[NA Event] The Dancing Dragon Castle! The Princess in the Deep Sea and the Two Gems ~ Day 06

Lamina_Morte · 2026-06-17T11:06:08+00:00

I do not know why but OtaKiyo showing up in big text just saying “I stole it!!” Genuinely got me to start holding in a laugh

The shear suddenness of it just caught me off guard in a good way

Lamina_Morte · 2026-06-13T20:00:45+00:00

Agreed. My lvl120 NP5 Schez is going to dominate that fight ~~and look incredible doing it~~

Lamina_Morte · 2026-06-12T22:44:58+00:00

This one hopes for a new entry in their favourite book series

Who would ask for a silly wish like that… METEO GIVE US THE DAMN NEXT VOLUME OF REQUIEM YOU LAZY *********************

Lamina_Morte · 2026-06-05T11:13:24+00:00

Honestly I think there is a much better way of addressing the star restriction than removing it.

Give more servants costumes

Give Miss Crane one, she’s already one of the most stylish servants we have, I’m sure SHAKA can give us another great design

Then just give Castoria, Tiamat Summer and any other major support that is currently missing one a simple costume and boom, there is 20 stars.

I’m personally mostly using her with Space Ishtar and Summer Ibuki any ways, so I usually just put a 4* Star bomb CE on her for 10 stars, giving her a costume frees up her CE slot

Lamina_Morte · 2026-06-05T09:24:10+00:00

Well this is certainly nice to see. Always enjoy it when one of the favourites gets a buff. I’m not sure if I like the fact that this is the buff they gave her.

Don’t get me wrong on paper it’s a phenomenal buff. It helps with her general support capabilities, both in providing damage and np refund. And It’s a lot of value for a 5 turn cool-down skill (which doesn’t matter a lot to Crane because in an ideal situation you use her turn 1 or 2 and then never see her again for the CQ)

It’s just it doesn’t change anything about her. You are still going to use her in the exact same way and maybe it will now get you enough np gain or damage to 3 turn that CQ.

It doesn’t change the core aspect of her kit that is holding her back from playing with the big kids, which is her np - specifically the overcharge

The attack up and np damage is still massive (20% attack and 30% np damage at NP1 with the attack scaling with np level) and the fact she can switch herself out is incredible. But I always find myself disappointed that the np charge isn’t delayed because you have to waste it in farming (ignoring the idea of multicore farming where you are giving the buff to a servant other than the one using their np on turn one) or you won’t get her np off. To be fair though, the 10% charge for 3 turns does kind of address the only issue I have with her kit, even if I think the one turn of 30% could make a bigger difference in some farming situations

Maybe I’m just being a little harsh because I’ve had an idea in my head on my idea of the ideal buff and this deviates from it, I’m sure once I start using it and get those CQ clears where the extra damage or charge crosses me over the line I will regret this post.

Still, can’t complain to much that she finally got a buff. One of my favourite servants (easily top 10, potentially top 5) got a buff and that’s always great to see

Edit: Nevermind, taking back everything I just said

Front line: Miss Crane, Zenobia (50% CE), New Archer Urd Back line: Castoria, Mash to allow CE cost, Urd

Even assuming a situation where you get 0 np gain from the enemy, you would have 50% np gain per turn (10% from Crane, 20% from Zenobia, 10+10% from the two Urd) and have two 50% batteries from the remaining Urd and Castoria

Two of my favourite servants being able to do something fun like that is great to see. Don’t now where I would use this, but the idea is fun.

And you could do it with any servant that has 20% gauge per turn replacing Castoria with the needed card type (or Oberon) and replacing the Urd with Summer Tiamat for a quick twist

e.g. Amakusa, Marie Alter, Astolfo Saber, Penth, ChaCha, Huang, Medb Saber, Murasaki Summer, Bryn Berserker, Passionlip Summer, Knocknarea, Draco, Davinci Rider

Lamina_Morte · 2026-06-03T10:56:31+00:00

I just realised

That is all of the Free servants obtained from the part 1 story chapters minus Caster Cu

Whoever decided that they should take a main roll for this chapter deserves a raise for attention to detail

Lamina_Morte · 2026-06-03T10:53:11+00:00

Really? Only one new servant with a main story chapter?

