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Mistwalker/Hironobu Sakaguchi's Terra Battle |OT| Season 2 has been unleashed!
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I'm not entirely sure myself. I haven't missed a day logging in yet. >_<
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
It's... Not so great unless you are using another healer too and then you got to level it too...
Finally unlocked Metal Zone 2 and leveled up my main party to 30+
Having done that, Chapter 9 is going a bit more smooth than 8 was, but I don't have any good bow users so it's not that easy to counter the spear heavy enemies. Just try to overpower them and hope my ice mage casts his spell.
Looking forward to unlocking the second hunting ground.
Having done that, Chapter 9 is going a bit more smooth than 8 was, but I don't have any good bow users so it's not that easy to counter the spear heavy enemies. Just try to overpower them and hope my ice mage casts his spell.
Looking forward to unlocking the second hunting ground.
Have Kuscah as my primary healer with her as a secondary. Mostly just want to have another sword user on the team as Bahl is my only sword unit.
Yeah, I've long since stopped getting Energy per day [since I started during the Canadian soft launch]. Now I basically get one free roll per week and that's it. It's even more depressing when it's a simple B Rank character [or a dupe].
Enjoy the free Energy now!
I better get my second SS mage before that happens!
The next bonus I'll be getting is 3+2 so I get to have another try in an hour or so.
What is your current team like at the moment? You've been playing for a while now.
Edit: I'd accept Samatha too.
that is still better than most of other games out there. PAD unless they are giving out magic stones in the event only gives out some every like 100-150 days for overall log in bonuses. (they give out plenty during events though, but it still is only typically like 15 in a month unless they break the game via an update)
it's quite possible that terra battles will do like PAD as well and continue to give out random energy for events and what not such as what they did when we hit 500k.
Unfortunately, my luck with Energy has been pretty bad. Aside from the S Rank I received upon my first draw [Djugan] and the SS I managed last night [A'misandra], those are the only two S/SS Rank I have. :/
I have a bunch of other Units, though, and decently leveled.
Grace [all Jobs unlocked]:
Level 40
Level 40
Level 44
Bahl [two Jobs unlocked]:
Level 42
Level 43
A'merpact [all Jobs unlocked]:
Level 40
Level 42
Level 20
Kana [all Jobs unlocked]:
Level 39
Level 37
Level 43
Eileen [all Jobs unlocked]:
Level 36
Level 40
Level 42
A'misandra [one job unlocked, NEW]:
Level 19
And other various B Rank Units.
That is a really broad question. How far into the game are you? Did you redeem the promo code and get the 2 extra characters after the tutorial?
Kuscah is enough support to carry pretty much the whole team, you'll want to start out with characters that have active damage skills like mages with aoe spells -- makes the game more fun.
It is highly encouraged to use the character you take the turn with to move all your other characters into position (or as many as you can). A lot can be done with the 4 seconds you are given per turn.
Riposte
Member
I don't think I redeemed anything. In any case, I'm referring entirely on how to acquire my party and what I'm trying to do with them outside battles. I'm not too far in, the tower after the city/tavern fight chapter.
Spending 5 energy allows you to recruit a new character in the tavern. You get 5 energy for beating the tutorial. You get another 5 energy if you go to the options and scroll all the way down where you can enter the promo code: dhth66nWXVCbjdTC for another 5 energy.
Depending on what characters you get from those 2 recruitments people start the game over again to get the most ideal start (not neccessary though).
With the 2 starter B rank characters, those 2 that you got from recruitment in the tavern and the 2 random grunts you should have an ok team together to tackle the next chapters and progress on.
UtterlyPerplexed
Member
Dear game,
Boooo. Screw you. Another B rank character and 5 energy washed away. And not just any B rank character. A duplicate Zenzoze. Again.
Boooo. Screw you. Another B rank character and 5 energy washed away. And not just any B rank character. A duplicate Zenzoze. Again.
RockTurtle
Member
not to add onto the last 2 posts, but for today's 5 energy i got:
Kuscah....again....
Kuscah....again....
putermcgee
Junior Member
It's weird when a game with a specific art style gets new content that feels out of place. After playing Destiny of Spirits and P&D, I'm still thrown off by stuff like that.
Now if they got Tsutomu Nihei to do art on some new characters, I'd probably jizz in my pants and then buy energy IAPs to go ham in the tavern.
I assume it's coming eventually. Market is too valuable
Femmeworth
Banned
Ugh just "recruited" one of my own
RNG: *laughs*
depths20XX
Member
Add me as another who got a dupe character with my new energy.
Chapter 10 and still no SS characters. Oh well, game is still fun.
Chapter 10 and still no SS characters. Oh well, game is still fun.
Femmeworth
Banned
Wow, what a rip.
I think he mean pay with gold. You can't get worse then B by using energy.
It's evil
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Damn, didn't get a single Orihalcum all day for Yukken
8 Oxsecium
8 Oxsecium
Femmeworth
Banned
Okay, that makes more sense.
RockTurtle
Member
stonefolk are basically the basis for all life and have some innate control over all living things or something like that
I don't think they stack percentages. However, you can proc both in the same turn and attack twice. I just got Piz'fer to his second job today and he seems to do a 3 column ice attack when both proc in the same turn. It's insane!Does anyone know if abilities stack? Pizfer has +50% ice spell in his first job abd +20% ice spell in job 2, if you equip both do you get +70%? (Also why wont that gae bolg drop? Starting to hate the 8-10 boss
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Man, Metal 2 is the opposite of fun. Everything with a 1 turn counter? Fuck that.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
How else are you going to level quicker?
