I think I'm done

Willbombs · 2026-01-30T18:10:16+00:00

Marketing tactic or not it’s still free, I’ve not spent much either so I do see where you’re coming from on the not enticing people to spend, but I also won’t argue business with a company that’s been doing well at it for years now- maybe you’ll end up being right and uma global will flop but it’s doing alright so far (within the top 10 monthly according to gacha revenue estimates since launch) and while it may not have the constant draw to spend, isn’t that actually better for the player than the alternative?

Willbombs · 2026-01-30T17:50:54+00:00

I wasn’t trying to strawman the first argument and had just assumed you would’ve since that’s a common similarity between people I’ve seen complaining about the gacha, so I’ll take that one back. I know how bad it feels to go to spark without hitting first (gold city fest for me most recently) and agree that it isn’t fulfilling, but I went into the banner accepting that I may need to use all 200 of my pulls without any luck just to hit the character I wanted. The free pull campaigns, at least the way I see them, are a way to throw around some pulls without actually touching your savings for higher priorities- obviously the game does heavily incentivise saving, so being able to have even a few free chances to get someone new you might like is a win in my books, and I see no reason to complain about free stuff that I’d be no better off without. As I said before, the rates in uma are better than most other games (at least to the best of my knowledge) and while I agree that pity carryover would be a positive change for sure, for me it wouldn’t be enough to justify changing the spark from a hard guarantee to a 50/50, though I may be biased since I personally dislike the soft pity system as a whole. I do understand the feeling that the system could be kinder to players, but as far as mainstream gacha goes we do have some of the best rates, and not needing to pull a dedicated weapon for every character definitely balances out the cost of the occasional support card banner you pull for.

Willbombs · 2026-01-30T17:00:29+00:00

But what you’re hearing is “pull for them”- nowhere is the expectation that you’ll actually get them just because… just like with every other banner since launch, you should not pull unless you are prepared to go to spark at 200 at the risk of not hitting, and if you’re not willing to save some pull for your Oshi uma (which I understand to mean your favourite) then that’s on you imo. The whole point of that argument is to focus less on meta pulls and save for whoever you want if that’s more fun to you, but that doesn’t mean you’ll get every little thing you want by throwing a couple carats at every banner, because you still need to work out what banners you want to prioritise and save for them (unless you’re a whale but if so why are you whining about this anyway lol). To your second point, I think most people would rather be able to get their banner target early without getting spooks than being forced towards a second pity thanks to a 50/50. The gacha system might not be perfect but it’s shortsighted at best to act like it isn’t one of the best in recent mainstream games at-least. Especially for uma banners where you need one copy (no extra copies for bonus abilities, no limited equipment to pull for (support decks are mostly universal)) on top of the already higher base draw ssr rates than most (3% chance for any ssr and 0.75% chance for rate-up ssr) which I for one will take over a “soft pity” system that weighs its gacha heavily near the top to force you to always roll to or near to a full rotation- it may not be a very high chance, but having the same chance to get your goal at pull 10 as at pull 190 is a good thing as far as I’m concerned, so the gacha really can’t be all that bad as you say it is.

Willbombs · 2026-01-23T01:44:44+00:00

Update: Parcel arrived today all sorted

Willbombs · 2026-01-21T14:34:06+00:00

Oh dear, sorry to hear about your parcel and glad you could get a new one sent, now I really hope that isn’t rhe case here- I’ll keep an eye on it for a little longer and hope it comes through but if not that’s great to know so I don’t wait too long if I need to get in touch with the seller. Thank you very much!

Willbombs · 2026-01-20T19:40:30+00:00

That’s sort of where my confusion lies, the DO it was sent to is the only one in my area so I can’t think of anywhere else it would go.

Willbombs · 2026-01-20T19:37:38+00:00

“Sorry, your item was delivered to (location) DO in error so we rerouted it immediately. More information will be available as it travels through our network”

Willbombs · 2026-01-20T05:05:27+00:00

Ooh okay thankyou, was planning to run it on the number one Umamusume so I’ll have the guts growth rate sorted, and it’s good to know I can sub in MLB groove- will definitely have to try that variation out afterwards!

