Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[sturdy flower]

but they decided to do this instead

[upbeat lotus]

Or at least a defensive support like FCail

[upbeat lotus]

She got shafted again!

[ashen thunder]

I think she's fine as a 1/5 support

For new players

Incase they get spooked by her

Since her competitors want sync levels to become good

[sturdy flower]

she's fine by the virtue of having 1 bar and maxing offensive physical stats

and potion

[ashen thunder]

She just ages very badly once the newbie's account get developed

[sturdy flower]

but her unique gimmick (spiky shield) is so horribly implemented

i have no words

[tardy fiber]

I just read her spiky shield and it sounds stupid, if press again, it wont do anything and just cancel defense posture plus it only counter if hit by physical...what if opponent just buff and use special attack?

At least ssN press again will hit with freeze shock

[sturdy flower]

it's all basically

"high skill level required, little to no return"

even Falkner has more return on using Fly skilfully

this is what she gets

and she can't get MP back too, so you can't for example use her in LG to duo with Mew

[tardy fiber]

Even piers got better defense move

[sturdy flower]

yes

instead she "deals damage back to the opponent"

[ashen thunder]

Piers is built different

[upbeat lotus]

Correct me if im wrong but is she bulkier than Piers?

[ashen thunder]

2 endure and 2 obstruct at base

[tardy fiber]

[ashen thunder]

[sturdy flower]

no really

[ashen thunder]

It's basically heracles of this game

She has potion no

[upbeat lotus]

Mini Potion All

[ashen thunder]

So she is inherently bulkier since she refeshes hp

[sturdy flower]

she has a bit more spdef but piers has def

and they are def tank

also Piers has the same passive as hers

in 2 passives

but he also lowers enemy def by 2 stages

instead of dealing poop level damage

[tardy fiber]

Mini potion all and buff, i wonder where i read that...oh Nita and Nita probably better than her

[sturdy flower]

and more HP than him, but Piers also has tons of endurance

she has trap in her kit for Uxie

there's that

these nerfs are just ???

why only the first time

just let her restore 1 MP every time?

[upbeat lotus]

Well same as SS Kris

[chrome nest]

Wish ss kris has the same complaint

[sturdy flower]

ah right she has potion

[chrome nest]

But no

[ashen thunder]

SSkris deserved infinite refresh

[sturdy flower]

it's the potion that makes it only first time

[upbeat lotus]

But they gave it to OG Gloria instead

[sturdy flower]

they could have added Trainer Move: MP Refresh on x tho

she would be a 2022 support

if this wasn't only one time

so tldr is dont roll for her

just wait for a spook

[upbeat lotus]

Im waiting for her random spook

[ashen thunder]

She's a kalos gen pool

[upbeat lotus]

Her kit at base is good imo

[ashen thunder]

Just use your 200 tickets

[sturdy flower]

ah right

[ashen thunder]

Once pool updates in anni

[sturdy flower]

yeah I have so many of these

hope they add like 2-3 more spotlights to Kalos

[upbeat lotus]

i spent all of them for free 5* powerups

[sturdy flower]

she will be a great spotlight tank too, but we also have Azumarill now

[ashen thunder]

Tf gakon

[upbeat lotus]

Sucks that Kali cant buff crit

[ashen thunder]

How many ex do you have?

[upbeat lotus]

76 atm

[ashen thunder]

Lol

[upbeat lotus]

I stopped spending them

[ashen thunder]

Overkill

[upbeat lotus]

Have around 90 tickets rn

[ashen thunder]

Yea could have been shaunas and potential malva

This is why you zen folks

[upbeat lotus]

And even Drasna

Hope Tierno and Trevor don't get Matt treatment

[tardy fiber]

Hope got hoopa unbound that's dark type on va part 2

[ashen thunder]

Master fair Lear with unbound hoopa

[sturdy flower]

who

[sturdy flower]

introduce Pasio region tag and more original characters wtf DeNa what are you doing

at least Team Break Admin

someone who took over the remains of Team Break

[ashen thunder]

Paulo pokefair

But 4*

[sturdy flower]

[ashen thunder]

Just like Rachel and Sawyer

[sturdy flower]

i still won't roll

unless it comes with Tina

[tardy fiber]

Yep, more original characters will be good. I will take those than lillie's 12th alt

[reef river]

They need to add filters to the "see other teams" feature to filter out units you dont have and even cant currently get

[upbeat lotus]

Or at least something that filter out the 3rd anni trio

[ashen thunder]

I just want refresh button

Like other games

Filter specific characters sounds less realistic to implement

[sturdy flower]

both sound very realistic

categories could be good too

but they dont really tell apart spotlight, pokefair etc

and they dont want you to know you can do stuff with only free pairs

[upbeat lotus]

Just a reminder that they still havent added the random song filter in the jukebox

I really dislike the non battle themes except a few

They kill my mood so fast

[lament hornet]

meanwhile me
🔇 🔇

[broken mulch]

So you want a playlist?

[lament hornet]

nah i'm just used to having my apps muted anyway

[broken mulch]

Not you lol the other guy complaining

[lament hornet]

i see

[hard wave]

Is there a way to see ur own team and not just the most used ones?

[broken mulch]

In the replay list?

[hard wave]

I dont see my own

[cunning swan]

Don't think so

[feral vale]

🍪🍪🍪

[zenith leaf]

[tardy fiber]

Hope that i can get both shiny wigglytuff and shiny vileplume

Im having fun with eggmons lately especially that now can use full mc team

[hard wave]

I wish I could get rid of mine and just keep the shiny ones

When I was new I just formed a team with whoever

[dusty oyster]

Don’t you get 80% of the resources inputted back if you trade in an eggmon?

Or just switch to the shiny rn if resources aren’t an issue?

[hard wave]

I would if I had their shinies

So im just going to leave my eggmons for now and donate them once I get their shinies

[dusty oyster]

Ohhh gotcha gotcha

[lean mango]

They give like half of the materials used if you transfer em

[hard wave]

I think I have ninetales, clefable, gengar, magmar, and a few others

[lean mango]

Hoping I can get my shiny Vileplume soon

[hard wave]

I used a few powerups on some of them (3 and 4*) but besides that just like 1 manual to evolve them

Oh and candies/powerups/treats but eh I have tons of those and they can only be used on eggmons anyway

[tough oriole]

*80%

[tardy fiber]

I did pair with zubat eggmon before, and shiny zubat still not yet released

[lunar topaz]

I hope this is safe to post without spoilers and I am pretty sure I did not forget anyone, I made myself a bit of a pull priority list that I did order Diantha borders the first and second tier I really want her but she always reruns at the worst times for me lel the orange tier are some units I would only go after if I have like 3 pities

[feral vale]

What if any were in selects?

[lunar topaz]

F2P hype

[feral vale]

Completely fair

[upbeat lotus]

[lunar topaz]

If I were to spend and were on selects I would definitely go for anyone in the orange tiers if no overlap from both tiers

[upbeat lotus]

but there are 2 orange tiers!

