Thread:Islost/@comment-27860903-20160311201108/@comment-27892764-20160312115706

Yes, I also spent ~10 or 12 keys on the last Frost EH Day, (I had to use them up, anyway). It didn't make a dent: likewise, ~2.5 M subdue pts, if I recall: I jumped back to rank 2400 from 2500 or 2600, for a day, then plummeted the next. I don't really know how to use swords and shoes wisely, regardless. I haven't yet devised a strategy for how to gain the number of points needed, so I haven't bothered with swords and shoes. I don't think my cards can gain enough points from Overkill yet .. or survive long enough to do so. I will have to improve them a little, more gradually.

I realise that it's difficult. Even with Lu Bu (the Swift, at this point) as a future trump card, I would still need to find and upgrade enough effective Buffers, to accelerate damage output. It's difficult, in that .. the cards just aren't sufficient yet, regardless of how long one plays; how many swords and shoes one has; etc.

At this point, I'm not trying to rank. I have 2 UR drops of Lu Bu the Swift, and ~10 drops of Lu Bu SR, as well as 5000 Tokens, so this is enough to create 2 G/HUR Swifts, which was really what I was mainly interested in. A Lu Bu the Red would have been nice, but I didn't start (with an intense focus) early enough, if it was even possible.. I just have to find enough Awakening Mats for all my Dark cards, now, to create a plausible team.

The idea of ranking, initially, was more of a surprise realisation: oh, look, I'm already at 2500! why not try for Lu Bu the Red? Not a well-concieved plan, (all too clearly :D).