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[KojiKnight]

My no reroll policy seems to have paid off pretty well.

Not a perfect party, but pretty damn good with Suine holding Seven's spot till my party can be big enough.

 

[Kitoro]

^ What.. the hell is that monstrosity of an icon you have to the right of your screen?

 

[chrono01]

My thanks to chrono01, psyfer, and everyone else who has offered up 4 star accounts for their generosity, but I finally no longer need it because I finally rolled a 4 star of my very own!

Kirito! In the second roll on that account (the first being a 3 star Klein).

Hm... No waifus on this account. I'd better reroll.

After making very, very sure I have the transfer data for this one safe, that is.

Congrats on the Kirito.

10 pull on weapons or characters: what's more useful?

I'd say save for characters until you have a decent variety of them, then try for weapons. Personally, I have a feeling we'll be receiving a Valentine's Day banner pretty soon, and if past holiday-themed characters are any indication, they'll probably be very strong (and limited).

Honestly, the existence of 1*, 2*, and 3* units in this game is really silly, seeing as all of them are complete trash, and never need to be used with the two free 4* and potential 4* tutorial pull, once cost is up enough.

In addition, the weapon gahca is also silly, as anything but the 4* weapons with a 4% drop rate are event farmable, relative trash.

They really should have just left out 1 and 2* characters, merged the Character and Weapon Gacha with rates of:

35% 3* Character

35% 2/4* Weapon

22% 3/4* Weapon

4% 4/5* Weapon

4% 4* Character

That would have made a whole lot more sense, IMO.

Character rates at 4% are typical of most gatcha games, but they often-times have a double-rate event where they double. I'm not sure if this happens in SAO or not. I do agree with removing 1* characters from the gatcha, though. Those should be restricted to story drops or through some of a free draw (Friend Point?) system.

Weapon rates definitely need to be higher than 4% for a 4*. I know they're not as expensive to do a multi-pull for when compared to characters, but it still doesn't seem especially worth it to me, at least this early on. :/

Soooo... this just happened. Been rerolling since yesterday

I can finally start playing !

Nice job!

My no reroll policy seems to have paid off pretty well.

Not a perfect party, but pretty damn good with Suine holding Seven's spot till my party can be big enough.

Seven will be invaluable in the future. You did good! Plus, Asuna is an added bonus.

 

[Hycran]

^ What.. the hell is that monstrosity of an icon you have to the right of your screen?

Facebook messenger icon?

 

[Kitoro]

Facebook messenger icon?

I know. I just can't tell if it's some sort of mutated ice cream sandwich or something.

 

[KojiKnight]

I know. I just can't tell if it's some sort of mutated ice cream sandwich or something.

Lol forgot it was up. An over filled sandwich, a kind of in joke to my group of friends.

 

[commish]

Thanks for the feedback on weapon vs character pulls. I'm almost at 250.

Separately is there a way to select an enemy to focus on?

 

[Quixzlizx]

I think this game might end up being too twitchy for me, or at least too twitchy for a touch-controls game. I'm at level 80 and I can barely get to the mid-fight cutscene with Gleam Eyes. My intended sidestep gesture to actual sidestep ratio has been... less than 100% so far, but this is the first quest where it's apparently too much for me to overcome.

 

[Quonny]

Thanks for the feedback on weapon vs character pulls. I'm almost at 250.

Separately is there a way to select an enemy to focus on?

Tap their body. The ring under them will turn green.

 

[udca]

Rerolled all day :/ I've only seen 2 4* in 2 days but they were crap tier. The next one is the one!

 

[Kettch]

I think this game might end up being too twitchy for me, or at least too twitchy for a touch-controls game. I'm at level 80 and I can barely get to the mid-fight cutscene with Gleam Eyes. My intended sidestep gesture to actual sidestep ratio has been... less than 100% so far, but this is the first quest where it's apparently too much for me to overcome.

One issue I had around that point was that I was spam tapping too much. If you just tap once to attack you can dodge out really quickly afterward.

