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Lordhippos said:
If banner pity is 90 then it means the max it can be is 180 right?
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Exactly right. And as you said, if you get a non-limited 5* before guarantee hits, then the guarantee for the limited 5* will still come into effect after the next 90 pulls in my experience.
Lordhippos said:
No worries. Problem with Argenti is husbando not waifu! :D
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Hahaha jokes, but perfectly understandable and I'd second that, though I do like having a few bros (not husbandos😋) around for balance. You'll find Argenti is very powerful even at higher levels and a lot of fun to play with - whenever I've borrowed him he manages to constantly refill his ultimates, which he can double up as well. So with mobs he will just ultimate one after another.
Lordhippos said:
Am interested in Lingsha!
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Yeah I had that dilemma earlier but opted for HuoHuo as my first 5* healer on the banner just passed. This is especially as Lingsha is very similar in synergizing with Break teams as granddad Gallagher whom I really like and put a lot of resources into building up only recently. You are right that DPS/utility would be preferable to pull for, but the more recent healers like HuoHuo and Lingsha have powercrept older ones by adding in utility in addition to just healing, so I don't feel that you will go wrong with Lingsha if you like her. She has a very loaded kit including emergency heal with her ultimate as well as aoe damage iirc and also packing into her kit follow-up attacks and boosting break damage thereby synergizing with two gameplay-style teams. So on paper a very strong character methinks.
 
Geriatric hedgehog said:
Actually @Vincentdante you have a really good Jing Liu in your roster who may pair well with @ lordhippos Bronya. Another one you could try with Bronya is Imbibitor Lunae (another story spoiler alert here btw before you try him, though a bit more obvious heh). Both are destruction with splash type AOE gameplay but amongst the most powerful in the game.
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Indeed, I just added Jing liu to my rotation then if anyone wants to use her. Also added Blade because he and Bronya are tied to the hip more or less
 
Actually speaking of Argenti, he is getting a new best in slot relic set next patch that is going to buff him well beyond what he is like now and I will be grinding that. I also love the waifu's, Sparkle is my favorite character but Argenti is low key my favorite DPS so I will get that buff lol.
 
Vincentdante said:
Actually speaking of Argenti, he is getting a new best in slot relic set next patch that is going to buff him well beyond what he is like now and I will be grinding that. I also love the waifu's, Sparkle is my favorite character but Argenti is low key my favorite DPS so I will get that buff lol.
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Ah I didn't know about the relic set. He's already a monster but I look forward to trying yours once you've decked him out in that. Sparkle is still kind of my favourite character, at least on paper, but has been overtaken by Acheron for me currently - I live in hope that they dedicate a better storyline that lives up to her elation insanity to restore her rightful place ha. I love the Elation nutters ideologically, closely followed by Nihility - can't imagine that says anything positive about my mindset 😅.

By the way @Lordhippos, I just built up my Feixiao to a reasonable level and swapped Firefly around with her for you try an ST DPS if you like, just in case you wanted to pull on her current banner.
 
Officially done with main story bit in the first world and have taken the train to the next area. I completed simulated world 2 (which was stopping me before) and have maxed out what I can on that so far points wise. I am not far off TB level 29 I think.

I probably need to focus some on any timed events or things in my list that are on timers as some things I can just do "whenever".

I changed my mc-kun over to the fire/defender one for now.

What I may do is wait until I can do say 90 pulls on the Kafka banner, pretty sure I want her just for aesthetics + usefulness as AOE dps in my party :)

Should then give me the 50/50 and if I lose it I can hopefully get her before the banner goes.
 
Feixiao was a lot of fun as well, honestly I'd probably like having everyone but it's not feasible without a lot of whalin!

I think I'm at like 60 pulls now and counting, a lot of early rewards for first time things coming in still and a whole bunch of events still in the list. I am under no illusion I'll be able to grab every banner character I want but the odd one seems doable even as a light spender with just the £5 thing.

I'm doing the tournament event based around Luka at the moment, seems also a great way of seeing how the characters work as each headline fight seems to give me 3 trial characters to use which work for them, so a nice way of seeing which characters can do what.
 
Personally I stick to my one character per patch rule almost religiously as it's been working for me since launch but I'm sure you will find something that works for you too. This patch I grabbed Robin and will see if I can get Topaz's LC in a few weeks then that will be it. Next patch? Eh I will see, I also want to build my pulls for the Fate collab as well so I might start skipping a few patches.
 
Archer is husbando and not waifu, so probably a skip from me. I hope they bring some other fate characters over though.

I've been playing some more this weekend and making progress. Unlocked the 4th assignment slot, TB level 32.5 I think (I was miles off when I said I was 29 ish last time, was more like 27 lol!).

A little into the main story in world 2 but also just stopped off and did some side stuff. I have a bunch of character trials to do before they expire as well which gives some jade and materials as well.

Simulated World 3 on radar now but a couple of the bosses are too hard for my comp and gear/stats at the moment.

The first is the one which summons adds and counters everything. Needs ice/wind counter and Herta does her follow up attack and gets mauled, think I need more single target dps characters on this one but means building out some others or getting more stats and brute forcing a bit.

Second was boss man Gepard himself who feels doable but again lacking stats to make it less dicey. I only got to him because I had a curio that essentially let me skip anything that isn't the boss as "great success".

I have 3 characters at 50 and Serval/Herta are both 40 as I lack the materials to break through to the next levels, not the xp resources but the ascension ones. Serval/Herta are working pretty well as my Lightning/Ice DPS respectively, though Herta isn't good at all single target wise, and March 7th might be a better fit for simulated world 3.

