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Previous Thread Fate Goon Order Discord, which is either the Lostbelt to this thread's Proper Human History or vice versa. Goon Friend Code Spreadsheet What is Fate/Grand Order? Fate/Grand Order (FGO) is an ongoing entry in the Fate/ series. Released in Japan in 2015 and then globally in 2017 for Android and IOS, it is an RPG with heavy visual novel components. You take on the role of a new worker at Chaldea, a magical Antarctic research base focused on preserving humanity. The game is divided into three acts, the third of which (Act 2, of course) is ongoing. Official Act 1 story blurb Official Act 1.5: Epic of Remnant story blurb Official Act 2: Cosmos in the Lostbelt story blurb Fate/ is a huge series! Do I need to read the visual novels/watch the anime/read the books/play the new game coming out next year to understand what's going on? Nope! You can jump into the series with Fate/Grand Order. You may miss out on why some characters are so popular, but beyond that everything you need to understand is explained within the game itself. And when it's not, well, that's just Fate/. Spoiler policy The story is one of the main draws of FGO. Because it's ongoing, please spoiler tag new content appropriately! Per the last thread, please spoiler tag new story content for at least two weeks after its release. Additionally, because this thread is for discussing both the Japanese and Global versions of the game and Global is two years behind, please spoiler tag story content that hasn't been released globally yet and make it clear that it's spoilers from the Japanese version of the game. I tried playing the game but the writing kind of sucks. Why are you taking the story so seriously? While everyone has different subjective takes on which chapters are the best, it's almost universally agreed that the story doesn't hit its stride until Act 1's Camelot chapter (and for the most part only improves from there). If you're struggling to get into the story, try holding out until then. An official gameplay guide can be found here. I will also briefly summarize some of the core gameplay elements here. Launching the game takes you to a main menu that looks like this. From here you can enter story sections, combats, summon characters and equipment from the gacha, and enhance your characters and equipment. What are Servants? The characters you pull for and use in the game are called Servants. Servants are divided into five rarities (1*, 2*, 3*, 4*, and 5*) and fifteen classes. The main classes are Saber, Archer, Lancer, Caster, Rider, Assassin, and Berserker; the rest are extra classes and show up less frequently. Classes affect how effective Servants are in combat. While technically different classes have different attack modifiers, that isn't as important as the combat triangles: It's basically rock paper scissors. For example, Saber beats Lancer, Lancer beats Archer, and Archer beats Saber. The missing class from this graphic only exists in the Japanese version of the game right now. Servants can be leveled up and enhanced in various ways to be more effective in combat. While rarity will give you an initial level cap, that can be broken using special items called holy grails. Here you can see Rider Da Vinci's level, attack, health, enhancements from special items called Fous, cost, and bond level. More on what those are later. Every Servant has three skills they can use during combat some number of passive skills that are always active and bonus append skills you can unlock using Servant coins, which you get from either pulling extra copies in the gacha or leveling their bond. In addition to giving you coins, extra copies also let you enhance a Servant's Noble Phantasm (NP), which is a special attack or buff you can charge up and use during combat. Collecting and enhancing Servants 1* and 2* Servants can only be acquired from the friend point gacha, which uses a currency you get from playing the game and borrowing peoples' characters. You can use it once per day for free, and it can also give you 3* Servants and a few other special Servants. You can also set it to automatically burn (sell) items you don't want. You can summon from normal banners using either the gacha currency, saint quartz, or special summon items called summon tickets that you get from log ins and events. Here I will use a summon ticket on Tam Lin Lancelot's banner: Tam Lin Lancelot is the rate up 5*/SSR character on this banner That means you have a whopping 0.8% chance of pulling her. If you pull 329 times on a single banner and don't get the banner character, your 330th pull is guaranteed to be that rate-up character. It's not the most generous pity system (and I won't even talk about the theoretical other pity system FGO has), but it is possible to save up enough for pity without spending money over the course of a few months. The silver card back here tells us I summoned a 3* Assassin. Something to note: 3* and below characters are still extremely useful! Don't ignore them just because they aren't the highest rarities. Now that we have this Servant, let's level her up: We'll give her special leveling items called blazes. You can technically use other Servants for leveling fodder, but you really shouldn't. This is also how you give Servants Fous to get those bonus stats. Before the final level cap that requires holy grails to surpass, Servants will hit four other level caps. To get past those, you need to first level up to the cap, and then ascend them using items you get during the game. In addition to leveling Servants directly, you can also level their skills and append skills independently. Leveling skills requires some of the same items used to ascend Servants. Skills can be leveled to a maximum of 10. Finally, you can enhance their