#Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)
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Here's my dumbass theorizing on who will rerun in the ground/dragon type hse event for ground type characters-
Ingo has a HIGH chance
But then I look at Cynthia and garchomp--
I mean
Idk if lodge monthly banners are counted as a rerun but I remembered Cynthia and garchomp got a monthly rerun on july--
So uhum
idk-
Its all a theory btw--
But idk about dragon types tho-
there's alot of them for me to look at so idk--
When they ask you if you’re going to pull this month:
Istg idk why I even wrote this
Yall pls ignore what I wrote here💀💀💔💔
Very tempted to go for ||C Marnie today||. But I have to remember my support roster is being carried by C Rosa for ages and keep saving until datamine.
Your right, plus Anne is just around the counter.
Anni is close
datamine is close
Datamine on 23rd is likely
I NEED to know who will rerun in ground/dragon type banner I NEED TO SEE IT
I don't think that's the expected date for datamine
It'll probably come after the trailer, on Monday / Sunday night
Finally, we'll be surprised by a trailer before a datamine?
Well
The trailer will be on the 25th
The trailer could reveal everything for the 5th anni
So its bascislly the datamine before the actual datamine
the 25th is the weekend which they don't usually post news on or heck even updates,
so i'm only gonna expect the news, then update the next day
26th is my safe bet
So bascially
Its either
23rd or 26th
y a y......
Back to 8 pities, with no thanks to my luck this year as every banner except one that I went for cost me a pity each
The Galarian trio event lasting 8 days is kinda bothering me about the future of rerunning event with the new reward format
Hope they'll cut the score needed by half at least
Having to manage stamina so much is kinda weird
If you fell for a bait, if you invested a fair bit (5 multi or more) and got shafted, I'd kinda consider going to pity, as I'd rather spend extra than have thrown 5-6 multis in literal trash
Anni tho
How many pities did you have before spending?
We get datamine before they leave
Decide then
It also depends how much you dumped for nothing
I haven't been spending since the last NC
but the last NC, it took me 2 pities to get both MF
with both banners taking me to pity (fuck unova)
Also i have || NC calem akari and arven|| its not that i lack dark types
I took the bait
Y u p
Datamine either on 23rd or 26th
They end on 28th so
:3
I say 23rd cuz
Anni datamines happens early
I think
26th is very likely cuz it happens a day after the trailer
On a weekend?
Well we don't know when we will get a datatmine
So for now
If its early
Its gonna be on 23rd (Friday)
If its late
Its gonna be on 26th (Monday)
These are my theories >:3
im just desperate to know who's gonna rerun in anni
It's unlikely to happen before info are revealed
So 26th is extremely more likely
Just hoping it's before 28th
Samee
5k more for the 250k milestone

Thought this was satisfying
I caved and spent a couple on the Marnie banner
needs 9 more gems 
is it possible to get an ending of 9 from things like the paid bundles
Use a character story for 10?
I'm just saying 26th is not late, that's all
we're getting official info on the 24th/25th, so datamine before that would be weird
Nah its ok ur theory is really good tho❗❗
26th is honestly quite the most average date for a datamine
Its mega weird but funny if it DID happen
I'm hoping the offical info shows us the rerun banners
Cuz
I need to see who's being reruned idc anymore
it will come 
those 4-5 days will take a while
Mhhh I'm pretty sure we always got Anni teases before datamine
Ash was weeks prior
Kantrio idr
kantrio was only teased on datamine date
like 2h before the datamine iirc
with NCBlue's pic for the app icon
So the datamine's probably on Monday?
most likely
we might get it on 23rd, but chances are really low
anything before is just serious copium
i was even surprised that lounge got a slowmode earlier on
Yeah
Datamines happen when the game updates right?
If the game updates on the 23rd
we get datamine
We don't know yet
26th is very likely tho
Because people (and me) went insane for a possible datamine on the 23rd😭😭
Back to 1 pity ||after that fiasco with Penny||
Im not sure what event should i focus now, i can clear galar nc event just by doing dailies. So i guess i will do Oak event for his copies as ssnemona event still got a long duration
At least VA rerun will be over in few days
So my 60 stamina will be free
Oak event will last for a while
Galar run for 8 days only
Oak event will end on anni tho-
Aka 28th
Or am I an idiot-
Nah it lasts a long time
28th sept
Yeah
While galar 28 aug
Still surprised at how short the ||MF reruns|| feel
Yup
im dumb as usuall
I didn't saw the number 9 on the date and just stared at the 28th and said
"Ah yes,every other event is ending on the 28th so it will end on anni!"
