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Briefly considered trying my luck to get Makiatto's signature weapon but decided against it.
Well, because I'm a stable genius, I figured let's do the standard yolo 10-pull on Makiatto's weapon banner as well. I didn't get her sniper rifle but I did lose the 50-50 and get a dupe of Sabrina's shotgun. That's still a win! My great luck continues.

Should I upgrade Sabrina's weapon or keep this second one for another character?
 
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Should I upgrade Sabrina's weapon or keep this second one for another character?
Give it to Lotta! She is a beast even with her own purple weapon :thumbsupblob:
I was coerced into downloading this game.
Are you playing the game? If you are playing in Darkwinter server, we wouldn't mind another platoon member.... And you can also borrow our jacked-up units if we add each other as friends in the game.
 

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Upgrading gold weapons is never worth it. Give it to Lotta or Vepley
Give it to Lotta! She is a beast even with her own purple weapon :thumbsupblob:
Got it, no upgrading the weapon. I'll probably give it to Vepley since Lotta has her own v6 shotgun but realistically neither of them are getting leveled up anytime soon. I'm struggling to level just my main team right now. All resources getting burned on farming materials for them.
 
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Sorry I can't join the MC Platoon. My first loyalty is to the Sunborn discord i mod. :disappointed-face:

Level 57 now. Been enjoying it a lot. Can't wait for Daiyan and Ch.8 on the 16th! Reminder to everyone to read Ch.8 before starting the next event for story continuity sake.

I'm excited for GF1 on PC too. I hope they release the client to global as well. Gacha games on PC feels liberating. Easier to multi-task and no more craning my neck over a phone/tablet. Plus i like mouse control, feels more precise.
 
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I must admit, playing GFL2 without even a rudimentary knowledge of the lore in GFL1 can feel like starting Trails with CS3 at times. :flare_lmao:

I'll give it a go when it drops, of course.
I would recommend reading the lore page on the wiki to get an idea of what the world and setting is all about - Lore - IOP Wiki

This is the most concise summary that I have found to date. There is a Google doc which calls itself a 'brief' summary of the GFL1 story that is 86 pages long. There's a youtube video I found that supposedly summarises the story but it's almost an hour and a half long. And then there's the cutscene selector which will take several days to get through as it's basically the full VN section of the first game. Unless you're willing to invest a lot of time and effort into understanding the story, I would say just absorb the lore page and take the story as it comes in this game.

On a related note, question for those who know about GFL2 before this release... Has the story in the CN server moved past the current bounty we're doing in the global version? As in, has Helena been delivered to Kalin and the contract is over and the story has moved on? I've mentioned that I feel like the story is moving too slowly and I wish they would deliver more content per chapter. At this point I'd like to see more things happening past this contract we're on.
 
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On a related note, question for those who know about GFL2 before this release... Has the story in the CN server moved past the current bounty we're doing in the global version? As in, has Helena been delivered to Kalin and the contract is over and the story has moved on? I've mentioned that I feel like the story is moving too slowly and I wish they would deliver more content per chapter. At this point I'd like to see more things happening past this contract we're on.
I'm not too sure about the Helena situation (trying to stay mostly spoiler free w/ regards to big plot points), but I'm told the story picks up and changes gears significantly around the time Klukai (416) drops. That should be around the 6 month mark? Half-Anni.

One big problem is that a lot of time on CN side has been spent re-writing story and events. Good for us Global players cuz we're getting the best right off the bat and a clearer timeline too. But it also makes things a bit unpredictable.
 
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Purely observations, story from chapter 8 onwards (including the upcoming Daiyan event, the latest version after rewrite) are pretty well-regarded among the CN folks. Not sure about how the story progresses though because I avoid spoilers like the plague.

So, pretty hyped towards the upcoming patches. :blobeyes:
 

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I'm told the story picks up and changes gears significantly around the time Klukai (416) drops. That should be around the 6 month mark? Half-Anni.
This is a bit disappointing to hear. We know they are able to tell good stories even within the span of a chapter (like they did with the first part of last month's event and even chapter 7 of the main story). I like when they explore the world and the desperate circumstances of living in it. That underground area in chapter 7 with the traders having a symbiotic deal with the Varjagers and then the settlement they lived in were interesting to explore, but then they never actually concluded Colphne's story in it. I'm not sure if they will in chapter 8.

