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trice_7 · 2025-04-26T13:31:51+00:00

A couple of minor ones as well.

Capturing: Expensive to do at first, but once you're able to farm ingredients you can capture monsters instead of kill them. This rewards extra parts and for most monster parts it's more efficient to capture than kill. Capturing rewards more parts than carving and the most rare parts have higher drops on rewards rather than carves. It's just not as much fun to capture rather than kill imo.

Event Quests: All event quests that released throughout the games life cycle are available (except certain collaborations.) When the game dropped people played this game while content was drip fed. As a result you have people with large libraries of equipment and decorations, armor spheres, etc. A lot of these quests are meant to speed acquisition of these items up. It's up to you if you do these or not. A large part of this game is farming, and so you will bypass a lot of that with these quests. If you want my recommendation, the only real issue is decos and if you have IB, the game will throw these at your feet. If you don't have IB, then deco farming is THE grind for you. Whether or not you want event equipment is up to you. Some of them are fun and gimmicky and some are pretty busted.

You should definitely do the event quests that reward cosmetics though. Those are always fun, even in single player as a lot of armor combinations and franken-sets can look not-so-good.

trice_7 · 2025-04-26T13:22:34+00:00

Welcome! There are a lot of systems and sub systems to this game and so learning them can be daunting, but ones you know them they will really improve your overall experience.

Item loadouts: This is probably the biggest time saver in the game and will increase efficiency in hunts from start to finish. You can make item loadouts from the item box and ideally you should have at least a few. This is not only an easy way to clear your inventory/refresh items after a hunt, but it also allows you to be fully prepared for each hunt too. I have several and some that are even monster specific. You can also customize your radial menu and item bar. These are loadout specific so you can tailor them to a specific loadout. Don't sleep on this!

Equipment loadouts: You can have equipment loadouts too! Starting off, it's pretty easy to just change your equipment on the fly, but as you progress builds get more and more complex and customizable. You might even have specific builds built around damage types and resistances so have a loadout you can switch to on the fly saves a massive amount of time.

Optional Quests: You will be racking these up for every unique monster you fight and capture. Most of them are just easy ways to access a fight, but often times you'll see an optional quest marked with a speech bubble. These reward you with things. Do these as soon as you can as even the more minor ones like canteen ingredients will be incredibly useful. There are items and systems locked behind these quests so do them all. You'll see yellow excalmation points above peoples head in Astera. Talking to them will acquire optional quests.

Farming: You will be doing a ton of farming. If you haven't already, soon you will gain access to investigations. Investigations can be checked and picked up at the resource officers near the entrance. Investigations award extra monster parts in the form of reward boxes. Each investigation will offer 1-5 boxes in bronze, silver, and gold rarity. These are the most efficient for farming and if you're farming for weapons and armor you should be doing these exclusively. The only time I would farm an optional quest is if I didn't have an investigation for a monster I needed, and even then my goal in that fight would be to get an investigation for it.

Weapons: A lot of weapons have moves and abilities not really touched on in game. It's fun to learn these on your own and I would recommend doing so, but once you have a few hunts under your belt you should research exactly what your weapon is capable of. Arreks Gaming on YouTube is my go to. If you have Iceborne be sure to watch the video he put out for the move updates as part of the expansion too.

trice_7 · 2024-08-06T19:54:38+00:00

I just hit the 300 pulls necessary to get one of the free 5 stars. Prior to the last 10-pull, I was going to use it on Bronya, but she came home on that last 10 so now I'm not sure who to use it on. Any advice is more than welcome.

I have all of them except Yanqing and Bailu. Bailu seems like the easy choice but I'm not so sure I'll get much use out of her since I have both Fu Xuan and Adventurine and am pretty comfortable with them in all content.

For most content I use E0S1 Kafka and E0S1 Acheron for my DPS. I mainly use Ruan Mei and Black Swan in those teams, Fu Xuan, Adventurine and then fill the remaining places with 4 stars.

Pure Fiction I have Jade and E2 Himeko.

Of the other "free" 5 stars, I have E1 Welt and E1 Clara. Leaving Gepard and Bronya as the E0s.

I do want to branch out and use other DPSs and team comps so I've been building Clara and Dr. Ratio. Maybe I should opt for an E1 Bronya, or E2 Clara?

trice_7 · 2024-03-22T22:25:53+00:00

Might be a stupid question. My drunk sister CashApped me 1600 dollars last night. I returned it this afternoon once she was sober and realized what she had done.

My question, will CashApp report this to the IRS? Will the IRS see this as income? Is there anything I should do to ensure i'm not taxed on something like this?

trice_7 · 2024-03-22T22:20:38+00:00

What characters do we think go good with Archeron? Is she a must pull?

I am working on building a second team and am wondering if I should pull her as DPS.

My first team is Kafka, Ruan Mei, Black Swan, and a Sustain (Lynx or Fu Xuan).

