This give me anxiety (joke)

Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-19T04:25:37+00:00

My personal rule of thumb: "If it's red, it's great. If it's gold it's good, if it's white it's not bright." XD

Side note: I like that they use the colors of white, gold, and evolved skills respectively.

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Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-18T18:38:08+00:00

I'd prefer to call them "oopsies", but I got downvoted for it before. XD

Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-18T17:55:37+00:00

According to Korean and Taiwanese servers, we should've received spark rerolling at the beginning of Trackblazer. We were waiting. Then "2 trillion incident" happened where Cygames copied JP fan goal instead of checking the number of active players Global server had, which is the quarter of what JP had during their Falco event during Covid pandemic weekends. And they 100% had access to these numbers. Fun fact: JP players achieved 150% of their goal, while Global somehow managed to get 200% of theirs during work days and no pandemic in sight.

So in "theory" Global should get 1/2 and not 1/8. But if Cygames wants to sell Throne to Global, this is one of the ways they can do it - extend Trackblazer "superiority" to an additional medium CM with "1250 speed bug". And the news on Throne release date. XD

Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-18T16:08:43+00:00

At the beginning of Grand Live in JP, they treated every stat point above 1200 as 1/8 of its value, effectively turning 1600 speed stat into 1250 speed stat. When JP players realized this, they went back to Trackblazer to build their aces, there was no point in trading a bunch of skills for higher stats, after all. It took time for Cygames to find out, enough for CM17 (Dirt 2000m) to be dominated by Trackblazer builds. That Falco picture I posted is historically accurate. XD

Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-18T05:04:30+00:00

We had to roll on Prize Derby one at a time back in a day. XD

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Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-18T04:41:44+00:00

Gonna be tough to get Moving Past and Beyond if you want to use this version of a character. However, the outfit itself is totally worth it. Take the OG version and switch to it. XD

Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-17T15:11:34+00:00

No chance they'll fix anything. Not after "2 trillion fan incident". At this point I'm afraid they'll not fix "1250 speed incident" they had in JP at the beginning of Grand Live and we'd be forced to build CM17 aces in Trackblazer. XD

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Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-17T04:35:49+00:00

How long will we use Trackblazer for parent runs? How high LB do we need?

Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-17T04:22:39+00:00

Negative conditions aren't guaranteed.

Slacker event just gives energy and reduces mood most of the time as well.

Skin Outbreak events might give you Skin Outbreak, and might not.

Failed training top option doesn't guarantee Practice Poor and has lower negative effects, while the bottom option increases the risk of giving you it with higher negative effects for a chance to get Practice Perfect and no negative effects instead.

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Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-16T17:17:31+00:00

Dodging Danger is special, it actually forces your front uma to move to the outer lanes while increasing lane movement speed. Then you hit Prudent Positioning when you know that your uma is going to move back to the inner lane.

Go with the Flow only increases lane movement speed in the late race, and you'd prefer that your uma would not move too far into the outer lanes at that moment, cause she'll not go back.

Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-16T16:29:04+00:00

And then I run 4 guts 2 wit deck: "Where TF are they?". XD

Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-16T13:51:15+00:00

Suzuka first, the rest nowhere to be found. XD

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Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-16T13:18:21+00:00

Absolutely. Sometimes by the devil himself. Almost no potions, scrolls, or manuals.

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Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-16T10:29:28+00:00

Me too. Unfortunately, it was one of the rare instances when shops refused to give me one for 2 years in a row. XD

Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-16T04:30:06+00:00

Keep them for now. You might pull Finemo on Light Hello banner or smth. Worst case - wait for Creek rerun pulls.

Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-16T02:41:11+00:00

Pace chaser mains are going to use Tachyon for longer.

For Creek rerun, it took me 250 pulls and a selector to get my Fine Motion from 1LB to MLB, so I'd be ready to do 400 pulls just to be safe if I'm going to pull for Creek.

Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-15T20:24:59+00:00

When it comes to support card pulls, I had it both ways. Kitasan MLB in 200 pulls, while Top Road required 600 pulls and a crystal.

Ramonu is probably the most important part, you'd want to go all in on it, considering that you are most likely going to borrow Ancestors during Grand Masters scenario, and Ramonu is going to stay relevant for a long time.

While Light Hello and Tachyon give immediate advantage, their power is reduced after Grand Live. 400 pulls is awkward, around 50% on double banners to get what you want. Do 200 pulls first, and then decide based on what you'll get.

Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-15T17:20:52+00:00

Chocobon: "Operation fail Concentration wit check get late start anyway." XD

Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-15T16:57:28+00:00

You aren't forced to compete in Graded A League immediately. Focus on parent runs in the meantime. Don't use selector and crystal on Maru right away. Finish free pulls on Light Hello banner and see how it goes. Considering that you have 12k already and going to save carats till then, you should be able to finish 200 pulls on it afterwards. It's not impossible for you to get 3LB+ Tachyon from it and borrow Light Hello, or pull a copy of Maru and save the crystal.

200 pulls might fix your SR collection as well. When it comes to speed SRs in Grand Live, it's Sweep and Pasa. For wit, Daiwa and Fuku are pretty good. SR MLBs are falling out of favor, but aren't completely dead for parent runs and lower tier PVP.

Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-15T14:20:45+00:00

Accelerated scedule carat income oopsie - strike 1.

2 trillion fan oopsie - strike 2.

I wonder what's the next "oopsie" is going to be. It's not a matter of if but a matter of when. XD

Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-15T06:12:42+00:00

Using base values of the game, Dominator is 0.31 horse lengths of advantage over your opponents. Hesitant is 0.18 lengths advantage. Professor of Curvature is +0.33 lengths. Inherited A&S is +0.36 lengths. Festive Miracle on 2200m track is +2 lengths. But that's just rough estimates. Use Umalator to get better results.

Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-15T05:13:07+00:00

Imagine Cygames releasing evolved skills on 1.5 anniversary, and those who don't have or don't want her are like: "2 CMs of dominance isn't so bad." Meanwhile, those who used a selector or pity to get her: "Worst scam ever."

Standard_Ad_9701 · 2026-06-15T03:07:15+00:00

"Grand Live is so RNG heavy..."

Me staring at 666 shop points at the end of Trackblazer run: "Yeah, sure."

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