Fate/Grand Order III - Protecc those Smiles

[Saambell]

Oh my goodness this event! I'm drowning in references. Lots of pythons too. I will NEED to redo the dialogues once the replay cutscenes option appears and see what I missed by picking the semi rational options.

[NeoPhoenix0]

i am so torn on the formal craft essence. there is mash, who is mash, enough said. there is the great and mighty umu. adn finally Jeanne, how often are you going to see Jeanne letting herself have fun. there were other options, but i like how these look better.

I can't help but think our resident bersekcar fanatic will probably go for what i can't deny is one of the best formal portraits, but i care more for other waifus.

[nightwyrm]

Don't forget to play the Paul Bunyan minigame on the FGONA site for quartz: https://bunyan-campaign2019.fate-go.us/

All the formal CEs look fantastic. I can't decide between Jeanne, Scathach, Marie and Artoria...

[Nerocite]

There is only one true choice for the formal CEs.

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ROME

[Velaryon]

Anyone else feel like the art style used for Paul Bunyan clashes with... well, everything else in the game?

[Resileaf]

Anyone else feel like the art style used for Paul Bunyan clashes with... well, everything else in the game?

Well, yeah, it's the point.

[Callos_DeTerran]

Been awhile since I pointed but honestly FGO has had me depressed recently with numerous attempts to pull characters I've wanted for awhile that have all failed rather awfully.

But a new EoR and a new event is a great way to draw me back in!

So what are my thoughts on both so far (I haven't finished either yet).

Agartha

Spoiler: Really?

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THIS is the chapter that I've kept hearing is so awful and should be retconned out of the game? Really? Wow. Just...wow. Its got some issues like every chapter of the story has had, but just within the EoRs it comes in a solid second for me. Seraphix was great but Shinjuku, aside from a cool setting (which it had) was honestly awfully boring for me. Plot made sense but not really since it relied on new concepts being introduced just to explain it, Moriarty wasn't a fun villain, and honestly I'm tired of Jeanne Alter which is pretty amazing considering she was the main reason I kept playing the game when it first launched. Now I kind of dread her appearances.

Agartha's problems are...much more low key? KEep in mind that I have a general idea of what's already happening, its the specifics that I don't know.

-The unadulterated Astolfo lust is NOT appreciated. I thought he would be a great character when I first read about him. Then I tolerated him in Apocrypha until the very end of it. Then he began irritating the crap out of me in FGO. So I do not enjoy the game pushing this 'the MC likes/lusts for Astolfo' narrative when d'eon is RIGHT there for the snuggling! If it was a choice between the two, I wouldn't mind, but there's some narrative options where both are 'lust after Astolfo'. Well, no. No I will not. I burned him into a rare prism for a reason game. And when I could have the choice of lusting after D'eon instead, I really don't appreciate it.

-Rider of Resistance is...interesting. I mean that honestly, knowing he turns out to be an evil bastard later. In my exposure to media, evil guys rarely turn out to be determinators and trying to pick out if he really has amnesia or if he's playing me is fun. As in trying to pick out any foreshadowing for his inevitable betrayal, which is pretty subtle so far up until his name reveal.

-The setting of Agartha. From what I've heard, I was expecting something a lot more heavy-handed or...well...different from what I got which is pretty engaging. Three powers locked in struggle with a fourth and a 'force of nature' to complicate things is fun and I'm enjoying Fergus Lily's education into different kind of kingdoms and how he might want to rule himself. Its rather introspective from the big lug and makes me want to level up his older self a bit to see how much has always been there. Dahut was fun in the 'this is your servant, this is your servant on drugs' kind of way but the attempt at shock horror with the pirates fell through for me personally. Assassin of Nightless City is a badass and adorable, which I know would annoy the crap out of her, which makes it better. Definition of a self-made ruler holding others to an impossible standard just because she thinks she's attained it herself which is a fun trope.

-Scheh. I want her. Not just because she's sexy, but because I want to protect her and help her get over her Thanatophobia. And the idea that she's the real mastermind behind all of this and not Rider is an interesting one that I want to see what they do with. And please come home Scheh, I have tanks like you wouldn't believe!

-Megalos is...disappointing. The force of nature idea is awesome but we've already seen it from Heracles before, many times in fact, and this time is worse because it strips away the bits that did give him personality. I would just as soon have this be an entirely different berserker like Beowulf because that would have been something more.

-Penth, haven't gotten through her part of the story yet, but she's pretty dope. Love her game face and the fact she actually...well...berserks in battle. Properly zerks that is, so long as someone triggers her rage.

