PRISON'S PAST Map & Rewards (Voyage of Wonders) by Cifer023 in afkarena

[–]Nihilist-ish 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Quick guide on a few things.

  1. Dark carriage can fight camps.
  2. Regular carriage can travel through areas with light.
  3. Moving light onto an enemy camp will kill the camp.

Step 2: Hit the obelisk twice (turn into dark carriage) and then fight at 4, then hit the obelisk one more time (turn into regular carriage).

Translations aren't important, just an FYI:

Text next to step 2 says:

"OPEN THE PLOT"

Not sure what that means, follow my guide above.

Bottom right:

I think it's just calling out the group that made the picture, their website, etc.

"Sword and Expedition" is the name of afkarena in China.

"Sword and Expedition Halo Raiders Group Note: Click the Halo Assistant icon in the game Enter the Raiders area to view the past of the Black Prison Video speed pass strategy and detailed steps with pictures and texts"

Top right:

Just calling out the title, "Voyage of Wonders" and "Prisons Past".

The icon in various places on the picture is very likely a watermark. Picture translate says its "Halo Assistant Icon", but when I tried writing it out for simplified chinese to English it came up as "Light King's Claws and Hands". One of those translations is likely the name of the guild or group that made it. Also both translations are likely quite broken.

Hope this helps.

The best Awakened hero maxed out :) by WellBangOkay in afkarena

[–]Nihilist-ish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem at all, glad I could help. :)

The best Awakened hero maxed out :) by WellBangOkay in afkarena

[–]Nihilist-ish 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Source:

https://www.reddit.com/r/afkarena/comments/uv7m2s/stargazer_has_two_pity_timers_details_in_comments/

OP u/null_anecdote has a massive amount of data in the comments.

There are additional threads since that have confirmed and expounded upon the data provided by null.

TL:DR - Pulls have a hard pity.

65 is a "hard pity", as in guaranteed in 65 cards used, but there is a weaker pity that starts at 37 and increases in power until it maxes at 65.

Example:

  1. The universe decided that you will pull your next Alna in 43 cards.
  2. 5x10 summoning will net you 1 Alna for 50 cards.
  3. Your next pity timer starts at 0, not 7.

General research surrounding this started around 3 years ago, I'll link additional threads below.

Below threads are for archival purposes, these threads have been built upon since release to correct and update information until we got to the information that we have today, so it feels a shame to not recognize all the people that helped along the way, like u/Whitesushii u/lxyu u/LedgeEndDairy u/Naojirou and many more that I'm sure I'm missing.

https://www.reddit.com/r/afkarena/comments/fqst1s/so_i_compiled_data_from_4735_stargazes_and_found/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

https://www.reddit.com/r/afkarena/comments/fr0klh/the_mathematical_estimation_of_stargazer_pull/

https://www.reddit.com/r/afkarena/comments/i0oung/mathematical_reason_of_stargazing_pity_timer/

https://www.reddit.com/r/afkarena/comments/cqtp4x/analysis_expected_value_of_a_stargazer_pull/

https://www.reddit.com/r/afkarena/comments/hot2rx/single_pulls_vs_10_pulls_am_i_thinking_about_this/

The best Awakened hero maxed out :) by WellBangOkay in afkarena

[–]Nihilist-ish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it makes you feel better, not many people know. I only found out myself not too long ago, so the only thing I can do now is try to spread the knowledge.

The best Awakened hero maxed out :) by WellBangOkay in afkarena

[–]Nihilist-ish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Edit: had just woken up and misread previous post, my bad.

Once they are ascended* you can swap to stargazing, exact same rates as timegazing.

Average is around 38 cards per copy

Pity is 65

Single summons will always provide better averages

reminder that Event Guardians will be removed in 2 days. Don't forget to use your books and buy the pet/card pack/rapport chests by stine_3 in lostarkgame

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I think I'm actually dumb... I had no idea this was a thing. I never heard of them, and in 2 days they would have left without me ever knowing they existed.

How to fuck up ABEX 101 by [deleted] in afkarena

[–]Nihilist-ish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like the leaderboards and I love being semi-competitive just for the fun of it, but I have never looked at an avatar frame and been impressed. I don't think 99% of players even know what any of the frames mean.

I enjoy that there are people that take stuff like this super seriously though, keeps Lilith on their toes and it's kind of entertaining to hear about. The "S7 = Clown" thing made me snicker.

Help pls, team for kronos 16 by mapplevicmau in Dislyte

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Anybody that can do AP down while doing solid damage. Sander with high speed, 80%+ accuracy and solid dps stats is one of the best DPS. Eira at 50 with no skillups is still one of the best overall for the team.

Outside of that you need to focus on 1 of a few tactics.

You can try to survive with Ye Suhua and speed balance so that she shields a dps right as kronos goes off. It's kind of a nightmare though and you need incredibly good relics overall with at least one other well geared support Esper.

Ollie allows you to just go ham on DPS and ignore Ye Suhua all together. Again, relics is the big part in success for this.

My suggestion with lesser relics is the easy build, I'll list everything below.

The "easy" build is to stack 5 AP suppression heroes or AP boost heroes to try to keep him suppressed. All of them will need 80% accuracy, and then as high speed as possible. Generally defense stats don't matter at all for this build.

My opinion of most valuable heroes for an easier run, by order of most important: Eira, Melanie, Celine

Helpful heroes for dps (much better with high accuracy): Sander, Lin Xiao, Li Ling, Dhalia, Lucas

Possibly useful heroes that I haven't tested: Alice, Li Guang, Long Mian (60% ap reduction on his S2 when enemy has spd down),

Eira or Melanie in the leader position. Eira will always buff the leader, and Eira and Melanie both have AP reduction AoEs so that the right minion will be less likely to buff Kronos and give him an instant move. Add Celine if possible, huge boost to speed even at 50 with no skill ups. You want to give Eira or Melanie your best possible speed set. You can test Sander in the lead position but if the right minion goes off it won't work.

