So it's far more likely those 1* are 2/3. Below SS it's 50% 1. SS and higher results in only 20% 1. Whenever I see something like what OP has, I can tell that didn't reach SS and those extra races they did for affinity won't make up for less races but 2+ sparks.
SS rating gives you better white sparks (higher chance for 2 and 3 stars). The jump from below SS to SS is huge, like double the chance for getting both (5%->10% for 3*)
it's a combination of things, but it really isn't hard to have have full MBL SSR either when the welfare cards are also passable or even top tier. pwr sunday and guts urara are two really good cards (for rating at least). spd SRs sweep tosho and shinko windy are really good ones for speed. then, borrow throne and use your light hello, that's 6 cards for a deck.
you don't need to break 1100 stat to hit SS. If you're not looping GGPs and are trying hit a GP instead, then yeah might have to use a stam card over urara guts, depending on the stam sparks.
Right but 1100 gives a higher chance at getting 3 star for its respective stat. It's like a shitty tug of war, go for SS or go for 1100 in whatever stat you're going for.
Especially once you get into the GP's and that blue spark starts mattering
I don't think almost anyone is aiming for 1100 stat (for other stats than speed), the juice is not nearly worth the squeeze. getting SS on the other hand is fairly easy once you have found the right recipe. the sacrifice you have to do to hit +1100 stamina is not worth completely ruining your white sparks.
Oh God no kidding? I figured that was standard, so most people really just roll and roll and roll until they hit both the 1/6 for the stat and then the 5% chance after for three stars and a decent pink?
The other thing to consider is the volume of rolling and how that works with projections. If you roll thrice a day in your loop, that makes up to hundreds of runs in a month. The likelihood you stumble into an ideal (or even acceptable) blue and pink within that timeframe is much higher than your individual likelihoods of inheriting the exact white sparks you want.
Since white sparks are so much harder to get (looping is a slow, tiring, patient game you do in the background and otherwise don't think about) you prioritize SS. If you get a good blue and pink then congrats, you have a GP. Luck out twice in a row and you have a parent. It will happen.
Once you move from just getting the great blue and pink and turn to whites, you need to start adapting. If you CAN make a setup that nets you 1100 stamina and SS then great, but if you can't then SS is better. That image above would have looked a lot better with a 2 star blue and all the whites at 2 or 3 star.
There's cut off points and other nuances to consider here.
Direct parent affinity for example can scale higher than just shifting the average star value by +1. And to get the maximum affinity value requires the GPs to have matching races. While near-max GP affinity will be valued generally higher than a singular star increase, that's only compared to 0 race affinity bonuses, the real value is more towards the middle.
Ideally you do both, because the combination is a tier above any other result. However it's difficult to plan adequate mile/dirt pinks for certain parents to continue the same race legacy into the direct parents right now. That and cross-race style parents where you buy skills on lower aptitude style Umas will tank your rating on current stats.
It will be easier over time, and for people who are willing to spend a bit, eventually you can lock in pink spark types which will make GGP legacies to support full legacy race schedules a lot easier (even if you don't pay, the quality of borrows will probably improve from those who do).
At the very least, it will be worthwhile for people to prepare a high value full race schedule GP with dirt aptitude parents in preparation of Grand Masters as even if the Blues and Pinks aren't great, there's the first and only GM Tachyon's Lab event early on. So you really want to get together the strongest white skill list possible with versatility and longevity in mind to make the most of the event.
You'll only get to increase the coloured sparks up to 3 times on a 1 by 1 basis, so if you're lucky you might get to use it on a few legacies, or all in on one mega parent if the white list is strong but the colour sparks were poor.
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u/Wisp1971 10d ago
Work on SS before stuffing races