Thread: [Event 03] Advent Battle vs Garuda

very tough - honestly think I'm done with this game too grindy - censored to within an inch of it's life so badly it's more a comedy events fast and furious but no time to level

Game wants too much time too litlte reward, odds on drops are wonky - basically unless you want to pay a lot or play a lot more this isn't a game for you

Based on DMM event :

"ExpertSP rank Event Quests have been removed as the drop rates of the Event bosses have been greatly increased. Thus the most efficient method of resource acquisition now is merely to always complete the highest difficulty available, regardless of the resource needed."


They forget to remove the ExpertSP event because the drop rate was increased in the normal Expert.

well grab your jewel while u still can then lol

Platinum chests to date (running Expert or Expert SP on every run except for first-clears):
Apocalypse: SSR eidolon (3 half-elixirs used, AP used on CD for 15hrs/day for all but one day)
Phoenix: SSR eidolon (~7 half-elixirs used, AP used on CD for 15hrs/day all days)
Garuda (3.5 days into the event): SR assault weapon, SSR eidolon (0 half-elixirs used, AP used on CD for all but half a day)

For the record, both of my platinum drops in the Garuda event occurred without Snatch up (I likely did more runs with Snatch than without).

Originally Posted by sanahtlig

Platinum chests to date (running Expert or Expert SP on every run except for first-clears):
Apocalypse: SSR eidolon (3 half-elixirs used, AP used on CD for 15hrs/day for all but one day)
Phoenix: SSR eidolon (~7 half-elixirs used, AP used on CD for 15hrs/day all days)
Garuda (3.5 days into the event): SR assault weapon, SSR eidolon (0 half-elixirs used, AP used on CD for all but half a day)

For the record, both of my platinum drops in the Garuda event occurred without Snatch up (I likely did more runs with Snatch than without).

For me, snatching at least 5+ in every run of the first two events netted me only a single plat during apoc (and it was an SR weapon), and nothing since. I haven't bothered using it since.

Slightly off topic, but is it just me or is the way the events are being arranged are scummy?
What I mean by this is, currently we're on Garuda event (wind).
Next is Typhon (Fire) which makes the Garuda summons and weapons pretty ineffective if not downright useless in that event.
Same thing applies to the event coming after that which is Jormungandr (water).

There was a very brief interruption with the Medusa (dark) event.

But then all of a sudden its lightning event now with Sandalphon which obviously beats water. And the time it takes for everything in the current Garuda that we farmed (wind) to actually be properly effective against another event in the future is over a month according to the DMM dates on JP wiki. Oh well no wonder people just stuck with their Apocalypses.

Garuda summon will be fine; the double attack rate buff won't be impacted by enemy element. And the water attack buff half of the passive will come in use. Aside from that, it's just part of the conundrum with the water/wind combination; when one side has advantage, the other half will have weakness.

The events are in arbitrary order, element-wise, aside from no repeating back to back. You're trying to find a Megaman-style order to it, but that's a trap. The human mind by default wants to see logical patterns, but sometimes, things just aren't planned so neatly.

Originally Posted by Inb4whales

Slightly off topic, but is it just me or is the way the events are being arranged are scummy?
What I mean by this is, currently we're on Garuda event (wind).
Next is Typhon (Fire) which makes the Garuda summons and weapons pretty ineffective if not downright useless in that event.
Same thing applies to the event coming after that which is Jormungandr (water).

There was a very brief interruption with the Medusa (dark) event.

But then all of a sudden its lightning event now with Sandalphon which obviously beats water. And the time it takes for everything in the current Garuda that we farmed (wind) to actually be properly effective against another event in the future is over a month according to the DMM dates on JP wiki. Oh well no wonder people just stuck with their Apocalypses.

You can use the summon and weapon just fine as a sub, you'll still be stronger than if you skipped the event. Also you don't have to use the element that is strong to something, you can use something neutral to it. It isn't like everyone used a light team to fight apoc.

Originally Posted by Inb4whales

Slightly off topic, but is it just me or is the way the events are being arranged are scummy?
What I mean by this is, currently we're on Garuda event (wind).
Next is Typhon (Fire) which makes the Garuda summons and weapons pretty ineffective if not downright useless in that event.
Same thing applies to the event coming after that which is Jormungandr (water).

There was a very brief interruption with the Medusa (dark) event.

But then all of a sudden its lightning event now with Sandalphon which obviously beats water. And the time it takes for everything in the current Garuda that we farmed (wind) to actually be properly effective against another event in the future is over a month according to the DMM dates on JP wiki. Oh well no wonder people just stuck with their Apocalypses.

This is probably on purpose. The difficulty level would go way down if we got to use our brand new weapons at every new event. As it stands, we have to complete a cycle before the goodies are strong in an event.

Originally Posted by BigBobs

For me, snatching at least 5+ in every run of the first two events netted me only a single plat during apoc (and it was an SR weapon), and nothing since. I haven't bothered using it since.

I was running double anzu and snatch 7+ stacks during first two events with no luck. This event I didn't bother with either and got 2 SSR weapon drops already.

Then again it could just be a coincidence, or increased rainbow chest odds by quite a bit.