pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
Sweet deal Xcution. You convinced me to do one more pull.
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One Piece Treasure Cruise |OT| Golden Hammer ---God--- Usopp
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I was so hyped for this sugo fest. Law Killer urouge Nico Robin whitebeard...all These amazing cards.
1 5* black leg sanji....nrgs
2 3* normal sanji....oh fml
3 4* Robin ...fuck yeah!
4 4* bp Chopper ...sigh
5 4* Hawkins...yay...i guess?
1 good pull out of 5. Hawkins will find playtime in my int. Now i'm horting my fruits for the real sugo fest
1 5* black leg sanji....nrgs
2 3* normal sanji....oh fml
3 4* Robin ...fuck yeah!
4 4* bp Chopper ...sigh
5 4* Hawkins...yay...i guess?
1 good pull out of 5. Hawkins will find playtime in my int. Now i'm horting my fruits for the real sugo fest
IceBringer
Banned
Thanks! d(^_^)v
Oh! Apparently the Lobster event is in-game right now, but you're unable to start it [it gives you an error]. I guess Namco Bandai made a mistake and gave it to us too early. On the positive, possible Rainbow Gem compensation? >
I like the way you think, chrono
And welcome back btw.
Congrats to everyone on the pulls. Especially xcution and that whitebeard! I've somehow restrained myself from making any pulls. Might do a couple tonight though.
I feel there's something to be said for not screwing the player over too hard in these F2P games, or at least mixing up the system a bit to create a different illusion of potential success. Like, maybe instead of giving out free gems, say, "Hey, this week, no rarity increase, but also, no silver wanted posters!" Academic, to be sure, since we already know what's coming, promotion-wise.
But yeah, I get it. It's the standard F2P model in action--keep the compulsive gamblers and collectors appeased, and keep the odds heavily in favor of the house. Gaming's a business first, such and so on.
While we're on the subject of milking the cash cow, I find the "Friend Captain" system really clever. Players taste the ultra-rare content their lucky/wealthy friend has, then spend money in attempts to have it for themselves. What would be truly evil is if the game kept a tally of all your most-used friend Captains, then subtly shifted the odds away from recruiting those characters. I wonder if any other games have done things like that yet.
"All my friends have Law, but I can't seem to get him! Maybe if I spend another 50 gems..."
So do I. It's one of the most fair F2P games out there, in terms of time investment versus return. But that doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement, especially in the department of avoiding a split in the player base between haves and have-nots. I think the free Nico Robin/Nami units in Japan are evidence that, at some point, free gems aren't going to be enough when pitted against a vast library of potential character recruits.
The most popular friend leaders ( with some exceptions) will always be the good farmable ones...like Arlong and Zeff around launch or Mihawk now. You will always team with the Leaders compatible to your Captain...so people running more exclusive units like WB doesnt really affect me.
PS. The only real rare unit we have so far is Whitebeard...comparing getting a couple of gacha only with winning the Lottery is quite extreme. With the free fruits you get you are guaranteed to get some good drops sooner or later.
Sure, those incentives are primary so that new players can get through old content sooner - same with our current version and the Asura Zoro evo materials you get once you completed the first Islands. Free Nami is crap from what i know and more Eye Candy than useful iir...Robin is nice but worse than her Gacha unit, still cool for new players or ppl who still dont have the original one.
Haha nice...Jackpot, congrats Xcution
Thanks man. I maxed him out just need one more evo mat. And i have 38 elder turtles rdy for him once i do.
This guy takes a lot of exp holy cow!!!
Sweet deal Xcution. You convinced me to do one more pull.
Fuck yea bro!!! Get some pull loving. I was going to wait but i rly wanted Whitebeard. I am going for a full beast mode team
G3 luffy
Mihawk
Arlong
Whitebeard
Usopp
Just two shot things lmao
Haha Nice...hope you get a couple of 1.5 exp specials. He has like 5 million exp right ?
Yes 5 mill i mean i need to sacrifice half the world turtle and pigs. Insane!!!
I need some unicorns and great white buffalos to sacrifice lol
With a RNG, there are no guarantees. Like a coin landing on tails 1000 times in a row, I could theoretically end up with a character box of nothing but story units and Coby, and Coby, and Coby...
Which would be wonderful, of course, because Coby is power.
Don't get me wrong, there's tons to like about this game, things that other F2P games take for granted. There's fantastic art direction (those overhead maps, so sexy, especially Whiskey Peak), a user-friendly UI, and it's loads of fun to poke characters and watch them Smash-Brothers stuff off the stage.
But it still locks out content based on the RNG, and it's only going to get more aggressive in that regard (Aokiji). I'm not saying there should be a story-drop F2P solution for everything. I just wish there were, say, more than two solutions for some boss fights, and at least one that didn't involve some Special-MAXed 5* unit.
I think that's what leads people to reroll accounts during Sugofest, and trade them around. Where are the incentives for account retention, besides the login bonus most every other F2P game has? For example, what would be so wrong with a 6-month-old account getting a drop rate or skill book bonus?
