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Puzzle & Dragons |OT| Pokemon + Bejeweled + Dungeon RPG on iOS/Android
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Septimus Prime
Member
How do you guys go about leveling up your light monsters? Do you just dump in other colors or wait for gold dragon and pendra dungeons?
George Claw M.D.
Member
I utilize Light Pengdras during the rare times they come around, but by far the majority of exp come from off-color Pengdras and Dragons. I also feed random Light monsters that drop, but only up to a point where the gold costs start to outweigh the exp gain. As for King and High Gold Dragons, I don't bother feeding them for exp. It's far more efficient to sell them. I once got 3 Gold Kings in a single run. That's almost 1 million gold in just 1 run.
burntchomsky
Member
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Android really needs to get cards, gah.
the_log_ride
Member
Woo hoo! Poring Tower for more than just a day!
GungHo Facebook Page said:
George Claw M.D.
Member
Aww yeah! Glad I grabbed an extra Berserker, Highlander, and Valkyrie before then. I wonder if they'll include the monster to skill-up Kagutsuchi this time.
the_log_ride
Member
Debating whether I should spring for more box space to hold onto all the crap I'll be farming up, or just screw it and attempt for skill-ups without the x2 modifier in effect.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Of course they had to drop this on us today, after I gave up on getting a Highlander
Septimus Prime
Member
It's possible that they tune the drop rate to be extra low and/or don't give us a Skill Up x2 event, so we'd fill our boxes.
I have 10 mystic flame knights so far that I'm holding for a 2x skillup event and I also need to skillup Cu Chulain and Siegfried. Space may be a problem.
George Claw M.D.
Member
Oh. That's a good point actually. Those Poring feeders provide 15,000exp to the same element.
Welp, I'm in the same boat. Many regrets.
Zippedpinhead
Member
Poring tower for two weeks? I might use my fire knights to try and get that last skill on Homura so that I have room... Definitely got to max skill valk, seig, and chu chu... Maybe Lilith if lots of that poring drop.
What else other than those four drop from those dungeons?
What else other than those four drop from those dungeons?
the_log_ride
Member
Skill-up for golems, and kagu iirc.
George Claw M.D.
Member
Has anyone gotten an Angeling(Kagutsuchi skill-up) from the first Poring appearance? I don't know how many runs I did, but I did enough to max skill Cu Chu, Siegfried, and Valkyrie (I didn't bother with Lilith), and I didn't see a single Angeling.
Septimus Prime
Member
The one for Kagu is pretty rare, though. I've not seen it.
Zippedpinhead
Member
Fed a fire knight by accident to homura... Got my last skill up.
What the hell am I going to do with nine mystic fire knights?
What the hell am I going to do with nine mystic fire knights?
MMBosstones86
Member
We aren't getting a 2x event anytime soon, are we? I'm sitting on 10 knights, 6 big baddies, and about 8 gold pengdras. ugh
Septimus Prime
Member
Why sit on the pengdras?
George Claw M.D.
Member
You only needed a single skillup and farmed 10 feeders? I guess you can skillup a second Homura. That's what I do once I have a max skilled orb changer. Start working on a second one.
George Claw M.D.
Member
Gold Dragons rarely come around. So you either have to wait for them or feed the unevolved Light Pengdras for only a measly 9000exp each instead of 45K each.
GungHo giving players an incentive to expand to that new 600 box limit!
Zippedpinhead
Member
Originally I needed two skill ups, so I farmed 7 and fed 2. Got a skill up.
Today I got lucky and got five more. And the rest is as I said.
I might try feeding all of the rest into another. I've already got a pretty decent red team though.
I'm 100% thinking they tune the drop rates. I haven't gotten one mystic flame knight drop in the entire time it's been up. I haven't even seen one outside of the last stage.
If this is the case then they do it per-person, because I am cleaning up. Averaging 1 knight per 4-5 runs at this point.
That's not AMAZING, but it's a shit ton better than what I usually see.
atlantaguy
Member
I'm not so sure they tune the drop rates. It may feel like that if you aren't spending stone to run it. I don't know about you, but when the knight dungeons came down in the past I would spend a stone or two to refill stamina and run it a bunch. If you are only using natural stamina, that may be why it feels worse.
Add to that the fact that the drop rates on these knight dungeons are shit anyways. It took me three events to max my ADK and CDK. I probably won't be that patient next time they come around. I'm anxious to build a really good Zaerog team.
Add to that the fact that the drop rates on these knight dungeons are shit anyways. It took me three events to max my ADK and CDK. I probably won't be that patient next time they come around. I'm anxious to build a really good Zaerog team.
MMBosstones86
Member
It's hard to bitch about the drop rates when the dungeon is around for 2 weeks. I have 8 stored up so far.
I've run all of these enough to know what to expect. I'm over 15 runs without a drop now. But I agree it's probably just awful luck if others are having good luck. This is the first knight dungeon they put up for an extended period of time. Made sense to me that they might tune it down.
George Claw M.D.
