La Kajira

FFS, after so many weeks I'm at the computer during reset time and I miss the shot anyway. Thanks for the save Similar costs and results. AMEs for most fights with several exceptions. Mostly those who had a very high chance of giving 25 without. 2 refills. 3 cordys Still can't decide if there's any meaningful difference between the effectivity of 3 cordys and 2 cordys + 1 ginseng, but it them cordys just *feel* better to me ^^ Also got everyone unboosted, YAY! Finally no shenanigans. Like, seriously...every damn week there's at least one weirdo who completely ignores the league (0 points), but permaboosts the hell out of it. Well, we all have our kinks I guess And yea, serious mixed feelings about next set of nutaku blessings. In theory I could field an absolutely monstrous team. But in practice, many o the most powerful girls are fairly new, so I tended to prefer awakening others. Topping up the older ones was way cheaper than leveling these from scratch. But now these are gonna be way stronger. Suddenly I feel broke. On the other hand, there doesn't seem to be any threats this new league. Just two or three people that might potentially take me if I don't use AMEs and they do. So might actually be worth it to go with the natural regen, not actively saving for the potentially stronger blessings. Worst case scenario I end up fucking myself. There are worse fates than that @blaa You want me (on discord)? Okies. I'm gonna catch a few hours in bed now. I'll get there eventually...should hopefully be today ^^

Thank you, kind sir ^^ I wasn't sure whether you're done, or not since you've been sitting on this score for a couple days and I only caught the last unboosted today in the morning. Then again, I did miss a bunch of snapshots, so that would explain why I was behind there. Yea, I'm just still a bit jaded about the RNG from previous week, so seeing myself in red triggers my PTSD But it's a fairly small loss this week. It's just that I've been consistently in negative in both games these past two leagues so been wondering if an update changed something, or it's just RNG doing RNG things. Did all fights with AME this week too. Since I don't have a stat advantage, but thought I could have a shot if I push it. Not sure if I'd call 36 points a big difference tho ^^ I wonder if we're doing something differently

Yea, I took a risk previous week by holding back a lot on AMEs as well. Was fairly confident it should work out fine, but it was way closer than I hoped. Got raped hard by RNG. Probably the worst I've ever had. But it was similar (albeit slightly gentler) in CxH, and haven't improved much since, so perhaps the defender crit chance got more evil for everyone? May have miscalculated how much boosting I'd need a bit as well as it's all just mental maths for me. This whole business is the worst change for me in the game - that we have to evaluate whether to go hard, or hold back. That just shouldn't be a thing in the highest league. A pity, really. Anyway, congratulations and such...you've been growing nicely lately ^^ Speaking of risk...I took another, longer term one. With girl awakenings. Took an approach that gave me a short-mid term advantage. But at the cost of taking longer to unlock 700/750. Worked great at first...got several free wins (and a couple not-so-free ones). But my head start is coming to an end. Others are pushing ahead of me in "total power". Hoped I could hold onto the lead longer, but didn't count on having so little free time when I made the decision. Sometimes I only get to claim PoPs once in a day, so...farming gems is slower than it should be. Perhaps I can get my lil' family unit to take care of that So I might change strategy and just go full chill mode until I do get to 750. Depends on the week/league. And the blessings...gonna be a luck factor too if they match my high lvl girls, or not. Also...hiya, everyone! Finally get to rest and have a full free week, because I got holiday! Umm...I mean, the rona... full two days of sore throat

