Man-is-Obsolete
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4756 with Ninian, Erika, Roy, Bunnicina. Now to see where that shakes out ranking wise.
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Fire Emblem Heroes |OT|Natural Selection Simulator
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CorrinF / Ryoma / Minerva / Chrom(Spring)
CorrinF invalidates red sword units, and is generally good against pretty much any non-mage unit in the game.
Ryoma trashes ranged units and is an extremely vital unit in general.
Minerva is a good check to everything (she can kill most red sword units that attack her due to Quick Riposte) and is crazy powerful.
Chrom's the bonus unit. He does things... occasionally.
It takes a while to update.
chrominance
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I agree, but one thing I'll say is that "dipping your toes in the pool" seems like a REALLY bad idea for this game. The 20 orbs we got just now for the voting gauntlet bonus is worth $18 CAD (give or take, it's actually 23 orbs for $17.99). Considering what you're likely to get for those 20 orbs, it's practically highway robbery.
It very much feels like you either whale or F2P, there's no real in-between.
Man-is-Obsolete
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Put me in the camp of arena being a lot more challenging now, and that is not a bad thing. I think it has do with BST seemingly being ignored entirely and thus you get thrown into some very wacky combinations that you just would have not seen before as it would have been well below your BST.
So it has made matches much more diverse and forced me to rethink team composition. Still not too clear on what gets you to a higher score. Maybe that is where the merged units comes into play.
So it has made matches much more diverse and forced me to rethink team composition. Still not too clear on what gets you to a higher score. Maybe that is where the merged units comes into play.
You are only a whale when you don't need to ask this question. Whales don't quantify, they get what they want.
I don't think it's an all or nothing thing. I've spent about $40 on this game and will probably stop buying because I think that's about right for the amount of enjoyment I've gotten out of it.
I'd say whales are the type who spend hundreds to thousands to get whatever they want, and have a seriously hard time not buying and pulling for more every time they see a new banner that they like. Sure, some people can afford that, but the people that worry me are the ones who let this urge to pull go way out of control, and end up spending way beyond their means. It's something very similar to gambling addiction, with a lot of the same gambler's justifications thrown in as excuses to spend more.
I'd say whales are the type who spend hundreds to thousands to get whatever they want, and have a seriously hard time not buying and pulling for more every time they see a new banner that they like. Sure, some people can afford that, but the people that worry me are the ones who let this urge to pull go way out of control, and end up spending way beyond their means. It's something very similar to gambling addiction, with a lot of the same gambler's justifications thrown in as excuses to spend more.
Wyndstryker
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A lot.
When I used to work in MMORPG's, I've seen 4 digit to 5 digit amounts spent on in-game items from single accounts.
StrikeZero
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My new arena score now after the rework.
So I merged my cecilias together since I had a better IV and wanted to transfer -blade over annnd the found out that if the source hero has spent SP on the skills to learn them they transfer over as learned to the enhanced hero. I.e I didn't have spend more SP to learn -blade or -raven but did for drag back and hone attack since I never learned them on source Cecilia. Basically got a free-ish 500 SP from that which was nice
Mathematics
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This is a great response
I cheesed those seal quests. I had a level 12ish Sophia and got level 20 kills on her by softening up targets with better units and then buffing the hell out of her so that she can land the final blow.
Interestingly enough, you still get credit for the kill on that character if the character doesn't survive the mission.
Interestingly enough, you still get credit for the kill on that character if the character doesn't survive the mission.
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Xist2inspire
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What. WHAT
Sushen
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I hear you. Unless I'm utterly bored, there is no way I'll put an effort to raise my 3* Subaki.
Sushen
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It's comical that my Fir is 20 points higher than my Reinhardt where I don't even need to explain which is a better unit.
BuckRobotron
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The updated mechanisms are welcome, including the 99 limit (although I get bored at about 50 stamina worth of play anyway). Figuring out where to drop those new seals and also which 4* might be first to boost to 5* (if any) with 25k feathers stashed,
And after all this time, only just got to my first lvl 40, although I have a bunch sitting at 36+. Catria, who has been a surprise mvp (and I like her art). Neat that you get several new conversation lines at the 40.
