So totally new to the game but it's pretty straight forward. My only question is: Is there any way to determine what direction to take on the rotating arrows? I've spent too much time trying to get a three star finish but the rotation arrows just send my party down one route

You can pray to RNJesus. That helps.

Otherwise not really. The only real difficulty comes from the RNG elements like those arrows. Just remember that you've got all the time in the world to 3* most maps.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

So totally new to the game but it's pretty straight forward. My only question is: Is there any way to determine what direction to take on the rotating arrows? I've spent too much time trying to get a three star finish but the rotation arrows just send my party down one route

No those arrows are 100% RNG and thus the only way to 3* maps is to keep trying them till you get it. Having said that, many are much easier than others to get 3* on. If you are talking about the campaign maps then most from 1-9 are easy enough to 3*, 10+ are not so easy and a lot of people just give up on 3*ing the campaign and just farm 12-5.

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Got curious and checked my own progression. I still have not 3* 10-5, 11-1, 14-2 and 14-3 but all the others I have 3* on.

You can change the starting positions to maximize your chances, but that's it. You can do some basic math to figure out the optimal strategy if you're stuck on some stage for too long, though sometimes you also have to account for speed because you can finish some maps before the slower groups get to their targets.

Indeed speed and how many people go down a path area ll you can control

Say you have a route where there are 2 randomisers you need to hit with 2 paths each - each person going down that route has a 25% chance of getting it 'correct'

Next lets say you have a route that has a rotating arrow, first points to a short path and then a long path. You need to ensure a slower speed squad passes the point 1st - so planning your units order and their speed can be trial and error to a degree

Good news is no time limit on main mission maps, only bad news is you'll likely want to putting lots of time and energy into event maps which have limited time and give limited time content rewards - and some events can be stamina hogs

Not repeating the above, all i am adding is do not worry about it too much, yea the flower gem reward is nice, but move on to higher maps, untill the maps are too hard and then go back for them.
On the event/time limited maps you might struggle to get them three stared, but most of the time this forum has some one who can help you with optimum starting position, and no event so far requires you to three star them for event rewards, they used to but changed it some time ago.
And making sure, you know you can move the groups stating position so they can start from different Tents?