noble phantasms using extra copies. Do not try to do this from the same enhancement screen you use for leveling! You'll waste the copy. You need to go to the Noble Phantasm menu in the enhancement tab. I said finally, but there are a few other ways you can enhance Servants that mostly don't matter, including command codes (special items you can equip to their combat cards) and beast paws (special items that enhance the strength of their combat cards). Collecting and enhancing Craft Essences In addition to Servants, the gacha will also give you special equipment called Craft Essences (CEs). These can be equipped to your Servants to give them extra stats and special abilities. Like Servants, they can also be enhanced. Unlike Servants, the special enhancement items are hard to come by, so for the most part you really do want to use other CEs to level them. If you're not sure which ones are okay to use for leveling, just ask in the thread. Much like Servants, CEs also have level caps that can be limit broken four times. Unlike Servants, this is done by feeding CEs extra copies from their normal enhancement screen. Party setup: 1) Set up a party of five of your own Servants + one borrowed from someone else. Your party will consist of three characters in the frontline and three in the backline, and every time someone in the frontline is defeated, they are replaced with the next person in the backline in the order you set them. 2) Equip your Servants with CEs which boost their stats and give them other buffs or debuffs You have a number of points called cost you can use to set up your party which excludes your borrowed character. The number of points you can use increases as you level up. Higher rarity Servants and CEs cost more: Servant Cost 1* = 3 Cost 2* & 0* = 4 Cost 3* = 7 Cost 4* = 12 Cost 5* = 16 Cost CE Cost 1* = 1 Cost 2* = 3 Cost 3* = 5 Cost 4* = 9 Cost 5* = 12 Cost 3) Choose a Mystic Code, which is a piece of equipment that gives you access to unique skills you can use in the battle. This doesn't affect cost. You can set up everything but your borrowed support character in advance from the menu, and you can save 10 different party combinations to switch between. Core gameplay loop Gamepress combat guide Once you have a party ready, you can enter into various nodes and battles with them. This is what the battle screen looks like: Combat is turn-based. You start by attacking the enemy. If they live, they attack back. The icons under the character are skills, which you can use for various buffs and debuffs before initiating combat rounds. Here I'm using Altria's third skill on Da Vinci: Once you've used whatever skills you want, you click the attack button to set up your attack. Each character has five attack cards that can be one of three types: Buster, Arts, and Quick. Buster does more damage, Arts charges something called the Noble Phantasm gauge, and Quick gives you critical stars which give you a certain chance of landing a critical hit. There are three things that are important to remember when selecting cards: 1) Order matters. From Gamepress's guide: quote:A card’s position affects its performance: a card placed in the third position would deal more damage, gain more NP charge, and gain more stars than if it were placed in the second position. As such, it is generally beneficial to put more important cards in the final slot of a card chain. However, to be noted, the first card bonus grants more to the whole chain when compared with card positioning. The details of the effects of card positioning are detailed below: 2) Using three of a kind will give you an additional effect 3) Using three from one character will give you an extra attack. Here I'm using three Arts cards from Da Vinci: This gives her an extra 20% Noble Phantasm Gauge and lets her get an extra attack in at the end. Da Vinci's Noble Phantasm, Beautiful Journey, is fully charged. It's basically a limit break-- a large scale attack (single or multiple target) or buff that varies from character to character. You'll get a little unskippable cutscene. Here I had Da Vinci nuke the enemies: Most enemies also have Noble Phantasms. Instead of a percentage bar they charge with attacks, each turn they have a meter that typically ticks up by one. Once the meter is full, they will almost always use their Noble Phantasm on the following turn. Once the battle is finished, you get bond points which increase your relationship with your summoned characters. Bonds 1-5 will give you extra lines of dialogue; bonds 6+ will give you the gacha currency; all bonds will give you servant coins. There's a reason this game is still going strong eight years after release. Have fun! PhysicsFrenzy fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Aug 15, 2023 |
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Gambling addiction resourcesMetis of the Hallway posted:Many video games, especially mobile games, are built around encouraging spending enormous amounts of money for slim chances at reward, whether through a loot box or gacha system. This can become a compulsion or addiction akin to gambling addiction, and this thread is host to resources for people who feel they have or are at risk of developing a problem. Important note regarding storylocked Servants! Some Servants are storylocked. Unless they're on rate-up, you can only summon storylocked Servants on the story summon banner, and only after clearing their corresponding chapter! A full list of storylocked Servants and their unlock requirements can be found here. Common courtesy when setting up Support lists Ignis posted:Yeah in general nobody gives a poo poo if the Servants on your support list that aren't the Meta Supports (ie the Servants Batterypowered7 just mentioned) don't have 10/10/10 skills. What should I use Rare Prisms on? As