Satisfied with my powered up and skill-enhanced Bunny Lucina and Chrom so just waiting for the refreshed banner to gamble the new batch of free orbs.
And after all this time, only just got to my first lvl 40, although I have a bunch sitting at 36+. Catria, who has been a surprise mvp (and I like her art). Neat that you get several new conversation lines at the 40.
Satisfied with my powered up and skill-enhanced Bunny Lucina and Chrom so just waiting for the refreshed banner to gamble the new batch of free orbs.
Mathematics
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From the low rarity videos and other GHB clear posts I leveled the 2* Subaki to 4* 40. I also haven't got him from the gatcha
Yeah, I really need to either pull an actually good red mage, or bite the bullet and level up Sophia to follow along with those videos
...not in my experience...
SenorArdilla
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I'm going to start saving orbs for the eventual swimsuit banner.
dreamlongdead
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Several units on the lava map pretty much force me to lose a unit. Really hate trying to get perfect streaks
Also, I'm an idiot for not saving the free 20 Orbs. Got greedy and thought that maybe I could get a Spring Camilla just before the banner went down. Summoned nothing but Green, and got a billion copies of Frederick, Cherche, and Barst. I official loathe these units.
Man, I'm kind of soured on this.
Also, I'm an idiot for not saving the free 20 Orbs. Got greedy and thought that maybe I could get a Spring Camilla just before the banner went down. Summoned nothing but Green, and got a billion copies of Frederick, Cherche, and Barst. I official loathe these units.
Man, I'm kind of soured on this.
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What Akuun said is true though. It has been like this since probably forever. In all these "use [insert hero name/weapon type/movement type] to kill [insert number] lv[insert number]+ enemies" quests, such as the "Use fliers to kill 15 lv40+ enemies" in the monthly quests, the killer DO NOT need to survive the map for the kills to count. You do need the killer to survive for the EXP and SP gain though so don't be confused with that.
Yeah i know but it doesn't work on mine, just encountered the same situation and the same thing happened. Sorry if im coming off like a dick this is just hows it's worked for me today
Are you sure they're killing enemies that fit the requirement? Not all enemies in, say, a level 20+ map will actually be level 20+.
Bamboo 竹
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So do the seals can get unequipped after you equip it to one unit?
Just got on my last attempt to rolling a Spring unit with this banner with my last 20 orbs and I got the unit I wanted: bunny Lucina, with not a perfect IV but good enough (-HP/+RES) so I can say goodbye to this banner without any regrets.
Just got on my last attempt to rolling a Spring unit with this banner with my last 20 orbs and I got the unit I wanted: bunny Lucina, with not a perfect IV but good enough (-HP/+RES) so I can say goodbye to this banner without any regrets.
Wyndstryker
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I do a yolo 5 orb pull and I get bunny chrom...
Just missing bunny camilla, got the other 3. Doubt I'll get her =/
Just missing bunny camilla, got the other 3. Doubt I'll get her =/
That's weird. Did you actually win the battle then? Maybe in the case of a game over the kills don't count, I guess.
Also, like scy has pointed out, not all enemies on LV X+ training tower levels are actually at LV X+ so there's that as well.
No i met all the requirements, at least im 99% sure. It's not a big deal though I'm done with all the quests
dreamlongdead
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Well, luck was on my side. I'm totally broke, but I couldn't let that banner go with a 3.50% chance. Bought exactly 3 Orbs after the bonus, so I had enough for one summon.
I picked the Green Orb like every other prior summon, and got 5* Minerva with a neutral nature. It isn't Spring Camilla or Hector, but I ain't complaining. I got myself out a bad situation, but I must never make silly risky decisions like this anymore.
I spent a little bit too much on Orbs, but at least I have something to show for it.
Save your Orbs, guys!