My feeling is the writing is currently constrained by the Helena contract and they'll be able to expand on the story better once it's out of the way.
 
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This is a bit disappointing to hear. We know they are able to tell good stories even within the span of a chapter (like they did with the first part of last month's event and even chapter 7 of the main story). I like when they explore the world and the desperate circumstances of living in it. That underground area in chapter 7 with the traders having a symbiotic deal with the Varjagers and then the settlement they lived in were interesting to explore, but then they never actually concluded Colphne's story in it. I'm not sure if they will in chapter 8.

My feeling is the writing is currently constrained by the Helena contract and they'll be able to expand on the story better once it's out of the way.


Strap in. You might get your wish.
 
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Hopefully I can scrounge enough Collapse Pieces to cover 100 rolls. I still haven't financially recovered from the hits I took in order to collect Makiatto, Tololo and both their signature weapons lol :flare_lmao:
 
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Hopefully I can scrounge enough Collapse Pieces to cover 100 rolls. I still haven't financially recovered from the hits I took in order to collect Makiatto, Tololo and both their signature weapons lol :flare_lmao:
In case you are not informed, limited dolls come back after 3-4 months in CN server, so there are chances to pull them in the future.

If Daiyan is your waifu though... Godspeed :wd_salute:



Btw, I never asked you folks. Who is/are your most anticipated doll(s) to see / pull in GFL2? Mine should be obvious.

Leva / UMP45 :cat-heart-blob::cat-heart-blob::cat-heart-blob:
 

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Btw, I never asked you folks. Who is/are your most anticipated doll(s) to see / pull in GFL2?
Among the dolls that already released in CN and we will most likely get in 6 months maximum? The one I need


Among the dolls that are confirmed coming but still no date (1/1.5 years top)? Rip and Tear
 
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If Daiyan is your waifu though...
I don't know if I have a "waifu" in this game, lol. I'm mostly interested in building the Elmo team roster because I still have 6 remaining to recruit, not including Daiyan.

I do love Nemesis/Krolik banter a lot, though. :flare_bath:

Who is/are your most anticipated doll(s) to see / pull in GFL2?
Lenna and Vector, obviously. Would like to see more dolls in Combat Medic/Healer role, though. Preferably in tac gear.
 
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Apart from Leva, I also can't wait for Welrod. English dork.

One day (maybe in 2-3 years?) I hope to see the return of some Sangvis Ferri dolls. Imagine Agent or Dreamer (for her huge canon) in 3D... :blobnerd:
Among the dolls that already released in CN and we will most likely get in 6 months maximum? The one I need

Among the dolls that are confirmed coming but still no date (1/1.5 years top)? Rip and Tear
416 is all you need. :thumbsupblob:

AK15 will probably be very OP if they follow the lore. On another note, Mica has to bring back the suit skins of DEFY to GFL2. I bet they will sell like hot cakes.


I don't know if I have a "waifu" in this game, lol. I'm mostly interested in building the Elmo team roster because I still have 6 remaining to recruit, not including Daiyan.

I do love Nemesis/Krolik banter a lot, though. :flare_bath:

Lenna and Vector, obviously. Would like to see more dolls in Combat Medic/Healer role, though. Preferably in tac gear.
"Hah!" The memes (especially those NSFW ones :face-with-stuck-out-tongue-and-tightly-closed-eyes:) stemmed from Nemesis/Krolik were very funny.

I also can't wait to see Lenna and Vector. Real talk though, the only confirmed dolls that I am not too interested in pulling are Daiyan and Belka... All the remaining are must-pulls to me. Purely based on personal preference.
 
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PSA: It's Daiyan day. Reading order recommended by CN folks: Colphne's dusty stories -> chapter 8 -> Daiyan event

Skip the story segments in Daiyan event so that you can get to grinding stage asap if you don't have time for all the reading this week.
 