 

[Articalys]

This the first RPG-type mobile game I've ever played, and good lord it feels like there's a ton of mechanics involved here. There's multiple time-limited events going on at once, special hour-long bonus quests that only happen three times a day, weaknesses/resists to account for, and I'm still not sure I understand everything about how to raise stats between the items, keys, and whatever the hell limit breaks are.

Looks and runs great, though. Really impressed with the production values for a F2P game, even though things can get a bit chaotic at times and make it hard to see attacks coming.

Probably also a massive battery drainer too.

 

[Raika]

I think this game might end up being too twitchy for me, or at least too twitchy for a touch-controls game. I'm at level 80 and I can barely get to the mid-fight cutscene with Gleam Eyes. My intended sidestep gesture to actual sidestep ratio has been... less than 100% so far, but this is the first quest where it's apparently too much for me to overcome.

General tip: If you need to side-step upwards, swipe diagonally up instead of straight up. Upwards is the most annoying direction to side-step in because you might end up accidentally jumping and eating an attack anyway. Also try parrying more if side-stepping fails you, the Kirito quest is a good place to practice it.

 

[commish]

Tap their body. The ring under them will turn green.

Amazing. Thanks!

 

[chrono01]

Tap their body. The ring under them will turn green.

How...how did I not know this? That makes things so much easier. :/

 

[Quonny]

Best time to target is when you're using an ability. It's basically like 1.5 seconds where nothing moves and it gives you a chance to easily tap their body.

 

[darkwing]

This the first RPG-type mobile game I've ever played, and good lord it feels like there's a ton of mechanics involved here. There's multiple time-limited events going on at once, special hour-long bonus quests that only happen three times a day, weaknesses/resists to account for, and I'm still not sure I understand everything about how to raise stats between the items, keys, and whatever the hell limit breaks are.

Looks and runs great, though. Really impressed with the production values for a F2P game, even though things can get a bit chaotic at times and make it hard to see attacks coming.

Probably also a massive battery drainer too.

yup it's a massive battery drainer

 

[volgihn]

I rolled a 4 star Yuuki on the free pull. Should I keep her or keep rolling for a Silica?

 

[Quonny]

Nightgown Asuna is C-tier after more research. She's better than a 3* but worse than all 4*.

I am starting to regret keeping Seven seeing how much damage literally all other characters do.

Seeing as how I have a maxed out Asuna in terms of stats and a 3* gacha weapon on her and I'm being out damaged by level 60 4* characters is really discouraging and if this game is so dependent on pulling the elusive elite characters I don't know how much I'll be investing in this.

 

[Raika]

I rolled a 4 star Yuuki on the free pull. Should I keep her or keep rolling for a Silica?

Yuuki is a keeper. Yuuki is top tier while Silica is god tier, but both can steamroll all current content.

Yuuki is a beastly DPS but can't self-heal, Silica can DPS and self-buff and self-heal.

Depends on whether you have the patience to spend

Spoiler

an eternity or two

rerolling for Silica.

 

[volgihn]

Yuuki is a keeper. Yuuki is top tier while Silica is god tier, but both can steamroll all current content.

Yuuki is a beastly DPS but can't self-heal, Silica can DPS and self-buff and self-heal.

Depends on whether you have the patience to spend

Spoiler

an eternity or two

rerolling for Silica.

I've been rolling for 3 days I think I'm done, thanks.

 

[Kitoro]

Any idea which is better between 4* Gacha Asuna vs 4* Gacha Rain?

 

[Quonny]

Well, I guess I'm done for now.

Literally nothing worth improving. Maxed Nightgown Asuna and Seven is maxed outside of defense and crit. Not gonna waste time investing in 3* and grinding out a 4* earring isn't worth it when your character does 25% of the damage of Silica and half the damage of any 4*, even ones with worse gear and not even level capped.

/salt

 

[Jeffrey]

how do you get the 3rd skills for units?

I hear you have to be lvl 50, but is it in the skill tree somewhere?


nvm foudn it.

 

[darkwing]

Well, I guess I'm done for now.

Literally nothing worth improving. Maxed Nightgown Asuna and Seven is maxed outside of defense and crit. Not gonna waste time investing in 3* and grinding out a 4* earring isn't worth it when your character does 25% of the damage of Silica and half the damage of any 4*, even ones with worse gear and not even level capped.