8 days, is that the shortest event we got? (With reward shop)
I'm just worried about the new reward format rerun
But that's for next year
I'm not ok with forcing all the junk items I normally never trade
some ppl support it tho, which idk why
i definitely do not want a useless cookie for an unit that I despise and will never pull for
Probably those who often forget the trades
i do forget once in a while but not exactly a fan of this lol
But oak event doesn't have daily stage that give extra drops, ssnemona has it
So i plan to do dailies for ssnemona as long as i can while clearing oak event copies first
Probably only need 4 days to clear Oak, 600 event coupons for each copy and no event boosted units
Also no daily stage
So i think his event is the most problematic
his event also lasts 40+ days
True but starting 28th which is anni we will get new event that need another 10k event points so another place that need to be concerned about stamina so might as well finish Oak before that pops up
Other events can still do daily stage that give lots of points in a single run daily
Neat,my first pity since January 2022
I don't have the funny number anymore tho 🙃
Been saving for anni 🙏 did the math and I should hopefully get enough by the end of September if I have to Pity 3 master fair units
Also currently saving the paid gems for the upcoming stuff, I should have 3k before it ends
If they're going to drop less than 30k I have to pop some stuff
Why won't you just.. do them
UBs are pretty fun and some of them can be easy if you have the right units
Battle villa gives a nice amount I guess, and shouldn't take too long, sync pair stories can also be rewarding
2 pities banked!!
Gem backup
I can tap into this anytime
As long as I don't get them I'm less tempted to spend
I'm doing UBs, just not finishing
After all we got them on BR
I do the same thing 
I still have the final battle villa as a 2000 gem backup 
I used to do sync pair stories asap but about a year ago i fell out of the habit
I don’t really enjoy villa enough to do it and I dislike UBs generally (tho I have done some of the latter)
I've been trying out a strategy I call gem hanging
Need the exact same time 
By not claiming the presents until I have to
Btw is like stacking candy coins
Having a total lower gem helps in saving, giving the illusion you have less
And popping those only when truly needed
I've tried stacking candy coins, but I think it's less useful for myself since I rarely have the urge to candy
Yeah I don't stack candy coins but some does for a similar saving reasion
But gems are way easier to get used
And after 5years saving feels harder, both for lower avrg gems and up/downs of the game
I always had at least 3 pity ready for anni, except now
Hey look this is the first time in 2 years that I’m going to have a full pity saved, I’m feeling great
Yeah I don’t get it
I dont stack gems, i grab everything i can get except UBs so that i will always know what amount of gems i realistically have at all times. Would be kinda bad if you need 3k gems for emergency use to reach pity and you thought you have 3k gems as backup from sync pair stories but it ended up only 2.7k gems and then the banner expires
Yeah the pair stories are the weird ones bcs some have multiple stories
Villa and UBs are the only easy ones to remember bcs 2k + 3k if untouched
did you ever do all co op missions though
genuine question since I don’t see a lot of people doing them
and they give like 1K if you complete all iirc
I did everything except UBs
This saving until anni thing is so boring
Knowing me, I'd skip it like last year again
It’s nice when you get the news and know you’re safe, if I’m being honest
Yep also even if anni is a skip, your fave might appear in month right after so it is always good to know your priorities and that can help from risk of losing faves
Yoo like wth
I will start saving gems after anni hoping to reach 100k till the next anni
Is it possible
yes ofc
How many gems on avg we get in a month
depends how nice dena are
On avg ?
20k+, usually around 22k
23k or so
Yeah if you get lucky or didn't pull in between it takes at least 5 months for 100k
As long as you have a goalpost in mind, it makes saving really easy
@maiden kayak I am now at your level now officially
Also, was going to hold off 500k gem mark till 25th but plans change
If it weren’t for Dena’s generous offer, I may not reach my goal ever
So thanks Dena
Now onto 5th anni
oh wow
How did you reach the goal?
By not spending
Realising that this game, you can get by with the f2p pairs, no need to spend gems
Anything else is a nice to have
500K is a bit too much dedication for gem saving for my liking
, but yea this person is right
It is about 1 year and half + worth of saving
anni reveal on Sunday huh
the paid gems amount tells a different story 
Sunday dev letter please
well they probably will do that as they gonna release a trailer 2 hours before sunday reset
I hope there's not many faves on anni, i only have 107k gems currently and sunday poma day can probably bump it to 108k. Although i dont mind if there's a lot of bp master faves instead 
Will be able to form my 2nd ticket soon and hopium that dena will give another rainbow ticket free on anni again
Do you think raikou coming as a bp master?
I don't really need electric units so I wouldn't mind bp master raikou at this point
Not sure but it is a part of a batch of legends, a common theme between all of the bp master pairs for now
Regieleki also fits i guess
Oh i forgot Thundurus
Announcement before poma day 
Dev letter soon?
