efficient, you farm the 5AP because it gives the best dango per AP ratio (even taking into account the gold one). There's little to no reason to do the rest, even if it's for EXP, unless your level is low enough that spending your entire AP on the 30AP gives you a refill every time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 29, 2015, 06:38:07 am
Uh no?
If you're a masochist, you farm the 5AP because it's tedious as hell, if you want to be efficient, you farm the 5AP because it gives the best dango per AP ratio (even taking into account the gold one). There's little to no reason to do the rest, even if it's for EXP, unless your level is low enough that spending your entire AP on the 30AP gives you a refill every time.

I guess.
I probably don't know what I'm talking about anymore.

On a side note: Has anyone been lucky enough to pull a servant from the increased rates? Well if anyone has a reason to waste quartz that is.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 29, 2015, 10:24:30 am
I got an Ushi.


... From a friend roll.
I'm giving everything Rider to Medusa right now though, I got her third ascension. Pieces and Monuments and all that.
Oh right, it does mean I might need to pick up more Rider pieces...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 29, 2015, 11:16:08 am
I got her from a quartz roll haha ugh.

Oh well, I got my first Eric Bloodaxe from FP so I guess there's that? I swear this guy is more rare than a bunch of other 3* servants... I already maxed out Mephistopheles' NP...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 29, 2015, 11:35:47 am
Well, with a 3rd ascension Emiya with dango+3 and the Journey (I still keep it, I don't have enough dango CE for the full team, one +3 from dango shop, one drop, one Mooncell, one Jewel +2 from a ticket), and spamming the 5AP myself, I do like 40 to 50 FP rolls a day.
That got me one Ushi and a million 1* EXP and CEs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 29, 2015, 12:32:10 pm
Speaking of friend rolls, I should PROOOOOOOOOOOBABLY waste my friend points.
I already have like 99+ friend point summons ready.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 29, 2015, 01:22:35 pm
Well, with a 3rd ascension Emiya with dango+3 and the Journey (I still keep it, I don't have enough dango CE for the full team, one +3 from dango shop, one drop, one Mooncell, one Jewel +2 from a ticket), and spamming the 5AP myself, I do like 40 to 50 FP rolls a day.
That got me one Ushi and a million 1* EXP and CEs.
Yeah, I've been using your EMIYA since he has three arts card and he helps build meter for everyone else and my farming team consists of Arash so I can get rid of the last wave with his NP.
I've been also getting more FP than usual, I guess people know that +3 IS the way to go.


ALSO YOROKOBE SHOUNEN-TACHI (https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3mtdql/4mil_download_campaign/)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 29, 2015, 01:39:59 pm
Arturia Alter. Time to buy quartz, then. And finally the login bonuses will be worth something.
someone on reddit said:
the best part is that we finally get more gold cards per 40ap. getting real sick of the usual 2* popping on every run
Word.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 29, 2015, 01:49:39 pm
I'm really really glad that they're revamping the daily login bonus, those 1* cards were practically junk, new dailies sound great too..

I wouldn't mind getting the servants with increased rate, I would especially like Kintoki (Since my account is full of Berserkers now so why not?)... actually I don't want Boudica, but other than that...

Not a single word on improving the drop rates but I guess the new EXP dailies are more than welcome, that paired with yet another half AP campaign.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 29, 2015, 09:18:32 pm
... ... ...

Half of me is extremely happy that they made the login bonus even better, the other half wants to murder DW and TM for making us go through this shitty amount of login bonuses before they changed it. Those constant 1* EXP cards still make me angry every time I log in.

The ascension 1/2 AP is something we all knew it was going to happen, so yay! I suppose the 1/2 AP for main quests is okay, I guess, if we need to farm some materials (though I don't see the logic on not doing it for the Interludes but oh well...). Also, yay super level. Guess the recent events have made them change the format of it. And finally no more shitty 1* EXP coming from the Servants and Shadow Servants. Now increase the chance of getting the monuments and pieces based on the difficulty of the quest please DW.

But hey, these changes are amazing. Just how much profit did this game bring that they don't mind doing this?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dark Waifu on September 30, 2015, 12:40:03 am
Finally able to get this thing running on a tablet. If anyone wants to add me
ID = 263919407
Name: メリアス
Leader: Saber Alter
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 30, 2015, 01:29:53 am
Seems like the game is having a 400 DL event soon.
(Or so I think, took a gander at the in-game news.)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 30, 2015, 02:01:42 am
ALSO YOROKOBE SHOUNEN-TACHI (https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3mtdql/4mil_download_campaign/)
It was barely a few posts ago.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 30, 2015, 02:34:23 am
KaiserHero, please start actually reading other people's posts.
Also, yay super level. Guess the recent events have made them change the format of it.
I still want an Extreme version of the ascension daily, farming for monuments is painful, more so if they're from the daily where you have  four classes competing between themselves. I swear getting the one Berserker monument I need will be hell (And then I need another ten more for the final one, Jesus)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 30, 2015, 03:43:58 am
Right, my apologies.

I've experienced the hell that is trying to get Lancer Pieces from Shadow Benkei.
I'd rather just wait for the Three Knights Ascension items event again.

Also since I'm on track, Black Grail CE seems quite riske.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 30, 2015, 11:12:51 am
I swear getting the one Berserker monument I need will be hell
Well, you can now buy it for prisms in the shop ! Just the one though, not the next 10.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 30, 2015, 12:25:49 pm
I think there's only Saber pieces and monuments at the moment. Hopefully they'll rotate them or something, I'm getting all the summoning tickets, I'm scared of running out of prisms though, I don't want to burn 3* cards just to get one (Sure you can even burn EXP but I'm too stingy with it)

Edit:
One 40 quartz roll, and a bunch of summoning tickets later.. no Kintoki.
At least I got a Kaleidoscope and all the new CEs...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 30, 2015, 01:08:53 pm
At least I got a Kaleidoscope and all the new CEs...

Lucky bastard.
I got Medusa in one of my summon ticket rolls.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 30, 2015, 01:44:02 pm
You got multiplied in the comments LOL. Anyway, I will get the chance to roll later, as I have no friend points, quartz nor tickets available right now.

Also, I just did Marie Antoinette second fight in the second interlude. It's not really hard honestly. Two fights against easy ghosts then one fight against Marie (not a Shadow one, so yeah, she can use her NP). Marie is more annoying than hard honestly, since she tends to spam that skill that makes her invincible for three attacks, allowing her 5-bar NP to fill a lot of times.

I wish they put a cooldown to the enemy skills. Not a big one like we have, but at least one that doesn't make fights turn into a "I'm going to spam every turn invincibility just to fuck with you". It makes fights more annoying than they should be.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 30, 2015, 02:17:19 pm
I think there's only Saber pieces and monuments at the moment.
I'm not home so I can't check but I'm looking at a screenshot and the text says "one of every types of piece/monument" so it seems to me like you get all 7 for 20/30 prisms. It's also called piece/monument *set* for the 4M DL campaign.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on September 30, 2015, 03:35:23 pm
Managed to pull Medea from the extra tickets I had.
Time to break the rules.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 30, 2015, 04:31:43 pm
I think there's only Saber pieces and monuments at the moment.
I'm not home so I can't check but I'm looking at a screenshot and the text says "one of every types of piece/monument" so it seems to me like you get all 7 for 20/30 prisms. It's also called piece/monument *set* for the 4M DL campaign.

Yep, it's one of every piece. Not really worth it honestly, it's just one piece and one monument, when you need more than that for 4* and 5* Servants, but I suppose one is better than nothing. The same applies for the skill gems too. Btw, get the skill gems last, they're worthless except perhaps the one with the highest rarity.

Also keep in mind we will be given Mana Prisms for daily bonuses so you don't need to go on a massive burning spree. We will get 150 MP, so make your calculations from there.

One hard thing I had to decide today, was to either continue farming the dangos (I could get 40 monuments in total when you can trade gold dangos, with 19 more monuments remaining to farm as I got all pieces) or use the fact that the Ascension quests are cheap to farm them. Guess I'll do a mix.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on September 30, 2015, 06:56:16 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/DNwWIfM.jpg)

Partway through France, I decided I needed an Assassin, so I did a friend-point summon and got Mata Hari.

edit: I swear Mata and Marie Antoinette have the same VA.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 30, 2015, 07:57:46 pm
If that's the only Assassin you got, then yeah, I guess you have no choice here. If you get another one, I highly recommend you to swap it. As much as I like her, as a fighter she sucks. Terrible low stats, not really usefull skills and worthless NP makes her the worst Assassin so far.

If this had been a war simulator, her Information Gathering (A++) and Pheromones (B) would make her one of the best spies in the game. As this isn't a war simulator, she's basically screwed.

Edit: Oh hey, it's a Servant! Oh hey, it's a Silver Saber... Oh hey, it's not Gilles, it's Caesar! My first one!

Expectation, disappointment and happiness. One single roll can bring you that much. I also got a Boudicca, but meh. And another Limited/Zero Over, the only 5* CE that I seem to get. Is this love?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on September 30, 2015, 10:05:52 pm
If that's the only Assassin you got, then yeah, I guess you have no choice here. If you get another one, I highly recommend you to swap it. As much as I like her, as a fighter she sucks. Terrible low stats, not really usefull skills and worthless NP makes her the worst Assassin so far.

If this had been a war simulator, her Information Gathering (A++) and Pheromones (B) would make her one of the best spies in the game. As this isn't a war simulator, she's basically screwed.

I see.

After doing some more friend point summons, I managed to get the legendary dragon slayer himself.

(http://i.imgur.com/uQfNLBw.jpg)

(also Eric Bloodaxe, Mephistoples, and Mozart in a separate batch, but I already have Lu Bu and Medea.)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 30, 2015, 10:07:45 pm
Oh my god the new 40AP expert EXP daily is incredible. Just three or four quartz and I got Sir Zerkalot to his fourth ascension (Archer EXP go to Emiya, I'm holding out on Saber EXP in case I roll Arturia Alter but I can still spend a few here and there, and FSNCu doesn't need to climb up very fast).
Plus Zerkalot's NP with Master ATK up can still clean up the final wave of the 40AP in one shot, soooo Kaleidoscope goes back to him and my other couple best can get a Sakura.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 30, 2015, 10:20:04 pm
Yeah, the reward of that quest is amazing. The majority of drops are Gold EXP, and you can only get Gold or Silver EXP. Leveling is so much fast now. And as always, Hands of Dawn are easy to kill, even if they have more HP.

I'm really praying that I get a Saber Alturia, that way I finally have a Servant that focuses on attacking. d'Eon is unfortunately support. In fact, I have too much support characters LOL. I seriously need more firepower.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 30, 2015, 10:45:09 pm
>Attempt to roll
>THe circles on the gatcha screen are yellowish
>what
>Yellow Saber
>Motherfucking Saber Alter
THe singles meme is right,holy fucking shit.
Sorry,Chevalier,but you're getting fucking replaced the second I level Alter up.

Also the new 40 AP quest is really damn good,although it really makes me hate the fact that its a 40 ap quest because I can only do it twice before needing to wait.And I don't really have a lot of quartz to waste
I decided I needed an Assassin
What,my chinalady not good enough for you :(
Just kidding,Mata Hari is probably one of the worst assassins in the game so far.You better hope to get Hassan or Kojiro from FP rolls,hell even Phantom of the Opera is a better assassin than her.
Unless you just want big titties,then its either her or Carmilla.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 01, 2015, 04:04:16 am
Yeah I only skimmed through the store but then I noticed that it was one of each.
I'll definitely get that one monument I need later (I need more prisms from daily log in), I'm still working on dangos, but at this rate I might be able to buy everything off the store (Except for the 5K CE.. maybe)

I saw screenshots of people's drops from the 40AP, it was mostly gold, that's awesome. I'll be farming it after this event.

...Aaand I got a second Kaleido from a summmoning ticket, no Robin Hood, No Martha, No Saber Alter, no Kintoki.

Edit:
If he only wasn't a 1*, I'd set him as my friend summon for whoever still needs to save France
(http://i.imgur.com/MyGvHnU.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on October 01, 2015, 05:46:01 am
Well....looks like I know what I'm wasting my prisms on.

(http://i.imgur.com/MW5AsZI.jpg)

(Even though it's only one set for the monuments.)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 01, 2015, 12:19:39 pm

...Aaand I got a second Kaleido from a summmoning ticket, no Robin Hood, No Martha, No Saber Alter, no Kintoki.


Welcome to my reality too. Even with these awesome rewards, we still have E Luck. Friend roll gave me better rewards than the tickets, as I finally have an Andersen. WTF is wrong with me...

At least I'm done farming dangos! I have enough to get all monuments now! Now to abuse the EXP missions. I may have to consider raising my Servant limit, since with all the Servants I have I'm running out of space for the EXP cards.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on October 02, 2015, 07:05:09 am
Alright fellas, we can trade our gold dangos for normal dangos now.
Have fun.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 02, 2015, 07:26:50 am
All that farming paid off.
http://i.imgur.com/O1N2i3x.png
http://i.imgur.com/ytOTxZ6.png

The CE's actual effect is nice, +20% Star generation and Criticals? This would be amazing if I had a Gilgamesh so for now it'll either go on Lancelot, Kojiro or Hassan.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 02, 2015, 11:50:25 am
Oh wow, that's a lot of Gold Dangos. I farmed every day and I only got 4000. Well, as long as I got all the pieces monuments it was enough for me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 02, 2015, 12:12:36 pm
I only bought the 500 CE, and then got lucky and two more dropped on the 5AP (I used one quartz to refresh AP to make profit according to my calculations but since another CE dropped I was able to max it out without buying the 5K one)

I have zero good archers but I got everything as a future investment, maybe I'll get Robin Hood someday.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 02, 2015, 02:20:42 pm
Hold your hands as if you were about to pray and hope the quartz roll gives you that. I find it annoying how, even with the increased chance, you still get other Servants. I don't need another Mephistopheles, thank you very much game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 02, 2015, 02:26:56 pm
I'm not spending any more quartz, I'm at 40 and I'm saving that for a better event, as much as I wanted Kintoki he's not my priority.

I can at least count on the summoning tickets I can buy with prisms... but summoning tickets never give me good stuff (A friend got Saber Alter though)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 02, 2015, 02:27:20 pm
Bunch of tickets, 3* shit CEs turned prisms turned tickets, last rolls, and buying a bunch of quartz gave me shit (runestones, Taiga, more Boudiccas, tons of keys, pendants, reeds, Shinjis, a Heaven's Feel which is okay). Not buying anything again for a long while. Or rolling. Quartz are much better spent with refills now that a refill is nearly 110AP and not 40, and the EXP super difficulty are worth a lot.

edit
A lv55 Kintoki in my Friend list hits barely 5.5k in a Buster Chain. My lv61 Lancelot hits for 13+K in the same Buster Chain (10+k in a non-Buster Chain). Sure that's without activating Kintoki's Monstruous Strength (and I did give Lancelot a few ATK+ Fou cards, but no more than 5 in total), but, yeah, I won't be sad if I don't get him, I don't care if he's supposed to have the highest stats in the game when maxed out (I assume he's a reverse S progression curve or something). More annoyed at the lack of Arturia Alter.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 03, 2015, 05:44:10 pm
Oh hey, I forgot that now the hard Master EXP quest is 30 AP! That's really useful honestly, I managed to get three levels before running out of AP because I was too high-leveled.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on October 03, 2015, 09:23:35 pm
Question:
How's this setup?
(http://i.imgur.com/w2toCQi.jpg)

And should I put Waver up front or keep him as backup?

(also I forgot that the event ended so I'm going to switch up essences for some servants.)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 04, 2015, 02:02:51 am
You have Jeanne which acts as a tank and Tamamo Cat as glass cannon. I would switch the friend summon position with your Waver, that way you can give his amazing attack and defense buffs to your Servants which will instantly benefit from it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on October 04, 2015, 06:28:18 pm
Yeah I'm back in! But my friends aren't.

ID:694,481,409

If anyone wants to add me, that'd be swell
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 04, 2015, 10:59:44 pm
I poured all my (gold) love into her, until it finally blossomed.

(http://i.imgur.com/EAfhGg2.jpg)

It wasn't unrequired, btw. Two Super Successes in a row. I don't even believe it myself. Looks like I was destined to get her at her third ascension today. I have to thank Nero and the Dango event for this. Without them I would have never reached her third ascension before Okeanos. Let's hope Okeanos is not full of assassins.

Who would have though that the Servant I picked in that free 4* Servant event would be the one to reach first. I feel sorry for d'Eon, if only they had given us more Saber pieces... And the funny thing here is that I can even ascend her a last time once she reaches max level again.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 05, 2015, 01:33:09 am
I got Lancelot's third one recently as well, and no he's 70 thanks to the 40AP... and now the grind for TEN Berserker monuments starts, ugh...
And my two summoning tickets today were a bust, Rune stone CE and Rin CE. Bleh.

I might level Marie Antoniette as well, or my Carmilla, I haven't ascended the rest of my berserkers yet because Lancelot took all the EXP and pieces so I have to grind for that as well and get pieces, I just want their interlude.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 05, 2015, 07:50:34 pm
Right now I'm trying to get enough pieces to get the second Ascension for Lancer Cu and d'Eon, thanks to the fact that the ascension quests are still 1/2 AP. So far, it seems like Lancer Cu will be the first. I'm even getting monuments for his future third Ascension wtf.

Edit: Welp, Lancer Cu at second Ascension. Now I need 4 Saber pieces for d'Eon. So yeah, you can stop dropping them game, I got plenty enough.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on October 05, 2015, 09:40:52 pm
I have finally managed to ascend Jeanne.
Also do Lancer monuments ever drop? All I've been getting from Elizabeth are Lancer pieces and never any monuments.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 05, 2015, 09:49:44 pm
Presumably the drop rate for monuments is higher at higher AP quests so stick to the 30 (or rather 15) AP quest, but it's still all over the place kind of rare. Lancers aren't very lucky.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 06, 2015, 10:06:56 am
The chance of getting them is still ridiculously low, even in the 30 AP quest. I have repeated this quest 20 times, and I only got 3 monuments in total. Plenty of pieces to achieve all the Knight ascensions I needed, but monuments are just damn rare.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 06, 2015, 11:21:22 am
I was checking the stat progression files and I noticed that raising Emiya and Lancelot past Lv 70 is useless since they both barely gain 300 points in both ATK and HP. Time to focus on someone else.
Heracles is linear and reaches the same stats, but with crazy Mad Enhancement and Divinity, and single target NP... but those ascension mats x_x
On the other hand, I ticket rolled a second Lancelot yesterday, my Vulcan gun now breaks 100k, to 140k with Master ATK up \o/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 06, 2015, 11:43:13 am
Sadly my OCD won't let me stop until I've maxed out Lancelot, but the next ascension will take a while so I can finally distribute my EXP on the rest of my berserkers, ascend them and get their interlude.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on October 06, 2015, 03:37:26 pm
It has been made possible.
(http://i.imgur.com/uC0wq3Ml.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 07, 2015, 01:11:49 pm
Who likes puzzles?
http://graoda.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-204.html
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 07, 2015, 01:42:05 pm
Oh yeah, somebody posted that a long time ago in the Beast Lair forum. That's how they make breasts jiggle LOL. And they also added that profile image which I'm not sure yet who she is.

And don't mind my sig, people. Just making a new change to adapt to the new times.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 07, 2015, 02:43:37 pm
And they also added that profile image which I'm not sure yet who she is.
Which one ? You mean the huge underboobs in black "armor" ? That's Lancer Arturia Alter with Rhongomyniad, isn't it ? They pumped up that lance in the Garden of Avalon short stories, it's a perfect fit.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 07, 2015, 02:54:44 pm
The lance fits... but the body of Arturia doesn't quite fit honestly.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on October 07, 2015, 03:07:21 pm
Does Medusa not have an interlude yet or what?
Won't let me do hers for some reason so I thought you guys might know.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 07, 2015, 03:57:01 pm
Yes, she has one. If you see it, that's the one. If you can't get in, it's because you didn't complete a requirement. One ascension (more for those who have more than one interlude), a certain bond level (changes depending on the Servant), and finishing the map where the interlude is.
The lance fits... but the body of Arturia doesn't quite fit honestly.
She's an adult. If I got it right, this is an Arturia that never pulled Caliburn - so she didn't stop aging. The difference between 16 and 26 y.o. could be how they handwave that (I know, that's not realistic, I said handwave). Other than that, same face (art style notwithstanding), even the same hairdo, that makes it pretty obvious, she looks exactly like Saber Alter.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 07, 2015, 04:13:44 pm
Arturia always had the possibility of being summoned as a Lancer too because of that lance (though because Excalibur is the weapon that everybody associates her with the chances of that are really slim, like Gilles being summoned as Saber instead of Caster because of his infamous legend). But even in that case she should have been summoned with the same body as when she's a Saber. She had both weapons before she died after all (and it's this lance the one that killed Mordred too). It doesn't make sense that they summon her as a what-if she had never obtained that sword, Arturia only exists as legend precisely because she drew it.

But hey, more bizarre things have been made in the Fate universe, like genderbending Attila, making Mozart fan of dirty jokes or ROMA being ROMA, so yeah, it's one of those cases where I need to apply the "It's like this because it's like this" logic and just accept it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on October 07, 2015, 04:56:41 pm
Yes, she has one. If you see it, that's the one. If you can't get in, it's because you didn't complete a requirement. One ascension (more for those who have more than one interlude), a certain bond level (changes depending on the Servant), and finishing the map where the interlude is.

Ah damn. How did I forget about bonding?
Also about Artoria Lancer Alter, I'm quite interested to see what her NP is like.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 07, 2015, 05:18:42 pm
Who knows, but most likely it will have an "Ignore Defense" effect if it follows the legend. Apart from that, I don't know.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 07, 2015, 05:28:48 pm
There's little chance it'll follow the legend. In Garden of Avalon, it's called the light that shine at the end of the world and it serves as an anchor regarding the world flipping over to the fairy world... or something, I don't get all the details. Something to do with Brittany being a land where the age of Gods was extended to the 6th century (in GoA, Vortigern turns into a bigass dragon and ends up impaled and crucified on the spear).
Like I said, from what I read left and right, Arturia Lancer won't be the same Arturia we have but an alternate history version that never drew Caliburn. Thus the body that grew up. I don't know if there was any official info about that, but it fits so far. I don't see why it would be a problem to have a different version that didn't draw Caliburn "even though drawing Caliburn is precisely what made her / him legendary". Maybe it'll be Grail shenanigans, or Flauros / other demon, or Morgan shenanigans, who knows.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on October 07, 2015, 06:05:57 pm
because waver and sakura are so legendary, right ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 07, 2015, 06:14:47 pm
They're not the ones being summoned though, they're just hosts (read : a reason for fanservice).
But it's been like that for a while, the heroes aren't an exact match for our legends, sometimes the legend itself is different in Nasuverse, and sometimes the "fact" doesn't even match the Nasu legend (examples : Eric Bloodaxe killing a magic beast, Attila being a chick).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on October 07, 2015, 10:45:50 pm
Unrelated: So I just pulled Robin Hood, and I was wondering if he's better than Alexander for the time being.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 08, 2015, 12:05:21 am
I haven't tried him out yet (slowly building him up first), but from what I see of him, he's nice (unless you're the type that likes Berserkers and just look for the Buster cards all day long). He puts ATK down on enemy team, he's got Golden Rule (increased NP charge rate for 3 turns, so use all his cards when you see them), and from what I've seen, his NP can be set up for humongous damage, but if I understand it right, you have to use it once to poison the enemy, and then use it again to make the poison blow up.
In a nutshell, give him a CE that increases Arts efficiency (Formalcraft type) or increases his NP charge rate (Heaven's Feast type), charge and fire his NP, focus on him for the next three turns (ignoring whatever attractive Buster Chain may come if it doesn't favor him), charge his NP a second time, and profit. I haven't checked his stats, but my guess is he needs someone to push his defense (like one of those strong Caster supports or Mashu or Martha for team debuff removal + heal), unless Sabotage is enough (probably not if the battle lasts several turns). Among people posting screenshots boasting insane high damage, his NP was one of the best I've seen, short of a maxed Heracles Buster-Buster-Nine Lives Brave Chain with Bravery, Charisma and Master ATK up stacked.
That being said, learning to use him properly makes him more of a boss killer, and really doesn't sound like something you would bother to do against regular enemies or even against more than one target (though Sabotage ATK down on enemy team is always nice). Basically use him against Altera in Rome (including class rock-paper-scissor damage). If it's a boss battle that takes forever, you can even replace the NP rate increase CE for a NP damage boost (Heaven's Feel type).

Alexander is pretty straight forward and works in any team, with Charisma, some Crit Star generating capacity, and decent power. If you want to build a perfect team, Robin is a good opportunity to go nuts, and if you want to pick whoever you like, Alexander will fit anywhere.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on October 08, 2015, 01:37:50 am
I did it, I saved France.

Sasaki da real mvp, got the finishing blow on Ruler Alter, and then killed her dragons.

Then the Grand Battle with Gilles was piss easy.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 10, 2015, 06:03:41 pm
Yeah, Ruler Alter is harder than Gilles. Honestly, I was a bit pissed off that after that incredibly hard fight, you get a last fight against a really weak Caster, which is supposed to be the final boss of the whole area. Though on the opposite side we get Attila's battle in Rome which is really hard to win without CS (but that was before getting better Archers, who knows how hard it is now).

Btw, are we going to have a Halloween event or not? I'm sorta expecting them to do one, raising your chance to get Carmilla and Vlad.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on October 10, 2015, 06:48:23 pm
I never thought I'd say this but......

Soloing things with Jeanne is really fun sometimes.

EDIT: Just checked the twitter.

https://twitter.com/fgoproject/status/653044100304801792
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 11, 2015, 10:52:22 am
And I just mentioned that yesterday LOL

Nothing confirmed yet, but I've been reading that if you clear the new events you get Servant Elizabeth. What we don't know is if this Elizabeth is a new Servant or not.

But hey, even if it's not a new Servant, I'm happy I can get my hands on Servant for free, and I do like Elizabeth. Hopefully she's not Saber Lily tier.

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Edit: Confirmed that we will get a 4* Elizabeth, and that it will be a new Servant. Nasu confirmed it himself. We still don't know her class nor stats though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on October 11, 2015, 03:25:44 pm
And I just mentioned that yesterday LOL

Nothing confirmed yet, but I've been reading that if you clear the new events you get Servant Elizabeth. What we don't know is if this Elizabeth is a new Servant or not.

But hey, even if it's not a new Servant, I'm happy I can get my hands on Servant for free, and I do like Elizabeth. Hopefully she's not Saber Lily tier.

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Edit: Confirmed that we will get a 4* Elizabeth, and that it will be a new Servant. Nasu confirmed it himself. We still don't know her class nor stats though.

Well that's pretty convenient.
I want to guess that she's still a Lancer but maybe she'll be a different class.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 11, 2015, 11:34:40 pm
Ugh, more content that isn't really actual content and will keep delaying Okeanos. And giving out specific characters like Elizabeth is nothing but waifuism, which isn't all that interesting for anyone who doesn't have that particular character for waifu. At least Gil was guaranteed to be loved and worshiped by everyone and Orion was kind of a surprise (plus it had actual story content, even if it was really simplistic), no one would have seen it coming if it weren't for the datamining.
I mean, of course an event for Halloween is to be expected, but in this case, we all know it'll only delay Okeanos. It's supposed to be 6 chapters in a year, and we're closing in on three months already.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on October 12, 2015, 12:55:40 am
It sucks because there's literally nothing to do aside from leveling my servants and gathering ascension items now. I just want to get Okeanos over with already.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 12, 2015, 02:41:25 am
Oh right, I third ascended Nero and Robin today. My other (4/5*) Servants are Elizabeth and Zhuge and I haven't done much with them. All three Cus are stuck with missing material for their third ascensions, and I dropped Caesar at lv50 before his third when Nero took over the Saber spot (he needs Infinity Gears and fuck that). I've also had third ascended Medusa and Cursed Arm Hassan for some time, and an Ushiwakamaru at second ascension, and I haven't touched Medea much in a while. That's about it.
Still hoping Okeanos and later chapters will make it easier to get material. ... Now if only Okeanos actually decided to show the fuck up...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on October 12, 2015, 07:09:50 am
I was lucky enough to pull both With One Strike and The Black Grail but I don't really have a use for them yet. Any recommendations?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 12, 2015, 02:01:33 pm
Taiga CE will only be useful when facing a Servant / Shadow Servant that keeps using Eye of the Mind / Arrow Evasion. I don't really know about the Black Grail, it'd have to be put on someone worth it, able to charge up an NP fast enough. It might be fun putting it on Arash if it's viable, or on Spartacus with his revive - gain NP skill followed by NP that gives life back.

But the norm in this game is that most of the time, you're just better off picking a strong Berserker and going Buster all day long. These strategies are nice, but at the end of the day, it's often hard to set up right and it takes time.
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http://typemoon.com/news/2015/0f0svz
First things first : Okeanos in early November after Halloween event.
"Adventure in the castle of the singing pumpkin" that's the name of the event. Have to have Orleans cleared first.
"Elizabeth (Halloween)" is a Caster.
Item golden apple to recharge AP, possible to overcharge (have more AP than your max) when using one or a quartz.
Battle sprite selection.
More UI changes, and other minor stuff.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 12, 2015, 04:32:09 pm
Translation here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3ofhof/next_producer_letter_coming_at_the_end_of_october/

Golden Apple? Did we have this item before? Didn't know there was another way to refill AP apart from Quartz.

And Elizabeth is a Caster... well, I somehow expected it because Lancer class didn't fit quite well with the Halloween theme. Oh well, hopefully her stats and skills makes her even better than Medea, but beating Medea's really high NP generation and her skill that fills her NP completely is something really hard to beat.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 12, 2015, 04:33:32 pm
... Well no ? It's a new thing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 12, 2015, 04:48:34 pm
Oh yeah, I didn't read the part that it was added. But honestly, if they do add this item but it's really rare to adquire, you're probably better off spending a quartz than farming for them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 12, 2015, 04:53:33 pm
I'm expecting it to sell for 20 Mana Prisms in the shop or something like that. Or a reward from a new type of daily quests.
Do we know what EliCaster will have as skills ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 12, 2015, 04:57:51 pm
Nope, only that she will be a 4* Caster. They haven't said anything about her apart from that, and they still have to add her information in the game, so we can't get any datamined info.

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Oh, and just to remind the few people in this thread that play, this event can only be played if you've beaten France. I highly doubt there's somebody in this thread who hasn't beaten it yet, but in case there is, go do it right now. A free 4* Servant is always appreciated.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on October 13, 2015, 04:02:22 am
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/861e435127bae150583aba189d441f99/tumblr_nw4yss0B9b1td9veto1_1280.png)
Yeah, I think I'm definitely prepared for Okeanos now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on October 13, 2015, 05:04:38 am
Jeez, how are you guys getting all these ascension items? I blew out 2 whole AP bars just trying to get one Archer statue!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 13, 2015, 09:59:39 am
I keep fighting Emiya and Gilgamesh, getting Archer Pieces and Monuments. Not one Lancer or Saber Monument. And that's whether I do the 10 or 15 AP, too. The randomization is just shit.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 13, 2015, 01:07:15 pm
I haven't bothered with today's ascension, I've been racking up exp and I'm almost done capping most of my servants.
I'll farm for berserker monuments though.

We've been getting lots of materials from the events (Nero and Orion), that's been helping a lot.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 13, 2015, 10:43:30 pm
I'm getting a lot of pieces and monuments... except for Caster ones, which I need. Oh well, once I level up Kiyohime to max level I will be able to get her third ascension.

Btw, we will have maintenance time tomorrow, with 4 apology quartz coming. Just to warn you.

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Oh hey, a new Gacha... with Saber Gilles having a high chance to be obtained... yeah I'm not doing this one. I would rather keep my quartz for a 40-quartz roll when Okeanos comes out.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on October 14, 2015, 06:54:17 pm
Out of all of the possible servants, why did it have to be Saber Gilles? Should've been Caster Gilles if you ask me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 15, 2015, 01:12:21 pm
Congrats on getting a good servant, Preacher.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 16, 2015, 10:44:31 pm
Out of all of the possible servants, why did it have to be Saber Gilles? Should've been Caster Gilles if you ask me.

You have a goddamn Jeanne, you don't get to complain.

Btw, to rub it in your face, I have both. With Saber Gilles at NP 5. Hahahahahaha... ... ...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on October 16, 2015, 11:08:57 pm
Congrats on getting a good servant, Preacher.

Caesar had been good to me, but you better believe I put his fat ass on the bench the second I leveled her up enough
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 17, 2015, 02:26:30 am
From 3* to a glorious 5*, that's not bad at all, I have yet to pull a 5* servant.

So, I'm done maxing out all my servants, and I don't want to ascend a bunch of them past their first one because ascension mats are a gigantic pain to farm and I'm saving them for a better servant. All I do now is just farm EXP cards and burn them for mana prisms, Okeanos can't come soon enough. At least I'll be able to level up caster Liz right away.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 17, 2015, 09:14:56 am
I just recently saw what S.D. means, since Preacher hasn't posted any image about it yet. Basically, I see you got Attila... If you don't pay in this game, I seriously want your luck.

Oh well, four more days for Liza Castle event. After how hilarious the dango event was, I hope they added a story for this one too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 17, 2015, 01:18:18 pm
Yeah, it does have a story.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on October 17, 2015, 02:15:24 pm
Basically, I see you got Attila... If you don't pay in this game, I seriously want your luck.

Nope, haven't paid a single yen, just a random summoning ticket drop. She's my third 5 star after Jeanne and Zhuge Liang.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on October 18, 2015, 12:29:37 am
Did they nerf the log in bonuses again?I'm not getting any quartz anymore
Also really close to getting that final ascension for Jing Ke and not that far from getting one for Proto Cu too
But I need like 8 golden assassin monuments and I can already see that thats gonna take forever
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 18, 2015, 12:33:57 am
Uh ? The quartz weren't a daily thing, at least not outside of the 4M DL campaign that lasted, what, 15 days ? The regular daily login bonus was, I think, one quartz on the fourth day and one or two on the seventh day, something like that, then more in the tenth, twentieth, fiftieth and so on, or something.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 18, 2015, 12:23:21 pm
I'm a fucking idiot. I got that ticket from the daily bonus, and instead of using it in the Story gatcha, which was my plan, I used it in the special gatcha because I was not paying attention, earning myself a goddamn Saber Gilles.

I'm a fucking idiot, seriously.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on October 18, 2015, 03:07:16 pm
Uh ? The quartz weren't a daily thing, at least not outside of the 4M DL campaign that lasted, what, 15 days ? The regular daily login bonus was, I think, one quartz on the fourth day and one or two on the seventh day, something like that, then more in the tenth, twentieth, fiftieth and so on, or something.

10 Quartz on the 75th day, 20 on the 100th day and 20 more every 50th day after that, according to my sources.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 18, 2015, 03:13:01 pm
I'm a fucking idiot. I got that ticket from the daily bonus, and instead of using it in the Story gatcha, which was my plan, I used it in the special gatcha because I was not paying attention, earning myself a goddamn Saber Gilles.

I'm a fucking idiot, seriously.
don't sweat it, the story gatcha would have given you a Shinji anyway.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 18, 2015, 09:15:34 pm
don't sweat it, the story gatcha would have given you a Shinji anyway.

You're right, I shouldn't care about it. After all, I just got this beauty of a friend roll here:

(http://i.imgur.com/F1YkEyp.jpg)

My entire family wondered why I screamed of joy LOL. Though the fact that I have Kiyohime at her third ascension makes me a bit angry that I haven't got him before.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 19, 2015, 01:26:33 am
That's pretty good for a FP roll.
I wish I could land the 3* servants I'm missing (Caster Gilles, Alexander, Jing Ke) because burning all these EXP cards seems a bit of a waste (Sorta, the prisms are nice I guess)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 19, 2015, 01:51:17 am
I think I've got every last 1-3* Servant available. Most of them with a lv3~5 NP. I'm only FP rolling when I need just one or two 2* EXP card to jump a level with someone. And I've maxed or nearly maxed my Kaleido and the few other 4-5* CEs I have (of course by maxed I mean lv20, I'd need duplicates of 5* cards to go any further). So I'm just not FP rolling anymore. Waiting for Okeanos to drop.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 19, 2015, 02:36:24 am
I think they were going to rework the FP system and gacha, I haven't really done any FP rolls in a while, I have 40 or so draws saved, I have little to no incentive to roll, I mean, sure I could get the 3*'s I'm missing but I'll most likely get EXP cards and I have no use for those (If only we could use those to level up CEs)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 20, 2015, 01:34:39 am
Ugh. A couple days ago, I finally spent my last quartz farming seeds and twin crystals. A few hours ago, I got my 75 login bonus as 10 quartz and a couple more for regular daily. I just finished spending every last one of them, plus one level up in the middle (I now have 120 AP) ; I am now sitting with (not sure how many of those I had before today, but still) 21 Saber Pieces, 35 Archer Pieces, 23 Lancer Pieces (I definitely had only 5 this morning), 6 Saber Monuments (2 this morning), 19 Archer Monuments (9), and just now, finally that last fourth Lancer Monument... for FSNCu's third ascension.

Did I mention I have no Saber or Archer to spend all this on ? considering I'm skipping Nero and Emiya's fourth ascensions.

Fuck you, game.
Not third ascending ProtoCu, and not even touching Elizabeth.

With that being said, they must have increased just a little the drop rate for all those things, didn't they ? I did get all that from about 50 runs of the 30 AP, it does feel like it's a lot... Just a lot of something I don't care for.

I wish there were a slight chance of rolling material. Not a big chance, maybe as much as rolling a gold Servant to roll a silver material in the FP roll, and gold material only in the quartz roll, but at least it would take away from the CEs and EXP cards (no, not from the Servants !), and it would make FP rolls a little useful again.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 20, 2015, 11:35:29 am
Halloween event details
http://typemoon.com/news/2015/sj065e
Huh, so it's an actual map, like Orleans and Rome.
Starts on the 21st at 6PM JST, until Nov. 4 at 2PM, written by Nasu and Higashide, Servants have popped up at the pumpkin castle, Caster Eliza is guaranteed if you finish it, it has free quests too, and guerilla quests that open from 12 to 1PM and from 8 to 9PM every day so look out for them on the map (aw god damn motherfucker)
Items are pumpkin lantern, fake bat, sweet candle, little cake, can be use in the shop until Nov. 11
Pumpkin lantern can buy you another Elicaster copy, a Maid in Halloween CE 5*, crystallized legend, Berserker Pieces and Monuments
Fake bats can buy Elicaster, Halloween Princess 5* CE, Tinkle candy item, Saber Pieces / Monuments
Sweet candle buys Elicaster, trick or treat 3* CE, dragon reverse scales, Lancer Pieces / Monuments
Little cakes buy elicaster, ghost lanterns, dragon teeth, unlucky bones, Caster p/m, and 3*/4* exp cards.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 20, 2015, 12:10:55 pm
It seems like it's time for Lancelot's final ascension.
This seems pretty good, I'm kinda bored of farming dailies and all my servants are maxed out (except for Tamamo so I guess she's also getting her first ascension)

You know, Crystallized Legends are always the most expensive item of the event, people claim that those are only used to max out skills but I feel like they might be needed for something else, hopefully I'm wrong because I've missed all of them so far.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 20, 2015, 02:19:20 pm
Ugh... Tamamo Caster is available now in the gatcha. But Okeanos is close too... As much as I like her, Okeanos takes priority. Sorry, Tamamo. Medea will continue being my best Caster for now.

Tamamo Cat, Darius III, Mephistopheles and Carmilla have increased rate too. No Vlad even though it's Halloween?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 20, 2015, 02:36:13 pm
Vlad's a 5*, and I guess they wanted to make it really worthwhile with that 5* Tamamo, it's more unique while Vlad is already available like the other 4*.
Apparently Tamamo will be available again in chapter 4, anyway.

Uh, it seem like guerilla quests and party time are not the same thing, I misread on my phone and thought they were. So guerilla quests will just show at random and party time quests are time specific (12 to 1 P. And 8 to 9 PM)
And each type of quest drops one different item (little cakes are dropped by all quests). ... Urgh. This will be painful. Really hope the AP cost for quests will be low, otherwise it's gonna be fucking insane.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 20, 2015, 09:39:06 pm
It's already quite confusing as it is. Hopefully it's more simple and easy to farm than it seems.

I'm fully prepare for this event myself, as I finally managed to ascend Ushiwakamaru a third time so I have nothing better to do. I swear, farming that last ghost lantern was really painful to do.

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So I checked this:

https://www.facebook.com/FGOStory/posts/188456701487533

Wow, Tamamo Caster NP reduces skill cooldown by 1 (I wonder if Overcharging decreases cooldown a lot more). Taking into account that Casters specialize in gathering NP fast, this is quite amazing. It also increases NP too. A support character for what it looks like, and a good one. Damn it, holding temptation so much.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 21, 2015, 01:08:14 am
(http://i.imgur.com/THt01Sp.jpg)
So my strategy for these farming events is to 10x roll once to get CE's to support me in the event and then go from there... but uh, my only worry is gettign Mephistopheles. I already have one at LV5NP, ugh.. I do want to get most of the prizes, we'll see I might cave in but I'm already expecting at least one Mephistopheles.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 21, 2015, 02:51:05 pm
That if you're even able to log in. I only managed to log in for the first quest, and that's it. Game keeps getting stuck in endless loading. Seriously, I though DW was already prepared for this, but it seems not.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 21, 2015, 03:09:25 pm
There's no point in jumping right from the start, you have 2 weeks.
Holy hell, those devillya and succubiri 5* CEs are really good, NP charge boost AND NP start up plus strong stat bonuses.
I'm already reading that the drop rates for shop items are bad, but we'll see where it's at in a week. I won't be able to play it a lot this week anyway.
For farming, since the items are specific to the type of quest, if you manage to get multiple copies of the special CEs, I guess you can have two teams using the right CEs and switch between them for the right quest. Apparently the enemies are weak anyway (if you have some Lv 50~70 Berserker of course) and the quests cost 10, 20 or 30 AP depending on the type. Lol I'm really not going to try too hard for this one.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 21, 2015, 03:55:26 pm
An assured 4* Caster with quite good abilities is a pretty good reward, so yeah, I'm not really in a hurry here since that's all I want. Apart from that, I will try to get Mephistopheles to first ascension and Medea to second ascension, and most likely drop the event if I get bored of it after that. Honestly, Okeanos is what I just can't wait, and I hope they improve the server so it can handle the amount of users connected.

Btw guys, according to some people there's a bug that depletes your AP if you log in now, so yeah, in case it's true wait a few more hours before logging in.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dark Waifu on October 21, 2015, 05:55:26 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/ycvazAR.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 21, 2015, 08:06:35 pm
Oh hey, I connected right now and the connection is much much better. Try it now if you were like me and waited for later.

Btw, why is Kiyohime in that event, helping you? And for what it seems, Kiyohime is officially one of your Servants, regardless if you burnt her after getting her in Orleans or not, as she calls you Master in that event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 21, 2015, 09:48:06 pm
Well it makes sense since it requires you to have finished Orléans, therefore having received her at least once. Much like how in Fuyuki, Orléans and Rome, certain Servants helping you through the story called you their Master. It's not important if you didn't keep her, just like how it's not important if you're going through an interlude without having that Servant in your party.

Oh right, so they added the ability to pick the sprite you want to display in battle from the "party > cards" menu, but also, they fixed a bug that made your Servant who's leader of the last party used appear as the support for your friends, and changed it to use the leader of the first party always, because... that was how it was supposed to be since the beginning ? Okay, if you say so...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 22, 2015, 12:28:31 am
So I can finally switch Kiyohime's ugly third ascension sprite to her first ascension sprite. Glad to know that.

Also, I'm glad I have decided to put zero effort in this event. Making enemies have a chance to drop the items instead of being a guaranteed drop is quite bullshit because RNG will not love you most likely. Oh well, RNG is really kind with the ghosts giving me plenty of Ghosts Lanterns. Not sure if they're supposed to drop them in that event but hey, not complaining.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 22, 2015, 01:00:44 am
I dunno, the drop rates aren't too bad if you got the proper CEs. Cupcakes and candles are easy to get in the regular quests, bats seem to be just a little harder but they're supposed to show in the party time quests, same with the pumpkins. Since it lasts two weeks, for someone who puts efforts in it (and has access to the right timezones for the time limited quests...), it shouldn't be too difficult to clean up the shop.
Oh, and there are numbers on the maps, people think they're the time slots when the guerrilla quests pop up. ... They're even worse than the party time slots. People on the West Coast should be able to catch one time slot, but over here, it's always during the night or while at work. So I'm screwed for the guerrilla, and screwed for the pumpkins, unless I find some time to play during my vacation next week.

On the other hand, I gold ticket rolled the Petit Devil CE (on the 4th try). Pumpkin drop up, NP charge at start, NP charge rate up, same ATK bonus as Kaleidoscope. Might not be as good as it, but I'll give it a try, if only for the pumpkin drops.

... Let me try this one again. There's a guerrilla quest going on right now, I've cleared it once and got a few pumpkins, but every attempts after the first one has gotten me nothing but cupcakes and Assassin Pieces from Hassan. ... What the hell is up with these drop rates, are they super shitty or do the pumpkins drop only the first time you clear it ? And the quest costs 30 AP to boot with.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 22, 2015, 02:31:01 am
http://i.imgur.com/n5zxsYG.png
Awful, not even one Illya CE (I'll need pumpkins badly), and I already have Carmilla, my summoning ticket got me junk too (Pendant CE) I guess I won't be as lucky as in the Moonlight Festival. Oh well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on October 22, 2015, 02:41:15 am
(http://40.media.tumblr.com/7125005cb3a60ffdf81f8bceeb1940a6/tumblr_nwlj77wnNP1td9veto1_1280.png)
Well then, I got lucky.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 22, 2015, 06:41:17 am
Well, being able to login during party and guerrilla times is nearly impossible.

I mean, come on DelightWorks, why would you make an event where you can only efficiently farm during certain times of day when your servers can't even handle the playerbase?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 22, 2015, 10:17:06 am
So the connection basically dies during the guerrilla and party times (at least inmediately after it becomes available) because tons of people connect at the same time to farm from those quests, specially since you can only access those quests during certain times... Congrats DW for not predicting such an obvious thing. Oh well, there will be less people connecting in a few days since they will probably have obtained everything.

And if not, maybe they make it available all the time. Which I really doubt they do.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 22, 2015, 10:34:42 am
I tried half an hour late when I posted about it, and I had no issue for my 5 runs. Either half an hour is enough for most people, or no one was connected at 8AM JST. ... or half an hour is enough because they realized Hassan stopped dropping pumpkins after the first time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 22, 2015, 10:42:19 am
That's me, the previous guerrilla time i made a second run and stopped right away after realizing that pumpkins drop once, I'll just save AP for the next party/guerrilla
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 22, 2015, 11:01:34 am
Yeah, looks like it's not farming at all but just do them when they appear. That makes sense with how it's treated like the other free quests that give you a reward once and then you can do them again but only hope for random material drops. Like Assassin Monuments. Or CEs. That's slightly less worse than needing to farm them all, but still hindered by the time limit andnow a limited numbers of pumpkins.
... but man, if that is correct, good job with the Terrible comm, Delight Works. Way to make sure your servers will burst into flames 6 times a day for absolutely no gain.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on October 22, 2015, 03:06:28 pm
These servers are beginning to be a pain....
Well I guess it's good to know that I'm not the only one with this problem.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 23, 2015, 12:15:21 am
"Oh, can't connect to register my victory, I guess a guerrilla time slot just started !"
Is it going to be unbearable like that for 2 weeks, are we going to have to make sure we don't start a battle three minutes before guerrilla ? Why is this still this bad after the second day and they're still not doing anything about it. In the previous fucked up updates they were quick enough to just do maintenance to change stuff. Now it's like they just said fuck it.
Exited and got back in (somehow), and it didn't ask me to go back to the end of the battle, and I don't even know if it registered or if it lost my drops (dunno how many I had of what, nor what I dropped). Nice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 23, 2015, 12:50:12 am
So I cleared a quest, got timed out in the victory screen, restarted and the quest was completed but I got no rewards. This is the fucking worst.

Also, the times aren't set and they change every day, as if things weren't frustrating enough! I don't know how many I missed because of that. Apparently they adjusted party times so now they stay on the map so that's something...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 23, 2015, 02:14:39 am
The good thing about having 100+ FP rolls waiting is that I can take a new 5* CE and shoot it up to lv20 in a blink. I'll have those FP back in a week anyway.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 23, 2015, 11:41:42 am
So I was wrong, Pumpkins do drop if you repeat Guerrilla quests, it's just that the drop rates are very inconsistent... I guess I'll be using my apples for this...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 23, 2015, 12:25:28 pm
Hahaha a news announcement popped up. Maintenance incoming : guerilla quest can be challenged "once", pumpkin drop rate up from the pumpkin leader, the guerrilla quest will stick until... the end of the day I think ? Quick reading, on phone at works, not checking every detail. There's more to it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 23, 2015, 01:14:31 pm
Yeah, that's basically it.

Quote
Guerrilla quests are being changed to work the same as party quests, where they turn up and you have as long as you like to clear them, but you can only clear them once.
Pumpkin Leader is now guaranteed to appear in the final wave of the 40 AP quest, and the pumpkin lantern drop rate from him was increased, but still not 100%.
10 Apoligems and 10 Apples will be given out.
(edit for clarity)

I used all my quartz trying to get an Illya CE and all I got was a bunch of Mephistopheles... great, awesome.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 23, 2015, 02:18:05 pm
Yeah, I just saw that Ilya CE on your Servant. Will be using it a lot just to get Maid in Halloween and perhaps another Elizabeth, but after that I don't have anything else to waste it on. Bats are what I'm currently farming to make sure Elizabeth can reach max ascension, and after that... well, who knows. Perhaps keep trying pumpkins maybe? I really don't want to waste the apples, it's not worth it IMO. I would rather keep them for a future 1/2 AP event in which I really need to farm EXP or pieces/monuments, that is a perfect moment to use it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 23, 2015, 03:11:07 pm
With multiple Party Times giving an apple each and 14 (well, 12~11) days, and if the quests stay available for the day now, I'm sure you should rack up enough apples for anything.
Although with how it went, I'm now slightly less sure that the apples will stay and won't vanish at the end of the event. I'm hoping we'll get confirmation that the system will stay, it sounded that way when announced, but with how easy it'll be to get them and if they replace quartz AP refill, I dunno.

The lv70 Lancelot with Illya CE is me, not sure SD got Illya.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on October 23, 2015, 10:25:39 pm
Surprised I managed to get enough items to max out Caster Eli's NP.
I don't know what to do now so I guess I'll see if I can farm for other items.
And now Tamamo Cat is doing the obligatory naked apron thing (Got her to her third ascension)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 24, 2015, 02:02:27 am
Yeah, I have Tamamo CE, I tried to get Illya with all my quartz but I didn't.
A friend got four, ugh.
I'll focus on getting everything to max ascend Liz and then after that I'll just try to get everything else (Actually I bought Monuments and ascended Lancelot, but now I need EXP)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 24, 2015, 02:08:53 am
Speaking of EXP, Hassan plz, stop getting so much gold Assassin EXP, you've almost maxed out your final ascension, after you I don't have any other Assassin I need to level up (Kojiroh's far enough and doesn't need to be maxed out). Similarly, game, you're real funny giving me all those Lancer gold EXP when they're all ascension locked (except FSNCu but he's again getting close to that too)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 24, 2015, 12:08:31 pm
Just give the EXP to someone else, I'm ironically enough giving all this lancer EXP to caster Liz (and the Assassin one to Jing-ke since I got her from gacha)
And then I finally ascended Tamamog and I got Herakles from the Gacha... I'm only missing Kintoki (RIP) and Vlad and then I'll have all the berserkers.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 24, 2015, 01:40:45 pm
Most of my Servants are close to their current cap. Those who could still improve are Medea, Kojiroh, Lu Bu, and then I'm scrapping the dirt with Caster Gilles, Saber Gilles, Mashu, Caster Liz and Mephistopheles. I don't know if I'll bother buying the EXP cards from the shop when the event is over, or if I'll go for the QP, for once.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 24, 2015, 09:35:24 pm
...I just got a Tamamo Cat. With the ticket roll from Sunday. I spent one minute looking at my screen, until my sister asked me why I was frozen looking at the screen.

YOLO rolls happen guys. YOLO rolls happen. Now excuse me while I go feed her with EXP.

And now I have a good reason to farm for pumpkins, as I got an even better Berserker than Kiyohime. Sorry bats and candles, you're now my second priority.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on October 27, 2015, 01:18:27 am
I have rather...interesting luck?

I somehow pulled Limited/Over Zero and now I'm confused on who to give it to aside from Tamamo Cat since she's my only good Berserker.

I think it works best for Berserkers imo.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 27, 2015, 09:04:47 am
Yeah, it gives a really good Buster damage boost, plus it also increases your ATK stat. I'm not sure if it also affects the damage of Buster NP, but if it does, then you should definitely equip it to a Berserker with a Buster NP like Heracles, though keep in mind Berserkers aren't really good at raising their NP bar and if you prefer to use their NP then Kaleidoscope is your choice. If Tamamo Cat is the only 4* or above Berserker you have, equip it to her unless you have Kaleidoscope (in boss battles L/ZO is definitely your choice).

About this event, am I the only one that is starting to run out of things from the shop without even trying? I mean, right now the only thing I have remaining for pumpkins are getting all the Maid in Halloween CE. I already have all the things you get with pumpkins. I still need to get all cupcakes so I will farm the 40 AP for them (apart from getting the last MiH CE since I already got one from drops). For bats, the same, only the CE remaining. I still need more candles, but that's because I haven't tried to seriously farm them.

I'm surprised, even though the drops are supposed to be random, they were really generous with the drop rate, to the point that is really easy to get everything in this event compared to the other previous ones. Even non-related Halloween drops are easy to get, who knows how many Ghost Lanterns I must have gotten in this event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 30, 2015, 12:15:13 am
Wow, the difficulty is ramping up in those guerrilla quests. I'm already having some issues with that lv50 required Kiyohime (I try to get everyone their NP up and bring a Lv70~80 support to avoid having any worry) but some lv60 required quests just popped up. Haven't tried them yet. edit - uh, it's two demons and a Medea. Not that hard.
... Uh wait, Friend Points are back as a daily login bonus ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 30, 2015, 12:54:47 am
Err... apart from the Monday one, you shouldn't be getting any more. Are you sure it was a daily login bonus?

And yeah, Kiyohime was a bit hard because LOL crits only. She seems to get a crit every two rounds, doing close to 10K damage with them which was retarded, but honestly, she being a Berserker made the fight go faster, so it was bearable. However, nothing can surpass Medea at this moment, IMO she's harder to beat than Kiyohime. Now I know how the AI feels when I pull two Rule Breaker in a row. OMFG, she's able to fill two bars at once from her NP bar. And her NP does 10K damage, which basically kills anything that isn't a 4* or 5* with a good HP stat or is a Rider (love you Marie). Hahaha yeah kill her first and kill her fast.

Fortunately I finally managed to reach d'Eon to 3rd Ascension, and OMG she's goddamn good at being a tank with her Looks of Loveliness. Having two turns at least with no damage is amazing. A pity that Medea's NP removes the buff, but it's enough to get me one turn of no worries.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 30, 2015, 01:12:54 am
Yeah, 1/7 day login.
Kiyohime keeps stacking defense up, but on the other hand she gives your guys are ATK up with her stalking, but then that also lowers your defense. With her having crazy high HP, it takes a long time to kill her (and she pulls her NP about two or three times thanks to that). Unless you have a Medea just for her, of course, but it's irritating that you have to bust up that sort of strategy for that. The chimeras that come before and with her are a pain too, they deal more damage, requiring you to not concentrate on Kiyohime right off the bat. My front line is three guys at lv70 and it's still a pain to finisher her, I even get a few of my guys killed every now and then by her.
I haven't had much trouble beating Medea, even on my tablet account that only has a Heracles lv50 and a Arturia Alter lv 54. I did lose 4 guys against her with that team, but it's less surprising and it went a lot faster than the Kiyohime fight. Her NP hit me for 21k damage, but at this point it doesn't make a big difference - it's an instant kill anyway :P
I'm killing the demon first because he hits a lot harder than Medea, BTW. Same with the chimera with Kiyohime, it's more attacks in one turn for her, but less damage, and both Medea and Kiyohime will buff more often than attack, so compared to the demon and chimera hitting hard twice a turn, IMO it's better.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on October 30, 2015, 03:42:57 am
Kiyohime is pretty tanky, I've been opting to sacrifice one farming card and just give Lancelot a Kaleido to deal with her so I usually kill her before she gets to pull her NP, I haven't tried Medea yet, hopefully it won't be that big of a struggle.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 30, 2015, 09:23:03 am
I really didn't have any problem with her. I always went after her with a team of d'Eon, Marie and Vlad/your Lancelots and I always won without losing anyone. Since I always reach that fight with their NPs full, they take half of her HP in the first turn. And after that, just slowly taking her HP, using d'Eon to tank the first three turns and then keeping them alive as much as I can for the remaining turns. Medea on the other hand was harder because I had the unpleasant luck of her only using High-Speed Divine Words every turn. Five turns in total with her using it before it stopped, and after that it was a combination of the heal and the NP recovery skill, never using her normal attack even once. I'm so glad the Servants in the Halloween quests only act two times a turn.

Edit: OKEANOS ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!! Brb, gotta find someone who has translated the info. For now, it appears that Francis Drake is a 5* Servant, Mary Read & Anne Bonne a 4* Servant, and for the looks of it David and Hector are 3* Servant. Euryale is also made available.

This proves again that the chinese list of Servants was wrong. First it said that Artemis & Orion were 4* Servants, which is not true. After that they said MR&AB were 5* and Drake was 3*. Basically the star thing was pure speculation. Which I'm glad. Anyway, Drake will be the main assistant in that quest it seems.

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Edit: Oh hey, talk about bullshit. The new quests feature a big Assassin dragon with only three bars for his NP, to then encounter Tamamo as the last encounter, spamming her Fox Wedding that turns damage to three-digit and hitting like a truck. I guess they thought it was too easy before (which it was IMO) so they went ballistic with the new ones.

Basically, you need a fully dedicated party for these new quests if you want to win. What a pain in the ass. Oh well, I have all objects obtained already so that's one quest I will certainly not do! And really, the rewards are not worth the effort, so yeah.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on November 02, 2015, 02:49:27 am
I cleared it thanks to a LV90 Jeanne support but she was the last one standing, Tamamo no Mae has too much health, and the Assassin Fafnir reduced my first squad's HP to like... 0%, he does that fireball rain attack more often than regular Fafnir, ugh..
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 02, 2015, 09:16:17 am
Wow, probably won't even try it either. I also have everything I need from the shop, I'm only spamming the Vlad node (or the 3xCu 3xArturia 2xJeanne one) to try and get the fifth Iri CE. I dropped it on my alt account and it's better suited for the Arturia Alter I have on it than my main Lancelot (I'm just sticking with Kaleidoscope for him after all), so it won't be a big deal if I can't max it on my main, but it's pretty much all I have left to do anyway until Okeanos.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 02, 2015, 10:05:03 am
Me, I'm officialy done with this event. I was really lucky to get two Tamamaid CE, so now it's time to raise Tamamo's level so I can reach her third ascension. I will still farm the Golden Apples when they come out. My first event in which I get everything.

The 50 AP free quest is now available btw, it sports 3 Shadow Elizabeth and 1 normal Elizabeth. It's a Lancer fest, so basically bring your best Sabers and you have an easy win. Not worth farming it over and over, since the only rewards are bats, pumpkins or Lancer pieces/monuments. It does give a Crystalized Lore the first time, in case you care about getting lvl.10 skills.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 02, 2015, 07:14:56 pm
bring your best Sabers
Nero lv68
Caesar lv50
... that's it. Woohoo. And the recommended level is 80.
Well, I've got a bunch of lv80~90 Altera/Arturia/Arturia Alter as support anyway.
... uuuuugghh they all have 40k HP. It's like fighting a bunch of Caster Demons. Oh, they charge their NP fast enough, but at least the Shadow ones don't do the actual NP, just the Extra combo on a single target, good.
... 415k HP for the actual Eliza. Ooookay.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 02, 2015, 07:43:48 pm
Don't worry, the only Sabers I got are not good at attacking, so I was even in a worse situation than you, and I still won without CS. Use my d'Eon if you want and make her eat all the attacks, if you need a good tank. She will last three turns for sure, specially if you use her dodge and your master dodge.

Or grab someone like Arturia, Alter Arturia or Attila, and use their NP. The first round goes instantly with that, and the second you'll see that Elizabeth will hardly do damage. The Iris CE and the Ilya CE from Halloween are really good because they speed up quite a bit the NP recovery, apart from giving you a head start with the NP bar. It's specially noticeable with Arturia's natural high NP recovery speed, compared to other Sabers.

For Nero, I recommend the Maid in Halloween. It makes her recovery skills heal a really big amount. Depending on how much you've leveled up her skills, it can be as good as a Master Heal or even better.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on November 02, 2015, 11:50:45 pm
I brought all my Sabers (Saber Lily, Caesar...Saber Gilles) along with my Lv80 Lancelot and then Shielder to keep him alive. I don't remember my support, I think it was a Nero but yeah, I cleared that too.

I bought everything from the store as well, I only need a random Iris and Tamamo CE drop to max them out, ugh... I'll also get apples but that's it, I'm not farming for pumpkins. I need to farm EXP to level up Caster Liz anyways.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 04, 2015, 10:06:14 am
http://typemoon.com/news/2015/3qh4v3
100 days anniversary
1M QP, 2 tickets, 2 apples, 2 Fou cards, you have a week to pick it up
Log in on the 100th day (between Nov 6 4AM and Nov 7 4AM JST) to get 10 gold exp cards

Edit - ouch, lots of updates.
There are two maintenances, one today to fix a glitch it party time, one tomorrow.
Bug fixes :
Servants and CE lock lost when updating the app. ... except it'll still happen when you update it this one time.
New interludes in Chaldea, Orleans, Septem (Asterios, Atalanta, Ushi, Teach, Orion, Zhuge 2, Zhuge 3, Tamacat, Phantom)
Halloween pickup closed, Okeanos stuff added to the story pickup
Fixing camera fuck up in a Brave Chain in high speed battle
Fixing the display of NP level when selecting a Servant on certain screens
A glitch when selecting cards too fast during battle
Some NP description fixes and shit

Some changes when selecting master spells and servant skills
You can now get NP gauge and crit stars even if you hit with 0 damage
Zhuge's skills and NP are tweaked
Bunch of servants that hit only once I their quick card will now hit twice. Bunch of casters and assassins, plus kiyo and marie.
If your crit star generation chance is over 100%, you get twice the crit stars per hit.
Basically quick cards get big boosts (more first bonus, generate more stars)
More stars on overkill, even on art and buster
On star gives 10% crit chance instead of 11 because why not
You don't have to tap screen again when receiving cards from the gift box (the last pop up at the end "you received stuff" that was useless)
5 quartz
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SUTOPPU, SUTOPPU, PURIIZU !
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 04, 2015, 03:09:52 pm
Oh hey nice update that comes with Okeanos. And finally we get interludes for some of the Servants that were missing. There's still some that don't seem to get them yet though. Oh well, let's hope Tamacat interlude boosts her NP damage, hopefully.

Btw, there's a level 90 quest that just appeared, that rewards you with a Crystalized Lore. This is what you'll meet IIRC:
- Two skeletons and Hassan.
- One skeleton, one Amazon and Siegfried.
- One skeleton, one Chimera and Kiyohime.
- One skeleton, one demon and Medea.
- One skeleton and Tamamo Caster.

Have fun there. Only one time you'll be able to clear it btw. I had to waste my 3 CS yet again, but at least it was more fun than dealing with a goddamn dragon honestly. There's a higher chance here to obtain the Tamamo CE so if you want it well, just enter and exit the quest until it appears.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on November 04, 2015, 04:23:31 pm
I had no seals so I only made it to Medea, even with my Riders in the backrow/second squad...Oh well. I never got that last TamaCat or Irisviel CE drop to max them out... bleh.

And I have FP points ready for the new FP servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 05, 2015, 01:26:44 am
50 runs of the 20AP Apple party time quests (exiting when Kintoki wouldn't give me what I wanted) gave me no Iri CE.
Fuck this drop rate.
I don't really mind the apples, but that was one massive waste of time.
(edit - I'm not even counting how many runs I made at the Vlad node over these two weeks, and he was harder to kill, but at least his node gave me a bunch of Dragon Teeth - still need a lot more, I'll finish Lancelot after all)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 05, 2015, 10:00:00 am
I must have been really lucky in this event 'cause that CE dropped in my third try. Same for Tamamid CE, first I got it after the fifth try and the other this Monday I believe.

Anyway, maintenance for Okeanos is here, one hour at this point until it ends, but since I already know how this goes it will obviously take more time than planned. And after that the servers will be crashing all the time because of the amount of people logging in at the same time. For now, go and download the update which is already available in QooApp or other sites.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 05, 2015, 11:29:34 am
http://typemoon.com/news/2015/evaamm
Hah ! Chance to roll a 3* ce down from 60 to 40%, chance to roll a 3* servant up from 20 to 40. Eat a dick, Shinji and Black Keys and Dragon !
Oh wow, Hector has high HP cap for a 3*. Tank it is.
Extra Rin CE, Code Cast, 4*, ATK and DEF +25% for the first 3 turns, good stats boost. Berserkers will crush skulls with that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 05, 2015, 11:37:14 am
OKEANOS IS HERE!!!!

I highly recommend people not to roll until they beat it, so the Servant that unlocks in the gatcha at the end (I believe it was Tamamo Caster) is available too.

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Holy shit Drake's NP is cool. They literally copied her NP from Extra, exactly with the same lines spoken.

... And I'm too overleveled... Even if I only use d'Eon and Marie as my only 4* Servants. I overdid it LOL. Sorry Drake, I know you were supposed to be a hard boss with over 100K health and those damn good skills and crits, but it wasn't enough.

Btw, it's really cool how each map unlocks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 05, 2015, 11:53:56 am
Tamamo Caster is for the next Order, so not now.
Apparently Waver's buffs are crazy everything gives NP charge.
Apparently the buffs to crit game make it really worth it to chose a setup other than BERSERKERS EVERYWHERE, BUSTER ALL DAY team. Gil and Sir Critsalot stand in the sweet middle.
Anyone who was able to do the lv50-70-90 in Halloween is probably overleveled for the story, don't fret about it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 05, 2015, 11:55:19 am
Ooh, then I wonder who unlocks in this one. And yeah, I'm literally steamrolling through everything. I'm expecting a Kraken or that whale to appear and kick my ass, but for now it's just pirates (and zombie pirates). Hopefully there's some enemy that drops unobtainable ascension materials here. We have, for now on farming Gorgon Eyes should be easier since Lamias are a common enemy here.

Btw, the star generation is so easy now that I can easily get to 20 stars without even trying. No joke here. And skills being sped up too. What a blessing.

That Erik berserker is the next boss. He's a joke compared to Drake. And another Berserker as third boss, Asterios, again a joke. More since his NP doesn't hurt you.

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Hahaha, you get Euryale as partner and apparently she has domesticated Asterios. Asterios is not a partner though. Btw, you get Drake as partner after fighting her as boss.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 05, 2015, 12:28:02 pm
Holy hell, datamining for the new Servants is out, Medea Lily and David have crazy good skills, and Hector is okay. With Waver's buffs and the crit buffs, they're really giving solid alternatives to Buster Chains all day. Now you can do some real strategy work.
Medea Lily is a 4* Caster btw, nice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 05, 2015, 12:32:26 pm
Wait what, there's Medea Lily? I suppose she is the one you'll unlock in the end. I would feel tempted to get her and switch her older version if it wasn't because Rule Breaker is one of the best NP in the game because of the awesome ability to remove buffs.

Fourth boss, Erik again. Goddamn, give me Bonne and Mary already.

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Oh hey, wyverns because. I have a bad feeling about this. Really, DW. A big dragon just because. Urgh, time to kill it.

And why is Artemis in here, and a selectable partner...

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There's a goddamn node in which you fight Heracles. Four times in a row. Each time he gets stronger. The last fight is damn annoying since he spams the dodge skill. Which reinforces my love of Medea and her Rule Breaker.

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Okeanos done. You get David as reward. The last boss is a joke, it's Medea Lily with some Flauros monster, but since Medea is there it only has two turns and Medea's NP doesn't hurt you. So yeah, it's easier to win than if the monster was alone. If you want a challenge, try to beat it after killing Medea.

AND I GOT DRAKE IN MY 40 QUARTZ ROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's some A-rank luck there:

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 05, 2015, 11:37:00 pm
75 Friend rolls available, hello Hector, David, Euryale. I'll do Okeanos this week-end before trying the quartz rolls and tickets though.
Hector's summoning line (his voice is so weird) : "hi ! I'm the famous Hector. Have you heard of me ? .... No ? :( Eh, nice to meet you."
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 06, 2015, 12:51:35 am
Hahaha, yeah I heard it too. The face he made while saying it was really hilarious. I felt sorry for the guy. He's a nice Lancer btw, one of his skills has a chance to stun apart from dropping defense I believe. I know that perfectly since guess what skill he likes to spam when he's an enemy. His NP ignores defense buffs and hits all enemies, so that's another plus for events in which you have Servants spam the defense button.

David is a really good Archer too (he attacks with his staff btw, which confused the hell out of me and made me think he wasn't one). One of his skills grants the entire party a dodge for one attack (one attack only, not one turn as some people say). That skill is goddamn good for saving your ass against a multi-target NP. About his NP it does tons of damage (though it can't surpass Robin Hood with the proper setup). Btw, if you fight him as enemy (in Tamamo's Cat interlude I believe) his NP grants him the buff that "ignores dodge skills" before the attack, so yeah, only invulnerabilty will save you at dodging that attack.

Euryale is a second Stheno, simple as that. At least her NP does damage, but instead she has lower stats than her, obviously since she's a 3* Servant. David and Robin Hood are much better options for Archers IMO.

Drake is a monster of a Rider. I'm not kidding, those skills of hers raise her attack potential a lot, and she's meant to get her NP ready, and hit really hard with it. And it's damn cool, just watch the video in Youtube or reach her fight in Okeanos. I'm so happy to have her, but damn, I have too many Riders now LOL. Still sticking with Marie since her block skill and surprisingly her charm skill has saved my ass a lot of times (I'm looking at you Heracles).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on November 06, 2015, 04:11:53 am
(https://41.media.tumblr.com/d100f1b140658a7736e82330b8137ad9/tumblr_nxdi56aqqp1td9veto1_1280.png)
This has got to be one of the best 10 rolls I've ever done.
I got Lu Bu on one of my summon ticket rolls but I don't know if I'll use him since I already got Tamamo Cat.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 06, 2015, 08:18:36 am
There's one thing that right now it's bothering me, is that the story roll is precisely the current one, with the rate up for those Servants and CE. That's cool if you don't have any of them, but the moment you get what you want, well, you certainly don't want to waste your roll here, honestly. I mean, the only Servant I don't have from Okeanos is Anne Bonne & Mary Read, but I am really not interested in it after getting Drake. Yet when I get again 40 quartz roll, I will be forced to wait because of that rate up. They should have split it in two honestly, like they have done in events.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 06, 2015, 11:17:44 am
Upgrading NPs is usually strong and always worth it, it always make a pretty notable difference (unless you don't even play that Servant at all).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 06, 2015, 01:50:40 pm
That's the thing, I just got Robin Hood as Archer in my FP roll and I prefer him much more than David, and for the rest... Well, I have Marie for my favourite Rider (plus good luck to me even getting Drake at lvl 5 NP or even getting Bonne & Read at all) and I'd rather get more Cu Lancers than Hector. Euryale is meh too. I don't mind using tickets in that roll, but using a 40 quartz roll again would be quite a waste of quartz since most likely I will get the rate-up 3* Servants again which I don't need, and I want a Medusa to complete the family set so more the reason (yeah, I'm not expecting to get lucky again in my 40 quartz roll for 4* or above Servant).

One question about Bonne & Read, is her battle sprite just the little girl instead of the two of them? If so I'm rather disappointed honestly. I was expecting the two to appear in battle, not just Anne Bonne appear in the NP only.

Btw, look at this beautiful map:

(http://i.imgur.com/wfHlJlD.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 06, 2015, 02:48:31 pm
Bonny*
Medusa is available in the friend rolls, but she's about as rare there as other specific 3* Servants. Then again I'm pretty sure I have her with lv5 NP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on November 06, 2015, 09:39:02 pm
One question about Bonne & Read, is her battle sprite just the little girl instead of the two of them? If so I'm rather disappointed honestly. I was expecting the two to appear in battle, not just Anne Bonne appear in the NP only.
The little girl does the fighting, Anne Bonny appears in the NP only.

It's kinda disappointing, I agree.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on November 06, 2015, 09:52:58 pm
Well,then I guess thats how they're gonna handle the Fate/Zero Hassan squad too
And they have the same deal with Orion,where the art sucks dick but the sprites arent bad at all.
Also everyone is way too overleveled for current content,this kinda sucks
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 06, 2015, 10:12:22 pm
I blame the stupidly high difficulty of the events that forced us to level up a lot in order to get as much profit as possible.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on November 06, 2015, 10:44:46 pm
Agreed.
Also fuck Flauros.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 06, 2015, 11:14:00 pm
Since I usually do a team with no knights, that fight was easy for me. All my attacks doing double damage while its attacks hardly doing any damage. That support Tamamo Caster at lvl 80 made things go really well with its healing, NP increase and reduction of skill cooldown. Only lost one Servant because I didn't have enough dodges to save all of them from its NP (which I delayed a lot thanks to Tamamo's Witchcraft).

And wow, now that I have a 5* Servant, I can't believe how some people could even level it up to 90. I mean, I still haven't reached level 50 (the max for the first ascension) and I'm currently struggling to get EXP cards for Drake. And here I though it was hard to raise 4* Servants after reaching their third ascension. It sure feels different when you have to level it up ten more times. But really, Drake has some huge stats at level 40. 5* Servants are so unfair...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 06, 2015, 11:59:41 pm
Not Flauros, Forneus, a second of the 72 demons. (I've only just begun Okeanos but I Youtubed it)

I jump started Vlad to his first ascension with the EXP from the Halloween shop, and you can get that amount in half a dozen runs of the 40AP quest for any kind of EXP daily, 10 at worst (and I think there's one going on right now), it shouldn't take more than a few days before getting blocked by ascension material if you're seriously investing every last EXP you get into one Servant at a time. Even 5* Servants. Even if you won't use quartz or apple AP refill, the Saturday all EXP daily should be enough to come back to it maybe 4 times in the day to empty your AP bar 4 times and clean up shop (though I guess the timezone is a pain for those playing from America, but it's not an issue if you're in Spain).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on November 07, 2015, 01:43:05 pm
I see I see.

Also I'm heavily disappointed that Anne's appearance doesn't change at all in the sprites, despite it changing in the art.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 09, 2015, 01:17:26 am
I already said it before, but I will say it again. Drake is a broken Servant.  Voyage of the Storm raises both her NP damage and her attack for one turn. She also has Golden Rule that allows her with only two Arts attack to reach nearly 50% of her NP, and then you have Pioneer of the Stars EX, which raises her NP bar a 30% in level 1 and makes her ignore the invincibility status of any Servant.

Long story short, if I use her NP, which is really easy to get with her skills even if I start at 50% NP, and I boost that NP damage, I can even get close to doing the same damage as a Lancelot with its NP. WTF is wrong with her LOL. The only reason Lancelot is still surpassing me in damage is because I still need to raise her level. Just wait until I reach her third ascension. If one day I get Kaleidoscope that means I can have first turn NP with her skills, something only possible with Casters.

Oh, and her attacks hit multiple attacks, so she generates tons of stars like with Gilgamesh. It's a pity she only has one quick card.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on November 09, 2015, 05:45:43 am
I can even get close to doing the same damage as a Lancelot with its NP
Yeah but Lancelot's NP not only boosts his damage for the next turn but it's also quick card, so if you activate his skills he's going to generate a massive amount of stars (More so if it's a quick chain, which should be easy if your team is built around him), this effectively means that the next turn, he can just use concentration to suck all those stars and get easy criticals with a damage boost. It's two turns of massive damage.
Sure Drake is the better servant for being a 5*, better stats and none of the downsides (And in return, the upsides) of being a berserker.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 09, 2015, 10:09:37 am
Thing is, for some reason the critical stars tend to gather around Drake cards when I get a lot of them (her NP also gives tons of stars, so yay about that). I'm not sure if it's pure luck, or if her EX-rank Luck has some influence on this, but 9/10 times one of her cards will probably have a 100% chance or close to cause a critical. And if she causes a critical and has Golden Rule on her, she literally fills nearly all of her NP bar from 0. Not kidding here. Even if she doesn't have Golden Rule activated, two Art cards causing crits increases her NP so much that it's unbelievable.

I wish I could record it, I nearly was close to using her NP two times in a row in one battle since I went with a Brave Combo with two Art cards after the NP and her attacks achieved criticals. So yeah, while  Lancelot will most likely do more damage (because of constant 1.5* damage from Berserkers) and generate more stars, the fact that I can easily get her to raise her NP makes her IMO better than Lancelot, as the moment you use Lancelot's NP, forget about even raising it again unless you're extremely lucky or have a Tamamo constantly raising NP for all the team. And it helps a ton that unlike Lancelot, she can easily generate those crit stars she needs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 09, 2015, 10:12:03 am
Thing is, for some reason the critical stars tend to gather around Drake cards
Yeah, each Servant has a different attraction rate for stars. Berserkers have a low one, Riders often have higher ones. Use a CE or Lancelot's skill that attracts stars.
But yeah, the chance to pull the NP a couple times within a few turns is good too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 09, 2015, 10:29:38 am
I want to fix one thing, the reason she generates so much NP is also because I gave her that Halloween Princess from the Halloween event, which is maxed, so it basically increases her already high NP generation to 20%. It's the best card for her IMO, since at level 10, if one day I manage to reach it, her third skill can generate the remaining 50%, and after using her NP I can just simply raise it faster again with the help of Golden Rule too. But yeah even without that CE she can raise her NP fast, not as fast as a Caster obviously.

The only bad thing I can comment is her card setup. She would greatly benefit from a QQAAB combination, instead she's a QAABB. This is one case that it doesn't benefit having two Buster cards. Her NP is also a Buster, and again it would benefit her to have a Quick NP. I mean this because she hardly benefits from her class skills unfortunately. Oh well, she's fine even with this setup.

Also, I'm being a total fanboy here so I may be exaggerating the facts a bit, so please fix whatever I say wrong if I'm clearly overdoing it in my description of her LOL.

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Edit: Maintenance in November 11th.

Lancelot's Arondight
Medea Lily's Final Ascension Art
Orion Interlude
Jeanne Interlude
El Melloi & Flauros Difficulty Tweak (Main Story)

So yeah, we finally get Lancelot's Arondight at level 3 ascension. Ffs finally. And yeah, they put the wrong ascension art for Medea Lily surprisingly. Also, new dailies starting 18th:

Monday
Archer Items
Lancer, Assassin, Berserker EXP
Tuesday
Lancer Items
Saber, Rider, Berserker EXP
Wednesday
Berserker Items
Archer, Caster, Berserker EXP
Thursday
Rider Items
Lancer, Assassin, Berserker EXP
Friday
Caster Items
Saber, Rider, Berserker EXP
Saturday
Assassin Items
Archer, Caster, Berserker EXP
Sunday
Saber Items
QP Quest

All quests will have a super level now, not only EXP. And yeah, Master EXP and Bond EXP is gone. I'm so glad I'm already at max level. At least now it's better distributed so you can focus on one class only. But really, is it that hard to add more than two types of daily quests in a day, instead of removing master and bond exp completely?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 10, 2015, 02:41:35 pm
Also, Class items include ascension and skill material. Hearts, Plumes, gems and such.
Plus, Mana prism rewards reset each week, finally. (well, it could have been each month, people will rush now)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on November 10, 2015, 04:58:00 pm
I have a question about Waver's 3rd interlude (in Rome. His second one, which I've completed, is in Okeanos).

I have him at his 3rd ascension. His bond is maxed. Is there some condition that I haven't met yet, or is it not available in the game yet?

(http://i.imgur.com/V8MMcFLl.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 10, 2015, 05:30:13 pm
The text on top tells you want you're missing (if you can read it or recognize the numbers and the kanjis for bond - 1 kanji, ascension - 4, map - 2...) in this case it needs the 4th ascension.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 10, 2015, 06:35:40 pm
LOL seriously? It requires you to reach max ascension for him? I would find it pointless if it wasn't for the fact that his NP has been upgraded to be better in the last update.

And about the ascension items, hopefully we don't end up in a "Only getting skill gems" hell. They could have just put everything separately, but oh well...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 10, 2015, 06:51:26 pm
LOL seriously? It requires you to reach max ascension for him?
... well that's his third interlude, plus it's the one that upgrades his NP, so yeah ? Why are you surprised ? I assume everyone will have like 3 to 6 interludes by the end of the game, and of course the requirements will keep rising, it's not like all of someone's interludes can be done at lv1 bond and 1st ascension. There are even interludes that boost skills now, Atalanta being the first of those.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 10, 2015, 10:06:24 pm
No well, I know there are interludes at second ascension (heck, I did Marie's one and I still have to do Stheno's one), but giving an interlude at the last one, when reaching it is normally really hard because of materials and EXP... well, that's only worth doing if you're really going to stick with that Servant until the end, otherwise it's really not worth it. That's why, if you're going to give something that upgrades the Servant, it should be better to receive it sooner so you can see if it's worth sticking with the Servant after the upgrade or not.

For example, Asterios NP upgrade is really good for what I've heard, it applies a really huge debuff on top of the one that already gave his NP. But I'm sure nobody would have tried to reach his 4th ascension if it was there placed, since his stats as Berserker are not precisely worth the effort unless you really like him. I certainly wouldn't. And that's only for a 1* Servant.

And yeah, I know you can upgrade Atalanta's really useful Crossing Arcadia to be even better. I hope there are more Servants in the future that can do that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on November 11, 2015, 03:15:00 am
http://typemoon.com/news/2015/1ae56o
So Lancelot is getting Arondight today.
...Yay? I wish he could get a third skill to go along with that, oh well.

I'm done with everything, free quests, interludes... so now it's time to farm EXP for these new servants, ascend some old ones and feed Lancelot more Fous.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 11, 2015, 01:22:51 pm
We will get 2 Quartz today because of maintenance, apart from the updates which are now in the game. Lancelot now has Arondight and I suppose it looks good, but it's obvious he was holding a pole before if you look at his attack animations.

And yeah, I'm done too. From all the apples I had before, 26 or close, I now have 18 after using them for Okeanos and raising Drake to the third ascension. Not bad I guess. Time to farm some Snake Jewels to get Stheno to second ascension. Which I can see it's going to be hell since after 10 fights nothing appeared except for the goddamn bones.

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Some weird bug just happened to me, in which all roads in Roma disappeared. The nodes were there at least.

Also, WTF with Stheno's second interlude (yeah, I finally got 5 Snake Jewels). There were 6 Medusas waiting for me there, with 120K each. Not shadow, so yeah, they had Noble Phantasms. WTF. I'm so glad I had 3 CS.

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I finally got the Gorgon trio. Wohoo!!!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on November 14, 2015, 09:43:50 pm
I just finished Okeanos and let me say that I am extremely dissapointed with how they treated Jason.
They made him a big weak asshole just so they can solidify Medeas position as the ultimate "dindu nuffin"
I mean,this is the dude that hung out with Orpheus,Hercules and Atalanta etc. and you're telling me he was good for nothing except serving as a body for some demon from the Goethia
Damn

I need an archer for my team atm,who should I invest XP into,RedMan or David?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 14, 2015, 09:55:49 pm
But the Argonauts story is kind of a massive fuck up anyway. Wasting time fucking an island full of women, killing by mistake in the confusion of the night everyone in a city that hired them to kill a bunch of giants (which Herakles pretty much did all on his own)... Only those who already were actual heroes like Orpheus and Herakles get out of this with their honor intact, the whole thing is kind of a story about how even heroes and gods can be massive fuck-ups. Jason himself died when he was kicked out of everywhere and slept under the rotting Argos like a hobo and the helm broke off and killed him in his sleep. The purpose of the story itself, getting the Golden Fleece, is something no one has ever made much sense out of, since it was never explicit what the fuck the Fleece was good for. It's a group trying to attain glory but coming out as dicks.

Emiya is okay but never really gets strong for a 4*, and AFAIK, the best he can be is as just one part of an all-crit team.
David is a 3* so he won't get very strong either, but his skills are pretty damn unique and good.
If Emiya is one of your rare 4/5*, don't hesitate to raise him since you always need as many of those as you can, but if you have other options in that range, David is more likely to be actually useful as an Archer.
(although to be fair for Emiya, I'm saying this from the point of view of a guy with a Lancelot that hits for over 12k and kills three waves in three to five turns tops, so if you have something like an art team or you take your time, he can be considered strong)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 14, 2015, 11:16:05 pm
Emiya is about spamming UBW. He gathers NP really fast, and he even has a skill that makes it gather even faster. Unfortunately, for crits he's not as useful. Put him in an Arts team.
David is a good Archer support with his skills, and his NP is a good single target NP that ignores the annoying dodges that Servants like to spam. Unfortunately he's even worse than Emiya at creating critical stars, as he attacks with a staff, unlike other Archers that attack with arrows.

Honestly, if you get your hands on Robin Hood or Atalanta, stick with those two. Euryale is good too against a male Servant, otherwise not really useful. I wonder why people doesn't use Servants with Charm skills more. They tend to have a high chance of hitting (even if you can only use them against a specific sex) and one turn lost is a really amazing status effect.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 17, 2015, 01:48:11 pm
Tomorrow's maintenance
http://typemoon.com/news/2015/ek8qgn
Uh, a new item to be added in Da Vinchan's mana prism shop. Golden tickets and lore will have their exchange deadline changed (who cares). Oh, the text in the description of event CEs will remove the event specific parts, finally. That was just annoying. Okeanos pick up rate finished, changes in the gachas. Some graphic glitches fix on Drake, Lancelot, centaurs.
Buying quartz has a different rate, but the total number for each price mark is unchanged. Basically, quartz are a bit cheaper so you're buying one more for the same price, but the free extra quartz is lower, so the total bought for total paid is uchanged.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 17, 2015, 02:40:08 pm
The only reason they would do such change for the quartz is that in the future they lower or remove the bonus quartz you get when buying. Not that I care much since I'm a F2P player. The only interesting news here, apart from the change in the dailies, is that they're going to give us a new item to buy with mana prisms. Hopefully it's something worth spending them. Oh, and two apology quartz I guess.

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The new Daily Quests are now implemented. The level 40 EXP one is now harder to beat, but in exchange it's really rare to encounter silver monsters now. In fact, in three runs, I had two that only gave me Gold monsters. Haven't tested the Ascension ones since I don't need it at this moment, but yeah, it's a really good change people.

Plus the fact that they have upped your chance to get a Super and Great Success. Time to level up your Servants. Also, they added more tickets for you to spend your Mana Prisms.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 18, 2015, 03:39:38 pm
Apparently the new pickup boost is Da Vinci's pretty boys : Zhuge Liang, Siegfried, Lancelot, Alexander, Proto Cu. I wouldn't mind upgrading Lancelot's vulcan minigun some more. Especially if it's not enough anymore to one-shot wave 3 of the 40AP EXP.
Asc daily 40AP seems hard with a 260kHP Lancelot who crits your shit up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 18, 2015, 08:42:01 pm
Hey, I will be praying so you get it too (and any of you guys who put Lancelot as leader), since I will be making use of your Lancelot LOL. I wouldn't mind getting it myself too, but my Tamamo Cat is a good Berserker in my books. If I get Alexander, I will be satisfied, as I'm not expecting miracles to happen for me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 19, 2015, 02:49:36 am
Just wanted to say, since the difficulty shot up in the dailies, everyone will need strong Servants in all classes, but I noticed that Caster Cu and Proto Cu got more interesting with their Rune Sorcery skills (critical power up) now that the crit game has become a lot more important. Along with the arrow evasion skill, they're back to being interesting (particularly Proto Cu who never really was interesting if you already had FSNCu). It's good for Caster Cu too, since there really aren't a lot of choices to deal any damage beside Elizabeth Halloween.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 19, 2015, 08:43:27 am
Well, there's Medea too, which you can use to spam her NP continuously. And obviously Tamamo and Zhuge simply for stats. Apart from that, the other Casters are not really that good because of their stats, skills, or because their roll is more of a support.

But oh well, they will be lowering the difficulty of the EXP quests plus increase the rarity of drops of the EXP quest.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3tefpy/dw_to_massively_reduce_the_difficulty_of_the_exp/

Which I am glad, because farming wasn't difficult, but annoying, because it took a lot more time to wipe them out. Most likely they will lower their huge HP to more reasonable levels, multiple 50-60K can take a long time to kill even with Berserkers.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 19, 2015, 07:45:56 pm
Wow, that was fast, the Hands are already down to the same difficulty they were before. Didn't even last a day.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 19, 2015, 10:08:48 pm
Me, I'm okay with this change. At least farming EXP takes less time of my life. Honestly though, going back to how they were before wasn't really that needed. A middle point would have been okay to make it more difficult than it was before the big change but still not be a chore.

What is not okay is the bullshit of the quests for materials. The goddamn bosses spamming their skills like crazy makes it unbearable to play. I got like 1000FP from people using my Drake because of her skill that bypasses Invincibility, since Marie was spamming that Invincibility skill all the damn time. And now you have Zhuge spamming that defense buff and Medea spamming Rule Breaker. DW, please realize that you can give cooldowns to the enemy skills (with obviously less cooldown than our Servants) and still be fun and challenging to play.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 20, 2015, 03:43:27 pm
http://typemoon.com/news/2015/hnr09o
Fate gudaguda honnoji event what.
If Sakura Saber and Majin Archer are actually playable, I hope they're in their joke form and not serious mode, because it would annoy me if those became legit Okita and Nobunaga, the SD form would still leave some hope for honest non-joke versions (even if they never appear in GO) (well, then again, Sakura Saber was designed by Takeuchi so there's little hope she ever gets replaced with more fitting skills)
That said, I wouldn't mind an event like Halloween with Caster Liz if the joke characters drop there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 20, 2015, 10:58:10 pm
Hey, if I can wield a Nobunaga pulling a thousand guns as her NP, I'm really happy about it (plus that sweet extra damage against Divinity and Mystery). I don't need another Saberface though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 22, 2015, 02:10:01 am
I never did the QP dailies before thanks to the 30 millions they gave out, but I pretty much ran out just yesterday for all the EXP. I'm just now discovering that the QP quests are decently efficient, especially with the new 40AP and that lv80 Drake.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on November 22, 2015, 03:37:58 am
If anything they're worth doing right now for the prisms, even if you don't need QP (I only have three LV80 characters and haven't really upgraded skills, so I'm not really starving for QP)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 22, 2015, 10:56:34 am
In my case, I went from 17M QP to 22M QP after farming the 40 AP quest five times. It's really worth doing it if you have no need to collect Saber materials.

And speaking of Saber materials, you will encounter an Artoria there, probably with an Attila with her. Fortunately Attila only has 20K health, while Artoria has around 120K, and both are easy to kill IMO, as they have no skills that can decrease the damage they take nor dodge it completely. It's a pity I don't have any more Sabers worth leveling apart from d'Eon which I doubt there's any point raising her to 80 since she already has enough health for a tank and her damage output is likely not going to get better.

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DKDC, you still have your Lancelot at level 79? I've been seeing it for one week stuck at that level, and you're at only one level to max him LOL.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 24, 2015, 01:43:06 pm
Yeah, I was discouraged to see the 300k exp required so I fed others last week with the new exp dailies and success rate up. I do need to have more people at higher level (my top is still Lancelot, Emiya lv70, Nero lv70, everyone else is 60 tops). But I'm nearly done with him, I got a super success. The only thing I wish for is to get a second Kaleido to limit break the one he has and give him more ATK bonus, but the CEs are stupidly hard to level up after the first limit, with only silver CEs.
I got quite lucky during the first couple months with the gold CEs, but with the new stuff since then, it's impossibly hard to pull a specific gold CE. I did get 4 Sakura CEs over the months, but the stat bonus she gives aren't as good unless I can really max her out (and ATK will still be less than lv20 Kaleido ! )
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 24, 2015, 02:53:57 pm
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3u2avs/new_event_nov_25_looks_like_its_back_to_farming/

Okita is a 5* Gacha win (because Saberface obviously, that reason alone will always make them be Gold Servants). Nobunaga is like Caster Elizabeth, aka you get it after finishing the event, and has the same easy ascension requirements (basically one item for each ascension that you can only get in the event) and easy NP leveling since you get multiple copies for event items.

HECK! FUCKING! YEAH! THOUSAND GUNS INCOMING!!!!!!

The rewards for this event are quite ridiculous in how good they are. And really worth farming. And since I just got my 20 quartz reward for 100 days playing this game, I will try to get Okita, but I'm not expecting a miracle like Drake to happen again. And even if you don't have enough quartz, apparently you can buy them too with the in-game items you will get in this event, so yay.

In order to farm a lot more, apart from getting the usual CEs, if you have in your party Okita, Nobunaga, Emiya, Ushiwakamaru, Medusa, Lancer Cu (FSN version), Mephistopheles and Benkei, you should get more drops from them. Since we probably have all of them except maybe Emiya and obviously Okita unless a miracle happens, you should have an easier time farming them. Just make sure they have a high level.

And apparently we finally get items that we can use to level up CEs. About fucking time, getting a 5* CE to 100 seemed totally impossible to achieve.

Oh, and the maintenance that will happen before:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3u2e0b/scheduled_maintenance_nov_25_14001900_jst/

We finally get Tamamo's theme when using her NP, which should have happened from the very beginning. And many other fixes I don't understand.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 24, 2015, 07:04:30 pm
Starts tomorrow, lasts two weeks
written by Keikenchi (supervised by Nasu)
Collect Honnoji points to get Nobunaga
"the first and last (?)" gudaguda event
Honnoji points can get you Nobunaga and lots of stuff
Get more points by having certain Servants
Event-only CEs get you more hiragumo (spider kettle), Hyouhen Tenmoku Chawan (top grade black glaze rice bowl), Tsukumo Nasu (tea bottle), Honnoji points
Gudao CE : 500 (2000) ATK up, critical power 15% up, NP power 15% up, Honnoji points 30% up (uh, that's new)
Nobunaga (eh, that portrait is actually pretty good) NP Sandan Uchi special damage to all targets with Riding skill (hah, not Divinity or mystery, much better since he destroyed the until-then invincible Takeda cavalry with that), ascends with 4 Golden Skulls
EXP cards for CEs, limited to the event
Honnoji Points get you Oda, 4* CE EXP (Knob), 3* CE EXP (Oki-ta), plumes, scales, lores, quartz, golden apple, 2M/1M/500k QP
When the event is over, if you have more points than the limit, it'll be automatically converted (what ?), use the new button on the terminal to get to the event remuneration screen
Spider kettle gets you Gudao CE, golden skull, heart, chaos claw, infinity gear
rice bowl gets you Gudao CE, gold skull, page, eight-fold twinned crystal, void refuse
tea bottle gets you Gudao CE, gold skull, 3* HP Fou, 3* ATK Fou, 3* EXP, 4* EXP
Pickup rate has the guys that give Honnoji points increase. Okita won't be added to the Story gacha once the event is over.
Also 5* Ganban Musume (pretty girl who attracts people to your store, that's the Medusa-in-apron one), 4* Uchiage Order, 3* Fate Gudaguda Order increase the drops for event items

Holy shit that 5* Okita has huge HP. NP is Mumyou Sandan Zuki, super strong attack that ignores defense on a single target + defense down
Medusapron Maidusa CE gives taunt for 3t, attack 60% up for 3t, spider kettle drop +1
4* Uchiage Order is Quick +10%, Buster +10%, rice bowl +1
3* Gudaguda Order is quick, art, buster, star generation, star gathering, critical power, NP charge rate, NP power, debuff success, debuff resistance, HP regeneration all +1% and tea bottle drop +1

... Wow.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 24, 2015, 09:01:57 pm
It's madness I tell you. MADNESS.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on November 25, 2015, 01:02:57 pm
Am I the only one having issues connecting to the servers?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 25, 2015, 01:06:12 pm
Shouldn't there be a maintenance for the new event ? An if it's over, aren't the servers flooded for the first few hours ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on November 25, 2015, 01:08:00 pm
Shouldn't there be a maintenance for the new event ? An if it's over, aren't the servers flooded for the first few hours ?

That might be the case then. And yes, I do believe maintenance is over.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 25, 2015, 01:10:57 pm
http://typemoon.com/news/2015/sf5qew
Yeah, access issues.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 25, 2015, 07:56:23 pm
...Damn, I don't think I will ever get Nobunaga at level 5 NP. Those point requirements are so high...

And my luck wasn't even good in the 40 quartz roll. Only new Servant was Alexander (I even got two copies of it...), and only new CE was that Rin CE that boosts attack and defense for three turns. That's some shitty luck seriously.

Btw, I'm pretty sure they were all drunk when they made this scenario. I can't take it seriously LOL. Nobu~
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on November 25, 2015, 08:21:24 pm
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

I, uh, got a pretty good roll. At least I can now put Gilles on the bench.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 25, 2015, 08:50:24 pm
...

Don't mind me and the gun I'm aiming at you. Just keep going, 'kay?

Now seriously, nice luck there. If you put it as your main Servant (after you level it up of course) I will probably be using it.

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Oh hey, so apparently the Nobunaga you get in this event is only temporary, and you're forced to get one from the points else you will lose it. WTF, was it that hard just to give it to you as a reward?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on November 25, 2015, 09:30:50 pm
...

Don't mind me and the gun I'm aiming at you. Just keep going, 'kay?

Now seriously, nice luck there. If you put it as your main Servant (after you level it up of course) I will probably be using it.

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Oh hey, so apparently the Nobunaga you get in this event is only temporary, and you're forced to get one from the points else you will lose it. WTF, was it that hard just to give it to you as a reward?

I'll probably focus a good amount of free time tomorrow to leveling her up.


Re: Nobunaga: Egh, I really don't like the sound of temporary Nobunaga.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 25, 2015, 09:56:03 pm
If you want to maximize your points, you need to get the Gudao CEs as soon as possible, since there's daily quests that give tons of points. Use also a team that will give you points for that quest, since it's really easy to beat so far. I would suggest you put priority into getting Nobunaga first, and once you have it, try to get its Ascension materials. Don't put priority to her NP unless you've gotten all the ascension materials from the items, since you're not reaching 1M points unless you spend lots of apples of quartz.

It would be great if after the event you could trade the event items for points, but for now put that as your main order.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 25, 2015, 11:13:42 pm
WTF @ the second story node.
Ushiwakamaru and Benk Sessai are chillin' around, sitting in a field, stargazing and eating, they see a strange lifeform (midget form Knob) run around and ignore it. In the forest, you find Knob with Arash and fight them. Arash threatens to end the fight with Stella, so your party runs away even though Arash points out the range is 2500 KM. You dash across the field, past Ushiwakamaru and Benkei Sessai who are wondering who you guys are.
"Oh, Benkei I mean Sessai, is that some firework ?
- Uh, lord, you gave my full name. No, I haven't heard anything about that.
- a shooting star then ?
- Maybe, it's shining really bright. I think it's coming this way. This bright light is fitting for this beautiful nigh-
- STELLAAAAAAAA !!!
BOOOOOM
- ... Uh. No way. A great general, genius that I am, wiped out in an instant... I'm sorry, my older brother, our dream..."
*Ushi and Benkei die*
(Mashu) "Nope, no sign of any more Servant anywhere."
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 26, 2015, 08:22:52 am
Well, they let Keikenchi create the story (with Nasu revising it, most likely only to make sure that it wouldn't conflict with the Fate lore). He sure went all out here.

The Gudao CE is quite funny too. Okita mentions how Nobunaga has been nerfed a lot in the game (her profile that came out in Koha-Ace made her really powerful), while Nobunaga tells her that in her case, well, there wasn't any need to nerf her. And then they punch each other.

But honestly, I tried Okita, and heck, she has been buffed IMO, compared to her description in Koha-Ace. She can generate lots of crit stars, and her NP is a single target Quick, the best kind of NP you can possibly get for damage. Her skills are also quite good too, with one similar to Crossing Arcadia I believe. She's one of the best Sabers in the game, which I wasn't expecting at all. Sasuga Saberface.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 26, 2015, 10:30:19 am
A Servant... gold Saber... 5*... Oh hi fucking Altera. Everybody stopped giving a shit about you long ago.
(OTOH I got a third Emiya, good)

Yeah, Okita is a Saber that plays like an Archer, and being a 5* gives her massive stats. I like those Servants in one class that play like another class (like Caesar being a Saber that plays like a Rider, he was strong for a 3*). Hoping Musashi will be a Saber that plays like a Berserker, the 5* version of Arturia Alter, with Mad Enhancement EX and Bravery and the Mind's Eye that enhances crit power.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 26, 2015, 12:00:06 pm
Congrats for getting a 5* Servant. I personally like her more than Arturia, even if Arturia is better than her in the game.

Drake is the same, she's basically a Gilgamesh but without the need to even boost her star collection rate since it's insanely high in her case. Together with Nobunaga which also is quite good at generating stars AND raising her NP (she even has a skill that boosts the entire party NP generation), they make a tremendous combo at creating stars, using them and spamming their NP.

But what I like more is those nice attack animations from those two (and including Okita too). A lot of the old Servants just share the same attack animations, while Drake, Nobunaga and Okita have unique and really cool ones. I wish they applied it for all Servants, but I guess it won't happen. So far I believe that apart from those three, Caster Elizabeth, Tamamo Caster and Gilgamesh are the only ones with unique ones.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on November 27, 2015, 12:45:59 am
I do believe the servers got messed up again.
I'm unable to connect after I fought Eric Bloodaxe.

EDIT: And yes, my tablet was connected to the internet.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 27, 2015, 12:50:22 am
Got cut off too at the end of a fight.
http://typemoon.com/news/2015/q6iti
Will last yet a bit over an hour. Four more quartz and as many apples for next daily gift.
Disregard that, I got my timezones messed up. But hey, can you blame me with all these maintenances happening all day long.
Apparently the error message now just say "can't connect" (remember when the app launched it told you there was a maintenance, now it just doesn't know), so when that happens, check up typemoon.com/news and see if there's a 緊急メンテナンス (emergency maintenance) and verify the time zone.

... I reached 40 more quartz and did a 10-roll.
Got a gold Archer.
Artemis Orion.

What the hell is going on with this pickup increased rate. I'm getting none of the pickup Servants (just Hassans and Alexanders and Kiyohimes when it's not millions of magic gems) and crazy 5* rolls that were big two months ago but nobody cares about them anymore, and yet I've never had better luck with rolls. I don't even know if I can carry these guys up all the way to a relevant level (the new EXP dailies are awesome, but I won't touch them again before the end of the event).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 27, 2015, 01:00:56 am
I got kicked from the 40 AP quest too. Damn, I hope I haven't lost any drop from it. At this rate, I will get enough for another 40 quartz roll.

Seriously, I'm not sure if the event was badly programmed or something else fucked up, but this is the worst server down situation we've encountered.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on November 27, 2015, 01:02:22 am
I got kicked from the 40 AP quest too. Damn, I hope I haven't lost any drop from it. At this rate, I will get enough for another 40 quartz roll.

Seriously, I'm not sure if the event was badly programmed or something else fucked up, but this is the worst server down situation we've encountered.

I'm surprised that something managed to top what happened during the Halloween Event.
But as long as I get quartz to do a 10 roll, I guess I'll be satisfied.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 27, 2015, 01:03:22 am
Damn, I hope I haven't lost any drop from it.
That never happens.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 27, 2015, 01:05:25 am
I'm surprised that something managed to top what happened during the Halloween Event.
But as long as I get quartz to do a 10 roll, I guess I'll be satisfied.

What happened in the Halloween event was people logging in at the same time because of the specific time events and the servers being unable to handle that much traffic at the same time. This is something completely different, servers going down at random for no reason, and DW has no idea why it's happening yet.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 27, 2015, 01:08:37 am
They're adding new functionalities at the same time as they're releasing a new time limited farming events, is what's happening. The shop has a slider that lets you buy multiple copies of items at once, I've seen a glitch that lets you multiply the number of items in your present box, and a few more stuff, that's what's glitching and they have to turn everything off to fix it. On one hand, people aren't really noticing it because they're busy farming and not buying stuff in the shop, and on the other hand, people are in a hurry to farm and increasing server load and DW can't catch up with those who do notice it among all the people playing at once.

Seriously, do this stuff when you have lesser events, like the success rate up or the generic pickup rates, not when everyone needs to farm because your events seem like they'll take forever to gather all the limited currencies needed to buy out the whole shop.


I think I was around 55k Honnoji Points, I'm having a hard time getting good sources of points in those event quests that aren't the "once a day" gold one (I always bring a support Okita with my Emiya, Nobu, Medusa, FSNCu, Ushi team). Eh, I guess it'll be like Halloween, the daily quests will have a difficulty ramp up with more and more drops as time goes... But I've already invested in my temporary Nobunaga (lv23), I wish I could hurry up and get the first permanent one. As for the rice bowl / kettle / bottle currencies, no special CE drop/roll so far beside Order Launch.
... I love those chibi Nobu and that voice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 27, 2015, 01:19:58 am
I'm at 170K, but god knows how many apples I have spent for this. I sure as heck won't be using more of them, thank god for maintenance giving you apples too. At least I'm sure I will get up to level 3 NP for Nobunaga without them.

I would rather wait for later quests or changes in case they increase the points. For now I have all but 1 skull for Nobunaga. Once I have this, I will be farming materials unavailable in the game. What's really bullshit is that you need like 800 items for some materials and you get between 10-20 in all quests. While this is acceptable for the 10AP quest, this kills me in the 20AP and 40AP quest.

Come on, DW, the Nero event was also hard to farm everything, but at least it wasn't impossible to get more than half of the things. This event is clearly impossible to get without wasting tons of apples/quartz. Please either increase the amount of drops or just reduce the cost. 30 for just one damn material is bullshit with the current rates. And even more that you need 10 event items to upgrade to next tier with those shitty rates too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on November 27, 2015, 04:20:09 am
Also, is anyone getting this bug where Nobunaga freezes in place during her extra attack?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on November 27, 2015, 06:23:47 am
Yeah, it has happened to me quite a bit.

As for apples, it's better to save them until they potentially improve the drop rates near the end of the event, like they did during the halloween event, where everyone was worried about pumpkins and then everyone had way too many of them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 27, 2015, 09:06:36 am
Oh hey maintenance time! Again! Right after I woke up!

Just how many times have they gone into maintenance mode in this event?

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https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3ufumm/maintenance_today_from_1700_1830_in_one_hour/

This means that I have indeed lost my progress in that 40AP quest that I was unable to complete yesterday. Yay!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 27, 2015, 02:08:39 pm
So now they're actually losing servers to the point they can lose info on what you were doing ? That's a new low. Really hope they have a good separation of playing servers and player database, but how can we trust them with that at this point.

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Oh come the fuck on, it's still down ?? Just got in after a few tries but it's slow.
http://typemoon.com/news/2015/xdmqoc the event has been extended 2 days until the 11th, but that still won't be enough. If that shit keeps going on, it'll end up pushing back the Christmas event (Santa Iskandar expected) and new years event and they'll have to come up back to back. How much do they expect people to pay for these fucked up gachas in that time period ? The alternative is stop extending it and instead triple the drop rates so that everyone has a shot.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 27, 2015, 08:00:25 pm
Hahaha, as if they will do that.

Fortunately I just logged in and I have not lost the quest, unlike other people. I'm glad it hasn't happened to me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 27, 2015, 10:49:06 pm
Finally got those Twinned Crystals and got FSN Cu's final ascension T_T That was such a pain, Alexander will wait because I'll pace myself on them. Next pain is, as always, the Dragon Teeth (because apparently fucking everyone needs 50 of those), but those aren't sold in the event shop so that'll wait two more weeks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on November 28, 2015, 10:49:21 pm
I should probably ascend my Cu, I don't think I'll be able to clear the next set of missions with my "Everyone is LV40/only at their first ascension" farming team (Cu, Medusa, Ushiwakamaru, Mephistopheles, Nobunaga). The assassin mission will be a huge pain because I have two riders so I might replace one for Benkei.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 28, 2015, 11:04:31 pm
Yeah, with how the level keeps increasing, and seeing how the only available 4* are both Archers (Emiya, Nobunaga), It'll be super hard to keep up. I'll probably leave a Lancelot in my team just to be sure, because when we'll be facing Lancers and Archers, it'll be a slaughterhouse. I'll max out my Cu, keep Lancelot, and hope for an Okita for the Lancer days, and for Archer days, Emiya, Cu and maybe Nobunaga if I can level her enough. Lancelot isn't going to last very long against lv70 to 90 enemies with a billion HP (that's just fucking disgusting BTW).
The good thing is that by that time, you're likely to have bought the four Gudao CE (I managed to get one to drop), so switching out one of the special Servants for someone better with the CE is acceptable.

... Lol my Benkei and Mephisotpheles are still lv 6 and 12 respectively. I never touched these fuckers (except Meph for Fuyuki since he's who I rolled the very first time).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on November 29, 2015, 06:12:32 am
Benkei might be a 2*. but at least he'll be able to tank some stuff.
The only problem is that if the content is as hard as the Halloween event's final batch of content (Like that boss rush), there's no way I'll be able to bring a single character from my farming team, maaaybe one or two, but that's it. I wish I had an Emiya haha.

So yeah, I expect those final events to give us a bunch of points, but in exchange for the usual difficulty spikes (Not to mention that doing any Brave chain with Nobunaga is always a gamble, we've had tons of maintenances and they still haven't fixed that glitch, really?)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 29, 2015, 11:18:55 am
New daily 40 AP quest sports three easy ghosts, one tough ghosts, and a Mata Hari with a gold Nobu and a silver Nobu. Needless to say, don't bring Riders there (which sucks the fact that two of the Servants that give points are Riders...). Caster Elizabeth shines in this quest, same as Medea.

Honestly, I'm really scared of the future daily quests. Mata Hari was only easy because she had no skills nor NP that you had to worry about. But only because of that. Had this been another Assassin, winning with the Servants that grant more points would have been really hard. And points are precisely one thing that it's hard to sacrifice if you want to reach 1M to level Nobunaga's NP to 5.

Btw guys, I'm at 300K points right now. Is this a reasonable amount or should I farm this current daily a bit more?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 29, 2015, 01:05:12 pm
Uuuugh. Stun spam. And already looking forward to evade spam.

Marie. Medusa. FSN Cu. Heracles if we get a second run at Berserkers.
Fuck you, game.
(then again we've only gotten bronze and silver Servant bosses, so who knows, there's still some hope that it won't be an absolute nightmare)

As for points, I'm just at the second Nobu, so 250k. The best I got is either point CE or bowl CE, and I won't be rolling much more, so farming for kettles will be super slow. The next rewards are tons of plumes and some scales, it just depends on which specific material you want most, really.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on November 29, 2015, 02:14:49 pm
Stun spam, debuff stacking, that was... not exactly super hard, but too annoying and took forever.
I am so not farming this one, I'll keep farming the 30AP with my usual team.

I'm also lacking event CE's so this is going to take quite a bit.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 29, 2015, 03:23:13 pm
I personally didn't find it that hard. Caster Elizabeth takes so little damage from her and fills her NP so fast that she always survives to the end and hits her with her NP 2-3 to,es (she's also at the max level she can be and has the Halloween Iris CE maxed). I lose all my Servants except Lancer Cu and Mephistopheles against her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 29, 2015, 04:20:10 pm
My only worthwhile Caster is Caster Cu (locked before his final ascension). He won on his own (NP charge up CE + lv5 3 NP, she got torched no problem), but it's super grating when Mata Hari spams her charm stun and I'm just sitting here for three turns in a row. I never really leveled Caster Liz (she's at 51 40), I could max her out but I never focused on her with EXP. And QP daily isn't the good daily to realize that.
edit - actually I keep forgetting Medea and Waver, both lv 50. ... But who wouldn't.

... I was just checking, you already need 800 kettles for the last skull and last 2 Gudao CEs. I'm probably going to skip those and never max Nobu's NP, because I do want the Chaos Claws, Gears, and maybe some Hearts and a couple of Horseshoes (Jesus Christ everything costs Kettles). I'm at loss at how the fuck you're supposed to farm for kettles when the kettle CE is a 5* gacha-only and you're already really lucky if you roll it once (maybe it'll be a drop later on but probably not + we all saw how wonderfully well that went with Succubus Iri). They really really want people to cough up hundreds of bucks just before the holiday season. The Christmas event better give up completely free stuff with the shit they're pulling.

290k Honnoji Points, maybe I can get close to the million by the end. Not sure I'll hit it depending on the difficulty (no way I'm touching a Lv90 quest).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 29, 2015, 06:31:11 pm
I just gave up on the materials. Unless you have multiple copies of the CEs that increase the drops, which I obviously don't have except for the 10 AP quest, it's not worth farming any of them. I'm going to stick with farming the 10 AP quest AFTER I'm done with the Honnouji points simply for the Fou cards which are really attractive.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on November 30, 2015, 09:26:58 am
They really really want people to cough up hundreds of bucks just before the holiday season. The Christmas event better give up completely free stuff with the shit they're pulling.
This is DW, they actually want people to use up all their apples and Quartz so they can milk them even harder during the holiday event.
But yeah, even with the extension, unless you have Medusa's CE it'll be impossible to get everything (I'm reaaaaallly behind because my OCD forces me to clear all the dailies for prisms and then I use an apple for a handful of 30AP runs, I barely got one golden skull)

Anyways, this is more of a "Pick what you need unless you're extremely lucky" instead of "buy everything" event, and since I lack a good 4* archer I think I'm going to get Nobu to NP LV5... if I can... and then get all the materials I can.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on November 30, 2015, 10:29:08 pm
Did a 40 quartz roll out of boredom and holy shit
Hello 2 Robin Hoods,Hello Hercules,Hello Lancer Liz

I'm probably not gonna get anything worthwhile out of this event,although those CE level up items are fucking good
I hope they stick around after the event
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on November 30, 2015, 10:59:27 pm
I haven't gotten anything I didn't already have from the gacha, which has been great for some NPs and craft essences but disheartening to say the least

I'm wondering if I should save the 45 quartz I have for Christmas or try one more time for Souji
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 01, 2015, 12:33:02 am
Why have they still not fixed Nobunaga's Brave Chain game breaking freeze ?? It's been a week ! And I'm here pulling all 5 of Nobu's cards in a turn, having to get out of the fight. What, do we just decide to not use Nobu at all anymore ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on December 01, 2015, 03:32:07 am
My gacha roll was pretyt awful too, I got  three Ushis, some Robin Hoods... tons of duplicate servants and my 4* was Karen's CE. Not a single event CE. Screw that, I'm saving my Quartz.

Why have they still not fixed Nobunaga's Brave Chain game breaking freeze ?? It's been a week ! And I'm here pulling all 5 of Nobu's cards in a turn, having to get out of the fight. What, do we just decide to not use Nobu at all anymore ?
Apparently, if you run the game at normal speed you can avoid the glitch. Or it could be placebo, I just know that it hasn't happened to me while playing at normal speed. Still yeah, pretty annoying.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 01, 2015, 08:22:21 am
Hahaha, the new 40AP quest sports a Drake in the last fight, with 220K health. And as you probably know, she can raise her own NP (in my fight she only did it once, but maybe I was lucky so don't use this as reference). Fortunately that skill doesn't grant her the "Ignore Invincibility/Dodge" buff like it does with your Servant version, because if it did then this event quest would be impossible to win without spending CS or quartz. Forget about bringing anything but a Jeanne as support if you want to even have a chance.

Next 40AP quest, Gilgamesh spamming Enuma Elish all the time. Because we have to make it fair for all players, right DW?

-----

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3uzdul/maintenance_122_1400/

They reopen the 40AP quests. I'm so glad they do so. I can easily win Mata Hari's interlude so thank god for that. Beating Drake is a pain in the ass.

Also, they will fix the annoying bug with Nobunaga's Brave Chain.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 01, 2015, 08:25:58 pm
Beating Drake is a pain in the ass.
Eh, I bring Lancelot as a sacrifice to crush the centaurs, Emiya still, whatever support I can get (High level Carmilla if I can, but if not, no problem), then Hassan Lv 61 and Kojiroh Lv 50 are in the back to crit Drake to death when Lancelot dies (with the blaze of glory from his gattling gun). But the support doesn't always die and Emiya hangs on, so I never need my safety Vlad with codecast. I can still manage and I can get maybe 20 kettles a run. I still have hope for one or two quests. Maybe I'll get enough kettles for the gears and claws for CasCu's final ascension and the last golden skull, which is the minimum I'm hoping for.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on December 01, 2015, 10:31:40 pm
(High level Carmilla if I can)
Yeah, I switched my main unit to my Lv80 Carmilla (And then got a good ten friend requests in less than an hour)

I'll most likely switch back to either Lancelot or Nobunaga later.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 01, 2015, 10:54:28 pm
I saw that and used her (lv 80 on Carmilla, woah, nice). I had to try a few times with someone who has the Maidusa CE though, but I got my kettles and final ascended CasCu, it was a long wait since about Rome \o/ The last skull should be easy enough.
All in all, if you only care for what you really need, the event is going kind of well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 01, 2015, 11:22:34 pm
I have a level 70 Stheno, so in terms of dealing damage it wasn't that bad, but the problem was getting hit by the NP. At least in Mata Hari's case I didn't have to worry about that. I'm going to farm her quest when it comes out again honestly, since for me it's easier with my level 80 Caster Elizabeth. Unless it's easy to land an instant kill to Drake, in that case I could level up Hassan which I have at his third ascension and attempt it with him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 01, 2015, 11:42:15 pm
She ate a few Zabaniyas from me, none got an instant kill. I don't count on it.

You know, I do find it nice that this event is making you switch around classes and rediscover old Servants. I never took the time to try again guys like Sasaki and Hassan with the upgraded crit mechanics, and I never touched Carmilla either before. But at high level, 1* and 2* Servants like a lv50 Sasaki still play out very easy if you pay attention to class advantage. And now I appreciate their skills too. Before that, I just hated how Hassan was still a lousy hitter (so's Robin too). But multiply his ATK by 4 (class adv + crit) and suddenly you can take on a 250k HP Lv 65 Drake.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 02, 2015, 12:02:41 am
There are some Servants that are beyond salvation, like Mata Hari (and I have her at third ascension and she's not good, so sorry for her), but yeah, they do help you rediscover the usefulness of other Servants. Hassan does shine in this quest, same as Kojirou if you pull his Tsubame Gaeshi at level 5 (god lord the damage it does).

And now that I realise it, nearly all my Assassin Servants are at their third ascension. I didn't even notice it myself until now LOL.

------

New 40AP quest, Lancer quest. My god the difficulty of this quest. It's so easy compared to the previous one. Bring an Okita, and you've basically won. You also get 8000 Honnouji or more if you have a 300% or more, and they give you a lot more Hiragumos. It's a really good quest to farm, but personally I'm waiting for Caster quest where I will rape all the enemies there with Drake.

-------

Caster quest is here, and as expected I'm wrecking this quest with my Drake. Feel free to use it to quickly win in it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on December 05, 2015, 04:20:07 pm
It's probably a good thing that I have Ruler because of the Saberface AI.
But Gilles can be piss easy if you have Mary and Anne or Drake.
Also I set my leader to Mary/Anne if anyone needs them for it....if you added me that is.

EDIT: So I think I made a mistake, because the Honnoji event Gilles doesn't go out of his way to attack Ruler. Probably because this Gilles has a different name or something.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 05, 2015, 04:33:25 pm
75k Honnoji Points at some 350% bonus with this new 1AP daily, passed the 4th Nobu card. I don't know why there was ever any worry about getting enough of those points, you can expect at least 400k more.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 05, 2015, 05:16:05 pm
Because we didn't expect the points to increase so much over time. I will surely get all gifts that require Honnouji points at this rate, instead of only reach 1M.

And my god, the drop rate for hearts in that new quest is so high... I got a total of two in 6 battles. And it also has Snake Eyes for Medusa to reach her third ascension. It's the quest we were all waiting for...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on December 06, 2015, 08:34:27 pm
I'm being daring and not switching my farming team for the caster quest since I have two riders.
Medusa doesn't seem as effective as Ushiwakamaru against Gilles though, usually she and Cu are the last ones standing but hey, yay for optimized farming (Nobu, Okita support, Medusa, Ushiwakamaru, Cu and Mephisto)

Also I accidentally entered the archer 40AP with my farming team instead of my usual A team (Lancelot, Carmilla, Caster Liz, Nobunaga, all Lv80 and Mashu at 40) and Cu solo'd Emiya and Gil. He just earned his final ascension.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 06, 2015, 08:41:43 pm
KaiserHero's Mary and Anne have made this quest even easier than the Berseker quest for me. Hopefully I can farm enough kettles today to get my last golden skull and I can focus on ascension items for the rest of the event (don't really care about the crafting essence).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 07, 2015, 12:47:49 pm
New Archer quest, and as expected, it has a Nobunaga as the last opponent. And as expected, Lancer Cu can inflict 100K damage to her with the proper buffs. Caster quest is far better for farming though, specially for the Demon Hearts, unless you want Dragon Scales or Phoenix Feather which can be farmed in this new quest. Yeah, Dragon Scales, because again they thought that putting yet another Fafnir as enemy was a really original idea...

And with this we have 7 quests released. We will probably get a last one that will be a boss rush in order to get Crystalized Lore, and it will be over. Will probably do a last YOLO roll before the event ends, and that's it. So far my last ticket has given me a Carmilla, so I can say this event was great for getting Servants or CE that didn't have a higher chance to get them. Thanks to it I have all Assassins in the game and all Silver Servants except ROMA!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on December 07, 2015, 03:28:26 pm
Cu deserves a final ascension for saving my ass all the time.
 No Lancer ga shinda when he's one of the best lancers.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on December 07, 2015, 04:41:11 pm
So I killed Nobunaga "easily" but Cus arrow protection got turned off and I got killed by a golden Nobu
ripperoni my 3 command spells
Probably the hardest one since that level 40 quest.

Also I completely forgot that I need skulls to ascend Nobunaga and probably won't be able to get any in time
Fuck
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 07, 2015, 04:50:57 pm
Ouch. You bought everything else first ? Or you just didn't farm much ? The skull bought with spider kettle should be doable seeing the increasing drops, and the one from tea gourds should be farmable even without gudaguda ce, since it's just 10AP. The rice bowls are the hardest ones if you don't have the CE, the drops are a bit too random on the 20 AP.
But you'll blow some apples either way.

That said, hacks seem to indicate that the Christmas events might give yo another chance to get event-limited items, including ascension items... maybe.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on December 07, 2015, 06:00:35 pm
I just completely forgot and I only played those quests to get Ascension materials and stuff so I didn't farm enough to buy anything for Nobu.
I'll be waiting for that Christmas event then

On another note,I'm not even mad that they turned her into a meme servant,I actually like silly Nobunaga for once(Nice breath of fresh air from the SW and SB ones)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 07, 2015, 06:49:13 pm
,I actually like silly Nobunaga for once(Nice breath of fresh air from the SW and SB ones)
Well, I don't know about SB, but SW Nobunaga is decently historically accurate, sooooo... It kinda rubs me wrong to hear people wanting historical characters to be specifically changed from historical source. Just don't use Nobunaga ? Especially not one in a freaking Japanese Nazi uniform just because "it looks cool".
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 07, 2015, 06:59:56 pm
Well, according to her profile and her comments in My Room, Nobunaga's not a joke/meme character. It's just that the event in which she appears in is silly like the source where she comes from, and they had to make her silly in that event so she fits perfectly in it. Same for Okita, in fact. I wish they add in the future one serious Interlude for them that focuses more on their lore rather than the GUDAGUDA part.

And for the Christmas event, I'm expecting an obvious event-only Rider Servant since it clearly fits the theme.  Not that I lack Rider Servants, in fact I have way too many of them, with Marie and Drake at max ascension. But hey, I always thank a free Servant, Marie was certainly the best Servant I could have picked in the free 4* Servant event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on December 07, 2015, 07:53:57 pm
I seriously didn't think I would get Nobunaga's NP to level 5, but it happened.
I might use her often.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on December 07, 2015, 09:31:13 pm
I seriously didn't think I would get Nobunaga's NP to level 5, but it happened.
I might use her often.

Use her.

I probably won't get her NP to level 5 due to work and my low level team.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 08, 2015, 10:20:24 am
Oh hey, the last quest is now available. You fight weaker versions of all Servants you fight in the 40 AP quest (which are easy to kill), some Giant Gold Nobus and lastly an Okita Souji appearing as a last surprise, but if you have a proper leveled Nobunaga it really trivializes the whole fights, you get more than 30 Hiragumos in that quest, making this quest the best to farm in order to get all the Hiragumos you could need. It's an easy fight as long as you don't stick with only Servants that give points.

The quest ends in three days, so people, try to farm whatever you need before it runs away.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 08, 2015, 11:05:31 am
https://mobile.twitter.com/fgoproject/status/674153725137543168
【カルデア広報局より】次回イベント情報!
強化しておくといいことがあるサーヴァントを初公開!ガイウス・ユリウス・カエサル、荊軻、ダビデ、ダレイオス三世、ファントム・オブ・ジ・オペラ、マリー・アントワネット、マルタ、ロビンフッド!イベントの続報は15日に発表予定です #FateGO
Chaldea PSA - Next event info ! 
Level up Caesar, Jing Ke, David, Darius, Phantom, Marie Antoinette, Martha, Robin ! To be continued on the 15th.

Whaaaaat
Once more, it's nice that they're making us use Servants you probably never use, but no way everyone isn't totally underleveled. I have Caesar and David at 50 (both ascension locked - CRYSTAAaAAAaAALS !!!) and Robin at 64, and everyone else at the bottom - if I have them.
Oh well, 2 weeks to spam the EXP dailies and put all your waifus in the backburner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 08, 2015, 01:16:03 pm
Marie Antoinette and Jing Ke are the only ones I have with a high level. Caesar and Darius are the only ones at a reasonable level, and the rest are at their second ascension, as I only raised them enough to get their interludes. Oh well, from this list, I will only level up Robin and that's it, we will probably get another 4* Servant from this event and maybe a 5* Servant as gatcha only.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lost_Avenger on December 08, 2015, 01:23:27 pm
I want to play this, but can't. Is it Japanese only? I love the bits of fate I've watched anime wise. Sorry for being new to this
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 08, 2015, 01:45:06 pm
It's Japanese only. On Android, you have to allow your phone to install apps from outside Google Play, then get the apk (through the other app qooapp or similar). On iPhone, I think you can simply make an account on the  Japanese market place ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 08, 2015, 03:38:33 pm
I play it on my comp using an Android emulator called Bluestacks, so that's an option if you don't have a smartphone or you've got an iPhone that's 4s or below (like me!).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 08, 2015, 04:44:56 pm
I'm ready for the next event.

(http://i.imgur.com/HEBIvkf.jpg)

If you have any suggestions for CE (except Kaleidoscope, please), then feel free to give some. I still have to level some of them up a bit more, but yeah, this is going to be my team. If you have also a recommendation for who I should level up then I will take it too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on December 08, 2015, 06:34:55 pm
Level up Caesar, Jing Ke, David, Darius, Phantom, Marie Antoinette, Martha, Robin ! To be continued on the 15th.

Oh god I only have Jing Ke and Fantomas and they're both level 1. Crap.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on December 08, 2015, 09:07:23 pm
Chaldea PSA - Next event info ! 
Level up Caesar, Jing Ke, David, Darius, Phantom, Marie Antoinette, Martha, Robin ! To be continued on the 15th.
NO, WHY.
I only worked on Robin RIP.

Looks Like I'll have to work on David and Caesar. Maybe Jing too. Or Darius.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on December 08, 2015, 09:21:44 pm
I already have Jing maxed out and I only need to feed her Fous till she becomes zee strongest.
David and Robin will be leveled up eventually and I don't think I have Caesar now,I probably burned him away.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 08, 2015, 09:52:52 pm
I already have Jing maxed out and I only need to feed her Fous till she becomes zee strongest.
David and Robin will be leveled up eventually and I don't think I have Caesar now,I probably burned him away.

...Why? Caesar is a good Saber if you don't have any of the 4* or 5* Sabers. His NP does a lot of damage, and he can really help your party with Charisma and Military Tactics. I would understand if you had done that with Gilles, but you really wasted a decent Servant here.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on December 08, 2015, 09:56:38 pm
But I already have Chevalier,Sieg and Alter,and I burned him back then because of the servant limit(I raised it to 60 now)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 08, 2015, 11:10:17 pm
I have Caesar with his NP at level 5, and I tested him and he does tons of damage if he has his own buffs and my master buff with him (nearly reaching the 100K damage). Also as his buffs work on your entire party, he really does a good job at supporting others. His third skill even increases crit damage of any party member of your choice, though at the cost of inflicting defense down, but for some Servants that have anti-debuff skills that's hardly a problem, and an increase of crit damage on Drake is insane, believe me, specially when she loves to generate and absorb all the stars she generates. So yeah, it was quite a waste of a move you did there IMO, even if you had Alter there (Sigfried and d'Eon are tanks, so they can't really be compared to a damage dealer like Caesar).

But more importantly, these news!

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3vxd4f/maintenance_on_129_from_1400_1600_jst/

So yeah, new Servants tomorrow people (or rather today for anybody living in Japan). Hope we finally get another 4* or 5* Lancer. We seriously need one.

----

I just woke up and saw that Diarmuid, Fergus and Scathach are the new Servants available. So I decided to roll and...

(http://i.imgur.com/6iltrwG.jpg)

I... I have no words. I guess I can't say anymore that I'm not lucky.

Btw, Scathach is time-limited, meaning once this gatcha ends you will have to wait for her to be available in the future. Basically, like Gilgamesh and Tamamo.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 09, 2015, 11:19:31 am
http://typemoon.com/news/2015/lhubgt
5* time limited Scathach with gigantic HP stat and a crazy good-looking NP
Diarmuid and Fergus are 3* (Diarmuid has shit ATK), Caladbolg is an actual fucking drill. That spins. And causes earthquakes.
Twice CE Fragment of 2030 (the year) generates 8 stars per turn, Dan gives 40% crit power up and 20% def down, Demon boar (THAT'S GAE BUIDHE IT'S EATING) is quick 15% up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 09, 2015, 11:22:56 am
Scathach Noble Phantasm.



I never thought Gae Bolg could become more broken than it is. Wooooooow.

And that CE that generates 8 stars every turn. EVERY TURN! My god the monstruosities I just got.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 09, 2015, 07:37:11 pm
Silver Archer... David.
Silver Archer... David.
Silver Berserker... Darius.
Silver Berserker... Darius.
Silver Saber.... Gilles.
Silver Saber... psyche, it's Fergus. "Hi. I'm Fergus Mac Roich. Soooo... Have you seen Cu Chulainn around ?"

Oh.... second Kaleido.
Immediately merged into the first one. Then fed more than 15 Nobu (and some Okita) CE EXP. I get over 1000 ATK bonus. And my Knight of Honor with Master ATK buff deals... over 160k damage total on 3 enemies.
Glorious.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on December 10, 2015, 01:48:51 am
(http://i.imgur.com/tRaEcvu.png)
...This is the wrong lancer... Oh well, at least I got Kojiro's waifu...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 11, 2015, 10:29:14 am
There was a guy I friendlisted a while back who had an Arturia Alter lv80 with NP lv5 and Kaleido. That guy switched to a lv90 Scathach with a maxed out Kaleido. He's nuts and probably broke or rich but I love him.

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http://typemoon.com/news/2015/v4le09
Next update between late Dec and early jan
Master level cap up
New uses for command seals (I think it's the master spells, not the revive/full heal options)
New master wear

You can uses a different ce on the same servant in different parties... ? Am I reading that right ? I've been really wanting that ! Having an ass kicking party and a farming party (or more for different farm item / enemy types) was a big pain.
Fixing bug where other people wouldn't see your final ascension art but the third art instead
Increased number of possible parties ?

Changes to the UI about confirming consumption of Fou cards
UI changes about limit broken ce for the support

LONDON BITCHES
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 11, 2015, 02:59:26 pm
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3wd9fi/upcoming_update/

We finally get the chance to have different parties with Servants using the same CG. God, that was one thing that was really needed. The Fou one was also needed, that way I can know how many Fous I need to use to fully max Drake. The Master level increase is... meh, I guess. At the level we are, and without an specialized quest, unless you spam tons of quartz nobody is probably going to get a lot of benefits from it, unless we can do another 40AP quest with the AP gain.

And no, it's not Master spells, it's command spells. Basically, we will be able to use them for something else apart from full heal or full revive. It's okay, I guess, though I wonder what can beat those two things. Filling NP bar to the max for one Servant using one CS?

OH, AND LONDON!!!!! JACK THE RIPPER IS COMING!!!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on December 11, 2015, 03:14:57 pm
Quote
New clothes for masters
If the clothes really do bring new skills for masters like it was rumored then this is gonna be a fucking grind
I'm more than ready to play dress up tho

And I'm really curious as to who we will get besides Jack in London.
Jekyll and Hyde should be in but I do really want to see Tesla finally make an appearance.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 11, 2015, 03:26:42 pm
And no, it's not Master spells, it's command spells. Basically, we will be able to use them for something else apart from full heal or full revive. It's okay, I guess, though I wonder what can beat those two things. Filling NP bar to the max for one Servant using one CS?
I know it says command seals, I just don't know what that's about. Yeah, instant NP is the only thing that makes sense on top of instant full heal. But even then, it'd have to be really worth it to stray further away from getting all 3 CS back for party-wide full heal + free NP. That's why I'm not so sure.

Then again I suppose it's annoying to do it once then wait 3 days, so maybe one CS for one instant NP can be okay. It's just that it'll be harder for people to get 3 CS again...
... wait, that's just another plot to have us spend quartz instead of the 3 CS. Damn it, sasuga DW.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 11, 2015, 05:48:09 pm
Speaking of DW, in Sunday the servers will go down for a long time. Apparently DW has finally decided to switch for better servers so what happened in Halloween never happens again (basically, trying to avoid the inevitable doom that will come in Christmas if they do nothing). They will give 10 quartz as apology.

I hope this is the last time we see Fou running away for eternity.

Oh, and these are the command spells that were datamined in prerelease data:

Quote
100% NP charge to the whole team
Force the card draw to be all Quick/Buster/Arts.
All skills recharged.
Switch a servant between the front row and back row.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 11, 2015, 06:55:10 pm
Hmm...
Servant switching sounds cool. All skills recharged, nice.
All Q/B/A sounds maybe not very necessary, since if you need something that badly to the point of wasting a CS, you should probably think about building yourself a better team (based on crits, NP building, or BUSTER ALL DAY). For something close to that, I'd rather imagine one that forces all cards to be from one specific Servant, rather than a specific type. It would remove the one issue I have with the crit game : the randomness factor. You don't know how many stars you'll generate, what Servants will appear in your hand, what card they'll get, which cards will get more stars... it's way too unstable to make life-or-death plans over it - unless you just splurge and get 40 stars in one turn or keep popping a bunch of stars all day long. Forcing all cards from one Servant would at least let you not worry about what cards will come in the next hand.
I don't really see how you would come to need a CS to force an all Q/B/A hand. But hey, that was in the first release, before stuff like Zhuge Liang boost and crit game revamp came up, so maybe it's not going to be that anymore.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on December 12, 2015, 08:07:30 pm
Thank god we can finally have the same CE on different teams, it should've been like that in the first place goddamn, that was totally defeating the purpose of teams.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 13, 2015, 11:59:15 am
In a few hours the servers will go down due to migrating everything to better ones. Just in case, if you haven't done so yet, make sure to bind your account, which should be a MUST DO just starting the game.

Also, reminder that starting at 15th December we will get the new event that requires certain specific Servants to get points (check previous posts to know which ones). Make sure to have a prepared party (levels and skills) for this event to maximize your gain.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on December 15, 2015, 06:07:59 am
Ugh, the Christmas even starts tomorrow and I still haven't maxed out St.Martha.

Oh so you know where to find the usual info, we get ANOTHER special Saber, Jack The Ripper, the usual event CEs...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on December 15, 2015, 07:51:31 am
Jack the Ripper is 5-* so she'll make your quartz/wallets rip. Nursery Rhyme is in as a 4-*. A Christmassy Saber Alter is in as a Rider and looks like she'll be the free event servant.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 15, 2015, 09:20:33 am
http://webview.fate-go.jp/webview/news/20151216_867arfe63xebgpkb.html?1450150800

Jack is a 5* Servant. WTF. Are you telling me that she's supposed to be stronger than other assassins like Hassan or Kojirou in lore? Also Nursery Rhime being 4* is also bollocks.

Yeah, I know rarity in this game means how popular the character is more than their strenght. Just let me accept this cruel reality please. At least I finally get Saber Alter, though ffs where do I put yet again another Rider when I already have so many of them... And I would have preferred Iskander as the one appearing, would be fitting for a Santa Claus but oh well...

But I'm really surprised we get a Saberface for free, they really feel generous in this Christmas event. I suppose that's why the rewards aren't so good in this event, to make up for it. Don't see a lot of materials worth farming honestly.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 15, 2015, 09:41:01 am
Santa Alter hahaha okay.
Why is there no stat given for... Rider Santa Alter ? Wow.
Seems similar to Guda event with gold stars, silver bells, mini ribbo- is that ce a Zero Kirei as Santa with loli Rin sitting on his arm
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 15, 2015, 10:47:57 am
According to what people say, there are some black tickets that reset all rewards to get them again. But with only less than two weeks to do this event... yeah, you probably won't use them at all, unless it's really easy to farm (or you waste quartz, which I won't do).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 15, 2015, 11:05:08 am
Saw an image with text desc of Santalter, NP is excalibur holy night, sword of victory shining on the holy night, enemy party-wide damge and ally party-wide medium heal ?? NP charge, didn't even realize it was called that.

Btw I single rolled Scathach yesterday. ... on both my main and Saber Alter account.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 15, 2015, 02:27:25 pm
Congrats, dude. You have the thights now.

And seriously, Santa Alter NP seems really cool, if only she wasn't a Rider... it's basically another version of Guillotine Breaker, minus the debuff healing and possibly doing a bit more damage. I'm going to stick with Marie in this event, sorry Santalter.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 15, 2015, 10:35:46 pm
Tonakaiman (reindeerman)
"Miniskirt Alter ??"
(battle intro quote) "I'll turn you into turkey."
her Buster is a freaking swipe of Vortigern (the super from Unlimited Code), her Art is a sword swing then a bash with the present bag across the face lol
"This letter to Santa I've received comes from Persia, a request from Darius-kun, 3 years old..."
(seeing Phantom and Lu Bu) "Nah, they don't seem to be that Darius kid." (seeing Darius in 3rd ascension, not moving) "and then there's this giant candlelight thing... Oh well, no Darius here."
(to Phantom and Lu Bu) "Hey, brats ! Eat my presents !" (after the fight) *gives Lu Bu and Darius a pair of leylines CE* "it's because you guys tend to die before using your Noble Phantasm" oh holy shit lol.
*to Phantom, the Angel's Poem CE with praying Iri* (Phantom) "Oh, my lost love, my light, it is you, Christine !"
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on December 15, 2015, 11:25:23 pm
I must've missed a lot, but do we know how to get Santa Alter yet?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 15, 2015, 11:41:46 pm
I haven't gotten one yet but I assume the Golden Ticket colored with the Excalibur Morgan color scheme is a summon ticket to get up to 5 copies of her. Get it by rolling the magic socks, getting all the worthless stuff until you get the one black ticket, and then reset the prizes to have a chance at the next ticket.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 16, 2015, 01:01:38 am
I have to say, the rewards for the first bag without even using a single ticket are really shitty. There's basically nothing there worth getting except perhaps the apples if you get one without spending them. I sure hope the second bag is much much better, because if not I don't see myself even doing this event at all.

I also got the chance to use someone's Nursery Rhyme (at her first ascension also, wow some people are fast), and she seems to have quite some good skills for buffing herself. Tamamo and Waver are still better than her, but yeah, that doesn't say much about her. Still have to try one Jack to see how good she is as an Assassin, seems there's barely people who have gotten her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 16, 2015, 01:03:55 am
The way I understand it is that once you've rolled the ticket, you have the option to immediately reset everything - reset the presents to the original number. This gives you your next shot at getting the next ticket because the ticket is also reset), but all the other presents are there again.
I've already emptied half of the lower level QP presents, half of the lower level FP presents, and a bunch of stones and items (fangs and seeds for Martha and Proto Cu finally), and still no ticket. Well, at least, it should go fast enough to get all the tickets in 9 days, and if I focus only on the fried chicken buckets to ascend Santalter, maybe it'll be enough...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on December 16, 2015, 01:49:03 am
There's also a locked 5 AP quest, but I have no idea how to unlock it yet.
EDIT: Oh derp, I think it's supposed to be unlocked on a different day or something. I need to go clean my glasses.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 16, 2015, 02:12:22 am
Yeah, at the end of the first quest, after responding to the letter from Darius-kun (Persia, 3 years old), Santalter says "the next letter to Santa is for the 17th" which is tomorrow. So one quest a day.
So I've counted, there are 500 items you can get in the present rolls, I've gone through 350 of them, still haven't gotten my first ticket. As usual, fuck you, game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on December 16, 2015, 02:27:59 am
Haha ugh, so again, I aimed to get CE's for the event and I only got a typical 10x "premium" roll, thanks DW.
At least I got Cu's Gae Bolg to LV5...

I'm really getting tired of these farming events, there's no variety, other mobages change events here and there (Well, FFRK stopped, but..)

Edit: So apparently this is the tech for this event:
"10AP until 150 (Jeanne CE) or 250 drops (Jeanne + Alter ascension).
Same thing for 20AP. Then farm 40AP all day."
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on December 16, 2015, 05:18:32 am
Well I got all the ascension items. This event seems more lenient with the farming this time around. I can get more than enough bells in one run then I usually would.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 16, 2015, 09:02:21 am
I've been finally able to try a Jack the Ripper. I did a single Brave combo with her and got more than 30 stars from it. Welp, looks like we have another Servant that likes to shit tons of stars.

And I rolled for the next bag after depleting the first bag, and guess what. No new items! Ugh...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 16, 2015, 02:34:08 pm
Yes, again, resetting only resets the number of items available, not the item type.

So Santa Alter loses Arturia Alter's Charisma E and instead gains a pretty damn good single ally heal. That's a great alternative, plus her animations are much better. She loses 1K in ATK when maxed, but she's much easier to ascend if you just buy the Christmas kfc buckets, and she has a much bigger crit attraction rate. That's a big improvement ! Not even mentioning how Saber Alter is much harder to get (story gacha only) while you can just collect the tickets here to increase her NP level.

She's not that big a deal for a Rider though, since she doesn't generate stars that much, but OTOH she should be able to crit like a truck. So with the heal, she's at least better than Martha.

I just realized, Salter, Nobunaga and Caster Liz should make a damn good team as long as you got the ascension items (bonus for maxed NP). All free event Servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 16, 2015, 07:51:49 pm
Oh hey, I guess with 20K Friend points, I had some chance to get ROMA and rare as fuck Erik. So yeah, I got all low rank Servants you could get starting the game. Yay! And yeah, Erik is rare, to the point that I got all 3* Servants (including ROMA) before getting him. Why is he so hard to get ffs?

I do have a question though. Can I get Fergus and Diarmuid with the Friend roll, or are they unavailable after the gatcha? If so I will just keep those FP until they are.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 16, 2015, 07:56:08 pm
Pretty sure they're in the FP roll. Silver Servants always become available there by default.
I've got like 80 items left in the magic socks bag (no reset yet) and still no ticket. Come the fuck on.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 16, 2015, 08:04:35 pm
Yeah, the bags are absolutely worthless. I don't even recommend you to farm them, farm the materials instead, as you have Snake Jewels and Dragon Scales for exchange, plus Santalter ascension materials.

You see, DW, if you want to be generous for Christmas, then make our life easier and happier just for one time. Giving us a bag with crap items and still annoying material exchange requirements (not as bollocks as the Honnouji event fortunately) is not making our life easier and happier. Where's you Christmas spirit, even though there's still a week for that?

---

So in the new Christmas scene, Astolfo appears. He doesn't fight though. Way to tease your fanbase, TM.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on December 16, 2015, 09:57:53 pm
At this point I don't even know what to farm for now that I've gotten all of Santa Alter's ascension items, and all of the Jeanne CEs. Maybe I'll just go farm for some Fous.

Kinda wish the socks were traded in for better items now.

On a side note, I finally got Heracles (yeah I rolled Heracles a few days ago during the Scathach campaign.....and another Jeanne too holy shit) to his third ascension and I gave him Limited/Over Zero. Not sure if I have much of a use for Tamamo Cat as of right now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 16, 2015, 11:16:19 pm
"Today is a letter from Marie, from France. 'I have these two friends who won't stop fighting. I would like a present for them so they make up.' Hah ! What an idiot, Christmas is to wish for something that makes you happy, not others. What does she think this is about, this girl !"
Hahaha that Santa Alter is such an asshole. Evil Santa Claus indeed.
*Astolfo pops up and threatens Salter* "The hell are you doing here ? We're 2000 meters high in the sky !"
You fight Marie, d'Eon and a chimera, then Santa asks "judging from the pet dog, you must be Marie ?" d'Eon goes "what pet dog ? .... The chimera ? The chimera is a pet dog ?"
Astolfo comes running "sorry I'm late ! Wait, you're already done ? Was I just a cameo ?"
so much troll in these events.
Salter mentions d'Eon disguised as a man, d'Eon "it's not a disguise ! I am clearly a man !", Salter "... Right."
Salter gives a crystal pony CE to Marie, a Maid CE to d'Eon ("are you saying I should change clothes ?" "no, I'm saying you should learn to cook"), Astolfo is waiting for his turn... "alright, reindeer (that's you), let's go back. See you next year, everyone !" "Hey wait, Santa ! What about me ?" "I've got nothing ! You didn't fight, so you get nothing, you loser who didn't save Orléans !" (d'Eon) "yeah, I had such a hard time against Atalante." "That's not my fault ! France chapter is already over ! My turn hasn't come yet !" *gets tossed a Halloween pumpkins CE on the head*
Everyone wonders why a Halloween pumkin, and Marie goes "maybe it's because you're not coming out until next Halloween ?" "ah, no waaayyyy !!"
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 17, 2015, 12:30:05 am
How do they come out with those stories? Do they get together, start getting drunk and the craziest idea shared while drunk is the chosen one? I mean, Santalter is in space with you then Astolfo appears and shoots both of you down from the sky. WTF.

Anyway, technically d'Eon is not wrong since she can change her sex according to what she wants (or what her Master wants, it depends). Of course fanbase seems to go for woman more than man.

Oh, and here's our future quests waiting. No summon ticket at all ugh. I won't be able to roll except for the sunday login gift.

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Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 17, 2015, 12:48:45 am
I mean, Santalter is in space with you then Astolfo appears and shoots both of you down from the sky. WTF.
Not him, he's on his hippogriff and signals for Marie to shoot you. I'm not sure with what, but he's not doing it, you get shot from the ground.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 17, 2015, 01:35:24 am
Oh I see, I thought it was Astolfo doing this, but if it's Marie then it's more ridiculous that she's able to shoot down Santalter from that distance. And then putting a smile like nothing was wrong in that scene. What a sadist!

And that makes me like her more.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on December 17, 2015, 04:00:12 am
Marie is quite the interesting one indeed!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 17, 2015, 09:24:03 pm
So new quest is up. I understand nothing about it, apart from the fact that Jing Ke is probably completely drunk, and Martha is yet again showing her violent behavior. Though it was really funny that she got that Kirei CE.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on December 17, 2015, 10:15:50 pm
Wouldn't suprise me that she is completely drunk
When asked what she likes the most she answers someting like "Joy and alcohol"
B-Best girl
Wasted all my shitty quartz only to get a 5 star saberface event CE
DFO taking up most my time so I can't really focus on the event even tho I really really want Jack
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 17, 2015, 10:26:09 pm
In my case, I seem to have a lot of luck. I mean, I'm on my third ticket and I always get them after like 5-6 rolls (of course that doesn't apply to apples). And I just got two copies of the Jeanne's CE. At this rate I will have to buy another 5 slots for CEs.

Edit: Sorry, fourth ticket. 10 seconds after writing this.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 17, 2015, 11:08:44 pm
Martha is pissed because "even though it's that person's birthday, how come lovers just give each other's presents !? Oh, no, it's fine, it's okay, Martha. It's a good thing to show your feelings to your lover." "But he was born in October though, you know !? Why is it celebrated in December ?"
Ushiwakamaru just wants the head of an enemy general for her brother. Or the heart of a devil maybe, that's fine too. By the way she needs eyeballs too. She gouged out all the eyeballs of the Demon God Pillar buuuut...
Santa comes out to ask where Jing Ke is, Martha jumps at you, you swear you didn't see anything (when Martha was rambling furiously), Martha goes okay that's nice we'll go get Jing Ke please sit you must be tired from traveling, I'll make some food.
Yes, Jing Ke is hammered, she wants Martha's turtle soup, Martha starts scolding her. Jing Ke talks about food, wondering how Martha carved the meat since she has no knife or blade.
Ushi talks about how Jing Ke has started drowning her sorrow in alcohol.
When Santa Alter mentions who she is, Ushi reacts to the name Santa Claus and everyone gets menacing. Between this and the French trio who attacked you because another Santa -not you- just came before and caused a lot of shit, apparently there's something going on with another Santa.
Ow wow wow what the shit Jing Ke uses a skill that instantly charges her NP bar in one go and then uses it in the same turn.
After losing, Jing Ke complains she was just nine steps away from winning.
Martha starts saying another Santa was here before, Martha asked him for a new set of German-made knives, but before they knew it, basically they had all bought expensive presents with their own money, and when it wasn't enough, they had all their money confiscated. Since when is Santa that kind of business !
Santa Alter is irritated because Santa is the friend of all children. Ushi notices Santa Alter is wearing black, but the other Santa was someone you'd immediately recognize as Santa. (okay, that's totally Caesar)
Santa Alter gives Ushi a ship CE, saying it's not a real one but if she keeps it she'll find a real one. To Martha , she gives... a topless Kirei Ce "you like that, don't you ?" Martha "*blush* well. ... Wait no, I don't need that, I'm a holy woman, why would I need steel muscles !?"
And for Jing Ke, an Elegant Tokiomi CE for an elegant job as an assassin. Jing Ke laughs and call the guy with the little beard lovely. Oh, be still my heart. That's it, I'm going to assassinate this man ! He looks like he'd love getting nailed from behind !

Eh, that's it. Not much really interesting for this one. But clearly we're set for the boss of the event.
Oh, I rolled my second black ticket and the last Void I needed for Emiya's final ascension. At last.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 18, 2015, 12:25:38 am
Wait, Jing Ke has a skill that causes her NP to fill to full instantly? I killed her in one shot with Robin Hood's Yew Bow, so I totally missed that. What was the name of that skill?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 18, 2015, 12:28:18 am
I don't know, I didn't realize what it was, I think it was some random made-up name (possibly a joke name), definitely neither of the ones she has (planning and preparation). It might be related to how she's drunk during the fight and kind of berserk.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 18, 2015, 12:29:35 am
They could give a similar skill to her so she can fill part of her NP, that would be nice.

Btw, these news:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3x8fbx/a_new_fate_project_2016/

I don't think it's an anime though like they say in reddit, most likely a new drama CD. The first one was basically the Fuyuki scenario, though in that one Cu didn't join the party after winning against Saber Alter, he vanished saying it would be good if you summoned him as Lancer, not Caster. Also it was boring. I would rather prefer some funny dialogues between Servants rather than doing Orleans if they do a new drama CD.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on December 18, 2015, 12:53:00 am
Iiinteresting....

Also....

(http://i.imgur.com/ZPDYufj.jpg)
Jack the Ripper's crit star gain is hilarious and crazy (One quick chain generated like 56 stars, it was insane.)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 18, 2015, 02:27:28 pm
Just a note, Jing Ke skill that fills her NP instantly is "Drunken Power". Yeah, a joke skill. Too bad, an Assassin with an instant kill NP able to raise its NP bar with a skill would have been nice (and yeah, I'm not counting Stheno's NP because it sucks). They obviously won't add that one to her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 18, 2015, 02:37:00 pm
Hah, thought so. It's nice that they do story-only stuff like that.

Jack the Critter making 100% crit for everyone next round is fun, but kind of insane. Maybe they're going a bit too far with those adjustments, or maybe it's to let you use weak characters and still get decent damage... but now if you put a Sir Critsalot with Antumbra and fairy star attraction, that's just cheap.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 18, 2015, 02:45:05 pm
It's the power creep phenomenon what we're currently experiencing. Honestly, she really needs to have a lower star gen. It's just retarded to generate so many stars in one single combo. I thought Drake was broken, but Jack is on another level. It makes old Servants worthless because heck, 100% crits in all cards is impossible to surpass (tons of damage plus high increase of NP generation).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 18, 2015, 03:04:58 pm
I haven't had many opportunities to really use her, does she have drawbacks ?
I'm looking up her stats now... Okay, high stats, avoid+quick up, enemy buff dispel, acceptable ally heal, good NP damage that become nuts against females, that's just broken. She's easily Gilgamesh tier, she barely has 1K less HP than half of the other 5*.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on December 18, 2015, 09:38:35 pm
Lmao did Santa Alter just seriously give Black Keys to Emiya, Robin Hood, and David?
Is she trolling? I seriously want to know.

Also Elizabeth appears for some reason.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 18, 2015, 10:52:09 pm
Emiya and Robin on the ship, Emiya says the keel won't hold in the storm. Robin says it's not his fault, it's their first time going fishing for both of them. In the first place, Robin's a hunter in the forest, he doesn't know about the sea. Emiya says a certain idiot wanted to see a pretty girl from a southern country. David !
.... David tells the two of them to jump into the sea, because he's holding the whole ship with his own mana, and it's too heavy with both of them there, but it might hold if it's just him ? Hah, another asshole. Emiya complains "those ancient kings, they're all the same, I can think of one other self-conceited spirit like that".
Robin says they'll be the laughing stocks of the Servant world if they kick the bucket like that.
David starts rambling about who's the best comedian, and, I'm not sure, he starts telling a joke story about Carneades (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carneades) ? (and all the way through, he looks pretty serious) (I'm not sure I get it) But it's getting long winded and Robin suggests he and Emiya kick his ass, putting their own disagreement aside for a moment. Emiya says, okay, let's see who's the best Archer right now. David says he's the undefeated king who went through many wars, Robin says he's good at killing kings so that's perfect.
Santa Alter barges in, laughing at the 3* Servants who call themselves the best Archer. She calls herself the strongest Santa who descends through the blizzard of Christmas (she left the sled and the reindeer -still you- up over the black clouds because she has to think of the safety of your contract). She calls out Emiya, David asks if they know each other - yeah they do.
David mistakes Santa Alter for... *Google* Abishag (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abishag), uh, okay. He thinks he's so lucky to meet her again as Servants, and he asks her to warm his cold body (I needed to check the Wikipedia page to understand why). Santa Alter corrects him, he says "oh ? You're so pretty, I thought you had to be Abishag. (t/n : why) Ah, maybe you can't recognize me because I'm young again."

... Okay, need a minute, between the topless Kirei and Martha baiting for a sex joke as a holy maiden and switching for the steel training, Jing Ke wanting to nail Tokiomi from behind, and this. What is up with the massive sexual undertone.
David is almost jumping at Santa Alter practically saying now they can fuck all day long because he's all young and fired up again, they couldn't do it back when he was old. Oh, and Santa Alter is all NOPE and turning it into banter to fight. David catches the bait, Emiya says that fool, he grabbed the tiger's tail. Of course David says wait, I'm not that strong, and he calls Emiya and Robin to help him. Robin says he just wanted to ride the sleigh through the sky - but it's okay because Archers totally beat up Sabers.
So you beat the shit out of them, then Robin realizes Santa Alter is a Rider.
Emiya asks why she came here, she says it's for a letter, Emiya says of course, even after growing up into an adult, only such a big fool would keep sending letters to Santa. David says yup, totally agree. Emiya goes "... wait, that wasn't you ?" having totally failed his insult. ..... David says Santa Claus is scary, dropping stuff when you're not looking. What. Also Robin is looking away with shifty eyes .... okay fine, that was me, I got caught in the moment, happy now ?
Santa Alter tosses a bunch of Black Keys as presents (David thinks they're cool). I assume because they're just bad, they have such low stats.
Emiya mentions the storm having passed in the mean time, and mentions Carneades. David reacts, who said that name ? I gotta put whoever brought him up to death ! Emiya and Robin both jump at David saying he's the one who talked about Carneades. Robin says they should send David back to Okeanos. David ends up by pointing out they made a pretty good team even though they lost, with an anti-army NP, an anti-unit special status NP etc. they all agree that they're not all that good, but together they're pretty damn good.

... And then Elizabeth (a Lancer) drops by. For a special Christmas live. They're at sea, so her client said she can sing extra loud as much as she can, nobody's getting out tonight ! Let's start with the opening number, Love is Dracul ( / a dragon) ! Robin "... okay, we're fucked." Scene end.
Santa Alter, watching from the stratosphere, says the delivery live from Hell has started. Foolish Archers, dropping like flies ! Hey, they wanted to know who's the best comedian in the Servant world, after all.

Oh shit, next Santa letter is from Gilgamesh.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 18, 2015, 11:28:07 pm
So many tsukkomis in this episode. Robin and Emiya were not enough to handle David.

Btw guys, should I attempt going YOLO rolling, or just hold my stuff? I mean, I have 34 quartz, but no way I reach 40 before the event ends.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 18, 2015, 11:39:47 pm
Quote
David is almost jumping at Santa Alter practically saying now they can fuck all day long because he's all young and fired up again
yep, that's the king david I know and respect
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 19, 2015, 12:18:06 am
...My first YOLO roll gives me Nursery Rhyme. Is this a message, game?

Edit: ...So I just go all the event CEs alongside Nursery Rhyme. Welp, that sure was a good roll. Also Robin Hood for more NP too, and the boar CE. The rest were two Shinji CEs, but yeah, damn lucky I was.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on December 19, 2015, 01:25:14 am
It might be just me, but is it odd that whenever Mary/Anne uses her NP, she always targets Jeanne?
Is this a bug or is her AI programmed to do that?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 19, 2015, 01:31:07 am
Pure chance. Only Servants that have a pattern of attacking a certain Servant are Lancelot, Caligula and Caster Gilles for Saberfaces, Boudicca for anything Roman (she keeps killing my Caesar all the time ffs) and I think that's it, though not sure. But I'm certain Mary/Anne does not target a specific Servant.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on December 19, 2015, 03:58:59 am
I think Lancelot attacks Saber faces too.

Anyways, I guess I'm the only one who doesn't have a single 5* servant so far? Man, screw DW, I have pretty terrible luck with the gacha, no event CE's either other than the ones we get through the event/can buy.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on December 19, 2015, 08:43:09 pm
Nah man,I don't have a 5* either,but I do have a couple of 4* tho,which gives me a small degree of hope
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 19, 2015, 09:15:34 pm
In today's episode, Santa Alter gives presents to the children!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on December 19, 2015, 09:58:03 pm
Nah man,I don't have a 5* either,but I do have a couple of 4* tho,which gives me a small degree of hope
Yeah, I mean, the event servants, and I have a handful as well (Lancelot, Herakles, Carmilla, St.Martha, Marie Antoniette, Tamamo Cat, Saber Lily) but everyone I know has at least one 5*.
Maybe next year, I'll be luckier. or DW will make adjustments to the gacha since apparently is the mobage with the harshest draw rates.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on December 19, 2015, 10:05:08 pm
In today's episode, Santa Alter gives presents to the children!

Friendly Anon said:
1. Gilgamesh reveals his masterfully crafted plan for when Santa Alter arrives. His wish of a present was to be Santa Alter herself, repeat of the same joke from carnival phantasm
2. And Santa Alter ignores his Santa letter and never actually arrives.
3. They get pulled down to a snow field where Alice and Jack waits for them. Despite being "not real" they really wanted presents this year.
4. Alter denies them as they never sent any letters to Santa. But instead gives them a chance by FIGHTING FOR IT.
5. Obviously they lose but Alter pulls an act and goes "ARGH I GOT BEATEN..."
6. Alter then does some magic shit and pulls out presents and a christmas tree. While also giving them Christmas theme'd CE's.
7. Jack and Nursery also reveals that earlier, another fake Santa approached them, denying them presents because they weren't real (one is a curse, another is a book) and told them to wait for the real Santa. They also quote the Santa, lines such as "yare yare" (Ceasar says this).
8. Alter Santa decides to confront the other Santa for a final showdown.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 19, 2015, 10:06:50 pm
I wish they do improve the gatcha, the FP roll is basically worthless the moment you get all 1-2* Servants (apart from having really shitty rewards and rates), and the normal gatcha is really unforgiving with the Servant and CE rates, with no other chance to draw rares other than to do a 40 quartz roll, and that still is up to luck as it can be either a CE or Servant, and can go from 4* to 5*.

And yeah, we could see Caesar being the fake Santa from miles away, even without looking at the datamined info I posted. That 'yare yare' wasn't really needed to give us a clue.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 19, 2015, 10:49:53 pm
So Gil wants to take advantage of the Christmas system and have Saber confess her love to him. He'll tell the black Santa "my present is you !"
Outside, Santa Alter says "let's go back, he's not home." (basically she NOPES out of it and you have two options to respond : "you're right" and "you're right")
then she wants to go have some fun in town while they're here. They reach a strange space and get taken down - that's Nursery Rhyme's space, with Jack. Santa asks if they're ghosts, Jack says probably not / not really, but they're not human either, they don't really know themselves, they don't even have names.  Santa feels sorry for them as they never knew love. Apparently, Jack says Alice (yeah, apparently she calls her like that) still remembers something about a hospital, and NR says Jack is all about dark sewers. You tell Santa to give them presents, but she can't, they didn't write her a letter... But saying it out loud should work. She wants them to speak out what they want. NR wants to play like everyone, and have nice dreams. Okay, let's have a fun party ! *fight starts*
You win, the girls say "we lost... so there really isn't a Christmas for us..." Santa Alter goes  "....... ooooh noooo, you got meeeeee ! Nicely done girls, as promised, your presents !" Next scene is a whole village full of lights, and, apparently, many presents for the girls. Then Santa Alter tells you "of course ! I'm a friend to all children." Jack says there should be plenty children waiting for their presents, but Santa Alter says she only has one job left. Then she gives them the 3 event CEs. The girls like the one with the huge reindeer (Asterios). Jack says she's fulfilled Alice's wish. NR says the party was scary, but fun. And the false Santa was right to tell them to wait for Santa. Santa Alter goes wait what ? NR says there was another Santa before her, but he kept saying "yare yare, that's no good... (yes, just like Caesar) I'm not the real one, so I can't grant your wishes, but the real one will definitely come. Be nice and wait here. If that doesn't work, I'll do something next year." Santa Alter leaves and prepares for the final battle against that fake Santa.

.... Did... Did Gilgamesh just get screwed over ?

-------

Okay, I have 3 black tickets so all in all it's going well, but still -- in this current Christmas line-up, I've got 15 items left that I haven't rolled yet out of 500.
One of them is the 4th ticket.
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Delight Works please. Stop being such a cunt with rolls.
(edit : there, got it of course, but come on)
Incidentally, this puts in perspective the humongous number of 4* EXP cards you need to level up many Servants. I've gotten over 150 of them and I still haven't maxed anyone beside Lancelot (although I am bringing up a fair number of gold Servants, but I've barely brought Scathach past 50 and Caster Liz and Altera are still sitting below 50, Nobu hasn't moved from 65 and Orion is barely at 25) Not even Robin, David, FSN Cu are maxed.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on December 20, 2015, 01:34:51 am
To be honest, the tickets are kinda meaningless.
You get so many socks that the optimal way to use this is to just empty the gacha and reset, I mean the QP doesn't hurt given the cost of high level stuff, apples are always welcome...FP... well, it's just there but maybe we'll have a use for it eventually.
EXP is very very welcome and it won't clutter your inventory, you can just hoard it in the gift box.
I already resetted (Empited) the gacha enough times to get the Crystallized Lore and aaaaall this hoarded EXP will be for Salterr.

I've only maxed out Lancelot, Carmilla, St.Martha and the event servants (Cu as well but he's a silver servant) I might work on Marie Antoniette, Herakles or Tamamo Cat, we'll see..
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 20, 2015, 01:45:27 am
EXP is very very welcome and it won't clutter your inventory, you can just hoard it in the gift box.
The gift box is limited to 200 and then it starts deleting older gifts that you didn't pick up, so plan this well :P
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on December 20, 2015, 02:01:38 am
Right. Thankfully I'm nowhere near 200.
Let's see.... just 77, and only because I used the EXP from the first two bags to max out Nobu, Cu and St.Martha. Anyways all that EXP will be gone once Salter joins my party.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 20, 2015, 09:09:34 pm
You encounter a wild fake Santa Faber with 104K health, what do you do?
> Attack                    > Item
> Switch                    > Run Away
You choose Attack, Robin Hood uses Yew Bow. 150K damage! It's super effective!
Faber goes down, you still have two more soldiers at 100K health but who cares. *epic Poke-ehem-Fate music after winning a battle here*

Yeah, I was bored. Anyway, as everybody guessed (if you call noticing the obvious guessing), Faber is the culprit!

Now seriously, I highly suggest you to grab a strong Archer like Robin Hood. The fight is long if you can't nuke the soldiers. They're all level 8 so they can't kill you, I assure you (except Faber's NP of course). They even decrease their own defense to increase their attack to make it even easier.

-----

Final boss, Alter vs Alter. After beating it, you'll be able to get Santa Alter from the shop. The 50 AP quest is also available, and it's the easiest I've ever done in events IMO. Sporting an Attila with only 50K health (boom Yew Bow) in the first fight plus mobs, Carmilla in the second (boom Nursery Rhyme) plus mobs, and a third fight with Waver, Gilgamesh and Scathach. This third fight is obviously harder, but my Scathach quickly Gae Bolg Gilgamesh, and Caesar's NP absolutely destroyed Scathach. From this point, it was easy to beat Waver.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on December 21, 2015, 11:06:30 pm
Okay, so I had almost 200 EXP cards hoarded in the gift chest, let's see how much I can level her up...

From Lv1 to... wow, 67? I thought I was going to max her our for sure... well, thank god there's still some days left of sock gathering, maybe I can max her out before the event ends.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 22, 2015, 02:23:02 pm
You have until 25th December at 6:00 PM to get as many things as you need. So good luck.

Btw, there will be a maintenance tomorrow, to fix some minor bugs. Two apology gems. Maybe you'll get a chance to 40 quartz roll. Unfortunately, even with those gems I would have never been able to do such roll before the event ended.

-----

Oh hey, Christmas present in the form of 10 quartz! How generous! I mean, they could have gotten us 40 quartz for a 10-roll, or even a 4* Servant of our choice that isn't an event Servant!

Yeah, I'll stop being sarcastic here. Oh well, at least it's something. I still need to get my 20-quartz for daily login, so with it I should be ready for London.

----

Well, Christmas event is over. Notable things I got there was Nursery Rhyme, all event CEs, ROMA, fuck rare Erik finally at NP 5 and Lancer Cu at NP 5. I have spent 60K FP just to get Fergus and Diarmuid (unsuccesfully unfortunately), and I will keep the remaining 60K FP for London.

So, speaking of London, we know that Jack the Ripper, Tamamo, Nursery Rhyme will be appearing in it. Any speculations about who will appear there, apart from those? I say Sherlock Holmes (which has been confirmed from datamine), but I'm really curious as to how he will be displayed as. Please TM, don't gender bend him. Please don't do that.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 26, 2015, 11:41:43 am
As this is important news, I'll do it in a new post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3y9vgn/london_announcement_and_mordred/

Basically, info about London here. We get Mordrer (5*), Frankenstein (4* WTF same as Herc and Lancelot...), Jekyll & Hide (3*, and most likely the one you'll get in the end), Hoenheim (3*) and Babbage (3*). Plus three more costumes for Masters (aka finally new spells), that have:

1st costume: Heal to all Servants, NP charge to single target and Shuffle for cards.
2nd costume: Invincibility to 1 target for 1 turn. Remove debuff. 2 turn skill charge.
3rd costume: Power up to all party for 1 turn. Stun an enemy. Change party member with a sub.

Nice spells. I specially like the third one. There's still a chance Sherlock Holmes is in this event, but it's secret like Medea Lily.

Oh, and London becomes available at 28th December.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on December 26, 2015, 12:08:08 pm
I don't honestly know how to feel about those spells, they're super situational and I feel like the basic set has the best set of spells (Not to mention that we all already maxed it out)

I'm ready to not get a 5* as per usual (Even though statistically I should have at least two)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 26, 2015, 01:17:50 pm
http://typemoon.com/news/2015/jkttyk
Heh, the costumes look nice.
Didn't expect Paracelsus to be just a 3*.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on December 26, 2015, 01:33:54 pm
Also, apparently Jekyll is a 3* Assassin but also a 4* Berserker?
That sounds pretty interesting.

As for the suits.. I'll probably pick a cool looking one just to change things around I guess.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 26, 2015, 01:37:30 pm
Also, apparently Jekyll is a 3* Assassin but also a 4* Berserker?
Uh ? What's that from ?

..... Why are the Hogwarts rejects winking
Oh, and the Evangelion rejects aren't smiling. Okay, guess they all have something unique.

Eh, it does feel like each uniform has a different purpose. If your team is based on skills and status effects, Atlas is good for you ; if you're full attack, chaldea Battle Suit is good ; and Mage Association seems pretty all-purpose.
Shit, the Zouken CE is a serious grudge (the enemy that kills you has their NP sealed for 2t and a 1k curse for 10t).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 26, 2015, 01:51:08 pm
It's his Noble Phantasm. When he uses it, he turns into a 4* Berserker with new skills and his HP recovered. A really cool NP IMO.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 26, 2015, 01:54:24 pm
No, where does the 4* Berserker bit come from. All I'm reading is personality change, HP max regen, and Buster up (not new skills), with no detail on what that personality thing is.

Uh, apparently the news page was updated, fixing the description for Paracelsus' NP (I'm not sure what t said before) as well as the Zouken CE (it now deals 2K damage for 10 turns, and I'm not sure it's "the enemy that kills you" so much as "to all enemies, whenever you die" which would make Arash very attractive, it's crazy strong)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 27, 2015, 09:40:39 pm
Here's a reddit post with the full info of everything we will get in this event.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3ydsxh/new_maintenance_update_tomorrow_28_dec_5_quartz/

We get 5 quartz as apology, so that's at least 5 hours of maintenance.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on December 28, 2015, 01:09:17 pm
Used all my quartz (70 or so)
No Mordred... not even Franken, all I got was Paracelsus.
Thanks DW.

ALSO
(http://i.imgur.com/vHM7dMM.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 28, 2015, 02:01:29 pm
Yup, he' evil.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on December 28, 2015, 04:10:19 pm
Jesus Fuck Solomon looks cool
I'm gonna lay off rolling until I finish London and unlock Tesla
Also why the fuck is the new lancer the only character in the game to actually ride something while all  riders are on foot most of the time
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 28, 2015, 07:05:57 pm
I just did the boss battle against Solomon and OMFG it's epic (that's why shit bronze apples were good for, managed to cover all London with only wasting two silver and gold apples). With a new battle theme. It's still a beast fight, so yeah, don't bring any knights there, but my god the goddamn debuffs and damage his attacks did. If my Drake hadn't managed to crit the boss on time...

And yeah, as expected, you get Jekyll/Hyde as Servant, but in this case I'm not even sure how he joins you like the other Servants did in past events.

Oh, and there's two secret Servants, Nicola Tesla and as much as I didn't want to accept it Arturia Alter Lancer. Well, at least her sprite in battle is really cool while riding her horse.

----

Welp, there goes my 40 quartz roll.

(http://i.imgur.com/f1s3wFd.jpg)

At least I got one new Servant, I prefer him over Babbage honestly. Not sure if to call this a good or bad roll though, with all those CE (and my ticket from Sunday got me the Heaven Dress 5* CE). God, I will have to waste yet another quartz to expand my CE inventory. If only I got a Kaleidoscope it would make me happier.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 29, 2015, 11:15:20 pm
Uh. So while you fight Solomon, Andersen says that among the records he salvaged from the devastated Mage Association, there was something talking about the Heroic Spirit summoning system being something made by the Counter Force itself. And originally, it was meant to create seven vessels that were designed to take down one particular enemy. Then there's the bit about Solomon being Grand Caster i.e. the one Heroic Spirit chosen to be one of those seven, and the rest of the Servant Classes being derived from that Counter Force system.
... That's totally the description we got all the way back about Primate Murder requiring seven Counter Guardians to be kept in check. Since, you know, Primate Murder is Gaia's weapon against humanity, and the Counter Force is pretty much creating a weapon of its own in response to that, to hold back Gaia's weapon and protect humanity.

Hah
(discussion about Andersen figuring out just how far above everyone else Solomon is)
(Kintoki, Shakespeare, Tamamo, Andersen are wiped out in a single hit)
Solomon "okay, I'm leaving now"
Mordred "Heee ? You're just leaving ? Then what the fuck did you even come her for ?"
Solomon "Meh, just because ? See, i'm just here reading one book and then moving on to the next, and taking a walk in between the two. That's all I'm doing right here."
Mordred" Wha... So you just came here to piss all over us ??" (sic, not kidding, Japanese language doesn't use imaged speech like "taking the piss out of us" at all, and yet here she is saying he's literally spraying piss all over them)
Solomon "....... Yep. Hahahaha yeah that's about it, that's exactly what I'm doing, it really doesn't change anything to me if you live or die, it's not like I'm letting you go, I never even saw you in the first place."

... Oh. I rolled Mordred.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 30, 2015, 12:09:39 am
so, there should be 6 other servants the same level as solomon?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 30, 2015, 12:17:23 am
Well, there are 6 more vessels in waiting, yes. I haven't noticed any comment about the other spots. But the datamine had a Grand Saber voiced by Ayako Kawasumi, who voices Arturia, so take a wild guess. As for Grand Archer, I can't see who it could be if not Gilgamesh and Arjuna.
Oh, Solomon is called King of Magecraft the same way Gil, Arturia and Iskandar are Kings of something. If Grand Saber is in fact Arturia, maybe you can make one more guess.
... And the big ring in the sky above all the singularities that Mashu and Gudao (your character) notice every time you step in a new map, that's not a ring, it's a whole bunch of energy beams high up in the sky (forming a ring) comparable to Excalibur that tear a hole in space-time, and it's caused by the Ars Almadel Solomonis, one of the five books in the Lesser Key of Solomon, and Solomon's third Noble Phantasm. And the Garden of Avalon stuff mentioned that potentially, if Arturia was backed up by the Counter Force, Excalibur (being the light of the planet) could become a weapon capable of blasting a planet or something. ... So yeah, guess where this is going.

Last random thing, when meeting Arturia Alter Lancer with Rhongomyniad, Mordred is convinced that Arturia's hatred for Mordred is what gave birth to this form in the Throne of Heroes, all because Rhon is what Arturia used to kill Mordred. She may or may not be wrong.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on December 30, 2015, 01:15:27 am
I have a question regarding Tamamo Cat's interlude in London.

Does it require me to have final ascension + max bond (which I did already), or does it require me to complete London first?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 30, 2015, 01:17:17 am
All quests always require to finish the map they're on first. Mine says I need ascension lv 2, which I don't have. Dunno about bond, but if you maxed it, you should be fine as soon as you finish London.
... Woah, Jekyll's quest on the same spot requires his third ascension already, and it's an NP upgrade.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on December 30, 2015, 01:33:03 am
All quests always require to finish the map they're on first. Mine says I need ascension lv 2, which I don't have. Dunno about bond, but if you maxed it, you should be fine as soon as you finish London.
... Woah, Jekyll's quest on the same spot requires his third ascension already, and it's an NP upgrade.

Thanks, now to continue messing around in London.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 30, 2015, 01:56:56 am

yah, so alexander, gill, arturia and solomon are possible vesels, with solomon already confirmed, saber very likely to be so; gilgamesh also sounds like a good pick, so the only classes left out are berserker, assassin and lancer (for which, teh vessels, should be king of "something").
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on December 30, 2015, 02:11:43 am
... Oh. I rolled Mordred.
(http://i.imgur.com/10FcVRt.png)
My account must have E rank luck.

I still haven't finished London, but Tesla almost wipes out my team. Now I want him but alas he's a 5* so...
All these new interludes make me feel like ascending some servants past their first ascension. I might do that eventually but I'm afraid of running out of materials for for important ones (I'm dangerously low on hearts and talons)
..at least farming gears and pages is easier now...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 30, 2015, 02:19:25 am
We can also consider that we're talking about people with the ability to blow up the world to narrow it down, plus obviously they should be all 5* : Ars Almadel, planet-powered Excalibur, Ea, aaaaand... Iskandar is the odd one there on the world-destroying bit - but Ozymandias is the King of Kings, and Fragments totally ultra-wanked him into hyperdrive to the Sun and back, and that was after losing his Master, so he's probably a better fit for the Grand Rider slot. For the rest, among the datamined people, we're expecting... Nezha, Karna, maybe Demon Lord Medusa, possibly Shuten Douji depending on how they go with him (he's one of the Three Great Evil Youkais, on par with Tamamo-no-Mae, who is in Nasuverse depicted as an aspect of Amaterasu's power, so who knows - plus it took Raikou and his Four Kings, including Kintoki, to take him out, sooooo yeah, I'm voting for him as Grand Berserker). I dunno about an Assassin with the ability to blow up the world...
Oh, now I wonder how this will interact with the Sakura Five from CCC who were also in the datamine (Meltlilith, Kingprotea etc.) because now this all seems rather fitting.
Also last thing about that, the discussion with Solomon also clearly implies that the Grand classes are way beyond the classes from the Grail War, everyone we've seen that should be stronger is actually super nerfed (Arturia, Gilgamesh, Ozy), like, I'm sure there's no way Solomon would look like that or have that freaking Ars Almadel if he was summoned in a Grail Wat. Here he says there's no Master above him, and he... summoned himself, like, he died, but then he decided to summon himself out of the Throne because that's how fucking insane he is. He's also disappointed that humanity hasn't been able to overcome death yet, by the way - it might be interesting to introduce him to certain Dead Apostles.

I still haven't finished London, but Tesla almost wipes out my team. Now I want him but alas he's a 5* so...
I've got a Scathach lv90 with the 2030 CE in my friend list, plus my own Scathach (she's just lv68, so I'm not putting her in front right now, and the best CE I've got for her is Antumbra - lv80 Lancelot with lv40 Kaleido is still better IMO, his Buster in third position can deal over 16k), that goes pretty easily. Otherwise, the Lancer Cu twins should be enough if you have both at a good level. Between Tesla, Arturia Alter Lancer, and Solomon (Beast class), the class advantage has been more than enough to get a win without even losing anyone. Just put your strongest Servants of the proper class, and find one appropriate Support (Oz's lv90 Drake, a Scathach), even if not from your friend list, the NP isn't absolutely necessary. Hell, I plowed through the Demon God Pillar quatuor in 3 turns with Caster Cu, Lancelot, Drake : after one turn of dodging the team-wide fog, everyone had a full NP charge, then on turn 3, between the stars from Knight of Honor and Drake's skills, I whiped a Buster Brave from Lancelot with 100% crit everywhere, that was the easiest boss fight I've had.

For Mordred, To be fair I did break out the wallet for 140 quartz after Christmas. But yeah, I got Mordred only on my second 10-roll. I'm saving the rest with the quartz I got in London and the new quests that opened. It's been a while.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on December 30, 2015, 02:40:47 am
I brought LV80 Lancelot with Kaleido, LV80 Salter, a LV90 Scathach support, LV70 Cu and I forgot the rest due to cost restriction but they were all decently leveld, even Cu got wiped out but I won thanks to the support.
I think I really miss  the old master heal and evade, that's make a HUGE difference when it comes to avoiding incoming NPs and whatnot. I'll most likely level up all the suits and just go back to the original one.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 30, 2015, 02:41:57 am
Oh right, yeah. You need to forget about the new Mystic Code wears for those boss battles, they're shit :P
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 30, 2015, 05:11:17 am

thanks, made me google those characters, which is one of the fun things about fate.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on December 30, 2015, 08:14:33 am
Sooooooo...
New year event: SURPRISE, IT'S KARNA

(http://view.fate-go.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/summon_20151230_biydn.jpg)
http://view.fate-go.jp/2015/7yrhut/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 30, 2015, 09:16:00 am
I have a question regarding Tamamo Cat's interlude in London.

Does it require me to have final ascension + max bond (which I did already), or does it require me to complete London first?

Don't know about bond, but she needs to be at second ascension for sure.

Btw,

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3yrelv/2016_new_years_campaign/

Karna and Arjuna finally available. But honestly... I would rather stick with the London roll. I want to get at least Frankenstein since she works similar to Lancelot. And maybe I get Tesla too, which I find him really cool to use. And I'm being realistic at not rolling the others in the new year gatcha since... well, they're all 5*, aka 1% to get them. With only a 10-roll and 3 single roll, I would rather be realistic here.

And about the new Mystic Codes from the clothes, so far the only one I liked and I have equipped is the new Chaldea clothes, that grant a full party boost attack (perfect for NP combo), a really good stun and party switch. The last one has saved me a lot of times since it has allowed me to deplete the boss NP with someone's Vampirism or stun the boss for another turn. The others are mediocre honestly. Though I admit, I do miss the heal and dodge, they were really reliable.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 30, 2015, 01:30:50 pm
http://view.fate-go.jp/2015/7yrhut/
Oh god those assholes, everyone has pickup rate up on a different day
January 1 is Gilgamesh, 2 is Kintoki, 3 is Karna, then Arjuna, Scathach, then Karna and Arjuna, then all 5 of them. Looks like DW wants to get a lot of money.
Oh, Arjuna's NP is Pashupatastra.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 30, 2015, 04:55:24 pm
that image makes me think that scathach is an asshole, you know, because of the people she is hanging out with.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on December 30, 2015, 07:52:23 pm
Oh, Arjuna's NP is Pashupatastra.
This is gonna be Arashs NP all over again except everyone will fucking die instead
Sooooooo...
New year event: SURPRISE, IT'S KARNA

(http://view.fate-go.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/summon_20151230_biydn.jpg)
http://view.fate-go.jp/2015/7yrhut/
These are all 5 stars,right?
Fuck
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 30, 2015, 08:05:46 pm
Apparently we also get a guaranteed 5* Servant in another gatcha. One time only, you do a 40 quartz roll and you get a random one from the ones you can see in the gatcha. It doesn't include the Servants in this future gatcha event. Datamined info btw.

The catch? It only works for quartz that you have bought, not free quartz.

Yeah fuck you DW. We can easily see your greed here. Make it less obvious please. Sticking with London gatcha all the way!

Second row, second column for proof.

(http://i.imgur.com/LnPoTtE.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on December 31, 2015, 04:41:04 pm
So, Arjuna. I used his quick attack. This happened

(http://i.imgur.com/PagH7gE.jpg)

GG.

EDIT: That's nice, I get an error whenever I try to use a summon ticket.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 31, 2015, 04:47:21 pm
Wow, the new year even has a couple of event quests with lv70 Arjuna for support in the Chaldea gate that gives you a summon ticket. I think the new year event was supposed to give you three tickets, so maybe there's more coming (Karna). ... Man, new Servants love to summon you out of Chaldea to be their Master for events. Chaldea seriously needs to rethink their security.
Well, Arjuna seems just as surprised as you to find himself here, and he's surprised that you can be sleeping like a lazy ass on the ship's bridge in the middle of a fucking thunderstorm... And he can't remember his name, okay.
Arjuna "... but I can tell you that I'm an Archer, I know that much."
Mashu "hum, yeah, about that, you probably shouldn't rely on your weapon to know which class you are. We've got an Archer using twin swords, an Archer that smacks you with a cane, an Archer who tosses stuff from his treasury at you... I don't think you should assume to be an Archer just because you're carrying a bow."

the fuck is that skill NP gauge instant increase + HP regen for 5 turns + star bonus for 5 turns - "Hero who receives gifts" okay...
And shadow Karna comes and lays the verbal smackdown with truth on Arjuna. Arjuna says he doesn't like to fight, but he remembers he was a warrior, and he was super strong, and he never feared death, even got tired of life -- "yo, sorry to crash your party, but actually, it's not that you don't fear death, it's that you're too stupid to even see it. you've been at peace and got spoon-fed everything you had, you never felt the weight of your own existence. Oh well, even if I tell you what reality is like, you won't understand it."

Oh shit, Karna's Extra attack ends with him firing his eyebeam, which should be Brahmastra, considering it's his NP skill ? in Fate/Extra CCC.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 31, 2015, 05:20:03 pm
I GOT MORDRED! FFS FINALLY!!!!!! A 5* GOLD SABER!!!

See guys, the London gatcha is perfectly viable. Stick with it.

And as expected, the 5* guaranteed gatcha requires paid quartz. Good job dividing F2P and people who spend money in the game here, DW.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 31, 2015, 07:03:40 pm
Yeah, and it has to be 40 paid quartz, not just some. No free 5* for my alt account, and fuck all casuals forever. Real nice. I don't even know if I'll roll something in it. I would only care for Okita, then maybe Mordred or Jack, but I'll probably get Vlad or Zhuge. I'll probably save the tickets for Arjuna (he's got that crazy skill, I'm not too sure about Karna) or the last day with event-only 5*.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on January 01, 2016, 12:23:42 am
Yeah, DW is giving free players a huge middle finger by having a premium premium currency since before there was no way to know that it was a thing, other than dataminers, combine that with the abysmal rate for 5* servants and... there you go, that's their business plan (I  mean, sure, it's a business but other mobages are less scummy about it)

Anyways, the shop has restocked, you can get some neat mana prisms and packs, and a retardedly expensive set of Mona Lisa CEs.... personally I'm not going to get her for now, I'll be buying Fous to max out Mashu because she's pretty decent after reaching LV50, also no cost.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 01, 2016, 01:29:50 am
Just took a look at the prism shop. What the hell, is that a fucking joke ? How the hell is anyone even supposed to get that many prisms, what are they expecting people to do ? Roll the 200k FP and burn everything that's 3* ? I don't even know what that CE does.
Keeping the tickets though.
Yeah, got the first bag. But now I have to decide who else I'll give those Fous to (I maxed Lancelot some time back and haven't touched Fous much).
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Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 01, 2016, 01:30:57 am
That Mona Lisa CE is one of the most retarded things DW has pulled off, apart from now dividing free from premium players. 1000 Mana Prisms WTF. If I had that many, I would rather waste them on Fous instead of getting a worthless CE that only increase QP gain by 2%. Taking into account that QP is not something scarce (heck, last event made me had 100M ffs), yeah, that's a CE I'm glad I will never need. But hey, at least you get a free 5* CE that gives how many stars? ...Oh, 1 star per turn. How generous. Specially when there's another 5* CE that grants you a total of 8 stars. I have a feeling they're starting to overdo it with their tactics of getting money plus giving crappy free things honestly.

And yeah, that new skill that Mashu has now makes her an awesome tank and support. Before it was changed she had the Battle Continuation skill, which is a terrible skill for her to have. That's a change I wish some Servants had.

Get also the first bag, DKDC, as it contains tickets too. Two or three I believe. It's the cheaper now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on January 01, 2016, 01:49:42 am
That Mona Lisa CE is one of the most retarded things DW has pulled off, apart from now dividing free from premium players. 1000 Mana Prisms WTF. If I had that many, I would rather waste them on Fous instead
Yeah, after some math, from that cost you can instead max out about six servant's both HP and ATK stats with Fous.


But hey, at least you get a free 5* CE that gives how many stars? ...Oh, 1 star per turn. How generous. Specially when there's another 5* CE that grants you a total of 8 stars. I have a feeling they're starting to overdo it with their tactics of getting money plus giving crappy free things honestly.
Well, to be fair, that free CE is maxed out to LV80 and it goves you an extra 2016 HP, and it only costs 3 points, so... Mashu greatly benefits from this, especially when it comes to maintaining a low cost and being tanky.

Edit:
SPEAKING OF WHICH
(http://i.imgur.com/LqMUNB3.jpg)
No regrets.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 01, 2016, 06:26:17 pm
I sure hope you use her often after doing this. That's a lot of materials and Fous you've wasted here.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on January 01, 2016, 09:22:02 pm
Seeing how her third skill makes any NP directed at the party a single hit attack directed to her + invincibility, paired with the zero cost, I don't think it was a waste.
Also her third skill pretty much guarantees a full NP bar.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 01, 2016, 10:01:26 pm
Her low HP still doesn't make her too viable. Once she reaches 10K HP, it should make her last a lot more.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on January 01, 2016, 10:11:32 pm
She has 10K with the new CE though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 02, 2016, 09:59:48 am
Well yeah, equipping her with that CE works, but I personally wanted her to have a CE that increases her NP gain even more to make her NP spammable. I would rather give this CE to d'Eon personally.

Btw, the game decided to screw with me by getting me Arturia with my last ticket (why not give me Kintoki if you're going to give me a 5*... not that I complain that much though). So yeah, I'm basically stuck as to who I should use as my main Saber. No way I raise two Sabers that require similar materials. So yeah guys, who's the better Saber, Mordred or Arturia?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on January 02, 2016, 11:20:07 am
Well yeah, equipping her with that CE works, but I personally wanted her to have a CE that increases her NP gain even more to make her NP spammable. I would rather give this CE to d'Eon personally.
I get what you mean about giving her a CE for more/different utility, stilll, Shield of Rousing Resolution at level 10 gives her 400% NP gain for that turn (on top of the reduced cooldown for the skill at LV10) so that's not a HUGE issue. She'll get better once she gets more ascensions because yes, sadly she's stuck at Lv50, I'm just saying that for the cost of 0 in a team along with her new skill (And being able to swap in members with the Chaldea battle suit) she's invaluable.

Haha, so you got another 5* from a ticket? That's impressive, my record is still zero, despite all the quartz I've gotten from consecutive logins. interludes and summoning tickets. You're still not getting my money for that guaranteed 5* gacha, DW.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 02, 2016, 01:56:36 pm
I'm honestly surprised at my luck. Funny thing is, I was considering spending money in that 5* guaranteed roll in case I got Jack, but first I get Mordred in the London gatcha, and then Arturia in the New Year gatcha, with only tickets. So yeah, I'm perfectly fine with not doing that gatcha.

Not if only my luck would grant me Kaleidoscope...

Edit: Now that I look at my list of Servants, I do have to say I am lucky.

(http://)

I'm only missing Babbage, Diarmuid and Fergus apart from all the 4* and 5* that you can't see here. Without wasting money. Keep in mind that there's the three event Servants and Marie who was my chosen one as the free 4* Servant (and I will never regret it, even if I missed having a good Archer until much much later).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 02, 2016, 02:17:00 pm
So yeah guys, who's the better Saber, Mordred or Arturia?
They're literal clones. The only difference (beside a few hundreds here and there in stats) is that Mordred has a debuff dispell+def up+NP increase skill while Arturia has Charisma. Then Mordred's NP has double damage against all Arthurs (which is pretty useless IMO, generally speaking). Arturia's Charisma isn't that good (unless you're raising it to lv10), so unless you're just using her to boost your other Servants, Mordred is probably a bit more viable by herself.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 02, 2016, 02:19:58 pm
Okay then, I will be sticking with her. Too bad for Artoria, she won't have second ascension until much much later, when I feel like farming for Saber pieces. I wonder if Mordred has any interaction with Artoria in My Room.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on January 03, 2016, 02:24:33 am
Edit: Now that I look at my list of Servants, I do have to say I am lucky.
http://i.imgur.com/u7rbtHL.jpg
And you were complaining months ago and now look where you are!

Whenever I've gotten a golden servant with a ticket is always a duplicate (Or a garbage CE)
I have Marie at UGH...NP LV3 (And I didn't pick her as the free 4*), Carmilla at NP LV2 (She was my free 4*) and Lancelot at NP LV2. The rest at NP LV1 are Herakles, Tamamo, St.Martha and Saber Lily, and yeah the event servants maxed out. Still, pretty bad track record for the amount of times I've tried to get something. I'll just dump all my tickets on the day every new year's servant's rate is up and hope for the best I guess.

Mordred being "Arturia without charisma" works in so many cruel ways. Ouch.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 03, 2016, 03:31:33 am
On my regular account, I've tossed some money three or four times, and I have 5 5* and 12 4*. On the alt account I've kept since Halloween (no money on it), I have 3 5* and 8 4*.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on January 04, 2016, 07:48:08 pm
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3zeqd9/fate_grandorder_crossover_event_confirmed_onstream/

FGO Crossover confrimed in February. With what, we don't know.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on January 04, 2016, 08:28:34 pm
Does "crossover" have to mean another property entirely or could it be between TM properties

Because I would pay more money than I'm comfortable admitting for a chance to get anyone from Tsukihime
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 04, 2016, 08:54:23 pm
I'm expecting Carnival Phantasm MK2.

Btw, I watched the stream, and it was really fun. Rigged dices FTW. If you understand a bit of what they're saying, I highly suggest you to watch it. I'm sure you'll find plenty of videos available in Youtube.

--------------

New maintenance:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/3zje1q/maintenance_on_16_from_1400_1600/

So finally Sunday won't be a day where I won't do anything. Since I have plenty of Saber related things and more than enough QP, it was the only day I was not farming anything. Now we will have EXP of every class on Sunday so we can still level up that day.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 05, 2016, 11:17:27 am
Hah. Yeah, it was kinda dumb that the day where everyone is usually available and not at work was the day for QP that no one cares about. And it doesn't seem like the QP dailies will be removed, so that's 8 more prisms to farm that day, which is nice.

I rolled every last ticket and quartz on both my main and alt accounts. Got a Jeanne and a 2030. Jeanne is absolutely not my play type and I won't touch her, but the 2030 is fine for Scathach, who is lv80. I don't know yet about switching my friend leader from Lancelot+Kaleido to Sca+2030, I'll think about it. Gunsalot is still the best to clean up wave 3 of all EXP dailies.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 06, 2016, 06:46:36 pm
Well, I'm going to do the three YOLO rolls I got from the stream rewards. Wish me luck so I may get one of the 5 stars.

Edit: First roll, 3* Roman CE. Okay...
Edit 2: Oh hey, I got Babbage! It was the last 3* Servant I was missing from London. Not bad.
Edit 3: W. T. F.
(http://i.imgur.com/PG7j0xQ.png)
I thought I was gaining nothing once I saw the silver Rider, then it turned into gold. It was my first time experiencing that IIRC.

So yeah... well, I have no complains. A worthless CE, a Servant I wanted to have because it looked cool and another Gold Rider. I think Martha is the only one I'm missing now LOL.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 06, 2016, 07:49:33 pm
Grats, they're pretty damn good in spite of their awful, awful design. If you have a Black Holy Grail, it just got fixed to fit the description (instead of the other way around), so it gives 60% boost on NP, it should make their NP insanely powerful.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 06, 2016, 07:52:17 pm
I do have it, so I guess I will be able to use it. I still won't stop using Marie though, I refuse to do so. She's still the Servant I have in My Room, that's how much I like her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on January 06, 2016, 09:26:07 pm
Used my summon tickets and 40 of my quartz. The highlights were me getting Carmilla and a 2nd Medea with my tickets and then getting Paracelsus and 2 Babbages on my Grand Summon.

Also I got three of the Gudao and Gudako New Year's CE.

EDIT: Oh, I also got Caesar.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 06, 2016, 10:01:31 pm
Carmilla is the second strongest Assassin you can get (Jack the Ripper surpassing her by a lot), so congrats. The other 3* Servants are quite good too, so not a bad roll you had there. The Gudao and Gudako CE is not good unfortunately.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 09, 2016, 03:28:14 pm
In the last couple of days, I've gotten Super Successes for EXP feeding all up the wazoo. Like, out of 10 feedings, at least 6 or 7 become a super success. Is there something going on that wasn't announced ?

... I forgot, before the change in dailies formula, did the "all classes" EXP daily use to give EXP cards from all classes, or the "all classes" EXP cards ? Because the new Sunday EXP daily is the former, which is quite a bit less interesting. Oh well, it's still interesting enough for a Sunday daily, better than just QP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 10, 2016, 10:50:53 am
They gave the former. So yeah, they just brought back what already existed before. Not that I complain, at least I got something to do on Sunday.

I sure wish they gave us more ways to farm Demon Hearts and Dragon Scales soon. God, the drop rates are terrible for them. I need hearts for both max ascension Carmilla and Mordred. Will have to rely on that dumb 160MP bag in order to ascend Mordred.

-------

10 more quartz for reaching a certain milestone in Twitter:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/40ftv0/news_10_quartz_present_on_112_thanks_to_200k/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on January 12, 2016, 11:12:55 pm
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CYjV1JWWQAE587Q.jpg)

Guess who just rolled Mordred.
(This is after the New Years gacha since I'm not wasting money to do the paid gacha)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 13, 2016, 01:03:26 pm
Nice. I got Artoria with a ticket so I hold no regrets of being unable to do the New Year roll that gave you the guaranteed 5*.

However, I must admit I got too cocky with all the luck I got, because I just recently managed to get 40 quartz with the 150 day, rolled in order to get Tesla, and was rewarded with nothing but 3* Servants (and none were Diarmuid not Fergus), one Hollow Magic, and that the 4* CE equivalent to increase damage of Quick cards. I sure hope Valentine's event doesn't have a Servant I would really want.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on January 13, 2016, 03:42:10 pm
I've been the three star king for a while, so when I rolled a Frankenstein I nearly bolted out of my seat at work
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 14, 2016, 01:34:13 am
There's an upcoming event in which you'll need Sabers. Similar to Christmas, which means they will increase the drop rate of whatever they use as currency in that event. So I guess this 1/2 AP event will be useful if your Sabers don't have a high level.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/40rqdb/new_event_announcement_saber_based_event/

Well, with Mordred, Artoria and d'Eon, I don't think I will find any difficulty with it. Caesar is still level 60 from the Christmas event and he's damn good, and Gilles... well, I have him at third ascension (don't ask, it was a day I was really frustrated), so I may as well level him to 60 too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on January 14, 2016, 02:30:38 am
I think my Mordred can handle this.

I have Caesar too so....Guess I'll work on him.

EDIT: I just realized I have Saber Lily too. Guess I'll work on her as well.

....Oh and I also have Fergus, who I've done nothing with.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 14, 2016, 02:35:08 am
Mordred, Nero, Caesar on my main are fine (well, they don't have a good synergy, Mordred is very generic and Nero is only worth for the heal), but I'll need to level Altera on my alt to help out Arturia Alter.
I'm not sure it's going to be a drop rate up in the same way as the previous events, most Sabers are either 4 or 5*, they can't give a different drop bonus according to rarity. Those events are always cryptic until they actually come out...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on January 14, 2016, 03:33:36 am
I've got Okita, Fergus, Caesar, and (if all else fails) Gilles. I think I'll be good.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on January 14, 2016, 07:41:28 am
Caesar, Gilles and Saber Lily.
Oh joy.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 14, 2016, 10:07:20 am
Borrow a good support. Or attempt YOLO rolls in the story gatcha as they have Artoria as one of the 5* Servants that you have a high chance to obtain (alongside Tamamo). If you get Fergus, you will have a decent team too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on January 14, 2016, 05:20:24 pm
Really hope the Saber focus means rare items like Horseshoes are in the shop

I'm so close to getting Attila to her final ascension I can taste it
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 14, 2016, 07:18:24 pm
I want eleven monuments so that Artoria can reach max ascension. I don't want to farm them. I don't want to farm.

Edit: Would you look at that...

(http://i.imgur.com/pCj3Rs2.jpg)

Just who in their right mind would do this to himself?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on January 15, 2016, 04:24:19 am
I want eleven monuments so that Artoria can reach max ascension. I don't want to farm them. I don't want to farm.

Edit: Would you look at that...

(http://i.imgur.com/pCj3Rs2.jpg)

Just who in their right mind would do this to himself?

No idea, but I just did this to myself:

(http://i.imgur.com/dkY1Bho.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on January 15, 2016, 06:32:09 am
Or attempt YOLO rolls
With my luck? Hell no.
I'll just hoard these until DW makes the gacha less awful. I think they were going to implement the ability to use FP for the premium gacha so I'll just wait.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 15, 2016, 09:39:16 am
No idea, but I just did this to myself:

I was mainly talking about the support I got that had a Mona Lisa CE. That's 1000 Mana Prisms wasted and a lot of time in their life too.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on January 15, 2016, 09:53:46 am
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/agtjcj/

Saber. Wars.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 15, 2016, 10:17:15 am
Arturia Lily as the free 4*.

I hope you're glad you paid to get her 8 months earlier to not use her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 15, 2016, 11:19:07 am
Hahahahaha, the Saber wars. That was hilarious.

And hey, with this I can finally get Saber Lily for free! Yahoo! Though if you can only get less than 5 copies, I don't think I'm going to bother getting her NP, her stats are subpar compared to other Servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 15, 2016, 11:56:09 am
It'd be weird IMO if you couldn't max out her NP with the event. I'd sooner expect an amazing drop bonus for her and you can only get her late, so those who bought her get a good advantage.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on January 15, 2016, 01:18:21 pm
Well at least I can finally make my Lily useful.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 17, 2016, 12:33:45 am
In a far, far away galaxy...



I sure hope this event makes me laugh a lot, I have high expectations for it. I'm expecting Mordred appearing and saying "You're my father!" to Artoria instead of the opposite.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on January 18, 2016, 10:56:43 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/P3WnMF0.png)
I'm probably ready for the Saber Wars (low on ascension mats for Fergus and Caesar over there. Also Waver's just filling in the void of Gilles while I try to see if I can do FP rolls for him.)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 19, 2016, 11:39:47 am
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/agtjcj/
Mysterious Heroine X (codename A-X), 5* Assassin, Secretcalibur (Himitsucalibur, unnamed sword of victory) is anti unit, stronger against Saberface.
Artorium is the ahoge, new main currency. Apparently it'll be pretty much like Honnouji event.
Not translating everything right now, but the Sabers have increased destructive power, woohoo.
The event Lily CE gives 100% power boost to yourself, the Heroine X CE gives 50% to the whole team. Those 2 and 2 more (alpha and beta something, maybe ce exp like honnouji) can be obtained with artorium. I assume that'll work like honnouji points.
Pickup rate summon for A-X, Nero, Saber Alter.

http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/onurf/
Maintenance has new FP summons, 3 interludes for A-X, a third one for Nero, all EXP daily renamed to random exp, prism shop changes, profiles fixes, damage display fix.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 19, 2016, 09:39:16 pm
Translated!

http://fate-go.cirnopedia.info/quest_event_20160120.php
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/41nw1o/new_saber_wars_info/

Also guide (image fails to load sometimes so here's a direct link too: http://i.imgur.com/m5LrkkX.png):
(http://i.imgur.com/m5LrkkX.png)
As you can easily see, the transistor and all-purpose lens are worth nothing since the rewards they give can be easily farmed. The dragon scales, however, are not easy to farm, so go for these ASAP. No demon hearts breaks my heart.

WTF, Mysterious Heroine X a 5* Assassin. I wasn't expecting her appearance nor her class. I'm not really expecting myself to get her, but I have my 3 YOLO rolls ready so anything can happen!

What I'm really interested here is the new FP summons. I have a total of 40 FP rolls ready, so I hope they are interesting to get.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 20, 2016, 09:55:37 am
Hahaha, the wyverns all sport an ahoge! That was funny.

And oh hey, the main Servants from Extra stand together to fight against me. What a surprise.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on January 20, 2016, 09:58:50 am
So uh Heroine X's NP

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 20, 2016, 10:02:43 am


Yeah, pretty much it. Does tons of damage for sure, and I want to know what one of her skills do, that grants her a clock as symbol. As an enemy, it grants her 4 attacks per turn.

And LOL, Tesla appears and his name is Captain✩Nikola.

Also, the FP gatcha now gives 1* and 2* Fou too.

Edit: Welp, my YOLO rolls only granted me the 3* event CE. At least it's something, the other two were pure garbage.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 20, 2016, 11:44:31 am
Yolo rolled... Got A-X. I think I'm getting super lucky.

Teach comes up, wants to touch stuff and get a sweet good wife, you prepare for a fight, A-X says isn't he a friend of yours (choices : "it's okay" or "yeah, it's totally okay"), Mashu says it's the kind of ally you often get into a fight with, then "I just remembered, the Servant I fused with, he wanted a holy sword !"
... Uh ? Is that part of the joke or are they sneaking serious story bits in there out of fucking nowhere ! (Galahad had that weird sword that was supposed to be holy but never did shit)
(Teach is willing to help you train) "It's okay, a puny lv1 NP won't kill me" *Caliburn dick stab* "You're even worse against men than Orion !" "I'm so sorry, my hand slipped ! Please, one more time !" "I can't say no to that cute face, but PLEASE aim at my chest !" "Okay ! Cut the wicked, Calibu-oops ?" [...] "you know what, I think your NP is plenty strong like that".
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 20, 2016, 11:56:22 am
So the dick stab is basically official at this point. For that reason this NP should do increased damage against human males.

Btw, I've done the 40 AP quests, and they can all fuck themselves. Specially the one with Tesla, making it impossible to pull a team of only Sabers without having to revive them at least once. And the other quests starting from Tesla have Servants with 1M and more health, which is retarded as fuck, because the bigger their health the higher the chance you eat a NP, and unless you can dodge/block it getting hit by a NP equals death. Plus it makes the battle annoyingly long.

But well, now I finally have an Artoria Lily. Not really useful, but at least it's something. She most likely will be better than Gilles, so back to the bin bro.

Edit: Oh, and one of the rewards from the Artorium prizes was another quartz, which let me roll a Diarmuid. Finally, I got him. Now only Fergus remains.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 20, 2016, 12:01:26 pm
The Sabers have a strength boost (my Mordred deals double damage), and the CEs give another boost, so it should be doable ? Or put your Sabers in the back and get one Heracles or Scathach friend.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 20, 2016, 12:05:28 pm
Yeah, I wanted to say that with a full party of Sabers it's really hard to win this. Don't make a full party of Sabers for this, not worth the difficulty. Bring Kintoki for Jeanne, Scathach for Tesla, Okita for Scathach or Waver for Mysterious Heroine Z. You need them to reduce the time you'll spend in one single quest, else it's 15-20 minutes trying to reduce that huge HP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 20, 2016, 01:35:37 pm
Siegfried "I dropped Balmung in a pond, and this goddess called Stheno asks me 'did you drop the older witch, or the younger witch ?' so I say 'neither' so why did she gives me both ! My head hurts."
x calls Tesla captain tesla, tesla is sad that his nickname in the future isn't doctor lightning.

