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Provence said in comment #2618457:

Isn't the new system better mathmatically speaking, at least for F2P?
Does it also apply to whales?

It's marginally better mathematically, and only under the assumption that you aim for a single character and stop as soon as you get a single copy of that character.

But BA always releases new characters in pairs, and that's not accounting for reruns. The spark system allowed you to get one character in 200 pulls or less, and then either spark another copy or spark one of the other rated up characters.

The new system doesn't allow you to do either of these things, and significantly increases the odds of going over 200 pulls if you're aiming for more than one character. The worst case scenario for the spark system is having to spark both new characters, but that would mean you went dry in 400 pulls, which almost never happens. More realistically, you get one character somewhere in 100-300 pulls, and then you spark the other character. And that's assuming your luck is on the lower end, and you fail the 75% chance to get a banner character in 200 pulls.

The new system forces you to gamble on two 50/50 chances if you want both characters in the same 200 pulls that previously would have almost guaranteed both. Before, if it took you 190 pulls to get one character, you only need 10 more pulls for the second character. Now, if you get screwed and get one character at 190, the second character is going to take 100-200 more pulls unless you get extremely lucky, totaling nearly twice as many pulls in an otherwise identical scenario.

The new system doesn't help F2P at all. The only people it benefits are people that have no impulse control and roll on every banner. If you save and plan your rolls, this system doesn't help you at all.

blindVigil said in comment #2618467:

It's marginally better mathematically, and only under the assumption that you aim for a single character and stop as soon as you get a single copy of that character.

But BA always releases new characters in pairs, and that's not accounting for reruns. The spark system allowed you to get one character in 200 pulls or less, and then either spark another copy or spark one of the other rated up characters.

The new system doesn't allow you to do either of these things, and significantly increases the odds of going over 200 pulls if you're aiming for more than one character. The worst case scenario for the spark system is having to spark both new characters, but that would mean you went dry in 400 pulls, which almost never happens. More realistically, you get one character somewhere in 100-300 pulls, and then you spark the other character. And that's assuming your luck is on the lower end, and you fail the 75% chance to get a banner character in 200 pulls.

The new system forces you to gamble on two 50/50 chances if you want both characters in the same 200 pulls that previously would have almost guaranteed both. Before, if it took you 190 pulls to get one character, you only need 10 more pulls for the second character. Now, if you get screwed and get one character at 190, the second character is going to take 100-200 more pulls unless you get extremely lucky, totaling nearly twice as many pulls in an otherwise identical scenario.

The new system doesn't help F2P at all. The only people it benefits are people that have no impulse control and roll on every banner. If you save and plan your rolls, this system doesn't help you at all.

Haven't they adjusted something down to 160? What about that?

Provence said in comment #2618469:

Haven't they adjusted something down to 160? What about that?

What about what? What are you talking about?

blindVigil said in comment #2618472:

What about what? What are you talking about?

The simplification from Nexon's official statement.

Provence said in comment #2618474:

The simplification from Nexon's official statement.

I'm just gonna have to fucking guess what you mean, because it seems like you don't actually know anything about what's going on so I don't know why you're even commenting on it.

They didn't "adjust" anything down. Everything is exactly the same, except now there's no Spark and you have a 50/50 chance to get the banner character at 100 pulls and 100% chance to get them at 200 pulls.

Something they're doing, and this is what I assume you're referring to, is a milestone system that gives you materials after doing a certain number of pulls, which includes 10-pull tickets. These tickets effectively "refund" some of your pulls, so 200 pulls is really 160 pulls, and 400 pulls is really 320 pulls.

This sounds cool, but it's a one-time thing. They're only doing that for this event. So it doesn't matter.

blindVigil said in comment #2618477:

I'm just gonna have to fucking guess what you mean, because it seems like you don't actually know anything about what's going on so I don't know why you're even commenting on it.

They didn't "adjust" anything down. Everything is exactly the same, except now there's no Spark and you have a 50/50 chance to get the banner character at 100 pulls and 100% chance to get them at 200 pulls.

Something they're doing, and this is what I assume you're referring to, is a milestone system that gives you materials after doing a certain number of pulls, which includes 10-pull tickets. These tickets effectively "refund" some of your pulls, so 200 pulls is really 160 pulls, and 400 pulls is really 320 pulls.

This sounds cool, but it's a one-time thing. They're only doing that for this event. So it doesn't matter.

No need to be aggressive. I only want you to share all the information there is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJlubWI3Ys0

longer video available

I would really appreciate it if uploads from this artist were properly tagged with deviantart_logo. I've been adding it myself, and will continue to do so, so my blacklist will catch it (I have "watermark deviantart_logo" blacklisted because that specific watermark bothers me) but obviously the point of the blacklist is to avoid seeing it in the first place.

No shade to anyone, this is absolutely a 'me' problem, so I'll continue doing it if I have to.

Context?

sanitaeter said in comment #2617437:
Context?

As far as I can tell there's a new series coming, and Rara and Applehat aren't in it.

AlsoSprachOdin2 said in comment #2617441:

As far as I can tell there's a new series coming, and Rara and Applehat aren't in it.

Thank you!

AlsoSprachOdin2 said in comment #2617441:

As far as I can tell there's a new series coming, and Rara and Applehat aren't in it.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

magus took control of the leg?

oh wow I just realized, super easy way to tell who's who by the spike in Lucy's back. Unfortunately for her, Judgement isn't really interested in getting it right.

Taidgh said in comment #2618449:

oh wow I just realized, super easy way to tell who's who by the spike in Lucy's back. Unfortunately for her, Judgement isn't really interested in getting it right.

To be fair to Judgement, there's no way she could have known about the bolt

I love, LOVE that Lucifer has no idea what Judgement is doing. Or rather, she's seeing it, but she's the Queen of Hell, so surely Judgement is bluffing, right?
Meanwhile Moon knows that Judgement is not bluffing.

Ummm that not Prinz Eugen,unless she was given short hair

PrinzEugen1945 said in comment #2618329:

Ummm that not Prinz Eugen,unless she was given short hair

Nope can't be,just say the eyes

PrinzEugen1945 said in comment #2618330:

Nope can't be,just say the eyes

That's Spee, the red stripe of hair is a sure proof

Definitely not Prinz Eugen

asset #49394515 ?

Official Design for fairy???

Lunar_X said in comment #2618388:

Official Design for fairy???

I don’t think so. The wiki entry (the question mark next to the character tag) says that the humanoid design is fanmade. Technically that doesn’t stop them from declaring it official, but that is doubtful given that someone else would own the design and they probably would need to either purchase or license the rights to the design.

Lunar_X said in comment #2618388:

Official Design for fairy???

Officially fanmade if that's a thing.
It comes from a HoYoFair song, Dig down!! so, officially commissioned by the company, but it isn't in any way cannon and won't be in the game.

Okay, who let Tachyon be anywhere near where food and drinks are served?

Western players might be familiar with a reskinned version called President, which itself was adapted from Daifugou or the equivalent Chinese card games. There's also some brand name variants like The Great Dalmuti and Dilbert's Corporate Shuffle.

(Swedish used to have a... uh... not-so-politically-correct name for it too.)