Dev letter when?
Dev letter why?
Dev letter who?
Dev letter what?
Dev letter? How?
Dev letter? Really?
Dev letter? What's that?
During reset yeah
they typically share info about new content *and/or features in the next update (tho most of time we already know the info beforehand through datamine)
They share info about the new content??
SO EXCITED❗❗
dev letters are a monthly thing
Usually Info about content for the following month are more vague than the ones datamine will usually include haha
Like for this Anni, September info will be clear and elaborate, whereas if they decide to talk about October info it’s vague like a new type of event or some such
Still excited tho❗❗
It’s probably tomorrow
Guys no dev letter today--
that's expected
Unsurprising
More gems tomorrow! 
How did you get that medal?
it was from the ranked Damage Challenge
did we ever get the referral gems lol
it takes 2 weeks circa
to review subscription for the previous one
this one had likely many more submissions so it might take more
I had a question
I am like kinda new not new I mean I don't hv enough good sync pairs that I can complete every mission like serious Anabel battle
So should I still save the diamonds for the next anni or should I get some good mons first
if you're super new you can probably reroll for anni pairs
You should accept that there are battles you can't beat (yet)
Missing a few hundred gems is better than losing potentially 36.6k for a small amount of gems
Will we be able to beat them during reruns?
likely, if you've built up a bigger roster
like the current galar rerun EBEs, i was relatively new when they first ran and i managed to beat some of it with much effort, and not all of them
now it was a breeze, and i didn't even pull any units that are meant for it
Who did you use?
back then?
allister main i believe
sonia and hop support carrying
there are f2p or as close to f2p (invested) clears on the EBE help channel
I know I struggled on one of the Johto EBE two years ago. Now they’re not a problem anymore after it reran last year.
Who do you use now?
since they have type boost and not just region boost
i ran my fighting/dark/psychic teams
psychic nuked with Lucian, plus Bianca and nc rosa, so 2/3 f2p
the others were more limited based teams though dark used sonia still, fighting had Riley
(dark: akari+sscyrus+sonia, fighting: rei+ncbianca+riley)
Actually I think the fighting ebe on Galar last year gave me trouble I think. I can’t remember. But I did know I was able to do Dark and Psychic just fine.
fighting type didn't even need a support that's how much it's been powercrept 😅
just sync ramp your way to victory
Metric jokes
But the hardest ebe I’ll never forget but I got the gems from it thankfully after retrying for two hours I think, has to be diantha ebe, which was during the first NC two years ago. But if it ever returns, I don’t think it’ll be a problem anymore.
4th anni EBE was quite something
i had some trouble even with 1/3 of the anni pairs
Ya that one was very hard to do.
i think there was eventually a f2p clear found but it was 💀
RNG filled run my best friend

NC Kantrio is easily the worst EBE they've made, throwing like 3 different gimmicks into one stage sure was a choice
Yea, I found it also the worst EBE of them all
Always annoying when I slam into it in BR lol
And there are some released with Evasion gimmicks later on
Yeah bc not eb
Though iirc they had an EB rerun where they switched which region had boosts
THAT was super annoying lol
oh wait that was a BC
i mixed them up
oh yeah that was an interesting time... Unova terrain setter needed except you needed to overwrite psychic terrain
so RIP bianca
the only one was C!Elesa
i think i ended up running volkner as a third and hoping he wouldnt die
What are your prédiction for anni Sync pair
hoenn nc 
Why ?
It’s their hopium
well yeah but actually last hoenn MF was anni steven and unova just got 4 MFs in less than a year like they were evading something.
but besides MFs is almost confirmed that steven, cynthia, and lance are getting something. The last CS week has a dragon, steel and ground weakness.
Morgan 
I will be happy if its either alola/sinnoh/kalos MF
I skipped frogs and eeveelutions so im pretty lacking for their region's faves coverage
staying displine, being very picky on which banner to choose and spending below my means
250k reached! 
Use your stamina? 
2 hours before reset 
Welp 500 to pity the new banners -.- saving is more painful now
Woohoo ||my faves are free for now, skip anniversary
||
||Lillie is free||?
Yes get from playing the event
lol wtf
i did not hear that from anywhere
||What exactly is an Arc suit||?
Arceus
???
if you watched the vid
the arc suit is like....45600 or 45700 gems to pity?