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I finished Chapter 8 and the event story. I was interested in continuing the story after Ch. 7 so I didn't mind doing it but I think it's safe to say that I'll never be on board with the idea of having to rush an event at patch drop just to be able to maximize the rewards.

Anyway I enjoyed Ch 8. and I'm glad it was a continuation of Colphne's story. It got pretty heavy by the end and that scene where Colphne tells the commander that she'll continue to work without any wages and take care of the doll frame she's using in exchange for some maintenance and supplies was quite sad.

The event story got a bit confusing with the out of order storytelling but I caught on near the end. I have a question though... in the very first 'bubble' of the event story, Dandelion is talking to someone. Who is that someone? I could not figure it out from the context and I assume it's someone from the first game. I also wonder why they put a direct continuation of the main story plot in the event when it'll go away after 3 weeks. Someone starting after that will miss out on it unless they archive the event within the game right?

I've also sort of realized that whenever someone says the writing is really good in a particular event or chapter, what they mean is that it's going to be linked to the characters and plot of the first game :p. You all just want to see your favorite dolls from the old game but it means nothing to new players like me lol

I pulled Vepley's V1 from the standard banner and I'm at 215 pulls on it now. 45 to go until I can get my guarantee which will definitely be Qiongjiu.
 
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I skipped through the story sections of the entire Daiyan limited campaign so I can use the tickets efficiently.

Slowly building my Collapse Pieces stockpile again, only 12,000 pieces to go.

Now I can enjoy Chapter 8 in peace. :flare_bath:
 
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I also skipped Daiyan's event and now progressing chapter 8 slowly. Saw a lot of positive impressions on reddit but FF16 consumed me at the moment. Going to be a while before I can say anything regarding the story. :face-with-stuck-out-tongue-and-winking-eye:

Btw, very happy to see the return of GFL chibi in the chess minigame.
 

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I finished Chapter 8 and the event story. I was interested in continuing the story after Ch. 7 so I didn't mind doing it but I think it's safe to say that I'll never be on board with the idea of having to rush an event at patch drop just to be able to maximize the rewards.
If it makes you feel better, you will never need to do it again because Chapter 8 is the last story chapter ever released, even in CN. All future story chapters are from the character events, and about this:
I also wonder why they put a direct continuation of the main story plot in the event when it'll go away after 3 weeks. Someone starting after that will miss out on it unless they archive the event within the game right?
Don't worry, this dev loves to do this. In CN there is a new tab after the main chapters but before the supply missions used by permanent versions of the character events
I have a question though... in the very first 'bubble' of the event story, Dandelion is talking to someone. Who is that someone?
I can't really confirm this because honestly, who knows, but if I were to bet I would bet all on it being Lunasia/M4
It got pretty heavy by the end
I fully agree, and I hope you enjoyed it because now we're entering the "unvoiced rewrite hell" so don't expect to feel those emotions from a VA again for a few more months

