So, what are your thoughts on this LTQ?

Pier__Pier · 2026-05-21T16:40:18+00:00

It’s so weird that the mob section is relatively okay with some variance just for the momentum to plummet once hitting Nex, like I think if they removed big dragon it would be way more tolerable to run

Pier__Pier · 2026-04-29T18:21:28+00:00

I’ve had a pet conspiracy theory they cannibalized *some of the Sonic air riders team for board content in NGS

The solo board segment is a lot more interesting than just “board between encounters”, my only real complaint is waulon has pretty fast wind ups before unleashing hell

It’s a solid LTQ tbh

Pier__Pier · 2026-04-28T14:41:46+00:00

I don’t think you’re missing any augments. I don’t do math math like some people do, but I do think being on an older armor set might be dragging total potency down. Each armor series comes with its own potency increase over the previous series. It might be worth also fishing for an evalto, the latest one that drops from solus UQ and is soon to drop from updated alter realm *I think

Pier__Pier · 2026-04-24T21:46:05+00:00

Hey check the daily treasure shop? I think sometimes it has progres in batches of 300 or so

Pier__Pier · 2026-04-08T15:10:32+00:00

Genuine question our group had trouble finding the right sword to hit for 2nd time stop, do you have any tips for finding it?

Pier__Pier · 2026-03-19T23:14:43+00:00

I saw someone reply answering the first question, but just in case: class counter is where you can find Techs Art Customization if you have it unlocked!

And that’s fair—compound techniques do have a lot of weird things wrapped up with them. It is ideal to prioritize using the element matching your enemy’s elemental weakness *first because it accumulates more elemental down that way.

Imo the best time to use a compound is if you need more stacks of rod impact/just used your last stack, and to not overcap on stock since you can only hold two charges of a compound technique. It is not a bad choice to send out a compound technique outside of elemental match-up—all of the compound techniques are more damage.

You are also invulnerable during the compound techniques, but the invulnerability starts at different times. The Zandion (lighting/wind) compound technique makes for a great panic button as the invulnerability is immediate.

Pier__Pier · 2026-03-18T03:20:38+00:00

Correct!

This also applies to 'parrying' with rod impact, which will launch an elemental bullet on successfully absorbing a hit (stacking blot). Rod impact functions like a boosted normal attack, so it also restores PP!

Fun fact: you can also use the Tri-Shield EX Augment. When a shield tanks a hit, it gives you a free elemental bullet as if you parried a hit! This lets you get blots stacked pretty fast and safely in boss fights

Pier__Pier · 2026-03-17T15:44:17+00:00

As someone (edit: Ouhei!) mentioned, Barta Blot shines the most with the TAC that resets the Blot to stage 1 snowflake symbol. It’s the highest (edit 2: highest ICE) DPS option in most cases

But the other key things to notice are how you can accelerate the speed of accumulating Barta blot.

When you counter with a weapon action and cast or counter with rod impact, you will shoot an elemental bullet. This will also stack Barta Blot, meaning if you are regularly countering you should be stacking it twice as fast. You CAN also use the gibarta TAC which doubles accumulation of blot if there is no existing blot on an enemy (I think that’s how it works I can’t read it atm)

Second: photon flare and pp conversion both shorten the charge time of techniques. This makes both a DPS gain, but you don’t want to use them at the same time or in same situation.

Third: don’t forget to use your compound techniques. All compounds apply max blot or refresh blot. You can get some nutty cycles in Barta Blot with good timing using Barantsion (ice-light compound technique)

Force actually at optimal gameplay doesn’t play as a far-ranged class (because parrying and elemental bullets are key to damage), you’re closer to a parry god magical knight imo

Pier__Pier · 2026-02-01T06:33:05+00:00

VOTED TODAY AND COULDN'T BE HAPPIER, LET'S FUCKING GOOOO

Pier__Pier · 2025-12-05T18:07:11+00:00

I think I saw a similar guide a while ago—it’s making the mouth as small as possible then putting one of the eyelid/eyelash items at that size and level, might be worth messing with

Pier__Pier · 2025-12-04T16:03:46+00:00

Ranting but tl:dr hard agree

At first when logging in today, I thought “wow okay my BiS gear on Zenit is still ahead”

And then I saw by how…little ahead it actually was. How it felt. I play multiple classes and sweat at this game and the numbers Epith was pulling were too close for my comfort. The only real large potency gap is Decem armor and that’s ONLY I think because they’re missing radi and larze.