/salt

login everyday and hope to get 25 to roll Silica?

 

[Uthred]

Just realised last night that when upgrading attributes you can select the furthest level, upgrade it and it will fill in all intermediate levels. Less annoying than filling in each orb one by one.

 

[CrazyIvan1978]

Anyone have a recommendation for a stable Android emulator for Win 10. I tried bluestacks and got BSODs

 

[MSMrRound]

First 11 rolls that I did. Pretty surprised with Silica and Philia (though I wish there's some form of Sinon...)

Well..guess I could continue on with this account..

 

[FeelTheKick]

Anyone have a recommendation for a stable Android emulator for Win 10. I tried bluestacks and got BSODs

nox or memu. Nox was faster for me but it kept crashing the game when I was rerolling so I used memu.

 

[nicoga3000]

Well, I guess I'm done for now.

Literally nothing worth improving. Maxed Nightgown Asuna and Seven is maxed outside of defense and crit. Not gonna waste time investing in 3* and grinding out a 4* earring isn't worth it when your character does 25% of the damage of Silica and half the damage of any 4*, even ones with worse gear and not even level capped.

/salt

Yeah, the requirements of a team of decent 4* stuff all around is part of the reason I don't think I'm going to keep playing. Sure, I can finish the main story or whatever, but the real draw of these types of games is the endgame stuff. Without a maxed good 4* squad with 4* gacha weapons, being competitive is nearly impossible.

 

[FeelTheKick]

Damn, Silica is beastly once she gets her 3rd skill. I was struggling with gleam eyes but once I got that skill she demolished him lol.

 

[Quixzlizx]

Yeah, I think I'm done. 90% of Gleam Eyes' attacks are purple, so they can't be parried. And the area of attack for his main attack is so wide you need to dodge twice to get out of it. And the chances of me consistently dodging upwards twice in quick succession without one of them not registering or causing me to jump instead is zero.

I've even tried practice rounds where I don't even try to attack him and spend the entire time evading, and I still can't do it.

 

[darkwing]

oh shesh the worst luck, ever, got Agil and Rain, no rerolls run lol

 

[Hycran]

I'm at about level 25/26 with the stock bonus characters (got tired of re-rolling) and im finding my progress is slow now. Is there anything else to do but to start re-grinding levels over and over again for XP and hope for good rolls?

 

[Kettch]

Finally made use of some of that Google Opinion Rewards money and got the 50 diamond pack. Hard to find worthwhile things to spend just a couple dollars on.

I'm at about level 25/26 with the stock bonus characters (got tired of re-rolling) and im finding my progress is slow now. Is there anything else to do but to start re-grinding levels over and over again for XP and hope for good rolls?

You can run the extra quest that pops up 3 times a day for an hour, which drops a lot of XP potions. That's the best way to level up your characters if you're having trouble. Next one starts in a little under 4 hours.

 

[Sora_N]

I still keep getting crap. How do I emulate the game on PC so I don't have to keep reinstalling on my phone?

 

[Chromax]

Is the song Swordland in this game? I thought it would at least be playing when you're fighting the Kobold King!

 

[CrazyIvan1978]

I still keep getting crap. How do I emulate the game on PC so I don't have to keep reinstalling on my phone?

Nox player was recommended by FeeltheKick and I do too

 

[W-00]

I made my first 11-roll on my Seven account. Got 4* SAO Asuna. I guess that's a pretty solid upgrade to using Nightie Asuna for close combat. Suppose I'll start saving diamonds for a good event, now.

I still keep getting crap. How do I emulate the game on PC so I don't have to keep reinstalling on my phone?

If you plan on using the even-faster skip-the-tutorial technique, Nox seems to be pretty much the only way to go. On the other hand, Nox (just going by what has been said in this thread) is somewhat less stable than MEmu, so if you keep getting crashes, try MEmu.

 

[Sora_N]

Nox player was recommended by FeeltheKick and I do too

I made my first 11-roll on my Seven account. Got 4* SAO Asuna. I guess that's a pretty solid upgrade to using Nightie Asuna for close combat. Suppose I'll start saving diamonds for a good event, now.



