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elvie
Jan 17, 2009

Stockwell posted:

I kicked one of them at least for being idle for close to a week.

I'm guessing that was me (Freakazip?), finally a real reason to stop playing. Was fun y'all!

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Nephzinho
Jan 25, 2008





I think I'm going to sit on 40-80 star gazer cards out of this event and sit on them until my resonating crystal is stuck again and use them to dislodge it, much as I'd love to top up my Lucius now.

valuum
Sep 3, 2003
ø
My first Lucius was the free one we just got, and I'm getting 2 more from this event. He's such a huge boost in various modes even just at elite, doubled my score in both guild hunts (based around mythic Shem).

Nephzinho
Jan 25, 2008





valuum posted:

My first Lucius was the free one we just got, and I'm getting 2 more from this event. He's such a huge boost in various modes even just at elite, doubled my score in both guild hunts (based around mythic Shem).

I'm tempted to, but I'm 3 copies away from Ascension so 2 does nothing for me. If I get one more drop later, the 720 tokens = 80% chance or so of getting him out of Star Gazer while also rewarding a ton of other materials. I could get lucky and not need the drops anyway and have those cards to use for Brutus or one of the Wilders when they're 1-2 away from Ascension. Basically I'm just going to sit on the resources until I have a clear path to breaking the crystal further - that and I also get Faction Scrolls this way which is such a huge boost as I unloaded 30x on Wilders last night and got a poo poo ton of fodder + another Tasi.

Dragongem
Nov 9, 2009

Heroes of the Storm
Goon Tournament Champion

Nephzinho posted:

I've never pulled from Stargazer before and will be happy to test this at some point in the next couple of weeks.

I'm testing this out tomorrow myself. I've done like 15 Stargazer pulls but never a straight up 10 pull.

Zotix posted:

I think I'm going to spend my Halloween stuff on Faction specific mythic gear. I'm at the point where gear upgrades have to be faction specific mythic, in order for me to strengthen them. With RNG you could be fishing for gear to fit your main team for 6 months if RNG isn't on your side. I'm also considering the Emblem Choice chests as well.

When it first came out I was like "finally, mythic gear of the right class!" but the 1k candy is just so much, ugh. Emblem was tempting for me, but I would really like to get my Tasi ascended so my main lineup is 5 ascended.

Funny story: I have a 2 star ascended Shemira that I basically almost never use except for random peaks of time stuff. I've found much more success with my regular team of Estrilda, Belinda, Ulmus (who the game kept throwing at me), Nemora, and Tasi.

Nephzinho posted:

I'm tempted to, but I'm 3 copies away from Ascension so 2 does nothing for me. If I get one more drop later, the 720 tokens = 80% chance or so of getting him out of Star Gazer while also rewarding a ton of other materials. I could get lucky and not need the drops anyway and have those cards to use for Brutus or one of the Wilders when they're 1-2 away from Ascension. Basically I'm just going to sit on the resources until I have a clear path to breaking the crystal further - that and I also get Faction Scrolls this way which is such a huge boost as I unloaded 30x on Wilders last night and got a poo poo ton of fodder + another Tasi.

On a really random note, the last like 40 or 50 or so factions scrolls I've gotten from events and dropped on Wilders have not summoned any purples. It's gone from slightly infuriating to funny. I'm convinced that the pool for pity timers is shared between the two summon types. I also used 10 scrolls on Lightbearers once and got a clutch Belinda so, uh... I guess the story is I should have done them the entire time?

Dragongem fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Oct 31, 2019

valuum
Sep 3, 2003
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I've been getting an unreasonably high number of elites from the two daily heart summons, which also suggests it all shares the 30 timer.

Dragongem
Nov 9, 2009

Heroes of the Storm
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Update: I did pull a Tasi from the "First 10 Stargazer pull".

Stockwell
Mar 29, 2005
Ask me about personal watercraft.
Nice, I was always under the impression that it was whales only, given the low odds/high cost. Let us know how it goes if you try another 10 pull.

Zotix
Aug 14, 2011



At first you think the progress limitation is duplicate character cards. But it's actually hero essence. It was always hero essence you just might not have realized it. Right now I need roughly 190,000 hero essence and it doesn't stop there. Some of the characters need more for the next upgrade that is already done. I'm also not spending any money on my toilet game that requires less than 3 minutes a day.

Zotix fucked around with this message at 22:35 on Nov 1, 2019

teardrop
Dec 20, 2004

by Pragmatica
Just started, finishing up my boot camp week quests. Buying the dust each day. Tragically missed the free Lucius by a couple of days. I am in early chapter 6 and progress has gotten painful. I own Shemira, Brutus, Hendrik, Ulmus, and all rares. I have been using the first 3 plus Arden and Saveas but at lvl 70 Saveas seems bad. Any suggestions for what my party should be?

pile of brown
Dec 31, 2004
Honestly at that low of level tomorrow with some upgrades your party will be fine

Cbear
Mar 22, 2005
As someone who is just a little bit ahead of you. You probably need levels. My brute forcing of the chapters kind of ended around there too.