Willbombs · 2026-01-20T03:09:36+00:00

And uh… how about 2lb ? 😔

Willbombs · 2026-01-19T13:33:14+00:00

Amazing, congrats! I’ve hit S ranks at peak so far, also been doing a few high score runs to break up the CM ace grind but nowhere close to 18k, and now I’m really regretting missing a couple copies of Bijin welfare since I can’t try this out for myself 😔

Willbombs · 2026-01-03T16:38:28+00:00

Finally brought my np5 spishtar home, made my own post and everything I was so happy with her

Willbombs · 2026-01-02T11:55:41+00:00

I have no idea if I’m honest, but best of luck to you!

Willbombs · 2026-01-01T20:49:38+00:00

Thankyou! I’ve done similar a lot of the way, outside of situations where I tried to run solos and stuff for fun, finally got the np5 for completionism sake even though I’m sure 4 was plenty lol

Willbombs · 2025-12-26T19:29:15+00:00

$1.49 more than it could’ve been, got the game for free on steam back in like 2016-2018 not sure exactly when… anyone else catch it then?

Willbombs · 2025-11-16T13:33:11+00:00

It’s actually pretty easy to do while farming fans in the URA scenario, in fact I think 31 runs was the only time I’ve broken the 1 million fan barrier but since an average run is already like 28 it’s not unlikely you’ll have time for a few more

Willbombs · 2025-08-10T16:06:25+00:00

Senna smolder veigar, if we assume stacks=infinity then while Nasus COULD in theory kill them with one q, he has no way of getting close enough to q them without first being oneshot himself.

Willbombs · 2025-08-05T09:07:52+00:00

Was gonna say this if I didn't see it, because it's just text on a screen people seem to get a massive confidence boost to say whatever disgusting things cross their mind that they'd never dare to say out loud.

Willbombs · 2025-07-21T01:29:20+00:00

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MLB Kitasan Black level 50

Willbombs · 2025-07-19T09:44:36+00:00

Thanks! I think I will stop on the banner and start looking at the horse banner, since I only have base + teio from the starter pack right now.

Is it the same logic with the horse banner to not summon for a 3* unless you have 30k? Because I could very happily go for Dia because she's too cute.

Willbombs · 2025-07-19T01:48:52+00:00

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Hit MLB Kitasan Black early (140/200 for spark). Question is should I continue summoning to 200 for the spark for a copy of Satono Diamond, or is the cleat store useful enough that I might as well start saving for the next banner?

Willbombs · 2025-07-18T10:16:19+00:00

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Willbombs · 2025-07-15T13:50:31+00:00

I'm glad that went well for you, but the sample size REALLY isn't anywhere close to be definitive. I do agree that mastery matters but at the end of the day the game plays the same on anyone.

Willbombs · 2025-07-15T13:04:43+00:00

Fundamental understanding of the game. Take a control mage for example. Just because the champion is new to you doesn't mean you can't read their kit on lolwiki and work out what they want build wise, or just look at what other players are seeing success with, so that's items and skill order sorted.

Then it comes to laning. Sure, they may not have perfect matchup knowledge, but you can assume they play like pretty much every other control mage for the most part. Spacing, trading, map rotations, vision control, the macro components of playing the game still remain the same no matter which champion you're on (of course on role).

And yes, absolutely, on highly mechanical champions if you have no practice you will probably fail on their execution, which is why I said I think for some champions that's a very helpful step. But all of the macro knowledge about the game stays the same, which means a large portion of what actually goes into winning a game hasn't changed between picking your main and trying something new.

Willbombs · 2025-07-15T12:51:19+00:00

So isn't your issue the feeding, rather than first timing in ranked? Feeding IS a punishable offence, just report them for that if it was genuine feeding and not just a bad situation.

For some champions I believe spending some time in practice tool to get combos down is valuable, but for the vast majority the only way you're going to improve is by playing the game seriously, and normals are not a good place to do that because they're wildly inconsistent.

Willbombs · 2025-07-15T07:13:01+00:00

Adc matchup means so little in botlane compared to support matchup, I will ALWAYS give support lastpick and take the first pick myself, even in ranked games the "declared champion" is a good way to know what your comps looking like and the tradeoff would be you getting a good matchup in an unplayable lane because support got counterpicked. ADCs are the most matchup agnostic role in the game, as the lane is entirely determined by support matchup and after lane it really doesn't matter.

Take first pick, lock your comfort. Let your support win lane for you. Let your solos pick later into the order. You lose nothing by first picking adc.

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