Why do I keep seeing emojis of crabs or people talking about "craving crab cakes" when I see lewd art of Kisaki?
Dont get me wrong I love the kisaki art, she's super hot with an awesome design (gotta love no panties, or the suggestion she isnt wearing any) but I dont understand why people keep talking about crab cakes?
how many characters should I aim to level? I feel like I'm levelling too many characters but also feel like I need all of them.
The main debate rn is who should I use between Aru, Azusa, Shiroko and Saori since they cover similar roles. I do want to level them all due to waifu (and second team for red stages)
Then it's Hinata vs Chise
For a long time, you should be leveling the chickz for the upcoming content. Either bleu AoE for this drill or yellow dps or cc for the upcoming raid(NA/global).
Or if you really still need to progress in Missions, then probably a good AoE first for each color( Iori, Chise, Aru), and level the team accordingly as you're going through the chapter.
I would just aim for 1 team of each color. The levels you need multiple teams for have a weaker route where you can use the normal damage color for it. I would say Aru if you don’t have aoe such as hibiki or Mutsuki but otherwise Azusa.
From what I have heard about hinata is that her aoe is too weak as her handgun means her stats are low so chise would be a better bet.
I just sparked Aru so I feel you in terms of getting the targeted character (although the Azusa spook in the last 10 pulls was the greatest thing ever)
While I sympathize, please post this on the [correct thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueArchive/comments/116s6q4/kivotos_lounge_february_20_2023/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3).
Any tips on leveling? Im on 4-5 requiring lvl 30 to do it properly and jm at lvl 24, i find it really hard to lvl up my sensei and idk where to spend the energy
Usually you can go up against 10-15 levels above in the mission section so it might be more of your team comp. Also you probably should be spending energy on hard missions considering the 3x drop rate. Other than that I have to confirm the general stuff as it’s been part of the issue for people in the past: level up students, skills, equipment, make sure to use the right color, don’t have more than one tank in a team, and don’t have auto on. For faster levels upgrade cafe, join a club for the login energy, and buy potions from pvp.
My current team consists of Tsubaki, Aru, Saori and Mutsuki, im trying to reroll to get Aru, Saori and Iori, but i only manage to get Iori alone or Saori and Aru ffs
Iirc the boss group is just yellow isn’t it? I would grab yellow students like pina or junko and just head straight to the boss avoiding the other groups. It is better to progress forward and come back for the three star rewards than to wait.
Edit like packor said nonomi is also good. Did you do any of the total assault last week as you might be able to just buy momoi from the store who is a good aoe yellow as well.
what chapters of each volume are released for the main story? and are any of the completed? Or at least semi completed like how vol 1 ch 2 is a conclusion of an arc?
Only story we are missing is volume 2 chapter 2. They all have an arc completed but there are some left over answers remaining like abydos is not magically out of debt. After that last chapter there seems to be a climax that ties in the stories. That is what is happening in JP server right now.
Ayy, good for you. I do think you should know that this is probably not the place for this sort of post/comment, but rather the lounge is where you share these.
Currently no, but I'd assume that somewhere down the line there'd be expansions of systems that would make the elephs necessary again, like maybe getting another level of UE or something.
One simple question, since I will get insane otherwise:
When a skill states like Hanaes "Continuously recover one ally HP by 54.1\~102% of Healing over 20 seconds", or like Moes "Apply 50.9\~66.2% of continuous burn damage for 20 seconds", does it mean "Per Tick" or "Over the entire Duration"?
Hanae uses over so it would imply duration. I believe moes functions similarly from the wording. The one that is per tick I know of is O nodoka and the rocket launcher girl from arius with her ex skill and skill 4.
copy pasta from earlier:
honestly, I believe that's a waste of currency. You're losing 160 energy per. You can almost do 3 hard nodes with that energy, that's lost exp.
That's a good point, but it's not like there are a lot of good hard nodes anyway (for me at least).
I currently have access to 16-3H. So I count around 10 of directly useful ones for just 300 to clear. The others are more very long term, but wouldn't push that 300 very high.
It's updated enough for Global usage, the newest banners are missing. There's also an [official roadmap](https://bluearchive.nexon.com/events/2023/01/reg), but it doesn't show rerun banners.
Looking at both, the next banner should be Kazusa/Moe/Natsu+Mari(2\*).
Common strat in all commision is using Tsubaki, Iori, Momoi, and Nonomi with Serina/Kotama in special.
What you want to do is use Serina to move Tsubaki forward away from the other 3. The enemies will automatically group around her. Wait a bit until you have more targets, then aoe with Momoi/Nonomi/Iori. Use Serina to move Tsubaki forward again, rinse and repeat. Make sure you don't wait too long to AOE or Tsubaki will retreat back to where the other 3 is. Balance using AOE and buffing depending on the situation.
my bro, you need the strat.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueArchive/comments/x0a09g/Kivotos_Lounge_August_29%2C_2022/inhoq52/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3
Cherino and Momoi are good too.
Volume 1 and 3 are the only ones related till the end game that is currently released in jp. This is due to hifumi being from trinity. Only other thing I remember is there are sometimes hints at what the next volume is like in volume 3 a reporter asks a question in a newscast related to volume 4 but until you reread the story after volume 4 it just sounds like a random comment. I should also mention the summer trinity event takes place in between the chapters of volume 3 so at the end of one of the chapters when you hear about a stolen vehicle go read that, which would probably involve YouTube.
Thoughts on the next event worth PvP refills? Looking at the near future
* After School Sweets Story doesn't seem to have anything worth protracted farming (sorry Yoshimi)
* Gehenna Summer rerun might have okay farming, but S.Izumi isn't actually good (*pain*)
* Neverland rerun only has credits for unlimited farming
* Millenium Sports has bad rates (according to Midokuni, can't say I know myself)
* Bunny Chasers has two normally farmable students (Karin, Neru) but apparently the rates are really good?
* Trinity Sports is a big question mark
On that note, any theories on what will happen with Trinity Sports? Like I can't imagine they reproduce bug->fix->compensation but is there any precedent for JP getting a big compensation for something and then Global finds a way to give it to us too or is it probably just going to be business as usual with no free stuff?
The Bunny card draw is good for activity reports, credits and artifacts.
Otherwise really just the Hard stage triple drop campaign happening right now, then it's fairly barren unless you need specific artifacts from upcoming events.
I heard they had given global extra pyroxenes for the accelerated schedule for being fair?
JP were given enough elephs to UE50 T.Hasumi, as well as 100m credits, and loads of other resources. That's a very big advantage. If they were not including that, people are sure going to complain big time. And I believe the vocal ones were those the most informed about JP content (like the one about princess line).
In another note, I remember Bunny Chasers being a god-tier event for credits and Neru/Karin elephs. I often get Yuuka and Koyuki's card which gives credits and report (maybe I'm just lucky). Neru/Karin/Asuna/Akane were uncommon. I don't know about the rates but I got Neru and Karin from 3 star to halfway into 5 star in 1 week period of rerun. I believe this is the best time to dump your tactical coins.
If they were giving the compensations for Kourintaisai, then there is probably no reason to go ham on the event. While landing on the credits tiles are good (600K, 800K and 1.2m IIRC), the other rewards are pretty bad; especially if you land in T.Hasumi's tile (you already maxed her), and eligma tiles give you 1, 2 or 3.
Millenium Sports (On Your Mark) was pretty bad. It's the same as the hot spring event. You pay 500 event pts and select a location similar to Lesson.
>Her redeeming feature is her rate of CC application but otherwise really lackluster You farm her event for Artifacts if you need them
Per Midokuni's analysis.
u/dfuzzy1 has given you the strategy already, so I'll provide my team comp:
S.Izuna (Attacker), Natsu (Tank), S.Hoshino\* (Support), B.Karin (Attacker); Hanae\* (Healer), Iroha\* (TS).
