Board 8 > Fate/Grand Order Topic 4: Sailing the Seven Seas

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I have enough Serpent Jewels to Ascend either Carmella or Medusa. I don't really use either so I haven't done it yet.

I did finally get one octuplet crystal though I dont think I need them for any particular reason right now

gotten nothing but gems otherwise
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I got two of those I think, but I need 2 more for Cu. Really though I just want my last damn Saber monument.

Got enough Dragon Fangs to ascend Martha. That wasn't too bad!
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Got Saber Alter to second ascension. And now I need claws for third. Yaaaaay....
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I still wish I pulled Saber Alter instead of Altera. I haven't put any exp into her yet since I haven't been doing exp stages. I did Ascend a couple more 1-2*s, but now they need shit that higher stars have way more priority on. Like what the fuck Leonidas needing 3 chaos claws for his 2nd Ascension. That's almost as much as my Heracles needed :/

Starting to get pretty tired of doing hands every day. Really looking forward to this game eventually picking up with its content. I used to have the same "you do this one thing every day and that's all it is" complaint with FE: Heroes, but I started playing it again recently and there's a whole lot more variety to keep you occupied these days.
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I barely do hands. The exp is worthless if I can't Ascend and I have like 100M QP which is more than enough for now. I mean not literally worthless, but I can't use it if I can't Ascend further.

Yeah right now this game is basically looking like crisis era Fire Emblem Heroes where it's harder to max your characters out

Given I'm pretty close to level capping with every character I like that I currently own that's bad news for my continued interest.
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Mac said I need 200 gold exp cards to max out Artoria after I Ascend her for the final time if I read that right. That is beyond ridiculous to me. A lot of these mobile games could use some major quality of life updates, BUT this does have the best Friend system of any one I've played so far. I wish Dokkan was like this when it comes to friends because it would be SO much easier to find the right friend character

I do Hands a lot, since you have to get a lot of Servants to their first Ascension for their Interludes, which means more Saint Quartz.

I might not be 100% right with the 200 gold exp, but with Jeanne, I remember having to do two 40AP Exp quests to get her one level each time on the way from 80-90.

swordz9 posted...

I still wish I pulled Saber Alter instead of Altera.

Why'd you do a pull on Altera's day instead of one of the other 5*s?
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I agree that we're having too long breaks between events though. Don't really think they should leave more than two weeks empty, at the very most. Generally one week would be enough I think.
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I didn't expect to pull a 5*. I probably should've waited until it featured Jeanne or something though. I will probably use a few more tickets in an attempt for Saber Alter or Jeanne before the banner is gone.

It's not like Saber Alter's rate was gonna be any higher no matter what day I picked

Well yeah, but I assume that Altera would be the 5* you wanted least...
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I'm surprised he got Altera on the Altera focus tbh
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Mac Arrowny posted...

Well yeah, but I assume that Altera would be the 5* you wanted least...

Desire Sensor strikes again
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Eh I would probably take her over Kintoki and Waver. Considering her design should be right up my alley it's disappointing how little I care about her. I dunno what it is about the design that's throwing me off

swordz9 posted...

I barely do hands. The exp is worthless if I can't Ascend and I have like 100M QP which is more than enough for now. I mean not literally worthless, but I can't use it if I can't Ascend further.

I'm not doing it for the exp, I'm doing it to sell the cards for mana prisms, considering future events require thousands of them. >_>
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I like Altera's design before any ascensions. After that she starts to lose too much clothing-- and it's not because I'm a prude but rather it's because I feel like her fashion is half the reason I liked her design to begin with.

Luckily this game allows you to keep that costume for battles and her fourth ascension art is good enough so I got no problem.
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Altera is good civilization
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yeah being able to switch which art and which sprite (including the card art) you use is good times

Give me Gilgamesh's 2nd form over his 3rd any day
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Unless the mana prisms eventually offer insanely amazing stuff the only thing I care about is Tickets and 99% of my pulls with those have been garbage

Oh my god FINALLY my Artoria is max Ascended. So happy right now! Also in an ideal world I would probably have this as my team with one obviously having to be a friend support:

Artoria
Mordred
Nero
Okita
Jeanne
Artoria Alter or Jeanne Alter

My biggest (only?) problem as far as art goes in this game is Medea.

Why can't her final ascension art have the hood. What is she without her hood.

Or at the very least, can she not look so derpy without it.
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I think there a few current Servants with ugly designs. Let's see...

Georgios: Don't like his artstyle.
Boudica: Boobs look terrible.
Jing Ke: Art looks oddly amateurish.

