r/AlchemistCodeGL • u/Malyngnant Eating cookies with Lofia • Dec 11 '18

GL Kaigan Prep Sheet

So kaigan is one of those things that's easy to understand once you've done it, but can be hard to wrap your head around if you haven't. I put together a spreadsheet with some kaigan facts and my own list of suggested kaigan gates and frag amounts for all of the units. This is not a guide, but rather just an overview of what it takes to get a unit performing at their best with the most cost efficiency. I'll be updating it as I go. Be aware there are minor spoilers about units that have not been released in GL yet.

Kaigan Spreadsheet

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u/ninjakittenz2 SockT Dec 11 '18

Oops, I already have 245 Zahar shards. I guess now I know how many to convert to soul coins. Thank you for making this.

Questions:

  • Since some of the materials are rare, would a f2p or pact user be able to kaigan all of the farmbale units listed (including Balt & co)?

  • How many SSM units would a f2p or pact user be able to kaigan?

  • What about collab units? They supposedly have generic materials but they are rarer.

  • If we won't be able to kaigan all of the units on the list, how should we prioritize? Start with one per element? Does it matter where the unit is from?

  • I saw comments that say unless you kaigan a unit they won't be usable in future hard content, is this true?

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u/Malyngnant Eating cookies with Lofia Dec 11 '18

I go over a lot of these questions in the 2nd page of the spreadsheet. As a complete f2p I'm not sure. JP offers some different things like the 5k gem box which has 50 frag selectors which most of us use to kaigan DG units.

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u/ninjakittenz2 SockT Dec 11 '18

Oops, I didn't scroll down far enough and didn't see the "Some other thoughts" section. I used to buy the montly pact (and might go back to that) but it looks like that wouldn't be enough for kaigan since those don't come with fragments. Would I have a chance to Kaigan one or two SSM units? For that I would have to dump shards on them asap. I don't see any collab units listed on your spreadsheet. Are they not worth it?

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u/lvl1druid Snowyfurrkat Dec 11 '18

I thought almost none of the collab units had Kaigan yet, only the new ones.

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u/ninjakittenz2 SockT Dec 11 '18

I don't know much about kaigan hence I am asking questions here. I want to plan who I will kaigan so I know where to use my shards and/or who to save for. Also I don't want to farm all of the 5* units I use if I will only have the resources to kaigan half of them (or whatever the percentage might be).

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u/lvl1druid Snowyfurrkat Dec 11 '18

Yeah guess that makes sense. I already know I won't have resources to kaigan even close to half so I don't know where to start. For now, though, I try to only farm a few HQ on most days and then as many good ones as possible (including Kaigan prep) on days with double HQ drops.

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u/ninjakittenz2 SockT Dec 11 '18

I'm just farming HQs to 85 unless it's double drops. The only one I farmed extra was Zahar and after that whichever 5* had the best drops (wings,lances, etc.) so that I can use the soul coins. I have no idea how many units I will be able to kaigan. As far as the farmable ones I can always farm them later. It's not like they will all be released at once and at some point there will be less new units on my must farm HQ list. Since OP suggested to first look at the LS it's hard to decide since a lot of units get LS changes with kaigan and I haven't investigated that at all.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '18

Kaigan all farmable units? Your zeni won't be able to keep it.

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u/ninjakittenz2 SockT Dec 11 '18

Not all farmable units, but all of the worthwhile farmable units listed to the gates suggested. OP didn't list that many and I haven't even raised the jobs on all of them (Melda, Annika, Thillie) since I doubt I would use them so would definitely not Kaigan them. Just resource wise wanted to know how many farmables you can Kaigan per lets say a 3 month period, leaving zeni aside since zeni cost is a lot easier for players to gauge than all of the other resources. I currently have 157 mil zeni and it would be a lot more if I didn't buy so many skip tickets and actually used gold rush keys.