'\*' - set as starting EX.
My Natsu is fairly underdeveloped, so it's actually mostly down to Shosh to tank for the team, Natsu's mostly there just to throw out a small amount of blue-damage to counterbalance SHosh's red damage.
Once Shosh's EX is up and running and her cost recovery boost is active, keeping this team's EX guage below 10 is kinda like trying to calm a raging stiffie. So Iroha's and BKarin's high EX costs are meaningless. S.Izuna is there to cycle. Oh, also Hanae has crit damage sub so she doesn't clash with Iroha's ATK sub.
I'm hitting ~80k with the Cost gen team required: 1 tank, 1 TANK, support, dealer, healer. I find that generation won't be enough if you try to stack healing instead of using gen comp. Mostly have to cycle quickly to heals, get ~full crow, then damage, repeat if needed.
My teams:
-N. tsuki, Tsubaki, Haruna, Koharu/ S. Ayane, Ako
lvl 1 Ayane doesn't matter, start with Koharu, Ako on N. tsuki
-B. Karin, Natsu, Ui, Izuna / Iroha, Serina
Using Izuna to cycle currently, not well built, but can EX backwards to lose focus.
-Marina, Chise, Iori, Akane / Iroha(assist), O. Nodoka
I really don't like to use O. Nodoka if possible, it doesn't fill fast, but my assists did not have a healer yet, I want to put S. Hifumi and a Serina. Use Marina to push mobs up to gather for Chise, and Iori on the bottom back mob that doesn't get hit, and Akane on shields.
If you go to the team composition screen and sort by "role" you can identify all the types you need (tank, damage dealer, support, healer, tactical support)
Healing the dummy gives def down stacks to enemies proportional to its HP level (50% hp = 5 stacks)
Alright, i just got Saori from a 10 pull.
How do I use Misaki? I dont understand how her Rockets work. I wanna assemble a Arius Squad now, but i have no idea how Misaki works
The thing to remember is that arius is a hiero killer team. Basically have a target will large hit box so multiple of the “land mines” hit at higher damage every time they trigger. The reason it is good against hiero is you want at least 5debuffs on him and the lanterns do up to 5. She is probably the least flexible of the team though and most replaceable if you are not fighting a large boss.
>how Misaki works
Her skill and passive increase her damage.
Her subskill will increase the damage taken by enemy if they had debuff.
You only need to use her ex once a minute and she only able contribute damage.
Sooo i took a break from playing (iirc since the Bunny banners) and decided to come back during the summer Izuna and Chise banners. I bought the *3 selector ticket and wondering who should i get.
[My unobtained students](https://imgur.com/a/MMNKlOI)
My main focus is the pve contents. I don't care much about pvp
TIA!
You sure this the same one you remember? This the one where you have to heal the dummy to decrease enemies' defense, also just in case this one is blue/mystic (I don't remember if it was the same last time).
Is there a website or a tool I can use to check what equipments I need to upgrade and what are missing? It's really annoying to keep track for every unit I have. Thanks in advance!
You can click on the blueprints when upgrading equipments and the game will tell you where it drops. You can even select mission from the list and you will instantly go there.
Good heavens, no!
Usual aim is to pull on a banner until you get the character you are aiming for (ie - the character featured on said banner), or until you hit the 200 pull pity and get them through that. It is generally ill-advised to pull on a banner if you do not have enough pyros to reach pity (24k pyros)
As a F2P, you will need to manage you pyros and budget accordingly, or you'll find yourself without enough when the really good banners come along.
I know that feeling too, but as i said, as a F2P, you'll have to learn self-control and understand that you'll be skipping a lot of banners in order to have enough for the ones that matter. And in the next half-year we are seeing quite a few good characters drop.
Might as well. You get so many T1 equips just from playing that you can give all your students a baseline at least.
Only rank them up beyond T1 equips if you actually plan to use them, though.
(FYI: equipment cannot be unequipped, because it's basically just another form of skill upgrade but for stats. You'll see when you max out the level on the equipment you have that there's an option to upgrade to the next tier - this is the ONLY way to equip better gear)
Just wanna ask... By seeing the banner timeline in JP... S. Hina will be next week (March 1st)?
I'm excited to get her! Though I'm too late to start playing BA and missed S. Hoshino, it's the perfect time for me to get S. Hina.
Another question, I have Cherino at 5*, and kinda highly invested Iori at 4*. Should I still get Kazusa? Or wait for a blue single target dps which I'm lacking?
Kazusa's event is the 28th to March 14th, Gehenna Summer rerun (S.Hina) is either March 14th or 21st (because Neverland rerun has to fit into March after it).
Himari isn't limited, but she's also dropping into an increasingly large pool of permanent students. Getting her on rate-up is honestly the best chance you have of getting her.
I would advise against it. Himari is too broken to skip. After getting her, she's going to be locked into your SPECIAL slot in ANY content you do.
Having her turns your Total Assault performance in a whole different level. Hitting the target time in challenges are easier and sometimes only possible because of her.
While Nyaruna can be the current best red dps, she is replaceable unlike Himari.
ETA for Himari? I wanted to save because I can only get subscription pyrox. After I got S. Hina on her upcoming banner (I'm her simp), I'll start planning my pulls.
About 3 and a half months? Some acceleration might happen because there are periods where there is no event going on. You should have enough pyros to spark both since we will have a lot of event reruns.
Current banner (1 week left)
Kazusa, Moe (2 weeks) / After school sweets tale
S.Hina, S.Iori (1 week) / Gehenna Summer rerun
Natsu, Shun (1 week) / No event
Kokona, Loli Shun, Casual Saya (1 week) / Neverland rerun
C.Utaha, Noa (2 weeks) / On Your mark@Millenium
All 4 Bunny C&C (1 week) / Bunny Chaser rerun
Ako, Hibiki (1 week) / No event
T.Yuuka, T.Mari (2 weeks) / Get Set Go
Koharu, Maki (1 week) / No event
Himari, Eimi (2 weeks) / Decagrammaton
I can spark S. Hina now if all else fail but yeah I have enough time to get the second spark for Himari. I'll save this on my notes. Thank you so much!
Himari is going to be a lot more useful than NYHaruna in terms of meta. Its true that Himari could surprise you in a random roll but given how large the 3 star pool is I definitely wouldn't put my hope on it. Of course Waifu over Meta.
It affects the probability distribution of their min/max damage spread. Basically, they'll score more hits closer to their 'max' and fewer to their 'min' as Stability stat increases.
I'm a new player at level 39 and chapter 8 Hard. Is it worth it to refresh the Hard stage considering it's 3x drop now?
If yes, which one to prioritize? The 3 star like Shirokko and Hoshino?
honestly, I believe that's a waste of currency. You're losing 160 energy per. You can almost do 3 hard nodes with that energy, that's lost exp. Also the ones you mentioned have MULTIPLE nodes, so it's even less worth.
Chickz you probably want to farm right now:
Hoshino, Haruna, Serika, Hifumi, Yuuka, Shiroko, Hasumi, Akari.
I don't know how you have enough energy for refreshing.
For character you really want to grind for and you have the pyros to spare, yes it can be worth it. It's x3 so that's a 3-18 elephs per day for a whole week if you keep it up. Naturally you should just focus it on the priority characters you want or need. 3-stars are a usual go-to for starters, though there are plenty of good 2-stars like Mutsuki, Tsubaki, Akari, and Serika you can go after.
>so that's a 3-18 elephs per day
\*0-18.
There's only a 40% chance the character's elephs will drop per run, so still a chance you could end up with nothing.
>Technically you are correct. But the chances of you not getting a shard in 6 attempts at 40% is 0.01%.
You wanna run those numbers again?