Think that's all the ones I don't like. Leonidas looks crappy after he loses his helmet, but I like his design for his first two ascensions.
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Ugly design is another beast entirely. Medea was the glaring example of "I like this design but not the artwork she got sad :( (though her non-ascension look is still fine)" Lot of designs I don't like in the game, the aforementioned Boudica being chief offender, though the likes of snoozers such as Saber Gilles and Georgios aren't wowing me either.
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George might be among my favorite 2* characters he is awesome, though I guess his art could be better
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He was definitely amusing during his Interlude.
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Boudica probably has the biggest gap in quality between her first card and after third Ascension. I really like her Third Ascension design. But her starting design is...yeech.

Also I don't really get people complaining about Jing Ke's art...(other than the lower part of her kimono billowing like a sail).
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I might be alone in this, but I don't care about any of the 1-2* Servants really. Caligula was pretty amusing during the Orion event, but I don't care enough about any of them to ever consider using them

I use Arash + Kaleidoscope regularly to farm now and sometimes use Hassan in my Quick teams, but that's basically it.
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When did swallows like swordz9 learn to post on gamefaqs anyway.
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swordz9 posted...

I might be alone in this, but I don't care about any of the 1-2* Servants really. Caligula was pretty amusing during the Orion event, but I don't care enough about any of them to ever consider using them

Arash has a hilariously strong Noble Phantasm, which is kinda broken really. Leonidas with proper builds turn into a forever-tank that can never die (

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfPwfo15DbQ ) and there's a bunch of other interesting things you can do with them too.

But yeah, I must admit I'm not too inspired with them either.

Lopen posted...

When did swallows like swordz9 learn to post on gamefaqs anyway.

Oh right Kojirou. Kinda wish he got more respect and wasn't a 1*.

but he's objectively a bad servant lore-wise

cool dude but nameless which makes him shit tier in the grand scheme
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also Hans is basically the best support you can get if you dont have Merlin or Waver

he's a baby version of the two
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There was a leak suggesting that a 5* Kojiro will be released in the near future in the JP version, which could be neat.

Raka_Putra posted...

Also I don't really get people complaining about Jing Ke's art...(other than the lower part of her kimono billowing like a sail).

I dunno, just the style of it is ugly. I'm not talking about like, the design or anything. Just the artstyle is bad IMO.
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Mac Arrowny posted...

There was a leak suggesting that a 5* Kojiro will be released in the near future in the JP version, which could be neat.

Raka_Putra posted...

Also I don't really get people complaining about Jing Ke's art...(other than the lower part of her kimono billowing like a sail).

I dunno, just the style of it is ugly. I'm not talking about like, the design or anything. Just the artstyle is bad IMO.

Well, to me, it's mediocre at worst, but hey, different tastes. Now, Nightingale's...that one's pretty bad.
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KommunistKoala posted...

but he's objectively a bad servant lore-wise

cool dude but nameless which makes him shit tier in the grand scheme

That doesn't matter. It bothers me garbage True Assassin is a higher rarity despite being the worst Servant in all of F/SN

I mean Kojirou's no weaker by the strength of his heroic spirit lore than Emiya when you think about it. You could credibly make him whatever rarity you wanted really, even ignoring the fact that well I wouldn't really call the higher rarity guys stronger anyway (Herc should absolutely be a 5* if you're going that way) and that he has pretty good showings in the game.

That being said I don't mind he's a 1* much he seems viable enough due to the grail system. A bit squishy and lower attack power than I'd like but his skills are good, his NP is strong and easy to raise to 5, and he gets good crit star/meter gain.

I'd rather use him than a lot of higher rarity servants. Probably legitimately stronger than Stheno of an equivalent level straight up just to name a higher rarity of the same class. (LOL. Sorry Tom)
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Artorias, Korijous, Waver, UGH

I dropped those zeroes, and got with a Hero


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I always wondered how kojirou could be an assassin but he sure presence concealed his way past swordz9.

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Gross. Also Ascended yet another Servant who needs chaos claws. The grind will literally never end

hassan so moe
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Hassan is life
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Just pulled Artoria Alter with the summon ticket.

No more Siegfried for me!
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every day i pray for early shishou

but i shall not waver
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WhiteLens posted...

Just pulled Artoria Alter with the summon ticket.

No more Siegfried for me!

I am triggered

KommunistKoala posted...

but he's objectively a bad servant lore-wise

Nah, Kojiro's basically a swordgod. Even Gilgamesh wouldn't fight him in CQC. The only factor he's really gimped by is his sword, which isn't anything special.

However when supported by Caster, Kojirou even managed to repel Heracles in F/SN, for a limited time.

Kojirou is a great servant but one that needs back-up to truly shine. Unlike other servants he's not a mana drain and his NP is completely without cost to the servant or the master, making him one of the most efficient servants around. Couple that with his inherent abilities to hide his nature as a servant, his ability for an enemy never to gain an advantage over him and otherwise, Kojirou's a great servant. Just against someone like Karna, the real A+++ servants that could be summoned there's nothing he can really do.

But those servants also come at a major, major cost, one that might be even worse than Kojirou's downsides.