u/Kamishirokun

Made a post before but that was just a general one before I actually started playing again. So now that I think I'm gonna stick around for a while, I have specific questions.

I quit playing in 2020 (before G24 comes out). Just recently returned and finished most new skills that came out after I quit. Only Stellar Handicraft at Rank 2 (planning to use seals), Fynn Sync at Rank 5 and Fynn Bead at Rank D (omg the mats to rank this skill is so expensive, I ain't touching this for a while). Grandmastered everything but the Pet Trainer.

Things I know that will give a huge power boost but I don't want to do it until there's another master plan event because it's grindy as heck.

1. Stardust (currently only Rank 2)
2. Leveling other Arcanas (currently only have Dark Diviner at level 50 and link 10)

EDIT: I mentioned Stardust and leveling other Arcanas to ask this question but totally forgot about it at the first time of writing. Other than leveling Stardust and other Arcanas, there's no more things to do to boost my power right?

Dark Diviner related stuff.

1. I just crafted a MA100 Ceann Scholar's Ringbands, and need to grind some more gold to finish up the Halfrobe and Shoes since I rolled a 5 on both of them for the Magic set effect bonus. However the trade off for these 3 pieces is that their set effect is not enough for the Alchemic Damage bonus. Is Alchemic Damage used for anything for Dark Diviner in current and future content?
2. I am planning to slowly reforge them. Probably gonna use inheritance for the Ice Spear Explosion Radius on the Ringband if I got too unlucky. But looking at the BiS guide, the reforge on the Halfrobe and Shoes don't look too important right? Is this part of the reason why people said DD is cheaper to gear up?
3. Since I don't need the Ceann Hairpin, I should use headgear that gives MA right?
4. I'm currently using an Exquisite Perseus Mystic Staff but I do have a Sturdy Demolition Staff (both dungeon loot). Can you please explain why Demo staff is better than Perseus? I don't ever use Lightning Rod, Meteor Strike and Hailstorm. Is the +1 Piercing on Demo really that much better than the 20% Intermediate Magic Damage on the Perseus? Should I wait until I get a Masterwork Demo to replace the Perseus or should I just go ahead and use the Sturdy Demo?
5. Magic Attack reforge on the Staff is better than Casting Speed if I have high ping right?
6. Realistically up until which content is Demolition Staff relevant?
7. So Magic Attack is the most important right? Is Max Damage relevant at all? Vivace is preferred over BFO right? Obviously you use a Blue echostone, but what should I use for the remaining 2 echostone slots and their reforges/awakening?
8. Is it true you only need to max 3 Arcanas to max your stats? Since I plan to main Dark Diviner, what other Arcanas should I be leveling?
9. Not DD related but gear related; just wanna confirm, there's no difference between a Blue and Red special upgrade for Gloomy Sunday right?

Dungeons/missions/raids

1. You can choose to have 3 chests to spawn by using 3 Shineseeker Orb at once. Is there any benefit to using the orb separately and do 3 runs (like maybe, better chances to get rare gears?) or should I just run it once to get 3 chests?
2. Would Neartite be better used on AAHM/RAHM or Tech Hard? Can I even run Tech Hard with just the Perseus staff? Feth normal seems stupidly easy but I heard the difference in difficulty is huge so I'm a bit hesitant to waste money to try the hard mode.
3. Is Avalon purification mission still relevant? I used to spam Tagar a fuck ton but I heard there are weekly limits now?
4. I'm shocked that dragon scale fragments are way more expensive now compared to before server merge (it used to be like 3m in Alexina). Why is that? Does Black Dragon still dies in a few seconds now (especially since Arcana seems insanely powerful) or did they get a HP buff? Is White Dragon raid still dead (used to be really dead in Alexina)? Do people still do Mokku and Sylvan Dragon?

Crom/Glenn/Bri Leith

1. So from what I have been reading, this is where the huge jump in difficulty happens. I'm a solo player, are there any I can realistically solo and gain valuable mats? I have been trying to find videos but annoyingly because everything changes after New Rise, it seems most guide videos are pretty much obsolete.
2. Which contents are realistic to do in a pub party? For example, I remember back when Tech was the newest content, the only pub party that has a chance to succeed (from my experience anyway) was Revived Illusion Elite.

Thank you so much if you read all that and I would appreciate any answers! Thanks again in advance!

2020 is a rough estimate, I'm not exactly sure the exact time I quit...but it was when Perseus Knuckle was one of the strongest endgame weapons, and grinding Kraken to get Kraken heart, maxing fighter gear and erging weapons to 50 was what endgame content was like..

