Originally Posted by Ancarius

Then again, that would not really be a bad thing. Money is gives the game a reason to exist further down the line. If your rolls get better a paid 11 Roll, than you are more likely to do it again. Like Lied said, they are not needed for any content in the game. If you can beat 12-5, than you can easily destroy every event map.

Oh, I definitely agree, even though I'm biased, since I can use and have used Ngold (even if it wasn't on FKG, at least not yet). However, some would still raise a sh!tstorm, because what's meant as a little bonus to some, would be perceived as a handicap to others who aren't entitled to it. So, even if the effect is there, I think it's relatively small, and hard to notice for those who aren't paranoid or analytical.
But, what I perceived, that if I ever do plan to use some nGold, I'd use it right before using some 50 flowergems I had laying around anyway, instead of using nGold to try for what I failed with the regular flower gems.

Yeah, what I like about this game and Osawari is that you don't need great pulls to do the content so spending gems is only a matter of getting the girls you like. I feel much weaker in Aigis without strong black and plat units.

I finally cleared the Ultimate stage. I had to level up some of my girls in the last two teams so all teams had at least 40k power, and then placed all teams (including helper) at the third tent.

Now back to 1-3, 2-1 and 12-3.

Is it wrong that I cleared stages 3 and 4 on my first attempts?? Done!! (and relieved)

1st Phase complete (that ?-3 took 4ever. Hate RnG direction nodes, even more so in such quantities).
Back to farming, leveling and upgrading my gear till Phase 2 begins.

Skyehmm: why 1-3 and 2-1 ?
( do get the 12 stage, but why 3 and not 4 ? Nets 507 xp and usually around 2K gold with 5 chests on the map. Seems like a better choice to me, unless I am missing something ?

Originally Posted by Myrdin

( do get the 12 stage, but why 3 and not 4 ? Nets 507 xp and usually around 2K gold with 5 chests on the map. Seems like a better choice to me, unless I am missing something ?

I would say because 12-3 gives you more gold, and also seeds (which translates to gold eventually). Also, there is less RNG involved in getting the chests in 12-3 and you can easily maximise the distance your squads travel too.

I've never farmed 12-4, only 12-3, but ampy drops from 12-3 can happen quite frequently (well, not that frequently, but you know.

Originally Posted by Myrdin

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Skyehmm: why 1-3 and 2-1 ?
( do get the 12 stage, but why 3 and not 4 ? Nets 507 xp and usually around 2K gold with 5 chests on the map. Seems like a better choice to me, unless I am missing something ?

1-3 and 2-1 for the 12 stamina gardens.
Those are two stages that I have seen being mentioned a few times in this forum, so I assumed they were good places to find the 12 stamina gardens. So no special reason other then that really. There are other stages that can spawn the 12 stamina garden, but I just stuck with 1-3 for a while.

With 12-3 it's just like thewind32 said, ampy's do drop there and the exp ratio is nice. And once you learn a proper setup with the tents at the start you will clear most of the map every time, (some RNG involved of course with some arrows).

The 12-5 stage has the best exp ratio, but it is also one of, (if not the), hardest stage in the game at the moment.

I see. Thats quite intriguing. Never though about tyring to farm the low level quests to get the first Garden. Is the first Garden worth the effort ? (cant really recall it as it has been a long time since I visited that one).
As far as I can tell in 12-4 the ampys keep dropping relatively at good rate (not the best but you know). However seeing your comments I think I will try to run the -3 map a few times for comparison.

Originally Posted by Myrdin

I see. Thats quite intriguing. Never though about tyring to farm the low level quests to get the first Garden. Is the first Garden worth the effort ? (cant really recall it as it has been a long time since I visited that one).
As far as I can tell in 12-4 the ampys keep dropping relatively at good rate (not the best but you know). However seeing your comments I think I will try to run the -3 map a few times for comparison.

You won't get any lvl 100 manyus in the beginner garden, but lvl 20 manyus are quite common there. So it depends on what you need. I have a bunch of unevolved low level girls still, so for now it's alright for me.