[ 25-Aug-21 ] Petplay PoA - Discussion

[FinderKeeper]

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Path of Attraction
Starting today and ending on the 31st (1 pm UTC+2) of August, you better be ready for these 4 gorgeous girls.

Petplay

My playful hero,

I want to get down on all fours for you and be your favorite pet! I promise to be a very nice kitty if you give me a big bowl of milk and pat me from behind.

Starting today and ending on the 31st (1 pm UTC+2) of August, you can get 4 cute pets in your Harem. This time you will have to complete 30 different tasks to capture these wild animalistic babes.

Sloth Geekette and Puppy Shiba will join your Harem if you complete all tasks. If you want Tigress Kelina and Pony Pelagie, you will have to double your effort.

Will you be my master, please?

Free Path		Bonus Path
Sloth Geekette	Puppy Shiba	Tigress Kelina	Pony Pelagie

 

 

@Noacc

[jjjggg]

ok theres obviously a bug on one of the girls (displaying 4.5b shards on mine lol) but the rewards look really good for this event imo

[Gacek]

wtf 30 missions

[jjjggg]

@Gacek Ya but its only 20 to get the girls as usual. AND you can get a 10x orb plus a draft orb if you do them all

[Gacek]

yes i see

[Dmitrii]

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Edited August 25, 2021 by Dmitrii

[Xemnas]

I like all the girls (and i will get them all XD), i like that they put some more missions leaving the girl in the "right" places. Probably i won't be able to do all the poa (normally i end a day before the end if i'm right) but i know for sure that there are people that end it really quick, and that "extra" rewards are very juicy.

I think that this is a "special" poa for the anniversary, so if the "extra" mission are gonna stay the rewards are gonna be "worst" next month but in the end:

🤩VERY GOOD JOB 🤩 

 

[miliallia]

reward is very excellent

[StormAnimal]

probably the worst contest for poa right know. 

[Observer_X]

It was already some time that I feared the possibility of a change in the Path of Attraction (should I have to bet, I would bet that this change is not temporary), and once more my fears came true. Until now I considered the Path of Attraction a decent event because even if one wasn't willing (or had not the possibility) to spend kobans to unlock the additional rewards, before this change a little luck and a decent quantity of dedication were enough to have the satisfaction (which personally I deemed a very good satisfaction) of reaching the end of the path, without the need to spend kobans in the process. Now, despite the fact that the first twenty tasks are still the same as before, having again that satisfaction will require a good slice of kobans (which, knowing myself, despite the good rewards, probably I won't be prone to spend even when my no-koban policy will end). So this update means for me the same rewards (or at best a couple more if, as it happened in the past, I get some spare time at the end of task XX) and less satisfaction than before.

Moreover, for me this particular Path of Attractions seems to come under bad omens. In the previous Mythic Days, I decided to try to grab some shards for New Year Estelle, exploiting also the fact that I unlocked Silvanus tier 3 just a few days ago, but I forgot to stop early enough to have a full combativity bar to face task IV, so now I have to choose between sacrificing the +10 bonus of task III (thus not bringing those points to next month main event) or delay the completion of task IV until tomorrow afternoon (due to my real life schedule), losing near a day of time for other tasks completion. I will probably decide for the former, but for sure, for the error I did in Mythic Days, I will go around until next month with a very long face...

[Breedo]

This makes not only unlocking PoA but completing all levels look a lot more attractive. If one targets to reach max level, he would most likely end up spending around 3k+ kobans for refills / champions. Having a battle pass here would help a lot. But overall given the rewards, I would still say its worth going for.

This also seem like a smart attempt from KK to make people spend their performances & kisses before start of a fresh month.

