Don't post here much, but I was having the same issues since I don't have rodin or ra. I never thought about pairing with a rodin. Paired Shiva Dragon with one and got in the top thirty percent. I had to stall since the rodin wasn't max skilled, so if I see one up max skilled I can probably improve that. Thanks for the idea.
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Puzzle & Dragons |OT4| Co-op Edition: Stoning With Friends
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Don't post here much, but I was having the same issues since I don't have rodin or ra. I never thought about pairing with a rodin. Paired Shiva Dragon with one and got in the top thirty percent. I had to stall since the rodin wasn't max skilled, so if I see one up max skilled I can probably improve that. Thanks for the idea.
Got about the same with yomidra.
Had 2 slip ups (forgot to change to having no skill pop up, also didnt one shot Noah (missed plussed orb) but I was around the same score. May try once more.
I found ShivDra/Rodin pairing is almost as fast and makes the 15k preempts much easier to handle. Still have to heal back up, so Yamato or Uriel are good subs. Rodin's 4+ orb attack buff makes him less useless now. Other ways to handle it are running permanent shields, aka dual Dark Izanami or using light resist leads like Minerva.
I haven't had much luck with coop, mostly because I don't often have time to sit and play for extended periods outside very late at night or weekends. I hope they refine the system further in the stream, there's still a lot of unnecessary problems. Having both players spend stamina instead of just the host really limits how much people are willing to experiment or attempt harder dungeons, especially between unfamiliar partners. And there needs to be some attempt at matchmaking, using secondary sources is frustrating. I'm curious how the removal of room numbers between friends will work as well.
I can't say I'm confident GungHo can or will fix these issues or any others I've had lately. Their development of the actual game itself is haphazard at best, but maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised this time. My expectations are really low after the last few weeks of barely any news.
I still haven't done a single co-op run either. Just clearing all the alt dungeons and the lower difficulties of the rush and farm the descends for skill ups.
After reading how hard it is to get Dark Shibamaru to drop, I think I will just take it easy and only run the dog dungeon during 1.5x or 2x days without stoning. I have 15 badpy in storage anyway.
BTW 10x descend is back next event.
After reading how hard it is to get Dark Shibamaru to drop, I think I will just take it easy and only run the dog dungeon during 1.5x or 2x days without stoning. I have 15 badpy in storage anyway.
BTW 10x descend is back next event.
Yeah I read that and was coming here to post it.
Pretty exciting. Going to finish okuni, and valk and hopefully luci.
Would have my first fully plussed team, but it isn't entirely ideal. I kind of want to plus Pandora as well for when her awoken comes out and I could run that.
George Claw M.D.
Member
Happy for 10x but we still can't get 3x skillups? Anyways guess I'll be speed-farming coin dungeon Goemon again.
Hell I'm just glad NA didn't revert back to 2x skill up rates again.
4x rates sounds good. Will consider skilling Grisar or finishing Scarlet. Also hope skill up switch is after Tuesday so I can max an Australis (or two) before they go to green PreDras. Sad I'll miss watching the stream live, have to be up early the next morning.
4x rates sounds good. Will consider skilling Grisar or finishing Scarlet. Also hope skill up switch is after Tuesday so I can max an Australis (or two) before they go to green PreDras. Sad I'll miss watching the stream live, have to be up early the next morning.
George Claw M.D.
Member
Didn't even know JP already getting 4x skillups. Makes still not getting 3x feel even worse. Speaking of Australis, I maxed my first with Green Masks, but didn't know if I should bother with my second. Is she considered really good to have 2 of? The rows don't seem as useful as Eschamali's OEs, but the active is still good.
Also regarding the colored PreDras, are they guaranteed skillups? Because it seems like a risky feed if not. 500mp may be the better deal.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Of course not. Sell them for MP instead
I'm not really familiar with any team that uses one Australis, let alone two, but I guess I'm being optimistic about my green teams in JP because lately I'm trying to play things I don't use in NA already. It's gotten boring and honestly kind of confusing going back and forth between the two and trying to remember what my goals for each account are. I should probably hand one account off, but all the people I knew personally that played PAD quit long ago.
George Claw M.D.
Member
Cool. Selling PreDras for MP!
I exhausted all my Green Masks on Australis 1 anyway, but may have considered farming up more today if some super team used 2. But it would be a big investment because Wood is the only color for which I don't even have a single +297.
I exhausted all my Green Masks on Australis 1 anyway, but may have considered farming up more today if some super team used 2. But it would be a big investment because Wood is the only color for which I don't even have a single +297.
Desc. Challenge cleared,
Scarlet took me a couple attempts because of some stupid mistakes. I also always need at least one run to get accustomed to the orb needs and damage potential of Sara.
