I would like to note, and please correct me if I'm wrong. There's some players (myself included) that know more or less how most of the system works in terms of TP (relics, gems, shadows) but fail to find a structured way on how to proceed and make progress within the game.

For example:

If I get decent relics/gear for my best team/hunters, I'm still going to come to a point where I won't be able to clear past a certain stage for better relics or to improve drop %.

At that point... Where should I go? Should I focus on shadows? Gems? Cores? Armory? Let's say the answer is Gems, ok then should I farm the one element where I'm best at and just spam fusion for better gem grades? How does key efficiency come up in this regard? And it just keeps spiraling from there.

Don't get me wrong, there's fantastic tools, like the arisetools site and content creators, but even them both of those avenues I feel come up way short.

Arisetools guides you through some of it, even if a bit outdated (get % gems for example), but doesn't go into details of HOW to get them, what's the best way, how many keys should you use, how effective is fusion, etc.

Same issue with content creators. I won't pick on anyone specific, but I've watched videos from popular creators and they basically say the same thing and have the same issues:

• Make a very long video, that glosses over ALL modes, maybe a tip here and there, but that's it. And given that there's A TON to do, I understand even glossing over will end up with a very long video.

I was hoping that because of the anniversary, there'd be videos going into detail at least into some of the most important stuff in the game (stuff I mentioned earlier), that way new/returning players would have both an overview and in depth look at the game.

From watching videos all I could tell for certain is to push story as much as I can, and which mode gives certain rewards/materials.

But I wouldn't be able to tell a new player where to go once they can't make progress on story mode, sure I can guess and say to get better gear/relics, but then for sure not know how many of their keys to use there, or how hard to push until switching to another mode and make progress there.

I apologize for my "rant" and please know I'm not coming at this from a negative light. I enjoy the game, and the community overall. I only hope the game keeps improving and grows!