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BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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Saw the advertising for this and thought maybe it’s time to give Dragalia Lost a try.

I read something about a change to the new player experience coming in a few days that let’s you reroll much easier. I’m guessing it’s probably best to hang tight for a couple days and start rerolling for a good start once that goes live?

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BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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The summon screen music slaps. This is a dream come true for reroll obsessed gacha game fans. :woop:

Happily spent a couple hours last night mashing that refresh button watching sparklies pop up and getting to know all the 5*s. This is so easy and painless I’ll happily sink a few days into rerolling while watching TV to see if I can get a completely busted start.

I feel so powerful making hundreds of gacha pulls and discarding so many 5*s. :stare:

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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I AM THE MOON posted:

you probably want to find a decent start then burn whatever the game gives you after that getting a first-pull gala character or dragon or something when it drops tonight. crazy how much you can start with now.

I heard something about tonight at 10pm there being a banner switch. I was encouraged to wait to reroll till after then because the current banner isn’t so great?

I’m perfectly content to spend up to a week rerolling while watching TV. I’m thinking my goal is Grace plus two of anything top tier. Most of what I’ve been reading has suggested I want to watch for Gala Mars, Gala Thor, Gaibhne & Creidhne, or most of the Gala characters.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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A few days into this and having a blast. Wound up taking a starting roll with Grace and Gala Mars but not a lot else. 2x free daily ten pulls on the Persona banner has paid off big coughing up Joker, Mona, Shinobi and Ramiel. After getting the two headline units I’ve been hoarding tickets and wyrmite for later.

I’ve been plugging away at the event and almost have Sophie done, currently at 47/50 on the Mana Circles thing. Joker and Grace are on the rise and I’ve got all the FarmVille buildings now for my little town. (I caved and took the story skip after the first four or so chapters) I also bought all five builder dragon dudes so they’re merrily working away upgrading buildings.

Is there a goon alliance I can join? That’s the next step on the Royal Regimen for me.

Also I’ve got 290.5k eldwater burning a hole in my pocket. I read somewhere that I want to spend those on wyrmprints first before spending them on units. It’s unclear whether “don’t spend eldwater on any units” or “don’t waste eldwater on 3* junk that won’t last” was the intention of the poster though.

Am I safe to sink some eldwater into Joker and Grace? I’m guessing I want the +Dagger and +Staff wyrmprints for both too?

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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ChronoReverse posted:

Grace is extremely good. Joker seems good. Not sure about the goon alliance but you can just make one of your own and it'll qualify. I'm pretty sure the goon alliance doesn't actually do anything.

Sounds good. Just created Socialist Alberia, the founding chapter of the Democratic Socialists of Alberia. Join DSA today! :3:

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND ELDWATER???

I am the happiest newbie alive! I was down to 120k and trying desperately to figure out how I could stretch it to get most of the wyrmprints I want.

Now I might even have enough to spiral Euden or Karina! Probably not, but it’s less absurd a thought than 20 minutes ago!

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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Kind of surprised this game isn’t getting more chatter, it’s extremely cool and good.

Had a big breakthrough today and finally have a team that can clear Kai Yan’s Wrath: Expert solo on auto! Managed to bump Joker’s Agito weapon up to 4/9 unbinds while the rest of the gang sits at 0/9 for now. My honey stash is hiding in the corner deeply afraid and for very good reason. :getin:

I’m getting extremely close to enough might to be able to queue for Kai Yan: Master so that’s exciting. Once I’ve got my shadow team up to the point where I can do Kai Yan: Master I’ll start working on teams for some of the other elements. Right now I just have one built character of each type for co-op.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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Neito posted:

If you're looking for a kinda Tier 2 team, make sure to grind up the High Dragon trials; a MUB HDW rivals their agito equivilents and are easier to grind.

Interesting! Most of the guides I’ve seen have said to skip HDT and go straight from Chimeratech to Agito. It seems to be working well on my Shadow team, but it’d be nice to be able to farm HDTs for some of my weaker elements. I’ve even got a ton of Damascus Ingots collecting dust in my inventory cause Agito is 6*.

