So, there is an Anime NYC convention going on and their FGO panel just announced a variety of QoL updates due out November 18th. We don't get the super awesome back button yet, but we do get the still awesome friend messages. There are a bunch of other things being implemented as well, but since I've been working on my JP account for awhile, I wanted to highlight a few that are really cool. In essence, we are getting a sizable part of the JP UI without the back button and persistent present box.
- The icon display size button will fit more character, CE or exp cards in a row. Going from a 5x3 grid to a possible 7x4 grid is actually a really big deal to minimize scrolling.
- When enhancing with Exp cards, there will be an information column on the right showing how many bronze, silver, and gold embers you currently own and divided by class as well.
- Enhancing will show the exp overflow on the level you reach (for instance, you use this many cards, you will get to level 58 and 40% of the bar).
I haven't used the Select Sort option on JP cuz it's too hasslesome to try to really sort it in Japanese, but I imagine it could be quite good as well.
The special banners for Thanksgiving are the JP 2017 New Years moved up on the EN server by 6 weeks and having Ishtar and Kintoki replaced by Raikou and Shuten. So we get the fun of deciding how much to roll on some coveted limited servants while the game-changing Merlin approaches next month. We won't have the paid SSR roll, so at least that'll shift to January 2019 like it should have been for last year. We'll see how EN handles the New Years stuff with Musashi and her former banner mates.
My EN rolls have been so-so with only Tristan during Camelot and NP2 Nursery Rhyme at the start of the Xmas rerun. My JP rolls... are pretty insane though. 7 SSRs and 17 SRs since I started it in August with Summer Jeanne, Summer BB, Raikou, Abigail, and Erishkigal when they were featured and still plenty of SQ to spare. It is enough of a blessing that I don't want to neglect it, but at the same time, I just don't have the time to treat it with the love it deserves. I had to rush through Babylonia (this early preview of it was fun... and terrifying in quite a few fights plus I used friend Merlins the entire way through as a crutch which we won't have when it starts here) to get in on the JP Xmas rerun. Halloween 3 and Xmas 3 are quite the decent events imo.
By the way, Costco is having the reduced price Apple Gift cards from Nov 16th to the 19th if some people want to get in on that. $100 gift card is now about $80, limit 2.