Member
Yeah. I haven't spent a single stone this week, other than to expand my box space after the update. I have 7 Knights so far. I really prefer these extended special dungeon schedules, and they usually end in a 2x event for people who need that last chance to get that drop or skill-up. Heck just that single 2x day would be good enough for me. The first time the Naga dungeon came around, I max-skilled 3 Echidnas in that single day without any drop rate bonuses. I'm never doing that again.
Yeah. RNG gonna RNG. I think I went like 9 runs without a drop, then I got a run with 2 drops and a separate +egg, followed by another run with a drop.
Zippedpinhead
Member
Ok 2/3 to max skil my existing homura.
I went 0/8 on trying to get any skill-ups on another mystic knight. Well I'm ready for poring, might try farming ocean of heaven this weekend.
I went 0/8 on trying to get any skill-ups on another mystic knight. Well I'm ready for poring, might try farming ocean of heaven this weekend.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Fuck I am having the worst writer's block for the new OT. All I got so far is an outline:
I need a new subtitle too, but all I can think of are bleakly pessimistic ones mostly sourced from old quotes in the thread:
Puzzle & Dragons |OT2| Sayonara fifty stamina
Puzzle & Dragons |OT2| Well that was a bad idea.
Puzzle & Dragons |OT2| You can have it all... for a small price
Code:
PUZZ TO THE DRA
Current Events
Information & Links
- Official links
- Useful websites
- Helpful utilities
+ GAF Friendslist
- Downloading/ Installing the game
About
- Puzzle
- Dragons
-- Leaders
- Friends
Extended Tutorial
- The in-game tutorial barely encompasses what you can do so here it is
- Tutorial Roll
-- magic stone uses/non-IAP/why/why not reroll
-- what makes a good starter
-- tier list
- How to reroll, maybe wait for godfest to reroll
- Menu Walkthrough
-- EXP/stamina/rankup
-- Special dungeons cause they often have special gimmicks, waste of stamina for brand new players
-- Monster page info: types, stats, skill level, etc
-- Edit team, team cost
-- Fusion a product of monster type and level; random great/super for extra exp
-- Evolution, transparent/translucent/opaque. Gain new leader skill, lose skill level iff
-- PAL/REM rolls, event PAL stuff, PAL ususlaly gives shit, wait till godfest
-- Friends, LV20 gift
Post 2
Beginners primer
- #1 goal: Pass COS
- Orb management 101 (being able to move orb anywhere super strategic)
- Team Building 101
- Good monsters to friend (Ama, Siren, Odin, Orochi
- Where to farm (material)
Experts Primer
- Pengdra cycle, metal dragons
- Important farmable monsters
- Cultivating friends
- + eggs, busty evolution
- Advanced orbing
- IAP Team
- Team Archetypes
Post 3?
The Rare Egg Machine
Glossary?I need a new subtitle too, but all I can think of are bleakly pessimistic ones mostly sourced from old quotes in the thread:
Puzzle & Dragons |OT2| Sayonara fifty stamina
Puzzle & Dragons |OT2| Well that was a bad idea.
Puzzle & Dragons |OT2| You can have it all... for a small price
atlantaguy
Member
Puzzle & Dragons |OT2| Dat RNG...
Dreamgazer
Member
So pretty much late game is all just about special dungeons?
Normal/Technical seems like it's only good for farming materials/magic stones and I'm not sure if it's worth spending stamina to go further.
(Running 16x teams up to Rhea-Themis Temple for normal and Shrine of Green Water for technical.)
Normal/Technical seems like it's only good for farming materials/magic stones and I'm not sure if it's worth spending stamina to go further.
(Running 16x teams up to Rhea-Themis Temple for normal and Shrine of Green Water for technical.)
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
GungHo recently actually dungeons where the bosses actually drop: Heavy Metal Dragon for Normal Dungeons and the Magic Ore Dragons for Technicals. NA hasn't gotten the latter yet but probably will late August. But yeah setting up teams to beat new Special and Descended Dungeons become the main draw of the end game.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
This made me laugh out loud. I've said this SO many times.
But there is the classic: Puzzle & Dragons |OT2| GungTrolled
Hellraider
Member
Damn my early game is nowhere as exciting as what you all guys are playing!
Anyways, got a +1 flamie, what do I do with it?And generally with + ones.
Anyways, got a +1 flamie, what do I do with it?And generally with + ones.
Hallelujah! Gotta max out Siegfried and Valkyrie. Really wish I had picked up a second Valk the last time it was around. Can't complain too much though just glad to see it staying for 2 weeks.
the_log_ride
Member
Puzzle & Dragons |OT2| Stockholm Syndrome: The Mobile Game!
Puzzle & Dragons |OT2| The RNG has you
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
The key is that you never take a hit. The 16x damage boost gives you the opportunity to burst down the boss before it ever takes a turn. Which is why Echidna/Orochi are so important to glass cannon teams.
EDIT: Official event announcement
BetaTester
Neo Member
Is it possible to take on some of the more difficult dungeons with Horus and just a team of non-REM monsters? I don't want spend money.
If you have the right mix of monsters with high stats, I don't see why you can't at least take on hera. Would probably be safer to go odin/healer route.
My plan for the event is to farm hera and some goemon, pick up a zeus in case I want to feed my +189ish Zeus to a new God, and save stones hopefully for a Chinese God/metatron/egyptian god.
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