Fate/Grand Order

Nouct isn't exactly right. You don't need Assassins for Orleans, and we haven't had that need since Orleans was nerfed and nowadays it's significantly easier to get gold experience to pump into Karna. Just grab a level 90 support and go to town on the Exp Hands to get Karna trained up so he can stomp all over your enemies. If you get him to level 60, which you should have the Lancer Pieces for, it should not be impossible for him and a level 90 support to carry you all the way through to London (at which point you might need a second strong servant).

Until you start getting your own level 90 five star servants, whatever support you bring along will be pulling most of the weight of the team.

So, instead of pumping experience into bronze servants you're really not going to be using after Orleans, do the smart thing and grab Jack the Ripper or Mysterious Heroine X as supports and shitstomp those wyverns.

edited 29th May '16 6:19:46 AM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

I rolled Fionn too after starting with Elizabeth. It was pretty disappointing. The stuff I got from tickets made up for that though.

Anyway, you can generally rely on just a few powerful Servants all the way through the end of the story missions. I finished America using level 90 support, a level 50 Liz, a Cu Alter around the same level and then some crappy 3 stars.

Also, you'll soon be really, really glad you rolled Karna, because Lancers seem to be inexplicably rare, and DW just loves throwing Assassin and Archer bosses at us.

Oh look it's Spriggan. Who'd thunk it.

Well, another quest I am not going to farm. DW, you had one. Job.

It wouldn't even be so bad if it was a three wave battle that allows me to charge up my NP gauges first. But no. Two freaking waves, the first with weak enemies that will die before giving any meaningful amount of NP charge, of a servant class that I do not have powerful servants in, giving me a material I don't currently need at an awful drop rate (thanks to the super low enemy count) and taking far more time than just going to London and shitstomping the enemies there would take. And yes, the drop rate is inferior to London's.

edited 29th May '16 8:31:43 AM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

It's not very inexplicable. Just that until Bryn's gacha, Liz was the ONLY non-limited, non-story unlock gold Lancer, and it took until America to get a non-limited 5*. So even now, there's only Liz, Fionn and Karna, unless you roll the story gacha (and most people don't seeing how it doesn't do rate ups outside of chapter releases), and since outside of rate-ups the chances of getting one servant are all equal, you've got a very low chance to get them.

That swimsuit Kiyo is going to be a lifesaver for a lot of people.

That is if Swimsuit Kiyo is a free lancer.

I finished Rome's story.

Rolled a ticket and I got Kintoki when the silver Berserker card got charged with lightning and turned into a gold card. Now all I have to do is grind for the next seven hours to get him ready for his Interlude . . .

edited 29th May '16 11:37:12 PM by Nouct

...

WAIT, THAT CAN HAPPEN??!?!?!

Who are the free Servants for Okeanos and London?

Yep if a silver class card pauses for a few seconds, then crackles with lightning, it'll turn into a gold card and flip around to reveal the gold Servant you rolled. It happens randomly and I think it happened to me with this roll and my first roll of Altera. If you roll a silver Avenger or Ruler, it does that by default since all Rulers/Avengers are 5*.

David and Jekyll

edited 30th May '16 1:31:15 AM by Nouct

There's a bunch of cues you can get for your roll. If you're getting a servant there's three things that can happen.

• Blue spinning orbs of light: can be just about anything. From that point, you have three possibilities: enjoy your new silver (the most common, of course), the card starts crackling and turns into a gold, or just straight up appears gold as soon as the card appears.
• Yellow orbs: Guaranteed gold. You can be happy.
• Rainbow orbs: Guaranteed 5*. Feel free to get yourself a congratulatory blowjob.

That also gives the game an unintended cue for what you're about to get: if you roll and you get something new or rare, there will be a loading time after the screen turns black because it has to load extra animations (either the aforementioned ones or the THE NEW SERVANT message). If you don't even see Fou appear during the transition, brace for disappointment (unless you're getting a cool CE that you happen to already have).

You're actually wrong. Rainbow can also be a 4 star.

Shuten?◊

Yup.◊

They should share clothing tips with Jackie.

Ibarata's huuuuuge.◊

In other ways too.Damn you,Dr. Evil!◊

edited 30th May '16 12:06:32 PM by alekos23

So a five star Assassin instead of a Berserker? That's something I actually need since my current Assassin is terrible. Have to wait and see how good she is, I guess.

Edit: Charm, an attack buff and guts for skills, it looks like? That doesn't sound right.

edited 30th May '16 12:24:21 PM by Arha

Do I spoiler this?

Shuten Douji NP : AOE atk + debuff resist slighty down(3turn) + defense slightly down(3turn) + atk slightly down(3turn) + NP dmg slightly down(3turn) + cirt chance slightly down(3turn) + skill lock(1turn) + poison(5turn)

All the debuffs

That seems to be the case.

I'll have to see. She seems like an assassin that deals damage on her own instead of just providing stars. Granted, Jackie deals tons of damage and generates metric craptons of stars...

I have Jackie, so I'm gonna judge her based on how she stacks up to Jackie.

... wait, did they just pull a Da Vinci again and advertised a servant only to release a different one?

Technically, they advertised the BOSS. And after all, Kiritsugu and Irisviel were relatively unadvertised last time.

Okay, FINALLY used the Grand Summon I've been hording. Why am I cursed to get Pretty Boy Lancer? Honestly, that guy sucks! And Boudika being a literal Panty Fighter stops being funny after a while. On the upsie, I got Formalcraft, TWO Victor From The Moon, another Mooncell (hey, It's a deecent card for a 3*) and... KARNA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(does happy dance like Snoopy)

Hopefully I get this event's Servant too. I need another golden ass.

And Am I understanding this right? The entire player base has to whittle down her absurdly hug HP in 2 and a half days? Whales, make yourselves useful.

So, the items unlock when YOU shave of X amount of her (in my one fight with her before I had to leave for the office) 6 MILLION HP, or when the OVERALL amount of her HP is reduced? I'm a bit fuzy, and cirno hasn't updated yet.

edited 30th May '16 4:01:45 PM by SCMof2814

Jaheezus, people have already shaved off 100 billion HP.

Wait... Is this Grand Order's take on Trillion: God of Destruction, the final boss with a trillion HP?

Goddess of Luck status: still with me. Rolled Shuten. And I have one thing to say.

Kintoki's got a certain taste in waifus. Aoi Yuuki and kansai-ben, this is the best thing ever.

edited 30th May '16 4:29:47 PM by ExeloMinish

Has anyone put up a google docs guide to this yet?

Also, Are those floating hand things of hers always archers?

edited 30th May '16 4:33:13 PM by SCMof2814

You don't need a guide for this. It's pretty damn straightforward.

Also: Ibaraki has a total of three trillion HP.

Yes, except for the very first fight, all other fights with Ibaraki are with two Archer hands.

Also I'm passing on this Gacha. Only rolled 2 tickets on each account because I know I'll be getting more soon. Don't need Shutendouji, already got Jack.

edited 30th May '16 4:41:13 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

Ah. Simple and straightforward then, just insanely difficult to properly execute. Thank goodness she's a berserker. I just have to set up lancer to cut off her hands, and wham on her. Iris will definitely have to be involved. And possibly Shielder. Her NP targets only one person, which is very convenient.

Now, I just need to figure out what the sake bottles are for.

edited 30th May '16 4:49:22 PM by SCMof2814