Hnnng, Nero's new interlude is a new skill. Battle continuation, she can revive three times within 5 turns.

Episode 5
A-X "I'm from the future to save the world and destroy people like you (Saber Lily, Nero)"
Tamamo "Why ? Emperor, are you going on a world tour for a live ?"
Nero "But that would be saving the world !"
A-X "No, actually, your live tour destroyed the new planet Roma. No, you didn't do anything, it's just that it's terrible just from you being there."
Nero "Is it because we're too sexy ?" *Saber Lily blushes*
A-X "It's because there are too many of you ! (well, of us) Enough to start a world war ! There's a huge inflation on Saber class. The entire Lancer class was exterminated, and everyone from the Archer class became judged as a criminal."

.... whaaaaat
So Heroine X isn't even Arturia, she's just someone from the future in the Servant World (AKA the universe, hence the rocket ship) who happens to be a Saber face. And she decided to do some ethnic cleansing in the past before it got out of hand.
Lily says she should be a target because she's a Saber that shouldn't have existed in the first place, too. A-X says that's fine, she doesn't need to kill everyone - she should leave at least one Saber or else she herself would never be born. And she decided that that one Saber should be Lily !
Nero "oh come on, why wouldn't it be me ?"
A-X "well that's obvious. You stand out too much. Also, now that I look at you more closely, you don't even look like me. ... I guess I could let you go too."
Cue Heroine Z who tries to kill X because she's gone too soft and abandoned her mission to kill all Sabers.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 20, 2016, 07:49:39 pm
Hahaha, wtf is that plot? What kind of future is waiting for us that we will be swarmed with Saberfaces? I would rather be swarmed with Marie, honestly.

Btw, that new skill that Nero has is really good. Three revives in 5 turns. If you lower its cooldown and with her health recovery, she's meant to last a long on her own. Is that skill the same she could use in Extra that allowed her to come back if she was killed?

And while Nero has turned even better, Heroine X is not that good after you try her. A delayed party stun is worse that a non-delayed stun (and chances are you don't need a party stun), Instinct which is worthless ever since the upgrade we got with the crit stars, and her third skill is a combination of star generation plus extra damage against Saberfaces which is not that good. For what you can check, Jack is much much better than her as an Assassin. Her NP is cooler than Jack's though, if you go for that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 20, 2016, 07:54:45 pm
Btw, that new skill that Nero has is really good. Three revives in 5 turns. If you lower its cooldown and with her health recovery, she's meant to last a long on her own. Is that skill the same she could use in Extra that allowed her to come back if she was killed?
Oh, yeah, the name in kanji seems to be the same. "Thrice, Though I Welcome the Setting Sun" in Extra according to the Wikia, that's the same here.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 20, 2016, 07:59:08 pm
So that means this skill is now officially another personal skill she has, instead of just a skill that exists in Extra only. Cool for me, that skill saved my ass tons of times against that Excalibur Gallantine.

Edit: HAHAHAHAHAHA!

(http://i.imgur.com/5kGbvD2.jpg)

I got the UMU power with the 4 quartz you can get today! Dat sexy Saber is now mine! That's it, no YOLO rolling this event anymore. My luck probably left me after this roll.

For what I can see, you also need her at third ascension apart from clearing her second quest.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 20, 2016, 08:16:00 pm
Yeah, the interlude has her explain it. You go to the hill where Nero killed herself, she tells you how she didn't understand her countrymen, got kicked out of her throne, ran away to here, kept hoping someone would call out to her (closed her eyes, thought she saw something but it was an illusion, closed her eyes again, thought a random sound was someone calling for her) and on the third sunset, she killed herself. So yeah, it's definitely a personal thing. Checking out Wikipedia, it seems to relate to how Nero chickened out of it twice, before finally having someone else help him out when he heard soldiers approaching.
Yeah, third ascension. I haven't final ascended her. Dunno how many bonds, I have it maxed.

And while Nero has turned even better, Heroine X is not that good after you try her. A delayed party stun is worse that a non-delayed stun (and chances are you don't need a party stun)
Hey, it's still party-wide, the one turn delay isn't really a problem if you plan your game, IMO it's much better than an immediate single target stun. How many Servants have a party-wide stun ? That's something you'd find in an NP, not a skill, isn't it ? Even if you might not always need a party-wide stun, it's still better because it increases your chance of stunning anyone. I rarely use regular stuns myself since they always have bad success rate, and by extension I almost don't use anyone who relies on a stun skill (except Medusa because she has monstruous strength as well and a good NP).
Also on her NP SO MANY STARS

... Uh, could've sworn Caliburn was anti-unit, it hits the whole team ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 20, 2016, 08:59:03 pm
It always hits the whole team. Maybe you got confused because it always lands on the crotch of one enemy. After landing though, it explodes, hurting everybody around the one that got its crotch destroyed, though it doesn't affect the crotches of the remaining enemies.

So yeah, it targets all enemies.

Edit: ...Oh hey, now the Fous in the shop cost only 15MP, but you have a limited amount of 20 for each of them. Basically forcing you to use FP rolls to get Fous now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on January 20, 2016, 10:12:32 pm
Okita with Purely Bloom can pretty much make Scathach her bitch.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 20, 2016, 10:30:01 pm
Great, now I need to get my hands on an Okita! Easy job!

Or find somebody who has it, but unfortunately Okita users seems not to like equipping that CE for some stupid reason.

Edit: Finally Okita users are starting to put that 100% increase of damage to her. My god she obliterates Scathach in an instant.

For what I'm seeing, Tesla is good for mid tier farm, Jeanne for low tier, and Scathach for high tier. Heroine X for Artorium only.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on January 21, 2016, 06:33:59 am
14 summoning tickets and 40 quartz later.. I only got one event CE and Alexander... that's it, the rest was junk.
...I'll just go back to FFRK.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 21, 2016, 11:50:55 am
My condolences. At least you can get a 4* Saber if you didn't have one before, with a full powered NP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 22, 2016, 12:30:26 am
I just noticed that the last lv90 quest that gives a Lore will be Lancer only. That's weird, between the increased Saber power, the very likely swarm of Bloom CEs, and the class triangle, for once that lv90 just might be doable (well, for those who have more Sabers than just the 3* anyway...) Unless the boss has like 5M HP and crits 100% of the time with 400% crit power or something, I guess.
Got 2 Bloom CEs from the shop and about 60k Artorium (with my first Lily), that's going well, Mordred hits like a freight train now. Also I finally rolled Atalanta - on my alt account, so between Saber Alter and Scathach, that's officially my waifu account. Apparently I have a waifu account now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on January 22, 2016, 03:51:45 am
My condolences. At least you can get a 4* Saber if you didn't have one before, with a full powered NP.
Too bad I preregistered so I already had Lily. And she doesn't even have the stats of a real 4*.
Oh well.


Anyways, I had to use seals to fight Tesla... I wasn't prepared for the mobs, I'll do the harder missions after acquiring CEs and leveling up Lily.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 22, 2016, 12:34:27 pm
I have 210K, and that's because I've been spamming the hell out of the Scathach quest (after every AP refill, and even got a level up so more to that). I also have managed to obtain all Bloom CE, all Saber monuments and all dragon scales using that quest, since you get like 40 or more of them just by beating it unless you're unlucky and the majority of enemies appear with an ahoge.

And even with that ahoge, it doesn't stop enemies from having their normal drops (unless it's the door, which replaces its ahoge for the 4* EXP CE), and so far I got three demon hearts from the demon in that quest. Now the only 4* and 5* Servant that I lack the last Ascension are Scathach, Nero and Artoria Lily. Fuck Anne/Mary and Carmilla for requiring so many Talons, and even Hearts for Carmilla. I'm finally done with you two.

Oh, and Scathach seems to have a high chance of dropping the bloom CE. I got two from her so far, which means less farming to do. Really guys, use those superquests to farm event items. They're hard, but really rewarding.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 22, 2016, 01:21:55 pm
I beat Tesla with Sca and Cu without trouble, but I can't beat Sca without reviving my full team. The bots, demon, then Sca herself take too long to kill, even with a support Okita with Bloom and NP and master buff. i'll try a strong assassin and a Sca in front for the riders and sabers, then the back row with sabers (except that's already 3 5* and Blooms everywhere, high cost), but a full saber team + Lancelot doesn't survive for me. And that's with 4 Blooms !
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 22, 2016, 02:46:10 pm
I use a team of Artoria (lvl 80), Mordred (lvl 90, maxed ATK) and Okita support. All of them with the Bloom CE. I also have Nero (and Mashu) in the backrow with a Star of Artoria, so that means 150% increase of attack to all the front row Servants (except the friend Okita who's already maxed, so it's 250% in that case). All enemies in the team need only a turn for each to die except the demon, unless I get a Brave Combo with the Okita support with criticals and the crit buff and star attraction. After that, if all of them have their NP ready, I trigger all of their buffs and there goes the entire enemy team, with perhaps Scathach surviving at 20K or 30K health.

Once I manage to max Bloom on my Mordred and get another Star of Artoria, it will turn into a one-sided massacre. Mordred and Okita at 300% is really crazy.

Edit: WTF, another dropped Bloom CE. Welp, maxed out Bloom.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 23, 2016, 01:42:05 am
I noticed the artorium gifts have one Bloom in them, which is good since I don't have to pray for one to drop (I never had that last Halloween Princess on my main account :( ). And I got mine earlier today, and just bought the fourth one in the shop, so I maxed mine too. Also got the last heart to final ascend Mordred, my first Servant to break past 80... and holy shit those final levels are costly in EXP. Almost 30 4* EXP didn't even give her 3 levels. I have her as my Leader I with maxed Bloom of course.
And I got around to killing Scathach reliably too, btw.
... Hey, the Bloom actually works out well with its intended effect for those battles (any of them), too, for once... About 5 to 7 turns to clean the first two waves, then a couple more for NP gauge, that's like 7 to 9 *5 = about 40% damage up on the NP, which you can then blast over the boss.
... Which is just like a Heaven's Feel. Which has the same rarity but doesn't make you wait 8 turns. Yeah, the event CEs are still pretty bad by themselves, but it does work out well in this case.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on January 23, 2016, 02:24:29 am
My team for Scathach quest is Mordred (level 90, max Purely Bloom), Waver (500 Years Dedication, it helps somehow), Okita friend (with Purely Bloom, doesn't matter if it's maxed or  not)

I use Waver's NP first (assuming I get it in time) and Okita's second, seeing as how they both have defense down debuffs, Then, I finish her off with Mordred's NP.

EDIT: My Lily has Star of Artoria equipped.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 23, 2016, 05:21:11 pm
Say, I thought A-X was supposed to have 3 interludes available, but I can't find them anywhere (on any map or the Chaldea Gate), even after clearing the Heroine Z quest (cost me my last quartz, not doing that again soon without at least one Artoria Star). Anyone knows where they're supposed to be ? I can't even find the box that tells me what requirement I'm missing, and I have her first ascension and bond level 2.

edit - never mind, first interlude is in Septem, Rome node, requires bond lv3. Weird, the counter says 4 missions but it should be 5, I have the free node and 3 other interludes waiting, and X's interlude is at the bottom and I didn't scroll, that's why I missed it. Tiny display glitch, is it ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 24, 2016, 01:47:09 am
What happens in her interludes? I'm expecting them to be a joke since the character itself is a joke, but maybe I'll be surprised.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 24, 2016, 02:02:31 am
I dunno, I don't even have the proper bond level for the first one yet, and I'm already locked at the second ascension :P (assassin pieces and dragon fangs which I'm not getting from the shop yet, I'm doing the tranGstors first, and after that I'll need plumes for the next ascension) I'll see if I can get the EXP and mats next week, but I've already emptied the 4* EXP cards for others...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on January 24, 2016, 05:58:56 am
Having E Rank lung with the gacha is tough, I finally cleared the last two free missions, I can clear Scathach consistently thanks to a Nero support with this team
(http://i.imgur.com/ckaBo91.png)
Heroine Z though, that required even more planning and a Siegfried support, I don't ever want to try it again.
(http://i.imgur.com/fP6i3vo.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 24, 2016, 12:39:09 pm
X's first interlude
X tells Mashu about "Saber THE Saber", the contest to determine the strongest, ultimate Saber. Roman wants to ask her if she's really the king of the sacred sword. If you tell her "but you're an Assassin" she says "you're saying strange things again, Master ! I am obviously a Saber however you look at it !"
First opponent is Mordred, she goes "uh ? Have I seen you somewhere before ?" X : "*sweatdrop*" even the announcer wonders why X isn't a Saber. Mordred recognizes X as her father, X says she doesn't know whose child Mordred is. X really wants to kill Mordred, who blushes and goes all WTF is going on. During the fight, seeing X's sword, Mordred is sure X is Arturia. Mordred vanishes all confused calling her afther an idiot (she doesn't vanish like when Servants die though, I dunno)
X "Another Saber that isn't me has gone, England is safe !"
Mashu says that opponent seemed to know X, X goes nope, I haven't the foggiest idea whatever she could have possibly been thinking !

On my way to collecting lenses to get fangs for her second ascension and second interlude. Got my first Star, should get easier and easier.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on January 24, 2016, 07:40:44 pm
Sort of unrelated, but Okita is fucking dangerous

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 24, 2016, 08:31:29 pm
Well she's got three Quick-Up, and NP up, a Master ATK up, most likely a fully broken Bloom, probably a Star or two... We've all seen those shots of Robin dealing like 5M damage with his NP too.

X second interlude
next round of the same tournament, you fight Nero. while X is rambling about cutting up a Saber with Calibur, cutting up a Saber with Calibur. Nero is pumping up the spectators (this is happening in Rome, so she has home turf advantage in popularity), X jealously says she could do the same in Britain... ? She challenges Red Saber, claiming that Blue Saber should have monopoly over the Saber market, to hell with the blacks and whites, red is the worst. She doesn't even like splitting pairs in blue and red, especially if it's for a popular crazy emperor.
Nero ".... By the way, who are you ?"
X "Diiiiieeeeee !"
During the fight, X is confident she's going to win, and... is already thinking about going to eat after that. Nero tries to rally the people's cheers, but still loses.
Nero "Oh, I remember where I've seen you before !"
X "Ah, well, it's about ti-"
Nero "Jeanne, it's you, isn't it ?"
X *Excalibur*
X "I won, Master ! Soon, I'll be the only Saber left !"
Mashu "... Senpai, shouldn't we stop her already... ?"
Third interlude in London, it's an NP up, but it requires the third ascension, I'm not there yet, don't have any EXP for her yet.

If this turns out to be the actual Artoria gone in a crazy killing spree against her many clones, this is hand down her best portrayal ever. On the other hand, seeing there's also a Heroine Z, it's more likely basically a crazy Blue Saber fan.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on January 24, 2016, 11:18:29 pm
yeah, your plot summaries have been pretty fun and this has been the best artoria one.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 25, 2016, 04:04:54 am
I'm even surprised she got an Interlude honestly, taking into account she's only a joke character that copies Kirito with her Noble Phantasm. I mean, Nobunaga, Caster Elizabeth and Santa Alter never got one, so why does Heroine X get one? Yeah, I know they were freebies and she's not, but still...

Poor poor Mordred, the only appearance she gets in someone else's Interlude, she's treated this bad. Nero has appeared in other Servant's Interludes and it usually shows lots of her good sides (Marie, Romulus, and I'm not sure if the same happens with Caligula).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 25, 2016, 09:36:34 pm
yeah, your plot summaries have been pretty fun and this has been the best artoria one.
Thanks :)

So it wasn't that difficult after all to reach lv70 with a few 40AP EXP missions and all 100 3* EXP from the shop.
X Interlude 3
in Southwark, London
Announcing the grand finale of the Saber THE Saber tournament in Britain, in a mysterious old castle (Mashu "it is ancient, but I don't know about mysterious...") X says of course the finale would have to be held in Britain holy ground. Arturia is the final opponent. "Hum, excuse me, I've been dragged here, but what is this exactly, anyway ?" X says this day has finally come, they're like the two sides of a coin, light and dark - but she has to surpass her. (your options are "no but, isn't this Saber... you ?" and "let's go, Blue Sab- I mean, Heroine X !" first option gets Mashu to tell you to drop it already) X calls herself the ultimate Saber. It's scary to mess with parallel worlds and causality and crumbling time-space, but let's get to it ! Arturia is surprised to feel those eyes stare right through her (she might be talking about having *her own eyes* stare right through her, I'm not sure, the wording could be either), but she can't let this Saber loose in the world. She doesn't really get it, but it's for her (Arturia's) own good too.
During the fight, Arturia notices a dark aura on X and wonders what pushed her so far. X says Arturia can't understand the fear of her own face multiplying like that. (Roman "no, I think it's pretty easy to get...") Arturia thinks she has to seal her here or her own image will be in trouble. She calls for the planet to release her holy sword, to give her the power to wipe out this strange self (as in, wipe that "me" over there). X calls for her holy sword to destroy all Sabers.
Arturia loses, despite being having home ground advantage and everything maxed out. "Hey, Mashu, say something." "Me ? Oh, Congratulation, Artu- I mean, Mysterious Heroine X !" X is happy to have defeated and surpassed all Sabers, and finally a true Grail War for Saber can start (what ?) ... Altera, d'Eon, Caesar pop up and congratulate her.
Scene change to a camp in the forest.
"... -san.  ... -ber-san, I mean, Mysterious Heroine X !"
X "By the way, I don't know if you've noticed, but I actually am Arthu- what !!?" (yes, Arthur, not Arturia)
Mashu "dinner's ready, please wake up."
X "Wait, that was a dream ??"
Oh fuck you :P
Sooo.... Basically just a long running gag about X being really Arturia in disguise but everyone seeing through it - except it was all a dream. Eh, whatever.

I'm leaning toward X being a crazed fangirl at the core and just dreaming that she was the real Arturia. Z's existence wouldn't make much sense if X was the original one. But hey, NP upgrade. Oh damn, EX rank ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on January 25, 2016, 11:33:52 pm
I was expecting lancer artoria to somehow appear in the end and defeat both sabers with her two big weapons.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 26, 2016, 12:31:41 am
I sure hope FGO Materials explain why she has those big weapons when technically she had that lance even after having Excalibur (and she killed Mordred with it, so it was possible to easily explain why she can be summoned as a Lancer). Making me accept that she's a different Artoria that never got the sword is stretching it a bit too far, specially since no Excalibur, no King of Knights.

And so, in the end Heroine X interlude ends up being a dream. Not the only one that has pulled off the "It was all a dream" explanation for some of the Servant's interludes, and really, it shouldn't be used at all.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on January 26, 2016, 04:18:58 am
afaik, it's because avalon stops her from growing, which contradicts what we know about shiro, so maybe it's teh avalon excalibur combo?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 26, 2016, 09:18:54 am
Yeah, Avalon's the one that stops her from growing, but Avalon is precisely the sheath of Excalibur. Without the sword, why would she even have its sheath? Sure, it was stolen, but since the Grail summons the Servants at their prime age, and at her prime age she was young because of Avalon's effect... well, she should have been summoned with the same body she has as Saber class.

Plus, while I do know that the Servants are separated from time flow, which is the reason EMIYA can be summoned, I don't recall that it's possible to summon versions from paralel worlds where things went different. Even the characters from Prototype have basically the same or similar story as their FSN counterparts, and it's easier to accept that there can be different versions of it (I mean we even have Da Vinci as female form, and while laughable it does make a bit of sense that it's possible). But in this case... I mean, it's basically Excalibur / No Excalibur, which is a huge difference that you can't just ignore.

But yeah, I know, it's a Mobage, and in the end they will just make anything in order to make people buy more. It's just that... well, I expected them to try to be as much accurate as they could with the Fate lore, while still making more money. Some Servants do have the potential for another game after all.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 26, 2016, 11:38:50 am
Extra showed that the "observer" needs to observe all possibilities (and it keeps trying to hint that the Mooncell is as good as the Throne and vice versa but they're still not the same thing guys). Also, Emiya already proves that, Shirou isn't becoming a CG in any of the vn routes and yet here's Emiya. So yes, alt universe and alt timeline forms are possible.

As for Da Vinci, she explicitly says she painted her ideal beauty therefore she gets to be summoned like that because fuck you all, I can do that if I want to, I'm mufuggin' Da Vinci. As in presumably she was a man in her real life. (He was most likely gay in real hiistory anyway so it works out)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 26, 2016, 01:10:49 pm
The EMIYA problem (basically, EMIYA never encountered a Servant EMIYA in his life) is something that I don't think we should see as a paralel world, even though it obviously is. At least I don't think they hinted it this way, every time they mention that part in Fate Stay Night it seems like they don't treat summoning Servants of the future as another paralel world for the Servant, but rather just changing the past.

Still, we have the same problem, Artoria only becomes a legend and king by obtaining Excalibur. Also, without Excalibur, I'm pretty sure they can't beat that dragon that was mentioned in her past, can't remember its name now, with only the lance.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 26, 2016, 01:25:17 pm
The dragon in Garden of Avalon is Vortigern, and she did kill it with the lance, I think. It even nearly extinguished both Excalibur and Galatine (because that's what it does, extinguish stuff)

Emiya didn't change the past, he had no hand in getting summoned, Rin's pendant did (as in the one in her hand at the time, not the one Emiya kept). And it picked him from the future (rather than Emiya making his move to the past, if you catch the difference) (or rather, from the throne, which doesn't have a past or future) - except Shirou doesn't become a CG in that future, ergo it picked him from an alternate timeline. Emiya exists in the throne, the vn is a timeline that doesn't lead to him, it can't be anything else.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on January 26, 2016, 05:22:05 pm
Yeah, Avalon's the one that stops her from growing, but Avalon is precisely the sheath of Excalibur. Without the sword, why would she even have its sheath?

yeah, it's backwards, avalon is the one that stops her from growing, by not getting the sword/sheat, she can grow and grow breasts; avalon means she's stuck at a younger age, like vampires.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on January 26, 2016, 09:29:02 pm
So I was looking over the maintenance notes and I noticed something about a survey.. https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/42qkq6/weekly_maintenance_on_january_27th_to_put_forward/

Was there something I missed?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 26, 2016, 09:42:18 pm
? They're carrying out the first user survey, as in, there is *going to* be a survey.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 27, 2016, 10:23:18 am
Here's how you take it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/42wdlw/how_to_take_the_fgo_user_survey/

You don't need to fill the text boxes, btw. You get one ticket the next time you log in if you have sent it. Hopefully with the huge amount of people mentioning that the summoning system is bad at this moment will make them improve it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 27, 2016, 11:48:50 am
Favorite fate game
Why does this not have unlimited code (other than through the "others" box)
(Make sure you put sangoku/sengoku musou series for collab)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on January 27, 2016, 06:38:00 pm
Prisma Illya isn't there either. But yeah I was going to pick F:UC too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on January 27, 2016, 06:42:12 pm
It took some time dammit but I finally farmed enough Horseshoes out of the lvl 60 to fully ascend  Altera

Now comes the maddening moment where I decide whether to keep going for all the riders that need it
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 27, 2016, 11:29:51 pm
I'm sorry guys, but as much as I like Fate/Unlimited Codes, I voted the original F/SN novel as the winner. With the Realta Nua version, it gained so much with voice and the new BGM that it just wins against everything.

As for anime, it was a hard pick between Zero or Unlimited CodesUnlimited Blade Works, but in the end I prefered Zero a lot more.

Edit: Corrected the anime I mentioned.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on January 27, 2016, 11:53:02 pm
if by unlimited codes you mean unlimited blde works, zero is better, in ubw they just got so lost at some points that it seemed they had forgotten they ahd already animated some scenes/dialogues and made them again.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 27, 2016, 11:54:54 pm
Yeah, I meant that. Whoops, what a mistake. Editing it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 28, 2016, 12:18:25 am
I'm sorry guys, but as much as I like Fate/Unlimited Codes, I voted the original F/SN novel as the winner. With the Realta Nua version, it gained so much with voice and the new BGM that it just wins against everything.

As for anime, it was a hard pick between Zero or Unlimited CodesUnlimited Blade Works, but in the end I prefered Zero a lot more.
Hum, it wasn't cumulative, it was which one of these was the best, not the best anime + best game + best novel. When you picked the Zero anime, it removed your selection of the VN.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 28, 2016, 12:39:10 am
Yeah I know, I was just stating which one I liked from each cathegory. In the end I picked F/SN, but if they had let us choose it separately, I would have chosen Zero as my favourite anime.

And as for collab, I left it blank. Had no idea what kind of game would fit this. Perhaps Suikoden, for the RPG and battle parts?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 29, 2016, 09:53:54 am
As this is important news, new post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/437zm5/fgo_february_update_what_to_expect/

We finally will be able to change our target after we have pressed Attack, in case we pressed it accidentally. Ffs this was needed a lot.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 29, 2016, 10:19:13 am
Oh good. They explained that limitation by claiming, it's realistic, once you set your Servant to you can't hold them back anymore. That was bullshit. Dunno if it's only target change or you can actually go back out of the attack screen, to pick skills again.
Login counter, tips on loading, servant/ce/present boxes size up, visual cue that your CE is max broken in your party composition (like in the friend selection).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 29, 2016, 10:24:03 am
They mean that once you're locked in the Attack phase, you can change your target before choosing your cards if, as it happened to me many times, the game failed to registered the target your pressed.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 29, 2016, 10:36:12 am
I know, I'm wondering if we'll also be able to go back to using skills.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 29, 2016, 10:54:32 am
I doubt it. Skills require you to be outside the Attack Phase, and some affect where the stars go or the amount of stars you get, and the way it is coded right now I doubt they can put something that distributes the stars again after getting more. It would need a big change on the system of how stars are distributed for it to work.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 29, 2016, 11:32:16 am
That's why I'm talking about a return to the previous screen. Well, not that I really expect it here, but I wish they considered it. There's no reason for it to be impossible to code - but yeah, I suppose it could be very easy to abuse to redistribute stars...
Only way I see it for target change is that the card selection screen still has the hp bars of the enemies clickable, then.

Edit
Today's daily
http://m.imgur.com/a/m7Tsu
Jack's name
B.J
What
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 29, 2016, 10:07:24 pm
Black Jack? I suppose that's the joke here.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 29, 2016, 10:33:37 pm
yes, that or blowjob because prostitute depending on how you chose to read it
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on January 29, 2016, 11:12:36 pm
I am just surprised at the fact that she managed to get smaller panties.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 30, 2016, 12:18:14 am
NP 5 with Lily. With this, I am done with this event. Anybody else has managed to reach the 1M Artoriums?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 30, 2016, 12:41:52 am
About 730k. I might hold out maybe one more day of the dailies, but it's tough getting a team that can win (enough Blooms and Stars) and yet still have a decent Artorium multiplier. Maybe if you can Bloom up a maxed Lily... Still curious about the final daily, requiring lv90, yet it'll be only Lancers... Eh, it'll probably have like 5M HP.
I still can't even reliably beat Z (too big cost to have 3 Stars, a Bloom, and enough tanks, unless maybe if you use one less member in your party), so it's still hard to collect points outside of the dailies.

edit
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/43at72/fategrand_order_contributed_significantly_for/
http://www.irwebcasting.com/20160129/4/95d76e9f3c/mov/main/index.html
13:45 mark on the recording, slide 20 said:
We think there are 3 reasons for the strong performance of the music segment ... Fate/Grand Order, a smartphone game developed by Aniplex, which is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan, has become a hit, and this is contributing significantly to our profitability.
Namedropped not only in the slides, but even takes the spotlight in the spoken presentation right after Adele, Spotify and Apple Music. Huh, so much money. Now expecting Sony to make it blow up into series and live action movies and the whole shabang. I hope Nasu can secure a contract made of solid gold with Sony. He's up with the Hollywood stars like Adele and Apple now.
Killed today's 1.2M HP Karna... A Saber for tomorrow is going to be tough, but at least I'm at 930k points now. And I can beat Z. past 1M and done.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on January 30, 2016, 08:25:16 pm
ha, so it's indirectly financing sfv and kof14.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 31, 2016, 01:43:36 am
The Karna fight is not really that much intimidating honestly. If you can beat Scathach with no problems, it's basically the same. The only thing is that you're unable to raise your NP enough so you can nuke him the turn you reach him, unless you have insane luck with the cards. That, and Karna disabling your NP. That's why I love the stun from the Chaldea clothes, works so well for giving you a turn to setup.

And judging by the title of the last quest, you're probably going to fight against Alter Lancer Artoria, with a lot more HP than Karna, though at least her skills are far easier to deal with than Karna's honestly.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on January 31, 2016, 04:34:22 pm
So on my last summon ticket roll....

I summoned Servant Kirito.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

And then with the summon ticket I got today, I rolled Saber Alter
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 01, 2016, 01:10:20 am
I just checked and the 4* EXP and the tickets in the shop have been refilled. Looks like they will refill them at the start of every month, though we will know for sure at the beginning of the next month.

New battle has a Lancer Dragon and Attila at the end. It's a tough fight because LOL crits from Attila, and if the dragon spams the fireball, even worse. Had to waste 3 CS because of a damn crit happening at the worst time possible.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on February 01, 2016, 07:31:08 am
I cleared it pretty easily with my farming team and a Nero support.
I just gave everyone Artoria Star CE's, filled NP the first round and went to town (And had Mashu tank Herakles' stuff)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on February 01, 2016, 11:23:23 am
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/rayfpf/

500M DL event, boys.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 01, 2016, 11:39:33 am
And here's the translation, as always.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/43nq4p/new_update_500_dl/

That's a ton of quartz. Looks like I will be able to roll for the Valentine event if there's one. I was expecting a free 5* Servant, but I guess it won't happen.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 01, 2016, 01:27:49 pm
So... How come Knight of Honor only deals 110k on the exp daily and not 160k anymore
Because it still kills everyone but not as much as I wish it did.

Never mind, I must have misfired my Master atk buff last time. Gotta get used to regular damage again.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 01, 2016, 01:33:04 pm
It should still do the same damage, they haven't done any change to the damage Knight of Honor does. Perhaps the current event messed up the values, and it will come back to normal once it ends?

Edit: Last quest available, as expected only Alter Lancer Artoria with 3333333 HP. I see what they did here LOL. It was easy to win, with Okita's dodge and Mashu's Invincibility and sacrifice, and one CS to increase NP to 100% I was able to win.

And finally!!! Scathach at her second ascension. OMFG 12 pieces was annoying to get.

And I'm truly done with this event. No more grinding from the event. Got all my Saber and Lancers to 1st Ascension and got Nero to second ascension. Time to go for 4* EXP cards again!

Edit2: Attila finally gains her NP upgrade!

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/43td21/3rd_february_maintenance_1400_1600_altera_is/

Also we get new Servants and CE, apart from the ones mentioned before.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on February 03, 2016, 06:37:06 am
(http://i.imgur.com/XKjTEH2.jpg)

B-B-B-B-Brynhild!
Also 4* Beowulf (Berserker) and 4* Fin McCool (Fionn mac Cumhaill) (Lancer)

Also I was told that they are removing old 3* CE from the story gacha. However, you can still summon for them via FP rolls.

Brynhild's NP is single target and does bonus damage towards her "beloved." Beowulf's NP is single target and it "never misses"

Finn's NP causes attack down and prevents debuffs to self.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 03, 2016, 08:35:39 am
WTF with Fionn. Totally different from the Zero version. And as everybody expected, we get Brynhild. Let's see who gets lucky here.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 03, 2016, 09:56:36 am
I never expected Zero Finn to become canon, he was like one still frame of a random face that they couldn't avoid showing, it's like Rhongomyniad in the ending, they didn't know what else to put and they probably didn't ask for an official design that no one knew if it would ever be reused.
Grendel Buster for one, Mac An Luin (Finn's sword/spear) for the other... With effects that are just random debuffs, I dunno, it's just trying to be more than straight damage but it feels too random at this point IMO. At least apparently Beowulf is double wielding two of his weapons.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 03, 2016, 11:42:21 am
Beowulf looks so cool. Honestly, I want him more than the other two. Too bad the shop tickets and trial ticket only gave me the new Jeanne 5* CE.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 03, 2016, 12:00:47 pm
Yeah, Beowulf seems cool (he looks wicked and his NP is hardass), but another 4* Zerker, I dunno. Fionn is arts oriented, seems close to Emiya, he can work but I'm not really interested. Good to have a nice 4* Lancer though.
The Saber dress is cool, up to 60% burst, 20 stars and 4k continuation, that sounds very viable. Single target though.
I'll do the Bryn quest at home.


Finally full maxed my first 5*, Mordred. I also landed a Beowulf (and no other gold Servant in like 170 quartz and 13 tickets over two accounts, but at least I'm glad we're not getting the old 3* CEs anymore in the quartz rolls)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 05, 2016, 09:47:28 am
I'm really jealous. Soon I will be able to 10-roll, so hopefully I get Beowulf too.

And yeah, maxing the 5* Servant is a pain in the ass. You need like 3 40AP quests to be able to raise their level once sometimes. But it's worth it if it's linear or reverse S growth. Mordred and Artoria ate tons of stars, that's for sure.

Edit: Ugh, I got shit nothing in my roll, except some of the new 3* CE. FML.

Oh well, at least I was able to max out Kiyohime's NP. Believe it or not, she's quite rare in my rolls.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on February 07, 2016, 02:25:54 am
I can't believe I never noticed this sooner, but DelightWorks really like to make 5* Lancers limited, even though Karna will be permanent when Chapter 5 is released.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on February 07, 2016, 04:09:31 pm
So I've been thinking about playing this, but I have a few doubts about it:

- I know the whole thing is in japanese. Are the menus and interface reasonably easy to browse or will I constantly have to check a faq?
- Do I need to know about the series lore to enjoy this game? The only piece of nasuverse-ry I'm familiar with is Tsukihime.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 07, 2016, 04:58:46 pm
The menus are all in Japanese, you'll get lost a bunch at the start, but you get used to it soon enough, there's only so many menus you need to know, and you visit them all the time.
You only need to know the basics of the Servant summoning system from the Fate series, all the stuff actually happening is completely original. You don't even need to know about the original Grail system from the VN.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on February 07, 2016, 07:03:26 pm
Installed it. After my first roll and burning 4 quartz and 4000 friend points I got Mephistophelss, Arash and Boudicca. Are they worth something or should I reroll for 4 star servant?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on February 07, 2016, 07:19:42 pm
Build up for a 40 quartz roll, that way you're guaranteed a 4 star SOMETHING, so you'll have a better chance. Keep in mind your character level effects the cost of using servants and craft essences too, so I wouldn't worry too hard about having a higher level servant quite yet. You shouldn't really get too hung up on anything right now.

EDIT: I realized I didn't answer your actual question. Yeah, those are decent for starting out. Boudica's NP is a pretty good buff, Mephistophele's is a pretty good full party attack, Arash's is good full party damage EXCEPT that he kills himself to use it, so always keep that in mind.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 07, 2016, 07:25:20 pm
Mephistophelss, Arash and Boudicca. Are they worth something or should I reroll for 4 star servant?
They're worthless compared to everyone else, but at the start of the game, they're good enough to get you to France until your next 10-roll. Aim for FP rolls and someone like Sasaki or one of the Cu Chulainn clones. It's not like you really need some super strong Servant until the end of Rome (I don't even think Okeanos is particularly hard if you took the time to level up your 1~3* Servants). Plus you can always use your friend list to steamroll through stuff at this level.
You can always reroll if you're full of hope, but you might have to reroll several times until you get a proper 3* or anything above (don't even bother aiming for a 5*). Plus, those are the ones you're the most likely to land at this point in the game. There aren't too many really good low level Servants - not counting those guys on niconico who boost their 1* team and wreck lv90 bosses with the likes of Asterios and George with insane strategies, at a low level they're still weak.

No, anyway, the hardest part will be to properly level your guys with the EXP dailies you can handle (or let your support carry you). ... Not those 3, sure (just enough to keep you going), but once you get someone decent.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on February 08, 2016, 04:07:06 am
Cool, thanks for info. So my priority should the main campaign + lvl quests and hoard quartz along the way,  got it.

Was support really useful back in the early days of the game when no one really had useful servants?

Edit: what do the golden ticket and the five under the summon button mean? Something about the current event?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on February 08, 2016, 04:31:54 am
iirc pay2buy had good servants even back then.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on February 08, 2016, 05:03:50 am
Edit: what do the golden ticket and the five under the summon button mean? Something about the current event?

The tickets are free rolls and yes they are related to the current event
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 08, 2016, 09:01:37 am
Was support really useful back in the early days of the game when no one really had useful servants?
Hah, there were people at lv90 within a month (even though it was crazy hard to farm for exp and material back then for multiple reasons). For the story, supports at lv50 (first ascension limit for 5*) were more than enough, and there was no "super" difficulty (lv40) for dailies, so yes. And the average Heracles was a monster.

The tickets are gift from the current event, but you get them every now and then (you can buy some at the shop). You can use them for the quartz rolls whenever.

The 5 under the summon button is the number of summons you can do currently. Watch out for the difference between quartz and friend point summon, don't waste your quartz too fast.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 08, 2016, 08:45:00 pm
It's recommended you always wait for a 10-roll since it's a guaranteed 3* Servant and a 4* or more CE or Servant. And it's always nice to have an extra quartz in case you need to increase Servant/CE slots or get some AP if you don't have apples.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 09, 2016, 11:08:51 am
Valentine = some event with collecting chocolate coins, the usual. Also event CEs for a bunch of girls. Rate up for all the 5* girls.
Nero Bride, 5* Saber, and... Single target NP. Damn it, I almost want that (I would like Okita better though)
(Thankfully I don't give a shit about any of the other 5* girls)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 09, 2016, 11:13:30 am
Nero Bride has an Arts NP wow. She most likely will have two Arts cards. If that's the case, she'll be the first Saber to fit in an Arts team.

So for what I can minimally read, apart from obviously Nero Bride, Arturia, Attila, Jeanne, Orion, Tamamo Caster, Drake, Jackie and Mordred has a higher rate for getting them. All 5* wow. And all of them have specific days in which they get a higher rate, except Nero Bride which has a higher rate in all days.

This game is tempting me hard to drop the F2P stance. Ffs game don't do that. Going to obviously aim for Jackie here, and perhaps Tamamo Caster OR Jeanne.

-------------------------

Edit: As always, translation of the event here.

http://fate-go.cirnopedia.info/quest_event_20160210.php#nav

Expect to get all female 3* Servants at NP 5 in this event, if you roll. Well, at least this event is perfect to get Medea, one of the best Casters you can get.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on February 10, 2016, 06:42:33 am
I finished fully ascending all my 4*'s (Except Herakles because I don't have crystals), I'm ready.
I should probably start ascending my 3*'s... like, maybe Kiyohime and Medea.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 10, 2016, 09:27:22 am
I myself have only fully ascended my 5* and 4*. For now I'm getting all my Servants at 3rd ascension, in case they have a third skill and also to get their last sprite (some have really good 3rd ascension sprites, like Phantom). If, and only if, I run out of Servants to ascend, I will start considering ascending them.

Edit: Welp, server's dead. Looks like the Valentine's event attracted even more people than the Halloween event.

Edit2: At this point the event will surely be extended a day, since barely any people has managed to log in.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on February 10, 2016, 01:24:20 pm
There's a second screen after the generic can't connect one that says something about february 10, 19:30 (that was about 2 hours ago...) and a 12 characters long code. What's the code for?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 10, 2016, 01:52:16 pm
The code is the type of error, basically telling you it's maintenance time. The time says that maintenance will last from February 10, 19:30 (which is the time when everything went down) to infinity, and beyond!

Basically, they don't know when they will have everything ready. Btw, welcome to your first maintenance time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 10, 2016, 04:45:39 pm
Hahaha more maintenance until 7AM JST.
Good times.

What was the apology quartz rate again ? One quartz per unplanned hour of unavailability ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 10, 2016, 04:59:45 pm
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/45362v/emergency_maintenance_ending_7_am_jst/

A total of 12 quartz and 12 apples. See you tomorrow!

Edit: This is all the chocolates you can get.

(http://i.imgur.com/D7ioPSD.jpg)

I can get 24 of those 40 myself. My quartz will all be used for inventory expansion urgh... Guess I'll have to rely on the tickets.

Btw, the name of Artemis chocolate is タスケテ. Poor Orion...

---------------------------------

Edit2: Valentine's event is finally available to everybody!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on February 10, 2016, 11:14:54 pm
I believe I am done with this event now.

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/120979035290468352/147100840027619329/Screenshot_2016-02-10-17-05-21.png)

I'll keep farming since I have nothing else to do though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 10, 2016, 11:29:14 pm
You fight chocolate-colored Servants
"what the hell was that ? It looked like Shadow Servants, but it smelled like chocolate"
Mata Hari comes running
"Haven't you seen some chocolate running around ?"
"... Come again ?"
"I was cooking and melting some chocolate, but it assembled and took human shape and ran away."


..... Uh, oooooookay.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 10, 2016, 11:39:11 pm
Hahaha, I was wondering why Mata Hari appeared in that scene. What does Shakespeare say about the whole scene?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 10, 2016, 11:52:49 pm
Before the fight, he says
most girls are busy making chocolate. for some, it's obvious (like Artemis to Orion), but with some girls like Mata Hari, Marie Antoinette, Boudicca, no one knows if they're going to make obligation chocolate or actual love chocolate. Half of the guy Servants, even if they have no hope of getting anything, are still scrutinizing every movement. Except for Boudicca (uh, what ?) I expect White Day is going to be a mess. Well, there are still male Servants who act like they don't care, but [green-eyed monster jealousy quote].
And obviously he wants to go have a look at all that.
Then you stumble across the choco Servants (Shakes names them that way after you meet Mata Hari, after being very surprised at the notion of chocolate running away).  The chocolate she used was special, it has some magic that was supposed to turn them into jewels. Shakes is the one to push you into chasing the chocolate because the boys will probably want it badly. Gudao is very suspicious of his motivation.
Oh, and Roman was chilling under a kotatsu, saying it felt like even though he has a mountain of work, someone was probably going to come and take care of it for him. Shakes makes a joke about him being really carefree, Roman jumps like, come on, I just got some shut-eye for an instant, and you're already badmouthing me !

So you chase down Blackbeard who has some of that chocolate, he wants to blow up those damn normies, so he enlisted help from Mephisto because bombs, and also Spartacus because CHOCOLATE IS OPPRESSION (although he wants some too).
WOW Spartacus uses a skill ( again, I missed the name) that charges his NP full, the NP is renamed Valentine something (missed it)... but it does no damage ?
Blackbeard wanted choco Servants from Euryale, Atalante, Artemis, Mata Hari, Boudicca, Kiyohim-- no, that one is a bit too scary.
Then Blackbeard gets blown sky high.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 11, 2016, 10:07:13 am
Spartacus skill fills his NP bar completely, but LOL at the fact that his NP does 3-digit damage. Thank god to that, I nearly got a heart attack when I saw him using his NP in the first turn.

Well, Blackbeard part is as I expected. Even without knowing japanese, it was easy to realise what was happening. For the next one, while I don't know why Emiya and Diarmuid attack you, I know that it ends in them forcing Caesar to run and burn calories, IIRC for the little amount of Katakana and Hiragana that I could understand.

Edit: Btw guys, if you do the Cavalry quests now, you'll see a ton of Assassin coins dropping. I suggest you make use of it if you have a lot of Assassins.

Also, timeline for the increased drops here. First column is from 00:00 to 13:59, second from 12:00 to 23:59. Japan time btw.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ca6OmT9UMAASSX-.jpg)

And guideline to maximize gains:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/456yr4/operation_receive_all_their_love/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 11, 2016, 10:51:42 am
The hot guys are warning you that shit can hit the fan even if you're lucky to get chocolate (CHOCOLATE IS DANGEROUS !) (basically chapter 1 was the sods having no chocolate and complaining, chap 2 is the ikemens having chocolate and complaining)
Caesar doesn't care, he's eating it all. You fight, he realizes it burns calories, gets the hot guys to help him burn some more, then they yell at him and make him run it off.
Not extremely interesting.

This event is so confusing on which ce to get, when to use it in which quest, and which party to use. Way too many variables and setups and it changes all the time.
i'm putting the few drop up ces on servants of the ongoing class in the back row, then putting those who can destroy them on the front row, is that right ? That sounds super restricting.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 11, 2016, 12:14:42 pm
The Chocolate CEs increase the amount of coins you get from the same class as the Servant who gave it to you. So a chocolate CE from Marie would give you 2 more Rider coins. This can be equipped to anybody.

Mashu's CE increase the amount of coin chocolate of any class you get to 2. This can be equipped to anybody.

The gatcha event CE increase the amount of coins you get (the higher the rarity the more, and it goes +1, +3 and +5). This needs to be equipped to an specific class, which will make you gain more coins from that specific class only.

This event is done in this way IMO:
1. Stick to the 40AP event quests that have the class bonus. As of right now, Assassins gets tons of coins. Make use of the gatcha event CEs if you have one.
2. Get all the CEs from your Servants, this gives +2 coins of the specific class plus you're not forced to form a party with an specific class. Replace the Tiger CE you get for free if you have enough chocolate CE, +2 is better than +1 obviously.
3. If you don't have enough chocolate CE from a specific class, get at least one Mashu CE. Keep in mind the event drops them, I got one this way. Replace Tiger CE for same reasons.

What you need to do after this is to do step 1 all the time, even after you got all the class CEs. As one chocolate coin equals to one chocolate, you want to maximize your gains. When the next class bonus appears, stick to that class. Just so you understand, I got a total of 100 Assassin coins with all my CEs in just one event quest. So yeah, stick to them only, otherwise you don't gain as much as you could.

And in case you're wondering what happens with Jeanne's chocolate CE (or equipping her with any gatcha event CE), it gives you more All Class coins, which can be traded for any coin. It's really worthless since these are drops from the boss only, and it goes 1->1 in the exchange.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 11, 2016, 12:34:02 pm
I only have taiga tear dojo ce right now. I almost have the coins for one assassin choco ce but by then the class will have switched and I'll start over with another class with taiga :/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 11, 2016, 12:46:32 pm
The next 12 hours will give you Lancer coins. I hope you got Elizabeth, Scathach, Brynhild or Lancer Artoria Alter, otherwise...

Don't you have apples? You should have gained some from the last maintenance. We're going to get another 12, so there's no problem spending them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 11, 2016, 01:09:17 pm
I have apples, and also work and a battery that my phone needs to last the day without a charger. The week end will be fine, but not during the week.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on February 11, 2016, 06:00:22 pm
This is the first event that has me perplexed

Is the goal getting to getting the character CEs just to increase the chocolate you can use to buy Ascension items

Is there any extra benefits to having a character in the party beyond what CE they have
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 11, 2016, 06:56:42 pm
It's complicated.
The event CE (those that aren't chocolate from someone) give you a coin drop bonus for the class of the Servant it's equipped on. So bringing specific characters isn't important, but choosing the class of the Servants you bring and give a CE to is important. Earlier I was stacking Taiga CE on Sasaki and Hassan in the back row, myself.
Coins give you chocolate CE, and those give a coin drop bonus for the class of that character, regardless of who you're equipping it to. From here on, only the CE matters.
Coins also get exchanged for chocolate points, which give you items and chocolate drop bonus CE (Mashu) in the shop.

I'm not going to calculate how efficient it is to use your coins to buy chocolate CEs that allow you to get more coins (instead of directly exchanging the coins for chocolate), I suppose that depends how hard you plan to farm or if you want to get everyone's chocolate CE (everyone you have, that is).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 11, 2016, 07:13:19 pm
It's obviously more efficient to get the chocolate CEs first, unless you have a lot of 4* or 5* event CE to compensate. Keep in mind that there's no way to increase the normal chocolate drops, so you need to increase the drops for the class coins to exchange them later. Specially because yet again the mats are expensive. Besides, you're rewarded with a scene when you get the chocolate, and some scenes are really fun to see. So it's both cost efficient and fanservice. Aim for them, really.

You should only aim for Mashu if you don't have enough female Servants for a specific class. You'll probably see this happening for Berserkers, Archers and Lancers. Specially Lancers, as there's no low rank female Servant available yet, so unless you got lucky with rolls you probably won't even have one. I myself only have Scathach and it was a fucking miracle to get it, honestly.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 11, 2016, 07:29:21 pm
Paracelsus talks about granting the wish of the girls
"I'm glad. I was worried that my Master would keep walking this path to carnage..."
"It's good, I'm fine"
"... and if he would eat that chocolate from all these girls"
"... oh."
then he gives you a potion to protect your stomach.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 11, 2016, 10:46:37 pm
When one of the girls is able to make chocolate that can run and fight, that sure is an amazing present to give.

---------------------------

Edit: OMFG, Scathach interlude is a fucking nightmare at this moment. I heard DW will fix it, and no wonder why.

You know why? Because in the third part of her interlude you fight her. And she spams her dodge skill nearly every turn. NEARLY EVERY FUCKING TURN, and sometimes she spams it three times, gaining a massive increase of critical damage enough to ignore class differences. I'm so glad I read about it and had that CE that ignore dodge skills. Otherwise this would have been impossible. Only Mordred was doing damage the entire fight, but seriously, I hope this is a good lesson for DW to add a goddamn cooldown to enemy skills.

Still, a 400% damage increase to her already insane NP. It's incredibly noticeable.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 12, 2016, 12:48:51 am
... Uh, the Mashu CE gives the same coin drop bonus as the chocolate CE, but for all classes.
So you get some CEs in a class that's good for you, you get more coins of that class, you exchange for choco points, and you buy all 4 Mashu CEs.
And then you use the 4 Mashu CEs, and you never use any of the other Choco CE (except maybe one per class to have a full team).
Is that right ? Because that sounds like someone messed up.  Except for those who want all the choco CEs obviously, but still.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on February 12, 2016, 09:10:04 am
https://twitter.com/fgoproject/status/698055606343610368

Eventception.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 12, 2016, 09:25:31 am
... Uh, the Mashu CE gives the same coin drop bonus as the chocolate CE, but for all classes.
So you get some CEs in a class that's good for you, you get more coins of that class, you exchange for choco points, and you buy all 4 Mashu CEs.
And then you use the 4 Mashu CEs, and you never use any of the other Choco CE (except maybe one per class to have a full team).
Is that right ? Because that sounds like someone messed up.  Except for those who want all the choco CEs obviously, but still.

That may not work because of the CE cost. You may be forced to use a low cost party. That's why you should replace those Mashu CE for the chocolate CE that match that day. Those have really low cost so they allow for a more flexible party. Both give the same amount of coins so you're not losing anything.

-------------------------------------

In case you want to read all the events that show when you get a chocolate CE, here they are:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/456l0m/valentines_servant_cutscene_translation_needed/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 12, 2016, 11:51:01 am
200th day celebration
Gifts are
One million QP !
Two tickets !
Two golden apples !
One ATK Fou !
One HP Fou !
Ten thousand FP !
Ten 4* EXP cards !

Thank you DW, that is mighty generous of you.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 12, 2016, 03:45:04 pm
Isn't that what they gave us in the 100th day, I think? But seriously, not even a damn quartz as present. Talk about generous.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 12, 2016, 08:32:50 pm
So Alice is the one who stole the chocolate. Uncle Shakespeare asks her to return it so that the girls can cook their chocolate, but Alice wants the choco Servants to stay with her. Even though there are a lot of nice people in Chaldea, there are no kids she can have a tea party with. Jack vanished on her way there, Andersen --- keeps writing bad ends o_O
Shakes says a kid's love is still not the same as the love of men and women (you don't know that !!) so you need the chocolate. You offer to stay at the tea party if she returns the chocolate.
Shakes is handling the writing, and he says he can do good ends - but in a fairy tale, he really wants to write a bittersweet bad end. Like, really really. Alice is planning to make you forget your name so you'll stay with her (at least for the tea party to last through Valentine's day), Shakes says just imagine the reaction of someone hearing that you've stayed with Alice all Valentine's day, keeping it secret from the other girl Servants. *image of Mashu saying "Senpai, you're the worst"*. Shakes says Alice will get a bad end too, Alice doesn't like that and fights you.
Alice wants to keep eating the chocolate, but Shakes tells Alice there's a cost to enjoying an endless summer. Alice doesn't get it- ouch. What was that ? Sweet pastries, sweet red tea, that's... cavities ! If you don't go to the dentist, it'll hurt like hell. Yes, even though Alice is a Servant - it wouldn't have had any effect if it was normal food, but this was made by Servants.
Shakes' finishing strike, summoning Chaldea's number one dentist ! ... FERGUS ! With the giant drill. Caladbolg will smash any cavity in one burst ! Open wide, squeeze my hand if it hurts (not gonna lie, it's gonna hurt)
Alice thinks his smile is like that of the gatekeeper of Hell. She runs away crying for the tooth fairy's help. Shakes is proud he didn't make such a bad end, but you point out he traumatized a little girl. Anyway now the girls (and one male) will be happy they can make their chocolate. Shakes looks forward to making a Valentine anthology (in other words, it'll go bad and he'll be watching).

By the way, Alice says she got the idea from the man in red. The other day, I think Caesar was saying he knew the culprit (and he was chomping on those candies too).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 12, 2016, 09:21:30 pm
LOL Shakespeare. Trolled Alice so hard. Poor girl.

Well, it ends with a fun and happy? note. Poor Alice, all she wanted was more friends... Why does she even count Andersen though?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 12, 2016, 09:54:20 pm
It's not that she thinks of him as a friend, those 3 are the only kids around, she doesn't have a wide array of choices to play.
Eh, the whole event felt a bit bland to me. It's kinda cliché, I mean, once you have the obvious setup (here are the losers, here are the unlucky chick-magnet pretty boys, here are the ones that eat everything) it all just writes itself. There are a few good lines here and there (the chocolate gattai'd and ran away !), but it's too simple IMO. Not that I was expecting some crazy good story, they can't pump them all year long (Christmas started amazing but in the last few days it grew a little dull), but it didn't really grab my interest.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 12, 2016, 10:22:05 pm
Well, Andersen is not really a kid, he just has a kid form because of the influence of Innocent Monster/Seraphic Monstruosity. Jack is treated as a kid though, and I wouldn't mind more interactions with the two of them like it happened in the Christmas event, they were so cute there.

Anyway, after this event, I wonder if we will start learning more about the crossover they mentioned before. Some people seem to believe they will do one with Kantai Collection.

-----

Translation of the whole event here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/45hebg/valentines_day_a_moggish_favour_translation/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on February 13, 2016, 08:15:37 pm
In our inboxes, we got a letter from Mashu. Upon receiving it, it unlocks the next main quest. (I think)

What the letter actually does, I'm not sure.

The CE you get from the quest:

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/120979035290468352/148147241591373825/Screenshot_2016-02-13-14-23-40.png)

I assume it's Mashu's chocolate.

As for why it says Matthew? I think it's because people often mistranslate Mashu's name into Matthew.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 13, 2016, 09:32:56 pm
What effect does it have? Increases any coin drop to 2?

Edit: Yep, I'm right. Basically a cheap cost version of the Mashu CE.

Also, Mashu's official name is now Matthew, apparently. That's... wow, I know they suck sometimes at converting English names to Japanese, but this goes beyond their usual mistakes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 13, 2016, 09:39:48 pm
It increases the ALL coins (the ones with which you buy Jeanne's chocolate). I don't know they made that CE, the other "increase any coin" are more than enough to get the 150 coins, there's only one CE to buy with them. Sure the ALL coins can be converted to any other class, but there really aren't enough enemies that drop them constantly to warrant it IMO. Just stick to the class you want.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 13, 2016, 09:46:06 pm
Most likely to make it even easier to get the CE in case you have Jeanne. But they drop often enough, and taking into account you only need 150 since there's only one Ruler... well, it ends up being worthless. Poor Mashu (yeah, I'm not switching to Matthew), her chocolate is pointless to get, compared to other Servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on February 14, 2016, 07:53:16 am
Yeah, all this team and CE shuffling is annoying, I'm just getting the Mashu CE's and going to town, getting some crystals and monuments and then forget about it.
It's so needlessly complicated and I am so not going for the servant choco, inventory space is limited enough as it.

Edit:
I read that the CEs are great to level up other CEs... well, I guess I can do that then..
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 14, 2016, 11:13:30 am
Well, it's lvl 80 CEs, so they should give a lot of EXP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on February 14, 2016, 03:04:45 pm
Yeah, that's the plan. After this event is over I'm dumping all the chocolate CEs into CEs that are actually useful.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 15, 2016, 10:29:01 am
Little updates here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/45voq2/late_february_miniupdate_details/

I do like the fact that you can slow down the speed of the Noble Phantasms. Apart from finally being able to select the Ascension Appearance. Sorry guys, I prefer Kiyohime with white and blue kimono, not with a black and red kimono. Also, some Servants have their faces hidden when they reach the last Ascension (Spartacus, Mozart), which I personally don't like.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 15, 2016, 12:44:37 pm
Uh ? Selecting a different ascension sprite in battle has been possible for months.

Oh, wait.
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/nkktqs/
It's for My Room. Who cares.
(Oh yeah, that is actually what the reddit thread says, didn't read it)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 16, 2016, 07:48:44 pm
So I went in a YOLO roll spree today using those quartz and tickets we got recently and...

(http://i.imgur.com/cJ4VJY4.jpg)

But I wanted Jack... goddamn, I'm never going to get her...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on February 17, 2016, 01:25:29 am
I wanted Drake (and Jack) too, but we're just going to have to live with it, I guess.

Got Nero Bride max level with max stats if anyone wants to take her for a test drive (if I ever clean up these friend spaces/even though most of us did the trial)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 17, 2016, 02:13:57 pm
Damn, if only we got the 2 quartz for maintenance now. If only. I could still make a last YOLO roll. Oh well.

And I'm never going to buy the event CE from shop ever again. I got a total of 5 copies of Mashu CE from drops. Same happened to me in Saber Wars. I'm glad the drop rates of those CE are high, I don't have to waste items on them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on February 17, 2016, 02:34:13 pm
That's odd. In Saber Wars I only got a CE to drop twice.

Haven't been able to get one to drop in Valentines at all.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 17, 2016, 02:37:19 pm
I've never had a single event CE drop in any event at all. Except that one HallowIri on my alt.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 17, 2016, 02:37:41 pm
I must be really lucky then. I even got another one just now. Just look at that.

(http://i.imgur.com/fsiCaO7.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/kY6i5oK.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on February 17, 2016, 11:29:08 pm
Burned 80 quartz and 7 golden tickets hoping for a lvl 5 saber
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Edit: yolo roll

Spoiler: holy shit (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on February 17, 2016, 11:53:18 pm
Burned 80 quartz and 7 golden tickets hoping for a lvl 5 saber
Quote
the only thing I got was a the 60% NP CE and shitton of NP fodder :(

Welcome to Fate GO babyyyyyyyyy
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 18, 2016, 12:50:24 am
Well, we soon will know what the collab is about:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/467f2d/collaboration_announcement/

------

Welp, event's over for me. No way I'm going to get those 10 Dragon Scales, I have 43 and I think I can live with that. Same for the silver EXP and the mana prisms. Hopefully America comes soon after the collab announcement.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 18, 2016, 11:25:37 am
I'm only leaving the babies, all the pieces, and rider & caster monuments. Also the lore and the last couple Mashu CEs. I finished everything else.
Pretty sure I won't give a rat's ass about the collab, it'll probably be about something I don't like.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on February 19, 2016, 04:18:46 pm
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/ybsjjo/
F/GO collab is with Kara no Kyoukai

Ryougi is a 4* Assassin(?)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 19, 2016, 04:48:31 pm
4* Assassin, yeah. I'm surprised not only because that's not what a collaboration is, but also that Ryougi isn't 5*. But hey, 4* is cool.
Won't stop the servers from blowing up from people trying to roll her though.

Scathach, CasCu, Diarmuid are around. Scathach will want to die from the MEoDP, although she should already be familiar with Balor's version, which Touko stated to be the original version of what the Shikis have (its description in myth is fucking batshit hardcore BTW, it's not Mahabharata level of total bullshit but the Irish guys are fucking insane most of the time).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on February 19, 2016, 04:50:44 pm
So the event takes place on Fuyuki's map, you have to clear Fuyuki in order to do it.

Since most of us already cleared Fuyuki, that isn't a problem.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 19, 2016, 04:53:29 pm
It's to temper rerollers down a bit, as usual. Although if it actually happens on the Fuyuki map (seems so), that's a first for them to justify it that way (since all interludes require their map to be finished).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 19, 2016, 05:34:21 pm
Not only that, but according to other people Shiki's a free 4* Servant (they refer to her as how they mentioned Nobunaga in the Gudaguda event). So yeah, I'm really happy about this.

Obviously, it's not official, but really, if they wanted money for her, they would have made her a 5* with that 1% of getting her. Other people seem to believe another 5* Servant will appear to make us pay money.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on February 19, 2016, 08:01:57 pm
hopefully that girl that got raped in KnK
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on February 20, 2016, 05:36:19 pm
^I feel bad for not remembering her name,but she was hype with those invisible spirals and shit
I hope they put Shikis own class in there but I doubt thats gonna happen

Unrelated,but is there a limit to have many dogs I can feed to my servant?
I wanna get Jing Kes atk to 10000
(http://i.imgur.com/nUdJdxg.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on February 20, 2016, 05:45:46 pm
Unrelated,but is there a limit to have many dogs I can feed to my servant?
I wanna get Jing Kes atk to 10000

I think it maxes out at +990.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 20, 2016, 06:15:08 pm
Yeah, it tells you how much Fous you are at for both HP and ATK under your stats. When both reach MAX in thick red and you really can't even select your Servant in the EXP feeding screen, you know you're done.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on February 21, 2016, 12:37:39 am
I hope they put Shikis own class in there but I doubt thats gonna happen
Wasn't Monster datamined though?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 21, 2016, 12:44:35 am
Wasn't it Beast ? At least the Demon God Pillars are that class (class advantage over all three Knight classes), and I think Avenger is guessed to be that too (unless he's the opposite, weak to the three Knights, not sure).
... Yeah, it's the Beast class
http://blogs.nrvnqsr.com/entry.php/3298-The-Weapon-Triangle-Spoiler-Version
And Avenger is his own class that takes double from everyone and only deals double to Berserker and Ruler (and Alter-ego) lol
No Monster class.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on February 21, 2016, 12:52:26 am
OH-
Well that sucks I was expecting something like... Katana Shiki to be a 5* or something.

I forgot they had Avenger datamined, I wonder when we'll get the first one (And more Rulers too)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 21, 2016, 12:54:47 am
I was going to say the Avenger class is supposed to be only for Angra Mainyu, but we know how far that went with the Assassins. Maybe Edmond Dantes could be Avenger, who knows. Hell, maybe even Ibaraki Douji could be stretched into one. As for Ruler, beside Amakusa, there was someone who claimed that Nightingale would be one (basically White Mage type), but I never saw if that came from a datamine or a complete guess, so probably the latter.

Still not totally convinced that Shiki will be free. It would make sense that the next free Servant for a limited event is an Assassin (we got a Caster, Archer, Rider, Saber, the pattern should follow with Assassin then Lancer and Berserker so e're sure to have someone available to go Grand Servant for each class) but that still feels super strange that DW would give away someone like goddamn Shiki (and for a limited event Servant that disappear, there's Okita as a precedent).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on February 21, 2016, 10:56:27 pm
still feels super strange that DW would give away someone like goddamn Shiki (and for a limited event Servant that disappear, there's Okita as a precedent).
Yes, I feel the exact same way, I have F2P friends who where ready to become whales just for Shiki, so I have no idea if this is DW being too benevolent or plain incompetent at business. Or maybe the 5* servant will blow our minds (Instead of being a rate up servant from the previous event, I dunno)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on February 21, 2016, 11:12:56 pm
They'll probably have regular Shiki as the free servant, and Young Shiki (Shiki Lily?) or Void Shiki (Saber Class) will be the premium Servant.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 22, 2016, 05:36:30 pm
still feels super strange that DW would give away someone like goddamn Shiki (and for a limited event Servant that disappear, there's Okita as a precedent).
Yes, I feel the exact same way, I have F2P friends who where ready to become whales just for Shiki, so I have no idea if this is DW being too benevolent or plain incompetent at business. Or maybe the 5* servant will blow our minds (Instead of being a rate up servant from the previous event, I dunno)

Well, Okita did blow our minds. With that, I mean about how broken she is, compared to Nobunaga who was more balanced. I'm really afraid to see how broken the next 5* special event Servant will be.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on February 23, 2016, 10:31:02 am
New info on the KnK event:

some upvoted guy on reddit said:
So for this quest you will need to complete missions to get different rewards. theres missions where you have to collect items and missions where you have to defeat a certain amount of enemies. The event CEs will help increase enemy appearance rate while the gacha CEs will help increase item drops. once you clear the mission you can get your mission reward.
Preliminary "How to play" event
Check mission status with button on upper right corner
Complete mission requirements to get mission rewards and unlock new quests
Use Event CEs to increase encounter rate of mission required enemies
Get rewards for clearing missions including Shiki (Assassin)
Event CEs:
Beheading bunny 2016 (5s): invuln pierce effect + 8% quick card effect up (Ghost girl 25% appearance rate up)
Triple Barrier (5s): self received dmg reduced by 1000 (3 times) (Doll 25% appearance rate up)
Future Vision of summer (4s): Grant self evade (1 time) + crit star drop rate 15% (zombie 25% appearance rate up)
Refrain (4s): Star weight +300% (3 turn) + debuff resistance 15% up (Ghost and Skeleton 25% appearance rate up)
Gacha CEs:
Doll maker (5s): 50% NP gauge start + Arts 15% up (3 turns) (Cat figure drop increase by 1)
Mature man (5s): instakill resistance 60% up (Cat figure drop increase by 1)
Vivid dance of fists (4s): dmg incease by 800 (Ice cream drop increase by 1)
Eye of distortion (4s): Buster 20% up + defense 15% down (demerit) (Ice cream drop increase by 1)
Repeat Magic (3s): 20% NP gauge start + NP rate 10% up (mineral water drop increase by 1)
Sprinter (3s): Quick card 5% up + debuff resistance 10% up (mineral water drop increase by 1)
Shiki (Saber) NP: strong defense ignore attack against all enemies & chance for instakill (overcharge) + all ally debuff clear.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 23, 2016, 10:39:46 am
Hahaha Saber Shiki 5* gg.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 23, 2016, 01:50:00 pm
We all saw that coming. Oh well, I rather prefer Shiki 4* than 5*. I won't waste my quartz in this event, tickets are the only thing I will use here.

The CEs, btw, are not bad. I specially like the one that breaks through invincibility.

Also maintenance notes:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/475xai/maintenance_starts_on_25th_february_01000700_jst/

Daaaaaamn, I won't be able to kill Servants with dodge skills using Drake anymore. Damn it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 23, 2016, 03:04:40 pm
? I'm not sure I get it but what I'm reading is that if Cu has a 3 hit dodge and you use the pierce, he still has 3 hit dodge, and the fix is that he should have 2 - but he still gets hit. He used one up and it got pierced.
I think.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on February 23, 2016, 05:05:04 pm
sounds apropiate for Cu('s luck)

so, assassin shiki is free and saber shiki is pay2win ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on February 23, 2016, 05:50:50 pm
Yep, just as we all suspected
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 23, 2016, 05:53:54 pm
saber shiki is pay2win ?
Or more accurately, pay2getnothing (or pay2getshit).
... Fuck, I'll need to hit the QP dailies really hard from now on, I'm completely broke, it just completely drains away so fast with skills >_<
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 23, 2016, 09:39:26 pm
? I'm not sure I get it but what I'm reading is that if Cu has a 3 hit dodge and you use the pierce, he still has 3 hit dodge, and the fix is that he should have 2 - but he still gets hit. He used one up and it got pierced.
I think.

What happened before is that if Cu set his 3 hit dodge, for example, and I used Drake's skill that gave her the ability to go through invulnerability, what I experienced is that I was able to hit them through their dodge skill, but my attacks wouldn't affect the counter for that skill. So if I pulled a Brave combo on him, he would still have the dodge intact, with the same amount of hits left before the attack. At least that's what I experienced with Drake.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 23, 2016, 09:42:38 pm
Yes, that's what I'm saying ? The number of hits he can dodge will now decrease, even though you still hit him. If I understand the text right (I haven't even checked the Japanese announcement though, just what the reddit guy says).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 23, 2016, 09:51:13 pm
Yeah, because that's how it was supposed to work. Even if you bypass the dodge/invulnerability, it's still a valid attack so the counter should have decreased in the past, making it really annoying as that made the character with the bypass not really helping you except for damage. In exchange of that fix, you cannot bypass dodge with a invulnerability break skill anymore, which sucks because that made Drake even more broken than she was. I basically wrote my experiences I had with that skill with Drake, to give you an example.

Btw, 6 quartz aka 6 hours wow (yeah, I noticed it now). I guess they went safe here after the big fuck up in the previous event. I wouldn't be surprised if it happens again though.

---------------

Edit: And here's the Cirnopedia page AND the spreadsheet.

http://fate-go.cirnopedia.info/quest_event_20160225.php

(http://i.imgur.com/RI8z3v9.png)

I finally will be able to upgrade Drake's NP Increase skill to 6 without having to farm for skill gems.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 23, 2016, 10:07:58 pm
In exchange of that fix, you cannot bypass dodge with a invulnerability break skill anymore
Uh ? I don't think that's what it says. Well, the text on reddit might be interpreted that way, but that's not interpreting it right. The Japanese text 回避スキルを発動したエネミーに無敵貫通状態で攻撃を行った際、発動回数が減らない不具合を修正 says that when an enemy uses a dodge skill, and you hit him with a pierce attack, then the number of dodges will decrease. The fix is only affecting the number of dodges that wouldn't decrease, it's not removing the part where pierce can hit dodge. Honestly pierce would be shit if it couldn't anymore, because there's, what, two Servants at best who have invulnerability as opposed to dodge ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 23, 2016, 10:18:22 pm
Ohh, so it's left intact? Then yay! Drake will still be as broken as she currently is! And even more if now I will be able to decrease the hit counter of such skills.

Also, the number of characters that can have invulnerability is the infamous Marie (if you've done daily quests you know what I mean), Jeanne with her NP, Shakespeare and Babbage, and that's it. But yeah, compared to the amount of characters with dodge skill, that's really nothing, so I'm glad the translation was not accurate in this part.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on February 24, 2016, 10:53:42 pm
Lo and behold, extended maintenance!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 25, 2016, 12:29:30 am
And like with Saber Shiki, we all saw that coming. Le sigh. If only the maintenance fuck ups weren't so predictable...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 25, 2016, 12:55:27 am
Oh hey, in the last few days I saw an article saying that a video that wouldn't load and kept stuttering was as stressful on the heart (and damaging) as a horror movie. Surely that must also apply every time you think maintenance is over but it goes out for another two hours, right ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 25, 2016, 01:03:10 am
You didn't need to be sarcastic here, you know? It's just, people are really expecting them to delay their maintenance every time there is a big event coming, which has happened a lot of times, so that it happened surprised nobody. I'm not going to count how many times it has happened, but I think it's close to 50%. And it's a sad thing that I think it's going to happen, and when it happens I'm not bloody surprised.

And the fact that it's a common problem clearly indicates that DW needs more capable staff. That, or start increasing a lot more the time they believe the maintenance will last.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 25, 2016, 01:40:52 am
? That wasn't sarcasm.

"What's up with the furball ?"
"That's our favourite runner, Fou-kun."
OH DELIGHTWORKS

Shiki Assassin unlock, a loan like Nobu until you finish missions, chokushi no magan skill arts up + pierce + single target death rate up, second skill is mind's eye false, third is something called yin yang.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on February 25, 2016, 03:14:06 am
I get that if I don't finish at least one of the missions that give Shiki as a reward she'll be gone once the event is over, but will I lose the exp I invested in the "loan" when I do that? (I tried to feed her 5 gold assassin cards and a special warning message popped up, so I backed off).

Also, do all those lvl1 CEs actually do something or are they exp fodder?
nvm they're exp fodder.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on February 25, 2016, 04:00:45 am
If you use Bluestacks, the event fucks up for you.

Some people in a group I'm in say that the game was updated to use Unity 5 for their graphics, and Bluestacks doesn't support it.

So for those who use emulators: I hope you have another alternative, because you might be fucked.

Edit: I correct myself, most emulators don't support it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on February 25, 2016, 04:50:08 am
I get that if I don't finish at least one of the missions that give Shiki as a reward she'll be gone once the event is over, but will I lose the exp I invested in the "loan" when I do that? (I tried to feed her 5 gold assassin cards and a special warning message popped up, so I backed off).

Also, do all those lvl1 CEs actually do something or are they exp fodder?
nvm they're exp fodder.
You lose her and the EXP. It shouldn't be difficult to get at least one copy though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on February 25, 2016, 07:58:07 am
YES
(http://i.imgur.com/LrCC5N1.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on February 25, 2016, 08:09:50 am
YES
(http://i.imgur.com/LrCC5N1.jpg)

Congrats, you got yourself your very own 5*
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 25, 2016, 08:23:52 am
Wow, you got her. According to people she's a really good Saber. And she's specially useful in certain missions in this event.

Btw, apparently the new update makes it impossible to play this game on a Bluestacks emulator, as it freezes in battles. What do you use to play this game, if you're not using your own phone?

Edit: Yeah, I'm really fucked. Everything shows black boxes, lags as hell and freezes in battles. Any other alternative here guys? My phone is quite old and while I can download this game, it will probably run extremely slow.

Edit2: Well, managed to fix black boxes by installing the Bluestacks 2 version, but crashes still happen sometimes in battle. Will have to live with it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on February 25, 2016, 09:23:30 am
Wow, you got her. According to people she's a really good Saber. And she's specially useful in certain missions in this event.

Btw, apparently the new update makes it impossible to play this game on a Bluestacks emulator, as it freezes in battles. What do you use to play this game, if you're not using your own phone?

Edit: Yeah, I'm really fucked. Everything shows black boxes, lags as hell and freezes in battles. Any other alternative here guys? My phone is quite old and while I can download this game, it will probably run extremely slow.

Edit2: Well, managed to fix black boxes by installing the Bluestacks 2 version, but crashes still happen sometimes in battle. Will have to live with it.

I use my tablet. Sometimes my phone.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 25, 2016, 09:53:39 am
Well, had to use my father's tablet. Fortunately he doesn't mind me using it, so I'm saved. Well, not like he uses it for anything other than playing Candy Crush or Mahjong Solitarie while waiting for Call ot Duty S&D matches to end LOL.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on February 25, 2016, 10:35:34 am
FGO is now using an updated build of Unity5 so emulators don't support it at the moment, there's a couple that run it, I saw a thread about it on the reddit, the newest version of Droid4x apparently runs it.
The FGO official twitter also made a post about them not supporting other devices other than phones or tablets (A subtle way of saying screw you to people playing on emulator) so they won't "fix" that on their end, it's up to the emulator developers, I guess.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 25, 2016, 11:04:08 am
I'm going to have to try Droid4x, because the game seems to also crash a lot (not as much as in Bluestacks) in the tablet.

Edit: Yeah, it does seem to work with Droid4x, though the graphics look kind of blurry.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 25, 2016, 11:47:22 am
(On a new phone so I'm good, and my alt will have to go back to my shitty tablet if bluestacks 2 doesn't work)

Damn, that's gonna be complicated. You unlock rooms and rewards by completing missions - "finish room 102", " kill 10 zombies (total) in room 101". Unlocking new rooms unlocks new missions that can be completed once that room is unlocked, so there's no full list ATM. Those who can't read the text will just have to track a list on reddit I guess, or just keep spamming everything until all progress bars are filled.

Oh my god stop talking so fucking much Roman, Shiki, Mashu and everyone ! You don't have to describe the elevator or say where the toilets are !
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 25, 2016, 12:13:05 pm
This should help you in case you guys don't understand japanese, like me.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FgMPIs4LabhMt-UXd692NIL2zIAU2GhrEU4l9RbP404/htmlview?usp=sharing&sle=true

It shows what you can find in every room. And in this website:

http://forums.nrvnqsr.com/showthread.php/5112-Fate-Grand-Order-General-Discussion-GARDEN-OF-ORDER-%28Don-t-ask-about-America%29/page4207

You can find a list of all missions translated if you search this page.

Edit: Ugh, this is so confusing. Compared to the Valentine event, god you have so many CEs to take into account and so many different missions that it really gets annoying.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on February 25, 2016, 08:54:06 pm
Uh...I personally find this event's rules and CEs much more palatable than valentine's day's. How can you make chocolate coins so unsavory?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on February 25, 2016, 09:38:06 pm
This event feels really grindy

Glad I saved up my apples

Also belated congrats to Dio on his long awaited acquisition

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 25, 2016, 10:54:02 pm
I suggest you guys make full use of the CE that increases the friendship gain for Servants because you need Bond 5 for Shiki for the quests. And that's a fuckton of battles to do, I assure you. You also need to ascend her, so don't waste those EXP.

Also this to know how to unlock all doors:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L2FfSCREf2-9Bo32sSrT1ufOvN46E0vO_Z4jShUvSyU/htmlview?usp=sharing&pref=2&pli=1&sle=true

Edit: Holy shit, you already have Void Shiki at level 80. Is she any good?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 25, 2016, 11:15:12 pm
Oh, you got me worried, but it's just for 5 hearts and 5 scales. Well, that and the final two missions, sure, but... the whole event is crazy grindy but it's going pretty well, I'm already at a thousand bottles (out of 3.3k for the whole shop and as many cats and ice creams) thanks to 3 sprinter CEs and almost 30 missions in a day. If we have two weeks, it should be possible to grind the long ones later.

I've got a guy on my friend list who's had Void Shiki at 90 for a few hours already. She gains NP crazy fast and she lives a really long time, but her NP isn't always foolproof with the instant kill. IMO it's like she's only useful if it succeeds, and if it doesn't, she just stands there. But then again, put her in an art team with a Waver or Tamamo and spam the NP like 3 times in a row, so... yeah.

Of course, congrats SD for your first 5* finally :P
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on February 25, 2016, 11:26:03 pm
>This update completely fucked up all my sprites and I cant even play anymore
aaaaaaa fuck me and my emulators
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 25, 2016, 11:33:57 pm
Droid4x works well, though the quality of the graphics will be worse. Still, it's much better that constantly crashing honestly.

Also, I forgot to mention, but the new musics in this event are awesome.

Edit: OMG, Berserker Elizabeth. I was not expecting this.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 26, 2016, 02:38:32 am
Pffhahaha Assassin Shiki's ascension line
"Uh ? No, I'm not changing clothes. What ? The others do ?" (I think I missed the last sentence and I can't hear it again until I've unlocked her permanently)

Edit: OMG, Berserker Elizabeth. I was not expecting this.
Yeah, you're facing crazy versions of the Servants locked in the apartment with the same looped death as the original story, with stuff involving how each of them died. Elizabeth goes on about her murders and her punishment and imprisonment, Boudicca remembers her rampage against the Romans and then the irony of her name meaning victory after she lost everything, etc.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on February 26, 2016, 03:32:48 am
Edit: Holy shit, you already have Void Shiki at level 80. Is she any good?
I had to slow down to get talons from the event because I needed a bunch for her final ascension but she's 90 now. And while I was at it I got mineral waters to max her out with Fous. She seems pretty good, I mean, she's not a star generating machine nor gets NP as fast as Drake but she seems balanced all around (This is probably reflected by her Connection to the Root A skill)
Now the next goal is to get her skills to LV10. Because I feel like this is the only 5* I'll get in a while so why not go the extra mile?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 26, 2016, 09:37:03 am
...Oh hey Beowulf. I was not expecting you to appear from that ticket. Not that I mind, in fact welcome!

Anyway, currently at floor 5, after beating Artoria Alter Lancer. I suppose we will be able to officially get Shiki Assassin after we reach the last floor. It's 8 floors so far, and you need to beat the X04 floor of each building to advance. For what I'm reading, the 6th floor is the best place to farm event items.

Edit: So I just encountered three ghosts with 666666HP, that healed 10000HP with a skill. I was obviously warned about this encounter, so I proceeded to use one CS to the Shiki Void guest to fill her NP instantly. It instantly killed the entire enemy party. So cool.

Soooo, what does the key that you gain here do exactly?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 26, 2016, 04:33:09 pm
You don't really need to waste a CS for Shiki, just fill it naturally, the ghosts don't deal enough damage to kill her or most others (just use a dodge or revive master skill when they all get their NP charge)

The key is for mission 98 it seems.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 26, 2016, 04:35:26 pm
Oh I see. So I guess I won't be able to trade it until much later.

Btw, 200 ghosts is what you'll have to kill to get Shiki. 200 ghosts. I mean, sure, I had the ghost spawn at 100% and used the best mission to farm them, but wow it took some time to get.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 26, 2016, 04:40:09 pm
I'm on the 200 skeletons, also not cool. Then there's 200 zombies, and the ghost girls, the dolls... That's quite a shitty forced grinding, with at best 16 of a given type (if you pick the right mission and have 4 rate up CEs) per mission and 20 ap cost per mission.
Oh, and Saber Shiki's instant kill has already failed 4 times out of 4 on room 603 Mordred. So fuck that. I just go full max stat Herk and Nine Lives Buster Brave that shit now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 26, 2016, 04:54:45 pm
Once you have the first skill at level 10, you should start seeing more successes... unless you already have it.

Also, LOL wtf happened in the Lu Bu and Frankenstein episode?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 26, 2016, 06:43:01 pm
Fran is mad at Tesla because he was doing some experiment in his room, exhilarated at the ability to read a book under a light powered by electricity, grabbed Fran while she was passing by, tried to push 500 watts to see what it would do, and blew all the lights (probably the generator as well) with a System Keraunos. He still thinks it's genius and he learned some more - electricity is precious. Problem is, it apparently fucked up with Fran's system and she can't cool down (IIRC she expels excess power through her maiden whatchamacallit big hammer with a lightning blast, and she can't do that). Basically her circuit breaker is fucking up all the time, so please do something ?? (that's Shiki translating here because she found a memo)
Lu Bu is sticking around trying to help her because she reminds him of his daughter. He's not mad. Except he goes Super Saiyan 3 because there's no way a parent wouldn't be mad if his daughter is crying.
After the fight, you promise Fran that you'll keep an electricity preserving day around (I mean, like, national light saving day, you know), or (alternate choice) that you'll have the doctor (I assume that's Tesla) give her a lightning pole as a present.
After Lu and Fran disappear, Roman pops up and says Fran just told him to turn everything off when he's just fooling around to preserve electricity. Roman didn't agree to this, and at least do a proper shutdown ! (he disappears right then, maybe Fran pulled the plug like a brute)

By the way, the whole mansion belongs to the Ryougi family, that's why Shiki suddenly turns into a landlady with a pretty kimono. This whole thing is her place, apparently (that's where she got the note from or something).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 26, 2016, 09:31:11 pm
LOL, so that happened. I just saw him turn to Super Saiyan 3 as you mention, and that the whole scene, for the little amount I could understand, didn't feel like they were taking this seriously unlike the previous floors. Captain Nikola messing with Fran is a really funny concept, I hope there's more interactions between the two.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 26, 2016, 09:54:31 pm
He wasn't really messing with her (it's not like he yanked her out of the corridor, it looks like she was curious / worried about what he was doing), it's more like wrong spot wrong time, she was dragged into the blast, and she got mad because he blew out so much electricity. Given her reaction to saving power, she must not like him very much in the first place.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 27, 2016, 11:10:04 am
20 Rapunzels. 20 fucking Rapunzels in order to advance to the next floor. That means repeating the parking lot mission 20 times, since only one spawns in there.

Conclusion about this whole event. Farming for everything in the shop is extremely easy, as everything has a low cost. Missions? FML. If they pull this mission format again, please spare us from making us kill mobs if we want to go to the next floor.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on February 27, 2016, 11:20:16 am
Yeah, I'm pretty sure this event was made to deplete everyone's stock of apples.
It's like every event DW has a terrible idea.. remember the guerrilla quests from the Halloween event? Ugh...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 27, 2016, 04:39:23 pm
Yeah, that part in the Halloween event was also a stupid idea that went wrong because of the potato servers. Fortunately, in that case, since it forced them to change it.

So yeah, I'm in room 604 and the plot has gone from serious to joke after recruiting Shiki (in fact she joins Chaldea herself, I was honestly surprised about this). I liked the serious plot, so why suddenly change this...

Edit: Suddenly in room 801 the Honnouji screen event appears. WTF Nobunaga.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 27, 2016, 11:55:17 pm
Finally wrapped the Rapunzels earlier.
... Room 704. Cu Chulainn has set up a casino in his room and offers you to play cards, roulette, dice etc. Roman suspects he's using his druid skills to rig the dice. Well, you're glad it's not like in the CM, at least ! ... Cu says he kept quarreling with Scathach, he told her to act her age, she got super pissed. Then another time, she got in the middle of Fergus, Ferdiad and 20 other guys, and said "let's do this, all of you try to kill me or die." They managed to take her down (otherwise they'd be gone long before becoming Heroic Spirits), but that didn't hold. She praised them, and went all "well done you fools. But... This isn't even my final form !" and then they all got tossed away.
... Anyway after he lost against Scathach he ended up here and he's been hiding ever since.
... And then Scathach comes up. With her ninja mask. (Mashu) "I- is that you, master Scathach ?" "Too bad, I'm not the strongest and most beautiful woman warrior of the Celts. I'm a nameless kunoichi lurking in the dark." (Roman) "Yeah, I guess this is Japan..."
Scathach says Cu will die, and then die a second and a third time in one day. Cu puts his hood back up and goes NOPE I do not know you ma'am, I have no idea who you are, there is no one named Cu Chulainn around here ! And you realize that the hood was a disguise.

... No, it doesn't say why the CM went that way just for this, but it jokes about it, which is basically telling you to go fuck yourself.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on February 28, 2016, 12:02:57 am
Rapunzels were easyish, I stacked both Assassin and Saber Shiki's lines of death on her and for good measure I threw both NPs at her. Assassin's Shiki's IK procs more often (I guess it also helps a lot the fact that I upgraded Saber Shiki's first skill to LV10)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 28, 2016, 12:09:33 am
Yeah, they were fairly easy to kill (Nine Lives Buster Brave helps a lot when other NPs aren't enough), but I decided to stack Killer Rabbits of Caerbannog to spawn about 16 ghost girls and get a head start for the 200 ghost girls mission (I haven't even unlocked it yet but I have more than 200 killed already anyway). It just took an annoyingly long time to do 20 runs of it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on February 28, 2016, 12:23:42 am
I barely finished the skeleton one, that was super annoying.
I should probably do the same and get a headstart on that... but I blew my cats on some other things I needed (Saber skill gems) so I can't buy the CE yet.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 28, 2016, 12:56:04 am
Nobu says she found this 1LDK apartment for 70k yen, close to the station etc., but she's cursed so it turned into Honnouji. Okita is her flatmate, which is nice because she gets a lot of Friend Points since she's cute like that -- Nobu doesn't, even though she's the bestest cutest of all, and by the time the event was over, there was nothing but Okita :( Mashu interrupts her like okay, you know, we're in a hurry here, right ? We have a question for Scathach. Nobu doesn't care and wants to turn this world into her own, and start a new event, leading to a "Nobu's world" movie release.
... God damnit, I shouldn't have brought Herakles in this fight >_< Anti-Divinity nearly one-shot him. Paid right back with a NLBB and wrapped up with Scathach by the third turn.
Also, "Oh, it's you, Mash- i mean boob Servant !" "You didn't have to correct yourself !" then when you win, "Farewell, Mash- I mean boob Servant."  "Oh come on !"
(Shiki) "... No really, who was that ?"
Okita comes, she was able to use Sandan zuki a lot, she was just down to the convenience store to buy ice cream "hey, where's Nobu ?" but just before you have time to feel really terrible, Nobu pops right back out "Right here !" and Shiki just wants that strawberry ice cream.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on February 28, 2016, 03:17:13 am
Rapunzels were easyish, I stacked both Assassin and Saber Shiki's lines of death on her and for good measure I threw both NPs at her. Assassin's Shiki's IK procs more often (I guess it also helps a lot the fact that I upgraded Saber Shiki's first skill to LV10)
Assasin Shiki's NP has a much higher instant death rate if the data on FGO is accurate. Not only that, but her skill also lowers the enemy's death resistance rate more than Saber Shiki.

I've tried some SShiki's as support (about 10 times), but their NPs have yet to kill a Rapunzel. 
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 28, 2016, 04:06:01 am
Leonidas room
seeing him lashing out all over the room and yelling DIE DIE DIE, Mashu can't believe a fellow shield holder could possibly be turned evil by the mansion, to the point she shouts "get out" at Roman, because Leonidas is a defender with such bravery, such devotion to protecting others that-- "ghoooosts ! Scary ! I came to help my fellow Heroic Spirits who were stuck here, but this is hell ! Go away, I'm not taking one step outside this room ! I can take any dragon you want, any man I can see, but ghosts ? No fucking way ! I keep swinging at them and everywhere I look, a new one comes out ! ... Oh, those look like my Master and Mashu. They want to see me at my weakest, those ghosts are so clever." *goes burning SSJ* "I'm so furious my hair is on fire !" (Roman) "Yeah, you were right Mashu, he hasn't been turned evil."

(.... yeah, I'm sure of it now, since this update to the new engine that broke emulators, if I play while my charger is plugged, it still drains my battery faster than it can recharge, so I have to stop playing for a while when I'm low, even if I'm still plugged... This is super consuming, especially when I'm not plugged, there's like 30% vanishing away in maybe an hour or so)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on February 28, 2016, 07:15:49 am
Supposedly Memu runs pretty well, so if someone still needs an emulator, they should give it a try.
Rapunzels were easyish, I stacked both Assassin and Saber Shiki's lines of death on her and for good measure I threw both NPs at her. Assassin's Shiki's IK procs more often (I guess it also helps a lot the fact that I upgraded Saber Shiki's first skill to LV10)
Assasin Shiki's NP has a much higher instant death rate if the data on FGO is accurate. Not only that, but her skill also lowers the enemy's death resistance rate more than Saber Shiki.
That makes sense, it's probably the tradeoff of being AOE (Even though one is a premium servant and one is a free one, oh well, DW works in mysterious ways)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 28, 2016, 07:25:05 pm
Keep in mind that premium Servants can get a chance to get their NP or skills upgraded, unlike free ones. Honestly, I like Shiki Assassin a lot more, so not getting Saber Shiki is something I really don't care at all, unlike missing Okita.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on February 28, 2016, 09:20:28 pm
That makes sense, it's probably the tradeoff of being AOE (Even though one is a premium servant and one is a free one, oh well, DW works in mysterious ways)
IKR? Most mobas would just make Saber Shiki an all-around superior version to Assasin Shiki. Boooring.

Saber Shiki's still has to get her interlude, though (free servants don't get them, do they?) so DW will either buff her NP or her eyes skill.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on February 29, 2016, 12:34:02 am
That makes sense, it's probably the tradeoff of being AOE (Even though one is a premium servant and one is a free one, oh well, DW works in mysterious ways)
IKR? Most mobas would just make Saber Shiki an all-around superior version to Assasin Shiki. Boooring.

Saber Shiki's still has to get her interlude, though (free servants don't get them, do they?) so DW will either buff her NP or her eyes skill.

The only event 4* (if you want to call her that) that has an interlude is Saber Lily.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 29, 2016, 01:20:25 am
Most of the time you might as well say that the free Servant's interlude is the event itself.

This is the first time I'm actually finishing the event AND emptying the shop before the first week. The grinding 200 enemies of each type was irritating, but it was bountiful. No way I'm grinding this again and finishing it on my alt though, meaning, as usual, my alt won't have a chance to ever get the final ascension item for the free Servant. I guess the free 4* Servants are still worthless to casuals who just play the game for a bit of fun but don't want to grind.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on February 29, 2016, 02:29:12 am
The "kill 200 x" missions aren't that bad imo (except zombies), 'cause you invariably get good shit from them; I farmed some 1,500 black cats while killing apparitions in the parking lot.

Servant missions on the other hand are a pain in the ass. Sure, there' s a lot of overlapping like Medusa being a RIDER/FEMALE/DIVINE but that's still a lot grinding considering you only get to kill 1 at the time instead of 10~16.

I wish the store would let you change items both ways (black cat > ice cream and not just the other way around).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on February 29, 2016, 04:09:03 am
This is the first time I'm actually finishing the event AND emptying the shop before the first week. The grinding 200 enemies of each type was irritating, but it was bountiful.

Same. The grind may be annoying if you're not doing this while multitasking or at work but I definitely would not mind an event like this every 3 months or so to "refill the coffers" as it were. A ton of my servants are finally gonna be hitting their next ascension or buffing skills thanks to this event.

And the concept of an event basically forcing you to level up the free servant so they can be viable as soon as the event is over is something I definitely want to see carried forward.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on February 29, 2016, 08:29:22 am
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CcXYDJgWwAAugmx.jpg:large)

And now to wait and farm.......

I just hope missions 98 and 99 will be simple.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 29, 2016, 11:31:05 am
WTF, I was kicked out in order to do a sudden update in the game.

Also, I'm like you at the moment. Right now I'm basically getting all the skill gems I'm interested in getting, but once I'm done, I will go and level up my new Servants. And with a surplus of apples too, so yeah, I'm ready for whatever they do next.

Btw, for mission 98, if you have already killed those high HP ghosts, then you'll be able to claim the prize the moment it becomes available.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 29, 2016, 11:34:11 am
Oh, we're getting 10 apples because a whole bunch of Servants got a fix on their interlude about the "recommended level" text and a change in the consumption of AP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 29, 2016, 11:56:45 pm
Sorta related to Fate/Grand Order, here's its anthology.

http://imgur.com/a/gOvE4

Some of the stories are quite interesting.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 02, 2016, 05:16:28 pm
"Wait and hope" woah, Monte Cristo is Solomon's buddy, the black shadow (though he says they're related, he's following his lead, but they're not the same, he doesn't want to end humanity, leaving doubts that he might not be bad). It also increases his chances at being an Avenger since Mashu couldn't read his class, unless he's just Beast like the demon pillars (wouldn't guess that though)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 02, 2016, 05:35:36 pm
Are you talking about the shadow that appears in the Incinerated Remains?

Btw, there are two bosses in the final mission, according to reddit (can't play until 5 hours later). One is anothert huge ghost. The other is Artoria Saber because the CM says so.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 02, 2016, 05:46:28 pm
You have the key, mission 98 unlocks and solves itself immediately, collect it to open the rooftop. See the shadw guy (Monty), fight the giant ghost. Collect the last Lore, then the rooftop is still open with an extra quest - Arturia.
Lost a couple guys for both fights but didn't waste any cs. Golden Spark, Nine Lives, then Nine Lives again killed Arturia before her second Excalibur. Ghost is unchanged - maybe a bit stronger but Herkazerk is even more tsuyoi (I took the wrong team and brought Hassan and Sasaki as backup,  but they gave out stars for Herk to wreck shit up)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 02, 2016, 06:02:56 pm
Oh, so El Conde de Monte Cristo appears at the top. It's the same shadow that appears in the Incinerated Remains, no?

Guess I will go and make Beowulf stronger before attempting this myself. I hope the guy that has that lvl 10 Mostruous Strenght lvl 3 NP Kintoki appears in my friend list instead of worthless Scathach.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 02, 2016, 08:00:34 pm
It's the same shadow that appears in the Incinerated Remains, no?
Yeah, same guy.

You get to a door that wasn't there before, open it with the key, get on the roof. He shows up, says he's doing this for the king of magecraft (so Solomon), he talks about the island of despair, the prison tower, the treasure castle (btw he calls the mansion a tower too), Mashu calls him a Heroic Spirit that must not exist in this world (I assume because he's an Avenger and she can't read that), he says dead spirits and heroic spirits are just the same, casting a curse on the world. Ghost shows up, Mashu thinks there was "another one", the Count says it's not that there was one, it's that it didn't disappear, because it's a curse. A system of curse that is completed. The debt of humanity that the King of Magecraft forced on him. As long as there are people, there will be resentment, murders, and the hate from those victims keep the cycle going for ever in an eternal hell. An indestructible image, basically a god.
Enter Shiki who can kill even a god as long as it's alive, because everything has an end, even if people see it as immortal just because it has lived thousands and millions of years.

After the fight, the Count tries running to jump off the building, Shiki starts following. Roman interrupts, says the guy is just a shadow and even if she kills that shadow, she'll do nothing to the real one (he noticed the guy wasn't really there because there's little spirit reaction on his radar from his end) and she'll go splat at the bottom of the building (though her eye might kill the real one if she hits the shadow ?). Shiki... throws her second knife and kills the shadow.
The shadow says he was just an illusion but he still gets killed, so his work is done, Roman tries to ask who put him up to this, the shadow (while disappearing) says this should be obvious (... so Solomon). Solomon did this because he thought it'd be fun to make this tower as a new singularity. Still, the shadow and Solomon have a different goal. The shadow lives with love and hate, but he was different from that man's true nature. He (the shadow) has no reason to lend a hand to someone who holds no malice or grudge, so he rejected his request. What he's doing right here is acting out of his own nature, and giving Servants a chance for revenge. ... Then he quotes something "Tiger, roar, now is the time to hunt your prey" that I can't find where it's from.
Roman is also confused at the "someone who isn't holding a grudge", and asks what's the point of burning human history away, but the shadow says that's yours to find out, he has no interest in that. Just before he finally disappears, you ask him who he is, he says he doesn't have any reason to answer that but he'll just say one thing - wait. And hope. So quoting Monte Cristo.

Shiki says she doesn't care, because, Mashu, do you know why people seek revenge ? Mashu says she's never pondered about that. Shiki says it's because people are betrayed by those they love, hence they hate. They wouldn't care if it was from someone they didn't give two shits about. So doesn't that mean this shadow guy really loved humanity ? Love is born from hate, and hate is born from love.
"And then the culprit was Roman !" inserting another meme from when the Internet suspected Roman was Solomon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on March 02, 2016, 08:33:40 pm
The giant ghost's still vulnerable to instant death. Oh, if only there was a servant with a reliable ohko who could overcharge his or her np gauge really fast!

Gonna wait for my seals to recharge before trying to face Arturia 'cause I don't have any strong archer.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on March 02, 2016, 09:05:09 pm
Had to waste my seals for NP purposes against Arturia, it wasn't fun, but at least I had a reason to use MHX (again)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 02, 2016, 11:22:36 pm
Ffs, there's only Saber Shikis in the goddamn friend list. Please guys, put something else that can help me against Artoria for my sake.

Edit: Err... was it really that tough the fight against Artoria? I completely obliterated her. I didn't even let her use her Noble Phantasm once. Well, I admit having a Gilgamesh as a support with the 2030 CE made him a beast with those crits. And I was really lucky with the debuffs hitting (with that I mean Robin Hood's attack debuff and Euryale's Vampirism). Oh well, now I'm really done with this event.

And to celebrate, I got the Mona Lisa CE. After limiting to an amount the contents of the shop, I have too many Mana Prisms that I have no use for.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 03, 2016, 01:38:47 am
Just rejoice that you won't need to worry about next month's refill of 4* EXP and Fous !
I've been thinking, up until now, the story and events has tried to have some good twists (we did expect this event to be a joke because it was presented as "collaboration" but suddenly Avenger, death, gods and curses, and Shiki as a perfect fit for the whole story), but everyone keeps guessing exactly what's coming. Everyone saw the Saber Shiki 5* coming, we were talking about Avenger Edmond Dantes just two weeks ago (I figured he'd be one of the rare throwaway 2* to come like Kotaro and Chiyome but now he's definitely gonna hit 4*), Solomon back in Rome...

Yeah, Gilgamesh with constant crits is quad damage, of course that'll drain her 500k HP fast :P
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on March 03, 2016, 03:07:08 am
Ffs, there's only Saber Shikis in the goddamn friend list. Please guys, put something else that can help me against Artoria for my sake.

Edit: Err... was it really that tough the fight against Artoria? I completely obliterated her. I didn't even let her use her Noble Phantasm once. Well, I admit having a Gilgamesh as a support with the 2030 CE made him a beast with those crits. And I was really lucky with the debuffs hitting (with that I mean Robin Hood's attack debuff and Euryale's Vampirism). Oh well, now I'm really done with this event.

And to celebrate, I got the Mona Lisa CE. After limiting to an amount the contents of the shop, I have too many Mana Prisms that I have no use for.

Eh I was mostly using my own Mordred, Waver, and MHX, since Modoredo does extra damage to Arturia and we all know MHX's deal.
Well I didn't let her use Excalibur so that's alright I guess.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 03, 2016, 09:30:08 am
Just rejoice that you won't need to worry about next month's refill of 4* EXP and Fous !
I've been thinking, up until now, the story and events has tried to have some good twists (we did expect this event to be a joke because it was presented as "collaboration" but suddenly Avenger, death, gods and curses, and Shiki as a perfect fit for the whole story), but everyone keeps guessing exactly what's coming. Everyone saw the Saber Shiki 5* coming, we were talking about Avenger Edmond Dantes just two weeks ago (I figured he'd be one of the rare throwaway 2* to come like Kotaro and Chiyome but now he's definitely gonna hit 4*), Solomon back in Rome...

Yeah, Gilgamesh with constant crits is quad damage, of course that'll drain her 500k HP fast :P

I have 500 Mana Prisms left, and a whole month ahead to worry since I depleted the shop. Unless they suddenly change the shop, I doubt I will need more than that. And yeah, Gilgamesh is a beast, and having a NP 5 Robin Hood helps a lot too.

And as for predictions, well, the Saber Shiki was obvious to see given their love to put different versions of the same Servant in the game, and Saber Shiki was probably the best excuse for making us waste money. I don't remember the references to Edmond Dantes and Solomon, but if people can already guess what Nasu will write, guess he's starting to be a bit too predictable. I do admit that this event has surprised me so far, the appearance of Edmond Dantes and the serious plot was the last thing I was expecting.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 03, 2016, 11:14:46 am
Solomon was the 72 demons and Roman insisting "I can't believe it would be him ! We must be missing something !" and it was him. Dantes was datamined and we were discussing alt classes and avenger seemed a better fit than anything else.

edit - oh yeah, first skill to lv10 (Herk's ATK boost) and god damn 10M QP. Still gotta farm the Parking Lot for cats to exchange for QP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on March 03, 2016, 09:12:44 pm
Nailed it.
(http://i.imgur.com/a9El6L9.jpg)

I'll wait to see if the next gacha is interesting (if America isn't up by then).

As much as I like Void Shiki, I already have good Sabers (hilariously enough, they're Saberfaces).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 04, 2016, 09:07:51 am
Chapter 5 announced to come late March to early April:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/48w757/incoming_ch_5_update_rough_tl/

That means there's probably a chance there's some small event happening before this one.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on March 07, 2016, 12:03:05 pm
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/qbnxd/
Increased rates for Shirou Kotomine, Astolfo, Shota Gil,, Waver, Tesla, and Vlad

Also higher difficulty quests event (only if you cleared London) and 1/2 AP for all story quests.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/49c3sn/upcoming_caldea_boys_collection_2016_pickup/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 07, 2016, 12:39:06 pm
As I thought, a new event. And since I didn't roll any quartz at all in the Shiki event, I have enough for a 10-roll. Planning to roll in the Waver rate up, since he's the best support one can get so far.

This new Servants again prove that the datamined info was wrong about the star levels. I was expecting Astolfo to be a 5*, but it's a 4*. Thank god to that. Though I'm not sure if I want yet another Rider. The Sunday ticket got me a Martha, so right now I have all the Riders that exist in the game. I seriously don't need another one.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on March 07, 2016, 01:08:46 pm
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Tesla, Vlad, Waver rate ups
*sigh* Should've saved at least some tickets.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 07, 2016, 01:16:10 pm
Different days. Amakusa all week, Vlad on the 11th, then Waver, and Tesla.
Ko-Gil 3*, acceptable.

Wait wow wow wow what the fuck are those CEs
Kiss your hand : 10% up to all 3 card types
Teacher and me : 50% np gauge on start + 300% star attraction up
Versus : 80% attack up, 40% def up against divinity for 3 turns
4 under the moon : np rate 12% up, star gen 12% up, 200 heal per turn
Glassful (graceful ?) sweet time : sure hit, damage dealt +400, damage received cut by 200
Noisy obsession : crit & np pow up 15%, charm chance 12% up

Lot of strong stuff for once

And lol the last 3* prince of slayer with Siegfried and Sasaki
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 07, 2016, 07:41:13 pm
We can get one of those CE for free using a ticket we will be given in the event. I wonder which is the best to get for this event.

Edit: Event's here. You get a chance to try the three new Servants, and you get a few monuments and pieces and a ticket. That's all. The ticket that gives you a free CE will be given tomorrow.

Also, Diarmuid, Beowulf and Medea Lily have now Interlude quests, so if you have any of them, you can complete them to upgrade their Noble Phantasms. I have the first two and they're quite easy. That, or I'm overpowered which is not wrong.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 09, 2016, 07:36:33 pm
After beating the two of them
Ko-Gil : "beating up a child is unbecoming of an adult !"
Amakusa : "beating up a holy person is unbecoming of an adult."
Haha those two assholes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 09, 2016, 08:34:32 pm
So let's describe the new Servants, this is what I tested so far.

- Astolfo: And here I thought nobody would surpass Atalanta in her terrible NP generation rate. Astolfo is even worse. How is this even possible... 1% increase for being hit, WTF. First and second skill are attack buff to self and stun. Not bad, but third skill is crit damage increase and creating an amount of stars per turn... which has a random chance to fail triggering WTF. NP gives him dodge for three attacks and a few amount of stars, apart from ignoring defense buffs... some people seem to think that the dodge is a good thing, but Cu and Hassan can have the same and it's just a skill. So yeah, Astolfo is not a really good Rider, Marie is in fact better IMO because she can survive longer and has far better NP rate and star rate than him (plus her NP helps the whole party).

- Kogil: He's a really good poor man's Archer for dealing with mobs. As he's a 3* getting his NP at 5 is not a daunting task, unlike original Gilgamesh. Has Charisma A+, a (worthless) charm skill against humanoids and Golden Rule. Surprisingly, his animations are better than Gilgamesh LOL. Really, he's the best and most realistic option to aim IMO.

- Amakusa Shirou: an offensive Ruler, unlike Jeanne whose whole purpose is to support the party by spamming her wonderful NP. Has Revelation and Divine Judgment like Jeanne, with the only different skill one that gives him NP every turn, up to five IIRC. Level 1 gave me 10% each turn. Not bad, honestly. His NP disables buffs before inflicting damage, I was able to experience that unfortunately. Honestly though, Jeanne is much better IMO for the whole fact that she has an easier time filling her NP unlike him, as far as I tested.

tl;dr Aim for Kogil, and Amakusa in case you want an offensive Ruler. Astolfo just for fanservice. Honestly, Kogil is probably the only reason I would roll in this event. I really don't want to waste my quartz here, so I will go for some few YOLO rolls then give up. Obviously in the Waver rate up day.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on March 09, 2016, 09:01:37 pm
Yeah I wasn't blown away by any of them

I think I'll save my quartz
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on March 13, 2016, 08:08:30 pm
We all got 10 quartz in the mail, apparently. Anyone know why?

EDIT: I believe it's White Day in Japan right now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 14, 2016, 11:20:05 am
The info on the new event is up. 5* Avenger Edmond Dantes, NP is Enfer Chateau d'If, wave damage, def down, curse. Design is kinda cool (in an edgy way) except he looks way too young.
you wake up and Chaldea has turned into the prison tower ! It's prison break time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 14, 2016, 12:39:22 pm
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4acix8/new_event_details/

Yep, pretty much what you said. If only he had been a free Servant... oh well, guess I will use the tickets I will get during this event for this.

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Unrelated to FGO, but we finally know the game they wanted to announce.

http://fate-extella.jp/

Once we get more info from the Famitsu article, I will consider opening a new thread for this game. It's an action style game, exclusive for PSVita and PS4.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 15, 2016, 04:07:28 pm
No buy if it's less than 10 Servants. My hope list for a Fate Musou is around 80 ATM.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on March 15, 2016, 04:55:55 pm
the senran kagura people might be involved, marvelous was mentioned and the senran guys are "only" working on that musou game that shoudl hve been released by now but got postponed to add some improvements.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 15, 2016, 08:01:40 pm
So far Nero, Tamamo and Altera/Attila are confirmed. Attila's artist is Wada in this game, btw.

I'm hoping Kiyohime will appear. Musou games have proven that someone with a fan has no trouble fighting against tons of enemies. Plus she's one of the few Berserker Servants (alongside Beowulf and Vlad) that can strike a normal conversation, so if they go for all classes then maybe they're interested that the Berserker class can properly communicate.

Though if we go by most likely, we will probably get Elizabeth as the Lancer Servant that will appear. Apart from adding EMIYA and maybe Gil. Honestly, I want to see UBW working against an army. I've already seen how Enuma Elish works against an army in Fate/Zero, so I won't miss him honestly. Though his huge arsenal of attacks makes it really easy to bring him in this game.

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Images:

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on March 15, 2016, 11:51:50 pm
models look vita/senran kagura quality, which hopefully means they'll be making a lot of servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on March 16, 2016, 09:22:47 am
Turns out the datamines were slightly incorrect. Avenger class has no weaknesses.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 16, 2016, 10:24:37 am
Well, that makes them better I guess. They also have a minor worthless NP regeneration as class skill, as far as I tested.

I have to say though, I really dislike The Count's design. Even though Avenger's can now be a really good class, I will only waste one ticket in this gatcha. Not really worth it honestly.

----

Oh hey, Florence Nightingale is another Servant that appears in this event. Maybe we will be able to get her. If so I'm not going to waste my tickets at all.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on March 16, 2016, 12:56:43 pm
The Count's animations are nice, his NP is cool, he turned out no to suck, but he's too fucking edgy. Would it kill him to actually face his enemies? Kinda reminds me of that bug where Arjuna's faced the wrong way after using his NP.
Turns out the datamines were slightly incorrect. Avenger class has no weaknesses.
That was probably no mistake on the dataminer's side but a ninja patch on this update.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 16, 2016, 03:42:24 pm
Yeah, after the fast massive datamines they removed all the information not yet used, I'm pretty sure Avenger info was part of it and they changed it and released it just now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 16, 2016, 05:14:51 pm
With weaknesses against any class other than Shielder and Ruler, he would have been a really useless Servant honestly. Unless I recall correctly and that's not the weaknesses it had.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 17, 2016, 04:47:38 pm
Huh. Yesterday they said the guys you fought were deformations (demonized versions or something) of your actual Servants, but not really them. Except you keep running into them as you wake up. Today, Roman and Mashu suspect Fergus knows something but he says he doesn't. Now, after you beat Gilles, he says he's sorry that this fragment of himself gave you trouble and he is unable to save you (talking like he's the real one even though you're still locked in your dream) but you're still going strong and you'll get out soon. Oh, and "I'm sure the light of my holy maiden is waiting for you at the end" (or something close, I skipped too quickly). Yeah, I'm sure she is...

edit - ah, the Gilles after the fight is indeed at Chaldea, I missed the room background on my phone. But yeah, he does know about the fragment of himself that just bothered you. And he says your soul is shining so bright with no equal so don't worry, you'll get out of it, and since you're still forgiving him, you must totally have the divine benediction of his holy maiden.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 18, 2016, 08:29:20 am
I believe Gilles' sin in the event was Sloth, referencing the fact that he was a well-known Christian and supporter of Jeanne d'Arc, that turned into Blue Beard after she died. Fergus was Lust because... well, it's Fergus so it's easy to see (in the event he tried to rape that "Mercedes" Servant). Phantom was Envy, but I still don't know why he is that sin.

Btw guys, do you know a good place to farm bones, and with that I mean that they drop frequently? The event gave me quite a lot, but ffs I need a lot more if I want Beowulf to reach the last ascension. And I'm quite sure they will be adding Rulers in one of the quests, so having him at level 80 is something I will certainly appreciate.

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...Oh hey, the soldier accompanying Jeanne and Gilles in the fight can inflict Taunt on one of your Servants, so they only target said Servant. Poor Beowulf was only able to use his NP in that part and that's it...

And seriously, your own Saber Gilles may suck, but as an enemy Servant, his NP gives him an assured critical hit in all of his attacks until the buff ends. Or at least, increases the chance to inflict it by a really noticeable amount. It's a pity you can't experience the same...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on March 19, 2016, 04:42:10 pm
Enemy Classes: Berserker, Lancer, Assassin
Wave 1: Lancer Homunculi (Both should be easy to kill so I won't list their HP)
Wave 2: 2 Dolls (80k HP) + Lancer Homunculi (115112 HP)
Wave 3: Caligula (254797 HP) + 2 Lancer Homunculi (67389 HP)
Drops: 5 Homunculus Embryos, 2 Gears, 1 Berserker Monument
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 19, 2016, 05:37:32 pm
There's a serious talk between you and Caligula before the fight, in which Caligula seems not to be under Mad Enhancement effects during it. And then you're forced to fight him (his sin is Gluttony btw).

The sin in the previous fight was supposed to be Wrath, supposely The Count thought Jeanne would feel anger after being burned alive. But apparently she wasn't mad, and the reason she was fighting against you was because she wished to save The Count.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 19, 2016, 05:41:10 pm
The Caligula in Chaldea tells you about how he went mad because of love and about his insanity and how it ties to the moon goddess Diana. When you're in the Chateau d'If, you meet a mad Caligula, you go "uh, didn't I see you, like, five minutes ago ?" but the mad Caligula just goes "? DEVOUR-OUR-OUR !" (well, just "die" and "eat you", the count says he won't stop until he's devoured your soul). After the fight, the Caligula at Chaldea ends up telling you that even if he was pretty much an evil asshole, he's still registered as a heroic spirit and not an anti-hero because he did it out of love, so as long as you know love, he's sure you'll find salvation / your way out of this hell.
It's pretty obvious that the ones in the chateau aren't the real Servants, but the real ones know what's going on, although they can't help, they can just give a show of support and stay by your bed.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 19, 2016, 07:20:10 pm
It's pretty obvious that the ones in the chateau aren't the real Servants, but the real ones know what's going on, although they can't help, they can just give a show of support and stay by your bed.

That last part sounds rather creepy, specially with individuals like Phantom and Caster Gilles LOL.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 19, 2016, 07:33:20 pm
Heh, yeah, but I mean, they're nursing you :P They're all actually being real nice to you, it's especially noticeable with Gilles and Caligula.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on March 20, 2016, 04:07:06 pm
Enemy Classes: Ruler, RIder, Caster
Wave 1: 3 Caster Dragons
Wave 2: 1 Rider Dragon (200k HP)
Fatal Battle: Jeanne D'Arc (191916 HP) and Shirou Tokisada Amakusa (143517 HP)

I suggest for you to keep Dantes in the back and attempt to kill Amakusa first.

Also bring Ryougi for the Rider dragon
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 20, 2016, 09:09:28 pm
Yeah, bring Ryougi because fuck that dragon. It can even grant itself a one hit invincibility. The fight against the two Rulers is also quite tough too, having The Count and at least one Berserker at max NP before the fight helps a lot.

Seriously DW, if you make such difficult fights, do the same for the story quests. Steamrolling through the story quests is not fun, and the Servant with the lowest level in my party is at 50. Or make two versions, one for new players and the other old players.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on March 20, 2016, 09:45:57 pm
That blue wyvern is a massive asshole. Good thing it's also retarded, it tried to use its invincibility twice in a row every time I fought against it (three times!).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on March 21, 2016, 04:07:14 pm
Arrow 1:
Enemy Class: Assassin
Wave 1: 6 Ghosts
Wave 2: Giant Ghost (453684 HP)

Try bringing Shiki, as it has an inul skill with crits.

Arrow 2:
Enemy Class: Avenger

Edmond Dantes (511434 HP)

Dantes hits like a fucking truck
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 21, 2016, 05:57:45 pm
Andersen trivialises the fight against the ghost. Bring an Arts team in that fight and you'll see how the ghost is unable to beat the heal regen from his NP, specially if you start stacking it multiple times.

Time to suffer against Edmond the Edgelord. Wish me luck.

----

Had to waste one CS to raise Beowulf's NP to 100%. He was the only one standing against him, and with a Buster Brave combo with his NP in one of the attacks he beat him completely.

But yeah, he hits like a truck. It's not an easy fight at all. You need to kill him as fast as possible.

Edit: And to celebrate the fact that I beat this event, I got Attila with only two tickets!! Heck fucking yeah! I was hoping for Elizabeth or Tamamo (as I rolled in the story gatcha), but this is perfectly fine too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 21, 2016, 07:33:15 pm
"Go away. I don't kill women."
Choice 1 : "since when !?"
choice 2 : "dude you tried pretty hard against Jeanne"
I'm not there yet but I'm probably going to bring a team with just Herk + scope (and a support Kintoki I guess).
Turn 1 : Battle Continuation, and a BBA chain so Herk gets 100% NP.
Turn 2 : Mind's Eye, Nine Lives Buster Brave.
Turn 3 : CS to 100% NP for Herk, Master dodge, Nine Lives again.
And probably the support's NP at some point if he's still alive, but that shouldn't be relevant.
I'm pretty sure this will be enough.


... Oh come on, I'm not allowed to have less than 3 guys (including support) ? Oh well.
Uh, the fuck is Nightingale doing in Chaldea

You beat Dantes, he's glad he lost to someone like you who didn't give up to despair, he says "in yo face, king of magic", you ask "so this was all Solomon's doing after all ?" and Dantes says to not say his name, because the name alone is a curse. As for this dream... When you met him in London, he didn't just let you go, he knew you were going to die because just seeing him is what sent you in this nightmare tower with the seven sins that try to kill you.

... Uuuuuhhh overpowered much ??

"so are you gone forever ?"
"What, you want to see me again ? An Avenger like me ? Hahaha, well then, I have only one thing to say to you : roll wait, and hope." Yeah ha ha ha real funny fuck you DW.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on March 21, 2016, 08:23:27 pm
Quoted from a friend:

"Nightingale enters your room at Chaldea (yes, Chaldea) and says that she was originally the Seventh Ruler of Judgement (this is the name given to each Sin-representative, don’t start wanking anything about the Ruler Class.) For some reason she lost that role, along with her memories. "
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 21, 2016, 08:24:55 pm
I know, I read that. I just don't get why she's able to show up at Chaldea. I'm pretty sure it's entirely glossed over (she vanishes immediately after in the prison).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 21, 2016, 09:53:43 pm
For a guy that managed to turn the world into flames, the fact that looking at him puts a curse on you seems to fit quite well. I do wonder how in the world are we going to fight against such thing though.

Edit: Two new things starting from March 23rd

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4bgjr9/20160322/

The first thing is that we get 1/2 AP in the mat quests. The second thing, and most important, is that a total of 7 Servants will get special quests that will power them up. They don't expire, so you can do them whenever you want (so yeah, basically new Interludes). However, the requirement for doing this quest is that the Servant must be max ascended. So yeah, that's the reason we're getting a 1/2 AP event.

Hopefully, after this event ends we get the new story segment.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 22, 2016, 10:23:08 am
Since you need the Servant max ascended, it would be nice if they could let us know who it is in advance... Why even hide it at this point.
America is for end of this month or beginning of next, so wednesday next week is likely.

By the way, this is only the first batch, so there will be more like that. Nice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on March 22, 2016, 12:16:48 pm
This is probably DW's way of upgrading the extremely lacking/really shitty servants, in my perspective.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on March 22, 2016, 03:35:13 pm
Maybe they'll make certain servants actually decent ( Stheno, Boudica, Saber Lily, and Saber Gilles come to mind).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on March 22, 2016, 04:09:41 pm
Trying to come up with a list of characters to fit the the card's backside makes you realize how uneven the class distribution is:

Bronze Lancer: Leonidas, Benkei.
Bronze Berserker: Asterios, Caligula, Spartacus, Eric Bloodaxe.
Bronze Assasin: Mata Hari, Phantom of the Opera, Sanson, Koujiro, Hassan.
Silver Rider: Medusa, Alexander the Great, Ushikawa, Boudicca.
Gold Rider: Astolfo, Salter, Drake, St. Martha, Marie Antoinette edit: forgot to mention Anne & Mary.

I hope Medusa or Ushi get a decent upgrade.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 22, 2016, 06:55:31 pm
It's obvious that Leonidas and Benkei are the two candidates for Bronze Lancer, I mean they're the only possible ones. For Gold Rider, I hope it's Marie. Drake will obviously not be a candidate, because why would you make her more broken than she currently is atm?

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Edit: The first chosen Servant is Spartacus... which requires bones to ascend to max, something I would rather waste on getting Beowulf to max ascension. Oh well, the quest doesn't expire, so it can wait.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on March 23, 2016, 11:21:37 am
Fuuuuuuuck........Karna and Arjuna rate up in the gacha and I don't even have enough for a 10 roll yet.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 23, 2016, 11:29:00 am
America is due to come soon, they already announced the trailer. You should keep the quartz for when the next story segment happens.

Also, we will get 10 more quartz if you log in between 26th and 28th. Source:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4blmln/animejapan_2016_commemoration_campaign/

Also, according to what I read, Spartacus quest only raises his regeneration skill. If you have it at level 4, before the upgrade it healed 320. Now it heals 800. If he wasn't a Berserker and didn't have a small HP value, this would be more useful. As it is now, it's not.

Also, there's zero dialogue in those quests, it's basically a series of battles that reward you with an "improvement" once you beat them all, apart from quartz.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 23, 2016, 12:33:30 pm
So they're skill interludes. Spartacus' heal at lv 10 is now 1500, which is laughable.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 23, 2016, 01:38:34 pm
They're not even that, since there's no dialogue at all. It's like the quests to get the clothes, you basically fight a number of battles to get what you want. So much for expecting some more story from the selected characters.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on March 23, 2016, 04:14:59 pm
Legit as always: http://pastebin.com/LDRZ5ac5

Quote
Sparticus - Berserker
Eirik Bloodaxe - Berserker
Charles-Henri Sanson - Assassin
Musashibou Benkei - Lancer
Leonidas I - Lancer
Boudica - Rider
Martha - Rider


Meh, Boudicca. Guess I might start using Sanson if his anti-human/anti-evil skill gets a decent buff.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 23, 2016, 08:09:39 pm
From all the female Riders, Boudicca... Oh well, I'm going to eventually make Martha reach max ascension, so hopefully her skill upgrade is worth something.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on March 24, 2016, 09:44:30 pm
For Erik Bloodaxe, his skill upgrade increases the strength of the defense debuff from his 1st skill. It's doubled at all levels, with it being 10% (lv1) to 30% (lv10), compared to 5% to 15%. Attack debuff is still the same.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4bq2wb/apparently_no_one_posted_it_here_yet_eric/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on March 24, 2016, 09:49:28 pm
Is there some maintenance going on that I was unaware of

I haven't been able to get in for hours
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on March 24, 2016, 09:54:19 pm
Server upgrade. Should've ended 54 minutes ago, but it was extended.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on March 25, 2016, 09:35:23 am
Classic DW.
So anyone else has a bad case of OCD and wants to strengthen everyone?
Because I just started to level up  all these guys. Except for Martha, she's already maxed.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 25, 2016, 09:56:59 am
I probably will, but someday, only when I have the mat for it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on March 25, 2016, 03:04:51 pm
Maybe, if I feel like working on Sanson.



(http://i.imgur.com/bpUNHush.jpg)

E-Edison?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on March 25, 2016, 04:36:30 pm
Edison does not deserve to have a badass design like that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 25, 2016, 04:37:14 pm
Hahahaha seriously ? He wasn't in the leak. Looking forward to shit hitting the fan with Tesla (and Tesla himself probably being completely oblivious about it)
Return of the Irish guys, and the OP girl in white is a Rider - so Medb after all ? She's my best guess.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on March 25, 2016, 04:44:21 pm
I need Lion of America Edison in my life!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on March 25, 2016, 05:04:19 pm
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_Studios

I suppose that's...clever, but where the hell does the lion head come from? MGM? an eagle head I could understand, because 'murica and all, but a lion? I'd would have used a lightbulb shaped space helmet to match the vintage sci-fi (-ish) theme of his suit. 
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on March 25, 2016, 05:20:02 pm
Forgot to mention

Saber Diarmuid?

(http://i.imgur.com/0M3I2Mc.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on March 25, 2016, 05:43:55 pm
I think I saw non alter lancer saber and alter siegfred.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on March 25, 2016, 05:57:16 pm
That's actually Fionn, if you're talking about the blonde Lancer fighting Scathach.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 25, 2016, 06:05:43 pm
Mashu, Billy the Kid, Saber Diarmuid (with midriff I think and Hyrule Warriors blue scarf), Fergus, Scathach, Fionn, AMERICA (complete with red-white-blue chest beam and stars), Nightingale, definitelyMedb, Arjuna, Karna.
Oh, the next free 3* we get upon completion should be either a Saber or a Lancer. It's probably going to be a 3* Saber Diarmuid, then ? Because I don't know what other 3* Lancer could come out here. Irish men can't go gold. Still holding out for a gold Berserker Cu Chulainn or Lancer Cu Alter with Riastrad as a skill and thrown Gae Bolg for NP.


.... Wait wait wait... A war with Indians and Irish immigrants in the early days of the US ? Nice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 25, 2016, 09:25:48 pm
I just saw the CM. Seriously, wtf just happened to Edison? A lion that shoots lasers from his chest, which generates stars when it does? No wait, I must be hallucinating. Maybe tomorrow I will see something different. And yeah, the girl that appeared in the opening of the game is definitely Medb. I believe the bulls that appear are a reference to her legend.

So far, we've gotten these silver Servants:
- Caster Cu (Fuyuki)
- Berserker Kiyohime (Orleans)
- Rider Boudicca (Roma)
- Archer David (Okeanos)
- Assassin Jekyll (London)

So we have as possibilities Saber, Lancer, Avenger and Ruler. Yeah let me dream the impossible dream. But yeah, Saber Diarmuid is the most likely possibility, it's a pity since I wanted Nightingale to be the one, but she's a Berserker IIRC.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on March 25, 2016, 11:21:50 pm
Gold Berserker Cu Chulainn
Cu Chulainn (Berserker) 5*

Skills:
Riastrad (raises attack, causes burn)
Protection from Arrows B
Battle Continuation A
Divinity B
Mad Enhancement EX

NP:Táin Bó Cúailnge
Buster, Anti-army (literally)
Powerful attack to all enemies
Heals HP
Grants guts status

Alternatively:

NP: For Derbforgaill
Buster, Anti-unit
Extremely powerful attack to 1 enemy
Increases own attack
Bonus damage against Females
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 26, 2016, 01:48:48 am
My alt had 13 quartz, so I rolled. My alt now has Scathach, Brynhild, and Karna. My main hasn't rolled a single gold since Beowulf ;_; I'll probably try for Arjuna a bit ASAP.

(late edit, not making a new post for that) pfff hahaha only 4k QP left. QP dailies are in 5 minutes, sure, but this goes down way too easily even if you build it back with 1M QP per 40AP run, only one day of the week.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on March 26, 2016, 06:18:37 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/146394381073514506/163125108490240001/IMG_9679.JPG)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 26, 2016, 09:43:09 pm
Oh hey, nice to know that Edison is a Caster. He'll probably be a 5* just like Tesla. And the artist for the Medb is the same that did Amagami SS for what I can see.

Btw, the new Strenghten quest for Leonidas gives him an AoE Buster Up for your entire party for three turns. Ffs finally a Servant that gets a good upgrade. It took 5 Servants to get a good one at the last one. Hopefully Martha gets a good upgrade too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on March 27, 2016, 07:45:49 am
CEs to promote the Heaven's Feel movie and the Fate/Extra anime, both in 2017:

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/120979035290468352/163523300503453697/unknown.png)

(Correct me if incorrect)

[Heaven's Feel]: 10% Quick up and 40% NP up
Last Encore: 10% Arts up and 3 stars per turn
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 27, 2016, 10:55:26 am
You're correct. To add more information to what you've said, while they do look good, they are already maxed and their stat increase is 100 for both atk and HP. Yeah, really terrible stat increase. Oh, and you can get them today at 19:00 Japan time after beating their specific quest.

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Hahaha, the Fate/Extella quest is really funny, with Nero appearing with all those awards. Also, Tamamo Cat appears as an enemy, and her class is Caster. And LOL wait for DLC to appear for you, Tamamo Cat.

(http://i.imgur.com/MC0tqlw.jpg)

Btw, these awards appear incrementaly. She starts with one but every time she disappears from screen and appears again, she wears a new one.

But why do they have to give Nero even more facial expressions in a kinda joke/promotion quest? Do this for the main game too!!!!

Btw, America will be released on March 30th.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 27, 2016, 03:20:04 pm
Tamamo's so jealous that Nero's the one getting in the anime
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on March 27, 2016, 03:21:56 pm
Tamamo has her own spin off manga tho,No love for archa
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 27, 2016, 03:34:11 pm
So does Nero IINM.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on March 27, 2016, 08:30:19 pm
and nero's is pretty much the main fate extra one, unliek tamamo's which is a shitty spinoff; also nero got a full chapter in the nazi-crossover-typemon manga, while tamamo only got one panel.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 27, 2016, 09:01:40 pm
Fox Tail is the official manga for CCC, isn't it ? And it's got Suzuka Gozen and the missing Sakura Five, why do you think it a "shitty spin-off" ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 27, 2016, 09:38:01 pm
Basically Fox Tail is what CCC would have been if they had had more time for the game and if they had done the game in another console that wasn't the PSP (at least for the characters's part). It has its own original story and quite a lot of fanservice that I wish they wouldn't overuse so much and instead focus on the story part a lot more. Nero's version of CCC manga follows the PSP plot, so if you have already played the PSP version like me, you're really not missing much.

Personally I enjoy Tamamo more than Nero, both for personality, gameplay and story lore. I'm not saying Nero is bad, I do like her, but Tamamo is my favourite honestly. Also she's not a Saberface, which I'm sick of them at this point. But then again I also like Kiyohime, so maybe I have a soft spot for girls with japanese clothes and that can be classified as yanderes.

Oh, and Boudicca's upgrade quest is now available. Let's see if she stops being useless after the upgrade.

Edit: She gets a similar skill to Leonidas Warrior's War Cry (how his AoE Burst damage up is called). Basically an AoE Arts damage up with a 7 turn cooldown by default, ranging from 10%-20%. The problem is that, while it is a good skill, it still doesn't justify putting her instead of someone else that can have more uses than just using a skill and wait for its cooldown to disappear. Heck, I can use Leonidas as a tank and buff my Berserkers and protect them with him, but what can Boudicca do after using her skill? Her NP is not really great, star and NP generation can be easily ignored and her other skills are not really useful.

So yeah, Boudicca goes from being worthless to being worthless+1.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on March 27, 2016, 09:49:15 pm
That AoE arts buff is nice, but...it would fit Ushiwakamaru or St Martha better.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 27, 2016, 10:02:42 pm
Martha definitely, as she has 3 Arts cards (though her NP is a Buster unfortunately). She's basically a Caster in Rider's disguise. Ushiwakamaru would benefit more with a Quick damage up, specially since she has a single target Quick NP, which is the second best damaging NP for Riders (Mary and Anne surpassing her by a lot, specially at low health and it's also Quick too).

Some people seem to think that Martha will get an AoE Quick damage up version since we're on a roll, but I personally hope she doesn't. Since she's kind of a Caster, I would rather prefer an NP increase skill like Medea. This would really fit her honestly, specially since, as I've said, she's like a Caster, who can easily spam her NP in an Arts team.

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Martha's quest available, it improves her Miracle skill. It's okay, but not as good as Leonidas.

Honestly, these "upgrade" quests have been quite disappointing. Seriously, only Leonidas got a good upgrade, the rest weren't worth commenting or didn't make the character stop being useless.

Oh, and I just did Martha's quest, and wow it can be tough if you don't have a good party. The enemies hit like a truck sometimes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 29, 2016, 11:24:35 am
3* Archer Billy, 3* Caster Geronimo, 4* Saber Rama (single target np that's rare for a Saber I want him), 4* Caster Blavatsky, 5* Berserker Nightingale because why the fuck not.
... And 4 new items for skills and ascensions of the new Servants.

-

http://www.typemoon.org/bbb/diary/
We're in the later half of the battles, but of course that's just the first story
Remember how stay night's story had hollow come after ?
Remember how the extra story was followed by ccc ?
Of course after this first part there should be something else coming.

"What happens after you beat the last boss ?"
"You don't know ?"
"The next last boss comes up"

... Fucking memelords hijacking our "what happens after maintenance ends" meme.

I just hope the sequel comes out on a console... With all the 1st part Servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 29, 2016, 02:34:18 pm
I sure hope so. No more Mobage please, if you're going to expand the list even more. Though if it's more Mobage, I wouldn't be surprised if you can bring your old account to the new version. It's not the first Mobage that creates a V2 and allows such thing.

Btw, translation here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4cejyc/03292016_murica_intensifies_e_pluribus_unum_update/

Also, Helena Blavatsky a loli WTF. 5* Nightingale is not a suprise because they purposely added her in Edmond Dantes event to make us want her. No Saber Diarmuid, Medb nor Lionman, I mean Edison info? Okay I guess. I suppose the female version of Rama, Sita, will be an unlockable, if they haven't mentioned her yet. Same as Calamity Jane I suppose.

There's also tons of updates that will appear with this next chapter:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4celmr/scheduled_maintenance_330_1400/

I have 80 quartz to roll for this event. I'm ready.

Oh, and this is the effect of the new CEs too:

- 5s: increase all party members max hp by 1000
- 4s: increase debuff rate by 15%
- 3s: increase lancer np dmg by 15%
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on March 29, 2016, 07:17:54 pm
Fox Tail is the official manga for CCC, isn't it ? And it's got Suzuka Gozen and the missing Sakura Five, why do you think it a "shitty spin-off" ?

sorry about the late reply, I lost sight on which thread this exactly happened  (because I got busy); yah, for tial is the official CC mang,a but do not allow facts stop putting down someone else's waifu.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on March 30, 2016, 01:59:01 am
Quote
New Ascension/Skill Reinforcement Materials.
This sounds awful.

When was the last time DW introduced new materials? Did they only affect new servants or did the required mats for older servants change too?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 30, 2016, 02:13:48 am
Nah, first time, there were Dragon Scales and Foreign God Hearts everywhere since day 1. The only time that surprised people was with Halloween, the free 4* Servants got their own special material, of which there existed only 4 and you could only get them by grinding that event. And there might be people complaining if everyone had to painfully grind all that shit and then get told "actually we're changing it all, now grind this" just before they started ascending everyone.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 30, 2016, 09:47:20 am
I suppose the good thing about this is that we can now focus the other materials on the other Servants, so ascending 3* or less Servants is something I can consider. But I doubt they had the best intentions with this sudden addition of materials.

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Holy shit, the first Servant you encounter in America is Cu Alter beating the ass of Rama.

And America has a really good OST. Good job there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 30, 2016, 12:41:09 pm
FIVE STARS ZERKER CU ALTER
With his dodge, battle cont, a crit and atk debuff and nearly 13k ATK christ on a bike

Cu is beating the shit out of Rama, Rama says that with this much power he should be above good and evil so why even bother slaughtering countless weak people like he just did, Cu just likes battle, Brahmastra fails against Cu but then Cu's gae bolg also fails on Rama. Some farmers/soldiers come to the rescue, they seem to be fighting off Servants with babage-like bots - led by Geronimo and his Shaman powers who seems to be alive (like Nero in Rome) (probably not, I realized this is 1783, he's from 100 years after that), Rama escapes
Medb comes up, asks Cu if he likes fighting or killing, Cu goes that's the same thing dumbass you don't ask if you like eating or living

Apparently Roman didn't get the memo that Solomon's very name is a curse because he keeps saying it
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 30, 2016, 01:51:51 pm
Wow, the new support system is quite good. Try it out guys.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 30, 2016, 02:45:59 pm
Datamined status for Cu
His "Spirit howling" skill that causes rank down is likely based on his Riastrad. A mental interference breaking thez spirit of enemies, causing rank down on mobility and strength, as it wakes the fairies sleeping in the land (Irish fairies being pretty much nature demons).
This form is the wish of Medb fulfilled, the twisted king, a mutated Cu. A different form than Cu would normally take as a Berserker. Much better with Grail support than as a Lancer or a Caster.
Gouging spear of slaughter
Gae bolg, homing demon spear missile. Throws it with enough power to damage his own body (or without regard for his own safety), stronger and with better range than a normal summoning. Party-wide instant death chance or big damage either way. His rune magic, which he uses only for support, will regenerate his body wen he throws it. He still feels pain from it though.
Curruid Coinchenn, Beast of the crunching death fang
Anti unit
Cu's rage returns the gae bolg to its original form, as a bone from the demon beast of the Red Sea, curruid, wrapping him like an armor. Def up, str goes EX. Can't use gouging spear.
Spoiler: America end ? (click to see content)

Edit = i forgot the name of the other beast - Curruid (not creed), I can't remember which one's bone was used for gae bolg. I thought it was Coinchenn, but a quick look up says it was Curruid instead ?
Hm, wikipedia says it was coinchenn, but texts referring to the red sea (i.e. bullshit Christianism bulldozer-ing old Irish myths) say Curruid...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on March 30, 2016, 05:22:35 pm
Wow, the new support system is quite good. Try it out guys.

Yo, you weren't kidding, this is amazing

Do I have to manually assign it or does it just automatically let you choose the highest level servant anyone has per class
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on March 30, 2016, 05:47:39 pm
You have to set it up manually.

It's a great new feature, the only downside is that you can't use the same CE on multiple servants. 
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 30, 2016, 06:53:54 pm
I'm sure they will change this part in the future, as it makes no sense that you can't put the same in your Servants.

----

I just saw Edison's NP. WTF. Just... just look at this.

https://a.pomf.cat/pprkaz.webm

And I thought Helena's NP couldn't be more ridiculous because UFOs. As some people said in reddit, What the Fuck is Dat.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 30, 2016, 08:42:09 pm
AMERICA
FUCK YEAH

"You have quite a god eye, you're like a hawk. I guess that's one thing Grainne liked about you !"
"No, I, hum..."
"Hahaha I'm just joking."
[...]
"as expected from the ladykiller, you're not at your best fighting a woman."
"Well, uh, I mean..."
"J/K, J/K LOL"
Fionn can't stop poking at Diarmuid about Grainne. (also he offers Mashu a spot as queen - the king is him)

"... Excuse me, who are you ?"
"Whaaat, you recognized Florence at first sight, but you don't know who I am ?"
"I'm so sorry, Florence Nightingale is particularly well known for exactly what she was doing there, but..."
"... Naaah, I'm just messing with ya. *big grin*"
Blavatsky is one cool loli.
Roman recognizes her name and says she's a genius who pretty much established a new divine mystery on her own without any tie to the Mage Association. .... Hmmm, meh.

Also Florence is a class A bitch. You got hurt and fainted, you wake up with Florence about to amputate you, not giving a shit when you and Mashu tell her you're fine and you can fix it, she goes "I'll heal you even if I have to kill you to do it". Dude, fuck off.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on March 30, 2016, 09:11:12 pm
Am I going crazy or did they change Mashu's animations
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 30, 2016, 09:24:45 pm
They did. Remember the screen that popped up after the introduction to America that showed Mashu and some text that resembled "skill X has evolved / interlude Y has opened" ? It said Mashu has evolved and her fighting style has been updated. Nothing new in term of stats and skills, but animations.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on March 30, 2016, 09:33:22 pm
Ohhhhh I was wondering what that box was talking about
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on March 30, 2016, 09:39:50 pm
Also Florence is a class A bitch.
But then there's this (http://i.4cdn.org/vg/1459350814330.webm)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 30, 2016, 09:52:58 pm
That's different. That is gold.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 31, 2016, 01:17:09 am
80 quartz, it took me that to get at least one gold Servant, Helena. Guess I will be able to attack enemies with UFOs. I also got 1 Billy the Kid and 6 fucking Geronimos, including the one you get at the end of the chapter. I certainly didn't need that many ffs. Oh well, with the last quartz we just got I have another 40 quartz roll, but I would rather keep it for something else.

And yeah, Geronimo is the Servant that joins in the end. Apparently Caster Cu didn't count as one of the Servants you get in the chapters as you got him in the prologue.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on March 31, 2016, 05:38:41 am
I thought I was pissed off about getting Geronimo until I realized I was actually pissed off at the over abundance of casters. There were only four silver archers before Billy The Kid (David, Euryale, Robin Hood and Gilgamesh) but on the caster a side there were six before Geronimo (Paracelsus, Caster Cu, Caster Gilles, Babbage, Mephistophephephepheles and Medea).

Also, there's no ascension for Mashu in this chapter.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on March 31, 2016, 08:19:03 am
I'm late on this, but Cu Alter is fucking insane. Way different than what I expected him to look like.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 31, 2016, 09:59:26 am
Holy shit, star rate of 10.7% and her quick attack hits 6 times. Helena beats Okita and Drake in star generation, plus she also can get 5 stars per turn with her second skill. She can't beat Jack obviously, but wow, I wasn't expecting a 4* Servant to have such an insane rate of generating stars.

I thought I was pissed off about getting Geronimo until I realized I was actually pissed off at the over abundance of casters. There were only four silver archers before Billy The Kid (David, Euryale, Robin Hood and Gilgamesh) but on the caster a side there were six before Geronimo (Paracelsus, Caster Cu, Caster Gilles, Babbage, Mephistophephephepheles and Medea).

Also, there's no ascension for Mashu in this chapter.

Yeah, Casters is one thing we don't lack at this moment. What we probably need is more Silver Sabers, as we only have two (yeah, I'm not counting Gilles). I would also count Assassins and Berserkers too.

And we will probably get Mashu's ascension in the next chapter, alongside getting her at Friendship Lv.4.

-------------------

Hahaha, looks like it's already April's Fool in Japan:

(http://i.imgur.com/kTCWwMR.jpg)

And LOL at the main website:

http://typemoon.com/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on March 31, 2016, 06:36:52 pm
Since my last account died the death,I decided to restart this stuff
send me your friend requests if you have space fam
236,452,747
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on March 31, 2016, 07:14:58 pm
Since my last account died the death,

was it sentenced to the death ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on March 31, 2016, 08:01:09 pm
Hahaha, looks like it's already April's Fool in Japan:
(http://i.imgur.com/d6lTuDa.jpg)
Since my last account died the death,
was it sentenced to the death ?
Guureto equwraiza is the dessu
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 31, 2016, 08:15:50 pm
That gatcha would be more believable if both Liz and Tamamo were in their normal sprites. And if normal Sakura wasn't there.

And Erroratu, have you tried sending an email in order to recover your account?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on March 31, 2016, 08:18:10 pm
No,but I doubt that they'll try and help us gaijins
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 31, 2016, 08:20:39 pm
In reddit there are people who can help you write an email in Japanese so you can recover your account. Try posting there for help. Or in Beast Lair, maybe you can get them to help you if you ask.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on March 31, 2016, 08:32:07 pm
I lost my account when my phone died and I recovered it after sending an email to support and filling a form, so yeah, it works.
Just write in Japanese.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on March 31, 2016, 11:21:46 pm
Finally got Kogil with the tickets in the shop. Finally. Also, now that I'm at home, here's my support party.

(http://i.imgur.com/LJohgeK.jpg)

Beautiful.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on April 01, 2016, 01:43:54 am
As of right now (if you have me added that is):
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ce4wF-LUkAASNSp.jpg)

Feel free to ask me to switch Sabers since I have Nero Bride, Mordred, and Saber Alter to be proud of

Same for Assassins because MHX and Ryougi.

...........or Riders because Lesbian Pirates and Santa.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 01, 2016, 10:47:50 am
I think I will be borrowing your Jeanne only. Or Waver if you have all your skills at 10 like one of the Wavers I friended has.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 01, 2016, 10:14:42 pm
Liz "there's a dragon kind on that island ? It's fine, I'm one too. Well, half."
Rama "Wait, you are ?!"
Liz "What did you think the tail and the horns were for ??"
Rama "Oh... Right..."

Mashu's giving orders a lot more often, even directly to you (and your options are "understood !"). Mashu's in charge now.

Pffff what
Rama "Hey, listen to my story. It's about something important to me, it's a sweet story. I can't afford to lose."
Beowulf "Uh ? You came all the way to this prison for a sweet story ? You want to bribe the jailer with a story--"
Rama "BRAHMASTRA !"
Beowulf "Whaaat ?!"
(he tanks it)

So the deal with Rama/Sita.
Sita says that she is "Rama". If you summon "Rama", you might get him or you might get her, whichever. But you can't normally summon both, they can't meet in a Grail War. This seems to be a very special case (no explanation), but even now, that still applies - Rama went blind the second before he got to Sita, didn't even have the time to see her, and then he collapsed, and that's after he's been slowly dying ever since getting Bolg'd by Cu at the beginning. If Rama were to wake up right now, Sita would definitely disappear somewhere. Anyway, she was still able to reach his hand, so she has that going for her, which is nice.
And then Sita kills herself to fulfill the curse and let Rama recover because he's the strongest in the world and she really really loves him.
Anyway that explains why the datamine said "Rama" and "Sita (woman Rama)".
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 02, 2016, 01:16:17 am
They sure made that scene beautiful. One of the best scenes in America. Sita looks a bit too much like Atalanta though. Is the artist unable to pull off more different designs for women?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on April 02, 2016, 04:45:09 pm
I think I will be borrowing your Jeanne only. Or Waver if you have all your skills at 10 like one of the Wavers I friended has.

I'd need to go balls hard on Waver's skills then. My only issue is QP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 02, 2016, 09:03:46 pm
Hah, it's only now that we actually get a confirmation from Scathach that she became summonable because she was counted as "someone who died" after Solomon destroyed all of human history, burning the whole world, and the Land of Shadow was included in that. And she remembers that, because she did remain alive all the way until that happened for 2000+ years.
Fuck this is long. So many nodes, so many chapters, so much talking (I'm only at chapter 13 and I know there are something like 22 of them).

Li Shuwen to Scathach
"ever since I first saw you, my heart has been like a storm !"
hell of a confession there buddy.

Li "You too, Mashu, join the fight."
Mashu "But we don't have any reason to fight you..."
Li "Well I can threaten your Master, is that good enough for you ?"

---

Oh wow, they actually worked the "e pluribus unum" title into the story.
So the first time you met Edison, you started joining him but then he told you he didn't want to "restore history" but rather use this chance to beat up the invaders and make this country rule the world. You ditch his ass (well, you get your ass tossed in jail first, of course).
Now, Nightingale is scolding Edison hard, saying he's in way over his head, that he never had a chance to win in the first place because Medb is using the Grail to summon a literally infinite army (the nameless warriors and beasts) so they would crush him by numbers, and that who the fuck thought it was normal for Edison to have a lion's head ? There never was any story like that. His wish to save America was never his own either, Edison is about making great stuff with new inventions, not making America the best. "From many, one" (e pluribus unum) is Edison himself, he was made as the embodiment of the American people of the past, present, and future. Thus the lion head, the bonkers attacks and the retarded NP with stars-and-stripes everywhere. It's really not what "Edison" should be as a Servant, he really was AMERICA made a Servant. It is pretty cool.
So you need to lie the fuck down in your bed and let the nice nurse take care of you because this is making you seriously sick and destroying you, you stupid patient.
(Edison just straight up collapses like a pansy)
"It's okay, the first step is accepting you have a problem."

---

SUDDENLY MERLIN
You "Who is that guy ??"
Merlin "It's okay, don't worry about it. Just... think that you got lucky that a nice dude just came around to save you."
"I'm the one who sees everything from the island at the end of the world. Yes, I see everything." Clearly Merlin is watching you masturbate at night.
And then he asks you to take care of Cath Palug - so... that's what Fou was ? That's a cat ?

Karna gets up (from being nailed by Gae Bolg) and fires Vasavi Shakti at Cu (he tanks it of course, though his entire body is scorched but he doesn't seem to give a shit), then he dies.
Cu "Still getting up again at the very, very end. Damn, this is why you have to make sure those spear users are actually dead." hah !
Rama attacks Cu, Cu doesn't care but still has to retreat because of Vasavi, and...
Nightingale "You can't run away, Cu Chulainn !" woah there, awfully presumptuous of her to think she's the one cornering him. ... "You're hurt. You're a patient." OH COME ON
And then as Rama is trying to rally the troops to pursue Cu, Nightingale goes and bullies Arjuna into fighting you - about how he just lost his one reason to fight as a Servant, which was fighting Karna, while Karna got his own wish fulfilled, and Arjuna can at least act as a Servant by standing by... well, fighting it off, right ? Yeah, okay !
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 04, 2016, 10:35:52 am
Well, Nightingale does have an EX rank in Mad Enhancement, meaning she is compelled to heal and treat any injured person, regardless if it's friend or enemy, and even if her actions can endanger said patient or others. Though honestly, they don't need to make someone obsessed with something or insane into a Berserker with Mad Enhancement EX. When they did Vlad III in Extra, his "madness" was related to Protection of the Faith, and his class was Lancer, not Berserker. And there's also the Mental Pollution skill too. You don't need to be a Berserker to be nuts, which is something I hope they don't start abusing (specially the EX rank variations). I wouldn't have minded seeing Nightingale as Caster, but having some skill that forces her to do the actions that the current Mad Enhancement skill makes her do. I thought the same for Saber Gilles, instead of giving him that Mad Enhacement EX, a Personal skill would have been better (but I suppose they had to adapt the design into this Mobage I guess, 3 personal skills per Servant max, even though he only has two atm).

And this story is really good, for what you're translating. They sure put a lot of effort in this one. I still don't understand what the lion head has to do in all of this for Edison, but hopefully, if there's a future Fate game in which he's a Servant, that they diss this design and do a proper one for him. I mean, if they managed to do a nice design for Tesla, it's not that hard to make one for Edison too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 04, 2016, 10:42:38 am
Same here on Nightingale.
For Edison's head, it's entirely because MGM and America. It's like he would've had an eagle head, but the lion was closer to him because movies so they went with that. And yeah, a proper Edison Servant should look normal and have none of that. The one thing that's true to him is that skill that overcharges someone else's np, and the movies taking out mystery (except that one is overwanked there).
The story is nicely written, there's a lot of littles quotes like that making it easy to get the point and give everyone a reason to be there, everyone's part is resolved (Geronimo, Billy and Robin were damn cool, but there wasn't much to say - only Liz and Nero are worthless as usual). For the big picture, it's written like a war movie, complete with troops movements on the map.

New update for late april early may :
New bond level, max it to obtain a new ce specific to that Servant. 10 servants will have that in the next updae, then others will come later.
Can change Master cloth from the terminal / map.

My f2p alt 10-rolled Lolina and Nightingale, and damn that "all cards up for everyone" skill is good for Lolina.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 04, 2016, 12:29:21 pm
Hahaha, I do recall that they datamined the fact that there were six Bond Levels, and they made that data disappear days after the datamine. I wonder what the CE will give. I hope it's not just fodder to raise CE level, and that it has its use. And that raising that Bond level has some effect, like extra dialogue, and its just not "Fill Bond to get CE". I was disappointed about the fact that those skill "upgrades" before didn't have any story linked to them to justify the new skill or upgrade.

Lolina is quite a good Servant, honestly. She's the best 4* Support Caster you can get. She raises the party NP (20% at max, meaning if you have Kaleidoscope on every party member, first turn NP for any Servant is easy), raises damage of ALL cards for all party members to 15%-25%, which is really noticeable, and five stars per turn, for 5 turns per total is not a bad deal. And her NP inflicts tons of debuffs too, and unlike Nursery Rhyme her defense debuff can be increase by overcharging, though if you don't have overcharge you'll have to combo her NP to reach or surpass Nursery Rhyme's debuff effect.

To compare her with Nursery Rhyme, Nursery Rhyme gimmick is that her skills are meant for herself only. This makes her durable and do more damage by herself (with only her NP benefiting the whole party), but because of that she's limited to what party she can join (mainly, a party with good crit generation or an Arts party benefits her more). Helena, though, has good party support so that means she can pretty much join any party and she'll be useful. Basically a more balanced Waver. I still would rather get Loli Jack than her though.

Honestly, Helena's one of the best Servants you can get in this gatcha. Nightingale is another, and Rama is a good 4* Saber with single target NP and good skills. From the 3*, Billy the Kid can be good (he can even increase his own NP with a skill, the only Archer who can do that) while Geronimo is a disappointment (self buffs in card damage, each skill for one type, and he only benefits from two of them, and the benefits are not worth mentioning). Haven't been able to try Edison, Queen Medb and Cu Alter, so I can't say anything yet.

-----

Oh hey, someone in reddit had a good theory on which Servants will get the max bond increase first.

1. Artoria
2. Altera
3. Emiya
4. Jeanne
5. Jekyll
6. Darius
7. Mephisto
8. Scathach
9. Ushiwakamaru
10. Arjuna

Basically all poster Servants for this game. Mashu is not there because her bond level is story locked, so instead Emiya appears. Emiya is chosen for the fact that he's the only Servant that appear in the Servant list in the main website that didn't appear in the poster with the main Servants. If that's true I can get 7 of those Servants at max Bond.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 05, 2016, 12:33:09 am
Okay, it's pretty badass what they did with the clan Caitilin, interesting interpretation on a nobody who came out all of five minutes in the Irish myth (though they should be 29, not 28). And everyone in the north front (Beowulf, Li Shuwen, Edison, Lolina...) is pissing their pants like "welp, we're fucked" (especially Edison who's a massive emotional trainwreck since the beginning).
Liz "Hey you, lion head !"
Edison "Lion head ? Where have you seen a lio- oh, you mean me ?"

Cu says he could never stand Medb and just when she's mortally wounded, she becomes nice and lovable, and then she dies.
Roman "Looks like our chances have gone from 0 to 3%" that's the spirit !
Nearly done, I'll finish the last chapter tomorrow.

Okay, maybe right now.
Edison goes all AMERICA I'll sacrifice myself for you guys, not because I'm American, nor because I'm the king of inventions, not because I'm Thomas Edison, but because I'm human. He prepares to overload his NP and blow himself up.
Tesla shows up because fuck you and stops Edison from blowing himself up ("no I'm not here to save you dumbass, I'm here to save the world !" "whatever, you're a fool who could never even get married" "that's just because I never found the right woman to accept my genius !" "stupid, stuuuupid !").
"Hahaha look at my genius, see, we don't have to destroy it, we just need to seal it because our Master is about to destroy that which brought this thing forth anyway ! I have the power of the lightning gods, it'll work !"
Edison and Tesla have their moment together, both using their NP to stop Clan Caitilin (Edison overcharging Tesla because of course he does)...
And then Arjuna comes in all like yeah yeah, move over everyone, let the big boys do their job, here's what we do when we have the real power of a God. So he blows Caitilin to bits with Pashupata. "So was that good enough for my atonement, I hope ?" (uh, he dies from that, whatever)
Edison ".... Hahahaha ! Yeah sure, he finished it off, but it was us with the power of lightning that sealed it !"
Tesla "yeah yeah, you always talk big but you're always just a back-up, man. It was MY lightning that sealed this monster. But at full power it could have destroyed it, probably !"
Edison "... Okay, I was about to correct you, but I actually feel good. I'm out, I'll just roll with that."
Tesla "... I can't believe you said that."
Edison *punches Tesla* "Woops, my hand slipped."
Tesla *shocks Edison* "Woops, my lightning slipped."
*more and more punching sounds*
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on April 05, 2016, 04:28:07 am
lol, sasuga edison x tesla
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 05, 2016, 08:37:27 pm
Edison's profile already says that they start punching each other when they meet. And seriously, "Oh my lightning slipped"? LOL Tesla.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on April 06, 2016, 07:15:42 pm
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/koolug/
Da Vinci and the 7 Counterfeit Heroic Spirits.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 07, 2016, 10:45:30 am
Some people read the counterfeit part as Alter versions. If that's true, that means we have Alter Arturia, Alter Arturia Lancer, Alter Jeanne, Alter Cu Chulainn confirmed that will appear. And from the datamines, we know that Alter Emiya is a thing, which means we're missing two more, unless we count Santa Alter too, in which case it's only one missing.

Oh god, four Saberfaces in the new event if that's the case. Mysterious Heroine X, we need you to get rid of the plague!!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 07, 2016, 10:51:07 am
Sounds like a massive stretch from "forgery", " sham", "knock-off". Well, Jeanne Alter would fit great since she herself is a Chinese bootleg copy, and maybe BerserCu too (in the sense that he's imitating the kings he knew), but it doesn't work for any of the Artoria Alters.
And it's false heroic spirits, no just hs who are fakes, it seems to me. So people like Dantes, Angra Mainyu, Nursery, those who shouldn't have a legend but were warped into one. Oh, Vlad too, how he was twisted into Dracula. Probably Emiya. And Edison. ... Kojiroh too - okay there's plenty of choices.
(it's a Da Vinci pickup, so I don't expect anyone new, like Da Vinci's ikemen)

Checking Reddit, clearly the guy who started that pulled it out of his ass from wishful thinking and bad translation plus Orleans.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 07, 2016, 02:20:50 pm
Well, Da Vinci seems like a good Caster, so doing some YOLO rolls for her should be enough. I don't really need her that much since I'm perfectly satisfied with Helena, but perhaps I get lucky.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 07, 2016, 03:46:51 pm
Don't see why Da Vinci would be available. Again, remember Da Vinci's ikemen.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on April 07, 2016, 05:58:16 pm
Just blew 80 quartz and got a grand total of one new craft essence

Think it's time to take a long soul searching break
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 11, 2016, 10:08:59 am
Haha Jeanne Alter is a 5* Avenger now because of course.
Btw no pickup at all after all lol
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 11, 2016, 10:52:14 am
WTF. So what was up with the Jeanne we fought with Orleans? She was a Ruler ffs. I thought she was the only chance to get a 4* Ruler, but yeah, nice one DW.

Edit: Oh wow, Da Vinci's NP is quite cool. Her skills are good too. SHE ROCKET PUNCHES WITH HER BURST.

Yeah, they obviously put effort into her. After all, she's a freaking 5* too. Le sigh.

Edit2: Oh, the format they use for some prices is the same as Christmas, you roll until you get a specific item, to then get a refill. Or at least that's how it looks like.

Also, two YOLO rolls, nothing new. I rolled enough for this event.

Edit3: Da Vinci's and new Jeanne Alter's NP. Low quality btw.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 11, 2016, 04:07:33 pm
Jeanne Alter is looking good (except her long hair form).
Since this wasn't a pickup at all after all, just a regular event, I wonder why they didn't follow the usual format and made Jalter a free 4* with Da Vinci release (4* avenger would have been really refreshing). I mean, beside making us pay loads of cash for both one after the other, obviously, everything is 5* only now. But at this point I'm barely expecting any more free 4* at all and I don't know if I'll buy any more quartz for Jalter.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 11, 2016, 05:02:18 pm
Join me and S.D. as F2P players. Specially after they've said they will make a continuation after the story ends, which gives more reasons to not spend money on this game (apart from the fact this is a Mobage, and spending money on a Mobage is a wallet-suicide idea).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on April 11, 2016, 06:15:49 pm
Yeah, I never spend a single dime on mobages, I'm tempted to do that for FFRK but only to support the game because I really like it, but I don't need to spend money on it because I have amazing luck in that game.

HERE ON THE OTHER HAND, two 40 rolls and all I got was one event CE.
Supposedly, it's recommended to set Mashu as support (with Event CE) if you don't have Avengers or Rulers, to help people farm the event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on April 11, 2016, 08:10:44 pm
I'm tempted to finally buy some quartz this week as a sort of "enjoyment tax" but if I don't get anything out of it I'm probably going to hang it up and move on to Granblue
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 11, 2016, 08:24:53 pm
spoiler alert : you won't get anything out of it. Maybe you'll get something from the 5th or 6th batch you buy.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on April 11, 2016, 08:40:12 pm
Heh that's what I suspect will be the case

Regardless it'll be the one and only time I spend money
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 11, 2016, 08:50:31 pm
In the snowy quest with Emiya and Da Vinci
Emiya : "are you alright [from the cold], Master ?"
You : "I've got reindeer experience."
Emiya : "Oh, reindeer experience... Reindeer ? Reindeer... Santa... Storm... drifting... death live... help me death live okeanos.... Urgh, my head !"

Yep, this is gonna be another crazy event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 11, 2016, 09:41:48 pm
Hahaha, Emiya clearly remembers the bad experiences he had on that ship in Christmas.

And omg, the new 40 AP Rider quest shits so many Horse ascension materials. I thought I wouldn't be able to ascend Attila until much much later, but I'm happy to see that won't happen.

I'm a bit lost, btw. Do we still not have good quests that allows us to farm the event items? So far you can only get a decent amount of pages from the 40 AP quests.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on April 12, 2016, 02:58:00 am
I'm thorn on whether or not I should do a 40 quartz roll. Pulling Jalter would awesome, but realistically speaking that's not gonna happen. The bulk of the roll is always CEs, and this event's are pretty shitty. OTOH there's a shiton of stuff to farm and without those shitty CEs I might not get all. Damn you, DW.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 12, 2016, 09:31:45 am
Golden week will come soon, and I'm sure it will offer better things, like for example an increase rate for the Servants that did not have one in America. Avengers are only useful against Rulers (which aren't common), otherwise they tend to be glass cannons because of their low HP and no resistances to anything except Rulers. Jeanne Alter is a good Servant, though, so if you decide to roll and get her you got a good Servant (her ATK is really good, and her other skills and NP quite useful).

About the event, put priority to the Manuscripts first. When you get the 5 CEs from each type of manuscript, then use them to farm the other event items. I suggest you get a new set of rewards in the shop only after you got all apples and the materials you might be interested in getting. There's no point depleting the whole list.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on April 12, 2016, 10:57:21 pm
I decided to roll hoping to get at least the two CEs I was missing.

...and then this happend:
(http://i.cubeupload.com/npLaOs.png)

I feel like the luckiest f2p guy on this side of the world :joy:
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on April 12, 2016, 11:15:56 pm
Congrats on Edgy Jeanne and Bathory.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 13, 2016, 10:38:00 am
Congrats. Now you made me waste another YOLO roll just to get another Caesar. Urgh...

Btw, the enemies in the quests have a high drop rate for materials. To the point that I got three hearts in the Caster quest because a demon dropped two of them. Wow.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 13, 2016, 11:45:56 am
Yeah. I've been missing one twinned crystal for Rama since I finished America, spammed all the Berserker dailies for it (about 8 apples in a day) and I couldn't get a single drop, then this Berserker quest comes up and bam, three crystals in one go. (And now I need a few more but I'll spam it when I'm done with the event)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 13, 2016, 12:19:59 pm
Bluestacks can finally play this game. Thankfully the graphics will no longer look terrible.

Edit: Oh wow, the update Bluestacks got is amazing. I'm switching to it right now.

Edit2: Omg, the game runs so smoothly and the graphics look gorgeous. I never realised how much Droid sucked, compared to Bluestacks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 13, 2016, 07:07:28 pm
Important news, so I do a new post. Apparently some leaks have started to appear from the soon-to-be-released FGO ACE. The next event, which will be big (as big as the KnK event), will be about Fate Zero. And it has been confirmed that Iskandar will be released as a Servant in that event. Yeah, the old man version.

Now here's hoping he's a 4* free Servant, since the same happened with Shiki when they announced her obvious appearance in her event. Leak here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4el4uq/broskander_is_coming_to_fgo/

Hopefully in that magazine they show more yet-to-be-released Servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on April 13, 2016, 07:23:03 pm
All of my quartz are prepared.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 13, 2016, 07:25:58 pm
Iskandar
4*
free
Pffhahaha not happening. Not 4*, not free. Hundred Face Hassan maybe. But the free 4* so far have all been non datamined and unique (joke / variation / guest).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 13, 2016, 08:06:47 pm
Let me dream the dream, you bully.

Now seriously, I'm also not expecting Iskandar to be the free Servant. Either Saber Diarmuid or Hundred Face Hassan are the most likely choices. Or maybe Lancer Arturia (the non-Alter version), but honestly, Saber Arturia sells more so most likely she'll be the one to appear in the event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on April 13, 2016, 08:21:55 pm
but lancer arturia is the best saber :(
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 14, 2016, 12:52:29 am
Her only noticeable trait are her breasts. Her character is unfortunately forgettable. Saber Artoria Alter is far more likeable, specially after the Christmas episode.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on April 14, 2016, 01:07:58 am
she's also like 2 meters tall, according to proportion.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 14, 2016, 01:38:56 am
Aren't they including the horse in the height part too? Like they include the weight of Santalter's bag in her weight.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on April 14, 2016, 02:25:33 am
yes and not, they are taking into account the hegiht of the horse, so that's lancersaber's height compared to the horse.tho, stats wise the put teh number of regular saber height + a ? symbol as we have no cannon info and that coudl be a sprite mistake.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on April 14, 2016, 05:07:53 pm
Took them long enough. I swear if he doesn't end up being the Grand Rider after this long...

But it's the butcher writing. Everyone's going to die a horrible death.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 15, 2016, 12:01:47 am
I highly doubt we get a Grand Servant until we beat Solomon. They already mentioned that the game will have a part 2, so you should expect them to show them at the second part.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 15, 2016, 11:41:24 am
Stupid Assassin quests. So... Herk-a-scope, 9L BBC to one-shot the Soul Eater, then... Yeah, just Mordred and a support Okita, *maybe* a Caster. My Mashu in last spot still ends up coming out half of the time, but it's less of a pain than try it with an all Caster team. It's not worth trying for halved damage received if it takes 50 turns to kill the Soul Eater and it kills everyone anyway (though CasCu is still top survival dog no matter what, toss a Formalcraft or a NP gen boost CE and he can probably solo this shit, he'll just have to spam 50 Wickermen because that shit is so weak).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 15, 2016, 05:51:35 pm
Yeah, doing the Assassin quest is a real pain in the ass with only Casters. I can survive easily with Helena and Nursery, together with any 5* Caster for Support or Ruler Jeanne, but god if it takes a lot of time. I would rather farm the other quests first, then I will do this one the last if I still feel like it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 15, 2016, 08:39:22 pm
oh god
You invade the castle or wherever this is, you stumble on Jalter and Brynhild. Jalter is apparently whipping Bryn while Bryn is going all "oh Sigurd, my love, scold me more, harder." Everyone freezes and stares.
"... Let's pretend we didn't see that."
Jalter "Yes, thank you."
Brynhild is still panting.
You "Hum, you're stepping on..."
Jalter "Ta gueule." (French for STFU) *whipping sound*
Bryn flies up and starts charging up something big, but Emiya intervenes and goes all calm down Brynhild, what would your lover think if he saw you like this right now.
Da Vinci "... Hih ! Oh woops, I just made a weird sound."
Bryn is talking about her onee-sama's love (Jalter), how she has to take it with her body, but Jalter says she only wanted a girl friend among her group of seven hot guys. But Bryn started calling her Master, then onee-sama.
Bryn "But it's love ! Love ! It's all love ! Haaa..."
Jalter *repeated stomping sounds* "I ! Did not ! Ask ! For that love !"

(a bit further) Jalter (creeped out face) "I'm not giving you any more massage !"
She also calls Emiya a playah with the ladies.

By the way Arjuna describes himself as a super S that sometimes feels like being a dere science senpai.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 15, 2016, 09:09:38 pm
LOL, that scene was easy to understand even with a little knowledge of Japanese. Onee-sama~

-----

Whoever thought it was a good idea to make the Unicorn Horns and the Pots cost 40 event items for each one of them can seriously go hit themselves on the head. It's a total of 800 event items for each of them. Yeah no way I'm going to farm from them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on April 17, 2016, 05:48:55 pm
The final quest is pretty cool, a boss rush from all the other quests + Jalter. It also drops a shit load of manuscripts scratch that, I had four school of chaldea equipped, the drops aren't anything to write home about  :-\.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 17, 2016, 07:48:57 pm
So, not worth it then, only for the Lore, considering this is at the end when those who can spam all quests with high level Servants have already finished the prize boxes, and those who can't won't bother with a boss rush.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on April 17, 2016, 09:44:56 pm
Yeah, it's a one-time thing pretty much.
Also kinda sorta disappointingly easy, it doesn't feel like LV90 at all.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 18, 2016, 02:02:40 pm
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4fazuy/an_event_page_for_the_fatezero_event_appears/

Iskandar event coming. Like it happened in the previous livestream, the more likes they get the more prices we'll have available. And we don't get anything new except Iskandar in the next event, soooo... as much as I like him, I woud rather keep the quartz, specially when Drake is already enough for me.

Oh and the interview with Nasu in the TM Ace:

https://oneofepisodes.wordpress.com/2016/04/18/fgo-tm-ace-042016/

If I have to guess about Grand Servants, I go for Adolf Hitler as Archer, specially since Nobunaga does a great job showing how it could be. If they have the balls to actually add him in the game.

------

Stream's over. Holy shit the new animations for Saber Artoria and Gil's NP. I'm so glad I have Artoria.

Also, Iskandar's NP is really cool. And apparently that supposed fake Emiya Assassin leak was not so fake it seems, after watching the trailer.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 20, 2016, 03:28:00 pm
Oh, NP animation upgrade for original Saber (based on F/z anime) and Gil (CCC). I figured they would give CCC Ea to Caster Gil as the "unrestrained" version, but anim upgrade ? Nice. I'm going back to my expectation of Caster Gil using Vimana.

Apparently Ionioi Hetairoi is an obvious zerg rush, but single hit. A Rider with a single hit NP is never very good for star generation, so he better have high attack power instead, it'd make a good alternative to Drake who is the opposite (crit all day and 40 hits per attack make up for a lot of things)

Qp daily added on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday woah ?! Seems definitive too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 20, 2016, 07:31:09 pm
With the massive cost of QP for skills, and the new materials added for them, people need those QP.

Btw, the new NPs for your enjoyment (be sure to unmute the twitter videos):

Iskandar: https://twitter.com/Fate_go/status/722768610515509249
Artoria: https://twitter.com/takutotunashi/status/722771887168757760
Gilgamesh: https://twitter.com/takutotunashi/status/722773948883013632
(with its CCC music as bonus here)


And the TV CM:


I suppose I don't need to remind people that after the fiasco of the Kara no Kyoukai CM (which ended up in many things shown in it not really happening or just being jokes) that you shouldn't trust it a lot. But well, with the previous interview I posted, maaaaaaybe there's more hope for this one.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 20, 2016, 09:27:58 pm
There are comments going around (from the latest, recently released Type Moon Ace if I got it right) that the KnK and Christmas events were written like 2 months before they came out and the CM for KnK was made near the start (and then plans changed), and this Zero event was written a year ago, with that much more time to plan for a correct CM. That also explains which Servants are or not in the very first datamine info, too, especially if that's Assassin Emiya at the end of that CM.
Can't say if that's going to be Kiritsugu or Shirou though... Could be either, they can write anything that will fit whichever they go with. That being said, the presumed fake leak that said AssEmi's NP was Time Alter is still a pretty unique idea to make up for a fake leak, and the fact that this trailer still maintain a degree of ambiguity would actually make it more likely - in the sense that if Kiritsugu was a bullshit fake from the start, Assassin Emiya would be more obviously identified as Shirou and not Kiritsugu, yet the trailer itself keeps the ambiguity going in a pretty pointed way.

... Hah, I'm looking up a youtube of the stream, and I was thinking that Type-Moon, with the number of VAs, writers, artists, devs and everything they're hiring, are kind of like Japan's Marvel Studio right now with the number and scale of projects they have. People who get a foot in it can hope to come back and again and again for quite a while.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 21, 2016, 10:30:52 am
Yeah, most likely those leaks may have been real. I do wonder how in the world they managed to get them, since they weren't in the game to begin with. Did they hack into TM or DW computers and found the data?

Btw, apparently they have put some full-body images of the Servants that are currently in FGO in a train station. And Hundred-Faced Hassan is one of them:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4fq5d3/waifu_hassan_incoming/

So yeah, it is confirmed that she will most likely appear in this event, it's just that they decided not to announce it for some weird reason.

Oh, and I just tried Artoria's new animations, and they're amazing. They changed everything, even her portrait in the cards. I wish older Servants get the same treatment, but honestly, unless they are extremely popular, I doubt this will happen.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on April 21, 2016, 01:55:25 pm
Quote
With the massive cost of QP for skills, and the new materials added for them, people need those QP.
Do they? The last event was absurdly generous with all the free QP. I made over a 100,000,000 (I also still have dozens of silver exp cards and 300+ FP rolls to burn) and I'm pretty sure most people grinded about the same.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 21, 2016, 03:39:34 pm
100M QP is a lv10 for just 10 skills. It's certainly not enough to go from lv1 to 10 on maybe 3 skills. And with the skill gems from the shop, the event was likely to have been used to push some skills from like 3 to 8 for a lot of Servants, that definitely takes a giant bite out of that 100M stash.

Skills cost is crazy like that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 21, 2016, 09:51:58 pm
Did they change the animation of the hands? The fire that comes out from them looks different.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on April 22, 2016, 07:58:10 am
They tweaked/optimized the particles on Unity's engine because now they are less resource intensive.

Man, I wish I could stop for a moment and level up my Fate Zero servants.... but I can't stop burning EXP to max out the Mashu CE... maybe I'll start to do that tomorrow, I have just about everyone except for Arturia and Gilgamesh.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 22, 2016, 09:19:23 am
Ko Gil is a good replacement for Gilgamesh if you don't have him. Unfortunately, the other replacement for Saber Artoria is... well, Saber Gilles, so yeah, use a friend one, like mine. In my case, I will need to borrow your Lancelot. Same for Waver, though Caster Gilles is not that bad, and mine has maxed out NP.

Personally, I don't see why you would need to max Mashu's CE, honestly. Just by trying to level up the goddamn Mystic Codes, it will naturally max out. I mean, I have that Chaldea clothes at level 6, and I'm one level from maxing my own level, so it really isn't needed that much. Especially when the Mashu's CE doesn't affect the amount of experience the clothes get (yeah, it has been tested).

-----

Edit: Wow, now that's useful

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TrfSDteVZnjUPz68rKzuZWZdZZBLqw03FlvEToOvqH0/htmlview?sle=true#

Hope it helps you guys farm in a more efficient way.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on April 22, 2016, 08:54:25 pm
Personally, I don't see why you would need to max Mashu's CE, honestly. Just by trying to level up the goddamn Mystic Codes, it will naturally max out. I mean, I have that Chaldea clothes at level 6, and I'm one level from maxing my own level, so it really isn't needed that much. Especially when the Mashu's CE doesn't affect the amount of experience the clothes get (yeah, it has been tested).
The clothes need different EXP values to level up and I'm sure they'll be rising the cap sooner or later, plus having that on a back row servant wile farming won't hurt (And boy, if I find someone with that as support so I can stack them even more...)
Plus I like the character and the art and this one is doable and more useful than the Mona Lisa.

I started leveling up Caster Gilles and Ko Gil today, might as well since I stocked a handful of apples after the last event, and I guess I should take advantage of the increased exp success rate, right?
I'll be switching my support to F/Z servants after the event starts I guess. Maybe I'll level up Hassan and Diarmuid tomorrow.... I don't know if I'll ever touch Saber Gilles though. Maybe. we'll see.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 23, 2016, 11:50:10 pm
Really appreciating those improved drop rates at least for the dailies. At least now you're sure to get something if you make a couple runs of it. It was such a pain when you couldn't get even 2 blue skill orbs out of 3 or 4 runs of the 20AP level. Getting a lot of pieces though, which isn't the most sensible drop to get, considering there's only a limited number of those you'll need per class, while everyone always need three times that amount.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on April 24, 2016, 07:20:15 am
Well... not as planned...
(http://i.imgur.com/UAeQYvB.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 24, 2016, 11:20:36 am
Use the drop guide I put before to know the best place to farm for them. They tend to drop quite often, so you should be able to get 5 of them easily.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on April 24, 2016, 07:51:05 pm
I should've done that, I was farming the 40AP daily, just to get other stuff on the way (Monuments, pieces, skill gems) but then void's refuses stopped dropping altogether.
I don't think I'll level up shota Alexander and yeah I'll be borrowing an Arturia (Or Iskandar or Hundred Face Hassan or mysterious assassin, depending on the match up)

Edit:
Two apples wasted on Charlotte and not a single Void's refuse, thanks RNG. Thanks DW.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on April 24, 2016, 11:05:36 pm
I've been thinking about editing the first post to add some actually useful info like general links to cirnopedia and the FGO wiki and some more specific stuff like this:
Edit: Wow, now that's useful

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TrfSDteVZnjUPz68rKzuZWZdZZBLqw03FlvEToOvqH0/htmlview?sle=true#

Hope it helps you guys farm in a more efficient way.
Or this (https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4g0598/np_and_star_gen_calculator/). Any suggestion is appreciated. I suppose I could add some IDs in the first post if you're up to it.

And yes, I realize this should've been done 6 months ago, but whatever. 
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 24, 2016, 11:23:31 pm
Two apples wasted on Charlotte and not a single Void's refuse, thanks RNG. Thanks DW.
Heh. I got three earlier today spamming that node for the same Diarmuid ascension (I was missing 6), then gave up. Right now I'm spamming the 30AP Archer for red Archer stones, and I get a run with 3 Shadow Servants on the second wave. Sure enough, 3 Voids in one go. And a final ascended Diarmuid.
It's like how you spam a certain quest for a specific item but can't get it, and then you realize that it dropped a million copies of another item you needed for something else in the mean time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on April 24, 2016, 11:50:24 pm
Yeah, I got the last one I needed from an Archer 40 AP haha ugh... then I used extra apples to farm for EXP and now I can finally go back to burning EXP for cubes.

I've been thinking about editing the first post to add some actually useful info like general links to cirnopedia and the FGO wiki

At the very least, links to a list of CEs and their effects (I know the wiki and cirnopedia have those) , the aforementioned recommended material farming spots... I don't know what else is "must know", maybe a beginner's tutorial for people wanting to get into the game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 25, 2016, 12:08:23 am
I had a bit more luck with the skill gems. I never thought I would be able to finally raise Artoria's Burst Up skill to 6. Two gems every time I did that 30AP quest was a really nice ratio. If now I can at least get Alexander's Charisma to 4 (or even 6), I would be set for this event. And maybe Diarmuid's Knight Honor skill, which for what I know really increase his star gen by a lot, enough to make it worth raising it.

And yeah, all my Servants for this event (except Saber Gilles because I have Artoria) are ready, that's why I'm raising skills now. They probably will do like in the Saber Wars, those specific Servants will get a damage boost in every single one of their attacks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on April 26, 2016, 05:47:53 am
Cool, five hours away from the F/Z event and we already are into indefinite maintenance. Between that compensation quartz, the 10 quartz we've been promised and the odd quartz from daily logins and unfinished American free quests I might be able to do three 40 quartz rolls during this event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 26, 2016, 10:02:54 am
I would suggest not to waste them all, and leave for the next event. And more importantly, wait until we have more info about the new Servants, to see if it's worth rolling for them or not. I was able to get Helena since I didn't waste my quartz in order to get Astolfo after learning he was shit.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 26, 2016, 10:53:10 am
No, don't roll, wait for the next event !
*next event come*
No, don't roll, wait for the next event !
Or at least wait to see how good the new Servants are.

... That's super generic advice, and rather meaningless. It's not like anyone here has exhibited compulsive rolling tendencies even for shit Servants. This isn't reddit or 4chan or beast lair.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 26, 2016, 01:56:49 pm
I'm telling him not to use all of his rolls. He has at least for 3 rolls, it's better he leaves at least one in case the next event they do has a Servant that he particulary likes... unless he has no interest in getting specific Servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on April 26, 2016, 02:03:17 pm
Oh, I wouldn't use all my quartz unless Iskandar was that good or I needed multiple event CEs to farm. I'll probably roll once the servers are back and hoard the remaining 51 quartz (+ bonuses and tickets).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 26, 2016, 02:54:27 pm
Oh hey, server's up. After 9 hours of maintenance. What will it be tomorrow on event launch and Iskandar release.

Uh, the page for the accel zero order announcement was updated. Emiyass is in (a NP related to time but it's still probably not Kiritsugu, just Shirou in his time of war), and so is 100 Face Hassan (3* of course).

The page detailing tomorrow's maintenance was updated... They're renaming chapter 6 from Jerusalem to Camelot, pretty sure that wasn't there before. Isn't it a little late to change something as big as the whole map and everything that goes with it (dialogs, mooks...) ???
Also interludes for Alex, Darius (obviously), more changes to Gil's battle animations ?
Oh, you'll be able to skip with a tap the victory screens (exp and bond I assume)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 26, 2016, 06:04:06 pm
Accel event incoming tomorrow, late at night.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4git9p/accel_zero_event_updated/

Emiya (Assassin, 4*) and Hundred-Faced Hassan (Assassin, 3*) confirmed, apart from obviously Iskandar.

The event is similar to Kara no Kyoukai, that means missions to complete. Hope there's no grinding bullshit of killing the same enemies. Also, there's something about masks that perhaps hints to a free Servant with special Ascension requirements.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 26, 2016, 06:35:08 pm
There are 4 new items, it doesn't really sound like one free Servant to me, more like the melting pot, blood tear and the other two from America for the 3 new Servants.

Surprise surprise, maintenance extended indefinitely.

It's up.
"Also in Fuyuki, but ten years earlier ? Is that normal for a Grail to appear there again ?" oh Mashu, if you knew.
Roman "yeah, I don't get it either. So I called someone who knows about it."
Enter Waver.
[...]
Roman "what, five times ?? Is the Grail War like the olympic games in your world ??"
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on April 27, 2016, 06:00:16 pm
So, Assassin Emiya's identity is revealed on his last ascension.
Also, apparently Angra was added to the gacha??
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 27, 2016, 06:02:15 pm
Oh my god I literally just took the time to drive home since my last edit, I turn it back on, and MAINTENANCE.

Also, apparently Angra was added to the gacha??
.... The FP gacha, too ?? https://twitter.com/nabuse/status/725334857891487745
This 999+ counter on my FP rolls is finally going to go down. Maybe.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on April 27, 2016, 06:03:41 pm
Yeah, the game was lagging super badly... well, typical DW.

Edit:
https://twitter.com/KISARAGI0928/status/725349121201045504

Yeah, the reason for the maintenance is because Angra was accidentally on the FP Gacha. Hahaha.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 27, 2016, 06:34:49 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTiNicgHAmk or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIMsrbX4lQU
... I thought his body armor was too close to Emiya's and that meant it was probably not Kiritsugu, but it's actually a Solid Snake ripoff. Okay. Also guns and knives everywhere.
Everyone's NP is on Youtube already. 100F Hassan is just a loop of 3 guys. Zayd is even a new mob.
Got Emiyass and Hassagirl.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 27, 2016, 08:08:16 pm
At least with Angra released, it's official that we can have an Avenger that is not 4* or 5*. Nice. Also, his NP is similar to Jeckyll&Hyde, for what I've seen. It transforms him into the beast form in Ataraxia.

Also, if you manage to get his last ascension, please show his real form.

Also, you can finally get Servants to bond 10, in order to get their specific CEs. Mata Hari's one, and its first bond is 160K. Har har har. Over time will be over time.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4gotr5/ten_servants_updated_to_bond_10/

At least I will be able to do something for Artoria, as she's needed for this event. Sure hope they give some way to raise it faster, apart from that CE.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 27, 2016, 08:32:55 pm
Angra's NP turns you into the beast for this turn only. You use the NP, then the enemies attack, and anything that hits Angra is sent back at them - with that same effect as the FHA CG with Angra's body in white scribbled in red with the curse. At the end of that same turn, he reverts to human form.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on April 27, 2016, 08:57:13 pm
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4gppj0/assassin_masks_and_other_event_items_demystified/

Those items you harbored the hope were ascension materials for a free 4*? Turns out you need to farm them to open need quests to farm more shit.

I hate this event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 27, 2016, 09:21:50 pm
Angra's NP turns you into the beast for this turn only. You use the NP, then the enemies attack, and anything that hits Angra is sent back at them - with that same effect as the FHA CG with Angra's body in white scribbled in red with the curse. At the end of that same turn, he reverts to human form.

That actually sounds really good if you stick an Endure effect on him. If he takes any NP attack, which are basically one-hit kill for strong enemies, you basically ensure his survival enough to make at least two bosses eat a lot of damage.

And even if in the end it's not that useful, at least I appreciate they went ahead and put his NP in the game. I thought they would just put a swarm of beasts and that's all.

----

I only got the 4* CE Gatcha from my roll. The rest were pure shit, not even Hundred-Faced Hassan. Horray!

Edit: And maintenance. Oh well, good night then!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on April 28, 2016, 03:17:17 am
120 stones down the drain and a couple of tickets...
And I didn't get a single event servant. Ironically enough this was my best roll.
(http://i.imgur.com/k0GFORT.jpg)

Edit:
OH SHI-
(https://i.redditmedia.com/qKYAvFCLgk56Ftct-QtnAOzpwIkKfV6MekeyDdXS5VE.jpg?w=1024&s=820d9a3f77e2b9641a57d294c89ecea0)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on April 28, 2016, 05:48:57 am
Quote
I only got the 4* CE Gatcha from my roll. The rest were pure shit, not even Hundred-Faced Hassan. Horray!

I used 80 quartz and the only thing I got was four copies of the 4* event CE. Why does this thing even exist? It's only going to be useful for like two days while farming 1,500 emblems and then burn in the mana prism bonfire.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 28, 2016, 08:59:35 am
OH SHI-
(https://i.redditmedia.com/qKYAvFCLgk56Ftct-QtnAOzpwIkKfV6MekeyDdXS5VE.jpg?w=1024&s=820d9a3f77e2b9641a57d294c89ecea0)

So is she the free Servant we get then?

Btw, that Emiya Assassin is Kiritsugu, I just saw his face from someone who has it max ascended.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 28, 2016, 01:02:30 pm
There's also an Avenger version of her because of fucking course there's another 5* Avenger.
And yet another SURPRISE MAINTENANCE. How many does that make ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 28, 2016, 03:18:41 pm
Five of them? Six? I don't know, I lost count of them after the third one.

And reading what I just wrote, wow, this event really has been half about maintenance so far.

----------

Edit: With the ton of quartz DW gave us, I managed to get another roll. And I got nearly the same things as the previous roll. Damn, at least give me Hundred-Faced Hassan...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on April 29, 2016, 08:41:49 am
Same, I rolled again.
WHOA A GOLDEN RIDER CARD. COULD IT BE?
...Oh, It's Martha... NP Lv2... yay...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 29, 2016, 09:45:42 am
In 3x10 rolls I got 3 Emiyass and 3 Haschan, plus a ton of event CEs. I thought it was pretty generous...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 29, 2016, 11:49:27 am
The gatcha is never generous. It will never be.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 29, 2016, 11:55:17 am
So after killing Gilles, you're in the underground tunnels, you come across dead Uryuu and Emiyass standing there, and Iskandar with Waver come crashing with lightnings. Zhuge gets pissed and shouts at Waver for being a total numbskull since that almost destroyed the whole tunnel. Iskandar doesn't disagree, but dude that's my Master you're bullying so back the fuck off or I kill you. Also, *knocks Waver out with a finger flick*
Next you fight Saber and Iri, Emiyass comes and tries to kill Iri so Mashu defends her.
Saber "(that shield-like thing, that... Then this girl must be...) (nah, if they don't know, I won't say anything)"
You "what, you've seen it before ?"
Saber "nope !"
Yeah, right.
I'm surprised she doesn't recognize Fou since that's supposed to be Cath Palug apparently.

Oh Zhuge is such a piece of shit.
Alright, I'll tell you the whoole truth about the Grail War, Kayneth.
(Uh...)
It's all fake ! A plot by our rivals, the Tranberio family, allied with the Tohsakas, to send you to a distant land and crush your position at the clock tower
(whaaat ??)
(Senpai, keep your pokerface !)
It's a big fat lie they've tried 4 times yet. But if you go back back and turn it around, miss Sola will surely be proud of you. You know how hate can turn into love with just one great action !
(Diarmuid chimes in) oh, a new battlefield beyond the seas. Master, I'll be happy to join you, I don't even care about the grail.
(Zhuge) well I mean sure but, Sola would find it much less impessive if Kayneth won using a Servant.
(Kayneth) right. diarmuid, stay here and finish the war, that's an order !
(Diarmuid) whaaat ??

But then Kayneth
Oh right, one last thing. You said you read my love letters to Sola. But access to my room is forbidden. That means, future guy, that you found them because I never came back, is that right ?
(Everyone) ... ...

(Outside, Roman to Zhuge) hey... You realize Chaldea isn't a time machine, right ? This is a singularity, saving him here won't actually change the past, this means nothing.
(Zhuge) yeah yeah, but doing it here means a lot to me, I couldn't do it back then and I just didn't want to make the same mistake twice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 29, 2016, 08:15:29 pm
But then Kayneth
Oh right, one last thing. You said you read my love letters to Sola. But access to my room is forbidden. That means, future guy, that you found them because I never came back, is that right ?
(Everyone) ... ...

(Outside, Roman to Zhuge) hey... You realize Chaldea isn't a time machine, right ? This is a singularity, saving him here won't actually change the past, this means nothing.
(Zhuge) yeah yeah, but doing it here means a lot to me, I couldn't do it back then and I just didn't want to make the same mistake twice.

What happened in that part? I didn't fully understand what they were talking about.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 29, 2016, 08:38:47 pm
The first time you met Kayneth, Zhuge told him he was from the future and a member of the El Melloi house under order from Rayneth (Kayneth's niece or cousin), and as proof, he quoted a love letter that Kayneth had drafted (but not sent) for Sola just before the war.
Now as Zhuge sends Kayneth back to the clock tower, Kayneth says he figured out that the only reasn Zhuge could read the letter was because Kayneth never came back from the war, otherwise Zhuge would have never been allowed in Kayneth's room - where the letter is. Everyone understands that Zhuge simply wanted to save Kayneth's life. Outside, Roman points out it serves no purpose to save him in a singularity since you will fix it ands erase it. Zhuge simply says he doesn't want to make the same mistake a second time when he get a chance like that to fix it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on April 29, 2016, 09:04:25 pm
Got Nursery Rhyme, 100-faced Hassan and Assassin Kiri but still no Broskander. FML.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 29, 2016, 09:53:40 pm
God damn it! Finally! Kiritsugu with my ticket. Took you some time, ffs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on April 30, 2016, 02:29:58 am
*sees a gold spark in the gacha*

Fuck yeah assa-
Spoiler: (click to see content)
Any clue about how the rate up for event 5* actually works?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on April 30, 2016, 03:52:20 am
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 30, 2016, 09:20:09 am
You have a 1% chance of pulling a 5* Servant, this doesn't change. But if you do, among the 5* Servants, the odds of pulling the one with a rate-up are increased.

---

The event was extended a whole week because of the  many maintenances... Maybe that gives me a chance to get Iri on my alt too, since I'm about to go to Ireland for a week and a half and I'm not bringing my laptop with bluestacks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on April 30, 2016, 02:29:05 pm
I know the chance of getting a 5* is always 1% (perhaps higher on 40 quartz rolls?), but what are the odds of pulling a rate up event servant vs non-event servant? 0.50% vs 0.50%? 0.75% vs 0.25%?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 30, 2016, 03:01:33 pm
That's one of the problems with the gacha, I don't think they ever revealed that. Pretty sure it's nowhere close to 50%, for one.

---

Immediately emptied this month's shop tickets
Now I have a NP 5 Kiritsugu
Okay
... Gacha, you are very weird
(Gotta spam all the gold exp from shop and event shop for Iri though since her ascensions are in the missions - that's annoying)

Oh yeah, we have an actual story reason for Waver growing young again for his last form.
So Zhuge was shell shocked when Iskandar decided he didn't like him and they were now enemies. You meet him again in the cave, and Iskandar acts like he won't recognize Zhuge as worthy - but it turns out that he recognized Zhuge was on the path of conquest (because fucking Zhuge Liang) so of course they have to measure themselves against each other - in combat *big grin, creepy big grin on Zhuge too, while calling Iskandar a giant fool for risking the world, what with the corrupted grail behind them, but who cares, we're having fun*
You win, Zhuge get nailed in the back by Zouken, you escape. Young Wavercatches up, Zhuge presses him on his dream - his foolish dream from an idiot who won't understand his place. ... That's exactly what's perfect. Here, have the coat I kept (yes I'm future you), and also I pass on to you the soul of Zhuge because somehow I can, as long as both Iskandar and Zhuge recognize you as worthy. After all, you're better than me (well, at least because I'm heavily wounded)
So little Waver is really young Waver and not old Waver who grew young.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 01, 2016, 12:45:32 am
I have a feeling they're not even going to bother explaining how you can just pass around the Servant that's currently possessing you, like it's some equipment that you can just exchange with your party members.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 01, 2016, 12:54:22 am
Probably chalk it up to the difference between Pseudo-Servant and Demi-servant, since that is still very unclear. My guess so far is the whole "conceptual" relevance. In the latest type-moon ace from a week ago, they explained the craft essence (conceptual wear in Japanese) as literal concepts worn like cloth or objects. Heroic spirits are already related to that, so pseudo-servants could be somewhere between the two, like a conceptual core that can be passed around like a craft essence.CEs are already a piece of concept that comes from a heroic spirit or a god or something similar, so pseudo-servants can be the step above.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 03, 2016, 08:28:25 pm
welp
 (http://imgur.com/ywPZree)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 03, 2016, 10:28:38 pm
OMG, one of the Servants that appeared in the CM ended up only appearing in a last quest, acting as some kind of extra final boss that has no influence in the event at all! And it was one that it had lots of potential since it would have made an interesting fight if another X Servant fought against it! I wasn't expecting that at all!

Yeah, sorry for the sarcasm, though personally, the fact that they even offer you the option to use a Iskander support as a cheap way to replace that with story pissed me a lot more than if they hadn't added it. Because it looks more like they were just lazy to offer us something good, and instead throw him there just because they're really really kind. They sure didn't mind turning the last story segment of the event into a joke scene, so I don't get why this was that hard to show. And not having time is not an excuse this time, because in the interview they clearly commented they started preparing for this event a long time ago.

Oh well, whatever. Got Iris at NP 5, got all items in the event shop, and all missions completed. Event was far more interesting than KnK event, that's for sure. There's already some mention of a swimsuit event in Summer, a bit mention that Grand Ascension will remove level limit for any Servant, and that's pretty much it. Now to bring Emiya (Assassin) skills to 6, and get ready for the next event or story unlock.

Oh, and Darius hits like a truck, can refill its NP and his NP hits all party members, so get ready. Honestly, I was in a bad mood today, so I just grabbed Scathach, used her already prepared NP, and proceded to waste 1 CS to refill her NP and hit him again, ending it in a completely anticlimatic win after hitting him four times (since Scathach NP causes paralysis that cannot be protected at all unless there's Status Inmunity effect on). Though I think I can be excused to win in such a lazy way when they just did the same for the fight, putting only skeletons in the two previous fights in order to give you a chance to refill NP, and that's all they're there for.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 04, 2016, 12:07:46 am
I'm still catching up but I'm reading Grail will raise level limit (probably to 100 for everyone), not outright remove it, right ?
Imo it'll mostly be rewarding for low star servants to finally reach the stats of a ssr (like Kojiroh) but it'll be about waifus first either way.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 04, 2016, 01:01:08 am
Yeah, you'll most likely only be able to reach Grand Ascension once you've reached last ascension and raised your Servant level to max. It will remove the max level they have and allow you to reach to level 100 for any of them. Obviously, that still doesn't make specific Servants like Mata Hari be more useful than they are, but stats at level 100 will make a lot of difference than being at level 60 at max if it's a 1* Servant.

I really want to see a Servant like Asterios be Grand Ascended, he's one of the best low budget Servants since his NP after upgrade cripples basically anything in the game, to the point of even making NP do three-digit damage. Hopefully we also get special ascension images if we do so.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 04, 2016, 03:02:20 pm
Auuuuuugh my gold ticket for the Iri missions got me a 6th Kiritsugu what the fuck is up with this gacha. First time I'm feeding a gold to someone else.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on May 04, 2016, 05:44:24 pm
Hahaha, on the other hand, I wasted 160 stones, all the tickets including the ones that got restocked and I never got Kiritsugu. I got NP2 Asako and that's it... oh and a bunch of CEs bleh.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on May 04, 2016, 06:50:16 pm
Did a free quartz roll and got Nursery Rhyme, Kiritsugu and Haschan

Did my long awaited money roll and got a new CE

I don't think I'll ever understand this game
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on May 05, 2016, 05:24:52 am
I'll be there for you guys whenever they increase the level cap.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ChqVRuWUgAE5mFY.jpg:orig)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on May 05, 2016, 05:34:35 am
So far the only notable thing I got from my rolls was Beowulf.

And Billy. I like Billy.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 07, 2016, 04:11:34 pm
Well, now that's interesting:

https://twitter.com/yuuya_jun/status/728744327510269953

Apparently we're already getting a new announcement. This female Servant is Berserker, Ibaraki Douji. We may get an event involving onis, so that means Kintoki and maybe Shuten Douji (which has been datamined) may appear.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on May 08, 2016, 05:34:37 pm
One step closer.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ch1nxrbUkAAPhFJ.jpg:large)

Just need to get his first skill to level 10.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 09, 2016, 01:33:01 pm
Second wave incoming!

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4iin2i/second_round_of_servant_upgrade_incoming_this_week/

Or rather, we get the next servant upgrade. All Silver Servants btw. Hopefully Ushiwakamaru becomes even more useful, so those who don't have A&M can have a good alternative. Though after the previous one, my expectations are really low.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 09, 2016, 07:44:51 pm
Hopefully Ushiwakamaru becomes even more useful, so those who don't have A&M can have a good alternative.
Billy. He's crazy for a 3*, he should be on the top of the barrel with the likes of FSNCu and Caesar.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 09, 2016, 08:42:47 pm
Same goes for Robin Hood, I still abuse his NP (and he even has a skill that allows you to make full use of it). And yeah, Billy is amazing too. His crits are amazing, and he's the only Archer that can recharge its own NP with a skill. His NP is not bad too.

And now, I will reveal a goal I've managed to finally achieve. It took so damn long with all the mats and grinding for EXP.
- All 4* and 5* Servants at max ascension and level.
- All 1*, 2* and 3* Servants either at third or max ascension, max level for that ascension.

And now, time to go farm Mana Prisms in order to max the CE. What mission should I spam for this, the 30 or the 40 AP quest?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on May 09, 2016, 10:01:38 pm
Watch as they find a way to make Saber Gilles suck even more.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 09, 2016, 10:23:53 pm
Same goes for Robin Hood, I still abuse his NP (and he even has a skill that allows you to make full use of it). And yeah, Billy is amazing too. His crits are amazing, and he's the only Archer that can recharge its own NP with a skill. His NP is not bad too.

And now, I will reveal a goal I've managed to finally achieve. It took so damn long with all the mats and grinding for EXP.
- All 4* and 5* Servants at max ascension and level.
- All 1*, 2* and 3* Servants either at third or max ascension, max level for that ascension.

And now, time to go farm Mana Prisms in order to max the CE. What mission should I spam for this, the 30 or the 40 AP quest?
Do the 40AP quest once, then do the 30AP until you get sick of it. I'll go back to that particular hell once I'm done farming the Final Destination CE (still 5 copies to go, ugh).

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 10, 2016, 08:21:23 am
It's four from the shop, while the remaining one will come from a mission, so you won't need to farm for a random one.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 10, 2016, 01:27:22 pm
I already got those + 5 CEs from random drops. My goal is 15.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 11, 2016, 01:59:33 pm
So the first Servant to get an upgrade is... *sigh* It's Saber Gilles. He gets a third skill, Prelati's Encouragement (I sure want to read how Gilles and Prelati met, to the point of even getting such skill for that), which raises his own Buster damage by 20%, has 7 turn cooldown and lasts 5 turns. That means you can have the buff on forever at level 10 .

This would be such an amazing skill, if it wasn't for the fact that it's Saber Gilles, who has a terrible ATK stat for a 3* Servant. And his NP is an Arts that doesn't even do damage. Sure, combining it with two Busters and plenty of stars may make him good, but that's an specific combination that just makes it really pointless to even try to use him. Nice start there, DW. You sure managed to make the small amount of expectation I had hit the bottom in the first release.

Also 10 more Servants got a Bond lvl 10. If only there was something special on them other than the CE. Some of them are quite good this time, though, so I guess it's worth farming for them.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4itwpm/10_more_servants_added_for_lv_10_bond/

Arash is now literally a healing bomb, if he dies while having that CE (with or without using his NP), bam, 5K healed and out with all debuffs. If you do a fight with low rarity Servants, that makes him even more useful. They sure love to make it important that he's meant to die LOL.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 11, 2016, 09:08:42 pm
...and caster Gilles is the second character in this round of strengthening quests. Apparently it's that weird stun timer debuff one of the Iris had (and it also seems to miss very often).

GG, DW you just gave the caster the least amount of players has the least useful skill in the game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 11, 2016, 09:22:58 pm
Eh, it attempts to stun five turns in a row on the whole enemy party, it's not the worst skill there is... But it's not easy to make good use of, it's for a long term game. It makes sense for a character that has an array of debuff abilities, but... as usual, few people give a shit.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on May 11, 2016, 09:41:04 pm
I see I was right for Saber Gilles, but wouldn't that sort of benefit him since he already has Mad Enhancement EX, which boosts his Buster card damage by 12%?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 11, 2016, 09:48:38 pm
His base attack is still pretty bad for silver standards and he can't do brave chains.
Eh, it attempts to stun five turns in a row on the whole enemy party, it's not the worst skill there is... But it's not easy to make good use of, it's for a long term game. It makes sense for a character that has an array of debuff abilities, but... as usual, few people give a shit.

Its accuracy is 30~40%. You can raise it to 80%...but only if you're willing to max his first skill too and equip the Record Holder CE (85% at max limit). Unless you're fighting a team with exceptional high hp and/or multiple healing skills or defense buffs there's a good chance you'll kill everyone before they get stunned at least once. Too much effort and resources for a lackluster gimmick, imo.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 11, 2016, 11:50:26 pm
Expect the same for almost all Servants, unfortunately. At least Caster Gilles is a bit more useful. In fact, in the Zero event, it would have been really useful to beat mobs. Too bad we got it now, at a point in which I don't even need him anymore.

-----

Edit: I... I just fought Dantes in Caster Gilles quest, who has a tentacle coming out from his dick... I must be seeing things.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on May 12, 2016, 12:49:26 am
Expect the same for almost all Servants, unfortunately. At least Caster Gilles is a bit more useful. In fact, in the Zero event, it would have been really useful to beat mobs. Too bad we got it now, at a point in which I don't even need him anymore.

-----

Edit: I... I just fought Dantes in Caster Gilles quest, who has a tentacle coming out from his dick... I must be seeing things.

You've never seen his 2nd sprite, have you?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 12, 2016, 12:55:37 am
Comically large scarf.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 12, 2016, 01:46:09 am
Yeah, I've never seen it. I've only seen his last sprite, and the fact that I did Caster Gilles' quest... well, it influenced my view too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on May 13, 2016, 03:49:36 am
So Jing Ke's new skill is a 1 turn self quick and crit damage buff.

I...guess the quick buff is useful for NP damage?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 13, 2016, 09:07:01 am
Quick up and crit power up is weird. Quick up serves to generate more stars, crit power up should come the following turn. This can only be useful when paired with another star maker and doing a quick brave chain after you have a bunch of stars, and that doesn't affect the NP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 13, 2016, 12:22:57 pm
It's not a worthless skill, but it's not a useful skill. Not really worth getting it honestly.

Ffs, it can't be that hard to give the Servants a better skill. Specially after the annoying requirements to get them (max ascension and going through 5 20AP quests that sometimes are hard).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 13, 2016, 05:37:01 pm
Party-wide quick up for the shota lord. It's nice, but more importantly, overall, that should get you a terrific quick silver party with the likes of him, Billy, Jing Ke or Caesar... The class variety and the crit spam should make for high versatility with any composition, too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 13, 2016, 09:02:34 pm
Not bad at all. His skill is quite good, with decent cooldown too. He also benefits from his own skill too. It's team buff too, so it's a good combo with his Charisma. We finally managed to get a good one, at the fourth one. I think the same happened with Leonidas too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 14, 2016, 05:31:58 pm
Poor Ushi.

Medusa's new skill is Golden Rule (20~30%) + 20% (fixed) NP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 14, 2016, 05:39:25 pm
Pretty decent. It's a bit of a pity that NP increase is fixed to 20%, but with the combination of the Golden Rule effect and equipping her with a CE that increases the starting NP value, she can easily use her NP in the first or second turn and easily use it later with her NP increase rate. If you like to use her, that's a good skill to get.

And now, the last one is Berserker. Will they go with fanservice material (Kiyohime), they will combo it with the Fate Zero event (Darius) or they will just go neutral (Lu Bu)? Make your bets people.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 14, 2016, 05:53:46 pm
Golden Rule ? Ah, Temple of Blood, right.
Hoping for Lu Bu, it's the most sensible choice. Those who like Kiyohime already think she's good with her anti-army NP, but Lu Bu has absolutely nothing going for him. Even a Buster Up would be a start.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 14, 2016, 06:35:51 pm
I wouldn't mind an attack boost for Kiyohime (an NP upgrade interlude would be nice, too). Knowing DW it'll probably something dumb like Alluring Voice + misc effect.

Lu Bu will probably get Eye of the Mind (false, lol).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 14, 2016, 09:12:49 pm
I was going to mention about a Berserker getting Eye of the Mind skill being a bit weird (even if it's the False version), but then I remembered that this is one skill Heracles has. Though honestly, I'm not sure if Lu Bu should have that ability. I can still accept Heracles to have it, but I don't think Lu Bu could even possess it.

And ooomg, horseshoes to ascend Medusa... Why horseshoes... Damn, guess it's not happening. Her skill is... well, her NP Blood Fort Andromeda. I personally dislike the fact that they turn NPs into skills (yeah, I'm also talking about Mordred too). I want them to respect the lore honestly, even if it's hard because this is a Mobage. I would rather get a completely new skill rather than this, honestly.

Oh, and Alluring Nightingale is for those whose voice is so charming that they can truly charm others with it, to the point of even being considered a magical mental attack. I'm sorry to say this, but as much as I like Kiyohime, that's one skill that doesn't fit her. She's more meant to be a wife than a sexy or charming lady anyway.

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And so they went for the boring route, aka Lu Bu. His third skill grants him 20%~30% NP damage, a flat 3000% star attraction and a flat 20% def down to all allies except him, all of it lasting one turn. So yeah, it's rather worthless honestly. The star attraction is only useful if you stick him with star generations, and frankly, there are better options than him. NP increase is okay, I guess, but the defense down is not good. Yeah, you can pass on him, honestly. No doubt the last one will be Mephistopheles, and not Medea.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 15, 2016, 09:22:25 pm
I appreciate DW how is trying to come up with new skills for this round of strengthening quests but Lu Bu's is just...ill conceived. Why NP damage up + star attraction? that would work for Jalter but that's because she needs her NP to start a buster chain. Lu Bu has three buster cards, so buster up + star attraction would be a lot more useful.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 15, 2016, 10:56:13 pm
I suppose a Buster up would be a bit lower than only NP up. Plus it's a bit easier to get a NP Buster Brave than a straight Buster Brave. So you just need to make stars and wait for 2 Busters to show up for Lu Bu, and go full bosskill (adding the Bravery he already has too). The power ups add up, right ? Between this and Bravery he's got a potential 57% damage up on the NP and potentially two +127% Busters, over 9k ATK (if Fou'd up). It might make up for one third of a Kintoki, maybe ? I don't think it's that bad on paper. For a 3*, of course.
In fact, beside one-shot wonder Robin, he should be pretty nice for a boss-killing 3*.