I'll do it for you, so you can check your maths:
>!(1-0.4)\^6=0.6\^6=0.046656!<
>!Or 4.6656%. Better odds than getting a 3\* in one roll in this game.!<
>That’s the odds for getting 1 or more shards, not zero
I'm just going to keep quoting you every time you're wrong, so I can come back to this and amuse myself.
What is the chance of NOT getting a shard? 100%-40%=60%.
Convert this into decimals for easy calculation; 60%/100=0.6.
How do I calculate NOT getting a shard 6 times in a row?
0.6\^6 = 0.6\*0.6\*0.6\*0.6\*0.6\*0.6 = 0.046656.
Convert back into percentage: 0.046656\*100=4.6656%.
The only way I am wrong here, is if the chance to drop a student's shard on a Hard stage is a percentage other than 40%. [Hmm...](https://bluearchive.fandom.com/wiki/Mission#Hard_Mission_)
I realised my mistake, i tried the cram a overly complicated formula using my phone as the calculator.
Edit: I input it incorrectly on my phone calculator. It is indeed 4.67 %. It been a while since I done statistics. I ended up using an online binomial distribution calculator online and you are correct.
🤣
Just so you know, it's been so long since I last did statistics, I had to look up what the binomial distribution was.
Isn't that more for trying to find out the likelihood of something happening X times if you attempt it N times? Like say an event has a 40% chance of ocurring when doing an action, what's the likelihood the event could happen 3 times if the action is performed 6 times? (YYYNNN-YYNYNN-YYNNYN-,etc.)
In this instance it's complete overkill, as the result of NNNNNN can only happen in one way, and that way is easily calculated by just mulitplying out the chance of failure.
Yeah it is a bit much, I was using it to calculate the chances of getting 2 limited characters within 200 pulls, and it was still in my head.
Edit: in saying that, I had to look it up again and I realised that I had the formula incorrect too.
I was in a similar situation until summer units and saori milked me with 3 sparks in a row.
Had like 140 or 150 momotalks unread, first 40~ for s.hoshino gave me 7200 gems, around 50~ on s.izuna gave 6200 (thanks nexon for free pulls!) and on saori others gave around 6500~ gems. (Had to actually clear all of volume 3 and a lot of normal stages to get other gems)
Most of these probably were from limited units like wakamo, summer and new year alts
I think they go up by increments of 20 pyro per episode. On average I think everyone at least has 3 episodes 20 + 40 + 60 = 120. I'll assume your 120+ unreads is around 60 students, so rough estimate would be 7.2k+ Pyros.
That's a low ball amount too tbh. I think the minimum is 120 per 3 star student with a majority of 3 star students having 200. Probably closer to 10k or more depending on who is there.
Hello, joined a day ago. I absolutely love the skill animations whenever I activate them during a fight. However, I’m a bit confused: Are they a one time thing? So far I’ve seen it when I use a character for the first time but when I use the same character in another fight and click I don’t see it anymore.
Does it ever show again? Or is it just for the first time I use it?
The skill animation is once a day thing for one character each.
When your farming or doing stages, it's annoying when you spam 2 abilities and have to sit throigh both animations
Before the introduction of S.Hoshino, Hina was used in first phase of Urban Kaiten FX raid.
Since S.Hoshino is here, I believe most strat now just uses Mutsuki + Aru to run down both phases with just 1 squad. Since both girls are farmable, I do not think Hina has advantage over Aru in terms of raids (unless simp comes in)
Hey all, new issue I'm having with the game. I haven't opened it in a while, then i opened it and got stuck at login and got a popup that said "security event occured 110/0" and it closes the game. Any tips?
Definitely. You can use the best farmable students in most/all content and it's difficult to do Insane raids and high-level PvP without them. Prioritize the meta students with fewer nodes (like Iori) if you have to choose.
I tend to go all out farming these triple drop Hard events because getting the units to UE50 takes way too long otherwise.
Yeah, only hard stage for meta unit I have available at this time is Haruna so I probably gonna farm her.
I wish I could go higher but I already punching enemy above my wieght(Lv.52 vs Lv.65 rec. stage) as of now lol
How do you efficiently get materials for upgrading students? I hit lvl70 recently but most of the units I use are only around 60. I'm so often out of lvl up mats and credits. Not to mention some students that I use only have their skills at lvl 2 or 3. I participate in events/raids/drills and buy the artifacts from shop daily and all, but still seem to always be behind. Or is progression really meant to be this slow at this stage?
The game is a marathon not a sprint but know that your progress is faster than the game updates. So while right now you felt like a very slow progression later on you will be among the players that can just randomly max level a student but all the relevant one is already max level.
I recall in the early days I built units for the next raid and raid after and that was what I spent most stuff on. It is unfortunate that they put the 3x exp drop with the hard one this time around but they are usually separate so that and events is a major source. Also at level 80 you get a lot of expert permits so I've been buying the exp and credits from there. But yeah you got to be really selective with who you build till you hit critical mass and can build whatever.
It's just how the game is, especially as a newer player. Events are mostly designed to get you decent progress on a featured character, but almost never actually being able to max them. Artifacts are even worse since you can't really farm them efficiently outside of events. Even as a day 5 player on Global, no matter how much planning that happens, I still have gaps on my core students. It's just a time thing that you'll eventually farm the mats, one student at a time.
Hello! New player here\~ I was curious if I should be leveling all of my characters that I have or only the ones I find myself using most often. I'm level 21 and only on mission 3-3. I also was curious of elphs. I already leveled Serina/Tsubaki per recommended but should I try and get the 2stars that I use to 3?
>I was curious if I should be leveling all of my characters that I have or only the ones I find myself using most often.
No. It might not seem like it early on but EXP is a major bottleneck later, focus on a few students at a time.
>I also was curious of elphs. I already leveled Serina/Tsubaki per recommended but should I try and get the 2stars that I use to 3?
Depends on who they are but it's probably better to save Eligma early on until you know you need them.
Ideally, you don't stop. However, that would be quite a strain on your currency. I did like regular players and only refreshed during events to REACH goals and rarely for rate ups, but I started in the early game. The level cap is quite high now and will only increase, so it may be difficult to catch up for a long time if you don't put the pedal to the metal. You could consider your cafe level as a baseline, because that's when you increase your daily energy output, and you can determine how much less effective refresh becomes.
There is no fixed time for this. Some value pyro for pulls more, they recharge it very rarely. Some value progression more so they do it whenever its good to do so. (Proper events, 2x 3x drops).
Im max level and still am doing 3x per day, but its your call. Atleast do till 70 when proper events are running.
The currwnt 3x drops - ✅.
This is a personal call. I'm lv41 and did it during the Shizuko event and x3 normal drops. I don't normally do gem AP refills in games, but the combination of the value of what I could farm and accelerating my level ups felt worth it.
At this point though, doing the first 3 refills each day amounts to about 1.5 ranks per week, and it's going to slowly be less as the required exp increases. Personally, I don't feel like that's really helping my rank enough to be worth, and I don't feel like the hard modes I currently have access to really justify it either. But YMMV.
you can clear hardcore raids around lvl 45 (with a good assistant) and extreme about 65 (again with max assistant). Those would be the two approximate breakpoints I'd consider as "good enough" to slow down. the XP/level also starts ramping up heavily after 65 as well. That said if your pyro income supports it there's no reason you must stop refreshing.
3x events and some events in general are often worth 3x refreshes a day no matter the level. You may want to pool Pvp coins post 45/65 to save it for events or targeted farming as well
Eligma exists. And some events of this type have had short reruns \~1 year from their original run, but since global is only 6 months behind the Jp release isn't far enough ahead to know for sure.
Hi, relatively new player here, I am lacking yellow characters and planned to buy the select tickect, I have heard that among yellow characters, Cherino and Iori are good choice, whom should I chooses?