you play the game, you'll acquire a rare resource aptly called rare prisms. These can primarily be obtained from burning SR or SSR Servants, which YOU SHOULD NOT DO UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMEONE AT NP5 or you really really hate them. These can mainly be used to unlock old event CEs, mystic codes, other items, and costumes. They can also currently be used to unlock some main interlude story content, but that will be made free in the future (and when it is made free, it should refund the spent rare prisms). While what you should use them on depends on what you need (and which Servants you want costumes for), for a rough priority list spend them on: Splendid new year mystic code > CE unlocks for chaldea lunchtime > mona lisa > CBC 2017 CE exchange specifically to aqcuire the CE Outrage (this is the ONLY taunt CE currently available to new accounts) > trial quests > CE unlocks for chaldea teatime > bella lisa > other mystic codes > the Fondant and Sweet Crystal CEs (very good but also expensive) > bond grails (very occassionally available for special events like new years or anniversary) > gold fous (handful available in all events) = lores (handful available in all events) And here's a more in depth priority list courtesy of Conspiratiorist: Conspiratiorist posted:Rare Prism priorities: General Advice StrixNebulosa posted:General advice for newbies: The rest of this post is reserved for events, useful links, tutorials, etc. PhysicsFrenzy fucked around with this message at 14:22 on Aug 19, 2023 |
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gonna copy the list of tools i posted in the last thread and add a couple more
here's to another few years with sony's biggest first-party rpg Schir fucked around with this message at 19:45 on Jul 19, 2023 |
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I like my friend Mash and I one day hope she will break everyone's face with her shield. Also a huge fan of [DATA NOT FOUND]. They're just a hoot and/or a holler.
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Castoria rules
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 23:35 |
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And so does Habemeow
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 23:40 |
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Mikon~
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 23:40 |
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(Late LB 6.2 Spoiler) I think Aesc might be my favorite villain in FGO now.
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Looking forward to riding this train for however long it manages to keep going on global servers! Good luck to everyone planning to roll for Koyanskaya of Light when the anniversary starts!
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Gacha is bad civilization
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Xalidur posted:(Late LB 6.2 Spoiler) I think Aesc might be my favorite villain in FGO now. It's cool how she managed to amass so much power even in her despair to the point of being able to affect PHH itself on what seems to me to be near godlike level? I'm actually wondering how strong she would rank in a "fate villians" tier list cause I've never read the original vns but she def seems like the strongest Lostbelt King at least
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 00:35 |
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Gologle posted:Gacha is bad civilization Counterpoint: Gacha is good civilization when you get the chase servant for one ticket.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 01:00 |
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Meowywitch posted:It's cool how she managed to amass so much power even in her despair to the point of being able to affect PHH itself on what seems to me to be near godlike level? It's actually funny how Morgan is is summoned by Beryl as a Ruler (WHY, EXACTLY? WHAT IS SHE ARBITRATING??) and ends up a Berserker but does the most Caster-y poo poo out of any character in the game, including Solomon and Goetia, who are literally the king of casters and his pet tentacle monster.
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Halfway through the LB6 deathmarch. Koyan soon Bye Old Thread Pureauthor fucked around with this message at 19:28 on Aug 20, 2023 |
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Anime expo/FGO anniversary livestream is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BPSaopaxnI Good luck to everyone else pulling for Koyanskaya later!
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 03:04 |
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I got NP2 Melusine without seriously trying. I hear Vitch laughing at me from the distance.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 03:40 |
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I got so tilted over doing 200 rolls on Morgan's banner without a single 5* that I made myself a secondary account. Which got promptly blessed with NP2 Morgan in 20 rolls, then Castoria and Ozymandias in another 30, and a Melusine soon after (forgot to track the rolls at this point). Currently got 400 SQ for Koyanskaya and I haven't done the temple of solomon yet. Maybe it will continue to be absurdly blessed compared to my main account which I'm honestly considering dropping at this point. Only downside is since the account is brand new it has no resources for getting skill levels up even as I use my pure prisms pretty freely, and I can't get anything to 10 at all until we get events.
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If I pull the lucky bag banner, is that 2/5 chance to get either Castoria or Morgan on the 2021 four horsemen? As much as I like some of the others thats my best bet on a new account, right?