Finished Chapter 8 and Dayan's rewritten event, very nice stories and a good conclusion to the Colphne arc (the last scene was perfectly executed by the JP VA). It's still to early to see were they're going with the new Paradeus and I hope they weren't brought back just to throw old GF1 fans a bone, but the pacing has improved a lot, and the "mysteries" are interesting enough to keep me interested but without any rush. I got a small laugh on the scene were Nemesis speaks normally just to correct Krolik, and the chapter 8 cliffhanger being Lenna out of nowhere calling the commander. The increased graphics quality makes the cultists and ELIDs (and their transformations) way more interesting and "graphic" compared to GF1 which is a nice plus after killing 5 thousands Varjagers for the first 6 chapters
Now for Daiyan's event, well it's well done and paced, but calling it "Daiyan"'s event is not exactly right. Like yeah Makiatto's event focused on the whole Zucchero crew, but WA was 100% the most important character in it and the one with the highest focus, same for Soujourners and it's focus on Ullrid and Suomi. This last one might as well be renamed to Dandelion's event looking at the screen time. I know the original (before the CN release even) "Mr Raymond" version was very controversial but the pivot into this new version is so drastic I wouldn't be surprised if half the post chapter 6 story was banished to the shadow realm (which is why we won't be hearing voices for a while) like the Dusty Journals (they were the original "affinity unlocks" scenes, which is why now only characters with Covenants have one and they focus way more on the interactions with the commander). With this event being chapter 8.5 I appreciated (chapter 8 spoilers) seeing the new addition to the holy cult of Shikikan Colphne and how she is way more natural, but this is still a rewritten chapter so one part of me wonders how this whole thing would have gone originally. No more spoilers about this event but I will praise the decision on how to release the chapters so far in global since they make the story more coesive (even Makiatto being the previous event makes sense) and I'm ready for the next character (looking at the final event cutscene) being Centauressi
Well, while trying to cuck mr Raymond rolling for Daiyan in a stroke of a mixed bad/good luck I rolled Mosin, which means I used the 260 standard roll free pick to complete the pokedex. Now I can roll in a more relaxed way for every future character

I also have every available weapon. Don't care about "bricks" or dupes, I just want to recollect them all
 
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I completed chapter 8. The Colphne scene made me teared up a bit. Like you folks said, the scene was heavy and her VA did an exceptional job to deliver it. I have been liking Colphne since chapter 2 because of her insecurity and machine-like rationality in the port. Her fake cuteness and unhinged behavior during the past few chapters really set up the whole climax in chapter 8 and it is a great paid-off I wonder if we will learn about the intention behind the varjegers attack to her division soon.

Chapter 8 has a lot to cover, but another thing I really want to highlight, is Vepley. Before playing the game I had no idea how an idol character could work in a GFL main story, especially when she is a member of the main squad. But the writers nailed it. The whole inflitration scene would be way too serious if we didn't have her around. Groza was stern as usual (and just got hacked? on Elmo), Krolik and Nemesis were arguing, Colphne was nearly losing it due to the much awaited revenge, Helena was lost in her memories... meanwhile Vepley was just enjoying the "performance" and wanted to be a part of it. Her presence in chapter 7 and 8 lightened up the depressing atmosphere around the team, and her lets-sing-and-dance actions even in the most dangerous situation were simply hilarious to read. As someone who doesn't like idol culture, I find this smol idol on Elmo very endearing. She may be my favorite new character in GFL2 so far.

Going to read Daiyan event soon. Excited to find out what is going on after that chapter 8's cliffhanger ending. Sextan please join the team!
 
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I'm about halfway through chapter 8 and yes, Vepley's interjections are what made the chapter for me. Imagine being Groza who already had her plate full managing Nemesis and Krolik's bosom buddies routine, and now she has an indie idol that is 100% about that life. :flare_lmao:
 
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I'm about halfway through chapter 8 and yes, Vepley's interjections are what made the chapter for me. Imagine being Groza who already had her plate full managing Nemesis and Krolik's bosom buddies routine, and now she has an indie idol that is 100% about that life. :flare_lmao:
This. Even the evil cult cloak can't hide her precious smile.
 
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Competed Amidst Wings of Gray. Surprisingly, my feeling was fairly mixed on this event. The pacing was fast, we were able to see some actions and we finally start to learn about the bigger twist of the main story, but Daiyan and her sis/friend's characterisation was too shallow. I get it. A second rewrite of Daiyan's story would put Mica under scrutiny by the crazies in the fandom, but her screen time was so little that I can't care less about her as a character. Like STHX said, I don't think it is right to call this her event. Mica should have been upfront about the nature of this event: this is a continuation of the main story, so please read this after finishing chapter 8 (which they did not say anything about it). If not thanks to Ceia and a few other helpful souls, I doubt the global community know about this reading order in advance.

