#fortidogi

[cerastes]

It felt pretty brutal, and someone told me the same on chat yesterday. I was insistent on no upgrades for the first clear. I did have to change squads, though.

[txttletale]

thanks for doing these patient longform answers recently i like em

good to hear it's appreciated! i want to be clear i do not consider myself an authority on much of anything--but i think that as a communist it's on me to explain my positions when people are asking in good faith yknow

[dumbbullet]

heres a deep cut for anime guy stats: Shuraig from the Yugioh trading card game's recent lore runs. Not much content out there but hes a fave of mine.

Huh... a yugioh card... how am I gonna-

Ok yeah I get it.

After a bit of lore digging here are the main characteristics im getting

Based on a shrike. Instant hozier points easy.

Army commander. Ok, well give him points in Mentor for that

Points in Monster, because, well, hes a yugioh monster.

I'm giving him points in Bastard because just LOOK at him. Bastard is as much about style as it is about attitude and this is a really good design 👍

So his stats come out something like this:

pretty balanced if a little one sided, but thats to be expected!

[astraldemise]

is there anythin in fk's armor or is he just, yknow, clankin around

havent a clue whats under there, could be a guy, could be a ghost, could be an army of centipedes, could be anything really

[lordelmelloi2]

how miserable would an fgo speedrun b

I have bad news

[seeyouguyslater]

hey if we see posts we think are either comicworthy or just up ur alley is it ok to submit/send/tag-u-in them even if we're just followers

its ok to tell me things but I’m just worried that I’m putting off the impression that I’ll do it if you tell me

[blackarachnya]

hey. ur cool. whats ur opinion on. idk. socks

fuck the haters when its like 10 degrease outside im wearing socks to bed

[carnival-phantasm]

carphyyyy im sure others hav asked this bt what should i keep 8n mind when i start arknights

The info there isn’t always accurate but gamepress is a good place to check if you need to know anything.

Rerolling your first 10 rolls is very easy and fast and I highly recommend doing it in case there are specific units you want early.

In every new “summon” banner, you are guaranteed to get at least one 6-star or 5-star operator within your 10 first rolls (and you can roll individually), so even if a banner doesn’t have anyone you really want, you can at least roll one by one until you get your guaranteed rare operator at every banner.

Whenever you play a map, everyone in your current squad gains “trust points”, even if they aren’t really placed during the fight. Increasing their trust gives them permanent stats bonuses (up to 100% trust), and unlocks new lore and voice lines (up to 200% trust).

You can trade your originite prime directly for originium (thingie to roll the gacha), Sanity, Pro Packs or skins -- save your originite prime for Pro Packs instead of trading it for originium directly, as each of them become available at the shop at certain levels and they give exactly the same amount of originium you’d get for trading directly PLUS a lot of other stuff. If you are not planning to waste money on the game like me, you can save some for skins. Originite prime also becomes extremely valuable later on to recover sanity...so basically trading it directly for originium is a waste on the long run (I did it anyway because “HAHA GACHA GOES BRRR”)

Operators from all rarities are useful, and a lot of the ones who seem weak at first have valuable niche usages. Some low rarity operators have saved whales even during end-game content, at least in the english server.

There are two types of damage: physical (your damage is basically “attack minus enemy defense”) and magical/Arts (your damage is reduced by a percentage, which is equal to the enemy’s RES) and you should have operators able to do both types of damage. 

The way upgrading your units work is: you feed them exp items until they reach a certain level cap, then you use certain items to promote them (most operators can be promoted at least once). Skills are upgraded separately.

The 6-stars and 5-stars operators are extremely costly to upgrade and promote to full potential compared to the others, even if they reap more benefits when you eventually do. As a new player you should probably be focusing on upgrading good 3-stars like Kroos and Melantha, although if you get some broken rare units you might want to dump resources on them. You can check tier lists but take everything with a grain of salt.

Some of the “top tier” units are good from the start and you just promote them for stats and such, while others require a lot of investment before they unleash their true potential.

As you progress in the story you will unlock your base, where you can produce a ton of resources and operators have non-combat skills that help you there. It’s good to look up base guides and operators base skills to invest there early as your investment there eventually pays itself.

Last thing is to just have fun and go at your own pace. While events obviously have limited time, the story maps are very forgiving and give nearly all your sanity back if you fuck up and decide to quit. There a few stages with “difficulty spikes” and they basically revolve around you being smart and learning to use a mechanic you’ve been ignoring.