Also, Saveas didn't start trucking people till level 100 or so for me.

sevenflow
Jun 28, 2003
just watch it for a second
Just saw there’s another opening in the guild. Applying again as Royalist after my hour is up.

Kilson
Jan 16, 2003

I EAT LITTLE CHILDREN FOR BREAKFAST !!11!!1!!!!111!
Gonna apply and wait for a spot in goon guild, but have a couple questions about how the process works.

Can you not apply to a new guild without leaving your old one first?

If I apply and join some other guild in the meantime, then get accepted, do I automatically switch?

Cbear
Mar 22, 2005
There was a cooldowns after you leave where you can't join another guild. So you might want to leave and start your cooldown. I think it was an hour? I forget.

Kilson
Jan 16, 2003

I EAT LITTLE CHILDREN FOR BREAKFAST !!11!!1!!!!111!

Cbear posted:

There was a cooldowns after you leave where you can't join another guild. So you might want to leave and start your cooldown. I think it was an hour? I forget.

Ok, thanks. I guess I should wait for an opening then first.

ZoninSilver
May 30, 2011
I sometimes wonder if legendary tier campaign enemies get unique items even if players can't ascend them to mythic and up. Can't figure out why the Vlad in 21-42 is otherwise getting full energy twice as fast as everyone else on the map, regardless of what kind of CC I try to slow him down with.

teardrop
Dec 20, 2004

by Pragmatica
Saveas has good abilities at 101 and 121 but is just medium offense and weak defense before that. Happily, I spent a faction scroll reward on Wilders and got Nemora to swap him out for, who has a hilariously OP ultimate even at low levels(30% of max HP to everyone!), and that instantly took me through most of Chapter 6.

Question, how do the per-battle arena of heroes rewards work? Sometimes I get gold, sometimes I get dust. Does it depend on the difference in levels or is it just random even if you are punching down?

Nephzinho
Jan 25, 2008





teardrop posted:

Saveas has good abilities at 101 and 121 but is just medium offense and weak defense before that. Happily, I spent a faction scroll reward on Wilders and got Nemora to swap him out for, who has a hilariously OP ultimate even at low levels(30% of max HP to everyone!), and that instantly took me through most of Chapter 6.

Question, how do the per-battle arena of heroes rewards work? Sometimes I get gold, sometimes I get dust. Does it depend on the difference in levels or is it just random even if you are punching down?

Random. I almost exclusively punch down in arena to make sure I lock in those rewards, especially as there is a "reward from the pit master" chest that can have good stuff in it.

Zotix
Aug 14, 2011



I was playing last night as reset happened during my raid time, and I figured I'd just buy a shemira from the event shop and that'll get me to ascended 4 shemira. Whelp I wasn't paying attention and I'm the proud new owner of another Baden card.

lexxyth
Jan 21, 2015
Slots left for the guild? Looking to join the guild waitlist. I can apply as lexxyth in a hour.

Stockwell
Mar 29, 2005
Ask me about personal watercraft.

lexxyth posted:

Slots left for the guild? Looking to join the guild waitlist. I can apply as lexxyth in a hour.

No one inactive long enough to merit a kick at this point. Chugging along to 5 more slots though, so we'll scan through the thread once we get some additional openings.

Renegret
May 26, 2007

THANK YOU FOR CALLING HELP DOG, INC.

YOUR POSITION IN THE QUEUE IS *pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbt*


Cat Army Sworn Enemy

Stockwell posted:

No one inactive long enough to merit a kick at this point. Chugging along to 5 more slots though, so we'll scan through the thread once we get some additional openings.

I'd be interested in getting in. Just going to cruise along in my pubbie guild til then

Nephzinho
Jan 25, 2008





Couple reminders:
*Once you hit 16-11 you should SLOW DOWN. If you go 48 hours without completing a level, when you complete that level you will automatically trigger the highest level equipment drop you're eligible for. Very often in this game you hit a wall and then proceed to blow through 5-10 levels before hitting the next wall. If you slow down and take it easy you will get a lot of additional gear from those freebie levels instead of just getting your 1 drop after the wall that blocks you for a week. This adds up very very very fast and gives you a much deeper bench for faction towers, challenger mode, and various adventures.
* The $1 25 pumpkin candy is about as close to value as you can get in this game's IAP. If you want to burn some google bucks this is a great place to do it.
* Only spend pumpkin candy on a specific hero is it is the one that is going to put you over to an upgrade. If you have never used a Stargazer x10 pull, you're (probably) guaranteed the target hero on your first time. So you functionally get any hero for 180 candy on this event even before you start thinking about the 720 pulls. Faction Scrolls are the best value in this event for the vast majority of people.