That said, I overthrew my previous decision and pulled Daiyan after playing Chapter 8. I thought, the real commander wouldn't abandon anyone of them. :LOL:

I was also delighted to see RO getting mentioned in the event. I didn't doubt that she will appear in GFL2 one day, but seeing the namedrop still makes me happy.
Someone starting after that will miss out on it unless they archive the event within the game right?
Yeah, in CN they have archived for past events. Maybe we will get the feature soon, who knows? (Edit: I should have worded it better. I just find Mica's random QOL mishaps/updates a bit annoying. Nothing directing to you spindoctor )
 
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If it makes you feel better, you will never need to do it again because Chapter 8 is the last story chapter ever released, even in CN. All future story chapters are from the character events
A bit late to reply to the post but honestly, this is very disappointing. The CN version of the game is supposed to be a whole year ahead of our version and you're telling me that we're already caught up with the main story chapters and everything from now on is delivered through events only? How can it possibly be okay for the game to only have this much story after a whole year?

I hope you enjoyed it because now we're entering the "unvoiced rewrite hell" so don't expect to feel those emotions from a VA again for a few more months
So then I started looking into it a bit and man things are not going smoothly for this game. First is the voice acting issue. I don't know if they're at all affected by the English VA strike going on since the game doesn't have English but turns out they've had to rewrite parts of the story because they were poorly received. And that's why they can't get even the other VA done properly. This is also why the event felt disjointed because they cut down the focus on Daiyan.

So, for me, the first part of Suomi's event was awesome, the second part was trash, Makiatto's event was good and then this Daiyan event was mediocre (and only saved because it continued the main story). If all the story is to be delivered through events from now on I really do hope the quality and consistency jumps up because the writing really is the best part of the game (and arguably the only reason to persist with it).
 
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A bit late to reply to the post but honestly, this is very disappointing. The CN version of the game is supposed to be a whole year ahead of our version and you're telling me that we're already caught up with the main story chapters and everything from now on is delivered through events only? How can it possibly be okay for the game to only have this much story after a whole year?
Mica likes releasing main story chapter as event. Basically, Klukai's event is chapter 9 and 10, whereas the 1st anniversary event (Spingfield and Peri) acts as chapter 10.5. They will be released as story event, but the stage numbering indicates that they are main campaign chapters. Main story is still progressing, but they will not be accessed through the usual campaign tab, but rather, past event tab.



Regarding the Daiyan rewrite, here is a summary:

CN Beta before launch -> people datamined the Daiyan voice-acting lines for a story event. Through listening to the lines some people thought they were getting cucked by a male terrorist called Raymond. Huge PR storm followed.

CN launch -> Daiyan story event was the 1st event. Story was changed (1st rewrite). No voice-acting. Raymond was changed into a woman. People didn't like the story and kept on bashing on Mica.

CN a few months ago -> Mica rewrote the Daiyan story event again (2nd rewrite) and announced that Centauressi, Jiangyu and Lenna's event will be rewritten. No voice-acting. This is the current version we are reading.

CN Dec 2023 -> Mica announced that Daiyan VA would be changed as they could not contact the original JP VA. Now Daiyan is voiced by the new JP VA.



FYI only: Centauressi rewritten event was released a few days ago in CN. It is confirmed to be the direct continuation of Daiyan's (so, chapter 8.75), and according to leaks we are getting this one next patch. (take this with a grain of salt)
 
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Okay even if they manage to straighten out the order of the storytelling, are we progressing too fast here? The game is 6 weeks old for global. It was mentioned above that Klukai was the half anniversary event (so 6 months/28 weeks?). That's chapter 9 and 10. Then you say chapter 10.5 is the anniversary event which is 52 weeks? Are events filling up all the spaces adequately in CN? Will they do so in our version when we seem to be speedrunning the modified story?

I realize these are mostly rhetorical questions. Not like any of us can know what will happen in the future. It's just that I've had issue with the speed of the storytelling since day 1 and... I just don't know how our version is supposed to go when we're just 6 weeks in and CN is 1 year old and we've already done 60%? 70%? 80%? of the story that CN got. It seems very strange and will just have to wait and see how this ride goes.
 
