Bloomed Oncidium with max 2nd affection gets 7156 Atk

1) What’s the minimum combined STR value for the Whaleship that I should roll with before starting whale missions? I want to know whether my current party’s strong enough for it.

2) Do the whale missions cost stamina to run?

3) Who’s the better 5* to choose for the ticket, Oxalis or Oxalis Festival? The original Oxalis’ sprite is better but Oxalis Festival’s evolved art is great.

Are there particular Hit (blue / blunt) 5* characters worth considering over Oxalis? I dislike many of the 6* blunt options aside from Cactace and Pumpkin, so I’ll need a 5* to round out the crew. Was debating Ivy earlier...

Originally Posted by FriendlyFacez

1) What’s the minimum combined STR value for the Whaleship that I should roll with before starting whale missions? I want to know whether my current party’s strong enough for it.

2) Do the whale missions cost stamina to run?

3) Who’s the better 5* to choose for the ticket, Oxalis or Oxalis Festival? The original Oxalis’ sprite is better but Oxalis Festival’s evolved art is great.

Are there particular Hit (blue / blunt) 5* characters worth considering over Oxalis? I dislike many of the 6* blunt options aside from Cactace and Pumpkin, so I’ll need a 5* to round out the crew. Was debating Ivy earlier...

1. Total power needed (recommended) is in the mission description, but you can find it there: https://harem-battle.club/wiki/Flowe...:Whale-Airship

2. Yes, same as above (description and link)

3. Sorry, don't know enough about her

Originally Posted by FriendlyFacez

3) Who’s the better 5* to choose for the ticket, Oxalis or Oxalis Festival? The original Oxalis’ sprite is better but Oxalis Festival’s evolved art is great.

Normal Oxalis has a better ATK stat but if that doesn't bother you just choose either based on which art/skills you prefer
They both do have a bloom version in the jpn one so you can pick on which bloom you like too

Originally Posted by FriendlyFacez

1) What’s the minimum combined STR value for the Whaleship that I should roll with before starting whale missions? I want to know whether my current party’s strong enough for it.

2) Do the whale missions cost stamina to run?

3) Who’s the better 5* to choose for the ticket, Oxalis or Oxalis Festival? The original Oxalis’ sprite is better but Oxalis Festival’s evolved art is great.

Are there particular Hit (blue / blunt) 5* characters worth considering over Oxalis? I dislike many of the 6* blunt options aside from Cactace and Pumpkin, so I’ll need a 5* to round out the crew. Was debating Ivy earlier...

5* Peach is the most powerful hit and Cymbidium is the best hit and also the best 5* in the game. Oncidium is 2nd best imho. Both are critical to have.

Eh, I know there’s a hardcore min / max style of player who’d choose the best possible stats to run with but I’ll always stick with character designs I really like, and unfortunately Peach and Cymbidium really aren’t my type. Probably just going to grab Oxalis cuz she’s cute.

Definitely going Saffron over Hollyhock just because Saffron has a bloomed form though (I don’t even think Hollyhock has one in Japan yet?) so I’m willing to make some compromises sometimes.

In general, does it make more sense to prioritize running whaleship missions over finishing events, or vice-versa? Like, should I invest stamina into the whaleship as soon as I can, or should I prioritize getting everything I want out of the gacha rolls for the event first?

Also, why are so many of the best girls in FKG Pierce? Blunt in particular is just so lacking by comparison. Meanwhile like, half my top twenty’s lineup would all be pierce if I just chose the best character designs regardless of weapon type.

Edit: Looks like regular Oxalis has the better bloomed form ability, that might sway me.
It’s too bad her bloomed art is a rare case of taking a step backwards in quality.

Originally Posted by FriendlyFacez

Eh, I know there’s a hardcore min / max style of player who’d choose the best possible stats to run with but I’ll always stick with character designs I really like, and unfortunately Peach and Cymbidium really aren’t my type. Probably just going to grab Oxalis cuz she’s cute.

Definitely going Saffron over Hollyhock just because Saffron has a bloomed form though (I don’t even think Hollyhock has one in Japan yet?) so I’m willing to make some compromises sometimes.

In general, does it make more sense to prioritize running whaleship missions over finishing events, or vice-versa? Like, should I invest stamina into the whaleship as soon as I can, or should I prioritize getting everything I want out of the gacha rolls for the event first?

Also, why are so many of the best girls in FKG Pierce? Blunt in particular is just so lacking by comparison. Meanwhile like, half my top twenty’s lineup would all be pierce if I just chose the best character designs regardless of weapon type.

Edit: Looks like regular Oxalis has the better bloomed form ability, that might sway me.
It’s too bad her bloomed art is a rare case of taking a step backwards in quality.

You cant go wrong with Saffron. Evades and Counters. Defensive Goddess. Awesome.

Take a look at Cyrtanthus. She is another 5* hit I frequently use. Good on RB for 30% boost.

Imo I'd say prioritize the whaleship over this event because of how annoying gacha events are as you can use 6000 event currency and still not get anything good
I focused on the whaleship as soon as I got all the equipment for the event

Whaleship not only yields whaleship medals, but also Manyus and occasionally Ampies. And, there's a problem with that. Using those Manyus costs a ton of coins. And the best way to get lots of coins on a daily basis just happens to be.. running the final event mission.
So, my suggestion: do event missions at least often enough to clear your daily (event) quests, so that's ?-1 and ?-2 one time each, ?-3 twice, and ?-4 three times. With the remainder: whale away if you want. And if your maximum stamina happens to be over 300, then do consider using an FG in case you run out of it.

Another thing to consider: how are you doing in the jewelry department? Are all the girls in your main unit(s) equiped with the best jewelry you can get, barring whale missions, or not? If you're still using lots of bronze necklaces and bracelets, then I'd definitely get the event equipment first. Events give you 4 pieces of good equipment for a girl in just 2 weeks. Whaleship gives 1 piece of awesome equipment which still isn't as awesome as a whole set of event equipment combined every other week (that is, if you didn't get any whale equipment yet, if you already collected the previous pieces, then it's one piece of awesome equipment every fourth week).

...It's fascinating to me that I've spent over $250 in three months, am slamming through the expert level event missions without a sweat, got nine 6* units along with nearly twenty non-event 5* units, nearly thirty total evolved units...and I still am about 50,000 power less than the total recommended STR I need to run a whaleship in the first mission.

Yeeesh it's gonna be a grind.