Well, you can sell all the other stuff for about 1/4 the price to recover some of your losses, and if you pay 33k on pachinko 10x you're not that low level anymore.
Or maybe they changed the pricing scaling since the update.
I posted this before I knew that girls could actually drop since the patch, so getting them through epic pachinkos seemed like the only possibility.
My theory was actually, that they'd only drop after maxing out their level, not that any have dropped since though. But in another thread someone mentioned that they got Finalmecia to something under 200 and had 2 of the three girls so apparently I just have bad luck.
I should have added more context maybe?
Once you got the proper girls for your combat style (fully upgraded), you'll never switch them out.
So I'd much prefer if you could sort your harem girls by time it takes them to bring home the bacon.
At low levels the returns from 10x Pachinko is pretty good, particularly in terms of value of affection items. So I'd put all my money into that, unless you're saving up to unlock a new affection level.
It's a relieve to hear they can actually drop. Finalmecia has been max level for me for quite a while now (which by how none of the girls dropped was my assumption to be a necessary qualifier). Just to level her up is 850 battles. And since then I've probably done 200 more. And nothing.
Refills just got more expensive, or maybe they've been that way for a while. Used to be 150, now they're 216.
Also, since the patch I took Finalmecia from level 90 to 216, so you know that's at least 680 battles. and not a single girl has dropped.
I took finalmecia from level 90 to 131. That's over 200 battles. Not a single drop. I'm starting to think that they only start dropping girls when you max out their level.
Just did 18x10xPachinkos...the drop rate has changed. I used to get much more gold items, even the occasional legendary. Now sometimes it feels lucky to get more than the obligatory green item. Out of the 180 games I got 3 gold items. That's one in 60 or close to 1.7%
I'm pretty sure books didn't drop before the patch.
Missions have changed too, often you'd get items (which you could sell for quite a profit) there, now it's mostly gold and affection items.
It should be 12 kobans so it automatically collects all your income for 24 hours. At least that way returning to this slogfest.
Instead of combat boosters dropping that make you stronger (which is some sort of a vicious cycle) they should be items that reset the combat timer or give combat points.
@sanjkame
Isn't that what the daily missions are for? But yeah, it should be expanded, maybe a cumulative bonus for always completing all missions for maybe capping at 7 days in a row.