Well, got the win...for whatever it's worth. Doesn't really feel like much of an achievement now that it's a whole lot more about your stats and resources than playstyle. It should be again one day...when enough people start converging towards the girl level ceiling and stats are again similar enough across the board that differences in playstyle (and free time) matter again. Don't have a picture tho. Two jobs and a poly relationship are a bit of a time drain. A happy time drain, but not exactly friendly to gaming consistency Last I saw was around 7am server time. Was some 200 points ahead of Angeline (who I think was done) and 600 ahead of the third. That particular gap probably shrank a lot. Used some 80 matches worth of leftover AM from previous week and half-rushed the league during the first half as without you there I had the highest total power by quite a lot. So, no need to spend even if I'd wanted to. Besides the refills anyway...which came in handy for PoA. Yea, that's what I had in mind when mentioning throwing fat stacks of cash at the game as a to get ahead @Rarum Gonna rephrase what @blaa said and mix in a bit of my own ^^ Thing is that D3 wins are no longer worth it if you have to spend on boosters to get them. Which I see as seriously sad. The highest league should be competitive. Should incentivize people to try their hardest and reward them for success. Instead, the drastic reduction of rewards for highest spots killed competition. Spending on boosters (especially AM) to get the first spot is an incredibly high risk play with almost no reward. In the long run, you gain a lot more by getting "free" whichever spots you can get without spending instead of trying your hardest to get as high as possible. So that's what most strong players are doing now. That makes the first spot a lot more achievable for anyone who wishes to take it, but it also makes it mean a lot less. I mean...I wouldn't feel very happy about beating Usain Bolt in a sprint if he decided to go for a casual stroll instead. In this case the cost of the first spot can easily take away almost all the extra reward. At the same time, if you are not the only one who decides to push for it, there's a risk that you might not get it. In which case the reward you get for a lower than first spot minus the costs will end up being barely there. And you might be better off with even as low as a top 30 or 45 spot with no costs. That is why most people don't even try to get first spot anymore. It's just plain not worth it. I'd be one of those who would do it just for the feeling and screw the costs. Would...if there were enough of a competition for it to even feel like a victory. Instead of, well...sprinting ahead of people who just went out for a relaxing walk This I feel is the saddest part of all the changes. Everything else is just a new, different system to get used to working with and around. A system that itself is still a work in progress and subject to change. So I'll wait with any definite "judgements". But this pretty much killed high-lvl PvP outright Congratulations anyway...hope they give us back an incentive to compete so you get to enjoy truly trying your strategy in the new system ^^

Yea, it's more like a public donation in your case Well, since you pulled out your lvl 650 team and Angeline seems to have thrown the game by rushing first half of the week with a lot weaker team than has now...unless I overlooked something, it would seem there's no threat left. Should win this. Just kinda surprised you don't play league at all. I mean...you could still use them gems and EXP, no? Many seem to be. I'm not personally. Just...worried a bit about where things may go. Could turn out good. But may not. I don't think the whole awakening is necessarily a bad idea. At the very least it's more interesting than simply raising the lvl ceiling to 600. Just the execution is questionable at best. For starters it completely messes up with the overall changes towards upgrading and "using" more girls than just a couple strongest ones. Costs 1620 gems just to raise a fresh legendary to lvl 500 (or a bit less with the 350 lvl mythic book). Drastically limits our options with blessings, club champions and the like. Would imo be a lot better for awakenings to start at lvl 501 instead of 251. The KK narrative for the overall changes (not just this) has been to help lower lvl players have a better shot at the high lvls. But the oldest veterans are those who benefit the most from all of them. Like the reduction of top D3 rewards. Those were really only an issue, because the oldest accounts were in a position to grab them for (almost) free week after week for years. An issue which was starting to resolve itself as more players are catching up with lvl. Those accounts already got their massive koban piles. And the opportunity to get at least a bit for themselves got severely reduced for those playing catchup. While those piles are now putting the veterans in the perfect spot to regain their massive advantage against everyone else. The one improvement in this is that it's no longer enough to just be active to hold onto that advantage. Mistakes now can be made that help others close, or at least the gap. But still...if they don't make any such mistakes, there's nothing the younger accounts can do to get closer. Except throwing fat stacks of cash at the game anyway. Well, as you said...the system is deeply flawed. But so was the previous one. I'll stick around...look for enjoyment where it can be had and see how things develop over the coming weeks and months ^^

