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The problem I'm running into is a bit different, I made it far enough in the Season before the event started that now everyone is tough... so the only real option I have is to lose (I would say on purpose, but it's not like I have a say in it anymore 😅) until I drop in rank where I can beat people again. Which I don't mind doing, it just takes a bit longer. Really I'm just glad Arena or Champions isn't available yet so we shouldn't have to worry about those tasks... I am worried about spending money, since I haven't collected my first million yet. And since I know that's coming, I don't want to spend anything trying to bulk up my stats now.

Thanks Karyia, that Bunny tip worked perfectly. (never would have thought of logging out, always avoid it if I can)

I'm interested to see where this goes. Art style... wasn't what I expected. Out of curiosity (and maybe I misunderstood something or am doing something wrong), has anyone else not been able to collect the promised free character in HH for reaching World 2? It's not a big deal or anything, just wondering.

So for everyone who swears there is no challenge whatsoever to Places of Power, I have a very relevant question: Have any of you gotten any shards from it yet? Because for me at least, apparently auto assigning highest value girls is not the way to do it. I am starting to think that decreasing the time may also decrease shard drop rate, so maybe letting it run for a full day actually is the better choice. I haven't tested this yet, though.

...If your goal with that response was to make me aware of how much actual money I would feel I'd wasted had I actually paid any, mission accomplished. And to be clear, it's not as if I said this new feature was ruining the game. I was pretty excited about it while reading the patch notes. Then I started using it and realized it wasn't what I thought it would be. But even now, I still prefer it to some other recently added features. I would never blame a mod for being defensive, since I've seen some of the things they have to deal with around here, but... this wasn't an attack. Merely an observation. Maybe not an entirely positive one. But maybe that's justified, since this wasn't an entirely positive experience. For either of us.

Well, I hate to be that guy, but the only reward I'm interested in is the only one I'm ever interested in: the girl. I've done two runs already, one at Level 1, and the second at Level 6... and neither one has given any girl shards. Which doesn't mean anything definitive, of course. Still, it's annoying to be constantly reminded that I paid to increase the number of shards that can drop, but I can't do anything to increase the chance that any will drop at all. I would rather only get a single shard per run, if I could guarantee that's all I get for 100 runs. I won't deny that the orbs prove useful occasionally, but I stopped doing Champions a long time ago, and have no intention of going back, so those tickets are worthless to me. As far as I can tell, the only useful thing Places of Power has done for me so far, is make me aware of individual girls' hardcore scores... and how weirdly wide the gap between some in the same tier is. I'd never noticed it before, but now I can't unsee it.

"Contests: Donate +(200)" when you donate (the minimum) for Working Holidays. As several have suggested, the toggle seems the best idea. I would also like an option for more detail. Something like: "You're Rank 16 in Working Holiday!" Or maybe even a glimpse at a countdown timer for how long is left in the contest. I realize that may be TOO much detail for some, but if the end result is that you have to go to the contest page for more info, anyway...

With the first Path of Attraction event, I didn't really understand two of the fight tasks and missed out on easily finishing them... but it didn't matter anyway, because those other two Champion tasks would have tripped me up either way, and I see that's exactly how this is set up once again. So I think it's safe to say I'm going to sit out these particular events for good. I get that you have to "play a certain way" to get them done... but I have no interest in doing that. Especially when even if I did, the trend seems to be that the girls I really want are behind the pay wall side of this event, so I wouldn't get them, anyway. To be clear, I am not going to complain or say that the event should be changed. Just that in its current form, it doesn't appeal to me. If it changes, great. If it doesn't, whatever. I genuinely feel I've collected enough different girls where even if I can't get one I want, I probably have a variant, or two or three others, that look similar enough. And I think I appreciate them more now because while some were tricky to get, none were quite this difficult to get. A nice way to say I'm lazy, I guess. Thing is, I got over 180 girls being lazy, you can't make me work for them now. 😂

At the time, I didn't think it was a bug. I just assumed it was a way to make the tasks harder to complete, since they already were, for me. And even now, with as little as I play the game, the only way I would bother to fill out a support ticket was if this one bug was what kept me from getting the end prize. And it wasn't. And the individual rewards weren't all that great, either, so going to the trouble of reporting this doesn't seem worth the effort. Anyway, I'm sure the response would not be, "We're sorry, to make up for it, here's the event girl you missed out on." Beyond that, as I have no intention of bothering with Champions again (not strictly because of this incident, although it didn't help), I don't really mind if it stays bugged.

To me it really seems like this event was geared more towards payers rather than players. Which isn't a shock, the game must support itself somehow. And before those same people start shouting, "It was possible for non-payers": yes, I'm sure it was possible. But there's a huge difference between possible and likely. I knew it was unlikely (for me) from the start, but I didn't realize how unlikely until I got to that first Champions task, and saw that doing a multi-performance still only counted as 1 fight. At that point I just gave up because there are better ways to waste kobans. Plus I never joined a league, and I only unlocked 4 Champions, so having to complete two of those tasks just wasn't worth it. So overall, can't say I was a fan of this event. I stand by my original opinion: if this wasn't a limited event, it would be fine. But I feel that way largely because I don't have as much time to play the game as I used to, so I tend to miss out during most events, and focus on the content that isn't timed. Next time I'll know to just add this event to the list of features I don't bother with. Which, now that I reread this, are starting to pile up...