Right now though, Kai Yan definitely didn’t skip leg day. THIGH MUSCLES SWELL UNSTOPPABLE INVINCIBLE

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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The best/worst thing about pulling Ryszarda is having her on the home screen repeatedly saying “Faris and Pinon are my juniors, and I must hold myself together so I can protect them”.

The voice actor says the names funny so it sounds like “Farts and peeing on are my juniors”.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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I get that veterans are a little bored with the doublebuff meta. But as a newbie who rerolled hard for Grace and invested heavily into Patia and Karina, it feels real bad to see the game heading that direction.

I mean, it’s endgame content and I don’t even have all my teams kitted out with 4/9 Agito weapons nevermind approaching legend difficulty. So I doubt it’ll impact me any time soon.

But it feels terrible to be investing in and grinding for all these characters knowing they’re hard countered by the next tier of endgame. It seems to be hitting the good 4* units especially hard.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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Some of the idle chatter in this game is fuckin weird man. :stare:

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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:hellyeah:

Got my first expert Ciella clear on solo auto battle before my first co-op expert clear!



So now I can auto eCiella, eKai and I can clear eTartarus but not on auto.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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Feels bad man.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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Watched that live and for my first Dragalia Digest I was incredibly impressed. Why don’t more mobile games put on a presentation that quality? That was delightful.

Hype for all the stuff the veterans probably don’t care about like Fire Emblem going into the event compendium and all the 1/2 stamina double drops bonus so I can farm the hell out of draconic essences.

Most excited about all the eldwater I’ll get from dupes on all those free pulls. Need... more... Eldwater...

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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Just had my first “I think I’m getting better at this game” moment doing Master High Jupiter. Within the first 20 seconds or so the rest of the team managed to suicide and drop out.

It would have been faster to drop out and re-queue but I kept going and soloed mHJ from 80% to 0% on my Patia! :toot:

Not very time efficient but it felt good that I’m finally getting the hang of these HDT fights after some embarrassing performances earlier in the week.

Super hype for reset tonight. I’m over half way to sparking so after the free pull I’m gonna throw enough tix/wyrmite at the banner to spark Gala Reborn Zephyr. :woop:

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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HiKaizer posted:

I think the banner with Notte ends tomorrow so I hope you have enough to spark it.

For me I finally managed to beat Ciella on expert solo which was great. Now I can start working on wind Agito weapons. Hopefully I'll be able to clear the others soon.

Sparked Gala Zephyr and got Gala Poseidon on the way! Twice actually! :3:

I’m working on Ciella myself. I can auto battle clear it on Expert but it’s kinda flaky while I work on my Agito weapon levels. Now that I have some time off the plan is to knuckle down and farm my way to 4/9 Agito teams in every element probably except Fire since my Fire adventurers are... somewhat lacking. Great dragons, just no 5*s or H.Lowen.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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Evil Fluffy posted:

Since I play this semi-infrequently I still haven't setup Agito farm teams, or even HDT farm teams for each dragon. My current wind team setup kinda sucks (though maybe Notte and Myriam will fix that) and I'm not sure if I've even run the master HDT fights for the initial clears yet.


e: A quick look at a tier list online suggest Myriam kinda sucks while notte and midgard are top tier. :shrug:

Is Grace still viable to stick on every team for heal/shield support and not worry about other healers unless you know you have really good ones like H.Lowen?

Grace is absolutely viable for standard and expert Agito, I haven’t tackled Master yet so I can’t say for sure but I believe she’s still good there too.

As a newbie I’ve had a lot of success with two on-element DPS, Patia and Grace teams across the board until I get weapon levels up enough to drop Patia for a third on element unit.

I’m currently farming Ciella with Notte/THope/Axe Ranzal/Grace although I’m not super happy with it yet. Gonna swap around units and see if I can do better.

The huge drawback of Gala Notte right now is she doesn’t auto-shift in the backline like other similar units do. It’s been confirmed that’s “working as intended” as much of a letdown as it is. So she has to go in the lead (and she’s very squishy) or go without her Giant Notte form.

