Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[umbral meteor]

no it wasnt early only jan datamines are early we will get next update on 28th most likely

its far easier to own 5 off type teams than 17 on type tho

yes

[lapis pine]

Honestly you can 2k MM with most types completely F2P so like I don’t think having 17 off type teams is achievable or reasonable

[umbral meteor]

why would you even have "17"

[lapis pine]

Like, if being able to clear all the content in the game isn’t enough for you, then there will never be a stopping point to your pulling

[umbral meteor]

when you only use 5

[lapis pine]

Yeah literally

No reason to have such an arbitrary goal

[umbral meteor]

you are playing a gacha game why would you wanna stop pulling lol

[lapis pine]

Jass I’m literally agreeing with you

By that I meant you will be wanting to pull every banner because of powercreep

[umbral meteor]

ye well you can clear 10k every week with only f2p pairs anyways

[tardy fiber]

To do 17 streaks Gauntlet

[umbral meteor]

ah

[lapis pine]

Yea that’s what I said in my first message

[lapis pine]

Oh yeah I have been thinking. I think people should try to be more aware of saving candies especially now that 5/5 grids are a thing. Even though it sucks, there’s a real possibility that everyone should be prepared to use up to 4 candies on a unit, or to candy a unit you already have at 3/5 when they get an expanded grid. Even though often you would rather candy 2 units to 3/5 rather than 1 unit to 5/5, you should at least have the candies spare to make that sort of decision when it comes up.

As zenners who don’t usually pull for meta, candies are our opportunity to improve the viability of our rosters and so the 5/5 grid change makes it all the more important to have a decent amount of candies on hand

[umbral meteor]

would you really candy anyone 4 times tho

[lapis pine]

In some scenarios yeah. SSN having most of the important tiles at 4/5 shows us that DeNa is not afraid of making the relevant grids past 3/5, so if there is a scenario where I have a unit I really like who gets really good at 4/5 or 5/5, I would consider using those candies. Plus I think your reasoning is similar to saying “would you really ever need more than a pity?”, although it is unlikely that these sorts of situations will arise, it’s good to be prepared.

[tardy fiber]

I just gonna 3/5 them...those 4/5 or 5/5 grids will be save as an afterthought if i got any of those dupes while doing select scout multi

Like my ssN can clear ice weak bertha just fine with 1/5...i might 3/5 him later but after falliris and djgloria

[umbral meteor]

ig but thats only if hes your fav too

and some ppl are also fine with favs being 1/5 anyways

[lapis pine]

Idk I think “maybe save your resources since they’re a bit more valuable now” is a pretty reasonable statement

[umbral meteor]

well you should save despite that

cant really say they are more valuable tho coz candying someone 3-4 times is questionable

[ashen thunder]

I don't understand why people worry abt 5/5 grid
It's not like 3/5ing a unit is cheap either

[tardy fiber]

I gonna focus on 3/5 faves first, i would rather have 2 strong faves than 1 op fave...contents like Gauntlet and csmm have limited entry for the units as well, like if already used that unit and you cannot use that unit again

[ashen thunder]

[tardy fiber]

I will think differently if i can keep using the 5/5 unit for each gauntlet streak and each csmm fight

[umbral meteor]

[tardy fiber]

True, well i can understand if they have like only 5 faves or something, then feel free to 5/5 but for many faves person like me...i would already be truly grateful if i can 3/5 them

[ashen thunder]

Tbh a many fav person would just candy for usage

[umbral meteor]

having only 1 fav is most peaceful ever

[ashen thunder]

Less fav is less stressful

tho it also depends on that one fav, if it's Lillie or may then

True winners are Nate simps

Will always have gems

[tardy fiber]

Claire simp as well, doesn't even need to pull on banner to get her

[weary spire]

Agreed, at least there is a tangible reason why you'd do that for practical reasons tbf (as always, not that you need that at all)

[umbral meteor]

ye

[weary spire]

But if you're going for 17 on-type teams, I'm not sure of there being much benefit in going out of your way to have all of them be off-type teams as well, else they don't count

[umbral meteor]

5 off types is way easier to have anw

[tough oriole]

And even that’s more than needed

[weary spire]

Ye, that was just in response to Highlander's goal. I believe they said they already have 5 off-type teams

[umbral meteor]

if you pulled for ss lusamine , ss serena , ss steven , ash , ss hilda in past 1 year you are done with the 5

[tough oriole]

N and Lillie have me always needing more

[umbral meteor]

ah

[weary spire]

They want 17 on-type teams that also all off-type essentially, for each one

[tough oriole]

Or like ss morty

[umbral meteor]

thats pointless

[weary spire]

Unless I'm misunderstanding them, ofc

Which could be the case, but idts

[ashen thunder]

I've been playing for 3 years and only 2 good offtype teams

[tardy fiber]

Just put 1 strong unit and 1 weather/zone/terrain...i think that already can be an offtype team

[ashen thunder]

tho it's partly coz I refuse to separate lucas and SSTred from zerena and Ash

[umbral meteor]

im only 2yrs in so far

[ashen thunder]

I'll candy Archie one day when Dena decides to release a good single target hoenn water dps

[umbral meteor]

urshifu gang

[ashen thunder]

I meant hoenn

[umbral meteor]

ye

[tardy fiber]

Lodge may

[ashen thunder]

Isn't lodge may surf

[tardy fiber]

Got brine

[ashen thunder]

[weary spire]

I'm lowkey comfortable with solid pairs that don't want anything beyond 1/5

[ashen thunder]

Wow

Totally usable dps

[weary spire]

Archie will probably always be 1/5 for me, and that just means more Striker candies saved for it

I say, as I have like none rn

[tardy fiber]

Brine super duper effective 5

[umbral meteor]

his grid is nothing so

[weary spire]

Pretty much yeah

[ashen thunder]

He set rain on sync

And I don't have kris

[umbral meteor]

why would you sync with archie 💀

[weary spire]

It's why I'm lowkey comfortable with pairs that have a grid with nothing is what I meant

[ashen thunder]

Rain

[weary spire]

I EXed him and don't even sync with him

[ashen thunder]

So I can run smth like Cyrus

[umbral meteor]

stages end in 2 sync cycles

[ashen thunder]

Archie+may cant offtype wise entry MM

[umbral meteor]

his sync is terrible

[umbral meteor]

do you have no physical unit

lol

[ashen thunder]

Only SCemmet

[weary spire]

Syncs with May anyway

[ashen thunder]

And gladion 😂

[drowsy saddle]

Cheren

[umbral meteor]

no sc ingo?

[ashen thunder]

No

[weary spire]

Wise Entry who?

[ashen thunder]

I dont like accelgor

[umbral meteor]

you shuld get ss hilda

[weary spire]

SOLID pairs

[umbral meteor]

dont you have blaziken

ur name is blaziken

[ashen thunder]

I was on hiatus

[umbral meteor]

[weary spire]

[ashen thunder]

Busy with summer internship during that time

[umbral meteor]

ah

sad

[weary spire]

Gotta save those gems for a re-run

[ashen thunder]

Was like "hey anni had may, clearly she won't get blaziken alt in 3 months"

Oh boy how wrong was I

[weary spire]

Tbf, that was an insanely short gap

[ashen thunder]

I came back and only had 27k gems

So skipped her banner

[weary spire]

It was even less than 3 months from end of the anni banner iirc

[tardy fiber]

I already learnt my lesson with ssleon released on anniv and then hleon at December

[umbral meteor]

But It was 5

[umbral meteor]

It was 4 from end

[weary spire]

Was it even from end of banner to beginning of next?