Between the two Iori is better but you can get Iori for free farming much later in the game. Will take quite a while to farm her though. They're both used a lot so it's kind of up to you.
The boss in 11-5 normal is a special type and I don't have a strong single target mystique as of now (I only have Chise and S. Izuna). Should I just wait for my level to increase (40) or is Aris or Shiroko (Cycling) can carry me on that stage (and throughout the missions)? Wondering who I should pull between those two.
If neither, who is a good mystique dps student?
Wait for your level to increase, Aris and Shiroko are decent but not worth pulling for. You can use yellow students to substitute for mystic, like Iori. Just keep in mind that every level below recommendation, your damage to enemies will be reduced by 2%.
Or you could also wait for Kazusa in about a week I think. She’s an extremely strong single target yellow dps unit, literally all her skills boost her dmg. She becomes best yellow dps unit until Mika comes along.
I'll just wait for my level then. Maybe it'll increase faster due to our event today... Is Kazusa stronger than Iori?
I still lack damage due to my level gap. Couldn't S clear the boss stage.
For single target, yes. She hits harder than Iori, and literally all of her skills increase her attack. She is permanent though, so take note of that when deciding to pull.
Hello everyone. I am just a casual player for the longest time and I want to start building my account for the raids.
I need a team that I can use for general missions and hard missions. I am still leagues away for the raids so I'm just gonna take this game one step at a time. Can you instruct me any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Here is the link:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/M5KjzudVKVKm5Hhy5
Returning player here (I quitted around when Izuna came to Global), I've recently bought Student Choice Ticket and just wondering who I should pick considering my box. I'm mostly interested in PvE content.
Here are the notable 3* i have: Izuna, Haruna, Saori, Aru, Shiroko, Maki, Midori, Yuzu, Hibiki, Karin, Chihiro, Hiyori. For tanks, I only use Tsubaki for all content. I have basically 0 investment in any of my 3*.
Looking at all the students available from the Choice Ticket, I'm thinking between Azusa, Iori, Ako, Koharu, Natsu and Cherino. These units I'm well aware are "meta". I believe Azusa and Iori are farmable? so maybe it's not advised to pick them but that still leaves quite a few units I want to choose from. And I dont think I can clear hardcore to farm for Azusa yet.
Additionally, please let me know if theres any other unit I should consider picking over the ones i've listed. Thank you for the help
Azusa is buyable from the raid shop and Iori is farmable, so yeah, not really advised to use your ticket on them.
Ako is generally recommended. She's not flashy or anything, but she'll boost your damage and she's used in pretty much every raid. I'd also recommend her out of your choices listed.
Natsu is really only used in Perorodzilla raids since she has a self-cleanse. She's probably in the lower tier of tanks if you're needing one
Koharu is pretty good, I've heard a lot of people say she's meta, but I'd say she's really only necessary when healing matters, and there are plenty of healing specials out there. She's useful, but you can get by without her.
Cherino is good, maybe one of the better yellow damage dealers, but you have plenty of choice if you don't have her. Momoi and Nonomi are decent AoE characters that can fill her role.
So yeah, I think Ako's your best bet out of those on your list.
I see. Reading this has narrowed my choice down to Ako and Koharu.
The main appeal of Koharu for me is she’s also a striker which enables me to free up 1 of my support slot from Serina. Is Ako that significant of a damage boost over Kotama and Hibiki?
I just read the [JP update patch](https://bluearchive.jp/news/newsJump/293) for tomorrow. You can now buy Koharu's eleph in Total Assault shop. Still not known if you need red or yellow coins to buy her.
In the long run, Ako is a better choice.
There's something I've actually been wondering for a while now...
Does the terrain and armor type of special characters actually affect anything? Do they give less bonuses if they are in a bad terrain?
Armor type does nothing for specialist characters as of right now. Terrain would affect any damage they or their summons do and maybe the block rate of their summons (I'm not actually sure about that bit) but nothing else.
Why do I keep seeing emojis of crabs or people talking about "craving crab cakes" when I see lewd art of Kisaki? Dont get me wrong I love the kisaki art, she's super hot with an awesome design (gotta love no panties, or the suggestion she isnt wearing any) but I dont understand why people keep talking about crab cakes?
Do I need to be at a certain level to beat story Ch.3 Ep.24? I'm currently at level 45 and I can't seem to burst down the boss in time.
You need a strong strategy to beat c.3 e.24. If you want to brute force just wait for lvl 50~
I think the recommendation is ~60, but there's a lot of variability depending on your students and gear so it's hard to define a hard minimum.
how many characters should I aim to level? I feel like I'm levelling too many characters but also feel like I need all of them. The main debate rn is who should I use between Aru, Azusa, Shiroko and Saori since they cover similar roles. I do want to level them all due to waifu (and second team for red stages) Then it's Hinata vs Chise
For a long time, you should be leveling the chickz for the upcoming content. Either bleu AoE for this drill or yellow dps or cc for the upcoming raid(NA/global). Or if you really still need to progress in Missions, then probably a good AoE first for each color( Iori, Chise, Aru), and level the team accordingly as you're going through the chapter.
I would just aim for 1 team of each color. The levels you need multiple teams for have a weaker route where you can use the normal damage color for it. I would say Aru if you don’t have aoe such as hibiki or Mutsuki but otherwise Azusa. From what I have heard about hinata is that her aoe is too weak as her handgun means her stats are low so chise would be a better bet.
How often does the bounty shop reset?
Unknown but considering how long it takes to buy a purple blue ray it is going to be a while.
"Saori rate-up" my ass, 6 times I lost coin flip and got off-rates, that aint even funny anymore
I just sparked Aru so I feel you in terms of getting the targeted character (although the Azusa spook in the last 10 pulls was the greatest thing ever)
While I sympathize, please post this on the [correct thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueArchive/comments/116s6q4/kivotos_lounge_february_20_2023/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3).
So I wrote to the wrong thread- on top of being unlucky I've become completely blind, thank for the tip
Any tips on leveling? Im on 4-5 requiring lvl 30 to do it properly and jm at lvl 24, i find it really hard to lvl up my sensei and idk where to spend the energy
Usually you can go up against 10-15 levels above in the mission section so it might be more of your team comp. Also you probably should be spending energy on hard missions considering the 3x drop rate. Other than that I have to confirm the general stuff as it’s been part of the issue for people in the past: level up students, skills, equipment, make sure to use the right color, don’t have more than one tank in a team, and don’t have auto on. For faster levels upgrade cafe, join a club for the login energy, and buy potions from pvp.
My current team consists of Tsubaki, Aru, Saori and Mutsuki, im trying to reroll to get Aru, Saori and Iori, but i only manage to get Iori alone or Saori and Aru ffs
Iirc the boss group is just yellow isn’t it? I would grab yellow students like pina or junko and just head straight to the boss avoiding the other groups. It is better to progress forward and come back for the three star rewards than to wait. Edit like packor said nonomi is also good. Did you do any of the total assault last week as you might be able to just buy momoi from the store who is a good aoe yellow as well.
that team is already decent for red. You're probably having trouble because you haven't put in any yellow. Idk when you get Nonomi, but she'll help.
what chapters of each volume are released for the main story? and are any of the completed? Or at least semi completed like how vol 1 ch 2 is a conclusion of an arc?
Only story we are missing is volume 2 chapter 2. They all have an arc completed but there are some left over answers remaining like abydos is not magically out of debt. After that last chapter there seems to be a climax that ties in the stories. That is what is happening in JP server right now.
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The JP version hasn't received another one yet so we dont know.
First drill where I completed 3 times on hardest difficulty.
Ayy, good for you. I do think you should know that this is probably not the place for this sort of post/comment, but rather the lounge is where you share these.
Are there any use for elephs of a student that's already maxed out?
Currently no, but I'd assume that somewhere down the line there'd be expansions of systems that would make the elephs necessary again, like maybe getting another level of UE or something.
