Fire Emblem Heroes: (ed. NOT) Still Waiting for Tellius

[Conqueror]

Yep, just finished. Pretty crazy but some important things:

Starting August 7(?) you'll get a free summon on every banner, and also the rates for 4* and 3* will be flipped. Yes, you're now more likely to get a 4* than a 3*.
Valter GHB
More summer swimsuits
5% Hero Fest banner coming...I think with Reinhardt
Arena Assault, oh boy

[Edible]

Pretty massive news dump.  Summer part 2, buncha free orbs, several new modes/maps, new tempest, new voting block, new GHB, free summons on every banner, another herofest, increased rates for 4* units...

Edit: Also, there's this.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgMuaN1f-bo (banner starts in 3 hours)

[Conqueror]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnI6HW9cv8Y

Video of stream if anyone missed it

Edit: Hero fest banner units are Ninian, Ike, Genny, and Julia according to silhouette detectives.

[BT]

I just woke up, a little before 10:00 AM (when the day resets and the current new unit banner ends), thought I'd check the stream, found out the fuckers are doing a tempest trials with THESE banner units. Said fuck it, 8 minutes left? 80 orbs? Let's pull some after all. 40 orbs later...




I'm counting my lucky stars......

+Def ain't half bad either, that puts her at 17 Defense instead of 13! No paper towels here.



EDIT:

Is that a Lillith plushie Xander's swinging around? Ohhhh mannn. That's cool.

[BT]

L I L I T H

[7TC7]

Finally got Summer Robin, as my first non-Camilla 5* of the banner, at a 5% rate.
It was my fourth Camilla, second 5*. Dunno why i keep getting her.
Also got soooo many 3* only boards. Looking forward to those being 4* only.

And now starts another month of not getting Summer Units until the last second...

[MewMewHeart]

I'm going to wait for the rate and free summon change before I pull.

[commandercool]

*gasp* New swimsuit characters? They're so cute, I want them all! But I'll settle for any given one.

Xander is starting to get into Lucina territory for number of different cards. Not that I mind too much.

[BT]

I'm going to wait for the rate and free summon change before I pull.

I couldn't wait. Besides... it seems like the existing banners will get a free pull as well the moment that mechanic rolls out, it'd be super bad of them not to make it work that way.

[MewMewHeart]

I couldn't wait. Besides... it seems like the existing banners will get a free pull as well the moment that mechanic rolls out, it'd be super bad of them not to make it work that way.

Hmm... when you put it that way I might pull.... since this is the only one that caught my eye.

[commandercool]

The later Chain Challenges on lunatic are definitely the most interesting gameplay in Heroes so far in my opinion. They're extremely difficult without feeling like there are only a few specific solutions like some of the other content does. I lose on them a lot but I feel like I'm making enough progress to be worth continuing to chip away at them. Some of the ten-floor ones feel a bit too soul-crushing, but I'm sure they're possible.

[MewMewHeart]

Ring-a-ding-ding! It's to hit up the RNG casino with 268 orbs for the Nohrian summer fest yaaaaaaaay let's see how lucky I get this time:
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First roll set: 3 reds and 2 greens!

Result: dupe 3* Hinata, dupe 4* Cain, 5* Titania (dafuq???), dupe 3* Hinata, and dupe 4* Fae.

Comment: Didn't see that 5* Titania coming!!!!! (Persona 5 reference).
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Second roll set: 2 reds, 1 blue, and 2 greens!

Result: dupe 3* Fir, 4* Soren,  dupe 3* Olivia, dupe 4* Boey, and dupe 3* Jagen.

Comment: Ok I'm slowly getting units I don't have KEYWORD SLOWLY.
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Third roll set: 2 blues, 1 red, 1 green, and 1 gray.

Result: dupe 4* Virion, dupe 3* Barst, dupe 4* Donnel, dupe 3* Stahl, and dupe 4* Gwendolyn.

Comment: Look a pattern!
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Fourth roll set: 3 greens, 1 blue, and 1 gray.

Result: dupe 4* Titania, dupe 4* Florina, dupe 4* Maria, dupe 4* Raven, and dupe 5* Merric.

Comment:OH THAT'S, JUST NOT FUNNY GAME!  :matsuriscowl:
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Fifth roll set: 2 greens, 1 gray, 1 red, and 1 blue.

Result: dupe 3* Cherche, dupe 3* Gordin, dupe 3* Hinata, dupe 3* Florina, and Summer Xander!

Comment:1 Summer Nohrian down 3 more to go let's hope it doesn't end up like the Bride Gacha....  :ohdear:
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Sixth roll set: 3 reds, 1 blue, 1 gray.

Result: dupe 3* Palla, dupe 4* Roy, dupe 3* Felicia, dupe 4* Chrom, dupe 3* Est.

Comment:It's a pattern again...
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Seventh roll set: 2 reds, 1 blue, 1 gray, and 1 green.

Result: dupe 3* Laslow/Indigo, dupe 4* Priscilla, dupe 3* Barte, dupe 3* Oboro, and dupe 3* Lon'qu.

Comment:Nope...
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Eighth roll set: 3 blues, 1 green, and 1 red.

Result: dupe 4* Subaki, dupe 3* Jagen, dupe 3* Oboro, dupe 3* Nino, and dupe 3* Olivia.

Comment: I smell a wrong 5* trap.
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Ninth roll set: 3 blues, 1 green, and 1 red. (AGAIN!)

Result: dupe 3* Robin, dupe 4* Odin/Owen, dupe 4* Shanna, dupe 4* Beruka, and dupe 3* Fir.

