So I still have 20 pulls to get that selector thing cause first 10 I got Flare and swapped to getting her weapon.
At first was gonna get Penny with it because I like her decently and figured I'd want a team of each element eventually.
However at my pace that'd be a while before I build it so was considering just getting a dupe of my favorite who I'm using atm instead so wondering how big a difference it makes.
My guess is pulls and the upgrade stones mostly? Most gatcha the stuff at the top tends to be the more limited things but what would you say a priority list for these might be?
So I usually default to thinking "Destroyer, Fighter/Assassin, Support". But I was wondering how necessary each role actually are.
Like can you get away with no Destroyer? Double Assassin? Double Destroyer? And so on.
Does it all depend on the specific characters?
Might be a bit lengthy but bear with me please I feel it might help some people.
For some context I've played multiple gatcha for many years and recently have cut it down to just one or two. I wasn't gonna play this at all but Flare and Ophelia caught my interest.
I decided to try the game out and take it super slow. How slow? Well I've been playing since one or two weeks from launch and I'm in the middle of episode 3. My team of Flare, Angel, and Francis are level 40 with basic equipment and monsterlings (unleveled) and unleveled skills. The only caveat being I have Flare's sig weapon at level 20. I've only done a few side quests and a couple event things now and then.
With that all said. I'm loving the game. The characters and story are refreshingly simple and fun and the combat is pretty satisfying even from someone who isn't a huge fan of the gatcha ARPG switch combat style. It just feels good to play and I really enjoy how non-open world it is honestly. The fact they have an easy mode is pretty nice (though I'm not using it) too.
There are obviously issues, bugs need to be fixed, more stamina would be good, the RNG is a problem and tbh I wish they didn't have equipment. Could be more unique and less annoying if it was just skills weapon and monsterlings.
On that note I was worried as I played and lurked here seeing people talk about how bad the endgame and RNG was and "not having anything to do" but I've been giving it a lot of thought and realized honestly...it doesn't bother me as much as I feared.
Of course everyone is different but I think it's important for every person to really think about what they enjoy and want in a game and what they REALLY need to put into it. For me I realized I don't really need to have the best stuff because usually you only need that for high level endgame. I don't need a ton of pulls either. I already have Flare and Ophelia (and Gabi), Flare's weapon, and enough limited to get Narae when she drops.
Basically for me there's no need to worry about optimization because the stuff you need that for is just a bonus to me not the main focus. So I'll continue to take it slow and enjoy my time. Maybe I'll try more challenging endgame eventually but it's not what I most care about.
I feel some people might think they HAVE to do all the things instead of WANT to. If you do genuinely enjoy getting as strong as you can and taking on the highest endgame content that's one thing and I do hope they fix the issues with that stuff for your sake but my unsolicited advice is make sure if that's what you actually want from a game.