That’s slightly disappointing
Yeah around this much
for 500 scout points
||My only fav character is on this banner, Lance!||
Im so glad i saved 3 pities worth. Now that this fair required 500 scout points
They should at least like give us more gems, right? 
more daily, more from events, etc
Im hoarding so many yellow coins i hope it can be used on those new pairs
With that amount to pity, i better kick all of the desire to do cheeky pulls and just gonna focus on my faves arc suit later
. If they choose the champions, i probably only in danger for arc suit N Zekrom. Iirc he is kinda a champion too as he appears in victory road content
Wah sheet
Unless the concept will be carried over to Main Characters base pairs as well, if that, i will need to be wary to more characters
They're pusheeng starff haard
Oh whatever I'll take a look at the kits
When they come out, and then decide if I like anything
I hope this fair only comes when anni
Probably not though I'm saving for Kazuha
or ,5 anni
I'm guessing they're going the Hoyoverse route
Wouldn’t be surprised if it comes back December
Of making the featured character 0.2%
Wow I actually have enough for a full pity on the Arc pairs
Interesting
Yeah, guess they're ditching master fairs now. we'll see 
we'll be seeing master select probably in the future
Grats!
Anything else we know about Anni btw?
Congrats 
just on the dev letter i guess
Morgan virizion bp and free lillie solgaleo
Chatelaines EX
That's not bad innit
Lodge lance
Lemme actuall check the dev letter
you can also check the instagram post
now we wait for the datamine. Im just hoping for some increase in monthly gems. Its copium, alright 
the one vantner would have gotten is actually free, damn
and funnily enough the only one with the anni tag lol
My thoughts as well, but there is one absolute fav of mine there 
Dena will forever wull hunt me down
finally get his spotlight
Lillie
ngl highly considering 
i don't have favs, but i have preferred trainers and pokemon.
any particular one interests you in the recent dev letter?
delicious
|| cynthia ||
I dont mind losing 1800 gems ||from those arc suit EBEs|| 
I might actually get Nita and Landoorisu and EX Her and Dena
my order is || cynthia, lance, steven ||
My order is ||lmao imagine pulling||
do we have enough tickets to claim the free 5 star bp stuff?
||mine is Lance, hope we can get them earlier than the dreadly new 500 scout points. Cheers!||
RNG is a cruel mistress in gacha
Oh right my count is still 81 faves because i dont know yet what other pokemon is for BP MC 
Vantner you're just better off going with 79/??? because your favs are literally never ending
lol
Anni Lillie actually looks good ngl
my last two MF have been awful
glad i saved
The dress
well it's 80/??? with anni lillie (alt 2) 
Nah i will update it when its playable because easier to keep track if i missed someone later
What's the first Anni Lillie
2021 iirc
The shittiest Lunala known to man?
Lunala
along with N and steven
Yeah ok
i hope you do keep track
u are very lucky
u get to skip
it's literally doesn't end for u lol
See the issue with the new pairs is that since they don't really have any spark to them, I might as well load up a battle on Showdown and play with them
Like I can build ||Mega Metagross/Garchomp Bulky Offense|| and I'll be happy
Not yet, still dont know what it will be for second half of anni month, the track record is kinda bad with shaymin on ash anni, regigigas for kanto birb anni, and zerena
I might pull Zerena if she comes
nah i doubt there's a second half...well i hope there's no second half...
Man pity gets more expensive lol
at least u avoid the most dangerous trap
I did this a few times as well to compensate
Just for the arc suits
Yeah
with that said
45,5k?
its alreadyy too late to save (after 3rd anni)
Thanks
If they keep focusing on champions and base alt, it will only be dangerous for me if its Arc Suit N zekrom 
sure the gem count for late aug-sept will also increase by 33% too right??? RIGHT???
Seeing the stones characters, i kinda worried if part 2 will have playable Brandon
We already have playable Branden
500 scout points;
15 multis + 1 single + 2 single (paid gems)
wonder if lillie is psychic or steel type sync move
I wonder if there's other pairs with those three
I hope its steel 
Cuz dang, I'm just 
Steel
maybe this one is nebby. I don't think Lunala was nebby
Luckily i am almost done with Oak Nidorino, ripe time to farm lillie event 
it's been 3 years i don't remember that sync story
Dunno her role though
Is the solgaleo free?
Yeah
The new one that’s releasing
Yes
Hell yeah
Yep
Hope it’s a support with iron zone or something
you had that pic ready vantner lol
i dont mind so much the units themselves as a choice but upping pity is ouch
Because i want to post it at poma lounge before this then the topic changes too fast
for that unit type anyway
can lillie please be a sprint field unit 
From the looks of it, our mf will be replaced with this until this chapter ends
so expect the same for December
poma lounge is a mess, i wouldn't venture in there
Save your gems!
main plaza is more sane
Nah they probably alternate, we still have few regions without NCs
true
i am genuinely curious what the gem count is gonna be
I dont expect much
Can someone recap what this arc fair means im to lazy to read a page long essay about it on the news
every six months AC and the other three months MF?
