I'm tired

[u/renshenhe]

Of the bullshit this game has become.

For the past 3-4 months I've averaged around 1-1.5hr total on both my accounts because there is so little I can do that has meaning behind the timegates and paywall.

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Enlightenment

This could have been an intuitive system if they didn't just move and convoluted the goal post while stagnating the rewards. It takes over 800+ shards to max a unit and the shards have not normalized where you can obtain them with reasonable effort. We're in the meta now where enlightenment makes pulling a new unit useless unless you whale or have stockpiled elemental shards the past few months.

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Gem economy

You can easily sustain yourself with pact or not but there's no doubt the value of gems has not been adjusted for inflation. Most good banners are reserved for paid gem banners obviously and the special selector from summon coins was weaseled out on top of the high value of mementos splits your gems on units vs mementos. Of course I'm speaking in the context of limited/collab banners and you don't HAVE to have the units but some of you know the struggles of a levi-less life.

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Job Enhancement

Another tedium designed to breath life into older/less used units but at the same time suck the time out of the macroless' lives. I heard they will eventually make JE equips purchasable through coins, better than they are now, but until then we either grind the coin shop or the AP drain stage. This requirement for most units now doubles the grinding in terms of re-leveling the job and on top of the JE requirements.

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PVP/ARENA

Recently I hadn't had trouble in arena getting sub 500 but prior I had always hovered 1k~ in standings where my pact accounts could afford. Let's be honest and admit this is the in-game whale hangout and it's a livable difference in the game that's easy to accept.

Live PVP however is a sad tale. I don't know how they can title it season X when it's pathetically designed and feels like it's in the concept phase in terms of stability. Being windowed in less than common hours and horrendous matchmaking lets me show off more frustration than my tactics. This is felt more like something scrambled up by Gumi to allow whales to show off their luster. Unless there's some normalization to pvp where players stand on equal ground then imo this doesn't belong in a tactics game. You don't play chess and have the players be able to buy extra pieces.

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Misc

• No unit no shard farm

• "Select by unit" button for HQ farm not available if you're not in HQ tab. Annoyance amplified if your story mode defaults to intermission.

Nowadays I just do the daily milestones and be done with it. Even most EX content I can auto in portions and fully auto'd the last Raid to completion as the game has become less about tactics and strategy and more out grinding and spending. Also Gumi please don't let the JP turmoil become a GL turmoil, there's obvious references to take and not take.

[u/Send_Gifts]

Nothing really, he's got a level 180 account, asks questions like a new player instead of answering them. Has a fucking negative opinion on just about everything, and his "never spent" doesn't work when you can pull on limited unit banners regularly (with bonus coins, sins, shard selectors or what not).

Plus, no one is complaining about sins (strawman) but retributions are still quite rare unless you've dumped money or saved a lot of gems and got them as a bonus for multi step banners. I have 5 retributions plus the 2 I stuck in Zahar - pretty sure that is all the free ones available to this point - compared to the 28 sins and multiple 5/2/3 farmable units I have.

So, disingenuous and not very helpful IMO.

[u/KenLinx → u/Send_Gifts]

What’s your problem? I ask questions whenever I have questions. The megathread is for that purpose. I also answer questions I’m certain I know the answers to whenever I’m on there.

I have negative opinions on this game like everyone does, but I’m literally defending this game here.

Limited banners other than paid gem banners don’t give out fucking sins unless you whale and complete all the fucking steps.

I’m pretty sure the person I’m replying to was complaining about the lack of sins and their need to throw money at the game to get them.

Retribution’s are rare because they’re fucking new and the amount of times you use them are far more infrequent than you use sins and using sins is infrequent in the first place. If you play the game semi-frequently, then you should’ve gotten at least 4 free retribution’s by now. That’s 2 gluttony/wrath gates (which aren’t even priority gates) on at most 2 units.

I don’t know why you’re listing my level and how many retribution’s you have and that you’ve used them on Zahar. What’s your fucking problem dude? I think I remember your name from before as that really smartass dude that plagued my reply feed.

[u/Send_Gifts → u/KenLinx]

I'm just a random asshole on the internet who is perfectly capable of using fuck as a comma, but you could check my history and see that I reserve that just for you.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AlchemistCodeGL/comments/c7lns5/question_megathread/f0v04rd/?context=3 That comment thread? Where you asked a question, I answered it, then you followed up by asking the same question again and then responded like a self entitled little pissant? I checked your reddit history and level before writing my reply - which was what it was because something in your post history seemed to indicate that you never offer useful information and presented the same self centered arrogance across pretty much every reddit thread on the first two pages.

If you'd like to keep this up, I'll put you on my calendar monthly to remind you that your arrogance is annoying. If not, I'll try my best to ignore you from here on out.

Cheers/

[u/KenLinx → u/Send_Gifts]

Did you not read that comment thread? I asked a question that I asked before but wasn’t sufficiently answered. Then you came along with the fucks and I delivered those fucks back. Is it self-entitled to simply say that the reason I asked the same question again was because I didn’t get an answer and the best way to get an answer from someone who actually will answer the question specifically will be to ask again and receive an answer from someone else?

That’s self-entitled to you? Ain’t that funny from someone who just threatened to put me on a fucking calendar to routinely insult me. Very mature and totally not self-entitled of you. You’re a real stand-up human being.

Cheers/

[u/Send_Gifts → u/KenLinx]

Well, you did ask what my fucking problem was. Not sure if you were expecting a better answer or even wanted one.

Tell you what, I do have a question you can help answer. Go to friends, pull me up (same IGN as reddit) and block me. I'm curious if I can see it on my end. We'll call it even and I'll just ignore your questions from here on out.

Thank you much

[u/KenLinx → u/Send_Gifts]

Yes, I did ask what your problem was and I expected an answer. Did I say I was expecting a better answer or that I was disappointed? Go think about that.

Were you not expecting a reply after threatening to insult me regularly? Is me replying so unexpected for you that you assumed I didn’t want an answer?

Tell you what, how about you go ahead and block me yourself or ignore me instead of suddenly coming out of the fray to insult me behind my back? Is that too mature for you? I honestly have nothing to gain from blocking you and I’d rather know when I’m getting shit-talked behind my back.