I picked the Green Orb like every other prior summon, and got 5* Minerva with a neutral nature. It isn't Spring Camilla or Hector, but I ain't complaining. I got myself out a bad situation, but I must never make silly risky decisions like this anymore.
I spent a little bit too much on Orbs, but at least I have something to show for it.
Save your Orbs, guys!
SenorArdilla
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Arthur
Florina
Oboro
Gwendolyn
I guess that's it for now.
Florina
Oboro
Gwendolyn
I guess that's it for now.
dreamlongdead
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I've summoned at least 6 of her. Never even seen Effie or Draug, and I've summoned from a lot of Blue and Red Stones. Only have the free 2* version of the latter.
toastyToast
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Perfect run awwwww yeaaaah. For reference this same team topped out around 4450.
It doesn't seem that there's all that much going on calculation wise. I've barely done any skill inheritance outside of Michalis. Even tried swapping Lucina with a 4 star Kagero. Still matching up around 680
It doesn't seem that there's all that much going on calculation wise. I've barely done any skill inheritance outside of Michalis. Even tried swapping Lucina with a 4 star Kagero. Still matching up around 680
Congrats on all the great scores. After the matchmaking adjustment, I'm so envious of people having the luxury to run full 5* team now. Based on what I'm seeing on my match scores, it's going to be tough for me to compete now with 4* Michalis tanking my score; rarity seems to have become a bigger deal in the new system.
My alt account should still be able to get around 4750 because of the fact that Reinhardt no longer tanks my score but my main looks like it will have problem cracking 4700.
My alt account should still be able to get around 4750 because of the fact that Reinhardt no longer tanks my score but my main looks like it will have problem cracking 4700.
theprodigy
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On the contrary, rarity barely seems to matter; I've swapped out 5* Anna for 4* Nino (the former even has limited inheritance while Nino doesn't) and it doesn't seem to lower my score.
I had a pretty bad run as I started it off pre-patch because we didn't know what to expect from the adjustments. Also lost a couple in the last one because of course I get dancer+merged caster bullshit on the final match every time. But 4518 still seems to be getting almost as high a ranking as it would have before. I'll definitely try to get a perfect 7 streak this week but it's tough with Selena.
For the most part I'm not facing +7s and such anymore, though. I am definitely facing all 5* teams despite running a 4* with no inheritance, so I hope I can run a 5* bonus next week.
I will say I'm so used to facing inherited units now that I'm surprised when for example my Hector beats a Lucina 1v1. Still having some trouble dealing with merged green casters and dancers, but if neither of those are on a team I just roll over them. .
For the most part I'm not facing +7s and such anymore, though. I am definitely facing all 5* teams despite running a 4* with no inheritance, so I hope I can run a 5* bonus next week.
I will say I'm so used to facing inherited units now that I'm surprised when for example my Hector beats a Lucina 1v1. Still having some trouble dealing with merged green casters and dancers, but if neither of those are on a team I just roll over them. .
Technoweirdo
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Re: Arena matchmaking
With a score of 4696 and team of Elise, Cecilia, 4* Abel, and 4* Alfonse, I think rarity -does- matter, but a score tiering system is in the way. If I were to have a 5* Abel or Alfonse, I'd be up one score tier. If I were to have both at 5*, I'd be at the same score tier as when I only had one of them at 5*. Both 5* with inheritance though would send me up an additional tier. This is done to make sure the throwaway 4* bonus unit doesn't tank your score and keeps you competitive, or I'd guess that's what they're trying anyway.
With a score of 4696 and team of Elise, Cecilia, 4* Abel, and 4* Alfonse, I think rarity -does- matter, but a score tiering system is in the way. If I were to have a 5* Abel or Alfonse, I'd be up one score tier. If I were to have both at 5*, I'd be at the same score tier as when I only had one of them at 5*. Both 5* with inheritance though would send me up an additional tier. This is done to make sure the throwaway 4* bonus unit doesn't tank your score and keeps you competitive, or I'd guess that's what they're trying anyway.
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