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nftyw
Dec 27, 2006

It is a game... where you will put your life on the line.
Lipstick Apathy
If you need XP then coop can be a paradise. Often times people are just going to be in it for daily missions and that's it but it's possible to grind missions with +rank +xp +drop rate boosts and get tons of xp and sellable items. If you're not hosting, you don't pay any AP!

That said, the real way you get strong in this game is to make a good weapon pool. Choosing on-element weapons that boost attack, grinding their skills so they boost your damage output by several percent, and making sure you have summons that passively apply attack boosts to your team is the key to dealing damage; if you have a finished pool you can field a team of R characters and destroy things.

e: Oh as far as AP goes, it is to your advantage to learn how to play poker so you can go into the casino, double up your way to a few hundred thousand chips at the least, and then buy AP pots and seeds each day until they're cleaned out for the month. Also, make a throwaway twitter account and tweet for a full AP/EP refresh each day.

nftyw fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Apr 28, 2016

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Potsticker
Jan 14, 2006


^^^^ As I level these new characters, I can really see how the weapon pool is so much more important than character levels, it's pretty nice.

I spent some 1/2 pots to grind out the Free Quests I had through Albion to scrounge together a third 10-roll.



Th-thanks Cygames.

Geektox
Aug 1, 2012

Good people don't rip other people's arms off.
Did two 10pulls and a single pull, got a handful of SSRs including Teena and Carren, too bad I already have Yuel but might sub in Carren for Heles and break up my SSR fire Catgirl supergroup. Also got SR Feather and Rosarina so might have an OK start to a light team as well.

Potsticker
Jan 14, 2006


Carren and Teena are both really good. Fire in general seems to have a lot of really good SRs compared to other elements.

grrarg
Feb 14, 2011

Don't lose your head over it.
I forgot about the free crystals from the character introduction fate episodes. I may be able to do another 10-pull if I burn AP pots sidequesting this weekend. Then Monday I am going to burn some more grinding the character uncap material trials.

Potsticker
Jan 14, 2006


It's neat how Sutera and Metera's (fire versions) Introduction fates are the same story from each other's viewpoint. It's too bad they don't have a cross-fate episode like their wind versions.

nftyw
Dec 27, 2006

It is a game... where you will put your life on the line.
Lipstick Apathy
Don't forget to check your profile for achievement crystals. Also change your displayed trophy to something neat or funny!

Potsticker
Jan 14, 2006


That one's pretty good. This one from the SF event is hilarious as well.

Drakes
Jul 18, 2007

Why my bullets no hit?
Theres a stream going up in a few hours if you wanna listen through japanese and hope they show off pictures of whats to come :v:
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv259298781

And titles

LIMBO KING
May 3, 2006

I got jack from ~17 tickets and from 5 10 pulls I got 2 ok Fire SSRs and a Sara dupe. (Dupe already bah) On the plus side I also got Grand Order and Gandalf. :dance:

Haerc
Jan 2, 2011
What do I use these betting tickets for? This games UI is a maze.

Drakes
Jul 18, 2007

Why my bullets no hit?
Rosetta being great when this rear end in a top hat bothers to target her.
http://webm.land/media/Vwr9.webm

Haerc posted:

What do I use these betting tickets for? This games UI is a maze.

GW main page, its right right the boss banners.

JTDistortion
Mar 28, 2010
Just pulled Sutera, Rosamia, Vira, Claudia, Soriz, Melleau, Narmaya, and the SSR version of Eugen. Looks like an earth team is the way to go for me.

Alpha Kenny Juan
Apr 11, 2007

Drakes posted:

Rosetta being great when this rear end in a top hat bothers to target her.
http://webm.land/media/Vwr9.webm


GW main page, its right right the boss banners.

How did you get the numerical lifebar? Is it a chrome app thing or was it a part of the update that I can't download?

grrarg
Feb 14, 2011

Don't lose your head over it.
One of the SRs I pulled was this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrdcgAj9CWc

Drakes
Jul 18, 2007

Why my bullets no hit?

