Quote Originally Posted by Corintis View Post
If my squad isn't affected by your scaling system (your helper squad being level capped), then I believe that without the Affection Bonus, it should show to have a power level of about 75k (75,464 for exact numbers).

Right now, nobody has a definite answer to equipment being carried over; we think it does, but obviously, we can't confirm it.
Quote Originally Posted by Garrick View Post
Thanks.
I haven't took a screenshot since I cannot do it atm, though when I logged in earlier, you were around ~75k.

EDIT: Took a quick glance at it since this is seriously bad at current workplace lol.


Quote Originally Posted by Miu View Post
I'm starting to wonder if the game includes affection and equipment in battle even if it doesn't show it in the power. My 60k helpers feel a lot stronger than my 60k squads... one of them even cleared 12-5 alone. Or maybe total power is not really a good metric for the strength of a squad?


Thanks for the cap Garrick! Because of that and thanks to your level 70 Orchid eliminating the scaling system, I was able to confirm that it's not only the Affection Bonus that isn't displayed, but also any Ampy's that are used as well.

I've also been conducting some small scale damage tests and can safely say that Affection Bonuses are included in the helper squad, even though it's not displayed; Ampy's should be the same since their bonuses appear to act similarly to Affection Stats. I also got a small bit of data that favors Equipment being included with Helper Squads, but not enough to back it up.

As for Total Power in general, don't forget that HP constitutes the bulk of it. Squads can become deceptively powerful, especially when Rainbow-ranked units, are buffing up the party's power. Also, units with higher atk.power also tend to have more defense in favor of HP, which drops the Total Power ratings, even if they should perform similarly otherwise.