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 04:44 |
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how many hours til the terrible fox
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 05:02 |
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Nooooo maintenance started and kicked me out right after I got the killing blow on (late/end? of LB6.2) Beryl . This is an intolerable wait to see the next scene.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 05:05 |
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Meowywitch posted:how many hours til the terrible fox A little less than 2 hours if I read it right
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 05:16 |
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Isn't it just under 5 hours? Least that's what the bot says.
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bagrada posted:If I pull the lucky bag banner, is that 2/5 chance to get either Castoria or Morgan on the 2021 four horsemen? As much as I like some of the others thats my best bet on a new account, right? Yep, that banner gives you a 40% shot at pulling at least one of those two.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 06:55 |
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Third 10 pull
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 10:07 |
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Caren and Tamliz off the GSSR, Koyan in 40 rolls. I have more than enough SQ left to spark Oberon if it comes to that, but any I have left over will go towards Morgan.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 10:12 |
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Got Summer Kiara from the GSSR, currently rolling for Vitch.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 10:14 |
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I FINALLY GOT MY MAN MORIARTY! gently caress YEAH! Oh, NP2 Koyanchihuahua too but MORIARTY BABAY!
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0 Vitch in all the anni quartz, ft. a bunch of loving spooks like Chiyome and Liangyu that I'm tempted to burn in spite. This is Castoria all over again. Doesn't help I got Caren on the GSSR who was not what I was looking for ugh. And now I ain't having Oberon either. Only thing was getting 2 Percivals on the GSSR. Remember kids, gacha is bad civ.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 10:16 |
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Gah, rolled Vitch with 450 SQ and 20 tickets, that was far more painful than what I wanted.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 10:19 |
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My first account got absolutely nothing after 12 ten pulls (including 20 tickets), my secondary account (which rapidly is looking to be my main account) got Koyanskaya in 3 ten pulls (including 10 tickets) and then got a second Melusine for my GSSR. Not sure who to pick for the free 5* at the moment.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 10:25 |
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for the record the free ssr ticket is permanent so if you want to, feel free to save it until you want-want someone, because for all you know waver could pop out during your koyanskaya/oberon rolls or whateverCirina posted:My first account got absolutely nothing after 12 ten pulls (including 20 tickets), my secondary account (which rapidly is looking to be my main account) got Koyanskaya in 3 ten pulls (including 10 tickets) and then got a second Melusine for my GSSR. Not sure who to pick for the free 5* at the moment. If you have them both, I'd recommend just going for a good AOE servant in a class you don't have a good AOE servant in.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 10:35 |
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My GSSR was the worst possible outcome, exactly like last year. Only one character on the banner I didn’t want, Himiko in this case, and that’s who I get. Not that there’s anything wrong with her but I already have her and the NP2 upgrade is so minor as to be practically meaningless. Koyan rolls went better. Got her in about 400sq if we’re counting tickets as part of that to keep it simple, and she came with the last copy of Black Grail I needed to mlb it. Pretty cool. This also means I have enough to pity Oberon if necessary, which I’m very thankful for. Nothing else I really care about until Super Bunyan next year so I can afford to go all in to complete the buster support duo.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 10:38 |
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Got Koyan in 180sq worth of rolls. Went for the Sei/Astolfo/SuperOrion/BigRoma GSSR since I have none of them and guaranteed New dude is nice. Got Sei! Picked Achilles for the free selector since I was never able to get him. All in all, a good day.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 10:52 |
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got worst tamamo within 40 SQ. I've been pretty lucky with my servant summoning this year, only whiffed on Melusine, but I only reserved 200 SQ since I didn't really need her haven't decided which GSSR banner yet
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 10:52 |
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My lucky bag was one last shot at Mel, risky as gently caress for a banner with masamune (have) gogh (have) summer Kiara (have) and summer Abby (bad) on it, but I went for luck It ended up being snake lady Saber. She's new so welcome to the team!
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 10:55 |
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On the JP side, Summer Hokusai, Summer Jalter and Summer Scathach are now in the shop. Also, new missions for leaves and SQ, and a strengthening quest for Summer Scathach. her taunt skill now gives her self dmg up vs Divine enemies and NP charge
YggdrasilTM fucked around with this message at 11:03 on Jul 3, 2023 |
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3 ten rolls for Koyan And my GSSR gave me.... a complete set
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Whoa. Nice.
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YggdrasilTM posted:On the JP side, Summer Hokusai, Summer Jalter and Summer Scathach are now in the shop. Also, new missions for leaves and SQ, and a strengthening quest for Summer Scathach. her taunt skill now gives her self dmg up vs Divine enemies and NP charge
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Took me a lot from the war chest but got a double Koya.
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