Thread:VC Auguste/@comment-27892764-20160308043024/@comment-27892764-20160312131742

Hello again. .. A quick update: I have now found 2 UR Lu Bu's, and some 10+ SR Lu Bu's, (I also found Mars and Engineer (another useful Buffer) as drops from SR Lu Bu). Anyhow, the point is: I'm ready to amalgamate/evolve, and so I have one important question before I do so? .. Which is better: 1. 1 Pure G/HUR and 1 Amalgamate G/HUR, or 2. 2 Mixed Pure-Amalgamates G/HURs?

I'm currently leaning toward 1 Pure, and 1 Amalgamate, to create at least 1 copy of the strongest card I can currently achieve, possible.

A little shorter on Tokens than I'd like: I just reached 5000, (am close to 30,000 Progress Points, for 300, but that is still too little, too late).

re: 'Oh, forgot a few things last time since it was late. If you aren’t already doing so, take advantage of the daily Twitter bonuses for 50 vitality and a full bp refill. I don’t use Twitter normally but I made a dummy account just for those bonuses' => Yes, I've tried that from the beginning, though .. I do accidentally miss some days, (I tend to forget exactly which I've used; etc).

I think this past day, I just couldn't get to 0 BP, so I didn't use the refill. I farmed some BAs and even a few WGs a tad, (which meant I was consistently low on Vit). This has been my best Event for keys, to date: ~25 or 30, all told. I have around 12 new keys, from the past few days, for the second Frost EH Day .. though tbh, the first Frost Day didn't really make a dent in ratings: I jumped 100 or 200 points, then plummeted once more, as soon as the artificial increase wore off.

re: 'And you can also try assisting if any of your comrades or the alliance sends FAWs. As long as someone knocks it out in the end, you would get some points' => Yes, I've been trying that more often. Whenever I'm not at EH.

re: Potion-Boosts to ATK / DEF => I still haven't built the Elemental Shrines, (apart from Level 1 Frost and Fire), or upgraded cards, so I'm likely going to do that first. .. Primary importance, to my way of thinking, would be to upgrade the Castle to Level 10, (for another +20% ATK / DEF, via additional shrines). I'm not sure if that will be on sale, however: it didn't state as much in the VC Anniversary event-description. I've saved about 800 jewels so far, and could probably collect another 200 or 300 from the completed quests I have stored. But I still might have to wait for more jewels, after that: 2000 is a lot, I suppose..

At this point, I'm no longer trying to rank. I tried EHing as seriously as I could, and also farming as continuously as I could, but these produced no perceptible result, apart from, (occassionally), better Dailies: sometimes ~2100. Apparently I became 'serious' about ranking, a tad too late for it to make a difference.

re: 'This Premium Summon Hyper I got 6 SR within the first 10 tickets, which is the best I’ve ever done and why I mentioned it. (Well, the first was just a Dragon Princess but still' => I'd rather have found a Cleo from all our alliance's LAW-hunts, than a random SR, but that's just me, (and I'm probably not sick to death of her, as all of you are). :)  I keep hope alive.. :) .. and poke her for 20k or the equivalent, each time she appears.

I have yet to deal 1 million in a single BP to a LAW .. just short of it once or twice .. and more often around 20 to 100,000, :) lol.  Dealing multiple 100,000s is a 'good result' for my current team.  :)

About Dragon Princess: I recieved one as probably my 1st SR from a Normal Summons, back in January, most likely. Then I recieved a ton of High Vamps, (5), and Cyborgs, (don't even ask .. ~10), since then.

But just recently I recieved 3 more D. Princesses. Now I can finally evolve the original, (who sat maxed at level 50 for a good month :)) .. even though some seem not to like her.  Well, perhaps that's irrelevant.

re: 'Hmm… Well, if you manage to get enough tokens and stay within the top 3000, you should get another Lu Bu the Swift from ranking prizes' => I recieved a second UR-drop already, directly from Lu Bu .. I'm not sure what I'll do with the 3rd .. as I don't have enough Tokens for a third copy of the HUR, only 5000. :)  I don't really have to make even a rating of 3000.  I could just relax .. mainly I seek tokens, now, to create the best amalgam possible.  My hope is just to reach 6000, (6-card evolution for each Lu Bu), which seems a passable or acceptable copy. .. I'm not sure where to farm Tokens: WG?  I could try it, though it might cost some swords.  At EH last time, I recieved a Jackpot, including 250 or 300 Tokens .. but that was sheer chance, (or perhaps the Force was with us).