Sara going in hard on floor 1 w/ level subs lol
Also managed got one Surtr copy for Pandora down the line.
heh yeah, the mistakes are the always in the memories you keep - i blame the increased stamina refresh rate for acting more reckless lately xD
Scarlet took me a couple attempts because of some stupid mistakes. I also always need at least one run to get accustomed to the orb needs and damage potential of Sara.
Sara going in hard on floor 1 w/ level subs lol
Also managed got one Surtr copy for Pandora down the line.
heh yeah, the mistakes are the always in the memories you keep - i blame the increased stamina refresh rate for acting more reckless lately xD
Little Green Yoda
Member
BS like this is why I prefer to run Lkali for Zaerog∞
or maybe I should run a less green heavy Bastet team
PAD is all about mistakes.
At the moment mine is to have 1 skill level too few for Lilith
. Atleast we are getting 2.5x skill ups, so plan is to grind some Succubus, get 1 skill up and then do Ranking Dungeon again.
Btw: I dont like Insect dungeon at all. My clear rate is about 60%. So many times A.Haku has failed me and 4 times I got 4 combos from A.Haku board and 0 times extra combos from skyfall. So wont bother doing that dungeon now. Maybe when it comes again and my A.Shiva team is ready.
Gratz for Challenge clear.
Soul Society arc, so Aizen will come with the collab next time. And Ichigo doesn't need Godkiller subs with the damage he can put out. DKali active with time enhance, can orb convert for a heavier dark board, lots of RCV potential. Yeah, he's good.
Solo? No way, especially with the preempts and dark absorbs. Well, not without cheesing it with dark resist subs and lots of luck. Coop should be doable, but YomiDra might have damage issues on a few floors. Haven't run it yet myself, don't need her right now and going to need a partner.
Solo? No way, especially with the preempts and dark absorbs. Well, not without cheesing it with dark resist subs and lots of luck. Coop should be doable, but YomiDra might have damage issues on a few floors. Haven't run it yet myself, don't need her right now and going to need a partner.
So this just happened. I was trying out a 100%SBR Sara setup and ended up clearing EEC for the first time ever. Sara just destroying enemies left and right xD Obviously i had luck because the wrong Hera-Encounter would have ended my run early. Still...nice surprise.
PS. I didnt know you could solo the Coop dungeons - thats pretty cool.
Weird that you are having issues with the Insect dungeons...maybe you need more fingers on your team but then again if Haku is orb trolling you that wont help either. I think you could cruise through the stage easier with your Verdandi team.
If you had Bastet i would say go ahead and max skill Vishnu asap, but on Verdandi his skill isnt that essential and you are probably busy enough working on your Dark team.
PS. I didnt know you could solo the Coop dungeons - thats pretty cool.
Thanks, the current Ranking dungeon is quite nice for Verdandi - only needed one attempt to get into the Top 10...dont know if i will stay there but thats already better compared to the Cauchemar crap ranking lol. I used Ra instead of Lilith and ended up getting -5000 penalty...so if i get kicked out of the Top 10% i will retry it with Lilith.PAD is all about mistakes.
At the moment mine is to have 1 skill level too few for Lilith
Atleast we are getting 2.5x skill ups, so plan is to grind some Succubus, get 1 skill up and then do Ranking Dungeon again.
Btw: I dont like Insect dungeon at all. My clear rate is about 60%. So many times A.Haku has failed me and 4 times I got 4 combos from A.Haku board and 0 times extra combos from skyfall. So wont bother doing that dungeon now. Maybe when it comes again and my A.Shiva team is ready.
Gratz for Challenge clear.
Weird that you are having issues with the Insect dungeons...maybe you need more fingers on your team but then again if Haku is orb trolling you that wont help either. I think you could cruise through the stage easier with your Verdandi team.
If you had Bastet i would say go ahead and max skill Vishnu asap, but on Verdandi his skill isnt that essential and you are probably busy enough working on your Dark team.
I know it would be suicide to solo it, thats why I said dual yomidra team!
Maybe we can find some time to do this razterik? Problem could be the time zone as i'm from europe...
Dr_LawyerCop
Member
Wish I had a team that could even stone for Mech Hera. I'd probably spend 10 or 15 stones, even if that's not the smartest thing to do. Seems like she would trivialize farming co-op.
10 stones seems reasonable even with my hypered team if I get unlucky...
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Remember the good ole days when beating Zeus and only using 8 stones to do it was considered good?
Yeah I have all the mats to evolve Machine Hera, and then I realized that I can't clear it even if I throw some stones at it. That 40M hp with multiple element absorb is just brutal.