Due to free lillie tax
datamine is tomorrow right?
1% rates, 500 scout points to pity
And here I thought master fairs are bad
only applied to Arc Sync Fair units
Best format is the free scout format
wait or did i get it wrong? 
These units have 5 passives and 1 passive is like type teamwork 2.0
Power creep about to be malicious
Cannot blame em, type teamwork pairs are free
So i expected that they will get powercrept
The return of mono type teams
I'm a bit disappointed with Arc Suits, they will so obviously be meta but I think the fashion would get boring in the long run and if they keep their partners as their base partners... Ah 
But hey, more gems to save
Yeah no this anni is not good
New format that’s worse than master fair is just…. Why
Would be interesting to pair type teamwork and ||arc suit pair together but still gonna skip em if not faves||
And i wondered why we got so much gems this mth
Tlim, the end is near

i hope they up the gems this anni
geez, now we all have to think
maybe 35k
Gave a full pity for the AS banner
We shall hope we can scrap by 25k gems a month average
No wonder
I demand 50k this month
It’s true that it was too good to be true
meta is overated, just go for abolute fav
True
which is bad for me cause I love Steven and the othe 2
good thing I still have those 2000 battle rally gems lol
dang it
save
Embrace lillie solgaleo and chatelaines
was doing so good this month with 500k in my pocket
If they release a fight that has multiple phases and it’s difficult without the anni units, it’s literally like what happened in another game I played
i mean, if they are your favs you're gonna summon right necro?
174k to pity all 4 banners oh my lord
I hit 160k
honestly speaking
At worse you will only lose 2 singles, but you probably broke chasing 500 pity points for them
wait there's a 4th banner?
what 4? It’s only 3
I should have enough
tlim stop scaring me lol
||lillie|| is free
Oh im counting nemona cos i havent pulled her
Nah I except them to give 3K for completing the fights
i think just skip ||lance and steven|| they are literally same even, cloned outfits at HIGHER PRICE
Matter doesn't meta
||at least cynthia had some distinct difference||
||steven|| looks like an argenta clone
Metter doesn't mattar?
|| i'm getting cynthia for sure ||
Oh yeah I do not give a single
about meta, which is why the anni pairs are so boring to me
Well at least this probably crossed out cynthia, lance, steven from being paired with arceus 
I’m just an anni rat and I’ll probably stay like that for this game
||physical support with pmun and everything||
||I shall just daily pull and push my luck||
Volo arceus 
Speaking of anni rats
Its volo for sure lol
I do want SST Red
eos
i genuinely thought he was gonna be an anni unit. and we can be sure he's going to be an arc suit sync pair
actually, I think we’re getting arc volo (ghost ring) and giratina
Now more than ever

giratina volo gonna be SS instead
I legit think no one is gonna be paired with arceus ever
or some NC shenanigans
after this, i think i am ready to skip some master fairs and arc suit and just pick whichever interst me
only when eos
I’m guessing this Anni new mechanic is a new role and horrible banner format
Just great
or actually they wouldnt even bring arceus to the game to be playable cos the kit has to be like impossible
Then again they have updates planned out and made for 6 months allegedly
and then watch them screw up with the scaling again as usual
I hope they stop the new method of the event rewards...its bad
Watch they release this trio again in 5 years but this time it’s titled ultra arc suits
we have the same original plan, after seeing the design on the units and the new scout points,
Im shifting my interest as well 
ultra pro max retina
1000 scout points required
This was made in a week
The trailer was giving me winx club vibes
Thats why he smirks at the end of the video, cynthia arceus being tossed 
yeah this might be the time to step away
I guess they’re referring to the original 3 pokefaira released?
I’m suing for false advertisement then
cynthia was never gonna get arcoos tho it wouldnt make any sense (not that this game makes any sense anw but ya)
well, i can now safe to say, i be pulling prob at least once or twice a year
and skip the rest unless its fav
So no new event or gameplay like Trainer Lodge (i think lodge was invented in 3rd anni iirc)
how else am i going to maitain my 500k gems
We’re getting a new role
dang, now i can't post my 500k ama on reddit
And a new move type
Ah that
And a new banner
that will just be a bad timing and bad taste
Goodluck necro ||how many faves out of the arc pairs that you aim for?||
It’ll be like b move
Instagram referred to it as “divine move”
i love all 3 just let's do it
Divine sure
45600 each 
I’m justice given form, I am the world, I am divine.
and then maybe 2 more like ||Red and Volo||
i put that on youtube
and hype that shit up
i am prepare to get drained
200k gems gone
if i am unlucky
lol
Iirc ||they also give positive rebuff, new EBEs for them probably related to rebuff||
positive rebuff for a certain type?
