Thanks in advance! Long post is long. So, I consider myself a noob to this game, joined at the tail-end of Rahab. That being said, when I do something, I do it hardcore, which is why I'm now rank 50 (lol). However, I didn't really peruse the forums... at all, and so I'm actually finding myself utterly lost by what 'everyone' says I should have done. Frankly, the whole idea of re-rolling for those free SSRs or whatever the purpose was would never have occurred to me.

So here I am, barely managing to do the Ultimate (only with good borrows) and was looking for more info, 'cause knowledge is power after all. And BAM - I learn about these re-rolling strategies, but frankly I don't want to lose the progress I have. So I have some questions for the user base here:

1) How important is it to have a mono-element team?

By this I mean I've just been leveling and MBL-ing all the Kamihime I can, and as a result my teams are all decent, but of course with a severe lack of SSRs and SRs. Considering I've been leveling virtually every SR weapon and higher I can find, I haven't gotten the pinch yet, so I'm still in good shape. I mean, should I ignore all weapons but one element?

2) If i do want to switch to getting a mono-element team, what should be the minimum?

For me it'd be probably be fire, mostly due to the Crom event. I have a metric ton of the 'useless' R Kamihime, enough to fill any team if necessary, but of the SR Kamihime i have (including the story ones) 2 Thunder, 2 Dark, 1 Light, 1 Wind, 2 Fire, and 1 Water. That being said, I have 2 SSR Kamihime, Acala (fire) and Sol (light). I figure Sol can go anywhere, right? Which makes my probable mono-element team fire. Does that make sense?

Due to the Crom event, I have several SR fire weapons at MLB, and alas, weakling that I am, Crom and the SSR Hammer are both 1 shy from max. Plus, I got Acala along with her fire glaive SSR (though it's unbroken).

3) Can someone please explain what the 'offensive' and 'defensive' weapons term being thrown around is? It sounds important lol. I have been leveling only based on SR or SSR really.

3a)Can I get some clarification on the weapon skills?

Specifically, how much they count for. Like a R wind axe will give 'Wind Character ATK^', and a SR wind sword will give 'Wind Character ATK^(+)', and then SSRs have two plusses (++). Can those be converted into numerical values, or do I have to just know that a SR is 'a little better than a R, but not as good as an SSR'? Also, how does leveling those skills (not weapons) affect them. My SR wind sword has Wind ATK (+), but it's lvl 4. How do weapon skills work?

4)So if I DON'T make the 'minimum' to aim for a mono-element team, seriously, how do people unlock more SSRs?

I keep hearing how wonderful Gaia is or whatever, but re-rolling aside, with this ridiculous number of SSR Kamihime that are released, it doesn't seem feasible for people to only deal with their starting few. My question basically is; how does one progress in this game (outside of the events)?

5) I read from another poster that 'in 12 months your choice won't matter [because you can get all the SSRs you missed]. I'd like some clarification on that. Do events return? Or am I forever barred from getting Garuda or Apocalypse from months ago? (much less the evens I did 'attend' but couldn't max).

Any help would be appreciated!