[lunar topaz]

woops lel

[rare swan]

Faves lists don't need spoilers, you're good

[lunar topaz]

Alr

[maiden kayak]

skip shuana

use it on kalos tix when updated

[lunar topaz]

Ye I am going to albeit its super heartbreaking to do so Chespin line is one of my all time favs and I like Shauna a lot too

[hard wave]

I think her banner ends at the same time as either ss diantha or the anni 2 trio so gl getting her from regular pulls

[rare swan]

If you're low on gems, definitely prioritise limiteds

[lunar topaz]

Ye I will

[rare swan]

[lunar topaz]

I am guaranteed a pity this month for SSDiantha at least (I will cry if Emma happens next month with female meowstic and is limited she would be in the fav orange tier lel)

I hope after Kalos VA I get some gem rest

[hard wave]

Same, but I still have a quite a few pairs I want, which r just zone setters pokefair supports and a few masterfairs

[lunar topaz]

I rarely go for non favs but ig i do have a semi big list of wants

[tardy fiber]

Hurm for now, the non faves that i did go before are ||emmet, redlax, palbea, palmarnie, marnie...oh had to add 1 more because i recently grab raihan through select to get gigalith||

I might grab cynthia if there is a select that have her but no faves that need to 3/5 in it again

[deft glen]

69k today

gems are going up fast

[deft glen]

I am curious to see part 2 of the VA to see if my gems will rest throughout the whole VA

[deft glen]

My fav list is kinda short,
but my like list is very long

[tough oriole]

Reminder to everyone that you need to finish battles in the Hearts United Event 50 times in order to claim all the mission gems

[wispy cargo]

I want to pull on NY Sabrina so bad because she looks so cute in that outfit... but SS Diantha

[hard wave]

How much do u have

[gloomy holly]

And for the first time in forever, I have saved up enough gems for pity

[feral vale]

Good job!

[cunning swan]

[upbeat lotus]

[rare swan]

NICE!

[violet nebula]

Let the gems flow to you

[chrome nest]

The gem zen order

[lean mango]

[lapis lodge]

So I'm thinking of buying the deal which gives you 3k paid gems over the course of 20 or so days. Maybe I'll buy it once or twice. My questions are:

1. Is the game profitable? Will it keep going (like Summoners Wars reaching the 9th anniversary) or is it decaying (like Pokémon Rumble Mobile which died after almost 2 years)?
2. Is it worth to buy the permanent 2 egg incubators and the +8 egg zones?
   Please @ me if you have knowledge on those.

[tardy fiber]

number 2 is only worth it if you like eggmons...either to get more chance to get all roles of a certain eggmon line or trying to shiny hunt.

[vestal leaf]

in general eggmons upgrades are very meh

not worth

as it's pretty unlikely to miss the specific eggmon which requires 3 skills

of the good ones

for number one, the game has been stable if not in slow growth, and the amount of characters it could still add definitely makes me think there's gonna be content for at least another 2-3 years

minimum

[weary spire]

Egg box only gets you a few extra eggs at the end of an event, but 80 gems for an extra incubator if you like collecting eggmons isn’t too bad

The game def isn’t anywhere close to dying off for years, that much is certain

[maiden kayak]

from what i see from sales data, poma is still hella healthy

to reach near eos state

poma have to reduce their revenue by at least 20-30x

and its NOT worth to buy egg incubators at all

[lapis lodge]

Ok. So I'll get the gems and wait for a good paid banner like the ones we have now.

[rotund sleet]

important to keep in mind, the game will end one day. regardless of when, in game purchases will amount to nothing but a temporary dopamine hit in the long run. if you've made peace with that, i don't see a reason to hesitate.

$3USD is disposable for most, and that log-in bundle is pretty good value relative to this game's generally shitty monetisation

[rare swan]

A pleasant milestone to hit before the Kalos VA ruins me 😌

[compact pasture]

Good luck!

[rare swan]

no luck required because i saved gems (but thank you, I appreciate it!)

[tardy fiber]

||not enough paid to do shauna tiered pulls ||

[rare swan]

||there will be on the day she drops ||

[tardy fiber]

[tardy fiber]

I might need to prepare for spotlight on alola VA, there's chance that some leftover UBs become spotlight with ultra recon squad

[silk mirage]

49.500 gems i never reached this peak

Trying Road for 100k but might be hard

I kinda wanna try diancie diantha but i don't know .....

She seems like Red pikachu

[timber wren]

we will get two more datamines before she leaves

[sturdy flower]

but worse

[clever oyster]

How many datamines will we get before Anni Lillie leaves?

Because that is another sync pair I wanna get alongside NY Sabrina

[drifting dagger]

Should get 270k too before month ends

[drifting dagger]

1

And since you have like 27/28k, the thing you asked in general would end up being a waste.

With that amount, you gotta prioritize just one of them, since both banners have bad rates

[clever oyster]

I am bad at deciding, sadly

[drifting dagger]

So realistically speaking... you are getting of them, while missing the other

[clever oyster]

NY Sabrina, I wanna get because of the trainer
Anni Lillie, I wanna get because of the Pokémon

[sturdy flower]

if you do selects then NY Sabrina should be on a 3k one eventually

that's 3$ if you buy the cheapest login bundle

[drifting dagger]

Yeah

NY sabrina can easily rerun later

Lillie can take AGES to rerun

[clever oyster]

I should mention that I actually did one single ten-fold on both the Anni Lillie and the NY reruns banner, like, a good while ago, which means I only need 33600 gems in either case

[drifting dagger]

So prioritize Lillie

[clever oyster]

But the reason I am mentioning that now is because the latter gave me two unrelated NY sync pairs

So at least I have an event bonus for the NY events

[sturdy flower]

Step 1. Wait for datamine. Even as a practice thingy for patience.
Step 2. Go for Lillie and good luck!

[drifting dagger]

Lillie is the best choice in this case

[clever oyster]

...actually, now that I think about it, why do people say the NY reruns banner has bad rates? Two NY sync pairs on a single ten-fold looks good to me

[sturdy flower]

you lucked out, that's it

the rate itself as a whole is like 2%, but you can't choose the unit you want

so the chance for RANDOM NY unit is decent, but for the one you want not really

as opposed to the triple banners where 3 characters have a high chance (1.5% each) and one of them is very likely to show as the 5* you roll

[reef river]

Im up to 60k free gems. ||spent my last 5k paid today, not buying any more paid for a good while||

I think 70k was my peak in the past so ill break that easily in the next couple weeks

[sturdy flower]

should be on like 14th

and then we have a slowdown anyways

[clever oyster]

14th is the next datamine?

[vestal leaf]

nah

[broken mulch]

Why the 14th

[vestal leaf]

datamine will be from 23th onward

one of those days

14 we have kalos VA iirc

[clever oyster]

oh

[rare swan]

it's probably going to be around the 26th

[timber wren]

that’s a fair guess yeah

[feral vale]

Weewoo weewoo, time for a weekly checkup on y’all’s goals!!

[little briar]

No goal atm but trying to save up for a second pity, about 10k away from that (currently at 62k)

[feral vale]

That’s still good!!

[clever oyster]

well, regarding the leak

I am assuming the leak will tell us the next Palentine's Sync Pairs

this will ONLY interest me if those sync pairs are gonna be any of my favorite trainers

Skyla and Elesa seem to have a good chance, so maybe it's them

Sabrina...I don't know if she will fit Palentine's

...and sadly, Flannery is guaranteed to not get any alt whatsoever 😦

[sly breach]

For some reason i feel like my gems counter aint moving i have had about ||35k+|| for like 3 days now

[vestal leaf]

Leak ≠ datamine btw

[hard wave]

What leak?

[feral vale]

I’ve never heard about a leak.

It’s different than our monthly datamine.

[clever oyster]

err...I meant datamine

[hard wave]

Probably but lisia and dawn were leaked to have ny alts in october so maybe maybe not

[clever oyster]

whoops

[feral vale]

Ah.

[clever oyster]

my mind was elsewhere when I said "leak"

[hard wave]

O

[clever oyster]

since an actual leak also happened

[vestal leaf]

Yeah I imaged

That's what you were mentioning

[clever oyster]

...I can't talk about it because it's part of a bigger leak that a friend of mine is involved

and I promised I wouldn't spill the beans

but basically, not only does that friend of mine have to suffer from leaks, but everyone who's even remotely involved with him

including bigger companies

it's some big shit, I tell you

big shit I have to keep a tight lip on

anyway, guess I have to wait until the datamine to see who'll be picked for Palentine's 2023

[sand crown]

I’m not expecting to be impressed with their picks

[feral vale]

I’m personally waiting for Palentine’s Serena to be back.