I have no light cones at 50 yet, all stuck at 40, similar reason to the levels. I need to boost them beyond 40 really but wanted some 5 * ones of these. I've boosted gear a little but not really relics. I might feed a few upgrades into all my relics and some more into my traces just to get through more things. I am conscious I don't want to waste resources on low level stuff that much, but even +3 enhancements on relics seems to add some nice stats.

I have enough pulls for 82 or so now, at 90 I'll probably grab Kafka still if I can, would be nice to get her early even, if I lose the 50/50 by 90 then it will suck a bit and I'd probably need all my pulls to try and grab her before the banner ends which is about 10 days away.

Enjoying the game still and there is a lot to do, it's clear that the more into it you get, the more the team composition matters, especially for breaking weaknesses (where I can find that swapping Herta/Serval can make an encounter either doable or impossible!).

Edit - actually well over 90 pulls now as I didn't realise I get jade for all of the simulated world discoveries so that has boosted me to like 13k jade now.
 
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Alright good news, I think.

Got Kafka on multi #8 so within 80, I'm pretty happy with that especially as I could have lost the 50/50 and had to do 90 more! I'll take around average luck every time if I can.

Means I have 17 summons left to go towards the 90 I want to use on Black Swan, and around 10 days to get the rest in. I think I'd not want to spend the resources to go to hard pity on her so just going to collect jade and do events and things, and hope for the best :)

I also got Asta, Moze, Luka pulls, my Asta is now like E4 lol! not even used her yet.

I boosted Kafka a bit, and gave her Welts 5* light cone which I got from the normal banner as my first 5* pull. Seems like it fits her pretty well even if it's not the best one she can get.

Using her I was able to defeat simulated world #3 pretty easily! so I'll boost some people and go after world #4 later on. I still need to max out other characters and light cones to 50.
 
Vincentdante said:
Black Swan and Kafka are stupidly good together. Good luck in your pulls
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Thanks! I'm sort of hopeful I can get her but it's not 100%. If it comes to it I'll see what extra pulls I can get from the battle pass or just buying them, but I'm trying to avoid big spending this early. A little is OK.

TB level 35 now and just trying to still do all the things in my list. I have a goal to hit TB 40/EQ 3 before the next simulated world reset so I can get more points/rewards from the weekly thing. Probably I'll get beyond this but it's just a mini goal of sorts.

I got to a point in the story missions where it said I'd have to quit some if I carried on so I'm trying to solve that problem as well and do them before I carry on.

I smashed simulated world IV, going to try V probably tomorrow. I realise these are just difficulty 1 but I was stuck on 3 last night so feels good to make progress.

35/90 pulls now for Black Swan, though I am still very much being showered with jade from the honeymoon phase, I expect that normal drops are more slow and steady once you've done the story missions. A lot are coming from simulated world discoveries as well.

I'm leveling up a few things but I'm trying not to spam everything. I'm just doing the necessary stuff.

For Hertas store, she sells some 5* relics for 8 of her currency, which I guess is the best use of these. Which one should I get first? the only 5 * relic I have is the Welt one which I am using on Kafka but actually seems pretty good for her as it impacts debuffed enemies and she does that a lot.

For the embers store I am also having to buy a few ascension/tracer materials but trying to limit these as well a bit, as I should be able to find most of what I need in other places. I've done the tickets already, there is a new material thing at 40 which looks limited and worth getting as well. Otherwise I guess just not spending here on stuff I don't need and keeping some back to re-stock on tickets makes sense,

For the star store I am at like 200 of the 600 I'd need for Bronyas LC but I think this also seems the best use for these?
 
Lordhippos said:
For Hertas store, she sells some 5* relics for 8 of her currency, which I guess is the best use of these. Which one should I get first? the only 5 * relic I have is the Welt one which I am using on Kafka but actually seems pretty good for her as it impacts debuffed enemies and she does that a lot.
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The Destruction one is generally a good one that fits most characters on that path. But if you have a pressing need for another character to have one then that would take precedence of course.

Lordhippos said:
For the embers store I am also having to buy a few ascension/tracer materials but trying to limit these as well a bit, as I should be able to find most of what I need in other places. I've done the tickets already, there is a new material thing at 40 which looks limited and worth getting as well. Otherwise I guess just not spending here on stuff I don't need and keeping some back to re-stock on tickets makes sense,
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The limited ascension is absolutely worth getting as they are limited and necessary for maxing out your characters towards the end. The other stuff is simple math's. Try to have a buffer of dust to get you the tickets next month as we are reaching a store refreash. Once you are covered you can grab what you need.

Lordhippos said:
For the star store I am at like 200 of the 600 I'd need for Bronyas LC but I think this also seems the best use for these?
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This is kind of a make your own judgement call. A number of people don't believe the LC's are worth it over the tickets as they have a chance to drop every banner anyway. But on the flip side buying one of those LC's mathematically is the equivalent of having a guaranteed 5 star of your choice for the cost of 30 pulls.

It's a point of contention but I personally believe it's worth it if you will make use of it, and Bronya's LC is a good one to have.
 
Thanks all makes sense, stuff to consider especially when it comes to pulls vs light cones, but as you say 30 pulls to get the light cone you're not going to change away from does make some sense. I can also see what I wind up getting in the other pulls I do to some degree by then.

I'm at 45/90 pulls today so another multi added, slowing down a bit on the rate I get them at, but slow and steady :)

I'm now managing a museum which is a fun side game. Feels like I'm back doing business management mini-game in Like a Dragon!

My level 50 team was almost able to do simulated world V but level 60 Kafka was a bit too much still, got her into her 3rd phase but everyone was dead. Few more upgrades though and it's doable.
 
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