Lemme check

[umbral meteor]

more like swimsuit misty in sep and ss misty in oct

[umbral meteor]

end mar - end jul is 4 months

end feb - end jul is 5 months

it was a decent gap

[weary spire]

Ye 4 months

I prob mixed it up with another that had a 2-3 month gap

[umbral meteor]

No one had 2-3

[weary spire]

Or wait

[umbral meteor]

in limiteds

[weary spire]

I'm talking end of a banner to beginning of next, not end to end

[umbral meteor]

only ss leon and hleon was 3 from ending and 4 from starting

[weary spire]

Ye

[umbral meteor]

-.-

[umbral meteor]

^

[weary spire]

I mean, that is what I said

Yes

[umbral meteor]

thats also what i told so lol

[weary spire]

You just said SS Leon & H Leon was 3

Yep

[umbral meteor]

yea

3

From ending to beggining

[weary spire]

Yep, exactly

[umbral meteor]

he was lowest

[weary spire]

[umbral meteor]

in all limiteds

[weary spire]

Yep

That being Leon

[ashen thunder]

Leon getting 3 alts in a year

[umbral meteor]

2 alts

[ashen thunder]

Ah 2, 3 incl base

[umbral meteor]

yes

now its been 1 year since his alt 🥱

[ashen thunder]

Dena after realising nobody likes him : 🚮

[upbeat lotus]

Dont forget that the only Alola alts we got this year were just Lillies

[umbral meteor]

atleast it was only 1

[umbral meteor]

thats what happens when tpci overshills someone

[umbral meteor]

because it was only one alola

[upbeat lotus]

[weary spire]

Oughta be careful considering even units like Hilda for example had the end of her seasonal banner be July 17th, then her SS banner beginning October 31st, N having slightly more of a gap to make it 4 months for him. Always expect worst-case where favs return within 3 months if going for alts of particular charas especially. You wanna be prepared by at least around 2 months or so

[umbral meteor]

yes if you have favs like them then you should be prepared

altho its more likely to have that low cooldown times because of villain arcs

[signal halo]

Back to my goal, as far as on type offtype teams are concerned, iirc I already own five of those

If I can have the carries, all I need are 5 supports

[buoyant isle]

i mean considering the other gym leaders yes

[signal halo]

The supports can overlap on my goal as long as I can find five teams regardless of type

And my biggest strain, as far as supports go, would be needing both rock and ground for csmm

[buoyant isle]

since excluding like kissara other than him the others are boooooring

[signal halo]

Since both Emmet and Cynthia need sand

[buoyant isle]

• he can get ||DUDUNSPARCE|||

[ashen thunder]

Just use Bertha in one team and ingo in other

[umbral meteor]

considering cynthia for an off type mm?

lol

dont you have any better options

[ashen thunder]

Hey
Cynthia, ingo, courtney good offtype team

It's just like using thousand waves with zygarde

Except in sand

[umbral meteor]

not that easy to off type a 28k HP sinnoh mm with it

but it will work obviously

just asking if he has any better options

[ashen thunder]

Me using gladion coz not enuff options
Tho this week was ez

So didn't need gladion

[umbral meteor]

my 5 options rn are just ash , ss steven , ss serena , ss giovanni , ss red dont have ss hilda and only have 1 PT settler so unable to put ss lusamine

[umbral meteor]

I used him for wise entry x2 fairy weak

so good

technically hes a physical coverage for every type and ss hilbert special coverage for 5 types

[ashen thunder]

I alt between these 8 right now
But waiting for spook lucian to bench Cheryl and lodge blue to split Ash and SST red since I have zekrom

[umbral meteor]

ss misty and ss blue?

[ashen thunder]

SSmisty for theme skills

[umbral meteor]

oh theme skills?

[ashen thunder]

Ssb coz I need a reason to use him since I like him

[umbral meteor]

ah lmao

wait how many themes ss misty give

[ashen thunder]

Passionate and sygna suit

[umbral meteor]

and kanto yeah

[ashen thunder]

So it basically completes the Ash+SSTred theme

[umbral meteor]

ah

[ashen thunder]

And she's tech

[umbral meteor]

interesting

Ye

[ashen thunder]

Means atk for team

I also arranged em based on my comfiness

So I'd expect cynthia to move up once I get Lucian

[umbral meteor]

ah

turns out eevee banner didnt flopped

[ashen thunder]

Means more eevee in future

[umbral meteor]

im fine with eevees as long as they are cute

[ashen thunder]

But costumes

[fallen path]

But EX

[maiden kayak]

how much

i forgot to record

operation takedown failed

urgh

[signal halo]

I don't. I happen to have perfect teammates for her, however

I tagged the wrong thing

I don't have a better ground type for it, but she's 3/5 EX, soon to have weathered warrior, if I get lucky

If Ingo and Courtney aren't enough for her to offtype, however, then ground isn't covered

As far as offtype carries are concerned, I have:

Emmet
Cyrus
Giovanni
Ghetsis
Ash/SST red
Sydney/MR
May
Cynthia

As far as question mark carries are concerned, there are also
Kgrimsley
SS Erika
Bea

Flying, poison, ghost, fairy, bug and fire don't have any big name damage dealers in my account

[umbral meteor]

Ah

flying you can use zinnia

ghost giovanni

[umbral meteor]

110k

[viscid flare]

God dammit

I wish it flopped

At least make the eevees shiny

[tawny cedar]

The resistance begins

must skip kris and Lyra

[lean mango]

At least the event gives goodies for me to save for something more worth

[fallen path]

Pretty happy with the full force battles for a little more gems than usual and the candy coin

[lean mango]

Now at 57k

[ashen thunder]

Tbh I just realised
On bright side if eevee banners are successful, Dena would drop more of it
Which means more banners to skip

[lunar topaz]

I AM IN A GOOD POSIITIN RIGHT NOW STILL HAVE 2 pities I’m so happy ||savers luck I got Lyra and kris in 3 multies!!!||

[lean mango]

But tbh I would rather have banners that have more effort put into it

[lunar topaz]

Just 400 gems under a pity after the aftermath

[lusty prism]

sup zenners

[sturdy flower]

Same day as a new event? Or Wednesday new event? Either way I'm exploring Paldea so I'm good 😊

[sturdy flower]

as long as it's not a tech for tech I'd probably risk extra copies if I wanted it that much at 5/5

wait, don't people renew the 20 day deals today

or was that yesterday since it might mud the eevee earnings

[viscid flare]

btw can i buy the 20 day deals any day

like its day 1 as soon as i buy correct?