Oh wait, the def down on all allies is a whopping 20%, that's pretty fucking huge, what the hell. Just hope that this NP BB kills that boss.
On the other hand, slap him with Leonidas and go the fuck to town with Leo's Buster up and aggro tank.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 15, 2016, 11:53:06 pm
You don't really want to use Lu Bu to kill a boss. Berserkers with AoE NP are more suited for killing mobs. You're better off sticking to Kintoki, Heracles or Beowulf for that. And honestly, a Buster Up effect would have been better, because you get three cards doing a lot more damage, unlike using NP damage up in which only one card benefits. And I think 20% Buster Up and 20% NP Damage up for a Buster NP is the same, since Buster Up just raises Buster card damage.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 16, 2016, 03:00:39 am
You don't really want to use Lu Bu to kill a boss. Berserkers with AoE NP are more suited for killing mobs.
? Lu Bu's NP is single target.
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You're better off sticking to Kintoki, Heracles or Beowulf for that.
Limited 5* and 4*. We're talking 3* here. Much lower stats, but much easier to get to NP5 which makes it viable.
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And I think 20% Buster Up and 20% NP Damage up for a Buster NP is the same, since Buster Up just raises Buster card damage.
I'm not talking about two skills with the same value, I'm saying that I feel like most of the time, a more specific skill will have higher % value. You know, for balance.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 16, 2016, 10:45:38 am
Oh, Lu Bu's NP is single target? I didn't know that. I though that huge laser beam NP hit all the enemy party. How misleading. Then yeah, I suppose he can be a good replacement for the Berserkers I mentioned. It's still a far better option to just rely on a support Berserker that is maxed out and use it as a one-time nuke, instead of building a party prepared for it. Specially when the majority of bosses can only do AoE normal attacks, which is a really cheap way to constantly drain all of your Servants' health during the fight, rendering strategies with tanks worthless.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 16, 2016, 12:06:18 pm
... Why are you even discussing strengthening silver Servants if all you're going to say is "just pick a maxed gold instead" ? You're completely avoiding the point.
Also not bosses like the Demon God Pillars, bosses like the Soul Eater and Bicorn. Or Chimeras when they were hard. Stuff with a lot of HP that hit hard and multiple times.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 16, 2016, 01:48:45 pm
I don't really consider them bosses, just mobs with stupidly high health. With the expection of the Spriggan and its ridiculous crits, you can easily tank them with even bronze Servants. Or at least that's what I felt after the Zero event.

And I don't like to use the silly argument of "pick a max gold Servant" too, but unlike the other classes, there's really no point for a Berserker than to do tons of damage before dying. There's really no other strategy than that for them (and yeah, Berserker is not precisely my favourite class). The only reason I preferred Kiyohime than Lu Bu is because I like her, only for that, same for Darius. The only two exceptions for this rule above are Asterios, which I use sometimes because his debuff NP is wonderful, and Nightingale support because her healing abilities are excellent. I would never say you're better off using Gold for other classes. For example, I believe Hector to be a better choice than Elizabeth because of his skills and the fact you can easily get him to NP5. And Medea is still one of the best Casters in the game for the rapid-fire NP attack she has. And Hans is one of my favourite Casters too because of his buff abilities. That is my own opinion about the Berserker class, of course, others may find using low-rank Berserkers to be more useful, I guess.

To be more clear, about the skill itself, it would have been even better if he gained Buster Up, that would have made him a really good option for a Berserker, specially in a Buster Brave combo, with or without NP, which would have made it possible to use this skill even if you don't have the NP ready. It's still an okay skill I guess. However though, even with that skill the damage output he can pull off with his stats is unfortunately too low for the general purpose that single target NP Berserkers have. I can't see others using him except if they like him.

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And unsurprisingly, the last one is Mephistopheles. Clown Fiesta I believe the name of the skill is. 3 times enemy buff inmunity plus inflict curse that lasts 5 turns. Percentages and health lost by the curse are still unknown.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 16, 2016, 10:49:08 pm
http://kazemai.github.io/fgo-vz/svtData.html?no=35

Curse damage goes from 500 to 1,000. Seems the debuff has a 100% hit rate. An interesting skill tbh, but not interesting enough to use Mephisto.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 16, 2016, 11:22:40 pm
It should work well against the same old demi-bosses or Servants that love to spam some dodge or buff. It's an interesting skill and it lasts a while, and Mephisto also has a NP drain, but overall he's still super weak. It might make him decent for fodder that comes out, throws out both his skills and gets killed, I suppose.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 17, 2016, 12:36:30 am
If only the buff inmunity was two or three turns and not three times. Some bosses can easily spend one turn putting three buffs, rendering this status useful only for one turn at least (that's the problem when enemies can easily spam skills unfortunately). Curse damage would start being good if at base value it did 1000 and 2000 at max, 500 is not even noticeable except against really weak mobs.

Hopefully in the future there's another Servant that makes a better use of the buff inmunity status. It has lots of potential as a status effect. I wouldn't be surprised if the first ones to spam it were enemies though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 17, 2016, 02:29:53 am
Three individual times isn't too shabby considering those can be stacked with other debuffs (charm, stun, skill sealing) to last longer than three turns.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 18, 2016, 10:54:03 am
GOT BERSERCU on my second 10 roll
And ayet another fuck off Kiritsugu oh my god what do you want from me

Edit
According to Chinese datamine, he needs 154 bones (nooooooo) 144 voids 60 snakes 33 claws for all his skills (including a bit for ascensions). ... Not gonna max him. But at least he's np2.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 18, 2016, 12:19:44 pm
Oh wow, keep him in your support, I will certainly use him a lot.

They also have announced that the Ibaraki Douji event will start at June 8th (apparently it will be like Dantes event in terms of difficulty). So we have a long time to wait here. Well, a good time to raise the Master EXP CE and finally get all quartz from America.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 18, 2016, 04:57:29 pm
Q: CEs from the event gatcha (like like volumen hydragyrum) will  be available in the regular gatcha (like Da Vinci's event's) but Final Destination is gone for good, right?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 18, 2016, 05:03:04 pm
It's likely, I don't remember them adding a ce from event shop into the gacha after the facts. Too bad, that one is pretty damn good.

Hydrar* :P
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on May 18, 2016, 05:29:07 pm
Mooncell Automaton was from the dango event, wasn't it? I recall it boosting the drop rates.
And I've gotten that one way too many times, from both the normal and FP gacha.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 18, 2016, 06:52:18 pm
Those CEs that boost drop rate are in the gacha, they were in it from the start. This CE is the one that could only be bought from the event shop with event coins, the Mooncell CE wasn't one like that, the Dango shop CE was one of the two bath or moonlight CEs I think, and the one never came in the gacha. Like the Rose CE for Nero event. I don't think any shop CE did.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 18, 2016, 09:50:16 pm
I got Edison and Atlanta in a 10 roll.

I was hoping those gold spheres in the gatcha would turn into a berserker card, but beggars can't be choosers I guess.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 19, 2016, 12:37:49 pm
CEs that are gotten through the gatcha during the events are added. CEs that you had to buy using special items from the event are not added. At least that's the general rule. There may be some CEs from the gatchas that are not added, probably.

Also:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4k1gap/300_day_anniversary_campaign/

They're really getting more and more generous. They're now giving us even more FP than in the previous event! I mean, they could have gave us enough Fous to max a Servant, not just one of each. They could have given us enough tickets to suffice for a 10-roll. They could have given us more than 1M QP because at this point of the game that's barely nothing. They could have given us more Golden Apples because with just two you can barely cover anything. But no, they picked FP because that's the thing we needed the most! Isn't that kind of them?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 22, 2016, 03:51:09 pm
There, Bersercu is lv90, I'll max Fou him the day the shop refills, and as for skills, I'll go for the crit+atk down first, BC, then dodge. Except the claws will be so hard to get...
I tried him a bit, he builds NP gauge pretty well, some of his attacks are a bit weird, and his Extra attack makes him toss his Gae Bolg (cool). His NP makes him look like some sort of Dark Knight from a Dark Soul kind of game...
I put him on my All support tab with Zero Over I guess, I'm leaving Lance+scope on Berserker tab because he's still unrivaled in wiping wave 3 EXP hands without fearing class disadvantage.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 23, 2016, 06:00:04 am
Some generous guy was giving away accounts with gazillions of quartz early this morning on reddit:
Spoiler: 640 quartz (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 25, 2016, 11:27:46 am
Heyyyyyy it's Scathach appreciation day. 250k Skeleton King boss on a 35ap mission ? Double quick up + anti undead buff does 245k damage.
(New boss looks cool btw)
Those quests end after tomorrow... I hope it cycles like the dailies with other classes for other basic mats.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 25, 2016, 09:46:07 pm
It's a good moment to consider ascending or raising the skill of those Servants that have ridiculous skeleton bones requirements. I have a Scathach with both her quick up and anti-undead skills at 6, so she will one-shot the skeleton boss easily. So yeah, feel free to use her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on May 26, 2016, 03:40:25 am
I don't need bones so I'll keep farming EXP for cubes.
Give me a void's refuse daily and I'm game though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 26, 2016, 04:02:45 am
Hopefully saturday's quest will be a spellbook fest, can't have too many forbidden pages. The only other *common* items I lack are dragon teeth (pretty sure I need 100+ of them), but there's a decent spot to farm those already.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 26, 2016, 01:58:19 pm
Ibaraki Douji's full body shot was revealed, she has giant flames shaped like giant wings with a big skull in each. Huh, I assume that refers to her fight with Watanabe no Tsuna, after grabbing him she tried to fly up to the mountain to eat him. But it's the first time I actually see any depiction of onis give them wings like that. Then again, that story in the first place is strongly mixed and derived from another bridge woman-turning-oni encounter that Tsuna had (with Hashihime, herself deformed from shamanist rituals turned into onis) (same fight, she grabbed him from behind and tried to fly him to the mountains, he cut off her arm).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 26, 2016, 08:12:08 pm
The current hunting quest drops Phoenix Feathers and Seeds. Yay.

The feathers have a bad drop rate compared to seeds. Urgh.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on May 26, 2016, 11:06:06 pm
The current hunting quest drops Phoenix Feathers and Seeds. Yay.

The feathers have a bad drop rate compared to seeds. Urgh.

RIP 10/10/10 Waver dream.

EDIT:

Today's Hunting Quests: Bicorns and Homunculi
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 28, 2016, 05:30:09 pm
These hunting quests went downhill pretty fast. Today we have 6 roman soldiers and one gazer.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on May 28, 2016, 05:33:36 pm
These hunting quests went downhill pretty fast. Today we have 6 roman soldiers and one gazer.

Hey guys, let's put the most common mat in the game into today's hunting quest!

That

is

GENIUS!

Fuck DW.

Edit: Apparently the Japanese are mad about this too. DW definitely fucked up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 28, 2016, 10:00:10 pm
Oh hey, I just managed to get Mata Hari at Bond Level 6! It took a total of 100K points WTF. But it's finally over! Okay, let's check how much I need for the next lev-

It's 175K now.

ohgodpleasekillmeitwillneverend

And this is a fucking 1* Servant. And there's people who have managed to get 5* Servants to max bond. Who are those madmen seriously...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 28, 2016, 10:42:51 pm
And there's people who have managed to get 5* Servants to max bond.
I'm pretty sure no one has managed to do that except people who use a hacked apk that multiplies BP or something like that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on May 28, 2016, 10:43:15 pm
Oh hey, I just managed to get Mata Hari at Bond Level 6! It took a total of 100K points WTF. But it's finally over! Okay, let's check how much I need for the next lev-

It's 175K now.

ohgodpleasekillmeitwillneverend

And this is a fucking 1* Servant. And there's people who have managed to get 5* Servants to max bond. Who are those madmen seriously...

I know the feeling. I'm halfway with EMIYA on level 6, with 123k to go. >_<

God forbid getting level 10 bonds take less time than maxing the costumes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 29, 2016, 12:41:00 am
And there's people who have managed to get 5* Servants to max bond.
I'm pretty sure no one has managed to do that except people who use a hacked apk that multiplies BP or something like that.

I think I saw someone in reddit posting an image a long time ago... maybe, I'm not sure right now. Though I would rather think they used a hacked apk, because if someone already has achieved this through legit ways... well, good for them I guess. It's hours spent grinding through America missions and wasting so much quartz that I'm not sure if he's gone mad after going through this.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on May 29, 2016, 02:02:25 am
Speaking of which, I JUST got Vlad's bond to 6 today. Not fun.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 29, 2016, 07:53:24 pm
Today's Hunting Quest:

6 Saber Babbages + 1 Spriggan. Better than yesterday's, but still dissapointing.

So...what's left for tomorrow's HQ? amazons, skeletons, homunculi and roman soldiers have been used already. Werewolves and goblins drop yggdrasil seeds while french soldiers and celtic soldiers drop hero's proof. We're getting repeated drops tomorrow unless DW gives us something funky, like lancer golems.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on May 30, 2016, 09:01:11 pm
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/jneit/

Raid boss(?)

Also unexpected 5* Assassin.

Also.

(https://images-1.discordapp.net/.eJwFwdENhCAMANBdGIC2UhFcxhBEJFEg0Pu63O733ld9xqN2dYv0uQOcZcY2Tj2ljZCTzq3lJ4Vepo7thSAS4v2mKhOIV2Tr0Bo06JDZAznridkZ5s14x7hAqVc7FiSLq6ED6biS26LuNavfHxciJiM.7Wg6F8ee1L-YAaEtntdI3VBu2Ek.png)

^ These servants can now go up to Bond Level 10

More event CEs = more damage done to Ibaraki, which obviously means more damage = more points
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 30, 2016, 10:11:01 pm
Oh wow, I thought the event happened a lot later. What a surprise.

Also, new OST, and like the others, I like it.

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So I rolled. I didn't get the new Servant, but I sure got a new one, Atalanta (and finally my first Gold Archer that isn't from an event). I'm ready to wreck others with Scathach when I combine Crossing Arcadia with her Rune skill.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 30, 2016, 10:30:13 pm
Oh good, it's disgusting flaming garbage ! I can skip this.

Charm up, atk up, battle cont'. Pictured : the biggest demon king of Japanese myth, one of the "three great demons of Japan" with Tamamo (in Nasuverse, a facet of Amaterasu) and Sutoku (strongest land-destroying vengeful ghost).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 30, 2016, 10:58:37 pm
Umm yeah, even with the event CE the 3 BP battle is just impossible, at least for now. Not because of you not dealing enough damage (well, that too), but because Ibaraki Douji is a high-level Berserker, so any single one of her attacks will take half of any of your Servant's health. Do not kill the hands when you fight her. It's that stupidly broken.

Also switch to the normal master clothes with the healing, attack boost and dodge. That's something I did inmediately after being wrecked in that fight (you cannot use 3 seals nor quartz to revive Servants in it).

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Yep, with my Scathach I can easly handle the second one. Guess I'm sticking to that one until I can really take out 1M of her health with her NP attack.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on May 31, 2016, 12:17:18 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/151021355062525953/186965785317474305/Screenshot_2016-05-30-18-09-14.png)

Lesbian Pirates + Ryougi + Both of them having Ushi CEs = This
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 31, 2016, 01:13:43 am
That's the second quest, right? Yeah, that's also a possible combo. If you have a Waver, that is!!!!!

But seriously, the whole BP system sucks. Sure, it's a way to make sure we don't steamroll through the whole event right at the beginning... Problem is, if we want to get the rewards from the total damage and the gourds, we need to be able to have more chances to do those quests, and at this moment that's basically impossible, even if we reach the two weeks this event lasts. The only doable quest that doesn't involve lots of wasting time is the second one, you get an average of 15-30 gourds depending on CEs, and the max damage you're going to be doing is 1M. I really hope the next quests to be released make the whole event less painful to farm through.

Btw, here's Shuten Doji's NP. First Gold Assassin Servant with AoE NP (Phantom is the first and was the only Assassin with an AoE NP).



I have to say, I have a weak spot for this kind of voice. I also like Sae's voice from Idolmaster Cinderella Girls for having a similar voice type.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on May 31, 2016, 06:34:58 pm
Maybe I've been too spoiled by Granblue but holy God this BP system is backward

It takes way too long to regen

It's like they're telling me not to play the game
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 31, 2016, 07:56:53 pm
Aaaand maxed stats on Culter. With five silver Servants to burn.

Congrats SD for the gold naked loli !
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on May 31, 2016, 09:08:23 pm
I only wanted event CE's, I didn't ask for this!
Oh well, assassin with great stats and AOE NP, yay?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 31, 2016, 11:33:47 pm
Congrats, though we probably won't have any chance to use it during the event.

Me, I got the Kiyohime CE, which I really wanted. So with Atalanta and this CE, I supposed I came out satisfied from the rolls.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 01, 2016, 01:29:09 am
To use what during the event? Her NP? She has very good NP gain AQQ builds a good 48% of a bar without any of those extra NP Gain CE cards, and it's extremely useful against Ibaraki.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 01, 2016, 08:42:31 am
You're better off using Servants that can dodge and have single target NP. Specially the dodge if you attempt the 3 BP quest, and specially because I noticed that if you keep repeating the same quest over and over, they give you less damage points every time, so you'll have to rely on the 3 BP quest if you want to get more if you want to get more bonuses.

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Nvm, I seem to get the normal amount. But then what's the DP that appears in the screen that shows me a lesser amount of DP gained?

And Cu Chulainn proves yet again how good he is at stalling his death. 3 BP done~ It's specially funny when you recall that one of the usual jokes they use on him is that he is always killed LOL.

Btw, don't bother using Nero's 3 times Gut skill to survive. Ibaraki's NP will disable the Guts status before it saves Nero. If she's the last one alive and Ibaraki's NP is full, you're fucked.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 01, 2016, 09:37:41 am
That's the DP you need for the next item.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 01, 2016, 01:02:25 pm
Oh, I see. It really confused me that the value seemed to change all the time. Thanks for the explanation.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 01, 2016, 07:03:22 pm
You're better off using Servants that can dodge and have single target NP. Specially the dodge if you attempt the 3 BP quest, and specially because I noticed that if you keep repeating the same quest over and over, they give you less damage points every time, so you'll have to rely on the 3 BP quest if you want to get more if you want to get more bonuses.
I mean, if you're talking about supports, yes, I'd rather bring Karna. Easily.

But as far as my line up goes and available servants I have... not really? She works extremely well. Not only she dishes really good damage for an assassin, but also she has decent NP build and star generation and her skills provide great support to stall Ibaraki (AOE Charm and Def down with her first skill, AOE ATK up is her second one)
And you'll rarely get the chance to build NP with other servants since you'll be equipping ATK up CEs instead of NP gain or Kaleido, so....

And yes, guts is useless here if you're dealing with her NP (This is why I bring Mashu), but for everything else it's still serviceable (Her normal attacks, that stomp that procs criticals way too often and her AOE)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 01, 2016, 10:02:36 pm
Yeah, you're right about Nero. I just came from a fight in which she saved my ass thanks to her guts triggering enough times to end the turn. So yeah, she's a really good option if you get her while Ibaraki doesn't really have a bar to kill you before the turns end.

And those crits are annoying, seriously. One-shotting my 15K Scathach at full health is retarded, honestly. Had to close and open until she stopped criting.

Anyway, after much suffering, I ask... any good tips for that 3 BP quest? Recommendations for Servants? I mean, I use Scathach, Marie, Cu Lancer, Shiki Assassin and Nero (non-Bride mode), and I usually pick a character like Waver. I don't mind either suggestions for stalling or for killing Ibaraki.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 01, 2016, 10:34:48 pm
Scroll really hard through the assassin tab and try to get as many Jacks with NP2+, limit broken Ushi CEs and lv10 skills on your friend list, because nothing is going to hit Ibaraki as hard as her.

I've only survived (and dealt 4~5 kk damage) that fight twice by using at least one seal on Jeanne to protect my ass at critical points. It's a completely uphill battle; killing Ibaraki AND the hands is extremely fucking hard unless you get a strong Jack as support, a maxed out Ushi CE on your strongest servant and multiple Kintoki CEs in your backrow. Even then you'll always be one step away from failure.

EDIT: stalling is pointless unless you deal more than 1.5 KK damage.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 01, 2016, 11:19:04 pm
I have Scathach, so that damage is easily reached with her NP buffed up, but yeah, unfortunately after that getting her NP up again is basically impossible.

Okay then, time to find some loli Jack!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 01, 2016, 11:35:23 pm
If you've got Scathach you have a decent chance to actually kill Ibaraki because Jack's NP is a quick card.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 01, 2016, 11:41:16 pm
Unfortunately, no, I couldn't. I took half of its health, but guess what. Next turn she proceeds to one-shot Jack with one crit.

I'm seriously tired of bosses being trigger happy with crits. That's not hard, that's just being cheap ffs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 01, 2016, 11:49:38 pm
Try to get a team full of Kintoki CEs, mathwise that should give overall better damage multipliers and be more practical than one full of Ushi CE's (Plus the bonus doesn't go away if the character dies), unless you have a powerhouse (Karna because of antidivinity+Lancer, Jack or Orion because of the bonus against females), in that case that should be your only character with the Ushi CE.
Chaldea or F/Z Mystic Code depending on your team.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 01, 2016, 11:50:47 pm
(Orion's bonus is against male so useless but she has a regular buff too)
I'm not sure if any part of Scathach's buff works on Iba, she has anti-god and anti-undead but is Iba either of these ?
I have 5 Ushi CEs, waiting for a 6th one to max one and get a strong front line because I'm not making any progress on gourds without any gourd+ CE if everyone needs an Ushi CE and I can't even put all 5* with Ushis everywhere because of team cost). Only one Kintoki CE so far.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 01, 2016, 11:56:02 pm
Wait, you're right. I have no idea why are people recommending Orion to clear this.
Maybe it's because of the buffs it gets from the interlude.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 01, 2016, 11:59:20 pm
Orion is fine because the Art NP in an Art team makes it easier to get her NP back up multiple times. Not as fast as Jack doing a Quick Brave maybe, but still, plus apparently everyone has a Tamamo (with her Art up just like Scathach's Quick up). It's just either you go full Quick with Jack and Scathach or you go full Art with Orion and Tamamo, I guess (not to mention that an Art NP in an Art team even allows the rest of the team to also build up their own NP, which is a lot harder with Scathach in a Quick team). Just slap Orion, Tamamo and Waver, and you can loop this shit together with some heal and def buff (Tamamo has a heal skill, I think, right ?), plus even Tamamo's NP drain on Ibaraki on top of that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 02, 2016, 12:01:27 am
I can confirm that the anti-god/demon damage buff from Scathach doesn't work on Ibaraki. I was able to test it before I got the Ushi CE. And yeah, I have all my party with the Kintoki CE except Scathach for max power.

Also, Orion, as you've said, is more used alongside other Casters (specially Tamamo) since she can easily spam her Arts NP. Like being able to use her NP every three turns. It also helps the fact that she has a dodge, which Tamamo can reduce its cooldown too. And also that Tamamo can boost the damage of her NP with her third skill, alongside healing her. And as you can see, unless you have Orion or Tamamo, without at least one of them this strategy is impossible to follow.

And oooooh, so the whole reload thing until I get a good attack pattern from the enemy doesn't seem to work anymore. I just appeared outside the battle, as if I had lost. Did they suddenly implement a way to stop this tactic from working?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 02, 2016, 12:05:12 am
What reload thing ? If you mean closing the game before the end of the enemy's turn to return to the start of your own turn (because of crit star distribution, RNG extra damage, enemy attack pattern, enemy target, enemy crit...), it still works. Maybe you quit too late.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 02, 2016, 12:09:31 am
My servants were still alive when I quit. And even if the attack had continued, Nero had her Guts active so she would have survived. Maybe it was a bug that lost the battle data once I quit the game (I'm using Bluestacks after all, and it still has some minor bugs).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 02, 2016, 12:12:29 am
I'm more inclined to say it was a random misclick on the prompt that asks you if you want to resume your battle or waste your AP (that screen was even updated to say BP for the Ibaraki battles, no way they'd remove the whole battle reload feature). Ever since launch, everything people thought was a bug turned out to be something they didn't understand, so it's really not that likely that there was a bug.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 02, 2016, 12:15:57 am
I didn't even had the prompt appearing, it just sent me instantly to the main menu. I know it's always the second option, the one from the right, if I want to go back to the battle. I understand a bit of Japanese to know the second one confirms that I want to return to the battle.

Oh well, I needed that break. I had a streak of 5 wins, I guess I had to lose at least once. It's three hours wasted, so that hurts a bit, but I was starting to be really frustated with all those crits and the AI hitting only those without dodge.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on June 02, 2016, 06:59:08 am
https://twitter.com/fgoproject/status/738035639157968896
I don't get the entire gist of it, but I believe part of it says that they'll ban people who are using emulators.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 02, 2016, 09:29:39 am
They've been saying that from the very beginning. It's not like they go after accounts. Rather, if you lose your account, and you report it, if they discover you've been using an emulator to play they will ban your account and goodbye your chances to get it.

Even if they started to go after emulators, emulators like Bluestacks show themselves as phones when their info is checked, so I'm not sure how they're even going to manage finding about it. And seriously, I don't understand that hate for emulators. Heck, I'm sure some people are using one and they've probably paying for quartz while using it. So why cut your profits?

Edit: Oh wow, so now I return back to that battle I was thrown out. The next day... wtf just happened?

Oh, and next part of the event starts at June 2nd, 23:59. Basically, tomorrow in Japan time. For me it's at 17:00.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 02, 2016, 06:22:17 pm
And the hands are Casters now (And have more HP). RIP my Shuten Douji and Karna supports.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 02, 2016, 06:31:44 pm
RIP Jack.

I suppose this is lesbian pirates' time to shine
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 02, 2016, 06:40:48 pm
I mean, you can still use Jack, Karna, etc... as long as you take care of the hands.
I don't have a 5* Rider so I can only kira kira the hell out of them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 02, 2016, 07:04:00 pm
Blast the hands with a Drake NP, and finish Ibaraki with Jack, that should still be viable - even more so because Drake can charge her NP even faster than Karna in the first wave.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 02, 2016, 07:10:47 pm
I just did that haha, Drake is the MVP in this phase.
I'm only one Kintoki CE away so I can try the 3BP.. but I'm sure that the hands will have changed a couple of times by the time I get another CE (Unless it drops)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 02, 2016, 07:16:09 pm
Or you can use A&M, her NP wrecks Ibaraki really quickly and since it's really easy to have your Servants at low health, you can easily one-shot Ibaraki with her as her NP does more damage the lower her health is.

Oh hey, I finally discovered what Ibaraki's debuff does. It makes your buffs fail one time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 02, 2016, 07:28:46 pm
Holy shit, Lesbian Pirates with max break Ushi CE, a couple Kintoki CEs, and just the Master Quick Up from the Zero suit did something like 850k damage with the NP. Because I was at about 2K HP (out of nearly 13k). That damage boost on low life is the best.
Bring anyone else who can buff her up and she just might be on par with double Scathach triple Quick Up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 02, 2016, 08:43:26 pm
I wish I had my own lesbian pirates... I know there's always supports, but...
Oh well, I can clear the 2BP consistently, and as soon as Mashu dies Shuten Douji can come in and join the fight and stall Ibaraki some more since the hands are gone by then.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 02, 2016, 09:06:00 pm
I put my Drake on support myself, with the CE that boosts the attack of the Servant equipped. I'm about to break the limit of the CE, so soon she will turn into a killing machine. In case you want to use her. The skill that raises damage is at 6, and her NP instant gain plus stars at 4.

I also have A&M, with the skill that increases her attack for one turn at 6, if you prefer me putting her at support.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 02, 2016, 09:12:29 pm
Sadly, maxing out the Ushi CE doesn't increase her 200% damage bonus.

Yeah I've been using your lesbian pirates along with DKDC's (At least whenever the whale Drake in my friend list isn't available)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 02, 2016, 09:13:27 pm
I also have A&M, with the skill that increases her attack for one turn at 6
Wha- oh wow, I totally forgot Combination (star attraction) also had straight damage up. That thing will just one-shot the 1M HP Ibaraki without even anyone else's Charisma or other quick up...
God damn that new version of Ibaraki's skill is hardcore. Stopping the first buff in the next few turns ? Most of the survival tactics for the 3BP are shot to hell with that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 02, 2016, 11:23:57 pm
Sadly, maxing out the Ushi CE doesn't increase her 200% damage bonus.

I just maxed Ushi's CE and now it's at 300%. Are you sure you checked properly?

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 02, 2016, 11:33:32 pm
I haven't maxed it yet (I need 50 gourds or so), I suppose I shouldn't believe everything reddit says! I wonder what are the values of a maxed Kintoki CE... I doubt it'll be  a party-wide 150% boost or so.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 02, 2016, 11:37:28 pm
Max Kintoki is 100%.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 03, 2016, 12:30:50 am
How many stars does it give, 20?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 03, 2016, 12:36:03 am
20 stars, 50% NP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 03, 2016, 01:46:07 am
Oh wow, that's really good. With the right characters, you can easily cause serious damage the first turn.

Btw, these are the skill changes that Ibaraki will get during the event (not including the hands). Has been datamined:

Day 1: Critical damage 20% down (3 turns)
Day 2: Buff cancellation (1 time)
Day 3: Noble Phantasm seal (1 turn)
Day 4: Star generation 50% down (3 turns)
Day 5: Heal amount 50% down (3 turns)
Day 6: NP gain 20% down (3 turns)
Day 7: Defense 20% down (3 turns) <--- Wow seriously? And this stacks too.

Edit: I finally beat the 3 BP quest. OMG I'm not going to even attempt this again, specially in this new quest for Casters. Specially when the only reliable way to do more damage, the Noble Phantasm, is being sealed constantly by Ibaraki.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 04, 2016, 08:08:29 pm
I've been holding off trying the 3BP, finally took a shot at it. Blew my CSs having Scathach survive for her 1.7M NP shot with stun every few turns... But right before the last one, the fight ended. Those 15 turns passed by like a breeze. And I was just like 700k HP short of killing her, with a full NP gauge of Scathach sitting right there at the end... ;_;
Anyway it got me my 6th Kintoki - I think I dropped like 3 of those, I'm only at the 48M BP mark, I'm definitely not trying to finish all 300M of it, that's way too much, it's just for the super whales who have Tamamo and a fully maxed Waver or something. At any rate, with a limit break Kintoki plus an extra one on the side, I just might end up killing her next time. I'll wait for a couple CS to recharge though (then again, I had a Mashu and a 3* Cu who were still waiting in the back row, so at least now I know I can survive for that long). I could also switch back to the original Master equipment for the heal and dodge, dropping the extra 10% boost on Scathach's Quick NP, I suppose, for extra ensured survival.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 04, 2016, 10:30:43 pm
I'm at the 70M mark myself. Once I get ahold of the 5th Kintoki CE from the rewards (72M reward), I will take it easy with those quests (apparently there's also a 6th Kintoki CE, but that's more for those that want to reach the 300M mark). At least this event gave me a reason to max ascend those 3* Servants that I always use, like Robin Hood or Medea.

I put Kiyohime CE on Helena in case you want to farm gourds btw.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 05, 2016, 01:10:45 am
On the other hand:
(http://i.imgur.com/9hN4ADE.jpg)

Yeah, I still can't clear the 3BP, even with this haha, I even tried to ose the Yew Bow strategy but it's not enough damage, oh well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 05, 2016, 01:32:47 am
IMO, it's not all that useful to have 4 Kintokis and one maxed Ushi, since you have one extra Ushi lying there. You don't need everyone to be a bit stronger, you can instead have two really really heavy hitters with the maxed Ushi and the extra Ushi (one in the front, one in the back to take over on the first death, or maybe both in the front if you can charge them both and keep firing NPs quickly), then someone else has a maxed Kintoki, and you can get one last Kintoki in the back. Normally at this point you probably don't have any more team point if you're using more than a couple 5* Servants so I don't suppose you can have a maxed Kintoki then two more - unless you don't have more than a couple 5* Servants.
For the 3BP, the ideal should be someone who can boost your attackers' NP, someone who can toss a power up, someone who can boost defense, someone who can heal, and someone who can hit a single target super hard. That's why Scathach, Orion, Jack are the most popular attackers, and Waver and Tamamo for heal / defense / NP charger. Two Orions and a Tamamo could take down Ibaraki real fast for example, but then you're not killing the hands, Tamamo doesn't cut it for that. So you toss an attack Caster or someone who can hit the whole wave like Eli-Caster or Helena (who also charges up everyone's NP decently), but it's hard to take them down quickly, and then you're losing the monster triple art single-target team, which means you need a back-up striker if it drags on too much.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 05, 2016, 02:34:29 am
Oh I get that, I actually tried this:
(http://i.imgur.com/74EJTSe.jpg)
Logic:
Herc has the highest attack and single hit NP, plus dodge (Sure Berserkers vs Berserkers is not a great idea since they do 1.5 damage  instead of the 2.0 like other classes, but skillset and stats wise, he works), so he's there as damage dealer.
Mashu is super obvious, he's there to take the first NP, buff the team and make sure no one accidentally dies before she dies, then Waver support for buff/debuff and help with his Arts card (along with Mashus) to build NP.
Then if someone dies and Ibaraki comes in, she stalls Ibaraki with Charm, debuffs her, Full Party attack up, battle continuation to help stall some more turns and if possible, fire her NP and debuff and stall Ibaraki even more. Ko Gil, same, Team buff and stall Ibaraki with charm, And finally Cu doing Cu things (That's why he has that CE)
It didn't work but the invincibility from the CE helped him stay alive an extra turn so I stalled the whole 15 turns, I did okay damage but eh...

So then I made some math here and there and I did think of what you said beforehand, and I just wanted to try this strategy.
(http://i.imgur.com/nuMKFD3.jpg)
Ibaraki with kaleido to mass debuff, right away, I actually chained that with Waver's NP since he built a bunch of meter, then I fired Robin's NP afterwards and... the damage wasn't astronomical haha, it was just above average for a silver servant.

Back to the drawing board...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 05, 2016, 08:05:47 am
The max you're going to be doing with Yew Bow is 1M, after that you'll have to raise his NP again. Taking into account how hard Ibaraki hits, the max times you may be able to use his NP is at most 3 if you're extremely lucky. Or more if you have a good tank that can draw all their attacks on itself, then you can last for those 6 attacks. And I'm sure you already know, but Yew Bow does more damage if the target has at least one debuff, so don't forget to put one on Ibaraki before attacking.

Here's a video showing how somebody beat Ibaraki with 1* to 3* Servants. Problem is, they used class advantage for that for George as tank. There's also a video for a Caster team too, if you want inspiration for that.


Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 05, 2016, 08:36:15 am
And I'm sure you already know, but Yew Bow does more damage if the target has at least one debuff
I mean, obviously I didn't forget since that was the whole point of the team
(http://i.imgur.com/5WNaPrD.jpg)

And in that first video they don't really beat Ibaraki, they just stall the 15 rounds (The damage is subpar too, is it worth 3BP? I think math wise it isn't), I already watch the Robin video and that's exactly why I tried what I did.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 05, 2016, 09:00:23 am
Barely above breaking even (1.5 kk). He didn't have the best possible CE configuration.

Bottom guy's strategy works because he deals 350% extra damage.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 06, 2016, 06:29:52 pm
We're heading into uncharted sadism (https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4mtdur/ibaraki_4th_phase_lancer_hands/)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 06, 2016, 07:42:20 pm
One day to get all missions and deplete as much as possible the bar. WTF. Why suddenly shortening the time we had for no reason?

Edit: Oh hey...

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4mti20/according_to_dw_this_run_and_the_remaining_ones/

It's not the only one we will only have 24 hours.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 06, 2016, 07:56:16 pm
Looks like this is the moment to start eating those onigiris. After probably everyone already finished them all to blaze through the 300M BP...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 06, 2016, 08:44:58 pm
That's what quartz are for! Yeah, nice going there DW.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on June 07, 2016, 04:45:45 am
I did 3 BP earlier today with the worst of setups

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/145046806303080449/189445337260359682/Screenshot_2016-06-06-14-26-16.png)

Support Rama was the real MVP, even though he got killed RIP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 07, 2016, 05:42:06 am
How much damage did you do?
Stalling for 15 turns isn't that hard.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on June 07, 2016, 06:06:03 am
Got her to around 800K when I had to stall for the last turn.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 07, 2016, 08:51:06 am
Well, make a "real" time and you'll kill her I suppose? Congrats I guess.

I can't kill her with my best team, and I don't think I've gotten close (At least I do decent damage so it's not a waste of BP)
This was my best run.
(http://i.imgur.com/0y9wVbI.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 07, 2016, 09:17:16 am
(At least I do decent damage so it's not a waste of BP)
uh, do you still get the BP even if you get killed...?

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 07, 2016, 09:35:17 am
You don't (That pic was Ibaraki's last action, she killed Shiki but Cu survived)
What I mean is, it's sorta a waste to do the 3BP and not do enough damage to make up for the increased BP cost (Especially if you focus way too much on stalling Ibaraki/mitigation, in that case you're better off farming the 2BP)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 07, 2016, 10:55:15 am
Ah, right, didn't realize Cu was still there.
Yeah, just stalling isn't worth it. But if you have one good striker, landing a NP and a bit more should get you past 1.5M damage, and then you can focus on surviving ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 07, 2016, 12:28:53 pm
Yeah, unless you do more than 2M (which is basically two 2BP missions, 2M in total), it's not worth doing the 3BP mission. The best thing to go with this is to use a nuke Servant right at the beginning, and use characters with long durability for the rest of the turns. Never kill the hands, it's much better to deal with them than with Ibaraki alone. If you have to kill them, make sure both die at the same turn, so there's only two attacks the next turn (as Berserkers only do two attacks).

For Servants that are useful for that... well, any that have three dodges, one for each attack (Hassan, Lancer Cu, the Prototype version and Caster Cu, Lancer Cu being the best as he also has Guts skill), Nero with her 3-times guts (keep in mind Ibaraki's NP will render this useless), Waver and Andersen with their defense buff (it does make a lot of difference to have plenty of them on), and specially tanks like George, Leonidas, Mashumallow and d'Eon. I suggest also using any of the Chaldea suits, one gives dodge for one turn and heals for a lot, the other (which I consider more useful) will stun Ibaraki easily and it allows you to switch to Mashumallow, for example, to save your Servants from dying because of Ibaraki's NP. Servants with one turn dodge are useful too, but their cooldown for their skills and the fact that they may not even get attacked the turn you used them doesn't make them that much useful that the other ones I mentioned.

And as for CEs, go for the ones that give Guts for one time and maybe dodge too, because Ibaraki's NP can't disable them. Yeah, you'll sacrifice damage for that, but since you're going for survivability, that really doesn't matter.

So as you can see, it requires quite a bit of preparations, and tons of luck so Ibaraki doesn't get crazy with crit spamming and that all the enemies aim for the Servant you want when they use their NP. Frankly, it's a pain, so I would rather just aim for the missions (as they give a ticket, which thanks to them now I have a Finn) and farm for the gourds. It's not worth going for the damage points, honestly.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 07, 2016, 05:39:08 pm
What the shit @ today's hands skill
Set up a timer, and when the hand dies, it gives a free np bar to all remaining party member.
Kill both hands on turn 2 as usual => immediately get hit by Iba's NP.
(Doesn't matter so much on 3bp since you might not care to kill the hands there)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 07, 2016, 06:03:43 pm
Just grab Robin Hood, put a debuff, equip him with the Ushi CE, use a Waver for more buffs and just obliterate Ibaraki instantly. Sure, you don't get the gourds for this, but honestly, unless you have 5* Archers, dealing with hands that have 330K health is not worth it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 07, 2016, 06:24:34 pm
Snip
I always kill the hands. Their NP and buffs are way too problematic to be honest.
As for mystic code, I'm using Atlas, I can remove Ibaraki's debuffs, recover my support Waver's skills (which means more NP for my whole team plus another DEF and ATK up buff ready to go) and the invincibility skill is the icing on the cake.

And yeah, archer saber hands, awesome... there goes my short moment of glory with Shiki. Time to swap her for Atalanta or Emiya.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 07, 2016, 06:42:18 pm
IIRC, we're now missing Riders and Berserkers, right? Seems like a good time to have Shuten or Jack for the next days.

Btw, missions now require you to reach 20M DP to unlock all quests. Have fun there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 08, 2016, 02:11:16 pm
Finished the 20M but what a pain that was, 20 times the 2BP mission.
It's obvious they'll keep adding missions for 25 and 30M the next 2 days, but I'm skipping those because fuck that, and they fucking better not add a mission that requires you to finish all the previous ones right at the end after you can't complete the 25 and 30M ones anymore.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 08, 2016, 03:14:10 pm
These new missions are only doable (without onigiri/quartz) if you have a team capable of dealing over 3kk damage and survive 15 turns. I finally found a line up that can do that, but it relies on Iri and support Waver, so today's rider hands are going to wreck it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 08, 2016, 03:47:23 pm
today's rider hands are going to wreck it.
It'll be the same debacle on Berserker hands day. Probably the only way out will be the nuke way. (Well, just pick your best nuker + single target from any class - but now you have to kill her, surviving is getting harder)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 08, 2016, 04:12:23 pm
I won't even try berserker day. Fuck that, I'm not going to survive if my Jeanne isn't tanking efficiently. I'm saving six gold onigiris for that (30kk = 30*2BP runs = 24BP+3[6BP]).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 08, 2016, 05:07:16 pm
... Huh. They stopped at 20M for the missions, we won't escalate to 30M. Thank god, it might be doable.
Oh, and it's time for Shuten to shine.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 08, 2016, 05:45:26 pm
And the reward for 20kk are Hearts of a foreign God (5?). Nice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 08, 2016, 06:25:44 pm
I guess I'll switch my maxed Ushi to my support Shuten.
I don't find myself being that stressed over the hands, I usually nuke them right away, they get a turn or two at most (Their skills got me more worried than class advantage/disadvantage) and I don't have Jeanne so I'm not used to having a good tank other than Mashu.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 08, 2016, 06:36:53 pm
If you have Carmilla, she's your best choice as 4*, since her NP does extra damage to Ibaraki as she's female and will make her do even more damage the next turns. Far more damage than my Shiki, in fact. Shiki's still a valid option, specially since she can dodge for one turn.

Frankly, I'm still sticking to the same strategy. Pick a Waver with max Kintoki CE, raise the NP of all the Servants and buff them with him, and quickly kill the hands so they don't put any annoying buff to Ibaraki. Then raise NP again (fortunately both Shiki and Carmilla have good NP gain, and Carmilla can delay Ibaraki's NP for one turn) and that's it. Stun or switch to Mashumallow if necessary. The only annoying thing is that, since I don't have a Shuten, I need to focus on one enemy at a time. Unfortunately Waver is far too useful as a choice to consider using a Shuten instead.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 08, 2016, 06:40:48 pm
WELL, Shuten's NP doesn't one shot the hands, even with buffs and debuffs applied.
And I forgot about Carmilla, I'm going to switch Shiki in my lineup for her.

Edit:
Whoa, Shuten's poison hits for 3K each turn.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 08, 2016, 10:22:08 pm
I'm not sure if you guys know, but to maximize the BP gained with the normal onigiri, make sure to choose the 3BP quest once you have no BP left. The onigiri fill the BP bar according to the mission you selected to refill, just the least amount necessary to start it. So if you selected the 2BP mission and you have 1BP still, it will refill only one while the 3BP mission will refill two. Same if you have no BP left, the 2BP will give 2BP and the 3BP will give 3. I realised a lot of people doesn't seem to know this, so just mentioning in case you guys don't know.

tl;dr Only use normal onigiri on the 3BP mission when you have no BP left to maximize gain.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 08, 2016, 10:32:01 pm
... What ? If you select the 3BP with 0BP, it refills 3BP... because it consumes 3 onigiris. It even tells you exactly that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 08, 2016, 10:36:01 pm
Oh really, I thought it only consumed one. Damn, that's what happens when you don't understand how it works.

And after losing badly in the 2BP quest, I decided to just forget about the hands and just kill Ibaraki. I can't survive long enough if I try to kill the hands first.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 08, 2016, 10:54:06 pm
\o/ Just LB'd my second Kintoki. I might try a 3BP once more tomorrow.
Shuten is kinda cool - but mostly for her animations.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 08, 2016, 11:10:33 pm
How are you even getting those Kintoki?! I am at 120M DP and I have never gotten any dropped! You're making me feel really jealous!

Urgh, please don't tell me I'm the only one here who has only gotten Kintokis through the DP rewards...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 08, 2016, 11:13:05 pm
Drops from the hands apparently. I haven't even gotten all of those from the DP rewards, and I also got a couple of Ushi drops.
I'm only at 110M DP. (... oh, I actually did get all the reward ones)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 08, 2016, 11:14:03 pm
I almost had one, but that was early in the event and 2BP Ibaraki killed my team. I've only gotten a single (and useless) Ushi CE ever since.
Oh really, I thought it only consumed one. Damn, that's what happens when you don't understand how it works.
Onigiri works like regular apples. You never noticed you automatically consume as many as necessary?

My team survived the 3BP quest, but barely. Any suggestions?
Spoiler: line up (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 08, 2016, 11:18:35 pm
The hands must really hate me, because they've never dropped any CE once. Hopefully in the Berserker mission, which I will use Drake and Artoria to just obliterate all Berserkers, will end up with better results.

And as for advice, drop Jeanne Alter. All Avengers have low health values, and you definitely don't want her to die too quickly before inflicting enough damage to make it worth doing the 3BP quest. I would suggest switching her for another nuke if you have one (though if you already reach that amount, then just let her stay then). For the rest of the team, switch Paracelsus for someone like Cu Chulainn, you definitely want your backrow members to survive as long as possible. I would also suggest to switch Iris in this current mission, she has low survivability against the hands and they will also drain your NP which is something you really can't afford for Casters.

Consider also switching one of the non-event CEs (Paracelsus CE is the most recommended for that) for the one with Nero that gives you Guts, unless you missed the event that gave you that CE.

Edit: Also, one last note, the current hands in this mission put removing their debuffs as priority over any attack (except if they can use their NP). Making a team that can easily put debuffs (aka Waver + Tamamo + someone with party debuffs) is a really good option, because then only Ibaraki will attack in the turn.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 08, 2016, 11:29:29 pm
I don't have any other nuke, sadly (but Jalter can easily do 3kk of damage before dying) . The reason why Iri and Paracelsus are there is to keep a single Jeanne alive until time runs out. Paracelsus can stall the hands for one turn with his NP (they instantaneously remove all debuffs on themselves) and apply guts on her, and both Iri and him are arts chain fodder. Basically, I'd need either a different support or two other servants that can protect her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 08, 2016, 11:39:36 pm
Jeanne herself has quite a lot of survivability, so I'm surprised you're having trouble when you have two of them. I mean, she takes half damage from the hands, she can easily raise her NP since her majority of cards are Arts and has decent NP gain, she can protect the entire party for one turn and apply regen, and she also can stun Ibaraki for one turn, practically a 100% stun depending on the level of your skill. I don't really think Paracelsus is needed honestly, you're really better off having a Servant with high survivability at the last position for a last turn survival. Paracelsus guts skill is also not really useful as a last turn help if Ibaraki has her NP ready, since she will disable that buff.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 08, 2016, 11:53:44 pm
Yeah, if you have a decently leveled David or Cu, that should be your last servant.

So, if anyone has the Kayneth CE from the Zero event, that one has invul from three turns+200 extra attack, right?
I swear that Ibaraki's NP only removes one out of the three that are stacked, I think that just happened to my Cu and he survived the 3BP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 09, 2016, 12:09:21 am
David! That's it. He's got three art cards, self defense + self heal AND team dodge.

Ibaraki's NP can't remove CE buffs, only skill buffs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 09, 2016, 12:19:41 am
Oh that explains that then, no wonder I'm able to survive easily now.
Sure I'm losing some damage because I could be equipping a Kintoki CE but that's not a huge loss.

And yeah, David has been putting some work in my team, self defense doesn't do much but team dodge and ATK up? Plus his NP seals skills.

Edit:
I've finished runs where plenty of characters have survived and I still have skills I could've used to stall the fight for even longer:
(http://i.imgur.com/NTT7kYe.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/di9QopU.jpg)

Team:
(http://i.imgur.com/zexdrHP.jpg)

I still can't kill her but eh... I reached the 20M without using golden onigiri (I think I maybe used one or two normal ones?)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 09, 2016, 11:04:00 am
About the number of ce drops I've gotten : I do feel I get drops more often ever since the garden of order event, but to be fair, I've been running the 1M quest 20 times a day, as opposed to 4 times the 6M, that gives me more opportunities to get drops :P
(Just got another Ushi drop, 3 more for a second max LB Ushi)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 09, 2016, 11:23:06 am
...I just got my first Kintoki CE from drops. I suppose I should feel happy about this, I guess. Compared to the amount of CEs you guys got.

Anyway, I frankly am a bit disappointed about the story. I thought it would be interesting to put Kintoki, Shuten and Ibaraki together in the same story, but honestly, the majority of the story happened in the first and second fights, while the others seem to be more about complaining Ibaraki ran away yet again. Seriously, if she doesn't have Disengagement as skill, I just can't accept she's able to escape so many times. Hopefully we finally get Ibaraki in the next mission, and that raising her NP to 5 is easier.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 09, 2016, 05:19:46 pm
Final quests are open for the remaining 5 days, 30M dp to deal (easy), and apparently not "finish all missions above" final mission this time. Thank god. ... But a massive step down with nothing of interest in the end.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 09, 2016, 09:50:17 pm
DW must have something else in store. Either 4* Ibaraki quests or 5* Ibaraki gacha as soon as the counter drops to zero. Probably the latter. 
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 09, 2016, 09:57:42 pm
Nah, Ibaraki is a 4*, it has been datamined already. Ibaraki will be the free Servant for sure, though I'm suprrised we still haven't gotten her yet.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 09, 2016, 10:02:49 pm
Is that info from a recent Chinese datamine or is it info from the old datamine that said Drake was a 4* and Avengers were weak to everything?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 09, 2016, 10:15:05 pm
From the Chinese datamine.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 09, 2016, 11:27:46 pm
I really doubt a playable Ibaraki would have the giant flaming skulls and the hand helpers, so getting her while we're still fighting her boss version would feel super lame, I guess. Plus, the quest is about subduing her, so you won't have her before you beat her.
I just don't see what mechanic will have us get 5 copies of her if it's at the very end of the quest. Maybe we'll get one free and then she's just available in the gacha, but that would be shitty compared to the other free 4*.

---------
News site got updated
Big tits Xuanzang / Sanzou-chan event on the 15th because why the fuck not.

Anyone worried that male Servants aren't waifu enough to go gold anymore : just genderbend them, instant 5*.
Oh well, at least she's not a loli. People think Camelot will be boring but it really can't come soon enough.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 10, 2016, 08:19:25 pm
I would rather have Camelot already instead of this event, I have high expectations for it. Lancelot Saber specially.

And Xuanzang is now a woman... Why make him a woman, when a male buddhist monk would probably sell as much? And I can already see with the initial screenshots that I won't like hi- I mean her personality. I'm not expecting TM to make Servants have personalities fitting the real thing, but this is clearly going a bit too far.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 10, 2016, 08:34:23 pm
I'm not expecting TM to make Servants have personalities fitting the real thing
They were actually pretty good in the stuff they made themselves, either sticking close to the original or giving it one smart twist that still makes sense. Then Apocrypha and Strange Fake came along and GO is becoming a random clusterfuck of guests who simply throw stuff at the wall like the fanfiction of an Internet teen as long as the actual story is not looking over their shoulder. I really don't want to see the leaked Calamity Jane show up with absolutely nothing in common with the real one beside the name. She'll join the list of the idols wannabe.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 10, 2016, 08:55:25 pm
I still hope that the leaked Calamity Jane design was a fake, and that the real one will be wearing clothes and weapons fitting the real one. I refuse to accept it until the bitter end. If Sherlock Holmes, which is one of my most favourite characters in novels and it's been confirmed to appear in a datamine, ends up having a shitty design too, I will burn him if I ever get him (please make him a man at least).

And yeah, FSN made me like all the Servants, and was the main reason I got hooked to these series. Fate Extra... well, I'm glad we got Vlad's Apocrypha version, and I'm still hoping that they admit one day that Drake is not really Drake, but queen Elizabeth so her design makes more sense, but I know that's never going to happen. Apocrypha was a massive disappointment in a lot of Servants and the story in general, with only a few ones like Shakespeare being likeable (and yeah, I do like Jack as a character, but as a heroic spirit... I would rather get Strange Fake version). I do have some hopes for Strange Fake though, maybe it will end up being good.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 10, 2016, 09:24:06 pm
and I'm still hoping that they admit one day that Drake is not really Drake, but queen Elizabeth so her design makes more sense
? That's been hinted at since the beginning, which mean it's as good as a confirmation.
The Jekyll leak was real and the Jane was with him, she's real too. They just play the idol card into the ground.

Oh, I can run the 3BP with Cu Alter, Scathach and support Waver on the front line and kill Ibaraki with no one dying \o/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 10, 2016, 09:35:51 pm
Where exactly did they hint that? Her profile in FGO and in Fate Extra just says that Drake is considered female in this work (in a similar way to how they mention Jing Ke being female, basically no reason other than fanservice), but not that she's Queen Elizabeth.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 10, 2016, 10:23:49 pm
Her profile says there's a (purely fictional) story where Elizabeth got a wound on her face and Drake switched place with her just before his trip around the world (so she's the one who actually did that trip). Rider has a giant scar across her face, that's more than enough of a confirmation that this is the story they went with to show her as a woman.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 10, 2016, 10:52:21 pm
Oh okay, I guess that's much better than genderbent Drake honestly. But if that's the case I really want to know how the real Drake would look like.

Edit: Oh, btw, the next event requires as special Servants David, Lu Bu and Li Shuwen. I suggest you raise their level to max if you do plan on participating in this event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 11, 2016, 09:45:34 pm
Yeah uh, David is max thanks to this event, and I accidentally burned LuBu while waiting to get materials to ascend him and do his straightening quest, whoops.
Ah for Li, NO ONE HAS HIM, he hasn't had a rate up so we have to wait for that event's gacha...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 12, 2016, 01:02:51 am
Hey Lu Bu needs bones for his third ascension
fuck Lu Bu

It's been a while since they've last used the mechanism of specific characters giving some bonus, and requiring you to level these characters to be usable. I'm not sure this is coming back now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 12, 2016, 01:05:09 am
I was stuck on the second one because I'm out of horseshoes. Again.
I'm lacking that, octuplet crystals, voids refuse and phoenix plumes... I blame it on trying to ascend everyone. Hopefully the next event will feature those, the rest I have plenty (I an running low on bones though, I didn't run that one hunt quest, I thought it was going to be a new daily and I put it on hold, OH WELL!)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 12, 2016, 11:50:15 am
I myself already went to the hell that is the bones... only to get stuck again with Finn. Fortunately, I already had Lu Bu and David at third ascension and none need bones for their last one, so I was able to raise them both to max level.

Edit: Soo... there's no Ibaraki as reward at the end of the quest. Just a final fight against Shuten Douji, 10 quartz and one free summoning ticket as reward...

*sigh*
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 12, 2016, 01:59:51 pm
Oh, Ibaraki's down.
Two last story quests (Ibaraki running away saying she'll remember your name, and a Shuten crushed into pieces in the first turn), and we get a lore and a ticket.
Woop-dee-fuckin-doo, thank you DW.
Hey, Kintoki and Mashu do ask Shuten why the hell she appears as a little girl, and Mashu can't feel any threat coming from her. It' because... Ibaraki stole half her power and she can't put much strength in this body. Yeah no, fuck you and your excuse.
But then Shuten makes fun of you because now, she's the princess you rescued. "Would you accept a kiss as a thank you ?" *moves toward Kintoki* (Kintoki) "SPAAAAAARK !!" (... nope, sorry, he runs away, he doesn't smash her)

Didn't see any ten quartz ?
(hah, the news site is again reposting the "how to make a password to transfer your account" page, they must be getting a lot of requests from people who can't even read it anyway)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 12, 2016, 02:02:42 pm
Quit and enter again, you should get them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 12, 2016, 02:06:20 pm
Oh yeah, got it, thanks.

Still a shitty reward. The DP rewards are already better than that, but it's just too hard to finish if you're not blazing through the game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 12, 2016, 02:25:35 pm
Funny thing, thanks to this event I got Atalanta, Finn and this beauty:

(http://i.imgur.com/FaNhY2D.jpg)

Feel free to use it once they increase the max level for Masters. If you have any preference as to what Servant you want this to be equipped, then make your suggestions. I believe I'm not the only one who got this LBCE right?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 12, 2016, 02:48:26 pm
I used the store's mana prism for that too. Probably gonna regret it in a few weeks when the new mana sinker CE is shown.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 12, 2016, 02:54:39 pm
Didn't get Da Vinci CE, didn't get Mashu training CE. There's no way I'm getting so many prisms, I don't think I ever got past 2000 (but I do manage to buy the tickets and fou and exp cards that replenish once a month). I don't make rolls and EXP runs to burn the cards I get for more prisms.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 12, 2016, 03:57:10 pm
It's not really that hard, every event gives some 500-1000 prism plus silver exp cards become near useless early in game and almost every silver CE is worthless.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 12, 2016, 04:17:13 pm
Yeah, event usually rewards you with 500-1000MP, and if you include the gold and silver EXP, that's 200MP if you don't use them on any Servant. We had plenty of events to get those many, I assure you I didn't have to farm them at all.

The only reason I didn't get the Mona Lisa CE at max is because it wasn't worth it for the effect they had. I just grabbed it once and that's all I'll probably need if I ever need to farm for QP (and taking into account I'm probably never going to bother getting any skill to more than 6 unless I get a Waver, I have plenty of time).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 12, 2016, 04:49:21 pm
If you're never going to level a skill past 6 then you'll probably never have to farm QP again.

Actually, who has to farm QP? Then only way to burn it fast is to level up a 5* skills to 10, so you're pretty much bound to run out of mats before running out of QP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 12, 2016, 05:01:13 pm
Take 3 5* and level their skills to 6, that already costs a lot. Or even just take one or two 4* skills and level them to 10 (should be more reasonable in terms of mats), and that's still a lot of money. A 4* costs 10M at lv10, I think something like 7 or 8M at lv9, 5M to get to lv8, you're nearing about 50M to max 2 skills on a 4*.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 12, 2016, 05:20:51 pm
It costs 27.2 kk QP to max a 4* skill (half as a 5* skill), but most of it comes from the final level (10kk). We only get crystallized lores from events, and most events are extremely generous when it comes to QP. Unless you stockpile them for the lack of mats, I can't imagine you sitting around later with a bunch of lvl 9 skills that can't be maxed just because you're short on QP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 12, 2016, 05:46:17 pm
Oh, if you mean right after an even, yeah, you probably don't need to farm for QP at that time. But later on after you've used all those mats and QP and lores you got from the event to level skills, it's easy to find yourself out of QP again and you have to farm. I don't think I've used more than 4 lores since the start, and I've found myself low on QP a few times - mostly because I try to level skills for a bunch of Servants to 5~8 depending on mats (I have like 3 5* with skills above lv5, some at 7, and a bunch of 4* with skills at 8 ). Do that for many Servants and QP drops faster than you think.
Let me check...
Spoiler: Skill levels (click to see content)


Hang on...
kk
... Come again ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 12, 2016, 06:34:41 pm
*scratches head*
I suppose I'm just lucky at amassing QP then. I have like 300kk and I've spent about as much as you
Spoiler: skill levels (click to see content)
Quote
... Come again ?
kk ~ kilo kilo ~ 1,000 1,000 ~ million
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 12, 2016, 07:09:34 pm
I get it, I just don't get why not just go with M, since that's, you know, the proper term to use :P
I don't think I ever got past 100M QP. But TBF I don't farm the QP dailies too much, only a few times (like 5 to 10 times max in the day) when I really need it for that one skill.

---

Sanzou-chan goes to India
"What's that, doctor ?"
 "It's a scroll, an old book."
 "Oh, so it's just part of your fetish then."
 "Since when am I such a bibliomaniac ??"
 ... Okay, that's starting to be trying a bit too hard.
Holy shit the size of those boobs on Sanzou.
Sanzou "that's a big rock you're stuck under" (because you're Sun Wukong of course)
Answer 1 : "what ? A rock ?? Help me !"
>Answer 2 : "what if that's just the kind of play that gets me off ?"
Sanzou *big blush*
(A bit further, after a mandatory Dragon Ball joke) Sanzou "okay, be my disciple !"
 "... Why ?"
 "Well... I'm on my own, and... It's so far... I've got nothing to eat... The world is tough... And I need a disciple !"
(...) "okay, call me teacher !"
> Answer 2 "don't count on it, Sanzou-chan"
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 15, 2016, 10:37:50 am
Yeah, I can say already that I personally don't like Sanzou's personality. Apart from the fact that I still don't get why they needed to genderbend precisely him.

Btw people, don't forget to change your Servants for the ones that give more rewards in this event. To speed up collecting things, because once again you need a certain number of items to advance to the next quest, and without the event CE you're going to spend a lot of time just getting them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 15, 2016, 10:42:41 am
Well, it's an easy precedent, the original story is filled with demons that want to eat or fuck him, because he's pure. It's always easy to turn him into a pure hearted naive airhead holy maiden. The problem I have with that is that those have always been (since the very beginning of those stories) a comedy twist, the actual Sanzou was always canonically pictured male. Making the HS female is mixing too hard the whole concept of a HS and the parody takes on a historical figure.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 15, 2016, 10:52:45 am
Wow, I just tried her NP. It's a single target NP attack (and with a really cool animation to accompany it). Well, if you get her, you finally have a replacement for Medea. Also, so far I tested two of her skills. The first one allows her to recharge her NP and for one turn increase NP damage, the other draws attacks to herself for one turn, while getting 0 damage from attacks (not invincibility, but rather the defense buff is so huge she takes 0 damage).

Not a bad Servant honestly, but I still don't like her. Will try to roll since I have plenty of quartz to spare, but honestly, I'm just getting her because as a Caster she's really not bad at all.

----

I just got her. WTF. That, and all 4* and 5* CE for this event. I DIDN'T WANT TO BE LUCKY IN THIS EVENT GODDAMN IT! Give me Jack instead! Now my luck will suck when Camelot gets released...

Also, apparently Nezha is in there. He/She looks like a Lancer (it's only a shadow so far) so most likely he/she will be the free Servant in this event. And yeah, I'm using he/she because god knows that sex he/she will be.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 15, 2016, 11:19:25 am
One 10roll and 9 tickets later
Third Mordred, 5 Halloween Mordred CEs.
Are you trying to tell me something, Mordred ??

Yeah, 5* offensive single target Caster, Sanzou is actually looking real solid...
Just saw her NP
What the holy flying fuck
Golden Tiger Kick > hyakuretsu harite > giant buddha palm
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 15, 2016, 11:23:04 am
Yeah, I still need to level her up, but so far she's a good Caster with a really cool NP. I still need to check her NP gain and her third skill, but she really is the best replacement for Medea for single target NP damage.

Btw, don't worry if you don't get her in this event, you will be able to roll her once chapter 6 is unlocked. Oh, and a piece of advice. If you need skeleton bones, farm in the 20AP quest. You'll get at least one each time you do it (or not, but the chances to get one is quite high).

Edit: She attacks with a staff, her NP is more about physical damage... why is she a Caster?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 15, 2016, 11:59:36 am
Bought 2 more 10rolls, got her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 15, 2016, 12:16:00 pm
Congrats. Her third skill grants star gen, NP gen (those two for three turns) and immunity to status for one turn, for the entire party. So yeah, it's a good skill, though I need to know the percentage it increases.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 15, 2016, 02:37:43 pm
You hear pig-like noises
It's David, also trapped under a rock
> answer 2 : "yep, it's a pig"
Sanzou asks if you know him
> answer 1 "it's a pig that's also a sheepherder"
Such abuse
David to Sanzou "that's a very pretty dress. Did you dress up for me ?"

"What's that noise ?"
 "Something big and red... Is that a horse ?"
 (It's Lu Bu) (Lu Bu yells)
Sanzou "let's go home. No West for me."
Sanzou ends up on Lu Bu's shoulders
"Oh, so you can be tamed if you carry someone on your shoulders, then ?"
 David "hey ! I can be tamed too !"

GDI
||
v
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 15, 2016, 03:13:52 pm
Yep, Nezha is a woman. Why of course she is. Why wouldn't she? Apart from the fact that's not how the legend goes but oh well! I wanted to take a pic of her but unfortunately I just passed the scene. Next time I will show you how she looks. And yeah, she's a Lancer, our first free 4* Lancer most likely.

I appreciate the fact that at least we don't get a date unlock feature, so we can just go ahead and clear it if we want.

Edit: Here's how she looks.

(http://i.imgur.com/MFMzDKx.jpg)

Now, keep in mind her name hasn't been revealed yet, but from all the Servants in the datamine, Nezha is the only one from Journey to the West IIRC. And the weapon clearly fits with the Servant in the image. So yeah, I think it's a good guess.

Btw, there's 5 quests with unknown reward that unlock at June 22nd. You can probably guess what that means.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 15, 2016, 06:03:09 pm
Universal rings on her arms. Definitely Nezha, she's just missing the red cloth floating over her shoulders, probably for an ascension.
Nezha would only have been interesting as a single target Rider anyway (with the wind and fire wheels), no way to rival Scathach and Karna as a Lancer. Unless if she's a Buster single target oriented with a Saber-ish set, maybe ? Basically Karna but single target (possibly sacrificing safety for balance).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 15, 2016, 07:39:36 pm
So I wanted Li Shuwen or Lu Bu... And got Sanzou on my second 40 quartz roll (And after using a good 19 summoning tickets)
....And I just realized that I don't have enough octuplet crystals to ascend her (And they're not rewards for this event, whelp)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 15, 2016, 11:24:35 pm
One 10roll and 9 tickets later
Third Mordred, 5 Halloween Mordred CEs.
Are you trying to tell me something, Mordred ??
Second Mordred for me :sadgoi:

Burned 4 tickets and a 10 roll and only two copies of the 3* CE besides her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 16, 2016, 10:22:03 pm
Twintail China (as Gudao calls her) is definitely Nezha, he comments that she flew up on a chariot to leave.
... Uh, not to mention that Li Shuwen straight up recognizes her (by fame I mean, with her spear, her ring, her attitude etc.) and names her the minute she leaves.

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Nice, SD's Shuten and my Heroine X make the lv60 talisman farming quest a breeze. That'll be quick.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 22, 2016, 10:12:22 am
So no Nezha. We only get two CEs that were datamined before. Le sigh again.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 22, 2016, 10:19:43 am
Yeah, I got REALLY lucky with CE drops so I was able to max one and then still have enough to equip my whole team with non maxed ones.

At least farming this event is a breeze, yeah... I wish it had Octuplet Crystals, Void's Refuse and Phoenix Plumes though...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 22, 2016, 10:23:57 am
2 new CEs, 2 new event currencies, new items in the shop for the new currencies (horns, roots, eightfold twinned crystals and plumes)
It's basically 2 1-week events in a row for no reason (so 3 with Ibaraki), forcing you to rush to get everything, and spamming multiple copies of CEs to make you increase your CE space.
(Oh, I didn't get a single CE drop in this one so far)
...
Sasuga DW. Why even bother.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 22, 2016, 10:44:45 am
I just booted the app...Just what I needed.
Eeexcept for Void's Refuse.

And yeah we just keep getting CEs (With subpar effects) and no new servants, not even a new gacha.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 22, 2016, 12:04:32 pm
So let's put a summary of the bullshit of this new event:

- No new Servant, even though one was introduced in the event (Nezha). That's two times in a row in which we didn't get event Servants, and two times in which we just got teased with them only for them not to appear. What are the chances that they will appear in the future, in the gatcha...
- The new CEs are subpar. One grants 20% defense on death (why would you want to let your Servant die to get this buff...) and one grants Buster Up for 3 turns at the start (basically like the CE that gave stars), which is not bad but honestly it's nothing special, and not worth the cost of a 5*.
- Two new event items to farm, and in case you have kept talismans to inmediately use them for the second part of this event... well, they're worthless now.
- Also, we have to yet again farm in order to raise 300 of this event item to get every CE, which btw they only give four and the last one will have to be farmed, so good luck LBing it.
- If you managed to get any of the 4* or 5* Servants and CE that this event gives to have higher chances to get event items, tough luck to you, they're useless now. And there's no rate up for the other Servants that you're now supposed to use obviously.
- The majority of Servants that you can use to increase rate are 5* (4 Servants in total wtf), and one of the 4* is story locked so you can only roll it in the story gatcha. The only 4* that is not story locked is Stheno, and the only 3* available are Euryale and Medusa. Thank god I have both Mordred and Stheno, else this would be a total nightmare, as that means I have a +4 assured. The majority of people, though, will only have the 3*, and that's only +2, so good luck there pal.

Seriously, DW? Are you sure you want to continue with this? No matter how famous the franchise is in Japan, and how it also has quite a lot of fans outside, if you start being stingy in what you offer, people will bother less and less in rolling or wasting quartz in the event because what's the point if there are no rewards worth justifying paying money for them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 22, 2016, 02:12:06 pm
The CEs are mediocre but I see some niche uses for them (chaldea plugsuit). The store's pretty dissapointing, though. The only items I'd buy are the plumes, CE (maybe) and the lore...but the prices seem kinda high considering there's only one week left.

Bah, whatever, back to farm hearts.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 22, 2016, 03:57:58 pm
Yeah, those prices are retarded, 50 for a Phoenix Plume wtf. Did they really think we would be happy if they suddenly introduced that many new features that forces us to farm all the entire week if we even want to get them all?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 22, 2016, 04:20:54 pm
I'm thinking that with Camelot coming up soon next, we're getting Servants that need scales, fangs, crystals, plumes, roots, hearts, cauldrons and everything awful. It's a whole new chapter, we might be getting, like, 3 or 4 new Servants.
Still a total shitty move to make the first set of currency obsolete right in the middle of the events.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 22, 2016, 05:06:00 pm
There's not even a story behind any of the new missions. It's just missions meant to be farmed a lot of times. A waste of time basically. If the items offered in the shop weren't so good, I wouldn't even bother doing this at all.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 22, 2016, 08:19:39 pm
Yeah, I like how the locked quests were showing talismans before.
Boy, do I feel stupid for hoarding those...

Aaaaand time to grind for CEs...again...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 22, 2016, 08:22:08 pm
The quests that now show the orbs and cost 100-110 etc. ? They were showing question marks on cost, not talismans.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 22, 2016, 08:28:58 pm
Are you sure? IIRC some people were also hoarding talismans and upset as well, I need to check a screenshot of the quests before getting unlocked.

Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4p0fd0/is_there_any_problem_with_hoarding_talisman_for/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 22, 2016, 08:30:15 pm
Yeah, I noticed because I was wondering why. Everyone assumed it would be talismans because why on Earth would it be anything else :P
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 22, 2016, 08:44:20 pm
And who wouldn't? I mean, suddenly introducing yet another event item in the last week? I'm still trying to deplete the 2K talismans I gathered because obviously nobody was expecting DW to add even more farming.

At least I will be able to deplete all the talismans at this rate and I will be able to merge the CEs so I have more space for 10 more CEs... *sigh*
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 23, 2016, 11:18:02 am
Tbf, the battles are turning out to be rather interesting, you can come up with good teams to be more efficient if you have enough 5*. It's just a disaster on the number of different CEs (and their rarity level while being total shit), who to put as your support and who to use with what CE, and the farming of multiple currencies that have nothing to do with each other.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 23, 2016, 09:57:09 pm
Farming the dragon balls is also a nightmare. Not like the talismans, which were easy to farm. At least they compensate it by making the missions give a lot of lotus flowers, but still you're going to be spending a lot of time to get those 4 CEs from the shop because getting 130 dragon balls takes a lot of AP (the mission that requires this amount, which is full of Berserkers only, is the best mission to farm lotus flowers in terms of difficulty and amount given).

Edit: We finally get Camelot in late July.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4pm930/upcoming_game_updates_early_july_mid_july/

Also, enemy won't stop attacking if the Servant that had a taunt dies. Unfortunately.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Shinzaki on June 26, 2016, 11:49:51 pm
Because I actually bothered to do this for some reason.

Behold, my 10/10/10 Waver!

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cl6IhrmWYAA67rm.jpg:large)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 27, 2016, 01:28:46 pm
6M dl campaign, scathach pickup, proofs in the daily login are replaced by fangs, new batch of ces, new ce in the prism shop (cloth exp up 2%), some quartz gifts, and also new batch of strengthening quests.
There's a silver archer in the new str quests, I hope Billy's Quick Draw gets a Quick up because come on. Like 15% for 1 turn or 10 to 20% for 3 turns. That or Robin gets a dodge with his Faceless King. Silver Caster needs to be Medea finally (though I wish Caster Cu got a push too on his runes). Bronze Caster is harder to figure out, there's only the writers and musician. Bronze Archer is Arash, silver Rider only Ushi is left, then a bronze and a silver berserker.
Oh, and Mashu gets her next ascension to lv60.
Dailies also get the new items to drop (and gears and horseshoes), I hope it means lower levels will drop more stuff like blue and red skill orbs.

Edit - oh hang on... Mashu's level cap increases *for her second ascension*. What. Will she end at lv90 ? It'll at least end at 80. I don't even know how broken a Lv90 Mashu would be.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 27, 2016, 04:51:48 pm
Damn, that's all really nice. Are the new dailies drops and login bonus permanent or are they limited for a week, too?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 27, 2016, 04:59:55 pm
Here's the reddit post for both 6M DL campaign (it's not the one year reward, that's next month) and strengthening quests.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4q2ncb/6m_dl_campaign/
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4q2nca/new_strengthen_quest_part_3/

And as for the strengthening quests, well, the only Servants that we know for sure is Ushi and Arash as Byakko said, the rest is whatever DW wants, and since the last one I learnt not to expect anything from these quests. I'm hoping Asterios gets the upgrade as he's a great Berserker, but I wouldn't be surprised if DW chooses Calligula.

And finally Mashu can be leveled to 60. She really needed that level up, I was surprised we didn't get it in the last story quest.

We also get now Olga Marie CE, that increases EXP earned for Mystic Codes (aka the clothes). Now that's something we needed, but seriously, this should have come together with the Mashu CE.

And as for fangs replace Hero proofs *looks at the 300 Hero Proofs I have* Yeah, that's a good decision for late players, though new players will have to now farm for them. I am not sure why it was that hard to give us both Hero Proof and Fangs, but oh well... I have zero complains because I have tons of Servants that require fangs for skills and ascension.

Last, Scathach gatcha, in case you don't have her. She's a good Servant (she eats Gilgamesh alive if you include her Anti God skill), but I suggest you consider rolling for her since we will have a summer event before Camelot, and they may release some good Servants during that event. I'm curious though, why her exactly? Will she have a role in the upcoming Summer event?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 27, 2016, 05:09:22 pm
Damn, that's all really nice. Are the new dailies drops and login bonus permanent or are they limited for a week, too?
Permanent.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 27, 2016, 05:18:53 pm
Okay, let's put all possibilities we have for the Servants that will get an upgrade:

- Silver Caster: Medea, Paracelsus, Babbage, Geronimo, Cu Chulainn (Caster)
- Silver Archer: Robin Hood, Billy the Kid, Euryale, David, Ko Gil
- Bronze Caster: Shakespeare, Mozart, Andersen
- Bronze Archer: Arash
- Silver Rider: Ushiwakamaru
- Bronze Berserker: Asterios, Caligula
- Silver Berserker: Kiyohime, Darius

Keep in mind that even if they already have three skills, they can just decide to upgrade one of them (for example, Spartacus only had two skills and he only got an upgrade on one of them).

-------------

So apparently DW has finally managed to find a way to lock emulator users out. In July 7th, we won't be able to open the game using an emulator. There's also other different devices mentioned that you won't be able to use:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4q81es/1110_or_wtf_dw/

Guess I will have to use the new phone I got, though I will only get it tomorrow. So guys, what's the size of this game in MB or GB, to see if I need to put a bigger SD card than the one I have?

Btw, the Japanese are angry that DW is putting more focus on that than on making the game not overheat the devices nor consume so much battery.

Oh, and if your game is currently not working for you and you're using an emulator, well don't worry. There was a mini-patch before that DW put that seems to have affected some emulator users, just like me. So yeah, even though they warned people to switch to real devices, they make sure to fuck those people before they could do that.

Le sigh, DW. Le sigh. Though honestly, I'm so burned with this game that I personally wouldn't care if I was unable to play it again. Fortunately I'm following a guy that likes to put videos of this game's story, so I wouldn't be missing much.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 28, 2016, 01:26:43 pm
1.17GB here.
Btw, the Japanese are angry that DW is putting more focus on that than on making the game not overheat the devices nor consume so much battery.
Signed a thousand times. It doesn't heat up as much if I don't fight the hands, but I still need a fan if I'm playing like a dozen runs, and it hits my battery hard. And my phone is one that came out last November.
Why the fuck do they care so much about datamining anyway. They're blocking rooted/jailbroken devices, that should be fucking illegal, that's none of their business what people do with their phones. Rooting your phone is legal, how are they allowed to block it out.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on June 28, 2016, 05:51:27 pm
So they're celebrating they're 6 Million DL milestone...by cutting a huge chunk of their fanbase?


Ok.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 28, 2016, 06:27:42 pm
Honestly though, it does't seem like they know what they're talking about since they also mention "blocking USB developer mode" haha.

My device also overheats awfully, and it's a decent phone (It also comes prerooted since it's an Umi eMax.... Good job there, DW). Hopefully someone will come with a fix or way to bypass this, I know some emulators cloak themselves as certain devices (Bluestacks as a Samsung Galaxy SII, I think?), I just got another friend into the game and he plays on emulator, so... we'll see what happens next week.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 28, 2016, 06:52:30 pm
Yep, just uninstalled and installed the game again. Nothing. Bluestacks can no longer run this game anymore, or at least my own one. Really dick move from DW, since they said they would give at least a week to move to the next device. But of course you can't complain about it, because if you did you would pretty much admit you're using an emulator, which means goodbye to your account.

Thank god I always bind and keep the code of my account somewhere safe.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 28, 2016, 07:01:03 pm
But they haven't made a single change yet? That's going to be active until the 7th, there hasn't been a patch and I doubt they can make those restrictions from the server side, otherwise my rooted phone wouldn't work. They could've updated the apk on the store but I think we would've gotten some sort of update notification maybe? Eh we'll just have to wait until next week I guess.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 28, 2016, 07:03:22 pm
Confirmed, Bluestacks dead here too, instant shutdown before the main "press start" screen. Droid4X is still up apparently (I got to the main screen without the shutdown, I haven't actually pulled it yet, Droid4X is asking for thousands of updates right now), I can keep my "zero effort f2p Karna + Jack" sub.
I played my Bluestack account last night, they definitely slipped something today with a mini patch before the actual update. It's right as you launch it, after the very first Fou run.

edit - yeah, D4X still runs. It stil has the graphic glitches that Bluestacks fixed, but it runs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 28, 2016, 07:51:41 pm
I played my Bluestack account last night, they definitely slipped something today with a mini patch before the actual update. It's right as you launch it, after the very first Fou run.

Yep, the same happens to me, and to other people for what I've read. Oh well, I will be able to play this soon using my new phone, and not miss the 6M DL reward.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on June 28, 2016, 08:03:32 pm
Whelp. I better double check I have my binding code.
So Bluestacks is confirmed to not work? I just can't see them keeping these policies, I understand that maybe the main reason they want to do this is to get rid of Chinese rerollers, but still.
I'll have to try Nox, Memu and Andyroid after I'm done with work.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 29, 2016, 10:39:49 am
Hah, with the event over, I resumed doing exp runs. I just did 3 (one ap bar), and my phone is already in overheat mode. I was generally able to use a couple ap bars in a row without overheating in the event. Something's wrong with those hands.

Ew, I only now checked the new 3* CEs. Ath nGabla is an awful quick +10% & def -10%. Why even.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 29, 2016, 07:19:36 pm
Yeah, only the one that grants NP charge and NP gain up is worth getting, the rest are garbage.

So let's talk about Strengthening quests. First one was Medea, she gets Teachings of Circe, which removes debuffs on an ally plus grants NP gain up for one turn (30%-50%). With that NP gain up percentage, honestly, it's only worth it if you don't have anything else to do. The second is Euryale, she gets Whim of the Goddess, a self Arts Up (20%-30%) for three turns, which is really good because her NP is an Arts card and she's an Arts Archer just like Emiya. Its cooldown is 7-5 too, not bad at all.

Next about Mashu, well, there's nothing special about her reaching lvl 60. No scene nor quest nor similar. It's just there. Okay... And speaking of Mashu, Mashu's CE will disappear today from shops, make sure to grab it if you can.

About the 6ML reward, you have to buy it from the shop at 6 MP. I don't get why we have to pay for a supposed reward. Had it been more expensive, it would add one more line to the "shit DW has pulled off" list.

Oh, and there's a delay to the daily reward change. 5 quartz as an apology.

And last, more silly Bond lvl 10 Servants. The only good thing about them is the art and lore behind it honestly.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 29, 2016, 07:39:13 pm
I get most of the lore behind the bond CEs (the land of shadows, the labyrinth of knossos, Medusa's lair) but Alexander's. What's it supposed to represent? Diogenes the cynical?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 29, 2016, 07:45:36 pm
It's called barrel of the wise man so yeah probably.
... Why does Asterios' bond CE give a party-wide quick up ? It's called Ariadne's thread but.... why ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 29, 2016, 07:52:14 pm
And he's a Berserker with only one Quick card, which means he gets no benefits at all from this CE...

Well whatever, the majority of those CE are all "If X Servant is at the front, all Servants gain 15% Y". Zero effort into their effects, that's for sure.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 29, 2016, 08:07:54 pm
Yeah, it could have been a chance to introduce extra nps. I don't mean make a different NP that you get if you're using that CE, but like Herakles mimicking a part of God Hand, use them to emulate passive NPs that don't work well with just a skill. Zerkalot for example could get a sort of chance to dodge / resist crits / resist debuffs for For Someone's Glory, things like that (except this one could be a skill, but you get the idea). Blood Fort could have been there too.

--
Shakes gets single ally np charge + stargen up for 1 turn.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 30, 2016, 05:33:26 pm
Yep, it's a flat 20% NP charge and 50%-100% star gen. The name of his skill is The King's Men.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 30, 2016, 06:25:54 pm
Flat 20% NP ? Wow, he could almost make for a good Lolina redux. She has a crazy all cards up, he has party-wide buster up with double the % and self invuln + heal. He's... Damn, he's fucking good now. 2* Waver.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on June 30, 2016, 08:55:15 pm
Well, Helena is still my favourite option compared to Shakespeare. She raises NP of your entire party, and her buff lasts 3 turns which I prefer much more than just one turn (and she buffs all cards) and while her second skill has a stupid random chance of not giving a flat 50% NP damage up, she still gives 5 stars per turn which combined with other skills or CEs can really help crit teams.

But yeah, Shakespeare can really be a good cheap support Servant now, specially for Servants that rely on Buster NP. Personally, I prefer Andersen though. His NP is so easily spammable and grants so many buffs that can really trivialize some fights (and has a weak but still useful version of Medea's charge skill). In fact, he's the usual choice the guy that beats tough event fights with low rarity Servants always picks.

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Hahaha, Arash skill gives him 20%-30% NP charge and heals for 1000-3000. Don't worry Arash, let me heal and raise your NP so you can kill yourself later.

Anyway, it's a skill to make it easier to time his NP. Doesn't change the fact that you lose the Servant, but oh well. It does make him a bit more useful.

It's a bit sad that his only gimmick is to kill himself using his NP though, I personally liked him in Fate/Prototype and seeing him reduced to only this is a bit disappointing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 02, 2016, 05:27:16 pm
Ushi's third skill isn't military tactics  :(
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 02, 2016, 05:42:54 pm
Nope, it's Eye of the Mind (False) or similar (don't know its name yet). One turn dodge and one turn star gen 50%-100%.

It's not a bad skill honestly. I would have preferred a Quick Up skill, but a dodge skill is never a bad option, so congrats to Ushi. So far this is the best series of strengthening quests we've gotten honestly.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 02, 2016, 06:12:46 pm
Swallow's feat.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 03, 2016, 05:19:13 pm
Next one is Asterios, skill name is Labrys of the Abyss. Grants star weight up and buster up for one turn. This is the skill that I personally think Lu Bu should have obtained, instead of NP up. It's a good skill, though it's a pity that Asterios NP is not a Buster, which would be great for a Buster Brave combo.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 04, 2016, 01:16:53 pm
New event, Tenma Otogizoushi Onigashima (demonic fairytales in Onigashima / the demon's island)
Free 4* Kintoki Rider
Level up and bring all your Japanese Servants. Yes, including those 5 ones that can't be obtained anymore, two of which have their ascension materials gone forever if you didn't get them back then.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 04, 2016, 05:52:10 pm
Yeah, so many 5* limited Servants to use in this event. WTF. I don't have any of the 5* Servants, while I'm only missing Emiya from the 4* Servant pool. And why isn't Tamamo Cat there, isn't she Japanese too? And another Rider urgh. Give us a free Lancer DW, we really need one.

Also, Kiyohime is the last Servant available. She gets Flame-Colored Kiss. Removes all debuffs on her plus gives her Buster Up (20%-30%) for one turn. 7 turn cooldown. Definitely a good skill for her to have.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 04, 2016, 07:05:17 pm
The gold to non-gold ratio is a bit more skewed than in previous events, but there's so many servants it's going to be a non-issue.

Kiyohime's skill is nice, I guess. Too bad self debuff removal is mostly useless.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 04, 2016, 07:55:07 pm
You're forgetting that some events give you more drops the higher the rarity of the Servant. The less 4* or below Servants that give drops, the more you're going to suffer if you lack the 5* Servants needed in this event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 04, 2016, 08:11:04 pm
I think this event will be like Valentine's and F/AZ, a currency for every class instead of just bronze, silver and gold items.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 04, 2016, 09:10:36 pm
Then we're screwed with the Archer class, since there's only one Servant. I doubt it will work like that though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 04, 2016, 10:25:09 pm
There's both Nobunaga and Emiya. There's al least two of every class but Lancers (Benkei), Rulers (Amakusa) and Riders (Ushikawa). Ridertoki is guaranteed to get bonus drops, so you can scratch rider from the list. If the limited 5* isn't Ibaraki it might be a lancer.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on July 04, 2016, 10:48:35 pm
Seeing as how most of the event servants are 5-*s, they might not have rarity determine drop buffs.

Saber Wars did have Lily, Alter, and Nero be top, above the 5-stars.

As for this event, servant wise I'm more than ready, with Okita, Garcher, and Ryougi all maxed. I did go ahead and max ascend Sasaki just so my drop buff team could get one more member, since he was already 50/50.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 05, 2016, 08:26:02 pm
I have all the Servants that are not 5* at max. Mainly because I have none...

I wonder, when will this new event start?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 06, 2016, 10:54:02 am
Pv for Camelot is up on the main site, and woah.
Bedivere, a red head knight in the banner, girl Hassan, Sanzou, and Oz and an Egyptian queen (Cleopatra or Nitocris probably according the the original leak).
Looks like Bedivere is the one with a silver arm (he's one-armed in legends).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 06, 2016, 10:56:38 am
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4rhkrn/camelot_preview/

Yep, so many Servants coming. I'm not wasting any quartz in the next event, Camelot seems to have a lot of potential.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 06, 2016, 11:17:22 am
... Did the page disappear already
Well it's still there if you have the url, but the youtube pv is gone too.
It said it was for end of July.

.. And it's back.
The shot with Bedivere and Mashu surrounded by knights include Saberlot and a guy with a bow that has strange spikes forward all along the bow's length. I assume that's the redhead knight. And it's Tristan, then. He wasn't in the leak, I believe.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 06, 2016, 12:37:51 pm
It's already been proven that there's been more Servants that the leak showed. So expect them to expand it if they want.

I hope Morgan appears in this chapter. She does have a lot of potential to be one of the bad guys, though it seems that we will be joining Camelot in this case. That, or it will happen like in the previous chapter, aka we are a third party interfering in the war between the other two ones.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 06, 2016, 01:08:25 pm
Camelot is in the middle of sand (the banner and pv voice over mention a burned land, the desert, and the knights are arguing - presumably against you), and Bedivere and Mashu fight Gawain, Saberlot and Tristan, with the news page mentioning a kingdom that shouldn't be there, so yeah, it's probably Camelot settling in Middle East after the Crusades and Bedivere helping you fix history against the knights. Same deal as usual now, you say that's a mistake in history, the others say we don't care, let us live our version of history, we did nothing wrong - until shit hits the fan. Not too sure where the Pillars will appear this time though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 06, 2016, 02:52:12 pm
I hope the Pillars don't appear, I'm sick of them. I want a different final boss for the chapter, at least for this one. I still could like the one in Okeanos since you fought against Medea Lily too, which kept healing him, adding some flavour to the fight. But I didn't enjoy the one in America honestly, even if it was slighthly different. Had the chapter ended in Cu Alter, I would have been completely satisfied.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 06, 2016, 03:02:38 pm
The American pillar barely attacked my team. It kept spamming crit down debuffs. Then it died on the fourth turn. Didn't even get the chance to hit it with a NP.

Yeah, I wouldn't really mind a different final boss.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 06, 2016, 03:58:38 pm
In case you want to check all Servants that appeared in the CM.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Also, the update that restricted access to people with emulators and similar has been delayed to the next maintenance. It won't be tomorrow.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 06, 2016, 04:13:06 pm
The last skull demon face is probably gonna be king Hassan, given the skull mask and the datamine, he was always expected to pop up here.

There's a chance Arturia will actually appear as a bad guy I would think, given her obsession with restoring Camelot/Britain and compared to the America chapter.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on July 06, 2016, 08:38:52 pm
I don't want to get too excited about Camelot's PV.
...Remember Saber Diarmuid?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 06, 2016, 08:59:45 pm
Don't worry, I already know that I mustn't trust their CM blindly. I do have a bit of expectations, since we finally get a lot of Knights of the Round Table. And we finally will know the Servant Mashu is (which I don't mention in case somebody in this thread still doesn't know).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on July 07, 2016, 06:35:33 am
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/ge25e/

new servants confrimed for the gacha, in addition to Ridertoki: Fuma Kotaro (3-star Assassin), Ibaraki Douji (4-star berserker), and Minamoto no Yorimitsu (5-star Berserker). Also there are rate-ups for Kiyohime and Ushiwakamaru.

Yorimitsu is limited to this event, Ibaraki and Fuma will both be permanent. Also, Yorimitsu is now a woman for whatever reason. I can't even think of a reason other than waifus = $€$.

PREPARE FOR HAUNTING
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 07, 2016, 06:45:09 am
Yorimitsu said:
13,500 ATK
She's gonna hit hard.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 07, 2016, 10:21:40 am
Seriously fuck these guys. I already decided I would drop out of FGO if Musashi was anything but a Berserker or a Buster-oriented Saber, and entirely drop out of Type-Moon if he was genderbent, but already with Raikou, the Justice League of Heian Japan ? (Well, there's a notable precedent in the excellent anime Otogizoushi, but still) There's no worth left in this franchise.
Why even a Berserker. With the cow king title in the NP, that's probably just "actually that's his sister Ushi Gozen who stole his name" boring crap (why even call her Yorimitsu then you shitheads).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 07, 2016, 11:40:55 am
... At least the ninja, which I hoped to god that they wouldn't genderbend, it's a male. I'm not rolling for this event though, fuck no. I'm sticking to Camelot, at least that one is far more reasonable in what they offer than just genderfuckingbending all the goddamn time. You don't need to do that to make people get hooked to the series, that's not why people got hooked to the Fate series ffs. Why are we turning it all Servants into females like other crap games do just for fanservice... I don't care if it's really Yorimitsu or not, why was it that hard to offer Yorimitsu as a male...

And it really pisses me off to see Ibaraki being offered as a 4* Servant in the gatcha here. She was a fucking 4*, so why not offer her in the goddamn Ibaraki event for free, we don't have any free 4* Berserker yet! Whatever, I don't care about this event. I will just have to bear with it until we get Camelot.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 07, 2016, 12:07:53 pm
Those Servants are all from guest artists, while everyone in Camelot was already introduced as "normal", that's the difference. But that just means the problem is opening the franchise to fucking porn artists and the likes who just go all sengoku rance on everyone they can think of for no damn reason other than "it's the only thing we know how to do".
It's either straight from Nasu or it's garbage.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 07, 2016, 06:47:48 pm
So chances are, Bedivere will be the Servant to join you at the end. Why?

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4roab0/character_rare_rank_leak_episode_6/

Also, Servants for the summer event that will probably come after Camelot.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4ro9gl/todays_hype_has_not_met_its_fill/

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 07, 2016, 06:56:16 pm
Bedivere as the free 3* was always the best possible guess for Camelot. He wasn't going to be any lower than that, and he never had anything going for him to justify anything higher (I don't see how anyone could wish him to have a higher rank).
Tristan as a 4* makes sense. Too many single target 3* Archers, not a single one for 4*, it was severely lacking.
Gawain as a 3*... Well, it's justifiable in terms of skills, he only has one skill worth anything - although that skill should be hyper OP. It needs to be even better than Karna's Prana Burst Flame on all cards (either higher numbers or lasting 3 turns), with extra chance for burn damage. It should be more than enough to make him 4*, but he doesn't really have anything else. But he really needs to be among those few 3* that could rival a 4*.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 07, 2016, 07:48:16 pm
I was expecting Lancelot to be a 5* Servant, honestly. But I guess they dislike having any male Saber Servant as 5*.

Edit: More details about the upcoming Oni event.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4rum93/tenma_otogizoushi_onigashima_event_update/

At least this time they confirm that we will get Kintoki for sure. And wow at those new CEs... The event itself is a mix of of raid and map completion. And it seems DW learnt something from the raid event, because now, even if you lose, you still get the rewards. You don't need to obligatory win in order to get them.

----

Welp, there was an error in that magazine, the one that showed the rarity of the Knights of Round Table. Gawain is not a 3*, it's a 4*.

https://twitter.com/comptiq?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 09, 2016, 05:36:41 pm
Oh, then that leaves a decent chance to get one more 3* Knight, Sir Not-appearing-in-this-PV Kay. In fact, with Tristan showing off his bow that was mentioned in Garden in Avalon as being a really weird bow that's not a bow at all, I'm thinking it was written as a tie-in to Grand Order that was being planned at the same time. Kay's comments on Merlin, Saber Lily and the likes may actually be relevant, to an interlude or something for a 3* Kay.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on July 11, 2016, 09:39:45 am
Well,the update is out.
Aaand the game doesn't run on my phone even though I disabled USB debugging and SuperUser, thank you DW.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 11, 2016, 10:20:19 am
Send a report, you never know.
I get the maintenance message, must mean I'm fine.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on July 11, 2016, 10:44:52 am
Yeah, if you see the maintenance screen after updating the app, then you're good to go.

My phone is a factory rooted (plenty of phone manufacturers support/encourage this) Umi emax, the notes said that rooted phones would be disabled so I doubt reporting will do any good (Chances are that I'll receive a "We're sorry but your device isn't supported" message).
I'll just have to wait for a fix of some sort, I am not getting a new phone just for this nor unrooting my phone and losing functionality.

Bleh, sucks that I might miss the event but I have FFRK and FF Brave Exvius to keep me entertained.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 11, 2016, 12:47:16 pm
Maintenance... maintenance never ends. So yeah, we can't play it yet because there's a 14:00 to infinite time for us to wait.

And yeah, I can also play this game. Thankfully. Too bad for you, S.D., but seriously, I don't get why they don't like rooted devices.

Here's the current errors that may appear, in case somebody in this thread experiences this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4sak63/number_of_error_codes_for_those_that_cant_go_into/

Edit: The game is now available. God, the update is huge.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 11, 2016, 02:46:25 pm
Oh my god Yorimitsu's NP summons the Shitennou and they do their NP one after the other (bow, axe, sword, spear)
... Except they use Yorimitsu's body, they don't use their own design. But there's Kintoki's axe, so presumably the other weapons are those of the Shitennou.
(I didn't get her, it's already on Youtube)

That actually makes even less sense than Ushi Gozen taking Yorimitsu's place. That's just nonsense bullshit after all.

Rider Kintoki is full on 80's bousouzoku, with his NP name being the old yo-rou-shi-ku wordplay.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 11, 2016, 02:57:47 pm
And yeah, I can also play this game. Thankfully. Too bad for you, S.D., but seriously, I don't get why they don't like rooted devices.
Rerolling on them is as easy as on emulators.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 11, 2016, 03:06:14 pm
Hahaha, Rider Kintoki is even better in design than his Berserker version, he attacks by doing thunder punches and drop kicks. I also like Fuma's design too. Yorimitsu... meh.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 11, 2016, 03:08:10 pm
Rerolling on them is as easy as on emulators.
Also memory dump for datamining, no ?
Fuuma is played straight, that's quite a change.
Yeah, Rider Kin looks great. With karate punches and kicks with added lightning American knuckles. The dive kick is... A Rider kick ? Quite probable seeing all the other references to everything 80s.

Just starting the event now
"Eh, what a let down. Even if it's a demon, as soon as you cut off his head, he'll drop down." ... Between this and trying to gouge out the Demon Pillar's eyes (instead of snake jewels) for ascension material back in Christmas, Ushi is sounding really bloodthirsty and a bit unhinged.
An island that didn't exist but still materializes because demons are around... The terms used are reminding me of what a Reality Marble is supposed to be originally (a demon's perception of the world, altering the surroundings), and it seems to be just one step away from the demon stuff from either Tsukihime or DDD. Either way it's pure Nasu right here.
(Ushi's role in here is doing nothing but remind me that they genderbent both Minamotos, two of Japan's biggest heroes, both historical and legendary, such a shame)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 11, 2016, 04:24:04 pm
And Benkei is not even the real one, because why was it that hard to give us the real one... They really make some questionable design choices. Ushi being so bloodthirsty doesn't make me happen, in fact I don't feel like it fits with other incarnations I've seen of him.

Anyway, I just tried Fuma, and wow, he can actually grant dodge to one ally, not only himself. I'm really impressed. His crit star generation is really good too, and he doesn't have a bad NP. I like him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 11, 2016, 04:53:44 pm
Omg Kotaro makes stars rain like a mini Jack. And he can grant dodge too ?? 3*s are getting really good.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 11, 2016, 05:27:00 pm
They have to, or else nobody would even use them if they already have old ones that are already raised. That, of course, means you have to spend time and quartz to raise the new Servants.

Against my better judgment, I decided to roll. Well, I got Kotaro, which I'm really thankful, two 4* CE and 1 3* CE. Well, at least the farming will be easier now.

Edit: I see someone managed to get Ibaraki. Congrats.

Edit2: So how do we make this event harder? Simple, we just put a Servant with class advantage towards the Servants that can hurt the Oni, and give it two attacks per turn, so you're forced to use Casters in the fight.

I am glad I got Xuan Zhuang, seriously.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on July 11, 2016, 07:45:02 pm
Meanwhile, Delightworks has officially killed Emulators. Bleh.

Anyway, congrats on your rolls.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 11, 2016, 07:51:45 pm
Xuan Zhuang
Xuan Zang.

Or just Sanzou.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 12, 2016, 09:30:15 am
*silver berserk card turns to gold*

(http://i.imgur.com/NnfNILQ.png)

NP2!

I was hoping to roll a 5* CE with my gold tickets but Ibaraki isn't too shabby, even if farming boxes is going to be a pain in the ass.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 12, 2016, 01:06:48 pm
So in case you were wondering why the hell is Raikou a woman and a Berserker, here's some info from Beast Lair:

Quote
Reading spoilers so far, and if it is true, it is something like Raikou raised Kintoki and felt kinship and decided it is the feeling of a mother, so he decide to take his sister's form when summoned so he can be Kin's mom. Jokes coming out that if Raikou is introduced as Saber, it will be his male ver. from history, so Kin can have a foster father and mother who is one person seperated into two with different personalities. Is this Mad enough for you.

Quote
Reading from Japanese site, so if it is not a lie, then more or less yes, that's in her profile. Another reason for her MA EX is her love is more on the blind side, expecting nothing in return while giving everything, while at the samet time killing all that threatens her love ones. Not romantic, but maternal love, and she cannot be convinced nor talk out of it. Other than that, she is rationale and calm.

Again, if you're making someone have an obsession or similar, you can make a Personal Skill out of it. Berserkers have been, since long ago, a class that summons them on an state in which they can't even speak. God, even when they started the game at the beginning, you had Servants like Caligula or Asterios that clearly fit in that role. And even Kiyohime fit because I felt it connected well with the fact she can transform into a dragon. This explanation right here, if it's real, is not a good reason to turn her into a Berserker ffs.

And the reason he turns into a woman is rather stupid honestly. Just summon her sister instead, there could have been a way to make her a Servant. Summoning Ushi Gozen as a Berserker makes more sense than summoning Raikou transformed into her sister and turned Berserker because of maternal love.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 12, 2016, 01:19:12 pm
>Raikou having motherly feelings for Kintoki thus making himself a woman
:omg:
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on July 12, 2016, 04:36:49 pm
who said this could not get more stupid ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 12, 2016, 05:08:12 pm
Uh. The first oni is down, the first day is over... And there's no quest at the green gate and no new quest node. ... What ? We can't increase our DP for the reward list anymore ! In the Ibaraki quest there still were fights at the gate that didn't decrease her total hp but still allowed you to increase your dp. Why did they change that ??

Edit - never mind, he's back.
Pfff dying Kojirou makes a haiku about Martha.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on July 12, 2016, 05:11:56 pm
And to think that Altera's excuse wasn't stupid enough.

Actually I'm not the real Atilla. I'm just some random alien!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 12, 2016, 08:20:30 pm
So you get a ticket and 10 more beans of the next color you're going to need when you finally complete a gate. Er, at least it's something, I guess.

Also, new gate sports a Tamamo and a Saber Oni. Tamamo is Tamamo, and the Saber Oni debuffs defense and its NP is an AoE that seals skills. In other words, far easier than dealing with the previous one, and if you have an Orion, since the Oni is male, you can easily kill it. Or use Euryale, it works well too.

Edit: So more announcements for the future July update with Camelot.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4sm445/late_july_update/

First, more Master level, which will be faster to raise thanks to that LB CE, and thankfully it allows for 4 rounds in the daily quests. Second, they finally decided to save the locked status of Servants and CE in the server, rather than players having to lock all of their stuff again in case they have to switch devices. Thank god to that, it wasn't bad at the beginning, but with more than a hundred CE, it was a pain to do at this moment.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 13, 2016, 02:20:18 pm
Tamamo regularly wipes 20% of my np charge and she does deal decent damage, so I end up having to kill her anyway. But with 2 sumo CEs and now 2 bath CEs, I just need Orion, Nobu, and a support Drake or Gil with bath CE, and I can clear the 3M version simply enough (Orion can fire like 3 NPs with 500k to 1.5M damage with all atk buffs and a simple Brave Chain). Nobu takes hits like a bitch though, she dies easily. Between Nobu and Drake/Gil I usually manage to catch Tamamo dead before killing the oni.

Btw, apparently they finally decided to fix Robin's broken NP just for the arts oni. No more easy 6M DP.

Wow, blue oni is down already. Can't fight him anymore, so we need to redo a new strategy for the next one, thanks a lot dw.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 13, 2016, 04:09:02 pm
Hahaha, the next oni part. It's drunken Kiyohime this time. It was worth doing this event only for this scene and new sprites.

I'm surprised you had that much trouble with that previous oni fight, btw. I just did a team of Nobu, Robin and Waver, the previous two with the sumo CE and with a bath CE equipped in the backrow, and I ended up beating this fight easily. In my case Nobu was taking hits like a boss (I have her stats maxed btw), and Tamamo's attacks made my NP gauge raise extremely fast (plus I used Tactics and Golden Rule to speed things up even more). I'm not surprised this fight is already over, it was really that easy to win against it.

This next oni fight now has Kiyohime as a Berserker, so she goes down even faster, plus she even applies an attack buff on you (at the cost of a defense debuff). And if you have EMIYA, Shuten Douji and/or Shiki, the three of them being Arts users with an Arts NP, they're barely unaffected by the Buster debuff and will easily spam their NP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 13, 2016, 07:26:34 pm
I din't have trouble, I could win in less than 10 turns. It's just that Nobu just can't stay alive, and I have her maxed too (then again I'm not using any heal or dodge for her, it's for Orion).

Oh gdi the red oni's HP is already dropping super fast. I really hope the last DP farming battles aren't too much harder for those who couldn't catch up. All because DW doesn't leave the onis around for farming for some reason.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 13, 2016, 07:39:55 pm
They will appear again later, so don't worry, you'll have time to farm DP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 13, 2016, 07:43:48 pm
Oh, good.

btw,
Roman "What ? Raikou, you mean Minamoto no Yorimitsu ! But he's a woman ? A super hottie ! With a crazy body ! That's way too different from history ??"
Mashu "Doctor, I understand what you're saying, but shut up ! Let's leave that for later !"
Preemptively telling us to fuck off, I see.
Uh... the way Kintoki talks about Raikou, it sounds like he really was a woman even before becoming a Heroic Spirit...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 14, 2016, 12:09:17 am
His memory has been altered by Raikou to believe that. At least I hope that's the reason.

Edit: Oh hey, seems like this is the whole truth about what's been happening in the oni events, and the real reason about Yorimitsu being a woman.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4sroq5/the_truth_behind_rashomom_and_onigashima/

Well, at least this background info is far more acceptable that what's been told so far.

Edit2: Well, getting the ascension items for Kintoki Rider is now easier.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4ss4he/requirement_for_golden_lighter_reduced/

It wasn't that bad, honestly, but for new players and people that can't spend that much time, this certainly will help them reach it. You still have the nightmare of getting Kintoki's NP to 5 though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 14, 2016, 11:47:11 am
Still garbage.

edit
Kintoki's ascension line
"Transform ? No way ! That's my best jacket. Well, as a Rider, I probably should transform..."
Yes, transform = henshin = Kamen Rider. And I only now notice his belt too.

... Aaaand Raikou is a lot harder to farm.
edit never mind, Scathach deals almost 3M with a CE-stacked party. Add any 4/5* Rider for the crystals and maybe a support Jack and it ends in 3 turns for the 3M version. Not sure about the 6M version since you would have to charge Scathach back up again and still survive against Raikou...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 14, 2016, 02:01:12 pm
It's not really worth attempting. You're given so many dangos/whatever those balls are that just farming the 2BP fight is enough to reach 200M. Heck, I still have a surplus and I reached the max.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 14, 2016, 02:25:18 pm
I've tried it. It's not that hard if you can shield yourself from Yorimitsu's NP or kill her quickly without harming the...magical rock things around her. Their drops are worth it, though.

Shiki+lb sumo CE/Janne+misc CE/support Waver hotspring CE/3 misc servants+hotspring CE
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 15, 2016, 01:45:42 am
Ushi Gozen turns back into Raikou and doesn't remember her time as Ushi Gozen.
Option 1 "Pay it no heed, it's quite all right."
Option 2 "I'll forgive you if you give me a hug."
Mashu "(Master, are you joking... ?)"
Raikou disappears and promises to be your blade next time you meet
Single option "So about that hug..."

gdi why the fuck does Raikou keep blasting everything at Ridoki with her ground slash over and again
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 15, 2016, 02:31:39 pm
Because there probably is a hidden status, similar to Lancelot attacking Artoria only or Boudicca attacking Roman Servants, that makes her put priority to attacking Kintoki above everything else. Most likely it works for all onis, so if you add either Shuten Douji or Ibaraki, she will probably target them too. If not, it's only Kintoki then.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 16, 2016, 05:44:57 pm
Green Oni is back. Kojiro's been replaced by Ushi.

There's a new lv 90 free quest where Yorimitsu was. The drops are great, lots of black boxes and misc items. The final wave is a 230,000+ Fafnir and 130,000+ Brynhyldr.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 16, 2016, 11:43:03 pm
Funny, apparently no one gives a shit about the Green Oni, his life bar has barely gone done - everyone must have finished the DP farming, and all the new Rasetsu lv90 quests are very good farming spots for shop material. We don't even know if there will be any extra reward for taking them down again. Maybe a few quartz or a lore at the very best.
Well, it's not even 7AM in Japan, but still, they went done in under 15 hours the first time. Plus he's a Caster, you need a Rider, and most ST NP Riders are Quick which he resists (and why bother farming for more green beans), the Buster ones are all AOE. There's 65 hours left to defeat him before it switches to Blue.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 17, 2016, 12:39:26 am
There's 0 incentive to kill the onis beyond a few extra drops (and even then only the red one is really worth the effort) and maybe farming event CEs. The first round went down pretty fast because everyone wanted Ridertoki, some of the whales even max ascended him on the first day of the event.

DW should've upgraded the DP scoreboard to 300kk, but even then most players must be above that number by now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 17, 2016, 12:50:12 am
Example me. Though if you do the 1BP quest, and have plenty of those 3* CE, it's one of the best places to gather corals. Fast to beat and doesn't consume AP at all, plus I'm sure you still have plenty of balls to get rid of.

Btw, I highly recommend people to LB the Sumo CE. It's insanely good, even better than Halloween Iris. 50% starting NP plus 15% Attack. Sure, Halloween Iris gives 20% NP, which is better ONLY for NP, but that 15% Attack Bonus works for every single attack. I'm not surprised it's impossible to get more copies of it, it's that good. I suggest you make it your second priority after raising Kintoki to NP5 and got all his ascension items.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 17, 2016, 12:54:31 am
I really wouldn't be a fan of adding new DP rewards, it's not that great for lower level players who don't have one or two OP 5* ST nukers to reliably take down the onis - with a support Jalter, Okia or Scathach you still need the Wavers to push them up. Fighting Raikou is what carried "normal" people up to 200M, and that was extremely tough without that 5*. Someone like Rama could take down the 3M, but after that, you just eat Raikou's NP and you die. You kep the DP and the drops even if you lose the fight, but it must have been a lot harder to reach the 200M mark. It's the reason DW dropped the Ridoki ascension items all under the 100M bar after a few days (and gave us 10 quartz), after all.
But a reward for everyone once the onis are down would be decent enough.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 17, 2016, 01:01:07 am
Buts it's not like we're actively taking stuff from the less fortunate/newer players by adding extra rewards. It's not like I want DW to put the lighters back in the DP board or anything.

The 1BP quests have piss poor drop rates. You'll get what, maybe three drops of 6 corals if you have like 4 CEs on your team? I'd rather burn some apples and get 100+ corals on every run on the lv 90 quests.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on July 17, 2016, 01:26:02 am
I just started playing and I'm going to rush the hell out of Onigashima. I want Rider Kintoki. ;~;
Kiyohime and Marie Antoinette as starting rolls is real nice tbh

Vive la France~
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 17, 2016, 01:33:35 am
Buts it's not like we're actively taking stuff from the less fortunate/newer players by adding extra rewards.
Sure, but then there's no added interest for low level players beside what they already could hope to gain. It's good to add new stuff if everyone has a chance to benefit from it, not just those who already blazed through lv90 quests. The costs in the shop are already fucking ridiculous (especially if you can't roll for the CEs), low level players can't hope to get much from anything if it all has such high requirements. At this point, why even bother once you get Ridoki.
(He's crazy good for a 4* though, star rate and NP gen and skills, you would just have to slap higher atk/hp stats on him to call him a 5*)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 17, 2016, 01:58:30 am
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Sure, but then there's no added interest for low level players beside what they already could hope to gain. It's good to add new stuff if everyone has a chance to benefit from it, not just those who already blazed through lv90 quests
Well, yeah you're right about that. Even though DW never announced this event as a high difficulty event, and even after lowering the DP requirements for lighters, it's pretty hard on newer players (I'd hate to be in you shoes, @Sʜᴡᴀ:!) with pretty much everything in store being crazy expensive.

I started playing a few weeks before the KnK event and managed to clear the store and get Shiki, her extra copies and ascension mats with underleveled silver servants + equally underleveled Mordred. Doing so in this event would be next to impossible.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 17, 2016, 07:59:38 am
I just started playing and I'm going to rush the hell out of Onigashima. I want Rider Kintoki. ;~;
Kiyohime and Marie Antoinette as starting rolls is real nice tbh

Vive la France~

Good luck on getting him, he's definitely a good Servant to get. You'll have to get 100M DP for all lighters (the item you need for ascending him) and a total of 600 event items (1200 for the gold boxes) to get him at NP5.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on July 17, 2016, 08:52:20 am
I got him but the DP requirement for the lighters seems so... intimidating. I already amassed 2m though so with luck I could maybe net two.
Big Green 300k gives out decent EXP and is fairly easy for me to beat, especially since one of my friends has Vlad to help out.

Once I get that Sumo CE it'll be smooth sailing! ...maybe.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 17, 2016, 12:58:18 pm
Do you want our Friend Codes? Some of us have some Servants that can definitely help you in this event. You should still find them at the beginning of this thread but if you can't find them just mention it and we will put them again.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 17, 2016, 03:09:32 pm
(I always forget to post this)

953, 236, 327

My archer support (and any other Euryale with lb sumo CE you find) can clear the 1kk DP quest easily.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on July 17, 2016, 07:48:31 pm
Added you Cyan

Here's my FC just in case I git gud:
918, 078, 207
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on July 19, 2016, 10:08:23 am
So I bought a tablet at EVO (Not specifically for FGO, mind you), apparently the issue with my device it's not that it was rooted (Or rather, besides that), but that the original ROM is a custom ROM?? That's what get for buying a Chinese phone, thanks DW.

I hope I can rush the hell out of this event as soon as I transfer to my new device to at least get NP5 Kintoki, bye apples I suppose.

I don't remember my FC but it should be somewhere on the first page, I don't even know if I equipped my servants correctly for the event. I'm going to feel so lost with the event, and I assume everybody already finished it haha.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 19, 2016, 11:20:14 am
You'll burn apples to get 1200 black boxes, 600 scrolls, and 600 corals for all copies of Kintoki, and you need 100M DP which you can get with spamming oni battles using BP which you refill with dangos (obtained through DP). This time around, even if you die, you keep the DP (and even the drops) that you've dealt during the fight, that's a massive step up.
You can start light by spamming lower level drop quests to buy the sumo CE, then when you have a couple, start hitting the onis as much as you can with support that have a LB sumo fight CE (or LB bath CE). Then after you yourself get enough of these two CEs, LB them both and pick one nuker then look for support that have drop up CEs and spam the lv90 quests if you can to get the last Kintoki copies, they have huge drops. Getting the Sumo CE first is a big help, it has a massive bonus. My Cu Alter with LB CE (on the "all" slot) can kill any of the lv90 boss.

By the way, this is actually still doable in 5 days if you farm a bit.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 19, 2016, 12:35:35 pm
Yeah, this event has been quite generous so far, excluding the ridiculous price the Kintoki copies have, so you shouldn't have any problem getting this stuff in 5 days. Like Byakko said, I suggest you try to LB the Sumo CE, it's a really good CE surprisingly.

Also, here's a good farming map. Hope it helps. The blue arrows in the map indicate the best spot to gather a specific event item. It's an old map, but still applies to the current state of the event:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4swg2r/map_drop_guide_for_onigashima/

In less than 6 hours the Green Oni will disappear and the next Oni will unlock, which is Blue IIRC. In case you don't know, the color of the Oni represents what type of card gets a debuff in power (50% in total I think), and the beans give a buff of 50% damage to the card that is assignated to the color used.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on July 19, 2016, 12:59:23 pm
Thanks, I'll keep those pointers in mind, I don't think I'll empty the store so I'll just focus on Kintoki.
Right now I'm basically stuffing myself with apples to finish the map and unlock all the nodes, then the real farming begins. I am a bit worried about the damage point rewards, but we'll see how that goes..

My 40 roll only gave me Fuuma and some CEs, oh well, Fuuma is good enough for me.

Oh yeah, my code is 387 033 476
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 19, 2016, 01:35:59 pm
Oh yeah, between this, the Sanzou event, and the Ibaraki event (for Kintoki's CE, not Ushi) the shop CEs are actually really good both in and out of the event. LB Sumo is 50% NP on start and 15% ATK up.
The real problem in this event is the cost of all the shop mats, you have to farm a lot to get enough for everything you might need. It's still doable in like 12 days for most of the important stuff (I'm practically done, I need less than 10 runs left for everything), but it relies on gacha CE for drop increase.
5 days for Kintoki's lighters is more doable than you'd think : once you have a LB Sumo and a couple Baths, or one LB of either in your support plus one of your own of either, you can blitz Raikou/Ushi Gozen at the summit, pick a Scathach support or a similar 5* ST nuker with a bean of the corresponding card type and you can kill Raikou in 4 or 5 turns (if you don't, her NP wipes out your front line then you die though, but again, you keep the DP, so you get 4 to 6M DP anyway). This makes it super easy to spam the DP list, you can easily pile up 120M on her alone (that's 20 runs = 60 BP = 8 gold dangos, really easy).
For your nuker, pick someone with a good anti-something skill. Both of Scathach's skill work (3M damage on your first NP), then Jack, I think Rama's does too, and so on.

Fuuma is really good too, he can give dodge to an ally which is real new, and he spreads a lot of stars like a mini 3* Jack. He doesn't give 60 stars per turn like Jack, of course, but since Kintoki also gives lots of stars AND NP gen, this is a really good batch for non 5* and exclusives.

edit - wait... You can't fight Raikou anymore for DP ! Damn. Well, the math still works for the onis, if you can kill them for 6M DP a run. The last one is good enough to kill reliably, just not so much with Scathach and Jack (still good but not 3M-per-NP good).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 19, 2016, 01:37:35 pm
Dio/Shwa: save your blue beans and bp refills. The last oni is a rider, so assasin Shiki can do insane damage to him very easily. Three days should be more than enough for you to get ridertoki's lighters.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 19, 2016, 01:40:11 pm
Added both Cyan Paul and Shwa. If you receive a request from someone named Oz, it's me.

For Servants recommended for this current Oni, if somebody has a maxed Medb with the Sumo CE LB, it will instantly obliterate the Oni. For the next one, the Oni is a Saber, so using Artemis or even Euryale is highly recommended. The last one is a Rider, so Shiki blows through it easily, and it debuffs Buster, so Shiki's unaffected to it. It's the best one to farm as they drop boxes too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on July 19, 2016, 11:22:04 pm
I have Shuten, she's also an assassin and 5*! Plus yeah, welfare Shiki. that's two decent assassins... I could bring Kojiro as well? Plus a decent full maxed glorious nippon team, that's been helping a lot.


I was wondering if I should save mats for the event CEs or rush to get Kintoki. I guess I'll prioritize the  event CEs (I just acquired Rider Kintoki permanently, hopefully I'll have time to get cubes and voids refuse)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 19, 2016, 11:25:32 pm
Get at least one Sumo CE and give it to your main damage dealer, forget about the rest until you get all what you need for Kintoki. You're going to naturally get Onsen CEs when you try to get lighters, use those for the other team members.

In fact, I think you get one for free in the DP rewards, so you don't even need to get one from the shop until you got all Kintoki copies.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 19, 2016, 11:28:06 pm
Well, shop event CEs cost about as much as Kintoki so you can skip them and go straight for Kintoki if you have the mat. But they do make things a LOT easier, especially for dealing with the onis at 3 and 6M HP. Which is better to get the DP rewards, including Kintoki's ascension item. And then the DP rewards give you the Bath CE, which help you some more to get back the shop mat you spent for the shop CE.
Alternatively, yeah, getting just one shop CE can be good enough if you have a support with a maxed Bath CE.
That being said, the sumo CE is an amazing CE by itself after you max LB it even outside of the event, so it's still very much worth it. So I guess you can prioritize getting one Sumo > spamming an oni for the DP, getting the Bath CEs and the lighters > spam whichever quest you can with all those CEs for mats > finish Kintoki in the shop > finish the shop CEs.

Kojiro is strong with boost but he's still made of paper in this event. Onis hit hard. I haven't used him but he should take not far from 2K damage per hit, he'll still die like a Lancelot.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 19, 2016, 11:42:36 pm
LV 90 quests have a chance to drop Sumo CEs. So yeah, you shouldn't rush to max it out, ridertoki is infinitely more valuable.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on July 20, 2016, 08:00:20 am
I actually managed to get two sumo CE drops, from there I've been spending tons of apples to catch up so I'll definitely get what I need before the event finishes.

And yeah I haven't been using Kojiro at all, it's mostly Shuten, Saber Shiki and Support (Raiko or Ibaraki) on the front row and then Ushi, Benkei abd Kiyohime or Nobu on the back row with the proper event CEs)
Between the ban of rooted devices and EVO... never again, sucks that I'll miss getting the cubes, crystals and voids refuse from the shop (Plus EXP and Fous)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 21, 2016, 01:33:15 pm
Kinda related to Fate Grand Order, we will finally get the Materials I and II book that explains a lot more about the Servant's background, skills and NP. About damn time. One of the examples they put was Scathach, which showed two NPs, the one she uses in-game and her Gate of Skye that appeared in America (in case you don't know, an NP that allows her to teleport herself and/or someone else to the Land of Shadows), so yeah, that means some Servants may show more than one NP, or maybe even more than three skills (IIRC, Lancer Cu had a total of 4 skills in F/SN).

Btw, Mat I goes from Mash to Caster Cu, Mats II from Kojiro to Santa Alter. Please, give us a good lore explanation as for what some skills and NP are and/or do. Heck, AB&MR seriously needs one there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 21, 2016, 02:05:29 pm
Oh shit.
Up to Santa Alter only ? Damn, this will be long to have everything. This really isn't a good format. Just a dictionary that keeps evolving with new virtual pages at will is the ideal way to go, but they probably count on all those books all the time.
Well, Material III will go to around 110, which is above what we have right now (but only by a few)... We can expect 4 of those, 5 tops.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on July 21, 2016, 02:07:19 pm
so yeah, that means some Servants may show more than one NP
Good.
Give Lancelot his jet.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 21, 2016, 02:10:14 pm
Zerkalot has 3 NPs already, I don't see them changing KoH from what it was just to fit the game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 21, 2016, 04:05:17 pm
Here's the official news if you want to read about it (Japanese btw):

http://typemoon.com/news/2016/CtVvVa

Edit: Blue Oni defeated. Get your free ticket now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on July 22, 2016, 08:30:29 am
They did (slightly) update Gil's Enuma Elish, and I know they've been updading old servant's animations here and there, but I suppose it's too big of an update haha.
Some older servants need that animation update badly, just look at how Raiko's breasts animate in comparison to say.. Orion.
....I mean yeah there's the generic attacks too, I'm just saying that other thing is also noticeable.

Anyways, I think I'm about to reach my goal with this event, goobye to all the apples I had hoarded (I still have quite a bit, but I consumed way too many to catch up)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 22, 2016, 08:36:14 am
They did (slightly) update Gil's Enuma Elish, and I know they've been updading old servant's animations here and there, but I suppose it's too big of an update haha.
Oh, you meant have the jet in the game, I thought you were talking about the upcoming material books.
Gil's EA was a full revamp animation wise. But personally I really like the vulcan cannon shooting, I'd be disappointed if it was the jet firing instead. And having Lancelot jump at the jet and rip off the cannon first might make the animation even longer than it already is.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 22, 2016, 10:41:41 am
Oh wow, look at those news about Camelot:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4u1q5h/camelot_chapter_updated/

So first, we get a new Servant coming, 3* Fujiwara no Hidesato. And yeah, Nitocris was the Servant we saw in the CM. Hassan of Serenity is a 3*, in case you liked her. The gatcha will also offer 4* Lancelot, 5* Ozy and 4* Nitocris.

Next, we will get Saint Quartz fragments in a new daily quest. With seven of them, we get a free Quartz.

Another thing, we can exchange a sixth or beyond duplicate 5* Servant for an item. Get fucking 10 of those items (as if getting a 5* Servant was simple with those rates) and you can freely choose any SSR Servant you want. In case you already got duplicates before, it will still count after the update. Oh, limited Servants are not included in the list of Servants that you can get with this new item LOL.

And yeah, we will get Camelot the moment this event ends. Glad we don't have to wait long. As always, I will roll after I beat the story, to lock story-locked Servants. And by the looks of it, Tristan, Bedivere and probably Lancer Artoria seems to be that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 22, 2016, 11:47:24 am
Arondight Overload, arts up, ST damage, and... uh.... linked/related damage (?) have a chance to get increased for 5 turns. Not sure if it's increased for 5 turns or if the chance itself is recalculated each turn 5 times, might be the latter. Previous similar mechanics hint at the latter, but then I don't know what "linked damage" means. (then again I haven't kept up with terms used for specific mechanics, there's a chance this kanji was used in something we've already seen)
Ozy gets the Ramesseum.
This first batch of rate up seems rollable, I'm curious to get Saberlot (arts Saber, why not) and then there's Ozy. And Touta/Hidesato is AoE, I don't think there's a lot of 3* AoE Archers ?
I forget, the images they show here are usually the second outfit, right ? Or is it the first ? Lancelot might be white > black > long hair black armor.

10 pieces of Blank Saint Graphs. Riiiiiight. Maybe if you multiply the 5* rate by 10, sure.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 22, 2016, 02:59:31 pm
This kind of announcements usually only show the servant's first stage art. Saber Lancelot is an anomaly. Maybe he goes purple armor > white armor > gaudier white armor + long hair.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on July 23, 2016, 05:52:20 pm
God I am SO DAMN CLOSE to my 4th lighter.

btw thanks Cyan your Ryougi carries the 3mil Red Oni super easy when Benkei dies first :D
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on July 23, 2016, 11:45:49 pm
Never again DW, thank god Shuten and Assassin Shiki are counterpicks.
(http://i.imgur.com/hUGQUeB.jpg)
I expect you to compensate me for the apples and sanity I lost.

Seriously though, getting locked out of the game for almost a week sucked, I can't say I enjoyed much the event after rushing it. Well, I'm done with it, I don't even have the energy to bother with the ascension mats.

Also, all these summoning tickets and. no Raiko, no Ibaraki, only one Fuma... typical DW.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on July 24, 2016, 12:03:57 am
I'm really pushing myself to get this 4th lighter and really having a crisis of conscience where I'm asking myself why I'm doing this over U&F in Granblue.

I'm not really sure I like the ascension items being point rewards and the extra cards being shop stuff. If I can squeak it out maybe I'll change my mind.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 24, 2016, 02:11:45 am
Just realized that the text for arondight overload was the shorthand for received damage. ... So it's... Received damage has a chance to be increased for 5 turns ? Is that a gigantic demerit ? What the hell ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 24, 2016, 02:46:26 am
Is the wording the same as in Saber Gilles' NP?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 24, 2016, 09:36:43 am
No, Gilles says def down (demerit). I must be missing something - maybe it's also applied to the target, not S-lot.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 24, 2016, 12:21:36 pm
Maybe it means that there's chance that it will inflict a status that will make all Servants inflict a fixed amount of damage (sort of Divinity) to the victim, apart from the usual damage they do. As if everybody had Divinity as passive.

Edit: More info about the update

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4ucv1d/special_maintenance_0725_1400_jst/

Apparently Erik Bloodaxe gets a new design. Also, Arash and Yorimitsu's interlude will be available after the update. About time Arash made his NP even stronger. And we get a new Mystic Code (aka dress), or at least I think they mention that.

Apart from that, nothing else to comment, but taking into account that Artoria Lancer Alter will get its text updated, maybe they're doing it so it doesn't match with the non-Alter version, if we do get one in Camelot.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on July 24, 2016, 02:30:02 pm
Oh? Then they should redesign Boudica and Nightingale as well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 24, 2016, 02:54:01 pm
I wonder if Bloodaxe is getting a whole character redesign (stats+skills+art+animations) or just new animations. It's pretty weird anyhow, you'd think DW would favor one of the early gold servants over a bronze that isn't particularly popular.
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4. Number of turns elapsed in battle will be displayed.
Finally.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on July 24, 2016, 03:01:17 pm
Is it wrong to still hope for an Auto Battle option? Because the endless grinding is what's keeping me from playing this more faithfully compared to all the other mobages I'm playing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 25, 2016, 12:26:24 pm
Oh, so they did shuffle Robin's NP around a bit.
Before, it was "NP deals strong damage + special effect on target with poison status". Now, it's just "strong poison attack". And his Subversive Activities has been improved to add poison for 5 turns. The NP was also supposed to give poison status, but not anymore.
So there won't be any more insane multipliers piling up, but it's still stronger than it would have been if they had just made it work like it was originally supposed to. This is gonna need to be tested.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on July 25, 2016, 12:31:40 pm
I wonder how often will DW add new ascension mats
This is just..ugh..
(http://i.imgur.com/F2PyYHf.jpg)
(Not mine although I wouldn't mind Ozy)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 25, 2016, 12:36:21 pm
Oh wow the first fight of the new Chapter. Two Gazers, two Manticores and a knight with 112K health. Wow, you're not going to steamroll through it if you don't have a good setup for fights, I assure you.

Also, I spotted Agravain, which I must say, I don't like his design honestly.

Edit: I am quite surprised. The difficulty of the quests is actually challenging! Guess they realised it was a bit too easy in America.

And... wtf, Nitocris attacks in the weirdest way possible. Summoning some bizarre creatures...

Edit2: Hahaha, Bedivere copies Capricorn Shura from Saint Seiya with his NP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on July 25, 2016, 01:32:57 pm
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxsJVcHWt4Q

YES, Takehito using his Dio voice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 25, 2016, 01:39:47 pm
Yep, I just heard his voice when fighting him. Man, it really fits him so well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on July 25, 2016, 01:43:12 pm
But wait, there's more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eonG7iocTpw

God, between the sandstorm and lasers...the framerate goes down to almost single digits. Thanks for the "optimization", DW.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 25, 2016, 02:02:32 pm
Yay, 15 seconds long load screens are here to stay.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 25, 2016, 02:06:12 pm
Fortunately the sandstorm goes away after you advance a bit more in the story, else my phone would not be able to handle this.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 25, 2016, 02:08:10 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4v99CV0rvY

Eagerly awaiting for the inevitable crotchshot compilation.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on July 25, 2016, 02:32:13 pm
Oh hey first roll and I already got these two. This is my luckiest roll in this game so far.

(http://i.imgur.com/7n6aU3r.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 25, 2016, 03:55:55 pm
Get. Out.

Just kidding, nice luck you got there. I myself am waiting to finish the story before rolling, so maybe I have a chance to get the story-locked Servants, specially Lancer Arturia who has a more likeable design than its Alter version.

Btw, just warning you for what's coming. There's a fight in the story that makes CS cost only 1 for reviving all party members. Why? Because the fight is goddamn hard, as the Servant you fight against (not mentioning who) has some "Blessings from the Grail" skill on at all times, which has two effects. It halves (or even more, I can't tell) all damage it receives, and increases its NP gauge by 1 every turn, apart from the normal one. It has 460K or more health, can't remember, but believe me, it will take a looooot of time and some CS.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on July 25, 2016, 04:13:25 pm
Not worrying about that anytime soon. I'm still stuck in Okeanos. :P
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 25, 2016, 05:58:36 pm
I'm slowly going through the story. It's really long, they weren't kidding about it. I've been having some pleasant encounters through it, for the little I can understand, it's really interesting.

Edit: Oh hey, so a second "Blessing from the Grail". This one, however, makes it so every turn it fills its NP gauge completely, meaning it spams a party-wide NP attack every turn... urgh, I'm not enjoying these fights...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 25, 2016, 06:25:22 pm
(haven't started it yet)
The guy with white short fluffy hair in the back of Tristan's final art is going to be Galahad, isn't he.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 25, 2016, 07:08:58 pm
That's why I'm not spoiling the story, only mentioning the fights that were interesting or annoying.

And I don't know who that is, though it's highly possible it is.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 25, 2016, 07:59:33 pm
Oh, i don't know about the others here, but I personally really don't care about spoilers. Go nuts talking about stuff.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 25, 2016, 10:51:28 pm
Well then, here's one. Surprisingly, the side you join is the Hassan side. The many interactions you have with the Hassans that appear (Cursed Arm, Poison and Multiple Personality only) are quite refreshing, and show more than just the merciless killers they are in the Fate series. Also, Arash joins you too, and he really helps you a lot in it (he still hasn't killed himself btw, and in fact you fight him once and his NP is disabled LOL).

Also, Da Vinci-chan joins you in this quest. You'll see her holographic image while you're still doing the current story if you go to the shop, for example.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 25, 2016, 10:55:20 pm
Spent a whole bunch of quartz, got S-lot and Madame Underbood. And then mountains of crap.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 25, 2016, 11:01:06 pm
Oh, so you got Lancelot. Apparently he's extremely crit friendly, just by looking at his skills.

Edit: Oh boy, if what I saw was really King Hassan, he looks like a demon lord more than an assassin. Wow.

Edit2: And there's the third "Blessings of the Grail" fight, against Tristan. It makes him take neutral damage against Lancers, but it gives him weakness to Sabers. In exchange, his attacks are strong against Lancers (while still preserving the double damage against Sabers). Not a hard fight compared to the previous two honestly, though it may screw you if you made a party with only Lancers.

Edit3: Btw, for some stupid reason Holmes is in this chapter. He's a man, thank god to that, and his artist is the same as Tesla. Unfortunately, I didn't understand what he said at all, but so far he looks fine.

Edit4: 4th Blessings of the Grail, it turns Lancelot into a Ruler and makes him inmune to debuffs.

-----

Welp, just rolled and I got crap. Only the new Archer. And I guess all the new CEs, but really, I hoped to at least get Hassan of Serenity. What a pity.

----

Well, finished Camelot. I must say, the best thing about it is the massive buff Mashumallow receives. She gets third ascension. Her NP increases to level 2, which grants an attack buff to all Servants except herself (yeah, not that silly debuff resistance stuff that was datamined a long time ago). Also, her first skill now adds a straight damage down effect apart from the defense buff. And she's raised to 4*, so that means her stats will be even higher than they were meant to be. If you haven't already, it's a good moment to consider raising her to be useful in battles.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 27, 2016, 01:50:36 pm
Lancelot acts like a Ruler, is he also weak to Avengers ? Or just Berserkers ? Because I just met him (and Da Vinci went boom), I'm probably going to fight him soon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 27, 2016, 09:45:59 pm
Yep, Lancelot is treated like a Ruler. Bring Jeanne Alter and you'll most likely obliterate him instantly (or a good Berserker like Kintoki too). Keep in mind he's inmune to any debuff too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on July 28, 2016, 08:26:42 am
WELL, my good luck charm worked.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cobke-cUMAAcVIu.jpg)
(I wanted Nitocris and Saberlot though)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 28, 2016, 11:41:22 am
Congrats. Good luck leveling him though, I don't think any of my whale friends have him past lv70 yet.
Me I'm just never getting any 5* Rider apparently.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on July 28, 2016, 11:59:12 am
My hands are full between leveling up Kintoki, Serenity Hassan, Fuuma, Mashu, Euryale and now Ozy haha... oh well, I should be running the EXP all day now that I cleared all the Camelot Free Quests.

Edit: AH, forgot about Bedivere..

Edit 2: Only the chains were a huge chore, I'll stop farming EXP today, I already got him to his final ascension.
I still need some new mats for Bedivere...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 29, 2016, 02:28:45 pm
Holy moly about the stream:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4v6a9t/nice_stream_revelations/

Currently watching it. Oh wow.

The best news, obviously, is that now it takes less quartz for a 10-roll. Of course the rates are not affected, but dropping it to three is seriously a huge difference.

Another thing not mentioned in the reddit, is that, since now upgrading the space for Servants and CE is free, we will get back the quartz we spent to upgrade it if we did such thing, something that we obviously did specially because of the huge amount of CE released.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on July 29, 2016, 02:33:41 pm
Yeah 3 for single and 30 for 10.

You forgot about the new animations for 4* servants and new animations for Vlad, Jeanne and Waver's NPs. And the anniversary rewards.
The stream was entertaining enough I suppose. I want that Gudako mask.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 29, 2016, 02:36:26 pm
I was just updating the post with more info. Yeah, the reddit lacks a bit more info.

We still lack knowledge of one of the rewards. Hopefully it's a free 5* Servant.

And they just announced that we obviously reached the max reward for retweets. Guess the 30 quartz reward was to match the change in quartz for rolls.

Edit: Oh boy, time to decide the free Servant. LOL NO COUNT.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on July 29, 2016, 02:45:18 pm
Here are the animations for the new NPs
https://twitter.com/1112Toshiki/status/759000354507804672
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 29, 2016, 02:47:31 pm
Hahaha, he used Rule Breaker to break the rules and give us 30 quartz. Cool guy indeed.

Edit: They really are pulling the joke they mentioned in that silly FGO manga, in which they said Nobunaga would voice her.

Edit2: Stream's over.

Edit3: This actually happened in the stream

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CoiJlvIVIAENC_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 29, 2016, 03:18:17 pm
Lowering the cost of a roll to 3 quartz. Right after I bought like 3 or 4 * 140 quartz rolling for Oz. (and got only 3 gold Servants from all of it, including one twice)

Okay. Right.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 29, 2016, 03:26:52 pm
Now that you mention it, taking into account how little the Ozy gatcha rate up lasted, they obviously wanted to milk the player base as much as possible before they reduced the cost of each roll. Fuck you to them, because I got shit and wasted three 10-quartz rolls just to get two of that new Archer copies, when I could have been able to do a 4th one with that new change. Not cool, DW.

Btw, the link I put has been updated many times, and as for now I think they added all what they commented on the stream. The ???? will be revealed the August 6th, btw. For the rest, who knows, perhaps in the next maintenance after the one that happens in 23:00-00:00 today (in half an hour, basically).

Edit: And one minute after posting this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4v6j2h/fategrand_order_1st_anniversary_news/
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/0ymxgj/

So...
- Fuyuki: I already have Artoria. I can live without her Alter version, Emiya and Heracles.
- Orleans: Jeanne is a tempting offer, but I really don't need Siegfried (still not spooked by him). Not really interested.
- Roma: Got them all LOL.
- Okeanos: Only missing Medea Lily from the list, and Dress of Heaven replaces her perfectly. Pass.
- Londinum: Damn it, I really want Tesla and Lancer Artoria Alter. Frankestein wouldn't be bad too. Guess that's one option to roll. WHERE THE FUCK IS JACK?!
- America: Missing everything except Rama and Helena. Definitely rolling for this one, Berserker Cu is a broken Servant to have.

Meh to the rolls honestly. I really wanted a free Servant. Spare me from trying to roll them...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 29, 2016, 03:41:00 pm
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/0ymxgj/
Yeesh, all that  gold.

Not touching Da Vinci. I have too many gold Casters I don't even care about, and too few of them are worth much. I don't think there's anyone from the previous Orders that I really miss. Tesla at best for a real good can-do-everything Archer, but I don't care much for everyone else in the same gacha and it'd bother me to get them.
That and I'm not buying any more quartz soon beside maybe trying to get Tristan (I'd be okay with getting Gawain too).
Yeah, Cu Alter is crazy good. That was the period where I somehow managed to get two copies of the same 5* in a row. Good times.
WHERE THE FUCK IS JACK?!
I don't think she had a rate-up in London, she's from Christmas.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 29, 2016, 03:45:39 pm
Da Vinci isn't really that much special honestly. Damage output for Casters is quite low, you're not going to deal with Assassins unless you spam their NPs. If it was Sanzou (single target damage with NP increase that boosts her NP damage too) or Waver (not really needed to comment why), I would highly recommend them. In fact, I would rather recommend people to aim for Helena more than Da Vinci if they're searching for an AoE Caster. She's much better because her NP inflicts defense debuff, and her skills really aid your whole party. Or Nursery Rhyme, though her setup is to focus on herself, not aid others (and any Servant with the ability to decrease NP charge is highly rated in my books).

Honestly, I will only roll once for Londinum and America, I'm far more interested in the swimsuit event and a rate-up for Lancer Artoria (non-Alter version).

WHERE THE FUCK IS JACK?!
I don't think she had a rate-up in London, she's from Christmas.

Jack not being in the rolls breaks my heart. I know she was from Christmas, but goddamn it, she clearly belongs in London...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 29, 2016, 03:47:43 pm
Hoping for a free 5*/10 blank saint graphs was excessively optimistic. I knew we'd get quartz and a handful of items, so I'm not mad. A free 10 roll + 10 tickets + quartz refunds for storage is honestly a lot more than I expected.

Jeanne's new np animation looks so nice...hopefully she'll (finally) get an NP upgrade too. I also hope Atlanta is one of those gold archers in the strengthening quest list.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 29, 2016, 03:50:59 pm
Atalanta seriously needs an update. During the Camelot chapter, I used David's skill in order to dodge Gawain's NP. David, Robin Hood and Atalanta were at 50% NP charge or close, and after the attack David and Robin were like at 120%, while Atalanta was at 80%. It was really ridiculous to see.

Her NP is really good because it generates shitton of stars and she also has an excellent skill, but that NP gain is at the level of a Berserker or worse, and it makes her extremely useless after she has used up both her NP and skill. Only Astolfo surpasses her in terrible NP gain, and I feel sorry for anybody who had high expectations for him.

So yeah, so far you're better off using 3* instead of Atalanta. I do hope, if she gets upgraded, that it makes her much better than she currently is.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 29, 2016, 03:59:18 pm
An instant NP charge skill would be pretty nice, yes. Eye of the mind would be fine too, but we're probably getting some convulted shit she doesn't really need.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 29, 2016, 06:15:31 pm
So... paid gatcha is back. Two different ones, one for Knights + Extra, the other for Cavalry. You can only roll on one of them, if you roll on one the other becomes unavailable. So for those that are not F2P like me, guess you got another chance to get one RANDOM 5* Servant.

Personally, fuck that gatcha as I said the last time it happened. And besides, I managed to get Saber Artoria when that gatcha was available in Story gatcha, as a way to show how unneeded it is. Hope the same happens this time.

Edit: Btw, new two Strengthen quests available, first for Robin Hood and otaku pirate. As expected, I knew Robin would get his NP in the form of skill, which gives him dodge for one turn and I don't know the other.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 29, 2016, 07:09:18 pm
Cavalry : I want Oz, Jack would be nice but I already have MHX and Shuten, Drake would be okay but not necessary because everyone has her(and leveling her skills is more effort than I want to make), and I already have Cu Alter NP2.
Knights : anyone in Arjuna, Karna, Tesla, Arturia Lancer. Orion NP2 would be fine too.
Yeah, the knights. But later.

Oh hey, Robin gets dodge AND sure hit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYPwwl8OrOE
Damn, Waver's, new anims. Air slash, beams.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bu6lzTz9fU
Vlad's cool too, that Extra attack is great and history-compliant.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 29, 2016, 08:17:49 pm
Yep, Robin gets his NP, so I was really expecting him to be able to dodge for one turn. Funny thing is, nobody knows the otaku pirate skill. I blame his design which makes such a possibly epic character look terrible.

And speaking of designs, I have checked Erik, but I still don't see the supposed change of style they announced he received.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on July 29, 2016, 11:46:31 pm
I think they only updated the shoulder pads for his final ascension card, it was something very very minor.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 30, 2016, 06:06:58 pm
Datamines for the new Strengthening quests are already out. Roma gives Guts for 1T and Buster up (10~30%), and Mozart gets INSTANT FIFTY STARS (at lv10, from 20 at lv1). Okay.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 30, 2016, 07:46:40 pm
Oh wow, a turn in which you know all cards will get 100% crit. With the right Servants, you probably can obliterate anything with it. Mozart really got a surprisingly good skill. And Roma also has a good skill too. Targetable Guts effect plus up to 30% Buster is definitely good. A really good support skill for Berserkers.

So far, the skills have been good. Let's hope it continues this way.

-----

So according to Nasu's blog, Gareth, one of the Knights of the Round Table, is a woman. Okay...?

Here's some stuff translated btw. Credits to /fgog/

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 31, 2016, 05:23:53 pm
Hey, Lancelot finally got a NP-related skill.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 31, 2016, 05:30:39 pm
WHAT
Inverted current of prana or something like that
Np rate up... For one turn. Well, it's the one turn you use his Art card anyway.
And crit pow up, okay.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 01, 2016, 02:10:22 am
His ONE Art card, so if you max his ability you get like.. what? 4% instead of 2%?
....At least the Critical Up should be useful (Three turns)

I feel like this skill would be better for Saber Lancelot, and then just give Berserker Lancelot plain NP gain so I can use something other than Kaleido on him.

Edit:
I think this  might be from the old datamine? I don't keep track of it, but I guess we're getting there?
(http://i.imgur.com/RNeQbXj.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on August 01, 2016, 05:56:16 am
dude passion lip

I guess they'll wait for the fate extra anime to get closer to have the moon cell event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 01, 2016, 11:12:45 am
Sanzang can be crossed, and Sita (not Theta) can be crossed too since she appeared in America. Yeah, that was from the very first datamine, right when the game came out. There's also two versions of Perseus in the datamine (Lancer and Rider). "Hozoin Ryu" should be Hozoin Inshun.
His ONE Art card, so if you max his ability you get like.. what? 4% instead of 2%?
I unlocked the skill, and at lv1 (fucking Berserker blue gems), going QA in 2nd&3rd position with someone else's Buster right before that, I got 4+12% charge, up from 10% if I'm lucky.
Sure, Cu Alter gets 20% from one Art, and Lancelot's Art in third position barely gives him 7 to 9% at best. There's no contest, Zerkalot is still shit. But I always use him for EXP farming (I think I have him at NP5 and there's no one better to wipe out the Hands - beside Yorimitsu I guess), and even with a Scope, I still have a hard time making sure he gets to 100% for the final wave (or second considering I wipe the second wave with another NP). If I can double his gain, I only need to get hit once instead of three times and really really needing to look out for his life bar (he'll usually take both the heal and dodge from Master spells).

Oh yeah, bought the Knight guaranteed gacha and got Tesla. I won't need to roll in London gacha, and I guess I don't really need Tristan anymore, but he still has a really good utility skill set and a strong ST NP, so it'd be nice.
lol Holmes says he's here to solve this murder case
what murder case
well the burning of all of humanity. That's murder, and we're looking for the culprit, isn't it ?
Oh hey, Zepia namedrop as the last known head of Atlas in this singularity. Atlas is Atlas because it's in the Atlas mountains, and it's the Giant's Pit because Atlas is a Giant in Greek myth.

Looks like white fluffy hair guy in the back of Tristan's final art is indeed Galahad. When you get out of Atlas after learning from Holmes about the spear, and Lancelot attacks you again, Bedivere asks him if he knew about the spear, Lancelot says Lion King told the knights since the start (only saving the few, and the Knights deciding that it would only be their own people, even if they become the enemy of everyone else), and Mashu goes pissed at Lancelot and completely trashes him. Lancelot is surprised that she treats him like her father yet trash talks him like that, and says "with hair covering one eye - you're...". We don't see much of the guy in Tristan's background, but it seems to me like it fits.

(by the way, I'm seriously pissed at the whole story of this Order. I hate it.)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 01, 2016, 04:05:29 pm
About the story, the best thing from it is anything Hassan related. In fact, we get to know more about them than the Camelot Servants. I wouldn't have minded seeing the Camelot vs Crusaders part honestly, it's really a pity that they decided to skip it.

Btw, what the hell is Teach's new skill that seems to heal female only?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 01, 2016, 04:37:18 pm
Gentleman's love. Heals everyone. Heals women more.
about the extra quest with 5 nodes that give the anniversary CE - the CE is shit, am I supposed to give a shit about that quest ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 01, 2016, 06:45:07 pm
For collection purposes I guess. You could feed it to another CE too since it's a 4*, so it should give some CE EXP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 03, 2016, 06:11:14 pm
Atalanta Strengthening Quest. So basically make sure Atalanta can spam her NP, don't try to simply deal damage with her. Go for the star shower. I had her on my alt but it's dead because emulator, is she getting closer to Jack in term of NP spamability ? Anyway, now waiting for Emiya's SQ.

Holy shit S-lot is good. I was locked in front of his final ascension because QP, and even at lv70 (with max Fou) he was dealing good damage, and between his star gen, crit, and NP gen, things go super fast with him. He must be close to the top of 4* Servants with the likes of Ridoki. (I should try a team of Lancelot, Kintoki, Billy some day) I'm almost considering switching my support Saber spot from Mordred to him... Mordred is AOE and he's ST, so it's a big change. Heh, if only Instinct was updated to be less shit, I would leave Mordred there... I mean, the Knights in this Order and a bunch of Riders and Casters have gotten skills that include a gain of 10 to 20 stars AND something else, and Instinct is still sitting there as a pathetic 4~15 stars.

I splurged on skills for Zerkalot, Tesla, S-lot and was left with <10k QP - but with the QP dailies I just max ascended S-lot and I'm done fully maxing him with the 80+ 4* EXP I piled up yesterday (well, this morning) waiting to have more QP.

For Zerkalot, I leveled his NP gen skill to 7, and it feels much better in EXP dailies now, it's much less of a gamble to get him a full charge (still with a Scope of course but hey).
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(more testing on Zerkalot's skill) actually, if you use that and the star attraction skill, and you crit on a QA on 2nd and 3rd position with someone else's Art card in first... you get a whopping 40+%, almost 50% NP charge in one turn. WTF. Slap him with Saberlot and some Waver and you can almost blast the NP twice in a row. With all 3 skills active, this will tear shit up.

got Angra Mainyu \o/ Heh, he needs twice as many of each type of item as Mashu for his skills. That's gonna be annoying when I get to bones and horseshoes and dust and- oh hey, dusts are right there at lv2. Fuck you Angra Mainyu.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 04, 2016, 03:37:58 am
I spent almost all my FP... and still no Angry Manju.
Oh well.


And yeah, these skills are awful with materials, I was planning to get Ozy's to 10 but suddenly CHAINS. Yeah no, I'm not farming those again, I'll wait until the next event.

Atalanta's new skill seems really good, she builds a decent amount of NP. I should put her back as my Archer support haha.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 04, 2016, 05:38:22 am
Yeah, that 30% extra np gain really does wonders. Building Atlanta's np gauge isn't as much of a pain in the ass now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 04, 2016, 06:17:24 pm
Oh wow, Emiya got his Magecraft changed to Projection Magic, which raises damage of all types of cards to 20%-40%. Now this is definitely much much better than the skill he had before, and his NP now benefits from that skill. Stheno gains a similar effect to Dragon Witch from Jeanne Alter, plus 10%-20% attack to all allies and the same buff applied again if they're also divine. Not really special, but since there's far more Divine Servants than Dragon Servants, it has far better compatibility for other teams.

I am surprised, we had so many good strenghtening quests this time that I wonder why the previous ones had to be so bad. Now DW, fix Instinct so it gives enough stars to justify putting effort into raising it. And Clairvoyance definitely needs a better effect.

And now that I finally obtained 250+ gold experience, I can put effort into unlocking those new skills. I'm ready for the new event Servant coming, in case it has to stay in party for bonuses or has some mission like "Ascend it twice".
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 04, 2016, 11:36:13 pm
Anniversary 10 tickets down the Da Vinci gacha because I don't think tickets are all that interesting anyway. ... So with 2 SSRs having a rate up, why am I still getting Arturia ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on August 05, 2016, 01:18:40 pm
My friend got Da Vinci on the first draw of a 10-roll she did yesterday.
Needless to say, even if I did get Jack out of those tickets, FUCK.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 05, 2016, 02:44:15 pm
She's the one who should feel jealous. Jack is a perpetual crit machine and her only downside is that you  have to send anotheor two servants along with her.

Little more than 2 hours left for '???'.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 05, 2016, 05:05:16 pm
Grail Ascension is go.
5* can reach lv92
4* can reach lv85
3* lv75
2* lv70
1* lv70.
Not trying it until I know what else it gives (or if you can do it several times).

... Also just not trying it at all because it's bad.

News page is updated
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/owq4mx/
It says you can go up to lv100 (by using several Grails).

Chinese Datamines have updated the stat graphs with Grail ascension values.
http://kazemai.github.io/fgo-vz/servant.html
Time to see who's really worth it. I'll have a good look at S-lot, Cu Alter and Ridoki.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on August 05, 2016, 05:46:45 pm
This...this is just bad. Really bad.


Apparently the Japanese are ripping DW a good one on twitter right now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 05, 2016, 05:53:13 pm
..... It seems like the average is gaining 1k ATK per 10 levels. Or even less. HP is roughly similar.
That's just nasty. The gain is so bad. Especially for 5* that need 5 Grails to go up 10 levels, Mordred gains 1.4k HP and 1.1k ATK and that seems to be above average gains.

edit for perspective :
10 lv = one round of Fou maxing, roughly. (many don't even get that, just an increase of 800 for 10 lv)
4*s need 2 Grails for 10 lv, 5*s need 5 for 10 lv.
We got 11 Grails in a year. So just take 5 4*s and max Fou them, and you have the same increase as spending all your Grails. And you only need to wait a month before you can buy enough Fou cards to max Fou any Servant.

Oh hey, looks like the color of the card's border changes to reflect the new level cap ? I've seen a 3* at lv90 with a gold border.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on August 05, 2016, 06:13:34 pm
Put one into Altera just for the novelty of it, but definitely doesn't look worth the QP or the cards
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 05, 2016, 06:49:25 pm
Yep, definitely a waste of QP. If only 1 grail allowed you to reach max level. But 5 of them to make a 5* reach 100? Yeah, as if I'm going to waste them. Yet again another terrible decision from DW, why am I not surprised...

And so, the London gatcha has given me nothing except another copy of NR, and finally Serenity Hassan. Damn it, not Tesla...

Edit: Btw, this is how it goes.

- Up until level 65, grail will give 10 levels.
- Between 65-90, grail will give 5 levels.
- From 90 to above, grail will only give 2 levels.

As you can see, 2* Servants get the worst of it, since 1* will jump straight to 70 (giving 10 levels) while 2* will only gain 5 levels to reach 70.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on August 05, 2016, 08:10:15 pm
I think the worst thing about this is that this was the "surprise reward". Something that we already know is a feature of the game and wasn't it supposed to have been released with Camelot anyway?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 05, 2016, 08:13:25 pm
I don't think there ever was any confirmation that it was going to be a thing, not even in the very early datamines. It was always just speculation.
Well, it was obvious, but it wasn't "supposed to" anything.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on August 05, 2016, 08:34:51 pm
Of course it was going to be a thing. We've been getting all these grails for long now. We just didn't know what it was.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 05, 2016, 08:59:46 pm
I was expecting grail ascension to be a little more generous. Like, 10 levels per grail for 3* and 15 or 20 for bronze servants (for their first ascension). Currently, it's only really worth it for 4*.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 05, 2016, 09:09:15 pm
It's only worth for raising 1* Servants to 70, turning them into 3* Servants, or to raise a 4* to the level of a 5*. For other things, honestly, it's not worth it for the amount of grails you're forced to spend. And I'm quite confident that this system will be similar to Kantai Collection "Marriage" system. You'll get a limited amount decided by events and story, and the rest, gotta buy them all!

And even if that's the case, it's not worth it unlike in Kantai Collection which gave you quite a massive stat boost.

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A good Servant to use grails, in case you don't have a 5* version which is not surprising, is a 4* Berserker with single target NP, like Heracles. It does make up for not having something as crazy as Berserker Cu.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on August 05, 2016, 09:41:22 pm
I've been considering using it on Carmilla and Frankie but only one per

I'm not convinced it would be worth it to put multiple grails towards one servant
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 05, 2016, 09:46:55 pm
The best use for grails would be to level (most  of) the welfare servants to lv90. You get servants with maxed out NP and pseudo 5* stats at the lowest possible cost doing so.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 05, 2016, 10:00:51 pm
Shiki and Kintoki are definitely a good option to raise. Santa Alter not so much since Kintoki is a lot better than her honestly, Nobunaga depends on your party setup, same for Iris, and Artoria Lily... yeah, you don't need her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 05, 2016, 10:04:21 pm
The Berserkers have the most to gain from it since a 500 ATK gain per Grail (more perspective here) is twice more effective with class advantage. That can be applied to 1* for survivability if you like their skills, but I haven't checked how far they need to be upped to be worth it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 05, 2016, 10:15:01 pm
It's only about 1.6 functional atk. And 0.5 hp.

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Santa Alter not so much since Kintoki is a lot better than her honestly, Nobunaga depends on your party setup, same for Iris, and Artoria Lily... yeah, you don't need her.
Salter would still be worth the grails imo, because her np is aoe and she still packs more damage than casterliz and saber lily.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 05, 2016, 10:54:17 pm
Right now, my main candidates for lv90 are
S-lot, B-lot, Fionn (he's my only AOE Lancer and his only problem beside two bad skills is that he's a bit weak), R-toki.
Santalter fills a void for anyone that doesn't have Drake, so she's probably good too (her ally heal is very enjoyable). Nobu's stats after upgrade seem quite good, but Emiya just got a Buster up, so it's a toss up. I never use either them myself, so I'm not sure.

Yeah, for 2 Grails a pop, raising a few 4*s to almost-5* level is probably the most viable strategy I guess. Beside going full waifu of course, but the gain isn't very valuable.

... Oh hey, I got curious on B-lot's new NP skill some more, and using it on the NP (even in first position) gives you 36% back. If you land a NPQA Brave Chain and crit, you're going right back close to 80% in the same turn you use the NP...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 05, 2016, 11:20:08 pm
I would suggest not to spend anything on Fionn yet. We're supposed to get the summer event soon, and one of the confirmed Servants is Lancer Kiyohime, which may be the free Servant we get. And if she has a good skill setup and a good NP, it may be worth to raise her compared to Fionn, which I also agree he sucks unfortunately (Elizabeth or LAlter where are you?).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 05, 2016, 11:44:08 pm
Not a chance that I'll care for any version of Kiyohime unless she has really great skills and a great NP. And I would sooner see her NP be ST, even her regular NP should never have been AOE, it makes no sense lore-wise.

I was also thinking of how to improve those early shit skills like Clairvoyance, Divinity and Instinct. IMO, Clairvoyance having some heal (either one single heal or a lesser heal over 3 turns) would be the safest bet for anyone who has it (Arash, Emiya, Fionn, probably Chiron...), but it might be hard to make it make sense lore-wise. Only Arjuna already has a heal of his own and would come out broken, I dunno.
Instinct maybe a light damage cut (3 times), because it was supposed to also help on defense.
Divinity for a passive is much tougher, plus it'll affect a lot of people. Lore-wise, it should always have been a natural NP regen like the Avengers have. But now, a lot of Servants with Divinity have their own crazy way to gain NP - Arjuna, Karna, Gilgamesh, Herc who has great NP gain already...
(and let's not even talk about Arjuna getting super broken since he has both Divinity and Clairvoyance)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 06, 2016, 12:11:08 am
I'm so tempted to spend my grails on Arash or Kojiro, just for fun.
As far as 5* goes.. either Ozymandias or Void, I don't know the really poor stat gain makes me not care that much, but then it would end up as a resource not being used ever.

Decisions...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 06, 2016, 10:11:09 am
Oh ffs, I need 20 chains to make Serenity Hassan reach third Ascension. Yeah right, I'm waiting for the event. Specially because this link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TrfSDteVZnjUPz68rKzuZWZdZZBLqw03FlvEToOvqH0/edit#gid=525686225

Shows how ridiculous the current drop rate is for those bloody things (way too much AP wasted for each one). You're guaranteed to have 8 chains if you complete the story, but good luck trying to get the rest.

And as for Kiyohime Lancer, I would rather prefer her NP to be AoE so I can deal with dailies much better (since Fionn's attack is meh), but then again it's because I have Scathach that I don't really care anymore about Lancers with single target NP. Having a single target NP Lancer would definitely help a lot of people, specially since the next chapter will probably force us to deal with Gilgamesh if he doesn't join our side (that is if Gilgamesh is an Archer).

Btw, the other confirmed Summer event Servants, I think were Rider Mordred (she rides a surfboard table), Archer Artoria (she uses water guns) and I think AB&MR were also confirmed (unknown class though).

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Edit: So apparently they're fixing CEs having insane EXP requirements from level 90 onwards...

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4wfg2j/unscheduled_maintenance_incoming_862016_830pm/

I think they made a mistake here, they're supposed to fix it from level 20 onwards. How the hell is one supposed to even reach level 90 without turning insane...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 07, 2016, 12:52:32 am
Yeah, my highest CE is level 66 or something, the  EXP gain was minimal even after feeding it extra drops from events and valentine chocos... so it's even worse at 90? Hahaha okay.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 07, 2016, 03:04:55 am
I wonder if anyone has actually made it to level 90. I pretty much stop giving a shit past level 20 (25~30 if the CE is that good) since every level up takes either a gazillion bronze CEs or a handful of exp CE which we only get once every blue moon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 08, 2016, 11:00:52 am
Beach event is go.
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/jccfoh/
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4wp3i8/summer_event_announcement/

I'll roll once for CEs and that's it, if I get lucky then that's that, if not then too bad, I'm not really chasing any of these servants (I still need a 5* Lancer and Archer, so maybe Lancer Tamamo)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 08, 2016, 11:59:38 am
.... So no rate-up for the Camelot knights then ? Fuckers.
A&M single target 4* Archer, that sounds good. Mordred 4* AOE Rider, she again follows after Santa Alter. Second gacha's gonna have, what, Arturia Archer, Martha, and Marie ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 08, 2016, 01:49:55 pm
I WANT LANCER KIYOHIME.

And perhaps Archer AB&MR, as I lack a 4* Archer that has single target NP. And about her, what, now it's going to be Anne Bonny appearing instead of Mary Read? Why not both of them at the same time...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 08, 2016, 01:59:50 pm
lol second welfare assassin. DW really doesn't want us to give us a lancer or berserker. Not that I mind as long as we're getting something (and free Scathach isn't too shabby).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 08, 2016, 02:19:25 pm
Thing is, Assassin Shiki is a really good Servant, so giving us another Assassin when we already have a good one is quite a wasted opportunity for getting a Lancer or Berserker.

So if I understand this event properly, in Part 1 (and Part 2) we're getting Assassin Scathach for free, and then Lancer Tamamo, Lancer Kiyohime, Archer AB&MR and Rider Mordred. By the looks of it, we'll probably get Archer Artoria (heck, her image already apears in the news section about this event), ? Marie and ? Martha in Part 2. So many limited SR and SSR, seriously. This event is clearly meant for making you pay for it.

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So event is here, and it seems Marie will be a Caster in Part 2, and for some weird reason Martha is given the Ruler class. Which makes no sense IMO, though less sense it makes that in her NP Artoria uses Excalibur as a water gun at the end.

And wow, both Kiyohime and AB&MR NPs are quite nice, better than their other versions. Tamamo just uses her Castration Fist from Extra CCC which is quite disappointing.

And well, minor thing, but more bond CEs available.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 11, 2016, 01:26:35 pm
But Ruler does make sense for her? She has the qualifications to be one.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D_1vvGZV3sc


This NP though, is assassin or berserker worthy.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 11, 2016, 01:50:51 pm
Yeah, I meant to say it didn't make sense more because of her moveset. Forgot to mention. Seriously, in her NP she punches Tarasque multiple times as if she was imitating DIO. I honestly dislike her design.

Edit: Btw, this will definitely be useful in the future.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4x7ce4/kanji_for_drop_boosting_effect/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 11, 2016, 02:02:21 pm
Got A&M and Kiyo in a 10-roll. I wouldn't mind a Martha, especially since she's a Ruler (didn't expect that), but that'll be for pickup 2. I assume she's 4*, not 5 ? That's also quite new.

They haven't announced compatibility with Android 7 yet, right ? 'Cause my phone is still waiting to update.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 11, 2016, 02:44:14 pm
Please guys, don't make it seem like it's easy to roll those two. I will start banging my head against the wall  if I get shit, once I get the 5 quartz from the maintenance rewards and I'm able to roll. So far my Sunday ticket gave me a 3* CE, so I already know this isn't starting well...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: SNT on August 11, 2016, 02:47:44 pm
Started this game last night. Rolled 4* Emiya and Stheno, 3* Medea, Diarmuid and Romulus. Think I did okay
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 11, 2016, 06:44:38 pm
Wow, just saw Scathassin's NP. It's still named Gae Bolg Alternative, but - she's actually throwing it with her foot, and it explodes into a thousand barbs ? Myth compliance right there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 11, 2016, 06:50:15 pm
Yeah, just saw it. Wow. Does this attack hit all the enemy party, because she would be extremely useful in the daily quests.

And oh wow, Marie's attack pattern is... wow, quite ridiculous. The way she uses that beach ball is both funny and weird.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 11, 2016, 06:51:57 pm
lol, no idea, the video had only one enemy, and it took hours to get through the server > download everything > recharge my battery so I haven't actually seen her in game yet. I barely started :P All the NPs are on Youtube, Arturia has Excalibur Vivian, sword + water gun giant beam.
Mordred references the "shield that becomes a ship" that she expected Arturia to have is using. That surf board is it. Because one text gives a name (Pridwen) to Arthur's shield, and another text uses the same name for a ship.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 11, 2016, 06:58:03 pm
Guess I'll have to get her. Btw, grab that swimsuit ASAP. It's really good. Full party quick boost, invincibility break and heal+np recovery.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: SNT on August 11, 2016, 07:00:12 pm
Well that didn't last long, it already picked up I was running on an emulator. No more FGO for me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 11, 2016, 07:09:37 pm
Yeah, emulators were out since long ago, I'm surprised you were able to play it at all. Unless you mean you used a modified apk.

Edit: So people, which was your choice on the cabin? I picked Artoria's choice of one made with stone. If possible, put your choice and comment or show what it reveals, so others know if they want that choice or not.

For the second option, second choice builds a well, with Martha cooperating. And btw, Martha's card setup is BBBQA. Yeah, full Buster there.

Edit2: Hahaha, Sasuga YARIO indeed. Totally making a reference to that Fate manga in which they treat Cu as a farmer LOL.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 11, 2016, 08:00:56 pm
I went with wood because it's all I had and I haven't farmed anything yet. I'm just raising the Archer pirates right now, lv60.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 11, 2016, 08:06:52 pm
I suggest you guys wait before farming for the event CE. The more you advance in the story, the more quests you have available to get more materials.

I'm going to stick with the second choice all the time myself, maybe I can take a screenshot later on how it looks like after it's finished.

Edit: Correction, I'm going to stick with the stone choice all the time. There's metal and wood options, sometimes mixing materials.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 12, 2016, 12:12:21 am
Soooooo... there's nothing to do in this event, is there ? Beside building all the stuff as requested one after the other on the main node, the one that doesn't have any fight. You're just fighting on the 4 battle nodes in an eternal loop to get the building/shop mats you want, right ? Just repeat them enough to buy out the shop (only difficulty is to match the Servants that give you bonus drops for that mat and the classes you need to beat each node), and then keeping doing the main node and getting the mat you need to build each stuff, and that's it ? Because this is gonna get completed even faster than all previous events.
When do we even get Scathassin ? When we complete the island once ?
Apparently there's not only an option to wipe the island clean and start over, but also an option to remove and redo a specific spot with different material to get a different thing on that spot. It should be a bit simpler.

So far I used the first option on all spots, the wooden cabin, the rotenburo (open air bath / onsen), the wooden well, and the, what was that, pizza oven ?

edit - looking around Reddit, yeah, there are 15 building elements you have to make, and the quest to unlock Scathassin appears once you're done with building 15.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 12, 2016, 12:21:30 am
Please guys, don't make it seem like it's easy to roll those two. I will start banging my head against the wall  if I get shit, once I get the 5 quartz from the maintenance rewards and I'm able to roll. So far my Sunday ticket gave me a 3* CE, so I already know this isn't starting well...
Sorry brah, but I have to brag about this:(http://i.imgur.com/TH492Ns.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 12, 2016, 12:28:40 am
I don't want to roll Rider Mordred because there's already Rider Santa Alter (and Saber Mordred is already a repeat of Saber Arturia - though I prefer Saber Mordred by a long shot), but she has some really good skills. Arts up, dodge+stargen up, and guts+NP charge. I'm a bit conflicted about her worth and relevance. Congrats for getting her. And the 5*. And another 4*.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 12, 2016, 12:43:37 am
I don't have Salter, so a 4* aoe rider was godsent. Same with a single target 4* archer and any 5* lancer.

Too bad I'll probably have to keep one of them on the back burner because of limited shells.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on August 12, 2016, 01:22:22 am
Sorry brah, but I have to brag about this
In the immortal words of Chotto-Komaru,
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Joking aside, I did two 10-rolls and only got 3* servants and some CE's. On the flip side, Limited/Zero Over seems pretty cool aaaand I guess the other CEs I got do increase drop count.
BUT STILL. .V.

There's so little for me to do right now besides keep going in Orleans, do the event and wait until tomorrow to do my Sin dailies so I can ascend poor lil' Jack. :V
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 12, 2016, 01:48:58 am
Did 2 rolls
I got half naked Mordred,which is great considering I like her and I didnt have a single gold rider
Also I'm almost not getting any CEs at all,Got 5 Caesars(At least it was an instant 5 NP),2 Gilles and 2 Jing Kes,a Medea,Shota Gil and Alex,and a bunch of other 3 star stuff
Got Arthuria but I like Siegfried so shes gonna take the bench

Was away from the game for a long while and I have to say I am very dissapointed that Fuuma looks like an average hentai protagonist and not like some ultra cool dude like he does in most other media.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 12, 2016, 01:51:42 am
Final ascend him. Not that he'll turn all demon-like as he historically should, but at least he'll get a quite better "wicked ninja" look.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 12, 2016, 04:31:19 am
Ideally I should roll with no expectations and only to get event CEs but I kinda want Ruler Martha so I should save my quartz for phase 2.
BUT, IMO Phase 1 has an overall better roster (I don't want Marie, her normal version already haunted most of my tickets and I have her at NP3)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 12, 2016, 04:43:28 am
This event's CEs are almost useless, though. Hoarding quartz for a different gacha would be reasonable considering a) every single servant gives bonus drops this time b) the CEs' effects aren't anything to write home about and c) the event is going to last three weeks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 12, 2016, 05:46:50 am
Yeah, that's a very good point, I'll probably be happy with Assassin Scathatch.
Maybe only one roll on the second phase but that's it, rolls are only 30 quartz... that or I can use all these hoarded tickets.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 12, 2016, 10:37:42 am
Well, the least time I need for this event, the sooner I can return to ImasCG. I left it aside to pull full attention to this event (and besides, right now they're doing a type of event I personally hate). So having an additional CE does help. The one from the shop is definitely good to have, starting NP and critical damage up. Definitely a nice CE for Drake. And since I got an aditional one from drops, I will be able to LB it (because again they only offer 4 in the shop).

Edit: Here's another useful link for knowing what Servants to use, and where's all the loot.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C_XH18OdVfHG-sEWEvQZWYs_gEHBe7eOHYRYRERr9ik/htmlview?usp=sharing&sle=true#
http://imgur.com/a/1Leen

First time the "Rename party" feature becomes really useful.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 12, 2016, 06:59:13 pm
Chinese Datamine (http://kazemai.github.io/fgo-vz/servant.html)

Surfer Mordred has one of the worst np gains in the whole game :(
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 12, 2016, 07:42:11 pm
Goddamn it, I though nobody would even surpass Astolfo's terrible NP gain, but guess I was wrong. And her NP isn't even that good to consider getting her. Fortunately her Saber version is still a bit more useful. Too bad for her, she really does look good with a tanned skin. Oh, and to add more Servants, apparently Martha is a 4* Servant surprisingly, while Archer Artoria is the 5*. So I guess now we have an easier way to get a Ruler I guess.

Btw, the FGO Materials have been released. Wow at Gates of Skye NP, I wouldn't mind seeing this NP in the game. Just look at what it does:

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

I have to say, Scathach is probably one of the strongest Servants in the whole Fate universe, her skills and NP are basically on par with the top-tier Servants like Karna and Gilgamesh. The two of them would even have some problems against her because of her God Killer Personal Skill (heck, you basically win the fight in GO if you use Scathach against Gil). I really hope she becomes one of the Servants in Extella, though I know that's hoping for too much.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 12, 2016, 08:29:33 pm
Well she became a goddess of the land of the dead, and she taught only the strongest heroes like Cu Chulainn (who should normally be closer to his Berserker Alter form than his Lancer form which is ultra lame considering the crazy descriptions he has), implying she was stronger than him, so yeah. She's got an edge over Chiron who doesn't even fight (we never see her fight in the myth but we know she's been at war against another woman who was definitely stronger than Cu).
The material books are out ? Are there any pictures and / or summary ? It's still on pre-order on sites like AmiAmi (and I won't be home for a week, a week from now, so I don't really want to have it delivered while I'm not there).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 12, 2016, 08:31:58 pm
Beasts' lair has some odd bits translated.
All in all, Rider Mordred still has a bit of an easier time building np than Astolfo, but that's not saying much.
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Oh, and to add more Servants, apparently Martha is a 4* Servant surprisingly, while Archer Artoria is the 5*.
Uh...everyone knew that, actually. The support window shows the available servants' star rate.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 12, 2016, 08:35:54 pm
Oh wow, I forgot about that. That's true. I usually don't bother paying attention to the support stars.

Btw, here's the current thread where they post about it:

http://forums.nrvnqsr.com/showthread.php/6951-Fate-Grand-Order-Mats/page5
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 12, 2016, 08:42:32 pm
Eh, there's very few pictures. But they seem to be saying that arai/deadfish is posting snapshots on his Twitter... Except I don't see any link to it :( You guys know it ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 12, 2016, 08:55:38 pm
This guy supposely follows him:

https://twitter.com/canon_rap

I don't have a twitter account so I can't check who follows. Maybe you can if you have one.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 12, 2016, 09:16:19 pm
Nope, I don't either.

gdi Nanjirou / Island Mask (Sasaki wearing Mozart's mask) crits on almost every hit.
"I... I... I just wanted to play ! It's Summer, we're on a desert island and all..."
"Where did you get that mask ?"
"Hah. Master, you do not know. The bond between us common Heroic Spirits who have only 1*. 'If you need it, just take it', is what Amadeus told me. Well, Martha-dono's fists smashed it into dust in one hit, but..."
(Mashu) "I see... I'm glad it wasn't Spartacus' mask."

(Cu) "What are you doing here ?"
(Sasaki) "Sorry, I thought I'd have fun ruffling their feathers, and I had fun losing."

So while we were busy on the East side building a water well, a bath, a garden, a game arena, a livestock ranch, plumbing, the boys were hidden on the West side building their kickass secret fort. lol.
(Cu) "We were talking about it with Fionn and Diarmuid. Fionn pointed out there were chicks in swimsuit left and right, it was making us anxious. I thought I'd do like old Fergus and just go off do my own things."
It's named YARIO village because we're all Lancer men (Sasaki) ".... And I'm aaaa... child of the fairies supporting them."
(Gudao) ".... are you guys a band or something"

---

I just looked up Ruler Martha, and that's some bad skills she has. She has magic resistance as a passive... and an active skill that nullifies the next debuff (nice skill synergy jackass, it only shows that no one ever cares about the passives). And she has only two (active) skills, and no other passive skill (beside the drop bonus for this event) so she's really not much of as a Ruler Servant beside class advantage. Since she, Marie, and Archuria still have incomplete sheets, I hope they'll get updated when they get fully summonable. Between this and Rider Mordred's terrible numbers, it seems like half of these swimsuit Servants aren't worth much.
Her NP deals def down before the attack though, which is nice.
Quite frankly, if she doesn't change, I'll pass on trying to get her, even for a 4* Ruler.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 12, 2016, 11:12:06 pm
Again with the YARIO references, they sure love that manga LOL.

Btw, here's Marie Antoinette two NPs:

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

I would rather get her Crystal Palace NP honestly, her damage with Guillotine Breaker is laughable and her healing easily ignored so I would rather have her give a massive buff to all the party. Though if her NP does give NP charge in the future with a strengthening quest, perhaps my opinion will change.

And yeah, Martha Ruler seems pretty bad. Still, it's a Ruler, so it takes half damage of everything except rare Avengers, so I guess you can sort of use her as a tank. Of course, she's made completely worthless once you put Jeanne into the equation, but at least it's better than nothing. She also has a Berserker card setup, so unless her NP gain is good, I don't think you'll be using her NP that much.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 13, 2016, 02:22:31 am
Found the twitter with pics from the material books. The previous Twitter retweeted one of his tweets.
https://twitter.com/fgocomikemat
There's so much stuff in this that could have made it to FGO and not make certain characters suck, it's so not funny. (most of what's there is already in the BL thread)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 13, 2016, 09:22:58 am
Oh, they actually added the skills from the strengthening quest. I thought they would not enter, glad I was wrong.

Well, there's still the hope that in Part 2 they change to console or PC, allowing them to go crazy with what they want to add.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 14, 2016, 02:04:03 am
.... Did Mordred just make a riding sex joke
In the new "trial" quests that show up for you to try the swimsuit girls, Mordred's has her suggesting Mashu to use her shield the same way Mordred uses hers, to ride the waves (I also realized that Pridwen does have the image of the virgin Mary on it near the tip, such attention to details). After joking about being the knight of betrayal who clashes with the wave to ride it (she goes in reverse over the wave), she goes all "a knight has to be brave when riding a horse, a wave, a woma--- even when it's difficult !" (Gudao) "what the hell was that last one... ?"
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 15, 2016, 11:56:05 am
It's a non-serious scenario, don't let it bother you that much. Surprisingly, they made Mordred more self-concious as a woman, since in her room lines she clearly is attracted to you and even asks you if her swimsuit is sexy, instead of just showing friendship like normal Mordred does.

Btw, I've been able to finally try Scathach Assassin in a decent level (75, no Fous yet), and here's what you should expect from her:

- Her NP is as we thought, it hits all enemy party. Has a side effect of instantly killing, which is raised by NP gauge. It does quite a lot of damage, so imagine it at NP 5.
- She has a good star gen, and it does help that her NP is quick and can also generate stars too. Include her third skill, which increases performance of Quick cards, and wow.
- Same NP generation as Scathach. Which means, if she gets a crit, don't be surprised if you have a full gauge fast. That includes the fact that stars seem to be attracted to her, far more than her normal version, or at least that's what it seems like.
- Good HP which is something lacking in Assassins. Her attack stat is not bad too, honestly.
- Her first skill is, well okay only because of her big HP pool (she really deserves a dodge like the Lancer version). Her second skill is okay too, I guess, giving damage reduction of 1000 and a heal of 2000 at 6 does help at making an ally survive for one turn. Third skill is good and your first priority, raises quick card performance and invincibility break.

So my conclusion, if somebody was happy when they got Shuten Douji because they found an Assassin with an NP that hits all party, well, Scathach Assassin is an amazingly good replacement for her. In fact I do recommend using her over Shuten for the daily quests. Use Shuten for difficult quests, as her insane skills and attack are much better for that. It's really a pity you can't add her alongside Lancer Scathach, as they're treated as the same Servant. I need to test her with Crossing Arcadia and her skill at 6 (and maybe a support Scathach and/or Atalanta) to see how insane her NP can turn out, once we are able to get multiple copies of her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 16, 2016, 10:55:07 pm
I only just realized that there are quests that were added up at the bottom of the central node, the one from where you can reset each part of the island. They give a good amount of shop mats (80 Wood, 80 Water, 140 Food, 200 Iron, 200 Stone).

Unrelated, but Cu was announced for Fate/Extella. This is only pressing my disappointment that we probably won't see a legit Berserker Cu. We're talking about one of the oldest depiction of a berserk warrior, with hints of a werewolf, the original monstrous deformation, such a shame. Cu Alter comes close but the sea monster override isn't quite it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on August 17, 2016, 12:11:17 am
li shu wen makes up for it , did they already confirm which classes are those two gonna be or lancer/assassin are just an educated guess?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 17, 2016, 12:41:28 am
Yeah, I just did those quests today, maybe I'll get enough materials to empty the shop and to remake the island two more times for cubes... since part 2 of the event will be released until the 22nd.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 17, 2016, 12:56:46 am
li shu wen makes up for it , did they already confirm which classes are those two gonna be or lancer/assassin are just an educated guess?
No reason to expect a surprise class change, it's still based on the Extra games after all.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 17, 2016, 02:20:22 pm
Morider's abysmally low np gain got fixed. Now her NP refills itself nicely (40%+) on overkill.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 17, 2016, 03:09:19 pm
Yeah, Chinese datamine site is updated, Mordred jumps from 0.33 to 0.71 per hit on all attacks, and Archeria goes from 0.5 to 0.59 (go figure - even though she was already great at NP gen apparently). I think those are the two that the bugfix list pointed out.

The Famitsu scans are out for Fate/Extella and Cu (in his Extra appearance) has the thrown explosive Gae Bolg. It makes total sense for a Musou game, and meanwhile it looks like we're never going to get it in FGO for some reason ! Except for Scathassin's variation that is.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 18, 2016, 11:15:07 pm
I really wanted them not to go the safe way honestly, and attempt to add new Servants apart from the ones that have already appeared in other works. Oh well, I hope that, if this game is succesful, they decide to use it as a base for other games with other Servants.

And now Mordred is not so useless anymore. How about doing this with Astolfo too, DW? He really needs to get a better NP gain.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 18, 2016, 11:33:48 pm
Well, they created Altera for Extella :P But FGO's development time was far shorter than a PS4 game, so it came out a full year before it and Altera was in it. Any Servant created for Extella would land in FGO within a month, when the dev time and approval process for the DLC of the game would take five times that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 19, 2016, 12:59:43 am
And now Mordred is not so useless anymore. How about doing this with Astolfo too, DW? He really needs to get a better NP gain.
Astolfo could have the highest np gain of all servants and he'd still be mediocre. What he needs are better skills.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 19, 2016, 01:18:58 am
I still don't understand why he has a skill that has a random chance to fail triggering their buffs (and 65% is really low honestly). Heck, I know some characters do have that, but they usually compensate by having one buff triggering 100% and/or the ability to increase the chance of that buff triggering. You can't do that with Astolfo, his chance of triggering his buffs is fixed. If at least he generated NP like crazy, there would be a point of spamming his NP, but not with that horrendous NP gain. And with him already having three skills, he can't get a skill to help him like Atalanta did.

Edit: You can find the Mats here. Feel free to check them.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/960gn6g6w2p0l8q/FGO+Material+I.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/download/wj405jjjc9ly94e/FGO+Material+II.zip

Oh, and second part of the event announced. Will be similar to the first part.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4yi44x/second_part_of_the_event_announcement/

Oh man that new 5* CE with Nightingale. Btw, its effects, if I understand properly, are giving you Guts effect (brings you to 1HP, which is terrible) and NP gain up at 15%
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 19, 2016, 09:41:52 pm
イシュカ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/uisce = water
エードラム https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%A9adrom = light (as in not heavy), also possibly soft according to translate.google.com
レアルタ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/r%C3%A9alta = star
Super Irish event ahoy. This is going to be Scathach's revelation explosion event. Maybe with some Arthurian legend mixed in (btw the page dubs Archuria as King Archer in the name of one of the upcoming quests lol)

---
3M QP and 100 of every mat, today's quest at the campfire node is quite generous.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 21, 2016, 09:14:13 pm
Yep, and the exchange rate of mats for QP is quite nice. And fortunately, one can still do the first part after the second part is released, so yeah, farming for QP is easy.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on August 22, 2016, 01:20:51 am
Not to sound rude or anything, but why are you guys so concerned about QP?
I'm sitting on top of 46mil and I've only started since Onigashima. They seem really generous about giving out QP regardless of events.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on August 22, 2016, 01:23:18 am
High level ascension and skill levelling up require a lot of QP

A lot

It can drain quickly
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 22, 2016, 01:26:47 am
Not to sound rude or anything, but why are you guys so concerned about QP?
I'm sitting on top of 46mil and I've only started since Onigashima. They seem really generous about giving out QP regardless of events.
You shouldn't worry about it that much when you barely started, then again I haven't ran into QP problems either, but that's because I'm very stingy when it comes to upgrading skills (Mostly due the mats)

But yeah, skill upgrading is probably the worst offender, ascensions not so much in my opinion, then again I haven't grail ascended anyone (I'm close to max ascend everybody I have, I stopped because I need cubes for the shop CE)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on August 22, 2016, 01:32:22 am
Ahh, I see. Skills do seem like the biggest QP drains. tbh I let them be unless I have a servant that could insanely benefit my entire party from having one or two skills worth leveling up. (and usually, those happen to be supports)
With the scarcity of mats and the pressure of events over clearing story stuff, at least for a new guy like me, it seems kinda pointless unless you got a real treasure.

Speaking of treasures, fuck I need Zerk ascension mats for Ibaraki. Poor Banana-tan's not gonna stay Lv.50 forever. At least, I hope not... ;_;
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 22, 2016, 01:32:55 am
I've never had QP issues either. My QP hasn't dropped below 100kk since like...the Da Vinci event, I'd say. I always run out of mats before even getting close to depleting my QP reserves.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 22, 2016, 01:48:32 am
Yeah, this is how much it costs to get one to LV9 (I should've done that already but  some of these ascensions need crystals)
So that times three if you have OCD like me (Plus the cost to get there, and then times whichever other servants you want to get to LV10)
(https://i.imgur.com/ca99kYt.png)

I tend to just leave most of my servants at skill level 4 since that's when the game starts asking for ascension mats, unless it's someone very useful (Cu) or someone I like (Fuuma)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 22, 2016, 05:40:19 am
At high level fights,  having leveled skills makes a big difference. A Mana Burst or Quick Up that gives you 40 to 50% on your NPBB/NPQQ Brave Chain will destroy anything that has 280k HP (Scathach deals 2 to 300k with both of her attack up skills on the right targets, 230k on the Gazer in the current quests and finishes it in one turn if you did a Brave Chain) ; you can't say no to a skill that gives you 40+ NP gauge with one touch either, or (any version of) Cu's arrow evasion being available every 5 turns. A lot of 5* Servants have skills that are so good at high levels, that's why they're 5*, and even if you don't go to lv10 but stay at 7~8 for all 3 skills (or even 2 skills for several 5*), that's gonna cost dozens and dozens and dozens of millions QP in a blink.
I've never been above 40M QP, and I've often been down to 6k QP. I have only a couple skills lv10, but I have a lot of 5* skills at lv8, which is the most effective. Lv6 is the least you should do for a good skill, the mat for that is usually not too hard.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 22, 2016, 06:04:45 am
I try to max out my servants' best skills, but the mats requirements are fucking insane at the highest levels. Atlanta's Crossing Arcadia's been siting at lvl 8 for months because goddammit getting 24 seeds is hard. The fact that DW has developed a taste for fucking us over with new ascension materials doesn't help either.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on August 22, 2016, 06:12:25 am
I had finally started to commit to skill leveling until I used a lot of bones to get some skills up and then subsequently got a new servant that I liked that required

you guessed it

Needless to say the old miserly paranoia and hoarding was back in full force which is why you'll rarely see a servant of mine with skills above level 5
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 22, 2016, 07:14:29 am
Yeah, that's exactly why I'm so stingy when it comes to skills, I feel like I'd rather ascend a servant than level up a skill, especially when servants require certain materials that can just disappear in the blink of an eye (I'm looking at you, void's refuse and twin octuplet crystals)

And yeah, these new materials are screwing us over even more, both Ozy and Serenity require these dumb chains.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 22, 2016, 07:17:41 am
twin octuplet crystals
Eightfold twinned* really, that is an actual thing that exists in real life (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_twinning) (well, two or threefold, wikipedia has a pic of a fivefold)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 22, 2016, 11:34:41 am
I'm just going by what the wiki says! (Admittedly I got the word order wrong because of Japanese word order)
That and I barely took a quick glace at the kanji and saw an eight in there so I assumed that the wiki was fine?
http://fategrandorder.wikia.com/wiki/Octuplet_Twin_Crystals

Anyways, the second part of the event is live... I reaaaally don't know if I should roll for Martha, as much as I want a Rules and I don't care how mediocre she is.

Edit:
We have chains in the store!
Also five copies of the shop's CE are available for the people who have terrible luck with drops.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 22, 2016, 02:16:42 pm
Yeah, that translation was from when the game just started and no one knew what that was. But it's really the same name as the actual thing.
(edit = I think I must have misread something, I'll check back later)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 22, 2016, 06:29:07 pm
My lucky streak continues, just rolled Archertoria.

The chinese already datamined the new skills. Martha doesn't look too shaby now!


Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on August 23, 2016, 06:50:16 am
Well, I used all the silver apples from the event and I was able to acquire Scatcatch+NP LV5 in one day (And I was able to remake the buildings up to the fifth one), that's plenty of time to empty the shop.
Also, I'm super glad one of these nods randomly drops chains, makes farming more worth it. I don't think we even got this much time for the second part of Sanzou's event.

Edit:
After 15 tickets, I got Martha, GREAT SUCCESS.

....And I also got Marie... ehh, whatever..
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 23, 2016, 11:13:27 am
Between this and part 1, I have NP3 Anne (I felt lucky one evening, got out of bed, and rolled, got two of them), NP1 Kiyo, NP2 Martha, NP1 Archeria (she's still below lv35 though, not worth putting her up as support yet) in a couple packs of 140SQ and a few leftover SQ and tickets. This has been going really well. Now that Mordred has turned out to be a great AOE art NP spammer, I feel bad that I didn't get her, but I really don't want to roll the part 1 gacha anymore... I got enough Atalanta CEs, and even enough of part 2 CEs.
(also, fucking knight medals)

---
(I'm a bit slow with the story, I'm on the road for work)
This event is weird.
When you start working on a food shop, you wonder where the meat comes from and the piglets say "it's a secret !" . Then once you've built a beef house, the piglets ask "you're sure that's beef, right ?"
After you've built the sweets shop, Marie is the casheer. "That'll be 500k QP !" "that's way too expensive, miss !" "alright, then it's 50 QP ! Thanks, here's your money back, 500k QP !"

When it turns out that Cu survived the sea and swam back to shore, all the girls are impressed, they're all over him.
Marie "Cu-san, you're so cool !"
Tamamo "Wow, awesome !"
Cu "Hey, hey ? Is it finally my time, after all these years ? Move over, Casters, Alters, it's time for the original Lancer to get some fame !"
Scathach "That's good, I have a job for you. Don't worry, it's something anyone could do. I trust you - there's about a hundred demon beasts around here, including a really big one. Good luck."
Cu "Are you a demon !?"

"So huge !? This one is of the same class that killed Diarmuid !"
(Beowulf shows up, talking about the strong eating the weak) Cu "So, are you an enemy ? Or are you an enemy ?"

(the piglets) "We could build a theater, or a museum, or a zoo."
(Tamamo) "... An animal park ?"
(piglets) "Yeah, a natural garden where you can watch animals."
(Gudao) "I'm pretty sure I lose if If point out how absurd that is."
(Tamamo) I'm not gonna get locked up, am I... ?"

.... Why does that theater look like a giant dick
with the two giant film rolls at the bottom and the cylindrical tower in the middle with a dome at the top
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 25, 2016, 08:38:33 pm
Prisma Illya Event?
 (https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4zjto8/prisma_ilya_event_confirmed/)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on August 25, 2016, 08:49:23 pm
>Open app
>Get put on FBI watchlist
Ayy

IIRC Wasnt the Werewolf looking Cu from Prisma Illya?I hope we get that
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 25, 2016, 08:56:58 pm
Prisma Illya Event?
 (https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/4zjto8/prisma_ilya_event_confirmed/)

So it finally happened. I knew they would eventually do this. I would have preferred they did Extra CCC first, but oh well. Personally, the only thing I'm hoping it appears is EMIYA reacting to the whole event. Other than that... I'm not really a fan of Prisma Illya unfortunately, though I admit the story has some interesting parts.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on August 25, 2016, 09:08:00 pm
Call me when they do a Carnival Phantasm collab instead.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on August 25, 2016, 09:09:07 pm
Time to get the family together

Illya would be the free servant I guess

Don't really care about the rest of Mahou Team 6

Call me when they do a Carnival Phantasm collab instead.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I would pay and uncomfortable amount of money to get Arcade Broomstead
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 25, 2016, 09:20:53 pm
Bazett Pseudo Servant Lugh finally.


... Like that would happen.
I didn't care for simsuit event until they revealed their game style (Anne, Martha, Mordred), but this time, I really, really don't see anything that could possibly make me want to roll for lolis.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on August 25, 2016, 11:27:53 pm
well, there's thor ...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on August 26, 2016, 02:13:23 am
Call me when they do a Carnival Phantasm collab instead.
Berserker Kouma pls

So I can have DAIENJOUUUUUUUUU to complement Rashoumon Daienji
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 29, 2016, 11:00:06 pm
Next special gatcha is coming, in which the story locked Camelot Servants except Bedivere will receive a rate up. If you're interested in Tristan, Gawain and specially Artoria Lancer (which can be a really good option if you lack Karna) then here's your chance. We will have have the monthly tickets to try too.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/503yqw/camelot_gacha_part_2/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 29, 2016, 11:12:16 pm
Lancelot isn't back either. Didn't his rate-up with Oz and Nitocris only last like 4 days ? That was shitty. I was hoping I would get a chance to NP2 him (and then Grail him to 90 if I got at least a second copy of him).
Tristan and Gawain are nice, but I already have all the ST Archers and Sabers I need. And I have no hope for Lartoria.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 29, 2016, 11:28:01 pm
Was Lancelot a story locked Servant? I assumed that, since he was available in that initial gatcha, he wasn't locked, just like Nitocris and Ozy.

Me, hoping for LArtoria if I'm extremely lucky, and perhaps Tristan if I'm lucky, but I really don't need Gawain specially when I already have Artoria, Mordred and Attila. No thanks sir.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 29, 2016, 11:32:54 pm
I don't think he was, but good luck landing specifically him outside of any rate up. I still don't have Atalanta or Nursery Rhyme, for example.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on August 30, 2016, 10:41:30 am
Well, one can wish. I'm still hoping I get Jack, but it seems that will never happen. Wouldn't mind a Kintoki too.

Btw:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/50a1jx/400_days_anniversery/

Meh rewards, but more tries for the above gatcha mentioned at least. We also get 3 quartz for the next maintenance.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: S.D. on September 02, 2016, 12:24:20 pm
We got our CM and info for the next event.

http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/lx7gyo/

Semi related and we probably watched the videos but Cu Chulainn and Li Shuwen are added to Extella I guess.

On another note
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 02, 2016, 01:14:29 pm
So yeah, new Caster being given to us by the looks of it (looks like the other girl will be the gatcha Servant, yeah don't know her name because I don't like that series, which means I don't follow it). Will have two Ilya voices now, since I already have NR. And by the looks of it, most likely the magical lolis (NR, Helena and Medea Lily) will get bigger bonuses than other female Servants (all female Servants gets bonuses, Astolfo is included in that list too but not Orion/Artemis). Mashu seems to get a special bonus too.

And yeah, just saw the CM with Cu and Li. Cu looks like it fits, but Li... not much, really. Also, they really pull out a "Cool guys don't look at explosions" on Li with his NP? Really?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 02, 2016, 01:16:06 pm
She says that both Miyu and Kuro (dark Ilya dressed like Archer) are there too. Well, she wonders where they've gone, but Kuro is there, so Miyu is probably there too.

Extella Cu is quite good, even if it's still not the monster he is in the myth, it makes more sense, for his Lancer form and for a Musou game.

------

5* Caster Ilya, 4* free Archer Chloe, rate up for the trailer girls, even starts in 2 days (well, 1 and a half), that's all. Ilya's NP is buster up and ST then atk and def DOWN. And she's a 5* Caster with not even 11k ATK lolololol there's nothing good in her beside maximum pedobait.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on September 06, 2016, 01:57:46 pm
Quote
And she's a 5* Caster with not even 11k ATK lolololol
?

She's got the second highest atk for 5* casters. Everyone else has about 10,500 atk.


This event's CEs are 4*?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 06, 2016, 02:14:07 pm
The other 5* Casters are not even 300 ATK below her and Sanzou sits at 11.6k and she's also ST. I don't mean she's shit, but she's definitely less impressive than the other limited, especially if her NP gives her such a huge demerit, which immediately makes her weird compared to the others.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 06, 2016, 10:38:56 pm
I'm perfectly fine with having a free Archer, we have too many free Casters. And since I already have Sanzou... well, I clearly don't need any more. Btw, here's a translation of what the event consists of, and as I thought, loli Servants got bonuses (plus Medb appearing I suppose as the bad witch):

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/51en6w/collab_starts_on_september_8th_19_jst/

Also, Extella finally give us one new Servant! Archimedes joins the franchise! Medusa also joins too, if you care about that.

http://gematsu.com/2016/09/fateextella-adds-original-servant-archimedes-medusa
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: SNT on September 06, 2016, 11:26:25 pm
Medusa also joins too, if you care about that.
You bet your ass I care about that. Best Rider.

(http://i.imgur.com/d8Kg8B4.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on September 07, 2016, 12:05:29 am
ah yeah, they mentioned parties before (tamamo vs nero iirc), I kinda had forgotten about it, well at least it's now confirmed we have independents, like it's a big surprise, lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 07, 2016, 12:19:24 am
Nice, Medusa in a Musou game is a great fit.

---
Mashu, your head !
It's alright ;_; I'm a Shielder ;_;

---

Chloe has Kakuyoku Sanren as Art NP (and 2 Art cards for Art Brave Chain), EotM (Fake) (the crit up one), Projection (apparently the same one as Emiya), and Kiss Demon, a NP charge skill. Haven't seen her attacks yet, I hope Caladbolg is a Buster or Extra.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 08, 2016, 08:08:36 pm
Hahaha, she's better than Emiya for the simple fact that instead of the rubbish Clairvoyance, she has a charge NP skill. And her NP is single target, something we seriously needed for Archers. No need to remind that it can easily reach NP 5 as it's an event Servant. I feel sorry for all EMIYA fans in FGO, he's been outclassed by a magical girl that seems to use his abilities. She even has Projection by default, something EMIYA didn't have until much much later.

Also, I have tried Ilya, and honestly, if you already have Sanzou, use your tickets in the story gatcha or keep them, Sanzou is IMO much much better than her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on September 09, 2016, 06:59:18 pm
Rolled Illya and Nursery Rhyme yesterday, but I didn't have much time to play until today. Illya is fun. Her NP gain is rather bad for a caster. I'll wait for the chinese to datamine the game before leveling her skills.

So, are Medb, Helena and Kuro notoriously harder than NR and Medea? Those two felt lik raid bosses in name only.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: SNT on September 10, 2016, 10:43:18 am
Seeing as we're somewhat open to Extella news here, trailers for Jeanne (http://"www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxZi5TvoKTA") and that Rider that isn't Medusa (http://"www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdahLmz7IV4").
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dark Waifu on September 10, 2016, 02:00:32 pm
Anyone here know Japanese? I kinda want to ask for support about my game constantly crashing even after all the updates.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 10, 2016, 02:14:29 pm
Yeah. Can you post a screenshot of your error or describe what happens ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dark Waifu on September 10, 2016, 02:22:58 pm
Alright.
The game crashes extremely randomly, during menus, battles, and during startup, without any real warning.
The error has happened ever since the update happened.
I have no error message (other than the email it makes me send).  Said error code in the email is errorcode1.
My phone is a Lenovo Vibe S1, and it has never been rooted, debugging is off, and I download the game straight off the google store.

http://www.gsmarena.com/lenovo_vibe_s1-7354.php specs of phone.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

I did send a mail earlier, (https://i.imgur.com/JW9EV57.png) but my Japanese knowledge is limited, and I can't explain fully what I wanted to say. And this is one of those problems that can't be explained at all with screenshots. partially considering recording a video somehow.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 10, 2016, 03:27:30 pm
You downloaded the APK from the Google store ? You have a Japanese account, then ?
For the record, there's an update specifically for Android apparently with an update that came out yesterday (just about 24 hours ago), have you tried redownloading that ? I don't have any issue myself (also on Android) and it's about fixing some cases where it wouldn't start, but you never know.

The mail you sent is understandable enough.

The thing you put in spoiler is their response, right ? Well... It says your phone just can't play it :-\ And if you change phone, be sure to go through the account recovery form if you need it, etc. I think they stopped at error code 1 which means you're using a clone APK (a cracked one), but even then, it does mean the app can't recognize your phone, even if you said you use a Vibe S1.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dark Waifu on September 10, 2016, 03:37:12 pm
Yes, I downloaded and reinstalled the update just now.  And it's kinda bullshit the update ruined my phone in that case since it worked perfectly before. Thing is though, it runs then crashes randomly(most notably while downloading updates though). Instead of the usual crashing at start.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 10, 2016, 03:40:34 pm
It's been known to happen, with big changes like the Unity update that killed all slightly old phones. I don't know what in this particular update made such a difference, but if they never counted your phone as compatible, it's unlikely that they'll bother. I don't see why they're saying it's incompatible, though, it's not an Intel CPU, it has enough RAM and so on...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dark Waifu on September 10, 2016, 03:44:44 pm
At this point I should probably hope for that one app that disguises phone model to work on nonrooted phones. Though I did hear an ASUS user having this problem, part of me fears they're actively blocking Chinese/Taiwanese phone manufacturers but I doubt that's directly it either.

Oh well, thanks for everything either way.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 10, 2016, 05:20:18 pm
So, are Medb, Helena and Kuro notoriously harder than NR and Medea? Those two felt lik raid bosses in name only.

- Helena is easy, specially since the enemies that also help her are Casters, so just bring your or someone's Drake and she's basically screwed.
- Medb can be a nightmare if you don't have proper fighters, because for some stupid reason they make her Avenger in that fight, which right now have zero weaknesses except the usual Berserker. Also, she's accompanied by a rather silly chibi Cu Alter, which unfortunately has Cu Alter skills, so that means full party attack debuff (and quite noticeable) and 2-hit dodge.
- Kuro is a mix. At the beginning she's really annoying because she has 3 NP bars. Later she's given a fourth, but keep in mind she can gain 1 NP bar with one of her skills. So basically, it depends on how much she spams that skill. She also has an annoying dodge too. So yeah, depends on her love to spam skills.

Honestly though, classifying them as raids... the difficulty is clearly below the two Oni events. If you're not new, chances are you already have the Servants needed to deal with this event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 10, 2016, 05:51:50 pm
I have no clue whats happening in the story tbh just a bunch of kindergarten girls screaming at me and then blushing which make me feel really awkward and uncomfortable
But hey nigga apparently they're just giving away free summoning tickets which is pretty nice
Also the game has become a crash-tastic shitfest now so I'll probably miss out on this event,rip

And uhhh yea got Gawain in the last event but I already have a lvl60 Siegfried and Gawain is kind of an asshole so I dunno if I'll bother with him
If anything after Siegfried I'll level either Ramza or Arthuria
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 10, 2016, 06:41:40 pm
Gawain seems like a 4* Mordred, which is leagues better than Siegfried who only serves as a meat tank unless you're fighting Lancer dragons.
You could skip him if you already have Mordred, but I feel he makes a better Buster Saber than Rama, who tries to play off crits as well yet his skills make a weird mix for that IMO. I have both S-lot and Gawain now, and between the two of them, I'm probably not touching Rama again. But I also have Mordred so I don't even care in the first place.
Arturia, on the other hand, does not actually replace Gawain, and until Instinct gets any sort of improvement, her Charisma isn't enough to make up for Gawain's NP gain + Guts. She's only relevant if you have her at like NP3 or you just don't want to bother with Gawain's ascension mats.
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Ramza
Heh.
Also the game has become a crash-tastic shitfest now
Really ? I'm not feeling it here (got a Blackberry Priv) but that would fit what Dark Waifu was saying just now. So... Either that's getting fixed right next update, or that's a sign of specs requirement creep and it's always going to get worse in the future.

The story is Illya trying to find Miyu, Roman figures out that you're inside someone's Reality Marble, the girls (NR, Medea, Helena, Medb) are Magical Girls, the other Servants are fakes made from a magic wand (when you beat them, they transform back), NR tells Illya that she needs precious jewels to break through the barrier beyond which Miyu probably is, Medea reveals that the jewels in question are required to sustain their tiny section of world (so you're basically killing them when you take them), Helena says it's okay and she'll help you anyway. I've just reached Medb myself, currently fighting Lawful Servants (spamming Serenity, then) to unlock her next section of HP gauge. I'm grateful for the Knight Medals it gives.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 10, 2016, 07:10:17 pm
Also the game has become a crash-tastic shitfest now
Really ? I'm not feeling it here (got a Blackberry Priv) but that would fit what Dark Waifu was saying just now.
LG Spirit H420 with a Quad-core 1.3 GHz CPU here
Summer update made it a bit more crashy than usual but it went bonkers with this event
who only serves as a meat tank
huh,maybe I should slap a taunt CE on him when I get one,or maybe a healing one
And yea,his damage output atm is kinda shitty but I heard his atk picks up when hes near maxing out.
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Thanks for the story info dude
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 10, 2016, 07:30:20 pm
By the way, Jason-kun is somewhere between super creepy asshole at times and kind-nice-helpful. He's super weird. Especially with that doll face.
NR just wanted you to play with her black sheep (oh hello DEMON GOD PILLAR Jabberwocky 2.0), Medea started to defend her land against the invaders, you don't get why, she tells you you're pretty much destroying their world, you wonder if that's the right thing to do (Medea talks it out with Jason and they decide it's okay to let you go). Helena is impressed that you asked about the names of the former Magical Girls who became all the ghosts in the ghost city, she decides to give you her jewel straight away - but then attacks you out of despair, and then apologizes and helps you. She tells you about the "First Lady", your big target / the big bad of this event, the very first Magical Girl, just as important as the King of Heroes. She's the shadowy figure who's been talking to Miyu, and she has the exact same silhouette as the Prisma Cosmo CE.
None of the girls are the ones that are with you, for instance Medea doesn't remember either the Okeanos events or even having an older version of herself (when you bring it up, she thinks it might be nice to become a nice and beautiful adult, you go "uh, yeah, right, 'beautiful' is correct, but 'nice'..."). I don't think we know yet where they came from beside being a newly summoned Servant.
bonus : after Helena, Illya is running out of energy, asks Mashu, they kiss (Mashu is surprised that Illya is using tongue). And then Mashu "uh, I'll be okay, but I might need a bit of extra energy myself... Master ?".
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on September 10, 2016, 07:49:34 pm
I'm experiencing the occasional crash, but it's nowhere as bad as Onigashima.

So what are those super deformed characters ? Were they deliberately created by the girls, or are they botched up heroic spirits or what?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 10, 2016, 07:54:14 pm
They're the Magical Girl's friend, because Magical Girls always have a talking mascot friend (isn't that right Ruby). They just came with them.
But they treat them the same way they do the original one (Medb goes "Cu-chan, kill ! I love you !")

---

wow, I just checked Gawain's skills, and his NP skill actually adds stars too. Barely less than Arturia's Instinct. Same star weight, star gen, he has better NP gen too. He's only losing in stats, he's just flat out better at everything else. Seriously, unless you really don't have any 5* other than Arturia, go with him. I'm surprised he has one skill to do what Mordred does in two (he just loses the def up for a guts, but Mordred's def is only one turn, so, eh).

