14 weeks ago was... Lechenaultia's event. Hoo boy.

Lechenaultia event was a popularity contest where we were *supposed* to get new brides, but devs fucked up somehow and we only got a (crappy) priority gacha and some apology FGs. For the record, Black Baccara took first place, Oncidium/Orchid took second (would've been a completely wasted vote if we did get new brides), and Alpinia took third. IIRC, Sakura took fourth, not sure about fifth (Toad Lily?).

The next batch of events were the standard fare (although people raged with Calla's 36-medal event, due to the heavy RNG involved). From here on out (Dipladenia and onwards), events will supposedly get less RNG-heavy. We're also skipping around and having the Halloween event earlier for obvious reasons.

We also started getting guaranteed rainbow gachas roughly every other week. $50 for 11-roll pulls + ticket, $60 for step-up gachas.

-Ticket gacha #1 let you choose between Anemone, Cactace, Cattleya, and Dendrobium.
-Step-up gacha #1 was a completely random pull, but let you pull any rainbow up to Daisy (Daisy wasn't *supposed* to be in this gacha, but I pulled her anyway, much to my delight).
-Ticket gacha #2's choices were Fritillaria, Sakura, and Mei Plumblossom.
-Step-up gacha #2 was Kerria.
-Ticket gacha #3 was a player's choice gacha, and the winners were Hanamomo/Flowering Peach, Alpinia, and Anemone again.
-Step-up gacha #3 was an overpriced bridal Cactace. $60 for the 6* Cactace, $50 more after that for the 5* bridal variant.
-Ticket gacha #4 was between Cherry, Dianthus, and Daisy.
-Step-up gacha #4 was Dogwood.
-And the current gacha is step-up gacha #5, Black Baccara. With her, every non-recent rainbow has been featured in one of these gachas at least once. Time will tell what kind of gachas we'll get in the future.

Besides that, we got...

-Newbie login bonus implemented for all users (currently, 4* and 5* tickets are limited to that rarity, instead of having a slight chance of rolling 6*)
-Char quests for Sakura, Camellia, and Violetta Tulip added
-(Overpriced) shop to buy ampies and level 100 manyu with FGs opened (at one point, you could also buy 4* tickets for 500 Nutaku gold)
-Advanced daily quests now drop an extra chest (glitch that won't be getting fixed)

Not sure what else.

Thanks, it's been slightly longer than 14 weeks, I barely missed the Lechenaultia event. That summarizes it up quite nicely, seems difficulty barely increased of the maps, since my 15 weeks inactive squads still clear maps with ease. (haven't tried 13-5 though).

Which maps are currently the places to farm? Still 12-5 or do people farm life crystals in the event maps currently?

Oh yeah, life crystal farming is a thing now. The current phase 2 ultimate is good for that, since it also drops a sizable amount of gold (16-18k).

But otherwise, 12-5 will be the best farming map in a LONG while. It won't get overshadowed until around chapter 19.

As for event difficulty, there were a few gimmick maps where one random pest/boss would hit like a truck and even full rainbow teams would struggle against them, but beyond that, most full silver/gold teams will get you by just fine.

Originally Posted by Eab1990

Oh yeah, life crystal farming is a thing now. The current phase 2 ultimate is good for that, since it also drops a sizable amount of gold (16-18k).

In fact you can get even more than 19k quite often if you put all your Teams on the bottom camp, that what I do.

Hi! will the item(ex.Gifts, Manyus, Seeds) you claim from present box icon expire? There is a available until date for every item, does it means the expiry date of the item or the expiry date of them being in the present box before they are gone?

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Edit: All of the item have exactly 1 month expiry date

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi! will the item(ex.Gifts, Manyus, Seeds) you claim from present box icon expire? There is a available until date for every item, does it means the expiry date of the item or the expiry date of them being in the present box before they are gone?

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Edit: All of the item have exactly 1 month expiry date

They only expire in the present box. Once you've claimed them, you can keep them in your inventory for as long as you want.