[hard wave]

Im just hoping next month doesnt have anything I want so I can go for ss diantha

I usually dont go for seasonals so most likely not going for any palentines alts, but || I did go for lissi cuz of rapidash ||

Iirc pt 2 of the VA usually has the interesting pairs but then again we got ss n so

[clever oyster]

well, if the new Palentine's Sync Pairs are not gonna be

Sabrina
Flannery
Elesa
or Skyla
then I'm not gonna be interested, just gonna say it right now

so...how high are gonna be the chances for any of the 4 to be the new Palentine's Sync Pairs? I already know Flannery's chances are literally 0%

which only leaves us with Sabrina, Elesa and Skyla

[hard wave]

Who have we gotten in february besides palentines alts? For 2020 2021 and 2022

[vestal leaf]

Pre half anni

Pairs

[little briar]

crossing my fingers for male Palentine alts even though I know it won't happen

[clever oyster]

Palentine's Burgh, got it

[feral vale]

Bro I feel you

[vestal leaf]

We had Marnie and piers in 2021, SS elesa in 2020....2021 i guess the trio counted? Not sure

[hard wave]

If we get a zerena rerun next month im hoping I can get lillie in my next multi and then save

I would like gauntlet banner pairs (I have diantha but would like more copies) and ss diantha but they’ll be here for a while atleast

[feral vale]

I’m waiting for Zerena rerun as well.

[timber wren]

we just got holiday whitney, i wouldn’t count flannery out she’s one of the most popular hoenn characters

[lean mango]

I hope it follows the trend of a character who's got an alt with a character without an alt

[sturdy flower]

i hope there are some characters I want, but only in my gem's capacity

[hard wave]

Tbh if there r pairs that I want I hope its in a combined banner rerun

[tardy fiber]

93330 gems, hope i can reach 100k before kalos VA

[lean mango]

[tardy fiber]

I just want to snap pic

As proof that i reach 100k, due to its hard for me usually as DeNa keep releasing my faves

[lean mango]

It's 6 resets to Kalos VA ye?

[tardy fiber]

Yep

[lean mango]

Are you going to reach 100k ||before pulling SSDiantha?||

[rare swan]

She's also featured in Shauna's event, so maybe that means something....

[vestal leaf]

Savers rise up

[grim plover]

the more gems i have the more i want to do a random multi

anni steven looks tempting

[lean mango]

Then the gems you have go down and then you're just stuck at where you're at

[feral vale]

I’d rather have one multi saved and ready for something else I’m guaranteeing than use a multi and have it be a waste.

[tardy fiber]

Man i'm in a dilemma, i wonder if ||i should use candy on my 2/5 sskorrina first or give candy to upcoming ssdiantha that high chance will probably be 1/5 when i get her||

I cannot rely on pokefair select as the choices are too small compared to seasonal select

[reef river]

How many candies do u have

And how many other pairs do you consider using candy on

[tardy fiber]

2, but i want to use 1 on my 2/5 djgloria

[feral vale]

Diantha doesn’t need copies tbh

She already has a lot on base.

[reef river]

Waiting is always valid as well

[feral vale]

For sure!

[reef river]

I find myself waiting on candies and either the desire to candy that unit passes, or i still have it and i know its the right choice

[feral vale]

Yeah I have multiple tech and strike candies, but haven’t used them yet.

[tardy fiber]

Oh next question is ||3/5 ssleon or 2/5 ssethan or 2/5 sshilda||

Oh right probably MF first

Because no MF select exists

[reef river]

Honestly at this point you might be better off asking in #1009587872342478908

[feral vale]

Yeah you can go to the questions channel for these.

[reef river]

Because its just shifting into meta questions. ||ss hilda doesnt need grid at all||

[tardy fiber]

I gonna 3/5 all of them in the future as my goal but sometimes im conflicted on whether to complete older pairs to 3/5 or 2/5 the new faves...i wouldn't have this problem if select scout choices are as big as seasonal select

[chrome nest]

I’ve been saving for a while to the point that I forgot some units exist

[rare swan]

Definitely worth heading to the more technical channels for these kinds of questions, if you're not candying for faves-only

[chrome nest]

Joining gem zen felt impossible at first but now it’s day to day patience practice

Kinda great because I’m a person with almost zero patience and sometimes act out of impulse

[tardy fiber]

Oh right Tai, between faves...you usually complete a 2/5 fave first or you even will candy a 1/5 fave to 2/5 and forsake that 2/5 fave?

Because sometimes when I'm about to complete a fave to 3/5, the fave unit already have less usage or no usage by the time i almost complete it

[timber wren]

it’s good to hear this kind of feedback, thank you

[rare swan]

I like my faves at 3/5 ASAP

[timber wren]

glad to know this is still seen as a safe space to help people resist those gacha urges

[chrome nest]

The other gacha I play is shiny luck in Pokémon violet

[tardy fiber]

Also between a MF fave and a PF fave, which one you will complete first to 3/5?

[tardy fiber]

Pokemon violet is a gacha?

[rare swan]

Whoever is the biggest fave

[tardy fiber]

Okay nice i already got answer to my questions, but man...i hope they add more choices for future pokemon select

6 choices in pf select kinda not enough especially when they keep releasing pf

[chrome nest]

Nope it’s a joke

Because shiny luck is technically a gacha

Instead of poke bucks it’s your sanity and patience for one to appear

[cunning swan]

78k!!! Gonna hit 100k this month since I'm zenning for the whole January

[rare swan]

I will note that I'm in a position where I can be less meta with my candies because my overall roster is strong

For newer players it can be a good idea to check in with #poma-questions etc if you want to double check your candy spending before you use them

[feral vale]

We also have cookies

[lean mango]

Don't forget we also have milk

Gem count, very close

[chrome nest]

Mew either needs a buff or a new unit

[tardy fiber]

Mew need

[weary spire]

How many NY tickets were we meant to get by the end of that daily event? / How many have you guys obtained total?

[cunning swan]

We're supposed to get 23 I think?

[lunar topaz]

I’m going to miss the daily 1K 💔

[tardy fiber]

Finally||got something new from ny tix, although its not a pokefair||

[broken mulch]

Never anything new for me

[upbeat lotus]

i only ||got 4/5 Falkner from that banner||

[lunar topaz]

||I got bianca and Nate today ||

[feral vale]

||All my 5 stars were maxed ||

[tardy fiber]

||Got new pair, Hugh and also ?/5 Elesa ||

[upbeat lotus]

we can get 2 more tickets tomorrow right?

[chrome nest]

||I got Gladion||

[feral vale]

Yea

[upbeat lotus]

[cunning swan]

I hoard all my tickets and wait to do it on the last day

better be disappointed all at once

[feral vale]

I was too impatient tbh, and it’s a free thing, not like it’s my gems

But….it also made me remember why I hate singles now.

[feral vale]

I think you’ll be fine, I mean if Calem isn’t a fav, there’s no reason you should pull.

[rare swan]

This would be a better question in #poma-questions

The helpers there will assess your roster for you!

Like Annie said, this thread is more focused on saving gems for favourites

[sly breach]

Ok

[signal halo]

I feel sometimes that I should come here to ask for zen about other resources

But since the deed is done

200 stamina, 10 golden books and 38 level 5 power up tickets for 300 gems

Was it worth it?

[tardy fiber]

I only buy stamina deal with 100 paid gems only during VA...kinda a ritual to appreciate DeNa giving and power boost to my faves ...but man, thats a lot of 38 , what offer is that?