Thinking I’ll put THope back in the lead slot and replace Notte for now. Human Mids is extremely good and I want to build a bow for V.Chelsea and eventually if I can ever afford spirals again Louise.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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I’m excited for Dragalia Lost 2023 when we get monkey forms of all the main cast. Followed by dolphin forms in 2024.

Threw some wyrmite at the banner last night. Landed Gala Laxi and Human Mercury! (Still resisting the trend of calling her HuMer or HumMer) I’m thrilled to get Mercury but even more excited to get Laxi as Fire was the last element I had zero 5*s in.

Woke up at 4am and spent a little time trying to get an auto eVolk team running without HLowen or OP stuff like Mym and Leo. I’m getting real close. If I can break through that barrier I can max the last tree and up my consistency with that alone!

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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Losing my mind hype for H!Lowen coming back TOMORROW.

eVolk is the only non-eTart Agito I can’t yet auto on solo. I’m pretty sure I can get there with H!Lowen in the mix. A dud of a showcase for vets, but for us Persona newbies getting a chance to pull H!Lowen feels huge. Just about every single auto eVolk guide has H!Lowen.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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Dream Summoned Julietta and not long after this happened.



10/10 would Dream Summon again. So now I can auto Expert Lilith. :hellyeah:

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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It’s not 100% but I did a thing today. :3:



Which gives me auto farm for all Standard and Expert Agitos! :woop:

Edit: Did a thing part two!



Julietta owns.

BGrifter fucked around with this message at 18:10 on May 31, 2021

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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Nighthand posted:

Julietta was the 5* I pulled to start the game (along with Jeanne) so it's good to see her finally get what she deserves. I really should put together a better Tart team and see if I can swing that yet. I've been focusing on Volk recently though. My expert auto team needs babysitting for the first phase but is free and clear once the second starts. I'm just so far behind on a fire team compared to basically any other element.

I can relate. It’s frustrating seeing every single Fire comp for literally any content contains Gala Mym and/or Gala Leo. I’ve got the wyrmite and I’m more than prepared to use it if they bring those two back someday. Oh and the Scorchrend Punisher wyrmprint would be great too since I pulled Yachiyo but the punisher print was from before I started playing. :negative:

I got my initial clears with a janky Euden/H.Lowen/Patia/Grace team that isn’t exactly fast, but helped get the Agito unbinds flowing.

Next on my list are mTwins and eJaldabaoth. eJalda might be tricky without Leo or Mym, but I’ll give it a shot. mTwins I’ve got a ton of pieces for I just need to figure out the right team. I’ve got Gala Mascula, Tiki, Mitsuba, HuMerc, Lily, Lapis, the usual Karina/Pipple and as always Grace. All the guides seem to use Gala Elisanne and/or Fjorm and I don’t have either.

I still have my Dream Ticket in the bank but I’m thinking I’d rather have Azazel for Grace than Xainfried or Jiang Ziya. None of the Fire options feel like they’d really help with eJalda.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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I started about four months ago with Grace + Gala Mars and it was an excellent start. Grace + Gala Jeanne is probably the best start.

Depending on your tolerance for rerolling Grace plus any Gala is worth pausing to at least consider. Grace + any Gala dragon is a very reasonable start. Grace + Gala Leonidas or Gala Notte would be a fun start, although the guide I read advised prioritizing dragons over adventurers early and that served me well.

Don’t sweat it to a crazy degree, but it is really valuable to guarantee at least Grace in your starting roll. (You may be detecting a theme here)

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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Well this is turning out to be a hell of a good week!

I threw a couple tickets in and pulled Gala Leonidas from the Gala banner. Then today I logged in, got the 5* scratch ticket and pulled Gala Elisanne. Probably my two most wanted units in the entire game. :hellyeah:

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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Feels bad that a well made game like Dragalia Lost is dying, while badly developed trash like Pokémon Go makes a fortune.

I’ll have to start looking for ways to spend all my banked wyrmite.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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Nighthand posted:

I'm probably going to sit on my omnicite for the duration of the game's lifespan, never deciding who to use it on. Even if they give out stacks of them down the line.