Well at worse, i will only lose 1800 gems
I think ||Steven will be the best||
What’s so divine of them
just go offtype then 
Like kabu
Ohhh
I think the opposite, his kit seems pretty similar to argenta
||A steel physical support with pmun with every attack||
Cannot wait for lillie, i will EX her day 1 and put the PUs in my bag
Same with victrier
Free faves get special treatment
Argenta is such a far cry comparison
that's an inefficient use of resources vantner lol
NC Blue is more appropriate
Only thing ||ArcSteven|| lacks is a form of speed buffing other than that he looks like a more offense oriented physical NC Blue
i would love that
and my fav gets a massive boost
if it's true
i did, waiting for his full moveset on datamine
looks promising so far
don't want to disapoint myself
Yeah true I'm waiting for grid hoping he has any form of speed buff
I will just exchange 20 custom PUs to 4
when that event reruns 

It kinda feels iffy, we dont have anniversary 2023 pairs
Only 2021, 2022 and lillie 2024
2023 is the neochamp kanto
I bet they’ll appear as the masters day thing
They dont have anniversary in their name, only neo champion
exactly
Not much will take for her to beat her old self though
Oh wait do we know anything abt the Lillie
Other than being free
not much
ok fair enough
Annilillie is just like maxie and archie for me, they can still deal good damage because of the occasional SE buff that they get so still not that useless. Although lunala got some edge because piercing blows on moongeist beam
It's Sunday, it's never going to be today
anni lillie still got one of the coolest sync move animations
got that going for her
oh how i wish to be in the dena meeting room once in october to see how much they're going to make from the arc scouts
cuz it ain't gonna be the end of it if it prints money
if lillie was part of the trio
it would get them more cash
but they made her free instead
they hate money
there's cynthia. there's money to be made
although im quite sure there are 20 paid scouts on the way
Wrong server sorry
i mean, this thing is trending on twitter
wait, pomas is trending on twitter? 
The Master Fairs have fallen.
PoMa is dead.
They are coming.
well cynthia is trending on twitter in my country lol
if we don't get reskinned anni lillie in aug 2027, we riot
i gonna invest that money in my ZZZ instead
Or Honkai
no point putting money on a company that doesnt innovate
na i dont like honkai
zzz is better
they changed the team and then the gem counts started to go down right?
it does take awhile to get it but yea its pretty optimised gameplay
It's also rotation-based right
I try to go back to this game
yeah, I do find dena lazy with certain things. it's the little details
But after this
na not turned based but u dont have to navigate every dungeon like open world map
I don’t know if I ever will even during their anni celeb
but this is still my only gacha, the other game i play is a hero collector
play osu
i might consider going f2p this year
osu has more fun drama
Hero collector? Star wars galaxy of heroes? 
(For instance search up "bang bang veto")
I would say play Dokkan battle but like it’s very tedious and grindy
Oh I didn’t know you know that game
maybe i should switch to that game instead lol
That and marvel strike force are nice hero collector that you can grab shards slowly and progress
play zzz
So i play em as side games
u can hoard
To be fair galaxy of heroes needs like almost a year to get one strong character
I can’t have patience for that long
It’s either get it fast or wait for 2 years until I finally unlock it
this could me my type of game
that and I love Star Wars
a lot
Not really with double shards for old characters, only need around 2 months to make 7 star characters
I don't think Pokemon masters is actually ding tbh
I’m referring to galactic legends
This is just one (albeit massive) misstep
And some can even complete in a week now
The game would need much more to die
yes i love swgoh.
That is a long term goal just like UBs
yeah, i'm not sure i have any self control in star wars lol
love way too many characters
Then you should play
They are f2p grindable
Easy to be f2p too
ah
i've spent more money on swgoh in uhhh 10 months than i did in 4 years in pomas lol
Prepare for patience
Yep just patient and just use skip tickets daily lol
Swgoh teaches you patience not masters tho
You will also need patient to form sith team 
How ironic
the mix scout version in pomas is kinda like a lsb in swgoh
except the lightspeed bundle costs more lol
as soon as i get a new iphone with a massive storage upgrade, i will add one more gacha game on hand
Play Dokkan battle (don’t it’s tedious at times)
good thing i am not a dbz fan
well i heard honkai starrail is good
that even my mom knows about this game
and want me to try it out lol
I play way to many Gacha games and not actual games
I play Shin Megami Tensei Liberation Dx2 but it’s a heavily p2w pvp game
I’m legend rank top 100 every week
i been off 2 months playing acutal games latly and its been fun
the good ole days when pomas wasn't as predatory
Yeah it was somewhat manageable back then
i dont mind the “predatory” cos they do need to make money at certain point
its the lack of innovation im very pissed off
And that’s coming from someone who’s been playing since 0.5 year anni
part of me rather have 0.5% but still keep 400 scout points
then 500 scout points 1%
if its 2% on 500 scout points, i won't mind at all
true, but it was honesty easier for me to give them money before, even when they increased the daily bundle price
well same here but putting 500k and then 500 scout points shows up
that's a lot of fives
True
They’re not changing the amount of gems required to do a multi on these banners right?