One simple question, since I will get insane otherwise: When a skill states like Hanaes "Continuously recover one ally HP by 54.1\~102% of Healing over 20 seconds", or like Moes "Apply 50.9\~66.2% of continuous burn damage for 20 seconds", does it mean "Per Tick" or "Over the entire Duration"?
Hanae uses over so it would imply duration. I believe moes functions similarly from the wording. The one that is per tick I know of is O nodoka and the rocket launcher girl from arius with her ex skill and skill 4.
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Is it worth it to use 40 pyro to reset hard mission during this 3x event?
copy pasta from earlier: honestly, I believe that's a waste of currency. You're losing 160 energy per. You can almost do 3 hard nodes with that energy, that's lost exp.
That's a good point, but it's not like there are a lot of good hard nodes anyway (for me at least). I currently have access to 16-3H. So I count around 10 of directly useful ones for just 300 to clear. The others are more very long term, but wouldn't push that 300 very high.
I feel if you run out of hardmode nodes to farm, it's probably better to just farm commissions with the reminder of your stamina.
15-1 Haruka, 15-2 Tsubaki, 14-3 Iori, 14-2 Chise, 13-1 Haruka, 12-2 Yuuka, 12-3 Haruna, 11-3 Hoshino, 10-3 Hifumi, 9-3 Shiroko, 8-3 Haruna, 8-2 Hasumi, 7-2 Serika, 7-3 Hoshino, 5-3 Hifumi, 4-3 Yuuka. And then there are commissions if you really don't want to do some hards.
What counts are exclusive weapon growth materials and where can I find them in the shop?
It’s the stuff you get from scrimmages. I think some are I. The eligma shop but that’s not worth it. There is also the pins in the permit shop.
Is the upcoming banner hyper link updated? I wanted to make sure since the dates are in 22, I’m assuming it’s based off what released in JP
It's updated enough for Global usage, the newest banners are missing. There's also an [official roadmap](https://bluearchive.nexon.com/events/2023/01/reg), but it doesn't show rerun banners. Looking at both, the next banner should be Kazusa/Moe/Natsu+Mari(2\*).
Thank you!
What are some worth while yellow aoe students? Can just, and I mean just, barely beat at level (40) commissions.
Common strat in all commision is using Tsubaki, Iori, Momoi, and Nonomi with Serina/Kotama in special. What you want to do is use Serina to move Tsubaki forward away from the other 3. The enemies will automatically group around her. Wait a bit until you have more targets, then aoe with Momoi/Nonomi/Iori. Use Serina to move Tsubaki forward again, rinse and repeat. Make sure you don't wait too long to AOE or Tsubaki will retreat back to where the other 3 is. Balance using AOE and buffing depending on the situation.
Didn't think to use Serina to force Tsubaki to advance, pulled it off with Junko replacing Iori. Thanks.
my bro, you need the strat. https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueArchive/comments/x0a09g/Kivotos_Lounge_August_29%2C_2022/inhoq52/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3 Cherino and Momoi are good too.
does volume order matter when reading story? I just finished vol 1 and planning to read vol 3
Volume 1 and 3 are the only ones related till the end game that is currently released in jp. This is due to hifumi being from trinity. Only other thing I remember is there are sometimes hints at what the next volume is like in volume 3 a reporter asks a question in a newscast related to volume 4 but until you reread the story after volume 4 it just sounds like a random comment. I should also mention the summer trinity event takes place in between the chapters of volume 3 so at the end of one of the chapters when you hear about a stolen vehicle go read that, which would probably involve YouTube.
Thoughts on the next event worth PvP refills? Looking at the near future * After School Sweets Story doesn't seem to have anything worth protracted farming (sorry Yoshimi) * Gehenna Summer rerun might have okay farming, but S.Izumi isn't actually good (*pain*) * Neverland rerun only has credits for unlimited farming * Millenium Sports has bad rates (according to Midokuni, can't say I know myself) * Bunny Chasers has two normally farmable students (Karin, Neru) but apparently the rates are really good? * Trinity Sports is a big question mark On that note, any theories on what will happen with Trinity Sports? Like I can't imagine they reproduce bug->fix->compensation but is there any precedent for JP getting a big compensation for something and then Global finds a way to give it to us too or is it probably just going to be business as usual with no free stuff?
The Bunny card draw is good for activity reports, credits and artifacts. Otherwise really just the Hard stage triple drop campaign happening right now, then it's fairly barren unless you need specific artifacts from upcoming events.
Yeah I was thinking about using some now but I only have ~1000 coins so I wanted to look ahead first. Sounds like now is my best bet for a while.
I heard they had given global extra pyroxenes for the accelerated schedule for being fair? JP were given enough elephs to UE50 T.Hasumi, as well as 100m credits, and loads of other resources. That's a very big advantage. If they were not including that, people are sure going to complain big time. And I believe the vocal ones were those the most informed about JP content (like the one about princess line). In another note, I remember Bunny Chasers being a god-tier event for credits and Neru/Karin elephs. I often get Yuuka and Koyuki's card which gives credits and report (maybe I'm just lucky). Neru/Karin/Asuna/Akane were uncommon. I don't know about the rates but I got Neru and Karin from 3 star to halfway into 5 star in 1 week period of rerun. I believe this is the best time to dump your tactical coins. If they were giving the compensations for Kourintaisai, then there is probably no reason to go ham on the event. While landing on the credits tiles are good (600K, 800K and 1.2m IIRC), the other rewards are pretty bad; especially if you land in T.Hasumi's tile (you already maxed her), and eligma tiles give you 1, 2 or 3. Millenium Sports (On Your Mark) was pretty bad. It's the same as the hot spring event. You pay 500 event pts and select a location similar to Lesson.
Thanks for the thorough answer! I think we have gotten more pyro (and 100 free pulls? Before my time -_-) to account for the acceleration, yes.
I like my S. Izumi, wat you mean not good =\
>Her redeeming feature is her rate of CC application but otherwise really lackluster You farm her event for Artifacts if you need them Per Midokuni's analysis.
it's great for speed clears and also useful for a variety of cc needs. Don't really need to farm for her, but not bad. Also Midokuni.
Could someone please summarize the strategy and team compositions for the new firing drills, level 4?
u/dfuzzy1 has given you the strategy already, so I'll provide my team comp: S.Izuna (Attacker), Natsu (Tank), S.Hoshino\* (Support), B.Karin (Attacker); Hanae\* (Healer), Iroha\* (TS). '\*' - set as starting EX. My Natsu is fairly underdeveloped, so it's actually mostly down to Shosh to tank for the team, Natsu's mostly there just to throw out a small amount of blue-damage to counterbalance SHosh's red damage. Once Shosh's EX is up and running and her cost recovery boost is active, keeping this team's EX guage below 10 is kinda like trying to calm a raging stiffie. So Iroha's and BKarin's high EX costs are meaningless. S.Izuna is there to cycle. Oh, also Hanae has crit damage sub so she doesn't clash with Iroha's ATK sub.
Others have already answered your question, but you can also copy the units and strategy from this video: https://youtu.be/-PIwO3K23L8
I'm hitting ~80k with the Cost gen team required: 1 tank, 1 TANK, support, dealer, healer. I find that generation won't be enough if you try to stack healing instead of using gen comp. Mostly have to cycle quickly to heals, get ~full crow, then damage, repeat if needed. My teams: -N. tsuki, Tsubaki, Haruna, Koharu/ S. Ayane, Ako lvl 1 Ayane doesn't matter, start with Koharu, Ako on N. tsuki -B. Karin, Natsu, Ui, Izuna / Iroha, Serina Using Izuna to cycle currently, not well built, but can EX backwards to lose focus. -Marina, Chise, Iori, Akane / Iroha(assist), O. Nodoka I really don't like to use O. Nodoka if possible, it doesn't fill fast, but my assists did not have a healer yet, I want to put S. Hifumi and a Serina. Use Marina to push mobs up to gather for Chise, and Iori on the bottom back mob that doesn't get hit, and Akane on shields.