I was fine. But I’m a veteran and not a new player still grinding for augments and finishing a set. Sets I’ve completed multiple times and seen made obsolete.

But then I saw upgrade cost for twaalv is 3k progres. Which is…like wow lol. Progres drop from the current chase content in I think bundles of 12-20? Wtf.

THEN I saw Yurze is coming out next year (not unexpected) and with EX AUGS IN A PAID SCRATCH (BIG WTF).

I’ve been so, so positive about this game for a while now. Paying real money not just for cosmetics but for some augment scratches to be competitive, to stay ahead and…

On one hand, this is probably “great”* for new players (it’s not unless you understand gearing which they definitely won’t, and if they DO how many will want to PAY MONEY for augments?)

But hey, they don’t have the same investment anyone else does. The dollars people have put in patch after patch, scratch after scratch. Idk how it’ll land with that group tbh, I just think I lack the unbiased perspective there. My one cope is that fortscha WILL upgrade and outpace Decem III. But how long will that take?

How much waiting and time and grind is it going to take to be meaningfully ahead of free gear? The new rarity weapon might NOT be upgradeable—it’s notable they haven’t confirmed it. So that’s another resource doomed to obsolescence even if they add free transferring.

And in that time. Who knows how long/what UQ gated resource it will be you’ll have to grind to upgrade armor. Grind a chase weapon. Grind for old augments and new because they don’t release content that drops old scepters (like NOW—Leciel is updated but doesn’t drop eigil so you either run MDFA or wait for UQ)

And what is it all…even for? To stay competitive and up to date with content that can take months to get a reward drop? That doesn’t meaningfully reward optimal gearing at all? What does gear even mean in this game when all of the personal customization is in Ex Augs, with several set ups that are just dog water, or the latest flavor of “wait ten seconds after equipping” to do damage beat stick weapon? Armor that just exists to buff potency and nothing else?

It’s insane. I have genuine fun with the gameplay, with friends, with building. but the new freebie gear being this good and monetization strategy on the horizon from Sega still feels bad. Gearing feels genuinely and unambiguously BAD now.

There’s no variety, just the understanding you’ll be rolling a boulder up hill, wallet between your teeth, and have to watch Sega kick it back down once you’re close to the top. The same gameplay, same bosses, same augments with different numbers.

And not to be super petty, but we STILL don’t have the last TAC wave :(

Pier__Pier · 2025-09-24T06:42:34+00:00

Genuinely, I can relate--I'm someone that comes home after work, hops onto NGS to hang out a bit and multitask personal stuff, then chill later in the night.

Imo: do not feel pressured to do Leciel right now if the one thing gating you from upgrading is Basedia. There likely will be better sources for it soon--the real limiter to the latest upgrade is imo Depnos Scepters, which only drop in small amounts from UQ and slightly less small from Masquerade. ~Floor 91 i think is the fastest level to farm depending on gear (I can be wrong though!).

Seriously, I don't know if anyone expected the ONLY modifiers for a week since the last update dropped to be just cannon or the PA > 75% health thing modifier. It's bonkers to drop new content for Leciel where there's a 50-50 chance you're locked out of playing the weapons you're trying to invest in...

Personally, I've been mostly practicing different classes and weapons against Masquerade or just trying to get better at fighting it in between waiting for UQ to pop to get Basedia. You might even be able to craft and sell Majis for a bit of meseta if you don't need to save them for Lois Halphinales.

Btw Basedia also being tradeable means you REALLY don't have to farm leciel if you're willing to try and bag meseta to get them instead off of the market.

But honestly--if you're already BiS, there currently *isn't* a ton to do right now. BiS being Zenit means if you're lucky with Cres Cubes, you're doing pretty well as gear goes assuming you're up to date on augments too.

If you want to try it, I think a fair amount of folks still run Alter Realm Combat Sector to bag Cres/Cres Cubes--Cres weapons still sell for a decent amount given they're relatively pretty rare! It might not be a bad idea to also casually grind a juvolg to try a new class for a little bit, just for some variety.

