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Puzzle & Dragons |OT| Pokemon + Bejeweled + Dungeon RPG on iOS/Android
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Cosmo Clock 21
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Japanese version of PAD, duh. There's gonna be some kind of Godfest (they haven't revealed which) on Valentine's Day.
Got em both. Got a Sapphlit too..
Haha I had the same thing happen almost killed him but nope.
LOL at the 13 x light team Oo .. all I need is a Zeus /sigh
I might try building a healer team now I have a Valkyrie though.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
No luck on Expert Dragon Guardian yet. 3 clears of it. Hopefully I'll get a drop soon.
MMBosstones86
Member
I've got GED up. 390,030,292
So I just ran the Emerald dungeon twice (I have 48 max stamina).
So quick question - I got 3 Kings, 1 medium and a few smalls (that I used for pengdras).
Should I level my GED like mad or keep the kings to make an ADK? I have 2 stone knights, one of which is max level already, so I figured one way to go about things was to evolve him (I need a few mats but nothing hard to get) and them power-level him to 70 using my kings + medium + my 4 max evolved pengdras (I don't think I'd reach max level but I would go pretty high!) or should I just add a bunch of XP on my GED? I loooooove my GED, but I think that getting a good ADK would probably be a good bet...
Also, the only lil' dragon I'm missing is the red one - I have a GED, a Holy Dragon, one lil 'blue that needs to evolve and a Dark Dragon. You can pretty much only get the lil dragons through PAL pulls right? I have a Tyrannos but I find him to be lackluster, and his skills are kinda crap.
So quick question - I got 3 Kings, 1 medium and a few smalls (that I used for pengdras).
Should I level my GED like mad or keep the kings to make an ADK? I have 2 stone knights, one of which is max level already, so I figured one way to go about things was to evolve him (I need a few mats but nothing hard to get) and them power-level him to 70 using my kings + medium + my 4 max evolved pengdras (I don't think I'd reach max level but I would go pretty high!) or should I just add a bunch of XP on my GED? I loooooove my GED, but I think that getting a good ADK would probably be a good bet...
Also, the only lil' dragon I'm missing is the red one - I have a GED, a Holy Dragon, one lil 'blue that needs to evolve and a Dark Dragon. You can pretty much only get the lil dragons through PAL pulls right? I have a Tyrannos but I find him to be lackluster, and his skills are kinda crap.
MMBosstones86
Member
depends on the rest of your lineup, but I'd go ADK. Then you can level up the rest of your dragons
I'd suggest getting the ADK asap. You have a bunch of dragons you can use in the 2 xADK team. If you ever get a Chaos Dragon Knight you have the makings of the cookie cutter Green/Dark ADK team.
Thinking about trying rainbow keeper for the first time tomorrow. I have a dark ripper and my light ripper should be ready by then so that will help with the damage. I'd like to use an Odin helper to speed things up further but I don't have an auto healer to go along with him. My mandrake needs a green divine mask to evolve, is it at all feasible to farm one by tomorrow in Fertile Lands or Gate to Hell? Or does it maybe have a better drop rate in the ADK dungeon?
The other option is to just get a blue ogre and use a siren helper. What do you think?
The other option is to just get a blue ogre and use a siren helper. What do you think?
Yeah, that's what I figured.
And Chaos Dragon Knight? I have 4 Mystic Dark Knights, I think I can manage to get a Chaos Dragon Knight or two
What's the cookie cutter Green/Dark ADK team? ADKx2 + GED + CDKx2? Do I need a dark Dragon in there too?
MMBosstones86
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Yeah, that's what I figured.
And Chaos Dragon Knight? I have 4 Mystic Dark Knights, I think I can manage to get a Chaos Dragon Knight or two
What's the cookie cutter Green/Dark ADK team? ADKx2 + GED + CDKx2? Do I need a dark Dragon in there too?
ADK + CDK + 3 Green/Black Dragons + Friends ADK/CDK I Think. More Dragons the better.
