Current Events > Girls' Frontline General 16: Gunslingers & Funbringers

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I've almost caught up on the normal chapters' special equipment drops. I got TAR-21's earphones from 10-4n and now I just need a couple more Stechkin Buttstocks for my Stechkin dupes. After that, I think I'll knock out the extra 416 scope from Singularity and then I'll be done with all special equipment, save for what's left at the Black Market.

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I should really get around to doing night battle farming again. In the campaign, I'm up to (I think) M16's special armor and still need some of those UMP exos from whatever event they came in. Doing boring grinds so close to the collab might lead to burnout, though...

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I got my as val to mod3 now so I'm excited to try her out in some night missions.

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Shotgunnova posted...

I should really get around to doing night battle farming again. In the campaign, I'm up to (I think) M16's special armor and still need some of those UMP exos from whatever event they came in. Doing boring grinds so close to the collab might lead to burnout, though...

If you know it would burn you out, it's probably not a good idea. Besides, it's not like any of the special equipment is really needed over the generic equipment; it's all only contextually necessary for the most part and several pieces have little, if any, value outside of collecting everything.

Springfield's AP ammo - only needed if you want to run Springfield and she's far from the best option for a rifle
M1918 BAR's chip - purely for collection purposes; a generic 5* Ammo Box is much better on her
AR-15's HV ammo - only needed if you want to min-max AR-15, as it's just a slight upgrade over generic 5* HV Ammo, but arguably worth going after
MP5's exo - needed to make MP5 viable but there are many better options for a main tank
Mosin-Nagant - needed to make Mosin-Nagant viable, along with her mod3 equipment; overall, Mosin-Nagant is very expensive to get up and running and there are better options for rifles
M16's special suit - only really needed to make 0-2 grinding a little easier and for a few niche situations outside of that; you can easily get by with just a 5* Armor Plate but it's arguably worth the trouble
MG3's Ammo Box - collection only
FAMAS' sight - collection only
Stechkin's Buttstock - While it does improve Stechkin's performance, she has mostly fallen off the meta as a RoF buffer
TAR-21 - mostly just for collection; TAR-21 isn't a bad AR but there are now a lot of better choices and more coming down the line
UMP special exo - a generic 5* T-Exo is just as good, cheaper to max out, and easier to get; only really needed if you're planning to send out UMP40 and she's really niche
416's scope - brings 416 up to Soppo's pre-mod level and only useful in day battles but arguably worth getting for 12-4e grinding

If anything, there's auto-battle. It's horribly inefficient and expensive on the resources but it's an option if you don't want to grind manually. A few of my friends who play this game take this route because they hate grinding in general. If you take that route, you should consider getting an Auto-Battle Pass from the Shop. That way, you can do two stages at once, deploy only 1 echelon each, and can run a map up to 5 times in a row instead of 3.

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Yeah, I'd probably auto-battle for that stuff. I have a lot of the better MOD3s already at LV110-15, so being expensive isn't that big a deal.

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Still no parachute fairy. =(

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Petition to have the option of having AK-12 with her mask on and eyes open in the echelon screen :<

It would also be nice to have that as her adjutant without it being her damaged artwork

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I just finished getting the last special equipment drops I need. Now it's back to the normal exp/core grind.

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I redid some of the old events and filled up the Enemy Index. You get gems for reaching certain milestones of completion.

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Hmm, more gems are always good. Should think about doing that some time.

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i hope they fix the battle lag before gsg
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Here are the achievements for filling out the Enemy Index -

Newbie Collector: Unlock 10 different enemies in the Gallery (Commander EXP x30)
Novice Collector: Unlock 20 different enemies in the Gallery (Gems x10; Commander EXP x60)
Adept Collector: Unlock 30 different enemies in the Gallery (Gems x30; Commander EXP x100)
Elite Collector: Unlock 40 different enemies in the Gallery (Gems x50; Commander EXP x200)
Veteran Collector: Unlock 50 different enemies in the Gallery (Gems x100; Commander EXP x500)
Master Collector: Unlock 60 different enemies in the Gallery (Gems x200; Commander EXP x1000)
Grandmaster Collector: Unlock 70 different enemies in the Gallery (Gems x250; Commander EXP x2000)