If you plan on using the even-faster skip-the-tutorial technique, Nox seems to be pretty much the only way to go. On the other hand, Nox (just going by what has been said in this thread) is somewhat less stable than MEmu, so if you keep getting crashes, try MEmu.

Sorry, new to this. What's the feature that lets me skip the intro though? Thanks for the info.

 

[W-00]

Sorry, new to this. What's the feature that lets me skip the intro though? Thanks for the info.

This:

For those who are still rerolling, there's apparently a way to skip the tutorial. Found it on the reddit discord channel.

May RNGesus be with y'all.

Like I said, it doesn't seem to work on MEmu (which I use), so I can't vouch for it personally, but others in the thread have had success with it.

 

[Articalys]

First 11-roll gave me two 3* and the rest garbage.

So far this game gets 9/10 on presentation, 6/10 on gameplay/controls, and 3/10 on balancing. Apparently having a non-promo 4* is absolutely crucial to being able to do anything, it seems.

 

[chrono01]

Just a warning:

I saw on Reddit that some people are having their accounts banned for doing the "skip tutorial" re-roll method. Others on the Memory Defrag Discord server have experienced the same thing. Apparently, it's really easy for Bandai Namco to see who has/hasn't completed the tutorial, and since it's a forced thing, if they find out you haven't they immediately ban you for using outside "hacks". As of now, simply deleting the "memories" and "shared_prefs" folder to re-roll seem to be safe, since the game proceeds as normally going through the tutorial and all of that. The only thing it doesn't do is download all of the extra data each time, which saves people a lot of time.

So yeah, I'd advise against skipping the tutorial and doing the standard re-roll procedure. Not worth the risk.

 

[CrazyIvan1978]

The tutorial thing did not really work once I decided to stop re rolling
Got an error that would not let me continue on nox

 

[chrono01]

The tutorial thing did not really work once I decided to stop re rolling
Got an error that would not let me continue on nox

Sounds like it was for the best!

 

[CrazyIvan1978]

Sounds like it was for the best!

Well, I'm playing on my iPhone now, and I e hit a progression wall, never got anything in my rolls, got tired doing it

 

[chrono01]

Well, I'm playing on my iPhone now, and I e hit a progression wall, never got anything in my rolls, got tired doing it

Welp, sorry for your bad luck.

You can always try to standard re-roll procedure, not the one where you skip the tutorial. It takes a bit longer, but from what I read it's less buggy than the other method. Errors still occur on occasion, at least it did for me on Nox (mostly crashing to the desktop after entering the name). Trying it a few times after that usually got me through.

I don't blame you for not re-rolling, though. It is a tiring experience.

Edit: Never mind, it sounds like you already tried the standard way until you got tired of it, hence wanting the method to skip the tutorial. :/

 

[CrazyIvan1978]

Yah, I m not rerolling anymore, but I'm having problems progressing through main quest

 

[Flambe]

Woo finally got my lvl 50 key to unlock Silica's heal, what a difference that makes.

Decided to plug along with my 3* gatcha dagger for now and hoard memories for pulls down the road, though it's tempting to pull for a decent secondary character

 

[Quonny]

Just a warning:

I saw on Reddit that some people are having their accounts banned for doing the "skip tutorial" re-roll method. Others on the Memory Defrag Discord server have experienced the same thing. Apparently, it's really easy for Bandai Namco to see who has/hasn't completed the tutorial, and since it's a forced thing, if they find out you haven't they immediately ban you for using outside "hacks". As of now, simply deleting the "memories" and "shared_prefs" folder to re-roll seem to be safe, since the game proceeds as normally going through the tutorial and all of that. The only thing it doesn't do is download all of the extra data each time, which saves people a lot of time.

So yeah, I'd advise against skipping the tutorial and doing the standard re-roll procedure. Not worth the risk.

I was rerolling using this method because Silica is beyond broken and there is quite literally no reason to play if you don't have her or Yuuka.

Did more research. Apparently if you use this method once they ban your IP after a few days. Even if you're across devices and on a legit account on another device.

I'm done. Fuck off, Bandai. What a crock of shit.