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Puzzle & Dragons |OT3| Come for the rolls, stay for the trolls
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Whitelines
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George Claw M.D.
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I don't keep up with the meta game much nowadays. What's so good about Starling that people are willing to raise max level dupes just for skillups?
HundredEyeMonk
Member
So I have been trying to figure out what I should be doing as far as selling and/or fusing...
I haven't cleared Castle of Satan yet (new player), but is this the advice I should be doing?
http://guide.padherder.com/The_Pengdra_Cycle
Keep a select few of monsters if they drop (i.e, the Vampire that I got). I have been using this guide: http://guide.padherder.com/New_Play..._use_to_fill_out_my_team_in_the_early_game.3F
It is a bit overwhelming. I have been having fun with the Bastet I rolled as my starter leader.. I enjoy trying to get the 4+ combos for the extra damage.
I haven't cleared Castle of Satan yet (new player), but is this the advice I should be doing?
http://guide.padherder.com/The_Pengdra_Cycle
Keep a select few of monsters if they drop (i.e, the Vampire that I got). I have been using this guide: http://guide.padherder.com/New_Play..._use_to_fill_out_my_team_in_the_early_game.3F
It is a bit overwhelming. I have been having fun with the Bastet I rolled as my starter leader.. I enjoy trying to get the 4+ combos for the extra damage.
Her new ultimate is more or less a mini chinese god, so the leaderskill is somewhat attractive to people who have been unlucky with getting a spike-ish leader from the REM (water + water + wood combo = 3.5x damage).
Her new active (light + heart -> water + wood and 2 additional sec of orb movement time for one turn) is good for a few specific teams, two of which I actively run (Karin and Durga)
More than that though, she is a blue/green with a god subtype, which is a relatively uncommon pairing. It makes her quite good for a team like Durga god team, where filling the blue and green spots can be tough. Really the only good options are Lakshmi or Ult Starling. She's also got relatively attractive awakenings and good stats (~750 weighted).
So ultimately, I don't think that she is awesome for a lot of teams, she just happens to be awesome for a few teams that I run often, which is why I'm willing to invest in her.
George Claw M.D.
Member
Okay. Thanks for the explanation.
The Good:
Reached Rank 101 - feels good to be above 99 now. Next big step will probably be Rank 120 i guess - which will take a while, still nice.
The Bad:
Just realized that only the Ult Evo of Kushi is a healer, kinda thought the normal Evo was already God/Healer -.-
I really like Yomi and i will probably invest in her Awakenings to get more time to place orbs. But it kinda feels like cheating using CTW - kinda weird. I like it because you can enter the boss comfortably if you didnt used it before but its somehow cheap...
Havent really focused on skilling up a skill, but i just saw that some units with CTW can be farmed on the current event dungeon. But wow the process seems like torture, i feel for anyone who is trying to max some of those skills. 40% drop rate for ECO Tiny and even if you get him the chance to skill up is like 1/10 or 2/10 - thats messed up lol.
Tried King Carnival with my U&Y yesterday and got wrecked because i didnt wanna use skills/stall for my skills....was too greedy :-/ In Hindsight i should have just orbed.
Really need to get me some Green Mystic Knight orb changers and Siren - but the drop rate is abysmal.
Didnt know you can evo Baby Ts to full Tamadaras -.-
Reached Rank 101 - feels good to be above 99 now. Next big step will probably be Rank 120 i guess - which will take a while, still nice.
The Bad:
Just realized that only the Ult Evo of Kushi is a healer, kinda thought the normal Evo was already God/Healer -.-
I really like Yomi and i will probably invest in her Awakenings to get more time to place orbs. But it kinda feels like cheating using CTW - kinda weird. I like it because you can enter the boss comfortably if you didnt used it before but its somehow cheap...
Havent really focused on skilling up a skill, but i just saw that some units with CTW can be farmed on the current event dungeon. But wow the process seems like torture, i feel for anyone who is trying to max some of those skills. 40% drop rate for ECO Tiny and even if you get him the chance to skill up is like 1/10 or 2/10 - thats messed up lol.
Tried King Carnival with my U&Y yesterday and got wrecked because i didnt wanna use skills/stall for my skills....was too greedy :-/ In Hindsight i should have just orbed.
Really need to get me some Green Mystic Knight orb changers and Siren - but the drop rate is abysmal.
Didnt know you can evo Baby Ts to full Tamadaras -.-
Some of the info are outdated, some are still valid. Getting your stamina to 100 is still a good advice so you make that your top priority. Most of the event days you will see Super Dragons and with 5 mins refresh you can run it 3 to 4 times with 100 stamina.
Pengdra isn't really worth your time right now but they will do away the metal dragon requirement in the near future which will make farming them viable again.