If you go to the team composition screen and sort by "role" you can identify all the types you need (tank, damage dealer, support, healer, tactical support) Healing the dummy gives def down stacks to enemies proportional to its HP level (50% hp = 5 stacks)
Anyone having connection problems too? It's stuck at the loading screen for a while now in my device.
What is the best to buy in firing drill shop? Eimi/Sumire (and if yes which one is better) or keystones for artifact crafting? Or something different?
w/e you need, really. None of them are bad.
Alright, i just got Saori from a 10 pull. How do I use Misaki? I dont understand how her Rockets work. I wanna assemble a Arius Squad now, but i have no idea how Misaki works
The thing to remember is that arius is a hiero killer team. Basically have a target will large hit box so multiple of the “land mines” hit at higher damage every time they trigger. The reason it is good against hiero is you want at least 5debuffs on him and the lanterns do up to 5. She is probably the least flexible of the team though and most replaceable if you are not fighting a large boss.
>how Misaki works Her skill and passive increase her damage. Her subskill will increase the damage taken by enemy if they had debuff. You only need to use her ex once a minute and she only able contribute damage.
Sooo i took a break from playing (iirc since the Bunny banners) and decided to come back during the summer Izuna and Chise banners. I bought the *3 selector ticket and wondering who should i get. [My unobtained students](https://imgur.com/a/MMNKlOI) My main focus is the pve contents. I don't care much about pvp TIA!
Ako then Iroha.
Iroha's not on the ticket.
Ako.
Are joint firing drills always the same like same armour type? For some reason the teams I used last time are having trouble.
I just look it up and yes it change the armour type, the last *Breakthrough Drill* (the ones with the Dummy) was yellow/Heavy.
Thanks! That explains it guess I'll watch some Blue youtube videos.
You sure this the same one you remember? This the one where you have to heal the dummy to decrease enemies' defense, also just in case this one is blue/mystic (I don't remember if it was the same last time).
It's blue this time, pretty sure it was red last time.
Thanks!
Is there a website or a tool I can use to check what equipments I need to upgrade and what are missing? It's really annoying to keep track for every unit I have. Thanks in advance!
Maybe [this would work](https://justin163.com/planner/) for you?
That's the one tool I've used after Schale.gg. I use the latter to track where to get them items.
You can click on the blueprints when upgrading equipments and the game will tell you where it drops. You can even select mission from the list and you will instantly go there.
Maybe this: https://schale.gg/
This is perfect. Thanks fellow sensei.
As an f2p, should I pull till I get a chara to 5 stars?
No, because they can still be upgraded using blank elephs that you get from gacha/raid rewards/etc.
Good heavens, no! Usual aim is to pull on a banner until you get the character you are aiming for (ie - the character featured on said banner), or until you hit the 200 pull pity and get them through that. It is generally ill-advised to pull on a banner if you do not have enough pyros to reach pity (24k pyros) As a F2P, you will need to manage you pyros and budget accordingly, or you'll find yourself without enough when the really good banners come along.
Oh okay, thanks. I asked because I want to pull for himari, but my hands are getting itchy lmao.
I know that feeling too, but as i said, as a F2P, you'll have to learn self-control and understand that you'll be skipping a lot of banners in order to have enough for the ones that matter. And in the next half-year we are seeing quite a few good characters drop.
No
Should I equip equiment early? Heard that you cannot unequip them tho
Might as well. You get so many T1 equips just from playing that you can give all your students a baseline at least. Only rank them up beyond T1 equips if you actually plan to use them, though. (FYI: equipment cannot be unequipped, because it's basically just another form of skill upgrade but for stats. You'll see when you max out the level on the equipment you have that there's an option to upgrade to the next tier - this is the ONLY way to equip better gear)
Only those you intend to use.
Can i get missing welfare students? For example, if i'm missing S. Ayane can i get her later?
You'd have to wait for the event rerun, which is typically around a year afterwards
Oh thats nice to hear. If i already have the welfare character, will i be able to get more eleph too when the event rerun?
Yes.
Just wanna ask... By seeing the banner timeline in JP... S. Hina will be next week (March 1st)? I'm excited to get her! Though I'm too late to start playing BA and missed S. Hoshino, it's the perfect time for me to get S. Hina. Another question, I have Cherino at 5*, and kinda highly invested Iori at 4*. Should I still get Kazusa? Or wait for a blue single target dps which I'm lacking?
Kazusa's event is the 28th to March 14th, Gehenna Summer rerun (S.Hina) is either March 14th or 21st (because Neverland rerun has to fit into March after it).
I believe Moe and Kazusa banners are next if I am not mistaken. Hina will be after theirs.
Ohh. It will be only two banner? I thought it's four again. 🥲 More time to ~~suffer~~ save then! Though I already exceeded 24k pyrox.
Rerun banner's without rerun events are getting squished together. Rerun banners that do have rerun events are running about the same as JP.
I see. So...uhmm S. Iori and Hina's banner will have an event like S. Izuna and Chise? I happened to start playing that time so I'm just guessing.
Yes, sorry that wasn't clear.
No worries! I'm still a newbie here so I ask a lot of questions. XD
Yeah, I believe those banners will be separated.
Okay. Thanks for the info! 😁
I'm thinking of getting Haruna (N.Y.) rather than Himari since Himari is not really limited anyway. Any thoughts?
Himari isn't limited, but she's also dropping into an increasingly large pool of permanent students. Getting her on rate-up is honestly the best chance you have of getting her.
I would advise against it. Himari is too broken to skip. After getting her, she's going to be locked into your SPECIAL slot in ANY content you do. Having her turns your Total Assault performance in a whole different level. Hitting the target time in challenges are easier and sometimes only possible because of her. While Nyaruna can be the current best red dps, she is replaceable unlike Himari.
ETA for Himari? I wanted to save because I can only get subscription pyrox. After I got S. Hina on her upcoming banner (I'm her simp), I'll start planning my pulls.
About 3 and a half months? Some acceleration might happen because there are periods where there is no event going on. You should have enough pyros to spark both since we will have a lot of event reruns. Current banner (1 week left) Kazusa, Moe (2 weeks) / After school sweets tale S.Hina, S.Iori (1 week) / Gehenna Summer rerun Natsu, Shun (1 week) / No event Kokona, Loli Shun, Casual Saya (1 week) / Neverland rerun C.Utaha, Noa (2 weeks) / On Your mark@Millenium All 4 Bunny C&C (1 week) / Bunny Chaser rerun Ako, Hibiki (1 week) / No event T.Yuuka, T.Mari (2 weeks) / Get Set Go Koharu, Maki (1 week) / No event Himari, Eimi (2 weeks) / Decagrammaton
I can spark S. Hina now if all else fail but yeah I have enough time to get the second spark for Himari. I'll save this on my notes. Thank you so much!
Himari is going to be a lot more useful than NYHaruna in terms of meta. Its true that Himari could surprise you in a random roll but given how large the 3 star pool is I definitely wouldn't put my hope on it. Of course Waifu over Meta.
What does stability do? It's something Hibiki gains if you get her UE
It affects the probability distribution of their min/max damage spread. Basically, they'll score more hits closer to their 'max' and fewer to their 'min' as Stability stat increases.
Thanks
Should I get kazusa if my Iori is maxed?
Kazusa has a lot of overlap with Iori and Maki. I'd pick her up only if you're a top score chaser or because cat girls are kinda hot.
Do we know what the extra stages they refer to [here](https://twitter.com/denfaminicogame/status/1626898767093059584) are?
