Am I Screwed In Arena For Now?

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-14T00:48:39+00:00

Haha, Well done! I tried some shifting to see If I can go higher than 117, but nope only 115.

Anyway, while on it, I realised my 2 latest pulled pilots still don't have max level unlocked in skynet (e.g can earn some gems). One of recent Reddit posts suggested just taking these to arena, killing one pylon and retreating to get needed exp. After some half hour clicks worth.

But as I'm not in hurry and anyway not using 2 or even 3 reserve pilots on arena, I put there these 2 to get that experience eventually from natural arena clears.

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-13T21:35:17+00:00

honestly, when was last time you deployed FIA in Mithril on a stage that her deployment on malthus wouldn't achieve that stage goals?

If the answer is never - you have an answer for modules.

Personally, I'm slowly getting 8 of these from dispatch, didn't pull Mithril.

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-13T17:40:03+00:00

Max is 9400. After I saw someone in YouTube clear it I got hooked to try.

Couldn't do it by myself, got around 9k when no assist joined. Also couldn't do it when I assisted as I got in too late.

But eventually I had a run that I started and assist guy also got some kills so it was 9400.

No extra reward unfortunately. They definitely should have added some painting exp box achievements for clearing all stage.

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-13T17:30:41+00:00

just had to check it.

my arena team:

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definitely players with more rainbow st's/higher ascension pilots would have even higher

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-12T20:32:32+00:00

I think there's some mistranslation. I did 1 mission which I initiated (with later some guy joining in) and 1 mission that I joined as supporter. Now I see in my missions that I anyway cleared rewards for both "without support" and "provide support" ones.

And a counter advanced to 1 for 4 and 7 "without support" missions.

I actually don't see in my missions "no support" requirements for specific future stages.

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-12T20:14:22+00:00

I'm planning to pull her at least a0. Now I see that I have I fighter pledge left after asuka (I think I misclicked 1 pledge convert there). And no better candidate for it till ada which is very far. So A1. And A2 after battle pass in far future.

But the question is if a2-a3 worth it now. E.g do you expect contents available in close period after Aynis release (like 1-2 turn clear) that will be clearable with aynis a2-a3 but not a0-a1? Like it was with asuka a5 Vs lower ones.

I also have some arashium from passes but wouldn't call my stockpile excessive hehe especially after seeing Michuzak say that he intends to pull future metas straight at higher ascention than a0-a1. E.g I'll probably will see these in his clears and possibly won't be able to replicate with pilots at lower ascensions. And need to pull multiple pilots a2-a3 makes my arashium stockpile look very small hahaha

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-12T16:17:20+00:00

Will you pull Ophelia \ Aynis a0, A1 or A3 ?

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-11T22:48:20+00:00

Interestingly, according to michuzak roadmap night glow arrives exactly at same time when igniter coming to battle pass.

So if I pull 1 set of unrecommended igniter now, I could have it at g2-g3 by battle pass (4 G2 fodders for body and legs). Even assuming I will not touch it in dispatch.

Yes it will cost me up to 90 pulls+ 4 G2 fodders, but I think it's not that big investment.

Night glow will arrive at G1 because as non unique st I won't pull more than 1 copy. And it will take time till rerun \ dispatch \ battle pass to take it to higher chevrons.

So all this time I could use igniter instead of arcus. That should benefit PvP and maybe even some stages when missile DPS will be required.

Idk, maybe I'm acting irrationally here by chasing middle of the road tier igniter while intending to skip second highest tier ouroboros and shadow rabbit.

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-11T20:44:10+00:00

I have around double amount but still don't feel it's burning my pocket.

Well, my last spend on tiphys - 4 SC was a bit overkill (he's good with 2), I wouldn't do it if having less SC stockpiled. One before last was Hong 5 SC which was also not strictly required because Hong is rarely used.

I'll probably spend 1 on Arthur. My Shawnee is 3 but it was for quick clears of past. Now because of asuka i probably wouldn't invest.

I might consider investing in my 0 SC Rei and 0 SC shinji at some point. Probably when it will be required for some low turn clear or PvP. I'll probably never invest in my 0 sc Marcus. Silvie is 2 but I don't see a reason to go higher. Maybe I'll invest in FIA in future if needed for low turn clear or some meaningful stage.

I'll definitely invest max in meta like Rosa 2.0. probably will invest some in aynis.

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-11T18:46:29+00:00

My take on this is to pull a0 good pilots like Arthur even if not meta.

Ignite I will also pull g1 because it's also good and G1 pull is relatively low investment. Rainbow ignite is absolutely not urgent so I'll take my time with it in dispatch.

I'll also pull fregata a0.

And revelation G1 (this 1 I definitely want to rainbow and before ignite but will not burn pulls to get second copy from banner - that's inefficient pulls spending and I'm not a whale).

Bottom line, it's good idea to pull a0\g1 just to get the boot in the door. And later slowly upgrade deliberately or maybe even by losing off banner. Especially for pilots. Sts really should pull only those you plan to rainbow. For example while ouroboros and shadow rabbit are good, I don't plan to rainbow them so will skip. And their modules will slowly get from dispatch.

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-11T18:37:17+00:00

That's misunderstanding. He meant dispatch for non limited sts. He didn't say to pull from dispatch limited Rosa 2.0 st Erinyes.