All in all its a pretty fun ride so far, eager to keep playing it out to see if it can stick the landing or not which means a lot (last EoR most certainly did not). Right now I'm at...what I'm guessing is the Dragon Palace.

As for All the Statesmen...

Bunyan is badass and my favorite tall tale from when I was a child. She will be evolved into my farming team. Plus she's lumberjacking monsters which is pretty great.

[NeoPhoenix0]

There is only one true choice for the formal CEs.

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ROME

While i would agree (since there is no Ereshkigal or Tamamo CE), but i just find her portrait not as good as mash's or jeanne's, but i was still considering her for quite a while. In the end i went with jeanne.

Anyone else feel like the art style used for Paul Bunyan clashes with... well, everything else in the game?

Bunyan's art style is specifically the learning with manga art style, cause reasons "or lack of reasons"

[Friv]

There is only one true choice for the formal CEs.

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That's weird. I agree with you that there's only one true choice, but I can't pinpoint when Rome was a big part of Heracles' story.

[Leecros]

So I'm currently at 121,230 damage on the Sixth singularity memorial quest. I think I could do way better with a more favourable setup from the cards, but Dear god why is it Gawain. Why is it always Gawain!?

I managed to pull Anne Bonny & Mary Read on my standard tactic of hucking random summoning tickets at the Story Gacha. It's....eah....I don't really need another Rider. I already have two of the best Rider's in the game. I mean, i'm always grateful to get another 4 or 5 Star servant. It's more SQ from Quests and Bond Points and whatnot, but I don't see me using them on a regular basis.

On the bright side, my exceptional luck at the Story banner continues...

[Resileaf]

So I'm currently at 121,230 damage on the Sixth singularity memorial quest. I think I could do way better with a more favourable setup from the cards, but Dear god why is it Gawain. Why is it always Gawain!?

Eye of the Euryale with buffs from two Tamamos. Easy 200K+ damage.

[Leecros]

Eye of the Euryale with buffs from two Tamamos. Easy 200K+ damage.

Sadly I don't have a Tamamo, so my damage is going to have to focus on Busters and as far as Buster NP Archers go I have... Moriarty and Tesla....Neither of which really contribute to dealing a large amount of damage.

So unless I get lucky or find a low rarity Servant that has a buster np known to deal a lot of damage....


...


*Stares at Arash*

I'll be back guys.



Okay, forget Musashi. I managed to get 170k with my Level 60 Arash and Two Merlin's.

I really should consider grailing Arash. He's such an underappreciated character.

[Saambell]

Have yet to try the Gawain fight. The other fights went easy, besides Tiamat and her Buff Removal and Curse Stacking. But Gawain confuses me. Is the goal to do over a certain damage in one turn, and you only have one turn? Kind of closed the info form pop up before I was able to let the info sink in. If that's the case, I'm not sure I got anything. "Just Double Support Caster" doesn't work for me, as I don't have any of the good ones. I got Waver, but hes garbage for this kind of thing. Best I can think of is Double Waver and Kuro, but in that case I'm better off with a single waver and a better set of Buffers. I don't have any Scopes and am running purely on a single MLB Element and a single non MLB Element for >50% Starting NP, so one turn NPs are not available unless I go Waver.

[Leecros]

Have yet to try the Gawain fight. The other fights went easy, besides Tiamat and her Buff Removal and Curse Stacking. But Gawain confuses me. Is the goal to do over a certain damage in one turn, and you only have one turn? Kind of closed the info form pop up before I was able to let the info sink in. If that's the case, I'm not sure I got anything. "Just Double Support Caster" doesn't work for me, as I don't have any of the good ones. I got Waver, but hes garbage for this kind of thing. Best I can think of is Double Waver and Kuro, but in that case I'm better off with a single waver and a better set of Buffers. I don't have any Scopes and am running purely on a single MLB Element and a single non MLB Element for >50% Starting NP, so one turn NPs are not available unless I go Waver.

Nah, it's still a fight that you have to beat(and in fact your damage isn't logged unless you beat the fight), but there's also an added thing of being able to see how much damage you deal in one turn.

It's just a thing they decided to do.

[Callos_DeTerran]

Got around 320ish K on Gawain with Heracles and some memeish supports...of course I forgot it was a regular fight, Gawain kept on attacking, and ended up costing me a single quartz to finish it.