[tardy fiber]

Yes

As soon as you get it, it will be day 1

[viscid flare]

got it

and anyone who has bought it was it worth it?

or any of u have regrets on i

[fallen path]

No regrets

I rebought yesterday since the first 20 day cycle ended

[weary spire]

But is this purely for collective purposes? Since if you had on-type options for every type, there wouldn’t really be much of a point to having each of them also be off-type

Unrelated but yeah as for the daily gem bundle, I’m gonna just leave it for now considering I don’t really spend enough paid gems as it is, if I start running out, maybe I’ll renew

[signal halo]

I like doing on type clears over offtype ones, since it gives me a feeling of "finished roster", but I also like elbow dropping stages, so I guess it would be the ultimate "feels good"

the final goal beyond faves

[weary spire]

But as some mentioned earlier, needing all 17 on-type teams to also be off-type teams just sounds entirely unnecessary for content. It gives you teams for LG, but even if grinding LG, those who hardcore grind LG do it with solos & duos, not full teams

If your goal is to have 17 solid on-type teams, that’s one thing, but needing them all to be off-type, I’m not sure what else for

[sturdy flower]

solid 17 on-type teams isn't that hard

even if you assume sentry/wise x2 existing everywhere and 28k base hp stages

[drowsy saddle]

18 on-type teams is where I draw the line

[sturdy flower]

i'd rather go for characters that push the boundary independent of type

and we didn't have any like that the past 2 months

[viscid flare]

hilda doesnt count?

[tardy fiber]

The 3k gems are worth it, the coin bundle is also kinda worth it but my currency being hit with the price increase made it not so much value...so i just gonna grab the coin bundle occasionally when one of my fave's roles is more than the other two to make the candy demand balance

Like this month's 2 techs but 1 striker and 0 support so the tech candies demand shoot up

[broken mulch]

As a monotyper, all I can say is you really need that type’s good support lol

[sturdy flower]

maybe if she was released closer to Zerena, you basically need someone to set confusion for her if you don't want to turn your 1 turn setup into 2, at least she's in one the weather types where supports are already very good

so she's kinda on the edge, depends on individual preference at this point

[viscid flare]

but her confusion powerup is only 10% right? does it make that much a difference

[weary spire]

no, you never bother with confusion

but that's delving a bit into #916852389347196958, so we can continue there if need be

[signal halo]

how do you feel about ssa cynthia?

[broken mulch]

I absolutely goddamn love her

[signal halo]

mostly for a monotype fighting without her

[tardy fiber]

Hoping for no more faves becoming Christmas alt...well if DeNa still does it, at least make a cool outfit

[broken mulch]

?

Feels super bad especially for Dragon and Fairy who have I have crap support for the units I have

[tardy fiber]

I just gonna get that juicy Sycamore and then my fairy support would be set

[weary spire]

I guess I’m not too bothered about theme skills really, solid supports can fill in for just about any team for me

[lusty prism]

Wait is kalos VA coming?

[weary spire]

I mean eventually, yeah

Hopefully early next year

Should be next in line

[umbral meteor]

It was yesterday 1 day before eevees

[umbral meteor]

most likely mid january assuming its next

[umbral meteor]

wednesday

[umbral meteor]

no you would never use confusion on her lol

you only pick rising tide and all sync nodes in her grid

[mental skiff]

May be Alola next... because the villain arc in story mode has Lusamine and Guzma shadow next in line. Plus not many f2p kalos pair to work with now

[rare swan]

imagine needing Kalos F2P pairs

cannot relate

[ashen thunder]

Sycamore exists

He's already an amazing unit in offregion EB

[mental skiff]

Imagine using Sycamore.... i hate him since lodge interaction

[rare swan]

he'll be incredibly broken with an EX, which is lovely

either way.....datamine soon™️

so hold onto those gems

[mental skiff]

hope so

[timber wren]

we did get hex maniac so,

[south scroll]

Okay I'm back to 9 pities

And for now I'm only adding Nemona to the fave list

[mental skiff]

I only like Nemona and Iono in gen 9 (and may be Larry since he is so normal )

[umbral meteor]

broken for f2p players who dont pull much/ new accounts yes

in general tho not really

[umbral meteor]

i dont think they look at shadows before deciding which arc to do next tho

[compact pasture]

Datamine this week?

[rare swan]

either the 25th or the 28th

the latter is more likely

[mental skiff]

Look normal as it should be

[compact pasture]

Next arc is Galar or Alola?

[mental skiff]

Kalos

if they want continuation

[rare swan]

it is weird that the two Alolans are ahead of Lysandre

maybe they wanted them to mirror each other

[umbral meteor]

25th is a friday

they have never done on fridays unfortunately

[mental skiff]

maximize attention on sunday

[umbral meteor]

Probably kalos

[umbral meteor]

?

[mental skiff]

people free on sunday -> check datamine

[rare swan]

they did for anni

[umbral meteor]

it makes sense after giovanni we have maxie and archie (from same region ) then cyrus and ghetsis and then lusamine/guzma ( another same region ) then lysandre and rose diff regions

[umbral meteor]

25th august 2022 was a thursday so no

[rare swan]

you are right, i thought you meant they'd never done it on the 25th

[umbral meteor]

ah

[rare swan]

i just want Kalos next, i'm sick of having nothing to spend on

[umbral meteor]

Its most likely gonna be 28th coz thats latest

[rare swan]

yeah, i'm expecting the 28th

[umbral meteor]

Probably would be anw

[rare swan]

it's a bit later than usual but the usual days are on a weekend, so

[umbral meteor]

yea

then masterfair on 30th

[mental skiff]

i imagine Kalos VA will come in new year so Kalos new year outfit for you

[rare swan]

It should come in January's datamine, with any luck

[umbral meteor]

ye mid january most likely

part 1

then part 2 mid february

[rare swan]

i'm thinking it'll just be the one month like Hoenn and Unova

they seem to be moving away from splitting them up

[mental skiff]

Kalos to me just another Serena alt

hopefully the alt with short hair like in anime part 2

[umbral meteor]

run up is always main story

so part 2 will be mid february

part 1 probably mid jan because end jan is palentines

[rare swan]

palentines would get in the way, that's fair

[mental skiff]

Cant wait to spend pity on palentine

[umbral meteor]

Ye palentines would be in btwn

If alola after kalos and its 1 month then maybe it will occupy whole may

[mental skiff]

May is 2.5 anni?

[umbral meteor]

no its march

[mental skiff]

Oke

seem like i have to skip December no matter what

[umbral meteor]

why?

[mental skiff]

Because palentine (I surely will spend pity) and new year will cost me some gems... follow up is 3.5 anni

[rare swan]

to earn a pity, i'm guessing

[umbral meteor]

ah

[rare swan]

😌 Save Gems

[mental skiff]

I hate saving gems tho

[umbral meteor]

saving around 2 pities is worth

[mental skiff]

it's necessary evil

[umbral meteor]

past that tho is mostly pointless

[mental skiff]

plan to tho

[rare swan]

save whatever number you're comfortable with

[umbral meteor]

ye

[mental skiff]

i will just save up to pity then spend whenever it surpasses that figure

let be real i can't resist seasonal outfit most of the time

[umbral meteor]

oh

[mental skiff]

All those yukata and palentine outfit... it's my dream

[upbeat lotus]

So update on Wednesday or Thursday?

