Originally Posted by theloststar

I don't even want them because they're stronger. I just want them for the sake of having them.

I suggest you drop that mindset unless you're a "whale" who has more money than common sense. The only way you're going to 'collect them all' is by spending obscene amounts of money.

With that said, there have been several good chances/promotions to obtain rainbows over the past couple months - so anyone who has been playing for a length of time should have a couple by now.

As for spending money, I'd suggest taking a comparative approach - have you gotten enough enjoyment out of the game, relate to other forms of entertainment that you actually pay for? If so, figure out how much that is worth and wait for a good/guaranteed deal to invest in your future entertainment with. (Don't 'gamble' with your money unless you're prepared to 'throw it away'.)

As for flower gems, Events are a good source of them for fully clearing each mission. I personally find hording affection items and maxing knights out when needed is a good emergency reserve as well. (Having a large stash of affection items is going to be useful when Blooming Forms get added as well.)

I currently have three 6*s on my main.

After I started the game late november, I quickly realized it would be near impossible to get 6*s, so I gave up that account, created a bunch of multis, and rolled the free starter flower gems until I got a 6*.

so that was my first 6*. The second came from the christmas ticket that had a 50/50 chance for getting a 6*.

Finally, did my 4th or 5th 10+1 YOLO pull (got all 3-4* the first try and only a single 5* the other tries) just this tuesday, before I found out that there would be a guaranteed 5* gacha coming up. Would've kicked myself in the behind if I didn't get anything good, but luckily I got my 3rd 6*.

So that's how I got three 6*s.

Todays anniversary deal for example isn't too bad. It's a 10+1 roll and then a pick-your-rainbow from a selection of Sakura, Black Baccara, Cactace, Mei or Alpinia for 3,000 Nutaku gold.
F2P players can seriously totally forget about ever obtaining all rainbows (on avarage, you'll get one once every 18 10+1 pulls), and this is about as cheap as Nutaku puts them on offer. The usual price is 6,000 NGold.

Originally Posted by Drip

Todays anniversary deal for example isn't too bad. It's a 10+1 roll and then a pick-your-rainbow from a selection of Sakura, Black Baccara, Cactace, Mei or Alpinia for 3,000 Nutaku gold.
F2P players can seriously totally forget about ever obtaining all rainbows (on avarage, you'll get one once every 18 10+1 pulls), and this is about as cheap as Nutaku puts them on offer. The usual price is 6,000 NGold.

Yeah this deal is really good. I didn't want to whale on Nutaku anymore but i have 12000 Nutaku Gold stored anyway (since 2 months). I already have collected 3/5 from the available Girls.

Cactace is broken after she gets her Bloomed Form and Mei also has a Bloomed Form. Hmm i consider doing it.

Huge amount of people here dished out a solid cash for their 6*
With the exception of few lucky bastards (unnamed) who murder children in their beds and offer their souls to the great Chaos gods to pull those 6es, the rest of us had to hand out our hard earned dosh if they wanted their Six star waifu. Myself Included.

Well, I am f2p. But anyway, to add on, I do think that there is a highly disproportionate amount of 6*s when you look at helper lists. I doubt that most players spend money to buy 6*s.

I think it's more likely that the system favors putting people with 6*s on helper lists, so that players see that everyone else has a 6*, so they get more tempted to get one themselves.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Well, I am f2p. But anyway, to add on, I do think that there is a highly disproportionate amount of 6*s when you look at helper lists. I doubt that most players spend money to buy 6*s.

I think it's more likely that the system favors putting people with 6*s on helper lists, so that players see that everyone else has a 6*, so they get more tempted to get one themselves.

Very possible, and wouldn't put that beyond Nutaku, lol. The actual allies on your helper list are sorted by recent activity though, but the randoms? Yes, it's very possible they purposely throw in a couple of rainbow squads to give you a desire to "Keep up with the Joneses".

i was like you ta the begining:i was captured by all those animations,flashy attacks and all but after considering the prices for them,i had to think really hard over this matter.
so here is a tip for you: dont rush it,always be smart and patient for the right deal to come,dont waste money and try to ask everyone's opinion here.
when a new gatcha deal is out,you will find a thread here(i think) about it and there you can ask and then decide.

....got 4 in lucky rolls...yep more I look at it I'm that darn lucky...

Got one on Black Friday - will almost certainly get Mia in this pull...yeh I'm gonna have a squad +1 wow, it's that or Alp for speed team

Alps the better pick stat and ability

Anyone know what Mei gets when/if we get bloomed

Without whaling, the next best thing is multiple accounts. Whether you make new accounts over and over again until you roll one and then keep the account or make a couple of new accounts and stick with them, it pushes the odds more in your favor. I've been playing on my (now lvl 133) main account since day one and it still has zero 6*s. My two alt accounts (lvls 104, 105) have four and three 6*s, respectively. It's almost perverse at this point and I never expect to see a 6* make it to my main account.