[rare swan]

the general consensus here is that no resource is as valuable as gems

but if you're happy with that spend, that's the main thing

[grand bramble]

All the 9 ticket scout I spend today.. I only got one 5* regular unit... How's your luck goes

[autumn panther]

got 4 5* out of all tickets (not just the 9 from today)

colress, 2 plumeria, masked royal

[grand bramble]

Oh.... I see..
It depends

Not even a pokefair

[autumn panther]

i would've liked ss red or leaf since i have neither of them

[lament hornet]

i got 1 5* unit from tickets so far and it's not even anything new lmao

[tardy fiber]

I got 2 ||one is a new pair for me, Hugh ||

[broken mulch]

Still only 3 gold powerups for me

[hard wave]

I got 4 4* powerups all from the 9 today

[tardy jolt]

My 30/5 Olivia is gonna be so strong after the 4th grid expansion

Tbh glad I got a handful of 5* PU and my Sydney is 5/5 for the slick dark background once I decide to promote him to EX

Currently I’ve like 90 5* PU and 92 (approximately) EX units, I’ll however refrain from updating pairs until after 3.5, I always feel like I could end up wanting all Anni units and the safety tether is always welcome. In terms of gems I’m over 150k, which is great

[tardy fiber]

In these few months without many faves, i just use my to 5* 20/20 my support lodge/bp units and bugscyther

[split thicket]

Hey, is using those event items worth getting characters like Kali, Helena and Naomi to 5/5?

[drowsy saddle]

Yup

[cunning swan]

next reset should be the final new years ticket we're getting, right?

[rare swan]

yup!

[cunning swan]

time to do mass-pulls on the tickets tomorrow

can't wait to get 23 !

[rare swan]

i admire y'all who can save them all up, i spend them the second i get them

[cunning swan]

I did that last year

[drowsy saddle]

Going to the ticket scout and scrolling to that particular one daily is too much effort

[cunning swan]

but this year I figured, it's better to be disappointed all at once than to be disappointed 8 days in a row

[rare swan]

true 😭

[cunning swan]

ikr, it's put in the middle of the pack, it's so evil

[tardy fiber]

Same 🤝

[violet nebula]

The ticket scout was kind... got several golds and Red

And mostly silvers

[timber wren]

the disappointment each day had the same feeling as doing dailies to me so i started doing them all at once and it helped

[rare swan]

tbh it was a good, free lesson about how much dailies suck

(now i just need to remember it )

[timber wren]

i learned it the first time we had the 100 free scout and i haven’t gone back

ofc in this case with only 23 free pulls there’s still good odds i’ll get nothing but better to rip the bandage off all at once

[rare swan]

it would be super fun to do them all at once, definitely

[cunning swan]

I'll record mine then

haha would it be funny if I got a kantrio

[rare swan]

[timber wren]

reminder to exchange your johto VA items, i almost forgot myself

[sly warren]

I’m at a strange savings crossroad. I like a lot of the seasonal new years units this time around & have wanted ny Lillie/sabrina for a bit but could never budget.

I had enough for 2 pities, so I rationalized I’d go for Serena frog since re run is less consistent (I know new years will happen next new year) and I want diantha with my 2nd pity because wife.

But then I got frog in 2 Multi and now I’m debating pulling for seasonals?? or save till next year when I can get them all in 1 banner bundle

I think I’ll just save but the seasonal banners are mighty tempting.

[violet nebula]

Save

[cunning swan]

the longer you postpone pulling on seasonals and waiting for their rerun, the higher chance you'll need to pity on their rerun when lumped with other units

unless you like a lot of the new years seasonals and don't mind getting whichever one, pulling them right now is still a good choice imo. but only if you genuinely like the pair though

as for diantha, she's around for a long time. we have time to see the february and march updates first

[rotund sleet]

seasonal selects also something to consider if you've spent money

ny lisia and dawn will probably (?) be on the next one

just removes some incentive for pulling both of them now

[sly warren]

I expect to have to pity with every seasonal tbh. the rates are so low

I think I will save, and keep an eye out for seasonal selects

I don’t love either of the new pairs that much

[cunning swan]

yeah true, and that's a good mentality! but if you wait for reruns and reruns, their individual rates become much smaller

[cunning swan]

if that's the case, then save

[vestal leaf]

the rates are the same as any other non MF banner

the gen pool 5* rate is the difference

outside of fair multi reruns

[hard wave]

Oooo there’s 2 more? Maybe I still have a chance for a 5 star

[hard wave]

We had the 4 pair winter, summer and halloween banners already, now new years and palentines next which all have 0.5%

After that it’ll be 0.333% like the winter one we just got, so in total its 2% but they seem to be going for 2 pairs specifically which would be 0.666% next yr

[timber wren]

probably at 4th anni, unlikely at half anni

last half anni seasonal selects had up thru the most recent fall units

[rotund sleet]

makes sense. would still be prior to their natural reruns in jan next year

[midnight chasm]

oh no the ccalem urge is back

[clever oyster]

ah, shoot

there's a problem

while the Anni Lillie banner ends on February 5th

...the NY reruns banner ends on January 17th instead

...that means the NY reruns banner will end before we get the next datamine

and I am at 24550 gems right now, too

[feral vale]

That is correct, yes.

[lean mango]

It's honestly a pick and choose on what you like more

[feral vale]

But they’ll come back, probably in a select.

[clever oyster]

that's the problem: I can't decide what I like more

[clever oyster]

yeah, in a select I won't be able to run a pity on because by that point, a DIFFERENT banner will have my attention, too

[lean mango]

Selects are always paid gems

So unless you have paid money enough for a future select then imo go for the MF that have never had a select

Or unless you're f2p

[feral vale]

But if you are willing to pay, the EX bundle is cheap af

[clever oyster]

oh yeah, I forgot

so yeah, for me, the next time I'd be able to get another shot at NY Sabrina would be literally next year

and by that point, there's probably a DIFFERENT banner that will have my full attention

[feral vale]

But Anni can have seasonal selects.

[clever oyster]

but aren't those paid gems, too

[clever oyster]

I am unwilling to pay, BTW

[lean mango]

all selects are paid gems

[feral vale]

Ohhhhh my bad

I will drop the topic then

[clever oyster]

nonono, please don't drop the topic itself

because I am still having trouble deciding

[feral vale]

Yeah you’re right lol

[drowsy saddle]

So, can you get to a pity before the 17th?

[lean mango]

Honestly I would go for the MF first imo, who knows when they'll rerun again

[feral vale]

I meant to ask this too

Are any of the banners running favs?

[signal halo]

It wasn't an offer, I just raised lusamine and Lana up to EX without the tickets to do so

Reason behind it is that I couldn't beat the Alola challenge from the EB

Because my Alola roster sucks

So I decided to go as hard as I could on lusamine and also give Lana ex so she could tank better

She lasted the extra turn I needed to win

Still, I dropped two raw EXes, 200 stamina, 10 books and the exp materials to raise lusamine to 150

She really could use a grid glow up sometime

[clever oyster]

...maybe? no guarantees, though

[feral vale]

What’s your gem count now?

[vernal glade]

I can calculate.

If want me to. I done that method ever since Summer N was announced last year.

[broken blade]

Hi, it mentions in data mine summary you can get 31K gems this months, is that from the daily logging or do we need to pay for them?

[vernal glade]

Logins.

Including events

[broken blade]

Really well that seems too easy

[vernal glade]

Exactly.

[broken blade]

Just open the game once a day

Oh including events

[vernal glade]

Same here, grab the daily 80 gems including the extra 20 at the gems menu.

[broken blade]

Im guessing most of the gems come from completing the events

[unkempt vortex]

Missions

[vernal glade]

Mhm. But when the events dry, only login and dailies.

[unkempt vortex]

The pins show where the gems come from daily

[vernal glade]

However, there’s a chance you’ll forget to grab the gem deals menu to get the daily 20 gems.

