Brave Frontier

DoctorSpooge_sl said:

Yeah I'm probably only gonna be able to summon 5-10 times for it, and that's if I go all in. Probably won't. My friend list will probably be clogged to hell with her when she comes out.

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LOL true.

Yea, I've self-capped myself at 50 gems for it just as a meager stash. Any gems I've gotten the last few days from summer event/login bonus/etc over the 50-mark have gone strait to Unit and Item capacity. I'd consider *maybe* coughing up a few more gems for Vesti pulls just because there isn't another unit on the horizon I want more than Vesti and I could always use a few more random 7-stars as a byproduct of the Vesti pulls anyway.

The hardest part for me will be forcing myself to wait for her to appear in a popular rate up if she doesn't get a proper rate up on her release (and she probably won't, Gumi will milk that unit for every dollar.)

Again, not gonna format quotes on my phone but re: the possibility of no immediate rateups...fuck. You're almost certainly right, and if they even give a batch unit for one of five summons I might be stupid enough to go for it.

Ishad, you were (of course) right about Balgran. He's cool as hell. For one, after his SBB I have something to do for a few rounds even if I have low gauges. And two, his def buff appears to stack with Kanon's SBB, which is insane.

Does it include sphere boosts in its attack to defense conversion? Crazy buff to stack regardless, but I wanna calculate how much defense my units have with those two buffs going.

No fucking idea how to use him in a Raaga squad, though .

Just a heads up regarding Medal Rush:

It looks like when they 'fixed' the contribution system, that you get zero medals/rewards if you didn't (get to) attack the boss or just leeched in any raids. With people being able to cheese Medal Rush with dual-Kira leads though, some folks are reporting that the boss can be killed before they even get there (slow device or somebody OTK'd or whatever)...and they lose their raid orb and get zero medals for their trouble.

Also sometimes the medal rewards make no sense....people getting fewer medals for the gods only know what reasons.

Last night I did 3 runs, got 30 medals (4 people) 30 medals (4 people) and 17 medals (of 28 minimum, still trying to figure out the math on that one) 2 people.

This morning I did solo runs of, 29 medals, 30 medals and 32 medals.

While it is possible to get mid-30's or better medals by multi-star'ing the mission with a full raid, you also risk either screwing somebody else out of medals entirely or getting screwed yourself.

Looks like this one is Solo or Bust until they sort out folks getting screwed out of their orbs.

Denamian_sl said:

Sent you an invite, Denamian in game as well. Was running Colt as lead for a while but just got Ruby and have going with her recently. Also have Kira and will have Claire and Tazer ready in a few days. ID is 5249613434 if anyone else wants to add me. Just cleared off a few spots on the friend list.

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Added you

I never got a Ruby yet myself, but during the last Frontier Hunter, my Ruby friends were the real MVP. I'd consistently get a noticeably higher score with a Ruby friend than with anyone else, even Raaga or Rosetta friends. I don't know if it was just the high hitcount on the SBB or what, but my experiences with Ruby say that she is underrated. Ruby Delivers.

Ao-_sl said:

0606245207 Normally Run Elza lead, but I'm switching to Griel I think.

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In a lot of ways Griel is like the outcome of "if Kanon and Feeva had a love child." I'm not really a huge fan of Griel's artwork, but it is pretty hard to argue with the character abilities/stats, especially as a Leader. I've max-imp'd my Lord Griel and I don't regret one little bit of it.

Sent you an invite.

Kira and Colt on same rateup...might yolo one summon and almoat certainly regret it

I did and I do. Bargus.

DoctorSpooge_sl said:

I did and I do. Bargus.

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Bargus is one of the most baffling units on my roster. Other units from his batch like Rigness, Rosetta and Zergel were anywhere from amazing to god-tier (for their time at least), but Bargus is the herp-derpy mitigator that fails at even mitigating. If Bargus ever had a use, even when he was new, I don't know what the hell it was.

He has pretty nice Artwork too, just a shame it was wasted on such a frustratingly useless unit.


I'm going to give my first run at an Imp Parade a go in 90 minutes when my energy tops off.

I've done 3 super-metal parade runs in the last 2 days (still debating the wisdom of going Super vs Mega during half-energy)....I'd regret it if I didn't spend some time over the next 3 days running Parades and farming Evo Mats while the 1/2 energy Vortex is still up.