ofc not lol
well, Brendan and Sceptile arc suit when lol
eww no
i want another Sceptile alt
Arc suits are just a lazy cash grab
Although i might have to wait for in game animation, if the arc pairs have like golden glow when they are in battle. I will cut them just a little bit of slack
they literally make arceus a literal joke in this anni ngl
X unit and there original Pokémon that they released with
you just made me realize something
That’s literally it
i want Arceus so i will await for its glorious power
oh no
Arceus will released not as an arc unit, but ultra maximum arc suit
Speaking of anni what’s your favorite anni?
Mines second year
I wonder if arc suit Lear can give him a valid reason for hoopa unbound, like it still considered as the same Hoopa. Just like cynthia with her exact garchomp and etc for steven and lance
eos is near
yeah, i might join you two necro and aqua and going f2p
well. i'm just reallocating money to swgoh anyways
though can't wait for some dummie on reddit to defend dena that its how gacha games work
same
I plan on abandoning the game soon because of this
I will still buy sync orb bundle just for selects
at least hoyo is actually innovating
But not gonna buy other deals
ima be honest, if they increase the select price, i'm just gonna drain my paid gems on mix
that Chest has reach
I always miss this games pity system
when they made the 3k paid selects, 5k. i was so pissed
you know what, screw it
The only other Gacha game I play with a pity system doesn’t include the main unit from the banner
from then on, i pull only once or twice a year from now on
as soon as i get my hoenn nc
and sinnoh and alola nc as well
then i shall skip everyone not fav
im honesty curious, if hypothetically dena announce eos and you have 500k. u would summon right?
so practically anyone not brock, hau and steven
Play swgoh necro, you seem to be like a patient person as you can save 500k gems so hero collector games is a nice fit for you
i will stream my pulls if that happens
i burn it all
"burn, baby, burn!"
i still have 450k++
yeah, i def should go for the game plus being a massive star wars fan
f2p?
yea
dang, so i am ahead of you
|| ss nemona burned a pity||
||rip||
don't worry, i be below you very soon
tbh, my only disappointment is the 500 scout point. 36,6 for a pity is enough already 
Unless they decided to give us more monthly gems thats fine. will wait for the datamine tmr for the gems count
you know they won't if it's a non anni month
i don't like sounding pessimistic but
I have step backed from this game since 3.5 anni
if it's staring ya right in the face, you gotta face the facts eventually
And came back occasionally
yeah, its a long stretch but eh
dena is releasing another game pokemon related right
we gotta understand a lot of gacha don't survive 5 years
tcg pocket
500 dollars to get the best card watch
Remember to do EA account, you can get extra calendar for the month and free gift box daily
From swgoh web store
noted
thanks for the tip Vantner
No problem because i also relatively new, just played it for about 2 weeks
awsome
swgoh has been available since 2015, so 9 year anniversary in november
dang
Ngl the only way im enjoying pokemon is pomas and some of the newly released pokemon core games (just recently played scarlet dlc). Miss playing firered and such
||time for emulation i guess
||
||and romhack||
maybe y'all can ping me in plaza for your swgoh friend codes when u got the time so we don't venture too far off topic lol
I want to replay swgoh since I still need to get sith eternal emperor but my patience isn’t allowing me to
I will still play poma though because i love pokemon lore
Same!
i love pokemon as well
lore is what kept me going
But for gacha games its best that you have multiple games for easier saving and resist pulling
So i play hsr and swgoh too
The fact I forget masters until their anni is wild for me
i do play some ZZZ, idk about the other mihoyo games. this one seems really clicking w me
My phone cannot afford zzz and changing a new phone will cost more money 
its easy for me to save in masters because we had a couple really drab months before anni
Marvel strike force is the same style like swgoh so you can grab that too 
and now with arc i basically can't summon lol
Im playing it from pc or my steam deck. my phone got really hot when playing that as well 
that too
i can handle it
i have a 6 mil swgoh account, so when #main-plaza cools down from 5th anni breakdown, y'all can hmu on advices and stuff
Like you need to count the speed for characters, the investment for that specific character
ahh
Is fully stepping back ffrom the game a good idea?