[HMS Invincible]

The Salter memorial quest was kicking my butt several times, so I said screw it, and went full re re. Double Merlin 10/10/10 + Orion degeneration. Took me 50 turns but I did it. God, I hate stall teams.
The last break bar has too much dps for even double Merlin, so that's when you focus on Orion np. 3nps means you can (barely) face tank a saber np.
https://m.imgur.com/gallery/UveQqWv

[Nerocite]

Chloe+Double Merlin took down the final challenge.

Well, the old team held up. This time I used the Atlas Uniform, and it helped out a lot.

[Resileaf]

I don't remember what I used to take her down last year, so I just went for whatever seemed right. Chloe + Tamamo + Waver, with Tristan, Jeanne and Angra (for the bond points) in the back. Got her down to 450K on her last bar before I used my command seals.

[nightwyrm]

I went Archuria/Merlin/Tamamo. Just had to time the invul for the break bar NP charge correctly.

[HMS Invincible]

I went Archuria/Merlin/Tamamo. Just had to time the invul for the break bar NP charge correctly.

I could never get archuria's NP + merlin invuln timing right. I think I need to prioritize invuln first, and let the archuria 80% rng trigger on off turns.

Well, the old team held up. This time I used the Atlas Uniform, and it helped out a lot.

Is the idea you use NP merlins until the last hp bar, and then damage race Salter?

I don't remember what I used to take her down last year, so I just went for whatever seemed right. Chloe + Tamamo + Waver, with Tristan, Jeanne and Angra (for the bond points) in the back. Got her down to 450K on her last bar before I used my command seals.

Why does angry mango give bonus to bond points? Or did you just want to bond10 him?

[Resileaf]

Why does angry mango give bonus to bond points? Or did you just want to bond10 him?

I've been told that he'll get a secret intermission chapter in the future, and you have to have bond 10 with him, so I'm keeping him in my team, no matter what the mission is.

[Leecros]

Also...you know...It's always nice to bond up your servants for the bonus SQ...

[Resileaf]

Also...you know...It's always nice to bond up your servants for the bonus SQ...

Not that I need the bonus SQ from him since I'm at 9 and a half.

Speaking of bond 10, I got d'Eon at that today.

[Red Fel]

I've been told that he'll get a secret intermission chapter in the future, and you have to have bond 10 with him, so I'm keeping him in my team, no matter what the mission is.

I don't know about that, but his Bond CE is somewhat useful - gives him double damage against Beast-type enemies, and a 1-time Guts.

The Guts is useful, at least for the time being, given that his third skill does come with a self-KO at the end. Although, that's less of a problem post-Interlude.

But the double damage against Beasts, that's legitimately useful - potentially, anyway, if you decide to Grail him to up his stats - since not all Beasts have exploitable weaknesses otherwise.

[ellenate]

Got around 320ish K on Gawain with Heracles and some memeish supports...of course I forgot it was a regular fight, Gawain kept on attacking, and ended up costing me a single quartz to finish it.

I really hope we don't have to ever see him again.

[Nerocite]

Is the idea you use NP merlins until the last hp bar, and then damage race Salter?

Atlas Uniform meant the Merlins' never got too low, I just kept going slow for the whole fight. Managed to rotate the Invul's so I never got hit by a NP.

I really hope we don't have to ever see him again.

For the 3rd Anniversary the memorial bosses are different, for Camelot we get Rhongo instead.

[spectralphoenix]

GSSR is up! Gave it a roll and got Tamamo-no-mae. Four SSRs to my name, the entire locked set to draw from, and I find the duplicate. Still, she's not a bad servant to have at NP2. Just not a very exciting outcome. I might put some quartz at Sherlock when I'm feeling luckier.

[ellenate]

For the 3rd Anniversary the memorial bosses are different, for Camelot we get Rhongo instead.

I don't remember struggling with her so, i'll stay blissfully ignorant, and assume she'll be easier.




I'm drooling

80 sq! (my savings are getting some weight... i'm not going to make it through the summer)

and my mhxa finally gets her buff!

GSSR is up! Gave it a roll and got Tamamo-no-mae. Four SSRs to my name, the entire locked set to draw from, and I find the duplicate. Still, she's not a bad servant to have at NP2. Just not a very exciting outcome. I might put some quartz at Sherlock when I'm feeling luckier.

combo her with summer mordred for np spam shenanigans.


I read his skills, i can't ever bring myself to pull for support units.

[NeoPhoenix0]

Well, i am a very happy camper now. On the GSSR banner, i finally got not drake even though drake was an option this time. Also while i didn't get my number 1 desired servant i got 1 of my top 3. MHXA! I finally have a 5 star berserker.

[nightwyrm]

Got Hijikata, who I have no use for but at least he's a new servant I guess.