Thankfully I don’t forget.

[drowsy saddle]

You can grab them on the way to daily scout

[vernal glade]

Ya.

I never use the scout shortcut.

[broken blade]

I check tabs so if we logging daily from now we can get 19K gems by the end of the month or is that wrong?

[vernal glade]

Currently we’re in 18k remaining.

[unkempt vortex]

close enough

[vernal glade]

Ya. Close.

There’s always a pin to check the image on gems remaining.

[drowsy saddle]

If you clear all content, sure.

[broken blade]

18,890

[vernal glade]

I also calculate my gem total with the pinned image to calculate how much my total I’ll have by the end of this month.

[lean mango]

Gem count, 2 pities achieved

[willow pollen]

Congratulations! And exact number is just

[lean mango]

Had to do a few sync stories to get to the perfect amount

[maiden kayak]

lol me spending the NY tickets so i get bad pulls as long as i dont get ssred and ssb lol

[maiden kayak]

is New year your favourite season?

if it is,

i think its a banner to consider

imo

[vernal glade]

I don’t technically care if I get any of them, I’m waiting tomorrow to use all of the tickets. I barely use SS Leaf on CS. Sometimes Red on fire weak and blue on almost any stage of CS.

[lament hornet]

if i don't screw up i'll end up with like 26k at the end of the month

unless i win 60k gems which is unlikely

[lean mango]

I just want at a 5*

Haven't gotten a single

[sturdy plank]

should i save my gems for anni lillie instead of doing 1 multi everytime i have 3000 gems?

[cunning swan]

As long as you make sure you have enough to pity her before she leaves, I think it doesn't matter if you do mass-pull after having 36.6k or do pulls each 3k you have

Just never spread out your gems to several banners if you can't pity them

[feral vale]

May I put in my opinion?

[sturdy plank]

i was thinking about pulling for ss diantha but she's gonna be here until march so she can wait

[feral vale]

I like to have the pity ready in case datamine comes up and someone else comes up that I like. That way I can be able to choose between them.

I did the other way with SS Korrina…and well. Didn’t work out.

Walked away with her empty handed, so I’ve told myself to have a pity ready, or no pull since then.

And don’t forget this thread is about saving for favs anyway instead of being reckless with your gems

[sturdy plank]

anni lillie is my favorite

[feral vale]

Have you ||done any pulling yet?||

[sturdy plank]

no i did a daily single pull on her and she's still stuck in 1/400 because i'm saving my paid gems for ss korrina

[feral vale]

What’s your non paid gem count? Is it 3000 atm?

[sturdy plank]

1700 gems but in this reset it's gonna be 1800

wait no

wait let me check

my non paid gems is 140

[feral vale]

So……the bot says 20k is left for Lillie.

I’m not sure you’ll make it to pity.

[cunning swan]

hmmm

lillie leaves february 6...

yeah I don't think you'll have enough to pity

better not continue unless you're willing to

[tardy fiber]

Man, seeing all old seasonals getting tossed in the seasonal super scout banner made me feel like only the first release of the seasonal unit and seasonal select are the only good ways to get them. As the year passes by, the pool will become even bigger thus even harder to get the old unit unless pity.

[cunning swan]

kinda sad

[tardy fiber]

Im lucky that i only have 2 seasonal faves for now

Gonna hopium that seasonal select later will have falliris

I want her dupe

Tech candies are always in demand, so i will jump to get copies for my faves through select

[cunning swan]

waiting for reset to get my last two NY tickets and do all my pulls

[rare swan]

yep, great point

i was interested in ||getting another XBold|| but the chances were just too low for me to justify it

so it's a good thing to keep in mind with seasonal faves

[upbeat lotus]

yay 2 3* bronze next reset

[cunning swan]

I have finished mass-pulling NY tickets

literally got nothing until ||the last 2 tickets gave me my 348323th copy of Hilda and 4/5 Bertha||

[feral vale]

FEEEEEEEEELS

[tardy fiber]

94,740 today just a little more to 100k

[lunar topaz]

What I’m going to start this year is behind tracking my gems spent from dec 2022 going forward if I have time I’ll do it tomorrow

[lament hornet]

i got one (1) 5* from all the tickets and it was a repeat

depresso

repeat as in a 5* ticket

[oak crest]

||was lucky with my tickets overall, 4 of them were a 5* altho 3 of them end up as a PU but I will take those free 5 star PUs||

[fringe ember]

Helloo

[willow pollen]

Welcome to the savers haven!

[fringe ember]

I'm thinking about pulling for NY-Lisia since I don't have a good Fairy Striker

But I also want SS Diantha

I'm trying to have at least 1 strong striker+ zone per type for all 18 in the game

I have the zone for Fairy but not rock, hence SS Diantha

[willow pollen]

You have SS wally?

[fringe ember]

Yup

[willow pollen]

A lot of the zone techs at 3/5 delete stages.

[tardy fiber]

How about rebuff units? Like i treat rebuff as a replacement if the zone unit is not a fave

Rebuff+another damage dealer can clear stages too

[fringe ember]

What do you mean by rebuff?

[tardy fiber]

SsWally have rebuff, it increase damage taken for a certain type move

[fringe ember]

That's true...

[vestal leaf]

Most strong damage dealers also can clear without zone nor rebuff if you bring a secondary striker and a good support

[fringe ember]

Ohhh right right

[willow pollen]

Example:SS Wally’s B-dazzling gleam inflicts 1 stage fairy rebuff, making enemies take 30% more from fairy damage.

[fringe ember]

Ah yes I remember

[tardy jolt]

Realize that a unit like Lisia is very prone to power creep, since she’s a very basic (albeit strong) striker. They’ll certainly release other strong units like her or even stronger, so I’d say that if she’s not a fave and if the criteria that you listed aren’t the only based on which you tend to pull, she may be an iffy investment

[vestal leaf]

Zone and rebuff are overkill unless you're trying to carry bad units

[fringe ember]

How many units have rebuff?

[fringe ember]

I'm trying to carry a bad player

[willow pollen]

Even just a good striker can carry a new player.

[fringe ember]

I know you can clear basically every stage F2P but I'm not built for that life

[tardy fiber]

Like scIngo is not a fave to me so i skip although he have bug zone, but thankfully dena release gilbert genesect that have bug rebuff

[fringe ember]

I'm not a quirky YouTuber

[willow pollen]

So mint, the question is to you value favourites or damage?

[fringe ember]

Damage

The only unit that I care about is Milo

And he's not even here yet

[willow pollen]

Do you currently have a good rock striker?

[fringe ember]

Yup, SC Hilda

[willow pollen]

SC Hilda is a bit dated. But definitely should get the job done.

The benefit of this game is power creep only means higher numbers, not whether or not a unit can clear a stage.

[tardy jolt]

It’s not like the other rock striker options are new, though, CBlue and Emmet released around the same time

[upbeat lotus]

You mean Emmet right? Ingo is a support

[tardy jolt]

So pulling for Diantha May lead them into the predicament of seeing a stronger rock striker release soon

[tardy jolt]

Thanks, fixed

[fringe ember]

Well zone units fix older units, I don't need the strongest unit per type, just a good DPS

[willow pollen]

Emmet. Cblue, and Sc Hilda might be old but they still very much get the job.

[fringe ember]

So my SC Hilda seems fine

[vale ivy]

Olivia is still fine tbh

[fringe ember]

I've always disliked using Olivia

something about her kit

[willow pollen]

If you’re looking for a recommendation between diantha and Lisia. Both will resist power creep for some time. But I think Lisia will give you more value based on timelines and gems.

[fringe ember]

I hope they give her a new unit though, she's a cool character

[willow pollen]

But let me consult with some others first, make sure I’ve got all my facts straight.

