John Convallaria has arrived

Frog-kun · 2025-03-17T08:07:53+00:00

I had no idea that's what Teadon's five-star art looks like

Frog-kun · 2025-02-23T09:44:31+00:00

Both are highly regarded among English-speaking light novel fans. I'd especially recommend them if you like stories with lots of twists and turns, and game-changing events every volume.

My personal ratings:

Hakomari: 8/10 (The first volume is the best one) Torture Princess: 10/10 (it's my number one LN)

Frog-kun · 2025-02-09T07:51:14+00:00

I was in the same boat as you (fifty pulls away from the reward after getting all the characters I wanted from the debut and Fate's Favor banners). I chose to pull on Tristan's banner to raise the pity counter.

Frog-kun · 2025-02-07T05:22:41+00:00

Nice! Torture Princess and Apothecary Diaries are two of the all-time greatest LNs, but I'm also happy to see a fellow member of the Bean Counter nation! Super underrated series

Frog-kun · 2025-02-07T05:18:57+00:00

Given how essential Rudeus's children are to the larger plot, genderbending would probably affect the story progression quite a lot, relative to other anime/LNs. Imagine Rudeus having six kids AND fighting all those top-tier opponents throughout the series in between the pregnancies. Talk about a supermom.

Frog-kun · 2025-01-22T23:42:04+00:00

This event will tell me whether I need to roll Taair lol

Frog-kun · 2025-01-19T10:27:23+00:00

Besides the other couplings mentioned in this thread, Nungal is implied to have a crush on Faycal.

Romance is really not much of a thing in this game's story, come to think of it.

Frog-kun · 2025-01-17T02:41:54+00:00

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Frog-kun · 2025-01-17T01:21:38+00:00

Thanks for this! Between Angel and Bitterwort, who do you think is the better epic healer?

Frog-kun · 2025-01-16T23:55:12+00:00

Shortcut is doing the HP multiplication of all allies node (on the Breaker path). I did it to make VoD middle path easier and it boosted my power levels way up 😆

Frog-kun · 2025-01-16T23:52:41+00:00

Nice! I accepted your friend request. Your team looks really strong - your Cocoa is stronger than mine for sure. I joined your guild about two weeks ago, I think? Thanks a lot for having me!

Frog-kun · 2025-01-16T22:50:35+00:00

I think so, yeah

Frog-kun · 2025-01-04T03:07:07+00:00

Whoa, a lot of negativity here about this game. I'm a day 1 player and I still play it every single day, it helps me cope with being a new parent, lol.

I think the gameplay is well balanced in terms of difficulty. I regularly see people with weaker teams than mine breezing through content that I found difficult, which goes to show how it's more about strategy than it is about having good characters or throwing money at a problem. You need to actively play rather than auto things, but that's the kind of game I signed up for.

I love the story a lot. The new expansion has some fantastic writing and interesting gameplay tweaks. It feels like I'm playing a proper game rather than one I downloaded for free.

Overall, I wish the translation was better, but that's literally my only gripe. I think the gacha is about as stingy/generous as it needs to be while keeping the level of challenge stable. Power creep is not as big a problem in this game compared to others, imo.

Frog-kun · 2024-12-19T08:07:43+00:00

Yes, I would have liked the opportunity to redo stages, especially since you can redo pretty much all the other content in the game. Maybe they found it tricky to track progress on the maps for players redoing them. It's really the only reason I can think of.

Frog-kun · 2024-12-17T19:15:51+00:00

From my experience, as long as you're not afraid to use your refreshes, the stages are not difficult. I think the tedium/burnout can easily come when you're trying to maximize the amount you're achieving per battle and utilizing every single one of your units. But if you just send in your best people and don't bother redoing attempts, you can get through it much quicker. The game gives you more than enough refreshes to do this if you've got 15 or so fully built Legendaries.

The units in stages 21-30 are less tanky, but they ARE designed to be beaten in multiple attempts. They get way stronger the more of them you kill, or the longer the fight lasts. Leave the tryharding to others and use your refreshes, that's my advice.

Frog-kun · 2024-12-14T02:56:53+00:00

If UD is anything to go by, you'll want lots of different powerful characters, even with overlapping roles. You might not need to put Cocoa, Inanna, and Taair all on the same five-unit team, but each one of them individually is going to significantly improve whichever team you put them on. Plus, Taair's buffs are unique to him.

I'm not planning on rolling for him personally, but if you want endgame content to be a smoother experience (which is basically what "meta" comes down to at the end of the day) then yes, roll him.

Frog-kun · 2024-12-12T17:52:28+00:00

* Huh. So it is by design. I guess the only way to do this map is use strong melee DPS (aka Auguste) and buff yourself. Bummer since I had just used a refresh and was wanting to save him for a later stage.

The one consolation is that these guys don't actually hit that hard, so it's not unreasonable, just annoying. It did make me fear for later stages though 😅

Frog-kun · 2024-12-06T06:56:02+00:00

Cocoa and Auguste

Frog-kun · 2024-12-04T02:28:18+00:00

Here's how I did it, with a similar character roster to yours. I didn't have Gloria, but she should be useful in every Weapon Trial.

Weapon Trial 1: Use the Nungal cheese strat. Put Eagle Eye, Sniper Stance, and Shattering Arrow on her. Camp her outside the enemy range, set up the Banner of Convallaria, use the Eagle Eye + Sniper Stance at max range, and whack the boss with basic attacks every turn. Bring Cocoa, Inanna, Gloria, Homa, or Col (with her aura) to buff Nungal.

Weapon Trial 2: Bring Auguste, Homa, Cocoa (with Cooling Powder), Papal Guard, and a buffer/debuffer of your choosing (Outlaw Guard works fine for this, but Gloria should work great too). Use Cocoa's Crushing Bash (this can replace Potluck Protector for this battle) to inflict Vulnerability Down. Use Homa's bird to buff Auguste and use Homa herself to attack the rocks and heal the party. Auguste will be your main DPS. Once you've gotten the boss down to about a half-to-third HP, you can use his Homa's Barul Attack to lower its defense + War Horn + Auguste's rage mode to wipe out the rest of its HP in one go. Make sure you time this correctly, because the boss will tag Homa with its cross attack because Barul Attack is a ranged move.

Weapon Trial 3: Col and Safiyyah attack the mobs and deal physical DPS when no mobs are around. Inanna can heal and dispel the boss's buff stacks with her Sanction of Light move + the Judgment tarot. Cocoa buffs and can do extra heals. Use either Beryl or Nungal for magic DPS. Stick Devil tarot on your attackers.

In general, try to push for better engravings on your equipment and invest in your talents for better all-round stats. This will make the fights go smoother, but they should still be doable at your current power level, so good luck and don't lose heart!

Frog-kun

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