---

You fight Medb, she says she's been building an army to protect her country, Illya stops the fight and says oh okay, so you're just like Nursery and Medea, you were only protecting your land and not just thinking about yourself, I don't want to fight you anymore because you're a good person. Then the castle starts crumbling anyway, Cu-chan says that's because Medb just admitted to herself that she had lost to Illya so she's basically letting herself die (even though she's still saying she'll be back and an even better magical girl). You receive her jewel for that once you're outside. As Medb dies, Cu-chan asks her what even was her deepest wish, she pulls a Medea and says her wish came true ever since Cu-chan was with her - to be together with the man she loved upon her death. Cu acts irritated that she won even though she lost, but he sticks with her as the castle becomes a pile of rubles.
Outside, Helena says that now that Medb has become an echo (the ghosts that were all former magical girls, including NR and Medea who are by then marked as "beautiful echo"), she'll show up in Helena's records at the library, so it's all cool. And don't be bothered by her dying because after all she did try to murder you.

---

Hm, this is alternating between kinda clever and boring.
The First Lady's silhouette turns into Chloe, who tells Illya she's been all alone in the mirror world (that's the place where she was fighting the cards in the first part of Prillya, right ?), hiding from various magical girls, until Illya and Miyu came along ; but even then, she was still alone, and wanted a friend, so she captured Miyu and was hoping to capture Illya too. You beat her, then Lady's silhouette comes back, and it turns out it was Lady's will to capture Miyu and Illya (probably her talking since the start, even though Chloe seemed to talk from her point of view, just to get Illya distraught).
So the First Lady was born in the demon realm, daughter to a human magician, but then everyone she knew died and she didn't, she didn't want to fall into darkness and just become a "witch", so she kept hiding herself while fighting for the people, even though she was long forgotten and alone. The one thing she wanted to do was to answer the wishes of the little girls, giving them love and hope (turning them into magical girls), and that drew echoes into her world (this Reality Marble).
But now, she wants back into the real world. And she's bringing her little witch corps - no, her prisma corps.
Illya thinks there's too big a gap between what she wants and what she does, an even deeper darkness than Medb. Lady says she's going to absorb Miyu, just like how Chloe is already a part of her, and Illya won't let Miyu be a sacrifice for that wish, or Chloe. That wish will just become a curse.
Lady says you too will forget her anyway, and your answer is "there's a magical girl in everyone's heart". Illya "such a weird thing to say with such a straight face !"
When Illya lists all the important friends she made as a magical girl, Lady says she had a friend too, but she was rejected by the world. She starts laying into you and Mashu, saying that when you save the world, you'll die, and Mashu who thinks her bond with you will last forever, but you'll leave ahead of her anyway and Mashu won't be able to stay with you forever. Mashu talks about making memories, and Miyu starts getting worse, Chloe is fully taken over, and Lady is glad because she'll increase the number of friends in her world.
So that's why you fight.

... Oh hey, if you say that the likes of Medea and Medb are among the girls who were given love and hope, making them magical girls, then yeah, seeing how that turned out for both of them in real world myth, that's kind of really dark for magical girls... Medea was given "love and hope" by Aphrodite to protect Jason and she went insane and murderous as she grew up, Medb searched for *anyone* who would be able to satisfy her and she wrecked the country over it...

... Oh fuck, Ishtar is totally going to be one of these Magical Girls (or even the First Lady herself), isn't she. Love and hope turning into despair and cataclysm and getting forgotten. I don't know anything about Parvati but following the original datamine, she's probably among them too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 11, 2016, 04:35:33 pm
Yeah, that shadowed figure looks like the Rin Kaleido CE you get in this event. Maybe they will reveal her at the last part of the event that unlocks at 14th September.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 11, 2016, 06:40:00 pm
I haven't finished Chloe yet so I don't know if there's another shadow, but the one that was chatting with Miyu looked exactly like the Prisma Cosmo ce with the "horns" on the hat, not the Rin one.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 11, 2016, 07:07:22 pm
Ooh, you mean the one with Ilya with the Heaven Dress or something? I believe the effect it had is to regenerate NP each turn, if that's the one you mean.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 11, 2016, 07:32:27 pm
Yeah. Prisma Cosmos.

---

Finished Lady. You beat her, she says that Illya thinking of her friends and family is just like shewas at first, but it went down the crapper when she had to sacrifice her friend who had become an enemy of the world. You start fleeing, outside you meet an echo wandering close to Lady's barrier, Ruby makes Illya drink a potion to be possessed by spirits, and that's Mira (or something), Lady's friend. She slaps Lady/Chloe calling her an idiot, telling her it was okay to do what she did, yadda yadda, everyone makes up, Lady promises she'll keep fulfilling the wishes of little girls, the Prisma girls use the 3 jewels they have to go home, Helena wants to stay and says she'll definitely find Medb and Nursery's echoes. At Chaldea... Chloe's here. She thought Haldea sounded interesting, and it seems Lady wanted to apologize for possessing her so she sent her here. But don't worry, there's totally a double of Chloe going back with Illya and Miyu. She also says she's a Magical Girl, not a Servant. She'll need mana replenishme- "heyyyy don't get ahead of yourself !" (Mashu)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 12, 2016, 01:15:25 pm
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/52datm/datamined_info_for_illya_and_kuro/

Confirmed, Chloe just makes Emiya look worthless. Holy moly, her 3rd skill at level 10 grants 100% star gen, apart from 50% NP! If only Clairvoyance was as useful as this...

Btw, the drop rate and quantity of items in this event is really bad. Sure hope the later update will give better missions to farm. I don't think I'm even going to bother except for the Fous and the CEs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 12, 2016, 01:27:54 pm
She only has one Q card and it hits, what, 3 times, right ? It can work if you do a qaa bc, since her art hits 6 times.
A lot of recent skills made stuff like Instinc useless by doing that AND more, now this...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on September 12, 2016, 01:57:46 pm
Illya's stats said:
np gain: 0.32%
Told ya it was rather bad for a caster (she's about even with Tamano after factoring hitcount and bonuses).

First skill is identical to prana burst, no surprise there. Her second skill is just like Iri's, no surprise there either. Her third skill is disappointing, I was hoping it at least had the same succes rate as natural born genius EX.

Now those NP numbers are a very pleasant surprise. I thought her overcharge buster bonus would be something lame like 10%, 20%, 30%...but it scales rather nicely. Almost as nicely as Rider Kintoki's super broken NP. The demerit is completely laughable.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 12, 2016, 02:22:09 pm
You can also use her own third skill to negate the demerit's effect, I believe. So you can even make it so there's no demerit in her NP.

Still, she having Magic Resistance instead of Territory Creation really hurts in her NP gen. Even with a constant but negligible NP gain it can be harder to raise her NP than with other Casters. And honestly, even if her second skill increases her NP gain, I would rather keep the invincibility effect for an important moment rather than waste it (and even then, she only gets a 28% gain at level 10, when Atalanta's third skill is 30% at level 1 just to make a comparison with a similar skill). I still believe Sanzou is better, I find it easier to win with her than with Ilya, as far as I tested.

She only has one Q card and it hits, what, 3 times, right ? It can work if you do a qaa bc, since her art hits 6 times.
A lot of recent skills made stuff like Instinc useless by doing that AND more, now this...

Yeah, I'm aware she only has one Q card, but that's why I comment about using her skill (at level 6 it's 75%, which is amazing already). After all, her Arts card hit 6 times which is quite a good amount of hits. Get two of her Arts cards which is not that hard, and her star generation is really noticeable (and the star gen effect lasts 3 turns, enough to have many opportunities to attack with her). I'm also including the fact that you can Arts Brave Chain with her, three skills that are all useful and that her NP can be easily reached to 5.

With the sad debuff that Robin Hood got that only poison effect now triggers his NP extra damage (and good luck hitting Servants that have Magic Resistance with poison), she's definitely a really good Servant to have. Now if only they would release a free Lancer and Berserker...

Oh, btw, kinda offtopic, but here's Fate/Extella's opening:

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 12, 2016, 11:31:37 pm
I'm guessing Delight Works dudes are trying to fix all the crashes as every fuckin time I open QooApp theres another update waiting to be downloaded for F/GO.
3rd one in the last 2 days or so.
Game takes around 5 minutes to even start now.And then it crashes after the 1st wave of enemies.
So far F/GO is the only game to even crash on my phone,and its doing it non stop

I heard doing a data install reduces the chances of crashing drastically but I dont have enough phone memory for it
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 13, 2016, 12:17:06 am
Data install is supposed to only affect the loading times because without it, it downloads stuff like the NPs whenever you use them, maybe some voices too. But yeah, you should definitely install it on your SD card if you can't install it straight on your phone.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on September 13, 2016, 02:24:37 am
I'd advise you against downloading all the data now since there's a scheduled update for tomorrow
You can also use her own third skill to negate the demerit's effect, I believe. So you can even make it so there's no demerit in her NP.
With a 70% succes rate. That's poor design right there. Both the heal and guts should be random since they're basically contradictory effects (she's imitating mama, I know, I know) while the debuff immunity should work 100% of the time and be her gimmick.
Still, she having Magic Resistance instead of Territory Creation really hurts in her NP gen. Even with a constant but negligible NP gain it can be harder to raise her NP than with other Casters. And honestly, even if her second skill increases her NP gain, I would rather keep the invincibility effect for an important moment rather than waste it (and even then, she only gets a 28% gain at level 10, when Atalanta's third skill is 30% at level 1 just to make a comparison with a similar skill). I still believe Sanzou is better, I find it easier to win with her than with Ilya, as far as I tested.
Lacking territory creation doesn't hurt her np generation *that* much. What really makes Illya lag behind her peers is the lack of instant np.

Tamamo has territory creation, fox wedding and she can refill her own np (and also use it to start an arts chain and refresh fox wedding). 

Sanzou has a high rank territory creation, high speed divine sutra and a team np gain buff.

Waver is Waver.

Da Vinci has a high rank territory creation, golden rule body, pioneer of the stars and can also start art chains with her np.

Now Illya on the other hand has a pitiful np gain buff on a mediocre base, no territory creation and a buster np.

Illya doesn't have a particularly well thought toolbox, but finally having a servant that can nuke assassin bosses is mad fun.   
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 14, 2016, 10:40:32 am
In case you have a Medb, she gets an upgrade to her Charisma skill which, apart from increasing attack of all allies, it additionally increases the attack of male units and also heals self. And the original attack raise has been increased too.

There was also a new interlude for AB&MR, but it only gives one quartz and 20ML QP, which IMO is quite disappointing.

Also, hearing reports about EX-rank missions now available, but until much later I won't be able to play.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 14, 2016, 11:03:56 am
Also Blackbeard in a miniskirt.
... In text only.

"Another Reality Marble ? Those have gotten really cheap, uh."

So with the Candyland EX mission and 5 Tanaka CEs, I get somewhere around 100 to 120 puddings. I still need 4600 of those for the Fous and Claws/Chains/Seeds (after having already collected the EXP). That's 38 runs of that EX quest alone.
God fucking damnit, DW. Fuck off.
At least I only need half as many Bushido books, and again half of that many lion plushies. But that's still about 70 runs of 30 AP quests, over 2000 APs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 14, 2016, 02:12:49 pm
Also Blackbeard in a miniskirt.
... In text only.

"Another Reality Marble ? Those have gotten really cheap, uh."

...And I'm glad it's text only.

And I don't mind them creating Reality Marbles IF their legend justifies it. It shouldn't be an easy way to justify why the current world where the event is happening exists. It's lazy writing here, and I don't find it funny that they themselves realise it but they still use it.

Edit: Oh wow, they really reused the Prisma Cosmos sprite from the CE, with some edits. Anybody who understands what's going on, who's Testament?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 20, 2016, 11:22:25 am
"This shadow, it has a cosmic feeling of prisma... ?"
"I'm Testament, the mark of the holy contract between men (as in the four ones you just beat)"
"Just like the First Lady, you're taking over Chloe- no, you're just like Illya ?" (Gudao) "So Illya really is the ideal magical girl, then ?"
So the embodiment of the ideal of all the perverts who crave at lolis and mahou shoujos (heyyyyy Bastard Wolf and [E]), pretty much. She's born out of the wish of guys like Blackbeard, Gilles, and Phantom.... Also Diarmuid for some reason ??? I must have missed his reason for being here, when you fought him he was scared of having hot women come close to him again because it always hit the crapper.
(Mashu) "A wish ? More like a delusion..."
Also Chloe keeps breaking the fourth wall, "not like I'm one to talk since the first half of this event..."
(in a sense that's the ultimate justification for a Reality Marble, btw, it's everything she is)

That farming was terrible. And right until the end too, 10 puddings for a bushido, and 10 bushidos for a lion plushie, then 3 plushies for 10k QP ?? What the fuck.

--------------------

Half AP for free quests, and http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/g70xei/ Class specific gachas from the 21st to the 28th. I'd still like an Arjuna, another Orion or Tesla, a Karna, maybe a Titty-ue, and an Ozy... I'd be okay with a NP2 Super Celt Bitch too (got my Rider of Men the other day, finally a 5* Rider, she got a crazy good skill upgrade too). I don't really know where to throw quartzs here...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 20, 2016, 12:35:42 pm
So basically, since Testament comes from the desires of all lolicons, she's a pervert just like them. Okay, that's easy to understand LOL. I already knew from the little I could understand that this was not a serious part (if you can call this event a serious one).

And yeah, the farming in this event was terrible, because you could only rely on the event CE that are gotten through the gatcha, the exchange rate was ridiculously high and the drops were quite low in amount. I just said fuck it, went for the event CEs, the Fous and the EXP cards and that's it. If they're not bothering making it reasonable, I won't bother myself.

And about the new gatcha, consider the 5* or 4* you have, and roll the one you need most. In my case, I'm definitely going for Assassin (Loli Jack and Jeanne), and second option is strongly going for Lancer (any of the Lancer Artoria are fine, plus obviously Karna too), though Berserker is also quite convincing honestly. Yeah, I can only roll twice unfortunately.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 20, 2016, 01:42:23 pm
You're right. I have a better chance of landing more copies of S-lot, Gawain, Atalanta, Li... Actually this is worse.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 20, 2016, 02:37:11 pm
Well, it's the gatcha, it's all up to luck unfortunately. Either you make plans for getting new Servants, or you make plans for upgrading Servants you already have. In case of S-lot and Carmilla, it's not a bad option to consider.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on September 20, 2016, 06:10:31 pm
Also Diarmuid for some reason ??? I must have missed his reason for being here, when you fought him he was scared of having hot women come close to him again because it always hit the crapper.

thanks for the tag; I understand darmuid, tho.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on September 21, 2016, 01:52:46 pm
New bond CEs. Assassin Shiki's might be useful?
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: SNT on September 21, 2016, 11:12:43 pm
Spoiler: Not FGO related (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 22, 2016, 12:02:32 pm
3 more Tristans (NP4), one Atalanta (finally) and an Arjuna with 2 10-rolls. That went way too fast, I can't handle all these gold Archers anymore :yuno: I was already not willing to level Tristan after the swimsuit girls and Chloe, but at NP4, he'll just completely replace David... I'll skip the Lancers after all and I'll just roll my last quartz from this batch in the Riders... Maybe. I spent too much on this in these last two months.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 22, 2016, 10:48:45 pm
Welp, my luck sucked after my last good roll getting Sanzou in her event. I got absolute shit in the rolls. Not even two golds, only the typical 4* CE. God damn it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on September 26, 2016, 05:49:13 am
did this event give us any new ingo regarding kuro/chloe  ? I want to know if the kuro/chloe is shiro in illya¿'s body that that heavens feels ending theory.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on September 26, 2016, 06:30:04 am
I deliberately avoided all new info (still reading 3rei), but  you might find a gold nugget through all the tl;dr (https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/search?q=flair%3Atranslated+-camelot&restrict_sr=on&sort=new&t=all)

edit: changed the link
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 26, 2016, 09:04:05 am
Chloe is only a split of Illya's personality. The manga sid it since the start and this event never said anything different.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on September 26, 2016, 05:00:10 pm
Thanks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 27, 2016, 11:58:26 am
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/dvv6ba/
Nero tournament is back.
2 types of missions in the Chaldea gate : tournament with rewards and exchange items (collect medals and crimson petals), and super hard exhibition battles (no continue allowed, enemies have unique skills) with tickets and ascension mats rewards.
The exhibition fights are special battles, you can do them only once (and no continue). First is called 12 labors, teacher and student of light and darkness, hundred murders night stroll, second coming of the evil dragon, mother of warriors, oldest hero, full power contest. Rewards are rare mats like 5 horns, 5 pots, 5 tears, 5 roots, 5 hearts, 5 scales, plus a ticket for each. Eh, not that interesting, except for all the tickets.
Crimson petals are for the same rndomized box as the Christmas event. You can do it 5 times, and each has one of the 5* event CE. Other stuff are monuments/pieces, knight medals, chains, gears, lanterns, and apples of all colors.
Nero medals are exchanged in the shop for skill gems (fucking finally), scarab, claws, crystals, lamps, plumes, snake jewels, shells, dust, hero's proof, and another 5* event CE.

Also Nero Bride gacha is back.

Oh hey, maintenance says regular Nero is getting her animations redone. At this point I would have thought that this should be a perfect opportunity to get Mother Harlot / Rider Nero, but I can't see any hint of a new limited 5* or a free 4* since there's already Bride for the whole duration of the event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on September 27, 2016, 02:04:46 pm
Oh, the lottery exchange is back? And it has Knight Medals on it!? Gonna grind so bad.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 27, 2016, 02:14:20 pm
So Nero tournament is back. I hoped we would be able to LB that Nero CE from the event last year, but too bad we can't. I think it's a good one, as it's a Guts effect that can't be disabled and lasts as long as you need. Oh, and this is one event I won't roll, because I'm a lucky bastard who already has both Nero. Will have to check her new animations though.

And for what you're describing, we will be able to get challenging fights, which I personally don't mind. And skill gems, thank god to that, I need to upgrade Kintoki so his cooldown is at least reduced once. Too bad there's only Saber, Lancer and Rider gems.

Also, finally managed to LB that shop CE. Really close this time, compared to the previous one. Hopefully the next one increases drop rates.

Edit: Here, a translation of that page.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/54plkl/nero_festival_2016_autumn/

In case you're wondering if both Nero are worth rolling, if you never tried one or just recently came to FGO. My opinion is yes. The 4* version has a great skill that gives her guts three times, plus two skills that makes her recover health. The 5* version is a great support, sporting a good TARGETED heal that also increases defense, an awesome NP gain up which really makes a difference, and an attack up plus star gen up that also helps. Both are not meant to be aggresive attackers, so if you just want that, you may not want to roll here. I still recommend trying to get 4* Nero, she makes a difference in raid events.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 27, 2016, 02:59:14 pm
Nero Bride is a rare 5* Saber with ST NP, and it's a Buster no wait, it's an Art. With her 30~40% ATK up she should be among the strongest for boss fights, even though her targetable skills are supposed to make her a support.
Regular Nero won't die and she has an AOE Art NP, so she's good if you have an Art team that's here to stay and keep dealing damage - while it's just average power, it won't stop. The other Sabers (the 5*s, the Camelot people, and Rama) are for a different, straight offense play style, so she works if you have a team that doesn't focus on that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on September 29, 2016, 09:42:00 am
Oh wow, the special fight against Hercules. He has 200K health, and resurrects 11 times before you can kill it. This buff cannot be removed, and it gives him half of his health back. Not only that, but just starting the battle, he inflicts a massive Art debuff to the front party, making them do only 10% of the damage they usually do (which basically means three-digit or less damage), which I believe lasts forever but it can be removed. They sure weren't kidding when they said the missions would be hard.

Oh, and you can only use CS to fill the NP gauge or bring one Servant back to full health. You can't use three of them at once or a quartz to resurrect your entire party if you lose. So you can't pay your way to victory.

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So, new expensive CE from the shop:

http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/yjsz/

Basically, Bond EXP CE. But since I already have the one that gives a flat +50, I'm not going to bother with this one unlike the other ones. Plus the one that gives +50 can be easily combined with high-cost parties because of its low cost.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on September 30, 2016, 03:55:27 pm
I'll try to get it because, eh why not? It's not like there's anything else to use mana prisms on (which are very easy to get on this event) besides tickets and fou, and those are rather inexpensive.

Scathach and Cu are far more obnoxious than Herakles. Ugh, dodge skill spam + high damage + instant death.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on September 30, 2016, 03:58:53 pm
These challenges are the hardest thing I've ever seen in this game. I'm way too reliant on Command Seal rezzing my way out of a problem
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 30, 2016, 04:33:28 pm
I haven't even tried Herc yet (I don't think I have enough boosts yet to take off two lives per turn, and I don't like letting him wail for more than 6 entire turns), but I beat the Sca+Cu one. I wasted a CS refilling my Mordred who had just Guts'd back to 1 HP, but then I killed Scathach in the next NP Brave Chain. I heard she was supposed to use a party-wide instant death attack if Cu dies, but she'd just got to filling NP when I killed Cu so she used that instead (on Mashu), did I miss something ?
For Herc I could slap a Bride CE on Sca and one on Orion in the back line (he summons Art down on the front line at the start, is that right ?), but I'm holding off on that for now. I'll fill my party with Bride CEs I guess. Because fuck that challenge.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on September 30, 2016, 08:46:52 pm
The Hassan Horde was less infuriating than expected, I finished it on the first try. Kept me on my toes at all times, though.

It'd be nice to have survival fights like this as an alternative to raid bosses.

Edit: there are no golden and silver apples in the 7+ lineup? Where the previous lotteries like this?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on October 01, 2016, 04:48:05 am
Splurged on gacha, got three Nero! :D
[umu intensifies]

Five 10-rolls and no Bride tho ;_;
At least I got Formal Craft twice; now my Kuro can hurt!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 01, 2016, 01:27:53 pm
Edit: there are no golden and silver apples in the 7+ lineup? Where the previous lotteries like this?

Yep, to make sure you don't get a surplus of them.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 01, 2016, 05:48:58 pm
... Okay, why are none of my attacks dealing any damage to Siegfried, and how CAN I actually hit him ? Orion, Chloe, Atalanta deal 0 with their NP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 01, 2016, 05:52:52 pm
He has a 200% defense buff. Taking into account that a 100% defense buff means no damage without buffs and debuffs, this exists for the whole reason to make allies with NP that ignore defense do 0 damage, and that just applying one buff does absolutely nothing.

So basically, apart from using a Servant that ignores defense buffs with their NP, you need to apply defense debuffs to him so they can further decrease that massive defense buff he has (and also put attack buffs to the Servant that will attack him). Needless to say, you also need to worry about first turn Balmung, though that's what David is for. It's really ridiculous because his health is 50K, but because of that massive defense buff it's basically impossible to hurt him.

Frankly, taking into account how hard it is to have a proper setup for this, and how you rely on debuffs hitting when that annoying thing has Magic Resistance, you're better off trying to trigger an instant kill from Servants that have that ability. 1 AP is basically nothing, you just quit and attempt again. If you have David with his Bond CE available, he's the best option you have.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 01, 2016, 06:42:44 pm
Just 50k hp? this is one of those rare instances where poison, curse and b-
Frankly, taking into account how hard it is to have a proper setup for this, and how you rely on debuffs hitting when that annoying thing has Magic Resistance
Oh fuck that class skill. And I bet he also spams Disengage too.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 01, 2016, 06:44:15 pm
Yeah, whenever you land a couple def downs (Emiya + Emiya + Herc triple NP, which does shit damage anyway), he cleans it out. Fuck that nonsense.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on October 01, 2016, 07:30:47 pm
you're better off trying to trigger an instant kill from Servants that have that ability.

lol, so they amde it like the legend , where an assassin is the best/only option.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 02, 2016, 12:49:07 pm
The Assassin mission reinforced my love for Medea that I lost a long time ago, after getting many 4*/5* Casters. Her ease to generate NP makes her quite a ridiculous mininuke during the entire fight, and even disables those annoying effects that the Hassans have that instantly kill a random target if they're killed. She has a self-healing skill and can remove those annoying debuffs you'll seeing during the entire fight. IMO, she's a must have. Andersen is also really good too, many times all of the enemies only did 0 damage to me and the healinf effect is ridiculous too.

Once he died, I just switched to a support Waver I had (he died half way the fight because of unfortunate crits), which made Medea even more ridiculous because of the extra NP gained and turned the fight even easier. Just a reminder, Medea won't clear the debuff if the target dies, so don't equip her with the event CE, which IMO she doesn't need. Andersen also doesn't need it, you want him to make him spam his NP as much as possible.

Edit: Oh, and apparently Buster chains work on the fourth mission with Siegrief, as the bonus seems to ignore defense. So consider getting someone with a Kintoki, as his NP also pierces defense and can buff his attack.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 02, 2016, 05:16:03 pm
Buster chains don't exactly ignore the defense bonus...they just happen to have a bigger multiplier for its last hit, at 210%.

A relatively easy way to beat Siegfried is using Shiki, with a lb event CE, since she's one of the few servants that's widely spread, has a strong self buff, builds np easily, works well in an arts team and more importantly, has a strong single target defense piercing np.

And yeah, Medea is the mvp for the Hassan Horde. Paracelsus, Iri and Medea Lily and even Caster Cu can shine on it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 02, 2016, 06:33:02 pm
Next one is against Medb, who sports tons of effects as long as the enemy support she has is alive (Invincibility, card damage drop to 90%, three defense buff at 30% each). Killing one removes one of the effects. Thing is, she's a Rider, and both Shiki and Jack ignore the defense buffs, so as long as you kill the ones that give her invincibility and reduce card damage, that's all you have to worry. And yeah, it's recommended you kill her first after those enemies are removed, because she becomes really dangerous the more you kill, and she loves to make the enemy support really strong too, so the sooner she's gone the better.

Also, two other things. First one, bring a strong Rider and put it at the back, last slot. The last two enemy supports are Casters, so you need something to deal with them. Second, DO NOT BRING ANY MALE, unless you're sure you can kill Medb when you bring him at the front. First turn, she will inflict a PERMANENT but removable charm status to all males at the front, and she concentrates fire on any male in the party, making them not last a lot. This shouldn't be that much of a problem because there's a lot more options for females than males for Assassins, but still, remember not to put one unless necessary (Rider Kintoki being a really good option).

Edit: Honestly, these quests are a mix-bag. First you have quests like the Scathach, Assassins and Medb that have their gimmicks and difficulties but are fun and doable by anybody. Then you have quests like Hercules, in which you rely on him not getting crits which is really hard sometimes, and personally it's really boring since its only gimmick is that it comes back alive many times, and the insanity of Siegfried quest which is impossible if you don't have enough Servants with piercing NP. I sure hope the next available quest is not unfair.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 03, 2016, 05:21:56 pm
Gilgamesh :
reddit says he has some attack up that he casts backup every turn (I hope it doesn't stack and that's just if it was taken down ? because it lasts 20 turns, imagine 20 atk up stacked...), he reduces your NP gauge to 0 at the start, and he does NP down. Also he has 1.5M HP. So what if I bring a Scathach with Quick up, anti divinity, Master wear Quick up, and LB Bride CE, and then use a CS to go to 100% NP despite him wiping it out ? And bring a couple of Wavers to fire it off two or three times depending on how bad the NP down multiplier is. I know it can't be that easy...

Also I still haven't done Siegfried because I don't get his defense. I read he has 200% special defense, so is that nullified by just bringing a LB Bride CE, does that do normal damage ?

I hear the Assassins and Medb are easier with the correct strategy, but at this point, with the waves of 50 enemies, it just annoys me and I don't even want to try.

The thing that annoys me the most with this event is that I have no idea if I should or not LB my Bride CE (some quests require a couple damage dealers, others just need one guy that hits super hard) and you can have only 5 copies of it, and I also don't know who to put as support because the quests (both exhibition and farming) keep changing and it's never the same. What the fuck am I supposed to do. The supports in my FL have CEs all over the place and it's hard enough finding the right class with the right farming CE.
The only thing I know is that for farming, I'm certainly not using two Bride CEs because I need the drop increase (petals filling any free CE slot), so I might as well LB it, but exhibition quests are just a bitch.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dark Waifu on October 03, 2016, 05:51:44 pm
It stacks each turn for Gil

And it seems random . Some people got attack buff every turn + debuff every turn, other people have him defense buff every turn. Not sure what different modes he has.

Personally got the Gil that just normally gets attack buffs each turn. I ended up lucking out on my final strike against him with crit stars that Leonidas left

It's the Gil with this status: https://i.imgur.com/IvOMCiL.jpg that is apparently hardest

Also for Sieg, the best way to beat him is to either depend on strong berserkers and spam buster chains., or use NPs that ignore defense
It still reduces their damage, but it does more damage than most other NPs.(there's some odd calculations but there's basically a flat damage reduction too)

Basically Kintoki is the best berserker for Sieg, if you don't have him, Lu Bu I guess. Or just use any gold berserker. I personally just used EMIYA and a stall team(Jeanne, Medea Lily)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 03, 2016, 06:47:40 pm
@Byakko: I'd recommend LB the white princess CE and rely on support if you need more than one nuke. But you probably won't.

The Hassan(s) match is more of an endurance fight about sucking up debuffs tactically and using guts. It's perfectly doable without hard hitters or the event CE

Siegfried has a bullshit damage reduction on top of the 200% so using an archer with a limit broken CE isn't enough, you need defense piercing nps. A Shiki with a LB CE, lvl 10 mystic eyes and some misc enough buffs can do more than 20,000 damage. She can also murder Medb once the first two celts are gone.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 03, 2016, 08:43:50 pm
I recommend waiting until all missions are released. Once they're all released, do all missions that are best dealt with by having all party members equipped with the CE. Then, once you're done, LB it and equip it to your best attacker.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 03, 2016, 09:38:44 pm
Too late. But I mauled Gil (the version that keeps spamming charisma, not the one with invulnerability I hate it when it requires combinations of buffs and enemy debuffs / buff clear) with two Gae Bolg Alternative and a Brave Chain with the LB Bride CE, two Wavers and a Helena. Wouldn't have made it without it.
Given the previous missions, it's not like I'll bother at all if a future mission requires complex setups with specific Servants stacking specific skills.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dark Waifu on October 04, 2016, 10:16:44 am
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/njwpsy/

She's back, and now I'm glad I saved those tickets.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 04, 2016, 11:03:26 am
And a new batch of SQ.
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/vhhzvf/
Bronze Assassin : CA Hassan, Sasaki, Phantom, Mata Hari, or Sanson... I don't think any of them have had one. I'm expecting one of the three losers, not the FSN guys.
Silver Caster : finally Cu ?? Medea, Mephisto, and Gilles all got theirs, right ?? I really want to use Cu more but he can't hit for shit.
Silver Saber : Caesar. I'm curious to see what he'll get. I hope his Incitement gets changed, it's the only thing that bothers me, and for a support Servant, Charisma and Military Tactics are played out. He might get a party Quick Up or something like that ? Or star attraction up to go with crit power up.
Silver Lancer : Cu or Proto Cu, nice. Cu needs some hitting power, and Proto Cu needs skills that can actually be used and useful for anything.
Gold Archer : ... wait what ? I thought everyone from the first batch got one. Are we moving to Nobunaga or will Emiya/Atalanta get a new upgrade ?
Gold Lancer : definitely Elizabeth.
Gold Saber : finally Siegfried, right ? Oh wait there's d'Eon. And he had two NPs listed in the FGO Mats so he's probably getting something. God damnit.
Between all 3 original Cus, it's clear they tried to make him balanced by having crit power up but very low base power, but compared to everyone else, he's just shit most of the time and his skills don't last close enough to make up for it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 04, 2016, 11:28:01 am
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/55shjd/700_million_download_campaign/?st=itva0vkt&sh=3506e83e

Dragon Fangs being replaced by bones. That feels really good. I am seriously lacking bones to increase the level of several skills, so this is really appreciated.

Also the free FP roll is changed to 10-FP roll. Hopefully, that increases my chances to get Angra Maiyu.

Oh, and this is the nightmare waiting for us for the next expert challenge:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/55qdle/nerofest_2016_final_exhibition_referral_sheet/?st=itva936u&sh=89863836
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 04, 2016, 11:43:45 am
All of them in 4 waves ? For a shitty Lore ? ... NOPE. Fuck off DW.

Also, the 3 new CEs. Hydra Dagger = Instant Death success +5%, Fragarach star attraction +200%, Heaven's Fall 1 star every turn + debuff res +5%. Fragarach makes Bazett useless because you probably won't see the difference between 200% and 600% (it's why I hate Lancelot's EAM, why do you need to level his attraction from 3000% to 5000%, who are you competing with in your team that you need that boost), and lol at 1 star per turn how useless can a CE be why is this even 3*.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 04, 2016, 01:03:00 pm
200% doesn't do anything if the servant's class had shit star weight to begin with. A berserker using that CE still has lower star weight than a caster. That's why Yorimitsu's/Lancelot's eam is retardedly high; 3000% x a single digit base = barely twice as much as an archer.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 04, 2016, 02:11:13 pm
Maybe, but for those characters, what's the difference between going from 200 to 600 or from 3000 to 5000 ? It's only relevant if they have a teammate who's right in the middle of the final value, and for the Berserker cases you mention, a factor of 2 or 3 isn't going to change that much. I left B-lot's EAM at a low level, and I activate it only when I really need it, and the effect is already visible, I don't need 5000 instead of 3500.
It's still the same problem as the rest of the whole crit system, with a straight power up you do care for a 5% difference, but for crits, it's either on or off and there's just too many variables that you don't control to make it go one way or the other.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 04, 2016, 06:54:29 pm
600% admittedly  doesn't do much for berserkers, but it helps other servants with crit skills and lower weight, like caster/proto Cu or Hassan.


 The leak was wrong.  (https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/55twfc/final_exhibition_match_all_out_battle/)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 04, 2016, 10:47:19 pm
Yep, it's even worse. My god. I think I will need all of my CS if I ever want to win this. Seriously, wtf is up with these skills...

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/55twfc/final_exhibition_match_all_out_battle/

Edit: With two CS and Scathach, I completely trivialized the Gilgamesh fight. Seriously, if in Babylon chapter we fight against him, I'm probably going to steamroll that boss fight.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 04, 2016, 11:47:41 pm
Scathach can get a boost of nearly 150% on her NP against Divinity, that must be one of the highest multipliers with her own skills alone, of course she's the definitive Gil/Herc killer.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 04, 2016, 11:51:45 pm
It's a pity she's not as useful against Herc than Gil because of the whole resurrect, but she helps at removing the full HP bar and start with the half HP resurrections. Apart from the free turn because of stun, which IMO is the best thing about her. Who knows how many times I've been saved by having her paralizing the boss for one turn, ignoring any debuff resistances they may have. No other Servant can achieve that yet unfortunately.

And just to point out how easy it was, with all of Scathach boosts, Atalanta's Quick boost (lvl 6), Waver lvl 10 attack buff, mystic clothes lvl 10 attack raise and Helena card performance boost I shaved 400K of his health, then her Brave Quick chain took the next 100K. I was nearly half done with the fight in the first turn. Second one, it was close to 200K which was also with a Brave chain which left it with 1/3 of its health or even less. She's that broken. Obviously I got the Gil version that only crits and boosts its attack all the time, the other with the special defense would have made this impossible.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 05, 2016, 11:36:51 am
Looks like Sasaki became a crit machine. Star gen boosted, star attraction added to his 3rd skill (numbers are up on kazemai). His cleanse skill still gives 15 stars when maxed to start you up on those 3 turns the 3rd skill is active for.

Also I got Jalter. Maxing her will be horribly painful, but hey, it's Jalter. I'm still averaging one 5* a month.

Holy shit Cu Alter's bond CE is NP power +30% and extra guts to 20% of HP. That is so broken.
http://kazemai.github.io/fgo-vz/ceData.html?no=335

... Lots of wyverns and dragons in Sasaki's SQ. Still pursuing the memes, are we.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 05, 2016, 12:49:22 pm
By the looks of it, perhaps they're trying to improve Servants that have star gen rate up in their skills, to make them more useful. If so, I hope Clairvoyance/Knight Tactics becomes a useful skills

Helena too got a nice Bond CE, which is basically an Anti-Assassin 20% up. Basically, like any skill like Anti-Demon or Anti-Divinity, which makes all Servants in the party do 20% more damage against the Assassin class in this case. That's not bad honestly.

Also, please put JAlter in your support list, ALWAYS. She's the best All Servant one can use, her damage, skills and NP are insane, making her useful even against non-Ruler Servants.

Edit: Fuck the last expert quest. I quit. Bye bye my friend, get someone with all Servants and insane luck to win it. That excludes 99% of the players obviously, but I suppose DW could care less since it's less people getting a free roll. Seriously, who designed this quest and thought this was even possible to achieve?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 05, 2016, 01:32:59 pm
At least now the super whales that have everything fully maxed will stop complaining that events are too easy and finished too fast.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 05, 2016, 02:17:22 pm
Nah, the super whales are as screwed as us. The ultra blue whales, on the other hand... (http://graoda.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-1667.html)

I gave up. It's a lost cause. The last wave of servants has too many broken buffs. You can't stall, they hit though dodge spam their nps. You can't go all out, they have high crazy hp and defenses. You can't possibly fit all countermeasures in a functional team, the only viable strategy is using a strong berserker and command seals to survive and spam his np.

BTW don't forget to make the most of double great/super success rate with all those hoarded kaleido sticks and shitty CEs you got from the fp roll

(http://i.imgur.com/6k643y0.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 05, 2016, 04:41:29 pm
Hahahahahahahaha!

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/55zh70/nerf_for_last_boss_rush/?st=itx0ultx&sh=7b8a97b4
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 05, 2016, 04:56:19 pm
Nah, the super whales are as screwed as us.
Precisely, they'll stop complaining that things are too easy now that it's too hard :P

CasCu's Rune magecraft becomes primordial runes and add a 20~30% NP gain. It's okay. I mean, his NP is just as lousy as the rest of his attacks, but if it starts being spammable some more (given his 3 Arts cards), together with the burn status, it might start getting half decent. Now, to see if Proto Cu will get the same.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 05, 2016, 09:17:09 pm
Either his first skill changes to the same as CasCu, or his third skill changes to something that is useful, because nobody uses ProtoCu for his third skill, that's for sure.

And finally I beat Siegfried, using curse damage from a support Waver (after being hit twice by Nero's NP and thrice by Shiki's NP). Five turns in a row, I paralized, decreased NP charge and got full NP bar again because of Siegfried's demerit and Arts Brave combo with Waver. Man, the last turn Siegfried was alive, he had 2 curses on him and 250 or close HP, and both Lu Bu and Mashu had still the Guts effect on. I laughed like a maniac because it took twenty tries, fuck the constant targeting the same Servant and crits. I seriously need to upgrade Mashu's skill to 10, she's been one of the best Servants in this event.

Edit: So the stupid last quest is back to "normal". They decided the nerf was too big, and put some things back to normal like making Shirou bullshit max HP down to all party again and all buffs are now again hitting the reverse party. Thanks for that, you returned precisely the most bullshit thing of this fight. Oh well, once I have three CS, I'm going to just go Raikou mode and blast them all.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 06, 2016, 05:23:04 pm
Caesar's Incitement adds star gen up. ...... Why star gen ? Well, the crit power up lasts 3 turn and the star gen follows... It's weird. Kazemai gives the rate up from 50 to 100%, so I guess it's not completely worthless as soon as the target doesn't even crit, you're hoping that they'll generate the stars for the following turns until they manage to crit. Ah, a Quick that crits gets more stars, right ? So you're hoping that your Atalanta crits more often on her Quicks and generate even more stars to keep critting. In Atalanta's case, you toss her third skill on top of that and you're good to go, I suppose.
... Well, that's all good and well until you remember that it's still only for 3 turns.
Ah... Unless you use it on himself for his NP, which is Quick with high hit count... ??

Of course, I'm saying this because I'm used to Servants that only generate like 2~3 stars in one hit, so going to 4 or 6 doesn't impress me all that much. Obviously, put that on Jack and watch her crit power increase AND generate 50 stars with one Quick alone, but it's Jack. I'm mostly curious about pairing that with Atalanta. Or Sasaki, actually...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 06, 2016, 06:42:17 pm
IMO, Andersen can easily replace Caesar since he pretty much has all of his buffs except NP damage up and star gen having a lower percentage (plus random chance to get some of his buffs), but he has a far easier time spamming them than Caesar. So yeah, you're not going to use Caesar for buffing, there are far better alternatives.

So I myself, having used Caesar a lot of times, can easily say that it really doesn't make him any different as how he was in the past. Not that it's bad, since Caesar is a good 3* Saber to have. He's usually my choice if I need a low-cost single target NP user that is not an Assassin.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 06, 2016, 07:02:15 pm
This is a pretty interesting upgrade, imo. Almost makes me want to pour some exp into Caesar just to see how many stars Atlanta and assassin Scath can make during a NP-Q-Q chain.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 07, 2016, 05:45:00 pm
Proto Cu's beast killer becomes somewhat acceptable, the boost goes from 40~60% to 50~100% and adds star weight 200~500%. Toss in his Crit power up at 18~45% and it should become a lot easier to kill a chimera, wyvern etc. for 3 turns if you have a Sasaki and a Caesar on the side. It does make some sense with the rest of the quests... I mean, it's pretty awesome for a 3* actually, but it's still just a 3* with very low power to begin with. It might get good if you start stacking up these things like a madman - which isn't unheard of with all those people who make Leonidas / Asterios runs stacking buffs and debuffs all up the wazoo.
Still annoyed that CasCu's rune didn't get an all cards up. Scathach's runes has a quick up, why can't CasCu get that too ! Especially since his other NP, Odin 18, is supposed to use all runes for a massive power boost. Total fail.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 07, 2016, 07:32:47 pm
I still prefer FSN Cu than Proto Cu. God knows how many times I've been saved by his combination of PfA and Battle Continuation. It's not really a bad update for the reasons you mentioned (though anti-Beast is still not that useful because of the little amount of enemies that share this trait, list here: http://fategrandorder.wikia.com/wiki/Traits).

Well, now the low-cost Servants are done. Time to get upgrades for gold Servants. Hopefully they improve Nobunaga, like for example making her Tactics skill also raise attack, because she's also supposed to have Charisma as skill but that didn't happen because of the three skill limit which bosses seems not to have.

Edit: I'm dooooooone with the last boss rush quest. I lost the count of the amount of tries I needed. If you want to know my party setup to win it, then here it is. It's a 4* party, though some can be replaced by low cost alternatives as long as they're properly prepared:
- d'Eon with 2030 CE (or put any tank with a taunt skill that lasts longer than a turn, and with perhaps a CE that generates stars for Raikou's first skill)
- Martha with Battle of Camlann CE (clears initial ridiculous 3-times buff fail and Medea's poison, plus removes IP from Ozy, CE so when she dies there's some benefit).
- Support Raikou with LB CE event (VERY IMPORTANT, IT HAS TO BE LB OR YOU WON'T DO ENOUGH DAMAGE)
- Shiki with the 4* CE that gives 75% NP once maxed (in the worst case scenario that Ozy is not dead, because that thing must die. You can use anything as long as you know it's there to inflict good damage just in case).
- Medea with the Kintoki CE that gives 50% NP and tons of stars (any CE counts, I just used this for crit damage. She's only there for her NP anyway).
- Chloe with the LB CE event (or any other Archer with single target NP like Artoria Summer Edition. Don't bother with dodge, Nero will have Sure Hit).

Important steps:
- Don't use Martha's second skill until Medea hits your party with the poison.
- Kill first Jack before using a Taunt skill. Jack will instantly use her second skill to remove taunt. You don't want that.
- Second to go is LArturiaAlter. Don't let her use her NP.
- Both Martha and Raikou must be alive when you get a party of Ozy + Medea + Amakusa. Martha must have her third skill available and use it on Ozy. Raikou must have her NP ready to go and none of her damage up skills used. She will instantly clear the whole enemy party.
- Once Medea comes because someone in your party died (hopefully only one), use Medea to clear all of her buffs Nero has. It's important you do this as soon as possible, you specially want to stop Nero from getting crits nearly every turn.
- From this point, it's a battle of endurance. Keep in mind that Chloe's dodge won't work, though you can use the second effect that increases crit damage.

I would suggest against using the strategy of CS + Raikou NP to reach Nero right from the beginning. The 50% defense and impossible to remove buff that Medea applies will make the Ozy and Amakusa part a complete nightmare. You want that combination to die as soon as they enter the field, so only use the CS if you don't have Raikou's NP ready at that point. Ozy is even more dangerous than Nero because of his IP and skills, and Amakusa will get a free party clear because his NP removes buffs before damaging, making it impossible to block his NP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 08, 2016, 06:19:33 pm
Emiya's Clairvoyance becomes hawk's eye, star gen up boosted from 16~32 to 50~100% and additional crit power up also 50~100%, stil 3 turns. That's a good skill, but... Why on Emiya ?? He's never been particularly interesting on star generation despite Clairvoyance, which he only had because he did in the VN but they never gave him a card set relevant to it. Hey, I hope everyone who has Clairvoyance will switch to a unique skill.
So far it's all about critting, it's how they want 3* and 4* to make up for shit stats. Except CasCu who got shafted as usual.

Oh, actually, if Fionn gets the same kind of upgrade on his own Clairvoyance, he might get useful. He's a little better at handling crit stars, and it's probably already the kind of team you're running him in, which isn't the case for Emiya.

edit - also just remembered that Emiya's dodge was the def up version, not the crit attraction up. On the other hand, he does have a high star weight already... The Clairvoyance part is still useless but with crit damage up, your crit arts will get you more NP AND deal enough damage to make up for not being Busters, which should be pretty damn good... What happens if you slap a Quick followed by UBW, how many stars might that give ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 08, 2016, 07:36:14 pm
With a 50%-100% stargen boost UBW should make a decent amount of stars, considering it's a multi hit aoe buster np. Not much use outside of it since Emiya's cards are AAAQB. At least he can use the crit bonus better than the previous servants with his high star weight.

I still hold on to my foolish hope Liz gets charisma replaced with something better tomorrow, like atk+and [chaotic] atk+ in the same vein as Jalter's and Stheno's skills.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 08, 2016, 08:16:08 pm
Fionn needs the upgrade more than Liz, honestly. Elizabeth has a party attack buff, a single target defense debuff and Battle Continuation. None of them are particulary special, but they're not bad either. And her NP is Buster, so it definitely does damage.

The only thing useful about Fionn is a dodge+crit up, and the Arts Up, but his setup is meant to be for Arts team and he obviously cannot be in an Arts team when his NP generation is really lacking. His NP is also lackluster, though debuff immunity does help sometimes.

You see what I'm doing here? I'm trying to justify an upgrade for him since I have him as my gold lancer that has an AoE NP. And yeah, I don't have Liz.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 08, 2016, 08:35:38 pm
She's okay...but she's just painfully ok. I use her to switch in for charisma and her defense debuff, but that's it. Liz doesn't have anything special going on for herself. Also, buster NPs deal the overall lowest damage.
edit - also just remembered that Emiya's dodge was the def up version, not the crit attraction up. On the other hand, he does have a high star weight already... The Clairvoyance part is still useless but with crit damage up, your crit arts will get you more NP AND deal enough damage to make up for not being Busters, which should be pretty damn good... What happens if you slap a Quick followed by UBW, how many stars might that give ?
NPs are unaffected by first card bonus, and Q-UBW-A/B-Extra shouldn't generate notoriously more stars than UBW-A/B-Q-Extra which does more damage.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 08, 2016, 08:46:50 pm
Ah, right. So UBW probably doesn't generate much stars even with Clairvoyance doubling it, does it ? I just don't see any point in Clairvoyance with that card setup. He was a complete mess. And it's not like they didn't try several versions of him since IINM the pre-release trailers showed UBW as Art. If only he'd been released later. Oh well, we still have Emiya Alter who is likely to completely vaporize him, especially after seeing Cu Alter.

On Liz, she's an AOE Buster Lancer that puts debuff and gives Charisma, I don't think she needs anything that gives stars, and I've never heard anyone complain about her in particular beside low damage. Although maybe that's because nobody uses her - I've had her since early on and I never used her or leveled her much, because of that horrible design. Hell, I use Fionn for EXP waves and not her. I actually like Fionn as an Art AOE Lancer, even if he's weak, his Art up is pretty good (lv8 I think). If they give anything to Liz, it'll have to move her from plain to special instead of moving someone from bad to usable/decent. And I also think that Fionn needs it a lot more. Liz could either get some NP charge (like a variation of bloodsucking) or a big buff to her Charisma, like Medb.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 09, 2016, 05:08:08 pm
Damn, Liz got the update. Charisma got upgraded, so now it applies a second buff to females.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 09, 2016, 05:13:34 pm
More than double the buff for female allies, and a little extra for the rest. Eh, it's good if you use her. I guess it was too obvious that they'd finish the first batch of Servants before moving to the next ones. In that case, who still hasn't gotten a SQ among the original guy ? I can think of Herc and Arturia but I haven't gone through the list yet.
Let's see...
Arturia, Arturia Alter, Lily, Siegfried, Altera, d'Eon, Gil, Euryale, FSN Cu, Marie, Andersen, CA Hassan, Vlad, Darius, Tamacat. ... Uh, that's still a lot of people. Even if we remove the 5* first.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 09, 2016, 05:14:49 pm
Fuck yeah, Liz just jumped from plain good to fucking awesome. This is a huge buff for my favorite line up for farming, Mordred/Kiyohime/Jalter/Liz.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dark Waifu on October 09, 2016, 06:17:22 pm
 Details in the Creator's talk(machi asobi, generally taken from twitter):
-Before the fix for the finale, the number of people who cleared was just a few hundred
-Unknown Spirits with 4 stars to be added (however not done in the same manner as 5 star ones)
-Event confirmed to be held in 4 cities
-To be announced on Niconico at the start of November (To do something different than usual)
-New Emiya Animation (Noble Phantasm as well as standard animations, character remodeling. Release is still way ahead)
-Scenario for chapter 7 is finished. A lot of content to be expected. At least 1.5 times of Chapter 6.
-"If we talk Fate, we have to talk about THAT character" to be added
-More info on tomorrow's event to be revealed
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 10, 2016, 06:56:02 am
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/56qauc/halloween_event_announced/

New Halloween Event, new Liz. Wonder if she'll reuse the same NP?

edit: Oh? a repetition of last year's event?

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/56qc09/halloween_event_repeat/

You don't know how much this pleases me. Caster Liz was the one welfare servant I wished I had. And now I'll have enough Elizabeth's for a frontline.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 10, 2016, 08:44:37 am
Hopefully this Elizabeth has a single target NP for the people that lack a 4* or above Saber with that kind of NP. If she really is a Saber, that is.

The repeat event is also a good oportunity for people who missed that Halloween CE and Caster Elizabeth, both of which are nice to have. Obviously won't repeat it unless the drops are worth it. Also, apparently now you can burn 4* and 5* Servants that you don't need for Rare Prisms that can be used to retrieve old even CE and Servants you've missed. Nice if you really have a surplus I guess. And yeah, you'll get back those prisms in case you already fulfilled that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 10, 2016, 09:04:08 am
Extreme Great Pumpkin Village makes me think of ghouls 'n ghosts japanese title.
With that name and design, yeah, she's a Saber. I don't like it.
I just want that last Iri CE (I still didn't get that last petal CE to drop in Nero fest 2)

Just final ascended my Jalter.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 10, 2016, 10:40:06 am
Keep trying, specially on the high level quests. I'm sure you'll eventually get it. Here, I'm going to pray for your success.

Also, yeah, Liz design is obviously a Saber, but I haven't seen any confirmation of it. She could also be a Berserker, Rider or Avenger that just carries a blade to attack. Or an Archer that for some weird reason use a close combat weapon instead of long range attacks. Definitely not an Assassin, Lancer or Caster since we already have that version (yeah, Carmilla can be considered the Assassin version if you want), and I doubt Liz has the qualities to become a Ruler. I wish I could say I'm 100% sure she'll be a Saber.

Btw, they will also give you rare prisms if you used a 4* Servant to increase the NP level of one of them before the update (if by strenghtening Servants means that). This DOES NOT count for free event Servants. In my case, I have AB&MR at NP 4, Nero at 2 and NR at 2, so hopefully that gives me enough to LB the Nero CE that gives Guts, which I still believe it is a good one. That, and perhaps the CE I was unable to max out in the Sanzou event because damn if I bothered for the second part that made us farm even more.

Edit: Surprisingly, even though I already have all Servants of this next event gatcha except obviously Tamamo, this is one gatcha I wouldn't mind rolling. Both Tamamo Cat and specially Carmilla after update are good Servants, and getting another copy of them will help me boost their noble phantasms and allow me to get them another overcharge level. Plus I really want that Ilya CE, 50% starting NP and 20% NP gain up is a really good CE IMO, specially for Casters (LB is even better, at 60% starting NP and 25% NP gain up, but good luck getting that LB).

Edit2: Now that I think about it, we did get the anniversary CE. If we can get copies of the other CE we were forced not to choose, this means we can have a party that gives a 250 Bond Experience by default (or 300 if you have a friend with it). That would make it really easy to farm the Fubuki area and get tons of it for a really good ratio. This would obviously make the current shop CE completely worthless too hahaha.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 10, 2016, 11:41:37 am
the Petit Devil CE is the same as the Miyu CE from Prillya event, right ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 10, 2016, 02:55:45 pm
Not exactly, but it works the same. The Miyu CE has 10% less starting NP, but has 5% more NP gain.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 10, 2016, 05:11:43 pm
Aaah shit, maintenance. We'll have to wait 8 more hours to see if Siegfried is still a shit or if he becomes slightly less shit. Well played DW, keeping us on the edge of our seat.
Never got that last drop btw, even until the very end. I think I got around 18 boxes (but still not enough knight medals). Oh well, I was more than fortunate enough with the gacha (Jalter NP2, I'm still on my streak of getting 2 copies of a new 5* in a row), it's not like I care about a bad CE, even if it's 5*.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 10, 2016, 05:30:04 pm
The drop rate was ass this time around. I only got one extra drop after farming enough for 27 lottos.

I predict the gold saber will be Artoria.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 11, 2016, 01:28:39 am
Maintenance extended
This Halloween lite really is just like the original Halloween !

There, just half an hour.

IT'S SIEGFRIED
Dragonslayer adds 30~50% Buster up for 1 turn. Why not. The anti-dragon part is unchanged so he's just even stronger against dragons for one NP BB Buster Chain at +130% power, and acceptable against everything else, I suppose (I mean, acceptable as a base power, for a massive buff the result is still a bit short). It's like they just gave up and tossed a +50% power because there was nothing else that could be done. So tank and wait for the one turn where you can deal the most damage, which isn't all that exciting anyway against anything that's not a dragon. Or just go and butcher dragons.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 11, 2016, 02:04:53 pm
Hahaha, they sure know how to extend it.

And honestly, Siegfried should have been given a really strong defense buff skill like in the event. He's not going to be doing a lot of damage even with that Buster Up at max. He's meant to be a tank, not a damage dealer. It really feels half-assed honestly.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/56x09h/scheduled_maintenance_1012_1400_jst/?st=iu5g0r1w&sh=4e91b1ea

> Level ups can now overflow and give your full AP added on top of your existing AP

Did this seriously take a full year to implement? Ffs, do you know how much AP I wasted because I only needed a small amount to level up, and then I could only play much much later, when my AP was refilled? ImasSS implemented this system earlier than them, and it's not even that hard to do. That's some priorities there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 12, 2016, 12:54:38 pm
It's probably not so much about difficulty as they never thought about it / it wasn't high priority.
Halloween lite delayed again, maintenance extended, again.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 12, 2016, 02:10:17 pm
Welp, Maintenance up to infinite. We're back to old Halloween event. For those who didn't get the first Halloween event, you're currently experiencing the same we experienced last year. Hope you're enjoying it!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 12, 2016, 02:13:45 pm
Not completely, we're missing the "it's online !" "It's unplayable !" "it's super slow..." "oh, it's down again" 6+ times in a row. And everyone trying to login the very minute a guerrilla quest starts because it's limited in time, thus crashing the server for another couple of hours.
Actually it looks like they're trying to release a new update of the app at the same time, that's why it's in maintenance. And they're having problems with the release. Now that is also just like the good old times.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 12, 2016, 02:56:19 pm
Oh yeah, we totally forgot to put the appropiate image:

(http://i.imgur.com/u6uwOxj.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 12, 2016, 04:55:28 pm
It's up

... and it's down
sasuga DW
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 12, 2016, 05:37:10 pm
Apparently Apple screwed up and wouldn't allow updating the iOS version. So maintenance had to stop at that point. So when they were finally able to update it, they just resumed maintenance from that point. So now maintenance is truly continuing.

Yeah, a huge mess.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 12, 2016, 05:42:13 pm
I was going to say that it's been up for a dozen minutes or something (maybe more) but the server is still very hard to reach.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 12, 2016, 05:54:00 pm
I don't see any comments in reddit saying they've even been able to play it. They even made an update to the server to prevent that, but it did nothing as we can all see here.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on October 12, 2016, 06:14:33 pm
I've been in for about 30-40 minutes
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 12, 2016, 07:00:17 pm
Finally managed to connect. God, that took some time. Time to get all items and forget about this event until much much later.

Edit: Hahaha, I just got two Tamamo Cats in one roll. Guess I finally have the Berserker I want to grail ascend.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 12, 2016, 11:44:17 pm
It feels pretty odd to one shot the final boss of this event after finishing every other main quest in one sit. This game's gone through some crazy power creep.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on October 13, 2016, 12:09:48 am
Feels good

I feel like a man and a half

A Command Card packing man and a half
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 13, 2016, 12:19:47 am
I remember the end of the event had lv90 missions that were way too hard when lv90 Servants were too rare for people who weren't spraying money over the game. I don't think the event boss was particularly difficult.


... So, what was the deal with these Rare Prisms ? I thought they were supposed to be the 4* equivalent of these Blank Saint Graphs, but that's only in the sense that you get those RP when you burn a 4*, and the shop doesn't actually allow you to buy 4* Servants of your choice... Just a Lore, the Nightless Rose Nero CE (5 copies), and some shit FP. What's the point, why even bother ?? I assume it'll reset every month like the regular Prism shop at least for the Lore and the FP (even though nobody cares about the FP, it's not like we'll burn 4* Servants for some fucking FP), but that doesn't make it any interesting.
Goddamn DW, when you said "we'll think of something to make an equivalent of the 5* BSG for 4*" the reason people got excited isn't about the part where you burn 4*, it was the part about selecting the 4* you want... What the hell, man.


I just noticed the exchange rates. 1 pumpkin gives 50 cupcakes, 1 bat gives 5, 1 candle gives 2. You need 10 cupcakes for 10k QP, but, always scramble to find Petit Devil CE support when there's a chance for pumpkin drops. That's one more reason (on top of the Iri CE drop) to farm Vlad instead of Mata Hari then, his bats will be useful.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 14, 2016, 06:33:09 pm
Yeah, and I believe that's how it went when we did it the first time. That it was better to farm cupcakes by farming bats and candles and trading them for cupcakes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 15, 2016, 12:13:31 am
I just noticed the exchange rates. 1 pumpkin gives 50 cupcakes, 1 bat gives 5, 1 candle gives 2. You need 10 cupcakes for 10k QP, but, always scramble to find Petit Devil CE support when there's a chance for pumpkin drops. That's one more reason (on top of the Iri CE drop) to farm Vlad instead of Mata Hari then, his bats will be useful.
The exchange rate is complete shit, though. I've kept track of small sample since yesterday on a spreadsheet. The Vlad node only gives about 270 (running 3 Maids, 2 Princess and support LB Maid) cupcakes. The daily QP quest is a lot more generous.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 17, 2016, 12:02:29 pm
Well, the Encore Stage quest is now available. And it really makes you realise how easy things have become. I still remember that it took me 3 CS to win because I didn't have any useful Saber except for d'Eon, which saved my ass a lot of times in that quest. Now, with Artoria and Attila, I just steamrolled through it. Oh well, only the apples remain now, I got all what I needed from the shops.

So, when does the next event starts? Hopefully soon, because right now the only thing I can do is to max ascend and raise the level of my Servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 17, 2016, 01:32:31 pm
Real Halloween event starts on the 19 at 17:00 (JST).

... Wait shit, the Halloween page was updated - http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/92naoz/
5* Assassin Cleopatra - Uraeus Astrape (lightning cobra - is that Saint Seiya's Shaina ?) AOE Buster. ... She looks like a bad goth bitch.
4* Lancer Vlad (Extra) ST Buster - he actually looks a lot better than in Extra... And like a decent legit Vlad the Impaler. Apocrypha Vlad should really be a lot more like Dracula. I might actually be happy if I get him... Especially since the Lancer class has too few good gold Servants with half of them limited or story-locked.
That's all.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on October 17, 2016, 01:59:49 pm
Oh goody another Dangan character. She's going to be the despair one right?

Also I love how Nitocris looks more Cleopatra-like than Cleopatra herself. Though I guess the white skin is more accurate.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 17, 2016, 02:27:19 pm
Cleopatra is done by the same artist that did Edmond... that's not what I expected. I don't like her design, honestly. Vlad Extra is appreciated though.

Also, that Mata Hari CE... I'm glad it's a free 3* CE, hope it can be easily maxed.

Edit: More info here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/57wk80/halloween_2016_event_1019_1102/

Oh wow, Cleopatra has a Buster NP that hits all the enemy party. That makes it more appealing to get her.

Edit2: Here I was thinking Cleopatra has an amazing NP animation, and I just got her in one roll LOL. Same happened with Sanzou too. Guess I attract them when they have good NP animations. Also, Saber Liz has a single target NP, so yeah, we now have a Saber with an NP5 that hits one enemy. Hopefully her skill set is good.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 19, 2016, 12:02:13 pm
wtf Liz Brave's third skill, Legend of the Crimson Hero
http://kazemai.github.io/fgo-vz/svtData.html?no=138
Only if you have 100% NP or above, it drains 100% of your NP, gives you Buster up (3t, 30~50%), and gives all your allies invincibility, HP refill (2k~3k), atk up (1t, 30~50%), and stars (30~50). WHAT.
Her first skill gives her invincibility and NP charge rate up (30~50%, 1t). She seems to have bad NP gen rate, but with 2 Arts cards and that first skill, it might balance out the NP drain on her third skill.
Second skill is just Mana Burst, Buster up and def up.

.... So now we have a skill that really, really acts like a NP by having a heavy restriction and drain on your NP bar, with all sorts of crazy effects. Sneaky.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 19, 2016, 12:17:05 pm
Oh wow, this skill. Choose between using her NP, which is not bad, or give a massive boost to all your allies. I personally like this, it opens a lot of options for her.

Edit: Just a quick note, it gives you only one of those effects at random (except the Buster Up, which is self only and always triggers). That... really reduces its usefulness.

Edit2: Hero for hire Elizabeth LOL. I laughed specially after reading the reactions Mashu and the MC had.

Edit3: Holy moly, Cleopatra's star gen is at the level of Okita. It's ridiculous.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 19, 2016, 01:57:37 pm
Oh, that's definitely only one ? I figured it would be like Imperial Privilege, so that's what the new phrasing is for.
... In this case, this skill is total shit. Even the 30~50 stars, for 100% NP, that's not all that interesting. And good luck landing the one that would be the most useful, you won't use it at all when your party members have near full health in fear you'll waste a 3k heal.

Vlad's attacks are weirdly animated IMO and I really don't like Cleo's NP.

I'm also annoyed that Celtic Halloween got shafted again. There's both Caster Cu and Fionn, who killed a guy who was practically the Green Goblin (without his glider), a legit Halloween ghost/goblin (fairy king) that comes from the land of the dead and sets things on fire (Aillén Mac Midhna, would make a perfect new enemy type, even in this Ghouls 'n Ghosts / Dragon Quest ripoff). Such missed opportunity. Instead we're getting stupid Knights of Camelot.

Oh, there are Bond CEs too. Angra Mainyu's gives him an attack bonus over Beast class and Guts (1 time, 20% HP). Interesting combo with his NP. Jalter's gives a 15% Buster up to all allies, at this point she's just WTF.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 19, 2016, 03:33:58 pm
Billy the Kid gets 25% Crit Up, even adding more critical damage to what he already has. Not bad at all. The rest is the typical "Increase X% of Y of the entire party", but hey, we all know the only reason to get their Bond CE is for the apples, quartz and lore of the CE.

Also, I finally finally finished raising Mata Hari to Bond 10. Took too fucking long. Her CE is mostly useless, but I was getting quartz for raising her and it was faster than a 3* so it was worth doing, I guess. Time to raise Arash to make his suicide bombing even more ridiculous.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on October 19, 2016, 06:23:41 pm
.... So now we have a skill that really, really acts like a NP by having a heavy restriction and drain on your NP bar, with all sorts of crazy effects. Sneaky.

was gong to say that it even sounds liek a reality marble, until we got corrected that it's nto that cheap :(
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on October 19, 2016, 07:04:53 pm
Lol got her on my first ticket.

(http://i.imgur.com/HNeW577.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 19, 2016, 07:16:30 pm
Wow, that powercreep. I sure don't want to deal with Cleopatra when she's an enemy:

- Star gen quite good due to her high hit count, even though her Presence Concealment is lower than Jack. Doesn't reach the level of ridiculousness Jack and Okita achieve.
- Her NP gain and her high hit count for her attacks makes her gain NP fast. Really close to how Okita and Jack work.
- Her first skill is IP, which while random for the attack and defense boost, its low cooldown and effects makes it a really useful skill for healing and buffing. 7 turn cooldown.
- Her second skill increases her NP gain and makes her regenerate both HP and NP. Basically a combo of Golden Body and Golden Rule, minus debuff inmunity. All for three turns, with only an 8 turn cooldown, which ends up at 3 turn cooldown if maxed and not counting the time the skill is active. Wow.
- Her third skill grants her invulnerability, clears all debuffs and makes her gain a max of 20 stars. 8 turn cooldown.
- Her NP is a Buster, a godsend for Assassins which seriously lacked one. Has a high hit count (for star gen), grants her Buster Up before attacking with a demerit of losing 1000HP that IP quickly solves.
- Include also the fact that you can do a Buster Brave combo with her since her card setup is BBAQQ. You can pull off a NPBB, which at the same time gets boosted by the Buster Up.

Really good defensive and support skills, good card setup, good NP, etc. Somebody from DW was crazy for her.

Edit: Btw, want to fix something about Brave Liz third skill. That Burst Up effect that I said was guaranteed, it's not. It's also random. So good luck getting the effect you need by sacrificing 100% NP, which is probably more useful that this skill (and it has Pierce Defense, which we know how useful it is for difficult bosses). Oh, and quit&reload doesn't work, the game records every skill you use, to avoid doing that for other skills with random in it. So yeah, again, not worth it, which is really disappointing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 22, 2016, 09:41:48 pm
Okay, so the restriction for the challenge quests are...
Women only for all the new quests of the cemetery
Men only for the village
Forest is "from the West" only
Cave is no royalty
Snow field is...... Da Vinci selection ??
Lava is "no taller than 165cm" (so that's the loli spot, but apparently it includes Arturia and all her variations)
Gate has... "newcomers only" (what ?? Newcomers starting from when... ??)
Pyramid is people of justice / righteous people.

And of course the difficulty ramps up. So the last one restricts your members AND is at lv90. There's a Lore there, of course. Plus you have to finish EVERYTHING ELSE first. Keep your power up items for the last quests... that is, if you even have anyone properly leveled that fits the restriction in the first place. As usual, fuck DW.

Oh, that's bearable then.
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Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 22, 2016, 09:52:13 pm
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/58tifl/halloween_2016_event_finale_level_90_free_quests/
Newcomers means FGO original servants.
Da Vinci selection is males+Ushi.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 23, 2016, 08:46:28 pm
Da Vinci is more of the line of bishonen Servants. For example, Hercules is not included. But honestly, you may as well consider all males+Ushi. For newcomers, it too includes characters that weren't Servants before but turned into one, so it includes the two Shikis, Ilya, Dress of Heaven, EMIYA Assassin and Kuro. Yeah, kinda weird. The game already makes a good job pointing out which Servants you can use, so just go with what you see.

Honestly, these missions are just boring, and 5 skill gems of each type is a really bad reward at this point of the game. You have to do them though, it's the only way to have Brave Liz at NP5, and guess what, you have to beat them in order so if you just want to go straight to the Liz copies, you can't. And I'm not sure why they're called challenges, the Servants in them are just average in strenght, so if you just recruit a really strong support, you'll blaze through it in no time. At least they only cost 10AP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 23, 2016, 09:06:07 pm
and 5 skill gems of each type is a really bad reward at this point of the game.
It's not like there are any more good opportunities to get *any* of those anymore beside spamming the dailies (which you don't have time for during events), so I'll take it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on October 25, 2016, 07:35:00 pm
Honestly, I would have prefered 20 blue gems, at least so I could get Cleopatra's Golden Rule (Body and Wealth) to 6, since I don't have enough gems to reach level 3.

I'm still struggling to get that last Liz CE. I'm starting to get really tired of having CEs that you have to farm if you want to LB. It's starting to happen a lot, and it's not fun to farm. The drop rates are also quite bad honestly, I'm really close to giving up on getting some of the shop items. At least the nodes are rewarding, you are assured to at least get one material drop each time you do a 40AP quest.

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Well, look at that:

http://www.fate-go.jp/manga_fgo2/comic46.html

I suppose we should start considering seeing a Servant with rabbit ears, I guess. Also, we're going to get a new stream for Fate Extella, which will have these rewards:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/59mxqf/extella_campaign/

Hopefully they update Attila's animations.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on November 02, 2016, 01:17:42 pm
Emiya's and Altera's new NP animations
https://twitter.com/MSDuellOberst/status/793780421343318016
https://twitter.com/MSDuellOberst/status/793780248814821376
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 02, 2016, 01:24:37 pm
I also appreciate the redone sprites, he looks taller and his face is pretty damn well done.
Altera : we get it, they learned to get batshit insane on the special effects.
http://anime.fate-go.jp/
Gudao is officially named Ritsuka Fujimaru.
Also Kirieraito because of course (but at least it's still Mashu).
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/uihcqf/ Extella themed event obviously. For the CE (+50 Master EXP) I'm getting Gil. Not touching that gacha, though.

Oh, the Halloween event was nice to get some rare mat. I spammed the pyramid for the last few days and I now have 50 Knight Medals, and I reached 30 Crystals thanks to the golems too. It's not a lot, but it's leagues better than any other option.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 02, 2016, 01:53:09 pm
As expected, Attila got a new NP animation (which looks much much better), and surprisingly another interlude which supposely will change one of her skills. Perfectly fine for me, her damage output is amazing as a Saber, even though her skills are more about helping her than others (yeah, not counting the NP damage up that barely makes any difference). And apart from the CE which is okay I guess, we will have the "last" chapter in December! Hopefully early December, not late December. They also are making sure to tease us with that rabbit Servant, which means we will probably have an event before that last chapter.

And about the gatcha, I personally am interested in it, more for the 4* available since from that list I only have 2 4* and 3 5*, and I wouldn't mind getting a repeat for 5*, specially Drake and Attila. Not sure why they couldn't have included Gilgamesh too, taking into account they didn't have any problem adding Elizabeth and Karna from CCC.

And this anime... honestly, I'm not even sure how they can even implement an anime for this. The whole point about the game is also to have Servants join the crew. But if they do this, most likely only the Servants that appear in a chapter will be put in the anime and they won't be moved from outside the chapter, and honestly, that doesn't seem really appealing. Sure, seeing chapters like Camelot or America will be fun if they even reach there (and I wouldn't mind seeing some events like the Fate/Zero or the Oni event), but take into account that there are real monsters in those chapters, and I'm not believing they can win certain fights without having other Servants apart from the ones in the chapters (based completely by experience). But hey, maybe the script will be amazing enough to pull this off. IMO, making a Carnival like anime would have been a better idea, if only to see interactions with all the Servants.

Also, congratulations to the staff responsible for the main website to screw up yet again Mashu's name. I would have expected the team to receive her name in English, but guess they didn't and went full Engrish there. If only they had picked a japanese name when they designed her...

And last, about Fate Extella, seems like the proper way to do the story is with Nero, Tamamo then Attila, which doesn't make me happy that we need to play in a certain order, I can understand Attila being the last, but I would rather prefer Nero and Tamamo complimenting each other then Attila being the last one to resolve the plot.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 02, 2016, 02:00:05 pm
we will have the "last" chapter in December! Hopefully early December, not late December.
We're definitely getting both Christmas '15 lite and a new Christmas event (I'm not sure this was confirmed yet but it's pretty obvious), so Babylon could only fit at the very beginning of December. It'll be a crazy month.
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Not sure why they couldn't have included Gilgamesh too, taking into account they didn't have any problem adding Elizabeth and Karna from CCC.
Gilgamesh is limited, just like Iskandar, who is also absent.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 02, 2016, 02:18:37 pm
Technically Gilgamesh is only limited until we get Babylon, while Iskandar was only available in the Fate/Zero event and that's it. So they could have made an exception for him. Fortunately I got a pretty good AoE Archer with my weekly ticket so I don't mind that much, but I seriously see no reason as to why they couldn't offer just another 5*. As if people will have an easier time getting a 5* by having one less.

And wow, it truly will be a busy and fun month. Last year's Christmas was fun, and Camelot has raised my expectations for this next chapter by a lot, so I sure won't be bored in December.

Edit: Hahaha, someone has realized that they made Gudao's name in the anime by using the letters from FGO. Here's what the twitter says:

藤丸……F(ふ)G(じ)O(まる)……

Well, that's one easy way to create a name.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 02, 2016, 04:37:55 pm
Yeah, clever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j7n7BOG_Lo Emiya's new attacks (Kakuyoku Sanren - Overedge for EX and his far Buster is... Hrunting ? finally)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KppRxjtfgk Altera's.
Emiya's might be a bit overdone (that sway dodge before his close Buster lol) and Altera's whip sword is lolwut.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 02, 2016, 05:28:05 pm
Yeah, Emiya's EX Attack is that super/skill he uses in Unlimited Code/Extra. I was expecting them to add this as EX Attack, may as well borrow what already exists instead of thinking something new. And yeah, Attila's attacks looks much worse in this game than in Extella unfortunately. Fortunately some of her other attacks look much better.

Attila's Interlude changes her Natural Body to something else. It increases her healing and debuff resistance, and gives her star attraction for one turn. This really combos well with her third skill. I was expecting her to change her third skill though, as the profile mentioned it was incomplete.

Also, even more Bond CEs. I really want to read the lore they give for Shuten, Ibaraki and Raikou.

And last, the new clothes... well, there's a useful Arts Up, star gen Up which I suppose it can be useful to make Drake even more ridiculous for just one turn (though IMO only 1 turn of star gen Up is worthless, even if at max is 100% star gen), and buff nullification for 1 time, which is honestly useful only to nullify dodge break or invincibility break in case a NP gives it, as you have no way to erase the effect before it happens. Yeah, kinda disappointing clothes, the summer clothes were definitely better. At least now Arts team can benefit from clothes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on November 02, 2016, 09:40:41 pm
These changes they've made to my war-fu's animations are going to take some getting used to

What is this whip they've made the rainbow sword turn into
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on November 02, 2016, 10:40:47 pm
Candy whip.
(http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view6/3250062/candy-whip-o.gif)

I'd wish this mystic code and the swimsuit could swap one skill (stargen for heal and instant np). The plugsuit and the chaldea uniform still are the top clothes by a long shot.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 02, 2016, 11:25:37 pm
The Saber clothes are really good too, with an awesome Burst Up, a skill that generates a ton of stars at max, and a Guts skill that heals a lot at max if you time it properly (one turn duration is bs though).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on November 03, 2016, 05:18:08 am
The saber clothes are good too, but a bit niche. The plugsuit and the default mystic code work well with almost any team whereas saber clothes only really shine with servants like Jalter, Rama or Anne&Mary.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 04, 2016, 10:19:32 am
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/dcm2xu/
Woohoo, late Nov update will give dailies and strengthening quests their own tab in the list. About time.
Also some kind of storage function for Servants and CEs, no idea what that is.
Something about when feeding EXP to Servants or CEs, the limit is raised for feeding material. I'm not sure what that's about, what limit it's talking about, probably not related to ascension/LBing, maybe the number of things you can feed at once.
Manual refresh of the support list, nice.
Victory screen will make it more visible what / how many mats you gained thanks to event bonuses.
Filter the support list on event bonus.

With an update on late November, there might be an event at the same time (they're not afraid of tossing an event at the same time as a major update, like how Halloween crashed and burned because of that). So maybe Christmas '15 lite will come that early ? Certainly not Babylon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 04, 2016, 01:23:01 pm
The storage thing is a great idea. I can have in the CE selection the CEs I'm interested on using. That way I don't have to scroll through a list of a hundred in which I'm only interested to use 10 of them.

And to explain the storage thing, it is probably similar to ImasCG, in which you can put anything you don't want to use there, so when you have to select a dance (in FGO, a battle), the ones in the storage won't appear.

Edit: You'll find the translation below.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5b2gma/new_features_will_arrive_late_november/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 04, 2016, 06:32:47 pm
Edit: You'll find the translation below.
Literally what I posted
My posts are a translation. It's only missing something when I don't know what something is about and someone else can explain better.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 04, 2016, 07:25:11 pm
That's why I posted it, since there were some details you weren't certain. I posted it also because the comments also give more explanation about it.

Edit: New maintenance coming:

http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/jyadng/

We finally get an interlude for Kid Gil, and Gil gets his third one.

Also, the new gatcha is all about the Knights of Camelot. A good chance to get an Arturia Lancer and/or Alter version, they are really good Lancers. No Bedivere, which is stupid that they don't allow the special gatchas to have him, enough time has passed since Camelot was released to avoid this walking spoiler.

Also, this gatcha is special. If you get a Gold Servant in this gatcha, it's only going to be the ones on the list. You're not going to get others. I hope this is followed by all special gatchas.

Edit2: Well, looks like the hunting quests are back!

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5bzpgm/hunting_quest_part_2/

In case somebody didn't experience it last year, they are difficult quests with a high rate of dropping the specific material they mention. The first one offers bones.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 09, 2016, 11:00:50 am
I'm only getting one or two bones in the lv75 and 90 quests. Really not worth the AP cost now that bones are the daily login reward, I rather collect EXP cards (although the hunting quests do give a nice bunch of those too).
But that spear that the skeleton boss has is wicked.
NP3 S-lot (with the Arts up of the new Master cloth, he clocks in around 120~130k a pop of Arondight, wtf), NP6 Rare Prism B-lot, and Lancer Arturia for my 5* of the month. Sweet. And on the 80 quartz and 8 tickets I collected manually since the last event, too.
Too many 5* to max, it's so hard...
Gilgamesh got his Collector skill replaced with Vault of Babylon, it adds 20~30% flat NP gain. That's just way too good, especially considering it comes with star attraction, couple that with Golden Rule on a crit like before, he can probably get a full bar in a couple of turns. For those who have him, anyway.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 09, 2016, 12:01:55 pm
Yeah, for those who have him, which I believe nobody in this thread has him hahaha...

Damn in my case with the gatcha. I hoped I would at least get one 4*, but not only I got nothing, I only got one Servant in both rolls I made. Obviously, the obligatory 3* Servant that the gatcha gives you as guaranteed drop. WTF. At least I got another copy of 2030 CE, but hell, give me that in the Extella roll ffs, not this one.

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So the next hunting quest gives........... Dragon tooth (or whatever this is called). Now correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't we get this for free before the bones, as a daily reward? And not only that, the drops for these things are far more generous than the bones and not many Servants need it as much as the bones (and even if I'm wrong here, you don't need as many as the bones require for some skills and ascensions).

Yeah, guess this is an excellent moment to do Kid Gil's quest and raise the level of some of the Servants I have recently ascended with the bones. Thanks DW! I have around 200 waiting for me to use them, so I guess I can pass on it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on November 10, 2016, 11:51:26 pm
some extella stuff that ties a bit into GO , my source is facebook page admin.

source https://www.facebook.com/iamtheboneofhercave/

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 10, 2016, 11:58:03 pm
Spoiler: Extella secret unlock Servant (video) (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on November 11, 2016, 01:03:28 am
was not that bullshit always been present since primate murder and the night of walachia ?

(and the new thing is that the servants are related to that now)

[EDIT]

some gilgamesh/altera info

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

https://www.facebook.com/iamtheboneofhercave/photos/a.1487431394886789.1073741828.1487427598220502/1608344639462130/?type=3&theater
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 11, 2016, 01:51:52 am
No, Primate Murder was Gaia's weapon against humanity. The premonitions from Zepia/NoW and Atlas seemed (to us at the time) to point at something like the self destruction of humanity, either by itself or by Gaia, at most by the Types (as seen in Notes). The Types were the only things extraterrestrial, and the little we knew about them seemed to hint that they each were the strongest of their kind because they killed everyone else, meaning they were the only ones.

... That discussion seems to be just made up ideas.
Spoiler: long Extella stuff (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 11, 2016, 10:25:20 am
I myself recommend to check in Beast Lair site for spoilers, they understand Japanese and know about the lore more than anyone IMO. I wouldn't trust a Facebook site if I don't know if that person is sure of what he's saying.

And here's my opinion so far of what I've seen in videos.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Honestly, as a Musou game... I would rather recommend Samurai Warriors over this one. You're not really going to play this game for that reason, but more for the story and fanservice, which personally is enough for me, at least. For people who are not into the Fate series, I unfortunately can't really recommend it to them, this is really more for fans, specially since it contains elements from Extra and CCC (specially Extra) that, if you haven't played them, you're basically screwed in some parts. At least the gameplay is still fun even in underwhelming sometimes, unlike that Dangan Ronpa supposed spinoff yet truly not since it appeared in the anime, which was bad and made me want to recommend people to pick the easiest mode just so you could go for the story segments quicker.

Anyway, if you wanted the Christmas rerun, here you have it guys:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5cdk46/rerun_almost_weekly_santa_alter_lite_version/?st=ivdl5cvc&sh=6d191ba3

So major difference is that there's a limit to the number of times you can reset the Present Box for the Exchange Present part. A total of 7. Apart from that, they will implement finally the "Store CE and Servants" function, which means you can finally get rid of any CE (and Servant) that you don't want to see at all but don't want to lose, which is basically 75% of them. They also will implement back the thing about using strengthen CEs for experience.

Me, I want the Dusts in this rerun. If I get enough, I will finally have all my Servants max ascended. Which means I will finally be able to put max dedication to getting their skills to a decent level. Also, I don't think we will get the Christmas event after this. They probably started this one earlier since they need to fill up space, and also because after Babylon is released, there will be no space for the Christmas rerun if they have to do the 2016 version (which I hope gives us Santa Iskander this time).

Also Jack rate up!!!!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 11, 2016, 02:03:15 pm
No resetting more than 7 times
Oh god damn it. Goodbye QP and skill stones that were REALLY REALLY REALLY needed by pretty much everyone. I pushed up 2 skills to 7 on S-lot and I'm already down to 2M QP, so I was really looking forward to those 8M QP per lottery box. But now 48M QP will be barely okay.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 11, 2016, 02:50:48 pm
They obviously did that on purpose so you would be forced to do this on the future Christmas event. Which is stupid because there's never enough QP to spend if you're going for leveling up skills.

Edit: Third day of hunting, golems and their crystals. Which I really need, so I'm glad they didn't give us something like Hero Emblems.

Edit2: Oh wow, those terrible drop rates. I have a better chance at getting them in the daily Berserker quest than in here, and it's easier to win in those ones at least.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on November 12, 2016, 04:54:28 pm
Welp, this round of hunting quests went downhill pretty fast. Today's hunting quest is only two rounds long and the boss drops one of the most useless materials in the game, black tallows. gj DW.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on November 12, 2016, 07:13:48 pm

thanks, so as expcted just ignore that guy¿s especulations and check beast lair's instead.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 13, 2016, 04:08:56 pm
Hot damn, today's hunting quest is knight medals !!!!

Oh right, the drop rate is fucking horrible.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 13, 2016, 06:11:26 pm
Yeah, the drop rate is horrendous. You're better off waiting for an event for the medals.

Edit: So last hunting quest, Demon Souls Hearts. Thing is, if you've been here since the game started, you probably have a lot of them (heck, I have a 100). If you're not that recent, this event is supposely going to be useful... if the drop rates aren't terrible.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 16, 2016, 10:08:36 am
Spoiler: Extella stuff (click to see content)

Oh, the update also added bond CEs. Kazemai says Slashalot gives 10% NP charge rate up and 10% crit up to all allies. Damn, they really want Slashalot and Zerkalot to make a great team. This CE and Zerkalot's third skill allow him to charge like 50% of his NP in one turn, with a chance to fire it twice in a row if you start with a Scope, and Zerkalot's CE gives that NP a 30% power boost can't use 2 CEs at once :P. The NP also gives lots of stars that add up with Slashalot's own stars, and they both have boosted crit damage to no tomorrow. With Slashalot's own NP charging two or three times in that same interval, you can get like Arondight > Knight of Honor > Zerkalot Art to make him regain almost a full NP bar in one turn, then a turn of all crits, and the next turn fires both NPs again. It ha both AoE and ST annihilation.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 16, 2016, 12:59:38 pm
Not the only mistranslation in the trailers unfortunately, Gawain also had some ridiculous mistranslations too. And better not touch EMIYA's trailer too.

Heck, if you grab the word Ulster in Japanese and put in on Google Translate, it translates to Ulster properly. That the translation is even worse than the one in Google Translate is honestly sad. Well, I wasn't planning to buy the PSVita version anyway because it runs at 30 FPS, has stutter even with the little amount of enemies it spawns and the graphics don't look really good. If there's even a PC version, perhaps.

Btw, storage function is on, and I heavily recommend to make full use of it for the CEs. When I'm able to play I will replace all my Servants with the ones that increase the rate. Funny thing is, I have all of them except Jack. So much difference compared to how it was last year...

Edit: Really helpful post here explaining the new UI features

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5d8o64/new_ui_features/?st=ivkv8f6e&sh=6594d819
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 16, 2016, 01:42:54 pm
google translate pushed a major update on sentences for 10 big languages a day or two ago actually, but yeah, for single words, really...

Lol I can't reach the server. Just like old times.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 16, 2016, 03:39:13 pm
Those are some times I didn't want back...

Edit: So I've been able to play just now, and I tried all the new features.

- Not enough space for putting CEs in the storage. Not even with space for 100 I could get rid of the crap I had. Please DW, make it bigger.
- The new filter thing is amazing, and being able to refresh your support party is amazing too.
- Include the fact that we are able to finally, finally put more than 5 EXP cards in a Servant. So much convenient.

I like these updates. Worth the long delay because of the update, that's for sure.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 18, 2016, 10:37:58 am
Bless the "feed up to 20 cards for EXP instead of 5" feature. Especially for CEs after a FP splurge to get more Lightning Reindeers.
I thought I didn't have much to farm, only around 1600 Ribbons for the EXP and Fous and then the Holy Night CEs to farm socks, but this is still taking a long time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 20, 2016, 08:15:02 am
I have an easier time for this event since I was really lucky and managed to get all the event CEs last year. That, and I basically have all gold Servants except Jack, so the amount of socks I get is quite high. It still takes quite a lot of time, but frankly I'm not planning to get any pieces since the daily quests are easy to do to get them, so farming should end soon, and since last year I also got a drop for the Holy Night CE, it's already LB and I don't need extra copies. Yeah, I was really lucky last year, except for getting goddamn Jack...

I am happy that we had this event though. The skill gems are certainly a great gift, and getting more Void Dust and Bones is something that is really needed for a lot of skills. Also, I'm this close to getting all my Servants at max level thanks to all the gold EXP dropped. Once I'm done, I will be able to focus on raising skills, assuming I don't get any new Servant (which will happen in Babylon, 3* obviously).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 20, 2016, 01:28:25 pm
Yeah, that lottery is a godsend. 16 32 blue skill stones, 16 red, and 8 gold ones, 320 4* EXP, 40 dusts ? There's never been rewards so generous. I never thought I'd get 48 for Cu Alter's dodge (48 just for one level of one skill motherfucker !!!) Now I need 20M QP to lv10 it...
The gold EXP is great to max a leftover 5*, but 320 is actually just enough to take one 5* from 1 to 90 (not counting the super successes). It's awesome, but there's still so much that's needed. Same with the QP, I think I calculated it was about 64M QP total over the 8 boxes, I've been spending it as I got it and I'm still around 5M right now and I started box 6.

Random observation : I find that Scathassin and Santa make a great team for the 40AP and in general. Complimentary classes, two targetable heals, both have a card up, Santa has a star add and an targetable star gen up, Scathassin has her crit up, Scathassin's Art and Quick cards with easy crits give her NP fast, Santa has a high NP generation even though she has few hits and Art cards, they have high star attraction... For two free Servants, together they can easily outclass the other broken star generating machines. On the other hand, Scathassin without crits has shit power, she deals like 700 damage on a Caster, I think 1200 tops. That's just terrible.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on November 20, 2016, 02:59:08 pm
The prizes are pretty good, but the drop rate feel stingier than Di Vinci's and Nero's events' raffle. The event ends in two days, right? Gotta start farming hard for those 4,000 socks I still need.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 21, 2016, 10:32:24 pm
So this week will be a boring one. Nothing apart for the maintenance today/tomorrow that will remove the Christmas event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dark Waifu on November 22, 2016, 09:40:40 am
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/x6hlfj/

(https://i.imgur.com/RIyc9bS.png)
2016 Christmas with Jeanne D'Arc Alter Santa Lily as welfare within this month.

(https://i.imgur.com/sEZqg7a.png)
Event servants


Oh and Amakusa is in the filler gacha. And there's 1/2 main quests.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 22, 2016, 09:59:21 am
Jeanne D'Arc Alter Santa Lily
... Right.
Oh well, at least the lolicons will die from overdose.

... Is that a giant spear she's carrying ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 22, 2016, 10:29:28 am
She's a Lancer! God, finally! We have a free Lancer!

I really don't care at this point which ridiculous free Servants they give, I wanted either a 4* Lancer or a Berserker as free Servants and we finally got one. Now let's see if she's ST or AoE NP, and hopefully her skills don't suck like Liz Brave.

http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/4wt2r/

And yeah, a gatcha with only Amakusa as the Servant? ...Yeah, okay. Martha is much better than him if you got her, and if you didn't... well, you have better options honestly. He has a new Interlude now, so go for it if you have him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dark Waifu on November 22, 2016, 10:34:36 am
Nah he's just the special gacha for this eventless week. Just him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on November 22, 2016, 12:38:59 pm
Quote
Jeanne D'Arc Alter Santa Lily
We're finally reaching tongue twister levels.

I'm gonna laugh my ass off if she's a ruler/avenger instead of lancer.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on November 22, 2016, 02:24:22 pm
So just the loli version of the previous welfare. What a fucking disappointment.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 22, 2016, 02:27:18 pm
Last Christmas was Saber, this is Jeanne. And she's apparently a Lancer. She doesn't seem to have much of anything in common with Santa Alter, other than the name, but that's obvious since it's the Christmas Servant.
(btw Halloween gave Caster Liz who evolved into Saber Liz so it was to be expected)

I'm really not comfortable with that impalement spike she's wielding. I'm afraid of what she's going to do with it. I'm thinking she'll turn you into a Christmas tree >_< (and torch it with some fireworks because Jeanne d'Arc + children)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on November 22, 2016, 05:09:22 pm
I'm gonna laugh my ass off if she's a ruler/avenger instead of lancer.

Oh man, I'd take it in a heartbeat
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on November 22, 2016, 05:11:25 pm
Jeanne D'Arc Alter Santa Lily Lancer

which adjective is she missing ?

[EDIT]

"Neko" Jeanne D'Arc Alter Santa Lily Lancer

but I wonder if neko overrides lily in this case.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 22, 2016, 05:19:27 pm
Neko isn't a standard class prefix / suffix in Fate, but Black was in FSN before Black Saber became Saber Alter. At least Black Berserker was never called Berserker Alter, and I don't think the form he had counts as Alter (but it's been over a literal decade since then and we'll see if that changes when the Heaven's Feel movies are released).
Also, Brave and Bride.
edit - and Halloween but that's definitely incompatible with Santa. There's also EXTRA but that's limited to Vlad who has a different version in that specific game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on November 22, 2016, 11:11:36 pm
ah yeah, forgot about bride, tho I have no idea who brave is.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 22, 2016, 11:21:11 pm
Elizabeth Bathory (Brave), the Saber version from Halloween 2016 (the Dragon Quest copy-paste).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dark Waifu on November 23, 2016, 06:02:48 am
Well, his red form was him trying to rip off the shadow from his own skin, but failing so probably not. But on the other hand, he was still partially corrupted. So it's an either or.
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 23, 2016, 10:12:44 am
Nah, it truly was his Berserker form. He didn't change classes when he was corrupted, so he remained in the same form. He even reacted to Illya calling him Berserker, which was the main reason he lost against Shirou, as he was stunned for a moment since he still remembered her (besides, it's highly possible that the Archer version has no memory from F/SN as it happens in an alternate universe, so more reason not to consider that form the Archer version).

And I really doubt Heracles classifies as Avenger. For the Servants that have been released, I see the Avenger class as Servants that seek revenge and/or only experienced hatred during their lives.

- Edmond Dantes fits well because it's his form when he was seeking revenge against all the people that betrayed him, not the one at the end of the book.
- Angra Maiyu for quite obvious reasons, as it contains all the evils in the world.
- Jeanne Alter because she was designed as a being that seeks revenge against France by Gilles and his wish to the Grail.

A good example of an Avenger Servant would be Emperor Sutoku, one of the Three Great Evil Youkais and considered an onryou in some legends, which is basically a vengeful spirit. He would automatically fit because of that most likely. I'm really expecting him to appear since we already got Tamamo and Shuten Douji in it, which are the other two Great Youkais in Japan mithology (though as a great youkai he's considered a great tengu, which I don't think it fits as much as the other).

If he does, I wouldn't be surprised if he's a girl since they already went ahead and turned Shuten into a girl, just to turn it into a the Three Great Female Evil Youkais, Emperor Sutoku being Lawful Evil, Tamamo is Neutral Evil and Shuten is Chaotic Evil. Many jokes will probably come off from this team if that happens, knowing the fanbase.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 23, 2016, 10:20:09 am
I don't think any of that has anything to do with what DW and I were saying.
Of course Black Berserker is still his Berserker form. That's not the question. Just like Saber Alter is still Saber, just corrupted. Black Berserker is still Berserker, half corrupted and trying to fight it off ; him reacting to Illya calling him Berserker is no more relevant than Saber Alter recognizing Shirou when he calls her Saber - because he certainly doesn't call her Saber Alter, it's still Saber. It's only since FGO that people start calling others Alter, and that's only to separate them from the regular version who is also there.
In Strange Fake, Alcides (Heracles) appears as True Archer, there's no room to decide if that is or not the Archer version, that's him, period. He doesn't have memories of FSN because why would he, it's a different series and a different summoning, FSF Gilgamesh doesn't remember FSN either. Then AFAIK Alcides gets corrupted by the false Grail (or true Grail or someone else, I don't actually keep up with FSF) and gets mixed with a sort of half Avenger class, forcibly. This has nothing to do with his compatibility with the class, it's just something that Strange Fake declared, even if it doesn't seem right, that's just how they wrote it (and even if that contradicts the original Hollow Ataraxia).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 23, 2016, 10:51:28 am
I also don't follow F/SF that much, only summaries, so I wasn't sure if they truly considered it to be a different world that is not connected to the others. Heck, we had summons that are clearly from another world but still appearing in the FGO universe for some weird (read fanservice) reason, Prism Illya being the most absurd case, so I wasn't sure if there was a connection or not.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 23, 2016, 01:55:43 pm
FSF is the same as Fate/Extra, Prototype (we know it's coming), Apocrypha, and even stay night in regard to FGO (FGO is not FSN's world, FSN events did not happen in FGO), and then there's Kara no Kyoukai which is clearly hinted to actually be part of the world of FGO prior to the burning of human history. Prillya is no different from all the others, the only difference is that you actually visit people from the Prillya world while Illya / Miyu / Chloe are alive. The Servants all have some minor memories or feelings of the events of their original work even though they didn't happen in the world of FGO.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 25, 2016, 12:47:41 pm
So Ishtar (Archer class) is finally here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5et0vh/christmas_2016_info_added/?st=ivxpz7mk&sh=09a281bb

Also as expected, JDASL is Lancer. No surprises here. The event has the same mechanics as the other Christmas event, but being far more limited with drops since you need to have specific 4*/5* to get a bonus for some of them. Oh, and you can't get the item that allows you to get other copies of JDASL until much later.

Yeah, I'm not sure if I like the current mechanics of this event, honesty. That Jeanne Alter CE though, that is worth getting only for the art.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 25, 2016, 02:19:12 pm
AOE Buster 5* Archer after Tesla, Arjuna, Gilgamesh
Yeah, I won't be mad if I don't have her, I think. Why do the Archers have such a weird spread ? The STs are Anne, Chloe, Orion, Tristan who are 3 Arts and one Buster, and for AOE, there's Atalanta, Nobu, Emiya, 2 Busters and one Quick. Why is it so difficult to even it out some more ? Chloe could have been Quick, and we would only be missing an AOE Art which could have been Ishtar. Those are card types that you'd guess to be more frequent for Archers...
For her NP, it seems to read Angalta Kigalse, from the great high to the great deep, the name of a poem about Inanna's (Ishtar) descent into the underworld.

for the event, looks like getting Fruitcakes will be a giant pain. As expected from DW.
Wow, that Jalter CE, 30% NP start, 10% crit up, 10% NP power up. That's not even LB'd.
Oh, Jalko is Jalter who drank Gilgamesh's youth potion (isn't it a plant in the myth ? I forget if FSN made it a potion). Okay, sure, why not.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on November 25, 2016, 03:04:32 pm
Delight works doesn't really know how to handle Arts NPs. The sensible thing would be to make them all single hit (Nero) all the time, but sometimes DW chooses to cripple the multi-hit NPs damage output (Paracelsus) gives the user shit np gain (Kiritsugu, pre-patch summer Mordred) and sometime they just say fuck it, and we end up with summer Mordred and Artoria shooting NPs back to back. I can't think of anyone who has a reasonable NP refund from an AOE arts besides Nursery Rhyme.

And wow, that really is a good CE. If LB it'll probably be 50% NP + 15% Crit up + 15% NP up. A pretty good alternative for Joint Recital/Victor from the Moon for servants who don't have good NP gain.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 25, 2016, 06:46:15 pm
Delight works doesn't really know how to handle Arts NPs. The sensible thing would be to make them all single hit (Nero) all the time, but sometimes DW chooses to cripple the multi-hit NPs damage output (Paracelsus) gives the user shit np gain (Kiritsugu, pre-patch summer Mordred) and sometime they just say fuck it, and we end up with summer Mordred and Artoria shooting NPs back to back. I can't think of anyone who has a reasonable NP refund from an AOE arts besides Nursery Rhyme.
I don't even see why it's so hard. They have the Saberfaces that have a Buster AOE that gives back like 20% of the NP gauge. It shouldn't be that difficult to adjust and account for Art up skills. I don't think there's a lot of Art up skills or CEs that go above 30% (there isn't even any equivalent to the many Buster and Quick Up skills that go up to 50%), so you could start on the basis of 15% refund going up to 20%, scale that a bit up or down per character, and simply adjust the number of hits while accounting for the varying number of targets. Sure it would make a big change from 1 to 3 targets, but that should be expected.
And then there are people like Fionn who just straight up needs to simply have a poison effect added to make up for the low Art gain of the NP, because why isn't it already there, he has a poison spear and a badass poison shield.
What NP regen do Elena or Nightingale have on their NP ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on November 26, 2016, 04:57:15 am
That Jeanne Alter CE though, that is worth getting only for the art.

this art?
(http://news.fate-go.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/gainenreisou_01_2pysk.png)

(https://scontent.ftrc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15181360_1613349752294952_3790506097796438870_n.jpg?oh=3c37dd5e9d47e1fc1d5db70eb6da78d9&oe=58CC3BCF)

soem dude translated the text but it says a lotof stupid shit so I think he's making shitup.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on November 26, 2016, 05:12:27 am
What NP regen do Elena or Nightingale have on their NP ?
I couldn't find either on support after refreshing several times, but Helena's NP has the same number of hits as NR's, both have the same territory creation rank and roughly the same np gain, so I'm taking a wild guess and say she gets roughly the same refund as NR.

Edit: found her, tried both without any additional bonus vs the assassin mooks from the 10 AP daily. Both get a bit more than 20% back.

And Nightingale's NP doesn't actually hit the enemy, so...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 26, 2016, 12:37:22 pm
soem dude translated the text but it says a lotof stupid shit so I think he's making shitup.
It just says that the Jeanne d'Arc Alter that was created by the Grail from the wish of Gilles de Rais met king Gilgamesh and drank his strange scent potion and became Lily, then she went after (the role of ?) Santa and became Santa Lily. Somebody should really stop her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on November 26, 2016, 04:55:23 pm
What could have been.

(http://i.imgur.com/OafqM9b.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 26, 2016, 05:02:59 pm
Brilliant but I don't get why he's a Berserker.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on November 26, 2016, 06:08:22 pm
soem dude translated the text but it says a lotof stupid shit so I think he's making shitup.
It just says that the Jeanne d'Arc Alter that was created by the Grail from the wish of Gilles de Rais met king Gilgamesh and drank his strange scent potion and became Lily, then she went after (the role of ?) Santa and became Santa Lily. Somebody should really stop her.

thanks, so it was genuinely a lot of stupid shit >.<
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 26, 2016, 06:14:32 pm
Well, having a character like Jeanne Alter turn back into a kid is the stupid idea, but the excuse of using Gil's youth potion is fine as long as you need to have a kid version of someone. And TBH, the way they used NR and Jack in the '15 Christmas event was nice. And then the open chest design is fucking terrible, but at least on the sprite you almost can't notice it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 27, 2016, 12:51:28 pm
I never take those holiday events seriously, so I usually don't care about the reason things go crazy. Though I can accept the fact that she drank Gil's youth potion as something believable to happen (and we already know it works damn well). I really wonder what kind of NP she will use.

I couldn't find either on support after refreshing several times, but Helena's NP has the same number of hits as NR's, both have the same territory creation rank and roughly the same np gain, so I'm taking a wild guess and say she gets roughly the same refund as NR.

Helena's star generation is really good. Unfortunately, because she only has 1 quick card, it's hard to notice, but if you get a quick card with her and have her party card boost on, you'll notice it. Apart from this, the difference between NR and Helena is simply their role. Both roughly do the same damage and have good NP generation. I usually use NR for the daily quests, and Helena in story mode for good support.

Brilliant but I don't get why he's a Berserker.

It's a guy going into people's houses through the chimney only to give presents. He has to be mad, I tell you.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 27, 2016, 01:28:42 pm
I really wonder what kind of NP she will use.
I'm positive she's going to turn you into a Christmas tree with that spear. And then maybe torch it with fireworks.

-----

Nope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNVtKGscwsk
What a disappointment. The Twin Arm Little Crunch as a fuck you to Amakusa is okay but the rest is so lame.

Ishtar though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD3h2M5hq0Q
WHAT.
THE.
FUCK.

USING VENUS (AS IN THE GODDAMN PLANET) AS HER ARROW.
Also it seems she has some Charisma with extra crit up, a sort of Imperial Privilege (random bonus) with NP charge, and a Mana Burst. God damn.
Oh hey, her Buster is a callback to Rin's Gandr, and her Quick is like the seven color jewels thing (same shape it had as a super in F/UC), nice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 28, 2016, 02:15:35 pm
Yeah, JDASL is disappointing in her NP animations, but her NP effect is certainly not a joke. AoE NP attack that will be maxed in damage, and she also gives HP regen and buffs attack of party. It's a Buster too, and you can do a Brave Buster attack with her NP which is cool in my books. I still need to check her NP and star generation, but I don't dislike her as a free Servant at all.

Edit: Oh wait, it's healing effect up and the attack buff only lasts one turn... well, not as good then. Hope her skills are though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on November 28, 2016, 03:05:50 pm
Got Rin.

Damn, she seems pretty good. She's got independent action A to go with her first skill (crit+atk up on standard charisma cooldown), a NP gain skill that goes up to 50% with free invul and invul pierce and her third skill looks like a situational mana burst with really low cooldown (3 at lv 10 max).

DW is getting better at optimizing flashy NPs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 28, 2016, 03:31:23 pm
Hope her skills are though.
At a glance from trhe names, it seems to be identical to santa alter : targeted heal and star weight up, jalter's fleeting dream buster up, and... I forgot what the second was.
I guess she's good for a 4*, good for a free servant, an alternative to NR, but she's just bland and disappointing. Oh well, all the more reasons to not use the practically topless loli.
Edit - reddit says second skill is np charge. That's better. I actually tried it in the first story quest but I forgot already...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 29, 2016, 09:15:35 am
The drop rates for socks are terrible. WTF, I can barely get enough for just one roll. How are we supposed to get all the stuff in 9 days?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on November 29, 2016, 01:54:13 pm
We're still missing a lvl 80/90 free quest. It'll probably be sock exclusive and drop a decent amount. Clean the store and save your apples until it opens.

Edit: datamine's out.  (http://kazemai.github.io/fgo-vz/servant.html)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 29, 2016, 03:20:16 pm
I don't expect the sock farming point to be that generous, but at that point you'll be expected to have 4 sock CEs from the store. It'll be decent. Unless we only have like 2 days for it...

---

Jalko gives Kotaro an English dictionary. Touta thinks it's harsh for a Christmas present. ACCEPT MY PRESENT ! *fight*
(Kotaro's not changing the name of his NP. It's a tradition thing.)
Amakusa comes out as Santa Island Kamen, the mysterious Servant who lives on Santa Island, to explain what Christmas presents are all about.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 29, 2016, 09:04:51 pm
That reminds me of Amakusa Interlude, in which he comments that he makes a group with Kintoki and Kotaro in order to come up with those terrible NP names and similar.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on November 29, 2016, 09:11:08 pm
Am I right in assuming I'm going to need every yule log I can get for Jeanne multiples, or should I just be worried about getting to the white ticket
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 30, 2016, 12:34:57 am
5 logs per Jalko copy, so 4 lottery boxes, or 10 if you get the whole log shop that require 50 logs total. You need 4 Gilles plushies to max ascend her so 4 boxes anyway. Assuming the silver ticket is the last story reward, like Christmas '15.
btw the lottery QP sum up to 6M per box, that's really not a lot but I'll take it. I wouldn't bother farming socks for that, but there's still the skill gems, dust, bones, and crystals... But only 30 4* EXP card per box this time, that's also not cool.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 30, 2016, 12:10:09 pm
New gatcha available that only offers Attila as rate-up... well, she's a good Servant, specially after the latest update. Her damage output is the highest among Sabers, and it's noticeable. So yeah, roll for her if you don't have her.

But taking into account that they pulled off the same thing with Amakusa, only for him being a bonus Servant in the event, does that mean there will be an event that will require Attila beforehand, like an Extella collab event?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 30, 2016, 12:55:23 pm
Given the backstory and the Gilgamesh connection, she'll be a major enemy in Babylon.

I'll be done with bronze and silver cakes any time soon. Farming is really getting boring for events.
Also the cheesecake totally looks like flan.

---

Checking up Ishtar's profile on kazemai.
Her giant bow is the air ship Maanna, the boat of heaven (that's the literal meaning of the word), turned into her main weapon. Maanna is the divine ship that crosses the Mesopotamian world ; it includes a gate for sideral movement between the Earth and Venus, but as a pseudo Servant, the warp function is sealed. She also has a spear, but she left it out as an Archer. Talking about the Mesopotamian gods, that gave the image of invaders from Venus attacking the Earth. Pipyunn.

WHAT
HELENA COME HERE A MINUTE
WE NEED TO TALK
She'll definitely be here in Babylon, then.
(
And let's not forget Type-Venus from Notes being the image of an angel and Ishtar's very famous representation with wing-like clothes.
So much foreshadowing paying off, it hurts.

Checking up real world myth, the boat of heaven appears in a text about Inanna and Enki. Except it seems to be a boat going on the river from her place to his place, Uruk to Eridu, across the river from each other. Then she got him drunk and got him to give her the "me", basically a pile of how-to guides on a million of subjects, from art to tech (including how to suck dicks, really). Essentially how to make a civilization in a city, so it was the transferance of power from Eridu to Uruk (and possibly something about patriarcal and matriarcal societies).
Also Inanna nicknames her vulva the " boat of heaven" too. The pussy was just as important as the dick.
Random addition : the anna in these names means heaven. Gugalanna literally means great bull of heaven, uruanna is the light of heaven (which is presumed to be Gilgamesh, the name later evolving to Orion - that was the name of the constellation, that's a precedent for giving Gil a bow, and that's why he fights the bull while Orion has no mention of it in his myth), and a couple more like Ninsianna, red lady of heaven, the most ancient name for Venus that became Inanna.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 30, 2016, 03:55:55 pm
For what I'm reading in the Servant lines, it seems like Ishtar personality has taken over Rin, with only some minor things from Rin's personality affecting her. Opposite to Waver, and I am glad they did it different in this case (hope Parvati experiences the same). She still seems less of a bitch than she is in her legend though, but maybe Babylon will show it more.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 30, 2016, 04:05:29 pm
In her profile, Ishtar directly comments that her original body should be much more glamorous but this human body isn't too bad either. It's definitely Ishtar doing all the talking, I don't think there's anything of Rin.
Also it seems like her summoning line has her go "oh hey, nice to see you again, you're still as so-and-so as last time - what ? You don't remember me ? Okay, never mind, I'mn Ishtar, goddess of yadda yadda" . More Babylon foreshadowing.

I know about 3 big stories involving Ishtar, the Gilgamesh one, the Enki one (bringing civilization and prosperity, excuse me), and the one where she pulverizes the holy mountain range Ebih because it did not pay respect to her ("because you did not press your lips on the dust" etc.). She's got an awful temper on personal stuff, but as a chief goddess, it seems to me like she takes her job very seriously and makes sure her people are well.
Oh, and the descent to hell with Ereshkigal, she's not particularly bad there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on November 30, 2016, 04:10:05 pm
For what I'm reading in Beast Lair in the Extella thread, seems like the ancient gods were aliens. So Ishtar is an alien too then, for what her profile implies.

And yeah, there's some parts of Rin affecting her. Here's a bad translation, but also a video in which you can access all of her lines (assuming you haven't unlocked everything yet, taking into account you have to max ascend and bond her which takes time).

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5fktsi/all_of_ishtars_lines_summonning_levelling_up/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 30, 2016, 04:25:58 pm
I'm not finding anything specific to Rin, she knows Emiya and what human he comes from but she also knows Gudao so it means nothing. I'm not going through all her lines but everything she saysmay very well be her and nothing of Rin. Gil does says she's similar after all.
Edit - ah, right, maybe the jewel thing... But that's not so much her personality.

I forgot the Ereshkigal story where she's not particularly bad. Even though she gets humiliated, stripped naked, and killed.

----

Spoiler: Extella guys costumes (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 01, 2016, 10:54:06 am
So we get more news about the stream that will happen on the 6th.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5fvk90/fate_grand_order_shes_back_santa_altersan_live/?st=iw66m9v6&sh=c95cc8d4

Pre-Babylon, so we most likely will get a CM about it. Maybe more news about that anime too (which btw the main website has finally corrected Mashu's surname. The Engrish is no more.

Edit: Sooo, new quest available!

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5fx1za/level_80_free_quest_unlocked/?st=iw6o0pio&sh=62cd2901

Best one for the second event item, and best for socks atm. If you have Scathach, you basically win this by default. iirc I put my own one with the Jeanne CE in Support, so she will obliterate the older Gilgamesh and the younger will follow suit.

Edit2: I finally got Angra Maiyu! Ffs finally!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 02, 2016, 03:43:24 pm
An observation, part Extella, part FGO
Gil has the sword Merodach, which is the prototype of Caliburn, and I just remember it was titled "the original sin".
Extella tells us about the giant god Sefar that got punked by the first holy sword.
In the Enuma Elish, Merodach = Marduk who cuts Tiamat (personification of chaos and sea water) in two and creates Heaven and Earth from its head and torso/legs (that should bee what the "star of creation that split apart Heaven and Earth" is about).
Tiamat was present in the original FGO datamine. And is very likely a variation of Sefar. Marduk is the original sin, the original holy sword that killed Sefar.
There's also other deities like Quetzalcoatl in the FGO datamine but I don't know about that myth, maybe it's also another variation of Sefar. And Marduk = storm god = Jupiter, who also relates to "murdering the gods before" with the sky (Ouranos) being the grandfather, but none of that was in the FGO datamine, so Tiamat is probably more relevant to Sefar.
Although, since Merodach is supposed in FSN to refer to the sword that selects the king, the original sin might also relate to how Marduk took over the kingship of Heaven after the death of Abzu by Ea and Tiamat by Marduk. But the death of Kingu, a son of Tiamat, created the first men, and Extella tells us that humanity repopulated the Earth after Sefar vs the first holy sword wiped 80% of the surface of the planet.

FGO was always meant to be directly linked to Extella. It's more than just cross references.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 02, 2016, 07:18:59 pm
Yeah, it does look like they're the same world. Now I'm even more interested in Babylon. Why can't it come faster?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 02, 2016, 11:31:57 pm

quetzalcoatl could be an alien just like atila, since his myth invovled bringing progres to emxicans, just to get smythen by the power that  be of the time (drunk and humilliated) then as he left mexico he left a prophecy that more people like him would come later to conquer the land. while historically speaking this isa bout vikings and spanyards, it could be changed to aliens too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 02, 2016, 11:45:12 pm
Quick look up says that the myth is older than the vikings by several centuries (the prophecy could be a later addition referring to the later invasions)... and that he is also associated to the planet Venus (apparently Venus was associated to the rain season and warfare over there too). That settles it then, all the gods are aliens from Venus and Helena is right.
(or in other words, real world Blavatsky saw this connection between different people worshiping the same planet simply because it was the most notable and came up with her theories precisely because of that)

edit
I just passed the fourth lottery box and I only now realize that the silver ticket to get the permanent Lily comes *after* the ascension dolls. The other four copies are locked behind using the silver ticket, and are bought with the yule logs... which you get before the silver ticket.
This makes no fucking sense.
And this is just evil, it forces you to finish 5 boxes and then get the one ticket out of 400 items. I was expecting that ticket to be given at the end of the story, like with Christmas '15. But no, you can only use the ticket after the story, but you still need to get to it.
What even is going to be the final reward for the story, then ? Beside another Grail and a lore.


Oh, I see, not with the gods like Ishtar but with Sefar and the Velbers, that's possible too. It could be interesting (more so than Attila).
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Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 03, 2016, 12:36:18 am
I'll take the homework and read moreinto the myth, already found the part where he is a death/destruction kind of god ; another atila would not be surprising at all, as long as he is a loli too, I guess.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 03, 2016, 01:08:04 am
edit
I just passed the fourth lottery box and I only now realize that the silver ticket to get the permanent Lily comes *after* the ascension dolls. The other four copies are locked behind using the silver ticket, and are bought with the yule logs... which you get before the silver ticket.
This makes no fucking sense.
And this is just evil, it forces you to finish 5 boxes and then get the one ticket out of 400 items. I was expecting that ticket to be given at the end of the story, like with Christmas '15. But no, you can only use the ticket after the story, but you still need to get to it.
What even is going to be the final reward for the story, then ? Beside another Grail and a lore.

Oh, guess I should probably focus on just getting enough logs for the dupes and then bust ass resetting until I've got the ticket

That is nefarious
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 03, 2016, 01:11:03 am
Don't forget the apples, but then again that's only 4 golds and 8 silvers so maybe whatever.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 03, 2016, 04:43:20 pm
The lvl 90 Free Quest is open

(http://i.imgur.com/DnmhPqv.png)

FARM! FARM! FARM!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 04, 2016, 01:03:39 pm
That should have come sooner. Urgh... And btw, it's a total of 6 golden apples and 12 silver apples. You stop getting them after the lore, and the pattern is 4 dolls + ticket + lore. After that, it's back to removing them.

Anyway, maxed JDASL completely. She's a good Servant for mob killing, I guess, but overall not as good as the likes of Rider Kintoki or Chloe. Now let's hope I get a CE drop, which unfortunately seems not to happen.

Edit: Finally, I got the CE! At my 9th box ffs.

Edit2: So atm I'm grail ascending Servants. So far Rama and Rider Kintoki are at 90. Any other Servants you recommend ascending? I'm also aiming for Shiki and Chloe, though if you give me better alternatives then the better.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 05, 2016, 01:54:13 pm
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/0jbeo7/
BABYLONIA. "Around mid-December".
With Aladdin with an axe Caster Gil design. (it doesn't look like a Caster, maybe they changed something since the first datamine... ?)
"In the land of Uruk haunted by demonic beasts, the ultimate evil awakens".
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 05, 2016, 02:28:08 pm
Well, he's holding a book (or stone tablets or whatever) so I guess that makes him a caster?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 05, 2016, 02:35:22 pm
... Uh. I didn't realize what that was, I thought it was part of the background. He's holding this with one hand so casually ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 05, 2016, 05:26:58 pm
There's a reference to three goddesses there. One is obviously Ishtar, the other most likely Parvati and who knows about the third one.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5gksc6/babylon_info/?st=iwca4jwb&sh=f566da3c
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 05, 2016, 06:19:40 pm
Passionlip, maybe

It'd just be a short jump from Parvati to her

Of course she could also be a boss only like Solomon

EDIT: Oh, just realized it's a story thing you're talking about sorry
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 06, 2016, 01:27:48 pm
Randomly plugged into the stream that just begun
(I'm at work so I can't really listen thought :-\ )
http://live.bilibili.com/10112
Babylonia CM, shows Merlin fighting off mooks ? (so he's definitely summonable, right ?), little girl Medusa, Ishtar, I think a giant thing that's possibly demon lord Medusa (or Tiamat), and some more but it was too fast
(odd, I was actually expecting little Medusa to be just a sprite but not playable like Sita and show up in her special event where she turns into the demon lord and that one would be a boss)
Cas Gil's NP is the walls of Uruk with a bajillion flaming spears / arrows shot out and raining down, kinda like Extella Iskandar's Ionioi Hetairoi. ... It's... lame.
Enkidu's NP is Enuma Elish, he leaps with a bunch of chains following him, then merging into him as he becomes a giant golden chain himself with the edge tip we've seen in Gil's chain, he goes up into space and then drops down and blazes through the enemies. There was only one enemy on the demo so it's not sure if it's AOE or ST. It doesn't look too bad.
A campaign will give you two gold apples a day to finish Babylonia, and every previous singularities are half AP.
Higher bond levels will give you more abilities ???

The First Order anime does have Cas Cu, Arturia Alter, and Emiya. I was worried they'd skip some stuff but it looks like they're actually sticking to the story that played out in the singularity. Apparently Cas Cu is expected to shine ? (Odin 18 plz)
Shimazaki Nobunaga gets a birthday cake with topless Arjuna and two big strawberries for nipples. These guys. (this is getting slightly NSFW though so I'm turning it down)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Websta on December 06, 2016, 01:57:20 pm
Is Santa Lili gonna disappear at the end of the christmas event? I wanna use my exp cards but, I don't want them to go to waste.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 06, 2016, 02:07:43 pm
? she's temporary like all the previous Servants until you finish it and get the ticket to buy her permanently. After the 4 rounds of lottery that give you a Gilles doll, the fifth lottery gives you a silver ticket, you go to the event shop to buy the permanent version with it, and then you can use the yule logs to get the extra 4 copies for the NP. With that, she's permanent. You lose her if you don't use the silver ticket, like it was with Nobu and all the free 4*. It warns you that she's temporary if you try to use anything on her (EXP, CE), and when you buy her, the warning stops showing up.

Babylonia CM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBEZLoXIP18
the NPs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVW2anUrcJ8
Benkei and Ushi fight... definitely Quetzalcoatl, Mayan-looking design with a round shield and a wooden mace/axe thing, long thick blond hair, seems to be a guy (also a little bit axe crazy). Oh, and the big thing that Merlin and little Medusa fight, I'm pretty sure that's Maou Medusa. So this is going the route of the "the Gorgon myth is the remnant of an ancient snake goddess worship that the Greeks split off between a Chthonic monster and Athena" then. It's really interesting that this is included in this whole mess with the Mesopotamian gods AND Quetzalcoatl.

Cas Gil's NP is Melammu Dingir, Radiant God (or something close) in Sumerian.

I missed most of what was verbally said but BL says Cas Gil is 4*, Enkidu is 5*, and Babylonia starts TOMORROW.

http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/0jbeo7/
Babylonia page updated. Lolisa is a 4* Lancer, NP is Caress of Medusa, ST Quick, stun. Caster Gil confirmed 4*, AOE *Art*. Well, at least these card types are extremely rare.
No Merlin... And who's going to be our free 3* ??
Wow, the 5* CE gives 50% NP charge start and when you use your NP, it gives you an extra 200%, just like Edison. Jinako is star weight and damage cut, whatever.

... Quetzalcoatl might be a chick after all, sasuga TM. Oh well, axe crazy Mayan chick actually sounds fine, too bad it's yet another genderbend.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 06, 2016, 03:13:37 pm
Enkidu 5*, Lancer, his NP is a guaranteed stun against Divine enemies (basically, it bypasses any sort of resistance except complete inmunity that only a few Servants have). Not bad, but pales in comparison to Scathach NP which always stuns (but hers is ST compared to Enkidu). But obviously that's without knowing anything about their skills and other hidden stats to make a comparison.

Yeah Quetzalcoalt is obviouly a female just by looking at the video. I really don't mind that much, I'm rather curious about that Medusa Devil/Tiamat we could see. And wow, haven't realized, but we get Babylon tomorrow!

Also, new materials which I was really expecting. Brings me memories of Ozzy, god I hope they hold back.

Anyway, here's a translation of their NPs and other CEs we'll get:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5gsxzi/babylonia_info/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 06, 2016, 03:15:31 pm
(but hers is ST compared to Enkidu).
Enkidu is also ST.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 06, 2016, 03:17:34 pm
Whoops that's true. I was reading for a moment Medusa's description.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 06, 2016, 03:18:29 pm
Uh... Medusa is also ST :P Gil is AOE.
Someone tell the guys on Reddit that Gil's NP is Melammu Dingir, not Merem. It means radiant god or divine radiance (not sure yet which way you read adjectives in Sumerian) (also that lame attack with that name is fucking trash)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 06, 2016, 03:21:09 pm
Wow, I sure wasn't reading properly. Oh, and here's proof of Quetz being a chick:

(http://i.imgur.com/jVrrbHv.png)

I can't believe I just did this.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 06, 2016, 04:11:05 pm
I thought Quetzalcoatl were poorly animated pecs and not breasts, but yeah that seems pretty conclusive. And we're supposed to fight a Goddess trio, so it makes sense she's a female as well.

We're supposed to speedrun though Babylon with those free apples because there's a special fight at the end. Sounds to me like we're getting another high difficulty event, maybe a Demon Medusa or Solomon raid?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 06, 2016, 05:53:43 pm
well,I am glad they amde quetzalcoalta gaijin, was actually ready for her to be full loli, so keeping her adult is a plus:

also, 1080p cm video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DRlHOAG3cw
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 07, 2016, 08:22:56 am
Oh man, this event LB CE is really good. I'm glad I was able to LB it. 50% starting NP, 15% crit damage up and 15% NP damage up. I'm putting it to anybody that can easily crit and spam NP because of it, like Chloe.

Overall, I'm glad this event happened before Babylonia. I was able to get a lot of my Servants to lvl 6 skill, allowing me to reduce their cooldown. And grail ascend Rider Kintoki, Chloe and Rama to level 90 too (plus I got Angra Maiyu too). I wasn't able to reach enough for Shiki, but I can live with it. Now for Babylonia, I'll make sure to use them and also put Mashu at the front, as this is the last chapter (without counting the raid event near the end of the year). Hopefully this last story is worth the effort I put in this game, certainly more than the effort that I put in Starlight Stage (which is basically daily login until I can roll, and hope I get a new idol).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 07, 2016, 01:30:00 pm
http://www.typemoon.org/bbb/diary/
6th Order was one straight heavy story, 7th Order is a RPG-like path to being a king, one quest after another.
I wonder if there will be connections to the actual Epic of Gilgamesh with Humbaba or Gugalanna as bosses and a trip to the underworld. Random note : there's a theory that the Gorgons, before being absorbed into Greek myth, were guardians of the underworld, so it could connect to Gil's trip to Utnapishtim. It would explain the cave-like environment and the shadowy mook monsters in the CM.
Half an hour left to see.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 07, 2016, 01:33:36 pm
Goddamn it, if you keep posting these things I can't hold my hype! The new version is already up too, which I can't download right now unfortunately. Today I won't sleep, that's for sure. I'm so lucky it's a holiday in my country tomorrow.

Edit: Maintenance extended! I really need to have quick access to that image for these kind of occassions. Same reason as the previous one, Apple delaying the iOS version. In 30 more minutes it will finally be out.

Edit2: Game is up! 7 new Servants await you in this chapter.

Apart from that, you get new Bond CE for all Servants including the ones announced in Babylon. The ones not announced for Babylon don't get them though. Also, for the last raid having Bond at level 10 will add bonuses. Good luck having a 5* at max bond level guys.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 07, 2016, 04:22:10 pm
Is the game running like complete shit for you too?

These new...hyena lion things' hairdo look like Trump's.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 07, 2016, 04:24:24 pm
I can't play it right now, I'm relying on people telling me how good the experience is so when I can play I can launch myself to the game like a hungry hyena.

Edit: Merlin's NP heals the entire party and gives NP and HP regen for everybody, plus Merlin also gets star generation each turn. Wow these massive buffs.

Edit2: At home right now. Confirmed Quetzalcoal, and also someone looking similar to Ishtar appears (Ishtar pseudo-Servant is still there too). Also Jaguar Man is there, and it's going to be the free Silver as it's a Lancer which is the only class we're missing atm.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Websta on December 07, 2016, 06:01:57 pm
does having friends have advantages? because I don't have any :/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 07, 2016, 06:13:11 pm
You get more FP from them than strangers. They're also useful during events as you can pick supports with the right CE more consistently.

What's your FC?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 07, 2016, 06:29:21 pm
You can use the NP of the support character you pick if it's a friend. You can't if it's not. Yeah, it's a pretty big plus.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Websta on December 07, 2016, 06:32:38 pm
oh, I though support NP's were just unusable

476,199,148
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 07, 2016, 06:34:23 pm
Our codes are all over the early page of this topic

But it's probably better to just post your FC because I don't want to speak for anyone else but I'm at the point where I ignore requests from lowbies by default

EDIT: Oh, already done, outstanding
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 07, 2016, 06:36:58 pm
Well, as expected that big monster was Tiamat, an Avenger.

Edit: So Merlin first skill is a Charisma that gives a flat 20% NP too. WTF is this broken Servant LOL. Second is invincibility to Merlin, star generation up to the entire party and crit down to the enemy party. And he generates NP every turn too WTF.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 07, 2016, 07:17:41 pm
makes you think why is nto merlin the grand caster instead of solomon (religius symbolism is my guess)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 07, 2016, 07:24:34 pm
I've only just stared the story of the 7th Order, but Merlin is still alive in his legend, he never died, he was locked up in Avalon / a crystal / stone prison. Dunno yet if the one you meet in Babylonia is a Servant or his living self time traveling, but I expect he's alive - I don't even think he gets killed by the incineration of human history by Solomon since he's in Avalon, the "other side" of the world. He'll be unlocked and summonable as a Servant once the Order ends, I assume.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 07, 2016, 07:26:31 pm
Yep. Quetzalcoal too. Btw, she's a Rider.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 07, 2016, 08:01:01 pm
Quick notes
the "mother of monsters", so Tiamat
Quetzy
a blond haired Rin with new cloths, the "legitimate goddess of Uruk", so Ishtar (probably her living form since she's totally active in that era)
are talking about taking over the land, mention the possibility of not leaving any human alive (checking with Ishtar if that's alright)
the king of Uruk has taken the Grail and hidden it, woo. Gil is pulling an Ozymandias, then, and if it focuses on him and his way of being a king, with monster-hunting quests, it's gonna tie into his actual myth and he'll end up using the Grail to save humanity or something. It'll link back to him being the first hero of mankind because he's the first to push back against the authority of the gods and leave his mark as a hero (as in the myth).
A "young man/boy" comes up and calls Tiamat his mom (so.... Kingu... ?), mentions that he hopes the other two goddesses won't backstab mommy, Ishtar says that it's forbidden and you'll lose the hand you raise against another god, so the only way for them three to fight would be to try and be the first to use the Grail... right, right ? So it's basically going to be a grail war between the three goddesses, and they'll stomp over mankind without giving a shit to get the grail.
The boy mentions that a star reader has seen that the last wizard to protect humanity has arrived. Could be you, or Merlin since it skips to you as you just arrive fall from the sky, so the star reader might have been early.

Typing this as I keep reading, but I might take a break to eat.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 07, 2016, 08:41:51 pm
So Gorgon is here too, and she's a story locked 4* Avenger. Nice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 07, 2016, 10:46:15 pm
Gudao "Hi Enkidu, I'm Gudao"
Enkidu "Uh... Why are you extending your right hand at me ?"
Apparently everybody knows who you are, what Chaldea is, and what you're doing here. And what a summoning circle is. And the King of Magecraft. But enkidu doesn't know what a handshake is.
Woah ! Story support Enkidu is lv 100.
Enkidu says the three goddesses were summoned (Roman compares to the Gorgons and Artemis you've seen as Servants so far, Enkidu says it's one level above that), and totally want to erase humanity. (when the others asked Ishtar if it was okay to trample Uruk, her city, she responded it was the whole point) More exactly, to not leave a single human connecting to upcoming history. Just like Solomon, so. Mashu is surprised that the goddesses aren't humanity's allies, Enkidu says there's no such thing as a god ally of humanity lol. Mesopotamian gods just created humans as "things that do their job". A god who loves human is a logic error. Ishtar, goddess of love and war, loves humans just as much as she loves the ways they kill each other.
You come across the giant wall from the map and see the ten thousand OP demonic beasts trying to get through, that's the last line of defense in the war of the demonic beasts (roll credit). No way humanity can survive that ! Except thanks to the wall, they've survived half a year so far.
By the way, there's evidently an Ishtar that's fighting to erase humanity, but there's Rin!Ishtar also hanging around and she's fighting the beasts with you.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 07, 2016, 11:33:38 pm
You mean that blonde Ishtar right? So in the end it's both Rin!Ishtar and non pseudo-Servant Ishtar.

Oh, and here's Gorgon NP for your viewing pleasure.



Edit: Oh wow King Hassan is damn broken.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 07, 2016, 11:57:28 pm
Uh, Pandemonium Cetus ? Cetus as in the sea monster that Perseus killed ? ... I'm curious to see what's the connection.
lol, King Hassan looks fun. So he's an Assassin after all, not a Saber as the datamine with Cursed Arm having a dialog with a certain Saber suggested.
... Hang on, the fuck is up with these max HP values ? Everyone's above 20k HP ??
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 08, 2016, 12:02:13 am
He has Battle Continuation, Protection of the Faith and I don't know the last one. But yeah, he's so good. I really need to reach that part of the story.

Edit: So apparently your choices in the story affect the buffs the boss gets in the fights. Also Merlin third skill has a targetable Buster Up/Increase Max HP/Crit Up. As if he wasn't ridiculously powerful before LOL.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 08, 2016, 12:35:49 am
His third skill is called night (nightfall) mirror, decrease all enemies resistance to instant death and ups his Buster. I.... I don't know why. Well, his NP is Buster so I suppose it's basically NP up whether the instant death hits or not ? Which is nice, but kinda random.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 08, 2016, 12:37:33 am
And for FGO Mats to explain what his skill does, it will take a long time...

Edit: In the fight against Tiamat, bring Merlin. It's a must, it's 2M of health you have to chip away. Bring ST NP users that can easily spam it, like Rider Kintoki or Chloe.

Edit2: It's another last X turns, but Tiamat makes you generate so much NP that bringing Merlin in there and spamming his NP makes you indestructible.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 08, 2016, 12:48:27 am
King Hassan looks like he came straight out ( of that properly animated adaptation we'll never have) of Berserk and I love it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 08, 2016, 01:22:37 am
gdi connection lost as I was posting story stuff.

You flee to the forest in the West of the map, Mashu says it's the Cedar forest where Humbaba lived, supposed to be in the East, beyond the Tigris, in the Zagros mountain range, Roman says the Sumerian and Akkadian versions differ, one of them puts it in the West (as in Lebanon, the Cedar country). Roman took the words right out of my mouth there.

Surprise Merlin and Lolisa chilling in the forest, Merlin is bothered when Mashu introduces Enkidu. Gilgamesh who is currently defending the city has already come back from the underworld, so why is Enkidu there since he should already be dead at this point ? Enkidu reveals himself as an enemy, a weapon of the gods to kill humans - he's been reverted back to before meeting Gilgamesh, and he's following Solomon (he gives off the same signature as the demon god pillars now), so the people of Uruk are calling him a fake since he betrayed humanity. But it's really him. You fight him, but Enkidu wakes up far away - the meeting was a dream from Merlin (incubus, remember) to blow his cover without risk.
Enkidu thinks "so that's what the mage of Uruk can do". Dunno if he just doesn't know who Merlin is (despite knowing about Chaldea and everything), or if Merlin has been around long enough that the gods know him as the mage of Uruk.
Merlin claims he's a Servant, but then again he also claims Lolisa is named Ana, so I don't know yet if what I was saying earlier about him still being alive still counts. Remember he made Bedivere appear as a Servant in Camelot, to not reveal he was still alive. Maybe that's related to why Enkidu thinks Merlin is from Uruk, he's "under cover" before Solomon figures out it's Merlin. Roman flips out when he hears the name, calls him a "grand" wizard, who should still not die at the end of the world. Merlin does straight up answers "yup, I'm Grand Caster Merlin Onii-san". Although right now he's just a Caster, not Grand. (I guess the Grand seat is simply not limited to one per class)
Mashu also says he should be in the tower of Avalon, still alive at the end of the world, outside of time, so he shouldn't be a Heroic Spirit. Da Vinci cuts in to ask Merlin stuff about magic resource to leyshift from Avalon, and how he must have used strict timing to get here without Solomon noticing. ..... and lol, she still goes "nope, not possible, you're still in Avalon, you can't be a Servant here. Tell me how or I won't believe you." After all, they did all just get the rug pulled under them when their navigator Enkidu turned out to be an enemy. Merlin... says some bullshit about... this world being before he was alive, so.... he counts as "dead"... meaning he can be a Servant (if he's summoned by someone really strong). You're bullshitting us right now, Merlin, aren't you. Although maybe Gil summoned him ??
Also Lolisa hates humans, but don't mind her. And her scythe can extend into a chain, cool.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 08, 2016, 01:38:08 am
Um guys, don't bring any Good aligned Servant to any fight against Quetzalcoal. She has a shield effect that makes all attacks from those Servants do shit damage. From chapter 11 forward she starts appearing, so be careful.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 08, 2016, 04:39:50 am

ha, that's cool (the two grand servants positions, I mean); now I wonder if quetzal will be revealed as alien with the theory of gods= aliens.

nice voice !



whya re we not talking about this servant?



merloin while we are at it
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 08, 2016, 05:32:35 am
Haha, is that Jaguar Man's final form
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 08, 2016, 05:51:11 am
jaguar man is secretly taiga man
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 08, 2016, 07:06:19 am
Too bad she's story locked like Bedivere and Caster Cu :(
What do Fou and Merlin talk about?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 08, 2016, 08:22:33 am
Fo just dashes into Merlin's cloak and Merlin just goes lol dis guy, Cath Palug, the cat of calamity.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 08, 2016, 10:41:28 am
You do get Jaguar Man at the end of the story, so don't worry. Her skills are actually really good honestly.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 08, 2016, 11:27:41 am
Uh. Kazemai is updated, but doesn't have King Hassan old man of the mountain. Weird.
WTF Enkidu's heal goes from 5k to 10k.
.... Caster Gil is weird. He gives 50~100% star gen up to everyone which is not too bad but kind of common, Charisma 10~21% which is super lame. But he has one really great thing, Ruler's Magic Staff, which is party wide Arts up 20~30¨%, that's incredibly rare ??
Lolisa's guts is 3 turns plus invulnerable for 1 turn, weird.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Websta on December 08, 2016, 12:41:16 pm
I feel like everyone around me is rolling awesome stuff and I'm just drawing shit. Am I doing something wrong? Or am I just unlucky?

Also, add me 'yo! 476,199,148
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 08, 2016, 02:20:24 pm
Enkidu's heal sucks. Sure, it heals a ton, but it has a cooldown at 12 for level 1. That's a lot of turns for a heal that can be easily wasted depending on the enemies. His second skill also sucks, the crit down is not that bad, but seriously, dodge removal? Heck, "No Miss" and "Invincibility Break" does a much better job at dealing with the dodges. First one is okay, but why random chance to get either Arts or Quick... just give us all the buffs.

Medusa also is surprisingly disappointing. Alluring Nightingale which is not really useful at this point of the game, Monstruous Strenght which is 1-turn boost that yeah, equally useless at this point of the game, and that effect which is okay, but not that great too (and also, that means you technically only have two turns of Guts since the first one is worthless because of the invincibility, unless there's an invincibility break set, which is really rare even for enemies). Also, the way she fights fits better as an Assassin. Since when is a scythe a Lancer's weapon...

And last, Caster Gil, is... well, okay I guess. I'm sure the multi-hits he does makes him generate stars, and he possibly has a good NP generation too. But we have so many alternatives for Casters that... well, he doesn't shine above the rest. Plus Merlin's appearance doesn't help as I can't stop myself for comparing Gil to Merlin.

So yeah, I personally don't think these Servants are that great. Personally, they're disappointing. Not bad, but disappointing. Gorgon feels far more interesting and is a much needed and easier to get (in a rate-up) Avenger, and Quetzalcoal and Jaguar Man have really good skills too. I was planning to go all out here, but I would rather wait so I can get my hands on Gorgon and have a useful Avenger, at least. And Quetzalcoal too, she's really really cool in my books.

And oh boy, King Hassan has a passive that gives him a 5* chance to instantly kill anything with his normal attacks, Instant death immunity and 100% charm resist. Hahaha, as if he needed to be more ridiculous than he is (his third skill maxed gives a 100% death rate debuff, so depending on the enemy he can easily kill any mob just by using it).

And added you Websta.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 08, 2016, 03:00:04 pm
Fo just dashes into Merlin's cloak and Merlin just goes lol dis guy, Cath Palug, the cat of calamity.
Oh, I thought Fou was trying to run away from him.

You do get Jaguar Man at the end of the story, so don't worry. Her skills are actually really good honestly.
Her skillset looks pretty sweet, but if she's going to be NP1 forever she's getting shelved.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 08, 2016, 08:20:37 pm
These mob fights are a pain to deal with. I'm wasting so much time just to clear one.

Edit: The fight against the humanoid form of Tiamat is not really hard. Tiamat herself is unable to hurt you, only inflict tons of debuffs to your entire party. The dangerous thing are the mobs accompanying it, but if you just bring someone with a LB Kaleidoscope equipped to Attila or similar and kill the mobs, she won't have any way to hurt you.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 09, 2016, 12:11:44 am
Caster Gil ruling his city, paperwork and all, firing orders left and right about the progress on the wall and other cities doing shit and bringing the dead body to E-anna (a mythical/historical temple of heaven). "Remember, if the wall falls, it's the end of the world ! Oh, (random soldier) Tabado's daughter is about to give birth, right ? Get him some time off the northern wall so he can see his grandchild's face. He'll come back with more fighting spirit !"
Merlin's talking pretty chill with Gil.
As Gil walks up to you to test you, a chick next to Gilgamesh playing counselor or whatever says "you're bringing out Dingir ?" where Dingir, from the NP's name Melammu Dingir, is "subtitled" seal of divine right. Not completely sure if that's the book or the axe, probably the book but you never know.
Gil knew that you were coming, and btw, probably related, earlier in the forest, Merlin and Roman were talking about Solomon who can see past and future, Merlin who can see the future, and Gilgamesh who can see everything in the present, I think it was ? He knew Merlin was going to bring someone, though he thinks Gudao looks like a fool and he can't hear the voice of the earth (?). Then he's like nope, your name is not worth remembering, fuck off. Merlin is disappointed since both Gil and he should see the same thing (about Chaldea, the singularities and everything).
Mashu tries to at least tell Gil about the Grail and finding it should resolve this singul- *Grail glow appears over Gil's chest* "yes, what were you saying about the Grail ? Of course I already have that." The three goddesses are after it, otherwise they wouldn't care about attacking Uruk like that. But if you tell him you want that Grail he'll fucking kill you. So you offer help against the goddesses.

Ishtar pops up (as Rin), Gil totally disses her (she never actually did anything to protect Uruk), she gets mad and says she'll twist his neck 180°. When Gudao remembers she fell on him (and she had nice cushions), this catches Gil's interest (that you already met her, not the cushions ! Although he laughs that it's a good extra heroic tale about Ishtar)
Anyway, Ishtar wants to kill kinpika. ... Okay. You fight her (Ishtar, meet Scathach with the OHKO). She wants a ziggurat built as an apology- but then she notices Lolisa. She changes her mind and just returns to E-anna. So anyway, about our protection against the Tigris overflowing...
(Gil still doesn't want you help, but apparently he confirms he summoned Merlin, there goes my theory that he's still alive - he also mentions he sealed his treasury and picked up a magic staff instead).
Oh, I thought Fou was trying to run away from him.
He's attacking him, actually. Fou climbs up on a tree, takes his claws out, twists his body (description provided by Gudao), then appears to say something that's basically Imma kill dis mofo !! (well, literally MERLINDIEFOOOO !) Then he dashes forward at Merlin with a high speed spin (actually he straight up hits him). Merlin is all Cath Palug, cat of disaster, my dude, you're still holding such an old grudge, what a nasty beast ! Then he mentions that he (Fou/Cath) is only making friends as long as he plays nice (totally talking about you).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 09, 2016, 08:31:43 am
Gil really acts like a proper ruler. I mean, I know it was mentioned he was a good ruler after Enkidu died, but it was hard to imagine how exactly he would act like. It's a bit of a pity he's not voiced, some of his lines deserve that.

Btw, you guys know about the part in which you can use King Hassan? Well, what you can't see in that fight is that you have to kill 12 of those damn beasts to win that fight. Fortunately, since King Hassan is overpowered losing is not a problem, but it takes so much time. I needed like 20 minutes just to clear it. Since King Hassan card set is like a Berserker, he wasn't exactly getting NP non-stopping to spam his NP, though he was the one who hit the hardest in the group so he wasn't exactly useless. Bring a Waver or someone who can raise the NP gauge of a Servant to help Hassan get NP faster. If you don't have, bring your strongest Servants there, else it's a painful long fight.

Edit: Oh hey, the 500th day is approaching.

http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/nfkbbo/

And as expected, rewards are crap.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 09, 2016, 04:57:33 pm
10 apples are lame, 5 tickets are okay but it'll give nothing, and 5M QP is really rare.

Woah, exposition time.
As you. Set up your magic circle in a ziggurat, Da Vinci drops some knowledge : the mana in the BCE world generated by the planet is different (something change in Britain since then), much stronger and thicker, that's the energy from the planet, true ether, the fifth true element that creates celestial bodies. That makes the people different, it's strong enbough to give life to concepts and nature, so the gods are roaming around like that so strong. There's a good in the air, the earth, the ocean, love is a god, hatred is a god.
The age of gods left in 3 steps (the steps are named bt I can't read them and they're too complex for me to look up, I'm in a train). First was 14k years ago, then 2600 BCE is when the god were really kicked out, and it was over in VIIth c. BCE. Gil is the one who really made it possible to disconnect the gods' influence - he opened the way for their complete disappearance. After 1000 years, it became legend.
Ushi, Benkei and Leonidas are here, they were summoned by Gil 6 months ago with Merlin, they've been eating and sleeping since to avoid draining Gil. ... Nothing is said about "Ana" though.
Oh, the people in Uruk are convinced Enkidu is a fake, Mashu isn't too sure but figures Enkidu gained a hman heart but then it was taken from him. Gil won't talk about it, he just went "oh, people are talking about Enkidu again, cool" and that's it. ... I imagine he might have been the "young man" calling Tiamat his mother earlier, but her son is Kingu, so I dunno.

Just guessing here, but the 7th c bce stuff could be the beginning of the classic greek civilization ? Ancient greek ended after troy (around 1191 bce), the civilization on the east shore of the mediterranean sea and the greeks scattered into a dark age, then the greeks recovered around 8-7th c. bce with Homer and Hesiod's theogony, something like that ? Seems to fit when the gods became legends.

(i don't want a disconnection so I'll keep editing this)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 09, 2016, 06:16:07 pm
at byakko: much apreciated.

I had a small nagin feeling so I checked on quetzalcoatl's human descent date and its close to 900 AC so vikings are plausible with the theory since they existed from 800 to 1k AC. TL;DR queztalcoalt was a god from the mesoamerican pantheon long before this date , the 900 date refers to king quetzalcoatl, which is when he descended from being a god and was born in earth and did a lotof good deeeds (like, swapping human sacrifice for flower sacrifice) and eventually left after being humilliated by the powers that be, leaving behind the  "more bearded men will come after me" prediction which made the conquest easier for the spanish.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 09, 2016, 10:58:33 pm
Oh, so the Xth century king is actually considered a human incarnation of the god ? When I did a quick check up I thought it was a guy who was just given the same name as the much older deity in later legend.
Mashu keeps spouting out knowledge of ancient Mesopotamia while you're sent on random errands - shear some sheeps (demon boars), calm down a scorned lover (shadow Yohimen / Ancient Kiyohime)...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 10, 2016, 12:05:24 am
yup, the demigod who got humilliated is a more recent event, linked to one very particular tribe (not the aztecs or the mayans) while the actual mayor god is as ancient as the mayans, whom are the first culture to get to america. To link this to gilgamesh, the mayans also come from mu/lemuria, the continent that did sink in the utnapintzin's (?) histories, only that the mayans sailed towards the americas instead of babilon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 10, 2016, 11:56:29 am
You have a dream of someone female crying for someone else not to leave. Then a vision in a sea, and something about the "original sin" number II, to leave the original Eden. It led to people deceiving each other, envy, and steal - evils and poisons that everyone has, but they all come from this. Life was born out of the primordial sea Nammu (Tiamat's Sumerian name), the goddess of the beginning. The roar of the sea was because of that sin.
After training with you some more, Benkei and Ushi say that Amakusa and Kotaro were originally summoned too but never returned (Ushi thought the Twin Arms Brigade would work out). There was also Ibaraki, who ran away and vanished, and Tomoe Gozen who gave her life to take down the leader of the girtablilu (scorpion men).

According to Roman, Tiamat is an original goddess, from the first age of gods. (big exposition about Tiamat, the rebellion of the other gods, list of Tiamat's eleven monster children) also a link back to Potnia Theron , the original mother goddess that Extra already namedropped, where the goddess who gives life falls in chaos and becomes an enemy of humanity, giving birth to monsters.

Hmm... You get to a jungle, it's so thick and the air is full of age of gods thick mana / true ether, Mashu says it feels like it must have been just after the Yucatan meteorite wiped out the dinosaurs 65M years ago, Merlin thinks it feels not far from a Reality Marble. And then you hear "buenas noches, senorita ! Senor senor, you want to eat some peyote ?" Uh, Quetz dinosaur connection. You hear her, but she's yelling at Jaguar Man who messed up some traps. (Quetz) "You fool !" (JM) "I'm not a loof ! Why does everyone keep calling me a loof ??"

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Websta : finally cleared a spot, sent you a friend request from Gil.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 10, 2016, 05:03:14 pm
ha, quetz wants to drug people
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 11, 2016, 12:50:46 am
Walking through a town
suddenly, fall in hell
Random ghosts "wtf why is a living person here... Have you come here to laugh at us... To take from us... Die die die die"
But just as the ghosts are about to attack you, the old man Ziusudra chases the ghosts away. (Ziusudra = last king before the flood, only one to survive it, meaning he's also probably Utnapishtim, the immortal) He sends you back adding that the underworld is going fine, says he'll close off the passage to the underworld that is in the city you're in, and I guess also slips some tablet of destiny that Gil sent you to pick up (since when you wake up on the surface, it's right under you). Ishtar rushes in to take it from you, she starts flying up but Ana jumps on rooftops and knocks her off her bow ship. She slams on the ground and faints. Ana "let's just kill her now, then."
When she wakes up, she recognizes Fou as a beast of calamity and thinks he wants to eat her. Merlin has bound her with ropes made from lapis lazuli and monster hair, and Ana's weapon can bypass immortality (uh ? She has a variation of Harpe ?) Mashu asks about the three goddesses, and how Ishtar was summoned.
The three goddesses are basically in a race to get control over the world. She can't reveal their names though, because they made a pact of non aggression. Ishtar was summoned by the Uruk priestesses, but not the other goddesses (btw she calls them the North and South goddesses), they were brought forth by the Grail. Might have been because of the king of magecraft, but she can't see that far.
Ishtar asks you if you are the last mage of human history, you go "I won't be the last", she likes your guts. Meanwhile a fog is rising and the town is darkening, Fou interrupts as corpses are gathering around you (I guess Ziusudra didn't close that gate tight enough). Gudao frees Ishtar, apparently confident enough that she's not attacking Uruk, and it's okay if they can talk it off. ... That just doesn't seem right. She was summoned, but she's one of the three goddesses trying to take the Grail from Gil (even though it was definitely someone else with Quetz and Tiamat, even though they called her the legitimate goddess of Uruk who is definitely Ishtar), but she's not attacking Uruk... ? You beat the ghosts from all of Kuta's (this city) past, but you're getting overwhelmed (Ana says that if she was more of an adult, her NP could blow them all away), but Ishtar rains down her arrows on the ghosts. she says she got in trouble in the underworld once, she won't go back there that easily, and she fucks off elsewhere. Everyone is just confused as fuck at the completely random whims of the goddess. You escape.
Oh, by the way, it's random but just before you got to this city, some guy was talking to you about how Ishtar came around and plundered some stock of lapis lazuli because she wanted to.

Back in Uruk, Gil is ROFLMAOing as you recount your meeting with Ishtar, an adventure that will definitely not remain in history. He finds her amusing for once. You wonder if Ishtar really is an enemy of humanity, Gil doesn't have a single doubt that she is because she's such a loose cannon. But that's the burden of the gods.
Anyway, next, Gil is sending you to Nippur, but it's outside the wall. As for the dragon Ushumgal that's going around, he's super strong, but after he goes all out, he needs to recharge. Roman takes the opportunity to go on an exposition about a cheetah needing to hunt for just about 10 seconds at 80km/h or else it's not worth the calories, so you just have to survive for those 10 seconds and you win. On the other hand, another beast like Mushussu can go without eating for a day. Gil just knows everything about everything. He also praises Tomoe who did a fine job against the scorpion men. Anyway, Gil finally gives you a real task, after sending you on random errands (sheep shearing, water supply, picking up a tablet...) speaking of, he has you read off that tablet, and you start seeing random images of people suffering, with an extra commentary track.
"Killing your kid or having your kid killed, grieving over being betrayed or carrying the weight of your betrayal, not having a family or abandoning your family, not knowing love or laughing at love, protecting or betraying your faith, rejecting strangers, spreading the lack of knowledge.... All of that, it's acceptable, since after all, you're just human and not omniscient, you just have to live with it.
But for the king who knows all, it's a different story.
He had the mean to understand it and act upon it. He could see the past and the future, all the sins and pains, and he did nothing, just laughed. It's okay if you don't know, but there was a king who knew and laughed. 'Can't you feel anything from knowing that ?! Don't you want to fix it all ?!' 'Eh, well, not really ?' So there was one among us who couldn't forgive this man.
This is the record of our way. Here we leave our records for those who come after us. Raise temples. Spread light. We need all the resource against that which wants to destroy it. All the time to prevent it from being forgotten. Open the way to the final singularity, for the seat of the king of magecraft is there. The name of this sky is Solomon. The final climax. Be the hope that reaches the source, at the altar of the whirlpool of time..."
Gil says you'll get it in time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 11, 2016, 06:45:52 pm
lol Merlin
So you go to Nippur, you meet Enkidu, Tiamat steps in, and I'm thinking it's weird that we have Tiamat in what is quite obviously Medusa's body and Enkidu calling her mother, that's just not right. Anyway she was summoned by Solomon's Grail, she has it with her but she says her regeneration isn't from the Grail but from her own power. You escape the 2M HP fight, Ushiwakamaru wounds her face and buys you time to escape, but dies. Tiamat catches up, Merlin says she's as much of a pest as a snake, but that's not nice to snakes because snakes aren't petty with hatred, Tiamat says fuck you I'll kill you first, Merlin goes come at me bro I'm immortal, I'm an incubus, I can just escape to the dream world if I get any fatal wound. Tiamat goes fine I'll use my eye that I haven't used in a long time, Merlin recognizes a petrification spell and goes oh shit, Master, forget what I just said, petrification is my one big weakness, please save me ! It'll be terrible if I lose consciousness (this is probably foreshadowing something).
Uh, you know the skill clairvoyance, in Japanese is senrigan (thousand league eye), Tiamat calls her eye senmagan (thousand evil eye). No idea what this is about. Just to say it's the ultimate evil that nothing can get away from because it sees everything ?
Escape another fight, Leonidas goes Thermopylae on Tiamat (apparently managing to return her heat rays on her) but is petrified. He does get enough time to talk about a certain ancient goddess that Athena turned into a monster and locked in a shapeless island for killing countless heroes. I'm not sure what connection he's making, maybe he's saying Gorgon really was an incarnation of Tiamat all along, which is what Roman gets from that (Medusa's FSN profile did say she was originally human, did Nasu retcon that ?), anyway Tiamat praises him as a real hero but she says it's pointless because she's about to smash Uruk and the last defenders of humanity.
But then Enkidu stops her. In the first place, their problem wasn't Uruk and worthless humanity, but the other goddesses, and crushing Uruk would just throw a wrench in their little balance. Just leave it to the 100k children born in the temple of blood (uh what ? yes, same name as Medusa's NP, but... uh, what ??) so just let humans suffer, have their land and their children taken by the beasts and forget everything (god what a douche). The fire of hatred doesn't burn if there is no more enemy, after all. He says that his mom is already not the Greek goddess anymore, in here, she is Tiamat, the Mesopotamian goddess (so okay they're really one and the same then... ? A different aspect of each other). Oh, and now Tiamat also straight up calls "Enkidu" her son, so it's not just him being completely delirious. I just don't get it. She says okay he's right, but humans, your fate of destruction and terror still hasn't changed. Peace out !
Enkidu is strangely relieved that she has left, and he just laments that her mommy usually doesn't listen and that kids can't chose their parents, don't you agree, Gudao ? This guy is seriously fucked up, what the hell is he talking about. He says the 2 other goddesses are highly likely to go on a rampage anyway and humans are fucked (big evil grin). At least he finally admits there's no point in hiding his true identity anymore, he was created by Tiamat, a prototype of the people Tiamat would like to replace humans with after they're gone. The first was Kingu, who ran away from Marduk in fear. Then the Enkidu we see was rebuilt based on the real Enkidu... So I guess... He's Kingu v2 remodeled after Enkidu ?
Also poor Benkei is sad that, again, at the very last moment, he was unable to follow Yoshitsune to the very end (remember he's not the actual Benkei) but who gives a shit.

Oh hey, Ushi is still not gone and I guess in the underworld, merged in a wall. Enkidu arrives (after finishing talking with someone he called his brother / or someone was calling him their brother okay what I'm lost again). Enkidu (well, he's just called Kingu now) says this is a factory. Well that stinks... this is the temple of blood that creates monster and it transforms people, doesn't it (when you arrived at Nippur, the people were gone, Mashu asked Kingu what happened and he said we took them, guess what we're doing with them). He says they need like 3 bodies to create another Ugallu (the lion monster that was with Kingu in the last fight, bigger than the other lion monsters) and Ushi is about to become like them. but he says that for a Servant, they can do one better and... toss them in the primordial sea to return them to the form of Tiamat's children, and Solomon called that chaos tide ? He wonders what kind of monster Ushi will become.

If Gorgon is indeed equated to Tiamat, I'm just more disappointed that Perseus didn't show up. FHA did say that even with 5 divine weapons he still seriously lucked out against Medusa, I don't see why this wasn't the best time to show that. Instead we get Ushi, Benkei and Leo again (Leo was okay, I didn't really care for Ushi, and fuck off already Benkei), and Tomoe Gozen dies offscreen. I'm glad we're getting King Hassan, but DW has been seriously way too stingy with new Servants, it's been so slow, with around 3 new guys per event each time. Between the original datamine and what has appeared since then, we have I think 147 Servants  and still 38 that we haven't seen. They lose time because they have to write so mnay events for all these guys, but I seriously think they actually write way too much boring fluff. Stuff like Camelot or Onigashima was way too slow.

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I forgot, but when Kingu attacked, he dealt damage to Ana, and Merlin had Cath Palug teleport her out to safety. So she wasn't around when Tiamat/Gorgon attacked. Also, when asking Kingu what he did to the people of Nippur, Merlin asks if he rained his spears on them - that's the chain, which is referred to as spears, soooo Lancer.

Gil says as a king, sacrifices are expected.
Merlin discusses the Gorgon being summoned through Solomon's Grail, as the hero-killer from Greece, this is definitely the shape she has right now. But he isn't stupid so he points out that she never had a myth of giving birth to monsters. This part is Potnia Theron, which she gained from the Grail (so I guess they're not straight up saying the mythological Medusa was Tiamat, they're just saying Medusa/Gorgon came here and *became* Tiamat ? Which is pretty much what Kingu said, okay). Mashu recounts a bit of Medusa's story, with her two sisters and becoming a monster, Ana goes "...".
Anyway, Gil is actually confident that they have a way to win. You can't butt head with her, so spark trouble with the other goddesses - you can start by taking care of Ishtar. Except Ishtar isn't really all that bad, she's just getting caught up in the beast business. Siduri (the girl who's been taking care of you since the beginning) asks if she would really protect Uruk, but Ana says it's more like she thinks the world belongs to her (a sentiment not unknown to the Gil we know...) Gil says they don't need to defeat a fool like that, let's make her our ally. Like taming a mad beast. And you, hero Gudao, will be the one to take her leash !
Ana points out Gil has confronted her many times so it's weird he'd want her as an ally now. Sounds like desperation ! Of course, Gil thinks she's worthless to humans, but he's not the one who's going to contract her - it's you. And... Gugalanna is a different story, that's one thing he'll want to use from Ishtar. Woah ??
You get to the Ebih mountains, Roman recounts the incident between Inanna and Ebih (blew it right the fuck up she did) - it looks like right now she's hanging out around there. Roman seems to say that she was known as the goddess of war after that. He also says that it wasn't a bow but a spear she used (the versions I read mention a dagger though, and maybe an unidentified weapon). Merlin says Ishtar wouldn't move for Gil, but that's why Gil stayed on his throne and didn't come with you. That and he has work to do too.
You get to Ishtar's temple, she's getting annoyed that she keeps running into you (you taking side with Gil at Uruk, playing tag in Kuta) and this time you've chased after her right into her temple. Fight. Once you manage to catch her attention, you make her an offer... Gil said he'd give her his pile of precious jewels and shit. Because Ishtar is weak to his Golden Rule, she loves jewels too much. Gil is buying Ishtar off. With 30% of his treasury. Damn. Gudao comes bearing gifts - lapis lazuli again. "What ?? You're giving this ?? To me ?? You're not yanking my chain, are you ?? No tax ?? Oh my eyes, calm down, me ! Also, me !" (the second one has Ishtar in furigana, implying the first "me" isn't Ishtar........) When you say this is just a deposit, Ishtar gulps a couple times, thinking of what she'll get in Uruk. You have a choice to offer her I think either 10 or 20% (which is not the 30% Gil said ?), Cath comments Ishtar is so cheap. Ishtar goes hang on a second, I wasn't THAT angry, it's okay, we can talk. But Babylon is still going to grow if Gilgamesh makes it, so what's 10 or 20% of that ? You raise it to 25%, then you start going okay never mind we take it back, and Rin Ishtar starts crying nooo don't take it away I'm gonna be so sad I'll die. (I'm not even "adapting" this one, this is literally what she says)
Yeah, now I see why they wanted to merge Ishtar and Rin. Real world Ishtar doesn't really have anything like that in her myth (beside getting a hard on for Gilgamesh after he killed Humbaba) but the combination is really funny. It emphasizes how completely random she was in myth (a trait based on the erratic movements of the planet Venus over the mountains).
Roman also says that if the world is destroyed, there wil be no human left to worship her beauty. Yeah, you're right, that's not very nice, I mean, if the world is scorched up, uuhhh... *stares at the jewels* It wouldn't be very interesting... ... ... Yeah okay sure. Let's be friends ! :D Oh drop the "goddess Ishtar", just call me Ishtar. But hey Gudao, kneel and kiss my feet plzkthx ? ... what ? I'm a Servant, we need a contract (uh that should be the other way around then, you know...)
Ishtar is so messed up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 12, 2016, 02:14:07 pm
Triple posting because this is getting seriously text heavy.

Roman asks how come she's a goddess who became a Servant through a human body. Ishtar says normally, humans can't use divine spirits as familiars - but Merlin adds that at the same time, it means they can't normally come here after the end of the age of gods, and they've become simple observers of humanity. This era already follows this situation. So to summon Ishtar, they had to find a suitable human as a receptacle - with compatibility in magic circuits and talents. So there was the head priestess at Uruk that decided, Imma summon Ishtar. Because Uruk became a singularity, it was possible to connect to a different time (wut ?), normally space and time are a set but in a singularity, that can be stretched. So they found a mage who was a good fit with Ishtar in a different time, found this girl, and caused Ishtar to incarnate / possess her. And then they summoned that combo as a Servant into Uruk. It's a mess so she has no memory of before the summoning (shouldn't be talking about Ishtar's past but Rin's, right... ?). But when Ishtar realized where she was, the head priestess had fried herself from overuse of mana and died. And then Gil just went "you know what, go somewhere else to be like a human", since after building their fortifications, they had no use for a god (srsly ? I'd rather guess he never really wanted this and said fuck it after it went all wonky). So what was poor Ishtar to do ? Of course take her bow and go all crazy on them all ! (Ana actually empathizes just a little)

Okay so something's definitely bad here, the Ishtar in Rin's body was summoned by Uruk after Gil needed to fortify, so after the three goddesses attacked. So... The blond Rin look-alike with Tiamat and Quetz, is that the living Ishtar (and Ishtarin still talks like she's part of that group but not really) or someone else ? If this Ishtar isn't one of the three goddesses, why the fuck did we even come here ? Just to take over Gugalanna and not really to upset the strife between the three ? After Kingu in Enkidu's body for bullshit reasons, and Tiamat in Gorgon's body for bullshit reasons, I'm really not trusting anything else, even if they straight up called the third goddess the "legitimate goddess of Uruk" (which should obviously be Ishtar) at the very beginning. This is just way too messy, it's like they're screwing with us and pulling the rug under our guesses for no real reason and making shit up to justify it (like Gorgon gaining Potnia Theron to become a mother of monster and turn into Tiamat because fuck you why not).

So this Ishtar wasn't summoned by Solomon's Grail (Roman says that but doesn't connect the dots with the three goddesses...). What happened to the girl she possessed anyway ? Ishtar didn't kill her, but don't expect her consciousness to surface. Well, it's probably 70% Ishtar and 30% Rin (that much, uh...). But she's still pretty much Ishtar because a divine spirit will just override a human mind. Well, this human possessed by Ishtar just might become a new Ishtar some day (whaaaat ???), and the one talking to you right now is two persons as one. But she's still Ishtar. Ishtar who's eager to leave this shitty mountain because there's no one to worship her, no pretty horses either, it's just shitty snakes in here, so let's fuck off of here already. Golems attack you, wanting revenge at Ishtar - angry spirits from Ebih.
Roman says he thought Ishtar hated humans, she says she just loves to mess with them, Roman doesn't want to end up like Ebih. She's just happy you praise her as your trump card against the Gorgon. Roman spills the beans that Gil expects to use Gugalanna. Uh, right. Okay, sure. That's gotta be your strongest card. Uh-uh. (I'm not sure if Ishtar is still hiding something about Gugalanna or if she's just disappointed they just want to use her for that...)

During the night, Ishtar is clearly flirting with Gudao. And she sneezes... And turns into the blond Rin look-alike wtf ???? and just goes "sorry about that, keep talking plz". She didn't even realize that she changed and goes whytf are you running away. Oh, so you too are afraid of me, aren't you. "naaah, I was just about to sneeze too, that's all (omg omg wtf)" So anyway, you wanted to fight the 3 goddesses, right ? What do you think of the goddess of monsters ? It feels like she's just completely alien, she considers herself good, but in this world, she's evil (yeah, that fits the myth of Tiamat, but it wasn't humans, it was the other gods that decided to make their own world and kick out the primordial chaos of Tiamat).
And then there's the third goddess, so you know, that's me... I can't forgive Mesopotamia right now, throwing away the gods, building their own world - she can't understand you humans. This is just sad, they can't escape the pain of life and fear of death. So they were falling back on the gods. It's been like that for thousands, tens of thousands of years, Ishtar thought it was just fine. The gods aren't the enemies of mankind, but the enemies of the world of mankind. Then she leaves. Good night, Ishtar !

... Uh... So the blond third goddess really is Ishtar ? Why the fuck did they bother having two of them, why did Uruk think it was a good idea to summon another copy, were they thinking she'd turn against her own self ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 12, 2016, 08:45:19 pm
MAKE URUK GREAT AGAIN!

also, we gits now (with all those ishtar shenanigans)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 13, 2016, 12:30:41 am
Thanks for responding, I didn't want to quadruple post :'(

You know, I really like how they've taken pretty much every single name they could come across from ancient Mesopotamia (at least the Uruk and Enuma Elish periods) and shove them here. Places, people and everything. Mashu, Roman and co have given out a boatload of exposition, which might slow down the story, but there's just so many details in here. It just feels so much better than freaking Rome and other filler / random story segments.

Apparently you don't say a word about Ishtar suddenly transforming, and she's back to her Rin appearance.
Gilgamesh mentions the axe with which Marduk ripped through Tiamat's throat (though the summaries I've read mentioned using four winds and a bow as she was "charging up a magical killing scream" -prototype of dragon breath right here- or alternatively just trying to swallow him), it's enshrined in Eridu, where the kingship first was. It should do just fine on Gorgon. Gil says our plan was Ishtar first, next is the South, and finally, the North. Gil says Ishtar should know the identity of the goddess of the jungle. The heroes he first summoned and sent to the jungle never returned, so that goddess must be strong. Gudao goes "good, then it's probably not Jaguar Man". Ishtar just straight up tells you "feathered serpent, linked to Venus just like me, great bird of the sun, wind of South America, Quetzalcoatl" (uh, where did that non-aggression pact go when she didn't want to say their name last time ??)
Roman : The conqueror of the Mayans, sun god of the Toltecs ? Isn't that an even bigger deal than Gorgon ?? ... But wasn't that a man ? Whytf is it a goddess !
Ishtar : Oh, right, you humans don't know. The mythology of South America is a different lineage. The divine spirits there weren't born on this planet, they came from the sky. A meteor ("small planet") fell down and "something" came out of it, and survived, and became the source of the gods. This divinity was passed down from a human to another as a receptacle - and among them, there must have been a woman or two.

..... Okay so the South American gods are straight up alien parasites. Taking over people. ... Sure. Right. Whatever.

Then the earth shakes, a soldier comes running "uuuuh my king there's a woman calling herself Quetzalcoatl smashing up the ramparts with her bare hands what do we do..." Quetz is rampaging around, tossing people 100m with her legs (Ana grabs them with her chain), talking about some wrestling-like rules (I guess lucha libre) and a ring. This is a legit goddess, different from Gorgon summoned from the Grail or Ishtar summoned as a Servant.
You fight, she says she'll smash Uruk (with a big smile), you ask why. Well, she just loves lawful or rightful people, and she wants to marry you. She's killing humans because she was called by mom to do so (???), but she does enjoy it so it's all good. Anyway, adios guys, tomorrow when the sun rises she'll slaughter a hundred more people. She goes back to the jungle over a flying dragon-like thing. And here comes the modified Servant, Jaguar Mannnnn ! *super sentai monster call* She's picking up the defeated soldiers ?

Siduri babbles about a secret factory, Gil tries to cover it up but mentions a comeback secret weapon ? But they're having some compatibility issue, like a weapon that doesn't match the Servant class. Gil asks Roman to look up something about Quetz, Roman complains that they have Merlin with his Clairvoyance, but Quetz would definitely notice that and fuck their shit up.
So Roman's plan... Well, Quetz has nothing to do with Sumer, right ? So why does she have such high divinity advantage here ? So there has to be a temple that powers her up (Ishtar was also in her own pretty little temple in Ebih). Last time we went down to Ur, there was a huge mana signal, the jungle was filled with it, it must have come from Eridu, so that's where her temple must be. Also her treasure is probably her jade macana sword or the piedra del sol. Anyway it would be a big help to break her symbol and disable her temple to bypass her divinity. And then if ishtar helps, it should be a lot easier.
Ishtar : I didn't want to fight another goddess but if my Master is asking, then sure ! If it had been the king I'd have laughed and cut him down, though.
Gil : *snort*
So let's go to Eridu, take down the second goddess, and use Marduk's axe that killed Tiamat !

(I'm only at chapter 12, this is gonna take a while...)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on December 13, 2016, 12:36:32 am
Just dropping in to say that whoever thought of the "Let's let 'em use more than 5 exp cards" idea is a brilliant person and they deserve endless biscuits.
Also game is suprisingly more stable now (Still crashes on NP and after 20 minutes of playing but I can live without Noble Phantasms,however loading screens seem to be really long now) so I'm gonna start getting my ass to London and the new Babylon parts.
Haven't played in a while and I forgot how much of a grind getting ascension materials is,aaaa
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 13, 2016, 12:50:11 am
It's been interesting switching my time between this and Granblue for the last year and watching them both update with traits from the other game like GO finally upping its leveling limit to 20 and GB upping its item minimum to 300

Competition breeds benefits to the consumer, eh
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 13, 2016, 01:33:29 am
As you walk out of the city, a soldier mentions that he met Quetz before, and she offered him some mango, she didn't seem bad to him.
Merlin remembers what Quetz said about being called out by mom to destroy humans. She's not really an enemy herself, but who's the "mother" ? Ana suggests it's just the mother of monsters, Tiamat. Merlin asks Ishtar if the Gorgon ordered them to destroy humans, she responds that... she doesn't know about that triple goddess alliance okay COME ON wtf is going on. She just guesses that the feathered serpent and the serpent monster Gorgon went along well. Roman notices wait did she just say the alliance meant nothing to her ? Jaguar Man pops up from a tree, but Merlin doesn't seem to give a shit and keeps talking about the Grail powering up the Gorgon, and about that "mother", meeting and talking is definitely humanity's biggest advantage -- heeeyyy people pay attention to the one in front of you ! Ana says meh, we've seen Quetz, we don't really care about some tiger. Fight.
Jaguar Man says she's not one of the goddesses but she's a nahual god ? A lost Servant just like Ana she's just helping Quetz because she has no Master and nothing else to do. Merlin says hey we might as well gather more allies ? You sweet talk her for like two seconds and okay she's your friend now. Ana still wants to just kill her. JM says to Ishtar hey haven't I seen you before ? But no one cares. Beasts attack the traitor Jaguar Man, she instantly turns into a hardcore Yakuza ascension, Ishtar goes, "uh, Jaguamura-sensei !?"
You get to Ur, a soldier that was defeated earlier is glad that you're rescuing them, you're surprised they're still alive, but Quetz didn't kill them (or she instantly revived them the moment she instantly killed them). JM says Quetz isn't bad, she'll meet someone who's ready to die, but she'll spare those who aren't. She's still preventing them from returning to Uruk though, and they still want to help their fellow soldiers in Uruk.
Also, JM has been calling Quetz Kukurun from the start, Roman says she probably means Kukulkan, Quetz's Mayan name. Quetz is a divinity that sometimes appeared as a human king. JM says you won't convince her with words, you have to promise her a fight.

At night, Ishtar comes to see you outside again. She also talks about people who try hard and people who don't, not that she considers the latter to be weak insects. It's just how it goes. She can't meet Gil and Quetz on that. She doesn't want a world that only recognizes the strong and the brilliant, she doesn't want to discard the weak and bleak ones. *sneeze* Blond Rin comes out again. Come on, don't run away again ! Anyway, she tells you that Quetz is strong against people who are good. So bring an Evil Servant. You and her have a "moment", but then Fou comes in, and Ishtar recognizes him as a beast of calamity that feeds on people's hopes, toss him in a city and it'll become more than you can handle within a year. You've had him for more than a year though...
Yeah, Ishtar is totally Good.

I was worried at the beginning that the errands were super boring and I wouldn't like it any more than I did Camelot, but it turns out there's a lot of really nice stuff this time around.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 13, 2016, 04:29:55 am
the theory that quetz is another alien like altera gains more adn more tract, like is there a way to disprove it now ? I even read in beast's lair that the first the time the comet that start teh destruction came was in the dinosaur era so everything checks just fine.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 13, 2016, 05:02:37 am
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Jaguar Man says she's not one of the goddesses but she's a nahual god ? A lost Servant just like Ana she's just helping Quetz because she has no Master and nothing else to do. Merlin says hey we might as well gather more allies ? You sweet talk her for like two seconds and okay she's your friend now. Ana still wants to just kill her. JM says to Ishtar hey haven't I seen you before ? But no one cares. Beasts attack the traitor Jaguar Man, she instantly turns into a hardcore Yakuza ascension, Ishtar goes, "uh, Jaguamura-sensei !?"
You get to Ur, a soldier that was defeated earlier is glad that you're rescuing them, you're surprised they're still alive, but Quetz didn't kill them (or she instantly revived them the moment she instantly killed them). JM says Quetz isn't bad, she'll meet someone who's ready to die, but she'll spare those who aren't. She's still preventing them from returning to Uruk though, and they still want to help their fellow soldiers in Uruk.
Also, JM has been calling Quetz Kukurun from the start, Roman says she probably means Kukulkan, Quetz's Mayan name. Quetz is a divinity that sometimes appeared as a human king. JM says you won't convince her with words, you have to promise her a fight.
I'm curious about Taiga's specific wording. Nahual can be interpreted as the animal guardian spirit itself (much lower than a god) or the person channeling said spirit (and changing to an animal form). Taiga's furrsuit seems to be based on the later, and...it's actually a pretty clever interpretation of the ancient mesoamerican furry wizards, if you think about it. Mmm...I really need to read the Popol Vuh again.

(btw, do you keep this stuff in a .txt file? I like your summaries better than most of the stuff posted on reddit and it's a shame they're scattered all over a 130 pages)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 13, 2016, 11:06:14 am
Thanks :) yeah, sometimes the stuff posted on Reddit have a few mistakes here and there that really bother me, I believe I make less than they do. I don't have any compilation of it all, but I could do that some day. I don't know where I'd put it though, I don't want to put it on something like pastebin.

I can't check the nahual thing again right now because it will only unlock in the "material" section once I finished the chapter (chapter 12 in the singularity, that is). I'll get back to it when I can. I think it used a kanji for spirit so based on what you say, it looks like it's in big part the spirit god itself talking, but it's really Taiga being possessed - the same way Rin is possessed by Ishtar, except Taiga definitely surfaces every now and then. Her comparison to the goddesses does sound like "it's not like I'm on their level, but I'm still a divine spirit", and Ishtar said her divine spirit totally overwhelmed puny human girl and that's why Rin would definitely not come out, but it's certainly not the case with Taiga, so the 7/3 ratio is probably a good representation.

the theory that quetz is another alien like altera gains more adn more tract, like is there a way to disprove it now ?
Well, that's pretty much what Ishtar is saying. Some alien being came on Earth on a meteorite, and that thing is using human bodies as a receptacle, jumping from one to the next as time passes. It totally sounds like Venom or the Goa'ulds to me, so yeah, definitely an alien. It does also imply that the woman we see is not the one in control, but some sort of alien worm in her brain or whatever.
It doesn't sound like Altera's case at all, though. Just an alien, so far. We don't know anything about what civilization she came from, but it doesn't seem to be the same origin, so a different race. Well, we haven't seen anything of the Velbers so far and Altera herself is a weapon, not an actual Velber, but it doesn't sound likely that the Velbers came around, did one thing, and *then* another one came crashing on a meteorite.
At least, Ishtar definitely says Quetz has a different origin, so if the Mesopotamian gods (and Greek by extension) are also aliens (probably from Venus), they're probably not the same race either. So... That would make at least 3 alien races.

As for the dinosaurs, Mashu definitely says Quetz's jungle feels like it must have been after the Yucatan meteorite that wiped the dinosaurs, but that's not quite clear yet. It sounds like a set up to say the god that was tied to a dinosaur probably has a Reality Marble to recreate the era of dinosaurs, but we just know that it came on "a" meteorite at this point, it doesn't have to be the same as the dinosaurs just yet.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 13, 2016, 03:17:08 pm
So creating a post to cut the explanations so Byakko doesn't have to worry about double posting and because there's some news:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5i2g2g/gorgon_quetz_pick_up/

If you haven't rolled yet, both Gorgon and Quetzalcoal are now having a rate-up, and IMO, if you haven't rolled yet, I suggest you roll for them. Jaguar Man is also a good Lancer honestly, much better than other Lancers we've had. So yeah, roll for this one. It's also lucky we will get today the 5 tickets. I won't roll since Merlin and King Hassan happened.

Also, the two apples per day reward has been extended until the 21st. We'll have a ton of them at this point.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 13, 2016, 03:53:00 pm
Thanks :P
That's the second pick up, it starts tomorrow (well, I think that's... exactly 17 hours from now ?), don't roll just now. The first pick up is extended to the end of the month too.

You get to Eridu, spot a ziggurat (actually an aztec pyramid but same difference, a high place to reach the gods) where the sun stone probably is, you decide that the Servants will make a wall and Gudao will run at the stone and smash it. You get to it, but there's a gigantic thing behind... That's Marduk's axe. Little bit bigger than expected... Quetz welcomes you to her solar temple, she's glad she didn't have to waste time going outside Eridu to find you. She talks a bit and says she doesn't remember the "first age" (Cretaceous in furigana ??) but it doesn't matter. She loves humans and wants to have kids with them, "this race is what we live for" (I'm not sure who "we" is...). Mashu asks why they're destroying humans, she says basically she's a deity that can't exist if she doesn't torment humans, it's a bit of a love/kill relationship, this cycle is how she lives - it's the meaning of her life. She joined the alliance just to play with humans. She won't let humans be completely destroyed though of course.
Ishtar jumps in saying this isn't even her place, there are lots of gods here but she's just pretty much a home wrecker. Quetz says oh so you know I want to get love-love with Gudao (possible response : de nada, mucho mucho, Mashu is surprised that it's not the time to recall your Spanish lessons) Quetz sees your plan (Servants protecting the Master who goes for the sun stone) and she just wants you to remember she fights humans because they're fun, and her lucha libre code says she won't kill if she bears no hate. You remember a cryptic advice from Ziusudra about enjoying what you do, and your options are to say you understand her or not. You say you don't, she's sad. She asks you what fighting is to you, you say you just want to give your all for the happiness that comes after it. She likes your answer, and says she's glad that in your era, the humanity they dreamed of are born (... I'm a little confused)
You get to the Aztec calendar that tells the past, present, future, Quetz's second NP. Blow it and the temple will fall, sealing her trump card. Mashu and co are knocked out and Quetz is right behind you, Roman tells you to hurry to defeat the evil goddess. You say uh she's not all that evil... Jaguar Man is right behind you, she just jumped up the pyramid in one go. Ishtar just came from above. You say this should be a battle of heroism, JM say yeah it's all about proncha (messing up pro wrestling / lucha libre's name), Roman say hey hey hey you're not seriously going for a body attack from this height ?? JM says the higher the better. Go even higher - alright, then leave it to Ishtar ! She zips you into the sky "200m, is that high enough for you, Master ? Use your arms and legs as stabilizers if you think you'll miss !" she tosses you. Quetz goes even a lucha master like me would die from this !! You're trying to show me up in proncha ? You slam right into her.
You're both alive, she praises you reckless bravery (you say you trusted she'd catch you). She loves you, she lost, she'll help you.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 13, 2016, 09:41:08 pm
And this is how you create a new harem member, do a lucha libre move from 200m in the air, hoping to god you'll survive. More harem animes and mangas should learn from this.

I really really want to see this animated in the future.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 13, 2016, 11:52:18 pm
there' this weird thing (stella) where the same race of aliens that are periodically sending weapons to destroy civilization (the dinosaurs, teh the age of gods thing, then teh thing that wallachia wants to stop which seems to be the same you are fighitng in fgo(?)) also created the moon cell to store civilizations, so maybe they are playing a weird create a strong civilization that can survive our weapons game ? the things quetz sayd make me think that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 14, 2016, 02:48:20 am
Maybe, it sounds plausible enough, but we definitely don't have enough evidence supporting that right now. I'm certainly not going to make an assumption like that soon.

Checked the Nahual dialog again.
"I'm not a goddess, but I'm the god of our Nahuals (kanjis : great spirit)"... I think. Or "us Nahuals are gods", not sure. I don't really get the sentence, I think it's being unspecific enough on purpose. No indication of plural on the "god" part (but Nahuals is plural), no indication of subject or verb beyond "to be"... That's just Japanese being Japanese. Hell, because in the first place a Japanese "kami" doesn't necessarily mean god the same way we understand it, it could even just be "I'm a 'kami' of the nahuals" (though they're usually not stupid about it, they know the implication). It's definitely a throw-away line that's trying to keep a low profile IMO.

Quetz says if her name is too long, just call her Coatl. Ana points out it means serpent. Quetz and Ishtar seize each other up as a deity associated to Venus, beauty and war. Anyway, let's talk about the giant thing in the back - Marduk's axe, of which the blade alone is taller than the small pyramid. Taiga tries to speak up, Quetz goes I think I'm hearing a fairy... That's what you humans say, right ? When you hear a voice but don't see anyone, it's a fairy. 'Cause I sure don't see anyone, do you ? Taiga complains that Quetz threatened to kill her no matter what she did - overwork, boycott, fool around. Do you just hate me or something ? Yup, completely ! Go play with jaguars ! Roman points out that to the Olmec and Aztec people, Jaguar Man was a divine spirit offered as a sacrifice (I don't know a thing about that, I could be misunderstanding this). Jaguars are a symbol of combat and death, so Jaguar Man, the jaguar person, was tied to a major god, Tezcatlipoca. And that god was Quetz's rival. Uh, he says Quetz stood at the top of "good" and Tezca at the top of "evil", is that right ? Anyway Tezca killed Quetz, and Quetz's civilization fell down.
Back on the axe again. It's as heavy as the whole of Eridu, but there should be a way to transport it - make ropes from the jungle and have Quetz's pterosaurs carry it to Uruk. the can rotate over three groups of 300 of them, but it would take 3 days (Tiamat gave you, what was it, 7 or 10 days, there was a bit over 5 left when you left for Eridu, and it took 2 days to get there) Merlin, Mashu and co are returning ahead. Before you go, Quetz shows you the pillar that's like a stamp, proof of when the kingship was given to Eridu from heaven. Merlin guesses she's trying to show that as a goddess, she's still watching over humans. But more as an older sister than a mother.
Oh, and Jaguar Man out of the blue realizes how big your harem has grown. When is the "youth event" starting ? Quetz then quite clearly tries to get rid of the other girls by sending them here and there and ahead, but Ishtar won't have any of it. Also, one of your options is to point out that last time was filled with men.

Night time, blond Ishtar is already up. Gudao calls blond Ishtar her "night mode", dunno if that's important. She thinks that Quetz is the strongest, if she gets serious about it, she could take down Gorgon. But they can't attack each other, so it doesn't matter. You start getting sick, Ishtar is worried that you've been overworking yourself for a month. It's not your first singularity, though.
You keep talking about your previous experiences, and you've just told her about Oz dropping a pyramid from the sky, she laughs and says he's just as crazy as Gil. She also likes Nitocris who values dead spirits all the same as Heroic Spirits. She likes the stories you've been telling her, she's happy you've been through such great adventures - and that they all ended happily. You can fight off nature, destiny, gods, and even the evils of people. she likes both people and adventures, but she doesn't have such freedom herself.
4 days until the Gorgon returns.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 14, 2016, 05:09:27 am
A running theme in the mesoamerican lore is that jaguars and their associated gods represent night, darkness and the realm of the dead (not necessarily but frequently evil) whereas the quetzal (the bird) and it's associated gods like Quetzalcoatl/Kukulcan/Qucumatz represent light and the sun. I've digged around a bit and I think "jaguar man" should actually be "were-jaguar" (some anthropomorphic artistic/mystic figure of unknown significance, maybe a god); the Olmecs offered sacrifices like limbs, children or other animals to jaguars or these were-jaguar things.  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmec#Bloodletting_and_sacrifice_speculation)So I think Taiga is this enigmatic were-jaguar deity and the nahuals she's talking about are the furry wizard kind and not guardian spirits.

The "first age" Quetzalcoatl is talking about must be a reference to the Five Suns (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Suns) and how Tezcatlipoca killed the first men with his jaguars. The Popol Vuh has a similar story with Tepeu and Gucumatz shitcanning mankind multiple times, but in their case it's because they couldn't find an appropriate material (we're made of corn!) and not due to infighting.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 14, 2016, 09:21:59 am
http://cms.fate-go.jp/web/2016/uuzjp2/

(http://i.imgur.com/HwYlSWF.png)

Welp, Salomon awaits us. It's not really wrong the name, plenty of Salt (caused by gatcha) and Solomon will appear in this chapter.

It again makes a mention that level 10 Bonds will help, and I don't want to farm for them honestly. But they're really forcing me to do such thing here. I only managed to max out Kiyohime and Mata Hari, and I obviously won't use them there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 14, 2016, 09:53:08 am
It doesn't actually say bond 10. It says bond level is important, as it is linked to the advancement of the main quest (see Mashu), so it will grant a special effect.
Since it specifically names Mashu and the story advancement, I don't expect some effect to be locked at bond 10, maybe it's enough to be at 5 ? Otherwise Mashu would be automatically disqualified ! It says to mind your bond level and to strengthen Mashu.
Hell, I still don't have anyone at bond 10. I've tried to keep Herk around but he's not even halfway through his last crystal, I don't even know if I have anyone else in their final crystal.

Re: Salomon
I know it's his name at least in French, but I've no idea why. Maybe it's not a typo.
I hope it'll stay long enough, and not, like, close after the new year or something.

The "first age" Quetzalcoatl is talking about must be a reference to the Five Suns (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Suns) and how Tezcatlipoca killed the first men with his jaguars.
She mentions her rivalry with Tezca and the jaguar sacrifices, but the "first age" come up in different unrelated discussions. It seems to be like that part is more about the general ages of gods, like Extella revealed that there had been three (actually three stages according to FGO). The first age should be since the Yucatan meteorite and before Sefar. Second is up to Uruk period, and third ends in the VIIth BCE (there's the library of Ashurbanipal that's from that time too, right ?)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 14, 2016, 09:58:18 am
Well, I hope you're right. I mean, the Bond CE is interesting to get, but those 200K experience needed for some levels and that 1K or a bit more which is the max you can even get currently is scary to look at. I really don't want to go through that much to fight against Salmon, I mean Solomon.

And as for strenghtening Mashu:
- All skills at level 10.
- Stats max Foued.
- Level 80

Yep, she's ready for this. After the massive upgrade she got in Camelot, I put full focus on boosting her. All her skills are amazing, and her NP is so good right now at level 5. It reduces all incoming damage to 1000 (the overcharge is for the defense buff efffect, which at max overcharge is 50% which is really good too). Reducing a total of 3000 damage in one turn plus defense buffs is invincibility to normal attacks and a huge damage drop for NPs for the whole party unless an NP that pierces defense buffs is used.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 14, 2016, 10:34:09 am
90 quartz stash gone, got Gorgon hell yeah. Jesus Christ put on some fucking cloth WTH.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 14, 2016, 10:36:45 am
Goddamn it, I will roll the tickets and only one 10-roll from the three I have, and the rest will go towards Solomon. Hopefully I get Gorgon, and if I get Quetz then much better. She does even more damage than Oz, and I thought he was the more damaging Rider that we would have.

Also Byakko, can you check if Gorgon has bond 10 level after releasing this new gatcha? If she doesn't, it easily confirms it's to level 5 forward and not level 10, because they obviously wouldn't exclude these ones.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 14, 2016, 10:43:23 am
Oh, she actually has 10 bond slots...
edit - I haven't finished the story yet but does Mashu get 10 slots when you final ascend here ? She still has 5 for me right now. If the story only gets her to 5, there's no way 10 is required, I don't even expect you to be able to raise her to 10 the same way as the others, and it specifically mentions the story connection.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 14, 2016, 11:04:23 am
No, she still has 5 slots. But they can easily make it so during the story she upgrades her slots to 10 and fills them the more story you do. And if that's the case, we're doomed...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 14, 2016, 11:26:58 am
It only says that in the case of Mashu whose Bond level raises with the main quest, she'll have a special effect. It probably means she's exempt from having 10 bond slots, but it feels like it also means that it doesn't have to be 10. The rest of the text specifically avoids saying level 10, just that your bond level will have an important role.
... Maybe it relates back to I don't remember who or when told you that you should bring your best stars ? There were discussions about bringing Star-attribute Servants or something. I don't know. It feels like they're specifically not saying bond 10.

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Two big shockers.

Ishtar and Quetz are back at the south gate of Uruk (that Quetz rampaged through the other time), and Uruk fixed the gate already. Ishtar is pleased that for once, Gil will have to bow down and praise the goddess of victory Ishtar that they made friends with Quetz (yeah right, keep wishing). Ana has a bad feeling, and there's no one in the street. ... A guard comes at you and says Gil is dead. Ishtar rushes at Siduri asking for an explanation - there's no way he got himself killed, especially since he can see the future. Merlin is pissed, says he promised to stay away from the battlefield (is that why he locked up his weapon vault ?) Flashback to Siduri worried that Gil is getting sick, but he's finishing working on the blueprint for something called the fang of Napishtim, a perfect weapon. They're about to celebrate, but Gudao is still the one meant to use it, not Gil. He's getting weak again, but if his mana drops, the barrier will lose power, so he can't sleep as long as the monsters keep coming (wait... has he not slept in 6 months ??). A bunch of guards pop up one after the other with messages from everywhere, Gil lines them up and keeps working. He ends up having to take a break, just five minutes until Siduri returns... and wakes up in hell. Aww nuts. Hang on, I mean, no fucking way ! Siduri says when she returned, he was in the eternal sleep.
Roman doesn't believe it because if that was a thing, he himself would have died long before Gil (in the sense that he's less resistant, not that he works harder). Quetz suggests foul play, probably from the three goddesses. ... Uh, why does she talk about "them" like she wasn't part of them ? She talks about "them" like two of them including herself aren't here right now. Mashu says it doesn't really fit, Ishtar shoots you down while laughing and Quetz goes human missile. Ishtar and Quetz are ticked off because Ishtar isn't part of the three goddess allliance. She's been a thorn to Quetz and the other two since the start. COME OOOOOON MAKE UP YOUR MIND !!
So who's the third ? Why it's Ereshkigal of course, goddess of the underworld, who the hell else !! You didn't know ? Fuck you Quetz no we didn't know ! Ishtar is surprised too. Mashu says Ishtar should be the last deity in Sumer in this era. Merlin realizes it's obvious Ishtar wouldn't have noticed. Roman yells at Merlin not to make a face like he alone got it, explain !
He says in myth, the lady of heaven is Ishtar, the lady of the underworld is Ereshkigal, and they hate each other's guts. Ishtar once returned to the underworld for no reason at all, and passed through the seven gates of hell, was stripped of her divinity, and killed by Eresh. Ishtar says she couldn't do a thing against her authority (she mentions being struck with a spear). But how come Eresh revived ? Merlin says something happened that the person involved doesn't realize - it's Ishtar. When she was summoned, Eresh came along. That's the reason the head priestess died from the summoning in the first place - she summoned two goddesses at once. The girl they took over had a fine mix of good and evil. You have two options "so the Good one is Ishtar, the Evil one is Eresh, then !" or... the other way around. Ishtar "hey, come see me at E-anna after this *big smile* I'll show you pain worse than the underworld". Roman says Ishtar is probably the "great Earth Mother" aspect while Eresh is the "terrible Earth Mother" aspect, they come together. It's like Izanami in Japan (who created the living things then died and become the ruler of the underworld). And they were summoned together with one divinity - they count as one deity. Eresh can't come out of the underworld, so she let Ishtar walk around on the surface and came out at night.
So Ereshkigal most likely pulled out Gil's spirit and dragged it to hell. So there's still a chance to save him. Yeah, let's go to hell and pick him up ! Ishtar says you're out of your mind, even heroes and gods can't resist this world, Eresh is all powerful there. But you don't care. Ishtar says this is getting really bad and starts getting the fuck out of dodge, Quetz grabs her back in because she knows the way there.
Next stop : Kutha.

... So the blond Rin was Ereshkigal, not Ishtar. The one you've been talking to all along these nights (more specifically : the one that was super nice and sweet after Ishtar tried to flirt with you). What the fuck. She acted like she was still Ishtar, and like she hadn't changed at all.
... Oh hey that's why she liked Nitocris for respecting the dead lol
It also fits the last things you've discussed, when she finds out how much you've been through during these singularities to overthrow fate and everything, maybe her opinion and goal will change. Your harem is going to grow some more, getting Ishtar was a twoffer you didn't notice...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 14, 2016, 08:07:47 pm
OMFG I actually got Quetz. WTF! I also got Liz and a second copy of Emiya Assassin too but that one I don't care that much about those two.

Welp, so that's it. I thought I would have nothing to do until Solomon, but now I'm back to grinding. Hopefully those apples will have now a better use. I will soon have Quetz ready so you can use her in the event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 14, 2016, 10:10:01 pm
It took a day to come to Kutha because Ishtar kept trying to run away. Quetz kept catching her.
Ishtar says Gudao, Mashu and her will go down, Quetz and Merlin will stay. Divinity gets a big minus down there, so weak people are okay, but strong people will drop weak. It would be bad if a god went down and died, because Eresh is almighty there. It's not a big deal if a god dies on the surface because they can come back, but dying down there renders gods powerless. Ishtar went down last time because she was haughty, wearing ornaments and stuff - after destroying Ebih, there was nothing she couldn't do. Yet she got done in (Quetz would've liked to see that !) Basically if something happens, it'll be up to Quetz and Merlin to negotiate for Gudao's and Mashu's return.
Ana has already gone back to the base, she won't be with them.
You ask how you'll get into the underworld, Ishtar flies up and chugs a few lapis lazuli to blow up the gate of hell, then they all drop down. ... Mashu expected to go to another dimension, but it's just Kutha's underground. Ishtar says in the age of gods, the heavens, the land, and hell are all in the same fabric (scroll). It's just that afterward, the sky and the land after death later became the world of man. ... Huh.
The weird pillars in the background are cages, and the lights inside are the souls of deceased people. Okay. Ereshkigal established that - when the corpse is completely gone, the soul should disappear too, but she didn't like that. She kept the souls of people she took an interest in this way, even for ten thousand years. In pain.
Eresh herself is behind the gates - she can't get out. Mashu says, so she too is locked in there ? Ishtar doesn't care, it's how the gods are.
You get to the first gate, Ishtar warns you the gate has a soul and can ask you questions (two choices) to judge you. Neither answer is right. The gate calls out to you, Ishtar is surprised it calls your name (not sure if that's about to be important or not). "Black wins over white. Earth wins over Heaven. So... Who's prettier, Ereshkigal or Ishtar ?" Hey hey hey that's not the same as last time I was here ?? I responded Ishtar, the gate called me a fool and sent ghosts at me (I'll check at the end of this chapter what the other choice would have given me).

gdi lost a big edit. Second gate asks you who you trust more to keep a treasure (I said Eresh, the gate said safe with a jingle but still sent ghosts at me), third gate Gilgamesh comes out (he used Presence Concealment EX to escape the watch of the guardian spirits) and is amused that Ishtar came to save him - and that she's physically  shrinking and losing power due to the power of the underworld. the gate asks you who's your most trusted friend in battle, Ishtar or Gilgamesh (I said Gilgamesh and the gate said nothing, just sent me a dragon).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 14, 2016, 10:35:23 pm
If you pick Ereshkigal, battles will be easier. If you pick Ishtar, they will be harder. Make your choice according to what difficulty you want. Totally unbiased questions and answers there LOL.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 14, 2016, 11:24:02 pm
Yeah, Mashu points that out before you reach the third gate, but Ishtar seemed to disagree.
(when you reached the third gate, Roman said it had been shouting its question at you since Gilgamesh came out but you didn't listen and it lost its spirit and confidence so it spoke quietly)
the dragon was a ruler of Aratta, rival city of Uruk. Gil makes a really terrible pun (like "try arattagain next time"). Ishtar thinks it's the first time she's seen him like that. and you get an option to suck up to his joke. Ishtar keeps shrinking, Gil asks Roman if he can record that (earlier he called her a little little little girl and totally bullied her) Ishtar hits him and almost knocks him off the bridge they're on (Mashu catches him). Gil mentions that deeper is Apsu, the dark water that created the world with Tiamat. There's no way back if you drop there. Mashu wonders if Enkidu isn't around. Ishtar says Gil already came down once and saw him, and Enkidu thanked Ereshkigal. Mashu asks if the two are connected, Gil says she kept his body for him. But he disappeared shortly before you arrived (in this singularity, that is). Mashu guesses that Kingu really was using Enkidu's body, although his soul was destroyed. That is definitely not the real Enkidu, he admitted to being Kingu.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 15, 2016, 12:46:22 am
And so I post again so you don't have to double post by posting a translation of Nasu's blog post, which I believe is quite interesting:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5iaygx/bamboo_broom_diary_1214/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 15, 2016, 01:06:22 am
It'll be for tomorrow, I can't go too fast between AP and battery life - I don't have enough free time to eat through apples either, not even all that much when I'm at a hotel. Maybe I'll be done this week-end.
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From the time he was conscious, he had nothing at all. He had no memory nor history. No past to be proud of. This way, he was no different from some wandering spirit that just popped into existence. The only thing he was given was the title of new humanity. That he was needed by his mother, that was the only truth. That is why he relied on it. As a new human, there was no other path he could choose but to show off just how different he was from old humanity.
.... Isn't that... exactly what all babies go through ? Except, you know, they grow the fuck up after a bunch of years. Yep, I don't like this type of character or the attempts at justification for them.
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King, Hassan---! - The CV for him can be no other. Recording was actually done two years back and they've been sitting on it.
lol
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Though for the nightly talks, even if Ereshkigal weren't there, Ishtar would've engaged in similar conversation. Ishtar is the refreshing part of Rin with a sense of responsibility, Ereshkigal is the high achieving part of Rin which takes love seriously.
Is that so ? Eh, I'm a little relieved then, since at this point it feels like I just learned that all the nice moments Gudao had with Ishtar was actually Ereshkigal, making her the good guy and Ishtar the tramp (although apparently the split isn't over the balance between Rin's good and evil after all). I hope to see some of that when I reach her in Kutha / the underworld. BTW, considering Ishtar (along with some other really late but important faces) was in the first datamine but not Eresh, I imagine she wasn't planned that much but things really evolved since then.
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The calculation is then based on the damage caused by the mysterious Servant defeated by the Lion King.
Still calling that "the mysterious Servant" ? Is that implying it'll come up again then... ? (yes, the Japanese does call him the mystery Servant, it's not a translation issue)


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Gil says Ishtar is growing weaker and won't stand up to Ereshkigal. He says Ishtar was a spoiled child of the Heaven and all the gods ended up having to go along with her, like when she got Enlil drunk and took all of his treasure, divine gifts, back home, running away as fast as she could on the Maanna. It's still a big joke in the Mesopotamian world, it brought Enki to tears, shouting "at this rate, this idiot girl will rule the world ! Somebody do something !". Ishtar grew up wanting to get everything, Eresh never wanted anything. When the Underworld was ready, it required a god, and that was Eresh. For over 10k years, she received the souls of the dead without returning to the surface or to Heaven. But she became invincible in there, she could do anything, like with that little little little little little little girl there. That said, she's nothing outside, and the rule of hell only applies if the opponent dies first. She can't do anything to you and Mashu. That's why Gil was waiting for you. Though he didn't expect Ishtar to be there too, but that was brave - is that from the host girl, a minus and a minus make a plus ? Ishtar says she'll make do with her jewels.
Fifth gate asks who you entrust with your food. Even Ishtar thinks you shouldn't pick her.

You pass a couple more gates in a flash forward, more fights, Ishtar keeps shrinking until she can fit in a hand. She's worried Ereshkigal will just leave her like that and she'll end up wandering the world like that. But at least she'll have the entire fortune of Babylon. Gil is confident he can beat Eresh - though he'll let you decide what to do with her.
Eresh comes out as a big spirit. "Fear, pray, and despair, humans." wow, that's quite a change from your conversations at night. Roman says her power is rising and the pressure is reaching 500 hectopascals and that's like being on top of a 5000m high mountain ? (I don't know a thing about that, isn't the pressure dropping at higher altitudes... ?) Eresh and Ishtar bitch about the other being the most hated. Eresh reveals her true face (blond Rin), and she seems to tell specifically you to gaze over her face that no one in Sumer has seen. "... uh, cool." She's shocked at your response, and starts spinning thinking this is how it goes when someone is lovestruck. "Well, d'uh, we've met already. Isn't that the fourth time ?" Eresh blushes and asks if you noticed. "Well you transformed by sneezing !" Eresh completely flips out in shock and embarrassment. It wasn't supposed to be like that ! Mashu "uh, ereshkigal just collapsed on her knees... Are we supposed to attack her right now ?" Eresh gets back up, straightens herself and goes I'm fine, I still have to kill you now, there's 2 days until Gorgon destroys Uruk, she wants to retrieve the big cup from Uruk first, and then the people of this world will be finished, she'll take everyone down to the underworld. Call her Erechan for one more blush.
Gil wants to stop Eresh, she says she didn't plan on killing him but he still came. Just go get killed by Gorgon already. Gil and her start arguing about why she commited such sins (the triple alliance), she says it's her entire existence to bring people to the underworld.
Fight with a skill & NP seal re-applied every turn.
I'll do the last segment of chapter 14 tonight.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 16, 2016, 12:27:39 am
Ereshkigal's ghost form goes down, Ishtar instantly grows back up, the restrictions on Gil are lifted, he's able to return to his body in Uruk. Eresh says you still have to take her head, time to punish the goddess who got sweet-talked by the king of magecraft into taking over Uruk, and beaten on home ground. ... Yeah, of course, let's just let her go, you know she's not being honest when she's pushing you into executing her. Suddenly Ziusudra comes from behind Eresh and cuts her in half.
Ishta's arrow can't hit him. Ziusudra says look harder, what I cut wasn't her life. She's fine. Gil asks him who he is (so he's probably not Utnapishtim then... meaning not Ziusudra either since that's the same person). Who called him here, if not Solomon, Gil, or Chaldea ? He just says he's a friend with a connection. He moves on to have Eresh truly explain why the land of the dead was created - because the goddess who was entrusted with souls loved the people. She denies it, says look at this land with not light in the sky, this mud with no flower. There's nothing. She doesn't even understand what the souls say. Though she'll give you that there's no other world where the dead are more at rest (didn't someone earlier mention torments though... ?). She doesn't need the people above, she only loves those who fall down in here. No way you can say she loves the people above.
*flashback of her happy faces when talking* you say that's wrong. "No it's not ! There's no meaning to me in anything other than a dead person." "Ziusudra" says it's not the people who have died that she loves, but the people fated to die. She cherishes the souls of those who weren't terrified by death but respected it (cf. when she said she liked Nitocris, then). She's sheltered countless souls in this land. If not a single person understands her, she's alone in this land with tens of thousands of souls. But protecting this silence is her pride as a goddess.
She tries to say she killed countless people, but Gil says in the first place, she only got those who died of sickness or weak shit (don't forget she got Gil though). This is just storage, if she opened these cages, everyone could just go back - 900 people to Kutha, 300 to Uruk. She's the weakest link in the triple goddess alliance in term of actual damage, she's nothing compared to Gorgon. You offer her to be friends - this is the end of the triple alliance. Oh, the scary old man is gone. "Roman, the old man in robes is gone, can you track him ?" "Uh.... What old man in robes ? I see nothing from here." DUN DUN DUUUUN anyway Eresh can't make a contract with Chaldea, she still has some pride. She'll stay here and wait until you're in deep shit to save the world. But if Ishtar dies like a fool, she'll take that body for her own use (as in walk around on the surface). So hurry up and go die plzthxbai.
Before you leave, Gil asks Ishtar why she went down here in the first place (in her legend, that is). Well, because she knew Eresh couldn't get out, so she thought she might release her. ... "And then you got killed for that LOLOLOLOL" well, she eventually got out anyway so she won. (I think that in real world myth, this was after Ishtar got Gugalanna killed, and he was Ereshkigal's husband, so Ishtar went down to face punishment)

Guuuhh, next chapter is a fuckton of segments again.
Back in Uruk. Merlin didn't think he'd be walking so much when being summoned. Shoulda brought horses ! Can't even get more than one person on Ishtar's ship. ... Should Quetz bring her pterosaurs then ? Oh, Ana has ascended, new armor. She didn't feel right keeping herself hidden when the people of Uruk helped her after she got taken down by Kingu. Merlin reveals he's the one who brought her to Uruk.
Quetz likes that everyone is happy. What a change since last time she was here ! (you... you don't say) they come across a party celebrating Gil's third return to the world of the living. There's records carved everywhere (this should be referring the end of the Epic where Gil carved by himself his story on the walls of Uruk, but it doesn't seem like this is written on the walls here... ?)
Time to plan for Gorgon's takedown. You'll go back to the Cedar Forest, where Gorgon's Temple of Blood should be (wait... That's where Kingu tried to bring you at the very beginning, that asshole) so let's finally put that axe to use, right ? Smash the fuck out of that temple. It was brought here by a mysterious Servant called Black Jaguar. The pterosaurs might not make it through the demon beasts, soooo yeah Quetz can just toss the axe then right yeah okay sure. 30km, yeah, sure, it should be fine ! Oh, except for the part where, you know, the goddesses can't attack each other. Never mind, Merlin will manage the axe. It's a divine weapon so he can't move it just like that, but he'll be able to influence its direction. You and Merlin will go to the temple, then signal her to toss the axe close by, and he'll do the rest.
WTF Gil's last test with Hands drops 40 4* EXP cards. Amazing.
Merlin reminds Gil to stay outside of battle (he's still Uruk's last line of defense if Gorgon gets here), but also that Kingu is still around and a wild card. Gil says Quetz can handle him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 16, 2016, 11:10:15 pm
Guard leading you to the gate "May the goddess Ishtar watch over you !" you "well yeah, I mean, she's, like... right there..."
Merlin finally brought a carriage. He summoned them with his magic. Because fuck walking for half a day already. While Taiga warns you from the pterosaurs that a bunch of enemies are waiting for you 3km ahead, Roman comes up out of the blue and says Da Vinci just joked that Merlin is only good for artificial hands, and her Bastenyan III (Bastet + meow) with its rocket cannon are so much better than him.
You stop for the night, and Ishtar says she'll go back to watch over Taiga. ... No, not so much just to be nice, but because she doesn't want Eresh to hijack her body again and do god knows what. So... you go talk to Ana instead. When you ask if she liked staying at Uruk, she goes n-no no I don't l-like humans (before you left, there was a blind old lady who brought dry flowers to Mashu for Ana and kept praising her as the sweetest prettiest girl because she reminded her of her grandchild -killed at the wall- and she cried of joy and yadda yadda). Hm... She mentions that humans are smart and just keep the "best thing", but then they come up with something better and just dump the previous "best" thing. It'd be fine if they just stopped using the things that have become "just normal", but instead, they start rejecting the "bad thing" because it has lost the benefit of novelty. She mentions the old lady who had been keeping the dried flowers in her dark house, and Ana helped her out of duty. And the lady just saw Ana as a replacement for her grandchild, eating butter cake together even though the old lady had lost her sense of taste. The old lady had been unable to say goodbye. You bring out the dried flowers, Ana is surprised. ... She still hates humans but they're warm. Uruk is her dream city, where she wished to live and what she wished to be herself. But after she became an adult, she became unable to remember that dream. Foreshadowiiiiing~
Merlin comes out, you ask "oh, you're not sleeping ?" "dude are you seriously asking the incubus if he sleeps" (and surprise Cath Palug tackle to Merlin's face)
For some reason he says ask me anything and I won't lie just this once. You can ask him about Gilgamesh or if he really is the one who sent Bedivere out but we already know that. He says he was summoned by Gil, and they're kind of similar. First of all, they don't feel love for individuals, but they protect humanity. Merlin is a bystander who doesn't feel like befriending people, they're just strangers. Secondly, they love people. What do you mean it's a contradiction ? Gil likes people who do their best - people are worthless, but there is meaning in what they achieve / create. Merlin finds meaning in what we right now are doing, and wants to see it through. So basically he knew they'd work well together. They don't enjoy the same things but they have the same purpose - perpetuating humanity and see it through.
After all, Merlin isn't human, he just uses this appearance, but he's not like you. He talks to people, but he doesn't act on their behalf. He's an incubus who feeds on their mental. Well, actually, he's half human... so he does have a sense of purpose, he's not a mindless vampire. He can think up things like "if I do that, people will come to me". But he's an alien who pretends to be human. He studies them and all, but he doesn't really get them. He understands pain, but not its weight / effect on people. He's the only dream demon with a sense of purpose - so what is it ? Of course, to give humans a happy end. He wants to see the last dream of people. Without them, he doesn't exist, he'd be a phantasmal beast that just vanishes away. It's still better for him to give people nightmares, but his purpose is more important. He still thinks people are fools, though. But what they paint is beautiful. so yeah, feel free to use him.