Someone said last Dec update was early

[mental skiff]

27th is sunday

Hope it is a calm datamine

[upbeat lotus]

We need to stay strong

[mental skiff]

[umbral meteor]

monday

[umbral meteor]

yea so it will be 28th

because 27th is sunday

[umbral meteor]

"end december" is early

dec21/22

[umbral meteor]

@maiden kayak november 2021 surprassed in revenue today

[mental skiff]

oh no

1 day may make me have 24k and 600 gems... i might spend 600 gems to round down the gems count

[umbral meteor]

lmao

The longest wait is between

End dec and end jan update

Around 36 days

[mental skiff]

Oh wait a minute 28th give 800 gems so i will have 24k on that day

noice

[tawny dagger]

Based

[timber wren]

glad they surpassed their worst month on record last year

[mental skiff]

in prepare for dec with mf tho

[umbral meteor]

iirc each month this year was higher than correspnding month of previous year

except sep and oct

[maiden kayak]

ohh nice

[umbral meteor]

oh and feb also

as per official graph feb 2022 < feb 2021

[tawny dagger]

Tbf Feb 2022 didn't have any masterfairs

[umbral meteor]

yeah

makes sense

[timber wren]

it had ssrc but presumably most of her revenue came in january

[umbral meteor]

yea

ssrc was running

but ig most of her summons were done during end dec- throughout jan anw

[lofty relic]

halfway there

[upbeat lotus]

You dare to destroy my copium?

[tardy fiber]

Hope we get a new free npc pair

[mental skiff]

[umbral meteor]

[tough oriole]

did you say wednesday

[tough oriole]

Wait, i just remembered people talking about how wednesday datamines are rare :(

[sturdy flower]

wednesday the new event will start (from datamine)

datamine will be monday

[mental skiff]

Sadge

Well gonna leave and comeback on monday

[sturdy hatch]

Last chance to get bug steel eggs

[violet nebula]

Datamine might be Thursday?

[upbeat lotus]

no one knows the exact date

[tardy fiber]

thank you, i still hoping to get a shiny pinsir

[lean mango]

I wanna get my shiny Magnemite but alas to no avail

[tardy fiber]

Shiny eggmons seems fun for the same trainer team update

[compact pasture]

They're adding that?

[umbral meteor]

no theres basically no chance

[umbral meteor]

he means event for wed

update on mon probably

[weary spire]

I think that's a good guess as well

or at least roughly around 28th-ish, I'd like to think

[violet nebula]

Looking forward to this update to save gems

Christmas they are generous

[umbral meteor]

generous in units also

[violet nebula]

In an attempt to coerece those gems back from our stores

[tawny cedar]

I'm praying so bad next va isn't kalos va

I'm not ready

Xbold is also coming

[worthy willow]

Okay okay where to start. Way too many awesome Sync Pairs exist and gems get used up way too easily, although I feel pretty careful about my usage so far.

I'll try to keep it simple. I've only played the game for just less than one week and the pull-only Sync Pairs which show up during Story Mode, like regular N and regular Cynthia, are pulling strings on me.
Saving up enough until Anni is the holy grail of dreams I understand but, in the meantime what would be the best suggestion for me in this situation as far as saving goes?

Edit: never mind, I'll hold off this question until datamine shows up first 😭

[cunning swan]

These are some questions I ask myself before I pull:

1. Do you like N/Cynthia/whatever lodge unit that's in the Monthly Pokefair? Are they huge favorites that you really want to get or are you willing to wait?
2. Do they add a lot of value to your roster? Are you just gonna use another unit that you're comfortable with instead of using the new one you just instinctively pulled? Keep in mind that this game can be cleared with f2p and genpool units
3. Are you interested in their kit? You can check youtube for some sync pair showcases

and of course, like you already said, waiting for datamine is always a wise choice

of course every newly datamined unit will look and feel shiny at first. My personal experience is, the first 24 hours after datamine is kind of a "honeymoon" period where every new unit looks great. If after 24 hours I don't feel excited over a unit anymore, then I skip it. If I still feel excited over a unit, then I'll consider it

[worthy willow]

How was your experiences when you first started though? Must be tough seeing so many irresistible attractions right?

...or maybe it's just that I started at a rather wrong time...
But you're right! I'll go check more clearly on Youtube ^^

[mental skiff]

When i first started i just focus on getting Marnie, Bea and Nessa got Bea with half a pity and still no Nessa or Marnie in sight

A long road ahead

[drowsy saddle]

Writing down a short list of faves and focusing on them only helps. 5-6 names.
You won't be able to get everyone, so just clear the content, collect gems, learn the mechanics.
Free units are ebough to clear any stages, so not having dozens of gacha units isn't a problem.

[mental skiff]

Gatcha is like end game content

People usually thing you do gatcha for new unit to beat the game but it is the opposite

[worthy willow]

When you guys say we roughly get about 20k gems per 2 months you mean just with daily mission grinding or are you guys including paid gems into this?

[mental skiff]

No paid gems

[spare swift]

My first time saving was after facing sadness in archie banner, the first time they came. I pulled 5 times, still not got him. I decided to save for the next most useful and powerful unit. Then came hoopa in between. Since Hoopa was of same type as of mewtwo, I didnt bother Lear. So I didnt pull him and all the other banners that came. Then, at 2nd anni, I pulled for Lunala, since she was the strongest ghost type that time, and I needed a strong ghost type badly. Saving helped me get her (though that was the first and last time I ever faced pity)

[unborn pier]

20k+ per month more like

[mental skiff]

Usually 20k is minimal gems you will get if you take every drop of gems

[spare swift]

So, in short, saving is good

[worthy willow]

Every drop, including from Battle Villa...?

[mental skiff]

i always get pity on unit i really want and 1-3 multi on unit i pull for fun...

[mental skiff]

Yes and daily mission and extreme battle,.....

[worthy willow]

Pull for fun... One 11-pull costs 3k gems 😭

[mental skiff]

well

[worthy willow]

I don't even know what extreme battle is...

[mental skiff]

Extreme battle = battle which is extremely hard

[worthy willow]

Ah that

[mental skiff]

you should enjoy the game now tho dont try too hard on saving

It took me 1 month to have enough unit to clear all content and join the saving squad tho

and got pity after that (36k gems gone)... MF Ss Lyra say hi

[sturdy hatch]

I think in early game there's also less need to pull. You have all these new units to play with from the story mode and the general pool. Lots of fun to have without whatever banners are going on.

[pulsar pine]

sorry, is giving tips about resource saving allowed by DeNa?

doesn't the DeNa like it when the player requires to spend more resource for each banner?

[mental skiff]

true tho early game has so many things to do

But after 2-3 month with nothing much to do, you start saving gems

[signal atlas]

I kinda like colress but I dunno if I should sink 1-2 multies in him

[mental skiff]

no

[signal atlas]

Ite

I was saving for next hoenn banner since I’m collecting them so you right

[mental skiff]

If he is your fav you will spend all gems to get him ...if not keep saving gems

[signal atlas]

The song is my fav

[mental skiff]

6000 gems for a song is kinda waste tho

plus you have to ex to get the song

[signal atlas]

Is there no other way I can get music ?

[mental skiff]

he is spotlight tho

You will get him "eventually"

[drowsy saddle]

You can also listen to music on yt

[signal atlas]

Looool true

[worthy willow]

Regular N, at least I must get him somehow. For Cynthia however, my two favorites are both from Anni...

Too bad classic anime Ash, not the new look, isn't in the game (sorry off topic)

[maiden kayak]

just f2p gems

[mental skiff]

if you lucky dena will give you free like in ash rally

[maiden kayak]

do u have a list rn?

best to pen it down

so u are very laser focused

[mental skiff]

Make a list

[worthy willow]

wha... what? And what is dena?

[maiden kayak]

dena is the company thatcollaborates pokemon to make pokemon masters

[mental skiff]

Back at ash event they give a ticket for free few "outdated" poke fair tho

[maiden kayak]

imo

[worthy willow]

List... ooh boy :/
Chr/Pkm Alt swamps

[maiden kayak]

u should put original N the last since hes technically there forever in that banner

but be prepared to give up a pity of gems tho

36.6k f2p gems

[worthy willow]

The pity, you mean for someone else extremely special?