[fringe ember]

Ooo I was going to pull SS Diantha no matter what since she has zone and I'm a zone collector

It was more a question of whether to get NY-Lisia regarding that

[tardy jolt]

Okay, this seems like a better criterium to pull on. Depending on your gems and your willingness to spend I’d say that you should evaluate what brings better value to your roster

[fringe ember]

Like if I'd have enough time/gems/if it'd be worth it

[fringe ember]

I don't need a fairy striker, but I'd be nice to have one

SS Wally is insanely strong

[willow pollen]

So there’s your answer. If you’re a zone collect. the zone. Sticking to your goals always yields results.

[tardy jolt]

||as someone who has NY Lisia, I’d say she’s fine, currently 2/5 and gets the job done easily, but nothing special and quite boring. My two cents on the unit||

[willow pollen]

But you still have until the 18th to decide.

[fringe ember]

Is that when Lisia leaves?

[willow pollen]

Yep.

[fringe ember]

Ahh

Well thank you all for the help!

[vernal glade]

That’s why I’m waiting on datamine incase I want Lillie or not.

[sly breach]

Who would be better bede or ny lisia?

While i want to just save i am really lacking a good fairy type

[sturdy flower]

Just save and wait for something better then

[feral vale]

Don’t forget Mina.

[sly breach]

Na mina just doesn't cut it for me couldn't do piers stage with her so i need something strong enough to do it

Because i am sure any other fairy weak stage that comes around would be a struggle

[feral vale]

You got SS Wally?

[sturdy flower]

Sycamore is about to get his EX and power boost, but sadly NY Lisia will be gone by then

[weary spire]

Sycamore kinda pops off for me ngl

[feral vale]

Sycamore EX is gonna be the goat

[weary spire]

Pops off enough, anyway

He's not exactly, crazy

[sly breach]

No passed on him

[weary spire]

And I don't really use him as a support anymore but still

[sturdy flower]

Lodge Lillie can nuke on type harder than Mina

[weary spire]

That's true, I do use her for a nuke

Those 2 have prob been my most valuable free fairies so far

Mina not too far behind ig

[sly breach]

I find it crazy that even 1/5 ashchu doesn't do that stage

[feral vale]

Hey @sly breach

I just did it.

Mina, Sycamore and EX’d SS Blue.

If you want to counter with me, or get help on how to attempt it, better to move to #1009557516369281075

[vestal leaf]

Mina has better kit

Lodgillie has better nuke

I prefer mina because she can actually do something other than nuke

[feral vale]

Also Sycamore and SS Blue are patient enough to let Mina’s nuke come out after both their syncs ^^

[vestal leaf]

Play rough hits decently hard with proper setup

[feral vale]

Cause they still last.

[vestal leaf]

Like with a screecher

[feral vale]

[lament hornet]

lodge lillie is so good lmao

[vernal glade]

I still need to finish her. I just keep saving her for last.

[tardy fiber]

I only left dawn to work on at lodge. Kinda happy, lodge units are kinda strong

[feral vale]

Decent units for sure!

[tardy fiber]

Cannot wait to get lodge dawn, she's kinda rare bug support

Well bugscyther also exists but not many people have him

Hopefully i can make all of my 3* 4* units into 5*, i kinda underestimated them before but their stats are way better than eggmons and they can even catch up to base 5* unit stats...feels worthwhile to see them having gold frame

Also they have grids, something that eggmons didn't have

[feral vale]

I definitely believe the free units are better than any Eggmon tbh

[tardy fiber]

I even put sp3 on my striker eggmons to make them that bit more usable but still cannot match grids

Well at least they have uses for gauntlet

But 3* 4* pairs can also be used for region specific contents

As they have regional tag

[sturdy flower]

Gyarados exists

[tardy fiber]

I need to hopium for Jessie James rerun kinda want them... James's poison gas, and Jessie's toxic power 5 looks nice...and even better if they have grids

[willow pollen]

The free units have a lot of utility which is amazing. Plus they’re likeable.

[tardy fiber]

I also gonna do more 5* 20/20 free units in the future, it does help curb the temptation to pull during skip month

Gave sentry entry 2 to cheryl and 5* 20/20 her... she's not that weak to physical damage anymore

[tough oriole]

||I was trying to give Mind Games 2 to her and accidentally ended up with Sentry Entry 2 ||

[tardy fiber]

Sentry entry 2 kinds good for survivability...both her and scjasmine got sentry entry 2, normal jasmine have wise entry 2

Trying to get wise entry 2 for dawn but still no luck

[tardy fiber]

I almost done with 150 seasonal faves, not sure which route i will take next:
-Base character faves (lear, gloria, N, lysandre, lucas)
-Anniversary faves (annimay, anniskyla)
-SC faves (scrosa, scdiantha, scguzma, schilda, scjasmine)

Not sure who would benefit more from 150 stats

[reef river]

Imo mega evolving pokemon

Their stat gain on sync is % based so having a higher number to start with gives a higher gain

So i prioritize my favs who have mega evolving partners

[tardy fiber]

Form change that's left schilda, sssteven, ssdiantha, ssbrendan, annimay.

Iirc

Others all 150

[robust plaza]

Gem count

Don’t know what I’m saving for

[tardy fiber]

For faves

[robust plaza]

hopefully for a triple banner of the 2.5 anni units

i had to pity zerena and ingo last year during that period

[viral delta]

When does the .5 anni units usually drop? Cause I completely forgot about them

[tardy fiber]

March mostly, well anniMay released on almost end of February

So most stuffs on march

[viral delta]

RIP my gems then, I’m most likely getting anni Steven and Lillie at the end of January (already have anni N) so gonna probably miss out on the .5 anni….

[fluid mural]

So I kinda had a really bad streak of spending gems. And I'm upset with myself because I threw them all away and am kind of restarting my count.

[feral vale]

Mind if I ask some questions? ^^

[tardy fiber]

Don't be sad if the gems went to a fave and you got that fave

Thats what we savers here saved for, for faves

[fluid mural]

I'm going to be honest, they just went to shiny new characters. A couple got favs but I really just spent more than I should have.

I was not very disciplined with them.

[tardy fiber]

Ouch.

[feral vale]

So you have favs running right now? •.•

[fluid mural]

Me? No.

[tardy fiber]

This game is not that hard that it requires constant pulling on shiny new banners so you can save and pull for faves when it reruns or released

[fluid mural]

I don't even know what I would consider favs anymore. Lol

[feral vale]

Can you name some trainers or Pokémon?

[tardy fiber]

The one that you won't regret pulling

[fluid mural]

I should just gem zen till 1m gems.

That won't happen tho lol

[tardy fiber]

We have one such person, i wonder if Chest already reached 1 m

Because DeNa doesn't release Clair alts and other faves of him Nita is free

[fluid mural]

I have a couple that I regret because I can't find a use for them, but that's really not here nor there. I just need to really get back to saving up.

[feral vale]

Can you name out their names? Or just write your list to yourself.

[tardy fiber]

If you keep pulling for damages, high chance that a shiny new unit will dethrone the current damage king...so that's why better to pull for faves, well at least we can learn from it...like i also did a couple of non fave pulls before this

Only recently around early last year, i changed

[fluid mural]

Shaymin and Keldeo have been very disappointing investments that I wish I was more zen with.

[lean mango]

Watch em release another fairy striker that beats NY Lisia next month

[tardy fiber]

It better be magearna or enamorus

Also eternal floette

[lean mango]

SS Lysandre & Magearna 🙏

funny pair

[feral vale]

AZ tho

[tardy fiber]

I will grab eternal floette... its a mythical in my book

[gloomy holly]

Damn, Imma 'bout to break 40k gems this next reset

My new all-time high

[sturdy hatch]

I'm back on the save train

Well done on your new record!

[lapis pine]

Someone with 0 gems is about to break 60k gems

[sturdy hatch]

When does that get awarded?

