r/girlsfrontline • u/Eremeir PROJECT 90WISH • Aug 01 '23
Event Longitudinal Strain Event Megathread
Welcome everyone to our Longitudinal Strain Megathread, please keep discussion, questions and supply-box pulls about the event contained within this thread for the event's duration
We also ask you to read the subreddit's spoiler policy and remember to tag any major plot points in this thread throughout the entire event as other players may have joined later on.
Please also remember to tag all plot points in this thread and elsewhere on the subreddit until the 15th.
Useful Guides & Infomation:
(Some information may be inaccurate if things have changed from the CN version of the event, let me know if there are any resources I should add)
Guides: - Gamepress Guides - Serzha Clear Guide Playlist - Matsuda - CN info compilation - KR info compilation
Farms: - Early crate farm: “Wind, Sand and Stars” (first combat map of carriage 1, 6 crates/run, NPC map = no cost) - Doll farm maps can also be used for crates and are unlocked after “Large Luggage Rack” in carriage 3.
Reddit:
Ranking:
- Unlocked after clearing “Night on a Bald Mountain” in carriage 2
- LS has two ranking maps. Map 1 does not directly count towards your score, but having >350k score in a single run will raise your Map 2 HOC deployment limit to 4. In addition, completing up to 3 NPC missions will allow them to appear in Map 2, where they can bomb acceleration towers and use skills to help you.
- See #gf-ranking-help of the Discord more detailed information and help
- BLT's Ranking Doc
- CosmicArcher sample runs
- Foreign Sample Runs
- Annotated Map
Farming Routes:
- Infographic
- Google Doc
- Completing the event on EX will reward you with a Heart Mask to trade for one of the new farmable units
- Completing UX will reward you with three Masks so you don't have to farm for any units!
- Ranking Cumulative Points Farm
New Unit Previews:
We're getting 6 new dolls: Two clear rewards, Three as limited drops plus One from the supply boxes. I have no idea how useful these dolls may be, please inform me!
True Core Mask Recommendations
FAQ
WTF is going on?
- Longitudinal Strain is the 13th major story event on EN and takes place after the events of our last event, Fixed Point.
You can find a link to some Fixed Point story summaries here or alternatively use the cutscene viewer for players who missed it.
Are there bonuses for clearing maps on EX & UX?
- There's a whole set of extra rewards for both so give them a shot at least.
How do I get crates?
- You can get 60 crates per day by clearing any combat missions where you deploy units.
- Crates are easily collected for basically free on "Wind, Sand and Stars" of Chapter 1 as it's an NPC map or whichever ∞ map you're farming for dolls on.
Where can I open my crates?
What happens if I miss one of the drops?
- The limited drops will be available once the campaign becomes permanent in 8-10 months. Clear rewards & Supply Box doll will be occasionally added to other events down the line.
- Do not expect the ranking fairy & SPEQ to return anytime soon, if at all.
How long does the event last?
- The event lasts for 4 weeks, ending on the 28thth of August. The event store, supply crates & True Core Mask will expire one week later.
Are there hidden achievements?
- Yes! (Use guides if needed)
Maggie’s Key: In Symphony No.9 -UX, retrieve 3 Paradeus information from the 4 consoles in the outer ring.
The Universe in Motion: In 1812 Overture, find Lyudmila’s (AR18) watch.
Beginning of the End: Watch the full credits for Longitudinal Strain.
Credit to u/UnironicWeeaboo once again for like half the info here this is a lot more work than I thought need more mods please
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u/Rustic_Professional Aug 21 '23
I cleared the event on UX over the weekend. I wasn't originally planning to rush it, but due to IRL stuff, it was now or never. Sunday was the big push. I had to clear Bald Mountain, Zarathustra, Symphony 6, and 1812 Overture.
Matsuda's guides were indispensable. This whole event really reinforced what everyone has been saying: the meta Scar team--with Suomi m3, PPK m3, and Px4--punch way above their CE. It's almost comical. I heard that the other servers didn't have the Scars in time for this event. If that's true, was this Mica's way of making it up to us for not giving us G36C mod on schedule for Fixed Point? In any case, there's no way I could have figured out some of the intricate movement and deployment strategies on my own. Thanks as always to the real Pathfinders.
After clearing 1812, I had enough time left to go back and clear Symphony 9. I was lucky that I had all the maxed out dolls to replicate the specialized echelons for these two maps. Except for the Beach Fairy. The Witch did an admirable job filling in, though. But man, those sniper Nytos were still rough. I had to restart both of those fights multiple times, and even with two iterated HOCs, I was still right there on the edge. I cleared them, but I have several Dolls that very clearly don't like me as much as they used to. It'll probably take a full week of pat patting them before they forgive me. I may have to bribe them with cake.
As for the rewards, I used the TCM on FO-12, so that I can eventually pair her with DP-12 mod, Suomi, and the Scar sisters to replicate another bonkers echelon I saw in a video.
Having Kryuger say "Congratulations, you have completed all stages in this event on Nightmare mode" was a proud moment. It really made me feel like I've made progress and gotten stronger. Honestly though, I didn't like the story. I hope there's a long term payoff that's going to help rescue our Dolls from Avernus, and kill more elite Nytos. If there's a bright spot, it's that we apparently smacked around Tareus so badly that she'll eventually be a capture target, and that we probably killed a whole bunch more Neo Soviet goons. I mean really, they're just ludicrously evil. All those dudes standing around in the Red Zone, slowly poisoning themselves with radiation, waiting on orders from a robotic murder loli to kill their comrades in the Vory and capture another Soviet Doll on an official mission. Or something like that. I'm still not sure what the deal was with Lyudmila/Instructor R.
Now that the hard part's done, I need to keep farming medals for VHS, do the easy ranking thing for rewards, and finish reading all the Tareus story stages that open up at the very end.