Easy places to find some of the enemies -
Drone-Type Civilian Target - Chapter 1-1
Hunter Elite - Campaign, Operation Cube, E1-2
Executioner Elite - Campaign, Operation Cube, E1-3
Ouroboros - Campaign, Operation Cube, E1-4
Ouroboros Elite - Campaign, Operation Cube+, E2-4
Jupiter Cannon - Campaign, Arctic Warfare, E1-2; Operation Cube+ E2-3
Gager - Chapter 10-4n; Campaign, Arctic Warfare, E1-4, E3-4
Architect - Campaign, Arctic Warfare, E2-4, E3-4; Operation Cube+ E2-3
Goliath - Campaign, Deep Dive, E1-1
Red Self-Explosion Enemy (Goliath Plus) - Campaign, Deep Dive, E1-1 (bring a team of 3 smoke grenades, 1 flash grenade, and a force field user on forced manual; retreat the smokes once the flash goes off, then retreat the flash once the Goliaths are bunched up, activate the force field and run her through the beans to kill them)
Cerberus (Garm) - Campaign, Deep Dive, E3-4
Destroyer Plus (Gaia) - Campaign, Deep Dive, E3-4
Nightmare - Chapter 10-2e (right next to where you start)
Both Cyclops variants - Campaign, Singularity, Chapter 1 stage "Re-Ignition III"; also in Chapter 10-4e
Hydra - Chapter 10-4e
KCCO Aegis - Campaign, Singularity, Chapter 1 stage "Re-Ignition III"
Cerynitis - Campaign, Singularity, Chapter 1 stage "Re-Ignition III"
Dactyl - Campaign, Singularity, Chapter 2 stage "Queen's Gambit II" (on the heliport you need to capture)
Typhon - Campaign, Singularity, Chapter 2 stage "Queen's Gambit I" (only 1 and it's easy to kill)
M16A1 - Campaign, Singularity, Chapter 3 stage "Endgame"
Agent - Campaign, Singularity, Chapter 2 stage "Minor Pieces Draw IV"
Most Paradeus enemies - Chapter 11; some will have to wait until Continuum Turbulence enters the Campaign tab and for Shattered Connexion to go live
SF SWAP enemies - will have to wait until a future Theater season, when Isomer enters the campaign tab, or future major story events
Remaining KCCO and SF enemies - will be available in the major story events Shattered Connexion and Polarized Light; some of the new KCCO enemies with also come with Chapter 12, which gets released after Shattered Connexion

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Hmm, I'm still on Chapter 9-10, I think. Once bosses begin two kilometers away and start sniping you, my interest wanes a bit. Maybe I should break out that Taunt Fairy.

i hope they fix the battle lag before gsg

Yeah, it's pretty annoying right now.

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Shotgunnova posted...

Once bosses begin two kilometers away and start sniping you, my interest wanes a bit. Maybe I should break out that Taunt Fairy.

Fighting Dreamer or something? If the boss is that far away, you'll want to close that gap as fast as you can. The Taunt Fairy is as slow as a rifle with a cape on, so keep that in mind. If you have Calico M950A at mod2 with a good level on skill 2, she can temporarily boost the team's movement speed to the level of a handgun (if you're fighting on a node you don't control). I don't think the skill affects the Taunt drone though.

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I just got Calico to MOD3 today, as it turns out. I hit the 9999-fragment limit, so I had to use it for something. All her skills are maxed, too, so maybe I should check that stuff out. Note that I can still beat that boss; I'm thinking more in terms of S-ranking to do auto-battle stuff. I think that's one of the few I don't have access to yet.

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An English translation of the interview with Yuzhong, CEO of Sunborn and head of Mica Team.
https://medium.com/@godemperoryuzhong/interview-of-girls-frontline-producer-yuzhong-4-games-at-the-same-time-how-can-we-make-bf607d2e8d9a

With one setting, four games and three art styles, Yuzhong hopes that the variety of art styles will help somewhat in bringing the GFL series to more people than the core loyal players of GFL. Towards this basis, Sunborn has tried to cut the amount of time players spend playing.

When Yuzhong first started making games in 20142015*, the games that he was exposed to had the philosophy of trying to have players play the game for as long as possible. It would be best if the players were playing the game 24 hours a day. But today, even when Yuzhong himself plays mobile games, it feels like a chore to spend 1020 mins clearing dailies, so when making his own games, Yuzhong is starting to try making game time more fragmented.

Of course thats beneficial to us too. If you control the time a player spends playing a single game well enough, there is a higher possibility that they will play more of your games without having to spend too much of their time. Of course, when it comes to major events and stories, we still want to provide the ol immersive gaming experience to the players. With our new projects, the players will have more choice.