Comment:This is just funny...nope. Humor.exe has stopped working.
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Tenth roll set: 2 reds, 1 green, 1 blue, and 1 gray.

Result: dupe 4* Adult Tiki, dupe 3* Palla, dupe 4* Jeorge, dupe 4* Shanna, and dupe 4* Cecilia.

Comment: NO REALLY MY RATE IS HIGH???
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Eleventh roll set: 3 reds and 2 blues.

Result: dupe 3* Laslow/Indigo, dupe 3* Sophia, dupe 3* Robin, dupe 3* Robin (AGAIN), and dupe 4* Lslow/Indigo.

Comment: THIS IS GONNA TURN OUT LIKE THE BRIDE BANNER!!!!! OOOOOOOH GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :colonveeplusalpha:
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Twelfth roll set: 2 Reds. 1 blue, 1 green, and 1 gray.

Result: dupe 4* Jakob, dupe 4* Adult Tiki, dupe 4* Catria, dupe 3* Fir, and dupe 3* Gunter

Comment: WTF IS GOING OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!?!
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(FINAL! ROLL!)

Thirteenth roll set: 2 Grays, 2 Blues, and 1 Green.

Result: dupe 3* Saizo, dupe 3* Gordin, dupe 3* F. Corrin, FUCK YEAH! SUMMER CORRIN GET!!!!, and dupe 3* Barte.

Comment: WOOOOOOOOOOOOO ONE OF THE PEOPLE I REALLY WANTED.~

Overall comment: Wow... this rollfest was like a terrible luck fest I guess it's to make up for the last two gachas I did.... it's ok though at least I got summer Corrin.

[Conqueror]

I think the first free summon per banner will only apply to banners released starting from the 7th - at least, that was my understanding from the stream. Not sure if the increased 4* rate will also be retroactively applied to the summer swimsuit banner then.

[MewMewHeart]

I think the first free summon per banner will only apply to banners released starting from the 7th - at least, that was my understanding from the stream. Not sure if the increased 4* rate will also be retroactively applied to the summer swimsuit banner then.

It said all three banners... so I think it will apply to the Summer one...

[commandercool]

So I'm finally getting around to maxing out Camilla's retainers for the full theme team with her, them, and Corrin, and I decided to 5* Beruka first. Is it just me or is Beruka actually amazing? Her defense is incredible at 37, which makes her Killer Axe+ actually super good with Bonfire and Quick Riposte to bait and fuck up just about any physical unit. I gave her Iote's Shield and she can shrug off basically all archers ever and Threaten Attack to tank even harder.

She's slow, but she doesn't really give a shit about being doubled by all but the strongest physical attacks (in fact it's often beneficial to charge Bonfire faster) and Camilla matches up really well against almost all magic users so she's not very worried about magic if I play my cards right. I'm almost considering swapping Iote's Shield for Defense Plus and giving Camilla Fortify Flyers just to go full-on mega-wall, but that's probably overkill.

[Conqueror]

I've seen Beruka wall and kill Ryoma on the counter. She would probably be even better in a meta where mages weren't so prevalent, but as you said Camilla can tank most mages.

I guess most people just favor player phase units or 2-range enemy phase units.

[commandercool]

I feel like everyone has a crutch skill, for a lot of people it seems to be Vantage, but for me that's definitely Quick Riposte. Like 50% of my units have Quick Riposte and I love pulling my tenth duplicate Tsubaki unlike presumably most people. I am definitely enemy phase-heavy.

[commandercool]

The "keep plinking away at the same color in an event banner until you get the one you want" strategy has been working great for me so far.

[BT]

These banners are evil. I want a Corrin. I want a Miverva. I want a Lilina. I want everything in hero fest. I will get, maybe, some of them.  :fail:

[MewMewHeart]

These banners are evil. I want a Corrin. I want a Miverva. I want a Lilina. I want everything in hero fest. I will get, maybe, some of them.  :fail:

I got all of them really... I just hope they bring back Takumi I mean it's not fair at all... I gotten Ryoma from the last Hero Fest, but still... if they have Ninian I'll take her too.

[BT]

I got all of them really... I just hope they bring back Takumi I mean it's not fair at all... I gotten Ryoma from the last Hero Fest, but still... if they have Ninian I'll take her too.

Beg pardon, how many dollars have you sunk into this game? :V

[MewMewHeart]

Beg pardon, how many dollars have you sunk into this game? :V

I have fucking lost count.... close to $300 or more gacha-wise???

But, I don't have everyone yet including the Tempest Trail units. :derp:

No really I have lost count of how much I spent... I should of worded it correctly. (>;;.____.;;<)

[commandercool]

My immediate next pull after getting Summer Corrin...

I luck.

[Conqueror]

New update out has unlimited free refreshes for the training tower, very convenient.

[BT]

I shit you not, this was my free summon.

[Conqueror]

Aww, the free summon and rate changes don't apply retroactively to the older banners. Not that I can complain though:

3 new fliers! This makes up for all the orbs I spent on the Pegasus Knight banner to not get Hinoka.

[commandercool]

There are some nice convenience features in this update for sure. Extra team slots, a slightly easier way to swap team member order around, and especially training tower refresh are very welcome.

Meanwhile I'm intrigued by this new arena mode. It's not completely clear from the description how it works or what the point of it is and it's not live yet, but it sounds interesting.

[MewMewHeart]

Cecilia and Lilina map was a pain... they thought of everything....

Also do the free summons refresh once per day or no?

[commandercool]

I'm almost certain they don't. That would be insane. They're one-use-only.

[MewMewHeart]

I'm almost certain they don't. That would be insane. They're one-use-only.

To be honest that would make the most sense to be honest...