FWIW, I have run Fertile Lands about 30-40 times (farming Pendgas) and have never had a divine mask drop. Seen them quite a few times, though.
Resolve + Healer is probably the best option for the Expert keeper dungeon. Just be careful in the early rounds as the knights can screw you up if they are on the same timer.
the_log_ride
Member
Decided not to pull during the God event. I rolled decent on my alts, though. Downside was that it basically took the whole day before I landed something I felt was good enough to go with. I think I'll hold off on pulls until after we get an update, whenever the hell that may be.
I feel I've got a decent roster of monsters now. I'm really glad I rolled a baby valk with some stones I had saved up during this Lunar New Year promotion. With a little more time, I'll have a Valk 6.25 team going. I just need a Lilith, and I'll be straight with that. I'm still missing the Lil' Blue dragon, but the rest of them are SO close to max level, and I have all the evo materials farmed up. Great timing with this ADK dungeon because I need one badly.
Damn, I'm hyped for an update.
I feel I've got a decent roster of monsters now. I'm really glad I rolled a baby valk with some stones I had saved up during this Lunar New Year promotion. With a little more time, I'll have a Valk 6.25 team going. I just need a Lilith, and I'll be straight with that. I'm still missing the Lil' Blue dragon, but the rest of them are SO close to max level, and I have all the evo materials farmed up. Great timing with this ADK dungeon because I need one badly.
Damn, I'm hyped for an update.
MMBosstones86
Member
speaking of....is there any rumors of a US update anytime soon? Seems we are pretty behind
Yeah, I guess I'll have to go with resolve. It just seems like Odin + Healer would be a lot safer in the early rounds and just as safe for the boss rounds, but much faster.
Zippedpinhead
Member
OK this mystic stone knight dungeon is really out for me. I have run the expert dungeon 8 or 9 times today so far, plenty of knights showing up in the dungeon before the dragon knight boss, and no drops.
At least I already have an ADK, but it is frustrating in how unlucky I have been the last few days.
At least I already have an ADK, but it is frustrating in how unlucky I have been the last few days.
I might be jaded because I have played so many Korean/Chinese freemium games in my lifetime, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Maybe GungHo will be different.
I run a siren leader with and ADK friend and fly right through it. You have to be able to burn the knights quickly and have enough to auto heal the bosses. The knights I would think are the hardest part if you don't have the damage.
the_log_ride
Member
I haven't read or heard much. Best I've seen is the usual "we are working on an update, and we are excited" pitch from GungHo US.
:\ I feel your pain, man. The egg has a chance to drop from the end bosses, right?
I think the number is wrong. I tried it twice and got a level 20 starter dragon with no friends.
Edit: Gravitron makes this dungeon really easy. First time I tried I got unlucky with all ADK being on the same timer.
Zippedpinhead
Member
It is supposed to be able to drop from the boss. Even still I have had the stone knight pop up in random battles as well, each time I get trolled from the second to last enemy to die.
cpp_is_king
Member
I put the update sometime before April. Any longer and they're going to start bleeding players. I think they're holding out because there's still a lot of monsters that people don't have from the current batch. Once more people start getting enough of the current batch of monsters, then we'll see an update.
Keep in mind that in terms of content / time on market, we'er way ahead of Japan. They didn't have as much stuff as we do currently after it had been out in Japan for 3 months.
Keep in mind that in terms of content / time on market, we'er way ahead of Japan. They didn't have as much stuff as we do currently after it had been out in Japan for 3 months.
the_log_ride
Member
That's true. Gonna hoard some stones until then.
Yessir. Happened to me twice out of the two runs I've had so far. It's still early for this one, though. Gonna save up some stamina for the Jewel Dragon dungeons. I'm bent on evolving my fire and grass rippers today.
edit: d'oh! Emerald dungeon is over already. Oh well. Fire ripper for sure, then!
darkjedi187
Member
This answered part of my question. Also does the dragon knight drop at the end?