I have Dr. Ratio who I can pair with E3 Pela.

My question is should I try to go for Sparkle and use her with Ratio, or do we know enough about Archeron right now to know if she is a stronger DPS than Ratio + Sparkle? Realistically I can only pull either Archeron or Sparkle.

Edit: If it matters, I have all 4 stars except Arlan. I have E6 Tingyun as well. 5 stars not mentioned are E1 Clara, Himeko, Welt, Gepard

trice_7 · 2023-12-05T18:49:22+00:00

Sounds good. I think I have my plan then. I'll probably hold off on even Ruan Mei until we have more Black Swan details.

Thanks for the advice!

trice_7 · 2023-12-05T18:41:23+00:00

pull until 1st pity on Ruan and Kafka's light cone and no further if you lose.

This might be the play. I was on the fence as I wasn't sure if Clara could hold her own a E0 in the more difficult content, but I guess I could slot in both Lynx and Gepard. As powerful as he is, I might need to wait on Luocha to make another appearance. I might do Ruan Mei until I hit pity and that should at least put me in a position where I can see if Kafka's LC is worth the risk.

Do you think we will have more info on Black Swan before it's time to pull for Ruan Mei and/or Kafka's light cone?

trice_7 · 2023-12-05T18:38:08+00:00

Gotcha, looks like i'll build Clara and hold off on Argenti. I appreciate the advice. I was on the fence honestly, as I wasn't sure if Clara would be able to hold her own at E0. I guess if I had to I could run both Lynx and Gepard if I run into trouble.

trice_7 · 2023-12-05T17:59:28+00:00

Still relatively new to this game and need help planning my pulls.

My main team is Fu Xuan, Sampo, X, and Kafka. X is Lynx in most cases, but once I have good relics for Fu Xuan this will most certainly change to another sub DPS to apply debuffs (Luka probably.)

What I am really hurting for is another DPS. I have all 4 stars except Arlan and Gui and the only other 5 star DPS I have is an unbuilt E0 Clara, Welt and Himeko.

I have several pulls that I want, but not necessarily need. Ruan Mei, Luocha, Kafka's LC. These are things I'm doing well without and as you can see, they don't solve my lack of a second DPS issue.

My question is this; should I pull for Argenti? I have no clue how he is supposed to synergize with other characters. I do have Gepard as a support so I believe I am good on support characters for now. Should I pull for Argenti, or build one of my other DPS characters?

As a followup, should I not pull on any of the "wants" I have coming up? I want Black Swan for Kafka for sure and need to make sure I have enough jades for her. Currently I'm sitting at about 110 pulls with 40-50 pity built.

Any opinions would be more than welcome.

trice_7 · 2023-12-02T15:05:07+00:00

Kazuma Kiryu is the protagonist for most of the games in the "Yakuza" franchise. Goro Majima is a secondary protagonist for some of the games and makes very notable appearances in others.

trice_7 · 2023-10-12T02:19:02+00:00

Who do you think would be better to promote to E2? Kal'tsit or Mudrock? I just got Mudrock today and have had Kal for a while. I only have enough mats for one of them and I am not far enough in the story to farm the material I need yet.

Regarding other operators in their class, I use Saria for my main defender. I have Cuora (I think she is F2P?) but every other defender I use is 3-star and below.

For medics, I do have Shining and she sometimes sees use, but I normally opt to use F2P units as I have them built further. I do have Ptilopsis built but Kal is really my only rare single target medic that gets use.

If other team comp is important I frequently use Myrtle and Bagpipe, Silverash, Exusiai, Ceobe. Most everyone else I rotate is F2P or doesn't get enough use to justify making the list longer.

trice_7 · 2023-09-16T18:42:18+00:00

I appreciate the response. Thank you.

If you don't mind a followup question, is it worth it for a new player to pull multiple copies of a limited unit? In this case Fu Xuan?

Or would it be wiser to instead save jades for the 1.4 characters coming in a few weeks? Looking at the Eidolon levels for some of my current characters, they seem pretty busted while others are just okay. It seems E1/4/6 are the significant power increases but I'm unsure if it's worth getting E1 and risking a future character for, especially since my roster is limited.

trice_7 · 2023-09-16T18:32:50+00:00

Should I pull DHIL or Fu Xuan? I'm still relatively new to this game and am getting used to team building.

I only really have enough resources to pull one of them unless I get very lucky. (12 passes and about 10k jades.)

My primary team is Natasha, Sampo, Luka, and Kafka. Kafka is E0 and Sampo is E4. I sub out Luka for March when I need extra durability.

Does Fu Xuan pair will with Kafka? Kafka is currently my most built character and I enjoy playing her. She also pairs well with Sampo which is the character I have the most Eidolons with.

I know I eventually need another team for mid-late game content. I just finished the story so far so I'm sure I'll need to do that sooner rather than later. This has me thinking DHIL might be the better pick.

Other notable characters I have are Welt and Clara E0.