Since you already have a great lead you might want to use your stones for box space or stamina refresh (once you reached 100) instead of rolling the REM. Your leader is also good for weekend dungeon farming which will allow you to accumulate gold and buy coin dungeons. Why coin dungeons? Because the dungeons with some of the essential farmable subs, in particular Naga and the Mystic Knights, can be bought at 500K a pop. They all have 40% drop rates at the new master level. You should absolutely get a Naga if you haven't done so and maybe try to skill her up a little bit. Her dungeon will be available for 2 weeks starting tomorrow.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
ECO Tiny is 100% drop on highest difficulty, so slightly less of a pain. Thought my Yomi was max skilled but I guess that's only on JP so I'll have to work on him this week between chaser mat farming.
Siren shares the same active skill as Marine Goblins so she's pretty easy to skill up. MSK has himself a dedicated survey dungeon so whenever that comes around you should farm it.
The Good:
Green Mystic Knight dungeon comes tomorrow too. 500K for an hour at 40% drop rate.
Yeah, it seems like skill up for these skills is something that i shouldnt bother with right now. My limited resources are probably better spend on basic stuffs. The highest diff, seems like a challenge right now on top of the 40 stamina costs, for the 10/20% chance of a skill up probably not worth for me.
With my U&Y team i really have problems when Green enemies show up, same with GZL when fire units show up, though at least with GZL dark 2x TPA takes care of standard fire enemies.
Looking forward to Siren, will make my U&Y Healer team more flexible. Because the delay/defense skills of SunQuan/Yomi and Kushi feel like an overkill.
Oh yes - amazing news thanks for the heads up. So i guess the Survey stages you always have to pay for in coins ?
Well they used to appear normally once a couple months but with coin dungeons you will see them very rarely if ever again. Honestly expert level at 2x drop is better than the new master level and since you never get 2x drops with coin dungeons it's not all good news.
Little Green Yoda
Member
Hopefully, the appearance of the mystic fire knight survey dungeon last week means those are still in the rotation as special (non-coin) dungeons. That dungeon was available in the 1st coin dungeon rotation, right?
HundredEyeMonk
Member
Thanks for the info. That is what I did actually- I have been buying box space. I just am nervous to sell things because I am not sure what is worth keeping and what isn't.
thanks again.
Sasuke, don't be afraid of the eco collab. I've admitted that I'm a sucky player, but I was able to breeze through this dungeon. Everyone except for two bosses have turn counters of greater than 1, which makes stalling and getting rid of those fire and heart orbs really easy.
I've already gotten a skill up for Yomi. Only five more to go
I've already gotten a skill up for Yomi. Only five more to go
Hmm okay, just hope I get one tomorrow. So 500k and it'll be up only for one hour, seems like it would be best to to somehow try it between a rank up for a 2nd and 3rd try of you don't get it asap.
Thanks to Kushi and friend leaders I made like 2 million this weekend.
Thanks, guess I'll give it a go of I have time and stamina.Sasuke, don't be afraid of the eco collab. I've admitted that I'm a sucky player, but I was able to breeze through this dungeon. Everyone except for two bosses have turn counters of greater than 1, which makes stalling and getting rid of those fire and heart orbs really easy.
I've already gotten a skill up for Yomi. Only five more to go
Did you use GZL or U&Y for the Dungeon? Tomorrow I'll focus on getting Green Mystic Knight and Wednesday I'll be mask hunting again. Thursday and Friday I'll try my luck with Eco I guess.
So, I ended up using U&Y by accident. I selected eco intending to use GZL, but then I saw a gaffer with a 297 U&Y and thought that I should have another go at Satan...but I forgot to actually switch dungeons, so I ended up doing the collab. Lol.
Oh well, I was able to get Satan last night. Tried to get another this morning, but I switched ama with siren and got a genbu invade on the second round and got crushed.
EDIT 2x skill up ends tomorrow though. The, it feels like there should be another event soon anyway
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
<Unknown_PC> New GungHo collab mobs, xmas dungeon and REM cards
<Unknown_PC> art just pushed to NA client
<Unknown_PC> art just pushed to NA client
atlantaguy
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I think my next project will be a D/L Fagan team. I don't really have any leaders that can make good use of Kagutsuchi, and he seems like the best option. It's a LONG way off for me (I haven't even unlocked Fagan's dungeon yet), but I find that I enjoy this game the most when I have a clear, long term goal in mind.
Wooohooo!
Time to farm some team challenges
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
lower case letters for the minis lol
tiltnkirby
Member
My 7 rolls are ready.
So before spending the coins on Dragon Guardian, what would be the best way to tackle the Dungeon? With 67 stamina I could go for 1x expert run. Also the Dungeon stamina information I found seem wrong... Novice, Int, Expert seem to cost 15 stamina while Master costs 40...is this right?
