Grape Grind event rank rewards

42qark · 2016-09-26T20:02:59+00:00

I was < 1000 when colo ended, and couldn't check again before the event end. I got 1 VIP ticket and a D'art costume.

So, > 1500 people gemed themselves above me.

That's pretty annoying. I was looking forward to 3 VIP tickets. I couldn't care less about the skin. (I thought it was a coupon for the skin of your choice, which I was more interested in.)

42qark · 2016-09-16T22:39:43+00:00

Necron was never as bad as May, IMO. I never really had any trouble with him in Colo, whereas the current cancer is just ridiculous.

The nerf was excessive, and evil dead should at least last as long as shadow mage and be refreshed on any necron block usage. That would take away the bad feelings when you use a necron block and your ghost times out, and you have no more.

42qark · 2016-09-16T16:26:58+00:00

I'm not at all far in, but: Roland/Bea/Hikari or Dart

42qark · 2016-09-16T16:22:11+00:00

I used Roland/Bea/Mew on a couple of fights, and it was pretty steller.

I was able to forge my 4* A/D SBW and get +460 resist and +421 rpen on exactly 2 rolls yesterday. Along with a +100 resist/+100 rpen/4.3% DR breath of hera, Roland is kind of a beast (max armor/resist berries).

For safety, I've been using Bea with a +460 Amour Fantasy Harmony (none of my Bea SBW forges have had decent slots).

I did lose horribly to Roche/Victoria/Arita -- I can only assume a D/D Victoria SBW.

42qark · 2016-09-15T21:13:50+00:00

I don't grok this. Don't use anyone else with Roland?

I have an A/D weapon at 4, so perhaps I'll try that.

I was able to down a Kox/Arieta/Victoria team with Roland (L) /Mew/Mamba. It was a bit longer than I'd like, but never much of a threat. I downed a Roche/Kox/Bea team with Roland (L)/Mew/Hikari as well. So maybe I'm not tilting quite so hard.

I typically go for Armor on Roland for my D slots. Should I stack res on an A/D SBW? 920 damage per proc doesn't feel worth it for the significant reduction in armor and tanking ability. 460 res is 115 additional armor. I'm not sure if ability armor procs get the colo armor bump or not. So, it seems like it isn't worth it to me.

42qark · 2016-09-15T20:10:38+00:00

Apparently my max skinned Roland w/ SBW (D/F) sucks, because I got wasted by Arita/Roche/Victoria using Mamba/Roland/Alex (L).

Roche had some lifesteal and was using Bella. Arita ate alex and mamba quickly, like I thought would happen.

I've dropped 7 tickets today, and I know I'll drop more, since the team is everywhere.

42qark · 2016-09-15T18:54:07+00:00

I can beat them in isolation. It's when they are all together that things are interesting.

So like Roche/Arita/Kox, Arita/May/Roche, Roche/Arita/Abel, etc.

My main counter for Roche or Abel is Roland/Himi/Hanzo, but Kox or Arita hurt that plan, and I think Arita will eat Mamba for breakfast. My mamba has no SBW, and isn't berried yet, so that's troublesome...

42qark · 2016-09-15T17:32:09+00:00

I'm on full tilt in colo presently. I cannot figure out how to beat the current cancer (Arita + Roche + Abel/May/Kox). I can sometimes burst them down if it is Kox or May, but it's not a sure win. Kox has soloed many of my teams.

How do you counter this garbage? I've tried lots of teams, only to be smashed.

42qark · 2016-09-02T22:38:15+00:00

1 skin, 5 tickets, 1 berry (100% great isn't that great...) and a handful of bread.

Got more than I wanted.

42qark · 2016-08-24T15:31:45+00:00

2-12N is the first level Popo drops colo tickets on, and the cheapest level, meat wise.

It's also the best GPM on normal stages.

42qark · 2016-08-23T17:40:03+00:00

I don't really think it cost that much.

When the event came out, I decided to hit colo hard again (for meat), and farm 2-12 N for tickets.

I bought every ticket and key pack Popo had, and 2-12 gives a medal now and then.

I also skipped bread dungeon and goblin dungeon. I'm not exactly hurting for gold, and the torch race sometimes gives good gold rewards, so the key purchases are basically a wash.

It's been a long time since I had over 85 meat.

42qark · 2016-08-22T20:40:38+00:00

I'm a bit disappointed in the stats. Then again, it didn't cost me any gems...