Alpha Kenny Juan posted:

How did you get the numerical lifebar? Is it a chrome app thing or was it a part of the update that I can't download?

Gotta run in browser and get extensions.

Potsticker
Jan 14, 2006


grrarg posted:

One of the SRs I pulled was this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrdcgAj9CWc

I legit thought this was a woman when I first pulled him. That VA is something else, though.

Red Minjo
Oct 20, 2010

Out of the houses, which is the most blue?

The answer might not be be obvious at first.

Gravy Boat 2k
Man, this Ippatsu guy sure is passionate about ramen. He just learned the skill Ultracalifragilistic Ramen. That's some Poppin' ramen.
e: man these friggin' slurping noises...

Also, I got a Fate Episode with both Farrah and Katalina that increased their HP. How many of those sorts of things are there?

Valatar
Sep 26, 2011

A remarkable example of a pathetic species.
Lipstick Apathy
Ugh, some of these characters' mechanics are hurting my brain. Or rather, trying to make sense of the Japanese wiki writeups of them through Google is hurting my brain. I got Rosetta and am trying to work out what her deal is. I can definitively say that she has a shield that you can activate that also taunts monsters. I believe that the shield gets stronger the more she's attacked while it's up. I also believe that it debuffs the things attacking it, with stronger debuffs as the shield level rises. And apparently deactivating it applies a big attack buff to the party. A lot of this is conjecture thanks to the awful translations; I'm going to have to run her through some fights and keep an eye on what goes on before I'll feel comfortable with how she works.

Korwa's description is another train wreck. "All allies gain Espirit (Uses 2 Fil)" Really. Thanks game, that's loving helpful. Really clears everything up. At least in her case after you've cast her buffs you can inspect them and find out what they actually do.

Drakes
Jul 18, 2007

Why my bullets no hit?
Stream is up and they're apparently having some kinda audience instead of just some dudes in an office.

Valatar posted:

Ugh, some of these characters' mechanics are hurting my brain. Or rather, trying to make sense of the Japanese wiki writeups of them through Google is hurting my brain. I got Rosetta and am trying to work out what her deal is. I can definitively say that she has a shield that you can activate that also taunts monsters. I believe that the shield gets stronger the more she's attacked while it's up. I also believe that it debuffs the things attacking it, with stronger debuffs as the shield level rises. And apparently deactivating it applies a big attack buff to the party. A lot of this is conjecture thanks to the awful translations; I'm going to have to run her through some fights and keep an eye on what goes on before I'll feel comfortable with how she works.

Korwa's description is another train wreck. "All allies gain Espirit (Uses 2 Fil)" Really. Thanks game, that's loving helpful. Really clears everything up. At least in her case after you've cast her buffs you can inspect them and find out what they actually do.

You've got the gist of it for rosetta, if you get the rose barrier buff to 5 stacks deactivating it also grants +30% wind damage as an extra source along side with whatever ATK buff.

This spreadsheet may contain whatever details you're trying to figure out:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AMaVEsvS5SmUvIhQA47ATPccJXLP1PfUUIBcWUMU0aw/edit#gid=0

grrarg
Feb 14, 2011

Don't lose your head over it.

Valatar posted:

Ugh, some of these characters' mechanics are hurting my brain. Or rather, trying to make sense of the Japanese wiki writeups of them through Google is hurting my brain. I got Rosetta and am trying to work out what her deal is. I can definitively say that she has a shield that you can activate that also taunts monsters. I believe that the shield gets stronger the more she's attacked while it's up. I also believe that it debuffs the things attacking it, with stronger debuffs as the shield level rises. And apparently deactivating it applies a big attack buff to the party. A lot of this is conjecture thanks to the awful translations; I'm going to have to run her through some fights and keep an eye on what goes on before I'll feel comfortable with how she works.

Korwa's description is another train wreck. "All allies gain Espirit (Uses 2 Fil)" Really. Thanks game, that's loving helpful. Really clears everything up. At least in her case after you've cast her buffs you can inspect them and find out what they actually do.
What about this spreadsheet? The Rosetta description has to be better than Google translate. Can't copy and paste from it unfortunately.

