Originally Posted by Unregistered

What else is there to even do with gems? It's basically why this week I shrugged and threw 100 out of my ~220 gems to try (and fail) getting the Lycoris variant.

If it makes you feel better, I spent $40 for the one-use gacha under the erroneous assumption that I'd be able to get Shrine Maiden Lycoris with it!

It sort of worked out for me anyway due to some dumb luck with the gacha rolls, and I probably would've done it anyway even if I knew the Lycoris form I wanted was off the table (her new design is so much better than her old one!), but I miscalculated on that one.

Stamina boosting was of great use to me in the last event, if only because I can't imagine flipping all those cards for the stuff I wanted without it. Then again, I'm only LV 58 right now.

^Art direction.

I agree with this certainly. 2-3 girls are pretty much the same models with swapped hair, although there have been some redos with girls like Di Yu. The whole Waifu things is why I like having different girls in a squad instead of multiple versions of say Peach due to my sad obsession with roleplaying *sob sob*