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Oh I'll have to power through it, but 1 turn counter means I may be a poo XP round and a waste of 15 stam.
SixMachine
Member
Does anyone know if abilities stack? Pizfer has +50% ice spell in his first job abd +20% ice spell in job 2, if you equip both do you get +70%? (Also why wont that gae bolg drop? Starting to hate the 8-10 boss
You proc the skills separately so it's possible to do both ice spells in one attack. You have to keep in mind the range on some character skills since some won't hit if too far away or not when adjacent. Yukken and sheena seem like they would do crazy single target damage late game because they can possibly have a lot of single target attack skills.
I spent another 5 energy and I got the other sister Rikken. I guess she will eventually replace my Grace even though I like how really useful she has been to me so far.
I just got to the third zone and I only got like 10k exp per character on my first try, ugh.
Femmeworth
Banned
Goddamn, 7-10's boss was no joke. Finished it with two characters left.
bigbaldwolf86
Banned
My party is level 33/35 and I'm struggling to beat him. He just does too much damage to the whole team at once and I can't heal them fast enough.
I just did the same thing with a different character. I'm so smad
Femmeworth
Banned
Their main use is if your primary units don't cover all of your elemental needs.
As promised, I have been keeping my eye on Terra Battle now that the App Store features which have driven many people to the game have ended. All analysis below is mine, and is based on App Annie rankings, Think Gaming data, and my own experiences in the industry.
In US the downloads have fallen, but not dramatically, and the game is still making around 15 000$ every day in US alone, on iOS alone.
On Japanese App Store things are even better -Terra battle is staying in Top Grossing 10-20, meaning very significant revenenue every day. As Japanese App Store is the most lucrative in the world, this should translate to around 100 000$ to 200 000$ US each day in Japan alone, on iOS alone.
On Google Play things are even better -the downloads are actually increasing, which means that the word of mouth is spreading. Terra Battle has entered Top 25 Grossing in Japan, and is in the Top 50 Grossing in France, Canada and Spain.
Mistwalker also still has all the rest of the world that they can release the game into (they are only out in 7 countries after all), making it very easy in my opinion to get to the 2 million downloads, and a chance to gain very signigicant revenue from countries like of China and South Korea. While many other countries will not generate as much revenue, they will still act as the community for the upcoming Multi-Player modes.
Taking into account that Mistwalker is advertizing very little, they only need to pay the platform holders fee of 30% off the revenue they generate. While accurate estimates are very difficult, I would say I would be surprised if Mistwalker did not bank around 200 000$ each and every day even after Apple feature have ended, thanks to their rise on the Google Play.
This all speaks very well about the future of such high quality games on mobile, and an opportunity for great game developers to shake the yoke of the publishers and actually get the revenue their creative work generated themselves. Mistwalker is just 9 people, so this game should see them richly rewarded for their hard work. I see other skilled desginers following on Sakaguchi's footsteps.
I will post an update in a week or so.
In US the downloads have fallen, but not dramatically, and the game is still making around 15 000$ every day in US alone, on iOS alone.
On Japanese App Store things are even better -Terra battle is staying in Top Grossing 10-20, meaning very significant revenenue every day. As Japanese App Store is the most lucrative in the world, this should translate to around 100 000$ to 200 000$ US each day in Japan alone, on iOS alone.
On Google Play things are even better -the downloads are actually increasing, which means that the word of mouth is spreading. Terra Battle has entered Top 25 Grossing in Japan, and is in the Top 50 Grossing in France, Canada and Spain.
Mistwalker also still has all the rest of the world that they can release the game into (they are only out in 7 countries after all), making it very easy in my opinion to get to the 2 million downloads, and a chance to gain very signigicant revenue from countries like of China and South Korea. While many other countries will not generate as much revenue, they will still act as the community for the upcoming Multi-Player modes.
Taking into account that Mistwalker is advertizing very little, they only need to pay the platform holders fee of 30% off the revenue they generate. While accurate estimates are very difficult, I would say I would be surprised if Mistwalker did not bank around 200 000$ each and every day even after Apple feature have ended, thanks to their rise on the Google Play.
This all speaks very well about the future of such high quality games on mobile, and an opportunity for great game developers to shake the yoke of the publishers and actually get the revenue their creative work generated themselves. Mistwalker is just 9 people, so this game should see them richly rewarded for their hard work. I see other skilled desginers following on Sakaguchi's footsteps.
I will post an update in a week or so.
Think Gaming site calculates these based on the known revenue data points from public companies. They are not 100% accurate, but I know from the games from companies I've worked with that they are close enough to be good rough estimates.
Analyst sites such as App Annie have been in the business for years and have paying customers. If their data was proven to be completely false they would have gone out of business ages ago.
Some companies such as King (makers of Candy Crush Saga) are public so you can look up how much they make each day (hint a LOT), and some companies such as Supercell (of Clash of Clans and Hay Day fame) are in countries like Finland where by law they have announce their revenue (hint, even MORE per game per day).
Some companies announce their earnings to attract investors, for example Machine Zone (makers of Game of War) announced that they expect to make 600 million this year.
Based on these data points marketing analysis firms such as App Annie and Think Gaming generate these revenue estimates.
The ranking positions themselves are published by Apple and Google by the hour.
I do not claim these are facts, but I know from my own experience they should not be wildly off. Obviously, should Mistwalker announced something I would be really curious to see the numbers. I suspect they won't.
I always add a disclaimer on these, and put up the sources on each post.