This reset?

[upbeat lotus]

12nd Jan

[lapis pine]

Oh. I assumed cause the period to be eligible ended this reset

[feral vale]

Still got a few days to find out.

[sturdy hatch]

Hopefuly the implementation is better than last time

[feral vale]

Guess we’re gonna have to see

[weary spire]

12nd

12st

[upbeat lotus]

[slow hare]

12rd

[upbeat lotus]

Havent do battle villa, but im at 9k8 now. Next goal is 12k gems

[feral vale]

Noice!

[gloomy holly]

[tardy fiber]

Weee break 2 pities ...also close to 100k if add both of them

[weary spire]

I was dumping stamina into the wrong Hearts United event stage Whoops

I don’t need any drinks either which is the worst part

[tardy fiber]

So you got wrong event item? Hearts united got 3 coupons right?

[weary spire]

Ye got the wrong voucher

[tardy fiber]

I still got unclaimed items on ny events, but it's just drinks...not sure if i should claim it or farming theme skill orbs while training area rally currently ongoing

Still many pairs to max theme skills

[sly breach]

When is the give away gems coming?

[upbeat lotus]

12th Jan

aka 3 resets

[sturdy flower]

for the uncertain future, my friend

[upbeat lotus]

After clearing battle villa im at 12k1 gems rn the next goal is 15k

[cunning swan]

I'm halfway through villa. 80k gems

[hard wave]

|| I got lillie || so I can start saving now trying to save until datamine but rlly want to try for cynthia for lodge, ss diantha, or the gauntlet banner

[upbeat lotus]

Just don't think about these banners running rn

My plan is saving a pity for Palentine rerun banner, then a pity for Diantha / one of anni banners

[rare swan]

Villa is good for gems 😌

[hard wave]

Trying

|| But if there isnt anything interesting in datamine ill prob pull diantha atleast ||

[rare swan]

Just try to keep any talk of pulling in this chat under spoiler tags

People here are trying to resist, so

[gloomy holly]

How much more gems until Kalos VA?

[hard wave]

Oh alr

1150

3340 if u include the reset of the VA

[gloomy holly]

Hmmmmm, SS Diantha first or NY Lisia?

I literally don't have a seasonal unit

[spare swift]

So, I checked my characters, and I can finally conclude that I don't need Diancie, 'cause I have aeroblue, who just needs 2 striker candies to do what I want to. So, my gems will be on rest for the rest of the month.

Finally

[hard wave]

Lisia unless ur willing to pull on a select scout + diantha stays longer

If u dont pull on anything else u can still pity her

[cunning swan]

no worries, I barely have any seasonals

makes me struggle in seasonal events with bonuses but oh well

[spare swift]

Me too, I only have 3 seasonals (does anni 2022 pairs count?)

[spare swift]

That's not struggle, that's just less boost to rewards

[gloomy holly]

And once again, I'm using SS Diantha's banner duration as an excuse to pull for NY Lisia

[spare swift]

You still are able to get all the rewards you want

[cunning swan]

mhm, but it's just painful to see 1.2x I'm used to it at this point though

[spare swift]

https://tenor.com/view/stop-it-get-some-help-just-stop-please-stop-stop-it-meme-gif-26307878

Wait for the last day of the banner

To pull

You will have plenty of time to decide then

[hard wave]

Same

[spare swift]

Uh, that makes it 1.6×, which is just 0.4× less than double

[hard wave]

I have || spring may, ny lisia, sc sonia, anni lillie, and anni raihan ||

[spare swift]

So that makes me optimistic

[hard wave]

Seasonal events in general r just slow

I had 2.0 for both NY events and it still took forever

[cunning swan]

which is why my lack of bonuses make it all the more annoying

part of me wishes a mega fave can drop for seasonals

[hard wave]

Ye, I only have it for 2/6 of them and one is spring which I skipped last yr so hoping to get the medals this year

[cunning swan]

but in general I'm not a big fan of seasonal units. the outfits are hit or miss, especially for christmas, and they really need to put more effort into the sync animation

[spare swift]

Yes, I am tired of seeing the regular sync impacts and beams

They have stopped using moves in sync move animations

[hard wave]

I have a few seasonals id like but not rlly must haves, HLeon would be nice but the rates are horrible and cant get him on a select cuz im f2p

[glass abyss]

Seasonal Outfits are for sure a hit or miss type of situation

[weary spire]

Did all the event bonus rounds & their missions, the EBs, Moltres missions, BV, weekly gems & pretty much everything at once today

Huge explosion of gems for me today ngl

[silk mirage]

54k GEMS 🔥 im in record as saved gems xD

[deft glen]

74.3k Gems. First time with two pities saved

||36.6k of those will go away with the Palentines rerun banner||

[slow hare]

Great stuff both of you!!

[slow hare]

Love it when this happens

[vernal glade]

||36.6k will go away once SS Cyrus reruns||

[unkempt vortex]

Close to one pity again

[glass abyss]

I have so much regret

||For reason I pitied for NY Lisia even though I know I will never use her. I wish I wasn’t so numb. ||

||I need to make sure I don’t spend gems on a unit I don’t like especially when there is a unit I like coming out this month. ||

||Like I will be fine pitying for SS Diantha, just would have been nice to not throw those gems away you know? ||

||Felt like I did it just for the sake of it, leaving me feel bad and hollow ||

[slow hare]

DR that was painful

Im sorry to hear it

But I'm glad we have this space to share those reflections

[tardy jolt]

At least this can be a learning experience and will make it easier to save in the future

[lean mango]

Best to look towards the future now, can't really do much about it since it's in the past

[glass abyss]

I just don't want to make the same mistake twice

Hoping that I able to learn from this and know better next time

[tardy fiber]

I skipped nylisia for my hopium future magearna and enamorus pairs

[feral vale]

Magearna is cool af tho

[tardy fiber]

Hope one of them have fairy rebuff

As i skipped sswally due to gardevoir isn't legendary/mythical

[feral vale]

Fair.

[versed relic]

Today is the day I go F2P and save until Anniversary.

I fully expect to relapse but I might as well try 🥹

[lean mango]

Gem count, nearly did all of BV except for the final battle but oh well

[rotund sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/gacha-fgo-arknights-genshin-azur-lane-gif-20653879

[rancid vale]

ok i have decided to start saving for anni rai. but i need to get more discipline in general :(

[feral vale]

My motivation is to believe a fave of mine will come around

[sand crown]

I'm very scared of Alola VA

[rotund sleet]

kalos va is near, so there's still some time till alola

[sand crown]

yes, thank goodness. saving opportunity

[rotund sleet]

yea at least a couple months

this month is fat gem wise

[tardy fiber]

I cannot get succumbed to ||pulling a fave to be more than 1/5 in the banner|| because half anni and alola VA are next so every gems matters

[rotund sleet]

1/5 is enough this game is piss easy

ik the feeling of wanting to max a favourite

via gems

[tardy fiber]

I dont want to max, just 3/5 is enough...i cannot stomach investing to 5/5

[feral vale]

Better to not pull dupes anyway.