Iirc I sold all my endgame gears like the Perseus Knuckle and Divine Blade. All my unsold gears are probably unpopular ones which means they're not that good for endgame content. I think my pets are mostly intact because it's a pain to sell them because you need adoption medals so I didn't bother to put all that effort to sell them.

I suddenly had an urge to return to Mabi after knowing it's still not dead lol But to return after 6-ish years of absence is very overwhelming. I'm mostly a solo player. I heard it's less P2W now; how viable is it to get back to endgame content without spending any money?

Thanks in advance.

I didn't realize how much I liked playing a game with a fully voiced protagonist...until I played Guardian of Azuma. I played Persona 3 Reload right after finishing GoA and honestly the social links interactions felt so dull and...weird because the protagonist is completely silent.

Any other games similar to GoA dating system AND has a fully voiced protagonist? Japanese games only (I'm playing the games partly to learn Japanese). Thanks in advance.

Any fun saves you would recommend?

I'm playing in La Liga and my C team is playing in Spanish Federation 3, which is just impossible to load in FM24. You'd think there would be no matches with it being an unplayable league and all...

For a few seasons now I have been noticing my U19 players suddenly losing condition and became tired despite not playing any U19 matches. I finally found out why now. It turned out the C team is using them. Funnily enough, if they got injured while playing the C team matches, it would say they get injured in training instead. I only found out they played in C team matches from going into Reports > Form and selecting the C team matches.

My C team does have enough players, but for some reason this stupid game just keeps selecting my U19 players. As a result they either get injured in those C team matches or become too tired to play U19 matches which means more injury risk for other U19 players since they get overplayed (U19 schedules are so brutal).

Any way to fix this?

I'm playing as Athletic Bilbao. Loaned a 16 year old from Real Sociedad for 2 seasons hoping he'll be willing to join me when he turns 18. He developed brilliantly, and finally turned 18.

However, he's still not willing to enter contract negotiations because he "isn't prepared to join A. Bilbao due to the rivalry that exists with his favored Real Sociedad".

This is so bullshit because his loan with me is so successful that in his information tab, his "favored clubs" is A. Bilbao, and it doesn't list Sociedad there at all. Plus, I bought another Sociedad player just fine.

Is this a lost cause? Has anyone ever managed to make a player like this change his mind? I'm trying to decide whether to stop developing an insane wonderkid for my rival club and let him rot in the reserves or continue playing him in the hopes he'll change his mind before his loan ends (it's August now, his loan ends next July so he still has a season left).

Not sure if this is relevant but Sociedad renewed his contract a few months ago while he's still on loan with me.

I'm playing as Athletic Bilbao. Loaned a 16 year old from Real Sociedad for 2 seasons hoping he'll be willing to join me when he turns 18. He developed brilliantly, and finally turned 18.

However, he's still not willing to enter contract negotiations because he "isn't prepared to join A. Bilbao due to the rivalry that exists with his favored Real Sociedad".

This is so bullshit because his loan with me is so successful that in his information tab, his "favored clubs" is A. Bilbao, and it doesn't list Sociedad there at all. Plus, I bought another Sociedad player just fine.

Is this a lost cause? Has anyone ever managed to make a player like this change his mind? I'm trying to decide whether to stop developing an insane wonderkid for my rival club and let him rot in the reserves or continue playing him in the hopes he'll change his mind before his loan ends (it's August now, his loan ends next July so he still has a season left).

Not sure if this is relevant but Sociedad renewed his contract a few months ago while he's still on loan with me.

MC went undercover, but ended up unable to get out of the criminal organization and forced to live life as a criminal. Could be the MC was betrayed by his/her employer, or the handler died, so no one knows the MC actually is an undercover agent.

I would prefer a female MC, but I know this type of plot mostly has male MC, so I would at least like one where a female character has a prominent role.

Preferably English, Korean or Japanese speaking series. Examples I can give is very old Kdramas: Time Between Dog and Wolf and Heartless City. Thanks in advance.

I got bored managing a big club and won everything, so I'm thinking to manage Athletic Club for the Basque players only challenge. Followed the club and now got notified they sacked their manager. Thing is, it's December and I don't want to be an arsehole to my current club and leave mid season. Is there an option to start next season when applying for the job?

When I use it, sometimes I'd use the dongle to watch videos on my PC or play games but I would also use it with my phone, which means I'll switch the wireless mode to bluetooth. Although I don't use the headset that often, it's so easy to lose the dongle since it's so small and I have no case for it, so is it just fine if I leave the dongle on my PC usb port, without ever disconnecting it? It won't somehow degrade the dongle quicker?