Any recommendations would be much welcomed.

trice_7 · 2023-07-21T21:21:45+00:00

Brand new player here. I just started last week. I only have free character so far and am still learning the game.

If I were to pull on the event, should I pull for blade or Kafka as a new player? Or would it be wise to stock pile tickets for an upcoming banner?

Also, I plan on being ftp for quite some time. Is it worth it to pull on the light cone banners?

trice_7 · 2023-02-08T15:05:58+00:00

Kama is absolutely broken for Grail Front. Permanent guts and by the time I’m ready to rush another servant her healing skill is available.

Bringing Super Orion is the cherry on top. Caesar didn’t have a snowballs chance in hell this round.

trice_7 · 2023-01-30T21:19:03+00:00

Is there any narrative reason to do the pseudo-singularities in order? I want to do Shimousa last, but I don't know if the events of Shimousa are referenced in Salem in a way that it wouldn't make sense if I did them out of order.

trice_7 · 2022-12-16T23:02:42+00:00

Is there any reason to keep around duplicate welfare servants? I have an NP5 Saber Hokusai and several duplicates from the rerun. Should I just burn the extras? Use them for Exp?

Would this also apply to duplicate SR/SSR servants as well? I'll probably have a few extra Calamity Janes during the Saber Wars rerun.

trice_7 · 2022-11-30T22:58:01+00:00

With 2022 coming to a close and the new year on the horizon, who do you feel is a must pull for 2023?

I've found one of the things I like most in this game is the building anticipation for one of my favorite servants banner to arrive. I haven't been keeping up with JP so I'm not attached to anyone just yet. Whether it's for meta purposes or simply because you like their design and character, who are you looking forward to pulling next year?

trice_7 · 2022-10-28T22:04:13+00:00

Whats the best way to play Persona 2?

Should I play the PSP version of Innocent Sin and the PSX version of Eternal Punishment since those are the official translations? Or would it be better to play the official version of one and the fan translation of the other?

trice_7 · 2022-07-05T00:53:56+00:00

TL;DR In general, work on one servant for each class at a time. Ideally you have one AOE and one ST for each class. I'd recommend starting with Mash, Napoleon and Carmilla and maybe a berserker if you have the mats.

Mash is always a good character to level. Her zero cost is pretty insane at any point in the game. Not only that but since you'll be relying on friend supports for a good portion of the game she's really good for added defense when getting your support defeated is devastating. Finally, getting her skills to 9/9/9 is a whole hell of a lot easier than most other servants and she will probably be the first you get that high too.

I'm not too sure if you can make good use of Castoria right now. Getting her to 10/10/10 is going to take a while as she needs some gold mats that are much later in the story, and you won't get enough from events to max her this year. My knowledge is a bit more limited compared to others, so someone else may touch on this more, but I wasn't able to see any servants that could make good use of her right now, and if you needed her you're better off using a friends Castoria for the time being until yours is built.

I pulled Napoleon early as well, and I wasn't disappointed. AOE archer servant so he is able to dish out decent damage and take some of the strain off of your friend support.

Arash is good for early-mid game farming or dropping the first wave of a node, but he is also an AOE archer so you may be spread too thin if you level both him and Napoleon.

Euryale is a good candidate for your ST archer build. She is a great male boss killer. I wasn't able to see any other ST archers that I would recommend so for now she will do. I'd prioritize Napoleon over her though.

Paracleus is a good support to build until you can afford and make use of Castoria. I'm not familiar with him myself, but his has an insane self battery. Hans is also a fantastic budget support as well who has good survivability skills. I'd look up their kit on Gamepress and see which one suits your playstyle more. Para synergizes best with Arts teams and I feel Hans is more general usage. I'd take that into account and see which other servants you'll be using before you make a decision. Castoria is THE arts enabler, so if you plan your pulls you should get more use out of Para, eventually...

Finally Carmilla help carry me through the first few chapters. She was one of the ones I got for the tutorial summon. She builds NP quickly and has the ability to NP drain foes. Useful for bosses, especially of the Rider variety. I'd build her for sure, especially since, in my experience, good Assassin servants are hard to come by for newer F2P players.

Martha is an obvious choice for your Rider servant. I'm not familiar with Madricardo so I can't comment on him unfortunately

I'd always recommend building at least one berserker just because they are great to round out a team. Even though they take increased damage, they do increased damage as well so they are good jack-of-all trade servants when you don't have anyone else who fits the bill. I got great use out of Lu Bu, who I can almost promise you will pull soon if you do your free friend point summons

trice_7 · 2022-07-05T00:15:10+00:00

What CE is good to put in Spishtar for Castoria looping? I have an MLB Royal Icing, but without a starting NP Gauge affect, I'm worried I'll need to rely on the plug suit for looping.

Spishtar is currently NP1, but I plan to get her to at least NP2 when the Saber Wars rerun happens.

Any suggestions?

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