You reach the wall. Quetz and the others will wait and fight here. The guards are following Leonidas' teaching. Kingu comes up, Quetz saves Taiga from his spear rain (chain). Kingu taunts Quetz asking where were you when Cortés slaughtered your people, Quetz wrecks his shit and says now that I have a nice Master, Imma take Gorgon's head. He was trying to mock her, but she's pissing him off to hold him here and he doesn't realize.
You reach the Temple of Blood, Merlin sends a flare up (called Arturia meal). But... we're not out of the way yet !! The shockwave will still crush us 300 meters away ! You run a few steps, and the temple is right there. The axe smashes through it RIGHT IN THE FUCKING FACE. You hear Quetz's cry from here ("suicida ??"). Merlin "oh well oops ! I thought she'd take the flare to mean don't toss it here. How could I guess it would hit the temple square ? Oh well, let's not make Quetz's sacrifice in vain !"
Quetz makes it out okay but she lost like half her divinity. She says that's all she'll do, she won't directly attack Gorgon. Kingu realizes that "that goddess' young form" isn't here, and that Servant is the one that really spells trouble, so much that Kingu needs to go back immediately (oh, Ana's a trump card then ? Is that why he instantly took her out just before Gorgon attacked the wall last time ?)

Inside the temple. The people Gorgon killed are there, getting twisted. But they're still alive. Kingu's coming at top speed, so you have to hurry. You find Gorgon at the core, Mashu asks crying what's up with her vengeance, there's no way out anymore, Gorgon says vengeance has no mean nor purpose, there's no deliverance. She has no wish anymore, just her hatred. She'll kill this world, then kill herself. She doesn't care about little Mashu who has known blessed days. Gorgon speaks to you, the last person after the world ends. He'll be the last man wandering in an empty land. "We don't accept you !"
Ishtar breaks in, calls Gorgon a fake who gained a foreign power from the Grail and called herself Tiamat unduly. She says Tiamat just birthed new beasts, with no need for the humans who started building their own world. Don't go after the wrong target. Ana says right, you're not Tiamat, just friggin' look at yourself. Gorgon starts freaking the fuck out from seeing Ana. Kingu, come here, Kingu ! What the hell is this Servant ! I've never seen her ! Don't make me see her ! Just kill her already, don't let that monster in this temple ! Ana says Gorgon can't really see her, but maybe she can stil save her. You say "you're kind, Medusa". Ana asks you all to support her, she'll kill gorgon's magan with her own magan. Gorgon is still flipping out "I don't know you, I've never seen you, die die monster !"
You still can't beat her as she seems to regenerate, Gorgon is going batshit saying she's totally Tiamat, she can hear the mother's voice, she'll bring vengeance in her name. Ana says you're just a monster, locked in a shapeless island, killing heroes, your vengeance can't escape the island. Gorgon keeps freaking out as Ana gets closer, Ana goes "let's disappear together" and jumps at her and everything disappears.
Gorgon and Ana are gone. Roman confirms. Ana had the immortality-killing NP. You toss the flowers down for Ana. There's no Grail, though, gorgon didn't have it ? Merlin says well then it's obvious, Solomon's Grail is... hey, someone's coming. It's Kingu. too late. Hey, it's the first time he's about to kill people out of rage. Ishtar says he really is a fake, the real Enkidu never had any emotion like that, he was just a weapon. Kingu changes - he's not a Lancer anymore, he's an Avenger too.

... Things start going bad, Roman says Shiva (the prediction machine) has gone all dark, Merlin goes down, Kingu says serves you right for holding mother in a dream. (ah, there it is, that's why it was bad for him to lose consciousness, he was holding her all along, nice). Gorgon was a copy, but killing her was enough to wake the real Tiamat. the triple alliance was just to waste everyone's time. Kingu says look at the shape of humanity's original sin.
The sea turns black in the Persian gulf, the world goes dark, monsters that are not from Sumer appear, things that shouldn't exist in this world. Kingu says they're things that Tiamat designed for the next world. "Perfect humans". They'll discard the prototype of humanity now, this planet belongs to them. Kingu leaves.
Merlin is actually starting to vanish (like a dying Servant), he tells you to run back to Uruk as she can't move yet even if she woke up. Gil still has something. Tell him that it has awakened - the Beast of the Counter Force, which you can't oppose without the seven Grand classes... The sea of life, the mother of origin. One of the seven evils of humanity, the original beast "Beast".

End of chapter 15. this is so long.
(chapter 16 is just one segment, might as well finish it tonight)
Ten, twenty thousand of these guys are swarming from the Persian gulf, Eridu is already submerged, they're splitting among the various cities but Uruk is still about to get 10k of them. Ishtar's rushing on ahead. Da Vinci says go to the wall, it's still the safest place now, the rest of the people should head there too. You wonder what happened to Merlin, Roman thinks he's dead (even though Merlin said earlier that he'd just need to escape to the dream world if anything bad happened). After all, he's been in the dream world looking after that god all along, he couldn't move, the Merlin with you was only a shadow - but he thinks the real body was killed just now, when Gorgon died and Tiamat woke up. You meet Quetz, she crushed the beasts who ran away to the forest so she came for you. Fly on her pterosaurs to Uruk while she takes care of the last beasts here. The people of Ur are scared and wonder why they're being attacked too, they thought that the territory of Quetz, one of the three goddesses, would be safe. They're not. Oh hey, Benkei's still here. He'll murder every last one of these monsters, he's a nameless mad man now. (Nobody cares, Benkei). Someone who knows Benkei comes in, and kills him. Bye Benkei. Useless to the very end. the people of Uruk are getting slaughtered.
You fight a few, but suddenly, they retreat. You go see Gil, he says this is the day of destruction that Merlin foresaw. But they still have a chance if they run to Nippur. Quick speech from Gil to the soldiers (we're fucked, but we'll fight anyway ! You wanna live, go to the wall, you wanna fight, stay in Uruk, say bye to your family and be the foundation of Uruk !), then when he sees Taiga, he goes "oh good, I needed a laugh !"
You tell Gil about the seven evils of humanity, you ask what it is "oh, you don't know ?" no we don't why do you all say this ! The evils of humanity are the disasters born of humanity's beastly nature, the evils that humanity destroys - with the self-destruct safety mechanism that became the heroic spirit summoning system (so what the Counter Guardians are made to wipe, including destroying the people who created that, like when it was hinted that the Counter Force had to sink Atlantis / Mu). The Beast class. That's what Solomon called forth. That's Tiamat.
Roman sums up the appearance of the Lahmu monsters, children of Tiamat, Ishtar is surprised at how smart he is that he even figured out their name. Gil reveals that Siduri was taken by the Lahmus. You're going after her, to Eridu.
Kingu calls out to Solomon, saying Tiamat has awoken, asking why she won't appear on the surface. A shadow with red eyes (Solomon) says there's still a seal. The singularity won't be finished until she's up flattening Uruk.  And then all of time and space will be... that term with light belt that I don't get that appeared before. time and space will be sealed in light ? Kingu says humans will be destroyed and Tiamat will create a new world and he'll be the base of it, that's her only wish - Solomon says sure, if that's what she really wants, and leaves. Kingu doesn't believe him. She created him and gave him the Grail for that. He looks at lahmus killing people and wonders why mommy created these guys. Kingu is not bright. "Only I am needed in the world, I don't need friends or a home ! I was created to be perfect ! ... Uh, I can't hear mother's voice since the sea turned black."
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 17, 2016, 10:46:01 am
More news about Solomon's quest:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5itfos/final_order_grand_time_temple_solomon_updated/?st=iwt0yndk&sh=4b16fec4
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5isw72/fgo_winter_event_info/?st=iwt0ylqx&sh=01ea2df1

Summary I want to write, to have it here, about the most important things mentioned:

- The fact about Bond Level is from 5 to 10. The higher the bigger the boosts. And as expected, Mashu's Bond Level increases the further we go in the story.
- As mentioned before, it's a raid event. No turn limit btw, but we also no limits on continues (which probably means if all Servants die we can retry until we win), and we'll fight against the beasts Solomon summons. For each alive, all get bonus according to which is alive. So if we successfully kill one, all of the rest will lose the bonus associated with it.
- We will be able to at least kill one beast if we log out late and it's already dead, if not it's basically raid until it dies. Basically like all previous raid events.
- Merlin becomes available as a limited Servant in this new gatcha, and he's the last one we'll get this year. So no need to save up in case beating Solomon unlocks another one. That means no King Hassan, unless it's given for free at the end of Solomon, which I seriously doubt. Btw, his NP has been nerfed for obvious reasons. It no longer heals instantly, but the other regen bonuses are still there. In other words, he's still as broken as he was before.
- We get 30 quartz so we can at least attempt to roll for Merlin once. You need to beat Babylonia for that bonus though. To make things easier, all story quests will be 1/2 AP. This could have been sooner DW....
- Valentine re-run soon. More CE experience on the way. They will probably add the new female Servants.
- New animations for all FSN Fuyuki Servants. I wonder if that includes Caster Cu or the non-Proto Lancer version. Apparently they already showed Arturia's Alter to the surprise of nobody as it's a Saberface, but I can't find it.

And just to remind people, the game doesn't end after Solomon's defeated. There will be more things waiting next year. Hopefully not only fanservice ones.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 17, 2016, 03:34:38 pm
Uh. I've got Herk at bond 9, Saber Alter and Caster Cu (don't ask) at 8, and Mordred, Scathach, Cu Alter, Zerkalot, Slashalot at 6. Everyone else is 5.
How fucked am I if bond quests don't come back. And how fucking hard is it to get bond points without being 24/7 on the game.

Alright, chapter 17... Oh hey half AP. (the problem isn't the AP, the problem is how long it takes to go through the story itself...)
Nobody's at the gate of Uruk, all the lights are gone. Quetz and Ishtar comfort Mashu about how this isn't over yet, Uruk will survive.
The people were slaughtered without reason, not from anger, just because. This shouldn't happen in nature. Ishtar says to skip straight to Eridu.
gfdi these Lahmu assholes keep removing Cu Alter's dodge and guts. With a skill called mocking laugh.
You find 600 people, and 200 Lahmus. Uh, you fight a single lahmu who's not doing anything and appears to try to talk. Got a bad feeling. He runs away.
Apparently the Lahmus are forcing people to kill each other by groups of ten, yet they're still killing the last guy. And appear to be laughing. You kill some and tell the people to run away, but the Lahmus kill the people anyway instead of attacking you, they're not even defending themselves, just slaughtering. This makes no sense for any life form.
Kingu comes in. He... appears to be just as irritated that the Lahmus are focusing on the "proto-humans". He doesn't approve these senseless acts coming from the children of Mother. It's fine to attack Uruk, to kill enemies, but to kill randomly ? Pointless actions don't fit the new mankind. He doesn't want to admit it, but mother who has just awakened might have made a mistake. They're below the monsters of Gorgon. He calls the Lahmus his brothers (though he doesn't recognize them), this surprises Mashu. He was created by Tiamat's hand, but he wasn't born from her. She just picked Enkidu's corpse. So he's only a demon beast, not part of the new humanity. He doesn't care, he was given life by her so he's her son. Who cares about Enkidu, he has no record of that.
The lahmus start laughing at Kingu. And just start killing people again. And start talking. "Your bodies are funny, it's funny to do this with you. It's so funny to kill you !" This was an order from Tiamat, to learn from humans with fun. That's how humans do. Be like humans. And Kingu is boring. One stabs him from behind, and takes the Grail out of him. That Lahmu morphs and levels up, saying he'll wake mother up. The lahmus are chasing Kingu, mocking him for not hearing mother anymore and having become useless without the Grail. They laugh at him thinking he'd be the basis of the new mankind. They start a hunting game because it's so fun. Quetz says Kingu's life is in his own hands now, let's leave him alone. They have to stop the Grail.

Chapter 18 is so long again. Later.

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I couldn't raise Gorgon after getting her because of ascension mats, rolled yesterday and got Quetz so I maxed her instead with my EXP stash and a few more EXP runs (which I was accumulating to spend all these AP). I love her.
The flight on the pterosaurs remind Mashu of the forbidden Arash flight. You smack into the flying Lahmu, and knock it into the sea. Kingu is in tears, he realizes he had nothing from the start, he was a fake from the start. No future, no hope, no will, no friend... But a lahmu saves him, and tells him "run, Enkidu, find happiness". That lahmu seems to be a former human from Uruk, and he says that the people loved him (as Enkidu), they grieved his death etc. The lahmu dies, Kingu is shocked because he didn't even know him, his name or face, and yet he saved him.
A mudded up Ushi shows up and uses Shanaoh Ryuuritan II - Usumidori on Quetz, who barely escapes. Roman says that's absolutely not Ushi, it's something completely different - just like the lahmus. You kill one, one more comes up. She says that the only thing that could destroy this sea is a NP that has accumulated all the mana in this era, which would be something to rival both mother and the... light band covering the sky (so this light band thing they mentioned a couple times is Solomon's sky ring then ? The thing the tablet of destiny told you to gather..... ?). You don't have anything like that lying around, do you ?
Since you're pretty much done here, let's just take a break, eat and sleep in some house nearby. Uh, suddenly Gil appears as a hologram just like Roman ?? yep, he decided to create a device just like yours so he'd be able to contact you in a time like this, lol. Taiga is with him. She says Gil also prepared about 360 bow-like machines on the wall to blast the lahmus - he could push them back within an hour. That's pretty badass. But he's running out of soldiers and mana. Quetz quickly brings him up to speed about Kingu and the Grail being his heart now in Tiamat's hands, Gil says the sea itself is Tiamat's power and anyone touched by this black thing is under her authority. Ishtar says that's this "blackening" is some annoying... am... amino geass ? With the kanjis for cellular coercion/compulsion. She also adds that she was able to get some people from Uruk and Eridu under the ziggurat of Eridu, they'll hold out a day. Roman says there's a growing signal that definitely means Tiamat is coming out of the sea. Gotta beat her body. Gil says he'll go for that too, and don't mind Uruk. Quetz says it would be nice if they had a golden ship that could fly anywhere (Gil doesn't say anything, is that a jab at the Vimana ? What for ?) Gil's organizing your next move like a leader. Ishtar ends up asking why he's still being a mage and not a warrior, Gil says it's okay for him to be anything, though a Lancer would be a different matter - no idea why.

You get to the sea, Ishtar sees that the lahmus are only getting one track orders (kill the former humans), Quetz says as a goddess that's not acceptable as the new mankind. You start hearing a song, and there's a practically naked lady with giant ti horns. Tiamat. Ishtar and Quetz start talking about how she became too dangerous for the new world, so she was sealed away for eternity. She must not be allowed on this planet as it is. It looks like she's actually still sealed, only her head can move, but she's changing - now's the time to kill her.
Fuck those Lahmu and their buff removal. But at least Tiamat herself apparently can't do shit beside massive debuffs (which Mordred can clear \o/ ).
Cool you beat Tiamat ! You guys rock ! We just have to retrieve the Grail and it's mission clear !
Mashu says she felt like Tiamat had restrained herself, maybe she would have stayed in the sea forever if the lahmus hadn't brought the Grail ? The world starts shaking, a megastructure is coming out of the sea. This isn't a lifeform anymore. Now that's truly a monster. It doesn't even see you, it's going straight for Uruk. Nope, sorry, something that big, even Lucha can't handle it ! You ask Quetz couldn't you grow big too ? No way, gods still obey the law of conversion of mass, even an alien couldn't defeat that. What of Quetz's true NP ? No, not even with Ishtar's full power over Mesopotamia. Okay, never mind... Let's go back and ask Gil.

The map has changed - the sea wiped the cities under Uruk. It's not so much a wave as it's burning up. Gil orders to use Napishtim's fang. ... Some sort of thorn wall sprouts out ? Gil taunts at Tiamat saying so mother of a hundred beasts, you want to swallow the world ? Let's see if you're big enough for mankind.
You're back in Uruk. There's about 306 people left, 212 soldiers. The people are moving to the north wall, 157 - after the lahmu attack, there's 38 soldiers at the wall. There's about 500 humans left in all of Sumer. Uuuuh... This is pretty much the end of the first dynasty of Uruk (yeah, that sounds about right, just around 2600 BCE, it still fits real world history). But even if Gil dies, if their civilization can survive, the world will be fine.
Gil checks out Roman's report on Tiamat, but can't find any weakness. Well yeah d'uh ! Can't see any, sorry ! Gil asks.... Taiga ?? "It's big ! And it's pretty cool too !" Gil doesn't care about her human interpretation, he wants her instinct as a wild beast. Tiamat will reach Uruk in a day. You wonder why it's aiming straight here, Quetz says this city and Gilgamesh are central to the civilization of Sumer. Tiamat has a different viewpoint from us, to her the land and the people are a single thing, and Uruk is its heart. Oh, Ishtar says she had the same reasoning when she had to blow up Ebih to ensure that her civilization would carry on ? That's a pretty smart comment to make considering that myth was always super strange on the whole point of it. so Tiamat needs to be stopped where she is to protect human history.
But she can't be hurt. He made the fangs but didn't expect something like that. How come she's invincible like that ? Roman has something - Tiamat, that is, Beast, has no concept of "death" (we Tsukihime / Rakkyo right there). She still exists as a lifeform after you hit her back then. She's the mother of all life, so the fact that we are alive is proof of her existence... So as long as "something" on Earth is alive, "Beast II" / Tiamat has no death. She's the beginning and the end, the last to die on this Earth. (actually I feel that's already a much deeper explanation about concepts of death than back in Tsukihime and Rakkyo) so we're fucked, then, yeah ? We'd first have to wipe out all of humanity, all forms of life on Earth, to kill Tiamat... As long as there's anything alive...
Time to call Ereshkigal ! Hey girl, you up ??
She's been busy since yesterday. She didn't give you a mirror to the underworld just so you could chat her up. You say "hey girl", she immediately fixes herself up and goes hello good people I'm Ereshkigal goddess of the underworld what may I do you for, king of Uruk ?
So, see, if she doesn't know death in a world with life, let's send her to a world without life. In the underworld, she'd be "the last life".
(damn, that's pretty badass story making and build-up, and that's all tying to stuff we were introduced to a decade and a half ago, this is like the other shoe dropping, it's been pretty cool for a while in here)

Let's open the gates of the underworld onto Uruk. But actually opening a hole of death covering Uruk, that's tough. Setting up shop in Kutha was hard enough, a big city like this should take 10 years. ..... Well... Since she's hated Uruk since forever, she's prepared for that a long time ago, so it should take 3 days... ? Gil laughs - nice one ! But after this I'm gonna have to talk to you !
So if Titmat will be here in 2 days, and Eresh neds 3, you'll have to delay here as you can. Marduk's axe is already broken. Gil says it's fine if we have Ishtar. Everyone goes oh, yeah, Ishtar can do it ! You have the choice to go "yaaay Ishtar" or "... I'm sorry, what ?" And Gil brings up Gugalanna. Sumer's greatest divine beast. Oh, yeah. Right. I have Gugalanna. Uh-uh. Gugalanna could dry up the Tigris. Even Quetz heard of it from the people of Ur. ... Ishtar is sweating more and more. Yeah, sure, I can bring Gugalanna... But guys, come on, Gugalanna isn't such a big deal, maybe it wouldn't work against Tiamat... (she totally lost the bull, didn't she) You start chanting Gugalanna ! Gugalanna !
... Yeah, I don't have it. I don't ! I dropped it ! I lost it somewhere ! ;_; I thought I lost it somewhere up North, I went back up to Babylon, but I can't find it !
(I'm so sorry I'm so useless ;_; )
... Fine, let's sleep on this.

You talk with Quetz, she says she knew about Gorgon and Tiamat (the piedra del sol told her the future apparently) but didn't tell you because back then, she was your enemy and she tried to be friends with Gorgon. She wanted to face her full vengeance head on. Taiga pops in, and during the discussion, ends up revealing that Quetz was in the goddess alliance to steal the Grail and prevent the others from destroying mankind. (bleh. I don't really like that. Both Eresh and Quetz were never really evil, the whole premise when you got there was just to waste your time, basically, that's not really okay with me, like when they kept fucking around with you on whether Ishtar was one of the three or not)
Ishtar and Mashu are chatting, at some point Ishtar says I understand why Gil is kind with you guys - Mashu goes oh, uh, he's being kind to us... ? Ishtar says he's not the type of guy to lend his strength to others and make battle plans with them. He wouldn't bother with feelings and he'd murder you all if he needed to. Well, against someone like Tiamat, he's gotta show that he really is a hero. Right now he looks like he's having a lot of fun. He doesn't have anything else to lose, and people show their true color when they have that sort of determination ! Mashu recalls some advice from Leonidas about fear of death being always present and about being prepared (he also recounts Thermopylae and having his doubts completely removed when the gods told him "nope, you're never coming back to Sparta from this").
... Oh, Ishtar says she understands the name Chaldea. It's not about the people of Chaldea, it means astronomical observatory (really ? Can't find anything about the actual meaning of the word - although it seems the Greeks called the astronomers of Mesopotamia, Chaldeans, and they were also involved in astrology and divination). She says she knows that because of the memories of the body she's in right now. She says we're observing the stars - the lives of people that were shining thousands of years earlier and reach you now (uuhh, that's a little corny...) (oh wait, does that tie back to I still don't remember who told you to gather stars ?). The stars in the sky and the history of this land is collected by Chaldea. Ishtar also likens the little kouhai trying to follow after the senpais - with the furigana for Heroic Spirit, meaning the people of today are following in the footsteps of past heroes (nice writing). "... By the way Mashu, does Gudao have someone he likes ?" "I-I-I I don't know about that ! Well, I don't know about before Chaldea, but he's been on his own since then" "oh okay, so he's free then ! It's a three-way battle !" "What ?? Who and who and who do you mean ??"

(god damn it this still isn't over)
You're with Mashu and Gil. He still mentions Siduri must be alive but drops it quickly, still don't know what that's about. He talks about the wonderful stories you'll bring back when you leave, the forest battle, the goddess in Ebih, Gorgon and Tiamat... ... Unless you just say Uruk was flattened by Tiamat and it's our fault. No, it's too early for you guys to think that ! Don't think that there's only 500 people left because of you. It's more like there's still 500 people. Actually, the "now" that I saw some time ago was not this. I was the last one remaining in Uruk. Uruk will be destroyed, that won't change. But we still saved 500 people. Even if everything ends tomorrow, there were still people left until the very end. ... So yeah, he did foresee that Uruk would fall. But he still fought. He saw what Solomon would do with the Grail and Tiamat, and he warned everyone about the future 6 months from then. That wouldn't change. Even then, the people of Uruk stood and fought until the last day. And now we've saved 500 people who should have been dead by now. Be proud of that, this wasn't for nothing.
Gil asks you about the other singularities, you confirm that after you saved them, it everything that hapened was erased, and nobody from that time remembered them. Gil says that's not right. Those who died didn't return. But the events changed - someone killed by a dragon in a singularity remained dead after it was closed, but it was changed to "he was killed by some wild beast". If we resolve this singularity, the first dynasty of Uruk will still fall - maybe not by the hand of a god, but because people scattered.
So the people they saved really end up being saved. And you or him can't know what good you've accomplished, that will be for the people coming after you to see. So you just have to follow your path.

Gil also talks about how he destroyed his country. After coming back from getting the youth potion, he saw that the cities had gone to shit without a king because no one knew what to do. So he had to rebuild everything into what you see now. The king is here for the city, but the city lives for the king. The king just needs to live to do the right things. He can't see the end result of that, but you who come after him will have to see the result for him.

OH FUCKING HELL IT'S STILL NOT OVER
Kingu is soaked in blood, he gets to a hill where he says that this body remembers finding its first friend. It's worthless to him, he never had a place to go back to, he's just a fake yadda yadda. He falls... but Gilgamesh is here and picks him up. Oi mate, don't bloody up my hill with your shitty corpse ! Get the fuck up already ! Gil gives him.... his Grail to replace Kingu's heart and heal him.  Yeah yeah, you're not Enkidu, I know, you just use his body. But that's still the image of my friend. The one and only chain of heaven. He only ever saw himself as a weapon. Well, it's the end of the world, do whatever the fuck you want. You're alive and you're free.

FINALLY. CHAPTER OVER. All of this after the Tiamat fight was two segments of one chapter. It's been, what, nearly fucking three hours since Tiamat got the Grail ??
And the next chapter is again a fuckton of segments and the first one has no battle... Seriously.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 18, 2016, 11:14:54 am
Go go go, Byakko! You can reach the end!

Also, more news. Ten more quartz since we reached another milestone:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5iy9ct/we_did_it_10_quartz_for_400k_twitter_followers/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 18, 2016, 07:56:12 pm
We're also meant to get 30 free quartz at the end of Babylon for the Merlin gacha, right ?

Gil shows the analysis of Tiamat's real body, giant looping horns everywhere. (the image is from Roman who gathered the data from Uruk) Gil says that all witness reports indicate Tiamat can only move on her water, she' always connected to it by the legs, so she has to swallow the land before moving in. Like the rails of a train. Roman calls it the chaos tide.
A soldier says Tiamat is going to reach Uruk in 8 hours, half a day faster than expected. As Gil starts sending soldiers, Quetz stops him and says she'll take care of the chaos tide with the Piedra Del Sol (thanks for not smashing it last time BTW) (also they still refer to this plancha thing you did on her, last time I thought it was Taiga messing up some other word, is that a Lucha Libre thing maybe, the flying body attack ?).
Outside of Uruk, you see Gil atop the ziggurat making a speech to everyone still in the city. All 300 of them. Mashu, Ishtar, Roman are all in awe of the king, yadda yadda.

Lahmus are ganging up on Gudao, but the last few soldiers from Girsu shoot them out to save you and draw them down, Taiga jumps to protect them. Tiamat is picking up speed, threatening to crash through the fang of Napishtim so the tide can reach Uruk. You get to Tiamat just in time, and fucking Ushi comes out again, rejoicing about all the humans she killed and about destroying Uruk with mother (this is getting old fast). (oh fuck that Ushi fight)
While Ushi spouts some more crap about humans and lahmus being no different and humans needing to all die, Benkei interrupts, covered in wounds. Ushi and Benkei die in a shish kebab hug (Benkei uses his 500 Arhats NP to completely destroy the unkillable Ushi and they both fully vanish). When will you two understand that nobody cares about you ?

Quetz finally flies up, calls out to Tiamat in mid-air about how she's sad that Tiamat decided to hit the reset button on the world, but sorry not sorry this is the world of humans now, there's no place for someone who would eat their children just out of hatred. She calls out the Sun, wind, lightning, the Morning Star, fires her Piedra Del Sol NP, and... the sea disappears. Quetz is 100 above Tiamat's head, a solar wind is coming, Ishtar tells Mashu to take care of defending everyone. Ishtar realizes that if Quetz had used that on Uruk it would have been over in a blink since day one. The chaos tide comes back, Quetz is hit by a missile-like projectile, she starts saying she's hearing the ten-count, but has a vision of you and decides that this can't stop the sun. Tiamat is still kicking up, Quetz rejoins you, Ishtar says you can't just blow away the sea since it comes from Tiamat herself (so you have to actually push back Tiamat, not just wipe the sea). Quetz tells Ishtar that it turns out Tiamat can fly. Ishtar is shocked because Tiamat is a goddess of the land, she shouldn't be able to reach the heavens. Quetz kisses you, and despite being pretty wounded, she says she's a bird of fire, she can still fly.
She asks Ishtar to take her up into the sky again. "So there is no weapon in the world of Mesopotamia that can wound you, is what I said earlier. But my body is a weapon not from this world ! What's a god of Mesopotamia to me ? Have a taste of Xibalba, the underworld of South America ! Let my body turn into a flaming rock, a comet that kills the land ! Let's go - Ultimo Tope Patada ! Burn, Xiu Coatl !"

... It seems Quetz has disappeared into the sea with little to no effect, and the chaos tide is returning to Napishtim's fang - it smashes through it. Tiamat starts flying up, but a whole bunch of black snakes come out and grab her - Ishtar is surprised that mother is losing in pure strength. Gorgon is here and lends you a hand.
(god fucking damn it the lahmus really hate Cu Alter wiping out his dodges and guts)
Gorgon mentions that without her real body, she can't do that much, but she says she'll break Tiamat's wings and you should run back to Uruk. You leave, Gorgon tell Tiamat she didn't have you run to save you, but because she didn't want you to see her in her monster body.
Gil asks Eresh how things are going - not well. Fine, Gil will handle it.

... About two hours for this chapter. 21 seems to be the final one with a Grail at the end (I though I read it was 22 ?). Maybe later tonight.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 18, 2016, 08:36:41 pm
It's 22 chapters, though the last one is story only and that's it. Chapter 21 is the one in which you fight the final boss.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 19, 2016, 12:09:42 am
You're back in Uruk, the city's in flame, there's only 8 people alive. Mashu wonders if Tiamat hates them that much, Gil says who knows, she might not even have a will of her own. She's just here to destroy this world. The only way she'll stop is when ancient Mesopotamia is finished. Tiamat gets here, Ishtar says it's okay as long as Gudao is following, Gil for some reason says "he's not the one following, I'm following him ! Uh, that's not right... Never mind") Gil fires his Dingir even without any soldier left manning the 360 cannons, with just his own mana (and lapis lazuli, in the style of Rin). Tiamat fires something from her eye at you, you think you're dead but Gil blocks it for you (he gets hit in the chest right over his heart), and makes sure you're okay ("never mind me, what about you ! You're fine ? You're fine ! Good !" he's been kinda gushing all over you for a while...) then returns to firing Dingir. Fucking lahmus are coming again so let's run. Tiamat hits the ziggurat, you and Mashu lose consciousness. Ishtar compares what just happened to Gugalanna, and just before she rushes at you, Kingu joins you and gets his revenge on the lahmus. the lahmus are shocked that Kingu is joining the humans (really ?), Kingu says he's just the one and only member of the new mankind - but he remembers that he wanted to meet Gil, and talk to him like a friend about the memories that were still in this body. That was Enkidu's wish, not his, and he just wants to live in this world. Tiamat calls for him, but he says bye mom, you chose the wrong kids. Anyway, he remembers what this body has to do : be the chain of heaven.
Tiamat is caught in the chain, breaks it (I guess bye Kingu, you held her for an hour), and Eresh calls Gil saying Uruk is finally connected to the underworld. Ishtar just has to open a hole. Gil reminds you about the fated fall of Uruk, he talks about the fall of the fifth king (him), but the sixth can still follow. He thanks you for letting him have this end, but eventually, as Tiamat gets too close, Ishtar fires her NP at the base of the ziggurat. Map now shows a big hole - to the underworld.
As you fal, Ereshkigal gives you protection from the underworld (so you at least don't die from the fall, it's 2000m high). You're pretty sure Gil is dead (again). Eresh sends all her spirits on Tiamat. Doesn't work, the chaos tide is moving into the underworld.  Roman says she's... growing to Jurassic proportions ? That's not divinity anymore. This is the true form of Beast II.
Lahmus are starting to pour into the underworld. Taiga saves Eresh (is it a bird ? Is it a balloon ? No ! I'm the tiger that arrived in the underworld, people call me Jaguar Maaaaan !) (they've done that "is it a bird, is it a plane" joke a couple times but changing "plane" for something else) Taiga tells Eresh to do what she does best because Tiamat is at her weakest right now, or else the chaos tide will cover the world in a day. Right now, nothing else should count as alive. ... Suddenly, flowers start covering the ground, replacing the chaos tide. It's Merlin, taking the life from the sea and making it bloom. He wasn't summoned a second time, this is the real Merlin, who came running straight from Avalon. He says Tiamat still doesn't know fear, she doesn't know death yet - that is, "him". Who's calling "him" ? Not Gil, not Solomon's Grail, but you. Look up, primordial sea, your god of death has arrived. "Without death, there is no life, and with death, you can live." King Hassan, the old man of the mountain (Ziusudra), who drops down and deprives the heavenly decree of Tiamat's wings. Roman says her pattern is changing, and with her wings lost, she has acquired a concept of "death". She's now just like a Servant, which means you can win. Da Vinci says the head is its weak point. The lahmus are scared now, trying to scale the wall back up to the surface. Get these fuckers ! (Eresh is star struck at all the pretty flowers in her underworld)
Roman says the lahmus are still evolving and are now close to the demon pillars. Taiga goes down, Hassan comes up and makes a contract with you.
(that's the infamously long fight now, isn't it...) (hm, I think the enemies have a lower resistance to instant death than usual, Arjuna can IK them with Pashupata a lot more easily...)

you make it to the head, Tiamat is 300 meters away from the surface but it won't take long with this size. You're damaging her, but you won't be able to stop her fast enough - Merlin even asks for Cath Palug's help. Cath Palug hits Merlin.
"What's that ? You think you lack firepower ? Okay, let me give you a hand." Archer Gil says Uruk is angry at her, but doesn't hate her. But children have to let go of their mother eventually. Final fight is titled "childhood's end".
... Done. If the last chapter is all story, and it's going to be way too long again, you know what, I'll do that tomorrow.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 19, 2016, 01:52:44 am
A soldier says Tiamat is going to reach Uruk in 8 hours, half a day faster than expected. As Gil starts sending soldiers, Quetz stops him and says she'll take care of the chaos tide with the Piedra Del Sol (thanks for not smashing it last time BTW) (also they still refer to this plancha thing you did on her, last time I thought it was Taiga messing up some other word, is that a Lucha Libre thing maybe, the flying body attack ?).

yep, plancha is a lucha libre move, simialr to haggar's down +attack while jumping in ff1, zangief has a  similar move , though while they do it from a normal jump  in capcom's games, in lucha libre it is done by jumping form the ropes and it's a pretty generic move in mexican lucha libre.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 19, 2016, 01:54:12 pm
Ah, I see. Yeah, that's the one then.

Merlin mentions that he brought Excalibur because whacking fools with it was just faster than his magecraft.
Oh hey, Quetz is back. Merlin runs, Quetz chases after him and grabs him with a Cobra Twist (even though he's an incubus, it still hurts). Taiga says she's the one who saved Quetz, catching the space debris that she was (despite how burning hot she was), brought her to the jungle to recover, then came back to jump in the hole. Taiga starts vanishing Servant style, she wonders if she's finally turning into a divine spirit. Quetz confirms that the summoning of divine spirits was only possible because of Tiamat - and now that she's gone, they're going too.
Ishtar says she didn't come from the Grail so she'll remain in this world for the end of the first dynasty of Uruk. As for Ereshkigal, apparently she gave you her powers for the last couple of fights (Merlin noticed something but didn't say it), flashback to Ishtar trying to talk her out of disappearing, but Eresh seems fine with it because you'll remember her. Flashback end, Ishtar just says Eresh is resting in the underworld.
Gil says he didn't have a body anymore, and he showed his Archer form for Ereshkigal since she never saw him like that. No body => he disappears. He asks you one last time how was Uruk, you say it was fun, that's all he wanted - let travelers leave with a smile. He also tosses you the remaining Grail to have a drink. What ? You don't drink alcohol ? Well just keep it as a cup anyway !
Merlin's turn, you ask again why he helped you, he says he's a fan. He can only watch - he doesn't like humans, but he likes the story they paint. He doesn't care about the artist even if he likes the painting, but you're different - you travel from book to book. You have a different approach from him, you live in each story and bring a better selvation and end. When the Grand Order is over, he alone will remember it. So he wanted to help. Anyway, Star-watchers of Chaldea, who will not remain in anyone's memory, all the stars have risen, now you'll fight "that" evil.

Back at Chaldea, an alarm sounds, you're -4368 hours away from the initially predicted end of the world in 2016 (so you're past it by 182 days), and you're xxx hours away from December 31, and you're being hacked from outside. You're getting connected to the singularity of Solomon. Time to find out the true nature of Solomon's bands of light, and go to his time temple.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 20, 2016, 03:22:05 pm
Congrats Byakko, you finished it! I had a lot of fun reading your summaries, and the story, as expected, is really good. Hope you enjoyed it too:

Also:
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5jc5fb/scheduled_maintenance_1222_1400_jst/?st=iwxlkm2s&sh=079bcfdb

Let's hope Apple doesn't delay the iOS release again and we all get the update without any problem.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 20, 2016, 03:44:46 pm
Thanks :)

Hmm... There's a thread on Reddit about Siduri, talking about the possibility that we killed her, mentioning the white flag discussion.
When you get to Gilgamesh the first time and Ishtar crashes in, she mentions that if Gil dies, she'd definitely come to save Uruk so be sure to prepare a white flag. Siduri doesn't understand, and a little bit later, there's an option to tell her it means to surrender. She thinks that Ishtar must somehow know that custom from your country (it's obviously thanks to Rin's memories), but I don't remember anything about raising hands.
Then later on, when you get to Eridu and lahmus are slaughtering people for fun, there's the one lahmu that doesn't do anything but wave its hands then runs away, and in the dialog you think he was doing that threateningly. That also ties to the scene immediately after that where the lahmus don't even care about defending themselves from your attack, they just enjoy the other humans killing each other.

There's the amino-geis discussion when Roman or someone else explains that whoever touches that mud gets corrupted with a cellular coercion (and we also know that Gorgon recycled humans into her tens of thousands of beasts), but we've seen that there's at least one lahmu that recovered their human memory, saving Kingu and talking about the memories of Enkidu and everyone in Uruk grieved for him. They're saying that it was Siduri.

I figured that there were "some" lahmus that somehow managed to resist that impulse and recovered their memories. But it didn't seem to me that it was definitely the same one that ran away from you, I figured there were just a few here and there (and IMO it would make it more relevant if it was just a random former citizen of Uruk wanting to save Enkidu). I don't even think that the comment about this particular lahmu having been brought in the day before means it has to be Siduri, who recently disappeared too, considering that if it's possible for one to bypass the amino geis, maybe there's more.

So... Unless there really is a dialog with Siduri about raising your hands to surrender that I missed, I'm not too convinced that this is one specific lahmu that runs away from you then the same one saves Kingu, and it's really Siduri ? I felt that it meant there were potentially more humans-turned-lahmu that retrieved their memories, and a random citizen would still remember the good effect Enkidu had on Gilgamesh and decided to save Kingu for that. I mean, it's possible that it was all her, but...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on December 20, 2016, 04:40:26 pm


CP collab when?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 20, 2016, 04:56:43 pm
Oh yeah, I also found this video a long time ago. More than a collab, doing a Carnival Phantasm for these series seems more reasonable since there's plenty of cast to make it interesting.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 22, 2016, 01:57:19 pm
Solomon time.
Seems to be a flashback to the Fuyuki war that went fucked up.
Marisbiri (or however the fuck you're supposed to spell Olga's dad's name) "We've got work, Caster. The 6 other Masters have been removed. We've won the Grail War. I just need you to commit suicide through this command seal to complete the ceremony. [then some exposition about the Grail War, the 7 Servants, and the Third Magic that we already know since FSN/FZ, resurrection, end all pain...]" (so at least this version was still about the Third Magic...)
"... No, just kidding. I'm joking, Caster. Sorry, I'm just being funny. You helped me but I've no intention to give you the Grail. Or use my Command Seals. It won't work on you anyway. I won't start up the Greater Grail. I don't care about the Third Magic. I have to reach the Root with the specific approach of our Animusphere that rules over the planetary sins" (what ? Could be getting that wrong, that's weird) 'I don't care about the theories that some other mage left over. The miracle proposed by the Einsberns... I never cared for that fairytale of materialization of the soul for the growth of humanity."
(end of Maris' talk, this seems to go to narration mode, but we don't know who's talking - it seems to be Solomon)
This was the first and last time Maris made a joke. So I asked, "then what ?"
M "I just want the Grail as a wish granting device, for an obvious reason - to perfect Chaldeas. The observatory right now is incomplete." Then he talks about his sponsors, how they made a model of the Earth, but it's nowhere close to the real thing. (he's still responding to "Caster" so the narrator should be Solomon) Something like Chaldeas is like the Grail that needs Servants to work, but it would need the equivalent of food for a whole country. ... I think he's namedropping someone whom he bought something from next. He wants wealth like ordinary people. (narrator again) He had a goal, but he didn't want to achieve it through other people's means - he only needed time and wealth (to realize it himself) because he didn't have much time. That's why he entered the Fuyuki War.
He keeps talking about other stuff (I'm not sure I get half of it) then wonders "why the Age of Gods stopped. Why didn't the humanity foundation stabilize after the AD era. If we can complete reishift, we can resolve that mystery."
They keep talking a bit then Maris asks Solomon what he'll do with the Grail, what he'll wish for. Second life ? Solomon never even thought about his wish. Someone interrupts "No, I have a wish. I can ask for anything, right, Marisbiri ?" (it doesn't seem to be the same person speaking since it says "???" yet Maris still seems to be talking to the same person... something like the Solomon we know taking over the "Caster" of that time ?)
Maris calls his Caster "Solomon, king of magic", his only friend/ally. The narrator says he remembers smiling after that, and then he blacked out.

Someone in the staff wakes up Roman (.... was that his dream just now then... ?) and they prepare for the final singularity. He reminisces the 10 years since Chaldea was set up, Fou / Cath Palug comes in, Roman says Fou would only show himself to Mashu until Gudao arrived, what changed ? I thought you were like Merlin, the kind of creature that only saw humans as a source of food. Fou responds "fou fou fou" but Roman can't understand him. Roman keeps his one-side conversation going, like "so why did I join Chaldea ? What was I doing before Chaldea ? I just can't explain it. I arrived like, 'uh, maybe I should try and protect humanity somehow ?' But you ask, how come I'm at the top of my field at such a young age ?" (it's just studying hard) He says back then, he somehow felt that humanity was reaching its end. Like waking up from a bad dream (his feeling, that is). He was sure he was right, but couldn't do much about it, he was afraid and thought "I should do something" so he did his best for 10 years. But he's reaching the end, and after this battle, his anxiety will be gone. He found out Solomon's true identity, Kingu was a good sample case (??) he thought the Solomon in London was a fake, but that didn't fit. Heroic Spirits come in various shape. One HS can be summoned as Saber or Lancer. Even if we think of a Solomon that was like in a different class than the one from legends, they're now facing the real one, king Solomon, the ancestor of magecraft.

... Sooooo was Roman the Solomon that was summoned as a Caster by Maris, and the Solomon we know took over him at the end ?

Mashu's dream now.
People from some random village greeting her (by name). Oh you don't need that big shield, there's no danger around. No strife, no one to hate, nothing to fear. We're been released from fear by death. There's no limit to life, no end to the world, tomorrow never ends. We'll go on forever.
Mashu interrupts, telling Solomon this vision you're showing me, I can only fear it.
Solomon asks her why she's afraid of being released from the fear of death. This is the promise of a day that'll go on forever, no tomorrow to fear. That should be salvation - just to keep living.
Nope, sorry, I don't know why you're showing up in front of me but I know you're trying to scare me. This is painful, but what you're doing isn't right. Solomon says Mashu's conclusion should have value for him so he'll listen. Mashu says he grieved the end of life, and preached how wonderful eternity was, but she can't understand this sadness, why eternity is so good. Death comes to every living thing, losing your life is something that should be obvious. Thinking there's no sadness if there's no end - she doesn't think eternal life is a blessing. The people in this town, their smile are different. A smile is for when you get over sadness. Because you know your time is limited. In this world, the people are smiling because there's no fear. This isn't a smile, that's just moving flesh. There's no one who just lives because death is fearsome. We just live because we want to live. We run now in eagerness because we're looking forward to tomorrow. It's not a journey to avoid death, it's a journey to go past death. Don't deny the wish of those who want to live.
Solomon says he wondered why fight if we know it's going to end. Why cling to life if we know there's no salvation in our future.
He heard something about us/Mashu from Demon God Flauros - he was wondering how a short life built by humans would live. That was an interesting sample case. But you're going to die. Chaldea will die like trash. (wow fuck you dude)
You who cling to life, brave fighters who have passed many lives and deaths, no one will recognize you. ... That makes me sad. You're just an average person.

(oh god damn this is so long, again)
Da Vinci does the morning call for the last order. She just wants to remind you that Mashu's body is reaching its limit, in all regards (battle and life). Roman and Mashu don't want to talk about it, but Da Vinci does. You're sure Mashu already knows.
You talk to Mashu, you skirt around the subject, Fou interrupts and stares at you. Never mind... You suggest Mashu sits this one out, of course she says no. She'll fight with you, regardless of how much time she has left. She doesn't think her life is sad, she's happy that she could see the world outside thanks to you. She doesn't actually know the sadness of living (the hardships of life I guess), she can't understand the sufferings Solomon mentioned. But she knows the joys of living. You, Roman, and everyone at Chaldea taught her. So let her stick around.

Briefing, Da Vinci explains that this singularity is a bit different, the battles are simple but there are 3 objectives. First, castle offense. Second, crush Solomon. Third, make it out alive (uuuuh so the usual ?) This will be a conceptual space, like the miniature model of the Earth that Chaldea has. It will be only you (and the enemy I suppose), nothing else in that universe. Aim for Solomon's throne, and wreck everything. (... okay I'm skipping these explanations it's boring and pointless)
To return, once the singularity collapses, you'll have to run this time, unlike before.
You ask about that "only one lifeform" - remember the Fuyuki War, there was one body of a mage that was made to support the Great Grail. Genius among geniuses. That body is like a small universe. The same way, this singularity is a small universe supported by the magic circuits of one mage, like a Reality Marble. That's the true identity of Solomon, why you weren't allowed to call his name. Solomon........ is a Reality Marble, this time temple thing mentioned a couple times before. (whaaaaat)

First node of the map.
Solomon narrating, about his clairvoyance, seeing the deaths that one can't stand to see, hearing the cries that one can't stand to hear, with no way to close his eye or ear. He hates it, and he wants to restart everything, start over with a perfect shape. Burn every existence on this planet. Then it says the same things as the tablet of destiny, build temples, raise the band of light, all time and effort to destroy and forget humanity (it wasn't "destroy/forget" humanity last time, right ?) This is the throne of Solomon, our hope. (so the tablets weren't about saving humanity, it was about restarting it by destroying it... ?)
Oh, Ref is back. Roman asks since when he was with Solomon, considering Ref was there before Roman. Well yeah, he's been with Solomon for 3000 years !

Shit's hitting the fan, you beat him but he comes back, it's not even resurrection, it's just a new one. Roman and Da Vinci say the Demon Gods are invading Chaldea, you lose contact, Flauros attacks you while laughing, black out. Someone picks you back up, praising your battles and your infinite possibilities up to now in the face of countless enemies etc., calls you Master, starts wiping the Demon Gods. Roman confirms 8 are gone, good job Da Vinci. Uh no, that wasn't me... "We are those who walked the stars, carving our epitath in the planet. A summoning circle is appearing, and 10, 20, 30 Saint Graphs are coming out by themselves. The Demon Gods are mocking the Servants that can never beat them - wait, we've lost the first 8 pillars... Pillars 26 to 33, also gone...
Mysterious Servant voice keeps talking "sure, we're selfish. But our faith in ourselves doesn't falter. And there are people who believed in us. People who believed we were heroes through many wars.
Jeanne appears, gathering heroes under her banner like shooting stars. Roman "I can't explain it :D it's outside of space and time soooo a path was available to them ? Whatever, I don't know ! Al the Servants you've met thought they should give you a hand."

I started this at 100% battery and now I'm running low, gotta recharge. This is still way too long. Later.

Congrats ! Hope you have enough to level him.
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Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on December 22, 2016, 03:35:53 pm
Instantly got Merlin on my very first 10 roll. Thank you based RNG god.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 22, 2016, 04:15:21 pm
Okay so, trying to make a bit of sense out of this...

Between Ref's exposition and the tablet of destiny, the group of people who were mad at the king who wouldn't fix human suffering were the bad guys who created a Reality Marble, the ultimate serial killer of human history, which is the Solomon we've seen in London. They want to reboot human history into a perfect form (we've seen how shitty the lahmus turned out to be though so fuck that) that doesn't die, therefore doesn't suffer (as "Solomon" says to Mashu in her dream). They're the ones who planned the rings in the sky, the time temple, and using the name of Solomon.

Between the prologue apparently being Roman's dream (not confirmed but it's set up to make us think that), Roman's comment about the summoned Servant being only an aspect of the original and possibly not recognizing the real deal, tied to him refusing to admit that the big bad was "Solomon" back in London, and then Roman totally avoiding to talk about how he was before Fuyuki, and his apparent initial apathy possibly resembling that of the king mentioned in the Tablet of Destiny (which turns out to not be the bad guy, that's the ones that were angry at him), this strongly suggests that Roman was the Caster Solomon summoned by Maris, and he didn't admit that the Solomon of London bore his name, since that was not really him but a Reality Marble (with no personality of his own, as Holmes mentions in Camelot).

That's.... weird, I'm not sure how I feel about that considering that Roman has been presented as the every day man since day one just like you - unless it's going to show that Solomon really was an average guy who couldn't do much beside handling his own kingdom and then gave up. This is all to be confirmed, but the way it's presented, it seems to want you to think that at this point.

Oh, speaking about "what the game wants you to think", back on Siduri... Yeah, there's no direct evidence and there are things that at the moment make you think otherwise (the lahmu that doesn't fight you can't talk, immediately followed by a proof that lahmus don't even bother defending themselves and just kill, the lahmu that saves Kingu can talk), but looking at it from above, as a whole, the succession of events of Gil telling you Siduri was taken > a lahmu recovering their human mind > hear of Siduri once more but then never again, overall, that seems to hint that this lahmu that didn't fight you is the same that saved Kingu and died, and it was Siduri.
That's... that's kind of shitty. Not just because you basically beat her to near death, but because before that, it was a hint that more humans might recover their mind (that never happened afterward), of how the lahmus could evolve (they never did), of how much the people of Uruk as a whole loved Enkidu etc.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 22, 2016, 06:20:51 pm
Oh wow, at the rate this is going, I wouldn't be surprised if Salmon dies tomorrow late night. I still can't play, damn!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 22, 2016, 08:50:12 pm

That's.... weird, I'm not sure how I feel about that considering that Roman has been presented as the every day man since day one just like you - unless it's going to show that Solomon really was an average guy who couldn't do much beside handling his own kingdom and then gave up. This is all to be confirmed, but the way it's presented, it seems to want you to think that at this point.



that's how solomon is/was in the bible, then god grants him a wish (lol) and he chooses wisdom.


[EDIT]

it seems like this game won't still get into the grand servants that will save the world I guess.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 22, 2016, 08:59:34 pm
that's how solomon is/was in the bible, then god grants him a wish (lol) and he chooses wisdom.
lol seriously ? It sounds like the flashback is almost a word-by-word retelling of that (except he should already have his almighty Clairvoyance at that point).
it seems like this game won't still get into the grand servants that will save the world I guess.
Well... Babylonia was a huge info dump on Tiamat and the Beasts, the evils that humanity must defeat, and the very system from which the Servant summoning was copied, so at least it's opening the door big time for something else ? But yeah, after a couple Grand Caster candidates and a Grand Assassin, and the original datamine of a Grand Saber voiced by Arturia again, plus all the hints about planetary defense weapon Excalibur (which is turning out to be nothing but Extella wank), it's kind of a massive bummer. Season 2 maybe ? Because if not, then this was all a giant promotion for Extella, which is a bit shitty for all the effort that both they themselves as well as all the players poured into this. I'd start wishing for an adaptation of season 1 and a continuation on an actual console (or PC, whatever), but I know that would just take 5 more years.

Oh yeah, I was also thinking about the boss raid system, and I found it amusing that all the players rushing the raid were kinda like the dozens of Servants jumping in to help you against the Demon Gods. We're the Heroic Spirits here.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 22, 2016, 09:13:24 pm
Got Loli Mesuda, completing that way all loli Medusa family party, and second copy of Rama, which is probably the best thing of the four 10-rolls I did. Too bad I didn't get Merlin, but I can't really complain much when I got Quetzalcoal before.

So, time for me to join the raid guys! Hope you have your support Servants ready!

Edit: Byakko, put Hercazerk in your Berserker slot, as support Servants also count with the bond buff.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 22, 2016, 09:45:57 pm
lol, the dialog at the start of each node is pretty dull, but in the London one, Kintoki arrives in his Berserker form and goes HENSHIN into his Rider form. Not bad.
(basically it's nothing more than the chief demon god of that node calling forth 9 Demon Gods and the Seravnts just pretty much reintroducing their character, so nothing new)
oh hey... The Babylonia one has Enkidu, not Kingu. What. Ishtar calls him like that and he clearly has a different personality than in the chapter - "oh sorry, I didn't mean to shoot at you, so it's true that you have a human body right now, Ishtar ?" Even Gorgon goes "Kin... Enkidu and Ishtar yadda yadda".
Ushi goes "I understand it feels weird, but forgive me. This is totally normal. I'm not evil. That wasn't me. I don't remember anything from Uruk~" (still the loser gang and no Caster Gil or Tomoe, fuck you guys seriously)

Aw yeah, my Hercazerk bond 9 (90% bonus damage) deals 420k damage with a Nine Lives Buster Brave Chain and a bit of extra Charisma. I think I'll just stick with maxed Kaleido on Herk, some other NP up on Cu Alter and, I don't know, Quetz for her targetable Buster up and demolish all the pillars in two or three turns.
Edit: Byakko, put Hercazerk in your Berserker slot, as support Servants also count with the bond buff.
Oh wow, seriously ? I didn't expect that. what a shame we can't see it in the support selection, then !
Done, but my other slots have a pretty bad lineup in term of bond boost... :P Stick with that Herk and his lv10 Bravery.

edit - the debuffs given by the bosses are different for everyone, the Lancer one gave me a Quick debuff for the support Okita I picked, asshole.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 22, 2016, 09:48:58 pm
Yep, a person in reddit put some nice info about this event:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5jqe88/solomon_temple_battle_log/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 22, 2016, 10:05:41 pm
Aw yeah, my Hercazerk bond 9 (90% bonus damage) deals 420k damage with a Nine Lives Buster Brave Chain and a bit of extra Charisma. I think I'll just stick with maxed Kaleido on Herk, some other NP up on Cu Alter and, I don't know, Quetz for her targetable Buster up and demolish all the pillars in two or three turns.
All but the Caster Pillar can apply buster down to your front liners, so you might want a servant with debuff removal instead of Quetzal.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 22, 2016, 10:07:06 pm
Good point. lol I don't even know who can do that. Rider Martha ? Who else ?

:D I just got a Buster debuff and still did 360k with a 9L BBC. Then shot right back to full NP with a Waver and the Demon God attacks before the third round. And then it was over.
... And lol, with Martha's debuff clear (but without the boost - she's lv60 !), I did 500k on round 1.
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Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 22, 2016, 10:08:26 pm
Bring Martha, she can both remove the debuffs and buffs first turn, then you can just forget about it. Give her Battle of Camlann so her death means something.

Apart from that, put priority to those with single target NPs and high bond to maximize damage as the beasts have a tendency to give a lot of NP with their attacks.

Edit: Goddamn Byakko, your Heracles is a monstruosity! It's killing the beasts too fast for me to enjoy!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 23, 2016, 01:32:09 am
does solomon has any kind of special interaction with dady ?

http://fategrandorder.wikia.com/wiki/David
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 23, 2016, 02:13:29 am
We have to beat the 72 Demon God pillars before we get to Solomon in a whole pack of raid battles, 6 different raids to finish. Now every player is spamming these bosses because they give lots of bond points (high bond level makes your Servant stronger in these raids) and great rare drops, so the pillars are going down at a really fast pace, but when I had to plug my phone back on charge (this eats through my battery so fast), the pillars weren't all dead yet, so we haven't reached Solomon yet. It was supposed to last a week, I'm pretty sure they'll all be dead before tomorrow night, but it's not *that* fast :P
Also the story tells us the Solomon we've seen so far was a Reality Marble with no personality of its own, only reflecting the people that were around it, so I don't expect anything with David until we can figure out who's the real Solomon. There are strong hints that it's Roman (because a memory sequence that fades out and then a character wakes up usually means it was this character having a dream), and there hasn't been anything between Roman and David yet... David only showed up in the story in the Okeanos order, and I have no idea if he actually saw Roman or not. He also couldn't believe it could be his son doing all this (because there were already hints about that), but he did say pretty much "I have no idea what that kid is thinking".
That being said, Servants you have obtained (outside of the story, I mean) have conversations about other Servants, and Zerkalot has had this "Galahad ?" line since day one pointing at Mashu being Galahad, but David hasn't had anything like that about Roman, so... It's still up in the air if the Roman hint works out or not. I could be completely off.

edit - ah, Barbatos is down. One out of six. He gave demon hearts and pages and gears, two of which are needed by the newly released Merlin, so everyone spammed him the most.
One last fight against him, Tamamo goes final ascension form, Creepycelsus is still hanging out with the kids (Jack, Nursery, Fran), Tesla talks with Arturia Lancer Alter about Mordred, Lalter says "no, that's not my daughter, that is a knight of the rou- oh let's just drop this okay."
... Yeah, you can't farm that spot anymore, so the others might start falling faster and faster.

... Uh lol, I didn't try that specific pillar until just now but did they increase the pillars' life from 700k to 850k for everyone or is it just the Berserker pillar ? (doesn't matter, still falls on the second Nine Lives) (I have to wonder how hard a Kintoki would hit...)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 23, 2016, 05:44:07 am
The Lancer pillar is at 1.3 kkk(?) damage atm, it'll probably go down in four hours. I hope the whales don't target the archer pillar afterwards, I still need those dragon fangs and that new mat that kinda looks like an electrified kidney.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 23, 2016, 09:15:14 am
Oh wow, I wake up and two of the pillars are already dead.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 23, 2016, 11:43:55 am
The Lancer pillar is at 1.3 kkk(?) damage atm
This time it's just the number of pillars you have to kill, not the damage you deal to one. You have to kill them 2M times. Because they keep coming back.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 23, 2016, 02:16:16 pm
Fuck, they're almost all dead now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 23, 2016, 02:42:21 pm
Forneus and sadsack Sabnac are down, only 2 left lol
This'll be over in less than 28 hours max. So many crazy people managed to get bond 10 on half a dozen of their Servants, even though it's so stupidly hard to farm BP.

Oh hey, David does show up in the Okeanos node. ... Except he's too busy sticking around Atalanta to care about Solomon. "Hey Abishag, once this is over, let's go on that island, just the two of us..." "uh... I'm not Abishag" "it's okay, all pretty women are Abishag to me"
 Also Jason pissed at the demon god, then shitting his pants when adult Medea shows up (Medea Lily is already around), then Jason still fanboys over Herakles (rightfully so), Lily powers Herk up into his final ascension.

Oh, Solomon node is open... Baal is getting worried and suggest opening Solomon's third NP, Sol doesn't care since they only have one HS to kill.

Roman realizes this is an 8th node not tied to the 7 singularities you've done, no Grail for the HS to connect to. Andromarius something goes into a dickish rant all trollolo there's no one to save you now, but then everyone from the events shows up. Fucking everyone.

Oh yeah, in the Babylonia node, Quetz wonders where that lazy bastard Merlin is hiding again, Ana says this time he actually couldn't come running here from Avalon, and he left a message saying he was busy messing around with the Magi Mari website. Roman goes wtf he had a hand in my virtual idol nooo and talks about a supposed manager.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 23, 2016, 06:14:26 pm
So I come back and two more pillars are dead, but now we get a new one. And it's already close to 1M LOL. Heck, we will beat this before Christmas at this point.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 24, 2016, 12:39:36 am
Finally got two Buster for Herc on the first turn (this is actually the hardest), and I can confirm : Quetz and support Merlin with the very first Master gear make Herc one-shot the Demon Gods.
For some reason the boss rush has slowed way the fuck down, but Halfas isn't too far from dying now. I guess nobody cares as much for those old mats. But I do, since I still need Knight Medals for Larturia, and I finally rolled Ozy with a ticket last time (weird spook for Quetz NP2), so I'm actually grateful.

Oh, by the way... Don't forget to complete the weekly mission before Sunday night. For once, they are absolutely not coincidentally fitting for the current event, you do need to stop farming to go do the dailies (3 Evil Servants, 3 Neutral, 3 Good, 3 Pieces or Monuments, 15 Servants *or Bosses* and 3 skill stones of any color - these two work for the boss rush)

I just realized, why don't the Demon Gods drop a Grail when they're completely beaten ? Roman just confirmed that the Servants could come in through the connection of te Grail that summoned them in their singularity, so it would be a fitting excuse and a valid opportunity to shower us with those one-time treasures.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 24, 2016, 01:47:30 am
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For some reason the boss rush has slowed way the fuck down, but Halfas isn't too far from dying now. I guess nobody cares as much for those old mats.
The mats are the main motivation for most people (my dragon fangs...), but there's also the fact that the remaining pillars are assholes. You can't use Waver/Merlin support efficiently against the rider pillar for obvious reasons, plus it has that massive heal so if you can't one shot it it's a moderately hard fight. The archer pillar has an obnoxious attack pattern (buff itself one turn, shoot to kill the next) and it's hard to build NP against it.


Oh, the berserker pillar is gone too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 24, 2016, 11:23:24 am
...The bastards killed the Rider pillar. I needed it for Quetz, goddamn it! Also Berserker pillar is dead too. So as expected, two more after waking up. With only one to put focus on, this is pretty much over.

Edit: One million remaining. Unbelievable, seriously. For those in Japan, this wasn't done before Christmas, but for us, maybe it will be completed before.

Edit2: Not gonna spoil the ending, but the only thing we get after this event is a star and gold border in our profile, a grail, those tickets, and Mashu's NP is now level 3. And that's all we fucking get, apart from some CGs at the end. Yeah... ... ... they could have given us, I don't know, a new Servant? Or something that didn't feel that cheap? I really have no words...

Edit3: Welp, third and real final boss tactics (there's a last one but it's not hard):
- Starts the fight with Invincibility Break and NP full. In other words, it will wipe out your entire front party the first turn, so either seal his skill in the first turn, put "Buff Negation" from the Extra clothes or put NP seal on him with an NP like Ozy.
- Also starts the fight with a shield that makes NP attacks do shit damage, and lasts 3 turns. Both this buff and the previous one are only applied once in the fight, and this shield buff cannot be removed. Unlike the previous one, it's impossible to prevent this one from triggering since it uses it before the fight event starts.
- Forget about surviving his NP without Invincibility or Dodge. Maybe you can drop the damage with debuffs, but as he will still have some attacks left and he hits like a truck, I doubt the surviving members can take the hits.
- AoE laser attack inflicts defense debuff, and it's really noticeable the debuff. Oraora single target attack inflicts attack debuff. Bombardment AoE attack is the weakest and the best attack as it only inflicts star gen down, does little damage and generates tons of NP for you. But guess what, it's the least used attack, the first one being the one you'll see most.
- Every turn it will increase its NP gauge by one with a skill, except the turn it uses his NP. So it only needs two turns to fill its 4-slot NP gauge.
- Beast Type so as always Cavalry is what you need to use. Knights will probably die the first turn he attacks them if he abuses the laser or targets them.

It's damn hard, so don't be surprised if you waste 3 CS on him. A good final hard boss. Unfortunately due to screwing up I had to waste a quartz, which I didn't mind that much because this fight is good. Didn't want to do it again honestly.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 25, 2016, 11:12:21 am
Spoiler: Summary so far and new chapters (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 25, 2016, 06:37:48 pm
Oh wow, I finally got a chance to level up Loli Medusa. And she needed 24 of those newly introduced Stingers... I had 25 fortunately thanks to the pillars, but wow at those requirements. Heck, Quetz still had less ridiculous requirements than her, which makes no sense seriously.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 25, 2016, 07:31:15 pm
Edit2: Not gonna spoil the ending, but the only thing we get after this event is a star and gold border in our profile, a grail, those tickets, and Mashu's NP is now level 3. And that's all we fucking get, apart from some CGs at the end. Yeah... ... ... they could have given us, I don't know, a new Servant? Or something that didn't feel that cheap? I really have no words...
I honestly saw that one coming. I knew DW wouldn't give us jack shit after seven tickets, though I expected to get Mashu's NP level all the way to 5 and level 10 bond.

The really disappointing thing is that the singularity is gone and we'll never get to fight those pillars again. Come on DW at least let us farm until new year's eve.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on December 25, 2016, 07:43:01 pm
Merry Christmas fellow Fatefags

Fate/Zero spoilers obv (I was gonna post this last year but I forgot so I waited an entire year to do so fuck me)

Also
Am I constantly getting extra AP for a reason?Is that part of the Christmas event or somethin?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 25, 2016, 11:34:23 pm
No, you're probably misunderstanding something, but we can't explain what it is if you don't clarify what you mean by extra AP.

Spoiler: This is probably going to be long but I should finish it tonight (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on December 25, 2016, 11:46:43 pm
No, you're probably misunderstanding something, but we can't explain what it is if you don't clarify what you mean by extra AP.
Everytime I log in I start off with extra AP,as if I ate a golden apple or something.For an example my max AP is 90-something but I start off well off in the 120s right away.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 26, 2016, 12:05:10 am
You probably leveled up but you didn't realise it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 26, 2016, 12:08:40 am
Yeah, AP from level ups overflows now. DW introduced that with the Camelot update iirc.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 26, 2016, 01:01:23 am
I was still updating my previous post. Here's the rest.
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on December 26, 2016, 02:02:37 am
Yeah, AP from level ups overflows now. DW introduced that with the Camelot update iirc.
Ah thanks for the info,I've been really out of the loop since london dropped
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 26, 2016, 08:39:31 am
Well, in case you had doubts if there would be a second part for FGO, Nasu confirms it yet again that there will be a second part, though he also specifies what it will be about:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5kbsc7/nasu_update/

Not sure what to do right now. All my Servants are fully leveled, so that means I don't need EXP. I can either level up skills, level up bond level or level up the mystic codes. Any suggestion?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 26, 2016, 09:44:04 am
Skills. They take forever for everyone and they make every battle a lot easier. Master mystic code you just slap one in the background and forget it. It's been a while since I used the Master skills - except in this chapter when I rediscovered how good the default one was. Bond level... I put three guys in the back and forget it, but clearly that's not good enough. But I don't even know how you farm for that :-/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 26, 2016, 09:48:23 am
There's a good node in Babylonia that only has Berserkers. It's easy to clear up and gives a good amount of Bond Exp. Plus the big boar that appears inside drops a really scarce material too.

So I guess I will go to skill levels then. Need to level up Quetz skill to 6, and maybe I will finally be able to get Mordred to 6 too so I can consider using her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 26, 2016, 09:50:05 am
Ebih, I tried farming it before Solomon, it gives 1k BP if you have a support lunchtime CE, but you need to run that 2 to 300 times to pass one bond level for most Servants, sooooo...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 26, 2016, 10:12:47 am
There's more nodes that give the same amount. If you lack a specific material, you can combine it with Bond leveling. If you got any of the Babylonia Servants, you'll certainly need it.

---------------

So FGO Mats 3 has been released. Here's some info (check the comments too):

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5kwcg6/third_fgo_material_book/?st=ixahgbcn&sh=6b76aff7

Other info not appearing for now:
- There's a mistake in Edmond's part in that link, it's his third skill that causes opponents to go mad. His first NP is as it appears in FGO. He's so broken LOL.
- Medb has 4 NP, two are about ensnaring men (one is in FGO), one is to borrow Clairvoyance from his husband and another one to borrow Caladbolg from Fergus.
- Billy is able to slow down his senses thanks to his Quick Draw and Gunning skill (or whatever the name was, which btw at A+ means he's unmatched at using guns). Combined with his NP that allows those three shots at a really low cost, he's a really good Servant (and he is in FGO as a crit master).
- LOL Shiki has Ind. Manifestation, blatantly calling her a Beast class since only Beast classes have that skill. Remember Extra? Even the profile teases that.
- Btw, Ind. Manifestation is really broken. A rank (Merlin) makes him unkillable in all futures, B rank (Tiamat) is what we already know, and C rank (Shiki) is instant death and time manipulation resistance. I don't even want to know what happens if there's a Beast with EX rank.
- Unfortunately all Avenger class stuff is in FGO mechanics. The most you can make out is that they can accumulate curses easily, opponents may forget their existance (this one is mostly guessing unfortunately) and over time they regenerate prana.
- I saw some mention of Angra having a second NP, which I think was that day reset in Hollow. Only FGO mechanics mentioned, but I can't find it right now ffs.
- Helena seems to be able to summon the aliens with her NP. Fate Extella references ahoy there.
- Blessing from the End of the World is a simple skill. Basically gives a boost to Mana and Luck when in battle. Alter version gets the Luck boost, while non-Alter only gets the Mana boost. Why only one in FGO, I don't really know.
- MHX has Riding EX, allowing her to ride any vehicle, and works even better with spaceships. She's so ridiculously good at the second that she can warp with it even though the spaceship doesn't have any warp function. She also has Presence Concealment EX too, but since she refuses to admit she has that skill, it's sealed away. Sasuga Saberface.
- Emiya Assassin has a second NP, Phantasm Punishment, which appears in his Bond CE. Basically, it's his dagger, which does the same thing as his rib bone bullets.

Edit2: So here's Geronimo's summary

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Bloody Demon B: Proud lore that embodies Caster. Proficiency in guns, bows, lances, and knifes all all extends to mastery level. A huge bonus granted when fighting melee.

Shamanism B: Dialogue with fairy passed down by Appachio. Borrowing of power from the fairies by means of contract.

Guardian Beast: B: The fairy coyote that travels alongside Geronimo. It has but one flaw; its love for pranks.

NP
One who Creates the Land - Tsago Degi Naleya
Summons a huge "Coyote". When the summoning happens, the "Sun" that has gotten his 'herb' stolen by the Coyote will start pursuing the Coyote, which resulting in giving effect of AoE damage to the surroundings. At the same time, the Guardian known as Coyote exist to provide protection to allies. A magecraft of rematerialization of the Appachio's legend in a smaller scale.

Territory Creation B: Setting up one's own turf as a magus. Not exactly creating a workshop, but more akin to setting up a camp taking full advantage of geographical surroundings. A bonus to everyone's battle prowess.

Item Creation C: Creating tools made from prana. Creates weapon filled with fairy's blessings.

...His skills and NP look so good on paper but they really screwed it up in FGO. What a waste.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 30, 2016, 11:54:42 am
http://news.fate-go.jp/2016/ukyaw3/
New years paid gacha for guaranteed 5*. Doesn't have the limited guys. So no Okita, no Gil, no Zerktoki, Merlin, Ishtar, Raikou... Only thing worth getting for me would be NP2 Arjuna, NP3 Quetz (thanks ticket NP2), NP2 Ozy, NP2 Larturia (I don't have Karna and Enkidu but I don't really care any more about Karna at this point and I don't give a shit about Enkidu), and that's all. I'm probably not getting any of these so I guess I can skip it.
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- Medb has 4 NP, two are about ensnaring men (one is in FGO), one is to borrow Clairvoyance from his husband and another one to borrow Caladbolg from Fergus.
I don't even know why Conchobar has future sight for Medb to borrow.
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- LOL Shiki has Ind. Manifestation, blatantly calling her a Beast class since only Beast classes have that skill. Remember Extra? Even the profile teases that.
And Merlin. In fact I'd sooner think that the Extra one for Gil wasn't a hint for Beast, meaning Void would also be the same hint as Gil pointing to something else, not Beast. I heard that the story with Richard, Alcaeus, Hyppolita etc. gave hint to a, what was it, gatekeeper, watcher class ? It would be a much better fit for Merlin, Void and Gilgamesh than Beast, and an Independent Manifestation skill would totally work for a class like that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 30, 2016, 02:14:19 pm
It really really kills me that to get Jack, I have to pay money (which I will never do) for a 50% chance to get her. I would still win since I don't even have Jeanne, but to risk not getting her... I really hoped they would allow free quartz for this one as a way to congratulate that we beat the first season (and only allow those who beat it to roll), but I guess greed wins in the end... Oh well, I have no more reason to hold the 500 days quartz I got, will do one more attempt to get Gorgon.

Also, about new year stuff:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5l2e9a/ny_campaign/?st=ixbtkqq8&sh=734b6806

Wow at this bullshit. In order to be able to spend mana prisms for the Da Vinci CE, we need to first spend Rare Prisms to unlock it in the normal shop. WTF DW. They also locked the Scathach trial quest and the Karna/Arjuna trial quest behind rare prisms too. While the second has no story, the first does have a bit about Scathach, so new players just go a middle finger there. Great way to start the year, that's for sure.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 30, 2016, 03:37:56 pm
...why would a new player feel offended about missing a bit of story (which isn't particularly relevant to the main plot) for a servant he can't even try to summon?

Oh nice, double great/super succes rates, half AP exp dailies, plenty of QP, and Da Vinci's store has double exp cards, fous and tickets. Not too shabby.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 30, 2016, 03:43:50 pm
Oh hey, yeah, 20M QP. Maybe I'll finally be comfortable Grailing a couple people (Slashalot, Zerkalot, Hurracles...)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 30, 2016, 04:05:32 pm
I was thinking about leveling Quetzal all the way to three digits because I've grown fond of her design, her skills are pretty good and she's my only single target NP2 servant (plus she's a story servant which makes her marginally more likely to get an NP upgrade in the future). What was holding me back wasn't QP as much as EXP. She devoured almost all the gold exp cards I stored from the Christmas event (started with like 600 got less than 200 now).

Ugh are all these new free 4* CEs so fucking terrible? 100hp per turn? why would anyone even think about using that?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 31, 2016, 04:03:17 pm
Aaaaand Musashi is genderbent
fucking get bent, Type Moon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on December 31, 2016, 04:05:06 pm
If she isn't an unwashed paranoid smelly looking hag I'm gonna be extremely dissapointed
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 31, 2016, 04:06:09 pm
Hue hue hue
Seriously fuck these guys. I already decided I would drop out of FGO if Musashi was anything but a Berserker or a Buster-oriented Saber, and entirely drop out of Type-Moon if he was genderbent
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 31, 2016, 04:06:43 pm
Yeah.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 31, 2016, 04:17:26 pm
Goddamn it. Why the fuck did they genderbend him? Of all people, him!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 31, 2016, 04:33:04 pm
I think we all know the answer.

MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEYYYYY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_JTzEppKy8)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Websta on December 31, 2016, 05:27:50 pm
so what does the reddish orange grand summon button do?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 31, 2016, 05:30:37 pm
MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEYYYYY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_JTzEppKy8)

Which is to say you pay full price for 30 quartz, you're guaranteed a 5-star servant.


OVA is out.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on December 31, 2016, 07:50:34 pm
Oh hey, Scathach got an Interlude! Let's check it out.

And yeah, you have to spend real money for an X% chance to get the SSR Servant you want. Not recommended, stick to F2P.

Edit: Oh hey, I just got Saber Lancelot with my rolls! Not bad, I really wanted to have him.

Edit2: I just watched the OVA. It's okay, nothing spectacular honestly. Has a really slow start though due to the fact we have to see the events before the MC is sent to Fuyuki.

Edit3: Oh yeah, FGO 1.5 announced already, we will have 4 chapters to deal before we go to 2.0.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5l9ygo/next_order_epic_of_remnant/

Also, that male Servant with twin guns? It's Emiya Alter. The design of the guns (the blade part) is the same as his twin swords, and there's one chapter mentioning about a hero of justice. That's... some weird design seriously.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on January 01, 2017, 08:16:52 pm
So generic kunoichi's reason for being a woman is that she's from a different dimension. They are literally not even trying to come up with remotely viable reasons anymore. The gimmick about her hating the fact that the gender-flipped servants were gender-flipped just pisses me off. That's hypocritical humor that doesn't work.


Also DW has yet to acknowledge that there was a quartz shop bug where whales didn't get the quartz they bought. The worse thing is that they will completely get away with ignoring it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on January 01, 2017, 08:30:49 pm
The loli who's the focus of the Salem Witch trials has to be Abigail Williams, which is the increasingly rare case of the servant being the correct gender AND age!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on January 02, 2017, 06:14:11 am
More FGO Mats 3 Stuff (http://pastebin.com/egn1mcMc)
Quote
Medb's wish for the grail is to make all good men in the past, present and future her lovers. She doesn't like men who get jealous so Finn doesn't count. Also she doesn't like him to begin with.
Poor Finn, not even the town's bike wants him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 02, 2017, 06:31:05 pm
The loli who's the focus of the Salem Witch trials has to be Abigail Williams, which is the increasingly rare case of the servant being the correct gender AND age!

The age part is not that much important and they usually get it right (though cases like Helena are just weird). Gender though is a problem that it's becoming a bit too often. Enough pandering those that want women just to have a boner ffs. I'm more lucky than Byakko because in my case I wanted Fuuma Kotarou to be male, and I got him male. I would have been really pissed if they had made him female just 'cause. I'm still a bit pissed that Nobunaga is female, but I use the "It comes from a joke scenario that I laughed quite a few times reading it" to accept its existance. And let's not talk about Yorimitsu, which at least we know that the Saber version is male so there's still that (though the canon with Kintoki is that she's female in his universe which fuck it).

Yeah, I am pissed like Byakko. I went to Vagabond just to watch how Musashi should have been done. They had such an easy reference there, yet for some reason they had to make him female. I wonder if it was Higashide, Sakurai or Nasu who designed her. I don't even understand why use genderbend when there's plenty of female material to make Servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on January 02, 2017, 06:49:56 pm
I'd even be okay with gender bent if they had made her better, at least something like extra rider/that pirate chick, but instead we got a generic kunoichi.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on January 02, 2017, 07:03:23 pm
Oh, Sir Francis Drake? That's one with some actual thought in it, because she's really supposed to be Queen Elizabeth under a pseudonym as I understand. Most of these are just "I dunno, tits"
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 04, 2017, 01:36:02 am
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5lujja/datamined_voice_lines_about_new_servants/

So the new update has brought us new voices, and the community instantly datamined them. Just to warn you, it has spoilers about what Servants will appear in the FGO 1.5 release. Putting it here too in spoilers, so you don't have to go through the comments (plus my thoughts about all of it)

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on January 04, 2017, 12:41:03 pm
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5lujja/datamined_voice_lines_about_new_servants/

So the new update has brought us new voices, and the community instantly datamined them. Just to warn you, it has spoilers about what Servants will appear in the FGO 1.5 release. Putting it here too in spoilers, so you don't have to go through the comments (plus my thoughts about all of it)

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty


Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

EDIT:

(http://i.imgur.com/YZsidNr.jpg)


FUCKING FINALLY!!!! And got him in just 2 10-rolls too.

Cleo, Merlin and now based bro. This game's RNG has been loving me for the past few weeks.

Also apparently the Japanese players are so pissed off that DW is still ignoring the quartz bug and not giving them refunds that they've been complaining to consumer affairs since yesterday. It'll only be a short while before the government is involved unless they act fast.

https://fate-go.gamerch.com/%E3%83%90%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E5%A0%B1%E5%91%8A
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 04, 2017, 06:26:54 pm
Well, FGO Mats 3 says Iskandar deeply admires Achilles, so it's not really a surprise here.

Edit:
Quote
(http://i.imgur.com/pJbH8Drm.jpg)
一切をゼロにして死を癒すってアプローチ? 残念だけど、それ、とっくに試されてるから。
The approach of overcoming death by reducing all things to zero? Sorry to say, but that's been tried before.
(http://i.imgur.com/lzXkJu1m.jpg)
冥界の鳥。たおやかなオシリスよ。そなたの理念は千年遅い。その妄念じゃ、古い“一”の考えだ。
O bird of the Underworld, graceful Osiris -- your thinking is a thousand years out-dated. Yours was also the delusion of the Ancient 'I'

Woooooooow, Melty Blood actually hinted the plot of FGO. WTF.

Edit2: And FGO Mats 3 is here.

http://imgur.com/a/0Vmur
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 12, 2017, 12:06:17 pm
So I'm still out of TM and all (I empty my AP bar for FGO once a day but no more effort and no more money, ditched half my friend list), but I wanted to say, I'm reading the Táin Bó Cúailnge and Jesus Christ I want a Rider Cú Chulainn.
So he goes into his Riastrad, you know, legs twisting backward (like a wolf), cheeks peeling back (like a wolf), lion-killing jaw snap, poisonous black blood spouting out like a mist, Super Saiyan hair spiking up, etc., then he gets in his war-chariot (after using a spell to make Láeg, his charioteer, invisible) : "bristling with points of iron and narrow blades, with hooks and hard prongs and heroic frontal spikes, with ripping instruments and tearing nails on its shafts and straps and loops and cords [...] speedy as the wind or as a sallow or a deer darting over the level plain", rushing at the enemy army, tearing up boulders off the ground, circling around them, forming a dike like a fortress wall, and plowing through them, killing an uncountable amount - they only bothered counting the kings and it was 150. It's even given a name, Seisrech Bresligi (Sixfold Slaughter). Basic equipment is his sword and shield (with the brim sharfp enough to decapitate people).
And there's even enough material to make a Caster Cú more relevant than just "oh he picked up the Norse runes from Scáthach", when he uses Ogham runes on an oak branch that he tosses with one hand across the path (the Ath nGabla four forked branch), which even Fergus mac Roích wrecks 14 chariots trying to smash it before using his own chariot to pull it away, and a couple more similar barriers. Hell, he could even work as an Archer, shooting off stones from a hill blowing the brains off 300 soldiers in 3 nights to harass Medb's army while they're trying to circle around the country to find the bull, not counting how he shot a leather ball through the mouth of Culann's demonic dog and destroyed its insides.

Holy fuck, Ireland. (And eat shit, India's Mahabharata)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 12, 2017, 07:41:53 pm
Yeah, Cú's pretty overpowered in his legend, it's a pity that FGO sometimes gives him the image of being weak or not really worth commenting. And glad to see you back, even if for a moment (and those Lancer just died! jokes in Carnival Phantasm also didn't help). I hope you still consider doing story summaries, we really appreciate them. Wasting no money in this game is something good too, a mobage game is not a game you should invest money unless you have a 100% guarantee you'll get what you want, else it's gambling. And even them all the money you adquired will be lost when the service disappears, and I would rather have something that I will always have available.

Btw, I use this chance to promote that King Hassan's gatcha is now out, and I would like to recommend NOT to roll it. It's obviously a bait gatcha, specially taking into account the Valentine event is coming in a month. He's not a bad Servant, but if you have another 5* Assassin or even Carmilla you can skip him. His lore is quite interesting though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 12, 2017, 08:14:13 pm
I hope you still consider doing story summaries, we really appreciate them.
Thanks for the sentiment, but I honestly don't feel like making any effort for anything Type-Moon, that includes probably not caring about the story in the first place - especially seeing the stupid stuff that's cropping up for the 1.5 transition chapters (EMIYA somehow switching to a straight up Black guy with guns, how do you even make up ridiculous shit like that). I just don't see the difference anymore with the ocean of retarded fanfictions on random Internet pages, and I certainly don't want to read that. Unless something really good catches me by surprise, but I probably won't be paying attention and just finish the quests as part of my daily mobage routine (which I share with another game I'll put my effort in).
Hell, I don't even know if I'll roll anything anymore.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 12, 2017, 09:14:04 pm
Well, I can't blame you for stopping, I would have probably done the same had Kotarou or Holmes been a woman too. What they did with Musashi is pandering to the fans, and I deeply hate that concept because it usually shits on any setting or design the creator has done until now because it just sells much more, which is a good reason to do, but don't expect people who seriously liked your series for what it was to be happy about your choice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on January 13, 2017, 02:22:22 am
I had a bad spending adventure with this game this week because of all-chance pressure. $100 and got (relatively) shit rolls. Like, dupe Kerry and my first Sumanai. lol
Then today I rolled Gil with free quartz.

I should thank this game for making me aware of my recent spending issues and getting me Gil as the ultimate compensation as I realized my mistake, but seriously...

I'm still gonna play the game but I'll be ultra careful. I haven't even made much of a dent in Camelot, and considering I zerk-rushed most of the game, I'm in for a wild ride. Like the reality sunk in this very week.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 13, 2017, 10:04:29 am
So, dango rerun.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5npg0l/dango_rerun/

If you were lacking hearts, that's your chance. Guess that's the only thing they could do for the long wait that there is until we reach the Valentine event.

And obviously Orion & Artemis get a rate up. Also they get an animation upgrade which is something they needed, though they also need some help so they're not only useful to deal with males.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on January 13, 2017, 06:20:37 pm


can't wait until shota cu
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on January 15, 2017, 07:53:53 am
Spent my remaining 30 quartz to go for the bait and lo and behold.

(http://i.imgur.com/DPF0CVR.jpg)

Why do I keep getting all these 5-stars in a short amount of time? Am I being pranked?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on January 21, 2017, 01:41:19 pm
Did you want a Dantes event rerun to continue this obvious string of filler before FGO 1.5? No? Well, that's too bad. (https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5p9gx1/dantes_rerun/)

Since this is a high difficulty event, I guess an Ibaraki rerun (that doesn't suck) is possible.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 23, 2017, 08:46:42 am
It would need a total redesign, as the quest had too many problems, like losing everything if you lost the fight. Also I doubt they can fit another event in here, due to this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5p8t35/fgo_talk_event_210117/

Which says that the next story chapters will be released one after the other. The paralel thing means that if a new player joins when all of them are released, he can play those quests in the order he wants. So after Dantes we will get the Valentine event, then maybe Epic of Remnant.

Also, we get full body sprites for Servants that didn't get a chance to fight in the story:

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5pc5rz/sneak_peek_of_servants_full_body_design_holmes/

And yeah, we can expect them to be released as Servants. Jason too surprisingly. They also noted that people are eager to get new 1*-2* Servants, so maybe Jason is put as one. Huge maybe here.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on January 23, 2017, 04:58:30 pm
It would need a total redesign, as the quest had too many problems, like losing everything if you lost the fight. Also I doubt they can fit another event in here, due to this:
All of Ibaraki's raid's glaring mechanical flaws (low BP cap, all or nothing drops, lack of intermediate difficulties) were addressed in Onigashima. Fixing the event would be as simple as copy pasting the newer raid mechanics.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 23, 2017, 09:51:52 pm
Yeah, but what's easier, offering Onigashima again or redesiging and offering Ibaraki's event again? Keep in mind that the most changes they've done to the events that were released again was to lower the requirements for the shop items, maybe make some events available instantly and that's it. Ibaraki's event requires too many changes so players would feel the need to attempt it again.

Also, Ibaraki's event didn't really have anything special other than you fighting Ibaraki over and over again, so it wouldn't be really interesting to play again honestly, and the drops weren't anything special. I myself would rather get Saber Wars, Fate Zero, Onigashima or the Nobunaga event again, if only for getting good materials. Specially Fate Zero having dem good drops.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on January 25, 2017, 10:22:07 pm
So there's a Faker class now? Apparently consisting of body doubles that doubled for other heroes. Iskandar's body double was a woman who was apparently the younger sister of Hephaestion. That's a bit acceptable since Alex was quite a cute shota when he was younger.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on January 25, 2017, 10:48:26 pm
That probably means we will get the Francis Drake double that pretended to be the actual queen
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on January 26, 2017, 12:32:14 am
If we ever see a faker class servant in this game it's probably going to be the false Richard Lionheart from Camelot.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 26, 2017, 10:55:52 pm
So there's a Faker class now? Apparently consisting of body doubles that doubled for other heroes. Iskandar's body double was a woman who was apparently the younger sister of Hephaestion. That's a bit acceptable since Alex was quite a cute shota when he was younger.

I'm quite sure the real Iskandar in his youth wasn't a shota, so not sure how that body double would have worked. But here's the image of how she looks like. She's wearing Iskandar shota clothes:

(http://i.imgur.com/oY8woKA.png)

I suppose if you look at it from a really long distance at a certain bad angle I'm sure you would mistake this Servant as Alexander. It's not like her sex is not well defined, nor her overall body and face resembles Alexander.

Now seriously, so far I haven't seen anything in the Lord El-Melloi thread in Beast Lair that is more clear about this topic, though there's still a lot of pages left to check, so it's a bit early to say anything about this topic. There's a translator doing the novels, though it's going at a slow pace (you can read the first one which has been translated, there's five so far).

But I do appreciate this new class. We can stuff that fake Benkei there that we got for some stupid reason, and finally get the real one which is supposed to be much more powerful in everything. And since we're here, let's also put Musashi there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on January 30, 2017, 04:32:03 pm
The challenge quest is out now

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Uh...pretty lazy, I guess, but I appreciate a battle of endurance every now and then.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on January 30, 2017, 08:09:42 pm
The drops are quite rewarding though.

AND OMG, I FINALLY GOT JACK THE RIPPER WITH A TICKET!! Pretty much done with rolls, I wanted her and that's it. Oh well, gotta waste it when I get enough.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on January 30, 2017, 11:34:14 pm
or wait for new servants, it's weird that we have not gotten wililam wallace yet ocnsiering eh also got stripped naked, humilliated and killed.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on February 22, 2017, 09:00:06 pm
New content at last (https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/5vimzo/epic_of_remnant_shinjuku_singularity_release_24th/)

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 22, 2017, 09:22:31 pm
So Jeanne Alter Saber, Arturia Alter Rider, Emiya Alter whose gun ejects bullet upward even when the gun is turned upside down for some dumbshit reason, headless horsegiant wolf-riding German, ninja Shiryu from the Five Peaks with big rose tattoo and "justice" all over his body, Holmes at last... Well, who knows if the two Alters will actually show up, we know how close to reality the CVs have been (although since it took so long hopefully they made sure the CV wasn't bullshit this time).
Haven't rolled since before Merlin, I have like 120 quartz, maybe I'll roll for Shiryu (and not get him and then give up for good because everything else is garbage).

Oh, they showed Emiya Alter's NP, Unlimited Lost Works

*hurl* I wouldn't be against the Origin bullet doing something like what happened to Shirou at the end of Heaven's Feel, but the big zoom on the bullet, giant blood explosion at the end, yeah, fuck off with your edgelord fanfiction garbage.
Only one screenshot of Saber Alter's new animations, it looks good but come the fuck on, show more.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on February 22, 2017, 09:36:27 pm
Well, who knows if the two Alters will actually show up, we know how close to reality the CVs have been (although since it took so long hopefully they made sure the CV wasn't bullshit this time).
Apparently Salter and Jalter are just redesigns for the video and not new playable servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 22, 2017, 09:41:31 pm
lol seriously ? What a load of shit, they're just completely freestyling it with no one to look over the kids' shoulder anymore. It's just as if they thought the story in the first part was too much of a constraint and now they're letting it loose to do the most random shit. I'm out again.

edit - the intro blurb on ninja Shiryu says he's the gale fist, one of the 108 stars shining in the sky, which means Water Margin. I have a version of it, still haven't actually read it, but Wikipedia says there are some notable guys among them that had flower tattoos. Glad to see some Suikoden getting in there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 23, 2017, 04:10:25 pm
According to some people, the old man is Freischütz, a marksman from a German Legend.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freisch%C3%BCtz

And as for the Chinese Assassin, the majority agree that he's Yan Qing from Water Margin because of the tattoos. And as for the last one, haven't seen anybody reaching any other conclusion apart from the obvious one being Headless Horseman... though he's not precisely riding a horse here.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 23, 2017, 04:22:07 pm
On the old man, I'm more curious about the spider web motif. It's rare to see that in any legend.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on February 23, 2017, 04:46:12 pm
Headless Horseman
I heard that its supposed to be Dullahan
Although some people also said that the wolf itself is the servant and that it might be Fenrir but Dullahan seems more likely
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 23, 2017, 04:48:06 pm
The name of his NP is clearly German, although I can't be bothered to look up what it means or how you spell it. Frieren schalfrichter or something like that, give or take an l/r and a c. Nothing remotely Celtic.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on February 23, 2017, 04:50:23 pm
IIRC its broken german for Frozen Executioner or something like that
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 23, 2017, 05:12:30 pm
Oh, then that's... frieren scharfrichter ?
Hang on, you knew that the NP was in German but you still thought it was Dullahan ? Dullahan is Irish myth, not German.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on February 23, 2017, 05:15:20 pm
Ah fuck,you're right
Quick wiki search also says there are 2 german Headless Riders so then its probably one of em
Shucks,I kinda wanted a Dullahan
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on February 23, 2017, 05:36:59 pm
On the old man, I'm more curious about the spider web motif. It's rare to see that in any legend.

Moriarty is associated with spider webs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 23, 2017, 05:57:46 pm
He is ? That's... that's disappointingly boring.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on February 23, 2017, 06:08:20 pm
Holmes is a main character in this story. What did you expect?

Pretty much everyone is guessing he's either Moriarty, Conan Doyle or being both persons at the same time (not the first time Nasu did this kind of thing).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Prime SC on February 23, 2017, 06:09:58 pm
Theres no way to download this for your phone in america?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on February 23, 2017, 06:14:09 pm
Well yeah, of course there is

How do you think we've been playing it

Search for QooApp
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on February 23, 2017, 06:21:31 pm
Be careful not to download the chinese version.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 24, 2017, 02:14:36 pm
Oh, so apparently there's a new mechanic. Now we have a purple bar as health apart from the red one. It's there to prevent you from killing the boss in just one insane combo. If you surpass the purple health bar, you get a Break and do 0 damage until next turn. I suppose that's the only way they can prevent Buster Brave combos with crits with Merlin.

Btw, equip Evil Servants. No doubt about it. You get an insane amount of BP for them.

--------------

Edit: So apparently the old man was truly James Moriarty. So hopefully, someone can tell me how the fuck is he able to do this...

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

I mean, it's really cool and all, but how am I supposed to swallow that he turns like that as a Servant...

Btw, his NP is Catastrophe Crime.

Edit2: Oh, and the other two Servants are Hessian Lobo AKA King of Currumpaw (Wolf) and unsurprisingly Yan Qing. Yeah, the Servant is the wolf in the first case. Btw, moveset and NP here, alongside ugly Emiya:

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Edit3: And last edit, and one with bad news. The only reward we get from this story is a grail. Emiya (Alter) is a 4* Story Servant. Since the current gatcha I believe is not story gatcha, feel free to roll instead of beating the story first.

Back to crap rewards I guess.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 24, 2017, 11:54:31 pm
Hey hey hey

http://i.imgur.com/kDX96Mq.jpg

Someone hated the Emiya design so much they barfed all over him. And Emiya started screaming at how disgusting it was but ended up showering in it.
(I'm also realizing, those are probably meant to be / remind you of handcuffs on his wrists, aren't they) (also chains on the UBW gears)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on February 25, 2017, 12:10:22 am
is emiya's the worse design yet ? I mean, as inapropiate as miyamotos is, at least it's good looking.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on February 25, 2017, 01:04:04 am
He reminds me so hard of Pucci from JoJo...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on February 25, 2017, 01:14:12 am
Pucci was fine, he was a random entry in the usual JoJo fabulous line, who just happened to be dark skinned with white hair - and in typical JoJo fashion, his hair wasn't just on the top/side/back of his skull, it was spilling on his face (these weird line sideburns) and his eyebrows, making him so random it was unique - so not a stereotype. This is so tryhard edgy gangsta garbage : nearly shaved cut with those lines above his ear, black, guns (dual wielding), handcuffs, bullet zoom, explosion of blood, some sort of meaningful tattoo in the back - this is just a compilation of every single terrible edgy gangsta stereotypes, it's the stock image you'd expect to find in a dictionary entry of "gangsta". It's a problem because it's all of this at once, Pucci is only one third of that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on February 25, 2017, 01:38:19 am
On the bright side, the awful ascension art makes the base design a bit more palatable. How did the Emiya/featherweight Darius hybrid devolve into an edgy Mukai rip-off?

(http://i.imgur.com/bvBSzBe.jpg)

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on February 25, 2017, 08:18:26 am
Pucci was fine, he was a random entry in the usual JoJo fabulous line, who just happened to be dark skinned with white hair - and in typical JoJo fashion, his hair wasn't just on the top/side/back of his skull, it was spilling on his face (these weird line sideburns) and his eyebrows, making him so random it was unique - so not a stereotype. This is so tryhard edgy gangsta garbage : nearly shaved cut with those lines above his ear, black, guns (dual wielding), handcuffs, bullet zoom, explosion of blood, some sort of meaningful tattoo in the back - this is just a compilation of every single terrible edgy gangsta stereotypes, it's the stock image you'd expect to find in a dictionary entry of "gangsta". It's a problem because it's all of this at once, Pucci is only one third of that.

And Pucci still had some charm, honestly. Emiya Alter is just unlikeable. They clearly didn't know what to do with him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on April 15, 2017, 08:55:01 pm
https://twitter.com/tononet/status/853319585688240128

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9eZnupUMAA5Ege.jpg)

Whelp. Hopefully they don't IP block us on the JP servers because there's no way in hell am I spending more than a year for a miniscule chance to roll for all my servants again.

EDIT: It seems the guy who leaked the announcement had these to say.

Quote
>April announcement with Summer release.
>Seperate server
>No altered art
>No dub
>Seperate schedule to other versions
>Main story is priority, followed by seasonal events, followed by misc. events
>4-5 Orders out by year's end, EoR cleared before 2.0 ends in Japan
>No bans
>No account transfers

Oh thank god.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on April 15, 2017, 09:14:38 pm
Quote
- no bans
Only thing that mattered to me.

I hope someone dumps the translation on a pastebin because, eh not gonna start all over just for the story.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on April 15, 2017, 09:21:30 pm
https://twitter.com/tononet/status/853325023808937984

Quote
No current plans for a English patch but they will still consider it!

YES YES YES!  DO IT DO IT DO IT!!!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 15, 2017, 09:41:30 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMx3LY-ZMXs
Trailer's already there
In case anyone was wondering,
"Agateram"
Yeah, that's Alaster all over again. Not even bothering. At least there's no English dub (the Fire Emblem Heroes dub is so bad, with rare exceptions)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on April 15, 2017, 10:03:07 pm
Quote
-Mash
-Altria


LMAO. Quality translation there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on April 15, 2017, 10:18:31 pm
You cannot transfer accounts, so most likely none of us will go to the US version, unless you're willing to go through gatcha and story again, and hell naw I will do that (already got a Jack and no way I'm going through this again).

At least there's no bans, though afaik DW is not suicidal when making decisions, and banning part of your fanbase would have been a bad idea, specially when they contributed with a lot of money (but then again some companies do make those stupid decisions so that was still a possibility).

And yeah, the translations are meh, the name of the story chapters suffers from the same. Don't expect anything stellar from it honestly.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on April 16, 2017, 03:06:36 am
https://twitter.com/tononet/status/853319585688240128

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9eZnupUMAA5Ege.jpg)

Whelp. Hopefully they don't IP block us on the JP servers because there's no way in hell am I spending more than a year for a miniscule chance to roll for all my servants again.

EDIT: It seems the guy who leaked the announcement had these to say.

Quote
>April announcement with Summer release.
>Seperate server
>No altered art
>No dub
>Seperate schedule to other versions
>Main story is priority, followed by seasonal events, followed by misc. events
>4-5 Orders out by year's end, EoR cleared before 2.0 ends in Japan
>No bans
>No account transfers

Oh thank god.

Yes, finally. Shit no dub.

Finally I can get my hands on a Fate game past Extella to chew on for once.

God this may replace Fire Emblem Heroes for me but I don't know how to keep my data on that game...
Why does my phone have such shit memory?

Quote
-Mash
-Altria


LMAO. Quality translation there.

Really? I know Blue Saber is usually called ALOT of different names in the English version(including that one), but atleast stick with Artoria or Arturia please...especially since Fate/Extella went with I believe the former.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on April 16, 2017, 06:02:33 pm
https://twitter.com/tononet/status/853325023808937984

Quote
No current plans for a English patch but they will still consider it!

YES YES YES!  DO IT DO IT DO IT!!!
Uh, that's a polite no. It'd stupid to expect an English patch.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on April 16, 2017, 06:24:18 pm
Quote
-Mash
-Altria


LMAO. Quality translation there.

Really? I know Blue Saber is usually called ALOT of different names in the English version(including that one), but atleast stick with Artoria or Arturia please...especially since Fate/Extella went with I believe the former.

As I recall Altria's the official translation of OG Seibah's name. Everyone just says Arturia because it rolls off the tongue better.

Also, Mash is at least better than Matthew.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 16, 2017, 06:45:00 pm
official translation of OG Seibah's name
There's like 15 of those. They keep changing it, be it straight from Type-Moon/Nasu, the books that they put out (whoever it is that actually writes those), or the games and content that somehow get officially ported to the West (doesn't Extella have Artoria ?). They legit have no idea what they're doing, nobody involved in any of it does.
IINM Nasu's version of it is Artoria because he based it off the "Artorius" => plural : "gens Artoria" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artorius) family that actually existed in that time period, with bonus Lucius Artorius Castus being a potential historical source of King Arthur (he specifically gave that explanation in some fairly recent book). Except he doesn't realize that it's a family name (not to mention plural) and the given name that also exists is Arturus, so there's no question that the feminine version of it really should be Arturia (well, I'm not big on Latin names, but it's the closest intersection between Type-Moon and History). Altria is just plain fucking stupid trolling. I don't even believe they'll keep it (if that's what they really have, I don't know where Benz saw it).
Matthew was never a thing. One artist made a mistake and it was specifically changed back to Mash when the event had its rerun. It's Mash.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on April 16, 2017, 09:25:34 pm
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
I dunno man, hundreds of merch article use the name, including my FGO Stage 3 Saber nendo. (https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0qdjqynkpKY/V6se-P5JI6I/AAAAAAAAAXc/6gmb1goprMMs2Lm30XE4QXfQmL3HsrWqgCLcB/s1600/Altria%2BPendragon%2Bbox.jpg)

I'll stick to that if that's what's really ending up official,  even if Extella stuck with Artoria. At least it'll make me stop calling her Artorias by accident. lmao
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 16, 2017, 09:30:16 pm
Oh, I know that this translation is actually present in some goodies and books, but it's a troll translation. Some people were paid to do a shit job, they didn't care, they popped the first thing they could think of, some of them probably don't see the problem with it, but.... it's just a troll translation.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Rai Tei on April 21, 2017, 11:58:31 am
Anyone know if there is a way to recover your lost account?
Somehow I didn't link my account with my Google Play.
So when I got my phone replaced by repairs, I lost my save  :lugoi:
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on April 21, 2017, 04:18:08 pm
If you didn't make a bind code then you're only best bet is to contact DW themselves.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 21, 2017, 04:34:03 pm
There's a form for that, you have to give as much info as you can (name of your Master, last few Servants pulled with date, payment record if you bought any quartz...) but yeah, seriously, you have to create a bind code. Google Play or Facebook binding is not supported.
You'll find the url to the form with instruction on the subreddit, I'm pretty sure.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Rai Tei on April 22, 2017, 02:05:15 pm
Using the form requires knowing Japanese, right?
For filling in the answers and such.

I'll try that first, if else I'll see if anyone can help me with it.
Thanks for the info :)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Rai Tei on April 30, 2017, 01:40:22 am
Bump for update on my situation.
They gave me a new code after some mail exchange.

Thanks for helping! :)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 01, 2017, 11:21:06 pm
Good for you, I suggest you write it physically and keep it in a safe place, so it doesn't happen again.

Btw, CCC event is here, and I see somebody managed to get Meltlilith, judging by the support list (and wow you're fast at leveling her). Me too, including Suzuha. I can finally give the middle finger to the summer event for giving me absolutely nothing. Too bad no Passionlip, but I can't really complain here as a F2P.

Btw, holy moly Meltlilith NP generation. I can easily spam her NP without assistance.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dycize on May 02, 2017, 03:33:28 am
I can't speak for Suzuka but both alter-egos seem like quite solid servants.
I managed to nab NP3 Passionlip and she's BBBAQ with BNP, she also also some tanky skills and a taunt. Her Q and A cards are also pretty good! She has presence concealment too... In fact, they both have a laundry list of passive. Magic resist, independant action, divinity with *more* debuff resist... The only difference is that Melt has Riding (and her NP also boosts her quicks...) and Passion has presence concealment (of all things).

The main missions of the event can be pretty brutal tho, particularly for some (like me) who rushed through the story to get here. Thankfully farming is much more lax (and when you get the buffs from the roulette... Hmmm +50% atk ups for the party).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on May 02, 2017, 06:21:10 am
(https://scontent.ftrc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/18193431_1677203489242911_1178472388385737446_o.jpg?oh=a4dc540124c8aabac75a6961122943c8&oe=5978A772)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on May 02, 2017, 08:05:27 am
Oh, I saw this on reddit. A team with Servants that have huge breasts. Invincible!

Edit: Oh, it seems they didn't include the weight of Meltlilith's high heels in her measurements, but they added it for her height, which ends up in a bizarre result of 190cm tall and a weight of only 33kg. Those who have Passionlip, how does this work for her?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dycize on May 02, 2017, 01:43:51 pm
Passionlip is 156cm tall, with a weight of 1ton. Her hands are definitely factored in here. Strange that Melt does not have her full weight then hm.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on May 24, 2017, 07:22:15 pm
Well, finally there is some news about Fate Grand Order Global and it's a campaign to hit as much likes as you can in which people coming in can get Star Quartz, Hero Crystals, Friend Points, Craft Essence, Blaze of Wisdom and at 20K likes a Saber Lily summon

http://news.mmosite.com/content/2017-05-23/fategrand_order_invites_you_to_unlock_rewards_for_upcoming_launch.shtml

The actual Facebook link to the main page of Fate Grand Order Global: https://www.facebook.com/FateGO.USA

I wonder how hard people will go for Scathath when she's released here compared to Japan lol.

EDIT: Reading from the F/GO Reddit, they already hit 30K likes but the Quartz stack regardless...I guess this is for any future campaigns they do then or if they keep making the rewards stack.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on June 18, 2017, 06:08:03 am
F/GO is coming to America on June 25th.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 26, 2017, 08:59:16 pm
Tried this game and I'm liking it so far. Is there a way to reroll or am I stuck with what I got? I really want Jeanne, but was I able to get D'Eon, Emiya, and Tamamo Cat with my free Quartz, not to a 5* and some 4* Crafting Essences.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on June 26, 2017, 10:37:45 pm
Did you try deleting the app and redownloading?


Giving this a shot too, but not too sure if I'll stick on the long run. There's a lot of things to manage and I need to keep reminding myself that Heroes was generous and this one won't be as much.

I'm too deep in to reroll now. Just going to hope I luck out.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on June 26, 2017, 10:50:02 pm
I can tell you from well documented experience that this one is already more generous then it was comparatively for the Japanese players at the start

There was no guaranteed four star pull on a 10 roll and the quartz requirement was 40 instead of 30

And I already pulled my warfu Atilla with the free quartz they gave out so there must be some kind of rate adjustment, maybe for the launch period

A four or five star is going to breeze you through the early game but God help you if you pull somebody who need ascension materials that can't be farmed until later chapters
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 26, 2017, 10:58:29 pm
Yeah good luck rolling Ozymandias or Lancer Arturia as your one and only 5* lol
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on June 26, 2017, 11:17:00 pm
They also give you a free 4* of your choosing if you play the game before July 31. When they'll give it to us nobody knows.


I got Waver in just three rerolls. Waiting for the free 4* to get Herc.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 26, 2017, 11:18:29 pm
Eh, I already got through the Prologue Chapter in Fuyuki and already at the Jeanne Alter Chapter in Orleans. I might as well just stick with what I got at this point.

I heard that certain Servants aren't available to be summoned through the Story Banner until certain parts of the story are completed. So here's hoping that I wouldn't have been able to roll a Jeanne regardless if I have rerolled if I haven't gotten to Orleans yet.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 26, 2017, 11:50:12 pm
If the NA release has the same unlocks as the Japanese version you're not missing on much.
http://fategrandorder.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Unlockable_Servant
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on June 27, 2017, 01:16:56 am
Can you get 5* in the forced summon? I managed to get Vlad but I come from another gacha where you hoard premium currency for certain events so I don't really want to use a second 10x pull if I don't need to.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 27, 2017, 01:45:51 am
From what I heard, you can't get a 5* off the forced Summoning in the tutorial.

Anyways, saved another 30 Quartz and was able to get Berserker/Hercules. I'm ok with that, but still no Jeanne though...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on June 27, 2017, 01:55:07 am
Ahh okay, that's ratshit but I can roll with that. I read that Vlad is dependent on other 5* units so I'll go with something else.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 27, 2017, 02:15:03 am
Vlad relies heavily on Tamamo to shine (another 5*) and she won't be added to the game 'till Halloween.

BTW Jeanne starts great but she will get powercreeped pretty badly. She just recently got a buff on the japanese version that makes her okay again.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on June 27, 2017, 02:19:18 am
It's been a real snooze going through this early game again, I don't know if I have it in me for a second time even with the quality of life improvements.

Really wish they'd just pulled a Granblue and just patched the main game with English support
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on June 27, 2017, 02:23:08 am
Did you try deleting the app and redownloading?


Giving this a shot too, but not too sure if I'll stick on the long run. There's a lot of things to manage and I need to keep reminding myself that Heroes was generous and this one won't be as much.

I'm too deep in to reroll now. Just going to hope I luck out.

Luckily, I'm far enough in the game I'm playing(Brave Exvius) in which I can take time off meanwhile to play another mobile game on the side.

re-rolling for Artoria, Altera or Jeanne is such a pain though.

It's been a real snooze going through this early game again, I don't know if I have it in me for a second time even with the quality of life improvements.

Really wish they'd just pulled a Granblue and just patched the main game with English support

Don't you still need to get the JPN version though to get the ENG translation?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on June 27, 2017, 02:24:47 am
?

Nah, they're completely separate apps. They did the same thing when they released the Chinese version
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on June 27, 2017, 02:29:46 am
?

Nah, they're completely separate apps. They did the same thing when they released the Chinese version

Mhm...thanks for that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on June 27, 2017, 03:35:40 am
Finally gotten my first SSR...Waver.

He knew that I was a fan of Dynasty Warriors and made himself known before Artoria, Jeanne or Altera.

Fine...I'll stick with him since I was beginning to work with any servant SSR at this rate and now, I have the SSR that will make any of my Servant dream teams work.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Urrnge on June 27, 2017, 06:31:31 am
So I got the English version yesterday. Actually being able to understand what the hell is going on and knowing what button does what right away is always a good thing. There are a few typos though, but it doesn't really bother me all that much. Thankfully I didn't have to do any re-rolling since I got Altera on the second roll. Never gonna get that lucky ever again.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on June 28, 2017, 04:35:42 pm
Well, France is exactly how I remember it.

I nagged Carmilla and Martha from the tutorial summon, and the free Saber Lily been's helpful too.

If any ya'll wanna add me, feel free: 593265950
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 03, 2017, 07:46:05 am
The story and production value of this mobile game is actually really good and basically puts others like Heroes and Brave Exvius to shame. Considering the good stuff I read about some of the later chapters like Camelot being impressive story wise, it just makes me want to play more to get it.

It also helps that I pulled my first 5* in Altera. It's not Jeanne, but I'm not complaining at all.

Here's my ID if you want to add me as well: 699722371
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 03, 2017, 09:46:40 am
Hm, I guess I've been deep enough into this.
Mine's 418530100
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 04, 2017, 04:57:42 am
So we're a week into the english release of the game, how are you guys coping?

I finished the story about 2 days ago and I've been grinding EXP since. Now I'm trying to get materials for my Artoria.
Here are some screenshots of my team and box.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
As you can see, I love berserkers.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: ,mem on July 04, 2017, 04:58:43 am
There are no screenshots so I think you messed up the link or something.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 04, 2017, 08:05:56 am
I'm in a crossroad right now. I'm trying to choose between farming for XP in that daily mission or doing the Free quests from the completed story missions to get some quartz.

Also what are some notable 1-3* servants to shoot for?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on July 04, 2017, 08:12:44 am
Cú Chulainn.

Alternatively, Cú Chulainn.

Seriously though, all the OG Fate servants are pretty solid, even Kojiro after you grail him.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 04, 2017, 09:30:56 am
I'm trying to figure out if that's a reference to him having a Caster and Prototype variant....
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 04, 2017, 09:58:25 am
What's a good method of EXP farming? My servants have literally been stuck in the 20s for some time now and EXP cards are hard to come by.

Also I just found out about the Daily missions today, so I feel like an idiot if that's the way to farm EXP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 04, 2017, 10:27:13 am
Yeah in daily quests you want to do ember gatherings. All enemies drop EXP cards.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 04, 2017, 11:54:48 am
Would be nice if the game itself actually told you about it. I found it by accident and it's not like there's an indication that's where the dailies are.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 04, 2017, 06:21:02 pm
I'm in a crossroad right now. I'm trying to choose between farming for XP in that daily mission or doing the Free quests from the completed story missions to get some quartz.

Also what are some notable 1-3* servants to shoot for?
Lancer Cu, Leonidas, Hans Christian Andersen, Euryale (extremely useful, but won't come out until Okeanos, I think), Arash and Ushiwakamaru.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 05, 2017, 12:51:52 am
The story and production value of this mobile game is actually really good and basically puts others like Heroes and Brave Exvius to shame. Considering the good stuff I read about some of the later chapters like Camelot being impressive story wise, it just makes me want to play more to get it.

It also helps that I pulled my first 5* in Altera. It's not Jeanne, but I'm not complaining at all.

Here's my ID if you want to add me as well: 699722371

Eh...

But I have had more fun with this game than FEH, that's for certain. Brave Exvius is mixed.
I have yet to finish because I'm still in Orleans and more playing other games atm.
I have Waver but yeah like some of the others, I was hoping for Artoria(Altria...ugh), Altera or Jeanne instead.

My ID if anyone cares: 450508582
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 05, 2017, 02:37:44 am
I'll add you, always like Waver friends. You should add Waver to your ALL category in Support Setup
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 05, 2017, 04:20:32 am
I'll add you, always like Waver friends. You should add Waver to your ALL category in Support Setup

Yeah, I'm still figuring out the kinks to the support stuff.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 05, 2017, 06:03:46 am
I honestly don't get what the backlash is regarding the whole Altria/Artoria thing. I remember reading a few official spellings from Type-Moon coming out as "Altria" like the one from the Japanese version of Fate/Extella. I just think the localization team was informed by Type-Moon themselves that "Altria" is indeed the canon spelling of her name, same way that Mashu/Matthew ending up being "Mash". I believe it's just another "lost in translation" kind of thing and Type-Moon wanted to end the debate.

Anyways, I need a good Rider servant. Anyone got some recommendations?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 05, 2017, 06:30:47 am
I'm in a crossroad right now. I'm trying to choose between farming for XP in that daily mission or doing the Free quests from the completed story missions to get some quartz.

Also what are some notable 1-3* servants to shoot for?
Lancer Cu, Leonidas, Hans Christian Andersen, Euryale (extremely useful, but won't come out until Okeanos, I think), Arash and Ushiwakamaru.
Cool and I have most of these. Have to keep them in mind when I XP farm.

I'll add you, always like Waver friends. You should add Waver to your ALL category in Support Setup
Or just put him in your Caster slot. Not like they're going to use any of your other Casters.

Like I did.

Anyways, I need a good Rider servant. Anyone got some recommendations?
I've been using Medusa and she's worked pretty well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 05, 2017, 08:32:24 am
As soon as you said that, I was able to summon Medusa with the summon ticket I exchanged with my Mana Prisms.

With that I was going to pick Marie Antionette as my free 4* when that event comes out, but I now I might change to picking Elizabeth or Carmilla.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 05, 2017, 09:11:50 am
I honestly don't get what the backlash is regarding the whole Altria/Artoria thing.
Not that shit again. Search for Altria  in this topic.
Type-Moon most certainly did not tell them the correct way was Altria. Nasu confirmed he intended it to be Artoria (but he's wrong too).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: SNT on July 05, 2017, 03:37:04 pm
Is this available outside of America yet?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 05, 2017, 04:38:16 pm
Of course, you've even missed the launch event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 06, 2017, 10:58:16 am
So daily quests have half AP costs, you get a lot of upgrade items and there's a banner with Gil.

Oh and that choose a 4* thing.

BTW, what's the recommended 4*s besides Heracles?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 06, 2017, 11:00:32 am
I chose Carmilla over Elisabeth cause I already have Lancer Cu.

If you already have Heracles, I say go for Archer Emiya.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 06, 2017, 12:38:54 pm
I got Herc, wasted all my quartz for 0 Gils (I got the boosted Archer lady though) and I'm planning on throwing everything into EXP quests.

Gonna be busy to say the least.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on July 06, 2017, 02:41:40 pm
Yay finally got Herc too. Storing all of the quartz to spend it all on Iskander once the F/Z event comes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nanashi_1337 on July 07, 2017, 01:47:41 pm
Herk is a good Servant to grab, as it can lessen the biggest problem of Berserkers, which is their survivability, thanks to his dodge, his BatCon and his Bond CE that gives him even more BatCon. Carmilla is also a good option, specially with how little gold Assassins we have that are not limited. She's really good IMO, I still stick with her in the Japanese version. Apart from that, EMIYA is also good after he gets all the upgrades, but he needs a lot of love to turn him good. Once you do, he has a lot of good options.

And as for the rest, Elizabeth is much better as support than attacker, Stheno sucks, d'Eon is a tank that will lose effectiveness in the future but early in the game he/she's pretty good, Marie is LOVE, Siegfried is just average in all regards, Tamamo Cat is an okay AoE Berserker at this point of the game and Martha is an excellent debuff/buff removal Servant and that's all she's good at.

And I'm glad to see the English release has attracted new people, it's a fun game IMO.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on July 20, 2017, 02:10:47 am
Since Fate/Extella's coming to the switch, NA F/GO's gonna have an event for that (https://webview.fate-go.us/2017/extella_release_celebration/) after the Gilgamesh campaign.

Fate/Extella CE, the Spiritron portraits CEs, and the Fate/Extra outfit are confirmed, nothing about a gacha yet.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on July 21, 2017, 09:49:11 pm
Nero Festival starting on the 25th for the American release. (https://webview.fate-go.us/2017/nerofest_colosseumofvictory/)

Particular items of note: Infinity Gears, Forbidden Pages, Homuculus Babies, and Meteor Horseshoes are in the event shop. They aren't farmable anywhere in the game currently.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dark Waifu on July 29, 2017, 03:08:00 am
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DF18L4YUMAA2OfH.jpg)
https://twitter.com/trademark_bot/status/891004847121682434

https://youtu.be/0dPmbah0wLs trailer
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on July 29, 2017, 05:54:07 am
So is it basically Dissidia Arcade but for Fate? Is Shielder the only real justification for calling in Grand Order?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 29, 2017, 07:36:57 am
I'm guessing it's a card system like Dragonball Heroes and you can summon your servants with RL datacards etc.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on July 29, 2017, 07:43:47 am
Hmm, so not likely to be something that'll ever see the light of day outside Japan I'm guessing
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dark Waifu on July 29, 2017, 12:25:23 pm
First set of Summer 2017 Servants revealed
Nobunaga
Nitocris
Saber Alter

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DF4gOfVVYAAj85H.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DF4gY3FUMAAvSkZ.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DF4garsUIAAJcFW.jpg)
https://twitter.com/BuchicOloth/status/891186744099352577


Also the genre of the arcade game is "Heroic Spirit Summoning Team Battle"
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 29, 2017, 12:50:52 pm
Hmm, so not likely to be something that'll ever see the light of day outside Japan I'm guessing
Another thing holding it back would be the SEGA involvement, since modern SEGA arcade games rarely leave Japan.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on July 30, 2017, 06:19:25 am
For those still playing the Japanese version, here's a recap of the 2nd Anniversary stream
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DF9KSVIUIAA_zm8.jpg)

Can't wait to blow all that quartz on Holmes
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 30, 2017, 07:04:42 am
For those still playing the Japanese version, here's a recap of the 2nd Anniversary stream
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DF9KSVIUIAA_zm8.jpg)

Can't wait to blow all that quartz on Holmes

Is that the 3rd Ruler class finally showing up? No seriously, I know it was Jeanne than a long while after, Shirou Kotomine was the second Ruler and now it's Holmes right?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on July 30, 2017, 07:10:04 am
3rd 5 star, you mean? Boxing Martha is also a ruler
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 30, 2017, 08:23:09 am
3rd 5 star, you mean? Boxing Martha is also a ruler

Shirou isn't a 5 star ruler?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on July 30, 2017, 08:25:05 am
No, Shirou is a 5 star

Holmes is the 4th ruler over all and the 3rd 5 star ruler
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on July 31, 2017, 01:00:10 pm
Holmes is a very bad unit. Only roll for him if you like him as a character .
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dark Waifu on August 02, 2017, 01:58:51 pm
And the surprise was...



1 star Riyo Paul Bunyan
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on August 02, 2017, 03:11:53 pm
This anniversary ended up even worse than the last one. Wtf is DW doing?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on August 09, 2017, 02:20:19 am
Japan has a swimsuit race event with rate ups for Caster Nero, Saber Frankenstein, Berserker Nobunaga, and Assassin Nitocris, with Rider Ishtarin as a welfare servant. (http://view.fate-go.jp/2017/2017summer/)

North America has the Orleans rate up for Jeanne, Sumanai, D'eon, Kiyohime, and Saber Gilles. Also half-price dailies. (http://fate-go.us/news/?article_id=44594)

(https://i.redd.it/q4ei0d61tkez.jpg)


Orleans servant discussion in spoiler

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Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on August 09, 2017, 05:16:47 am
Are we doing the thing where we compare versions 2 years apart, especially when we're a week removed from Nerofest?

Edit: So NA had a Half-AP event that was supposed to last 2 days but barely survived the first. They then took it down completely because it was an error and issued a SQ as an apology. Haha, the devs are a bunch of cockteases. I'm not mad that I was planning on farming Dailies for Caster monuments.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on August 14, 2017, 03:13:54 am
Rip Half-AP event... all I wanted was to farm Berserker statues.

Plus side, we have an expected arrival date for the Moon Goddess Event Pre-launch Campaign: the 17th. (https://www.facebook.com/FateGO.USA/posts/1021710937984939:0)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on August 14, 2017, 07:04:08 am
I ended up pulling Jeanne a few days ago trying for Medusa dupes.

I'm happy as hell considering Jeanne was one of the 3 units I wanted to grab before staying with Waver at the start.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on August 27, 2017, 07:50:13 pm
Okeanos is coming to Global soon confirmed: https://twitter.com/BlueSpade70226/status/901555500248006656

And I got Artoria Alter so I'm really set for it now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on August 29, 2017, 09:54:56 pm
Damn, did this thread die something fierce?

https://www.facebook.com/FateGO.USA/videos/1031117717044261/

We are getting the 1m download campaign which includes plenty of goodies(if we get the shares and likes...which we probably already gotten by now) and a chance at getting Kintoki, increased rates at Salter and Martha and maybe a few more.

Hoping it includes the Da Vinci shop bonuses despite meaning now I gotta grind for Mana Prisms...shit.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on August 29, 2017, 11:58:02 pm
Ayy Kintoki. He's pretty good, he hits like a truck, can charge his NP bar (up to 50% at skill level 10), and has a heal. Also his NP pierces defense (F u Gawain) and can stun. Not particularly survivable though, so there's that.

Saber Alter has basically the same kit as her unaltered self but she's a four-star and has E-rank Charisma.

Martha's okay. She has okay heals but gets powercreeped something bad when Tamamo and Medea Lily come out. She gets a buff to Miracle and a targeted defense down as strengthening quests though, so there's that.


SPoilered for unconfirmed rumors
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Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on September 12, 2017, 07:56:05 pm
Fuyuki pickup summon is coming, now's the chance to get all your favorite Fate/Stay Night servants. (https://webview.fate-go.us/2017/fuyuki_pickup_summon/)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on September 12, 2017, 08:01:15 pm
Used up a single ticket for shits and giggles and got Kintoki. LOL.


Now back to farming petals in the Japanese version.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 13, 2017, 01:49:16 am
Dammit I emptied the safe and I didn't get much of anything. (although I got a few 3 stars up to NP5)

Damn you.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 13, 2017, 08:45:16 am
While trying to get Kintoki I got Hercules and Martha somehow
Got some 4* and 5* CEs too but thats it
Honestly this game is so much more likeable now that I don't have to look up the wiki every few seconds to see what skills and CEs do what
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 13, 2017, 12:00:19 pm
I did get a couple of Zecchan CEs, they look pretty useful.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on September 20, 2017, 02:37:22 am
https://www.facebook.com/FateGO.USA/videos/1041867729302593/ (https://www.facebook.com/FateGO.USA/videos/1041867729302593/)

OKEANOS IS COMIN' LADS


Also a PV

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on September 21, 2017, 11:17:10 pm
http://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=/iframe/2017/0921_facebook_campaign/

Since the FGO USA Facebook page has over 100,000 followers, they're giving out 10 quartz.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 22, 2017, 04:15:51 pm
One good thing about the US release is that I get to reuse all my old memes again
Like
(https://i.imgur.com/bJGpKf0.jpg)
Also hype for okeanos,I just finished Roma like 2 days ago
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 29, 2017, 10:34:42 pm
Okeanos is here
ANd uhhh
(https://i.imgur.com/0Hy9wHt.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ns12bKY.jpg)
I liked Blackbeard far more when I thought he was just a weeb pirate cause I couldn't read moonrunes
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on September 29, 2017, 11:56:00 pm
Oh nooo
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 30, 2017, 12:41:18 am
I rolled on the pickup and got Emiya, David and 2 copies of Euryale =D
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on September 30, 2017, 01:18:13 am

(https://archive-media.nyafuu.org/wsr/image/1451/88/1451882173413.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 30, 2017, 01:42:54 am
I rolled on the pickup and got Emiya, David and 2 copies of Euryale =D
I'm not rolling until I finish Okeanos,I wanna properly "unlock" the servants before I summon them and not possibly fuck myself over
Oh nooo

They also translated his "wwwwwwww" into "Lol rofl lmao" and he also speaks in memes like "u mad bro?" and "Over 9000"
why
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 30, 2017, 02:48:05 am
why
Because it's correct.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on September 30, 2017, 03:19:25 am
He is supposed to be a 2chan shitposter in the original version, right?

Even then why over 9000. Nobody uses that on image boards anymore...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on September 30, 2017, 11:31:39 am
why
Because it's correct.
I meant more like "Why did they even write him like that in the first place"
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on September 30, 2017, 06:08:24 pm
He is supposed to be a 2chan shitposter in the original version, right?

Even then why over 9000. Nobody uses that on image boards anymore...

Blackbeard seems like the kind of guy who's trying too hard to fit in and ends up using outdated memes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on October 01, 2017, 03:51:45 am
I rolled on the pickup and got Emiya, David and 2 copies of Euryale =D
I'm not rolling until I finish Okeanos,I wanna properly "unlock" the servants before I summon them and not possibly fuck myself over
Probably for the best, I didn't roll until I finished the story either.

Also, got Hector on my free 10x FP pull so I guess Hector, David and Euryale are in the FP pool as well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on October 04, 2017, 05:12:37 am
NA News: Another upcoming Okeanos banner (http://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=%2Fiframe%2F2017%2F1005_okeanos_pickup2%2F), featuring Orion, Best Basaka, Medea Lily, David, Euryale, and Hector.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on October 04, 2017, 01:04:31 pm
Since I have Stheno and Medusa already,I'd really like Euryale to complete snake sisters gang
Hector too kinda since I like his design as it reminds me of my father
Already have Herc and he's a powerhouse so another few to up his NP wouldn't hurt
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on October 06, 2017, 05:20:27 pm
NA News: Half AP event for the Ember Gatherings from 10/10 to 10/17. (http://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=/iframe/2017/1006_ember_gathering/)

The Okeanos gacha also ends on the 17th. I WONDER WHAT'S COMING OUT AFTER THAT.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on October 06, 2017, 07:46:15 pm
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Finally, some good luck going my way. Rather surprised the summon tickets yielded better results than the 30 quartz.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on October 07, 2017, 08:56:43 am
My luck required lots of money but I got NP3 Vlad, NP4 Mary, Artoria Vanilla and Francis Drake.

Grats though on getting Waver and Medea Lily, going to wait on getting her when Scathath's banner comes out.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on October 07, 2017, 12:25:54 pm
Christ, and here I am with my Heaven's Feel and Prisma Cosmos feeling all sad haha.

Mary is an awesome unit though, I used a Black Grail version of her during the Caster daily.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on October 07, 2017, 01:39:02 pm
NA News: Half AP event for the Ember Gatherings from 10/10 to 10/17. (http://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=/iframe/2017/1006_ember_gathering/)

The Okeanos gacha also ends on the 17th. I WONDER WHAT'S COMING OUT AFTER THAT.

I think the next event gonna be the Halloween event with caster Eli and caster Tamamo.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 07, 2017, 02:08:18 pm
NA News: Another upcoming Okeanos banner (http://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=%2Fiframe%2F2017%2F1005_okeanos_pickup2%2F), featuring Orion, Best Basaka, Medea Lily, David, Euryale, and Hector.

lol i accidentally fed hector to my akash.

seriously don't spend any quartz on this event. just wait for the halloween event or december if you could manage that long.

i've got a poor card only d'eon , tamamo cat and 4 star gorgon sister. d'eon is pretty useful not much damage though i'm just waiting for the update version of her at least she'll have a nice animation. dunno when it'll have that patch probably 1 more year?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on October 07, 2017, 06:48:07 pm
Christ, and here I am with my Heaven's Feel and Prisma Cosmos feeling all sad haha.

Mary is an awesome unit though, I used a Black Grail version of her during the Caster daily.

If it was a lvl 69 version, you're welcome lol.

But seriously, NP2 and above Mary with Black Grail is just so damn ridiculous.

NA News: Another upcoming Okeanos banner (http://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=%2Fiframe%2F2017%2F1005_okeanos_pickup2%2F), featuring Orion, Best Basaka, Medea Lily, David, Euryale, and Hector.

lol i accidentally fed hector to my akash.

seriously don't spend any quartz on this event. just wait for the halloween event or december if you could manage that long.

i've got a poor card only d'eon , tamamo cat and 4 star gorgon sister. d'eon is pretty useful not much damage though i'm just waiting for the update version of her at least she'll have a nice animation. dunno when it'll have that patch probably 1 more year?

I don't even keep Hektor, I just prism him every chance I get.
And yeah, holding out for Halloween so my Foxy Shrine Goddess Maiden can be MINE!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 07, 2017, 07:12:54 pm
is she gonna be a 5 star or 4? i already have the berserk tamamo,

i'm having trouble connecting today, keeps getting disconnected.

news oct 10-17 will be 1/2 ap event and ember event and by 17th halloween event will start. better stock up on mana prisms to get tickets for whoever wants to roll tamamo.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on October 07, 2017, 09:30:43 pm
shes a 5 star
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 08, 2017, 07:00:47 am
i kinda dislike my current team they are good at tanking but deal low damage especially if tamamo gets killed  , i'm building a new account compose of 2 or 3 star heroes what heroes should i keep per class?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on October 08, 2017, 07:54:10 am
Saber: Ceaser
Archer: Euryale, Robin Hood, David, Arash
Lancer: Cu, Leonidas
Caster: Medea, Hans, Shakespeare
Rider: George
Assassin: Hassan
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 08, 2017, 02:15:15 pm
i haven't used hassan before thanks he's fucking awesome for a two star. time to farm some fuckin' dragons.

lol tried a yolo roll i got tamamo cat again this like the 3rd account that i rolled her wtf. i like her damage but damn she's too squishy.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on October 08, 2017, 03:00:30 pm
lol tried a yolo roll i got tamamo cat again this like the 3rd account that i rolled her wtf. i like her damage but damn she's too squishy.

She really like you lol.

Just got my first 5 star with a yolo roll:
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Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 08, 2017, 03:38:09 pm
nice her np is so useful especially against other servant's NP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on October 08, 2017, 06:06:19 pm
This ^
Now I just need to level her up and she will be able to babysit my Lancelot.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on October 09, 2017, 09:54:40 am
Grats on the Jeanne D'Arc.

At first, she seems weak because we are in the meta where it's best to burn the bosses before they kill us but the second you want to play challenge quests, Jeanne will become valuable as hell due to easily reaching her NP and granting Invincibility on demand with a small heal and after her Interlude, instead of stunning her, it clears all debuffs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 09, 2017, 04:32:20 pm
got me a 4* on my last roll for the okeanos, bonny&read can't use them though because i burned all my rider exp on medusa. and sold the silver ones for prisms.
not bad a yolo roll. now time to save for the 17th.

guess my team is now glass cannons
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on October 10, 2017, 07:36:44 pm
Grats on the Jeanne D'Arc.

At first, she seems weak because we are in the meta where it's best to burn the bosses before they kill us but the second you want to play challenge quests, Jeanne will become valuable as hell due to easily reaching her NP and granting Invincibility on demand with a small heal and after her Interlude, instead of stunning her, it clears all debuffs.

Thanks.
Yea, she will be more useful later, I've heard that in London and the next orders bosses will have much more hp.

got me a 4* on my last roll for the okeanos, bonny&read can't use them though because i burned all my rider exp on medusa. and sold the silver ones for prisms.
not bad a yolo roll. now time to save for the 17th.

guess my team is now glass cannons

Well, if you have a good star generator and strong servant to absorb them you can kill fast.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on October 10, 2017, 09:06:38 pm
Halloween Liz and Tamama no Mae coming October 17th

ALso bless this half ap EXP event,my Jeanne that was just sitting on 1 for almost a month is almost 50 already
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on October 10, 2017, 10:32:04 pm
got me a 4* on my last roll for the okeanos, bonny&read can't use them though because i burned all my rider exp on medusa. and sold the silver ones for prisms.
not bad a yolo roll. now time to save for the 17th.

guess my team is now glass cannons

Go get a Cursed Arm Hassan support(there should be a few here and there) and your Rider team is very good now.

Grats on the Jeanne D'Arc.

At first, she seems weak because we are in the meta where it's best to burn the bosses before they kill us but the second you want to play challenge quests, Jeanne will become valuable as hell due to easily reaching her NP and granting Invincibility on demand with a small heal and after her Interlude, instead of stunning her, it clears all debuffs.

Thanks.
Yea, she will be more useful later, I've heard that in London and the next orders bosses will have much more hp.

Yes they will have more HP, be higher leveled and be more geared up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 11, 2017, 03:48:49 pm
meh i've got a gilgamesh support, my rider and berserker are just basically sweepers now. lol.

bonny&read's crits is so good and i can one shot anyone with her noble phanstasm provided that her hp is low to get the maximum damage. i can't even count the damage she does, but bonny's gunshot can average to 30k damage.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on October 11, 2017, 07:39:57 pm
meh i've got a gilgamesh support, my rider and berserker are just basically sweepers now. lol.

bonny&read's crits is so good and i can one shot anyone with her noble phanstasm provided that her hp is low to get the maximum damage. i can't even count the damage she does, but bonny's gunshot can average to 30k damage.

If you can get another Mary and a Black Grail...yeah, their damage can become obscene and borderline offensive, lol.

Here's an NP4 Mary with a lvl 20 Black Grail not LB'd boosted with a few buffs:

(https://i.imgur.com/9AfAOZ2.png)

And here's a real good hit that I could not replicate:
(https://i.imgur.com/BRmNwDD.png)

The only reason Mary is not in my supports but Drake is mainly because people want to farm more atm and Drake will get way more mileage at that point(not to mention that while Mary's NP damage is obscene, that's mainly what she is there for and can possibly pull it off just once).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 12, 2017, 06:37:50 pm
yeah she's soft not as soft as my tamamo but she often dies if she can't one hit her enemies, but i found a very good solution pair her up with zhuge liang and hassan. zhuge can boost her np and give her armor while hassan helps with the damage and provide the crit stars. and i found mash really helpful as a back up servant especially in a boss fight i never really used her before cause she's welfare.

now my problem is i've got too many exp cards all gold i don't know where to use them i'm out of servant to level up, i'm not gonna roll 'til 17th. and wtf there's no ascension items for bonny and read? it's not available yet?

and when will jack the ripper be in this game december? in jp i remember she was a special roll event on christmas.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on October 12, 2017, 09:11:31 pm
wtf there's no ascension items for bonny and read? it's not available yet?

and when will jack the ripper be in this game december? in jp i remember she was a special roll event on christmas.

I'm assuming you mean the Homunculus Babies... yeah, they're not farmable yet, but they will be in the event shop for the upcoming Halloween event.

Jack was originally added to the game in Christmas 2015 on the JP side of things, though with how things are progressing in NA, London's chapter might come out before Christmas (and with it, maybe Jack).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Niitris on October 12, 2017, 09:53:14 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/9AfAOZ2.png)

lol those are some pretty high numbers, how long does it take to get that far? I only just started putting serious time into this.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on October 12, 2017, 09:59:18 pm
You need to roll the character and then also get three duplicates

EDIT: If you're asking in general, if you have a four or five star with a single target NP, a good CE, some buffs and a enemy weak to them will consistently produce damage of that caliber, if not more

And you'll need it for the late and post game

Also don't sleep on overcharging, it's very valuable
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 12, 2017, 10:20:11 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/9AfAOZ2.png)

lol those are some pretty high numbers, how long does it take to get that far? I only just started putting serious time into this.
Class advantage (berserkers are weak to everything)  + Anne and Bonnie have a multiplier on their NP that gets stronger the less HP they have (they only have 1 hp left) + Waver buffed their attack (and they have another buff, probably the mystic code)

There's a setup that involves stacking buffs, switching servants with the plugsuit mystic code, stalling the enemy and then unleashing an extra strong attack. Arash can deal over 5,000,000 (five million!) with that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on October 12, 2017, 10:39:43 pm
Damn, I never even though about that

This must be what spurred the stacked lifebars instead of large ones
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on October 13, 2017, 03:46:13 am
Damn, I never even though about that

This must be what spurred the stacked lifebars instead of large ones

Exactly that reason.
Especially when Jeanne Alter hits the field, then I wouldn't be surprised if her NP if she's at NP5 and a full combo can rip off an easy million or 2.

(https://i.imgur.com/9AfAOZ2.png)

lol those are some pretty high numbers, how long does it take to get that far? I only just started putting serious time into this.
Class advantage (berserkers are weak to everything)  + Anne and Bonnie have a multiplier on their NP that gets stronger the less HP they have (they only have 1 hp left) + Waver buffed their attack (and they have another buff, probably the mystic code)

There's a setup that involves stacking buffs, switching servants with the plugsuit mystic code, stalling the enemy and then unleashing an extra strong attack. Arash can deal over 5,000,000 (five million!) with that.

Yeah, I had an NP4 Mary vs. a Berserker with the Starter Mystic Code at lvl 9, Zhuge's buffs and Mary's own buffs(though some aren't still leveled yet).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 13, 2017, 04:35:23 pm
is the archer version of bonny&read does the same thing too?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 13, 2017, 04:41:28 pm
They do, but their NP multiplier is lower, so they don't reach the same bullshit levels.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on October 13, 2017, 06:16:25 pm
Advance notice for the Halloween event in N/A. (http://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=%2Fiframe%2F2017%2F1013_event_pumpkin%2F)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 14, 2017, 07:31:47 pm
i think fgo na has server issues, i login yesterday but daily login bonus was cut.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 14, 2017, 07:53:01 pm
So Epic of Remnant 3 is out, massive influx of Japanese Servants, samurais and ninjas, and it seems it's a straight port of the Makai Tenshou movie / manga that inspired the Fate franchise to Nasu in the first place. Inferno Archer, Purgatorio Lancer, Limbo Caster, Paradisio Assassin... And evil Amakusa showing up later in the story, just copy-pasted from Makai Tenshou apparently.

Tomoe Gozen is finally here and she looks great (4* Archer), Katou Danzou genderflipped as a robot ninja chick inspired by the puppet master (kugutsu) archetype updated with modern weaponry (bullets and missiles and rocket punches), Mochizuki Chiyome's NP somehow summons a bunch of giant snakes that she calls Orochi for some reason (it literally means giant snake but I never saw anyone use that term without referring to the actual Orochi, except what the fuck does Chiyome have to do with Orochi - edit - her NP calls him out as Ibuki Daimyojin, great god of Mt. Ibuki, which is Orochi, but I don't know the connection between Chiyome and Mt. Ibuki), later in the story there's old man Yagyu Munenori that we already saw in that Musa-she introduction quest at the beginning of the year and he seems to be a 4* Saber, and then Shirou as Sengo Muramasa (with the CE artwork) has been spotted in the story but no info if he ever fights yet or if he's story only, then Hozoin Inshun as a 3* Lancer... Also we're apparently still expecting a Rider Raikou and Berserker Shuten Douji (but still with those hideous retarded cow tits and loli designs respectively).

Musa-she is the main Servant but the opening scene has an older male Musashi do the usual "unseen speaker" opening monologue (I never really appreciated this writing device Type-Moon abuses), no info if he shows up in any form but since he has a speaking role in the prologue we should see him near the last boss... ? He mentions that he used to fight with a katana and a wakizashi but now he fights with a long sword and a regular katana, plus there's been a shadowy figure nicknamed swordsman with the long sword, you'd easily guess it's supposed to be Kojiro but it just might be this old Musashi because I don't know why they'd bother making both of them with a similar long sword. Unless there's some twist about Kojiro being Musashi all along or whatever.

There are some seriously sick CGs too. Shirou gets one too.

Oh, but it has all the same garbage mechanics that make fights way too hard for no fucking reason that it's been introducing in the previous EoR chapters so fuck the whole thing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on October 14, 2017, 08:29:40 pm
The last boss is Saber Kojiro (one on one fight with him and you using Musashi). Same old assassin Kojiro but with new NP animation and Takeuchi art.

Rider Raikou and Berserker Shuten are just bosses for this singularity. You fight Shuten with Orochi (he's just a color-swapped hydra bleh). There were two other NPCs. One evil Japanese Mozart-looking clown guy and a cloaked skeleton wraith. Their names weren't revealed.

Also Kiyohime shows up in an alt costume.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on October 14, 2017, 09:43:22 pm
yeah, it seems to be human kiyohime (rather, kiyo when she was still alive)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on October 17, 2017, 10:16:49 am
Halloween Event is go!

I got Tamamo!

(https://i.imgur.com/yNTJcN7.jpg)

Halloween Gacha is good civilization!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 17, 2017, 10:54:24 am
you mother fucker you did it, well wish me luck gonna roll later this afternoon.

didn't got jack shit not even a 4 star servant got me some 2 5star craft cards and all 4 stars clones. spend 120 quartz. feels bad man.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on October 17, 2017, 07:13:35 pm
Spent 523 SQ, no Tamamo No Mae either
Got 3 Halloween Devils, NP5 Carmilla, Orion and an NP4 Vlad(already had 3 before trying to get Drake...) and like 8 Halloween Arrangements...

I still got 2 more paydays until the event is over with and if I don't get Tamamo, I'll be really sad but I'll persist since using Supports is far and away better than other mobile games and Tamamo No Mae becomes permanent on the general banner when London happens.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 18, 2017, 04:11:10 pm
ok now i'm pissed i already saw 3 guys who got 2 tamamo on their roll is that even possible? yeah don't spend too much money london event is right around the corner. and plus there's okita and jack before this year ends.

question does the quest in the halloween map refreshes? the one in the very bottom with the golden apple reward i already got 2 from it but i don't know what triggers it do i need to level up or do i need to finish one quest again?

nevermind i've read some japanese guides and apparently there's 2 kinds of hidden quests in the event, the party quest which appears only twice a day and a guerrilla quest that appears randomly dunno if it's timed or not. both rewards golden apple if finished and a high chance of rewarding a event 5* or 4* CE.

kinda sucks cause one party quest is 4am in the morning in my timezone lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on October 19, 2017, 03:00:27 am
Am I the only one not rolling for tamamo? lol
I am not worried about since we can get her after completing London and my waifu Scahatch is after gudaguda(need confirmation) so I'm saving all that I have for her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 19, 2017, 03:59:07 am
Used all 3 of my Quartz and didn't roll Tamamo :(

Tying to get back into the game and just got Halloween Elisabeth. Anyways, where's the best place to farm Void Dust? Want to ascend Altera to Stage 3.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on October 19, 2017, 08:49:00 am
Used all 3 of my Quartz and didn't roll Tamamo :(

Tying to get back into the game and just got Halloween Elisabeth. Anyways, where's the best place to farm Void Dust? Want to ascend Altera to Stage 3.
According to this (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_SlTjrVRTgHgfS7sRqx4CeJMqlz687HdSlYqiW-JvQA/view#gid=525320539) it's Massilia in Septem.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 20, 2017, 07:57:26 am
Used an entire AP bar and didn't get a single drop from that dungeon. Are the drop rates that abysmal or am I doing something wrong?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on October 20, 2017, 06:42:09 pm
The drop rates for all ascension items are abysmal
I've been trying to get horseshoes for asterios for an entire week and none fucking dropped
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on October 20, 2017, 07:16:10 pm
There's an event in your future that will help with that significantly but until then it's gonna be tough
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 21, 2017, 04:21:07 am
Used an entire AP bar and didn't get a single drop from that dungeon. Are the drop rates that abysmal or am I doing something wrong?

do you have CE events? it helps i'm aiming for the CE drop at the 30ap so i can farm faster.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on October 26, 2017, 09:44:32 pm
http://fate-go.us/gudao/ (http://fate-go.us/gudao/)

it's coming boys
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 27, 2017, 03:02:41 pm
need to prepare at least give me a month or so.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on October 30, 2017, 09:11:40 am
New pickup incoming! (http://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=/iframe/2017/1030_davinci_selection/)
(https://webview.fate-go.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/davinci_selection/banner_10020.png)

Man I'm a sucker for Waver and I'll have another 30 SQ ready before the end of the 8th so I'm really considering a roll.

Also out of curiosity how is everyone's event going? I managed to clear out the shop last night and I'm just spamming my remaining lunatic party trying to get that final Halloween Princess.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on October 30, 2017, 03:08:21 pm
Cleared the shop out of CE (Except the debuff resistance one) and focused more on getting generic ascension mats
Didnt get a single CE to drop out of the battles so I doubt I'll be able to max out my halloween CE

Rolled a second Jannu.
Only have like 3 quartz at the moment so I doubt I'll be rolling at all for a few months
US FGO is far more stingy with free stuff than the JP was
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 31, 2017, 10:27:22 am
New pickup incoming! (http://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=/iframe/2017/1030_davinci_selection/)
(https://webview.fate-go.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/davinci_selection/banner_10020.png)

Man I'm a sucker for Waver and I'll have another 30 SQ ready before the end of the 8th so I'm really considering a roll.

Also out of curiosity how is everyone's event going? I managed to clear out the shop last night and I'm just spamming my remaining lunatic party trying to get that final Halloween Princess.

i got all what's left in the shop this morning , i got all the ce's and LB 3 of them. the only thing i didn't have this banner is tamamo herself. i max out welfare elizabeth and ascended some servants. not gonna roll for waver, i've got too many casters now i'm aiming for okita or jack. i badly need a saber in my group and jack would be a great pair with my 2nd strongest servant bonny and read.

been watching some streams this past week some dude pulled 2 tamamos in a back to back roll. he's a whale though probably there's a multiplier or something if you spend money on the game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 31, 2017, 11:00:10 am
he's a whale though probably there's a multiplier or something if you spend money on the game.
There is not.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on October 31, 2017, 05:07:01 pm
You know, some people have great luck.

I wouldn't sleep on Waver. Lot of people consider him one of the best units and I have to agree. I got.hom.fairly early and he's put in a lot more work than any other waifu. Good time to be blessed by RNGesus.

Connection haw been iffy for me these past few weeks.and our situation hasn't helped, so I haven't taken as much advantage of this event as I would have likedthought at least it let me ascend my Waver, Heracles and vanilla Liz
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on November 01, 2017, 12:06:46 am
You know, some people have great luck.

I wouldn't sleep on Waver. Lot of people consider him one of the best units and I have to agree. I got.hom.fairly early and he's put in a lot more work than any other waifu. Good time to be blessed by RNGesus.

Connection haw been iffy for me these past few weeks.and our situation hasn't helped, so I haven't taken as much advantage of this event as I would have likedthought at least it let me ascend my Waver, Heracles and vanilla Liz

Yeah, stuff like that seriously sucks but I was mainly lucky and I didn't need to play as much but I pretty much cleared the most important stuff from the place.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 01, 2017, 12:39:45 am
One of the biggest reasons why I’m struggling to even to get interested or even drop some money in FGO is the merciless Gacha. I just got lucky with Altera on a ticket. Even the other Gacha game I play, Final Fantasy Brave Exvius also has a 1% base 5* rate (soon to be 3%), but it has ways of increasing the pull rates.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on November 01, 2017, 01:40:41 am
One of the biggest reasons why I’m struggling to even to get interested or even drop some money in FGO is the merciless Gacha. I just got lucky with Altera on a ticket. Even the other Gacha game I play, Final Fantasy Brave Exvius also has a 1% base 5* rate (soon to be 3%), but it has ways of increasing the pull rates.

I can understand that feel but for me and seeing from the game itself is that you really don't need SSR's or 5 stars as much as Brave Exvius as there are numerous videos of 3 stars and lower utterly beating game content and even the harder challenge quests.

For example, I have Artemis who can basically destroy Male Sabers and Berserkers due to how her abilities work...but Euryale can easily do the same job with a far lesser costs and when grailed, she does Artemis's job better than Artemis. Meanwhile Robin Hood is the same fashion except he does more damage on his NP when the enemy is poisoned...
Considering they can also be easily NP5's compared to even 4 stars and there's a reason that people prefer them over Artemis past very specific circumstances.

I have used money and did not get Tamamo No Mae at all...meanwhile, it took plenty of cash to get Francis Drake, but I ended up getting 3 Vlads and an Artoria along the way. But other times, I can get 2 SSRs from a single pull(Waver and Jeanne but they became NP2 since I had them previously) or even a single ticket(Jeanne was just a few singles and tickets) and I simply rerolled until I got an SSR and that was Waver.

You are better off doing what you like and save up for good Servants with the F2P SQ or doing what you feel. For me, I just need to create Servants for variety's sake since it's better to have plenty of Servants for specific situations.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 01, 2017, 04:06:47 am
it's just a matter of how you use their skills and timing. just last night i got beat by that stupid dragon in the haloween quest even though i've got 3 4* servants and 1 5*.  but i beat that quest multiple times with lesser servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on November 01, 2017, 07:55:57 am
it's just a matter of how you use their skills and timing. just last night i got beat by that stupid dragon in the haloween quest even though i've got 3 4* servants and 1 5*.  but i beat that quest multiple times with lesser servants.

Yeah, that Dragon caused me to wipe as it took out my Farming team due it taking out my Drake and Medusa and I was packing too many 5 star CE's so yeah...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on November 07, 2017, 01:31:05 pm
guda guda honnoji event starts on 11/8 - 11/24

http://fate-go.us/news/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 07, 2017, 03:06:30 pm
at last a banner that really worth it to roll.  i'm still recovering from the last banner. i'm not expecting to get okita anyways so probably i'll just be content with nobu.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on November 08, 2017, 04:31:30 pm
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 08, 2017, 06:46:47 pm
you guys are so lucky how much quartz did you guys spent? i only have 60 more quartz and not a damn 4* servant only CEs and the not good ones too. i'm saving for december. so i might roll tickets only or some single roll here and there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on November 08, 2017, 07:08:51 pm
About 18-21 quartz and 4 summon tickets.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on November 08, 2017, 07:26:22 pm
i used 120 quartz and 7 tickets...  didnt get her rip. welp time to save up for another x)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 08, 2017, 07:36:10 pm
Went all in with my saved quartz and tickets and only got some 5* Guda Guda CEs. This is why I have trust issues with this game.

I’m just going to get Nobunaga and not play again until probably Christmas where they’re probably going to hand out Santa Alter.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on November 08, 2017, 09:07:29 pm
Wasn't looking for Okita already got my red and blue waifus but I dropped my ticket and 12 quartz got a copy of EMIYA (yay NP2 EMIYA) and trash.

Also got my Artoria's last Ascension.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 09, 2017, 03:48:50 am
Will the limited Nobunaga become permanent once I get enough points? I'm asking cause I don't want to waste EXP cards on Limited Nobu if she's just going to disappear after the event ends even if I get the permanent version.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on November 09, 2017, 04:03:33 am
I want to say yes on the grounds that it would be stupid otherwise.

Spoiler: Also holy shit this is the most pending friend requests I've ever had. (click to see content)

I know it's because everyone is looking for Okita supports for the event, but this was still a surprise for me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on November 09, 2017, 04:07:02 am
Will the limited Nobunaga become permanent once I get enough points? I'm asking cause I don't want to waste EXP cards on Limited Nobu if she's just going to disappear after the event ends even if I get the permanent version.
She does. The temporary copy turns into a permanent servant and you don't lose the exp and mats invested in her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 09, 2017, 04:42:01 pm
i got okita with one multi roll.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 09, 2017, 07:45:24 pm
Which stages are you guys grinding for points? I’m doing the 20 AP one and getting around 1-2k every run with a party of Okita, Nobu, Emiya, Medusa, and Cu Chulainn.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on November 09, 2017, 08:48:29 pm
Which stages are you guys grinding for points? I’m doing the 20 AP one and getting around 1-2k every run with a party of Okita, Nobu, Emiya, Medusa, and Cu Chulainn.

Im doing the 40 and 30 ap. mostly same set up as yours. i have 65,980 so far... the one time events can give loads of points around 15k+.

i run out of ap real fast for doing these high ones are they worth doing? :'(
i forget.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on November 09, 2017, 10:07:48 pm
I did 40 AP with double Okita, Nobu and Cu and then had Waver and Carmilla fill the last two spots because I don't really have anything better to attack with.

The support Okita I was using also had the GugaGuda CE equipped and that got me around 4.1k per run(Slightly more if the gold Nobu drops extra points).

There's also the matter that 20, 30 and 40 each drop a particular event store item more than the other two.

Been focusing on getting Nobu's Ascension skulls before going back to farming for points. Yea, you burn through a lot of AP but I guess that's what the golden apples from Halloween event were for.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on November 09, 2017, 11:13:25 pm
I hope I can clear the shop out, with the Guda-O CEs I should be able to get all the rewards but it's the shop I'm worried about.

Ran 10-stam until I got Guda-O now I'm running 20-stam hoping I can get a second before the 1-stam resets, Then after that I plan to run the second 40-stam for more bowl drops.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 10, 2017, 03:23:40 pm
Which stages are you guys grinding for points? I’m doing the 20 AP one and getting around 1-2k every run with a party of Okita, Nobu, Emiya, Medusa, and Cu Chulainn.

if you just want points 40 ap is the best if you have the CEs and bonus servants. but imo you don't need to farm for points the golden quest will pretty much give you 900,000 points in 15 runs.

what you need to do is farm the 10 ap get CE and skull move to 20 ap repeat and then move to 40 ap. after you complete the CE and skull you just farm whatever you want and need in the shop.

oh and the 40 ap will get harder and harder everyday so be careful bringing nobu and okita if you haven't leveled them up at least okita and nobunaga should be level 70 or above and bring some good back up servant like gilgamesh or hercules just to make sure.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on November 10, 2017, 05:45:32 pm
I mean, you can still run the easier 40 AP missions...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on November 10, 2017, 07:27:42 pm
When your luck is good but at the same time absolute shit...

I had a gold card pop up when I was using the 140 SQ I bought to get the event CE cards to make life easier. It was an Archer so I thought it was EMIYA again...

Ended up with fucking Orion...for the 2nd time.
That could have been Okita goddamn it! I mean I don't really care about not getting her but rate up is seriously a goddamned lie as the only SSR that I have gotten on rateup without a fight or complete failure was Jeanne on the Orleans banner, after that I end up getting multiple SSRs that aren't related to the banner at all before I can reasonably get the Rate Up servant in question(seriously, why the hell not Drake instead? Orion is too niche to be very useful by comparison, same with NP4 Vlad).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 10, 2017, 09:18:43 pm
Must be nice having multiple 5*s knock on your door despite some being a dupe. Wish I knew how that felt like.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 11, 2017, 02:38:26 am
anyone of you guys have an okita with gumo ce ? most of my friends okita's has chawan and points card.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 11, 2017, 07:41:43 am
Grinded the hell out of the 40 AP daily and event quests and was finally able to give Nobunaga her final Ascension. Having that one CE that boosts Hira-gumo drops is really handy.

Should I continue grinding that 40 AP quest with the Berserkers for more Hira-gumos (for Ascension materials) or go to the lower AP quests so I can get enough mats to exchange for the Guda-O CEs?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 11, 2017, 01:18:33 pm
depends whatever you want, but you didn't have to grind it so fast you still got 13 days. you'll eventually get all of them later, but it's you apples do whatever you want.

my tip farm the gumos , the difficulty will spike every 40 quest so better get them now and not stress over them later. the chawan should be next to farm the nasu isn't really that hard to farm so don't worry about them. better get the eternal gears quick for your okita.

oh yeah if you LB the guda-o CE does it increase the number of points you get too? anyone has a okita equipped with a poster girl CE?. i can't fit it in my slot anymore.

edit: holy fuck it's getting hard for me to win not using my main team. i almost lost to eric twice, he does an 8k crit.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on November 12, 2017, 09:25:32 pm
Must be nice having multiple 5*s knock on your door despite some being a dupe. Wish I knew how that felt like.

I would easily give you the 2 out of 4 Vlad's I have gotten and the Orion I recently got for a bigger chance at both Tamamo and Scathath with the quickness.

It really isn't fun at all when you want to pursue other SSR's.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 13, 2017, 11:31:58 am
well there's a guaranteed 5* servant pull event later this year or january catch is you need 40 paid quartz to join or is it 30? i think scathath is available in that banner too.

jack is the only one missing in my team honestly i didn't expected that i'll manage to pull okita in one multi roll. i am still recovering from the halloween event lost alot of quartz on that banner. thanks to my good luck on this banner i might manage to get a decent quartz to pull jack. probably i'll get 120* by the end of this month.

curious how much points do you guys have now? and do you use golden apples? i got 500,000 points and spent 6 apples , two apples per day. i'm planning to stock some apples for the december event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on November 14, 2017, 05:35:25 am
I've just hit 400,000 now.

I feel like I'm far behind. I hope I get a Gudao drop.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 14, 2017, 05:46:40 am
I'm at 350k, but I'm not really worried about points right now. I'm mainly focusing on grinding that 40 AP Berserker quest so I can farm Hiro-gumos for the Ascension materials.

As long as I get at least 1m points before the end of the event for NP5 Nobu, I'm fine. Anything else after that is a bonus.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on November 14, 2017, 07:52:18 am
I believe the harder 40 AP quests actually drop more Hiro-Gumos

The Bonus daily quest should give you over a million points at the end of the event if you bring a team of bonus units and a Support Okita.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 14, 2017, 03:49:13 pm
harder 40 ap does drop more points and gumo.  i can't farm the rider one i can clear it but i'll have no bonus points and lesser hiragumo because i don't have CE for that. the points from the golden quest is worth all in all 900k you need to farm at least 600k or 700k by wednesday to make sure you'll get the 1.5m limit. but don't worry pass 1 million the rewards ain't that great except for the crystalized lore.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 15, 2017, 12:14:44 pm
sorry for double posting but reminder not to overwrite your game and erase your save. the new update patch was a little late this time and i almost accidentally erased my game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on November 16, 2017, 02:45:40 am
I think I once saw a list of the best places to farm materials, but I can't find it anymore. I know the drop rates are abysmal but what's the best spot for dragon fangs. I want to try and focus on farming those for a while to ascend my Okita.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on November 16, 2017, 03:41:58 am
(https://i.imgur.com/o9FIRgk.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 16, 2017, 09:04:46 am
does anyone here have okita with a postergirl ce?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 19, 2017, 03:28:46 am
Thanksgiving Event coming up on the 22nd which lasts till December 1st. Features a rotating banner with either Kintoki, Gilgamesh, and....get ready for this....SHISHO as the pick up servant depending on the day.

Guaranteed 5* banner is also happening at the same time, though there's 9 featured servants instead of 11 when compared to JP's New Years banner. We'll also be getting a bunch of free quartz, EXP Cards, and tickets on different days.

- Altria
- Altera
- Tamamo
- Okita
- Waver
- Vlad
- Orion
- Drake
- Jeanne

https://www.facebook.com/FateGO.USA/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 19, 2017, 03:45:32 am
ah no jack, and they'll be giving away 10 saint quartz and 10 fou cards.

how many mana prisms do you need for the monalisa card?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 22, 2017, 08:04:40 am
OMG I got Scathach with just two Tickets and got Tamamo for my guaranteed 5*. Suddenly this game became a masterpiece to me.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on November 22, 2017, 09:44:20 am
Picked up a Formal Craft with my tickets, pretty good for my Tamamo I guess if I didn't already have Prisma Cosmos.

Hmmm.

Also just cleared all the Honnoji Point rewards, yay! Definitely not clearing the shop but I can at least get as many materials as possible from the shop to get some key units ascended {looking at you Herc).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 22, 2017, 02:01:31 pm
i got all i need from the shop anyway. and i used my tickets already i don't want to pull for more. for the guaranteed servant i'm not gonna pull neither if they included jack i might have.

ok someone in my friends list has a scathach np level 3 already, how fucking lucky can you be?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on November 22, 2017, 06:58:01 pm
Very lucky or very rich.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 22, 2017, 07:50:20 pm
i would buy quartz if they attach my account in my god damn email. but for now i enjoy the gambling in a limited resources.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on November 22, 2017, 08:49:08 pm
OMG I got Scathach with just two Tickets and got Tamamo for my guaranteed 5*. Suddenly this game became a masterpiece to me.

 :mean:
 :behead2:
 :rifle:

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on November 24, 2017, 05:21:59 am
Dropped 30 of the thanksgiving SQ down on the gacha and looky which club I joined:
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Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Niitris on November 24, 2017, 05:35:42 am
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Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 24, 2017, 07:23:14 am
I don't feel special anymore. :(

Anyways, as much as I want Gil I'm going to save as much quartz and tickets I can when Jeanne Alter or King Hassan drops. I've barely touched the story to be honest and I think I'm only half way through Septam so how many quartz can I expect to get from the story missions alone through the end of Okeanos?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 24, 2017, 11:26:34 am
fuck all of you guys!!!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on November 24, 2017, 09:56:46 pm
 :behead2: So im in the club who didnt get scathacha.....
time to save quartz again...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on November 24, 2017, 11:29:29 pm
With Okita last banner, a few Gudao CEs dropping and Bow Lyn in FE Heroes I only had enough luck remaining for the game to toss me an Arturia/OG Saber. Maybe next year.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on November 25, 2017, 03:17:14 am
a few Gudao CEs dropping

I'm gonna beat ur ass, I got precisely 0.

Gonna save my quartz till the Fate/Zero event come around.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 25, 2017, 04:55:00 am
Are the Gudao CEs that good outside of the Honnouji event? Cause 4 of them dropped for me while farming the 40 AP Lancer quest. Was about to merge them until I realize I can just hoard them just in case they rerun the event in the future.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 25, 2017, 06:11:39 am
gotta farm enough quartz i'll go all out to get jack next week. and probably get some interludes along the way.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on November 25, 2017, 06:06:37 pm
Are the Gudao CEs that good outside of the Honnouji event? Cause 4 of them dropped for me while farming the 40 AP Lancer quest. Was about to merge them until I realize I can just hoard them just in case they rerun the event in the future.


Well, the crit buff is nice.

Going by JP's schedule, GudaGuda does come back, so keeping the CEs isn't a bad idea.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 26, 2017, 06:32:38 am
yeah i'm keeping them LB 2 gudao and unfortunately i don't have the rest of the CEs.

is there any good point why do i have to get the monalisa card? it's just qp multiplier i've got millions already.

hope we get a good break before x-max event i need time to make sure i'll get jack. and i've got tons of assassin exp cards. i really hope i get her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 26, 2017, 07:45:14 am
I'm honestly not even going for the Mona Lise CE. Not only do I not have the Mana Prisms to get it let alone get all 5 to Limit Break it, I just don't find a small increase in getting QP all that necessary especially when you can just do the daily quests to get the QP you need. Though the boosts in ATK and HP are pretty nice since it's quite high for a CE.

I hope there's another guaranteed 5* banner event during New Year/Christmas since pulling Scathach and Tamamo spoiled me. I just used the remainder of my Quartz to try and get Gil and got Medea Lily instead which I'm pretty happy about all things considering.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 28, 2017, 04:26:46 am
FGO Christmas Event running from December 1st to the 11th. Limited Time 4* Servant, Santa Alter is up for grabs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on November 28, 2017, 05:19:07 am
Also Jack the Ripper/Loli Apoc Assassin along with Nursery Rhyme in the gacha.

Really early, ain't it?




inb4 Saber Wars just in time for Last Jedi.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on November 28, 2017, 09:55:49 am
Well I'll be doing tix for those because I need to start saving up again for another Waver/Jeanne rate-up.

I only have 9 apples tho =(
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 28, 2017, 04:14:51 pm
i think i got 15 or so, too early i thought they'd give us a 1 week break to recover and level up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 01, 2017, 08:09:02 am
Okay, another maintenance, another event, another gacha.

5 tix, got nothing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 01, 2017, 08:47:31 am
I used one ticket and got David who I never had before. He'll help me with the event so I'll take it.

As much as I want a crit star generator monster like Jack, I'm trying my best to save up as much as I can for Jeanne Alter.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 01, 2017, 12:59:05 pm
pulling for a loli got a gmilf instead. at least drake's a good servant on par with jack. if it was orion i would no doubt probably reroll.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on December 01, 2017, 02:35:10 pm
I used one ticket and got David who I never had before. He'll help me with the event so I'll take it.
He's the servant you get for completing Okeanos.


You should probably do that at some point.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 01, 2017, 07:37:31 pm
I’ve only recently beat Rome and it only took me that look cause it was boring as hell. Not to mention I was taking advantage of half AP on dailies for ascension materials and EXP cards.

I probably won’t even touch Okeanos until the end of the Christmas event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 01, 2017, 08:26:05 pm
Okeanos is a much better story at least.

And these drops are more like it, unlike GUDAGUDA i'm fairly sure I'm cleaning this shit out.

The lottery on the other hand...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on December 01, 2017, 09:11:46 pm
5 tickets and 150 SQ later and no Nursery Rhyme, let alone Jack...

Man, my luck died a bad death if it wasn't for me atleast getting a few Event CE's here and there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 01, 2017, 09:17:58 pm
So I got my first Jackpot with over 200 items still left in the lottery, should I clean it out entirely before resetting it or just go ahead and start for the second Jackpot?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 01, 2017, 10:49:11 pm
If you've got the time and the apples, grind

Any experienced player will tell you that there is absolutely no better place to get mats and cubes than an event
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 08, 2017, 01:25:17 am
Fourth Singularity: London being released on the 19th.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 08, 2017, 11:31:49 am
how many players that the NA version has? it seems my support list doesn't drastically change. guess FGO isn't that popular seeing there's no hack tool that is available.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on December 08, 2017, 01:59:43 pm
What do you mean your support list doesn't change?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 08, 2017, 02:43:00 pm
they're are almost the same guys, i have few friends that i added and accepted ,some new names comes and go but it's almost the same guys.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on December 08, 2017, 05:49:14 pm
Might want to check your friends are actually playing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 09, 2017, 04:06:21 am
So Jeanne and Drake (along with several other 5*s) are getting focus banners after the Christmas Event before the release of London and I really kinda want Drake at least. Should I stop myself now and save myself the salt or can I have a glimmer of hope of actually pulling her? Still hesitant about dropping money on this game outside of guaranteed 5* banners.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 09, 2017, 04:32:30 am
i got drake instead of jack i'm willing to trade her if i could.

new FATE/GO AC trailer popped up, looks better than the extella ,
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on December 09, 2017, 10:10:37 pm
If you guys are hyped up for Christmas, Ereshkigal has OFFICIALLY been announced and will be a limited Servant for JPN.

People in JPN has blown their tops.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on December 10, 2017, 01:08:48 am
Eh, I'm more hype for the potential welfare servant to be honest.
They could do literally anything to surprise us at this point, some are saying we could end up with Santa Quetz.
...or zerker Santa Gil lol
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 10, 2017, 05:58:34 am
thrid time i gone broke and still no jack nor book loli. welp guess there's still valentines to build my crit team.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 13, 2017, 09:17:12 am
Just finished Okeanos and it certainly is better than Septem in terms of story. The ending just reinforced the idea that I need Drake even more now dem feels.

Also Christmas 2017 Event Servant in JP is Archer Altera:
(https://i.imgur.com/aVNDZaR.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 14, 2017, 10:06:06 am
that reminds me, i haven't upgrade drake since i got her. i'm enjoying using 3 and 4 stars i forgot that i got her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 19, 2017, 05:31:19 am
FGO NA is currently in maintenance for London singularity, also word on the grapevine we'll be getting 30 SQ for campaigns and whatnot plus certain characters are getting animation updates.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 19, 2017, 05:45:56 am
i thought they said 20 sq will be given away not including the campaign and plus another 10 from the fb give away. they are giving away 10 tickets and items for the returning players.

did they mention the characters who will have the animation update? hopefully it's okita,nobu and drake.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 19, 2017, 06:41:27 am
I've only seen Saber Alter, but apparently Medea and FSN Cu are up for updates too.

EDIT: Got 30x SQ plus 4x SQ for maintenance. Lets go to London!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 19, 2017, 09:37:51 am
I got Mordred from the free 35 Quartz we got. So happy.

(https://i.imgur.com/yDCn8b8.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 19, 2017, 10:01:30 am
i'm gonna pass this banner and saber wars too, i've got too many sabers and riders already. i'm just gonna wait til valentines so i can get a tamamo or other support servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 19, 2017, 10:09:40 am
Yeah I already got Arty and Nero so I'm stocked with Sabers. Gonna wait for Waver or Jeanne to come back.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 19, 2017, 10:25:09 am
To be honest, I was actually hoping for Frankenstein. I didn't actually think I would pull Mordred from a single multi. It seems I have much better luck with Yolo rolls than using a large amount of tickets and Quartz at once. Here's hoping my luck extends to Saber Wars so I can get MHX.

Anyways I welcome this sudden turn of events since the only Saber I've been using so far was Altera so it'll be nice to have another one to fall back on.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 19, 2017, 12:31:41 pm
yeah me too, i got all my 5&4 stars from yolo rolls and single rolls. i like fran but too bad she's a berserker i don't have any servant that could team with her except my medea lily.

what uniform are you guys gonna level up first? im prioritizing the battle suit one it'll be very useful for buffers later on the game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 19, 2017, 07:29:22 pm
Mage Association will probably get the most love seeing as I need it for farming, but yeah I wanna upgrade the battle suit as well, then I can put David in the back just in case I need an emergency Invincible.

EDIT: There's a really bad bug that's deleting all of your CEs, so it's probably best to take a break from the game until it's fixed.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on December 20, 2017, 01:41:23 am
Mage Association will probably get the most love seeing as I need it for farming, but yeah I wanna upgrade the battle suit as well, then I can put David in the back just in case I need an emergency Invincible.

EDIT: There's a really bad bug that's deleting all of your CEs, so it's probably best to take a break from the game until it's fixed.

oh no....
i was in middle of outfit thingy :(
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 20, 2017, 08:15:12 am
https://webview.fate-go.us/2017/1220_maintenance/

I was at 50 AP when the server went down, I should be full by now :(
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 20, 2017, 10:14:31 am
Is this the famed "Unlimited Maintenance Works" I've been reading about?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 20, 2017, 12:04:16 pm
Yup, just 30 more minutes.

11x SQ and 11x Golden Apples for apologies.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 20, 2017, 12:22:05 pm
apologems baby! more funds for my valentine.

it's the same bug that happened in jp last august.

i dunno if i lost some CE i'm bad at remembering what's what.

i didn't get my 11 saint quartz and fruit when will they give it to us?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on December 20, 2017, 07:40:25 pm
This coming daily reset we will get them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 25, 2017, 07:36:23 am
Got a new pick up banner coming tomorrow.

Only has two characters; Tesla and Lartoria Alter.

Probably won't be pulling though, since neither of them are on my roadmap.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on December 25, 2017, 09:03:57 am
Latoria Alter and Tesla are actually very strong Servants.

Latoria Alter is one of the strongest Lancers in the game due to her high ATK and huge burst damage and Tesla is only a slightly weaker Gilgamesh once he get his strengthening.

I'm absolutely aiming for Latoria Alter myself if I get Tesla, then it's a bonus since I don't have Gilgamesh.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 25, 2017, 11:04:20 am
I kinda want Lancer Alter, but I already have Shisho (yes I know about ST NP vs AoE NP) and MHX is a priority for me right now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on December 25, 2017, 01:42:41 pm
I want Tesla due to patriotism but I also already have 3 really good archers (Emiya,Robin,Orion) so uuh shit
Edit
London Boss was suprisingly easy for how he looked.It was less of a bossfight and more of a framerate fight. I found Okeanos tougher tbh
Used Herc + Grailed Asterios + friend Waver,debuffed the crap outta it and Nine Lives'd it to death
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on December 25, 2017, 07:33:25 pm
I want Tesla due to patriotism but I also already have 3 really good archers (Emiya,Robin,Orion) so uuh shit
Edit
London Boss was suprisingly easy for how he looked.It was less of a bossfight and more of a framerate fight. I found Okeanos tougher tbh
Used Herc + Grailed Asterios + friend Waver,debuffed the crap outta it and Nine Lives'd it to death

Reminds me to level Orion...but she won't get good until the America Chapter is released...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on December 25, 2017, 10:07:05 pm
Gonna hold off on rolling till Fate/Zero comes with Iskandar and EMIYA Assassin.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 25, 2017, 10:59:11 pm
London Boss was suprisingly easy for how he looked.It was less of a bossfight and more of a framerate fight. I found Okeanos tougher tbh
Used Herc + Grailed Asterios + friend Waver,debuffed the crap outta it and Nine Lives'd it to death
Yeah used Vlad+Tamamo+Hans for the the final boss ezpz.

Mowed through Lartoria Alter with Saberface team (Arty, Nero and Moedred).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on December 26, 2017, 07:03:52 pm
And I got Tesla
Did 2 ten rolls for nothing and then pulled him with a card . Just had to yell at the phone angrily in Serbian for him to come,that was the correct catalyst apparently.
I still got enough for 2 more ten rolls but I'm saving these for something other than Big Tits Arthuria.
May roll for Saber Wars as I ...well...need a saber.
Mowed through Lartoria Alter with Saberface team (Arty, Nero and Moedred).
As for Lartorialter ,I kept Herc and Grailed Asterios,but used a friend Atilla(Whose AoE NP is suprisingly damaging).
I really have no sabers so I thought I was fucked here but it worked out
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 27, 2017, 02:54:54 am
New Years banner with Karna and Arjuna coming tomorrow (December 28, 7:00 UTC) along with their Trial Quests. Will have a very limited time to pull for them once they drop where you'll have to wait till the American Chapter is out once it's over. Banner ends the same time as the London Pick up does (January 4, 3:59 UTC).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 27, 2017, 11:16:07 am
they should've kept tesla's moustache in his design.

got me some good 4* servants alter and lancelot, still no jack to complete my crit team.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on December 29, 2017, 03:00:45 am
Saber Wars 01-04 to 01-18

i hope i finally get 5 star servant...*cough*MHX
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 29, 2017, 03:05:47 am
One of the very few times that I will probably whale for a 5* in FGO, the other times being JAlter, Gramps, and Musa-She.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on January 04, 2018, 08:43:20 am


Oh and it started for NA.

Will Japan ever get a rerun of it?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 04, 2018, 08:47:44 am
Omg I got MHX with 5 tickets. I’m so ecstatic! More quartz for JAlter!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 04, 2018, 10:12:44 am
Nice one, I got the lesbians and a 2030 with my tickets.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 04, 2018, 12:10:55 pm
I didn't know Caliburn aiming at the crotch was intentional and thought it was just the unfortunate placement of the attack in general (like how Hassan Serenity would kiss Archer Altria's thighs due to a bug).

Also I was able to Final Ascend MHX relatively fast thanks to not having any Assassins to use those resources on outside of Carmilla, so I hope she serves you guys well in your farming.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on January 04, 2018, 03:50:08 pm
used 14 tickets, 99 SQ and only got nero T_T
at least i got something..... *sad face*
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 04, 2018, 05:13:39 pm
at least you got something i went broke for zouken ce and 2 event ces. this is the 3rd banner i didn't got a banner servant.

fucking tesla i already lost to him 5 times in a row.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on January 04, 2018, 06:40:59 pm
Fun reminder: Outside of the paid quartz guaranteed 5-star gachas, this is Heroine X's only rate-up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 04, 2018, 08:13:32 pm
That’s one of the reasons why I was gunning for her. I know she’s basically the weakest 5* Assassin, but seeing her Jedi gimmick and personality really made me want her.

When I saw that gold Assassin card, part of me felt that I was about to be spooked by Stheno (I wouldn’t have minded Jack) and I would have burned her card on the spot despite not having her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on January 04, 2018, 10:03:18 pm
I know she is bad, but poor Stheno :yaoming:
I didn't care about MHX until I saw her personality and her last ascension sprite with that cool blue excalibur. The sad part is that I did not got her, but I finally got my girl Nero (my first golden saber Lily doesn't count) and now my Herc have NP lvl3, after months of salt only getting CEs and 3* servants I am finally happy.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 05, 2018, 12:09:48 am
I had to use command spells but I managed to beat Tesla. Fairly sure I can beat him without spells if I had put my lancers at the back instead of the front. The appearance of a Saber Helter Skelter in round 2 wasn't in the cirnopedia guide and he ended up killing my Friend Scathath.

I'm gonna avoid the next 40ap until I can get more of those CEs, I don't think having just a single Purely Bloom is going to cut it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on January 05, 2018, 06:19:21 am
I had to use command seals as well because I didn't expect the random chance of Skelter Helter too on top of the Wyverns who can sometimes constantly crit...

But honestly, even a single Scathath can pretty much wreck Tesla otherwise as she doesn't fit any of Tesla's bonus damage ups and the damage he can do to her outside of crit otherwise is downright pitiful.
As long as you aren't being stupid, she should be able to take him down pretty easily.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 05, 2018, 06:36:20 am
My Lv100 Shisho with Kaleidoscope/Purely Bloom is ready *^*

Until then, I'm just farming that one 40 AP quest with Jeanne so I can get enough Vacuum tubes to buy all of the Gold EXP and Fou cards.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on January 05, 2018, 06:41:09 am
Double Cu (or triple if you wanna throw in Proto) works wonders against Tesla, especially with the Atlas outfit. Just watch for the Helter Skelters.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 05, 2018, 11:05:36 am
i finished the level 90 quest, i take back all the bad things i said about medea lily , she saved my ass from spending another apple. toughest fight for me in this quest is probably tesla,

i still didn't get anything from this banner. i only have 2 5* but i've got pretty good 4*s so i might change my line up and focus on my 4*s more.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 05, 2018, 11:16:50 am
After buying all of the Fou and Gold EXP cards, I finally got around to fighting Tesla. I was prepared for the worst and brought in MHX, Mordred, and Altera along with Scathach and a Grailed Cu from my friend's list...only to find out I didn't need either of the lancers. MHX one shotted Tesla with her NP. It was anti-climactic to say the least.

I had the LB Purely Bloom and the Star of Altria CE equipped at the same time for the massive ATK bonus.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 05, 2018, 11:31:30 am
well i don't have any assassins in my deck that's why i want to get jack.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 05, 2018, 11:40:37 am
If you mean generating crit stars, then the only critical stars I gained before I Brave Chained Secret-Calibur Tesla to death was the ones I generated from spamming Intuition from MHX, Mordred, and Crest of the Stars from Altera beforehand. I barely had any stars to begin with (I think around 7 since I kept spamming random command cards from both Mordred and Altera until the game gave me enough to Brave Chain MHX with her NP).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 05, 2018, 11:59:22 am
Just finished a scathath run and found out that her death effect on her NP goes through evade lol, she completely wiped out my Arty.

In the end I had to solo her with Nero, she basically single-handedly took out 4 sabers and brought my Nero down to guts status.

I really need these CEs, man.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 05, 2018, 12:01:18 pm
crit stars ain't my prob, but those fucking trash bins. i need an assassin to kill those rider skelters.

what ap is the best to farm points?

weird alot of new players are getting heroine x , i usually accept new player's friend request to gain more friends points while they are leveling up and majority of them doesn't have a level 80 servant.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 05, 2018, 06:05:35 pm
Transistors: Jeanne
Lens: Tesla
Vacuum Tubes: Scathach

Also those new players are probably just rerollers who were aiming for MHX.

Just finished a scathath run and found out that her death effect on her NP goes through evade lol, she completely wiped out my Arty.

In the end I had to solo her with Nero, she basically single-handedly took out 4 sabers and brought my Nero down to guts status.

I really need these CEs, man.

Yeah, those CEs really makes these fights easier due the enemy’s bloated HP. I was able to safely take out Scathach before she was able to use her NP once because of all the Brave Chains which resulted in hundreds of thousands points of damage per turn.


Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 05, 2018, 06:27:02 pm
why reroll? isn't it pointless to have 2 or more accounts?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on January 05, 2018, 08:00:54 pm
Its to start over with favorite servant or to sell/trade account
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 06, 2018, 02:05:14 am
I had to use command seals on Mysterious Heroine Z cause the game kept screwing me over with the command cards during the Dragon fight so MHX ended up dying. Okita was one Brave Chain away from soloing Heroine Z though.

Also if you want to farm a lot of points, I would recommend Scathach’s stage as she gives out the most points from my experience. Been getting at least 10k per run with MHX, Mordred, Altera, Lily, and Vanilla Altria support.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 07, 2018, 05:12:31 pm
alter spooked me , got too many sabers!!!! i need an assassin! i'll be happy even if i get carmella.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 08, 2018, 07:30:34 am
Used my seven day ticket, got something:
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 08, 2018, 09:58:24 am
why the fuck are you guys so lucky in this game.

I had to use command seals on Mysterious Heroine Z cause the game kept screwing me over with the command cards during the Dragon fight so MHX ended up dying. Okita was one Brave Chain away from soloing Heroine Z though.

Also if you want to farm a lot of points, I would recommend Scathach’s stage as she gives out the most points from my experience. Been getting at least 10k per run with MHX, Mordred, Altera, Lily, and Vanilla Altria support.

my okita can one shot kill that stupid dragon with her np. alternative i can go with 2 brave chain or 1 brave chain and one buster from okita is enough. MHZ isn't a problem now that i have learned a perfect strategy to beat her using 2 caster servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 08, 2018, 02:31:05 pm
Here's the team I'm running for MHZ:
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
I get to kick the dragon around a bit and so far I've always gotten to MHZ with all my Sabers intact before she starts killing them, but I always end up beating her quite comfortably, as long as Liz hangs around.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 08, 2018, 03:40:30 pm
mine's medea lily , okita and waiver, the other 3 are just level 1 saber lily , alter and level 40 mash with a auto evade ce so i can switch and absorb Mhz's NP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 09, 2018, 05:46:06 am
I don't bother bringing any other class than Sabers to help maximize my points, with the supports I'm bringing are just Nero, SAlter, Lily, or another MHX with the Altria Star CE. I'm already at 900k by farming Scathach stage since the demon there has been very generous on dropping hearts, been getting a drop every 2-4 runs on average.

Also 200 day anniversary event. Nothing fancy, just a some free items like tickets, apples, friend points, etc.

http://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=%2Fiframe%2F2018%2F0109_200thday%2F
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 09, 2018, 06:20:45 am
Are you using gold apples? I've only been using Silvers and Bronzes and I'm at 600K now.

I also want to go back and clear Jeanne nodes, but I think this may slow me down.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on January 09, 2018, 08:32:20 am
why the fuck are you guys so lucky in this game.

It involves various rituals, praying, proper timings and in my case, using up the luck on one gacha or lootbox rolling to build up the luck for another gacha or lootbox rolling.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 09, 2018, 10:01:03 am
Are you using gold apples? I've only been using Silvers and Bronzes and I'm at 600K now.

I also want to go back and clear Jeanne nodes, but I think this may slow me down.

you guys are fast i'm still at 400k , i'm not using any apples. there's still like 8 days? so i'm not in a rush.

i've been laughing all day long one of my employee is playing this game and he keeps randomly shouting stella!!!.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on January 09, 2018, 10:36:07 am
For JPN players, the Da Vinci counterfeit event has returned yet again...

But this time, you can create and use Jeanne Alter's Shinjuku outfit if you gather the mats necessary for it!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 10, 2018, 12:29:09 am
I know I have to save as much as possible for JAlter, but Nero Bride (and maaaaaybe Brynhildr) has caught my attention since I really want a damage pump for my Arts based team since her NP is single target.

Are you using gold apples? I've only been using Silvers and Bronzes and I'm at 600K now.

I also want to go back and clear Jeanne nodes, but I think this may slow me down.

I've only been using the apples the event has been giving me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 10, 2018, 01:44:02 am
My MHZ team looks a little different now, pretty sure this is all the blood I can squeeze from the stone:
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 10, 2018, 10:23:38 am
why not use another MHX for your support? lily one give you 40% or 30% i think mhx gives 50%.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 10, 2018, 10:30:53 am
MHX and Lily give the same bonus (50%).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 10, 2018, 11:52:14 am
oh then i was wrong.

are there any skeletal enemies in the event? i'm finishing some of the weekly quests.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on January 10, 2018, 10:40:48 pm
oh then i was wrong.

are there any skeletal enemies in the event? i'm finishing some of the weekly quests.

No Skeletons in the event quests. You'll just have to do some quests in Fuyuki.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on January 11, 2018, 05:34:20 am
OMG! haha got MHX with 2nd ticket xD
from the 200th day reward gg

check marks achievement list
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 15, 2018, 10:04:12 pm
2m download campaign happening after Saber Wars event with Limited Servant Brynhild(r) having a rate up. Assuming the event follows the 5m campaign of JP, we’ll also be getting some free tickets and quartz for daily log ins.

Full explanation:
http://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=%2Fiframe%2F2018%2F0116_200dlcp%2F

6 part campaign.

1. 5 quartz per day for up to 5 days (25 quartz total).
2. 5 4* EXP cards, 5 HP Fou cards, 5 Atk Fou cards, 5 Golden Apples, and 5 Summon tickets (each item will be delivered on different days for 5 days).
3. 1 free 5* Event CE.
4. Free limited time Mystic Code (casual clothes Saber).
5. Start Dash Campaign revamp for all new players.
6. Brynhild banner, 1/2 AP Ember quests, and new Altera Interlude.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 16, 2018, 11:57:05 am
that's good to hear i gave up on MHX and probably try my luck on lusamine.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 17, 2018, 07:01:33 am
With the final daily, I was able to get up to 2.1m points. I'm basically done with Saber Wars now since I've also cleaned out the Event shop.

Now to wait for those 1/2 AP embers...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on January 17, 2018, 07:53:29 am
Honestly haven't had much incentive to run saber wars often. Can't tell if it's because I've been distracted with other stuff or simply don't find the main reward(Lily NP5) very appealing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 17, 2018, 11:05:44 am
there;s nothing interesting in the trade shop except for the skill and ascension materials.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 17, 2018, 10:27:52 am
Lily was a bonus, but I was going for mana prisms and materials.

Which in this case was a rousing success.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 17, 2018, 10:52:49 am
there;s nothing interesting in the trade shop except for the skill and ascension materials.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on January 17, 2018, 07:10:27 pm
I was primarily grinding for Claws and Hearts and considering I got almost 30 of the former and 20 of the latter, roaring success.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 18, 2018, 11:55:49 pm
Valentines Day event confirmed, along with Nero Bride Banner with more details coming soon.

Brynhild confirmed bait
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 19, 2018, 12:04:08 am
I'm gonna drop some SQ see if I can get some waifu.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 19, 2018, 05:23:54 am
Valentines event starts from the 25th to the 3rd of February.

http://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=%2Fiframe%2F2018%2F0119_valentines%2F

We'll also be getting 3 quartz due to the 15k likes/3k shares milestone being reached.

Also I just recently found out that a rainbow animation during a summon doesn't guarantee a 5* Servant, as it could still be a 4*. Wtf, DW? They're taking spook/trolling to a whole new level.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 19, 2018, 10:57:36 am
dunno if i'll pull for lillie's mum or i will wait for nero bride , but i don't have any good lancer except for arturia and i've got tons of sabers already , still bride is better than bryn. but bryn is a very rare servant , but her skills aren't compatible with my servants seeing most of my powerful servants are already crit generators and crit gatherers.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on January 20, 2018, 07:14:13 am
Valentines event starts from the 25th to the 3rd of February.

http://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=%2Fiframe%2F2018%2F0119_valentines%2F

We'll also be getting 3 quartz due to the 15k likes/3k shares milestone being reached.

Also I just recently found out that a rainbow animation during a summon doesn't guarantee a 5* Servant, as it could still be a 4*. Wtf, DW? They're taking spook/trolling to a whole new level.

That should be absolutely impossible. A Rainbow animation GUARANTEES a 5* Servant, no questions asked. I never heard or seen someone say they got a 4* from a Rainbow Animation unless it was somehow an error you gotten(like with the weird bug in Halloween where for awhile after the gacha came out, there was a random chance if you got a Gold Assassin Card, Tamamo No Mae will be behind it rather than an Assassin as it would bug out and instead of being Caster, it would be Assassin.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 20, 2018, 10:44:42 am
I just realized I burned my Kiyohime. I don't know how long ago that was but I'm really upset at myself.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 20, 2018, 01:03:51 pm
burned or a glitch? i'm missing one CE too , the poster girl CE. dunno what happened or how long it was missing but i do remember it was still in my inventory before christmas and after that bug thing. it was good ce too, meh no matter i can get another one this november.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 20, 2018, 01:26:36 pm
Not sure it was part of the glitch but I might have missed her when I was locking up all my servants before burning everything that wasn't locked (and I started that practice long before the glitch).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on January 20, 2018, 07:17:33 pm
I nearly burnt my Lancer Artoria Alter because I forgot to lock her.

It's a damn good idea to lock Servants you always plan to use because it only takes a single tap on accident and not paying attention and you lose a valuable servant/NP fodder.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 21, 2018, 06:33:37 am
That should be absolutely impossible. A Rainbow animation GUARANTEES a 5* Servant, no questions asked. I never heard or seen someone say they got a 4* from a Rainbow Animation unless it was somehow an error you gotten(like with the weird bug in Halloween where for awhile after the gacha came out, there was a random chance if you got a Gold Assassin Card, Tamamo No Mae will be behind it rather than an Assassin as it would bug out and instead of being Caster, it would be Assassin.

It's never happened to me since the rainbow only appeared for me twice while the rest of the 5*s I got had no gold/rainbow animation while summoning, but I was reading some testimonials on Reddit the other day that some people have experienced getting 4* servants from a rainbow, with one person claiming that they got Fionn instead of Brynhild when a gold lancer popped out from a rainbow animation.

I just realized I burned my Kiyohime. I don't know how long ago that was but I'm really upset at myself.

You should be, you heathen.

I would have shot myself if I burned mine, since I grailed her and everything. She's a staple on my farming teams.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on January 21, 2018, 11:51:11 pm
It is literally impossible to get a 4* off a rainbow.
That's the whole point of a rainbow; gold is to confirm you're getting a SR at minimum, rainbow is a straight up confirmation that you're getting a SSR and nothing below that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 22, 2018, 12:55:13 am
What a week, I only got my Artoria and my MHX to get to 90 now, then I'll pick someone to use my last grail on. Candidates are Nero, Medea, George or Hans. Any suggestions?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 22, 2018, 10:55:56 am
fionn is known for being the spookiest lancer. he's just doing what he is intended to do.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: vgma2 on January 22, 2018, 10:05:51 pm
Just started playing the game a few days ago.
Any advice you guys have for a newcomer?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on January 23, 2018, 01:12:38 am
it depends do you want to win at the game or do you want to play waifu maker?

btw, I think waifu maker is the most fun and respectable way to play the game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on January 23, 2018, 02:31:17 am
it depends do you want to win at the game or do you want to play waifu maker?

btw, I think waifu maker is the most fun and respectable way to play the game.

Hear, hear

Just started playing the game a few days ago.
Any advice you guys have for a newcomer?

Okay, I'll give a few tips for a newcomer:

1. If you want to, reroll until you get some strong 4*'s. I have heard that you can't reroll anymore easily for a 5* base(even though I remember I got Waver from the free 10 the game allows you at the start). Unlike in most gacha games, you can easily be carried through by even the 1 star bases of the game as long as you are able to actually strategize around them. 4 star and above primarily makes your life easier when it comes to challenge quests in the future.

2. This goes along with the above but this bears repeating: In the harder difficulty quests, you primarily are going to win through strategy than brute force. You primarily want to focus on not just the damage dealers, but the support and tank units.
The primary Servants you want to look for if you want to take it real slow and easy are:
Hans Andersen: He's basically known as the Budget Waver-Merlin and can save your ass hardcore with his myriad of buffs and his skills. He can buff your Crit Rate for your whole party, buff his NP gauge pretty hard and a strong star generator. And his NP while it has a chance of missing his Attack and Defense buffs, he can give you heal over time which is very valuable.
Saint Georgios: He's simply put, one of the best tanks in the game. He can Taunt the enemies to Attack him, can heal himself, buff his Defense and can gain Guts(which allows him to survive a killing blow).
Cu Chuliann: If I didn't mention him, I would get murdered in the street. To say that Cu is a cockroach is an understatement. The guy practically can be the last person on the team and wipe out bosses by himself if he's tended to well and the player plays it smart. He has Guts, a 3 time evade AND Defense buff(and no, it's not a one time evade, it's a straight up dodge 3 attacks at any time after it's used) and a heal. Not even mentioning his NP has a good chance of instant kill.
Heracles: He's pretty much a slightly weaker variant of Cu. He's a massive Glass Cannon and the first person people will go to for a starter 4 Star Hero you will aim for. A Berserker so there is very few classes will be able to have resistance against him, High Attack on top of that, Evade, Damage Buff and a Guts as well..and that's not even mentioning maxing his bond will give you a Craft Essence(mainly an equip) which will allow him a 3 time Guts at the start of battle on top of that, giving him insane logevity even among the hardiest of Berserkers. On top of that, he has a single target NP(which is very important since there's very few AOE NP which has ST damage).

There are plenty of more Servants that are useful and to aim for(ESPECIALLY Waver) but I will stop for now and you can look for what you should look for here: https://grandorder.gamepress.gg/

3. Don't focus on a single Servant you want.
This seems to be the weirdest thing to say but it's something that is best to figure out now. People have gone crazy saving for Tamamo No Mae and if they didn't get her, they would be super bummed out and will usually quite the game outright. It's best to have a very blaise attitude, especially since Supports unlike again in most other gachas can usually be easily found again and again and have no real cooldowns. So it can take the sting out of not getting the Servant you want by using others at times.

4. Craft Essences are your friends:
Seriously, never underestimate most craft essences. Yeah, most of them are useless but there are some which are very, VERY useful. Even things like Seal Force Designator can work for say Berserkers who are Crit Busters but can't gather Stars to save their life. Knight's Dignity for that insane Crit Boost for Riders and other Servants that can gather stars and do huge Crit Damage,
Even the 3-4 star CE's which buffs your Cards are FAR more helpful than you think they are. But also remember who really works with the CE as well(Don't give Heracles Projection and hope it works with his NP Generation, give him Verdant Sound and he can hit harder with both his Busters and NP)

5. Level Mash:
No seriously, level Mash. She may come off as an extremely weak beginner Servant but trust me, she gets stupid strong as the game goes on and becomes a stupidly strong viable Tank. Hell, at London, she not only gets her level raised to 60, but gains her final skill which allows her to properly tank along with an ST invincibility targetable buff. At the next 2 singularities, all of her skills gain an even bigger buff and her NP will become even stronger. And remember, Mash has ZERO COST, which makes it easier to make teams without her taking up too much space.

And finally
6. Don't bother farming mats until events:
To get stronger skills and to ascend(make your Servants stronger with higher levels) your Servants, you need materials but the rates of most of the mats are TERRIBLE until later on in the game's lifecycle(which ends up become more terrible for the NEW mats they make in exchange and so on). But there is a big silver lining: Events. Events primarily give out mats like candy which make your life easy. Even farming is easier on events, but still atleast do the Class Dailies for Monuments, Statues and Gems since those are far easier to obtain
And finally for that, pick and choose the Servants you want to use before ascending them because otherwise, it's a pain in the ass to actually level your servant if you focus on one too many.

Those are my tips and yeah, it's a massive dump of text so...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 23, 2018, 10:14:51 am
rerolling is for chumps accept what the gods have given you! , i did i level and used tamamo cat for 2 months til i got , bonnie&mary , okita and francis.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 23, 2018, 11:41:50 am
Hey! I wanted to reroll specifically for the worst SSR on launch and I'm perfectly happy with that!

Anyway, here's some tips:

1. Lock every new unit you get, even those weak looking bronzes and silvers will get you some action later. Plus in an act of irony I burned my Kiyohime.
2. After you NP5 a servant you can go ahead and burn any other copies you pull for prisms, there is no point in keeping dupes.
3. Look up how to CE bomb, it's something I wish I learned a few months ago.
4. Be picky with your friends, like I'm a good friend for example (738,312,882 fr I'm based af), make sure to check out all their support slots to see if they have decent shit.
5. Mashu is cute.
6. Everyone who says mean things about Nero is bad civilization.
7. Speaking of that, always remember:
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/2052583f4f3f5bbe3d9cc82ef069ea8e/tumblr_inline_oumtz0FSB71qdhp74_540.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 23, 2018, 12:10:19 pm
add me up too, i've got crit/crit buster servants. 679880977 they are very useful if you want to farm the daily quests oh and do it right now while it's on half ap and you could earn exp cards.

don't believe the star ratings alot of 3 stars and 2 stars are very useful.
max leonidas if you get him, he's a fucking beast. he's a good alternative to mash if you don't like her.
and get your free CE card bond booster in the reward in the top right corner. after level 5 bond level your servants will give you quartz depending on the star level.

oh and another thing don't do single rolls. use your tickets for that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 24, 2018, 01:37:22 am
I want to whale on this game, but Lady Akiha doesn't pay me enough I can't with that dreaded 1%.

Here's my fiend code if you guys want to add me since I just cleaned up my friend's list: 699722371
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on January 24, 2018, 02:33:02 am
Plus, if a servant that you want is a 5 star or a 4 star and you don't want to spend money on the game do all the free quests after you clear a story chapter to collect saint quartz and don't forget to login at least one time everyday to get some login bonus items.
And of course a bit of planning is not bad, the NA server follows a similar update/event dates of JP server (wich is almost 2 years ahead of us) so you can see servants and events that they will release, I recommend these two sites http://fate-go.cirnopedia.org/ (http://fate-go.cirnopedia.org/) and http://fategrandorder.wikia.com/wiki/Event_List (http://fategrandorder.wikia.com/wiki/Event_List) there you have a ton of information.

And my Id if anyone is interested: 298398652.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: vgma2 on January 24, 2018, 08:01:03 am
Thanks for the tips everyone!  I'll be rechecking them as I learn this game.

I'll definitely be playing this game as a waifu maker. :P
I'm aiming for Tama-
3. Don't focus on a single Servant you want.
This seems to be the weirdest thing to say but it's something that is best to figure out now. People have gone crazy saving for Tamamo No Mae and if they didn't get her, they would be super bummed out and will usually quite the game outright.
Aw dang. :(
lol yeah, I heard the stories of the pull rates for this game.  Enjoying what I happen to get seems to be the best way to enjoy the game for now.
I don't think I'll be rerolling, managed to get Brynhild on my first 10x summon.  Admittedly, I was totally prepared to reroll for ages to get Caster Tamamo, but with that 1%, and how long it took to get the quarts, I'm satisfied with my current result.

Good to hear low rarity units are decent and the game can't be brute forced.  That was one of my main worries.

I'll be adding everyone who's posted their codes here.  Keep an eye out for some noob who decided to name themself Ritsuka and has no idea what they're doing with their friend supports.
I'll probably change that to a proper name once I get bored of seeing that. :P
Code: 590293065

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 24, 2018, 08:42:01 am
Just got Kiyo back through FP pull =D
Yaaaay.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on January 24, 2018, 09:03:30 am
Quote
Admittedly, I was totally prepared to reroll for ages to get Caster Tamamo, but with that 1%, and how long it took to get the quarts, I'm satisfied with my current result.

Right, let's address a few things the others forgot to point out starting with the reason I quoted this. The pool of servants you can pull depends on your story progress. The further you are, the more servants you can pull. In the case of Caster Tamamo, she isn't in the servant pool until you beat London. If a servant is the focus of a banner, they ignore this restriction. Basically, you can reroll all you want but unless Tamamo is a focus unit, you will never get her.

The other thing I want to mention is that servants don't level up through battle. They level up by the XP cards. The best way to get these is in the Ember gathering quests in Chaldea Gate. Get acquainted with this spot because the quests here will be your main source of XP cards and statues/monuments.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on January 24, 2018, 03:53:41 pm
Another thing that I don't think has been mentioned yet: leveling up servant skills, as well as grailing servants, gets really expensive. Get used to farming the Treasure Vaults when that happens (a good rider or berserker will make mincemeat of such). Be sure to bring a support with the Mona Lisa CE if you want to maximize profits.

If you wanna add me I'm 593265950. You'll know its me with my level 98 Emiya.


unrelated JP news: allegedly, the next round of strengthening quests has been leaked (https://twitter.com/FGO_Leaks/status/955750477454561280). Take it with a grain of salt, considering past leaks haven't always been right.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on January 24, 2018, 04:39:45 pm
Another thing that I don't think has been mentioned yet: leveling up servant skills, as well as grailing servants, gets really expensive. Get used to farming the Treasure Vaults when that happens (a good rider or berserker will make mincemeat of such). Be sure to bring a support with the Mona Lisa CE if you want to maximize profits.

If you wanna add me I'm 593265950. You'll know its me with my level 98 Emiya.


unrelated JP news: allegedly, the next round of strengthening quests has been leaked (https://twitter.com/FGO_Leaks/status/955750477454561280). Take it with a grain of salt, considering past leaks haven't always been right.

Oh god I hope it's true as Ruler Jeanne needs so much damn love when it comes to True Name Revelation. It should be treated a huge deal and yet it only nerfs NP damage which means nothing in the long term? It should debuff ALL priority stats.

And Artoria really needs to lose the Instinct/Intuition.

Quote
Admittedly, I was totally prepared to reroll for ages to get Caster Tamamo, but with that 1%, and how long it took to get the quarts, I'm satisfied with my current result.

Right, let's address a few things the others forgot to point out starting with the reason I quoted this. The pool of servants you can pull depends on your story progress. The further you are, the more servants you can pull. In the case of Caster Tamamo, she isn't in the servant pool until you beat London. If a servant is the focus of a banner, they ignore this restriction. Basically, you can reroll all you want but unless Tamamo is a focus unit, you will never get her.

The other thing I want to mention is that servants don't level up through battle. They level up by the XP cards. The best way to get these is in the Ember gathering quests in Chaldea Gate. Get acquainted with this spot because the quests here will be your main source of XP cards and statues/monuments.

Isn't Tamamo on the general gacha? Which means you can roll her at any time since the London Chapter is released?

Thanks for the tips everyone!  I'll be rechecking them as I learn this game.

I'll definitely be playing this game as a waifu maker. :P
I'm aiming for Tama-
3. Don't focus on a single Servant you want.
This seems to be the weirdest thing to say but it's something that is best to figure out now. People have gone crazy saving for Tamamo No Mae and if they didn't get her, they would be super bummed out and will usually quite the game outright.
Aw dang. :(
lol yeah, I heard the stories of the pull rates for this game.  Enjoying what I happen to get seems to be the best way to enjoy the game for now.
I don't think I'll be rerolling, managed to get Brynhild on my first 10x summon.  Admittedly, I was totally prepared to reroll for ages to get Caster Tamamo, but with that 1%, and how long it took to get the quarts, I'm satisfied with my current result.

Good to hear low rarity units are decent and the game can't be brute forced.  That was one of my main worries.

I'll be adding everyone who's posted their codes here.  Keep an eye out for some noob who decided to name themself Ritsuka and has no idea what they're doing with their friend supports.
I'll probably change that to a proper name once I get bored of seeing that. :P
Code: 590293065



You'll be fine, Brynhildr is a FINE catch and Tamamo No Mae can be gotten at anytime(and there's a HUGE chance she will spook you in the future) since Brynhildr is not coming back for a decent rateup until a year and a half later.