[mental skiff]

not to bad to pull N now tho but i doubt you have a pity

Pity == 36.600 gems

[maiden kayak]

pity means if u can get to choose the unit if u are very unlucky

[worthy willow]

I know what a pity is

[maiden kayak]

so far N only right

[worthy willow]

For N, I feel I can get him without full pity pretty sure

[maiden kayak]

im pretty damn sure he will have alts since he hella popular

no such thing as that

here, we always expect the worst here

so we dont get complacent

that feel is the worst enemy when it comes to saving

[worthy willow]

hmm

[maiden kayak]

but at least u get to choose the unit if u are very unlucky

and thats 36.6k

[worthy willow]

I guess I got lucky when I successfully pulled SS Leaf first with one 11-pull and then use the ticket to get the free SS Red

[maiden kayak]

yea but thats history

so

we dont expect luck here

it gets into our heads VERY easily

[mental skiff]

i got 2 pity first when i come tho

[maiden kayak]

hes not tho

im saying preparing for the worst never goes wrong

i mean

look at the salt chat

enough horror stories

from there

[worthy willow]

I avoid Gacha Salt sections in general lol
So that I can zen down

[mental skiff]

i like salt chat tho so many salt

[maiden kayak]

the real channel u should be avoiding is the gacha flex

[mental skiff]

normal N will comeback in triple poke fair scout tho so dont worry

[worthy willow]

From my short experience with gacha games so far I feel like it's best to remain quiet most of the time when proceeding personal gacha business
Seeing some friends around pulling just about everything I ever wanted seems a bit unhealthy... (no offense to them at all)

[mental skiff]

And N alt is way better

[worthy willow]

Seeing him return along with multi chrs in one banner is what I'm trying to avoid...

[mental skiff]

it is a bait

Other pokefair is 0.048% or sth

I had to resist pulling Og marnie lately...

[worthy willow]

N alt, probably the only one I like is in Anni 😅

[mental skiff]

0.138%

[mental skiff]

Royal one with kyruem?

[worthy willow]

Since regular, whatever his dad's name is, old guy has Kyruem already I don't need SS N

No, the one with white beast I forgot the name of

Sorry not familiar enough with gen 5

[mental skiff]

Same

I talked about reshiram white dragon

[maiden kayak]

oh anni N

[mental skiff]

He will comeback tho

[maiden kayak]

that was really long ago

how do u know about it

since u played only a week ago

[worthy willow]

https://i.imgur.com/Mzoaur6.png

[mental skiff]

sync pair dex

[maiden kayak]

oh

so anni N is the only alt u like?

looks pretty straightfoward

[worthy willow]

For N probably yes

[mental skiff]

[maiden kayak]

any other?

[timber wren]

its possible we’ll see those MFs rerun sometime between NY and half anni in late february

[worthy willow]

But again most of the best alts are in Anni :/

[timber wren]

all speculation tho since the only MFs that have rerun so far are the weather duo

[maiden kayak]

im assuming anni lillie too

[mental skiff]

luckily im only chasing seasonal

[drowsy saddle]

Anni pairs are not guaranteed to rerun at next anni btw

[mental skiff]

true tho.. Gave up on waiting for skyla

[timber wren]

but it sounds like you have a few units youre aiming for so the best thing to do is save and slowly build up your roster of free units since they give is so many free tools to complete the content

then when they arrive you can safely get them if you have a pity saved

[worthy willow]

Hmm top Anni Sync Pair desires:

• Red
• Palkia Cynthia
• Lucario Cynthia
• N
• May
• SS Kris
• SS Ethan
• Ash (maybe)

Arghhh I can't choose!

[mental skiff]

The game will end before all of them has re run

better have list of 1 to 2 MF/anni for better mental health

[drowsy saddle]

Palkia Cynthia?
If you're going for "future sync pairs", might want to separate it.
Or did you mean Giratina?

[worthy willow]

Oh yeah, Giratina 😅

Would like to see an Anni banner with both of those Cynthia alts on it

[drowsy saddle]

Well, they're both Masterfairs, and there were no multiple Masterfairs on a banner as of now, so don't bank on it.

[mental skiff]

keep it realistic

[worthy willow]

Hmm everything works different here works differently than RX DiVE

[mental skiff]

but for real it will be sad to have 2 fav MF run at the same time

[worthy willow]

I mean if that's possible we get 2 opportunities at once

[mental skiff]

1% tho so highly likely you will lose 36k gems

[worthy willow]

1.0% pulls, I've never gone as far as needing to pity before

[mental skiff]

x2

[worthy willow]

2 character 1.0% pull banners

[mental skiff]

i mean you have only played for 1 week

[worthy willow]

Still the same gacha rates though

[mental skiff]

usually you spend 36k gems when you have 36k gems

[mental skiff]

well if you say that

[drowsy saddle]

Still, don't rely on luck just because you got lucky in the past.

[mental skiff]

even if you dont reach pity you still need a lot of gems

[worthy willow]

Yes indeed, a couple of times it actually did

[drowsy saddle]

that's a lotta gems

[mental skiff]

hope i won't have to spend that much gems again

try to survive 4 month next

Christmas > New Year/VA > Palentine > VA/2.5 Anni

that is a lot of cool seasonal outfit

[worthy willow]

Sad thing is I care more about the character alts, as in looks, more than the Pkm and meta game sometimes 😭

[mental skiff]

meta don't exist

[worthy willow]

So in my case... Rosa Holiday 2019 lol

[mental skiff]

Santa Rosa on my fav list back then tho

[worthy willow]

Just not that big of a fan of Delibird...

[mental skiff]

same

outfit still look cool

but she will re run next month (dont have enough gems) with santa leon (yeah rather skip than accidentally get him)

and December probably bring a MF so better save gems

[worthy willow]

See what I mean by unavoidable attractions everywhere early game?

[mental skiff]

true tho

people who can save gems usually old folk who had fair amount of unit tho

gonna take you 1 year to truly reach the zen stage

[fallen path]

Nah not a year

4-6 months

[mental skiff]

i'm 250 days in so i'm almost zen till i got pass palentine and new year

[fallen path]

Ymmv

[worthy willow]

I've only been playing Rockman X DiVE for just less than half a year and I've collected 70% to 80% of what I wanted already, but this.. this is just...!

[mental skiff]

dont think too hard about it

[drowsy saddle]

You won't be able to get everyone you want right away, so get prepared to skip

[fallen path]

Normie do you have a lot of favs

Cuz I’m surprised it took 250 days, so maybe your priorities are diff from mine

[mental skiff]

I come to this game and ask for only marnie

0/3 marnie

[fallen path]

Good luck!

[mental skiff]

not if i have pity

[fallen path]

Three pities

[mental skiff]

100% palentine marnie is mine

[fallen path]

I’m gonna assume you F2P

[mental skiff]

yeah f2p

[fallen path]

Yeah three pities + whatever future alts she might have

[mental skiff]

yes

i'm always fear datamine because they can drop a new alt

[fallen path]

Winter Marnie

[mental skiff]

[umbral meteor]

hope she doesnt get holiday tbh

really would like her to get anni instead

[timber wren]

i would be surprised to see marnie get a third seasonal this soon

[signal halo]

I wonder if I should commit on colress if next month ends up being a skip

But I really wanna save my gems for supports, now that I figured that my playstyle often involves using two supports

[drowsy saddle]

Weren't you already set on skipping him and getting him later via a pity on another banner?