And can someone help out on Raid ID 398B72B0 please? I forgot to switch out some characters I was leveling up and died with the boss at 25%

Potsticker
Jan 14, 2006


Real edit: beaten and with better answers

Red Minjo posted:

Also, I got a Fate Episode with both Farrah and Katalina that increased their HP. How many of those sorts of things are there?

Not nearly as many as it first looks like! I know Sutera and Metera's wind versions do, as do Sahli Lao and Milleore, and story Eugen wtih Carren. Looking at the wiki, down in the section where it shows what Fate episodes a character has should also show if they have any Cross-Fate episodes and with which character.



vvv Lowaine and his bois are amazing

Potsticker fucked around with this message at 06:18 on Apr 29, 2016

Valatar
Sep 26, 2011

A remarkable example of a pathetic species.
Lipstick Apathy
The game also decided that this needed to be on my boat:



I did my best to reject the catboy date rape squad, but no matter which dialogue option I picked, they wouldn't leave. I've taken to locking the cabin doors at night.

Dias
Feb 20, 2011

by sebmojo
how do I get the catstreet boys to join my party and my parties?

Potsticker
Jan 14, 2006


They're an R character, so probably not that uncommon. There was an event that just passed that had an SR version, but it seems really gimmicky and not that great. The event itself was hilarious though.

Valatar
Sep 26, 2011

A remarkable example of a pathetic species.
Lipstick Apathy

Drakes posted:

This spreadsheet may contain whatever details you're trying to figure out:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AMaVEsvS5SmUvIhQA47ATPccJXLP1PfUUIBcWUMU0aw/edit#gid=0



I'd been using that spreadsheet, but the version I was trying to read had formatting issues where the text was chopped off. This is suddenly much more useful, thanks for the links.

Drakes
Jul 18, 2007

Why my bullets no hit?
Streams over, looks like everyones getting 1488 crystals on May 2nd based on some dumb poll thing that was accompanied by WOWOWOWOWOYAYAYAYY . And 148 people will get some stuff based on what the guests rolled on stream?

They didn't reveal too much, alotta statistical stuff, promo of CDs. Aliza(fire) limited SSR on May 2nd.

Skins for future casino purchases? Need something else to buy after hitting super bingo.

Numbers on overall GW character popularity

WIP cover of manboat theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRK_RWDXqCI

I believe CDs will come with extras like SR Aliza unlock for her CD, and Eugen skin for the manboat theme?

edit: One of the guests was a dude who runs a blog or something?

Drakes fucked around with this message at 07:33 on Apr 29, 2016

Red Minjo
Oct 20, 2010

Out of the houses, which is the most blue?

The answer might not be be obvious at first.

Gravy Boat 2k

Drakes posted:

Streams over, looks like everyones getting 1488 crystals on May 2nd based on some dumb poll thing that was accompanied by WOWOWOWOWOYAYAYAYY .

Why is it the Hitler number?

Potsticker
Jan 14, 2006


I guess this means we really won't be getting SR Aliza for this event, then.

Motto
Aug 3, 2013

So if I'm understanding correctly, you'll always want to have parties revolve around a single element so as to maximize boosts from weapons and summons?

nftyw
Dec 27, 2006

It is a game... where you will put your life on the line.
Lipstick Apathy

Motto posted:

So if I'm understanding correctly, you'll always want to have parties revolve around a single element so as to maximize boosts from weapons and summons?

Characters are important too since they're your skill toolkit, but raw damage is mostly pulled from the strength of your weapon pool and having appropriate summons to power up their attack.

vulturesrow
Sep 25, 2011

Always gotta pay it forward.
I havent had much time to sink into the game so I'm looking for some advice to focus my efforts. I got one of the accounts our good forums poster Psiwri rolled up and here is what I have:

Cagliostro
Yuel
Sutera

are my main party members. My main summon is Lucifer which is why I picked this account. There are a bunch of other characters and summons but I don't want to list them all out. I don't have a lot of crystals right now. My weapon inventory is full but I have a few SSR weapons. What are some things I should be doing right now? I'm wondering if I can scrape up enough crystals to roll on this event for one but I'd also like to know what my short term goals should be and what I should be building on out of what I have.