yes
I’ve been thinking about for a long time
because it's a game
i will say yeah
I step back for 6 months but never fully
if you plan to skip some days here and there
i be semi steping down ish
def don't want to follow the meta anymore
i still login every day, but i skip battle rally (i have said this before here)
i still haven't done LG yet
i fastpace the dallies
I already stopped few games like ffwotv, genshin and afk arena, if you don't feel happy just stop
i pretty much retire from CS and do it once a week
i do CS on sunday evenings lol
miss u aurochs 
and lg/ralley
BR is a chore
Stopped afk arena because every new season will need to farm equipment from scratch
tell me about it
i don't min max anymore
i kinda been playing less pokemon masters for the past 2 months
it's weird, when the CS scores had be 12.5k or whatever, the mode kinda lost its luster. cuz i liked doing theme clears
and just focus on other entertainment like persona 5 royal and now gta
and obviously at 15k points i pretty much can't do them anymore
I do faves clear to keep me motivated 
yeah but i don't have favs and i like switching things up
i retired from this stupid community CS challenge due to a bit of toxicity
Thats why i hate BR and hs as i cannot do faves only
i like memes
i enjoy BR but the difficult spike is insane
i like doing silly random things in a silly mobile game
So should I get welkin
For the arc pairs only
I like doing stupid stuffs in Dokkan battle but in masters I rarely do because I want to get things over with
i do miss your stage clear thread sometimes btw, but i suspect it's the same old favs for u
Very nice of them to tell me to become Gem Zen with these banners.
Yeap thats why i didn't update it anymore kinda stale when i got 3 consecutive skip months before this
Daily Gem Bundle EX? It’s the most efficient regularly appearing gem deal (tho usually we get a 1k gem deal for a competitive price at anni) but only you can decide whether spending money is a good thing
miss your clears too winston 
I’m just lazy 
having to save an extra 10k or whatever just in case. sigh. and more numbers to calculate
Honestly I feel like recording them has made me more burnt out over time, since it’s a hassle reducing video sizes
me too!
Just saw the trailer and…
I’m not upset…?
Just… disappointed.
Anyway pink suit oak in 6 minutes
i feel ya, a weekly CS video takes me 2 hours to edit from raw footage, to the graphics, to the thumbnail lol
Im happy another free legendary 
whelmed
I mean I’ll take the free fav (Lillie is free it sounds like)
this would make everything alright with me hahahaha
a free unit is the best unit
A free scout banner is the best banner format
But man the rest of it just is depressing. A five hundred scout point scout type honestly disgusts me a bit.
i am still manifesting anni lillie (alt 2) to be sprint field
Especially for what looks like just reskins
Also fits as it help him to control hoopa other form with arceus help
welp, can't fret now
honesty, the only thing you can change is to not give them money
yeah
cuz money talks ya kno
time for a new plan for me
I’m especially sad for no bikes seemingly. Was honestly hoping
i really wanted tera
I keep giving them the same amount when there's fave or not. As sync orb bundle has the best value and its timegated
Prob gonna zen unless one of the side banners catch my eye
I don’t expect masters to last as long as let’s say one piece treasure cruise or Dokkan
Longer than unite and cafe remix
10 years is a high doubt
i am surprise swgoh lasted that long too
im surprised how treasure cruise is still surviving lol
since you know, star wars is always finky with the fans
No pvp meta helps pokemon masters longevity, we willdie quicker if there's pvp
It’s one piece, what do you expect
but alot of one piece global games fell
eg one piece thousand storm
Yeah no I’m more surprise that Dokkan is still alive considering it was supposed to be an advertise game for resurrection F movie
Are they made by bandai? Bandai gacha dies quickly
yea
How can a game that was supposed to be an ad is still alive for almost 10 years
Yes
||also just gonna keep this brief since this isn’t salt chat but can I stop getting no five stars from the 100s this year?
||
Digimon rearise only lived for 2 years
I’m guessing because digimon isn’t as popular as Pokémon, dragon ball and one piece
Give me one game that has shut down from dragon ball and one piece IP
Even so how would it even work
Bandai Treating Their Own IP with Some Ounce of Respect Challenge (Impossible)
People will get tired as pvp meta always shifted and old units being useless so they will leave the game
So game dies quicker
Digimon rearise is like that, pvp meta only last 2 months tops
the answer is no apparently. Anyways uh I’m going to sleep. Gonna just pray nothing else interests me this month cuz I just wanna get the Lillie and sleep my way through waiting for a new fav to come to pasio.
That Tales of gacha has PVP too right? I remember hearing it's shutting down too like last year?
The only Gacha game I know that has PvP is dragon ball legends and it has survived for 6 years and counting
DB big IP
Oh right I remember they also have Gundam IBO gacha that didn't last long either
I’m gonna guess masters will be active for another like 2 years