[signal halo]

Yes, but temptation ebbs and flows

Specially if December ends up as a skip

[drowsy saddle]

How big is your fave list, again?

[signal halo]

I was planning to just get all canon Unova, which is uh..

Two pairs?

Excluding spotlights

But I feel I like red and Lucas more than Celesa or CIris because they provide something better while also being up there

I have pairs I like from all generations but say, Johto and Hoenn

In Kanto I want red, team rocket and classic blue
In johto, there are sygna suits I'm interested in, like SS Morty and the Lugia dude, because I liked the gameplay

I wouldn't mind getting Archie and Maxie, I guess? But not a huge priority

Lucas is the big Sinnoh one

Colress and Hugh are bigger faves than CIris and Celesa

I almost disregard Kalos, but I like lysandre

And diantha would be nice, which reminds me I love the pokemon lance has

I skipped acerola and mimikyu, which I sorta regret, because I really like mimikyu. I just wanna get Lillie from Alola or anything unreleased like aether foundation members

Then from galar, Bede and Leon

Colress is at the top of the fave list

[drowsy saddle]

I feel like this argument can be prevented from repeating if you look up previous ones and see what made you wait it out in the first place.
Since, y'know, it's pretty much the same.

[signal halo]

What made me wait it out at first was that unoVA got me expecting a colress PF

Then, since it's spotlight, a massive wrench was thrown into my plans

I decided once again to wait because my gem count would be low for December if I outright pulled for him

Because I decided to pull for N and had the heavenly doors of gacha opened to me

Which made me spend a full pity in what I believe was a solid decision

Despite getting N halfway through it

Cynthia was the other pair I wanted from lodge and I'd either finish the pity and spend 18k at most for a fave or gamble months later

[tardy jolt]

Those are all reruns and pulling for them all means saving almost 400k gems, barring you spending on a select

[lunar topaz]

Saving has been going well

[sturdy flower]

same, will breach 125k soon

about time to give myself a treat

[signal halo]

Some are lower priority. Colress and Hugh are really the cream of the crop there

Gameplay wise I'd be tempted to say that Red and SS Morty would be the biggest upgrades for me

Since SS Morty would solve my csmm suffering

When it comes to on type fire

My biggest grudge is fire type, in all honesty

[broken mulch]

Grudge why?

[sturdy flower]

if that fire alone is giving you so much suffering just DANGER DO NOT READ THE SPOILER UNLESS YOU ARE HIGHLANDER ||pull for that SS Hilda fi you want, after datamine that is||

[signal halo]

Because every time I try to do fire csmm 2k I lose otherwise healthy hair

For example

[broken mulch]

Oh haha that’s me with fairy weak

[signal halo]

This week I had to resort to uh... Skyla, Arca Blue and Darach

[broken mulch]

Funnily enough last time I killed fairy weak was a mono fire team

[signal halo]

Fairy weak is easy to pick up for me

Since all I have is gladion

[signal halo]

I considered that

I also considered just sucking it up and raising a fire type to EX

Since that would have been enough to ease it up for me

[slow hare]

One day you'll get power boosted Silver EX and he will destroy fire stages with no issue, for free 🤞

[signal halo]

This is what kept me from pulling on fire pairs

By then I might hate silver, already, however

[lunar topaz]

Silver is amazing post Powrr boost and literally clears fire week staves with first sync

[mental skiff]

having no good pair for cs is a bless tho

[signal halo]

Why is that?

[mental skiff]

harder... More fun

Remember back at the day i have to use reset... now i just put as many ex together as possible and claim the reward

[signal halo]

I don't need full on resets

Since I already can brute force by offtyping

[mental skiff]

then CS isnt problem then

[signal halo]

I dislike offtyping

Since I have the best offensive duo for it

Makes my account feel incomplete

[mental skiff]

well

enough is neva enough

[signal halo]

What I like is playing strong on type teams

[mental skiff]

I removed type scout awhile a ago

I mean 1 ontype is fun at start but use it again and again is kinda lame too tho

👀havent used silver for fire weak in awhile now

[signal halo]

I have more than one pair for some types

Others are really underserved

Dragon so far has Cyrus and Zinnia

I don't mind using Emmet as my only rock pair and Cynthia is too recent for me to be tired of her, when it comes to ground pairs

[mental skiff]

unless you p2p... Invest for type seem too much, i just collect pair has multiple usage like SS Giovania and ||SS Hilbert||

[twilit jungle]

A pair that can offtype can handle 18 types a specialist can handle 1

[mental skiff]

He doesnt like offtype tho

I guess it's not about clearing CS but... Clearing CS with style and fav...kinda

[tardy fiber]

1.1k gems this reset

[mental skiff]

[tardy fiber]

1.3k gems reset after this reset

[mental skiff]

noice

only 4k gems left tho

[tardy fiber]

But some of it in blissful bonanza...timegated

[tardy fiber]

Means datamine is near

[mental skiff]

can only collect all 4k on 28th

[tardy fiber]

Hoping that there's no support fave on December

So that i can 3/5 nita

[mental skiff]

Support fav gonna be hard for me tho

[tardy fiber]

Support feels like really need that 3/5 treatment

1/5 feels kinda meh

[mental skiff]

i low on sp candy

All my limited pair on 2/5

[tardy fiber]

Also we still haven't see 5/5 grid for support yet

[mental skiff]

And rosa 1/5

i dont want 5/5 tho

[tardy fiber]

Well i consider 3/5 is already full power so 5/5 and 4/5 are just an afterthought if i got more dupes in the future

But I totally won't do select scout if its for 4-5/5

If its for 1-2/5 units, i am willing to pull for dupes

[mental skiff]

i mean if they give ss morty sth in 4-5/5 grid... I have to...

[tardy fiber]

But he is already very good 3/5 though

[mental skiff]

it is never enough

[tardy fiber]

I probably won't do it if i still got other faves that i still need to get to 3/5

[mental skiff]

I have complicate relationship with morty

Must get him max

He is my first poke fair tho

[willow pollen]

I really hope morty’s 5/5 helps him out

He could use a bit more universal support

[signal halo]

SS Morty?

[mental skiff]

would like power boost morty balloon tho since he is my first 5 star

and first 5 star who has 5/5

And i havent used him more than twice

[signal halo]

Morty sorta saved me this week

He was my answer for csmm ghost

Had to EX him, but he did the job

[tardy fiber]

Current situation of candies:
Striker still needs 6 candies
Tech needs 7 candies
Support needs 6 candies

[mental skiff]

i dont ex him so only has hex maniac to use

[mental skiff]

7+ month

[tardy fiber]

If no new faves released

[mental skiff]

yup the craving for candy will never end

[tardy fiber]

Kinda thats why i gonna ignore 5/5 grids existence for mental health

[signal halo]

I don't have candy issues for now

I can candy any tech on demand, my strikers that need candies to work are already 3/5

[mental skiff]

I used to be dont care about Tech but just after 2 month i need like 5-6 tech candy

[mental skiff]

[ivory sorrel]

dont datamines drop usually on wednsdays before the last bit of the prior months datamine?

