honestly, stats (combined with affection) have a huge influence on the power, hence another reason why having 40 6* girls is the endgame target (if you can do that) if not having at least all bloomable 5* girls... goes double for 2nd affection, and i got a lot of girls that don't have that... with ampy increases being small but adding up over time (cause you can give 3k HP, 1k atk, and 300 def to each girl and that times 40 is a lot)

but at the same time, equipment (especially the event ones) can give a nice boost to power when capped, and unique equipment just adds to this.

if you ask me, do either one first but eventually do both. But leveling girls seems to be easier compared to equipment cause equipment gets painfully slow when you don't have the bronze/silver/gold materials. if you know where to grind, then apmys and bond crystals for 2nd affection gifts gets trivial too.

but that's just my take on it, especially considering i'm still sitting with more than half of my best girls not fully leveled (and some can even bloom on top of this).

interestingly enough, you can grind materials and stuff for both knight leveling and their affections, but not equipment outside of the 1 time buy stuff costing well over a total of 100k medals at this point

What Magic Said. I would like to also add just how powerful a unit can become with ampies and proper equipment
If I ignore the abilities (which we all know act as multipliers to attack and defense)

My Kerria:
HP: 23, 472
ATK: 13, 677
DEF: 5, 454

Unbloomed Pumpkin:
HP: 20, 240
ATK: 12, 681
DEF: 5, 243

5/3 Sakura:
HP: 22, 420
ATK: 13, 004
DEF: 6, 126

(P.S. Pepo Bloom When!)

yeah, I prefer ampy than equipment grinding

not dat ampy are easier to get imo but it's less boring? than equipment

then again, the only fully ampy gurls I have are pink haired, rainbow gurls

If you asked why, someone on HCB nicknamed HH, the Bubblegum Rainbow man. I decided to go on w/ dat and screwed up Kerria and other non pink hair rainbow gurls in the long run muhahahaa

I don't know about you guys, but for me it's been difficult to gather petals from the nation missions this week.

I need Lilywood petals for some girls, but I got more dupes of Cary Ophyllus than I can count...

I really hope they didn't change the drop rate and it's just bad luck.

I wasted 800 or more of stamina, only one petal

you are not alone

I doubt they touched it. But maybe they did. I wouldn't be surprised if they did....

I have had some dry spells in the past with petals though so you both might be just in one of those. Your next run might even generate 2 petals... who knows.

Originally Posted by Ampchan

Your next run might even generate 2 petals... who knows.

All yesterday stamina for 2 petals.
I probably find it harder on Lilywood because that's where I need more petals, so I always have 1-2 spare for the other nations...