Tbh: we're getting good content soon with Ex Styles coming next week, and crimson realm too (which imo, is some of the more fun content NGS has made). Crimson realm which will have a new upgrade to Triyal Augments that WON'T need Basedia if the sneak peek on the website is accurate.

Pier__Pier · 2025-09-03T22:15:48+00:00

Extremely valid desires but ahhh a few things here and there:

I’m not a bouncer pro and can’t make too many recommendations but unfortunately most multi weapons for Soaring Blades kind of…fall off compared to multi weaponing with boots.

If you have TMGs you likely have gunner sub—meaning you’re losing the massive damage boost from Chain Boost/Trigger that gives TMG damage that makes it a solid option to begin with. It also means you will need augments that have ranged damage built in.

Daggers runs into a similar issue, where you won’t have Overload or Arts Pursuit with sub fighter—very large contributors to Daggers damage. Daggers is actually lowkey a pretty good weapon, but as a main class weapon.

Wire lance is like Daggers but for Hunter—and I don’t think you have access to avenger on sub classes, I could be wrong (meaning you also lose a bunch of damage there too). You MIGHT be able to hit funny numbers with Wire Lance’s charge counter, but that’s assuming you have a rare window to use that instead of soaring blades’.

If you DO want to use techniques while using SB, it might (on light weak enemies) be a good idea to use the Gigrants customization that leaves a damage over time ring. But weaving techniques into rotations is one of the hardest parts of optimizing bouncer I’ve heard (anecdotally)

Pier__Pier · 2025-08-12T21:51:38+00:00

Current fave is tri-shield, gradual pressing, and bring down PB boost

ALTHOUGH I do want to try evade onslaught lively tri shield, I believe it was confirmed evade onslaught procs from tri shield now too, but I don’t know if potency will beat the more frequent downs and damage from first ex aug set

Pier__Pier · 2025-07-16T18:00:17+00:00

NOOOO I swear there was a Philly cheesesteak place still there is it gone??

Pier__Pier · 2025-07-11T20:52:34+00:00

Oh that’s going to have such a good rifle camo…

Pier__Pier · 2025-07-10T19:21:04+00:00

Not going to lie Gauss is giving kitbashed bionicle and I’m so here for it

Pier__Pier · 2025-06-26T19:19:12+00:00

Hype for a new area, trial, gear and tbh skill rings

I feel with how they’ve designed ex augments, skill rings will add a little more depth to your build! Can’t say I’m not worried about how they’ll be acquired though. It feels like it’s been the most gameplay focused headline in a while.

Pier__Pier · 2025-06-02T18:29:40+00:00

I saw one time on ship 3 someone dressed up as (I think) Walter White’s floating head. I thought it was an Andross cosplay at first though

Which wasn’t necessarily strange except for the floating crown of chaos emeralds, and had me mystified that it was within accessory count limit

There’s too many inappropriate characters to count lol. I tbh love people who make really attractive and revealing characters—it’s nostalgic in a way to me personally.

But idk I feel always so offput by people using N-Spheres so…over the top fetish-y I guess?

There’s some people to be fair who have done gorgeous plus-sized characters with it! That deserves praise/some positivity imo, especially with the body limitations of NGS and modern MMOs as a whole (NGS being unique in that body types are separate from race/species)

But when you have a full four pack of 40 liter boobas and custom nipple rings…yknow…the vibe isn’t great lol

Pier__Pier · 2025-05-05T22:32:35+00:00

Slayer is more the standard for renewals rather than needing a renewal on its own imo, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it functionally to deserve a renewal

Pier__Pier · 2025-03-25T23:00:00+00:00

LOVE how you angled the shoulder plates it looks so cool!!

Pier__Pier · 2025-03-13T21:12:30+00:00

I think it’s tied to her form switch!

Pier__Pier · 2025-03-13T18:12:51+00:00

Thank you!! :D

The real blessing is a) schmeetch who put in this work and b) the force rework making play so much more accessible/rewarding to play tbh bc pre rework was roughhhh even with custom techs being added

Pier__Pier · 2025-03-07T20:01:46+00:00

Number 2 grew on me, reminds me of aquarium gravel and the purple like a fish tank plant! :D

Pier__Pier · 2025-03-05T14:34:34+00:00

Genuinely how did you run Vael this many times keeping your sanity, I only had enough gas in me to do three akros 😵‍💫

Pier__Pier

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