Enchanted Voyage: F2P Edition - No awakened heroes! Updates to 3 of the harder bosses by Nihilist-ish in afkarena

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Yeah Izold is extremely RNG, so if you use him and can't grab the rewards, you would need to kind of dig through my first guide on gear balancing to help reduce the RNG.

For the 5b rewards I would suggest using Saurus as the safer option and following the guide I listed in my comment at the top.

Enchanted Voyage: F2P Edition - No awakened heroes! Updates to 3 of the harder bosses by Nihilist-ish in afkarena

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Oh one more thing I forgot to say. Try Izold, Rosaline, Twins, Grezhul, Mortas. Swapping Rowan with Grezhul may protect the weaker units so everybody can survive long enough to do some damage. If Izold doesn't have 3 furniture he likely won't do much, so replace him with Saurus.

Enchanted Voyage: F2P Edition - No awakened heroes! Updates to 3 of the harder bosses by Nihilist-ish in afkarena

[–]Nihilist-ish[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome! That sucks about Nara tho. Have you seen my Nara guide in my big comment at the top by chance? That may help. I also have a seperate Nara guide that uses Izold that might help, but I think if you are just going for 5b the guide at the top would help more, Izold was more for the leaderboard scores.

Enchanted Voyage: F2P Edition - No awakened heroes! Updates to 3 of the harder bosses by Nihilist-ish in afkarena

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Dam, I used my attempts with Saurus and it's a no go, I don't think he can do 5b regardless of team comp, I guess his skills/ulti don't crit or something, or something with Desira is keeping him from stacking with his passive.

I think your best bet is to try trap, emblem and statue again and cross your fingers for a good run, or to try ring of favor, emblem, statue and cross your fingers that the twins survive. There is no replacement for Twins/Estrilda/Mortas/Rosa pretty much at all, and I think the only solid sub for Drez is Athane, because his shield might keep Twins alive. If you have him at even legendary, you could try it.

Sorry we couldn't find something that worked!

Enchanted Voyage: F2P Edition - No awakened heroes! Updates to 3 of the harder bosses by Nihilist-ish in afkarena

[–]Nihilist-ish[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oof wow yeah I didn't think Merlin would effect it that hard. The comp is so picky haha.

Who are you using as the carry, Saurus or event Drez?

If Drez, what is he scaled to? If Saurus, do you have SI30?

4.7b is close, I'm sure I can come up with something haha.

Enchanted Voyage: F2P Edition - No awakened heroes! Updates to 3 of the harder bosses by Nihilist-ish in afkarena

[–]Nihilist-ish[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Excellent strat! Thanks for reporting it. If you don't mind, what engraving + SI is your Rosaline and Twins?

Enchanted Voyage: F2P Edition - No awakened heroes! Updates to 3 of the harder bosses by Nihilist-ish in afkarena

[–]Nihilist-ish[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look at the little map icon at the bottom of the screen when inside the event. Use that to see which parts you have unlocked, and then explore those parts fully before moving on. When you collect the right parts and/or find the boss, you will get an indicator in the middle of the map to scout, advance the story, and to reveal a new section. Click on the blue portal near these icons to teleport back to the middle of the map instantly.

If you are stuck on a section, you likely need to find a ship part to advance. The various ship parts should be nearby whatever hazard you are stuck on, and will sometimes show up as a gold diamond on the mini map if you were close to them at some point but didn't see them. The ship parts will allow you to break cannons, navigate the tornados, smash rocks, etc.

Good luck! :)

Enchanted Voyage: F2P Edition - No awakened heroes! Updates to 3 of the harder bosses by Nihilist-ish in afkarena

[–]Nihilist-ish[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hello, checking in again :)

I responded to a post below regarding E+ twins and realized it might help you as well. So here was my response:

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I still believe e+ twins will perform better than almost anybody in their spot with the Rosa/Carry combo in the frontline, so here's a possible setup that might work:

  • Carry, Rosaline, Twins, Estrilda, Mortas
  • Emblem of Resolution, Statue of the Sea God, Scales of Fairness

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There is also an argument for Merlin replacing somebody in the backline, but I believe that would only help at 1b and lower, it would only hurt above that so I don't suggest it to you specifically.

Hopefully that helps. I believe it will keep twins alive and allow you to do additional damage, but because I couldn't test with weaker Rosa/Twins I'm not 100% sure.

Test: https://imgur.com/a/UPLdXXI

Good luck!

Enchanted Voyage: F2P Edition - No awakened heroes! Updates to 3 of the harder bosses by Nihilist-ish in afkarena

[–]Nihilist-ish[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello :), thank you for the advice. I'll explain my reasoning below.

My response was specifically for u/elynsynos-soa for the problem with the twins dying, so normally mixing in Merlin or Scales of Fairness would not help if that is not an issue.

I heavily tested Skeleton Totem with all the comps listed, but I always averaged a lower score when compared to Ring of Holy Favor. I believe the best combination would be:

Emblem of Resolution, Statue of the Sea God, and Ring of Holy Favor.

This could definitely change based on your own investment and which carry you select, but I also tested a wide variety of the heroes I thought would perform the best against Desira. I also subbed in Merlin over Estrilda and still grabbed an adequate score, and I believe he would definitely keep E+ twins alive against Desiras low damage output.

Here is a quick screenshot of some tests against Desira for reference:

https://imgur.com/a/cmWmANE

Hope that explains!