I would be adding all of you but yeah past Darkflare who I got a long while ago, I long since hit my Friend Limit but I may be able to squeeze someone here and there at times.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 24, 2018, 05:33:33 pm
bryn is one of those rare servants that's actually useful unlike mhx.

imo monalisa ce is useless , you won't need to farm qp if you gonna play it as f2p or c2p. i'd save my mana prisms for something else instead.
it's better if you equip your support servant the heroic portrait CE , the one you got for free. it increases the bond points, and alot of my friends have equipped it on their waivers , mine is on medea lily. both cards will give you 100 bond points that's not much but it'll help you to level up your servant's bod faster to get free quartz and their special CE. i already have 3 level 7 servants.

grail a servant you actually like doesn't matter if it's 3 or 5 stars.

meh i think that leak is a lie , another buff for okita? she's already really good and her np damage and debuff is a good start np combo with anyone.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on January 24, 2018, 07:14:20 pm
grail a servant you actually like doesn't matter if it's 3 or 5 stars.

i grailed MHX to 94 heh heh  :lfor:

I want to grail leonidas but thos last materails are a pain x-x
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on January 25, 2018, 05:06:33 am

Isn't Tamamo on the general gacha? Which means you can roll her at any time since the London Chapter is released?
From what I researched, you actually do need to beat London for her since servants are locked by story progress.


My friend list is full and I even have the maximum pending friend requests. Have to take some time to clear them out.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 25, 2018, 05:12:53 am
Tamamo isn't story locked. The only servants unlocked after beating London are Tesla and Lancer Altria Alter.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 25, 2018, 05:22:24 am
unrelated JP news: allegedly, the next round of strengthening quests has been leaked (https://twitter.com/FGO_Leaks/status/955750477454561280). Take it with a grain of salt, considering past leaks haven't always been right.
Whoa hey Arty getting a buff?

Yes please, give me something to look forward to, maybe NP Gain or Evade on Instinct or something.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on January 25, 2018, 05:25:56 am
Tamamo isn't story locked. The only servants unlocked after beating London are Tesla and Lancer Altria Alter.

Oh ok

(https://i.imgur.com/wwKjkEtl.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on January 25, 2018, 05:34:29 am
imo monalisa ce is useless , you won't need to farm qp if you gonna play it as f2p or c2p. i'd save my mana prisms for something else instead.
I'm not gonna say shoot for Mona Lisa since supports help out already, but this is the most egregious post I've seen in a long time. .V.

unrelated JP news: allegedly, the next round of strengthening quests has been leaked (https://twitter.com/FGO_Leaks/status/955750477454561280). Take it with a grain of salt, considering past leaks haven't always been right.
I'd love this to be true, considering Lantoria could seriously use a buff. Just wondering how Kerry would be handled considering his kit is already pretty good and his NP already got a buff...

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 25, 2018, 08:20:31 am
Whassup my homies!

Waifu Nero is on the gacha! Let the valentines event begin!
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on January 25, 2018, 08:23:55 am
Grats...gotta wait till Friday to try with 4 more 10 pulls.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 25, 2018, 08:29:42 am
imo monalisa ce is useless , you won't need to farm qp if you gonna play it as f2p or c2p. i'd save my mana prisms for something else instead.
I'm not gonna say shoot for Mona Lisa since supports help out already, but this is the most egregious post I've seen in a long time. .V.

expect more to come!!!  i'm not saying saying it's wrong i'm just saying my opinion that it's useless for f2p and c2p players.


ha you got her already!? that was fast , gonna wait til jack's rate up i'm not really pulling for umu bride since i've got too many sabers and earn more quartz along the way.


anyway have you guys heard any news about FGO arcade or any petition to have a western release? i'm kinda curious since fgo is popular now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 25, 2018, 10:20:36 am
Threw in a few quartz and got the 5* CE and Anne Bonny/Marie which I am more than happy to get. Been hoping to get them for a while now, now my Black Grail has a purpose for existing!

Now in saving mode for JAlter...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 25, 2018, 02:52:47 pm
anne&bonnie are solid boss killers by far they are favourite in my deck.

are we going to get a mystic code that is based on quick and arts card? just like the casual arturia clothes but instead boosts quick card damage?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on January 25, 2018, 03:01:43 pm
haahaa
I did 10 pull for event craft essence and gotten Jack the ripper....
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 25, 2018, 03:19:07 pm
lucky i burned all my quartz twice to get jack but i still haven't got her.

i'm still gonna roll for her in her rate up , i'm not really interested in umu bride.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on January 25, 2018, 11:05:29 pm
are we going to get a mystic code that is based on quick and arts card? just like the casual arturia clothes but instead boosts quick card damage?

There are two Mystic Codes that give Quick Buffs in upcoming events (Fate/Zero and the first Summer), and there's going to be another Arts-based Code in the future. The Extella mystic code might come back if they do a promo campaign for the Extella sequel thing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 26, 2018, 01:26:15 am
Okay, with Rider rate-up for coins, this is just a reminder to put your Rider chocolate on your assassin support (if you don't have the Mash support, that is).

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 27, 2018, 07:00:23 am
how's the farming going for you guys?  imo it's probably the most easiest event , i can earn 1000 choco coins easily.

are the CEs we get in this event can be used next year should i fed them to other CE?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 27, 2018, 07:13:49 am
Farming is easy as shit, I prefer farming the Calvary node due to enemy count but I'm pretty sure I'm clearing this shop of everything I need as well.

I'm also surprised I was still eligible to get the Carmilla choco despite the fact I BURNED HER at the start of NA. Nice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 27, 2018, 02:35:41 pm
so orion counts as a male? she attacked me and had 0 damage and euryale's charm works on her too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on January 27, 2018, 07:55:33 pm
so orion counts as a male? she attacked me and had 0 damage and euryale's charm works on her too.

Remember, Artemis hijacked Orion's SaInt Graph only meaning while that IS Artemis, she's working within Orion's parameters, including the fact that acts like she's male despite being obviously female.

And Artoria Lancer Alter is absolutely something else...

Power up her Ends of the World skill to atleast lvl 4 and have somewhat a good amount of stars(I used Scathath for one time) and she can pretty much kill the Archer Choco Dragon in a single combo if she's able to hit her crits without using her Mana Burst).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 28, 2018, 10:03:17 pm
> Saber Rate up
> Uses a front line team of all Archers
> Lancer Dragon appears
> Front line gets destroyed, but manages to pull through
> Brynhild appears
> Proceeds to cut wrists

If I didn't happen to put Mordred in my line up, I would have been wiped out.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 28, 2018, 11:01:04 pm
Yeah, it's a bummer and the reason why I hate farming the knight classes. Switching out with plugsuit has saved me more than it should tbh
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 29, 2018, 01:48:45 am
(https://i.imgur.com/N8lPsd4.png)

This event hates me... Why is this even a thing?

This even happened RIGHT AFTER I spent my Caster coins for the Tamamo chocolate CE.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 29, 2018, 10:57:27 am
and that's why you don't put one class in front,

mine's saber,lancer and a caster. all of them are equipped with the mash CE so it doesn't matter my back row are equipped with the 4* and 5* CE change them depending on the rate up. i can farm 1k choco coins in a breeze.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 29, 2018, 11:20:08 am
It wasn't even that bad considering Tamamo doesn't have an offensive NP and I had Santa Alter in my back line so it was fine in the end, it's just annoying to have the game screw you over like that. To be honest I would rather have Tamamo spook me in the last battle than Jack.

Mash's CE only increases the drop rate for the "All" type choco coin which are rare to begin with, so even if you had the Jeanne CE it still wouldn't really matter much in the end as you'll only be getting around 4-8 extra "All" choco coins on average per run.
 
Also I already cleaned out the shop so...I'm just farming this node for the Hearts the demon generously drops from time to time...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 29, 2018, 11:36:13 am
ALL means every class not just the circle one dunno what's it's called. i thought the same too but i tested it. i have 1 4* ce and 5* from the support servant. i can get 18 bonus coins per drop.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on January 29, 2018, 02:07:49 pm
You know, it says rate up, not guaranteed. You need to take into account the other classes can still show up.


Ugh, really should take a day or two to burn a few apples in this. Been really busy and barely have anything.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 29, 2018, 02:12:48 pm
I have all materials except Scales, which I'm not getting. All fous, all gold exp and I'm just starting to collect prisms. I may also get some monuments as well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on January 29, 2018, 09:57:16 pm
I'm waiting until Caster Rate up and Berserker rateup to grind like crazy.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 31, 2018, 06:12:23 am
Was exclusively gunning for Drake during this rate up and was able to get her in 2 10x rolls. I would have been a bit salty if I had gotten Nero Bride instead.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 31, 2018, 09:41:01 am
meh i rolled got nothing, i still have 1x10 roll for jack. and 5 tickets. after the okita banner it seems all my luck is depleted.  i really need an assasin cause i don't have any good one probably except hassan but still he's not enough to carry my crit build.


Jp news low key waifu semiramis is now available.  if it isn't a gacha game i would play jp too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 01, 2018, 01:10:42 am
Just used my tix for an attempt at Drake but ended up with another copy of Nero Bride.
(https://i.imgur.com/suZ2i60.png)
I'm actually really happy with this!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 01, 2018, 11:33:14 am
got nothing again... not even a single 5* or 4* not even a CE.  god damn this game hates.

at least i cleared the shop , and what will happen to the chocolates? will it disappear? or can i fed them?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 03, 2018, 12:21:28 pm
Got Umu Bride in 90 quartz to see if I could get her before the end of the event. Now my Arts team has a proper damage dealer. Got spooked by D'Eon 3 times before then. At least S/He is now NP5.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 06, 2018, 05:58:14 am
KnK: Garden of Order event confirmed.

http://fate-go.us/event/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 06, 2018, 07:33:56 am
Very excited for Shiki, that's another strong unit for my arts team.

Also hoping there's a place I can farm yggdrasil seeds there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 06, 2018, 09:08:56 am
at least i can use my 150+ assassin cards.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 06, 2018, 10:48:05 am
I just want those ghost lanterns for Umu Bride, Ushi, Anne Bonny/Mary, and Marie....and the worst part is the 20 from the event shop is still not enough.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 06, 2018, 11:35:57 am
i still got 40 ghost lanterns and eternal gear , wish fgo enables trade items or ce. cause i need me some dragon fangs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 07, 2018, 01:47:09 am
Spent almost 300 AP trying to farm for lanterns over at Okeanos and only came out with 2...

20% my ass, I feel as though I have better luck rolling for 4/5* Servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 07, 2018, 11:16:50 am
should've waited for the daily quest it's better to farm there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 07, 2018, 12:02:03 pm
Speaking of rolling, I somehow accidentally rolled the FUCKING STORY GACHA and wasted 30 gems and got Caster Gilles and the CE that raises your max HP  by 200 every turn.

All I wanted was 1* CEs for my CE bomb, dammit.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on February 07, 2018, 05:49:30 pm
How did you not notice the different summon art?

Anyway, I got around to friend list cleaning and I have some slots open if you need more support units. I guess i can help out since I have 50 other people I can borrow supports from.

FC is 418530100
Spoiler: Current support units (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 08, 2018, 03:20:44 am
should've waited for the daily quest it's better to farm there.

Stormy Seas in Okeanos is the best place to farm Lanterns at the moment. Mt. Etna in Septem has less than a 10% chance to drop and don't even get me started on the daily quests you speak of. They're abysmal and you literally have a better/same chance rolling a 4* Servant instead of farming those quests.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 08, 2018, 10:08:11 am
How did you not notice the different summon art?
I kinda wasn't looking at the screen and was going off muscle memory I guess.

Anyway here's a thing for the new event that should be helpful, I got it from reddit:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DZr4lpHw6FEmN7J3J4u-9mAgfx7CUgJVeYPbhsLwm9I/htmlview?sle=true#
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 09, 2018, 02:10:54 pm
holy shit , that one quest scared me, like wtf i didn't even put shiki in the front so i had a hard time using her np.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 09, 2018, 03:48:59 pm
That's the incinerator quest, right?

I was lucky enough to look it up I guess, got her NP charged in 2 turns with Tamamo and Hans.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 09, 2018, 04:03:39 pm
i was just playing around and boosting some bond levels of weak servants almost got killed too.  6 million hp and 10k heal lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 10, 2018, 01:40:27 am
I knew about those bloated ghosts beforehand and I still forgot about them and ended up going into the fight with Void Shiki in the back-line without the plug-suit equipped.

Fortunately I still had normal Shiki in the front-line and just had Nero Bride and Tamamo boost her NP gain for the NP spam.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 11, 2018, 05:19:51 am
dunno if i'll roll this banner,  i like ryougi saber but ive got too many sabers and her insta-death np isn't that good against bosses.

edit: lol i got 3* servants and 3* ce not even a 4* ce this time , damn my luck is deteriorating in every banner, i'm almost done with the event 10 more mission to go.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on February 12, 2018, 08:09:05 am
this event has surely be the one that decreased my QP to minimum >_<
didnt think skill on 5 star characters was that high :s

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 12, 2018, 08:43:09 am
While we're showing off Supports, here's my Display Case
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Got my first Bond CE to show off there =D
All these servants I received from pulls (except Herc, who was my free 4* ticket). Nero Bride is my and only 4+ NP2
Missing from this is 4* Nero (that I got from Nerofest) and Atlante (my 4* from the initial pull).
Edit: Also missing is Lancelot.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 12, 2018, 10:53:45 am
Spoiler: Support (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 12, 2018, 11:31:49 am
be careful on the room 804 , don't let MHX cast her battle continuation she can heal up 60k hp , bring jack to dispel her buffs and to kill babbage early or just kill MHX as fast as you can. and i think i found a bug too , if you use skill effect target focus against two enemies who are going to use their NP the 2nd enemy will not use it's np but it will use it on the next turn instead.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 13, 2018, 12:05:03 pm
Brought Scathach, Tamamo, and a support Waver to 804. Took down X with a Gae Bolg Brave Chain on the first round then one shotted Emiya with another Gae Bolg on the next turn, then leisurely took out Babbage.

This is probably the first time I ever felt how good Waver actually is...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on February 13, 2018, 03:02:10 pm
I brought Medea, Cu and Waver. I used Rule Breaker on MHX and then focused on killing Emiya, got wrecked by MHX stun, but used RB again after the cooldown and only Babbage was left, so I just called Ushi on Cu's place + used Waver buffs, the rest is history.

And since everyone is posting their support list:
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

What do you guys think about Martha? Should I keep her on support or use Salter?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 13, 2018, 06:01:44 pm
is martha a good servant? i got her and maxed her but i never see her useful ,
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on February 13, 2018, 06:53:29 pm
Eh

Maybe if you grail her

Ruler Martha is the better version
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 13, 2018, 07:03:50 pm
i'll pass then , i'm just gonna level up her bond .
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on February 13, 2018, 10:05:14 pm
Well, Martha have a good heal that removes debuffs from the party, so, if you use Fran, she is very useful. She can fill her bar fast with her arts oriented deck, but her main problem its her NP wich have a low multiplier, don't have sinergy with her deck and don't have any effect besides damage.
She is a ok support servant and a bad damage dealer, I just put she there because I like her personality.

Edit: I forgot that her NP do have a side effect it reduces enemies defence by 20% up to 40% depending of the overcharge.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 14, 2018, 12:47:14 am
Did 804 with friend Waver, Lancelot w/ KScope and Arash w/ KScope. Wiped out around 60% of health on the first turn and then cleaned up with Herc and Lancelot.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on February 15, 2018, 12:36:44 am
Since we doin' support lists.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Haven't gotten to Room 804 yet though.

Martha also works well with Jeanne.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 15, 2018, 06:27:00 am
JP finally getting a rerun of the Garden of Order event. They're also debuting Fujino (Archer) as a new 4* Servant (Gacha).

Fujino NP (Single Target)


Saber Shiki and Vanilla Shiki(?) are also getting animation updates.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on February 15, 2018, 06:39:10 am
Hopefully this will be the lead in for a second part, the original Kara no Kyoukai event really paved the way for what the game could and would become and I'd love to see a sequel putting to use everything learned since.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 15, 2018, 09:03:23 am
The next event for NA is Da Vinci, right?

I actually might gamble it all on Jalter if that's the case.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 15, 2018, 09:27:21 am
If we're following the JP schedule, we still have a few more events in between like the Chaldea Boys Collection, Edward Dantes challenge, and the release of the American chapter to name a few before the Da Vinci event. If anything we won't see JAlter till the end of March at the absolute earliest.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 17, 2018, 05:37:36 am
Just cleared out the shop.

It's always jarring going back to normal quests, but this was a great event, spent 8 apples and most were used at the start.

If we're following the JP schedule, we still have a few more events in between like the Chaldea Boys Collection, Edward Dantes challenge, and the release of the American chapter to name a few before the Da Vinci event. If anything we won't see JAlter till the end of March at the absolute earliest.
Ahh shit, so we get America before Da Vinci? Damn, I want to pull for Nightingale too, but I'mma need these stones for my avvy girl.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 20, 2018, 04:23:44 am
America chapter is kind of a prerequisite for JAlter considering one of her Ascension/skill materials can only be found there.

Chadea Boys Collection with Amakusa and Astolfo event after Garden of Sinners :
http://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=/iframe/2018/0220_cbc2018_cp/
https://webview.fate-go.us/2018/0220_cbc2018/

Edmond Dantes Challenge event:
http://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=/iframe/2018/0220_mainquestaphelf/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 22, 2018, 11:56:03 am
So what CE did you guys pick? i picked 4* noisy obsession imo the only good ce in the give away was noisy obsession and 5* teacher and I ,

not gonna pull in this banner , i might get spooked by astolfo , but i might use tickets shirou is very useful against buff spammers.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 22, 2018, 12:56:04 pm
Teacher and I, seems good to go on Scathath or something.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on February 25, 2018, 03:26:33 am
I got Amakusa while rolling for Astolfo. Ain't that funny.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 25, 2018, 05:50:49 am
if only astolfo is some what useful i'd roll for him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 25, 2018, 07:48:35 am
I tried a 10-roll for waver and got 4 rate-up CEs, another Millennium Tree, Gil-Ko and Hohenheim.

That leaves me with 106 SQ.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 25, 2018, 08:49:28 am
Not really interested in this banner outside of Tesla and maybe Vlad. May drop a ticket or two when the former becomes a rate up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 25, 2018, 12:33:59 pm
i'm aiming for tesla , i don't have an archer except for euryale and nobu. but i'm using tickets.

lol i got waver THE CURSE HAS BEEN LIFTED 1 ticket roll.   and i got it while i was watching a video about chaos gods.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 26, 2018, 06:45:19 am
Spent a ticket, got Tesla.

Fucking based.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 26, 2018, 06:59:37 am
Spent 3 tickets and hoped for Tesla. Got Shiro instead. :(

Still happy on first Ruler
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 26, 2018, 01:12:03 pm
who here has a high level euryale? i've got mine up to 70 i'm experimenting on a stun lock combo that i'll use against dantes event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on February 26, 2018, 10:28:34 pm
im waiting i feel i just used up my 4 star luck on astolfo....

wheres the challenge boss from banner?
and
how close are we for next chapter?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on February 26, 2018, 11:14:23 pm
who here has a high level euryale? i've got mine up to 70 i'm experimenting on a stun lock combo that i'll use against dantes event.

Mine is lvl 70, but I don't find her stun skill too useful since it only affect male enemies and her NP do a better job, so I just leveled up her vampirism skill and use her on arts teams to spam her NP as much as possible.

how close are we for next chapter?
Probably the next chapter will come right after Dantes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 27, 2018, 09:23:38 am
you can equip her with the new ce you got from valentine. that'll make her charm more useful. i got arturia lancer euryale and waver dunno if i should bring shiki to kill the demon sub boss or i should go all 5 star on them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on March 03, 2018, 08:26:50 am
So I take it we're all doing just fine in the Edmond Dantes challenge so far?

Ok cool.

When's J'alter?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 03, 2018, 08:31:07 am
well we're still in the easy part day 6 will be the true hard part.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on March 03, 2018, 10:40:40 am
So I take it we're all doing just fine in the Edmond Dantes challenge so far?

Ok cool.

When's J'alter?

As the person above stated, it's primarily Caligula's Challenge that will be pure BS as it's either you kill him ASAP or there's a massive chance he'll crit you for around 10K or so and you die.

The other challenges can be pretty difficult for newbies, but it's not that hard.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 03, 2018, 04:59:59 pm
that's why i've got euryale prepared. i can kill caligula fast with even but to make sure i'm going to stun lock him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on March 03, 2018, 11:15:42 pm
Had a feeling that was the case. Crossing my fingers what I have will suffice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 03, 2018, 11:25:07 pm
If you have a K-Scope and a decently built Euryale just use the stun on the Plug Suit (as a precaution) and then her curse skill to top off her NP and hit Caligula with it. If he survives just use a command spell to top her NP off again and repeat. At the very least you'll have more than enough time to recover the last command spell when the next quest unlocks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 04, 2018, 02:17:06 am
Just pulled Tamamog with one of my tickets.

Now I have a good 4th unit for hands.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 05, 2018, 01:50:31 am
Caligula battle isn't as bad as I thought it'd be and was actually one of the easier fights in the event so far (for me at least, with Jeanne/Gilles Saber giving me the most trouble).

Went in with Tamamo (Prisma Cosmos), Altera (Kaleidoscope), Caster Liz (LB Imaginary Element), and Euryale (Kaleidoscope). I didn't even need to use a Command Spell to fill Euryale's NP a second time because I was fortunate enough to have an Arts Brave Chain with her to take out Caligula.

All you really need in this fight is an AoE Saber, AoE Caster, and Euryale.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 05, 2018, 02:55:41 am
Went in with:
Tamamo (Formalcraft), Medea (Heaven's Feel), Nero Bride (Formalcraft), Herc (Castle of Snow) and Cu (Dragon's Meridian).
Dantes was in position no. 4.
ezpz, had the NP engine roaring, 2 turns to beat Caligula, didn't lose a girl.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on March 05, 2018, 07:32:41 am
Spoiler: I just used this (click to see content)
Stun locks are overrated.
Managed to build all 3 NPs in the second wave but had to use Okita's to try to kill the homonculus before it fired its super move only to fond my self short anyway and having Waver and Dantes take the brunt of it(only managed to stall the doll with Dantes' skill but I couldn't kill it in time either). At least they survived for Caligula and immediately used their NPs there and then just focus fired Caligula.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 05, 2018, 09:29:25 am
lol caligula never even got a turn on me. i had more trouble with the dolls than him. tomorrow will be the real deal

gonna try these rank up quest cause i need more quartz for jalter. and i'm getting free 20 quartz tomorrow neat.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 06, 2018, 01:41:37 am
Cleared the newest quest and the biggest threat to your team aren't Jeanne and Amakusa, but it's that damn Wyvern in the second battle. I'm pretty sure you guys will have an easier time dealing with it than I did, cause RNG wasn't having it with me today as it literally refused to give me any cards for MHX so that I had to slowly whittle it down with Drake and Edmond. It didn't help that little pest kept casting Invincibility every turn.

Anyways went in with MHX (LB Street Choco-Maid), Drake (LB Imaginary Element), and Edmond on the front line while Amakusa (Kaleidoscope) and Heracles (Kaleidoscope) is in the back. Amakusa was there just to erase any buffs the enemy Jeanne and Amakusa had with his NP, while Herc was there for immediate burst damage.

Drake NP'd the first battle, and MHX took care of the Boss Wyvern in the second fight---is what I would like to say, but like I stated before the game forgot MHX was in my party and gave nothing but cards for Drake and Edmond so I had to whittle it down using those two while charging Edmond's NP for the two Rules. During the last battle, I had Edmond Brave Chain his NP which took out Amakusa immediately. Switched out MHX with Herc with the intention of using him to finish off Jeanne with his NP, but Edmond took her out instead with crits. 

Overall, not bad at all, but I really hate the randomness of the card based system sometimes...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on March 06, 2018, 05:56:34 am
Used the same team, but swapped Okita for Santalter and put Shiki in the frontline to save Edmond for the Rulers.

Yea, that dragon in the middle is rough since it seems to crit a lot as well. Ended up killing Waver before he could fire his NP. But at least Shiki told that dragon to go fuck itself with that invincibility. Then I focused on Amakusa before J'eanne.

I had great luck with the cards since it gave me a brave chain with the invinc piercing servant both times which helped inmesensely.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 06, 2018, 06:24:32 am
Same team as yesterday but switched out Nero with Shiki. Took quite a bit to kill the Wyvern and the damn thing took out Tamamo, Medea and Dantes.
The Rulers weren't that difficult, but Shirou did end up taking out Shiki so It ended up being Herc and Cu against them. Had to use a Command Spell so Herc could take out Shirou.

I think I would have benefited more by having Georges out there rather than Cu..
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 06, 2018, 10:27:54 am
wyvern do crit alot that's why i always kill them first whenever i saw one.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 07, 2018, 06:03:21 am
E Pluribus Unum set for release on March 15th with Nightingale banner alongside Rama, Helena, Geronimo, and Billy The Kid on rate up.

I really want to roll for her, but JAlter is literally right around the corner...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 07, 2018, 09:05:36 am
you can get her anytime though. so wait for jalter

i don't find her interesting anyway , both stat and design.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on March 07, 2018, 09:46:17 pm
Beat the final battle against Dantes with David, Okita, a support Waver, Caesar, Ryougi, and Cu chulainn. The fight is a lot easier if you have a strong single target Berserker available.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 07, 2018, 10:25:40 pm
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Had a Friend Herc with Bond CE. All out attack. Ended up using command spells.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 07, 2018, 11:54:52 pm
I used Scathach (Kaleidoscope), Tamamo (Prisma Cosmos), Support Waver, Nero Bride (LB Projection for Cost reasons), Heracles (Kaleidoscope), and Mash.

First turn had me nuke Edmond with Scathach. Stunned him with plug suit and switched out Scathach for Herc for another NP nuke. Wasn’t enough so I had to whittle him down with Tamamo, Nero Bride, the support Waver. It came down to Scathach and Mash at the end with the latter buffing and granting invincibility to Scathach so she can solo Edmond at the end with no problems.

Wasn’t too bad, but it still came down to the wire since I didn’t know Edmond’s skill also bypassed Herc’s evade so that threw my game off a little.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 08, 2018, 01:01:40 pm
beat edmond without using berserkers , i used okita , mary&anne , drake ,medea lily and two wavers.

i let them damage mary&anne til she's almost dead then unleashed her np with bonus and buffs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on March 08, 2018, 02:39:09 pm
I used a mostly arts based team to beat Dantes, my strategy there was to first stall him while attacking with NPs as much as I could. Euryale and Nero being the damage dealers and David helping them when he could.
The second part comes Cu and a support Okita with Kaleidoscope, those two were doing damage while getting crit stars, then comes Herc hitting as hard as a truck+I had some help from the default mystic code. It was a bit tough to win, but the victory was sweet.
No command seals used.

Spoiler: The party (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 09, 2018, 08:45:46 am
Decided to drop 30 quartz and was pleasantly surprised.

(https://i.imgur.com/tayTUPt.png)

I wanted Vlad
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 09, 2018, 09:11:11 am
Did 2 10-rolls since I wanted both Vlad and Jeanne. Didn't get them, but I got Martha so it's not all bad.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 09, 2018, 09:18:10 am
I know I shouldn't be complaining after this stroke of luck, but I'm kind of bummed that second 5* happened to be Mordred who I already have.

Oh well, it's my very first NP2 of a 5* at least. Now she'll be able to farm more effectively with the NP boost.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on March 09, 2018, 09:27:38 am
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWQVAdBXUAAsul4?format=jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 09, 2018, 09:53:57 am
I know I shouldn't be complaining after this stroke of luck, but I'm kind of bummed that second 5* happened to be Mordred who I already have.

Oh well, it's my very first NP2 of a 5* at least. Now she'll be able to farm more effectively with the NP boost.

that's nice roll , i still havent rolled that lucky 2 5* and 2 4* ce. that's probably the maximum you could get in one roll.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 09, 2018, 10:33:16 am
that's nice roll , i still havent rolled that lucky 2 5* and 2 4* ce. that's probably the maximum you could get in one roll.

I saw someone on reddit post a screenshot of them pulling Amakusa, Tesla, and Vlad all in the same roll.

Harbinger of Salt

Don't remind me. :(

I used to have a JAlter Savings Fund back when I picked up the game again back when Guda Guda first dropped, but decided to keep diving into it throughout the various banners. I don't regret it all as I wouldn't have been able to pull all of these servants and CEs like right now with Vanilla Jeanne. I say don't be afraid to treat yourself every now and then and hopefully it'll work out for you in the end like it did for me.

I'm still saving for her and dreading the day she finally graces us in NA where the true despair begins.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 09, 2018, 11:11:27 am
Yeah JAlter isn't the be all and end all of FGO and neither will Merlin be when he gets released. As long as I have a couple 10-rolls ready for her I'll be happy whether I roll her or not.

Plus I love arts teams.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 09, 2018, 12:42:38 pm
yeah i just want her so i wouldn't get in trouble facing other avengers and rulers. i only have lancelot and tamamo cat as berserkers.

the only servants i really want is elizabeth , jack , bunyan and berserker nobu.  i just love their np looks. and elizabeth is my favourite servant since ccc
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on March 09, 2018, 03:54:40 pm
Still waiting for sigurd.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on March 09, 2018, 08:28:11 pm
Yeah JAlter isn't the be all and end all of FGO and neither will Merlin be when he gets released. As long as I have a couple 10-rolls ready for her I'll be happy whether I roll her or not.

Plus I love arts teams.

This. People love tossing around Merlin and Jalter are the most broken characters EVAR and you can't complete shit without them...which is quite frankly bullshit.

Both still have obvious weaknesses and you can still complete content without them or supports. Hell, I only want Jalter so I can have someone play off Jeanne otherwise my NP5 lvl 90 Saber Alter is still one of my heaviest hitters that I have.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on March 09, 2018, 09:58:03 pm
Don't remind me. :(

I used to have a JAlter Savings Fund back when I picked up the game again back when Guda Guda first dropped, but decided to keep diving into it throughout the various banners. I don't regret it all as I wouldn't have been able to pull all of these servants and CEs like right now with Vanilla Jeanne. I say don't be afraid to treat yourself every now and then and hopefully it'll work out for you in the end like it did for me.

I'm still saving for her and dreading the day she finally graces us in NA where the true despair begins.
I get the logic and honestly if I weren't so well off with what I do have, I probably wouldn't keep hoard mode so long.

The chances are still going to be pretty damn slim, but at least I won't tell myself "Maybe if I saved a little more."
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on March 10, 2018, 03:11:34 am
I'm totally saving for Jalter too, but I know that the chances are small, so if I don't get her at least I hope to get a new servant since I don't have most of the 4* and only one 5*.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on March 10, 2018, 05:14:20 am
We had a local screening for Heaven's Feel and that didn't work out so I used those funds to roll for Jalter in JP out of depression.
I'm p.sure she only comes to those who genuinely don't want her at some point, like insane desire sensor shenanigans. lol

Now if only that applied for Merlin and my boy Arthur  :(
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 10, 2018, 07:52:25 pm
do you think we gonna get bunyan early? since we're getting the comics early too compared to when JP had them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on March 10, 2018, 08:03:27 pm
Not at least until you guys get in the endgame I don't think
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 10, 2018, 08:07:18 pm
yeah probably i forgot what episode she debuted in the comics , this is probably the longest break we had in NA , more  than 2 weeks since the last event... not counting dantes i still think it's not really a proper event without grinding.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 10, 2018, 09:10:25 pm
Didn't she debut in the All the Statesmen event during the the second anniversary? If that's the case, we won't see her till June of 2019.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 11, 2018, 02:54:06 am
in game yes but she debuted in the comics first. if i remember correctly.

and it's weird that's she's a one star servant , i think she's the only one star that appeared since day one.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on March 12, 2018, 12:23:57 am
The only bronze period.
Kinda weird since she's, like, the best thing to farm hands with. It's ridiculous, she shaves off minutes upon minutes upon minutes just from that one stomp!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 15, 2018, 08:18:11 am
Dropped 60 quartz hoping for Rama or Helena.

(https://i.imgur.com/eM20Szl.png)

I'll fucking take it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 15, 2018, 10:55:38 am
i'm gonna roll some tickets tomorrow , hope i'll get helena or rama.

nightingale sucks imo. berserker that can't even do damage then what's her use then.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on March 15, 2018, 11:04:15 am
Uhh, support? She's got a 4k heal and tons of damage against humanoids (meaning all servants) alongside Mad Enhancement EX so I don't get what you're talking about...

Nightingale's pretty nice to have as a support, especially later on when you finish her interlude; her NP cuts enemy damage by 50% for one turn on top of a party heal and enemy NP damage cut.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 15, 2018, 12:11:12 pm
she's still a berserker ... so that bonus def against humanoids ain't gonna protect her especially against crit servants basically servants that you will be having tough time against even without her in your team.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 15, 2018, 05:05:07 pm
Of course if you use Nightingale purely offensively, then yes she’s mediocre as she has one of the lowest Atk stat for a Berserker, even with her 1.1x damage multiplier, couple that with the fact that she doesn’t have an offensive NP. However the biggest draw about her is that she’s the premiere Buster support servant in the game at the moment with her targetable Buster buff akin to Tamamo’s Fox’s Wedding until a certain cock wizard shows up. Also despite her class as a Berserker, she’s deceptively tanky with her enormous HP pool, support NP which deals a massive debuff to enemy’s Atk and NP (to the point where she can actually tank an enemy NP and live) and consistent heals from her skills and NP, though her survivability isn’t on par with someone like Cu Alter.

Overall she’s one of the best support servants in the game right now especially those with a Buster oriented deck. If anything her only real flaw is that she’s a Berserker which literally contradicts her main role as support. If she were in any other class, she would be up there with the likes of Tamamo of being a great command card oriented support.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 15, 2018, 05:17:55 pm
yeah if she was a caster or at least a rider she would be a top tier but sadly she isn't. the only thing i like about her is the buster buff that's it , if i wanted a healer then medea lily is a better choice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 15, 2018, 10:08:28 pm
Using her through America has been fun, managed to bring her back to full health from 1000 life was awesome - But tbh if I pulled her I don't think she'll be getting much run in my arts team unless I swap out for Herc or something.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on March 15, 2018, 11:28:58 pm
Nightingale is interesting to use, but as you guys said her big drawback is being a berserker, if she was another class or had an invincibility or evade buff she would be much better.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 16, 2018, 01:45:35 am
yeah if she was a caster or at least a rider she would be a top tier but sadly she isn't. the only thing i like about her is the buster buff that's it , if i wanted a healer then medea lily is a better choice.

While both of them are support servants with healing, each of them have different roles.

While Medea Lily is a one trick pony with her healing, it's still one she's really good at as she's suited for more general play. However all that healing won't do any good if the enemy can just one shot you with their NPs which is why Lily isn't always a good choice when it comes to longer or harder battles like boss fights due to her lack of defensive options unless you bring in another support like Mash or Jeanne who can provide those said options.

Nightingale on the other hand while a more specialized kind of support (similar to Tamamo) that works best with Buster teams, can cover a lot more bases than Medea Lily both offensively and defensively due to being a Berserker with support skills. She can actually be a solid choice for more tougher content as she can buff any of her teammate's Buster card damage, heal through skills and NP which are actually on par with Lily's, and has a means of mitigating NP damage.

Tl;dr: Lily can heal for days to due to being Arts based, while Nightingale who can't exactly spam her healing to the same degree trades that for a more versatile skill set.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on March 16, 2018, 06:46:46 am
Ooh man i gonna toss my quarts for the 3rd rate up on unum....
for thomas i want em v-v.

;--3/19
in hopes rolling thomas edison in Story Summon section.... pretty much ended with 2 nightingales...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 20, 2018, 08:44:43 am
NA releasing Queen Medb banner starting 3/22 UTC. This is unexpected since Medb didn't get a rate up until after The Fate/Accel Order event in JP. We can be under the assumption now that Cu Alter and Thomas Edison will have their banners pushed up much earlier than expected as well, probably next week on the 29th.

I won't be pulling for her since I'm fine with Drake.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 20, 2018, 09:14:25 am
Yeah there's no room for bitches in my harem.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on March 20, 2018, 01:08:57 pm
LoL, thats what i get for not waiting xD....
used all my tickets and quartz.
But i guess his banner still far so i guess i can stack up tickets till then.

I dislike Medb. I honestly always viewed her as dude cause of the portait body pose...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 20, 2018, 03:11:01 pm
medb , marie attoinette and nightingale are the last servants i would want to pull.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 20, 2018, 03:37:50 pm
Those 3 you just mentioned can actually pull off a decent Buster version of a Anti-Male team against Casters and Berserkers.

Though the biggest problem is that the majority of Casters are female.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on March 20, 2018, 06:27:06 pm
Medb is viable in a team with berserkers and will be better with her interlude when she get a upgrade on her charisma that increases more atk for male servants

Btw, I only noticed this now, but damn, Nero is so small.
Spoiler: smol (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on March 21, 2018, 12:56:40 am
Nero has always been short, that's the reason for her complex.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on March 21, 2018, 02:34:55 am
Oh, I didn't know that, besides Stay Night and Zero my Fate knowledge is very limited.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 21, 2018, 01:34:08 pm
she is small, in extra you can see how small she is whenever she's standing next to hakuno. (both male and female).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on March 21, 2018, 04:47:20 pm

she is small, in extra you can see how small she is whenever she's standing next to 地獄の花's penis
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 21, 2018, 05:36:43 pm
well to be fair my penis is pretty big, i'll even let you stand next to it and marvel at it's girth.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on March 21, 2018, 06:12:39 pm
Well, to me it looks like he knows your measurements, I don't know, but I kinda understand him, I mean, everyone that have an average penis can compare to Nero's size on a psp screen and see that she is smaller.

I know, I just gonna stop here =D
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 25, 2018, 01:26:34 pm
2 new servant for jp. archer napoleon? and shishou caster.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on March 26, 2018, 01:39:19 am
It's just me or Shishou looks a bit younger?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 26, 2018, 06:47:28 am
The biggest thing going for her that makes a lot of people accept that it's Scathach is that she references the Land of Shadows. However there is still speculation that it could be either be her twin sister Aife, or even her own daughter Uathach as the video had her referring to herself using a different word than what normal Scathach uses not to mention having a slightly differently look and hair color (though this could be chalked up to being a younger version of her since the same thing happened with Proto Cu who was basically a younger more hot blooded version of Vanilla Cu, but still the same person).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 26, 2018, 12:04:24 pm
wasn't her daughter got raped by cu? or was it her sister.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on March 26, 2018, 01:35:56 pm
The bit that I know about Cu's tale it's that Scathach gave permission for Cu to bed her daughter. In Aife's case Cu challenged her for a fight and if he win she would not mess with Scathach anymore and bear his child, guess who won :charming:.
If there is a rape on this history I think that Scathach sister was the victim.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on March 26, 2018, 04:57:04 pm
There are some myths that are a lot like that, like brunhyldr only wanting to have sex with a man  that was strong enough to rape her. You can see hwo that goes wrong for sigurd.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on March 27, 2018, 02:39:48 am
I thought that Brynhildr was crazy, but that is hardcore lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 27, 2018, 03:05:06 am
Well, when she's saying "I won't be yours until you beat me", and then when someone beats her and she still physically fights back on her wedding night until the guy restrains her and takes away her superpowers...
But yeah, lots of strong women in myth have that. Atalanta was all "my suitors must challenge me to a race, and if I win, I cut their head off". And she won a lot.
But that's not really wanting to have sex only with that condition, it's more like she just doesn't want it and if you really want it you have to beat her.
I think in Bryn's case there was some prophecy that her love would be the one man who could beat her ? In some versions anyway. Talk about internalizing male domination !

There's no way Aoife would be anything other than Rider. It's literally the only thing we know about her (at least Scathach has the excuse that she must have known all the spear skills she taught Cu). Meanwhile Caster Scathach has been teased at least once in official material, maybe twice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 27, 2018, 02:42:54 pm
some dev said it isn't scathach.

so how long would we wait for jalter? and i hope we get the f/zero event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on March 27, 2018, 03:22:15 pm
So it's probalbly her daughter, if this information is true of course.

About Jalter, I want to roll for her so bad that every time I see a e pluribus unum banner I feel a little betrayed, but at least they are making sense unlike jp that had these banners months after the chapter release.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 27, 2018, 04:49:04 pm
i don't believe it ain't scahatch though. same voice actor same hair same headband. if they want her daughter wouldn't it make sense to have a different look and not just class. we have caster cu so probably they're gonna put a story involving him again with this new caster scahatch.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on March 27, 2018, 05:46:03 pm
I agree, but right now I was looking at her art and her hair there have a faint redish tone, this "Scahatch" on the trailer have a pure purple hair and looks younger. I know that I am overthinking, but, again if the dev leak is true there is a chance that she is not Scahatch.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 27, 2018, 09:34:22 pm
i don't believe it ain't scahatch though. same voice actor same hair same headband. if they want her daughter wouldn't it make sense to have a different look and not just class. we have caster cu so probably they're gonna put a story involving him again with this new caster scahatch.

It wouldn't be the first time the Fate series pulled something like this. Just because a character looks similar and has the same voice actor doesn't always mean they're the same person.

In Fate/Extra for example, the Rin you meet in the game isn't the same one from Fate/Stay Night, but is actually her distant relative.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on March 27, 2018, 10:36:45 pm
really? do you even met a rin in fate extra?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on March 27, 2018, 11:00:28 pm
Yes, she's Lancers master
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 27, 2018, 11:51:18 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/kSVi0QD.jpg)
Le Blonde Rin Toesucker, straight from the Extra Rin Route ending.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on March 28, 2018, 12:10:53 am
Yes, she's Lancers master

but how can rin be real is air is not real?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 28, 2018, 11:32:28 am
i don't believe it ain't scahatch though. same voice actor same hair same headband. if they want her daughter wouldn't it make sense to have a different look and not just class. we have caster cu so probably they're gonna put a story involving him again with this new caster scahatch.

It wouldn't be the first time the Fate series pulled something like this. Just because a character looks similar and has the same voice actor doesn't always mean they're the same person.

In Fate/Extra for example, the Rin you meet in the game isn't the same one from Fate/Stay Night, but is actually her distant relative.
,i understand fate/extra because that was pre-grand order era where the character designer is still takeuchi now they've got hundreds of creators at their disposal.
but if it's scahatch then it's still good cause we're gonna see the rest of her family with a different design in the future.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 28, 2018, 11:35:31 am
The character designer for the Fate/Extra series is and always has been Arco Wada, not Takeuchi. It was still Takeuchi/Nasu who oversaw the character designs however.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 28, 2018, 12:15:33 pm
I think Takeuchi did a take on some of the Extra servants (I remember a Robin) but I'm not sure if he did that before or after Wada.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 28, 2018, 01:02:14 pm
Yeah, he did the initial designs for a lot of the characters like Robin, Elizabeth, Tamamo Caster, Gawain, and Drake to name a few. Most of them if not all were before Wada, she just finalized the designs afterwards.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Susanoo-no-Mikoto on March 28, 2018, 01:18:50 pm
Wasn't Takeuchi's Elizabeth a Saberface?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 28, 2018, 01:25:58 pm
From what I remember, no. Though Takeuchi has the tendency to exhibit same face symdrome from time to time with his character designs so it wouldn't be surprising if that was the case beforehand. The only saberface in that game that was intentional is obviously Nero, cause they wanted to fool people thinking it was OG Saber.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Susanoo-no-Mikoto on March 28, 2018, 01:30:43 pm
I could have sworn that was the case. Her face was certainly different from what it is now even if the rest of her design didn't change.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 28, 2018, 01:42:38 pm
I would chalk that up to contrasting art styles than anything else.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 31, 2018, 11:31:10 pm
The end is nigh: http://fate-go.us/event/

Da Vinci event and Jalter arrive on April 4.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 01, 2018, 12:08:45 am
Alright! Just need to remember not to use all my SQ because 30 of them are paid SQ for an SSR roll.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 01, 2018, 04:59:18 am
i accidentally skipped the event intro how can you watch it again?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 01, 2018, 05:14:04 am
What? Just open the link in a private/incognito window.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 01, 2018, 05:52:47 am
lol it was just her np. i thought they gonna have some cool monologue or something.

the april fools portraits are really amazing i like tamamo cat , hohenheim and diarmuid are the best ones.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 04, 2018, 11:17:22 am
Got Jalter with 300 quartz. Now #SavingForArchuria.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 04, 2018, 11:59:15 am
nice , i'm gonna try to roll for her later. even if i don't get her i would settle for any 5 star assassin.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 04, 2018, 01:01:34 pm
Wtf, someone on my friends list already has an NP5 Jalter...

Anyways good luck on your pulls everyone.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 04, 2018, 01:07:14 pm
200 quartz down the drain not even a single 5 or 4 star servant. lol. if anyone didn't get her you can get her again before this year ends lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 04, 2018, 02:12:58 pm
Yeah threw down 150 also didn't get a 4/5 star. Got all the event CEs tho, and 4 Soichirou CEs.

Also have most 3 stars at NP5 now.

I can get another 10-roll by doing singularities so I'll probably slowly do that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 04, 2018, 02:52:38 pm
i'm the king of 3 stars , i got all their np to level 5 lol. well i got 3k mana prisms so that's something i can use.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on April 04, 2018, 03:50:38 pm
180+ quarts and 22 tickets and all I have is a Vlad to show it for.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 04, 2018, 04:06:27 pm
I say be glad you got a 5* at all with that amount, especially one you didn't have before. There's already people right now who blew their entire "Jalter Savings Fund" only to come out empty handed (as in no 5* servant at all) and are now quitting the game as we speak.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 04, 2018, 05:04:12 pm
lol. there's still october or november i forgot but i think she'll be available before december.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on April 04, 2018, 05:19:25 pm
250 quartz + 6 tickets and Jalter didin't appear, at least I've got new servants (Marie and Beowulf) and I can limit break the event ce's. Now the next objetive will be Shuten and almost all the summer servants lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on April 04, 2018, 09:24:37 pm
I say be glad you got a 5* at all with that amount, especially one you didn't have before. There's already people right now who blew their entire "Jalter Savings Fund" only to come out empty handed (as in no 5* servant at all) and are now quitting the game as we speak.

Yep. Tossed in 455 SQ, no 5 stars at all, got a few 4 stars though but none of them was anything that I was particularly hoping for(except Herc but I barely use him).

I really don't care that much for Jalter though and it's particularly for whim reasons why I want her at all.

I'll save for Shuten, skip Raikou's banner as I'd rather save big for the Summer Servants and Archtoria and Ruler Martha in particular.

EDIT: Jalter comes back around before the Halloween events(the rerun and the new one) so yeah, but I think I'm screwed if Nerofest has Nero Bride in it since she's a Servant I want more than Jalter...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 05, 2018, 02:55:36 am
The upcoming Nero Fest will have Nero Bride as the rate up along with her Vanilla version.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on April 07, 2018, 07:54:16 am
Just started NA again for real and so far it's pretty manageable! Hopefully nothing will come up that will require too much from me early on-

>rolled Cu Alter
>right after ascending Kiyohime once

O-oh. Oh no.
Oh no.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 07, 2018, 09:27:54 am
Checking out stuff about the new Lostbelt chapter (not actually reading it because I don't have time anymore, but checking out what people report on it)
Anastasia says her shadow thing Viy is based on a couple of tales, one of which is солодивого буняка  (Japanese spells it as Solodiviy Bunio / Bonyak), who could bring ruin to stuff by looking at it when a servant lifted his eyelid with a fork / stick
That's... That's Balor. There's a Russian folktale version of Balor ? That's interesting, considering the link between pre-Viking Norse people, Gaelic people of Scotland / Ireland, and the Rus of Kiev who became Russia (and Ukraine). Although Balor and the Fomorians were supposed to be natives of Ireland.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 07, 2018, 01:13:02 pm
people tend to adopt certain legends or carry those legend and twist it a little bit to be more familiar to them. just like the naga legends  of the SEA. now each country has a naga and each has it's own personality and character. if we trace the where the lore came from it's probably from india and the very first naga that was written is probably shiva's snake.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 07, 2018, 01:29:45 pm
Yeah, I know, I just didn't know there was an obscure figure like Balor that got ported around. Some myths have very specific stuff that you think is native to the region and suddenly you find another tale in a completely different part of the world that doesn't have anything obvious to do with the other one, but has that same weird detail in it. It's what I love about worldwide myths, you can easily trace the flows of migrations and History behind them, even when you thought that some of them were completely isolated from everything else.
I mean, I don't think the "setting things on fire by looking at them" is that rare, but the weird detail about a servant lifting the god's eyelid with a forked stick, I only knew it from Balor until then. It's like the Orochi myth, there are tons of Greek and Middle East tales where the storm god kills the evil dragon, with some versions where someone else gives a giant feast to put him to sleep, but getting him specifically black-out drunk seemed like a unique detail from Japan, until I read the one version of the Illuyanka myth where the goddess Inara does exactly that - no feast, just booze. It's fun.
(yeah, I'm a mythology nerd)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 07, 2018, 03:11:00 pm

speaking of dragons and orochi there are actually 2 eastern dragons that are related to the indian naga. kuzuryu and benzaiten , it's weird because they are mentioned in indian mythology and more related to the naga's than the eastern dragons.

i'm quite interested in the naga lore cause the only thing they have in common is their snake like figure and they are seen near bodies of water but that's it their personality , character and how they interact with people are very different.  some even look very different too like the bakunawa known for it's fish-like features and huge size they even emphasize it's size like they know other people would read or hear the legends of other nagas and they need to differentiate bakunawa from the rest of them.  like nerds bickering whose super hero is superior.

it feels like the naga legends are not ripoffs if you read that they recognize each other existence. it's like a comic book universe if think about it. it's like probably ancient nerds gather up in a camp fire told stories to each other and made verbal comic book universe.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 09, 2018, 04:00:06 am
Anyone had their final copy of the School of Chaldea CE drop for them yet? Really want to limit break that one before the end of the event so I can give it to Nightingale.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 09, 2018, 05:16:10 am
Yeah I got my drop, using 5 for the dailies for that sweet +18 drop.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 09, 2018, 06:39:46 am
Do you remember which node it dropped on? Been farming the Lancer node for a while now considering some people have stated it has "the highest drop rate" so far.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 09, 2018, 06:44:40 am
Got it from Assassins when farming for Self Portraits.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on April 10, 2018, 09:47:35 pm
The Fate Zero event on 4-19

http://fate-go.us/event_fatezero/sp/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 11, 2018, 01:58:59 am
Out of curiosities sake, when Zero was announced for JP, did people think Assassin Emiya was Shirou?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 11, 2018, 02:12:40 am
There were some doubts, especially because of contradicting datamines that turned out to be fakes (including other earlier leaks that by then we knew were fakes but suddenly looked like a lucky guess), there was a chance it just might be a version of Shirou but most people were guessing it was a little bit more likely to be Kiritsugu, I think. But we had no idea the story would be a twisted version of the original like that, we were expecting just something close enough with random little twists, so Kiritsugu felt like a dumb canonised wank. The new story made it passable - still dumb wank but Urobuchi gave it the feels in his own way.
Oh, also, to be fair, Assassin Emiya was known from the original datamine list, and until the very first trailer we had no idea what the fuck that would look like, an Assassin version of Archer was very possible (Best guess was Kakuyoku Sanren before Prillya gave it to Chloe). Then came the contradicting fake datamines, and then the first trailer where we see him jumping for like half a second, people started analyzing that half second and thought that the body armor looked like Archer's so there was a moment where people thought it was gonna be Shirou. And then the full design with the knife and the gun came out and it looked much more like Kiritsugu's style (still with random fan theories clinging to the idea that Shirou could have inherited those). Just the hood and the color scheme were confusing.
They did try to keep us on our toes.

--

Apparently Anastasia chapter has classic Nasu tearjerker moments. ...... Actually I'm a bit jaded at those at this point, I still fail to care for most of what's actually happening or for any of the characters. And it's still way too fucking long. In the end, the only parts I really liked were Fuyuki because it was new and Babylonia (that one was actually really good, just way too long) plus the final Solomon reveal. The rest was filled with not knowing what to expect, and then disappointment by all the filler chapters and the dumb waifu wank. And a godawful Berserker Cu Alter design. The hood and tats are fine and edgy but take out those fucking frills and bone shit.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on April 11, 2018, 02:46:13 am
Oh boy, can't wait to FP roll 800+ times at once and not get Angry Mango.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 11, 2018, 03:08:42 am
Apparently Anastasia chapter has classic Nasu tearjerker moments. ...... Actually I'm a bit jaded at those at this point, I still fail to care for most of what's actually happening or for any of the characters. And it's still way too fucking long. In the end, the only parts I really liked were Fuyuki because it was new and Babylonia (that one was actually really good, just way too long) plus the final Solomon reveal. The rest was filled with not knowing what to expect, and then disappointment by all the filler chapters and the dumb waifu wank. And a godawful Berserker Cu Alter design. The hood and tats are fine and edgy but take out those fucking frills and bone shit.

I believe the bones on Cu Alter are supposed to represent the remains of the Sea Monster that was used to create the Gae Bolg spears, so it's kind of fitting I guess if that's the case.

Spoiler: "Lostbelt 1 Spoilers" (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 11, 2018, 09:29:20 am
I believe the bones on Cu Alter are supposed to represent the remains of the Sea Monster that was used to create the Gae Bolg spears, so it's kind of fitting I guess if that's the case.
Yeah, exactly, but it's still butt ugly.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 11, 2018, 10:17:12 am
i got tons of fp now , the only thing i'm worried about is i;m hording alot of exp cards and i don't have any room left even my gift storage is already full, god damn fgo just one 5 star assassin would be enough for me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 11, 2018, 10:47:32 am
Pre-event campaign starts tomorrow for Accel Order.

http://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=/iframe/2018/0411_zeroadvcp/

Gilgamesh is getting a solo rate up on different days which JP didn't do I think, so I might actually throw a few quartz for him on his solo rate up since I could use a 5* Archer.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 12, 2018, 03:42:19 pm
i'm almost done farming everything and still no chaldea ce.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 13, 2018, 02:00:59 am
After grinding the last node for what seems like an eternity, I finally got that stupid CE to drop just now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 14, 2018, 06:19:29 am
Now that the Da Vinci event is over, how did everyone do? I only got through 10 True boxes and 13 Fake boxes so I wasn't grinding as much as I should have since I was very stingy on my Apples especially with another event looming over the horizon.

I put Jalter away and put back Amakusa on my support list with the Bond CE since everyone and their mother seems to have Jalter now and she won't be picked as often unless she's Lv.100, 10/10/10, NP5, and max Fou'd. I need as much FP as I can get when Angry Manjew drops.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 14, 2018, 06:28:46 am
i only used silver and bronze ones, i kept all the golden apples i could get  i got 13 true and 10 fake got all the 7 ce which only started dropping after i given up.

got drake and okita to almost level 10 so that's the only great thing i had in this event. only a few more grinds and i'll get a good crit ce. i didn't get any new servants but i had almost maxed the skills of all my 5 stars.

oh btw there's a new missions opened up in the chaldea you might want to get it done as soon as possible , since it has a time limit.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 14, 2018, 06:46:31 am
Got 16 Saber gems from finishing the shop. Did 11 and 12 on the lotteries. Dropped a Maiden Leading Chaldea on my last run.

Only thing I pulled from the gacha worth talking about was my third KScope. I'll probably never save SQ for anything that doesn't belong in an arts team ever again.

Used up every gold and silver apple I got, and about half of the bronze apples.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 15, 2018, 01:06:21 pm
I was able to pull Gilgamesh so now my OCD has been quelled that my support list is now entirely 5*.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 15, 2018, 02:55:00 pm
These Hunting Ground things seem pointless, anyone got anything decent? I only drop like 1 maybe 2 seeds per run.

I could be levelling my monkeys and taking advantage of the x2.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 15, 2018, 03:33:23 pm
The reason why the Hunting Grounds are good is because of the drop rates. I'm not saying you should expect a ton of mats in single run, but most of these materials have low to abysmal drop rates outside of this event so you should take advantage of it despite the payout looking low since you're almost guaranteed a drop at least unlike the multiple runs it could take through normal farming.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 15, 2018, 03:51:51 pm
i'm only doing them cause i've got no more room for exp cards. and i don't want to burn them i might need them for later rolls. i don't want to repeat want happened when i got francis.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 19, 2018, 02:27:59 pm
Dropped 30 quartz for some CEs and got NP2 Carmilla, Kerry, and Nursery Rhyme which I'm more than happy to get.

I also dropped nearly 700k FP and still no Angry Manjew, feels bad man. At least I was able to get NP3 Hassan Persona and quite a few of the 3* event CE that I was able to make 3 limit broken versions of it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on April 19, 2018, 03:11:23 pm
Oh didnt know we could get angry mayo through friend points is he limited or forever set?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 19, 2018, 03:20:49 pm
He's forever but he's super hard to get. IINM in the Japanese version you basically have the same rate of success for having him as a specific 5*, or something ultra low like that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on April 19, 2018, 04:06:06 pm
It's even lower than that I believe, it's like a 0.001% chance

I once sat and blew through 200,000 FP in a sitting just to see and quickly figured out there's no way to brute force it
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on April 19, 2018, 10:54:04 pm
Try 500k ;___;
It took me a year and a half before I even got my first copy, he indeed has lower pull rate than a non-focus 5*.
He's also pretty much one of the worst until you grail him to 100, 2k Fou him in the future, 10/10/10 him and slap a support like Medea, Martha, or even GOD KING Sanson to take care of his sk3 suicide debuff.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

For real though, Aggro Manjew is solely for bragging rights unless you are absolutely ready to commit.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on April 19, 2018, 11:13:12 pm
It's even lower than that I believe, it's like a 0.001% chance

I once sat and blew through 200,000 FP in a sitting just to see and quickly figured out there's no way to brute force it
I once burned through 800,000~1,000,000 FP at once during one of those double exp events (leveling up CEs) and didn't pull a single one. I haven't played the game in a while, but I'm pretty sure I still don't have him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 20, 2018, 02:30:37 pm
Dropped 30 quartz for some CEs and got NP2 Carmilla, Kerry, and Nursery Rhyme which I'm more than happy to get.

I also dropped nearly 700k FP and still no Angry Manjew, feels bad man. At least I was able to get NP3 Hassan Persona and quite a few of the 3* event CE that I was able to make 3 limit broken versions of it.
that's a good roll. especially carmilla and rhyme. i wish i can pull some assassin servant cause i really need one badly.
i need to get new servant to level up first. my storage is too full i can't roll any fp right now.

Try 500k ;___;
It took me a year and a half before I even got my first copy, he indeed has lower pull rate than a non-focus 5*.
He's also pretty much one of the worst until you grail him to 100, 2k Fou him in the future, 10/10/10 him and slap a support like Medea, Martha, or even GOD KING Sanson to take care of his sk3 suicide debuff.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

For real though, Aggro Manjew is solely for bragging rights unless you are absolutely ready to commit.

i got a friend who has him in np 3 , that guy is a big time whaler. he can level 10 all skill in just a couple of minutes after getting a servant. the only servant i didn't saw him get is okita during nobu event and frankenstein.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on April 20, 2018, 04:09:38 pm
that's a good roll. especially carmilla and rhyme. i wish i can pull some assassin servant cause i really need one badly.
Did you miss Ryougi?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 20, 2018, 04:35:28 pm
i have her max both level atk and hp. but she ain't really compatible with my build.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 20, 2018, 04:44:18 pm
Got Kiritsugu from a ticket =D

A nice addition to my Arts team.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 21, 2018, 02:28:03 am
Over 900k FP spent, still didn't bring Jalter's Senpai home. :(

I'll also throw in a few more quartz once Waver becomes a rate up next week.

Got Kiritsugu from a ticket =D

A nice addition to my Arts team.

The thing is that Ryougi outclasses Kiritsugu is every way in terms of an Arts team. The only thing he does better than Ryougi is generating stars and has a targetable taunt which comes in handy if you have someone like Mash or Jeanne to tank the hits. Even then I would still take Ryougi's evade over it.

i have her max both level atk and hp. but she ain't really compatible with my build.

Ryougi will probably the best Assassin you can get until you pull Jack, but if you need someone who can generate stars consistently then you can go to Cursed Hand Hassan or Kiritsugu.

Otherwise Jack is your only option if you're looking for a 5* Assassin. While Shuten and Cleopatra are coming this year, they're limited servants and the only other time we'll have a 5* Assassin that is permanently in the summoning pool is during Halloween 2019 when Osakabehime gets released.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 21, 2018, 02:31:56 am
Yes, I know all that already thank you. I'm just excited to get something after Da Vinci
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 21, 2018, 04:56:15 am
I'm not trying to demoralize you or say that Kiritsugu is a bad servant. Just saying you have better options when it comes to an Arts team, judging from your roster.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 21, 2018, 06:01:03 am
burn him then roll again.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on April 21, 2018, 06:07:50 am
Literally Kerry's only flaw is his NP generation; as a servant he is an excellent team player. Affection's party debuff resist... debuff doesn't even mean much considering how easy to get debuffed regardless, so the man has more pros than cons until you reach wayyyyy later areas. Honestly I grailed his ass to 90 and he's been as trusty as my Jack so he's a very solid addition to have!
Also huehue 6-hit Buster  :mlol:

Besides, at this point the Ryougi memes don't matter much. Once Onigashima hits, though... lol
That's gonna be something for sure.

Also general PSA: please don't underestimate Hundred-Faced, she is very strong!
Great Assassin to have in plenty of situations, granted you get either decent luck or a maxed out Wide Spec.

EDIT: Fuuma's also gonna be great when he drops, he's like diet Jack for poor people. And luckily, that's pretty soon, so the Assassin pool is only going to get better~
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 21, 2018, 08:53:07 am
I actually really like Hundred Face/Persona. Hopefully I can NP5 her very soon since I like how she's a 3* Arts Assassin despite her below average NP gain and unreliable buff skill.

Also finally got Angry Manjew after 1m FP, but I can't even ascend him because I ran out of bones since I used all of my remaining bones to upgrade Fox's Wedding...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 22, 2018, 04:52:10 am
so who's gonna be the next gacha servants? since we got the american servants last month i they'll skip 1/2 event for us and probably just go straight to kintoki and shouten.

don't care about your 5*s and your ssrs i just got elizabeth. now excuse me i'm gonna max her now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 23, 2018, 02:49:43 am
In terms of limited servants, we'll be getting Kintoki, Shuten, Scathach, and Xuanzang, before the release of Camelot. Though Xuanzang will become permanent once that singularity drops.

Elisabeth is a good support Lancer especially with female servants, it's just too bad her NP hits like a wet noodle even with class advantage. I have her at NP3 and she still has some issues taking out hands/trash mobs...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 23, 2018, 12:23:27 pm
because you suck and you don't deserve her!!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 27, 2018, 12:12:54 pm
Was able to finally pull a Waver after 90 quartz. NP3 Fionn and NP2 Kerry also came along for the the ride.

because you suck and you don't deserve her!!

No u :c
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 27, 2018, 01:14:01 pm
Yeah I did a 10x pull got the 2 5-star event CEs and my fifth Imaginary Element =D

Might as well ask; how far are you guys into the event? I've done 98 missions, just finished off the last Iris today and now I'm just farming for pieces and monuments to clear the shop.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 27, 2018, 01:26:45 pm
Was able to finally pull a Waver after 90 quartz. NP3 Fionn and NP2 Kerry also came along for the the ride.

because you suck and you don't deserve her!!

No u :c

lol fionn... he has the most depressing np of all time. i hope i wouldn't pull him ever.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 27, 2018, 02:28:07 pm
Yeah I did a 10x pull got the 2 5-star event CEs and my fifth Imaginary Element =D

Might as well ask; how far are you guys into the event? I've done 98 missions, just finished off the last Iris today and now I'm just farming for pieces and monuments to clear the shop.

I'm only at 87 Missions completed so far and I've only used around 3-4 Apples since the event started since we have plenty of time to clear everything.

Going to take a break from the event on the days Caster dailies are out so I can take the time to level up Waver and his skills.

lol fionn... he has the most depressing np of all time. i hope i wouldn't pull him ever.

He spooked me twice when I was going for Brynhild...

Anyways his NP isn't the problem as it's decent for farming and it can be Arts Brave Chained. The problem are his skills which are all over the place. Apart from Magecraft which can boost his NP damage and low NP gain, he has a really unreliable dodge that needs to be maxed in order to be viable unlike most dodge skills which are guaranteed from the get go. Also his Clairvoyance skill is almost unnecessary due to his low star-gen and low hit counts on his quick cards.

Overall he's a serviceable Lancer on Arts teams, but outside of that you're better off with another Lancer like Cu. Even then once you pull another Arts Lancer like Li Shuwen, Fionn is hardpressed to find any use in battle outside of farming.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 27, 2018, 02:40:54 pm
i'm done with the quest i think i used 8 apples. completed everything and maxed iri too., dunno who's better medea lily or iri  but medea's feel is far superior and with her NP charge boost i can use her NP back to back.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 27, 2018, 02:49:48 pm
Medea Lily is the better healer overall, but Irisviel has better utility due to having an invincibility skill and a party wide guts buff which can help prevent your entire front line from being wiped from an enemy NP.

I say bring Lily for normal battles while Irisviel is better suited for boss fights.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 28, 2018, 02:02:59 am
What team did people use/plan to use for the Darius III quest? I'm not planning to fight him until I clear the shop and get my command spells back but i'm having the urge to run a crit-caster team.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 28, 2018, 07:11:38 am
none , he's easy to kill. i brought diarmuid , waver , lancelot , saber , kiritsugu and hassan.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 28, 2018, 07:20:15 am
Oh? Seems like I'm overestimating that HP then.

Will run it now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on April 28, 2018, 07:28:31 am
none , he's easy to kill.
(http://i.imgur.com/Uc8FtsY.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on April 28, 2018, 08:10:15 am
none , he's easy to kill.
(http://i.imgur.com/Uc8FtsY.png)

You a Darius fan or he's giving you alot of issues?
To the user who asked:
Honestly from how it's described since he's a Berserker, you pretty much either go in all guns blazing or slightly more defensive.
Usually it's best to go all in. Find a Jalter Friend, if you have Anniversary Blond, find a time where Jalter gets 3 cards, buff her up, use her Crit move and go nuts.

Seriously, she's one of the best Berserker killers as long as you make sure she stays alive.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 28, 2018, 08:14:51 am
what i did is buff lancelot use his np to get crit stars , buff him with waver easy 200k damage in one turn. if you're lucky and get 3 lancelot cards after his NP you can kill him in 3 turns.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on April 28, 2018, 08:15:52 am
I literally only needed one more turn to beat him since his guts saved him. I ended up using CS to get the damn quest out of the way and because I was doing it at 4AM and was supposed to be sleeping anyway and it's not like I'm going to need CS any time soon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 28, 2018, 08:24:48 am
Done it with Tamamo/Hans/Waver.

It takes a bit to get rolling but once I started raking in crits and Hans Buffs I was fine. Hans died near the end to the eventual NP but I finished him off with Scathath NP Brave Chain.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 28, 2018, 10:43:20 am
I'm just going to cheese it with double Waver, Tamamo, and Euryale.

Have Euryale equip Black Grail then boost stats and her NP to 100% using both Wavers, stun, NP him, use command seals to fill NP, then repeat.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on April 28, 2018, 02:40:27 pm
Weird, I can't remember this Darius quest and I have 98 missions cleared...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 28, 2018, 02:48:51 pm
Darius is unlocked once you complete all the missions. It drops knight coins and 5x plumes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 28, 2018, 02:52:31 pm
i got 9 "in his rightful place" CE cards 4 of them dropped from einzbern castle lvl 80 quest. i might get two max if i get lucky.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on April 28, 2018, 07:14:10 pm
Wow, this is a s rank luck.

Btw, I completed Darius quest after 3 tries. The first try I used (Artoria, KidGil, Mash, Iri and Hassan)+Iskandar support and got oblitareted by his NP. The second time I insisted on the basically the same team but added shota Iskandar to have more stun by charm and failed again, the next time I put Cu, David and Euryale on the mix and failed again, the last try I used Jeanne, Cu, support Iskandar(that died on the second wave), Euryale, Mash and Hassan.

It worked nice, Cu and Euryale did the damage, Jeanne worked maintaning everyone alive and doing some stun together with Euryale.
After that Darius smashed Euryale's face on the ground and Mash entered in the battle. Mash's taunt and invencibilty garanted her a full np bar right before Darius np.
Next turn I went and used Mash's buff together with her np and Darius did almost nothing against my party, the rest was Cu and Jeanne beating Darius until 0 hp.

It was fun.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 29, 2018, 06:22:23 am
so we're going to get the strengthening quest probably 2nd week of may, i dunno if after that we'll get shuten's gacha since we got the america banner a month ago.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 29, 2018, 12:12:03 pm
So JP is having a collab event dropping soon called Fate/Apocrypha: Inheritance of Glory. Sieg (Caster) is the 4* event servant, while Chiron is the new 4* Archer and Achilles as the new 5* Rider in the Gacha.

We have to wait 2 years for this huh...?

so we're going to get the strengthening quest probably 2nd week of may, i dunno if after that we'll get shuten's gacha since we got the america banner a month ago.

If anything we'll be getting the Rashomon event sooner than expected due to NA getting the America banners out of the way.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 29, 2018, 01:37:09 pm
damn i really like achilles kinda sucks that we'll have to wait for it.

edit: his noble phanstasm sucks lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 29, 2018, 02:02:47 pm
Both Chiron and Achilles' NP are pretty straight forward and aren't as flashy as the recent servants, but the close up of Achilles' face is pretty nice.

Regardless I'm actually quite mad that no other servants are getting animation updates aside from Sumanai and Atanyanta. I was really hoping for an update for Mordred at least since her animations are literally just a slightly modified version of the generic Saber attacks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 29, 2018, 02:06:32 pm
really? i thought it was too flashy specially achilles , i was hoping for a simple one like what they did to atalanta.

and what is that sig you have?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 29, 2018, 02:16:01 pm
Chiron just points up to have the game switch to a constellation which shoots a crotch beam (Caliburn style) at an enemy while Achilles just turns into a green speed line that dashes across the screen until the close up to his face. Compare those animations to someone's NP like Semiramis' or Ivan the Terrible and you'll see what I mean when it comes to flashy.

Also Mordred and Fran fist bumping (the best part of the event) is part of the promotional commercial for Inheritance of Glory.



Achilles and Chiron are not limited servants and will be part of the summoning pool permanently.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 29, 2018, 02:33:47 pm
i like you can hear the people's reaction.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on April 29, 2018, 02:50:07 pm
Regardless I'm actually quite mad that no other servants are getting animation updates aside from Sumanai and Atanyanta. I was really hoping for an update for Mordred at least since her animations are literally just a slightly modified version of the generic Saber attacks.
I was hoping for an animation update OR a costume dress :I

With Saber, Alter, Sumanai and Altera all having updated animations I think she's the last gold saber to use the default animation set.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 29, 2018, 03:01:05 pm
we need a punching animation for mordred and make her strike more wild than her father/mother.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 29, 2018, 03:24:08 pm
I was hoping for an animation update OR a costume dress :I

With Saber, Alter, Sumanai and Altera all having updated animations I think she's the last gold saber to use the default animation set.

There's also Saber Lily and if you really want to get technical, Rama too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 29, 2018, 03:37:02 pm
who uses saber lily? when you have saber alter.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 29, 2018, 03:44:51 pm
I do cause using Mordred/Altera all the time for farming can get tedious. It's good to change things up from time to time.

Also I don't have Vanilla Salter...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on April 29, 2018, 09:10:15 pm
What team did people use/plan to use for the Darius III quest? I'm not planning to fight him until I clear the shop and get my command spells back but i'm having the urge to run a crit-caster team.

Haven't done it yet, probably gonna go Okita nuke with Caesar + Support Sca-san+ Kiritsugu Mystic Code.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on April 30, 2018, 08:58:02 pm
Hey, look who received a surprise animation upgrade

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on April 30, 2018, 10:36:00 pm
It's not just her I think

A lot of the Apocrypha crew are getting updated

Atalanta I can tell you first hand, and I suspect Amakusa as well
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on April 30, 2018, 10:47:01 pm
Atlanta and Siegfried's animation updates came out like like a week ago, with the pre campaign banner, and were announced prior to that. Mordred's new anims came out of the blue with today's update.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 01, 2018, 12:42:30 am
I was actually expecting them to pull a ninja update when it came to the animations considering DW has done it before with Medb's during the Valentines 2018 event.

Regardless I'm happy that they finally gave Moedred the animation update she deserves, now I'm pretty sure Jack is next since she needs it the most.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 01, 2018, 09:47:50 am
Used up all my free sq and tickets trying to get Waver,

The only thing I got was a reminder to not do that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 01, 2018, 11:44:19 am
how about jack? her normal attacks looks alot like mary&bonnie. i wish they update mary&bonnie too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 01, 2018, 01:05:32 pm
Finally completed all 100 missions and defeated Darius relatively quick. I abandoned the original plan to bring in Euryale and just went ham with Jalter. Was able one round Darius with her, double Waver, and Nightingale. What surprised me wasn't the amount of damage Jalter's NP did to him (around 400k which is pretty low considering all the buffs), but rather it was all the critical damage that she did to him afterwards which shaved off the rest of his HP. No wonder the Merlin Meme Team is basically the meta in JP right now...

Used up all my free sq and tickets trying to get Waver,

The only thing I got was a reminder to not do that.

Just wait till Thanksgiving/New Years for the class based guaranteed Gacha in which he shares his rate up with Tamamo and Xuanzang so you'll have a 33% of pulling him.

how about jack? her normal attacks looks alot like mary&bonnie. i wish they update mary&bonnie too.

I'm pretty sure they'll get around to it eventually, though not any time soon. They're focusing on revamping all the animations of the launch servants and unfortunately Mary/Bonnie isn't one of them, but who knows.

Jack's (as well as some other servants like Mary/Bonnie) animations are also just a modified version of the generic Saber attacks.


Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 01, 2018, 03:55:20 pm
if they gonna revamp mary&bonnie i want bonnie show up in extra and in the buster or 2nd quick card.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on May 01, 2018, 04:22:15 pm
This would be the perfect time to give Shakespeare and Spartacus new anims too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 01, 2018, 05:30:14 pm
i have spartacus fully ascended but i never used him once. he looks sick though i really like his ascended look. and he has some awesome skill set and bond CE. too bad his stats are a mess.

Edit: got kiritsugu using a ticket , i don't really want him but hey i need assassins.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 09, 2018, 09:06:00 pm
Rashomon event starts on May 16th which lasts up until the 30th. Shuten Douji also arrives.

https://www.facebook.com/FateGO.USA/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 10, 2018, 01:32:20 pm
we have to wait one more week?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on May 12, 2018, 05:54:58 am
oh man oof. I hope im not lazy on the next event.... i didnt even get all iri ascen materials.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on May 12, 2018, 06:24:09 am
Geeze, real life must have hit you hard to not be able to have done it in 3 weeks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 12, 2018, 02:47:38 pm
What's everyone set up for taking down Ibaraki? I'm leaning towards Waver, Nightingale, and Jalter or Rama. Rama's NP is most likely stronger due to being effective against the Banana Oni, but when it comes to crit/normal damage Jalter's got him beat due to her crit buff lasting longer.

we have to wait one more week?

JP actually had to wait 2 weeks after the end of Accel Order before the start of Rashomon. Granted they had the Medb and Cu Alter banners running along with Kintoki's at the same time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 12, 2018, 02:53:33 pm
i've got drake on my team and got 2 decent healers.  i'll use the mary&anne + black grail combo again.

edit i just checked i have martha in my team lol i forgot that she exists.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on May 12, 2018, 05:09:56 pm
I'll try to use a kinda of immortal team with Jeanne, Cu, Nero, Mash and Herc. I just don't know if I leave Mash there or put Hans on her place, in this case maybe I have to put someone else on Herc's place too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 12, 2018, 08:33:07 pm
dunno if prolonging the battle is a good choice since she's a berserker that has aoe np. if you slip up on jeanne's np you gonna die.

if only i have jack this event would be much easier.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 12, 2018, 09:24:26 pm
Ibaraki has a single target NP that can remove buffs (like evade and guts), however the raid version also has standard attacks that can hit the entire party. If you truly want to stall it out, the best team to go with are ones that can reduce her NP charge while having a healer like a comp of Waver, Tamamo, and Orion for example.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on May 12, 2018, 10:13:14 pm
dunno if prolonging the battle is a good choice since she's a berserker that has aoe np. if you slip up on jeanne's np you gonna die.

if only i have jack this event would be much easier.


Why not use a support Jack?

Ibaraki has a single target NP that can remove buffs (like evade and guts), however the raid version also has standard attacks that can hit the entire party. If you truly want to stall it out, the best team to go with are ones that can reduce her NP charge while having a healer like a comp of Waver, Tamamo, and Orion for example.

Hum... so a more offensive approach with servants that have consistent durability would be better.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 13, 2018, 01:19:04 am
I haven't given this much thought, but i'm thinking of Waver friend with every goddamn hard hitting ST servant I have.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on May 13, 2018, 01:36:02 am
What's everyone set up for taking down Ibaraki? I'm leaning towards Waver, Nightingale, and Jalter or Rama. Rama's NP is most likely stronger due to being effective against the Banana Oni, but when it comes to crit/normal damage Jalter's got him beat due to her crit buff lasting longer.

I'm thinking Okita-San + Support Waver + SHEEZA as the main comp. I hear Nobu is really good against Ibaraki though, so that I'll have to try.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 13, 2018, 03:30:28 am
If you lack Jalter or Rama, then Nobu is a great alternative as she can fill the role of a damage dealer in Buster crit teams. Her only real fault is that her NP is AoE which can still work in her favor since you want to defeat those hands for their drops, just be mindful you'll be giving Ibaraki more chances to attack by doing so.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on May 13, 2018, 04:08:35 am
I'm either going with the Rama group(Rama+Waver+Friend Nightingale or my Helena) with Anniversary Blond MC with both Casters having 2030 and Rama with the strongest Attack CE possible

Or I'm going with the Arts Meme Team(Waver+Tamamo+Orion) with the Extella Mystic Code for the maximum output possible when Orion gets her NP up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 13, 2018, 04:39:49 am
dunno if prolonging the battle is a good choice since she's a berserker that has aoe np. if you slip up on jeanne's np you gonna die.

if only i have jack this event would be much easier.


Why not use a support Jack?

Ibaraki has a single target NP that can remove buffs (like evade and guts), however the raid version also has standard attacks that can hit the entire party. If you truly want to stall it out, the best team to go with are ones that can reduce her NP charge while having a healer like a comp of Waver, Tamamo, and Orion for example.

Hum... so a more offensive approach with servants that have consistent durability would be better.



i need two wavers for my mary&anne nuke.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 14, 2018, 07:04:50 am
Rashomon event details have been released.

https://webview.fate-go.us/iframe/2018/0514_rashomon/

Looks like the only change we get from initial JP version is that we get 8 BP to play around with instead of 6. So that means if your entire party wipes you get no rewards unlike the rerun, be careful.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 16, 2018, 01:11:25 am
(https://i.imgur.com/eB1pnyH.png)
How does this look, homies? Of course, as I get event CEs they will be placed into the lineup.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on May 16, 2018, 04:10:00 am
That should be a good enough team if you can get Waver friends.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 16, 2018, 10:00:13 am
I was able to pull Shuten while rolling for some Event CEs.

Despite that, I can't even ascend her or level up her skills cause I don't have any bones...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 16, 2018, 10:24:40 am
I had to drop Nero bride because of archers. Scathath doesn't make for the best replacement but she at least gets the job done for 1BP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 16, 2018, 11:05:21 am
Was using Scathach, Waver, and Elisabeth for 1 BP. Used Waver to decrease their defenses, then had Elizabeth wipe out the hands with her NP, then had Scathach one shot Ibaraki with hers.

Did the 2 BP node and went in with the same party with the exception of adding Jalter to my back row just in case Scathach or Elisabeth fell (which they did). Was able to get through it twice, though Elisabeth had to survive in order for her to take out the Demon Hands with her NP, but in case she didn't I just said fuck it and took out Ibaraki immediately. Was able to get enough DP to obtain the first Ushi CE, so now doing the 2 BP quest should be easier now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 16, 2018, 01:16:30 pm
2bp isn't a trouble for me lancelot and drake are enough to take down half of ibaraki's hp in 2 turns. and i keep anne&mary or okita in the back row to finish the job.  my defensive servants are waver and jew boy.

the mvp in this team composition is david , glad i leveled his skills.

oh and a friendly reminder 3bp is fucking hard to do without any event CE. so don't try it yet.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 16, 2018, 06:46:32 pm
Got drops on Gold Carp and Shana-Oh on the first day.

I know I need more Carps but I'm eyeing up that 3bp.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 16, 2018, 07:20:39 pm
lol i got nothing again... 90 sq didn't drop a single 4 star CE or servant. wtf this is like the 4th banner i didn't got any not even an event CE.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 16, 2018, 10:31:29 pm
Yeah the event CEs make the event much easier barring the 3 BP node. When sufficiently buffed, Scathach was able to one shot Ibaraki with her NP from full HP in the 2 BP node. I was even able to get my first Golden Carp drop. Even then I’m going to wait till I get 4 more Golden Carps and have the Ushi CE limit broken before I even attempt the 3 BP node.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on May 16, 2018, 11:36:12 pm
lol i got nothing again... 90 sq didn't drop a single 4 star CE or servant. wtf this is like the 4th banner i didn't got any not even an event CE.

I never get the rate up 5* servant that I want, it was this way with Scahatch, Jalter and now Shuten I know the pain lol.
Hope you get the event CEs at least on the next days.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 17, 2018, 12:29:47 pm
i got fucking dragon boy instead. don't need anymore sabers.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 19, 2018, 04:31:18 am
Been able to clear the 3 BP node consistently by stalling/stunning Ibaraki through NPs and I'm already at 90m Damage Points. I'll probably just keep running this node until I clear the 300m points needed for all the prizes then I'll just stick to 2 BP for Gourd farming.

This is why I love Shishou. Her stun is so invaluable when stalling Ibaraki that I'm probably just going to bench Jalter for the entire event except for Lancer and Saber days where I'll run Rama and a support Orion respectively.

(https://i.imgur.com/IyC1IrA.png)

We're already on "Day 2" of the event so the drunk villagers and Oni Hands will be of the Caster class so those using Jack as the main damage dealer should think of some alternatives.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 19, 2018, 04:41:07 am
i got emiya from single rolls, so i got drake , emiya , sumanai , liz , all from single yolo rolls. i got more luck doing single rolls than multis.

the hands aren't a big problem for me , i can use drake's NP or lancelot's NP to take them out. usually i would wait for the last minute just before the first hand gains it's NP charge ,  i'm more worried that i don't have much defensive servants. david is the only one i can rely on saving my team.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 19, 2018, 04:50:21 am
I don't have Waver or Jack. I have level 80 lesbians but could only do 5M damage w/ friend Waver MLB Carp, MLB Ushi on lesbians and Carps on everything else.

So I might stick to 2BP until I get something I can take advantage of.

Edit: Tried again and finally beat her proper with Tamamo/Bride/Waver in the front and Mashu/George/Cu at the back.
Took 15 minutes to beat because I had to think about every move I made, in the end the only one that fell was poor Mashu. At one point I got enough defense buffs on Tamamo that she got a whole bunch of zeros when she got swarmed on, which got me a clutch NP to refill my Bride.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 19, 2018, 10:07:22 pm
replace Cu with david , he's more useful against day 2 ibaraki. with his AOE attack buff and AOE evade , you can even use his attack buff to cancel ibaraki's buff block skill if she cast it on your team.

i'm using okita as my main damage dealer. buffing her with two wavers switching her out with drake/lancelot/lancer salter depending on what class is ibaraki's hands are. then nuking them when i get ibaraki's hp down to 4 million. enough for okita to kill her in 3 or 2 turns depending if both wavers are still alive.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 20, 2018, 04:54:55 am
replace Cu with david , he's more useful against day 2 ibaraki. with his AOE attack buff and AOE evade , you can even use his attack buff to cancel ibaraki's buff block skill if she cast it on your team.
Actually if I get down to Cu it generally means I'm just stalling for time at that point.

I changed tactics after watching some dude clear 3BP with a F2P set and I now swap out my Bride on the first turn w/ Tamamo Art buff, waver atk/def/crit buffs on her and use George to taunt. when she comes back into the game she has a full NP, 2xatk/def/crit from Waver, 2x art from Tamamo and with an NP arts brave chain she can fire off 2 NPs in a row.

Annnnnd I just dropped my 7th Carp so I'll be MLB'ing that as well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 20, 2018, 11:59:53 am
how many damage points do you guys have? mine is over a 130 million , i think i lost 9 times against ibaraki. my strategy has one flaw if she decides to focus on okita , i'll lose immediately.

lol i thought i was going to be lucky , my yolo ticket roll sparked gold... got spooked by tamamo cat, at least i got her NP leveled max. lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on May 20, 2018, 03:34:26 pm
I have about 127 mi, maybe because I only managed to defeat Ibaraki 2 times, since I don't have a stronger damage dealer that can survive most part of the battle.
On the front I'm using Cu and a support Scahatch as my offencive and Jeanne since she can stall Ibaraki a bit. On the back I use Mash for more stall, proto Cu for some damage and evade and Marie because she can survive some attacks too.
I would like to use Ushi too, but she dies quickly.
I can survive the 15 turns with this comp and do about 4mi~5mi damage.

I think I'll only have problems for the saber day, hope that Robin and David save my ass.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 20, 2018, 04:20:57 pm
Did a 10-roll, got NOTHING.
My only 4-star anything was Antumbra, which I never use and already have MLB'd,

So far I've only been defeated once, and that was before I used my current strategy, which I'll share in the spoiler:
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 20, 2018, 06:26:55 pm
i don't have servants to use that strategy i don't have proper servants stall ibaraki  , my all out attack strategy is ok and mashu and david are enough to protect okita it's just that a lot of times i'm not paying attention to the game and i end up either not using any skills or using the wrong skills or using the wrong party.

i'm almost in the 200m , if i didn't lose so much i'm probably in the 230m.

btw do all 3 quests drop the same amount of gourds? or does the 3bp drops the most?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 22, 2018, 04:36:27 pm
3bp has 14-16 gourd drops, all at 3 per drop, although I've gotten lower amounts from it rarely.
2bp is safer to run gourd CEs though, I normally get around 40-50 gourds total from it with 2 3* CEs.
And looks like I'll finish this day with around 240M DP, nice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 22, 2018, 04:57:31 pm
yeam me too i'm almost done with the event the only thing remaining are some ascension items.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 23, 2018, 04:46:56 am
Finally got through getting 300m points for all of the rewards. Barely had to use any of the rice balls, so I'll be using those to farm as much of the gourds as possible.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 25, 2018, 12:24:38 pm
anyone here got shuten? i've only seen 1 guy in my friendslist who got her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 25, 2018, 12:51:13 pm
I have a couple Shuten friends, they're all underleveled though.

However this has been an awful banner, haven't pulled anything of note.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 25, 2018, 01:03:03 pm
yeh me too. hope i'll get lucky and get raikou or ibaraki next but i'll save quartz for illya.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 25, 2018, 09:43:05 pm
Despite being the Rider day of the event I've still been using double Waver with Shuten as my damage dealer as she makes quick work of the 2BP node with her NP. If you still need a properly leveled Shuten, feel free to add me as I just cleared some inactives from my friends list: 699722371.

Also Journey to the West event starts next week right after Rashomon. No rest for the weary I guess...

http://fate-go.us/event_sanzang/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on May 26, 2018, 12:48:30 am
If the japanese event schedule is anything to go by the only break we get is after Journey to the west before going we have back to back events with barely any breaks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 26, 2018, 02:19:49 am
Despite being the Rider day of the event I've still been using double Waver with Shuten as my damage dealer as she makes quick work of the 2BP node with her NP. If you still need a properly leveled Shuten, feel free to add me as I just cleared some inactives from my friends list: 699722371.

Also Journey to the West event starts next week right after Rashomon. No rest for the weary I guess...

http://fate-go.us/event_sanzang/

i had a tough time in the rider day, cause i have no assassins in my deck that's really useful. so i end up killing ibaraki first before the hands.

i'll do the event but i'm not interested in the banner , i might roll some next event not for raikou but for the banana oni. (i'm lowering my expectations)

i'm saving my quartz to complete the emiya family.

i think we're gonna get a 1 day break. i saved some apple for the journey to the west event...if i remember correctly it's the most grind fest of all the event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 26, 2018, 02:56:46 am
Somehow I finished my last 2BP run on time, used George/Shiki/Friend Waver, I used Kerry and Mashu to absorb NPs, or with Kerry I'd just target the NP towards the weak.

However with time running out I switched to Tamamo/Shiki/Friend Jack with my 3BP setup, on the second to last run I used a command spell to end the quest on the first turn.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 31, 2018, 09:07:10 am
Waaaaah, I got the 4* CE, 5* CE, and Xuanzang with my tickets! More Quartz for Mama!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on May 31, 2018, 10:03:44 am
I just used one ticket because reasons and it gave me Shuwen.

Probably going to level him up first before tackling the event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 31, 2018, 10:11:34 am
Put him up on your support list at least so I can have a bonus when farming those peaches! I want Li Shuwen too, but I really don't want to spend any quartz until Onigashima.

I'm also getting a crap ton of FP because of Oppai Monk, this is good so I can roll the FP Gacha for the 3* Event CEs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 31, 2018, 11:46:35 am
Waaaaah, I got the 4* CE, 5* CE, and Xuanzang with my tickets! More Quartz for Mama!

you're fucking lucky. i got 5 more tickets and i'm afraid to roll. do the quest without the ce first , i did that in rashomon and it turned up pretty well for me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on May 31, 2018, 05:46:33 pm
Cool used 71 quartz and 9 tickets gotten, Medb(why), medea lily, Thomas(yes!), Helena, and Xuanzang.
though i got first 3 in story summon....
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on June 01, 2018, 08:18:05 am
Unsurprisingly, Shuwen supports are in high demand as well. I spent some quartz to see if I could get some of the CEs and only got the one that increases peach drops, so I guess that goes along with my Shuwen. That will be it for me in this banner. I want to try and start saving quartz again for the later stuff.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 01, 2018, 01:14:49 pm
i used 5 tickets and got the 3* CE and the one with the cool mordred art CE. and got the new 3* hundred face hassan. i wasn't expecting much to begin with but i'm content that i got the CE that i want.

i'm not gonna spend anymore quartz til raikou and ibaraki banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on June 01, 2018, 02:48:25 pm
I got the 3* event CE from my tix as well, plus the Jeanne 5* CE that protects you from 3 debuffs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on June 01, 2018, 11:32:12 pm
Only did 4 10 pulls from the 420 SQ I bought so I can prepare for the Summer banners...ended up with Li Shuwen NP3 and a few 4 star CE's.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 02, 2018, 03:30:52 am
you got li shuwen not bad but still 4 10 rolls. hope you got good CEs.

So alot of people are confused on the event giving bonus servants the wrong CE. i've seen Li shuwens equipped with gives bonus golden pill drops instead of peach drops.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on June 02, 2018, 03:37:37 am
I am thinking how a guy who got 0 event ce and have only 3* bonus servants will do on this event, and yeah this guy is me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 02, 2018, 04:00:38 am
same with me , i've got 2 event cards only from my tickets , 1 is of immortal peach and 1 is for pork buns. now i got 3 CEs from the shop just from farming and maximizing the drops. using supports with proper CE combination.

always pick Li shuwen with true samadhi fire CE. if you gonna farm for immortal peaches.

for the bao drops pick david and lu bu with the All three together CE.

and lewd monk + Go west CE for the LSD drops.

don't farm the ticket quest yet cause it's a one and done deal , wait til you get the CE's from the Shop or from drops equip all your servants with those CE and then you farm it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on June 02, 2018, 04:12:09 am
Thanks for the tip. This event is indeed Unlimited Grinding Works.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on June 02, 2018, 08:59:18 pm
you got li shuwen not bad but still 4 10 rolls. hope you got good CEs.

So alot of people are confused on the event giving bonus servants the wrong CE. i've seen Li shuwens equipped with gives bonus golden pill drops instead of peach drops.

I primarily got the 4 star event CEs and had to break my rule to for one more roll and get the 5 star event CE for more Pill Drops.

EDIT: I plan on basically restocking back with it later in the week with another 80$...

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 03, 2018, 12:21:16 am
From my experience, farm the necessary materials to buy all of the event CEs from the shop then equip all of them to farm the Flaming Mountain 40 AP node for as many talismans as possible. That way you can clear all of the story quests to unlock the Tianzhu free quest node so you'll be able to do the majority of your material farming there until part 2 of the event. Afterwards just repeat the Flaming Mountain node for more Talismans so you can continue to farm Tianzhu.

EDIT: I plan on basically restocking back with it later in the week with another 80$...

Spare me some quartz for my Mama Raikou fund, good sir?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on June 03, 2018, 05:45:33 am
EDIT: I plan on basically restocking back with it later in the week with another 80$...

Spare me some quartz for my Mama Raikou fund, good sir?

Sorry brah, I need all the money and luck I can get for Raikou's banner and especially Summer Time Banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 04, 2018, 11:46:36 am
So I caved and used my remaining 60 quartz to see if I could pull Li and I ended up getting an NP2 Herc and my first 2030. I'm satisfied with the latter at least.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 05, 2018, 07:37:41 am
3m downloads campaign with Scathach banner and a ticket to select a free 4* servant along with other goodies.

http://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=%2Fiframe%2F2018%2F0605_300dlcp%2F

Going to select Stheno since she's the only 4* I'm missing from the selectable servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on June 05, 2018, 09:16:42 am
Either going with Chev or NP2 Herc
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 05, 2018, 12:14:56 pm
hahahahaaha i have most of them except for herc and carmilla .... guess i'll get carmilla then. why no li shuwen?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 05, 2018, 01:03:45 pm
These are all 4*s that are available from the tutorial summon, so no Li. We have to wait till next year around September for the event where we can choose any 4* (excluding limited servants). It kinda sucks since I would have loved to be able get a final copy of Lancelot so I can have him at NP5 already.

I just realized that I also don't have Martha, but I might forego choosing her or Stheno for an NP3 Herc/Carmilla.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 05, 2018, 02:19:59 pm
i got np 2 martha , i don't see her charm honestly i dunno why she's popular in JP. she looks bland sounds bland and her animation is awful.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on June 05, 2018, 03:08:45 pm
Well, what I like more about Martha is her personality. When she is about to say something rude, improper or barely sexual she imediataly stops herself from saying, because a saint can't say those things, this is adorable.
Btw finally I will get Carmilla to complete my Liz harem.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on June 06, 2018, 05:38:54 am
Well, what I like more about Martha is her personality. When she is about to say something rude, improper or barely sexual she imediataly stops herself from saying, because a saint can't say those things, this is adorable.
Btw finally I will get Carmilla to complete my Liz harem.

This. Martha's charm, so to speak, is that she was basically thrusted into a role of a Saint and unlike Jeanne it's hard for her to STAY in the role of a Saint.

She states that she prayed Tarasque down and it joined her cause...except she let slip that she beat the shit out of it on quite a few occasions. She clearly has fetishes but she also has to downplay them as well and actually does act angry at times so basically, she acts like a Saint but she's really bad at it.

This is alot more pronounced in the Arcade Port where in her NP, when she jumps over Tarasque, she actually HITS IT with the very staff that apparently Jesus himself gave her... which was also hinted that she sometimes uses it as a weapon if she doesn't want to use her fists.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 06, 2018, 11:57:05 am
i get her personality in her win speech but she's still meh.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 06, 2018, 12:37:26 pm
Her Rider version has a simple yet effective niche of having an on demand debuff removal skill for the entire party which no other servant currently has, but other than that she's pretty mediocre in both offensive and support capabilities.

Most of her adoration is probably from her Ruler version since not only does she kind of turn up her fanservice up to 11 by being in a revealing swimsuit (more so than her Rider variant), but she's the best offensive Ruler with Jeanne and Sherlock being support while Amakusa is more of an offensive support. She's literally a psuedo-berserker with the tankiness of the Ruler class.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 06, 2018, 10:13:10 pm
So Guda Guda 3 has been announced in JP today with their limited 5* being Okita Alter.



Her class is Alter-Ego.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on June 06, 2018, 11:56:48 pm
Funny how she has to drop the saber class to finally fire a beam.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 07, 2018, 12:25:10 pm
isn't she suppose to be a fusion of nobunaga and okita?

having a whaler friend really helps , there's a guy in my friends list that has max CEs and in the right servants too , i'm done with the 1st part of the event and i'm moving on to farm the dragon balls.

when do you think they'll make 2nd NP for servants... i've been thinking that some NP that didn't made into the game could be awesome if they can make us select an NP.

like okita souji 2nd NP where she raises the flag of sincerity and summons the rest of the shinzengumi probably an AOE and a buff type NP parallel to her sandanzuki.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 07, 2018, 03:07:22 pm
I already completed all the challenge quests and collected the lore at the end. Just farming the Tathagata node for the orbs and then spending it on the Human Realm node for the Lotus Flowers.

isn't she suppose to be a fusion of nobunaga and okita?

having a whaler friend really helps , there's a guy in my friends list that has max CEs and in the right servants too , i'm done with the 1st part of the event and i'm moving on to farm the dragon balls.

when do you think they'll make 2nd NP for servants... i've been thinking that some NP that didn't made into the game could be awesome if they can make us select an NP.

like okita souji 2nd NP where she raises the flag of sincerity and summons the rest of the shinzengumi probably an AOE and a buff type NP parallel to her sandanzuki.

That was her lore back in Koha-Ace. It's been retconned in FGO where this Okita is a Counter Guardian that has fused with the Holy Grail.

As for second NPs, I believe it was specified that there are a bunch of servants who have multiple NPs, but due to the Chaldea summoning system being different from Fate's it limited the abilities of the servants we summoned (like how Heracles was summoned into Chaldea without his Godhand).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 08, 2018, 07:15:31 pm
i know cause of game balancing , some NP sound ridiculously op ,

 what if they just make a nerfed version of those like god hand probably defense buff and guts like nero's thrice setting sun?. or astolfo's horn applying a group invincibility for 1 turn.  they can even make quests for it too , like the rank up quests.

it'll be too OP if we could choose NP straight out in battle so probably NP should be like how we choose sprites and costumes for servants.

btw how many princess of the storm are there in the shop? i only got 4.

found the CM for guda guda 3. looks good but why so serious>
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 09, 2018, 08:17:13 am
i know cause of game balancing , some NP sound ridiculously op ,

 what if they just make a nerfed version of those like god hand probably defense buff and guts like nero's thrice setting sun?. or astolfo's horn applying a group invincibility for 1 turn.  they can even make quests for it too , like the rank up quests.

it'll be too OP if we could choose NP straight out in battle so probably NP should be like how we choose sprites and costumes for servants.

btw how many princess of the storm are there in the shop? i only got 4.

Don't get me wrong, I would love the option of servants having selectable NPs. However they should vary in usage and utility that way one NP doesn't truly shine over the other in every situation. For example a servant can have access to a single-target or AoE NP, while another has a choice between a offensive or supportive NP, etc.

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found the CM for guda guda 3. looks good but why so serious>

Nasu/DW literally asked A1-Pictures to make the opening look cool to give Guda Guda a more serious tone since the event is often portrayed as light hearted/as a joke. There's really no other reason than that apparently.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 09, 2018, 10:56:09 pm
Onigashima announced for June 14th, right after Journey to the West Event. MAMA COME HOME!

...again, no rest for the weary...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on June 09, 2018, 11:39:34 pm
If the japanese event schedule is anything to go by the only break we get is after Journey to the west before going we have back to back events with barely any breaks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 10, 2018, 12:17:26 am
That's the thing. I expected a break in-between these events so I could farm EXP cards, do strengthening quests, etc. in preparation for Onigashima. So if I happen to pull Raikou I'll have no way of leveling her up right off the bat to have her be useful for the event considering she and Rider Kintoki share the highest bonus damage buff.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 10, 2018, 04:30:44 am
i've got 200 exp cards remaining in my 2nd archieve and gift box.... it was suppose to be for jack....it's been there since november lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on June 11, 2018, 04:03:10 pm
No idea why it became popular nowadays (because of majin saber ?) but the current trend of drawing fgo characters wearing the clothes of other fgo characters is fun; we got more fanart of that style in the past week than we got in the previous two years , so I think something happened.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 11, 2018, 04:33:46 pm
really? i want someone to draw raikou wearing jack or spartacus' clothes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on June 11, 2018, 10:25:22 pm
they already drew lancer artoria wearing siegfred's, times are fun.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 11, 2018, 11:04:45 pm
No idea why it became popular nowadays (because of majin saber ?) but the current trend of drawing fgo characters wearing the clothes of other fgo characters is fun; we got more fanart of that style in the past week than we got in the previous two years , so I think something happened.

It's some twitter fad of "fusing" two servants that appear in your "My Room".
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 12, 2018, 11:18:24 am
post it on the fanart thread.

i saw mordred wearing sherlock's suit early this morning. someone post it on discord.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 14, 2018, 09:40:48 am
Spent more quartz than I should have, but still remained within my budget. Probably the best session though since I was able to get Raikou, Arjuna, Jack, Atanyanta, NP2 Banana Oni, NP3 Heracles, NP5 Lancelot, NP3 Carmilla, Astolfo, and Helena.

I probably won't be whaling this hard again till Musashi comes out...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on June 14, 2018, 09:55:49 am
1 10 pull... after months without getting a single 5 star since I got Tesla in the London banner...

(https://i.imgur.com/FlBQaJT.png)

Mama has come home.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 14, 2018, 10:04:46 am
Congrats, I'm glad it only took you one multi. You should have seen my face when Banana Oni, Lancelot, Heracles, Jack, and Arjuna spooked me before getting Raikou. I was actually kind of annoyed with the last two, not because they were servants I didn't want/like but the fact that I hit the 1% rate twice but still didn't get best Mama until later.

...now I'm glad I came out with 3 new 5*s...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on June 14, 2018, 10:51:10 am
Congrats, I'm glad it only took you one multi. You should have seen my face when Banana Oni, Lancelot, Heracles, Jack, and Arjuna spooked me before getting Raikou. I was actually kind of annoyed with the last two, not because they were servants I didn't want/like but the fact that I hit the 1% rate twice but still didn't get best Mama until later.

...now I'm glad I came out with 3 new 5*s...

Yeah I remember that feeling when I went all out to get Drake. Got 3 Vlads and an Artoria(and maybe Orion, can't really remember anymore) before I got Drake. So I remember that pain despite the fact that getting multiple 5 stars is something to be celebrated despite the fact of getting annoyed of not getting the rateup.

The craziest part was that when I got Hektor, I thought I was done with the rolls so I decided to skip it but then it continued on and I'm like "Okay this must be a 4 star CE" and it went to Servant and I'm like "this has got to be Ibaraki" and it was a Berserker and I'm like "Let's go Ibaraki" and I say this while having a picture of Raikou on my computer as a joke catalyst AND randomly just thinking a few times before the event that Raikou may spook me going for Ibaraki like Tesla did for Lancer Alter and lo and behold, she fucking spooked me!

I couldn't contain my laughter, joy and surprise all at once.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 14, 2018, 10:58:45 am
1 10 pull... after months without getting a single 5 star since I got Tesla in the London banner...

(https://i.imgur.com/FlBQaJT.png)

Mama has come home.

that's a good roll  i will be happy if i get bananaserker. i'd probably roll later

edit: i got 2 bananas in one roll.

edit i got another one from ticket = level 3 ibaraki.  wow when i said i'll be satisfied with ibaraki i never anticipated that she'll pop up alot.
well got her ascended and leveled her skills , guess i'll practice using berserkers , i don't like them much too squishy. dunno if i'll roll again i think i've got too many berserkers now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on June 14, 2018, 07:32:49 pm
Grats on NP3 Ibaraki.
I was hoping to get the same amount of luck I got when I gotten NP3 Li Shuwen, but I got WAY more than that when I obtained Raikou.

And honestly, it's up to you. Raikou is most likely one of those Servants that WILL stay in peoples' Support Lists simply because of how ridiculously good she is at farming and at certain battles. So if you don't have her, you can live easily without her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 15, 2018, 09:57:41 am
Make use of Euryale while taking on the Blue Oni. Give her the Golden Sumo CE and pair her up with a Tamamo and she can easily hit the Blue Oni for 1m+ damage each time with her NP (assuming there are also some Moonlight Bath CEs).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on June 15, 2018, 12:36:58 pm
Yup, running Euryale 8/10/7 with Sumo on her and 2 Baths. Easy clear.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 19, 2018, 12:58:18 am
Final Raid has been unlocked. Nobu is one of the better servants you can use here as Ushi Gozen has both Riding and Divinity so Nobu will have a massive damage spike when using her NP in tandem with her "Unifying the Nation by Force" skill (along with her innate 60% damage boost from the event).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 19, 2018, 01:09:28 pm
nobunaga melts raikou easily,

btw don't use the dumplings yet , there'll be a quest after we beat raikou that have better drops.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on June 19, 2018, 02:56:46 pm
So raikou raid is divine? Would tge CE Versus work?(card of karna and arjuna)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 19, 2018, 03:23:49 pm
It does, but why would you use it when you have Golden Sumo?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on June 19, 2018, 03:31:13 pm
It does, but why would you use it when you have Golden Sumo?

cause i dont have it....?
;s but alrighty.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 19, 2018, 04:25:55 pm
So raikou raid is divine? Would tge CE Versus work?(card of karna and arjuna)

LB golden sumo , equip it to nobu and the rest of your servants should have hot springs and your support too better find someone who LB hot springs.

It does, but why would you use it when you have Golden Sumo?

cause i dont have it....?
;s but alrighty.

it's free , you just have to trade it in the shop. i have mine LB already.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 20, 2018, 06:28:11 am
Sixth Singularity: Camelot will be released on the 28th. No news regarding the anniversary as of yet.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on June 20, 2018, 03:48:25 pm
That's the one I have been waiting for, too bad this one is not in the playstore of my region, tho I guess there might eb ways around that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on June 21, 2018, 03:24:30 am
Is it safe to assume we'll get Summer event after Camelot? Or will it be anni and then Summer?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 21, 2018, 05:48:15 am
JP got the summer event a little over 2 weeks after the release of Camelot. However we seem to be getting Camelot ahead of schedule (like 2 weeks early) so we probably won't be getting the summer event ourselves until late July.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 21, 2018, 12:13:52 pm
i want them to slow it down a bit . im still recovering from the last 2 banners.

edit: so i might not pull for ozy i heard they'll gonna release prisma illya around early or mid august , and we're actually ahead of time so it's very plausible.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 28, 2018, 03:03:45 pm
Spent my left over quartz from Onigashima and got Saber Lancelot, NP4 Fionn, Uncle Ozy, and a bunch of Origin Bullet CEs. Now I really need to save for Summer...

Also they weren't joking about Camelot being hard. It's only the beginning and they're already throwing mobs with 50k HP and bosses with 300-400k.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 28, 2018, 03:49:36 pm
yeah but you don't need to rush you can finish it any time you want. for me i'll level up my stheno first.

i don't have any particular servants that i like but ozy's skills are pretty useful. gonna roll for serenity first using my friend point gacha. lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on June 28, 2018, 04:12:13 pm
Yeah Camelot is the beginning of the end so bring your a-teams and make sure they're maxed

Every story singularity is going to be high level from here on out
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 28, 2018, 04:51:05 pm
I haven't used a support Jack in a while and this is the first time I've used my own Jack since summoning her, but I have to ask has she always been this small?

(https://i.imgur.com/RGIZ1qE.jpg)

Yeah Camelot is the beginning of the end so bring your a-teams and make sure they're maxed

Every story singularity is going to be high level from here on out

Everyone is dreading the fight with Gawain and here I am thinking of every possible way of one shotting Mordred before she even gets a single NP off.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on June 28, 2018, 05:16:01 pm
She did get resized at some point in JP (the original would've been too tall standing straight).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on June 29, 2018, 10:22:30 am
Everyone is dreading the fight with Gawain and here I am thinking of every possible way of one shotting Mordred before she even gets a single NP off.
Unless you have a consistent way to steal a charge from her/stun, you probably should get defense buffs/evades up
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 29, 2018, 02:10:03 pm
I haven't used a support Jack in a while and this is the first time I've used my own Jack since summoning her, but I have to ask has she always been this small?

(https://i.imgur.com/RGIZ1qE.jpg)

Yeah Camelot is the beginning of the end so bring your a-teams and make sure they're maxed

Every story singularity is going to be high level from here on out

Everyone is dreading the fight with Gawain and here I am thinking of every possible way of one shotting Mordred before she even gets a single NP off.

dude you got jack. mordred is an easy kill for you.

use battlesuit and have david in your back row.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 29, 2018, 02:56:24 pm
I don't even have enough materials right now to even get her properly trained to take on Mordred let alone Camelot in general. Besides I already have MHX who will outdamage Jack in the long run due to her Galactic Meteor Sword doing bonus damage to Sabers and her NP doing more damage to Saberfaces (which Mordred is a part of).

Unless you have a consistent way to steal a charge from her/stun, you probably should get defense buffs/evades up

I'll probably just do Waver with Tamamo and my friend's NP2 Orion.

Scratch that. I suddenly just had a plan that involves Gil and double Waver.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 29, 2018, 04:34:20 pm
mhx have superior power against mordred but very low survival rate compare to jack.

so i dropped 60 quartz on the gacha again ... even though i said i wouldn't roll .... i got nothing again except for 3 4 star ce covering fire.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 01, 2018, 06:15:49 am
True, but with Jack you’re going to have to decide between more damage or survivability since her steroid is tied to her evade.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 01, 2018, 01:41:55 pm
i got serenity now i can do this



i'm loving the story so far ... i'm at the part where you'd rescue "old man of the mountain" , it's probably the best one yet.

btw i remember bedivere was a burly woman in the original typemoon designs ... i kinda like his old design better than this slim female looking one.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 02, 2018, 03:00:05 am
Bedivere was always male, and still is. I never heard of any version, prototype or otherwise, where he was female, despite the voice actress from the first anime. Fan theory from day one since the first game and anime came out is that he's the reason no one noticed Saber was female, because there was already a girly handsome man standing next to her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 02, 2018, 03:22:02 am
i got serenity now i can do this
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YxgyIO0tAg[/youtube]


i'm loving the story so far ... i'm at the part where you'd rescue "old man of the mountain" , it's probably the best one yet.

btw i remember bedivere was a burly woman in the original typemoon designs ... i kinda like his old design better than this slim female looking one.

I don't think they'll have the buggy version with Artoria Archer, just letting you know...

Bedivere was always male, and still is. I never heard of any version, prototype or otherwise, where he was female, despite the voice actress from the first anime. Fan theory from day one since the first game and anime came out is that he's the reason no one noticed Saber was female, because there was already a girly handsome man standing next to her.

And we look at the rest of the Round Table...and ALL OF THEM are girly men... except Gareth(I think that's the name) who really IS a woman.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 02, 2018, 06:19:33 am
Are you implying Sir Agravain is girly?!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 02, 2018, 07:37:25 am
Are you implying Sir Agravain is girly?!

... Well there's Sakura from Danganropa, so that can count for the definition of girly and I wouldn't be wrong...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 02, 2018, 10:29:12 am
Are you implying Sir Agravain is girly?!

are you implying that he's not?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 02, 2018, 02:03:28 pm
Are you implying Sir Agravain is girly?!
Spoiler: The girliest of them all (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on July 02, 2018, 02:56:43 pm
Oh wow they basically just gave Lancelot's Fate/Zero design to Agravain didn't they
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 03, 2018, 05:55:39 pm
i'm in the part where a certain english man appears and they mentioned warrachia... now i want some tsukihime characters in fgo. they could use the night of walpurgis as the main story to tie in melty blood/ tsukihime. vlad , carmella and other heroes that has ties with the occult can be in the story too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on July 03, 2018, 06:46:48 pm
Welll , AFAIK , walachia is harvesting energy for an end of the world event, so having his night to be a singularity evenif a side quest is pretty proper; the power levels should also make it fun. I adh not tought about making the crossover liek that, thanks to how extra did it, but it makes some sense, except for most of the tsukihime characters being already deaed (of old age) when that night happens.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 04, 2018, 10:21:30 am
well they can set it up like a time travel / terminator style thing where the first few chapters is where the player "lost" to him and they need to time travel back in melty blood time line and help sion and co. to kill him there so he can't rematerialize again in the future.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 04, 2018, 01:46:40 pm
That's basically the plot of the Fate/Extra CCC event in FGO, minus the Melty Blood/Tsukihime characters. Just replace Sion with Meltlillth and Wallachia with Kiara.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Erroratu on July 04, 2018, 02:00:47 pm
IIRC in the Fate universe Zepia Eltnam Oberon never became Night of Warrachia. He became a Dead Apostle, yea, but he's a good guy that works in a school or something.
So unless the entire singularity is just trying to stop him from becoming a Tatari I don't see how it would work out
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on July 04, 2018, 04:09:02 pm
WEll, in the fate universe they already had to try-hard as F just to get a female miyamoto, so, unless night of walachia causes anthropy it's doable that they can travel to parallel fate universe where night of walachia exists.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 05, 2018, 11:00:43 am
What do you mean? Musa-She is literally just another Musashi Miyamoto from a different parallel universe who just happens to be female instead. Similar to how FGO's (main) universe Ushiwakamaru is female, but in Musa-She's home universe Ushi is male instead. It's nothing complex.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on July 05, 2018, 03:52:29 pm
Yeah, it's not complex, the thing I read just said that the only "complex" thing aobut it was that the probability of finding such a parallel universe was low.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 05, 2018, 06:32:58 pm
gawain looks more manlier in FGO than his boyish look in extella. i like his FGO version longer face , wider chin he looks more buff without that stupid looking armour of his in extella. i never really liked fate's armour design especially mordred's  , the helmet and chest peice is fine but that pauldron and skirt thing is awful.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 06, 2018, 11:20:27 am
Maintenance is happening tomorrow on the 7th. Most likely for the 1st Anniversary Event.

http://fate-go.us/news/?category=MAINTENANCE&article=%2Fiframe%2F2018%2F0707_maintenance%2F

Lostbelt 2 also announced on JP.

http://news.fate-go.jp/2018/goetterdaemmerung/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 06, 2018, 11:59:47 am
Currently up to Tristan in Camelot, kinda slowed down a bit after I broke my leg in a traffic accident so there were days where I couldn't play.

Looking forward to the 1st Anni though. Hope we get some cool rewards.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on July 07, 2018, 12:52:13 am
https://gematsu.com/2018/07/fate-extella-link-dlc-lineup-no-3-special-set-no-1-trailer
http://www.siliconera.com/2018/07/05/fate-extella-link-releases-its-third-set-of-dlc-with-the-special-set-1-costumes/
Oh hey, Extella Link gets costumes that aren't random boring swimsuit fluff or similar. Dragon knight Zerkalot looks amazing and Emiya actually looks surprisingly better than his current classic costume + long hair (well, in action anyway, the portraits make him look weird and puffy). No idea why Altera goes Arabian Nights though, and I guess Darius is looking a bit closer to Thanos in purple with the ballsack chin ? The first Extella had some great costumes before it went full fanservice, glad they went back to that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 07, 2018, 06:10:17 am
i got dadcelot , well at least i leveled up to king of 3 stars to 4 stars. there's only 3 4 stars that i don't have right now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 07, 2018, 11:22:22 am
https://gematsu.com/2018/07/fate-extella-link-dlc-lineup-no-3-special-set-no-1-trailer
http://www.siliconera.com/2018/07/05/fate-extella-link-releases-its-third-set-of-dlc-with-the-special-set-1-costumes/
Oh hey, Extella Link gets costumes that aren't random boring swimsuit fluff or similar. Dragon knight Zerkalot looks amazing and Emiya actually looks surprisingly better than his current classic costume + long hair (well, in action anyway, the portraits make him look weird and puffy). No idea why Altera goes Arabian Nights though, and I guess Darius is looking a bit closer to Thanos in purple with the ballsack chin ? The first Extella had some great costumes before it went full fanservice, glad they went back to that.

I skipped the first Extella, but I'm definitely getting Link once it releases during the Winter.

i got dadcelot , well at least i leveled up to king of 3 stars to 4 stars. there's only 3 4 stars that i don't have right now.

You must NP5 all of them now to truly ascend the throne. Also how can you claim to be King of 4*s if you haven't been spooked by Fionn 4 times like I have?

I haven't been spooked by Stheno yet which is why I haven't ascended
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 07, 2018, 12:18:01 pm
no fuck that guy, i would rather use sumanai than fionn being in my roster.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 07, 2018, 01:06:01 pm
He's not that terrible if I'm truly being honest. He's still the only AoE Arts Lancer so he's still got a pretty decent niche at least. I still think the worst 4* in the game right now is Astolfo since his stats and skills are abysmal, but everyone likes him cause he's "waifu".
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 08, 2018, 03:41:48 am
Anniversary Gacha is up. Picked the banner which I had the least probability to gain a dupe and still managed to get a dupe. NP2 Arjuna...

Da Vinci Banner is also up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 08, 2018, 04:01:45 am
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Got Jack and Helena, really happy with my paid pull, also got Caster Cu back.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 08, 2018, 04:26:35 am
wait i thought they gonna give us 30 saint quarts for the anniversary. it's weird i thought they gonna change the paid saint quartz and it's still the same. i might not buy til they fix that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 08, 2018, 04:31:00 am
I bought the $80 quartz pack since they increased the amount of bonus quartz you get now per pack and decided to roll for Da Vinci-chan.

Ended up getting NP3 Nursery Rhyme (the spooks were real), NP3 Sumanai, NP5 Elizabeth, NP2 Fran, NP2 Saberlot, NP8 D’Eon (lol Rare Prism #3), a few copies of the 5* CE, and then Da Vinci-chan herself on the final roll. I’m not angry about getting NP2 Arjuna anymore.

wait i thought they gonna give us 30 saint quarts for the anniversary.

It got downgraded to 10 unfortunately. Unless they’re planning something else.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 08, 2018, 04:37:02 am
too bad, i read it's the anime expo bonus and not the anniversary bonus. or is that the same thing?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 08, 2018, 06:48:57 am
I ended up getting Nitocris, a 2030 and Sanzang in the guaranteed

(https://i.imgur.com/imRBnnK.png)

Did 2 pulls in the Da Vinci banner, was going to do 2-3 more in either America or Septem banner but well...that got derailed.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 08, 2018, 01:09:57 pm
I was able to get Da Vinci-Chan to max level/ascension relatively quick thanks to the half AP dailies, but for the love of god all of the other servants I want to level up/ascend have materials that I don't have enough of (fuck you Phoenix Feathers) and I really don't want to use AP to farm said materials with the event going on...

Also I'm dangerously low on QP...is this what they call farming hell...?

too bad, i read it's the anime expo bonus and not the anniversary bonus. or is that the same thing?

Like I said there could be a chance that Aniplex might be planning something different with the 30 quartz since the 10 we received are the ones for Anime Expo, but I wouldn't get your hopes up since it wouldn't be the first time NA FGO got shafted in terms of rewards compared to other regions. So if we gather enough pitchforks and threaten them some more, they could easily back track and still give us 30 quartz and say those 10 quartz weren't actually for the anniversary, but for AX.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 08, 2018, 04:20:16 pm
i got np2 drake and sanzang... wtf, i wanted jack.

drake's good especially useful both crits and np spammers but sanzang...i don't dislike her but i don't like her either.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 13, 2018, 11:55:38 am
Lostbelt 2 is out in JP and the featured 5* servant is Napoleon Bonaparte.



EDIT: Lostbelt 2 isn't out yet. It's just a pre-release campaign. Napoleon is permanent however.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 13, 2018, 01:12:29 pm
he i knew it was him.

edit: i need to farm those void dust and medals ... but i have to wait til the next event , summer event will drop lots of those.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 17, 2018, 07:20:11 am
Half AP free quest event on all singularities happening tomorrow as well the second half of the Camelot banner with Gawain, Tristan, and Lancer Altria. Summer event may happen next week or the week after.

Also DarkFlare you wanna do me a solid and equip your Waver with that MLB KScope for a bit so I can one shot Mordred proper with Gil?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 17, 2018, 12:18:09 pm
i'm already done with them , does it include free quest? cause i need me some medals and void dusts.

i'm stacking some archer exp cards i'm gonna roll for anne&mary.

FUCK i accidentally roll for story gatcha fuck it. i restarted my phone.... dunno if it's still gonna continue.

edit: fuck it still did , i got 2 5 star CE out of it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 17, 2018, 09:15:26 pm
I decided to roll on the American Da Vinci banner anyway because I plan on going real big in my search for Artoria Archer(don't ask how much)

And... the results was completely... unexpected:
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

But WAIT!!! THERE'S MORE!
So I decided to go in 2 more times and...

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
10 tickets and 150 SQ... a monument to my sins.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 17, 2018, 11:01:20 pm
Also DarkFlare you wanna do me a solid and equip your Waver with that MLB KScope for a bit so I can one shot Mordred proper with Gil?
I just saw this now, but I assume you already finished this.

I think I used Waver/Vlad/Support Tamamo for that one.
Stacking defense buffs on your team is another alternative if you can't burst her or consistently take a charge as her NP isn't THAT damaging.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 17, 2018, 11:23:41 pm
Nope, I haven't. I've been postponing Camelot so I can take advantage of the half AP dailies as much as possible so if you still want to help me out with that it would be appreciated.

What I'm going for is having Gil equip Black Grail, Nightingale with Ox King, and both Wavers with Kaleidoscope. I'd have Nightingale provide 2 Buster buffs through Ox King CE and her Angel's Cry skill, then bring out the second Waver to buff Gil to full NP, then have all 3 NP at the same time with the Wavers debuffing Mordred, while Gil is maximizing the overcharge effect of dealing bonus damage to Servants by being the last NP in the chain.

EDIT: Thanks, DarkFlare you can change back your CE now. I wasn't able to use your Waver against Mordred, but I did end up using him during the last two fights with the Lion King. I have to say, I made the fights anti-climactic...

Didn't need the second Kaleidoscope like I thought I did...
(https://i.imgur.com/utIgY7J.jpg)

This was a lot more damage than I expected especially for an AoE NP (that isn't as busted as Gil's), but this one of the few times where Mordred's niche is incredibly handy.
(https://i.imgur.com/BfGyOO0.png)

I'm surprised she survived to be honest.
(https://i.imgur.com/D41wWWI.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 18, 2018, 11:49:52 pm
Lostbelt 2 is officially out and with it comes some new Servants.

Sigurd


Valkyrie (actually 3 servants in 1, changes between ascensions)


Brynhild also got an animation update.


Though she probably won't appear till part 2 of the banner, here's Scathach's (Skadi) NP.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 19, 2018, 04:11:06 pm
I expected Sigurd to more look a bit more...sword-and-sorcery like, and not like the love child of Kirito and Raiden.

I still have to finish the first Lostbelt, but the boss fight against Surtr looks pretty cool.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on July 20, 2018, 09:38:27 am
I can't believe Takeuchi made three saberfaces in one servant.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 20, 2018, 10:25:06 am
Did a 10-pull on the America rate up and got Edison =D
Seems like a pretty good caster, that NP seal should be useful.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 21, 2018, 03:23:41 am
I was able to get Lancer Altria and Tristan off a yolo multi. I was planning to just roll for Tristan and try to get Lancer Altria through the next guaranteed Gacha, but looks like I'll choose the Berserker banner instead.

Anyways looks like we'll be getting that Melty Blood/Tsukihime cross over sooner than expected.
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 21, 2018, 04:13:17 am
oh here we go i wonder what design they'd use for her and the rest of the cast though. and why did they change her name?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on July 21, 2018, 04:24:44 am
The explanation is like right there man
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 21, 2018, 04:31:03 am
Did a 10-pull on the America rate up and got Edison =D
Seems like a pretty good caster, that NP seal should be useful.
NP seal is too niche to be of any use. You can just stun, take away NP charges or use evade/invincible instead and those are on regular skills on Servants that can provide more utility.

His NP animation is epic though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 21, 2018, 04:45:45 am
NP seal is superior to reducing NP gauge. NP reduction is useless when the enemies' gauge are empty, NP seal isn't.

Edison isn't particularly great, but he's an interesting support option with certain servants who benefit from his overcharge effect (Rider Kintoki, Ishtar, Arash)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 21, 2018, 04:52:12 am
NP seal is completely useless when the enemy gauge isn't full.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 21, 2018, 05:02:54 am
oh here we go i wonder what design they'd use for her and the rest of the cast though. and why did they change her name?

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

NP seal is completely useless when the enemy gauge isn't full.

NP Seal can be quite useful against those who like to spam skills that charge their NP gauge.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 21, 2018, 05:18:04 am
NP seal is completely useless when the enemy gauge isn't full.

No, it isn't. NP seal doesn't just stop enemies from using NPs, it prevents them from charging their NP gauges as well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 21, 2018, 05:41:59 am
Wow, I'm too used to seeing their charge go up every turn then.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 21, 2018, 06:45:27 am
The explanation is like right there man

i thought atlasia was her family name...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on July 21, 2018, 06:57:34 am
No, Eltnum Eltnam is
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 21, 2018, 07:44:45 am
anyway i'm looking forward seeing them in fgo too bad i don't play jp.

i just hope after the last fate/heaven's feel movie typemoon would move on to more shingetsutan projects or a new one that involves the alchemists , they seem to have their shit together than the clocktowers with their rogue and independent mages. the alchemists work like a true faction like the church.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 21, 2018, 10:05:18 pm
When's summer?

July 26

This is the link for their event page but it doesn't work because reasons (http://fate-go.us/event/summer2018)

I'm considering skipping the banner because no way in hell am I getting anything from it after Da-Vinci.

Whom I rolled while going for Cu Alter in the America Banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 21, 2018, 11:47:00 pm
When's summer?

July 26

This is the link for their event page but it doesn't work because reasons (http://fate-go.us/event/summer2018)

I'm considering skipping the banner because no way in hell am I getting anything from it after Da-Vinci.

Whom I rolled while going for Cu Alter in the America Banner.

I said that after I got Raikou after a single multi...then Da Vinci after 2 multi's... then Nightingale with 2 more Jeanne's.
Honestly, who really knows whether your luck is one and done or not.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 22, 2018, 12:07:33 am
I'll wait till part 2 of the event to start rolling since I want Summer Altria. Any left over quartz (if I have any) will be spent on the Summer Tamamo banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 22, 2018, 12:45:18 am
I'm going all in for Squirtoria. This will be my last banner before Merlin.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 22, 2018, 04:06:26 pm
When's summer?

July 26

This is the link for their event page but it doesn't work because reasons (http://fate-go.us/event/summer2018)

I'm considering skipping the banner because no way in hell am I getting anything from it after Da-Vinci.

Whom I rolled while going for Cu Alter in the America Banner.

I said that after I got Raikou after a single multi...then Da Vinci after 2 multi's... then Nightingale with 2 more Jeanne's.
Honestly, who really knows whether your luck is one and done or not.

mine do, i'll try and get big boob anne and then illya to complete the emiya family , then i'll save for merlin ... speak of merlin when will his banner will drop?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 22, 2018, 08:27:05 pm
When's summer?

July 26

This is the link for their event page but it doesn't work because reasons (http://fate-go.us/event/summer2018)

I'm considering skipping the banner because no way in hell am I getting anything from it after Da-Vinci.

Whom I rolled while going for Cu Alter in the America Banner.

I said that after I got Raikou after a single multi...then Da Vinci after 2 multi's... then Nightingale with 2 more Jeanne's.
Honestly, who really knows whether your luck is one and done or not.

mine do, i'll try and get big boob anne and then illya to complete the emiya family , then i'll save for merlin ... speak of merlin when will his banner will drop?

When Salomon is released since he should be the banner unit for that.

I'm going all in for Squirtoria. This will be my last banner before Merlin.

Yeah, I'm going ludicrous deep for Squirtoria myself. NP1 will be fine, NP2 would be great.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on July 26, 2018, 09:24:48 am
well there goes my luck rolled Tamamo lancer with 1 ticket.
Why i get 'her out of all servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 26, 2018, 11:46:41 am
farming isn't as hard as i thought it will be.

i'm enjoying the story so far ... blackbeard: " you can't judge porn by its thumbnail " best line so far in fgo.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 26, 2018, 01:51:27 pm
My will is weak so I caved in and wanted Summer Kiyo. Was able to get her to NP3, while getting Summer Mordred to NP4, and Summer Anne to NP5. I'm actually surprised I didn't get Tamamo, but I would rather this happen now than when I'm rolling for Archuria in Part 2.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 26, 2018, 06:06:19 pm
dropped 90 quartz got nothing... only one event ce... this game hates me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on July 26, 2018, 09:41:51 pm
Not sure if I mentioned it before , but I am searching for a youtube channel or something simlar that has the english language history mode/events of this game, preferably with gameplay edited to a minimum. so, putting this here in case someone knows about that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on July 26, 2018, 11:19:28 pm
Look for FateGO videos if you're looking for subtitled Japanese events

I just used them for Kogetsukan, and I think they've done others but I can't verify right now

If you're looking for the official NA translations the channel is Paddayman
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on July 27, 2018, 12:36:28 am
thanks man.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 27, 2018, 01:56:30 am
@Bastard Mami:

This guy has the first three singularities and early events (just the story, no battles)

https://www.youtube.com/user/Phoniexwings/playlists
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on July 27, 2018, 02:28:15 am
dropped 90 quartz got nothing... only one event ce... this game hates me.
Hope you have more luck on your next try.

Dropped 190 quartz + 25 tickets, got Kiyo, 2 Drake CEs, D'eon, another Beowulf(NP2 now), finaly Serenity and 6 Atalanta CEs.
I can't complain at all, but it's a little bittersweet since I couldn't get Mordred and I will possibly not get ruler Martha either...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 27, 2018, 04:00:27 am
I was planning on skipping out on Marie Caster, but after seeing her animations I'm suddenly feeling alright with her spooking me while going for Summer Altria and Martha.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on July 27, 2018, 06:30:09 am
thanks guys.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on July 28, 2018, 06:37:26 am
The real summer begins now



Spoiler: This year's gals (click to see content)

Spoiler: Costumes for a few pals(!) (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 28, 2018, 07:43:16 am
I find it funny that Ushi is more covered up in her swimsuit than her actual outfit. Though the more I look at it the more I get the impression she looks older compared to her original art which makes me want to believe she might ditch "Ushiwakamaru" and be referred to as "Minamoto no Yoshitsune" proper now.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 28, 2018, 07:49:32 am
There was a a list of leaked servants with some wacky choices like welfare Ruler Medusa Lily floating around, and while it got Saber Jeanne right (a blind man could've seen that one coming) it didn't mention anything about Ushi or Ibaraki. It supposedly came from the same Chinese guy who leaked last year's summer servants.

RIP, Alter Ego Quetzalcoatl would've been nice.

Edit: BAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWW

(http://biggestinjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_0362.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 28, 2018, 09:04:25 am
how large is that figure? edit: nvm it's not released yet til december. and it's 5 inches tall too , i want one in my car.

i just love bunyan's face , i can't wait til next year , my grails are reserved all for her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 29, 2018, 10:37:30 am
3rd Anniversary Event is happening right now in JP. Here's some of the things they revealed:

- 3rd Anniversary Gacha featuring 5* Caster Scathach (Skadi). Limited Servant, banner is basically part 2 of Lostbelt 2 which is kind of lazy on their part.
- 3rd Anniversary Paid Gacha with a guaranteed 5* Servant. 15 paid quartz are required instead of the standard 30. Banners are separated by classes with the Extra class having its own banner. Includes Limited Servants.
- All the Statesmen event rerun with another chance of getting Paul Bunyan if you missed her from last year.
- 50 day quartz bonus changed from 20 to 30. The quartz difference will be given out to everyone who have the appropriate amount of total log ins (for example: someone who has a total of 1050 daily log ins can be given up to 200 quartz)
- FGO movie adaptation announced, based around Sixth Singularity: Camelot.
- FGO anime adaptation announced for 2019, based around Seventh Singularity: Babylon.
- New batch of Rank Up quests released with the first being Vanilla Altria (changes to Instinct skill which provides up to 15 critical stars and 30% NP at max level).
- New game play mechanic where you can add an effect to a Servant's command card (like a heal) called "Command Code". Once applied, the effect will be permanent. Will be implemented at a later date.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on July 29, 2018, 10:42:56 am
Ayyyyy
Jalter dupe, Sherlock, Sigurd and Valkyrie in the same night, I did not see that coming.

Praise DW

i can't wait til next year , my grails are reserved all for her.
Yes, do yourself that big favor and grail Bunyan, she's worth it!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 29, 2018, 06:36:49 pm

- FGO movie adaptation announced, based around Sixth Singularity: Camelot.
- FGO anime adaptation announced for 2019, based around Seventh Singularity: Babylon.
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Hoping for the best.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 30, 2018, 05:28:55 pm
i really like the idea , but they have to rewrite some parts.

dropped another 60 quartz ... and i got nothing again ahaha. i got spooked by fergus 5 times and 3 primeval CE.



edit: dropped another 60 quartz cause i'm a fucking stupid and i really want archer anne&mary .... guess who i got? yeah that right it's  ..... nightingale wtf.

edit: cause i'm a huge idiot who loves big tits i dropped another 60 quartz blowing my budget for the illya banner... guess who i got ....
 it's sumanai x2 , frankenstein and np 3 atalanta ,  what's even more frustrating atalanta card sparked gold.  i've got dragon boy who i rarely use , frankenstein who is probably the worst berserker in game...well at least she's cute.  but i've got this weird feeling that fion would spook me next and if i get him i'll fucking burn him right away.


anyway i've been reading some of the updates and people chats about skadi shishou being the quick merlin. is this true? how is good is she for those who have her in JP?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 03, 2018, 02:32:39 am
Excuse you, Frankenstein is actually a good AoE Berserker since her NP hits like a truck due to her Overload skill that stacks multiplicatively with other non NP damage increasing buffs.

Anyways Skadi isn't Merlin/Tamamo levels in terms of support due to not having a means of sustainability outside of her 1-hit evade from her NP. While her Quick buff is basically on par with Merlin's Hero of Creation EX skill in terms of strengthening a specific command card, the difference is that the critical buff that applies to all command cards with Merlin's skill only applies to Quick cards in Skadi's.

At the end of the day, while we finally have the Quick support caster we were waiting for, it still doesn't change the fact that Quick cards in general are the weakest of the 3 types of command cards with having a less rewarding chain (a static 10 crit stars compared to 20% NP gauge and 20% extra Atk damage for everyone in the chain with Arts and Brave chains respectively) and having a low Atk modifier. With Arts teams being able to spam NPs and Buster teams dealing insane amount of damage, Quick teams have a hard time trying to differentiate itself from the rest outside of generating stars which other teams can replicate with the right set up. Unless DW plans on buffing Quick cards in the near future, Quick teams will always be a psuedo Buster-Crit team without the actual damage at best or a psuedo Arts team without the NP spammability at worse.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on August 06, 2018, 11:01:11 am
Summer Part 2 banner is now up, good luck if you play the gacha.

180 SQ for me, got NP2 Summer Martha and Summer Marie.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 06, 2018, 11:24:39 am
150 Quartz got me Summer Altria and Summer Marie. I'm content since I didn't have to break the bank, but I still want Martha. I'll try again when she has a solo rate up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on August 06, 2018, 04:29:51 pm
(https://news.fate-go.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/2018summer_skahb/top_banner.png)
https://news.fate-go.jp/2018/2018summer/
Stop the presses!!!!!!!
 :flipout:
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: DartzPie on August 06, 2018, 05:23:38 pm
150 Quartz got me Summer Altria and Summer Marie. I'm content since I didn't have to break the bank, but I still want Martha. I'll try again when she has a solo rate up.

does summer altria also get solo rate up? or is this the only time?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on August 06, 2018, 07:30:23 pm
450 SQ.
NP2 Saber Artoria, Caster Marie, NP5 Jeanne and NP2 Archer Artoria.

Still have 646 SQ left over as I need a Ruler Martha or 3.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on August 06, 2018, 07:41:27 pm
(https://news.fate-go.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/2018summer_skahb/top_banner.png)
https://news.fate-go.jp/2018/2018summer/
Stop the presses!!!!!!!
 :flipout:

To sum up, welfare Berserker Jalter to soothe the salt for the rolls for Summer Jeanne

Streetwear Gil costume is for Caster Gil,  which makes sense because that's the one most people actually have
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 06, 2018, 08:08:12 pm
Someone on Reddit called it, based on the earrings Caster Gilgamesh uses. I guess this is good for the people rolling for Dantes considering he won't have to share the same rate up % with 5* Gil.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 09, 2018, 03:50:13 pm
Summer 2018 in JP has begun and here's the featured Servants:

Part 1
- Jeanne D'Arc (Archer) 5*
- Ibaraki (Lancer) 4*
- Ushiwakamaru (Assassin) 4*
- Jeann D'Arc (Berserker Alter) 4* Welfare

Part 2 (unreleased)
- BB (Moon Cancer) 5*
- Medb (Saber) 4*
- MHX (Foreigner) 4*

Also like as stated above, Robin, Caster Gil, and Dantes are getting Summer costumes as well with Dantes even getting an animation update. Tristan, Gawain, Bedivere, and Saberlot may also get some Summer costumes in Part 2.

brb saving for Summer MHX
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on August 09, 2018, 05:56:05 pm
Good work Kohaku

I was gonna blow all my stock for Jeanne but even beyond not getting either MHX I gotta try for another Foreigner

I'll pay for a few rolls if need be
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 10, 2018, 01:03:20 am
Gareth also makes her debut in the Summer event, albeit not as a playable Servant as of yet.

(https://i.imgur.com/9eDKaiR.jpg)

Not gonna lie, this is a lot more modest than I expected from a genderbent servant from FGO.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on August 10, 2018, 01:28:55 am
Gareth is cute, if the theory about the servants that make cameos on the events is correct, sadly we will probably have to wait about a year or so to see her in action.
I wonder if we will get another knights of the round table singularity(in this case a Lostbelt) or maybe an themed event in the future.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 10, 2018, 01:55:54 am
The preview of the sixth Lostbelt has the location marked as "AD 500: Round Table Territory". So if anything there's a good chance we'll be visiting Camelot again, the actual Camelot and not the one that manifested in Jerusalem during the sixth Singularity.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 10, 2018, 11:33:26 am
i was expecting him to be more manly , bedevier already got the cute part , lancelot the old man of the group , gawain the good looking heart rob ,  agravain the stern tsundere , and tristan the useless piece of shit of the group.

i like his armor design , it's simple but still looks functional unlike mordred's lower half.


btw I GOT ME THE BIG BOOBIE & Loli archer in my team ahaha i spent alot in this banner,  and only a single limited servant. draining both free quartz and paid quartz that i'm saving for the illya banner , but in the end i'm glad that she's on my team.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 10, 2018, 12:19:33 pm
Gareth is a woman in FGO. She's genderbent much like Saber is.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 10, 2018, 01:15:44 pm
looks like a shota to me
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on August 10, 2018, 04:01:57 pm
Not gonna lie, this is a lot more modest than I expected from a genderbent servant from FGO.

Wait for her ascencions, lancer artoria  is pretty modest by default too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 12, 2018, 06:46:24 am
summer BB's NP looks amazing , why didn't they used this NP for her original mooncancer version?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 12, 2018, 08:09:22 am
Vanilla BB in FGO didn't have "Cursed Cutting Crater" because she got tired of using it and wanted to use something cuter instead hence we got "Cursed Cupid Cleanser" as her NP. I'm serious.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on August 12, 2018, 10:37:42 pm
ah, the manga version looks better.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 12, 2018, 11:30:08 pm
Summer BB's Cursed Cutting Crater is actually the original version that was intended to be in Fate/Extra CCC, but was scrapped and remade due to being "over budget".

Like Summer Jeanne, Summer BB also has two sets of animations depending on her ascension. So she might get the actual version of Cursed Cutting Crater that she uses in the Fate/Extra CCC game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 13, 2018, 12:57:35 pm
what? the fate extra one looks more extravagant than that. even if we turn it into 3d and extend it cinematics it's still look simple over what she has in CCC .

i mean look at it, this one looks like it costs more to make.  i bet they changed cause of the panty shots.




...

i'm almost done with the farming only need some realta alloy and fuck jealter she's a bitch to fight , good thing i practiced using saint george cause no way i'm using sumanai he's fucking useless.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 13, 2018, 02:11:26 pm
Effects aside, the animation of CCC's Cursed Cutting Crater is much simpler than the one used in FGO as it's just BB engulfing her enemy inside a shadow ball and exploding. This was a PSP game that was released back in 2010. It was a niche RPG title that lived and died by its budget especially when the game itself wasn't that popular to begin with. So you can't really compare to what they did back then to what they're capable now especially when FGO has an exponentially larger revenue and budget.

Also you're telling me they revamped the animations for Cursed Cutting Crater because of panty shots yet Passionlip with her humongous assets and top that makes you question if she even has nipples to begin with and Meltlilith with her infamous crotch plate is fair game?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 13, 2018, 07:47:14 pm
no , it's the other way around , they chose that NP cause of the panty shot.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 17, 2018, 03:35:13 am
Summer BB


Has 2 different sets of animations depending on her ascension. Her NP remains the same animation wise, but smiles happily (ascension stage 1 and 2) instead of sadistically (ascension stage 3) when she crushes her enemies. She also has theoretically one of the more busted skills in the game (more so than her 2nd skill) with her 3rd skill being the first of its kind to be able to manipulate the command cards directly by locking them into place for 3 turns thus preventing them from changing. Of course the buff wears off if one of your party members die, use the "Order Change" skill on the plug-suit Mystic Code, use the "Command Shuffle" skill on the Mage's Association Mystic Code, or if BB leaves the front line in any way since the buff is linked to her directly. The skill also gets dramatically less effective if you use it with less than 3 party members out in the field for obvious reasons. She also gets 2 costumes which just change the tone of her skin for ascension 2 and 3 after the completion of the event.

I wasn't interested in Summer BB at first, but then I find out she has Shoryus, Clothelines, Genocide Cutters, and literally dunks on you. 2 years is a long time...

Summer Medb


Dethrones Sumanai as the 4* Saber with the lowest Atk stat in the game. Still has a good generalized skill set with a small gimmick that allows her a chance to debuff her enemies' Def by 10% with every attack (up to 50%) for 3 turns through the use of a special buff granted by her NP.

MHXX (referred to as "Double X" in-game)


Despite being a Foreigner she lacks the "Threat to Humanity" trait that both Abby and Hokusai share therefore MHXX isn't affected by her own 3rd skill which deals bonus damage to those with said trait (will still take double damage against other Foreigners however). Her NP also does extra damage to Saber-class enemies like MHXA instead of the extremely niche Saber-face enemies that MHX does.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 18, 2018, 12:26:06 am
Prisma Illya event happening on the 23rd.

https://fate-go.us/prisma_codes/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 18, 2018, 04:03:03 am
wait it's too fucking early!! i thought it'll be early sept.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on August 22, 2018, 07:54:43 pm

(https://www.animemaru.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/violetinfate.jpg)
Quote
Delightworks has announced the upcoming addition of a new servant to Fate/Grand Order, Violet Evergarden, the titular lead character from the 2018 Kyoto Animation anime.

The addition of Violet Evergarden was spearheaded by Takeuchi Takashi, designer of Fate characters such as Saber, Joan of Arc and Mysterious Heroine X. Reportedly Takeuchi watched Violet Evergarden and was immediately drawn to her “unique” character design, and insisted that she be added to Fate/Grand Order immediately.

Violet Evergarden will be added to the game under the Archer class, due to her qualifications of not using a bow and arrow in battle like other Archer servants.

The addition of Violet Evergarden has drawn some criticism from long-time fans of the Fate series, who insist that servants are supposed to be based on ancient heroes, and think that she will not mesh with existing servants such as Shiki Ryougi, Jaguar Man and Nagito Komaeda.

Fans have also preemptively speculated that Violet Evergarden may need to be nerfed, due to her special skill “Aishiteru,” which causes all enemies on the field to weep uncontrollably for 20 minutes.


Actually I read some weird news in facebook from a chinese anime fanpage that has the kyoani and fgo logos but I ahve no idea what is gong on with that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 23, 2018, 10:56:05 am
It's probably just a small collab if anything, nothing too major like how I'm not expecting anything from that Yoshitaka Amano (Final Fantasy artist) collab they announced a few weeks back during the 3rd Anniversary event.

Anyways Prisma Event is a go and was able to pull Illya, my final copy of Nursery Rhyme for NP5, and NP2 Nitocris while I was trying to go for the Miyu CE (which I didn't get...).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 23, 2018, 11:23:34 am
why do you have such luck?

and i didn't not know that she was designed by takeuchi , well that explains her colour scheme and hairstyle , but i would love to see her in game especially in her soldier uniform.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 23, 2018, 12:38:54 pm
Takeuchi didn't design that character. He's just joking, but there is going to be a KyoAni x FGO collab, I just don't know what it's about though as it was recently announced.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 23, 2018, 01:03:32 pm
heh nursery rhyme's sheep is shub niggurath? fgo really loves lovecraft lore.

hope we get that collab too in NA.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 23, 2018, 02:08:32 pm
Dropped another 30 quartz to try and get the Miyu CE and ended up with NP6 Nursery Rhyme and NP3 Mordred...

The NP upgrade for Mordred is nice, but what annoys me isn't just that I didn't get the Miyu CE again it's the fact that Mordred spooking me could have been NP2 Illya...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 23, 2018, 02:18:54 pm
i got medea lily np2 , atleast medea lily is useful unlike medb.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on August 23, 2018, 02:24:48 pm
Not pulling for this one. In other news, Nox no longer works heh. Had to use my code and put the game back on my phone.

Woop woop my phones about to overheat
Woop woop as FGO drains battery
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 23, 2018, 03:10:02 pm
Quote
and think that she will not mesh with existing servants such as Shiki Ryougi, Jaguar Man and Nagito Komaeda.
lol
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on August 23, 2018, 04:55:48 pm
Nothing like a good dryly written backhand
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on August 24, 2018, 12:39:19 am
why do you have such luck?
Kinda makes you wonder how much whaling he does.

Which is fine for me because whale friends are great for F2Ps like me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 24, 2018, 03:46:06 am
I don't whale as much as you think I do. I usually stop once I get the rate up 5* (as in single copy/NP1) and even then I usually put a limit on how much I'm willing to drop on any banner.

The only time I actively tried to go for NP2 or higher on any Gold Servant was during the Summer Banner where I was trying to go for Kiyohime Lancer. But I digress I whale for you, the f2p so I may grow fat from all the FP you guys shower me with.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on August 24, 2018, 04:47:34 am
why do you have such luck?
Kinda makes you wonder how much whaling he does.

Which is fine for me because whale friends are great for F2Ps like me.

You mean like me? Though the Summer Event did temporarily turned me into a full fledged whale.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 25, 2018, 07:22:46 pm
i'm enjoying chloe her arts cards are amazing , she can fill her np gauge in one turn.

i roll one multi and got the CEs for the event , i'm probably going to roll one more time i don't wanna blow my budget again like i did in summer and onigashima . after this event we gonna have jalter banner again.

i wonder why her costume is tattered , is it because she doesn't fully know how to use her powers? i haven't seen her use any of emiya's NP. was it explained in the show or in the manga?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on August 31, 2018, 07:43:22 pm
And apparently, the game REALLY wanted me to have all the 5 Star Casters as I ended up getting Illya when I was hoping for Medb.

Waver, Tamamo, Sanzang, Da Vinci and now Illya... at this rate, Merlin will find himself on my team for absolutely cheap.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on August 31, 2018, 07:50:46 pm
joke's on you, you will get all of them but merlin. IIRC did not a guy here had all the sabers but artoria at one point of time ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 31, 2018, 11:46:49 pm
And apparently, the game REALLY wanted me to have all the 5 Star Casters as I ended up getting Illya when I was hoping for Medb.

Waver, Tamamo, Sanzang, Da Vinci and now Illya... at this rate, Merlin will find himself on my team for absolutely cheap.

If you wanted Medb....why didn't you roll during her solo rate up? You can't even use the impatient excuse cause her next solo rate up is literally today after reset.

You sound like my friend who got mad for not getting Illya and got Medb instead when they rolled while they were both on rate up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on September 01, 2018, 07:55:36 am
I didn't have the money back then and I wasn't sure when it would be back to her.

Not to mention I'm not bitching that I got Illya, just that it continues ever onward.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 01, 2018, 06:43:06 pm
should've looked up on banner history in wiki or other sites. but if you're still interested her solo banner is up now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on September 01, 2018, 11:12:21 pm
should've looked up on banner history in wiki or other sites. but if you're still interested her solo banner is up now.

Yeah... that's funny too because...

(https://i.imgur.com/DklEjed.png)

Pulled off the KitaSean method to very good success(5 singles than a multi). First time that happened too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 02, 2018, 06:12:11 am
that method didn't worked for me.... i have more luck in single rolls.

and why do you want medb? you're the only person i know who wants her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on September 02, 2018, 06:29:29 am
Medb is fucking awesome if you're fighting a male or with males

Also next summer for you guys she's gonna get a costume that's makes her a hot M. Bison
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 02, 2018, 07:33:30 am
After being able to finally play FGO... I just got Medea Lily, Medb and Jack the Ripper in less than a week... is this considered a good start? <.<;
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 02, 2018, 07:41:58 am
her usefulness is very niche.

and i got 3 astolfo... wtf dw he's not even his rate up!!

yeah ruine you got a very good assassin probably the best assassin in the game , she can turn any enemy to crit stars honestly if you have her you don't need any star gen servants , been rolling for her since december and i still doesn't have her.

medea lily is very useful she saved my ass countless times especially in raids max her skills they are all very useful, there are only two true support servants in the game it's medea lily and iri .

medb is only good at certain enemies , but for now she's a good combi with your jack.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on September 02, 2018, 07:42:08 am
that method didn't worked for me.... i have more luck in single rolls.

and why do you want medb? you're the only person i know who wants her.
As Speedpreacher basically puts out, Medb is basically a Support Rider that can do stupid damage against Males after her Strengthening to her NP(otherwise she does good damage against Males) and with her Charisma buff, can also buff Males with double ATK buffs.

She can also keep herself alive and honestly has one of the more sicker animation updates(Yeah some of it is a joke like Medb Beam but it's one of the rare animation updates that surprisingly shows off her Agility). And again, she gains a pretty nice costume with the next year Summer Event.

So I can understand why people don't like her(mainly gameplay) but it's not like she's shit, she's just in a category that's primarily strong damage dealers and crit users.

After being able to finally play FGO... I just got Medea Lily, Medb and Jack the Ripper in less than a week... is this considered a good start? <.<;

You really asking that? One of 2 dedicated healers, A strong Support Rider with a Male Niche and the best Assassin barring King Hassan(or First Hassan)? That's damn good.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 02, 2018, 10:25:08 am
The thing with Medb is that her niche is incredibly narrow compared to others with a similar niche like Orion, Euryale, and Tama Lancer since male Casters are few and far between. Even against male Berserkers (or male characters in general), Medb still loses out in damage since she has incredibly low Atk for a 5* even after class modifiers for Orion and Tama Lancer. Hell even Euralye can out damage her since at NP5 her NP damage modifier post-interlude goes from 1200% to 3000% when faced against a male opponent while Medb needs to be at NP5 overcharge 500% pre-interulde or NP3 overcharge 400% post-interlude to break even.

Long story short: Unless it's a male Caster, Medb will almost always deal less damage than those who have a similar niche against male enemies.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 02, 2018, 12:29:02 pm
and she's a thot.

euryale is more than enough against male enemies , and you don't need to spend money on her. i one shot onigashima oni's with just using level 70 euryale.

but if you're in to basic bitches like medb there's nothing wrong with that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 02, 2018, 01:47:52 pm
Also if anyone cares, Nero Fest rerun starts on September 13th with Nero Bride banner. I've never experienced Nero Fest since I skipped it when I first started playing so this will be a first for me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 02, 2018, 02:53:00 pm
me too, i joined about a week after nero fest. i'm gonna skip the 2 upcoming banners , i've got too many sabers in my line up anyway i'm aiming jalter banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 02, 2018, 05:50:59 pm
I remember getting my Nero with the first ticket pull from Nerofest '17. Maybe i'll drop another ticket for the occasion.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 02, 2018, 07:32:04 pm
After being able to finally play FGO... I just got Medea Lily, Medb and Jack the Ripper in less than a week... is this considered a good start? <.<;
The others have said it, but I want to summarize it in my own way.
Medea Lily is one of two of the closest things to a dedicated healer(The other being Irisviel who is Event locked and said event won't get a rerun for at least 2 years). As such, she helps in keeping your actual damage dealer(s) alive longer in exchange for having abysmal attack herself.
Jack is one of the best assassin servants in the game. Very strong and one of the best star generators so your team will be getting crits more often.
Medb has the niche of being great when surrounded by men (Buffing yours and doing extra damage to enemy males), but that's about it and there are others who can do Anti-Male better. THAT SAID, Medb is still a 5* and low atk for a 5* is still fairly high, so she's worth raising on just her 5* stats alone.

Pulling two 5* servants is really good especially considering the abysmal 1% chance of getting just one.

Also, I wouldn't ignore your 1-3*s because there are some real winners there. Definitely raise Hans, he's a really good support servant and he's only 2*s.

I don't know what everyone's current friend situation is, but I think I can make room for you.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 02, 2018, 11:15:58 pm
The thing with Medb is that her niche is incredibly narrow compared to others with a similar niche like Orion, Euryale, and Tama Lancer since male Casters are few and far between. Even against male Berserkers (or male characters in general), Medb still loses out in damage since she has incredibly low Atk for a 5* even after class modifiers for Orion and Tama Lancer. Hell even Euralye can out damage her since at NP5 her NP damage modifier post-interlude goes from 1200% to 3000% when faced against a male opponent while Medb needs to be at NP5 overcharge 500% pre-interulde or NP3 overcharge 400% post-interlude to break even.

Long story short: Unless it's a male Caster, Medb will almost always deal less damage than those who have a similar niche against male enemies.

Euryale, you say?

She was also among those I pulled.

After being able to finally play FGO... I just got Medea Lily, Medb and Jack the Ripper in less than a week... is this considered a good start? <.<;
The others have said it, but I want to summarize it in my own way.
Medea Lily is one of two of the closest things to a dedicated healer(The other being Irisviel who is Event locked and said event won't get a rerun for at least 2 years). As such, she helps in keeping your actual damage dealer(s) alive longer in exchange for having abysmal attack herself.
Jack is one of the best assassin servants in the game. Very strong and one of the best star generators so your team will be getting crits more often.
Medb has the niche of being great when surrounded by men (Buffing yours and doing extra damage to enemy males), but that's about it and there are others who can do Anti-Male better. THAT SAID, Medb is still a 5* and low atk for a 5* is still fairly high, so she's worth raising on just her 5* stats alone.

Pulling two 5* servants is really good especially considering the abysmal 1% chance of getting just one.

Also, I wouldn't ignore your 1-3*s because there are some real winners there. Definitely raise Hans, he's a really good support servant and he's only 2*s.

I don't know ehat everyone's current friend situation is, but I think I can make room for you.

When I get Hans, I'll take what you said into consideration. Will pitch my ID as soon as I'm on Discord.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on September 02, 2018, 11:44:32 pm
You need NP5 Euryale for her to get good and on top of that, she still has low health and needs a Charmlock team to be able to stay alive adequately.

Alot of people over-rate Euryale as she is a Male Killer... but her stats make her squishier than you think.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 03, 2018, 12:33:21 am
The reason why Euryale rates high as a great male-killer is because she has the highest modifier for bonus damage against males out of all them. Also unlike Tama Lancer and Medb who needs to increase their overcharge level to increase their bonus damage (Orion's bonus damage against males is tied to her skill which drops her consistency greatly), Euryale's modifier actually increases as her NP level does (while her base damage modifier remains the same).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on September 03, 2018, 07:17:03 am
The reason why Euryale rates high as a great male-killer is because she has the highest modifier for bonus damage against males out of all them. Also unlike Tama Lancer and Medb who needs to increase their overcharge level to increase their bonus damage (Orion's bonus damage against males is tied to her skill which drops her consistency greatly), Euryale's modifier actually increases as her NP level does (while her base damage modifier remains the same).

Um yeah, I wasn't trying to take that away from Euryale at all...
I was saying for all of that power, she's squishy like a motherfucker and can be killed pretty easily even by Sabers if she's on the wrong end of an NP(she can reduce NP gauge but she still needs someone to protect her in case her Charm can't get off in time).

So she definitely has more power than most... but it doesn't matter if you are pretty squishy which works against her as well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 03, 2018, 08:13:07 am
HP is probably the most useless stat in the game as many enemies can down your servants with a few attacks without class advantage. Even with class advantage enemy NPs will decimate your servants due to how low playable Servant's HP are and being tanky in this game goes way more than just having a lot of HP. It involves having hard survivability skills like guts, evade, invulnerability, etc. So while Medb can obviously take more hits than Euryale because of her higher HP pool and healing through her Golden Rule (Body) skill, it doesn't mean anything if she can't survive an enemy NP that can easily hit in the tens of thousands of damage. This applies to every Servant and not just those two.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 03, 2018, 11:09:05 am
medb sucked 32 dicks in her life time probably more , while euryale is pure and innocent ...sorta , end of discussion.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on September 03, 2018, 08:00:14 pm
HP is probably the most useless stat in the game as many enemies can down your servants with a few attacks without class advantage. Even with class advantage enemy NPs will decimate your servants due to how low playable Servant's HP are and being tanky in this game goes way more than just having a lot of HP. It involves having hard survivability skills like guts, evade, invulnerability, etc. So while Medb can obviously take more hits than Euryale because of her higher HP pool and healing through her Golden Rule (Body) skill, it doesn't mean anything if she can't survive an enemy NP that can easily hit in the tens of thousands of damage. This applies to every Servant and not just those two.

HP isn't exactly a useless stat as you figure it is(especially since again that part would only apply to certain enemies, bosses and otherwise without class advantage) and it still wouldn't help your case either since Euryale ultimately has far, far less HP than Medb has on average without CE and/or grail support.

And you missed my point about getting wiped out by an NP as I meant that even for Euryale who has class advantage against certain Servants and even if she has a good buff on her compared to Medb.
I'm not exactly trying to take away your points, just pointing out that Euryale isn't exactly the best Anti-Male servant outside of her NP and Charmlock when she can still be taken out relatively easily compared to her competition(sometimes damage isn't everything).

And I say that because I practically do have all the Anti-Male Servants now(Euryale, Orion, Tamamo Lancer and now Medb).

medb sucked 32 dicks in her life time probably more , while euryale is pure and innocent ...sorta , end of discussion.

Stheno... pure and innocent. That's a damn laugh to be had.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on September 03, 2018, 11:23:03 pm
The game is heavily lopsided towards killing stuff quickly, and Euryale excels at that. Another thing that tips the scale against bulkier servants is that since you're not using 1 servant but 3 at once, it's much easier to cover up a glass canon's weaknesses with other supportive units (Tamamo, Mashu, etc) than doing so for a servant with awkward stats and skills like Medb.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 04, 2018, 11:57:14 am
NA: Half-AP Interludes starting tomorrow as well as the daily Class based Summoning Banner.

JP: Fate/Accel Zero Order rerun with 4* Saber Diarmuid. Iskander also getting an animation update.

Saber Diarmuid NP Omnislash Moralltach
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 04, 2018, 01:26:57 pm
i prefer his lancer look. he looks simple and slicker.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedinglight on September 06, 2018, 06:54:02 am
Pulled Saber Diarmuid in JP in only a couple rolls. Why couldn't I have this luck for Fujinon when KnK was being rerun.

Anyone who wants to friend me in JP my Id is 200,898,068 full buster meme on my supports right now untill I swap a few during the F/Z rerun

In NA though I can't believe I sped through the Gentlemen and Testament in under a couple hours...granted it was through the help of a Friend's Maximum Overdrive Medb but still. (If I had more time I could've cleared the last couple missions to unlock the Ilya Family battle but I got at least one Lore out of it so oh well)

Anyone who wants to add me in NA my ID is 439,735,622 main notables being my Summer Tama that I practically spilled everything on getting during summer, and my Mordred that spooked me during the KnK banner for Void Shiki.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 07, 2018, 12:27:41 pm
Rolled on the Lancer banner in hopes for Li Shuwen or Lancer Alter and got spooked by Karna and NP2 Lancer Altria in 3 multis. I'm content.

Now I'm really eager to try my luck on Berserker banner for Uncle Vlad or Cu-zilla, but I want to save for Cleopatra...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 07, 2018, 05:59:30 pm
cool , i'll try my luck on the assassin banner. and for f2p and c2p guys if you want a pretty good servant don't roll on these banners ., jeanne alter's banner will come up in a few weeks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 08, 2018, 02:01:34 am
Caster banner is worth taking a shot at for Waver and Tamamo
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 10, 2018, 06:27:08 am
Did a 10-roll on the Caster banner and got Nursery Rhyme and Nitocris. I believe Medea Lily is the only 4-star caster I haven't pulled yet.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 10, 2018, 08:16:31 am
Berserkerlot got an animation update. Has two different sets of melee animations depending if he's wielding the pole or his sword Arondight.



I love his NP animation and him dual wielding a sniper rifle and a sub machine gun is hilarious, but I'm not bought on his idle animation as I prefer his old one which portrayed him as more "feral".
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 13, 2018, 12:07:15 pm
so anyone got the update working properly? or is it still down?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 13, 2018, 01:05:40 pm
The game is currently down since the update on the iOS App Store isn't being accepted for some reason (but it appears in the Google Play Store for Android users). So the game will be down until the update goes through on that platform.

Also I was able to get Uncle Vlad, NP7 Berserkerlot (sob), NP4 Tama-Cat, and NP5 Herc in 160 quartz before the Berserker Banner ended so I'm happy about that. Going to skip Umu Fest banner because of it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 13, 2018, 01:40:03 pm
someone give me a notice if the update is ready , in the meantime i'm just going to have a nice evening bath and have me some 14 years old.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 13, 2018, 02:50:26 pm
The hell did I just read?

...Anyways, maintenance has been extended until 8am PST.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 13, 2018, 02:57:30 pm
That's 3am for me, I'd have basically thrown away almost 2 bars of AP by the time I wake up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 13, 2018, 03:40:50 pm
The hell did I just read?

...Anyways, maintenance has been extended until 8am PST.

whiskey. try it after a long nice hot bath nothing beats a whiskey especially during storms like the one we're experiencing right now.

so that's 1 1/2 hour for me.

did this happened before? i think this is the longest time that i waited for an update.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on September 13, 2018, 06:36:47 pm
The main reason this is even happening(as it's happening to another mobile game too) is because of the iTunes store having issues with actually taking the updates...

So this is clearly Apple's fault.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 13, 2018, 10:24:06 pm
So basically, we're finally getting the JP version experience.

Also, maintenance is apparently scheduled for 8PM eastern.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on September 13, 2018, 10:37:21 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/RHe22wc.jpg)

Ah, the true FGO experience
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 14, 2018, 12:08:10 am
Nah, the true JP experience would be for the servers to crash and burn the moment Unlimited Maintenance Works ends and we end up going into an emergency maintenance that in itself gets extended.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 14, 2018, 02:19:26 am
it's almost 24 hours and game is still down? what will happen to the login bonus streak?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 14, 2018, 02:29:16 am
I want an extra day added to the event. Not to mention I should be at Day 6 of my weekly.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 14, 2018, 03:48:36 am
Game is finally back up. Our apologems and other goodies will be sent to us during the next reset in a few hours.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedinglight on September 14, 2018, 07:43:55 am
21 gems and 18 apples for our consolidation.

I would try to roll this banner for CEs but I think Jalter is after this one and I want the chance on that one
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 14, 2018, 01:15:30 pm
yeah 21 apologems are quite nice but then again you have only need to collect around 2700 of each medals to clear the shop , it's not that much so i'll pass and CEs this time around ain't that good outside of the event.


oh my god it'll take me another 5 months just to level a mystic code! how many mystic code do you guys maxed out already?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 14, 2018, 01:47:05 pm
Chaldea and Lunar Sea are maxed. My Battle Uniform is almost at 8. Summer is 7. Anniversary Blonde is at 6. Royal Brand is at 5, Mage Association at 4 and I haven't touched Atlas yet.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 14, 2018, 02:27:36 pm
i maxed out summer, battle and chaldea uniform .... right now i'm on the mage mystic code.  summer one was pretty easy to max out i only used it in a week or so.

fuck hercules kicked my ass. 1 turn left i would've won.

edit: had to pull out my big hitters just to kill herc. god damn, oh and don't do overkills it's useless,


edit: to those who are having a tough time against the celtic duo and for those who doesn't have nero i found some really useful tech against them.
don't kill anyone yet, wait til one of them will use their NP , doing so will prevent the remaining one to use the multi buff. now you have one free turn to kill the remaining one.

i killed them in 4 turns with martha , okita , salter and mash. with 1 waver support.

if you have nero , sumanai and mordred this quest is gonna be easy. especially with nero's thrice setting sun skill.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 16, 2018, 11:55:51 am
Look at Mr. Hotshot melting those two in 4 turns. It took me like 10 turns. >:(

I put Mordred's dad with the bride ce in my support if you need an AOE Saber (Maybe I should put Nero instead?)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 16, 2018, 12:39:40 pm
Beat the Celtic duo on my first try with Mo-san, Double Waver, Martha, and Altera. I only brought Martha for the debuff cleanse so I could have Mordred use her NP on turn 1. However they survived the first NP barrage and thankfully they kept targeting Mordred for that juicy NP gain (they were barely doing any damage to her) at which she was able to fire off a second NP and finished them off before they could use their NPs and spam their evades.

(https://i.imgur.com/dc7SzVe.png)

Had to make sure that I killed them both at the same time or else the surviving member would have wiped out my front line and then my backline would have to deal with the lone survivor who is now massively buffed. I was just lucky that Waver's NP was able to stun both of them so Mordred could run unopposed when firing her NP a second time.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on September 16, 2018, 03:51:04 pm
So i know nothing about this game but i want to get into it.
Who's the best person to pull for atm? And any starter tips?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 16, 2018, 04:17:06 pm
Nero Bride is the rated up 5-star unit and she's really good. Right now if you're going to reroll I suggest getting a Hercules. I can't remember if you can get 5-star servants on the tutorial roll.
As for tips:
-Get Waver friends.
-There are silver and bronze servants worth keeping.
-This is a waifu game, don't sweat it if you can't beat everything easily.
-Save for Merlin, he's up at the end of the year.
-Servants that look weak now can get buffs in the future.
-With that said; burn Fionn immediately if you pull him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 16, 2018, 04:50:25 pm
So i know nothing about this game but i want to get into it.
Who's the best person to pull for atm? And any starter tips?

silver you might want to level up is cu (the regular one) , david , robinhood , euryale,  ceasar , ushii wakamaru , medea , hans , all berserkers are good but focus on strengthening Lubu and or crazy possessive dragon girl.  try leveling up one hero per class first so you won't run out of resources quickly.

for skills and increasing heroes' level cap .... don't do it ... you only do that to waifu potential heroes (and waver).

for four stars try your luck and rolling for nero , she's a good aoe buster saber with high survival rate.  or save your quartz and try to roll for jalter after this event.

and yeah burn fionn he fucking sucks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 16, 2018, 09:21:16 pm
So i know nothing about this game but i want to get into it.
Who's the best person to pull for atm? And any starter tips?
Let's make it easy on ourselves. (https://grandorder.gamepress.gg/5-star-tier-list)

- The rates for pulling 4 and 5 star servants are astrocious(3% and 1% respectively). Silver lining? Since these servants are more desirable, people roll for them more, so it's not so surprising to see higher tier servants be common in friend supports(Ex: Zhuge Liang/Waver) allowing you to "borrow" and use them yourself.
- Mash's progression is tied to story progress. She's very weak at the beginning, but becomes way better as you progress through the story. End of Camelot Mash is already an extremely good servant and she's still going to be better in Babylonia. You still have to level her and her skills up though
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on September 16, 2018, 10:19:10 pm
So i know nothing about this game but i want to get into it.
Who's the best person to pull for atm? And any starter tips?

Since some people have given you some advice, I'll do the same. It's no more better or worse but it will help with some extra insight:

1. You can clear most content with 1-3 star Servants. You don't need the best of the best to beat most content, what you primarily need is a solid team first and foremost. While 4 and 5 stars, even the worst 5 stars, are still very, very good because of their larger HP and ATK weight, a solid team of 1-3 stars can still save your ass(I recommend supports like Hans, Shakespeare or attackers like Kojiro, Asterios and Lu Bu and even a Tank like Georgios.)

2. As Darkflare mentioned, level Mash and her skills. Despite her being shit at first glance, her levels and skills are story progression, not material based ascension. By the end of Camelot(and later on Babylon) she becomes one of the sturdiest tanks with some pretty stupid strong skills with a 0 point cost(a godsend in this game)

3. Do not sweat not getting a 5 star support like Waver, Tamamo or later on Merlin and Skadi Scathath or even other attackers or tanks. The Friend Support system in this game is one of the best in gacha since not only do you have access to a friend that has multiple supports on full display(meaning they can have supports for each class), but you can use them as many times as you want with barely a restriction past the fact they need to log off and log back in once in awhile to allow themselves back in.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on September 17, 2018, 12:31:49 am
Thanks all for the tips.

Glad to hear i dont need all 5 star stuff to beat content. Thats what im most afraid of in gatcha games.
Also glad to hear that Mash stays relevant too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 17, 2018, 01:35:57 am
Ah yes, this should be mentioned, but the tutorial 10 roll they give you has a guaranteed 4* servant from a specific pool of 4*(These guys (https://webview.fate-go.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/recruitimages/servant_overall.png))

Heracles and Emiya are probably your best results followed by Carmilla. Everyone else is passable.

Except Stheno.

If you get Stheno, you should start over. She's only good for her niche(Anti-male) and outside of that she's severely outclassed by everything.
Yes, she has that buff skill for Divine servant allies and it's pretty good for them, but you don't want Stheno as a starting servant.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 17, 2018, 12:39:13 pm
medea lily MVP , she made things alot easier against those 38 assassins.

as much as i like stheno and her sisters , she's not really good as a starting servant. my tip if you have the time is to uninstall and re-install the game , til you get a good servant or a 5* servant.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on September 17, 2018, 01:56:29 pm
I got Hercules.
Also got 2 Lancer Cu's.
Guess im good to go.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 17, 2018, 02:10:42 pm
I was able to complete the Hassan battle in 34 turns with Amakusa (MVP), Medea Lily, and Waver. Surprisingly I was able to beat them all without any of them firing off their NPs (even the mob Hassans) despite the lack of firepower on my side since Waver was getting lucky with crits. I just had to make sure Akamusa had his NP ready to go whenever the main Hassans entered the battle.

This was probably the first time I ever heavily relied on a healer.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 17, 2018, 02:16:34 pm
I got Hercules.
Also got 2 Lancer Cu's.
Guess im good to go.
Some quick extra tips:
Might be good to learn how to CE Bomb, here's a link: http://blogs.nrvnqsr.com/entry.php/3879-Fate-Grand-Order-Craft-Essence-Experience-Leveling
Also I use Cirnopedia (http://fate-go.cirnopedia.org/index.php) and Gamepress (https://grandorder.gamepress.gg/) as guides.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 17, 2018, 02:23:23 pm
or just watch G&A reviews he's got the best and easy to understand guides.

amakusa is the best pick in the assassin trial . just spam his ss while getting debuff and buff by waver and medea.

I got Hercules.
Also got 2 Lancer Cu's.
Guess im good to go.

herc is a good starter , high damage and one of the few berserkers that have high survival rate.

and there's 2 lancer cu , prototype and regular cu , make sure you level up regular cu first cause he's the better cu and he'll be useful in boss battles both him and herc plays the same.

for now and level your servants do the nerofest if you can even if you only do the 30 AP or the lvl60 40 AP quests. try to farm items as many as possible. it'll help you level up your servants and upgrade their skills quickly.   and get the 2 free  5* CE especially the joint recital CE , it's perfect for your herc for now.

save your quartz for now and roll after this event is over , jalter's banner is coming , she's the best damage servant in the game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on September 17, 2018, 07:25:07 pm
When you say roll, you mean pull right?
Or reroll?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on September 17, 2018, 07:50:05 pm
He means trying the gacha

Roll the dice, if you savvy
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on September 17, 2018, 08:15:48 pm
Ah. Yeah i got you.
Ive never heard it being refered to as rolling tho. Got me confused with rerolling.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on September 18, 2018, 01:20:46 am
Ah. Yeah i got you.
Ive never heard it being refered to as rolling tho. Got me confused with rerolling.

Yeah people have different variations of stuff from gachas, so you need to be careful and ask them more specifically if you are confused so you don't do anything stupid.

Also Heracles is a god tier starter Servant so congrats(I ended up with Martha after finally rerolling until I got a 5 star from the Event way back when the game first launched in NA that gave us a free multi) and as well for either Cu variants(Regular Cu is better at outlasting people than Proto Cu, but Proto Cu can hurt monsters alot better).

But I'm going to tell you something and it's best you remember this:

During events coming up, there's a chance to get what we call a "Welfare Servant". They are primarily 4 star Servants that can be NP5(Getting multiple copies of the same Servant can power up their Noble Phantasm by using the Noble Phantasm menu to combine them, DO NOT DO SO FROM THE LEVELING UP PROCESS, THERE'S A SEPARATE ONE AT THE BOTTOM SCREEN) by simply completing the event in it's entirety. In truth, some of them can reach practically 5 star levels of usefulness because of how powerful they can be...

Unfortunately, you missed quite a few, especially some good ones and one of them hasn't had a chance to get her back yet... But do not fret, there is an event coming up soon that will give you one by simply completing it(Halloween Elizabeth Bathory Caster) for the rerun of last year... and then ANOTHER ONE for the new variation of the event this year(Halloween Elizabeth Bathory Saber) who is an ST NP Saber that's pretty good despite her last skill being RNG based.

The next few after are:
Christmas Saber Alter(She's basically Saber Alter, whose already a very strong AOE NP Saber... but as a Rider with a ST Healing skill)
Jeanne Alter Santa Lily(She's a very strong AOE Lancer that you can't do wrong with)
Chacha(She's apparently Raikou lite... and looking at her skills and NP... there's some basis to that. And Raikou is a damn strong Servant herself so that should give you some idea about her uses)
BB(MUST GET! She's of the absolutely distinct class that there's only 2 of even in JPN... and the other is still her. She's the only class strong against Avengers and is a damn strong Medic who can heal and remove debuffs and give debuff immunity too, can remove the absolutely pesky Evade and Invincibility buffs off enemies and can buff her crit power and absorb crit stars so she can crit harder and alot too if someone can give out plenty of starts. And her event has yet to have a Rerun and thus you got one shot).

I'm primarily saying this because Welfare Servants are servants you don't want to skip out on under ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. They may have some use that you would not take into account, fill a niche that you need filled and otherwise are usually popular Servants you may have missed at the Gacha.

They may be 4 stars, but the developers made them with the intention to actually be 4.5 stars(aka stronger than most 4 star equivalents at that point in time... sorta but not there yet at the 5 star level)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 18, 2018, 12:00:20 pm
yeah he missed one of the best archer in the game. well he can still get saber elizabeth.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 18, 2018, 08:28:09 pm
I mean, if we want to take it farther, he missed out on one of the best Assassins(Shiki) and Riders(Kintoki) as well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on September 18, 2018, 10:11:28 pm
I didn't want to say it that blatantly though...

I was mainly trying to explain the importance of welfares and even if he missed some of the best, the others are still worthwhile.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on September 18, 2018, 10:34:33 pm
so you know the story charachers you get at(i'm assuming) at the end of each story chapter?
Which ones are worth and which ones are not worth?

Also gdi. I hate missing good F2P units. Do any of them come back out?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on September 18, 2018, 10:53:34 pm
Every event you have missed will be redone eventually, but some are gonna be longer than others

That's just the sad truth but the happier one is that you will be fine

As for the story characters, I don't use any of them so I can't really weigh in

Although Caster Cu was crucial to me starting out
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on September 19, 2018, 12:29:36 am
so you know the story charachers you get at(i'm assuming) at the end of each story chapter?
Which ones are worth and which ones are not worth?
Other than David they're so-so (Caster Cu, Kiyohime, Jekyll and Bedivere) or god awful (Boudica and Geronimo). You'd be better off focusing on other low rarity servants like regular Cu, Euryale, Medea, Hans, etc.

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Also gdi. I hate missing good F2P units. Do any of them come back out?
All events have an eventual re-run, but just once. The bad news is that if you miss that re-run you're SOL, but the good news is that NA hasn't had any yet, so you'll be fine.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on September 19, 2018, 06:25:21 am
so you know the story charachers you get at(i'm assuming) at the end of each story chapter?
Which ones are worth and which ones are not worth?

Also gdi. I hate missing good F2P units. Do any of them come back out?

Story Characters? Cu Caster is a pretty okay story Servant, all things considering.
He's basically Lancer Cu with 2 of his skills(Protection from Arrows and Disengage) but he has a Crit buff as his first skill and his NP is AOE.
Kiyohime is an okay farmer but you need to basically have a CE and someone buff her NP gauge though.
Boudica is crap(mainly because her skills don't really gel well with her NP nor her role but she can help buff Arts damage... but you can use SO much better)
David is GREAT(he can heal, remove some bad debuffs like Charm, Confusion and Terror and give a party wide 1 attack dodge which is perfect for avoiding NPs from enemies)
Jekyll... is weird(Just like his legend, he's all about turning into Hyde and doing massive damage and his skills get stronger buffs once he becomes Hyde... but then again, he's a shit Assassin otherwise and as a Berserker, Hyde turns into a bad paperweight even with all the buffs. You are really better off using Heracles)
Geronimo is pure dog shit(His NP is okay... his skills are absolutely wretched as they are all buffs to respective cards(Buster, Quick and Arts)... but only to HIMSELF... and his damage is terrible)
Lucis(not going to spoil the man's name) is the best 3 Star Saber Bar none(he's basically a Support Saber with a NP that gets a stupid strong buff if you can get him to NP5 and get him to Overcharge his NP, thus allowing for massive damage)

As for your second question, yes most events that contain these Servants get re-runs... sometimes. You will be able to get Kintoki Rider again next year, some of the servants I mentioned(Elizabeth Caster and Santa Saber Alter) are re-run Servants that show up during these Halloween and Christmas re-run events coming up. Unfortunately, Ryougi Shiki Assassin won't be back until virtually 2 years from now... and Chloe Von Einzbern hasn't had a re-run yet even now in JPN so it would be a 2 year wait regardless.

BUT as stated before, you will still be fine without them, they aren't musts if you didn't get them. I should have made that more clear when I stated it before.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on September 19, 2018, 07:02:38 am
Now that we JP players have finally gotten the Zero re-run I anticipate a Prisma Codes re-run within the next six months when they've got some space to fill.

Nero Fest has gotten a royal takeover this year and he's moving it to New York. (https://news.fate-go.jp/2018/binny/)

We wantses that Gil command code, precious
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 19, 2018, 10:14:02 am
gilgamesh hijacked nero fest.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on September 20, 2018, 09:55:22 am
Is Mata Hari good? got a ton in friend pulls and wanted to know if its worth putting in effort.

Also here's my friend code if anyone's interested:101,300,559
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 20, 2018, 11:06:17 am
she's ok but with a very niche usefulness , she's an ok support debuffer for now but you'll get a more decent support later down the road.

and speaking of support get you support game ready boys cause gilgamesh is gonna fuck you up.
don't worry about the np debuff scathach and cu's np can still do 150k+ damage and with scathach she can do more using her anti-divinity buff.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 23, 2018, 03:35:00 pm
How did you guys handle the last 3 exhibition matches? I tried doing the Medb challenge but things went to shit once the druids came out.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on September 23, 2018, 07:53:00 pm
How did you guys handle the last 3 exhibition matches? I tried doing the Medb challenge but things went to shit once the druids came out.

You are better off having 1-2 very strong Riders to deal with the Druids specifically. If you have Carmilla or Ryougi Assassin, they are more than enough to handle Medb once you take out 1-2 soldiers with their NP.

Rider Kintoki, Ozy, Drake, whoever you have on hand that's strong and can take them out as quickly as possible.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 23, 2018, 08:33:05 pm
How did you guys handle the last 3 exhibition matches? I tried doing the Medb challenge but things went to shit once the druids came out.

i used drake , anne&mary & martha as frontlines ,  shiki ryougi as my main damage with mlb event CE and another support assassin with MLB CE in case of backup damage.

don't use male servants , you won't be able to remove her debuff , she'll cast it again the next turn.

for gilgamesh i fucked him up with my lancer servants which i have a lot. but my main lancer alter and cu chulainn for big crits.  don't remove gilgamesh's buff , use anyone who has minus armor like ibaraki.  gilgamesh will stack multiple damage + every turn so prepare a good high rate survival servants that could do damage.

and the last one use anyone you want just bring anyone who can debuff and buff. but kill them in this order.
jack , amakusa , lancer or anyone who has np full except medea , ozymandias and then kill medea (note: remove buff skill right after you kill medea and ozy)

you can follow that or do whatever you want but whatever you do not kill medea and nero early it'll make it harder.

honestly hercules was the only one who gave me trouble in this event. probably because i didn't have any CE when i fought him and i didn't brought my big hitters.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on September 25, 2018, 12:02:26 am
How did you guys handle the last 3 exhibition matches? I tried doing the Medb challenge but things went to shit once the druids came out.

Team I used was Saber Lily, St. Martha, a support Gawain, Ryougi, David, and Lancer Cu. I wore the Plugsuit.

Used Martha's Miracle to uncharm Gawain, AOE'd her first two buffs away with Galatine, AOE'd the next two with Tarasque and Caliburn, removed some attack buffs from Medb with Martha's third skill, swapped her out with David to help keep everyone alive, then whittled down the supports until Ryougi came out to nuke Medb with her NP.

Probably not the optimal way, but I did it.  (https://youtu.be/mlIx2OclPBU)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 25, 2018, 01:53:02 pm
I finally got my first ever Bond 10 CE with Herc. Now I am ready for Solomon.

Half-AP Ember farming and Singularity pick up summon happening after Umu Fest.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 25, 2018, 02:59:02 pm
herc's bond level CE is useful , i only max 2 servants salter and okita

that reminds me i need to max drake and waver's bond level they are almost maxed out but i have not able to use them as much since onigashima.

i'm done farming for this event i got all the items in the shop i didn't think it was possible since i didn't got any CE in the gacha. and i only used 8 golden apples. used all my bronze and silver though.

and i farmed alot of exp cards my inventory is full my 2nd archive is full and my gift inventory is almost full. i'm ready for jalter.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 28, 2018, 10:44:01 pm
Caster Liz comes back on Oct 4 (https://fate-go.us/halloween_revival/sp/)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on October 03, 2018, 04:07:17 pm
Finally pulled my boy Angra.

And now to never use him. Woop woop.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on October 03, 2018, 05:53:20 pm
I got myself a great haul from the Camelot Batch:
2 Nitocris(NP3 Nitocris)
2 Bediveres(before I finished Camelot so NP3)
4 Gawains
1 Tristan
1 Saberlot(NP2)
1 ... Arjuna(NP2)
and 1 RAMSSES!!! THE MAN IN GAUZE, THE MAIN IN GAUZE!... sorry Ozymandias.

From 300+ SQ used. Though I really don't care THAT hard if I do or don't get Cleopatra though as while I do want a 5 star assassin, I wouldn't be crying if I don't get her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 04, 2018, 11:00:31 am
not gonna roll for cleo , her artwork is hideous. i'm guessing the one that made her design is the same guy who made edmond dantes. both are crap.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on October 04, 2018, 11:14:14 am
Yea, it's the Dangaronpa artist.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 04, 2018, 11:28:16 am
Cleo moonwalks in one of her attacks. That's all the reasoning I need.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on October 06, 2018, 09:09:01 am
Took only two days to get Elisabeth Bathory in Halloween costume at her highest ascension and at Lv 5 NP. That was tiring.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 06, 2018, 11:58:49 am
With the Elisabeth Halloween Trilogy finally concluded back in 2017 in JP, a new Halloween story takes place this year called "Oni-land".

4* Welfare is Halloween Shuten (class currently unknown, might be Saber), with the featured Gacha Servant is Sitonai (Alter Ego/Saber Illya shown back in Lostbelt 2).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 06, 2018, 12:04:42 pm
Took only two days to get Elisabeth Bathory in Halloween costume at her highest ascension and at Lv 5 NP. That was tiring.

she's useful if you don't have any offensive caster. wait for a couple of weeks you'll get a saber version of her for the this year's halloween event. her np is pretty cool.

is the rng+ bonus on the gacha when it's your birthday date?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedinglight on October 12, 2018, 10:20:04 am
Ayyy Tamamo answered my call and I rolled her out. I can pull some arts shenanigans now since I also have Waver and Vlad.


She even came with a couple copies of her cat form too, cool.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 16, 2018, 04:05:49 am
4m Downloads campaign along with with the return of Jalter starts on the 18th after Halloween rerun.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on October 16, 2018, 05:26:52 am
Can't wait to blow the small amount of quartz I saved up and not get Jalter again.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 17, 2018, 11:29:58 pm
NA Halloween 2018 starts next week on the 25th.

Super Ghouls 'n Pumpkins (https://fate-go.us/halloween2018)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedinglight on October 17, 2018, 11:33:04 pm
Oh goddammit it took everything I had just to get Tamamo. Still worth it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on October 18, 2018, 12:30:43 am
NA Halloween 2018 starts next week on the 25th.

Super Ghouls 'n Pumpkins (https://fate-go.us/halloween2018)
Was expecting it to be called "Pumpkin Quest" but I'll take it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on October 18, 2018, 02:43:23 am
I didn't even recognize the Ghost N' Goblin's reference...

They are doing a good job with the subtitles like with Saber Wars: The Caliburn Awakens and the like.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 18, 2018, 06:06:15 am
I goofed on the date and the Jalter banner starts today. You can tell because the game servers are on fire right now as everyone is trying to log in for their chance for the French chuuni.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on October 18, 2018, 03:59:01 pm
WEll, she's the one that gets the most ships; did she ever get shipped with a guy, though ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on October 19, 2018, 06:53:16 am
WEll, she's the one that gets the most ships; did she ever get shipped with a guy, though ?

No, that's vanilla Jeanne(and even in this game, the SiegxJeanne ship is halted as he won't approach her for fear that she won't remember him but she does... but nothing past that). Jeanne Alter is more shipped with the protagonist ingame.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on October 21, 2018, 07:01:38 am
Got 2 tix today. Pulled JAlter and my second Nitocris.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 21, 2018, 09:34:14 am
fuck it , i got nothing again. 210. quartz 10 tickets and still not even a new servant. i got np 3 lancelot and elizabeth. got shit tons of new 5* ce though.

i saved all the 500+ level cards just for jalter. guess i'm gonna save up for december now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on October 21, 2018, 12:40:06 pm
126 SQ and 2 tix just gave me 2030 CE, NP2 Fran and NP3 Emiya.

Friday's tix gave me Banana oni.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 21, 2018, 03:30:59 pm
banana oni is good , i'm hoping to mlb her someday i only need one more copy.

anyway , is musashi a limited servant? i'm planning to build a samurai girls team with okita and ushiwakamaru.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on October 21, 2018, 09:16:30 pm
Yes, Musashi is limited
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on October 22, 2018, 07:17:45 am
Just used my ticket for today, Lord have mercy.

(https://i.imgur.com/ulx9k03.jpg)

There are people who go to gambling counseling over this broad.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 22, 2018, 11:34:51 am
you guys are fucking lucky at this game.

good thing i'm not really into her design and i just find her utility very useful.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: vgma2 on October 23, 2018, 09:29:51 am
I somehow managed to get her with today's ticket.
I guess I'm saving all my resources until the next Tamamo banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 23, 2018, 02:44:00 pm
Halloween Shuten (Caster) NP


Sitonai (FSN/OG Illya) (Alter Ego) NP


Her polar bear's name is Shirou...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 23, 2018, 06:22:13 pm
shuten's np is ok. but sitonai is overkill , there's too much going on.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on October 23, 2018, 06:46:48 pm
Just about wrapped up Lostbelt 2 so I'm ready to roll
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 23, 2018, 11:04:28 pm
Same here, I only wrapped up Gotterdamerung last night. Shame there's no complete summary yet.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 25, 2018, 10:32:28 am
Got Cleo, NP5 Lancer Vlad, and 9 copies of Dangerous stripper Mash in under 300 quartz. Pretty good haul, but for once I was actually hoping for NP2 Cleo.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 25, 2018, 12:31:59 pm
the more i look at cleo's design in the story the more i hate it ... god damn her artwork looks horrendous.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: -Greed- on October 26, 2018, 12:40:42 am
I'm saving all my quartz.  Not for Merlin, but for Gorgon and Medusa Lily.

Yes it is daft.  But Medusa is best girl, so who cares? Fate Waifu Order for life.

EDIT: Oh no, Medusa Lily is in the banner before Gorgon.  That is a hell of a dilemma.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on October 26, 2018, 07:20:27 pm
Looks like I'll be saving for Sitonai after Emiya Alter.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 31, 2018, 12:56:03 pm
cn server got a bug , dunno if this is true.


fuck it i got cleo , what are the odds that a single ticket gave me a servant that i don't really like.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on November 01, 2018, 07:28:47 pm
(https://i.imgtc.com/OfhZhIw.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on November 03, 2018, 01:39:28 pm
Lol I gave up on Cleo and tried to get dangerous beast with the shop tickets and boom she spooked(?) me. It's funny how people are getting Cleo with tickets.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 03, 2018, 05:44:30 pm
i would prefer if it happened during jeanne's rate up. her utility is good but there are tons of better assassins and old man's banner is just a couple of months away. plus her art sucks balls. probably the worst in the game along with nightingale and edmond dantes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on November 04, 2018, 12:58:08 am
I would prefer Jalter too, but I am happy since I like her art, I mean Rui Komatsuzaki style on my perspective looks good on girls. + I love Rie Kugimiya's work when she is not doing a generic tsundere voice.

Speaking of Nightingale her art is very ugly indeed, but when the guy put some effort he can do pretty things, look at his take on Martha:
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 04, 2018, 04:36:14 am
hope in the future they'd change the art design too.

i don't like his style at all , i know he's popular and i know he's a successful designer but i really just hate the way he draws his characters they all look stiff even the way they pose looks lifeless. i could draw better when i was 12.

he made cleopatra's hair like garden hoes , why didn't they hire the guy who made nitocris or queen shiba to draw her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on November 04, 2018, 05:31:45 am
How many times do you intend to tell us that you hate the Dangaropa artist's drawing style?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 04, 2018, 05:49:33 am
Cleopatra is probably the tankiest Assassin in the game and usually the go to Assassin for Challenge Quests that involve multiple classes (with the small exception of King Hassan to an extent) since she’s incredibly self-sufficient with her healing, buffs, and hard survival skills with low cooldown. What she lacks in damage makes up for in her generation stats and ability to spam her NP. However outside of generating critical stars she’s basically selfish and doesn’t provide any team utility (which sums up her personality to a T).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 04, 2018, 12:46:05 pm
i have no qualms about her usefulness it's just her art , god damn the more i look at it the more i hate it. can't believe some people like this garbage.

and i'll say it over and over and over.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 10, 2018, 02:05:21 am
Christmas 2017 rerun on the 13th.

https://fate-go.us/christmas_revival/

This only means we're getting closer and closer to the dreaded wombo combo that is Useless Goddess, Cock Wizard, Musa-She, and Gramps.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on November 10, 2018, 02:40:37 am
JP players: who did you pick with the latest SR ticket?

I still can't make up my mind between Gorgon and Heracles.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on November 10, 2018, 02:45:39 am
My heart wants to tell you Heracles if you somehow haven't rolled him yet. But we've been in the game so long I can't honestly tell you the last time I used him. As someone who is unlucky when it comes to rolling avengers I picked Gorgon last year and have not regretted it, she's a hoss.

I'm torn between Saberlot and Jubei myself, so I'll also take some opinions.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on November 10, 2018, 03:35:59 am
Yagyu can put up much higher numbers in his NP and even get a massive refund (can't remember if he can get a full refund without support rn) but his burst damage is limited to a single turn and needs a source of stars. He also has some degree of resilience because of the dodge and attack debuff.

Saber Lancelot's NP isn't as strong and he can't refill it, but since all his skills last three turns he does overall more damage than Yagyuu and has the advantage of being almost completely self sufficient, since he generates his own stars. Since all his skills are geared towards attack he's rather frail.

When you throw in support like Tamamo, Nero Bride, Caster Gil and Paracelsus the lines between both get a bit blurred, but I'm partial towards Lancelot because his weaknesses are easier to patch.

Plus Saber Lancelot doing NP-A-A with support BB preventing the cards shuffling is fucking hilarious to play with.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 10, 2018, 04:23:32 am
JP players: who did you pick with the latest SR ticket?

I still can't make up my mind between Gorgon and Heracles.

heracles , there are tons of better avengers. if you want scaley snake tiddies go for gorgon
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 17, 2018, 12:06:09 pm
We're getting a Thanksgiving banner starting on the 18th with Iskander, Illya, Saber Shiki, Scathach, Gilgamesh, Raikou, and Shuten. One of them will be on rate up per day which it changing everyday afterwards until the 26th where all of them will be on rate up on the last day. Shiki and Illya's rate ups will also include the KnK and Prisma CEs as well.

This is basically the New Years banner from JP with Ishtar, Kintoki, and Musashi being replaced with Raikou and Shuten. This isn't the guaranteed SSR banner which won't happen until probably New Years so they won't skip the servants that appear in Babylon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 18, 2018, 08:20:53 am
gonna pass i already blew off all my remaining quartz on jack and i still haven't got her. gonna try again til i get her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 19, 2018, 06:52:35 am
Your best bet is the upcoming guaranteed 5* class based gacha where the Assassin/Extra banner only  has Jack and Jeanne as the rate up servants, so you literally have a 50% chance.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 19, 2018, 12:58:41 pm
now you tell me , i already spent money lol still havent got her. at least i'm not alone there's a big whale i know that still wanting to have her since last year.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 21, 2018, 10:35:17 pm
Christmas 2018 event starts on the 26th.

https://fate-go.us/christmas2018/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on November 21, 2018, 10:59:16 pm
PADORU ! PADORU!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on November 22, 2018, 09:39:28 am
Ishtar banner incoming. If you're waiting for Merlin, stay strong. Don't fall for those sexy legs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on November 22, 2018, 11:37:53 am
Screw Merlin, I'm totally going for that defenseless anus.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 22, 2018, 12:12:47 pm
Ishtar banner incoming. If you're waiting for Merlin, stay strong. Don't fall for those sexy legs.

i don't like ishtar , if it's ereshkigal i'll spend another 300 quartz.

i still wonder why they chose rin to be the host of both servants ... if they wanted a blonde servant they could've used luvia and their already rivals.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on November 22, 2018, 01:52:17 pm
Isn't Ereshkigal a different Rin?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on November 22, 2018, 03:55:40 pm
Nope, IIRC they did it to throw you off plot wise.

You would assume that rin was always ishtar but then rin would "randomly" be eresh without the game being explicit about that. later it reveals that rina cted weird not because ishtar was weir,d but because she was possesed by eres instead. It was pretty fun reading this thread went byakko went thru that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on November 23, 2018, 11:03:42 am
So it was an weird decision on DW part.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 23, 2018, 11:10:39 am
Prologue for Lostbelt 3 has arrived in JP and guess who shows up from the ending of Lostbelt 2?

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on November 23, 2018, 01:35:11 pm
 :flipout:
Ahem...
Assuming by this picture she seems quite carefree, maybe in fgo she was not infected by Wallachia?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 23, 2018, 01:58:07 pm
In the FGO universe, Zepia never became The Night of Wallachia and continued to be the director of the Atlas Institute. This is why this Sion didn't retain the Atlasia name/title as she never succeeded him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 23, 2018, 02:20:53 pm
she doesn't look like sion to me.

she looks like rin rather than sion ... #notmysion.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on November 23, 2018, 06:06:15 pm
Well she's literally not your Sion

It's like getting upset that Sitonai isn't a one to one with Illya, that's the point
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 24, 2018, 02:20:05 am
nobody gives a shit about sitonai , people rolled for her polar bear not her.

would've been better if it's a entirely different character that works for atlasia rather than alternate sion.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on November 24, 2018, 06:09:47 am
Your opinion is noted and discarded
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 24, 2018, 07:02:59 am
nobody gives a shit about sitonai , people rolled for her polar bear not her.

would've been better if it's a entirely different character that works for atlasia rather than alternate sion.

People rolled for Sitonai is because she's Illya, same reasons why a lot of people rolled for Ereshkigal and Ishtar for being Rin. That same reason will most likely be true when Muramasa gets released for being Shiro.

Anyways this is literally the Sion we all know and love, but a lot less angsty because of a proper upbringing as Zepia raised her like he was his own daughter and not going mad by becoming a Dead Apostle Ancestor. Design-wise, it's been speculated that Takeuchi traced over Summer Jeanne's artwork which could explain why she looks more Saber-facey than usual.

Apprently this Sion also has a weird quirk of drinking blood, but it's been stated she's not a Dead Apostle or a Vampire. This trait also appears in Zepia, which could signify that this is hereditary amongst the Eltnam bloodline.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on November 24, 2018, 12:31:18 pm
This makes me wonder if dw is giving us some hints about a Tsukihime/Melty Blood collab
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 24, 2018, 02:34:11 pm
probably and if they do hope we get the original sion in this game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on November 24, 2018, 03:47:27 pm
Probably Sion, imouto or curry senpai as a welfare and Arcueid as a limited, but right now all we can do is speculate.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 24, 2018, 04:04:13 pm
did they give a release date for the tsukihime rewrite?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on November 24, 2018, 04:25:58 pm
After the tease years ago I've never heard about the remake anymore. If not for that teaser Tsukihime remake would be in Half-Life 3 tier.  :P
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on November 27, 2018, 07:26:43 am
Prologue for Lostbelt 3 has arrived in JP and guess who shows up from the ending of Lostbelt 2?

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Takeuchi literally can't draw more than one face anymore.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on November 27, 2018, 04:38:10 pm
Apprently this Sion also has a weird quirk of drinking blood, but it's been stated she's not a Dead Apostle or a Vampire. This trait also appears in Zepia, which could signify that this is hereditary amongst the Eltnam bloodline.
Back in the days, between Tsukihime and Medusa actually drinking blood that one time then never again, there was a point that blood-drinking species were not necessarily vampires or DAs. They're their own thing, and it looks like Sion and Zepia still have something to do with blood drinking. I mean it's probably not just a quirk but something actually relevant to their existence. Or maybe Nasu wants to say it's just a thing mages can do instead of collecting sperm and also remember that timeline where she was a vampire wink wink nudge.
But if Nasu is involved in writing her into fgo, I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be relevant to something. Considering we're getting old throwback to stuff like the Sea of Estray already that may finally become relevant...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 28, 2018, 09:47:11 am
If anything the Eltnam could be descendants of demons much like the Tohno family who also partook blood, but weren't classified as Vampires.

Also Lostbelt 3 continues to drop major teasers towards a possible Tsukihime/Melty Blood collab sometime soon, with the first being Sion.
Spoiler: Major Spoilers for Lostbelt 3 (click to see content)

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on November 28, 2018, 04:03:11 pm
Lostbelt 3 is looking pretty fine, but I have no idea why mordred is there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 28, 2018, 06:48:16 pm
don't care about bargain bin arturia but

oppressors beware!!! seems like almost all apocrypha servants have animation updates except for karna and jack. but i think karna will soon have his update.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on November 29, 2018, 12:10:53 am
Just as a PSA, new item in the JP store is a bond grail

Increases the level by 1 if you have max bond and true to form someone already hit it
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 29, 2018, 12:29:41 pm
bond grail? so what happens if a servant got 11 bond level?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on November 29, 2018, 01:20:03 pm
You get 30 quartz for each bond level, you can get up to level 15. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 29, 2018, 01:35:43 pm
that's a lot , i'm assuming it's for the 5* servants? bond level reward differ depending on your servant's star level and how do you buy the bond grail? mana prisms? or rare ones?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on November 29, 2018, 01:43:18 pm
As far as I know the first one you buy with 1 mana prism, don't know what they will do with the next bond grails.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 29, 2018, 02:48:21 pm
it's probably like those mana prism CE they gonna sell like one of those every 3 or 6 months.

anyway jeanne d'arc trailer.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on November 29, 2018, 05:42:37 pm
You get 30 quartz for each bond level, you can get up to level 15. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

I've seen the level 15 thing being thrown around but having done it I only saw two slots for it

I don't know if that means 12 is the max or not
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 30, 2018, 08:26:34 am
I think every time you buy the bond expansion thing, using the item will unlock another bond node for that servant.

Also Babylonia drops December 5th after Christmas event. I can assume the Final Singularity and Merlin will release 1 or 2 weeks afterwards.
https://fate-go.us/chapter7/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 02, 2018, 04:28:21 pm
so how's your farming guys? i haven't used any of my golden apples yet and i am almost done getting all the shop items. i'll go all out tomorrow once the lvl 90 node is available.

merlin will be available before new year? i dunno if i'm going to roll for merlin , if i get merlin (which i doubt i will) i won't be able to roll for musashi well i can but i need to break my rule not to spend more than $30 a month on this game. well technically it'll be january when musashi drops so ....
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on December 02, 2018, 06:35:22 pm
Merlin will be when Solomon Singularity happens.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on December 02, 2018, 06:45:42 pm
so how's your farming guys? i haven't used any of my golden apples yet and i am almost done getting all the shop items. i'll go all out tomorrow once the lvl 90 node is available.

Doing good, I used about 10 apples to clean the shop while gathering socks and finally got the 5th Jalter CE, now it's time to go full socks farming.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 04, 2018, 09:07:12 am
I already cleared out the entire shop and already at my 26th box, hoping to at least get 40 before the end of the event.

I also got the Holy Night Supper CE to drop for me about 6 times already so I was able to mlb 2 of them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 04, 2018, 10:23:59 am
I haven't been able to spend much time on the event due to no wifi but I should have everything I need from the shop and maybe around 20 boxes done before the end.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 04, 2018, 06:02:52 pm
I already cleared out the entire shop and already at my 26th box, hoping to at least get 40 before the end of the event.

I also got the Holy Night Supper CE to drop for me about 6 times already so I was able to mlb 2 of them.

nice , i got 4 CE and spent like 10 gold apples. i thought i was gonna have more time playing this game but things happened. i immediately started playing when i got home earlier this evening. it took me long to get all the item shop since i hold back on using apples and i didn't have any CE events.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: vgma2 on December 04, 2018, 09:06:00 pm
Fudge, I didn't realize that Jalter Lily's official join was tied to the 5th box.  I guess I'm gonna be grinding lots and hope I get lucky.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 06, 2018, 12:06:25 pm
wow 1.9k bond level just from killing grunts? babylonia is gonna be awesome.

is Quetzalcoatl limited? i'm planning to roll for her but if she isn't i might pass and focus all my quartz into musashi or merlin.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 08, 2018, 09:07:51 am
Speaking of Quetz...here is Santa Samba Quetzalcoatl.



Welfare 4* Ruler for JP Christmas 2018.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 08, 2018, 09:22:44 am
As I live and breath, finally a welfare Ruler
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 08, 2018, 12:56:27 pm
yeah i just saw the clip too , she's on my top 3 servant she just sound so lively and her story in babylonia is fun.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on December 08, 2018, 01:00:35 pm
Everyone I know was speculating about the welfare being Medea or Drake, then DW comes and surprises us with a Santa Samba I love how goofy this is.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 08, 2018, 02:42:46 pm
Welfare Quetzal.
Welfare Ruler Quetzal.
Welfare Ruler Quetzal in a skimpy outfit.


Life is good.


Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 08, 2018, 07:03:27 pm
i finally beat babylonia ... i died 4 times all from battling Quetzalcoatl i had to cheat and pick the easy route just to beat her , though i didn't use any CE except for bond and mystic code exp boosts.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 08, 2018, 10:53:19 pm
I had to use command seals in the last Kingu fight but all-in-all I found Babylonia slightly more manageable than Camelot. Using Merlin at the end was amazing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 09, 2018, 08:38:58 am
I'm only at chapter 19 right now, but I have to say Babylonia is one of the better stories I've read all year as I find myself completely immersed in its narrative. I literally started to tear up during the conversation with the old Flower Lady regarding Mudusa Lily/Ana, and the fight with the "pacifist" Lahmu.

As for the battles, I cheesed most of the bosses such as Hard Mode Quetz, Ereshkigal, Kingu, and Gorgon like the Hero that I am and just used my NP5 Herc with MLB Black Grail, double Waver with Bond CE, and Nightingale with Ox King CE for the one shot shenanigans. Makes me kind of regret it as I wanted to soak in the sense of scale the battles were representing (especially during the first Tiamat fight).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 09, 2018, 09:28:09 am
the first tiamat fight was suppose to be easy , i beat it without even trying
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on December 09, 2018, 11:41:34 am
Is Hercules still the best starter?
Or is there someone on a new banner thats better?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 09, 2018, 01:12:04 pm
none i think , herc and cu is still the best starter in the game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 09, 2018, 03:56:53 pm
I finally beat Babylonia and my god, I'm already sad that it ended. Already looking forward to the Final Singularity.

Babylonia also had the unfortunate side effect of me wanting to roll for King Hassan, Quetzalcoatl, and trying to NP5 Taiga now which I originally wanted to skip over them...

the first tiamat fight was suppose to be easy , i beat it without even trying

I wasn't implying the fight with Femme Fatale was easy or hard, I'm saying I kind of regret just one turning it with Mordred instead of letting the battle play out longer with a different set up since I wanted to really take in the boss fights. Which is what I started doing during the final Chapter.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 09, 2018, 04:36:48 pm
you could just reset the game before the battle ends and abort it. i did that twice with merlin and hassan just to try them out.

and yeah once you got to taste merlin and hassan's op abilities you're already hooked ,
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 10, 2018, 03:31:09 am
Double Castle Herc and Volumen Hydrargyrum Tamamo Cat got me through 5/6th of the singularity. All I had to do was switch my reserves.

Just scooping up these free quest gems for Merlin. Hoping I get 10 10-rolls for him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 11, 2018, 10:47:14 am
so doing free quest and banana oni appeared in mt.ebih didn't ushiwakamaru said that she was summoned by gilgamesh? she didn't appeared in the story.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 11, 2018, 10:56:19 am
5* Lancer for JP's Christmas event, Bradamante.


Vanilla Martha is also getting revamped animations.


so doing free quest and banana oni appeared in mt.ebih didn't ushiwakamaru said that she was summoned by gilgamesh? she didn't appeared in the story.