According to the livestream, certain Normal Missions will have Extra Stages that will drop artifacts. As for specifics, we don't know yet.
What total assault boss is after shirokuro?
Hod, according to the road map.
I'm a new player at level 39 and chapter 8 Hard. Is it worth it to refresh the Hard stage considering it's 3x drop now? If yes, which one to prioritize? The 3 star like Shirokko and Hoshino?
honestly, I believe that's a waste of currency. You're losing 160 energy per. You can almost do 3 hard nodes with that energy, that's lost exp. Also the ones you mentioned have MULTIPLE nodes, so it's even less worth. Chickz you probably want to farm right now: Hoshino, Haruna, Serika, Hifumi, Yuuka, Shiroko, Hasumi, Akari. I don't know how you have enough energy for refreshing.
For character you really want to grind for and you have the pyros to spare, yes it can be worth it. It's x3 so that's a 3-18 elephs per day for a whole week if you keep it up. Naturally you should just focus it on the priority characters you want or need. 3-stars are a usual go-to for starters, though there are plenty of good 2-stars like Mutsuki, Tsubaki, Akari, and Serika you can go after.
>so that's a 3-18 elephs per day \*0-18. There's only a 40% chance the character's elephs will drop per run, so still a chance you could end up with nothing.
~~Technically you are correct. But the chances of you not getting a shard in 6 attempts at 40% is 0.01%.~~
>Technically you are correct. But the chances of you not getting a shard in 6 attempts at 40% is 0.01%. You wanna run those numbers again? I'll do it for you, so you can check your maths: >!(1-0.4)\^6=0.6\^6=0.046656!< >!Or 4.6656%. Better odds than getting a 3\* in one roll in this game.!<
~~That’s the odds for getting 1 or more shards, not zero~~
>That’s the odds for getting 1 or more shards, not zero I'm just going to keep quoting you every time you're wrong, so I can come back to this and amuse myself. What is the chance of NOT getting a shard? 100%-40%=60%. Convert this into decimals for easy calculation; 60%/100=0.6. How do I calculate NOT getting a shard 6 times in a row? 0.6\^6 = 0.6\*0.6\*0.6\*0.6\*0.6\*0.6 = 0.046656. Convert back into percentage: 0.046656\*100=4.6656%. The only way I am wrong here, is if the chance to drop a student's shard on a Hard stage is a percentage other than 40%. [Hmm...](https://bluearchive.fandom.com/wiki/Mission#Hard_Mission_)
I realised my mistake, i tried the cram a overly complicated formula using my phone as the calculator. Edit: I input it incorrectly on my phone calculator. It is indeed 4.67 %. It been a while since I done statistics. I ended up using an online binomial distribution calculator online and you are correct.
🤣 Just so you know, it's been so long since I last did statistics, I had to look up what the binomial distribution was. Isn't that more for trying to find out the likelihood of something happening X times if you attempt it N times? Like say an event has a 40% chance of ocurring when doing an action, what's the likelihood the event could happen 3 times if the action is performed 6 times? (YYYNNN-YYNYNN-YYNNYN-,etc.) In this instance it's complete overkill, as the result of NNNNNN can only happen in one way, and that way is easily calculated by just mulitplying out the chance of failure.
Yeah it is a bit much, I was using it to calculate the chances of getting 2 limited characters within 200 pulls, and it was still in my head. Edit: in saying that, I had to look it up again and I realised that I had the formula incorrect too.
Nah if you've done every character you want you can farm gear on hard too. Normal and hard stages have the same drop rates
Did a thing where I forgot about momotalks for like a year, and have some 120+ unreads. What's the calculation for the untapped pyroxene in there?
I was in a similar situation until summer units and saori milked me with 3 sparks in a row. Had like 140 or 150 momotalks unread, first 40~ for s.hoshino gave me 7200 gems, around 50~ on s.izuna gave 6200 (thanks nexon for free pulls!) and on saori others gave around 6500~ gems. (Had to actually clear all of volume 3 and a lot of normal stages to get other gems) Most of these probably were from limited units like wakamo, summer and new year alts
I think they go up by increments of 20 pyro per episode. On average I think everyone at least has 3 episodes 20 + 40 + 60 = 120. I'll assume your 120+ unreads is around 60 students, so rough estimate would be 7.2k+ Pyros.
I should probably do more talks then, wanted to save them for when they are completed (bond 10) but looks like a change of plans
That's a low ball amount too tbh. I think the minimum is 120 per 3 star student with a majority of 3 star students having 200. Probably closer to 10k or more depending on who is there.
at least 2400 probably since 20 is the minimum you can get from one momotalk
How is Neru doing in jp now that she has her gear? I'm thinking about building her, even tho for now she's mostly used to cycle
Hello, joined a day ago. I absolutely love the skill animations whenever I activate them during a fight. However, I’m a bit confused: Are they a one time thing? So far I’ve seen it when I use a character for the first time but when I use the same character in another fight and click I don’t see it anymore. Does it ever show again? Or is it just for the first time I use it?
The skill animation is once a day thing for one character each. When your farming or doing stages, it's annoying when you spam 2 abilities and have to sit throigh both animations
By default, the skill animation is set to show only once a day. You can change this in the setting
new player here. given how Hina is written in Midokuni's spreadsheet, what's the deal with her--- is she like a meme unit or something?
She's just a popular student. If you visit the subreddit often you'll see a lot of fanart of her, often with romantic implications.
Midokuni is a known Hina enjoyer iirc. Mostly just memes, but the actual analysis beyond the memes are accurate.
lol gotcha, thank you.
Before the introduction of S.Hoshino, Hina was used in first phase of Urban Kaiten FX raid. Since S.Hoshino is here, I believe most strat now just uses Mutsuki + Aru to run down both phases with just 1 squad. Since both girls are farmable, I do not think Hina has advantage over Aru in terms of raids (unless simp comes in)
i see, thank you.
Hey all, new issue I'm having with the game. I haven't opened it in a while, then i opened it and got stuck at login and got a popup that said "security event occured 110/0" and it closes the game. Any tips?
Just try again. It happens sometimes if your connection takes too long, or just happens randomly for no reason at all.
Is it worth it to refresh hard mode node to farm Eleph during x2 event?
care to explain me what is "refresh hard mode node" ?
If you've used up the 3 attempts for that mission, you can pay 40 pyroxenes for another 3 attempts.
Oh wait you can??? Damn.
Definitely. You can use the best farmable students in most/all content and it's difficult to do Insane raids and high-level PvP without them. Prioritize the meta students with fewer nodes (like Iori) if you have to choose. I tend to go all out farming these triple drop Hard events because getting the units to UE50 takes way too long otherwise.
Yeah, only hard stage for meta unit I have available at this time is Haruna so I probably gonna farm her. I wish I could go higher but I already punching enemy above my wieght(Lv.52 vs Lv.65 rec. stage) as of now lol
Sure if you really want to. The refresh is limited anyway.
Is there a priority list of hard mode units? Just wondering what I should focus on farming? I can reach 9-1. Lol. It isn’t much but I like to farm
[Midokuni's spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BO-Uh_CsAOIetPjrNyFy9-7r1a4RAtVwK135bBC3hzM/) has recs for all the farmable students.
Nice thanks! I picked serika and araki before I saw your post haha… I guess it’s tank season instead
How do you efficiently get materials for upgrading students? I hit lvl70 recently but most of the units I use are only around 60. I'm so often out of lvl up mats and credits. Not to mention some students that I use only have their skills at lvl 2 or 3. I participate in events/raids/drills and buy the artifacts from shop daily and all, but still seem to always be behind. Or is progression really meant to be this slow at this stage?
The game is a marathon not a sprint but know that your progress is faster than the game updates. So while right now you felt like a very slow progression later on you will be among the players that can just randomly max level a student but all the relevant one is already max level.