Didn't know he was from that batch - poor guy. Explains his really nice stats though.

Ugh. Pretty much finished imping what I currently have, have like 70 available unit slots and want to run imp paradeat least one more time before the half energy expires.

Of Michele, Melchio or Ultor, which ahould I ready for 7 star release? I assume Lunaris is pretty far ofr and Hardon may suck.

Gumi said ultor/tridion are getting released this month
After edea, Alice, loch there is oulu, tree, will, then besties batch before Michele/melchio get their 7*.

It is kind of annoying sitting on 10 different 7*s and waiting for global to release them. More so since edeas group was released before raaga's batch in jp. I have edea, ultor, and oulu max imped. Waiting until some get released before imping michele/melchio

Would also be nice if they released multi slot. Sitting on 2450 medals atm.

Alright, thanks man. Ultor it is.

Ishad_sl said:

Sitting on 2450 medals atm.

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Damn, nice. Thanks again for the use of your Xei`Jing btw, used her all weekend for Medal Rush.

I spent all my medals through Saturday night but still sitting on ~650'ish Medals now. I heard whispers of Artons/Emperors being added to the mix eventually, but no telling when that will be so I didn't feel bad about burning some medals. Still, it is too the point now where I'd just be clogging up my inventory with Burst frogs only days before a Super Honor Summons anyway. So figured was a good a time as any to start building bank.


I'm actually really liking having Fadahl in my raid group. Am I nuts? I'd probably use a Colt or Ruby sub in his place if I had them, but of my units, he's been pulling his weight. I've got him on my Arena squad too....not because anything about Fadahl screams Arena or anything, but just because I needed either a Light or Fire unit to complete my Rainbow squad and he was my top candidate. In my raid group I feel like there is a noticeable difference in the odds when having two ATK Down debuffers vs just one, and Raids are one place where the fights go on long enough to make Status Infliction worth a damn (if the boss isn't resistant/immune of course.)

DoctorSpooge_sl said:

Ugh. Pretty much finished imping what I currently have, have like 70 available unit slots and want to run imp parade at least one more time before the half energy expires.

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Debating doing this myself. The only thing holding me back is my optimism that I might get a good pull on a Vesti/Ruby/Colt or something equally useful to my groups before too long.

I have 2 Imp keys left, but my Imp Candidates are Aaron (probably 75% imp'd already - I do want to finish him, I'm just not in a massive rush), Anima Fadahl (Using him in both Raid and Arena groups atm, but I could still see him being quickly replaced if I have any luck with the Rare summons gate anytime soon.) and Lord Rize (which I've been switching in to my general purpose/quests/evo mats farming group - even if you set aside everything else about Rize, the 100% chance at Defense Ignore alone on the SBB is damn handy vs Metal/Imp parades....but I'm still a little up in the air about Rize's real value.)

I have an Anima Diana that was my 3rd max Imp'd Character, but I'm kinda regretting that a bit.... Even though She is still the best candidate on my roster for her particular niche, she's getting pushed out of every group I've ever used her in. On the other hand what she has left is Trials and it never hurts to have some Beefy f'n characters for the Trials. She's my second highest HP character atm only behind my max'd Oguro (who is one Boss Mother Fucker, and he knows it.)


I'm sitting on north of 80k+ Honor Points for the SHS and I am **really** hoping for an Anima Selena. I'd max-Imp an Anima Selena in a Heartbeat if I had her.

Ishad_sl said:

I have edea, ultor, and oulu max imped.

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I am so far away from being able to do that, that I can't even relate LOL

I have an Oracle Edea and a Tridon (I forget his typing but it is neither Anima nor Oracle - never did get an Ultor) ranked/leveled up and waiting, but they aren't going to get so much as a sniff of an Imp until they hit 7*.

Ao-_sl said:

Why? Unless you have better units waiting, imp them now to max (as max changes on rarity level).

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Well, I only max-imp'd my first character like a week-and-a-half ago or so. It has been an amazing couple of weeks, and now I have 4 max'd with a 5th very close, but the potential 7-stars are sitting behind a list of others that are actually getting some use atm. (Fadahl, Feeva, Rize etc, who have little or no imps at all yet.)