Sunday, July 26, 2015

Total Raid Overhaul?!

Yep, the Krantz update in JP servers included a major overhaul to the Raid Battle system. And I kid you not, Raid just got far more manageable there. At least, in my opinion.

You know Draegar? That @$$ from Raid X1 in Global that managed to gain the ire of Raiders for a very long time, especially those who need those evolution materials for Elaina and Grandt but RNG just hates them? This new Raid system would make him slightly more manageable...if Global would just stop bugging out so often.

So, what's the overhaul? Well, you know how you gotta move from one location to the next? In the old Raid battle format, every time you move, you'll have to face mooks. It gets annoying if you need to get back to the camp ASAP because your health is low.

However, in JP, you're able to move from one location to the next WITHOUT facing mooks. You get to choose where you want to fight mooks to gain BB gauges. Bosses are automatically fought upon arriving at their location.

So...what you want to do for the majority of the Raid bosses in JP is to pop a Detector, go to a tile near the boss, and battle there. Fill BB gauges, then attack the boss. For Granomos and Medronomus, you'll want to be careful on where you're going to battle because if you're unlucky, you're gonna fight them with empty BB gauges.

Welp, that's all I wanted to say for now. School's starting in a week so...yeah...

Bye guys!

Sunday, July 5, 2015

Making a big comeback in JP! (+ current events in JP servers)

I am back to playing intensively in the JP servers!

It's been two years since Brave Frontier first opened its gates to Grand Gaia and JP is celebrating it REALLY WELL. Right now, there's a half-energy event for EVERY SINGLE THING IN THE GAME (useful for farming levels, evo mats and metal units), daily metal/jewel keys (2 of a type each day, alternating), Super Honor Summon (no ghosts), increased Honor Points during questing (40 for strangers, 80 for friends), fusion rates up, and 2000 Honor Points daily. These events will last until July 16.

They also have a 'get a unit you want' campaign. It's accessible in the banners (the one with the '1') and is available until July 10. Just fill in the form in the web page the banner links to (The question is: How did you find out about Brave Frontier?) and select the unit element, the unit you want, and the type you want the unit to be. That's how I got my Krantz (Anima).



There is also a daily 2 gem giveaway as a part of the 2-year celebration, and by the end of this event, it totals to 124 gems.

They also have a 10-day summer giveaway that totals to 25 gems, 1 Crystal set, 100 Medals, 4 Burst Frogs, 1 Burst Emperor, 5000 Achievement Points, 1 imp set, 1 Almighty Imp Alton, and 1 Sphere Frog...seriously Alim is great when it comes to giveaways.

Another new feature in the Japan servers is the fact that there are 2 types of Rare Summons. The Super Rare Summon gate contains units that have 7* potential and start at 5*. It contains units from Feeva's batch onwards. 1 summon costs 5 gems, but when it first came out, it was 3 gems per summon.


The regular Rare Summon contains all units prior to Feeva, and does not include units from the Super Rare Summon gate. It costs 3 gems to summon from this gate.


I am practically living the life in JP. All I've been doing is summoning from the Super Rare Summon gate when it was 3 gems per summon and whaddya know? I got loads of good units. Here's a breakdown of the great units I got in no particular order (evolved some already, and don't mind some of these units, I was on an evolving spree):


-Rivera (B)
-Regrard (B)
-Medina (A)
-Kafka (L)
-Raaga (O)
-Aaron (G)
-Claire (A)
-Feeva (G)
-Yuura (L)
-Reis (O)
-Yuura (A)
-Colt (G)
-Alpha (B)
-Alpha (G)

I actually also got an oracle Alpha but that went as fodder for my Quaid.

Now comes the next problem: COST.

Seeing that I want my Krantz to be ready for future content, I will be raising his level while placing him in my main squad until I get my Aaron to 6* near-MAX level. That way, I can focus on Krantz easily when I finally evolve him to 7*.

But before that I'll beat Cardes first because my cost will not be enough to hold these units if they hit 7*. That's what my Kafka is for.

And right now I'm farming the level 4 Monday dungeon because of the high EXP/EN ratio...literally got 1 level up in 5 minutes.

SO! I still need more friends in JP. If you play in the Japanese servers, here is my player data:


Bye guys!