[signal halo]

And my supports already have their breakpoints hit. I do want 3/5 on Ingo, though

[tardy fiber]

Like i know ssN have good 4/5 and sshilbert have good 5/5...but i want to make more usable units and not 1 OP pair

[signal halo]

My techs are all functional at 1/5

[mental skiff]

unless you accidentally lucky

[tardy fiber]

The only thing that i know is that they won't drop on Friday and weekends

[mental skiff]

but no fun

1/5 tech get lame after a while tho

[tardy fiber]

true like if its a fave, i gonna aim to make all of them 3/5 in the future

[signal halo]

SST red, SS lyra, marnie

[mental skiff]

SST red have to at least 2/5 so he can paz

[tardy fiber]

Not fave like my palmarnie, i just gonna left her at lvl 135, no and 1/5 move level got swept a bit by zone meta that time

[signal halo]

So he can what?

[mental skiff]

bruh she is the reason im saving gem

[mental skiff]

give paralysiz on thunder shock

[signal halo]

Oh

[tardy fiber]

I wonder if i should 3/5 ssleon, like he is already kinda old and maybe new selects wont include him anymore

[mental skiff]

[signal halo]

I haven't needed it, though it would be convenient

[mental skiff]

then dont

[mental skiff]

work for LG mostly

today is LG day

[tardy fiber]

It will be much easier if we can choose all available pokefair units in the fair select, but instead they choose a random assortment of pokefairs

[mental skiff]

luckily i dont have to deal with that when i get select seasonal in future

[tardy fiber]

Yep i hope they make the seasonal select improvement to fair select

[mental skiff]

include all pokefair into 1 select scout is like throwing money out of window tho

Dena wont do that

[tardy fiber]

Like one of the advice people getting is wait for fair select to get your missing pokefair but in the 3-5 choices they given doesn't have that unit

[mental skiff]

Pokefair select is like 1 a year i wont bet on that

[tardy fiber]

I think more than 1, ny select, run up to half anni, run up to anni

Yep they are already offered limited times a year

And yet the select pool is limited and random

[mental skiff]

do they run seasonal on half anni?

[tardy fiber]

At least seasonal select have most of the units

[tardy fiber]

Iirc got, half anni is the first ever seasonal select

[mental skiff]

oh no hopefully i have 3000 gems by that time

[tardy fiber]

Just grab the 20 days 3k paid deal

[mental skiff]

yes that is the plan... But can only paid for gems through google play

Get 0.8$ per month free and need like 4 month before i have enough to buy that

[tardy fiber]

The only bad stuff in that deal is it is timegated

So you cannot count on it if you need urgent gems

[mental skiff]

i log in everyday tho so not much a hassel unless i buy it on anni month

[tardy fiber]

Like if a 3k select banner appears and expired in 14 days but you need 20 days to collect whole 3k gems

[mental skiff]

i need palentine Bea, New year lilie and Summer Gloria plus 2 marnie alt a select scout will help

hopefully i have luck on palentine and summer with 0.5% chance now

[tardy fiber]

Wow thats a lot

Plus NYlillie and palbea are close to one another

[uncut fern]

Saved to 80k. Thanks Unova for being such a bore

[mental skiff]

i know so i have to give up on both of them

Currentl list... I will just focus on marnie for now

[reef river]

Is gauntlet and the triple type banner at reset?

Or the following reset. I always get confused with the date and time zone

[drowsy saddle]

Check #1012256199128915968 for exact dates

[reef river]

Thank you! Sorry about the redundant question. I've been waiting for the type select banner

[lean mango]

Gem count, close to 60k wooo

[weary spire]

Good job you guys!

[viscid flare]

|| ngl savers luck makes me cocky and want to pull for hilda and hilbert || help

[mental skiff]

Same problem

[sturdy flower]

||last time saver's luck made me go till pity||

[viscid flare]

|| The thing is ive never truly gone to pity, ive always gotten the unit 1 multi before pity and gotten it to 2/5 which happened with steven, ssrcynth which only made candying to 3/5 easier so i have never been truly shafted||

[sturdy flower]

||I have gone to pity at least 4 times||

[viscid flare]

||pokefairs too?||

[weary spire]

I’m saying some basic shit here, but saver’s luck isn’t real (as you surely know), it’s just something you say to feel rewarded for your efforts having saved

My mentality is always that of being able to stop while I’m ahead. If you get above average odds or anything of the sort, feel glad that you were “lucky” and use that opportunity to stop while you’re ahead. If you don’t, it’ll inevitably come to balance out sooner than later, and you can easily regret spending those gems in such a way

Ride any high in your gem count raising, knowing you’re even more secure for your future @viscid flare

[lunar topaz]

Hoping next month is calm

As I am in saving mode

[sturdy flower]

||didn't really go for pokefairs much||

[tardy fiber]

Same, hope only 1 fave or skippable December month

[mental skiff]

I will surely reach pity if i save gems tho saver luck is a hoax

[umbral meteor]

yes in 4 days

[umbral meteor]

no

we will get likely get it on 28th

[ivory sorrel]

ay

itd drop on my bday lol

[viscid flare]

thanks 🙂

[thorny pelican]

I can confirm, as someone who has saved heavily in this game my luck for daily pulls are non-existant disappointments resulting sacrifices of paid gems

[signal halo]

Imo, managing good luck is easier when you have clear goals

If your goal is to get multiple pairs on a banner, going to pity after getting one is something I have done more than once, but if it's a single banner character, then I don't see a lot of value

Since candies are, arguably, always worth less than gems

And luck is something that can benefit you, but it can't be relied on

[rare swan]

Good work on that saving, everyone

Datamine approaches....

[signal halo]

Damn, we're at Nov 24 already

[umbral meteor]

4 days

[maiden kayak]

very likely its on monday anyways

[uneven pewter]

I’ve been away for the holidays

But I wanted to wish everyone a happy thanksgiving even if you don’t celebrate it

[maiden kayak]

thanksgiving is today?

[tough oriole]

Don’t cut the line for my copium :(

[uneven pewter]

It’s tomorrow but i am likely going to be offline in the boonies

[cunning swan]

sorry for the very late reply! I started in 2nd anni, so I got a massive ton of gems from the beginning. I didn't really know the concept of rerolling because I'd never played a gacha game before but I did get SS Blue and SS Leaf from the beginner scout (which I only pulled because of favorites) which carried me through the game so i never felt the need to pull to clear content (which you shouldn't, btw). I joined the game because I was baited by Anni N and Anni Steven's gorgeous outfits so I already had a resolve where my gems would go. So after that my mentality just shifted to being "I will pull on units I like", and that's it

[weary spire]

[weary spire]

When any temptation to use dailies has ever hit me, I remind myself both how terrible the odds are & how much I’d kick myself going like 3k paid deep for basically nothing on any given banner

[lunar topaz]

Ye 100% even if I get the unit right before pity I consider that savers luck lel

[weary spire]

Yeah, I feel that. You go in having saved a pity, ready to commit, but come out feeling like hey, I got to keep some leftover

[ashen thunder]

Wow people actually not hitting pity

I only got 1 unit this year before pity
All others are 36.6k gems

[weary spire]

I’ve hit it twice, but it could’ve easily been worse for their banners, so it’s just more reason for me to always stop while I’m ahead

[lunar topaz]

I pitied 4 units this year I believe

[weary spire]

Wish you better in future. At least you were prepared for it, unlike some who have to watch banners leave with 370+ scout points

Those who don’t prepare

[ashen thunder]

Yea

Atleast all my priority stuff are already in game

[lean mango]

Always have pities prepared

[tardy fiber]

I still pull without pity if after having intense calculations that i can still reach pity before the banner ends, this after includes minus EBE stuff as there's a chance that i cannot clear EBE...such case was Zerena, got her 2 days before her banner ended using pity

[ashen thunder]

Coz don't rly care abt new region stuff

[weary spire]

Well yeah, before the banner ends is the key

[ashen thunder]

Would likely roll 1 dps and 1 tank for new region and then just wait for reruns

[lean mango]

I wanna at least get 2 pities

Close, hopefully nothing interests me next month

[weary spire]

You can in prob just a couple weeks honestly

Maybe even just 2

[lean mango]

But I fear a fav appears like last time before I reached my second pity

[weary spire]

Well, you’re prepared for worst-case, so that’s good

[tardy fiber]

I hope that there's no more Christmas fave. Because it will be easier for my savings and because Christmas alt has lame outfits.