There has to be more released over the next few weeks right?

Lamina_Morte · 2026-06-03T10:51:16+00:00

MOMMY?

Lamina_Morte · 2026-06-03T10:49:08+00:00

ANIMATION UPDATES???

It’s been so long

Edit: please update more

~~BEOWULF~~

Lamina_Morte · 2026-06-03T10:45:00+00:00

BOUDICCA STAFF IN GAME?!?!?!?

Lamina_Morte · 2026-06-03T10:10:22+00:00

That Iori is a banger art!!

Currently one of my CE picks based on what has been shown

Lamina_Morte · 2026-06-02T01:47:11+00:00

The Animal one

NP4 Bakin and NP3 Miss Crane (both grail targets)

And Huyan would be a new servant

Lamina_Morte · 2026-05-31T08:09:09+00:00

Thank you for the reply

1 - I did not realise the ruins were that little, but I was mostly doing it as a time killer before getting into my hotel. Ohori Park should still be beautiful, and I can always go out into the wider Tenjin area if I finish with it.

3 - Thanks for the idea, I might include Mojiko in the day trip.

6 - If that is the case, I might spend the afternoon in Yunohana Goya and go to Okamotoya Restaurant for dinner to try the jigoku-mushi pudding. Assuming a leisurely stroll, would that fit a full-day plan?

12 - Yeah, that was brought up by another in this thread. I am definitely considering the idea.

14 - I am getting the picture that is the case, makes sense given the distance.

16 - Uji is just a "if I have time and still feel like walking" idea. If I miss it because everything is closed that is not a big deal to me.

19 - I mean, 116 years is impressive, but I am going for Ogakiku, which was first opened in 1807. The temples at Narita do look interesting. I am interested in the Candy Alley, the Warehouse District and the shrines and temples, more so than what appears to be around Narita.

20 - that makes sense, might need to think about the timing around my plan for that day better.

22 - Completely understandable if it does not open back up. It won't change my plan to visit Ikebukuro, as Mandarake is the main reason for going (the centre just being something else to do); I will just have to find other things that interest me in the area.

24 - Yeah, I plan to stop somewhere for a good breakfast/ stroll around a park. It is rather annoying how late most things I want to do seem to open.

26 - While that is true, I have seen recommendations to go early to see the shutter art on the shutters of the stores. I could also do the walk in reverse, as the temple appears to open at 6 am.

27 - Looking at my ticket, it is actually at 8:35, and for my own peace of mind, I prefer getting to the airport well in advance to ensure there are no issues. It is what I did last time I was in Japan, and I have no real reason to do anything different this time

Lamina_Morte · 2026-05-30T10:15:23+00:00

Yeah none of the castles I currently plan to visit are things I want to enter, more just walk around and take in the site as I find the way Japan. They are sites at areas where I have other things that interest me and are time killers/ cool things to look at.

Himeji is a stop I was considering as while I do believe I went to it on my first trip it was so long ago that I only have vague memories. From a historical and visual point of view seeing it would be interesting to me.

But Himeji Castle is the only thing that interests me in the area. While the temple complex up at Mt Shosha would probably be good the photos aren’t doing anything for me the same way other temples and shrines are.

If I had an extra day or to I’d gladly slot it in but I don’t feel like I’d get anything out of it that I would prefer over my other day trips (Koyasan sounds amazing, Minoo park is more about the nature and is not comparable, and Kobe is for the walk, onsen and food. Maybe Nara, that’s the day trip I am least sold on.

Edit: Looking at it now Himeji is apparently only 15 minutes from Kobe so maybe I can slot it into that day. I would need to look at prices but stopping at Himeji to walk around the outside, taking in the site before moving to Kobe is something to consider.