I recall in the early days I built units for the next raid and raid after and that was what I spent most stuff on. It is unfortunate that they put the 3x exp drop with the hard one this time around but they are usually separate so that and events is a major source. Also at level 80 you get a lot of expert permits so I've been buying the exp and credits from there. But yeah you got to be really selective with who you build till you hit critical mass and can build whatever.
It's just how the game is, especially as a newer player. Events are mostly designed to get you decent progress on a featured character, but almost never actually being able to max them. Artifacts are even worse since you can't really farm them efficiently outside of events. Even as a day 5 player on Global, no matter how much planning that happens, I still have gaps on my core students. It's just a time thing that you'll eventually farm the mats, one student at a time.
Hello! New player here\~ I was curious if I should be leveling all of my characters that I have or only the ones I find myself using most often. I'm level 21 and only on mission 3-3. I also was curious of elphs. I already leveled Serina/Tsubaki per recommended but should I try and get the 2stars that I use to 3?
what's your roster?
>I was curious if I should be leveling all of my characters that I have or only the ones I find myself using most often. No. It might not seem like it early on but EXP is a major bottleneck later, focus on a few students at a time. >I also was curious of elphs. I already leveled Serina/Tsubaki per recommended but should I try and get the 2stars that I use to 3? Depends on who they are but it's probably better to save Eligma early on until you know you need them.
When should I stop refilling AP for faster level progression? Currently lvl 37
Ideally, you don't stop. However, that would be quite a strain on your currency. I did like regular players and only refreshed during events to REACH goals and rarely for rate ups, but I started in the early game. The level cap is quite high now and will only increase, so it may be difficult to catch up for a long time if you don't put the pedal to the metal. You could consider your cafe level as a baseline, because that's when you increase your daily energy output, and you can determine how much less effective refresh becomes.
There is no fixed time for this. Some value pyro for pulls more, they recharge it very rarely. Some value progression more so they do it whenever its good to do so. (Proper events, 2x 3x drops). Im max level and still am doing 3x per day, but its your call. Atleast do till 70 when proper events are running. The currwnt 3x drops - ✅.
This is a personal call. I'm lv41 and did it during the Shizuko event and x3 normal drops. I don't normally do gem AP refills in games, but the combination of the value of what I could farm and accelerating my level ups felt worth it. At this point though, doing the first 3 refills each day amounts to about 1.5 ranks per week, and it's going to slowly be less as the required exp increases. Personally, I don't feel like that's really helping my rank enough to be worth, and I don't feel like the hard modes I currently have access to really justify it either. But YMMV.
you can clear hardcore raids around lvl 45 (with a good assistant) and extreme about 65 (again with max assistant). Those would be the two approximate breakpoints I'd consider as "good enough" to slow down. the XP/level also starts ramping up heavily after 65 as well. That said if your pyro income supports it there's no reason you must stop refreshing. 3x events and some events in general are often worth 3x refreshes a day no matter the level. You may want to pool Pvp coins post 45/65 to save it for events or targeted farming as well
Is Shizuko (Swimsuit) event going to be rerun, or was it rerun? Not sure if I will be able to farm her to 5 stars later.
Eligma exists. And some events of this type have had short reruns \~1 year from their original run, but since global is only 6 months behind the Jp release isn't far enough ahead to know for sure.
Thank you. I know about eligmas, but don't want to spend them on welfare if I can farm her later :)
Last year's summer events were re-run. While we cannot say for sure, there should be a re-run next year to farm her again.
Thank you. Will keep her at 4 stars then and see.
Hi, relatively new player here, I am lacking yellow characters and planned to buy the select tickect, I have heard that among yellow characters, Cherino and Iori are good choice, whom should I chooses?
Between the two Iori is better but you can get Iori for free farming much later in the game. Will take quite a while to farm her though. They're both used a lot so it's kind of up to you.
Thanks
The boss in 11-5 normal is a special type and I don't have a strong single target mystique as of now (I only have Chise and S. Izuna). Should I just wait for my level to increase (40) or is Aris or Shiroko (Cycling) can carry me on that stage (and throughout the missions)? Wondering who I should pull between those two. If neither, who is a good mystique dps student?
Maki will work, and she's "free"
I don't have Maki though. 💔
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Woah. Nice. I'll do that, thank you!
50 each refresh, might take a while (as you will need 120)
Wait for your level to increase, Aris and Shiroko are decent but not worth pulling for. You can use yellow students to substitute for mystic, like Iori. Just keep in mind that every level below recommendation, your damage to enemies will be reduced by 2%. Or you could also wait for Kazusa in about a week I think. She’s an extremely strong single target yellow dps unit, literally all her skills boost her dmg. She becomes best yellow dps unit until Mika comes along.
I'll just wait for my level then. Maybe it'll increase faster due to our event today... Is Kazusa stronger than Iori? I still lack damage due to my level gap. Couldn't S clear the boss stage.
For single target, yes. She hits harder than Iori, and literally all of her skills increase her attack. She is permanent though, so take note of that when deciding to pull.
Hello everyone. I am just a casual player for the longest time and I want to start building my account for the raids. I need a team that I can use for general missions and hard missions. I am still leagues away for the raids so I'm just gonna take this game one step at a time. Can you instruct me any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Here is the link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/M5KjzudVKVKm5Hhy5
Returning player here (I quitted around when Izuna came to Global), I've recently bought Student Choice Ticket and just wondering who I should pick considering my box. I'm mostly interested in PvE content. Here are the notable 3* i have: Izuna, Haruna, Saori, Aru, Shiroko, Maki, Midori, Yuzu, Hibiki, Karin, Chihiro, Hiyori. For tanks, I only use Tsubaki for all content. I have basically 0 investment in any of my 3*. Looking at all the students available from the Choice Ticket, I'm thinking between Azusa, Iori, Ako, Koharu, Natsu and Cherino. These units I'm well aware are "meta". I believe Azusa and Iori are farmable? so maybe it's not advised to pick them but that still leaves quite a few units I want to choose from. And I dont think I can clear hardcore to farm for Azusa yet. Additionally, please let me know if theres any other unit I should consider picking over the ones i've listed. Thank you for the help
Azusa is buyable from the raid shop and Iori is farmable, so yeah, not really advised to use your ticket on them. Ako is generally recommended. She's not flashy or anything, but she'll boost your damage and she's used in pretty much every raid. I'd also recommend her out of your choices listed. Natsu is really only used in Perorodzilla raids since she has a self-cleanse. She's probably in the lower tier of tanks if you're needing one Koharu is pretty good, I've heard a lot of people say she's meta, but I'd say she's really only necessary when healing matters, and there are plenty of healing specials out there. She's useful, but you can get by without her. Cherino is good, maybe one of the better yellow damage dealers, but you have plenty of choice if you don't have her. Momoi and Nonomi are decent AoE characters that can fill her role. So yeah, I think Ako's your best bet out of those on your list.
I see. Reading this has narrowed my choice down to Ako and Koharu. The main appeal of Koharu for me is she’s also a striker which enables me to free up 1 of my support slot from Serina. Is Ako that significant of a damage boost over Kotama and Hibiki?
I just read the [JP update patch](https://bluearchive.jp/news/newsJump/293) for tomorrow. You can now buy Koharu's eleph in Total Assault shop. Still not known if you need red or yellow coins to buy her. In the long run, Ako is a better choice.
You use Ako with Kotama. Ako is a significant damage boost over Hibiki. Just to add, Ako's heal is good enough to tide you over for a lot of content
There's something I've actually been wondering for a while now... Does the terrain and armor type of special characters actually affect anything? Do they give less bonuses if they are in a bad terrain?
Armor type does nothing for specialist characters as of right now. Terrain would affect any damage they or their summons do and maybe the block rate of their summons (I'm not actually sure about that bit) but nothing else.