Yeah I’ll hoard it forever out of fear of using it on someone suboptimal. I still have my selector ticket from the half anniversary.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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Also Gold Slime Cleanup is back for three more days if anyone needs rupies.

478k rupies per clear with 4x Fafnirs and it costs 6 stamina to run. Takes under 20 seconds to auto. I’d highly recommend farming a bunch of rupies.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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Yeah I’m approaching 500mil rupees and feeling like I really need to farm this much harder. Gold Slime Cleanup is decently rare and it’s insane how much better it is.

Got my first decent Kaleidoscape run and I think I’m hooked. Twins do a pretty good job on auto but you have to babysit it or mobs get left behind at 20% HP and you wind up under levelled. Leo worked well too. Seems like offensive healers and rapid fire manacasters are the way to go.

Oh and I got this bad boy off my last run. :woop:

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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Kaleidoscape is extremely good. :stare:

Got a couple runs to floor 49 that yielded enough shards to buy the Sunlight Stones. Should be able to nab the Omnicite too before the monthly reset hits, maybe even the ingot as well.

My only gripe is that it’s a very long gameplay mode. Once the new game mode thrill wears off it’s gonna become one hell of a tedious slog to grind. But the rewards are so insane you kinda don’t have a choice. Two full Sunlight Stones a month is a game changer.

A small tweak to the UI to make them more thorough about cleaning floors would go a long way to making autobattle viable past the first 20 or so floors. Right now the UI will be staring directly at a Gold Slime (guaranteed level up) and keep running.

Probably the best gameplay mode addition in a mobile game since Hearthstone hired the Card Quest dev.

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Mar 16, 2007

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Servaetes posted:

Is there any particular character you're running? Are you fiddling with auto at all? I used the twins and Leo for a bit and had it on auto up until around floor 20-ish and it felt like just taking a single hit from ranged attacks blew me up.

That all being said it looks to be pretty fun to go through so far, I dig it

Twins have been the most successful for me. Sandalphon was also very good in the short run I did before bed. I hear good things about Gala Zena which makes sense. Offensive-minded healers and Manacasters seem to be the easiest.

The big thing the auto gets wrong is skipping half the trash on the stage so you wind up underlevelled by 20ish. If you want to auto it means watching the screen and dragging them over to the mobs they’re ignoring. (My preferred method, kind of a half-auto)

You can’t quite stick to a rule of level being double the floor, but I try to be in that ballpark by around floor 20–25ish. The level cap is 80 and I prefer to hit it no later than floor 45. It helps if you get a floor with a bunch of the Commander mini-bosses that all give a full level of XP each. Also always watch out for the gold slimes as they’re super easy to kill and a full level apiece. The AI can be standing right next to the gold slimes and completely ignore it.

Hopefully the Fafnir levels help make it more truly autoable. Otherwise a tweak to make the AI more thorough in cleaning out a floor before moving to the next would do.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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That really sucks. :sigh:

Dragalia Lost has consistently been one of the best mobile games I’ve played. I’ve been playing iOS games pretty much every day since buying my first iPod Touch in 2012 and I struggle to think of games I’ve enjoyed this much. Maybe peak Puzzle & Dragons or Marvel Future Fight.

I wish I’d jumped on the bandwagon earlier but it’s been a fun run from Persona to today.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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kirbysuperstar posted:

still cannot loving believe this was the gacha music lmao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WN0JnAnASY

Checks out though. That’s the exact same dance I did after pulling Gala Notte and I’d hadn’t seen the video till now.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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Putting up anniversary bundles for $100+ feels pretty gross. There’s got to be a few players who missed the news post about the game shutting down. Maybe even a few deluding themselves into thinking they can spend the game back to life.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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I wonder if there’s a way Nintendo could sell Dragalia Lost to Apple for Apple Arcade. If they could strip all the IAP out and just run the existing events on a loop they’d end up with a pretty compelling product.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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RIP Dragalia Lost. Don’t think I’ll do the gacha thing again any time soon. DL feels like a nice note to end on.

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BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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RIP to a good mobile game.

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