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Post by reconnecting on Sept 2, 2022 13:07:30 GMT -5
The Legendary pilot Stefania is in the Event Crate Rush at 450 acoins per spin. I won her on the fourth spin.  |
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Post by lrob on Sept 2, 2022 14:09:15 GMT -5
Nice. Congrats!! I also got her in the fourth spin.
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Post by S1E1 on Sept 2, 2022 17:00:46 GMT -5
Took me twelve tries. :-P
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Post by OU812? on Sept 3, 2022 8:36:50 GMT -5
Fudge. Hoped Iâd get lucky. Should have just waited.  I wanna call âem 「illegitimate child」s, but the reality is itâs on me. Edited: Dammit. |
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Post by Koalabear on Sept 6, 2022 8:17:18 GMT -5
Yay, that means she'll be available for 3k A-coins soon! I'm not a gambler so I'll just wait. But... I did win 1k A-coins today on the crate rush so...hmm...
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Post by S1E1 on Sept 29, 2022 13:14:41 GMT -5
And now she is officially in the store. So basically a 4 week delay between an A-Coin crate event offering and available to all. Feel like that mirrors what happened with Asami too. I'm a bit surprised tbh, I figured they'd drag it out longer given how popular Stefania is. But seems like we have a good yardstick for the upcoming LPs.
The earliest post I see for "Stefania" on the forum is that she was first offered for real money purchase back around June 28th. So potentially it was 3 months from RM offers to A-Coin availability in the store and probably 3 1/2 months from when she was first rolled out as an event prize. Kinda wish I'd tracked when these pilots came out so I could plan my A-Coin spending better. I really want the next two pilots, Myna and Archangel.
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Post by S1E1 on Sept 29, 2022 14:01:57 GMT -5
OK, following up on my post above ^^^ I searched through the forum for posts that could identify on some of the other legendary pilots. Couldn't find much but it looks like Myna went on $ sale on July 29th and Boar dropped around Sept 14th, which would be one and three months respectively after the same for Stefania.
So it's thin, but I think the schedule looks like this:
1) New pilot drops (event only) every month at mid-month (around the 15th)
2) Goes on sale for real money two weeks later (around the 29th)
3) Gets offered in A-Coin gotcha event about nine weeks later
4) Available in store for A-Coins four weeks later at end of the month
So this is a total guess based off very few data points, but if it is right then that means going forward:
~10/3: Myna (close range Legendary Pilot) A-Coin gacha event
~10/13: New pilot offered in key event (probably the RPG Legendary Pilot)
~10/27: Myna available in store / New pilot real money offer
~11/1: Archangel (sniper Legendary Pilot) A-Coin gacha event
~11/30: Archangel available in store
~12/5: Boar (artillery Legendary Pilot) A-Coin gacha event
~12/29: Boar available in store
~1/2: New (RPG Legendary?) pilot A-Coin gacha event
~1/26: New (RPG Legendary?) pilot in store
Again this is a guess, but I'll be interested to see if how far off it is. Hopefully it ends up being a somewhat useful guidepost. That said I don't even remember if Boar has been offered for real money yet. Should have happened this week if this is right but I wasn't paying attention.
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Post by Koalabear on Sept 30, 2022 7:40:19 GMT -5
Sounds pretty good even for a guess! I'll be looking forward to Myna to be available for A-coins. Just spent my cache on Stephania and Asami so this should give me time to build it back up. Still trying not to spend anymore on this game.
I likely won't bother with Archangel or Boar though. Both those mech builds tend to be super powerful already. Maybe Boar if I ever want to run like a RM10/JR6 Scout or something.
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Post by S1E1 on Sept 30, 2022 10:49:29 GMT -5
I'm still debating sniper pilot assignments and probably will switch them around a bit. Ultimately I want to be able to deploy Railguns, EMRs and Longarms so I definitely want Archangel. It might best to pair the weaker weapons with the stronger pilots but Longarm only has 2 worthwhile implants. The main question is how high the single shot damage for RGs and EMRs can go. If Archangel guarantees you can kill anyone with one shot, etc, then it'll be worth it.
Ultimately I figure I'll get all of the LPs, though slowly, for the extra implant slots although several probably won't be used for their weapon category. I am also hoping they don't forget to drop the purple Assault Weapon pilot so I can finally switch my blue one to Pulse Cannons.
I'm curious what comes next once they release all the pilots. If this schedule holds, the last one drops in November. That's right about the time of year they usually mess with the meta and debut the next big change...
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Post by Koalabear on Sept 30, 2022 12:24:50 GMT -5
I'm not that big a fan of the sniper weapons. RG16 is about all I can handle. I suppose I might pick up the EM guns eventually, but the upgrade road to them will be long. I think I've given up on the Gauss Rifles. I was gonna do dual GR10 on the Stalker but doesn't look like anyone (human) is running GRs anymore. Heck, even the AI has pretty much stopped using them.
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Post by reconnecting on Sept 30, 2022 12:33:38 GMT -5
I'm still debating sniper pilot assignments and probably will switch them around a bit. Ultimately I want to be able to deploy Railguns, EMRs and Longarms so I definitely want Archangel. It might best to pair the weaker weapons with the stronger pilots but Longarm only has 2 worthwhile implants. The main question is how high the single shot damage for RGs and EMRs can go. If Archangel guarantees you can kill anyone with one shot, etc, then it'll be worth it. My railguns are near max with that cowboy pilot, epic pilot? So I get a lot of one shot kills with them.   |
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Post by Koalabear on Sept 30, 2022 14:54:11 GMT -5
I think pound for pound, the EM16 is more powerful than the RG16...but probably not by that much. Different firing mechanism...
RG16 - fire a shot every .83s up to 3 shots and then like a 7s delay to reload...but that 4th shot is likely only like 4s delay and then it's go into hiding for a long time.
EM16 - fire every 5s (correct me if I'm wrong) and like 75% of double damage vs the 15% of the RG16, delayed fire.
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Post by S1E1 on Sept 30, 2022 19:37:34 GMT -5
The good part about the EM Rifle is that is basically powerful enough at 3 stars to be viable for CPC. So if you already have RG16s there is no rush to level it up. Although I'd recommend pairing it with a booster bot like Orion at 3 stars. Also the purple implants seem to roll in quite quickly - that's nice too.
Downsides are that you'll definitely want a 16EN, so then you need a 2nd one to pair it with or to mix it up with Longarms. I luckily won a 6EN also in an event so I haven't tried the LA hybrid yet but they seem pretty compatible. Which kinda sucks because EMR's optimal range starts at 75m, which is problematic for a lot of maps. Below that the damage drops significantly like with LAs. That might end up being the big determination on how much to boost its damage with pilots - close-in damage. I'll see once I get mine levelled.
Interestingly I just notice RG16s' optimal range is only 0-120m. I didn't realize damage drops off above 120m. Guess it's not too bad if I never really noticed.
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Post by reconnecting on Oct 1, 2022 13:29:55 GMT -5
One thing to consider is that I use rg16 rounds one at a time. And usually whatI hit goes down right away or soon after. I rarely use all 3 rounds quickly. So reload isn't that much of an issue for me. I believe rg16 reloads as soon as you use a round. It doesn't wait for an empty magazine.
EM16s might be in the future for my hangar. But acquiring and leveling takes resources so that's a long range plan.
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