Edited August 25, 2021 by Breedo

[JustVisiting]

The additional levels certainly make the PoA Bonus Path a lot more appealing, and I'd suggest worthwhile in terms of Koban investment compared to other events from a purely 'number of girls received' perspective. From what I can see you get:

- 4 legendary 3 stars from the Path
- 9 6 sphere Mythic (~2 girls, which you can be patient and choose your level of, most likely 3 stars)
- 2 10 sphere Epics (2 girls legendary/epic most likely 3 stars)
- 2 Epic Draft (2 girls legendary/epic most likely 3 stars)
- 46 Epic spheres (~2 girls legendary/epic most likely 3 stars)

So 12 girls total. You'll have spent most of the resources you gained getting through the PoA, but you'll still have the Pachinko spheres to stash for the next Pachinko competition (1336220pts) to help recoup some Kobans (though that's unlikely to be enough by itself). There are few events that will allow you to pick up girls at a price of 100 Kobans in my experience.

However, the problem with this event is that effectively all of the girls are going to be 3 star. You might be able to pick up a 5 star or two with the Mythic 6 spheres if you're very patient (I haven't seen any 5 stars on Epic, I have picked up a few from Mythic and the 3 girls/rotation makes it easy to get them when they do come up), but other than that you are effectively guaranteed to only get 3 star girls. And for the purposes of the new battle system, 3 star girls are effectively dross. Yes, most weeks there is a 3 star amongst the top girls due to a double Blessing, but each girl getting double blessed will be a rarity, whereas 5 star girls end up in the top 20 regularly and 6 star girls are almost inevitably in the top 20.

When I've got the choice of getting 12 girls that I'll hardly ever use or keeping the Koban and getting nearly half of a Mythic, which will be used most weeks, the choice is clear. It is even clearer when you can get ~5-6 of those girls without the Bonus Path (meaning that the extra 6-7 really cost closer to 200 Koban each).

If they started offering some 5 star girls in the mix - doesn't have to be legendary, it could be new rare or epic girls - this event would become hard to pass up, but without that it seems to me that the better option is banking the Koban for Mythic consumption.

 

[Shorty-er]

1 hour ago, JustVisiting said:

a lot
 

First of all, thanks for that analyses of rewards in this PoA. However, I have trouble following your calculation of kobans/girl. Also, I wonder if you are assuming it is possible to complete all 30 stages without spending kobans for refreshes?

I'll have to see how far I'll come, but for now I share your conclusion and will most likely not spend anything on this event. With the new combat system mythical girls, all mythical girls, are unfortunately simply too important.

[jelom]

For me PoA is still 20 tasks, just until getting the girls, the tasks 21 to 30 are just a good addition if you want to spend your resources (including kobans for some refills) to get a good amount of the best orbs (translated into girls, @JustVisiting has done a good analysis of them), but in my case I had so many EPx1 orbs from PoP that I wouldn't have use for them.

The new PoA tasks are like tiers 52+ in seasons, to give something to do for people rushing the event. And perhaps they are a one time addition just for the anniversary.

[JustVisiting]

9 minutes ago, Shorty-er said:

Also, I wonder if you are assuming it is possible to complete all 30 stages without spending kobans for refreshes?

I've taken a quick look, and with natural refreshes and Seasons rewards (which I have the majority of intact) it should be close to possible to complete all 30 stages without spending Koban. I think there's a slight shortfall in terms of combativity, so maybe somewhere between 50-100 Koban.

[45026831]

Just an FYI, as it doesn't seem to have been mentioned here:

Tohru confirmed in the FR discord that the extra 10 steps on this PoA are an Anniversary special. (Original statement in French below)

[Methos2]

3 hours ago, JustVisiting said:

However, the problem with this event is that effectively all of the girls are going to be 3 star.

My approach to this game is to get as many girls as possible regardless of rarity and stars. This increases my odd of getting girls that I want in pachinko and my odd of completing classic event and OD (which hasn't happened yet, but getting closer).

3 hours ago, JustVisiting said:

It is even clearer when you can get ~5-6 of those girls without the Bonus Path

I don't know that I can get to tier 30 without opening bonus path. The extra 200 villain task and 120 pvp tasks concern me. I will definitely need to time my champion tasks to get the extra kisses for pvp. This will be hard with champion nerfed by BDSM.