Ranking Trend: (from the Tyrant wikia page): March 11th    18,339,209

My Subjugation Points: March 11th    16,090,510

That is likely a huge jump, and I fear it is not really doable. I'd like to spam EH or FAWs if I could, but it just didn't make a dent last time, as I mentioned above. .. Even if I had already created a Lu Bu HSR / GSR, I would not have a sufficiently strong party to support it: I have 2 HSR High Vamps, (maxed, but not awakened; they're waiting for Genie to awaken first), 2 Group-Buffers, and 2 Buff-Singles. I could make some sort of team out of this assortment, (and with 1 or 2 HUR Lu Bu's), but I'm not certain it would be all that much stronger than my Frost team atm, particularly when faced with FAWs: the HUR Lu Bu's could survive for a time, but the rest of the team would likely perish at a hit or two, (as currently).

re: 'In my opinion, it would probably be difficult to get into top 2000 without being able to put a good dent into FAWs yourself' => I recieved about ~15k Subs for a Send, (dealt ~500k first), and ~18k Subs for an Assist, (dealt 1.8 million). Maybe 25k or 30k for the one time I (by sheer luck) soloed one in a single BP. Even just a Send, is infinitely better than a mere AW, seemingly. .. The odd thing is: I sometimes have streaks where no procs produce only half-damage to an AW in the first turn. Then I have to Send AWs as well -- or waste a BP. :)

re: 'if you’re still having trouble with FAW, intermediate EH is going to be too hard' => It's possible .. just a pain: it tends to imply, (on a strong day, even (Frost)), keeping a Twitter Post and Level Gain in check, (as you suggested once, a month or two ago). But this is for a single Round Battle, so in all, it's inefficient or ineffective for points. HURs, GURs, and a well-composed team, are likely necessary for Intermediate, from tests.. I've just been running Beginner .. Even there, for some reason Chen Gong is my nemesis, when she faces the weaker party, (or I may have balanced out the two parties now, via mixing and matching buffers, aoe's, critters, etc; I forget exactly).

re: 'For AWs that you fail to beat the first time, it depends. Some FAWKs prefer to only get FAWs because they give more points although some might be willing to fight AW too' => I've been sending all my AWs to my allies on my own or lesser levels, mainly .. since I assumed they might be a tad more interested in them. :)

re: 'it can take a lot of turns to set up the 10 million overkill and they might not be able to get all the procs they need before they end up knocking it out from a normal attack' => I wish I could just get a consistent 999,999k overkill from critters or mass buffers. :)  But I know _Exactly_ what you mean: I either kill the AW (in this case) too soon, or else it removes my weaker party-members too soon .. and I don't have the HPs / DEF currently, to wait for many rounds to max my Buffs.. or else the AW will just AW-Field to cancel all buffs, and I'll have to send. .. The antidote must be: Unleashers and Shielders, presumably.  I'll have to keep an eye out for these in subsequent events. :)

re: 'Awakening can be frustrating that way. I’ve got about 15-20 HURs between cool, passion, and light sitting in my collection because they keep failing. Dark seems to be the one element I rarely have problems with; only 1 dark GUR has taken more than 2 tries and I have nearly 80 dark orbs while I’m out of all other elements' => Hmm.. That is why I still visit WG: to stockpile, even though it's extremely inefficient to do so, at least for me, atm. I think someone already answered this, but it occurred to me that Genie's Friendship might be on 0, (I'll check again). Does Friendship play any role in Awakening? My sense is No, that this is too obvious. .. I also tried to awaken her at Level 1 .. but that shouldn't make a difference, I assume.

re: 'Dainsleif plus HSRs of Excalibur and Gungnir this morning' => I've found a single Ex, and ~3 Gungnirs .. Well, at least it's enough for an HSR Gungnir. I could use her in my Frost deck, and feed her some medals to help strengthen her a bit.

re: 'I’m pretty tired since I’ve ranked top 300 every event the past 4 months plus ended up in the top 100 these past 3 events' => Same, as to tiredness .. With the close of each new Event, I feel like quitting.. Possibly if I can begin to take FAWs and Intermediate EH, then finally, in the indefinite future, contribute to LAW-hunts, this could change. .. I tend to slack at the beginning of new events, (sick of the endless repetition), then realise I'm missing out, or similar, and try to make up for lost time.

re: 'I need a bit of a break to catch up with some RL stuff and other hobbies' => Same, I suppose. The trouble is: I need to deal with a very scary Presents Box, (where I don't dare expand the Deck-Count with Jewels, since I need to save 2000 for a Castle level 10). Well, regardless: if I want to quit, temporarily or otherwise, I'll probably just grab the URs/SRs, and leave the rest to rot, or else just medal all the remaining Rs on a sudden barbaric impulse. .. The ideal seems to be to 'quit while one's ahead': when one has already constructed an ideal team .. but before there are so many SRs / URs, as to make medalling-choice unpleasant.