As soon as she was summoned, she went rogue and ran off to start her own gang in the mountains. However according to Nasu, she ended up stopping a demon called Humbaba from entering the war going on in Babylon during that time, so she wasn't completely useless.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 11, 2018, 11:08:57 am
buttadamante looks good.

they're giving martha her FGOAC animation.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 11, 2018, 01:47:48 pm
That's one hell of a golf swing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 11, 2018, 03:41:25 pm
So, not a gender swap but an actual female character for a change, nice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Midori on December 11, 2018, 04:24:31 pm
Didn't realize there was a thread for this game here, but then again I disappear for years at a time lol. Yeah new lancer is looking pretty good, i'd love to get her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 11, 2018, 04:38:32 pm
Bradamante was one of the few characters from the day 0 leak still missing.

https://fategrandorder.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Ein_Inferno/Leaked_Servants#Leaked

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 11, 2018, 05:26:22 pm
i'm actually interested on some of them , calamity jane would've fit better in the american singularity than billy the kid.

and the fox tail characters would be great addition i really want to see it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Midori on December 11, 2018, 05:36:55 pm
*sees Mother Harlot in the list* This is supposedly one of the Beasts but if she's getting a playable release like Kiara did i'd be cool with that. Especially with Beast's Authority included.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 11, 2018, 06:00:36 pm
would be cool if down the line we get a beast class servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 11, 2018, 06:27:01 pm
I think alterego gave them the perfect out for summonable Beast Servants and we'll probably see Tiamat and Goetia in that fashion just like we saw Kiara
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 11, 2018, 06:32:13 pm
not before arc
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Midori on December 11, 2018, 06:32:57 pm
It could work. also this is how it'd be like to have a true Beast class on the field.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 12, 2018, 12:44:55 pm
Babylonia Part 2 Banner is later tonight. I really want Lucha Goddess, but I must stay strong for Cock Wizard...!

Bradamante, Santa Quetz, and Rider Martha animations:




Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 12, 2018, 02:16:53 pm
i want to roll for aztec oneesan too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on December 12, 2018, 02:21:09 pm
Martha finally looking cool.
Bradamante looks nice, but her voice...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on December 12, 2018, 06:43:57 pm
Merlin needs to hurry up. Babylonia P2 looks tempting.although anything's tempting when you're at the beginning of the game
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 12, 2018, 11:41:56 pm
Grand Temple of Time: Solomon and Merlin releases on December 20th.

https://fate-go.us/solomon/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on December 13, 2018, 11:54:42 am
Spoiler: (Laughs in Lucha Goddess) (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 14, 2018, 05:12:50 am
I can't stop myself. I used up all my christmas QP getting Santa Lily Jalter to 10/10/10 now I've convinced myself I need to get Salter's Mana Burst up to level 10.

Halp.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Midori on December 14, 2018, 06:57:57 am
I can't stop myself. I used up all my christmas QP getting Santa Lily Jalter to 10/10/10 now I've convinced myself I need to get Salter's Mana Burst up to level 10.

Halp.
I'm afraid its already too late for you. XD  Meanwhile i'm sitting on over 90 million QP still thinking about who to use it on next.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 14, 2018, 12:14:32 pm
i've got 200 million and most of my 5 stars are all maxed out and even some of favourite 3 stars are maxed

i'm really tempted to roll for quetz , merlin's gonna be a popular friend servant anyway.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Turin on December 14, 2018, 07:03:05 pm
Waoh, F/go subthread here. This is heaven xD

I finished Babylon today, great chapter. Eagerly awaiting 4 mushashi :D
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on December 14, 2018, 10:00:35 pm
Damn i missed Santa Jeanne.
Do i have to wait until next year now?

I'm all the way in Septum. Im determined to beat Babylonia before the 20th though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Midori on December 14, 2018, 10:16:05 pm
Damn i missed Santa Jeanne.
Do i have to wait until next year now?

I'm all the way in Septum. Im determined to beat Babylonia before the 20th though.
I'm guessing you're playing on NA version... in which case you'll have to wait for next year's re-run. Plenty of time to crush Babylonia and the next chapter once released.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on December 14, 2018, 10:23:36 pm
Aye but you get a extra 30 quarts for beating Babylonia before the 20th and i want Quezacotle Merlin
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 15, 2018, 10:28:10 am
just take your time , 30 quartz is nothing you'll get more in the story quests.

do you guys have rituals? i mean it's still rng but a lot of fgo players are very superstitious , i happened to get 4 stars in ticket rolls after a 60,000 friend point summons. i got majority of my 5 stars in single pulls too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 15, 2018, 10:38:50 am
No rituals, I keep it real.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 15, 2018, 03:45:42 pm
i just noticed something weird , yesterday my quartz are 92 now it's 100. i checked my received gifts and i didn't got any quartz, a bug probably?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 17, 2018, 11:15:38 pm
Question re:Merlin.
If I happen to get an early pull on him, should I keep going for NP2+, or stop there for a future banner?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 18, 2018, 10:52:16 am
Upgrading the NP level for Merlin only increases the HP regen per turn from 1000 at NP1 to 1500 at NP2 with NP5 only going up to 2000. So unless you want his NP to heal more, then go for NP2 otherwise he's fine at NP1.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 18, 2018, 05:51:40 pm
one copy is enough , his NP is ok but his active skills are way more important , plus his np effects can stack anyway having 4k heal per turn is overkill.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 18, 2018, 06:20:06 pm
In my experience Merlin will build NP so fast with the right party that trying to get him over 100 anyway is hamstringing yourself
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on December 18, 2018, 09:24:05 pm
I finally got Gorgon from the weekly ticket!

Now I guess I can use that 30 SQ and see if I can get Merlin... lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 21, 2018, 09:09:50 am
Didn't get Merlin in 11 multis.

Last 4 10-rolls were super dogshit, but I ended up with Saberlot, a second TCat, Ibaraki and Stheno.

Got enough CEs to MLB a Kscope, Iron Willed Training, Projection and Golden Millennium Tree.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 21, 2018, 01:41:48 pm
i got beowulf and np 3 martha , np 4 ibaraki and some 5 star ce. i'm planning to roll again maybe tomorrow. 30$ limit.

seems that my whaler friends still haven't pulled him too , so i'm a little bit worried usually 3 copies of new servants would pop up on my friendslist already.

EDIT: i couldn't wait for tomorrow and I  decided to load up some cash and GOT the FLUFFY CASTER. i spent 102 sq. i still got a little bit left for musashi.

lol i'm all out of qp ... i shouldn't have used it on martha earlier if i knew i would get merlin. used up 200million and i'm short 5m to max limit all merlin's skill.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 22, 2018, 07:38:00 am
Eh, I got Merlin too, but fuck that! The best thing has happened today! Kiyohime finally getting an animation update! Oh yeah, Tama Cat getting some too I guess...



Da-Vinci Lily also announced as free 4* Welfare servant in FGO Arcade. Not sure if she'll appear in Mobile version.

(https://i.imgur.com/wWcQTKM.png)



Now if you'll excuse me, I need give to give the rest of my grails to Kiyo.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 22, 2018, 09:19:28 am
NA won't be having that update huh? wish we get at least the animation update.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Midori on December 23, 2018, 10:14:57 pm
Finally rid of the stock projectile animations, i'll give my Kiyohime much more attention now.

NA won't be having that update huh? wish we get at least the animation update.
It will come to NA eventually~

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 27, 2018, 01:59:25 am
I got spooked by the Gacha on my third try. Nursery Rhyme instead of Merlin. ;_;

Still got Ibaraki and Hydrargyrum.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 27, 2018, 01:57:43 pm
well time for the new year banner is coming near.

when are we gonna have a jeanne alter banner? i really want to have her before shinjuku.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Midori on December 27, 2018, 02:31:35 pm
JP's New Year 5* gacha looks really good~ I have 16 of these servants already though so I hope I can get someone new.
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/157974007889526784/527693622297100288/cd0c466.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 27, 2018, 03:02:34 pm
lol bb summer is in there , was she really that popular?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 27, 2018, 03:34:30 pm
well time for the new year banner is coming near.

when are we gonna have a jeanne alter banner? i really want to have her before shinjuku.

You're out of luck. Unless NA does something different, outside of guaranteed SSR banners that feature limited servants (the closest one being the second anniversary) the next time Jalter will have a proper rate up again won't be until early 2020 where the Da Vinci event will get a rerun.

I got spooked by the Gacha on my third try. Nursery Rhyme instead of Merlin. ;_;

Still got Ibaraki and Hydrargyrum.

I'll have you know while going for Ishtar, Vanilla Jeanne decided to spook me 3 TIMES IN A ROW (she is now NP4) and to add insult to injury, Arjuna decided to spook me afterwards. Ishtar came home eventually, but the roller coaster ride of emotions leading to her wasn't appreciated. I almost burnt Arjuna because of it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 27, 2018, 03:37:08 pm
lol bb summer is in there , was she really that popular?

It doesn't matter, she's limited just like the other 5 star summer servants who are also there

EDIT: IT'S ONLY 15 QUARTZ THIS YEAR?!?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 27, 2018, 04:53:52 pm
yeah i think they would change the 30sq paid gacha to 15 sq instead. dunno if that will be applicable in NA too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on December 27, 2018, 05:29:44 pm
I'll have you know while going for Ishtar, Vanilla Jeanne decided to spook me 3 TIMES IN A ROW (she is now NP4) and to add insult to injury, Arjuna decided to spook me afterwards. Ishtar came home eventually, but the roller coaster ride of emotions leading to her wasn't appreciated. I almost burnt Arjuna because of it.
Man, I would like to get to the point where there's a situation that getting 4 5*s can make me angry.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 27, 2018, 06:10:28 pm
Do the blood roll every once in a while, you'll get there

Probably not that specific situation, that's unique to players like Kohaku
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 28, 2018, 12:39:57 am
Man, I would like to get to the point where there's a situation that getting 4 5*s can make me angry.

It's not the fact that I got 4 5*s that wasn't Ishtar that made me angry, it's the fact that I got the same off banner 5* 3 times in a row. The worst part was that Arjuna spook since he was accompanied by rainbow sparks which revealed a gold archer card. I then breathed a sigh of relief thinking it was over, then the next thing I knew I was at Da Vinci's shop contemplating whether I needed 5 more rare prisms.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 28, 2018, 03:00:28 am
well time for the new year banner is coming near.

when are we gonna have a jeanne alter banner? i really want to have her before shinjuku.

You're out of luck. Unless NA does something different, outside of guaranteed SSR banners that feature limited servants (the closest one being the second anniversary) the next time Jalter will have a proper rate up again won't be until early 2020 where the Da Vinci event will get a rerun.

I got spooked by the Gacha on my third try. Nursery Rhyme instead of Merlin. ;_;

Still got Ibaraki and Hydrargyrum.

I'll have you know while going for Ishtar, Vanilla Jeanne decided to spook me 3 TIMES IN A ROW (she is now NP4) and to add insult to injury, Arjuna decided to spook me afterwards. Ishtar came home eventually, but the roller coaster ride of emotions leading to her wasn't appreciated. I almost burnt Arjuna because of it.

Ouch... talking about bad luck.

Either way, need more people for support, so, if you're in the NA server, want we become friends? If so, ask me for my ID to send it to you.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 28, 2018, 10:54:06 am
Anyone can feel free to add me. I might have to purge my friend's list of inactives though.

699722371
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 28, 2018, 11:50:04 am
Might as well post mine for thoose who need a helping hand... whichever I can give.

887924058
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 28, 2018, 12:33:30 pm
738,312,882
My Jalter will set you free.

Edit: Got Merlin! I only logged on to use up my AP before I go to bed, and only had enough gems to roll because my Robin gained a bond level.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 31, 2018, 04:17:19 pm
JP New Years Event with 5* Saber Benienma. Rank Up/Strengthening quests for Tamamo, Tama Cat, Fionn, and Kiyohime have also been released.


Learning with Manga animated short:




Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 01, 2019, 05:46:42 am
happy new year guys ... well not for me cause jack didn't came home ... jeanne and big snek lady spook me.

my ticket rolls are good though got me some good 5 stars and 4 star CE and a couple of NP level for my 4 star servants. i still got 10 more tickets and 90 sq left hope i get musashi.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 01, 2019, 06:26:26 am
Spoiler: my paid pull (click to see content)
I'm not mad with this pull, I figured an NP2 Jack would be awesome, but Jeanne D'Ruler is fine too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 01, 2019, 06:58:45 am
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IT HAPPENED IT FUCKING HAPPENED FIONN SPPOOKK MEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! he's not even enough to buy one item from the shop.

time to burn my phone.


new animation for tamamo cat ... got her in np 5 already , too bad we gonna have to wait for 2 years.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on January 01, 2019, 07:00:12 am
(https://i.imgur.com/wKQ2SA6.png)

Ended up getting her from the Babylonia banner on the final day, which meant I can go back to GSSR Lancer as I promised and then...

(https://i.imgur.com/mGx5YjJ.png)

I got The Lion King like I wanted for the past few months, according to Keikaku

And thus even me failing to get Musashi, I'm still happy for today.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 01, 2019, 07:38:29 am
I got Medb and Musashi. But fuck that, I finally got my Mona Lisa CE!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 01, 2019, 08:17:12 am
new loli servant spotlight. she looks like a disgaea character.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 01, 2019, 11:37:42 am
happy new year guys ... well not for me cause jack didn't came home ... jeanne and big snek lady spook me.

You know I was actually waiting to see what you ended rolling in the GSSR Banner. My condolences, but Jeanne's really good.

As for me unlike most people who rolled Rider, I was actually hoping for Medb.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 01, 2019, 01:29:15 pm
nah it's no big deal , i just love to over react to things just to make more fun.

i'm tempted to buy more quartz i already used my $30 dollar limit. i'll get another chance next month.
i'm actually surprised how good my ticket rolls were , it was almost a perfect gold streak , got me 15 gold cards sadly no new servants and i only got 3 silver cards. i still got 2 more i'll try my luck tomorrow.  and i'm one card away from MLB the new 4 star CE. though i think the prisma event cards are way better

anyway make sure you guys don't use fgo with apkpure when purchasing quartz , you won't know who's looking.


and now is the time to use your friend points and do some stock piling for your CE bombs while there's a x2 bonus. i already got max level 3 cards today.


i heard JP is now more newbie friendly, i might make an account there soon but complete free to play since i don't want to spend more money on png lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 01, 2019, 11:37:16 pm
Let's see who I get on the paid gacha.

EDIT: Damnit. I got Sanzang... Well, gonna farm her I guess. I have a feeling shes going to be important for my team when Lostbelt Arc begins in NA.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 03, 2019, 07:47:15 pm
i started playing in jp and holy shit my rolls are worst in jp 120 quartz all bare minimum.

i'm gonna stick to NA, the new features are really confusing me and it's jp for some reason is slow and loading takes forever.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 08, 2019, 05:09:07 am
King Hassan on the 9th right after the New Years Banner ends.

1/2 AP training grounds also happening.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on January 08, 2019, 08:03:36 pm
And Old Man Li Shuwen is coming in the JP's New Years Banner Part 2 as well...

This is not a coincidence...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 09, 2019, 11:02:48 am
well i can't roll for now my funds are drained and twice from musashi and jack both i didn't get.

anyway here's the official trailer for the anime.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 15, 2019, 05:59:23 am
Moon Goddess rerun on the 16th. It’s also one of the events I skipped over during my initial run of FGO so I’m going in here blind, though I heard this event is bad like pre-revamp Journey to the West bad.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 15, 2019, 02:36:24 pm
what do you mean bad? bad as in no worthy item drops? or bad as in a waste of time bad?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on January 15, 2019, 10:30:16 pm
Might as well do it for the shop materials + summon tickets.

The banner is terrible. Both the servants and the CEs aren't anything worth shooting for + Gramps will still be around for a while.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 15, 2019, 10:37:18 pm
Moon Goddess rerun on the 16th. It’s also one of the events I skipped over during my initial run of FGO so I’m going in here blind, though I heard this event is bad like pre-revamp Journey to the West bad.
what do you mean bad? bad as in no worthy item drops? or bad as in a waste of time bad?
Grinding a 5ap node was totally the worst thing I've ever done in this game.

It really was bad, I can't even remember the story of this event, the grind made me wipe most of the details.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 16, 2019, 10:24:32 am
Moon Goddess rerun on the 16th. It’s also one of the events I skipped over during my initial run of FGO so I’m going in here blind, though I heard this event is bad like pre-revamp Journey to the West bad.

It's only true worth is getting those elusive Claws of Chaos (that's a reason why I haven't gotten Jack to her Final Ascenscion).

Might as well do it for the shop materials + summon tickets.

The banner is terrible. Both the servants and the CEs aren't anything worth shooting for + Gramps will still be around for a while.

While I couldn't get Gramps, well... I did get something worthwhile either way...

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/525561083067498497/535013932813910026/Fate_GO_2019-01-16-02-28-06.jpg)

I now know where are those Crystalized Lores going to be spent on... e.e
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on January 17, 2019, 12:54:30 am
Waver

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 17, 2019, 07:42:51 am
You say the banner is terrible and I'm inclined to agree with you, but my dumbass collector side wants to roll on it cause I don't have Orion despite being able to spook you on any banner.

Meanwhile my whale side is torn between going for NP3 Gramps or just saving for Cu Alter/MHX Alter who have banners coming out next month.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 17, 2019, 02:17:24 pm
well i gotta save for valentines for jack maybe i'll get her this time around.

hmm most servants that i like are berserkers...but i rarely use them , well except for herc and cu . at least they can take care of themselves and doesn't really need much support. i just don't like servants who really needs a babysitting even if they do have a lot of damage it just a turn off to me if they don't have an evade or defense buff.

btw did they just update orion's animation?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 18, 2019, 03:11:18 am
well i gotta save for valentines for jack maybe i'll get her this time around.

hmm most servants that i like are berserkers...but i rarely use them , well except for herc and cu . at least they can take care of themselves and doesn't really need much support. i just don't like servants who really needs a babysitting even if they do have a lot of damage it just a turn off to me if they don't have an evade or defense buff.

btw did they just update orion's animation?

They did. We're getting the updates Japan did 2 years prior.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 19, 2019, 06:56:17 am
Prillya event finally getting a rerun with new 4* Caster, Miyu Edelfelt. Illya also getting some animation updates.

(https://i.imgur.com/4SuHZD5.jpg)



Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 19, 2019, 08:58:57 am
would be great if she could transform.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 22, 2019, 02:40:53 pm
Edmond Dantes Prison Tower event rerun is tomorrow after maintenance. The new challenge quest where you fight all 7 bosses at once is also available once you clear Solomon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 24, 2019, 12:49:34 pm
in other fate related news,
artela going full turn a.


still hate the game though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 24, 2019, 03:03:07 pm
Her name is Altera/Atilla Larva. Ok...that's cool and all, but I'll stick with Altera Lily.

Anyways here's Miyu's and Illya's animations:




Miyu has been dubbed "Merlin Lite" as their NPs are very similar in that they both heal, charge NP, and provide critical stars to the entire party. The biggest differences are that Miyu's HP regen is only half as strong as Merlin's, the buffs are also tied to Miyu as opposed to the entire party (meaning that if Miyu leaves the front lines or is defeated, the buffs are gone), and the hefty 3000 HP demerit though it won't drop her HP below 1.

Also I was planning to go all in with my left over quartz from Gramps for Dantes cause I'm stupid, and out pops Nagito Mr. Edgelord from the first card of the first multi. Whelp there goes my luck in trying to go for MHX Alter in 2 weeks...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 27, 2019, 10:30:33 pm
I'm gonna have to save my sq till november to get a second chance to get gramps. But the banner got me both: Waver and 2030.

Will I get 600 SQ by then?

Either way... I'll try August's lucky gacha... but if I get Iskandar or MHX... e_e;
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 28, 2019, 01:26:22 pm
Unless you're willing to bust out Wallet-kun, then there's no way you'll be able to get 600 quartz naturally through gameplay by the time Gramps comes back.

To put it in perspective we get around a total of 24 quartz and 9 tickets per month however that's not including things like maintenance and events though the amount given is often negligible most of the time. FGO is incredibly stingy with its premium currency though I've heard they've been getting better in JP recently.

Speaking of tickets, NA is having its 5m downloads campaign on the 30th with the return of Da Vinci. We'll be getting a bunch of goodies as well as the 2x Super and Great success rate of Servants/CEs and 1/2 AP QP dailies.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 29, 2019, 08:41:58 am
Unless you're willing to bust out Wallet-kun, then there's no way you'll be able to get 600 quartz naturally through gameplay by the time Gramps comes back.

To put it in perspective we get around a total of 24 quartz and 9 tickets per month however that's not including things like maintenance and events though the amount given is often negligible most of the time. FGO is incredibly stingy with its premium currency though I've heard they've been getting better in JP recently.

Speaking of tickets, NA is having its 5m downloads campaign on the 30th with the return of Da Vinci. We'll be getting a bunch of goodies as well as the 2x Super and Great success rate of Servants/CEs and 1/2 AP QP dailies.

I'm taking into consideration my quarrtz prize when I reach another 50 logins. Though wonder how many I will win when I reach the 200 logins.

Either way, I'm done with the Main story. So I can work on farming with a lower pace at least. Will partake on the Re-Runs though. Need that Nobu.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 29, 2019, 09:01:27 am
I hope nobody read this post before I edited it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 29, 2019, 01:41:06 pm
Unless you're willing to bust out Wallet-kun, then there's no way you'll be able to get 600 quartz naturally through gameplay by the time Gramps comes back.

To put it in perspective we get around a total of 24 quartz and 9 tickets per month however that's not including things like maintenance and events though the amount given is often negligible most of the time. FGO is incredibly stingy with its premium currency though I've heard they've been getting better in JP recently.

Speaking of tickets, NA is having its 5m downloads campaign on the 30th with the return of Da Vinci. We'll be getting a bunch of goodies as well as the 2x Super and Great success rate of Servants/CEs and 1/2 AP QP dailies.

I'm taking into consideration my quarrtz prize when I reach another 50 logins. Though wonder how many I will win when I reach the 200 logins.

Either way, I'm done with the Main story. So I can work on farming with a lower pace at least. Will partake on the Re-Runs though. Need that Nobu.

200 = 80 , my best bet is by october you'll have close to 500 sq. i'm counting the possible give aways and the sq you'll get from the new chapter.

honestly i don't really have much luck in the gacha , most of my 5 stars are from my ticket rolls.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 30, 2019, 12:00:33 am
80 sq from 200 logins...!?

Dayum...

If I have the confidence, I'll try the challenge quest.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 30, 2019, 08:40:59 am
(https://i.imgur.com/Ql4gVHp.png)

Cleared the challenge quest by playing it lame safe with Vanilla Jeanne, Mash, and a support Cu-zilla. I had Merlin, King Hassan, and Herc in the back line just in case something went wrong. That time where Jeanne spooked me non-stop during Christmas is actually paying off

80 sq from 200 logins...!?

For the record just in case there's some misconception with what he said, starting from your 100th login every 50 days afterwards you will only receive 20 quartz. During the 3rd anniversary next year we'll hopefully get that change that JP had where it's changed to 30 quartz instead while also being reimbursed for the change so you can potentially gain over 200 quartz depending on how many total logins you had since you started playing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 30, 2019, 09:44:58 am
(https://i.imgur.com/jEOu6TE.png)
Pretty self explanatory team. My Merlin is only 4/4/4 and I used an 8/8/10 friend. If I didn't refuse to use Jalter's NP against Jeanne you could probably shave off 30-40 turns.
The hardest part was the first two sections thanks to the usual slow start and Jalter exclusively being targeted by the servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 30, 2019, 12:47:50 pm
i toyed with the challenge quest , wasn't really that hard but i did try to do an all arts stall team , mash,  2 merlins , waver , anne&mary and shiki.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on February 04, 2019, 07:06:34 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/w7uk7Cw.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/FDdHkw7.png)

Challenge quest done  :gouki:.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 05, 2019, 06:28:45 am
2018 Valentines rerun with MHX Alter banner on the 6th after maintenance.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 05, 2019, 06:50:59 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/525561083067498497/542220007409451009/Fate_GO_2019-02-04-23-41-51.jpg)

Suceeded on finishing the Prison Tower challenge quest.

Note worth of mention, my Herc has no Bond CE.

Of course, Merlin had to be the guy to go for the Support.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 05, 2019, 11:06:55 am
Valentines 2019 in JP announced with new 5* Caster Murasaki Shikibu.



Nightingale also getting an animation update.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 06, 2019, 11:52:31 am
she looks like akiha.

nightingale update
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 06, 2019, 01:05:40 pm
Nightingale literally bedding the opponent.

Damn...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 10, 2019, 07:09:59 am
what should i do to the chocolates CEs after this event? all of them are basically useless.

i like that most of the dialogues are innocent and sweet some are funny too but  archer mary/anne implies they want a threesome
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on February 10, 2019, 10:35:12 am
Second archive them or use them as CE XP fodder.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 12, 2019, 12:05:05 pm
25 ticket + $30 worth of saint quartz still no jack. i got mhx alter though and lancer medusa. and some 4 stars.

almost all my 10 rolls are bare minimum... 2 years still jackless. the only conciliation that i got is i got np 5 jaguar man!!!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on February 12, 2019, 07:19:42 pm
I was able to get 2 MHX Alters with 120-140 SQ.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 13, 2019, 02:50:01 pm
i kinda regret pulling mhex , she sucks ... well i don't like berserkers in general but she's really weak. she can't survive and she can't dish out damage .

her only utility is to kill sabers but an archer could do that and survive. chloe is way better on that job.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 13, 2019, 11:42:08 pm
Just put her in hibernation until you get Skadi.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 14, 2019, 03:33:58 am
i kinda regret pulling mhex , she sucks ... well i don't like berserkers in general but she's really weak. she can't survive and she can't dish out damage .

her only utility is to kill sabers but an archer could do that and survive. chloe is way better on that job.

She has a low Atk stat because it’s to balance her ability to spam her NP due to her incredibly high NP gain. She’s pobably the only Berserker in the game who can reliably fill her NP gauge without the need of an outside battery like most other Bersekers who have piss poor NP gain (Bersekerlot/Vlad) or a good one, but doesn’t have the proper command deck to fully utilize it (Kiyohime/Ibaraki). Also compared to Archers her NP will do more damage to Sabers due to her NP’s secondary effect which effectively boosts her multiplier from 1.5x to 2.25x (at base overcharge) compared to Archer’s 2x. So if you need to burst down a single Saber enemy in one shot then MHXA will do a better job.

But yes one of biggest flaws is other than having no hard survival skill, is that her Atk is low for a 5* Berserker especially since her kit revolves around DPS. However once her buffs come in and with the advent of Skadi next year, MHXA will become one of the strongest if not the strongest single target nuker in the game with the exception against Foreigners and maybe other Berserkers.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 16, 2019, 07:53:43 am
https://fate-go.us/shinjuku/

Shinjuku US page up with epic timely JoJo reference.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 16, 2019, 11:33:33 am
I'm honestly not looking forward to the break bar shenanigans that EoR introduces... RIP OTK strats

I tried to roll for Quetz yesterday and I ended up getting cock blocked by Vanilla Jeanne yet again! She is now my first 5* at NP5... I love you Jeanne, but plz I wanted Lucha goddess. Now I'm thinking if I should roll for Moriarty once Shinjuku drops next week.

(https://i.imgur.com/ZwOOAfs.png)

Also I cleared the Valentines challenge quest with Lancer Altria (MLB Black Grail), Waver, and Merlin (with Gilgamesh and support Merlin in the back line). I first tried it with the Arts meme team of Vlad, Waver, and Tamamo, but it didn't work out too well since the enemies were getting lucky crits and I wasn't able to drain some of their NPs in time, so I opted with an AoE NP set up and Lancer Altria fit the bill quite nicely since she's able to spam her NP reliably with her great NP gain and battery skill.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on February 17, 2019, 10:25:23 pm
I'm honestly not looking forward to the break bar shenanigans that EoR introduces... RIP OTK strats

I tried to roll for Quetz yesterday and I ended up getting cock blocked by Vanilla Jeanne yet again! She is now my first 5* at NP5... I love you Jeanne, but plz I wanted Lucha goddess. Now I'm thinking if I should roll for Moriarty once Shinjuku drops next week.

(https://i.imgur.com/ZwOOAfs.png)

Also I cleared the Valentines challenge quest with Lancer Altria (MLB Black Grail), Waver, and Merlin (with Gilgamesh and support Merlin in the back line). I first tried it with the Arts meme team of Vlad, Waver, and Tamamo, but it didn't work out too well since the enemies were getting lucky crits and I wasn't able to drain some of their NPs in time, so I opted with an AoE NP set up and Lancer Altria fit the bill quite nicely since she's able to spam her NP reliably with her great NP gain and battery skill.

Hey, you suffered like I did... and I got NP6 Jeanne...my first USO

i kinda regret pulling mhex , she sucks ... well i don't like berserkers in general but she's really weak. she can't survive and she can't dish out damage .

her only utility is to kill sabers but an archer could do that and survive. chloe is way better on that job.

She gets far better in a few months with her Strengthening changing her Instinct into a 3 turn 20-30% Quick Buff and she becomes stupid powerful once Skadi comes into the picture.
As Magical Amber states, MHX Alter has the best cards and NP Gen to reliably get her NP gauge up compared to most Berserkers(the only ones who can match her is Raikou and Nightingale) without a real need for outside Support. Her Infinity Chocolate skill actually helps her if you have a decent healer with her to also compensate or even a MC with a Heal on it. And her 3rd skill can surprisingly make certain that the one character you want to crit can with no chance of them gobbling up stars.

Basically wait for her strengthening around the 2nd anniversary coming up which will make her FAR better(a 3 turn 20-30% Quick buff for her is no joke) and Fou her and give her a strong ATK based card and you are good to go.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 18, 2019, 06:07:00 am
Me regarding the introoduction of Break bars next week...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1geHuoc7_8
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 18, 2019, 06:18:50 am
Just finished up the valentines event by cleaning up the last few monuments in the shop.

All in all I farmed 31 pages, used about 5 golden apples and got 2 Arjuna CE drops.

Still need 14 pages and 26 gears to get my Merlin to 10/10/10 though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 18, 2019, 12:16:03 pm
kenan and kell , that takes me back . i used to watch that show and amanda was fucking hot back in the day too, what happened to her? kenan is the only one who pursue an entertainment career.

anyway back on topic we gonna get up to 10 free sq and 10 tickets and some other freebies this coming week .  for valentines i'm almost done , well i should've been done if i used any apples. at least now i got enough to grail paul and max her skills and stats when she drops.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 18, 2019, 01:24:26 pm
Speaking of break bars, we're actually getting them sooner than expected when the memorial quests get released today as part of the promotional campaign for the FGO USA Tour. The number of quests you can complete depends on how many Singularities you have cleared up until this point, with each Memorial quest rewarding you a Summon Ticket (8 in total). There will also be an accompanying rotating banner which will feature Servants in their respective Singularities.

The Shinjuku pre-release campaign also starts at the same time with 1/2 AP Story event for those who need to catch up.

https://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=/iframe/2019/0216_tour2019_cp/

EDIT:
(https://i.imgur.com/7dNlu3Q.png)

Cleared the final Memorial quest with Jeanne, Summer Altria, and Merlin with Support Merlin, Mash, and Robin Hood (only used him to maximize cost) in the back. The biggest obstacle for me was keeping both Merlins alive long enough (since Salter will target any Caster out on the field first before focusing on anyone else) to the point where I could somewhat stall it out with just Jeanne, Summer Altria, and Mash while using Altria's and Jeanne's NP to mitigate Salter's NP gauge.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 19, 2019, 12:16:55 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/t3CQEGk.png)
The Jalter meme team couldn't hold out until the end but lucky I had decent backup. Frontline bowed out with 600k left of the last bar.
If my own Merlin had level 6+ invincibility skill I would have steamrolled her, though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 20, 2019, 04:19:48 pm
JP finally getting a rerun of the CCC event and some of the new things includes new animations for Melt and Kiara, but the biggest one being a new mode called Black Hole which is a side story consisting of challenge quests which are "the hardest to date". These quests also reveal the new 5* Alter Ego Kingprotea who is another one of the Sakura Five.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on February 20, 2019, 06:02:14 pm
So are we getting two more reruns in the future for Violet and Kazuradrop? Dunno why they didn't release all three at once or why they didn't just do a Foxtail event in the first place.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on February 21, 2019, 12:06:37 pm
So are we getting two more reruns in the future for Violet and Kazuradrop? Dunno why they didn't release all three at once or why they didn't just do a Foxtail event in the first place.

It's weird since it seems highly likely that since Kingprotea is a 5 star and not a 4 star, making it more obvious if there is another 4 star coming with her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 23, 2019, 08:05:42 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/525561083067498497/548761649654530048/Fate_GO_2019-02-23-01-01-57.jpg)

So I decided to give a shot to the Camelot Gacha, and well... e.e

Don't really mind much I got Astolfo as well. Lancertoria makes the pull really worth it. Also got a second Bedi and a Nictoris.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 23, 2019, 08:08:56 am
yeah lancetoria is a pretty good lancer. 

i think i'm gonna skip most banners til summer. there's not much interesting servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 23, 2019, 10:30:27 am
I tried my luck on the Babylonia banner and finally got Lucha Goddess. NP3 Ana and NP2 Gorgon also came in for the ride, though I wish one of those Anas was best clay Enkidu...

Now I think I have some extra funds from this banner to try out for Mr. Dandy this Sunday...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 23, 2019, 12:11:28 pm
i couldn't resist as well and put 1 ticket and got gilgamesh.

damn i'm really lucky on those ticket pulls than my 10 rolls. i wish we can convert quartz to tickets


EDIT: when are we going to have the shinjuku costumes?.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 26, 2019, 01:22:59 am
How's Shinjuku treating everyone? Vlad III (Lancer) is starting to become my MVP for this singularity because of his extra damage to anything evil so he'll probably be my go to Servant during the last few battles especially since I have him at NP5. I'm starting to get used to the break bar system, it's just the gimmicks that's associated with some of the boss battles is what's putting me off. If that's the case then I'm really going to dread Shimosa once that drops...

Also I had no luck in getting Mr. Dandy as I was promptly cock blocked by NP3 Xuanzang....I WANT MY HUSBANDO! I dunno whether I'll try again for him or just cut my losses and wait for Cu-zilla's rate up during Chaldea Boys.

when are we going to have the shinjuku costumes?.

We won't get Jalter's Shinjuku costume till the Da Vinci event rerun which is around January of next year if we continue to follow JP's schedule.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 26, 2019, 06:25:11 am
So far it's Double Merlin and friends, I'm not too fussed on the bond gimmick because I don't have many worthwhile eligible servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 26, 2019, 12:54:42 pm
eh i just throw in who has a class advantage.

i only use bond level multiplier ce . probably that's why i take more time to beat opponents.  free quartz and i do like seeing those shiny multicolored gems.

Quote
We won't get Jalter's Shinjuku costume till the Da Vinci event rerun which is around January of next year if we continue to follow JP's schedule.
i don't have jalter anyway only plain old jeanne , how about salter?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 26, 2019, 02:27:40 pm
i don't have jalter anyway only plain old jeanne , how about salter?
ETA Never.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 27, 2019, 12:15:04 pm
Playable Kingprotea. She retains her size lol.


Has a unique sub system that revolves around her first skill. Upon using her first skill, she'll gain a stack of "growth" every turn which also boosts her max HP for the entirety of the battle. She can spend those stacks of "growth" with her second skill that reduces the cooldowns of all of skills and charges her NP gauge depending on the amount of "growth" stacks removed. Finally she can continue to stack "growth" (up to 10) and boost her Buster card effectiveness with her NP's secondary effect.

I believe she even has the second highest Atk stat in the game right now, only below Jalter....she sounds broken...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 27, 2019, 12:42:01 pm
big girl protea vs. big meme paul. book it!

she has a moss onesies




i got Moriarty 1 ticket.  now i can save for summer banners.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on March 01, 2019, 05:58:58 pm
Damn I just learned that lostbelt 6 will be camelot again; can't wait.

ok, noah's noble phantasm is too much.
https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Fate/school_life
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on March 01, 2019, 07:48:17 pm
Damn I just learned that lostbelt 6 will be camelot again; can't wait.

Makes sense, Mash has to recover the ability to not be dogshit in story missions


Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 05, 2019, 08:59:08 am
Chaldea Boys 2019 starts on the 6th with Arthur Pendragon banner. I'm waiting for the Cu-zilla rate up before I try.

https://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=%2Fiframe%2F2019%2F0306_cbc2019%2F
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 05, 2019, 11:19:25 am
Time to throw my quartz at Waver again.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on March 06, 2019, 07:55:59 am
To go or NOT to go for Ozy? That's the question.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on March 06, 2019, 03:59:36 pm
Lol I used up a single ticket just for kicks and got Moriarty. I wish I had this luck when I drained my quartz on papa bones.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on March 07, 2019, 08:07:53 am
Which CE's to take from the tickets I got? Any recommendations?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 07, 2019, 08:29:19 am
I'm gonna get Versus and Hot Sands. Last year I got Teacher and I.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 07, 2019, 11:34:08 am
Which CE's to take from the tickets I got? Any recommendations?

depends on who's servant you want to give a CE.

last time i got noisy obsession for euryale and i like the artwork for it.

i'm still choosing to what i'll get , i'm leaning on glass full sweet time cause of the sure hit and dante files both will be useful on gimmick fights.

btw are these CE can be obtain in the gacha? i really want to LB noisy obsession.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 07, 2019, 12:05:38 pm
2018 CEs are in the Amakusa banner and 2019 CEs are in the Arthur banner.

EDIT: Got room for friends again.
738,312,882
Got Merlin, JAlter, Tamamo, Jack, Nero Bride and Tesla among others.
I'm not a whale tho so most of my pulls are only NP1, though JAlter and Bride are NP2.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on March 08, 2019, 01:12:07 am
I shall expand my friends list, so:

887,924,058 is my I'd.

Currwntly I have: Hallo Liz, Brave Liz, Euryale, Jailter, Santa Alter, Sanzang, Grailing Jack (Fou maxed), Nightingale (with 2030 CE and for further buster support) and Mash. I do have a Waver, but will only post him when his skills are at lv 6 each at least.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 08, 2019, 02:00:24 am
Waver can be used at level 1 for hands you should put him up anyway.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 09, 2019, 12:07:51 am
Guda Guda Revival on the 12th.

https://fate-go.us/gudaguda_revival/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 09, 2019, 04:55:17 am
earlier than expected , this is where we gonna get animation update for nobu and okita right?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on March 09, 2019, 08:03:42 am
Well, I can finally get my Nobu. I think we also get Hijikata, no?

Anyways, ddid a random ticket use and Got... Devilish Bodhisattva. Time to equip it on Hans.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 09, 2019, 08:17:54 am
you gonna enjoy nobu she's really good against divine servants. and her new animations are good too.

she's almost bond level 10 in my NA account.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on March 09, 2019, 05:50:27 pm
Well, I can finally get my Nobu. I think we also get Hijikata, no?
That's in the upcoming Guda event. This one has Okita instead.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 09, 2019, 06:06:59 pm
there are rumours going around that sacchin will appear in the gudaguda event for jp.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 10, 2019, 01:02:28 am
Right now there's nothing pointing to a new Guda Guda event in Japan. Those Satsuki rumors come from the revelation of the new Lancer Servant Nagao Kagetora (young Kenshin Uesugi) in Guda Ace where Satsuki is her Master.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 10, 2019, 01:57:01 pm
Did 3 10-rolls on the waver banner but only got a second copy of Beowulf.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 10, 2019, 05:41:33 pm
at least it's someone useful , though not as useful as herc , he's still a pretty good servant.

i kinda dislike beowulf's design in this game , i mean how he looks is fine the scars looks amazing but the pants and dual wielding glowing swords is kinda overkill. i don't remember magical swords being part of his legend.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 11, 2019, 02:54:07 am
I believe those swords are supposed to be Hrunting and Naegling which were weapons he wielded in his mythology.

Anyways Beowulf is trash now, but gets better two years down the line as his Instinct basically gets upgraded to Lancer Alter’s second skill with a star absorb and crit damage boost.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 11, 2019, 03:46:48 am
i don't remember magical swords being part of his legend.
His entire legend is going against two monsters and a dragon, and every time, he gets a magical sword, and he breaks it, so he has to finish the job with his hands (he's given Hrunting as a reward for killing Grendel, then Hrunting breaks against Grendel's mother, he picks some other sword in her cave and kills her but it breaks, then he gets Naegling, and decades later that one breaks too against the dragon, always because Beowulf himself is too strong for the weapon).
That's why his NP is him giving up his useless swords and going JoJo with his bare hands because that's how he kills monsters.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on March 11, 2019, 07:12:39 pm
He's also based on Tyler Durden according to his designer. So yeah. Fight club references too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 12, 2019, 02:10:52 pm
use 1 ticket to test my ticket roll luck , got me a 2nd copy of okita.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 12, 2019, 03:46:44 pm
Okita you piece of shit adorable bundle of joy, why in the world do you need materials I don't actually have!? Worse yet, this event doesn't even offer Dragon Fangs...

Guess I'll be spending some time in America for the first few hours of this event...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on March 12, 2019, 05:37:46 pm
So I tested my luck on the Okita banner...
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/525561083067498497/555066036026736652/Fate_GO_2019-03-12-09-48-22.jpg)

I no longer lack limited servants. Took me more than 6 months to get my first limited servant.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 12, 2019, 07:14:28 pm
she's really good , she's my first 5* too when i just started this game. even grailed her to 100.

and are we getting another free quartz for tomorrow?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on March 13, 2019, 03:18:32 am
Okita is still pretty good, but she won't be amazing again until Skadi comes around.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 15, 2019, 05:38:30 am
Dropped 240 quartz on the Cu-Zilla banner and ended up with NP2 Arthur and Cu-Zilla. I got spooked by Beowulf twice before Cu showed up though... I was also hoping to at least get Bedivere to NP5 during that time, but I guess I have to wait till the class based summoning campaign after Guda Guda to try for that.

Not gonna lie, this felt good especially after Moriarty basically mugged me before showing up during the first Shinjuku banner...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 15, 2019, 04:17:05 pm
240 sq for a second copy of a servant? or it's your first cu-serker?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 15, 2019, 11:23:47 pm
240 gave me 2 copies of Arthur, my first Cu-zilla, and 2 copies of Beowulf.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 24, 2019, 07:05:45 am
new trailer for jp ... looks like a bakemonogatari episode to be honest. sigh made me think about fate/extra anime and how the fuck they botch that up.


i'm really really tempted to roll for jack in today's banner. but ccc event is so fcking close.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 24, 2019, 11:23:43 am
Guda Guda 2 on the 28th.  #TeamNobu #TeamShinsengummies

Those thinking that Muramasa was going to be on the that JP event on suicide watch right now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on March 24, 2019, 08:42:11 pm
You know the Japanese are disappointed when the audience during the stream were silent and only cheered when the Babylon trailer came on. Also Kama has among the lowest retweets in anything F/GO related in history. Kiara has 10x more retweets even though a lot of them are just shitting on her (they generally don't like her that much).

Get promised Tokugawa that heavily teases Muramasa and instead get invaded by an unrelated gender-bent Sakura-faced (after we literally just got Kingprotea) Indian god. Not to mention the event having unpopular characters like Parvati, Kiara and Schez in it who all have nothing to do with the Tokugawa. Of fucking course everyone's disappointed.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 24, 2019, 10:24:15 pm
how many sakura faces are there?

well i gave in to temptation and roll for jack almost 160sq gone still no jack.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on March 25, 2019, 04:34:27 am
how many sakura faces are there?

well i gave in to temptation and roll for jack almost 160sq gone still no jack.

My Jack is still unfinished with her skills Level wise (6/1/6), but at LV 96, she could give you a hand while you get your own if you wish to have her as a support for the time being (being my very first 5* servant made me want to grail her).

For some reason, Kiara and Schez always rubbed me the wrong way.

So went with the GUDAGUDA challenge quest yesterday. Steamrolled with a setup of underleveled Waver, Nightingale and a support Raikou. Felt great.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 25, 2019, 10:22:29 am
thanks for the offer but i usually don't use support servants. not unless if i want to do double merlin or double waver.
gudaguda event isn't hard even the last node you can easily beat with under leveled 4 stars.

and new trailer for the anime\
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 25, 2019, 10:35:26 am
The last GUDAGUDA node isn't a challenge quest, and it wasn't a challenge quest the first time it ran.

and new trailer for the anime\
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FS3jW8-318[/youtube]
Looks alright, I guess. Is Gudao costume a thing in JP?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on March 25, 2019, 04:32:21 pm
It's not based on any existing Mystic Code, but I wouldn't be surprised if we get it as part of celebration campaign when Babylonia is released.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on March 25, 2019, 04:34:26 pm
In retrospect I'm kind of surprised we don't have one like that already
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 26, 2019, 12:41:18 pm
yeah cause i've still 1 level to go to max my mystic code and i haven't used atlasia mystic code yet.

question for the event what will happen if i maintain the power scale?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on March 28, 2019, 05:36:31 pm
Power Scale is Server wide. It just affects story dialogue.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 29, 2019, 12:17:00 am
It also affects which point ladder is going to get a bonus at the end of each battle phase. So if #TeamNobu wins by tomorrow, you get more points added to your #TeamNobu ladder.

While trying to MLB the Demon King CE, I got Hijikata, NP4 Xuanzang, and NP4 Mordred. That could have been NP3 Angry Shinsengummy, but I guess the NP upgrades are nice despite now minimal they are now...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 29, 2019, 01:44:16 am
i'm gonna pass , i've got too many berserkers and i rarely use them. plus i wasted too many saint quartz on the bait banner for jack.

so the new servants digivolves into a thot
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 29, 2019, 02:12:12 am
What do you expect from the Hindu God(dess) of love and desire who basically paved the way towards the creation of the Kama Sutra?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on March 29, 2019, 04:02:41 pm
the indian goddess Kama is related to the indian book kamasutra ? mind blown.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 29, 2019, 07:07:12 pm
God*
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on March 29, 2019, 08:08:02 pm
I am going by nasuverse canon  :tough:
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 29, 2019, 11:19:40 pm
In the FGO universe, Kama is still considered male. The reason why he chose Sakura as his vessel might have something to do with her connections to Parvati. Gameplay wise, Kama is referred to as a female.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on March 30, 2019, 12:35:44 am
Ah, I see; so sakura is a vessel and it's not just a look alike. I tought the latest was the case because of all the sakura-face complains I have been reading on the net , since it's dumb to complain about the character being a sakura face if it is sakura.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 30, 2019, 01:05:03 am
The Sakura Five are also literally Sakura (well, based on her body). The -face thing is just, like, a running gag or something, it's just to say they're reusing a design for whatever reason they give.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 30, 2019, 10:13:13 am
is there a reason to do all the quest nodes in the event or do i just need to do the lvl 80 40ap ones?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 30, 2019, 12:32:46 pm
Unless you're having trouble clearing the 40 AP nodes, then no.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 30, 2019, 12:57:33 pm
This event is wack. I'm doing Nobbu points first then gonna switch to Okita. I don't even care if my faction wins.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 30, 2019, 01:32:18 pm
you can farm only nobbu quest til you get all 1 million then switch to okita if you want. they still gonna give you the bonus.


Unless you're having trouble clearing the 40 AP nodes, then no.

so i don't really need to waste time doing those then thanks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on March 31, 2019, 04:47:51 am
Completing both sides is important if you want Chacha, that is.

But I find Shinsengumi side easier to do with my lineup. I will eventually move to Nobu's side, but in a nutshell, you need only 600k to complete what's necessary.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 31, 2019, 01:24:09 pm
JP event introduces a new Beast enemy: Kama/Mara aka Beast III/L

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on March 31, 2019, 11:20:48 pm
He's turned into a Sakuraface because who fucking cares at this point.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 01, 2019, 04:09:38 pm
they could've at least use luvia , after king protea they should've taken a break using sakura face for awhile.

there was really no need to use another sakura face not if it's part of the sakura five. her ascended np is cool though not gonna lie.

did mata hari got an update in the jp version?



Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 01, 2019, 07:51:05 pm
Who the fuck puts so much effort in an April Fool's that people will only get salty about because they know it's not happening
Most people just make an artwork, you know ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on April 01, 2019, 08:10:59 pm
I haven't been able to figure out whether that is a fan anim or if type moon officially put that out as a joke

If it's the latter I can at least take heart that they're listening to the survey requests I've made for the last three years
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 01, 2019, 08:13:44 pm
Pretty sure it's fan made since it's only showing up on some rando's Twitter and Youtube an nowhere else.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on April 01, 2019, 08:21:06 pm
hahaha, mother fuckers.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 02, 2019, 08:04:57 am
Who the fuck puts so much effort in an April Fool's that people will only get salty about because they know it's not happening
Most people just make an artwork, you know ?

This isn't the first time something like this happened. In fact this is the second time this person did such an elaborate prank where they released another well done animation which teased at a "FGO x Gundam" collaboration last year.

That being said, there are some things that you don't joke about even during April Fools...

GOETIA WAS RIGHT ABOUT HUMANITY ALL ALONG
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: -Greed- on April 02, 2019, 04:41:27 pm
Could be worse.

Could've been a ufotable animation accurate trailer for a Tsukihime/Melty Blood anime, teasing the legendary Satsuki route.  At least this one wasn't animated THAT smoothly, and I could tell something was up immediately. ;~;
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 03, 2019, 09:27:30 am
(https://i.imgur.com/qGdk63N.png)

Cleared the challenge quest with Medb, Merlin, and Mash with Cu Alter, Hans, and support Merlin in the back. It's the easiest CQ so far assuming you've been stacking the Wolves of Mibu CE and Hijikata doesn't actually crit with all of his buff spam.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on April 03, 2019, 10:19:06 am
I personally went with the Taunter Route.

Benkei, Leonidas and Georgios helped me to buy time for Waver, Euryale and Gramps to deplete Hijikata's 4 bars. I could have used Mash and/or Xuanzang, but they have too high HP and Hijikata more likely than not would have used his skills instead.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 03, 2019, 11:05:01 am
To celebrate getting my MLB K-Scope to 100 I threw it on my JAlter, used all my command spells and beat the CQ in 4 turns.

Got a 2nd Atalante with the ticket, now I might use her in farming teams.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 03, 2019, 02:28:04 pm
haven't tried it yet , but i got my gorgon sisters ready.

game is kinda slow on my end , took 5 minutes just to load a summoned servant. btw i've completed america servants
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 08, 2019, 11:25:11 pm
It's happening.



https://fate-go.us/ccc/sp/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on April 08, 2019, 11:37:02 pm
It's happening.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGj-nHHJFGo[/youtube]

https://fate-go.us/ccc/sp/

Let the true suffering begin.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 09, 2019, 01:33:39 am
I hope we get a week between events, that should be enough time to sort out my ChaCha, Merlin and Jalter.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 09, 2019, 01:57:14 am
If we’re going by the JP schedule, we should get a pre-event campaign which should last one and a half to two weeks before the actual CCC event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 10, 2019, 01:48:01 pm
couldn't resist the banner got me 3 5 star CE a 2030 and the two ideal kings , 3 4 star servants probably one of my luckiest single 10 roll.

weird that i never noticed how good nero's artworks are , and her last ascension sprite look great. did they updated her?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 21, 2019, 12:57:57 am
https://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=/iframe/2019/0407_ccc/

Got a couple days to prepare. My JP buddy tells me this is the worst event in the game grind-wise.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on April 21, 2019, 05:38:17 am
Mission based events are a torturous grind in general but the CCC event is the worst of it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 21, 2019, 06:58:27 am
well at least it gives us arguably the most powerful and versatile free servant.


i'm gunning for passionlip but i already used some quartz during the precampaign lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on April 22, 2019, 04:45:47 pm
well at least it gives us arguably the most powerful and versatile free servant.
it gives you siegfed !?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 22, 2019, 06:03:15 pm
fuck accidentally used 30 sq  got them big titty room guard ce. and nothing else.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on April 23, 2019, 03:25:08 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/525561083067498497/570057402746011658/Fate_GO_2019-04-22-20-23-42.jpg)

Just took me 8 months to get my first Angry Mango.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 23, 2019, 02:07:39 pm
haha it took me almost a million friend points just to summon him, he's still useless though.

so when's the game gonna be up?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 23, 2019, 03:19:28 pm
6:30PDT according to their twitter machine.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 23, 2019, 03:26:28 pm
what? so 5 mins from now.

thought it'll be 6:30 tomorrow morning lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 23, 2019, 03:44:20 pm
https://twitter.com/FateGO_USA/status/1120681098978062336
[From Chaldea PR Dep't] Although we estimated the conclusion of the extended maintenance for 04-23 06:30 PDT, more time will be required to investigate certain issues. We will update with the planned end time once determined. We sincerely apologize for the confusion. #FateGOUSA

ofc things never work out for the best when it comes to this stinkin' game lmao

we're back to TBD

EDIT: We're back, the update is 600+ MB
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Websta on April 23, 2019, 04:34:27 pm
UNLIMITED MAINTENANCE WORKS
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 23, 2019, 06:11:41 pm
so what's new in the update?

so i spent 120 quartz and got nothing, got spooked by carmella twice and defensive CEs which i don't really use , so my good luck streak ends here huh. i've been on a roll since december.

i really like the music in this event sounds like fate/extra before it became shitty dynasty clone.

spent another 120 quartz and bare minimum again not event a single 4 star servant , got 1 event ce though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Websta on April 26, 2019, 04:14:36 pm
thats not giving me any confidence in saving for the summer banner
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 26, 2019, 06:30:48 pm
yeah i'll probably end my rolls here , and start saving for the summer banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 27, 2019, 01:31:53 pm
Case Files Collab in JP.

Reines El-Melloi (5* Rider)


Astraea/Luvia (4* Ruler)


Gray (Welfare 4* Assassin)


I don't know whether I should try for NP2 Melt, or wait for Kiara next week. Kiara is pretty underwhelming right now before any of her buffs, but I don't think I can wait a year for her to have another rate up...

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 27, 2019, 02:08:42 pm
i like the suplex but it doesn't have the weight i'm looking for.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on April 27, 2019, 06:36:39 pm
Case Files Collab in JP.

Reines El-Melloi (5* Rider)
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTG2o7SpLFg[/youtube]

Astraea/Luvia (4* Ruler)
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLaalDbrHM0[/youtube]

Gray (Welfare 4* Assassin)
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYjPi-4Dawg[/youtube]

I don't know whether I should try for NP2 Melt, or wait for Kiara next week. Kiara is pretty underwhelming right now before any of her buffs, but I don't think I can wait a year for her to have another rate up...

I was expecting Luvia to shatter the scale.

Either way... I'd say go for Kiara. She sucks right now, but gets better later on. You have better luck with limited servants than me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 27, 2019, 07:47:29 pm
melt is a very limited servant in terms of usefulness and her np is onlly useful at lvl2 higher. dunno much about kiara.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 28, 2019, 08:52:44 am
I'd just like to point our that Reines is actually a Psuedo-Servant being possessed by Sima Yi, who is best known as being the fierce rival of Zhuge Liang. The fact that she's also a Rider who has class advantage over Waver just makes it better cause it fits the personalities of both Reines and Sima Yi (always trying to one up Waver and Zhuge Liang respectively).

melt is a very limited servant in terms of usefulness and her np is onlly useful at lvl2 higher. dunno much about kiara.

Melt is basically a slightly tankier Cu-Alter with self-sufficient capabilities, where she shines in solo runs. The only real downsides are that she provides no team utility other than star generation and that her Alter Ego class is a double edged sword since unless it's a mixed class quest composed of Cavalries and Berserkers you'd get more mileage out of just bringing the appropriate hard counter class. She doesn't really require NP2 or higher to be viable as she has the capability to NP loop with her incredibly strong Quick cards.

Kiara on the other hand makes use of Alter Ego class much more efficiently than Melt just for the fact that her NP is AoE compared to Melt's ST. Kiara is basically an offensive support whose main role is removing buffs and debuffing the enemy. She's incredibly tanky due to her passives and hard survival skills, but hits like a wet noodle due to her below average Atk for a 5* and therefore really needs to be NP2 or higher to be effective (especially when it comes to NP looping with her Arts cards). The biggest selling point she has right now is that she's the only character in the game who can hit effective damage on 6 different classes (Rider, Caster, Assassin, Berserker, Ruler, and Foreigner), 8 if you count both Beast III/L and Beast III/R. After her buffs, she becomes one of the best Servants to use against multiple class challenge quests.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 02, 2019, 06:45:32 am
Pickup 2 now out. Pull your Kiaras/Edgemiyas, or don't.

Spoiler: My pull (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 02, 2019, 07:37:01 am
I got NP2 Berserker Vlad and Lewd Nun. That could have been NP2 Lewd Nun.

I've been getting a lot of off banner 5*s lately. Got NP2 Drake while going for Melt, and then got NP6 Jeanne and NP2 Melt on the same roll. That could have been NP4 Melt from all those spooks, but I'm fine with Drake's NP upgrade not so much Jeanne... At least I got my first Unregistered Spirit Origin. Yay 9 more to go before I can even use this piece of junk...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 02, 2019, 01:51:06 pm
i got vlad, lancer vlad, elizabeth and carmilla again... the fuck is this halloween?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on May 02, 2019, 04:11:27 pm
AFAIK it's luviagate , not halloween.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on May 02, 2019, 10:33:19 pm
I haven't posted here in awhile... But I'll post my pulls for Kiara and Edgemiya as I only had 720 SQ and then went back to the Melt banner for a couple more rolls:

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

(https://i.imgur.com/d1NhXjx.png)
"A monument to all of your sins"
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on May 02, 2019, 11:19:18 pm
heaven's hole is still the best name for a special skill.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on May 06, 2019, 07:20:55 am
I'm officially done with SERAPH, but gave a shot to the Gacha with 46 SQ...

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/525561083067498497/574826283494670346/Fate_GO_2019-05-06-00-13-06.jpg)

I'm destined to play Buster meta. e.e
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on May 06, 2019, 08:46:36 am
Better roll for Merlin the next time he shows up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 06, 2019, 09:45:09 am
Passionlip is nice, but that Prisma Cosmos tho... I need moar, give it to me nao
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on May 07, 2019, 07:14:15 am
Passionlip is nice, but that Prisma Cosmos tho... I need moar, give it to me nao

I would if trading Servants and/or CEs existed.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 07, 2019, 05:23:06 pm
i actually rarely use CEs i have 3 cosmos. i just use bond+ or mystic code exp+ CE. if the battle is too tough to win then maybe i'll equip something more appropriate.

wish we could trade CE's cause i've got tons of multiple copies and max limit broken that i rarely use. especially those 4 star event CE's. 10 , i've got 3 LB copies of knight's dignity and awakened will , like who uses these stuff? they suck and their both 4 stars too.

i'm just keeping them for extra exp or mana prisms if i need them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on May 08, 2019, 02:44:12 am
Could be worse. There's always Record Holder.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 18, 2019, 11:55:59 pm
Rashomon rerun on the 22nd, Onigashima rerun happening afterwards.

We'll also be getting 10 quartz from a localization panel that happened today and another 10 from the upcoming 700 Day anniversary.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: -Greed- on May 20, 2019, 02:18:51 pm
Time to grind out more golden Sumos, since, you know, best general purpose CE
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 20, 2019, 06:16:45 pm
god damn i love tickets.

1 ticket roll and got another copy of lucha libre oneechan.

got like 3 sumos all LB , never used it outside of the event though. and i'm down to my last mystic code and it's the clocktower one , and it's fucking useless. it's one of the three grindest mytic code. it took me almost 6 months to max one. but those were when no rerun events so i might get this one to max at 3 or 4 months.

so we gonna get the 4* fou card next patch , i dunno what is a 4* fou is but are we gonna have an additional stat to our servants?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on May 22, 2019, 01:01:07 am
so we gonna get the 4* fou card next patch , i dunno what is a 4* fou is but are we gonna have an additional stat to our servants?

Yes. Max cap is increased by 2000 hp and atk.However you can only use the golden fous after 1000. And each only increase hp or atk by 20.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 22, 2019, 02:30:25 pm
well that's kinda stupid , would understand if it is free , but to buy it in rare prism just for a 20+ stat?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 22, 2019, 02:50:08 pm
You still get 4 of each with every event.

And almost everything else you can buy with rare prisms is useless.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on May 22, 2019, 07:58:44 pm
well that's kinda stupid , would understand if it is free , but to buy it in rare prism just for a 20+ stat?

Rare prisms are mostly spent on Mystic Codes anyways.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on May 23, 2019, 07:46:40 am
well that's kinda stupid , would understand if it is free , but to buy it in rare prism just for a 20+ stat?

Golden Fous are primarily like Grails, they are only meant for the characters you like.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 28, 2019, 04:34:08 am
I've cleared out a bunch of MIA friends and I got 6 spaces, if anyone hasn't added me already here is my FC:
738,312,882
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 29, 2019, 04:50:32 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/jG4Fcii.jpg)

Cleared the Banana Challenge. Took 2 tries with the first attempt being with Raikou, Jeanne, and Mash which didn't end too well. Decided on using Cu Alter, Merlin, and Mash with Support Merlin, Waver, and Arash in the back all decked out with MLB Carp CE.

...I just really wanted that ticket for my Summer funds...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 30, 2019, 05:08:26 pm
i actually didn't know it was a challenge.

i was half asleep and trying to use all the rice cakes so i can earn more qp from upgrading some of my servants. i was half way through that i noticed the hands and lifebars are in a different position.

manage to beat it by abusing waver , merlin and chacha my back row david , mash and jalter from the friendlist.

and i got robin , alt.lancerturia , alturia , brave liz and liz to bond level 8 and 9  thanks to this event. next will be euryales turn she's alread level 8 hope i can max her out.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on May 30, 2019, 08:05:06 pm
I did it with EMIYA, Mash, support Merlin, and Leonidas + George in the back line. I used Plugsuit to swap in Leonidas/George when Mash or Merlin couldn't do invuln on IBaraki's NP.


Also got my Edgemiya to 10/10/10. Now he is Perfection.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 02, 2019, 01:08:53 pm
i just got a weird roll , i rolled for 1 10 roll and got all servant cards not even one single ce . thought it'll be a bare minimum and get a 4 or 5 star ce at the end luckly i got shuten.

now excuse me while i'll listen to some good shit asmr shuten voice lines.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 04, 2019, 01:08:50 am
Onigashima rerun on the 6th.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on June 04, 2019, 11:33:01 pm
All memes regarding the 4th Lostbelt are officially dead.

The stream for it comes on the 15th, for those who are in the JP server.

Onigashima just started, but..

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/586100402609717257/Fate_GO_2019-06-06-02-52-52.jpg)

I'm so happy right now. :3
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on June 06, 2019, 10:39:13 pm
Let me join you.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8YJdJxWkAElsHo?format=jpg&name=large)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 07, 2019, 06:44:01 pm
wass there a rate for ozy?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on June 09, 2019, 11:57:17 am
Nah, that was me trying for Ishtar and Ozy saying, Why would you want worst goddess when you can have best pharaoh?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 12, 2019, 11:45:35 am
(https://i.imgur.com/VW1k1Ny.png)

Cleared the challenge quest with Mama Raikou, Mash, and Merlin with Support Merlin, Waver, and Arash in the back line. All Servants minus Mama had the Hot Springs CE equipped with 3 of them being max limit broken.

Wasn't that bad of a fight as initially I thought as the damage CEs makes this otherwise overwhelming fight much more bearable. I was doing fine until I got Evil Mama down to her last lifebar where she bullied my Mama (she fucking hits like a truck, even more so when that stupid Blue Oni was spamming that Def down debuff). I had to finish the rest of the fight with the party shown above (I almost decided to start over when Raikou was taken out). Luckily I was able to stall it out with Mash going MvP with her continuous use of her NP which helped me tank one of Evil Mama's NP for minimal damage as I continued to chip away at her health through normal attacks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on June 13, 2019, 08:21:24 am
Reading about the Challenge Quest and considering my Nobu has her second Skill at an acceptable Level (Lv7), I went with Mash, support Merlin and Nobu. They all lasted until Mama had over 500k life before I had to choose who to keep alive. I chose Nobu and well, she critted Mama to death.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 13, 2019, 03:40:14 pm
haven't using nobu cause i maxed her bond level some time ago,

i used raikou , shuten , merlin and mash , chloe and ibaraki to finish raikou off.

EDIT: banana oni now in 3d
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 15, 2019, 03:59:31 pm
William Tell (Archer)


Indian JeanneLakshmi Bai (Saber)


Huge Elephant Statue/Ganesha/Jinako (Moon Cancer)


Arjuna/Rama animation update


Karna animation update


Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 15, 2019, 04:54:22 pm
william tell looks like that toy soldier from that 90's movie , forgot it's name though.

out of all the bollywood boys karna's update is the best. i see they used his apocrypha's design unlike his old one that is based on ccc.
i'm guessing the armor stays even in final ascension?

i'm not sold on bai she feels like a free servant. and jinako looks fun to use.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 16, 2019, 01:27:40 am
Lakshmi is a support Saber with a plethora of additional effects on her skills that buff a single ally (invincibility, with a chance of HP regen, damage cut) or the entire party (Atk buff with a chance of star gen and crit strength), but said effects are chance based (60% to proc). Fortunately her 3rd skill has the ability to up the buff chance to the entire party (similar to Ozy). Her offenses are second to her support skills, but still boasts an above average Atk and NP gain which allows her to be used quite efficiently in a standard double Skadi set up for 3 turn farming.

She also appears to have the Saberface trait, so looking like Jeanne/Okita is intentional this time...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on June 18, 2019, 06:28:46 am
Ok, so once NA is done with all the Oni bullying, we'll get Agartha singularity (https://fate-go.us/agartha/)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on June 18, 2019, 04:30:54 pm
This is behind a paywall:  https://towardsdatascience.com/fgo-stylegan-this-heroic-spirit-doesnt-exist-23d62fbb680e google cache works, to get around it. anyway, it's an ai that creates FGO cservants (just their portraits) , mordred-jeanne and rin-artoria were particularly fun.

rin-artoria third row sixth column.

(https://i.imgur.com/ZF9UP8y.gif)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 18, 2019, 04:56:14 pm
they all look deviant art quality though.

so i just read up the wiki page and by august probably mid or at the end of august they'll give us another one of those free 4* story servants. including the upcoming two new ones. i was gonna roll for pent but guess i'll save up for summer if they just gonna give her away for free anyway.

edit: cause i'm a fucking sucker for shiny things i rolled 190 sq all bare minimum. well i manage to LB some 5 and 4 star CE.

got me some free time today to play agartha story and i manage to beat megalos with the gorgon sisters and game freezes after the battle i can't continue the story... is this a bug?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on June 27, 2019, 05:18:07 pm
Yea, it's a bug. Try cleaning your phone cache.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 27, 2019, 05:20:41 pm
my phone or the game's ?

anyway somebody posted this awhile back now it's in colour.


did i miss anything why is the regend meme are all coming back?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on June 27, 2019, 09:09:09 pm
my phone or the game's ?

Phone's
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 01, 2019, 11:49:33 pm
Paul Bunyan event starts on July 3rd.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 02, 2019, 02:19:58 pm
oh yeeessss my favourite berserker coming to na , all my grails and berserker cards are ready.

too bad i couldn't pull agartha servants but fuck 'em.

good thing they changed the dates in jp weren't it suppose to happen after the summer event?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 02, 2019, 04:28:11 pm
All the Statesmen event also happened during the second anniversary back in JP, so it's basically right on time even more so with July 4th coming up.

Along with the event, we'll also be getting an encore of the Memorial battles and a free Anniversary CE (selection is determined by story progress) with more events being announced during the AX panel on July 6th.

In the JP side Guda Guda 4: Endgame was also announced recently with it starting most likely after the stream tomorrow.

----------

Guda Guda 4: Endgame Servants

5* Maou Nobunaga (Avenger)


4* Welfare Nagao Kagetora/Uesugi Kenshin (Lancer)


3* Mori Nagayoshi (Berserker)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 03, 2019, 01:05:06 pm
i'm glad they lessen the 3d effects and went all out for 2d.

demon lord nobu doesn't look like her but i still love how she looks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 03, 2019, 01:51:29 pm
It's supposed to be her "adult" self. This Nobu is the one that went down in History as the brutal unifier of Japan who made her title "Demon King of the Sixth Heaven" famous across the land and got rid of anyone who didn't agree with her ideals let alone see eye to eye.

I'd like to think that Archer Nobu is the younger self during her "Fool of Owari" days hence her dramatic and hammy personality.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on July 03, 2019, 04:20:29 pm
Another limited 3*.
God. Dammit. Still mad my Izou is still only NP3, can't let that happen to Memezerker.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 04, 2019, 01:29:56 pm
Demon King Nobunaga animations


Starts off with the appearance of her Archer self then similar to Kama, she progressively ages with each ascension with new battle animations to accompany her "adult" form. It's good to know that even as an Avenger, Nobu is still a dork during her first two stages at least.

EDIT: This Nobu is actually a combination of all the forms of Nobu. First ascension is her normal Archer self, with the second ascension actually being male (Avenger Nobu's gender is listed as unknown) which is supposed to reference her time as "The Fool of Owari", and the third ascension depicting her as female once again while portraying her as the brutal Japanese Warlord at the peak of her rise as the "Demon King of the Sixth Heaven".
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 05, 2019, 01:13:23 am
cheap fucks i thought i only need 5 grail to level 100 bunyan. well at least maxing her skills is easy.



she has 2 invincibility?

and can't they just say they genderbent nobunaga why the different sex in every ascension level?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 07, 2019, 06:34:29 am
GSSR Time!

Pulled a second Jeanne, boooooo. Was hoping for an NP2 on one of my offensive servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 07, 2019, 07:27:48 am
My GSSR roll.

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/432298987463114792/597285776425877504/Fate_GO_2019-07-06-23-15-55.jpg)

And then I gave a single try to the Holmes Banner...

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/432298987463114792/597285777222795274/Fate_GO_2019-07-06-23-25-02.jpg)

Not complaining. e.e
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 07, 2019, 07:32:19 am
(https://i.imgur.com/qRlIJUj.png)

Hoping for Void Shiki, but my chances of even getting a new Servant was really small anyways. As long as it wasn't Vanilla Jeanne I would have been content with the result. Regardless I'm more than happy to walk away with NP3 Arthur and NP2 Summer Altria, afterwards I was also able to summon Holmes in 120 quartz.

Summer re-run starts on July 12th btw with Summer 2 most likely starting afterwards as it was teased alongside the rerun announcement.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 07, 2019, 07:46:50 am
I blew this month's tickets and 50 quartz in the Holmes banner and all I got was NP2 Seibah and a guy riding a dog.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 07, 2019, 08:10:21 am
I'm gonna try for Squirtoria during the summer banner, then I'll wait for Hokusai
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 08, 2019, 05:43:49 am
(https://i.imgur.com/KyFtSkZ.jpg)

Feels good getting this.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 09, 2019, 08:32:33 am
My lack of self control made me spend 30 more SQ and the memorial tickets and gave me another EMIYA to turn into a Rare Prism and Artemis/Orion.


I think I should start saving again...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 09, 2019, 12:17:03 pm
I've noticed that you tend to get 5*s with very few resources spent, but it's usually a spook/not the one you wanted.

...I can't tell if that's a blessing or a curse...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 10, 2019, 07:36:54 am
Such is the power of Skewed Luck C.
The ability to randomly have "good luck" but it's something that isn't as useful or wanted.
Random chance of triggering on itself temporarily raising the level to B or even A.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on July 10, 2019, 08:22:06 am
ayy I know that feel, usually get certain SSRs when they're the last thing I want

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 10, 2019, 02:24:37 pm
are you an albino?


edit: so there's no more card slot limit?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 12, 2019, 09:36:08 am
I've been itching for the summer events to start.

Did a 10-roll, stocked up on summer CEs and got my second d'Eon.

Gonna have at least 8 10-rolls to get a Squirtoria (or 2).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 12, 2019, 09:52:34 am
Was able to get Summer Tammy in one multi who was the only Summer Servant I was missing last year. Good thing too since now I can save the rest of my quartz for Summer Kiyo's rate up next week so I can NP5 her.

edit: so there's no more card slot limit?

If you're talking about Servant/CE slot expansions then I believe we have to wait till the next download milestone which has Merlin in it. Assuming it's the same as JP, we'll be having our inventories increased from 300 to 350 for both Servants and CEs and then again to 450 during the 3rd anniversary. Though I don't know if we'll ever get anymore expansion slots for the Second Archive...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on July 12, 2019, 07:49:39 pm
I...I only did a single 10 roll. The fuck?

(https://a.imge.to/2019/07/12/qkgwY.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 14, 2019, 07:28:13 pm
Oh, today we get the 30SQ if we logged in the whole week. Imma pull on the Agartha banner just to get Columbus out of the way

Spoiler: (Skewed Luck C triggers) (click to see content)

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

...I can't tell if that's a blessing or a curse...

This has to be a curse at this point.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 15, 2019, 04:32:19 am
I personally went with Camlot banner. Got two more Bediveres that were my priority, plus.... A Tristan.

Least it wasn't Gawain.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedinglight on July 15, 2019, 05:43:35 am
Suffering from the lack of Maou Nobu.

I'm so lucky that I have so many free quests from all the singularities and lostbelts to grab extra quartz from. (To add insult my Login Bonus for a extra 10roll would be reached AFTER the event ends...)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on July 15, 2019, 08:20:30 pm
Maou banner fucked me this year, I couldnt even get a full set of the new 3 star berserker much less nobuvenger

Karma for summer jeanne and bb I suppose
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 17, 2019, 07:34:05 am
Oh, today we get the 30SQ if we logged in the whole week. Imma pull on the Agartha banner just to get Columbus out of the way

What the hell? You're telling me that getting a 5* over a 3* is somehow considered bad luck to you? This is nothing more than just humble brag---

Quote
Scheherazde

I-I'm so sorry to have doubted you...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedinglight on July 18, 2019, 07:38:01 am
Whats wrong with Schez? I mean she's pretty good

.....eventually.

Now if you excuse me I'll be in the angry dome as aside from Np5 Nori all the Maou gacha gave me was a third Carmilla.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 19, 2019, 12:38:53 pm
Post upgrades she's not terrible and does have a viable niche in the form Anti-King/Queen. My main beef with her is that she's trying to be an offensive DPS while trying to be a support at the same time. Her skills synergize well with each other, but overall conflicts in what she's built to do and having the worse Atk of any 5* in the game doesn't help either especially when it comes to her niche.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 19, 2019, 05:59:27 pm
downside is most queen/kings are riders. so basically it's like bringing a berserker if you use her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 20, 2019, 06:41:54 am
Part 2 summer gacha is out
Spoiler: so happy rn (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 22, 2019, 03:11:04 am
The one time I didn’t want to see rainbow orbs/get a 5* Servant and I ended up getting spooked by Scheherazade (could have at least been an NP2 Summer Tammy) while trying to get one copy of Kiyo Lancer to NP5 her. Whelp no NP5 Kiyo Lancer for me, guess she got mad at me for focusing my attention on Summer Tammy who came home with little to no effort. It really doesn’t help that all the other gold servants I got were all off banner and were already at NP5 to begin with...

I think your Skewed Luck is rubbing off on me DarkFlare...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 22, 2019, 03:20:53 am
Oh, so that's what happens when I use your supports.

I guess those last few posts made a good catalyst as well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 22, 2019, 06:07:39 am
No! You’re not supposed to agree with me you saboteur!

Now I just picture you having that “Just as planned” face as you typed your post...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 22, 2019, 06:17:56 am
I think this would be a good time to mention that Skewed Luck isn't triggered just by FGO gacha rolls.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 23, 2019, 12:29:22 pm
Since Mordred was the sole 4* on the Part 1 side I decided to try roll for her.
Spoiler: Got her! (click to see content)
Spoiler: And also got a bonus... (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on July 25, 2019, 10:21:07 am
Crab Battle was no problem.

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/232136515457777664/602686465599864833/image0.png)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/232136515457777664/602915079419199498/image0.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 25, 2019, 10:47:45 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420319142707212/603820121017810989/Fate_GO_2019-07-25-00-22-55.jpg)

Mama has been a boon for me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 25, 2019, 04:48:12 pm
the crab battle was no problem , just bring the jeanne alter CE. forgot it's name and use chloe or any single target np with buff damage you can one turn it.

the boars just need a good stall team , for me i used merlin , shuten and waver.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 26, 2019, 05:10:01 am
Summer 2 on the 29th. A lot sooner than I expected...

https://fate-go.us/summer2019/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 26, 2019, 05:37:43 am
Ahhh I wanted time to level my mo-chan.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 26, 2019, 12:12:51 pm
I know who I'm gonna cheer anyways.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 27, 2019, 02:53:00 pm
gonna roll for the 1st banner for nito's asscended artwork , nero's top tier skills and nobunaga for jojo memes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 28, 2019, 09:46:09 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420319142707212/604941201178886154/Fate_GO_2019-07-28-02-39-54.jpg)

Officially I'm done with this event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 29, 2019, 09:59:07 am
Was able to get all the part 1 Summer 2 Servants in around 350 quartz along with NP2 Umu Caster. I don't know if I'll be rolling the second banner next week (as much as I want Maid Alter and Summer Mama) since I kinda want to power up Summer Fran and Nobu to at least NP2...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 29, 2019, 10:22:42 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/432298987463114792/605312035852517387/Fate_GO_2019-07-29-03-09-54.jpg)

I was looking for Event CE's with my Tickets, not... her... I don't like Nero, but she will help me in the long run. That''s what I said about Sanzang when I got her first time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 29, 2019, 02:14:09 pm
lucky i got berserker nobu on my first 10 roll brb for updates

got best ASSassin nito

got carmilla wtf?

200 sq no nero, got none summer blavatsky.

got 2/3 of what i want but i'll try again with the free sq and tickets i'll get in this event , i'm trying my damn hardest not to spend more money.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 29, 2019, 02:51:16 pm
I didn't get shit, even in the FP gacha. 200k FP and only 1 CE to show for it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: -Greed- on July 29, 2019, 03:04:04 pm
Nothing but a copy of Mordred in four multi rolls. 

God dammit luck.  Time to do hax single rolls.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 29, 2019, 03:14:58 pm
200 sq no nero, got none summer blavatsky.

But Summer Helena isn't on this banner...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 29, 2019, 03:15:19 pm
so what team are you on? i'm with nobunaga her story dialogue with the rest of the gudaguda servants are gold.

that's why i said none summer , i got her caster np 3. just noticed that i got carmilla np 5 already. this is a 3rd gold servant  i'll burn. now i can afford to buy something in the shop.

ahahha nobu-serker is fun to use. i still got 5 more grails i might grail her if i can't summon caster nero.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 29, 2019, 03:47:31 pm
Story-wise I want Team Nobu/MHX to win cause they're fucking hilarious.

Gameplay-wise I'm currently supporting Team Helena cause her stages are the easiest to farm the bronze currency at the moment.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 29, 2019, 03:53:27 pm
how many writers did they hire for this event?

manage to max level both nito and nobu used almost the exp cards i had except for the caster ones i have probably 200+ of them , didn't expect i'll get nito so i didn't bother to farm for assassin cards and i won't be leveling nito's skills cause gameplay wise she's useless but her ass is on point.


got my first copy of sea side luxury and probably sad that cleo's own artwork sucks and her ce versions have better artwork.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 03, 2019, 09:10:29 am
Some Summer 4 Servants revealed during anniversary event.

Musashi, Carmilla, and Okkie with Kotaro, Siegfried, and Merlin getting Summer costumes.

(https://i.imgur.com/fzVnPQC.png)

Musashi NP
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 03, 2019, 09:24:31 am
thought they gonna make elizabeth summer or drake summer to complete the extra girls set. or they'd make an okita since they are the most vocal fans who kept asking for a swimsuit version of her.

the only one i'm interested in is carmilla.

we only got 6?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 04, 2019, 02:49:11 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420319142707212/607370442268737536/Fate_GO_2019-08-03-19-31-53.jpg)

Shishou just gave me the most clutch moment in my time on FGO. Tanking two NP's and eating two more attacks after the second NP (one of them a buster) and still survive.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on August 04, 2019, 03:46:30 am
thought they gonna make elizabeth summer or drake summer to complete the extra girls set. or they'd make an okita since they are the most vocal fans who kept asking for a swimsuit version of her.

the only one i'm interested in is carmilla.

we only got 6?

There's still Part 2, isn't there?

Also, what do you mean? They did just show Summer Elizabeth :wacky:
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 04, 2019, 11:51:10 am
Some news from the 4th anniversary event in JP:

- Animation updates for Lu Bu and Medea Lily.
- Masters can choose one Servant to instantly max ascend them without using up any mats or QP (once per account).
- New gacha mechanic where every 10 rolls you do in a banner will give you a free single roll (this includes singles and tickets). Rolls are tracked separately and won't carry over to other banners.
- GSSR separated by two banners: [Knights + Avenger, Ruler, Mooncancer] [Cavalry + Alter-Ego]
- On banner single 5* Servant rate increased from 0.7 to 0.8% (not sure if permanent feature)
- New Bronze servants available in the FP Gacha. Servants include Gareth, Paris, Salome, Charlotte Corday, Chen Gong, Bartholomew Roberts, and Jason.

- 5* This year is Da Vinci Lily (Rider).


Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 04, 2019, 12:49:33 pm
-sigh-

Time to wait two years... u.u
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedinglight on August 04, 2019, 01:00:29 pm
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 04, 2019, 01:36:26 pm
dw putting all the salt and saint quartz funds into animation.


man i wish there's a main console or pc fgo game with psuedo 2d style of graphics especially with this design.

and wow that's some good 3 stars, gareth and paris. .... wait paris is an imouto? wtf dw i was hoping an achilles vs, paris showdown.

i'm not familiar with charlotte corday. i thought she was alice in the trailers way back then.

jason's np is probably the best out of all of them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 04, 2019, 02:02:08 pm
They're not 3*s. Jason, Robert, and Charlotte are 1* while Chen Gong, Gareth, Salome, and Paris are 2*.

Charlotte if I remember correctly assassinated some politician during the French Revolution which resulted in her execution by guillotine. Also despite the art and appearance, Paris is indeed a male.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on August 04, 2019, 03:15:55 pm
Just got through all the CQs.
In order of difficulty: Boudica (easy) < Atlante < Penthesilea < Last Summer < Orion (Hard)
Barely scraped through Orion with Cu.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 04, 2019, 03:22:51 pm
last cq kicked my ass so i'm finished the others first. i'll try again later this time with proper ce .

and is there any point on doing all the quest or should i just focus on farming the 40 ap ones?

manage to defeat the last cq with double merlin and paul bunyan with mash as back up.  got to say this is probably the hardest cq i have ever did.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 04, 2019, 11:03:53 pm
- Animation updates for Lu Bu and Medea Lily.
Because they appear in Chen Gong's and Jason's animations lol
Really surprised at the effort they put in those new Servants, they're giving them the full 2019 gold treatment for mere bronze Servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 05, 2019, 02:23:26 pm
lstill waiting for jack and anne&mary animation update if jack doesn't have it by christmas that means she'll never get one.

i'm done with the shop manage to buy everything ... but do i still need to do all the 100+ quest? there's not even a reward in them.

they've shown a sneak peek of upcoming CEs and i dunno if it's tied with an event cause most of them kinda have theme going on , there's a hotel one where the servants look like they are dressed as maids , bellboys , hotel staff and attendees , there's a summer theme CE , halloween ,  themepark and sports. the hotel and halloween CEs are probably the best looking ones.

tried to roll again for caster nero.... got waver instead... WTF!!!! i don't even use him anymore since i got him to bond 10 i rarely do, except for tough enemies that spams np.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 06, 2019, 07:57:34 am
Part 2 of Summer 2 has started. We go from Steel Ball Run into the Stone Ocean Prison Break.

Was able to roll NP2 Maid Alter, NP2 Mama Raikou Lancer, and Archer Helena without breaking the bank so I'm really satisfied with this year's summer haul. However I got spooked by 4 off banner 4*s before I even got a single 4* Summer Servant so that could I have been like at least NP3/4 Raikou or Helena. What's worse is that all the off banner 4*s were once again ones I already had NP5...

D'eon I love you, but you need to stop spooking me. This is like the 11th time you came home. This includes you and especially you Astolfo as you pissed me off while I was trying to NP5 my Kiyo Lancer after running into a dry spell in that banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 06, 2019, 08:12:31 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/608180028190097439/Fate_GO_2019-08-06-00-24-31.jpg)
I thought this was bad enough...

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/608180028190097438/Fate_GO_2019-08-06-00-27-49.jpg)
It got worse. I raged...

How I'd wish trading servants wwas possible. -sigh- Well, time to retry on Thursday.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on August 06, 2019, 01:05:11 pm
You should hold off on that retry until the 13th-15th when Raikou is the solo 4* rate up servant
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: vgma2 on August 07, 2019, 08:04:35 am
Jesus Christ
What the hell are you aiming for that you're considering this a bad roll?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 07, 2019, 10:56:47 am
Jesus Christ
What the hell are you aiming for that you're considering this a bad roll?

Easy. Summer Raikou.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on August 07, 2019, 11:16:34 am
I thought this was bad enough...
It got worse. I raged...

How I'd wish trading servants wwas possible. -sigh- Well, time to retry on Thursday.
Riiiight, good luck.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 07, 2019, 12:09:25 pm
First batch of Summer 4 Servant's classes revealed:
(https://i.imgur.com/geoSxQs.jpg)

Musashi: Berserker
Okkie: Archer
Elisabeth AlterCarmilla: Rider

Musashi's attire probably referencing that one time during her Trial Quest where she ended up in America with people starting to shoot at her with pistols. Despite the American motif, that is the most Japanese design I've ever seen. It's like she came straight out of an Onechanbara game.

5*

I know I raged at the fact that I didn't get NP5 Kiyo Lancer after being spooked by Scheherazde, but I'm not going to lie. She was the silver lining that saved my entire summoning session from being completely worthless and I'm actually happy that I got her especially since I didn't have her to begin with.

What I'm getting at is that you should be happy for getting a 5*, a limited one at that isn't a dupe. I know she isn't the one you wanted, but a bunch of people would kill for a roll like yours.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 08, 2019, 01:36:48 am
I know I raged at the fact that I didn't get NP5 Kiyo Lancer after being spooked by Scheherazde, but I'm not going to lie. She was the silver lining that saved my entire summoning session from being completely worthless and I'm actually happy that I got her especially since I didn't have her to begin with.

What I'm getting at is that you should be happy for getting a 5*, a limited one at that isn't a dupe. I know she isn't the one you wanted, but a bunch of people would kill for a roll like yours.

The oddest part of all this is that I wasn't really trying to get either of them and they came anyways. They came in very few tries to make matters stranger.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on August 08, 2019, 01:52:57 am
I don't really feel like throwing out pictures so I'll just say who I got:
Out of around 700+ SQ used(and still have over 100 SQ left for Summer Nobu sole rateup)
3 Summer Nero(2 came from ticket singles, so she's my first and 2nd SSR Ticket SSR)
2 Summer Fran(and getting one of them was a fight in the first banner, decided to go for another multi specifically for NP2 and got the other with that)
1 Summer Maid Alter(I'm hoping if I can get lucky and get a copy of Summer Nobu on her sole rateup, I'll try for another)
1 Archer Helena
2 Lancer Raikou
1 Altera for NP2
And lots of 3, 4 and 5 star CEs

...and Nursery Rhyme and Rama spooks.

Really good Summer pulls.

(https://i.imgur.com/d98JtuK.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 08, 2019, 09:01:07 am
Finally tried out that Challenge Quest back in Part 1 and despite doing a major mistake that ended up killing off my main DPS (Vanilla Kiyo), I was far along the battle that I was able to recover and get the win.

(https://i.imgur.com/hkalV5m.png)

Team I used:
(https://i.imgur.com/nuviJiC.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 08, 2019, 03:40:01 pm
this event is draining me... do i have to do all the nodes? or just do the 40 ap ones? i'll still get the bonus rewards if i just do one node per team right?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 08, 2019, 04:11:14 pm
There is no reason to do every single one. Just pick any of the 40 AP nodes for the currency you're farming and keep running it until the round ends. You'll get the rewards at the end as long as you participated in at least one battle during the round, though you'll get more QP depending on the amount of Cheer Points you gained while farming.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 08, 2019, 05:37:39 pm
i've been doing every node and it's just tiring. the battles are easy but waiting for the loading to end is just too damn annoying especially with the whole thing updates every second. and i'm using a pretty good phone and still the loading is too long sometimes it loads for about probably a minute.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on August 09, 2019, 12:43:17 am
There's no first clear rewards, so there's no point in doing any node but the highest difficulty one.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 09, 2019, 03:05:32 am
Besides, the higher difficulty ones are the ones that have better chances to give you the Shop CE's. No point bothering with the lower difficulty ones, esecially if you know how to build up your teach for each quest.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 09, 2019, 11:13:08 am
Summer 4 Welfare in JP confirmed to be Saber Hokusai.

https://news.fate-go.jp/2019/2019summer/

With Summer Okita still nowhere in sight and recently getting cucked from receiving a buff from the recent batch of strengthening quests, Okita and her fans are currently on suicide watch.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 09, 2019, 11:42:15 am
Okita and her fans are currently on suicide watch.
What are we gonna do, stop her from coughing ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 09, 2019, 01:26:25 pm
Oof
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on August 09, 2019, 06:32:57 pm
Well, there's always the second banner

I won't know of course, having blown all my quartz in a futile attempt to obtain cowgirl musashi
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 09, 2019, 06:36:34 pm
2nd banner will be saber hokusai. she looks better than musashi.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on August 09, 2019, 06:43:13 pm
Hokusai is the welfare, we don't know the second banner yet
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on August 09, 2019, 08:40:20 pm
Okita and her fans are currently on suicide watch.
What are we gonna do, stop her from coughing ?

maybe they are dressing her up in an america fuck yeah outfit so she gets healed by superior murican health care.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on August 09, 2019, 10:27:36 pm
More like that's why mUSAshi is insane a Berserker.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 10, 2019, 09:01:24 am
Decided to do yolo rolls, and...

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/609641502951604227/Fate_GO_2019-08-10-01-10-43.jpg)

I have NP2 Jack. I thought it was going to be Malter because it was a rainbow. But saw Assassin, and that was guaranteed to be Jack. No NEET spooks for me.

But the best part is...

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/609641502489968664/Fate_GO_2019-08-10-01-14-02.jpg) I finally have my Summer Mama! (plus NP2 Blavatsky)

Did a third roll, but wasn't as good. Got the 5* CE though.

And on an update: Decided to roll Sunday and today and I got the following: NP2 Malter, NP3 Blavatsky, NP3 Nursery Rhyme and Cas Gil (that eases my choice of SR servant), then today...

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/611049806579630109/Fate_GO_2019-08-13-23-09-19.jpg)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420319142707212/611049863488208932/Fate_GO_2019-08-13-23-10-00.jpg)

Mission complete. I'm practically done with the Summer event outside getting Part 2 CE.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 14, 2019, 11:21:19 am
Judging from the video, part 2 of Summer 4 are Altria Lancer, Meltryllis, and Okita. The memes are dead, she finally got her swimsuit. inb4 just an NPC

Kotaro and Merlin also getting animation updates if anyone cares.



Musashi animations, with different ones depending on Ascension. First SSR Berserker with AoE Arts NP who can reliably NP loop with the right team, but carries a really hefty 5k HP demerit on her third skill.


Okkie Frontline NP


CARmilla NP


Oui NP


Kotaro raiding Area 51 NP


Cock Wizard NP
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 14, 2019, 02:20:15 pm
event is ending and i still haven't LB the dive to blue ce. and i'm gonna pull one more try for caster nero one more i've spent too many for this event more than last year's christmas i think. and if another non-summer caster servant spooked me i'm not gonna pull anything for the next event i might as well save for cthulu loli.

what's gonna happen to the unused event items? i've got tons of them event bought the ones sold at the shop too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on August 14, 2019, 03:38:54 pm
what's gonna happen to the unused event items? i've got tons of them event bought the ones sold at the shop too.
You can probably sell them for QP once the event is over.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 14, 2019, 03:56:06 pm
good then.

and carmilla's animation and design is by far the best out of all of them , her np is fine but her extra attack looks weird to me.

merlin's animation doesn't really change much. i would've preferred if they retouch the old summer servants. especially both anne&mary's version
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedinglight on August 14, 2019, 07:42:01 pm
15 tickets and 150 SQ later I managed to attain a NP3 Summer Musashi, NP1 Summer Osakabe and a NP1 Summer Carmilla.

And I still have plenty of SQ left for the part 2 gacha (or go madman and attempt NP5 Musa with just free quartz)

Even got a random Altera during my pulls for good measure too (maybe a sign of good civilization)



Managed to get Summer Nobu twice in two consecutive solos in NA when I did her rolls which I consider a mission accomplish since she was my main goal (and even moreso considering in JP I only have her NP1).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 14, 2019, 08:06:00 pm
save it, you can still roll for them later.

rolled for another 30 sq probably my last for this event and got nothing manage to LB summer little though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 15, 2019, 08:10:20 am
There's this funny theory that the Okita we see in the preview isn't the same Okita we know and it might be Mysterious Heroine ZZ which MHXX back in Summer 3 was referring to in one of her My Room lines.

So if that were true then they gave Okita a swimsuit, but didn't at the same time...

SASUGA NASU! That would be some top tier trolling!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 15, 2019, 03:26:19 pm
well that explains the booster thing on her thighs, now that you mentioned it she could possible the jango fett of their starwars parody.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 18, 2019, 03:57:01 am
Hey look, the male banner. Time to get spooked by Sumanai.

(https://files.catbox.moe/sb5knj.jpg)
Oh shit
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Also, after over 1,000 days I finally rolled my first 2030!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on August 18, 2019, 06:02:37 am
The truth of this world is now yours

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 18, 2019, 01:22:05 pm
Summer Melt animations (4* Lancer)


Summer Okita has been revealed to be a 4* Assassin, but has a passive meant for Foreigners which could imply that she really is MHZZ. Plays kind of like an Assassin version of Vanilla Fran: hits like a truck, but packs a shit ton of demerits on her skills and NP.

Goddess Rhongomyniad/Lion King's class hasn't been revealed yet, but she'll be the 5* of the banner (assuming DW isn't just using her as a red herring)

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 18, 2019, 07:29:45 pm
i've seen okita's sample vids and she sounds more like tanya from youjo senki than okita.

and i believe this isn't the okita we know , she sounds too different and they are only showing her 1st ascencion form for both teaser and leaks so i bet she'll get an armor later on.` that or this is okita and some how got mhx stuff it's not far fetched seeing mhx did team up with nobunaga in the 2nd summer event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 20, 2019, 12:44:41 pm
Full animations for Summer Tuberculosis. An Okita (not sure if our Okita) who was modified heavily by MHXX and became a Cyborg. Still has TB though.


As for NA, new interlewds for some Servants like the highly sought after one for Astolfo, 1/2 AP free quest, rotating class and Illya banner happening after maintenance on Wednesday.

Also it hasn't been announced yet, but the schedule of the rotating banner hints at Umu Fest dropping on the 29th so prepare thy body, mind, and apples (maybe quartz too) for the massive grinding for those lottery boxes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 20, 2019, 02:40:14 pm
what's the interlude for astolfo suppose to upgrade? and chloe? she's already top tier.

wait is that all? no ascension ? or am i blind or is she a free servant?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 20, 2019, 02:52:12 pm
Astolfo gains a 50% NP battery skill, while the skill upgrade for Chloe is basically just an indirect upgrade to Illya which boosts her buff success rate when said skill is used while Illya is on the field.

If you're talking about Okita, then yes she has ascensions.
(https://i.imgur.com/kIGr8od.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 20, 2019, 03:08:23 pm
just two?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 21, 2019, 11:49:03 am
Summer Rhongomyniad (5* Ruler) NP (her NP changes depending on ascension):


just two?

Swimsuit without the jet pack with the invisible jet pack is actually her third/final ascension.
(https://i.imgur.com/YQVcyj9.jpg)

She planned to celebrate with the other Servants upon finally getting a swimsuit, however she accidentally bumps into MHXX. Due to her weak constitution, Okita is knocked out with MHXX thinking she killed her. Trying to "save her life" MHXX decides to perform a life saving operation on Okita which turns her into a Cyborg equipped with a jet pack powered by the "Makoto Drive". The operation is a "success", but unfortunately MHXX informs Okita that due to the Makoto Drive installed inside her being unstable she only has 72 hours to live. With that Okita Souji now reborn as "Okita J. Souji" (the "J" stands for Jet) strives to win the Las Vegas Swordsmen tournament in hopes of the Holy Grail being able to extend her lifespan. Only to realize that she actually has 7200000 hours to live aka 800 years

So yes, this our Okita and not MHZZ like many of us expected.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 21, 2019, 03:11:39 pm
i'd watch that anime.

well this is bunny suit mama arthuria.


did chloe's interlewd and yes she is the greatest servant ever existed.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 26, 2019, 08:21:06 pm
Ready those Apples. Nero Fest comes this Thursday.

https://fate-go.us/nero_fest2019/sp/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 29, 2019, 10:23:10 am
Was able to get Brynhild with no trouble so I thought I could push my luck and try for NP2. Moments later a silver lancer card sparked gold and out came NP6 Fionn... At that moment I realized NP1 was more than enough. Oddly enough I was able to get Vanilla Umu to NP5 even though I didn't have her to begin with so I'm happy about that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 29, 2019, 04:01:47 pm
im gonna pass but i'll throw in some tickets here and there and try to get bride.


got to finish both cq , hercules didn't bother me but damn shishou and lancer was hard, totally forgot that evasion spam good thing i had nobuserker on my team
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 06, 2019, 05:34:40 pm
These CQs aren't getting any easier.

Just finished Da VInci CQ with BB/Merlin/Jeanne in 51 turns. I don't even know if I want to attempt Hassan CQ tomorrow.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 06, 2019, 06:02:27 pm
just for one ticket too.

i had to borrow my friend's jeanne ... i haven't done the quest for jeanne's np update since i haven't used her.

is the 99 hassan that bad? they said da vinci is the hardest of them all.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on September 07, 2019, 01:14:55 am
hassan will just one hit kill one party member per turn.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 07, 2019, 09:35:25 am
I haven't tried any of this year's challenge quests yet since I'm constantly just farming for petals, but I'm not going to lose sleep over it if I don't complete any of them.

hassan will just one hit kill one party member per turn.

Apparenly the NA version of King Hassan's fight has been "buffed" where he no longer targets the Servant on the left most slot of the party and will freely attack anyone now. This completely negates any cheese strats that would have involved BB or your King Hassan tanking hits without much fear of his instant death proccing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 07, 2019, 09:41:58 am
yeah the death thing is random in NA apparently.

oh and he insta kill my bb three times in a row.... i need caster nero with LB event CE ... who has one?

and i haven't seen any youtube clip for NA event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Websta on September 07, 2019, 10:32:19 am
I feel so guilty for having a whole bunch of the challenge quests uncompleted.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 07, 2019, 10:53:23 am
most of them are easy you can breeze through them the new ones are pretty challenging , i think difficulty spikes at davinci. you can't muscle through them you need a versatile servants that could do damage but at the same time have skills that could help them survive in a fight.

i've got really no offensive caster i do have sanzang but she won't be able to last against old man hassan. already tried different setups and different strategy , you can't really go all stall team cause if you don't kill the big hassans , old man will have enough damage to one hit kill any caster you've got even without the death status.

my friendslist doesn't have any caster nero , so i'm just waiting and googling if someone has done the cq and copy their setup.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 07, 2019, 11:49:12 am
Even wth this "buff", the challenge is doable, but you'd need to be a huge whaler and have Sanzang/Ilya, Memelin or Waver, and even then, it's not guaranteed; the "buff" made that EQ vs King Hassan much more RNG reliant than it should.

Personally, I've done 9 our of the 14 EQ's. That's much more than I thought I'd achieve.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 07, 2019, 12:15:05 pm
i beat everyone except for hassan. i've gpt waver and merlin but i do not have a offensive caster to do the job. my sanzang is under level and her skills are at level ones.

and i lost again , i keep dying no matter setup i use.

might as well wait for the patch if they are planning to patch this , i gotta level sanzang first.

edit: couldn't wait for the patch and i tried one more time and i won fucking finally!!! barely won it too , down to my last servant hercules no more revives  no more buffs and he had a buster evasion. good thing quick and arts card landed a crit.

i ignored killing the hassans and focused on maintain and spam irisviel and merlin's np . while BB chips away old man's hp. she and waver died before even breaking a gauge, i was ready to withdraw too , good thing i didn't. manage to turtle my way through the entire thing.

EDIT:
finished all the challenge quests , hassan and davinci is probably the hardest , easiest of all the new challenge quest are nero's. though her last one is pretty challenging , it ain't that hard especially if you have a good aoe berserker and debuff remover. used paul bunyan to kill 5 servants and used a friend's jalter to finish nero off.   

be aware that some of her buffs are permanent and cannot be remove so don't bring servants with evasion and also kill amakusa as fast as you can, so definitely bring a berserker.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 10, 2019, 12:58:46 am
7m Download Campaign with Merlin banner on the 12th after Umu Fest.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 10, 2019, 02:57:37 pm
The 4-star ticket is really hard to pick for me, the only new Servants I'd consider is Lancer Artoria or Medea Lily.

Otherwise I'm either going to NP2 one of my Lancelots, Gilgamesh or Banana.

Leaning on Saberlot tbh.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 10, 2019, 04:22:37 pm
i dunno if it's sad or lucky that i have most of them... with the exception of the agartha ones.

lancerturia is probably the best pick , her OC effect is so good combined with waver you could stall boss battles easily. plus she's a heavy buster crit damager.

medea lily if you don;t have her i'd suggest you get her... she saved my ass countless times , her heal and insta NP gain is just too great.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 10, 2019, 06:10:43 pm
If you're going to pick Lalter, you probably should hold off and roll the banner first in case you get her there since she and Salter are going to be the 4* rate ups.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Websta on September 10, 2019, 06:31:46 pm
My heart is telling me to spend that 4star ticket on Wu, but my brain is telling me to spend it on Media Lily
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 10, 2019, 07:56:57 pm
If you're going to pick Lalter, you probably should hold off and roll the banner first in case you get her there since she and Salter are going to be the 4* rate ups.

That'ts not a bad idea actually. But wouldn't mind her as a "free" NP2.

Otherwise, I may go for Saberlot. I don't have him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 12, 2019, 07:14:19 am
Event is over. Only managed to get my Rider Mordred NP Loop ready (but not foolproof) with only an hour left in the event so that sucked. Also didn't do the Hassan CQ or the Prototype CQ because I was sick of CQs and just wanted QP and FP. I got the important stuff from the shop but didn't bother with most of the mats because I already had 50+ of most of them anyway.

All in all I still hate Nero Fest but at least it wasn't as bad as last years.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on September 12, 2019, 07:18:51 am
Well you see, Nero Fest is an egg of an idea waiting to be properly hatched by a True King
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 12, 2019, 07:19:37 am
Event is over. Only managed to get my Rider Mordred NP Loop ready (but not foolproof) with only an hour left in the event so that sucked. Also didn't do the Hassan CQ or the Prototype CQ because I was sick of CQs and just wanted QP and FP. I got the important stuff from the shop but didn't bother with most of the mats because I already had 50+ of most of them anyway.

All in all I still hate Nero Fest but at least it wasn't as bad as last years.

Add the Da Vinci Quest for me among those I didn't do. Managed to farm 16 rounds, so that's a plus for me , and got to LV up several of my servants. Now time to wait for Memelin Apologems.

Update: Merlin Banner just started and...

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/621605722328924160/Fate_GO_2019-09-12-02-14-23.jpg)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/621605722777583616/Fate_GO_2019-09-12-02-18-29.jpg)

I'm already into Buster Memes.

Also got a second copy of Prisma Cosmos from a single. Now I can choose Lalter without worries.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 12, 2019, 09:44:54 am
Got both Salter and Lalter with some multis with rainbow orbs from out of nowhere. Thought it was NP2 Merlin, but it was NP2 Jack... Oh well could have been worse.

Now I don't know who to use my ticket on, probably Pentheselia.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 12, 2019, 10:30:49 am
Threw 30sq into the fire because I really needed 9 CEs and my 100th Cu. /s

I am furious.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 12, 2019, 12:19:22 pm
At least you had the willpower to stop at one multi. My "one" multi for the banner ended up using all 139 of my quartz.

Anyways how was everyone's Umu Fest? Wanted to clear at least 150-200 boxes before the end of the event, but I ended up getting burned out and only opened 125. I also fucked up and didn't get to do the remaining 7 challenge quests cause for some stupid reason I'm an idiot and lost track of time so I thought I had another day left.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: bass30655 on September 12, 2019, 12:37:51 pm
Tried to get Lalter only to get an NP4 salter, NP2 Vlad berserker, and xuanzang for the first time with all 20 tickets and 364 SQ. At least I got Merlin so the Salt is not too bad but I really just want Lalter.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 12, 2019, 02:25:16 pm
so where are we suppose to exchange the ticket?

i would role for np 2 merlin but i wasted all my quartz to get nero bride... didn't get her. got np 3 regular nero.

i manage to beat all the CQ they were my priority and to clear out the shop. didn't bother farming the rose petals since i've got tons of exp cards both in my box and inventory and archives.

gonna use all the friend points and do CE bombs for now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 12, 2019, 02:40:51 pm
You won't be able to redeem the ticket until the 15th.

Also the point of farming all those boxes wasn't the XP cards (at least for me), but the skill gems and QP. You can never get enough of them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 12, 2019, 03:02:53 pm
so no rate up for okita and the other shinsengumi guy? i wanted to np 3 okita.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 12, 2019, 04:14:54 pm
The Guda Guda banner was a thing to celebrate some exhibit going on in JP, so I won't be surprised if NA skips it entirely since there's been a bunch of other JP exclusive banners that never made it to NA like the Knights of the Round banner in July which coincided with the Camelot stage play.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 12, 2019, 04:32:34 pm
awe too bad.

but you did remind me that this was a thing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on September 12, 2019, 07:03:03 pm
Now if the anime does not do it like that I will feel dissapointed.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 12, 2019, 07:12:35 pm
I set myself the goal of 10 boxes. But did more than I expected: 16. I'm happy with it, because I didn't demand much.

Among the CQ's, I did 12 out of the 15. Good enough for me.

Regarding Merlin Banner... I already posted my screenshot, but got him on the second roll.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 14, 2019, 03:39:32 am
Halloween 2 rerun on the 19th.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 16, 2019, 02:42:42 pm
so who did you guys pick?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Websta on September 16, 2019, 03:31:38 pm
still torn between Wu and Media
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: -Greed- on September 16, 2019, 03:39:48 pm
Finally got my Gorgon, I'm happy.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 16, 2019, 03:56:19 pm
still torn between Wu and Media

i suggest go for media if you want pure support , but if you have a good quick servant like okita then go for wu.

i really don't need wu but since i've got almost all the 4 stars she's the better pick than penth.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Websta on September 16, 2019, 07:08:42 pm
Yea i went with Media since Wu is pretty much just DPS
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 17, 2019, 02:15:54 am
My choice was between Li or Pentheselia and decided on the latter. As much as I want an ST Arts Lancer, I thought I could wait till Guda Guda 4 for Kagetora since at least she’ll be NP5.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 17, 2019, 03:11:19 am
How long do I have to pick again?
I'm thinking between Lalter and Saberlot but I want to use the end of week tickets on the Merlin banner first.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 17, 2019, 03:52:00 am
You have until 9pm PDT on September 25th.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 17, 2019, 04:45:27 am
I decided on Medea lily. Don't regret it at all she's cute af.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 17, 2019, 05:06:26 am
Ended up choosing Lalter. All other choices, except for Saberlot were already pulled by me. If I get her on NP2 later on the week, the better.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Akito on September 17, 2019, 08:45:59 am
My choice is Gorgon. I'm happy with this, yeah!

...

But, I'm want Alter Saber too. Oh man, I'll say good bye for this chance.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 18, 2019, 08:49:32 am
You have until 9pm PDT on September 25th.

That'll give me some time then. I managed to get Lalter through the 10 tickets that were given out. Good, because 9 of them were about as disappointing as the average Mugen release (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U76-3RQAHPg)


I'll likely pick Saberlot for my 4* ticket, but I want to look at the list again just to be absolutely sure before I weep on the inside at the thought of having to farm hands to level him up(and raise Lalter bond for her interlude)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 18, 2019, 02:05:42 pm
new animations for gilgamesh. and they update his design too.


now if they could update the remaining year one servants that would be great.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on September 18, 2019, 07:08:05 pm
I have been reading a bit of artorian mythology (thanks to lord el melloy/grey); and just found out that the lady of the lake is also a saber face ...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on September 18, 2019, 10:20:46 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/uNNQhlw.jpg)

I don't see it
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on September 19, 2019, 01:17:26 am
Which fate manga is that from ?You should see manga morgan, she's worse of a saberface nonsaberface; meaning that manga versions are not particularly accurate/official for some characters, though fate apocrypha has a weird bryhilnder , you can argue that that one is kryemhilder.

It's pretty confusing, tho as lady of the lake was a title; so there were two (maybe three) ladies, one was arthur's sister / half sister, which is the one that gave him excalibur then got killed later; the second one was viviane who is the one that saved arthur's ass a few times as well as killed merlin. the third one is morgan assuming she took the title (told you it was confusing); so I guess we ahve to wiat which version type moon takes, though judging by sigurd/siegfred, they'll have two ladies of the lake.

[EDIT]
ah, you image comes form the typemoon wikia, that one is viviane, the one not related to artoria.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 19, 2019, 02:24:50 am
There's also Nimue, Merlin falls in love with her and teaches her everything he knows but she traps him in his eternal cave prison. Then there's another one who gets killed by Balin. And then when Arthur dies, there are four ladies of the lake, including Morgan, on the boat bringing him to Avalon.
It just depends on the book you're reading. Some of them explicitly have two different ladies (like when the one that gets killed is replaced by another one), but many just mention one, two at most, just using different names. Vivian is the most well known (also for raising Lancelot), followed by Nimue. I think only one Italian story makes the lady be Arthur's sister. Morgan is just there on the boat to Avalon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 19, 2019, 07:06:06 am
Help I can’t stop watching Gil’s re-revamped NP animation. I can’t stress enough this is probably the most visually impressive NP to date. RIP those with old phones.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 19, 2019, 09:15:54 am
Maintenance has just been TBD'd, you know what that means...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 19, 2019, 10:44:57 am
(Crab Rave)

EXTRA APOLOGEMS!


I mean...

The Japan version experience.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Akito on September 19, 2019, 10:46:33 am
I wanted to have Alter Saber before, but I had chosen Gorgon.

Today I went to make a sumon, and it happened to me:

(https://i.imgur.com/nN21kNu.png)

BEST SUMON EVER! <3
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on September 19, 2019, 12:07:36 pm
Been hearing something about a free Astolfo ticket.

Whats that about?
Is it a free unit or a free pull?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 19, 2019, 02:58:40 pm
free ticket to any 4 star servants.

anyway if you don't have quality sr now's you're chance and get a free 4 star of your choice and do the event get elizabeth brave. good 4 star saber. solid damage and can tank too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on September 19, 2019, 03:54:20 pm
Oh. Neato.

i just restarted the game today as well.
So i can go for anyone using that ticket yes?

As in, which is the better one to choose?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on September 19, 2019, 04:11:38 pm
There's also Nimue, Merlin falls in love with her and teaches her everything he knows but she traps him in his eternal cave prison. Then there's another one who gets killed by Balin. And then when Arthur dies, there are four ladies of the lake, including Morgan, on the boat bringing him to Avalon.
It just depends on the book you're reading. Some of them explicitly have two different ladies (like when the one that gets killed is replaced by another one), but many just mention one, two at most, just using different names. Vivian is the most well known (also for raising Lancelot), followed by Nimue. I think only one Italian story makes the lady be Arthur's sister. Morgan is just there on the boat to Avalon.
yeah, now that I have been reading legends they keep on changing things around as new versions are made, in several nimue and viviane are the same one; as in, the one that kills merlin is the same that raises lancelot.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 19, 2019, 04:22:59 pm
Oh. Neato.

i just restarted the game today as well.
So i can go for anyone using that ticket yes?

As in, which is the better one to choose?

whatever makes your pp hard.

should've login 5 days ago you could have all the freebies like 10 tickets and butt loads of sq for returning masters.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on September 19, 2019, 05:41:38 pm
Ah dang. Missed that. Although it probably didnt matter anyway since i rerolled.
Is Merlin still out or is he gone? I think he was out earlier but not sure if i missed him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 19, 2019, 09:19:21 pm
He's out for a few days but will come back very soon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on September 19, 2019, 10:48:09 pm
So it turns out i missed the free 4* ticket by a day.

Damn.

He's out for a few days but will come back very soon.

Sweet. He's super broken right?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 19, 2019, 11:09:49 pm
He's about as broken as Waver in that he makes other servants broken. Well, he trades in Waver's defense buffs for specializing in Buster servants.


Basically, he's really good and he appears in everyone's support lists.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: CrashmanX on September 20, 2019, 12:53:54 am

should've login 5 days ago you could have all the freebies like 10 tickets and butt loads of sq for returning masters.

Crap. Is the login bonus still going, or are we SOL if we missed the window?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 20, 2019, 02:48:42 am
You're SOL


I'm going to use the apologems and throw a roll at the halloween banner to try and get one of the event CEs. Maybe if I'm still lucky I'll pull Lancer Vlad

Spoiler: Skewed Luck: IT'S NOT SPOOKY MONTH YET, BUT HERE'S A SPOOK ANYWAY (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 20, 2019, 09:53:09 am
You're SOL


I'm going to use the apologems and throw a roll at the halloween banner to try and get one of the event CEs. Maybe if I'm still lucky I'll pull Lancer Vlad

Spoiler: Skewed Luck: IT'S NOT SPOOKY MONTH YET, BUT HERE'S A SPOOK ANYWAY (click to see content)

Look it this way, now you can do Buster memes!  : 3
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 20, 2019, 01:34:27 pm
Got Cleo to Bond 6 for 3 quartz. Used said quartz in hopes for another copy of Dangerous Beast and ended up getting NP2 Cleo.

Look it this way, now you can do Buster memes!  : 3

*cries in Shakespeare*
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on September 21, 2019, 12:08:39 pm
Is it worth rerolling for Merlin?

Im only at the 3rd proper area but i have Saber Alter and Hercules so i dunno.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 21, 2019, 01:39:37 pm
keep that account's number then try to reroll after getting merlin you decide.

but yeah merlin is indeed worth the rerolls. funny enough i didn't reroll when i was first starting this game. i had crappy servants too i just went with it and play.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on September 23, 2019, 04:50:35 am
You're SOL


I'm going to use the apologems and throw a roll at the halloween banner to try and get one of the event CEs. Maybe if I'm still lucky I'll pull Lancer Vlad

Spoiler: Skewed Luck: IT'S NOT SPOOKY MONTH YET, BUT HERE'S A SPOOK ANYWAY (click to see content)

Hey atleast Nightingale gets a buff to her NP soon that makes her actually allow your party to tank NPs pretty easily...

In accordance to who I got from the ticket, I used it on Penth because even with her rateup on Halloween 3, I don't want to go too heavy on that banner since I'm saving for Abigail and even now I'm thinking of if I should even go for the Parvarti rateup and see which of the Shimosa banners I plan to not go as good in.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 23, 2019, 07:55:28 pm
quest is bug in the forest section can't do any challenge quest there. are they gonna fix this? or they just gonna leave it like it is like they did to old man hassan cq?

don't remember this bug existing last year either.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 24, 2019, 11:49:03 am
Quest has been fixed with 2 golden apples as compensation.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on September 25, 2019, 10:24:25 am
Rate up is a goddamn lie.

At least i got Lancer Alter though but...damn.

Anyone know what the next best card i should be saving for is?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 25, 2019, 03:20:47 pm
in terms of use 
musashi coming up good buster saber and skills are top notch.
hokusai will be available in january 1st , she's a better foreigner than abigail who will debut this december.
there will be 3 assassins coming this october and november idk how good they are but danzo and osakabehime are fan favourites.

forgot to mention ereshkigal. one of the top tier servants in the game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 26, 2019, 04:47:40 pm
I've done about as much as I can be bothered to do in the event and i'm back farming QP. I don't think it's worth getting the gold/silver shop items when my bonuses are so low.

Also just out of curiosity how many SR tickets have JP got so far?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 26, 2019, 05:16:51 pm
Also just out of curiosity how many SR tickets have JP got so far?

Far as I know... 2 or 3.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 26, 2019, 08:53:32 pm
probably more than that since NA already got 2.

anyway who is the better assassin chiyome or danzo? i like danzo's final ascension but chiyome's 1st is kinda cool too bad her np animation sucks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 27, 2019, 01:40:18 am
You can't really compare them since they both offer different roles. Chiyome is an ST Arts Assassin similar to Ryougi who trades in the instant death effect for more practical debuffs, while Danzou is an AoE Buster Assassin who focuses more on team support. However they both hit like wet noodles because of their really low base ATK which is lowered even further because of class mods.

If you have Ryougi or Summer Scathach then you don't need either of them, but if I had to choose I would pick Danzou due to being AoE which is scarce among the Assassin class and that having 2 forms of hard survival that is targetable is never a bad thing.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 27, 2019, 03:30:38 pm
i'm gonna skip them both then.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 30, 2019, 06:19:57 am
Heaven’s Feel campaign on October 1st with Parvati (along with her Homurahara Academy costume) and Vanilla Altria banner. Cursed Arm Hassan also getting his animation update.

Interlewds for Nightingale, Bediviere, Rama, Saberlot, Tristan, Gawain, Vlad Extra, and Hundred Personas being released as well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 30, 2019, 01:35:07 pm
oh yeah this'll be when they update some of the og servants. kojiroh will be next right?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 30, 2019, 04:13:23 pm
His animation update should be released along with Shimosa sometime in October.

I want to pull on this banner for OG Saber because she's literally the only Altria I don't have, but Too-Moe Gozen and Sitting EX are right around the corner...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on September 30, 2019, 05:30:53 pm
>new banner

Damn. i have no SQ and playing story to get them is long.

Is it worth trying for Parvati and the others or nah? and what are the chances of some free SQs being given to us
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 30, 2019, 07:16:17 pm
no, parvati ain't that good , she's a tank that can't tank.

better save your sq for musashi or the old man jubie
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 30, 2019, 10:46:54 pm
>new banner

Damn. i have no SQ and playing story to get them is long.

Is it worth trying for Parvati and the others or nah? and what are the chances of some free SQs being given to us

Parvati is a permanent summonable servant, so I wouldn't have any hurry on trying that banner she will come to you eventually.

no, parvati ain't that good , she's a tank that can't tank.

better save your sq for musashi or the old man jubie

Wait for Skadi to unleash its potential on farming.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 01, 2019, 09:35:51 am
no, parvati ain't that good , she's a tank that can't tank.

better save your sq for musashi or the old man jubie

What? Parvati was never a tank nor designed to be one, she's an offensive AoE nuker with off support capabilities. She was always a really solid Lancer even before the advent of Skadi.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 01, 2019, 02:15:22 pm
low atk high hp and her kit does lean to a more atk focus but still why would i need her to farm? and it doesn't help her design and animation is so bland.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 01, 2019, 03:27:12 pm
Her face cards are weak, but her NP still hits like a truck just due to the nature of Quick NPs having higher base modifiers than both Buster and Arts NPs and that's not including the 30% Quick buff along with her whopping 50% attack buff from her skills. Also with her high natural NP gain and buffs she can easily NP loop with Skadi.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 01, 2019, 03:41:54 pm
Plus she generates a shitload of stars, so even when you can't loop you have something to fall on the nex round.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 01, 2019, 03:47:01 pm
Her face cards are weak, but her NP still hits like a truck just due to the nature of Quick NPs having higher base modifiers than both Buster and Arts NPs and that's not including the 30% Quick buff along with her whopping 50% attack buff from her skills. Also with her high natural NP gain and buffs she can easily NP loop with Skadi.

i didn't knew about that... still she's the lamest of all sakura face servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 04, 2019, 04:37:25 pm
Threw some quartz for Parvati and ended up getting OG Saber and an Orion spook, but no Parvati... At least I got two 5*s who I didn't have before. WHELP GUESS I'LL WAIT TWO YEARS BEFORE PARVATI'S NEXT SOLO RATE UP WITH THE OOKU LABYRINTH EVENT.

Also Ishtar got an animation update. Now where's Ushi's, Benkei's, and Leonidas' DW!?


Shimosa on Thursday.
https://webview.fate-go.us/2019/1010_shimousa/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on October 09, 2019, 07:59:25 am
That's fine, I'm a strong independent master that don't need no support Merlin.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 10, 2019, 11:05:06 am
I know she's permanent, but I went ahead and tried to go all in for NP5 Too-Moe Gozen cause I'm too much of a idiot to wait for her solo rate up tomorrow. So after 437 quartz, I got Musashi to NP5 (from NP1) before I even got Too-Moe to NP2... Decided to call it there since I didn't want to spend more quartz and end up getting another copy of Musashi.

I'm happy I got one of my favorite 5*s to NP5 (I will now feed her all my grails and golden fous), but at least NP3 Too-Moe would have been nice since I also ended up getting Chiyome to NP4 which could have translated to more NP levels for her. Does this count as Skewed Luck rubbing off on me again, DarkFlare?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on October 10, 2019, 11:34:34 am
I did a single ticket roll For Shimousa banner. Nothing new, unless you count a second copy of Kaleidoscope as something good. e.e

Least I can face Shimousa with sme more consistency now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on October 11, 2019, 01:55:32 am
Went 300 SQ and got NP5 Hozoin and NP1 Tomoe.

That's literally all I got from this banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 11, 2019, 03:51:35 pm
60 sq , i got LB prism illya and LB 2030 got tomoe she's ok i guess but i was hoping for musashi.

that's all well now time to save up for december. and hozoin is super OP no wonder jp players like this guy. dude could kill anything after he stack some buffs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on October 13, 2019, 06:18:10 am
60 sq , i got LB prism illya and LB 2030 got tomoe she's ok i guess but i was hoping for musashi.

that's all well now time to save up for december. and hozoin is super OP no wonder jp players like this guy. dude could kill anything after he stack some buffs.

Yeah he's the exact opposite of Cu.

Cu's one of the best 3 stars because he has insane longevity.
Hozoin's one of the best 3 stars simply because once he get his NP, he can straight MURDER enemies even on neutral and god forbid he stacks NPs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on October 13, 2019, 07:41:38 am
I did a 10-roll and got an np2 Hozoin, an MLB Art of Death and another KScope.

Decided to max the Art of Death, no regrets.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 13, 2019, 10:28:02 am
don't worry you'll have a 2nd LB copy of art of death... it's probably one of the most common rare ces that pops up everytime.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 14, 2019, 03:08:48 am
Just cleared Shimosa and I really liked it overall. Still doesn't hold a candle to something like Babylonia, but I was still very much invested into the story, though I wasn't that much of a fan of the reoccurring bouts of exposition trying to explain Japanese terminology since it took me out of the immersion. I will say that I now heavily regret ignoring Kotaro up until now cause he's the goodest of boys and I will try my best to reunite him with Danzo.

Out of all the gimmicky boss fights in the chapter, the one that gave me the most trouble was Chiyome only because I thought I could casually breeze through it with a stall team with Illya only to find out seconds later that my Servants are neck deep in Curse, NP Seal, Skill Seal, and Atk down debuffs...

My personal tier list from hardest to easiest of the bosses:
1. Chiyome
2. Raikou & Shuten
3. Tomoe
4. "Limbo"
5. "Empireo"
6. "Sorceror"
7. Inshun
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on October 14, 2019, 08:39:48 am
Honestly, the only ones that ever gave me trouble were the Oni duo and Empireo.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on October 14, 2019, 09:52:53 am
The Onis would have been easy had I used the combat uniform like I planned, however I went in with the Mage Association Robe and it became a race to defeat Shuten ASAP.
Team was Jack-Merlin-Musashi-SummerScatty-Mash-Jeanne
Managed to get Shuten down one bar before Raikou took out Merlin, then manage to kill her on the NP turn which wiped out everyone leaving Mash and Jeanne (who both had MLB Kotomine CE) to tank it out.

My favorite boss battle was Amakusa, because I always cherish throwing out double BBs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 14, 2019, 04:21:03 pm
mine the oni duo , most bosses didn't gave me any trouble had to use an apple and gave up and just used command seals. i'm only using servants with bonus bond points and my MC is mage uniform , it's near the max lvl. took me almost 2 years to finish lvling the 3 uniforms. good thing most mystic codes are easy to max.

been skipping the story i don't have any time to read is this arc story worth reading like babylonia and camelot?

btw when will they implement stacking poison damage?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on October 17, 2019, 07:46:35 am
Rolled part 2 of Shimosa banner. I had to pay a bit more than I wanted, but...

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/634255506877448202/Fate_GO_2019-10-17-00-03-25.jpg)

Sitting master is here. It was either: Him or NP2 Raikou. Yagyu was the priority to be fair. I can try get Raikou in Setsubun event.

Additionally: Second 2030 and Imaginary Around came to me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 17, 2019, 08:07:50 am
Threw 180 quartz for Danzou, ended up getting NP2 Shuten and 2 Raikous (NP3) before getting her.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: -Greed- on October 17, 2019, 04:10:45 pm
Got a free Shuten off of a summon ticket.  Wow.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 21, 2019, 08:29:49 am
The final chapter of the Elly-Fest trilogy (Halloween 3) starts this week on the 23rd.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on October 23, 2019, 05:36:04 am
Decided to throw in a ten roll in the Part two banner for Shimousa...

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/636400731590492160/Fate_GO_2019-10-22-22-05-48.jpg)

I has NP2 Mama now! =D
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 23, 2019, 02:11:52 pm
so according to da vinci pyramids are middle eastern... good to know.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 23, 2019, 04:51:04 pm
My good luck from Shimosa didn't carry over to Elly-Fest and I got spooked by NP2 Altera and NP2 Ozy.... No Neet-Hime for me then since she could have been a nice addition to my Quick Ciritcal team before Skadi rolls around.

so according to da vinci pyramids are middle eastern... good to know.

Well yeah...the Pyramids are from Egypt, which is part of the Middle East.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on October 23, 2019, 09:25:02 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/XXaRcXo.jpg)

2 multi's. Double Rainbows. And it's a NEET and a Pirate... really says something huh.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on October 23, 2019, 11:26:40 pm
My Shimousa Banners experience in a nutshell
(https://i.imgur.com/O6c9Axi.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 24, 2019, 04:02:12 pm
did a ten roll got spooked by zerkerlot. WHY?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: -Greed- on October 24, 2019, 05:44:58 pm
Did a single roll, got a second Parvati.

I am so confused.  What is my luck?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 25, 2019, 03:17:58 am
Did a single roll, got a second Parvati.

I am so confused.  What is my luck?

Don't you worry. According to laws of probability, your great luck right now will soon be offset by despair.

Source: Me in despair during Shinjuku, Summer 1 Rerun, and Halloween 3 banner after a lucky streak



Halloween event in JP being replaced by Saber Wars 2. Currently featured Servants are Space Ishtar and Calamity Jane.





No welfare Servant and the only bonus Servant (for extra Altrium dorps) this time around is Vanilla Altria/OG Saber.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on October 27, 2019, 01:16:39 am
Halloween event in JP being replaced by Saber Wars 2.
Replaced?

or Saber Wars 2 IS the Halloween event?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 29, 2019, 02:49:19 pm
Well the Servant Universe is involved with this event so I wouldn't be surprised if at some point it's hijacked to become a Halloween event like when Space Ishtar tuned Zasshu-Fest into Ishtar-Fest halfway through.

Space Ishtar is 5* Avenger (AoE Arts) and Calamity Jane is 4* Archer (ST Quick)

As for NA, the Babylonia Anime campaign starts tomorrow with Enkidu/Quetz banner and some free goodies like quartz and tickets. We'll also be getting 30 more quartz for completing a like/retweet event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 29, 2019, 02:53:15 pm
oh wow that's the most generous thing they did in NA. usually it's just 3 or 5 tickets.

so all in all we gonna get  free 30 sq and 10 more from the quests and 7 tickets. that's a lot. that's a great abigail fund.

drained all my friend points and i couldn't get the event 3* ce. kinda like the design. spent 100k+
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 30, 2019, 02:23:37 pm

Space Ishtar NP. Lol she literally looked at Kama's NP and was like "Hold my gems!". Just like Demon King Nobu and Valkyrie, she is composed of several different forms of Ishtar who are sharing one Saint Graph.

Has the very unique ability to change the card type of her NP through her second skill which makes her incredibly flexible from all types of supports, though her low NP hit count of 3 hits prevents this NP from being busted.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 30, 2019, 06:55:43 pm
she is composed of several different forms of Ishtar who are sharing one Saint Graph.
And yet apparently all of them use Rin's face even though I'm pretty sure there was a mention that Ishtar's real body wasn't supposed to particularly look like her when they loaded Ishtar into Rin's body. That's the problem with the joke stuff in Fate, once someone makes a choice like that, no one steps away from it. Nobunaga and Okita started as a joke and then it became legit. And all the terrible genderbents are all the versions we'll ever get. It wouldn't be so bad if at least they made use of the ability to just pick a new aspect of a legend to explain a new design and even a gender un-bending sitting next to the existing designs, but no, nobody touch the waifu.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 31, 2019, 08:15:11 am
Isn't that because Space Ishtar within the Servant Universe is well...still a Servant? So that means she wouldn't be able to manifest with her true self due to being a high ranking Divine Spirit that can't be summoned normally. I know what you mean, but It would still make sense for her to possess Rin for any appearance that would include her being a Servant.

Well it's either that or her artist needs any excuse to draw Rin considering she has a massive lady boner for her apparently.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on October 31, 2019, 04:35:23 pm
I just learned that alt-edgy emiya is the version of emiya we get if he kills sakura in heaven feels... then rin tries to get the holy grail to revive sakura so he kills rin too. I was reading a bit on the fate VN bad ends, got pretty interested so I will google for more bad ends.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 01, 2019, 02:01:50 am
Used one of the monthly tickets on the wrong banner. Ended up getting NP2 Lucha-nee. Not complaining and was pleasantly surprised but that could have been Okki had I summoned on the Halloween banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: -Greed- on November 02, 2019, 08:50:25 am
Well uh, this is weird. 

I ten rolled Ozymandias, and summon ticket'd Archer of Inferno.  On the Babylonia anime banner. 

I'm confused, but not complaining in the slightest.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on November 02, 2019, 10:47:22 am
I'd pull on the Babylonia banner, but Taiga isn't on it.

Like, come on.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 02, 2019, 11:58:58 pm
8m downloads campaign with the return of King Hassan on the 7th.

Padoru-Fest 2: Jailter Strikes back (Christmas 2 Rerun) starts on the 12th.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on November 08, 2019, 06:10:39 am
Spoiler: One Multi roll (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on November 10, 2019, 12:40:39 am
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: -Greed- on November 10, 2019, 01:03:59 am
I'd pull on the Babylonia banner, but Taiga isn't on it.

Like, come on.

No Gorgon is my breaking point, honestly.  Even with all that delicious free SQ they gave us.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on November 12, 2019, 05:00:23 pm
Maintenance is a doozy this time around:
https://countle.com/c9UR04YPP
Got this link from Reddit, looks like we only get a small window to keep our streaks alive/claim tickets.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 12, 2019, 06:36:39 pm
why is it always the ios have the same trouble.  i've read something about it being technical issues with apple itself and not fgo.

anyway how many apologems will we get?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: -Greed- on November 12, 2019, 06:57:43 pm
It's going to be raining Quartz~
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on November 13, 2019, 03:24:15 am
Looks like we're not getting out of this with our login streaks intact:
(https://i.redd.it/x3qx4mai5dy31.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on November 13, 2019, 03:30:27 am
Our streaks are dead. I blame Apple and their shitty policies, though.

Hope they can at least make up for this with letting us keep the rewards we were supposed to get from the 8m campaign. It's the least they can do after this ridiculous amount of maintenance period.

Edit: 34 SQ and 30 Apples as compensation. 8m DL campaign bonuses will be compensated. However, consecutive normal Login Streaks are back to 1.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on November 13, 2019, 05:12:28 am
Been saving up summon tickets, too. Right now, maintenance just ended, but the traffic is making it hard for me to even play the game.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 13, 2019, 01:21:07 pm
so wait i don't get it, we're gonna get the tickets? cause i didn't get mine they gave me x10 exp card i'm suppose to be at day 5 i didn't skip any logins. except yesterday cause you couldn't login.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 13, 2019, 03:48:46 pm
We'll be getting our tickets and whatever items you were supposed to receive for the 8m campaign on the 20th, so don't worry about it.

Also JP just announced 18m download campaign with Skadi banner and 4* ticket happening right now along with Lostbelt 5 and Padoru Fest 5: Nightingale's Christmas Carol for December.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 13, 2019, 03:58:55 pm
ok good , cause  for some odd reason i get majority of my 5*with ticket rolls. the only 5 stars that i got from quartz are the paid summons gacha.

so we gonna get nightingale as xmas servant this time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 17, 2019, 01:58:26 am
NYC Anime panel announcements:
- 30 SQ for everyone.
- Additional weekly missions that give out tickets.
- Thanksgiving banner with Okita, Hijikata, Amakusa, Da Vinci, Altria Lancer, Gilgamesh, Iskander, and MHX.
- Salem coming soon.
- Subtitles for NP animations coming soon.
- Half AP quests.
- Astolfo costume.
- Cosmos in the Lostbelt was hinted at.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on November 17, 2019, 02:24:32 am
NYC Anime panel announcements:
- 30 SQ for everyone.
- Additional weekly missions that give out tickets.
- Thanksgiving banner with Okita, Hijikata, Amakusa, Da Vinci, Altria Lancer, Gilgamesh, Iskander, and MHX.
- Salem coming soon.
- Subtitles for NP animations coming soon.
- Half AP quests.
- Astolfo costume.
- Cosmos in the Lostbelt was hinted at.

Good, that makes it better to save for Eresh.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 17, 2019, 03:41:35 am
Subtitles for NP animations are now live.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 17, 2019, 05:37:37 am
oh i noticed that too , my my another 30 sq? fgo is being generous.

can't believe it that were far out in the game and we're gonna get astolfo costume. having fun using martha in the current event. i only used her for her 2nd skill back then her defense debuff is really good.

EDIT: is there any better way to farm these damn cakes , i don't remember it this slow i should be done by now especially having all this LB cards.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 19, 2019, 02:32:17 am
Cheesecakes: Powder Snow
Shortcakes and Fruitcakes: Snowflake

Drops aren’t that good due to drop pool being diluted, but they’re literally the best nodes to farm that specific currency.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 19, 2019, 03:17:29 pm
i got all 'em except for the fruitcakes , it's drop isn't consistent some times you get more than 7 or 8 drops then some times it's only 2 or 3.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on November 21, 2019, 07:17:47 am
I pulled Gilgamesh with only 3 tickets. How do I check if I still have a soul?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 21, 2019, 06:08:57 pm
Got NP2 Gil with tickets too. Happy I didn't have to touch my quartz for this, though now I'm starting to ponder whether I want NP2 Hijikata. Seriously that guy is really fun to use.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on November 21, 2019, 10:08:41 pm
Still trying to get the Jalter CE drop. Damn it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on November 22, 2019, 08:37:59 am
Still trying to get the Jalter CE drop. Damn it.

I needed 2 HNS drops... I got 3 instead.

My quest for Gil was unsuccessful. All I got was NP4 Liz and another 2030.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 24, 2019, 05:45:21 am
when's the new singularity gonna drop? next week or will it be x-mas event first?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 24, 2019, 08:49:17 am
According to some Chinese leaks, Padoru Fest 5: Nightingale's Christmas Carol featured 5* is Saber Astolfo:
(https://i.imgur.com/BY8jzRM.png)

Here's Santa Nightingale:
(https://i.imgur.com/m1iz0rR.png)(https://i.imgur.com/HffOiBL.png)

when's the new singularity gonna drop? next week or will it be x-mas event first?

Salem has only been confirmed, but no date has been announced yet, though general consensus is that it'll be released sometime around December 2nd. If we're still going by the JP schedule then Padoru Fest 3 should happen around 2 weeks after the release of Salem so we won't expect it till at least mid December at the earliest.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 24, 2019, 11:15:05 am
where's rabbit bunyan with the halloween theme that was leaked a few months ago?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on November 24, 2019, 03:00:57 pm
Whos better to roll for out of the current banners out?

I recall talk saying Mysterious Heroine X is good but i kinda want Ishtar.

EDIT: Damn, did i miss out on 30 SQ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 24, 2019, 03:42:31 pm
you missed out on a lot of stuff if you havent been logging in. probably worth 100 sq in total plus a bunch of tickets probably around 20 or so. there's another 7 but you neededto log-in straight 7 days.

even if you don't want to play just open the app and get an attendance, same goes for me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on November 24, 2019, 05:57:43 pm
Dang.

I had to restart(had to delete the app due to space) and hearing i missed a bunch of stuff hurt.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 28, 2019, 12:48:52 am
Salem announced for December 2nd.

https://fate-go.us/salem/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 29, 2019, 12:37:06 am
best girl with dick saber edition

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 29, 2019, 07:52:48 am
I was able to get Gil from NP2 to NP5 in 90 quartz with his rate up today. I hope this luck sticks with me throughout the remainder of the year.

Anyways, NA just announced starting in December we'll be getting a daily log in bonus for 25 days.

https://fate-go.us/adventcalender2019/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on November 29, 2019, 08:26:06 am
inb4 apple ruins this event
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on November 29, 2019, 06:43:41 pm
inb4 apple ruins this event

Didn't read the fine print did you? They are accounting for that possibility.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 30, 2019, 05:55:15 am
are the gifts random for each players or it's fixed?

salem is out ... still no abby though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 03, 2019, 03:39:55 am
Abby won’t be coming out till the second banner next week which is what JP did back then. It’s ironic though, as much as JP was incredibly secretive regarding Abby during their initial release of Salem, NA apparently assumes that most people know who she is and the Foreigner class as they just released a video/updated the website showcasing her NP.

Who knows maybe they’ll release her early because of that, but I wouldn’t hold get your hopes up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on December 03, 2019, 04:09:44 am
are the gifts random for each players or it's fixed?

Looks to be fixed for all players, as far as the website tells me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on December 03, 2019, 04:16:51 am
Abby won’t be coming out till the second banner next week which is what JP did back then. It’s ironic though, as much as JP was incredibly secretive regarding Abby during their initial release of Salem, NA apparently assumes that most people know who she is and the Foreigner class as they just released a video/updated the website showcasing her NP.

Who knows maybe they’ll release her early because of that, but I wouldn’t hold get your hopes up.

I'm pretty sure they showed her NP and class because NA already knows who she was due to Clairvoyant EX so it's utterly pointless to hide anything unlike in JP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 03, 2019, 06:01:20 am
If that were the case then it would be moot to even continue using whole “hiding your True Name” thing that Epic of Remnant started especially when most know who those Servants are (Archer of Shinjuku/James Moriarty for example).

But I digress it’s a lot easier in Abby’s case since she never had an alias to begin with so the story doesn’t have to hide anything regarding her identity other than the fact that she’s a Servant of a new Extra Class.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 03, 2019, 06:10:23 am
one week? man i thought it'll be for a couple of days.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 03, 2019, 11:59:51 am
Not enjoying the story to Salem. I think I dislike it more than Agartha.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 04, 2019, 05:49:41 pm
it's basically a recap of what happened from past singularities and the untold stories behind some of the servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on December 04, 2019, 06:26:49 pm
Is Caster of Salem any good? Pulled her when trying for Nezha.
Keyblade Witch when
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 04, 2019, 06:53:52 pm
caster of okeanos (pink haired loli) or caster of midrash (the chocolate big tits)? ....

caster of okeanos is a good auxiliary support/damager , her main utility is stun locking opponents but she has weak damage and low np charge rate.

caster of midrash is a heavy crit damage , decent np gain.

i say go for midrash instead of okeanos ... okeanos's has low damage and her utility isn't really that great , one you need to babysit her for her to continuously use her NP , she has low damage i would've understand if it was an AOE np or if instead of stun it's a NP drain with np block her utility would be better.

or don't roll and either wait for abigail or better yet at the start of the year they'll debut a better foreigner class that's in the top 10 best servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on December 04, 2019, 07:03:52 pm
Meant Okeanos.
Is Midrash even out yet?

EDIT: oh, she's story locked. *cries in Orleans*
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 05, 2019, 12:24:17 am
What, we had one page of discussion of abby and nobody mentioned pancakes?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 05, 2019, 01:12:39 pm
we're not degenerates here sir.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 05, 2019, 04:35:26 pm
pfft

(https://s1.zerochan.net/Foreigner.%28Abigail.Williams%29.600.2498985.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 06, 2019, 10:57:32 am
Just finished Salem and my opinion of it is also better, one of the stronger endings of a story chapter IMO.
Would still rate it behind Shinjuku and on par with Shimousa,

Used my grail on BB and now she's at 90. I really don't know who to grail after that. Guess I'm at the point where "grail for love" kicks in.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 06, 2019, 01:32:18 pm
after spending almost 2 years leveling early mystic codes i'm really surprised how easy to level the new ones.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 09, 2019, 08:48:15 am
Abby banner is here, was able to get her along with Sheba and NP3 Too-Moe which I'm more than happy to take.

I'm mad that I gave into Abby's temptation and basically wasted all my Eresh and Hokusai funds so if I want them I would need to bust out wallet-kun...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 09, 2019, 12:53:00 pm
i gpt np4 astolfo wtf!? and spooked by tamamo cat........and bunch of archers that i don't need emiya you fucker!!!

i shouldn't have rolled for nezha yesterday....

edit: got big tit sheba though. damn my funds went all the drain.... seems like i won't be rolling for eresh. (though i know that's a lie)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 13, 2019, 03:39:26 am
Padoru Fest 3: Christmas in Hell releases December 16th along with Ereshkigal banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 16, 2019, 11:07:14 am
Rin faces really hate me... a lot.

3 5 Star Servants and none of them were Eresh. Instead I got: Drake, Enkidu and Osakabehime. Enkidu hurted the most.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 16, 2019, 11:21:21 am
I got spooked by Waver on the first very first multi which immediately triggered my PTSD from last year when I was rolling for Ishtar and got spooked by Jeanne 3 times straight and then by Arjuna to put more salt onto the wound. Thankfully Eresh decided to come home and was able to get her to NP3.

...though I did only get one 5* CE which perplexes me, but I'll take 4 5* Servants over a 5* CE any day.

Enkidu hurted the most.

That was actually on the back of my mind and I would have rage'd so hard if that were to happen to me even though I don't have him. I'm sorry for your loss.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on December 16, 2019, 05:46:23 pm
(Laughs in Skewed Luck) (https://twitter.com/darkflare_ex/status/1206525619028340736?s=20)

...why did I roll on this banner?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: -Greed- on December 16, 2019, 05:56:20 pm
(Laughs in Skewed Luck) (https://twitter.com/darkflare_ex/status/1206525619028340736?s=20)

...why did I roll on this banner?

Don't worry, I did the same.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 17, 2019, 12:06:44 am
(Laughs in Skewed Luck) (https://twitter.com/darkflare_ex/status/1206525619028340736?s=20)

...why did I roll on this banner?

Cause you wanted Ereshkigal? No offense, but just say you wanted her and are happy about it cause it really sounds like you're humble bragging. Makes people who actually dumped hella resources into this banner to end up not getting her feel worse about themselves (like one of my friends spending 1290 quartz for no SSR).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on December 17, 2019, 12:18:19 am
I honestly was going more for the event CEs to get a headstart on farming despite my internal self screaming to stop throwing quartz that should be going toward Jalter next month. Eresh wasn't a priority, I didn't have much quartz to begin with and I certainly wasn't expecting to pull another SSR after pulling one about two weeks ago.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 17, 2019, 12:40:09 am
(Laughs in Skewed Luck) (https://twitter.com/darkflare_ex/status/1206525619028340736?s=20)

...why did I roll on this banner?

Cause you wanted Ereshkigal? No offense, but just say you wanted her and are happy about it cause it really sounds like you're humble bragging. Makes people who actually dumped hella resources into this banner to end up not getting her feel worse about themselves (like one of my friends spending 1290 quartz for no SSR).
how much is that in real money?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 17, 2019, 12:46:17 am
Depends how much was saved and how much was bought and what tier

The highest tier is 168 for 80 dollars, which has always seemed like abject insanity to me but hey I'm not a whale
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: -Greed- on December 17, 2019, 12:58:20 am
I'm actually annoyed I got Eresh, because that's a second five star Lancer I need to level in a row, after getting Artoria Lancer for the first time.  Resources are a headache sometimes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 17, 2019, 01:22:51 am
I'm actually annoyed I got Eresh, because that's a second five star Lancer I need to level in a row, after getting Artoria Lancer for the first time.  Resources are a headache sometimes.

I honestly was going more for the event CEs to get a headstart on farming despite my internal self screaming to stop throwing quartz that should be going toward Jalter next month. Eresh wasn't a priority, I didn't have much quartz to begin with and I certainly wasn't expecting to pull another SSR after pulling one about two weeks ago.

All I'm saying is just enjoy your luck and don't be so arrogant about it, cause there are people out there who would kill for your luck.

Case in point: KR community rolling for Eresh with some disastrous results.

Warning salt ahead (https://i.imgur.com/RUnGhy7.jpg)

Depends how much was saved and how much was bought and what tier

The highest tier is 168 for 80 dollars, which has always seemed like abject insanity to me but hey I'm not a whale


You'd be surprised to know that ironically FGO has some of the cheapest prices when it comes to buying premium currency when compared to other Gacha games, but I guess that's what happens when you have a 1% 5* rate. Gotta make it look tempting somehow...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 17, 2019, 01:33:18 am
Depends how much was saved and how much was bought and what tier

The highest tier is 168 for 80 dollars, which has always seemed like abject insanity to me but hey I'm not a whale
wow, so your friend spent like $600
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 17, 2019, 02:06:00 am
To drive the point even further, here’s NA’s train wreck when rolling for Eresh. Not saying you guys are ever going to whale, but if you ever dumped all your resources into a banner and get nothing you want in return only for someone to say “lol rolled them in 1 ticket, didn’t event want them lol”, you’ll finally feel how these people do.

Even more salt. (https://i.redd.it/ot78pgqyg2541.png)

wow, so your friend spent like $600

More or less.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: -Greed- on December 17, 2019, 03:05:31 am
I'm actually annoyed I got Eresh, because that's a second five star Lancer I need to level in a row, after getting Artoria Lancer for the first time.  Resources are a headache sometimes.

I honestly was going more for the event CEs to get a headstart on farming despite my internal self screaming to stop throwing quartz that should be going toward Jalter next month. Eresh wasn't a priority, I didn't have much quartz to begin with and I certainly wasn't expecting to pull another SSR after pulling one about two weeks ago.

All I'm saying is just enjoy your luck and don't be so arrogant about it, cause there are people out there who would kill for your luck.

Case in point: KR community rolling for Eresh with some disastrous results.

Warning salt ahead (https://i.imgur.com/RUnGhy7.jpg)

They would kill for my luck, while I would kill for the mere ability to spend that much money on a video game.  Thing is, I did sorta want her, but I just happened to end up with exactly 30 SQ after the handout.

I am normally not lucky at all.  Last time I got a unit that was actually on rateup was the Da Vinci banner.  Everything else has been a bust, especially for four stars.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 17, 2019, 03:19:43 am
Got a free Shuten off of a summon ticket.  Wow.

Well uh, this is weird. 

I ten rolled Ozymandias, and summon ticket'd Archer of Inferno.  On the Babylonia anime banner. 

I'm confused, but not complaining in the slightest.

Did a single roll, got a second Parvati.

I am so confused.  What is my luck?

I dunno, you seem pretty lucky to me. Shuten was even on rate up too when that one happened.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: -Greed- on December 17, 2019, 04:20:19 am
Difference is, none of it was expected.  Some was wanted, Tomoe was a surprise, Shuten I can take or leave, and... Parvati exists I guess. 

Desire sensor is in full effect for me. 

Remember.  Always expect nothing.

Maybe CEs.  Mostly nothing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on December 17, 2019, 04:41:45 am
Honestly, the good luck may seem like a blessing, but it can become a curse just as much especially if you're willing to put down some money for waifus since you're more likely to impulse buy just to ride a hot streak you think you have.

I mean, just cause they had shit luck this banner doesn't mean they'll have shit luck every banner. And damn, they can be jealous of my burst of good luck, but I'll be jealous of them having so much disposable income to throw around for nice art.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 17, 2019, 05:06:22 am
After a few more tries... Finally I got Ereshkigal... and the 5th Starry Nights in the process. I'm done rolling. Finally the game had enough spooking me. ;_;

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

I'm gonna skip on Hokusai. She's not a priority, compared to Fujinon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 17, 2019, 05:11:22 am
I’m not trying to be the fun police and it’s fine to boast about a lucky pull you got to everyone, but it’s the way you go about it. Just choose your words carefully and try to not come off as condescending.

I play 5 Gachas currently, but FGO is the only one I actively spend money on. Even then going deep into Gacha hell firsthand is a humbling yet traumatic experience I don’t want to see anyone go through just because one person didn’t get their Waifu in $1000+ while some prick goes around announcing to the world they got them in one multi in a disrespectful way.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 17, 2019, 05:31:04 am
I’m not trying to be the fun police and it’s fine to boast about a lucky pull you got to everyone, but it’s the way you go about it. Just choose your words carefully and try to not come off as condescending.

Essentially this. It really sucks when one doesn't get what it seeks for.

There are ways to express how you feel glad with your results without the intention (or with it) of rubbing salt on the wounds... though, I shall say, @Darkflare that when I pulled Caster Nero this past Summer Event, I wasn't intersted on her because I'm not a fan of hers, but ended up rolling around with her anyways and now I'm glad I got her since she's one of my main hitting Casers along Titty Monk; that is especially true after hearing on the Discord channel I go that there were people who failed to get her... horribly.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: -Greed- on December 17, 2019, 06:04:59 am
It just still baffles me to this day that people can dump over a thousand dollars on a mobile game like this.

Thats enough to build a decent PC

That's enough to buy multiple game consoles

God forbid I mention how many games that could get you for said consoles.  Or on steam.

And some of those were depressing, like that person who was duping their mother for more money.  Actually what the fuck, some of these people have legit gambling problems.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 17, 2019, 01:15:35 pm
5 ten rolls all bare minimum wtf ... it's been 3 months since i got 5 star servant.

i got tons of 5 star ce lb so that's nice but come on i only want abigail. like for real i've got tons and tons of exp cards i don't even know what to do with them anymore.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 18, 2019, 12:42:26 pm
Lostbelt 5 stuff:

Orion (the actual Orion) 5* Archer (Artemis re-revamp when!?)


Greek Medb Europa 5* Rider


Madricardo 3* Rider


Hektor animation update


Lostbelt 5 CM
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on December 18, 2019, 01:44:38 pm
Got him in 400+ gems!!


Though I thought I was finally free from hero's proof hell. AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!

(https://i.ibb.co/DrNGh7f/Screenshot-20191218-202254.png) (https://ibb.co/jJdVmLk)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 18, 2019, 02:58:19 pm
lmao, they really went full bara with him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 18, 2019, 09:28:58 pm
an apparently the cool armour dude is odiseus.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 19, 2019, 01:19:22 am
Some info regarding Lostbelt 5. This is the largest chapter to date and contains many twist and turns that even made the entire community fly into a panic due to how many unpredictable events that transpired.

Spoiler: Massive Spoilers (click to see content)

There are other details I'm missing here, but there are mostly the major ones I wanted to mention.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 19, 2019, 03:03:41 am
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Also, I wanted to get two more Party Time CE's, but instead... well...

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

I'll definitely take it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedinglight on December 19, 2019, 10:12:10 pm
Meanwhile in NA I can't get a damn CE to save my life (which would've resulted in maybe a few less minutes of farming).

Also as expected of a December story release LB5 got real.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 20, 2019, 12:42:05 pm
Spoiler: Lostbelt 5 spoilers (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 20, 2019, 06:55:05 pm
got 4 of them just from drops , LB'd the one i got from shop.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on December 25, 2019, 06:50:01 am
Hmmm......Does anyone know if the New Years banners for 2020 will require paid Saint Quartz?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 25, 2019, 07:06:12 am
There's the banner for the new character, which is just a banner

Then there's the reason I refer to paid rolls as the blood roll, which absolutely requires paid quartz but guarantees a 5 star of whatever subsections of servant banner you choose

You will know it because the button is colored red
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 25, 2019, 07:47:36 am
If we follow the same schedule than JP does, this in theory should be the last Paid banner that requires us to purchase at least 30 SQ. Next paid banner should cost only 15 SQ if that is the case.

Let the salt of the Paid gacha roll roam free.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on December 25, 2019, 08:20:39 am
If we follow the same schedule than JP does, this in theory should be the last Paid banner that requires us to purchase at least 30 SQ. Next paid banner should cost only 15 SQ if that is the case.

Let the salt of the Paid gacha roll roam free.

Man, I really hope that's not the case. Don't really have the funds for it, not to mention, I have been wanting to roll for Suzuka Gozen as a Support Servant for another lineup I'm creating.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 25, 2019, 08:33:17 am
As a 4 star Suzuka Gozen would not be part of the blood roll to begin with

Well you wouldn't be doing the blood roll to get her I should say, it would be happenstance
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on December 25, 2019, 08:37:29 am
As a 4 star Suzuka Gozen would not be part of the blood roll to begin with

Well you wouldn't be doing the blood roll to get her I should say, it would be happenstance

Ah, right. Keep forgetting it's 5 Star territory.

Speaking of other banners, when it comes to the Story banner, it's very hit or miss.
I was lucky enough to nab my girl Mordred as my very first 5 star servant last month, followed by Ishtar on the same day when the Thanksgiving banner was active. Was my luckiest day by far when it came to summons.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 25, 2019, 12:28:26 pm
Merry Christmas guys, be sure to log in for your celebratory 15 quartz from the Advent Calendar event.

How's everyone's farming so far? I'm trying to aim for 100 boxes before the end of the event, but I'm currently only at 86 since I'm starting to get burned out. I was able to get enough CE drops to MLB 3 of the lotto CEs.

Ah, right. Keep forgetting it's 5 Star territory.

Speaking of other banners, when it comes to the Story banner, it's very hit or miss.
I was lucky enough to nab my girl Mordred as my very first 5 star servant last month, followed by Ishtar on the same day when the Thanksgiving banner was active. Was my luckiest day by far when it came to summons.

You have a lot of balls rolling in the Story Banner.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 25, 2019, 01:48:29 pm
Too busy to make it past 15 boxes this year.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on December 25, 2019, 09:18:23 pm
Ah, right. Keep forgetting it's 5 Star territory.

Speaking of other banners, when it comes to the Story banner, it's very hit or miss.
I was lucky enough to nab my girl Mordred as my very first 5 star servant last month, followed by Ishtar on the same day when the Thanksgiving banner was active. Was my luckiest day by far when it came to summons.

You have a lot of balls rolling in the Story Banner.

Can't deny that doing so paid off for me, though. Mordred's been one the key players in getting me to the Final Singularity.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 26, 2019, 09:05:43 am
Prologue to Cosmos in the Lostbelt is out, clear it before January 7th to earn 30 quartz and a limited 4* CE.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 26, 2019, 09:37:24 am
Got mine already. Now saving for Fujinon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on December 28, 2019, 03:31:19 am
Question: Do the Psuedo-Singularities take place before or apart from Lostbelt?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 28, 2019, 03:56:18 am
Question: Do the Psuedo-Singularities take place before or apart from Lostbelt?

They're optional in origin to play them, but if we go by story cannon, they happen before the Lostbelt.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on December 28, 2019, 04:08:54 am
Question: Do the Psuedo-Singularities take place before or apart from Lostbelt?

They're optional in origin to play them, but if we go by story cannon, they happen before the Lostbelt.

Can they be played in any order, or would it be recommended to go in order?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on December 28, 2019, 04:28:10 am
They can be done in any order.

Be especially wary of Shimousa as that one is pretty rough especially with the forced Musashi fights.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on December 28, 2019, 04:37:05 am
They can be done in any order.

Be especially wary of Shimousa as that one is pretty rough especially with the forced Musashi fights.

How forced are we talking here?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 28, 2019, 04:55:38 am
Forced in that it's a duel and you have to be Musashi

I don't even think you can be your Musashi if you have one, I didn't roll her until Lostbelt started
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 28, 2019, 06:05:52 am
Can they be played in any order, or would it be recommended to go in order?

From easiest to hardest: Salem > Shinjuku > Agartha > Shimousa.

How forced are we talking here?

As mentioned before, you're forced to use story Musashi for duels. Shimousa is notorious for being beginner unfriendly.

Forced in that it's a duel and you have to be Musashi

I don't even think you can be your Musashi if you have one, I didn't roll her until Lostbelt started

I think you can. Only restriction is using story Musashi.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 28, 2019, 03:07:20 pm
clear the rest and save shimousa for last you gonna need good support in most battles.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 29, 2019, 02:51:21 pm
For you JP players out there, here's your GSSR menu for 2020. 15 paid quartz, separated by class (Foreigner, Alter Ego, and Moon Cancer will combined into one, same thing with Avenger and Rulers), and limiteds only.

(https://i.imgur.com/BF4n3zI.jpg)

Hell's Kitchen event rerun with Saber Birb coming back.

However JP community currently on suicide watch due to the lack of info regarding part 2 of Lostbelt 5. I love the story of this game, but holy shit are Type-Moon/DW really dragging out the releases for the main story chapters...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 30, 2019, 05:19:29 am
I just learned that LB5 is written by urobuchi... and apparently a previous losbelt also was.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 30, 2019, 06:32:26 am
I just learned that LB5 is written by urobuchi... and apparently a previous losbelt also was.

Explains the amount of anyone can die scenarios. He wrote LB3.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 31, 2019, 03:55:09 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/x4msDzC.jpg)



New Years 2020 Servant for JP. Yang Guifei, "One of the 4 beauties of China". Broke the streak of New Years Servants being Japanese of origin; Muramasa fans currently on suicide watch... again.


OG Saber getting an animation update.

Saber Lily will also be getting an animation update. She will also be available from the FP gacha.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on December 31, 2019, 04:14:51 pm
Foreigner is going to be the class for wasting eldritch monsters on literally who thots.


Also 1.5 LOSTBELTS A YEAR. Biggest gatcha game in the world and they can't be half-assed to do any substantial content per year. The first event of the year is a rerun ffs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 31, 2019, 04:28:17 pm
To be fair, MHXX is a Foreigner only because she's a literal alien. She has no connection with any of the Eldritch Gods.

Lostbelt 5 part 2 is announced for Spring 2020 so if they really want to stretch it out, they can be dicks and wait till June since it would still be technically Spring. inb4 Losetbelt 5 part 3 Winter 2021
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 31, 2019, 05:27:23 pm
I'm actually glad they're releasing the rosutoberutos at a slow peace. More time for the fan translations to catch up. Plus it's really obnoxious having to rush thru them every time there's a gated event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 01, 2020, 05:19:21 am
My luck on both paid gachaas was meh.

Edgelord in JP and NP2 Nurse in NA. Well, could have been worse. Least I avoided Ilya.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 01, 2020, 05:54:37 am
Got Ozy in the GSSR.
Got my 3rd Tamamo Cat in 17 tickets.
Got Hokusai in my first 10-roll but couldn't follow up with an NP2, only other SR/SSR servants I got in 300sq was Marie and a 3rd Helena.
Got a ton of New Year CEs tho.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 01, 2020, 06:45:59 am
Went with the Cavalry banner and holy shit, I actually got a Servant I didn’t have before: Berserker Kintoki.

I was also able to get NP2 Hokusai. It could have been NP3, but OG Saber decided she needed to be NP2 first... Other than that got a bunch of 4* Sevants to NP5 so that was nice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 02, 2020, 07:38:12 pm
got tentacle connoisseur , tamamo cat and dadcelot in one 10 roll. didn't get any exclusive CE i kinda like the 5 star ce. at least my dry spell is over ... didnt bother to go roll for the paid gacha ... spent too much on the previous 2 ones so i'm going free to play this month. and prepare for apocrypha banner.

forgot that  marie antoinette exist in this game she spooked me in one of my ticket rolls. welp off to the burner she goes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on January 03, 2020, 06:17:21 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/220741105556258836/662521787053113354/Screenshot_20200102-210241.png)

Got my girl Mordred to max cap, and I could not be more satisfied right now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 08, 2020, 12:06:31 am
Da Vinci Fest rerun on the 10th along with the return of Jalter.

NA having another free 4* Servant select ticket in celebration of the anime. Ticket will be given out on the 20th, but can't be redeemed until the 22nd. You will have until the 29th to select your free 4* Servant (Servants up to Salem are eligible, no limiteds). Another social media campaign also giving us 30 quartz if we hit the goal.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 17, 2020, 06:12:50 am
Here's the list:
(https://webview.fate-go.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/0120_Babylonia2/info_04_i1hc6.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 100_Sad_Pandas on January 17, 2020, 07:43:54 am
Stuck between Tomoe and Circe. Just finished Salem and loved Circe's involvement the whole time
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 17, 2020, 07:56:17 am
Yeah this feels like a harder decision than the last one for me.

New Servants: Yagyu, Lartoria, Parvati
NP2+: Saberlot, Casgil, Banana, Penth, Herc

Leaning towards Lartoria tho tbh
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on January 17, 2020, 08:33:55 am
Definitely eyeing Suzuka Gozen for that ticket. Definitely need a welfare Saber for one of my alternate teams.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 17, 2020, 09:39:51 am
Yeah this feels like a harder decision than the last one for me.

New Servants: Yagyu, Lartoria, Parvati
NP2+: Saberlot, Casgil, Banana, Penth, Herc

Leaning towards Lartoria tho tbh

I'm considering Lartoria too, but as NP2. Yagyu is another option for NP2 for me as well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 17, 2020, 08:27:43 pm
gonna go for either np 5 banana oni or get old man yagyu. i'm leaning on np 5 banana since i've got her bond almost max.

or probably circe i kinda like her design despite her being almost useless.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on January 17, 2020, 09:55:17 pm
Uuuuuggghhhhhhh

I wasn't expecting to have to make a choice so early...

Thinking of Penth, Sheba or Wu.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 18, 2020, 01:39:57 pm
among the three i say go for wu she's really good support offensive with low cool down. she has the most powerful NP damage compare to the rest of assassins especially in jp after her strengthening quest.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 19, 2020, 05:04:04 am
I’m deciding between Parvati, Yagyu, or NP2 Penth/Sheba.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 100_Sad_Pandas on January 19, 2020, 05:14:54 am
Is Queen of Sheba any good?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on January 19, 2020, 05:19:40 am
She's one of the best attack casters out there

Especially if you're running an arts team
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 19, 2020, 03:22:58 pm
Can confirm, even with an NP4 Xuanzang I find that Sheba is less awkward to use since she's much more straightforward in terms of her kit and can spam her NP just as well if not better. The only thing I can complain about her is that her second skill buffs her crit damage... with no way to absorb stars for her self... on a class with really low star weight...

On that note, to those who are leaning towards Sheba might want to wait a bit more. Be aware that during this year's Halloween event we will be getting Caster Shuten as our Welfare Servant who has an ST NP. So if you're in need of a ST Caster and are willing to wait then you can safely pick someone else as your free 4*, otherwise feel free to pick Sheba since they both play similarly with the only real difference are their command decks and NP card type.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 19, 2020, 07:21:52 pm
can't believe were so far in the game , same year we gonna get xx and summer bb.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on January 20, 2020, 02:33:56 am
Can confirm, even with an NP4 Xuanzang I find that Sheba is less awkward to use since she's much more straightforward in terms of her kit and can spam her NP just as well if not better. The only thing I can complain about her is that her second skill buffs her crit damage... with no way to absorb stars for her self... on a class with really low star weight...

On that note, to those who are leaning towards Sheba might want to wait a bit more. Be aware that during this year's Halloween event we will be getting Caster Shuten as our Welfare Servant who has an ST NP. So if you're in need of a ST Caster and are willing to wait then you can safely pick someone else as your free 4*, otherwise feel free to pick Sheba since they both play similarly with the only real difference are their command decks and NP card type.

Sheba also has her own Banner with Gilgamesh at this year's Gilfest(replacing Nerofest) so there's also that to consider.

But it really doesn't hurt having multiple ST Casters because regardless, they are like unicorns.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: -Greed- on January 20, 2020, 02:57:36 am
Holy crap, another free servant ticket?  NP2 Gorgon here I come!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on January 20, 2020, 07:49:24 am
can't believe were so far in the game , same year we gonna get xx and summer bb.

Damn right. Hoping I can roll for MHXX successfully when the summer banner comes up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 20, 2020, 02:43:47 pm
so how hard is setsubun event? i'm hearing a lot of bullshit mechanics is going to be implemented in this event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 21, 2020, 01:48:09 am
As long as you have a well developed roster, you shouldn’t have much trouble with it considering the massive damage boost the free event CE gives you.

If you haven’t already take this time to start leveling up your 3* and lower Servants as you don’t want your higher rarity Servants constantly being on a 4 hour cooldown especially when you need them the most. Most of the fights here are just against trash mobs anyways so you should be saving your heavy hitters for the boss floors.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 21, 2020, 07:02:45 am
As long as you have a well developed roster, you shouldn’t have much trouble with it considering the massive damage boost the free event CE gives you.

If you haven’t already take this time to start leveling up your 3* and lower Servants as you don’t want your higher rarity Servants constantly being on a 4 hour cooldown especially when you need them the most. Most of the fights here are just against trash mobs anyways so you should be saving your heavy hitters for the boss floors.

Exactly. Save your best servants for each ten floors. Some of the other lower rarity servants can deal with the other floors, especially those that are only 1 wave and done.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on January 23, 2020, 08:40:30 pm
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/492546449083465741/669987119464448075/Screenshot_20200122-200313.png)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/492546449083465741/669987120311435295/Screenshot_20200122-233051.png)
Good thing I saved up all those embers from the DaVinci event......:)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on January 23, 2020, 09:21:33 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/4acJg6a.jpg)

Was able to 9/9/9 him on top of that too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 24, 2020, 01:18:29 am
Got my big booby storm king.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 24, 2020, 01:05:14 pm
After much unnecessary research and soul searching, I decided on Parvati.

Valentines 2020 event with Semiramis on February 3rd.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 02, 2020, 11:14:58 am
Finished Setsubun this morning. Can't believe Valentines starts immediately after lol.
Time to get all those chocolates again.

I'm gonna Gold Fou Mashu next.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 03, 2020, 09:28:03 am
semiramis ticket roll!!! got her. swear to god i've got more luck using ticket rolls than buying saint quartz.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 03, 2020, 10:23:31 am
Got Semi after 2 multis, and then got spooked by NP3 Jack right after... I would have been fine if Osakabehime spooked me instead...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 03, 2020, 05:33:25 pm
i would trade my semi for your jack if i could. and i'll even throw some np5 emiya , that guy spooks me a lot .
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 04, 2020, 05:48:51 am
Did a 10-roll got a Semiramis! Also got a 4 star CE.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on February 04, 2020, 07:32:48 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/cUDCgUX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/eM8iBrq.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FnDrKI5.jpg)

210 SQ for NP3 Semi.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 05, 2020, 04:29:54 am
i would trade my semi for your jack if i could. and i'll even throw some np5 emiya , that guy spooks me a lot .

I’m not that mad getting spooked by Jack again, I mean she’s still the best Assassin in the game until Kama usurps her. Just saying that could have been NP2 Semi. Also getting a little bit annoyed on getting off banner stuff lately as I was rolling on the Setsubun banner (that had a 90% on banner rate for 5* Servants at the time mind you) and I still ended up getting spooked by NP5 Oppai Monk.

I would try for more NP levels, but I want to save as much money resources I can for the KnK rerun since it’s most likely dropping right after Valentines event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 05, 2020, 08:13:21 am
I would try for more NP levels, but I want to save as much money resources I can for the KnK rerun since it’s most likely dropping right after Valentines event.

Didn't roll hard for Semiramis exactly for this reason. As much as I like Semiramis, this is a one time chance to get Fujino. Hopefully I can get her with 300 or so SQ.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 05, 2020, 09:45:27 am
NP5 FUJINON OR BUST, BABY!!

...a Void Shiki is fine too...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 05, 2020, 05:13:03 pm
NP5 FUJINON OR BUST, BABY!!

...a Void Shiki is fine too...

I'll take it as a win if I get her to NP2.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 05, 2020, 07:14:36 pm
is fujinon good? cause i won't be rolling for her if her only good quality is being rare.

and i got summer nobu's chocolate i'm intrigue if there's a continuation , she was going to ask something and it was a serious mood too pretty rare to see nobunaga being serious.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 06, 2020, 01:24:56 am
She's basically a slightly better Tomoe who trades in lower burst damage potential for more consistent damage. They're both glass cannons, but Fujino is tankier due to having both a guts and damage reduction buff.

I don’t think there’s a continuation for Summer Nobu’s Valentines scene, but speaking of which if you happen to own BB (as well as her Summer version) and Kiara you can actually get a bad ending for their Valentines scene if you picked the wrong dialogue choices which I find hilarious. To get them, tell Kiara it’s out of character for her to be doing something like this and for BB just agree to play the slots.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 08, 2020, 07:42:26 am
Setsubun might have been over, but I decided to use my 3 Tickets on Raikou's banner. First was a crappy 3*CE, but then...

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

And I didn't have to use my SQ, so my Fujinon quest is intact!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 08, 2020, 03:52:20 pm
lucky roll. tickets are god sent for me. most of my 5* are from tickets rolls. and i'm gonna roll for jack tomorrow or a np2 semi but would love a jack. if i get jack i'll burn angra.

She's basically a slightly better Tomoe who trades in lower burst damage potential for more consistent damage. They're both glass cannons, but Fujino is tankier due to having both a guts and damage reduction buff.

so basically she ain't that good, i've got bunch of archers lying around doing nothing i haven't used moriarty since i got him.

and i'm done farming for the event , probably the most grindyest event in fgo , it was harder for me since i didn't used any sq to get CEs. good thing i've got tons of whale friends who had LB CE's. hope next event is a chiller one like setsubon , i like that slow taking your time pace or the rashomon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 08, 2020, 06:20:37 pm
lucky roll. tickets are god sent for me. most of my 5* are from tickets rolls. and i'm gonna roll for jack tomorrow or a np2 semi but would love a jack. if i get jack i'll burn angra.

She's basically a slightly better Tomoe who trades in lower burst damage potential for more consistent damage. They're both glass cannons, but Fujino is tankier due to having both a guts and damage reduction buff.

so basically she ain't that good, i've got bunch of archers lying around doing nothing i haven't used moriarty since i got him.

Far better than you think. Fujino is known as a CQ specialist/solo artist. Starting from NP2, she's self sufficient in the damage department.

And thanks. Mama is maybe one of the few Servants I'd try to get in NP5.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 09, 2020, 06:34:55 am
6 ticket rolls i got from this event got nitocris and chiyome , not bad. still no jack though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 10, 2020, 04:45:43 am
Oh, we flexin’ right now? I got an Arash from a ticket, but didn’t even want him. Was trying to roll for some CEs lol.

Also I just realized that Okkie has a rate up today... I must stay strong!

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 10, 2020, 01:33:12 pm
spent 150sq on the jack banner i got 2 bare minimum 10 rolls and np 8 or 9 emiya seriously i just want jack.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 10, 2020, 01:53:42 pm
How did you get Emiya when only female Servants are on rate up? Are you sure you rolled on the Jack/Semiramis banner and not Story...?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 10, 2020, 05:32:06 pm
probably , emiya popped up in my last roll and i did 10 friend point summon as part of my ritual. god fucking damn it.

i'm out of fou cards. i need some for nitocris , i actually didn't expect pulling 2 new servants and i just maxed some 3-4* servants. and maxed out okita damage and hp. now i'm gonna max hokusai.

when are we going to have a new mystic code? i'm nearly done maxing all of them , i'm on the last mystic code and it's already level 6. took me 2 years just to max the 3 of them the new ones were pretty easy to level up.

i'm almost done with the event too just finishing up the remaining chocolates , this event is grindy as hell but it did gave me a lot of CE exp cards , manage to use them for CE bombs. but i don't know where to use them. i've already maxed the good ones.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 10, 2020, 08:50:24 pm
JP's valentine event is coming on February 12.

The limited servant is 5* Archer Sei Shonagon.

Marie Antoinette and Caesar will get buffs as well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 12, 2020, 03:29:23 pm
kyaru kyaru whatever her face is.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on February 12, 2020, 04:27:26 pm
Only moderately relevant to me because the satou sei characters of one of my avatars (the marimite one) was inspired by her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 14, 2020, 07:58:47 pm
President's day campaign will give a total of 10 SQ. Starting the 16th of this month at 20:00 pst.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 15, 2020, 02:34:29 pm
good it'll go to my jack sq fund for the apocrypha campaign.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 16, 2020, 10:18:11 pm
KnK rerun on the 18th.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on February 16, 2020, 10:37:26 pm
That means it's time for you guys to get Fujino then eh
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 17, 2020, 05:12:54 am
I also want Void Shiki since I don’t have her, but I won’t trip too much if she refuses my summons. Unlike Fujino, Void will still have rate ups in the foreseeable future at least.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 17, 2020, 11:10:22 pm
I also want Void Shiki since I don’t have her, but I won’t trip too much if she refuses my summons. Unlike Fujino, Void will still have rate ups in the foreseeable future at least.

Exactly. I'll treat Void Shiki as a bonus if she comes. Fujino is the priority.

Of course I will farm hard on this event cause I have no Assassin Ryougi.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on February 18, 2020, 01:06:27 am
Oh boy, starting from scratch huh

It's a fantastic event all around but don't be too proud to use a guide, it is exceptionally grindy
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 18, 2020, 09:39:42 am
Wasn't going to but I had a go at Fujinon.

Got nothing! Oh well, don't think there are any more temptations until Skadi so it's full steam ahead.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 18, 2020, 10:01:31 am
I was able to get NP5 Fujinon and NP2 Shiki within my budget! I only got spooked by Fionn, Deon, and Orion...(those last two hurt...), so I could have gotten NP3 Shiki, but oh well. I was lucky since I was about to give up on Shiki after being spooked Orion, but she came on back to back multis.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 18, 2020, 11:36:02 am
My rolls summed up to: NP2 Zerkelot, Jeanne, NP2 Saber Ryougi, Penth and 1 Fujino. After spending 510 SQ. :mech
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on February 18, 2020, 11:43:29 am
How do I do this without humble bragging?

Ahem.

Got Fujino in 2 tix and 6 SQ once again demonstrating how my luck is amazing and yours isn't. So there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 18, 2020, 12:05:59 pm
How do I do this without humble bragging?

Ahem.

Got Fujino in 2 tix and 6 SQ once again demonstrating how my luck is amazing and yours isn't. So there.

Decided to roll a bit more and finally got Fujino to NP2 as I wanted.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 19, 2020, 02:02:44 am
So apparently the lead writer of Melty Blood (video game and Back Alley Alliance spin-off manga) has been added as one of FGO’s guest writers. Plz DW don’t give me hope This gives me hope of a Tsukihime/Melty Blood collab during this years Golden Week.

Also for those who don’t know, NA is conducting a survey right now which can be accessible through the game or official site. Complete it for 4 summon tickets.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 19, 2020, 06:10:51 am
So apparently the lead writer of Melty Blood (video game and Back Alley Alliance spin-off manga) has been added as one of FGO’s guest writers. Plz DW don’t give me hope This gives me hope of a Tsukihime/Melty Blood collab during this years Golden Week.

Also for those who don’t know, NA is conducting a survey right now which can be accessible through the game or official site. Complete it for 4 summon tickets.

Did it already. Hopefully I can get a third copy of Fujino before the banner is gone for good.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 21, 2020, 07:16:07 am
9m Download Campaign on the 24th with Kiara and Passionlip. Ugh this came earlier than expected and I assumed this wouldn't be up till after KnK rerun. I might try for NP2 Kiara, but I dunno...

lol Kiara came earlier than expected lulz
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on February 26, 2020, 01:11:27 am
User ID: 831,664,826
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/681165227936579615/682011485513449486/Screenshot_20200225-154900.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 02, 2020, 05:26:24 am
I'm sure I've already added everyone here but I have 4 slots open plus you never know.
ID: 738,312,882
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/593096652877987907/683892725816623176/unknown.png)
Edit: Just noticed we get 1 extra fragment per mission. Nice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 03, 2020, 05:13:14 am
For those who don’t know, Merlin just got his animation update one and half years earlier than expected.

Now give me Kiyo’s, Gil’s, Altria’s, and even Fionn’s right this instance DW!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on March 03, 2020, 08:45:07 pm
CBC 2020 comes this Thursday. Get your tickets and SD for Proto Arthur.

The last step before NA joins Cosmos in the Lostbelt, Saber Wars Rerun, comes this friday march 13.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 19, 2020, 02:51:21 am
Ugh for the first time in a while, I have like no motivation to grind out this event. I don’t remember Saber Wars being this tedious...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 19, 2020, 12:32:55 pm
i'm at half way point and i'm already sick of it.

there's no ticket in the rewards so there's no incentive for me to continue it. but i've got nothing to do anyway since i closed down my shop. so i'd still play it whenever i'm waiting for calls.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on March 19, 2020, 09:01:25 pm
I'm going slow with Saber Wars. I will stop when I get all copies of Star of Artoria. There's nothing ellse I care from this event anyways.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on March 20, 2020, 03:13:26 am
I'm just grinding the event in order to level up the Babylonia Uniform to its max level and getting Mordred's bond level up to 10. Saving up for Okita Alter and Mysterious Heroine XX later in the year.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 20, 2020, 04:14:45 pm
damn can't believe we're at this point of the game we gonna get majin okita.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on March 20, 2020, 10:36:23 pm
damn can't believe we're at this point of the game we gonna get majin okita.

Yup. I believe it's just a few more months or so before GUDAGUDA 3 happens this year.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on March 21, 2020, 12:58:00 am
While you guys get more and more hyped for Okitan, I'm putting my crosshairs on my man Ivan. People like Achilles, but I prefer the Tsar personally.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: -Greed- on March 21, 2020, 06:51:35 am
I'm hype for the Apocrypha event which gives Mordred and Siegfried their animation updates.  Also, Sieg.  And Apocrypha stuff.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 21, 2020, 07:55:46 am
we got the 1000 day gift but no DL gift yet?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 22, 2020, 10:57:36 am
Fate/Requiem is the next collab FUCIKING RIP TSUKIHIME/MELTY BLOOD.


Several servants getting new animation updates for Apocrypha rerun:

Jack


Euryale & Stheno


Mordred even gets her casual attire


Lostbelt 5 part 2 will release in April.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on March 22, 2020, 02:18:27 pm
Quote
Casual Mordred
Yay, that's the one costume dress I've always wanted.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on March 22, 2020, 03:38:46 pm
Love the Ripper update
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 22, 2020, 08:38:18 pm
wish these animations would be implemented in NA .
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on March 22, 2020, 08:59:10 pm
wish these animations would be implemented in NA .

Anything can happen. Just look at Merlin. We got his animation one year and a half earlier than expected.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on March 22, 2020, 09:44:49 pm
Unless it's a character that's not out yet y'all ought to be getting these day and date imo

I just don't understand the reasoning
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 23, 2020, 12:09:20 am
Anything can happen. Just look at Merlin. We got his animation one year and a half earlier than expected.

Aside from the launch Servants, we also got Medb's update earlier than expected since it was supposed to be released during this year's Valentines event, but we instead got it during Summer 2 Part 2 last year. I believe we also got Cu, Medusa, and Medea's quite early too.

Unless it's a character that's not out yet y'all ought to be getting these day and date imo

I just don't understand the reasoning

I believe the reasoning was compatibility issues with the version of the Unity engine DW was using at the time which made porting the animation updates to other versions of the game difficult. With the release of Merlin's update I don't think it should be an issue anymore as long as the animations themselves weren't developed prior to the Unity engine update DW did back in September 2019. In those cases I believe they're just going to release them on a whim or as scheduled during their appropriate events and whatnot since they probably want to entice people to roll on banners showcasing those updated Servants.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 24, 2020, 02:30:24 pm
I JUST GOT JACK! 2+ years of spending money and i got her cause i got too bored. just in time for the next event... here's hoping we get the update for NA too.

edit: new animation update for jack , do hope we get this update. is it me or they did a last minute redesign? seems like they scaled her size a bit lower.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 27, 2020, 03:00:16 am
Lostbelt 1 releases tonight after maintenance.

Also speaking of animation updates, 6 more have been confirmed to reach NA as soon as Lostbelt 1 drops: Kotaro, Jing Ke, Kiyohime, Medea Lily, Martha, and Dantes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: -Greed- on March 28, 2020, 07:40:03 pm
Aren't most of these early too?  Hell, they might be pushing up the animation updates in general.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 29, 2020, 12:38:56 am
All of these updates are early.

Kotaro: Summer 4 (Summer 2021)
Jing Ke: Lostbelt 3 (November/December 2020)
Kiyohime: New Years (January 2021)
Medea Lily: 4th Anniversary (June/July 2021)
Martha: Christmas 4 (December 2020)
Dantes: Summer 3 (Summer 2020)

It’s safe to say at this point any animation update you see from JP could be heading to NA at any given time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 29, 2020, 04:21:37 pm
im surprised how weak ivan is , honestly this story isn't that great. servants aren't interesting aside for saleiri and avicebron.

got atalanteserker , she ain't bad but nothing new to offer either. i'm more interested in using saleiri and bron. the only reason i rolled for her is her voice actress who has done an amazing job too bad i can't say the same for anastasia ...boring design , boring animations and boring voice actress.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 01, 2020, 06:29:21 am
Nice to see the Class banner is still up. Had a go at the Caster banner because I just HAD to try for Waver again. No Waver but I got an NP2 Gil and the Queen of Sheba. Gonna try gather some more SQ so I can do another pull.
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/593096652877987907/694763148078743562/Screenshot_2020-04-01-17-14-44.png)

As for the Lostbelt, the story was alright. If I were the protag I'd probably have pushed the fatty off the Shadow Border asap and it got to the point where I'd skip the story whenever his stupid fat face showed up. Musashi showing up was nice but the other twists were kind of meh.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 01, 2020, 12:43:53 pm
yeah him being there doesn't add to anything , he's just annoying most of the time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 01, 2020, 08:38:07 pm
You may hate him now, but he gets better with time. You'll eventually see why a lot of JP players affectionately refer to him as "best heroine".
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on April 03, 2020, 07:42:35 am
Waiting was worth it. Got...

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 07, 2020, 11:29:39 pm
Titty Monk event rerun starting on April 10th. This is also one of the only times Waver gets a solo rate up, so now's your chance.

Spoiler: Massive LB5 Part 2 leaks (Spoilers) (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on April 08, 2020, 12:50:11 am
Titty Monk event rerun starting on April 10th. This is also one of the only times Waver gets a solo rate up, so now's your chance.

Spoiler: Massive LB5 Part 2 leaks (Spoilers) (click to see content)

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 09, 2020, 08:30:38 am
i don't get how people like olga , she didn't even had a impact in the story. she's like bargain bin rin.

anyway all these talk about gods made me realize that atilla hasn't been properly used in a story. think she'll pop up again sometime soon?

so there's no banners that interests me til summer rerun. i was planning to roll for jack in the apocrypha event but luckily i got her sooner from the class exclusive banner. then after that it'll be a barrage of good servants up til december ... i forgot who will be the new year's servant was it the bird girl?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 09, 2020, 08:34:21 am
People like and are fixated on Olga because of the Riyo comics. At least that's my theory.

She also had a pretty good run on the El-Melloi anime as well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 09, 2020, 10:38:24 am
I liked Olga's no-nonsense, responsible, helpful character from the start and was really disappointed that she was killed off that easily for no real reason. TM's work never pulled off anything like that before. Making her cry about never being loved and everything just felt needlessly cruel, like they wanted to really tell you how pathetic she was.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 09, 2020, 12:29:44 pm
Aphrodite
(https://i.imgur.com/jyt2Gmt.jpg)

Demeter
(https://i.imgur.com/cSqjhou.jpg)

Spoiler: Lostbelt 5.2 Spoilers (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 09, 2020, 12:34:19 pm
new servant , i kinda like their animation i am hoping they'll do the same for anne and mary.


so aphrodite was the one in the trailer thought it was gorgon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 09, 2020, 04:15:52 pm
Spoiler: Short summary of Lostbelt 5.2 (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 09, 2020, 04:43:59 pm
These spoilers are absolutely bonkers.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: bass30655 on April 09, 2020, 05:04:25 pm
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

I KNEW IT HE IS A WEREWOLF!

MOD EDIT: hey thanks for quoting the spoilers I was avoiding real cool
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 09, 2020, 06:08:14 pm
Spoiler: Short summary of Lostbelt 5.2 (click to see content)
Fucking neckbeard don't forget to tip your fedora *insert sex joke*
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 10, 2020, 01:36:01 am
oh so that's why he looks kinda small.

so mashu bashu is real?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on April 10, 2020, 03:06:13 am
I was trying to get NP2 Ivan, but Gacha gods had something else in mind... I'm certainly taking it because I didn't have her! =D

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 11, 2020, 12:40:37 am
Here's some more information regarding the recent chapter, but I also wanted to clarify some parts from my previous post as it was wrong/didn't happen at all.

Spoiler: Lostbelt 5.2 spoilers (click to see content)

Here's a fun fact about the Gemini Twins, unlike the other 2-for-1 Servants who share a class (Anne/Mary and Ryoma/Oryou), Castor and Pollux are actually a Avenger/Saber pair. In the Nasuverse they're both full fledged gods/demigods, but because one of the more popular renditions regarding their myth is Castor (the brother) was actually mortal due to having a human father as opposed to Pollux whose father is actually Zeus, his divinity was removed upon becoming a Servant. He was so offended by this that his class became Avenger while his sister remained a Saber (which is why they have the Avenger class' passive skills).

-----

Fate/Apocrypha pre-event starting on the 19th. We're also getting animation updates for Mordred, Atalante, Siegfried, Karna, and Spartacus on the 20th with the last two being released earlier than expected though no Jack update...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 17, 2020, 09:21:45 pm
no jack animation that sucks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on April 17, 2020, 09:28:24 pm
no jack animation that sucks.

Not surprised. Jack's animation update came just a couple of weeks ago in Japan.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 18, 2020, 07:50:55 am
we got merlin's animation update 2 years earlier , i thought they would do the same for older servants for NA.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 19, 2020, 02:22:12 am
That challenge quest was a lot harder than i thought it would be, had to burn through 4 command seals to get it done. At one point Nezha burned right through a full life Merlin with a defensive buff.
It was actually really scary at the end. Had to face off with a full-NP Nezha w/ guts and 75k HP with my lone Bedivere.

The fight has convinced me to grail Bedi to 80 or even 90.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: bass30655 on April 19, 2020, 02:50:01 am
That challenge quest was a lot harder than i thought it would be, had to burn through 4 command seals to get it done. At one point Nezha burned right through a full life Merlin with a defensive buff.
It was actually really scary at the end. Had to face off with a full-NP Nezha w/ guts and 75k HP with my lone Bedivere.

The fight has convinced me to grail Bedi to 80 or even 90.

Same I feel like the big reason why this CQ is hard is due the lack of non limited SR sabers with quick NP or single target np
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on April 19, 2020, 03:54:32 am
That challenge quest was a lot harder than i thought it would be, had to burn through 4 command seals to get it done. At one point Nezha burned right through a full life Merlin with a defensive buff.
It was actually really scary at the end. Had to face off with a full-NP Nezha w/ guts and 75k HP with my lone Bedivere.

The fight has convinced me to grail Bedi to 80 or even 90.

Even having Mordred and Suzuka Gozen by my side did little to mitigate the difficulty curve.

Somehow, the other challenge quest involving Sanzang and company was easier in comparison, though that's likely because all had one singular HP bar compared to Nezha, who was stocked up with a couple.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Dumanios on April 19, 2020, 07:48:23 am
With the Nezha challenge quest, I went all in on Arts for my front line, bringing Saber Shiki, Mashu, and a support Merlin. I had Okita in the back line for her third break bar since quick cards remove Nezha's buffs and Okita has a Quick NP and two quicks.

I think Caesar could function as a budget Okita since he also has a Quick NP and two quick cards, but I haven't tested that myself.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 19, 2020, 07:55:56 am
i actually don't remember how i beat nezha lol. i think i used jack but i don't remember the details how i beat her. if that's the case it wasn't challenging for me.

caesar as budget okita do work, i saw someone did that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 19, 2020, 09:55:55 am
For the challenge quest I ended up using Musashi, Jeanne, and Deon in the front line with double Merlin and Mash in the back. It wasn't too difficult for me, but even with NP5 Musashi it was super painful to watch how slow her NP gain was since Deon was tanking too well and ended up overstaying their welcome past the 6 turns of taunts (they lived long enough to taunt an additional 3 turns due to the skill refreshing...) so I had no way to charge her NP reliably with both Merlins still in my backline...

Aside from that, I just want to establish the fact that I still hate this event and wish it was over already. Big shout out to Devon for seemingly being like the only person on my friend's list who had a limit broken Nightingale CE for those orb drops...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 21, 2020, 05:19:48 pm
aren't you suppose to LB those right away? since it's percentage base you just need 2 LB copies of that CE. i even tried more than 2 copies and it doesn't change the bonus drops.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 22, 2020, 03:42:50 am
Fate/Apocypha event starts on the 24th. I don’t think I’ll be rolling on this event so you guys will need to rely on someone else for those event CEs lol. I want to save as much for Lostbelt 2 and Skadi.

aren't you suppose to LB those right away? since it's percentage base you just need 2 LB copies of that CE. i even tried more than 2 copies and it doesn't change the bonus drops.

I can only come up with 2 ideas. Either this is their first time running the event and weren’t lucky enough to get an extra copy to drop to mlb, or they were fucking lazy.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 22, 2020, 04:10:15 pm
yeah me too , i've got a lot of good riders already ... plus i'm saving for caster nero and for this year's summer event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on April 24, 2020, 02:52:16 am
Kinda tempted to roll for Achilles, if only to see what he has to say concerning Penthesilea.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on April 24, 2020, 04:59:55 pm
somethign like ?
"let's have sex again...nvm, you are alive."
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 24, 2020, 05:29:20 pm
Nah, this game isn't rated R. In here, Penthesilea is pissed that he saw her as a woman instead of a warrior (the nerves of that guy), and she hates people who call her beautiful.
According to the wiki (https://grandorder.wiki/Achilles/Dialogue), his line with her is :
"Oh, Penthesilea is here. I thought I could say 'you can kill me if that's good enough for an apology' but... I can't do that if that means I can't protect my Master anymore. I'm a Servant now... Sorry, if she's an enemy, I'll kill her again, and if she's an ally... Then I'll trust her with my life."
Yeah, this game whitewashes everyone, even though it's made for people who know the brutality of the myths and history, it's annoying like that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 24, 2020, 06:39:31 pm
fuck people are rushing through this event , jack raid got done with in a couple of hours after the maintenance i only had one fight against her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on April 25, 2020, 12:00:11 am
fuck people are rushing through this event , jack raid got done with in a couple of hours after the maintenance i only had one fight against her.

It's because Raids give plenty of stuff to players. High chance to get mat drops, coin points, ship currency and even Event CE drops. I did them in the night but after an hour I woke up, Avicebron's was already completed.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 25, 2020, 01:08:04 am
yeah i managed to farm the first wave but only got in one jack fight in the second. Cause you know had to sleep and all.

These raids are insane though, I'm racking up enough money all my servants at 9/9/9 should be lore'd after this.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 25, 2020, 04:56:53 am
Such optimism, you act like you can actually escape QP hell. I started out with 400m before this event and I raised around 4-5 Servants' sklls from 6/6/6 to max and I only have 100m left...

And that's after I ran the lv80 raids over 100 times already! *sobs*

----

Oh crap it finally happened, 20m Campaign in JP replaces the traditional free 4* Servant with an actual 5* instead!

However there are some conditions: selection is limited to the permanent pool, and in order to make them permanent they need to be ascended at least once and their bond needs to be raised to 5 otherwise they will be removed once the event is over.

inb4 everyone picks Waver

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on April 25, 2020, 02:48:00 pm
Holy shit. I legit thought DW was too stingy to ever do this.

(https://files.catbox.moe/pedfe1.png)

Pool's a bit shallow, though.Shame they won't let you pick story locked servants. Guess I'm going with Vlad since everyone else I either already have (Altera, Mordred, Enkidu, Achilles, Ozzy, Scherezade, Waver, Tamamo, Hime, Jack, Jeanne) or have someone else filling their niche.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on April 25, 2020, 04:40:20 pm
I'm torn between Ganesh and da butt
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on April 25, 2020, 06:49:21 pm
My choice is obvious in JP. But once this hits in NA, based on what I have from here to 2022, I'll likely pick a servant that benefits from being np2 or higher.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on April 26, 2020, 06:50:34 am
Man, these raids are giving out so much QP, it's honestly a shock I wasn't around playing this game when the last raid event hit.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 26, 2020, 07:03:52 am
I spammed the hell out of the raids and I already cleared the event shop minus the Sieg copies and reached 2m on the point ladder. Guess I'll just take it easy now and focus on my other games like Magia Record and Arknights. If you guys also happen to play those games hit me up cause I could use some more friends especially those I'm more acquainted with.

Man, these raids are giving out so much QP, it's honestly a shock I wasn't around playing this game when the last raid event hit.

To be honest on average they seem to be giving out as much as a normal 40 AP run on QP dailies, it's just that they also give out mats at the same time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on April 27, 2020, 05:33:07 am
Nah, this game isn't rated R. In here, Penthesilea is pissed that he saw her as a woman instead of a warrior (the nerves of that guy), and she hates people who call her beautiful.

yeah, it's funny how a some of the female characters characters got that part of their myth taken out; making shindol's doujin about boudica and nero more accurate to the historical events than fgo's version.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 27, 2020, 09:09:00 am
I've finished up farming raids hard. Got the servants I want either 10/10/10 or in the position to get there. only got 2 lores left too.

I probably should farm the shit out of Karna too because I need like a million bones but I don't think I can force myself to do it. I can't farm this game like I used to with OPTC, even when doing 1 turn runs.

Such optimism, you act like you can actually escape QP hell.
Never said I wanted to do that, just wanted the QP to use the lores.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on April 27, 2020, 11:44:25 am
Finished the rewards and got Chiron to NP2, so I'm satisfied. Right now I'm just farming bones because I have a huge number of servants that need them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 27, 2020, 02:57:31 pm
Nah, this game isn't rated R. In here, Penthesilea is pissed that he saw her as a woman instead of a warrior (the nerves of that guy), and she hates people who call her beautiful.

yeah, it's funny how a some of the female characters characters got that part of their myth taken out; making shindol's doujin about boudica and nero more accurate to the historical events than fgo's version.

in nero's defense we only know minor details about him and for the most of them are from the point of view of people who he had beef with.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 27, 2020, 03:22:13 pm
I don't know what doujin that is but we know enough about Nero to say
- he didn't burn Rome (he was days away when he heard the news)
- he tried to scapegoat Christians for it and persecuted them
- he may or may not have been wrong that Christians started the fire, but he certainly didn't know for sure
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on April 27, 2020, 04:35:22 pm
yeah, from what I read about it,, it's mostly agreed that nero did not order what happened to boudica and her daughters and that he would have been against it, but being he head of roma he was still more or less responsible for that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on April 27, 2020, 07:16:57 pm
Oh that, yeah, there's no way he gave a shit about the specifics of what happened in Britain or was involved in it. That's just what the Romans did, how they took new land in those situations (and how they punished those who resisted), over more than a generation.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on April 27, 2020, 08:32:03 pm
yeah, tho it's pretty fun because the timing is there, nero was emperor between 58 and 64 while bodica's arc happened in 60 and 61.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 27, 2020, 09:07:06 pm
got achilles from single rolls spent 5 tickets and 6 saint quartz ... not a bad deal.

edit: fought amakusa tried spartacus for the first time and i won in 8 turns , it wasn't the most tactical battle i;ve ever done but i'm surprised how good spartacus is.  wished paul was as good as him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 02, 2020, 08:41:41 am
Probably the easiest CQ for me so far. I literally 2 turned it with Hokusai due to NP loop.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on May 02, 2020, 11:17:00 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/703777321168928798/705601002987978843/RockMordredSymbol.png)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/703777321168928798/705601018267959306/Mordred_Costume_Garou.png)

I think I'm getting a bit ambitious with these edits.....
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 07, 2020, 06:31:08 am
Guda Fest 2: Team Nobbu vs Team Shinsengummies on the 8th right after Apocrypha event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on May 07, 2020, 08:41:06 am
Guda Fest 2: Team Nobbu vs Team Shinsengummies on the 8th right after Apocrypha event.
And then, in one month, GUDAGUDA 3 / Guda Fest 3.........

It's almost here.....
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 07, 2020, 10:20:57 am
I'm interested in how Gudaguda 3 plays out, it's basically Fate/Redline, right?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 08, 2020, 02:57:18 am
As far as I know, the only similarity is the setting. Redline is basically a retelling of the Holy Grail War that takes place in Koha-Ace while Guda Fest 3 is the story of Okita Alter (as a Counter Guardian) being sent to Japan's Imperial Capital in 1945 to investigate the singularity.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 08, 2020, 03:38:55 pm
am i the only one having connection problems?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on May 17, 2020, 08:59:46 pm
If you thought we weren't going to get Murder at the Kogetsutan, NA wants to tell you otherwise.

https://twitter.com/FateGO_USA/status/1262080623600111617?s=20
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 17, 2020, 09:12:43 pm
i kinda expecting we're going to have a break since they gonna update the engine. btw make sure to have your transfer numbers ready just in case. well more sq for gudaguda 3.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 22, 2020, 11:11:15 am
10m campaign on the 27th with Summer 1 Servants Tammy, Kiyo, Mo, and Yuri Pirates.

7 Animation updates also being released with Alexander, Iskandar, Meltryllis, Berserkerlot, Illya, Lu Bu, and Tama Cat.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 22, 2020, 01:26:20 pm
I wouldn't mind another Mo-chan for an NP4 but I'll stay out of this and wait for Skadi.

Not long now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on May 23, 2020, 03:25:11 am
It's tempting to roll for Surfer Mo, but I'm dead set on saving what I can for the upcoming GUDA event....
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 23, 2020, 04:43:19 pm
I was actually planning on skipping the Kogetsukan event, but decided to take some time to read it and I'm already hooked. The new chapters can't come out any sooner...

My current theory is leaning towards Harriet being the killer. Holmes at the beginning of the story warned us that we can't take looks at face value and the swerve the story is trying to throw us right now is the actual relationship between Eva (Raikou) and Harriet (Euryale). We just assume Eva is the mother while Juliet and Harriet are the sisters because it's Stheno and Euryale, but the recent chapter has heavily hinted that Eva is actually the daughter and Harriet is the mother due to Juliet scoffing at our remarks that even though they're twins they look nothing alike (under the assumption that her and Harriet are sisters) and that Eva was saying the word "mother" in third person.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 23, 2020, 05:31:17 pm
i've got two guesses , yan qing or euryale.

1st yan qing , the deaths are "too sloppy" as he puts it , and he could've just made it look like that so nobody would suspect him. plus he did admit that he can move fast and if so he could've seen people moving in and out of the manor , and for some guy who's job is to guard people he's doing pretty lousy job. though i don't have anything about his motivations and if he has a grudge on useless lancer then why would he kill bedi ?

2nd euryale , i can think two reason why she is the culprit , one and probably simplest is to kill the men of the opposite family making her brother to be the head of both families and probably to protect her sister into marrying a douche.

another reason is that her main target is her sister , the jealous evil twin troupe. plus he could easily manipulate her younger brother , doesn't need for her to be married.
and she could've easily killed mordred seeing she has a broken arm and actually attracted to her could've easily lure and seduce her out and pushed her off a cliff.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 24, 2020, 01:05:01 am

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 24, 2020, 01:09:17 am
i've got two guesses , yan qing or euryale.

1st yan qing , the deaths are "too sloppy" as he puts it , and he could've just made it look like that so nobody would suspect him. plus he did admit that he can move fast and if so he could've seen people moving in and out of the manor , and for some guy who's job is to guard people he's doing pretty lousy job. though i don't have anything about his motivations and if he has a grudge on useless lancer then why would he kill bedi ?

2nd euryale , i can think two reason why she is the culprit , one and probably simplest is to kill the men of the opposite family making her brother to be the head of both families and probably to protect her sister into marrying a douche.

another reason is that her main target is her sister , the jealous evil twin troupe. plus he could easily manipulate her younger brother , doesn't need for her to be married.
and she could've easily killed mordred seeing she has a broken arm and actually attracted to her could've easily lure and seduce her out and pushed her off a cliff.

It can't be Wu (Yang Qing) as it was already established within the story. If you haven't realized, the titles for the chapters are a reference to Ronald Knox's "Ten Commandments of Detective Fiction" where it basically details the ground rules for writing a murder mystery in which Kogetsukan is one of them. "No strange foreigners must figure into the story" is one of those rules, as it's referencing that Easterners are usually attributed to having supernatural and otherworldly powers within fiction (in this case Wu being so fast that he can essentially make duplicates of himself).

Also if assuming what Chris (Bedivere) wrote before his death is actually the word “mom” then the remaining suspects would be Eva/Harriet, Ann (Taiga), or Dorothy (Marie).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 24, 2020, 03:51:32 pm
wait euryale is the mom? i thought she was the twin. i already voted and picked euryale.

edit: voyager lands in fgo jp.



jurassic girl
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 28, 2020, 01:50:02 pm
jurassic girl
What the fuck
Is that supposed to be Momiji ? Why the fuck is she a dinosaur ? What the fuck is that sword ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on May 28, 2020, 03:56:25 pm
The little I could research, that is a generic grudge oni; I need more specific nasuverse info on her to actually have an idea what's going on because I doubt she is simply that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 28, 2020, 06:18:23 pm
Yeah, the fairytale is very simple and has nothing like that. All it says is that she transforms into a 10 feet tall oni with burning trees for horns
the image of the horned oni is a deformation of an ancient shamanism where women shaman wore an iron crown (also ancient blacksmiths / metalworkers), and would put candles on the horns and / or across the mouth ; the popular depictions of uji no hashihime drowning herself are close to that, and in Momiji's case, the burning trees for horns are likely a deformation of simple candles.
Apparently someone at Type-Moon saw 10 feet tall demon and went with t-rex, but fucking why (I mean, FGO has other onis that aren't T-Rexes), and what's that sword
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on May 28, 2020, 08:09:28 pm
I wonder if they (she) will be remains of that time when "quetz" (well the ride she hitched) destroyed the dinosarus civilization.

I mean,s omethign like dinosaur left overs and onis are actually dinosaurs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on May 29, 2020, 04:47:15 pm
Stumbled upon thi bit today.

Quote
Artoria Pendragon made a contract with Alaya to become a Counter Guardian after having her wish granted by the Grail in the Fuyuki Holy Grail Wars. She has not achieved her wish in any of the currently known timelines, so she is not yet a Counter Guardian.


So that means that a potential counter guardian artoria version exists and might appear in FGO; it's just that we have not seen any time line where artoria gets her wish from the grail... yet. AFAIK, the next lostbelt is camelot related, right?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on May 29, 2020, 09:35:14 pm
Stumbled upon thi bit today.

Quote
Artoria Pendragon made a contract with Alaya to become a Counter Guardian after having her wish granted by the Grail in the Fuyuki Holy Grail Wars. She has not achieved her wish in any of the currently known timelines, so she is not yet a Counter Guardian.


So that means that a potential counter guardian artoria version exists and might appear in FGO; it's just that we have not seen any time line where artoria gets her wish from the grail... yet. AFAIK, the next lostbelt is camelot related, right?

Britain, yes. Also, I have a theory of my own other people in the Discord channel I am agree with...

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

LB6 should be happening before 5th anni, if DW doesn't pull the same travesty they did with LB4.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on May 31, 2020, 12:21:43 pm
I looked up more of the dinosaur thing and apparently they just jammed all the Buddhist things on Mt. Togakushi into Momiji. The association with Kuzuryu (a Buddhist dragon god), turning Momiji's fire and dream shtick into lightning and dinosaur stuff, that sword (vaguely resembling a vajra), it's all from the Buddhism stuff that took over the mountain she lived on. And then they just removed almost everything that was actually her from the tale / Noh plays.
The Buddhist rewrite of everything Japanese after the Heian period was really awful.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on June 01, 2020, 11:50:46 pm
https://twitter.com/FateGO_USA/status/1267517069781872640?s=20

https://fate-go.us/gudaguda_capital/

GudaGuda 3 come this wednesday.

Good luck for those who want Okitan and Izou. I'm skipping this banner altogether.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on June 02, 2020, 03:07:59 am
https://twitter.com/FateGO_USA/status/1267517069781872640?s=20

https://fate-go.us/gudaguda_capital/

GudaGuda 3 come this wednesday.

Good luck for those who want Okitan and Izou. I'm skipping this banner altogether.

Yup. Definitely gonna need it.

Been saving up myself, and now I have over 300 SQ (close to 350, in fact), and pretty soon, 57 tickets once I get the last reward of ten summon tickets from the milestone campaign going on.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 02, 2020, 09:03:19 am
lol i just spent a good chunk amount of sq for lancer tamamo. didn't get her. i'm gonna try and f2p in the mean time since i don't want to spend money right now in games.

so when's the update for the engine gonna be?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 03, 2020, 11:06:22 am
I was able to get NP3 Chocolate Okita, NP5 Izou, and max ascended that new 5* CE I wanted within my budget. Saving what's left for Skadi.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 03, 2020, 05:56:47 pm
210 sq .... no izo no majinkita .... wtf. got spoked by emiya twice. i only got the 4 copies of the 3 star event ce.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on June 03, 2020, 06:08:58 pm
Yeah only got 1 3-star CE with my 16 tickets, although I did get my 4th copy of Angry Man Jew in the FP gacha.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on June 04, 2020, 12:06:41 am
Changed of mind. 3 ten rollss gave me 1 Izou and the Event CE's. That suffices to me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 04, 2020, 01:09:19 am
Yeah, 3* rate ups are bs in this game. Got my first copy of Chokita before getting a single Izo and mlb’d the 5* event CE before I got my 3rd one.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on June 05, 2020, 07:41:28 am
Yeah, 3* rate ups are bs in this game. Got my first copy of Chokita before getting a single Izo and mlb’d the 5* event CE before I got my 3rd one.

The inverse happened to me.