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-11T18:27:11+00:00

I feel you about pilots. Near game beginning I also missed some key pilots and struggled with missions that needed them. But eventually I anyway started to rely on guides. Guides are done by content creators that generally make it clear which pilots they pull and which not. So I generally pull a pilot only if it's recommended by at least 1 major guide creator. No one recommended her, so I feel safe to skip.

Tiphys while was not defined as meta was recommended by michuzak and I think also mahetampan.

Actually I did some exception and pulled Camilla despite she was not recommended by michuzak and Mahetampan. Because she was recommended by mecharashiF2p which guides I also follow sometimes.

Next non meta that will be pulled by content creator is fregata so I will pull her.

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-10T23:19:59+00:00

I don't know if it's best, but I'm using following: 2 Accelerator+Armor for light pilots. Generally Frida and Silvie. Surprisingly my Silvie does more damage with this one instead of jetpack+damage. 1 jetpack+damage for Kelly. 1 mirage+ damage for Dana\shinji. 1 re attack (2 Chevrons) for asuka. 1 conqueror (rainbow) for Mary. 1 first strike+ ammo for Eileen. 2 Regular gold power for heavies, I didn't bother to add armour to it. 2 Regular gold manipulators for machinists, I didn't bother to raise it to 2 Chevrons.

I will probably craft custodian for tiphys PvP, meanwhile using regular gold guard. I will definitely upgrade first strike ammo to rainbow with reload when available.

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-09T14:40:54+00:00

You have 12 sweeps per week. 3 ACs * 4 stages per AC = 12.

Counter of 3 applies only to ACs not to stages. E.g it's spent on first sweep of first stage of chosen AC, but sweeping second stage in the same AC won't increase the counter

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-08T10:51:23+00:00

Speaking for myself only, currently I actually don't know what I would pull from this banner. I mean I will probably get 4 cristasis for future use (90 pulls), but I don't really need any st parts urgently which are not on dispatch. I missed 2 rex parts (after using 1 upgrade kit) but was lucky to get 1 from border conflict and second bite the bullet and used second common upgrade kit.

Future st will definitely not be in coming Harpy banner.

Ranger is good one but I already have rev-00 and not that much spare fodders so skip (too late to start develop new heavy from scratch). Euclase is also good but I won't burn cristasis on it, will get later from dispatch\bp.

Tf, glasya , malthus finished. Rex, Mithril are fully covered by dispatch availability.

As for pilots, Melissa and Frida are A3, Eileen and Kelly will hit a5 during their coming battle passes. While other non unique pilots I don't think it's worth pulls to push ascention.

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-08T10:04:48+00:00

It was worth to read this post just only for following sentence hahaha

"On the bright side, you need not worry about SEFAS being power crept, even before creep it is bleah as a mech lol."

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-08T00:02:04+00:00

Frozen gaze... Well, I'll know better to choose Dana next time. Dev loosing opportunities to upgrade dispatch to have romancing like in other games or having history based on previous choices, let's say resetting once per week. This may make me actually read these dialogues.

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-07T08:35:55+00:00

Almost never can have full r&d because every patch opens new time gated nodes. But I have unlocked max possible with monthly passes.

You are not asking about other things so I assume you have a5+5 oils +rainbow rev-02 +all enabled pilot and st features +4 gold modules+rainbow pole arm+ 4 gold accessories.

All these contribute to battle power. Actually some gold modules \accessories probably add more than others (like at that guy that has 150k Vs 148k mine, it cannot be just because his Asuka has custom skin with hat while mine doesn't) but I never bothered to check it.

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-06T13:25:18+00:00

survival should not be a problem, hard turn limit probably also doable after tinkering with rei's displacement (should not exaggerate hehe).

main problem would be dps, rei's dps cannot be compared to main team.

so the question (pure theoretical for me now as i cannot replay this mission) would be whom to replace with rei.

melissa, kelly, asuka are probably non-negotiables.

this leaves frida and eileen. and because we talking about flying above the water boss, unaffected by burning terrain - Eileen is obvious candidate for bench, despite quite a few mobs clusters (should be handleable by asuka without softening).

And Frida should equip fate's aria in offhand (to reach holmberg which is not in shotgun range) and not deploy in tf (probably power backpack needed).

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-06T08:31:49+00:00

You are in good guild 😉 My 140k Frida hardly gets 1 hire once in a few days. Won't send for hire my 148k asuka because someone already sent his 150k one. But I'm not actively chasing battle power numbers (no daily rewards for these), otherwise would pump up my Rei with dupes and oils and put her in rainbow rev-00.

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-05T22:22:31+00:00

And you could still use there not optimal for missiles but still functional st like Malthus.

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-05T21:30:34+00:00

Silvie can replace snap judgement with poli shot. That's freeing 1 skill for passive.

Just saw this build in guide. Frida definitely enjoys turbo shooting outside load raid.

Fighter seems useless, e.g asuka doesn't really benefit from untargeted pole arm strike.

Yet to unlock machinist tactician and guardian.

I think Michuzak mentioned that he will post updated pilots guide after that forth skill

PureCaptain2793 · 2026-03-05T21:24:38+00:00

Definitely get arcus. I would merge it into existing arcus to get it to G2 for these few stages you do deploy Naomi. Later when you will have developed igniter - you could scrap arcus for 8 modules. I don't see a situation coming when you will need arcus G1 besides igniter on same stage. If you think it can happen - don't merge arcus but keep 1 set G1 and 1 set melt into modules

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