If anything, like you say, the free Robins/Namis incentivize starting over.
TL;DR, I like this game, but it's got issues.
Bremsstrahlung
Member
I told myself I'd wait until the Rayleigh sugofest, but I ended up pulling twice:
4* Mr.2 Bon Clay
4* Smoker the White Hunter
Smoker's a dupe, but I suppose I can use Mr. 2 in a Psy team if I can manage to get Dorry (or Broggy?), and Garp & Sgt. Coby eventually.
And congrats to you guys with your supernovas and Whitebeards.
4* Mr.2 Bon Clay
4* Smoker the White Hunter
Smoker's a dupe, but I suppose I can use Mr. 2 in a Psy team if I can manage to get Dorry (or Broggy?), and Garp & Sgt. Coby eventually.
And congrats to you guys with your supernovas and Whitebeards.
Majukun
Member
received the 100 logins gems, decide to make 2 other pulls...
Mirage Nami
ace
i already have both
then since I'm near the same bonus on my second account, I decided to do 2 tries there...
first is miss valentine
second is balloon luffy!
so now I need to evolve that and I'll have my g3 team on the second account too.. this changes everything
Mirage Nami
ace
i already have both
then since I'm near the same bonus on my second account, I decided to do 2 tries there...
first is miss valentine
second is balloon luffy!
so now I need to evolve that and I'll have my g3 team on the second account too.. this changes everything
It's always amusing when new story islands are released, because the difficulty plummets compared to Expert fortnights and raid bosses that require meticulous team building/planning and stalling.
I also have a ridiculous amount of PSY Django books and no 2nd Django to evolve. Seriously considering going back to farm for one or something, the books are getting out of control.
I also have a ridiculous amount of PSY Django books and no 2nd Django to evolve. Seriously considering going back to farm for one or something, the books are getting out of control.
Have you gotten him to show up in the Hina event at all?
He's shown up several times, but has only dropped more skill books.
Aw, bummer. I've gotten around 8 skillbooks and 3-4 character drops from him on Elite, so it seems something like a 75/25 split in favor of the skill book.
Hard to say whether Elite Hina or Syrup is the more viable farming spot, y'know? May the RNG be with you, either way.
The change in difficulty when you go back to story islands is huge as others said. I would like if they did a hard mode for them with improved drop chances and that kind of stuff. Would spice new areas a little.
Right now for us story stuff is a "now X unit that I want for my team is nearer". Being those units crocodile, mr1 and Mr2 and other similar guys.
And another free gem when we do the stage? Nice.
Right now for us story stuff is a "now X unit that I want for my team is nearer". Being those units crocodile, mr1 and Mr2 and other similar guys.
And another free gem when we do the stage? Nice.
Fbh
Member
I decided to go all in.
And I got:
Good stuff:
- Ace (first form)
- Killer (seems pretty cool)
- Baloon Luffy (finally)
Ok stuff that I didn't have yet:
- Tashigi
Stuff I already had:
- 2X Don Krieg
- MIss All Sunday
- Dancing Django (no matter the event, I allways get at least one of these)
- Miss Goldenweek
- Arlong first form
Overall better than last time. At least I got a few cool characters
And I got:
Good stuff:
- Ace (first form)
- Killer (seems pretty cool)
- Baloon Luffy (finally)
Ok stuff that I didn't have yet:
- Tashigi
Stuff I already had:
- 2X Don Krieg
- MIss All Sunday
- Dancing Django (no matter the event, I allways get at least one of these)
- Miss Goldenweek
- Arlong first form
Overall better than last time. At least I got a few cool characters
So last sugofest I did four pulls the night it started, and got Towel Nami and not much else. The next morning I did one more pull and got Vista. This time, I did four pulls last night and got Lion Song Zoro and not much else. I did one more pull this morning and got Killer. So clearly this is a system that works.
Still gotta level Killer to 70 and get a lobster to evolve him tho. I'm thinking this should work for Monster Chopper?
Guest Captain Ace or Killer/Killer
Alvida/BP Chopper
GP Ussop/Miss Valentine
Since Killer only boosts three units, I only need three attackers. Killer, the guest captain, and Miss Valentine should work. Then I can use Alvida and GP to stall, and get one burst of damage with Chopper+Valentine.
Still gotta level Killer to 70 and get a lobster to evolve him tho. I'm thinking this should work for Monster Chopper?
Guest Captain Ace or Killer/Killer
Alvida/BP Chopper
GP Ussop/Miss Valentine
Since Killer only boosts three units, I only need three attackers. Killer, the guest captain, and Miss Valentine should work. Then I can use Alvida and GP to stall, and get one burst of damage with Chopper+Valentine.
Wow, congrats! Seriously, that's insane.
Also, I'm jealous as hell.
But congrats! I mean that.
But congrats! I mean that.
Congrats to you too! Law is great.Sweet deal Xcution. You convinced me to do one more pull.