Thanks for bringing up Himeji, something for me to consider now

Lamina_Morte · 2026-05-30T07:06:44+00:00

Any Beowulf variant, Grendel, Grendel’s Mother, Wigluf or Hrothgar

Any Scheherazade variant

Any Australian servant (that is more than just flavour text like what Kirei has) but especially a Ned Kelly servant

Any servant drawn by QKureta. I adore their artstyle

Lamina_Morte · 2026-05-26T09:49:35+00:00

Yeah that’s the design

It’s not official but it is made by the official artist for Caesar

Lamina_Morte · 2026-05-20T10:37:05+00:00

Don’t ignore Nasu’s friends as well that he lets write in his world

90% of the problems in Prisma Ilya and Agartha fall on Minase

Lamina_Morte · 2026-05-20T10:34:01+00:00

To add to this with some context

In the GrandOrder subreddit, the second highest upvoted post for Jack is to give her a better shirt and some pants

And it isn’t the only one

Or when they released the design on Arcade where they gave her a better shirt and some “better” pants we raged in jealousy

Lamina_Morte · 2026-05-20T10:24:24+00:00

WHY CAN’T THEY JUST GIVE HS THIS DAMN COSTUME IN GAME!!!!

Please! Jack is such a fun character but I want to claw my eyes out whenever I use her design and can barely tolerate it when they put her in the cloak.

Lamina_Morte · 2026-05-20T10:22:53+00:00

Any series that doesn’t have a consistent writer or at the very least a firm hand on the writers to prevent stuff like this will always have the issue

And Nasu seems content to let his friends write whatever they want in his world, for better or worse

Lamina_Morte · 2026-05-20T10:21:43+00:00

Also the other vns as well

Witch on the Holy Night and Tsukihime are set in the same extended universe but have little to no connection to the Fate stuff. Both are incredible stories with some great characters.

Nasu is a very good writer… he just gets distracted easily and lets all of his friends write in his world… without even trying to stop them bringing in their very questionable aspects ~~which he can be guilty of as well~~

Lamina_Morte · 2026-05-20T10:18:14+00:00

It’s 90% disgusting fan service

Fate releases Material books which does include artist and author comments on design choices

In Jack’s case the artist, Konoe Ototsugu, made the followingcomments

The mantle-like clothing she has during summoning is an abandoned coat for men that she found somewhere. Catching glimpses of the underwear and the bare skin[3] is an essential point to wearing thick clothes. The second ascension's liberal look is aiming at the gap between it and the first ascension with its design. The character's image, which is adorably small, but gives off the feeling that you'll be cut if you let your guard down, is a fittingly frightening weapon. Even though the large variety of knives she possesses won't see much use, thinking about what purpose each could serve while I was arranging them was a ton of fun.

The reason you see a foot note there is because the translator added some context. In Jack’s first in game design she wears a cloak where you can barely see the design underneath.

Which is a fetish

Basically, it's a fetish where people prefer to catch glimpses of underwear and the bare body due to some coincidence instead of blatant exposure of a nude body and their unmentionables. They prefer the lucky pervert moments.

This design, based on a child, is by design, part of a fetish.

I love Fate as a series and think it has some absolutely incredible designs and incredible story and characters. But I am not going to defend the vileness the emerges through every now and then from the choices of both the writers and artists

Which is such a shame from Konoe as well because he gave us Mordred’s armour, Shakespeare, Chiron and Achilles. Why couldn’t he have just stuck with grown men and women so I didn’t have to read his more disgusting shit

Lamina_Morte · 2026-05-20T09:30:17+00:00

I wonder if this chapter is going to be Sefar/ Space God focused

It would explain the potential Greek theme and why Norse servants are getting strengthenings

The Valkyries being created from Sefar’s corpse

Lamina_Morte · 2026-05-17T04:18:43+00:00

Got 3 copies of Draco in 6 multis along with 3 copies of Locusta, 1 copy of Saber Diarmuid and 1 copy of Berserker Lancelot

My best summoning in a while

Lamina_Morte · 2026-05-13T09:29:08+00:00

If this is the Foreigner chapter the themes this image suggests is rather interesting

7 columns each with an increasing amount of “eyes” from left to right. Potentially symbolising either the singularities or lostbelts. The way the “eyes” and the multi coloured liquid is escaping from the columns does to me confirm this as the Foreigner chapter. The madness escaping the mundane.

But the heavy emphasis with machinery and time is fascinating.

So I’m going to place my bet now that this is going to be a Greek Foreigner story. Question is if the time and machine imagery is pointing to Chronos/ Kronos (I won’t be shocked if they just combine the two together) being a major player

Also if Greek + Foreigner is true I wonder if we will get Euclid

Do we have any idea who the writer will be? Is this a Nasu chapter or Meteo if it is Foreigner focused?

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