That explains some of the changes to GFL, like the new dailies.

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lol @ playing 24 hours a day
Even as hyperbole, that's ridiculous.

Also:


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Yes! Totally agree on it feeling like a chore to spend 20 minutes on dailies D:

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Shotgunnova posted...

lol @ playing 24 hours a day
Even as hyperbole, that's ridiculous.

That's the general desire of most game makers that operate on a freemium model. The more time you spend in the game, the more likely you are to open your wallet. It's the same psychological framework that retail stores operate on.

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You're not telling me anything I don't already know. The sheer monopolization (and wasting) of time predatory gachas employ is pathetic.

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I checked out the HOC Chip Calculator yesterday and GFAlarm today after reading about them on Gamepress. They're both pretty handy tools that provide some nice QoL to the game.

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She's got some weird tiles lol

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Anyone have a good explanation for M950A 2nd skill. I finally got around to upgrading her to MOD2.

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Tmaster148 posted...

Anyone have a good explanation for M950A 2nd skill. I finally got around to upgrading her to MOD2.

M950A's 2nd skill has two effects; the one that activates depends on the node you do battle on with her echelon (one or the other).

1. If the node you fight on is under your control (blue), she created 3 green circles in a column in front of your team that slows down enemies moving through it for up to 6 seconds.
2. If the node you fight on is not controlled by you (enemy captured or neutral), she slightly boosts all allies' rate of fire for up to 5 seconds and also boosts all non-handgun dolls' movement speed up to the level of a handgun for up to 60 seconds (makes kiting with rifles and machine guns a breeze since they can now move at a decent speed).

Since 6* mods are really expensive, you don't need to go past mod2 for Calico. Her mod3 special equipment is essentially an upgraded suppressor, so it's your call if that is worth the extra fragments, cores, exp, and Fire Control Components.

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ennuigamer posted...

M950A's 2nd skill has two effects; the one that activates depends on the node you do battle on with her echelon (one or the other).

1. If the node you fight on is under your control (blue), she created 3 green circles in a column in front of your team that slows down enemies moving through it for up to 6 seconds.
2. If the node you fight on is not controlled by you (enemy captured or neutral), she slightly boosts all allies' rate of fire for up to 5 seconds and also boosts all non-handgun dolls' movement speed up to the level of a handgun for up to 60 seconds (makes kiting with rifles and machine guns a breeze since they can now move at a decent speed).
Since 6* mods are really expensive, you don't need to go past mod2 for Calico. Her mod3 special equipment is essentially an upgraded suppressor, so it's your call if that is worth the extra fragments, cores, exp, and Fire Control Components.

I'm not rushing to get her lvl 15 to MOD3 her so I'll likely have spare resources to do so when she does naturally hit 115.

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Yeahhhhhhh



I look forward to not wasting time on Halloween costumes...although, to be fair, I did get Springfield's witch outfit last year. Seasonal stuff (Halloween, Christmas, etc.) just seems less interesting to me.

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Wow! That's a lucky draw there!

The clear rewards of the collab were posted:



And the maintenance list:



Take a look at item 14 on page 2! 100 tokens for a 200 gem discount with some extra goodies thrown in! Too bad you can only buy 10 but that's a nice deal. My funds for this sort of thing are limited, so I'm torn between using my gems for the costumes or for this bundle.

Looks like the extra rescue dolls are UKM-2000, R93, and CZ-75 this time. I could use an extra R93.

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The collab costumes are priced normally, so I might buy a couple. Definitely Triela's; I don't remember what the other ones look like, haha.

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Looks like a correction was issued for the patch notes:

Edit: 14. Il Teatrino Special Offer Package. Time: Oct. 13th after maint. Nov. 2nd 23:59 UTC-8. Contents: Strawberry Custard Cheesecake * 10, Calibration Tickets * 100, Intermediate Training Data * 1050 and Advanced Training Data * 500. Price: 399 gems. Limited to 10 purchases. We apologize for the confusion.

So no tokens in the bundle. That's a bummer! I guess I'll go with what skins I can buy then.

Voucher exchange rewards at the shop:



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ennuigamer posted...

So no tokens in the bundle. That's a bummer! I guess I'll go with what skins I can buy then.

Even I was intrigued by that. Shame it's the usual dreck.

Oh well...guess the silver lining is being able to use those gems for expanding equipment slots. I hate to do it, but throwing away event-only stuff just ain't worth it.

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Only did a little of the event so far, but it seems fine so far. Might end up grinding that very first map for the daily teddy bears or whatever, though.