Thanks.I like the way you think, chrono
And welcome back btw.
Congrats to everyone on the pulls. Especially xcution and that whitebeard! I've somehow restrained myself from making any pulls. Might do a couple tonight though.
Best of luck to you in your pulls. Think Coby-less thoughts.
Haha, I was right about the compensation Gem after all? Nemco Bandai, keeps being generous. I thank them for it.
Wow, congrats! Seriously, that's insane.
Also, I'm jealous as hell.
But congrats! I mean that.
Congrats to you too! Law is great.
Thanks.
Best of luck to you in your pulls. Think Coby-less thoughts.
Haha, I was right about the compensation Gem after all? Nemco Bandai, keeps being generous. I thank them for it.
Thank you and everyone else. I was here thinking loke damn i took all th good pulls from someone. I am not pulling for like 2 months since I used all my luck today.
I was screaming like a little fan girl and running around the house. My wife looked at me like i was on crack lol
Edit: damn it I love this freaking team!!! Thank you Baby Jesus!
realalbedo
Banned
Pulled two times. Got base Usopp and Baloon Luffy(didnt have 3rd gear, so its great). Also, evolved Nico Robin.
You are an XP grinding machine. I am in awe.
Grats now evolve that luffy so we can use each other. Kinky i know, lol.
Lol thanks. There are people with way more Plvl and exp chars than me. I just need Rayleigh now and nico robin so i can start building more teams. I got towel nami to 60+ and got vista so will soon have a good int team.
Wow. Finally eh? XD
You have no freaking idea. I was just saying please WB the entire time. I was about to cry lmfao
william_557
Member
Why oh why do i always buy those extra gems to try once more
Damn you miss valentine and sanji!!!
Damn you miss valentine and sanji!!!
And here I am panicking about how I should level up my Law to level 70 <.<
Congrats!
Lol naw man you got this. It takes me time I am just a hoarder lol.
So, I pulled again and with my last pull I got Jozu. And with that I think I have every good blue char (except for Mr Prince).
But I don't really know which char should be in my team. Jozu seems kind of useless (?) with all the other chars.
Ace
Hina
Killer
Miss Valentine / Kuro / Tashigi / Jozu / Sanji DJ
Usopp
But I don't really know which char should be in my team. Jozu seems kind of useless (?) with all the other chars.
Ace
Hina
Killer
Miss Valentine / Kuro / Tashigi / Jozu / Sanji DJ
Usopp
I think most people will learn to love the tank leaders once we get more difficult content. Vista, Jozu, Garp led teams with around around 50-60k HP are amazing.
I still need to figure out a QCK team in time for MC. My setup right now is:
Unevolved Killer lvl 20
Unevolved Kuro 10
Evolved Miss Valentine 24
Jozu 11
God Usopp
I can also switch in Hina but she's unevolved as well. I don't think I'll have enough time to level teem up to be a decent team.
Unevolved Killer lvl 20
Unevolved Kuro 10
Evolved Miss Valentine 24
Jozu 11
God Usopp
I can also switch in Hina but she's unevolved as well. I don't think I'll have enough time to level teem up to be a decent team.
Congrats everyone on your pulls.
I didn't want to pull at first, but had around 120+ gems. So i thought 4 pulls aren't that bad. Will have around 150 gems again as soon as rayleigh strikes.
1) V2 Sanji evolved (ok... Didn't have v2 Sanji)
2) Ballon Luffy! (yeah! G3 incoming!)
3) Mr.2 evolved (nice! Used 10 skillbooks and max!)
4) Hachi (ok, time to stop, also used him on hachi.. Skill lvl up - still useless xD)
So all in all im pretty happy. 3 decent pulls. Now waiting for Rayleigh!
I didn't want to pull at first, but had around 120+ gems. So i thought 4 pulls aren't that bad. Will have around 150 gems again as soon as rayleigh strikes.
1) V2 Sanji evolved (ok... Didn't have v2 Sanji)
2) Ballon Luffy! (yeah! G3 incoming!)
3) Mr.2 evolved (nice! Used 10 skillbooks and max!)
4) Hachi (ok, time to stop, also used him on hachi.. Skill lvl up - still useless xD)
So all in all im pretty happy. 3 decent pulls. Now waiting for Rayleigh!
Gratz on white beard Xcution!
I'm hoping to get me Ace before QCK event ends.
Thanks Wazzy I will be crossing my fingers for you.
My setup for Monster Chopper is probably going to be:
Killer / Killer
Hina. / Sanji
Aldiva / Ussop
Leveling up 2 QCK units at the same time isn't optimal though.
Congratulations for getting that dude. Your team looks totally awesome, just wow.
You have mihawk skill maxed as well, right?
Killer / Killer
Hina. / Sanji
Aldiva / Ussop
Leveling up 2 QCK units at the same time isn't optimal though.
Congratulations for getting that dude. Your team looks totally awesome, just wow.
You have mihawk skill maxed as well, right?