My first impression is that I wish this wasn't a limited event, because I can already tell I'm not getting even half of this stuff done within 5 days. And I'm definitely not paying for reloads. And most of all, I'm annoyed that you can only work on one task at a time, since I had to sell a bunch of items just to pay for upgrades, so I can beat enough people in Arena - which is the first task... but selling stuff is the second task. I might, and I mean, might, get the first two or three tasks done. Which, if I understand this right, means I'll get the girl I don't want, and miss out on the one I do want.

The funny thing about that? If there had been a bundle that had even one exclusive girl included in it, I might have at least considered not staying a fully free player. Frankly I'm still amazed something similar hasn't been implemented yet. And to be clear, I mean a one-time payment that gets you a girl, not a subscription that gets you a girl. I'm not quite sure what this change to Attraction means, but I do think the current system, for boss girls, needs some tweaking. I preferred it when I couldn't see how close I was to getting a boss girl. Getting less than a handful of shards only sometimes, and generally for a different girl each time, is far more annoying to me.

No, that wasn't what I didn't understand. For 5400, you get 1 guaranteed girl and some items. For 6000, you apparently only get 1 guaranteed girl, and no items. Even if the girl is guaranteed to be Epic... at the moment there are only Epic and Legendary girls in both Pachinkos for me, anyway. So I don't see the point in paying 6000 for 1 Epic girl, when I could pay 5400 to walk away with 1 Epic (or possibly Legendary) girl and items. So I felt sure there was something I missed somewhere. I guess the new option makes more sense if you still have lower ranked girls in the Pachinko and would rather target higher ranked ones?

Because that's for 1 guaranteed girl and items. It's already been stated that the 6000 includes no items. So I have to assume there's a catch, since the cost raises when we're getting less.

Okay, I want to be clear on something. The included picture of the draft shows both girls at full (100) fragments. But I assume that will not be the case, as in you're not guaranteed full fragments for 6000 kobans. Although, for such a steep price and no possibility of any other prize, I would certainly hope we'd at least be getting 10+ fragments per roll. If not even more.

Oh, I really hope that's accurate. That would save me some headaches.

If I understand correctly, I think it depends on the girl and the event. If she's once again attached to a boss during an event, then I assume the Attraction system is in effect. But if she's only returned to the Pachinko, I assume that's the system in effect - no Attraction necessary. I think.

Easier? I thought it was just going to display a visual progression toward obtaining the girl as a way to cut down on complaints, not be easier. Did I miss something?

So far, these mostly sound like small but good changes. Curious about how the progress system with the girls will play out, though. I managed to get Vissihar pretty early, and that's all I was really aiming for. I tend to have limited luck during Epic Days, but I also don't usually splurge for refills, so that's part of why. But I do think results tend to be better if you're willing. BUT, I would only do that with about an hour or two left in the event. Because at that point, it's a near certainty that what you've been doing thus far isn't going to get results.

Yes, that would be nice. I can always use more gear that I can immediately sell for quick cash. And I say that with no offense meant, it's true of 99% of the gear that drops for me. I think people are either misleading themselves, or allowing themselves to be mislead over the results of Event Pachinko. Maybe it's because I've been here over a year, but I immediately noticed the difference between "high chance" and "guarantees". You're only guaranteed Legendary items. So getting upset if all are roughly the same item, doesn't really make sense in my eyes. So long as they're all Legendary, you got exactly what you were promised. I'm not saying you shouldn't be disappointed if you score four helmets that are best served for immediate sale. But I am saying I don't see that as a bug or a thing to complain about, unless it wasn't intended to work that way. And so far I've seen no sign that it wasn't. I did however hear something that puzzled me in this thread: you still have to pay to activate these dropped Avatars? Seems to me you just paid kobans to get them, that should be enough. So that's even more reason to limit yourself to Epic Pachinko until it's empty.

Huh. Well, my thinking is completely opposite from the OP's. The best results are generally gotten from multi-spins, so I would never bother with a single spin, no matter how much cheaper it was. It does strike me as odd that there's no single spin, but I'm not about to complain or protest over it. And as I've said already, I'm focused more on the non-event girls at the moment. And my hope is that eventually we'll be given a better multi-spin option for Event Pachinko that actually guarantees a girl, instead of just a "high chance'. Though I expect that to be even more expensive.

It wasn't indicated in the Patch Notes, and the graphic they used there gave no sign that anything was guaranteed, or that you could even do a 10x option. Which to me at least implies that neither is implemented now, as those would both be very attractive features, and huge oversights to leave out if they were part of the initial release. Maybe we should wait and see as you suggest. Just saying, if it was me, and those features were included, I'd be bragging about them.

I don't understand why everyone didn't immediately just make that decision instead of getting all upset. Focus on the guaranteed girl games first, then go for the risky ones. Simple and stress-free. There has yet to be an event girl I wanted so badly that I thought ANY Pachinko was a decent way to get her. Because you can't aim at them, so it really, really isn't.

Oh, I've learned that I always do low numbers in Epic Days. So long as I get a girl at all, I consider that a good haul. Good haul this time.

First Epic Days I'm going into without any regular girls left on the bosses. But, given past experiences, I'm not getting my hopes up.