Yes, they can drop mystic stone knight.
cpp_is_king
Member
They can also drop the evolved Mystic Stone Knight (Dragon Knight), but not the Ancient Dragon Knight. It's weird that it can drop an evolved one though, don't think I've ever seen that happen in the other dungeons, but it happened to a guy I know
Sorry, it's 393,030,292
cpp_is_king
Member
Edit: oops wrong thread
Zippedpinhead
Member
In order for a "helper" account to work, you have to continually login and play, otherwise the "helper" will not appear in your friends list.
So unless you are going to be using two different devices, having a second account is not really an easy option.
as to which of the three you should use? Shiva or Valkyrie, one of those two. Leave Lakshmi out of the discussion.
Merits of Shiva: easier to assemble "Gimmick" dungeon team, a pretty good helper God as well. Not as "in demand" as we originally thought from PAL pulls
Merits of Valkyrie: Healer team requires her (team consisting of the primary healers: Siren, Echidna, Lillith, & another Siren/Echidna/Lillith), pretty useful as well. Pal Demand unknown.
Ancient Dragon Knight, the full EVO of the Mystic Stone Knight. Currently Farmable in the Dragon Guardian dungeon. One of the best monsters you can easily attain from a dungeon. Leader skill: 2.5x attack for all Dragon type monsters
This team setup has really helped me rip through a lot of normal dungeons (went from Lava River to Tower to the Sky in one night):
Green Odin leader
Siren
Enchilada
Rainbow Keeper
xxx (Any ripper)
Toy Dragons (Dual damage reducer) helper
My HPs are around 10-11k (depending on the helper) and my RCV at about 1600-1700. You have the ability to swap orbs>hearts with Siren and the Toy Dragon. You get 50% damage reduction with 2 colors on top of Odin's 80% damage reduction. Then you get two bailout skills with Echilada's menace (which delays an enemy's attack by 3 turns) and the Rainbow Keeper's half-damage skill. Which pretty much negates any chance of losing to 4 enemies on the same timer.
With Odin's ability and the high RCV, you only need to make a single match to get your HPs back to full after single hits.
The only downside of course is that you aren't dealing a lot of damage and fights can go a bit longer. But, it's a good trade-off to almost never getting wiped out and losing stamina.
Green Odin leader
Siren
Enchilada
Rainbow Keeper
xxx (Any ripper)
Toy Dragons (Dual damage reducer) helper
My HPs are around 10-11k (depending on the helper) and my RCV at about 1600-1700. You have the ability to swap orbs>hearts with Siren and the Toy Dragon. You get 50% damage reduction with 2 colors on top of Odin's 80% damage reduction. Then you get two bailout skills with Echilada's menace (which delays an enemy's attack by 3 turns) and the Rainbow Keeper's half-damage skill. Which pretty much negates any chance of losing to 4 enemies on the same timer.
With Odin's ability and the high RCV, you only need to make a single match to get your HPs back to full after single hits.
The only downside of course is that you aren't dealing a lot of damage and fights can go a bit longer. But, it's a good trade-off to almost never getting wiped out and losing stamina.
Took 3 more pulls, since I thought my odds would be better for Valk. Ended up with Dragon Rider (3 now), Naga and Blue Dragon. Not a single Light.
I'll just save that bunch of stones and get myself through some high dungeon in a really cheap way. It will feel more rewarding than that Gacha pulling.
How many Stone Knights did everyone get today? I managed to get 6. Could be worse, but definitely going to need to step it up if I want to get those skills maxed.
I'll just save that bunch of stones and get myself through some high dungeon in a really cheap way. It will feel more rewarding than that Gacha pulling.
How many Stone Knights did everyone get today? I managed to get 6. Could be worse, but definitely going to need to step it up if I want to get those skills maxed.
cpp_is_king
Member
I got like 5, but I'm so behind on levelling that for now I'm just going to spend all my stones refilling stamina to farm pengdras and do colored dragon dungeons to level up stuff. When Dragon Guardian goes on 2x drop rate, then i'll just spam that until i'm done. i currently have 1 ADK at Lv. 4, so he only has 1 level to go, then i'll max a second one and keep him for a rainy day. But I still have Zeus, Valkyrie, Ice Mech, Light Mech, Wind Mech, Shiva, and Green Odin to level up / evolve, so really need to concentrate on that unless there's a specific 2x drop event going on for the ADK dungeon
George Claw M.D.