[rancid vale]

i want anni raihan because he scrunkly

[sand crown]

It's hard enough for me to commit to 3/5. I doubt I will ever 5/5 even for faves

[rotund sleet]

i meant 3/5, since that is still the max for 99% of units

i'm never 5/5ing a limited unit

[rancid vale]

id want 5/5 anni raihan

[rotund sleet]

my compassion for pixels just does not go that far

[tardy fiber]

I won't say never, because my lucas and ssdawn become 4/5 from select scout multi

[sand crown]

it's overkill as you said...game is too easy. hell 1/5 on newer units is overkill

[rotund sleet]

yea these new units are coated in a thick layer of powercreep

can just candy depending on what is more fun atp

can't go wrong

[tardy fiber]

These guys are fun, cannot wait for them to add more

[rotund sleet]

im missing regirock

have 1/5 on the rest

[rancid vale]

how’d you get them so fast

[tardy fiber]

Regirock rock tomb on a ripple

[rotund sleet]

vantner candied some of theirs iirc

hence the move levels

[rancid vale]

ok that makes more sense

[tardy fiber]

Im not fast, i kinda lack 2k bp than those that never misses bp

[tardy fiber]

Because i like all legendaries, mythicals, UBs...and DeNa only release 5 limited supports faves

So i spend support candy on them

[rare swan]

It's possible if you don't have a bunch of faves and are selective

But definitely not a great thing to do in terms of resource management, no

[tardy fiber]

Ssdawn, ssmorty, scjasmine, ssbrendan, sskris are all already 3/5

So bp master units it is

Also pairing them with striker/tech pairs that benefit with sync doesn't make you missing support much

[rotund sleet]

it's very possible, just not a particularly wise decision objectively. but the heart wants what it wants, and the end goal is enjoyment, so if people know the risks, i can't critique the decision

[sturdy hatch]

We will all get 5/5 Kantrio eventually lol

[lean mango]

Or unless you've been hording a bunch of candies

[tardy fiber]

I doesn't even have ssred and ssleaf ...so how to 5/5

[rare swan]

Same

[lean mango]

Gotta 5/5 my top favs to show I'm a stan

[rare swan]

Love my SSB though

[sturdy hatch]

I should remebmer to pull the tickets later. We have them all right?

[rancid vale]

i candied ssr and ssb

no ssl though

[tardy fiber]

Not sure, that ticket only gave me 1 hugh

[lean mango]

SSL is the only one I don't have and seems like I won't have her for some time

Didn't even get a single 5* from the tickets

[sturdy hatch]

Me last new year, let's hope this year is better

(I did get a Rachel though)

[tardy fiber]

Rachel is rarer than some 5*

[glass abyss]

I will never have SSL either and that’s okay

[rancid vale]

im so glad i got rachel and sawyer

[glass abyss]

At least I have 5/5 Lysandre

[lean mango]

I hope to get Rachel, only have Sawyer

[rancid vale]

[lean mango]

I wanna at least complete the duo

[lean mango]

Yoooooo

[tardy fiber]

Hope to get Jessie and James

[glass abyss]

Honestly I only got him at 5/5 because of my own stupidity

When I first started playing and didn’t know what Gen Pool was so I pitied for May on his and SS Blue’s banner

[rancid vale]

oh that hurts

[glass abyss]

Then I had to do another full pity and that’s how I got him at 5/5

[rancid vale]

at least may is a good pair

[glass abyss]

Yes, it’s a funny story too and also a teaching/learning moment

[sturdy hatch]

We all have those early moments

[glass abyss]

True

[tardy fiber]

I once got tempted by non fave zone unit, but i learnt the lesson and now have more willpower to skip non faves zone units and rebuff units

[rotund sleet]

i'd love rachel, if i didn't have to pull on a lear banner to get her 💀

i hope she gets an event like sawyer or something

[oak crest]

That's me with Lucas actually

Got shafted on him since took a pity to get him

I ended up hardly even using him

[tardy fiber]

Yep i pulled palmarnie because i was swept by the zone meta and thinking that she will be a good boost to my hop/solgaleo/gloria

But then i check unit roster

I aint gonna and put candy on her anyway

And more faves like djgloria have steel move appears

So i ended up not using her anymore

[lean mango]

Units to go for that I consider are more worth are the ones that even if you don't use them but seeing them in your roster makes you happy

[rotund sleet]

hi guys dopamine number

[lean mango]

YOOOOOOO

Nice

[rotund sleet]

it won't last long if feb has what i expect it to have

[feral vale]

DOPAMINE!!!!!

[rotund sleet]

but it's nice to look at

[lean mango]

Mine lasted for a few minutes

[rare swan]

Oh that's a SATISFYING number

[hardy creek]

am late but 5/5ing a unit isn't really smth anyone in here can reasonably suggest you do, but if it's something you really wanna do, you understand the risks, and you the gems (or candies) to do so, then we can't really stop you. as someone who personally has 5/5'd a few units, I'd generally say save 2 pities and 3 candies for it. you can use 1 pity, see how far that gets you. if you had to pity the first copy, u can use your second pity, but if you got more than 1 copy within ur first pity, u can just candy the rest and save the extra gems

[feral vale]

This tbh

[lean mango]

I feel like despite my unfortunate shaft on NY Lisia felt a bit more painful because of how I didn't really get the amount of copies I wanted and had to candy the rest

[hardy creek]

yeah, getting shafted when trying to hit 5/5 can be a humbling experience, to put it lightly

[lean mango]

Going to keep 4 *5 candies of each type just in case of a really big fav

[hard wave]

Is there a breakdown of all the scout tickets and candy coins we get each month like there is for gems?

[hardy creek]

yeye that's definitely a smart idea. I try to stay above 4 of each candy but still tend to set 2 pities aside for charas I wanna 5/5 (since I feel like gem gain is quicker than candy gain)

[rancid vale]

i think it depends on the events and whether they’re reruns and what class is associated with the event

[hardy creek]

#1012256199128915968 message

[lean mango]

Have 2 candies of each so far so at least I can 3/5 em

[hard wave]

Not the total, just where u get them

[hardy creek]

oh, I don't think so???? not entirely sure though, sorry

[hard wave]

Like how the gems one tells u how much everything gives?

Oh alr

[feral vale]

May I?

Interject?

[hardy creek]

yeye

[feral vale]

@hard wave do /events in #bot-zone

You can select each event to see the rewards.

[hardy creek]

annie

[rotund sleet]

the candy coins they count are generally always CSMM + LG + Event Shops + Event Missions

not sure if missed anything

[tardy fiber]

Me with Lear, I don't know where to use him...other than cresselia LA...but I'm happy to see him and hoopa in my roster

[rotund sleet]

you can get more via BP/Lodge, but those aren't counted obviously

[lean mango]

🤝 Lysandre

[hardy creek]

||bede has been benched since I got lisia but still love seeing him in my game||

[hard wave]

Thx

Need 6 coins to 3/5 my CCalem, I think ill be able to get them this month

[feral vale]

Good!!

[tardy fiber]

Oh right, he is also in a tough spot...i will replace him with a proper future dark fave like guzzlord/galar moltres/single strike urshifu

[deft glen]

||SS Marnie with Galarian Moltres pls||

[tardy fiber]

[lean mango]

Still waiting for Lysandre to get an alt

[feral vale]

Lysandre alt will be rad af tbh

[lean mango]

YEEE

[tardy fiber]

Hoopa unbound lysandre

It will be good to port hisui with unbound to blame

[deft glen]

I thought BP counted

[lean mango]

This is his perfect time

[deft glen]

Pyroar normal type striker

[lean mango]

There's not really many characters on the VA poster so really hope it becomes real

Unless Sinnoh VA shenanigans

[rare swan]

Shauna alt confirmed

[tardy fiber]

Kinda sad with Ghetsis, he is in the VA poster but no alt

Instead we get N with heels

[rare swan]

(It has to be Lysandre and I am VERY excited )

[tardy fiber]

👠

[lean mango]

[tardy fiber]

After i read shauna kit again, i think i could use her...just not gonna use that spiky shield move

[lean mango]

Will probably get her when ticket pool updates

[tardy fiber]

Hope they add more spotlight in part 2

[deft glen]

Malva would be nice

And Drasna

[tardy fiber]

Ticket pool with only serena, clemont, shauna still feels lacking

Add some more

[lean mango]

Kalos CS next month

[tardy fiber]

One week of no csmm