[Kenrae]

A new Geekete version? It's been some time!

[GeorgeMTO]

4 hours ago, JustVisiting said:

I haven't seen any 5 stars on Epic

Hilariously, they just added one. The new porn star.

[Methos2]

1 hour ago, GeorgeMTO said:

Hilariously, they just added one. The new porn star.

Isn't Nikki Benz a legendary, not epic?

6 hours ago, JustVisiting said:

I haven't seen any 5 stars on Epic

The only 5-star epic girl I know is Summer Geekette.

[GeorgeMTO]

59 minutes ago, Methos2 said:

Isn't Nikki Benz a legendary, not epic?

The only 5-star epic girl I know is Summer Geekette.

They were referring to Epic Pachinko, not Epic rarity. The rarity of the girl doesn't determine which pachinko you can get her from.

As an aside, there is also Travel Gwenaelle

[JustVisiting]

6 hours ago, GeorgeMTO said:

Hilariously, they just added one. The new porn star.

Apologies - the section you quoted reads incorrectly. I did not mean 'I have not seen any 5 star Epic girls'. I have at least one. I meant 'I have not seen any 5 star girls in Epic Pachinko'. Conversely I've picked up 3 5 star Legendary girls in Mythic Pachinko this month. So, unless 5 star girls are in the pool in Epic Pachinko and I simply haven't seen them in there, I consider Mythic Pachinko spheres more valuable to me in terms of getting girls.

The ability with Mythic Pachinko to pick and choose which girls you spend spheres getting is also a huge advantage. A couple of 5 stars in a pool of 90 to draw from in Epic doesn't make for good odds.

[Kenrae]

Just now, JustVisiting said:

Apologies - the section you quoted reads incorrectly. I did not mean 'I have not seen any 5 star Epic girls'. I have at least one. I meant 'I have not seen any 5 star girls in Epic Pachinko'. Conversely I've picked up 3 5 star Legendary girls in Mythic Pachinko this month. So, unless 5 star girls are in the pool in Epic Pachinko and I simply haven't seen them in there, I consider Mythic Pachinko spheres more valuable to me in terms of getting girls.

The ability with Mythic Pachinko to pick and choose which girls you spend spheres getting is also a huge advantage. A couple of 5 stars in a pool of 90 to draw from in Epic doesn't make for good odds.

Many people usually have 0 girls to choose on Mythic while they keep adding girls to the Epic Pachinko. It depends on your stage in the game.

[GeorgeMTO]

4 minutes ago, JustVisiting said:

Apologies - the section you quoted reads incorrectly. I did not mean 'I have not seen any 5 star Epic girls'. I have at least one. I meant 'I have not seen any 5 star girls in Epic Pachinko'.

No, I read you correctly. You've read me incorrectly. Nikki Benz is a new permanent epic pachinko girl (of the legendary rarity) and she is a 5* girl

[JustVisiting]

13 minutes ago, GeorgeMTO said:

No, I read you correctly. You've read me incorrectly. Nikki Benz is a new permanent epic pachinko girl (of the legendary rarity) and she is a 5* girl

I responded before reading all the posts, though someone else made the error I guessed you had so I left the post

NB's interesting, but in a pool of 90 girls and a ~5% chance of drawing a girl, that's a massive number of spheres that you need to play through at Epic level to have a decent chance of getting her. You're really just left playing Epic Pachinko in the normal process of the game and waiting for the time you get lucky. If there are more in their that I haven't seen, this assessment might change slightly.

Conversely, playing Mythic Pachinko, when a 5 star girl comes up if you have 300 spheres you have a very solid chance of getting here regardless of how many other girls you have in this rotation. This allows for targeted spending whenever a 5 star comes up. To my mind, that makes the 6 sphere Mythic Pachinko - where you can with 12 lock down all 3 girls for a known number of pulls - a significantly more powerful weapon for a young player than Epic Pachinko spheres, allowing them to spend a known amount of resources to get a girl that will improve their battle team.

Edited August 26, 2021 by JustVisiting