Eons ago, 3 months after starting. I need a minimum of 10 new knights at once just to deplete my Bronze/Silver Awards and one gift category; 24 for everything.

It's not even an issue to begin with anyway; roll the daily free gacha, slap a raid boss and dump off the rewards.

I've yet to begin on 2* girls and I have a lot of bronze left to do. Working on three golds right now, but I only give them snall 2% gifts for the daily since they're not even evolved yet.

I'm pretty consistently hanging between 15 and 20 girls who still need presents. That does include a dozen 2* and 3* girls, but still, so far I haven't managed to get that amount down to zero. And yes, I have slapped at least one raidboss on a daily basis, and even occasionally run the presents map.
On that bright side: that still a bunch of flower gems for me to obtain.

I have only 5 Knights left (including my second Edelweiss).

Only Moonvine left atm. I won't max her Affection right now because of the Present Daily Quest^^

Raising affection is the only to way to farm gem, however it takes really long time to max one affection, so i drop it after 3 months of farming gifts. Right now I still have 20 knights left to max. Wutan maybe you should get a few 2 stars girl and repeat the process .

one gem per girl not per version of the girl you max

Almost, almost.

Sine I only very rarely pump affection of a girl for other occassions than the quest, I still have a very very good pool of girls who have yet to get over 10% (since I disike them on being on 0 all of them are upped to 2% and after that, the girls with higher priority are raised even more.) If a new 6* is present she will be maxed out as soon as possible - within the limits of the daily quest though.

Originally Posted by Drip

I'm pretty consistently hanging between 15 and 20 girls who still need presents. That does include a dozen 2* and 3* girls, but still, so far I haven't managed to get that amount down to zero. And yes, I have slapped at least one raidboss on a daily basis, and even occasionally run the presents map.
On that bright side: that still a bunch of flower gems for me to obtain.

Pretty much in the same boat.

Not in a rush here, just giving enough to complete my 4 giftings of the day. I have around 25 girls still waiting to be maxed affection-wise.