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Here are the guides if anyone is interested:

Pictures/text guides:
https://www.gflcorner.com/girls-frontline-x-gunslinger-girl-collaboration-guide-by-gfc/
https://gfl.matsuda.tips/post/gsg

Video guides:
https://youtu.be/OY2YkgW6oa4
Timestamps
Map 1 - New Fork: 0:00
Map 2 - Full-Length Play II: 4:33
Map 3 - Honest Pinocchio I: 9:04
Map 4 - Garden of Old I: 15:20
Map 5 - That Which Must be Protected: 22:26

https://youtu.be/jedEg58xSxM
Timestamps
Map 1 - New Fork EX: 0:00
Map 2 - Full-Length Play II EX: 4:25
Map 3 - Honest Pinocchio I EX: 12:30
Map 4 - Garden of Old I EX (1 Para): 17:41
Map 5 - That Which Must be Protected EX I: 27:36
Map 6 - That Which Must be Protected EX II: 30:29

https://youtu.be/kBimZw-Ifjg
Daily Currency and medals - New Fork OR New Fork EX.
Timestamps
New Fork (Angelica): 0:00
New Fork EX (Angelica): 4:40
Full-Length Play II (Claes): 9:21
Honest Pinocchio I (UKM-2000): 12:54
Garden of Old I (R93, go farm medals instead): 14:58
That Which Must be Protected (CZ-75): 16:35

https://youtu.be/1dxjZ8TPDnA
Timestamps
That which must be Protected EX I: 0:00
That which must be Protected EX II: 3:15
The redone version of the puzzles in the Gunslinger Girls Collab.
Since Mica CHANGED THE PUZZLE MECHANICS JUST FOR EN.
Flipping Mica, changing puzzle mechanics, making my previous guide invalid...
For Map 2, your run may look different than mine unless you reset till you get the exact RNG seed that i have here. Adapt and lock out the red beans from moving if needed.

(I heard you can use the Parachute Fairy for the puzzles if you have at least two with SL10 but I wasn't paying enough attention to the guides above to see if that strat was covered)

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Lol wait Triela can shank people with a bayonet? I must witness this :D

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Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh



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Oh my God is the story in Gunslinger Girls really that fucked up D:

Little girl whose parents kill her for life insurance? Another little girl depressed at being paralyzed?

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Not gonna read that spoiler 'cause I might rewatch the series. I don't think I've done so in 17 years or something.

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Oh God I just read a few paragraphs on the characters in the Wiki and its more depressing than I thought D:

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Just a heads-up but there have been complaints of inaccuracies regarding the guides due to the fact that Mica Team made several unexpected changes to the event for its EN release. Please adapt accordingly if you're using the guides.

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Gonna read the GG manga to catch some of the references.

ennuigamer posted...

(I heard you can use the Parachute Fairy for the puzzles if you have at least two with SL10 but I wasn't paying enough attention to the guides above to see if that strat was covered)

Don't remind me that I have no Parachutes. =(

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The ex enemies are no joke.

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Tmaster148 posted...

The ex enemies are no joke.

I know, right? The dudes with rifles are reskinned SWAP Jaegers, so that explains why they're so dangerous. I'm not sure about what the other enemies are reskins of yet.

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If you know who is being targeted by the rifle guys, you can retreat your doll when you hear the "click" of them prepping their skillshot and they end up missing. That saved my butt a few times back there.




All done with the event except for farming! I finished all the maps and mini-games.

Those last two puzzle maps were really easy; I deployed three Parachute Fairies and just skipped all the enemies and node nonsense on That Which Must Be Protected EX II. Everything else was simple enough to figure out.

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Haven't done the map that drops Henrietta yet, but it looked a little annoying.

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It's a lot easier than it looks. You have to step on all the radar nodes to activate the gimmick that gets rid of the Dragoons and then surround capture the enemy base. The boss never moves but you do need to be careful of the red beans and any enemies moving to cap your base. Use enemy aggro to your advantage to keep the beans away and kill the mooks.

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Yeah, I figured the radar nodes would play into it. There's some other map with a radar dish, and I capped it one turn later than I should've, so that map took way longer than normal.

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Got Claes to drop and bought Triela! I look forward to easy grinding on that first map now.



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You're ahead of me! I'm planning on only grinding New Fork EX for medals and getting everything I need in the shop. I almost have enough medals to buy Claes and then I'm saving up for an extra R93 before I go for the cheesecakes.

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