My problem with the dungeon is that even if I am willing to throw stones at it, Hera could just delay all my skills by 3 turns every other round, which makes the dungeon impossible to beat....
My problem with the dungeon is that even if I am willing to throw stones at it, Hera could just delay all my skills by 3 turns every other round, which makes the dungeon impossible to beat....
Hah! I totally missed that single word. Whoops.
My time schedule is pretty flexible on most weekends, but I'm really busy during weekdays. I was waiting for farmable dark resist latents and a max skill Akechi before making a serious attempt. I have also been looking at trying a blue team instead.
10x farming is going to be my main goal this weekend, but maybe we can squeeze it in? I should probably host so I can stone when I make embarrassing mistakes, heh.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Always Mythical if possible due to the higher drop rates. Most of the "good" +egg dungeons are among the easier descendeds in the game so it might not be an awful struggle.
Buster Machine
Member
4x skill ups almost makes the skillup system not seem like complete garbage. Probably should have done some King runs last night since Eschmali is still one skill up from max, but it's hard for me to get motivated enough to even push buttons for guerillas nowadays. Really hope they have something good to show off tomorrow.
Save them in your box if possible until 2x. 10 skill ups is a lot and time consuming though so don't fret if you don't get all of them.
Yup dark & water need more pluses. Ill test Ranking dungeon with Verdandi + Bane.
^^
Edit: Fuck it. 3 tries, 3 times orb trolled and need to use skills first floor and so on. No way Iam using Verd to this shit.
Okay thats sucks sry to hear...orb trolling can screw up the best runs. There is still enough time for Ranking dungeon attempts so its okay.
Which water team will be your focus now...Lakshmi ? Once i work on my water subs i will give Lakshmi a fair shot. Cant wait for Andromeda UUEVO :-D
atlantaguy
Member
I used Yomidra with bane to deal with the predras, got me 5.7%. All orb change subs. You might have better luck with that?
Definetly Lakshmi (max skilled btw)
. Too bad that I got Andromeda so late, couldnt run skill ups.This will be my team. I got A.Orochi also if I need that skill delay.
Got Snow Globe ready for Andro but will wait success rate ups. First to plus Dark team, then to Water team.
Yup will try later with Bane again. I dont like that I need to stall 1 turn for Lilith.
Do you need Vishnu immediately? The dungeon is in coin rotation often and can line up with a 2.5x or wishful thinking 3x skillup phase. Also, if we do get 10x descends this upcoming event along with Kanetsugu and with Hera-Sowilo already in the descend challenge, that may be something else to consider using your stamina on.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Just realized they put 2x EXP on the JP Experience of a Lifetime that just went up this morning
Edit: also there's like a hojillion flights of Gold dragons running. There's one up for Group A right now and it's 4am in Japan
Edit: also there's like a hojillion flights of Gold dragons running. There's one up for Group A right now and it's 4am in Japan
What does that second paragraph even mean lol... flightsss
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Like, this is the current guerrilla schedule for JP
Super Golds everywhere, even at times guerrillas typically never run
Super Golds everywhere, even at times guerrillas typically never run
Event info is out.
Half cost coin dungeons.
10x descends
3x normals
Exp dungeon
Gift of the Holy beasts
12 stones
Light and shadow sprite
Great event overall. Going to stone hard for plus eggs, and hopefully finish skilling sun wokung and bikini Pandora. (Not going to skill regular because I am planning on awakening her, but bikini has good uses for luci and awoken so it seems worthwhile.
Half cost coin dungeons.
10x descends
3x normals
Exp dungeon
Gift of the Holy beasts
12 stones
Light and shadow sprite
Great event overall. Going to stone hard for plus eggs, and hopefully finish skilling sun wokung and bikini Pandora. (Not going to skill regular because I am planning on awakening her, but bikini has good uses for luci and awoken so it seems worthwhile.
We also have a Director's Carnival going on. That should go through the next Godfest right? Assuming it does, the next Godfest should be awesome for certain teams. I know for me, it'll have Akechi, Claire and Eschamali all at Godfest rates. That'll be a great REM for me.
EDIT: Wait, the G-Fest always comes after the Carnival. Oh well, still a pretty decent set of cards there. Will probably throw a roll at it and then save the rest for a Fest with both Eschamali and Akechi.
EDIT: Wait, the G-Fest always comes after the Carnival. Oh well, still a pretty decent set of cards there. Will probably throw a roll at it and then save the rest for a Fest with both Eschamali and Akechi.
Dr_LawyerCop
Member
Great event for me! Hoping to get a couple 297s for my Saria team and to max skill my new DQ. Might have to buy a small pack, but it should be worth it.