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Okay even if they manage to straighten out the order of the storytelling, are we progressing too fast here? The game is 6 weeks old for global. It was mentioned above that Klukai was the half anniversary event (so 6 months/28 weeks?). That's chapter 9 and 10. Then you say chapter 10.5 is the anniversary event which is 52 weeks? Are events filling up all the spaces adequately in CN? Will they do so in our version when we seem to be speedrunning the modified story?

I realize these are mostly rhetorical questions. Not like any of us can know what will happen in the future. It's just that I've had issue with the speed of the storytelling since day 1 and... I just don't know how our version is supposed to go when we're just 6 weeks in and CN is 1 year old and we've already done 60%? 70%? 80%? of the story that CN got. It seems very strange and will just have to wait and see how this ride goes.
No, I agree with you. The main story progression in global is fast. I think CN was having 1 patch / 4 weeks but they later changed it to 1 patch /3 weeks. Global is following the new pattern so we are definitely moving faster.

In addition, probably due to the fact that Mica wants to release a Chinese doll during Lunar New Year, they chose Daiyan as the third event, thereby resulting in the current chapter 8 + Daiyan event simultaneous launch. Many people don't like it (me included) but I guess the schedule has to be done like this because of the other reason: many remaining events are either being rewrityen, or tied to the Daiyan's group and Klukai's Squad 404 so the choices are limited. The only exception is probably Dush from doll community.
 
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Surprised by Dush's return, but a welcome one. What an adorable dork. The PV is very enjoyable, too.
 
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Interesting that Dush is the next upcoming doll. Guess the plan is to alternate a "main story" event and a "side story" event to avoid running out of main ones too fast
Well, not a problem for me. More time to get the rewrites done, and maybe we could also get Centauressi's one with the VA update (developers confirmed in a recent stream character events that progress the main storyline will become fully voiced like the 8 main chapters)
 
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I've been leveling up my core team of 4 dolls and saving up resources to level up Qiongjiu when I get her from the standard banner selector. The thing is, as expected, the rate of earning standard banner tickets has completely tanked and it's going to take a while to get the remaining 20 odd tickets I need. So I'm thinking of leveling up another character while I wait, and I feel like I want one that has AOE clear potential. My choices are V1 Vepley using Sabrina's shotgun or V6 Lotta with her V6 weapon (or whatever the max is). Both of them have AOE ultimates. Which one would be the better choice? I'm leaning towards Vepley because obviously she's a 5-star and presumably has a higher damage ceiling.

That said, I also wanted to save 18 of those purple things for Qiongjiu's neural helix unlocks and I don't think I have an extra 18 after that for Vepley so I'm not even sure this is a good idea. Let me just say again that limiting those purple things is such a counterproductive idea in a game/genre designed around collecting characters.
 
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That said, I also wanted to save 18 of those purple things for Qiongjiu's neural helix unlocks and I don't think I have an extra 18 after that for Vepley so I'm not even sure this is a good idea. Let me just say again that limiting those purple things is such a counterproductive idea in a game/genre designed around collecting characters.
If you're referring to Info Cores (and not Transcription Conductor Rank IV -- which is also purple), definitely save those because they're really hard to come by and not easily farmable. I think you can only get these regularly from the Boss Fight shop, and only one per week.
 
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Yeah I meant the things that you need to unlock the neural helix keys.

You need 18 to max out one character. As you can see, I don't even have enough for 2 characters. If I leveled Vepley and Qiongjiu there would be no point in pulling characters from the limited banner for the next few months because I wouldn't be able to max them out anyway. Bizarre limitation.
 
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STHX

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That said, I also wanted to save 18 of those purple things for Qiongjiu's neural helix unlocks and I don't think I have an extra 18 after that for Vepley so I'm not even sure this is a good idea
In case you decide to go forward with maxing another character before QJ, SRs like Lotta require only 8 to fully unlock their Helix, so you can max Lotta and still have enough for QJ
 
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Thinking about it some more, I'll just be patient and wait for Qiongjiu from the selector. And instead of leveling someone else right now I'll keep my options open for a limited banner character that I might end up pulling.
 
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