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Beat Expert 5 times, but only got 1 Stone Knight from the first completion. Didn't get a skill-up. My primary ADK's skill is currently at 3. I'd like to max that out as well as my second ADK's. Does anyone remember if the Light Knight dungeon ever got a 2x event?
I've spent way too much money on the god event. The only 2 gods I didn't get that I wanted were Hades and Neptune, but I can live with that. I stopped pulling when I finally got Viper Orochi. I'm done with rare pulls until GungHo adds new monsters worth pulling for. On the one hand, it sucks that I spent so much money, but on the other hand I'm relieved to no longer have that itch to do a rare pull. My wallet is safe for now. It would be nice to fill the monster book, but realizing how much I spent just to have what I currently have, that's pretty much a pipe dream.
I was also pleased to get several nice pulls from the Pal machine yesterday. Among some of the pulls were several Dublits including the Rainbow One, a Mythlit, Rainbow/Dark/Light Keepers, several Divine Masks, and a Dragon Fruit.
Side note to whoever was debating on which direction to evolve their Neptune in: I just realized that Water/Light Neptune is the only monster that has 50% damage reduction to Water/Light. On the other hand, Water/Dark reduction can also be had in the more common Drawn Joker monster. It's enough to tip it in favor of Water/Light Neptune in my personal opinion.
I've spent way too much money on the god event. The only 2 gods I didn't get that I wanted were Hades and Neptune, but I can live with that. I stopped pulling when I finally got Viper Orochi. I'm done with rare pulls until GungHo adds new monsters worth pulling for. On the one hand, it sucks that I spent so much money, but on the other hand I'm relieved to no longer have that itch to do a rare pull. My wallet is safe for now. It would be nice to fill the monster book, but realizing how much I spent just to have what I currently have, that's pretty much a pipe dream.
I was also pleased to get several nice pulls from the Pal machine yesterday. Among some of the pulls were several Dublits including the Rainbow One, a Mythlit, Rainbow/Dark/Light Keepers, several Divine Masks, and a Dragon Fruit.
Side note to whoever was debating on which direction to evolve their Neptune in: I just realized that Water/Light Neptune is the only monster that has 50% damage reduction to Water/Light. On the other hand, Water/Dark reduction can also be had in the more common Drawn Joker monster. It's enough to tip it in favor of Water/Light Neptune in my personal opinion.
cpp_is_king
Member
Try to get the bolded stuff up to at least level 35-40 of its final form before you worry about the rest of your monsters
Thanks... I got a stone knight now... Just have to level it a lot more I guess... I got lots of dragons as well... Question though... If you are building a dragon team... It is a full on attack team and how do they fair in a tougher dungeons? What I am finding is that on tougher dungeons, without elemental resist and a good healer, straight attacks do not tend to work.. May be my dragons still need a bit more levelling... I don't know.
Zippedpinhead
Member
You kill things very fast. so unless you are going into a dungeon that is opposite element (typically Fire dungeons give me difficulty) you can steamroll them without issue.
ADK teams are very, VERY efficient for farming Pengdras. Since you are leveling dragons for this team, you are also leveling up your own resist dragons for those more difficult technicals.
I run ADK, Siren, a Mechdragon, a Ripper dragon, and a lower cost dragon (either D'spinas to match with Chaos Devil dragon, or Pteras to match with Holy Lightening dragon and Noble Mechdragon) I don't have quite the Team cost to run multiple Mech dragons yet. I use the helper leader spot for either a resist dragon (for fire dungeons) or another ADK.
The Siren helps keep me healed because she has a couple of skill ups, and ADK have a pretty decent RCV for a dragon.
darkjedi187
Member
Finally got a mystic stone knight. Gonna take some work but I will eventually have a adk.
Thanks for the advice!!
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