Stockwell
Mar 29, 2005
Ask me about personal watercraft.

Kilson posted:

Gonna apply and wait for a spot in goon guild, but have a couple questions about how the process works.

Can you not apply to a new guild without leaving your old one first?

If I apply and join some other guild in the meantime, then get accepted, do I automatically switch?

Looks like you're first for dibs, had a spot open up if you want to apply now. After you, next is lexxyth then Renegret, unless I've missed anyone.

Stockwell fucked around with this message at 20:42 on Nov 7, 2019

Kilson
Jan 16, 2003

I EAT LITTLE CHILDREN FOR BREAKFAST !!11!!1!!!!111!

Stockwell posted:

Looks like you're first for dibs, had a spot open up if you want to apply now. After you, next is lexxyth then Renegret, unless I've missed anyone.

Will apply in an hour when I can, thanks

WrenP-Complete
Jul 27, 2012

I'm interested when there's a spot.

fyallm
Feb 27, 2007



College Slice
@deathmic did you quit? You are at 3 days afk.

teardrop
Dec 20, 2004

by Pragmatica
I would like to get in the queue for guild members since I am very active, but no rush at all because I found a decent guild that does Soren every few days. In game name is Victor.

Next question, what’s the strategy for wishlist? I currently have it set as the top 3 purples and top 2 blues in the level <160 tier list. Should I have it set to more blues to concentrate my fodder and ascend faster?

Cinara
Jul 15, 2007
The best 5 purples, why would you ever want blues instead?

Renegret
May 26, 2007

THANK YOU FOR CALLING HELP DOG, INC.

YOUR POSITION IN THE QUEUE IS *pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbt*


Cat Army Sworn Enemy
I always assumed you'd get a purple card of said fodder hero?

I dunno I changed my wishlist to fodder heroes only recently.

Cinara
Jul 15, 2007
Putting fodder heroes in your wishlist is trading long term growth for short term. Sure if there isn't even 5 heroes you want then use some of those slots for whatever, but you need to ascend as many different heroes as possible at endgame. And any hero can be used as fodder if you HAVE to, so why not ensure you have all the copies you need of everyone first before you waste wishlist pulls on ones that can only be fodder.

teardrop
Dec 20, 2004

by Pragmatica
In game help says that wishlist choices don’t influence the chance of getting an elite, so I figured your purple picks boosted your purple draws and your blue picks boosted your blue draws. If they instead give you a purple version of a blue when you get a purple draw, that is indeed bad, why risk it I guess.

Cinara
Jul 15, 2007
The way the wishlist works is when you draw heroes and an elite is picked, it gives it a chance of rolling your wishlist. If it rolls the wishlist chance, it then picks a random slot on your wishlist and gives you that hero, and if that slot is empty is just rolls a random elite hero.

There's zero reason to pick anything but the 5 heroes of each faction you want the most.

Don't put fodder on your wishlist.

fyallm
Feb 27, 2007



College Slice
We have a spot open

lexxyth
Jan 21, 2015
I think it's my turn, will join in a hour.

Cynic Jester
Apr 11, 2009

Let's put a simile on that face
A dazzling simile
Twinkling like the night sky
Just started playing this while I eagerly await a shoulder operation. That this would be one of the better options for one-handed gaming surprised me, I was expecting more thirsty JP offerings.

Add me to trade sexual favors and/or companion points 41928994.

pile of brown
Dec 31, 2004
That's weird you're weird porn on phones is easy and doesn't need to be discussed out of context

Geekslinger
Jan 30, 2005

Been playing for a couple of months now in a pubbie guild. Whenever a slot opens up in the guild I would love to get in.

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Dragongem
Nov 9, 2009

Heroes of the Storm
Goon Tournament Champion

Cinara posted:

The way the wishlist works is when you draw heroes and an elite is picked, it gives it a chance of rolling your wishlist. If it rolls the wishlist chance, it then picks a random slot on your wishlist and gives you that hero, and if that slot is empty is just rolls a random elite hero.

There's zero reason to pick anything but the 5 heroes of each faction you want the most.

Don't put fodder on your wishlist.

I've played since global launch and I disagree. You're correct in that you're trading long term growth for short term, but you're going to very quickly run into a logjam of "I have tons of elite heroes but zero fodder to get them up". I have 3 E+ Lycas and 3 E+ Seirus with another elite version (I've never even had him on my wishlist. the game just LOVES shoveling him at me.) and I'm still waiting for more fodder after I got Nemora, Ulmus, and Tasi to Ascended. I have similar problems for the other factions but to a lesser degree.

My recommendation is early on, put the 5 elite heroes that you want/like, but once you start running into getting heroes from legendary plus to ascended, switch to the heroes you're focusing on + fodder.


Dragongem fucked around with this message at 16:38 on Nov 11, 2019

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