Potsticker
Jan 14, 2006


Motto posted:

So if I'm understanding correctly, you'll always want to have parties revolve around a single element so as to maximize boosts from weapons and summons?

As far as I can tell, but I don't know if there's some secret tech The Order Grande team comp out there.

AfroGunsou
Dec 8, 2009

:yeah:
i guess since sugofest is here its time to get this mobage rolling
i hope i get something halfway decent with whatever free pull you get because i dont think i have it in me to reroll on anymore gacha games
time to figure out what any of the words in this thread mean

Valatar
Sep 26, 2011

A remarkable example of a pathetic species.
Lipstick Apathy

vulturesrow posted:

I havent had much time to sink into the game so I'm looking for some advice to focus my efforts. I got one of the accounts our good forums poster Psiwri rolled up and here is what I have:

Cagliostro
Yuel
Sutera

are my main party members. My main summon is Lucifer which is why I picked this account. There are a bunch of other characters and summons but I don't want to list them all out. I don't have a lot of crystals right now. My weapon inventory is full but I have a few SSR weapons. What are some things I should be doing right now? I'm wondering if I can scrape up enough crystals to roll on this event for one but I'd also like to know what my short term goals should be and what I should be building on out of what I have.

Lucifer's completely useless to you without light characters, keep him on the back burner until you have a light party to take advantage of his huge light buff. As for the others, Cagliostro and Yuel are both great characters for their element. Try to scrape together weapons, summons, and other characters as needed to get a fire team and earth team based around them.

Valatar fucked around with this message at 08:55 on Apr 29, 2016

nftyw
Dec 27, 2006

It is a game... where you will put your life on the line.
Lipstick Apathy

vulturesrow posted:

I havent had much time to sink into the game so I'm looking for some advice to focus my efforts. I got one of the accounts our good forums poster Psiwri rolled up and here is what I have:

Cagliostro
Yuel
Sutera

are my main party members. My main summon is Lucifer which is why I picked this account. There are a bunch of other characters and summons but I don't want to list them all out. I don't have a lot of crystals right now. My weapon inventory is full but I have a few SSR weapons. What are some things I should be doing right now? I'm wondering if I can scrape up enough crystals to roll on this event for one but I'd also like to know what my short term goals should be and what I should be building on out of what I have.

Get your 9-panel missions done, do some story missions, try poking in the guild war event, maybe buy one storage stash for weapons and upgrade your SSR weapons with N weapons and angel/archangel weapons to level them up. Use your EP on raids, even if you don't contribute much you still get rewards. Don't use elixirs to rejoin battles, usually someone will carry you to free stuff. There's always stuff to do, farming materials for upgrading things, trying to get some stuff from the rotating summon bosses, raids, story, side missions, though at the very earliest part of the game you will struggle a lot -- this is just going to be the case until you start getting stuff from events, drops from raids, spare weapons to use as weapon skill fodder, and so on. It's called Grindblue Fantasy for a reason.

http://xiei.moe/games/granblue-fantasy/granblue-fantasy-progression-guide-ver-alpha/ Has some solid advice, though it doesnt go into the myriad details.

nftyw fucked around with this message at 09:47 on Apr 29, 2016

Saucer Crab
Apr 3, 2009




nftyw posted:

e: Oh as far as AP goes, it is to your advantage to learn how to play poker so you can go into the casino, double up your way to a few hundred thousand chips at the least, and then buy AP pots and seeds each day until they're cleaned out for the month. Also, make a throwaway twitter account and tweet for a full AP/EP refresh each day.

Any advice for poker besides cry when you get 30 hands in a row with nothing better than a pair, and then finally get to double up and get an A to your K?

Roid666
Jul 18, 2010
Exactly this.

ilifinicus
Mar 7, 2004

I was told to post this

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Everyman
Jun 4, 2009
Just started this up, managed to get Yoda after a few rerolls and :stare: that ougi.

ID is 10988039 if there's room in any of the goon crews.

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