With 67 stamina and a possible rank up I'm trying to figure out which Dungeon difficulty would be optimal, considering the possible attempts and drop chance. Any suggestions from experience?
With 67 stamina and a possible rank up I'm trying to figure out which Dungeon difficulty would be optimal, considering the possible attempts and drop chance. Any suggestions from experience?
Well you could go 40+15+15 but I think it's better to wait until you have at least 69 stamina, then you could go 40+40 since you will get 11 stamina back before the dungeon expires.
I think I'll go for two 40+15+15 attempts if i can rank up after the first one. Just hope that my friends will have their GZL leader ups so that I can get through it fast and get it done in an hour.
Edit:
Well I first need to figure out how much exp the dungeons exactly give.
http://pad.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Guardian
Is this information up to date? Master difficulty is missing here. And on PaD Guide it says that Master gives 0 exp.
Edit:
Well I first need to figure out how much exp the dungeons exactly give.
http://pad.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Guardian
Is this information up to date? Master difficulty is missing here. And on PaD Guide it says that Master gives 0 exp.
CountAntonius
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The English wiki hasn't been updating for a while. PuzzleDragonX is much better.
http://www.puzzledragonx.com/en/mission.asp?m=1049
http://www.puzzledragonx.com/en/mission.asp?m=1049
(0/10 on yomi,)
question: so the rates on the normal versions of the gods are 4x and the cute little ones are only 1x rates for the first showing?
if true, this implies they are coming into normal rotation and you will get seriously trolled trying to specifically roll one.
(I'm looking at you little valk with three tpa.)
question: so the rates on the normal versions of the gods are 4x and the cute little ones are only 1x rates for the first showing?
if true, this implies they are coming into normal rotation and you will get seriously trolled trying to specifically roll one.
(I'm looking at you little valk with three tpa.)
The most common pulls are the mini chinese gods. I got all 5 after seven pulls. After that it is just pure luck hoping for a gold egg. My other two pulls were a dupe and valkyrie!!
She is so strong! Even though my Valk is only level 30 she is stronger than Light Carly when matching four orbs.
If you do get her, enjoy!!
She is so strong! Even though my Valk is only level 30 she is stronger than Light Carly when matching four orbs.
If you do get her, enjoy!!
What did I miss? We can farm snow globes?
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Present Eggs can appear and drop in Christmas Dungeon. The Floor 6 Noel Dragon can supposedly drop too but the rate is abysmal.
So i got the Mystic Knight - yes !!
Dropped on Expert from a pre-boss unit.
But in the 4-5 rounds i played, i dont think i have ever gotten worse orbs for playing GZL - this felt kinda shady, the low amount of dark/green orbs was surprising. Well nvm time to lvl up that guide...and of course he also needs a Mystic Mask and to evolve to his 5* form.
Dropped on Expert from a pre-boss unit.
But in the 4-5 rounds i played, i dont think i have ever gotten worse orbs for playing GZL - this felt kinda shady, the low amount of dark/green orbs was surprising. Well nvm time to lvl up that guide...and of course he also needs a Mystic Mask and to evolve to his 5* form.
Ah ok, I thought it was going to be a permanent dungeon. That's pretty cool.
Definitely going to skip the Christmas REM. For once I'm spoiled and have pretty much all of the drops.
Nope, here's a list of dungeons appeared in coin shop before today:
So we have 13 new dungeons in this rotation.
atlantaguy
Member
Fed the last of my chasers and Meimei is stuck at skill level 5. I should have picked up a few more on Sunday.
Awesome, thanks! More free stones. Did you pull that list from somewhere?
No, I'm just keeping track of what I've cleared on a spreadsheet until they give us the update.
I can see now why some people just go for a Dark team - just reached Temple of Trailokya (Technical) and the enemy affinity is all over the place xD
Fire units sucks with GZL and i hate green foes when using U&Y - well its still manageable .But i need to unlock 2nd Elements on Kushi/Artemis etc.
Fire units sucks with GZL and i hate green foes when using U&Y - well its still manageable .But i need to unlock 2nd Elements on Kushi/Artemis etc.
atlantaguy
Member
I took my GZL team on an inaugural run through KotG and it went wonderfully. Thought I was screwed when I healed over the limit before Tiamat but apparently I had the HP to tank the hit.
Not sure it's gonna replace LZL for the mindless farming, but it's a nice option to have to mix it up a bit.
Not sure it's gonna replace LZL for the mindless farming, but it's a nice option to have to mix it up a bit.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
i got a thing in the mail today
https://twitter.com/_yatagarasu/status/545053122562101248
edit: also red pirate (chiyome) and red fairy (yamato) confirmed for next survey dungeon
https://twitter.com/_yatagarasu/status/545053122562101248
edit: also red pirate (chiyome) and red fairy (yamato) confirmed for next survey dungeon