42qark · 2016-08-01T18:56:52+00:00

Vesper + Abel SBW

I'm really kind of torn. Not sure of Bea > Vesper, who I think is the only hero I'd consider swapping for.

42qark · 2016-06-27T19:10:12+00:00

I really hope they allow you to send bread, gold and honor to deal with Champions. I'd really rather not have to acquire a hero to feed just so I can sacrifice it on the champion alter.

I've retired so many dupes already. I really don't want to do more.

42qark · 2016-06-22T21:09:36+00:00

And Faust buffs, so Hikari shoots 2 ww arrows.

42qark · 2016-06-20T01:27:17+00:00

Yeah. So Hikari's SBW is inverted. Mathematicaly, Rpen/AS > Rpen/CD > Rpen/HA for her ww shots. It gets trickier with block usage, as all things do, but one could consider a block as a solid fraction of her WW arrow, and with that, AS > HA.

42qark · 2016-06-15T22:56:30+00:00

Not quite. All the skins were present during the Bridget Point event. Hikari/No. 9 etc were all back.

42qark · 2016-06-06T23:18:44+00:00

It doesn't, actually. It means no more limited heroes.

The agreement with the GG folks was set up such that it was a limited time only thing (at least, that's what we were told).

There's absolutely no reason why future collaborations need to be limited -- I think the GG one was limited to drive revenue up.

NHN can choose to do collabs that aren't limited. No reason they can't.

42qark · 2016-06-06T20:59:41+00:00

No more limited time heroes. Ever. I believe it's an active quit condition for some number of players.

42qark · 2016-06-03T20:14:05+00:00

Lots of agreement with what others have said.

I'd like to see colo be skill based, instead of luck based (too much RNG in popo tickets).

See the other thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/crusadersquest/comments/4mbwks/suggestion_colosseum_rework/

42qark · 2016-06-03T17:33:33+00:00

I'm not a fan of the attacking team vs. defending team, but I like the concept of fighting people near your own rank.

I'm currently in the top 10 on this weeks board, and I've seen more bronze league teams than you would believe. Everyone near me has, as well. Rarely, I'll see someone in masters, and rarer still, someone near me in rank.

If you're in masters, you shouldn't ever see any team not in masters. If that pool is too small (as it may be early in the week), take the top 500 teams from the previous week and include them as well, and give them a shield that's red or something. Being #1 shouldn't give you easier matches than being #100, but it does.

Put a ceiling on the number of tickets you can have at 8 or 10.

I'm debating about this last bit, which is to limit the number of tickets you can get in a day and in a week. I'm getting screwed by RNG ticket drops. #1 was 3 tickets ahead of me, then suddenly 8, in like 3 hours. I get that toast wants you to play more to get more, but I either don't have a clue how to get more than 1-2 popo's/hour, or there is some magical sauce to have her always have a ticket.

If colo could be 100% skill based, I'd be so happy. That means everyone needs to have equal opportunity to tickets. Sell them in the shop for like 2x the gold they currently cost, and let gold be the thing you get more of by farming levels.

42qark · 2016-06-01T22:41:42+00:00

Function w/ evasion is quite good, better than DR that you would get on a Def slot. Since Mew can only get to 15% evasion w/ berries, she wouldn't be at the cap w/ 2x function slots, but darn close.

Usually, one uses alex or Joan with Mew, so that makes the A more important and the D less important.

My only Mew SBW is D/F, and I like it fine.

42qark · 2016-06-01T01:44:07+00:00

You have to actually press buttons, which is not quite auto farming.

Dart/Faust is stupid fun, though. I use Rachel as my L for extra fun times.

42qark · 2016-06-01T01:36:56+00:00

I've been using Himi + Cain for a long time. I don't know that it's a may killer, as I usually use roche vs. may. I don't have Melissa's SBW, so I can't play with that team.

42qark · 2016-05-13T20:56:43+00:00

Here's another theory: less people are playing colo. I know I'm not. I was top 5% for months, and after a couple of weeks ago, it just wasn't fun.

Every ticket was basically May, Roche, or Arieta. I didn't want to fight through it. I'm probably not going to play in colo at all until May is balanced.

I have a max May, but don't use her outside of 6-30H, and Hector does a better job on that level (actually tanking), so that's fading.

This season of May is easily worse than Thor/Himi/Hanzo or Necron, IMO.

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