5 Izos before Okitan came home to my Chaldea.

Speaking of which: Happy I summoned her in the first place.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 05, 2020, 08:57:45 pm
redline trailer



couldn't get any event servants , but that;s ok those nobus made me alright love their voices.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on June 10, 2020, 04:16:32 pm
After the strange fake trailer this one was quite the let down, but at least now we know which one is more likely to get an anime.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 11, 2020, 10:33:40 am
That's an ad for the manga, nothing in FGO.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on June 11, 2020, 06:25:23 pm
So was the  strange fake one, or maybe I misunderstood that one ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on June 11, 2020, 07:37:12 pm
Oh, maybe, I didn't see it and I don't keep up with FGO much any more. I just saw that this trailer had stuff straight from the manga.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Bastard Mami on June 11, 2020, 08:02:04 pm
yeah, this is a trailer for starnge fake.



Now I realized you answer was more aimed at tsukaso, i.e., the pv is not a fgo event;  than at me , comparing the quality of the two pvs/cms.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 13, 2020, 03:40:16 pm
Dropped a ticket for the lulz and ended up getting spooked by NP3 Waver... That could have been NP4 Chokita, then again it might have been a blessing in disguise cause knowing me I would have gone for NP5...

Get the spooks out of the way now and hopefully my luck carries through to Skadi.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on June 14, 2020, 01:24:44 pm
Finally finished the event, didn't clear out the shop but i already had a lot of what was left so no big loss.
Went into the challenge node with Jalter and double merlin and just powered through the DEF buffs. Lost the merlins in the Rider stage as expected but had Jeanne and Mashu as backup so getting hurt was never really a concern.
Overall I liked this Gudaguda more than last years and the farming wasn't really that bad (when compared to the truly awful farming events).
btw when are we due for the GSSR banner?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on June 14, 2020, 09:28:45 pm
Finally finished the event, didn't clear out the shop but i already had a lot of what was left so no big loss.
Went into the challenge node with Jalter and double merlin and just powered through the DEF buffs. Lost the merlins in the Rider stage as expected but had Jeanne and Mashu as backup so getting hurt was never really a concern.
Overall I liked this Gudaguda more than last years and the farming wasn't really that bad (when compared to the truly awful farming events).
btw when are we due for the GSSR banner?

Rumors between some guys I frequent to talk with in a different Discord channel are projecting the GSSR comes at the end of the month.

Unrelated but apparently my drought in JP is over.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 15, 2020, 02:21:08 pm
I cleared the challenge event with Ereshkigal (with taunt CE), Okitan, double Merlin, and Waver. Had Eresh NP brave chain first turn which broke Nobu's first bar then built enough NP to fire it off a second time before Nobu took her out on the third turn. Chokita came in and took care of the rest with ease, though she was almost one shotted by a random crit which worried me a bit. Overall it wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be.

btw when are we due for the GSSR banner?

GSSR always happens twice a year. One during New Years and the other being Anniversary (July 4th for NA).

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on June 16, 2020, 12:51:34 am
Had to do the Tanking variation with Mashu, Jeanne and Fujinon, but suceeded on the CQ.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 16, 2020, 05:00:11 am
Lostbelt 2 officially announced with a stream taking place on the 22nd. New chapter should drop around the same day after reset or a week after due to pre-event campaign and Napoleon banner.

Lol I haven’t even completed Lostbelt 1 yet...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on June 16, 2020, 06:05:08 am
I hope we get a pre-event campaign.

I hope around 180sq can get me a Skadi. I've been extremely lucky this year with SSR pulls and I hope my luck continues here.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 16, 2020, 08:12:36 am
since i fairly recently learned how powerful sapartacus is i used him against nobu i'm really having fun using him. paired him with double merlin and a back up ryouma just in case he dies.  the other two are mhxa and angra manyu (i'm raising their bond level).

how hard is angra manyu's interlude quest?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 17, 2020, 02:21:34 am
I heard it was more annoying than anything. I think you had to face a shit ton of enemies (like 100 or something), but don’t remember if you had to kill them all or not.

I hope we get a pre-event campaign.

I hope around 180sq can get me a Skadi. I've been extremely lucky this year with SSR pulls and I hope my luck continues here.

99.9% sure we’ll be getting Skadi around anniversary (July 4th) unless DW plans to bamboozle us. Keep in mind that if we get the update that increases the 50 day log in bonus from 20 to 30 quartz, it will also take affect retroactively meaning that we essentially get 10 quartz for every 50 days we’ve been logged in so that’s an easy 210-220 quartz for free if you been logging in daily since day 1.

I think we also get more free quartz through quests that pertain to how many rank up quests/interludes we’ve cleared, but I don’t remember if that’s this year’s anniversary, next year’s anniversary, or during a download milestone campaign.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on June 18, 2020, 02:23:39 am
I think we also get more free quartz through quests that pertain to how many rank up quests/interludes we’ve cleared, but I don’t remember if that’s this year’s anniversary, next year’s anniversary, or during a download milestone campaign.

I think it was during a download campaign. But I don't remember which.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 18, 2020, 09:16:28 am
Lostbelt 2 pre-event campaign and Napoleon banner drops tonight after reset (6-18 at 9pm PDT).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on June 18, 2020, 08:23:05 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/j6TTsfO.jpg)

Got her, NP5 Izou and alot of EMIYA and Li copies I have no need of.

Took me close to 400 SQ, if not above that in the end.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on June 19, 2020, 03:13:11 pm
Got Le DUDE in about 200 quartz.

(https://i.ibb.co/6P88kWv/Screenshot-20200619-210827.jpg)

Now back to not playing GL. LOL
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 23, 2020, 05:51:25 am
Lostbelt 2 along with the Sigurd, Brynhild, and Valkyrie banner drops on the 23rd after maintenance. Animation updates for Brynhild, Rama, Arjuna, and Nightingale also being released.

DW/Aniplex acknowledged 3rd anniversary on the 25th, but events will most likely take place on the 4th of July.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 23, 2020, 08:52:25 am
waiting for that nightingale update.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on June 24, 2020, 04:12:16 am
I'm still at the start of the lostbelt and Gordolf is way less annoying. I remember in lostbelt 1 getting so frustrated i'd start skipping the story as soon as he'd show up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 24, 2020, 04:43:17 am
You may hate him now, but he gets better with time. You'll eventually see why a lot of JP players affectionately refer to him as "best heroine".

He gets a lot of character development starting from this Lostbelt onwards, especially during Lostbelt 3. It’s really his pride as a Magus that’s keeping him from being tolerable most of time, outside of that he’s really a jerk with a heart of gold.

Anyways it seems a ton of secret updates have been released as well such as Moriarty, Kiara, and Ishtar getting sprite updates/new skill animations while others like Medea, Billy, and other servants I can’t remember off the top of my head getting new voiced lines.

———

Happy 3rd anniversary fellow Masters of culture. Be sure to log in today for your celebratory 30 stellated octahedrons.

Skadi Fest Events will happen later.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 25, 2020, 01:16:41 pm
got the valkyries with the weekly ticket. dry spell is over now time to f2p skadi.

and when is sitonai gonna drop? is it this chapter?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on June 25, 2020, 01:25:25 pm
I think that Sitonai will drop in Halloween.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 25, 2020, 01:36:53 pm
that's good then. more time to stock up on quartz.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 25, 2020, 03:09:58 pm
I used the 30 quartz we got today in hopes of some Valkyries, got Kaiba Sigurd instead...

I hope I don't break the bank trying to get Skadi since I want to revisit this banner afterwards to try for NP5 Valkyrie for the patented double Skadi system™ (more Bryn copies would be nice too).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on June 26, 2020, 11:21:21 am
On the 28th and 29th we get 1100 days bonus. So don't forget to login those days for 10 SQ if you want further funds for Skadi.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 26, 2020, 05:11:00 pm
we will get 20 tickets dunno when probably before 4th of july.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on June 26, 2020, 11:16:17 pm
Can't wait for half my friend list to have Skadi in their supports when I want a Tamamo to run an Arts team instead.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 27, 2020, 01:41:14 am
Anniversary events will take place on July 6th after the stream. Later than usual, but it's most likely because of Covid.

EDIT: Just realized that's the same day the Valkyrie banner ends... fml
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on June 27, 2020, 02:52:43 am
Can't wait for half my friend list to have Skadi in their supports when I want a Tamamo to run an Arts team instead.

Does a 10/4/10 Tamamo suffice for you? Because that's what I have with Tamamo.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on June 27, 2020, 01:42:58 pm
I wouldn't worry too much tbh. I only go arts when I'm using Vinci or Zerker Vlad anyway which isn't that often.

But yea sure, more Tamamos on my friend list is nice for when the other ones don't show up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on June 28, 2020, 05:40:43 am
Just hope the Skadi surplus doesn't diminish the amount of Waver or Merlin supports....
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on June 29, 2020, 12:52:07 pm
Spoiler: LB2 spoilers (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 30, 2020, 04:46:15 am
To be fair, that’s its name in JP too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: JudaiZX on July 01, 2020, 05:45:08 am
Started playing since January, figured I'd finally post in here. I have a few spots open if anyone wants to add me. Just finished up Camelot(why yes I do progress story slowly )

(https://i.imgur.com/wee6uYz.png)

I also made a JP alt recently, still working on it but here

(https://i.imgur.com/krsnVBW.png)

would've had summer Hokusai here if I didn't slack off during the event oof.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 01, 2020, 11:29:41 am
would've had summer Hokusai here if I didn't slack off during the event oof.

Sadly my NA list is full, but I can help with my humble JP support list.

(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/465420701957095425/726989955561422868/Fate_GO_2020-06-28-21-36-51.jpg?width=987&height=480)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: JudaiZX on July 02, 2020, 04:27:17 am
sent a request

also just pulled Reine on JP so I'm probably leveling her first before Ozy
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 04, 2020, 09:39:46 am
Dropped a random 10er and got me some new units.
(https://i.imgur.com/y6plHn1.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 07, 2020, 07:19:31 am
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

The real treat is this.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 07, 2020, 09:06:09 am
And here....we ...go. (https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/hmn13s/steel_yourselves_for_the_banner_that_will_hit_you/)

(https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/714/163/6e8.gif)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 07, 2020, 09:12:59 am
Sorry to disappoint you plebs, but I got the best roll ever.

I got a command code AND a 3* Servant! I'm posting my god roll, am I cool yet?
(https://i.imgur.com/OJisH1T.png)

Oh yeah I got Skadi and Enkidu from GSSR I guess...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 07, 2020, 09:56:25 am
You don't do CE bombs?

Also burning bronze XP. It must hurt when you only need like 3k to finish leveling up
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 07, 2020, 10:02:47 am
No Skadi - no SSRs at all actually - 570sq. Got Yan Qing and Fran (yay another SR Berserker yay) and got NP ups for Nito, Herc and Tamamo Cat.
This was the most sq I ever used on a banner. I used about 400sq for the first Jalter banner, and ended up getting her on her return.
I just hope my Merlin supports don't all disappear.
Also got an Amakusa in GSSR, and a NP5 Salieri as well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 07, 2020, 10:21:04 am
You don't do CE bombs?

Also burning bronze XP. It must hurt when you only need like 3k to finish leveling up

I do, it's just back during Guda Fest 3 I was rolling for some 3* CEs and I couldn't be bothered to sort through the mess. I just forgot to set it back to default where it doesn't auto burn everything.

I don't stress to level up my CEs, hell the only lv100 CE I have is Golden Sumo. I usually just get it to 50 and call it a day.

I just hope my Merlin supports don't all disappear.

If anything I only put Skadi and Merlin during events. Outside of that y'all are going to get my Waver and like it.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 07, 2020, 04:22:19 pm
i don't usually post screen shots but this is probably the luckiest roll i ever did since i saw a guy burned 700 sq for nothing. now i'm afraid of doing the gssr i might get spooked by hokusai.
(https://i.imgur.com/1YwS9CL.png)

You don't do CE bombs?

Also burning bronze XP. It must hurt when you only need like 3k to finish leveling up

he's got tons of friend point summon
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 07, 2020, 05:21:06 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/gU3AUL2.jpg)

GSSR... yay, more stake farming... but seriously, I'm alright with Ereshkigal since she was the only reason I was going to potentially roll on the Rerun of the Christmas Banner... and I had a feeling I would get her just so I can go back to Stake hell again.

(https://i.imgur.com/m61MBGn.jpg)

Took a bit, a few 4 star Servants(including my first Circe and my 4th KScope) but I got Skadi in the end... lucky too since I was going to stop before I get below 400 SQ for the sake of trying to get Archer Jeanne(and MAYBE Summer Nobu).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 08, 2020, 02:36:40 am
Sometimes I don’t understand why you guys feel the need to post a picture of your rolls when there’s nothing worth noting other than rate up servant you actually got. I mean unless your rolls has like multiple 5*s you could have saved yourself the trouble, but I digress it’s mainly just people who love to flex I guess.

I mean I suppose I’m not one to talk, but I try to be humble and not to be one of those “one ticket one 5* ezpz” kind of people. Sorry my little rant isn’t directed at you guys, I’m just tired of all these people who have been posting how they got such in such with only a ticket or something while they’re conveniently omitting the hundreds of other resources they spent beforehand while there are others who are less fortunate who basically wasted their life savings.

Also I see your Skadi DarkFlare, you sneaky person you...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 08, 2020, 08:21:23 am
you started this though. this was the first time i literally posted a screenshot.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 08, 2020, 08:29:55 am
In general it wasn't directed towards you, if anything at least you had two 5*s in one multi.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 08, 2020, 09:19:22 am
how many types of command codes are there? are they all 1 stars?

btw i started playing honkai impact on pc and boy i thought f/go is convoluted with mechanics and trinkets you need to collect. this game has fuck tons of things i don't even know their purpose is. though i might play more a bit cause of the dorm mini game. i actually having more fun playing the mini-games than the actual game and story itself. wish f/go had something like that how different servants interact with each other if you put them in one room.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 08, 2020, 11:01:34 am
Most if not all 3* and above command codes are obtained through events.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 08, 2020, 11:55:38 am
Also I see your Skadi DarkFlare, you sneaky person you...
I don't know what you're talking about.
(https://i.imgur.com/4xqEeW5.png)

Anniversary "refund" triggered my roll addiction. Had some bonuses along the way as well like finally having the Imaginary Around CE for Okita/Rider Kintoki. Surprising that I managed to have triple digit SQ left.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: JudaiZX on July 09, 2020, 04:41:24 am
I got spooked by Jeanne and avenger doggo on the skadi banner. thats cool. my GSSR roll was a rip tho. Wanted Void Shiki, got Nero Bride...which would be GREAT....if I didn't hate almost everything about Nero. I know this specific version of her is good but god I can't stand her. >_>
Gotta wait 5 more months for the next GSSR for hopes of getting Void Shiki.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 09, 2020, 07:09:43 am
I got spooked by Jeanne and avenger doggo on the skadi banner. thats cool. my GSSR roll was a rip tho. Wanted Void Shiki, got Nero Bride...which would be GREAT....if I didn't hate almost everything about Nero. I know this specific version of her is good but god I can't stand her. >_>
Gotta wait 5 more months for the next GSSR for hopes of getting Void Shiki.

I'm going to give you a recommendation as someone who doesn't like Nero. Keep her. Her summer version spooked me last year on Summer 2 banner, but she proved to be key for a DPS Caster. Nero Bride, as annoying as she may be in personality is worth the investment.

Besides look it at this way. At least you didn't get Arthur.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 11, 2020, 06:44:10 am
Sometimes I don’t understand why you guys feel the need to post a picture of your rolls when there’s nothing worth noting other than rate up servant you actually got. I mean unless your rolls has like multiple 5*s you could have saved yourself the trouble, but I digress it’s mainly just people who love to flex I guess.

I mean I suppose I’m not one to talk, but I try to be humble and not to be one of those “one ticket one 5* ezpz” kind of people. Sorry my little rant isn’t directed at you guys, I’m just tired of all these people who have been posting how they got such in such with only a ticket or something while they’re conveniently omitting the hundreds of other resources they spent beforehand while there are others who are less fortunate who basically wasted their life savings.

Also I see your Skadi DarkFlare, you sneaky person you...

If you didn't notice, these wasn't first Multi, this was deep into the 300-400 SQ territory.
And it really isn't that much of bragging honestly, just pointing out I get her in the end and who else I got from the GSSR.

how many types of command codes are there? are they all 1 stars?

btw i started playing honkai impact on pc and boy i thought f/go is convoluted with mechanics and trinkets you need to collect. this game has fuck tons of things i don't even know their purpose is. though i might play more a bit cause of the dorm mini game. i actually having more fun playing the mini-games than the actual game and story itself. wish f/go had something like that how different servants interact with each other if you put them in one room.

Command Codes are basically going to be one of the best additions in FGO after awhile. They are there to primarily help with potential deficiencies with Servants(like if you want to deal with Fran's Stuns, there's a CC for that or being able to heal a bit of damage) or make them a bit better.
You can only fit them to one card at a time(i.e. If you put it on a certain Buster Card of 3 on Berserker Lancelot, it will ONLY be on that specific Buster Card) but they are still very good regardless.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 13, 2020, 08:23:46 am
The Quick Meta has begun!
(https://i.imgur.com/RXmkAQT.png)

But seriously though, this took a while to do cause RNG can be a bitch sometimes. In order for this to work I had to make sure on turn 1 MHXA had to have at least 2 cards out for a Brave chain with both of them not being Buster AND have Elizabeth die (brought her in for her buff and debuff) to bring out Waver on turn 2 for his buffs.

On turn 2 I got lucky with a Brave Chain crit which helped get MHXA's NP refunded on the next turn. On turn 3 I used Waver's NP for the additional 45% defense debuff and had MHXA NP afterwards for the extra Saber damage from her Overcharge effect. Not all of Skadi's and MHXA's skills were maxed so it wasn't a completely clean 3 turn since I still relied on that Quick card critical damage at the end.

For reference's sake:
MHXA: NP2, 6/6/7, MLB Black Grail
Skadi: 8/4/10


If you didn't notice, these wasn't first Multi, this was deep into the 300-400 SQ territory.
And it really isn't that much of bragging honestly, just pointing out I get her in the end and who else I got from the GSSR.

I did notice and it still begs the question why you still felt you should post a picture of your roll if there wasn't anything of interest other than Skadi herself (along with your GSSR). I'm saying if you rolled multiple 4* or higher servants in a single roll then it's image worthy, but It's water under the bridge now so you go do you I guess.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 13, 2020, 08:32:27 am
now lets wait for summer bb to come so we can do some meme level chain damage.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 13, 2020, 10:08:33 am
Couldn't help but roll for the Camelot banner at the risk of getting NP2 Skadi.

Suffice to say...

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

I went with classic double Memelin and I had to retry twice because Salter kept critting Memelin.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 13, 2020, 02:46:29 pm
if you gonna do double merlin you have to focus on spamming their NP.

i used double merlin and chloe spammed their NP she couldn't even do crits. while i use chloe's NP in every other turn ,  it was an easy battle but it took me 20+ turns to kill her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 13, 2020, 10:53:32 pm
if you gonna do double merlin you have to focus on spamming their NP.

i used double merlin and chloe spammed their NP she couldn't even do crits. while i use chloe's NP in every other turn ,  it was an easy battle but it took me 20+ turns to kill her.

I used double Memelin and Fujinon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: JudaiZX on July 14, 2020, 06:44:30 am
(https://i.imgur.com/TRCqK8Z.png)

The KNK event was what got me to finally start playing so I'm glad I finally got her to 100.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 15, 2020, 12:55:49 am
Steel Ball Run Summer Fest 2 rerun starts on the 17th.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 15, 2020, 09:26:40 am
it's time to roll for caster nero again. she broke me last year.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 15, 2020, 09:58:46 am
it's time to roll for caster nero again. she broke me last year.

I'm personally fine with NP1 Caster Nero. But Sumer Raikou requires my attention span.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 18, 2020, 05:11:32 pm
well she broke me again. 300 sq down the drain. i fear i won't be able to get bb too

idk if i want to play the rerun event, are they giving away tickets in the 2nd phase? i kinda forgot.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on July 20, 2020, 07:35:33 am
I would roll for some of these Summer servants........but I'm already saving up for Mysterious Heroine XX, as I'm certain this year's summer event will take place soon after this re-run is done.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on July 20, 2020, 08:29:16 pm
I swear there was some SQs/tickets given out recently?

Spending 10-20 mins rerolling just for a single seems like a waste of time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 21, 2020, 02:47:58 am
There’s no point in rerolling if your goal was to get the anniversary quartz and tickets. The tickets were given out from a 7 day continuous log in while the rest of them were rewards from the memorial quests (the amount of memorial quests was also determined by your story progress, meaning new players literally couldn’t do even one). The quartz were also dependent on how many total days you were logged in the game as well as completion of Epic of Remnant.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on July 21, 2020, 12:25:22 pm
Man.

I just want to roll for a good character.
Spending 10 mins per reroll for a single is annoying.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 24, 2020, 11:47:09 am
Couldn't wait till the Raikou rate up and decided to test my luck. With 180 quartz I was able to get my Summer Mama from NP2 to NP5 and Maid Alter to NP3. Worked out better than I thought.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on July 24, 2020, 06:59:58 pm
This is the last time Salter comes out, right? (And  Summer Nito?)
Imma spam the hell out of the banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 25, 2020, 04:56:59 am
Couldn't wait till the Raikou rate up and decided to test my luck. With 180 quartz I was able to get my Summer Mama from NP2 to NP5 and Maid Alter to NP3. Worked out better than I thought.

Wish I had your luck. I just wanted to make Summer Raikou from NP2 to NP5. Instead that's Blavatsky.

Oh also got Malter to NP3.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 31, 2020, 12:56:50 am
Summer Fest 3 starts on August 3rd.

https://fate-go.us/servant_fest/

JP also drops second OP of Cosmos in the Lostbelt. According to Nasu, we're only half way through with the story and that there would be more chapters outside of Lostbelt 6 and 7 since those alone won't be enough to tell the entirety of it all.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on July 31, 2020, 01:53:34 am
Wish they'd give an over under on when they plan on making Lostbelt Mash back into a functional character
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 31, 2020, 09:25:55 am
I still say...

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

I personally won't go hard on Summer 3 because I used most resources on Summer two to get NP4 Summer Mama.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 31, 2020, 06:22:50 pm
same here nero dried me out and got nothing in return. i don't wanna waste money especially with all these shit happening. i'll probably throw in some tickets for bb.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on August 02, 2020, 11:38:23 pm
Been saving for a while, and I'm hoping MHXX comes home to my Chaldea, but I can accept if things go south come next week when her banner comes around.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on August 03, 2020, 01:22:33 am
I used everything for Skadi, I really want to pull on Summer 3 for BB but I can wait for next year.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 03, 2020, 10:37:21 am
I didn't go hard on this event's banners, but with just two rolls, I feel I am covered.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

This one got better.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 03, 2020, 11:18:00 am
That 80% 5* rate up from 4th anniversary can't come soon enough....

(https://i.imgur.com/UKsUJZy.jpg)

Could have had NP3 and been done there, but noooooooooo Altria wanted to be NP3 and Jack had to NP4 before that. Had to delve into the Part 2 funds for NP2 Summer Baguette...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on August 03, 2020, 12:09:10 pm
Even if they're dupes, pulling 3 SSRs in a 10 roll is pretty lucky.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on August 03, 2020, 04:36:21 pm
I got an Ushi with tickets, just need 4 more SQ and I might drop a 10-roll on Jeanne.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 03, 2020, 05:25:06 pm
Even if they're dupes, pulling 3 SSRs in a 10 roll is pretty lucky.

You're right, but I was legit upset when this happened if you can believe it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: -Greed- on August 04, 2020, 04:00:14 pm
Not spending a single quartz until the summer BB banners.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on August 04, 2020, 11:25:58 pm
Done a multi on Summer Jeanne banner.

Got Summer Ushi and nothing else.

Just gonna save for XX banner now(although i really want Summer Jeanne)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on August 05, 2020, 11:32:43 pm
Finally got enough to do a 10-roll and got Jeanne.

Good shit. Will try for BB and XX next year.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: SNT on August 06, 2020, 01:29:51 pm
Got Jeanne too. Now in two minds as to whether I should roll for Dantes now or save it to make sure I get Waver in the F/Z event coming up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 10, 2020, 09:04:11 am
It's like the game knew it wronged me with the spooks and decided to repay me for its transgressions. Wanted to go for NP5 MHXX, but Medb spooked me and decided to settle for NP2 for now...
(https://i.imgur.com/prIO0eb.png)

Also finally completed my ultimate support line up! what do you mean that's Nero? It's obviously Caster Seibah
(https://i.imgur.com/DezAMOm.png)

--------------

FGO JP 5th anniversary TVCM


Summer 5 Part 1 Servants:

Kiara
(https://i.imgur.com/lwpntmX.png)

Illya (Prisma Illya)
(https://i.imgur.com/CWoJLL8.png)

Brynhild
(https://i.imgur.com/Rjr3VwU.png)

Male Servant Summer Costumes:

Sigurd, Emiya (Archer), Lan Ling
(https://i.imgur.com/xxddafH.png)

5th Anniversary Servant:

Proto Merlin Caster Altria
(https://i.imgur.com/1djOYsg.png)

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 10, 2020, 11:55:07 am
JP treated me well after trolling me with Dantes in New Years.

Literally I was going to be happy with anyone BUT Beni Enma, but I'm sure as hell won't say no to this.

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/432298987463114792/742317268561559572/Fate_GO_2020-08-10-04-42-59.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on August 10, 2020, 07:20:47 pm
FGO JP 5th anniversary TVCM
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGepNnFXd3c&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]


Should also mention the blood roll is back, this time separated by year

(https://i.imgur.com/fhob8nk.png)

Was trying for Space Ishtar but I'm not complaining

They're not gonna trick me into blowing all this free quartz though, saving it for summer
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on August 10, 2020, 08:42:58 pm
Also finally completed my ultimate support line up! what do you mean that's Nero? It's obviously Caster Seibah
Just two more years and you can make this joke a reality.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 11, 2020, 01:09:03 am
They're not gonna trick me into blowing all this free quartz though, saving it for summer

I wouldn't blame you if you did. Caster Saber basically straight up murdered powercrept Tamamo (better general Arts support), Waver (30% team wide with 50% single target NP charge), and Jeanne (team wide invincibility on NP that can't be pierced) while doing the same thing for Arts teams what Skadi did for Quick teams.

Move over Double Skadi System™, the new hotness is the Double Castria System™.

Just two more years and you can make this joke a reality.

:c

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on August 11, 2020, 01:41:23 am
My Chaldea is mainly Arts so I welcome our new NP Loop overlord. But man they always seem to have bad timing (at least for me):
Use 300+ sq trying to get Waver before SSR Ticket is announced.
Use 600+ sq trying to get Skadi before Castoria is announced.
Although at least if I fail pulling her I won't be left hung out to dry like missing Skadi lmao.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on August 11, 2020, 03:27:11 am


I wouldn't blame you if you did. Caster Saber basically straight up murdered powercrept Tamamo (better general Arts support), Waver (30% team wide with 50% single target NP charge), and Jeanne (team wide invincibility on NP that can't be pierced) while doing the same thing for Arts teams what Skadi did for Quick teams.

Move over Double Skadi System™, the new hotness is the Double Castria System™.


Well, I did one more roll due to the peer pressure and got her, so I guess I lucked out

Probably good that 4 star Illya is my main goal for summer because I doubt I'm seeing that Kiara now
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: SNT on August 11, 2020, 11:04:42 am
Got Jeanne too. Now in two minds as to whether I should roll for Dantes now or save it to make sure I get Waver in the F/Z event coming up.
Ended up rolling for Dantes... and getting Waver. Guessed that's my last big missing servant out of the way.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on August 12, 2020, 12:27:24 pm
I wouldn't blame you if you did. Caster Saber basically straight up murdered powercrept Tamamo (better general Arts support), Waver (30% team wide with 50% single target NP charge), and Jeanne (team wide invincibility on NP that can't be pierced) while doing the same thing for Arts teams what Skadi did for Quick teams.

From my understanding, Waver isn't powercrept because of the ATK/DEF/Crit bonuses he still gives. Which still makes him a very flexible choice for any team.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 12, 2020, 02:45:58 pm
Euryale animation update


Stheno animation update


FGO Dancing All Night... I mean Dancing in Moonlight... Waltz in the Moonlight


From my understanding, Waver isn't powercrept because of the ATK/DEF/Crit bonuses he still gives. Which still makes him a very flexible choice for any team.

Waver's team wide NP charge is only 20% while Castria's is 30% so he technically got powercrept in that department.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 12, 2020, 04:19:36 pm
[...]

From my understanding, Waver isn't powercrept because of the ATK/DEF/Crit bonuses he still gives. Which still makes him a very flexible choice for any team.
You don't need crit, defense and damage reduction bonuses if you're looping, and Castoria gives almost the same attack bonus as well as higher firepower to arts servants.

Tamamo and Waver (and obviously Jeanne) are more desirable on dedicated stall teams because they offer better survival tools and NP drain, but that's about 5% of the fights in the game, for the remaining 95% you want to plow through waves of enemies fast and that's where Castoria blows everyone out of the water.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 12, 2020, 11:10:43 pm
From my understanding, Waver isn't powercrept because of the ATK/DEF/Crit bonuses he still gives. Which still makes him a very flexible choice for any team.

To a degree Waver was powercrept, but not as much as Tamamo was. He's still as serviceable as ever, however a 30% teamwide NP charge is always going to be better no mater what.

Speaking of Castoria...

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/432298987463114792/742475564706824252/Fate_GO_2020-08-10-14-38-49.jpg)

I could have posted this since monday, but couldn't get to log in to the forum from my PC until I had to clear the cookies.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on August 14, 2020, 12:17:00 am


This is filthy

I love it
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 14, 2020, 08:44:56 am
May not be as solid as my NA line up, but feel free to add me in my JP list. Just post your IGN so I know who it is.

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420701957095425/743713362692538398/Fate_GO_2020-08-14-01-10-46.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 14, 2020, 09:10:26 am
Got BB to NP5 before I can even get my MHXX to NP5.... Fuck you Fionn...

This is filthy

I love it

To most Masters, Castria is another OP Servant. To Chen Gong, she's just another arrow in his quiver.


-------

Summer 5 TVCM


Looks like part 2 Servants will be Tomoe, Murasaki Shikibu, and Abby, with the welfare I'm assuming is Consort Yu.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on August 17, 2020, 02:55:07 am
I keep forgetting to come back here and there.

I ultimately got NP1 Summer Jeanne(who I plan on grailing and Golden Fou'ing once Quetz is done), NP2 Summer Ushi and NP7 Summer Ibaraki(ironic since I pretty much only wanted Summer Raikou since she works in multiple different fronts but here you go... atleast I'm equally having fun with her).

Unfortunately, I have to try again next year for Summer 3 Rerun for Summer Medb and BB but I did get MHXX.

I would ultimately say I came out this fine and atleast Summer Jeanne is good even at NP1 and becomes equally busted once Castoria appears in 2 years...
Dear lord how many units she enables is just absolutely absurd.

P.S. And thank god we got the NA Scheduling since it means we got a good month between Anniversary 5 and Summer 5 because GODDAMN I want Summer Kiara... and they put Summer Abigail in the other banner... why DW... why?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 17, 2020, 05:39:28 am
All I want is Summer Murasaki. The rest doesn't matter.

Please, DW, don''t give me PTSD as you did with Summer 2. ;_;
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 17, 2020, 02:32:00 pm
Summer Too-moe has best NP ever.


Pack it up this is peak FGO.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on August 17, 2020, 05:55:17 pm
I'm surprised that they managed to not lewd Illya, good job.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 19, 2020, 10:19:55 am
i got jack shit this summer not even a god damn CE.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on August 19, 2020, 01:58:34 pm
I know this feeling, last year happened the same to me, I even got only one 3* event ce.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on August 20, 2020, 01:27:48 am
Was lucky enough to get NP3 MHXX this year, so I consider this a major win for me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on August 20, 2020, 01:28:10 pm
I cant even get 1 MHXX.
Got Summer Medb tho so yay?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on August 20, 2020, 04:15:33 pm
I'm surprised that they managed to not lewd Illya, good job.

All the loli lewdness was concentrated on Abi. Her 3rd ascension art is banned to be posted in Reddit and many other boards. It's that lewd.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on August 25, 2020, 10:36:11 am
(https://i.ibb.co/F4Xhqy4/Screenshot-20200825-062753.jpg)


After like 5 multi-rolls. Wow.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on August 25, 2020, 11:02:04 am
And yeah, that 3rd ascension? Actually Abigail's primary design........
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on August 27, 2020, 10:47:57 pm
I pulled Jail Time off a random ticket roll and I'm already dreading getting her to final ascension
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 27, 2020, 11:37:36 pm
Fate Zero event aka the glorified Waver rate up starts on the 31st.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 28, 2020, 06:51:48 am
I swear this cannot be a coincidence anymore.

Either Artoria wants my food provisions OR... she likes me that much that... I'll just let the image speak for me.

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/748756483130261584/Fate_GO_2020-08-27-23-05-41.jpg)

For the record, it was a Yolo 10 roll.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on September 04, 2020, 02:49:21 am
Went a few multis into the 11 Million Download event and got NP2 Sanzang
Went a few multis into the Revival Zero banner and got NP2 Mordred.

Used a ticket after that and got Saber Diarmuid... why is he another recipient of the goddamn Stakes? Almost done with Fujino completely, Sheba is still swamped and Ereshkigal still needs like 72.

URGH.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 04, 2020, 09:29:27 am
Rootin Tootin Shuten Douji, Mama Raikou, Sitting EX, and Izo banner on the 6th along with Shuten's strengthening quest.

Temptation to NP5 my Mama, rising....
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 04, 2020, 12:29:46 pm
Rootin Tootin Shuten Douji, Mama Raikou, Sitting EX, and Izo banner on the 6th along with Shuten's strengthening quest.

Temptation to NP5 my Mama, rising....

At what NP Level is your Raikou? Mine's NP3. So I'm as tempted as you are.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 04, 2020, 02:27:14 pm
NP3, but I've been planning on saving up to NP5 Summer Musashi next year so I don't know yet. I have until the 20th to decide anyways since I won't be rolling on the Zasshu Fest banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on September 06, 2020, 03:21:29 pm
NP3, but I've been planning on saving up to NP5 Summer Musashi next year so I don't know yet. I have until the 20th to decide anyways since I won't be rolling on the Zasshu Fest banner.

I'm going for Shuten myself because dammit, I want her.
Getting NP2 Munenori is also good.

And yeah, while I want to try for Gil, I need those SQ to farm Gilfest as I want to get deep into it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 10, 2020, 09:27:25 am
spent 60 sq on the bait banner just to get 1 izou lol.

now time to save up for ainu loli.

edit: is the gilfest a lottery event?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 10, 2020, 11:28:34 am
spent 60 sq on the bait banner just to get 1 izou lol.

now time to save up for ainu loli.

edit: is the gilfest a lottery event?

Yes, it is.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 11, 2020, 02:13:45 am
Zasshu Fest starts on the 14th.

https://fate-go.us/newyork/

No Gil animation update.... that wasn't very yokorobe of you DW...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 11, 2020, 10:15:50 am
well based on the previous animation update they'll probably add them along with the lost belt 3 and 4 updates.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 11, 2020, 04:32:44 pm
The only reason I can think as to why they aren't releasing Gil's animation update anytime soon is because of some stupid in-lore joke during the second Zasshu Fest in JP where there was a literal story battle which revolved around Gil showing off his "brand new" animation update against the old one.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 11, 2020, 10:04:44 pm
we will see, if they add jack's animation update in the next LB patch then it's safe to assume that they'll add gilgamesh in the next major patch.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 14, 2020, 05:07:33 pm
Spoiler: Finally got my boy to NP5 on a 10-pull (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on September 15, 2020, 12:20:04 am
Spoiler: Finally got my boy to NP5 on a 10-pull (click to see content)

Can't imagine the amount of FP you had to spend just to even get 5 copies.....
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 15, 2020, 12:53:04 am
I swear the next time I see another Skadi without her skills AT MINIMUM 8/X/10, I’m gonna flip since I swear I’ve been refreshing the support list more than I’ve been playing the event.

I get that you want to show off your shiny new Servant, but for the love of god you’re annoying more people than you’re actually helping cause those skill levels actually matter. I can’t count how many times I’ve burned command spells cause I couldn’t loop properly due to someone’s Skadi I picked out of frustration didn’t have their skills leveled appropriately.

Y’all know who you are.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on September 15, 2020, 02:23:01 am
I have some people that don't even level up Waver skills in my support list, so it can be worse. Speaking of support list should I keep Tamamo on my caster slot or put my Helena there? I don't have other support 4*+ casters besides those two and Iri, my Shakespeare is 10/10/10 though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 15, 2020, 02:57:30 am
Waver is a lot more flexible as his NP charge isn’t tied to his skill level. Unless it’s some sort of challenge quest or enemies with bloated HP values I wouldn’t care picking a 1/1/6 Waver if it’s just normal farming with moderate HP enemies.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on September 15, 2020, 03:27:16 am
Oops I forgot about that :P, so yeah the Skadi situation is worse.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 15, 2020, 08:31:50 am
I swear the next time I see another Skadi without her skills AT MINIMUM 8/X/10, I’m gonna flip since I swear I’ve been refreshing the support list more than I’ve been playing the event.

I get that you want to show off your shiny new Servant, but for the love of god you’re annoying more people than you’re actually helping cause those skill levels actually matter. I can’t count how many times I’ve burned command spells cause I couldn’t loop properly due to someone’s Skadi I picked out of frustration didn’t have their skills leveled appropriately.

Y’all know who you are.

Yeah, well... (https://youtu.be/3D5tkAUNFa4)

I have some people that don't even level up Waver skills in my support list, so it can be worse. Speaking of support list should I keep Tamamo on my caster slot or put my Helena there? I don't have other support 4*+ casters besides those two and Iri, my Shakespeare is 10/10/10 though.

Keep Tamamo. She can at least fill the niche of anyone running Arts team. Helena is good for what she does, but almost everything she does so can Waver do as well and he's a common support.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 15, 2020, 03:59:58 pm
i'm nearing maxing angra to bond lvl 10.

did you guys done the cq yet? i haven't maxed the damage boost CE , seems like no one is pulling for the gacha even my whale friends doesn't have any max level event CE's yet.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 16, 2020, 02:02:26 am
I swear the next time I see another Skadi without her skills AT MINIMUM 8/X/10, I’m gonna flip since I swear I’ve been refreshing the support list more than I’ve been playing the event.

I get that you want to show off your shiny new Servant, but for the love of god you’re annoying more people than you’re actually helping cause those skill levels actually matter. I can’t count how many times I’ve burned command spells cause I couldn’t loop properly due to someone’s Skadi I picked out of frustration didn’t have their skills leveled appropriately.

Y’all know who you are.

Glad I have my Skadi at 8/6/10, but one of the reasons I don't put  Skadi on my support lists (at least, not the normal one) it's because I already have people with 10/X/10 Skadis in my supports. I'm making an exception here because the event meets the quality on Skadi. (I still need 13 more soaps).

That being said, I'm prioritizing 8/X/10 Skadis (or Wavers) with MLB CKT.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on September 16, 2020, 02:43:34 am
i'm nearing maxing angra to bond lvl 10.

did you guys done the cq yet? i haven't maxed the damage boost CE , seems like no one is pulling for the gacha even my whale friends doesn't have any max level event CE's yet.

I think that most of the people are crazy farming the lottery tickets and I will let the cq for the last days.
Still I saw a guy with a mlb 5* ce and some few with the gacha 4* and 5* non mlb ces, but my friend list is full and it was about 5-6 guys with those equiped, so I have a impression that: A - people aren't rolling as much as I was expexting or B - our friend lists are full of e-rank luck people.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 16, 2020, 05:18:31 am
I had a guy who had the MLB CE on a level 100 scathach so I solo'd it with her.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 16, 2020, 05:16:04 pm
Lmao my phone died. Have to get a new one and what perfect timing, right in the middle of a lottery event...

Anyways, speaking of Scathach...

(https://i.imgur.com/6isp813.png)

JP getting Scathach Fest with Bunny Girl Shishou costume. Here's hoping to a well deserved animation update.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 16, 2020, 06:10:49 pm
had to bust out good 'ol okita for the leonidas CQ.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 18, 2020, 11:40:13 am
Scathach getting an animation update along with a buff to her Primordial Rune skill (Buff success rate 10-20% + 20% NP charge).



Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on September 18, 2020, 01:39:34 pm
Now she looks much much better, gonna wait 2 years for her buff though :sbt:
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 19, 2020, 12:31:41 am
Speaking of Scathach, I got her on a yolo single.


(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/465420776103870464/757086360074190928/Fate_GO_2020-09-19-22-50-12.jpg?width=987&height=480)


Me... right now...

(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/ecdb569b-6bbe-436e-a618-62772a45f44f/dbtrhrj-60e33a37-7efd-4d5d-be26-2e0ad34efdd5.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3sicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvZWNkYjU2OWItNmJiZS00MzZlLWE2MTgtNjI3NzJhNDVmNDRmXC9kYnRyaHJqLTYwZTMzYTM3LTdlZmQtNGQ1ZC1iZTI2LTJlMGFkMzRlZmRkNS5qcGcifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6ZmlsZS5kb3dubG9hZCJdfQ.xwtTGsQ60w2_1kOov2JQloR7fhDq7looa5llY0rUKRQ)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 22, 2020, 09:14:21 pm
What's wrong with Shuten? She's one of the few AOE Assassins that is pretty good.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on September 22, 2020, 09:52:11 pm
Shuten Douji is great, especially if you throw a kaleidoscope on her

I'd still have her in my supports if it wasn't for Jack the Ripper

Enjoy watching whatever your fighting choke to death
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 22, 2020, 10:30:41 pm
What's wrong with Shuten? She's one of the few AOE Assassins that is pretty good.

Shuten Douji is great, especially if you throw a kaleidoscope on her

I'd still have her in my supports if it wasn't for Jack the Ripper

Enjoy watching whatever your fighting choke to death

I was convinced on Keeping Shuten anyways, but I would have preferred NP4 Raikou instead.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 23, 2020, 01:13:00 am
What's wrong with Shuten? She's one of the few AOE Assassins that is pretty good.

You gotta look at the future my man. Have fun trying to NP loop with Caster Saber with an AoE NP that only hits once.

Shuten Douji is great, especially if you throw a kaleidoscope on her

To be fair, that applies to like 99% of Servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: bass30655 on September 23, 2020, 03:22:50 am
What's wrong with Shuten? She's one of the few AOE Assassins that is pretty good.

You gotta look at the future my man. Have fun trying to NP loop with Caster Saber with an AoE NP that only hits once.

Shuten Douji is great, especially if you throw a kaleidoscope on her

To be fair, that applies to like 99% of Servants.


Truer words also Can we agree Fuck the Taiga CQ. Had to use 2 seals after I failed the first time at the cost of a seal
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 23, 2020, 03:40:01 am
You gotta look at the future my man. Have fun trying to NP loop with Caster Saber with an AoE NP that only hits once.
Eh, there's two years of preparation.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 23, 2020, 04:30:48 am
What's wrong with Shuten? She's one of the few AOE Assassins that is pretty good.

You gotta look at the future my man. Have fun trying to NP loop with Caster Saber with an AoE NP that only hits once.


If we're fair with Shuten, she's not meant to be used for 3T farming when Castoria comes in two years. But her third skill is worth maxing when it hits NA in the future.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 23, 2020, 06:32:01 am
It was mainly a joke though I forgot sarcasm can be poorly conveyed through the internet without making it completely obvious. Shuten is alright since she has the highest Atk stat for an Assassin even in JP. She has minor stalling capabilities with her charm and NP, but she’s mainly used as a beat stick since other Assassins do a better job than her when it comes to producing stars.

Also for those who don’t have a fully skilled Skadi, now’s your chance since the new ticket node has Aurora Steel drops so you shouldn’t have an excuse if you’re grinding the hell out of the event.

...Y’all know who you are...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 23, 2020, 12:51:36 pm
...Y’all know who you are...
I'll get to it.


Eventually
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on September 23, 2020, 03:24:58 pm
Proto-Merlin finally revealed!




in F/GO Arcade...




Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 23, 2020, 09:49:03 pm
Caster Seibah ded after one month smh

Double Proto Merlin System™ is the new hotness

Buster looping new meta
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 24, 2020, 05:57:21 am
I hope I don't have to do all the CQs to unlock the last CQ with the Lore.
Because i'm done with this shit, almost beat the Jaguar CQ with only 400hp left, used up all my CS trying to keep the last servant alive.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 24, 2020, 08:54:43 am
Lmao DW cockblocking Rama to the next level as they make Sita a playable character in Arcade. Rama currently on suicide watch.

https://twitter.com/fgoproject/status/1308921006556360707?s=20

They're literally implementing Rama and Sita's lore of never being able to be together by making each of them exclusive to their own platform. That is brilliant and cruel at the same time.

I hope I don't have to do all the CQs to unlock the last CQ with the Lore.
Because i'm done with this shit, almost beat the Jaguar CQ with only 400hp left, used up all my CS trying to keep the last servant alive.

I don't think you have to complete all the previous challenge quests. I only completed the Leonidas and Izou ones myself as I'm focusing more on the farming. I'll try the rest of them once the event comes closer to ending.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on September 24, 2020, 01:14:02 pm
Lmao DW cockblocking Rama to the next level as they make Sita a playable character in Arcade.
Lol I've seen people make that joke but they're actually going through with it ? Wow.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on September 24, 2020, 04:13:54 pm
It turns out that for now she's a npc
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 25, 2020, 07:14:53 am
r
I hope I don't have to do all the CQs to unlock the last CQ with the Lore.
Because i'm done with this shit, almost beat the Jaguar CQ with only 400hp left, used up all my CS trying to keep the last servant alive.
wait til you get to mhxa 10m hp with bs buff every turn lol can one shot anyone.
what's your setup? just bring a AOE serker in your team wipe out the first break bars and try to stall it with your main DPS if you can. try to kill jeanne first then jaguar. don't worry about nobu she'll die in the process. i used regular cu to take down jeanne first wiped their first break bars with paul bunyan then stalled the rest of the fight. jaguar can penetrate evade so try and bring merlin if you have one. or if you have a kiara you can use her to kill nobu and jaguar first then have a lancer as your main damge dealer.

somebody beat that cq with no event CE with only cu alter.


sita'sdesign is meh,  she looks like a red atalante could've given a better attire.

finally done with the event.... all cq done the hardest cq was mhxa. had to buff stack okita and swap 3 times it took me 30 turns to beat her and countless retries.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 27, 2020, 11:50:18 pm
Eli Fest 3 starts on the 30th.

Time to get Mk1.

finally done with the event....

You ain’t done yet. There’s still one last CQ releasing today.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 28, 2020, 12:10:54 am
Eli Fest 3 starts on the 30th.

Time to get Mk1.

-readies MLB Aerial Drive plus copies-
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 28, 2020, 08:49:00 am
Mopped up the last CQ with Cu Alter solo.

The only thing left is MHXA but dunno if I'll even bother attempting it, would rather put more effort into the lotto.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 28, 2020, 09:37:49 am
beat mhxa , next event is a lotto event anyway.

done with everything , final cq wasn't hard probably one of the easiest of all them.

dunno if i'm gonna roll for neet princess since i have skadi i really want to go full quick meta. gonna use tickets to roll for something today i wanna clean up some exo card that i got in this event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 28, 2020, 10:30:28 am
Mopped up the last CQ with Cu Alter solo.

The only thing left is MHXA but dunno if I'll even bother attempting it, would rather put more effort into the lotto.

Spend it on the lotto. Don't stress yourself out over one CQ if you can't complete it.

beat mhxa next event is a lotto event anyway.

Wut.

Halloween 3 is not a lotto event. The next one won't be until November with the Christmas 3 rerun and even then you're limited to how many you can farm while the one in Christmas 4 in December is unlimited like Zasshu Fest.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 29, 2020, 02:57:11 am
I'll get to it.


Eventually
Spoiler: Eventually... (click to see content)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 29, 2020, 05:37:26 am
Can't call me out on it anymore.

Much bett——

Quote
10/7/10

I’m gonna call you out super good.

You still have one day left in the event! Get back in there!!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 29, 2020, 05:54:55 am
I’m gonna call you out super good.

You still have one day left in the event! Get back in there!!
(https://i.imgur.com/ZgFRzQz.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on September 29, 2020, 07:13:45 am
I'm more than ready to tackle Himeji Castle a second time. With how far I've progressed since the last time I did this event, it'll be interesting to see how my Servants fare this time around.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 02, 2020, 11:15:22 am
Got Okkie from a ticket while trying to get another copy of Penth. I nearly jumped from my chair when I saw the the rainbow animation.

--------------

Meanwhile in JP, Okita and Hijikata getting buffs with the former also getting another animation update. Another Okita meme dead...

Okita's second animation update
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on October 02, 2020, 01:46:59 pm
lol

Wonder if them skipping over Okita the last SQ round was a set up for this.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on October 03, 2020, 02:08:47 am
After Shishoufest in JP, I could improve my lineup, so feel free to add me if you need help. I have plenty of slots available.

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420701957095425/761726159779659816/Fate_GO_2020-10-02-18-07-15.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on October 08, 2020, 04:21:05 am
JP stream on the 9th. Possibly stuff related to LB6. We'll see.

https://twitter.com/fgoproject/status/1313770219458838528?s=20
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 09, 2020, 01:21:20 pm
Guda Fest 5 next event in JP

Nobukatsu 1* Archer (obatined through FP gacha)


Hajime Saito Vergil 4* Saber


Queen Himiko 5* Ruler
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on October 15, 2020, 11:02:27 pm
Oniland announced to start Mid October (https://fate-go.us/oniland/sp/)

By Mid October, they mean on the 19th
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on October 16, 2020, 07:42:29 am
(https://i.imgur.com/U1wnZcE.jpg)

Finally done with Skadi... now I gotta farm Ice again to finish up Archer Jeanne and I'm done... for now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on October 18, 2020, 10:02:36 pm
I saw the Shinsengumi and more Gudaguda / Oda shit so I was already dismissing this thing, but I'm now seeing that the final boss is Kukochihiko and there's a real Yamatai story ? The fuck ? What's the dog-like creature with him ? I don't recognize what it comes from (beside the name Kunakoku I guess). Anyone can give me a quick rundown of the story (ignoring whatever Shinsegumi/Oda they shoved in it) ? I'm not reinstalling this game.

edit - nevermind. Kukochihiko is the dog because Dog Slave Country who wants to swallow Himiko's light (he also claims he killed her once which could be historically true but we don't actually know), and the guy is a possessed Shinsengumi captain. Is that all of it ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on October 19, 2020, 10:18:07 am
I gave this banner only two ten rolls... there go my chances for QSH.

(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/432298987463114792/767662155562352660/Fate_GO_2020-10-19-03-14-23.jpg?width=987&height=480)

My other ten roll gave me Chiyome and the 4* CE. Funny how I didn't get the 3* CE.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 19, 2020, 11:31:16 am
Was debating whether I should even roll on this banner since I'm trying to save for Padoru Fest 2019 rerun so I can NP5 Ereshkigal.

Ended up getting Sitonai on my first multi and then got cockblocked by NP4 Altria on my 4th.

I saw the Shinsengumi and more Gudaguda / Oda shit so I was already dismissing this thing, but I'm now seeing that the final boss is Kukochihiko and there's a real Yamatai story ? The fuck ? What's the dog-like creature with him ? I don't recognize what it comes from (beside the name Kunakoku I guess). Anyone can give me a quick rundown of the story (ignoring whatever Shinsegumi/Oda they shoved in it) ? I'm not reinstalling this game.

edit - nevermind. Kukochihiko is the dog because Dog Slave Country who wants to swallow Himiko's light (he also claims he killed her once which could be historically true but we don't actually know), and the guy is a possessed Shinsengumi captain. Is that all of it ?

From what I've been reading the story is about Kukuchiko trying to take revenge on Yamatai for something and that the Himiko that Kukuchiko absorbed was the still living Himiko who was biding her time till her Servant version arrived with Chaldea so she can fuse with her to use her true NP to purify him. I'm assuming he's the reason why Yamatai disappeared off the face of the planet.

Apparently the real Himiko was still alive all along, but was considered dead by the world (kind of like what happened to Scathach back at Part 1) since Yamatai kind of vanished without a trace along with her so she could be summoned as a Servant.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on October 20, 2020, 05:14:28 am
Ended up pulling Sitonai but as karmic backlash, I only got 3 4 star Event CEs and just the 1 5 star Event CE...

Of course...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 02, 2020, 07:43:37 am
12m campaign with free 4* and Abby banner on the 5th.

https://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=%2Fiframe%2F2020%2F1105_12milliondl%2F

I'm picking Valkyrie for NP2.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on November 02, 2020, 10:36:02 am
Ah, so it's that time again to see what my missing SRs are and pick what I think would benefit me most.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on November 02, 2020, 11:35:02 am
Time to get old man Yagyu
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on November 02, 2020, 11:37:55 am
12m campaign with free 4* and Abby banner on the 5th.

https://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=%2Fiframe%2F2020%2F1105_12milliondl%2F

I'm picking Valkyrie for NP2.

I'm either going for NP2 Parvati or for NP3 Zerkelot.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on November 02, 2020, 04:38:54 pm
Time to get my Parvati, it will cease a little my pain on failing to get Sitonai, and my Emiya will have another girl to bother him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on November 03, 2020, 12:28:32 am
Either Tristan or Tomoe Gozen will be coming home to my Chaldea, that much is certain.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on November 05, 2020, 10:47:18 pm
Used my 5 tickets on the Abby banner and got Nezha and a second Circe.
So that means i'll start raising Circe's skill levels.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 06, 2020, 02:46:46 am
I was able to get NP2 Circe and NP2 Danzo with my 5 tickets.

Also I forgot that the 12m event also expanded our friend slots by 10, so I can accept friend requests at this time.

699722371
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 10, 2020, 07:41:11 am
Padoru Fest 2019 Rerun starts on the 12th along with Heaven's Feel Part 3 campaign with Altria, Euryale, and Stheno animation update and more.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on November 10, 2020, 08:01:58 am
Padoru Fest 2019 Rerun starts on the 12th along with Heaven's Feel Part 3 campaign with Altria, Euryale, and Stheno animation update and more.

I'm so glad I can skip both of those banners, mainly the Eresh one after the PTSD I got from her last year.

I have NP2 Artoria, so... no rush.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 11, 2020, 01:15:04 pm
2 new Servants in JP.

Captain Nemo (5* Rider)


Vincent Van Gogh (5* Foreigner)


In a similar case with Da Vinci, Van Gogh is male in proper history, but for some reason this person is female and claims to be the famous painter as her artistic skills can attest to; being able to replicate his style flawlessly.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on November 12, 2020, 10:56:57 am
lets go bois got best girls Astolfo and Ereshkigal on 1 multi.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 12, 2020, 11:54:29 am
Was able to get Ereshkigal to NP5, but got spooked by NP3 Altera long the way...

Spent the rest of my quartz on the Danzou banner to get her to NP3.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on November 18, 2020, 05:08:23 am
Prepare yourselves for Lostbelt 3 Intro.

https://webview.fate-go.us/iframe/2020/1119_sin_intro/

And SIN's prerelease campaign.

https://webview.fate-go.us/iframe/2020/1119_sin_prerelease/
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 20, 2020, 04:17:20 am
Thanksgiving banner for NA is Musashi, Gilgamesh, MHX, Ivan, Shiki, Kintoki, and Ishtar. I'll be skipping this one.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on November 21, 2020, 11:04:51 am
Thanksgiving banner for NA is Musashi, Gilgamesh, MHX, Ivan, Shiki, Kintoki, and Ishtar. I'll be skipping this one.

I'm tempted to roll, just for Ivan.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on November 21, 2020, 09:02:58 pm
I somehow managed to miss the solo banner for Gil, and I don't want to roll the Gil/Kintoki banner.

Damn.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on November 24, 2020, 12:39:07 am
https://fate-go.us/sin/

Real JP suffering begins. LB3 starts this thursday.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on November 24, 2020, 12:56:33 am
Heh

Preemptively: no you're supposed to win, figure it out
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on November 24, 2020, 01:08:55 am
Heh

Preemptively: no you're supposed to win, figure it out

Already cleared SIN in JP and my account is underdeveloped over there.

But that's because I own a Castoria there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 26, 2020, 07:42:37 am
I’m deciding whether or not to roll for Lan Ling for my stall team.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on November 26, 2020, 03:32:12 pm
While I wait for QSH's banner to come... Thanksgiving banner was nice with me... but now I dread I don't get mothman...

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/781515904990183434/Fate_GO_2020-11-26-07-44-00.jpg)

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/781517254755745792/Fate_GO_2020-11-26-07-49-42.jpg)

I don't regret getting mammoth man to np2. And yes. Those were back to back rolls.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on November 29, 2020, 03:55:49 am
While I wait for QSH's banner to come... Thanksgiving banner was nice with me... but now I dread I don't get mothman...

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/781515904990183434/Fate_GO_2020-11-26-07-44-00.jpg)

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/781517254755745792/Fate_GO_2020-11-26-07-49-42.jpg)

I don't regret getting mammoth man to np2. And yes. Those were back to back rolls.

Nice.

I'm mainly waiting for Yu's banner to drop so I can try and summon her. Won't be for another week, but I'm sure I can finish the third Lostbelt before then to prep me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 02, 2020, 12:46:20 pm
Lostbelt 5.5 for JP


Watanabe no Tsuna (4* Saber)


Ashiya Douman (5* Alter Ego)


Kintoki (Berserker) Spiritron Dress
(https://i.redd.it/8kx45rfdcr261.png)

Arash animation update


Bedivere Spiritron Dress and animation update
(https://i.redd.it/9gpqul3car261.png)






Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on December 02, 2020, 07:48:18 pm
In a semi related note, apparently the stream that showed all this also teased Carnival Phantasm 2. Because if so, that makes me even more excited.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 03, 2020, 06:02:07 am
Spent 150 gems on SIN 2 got a second Ozy, Saber Diarmuid and 3x Red Hare.

Really wanted the banner servants but ehhh, can't complain too much. My Ozy could do with more damage.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on December 03, 2020, 06:07:50 am
Spent a good 300 on both banners (and 40 tickets), and walked away with Yu Mei-Ren, Qin Shi Huang, Xiang Yu, Prince of Lan Ling, Qin Liangyu............and Jack the Ripper.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 03, 2020, 07:39:57 am
I was able to get my own copy of the Ultimate Lifeform after being spooked twice by NP2 Nightingale and then by NP2 Tammy. That first spook hurt since I could have been done with the banner as I was just spending my tickets at the time...

On the bright side I was able to get Not!LuBu and Yu Paisen to NP5 as well as getting two copies of Kscope to forge my second Supescope.

In a semi related note, apparently the stream that showed all this also teased Carnival Phantasm 2. Because if so, that makes me even more excited.

Can’t wait for the entirety of season 2 to be nothing but FGO....

Focus on Tsukihime! Do it you cowards!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 03, 2020, 08:57:01 am
QSH didn't want to come, but I got NP2 Scheh, NP3 Ozy, 5 Red Hares and NP4 Yu. Most of those who are fans of Yu want I trade her to them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 04, 2020, 11:07:49 am
Avenger Ushiwakamaru/Yoshitsune


Heavily implied to be Ushi Gozen (Raikou's Oni form) or Ibuki Douji (Shuten's adult form)
(https://i.imgur.com/l7sJMDk.jpg)

Also for those who are rolling for Douman, be aware that while you are able to max ascend and level him up to 90 you won't be able to change his character skin or Saint Graph image past stage 2 until you clear Lostbelt 5.5 AND clear the Interlude that gets unlocked with it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 04, 2020, 11:15:31 am
I spent over 300 SQ for Raikou with no avail, and with just 30 SQ I get...

(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/432298987463114792/784345980371730432/Fate_GO_2020-12-04-03-10-36.jpg?width=1026&height=480)

I swear to god this game is trolling me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 04, 2020, 12:50:21 pm
basing on the hairstyle i think that's shuten.

and i'm guessing a 2nd animation for avenger ushi since that NP looks bland.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 04, 2020, 03:19:44 pm
Ibuki Douji is indeed Shuten or rather a facet of Yamato no Orochi. She is the one Ibaraki was trying to summon back in Rashomon if I remember correctly, but botched it and ended up with our current Shuten.

Apparently in this Lostbelt, Ibuki Douji is a fusion of Raikou and Shuten which explains her Saber class as she can't wield Kusanagi no Tsurugi otherwise.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 04, 2020, 06:12:25 pm
Yamato no Orochi
Yamata*
different thing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 09, 2020, 09:47:02 pm
We will be getting x-mas event starting the 13th. Remember this event currently has NO Re-Run so make sure to not miss getting any copy of Santa Quetz.

In order to join, you must clear LB1.

Happy farming.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 13, 2020, 08:55:53 am
Probably not going to pull that much on this banner, so don't rely on me for gacha CEs for Padoru Fest 4: A Very Merry Quetzmas.

Hell I'm still undecided if I'm going to go super hard on the lotto even though I need a shit ton of bones and dragon fangs...

EDIT: Just got Bradamante on my first multi, whelp I'm done lol
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Umezono on December 13, 2020, 05:01:20 pm
pulled shi huang di earlier cause i was like fuck it i got 30 SQ and i dont play this much, this marks the second time i get the banner unit i wasn't actually trying to get

kinda bummed i have to finish mad story content to even play the event, im too busy with other gacha for that
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 14, 2020, 12:28:18 am
I only rolled twiice in the banner. First roll was an unremarkable min roll (albeit with the event 3* CE), but the second one...

(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/465420776103870464/787591283160907796/Fate_GO_2020-12-13-02-06-15.jpg?width=1024&height=479)

I'm satisfied with this.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 15, 2020, 01:55:18 pm
Got loli/oppai Doji yay
(https://files.catbox.moe/3is66c.jpg)

Now I have to catch up with the story to ascend her.


Next Christmas event will actually run on Christmas, the welfare is Santa Karna:

(https://files.catbox.moe/0t4qfp.png)

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Umezono on December 15, 2020, 07:21:28 pm
do you know what the story requirement to access the event is
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 15, 2020, 07:37:22 pm
do you know what the story requirement to access the event is

If you mean JP's upcoming christmas event, just complete Fuyuki. NA's requires LB1 (Anastasia) completion.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 16, 2020, 02:06:52 am
Now I have to catch up with the story to ascend her.

If she's like Douman I can tell you from personal experience you can ascend her just fine,  it's the art that doesn't change
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on December 16, 2020, 06:05:02 pm
The problem is her final ascension and her skills are gated behind one of the items.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 17, 2020, 12:35:04 am
Oh ho ho I see

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 19, 2020, 01:59:51 pm
This event has been shafting me with the CE drops. I've already opened 30 boxes and had only one CE drop so far...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 21, 2020, 10:10:41 am
(https://i.imgur.com/OuoBxic.png)
This is my team for farming the lotto, MHX is in it purely for bond because she's real close to bond 10.
Tried a couple 4CE teams but it didn't work out, and I don't have skadi or waver to make life easier so I got to settle for 3CE.
Also built it like this to remove any RNG elements from farming because I'm using FGA and I want easy runs while I sleep.
So far i've used around 70 golden apples.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 27, 2020, 12:57:57 am
Was trying for 100 boxes, but then I got lazy on the last two days and only ended up with 88.

Was able to get Skadi, Bunyan, and Angry Mango to bond 10 with Ereshkigal, Valkyrie, and Bradamante to bond 6 though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 28, 2020, 02:31:09 am
Dechi Fest along with New Years event starts on New Year’s Day.

I want Gordon Ramsay birb, but I gotta start saving for Kama...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 31, 2020, 03:44:22 pm
Muramasa is the New Year's Servant for JP.

Guess DW got tired of losing money.



EDIT: TSUKIHIME REMAKE!?!??!?!?!

DON'T DO THIS TO ME!! DON'T GIVE ME HOPE!!

ASGHJDKOPOEIU&^%W^#&*$()_#P@O@IU&!^5TY*(!09827yw3hNEM<



Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 31, 2020, 04:47:09 pm
On Switch too ? So definitely no more porn then.
On Muramasa : uh, the guy in the video pronounces his name as Senju (or is that Senji ?). I swear I've heard that elsewhere too, but everything I see on the Internet tells me the historical figure should be pronounced as Sengo. What's the video for the full stream ? Do they all say Senji ?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 31, 2020, 05:02:09 pm
I didn't watch the stream myself, but it should be "Sengo". Unless they're foreshadowing something, it might be a mistake/mispronunciation.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on December 31, 2020, 06:11:16 pm
If you played Shimousa in JP, the furigana above his name says Senji.
We've known this for a long time now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on December 31, 2020, 06:30:12 pm
I quit the game back when female Musashi was revealed, so I didn't play Shimousa.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on December 31, 2020, 11:53:34 pm
Did the blood roll for Bunny and got Bunny

May just be the first time in history that's happened to me
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on January 01, 2021, 01:57:34 am
I did it and as usual did not get any of the servants I was interested in.
On Switch too ? So definitely no more porn then.
If there's anything that rules out H is the PS logo, grandpa. Nintendo Japan doesn't give a shit and would probably license smut were it not for CERO.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 01, 2021, 09:22:00 am
New Year's GSSR was finally nice with me.

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/794476215573807104/Fate_GO_2021-01-01-02-04-27.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 01, 2021, 09:59:24 am
I got NP4 Maid Alter in GSSR.

Got NP3 Dechi Birb with my saved quartz and a pack which I'm hyped about. Though I got spooked by NP7 Jeanne in the process giving me my second USO....
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 01, 2021, 10:42:50 am
I got NP4 Maid Alter in GSSR.

I was literally fearing that I'd get NP5 Maid Alter from the GSSR. Thank god Melt came to me instead.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 01, 2021, 10:49:58 am
who voiced hisui? and i notice some of the cast were recasted as well. shame.


badluck still lingering , no birb ramsey 120 sq and i only got 3 of the event CE.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 01, 2021, 10:58:42 am
I was literally fearing that I'd get NP5 Maid Alter from the GSSR. Thank god Melt came to me instead.

To be honest I would have been fine with anything other than Musashi, Gil, Summer BB, and Ereshkigal cause I already have them at NP5.

who voiced hisui? and i notice some of the cast were recasted as well. shame.


badluck still lingering , no birb ramsey 120 sq and i only got 3 of the event CE.

I would expect most if not all original VA's have been replaced with probably the sole exception of Jouji Nakata as Nrvnqsr Chaos since Type-Moon needs to have him voice at least one villain from all of their IPs, it's like some unwritten law.

Ryousuke Kanemoto as Shiki Tohno
Ikumi Hasegawa as Arcueid Brunestud
Kaede Hondo as Ciel
Shino Shimoji as Akiha Tohno
Yuki Kuwahara as Kohaku
Kana Ichinose as Hisui
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 01, 2021, 12:18:09 pm
Got np2 Kiara and np2 marie in the GSSR.
Then spent 150 sq and got me a Gil and an NP2 lobo.

Another bountiful new years for me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 02, 2021, 05:39:11 am
Don't forget to go to the Mana Prism shop and buy out all of the New Years items in there which include 10 summon tickets. There's even an extra bond grail in the Rare Prism shop if you can afford it.

Spent those tickets on the Umu Caster banner in hopes of NP3 and got spooked by NP2 Enkidu... Got the final two copies of the event CE to limit break it at least.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on January 02, 2021, 07:09:58 am
I'm just waiting for Jalter or Hokusai to be the banner rate up so I can finally finish my Support list.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on January 03, 2021, 12:09:15 am
NP3 Maid Alter and 6th Kaliedo

Almost there with MLB Painting so I need to put down another 80$ to get the last one I need.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 08, 2021, 05:10:20 am
Got Assassin Li and NP5 Tomoe in a multi. Might push my luck for NP2, but I kinda want to try for NP3 Umu Caster again.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 10, 2021, 10:56:15 am
So how are you guys going with the challenge quest?
Asking for a friend, I'm totally not struggling at all. Nope.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 11, 2021, 12:48:26 am
So how are you guys going with the challenge quest?
Asking for a friend, I'm totally not struggling at all. Nope.

I did the CQ with Melt, Squirtoria, Artoria, Waver, Cyber Mash and Fujinon to deal with the Mohnkes and Birb Ramsey. Funny enough, it was Melt who carried most of the CQ in spite of the offensive disadvantage.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 11, 2021, 07:16:08 am
(https://i.imgur.com/Jg7iQS0.png)

This is the party I used for the CQ along with a support Merlin. Basically NP'd on turn 2 (waited for Melt's NP down on allies to go away) then slowly chipped away at Dechi birb until she wiped out my frontline, backline took care of the rest with not too much trouble.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 12, 2021, 01:04:10 am
Okay, dunno why I had so much trouble just managed to do the CQ with Jalter team + Mash to eat the NP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 17, 2021, 12:34:58 pm
New event in JP called "Little Big Tengu" with a new 4* Assassin Welfare. 5* of the event is Avenger Not!Ushi.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 17, 2021, 11:28:37 pm
Prisma Illya rerun starts on the 20th. This will be your last chance to obtain Kuro as well as your only chance for Miyu unless you're willing to bank on NA's GSSR during the 5th anniversary next year.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 18, 2021, 11:19:50 am
Prisma Illya rerun starts on the 20th. This will be your last chance to obtain Kuro as well as your only chance for Miyu unless you're willing to bank on NA's GSSR during the 5th anniversary next year.

I'm skipping the banner, Miyu is not of my interest and i don't want to risk my chances for Murasaki if I can help it, but I will get Chloe. I failed getting her when I joined in FGO.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 20, 2021, 10:10:02 am
So I uh.... was trying to go for NP5 Miyu..... she refused to come home and only ended up getting one copy of her...

Illya on the other hand didn't read the memo and ended up getting to NP5.... from NP1....

WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN!----

*ugly crying*

-------

To tide over my salt, here's a Benkei and Ushi animation update. They also got some buffs (Charisma upgrade for Ushi, NP upgrade for Benkei).





Avenger Not!Ushi/Taira no Kagekiyo
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 20, 2021, 11:28:16 am
So I uh.... was trying to go for NP5 Miyu..... she refused to come home and only ended up getting one copy of her...

Illya on the other hand didn't read the memo and ended up getting to NP5.... from NP1....

WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN!----

*ugly crying*

Not to the same level, but now you know why I hate my own NP4 Maid Alter. I wanted NP5 Summer Raikou, but no... Maid Alter kept coming when I didn't want her to.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 21, 2021, 02:54:17 am
Now my superstitious ass is telling me I’m going to have a hard time trying to go for NP5 Kama...

I’m even contemplating to skip Kaiju Daughter’s banner during the CCC rerun next month just so I can have as much resources as possible.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: bass30655 on January 21, 2021, 03:37:45 am
While I do love Miyu as a character, unless she gets a rank up that fixs her major issues I may pass on for KP and Kama (month of sakura anyone?)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 21, 2021, 04:46:09 am
hahahaha I had 60qp and I wasted it all on nothing hahahahahahafuck.
Hope I stop doing this because I actually do want to get Reines.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 21, 2021, 10:55:47 am
hahahaha I had 60qp and I wasted it all on nothing hahahahahahafuck.
Hope I stop doing this because I actually do want to get Reines.

I spent 30 SQ taking a huge risk to get the 5*CE. It paid off. My funds for Mursaki are for the most part intact.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 21, 2021, 10:06:34 pm
got miyu from the tickets , she's ok but honestly why her np really isn't worth using. her skills is ok if you want a crit caster but her damage is low so it's better to use other dps caster , she can play support but you have to commit on spamming her NP which drains her hp so against aoe boss battle she'll melt quite easy even if with guts. plus her np animation sucks.

would've been better if they gave both illya and miyu the install card thing they use in the show. they could change class depending whatever card you pick like emiya archer's recent buff. illya transforms saber , caster , rider while miyu transforms into archer , assassin , lancer.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 22, 2021, 01:12:48 am
got miyu from the tickets , she's ok but honestly why her np really isn't worth using. her skills is ok if you want a crit caster but her damage is low so it's better to use other dps caster , she can play support but you have to commit on spamming her NP which drains her hp so against aoe boss battle she'll melt quite easy even if with guts. plus her np animation sucks

Because you're technically forced to have her at NP5 to break even. The 3000 HP loss is just too much of a demerit.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on January 22, 2021, 03:39:22 am
Personally, I'm only interested in Chloe for this event. Something about an archer team up with EMIYA speaks to me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 01, 2021, 12:54:43 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/1CDM9Ug.png)

One of the easier CQs to 3 turn for me. Just had to make sure Berserkerlot had a Quick or Arts card in the first turn to make sure he would get his NP refunded in the second turn, then had my Skadi (with taunt CE) eat Illya's NP to bring out Waver to top off Berserkerlot to NP a third time.

Took a few tries since I kept forgetting to stun Chloe since she would use her evade when her HP was low enough.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 02, 2021, 03:46:56 am
Valentines aka Waifu Fest 2021 starts on the 3rd with Murasaki Shikibu banner. Make sure you clear enough space on your device to have enough storage for the update due to all the Valentines scenes being fully voiced.

I’m most likely going to skip this banner since I’m not really interested in Murasaki.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on February 02, 2021, 06:42:00 am
Valentines aka Waifu Fest 2021 starts on the 3rd with Murasaki Shikibu banner. Make sure you clear enough space on your device to have enough storage for the update due to all the Valentines scenes being fully voiced.

I’m most likely going to skip this banner since I’m not really interested in Murasaki.

Okay.....How much space we talking, exactly?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 02, 2021, 07:19:35 am
Going from the JP version, it was around 500MB-1GB extra.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 02, 2021, 07:51:56 am
I'm sure it'll be great for the Redditors but i play this game on mute dammit the voices should be optional.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 02, 2021, 03:53:46 pm
not interested in murasaki ... saving for big girl and kama.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 03, 2021, 12:35:14 am
Valentines aka Waifu Fest 2021 starts on the 3rd with Murasaki Shikibu banner. Make sure you clear enough space on your device to have enough storage for the update due to all the Valentines scenes being fully voiced.

I’m most likely going to skip this banner since I’m not really interested in Murasaki.

not interested in murasaki ... saving for big girl and kama.

Am I really the only one here interested for MILF Murasaki?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 03, 2021, 01:32:43 am
Yes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: bass30655 on February 03, 2021, 01:52:42 am
I want her too but I need to finish my sakura collection. I will wait for another banner or the summer version.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on February 03, 2021, 02:13:07 am
Going from the JP version, it was around 500MB-1GB extra.
DAMN. Probably a good thing I might be getting a phone upgrade soon, then. Got my transfer code backed up, and everything.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 03, 2021, 06:46:28 am
If you want to save as much space as possible, then make sure you don’t go through with the “download all” option in the settings once you download the update. That way the game will only download the voice files of the Servants you initiate the cutscene with.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on February 03, 2021, 08:22:11 am
I think I'll hail mary and shoot for Sitonai.

and then get angry when the rainbow orbs are Murasaki instead.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 04, 2021, 02:33:10 am
Bold of you to assume you won’t get spooked let alone get a 5* Servant.

Artemis: Allow me to introduce ourselves.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on February 04, 2021, 12:08:49 pm
Just for that, if I get any 5* I'll rub it in front of you.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 04, 2021, 03:53:13 pm
Go for NP5.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 06, 2021, 12:24:07 pm
Caren Hortensia announced as 5* Ruler in JP's Waifu Fest 2021.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on February 06, 2021, 05:08:11 pm
Looks like she is a pseudo servant for Eros/Cupid.

Some of the older greek myths had Eros as a primordial god, older than the Olympian pantheon, coming out of a cosmic egg at the dawn of creation. It seems like she's doing that in her NP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on February 06, 2021, 11:08:43 pm
Big fan of this new initiative that will assuredly lead to Bazett
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 07, 2021, 02:25:57 am
No one mentioning that this Caren is actually wearing a proper skirt smh. Obviously an imposter.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on February 10, 2021, 05:12:50 am
Bold of you to assume you won’t get spooked let alone get a 5* Servant.

Artemis: Allow me to introduce ourselves.

Just for that, if I get any 5* I'll rub it in front of you.

(https://i.imgur.com/UPE6DJx.png)

Thanks for making the universe bend in my favor to spite you.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 10, 2021, 05:54:30 am
go for NP5

Wanna trade? Tried for NP2 Sitonai, got big tiddy librarian instead...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on February 10, 2021, 06:36:38 am
I can't NP5 with 5 quartz + 7 leftover free quests

I need Sitonai to complete my support list. Finally, people will look at my support and ask me how much I spend. I will smile and laugh internally.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 10, 2021, 07:27:02 am
Not with those NP levels and underleveled skills >:c
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on February 10, 2021, 07:37:10 am
Nobody picks anyone besides Waver, Merlin and Skadi anyway.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 10, 2021, 07:49:33 am
Surprisingly outside of events the majority of my support points come from my Musashi and Raikou.

No one wants to use my Waver... :c
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 15, 2021, 12:46:25 am
CCC Rerun starts in the 17th. This is the last time to get a “free” NP5 BB without the use of Rare Prisms.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on February 15, 2021, 01:33:52 am
Can't wait to scream in agony at the CCC boss fights again.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on February 15, 2021, 02:10:05 am
Definitely hoping Melty comes to my Chaldea this time. Hadn't had the best of luck rolling for her in the past, but I'm hopeful things will change this go-around.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 15, 2021, 05:42:24 am
After 4 spooks... PAIN IS FINALLY FUCKING OVER!

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/810731367347388436/Fate_GO_2021-02-14-22-36-35.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 15, 2021, 07:50:57 am
Assassin Shiki and Void are getting their rank up quests (NP upgrade) along with the CCC Rerun event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 18, 2021, 11:26:15 am
so anyone finished the cq?

EDIT: done , it wasn't that hard , all you need is patience or kintoki to 1 hit kill protea. i did the former with ibaraki. took me 22 turns.

when's king protea's banner be up? on the 23rd?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 19, 2021, 09:36:35 am
when's king protea's banner be up? on the 23rd?

Yeah, around that date.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 20, 2021, 09:37:03 am
got melt with a single ticket.... now i'm scaried to go all out for king protea....
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 22, 2021, 02:27:44 pm
Cleared the Kingprotea CQ with Musashi (Black Grail), Double Merlin, and Jeanne. Basically buffed the shit out of Musashi on turn one then switched her out for Jeanne where they proceeded to play a rousing game of immortality for 22 turns. Afterwards I brought Swole-sashi back out and buffed her some more and NP chained for good measure to overcharge her NP to deal 4m damage.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 23, 2021, 06:55:00 am
well i was right , the game just loves fucking with me .... 10 multi rolls all bare minimum rolls not even a single SR servant not even a spook wth.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 23, 2021, 07:33:30 am
I was able to get Kaiju daughter, but she put a dent into my Kama funds...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 23, 2021, 10:56:40 am
Cleared the Kingprotea CQ with Musashi (Black Grail), Double Merlin, and Jeanne. Basically buffed the shit out of Musashi on turn one then switched her out for Jeanne where they proceeded to play a rousing game of immortality for 22 turns. Afterwards I brought Swole-sashi back out and buffed her some more and NP chained for good measure to overcharge her NP to deal 4m damage.
Basically cleared it the same way but with Summer Jalter. Took the first turn of attacks and decided I wasn't gonna take any more damage lol to hell with that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 28, 2021, 12:39:16 pm
Husbando Fest 2021 in JP will be an event associated with Amakusa being a Phantom Thief. He will also get a costume and an animation update along with it.

Apparently this will be the last event where Fuyuki completion will be the prerequisite for participation which is safe to assume most events after this would need at least part 1 done.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 28, 2021, 11:18:17 pm
Apparently this will be the last event where Fuyuki completion will be the prerequisite for participation which is safe to assume most events after this would need at least part 1 done.

That only means one of two things, either they ask for a couple singularities cleared, or FGO becomes more and more beginner unfriendly.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on March 01, 2021, 10:07:07 pm
Honestly after 5-6 years, If you had any interest in playing FGO you would have done so by now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on March 01, 2021, 10:12:56 pm
I'm also hard pressed to think of the last event that didn't assume you were at least in EOR
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 02, 2021, 08:55:42 am
they'll just give more free stuff for beginners anyway just to avoid multiple registration or rerolls.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 02, 2021, 12:49:11 pm
Got Kingprotea and Tristan with tickets. Nice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 05, 2021, 03:50:34 am
Husbando Fest 2021 for NA starts on the 8th with Papa Moriarty.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on March 05, 2021, 09:45:43 am
Husbando Fest 2021 for NA starts on the 8th with Papa Moriarty.

I'm glad it's a skippable banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 08, 2021, 01:59:35 pm
did a final roll on big gurl banner , got 2 tristan instead.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 22, 2021, 11:41:53 pm
In NA news, livestream is today at 6pm PDT with maintenance following afterwards. Most likely Kama event being announced with said event starting after maintenance.

In JP news, a new tower event has been announced that takes place in Akihabara. Main servants taking part are Nero Bride, Osakabehime, and new 5* ST Arts Berseker Galatea (rip Vlad). She’s permanent and will be added to the normal pool after the event.

(https://news.fate-go.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/akihabara_explosion_pu_pekvf/servant_details_l_01.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on March 23, 2021, 09:18:14 am
90 SQ and 8 Tickets later...

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/432298987463114792/823832629966405672/Fate_GO_2021-03-23-02-14-30.jpg)

Welcome to my Chaldea, Kama. I earned it after Murasaki made me bleed 1290 SQ to get her!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 23, 2021, 01:51:02 pm
Tried to go for NP5, but only ended up with NP3...

I kept getting spooked by off banner stuff, that I basically lost interest. NP5 Altria, NP4 Altera, and NP3 Enkidu. Could have had NP5 Kama by now, but game hates me. I'll wait till her rerun next year.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on March 23, 2021, 03:09:41 pm
Tried to go for NP5, but only ended up with NP3...

I kept getting spooked by off banner stuff, that I basically lost interest. NP5 Altria, NP4 Altera, and NP3 Enkidu. Could have had NP5 Kama by now, but game hates me. I'll wait till her rerun next year.

At least it was NP3. You weren't me with Murasaki who sought NP5 only to get NP1 at the end.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 23, 2021, 10:52:32 pm
Here’s hoping to better summoning luck for the both of us in the foreseeable future.

May you lend your shoulder for me to cry on?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on March 24, 2021, 12:06:43 am
At least you're not one of those unlucky shmucks thst post in salt threads that they spent 1k SQ for effing nothing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 24, 2021, 12:15:14 am
Yeah, I just read something spending 2k+ quartz only for a damn Stheno... I should count my blessings, but I spent more than I should even after setting aside a budget (been putting aside money for this for months).

But I feel better now, thanks DF. May Kama or whoever you’re saving for bless your rolls.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on March 24, 2021, 12:16:19 am
Here’s hoping to better summoning luck for the both of us in the foreseeable future.

May you lend your shoulder for me to cry on?

Go ahead. Pats your back

At least you're not one of those unlucky shmucks thst post in salt threads that they spent 1k SQ for effing nothing.

I mean, you're not wrong.

I watched at Q&A Reviews' rolls for Kingprotea. Spent almost the same than I did and managed to get a worse result. I felt those losses.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 25, 2021, 03:06:25 am
I finally got Kama to NP5 after buying one more pack. I was incredibly livid at first since I got spooked by NP3 Nightingale (4th off banner 5* in a row), but then Kama came in back to back multis.

This was an emotional roller coaster and I don’t think I’ll be rolling on this game till at least Summer 4....
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 28, 2021, 12:42:32 pm
Next collab in JP is FGO Dancing All Night Waltz in the Moonlight with welfare being 4* Foreigner Mysterious Idol X. Collab will also include costumes for 12 Servants (Only Mash and Helena are currently confirmed to get a costume).

(https://i.imgur.com/KYYI5H7.png)

Lostbelt 6 is announced to be released in June.

No Tsukihime/Melty Blood collab yet. Game is dead to me...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: CinderFallFan on March 28, 2021, 03:08:59 pm
So basically...FGO is collaborating with...itself. I don't even think that's how collabs work.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on March 28, 2021, 04:18:29 pm
Just sit and wait for the collab with FGO Arcade that will bring all the arcade-only Servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 31, 2021, 02:46:21 am
Am I missing something with this event? Where is the Challenge Quest?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 31, 2021, 08:12:34 am
Challenge quest should have unlocked after daily reset. I only found out because of the updated news. I still haven't cleared the story because I decided to explore every nook and cranny before I took on the final boss.

After getting to the final floor and getting yeeted by Kiara back to the first floor, I have found out there are more stuff to explore before fighting the final boss again...

This is how my story ends.... forever stuck in the Ooku, never to escape.... I might as well embrace my fate as a Tokuagawa cause I'm never going to see the end of this event...

Holy shit this event is long if you try to explore everything even though you're encouraged to do so...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 31, 2021, 08:43:45 am
Looks like I just got the time wrong, it appears at 5pm my time instead of 1pm. Oops.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 01, 2021, 09:33:15 am
NA's April Fools game is live. We'll be getting 10 quartz as well.

https://fgoshooter2021.fate-go.us/game
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on April 01, 2021, 11:25:06 am
Challenge quest should have unlocked after daily reset. I only found out because of the updated news. I still haven't cleared the story because I decided to explore every nook and cranny before I took on the final boss.

After getting to the final floor and getting yeeted by Kiara back to the first floor, I have found out there are more stuff to explore before fighting the final boss again...

This is how my story ends.... forever stuck in the Ooku, never to escape.... I might as well embrace my fate as a Tokuagawa cause I'm never going to see the end of this event...

Holy shit this event is long if you try to explore everything even though you're encouraged to do so...

Just collect enough cards until you can empty your Tokugawa gauge and then fight EZ mode Kama
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 02, 2021, 07:25:11 am
Get ready for it to rain quartz as the 13m downloads event drops after Ooku.

https://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=/iframe/2021/0401_1300dl_pu/

Just collect enough cards until you can empty your Tokugawa gauge and then fight EZ mode Kama

I know, just saying that event was super long for me because the completionist in me wanted to uncover everything before advancing.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on April 02, 2021, 09:01:58 am
I was able to get NP2 Kama and then NP1 Ishtar so thank god I was able to get through that.
Still doing the Event story but I'm basically at the final stretch and should complete it by tomorrow...
*Sigh* now I need to farm double the QP for both Kama and Ishtar since I can easily 10/10/10 all of their skills since I have all of their mats in bulk.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 08, 2021, 10:57:37 pm
Guda Fest 3 rerun starts on the 12th.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on April 09, 2021, 05:03:24 am
Since all I wanted was Izou, I can safely skip that banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on April 09, 2021, 05:28:50 am
NP2 Okitan? Sign me the hell up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on April 17, 2021, 02:48:41 pm
(https://files.catbox.moe/v7tfsl.png)

Aww, fuck yeah. Not quite what I had in mind as a buff, but still very good news to wake up to. Between this and Vlad finally being buffed to parity with other servants, I am extremely pleased with this series of SQ.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 21, 2021, 07:47:47 am
Replaying this event has made me realize how much I despise events which pad out their longevity by forcing you to equip CEs which boost the spawn rate of enemies....

This will probably be the first event I ever failed to complete cause I’m just tired of all the grinding...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on April 21, 2021, 09:10:06 am
Replaying this event has made me realize how much I despise events which pad out their longevity by forcing you to equip CEs which boost the spawn rate of enemies....

This will probably be the first event I ever failed to complete cause I’m just tired of all the grinding...

Forgot about SERAPH already? I'm at 87 missions already, but I will stop after getting the 5 copies of Ryoma since I want the RP's. I'm low on them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 21, 2021, 09:39:07 am
SERAPH was at least bearable because the story was great.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 23, 2021, 06:45:02 am
Waver Fest 2 aka Case Files collab announced with pre-event campaign and Waver banner starting on the 25th (Lostbelt 3 prologue needs to be cleared to participate in actual event).

https://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=%2Fiframe%2F2021%2F0422_elmelloi_cp%2F
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 26, 2021, 03:44:49 pm
FGO Dancing All Night collab is up in JP.

5* Caster Miss Crane


4* Foreigner Mysterious Idol X (Welfare)


All event costumes


Nitocris, MHXA, Medb, and Serenity also got buffs

No animation updates... this is the worst collab in the history of collabs maybe ever.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 28, 2021, 01:32:08 pm
CASE FILES ON THE 30TH LETS GO BOYS GOT 390 SQ FOR THE SMUG BITCH HOLY SHIT

In other news I'm back in QP hell took me 5-6 months to burn through over 950m QP nice.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on April 30, 2021, 10:19:31 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/432298987463114792/837601299310706688/Fate_GO_2021-04-30-03-06-56.jpg)

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/837603322264289300/Fate_GO_2021-04-30-03-15-59.jpg)

WHERE WAS THIS LUCK WHEN I WANTED MURASAKI!?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 30, 2021, 10:47:15 am
I got spooked by NP2 Okkie which brought back PTSD flashbacks from Kama banner until Reines came home in the next multi.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 30, 2021, 11:50:00 am
Got her in 7 multis. Don't have the mats for her, although I'm not really in a rush.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on May 02, 2021, 06:25:44 am
(https://i.imgur.com/XYGHdu3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/uqmL8PW.jpg)

Took me 300 SQ and 22 Tickets overall.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 04, 2021, 12:55:26 am
Picked up a Waver on a random 10.

Don't have mats for this guy either, hahaha.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on May 11, 2021, 07:27:25 am
Ok...so....

When is Reines supposed to get her skill upgrade?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 11, 2021, 07:54:30 am
Interlude Campaign 13, mid-2022ish.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on May 11, 2021, 09:32:46 am
Ok...so....

When is Reines supposed to get her skill upgrade?

Around June 2022.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on May 11, 2021, 11:37:05 am
All right, so basically about an entire year and a bit more to just don't think about that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 12, 2021, 04:56:57 am
I haven't been touching the game lately since I recently contracted and still recovering from Covid. I'll probably just get Gray to NP5 and call it an event...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on May 13, 2021, 05:17:23 am
I haven't been touching the game lately since I recently contracted and still recovering from Covid. I'll probably just get Gray to NP5 and call it an event...

That sucks to hear. Hoping you recover soon.

We're also gettng Dead Weeks Jalter event, so if you want Jalter, this is your chance.

https://twitter.com/FateGO_USA/status/1392177869804261376
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 22, 2021, 06:39:12 pm
For those who don't know, the current Hunting Quests are considered "event quests" so your event support will be shown when picking a support Servant instead of your normal lineup.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on May 28, 2021, 01:05:37 am
It's official. 2021 is my worst year in FGO.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Mind you, it was back to back, and it pisses me off because I spent so much for just ONE copy of Murasaki, but literally the worst SSR in the game, who I did not want at all (I wanted Summer Murasaki) comes to me for no money spent at all. I wanna burn her so badly.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 28, 2021, 02:28:02 am
Mind you, it was back to back, and it pisses me off because I spent so much for just ONE copy of Murasaki, but literally the worst SSR in the game
Bold claim to make when the 5* pool contains Yuropia, Miss Crane, Jannu and many others.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 28, 2021, 03:35:16 am
Jannu.

Fight me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on May 28, 2021, 05:35:07 am
You know it's true, googly eye man.

She still has two really very rough skills, her NP has been wholly superseded by a certain support caster. She's arguably not even the best turtling ruler anymore, Himiko/Castoria/Merlin is an indestructible team.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on May 29, 2021, 03:13:10 am
It's official. 2021 is my worst year in FGO.
Too early to be saying that, we're still in the first half.

Admittedly, that's easy for me to say. I had a very strong start so far and I take what I can.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 29, 2021, 08:16:14 am
I wanna burn her so badly.
Do it then.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 02, 2021, 03:42:11 pm
Lostbelt 6 drops June 11th in JP with some leaks suggesting Queen Mab, Koyanskaya, and Morgan Le Fay being the 5*s.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 02, 2021, 10:37:27 pm
koyanskaya will be a 1* assassin but i've got a feeling they'll make her limited , didn't we have a morgan le fay design in apocrypha? her 3rd ascension could be his face reveal , a white haired saber face lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 03, 2021, 01:27:54 am
I highly doubt Koyanskaya will be anything other than 5*.

Also it’s already been mentioned that Morgan is literally a Saber face behind that veil. I mean she’s Altria’s sister after all.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 06, 2021, 11:54:40 pm
180 sq all fucking spooks not even one single rate up servant wtf!

i dunno there's already 2 probable 5* in the new story , plus koyanskaya as a limited 1* servant would make sense, seeing how weak and useless she is lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 07, 2021, 04:43:47 pm
koyanskaya as a limited 1* servant would make sense, seeing how weak and useless she is lol.

I wasn't aware having the ability to transform into a Beast class monstrosity was considered weak and useless.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 09, 2021, 07:43:13 am
and yet she fails every time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on June 10, 2021, 09:07:09 am
I'm sorry to interrupt, but, I feel like sharing this.

So Sanzang decidded she wanted an NP damage buff and she's now NP3.

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/852436499098370058/Fate_GO_2021-06-09-23-23-42.jpg)

Then, just 3 ten rolls later...

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/852436500208812072/Fate_GO_2021-06-09-23-34-54.jpg)

I'm happy with this. I also got Asclepius at NP3 and I'm satisfied with him at that level.

2 SSR's in just 150 SQ seems like a good deal for me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 11, 2021, 01:43:02 pm
Lostbelt 6 Banner: Fairy night Gawain (4* Saber), Fairy Knight Tristan (4* Archer), and Morgan Le Fay (5* Berserker)



I dropped some quartz for Arjuna Alter and only got 1 Hot Wheels and NP5 Asclepius at least. To be honest, I've been getting bored of FGO and taking it easy unless it's an event. Probably won't even try to summon unless it's a Servant I really want like Summer Musashi.

Doesn't help that Genshin and Honkai Impact has my attention right now and my wallet.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on June 11, 2021, 10:01:45 pm
Lostbelt 6 Banner: Fairy night Gawain (4* Saber), Fairy Knight Tristan (4* Archer), and Morgan Le Fay (5* Berserker)

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og_PBQU7Jps&ab_channel=Mundus[/youtube]

I dropped some quartz for Arjuna Alter and only got 1 Hot Wheels and NP5 Asclepius at least. To be honest, I've been getting bored of FGO and taking it easy unless it's an event. Probably won't even try to summon unless it's a Servant I really want like Summer Musashi.

Doesn't help that Genshin and Honkai Impact has my attention right now and my wallet.

That's understandable. That's why I usually be taking days where I just log in and that's it but I do have other games I play AND trying to get back towards console gaming for real now which is why I'm only on like Section 11 of 19 right now.

On top of my pulls, I was primarily only going for Asclepius, got him in 6 ticket pulls and I decided to do a multi and see if I can get Ashwatthama and save the rest for Maou Nobu:
(https://i.imgur.com/PWIFSxB.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/b3p22CQ.jpg)

I legit never cared for the unit outside of, again, the character and story potential... and I got spooked by Arjuna 3 damn times so of course, I was going to get the Alter too on virtually the only multi I would do(I did another trying to get Ash again... no dice but I'm fully done and Ash does show up again in this year's Christmas so...)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 11, 2021, 11:28:41 pm
i'm done with this banner didnt get anything at all i got spook like 4 times again what's worse twice by luvia.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 19, 2021, 03:11:57 pm
Guda Fest 4 feat. Mama Nobu starts tonight after maintenance.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on June 20, 2021, 06:55:17 pm
Got my Mama Nobu and Berseker Nobu at long last.
I'm honestly done with this year but I will still do pulls because there are still Servants I'm interested in but none of my heavy, heavy hitters.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 21, 2021, 02:33:07 am
I was able to get Mama Nobu, but not before Waver trying to once again to NP5 himself against my will by spooking me beforehand.

Dunno if I’ll try one last time for Arjuna Alter, but I need to go into savings mode before Summer 4 drops in August.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 21, 2021, 12:31:21 pm
bad luck strikes again no mama nobu , got serker nobu to np 3.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 22, 2021, 03:17:38 am
Was going to save those 10 tickets we got from the download campaign for Arjuna Alter then thought to myself “I’m not going to get anything good, so might as well waste them now.” and decided to try for some more CEs for Guda Fest 4.

Ended up getting NP2 Mama Nobu. Fuck…
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on June 22, 2021, 01:00:25 pm
Got bored and decided to return to gatcha hell.
Who am i going for? The new Nobunga?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 22, 2021, 02:14:08 pm
Avenger Nobunaga is pretty trash, go for Arjuna Alter.

EDIT: SO SPEAKING OF ARJUNA ALTER, I THREW 3 QUARTZ INTO HIS BANNER FOR FUNZIES AND ENDED UP GETTING NP3 OSAKABEHIME. THE SPOOKS NEVER END WITH ME

God I can't wait till they bump up the on banner rate from 70% to 80%...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on June 23, 2021, 02:09:49 am
Ended up getting NP2 Mama Nobu which is absolutely what I wanted.
As she's one of my serious NP5 targets, I would absolutely love getting more and more copies if I can ever get the chance.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 06, 2021, 03:06:12 am
I got jebaited by NP3 Shuten in the GSSR.

Pretty much cried myself to sleep that night.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 06, 2021, 03:56:52 am
NP2 Brynhildr for me.
Seriously sucks a bit considering I barely have any of the Limited Sabers and none of the Limited Rulers.

But I do use Brynhildr alot and with how Maou Nobunaga is atm, having Brynhildr around isn't a terrible thing in terms of absurd damage potential.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 06, 2021, 04:42:07 am
GSSR was NP2 Merlin. Did 6 Anni 11-pulls and only got Lancer Medusa out of it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 06, 2021, 06:59:26 am
I got NP2 Brynhildr.

While I would have preferred to get Dupes of Squirtoria or Jeanne, OR Schathach, NP2 Bryn is a welcome boost and she was among my wanted dupes anyways. Funny enough,both times i got Bryn was because of anni banners. 3rd anni was the first copy.

Didn't roll for Rider Da Vinci because I'm already good on SSR Riders anyways. So she's an easy skip.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 06, 2021, 10:40:06 am
100k FP as a login bonus and I'm still missing Gareth and Salome in my collection...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 06, 2021, 01:35:38 pm
Took me around 400k FP to NP5 all the new FP Servants, but not even one copy of Angry Mango. Forever NP3 smfh.

Also the Chen Gong system of farming is my new religion.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 06, 2021, 10:00:49 pm
I got some needed 4* spooks and plenty of the Anniversary CEs, no Rider Da Vinci.
And it took me like 500K-800K to get all of the new Bronze Servants at NP5.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 07, 2021, 12:32:02 am
Yeah I spent around 500K and still need 2 more levels on Salome although all I was looking for was np5 Gong.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 11, 2021, 06:07:12 pm
fuck !!!!!! np4 cleopatra wtf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my bad luck keeps spiraling downward. gonna go f2p from now on.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 13, 2021, 06:34:17 am
Yeeted my 10 tickets today and got NP2 Lolivinci. Rip my Summer Musashi fund.

fuck !!!!!! np4 cleopatra wtf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my bad luck keeps spiraling downward. gonna go f2p from now on.

Must be nice. I would have been content with a Cleo dupe over Shuten.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 14, 2021, 02:44:38 pm
Lostebelt 6 part 2 was just released in JP and with comes a new banner with Fae Knight Lancelot (5* Lancer) and Percival (4* Lancer).

Fae Knight Lancelot also has the unique skill to change her NP from ST (Arts) to AoE (Buster), with a different animation and sprite to accompany the change. One of the best looking NPs, if not the best in the game IMO.



Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 15, 2021, 08:14:30 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802142056084537354/865083871929434112/Fate_GO_2021-07-14-23-13-55.jpg)

Finally my Jeanne won't hit like a wet noodle anymore.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 18, 2021, 07:49:00 am
Wasn't paying attention and used a ticket on accident and ended up getting NP3 Summer Jeanne. My ticket game be on point lately.

I wish I could say the same when I use quartz...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 26, 2021, 11:51:50 pm
Summer Fest 4 starts on July 29th.

Due to Genshin Impact and Electro Archon hype, I might actually skip these banners entirely. Sorry Summer Musashi/Melt... :(
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 27, 2021, 12:03:51 am
Summer Fest 4 starts on July 29th.

Due to Genshin Impact and Electro Archon hype, I might actually skip these banners entirely. Sorry Summer Musashi/Melt... :(

You're not the only one who has to skip as well.

Space Ishtar is coming and she deserves all the SQ I can save up to that point.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 27, 2021, 02:37:45 am
Seems like I'm going to be the only one really going for these banners then...

Really going at it for the 4 stars but if any of the 5 stars want to show up, they are welcomed to.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 27, 2021, 03:37:13 am
I spent all my sq trying to get da vinki so I'm skipping Musashi until next year. Not really going for Space Ishtar either, but I might consider SW2 rerun depending on when that happens.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 27, 2021, 04:10:35 am
I spent all my sq trying to get da vinki so I'm skipping Musashi until next year. Not really going for Space Ishtar either, but I might consider SW2 rerun depending on when that happens.

SW2 re-run comes on January 2023.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 27, 2021, 04:39:37 am
Knowing my dumbass, I’m probably going to end up rolling anyways. Recently bought a PS5 and some games for it so I’m trying to cut back on my spending.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 27, 2021, 01:28:40 pm
It's impressive that you even found a PS5 to buy.

I should start saving up for the next summer banner and try to shoot for Merlin so I can complete the trifecta of Top Tier Caster supports. And then be judged for not immediately 10/10/10ing him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 27, 2021, 02:05:15 pm
It's impressive that you even found a PS5 to buy.

I literally spent months tracking restocks only to always come short due to how fast they would get sold out as soon as they dropped. I happened to luck out when one of my friends notified me of a unexpected restock where he was able to obtain a PS5 for me.

Quote
And then be judged for not immediately 10/10/10ing him.

┬┴┬┴┤ʕ•ᴥ├┬┴┬┴
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 28, 2021, 12:07:10 am
And then be judged for not immediately 10/10/10ing him.

Ah, don't worry. My Merlin in JP is not 10/10/10.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on July 28, 2021, 01:35:50 am
Summer Fest 4 starts on July 29th.

Due to Genshin Impact and Electro Archon hype, I might actually skip these banners entirely. Sorry Summer Musashi/Melt... :(

My focus is more towards Summer Carmilla than Summer Melt.

Summer Musashi is definitely a focus if I get the new Rider.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 30, 2021, 03:00:50 am
So beyond what any normal and sane person would have done, I went ahead and NP5'd Summer Musashi. It wasn't as painful as my roller coaster ride that was Kama, but it was still damn painful. I got spooked 3 times RATE UP IS A LIE! 80% IS ALSO A LIE and even got 2 USOs (NP8 Jeanne...) in the process, but the worst part was that if one of those spooks just happened to be Summer Musashi I would have been done a long time ago due to being in a dry spell trying for the last copy...

To add insult to injury, 2 Summer Musasahis showed up in my final multi giving me that second USO I mentioned above...

(https://i.imgur.com/TfzjYeb.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 31, 2021, 03:26:16 pm
Pogeymon?

(https://i.redd.it/sdg0lhyrqie71.png)

Pogeymon
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on August 01, 2021, 08:17:07 am
Confirmed to be a costume in case anybody was wondering

Da Vinci-chan is the welfare
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 01, 2021, 11:58:35 am
FGO JP 6th anniversary:
- Free 5* Servant (Permanent/Story locked before 2020 only)
- GSSR is all Limited separated by year
- Servants can now be grailed up to lv120 (you'll need around 3800 5* EXP cards to get from 100 to 120 so start saving those embers...)
- Servant buffs (Saber Lily and Mozart currently)
- New daily quests such as farmable 5* EXP cards
- New append skill system where you can unlock and upgrade 3 new passive skills for Servants. Two of them being universal to all Servants (10-20% starting NP and 30-50% Extra Attack performance) while the third one will be attack/defense bonus against a certain class (Atalanta dealing increased damage to Berserkers for example). Servant coins are needed to unlock these skills which can be obtained by summoning Servants and increasing their bond level (these coins can also be obtained through future events).
- Anniversary Servant is Tamamovitch (5* Assassin)


Quote
NP: Buster AOE, reduce enemy gauge by 1. Party charge 10% at oc1.
S1: Targetable battery (30% - 50%), target skill cool down reduced by 2, decrease party HP by 1000(demerit)
S2: Grants one ally bonus damage against Human (30%-50%), bonus damage against Man (30%-50%), NP increase by ?? when attacking with a buster command card, all effects are 3 turns. Also gain 20 stars.
S3: Target buster up (30%-50%) for 3 turns, Buster crist up (30%-50%) for 3 turns, buster star absorption (3000%-5000%) for 3 turns.

If Merlin's NP wasn't so busted, he'd be found dead in a ditch right now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 01, 2021, 08:50:48 pm
Rolled the guaranteed SSR for that 20% chance of Castoria and failed, but I'm not even sore because I got a Tamabitch after some 15 tickets and a multirroll. Unga bunga buster gorillas are on the loose again.

Haven't claimed the free SSR yet, may go with Sanzang.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 02, 2021, 02:41:42 am
Rolled GSSR and I must say I'm satisfied with my results.

(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/465420776103870464/871334813347504138/Fate_GO_2021-08-01-05-13-03.jpg?width=1024&height=461)

I chose Lartoria because buster memes and I want her to hit harder...

Unfortunately, Mordred Spooked me when I wanted Vitch. :mech
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 02, 2021, 05:09:09 am
I've been playing with Tamabitch and she's ridonkolus. Basically every unit with a buster NP and a 50% is not only a viable "looper" with double Vitch, but guranteed to hit like truck with rockets strapped to it. The biggest isn't even her targetable battery or the huge buster steroid, its the cooldown reduction.

Ishtar with any 50% np can use all her skills on turn 1, plus get 100% buster and man attribute bonus and clear a wave. On wave 2 she still has her buffs active, plus the delayed buff, plus get another 100% from the vixens and use 2 of her 3 skills again. On turn three she can use her battery again, plugsuit a Waver and fire again with even more buffs.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 02, 2021, 07:36:44 am
Ah yes, the fabled Buster looping is finally here.

Many have thought that Proto-Merlin was going to be the savior Buster needed, but it was actually a Solid Snake cosplayer with a pink metal gear to save it from obscurity (she's also a rabbit apparently and not a Fox...)!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 03, 2021, 03:21:35 am
so there's a new class coming the pretender class. dunno if it's playable or just an enemy type.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 03, 2021, 07:25:47 am
That was a missed opportunity to call the class "Faker".

DW had one job.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 03, 2021, 08:30:19 am
yeah and would be cool if we got a voyager class imagine a class filled with known adventurers  and explorers like louise and clark or since d2 like waifu they could make does two a mascot thingy like orion and make sacagawea the servant. or magellan. and we can even have a francis drake voyager
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on August 03, 2021, 11:27:45 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/559088064929071124/872047146227081236/unknown.png)
Spent the day doing Prison Tower for tix and then Rank Ups for SQ instead of the event and got Musashi hooray.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Mgbenz on August 03, 2021, 03:47:44 pm
That was a missed opportunity to call the class "Faker".

DW had one job.

Pretty sure Faker and Pretender are different classes. Faker is a special class Dr. Heart created and named for Fake Hephaestion. A class for fake identities, body doubles and the like.

Pretender seems to be for userpers, false rulers/saviors/prophets and the like which is why when the class's card is introduced it starts off as the Ruler class before changing into the Pretender.

As shown here (leak for Oberon's true identity)...

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 04, 2021, 06:39:59 am
To be honest I was just referencing how Gil likes to label Shiro/Emiya as a Faker, wasn't aware there was actual lore to it lol
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 04, 2021, 01:35:31 pm
Lostbelt 6 Part 3 dropped today.

- New feature where up to 6 enemies can appear on screen at the same time.
- Habetrot (4* Rider) is a welfare Servant and given out for free after Lostbelt 6 completion. NP has been changed to an offensive AoE Arts where she wields Black Barrel. Her deploy cost is 0 (like Mash) and copies can be obtained through FP gacha.
- Mash's maximum level has been increased to 90 and bond from 5 to 8 (she can gain bond points now).
- Similar to Lostbelt 5.5, completing Lostbelt 6 will show a white dot on the main menu under the Lostbelt 7 banner confirming more story chapters.

Oberon Vortigern NP


Pretender deals 2x damage to Alter Egos and Berserkers, 1.5x to Knight classes, and 0.5x to Calvary classes and Foreigner. Takes 2x damage from Foreigner, 1.5 from Berserkers. So essentially a reversed Alter Ego class.

For those wondering what Beryl did back in Chaldea where he snuck into Mash's room to have Romani throw him out.
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 04, 2021, 02:07:12 pm
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/559088064929071124/872047146227081236/unknown.png)
Spent the day doing Prison Tower for tix and then Rank Ups for SQ instead of the event and got Musashi hooray.

prison tower?

so pretenders are the opposite of alteregos in terms of class advantage. can they change into different classes like the rumours said?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 04, 2021, 02:45:41 pm
The multiple class thing seems to be unique to Vortigern as his third skill can change his class (which also explains why he changed from Archer to Ruler whenever you had the opportunity to use him as support), but who knows. We'll find out when more Servants from the Pretender class show up.

prison tower?

You can replay Dante's Prison Tower event from a few years back if you pay 5 Rare Prisms in Da Vinci's shop. You can get tickets and a bunch of mats for completing it again.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 04, 2021, 04:15:43 pm
how much tickets? i have a bunch of rare prisms i only use them for bond level upgrades. plus i could use some lores thanks to summer event i have enough qp to upgrade some servants.

EDIT: did the tower prison quest and it gave tons of mats that i really and got diarmud saber and muramasa from the tickets so thanks though i'm aiming for carmilla. my ticket luck is back baby!!!!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 06, 2021, 12:59:28 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/872939992933089380/Fate_GO_2021-08-05-15-29-50.jpg)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/872939993360924712/Fate_GO_2021-08-05-15-30-54.jpg)

Power of Yolo ticket, everyone.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 06, 2021, 01:26:39 am
I really hate that new screen when you do a single/double roll. Feels like being spit in the face when you pull a 3* CE
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 06, 2021, 04:40:10 am
Used my leftover quartz from Musashi banner to get Summer Okita, NP2 Summer Melt, and Bunny Altria. I even replayed the Prison Tower event for tickets and got myself Bunny Altria to NP2. Might go for NP3 Melt on her rate up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 06, 2021, 06:09:33 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/873054680723361832/Fate_GO_2021-08-05-23-06-51.jpg)

Finally a great day on FGO for me. Koyanskaya in JP with the Yolo ticket, and now Bunnytoria in NA with a yolo ten roll. Satisfied for sure.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 06, 2021, 10:56:00 am
saber wars will be in mid october right? and isn't this the year we get an update for jack?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 06, 2021, 01:20:32 pm
If you mean animation update then no, that's next year with the Apocrypha rerun unless DW decides to give her update early.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on August 07, 2021, 12:15:22 am
Took a week but i finally rerolled Summer Musashi.
Who do i go for now? Altria?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 07, 2021, 12:56:08 am
saber wars will be in mid october right? and isn't this the year we get an update for jack?

Late Octboer.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 07, 2021, 03:07:39 am
Took a week but i finally rerolled Summer Musashi.
Who do i go for now? Altria?
if you mean the free SSR, I think you should wait until tomorrow. My guess is that Drake will be the SSR rider and since she already has a 50% and NP upgrade, a skill upgrade (prolly make her steroids last 3 turns?) could make her a stupid AF wave clearer in the current climate.

My hope though is that they'll give my girl Quetzal an upgrade, since DW has this kept this weird unspoken status quo of keeping her on roughly equal ground with Ozymamdias.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 07, 2021, 06:53:22 am
I told the game I wanted NP3, but forgot to specify for which Servant and it ended up giving me NP3 Bunny King...

I'm not mad and actually happy about this, but I guess I'll hold off on getting Melt's NP levels up till next year.

Took a week but i finally rerolled Summer Musashi.
Who do i go for now? Altria?

Unless you build a team around her (Buster crit), she's basically an expensive card shuffle button. Only go for her if you like her or can work around her playstyle.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on August 16, 2021, 09:10:46 am
Salter Rank up and Shinjuku outfit coming early (https://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=%2Fiframe%2F2021%2F0815_spring_song_release%2F)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 17, 2021, 08:40:05 am
Newest update just broke the Damage and Bond bonus for bonus Servants in the Summer Event. I knew I wasn't crazy when my Musashi wasn't able to one shot that giant dragon with her NP...

APOLOGEMS PLZ
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on August 17, 2021, 01:35:59 pm
Heard it got fixed.

We're just getting an apple for it at most.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 23, 2021, 01:16:42 pm
Zasshu/Gil Fest drops on September 2nd. Bunch of mini events happening before then.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on August 23, 2021, 03:53:13 pm
10 eggs in the shop gonna get my Godjuna to 10/10/10 yessssss
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 04, 2021, 08:39:39 am
hmmm CQ are far more easier than i remember they were... i just 6 turn win taiga and i don't even remember how i beat izo  thats how easy they are now. did they dumb down the difficulty?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 04, 2021, 02:33:35 pm
Summer 6 Servants have apparently been leaked. Take these with a grain of salt.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

hmmm CQ are far more easier than i remember they were... i just 6 turn win taiga and i don't even remember how i beat izo  thats how easy they are now. did they dumb down the difficulty?

Or maybe you just got better? None of these quests have been updated since last year as far as I know.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on September 04, 2021, 07:16:45 pm
Fairly underwhelming summer line up if true (and it seems to be), but if it means more Boudica doujinshi then it's good enough.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 04, 2021, 11:16:28 pm
boudica really needs a redesign along with the year one low tier servants.

this one looks better retained the large boobs but 10x more badass
https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/2605025
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 08, 2021, 01:39:23 pm
Summer 6 Part 1 Servnats are Charlotte, Anastasia, and Okita Alter. Worth noting is that the preview video shows Caenis, Sei Shoganon, and Kama who are most likely the Servants featured in Part 2.

Lolivinci (4* Welfare Ruler)


Charlotte Corday (4* Caster)


Anastasia (4* Archer)


Okita Alter (5* Saber)


Achilles, Mandricardo, and Edward Teach getting costumes. Teach also getting an animation update.


I forgot to mention that support line ups for your Servants are being expanded so you can have up to 3 support line ups active at any given time for normal and event quests (for example you can put Castoria, Merlin, and Skadi in the 3 Caster support slots and they will all appear when you show up as support for other players).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 08, 2021, 10:42:19 pm
I forgot to mention that support line ups for your Servants are being expanded so you can have up to 3 support line ups active at any given time for normal and event quests (for example you can put Castoria, Merlin, and Skadi in the 3 Caster support slots and they will all appear when you show up as support for other players).

When this comes to NA, everyone will know I'm a fraud for not having 3 SSRs for every class. :(
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 09, 2021, 07:03:08 am
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/465420319142707212/885389423917817916/Fate_GO_2021-09-08-23-59-53.jpg)

Mama has finally reached perfection.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 09, 2021, 07:47:17 am
When this comes to NA, everyone will know I'm a fraud for not having 3 SSRs for every class. :(

I mean the fact that you don't 10/10/10 the majority of your Servants should be a red flag already.  :tough:
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 09, 2021, 02:00:37 pm
Nobody on my friend list does that. They only 10/10/10 like one or two servants besides the support casters.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 09, 2021, 02:55:32 pm
Lies cause I'm on your friends list. /checkmate
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 09, 2021, 08:19:18 pm
Fine.

Only a third of my friend list does that. Everyone else isn't dead inside from farming QP and materials.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 11, 2021, 08:11:38 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/886102793851666492/Fate_GO_2021-09-10-23-14-55.jpg)

I finally got vindication for February's disaster.

Also, Summer Raikou is now NP5.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on September 11, 2021, 03:43:39 pm
ok i hit the wall romullus is fucking tough.

nvm i got it , i was hoping for a 3t with musashi but i did it the old fashioned way with okita and medb.

(https://i.imgur.com/0Wdv3vL.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 17, 2021, 06:09:33 am
I failed in my goal of farming 69 bazillion boxes and had to settle for a measly 110....
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on September 17, 2021, 08:33:35 am
You can get the remaining boxes on Christmas.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 22, 2021, 07:35:09 pm
https://twitter.com/FateGO_USA/status/1440375812054667266

Oniland comes this friday, just so you know.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TotalDramaXtremist on September 28, 2021, 03:02:11 am
Easily my highlight of F/GO this year. I finally got my girl Mordred (also my first 5* Servant overall) to NP5 yesterday.
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/717961824699678841/891776775074504784/Screenshot_20210926-125834_FateGO.jpg)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/717961824699678841/891776775380668446/Screenshot_20210926-125849_FateGO.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 11, 2021, 12:24:20 am
Seibah Fest 2 Pre-event starts on the 12th.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on October 18, 2021, 10:41:22 am
Did 8 11-rolls, got Drake, Jane and Suzuka Gozen.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 18, 2021, 10:49:58 am
Got Spishtar on a ticket and NP2 a few multis later. NP4 Calamity Jane too.

What a great way to balance an otherwise shitty day for me lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on October 18, 2021, 11:09:12 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802142056084537354/899574406899204106/Fate_GO_2021-10-18-03-15-29.jpg)

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802142056084537354/899574407276679219/Fate_GO_2021-10-18-03-17-30.jpg)

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802142056084537354/899574432140505138/Fate_GO_2021-10-18-03-23-42.jpg)

Mission completed. Oh, and I got NP4 Jane.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on October 18, 2021, 11:44:36 am
Got Spishtar on a ticket and NP2 a few multis later. NP4 Calamity Jane too.

What a great way to balance an otherwise shitty day for me lol.
I hope you're prepared to have a great day but shitty rolls next time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 18, 2021, 12:38:03 pm
Cashed in all my SQ frags for another multi and got NP3 Spishtar.

I hope you're prepared to have a great day but shitty rolls next time.

(https://c.tenor.com/gp-Xbkm59_0AAAAC/evil-dontyou.gif)

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on October 19, 2021, 11:29:36 am
(https://c.tenor.com/gp-Xbkm59_0AAAAC/evil-dontyou.gif)
(https://c.tenor.com/q1yaXv-U8_4AAAAC/wink-flirty.gif)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on October 20, 2021, 11:52:44 pm
Ended up getting NP1 Spishtar and Jane and just those 2 Gold Servants.

Seems like my luck keeps moving on me like this.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on October 21, 2021, 02:09:21 pm
i got spooked 6 times not even one single event CE or jane. i did got a good rolls from the oniland rerun so idk if it sucked out all my luck.

genderbent jaques and another tanned goddess who checks all my boxes. still no eliza japan but cindereliz ain't bad though.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on October 22, 2021, 12:49:23 am
genderbent jaques and another tanned goddess who checks all my boxes. still no eliza japan but cindereliz ain't bad though.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6fPBFS8QbI[/youtube]

About Jacques...

I did a YOLO ten roll in JP cause I need the CE's... i got this instead.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCKE2nOXsA4SRP7?format=jpg&name=large)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on October 31, 2021, 02:24:32 am
Dark Rounds was some bullshit but I didn't think it was the worst CQ ever like i've read in some places.
Although I understand I have this opinion because I have Waver and 2 Merlins in my squad as well as a 500% boost on Godjuna.
With that said beating Gawain to death with a Godjuna Buster Brave Chain was satisfying.

All in all a good event, the farming didn't seem so tedious.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 31, 2021, 05:22:27 am
I was able to complete the Dark Rounds CQ with Summer Bunny King on my first try only because card RNG was on my side for once. Every time they put their formation back up I always had the perfect hand with 30-40 Crit stars. I only had to save scum once cause I didn’t know they could have multiple conditions up at once and had to fulfill both of them in the same turn.

This CQ wasn’t the shitstorm I thought it’d be. Oh no that special place in hell belongs to the Ooku CQ, cause fuck that one. I still want to have a talk with the person who thought that CQ was allowed to exist.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on November 01, 2021, 02:16:29 am
This CQ wasn’t the shitstorm I thought it’d be. Oh no that special place in hell belongs to the Ooku CQ, cause fuck that one. I still want to have a talk with the person who thought that CQ was allowed to exist.

I didn't like the CQ myself either, but gotta give props to my Spish. She gave me the clutch win. That being said, the Ooku CQ is maybe one of the most frustrating ones ever existed and so unfun.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on November 01, 2021, 11:33:19 pm
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Going to take this as an omen that my good fortune is done for this year.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on November 02, 2021, 07:59:31 am
Late but, we have the 15M DL Campaign featuring Skadi. Those who don't have her yet should try to do so, as this is to date the last banner Skadi has.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 12, 2021, 08:01:09 am
We finally getting the full screen update bois
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 17, 2021, 11:58:27 am
Guda Guda 6 in JP

Izumo no Okuni (5* Caster)


Mysterious Ranmaru X (4* Welfare Avenger)


Izo gets a another new costume
(https://i.imgur.com/kH0UodY.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 20, 2021, 11:23:10 pm
Thanksgiving 2021 banner is Moriarty, Okita, Scathach, Jack, Reines, Xiang Yu, and Summer Nero.

Okita, Scathach, and Jack getting their animation updates early as well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on November 27, 2021, 06:10:08 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/914010334526853171/Fate_GO_2021-11-26-22-17-24.jpg)

Welcome to my Chaldea, Shishou.

Edit: Well, i couldn't help the urge, so...

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/914063836112359424/Fate_GO_2021-11-27-02-01-19.jpg)

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/914063836603113482/Fate_GO_2021-11-27-02-02-09.jpg)

Edit again:

After 5 tickets and 6 SQ, I can officially say my Summer Nero no longer hits like a wet noodle.

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/914728966064066580/Fate_GO_2021-11-28-22-04-42.jpg)

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/914728966617718844/Fate_GO_2021-11-28-22-05-50.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 29, 2021, 01:32:35 pm
Finally cleared Lostbelt 4 and decided to treat myself to a multi and ended up with NP2 Shishou.

Now I don't have anymore quartz for Chad Orion...  :)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on November 30, 2021, 02:53:43 am
As long as you have 3 quartz or a ticket, there's still a chance.


And a dream
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 01, 2021, 10:58:11 am
As long as you have 3 quartz or a ticket, there's still a chance.

Dropped a ticket, no Giga Chad for me...

(https://i.imgur.com/dGuPMFP.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on December 01, 2021, 12:08:13 pm
I hope you're prepared to have a great day but shitty rolls next time.


What do you mean A ticket?
It's end of month, there's 5 more tickets.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 01, 2021, 12:24:51 pm
It's end of month, there's 5 more tickets.

What tickets...?

(https://i.redd.it/js1opgevifo41.jpg)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on December 01, 2021, 12:42:12 pm
Did you already use the tickets from the mana prism shop?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 01, 2021, 01:13:55 pm
Oh you mean the 15 mana prisms I got?  :gonkgoi:
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on December 01, 2021, 08:10:26 pm
Yes, exactly.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: ComboAssassin20 on December 01, 2021, 08:40:03 pm
I would really love to play the game of this topic. there's one problem though: it's an android device exclusive so there's no point, ashamed really
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 01, 2021, 09:43:24 pm
I would really love to play the game of this topic. there's one problem though: it's an android device exclusive so there's no point, ashamed really
It's got an iOS version also you can use it with bluestacks.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 02, 2021, 08:05:24 am
After lucksacking so much with Scathach and Summer nero, (especially Scathach), it's normal that I fail with an SSR Archer.. No Chad orion for me. It's ok,, al i want is Mandricardo anyways.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 02, 2021, 08:50:56 am
i feel like i don't have the excitement for this game anymore.

i'd probably still log in but im not gonna spend any money anymore ,  i'm having more fun playing hi3.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 02, 2021, 09:29:49 am
:O A fellow Honkai Impact enjoyer? Wanna add me? :3

I'm having a lot more fun in Honkai than I am in FGO as well only because the gameplay is a lot more skill based being an arena style hack and slash. That being said I can't stand how expensive the Gacha is despite having a pity system (that even a whale like me wouldn't dare splurge on this game)  and don't get me started how brutal the end game is where your characters and equipment actually matter to the point where you'll either need to whale like crazy to get the latest Valkyries and their signature equipment or have enough patience to grind for months to get some half decent gear...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on December 03, 2021, 03:55:12 am
I ended up getting the Chad Super Orion here.
I plan on going through Atlantis real soon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 03, 2021, 12:33:05 pm
:O A fellow Honkai Impact enjoyer? Wanna add me? :3

I'm having a lot more fun in Honkai than I am in FGO as well only because the gameplay is a lot more skill based being an arena style hack and slash. That being said I can't stand how expensive the Gacha is despite having a pity system (that even a whale like me wouldn't dare splurge on this game)  and don't get me started how brutal the end game is where your characters and equipment actually matter to the point where you'll either need to whale like crazy to get the latest Valkyries and their signature equipment or have enough patience to grind for months to get some half decent gear...

really? in my experience i had spend less than what i did in fgo in a year. i got almost all the valks in game except for some old inferior ones and HOT. i only spent $30 per BP and another $30 depending on whether i like the banner. mostly i got what i want from the free gems you can farm doing quests.

the evangelion crossover is probably the biggest whale i ever did. got her to SS2 rank and all her gear except for mid stigmata.

i'm just casually playing the game and super string is probably the hardest content in the game. i manage to get to redlotus one or two depending if it's lightning since i don't have HoT  the only good lightning i have is an SS mobius no stigma though..

i shouldn't have activated my account , abyss was much easier to do than superstring. i was confident that i could take on superstring cause i was on nirvana level at abyss oh boy that was a mistake.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 04, 2021, 01:20:43 am
really? in my experience i had spend less than what i did in fgo in a year. i got almost all the valks in game except for some old inferior ones and HOT. i only spent $30 per BP and another $30 depending on whether i like the banner. mostly i got what i want from the free gems you can farm doing quests.

Put it this way in FGO you can spend $80 for the most expensive sq pack and you'll get around 60 rolls, but in Honkai if you buy the $100 crystal pack you barely get enough for 30 rolls (around 28-29). I know the case can be made that it's worse in FGO only because of the lower pull rates and the lack of a proper pity system. Take into account that you only need to pull the Servant once and you're good to go as they're fully kitted right out of the box (not counting NP levels), however in Honkai not only do you need to pull the Valkyrie in question (not counting rank ups), but you're going to need their equipment as well if you want them to stand a chance in the end game (their weapon and complete stigmata set) so that's going to set you back another 200 pulls if you're unlucky. So while you're guaranteed to get everything you want in Honkai if you spend hard enough, in FGO it's literally just a one and done deal.

Oh and don't get me started on their B-Chip currency and "bundles"...

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i'm just casually playing the game and super string is probably the hardest content in the game. i manage to get to redlotus one or two depending if it's lightning since i don't have HoT  the only good lightning i have is an SS mobius no stigma though..

i shouldn't have activated my account , abyss was much easier to do than superstring. i was confident that i could take on superstring cause i was on nirvana level at abyss oh boy that was a mistake.

I just got to level 81 so I'm about to experience this pain. This game's endgame is just brutal if you don't have a diverse roster for every modifier the game modes throw at you. I have a properly built fire team (HoF, AE, Raven), physical team (HoS, HoV, Elysia, SA, Delta), and a somewhat decent lightning one (HoT, AE, Fischl) but if there's any modfiers that calls for a Mech or Ice Valkyrie I'm pretty much screwed since I don't have either of those (I have BKE, but I don't have any of her equipment) so I'll have no hope of even putting a dent onto the enemies' bloated HP values.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 04, 2021, 09:24:46 am
in terms of physical and fire i have no problem , i've got max ranked stygian nymph , rozaliya/delta and the most broken valkyrie in the game liliya she can pretty much one shot every physical bosses in the game. even though rozaliya is supposed to be the DPS i usually use her as elemental support with blood dance and jin shengtan stigma.

ice i can do ok but it'll be much easier when i get free HoR pieces so i could rank her up to SSS.


and don't activate your account , super string is really hard unless you have HoT , HoR and HoF or at least dea anchora. the rewards are great but you'll have to really work for it especially at agony 3 and nirvana level there's too many good players there.


it'll be better if you stay in abyss and maintain nirvana status there.  go for ER weekly rewards instead.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 04, 2021, 01:02:55 pm
I just finished my first ever run in Superstring and I barely had any problems at all since it was all physical damage related which is basically my strong suit since I just used HoS, HoV, Elysia, and SA to face roll everything. I'm pretty sure I can't say the same if it was a different modifier or if I was in Redlotus or higher.

I'm don't really care about being competitive. If I'm clearly no match in beating the high scores of other players because they're decked out with the latest gear/Valkyries then fuck it, I'm not going to rip my hair out and just take the demote. The rewards are much higher than those of Lv70-80 Abyss anyways.

Also one of the main reasons I even broke the ceiling to Lv81 is so I could have access to the Pri-Arm weapons which will be a great deal of importance especially in Elysian Realm where they're going to be nerfing the Mobius signets in 5.4 so you won't be able cheese it anymore with the infinite damage stacking, not that getting the Mobius cheese strat to work was easy to begin with with all the RNG involved...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 05, 2021, 01:50:44 pm
then good than means you are ready for SS.

agony 3 to nirvana is where is at  , if you can finish redlotus level less than 300 ticks then you're a nirvana contender level.

btw are you playing on PC or your phone? i play on both but i prefer on PC while at im in my office , though for some reason after the update the game crashes my PC. i'm try for a clean reinstall see if it works.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 06, 2021, 12:43:44 am
Tried once again for Chad Orion and got spooked by NP4 Nightingale… this game is trash.

then good than means you are ready for SS.

agony 3 to nirvana is where is at  , if you can finish redlotus level less than 300 ticks then you're a nirvana contender level.

btw are you playing on PC or your phone? i play on both but i prefer on PC while at im in my office , though for some reason after the update the game crashes my PC. i'm try for a clean reinstall see if it works.

I’m usually on PC, but play on mobile when I’m not at home.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 07, 2021, 02:32:04 pm
Looks like last year's Padoru Fest isn't going to have a rerun in JP so Santa Karna gets to join Santa Samba Quetz in the no rerun gang. However JP still gets a new Christmas Event with Padoru Fest 2021 featuring Santa Martha. No other new Servant other Santa Martha will appear in this event (Banner will probably be Skadi or Benienma).



Oh yeah Lostbelt 6.5 event will most likely start right after.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 08, 2021, 03:31:19 am
Do note the box opening now goes to 100 instead of 10.

In addition, the event only lasts 10 days, so be prepared.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 08, 2021, 08:11:42 am
So I was a having a good day and decided to throw 6 quartz onto the new banner. No Granny Europa or Achilles.... This game is dead to me...

DARKFLARE!!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on December 08, 2021, 09:42:01 pm
Man, that's some extremely high expectations to expect a 5 star on 6 SQ...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on December 08, 2021, 10:38:40 pm
[avatar]https://www.kindpng.com/picc/m/368-3684961_wario-face-png-transparent-png.png[/avatar]
So I was a having a good day and decided to throw 6 quartz onto the new banner. No Granny Europa or Achilles.... This game is dead to me...

DARKFLARE!!
(https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/539/435/47b.gif)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 08, 2021, 11:13:16 pm
So far this lostbelt has been 95% meme Gong team. I like it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 08, 2021, 11:58:14 pm
Man, that's some extremely high expectations to expect a 5 star on 6 SQ...

What if I told you this is after I tried again for Orion only to get spooked by NP3 Vlad and NP4 Osakabehime? I literally lost the equivalent of a Brave Chain missing all of its crits at 80%...



This is all your fault btw. Told you not to put that evil on me, but you did it anyways. :c
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on December 09, 2021, 01:28:21 am
I didn't put that evil on you. I simply warned you that it would happen.
Should have waited until you had another shit day.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 09, 2021, 02:06:58 am
So you’re telling me now’s the perfect time to roll for Orion again?! :3

For real though lend me your shoulder to cry on…
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 09, 2021, 02:35:20 am
Man, that's some extremely high expectations to expect a 5 star on 6 SQ...

What if I told you this is after I tried again for Orion only to get spooked by NP3 Vlad and NP4 Osakabehime? I literally lost the equivalent of a Brave Chain missing all of its crits at 80%...

It's still nowhere as BAD as my luck with Murasaki early in the year.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on December 09, 2021, 02:39:13 am
Man, that's some extremely high expectations to expect a 5 star on 6 SQ...

What if I told you this is after I tried again for Orion only to get spooked by NP3 Vlad and NP4 Osakabehime? I literally lost the equivalent of a Brave Chain missing all of its crits at 80%...



This is all your fault btw. Told you not to put that evil on me, but you did it anyways. :c

Wow, I haven't had that level of bad luck since Francis Drake... of the first year(literally got like NP2 Artemis, Vlad and Artoria before a SINGLE Drake... happened again with Tamamo but no Tamamo at the end of that, thank goodness for that jank GSSR for getting her then...).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 09, 2021, 03:52:36 am
It's still nowhere as BAD as my luck with Murasaki early in the year.

Elaborate. I’m curious and so I can feel better about myself

Wow, I haven't had that level of bad luck since Francis Drake... of the first year(literally got like NP2 Artemis, Vlad and Artoria before a SINGLE Drake... happened again with Tamamo but no Tamamo at the end of that, thank goodness for that jank GSSR for getting her then...).

I shouldn’t be surprised at this point, but when it comes to rolling for Archers I either either get really good luck (getting Gil to NP5 in 200sq + 14 tickets) or extremely bad luck (Moriarty true to lore robbed me of an undisclosed amount before coming home and Ishtar who made Jeanne spook me 3 times in a row while adding in an Arjuna spook to spite me before coming home…). There is no inbetween.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 09, 2021, 07:58:07 am
It's still nowhere as BAD as my luck with Murasaki early in the year.

Elaborate. I’m curious and so I can feel better about myself

I spent almost 400 to 500 dollars for Murasaki. Let me put it this way. I spent 1290 SQ, and my luck was to cry for.

NP4 Artoria, then NP2 Tamamo, then NP3 Nightingale, then NP2 Enkidu (that one hurt the least because a dupe was appreciated); then on my last roll, I finally got Murasaki, on a rainbow and the first card. It's worth mentioning I saved Caster Embers for the occasion.

That banner traumatized me even MORE than Ereshkigal's 3 SSR spooks before Ereshkigal came up on 630 SQ.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 10, 2021, 01:26:53 am
Not trying to one up you because this is no contest anyone wants to win, but at least you got spooks during those sessions. I don't think a lot can compare to my "Moriarity incident" where I literally spent over 1500 sqs for an NP1 Moriarty with no other 5* spooks on his debut banner and nothing else to show for it other than like an NP14/15 Lobo and Yan Qing...

Gacha is bad, kids. Do as I say, not as I do.  :gonkgoi:
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 12, 2021, 07:57:43 am
Padoru Fest 2021 starts on the 14th along with another lotto so get those apples ready.

Time to finally make my goal of 69 bazillion boxes a reality.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 14, 2021, 09:07:28 am
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/802142056084537354/920225002194894848/Fate_GO_2021-12-14-02-04-07.jpg?width=1440&height=648)

Maidstolfo decided to come to me in  just two tickets. Not complaining.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 23, 2021, 09:33:49 am
So normally I wouldn't care, but FGO Arcade has dropped some bombshells during it's Babylonia release.

Tiamat Larva (5* Alter Ego)
Though aware and still upset about her defeat from another timeline (FGO Mobile), she decides to pull a Kiara and sends a fraction of her power to be summonable by Chaldea in hopes of helping out Humanity whom she still considers her children.


Beast VI Mother Harlot/Draco Queen Nero
Replaces Tiamat in this timeline as the major threat that endangers Babylonia as well as the primary antagonist of FGO Arcade, replacing Goetia. Wife of Nebuchadenezzar II in legends.


Nebuchadenezzar II (Gilgamesh Caster)
Possessed the body of Gilgamesh after the latter died due to being overworked to death much like in FGO Mobile.


Noah (Grand Rider)
The Grand Servant that was summoned in this timeline to counter Beast VI. Replaces King Hassan and was first introduced in the chapter as "Captain Nemo".
(https://i.imgur.com/0QhMNJ2.png)

Oh yeah, JP event got two new Servants. Both of which are permanent.

Taigong Wang (5* Rider)


DobryNYA Nikitich Dude got genderbent and turned into a cat girl cause of that (4* Rider)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on December 24, 2021, 03:54:44 pm
DobryNYA Nikitich Dude got genderbent and turned into a cat girl cause of that (4* Rider)
From what I could dig around this seems to be a case more similar to Orion/Artemis than yet another genderbend.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 28, 2021, 07:14:12 am
With Padoru Fest 2021 now over, I have failed in my modest goal of 69 bazillion boxes farmed and had to settle for a paltry 70. I am ashamed.

Anyways, New Years event has been announced as well as the rerun for Hell's Kitchen: Dechi Birb edition. What's everyone going for in the GSSR? I'm still undecided, but I'm leaning towards Rider cause my other options has a chance of getting me a Servant I already have at NP5... dunno if I'm going to roll for Yang though I do kinda want her...

From what I could dig around this seems to be a case more similar to Orion/Artemis than yet another genderbend.

From her Bond lines it's heavily implied that this Servant is actually Dobrynya's wife Natasha, as the real Dobrynya is MIA/went off adventuring somehwere and she's waiting for him to return.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 29, 2021, 04:03:03 am
Anyways, New Years event has been announced as well as the rerun for Hell's Kitchen: Dechi Birb edition. What's everyone going for in the GSSR? I'm still undecided, but I'm leaning towards Rider cause my other options has a chance of getting me a Servant I already have at NP5... dunno if I'm going to roll for Yang though I do kinda want her...

Yang Guifei will become a much better servant later on, so she's worth the investment.

Personally I will go with Archers since it's both my class with the least amount of SSR's among the original 7, and because Anyone but Moriarty (and to a much lesser degree, Jarcher (she's NP2 as of this posting)) would be a win for me. Dupes of Squirtoria and Gil would be welcome, but my biggest win would be Ishtar.

I was originally going to go for Lancer banner, but since I already lucksacked with Scathach, there's no need anymore.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on December 30, 2021, 01:38:14 am
Yang Guifei will become a much better servant later on, so she's worth the investment.
Incidentally, she'll be available to summon again when she gets her upgrade. That banner will also have Summer Fran, Summer Raikou and MHXX as rate ups for when you get SR instead.

GSSR? I don't need to pay for good luck.
I'll just take a shot for QSH.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 31, 2021, 11:09:26 am
Tunguska event just ended in JP which gives us a new title screen and Mystic Code (the one from the second opening of Cosmos in the Lostbelt).

Someone also makes a surprise appearance...
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 01, 2022, 07:04:07 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802142056084537354/926708228795039784/Fate_GO_2021-12-31-23-26-55.jpg)

Completed the Rinface collection in NA.

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802142056084537354/926544139946954812/Fate_GO_2021-12-31-12-03-15.jpg)

i'll take Semi. Although I would have preferred Morgan.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 01, 2022, 09:38:15 am
I don't have any pics, but i got Space Ishtar in GSSR with a bonus NP2 Astrea. Then used my 15 tickets and 90sq and got Yang, Tomoe, NP5 D'Eon and NP2 Fionn.

I also badly need to farm mats because I can't even get Yang to her 2nd ascension.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 01, 2022, 09:47:42 am
I ran out of embers, and Ishtar is now Level 80. At least I got her battery to max level.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 01, 2022, 10:55:27 am
got me yang from the tickets and for gssr i got abby , which is not bad now all the loli servants are in my chaldea except for kama and birb ramsay.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on January 01, 2022, 09:55:20 pm
This year's banners had some really unfortunate distribution for me, but I'm pleased with the results.

(https://files.catbox.moe/imwr7e.jpg)

Nobu Daimao is NP2, the first copy came to me in the previous GSSR.

(https://files.catbox.moe/fz7nal.jpg)

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on January 01, 2022, 10:48:43 pm
Didn't get Yang, got Ruler Artoria from the GSSR which I'm good with.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 02, 2022, 11:52:20 am
I got NP2 Reines which was my least wanted result in the Rider banner... I knew I should have gone Archer...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 03, 2022, 08:47:54 am
I got NP2 Reines which was my least wanted result in the Rider banner... I knew I should have gone Archer...

That was one of the reasons I didn't pick Riders. Well, that and I already had my targets for Riders.

That being said...

After 300 SQ and 2 Spooks... my man is here...

(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/465420776103870464/927413875253579856/Fate_GO_2022-01-02-22-10-49.jpg?width=1440&height=648)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on January 03, 2022, 07:27:13 pm
I'll just take a shot for QSH.
Mothman obtained. Looking to be another promising year.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 04, 2022, 09:44:51 am
i'm havin good luck with the rolls this week. got birb ramsay and np3 jack. now let's see if i can get BB with the left over quartz.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 04, 2022, 01:15:15 pm
No wonder my year ended on a terrible note... y'all need to stop taking my luck... :c
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on January 04, 2022, 05:04:09 pm
That implies you had any luck to take.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 05, 2022, 04:44:09 am
Number one: How dare you?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 06, 2022, 06:00:04 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/364627928803442688/928498465217085440/Fate_GO_2022-01-05-21-33-29.jpg)

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/364627928803442688/928498465489702942/Fate_GO_2022-01-05-21-34-00.jpg)

I... just... couldn't resist.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on January 07, 2022, 06:10:59 am
Congrats, you basically made your Teacher even stronger!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 09, 2022, 12:09:11 pm
JP getting Faker:
(https://i.redd.it/zt4b9qvxoma81.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 12, 2022, 11:45:55 am
Reines also got a really solid buff to her NP which gives party wide +1 Overcharge to their NP and NP Gain (30-50% which scales off NP level) for 3 turns. Now I'm not so upset with getting an NP2 Reines.

Gray got an NP buff too I guess...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 13, 2022, 03:07:31 am
Good to know my NP2 Reines will give 40% NP gain by 2024.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 13, 2022, 01:28:44 pm
tried rolling for bb one last time , got spooked by doggie twice. well that;s something else.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 22, 2022, 06:13:25 am
I'm only at a total of 80/200 floors in and I'm already tired of this event lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 22, 2022, 09:14:40 am
I'm only at a total of 80/200 floors in and I'm already tired of this event lol.

Take it easy. From 10 to 10.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 23, 2022, 01:17:12 pm
I'm halfway through the extreme tower. I was using the event CEs for a while but basically i'm just trying to 1/2-turn all of the floors now I'm pretty much over it.
CQ was kind of easy, managed to brute force my way through it with Gil.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 29, 2022, 06:54:50 am
Waifu Fest 2022 starts on Feb 1st.

I really, really want Sei just for the memes, but I'm already stacked with Archers...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 29, 2022, 09:49:43 am
Waifu Fest 2022 starts on Feb 1st.

I really, really want Sei just for the memes, but I'm already stacked with Archers...

I'm hesitating if I want to roll on the banner mostly becauseI really don't need the CE's there, plus I'm not interested on Sei Shonagon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on January 29, 2022, 02:53:43 pm
is kingprotea's banner in the valentines event?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 30, 2022, 04:31:54 am
is kingprotea's banner in the valentines event?

No. Until Main Interlude of SERAPH comes by around July.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 01, 2022, 01:54:19 pm
Used all of my saved quartz, no Memelord for me. Game is dead to me again.

This is why Genshin/Honkai is getting my money now. :c
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 01, 2022, 02:08:51 pm
don't roll for PE though , shes a bait. they even have a huge bait banner for CN this coming weeks , so theres a huge probability the coming new valk is something big.

well ik tried rolling for zoomer but didn't get her , spent 60 sq and 6 tickets . she's not on my priority list so i'd probably pass on this banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 01, 2022, 10:32:53 pm
Every new Valkyrie release is bait if you don't care about the end game since most end game content is tailor made to be cleared easily with the new character in mind for the next several versions. The unique thing about PE is that she's the only physical damage IMG type Valkyrie (DPS) of her kind at the moment and with the game already releasing a slew of new IMG type enemies, PE actually becomes a must have to most veteran players.

So in a nutshell, the big new valkyrie that's coming you're talking about is actually PE.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: bass30655 on February 01, 2022, 10:33:45 pm
Now I want a Honkai thread
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 02, 2022, 02:50:51 am
Used all of my saved quartz, no Memelord for me. Game is dead to me again.

This is why Genshin/Honkai is getting my money now. :c

Usually I'd be mad at spooks, but I won't say no to NP4 Sanzang.

I swear to god I have something that she likes me so much.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 02, 2022, 03:38:02 am
Now I want a Honkai thread

You and me both.


Usually I'd be mad at spooks, but I won't say no to NP4 Sanzang.

I swear to god I have something that she likes me so much.

The worst thing about this summoning session for me was that I got spooked by Atalanta thinking I got my zoomer…
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 02, 2022, 04:17:27 am
Now I want a Honkai thread

You and me both.


Usually I'd be mad at spooks, but I won't say no to NP4 Sanzang.

I swear to god I have something that she likes me so much.

The worst thing about this summoning session for me was that I got spooked by Atalanta thinking I got my zoomer…

Could have been worse. Orion, Arjuna or Napoleon.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 02, 2022, 01:01:18 pm
You can't get spooked by any of them because you can only pull female Servants, even Orion/Artemis.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 03, 2022, 05:40:29 am
You can't get spooked by any of them because you can only pull female Servants, even Orion/Artemis.

I had forgotten it's only women. :pepega
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 05, 2022, 09:24:03 am
she's very limited to IMG and doesn't do well on other types. i'm on SEA server i usually pick servers that have delay updates so i could properly prepare for them.

a lot of CN players are having second thoughts about her , and the only IMG boss right now is HoD minion and it's really not that tough idk about void archive boss we gonna have. luckily when PE debuts in SEA , CN will have the new patch for the new valk. so i'm willing to wait for a bit see if PE is actually worth it. i do love her gameplay though but i don't have the resources to upgrade a full priarm right now. i'm still recovering from upgrading mobious' and HoF's kits.


btw , i'm planning to replace bunyan as my prime farmer since she's bond level 15 now , any suggestions? need an AOE with good crit buff.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 05, 2022, 10:31:03 am
Meta wise, the only real physical DPS that can out damage PE is BKE and that's only if the latter has the Abyss Flower (Pri-Arm) and are fighting BIO type enemies. Unless you're pitting PE against QUA enemies (who she's weak against), she can out DPS most other Valkyries when it comes to physical damage when enemy typing or stage modifiers are not concerned. Though there can be a case where Senti can also rival PE while fighting PSY enemies, she's slowly starting to be phased out into a full fledged support since she's literally the backbone of any physical damage team.

btw , i'm planning to replace bunyan as my prime farmer since she's bond level 15 now , any suggestions? need an AOE with good crit buff.

If you're talking about just Berserkers then Raikou and Berserkerlot come to mind. They both can produce a ton of stars through their NP and can actually make use of them through their skills (Raikou needs an rank up completed for her star gather skill to gain a crit damage buff).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 05, 2022, 10:41:38 am
kinda dislike that senti is just support and not a real dps , she's so fun to use same goes for pepper , they could've given her more attack strings and a grab for a weapon skill.

i got zerkerlot at bond 13 already , guess i'll go with spartacus.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 05, 2022, 10:59:52 am
But Senti can be a real DPS. For Superstring/Abyss you'll need to forego her signature set (except weapon) and instead equip her with Sirin Ascendant T, and Dirac M/B for her Stigmatas while going with Schrodinger T and Shuijing M/B for Memorial Arena.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Umezono on February 05, 2022, 11:35:09 am
when are we just converting this thread to gacha general
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 06, 2022, 09:17:30 am
Waifu Fest 2022 5* Servant for JP is Manannan Mac Lir (Bazette).

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 07, 2022, 12:49:43 am
when are we just converting this thread to gacha general

Because KOF Mobile game has its own thread. So might as well make one for other ones instead of derailing this one for FGO.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 07, 2022, 02:09:25 am
I’d make a separate thread for Honkai/Genshin, but I don’t think there’s enough people here who play it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: bass30655 on February 07, 2022, 02:30:08 am
I know a lot of people play genshin but honkai not sure
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on February 07, 2022, 03:05:21 am
Genshin already has it's own thread (https://mugenguild.com/forum/topics/genshin-impact-191325.0.html)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on February 08, 2022, 07:22:23 am
I keep forgetting to come here often but yeah, I ended up getting Sei but absolutely got barely any of the Event CEs which means I have to grind harder to get them... yay...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on February 08, 2022, 08:57:42 am
Decided to get some singles to try for the Event 4 and 5* CEs again and wouldn't you know?
(https://i.imgur.com/PMtBkKY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kkytu8v.jpg)

It misheard me really hard and decided to go in the opposite direction twice over.
Can't even be mad at this.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on February 24, 2022, 08:59:39 pm
My Farming boi has retired on top
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/806026388317667338/946495824291041340/unknown.png)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/806026388317667338/946496544478232596/unknown.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 27, 2022, 10:43:39 pm
Husbando Fest starts on the 28th with Odysseus banner.

Haven't been playing the game at all outside of just logging in. Currently traversing the Hoyoverse where all my luck from FGO seems to have settled in.

My Farming boi has retired on top

I was about to congratulate you, but realizing how many times you turned him into a ballistic missile to get him to Bond 15 I should be reporting you for war crimes instead. Though I shouldn't talk with my Arash at Bond 10...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on February 28, 2022, 06:37:10 am
That said, apparently from what i understood form their stream, the meme of Arjuna Alter not having a second banner has died.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on February 28, 2022, 09:31:49 pm
idk if skadi's bug is still working but a few weeks ago you can prevent his death by using skadi's np
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on March 01, 2022, 04:52:25 am
idk if skadi's bug is still working but a few weeks ago you can prevent his death by using skadi's np

They already corrected it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 15, 2022, 07:50:31 am
is fgo down? i can't seem to connect even in their website.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on March 15, 2022, 08:28:59 am
I got on.

Looks like the Lostbelt 5 pre-release starts on the 16th.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 15, 2022, 08:46:43 am
US server?

 can't open the game and the US server main website. i even tried on PC.

Edit:

so i can't access my account and any of the websites for US server because they shut down in my country. guess my account is lost forever. i'm not going to go through the hassle to get vpn or apk.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on March 15, 2022, 11:46:19 am
Vietnam?

They had announced they were shutting down there. (https://webview.fate-go.us/iframe/2022/0224_news/)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 15, 2022, 11:44:45 pm
so i can't access my account and any of the websites for US server because they shut down in my country. guess my account is lost forever. i'm not going to go through the hassle to get vpn or apk.

If I were you I'd try anyways.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 18, 2022, 09:28:54 am
fixed my connection problem. turns out it's not fgo shutting down. it's my internet provider fucking up again.

on an unrelated note , i fucked up big time in honkai impact. wasted $100+ worth of crystals , even though most of it was free my stupid ass was so in to the gacha mind set that i used my crystals to roll for PE's weapon. got her stig pretty quickly with only 2 rolls. my dumb ass forgot that i have BKE's first weapon fully upgraded and i could've used it to make the priarm version of PE's weapon. dumbest mistake i ever did.

another mistake i did was i used the event currency to buy HoT's stamp instead of her character card and used the BP currency to buy her stigs. man i could've complete set her and rank her to SS+ and bought the extra BP balls with other items instead of spending extra money.

need to rest up,  my mind has been clustered up with work and playing games. i think i'll have a vacation next month.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 18, 2022, 12:59:47 pm
Tesla got an animation update with the new Battle in New York event in JP. I like how they reference that one pic of him sitting so casually in front of an active Tesla coil.



on an unrelated note , i fucked up big time in honkai impact. wasted $100+ worth of crystals , even though most of it was free my stupid ass was so in to the gacha mind set that i used my crystals to roll for PE's weapon. got her stig pretty quickly with only 2 rolls. my dumb ass forgot that i have BKE's first weapon fully upgraded and i could've used it to make the priarm version of PE's weapon. dumbest mistake i ever did.

another mistake i did was i used the event currency to buy HoT's stamp instead of her character card and used the BP currency to buy her stigs. man i could've complete set her and rank her to SS+ and bought the extra BP balls with other items instead of spending extra money.

need to rest up,  my mind has been clustered up with work and playing games. i think i'll have a vacation next month.

I've recently splurged on a gaming PC so I haven't really been touching FGO lately. As for Honkai, I splurged on the game for the first time due to the spending event and was able to get PE + 4/4, SW + 4/4, Fischl's 4/4, SpA's 4/4, Senti's stigma set, Dudu ELF (3*), and Sirin ELF relatively harmlessly due to the amazing luck I got.

...and then I had the bright idea of going for Carole's equipment... never in my life did I get so many off rate stuff before in a gacha game. It was so bad I ended up completing Nyx's and HoT's stigma set before completing Carole's. That's not even mentioning how many times I got Fenguang Down and other off rate weapons/stigmas... I will never look at the equipment banners the same again!

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on March 18, 2022, 08:38:54 pm
stigs are easy to get but god damn the weapons are cursed. i rolled for carole's weapon and i got like 9 copies of her stig and 3 weapons that i already own.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on March 26, 2022, 09:40:49 pm
I got spooked by Stheno...

This is why I don't play the game as much anymore... If I don't get Castoria, I will quit the game.

Then proceed to come back a year later so I can NP5 Morgan and Melusine.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on March 29, 2022, 05:58:25 am
Ended up with NP2 Caenis, no Star Twins, will try again at Friday.

Still need to get through Atlantis so there's that too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on April 01, 2022, 08:16:03 pm
Alright, now I got the Star Twins at NP1, no Quirinus and I'm not even sure if I will roll on his banner again if I do stock up since I'm saving for the Requiem Event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 05, 2022, 02:23:15 pm
have you guys seen this game? i'm really digging the aesthetics and thme.


edit: so i tried it , and it looks good , but the gameplay is kinda boring. basically formation battle . you put melee guys on front and range guys on the back and support at the middle. and that's it and hope that your melee guys can tank enemies. there's a direct pvp battle option but it's just who's level is higher wins.

and the battle is fully automated as well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on April 08, 2022, 06:35:30 am
The infamous 17m campaign with the free 5* starts on the 14th. If it's anything like JP, you need to get the Servant to at least ascension 1, Bond 5 before the deadline to make them permanent. If you're getting a dupe to increase a Servant's NP level then you don't you have to worry about it.

I still haven't been playing the game at all (haven't completed Lostbelt 5.1 yet, RIP 10 quartz), but I'm deciding between Achilles or Anastasia.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 08, 2022, 07:09:39 am
Was going to get Vlad, but I'm not a fan of his mat requirements so i'm gonna get Jinako.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on April 08, 2022, 12:31:20 pm
Going to be fun taking my time just choosing what my SSR choice will be. Kinda leaning toward Tamamo, Jack or Achilles.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 08, 2022, 10:07:14 pm
better go with jack if you want a good boss killer or achilles for utility he can practically do it all , good crit damage for boss fights , NP gain is ok too and his quick buff from his NP is nice too.

tamamo kinda sucks , she's the weakest imo even back then when there were only 3 big supports.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on April 09, 2022, 09:21:23 am
I took the bait, and I'd say... it was worth it. I joined FGO because of Raikou. And now... she's NP5.

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802142056084537354/961515076643340348/Fate_GO_2022-04-07-00-27-33.jpg)

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/962203475817672754/Fate_GO_2022-04-08-23-10-59.jpg)

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/465420776103870464/962203476778180669/Fate_GO_2022-04-08-23-12-10.jpg)

I also got NP2 Drake.

Regarding the SSR Ticket, all my targets are already NP2, so I will pick Europa.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on April 15, 2022, 11:30:26 am
Picked up Jinako on the ticket, got all the mats to get her to instant 9/9/9 just not there on embers yet. Also pulled Roma back on his rate-up and got him to 8/9/8 his farming is going to be painful for sure.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on April 15, 2022, 06:42:01 pm
Ended up getting NP2 Scathath in one multi(Which makes up for me getting NP6 Artoria going for Quirinus).
Ended up with NP1 Dioscuri, NP3 Caenis and grabbed Bradamante from the ticket.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on April 16, 2022, 07:43:58 am
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/517027860838481921/964753276094525460/unknown.png?width=756&height=473)

Finally got her ass after 4 Years...

Now I need to stay in the Ember Farming Mines even more now.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on April 18, 2022, 07:23:39 pm
So would now be a good time to (re)start FGO?

Since you get the free 5*,and Special Ascension exists, you just have to grind Bond right?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on April 18, 2022, 11:02:56 pm
depends how many ssr you currently have now and who are they? and the free ssr they are giving away could spook you anytime but if you want someone in the free ssr list then go for it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on April 19, 2022, 01:12:52 am
So would now be a good time to (re)start FGO?

Since you get the free 5*,and Special Ascension exists, you just have to grind Bond right?

Depends on how many SSR you have and how far you are in the game right now.
They give you a good decent amount of items for completing each Main Quest in every Singularity/EoR/Lostbelt so it wouldn't be too difficult to get the items needed to say Fully Ascend Waver...

But if you have some limited time SSRs or SR's, I would recommend against doing it since well, you can get an SSR ticket now as long as you log in during the alloted timeframe as a whole even if you haven't played in a long time.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 01, 2022, 07:29:21 am
I just now started on the Guda 4 rerun... with only 2 days left...

GAS GAS GAS
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on May 07, 2022, 07:21:57 pm
Got Koyo and Voyager in my pulls, only NP1 though which kinda sucks but I'll take it.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on May 20, 2022, 09:30:30 am
NA getting Servant coins early.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 20, 2022, 10:52:32 am
NA is in emergency maintenance, damn.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on May 23, 2022, 02:01:45 pm
If you're wondering why you didn't get as many coins as you should have,  it's cause Intern-kun screwed up (https://fate-go.us/news/?category=ISSUES&article=%2Fiframe%2F2022%2F0523_issues%2F)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 23, 2022, 02:17:40 pm
what the fuck am i suppose to do with this coins?

So how many coins should we have if you have a servant fully bond leveled and LB? And got multiple extra copies?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on May 26, 2022, 01:56:08 am
Coins are for Append skills and grailing your servants beyond 100.

The Append skills are Boosting Extra Attack, starting with 10% or more NP and Extra damage for a specific class.


Also the number of coins you should have depends on the rarity. Rarer and limited servants give more coins when summoned. Right now, the system didn't take into account summons before a certain date so people didn't get as many coins as they should have
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on May 26, 2022, 04:40:10 am
Yeah when I was going through my servant list I was expecting at the bare minimum to have my bond 10+ servants to have enough for mana loading at least lol.

At least I got summer mo and Arash up to level 9.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on May 27, 2022, 09:03:13 am
Covid put me out of commission again so I don't even know what's going on in the game anymore.

I set up my support for Summer 4, but I still feel like shit so I'm gonna probably pass on this event.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on May 31, 2022, 06:36:18 am
Got arthuria ruler and berserker muramasa in two one yolo roll....

Now I'm afraid of whats gonna happen on castoria banner
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on June 05, 2022, 12:36:18 am
Coins are for Append skills and grailing your servants beyond 100.

The Append skills are Boosting Extra Attack, starting with 10% or more NP and Extra damage for a specific class.

In the case for Berserkers it's Crit Chance resistance against a certain class. Quite worthless, unless it's vs Assassins... maybe.

Covid put me out of commission again so I don't even know what's going on in the game anymore.

I set up my support for Summer 4, but I still feel like shit so I'm gonna probably pass on this event.

Second time hit with Corona Chan? Ouch. Sorry to know that.

That said, my spendings on Summer 4 were minimal, but I got my goal. NP2 Rulertoria and NP2 Summer Melt. My funds for Castoria are safe... for now.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: SNT on June 05, 2022, 01:04:31 am
I didn't need to roll hard on this one either, got most of everyone up to NP2 or NP3 last year. I got the one extra Bunnytoria I wanted then laid off it.

I think the only thing between now and Castoria is the BB Seraph event rerun? I can safely skip that one.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on June 05, 2022, 01:19:48 am
I didn't need to roll hard on this one either, got most of everyone up to NP2 or NP3 last year. I got the one extra Bunnytoria I wanted then laid off it.

I think the only thing between now and Castoria is the BB Seraph event rerun? I can safely skip that one.

It's more than likely it will be that Main Interlude.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 02, 2022, 01:21:32 am
Yeah, it's just the Main Interlude but it's a permanent one(Permanent in the fact you can replay certain battles and otherwise after you finish and can do the story and that's it)... still really the only one of it's type with Tunguska being a shitty version of that(with lowered HP unlike the Kiara battles).

Meanwhile The Castoria banner and everything else will have it's maintenance at the usual time rather than after the convention itself which could mean more early QoL updates(They did mention we was going to get the better QP/EXP node later so this could be one of the reasons).
GL to all of you in advance going for Castoria as so will I.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 02, 2022, 06:45:55 am
Really excited for the salt Castoria will produce.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on July 02, 2022, 01:36:36 pm
oh shit, is it finally time?

wait this drops the same time that Dokkan had their anni, damn it
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 03, 2022, 07:32:51 am
Dawn of
The Final Day

-24(ish) hours remain-
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 04, 2022, 04:22:55 am
Pure Prisms
Extreme difficulty dailies
Daily Missions based on mats

We've got quite a couple of JP QOL features.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 04, 2022, 11:58:19 am
I was pulling with a buddy, he got Castoria in his first ticket and i got her in my fourth ticket.

GSSR pulls were Nobu and Bai.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 04, 2022, 12:10:07 pm
My 7 month dry spell was broken by NP2 Kingprotea with a single multi a few days ago and now I got Castoria with around 150sqs. My GSSR was Sei and NP2 Summer Okita.

Still probably going to take it easy on the game though even with Summer 5 in a few weeks...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 04, 2022, 12:16:39 pm
My 7 month dry spell was broken by NP2 Kingprotea with a single multi a few days ago and now I got Castoria with around 150sqs.

That's about what I used to get her as well with NP3 Circe and NP3 Lancer Vlad thrown in the middle of it all.

I had NP3 Angry Mango come in on Friend Summon free reset which ended up being a good omen.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 04, 2022, 01:05:11 pm
got her from tickets. i won't be rolling for the gssr since i'm at the point of diminishing return
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 04, 2022, 08:25:41 pm
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/802142056084537354/993522102080655360/Fate_GO_2022-07-04-04-59-28.jpg)

(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/802142056084537354/993522101770272788/Fate_GO_2022-07-04-04-53-11.jpg)

90 SQ for Castoria and 20 tickets. Not bad. I'd also love to say I like my win more NP2 QSH.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Nep Heart on July 04, 2022, 11:07:12 pm
 Got El Chavo Castoria in one roll. Talk about my Ex Tier Luck persisting (ask Handmaiden about that... yeah).

https://twitter.com/Neppu_Heart/status/1544062611356090368
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 05, 2022, 12:06:39 am
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/517027860838481921/993466544917057646/Screenshot_20220704-031512_FateGO1.jpg)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/517027860838481921/993466545319723068/Screenshot_20220704-032802_FateGO1.jpg)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/517027860838481921/993466545659457536/Screenshot_20220704-033702_FateGO1.jpg)

Yeah, my luck basically peaked through with it not being that hot on GSSR(NP3 Summer Jeanne is still great, NP2 Lakshmibai? Not so much) but was rescued in getting Castoria within 180 and 24 tickets and Meltryllis in 2 multis.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 05, 2022, 12:10:09 am
Seems like everyone here got Castoria and rather easily mind you.

That's pretty cool, here's my Friend ID if you haven't added me: 738312882
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on July 05, 2022, 02:01:10 am
^says you've reached max friends

for the record, mine is 206,893,442

and yes, i pulled Castoria.after like 20 rerolls god i hate these rates
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 05, 2022, 03:22:25 am
I'll add the both of you when I got the time.

EDIT: Was already friends with Devon lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 05, 2022, 11:40:57 am
After all these years, I finally have them all...
(https://i.imgur.com/sAZu9mw.jpg)

Also here's my ID: 699,722,371
I have some inactives I can get rid of to make space if you want to add.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 08, 2022, 06:11:40 am
I think I already have everyone here but just in case, it's 418,530,100
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 12, 2022, 06:12:05 pm
NP2 Summer Kiara, NP4 Summer Illya, NP1 Summer Bryn, 4 Honey Lakes.

Ultimately did pretty well minus only NP1 Brynhildr.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 14, 2022, 07:31:31 am
According to dataminers, there has been a lot of issues lately with the recent update with some of the major ones being Summer Kiara's NP doing around 40% less damage than it's supposed to (rip my NP2 Kiara), the event CE (the one that boosts rare enemy spawn rates) is only increasing critical resistance by 10% of what it's actually listed (0.5-1% instead of 5-10%), Romulus Quirinus' NP being bugged, Summer Illya's skill name is called "Legal Shower" not working for some Servants despite working in JP, among other things.

Also I want Summer Tomoe, but knowing my relationship with RNGesus I'll get NP5 Summer Abby before even 1 Summer Gamer Oni.

EDIT: Guess they just fixed the NP problems for Romulus and Kiara.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 14, 2022, 10:51:05 am
From what I heard, the reasoning for the bugs is because that was the case for Japan as well. Basically, since the first build with the new content had the bugs, so does the NA version until they update it to a version with the bug fixed.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 14, 2022, 12:23:19 pm
THAT MEANS 2 APOLOGEMS TOMORROW.

probably we'll get an update tonight it's an easy fix. anyway my luck seems to vanish all saint quartz that i got from the previous event are all gone and i didn't even get the rate up servants.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 14, 2022, 07:58:49 pm
They basically fixed the problems outside of Abigail not having her Child Attribute and the bug with Summer Murasaki's skill but no Apologems for it(Though it being fixed this quickly is a nice tradeoff).

The Romulus Quirinus one has people trying to go apeshit about it when no one even knew it happened and messups in the code can very, very easily happen and go unnoticed for lesser games(Aliens: Colonial Marines anyone?) and Romulus Qurinus is no Kiara Sessyoin.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: bass30655 on July 14, 2022, 09:10:04 pm
They basically fixed the problems outside of Abigail not having her Child Attribute and the bug with Summer Murasaki's skill but no Apologems for it(Though it being fixed this quickly is a nice tradeoff).

The Romulus Quirinus one has people trying to go apeshit about it when no one even knew it happened and messups in the code can very, very easily happen and go unnoticed for lesser games(Aliens: Colonial Marines anyone?) and Romulus Qurinus is no Kiara Sessyoin.

That might be due to everyone saving for castoria so not a lot of people rolled him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 19, 2022, 08:30:18 am
I just wanted at least an NP2 Gamer Oni, but ended up getting NP4 Summer Murasaki (not too upset about this) and Summer Abby before even one copy of Summer Tomoe...

Getting spooked by Suzuka beforehand got me really salty. I literally yelled "WRONG GOZEN" as she appeared...

EDIT: Abby NP5'd herself against my will...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 23, 2022, 08:51:09 am
I just wanted at least an NP2 Gamer Oni, but ended up getting NP4 Summer Murasaki (not too upset about this) and Summer Abby before even one copy of Summer Tomoe...

Getting spooked by Suzuka beforehand got me really salty. I literally yelled "WRONG GOZEN" as she appeared...

EDIT: Abby NP5'd herself against my will...

I fortunately avoided this result, as I got my NP3 Summer murasaki and no Summer Abby in sight in 180 SQ.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 23, 2022, 01:15:24 pm
I would be mad, but I got her from NP1 to NP5 within 330 quartz. She's one of the easiest 5*s I got to NP5 along with Gilgamesh and Summer BB.

Guess I'm an Abby main now...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 26, 2022, 12:45:11 pm
NA Clairvoyance rank lowered with Summer Part 3 banner (https://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=%2Fiframe%2F2022%2F0726_summercamp_pu3%2F)

What you need to know about this is that NA got an extra Fujino banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 26, 2022, 06:45:58 pm
I want NP5 Big Sister Jeanne, but Abby mugged me already.

Got spooked by NP6 Fujino though :gonkgoi:
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on July 26, 2022, 11:44:10 pm
You should have waited until the banner had only what you want.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 27, 2022, 01:31:51 am
I would have been fine with either Dantes or Jarcher and I already have both Kiyo Lancer and Fujino at NP5 so there really wasn't a point in me waiting if I really did want to go for NP5 Jarcher.

Apparently I had 60 unclaimed quarts in the Extra Missions tab (I dunno how that happened) which is why I summoned lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 27, 2022, 06:13:24 pm
I got Dantes and NP4 Fujinon from singles. Would have preferred NP3 Jarcher but will take Dantes.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 30, 2022, 08:51:13 am
Proto-Merlin finally becoming playable in FGO mobile during Summer 7 as "Lady Avalon" along with Summer Gareth.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 31, 2022, 11:25:50 am
7th Anniversary Servant is Archetype: Earth (5* Moon Cancer)
(https://i.imgur.com/Bf8VDe0.png)

Xu Fu (3* Alter Ego)
(https://i.imgur.com/SXwybN9.png)

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 31, 2022, 11:59:54 am
Now thats hot.

She has 2 types of animation? Normal arcuied and arch type earth?

Btw her NP transforms the stage , hope they update other servants that has field effects as well.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 31, 2022, 12:42:25 pm
Stole this from Reddit

Archetype: Earth [QAABB] Limited Buster AOE Moon Cancer
    S1 Rainbow Mystic Eye A - Applies Skill Seal on all enemies (1T) and Applies Defense Down on all enemies [10%-20%] (3T) and Increases ATK for self [20%-30%] (3T)
    S2 Breath of Stars C - Increases NP gauge for self [50%-100%] and Increases NP damage for self [10%-20%] (3T)
    S3 Funny Vamp EX - Applies Invincibility to all allies (1 time, 3 turns) and Applies Buff Removal Resistance Up [50%-100%] for Good trait allies and Increases NP gauge for all allies except self if on <Millenium Castle> field [20%-30%]
    NP Marble Phantasm (Buster) - Changes field to <Millenium Castle> (3T) and Deals damage to all enemies [NP lvl: 300%-500%] <deals supereffective damage to Chaotic enemies> [NP lvl: 150%-200%] and Increases NP gauge for Living Human trait allies except self [OC: 20%-40%]

cooldowns 8/9/8 to 6/7/6

Passives:
    Magic Resistance A+ - Increases own Debuff Resistance by 21%
    Territory Creation EX - Increases own Arts card effectiveness by 12%
    Item Construction A - Increases own Debuff Success Rate by 10%
    Independent Action A - Increases own Critical Strength by 10%
    Primitive One D - Increases own Buster, Quick, Arts card effectiveness by 30% when on <Millenium Castle> field
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on July 31, 2022, 12:48:03 pm
Other stuff from 7th anniversary:
- Quick cards got buffed. Starting a chain with Quick will now buff crit rate by 20% and a Quick chain will now give 20 stars instead of 10.
- "Mighty Chain" added where you get all the bonuses if using a command card of every type. Effects are increased if it's a Might Brave Chain.
- Ascending Servants will give a Pure Prism and 3 quartz upon final ascension. Will only apply to gacha Servants, otherwise they will only give a Rare Prism. If you own every single Servant in the game (gacha) you can potentially get up to 915 quartz (this change is retroactive).
- Lostbelt 7 is scheduled for December of this year.
- 60 fps option is now available. Will only affect gameplay (with some exceptions).

As far as Arc is concerned. She's obviously catered towards Buster looping and her skills/passives looks busted asf, but then you realize she's a Moon Cancer and would need all the buffs she could get to break even with every other Servant who has class advantage.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 31, 2022, 03:04:17 pm
that's good to hear quick cards should've had higher crit chance to begin with. and rainbow chain is a really good that means even servants with bad deck have better performance now. and technically removing bad draws in the game.

oh for jp servers they'll be giving away saint quarts , 3 for every final ascencioned servants you own. so if you have all of them that's 1000 sq.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 31, 2022, 07:06:50 pm
Now thats hot.

She has 2 types of animation? Normal arcuied and arch type earth?

Btw her NP transforms the stage , hope they update other servants that has field effects as well.
[Youtube]https://youtu.be/3euItYuk1LM[/youtube]

Apparently in the past, Servants DID have their Field Effects for their NPs... it just left itself open to glitches:
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/517027860838481921/1003343116134256771/unknown.png)

So yeah, it's 100% possible but I can see why they didn't do it again until TYPE-Earth.

Stole this from Reddit

Archetype: Earth [QAABB] Limited Buster AOE Moon Cancer
    S1 Rainbow Mystic Eye A - Applies Skill Seal on all enemies (1T) and Applies Defense Down on all enemies [10%-20%] (3T) and Increases ATK for self [20%-30%] (3T)
    S2 Breath of Stars C - Increases NP gauge for self [50%-100%] and Increases NP damage for self [10%-20%] (3T)
    S3 Funny Vamp EX - Applies Invincibility to all allies (1 time, 3 turns) and Applies Buff Removal Resistance Up [50%-100%] for Good trait allies and Increases NP gauge for all allies except self if on <Millenium Castle> field [20%-30%]
    NP Marble Phantasm (Buster) - Changes field to <Millenium Castle> (3T) and Deals damage to all enemies [NP lvl: 300%-500%] <deals supereffective damage to Chaotic enemies> [NP lvl: 150%-200%] and Increases NP gauge for Living Human trait allies except self [OC: 20%-40%]

cooldowns 8/9/8 to 6/7/6

Passives:
    Magic Resistance A+ - Increases own Debuff Resistance by 21%
    Territory Creation EX - Increases own Arts card effectiveness by 12%
    Item Construction A - Increases own Debuff Success Rate by 10%
    Independent Action A - Increases own Critical Strength by 10%
    Primitive One D - Increases own Buster, Quick, Arts card effectiveness by 30% when on <Millenium Castle> field


Her NP is basically like Miyu's and Euryale's to where the Special Damage Multiplier is tied to the NP level so TYPE-Earth is going to hit REAL HARD against Chaotic Enemies if you get her to NP5 due to the 500% and then the 200% Special Damage multiplier at once.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on July 31, 2022, 07:43:54 pm
Got myself Arkueido with 90 SQ. I'm going to hoard all the hundreds other quartz lasagna cat gave away and maybe force a SSR during summer.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on July 31, 2022, 11:37:04 pm
Got her with my first 30 but I was gunning for NP2 and 400 quartz later I got Emiya and Circe NP5 and nothing else. lmfao

Arc is pretty dope even though she's just a battlefield gimmick Moon Cancer. Just having her feels powerful...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 01, 2022, 11:29:45 am
If you are from any of these countries, congratulations, starting August second, FGO NA will be availble in the following countries/regions:

United Kingdom (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Federal Republic of Germany
French Republic
Italian Republic
Spain
United Mexican States
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Federative Republic of Brazil
Republic of Finland
Kingdom of Sweden
Republic of Chile
New Zealand
Republic of Poland
Swiss Confederation
Ireland
Kingdom of Belgium
Kingdom of Norway
Kingdom of Denmark
Portuguese Republic

All these places join USA, Canada, Thailand, Australia, Singapore and Philippines in availability.

Source: https://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=%2Fiframe%2F2022%2F0731_info%2F (https://fate-go.us/news/?category=NEWS&article=%2Fiframe%2F2022%2F0731_info%2F)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 01, 2022, 12:26:27 pm
Got her with my first 30 but I was gunning for NP2 and 400 quartz later I got Emiya and Circe NP5 and nothing else. lmfao

Arc is pretty dope even though she's just a battlefield gimmick Moon Cancer. Just having her feels powerful...

shes actually pretty good , her np works like euryale , damage tied per np level and has no diminishing returns.

with arcued being in the game that means probably we could have more other nasuverse ties to be in this game as well soon. weird that she has no interaction with sion... guess she was really erased in tsukihime stories.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on August 01, 2022, 05:43:21 pm
If you are from any of these countries, congratulations, starting August second, FGO NA will be availble in the following countries/regions:

United Kingdom (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Great, now i can get shafted without having to pretend i live in NA :)

wonder why it took so long for them to bite the bullet
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 02, 2022, 01:56:47 am
So I almost fucked myself over while trying to level up my Summer Musashi to 120 since I realized I wouldn't have enough Servant coins because I unlocked all of her Append skills like an idiot thinking I would have enough. Turns out that 6th copy I pulled really saved my ass and gave me just enough coins to get her there. I just need to get her to Bond 12...  :gonkgoi:

So if you ever plan to get your waifu or husbando to 120 with all of their Append skills unlocked just know you need said Servant at minimum "NP6" (for 5* Servants, those of lower rarity need even more) which I find super fucking dumb if not for the fact that most third Append skills are useless so it can safely be skipped (unless you have someone like Saber Musashi who has a great third Append skill and also planned to get 120 until you realized you unlocked all of her Append skills which means I would have to pull for a 6th copy of her as well... guess she's staying at 100 forever).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on August 02, 2022, 03:14:36 pm
Outside of very specific niches append skills 1 and 3 are a meme, neither of those is anywhere as important as battery.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 02, 2022, 03:45:29 pm
I would say Append skill 1 is actually very good for boss fights since the bonus damage to your Extra attack is pretty substantial (it also affects its NP gain and star generation). I'd say get it for your dedicated DPS Servants if you can spare the coins after unlocking the battery skill first.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 03, 2022, 03:52:25 pm
Apparently the Dantes banner yesterday was bugged and had lower than usual on banner rates (0.4%) so anyone who rolled on that banner yesterday got all of their quartz refunded and got to keep whatever they ended up rolling. Kinda jealous tbh...

Wished that happened to the Jarcher banner instead. My luck once again was nowhere to be found (or rather Abby took it all) as I spent more than I should have getting Jarcher to NP5. I got spooked by NP5 Altera (I'm happy my first ever 5* Servant got to NP5 I guess) which could have ended my misery right then and there as the final copy refused to show up. What made it worse is that I accidently rolled on the Kiara banner and ended up getting her to NP2. I'm happy with the results overall, but I'm dead inside right now. No more summoning for me until Guda 5 and Himiko.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on August 08, 2022, 08:53:01 am
The Mothman DL Campaign comes this Tuesday.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on August 10, 2022, 07:19:28 am
Finally got my QSH on the first multi. I was afraid i was gonna empty the vault again trying to get him lol.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 10, 2022, 02:06:46 pm
So there was a leak back in June/July that revealed the Anniversary Servant being Arcueid while the Summer Servants would be Proto-Merlin, Gareth, Erice, Valkyries, Wu, Skadi, and Ibuki Douji.

Looks like it's completely legit...

There's going to be 4 total banners during the Summer 7 event. Proto-Merlin/Gareth and Douman during the first week, Ibuki/Erice on the second, and Skadi/Wu on the third.

Summer 7 Roster:
- Proto Merlin (5* Pretender)
- Gareth (4* Saber)
- Ibuki (5* Berserker)
- Erice (4* Avenger)
- Wu (4* Caster)
- Skadi (5* Ruler)
- Valkyrie (4* Welfare Assassin)

Valkyrie unlike their Lancer counterpart is a similar case to Mecha Liz where Ortlinde, Hildr, and Thrud, are separate Servants. You can only choose 1 meaning unless they rerun the event twice and/or have it become a Main Interlude kind of thing it's impossible to obtain all 3 of them unless the event says otherwise, so choose wisely. They can also change into a different all new Valkyrie.

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 19, 2022, 07:49:27 am
Rev up your Castoria's because Shisho Fest starts on the 22nd.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on August 29, 2022, 06:18:20 am
Not content with giving an extra Fujino banner, NA proceeds to shout "I'LL FUCKING DO IT AGAIN" and gives out an extra Miyu banner just to spite JP server.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 29, 2022, 07:06:11 am
To be fair if you got Proto-Merlin/Lady Avalon (let alone regular Merlin) you don't need Miyu, like at all.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on August 29, 2022, 08:51:57 pm
I would be impressed if anybody got Proto Merlin in NA server two years before her release.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 30, 2022, 01:03:16 am
I meant the JP players shouldn't even be upset with the extra Miyu rate up especially with the power creep fest known as Summer 7 that just happened.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on August 30, 2022, 10:06:26 pm
who even use miyu anyway?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 05, 2022, 09:17:28 am
Okay, final box count at 237. Got out of QP Hell with almost 800m. Currently in Mat hell.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 05, 2022, 02:00:21 pm
I was only able to grind around 53 boxes as I was more interested in the updates to Genshin and Destiny 2.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 12, 2022, 07:17:47 am
We get Gudaguda5 this Wednesday.

I'll skip the banner since I am focusing on the Dewman.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 14, 2022, 12:08:09 pm
Saved up around 200 quartz and ended up getting Himiko to NP3 which is totally unintended since I also really wanted Vergil Hajime and got a grand total of 0 copies of him...

I'm suddenly not so M O T I V A T E D anymore....
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on September 14, 2022, 02:15:09 pm
I had the opposite effect where I wanted Himiko but got 2 Hajimes instead in 270sq.
I'm 2 sq short for another 11-pull but i'll give it one last shot when i get them.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 15, 2022, 02:52:26 pm
Dropped a pack and ended up getting Himiko to NP4 before even 1 Hajime. I'm literally contemplating if I should NP5 Himiko at this rate.

What's worse is that all the 4* Servants I got beforehand were all off banner and most of them were Sabers. 2 Lakshmibais (her in lore luck was spreading to me) and a Lancelot before getting Hajime in the final multi. I literally lost like 4 coin flips in a row... (still nothing compared to getting 4 off banner 5* Servants in a row while rolling for Ishtar and Chad Orion...)

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on September 17, 2022, 09:46:02 am
Saved up around 200 quartz and ended up getting Himiko to NP3 which is totally unintended since I also really wanted Vergil Hajime and got a grand total of 0 copies of him...

I'm suddenly not so M O T I V A T E D anymore....

All I wanted was CE's... on just 60 SQ, I got Clown Cheeks Himiko.

I'm glad I didn't get Saito, though. His materials are cancer and I already suffered from it in JP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on September 27, 2022, 07:51:36 am
Couldn't get the last copy of the event CE to drop so I had to make do with a non MLB copy. Also wanted to stress test the new immortal team strat with Himiko (despite class disadvantage) and goddamn this is legit.

(https://i.imgur.com/sRM4Uhh.png)

This only real problem with this CQ using this team is the beginning where I needed to take out Nobukatsu ASAP otherwise he would cause Nobu to NP spam like crazy where I couldn't get my NPs up in time (especially when she can NP twice in one turn if you take out Nobukatsu while she already has her NP ready). Once he's taken care of, it's really just downhill from there.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on October 27, 2022, 08:21:07 am
Triple supports lists are coming with the Imaginary Scramble event.

*cracks whale fingers* My whaling tendencies have been preparing me for this day!
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on October 29, 2022, 06:20:10 am
They'll never find out I'm a fraud if I just don't put Servants in the extra slots.

Ahahahahaha.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 09, 2022, 07:59:36 am
Lostbelt 5.5 coming soon and I still haven't even started 5.2...

Tbh I haven't been playing the game all that much and was barely able to finish Imaginary Scramble today and collect the grail. Probably won't be back in the full swing of things till Lostbelt 6.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 10, 2022, 01:08:41 am
Yeah me too. I just finished it.

Didnt get van gogh , got multi spooks and nemo. I thought he was a 4 star my mistake rolling in the banner with both of them at rate up.

Too lazy to look at wiki so whats next? Any note worthy servants this december and new years?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on November 10, 2022, 08:06:03 am
The only ones off the top of my head are Vritra (Christmas), Muramasa (New Years), Taira/Yoshitsune (Tengu event), Galatea (Akihabara event), Miss Crane (FGO Dancing All Night collab), and Caren (Valentines).
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on November 10, 2022, 08:15:57 am
Don't forget about the Dewman.

(https://gamepress.gg/grandorder/sites/grandorder/files/2020-12/297_Ashiya%20Douman_1.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on November 10, 2022, 08:26:06 am
Oh yeah vritra... I dunno if she's useful but I'll roll for her just because i love the naga stories. Hope we do get more nagas especially the SEA nagas their lore is more interesting than the 9 dragon lords imo
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on November 11, 2022, 09:32:45 pm
Lostbelt 5.5 coming soon and I still haven't even started 5.2...

Tbh I haven't been playing the game all that much and was barely able to finish Imaginary Scramble today and collect the grail. Probably won't be back in the full swing of things till Lostbelt 6.
I've been in a similar situation myself. Ended up having to speed run Imaginary Scramble in the final few days. Let's just say that I'm glad that I managed to pull both Kiara and Sitonai as they were huge helps in the final chapter.

As for 5.2, I left it at the Koyan fight.

Oh yeah vritra... I dunno if she's useful but I'll roll for her just because i love the naga stories. Hope we do get more nagas especially the SEA nagas their lore is more interesting than the 9 dragon lords imo

I feel bad for Vritra because she got shafted by not having much of a presence in her debut event and Muramasa being released shortly after. A shame too because she's got a cool looking design. Gonna have to take a shot at her just cause of that.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on December 01, 2022, 06:27:38 am
Managed to get Gramps after 6 tickets and 1 multi.

So that leaves me with 220 sq right now saved for Muramasa hoping I can get a couple extra multis for that banner. 2022 has been a pretty good year for me SSR-wise so hoping on topping it off with him.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on December 02, 2022, 07:10:32 am
I did 1 multi for each banner which I got NP6 Xuanzang, Douman, and Ibuki. I can already tell my rolls for Morgan are going to be shit...

Also for those who don't know, pity system came to NA early, but you need to spend 900 quartz (330 summons) to even get there (it also goes away if you get the rate up 5* before then). It's also shit that every time a banner gets swapped out (like during rotating rate ups for example) your pity gets reset. So if you have the resources to do so, don't be afraid to expend all of it before the banners get swapped out/ends.

I've played plenty of gachas and by far FGO has the worst pity system I've seen. It's better than nothing I guess.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on December 20, 2022, 04:33:47 am
Lostbelt 7 begins on Christmas Day. And Koyanskaya of the Light is on Rate Up in JP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 22, 2022, 04:40:55 pm
Btw does vritra's np slows any of your phones? My phone is not that old and lgv60. Is it a bug?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on December 23, 2022, 11:34:51 pm
No issues on my end
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: 1Ultima on December 24, 2022, 09:01:54 pm
Works fine for me.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Lurker on December 24, 2022, 10:18:29 pm
Btw does vritra's np slows any of your phones? My phone is not that old and lgv60. Is it a bug?
Her np depending on the stage make the game close in my redmi 6.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on December 25, 2022, 08:46:46 am
Really? Tested on my other phone samsung with almost the same spec except for the battery amd it doesnt slow down. Weird  gufei's np doeant slow down on my lg it's just only vritra's
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Deadface on January 01, 2023, 03:19:19 am
I wish everybody here the best of luck to land Muramasa tomorrow/in a couple of hours!

As for me...
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Foobs on January 01, 2023, 04:42:24 am
Yorokobe, shounens and shoujos.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on January 01, 2023, 05:10:56 am
I was ready to pay the blood for Muramasa

But then I saw the Bazette banner

And now we once again are in a dilemma as per every year
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on January 01, 2023, 07:25:47 am
I'm skipping Muramasa so I can continue to save for Morgan.

As for the GSSR I wanted Van Gogh, but I ended up getting NP3 Summer Kiara. I had a mini heart attack seeing the Moon Cancer card thinking I got NP6 Summer BB, but I remembered I didn't pick that banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 01, 2023, 09:09:52 am
For GSSR I wanted NP3 Summer Musashi but I got NP2 MHX instead. A bit of a bummer because I wanted to take Musashi to 120 but I understood the odds were low so I'm not that shook about it.

I tried for Muramasa but no dice. Got a couple NP ups tho so it's something. No SSRs at all. Also got Mark on a Smiling Face up in to the 100 club, so it's not all Ls today.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on January 01, 2023, 09:33:11 am
I was ready to pay the blood for Muramasa

But then I saw the Bazette banner

And now we once again are in a dilemma as per every year
Bazette is next year though. This year, it's Caren.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Speedpreacher on January 01, 2023, 09:46:40 pm
For you perhaps
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 02, 2023, 03:42:05 am
My performance on the GSSR well...

JP: I was going to be satisfied with anyone except Arjuna Alter because I don't wanna commit to NP5 him if I got NP4 of him. Suffices to say, I was satisfied with my result.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

NA: Took the risk with the Red Knights 1 banner... It paid off!

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Now I don't have to roll for any more copies of her anymore.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on January 02, 2023, 02:49:41 pm
For you perhaps
I meant for global in general, but JP will definitely have her on the special banners.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Byakko on January 09, 2023, 01:59:44 am
I checked out the Saber Wars 2 story from the current rerun
I cannot fucking believe they redid the whole "actually Ishtar was the evil half all along" joke from Babylonia but even harder LMFAO
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 09, 2023, 10:23:18 am
Finally got my Muramasa, was tossing up whether to go for him or a second space ishtar but decided to try for the new unit.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on February 04, 2023, 07:32:50 pm
Been a long time since I was here...
To give a status report since I left:

- Got Archer Gilgamesh off a ticket with the Thanksgiving Celebration
- Wasted 600 SQ+ on Van Gogh to only get my first Xiang Yu and NP8 Jeanne D'Arc
- Further wasted a like 300+ SQ on Ashiya Douman and got nothing but NP2-3 Tsuna
- Ended up getting NP2 Ibuki Douji(thank god) with 180 SQ
- Got Vritra while going for CEs on Christmas(did an extra 2-3 for more copies and failed)
- GSSR got me NP2 Meltryllis which is good(Since I recently had fun using her in Olympus)
- Did 3 multis on Muramasa and got NP2 Karna(hard to say if that's a win since I wanted dupes of Karna since forever but yeah)
- Had to go to pity for Kagekiyo and any subsequent rolls did not get me NP2.

I may do 1-3 multis on Caren, I'm not sure but I'm virtually saving for Morgan so I won't do any major levels of rolls for Caren or Crane and basically skip every other banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on February 05, 2023, 04:21:26 pm
I lost interest in FGO...

...until reading about Lostbelt 7...

I'm saving for NP20 Kukulkan.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on February 09, 2023, 05:16:54 am
I lost interest in FGO...

...until reading about Lostbelt 7...

I'm saving for NP20 Kukulkan.

Can't even blame you for that... hoo boy.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on June 06, 2023, 10:58:23 am
I will revive this topic by showing, well...

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

180SQ well spent and I'm still safe for Koyan.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on June 06, 2023, 04:36:55 pm
I got NP2 Morgan in a single multi. Guess I can't quit this game yet...
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TornilloOxidado on June 08, 2023, 04:33:42 am
I recently discovered that there exists a FGO topic here of all sites, so i'm gonna post some of the results of this Lostbelt 6 Banner update because i wanted to. Have a good day

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on June 08, 2023, 09:23:05 am
I recently discovered that there exists a FGO topic here of all sites, so i'm gonna post some of the results of this Lostbelt 6 Banner update because i wanted to. Have a good day

Yeah. This thread existed, but was inactive because only a couple people here play FGO or have migrated to other games like Star Rail.

Curious, though... Morgan was NP1, right?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on June 08, 2023, 02:49:46 pm
Yeah I'm not pulling until Oberon. I've been told Koyanskaya has multiple banners but Oberon only has 2. I also have Godjuna so
Also feel free to add me (ID in sig) as I'll be clearing out my inactive friends.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TornilloOxidado on June 08, 2023, 06:32:43 pm
I recently discovered that there exists a FGO topic here of all sites, so i'm gonna post some of the results of this Lostbelt 6 Banner update because i wanted to. Have a good day

Yeah. This thread existed, but was inactive because only a couple people here play FGO or have migrated to other games like Star Rail.

Curious, though... Morgan was NP1, right?

Tried Star Rail but it had the same effect as when i played Genshin, i leaved the game because i got tired and totally not because disk space.
And Morgan is NP1, she and Baobhan Sith came in less than 60SQ and 6 tickets, i'm satisfied. Now i can save more quartz for next banners.
 
Also feel free to add me (ID in sig) as I'll be clearing out my inactive friends.
That reminds me i have 98 friends, gonna probably clear the inactive ones too.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 20, 2023, 02:16:46 pm
Didnt get squat from the morgan banner was even close to pity. Manage to np 5 some of off rate servants though and lb some ce.

Got lucky on my first multi on lolicelot banner. Got her and 2 copy of perci.


Fgo content had been dry til lb6. Anyway is perci good? I feel like he's a weaker version of mash. I'm trying to replace some of my staples since most of them are bond lvl 15.

I play hi3 but gotta admit the writting had been meh after the mobius storyline. I'm too busy to play starrail and knowing mihoyo getting characters now isnt a good investment since most of them becomes obsolete really fast.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on June 20, 2023, 09:44:50 pm
It's amazing the amount of spooks I got on this banner.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on June 21, 2023, 07:33:37 am
It's amazing the amount of spooks I got on this banner.

Spill the beans.

Didnt get squat from the morgan banner was even close to pity. Manage to np 5 some of off rate servants though and lb some ce.

Got lucky on my first multi on lolicelot banner. Got her and 2 copy of perci.


Fgo content had been dry til lb6. Anyway is perci good? I feel like he's a weaker version of mash. I'm trying to replace some of my staples since most of them are bond lvl 15.

I play hi3 but gotta admit the writting had been meh after the mobius storyline. I'm too busy to play starrail and knowing mihoyo getting characters now isnt a good investment since most of them becomes obsolete really fast.

Percival is a good tank, but also an easier looper than Fionn.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on June 21, 2023, 08:03:55 am
Spill the beans.

NP5 Circe, NP4 Chiron and Beowulf on Morgan Banner.
NP5 Marie on Melusine Banner.

Fae Knights are getting a bunch of rerun banners for now, but damn Rate up was a lie.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on June 28, 2023, 05:14:51 pm
My Banner Luck has been okay for the LB6 Banners:

NP3 Morgan
NP3 Sith
NP2 Barghest
NP4 Waver(Yeah, got spooked out of NP4 Morgan)
and like 3-4 SR spooks

NP1 Melusine
NP2 Percival
Like 3 SR spooks

SSRs are nowhere near as a pain in the ass as getting SRs is.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on June 30, 2023, 09:26:22 am
Yeah. whats the rate for off rate four stars chance to appear?
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 02, 2023, 05:48:35 am
Yeah. whats the rate for off rate four stars chance to appear?

Currently, 50% of their 3% drop rate overall in the Gacha, so, 1.5% It was later up upgraded to 2.1% in JP.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 03, 2023, 11:42:32 am
I shall start the Anni pull discussion.

GSSR pull i got Voyager, Summer Okita and NP2 Tomoe
Did 4 multis and 23 tickets got NP2 Caenis, NP3 Qin Liangyu, NP2 Liz and Koyan.

Got 530 SQ left for Oberon.

Edit: I am lacking in mats so my Koyan is probably not going to be viable for a bit.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 03, 2023, 03:54:02 pm
I do not know what to pick in gssr. I want caster nero since she eluded me for literal years but i already have all the servants in her banner.

Anyway did the game crashed? Good thing i already roll for koyan earlier today. Used up almost half of thr free sq they gave out.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TornilloOxidado on July 03, 2023, 03:57:32 pm
I do not know what to pick in gssr. I want caster nero since she eluded me for literal years but i already have all the servants in her banner.

Anyway did the game crashed? Good thing i already roll for koyan earlier today. Used up almost half of thr free sq they gave out.

Server died because there was an issue with the Great Success with being always 100% of probability,i'm just here waiting the servers to be re open again lmao.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 03, 2023, 04:05:11 pm
Haha so thats why. I thought i was just lucky or something.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TornilloOxidado on July 03, 2023, 04:09:52 pm
Haha so thats why. I thought i was just lucky or something.

All of the people leveled their servants to 120 just because that issue, and i was just sleeping at that moment, but hey if we can get more SQs because of this i'm not complaining
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TornilloOxidado on July 03, 2023, 05:06:59 pm
Speaking of Koyan, this is the most funny thing that happened to me after getting Abby Summer the past year.
In the end, i spend 0 SQ and only 10 tickets to get her.
Before:
(https://i.imgur.com/35tJdjS.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/efv8xGb.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/8W9AuOR.png)
After:
(https://i.imgur.com/www1I0y.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 04, 2023, 04:55:53 am
I do not know what to pick in gssr. I want caster nero since she eluded me for literal years but i already have all the servants in her banner.

Anyway did the game crashed? Good thing i already roll for koyan earlier today. Used up almost half of thr free sq they gave out.

I wouldn't roll for it anyways. Summer Nero gets a banner in the re-run of the NeroFest this month.

In my case, I got quite a lot of luck today.

60 SQ and 10 Tickets for Koyanskaya

And the GSSR was all archers, but, I still got Super Orion and NP5 (and 6) Calamity Jane.

I think I stole Honako Green's luck from 2021 because I got who he wanted instead. e.e

(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/802142056084537354/1125604494806360086/Fate_GO_2023-07-03-19-26-22.jpg?width=1440&height=647)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 07, 2023, 07:32:55 pm
Really need to start posting back here more often...
(https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/3/8/AAPgcDAAEn9O.jpg)

My GSSR. I did go for Muramasa earlier this year and failed so it's not a bust, I do actually like the character, even if I don't necessarily like Shirou himself. Of course, considering I have all of the current Rinface Servants, almost every Sakura face outside of Kingprotea, Astraea and all of the Artoria Servants... the NTR memes write themselves, huh? :behead2:

Tsuna is a wash since he was at NP5 already.

(https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/2/6/AAPgcDAAEn9C.jpg)

Had to go below the Oberon pity I had but I also got Koyanskaya of Light, meaning I can officially use my Buster Servants with a true Support, not just Nightingale(I love her but she's no Merlin, she's no Koyanskaya and she's absolutely no Oberon). I will get the remaining funds from later on, so I can still reach pity on him if I have to alongside trying to get the NP5 Tam Lin on his banner(Hopefully they are on there).

Not pictured, I ended up getting 2 Caenis which she's now at NP5 so that's a congrats right there since I tend to use her when find the time.

My SSR Ticket pick was Cu Alter for the NP Buff, the Interludes and the fact that I got all of the Cu's now(I know about Setanta but he's welfare) for another completed collection of variations of the F/SN cast(Until we get the newly introduced Saber Medusa...)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 11, 2023, 08:10:32 pm
Not gonna lie. Cernonnus was a let down. Thought it will be hard from all the hype i was hoping nero fest cq level hard. Probably one of the easiest boss imo.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 12, 2023, 01:48:16 am
Yeah I felt he was easy, but then with 2 years worth of Cerno boss demos on youtube to pour into I'm not really surprised.

Used a Gong build that I managed to replicate from one of those videos and 6-turned him.

I now wish I never listened to a JP bro that told me to save all my stones and just use Seals/QP to continue.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 12, 2023, 07:44:37 am
Barghest was harder imo
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on July 13, 2023, 08:17:10 am
Oberon banner is up.

Got him in 570sq, also got np4 Sith, np2 tristan and np3 gawain.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: MAO11 on July 13, 2023, 10:47:46 am
I only want fae tristan... I can't get her. Seriously 4 stars are much harder to get in this game

Edit: i got barghest np 3 , tristan 3 copies and 2 gorilla and some random off rate servants. But not oberon and fae tristan. Seriously? I would have been completely happy with just fae tristan even if i dont get oberon.

Anyway big mommy barghest is awesome to use. I dont have any qp to upgrade her skills though.

Didnt knew the new kaliedoscope is in this banner as well. Which i kinda dont like since i need 1 more copy of the old one so o can have 2 LB kscope.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TornilloOxidado on July 14, 2023, 03:08:40 am
So in one month i got Morgan, Koyan and now the mothman. I have a bad feeling about luck on upcoming banners.

(https://i.imgur.com/3iOdwvO.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/UJmW2P7.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/jkVBCsv.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 28, 2023, 04:04:17 am
I don't really feel like putting pictures of my overall on Oberon and going for NP5 Morgan so:

It took me basically 61 SQ to get Oberon and I put in an extra 150 to try for Sith and Barghest copies... no dice

I decided to go in for more Morgan copies and got the 2 I needed for NP5 within 400 SQ.
I ended up getting 2 more Barghest and Sith during this so both are at NP4.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 28, 2023, 05:01:49 am
I forgot to share my results for Oberon. He was tough to get, but since I had SQ guaranteed to get him, it's all good. Got him after a combined of 200+ rolls, then when I wanted to get Baobhan Sith, Oberon appeared again, so he's now NP2.

Skipped Morgan because I'm already happy with her at NP2.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TornilloOxidado on July 29, 2023, 07:30:02 am
This is crazy, having all these SSRs in a very short period of time, but i'm happy.
(https://i.imgur.com/FXHVcgP.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/xcNqv0B.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/z8dyk8H.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on July 30, 2023, 06:25:06 pm
I can't really say that your luck is great like mine isn't either but I did use 90 SQ and fail to get Merlin myself... again.

Oh well, time to save for Summer 6 which is apparently coming in August for Summer Kama. I'll do Paid Singles and hope for an Summer Nastya or even Summer Okitan till then.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on July 31, 2023, 06:44:12 am
Due to the fact I got Double Hime in my GSSR I wanted Skadi Summer and Melusine in my Destiny Order Summon, well... let's play both of Melusine's themes.


Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on August 03, 2023, 04:34:07 am
Decided to do all my main farming in the qualifiers. My oberon is only 2-2-2 so it's far from ready for the Main Event quest and even though I can do the Finals fairly easily the drops there aren't as good for me as the qualifiers so yeah.

I'm running the quest with this team, using a friend Oberon. Also a good time to get Bond for Mashu.
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/559088064929071124/1136070268977168454/FGO_NERO_FEST_QUALIFIERS.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Kohaku~★ on August 05, 2023, 04:07:25 pm
I'm living that +12 drop dream bois!

(https://i.imgur.com/TGn0YOp.png)
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on October 26, 2023, 11:07:07 am
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/559088064929071124/1167016731345162341/image.png)
With this I have pulled all the SSRs I was planning to grab at the start of the year.
I can probably get her to 10/10/10 but i'm approaching QP Hell and I'm planning on spending all my FP in this event lol so I don't need being poor as a distraction.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Xhominid on January 01, 2024, 07:38:54 pm
Yeah, no one hasn't posted here in a LONG ass time so I'll do an update on my own end:

- FINALLY got Miyu during the Back To School Campaign which got me NP4 Illya(She was NP2 before the banner... apparently, I will always get Prisma Illya whenever I roll for Miyu)

- Ended up getting stupid lucky on Summer 6(3 Majin Saber, 2 Kama Avenger, 3 Summer Nastya, 3-4 Summer Caenis, 3-4 Summer Sei, 1 Summer Char didn't require much SQ. Ended up also getting Douman with a Ticket Pull(Or a Paid Single).

- Rolled on the Interlude Banner for Van Gogh, got Enkidu(Which continued by streak of going deep for Van Gogh for a spook, the first time was NP8 Jeanne D'Arc and Xiang Yu)

- Went on the Jacques Banner and only got NP2 Zenobia which was fine enough.

- Finally grabbed Himiko on most likely either a Paid Single, Ticket or single Multi

- Got NP2 Izumo No Okuni and NP4 Altera during her banner. Went for Lancer Ryoma and that was a bust.

- Did a single Multi on the Christmas Banner hoping for CEs and having a bad feeling I would get Skadi, got NP2 Skadi which obliterated my Beni-Enma luck again as I got spooked by Europa.

- Did a few multis on the Tunguska Banner and ended up with Taigong Wang(Seems like Nikitch didn't want to see me, it's cool)

GSSR:
(https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/676855de.jpg)

First Double GSSR I have had and both are Servants I wanted and for that, Koyanskaya of Darkness did not show up either with 5 multis. Going to save for Bazett now and hope she shows up(Will do Paid Singles otherwise).

Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 10, 2024, 10:10:22 am
2023 wrap up: Pulled 8 new SSRs this year. Failed to get D. Koyan. Failed to get Skadi. Castoria and Gong hit Bond 15, leading to Gong's retirement (Castoria is a system support, so she will never be retired). Summer Musashi is at Level 118, and needs 1 more bond to unlock that last grail. Ranmaru wins cutest servant of 2023.

My next big targets are Avalon and Summer Skadi. I haven't looked too far for future servants otherwise, not too interested in Arc.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 13, 2024, 09:23:44 am
- FINALLY got Miyu during the Back To School Campaign which got me NP4 Illya(She was NP2 before the banner... apparently, I will always get Prisma Illya whenever I roll for Miyu)

All I wanted were the 2 copies of the Miyu CE, and while I got them both on 90 SQ... it came at the cost of not one, but TWO Illya... and an NP5 Artoria.

I got my man Dewman to NP2 as I wanted and got to NP5 Columbus at last.

I was convinced by a friend to roll for Gogh, got her on 60 SQ.

I ended up spending like... 450 SQ on 2 copies of Melusine and about 300 SQ on NP2 Kama.

My GSSR? I got... uh...  Caren.

That was my luck on NA. Now my targets this year are only Bazett at NP2 and Skadi Summer.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on January 15, 2024, 12:50:49 am
Disastrous year overall for me. Only 2 new SSRs at the tail end of the year(Okuni and Kama) after the previous 2 years had 7 and 9 new SSRs.

First week of the year got me Koyan twins, so things are looking up.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on January 16, 2024, 01:49:00 am
First week of the year got me Koyan twins, so things are looking up.

Welcome to Buster reloading.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Darkflare on January 17, 2024, 06:15:07 am
Not yet. Not until it's 10/10/10. It'll be a while.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: President Devon on January 17, 2024, 06:34:13 am
You should be fine with 10/4/4 if you have a decent Buster AOE.
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: TornilloOxidado on March 24, 2024, 02:14:56 am
-Deep backstory warning-


I have strong feelings about Marie Antoinette when i first started Fate Grand Order in 2017, she was my first SR summoned ever and since that she never left my team and i completed every story until LB6 with her, then when her Alter form first appeared in Fate/Requiem collab in 2020 i was so excited to see her new form (but dissapointed bc she wasn't playable in that time).

So in the new Ordeal Call Arc that got released a few days ago Marie Antoinette Alter literally dropped out of nowhere and the first thing i did was going back to FGO JP just to summon her with 60SQ, best day ever.

(https://i.ibb.co/SnP6xrg/Screenshot-2024-03-23-21-52-45-607.png) (https://ibb.co/R09gSyK)
(https://i.ibb.co/rtr3F3n/Screenshot-2024-03-23-21-53-41-622.png) (https://ibb.co/pPFQbQC)
(https://i.ibb.co/51J1Bqp/Screenshot-2024-03-23-22-01-09-273.png) (https://ibb.co/JcSc5X6)

Ok time to this topic to be dead again i just wanted to leave this as a remembrance
Title: Re: Fate/Grand Order
Post by: Handmaiden of the Seascape on March 24, 2024, 07:15:23 am
-Deep backstory warning-


I have strong feelings about Marie Antoinette when i first started Fate Grand Order in 2017, she was my first SR summoned ever and since that she never left my team and i completed every story until LB6 with her, then when her Alter form first appeared in Fate/Requiem collab in 2020 i was so excited to see her new form (but dissapointed bc she wasn't playable in that time).

So in the new Ordeal Call Arc that got released a few days ago Marie Antoinette Alter literally dropped out of nowhere and the first thing i did was going back to FGO JP just to summon her with 60SQ, best day ever.

(https://i.ibb.co/SnP6xrg/Screenshot-2024-03-23-21-52-45-607.png) (https://ibb.co/R09gSyK)
(https://i.ibb.co/rtr3F3n/Screenshot-2024-03-23-21-53-41-622.png) (https://ibb.co/pPFQbQC)
(https://i.ibb.co/51J1Bqp/Screenshot-2024-03-23-22-01-09-273.png) (https://ibb.co/JcSc5X6)

Ok time to this topic to be dead again i just wanted to leave this as a remembrance

Don't worry, I also got Marie Antoinette Alter, but... I don't have Tearstones of Blood to raise her.

D=