Honestly not a fan of people "trading" high score wins that way. Then again...not a fan of quite a lot of stuff going on with the game now. Also already fought you...you were among the first "batch". Thanks for the offer anyway Gonna stick around, play leagues semi-serious, semi-casual. As work allows. Wanna at least give it a chance...see how things go...and how they develop in coming weeks. Not stressing it at all tho. Probably gonna end up eating a lot of boosted opponents again unless I get insanely lucky with the few snapshots I'll get to see. I suppose in a way I'm happy about things being a mess. Takes away the drive to obsessively check leagues for potential targets...easier to focus on other stuff

A baby whale then? @Bomba Yea, the lower level is still a setback. But at the same time, a 550 lvl team and 7 mythics is a lot more than most people have at this point. Then again, that also means not making use of any blessings. As long as that's Nutaku anyway. If not, then that's like ALL the blessings

Well, when you were 357, player level was the hard limit to our "power". It's not anymore...the level of the girls matters more. A lot more than your own. I wonder what level girls this Master person has. Still interesting...especially given how fresh the update is. Wonder if that possibly cost ridiculous amounts of cash, or if someone found a trick to get strong fast in the new system ^^ Anyway, I already see 650 lvl girls in my new league. Charming. Well, good to know I can save the AM kobans without any doubts, or regrets

Here's the ending for the bottom one for you ^^ Which I'm genuinely surprised at, because I'm kinda past caring much about league. With the awakenings making it more about your team level (veteranship and/or cash) than your playstyle for a long time to come combined with me spending most of my time at work, or the other work. I still optimize where possible with the constraints, but inevitably ate a LOT of boosted opponents. Including a bunch throughout the week. Knew I likely wouldn't be able to catch many unboosted and I'd be losing a lot of natural regen as well if I didn't, so...when I still had tokens after searching for unboosted opponents, I'd spend them on boosted ones. Those who looked weak enough to still be a high chance for 25 points at first. Mostly I did get high scores for those, but not always...lost some points there. And then 10 boosted high lvl folk today. Seems like sitting on a full 550 lvl team is a massive advantage that more than made up for all that. Not even really happy about the win. Doesn't feel earned given the circumstances...just had higher numbers than most is all /rant

Go home RNG, you're drunk...

Okay, the 2nd position held. Really curious if anyone knows whether sliq managed to scrounge up some more points after that, or not. Anyone got a fresher shot?

Well, didn't get them 65 points. But didn't lose any of the matches so I'll take it. Besides, seems like sliq was waiting for the same permabooster (Thulsa Doom). And even got the same amount of points, because I'm still lacking 65 points on the first spot I'm thinking the gap between the two of us may™ be final, given the situation, but it very well may grow. I have to make myself scarce now and won't be back until around 21:00 server time, but I'd really like to know what the final numbers will be in the entire top 4. And Loverboy's final score and position. Gotta root for apparently one of us scrubs fighting them high lvl monsters Anyone here in the same league who could help with a more up to date final table? Thanks in advance ^^ Anyway, 101 player league 357 to 500 lvl 2 cordys + 1 ginseng this time

Welcome to the club ^^ That's a pretty major lvl difference you got going there too. ------------ @blaa Sooo...about that "upset"...I'm not liking my chances of getting 65 points from this Well, unless the permabooster miraculously drops em. And then there's still a pretty high chance sliqguy is waiting for exactly that and the current score is not final. I'd still be sort of happy with that deficit given the lvl gap. Unless sliq has more than 3 fights left, then...meh...

A bunch of opponents vanished from the league...can see only 94 in mine now. Hopefully they come back. Haven't fought one of the missing ones yet and more than likely there are people missing more than just one to fight. Will likely mess up the placements --- By the way...anyone knows how long the redeem code is gonna stay valid? ---

Damn. Maybe a full crit + crit damage build and roll with it until luck happens. Not sure if even that would be enough tho. May require some really fortunate blessings. Well, this was kinda expected...for the stairway to be "free" for a long time until it becomes unbeatable. But seeing the massive jump from 1400 to 1500...unless KK's planning to introduce some more ways to make ourselves stronger, 2000 is unlikely to be reachable, much less doable even with everything maxed