[weary spire]

You can afford them should they show up, and if they don’t, keep on saving

[lean mango]

I wanna get 2 pities just for achievement sakes

[weary spire]

Well, Holiday alts are generally a lil more on the uninteresting side tbh

[ashen thunder]

I never hit 2 pities in my life

[weary spire]

You def will pretty soon honestly, regardless

[ashen thunder]

They always manage to drop smth once every 2 months

[lean mango]

Santa alt #36

[ashen thunder]

To bait me out

[tardy fiber]

I hit it after i bought the completion bundles

Never reach 100k gems though

[weary spire]

Well, generally, if you’re not waiting for re-runs, you tend to start saving a lot more quickly

With exceptions like if you’ve got a goal like Vantner’s, which can be… perilous

But it’s steadily getting more and more complete

DeNA will tend to drop at least a legendary or 2 with a pair every few months

[tardy fiber]

Reruns is better i think, as fair selects have random assortment of pairs. We might have a fair select that doesn't have the unit you wanted. Hope they upgrade fair select to be like recent seasonal select.

[weary spire]

Yeah, you can wait for selects or just the fact that well, there’s less gems needing to be spent at one time

[lunar topaz]

Checking my favs and I’m not missing a lot 🦦

[weary spire]

Can easily have a fav release at the same time that another fav is re-running

[lunar topaz]

That happened with Zerena and base diantha for me lel

[weary spire]

Ye, happened with me for a couple like H!Skyla alongside Sinnoh units, etc lol

[lean mango]

Checking my top fav list only 2 have gotten alts and one just got in

[lunar topaz]

Look at the bright side At least it is more saving time

[tardy fiber]

Seems like seasonal and sc reruns are a nightmare. After the first release, they are all straight being dumped to that super seasonal banner

[weary spire]

Not waiting for any re-runs now, though. Just a select for Summer Hilda really

[lunar topaz]

Thay list is outdated only a bit as it’s missing Skyla and Elesa for me but im only missing one alt for each 🦑

[lean mango]

And they usually take a pity which ya gotta be really prepared

[weary spire]

Those were the 2 banners I pitied yeah

The 0.5% ones

Can’t be too mad about that lol

[lunar topaz]

I hate 0.5% rate

[lean mango]

I skipped a whole month in expectancy of the Fall super seasonal banner

[weary spire]

As you should

[lunar topaz]

Had to pity SCJasmine but it’s okay I’m glad I finally have her

0.5 banners are the true evil

[ashen thunder]

Tbh I don't rly care much abt the actual rate as long as it's a rate up unit

Coz in the end it hits scout points anyways

[umbral meteor]

cant wait until we have 9 sets of holiday units and the rate on rerun would be 0.111% each

2/18 = 0.111

[cunning swan]

Yeah, this is my mentality. Every unit costs 36.6k gems and if I get it faster, it's a bonus

[tardy fiber]

Luckily i didn't need to chase any reruns for now, after seeing super seasonal banner rerun for sc + seasonal and seeing no sinnoh VA banners during sinnoh VA rerun. I'm gonna focus on my faves when they are first being released .

[lean mango]

Man the Gauntlet banner is the most painful thing to me

[mental skiff]

Im about to say sth but stop to save your sanity

I think it is better than monthly pokefair if you have all 3 unit in fav list

[lean mango]

It's the same banner a couple of months ago but without Marnie ||that I pulled for|| and so I have no desire for it since I have Lysandre now but Marnie and that fing Poison lodge unit

[mental skiff]

Can wait for marnie in monthly poke fair scout in future tho

2% so probably will get her in 2-3 multi

[lean mango]

Please DeNa put her in a banner with a character I want

[mental skiff]

bruh this is the first event i ||spent|| gems so memorable

first and last time get baited by spotlight banner

[tough oriole]

Wow 5/5 bea and 3/5 lillie i’m jealous

[umbral meteor]

lillie is 2 years old tho lol

and bea 1.5

[tough oriole]

Tell that to my account, i have 1 bea and 2 lillies lol

Funny thing is i actually tried to pull for lillie when she first came out

[umbral meteor]

oh

[tough oriole]

I was so foolish in those days, pulling without pity

[umbral meteor]

my bea is 2/5 but lillie is 5/5

[tough oriole]

I must have like 15 combined lusas and gladions lol

Waiting to get a final fave copy is agonizing

[mental skiff]

Bruh can wait for you to have 3/5 them

3/5 really fix some problem with lilie and Bea

[mental skiff]

i pulled 2/5 lilie and 2/5 Bea during that banner tho

We are wild and young

[tough oriole]

I like wally and solgaleo a decent amount so i don’t mind about bea (until galar eb), but lillie is a support and a cool person/was in the first game I played

[mental skiff]

gen 7 person

Lilie is cool tho i liked her a lot when play pokemon moon

[lean mango]

My 1/5 Lillie

[lament hornet]

wish i could save

[chrome nest]

I had a thinky think

[mental skiff]

saving is easy... but not to spend is hard

[chrome nest]

Kyurem with supreme entry

[cunning swan]

meanwhile I have 0 Phoebe

why does she elude me

even with all the hoenn tickets that we got

[rare swan]

[tardy fiber]

Done gauntlet, man this made saving for my faves worthwhile...with every addition of new faves and because they are legendaries, mythicals, UBs so they are rarely weak, it will become much easier for me to do gauntlet

[mental skiff]

no phoebe haver

[mental skiff]

on streak 2 right now.... So hard to build a team

[tardy fiber]

I just do 10 streaks and bail

[mental skiff]

need more ticket to ex my girl ||1/3 marnie haver||

[tardy jolt]

Gauntlet is so easy this time around, I’m on a 12 win streak having used only one EX (OG Elesa), now I’m going to stop, maybe I’ll do more later on, great influx of resources

[cunning swan]

I'm only on 3 streaks lol

[rare swan]

Remember we have a dedicated thread for LG help at #1012311116778586182

if you need it

[vernal glade]

Welp, it appears I won’t be getting logins and dailies done for 4 days.

I got it working never mind.

[mental skiff]

spend 30 min everyday to collect gems tho not that much unless you are a single mother work from 5 a.m to 12 a.m

[round mason]

im on burnout atm
so i cant really save gems atm but i could atleast do the events every once in a while

[mental skiff]

probably should stop saving and start enjoy... The purpose of saving is not having more gems but more fun