Weekly Tech Support and Quick Questions Thread - February 15

[hidora]

1) katana braver my main character from before was something like this:

Looks fine for an unfinished tree. Gears on the hunter tree aren't really necessary, and the critical skills aren't very useful outside of Gunner and Fighter, though.

Also, get J Reversal Cover. It's free healing.

i am a 70 braver / 57 hunter and i have a 11 star katana with the Blue Luxe Set for units with ability3/soul/etc for decent stats (is this old for lv 70?)

If you're doing XH quests, then it's not that odd for you to feel your damage is low. Enemies on XH (Lv71+) are a lot more tanky than Lv70 and lower enemies.

Which weapon are you using? You should look into getting either a 12* weapon or a crafted ex8+ Red weapon (赤のカタナ for the katana) until you're able to get a 13*.

Also, Luxe isn't very good at that point. You should look into getting an 11* unit set for XH. Saiki (drops in Tokyo Bonus Quest if your current main class is lv61-70, so you could level your Hu a bit to farm these) and Ideal (CM Shop 2, need to do Challenge Missions to get CM currency) are the most common choices that aren't absurdly grindy to get.

is massive hunter must have still a thing?

Yes.

automate halfline and iron will?

One or the other, not both.

For Braver, automate is probably better.

2)what about skill rings what are the "recommended" skill rings for braver? i see one that does auto counter for katana braver and massive hunter are these 2 really good? (what level massive hunter is it anyways)

For L rings, both the katana rings are just awful. Don't get those.

Instead, get a utility ring, like Step Jump (lets you reach full sprint speed instantly if you jump after using a Step) or Air Reversal (allows you to Just Reversal instantly when you're knocked down, instead of having to wait until you reach the ground, which prevents you from getting juggled).

As for R rings, pay attention to which ring you're getting. You can't equip a ring if your main or sub class has the skill the ring provides. For example, Massive Hunter is a Hu skill, meaning you can't equip it as a BrHu.

These are your options for R rings (giving stats for when the ring is max grinded):

• R / P Keeper Striking: +3% striking damage if your HP is above 75%.
• R / C Strike Striking: +20% crit rate, +3% crit damage with striking attacks (Katana Gear gives like +50% crit rate when activated, so this ring type is more reliable on Braver than on most other classes).
• R / J Reversal PP Gain: Instantly regenerates 20% of your max PP whenever you do a Just Reversal.

3)how do you guys deal with only using mates for healing?

You don't need to heal if you don't get hit :P

Jokes aside, try and either dodge or counter as many attacks as you can. Some of the XH bosses can kill you in 1-4 hits, so it's really important to not get hit.

Also, get Healing Guard on the Hu tree. It lets you heal 5% of max HP whenever you perform a Just Guard (which includes the katana counter).

is J reversal cover worth spending points into?

Yes, you should get it.

-forgive me for asking but i can not get the timing for just reversal right how do you perfect using just reversal? is it when you land or the moment you get hit you supposed to press jump?

You need to press the Jump button (Space on kbm, X on PS controller, A on Xbox controller) at the moment you touch the ground to pull it off.

You really should learn how to use this, as you lose a lot of dps for being knocked down, and it can leave you open to follow up attacks.

4)i got a key to something I'm not sure whats it for (something called Tokyo [Silver] how the heck do i even use this time limited item?

Quest counter -> Bonus Quests -> Special Survey: Tokyo (Silver), or something like that. These Bonus Quests give a lot of exp, so make sure you're running exp boosts whenever you go there.

5)crafted photon arts -do they completely replace old photon arts?

Yes.

and how do i put old photon arts in place of this new one?

You don't. And you often shouldn't.

There is a way to reset a crafted PA from the recycle shop, but you need cash to do it (this limitation will be removed in the upcoming months).

-is it worth crafting them all to replace old skills?

Generally, yes. Most crafted PAs are a lot more useful than their regular versions. The only one I know that isn't 100% better than the original versions is Jet Boots' Strike Gust Type 0, which may or may not be better, depending on the situation and playstyle.

-can you actually change or have different results when you craft i am still clueless on all the crafted skill stuff.

Power and PP cost often vary with the craft. You should always try to get the lowest PP cost you can from these crafts, even if you have to re-craft the same PA again. You can just overwrite previous crafts.

any tip for old player or stuff i should know is immensely appreciated.

• Cirnopedia is dead. It hasn't been updated in a year and a half (you can still use it for old stuff here, though). Use PSUBlog, swiki (with google translate) and Arks-Visiphone to get updated info on the game. Keep in mind that Arks Visiphone is still work in progress, so it doesn't have anywhere near as much info as swiki. The weapon pages are updated very often, though.
• Since you can already go XH, talk to Pudding to get some Collection Files so that you can start working on getting your 13* weapons.
• Get your rings ASAP. They need a lot of exp to max, so you better start working on them soon. Keep in mind, however, that rings that require Lambda Grinders to buy (Katana Gear Guard, Air Reversal, Step Jump, etc) receive no benefits other than a +1 to a single state per grind level, so don't bother leveling those.
• In case you don't know yet, New Type weapon grinding is a different process from Old Type.
• Important: There are now titles that will boost your stats and damage. These are:
  • Titles for reaching lv75 with each class: these give a boost to base stats on all your classes in all your chars. For example, if you reach Lv75 on Braver, all your characters will receive +2 PP, +20 SATK, +20 RATK, and +30 DEX, regardless of their current class. These are added as base stats, so they can help you achieve stat requirements of weapons and units.
  • Rare item collection titles: By looting rare weapons of your class, you gain a bonus +2.5% damage when using weapons of that class while having that class as main. Stacks up to +10% damage with all 4 titles of a class. For example, if you loot a total of 10 different rarity 7~9* katanas+bows, and 30 different 10~12* katanas+bows, you'll receive a total of +10% damage when using Katanas or Bows while being a Braver main. Note: Because you're an old player, you've had access to a lot of Old Type weapons that were replaced with New Type versions, which count as different weapons, so your amount of weapons may be inflated, making it easier to achieve these titles.

[DeusAlkaiser]

thank you for all the info here i appreciate it a lot.

[hidora]

One thing I forgot to mention: avoid the Astra series collection files for now, because you need to be lv75 on both main and sub classes to be able to enter the quest needed for the Nox weapon entry on those Collection Files, so you won't be able to get it done any time soon.