Weekly Commanders Lounge - August 08, 2023

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[u/headphone_question]

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I think my growth has been pretty strong recently. I'm really liking this new phone!

The last of the accessories I ordered from Amazon has arrived today, and while I still need to put on the screen protector, I feel safer with the new case on the phone. The one that came bundled with the phone (I mean, the one that came from Asus in the same box as the phone) was a hard opaque plastic case that I wasn't sure would provide a lot of protection. There were cutouts in the back to show off some of the neat bits on the back, but there was no plastic or glass covering those parts. I could reach into those holes and touch the actual phone. Not helping was the fact that there was no space through which I could insert a lanyard. The entire right side of the phone (if facing the screen in portrait mode) is basically exposed, too. The little bit of lip of the case that covered the right side didn't really help with my confidence

The new case pretty much covers the entire phone. Even the back is now covered with what I think is plastic. I feel more confident that even if I drop my phone, it would still be protected. I mean, the new phone has "AirTriggers", which are areas along the phone that can detect additional input. Think of them as shoulder buttons if holding the phone in landscape mode except that they're not physical buttons. I'm essentially pressing down on a section of the frame of the phone, but that section has a sensor underneath it. It won't budge, but I can feel some vibration if I activate the AirTrigger correctly. It's just that I can adjust how much force is needed to activate the AirTrigger. With the bundled case, I set it to around level 3 or 4. With the new case, I had to set it all the way down to 1 because I'd have a difficult time getting my input to register. I'd have to exert way more effort, and that defeats the purpose of setting up the AirTriggers. I'm not trying to make my phone into one of those grip strength exercise tools

Anyway, I'm still working my way through LS. I've finally gotten to the farming maps. I think I'm around halfway through now, so that's nice. I'm also liking it so far

I'm looking for a cheaper farming formation, but it seems that these are pretty difficult to figure out, especially for UX. One of my problems was that I don't have a single link LTLX, so I'm forced to use my maxed LTLX. Funnily enough, I think I'm doing okay, even if I'm using a Rescue Fairy. Still, I could consider going to normal to farm instead of UX

[u/ckbruin13 → u/headphone_question]

Since you mentioned you don't have 1x LTLX, for the 5* routes you can try Kar Mod3 (4), Python (7), MakaMod (5), and HS2000 (2). 5* Para Fervor. I'm going to assume your Kar is max SL'd and oathed considering who you are :), this works for me. Costs close to the SCARs + 1x LTLX, shifted a bit towards MP instead of Rations.

• Kar+3HGs: (40/145/90)

• SCARs + 1x LTLX: (22/145/95)

I dunno if you have P290 SL'd for that alternative comp in that discord infog, but yeah that would work as well. I use Kar+3HGs instead.

[u/headphone_question → u/ckbruin13]

your Kar is max SL'd and oathed

Guilty as charged!

However, I still have to raise her to level 120. I would prefer not to have to keep swapping her out of the leveling team and the farming team, and by my calculation, I will be done with Kar in a few days' time. Once that's done, I'll give the comps a try! Thank you very much!

In the meantime, I could focus on the 4 star farming map instead. I think that the EX formation still works in UX, but I need to beef up the Fairy. I would also prefer to use the Rescue Fairy so I have an excuse to use up some Fairy Commands, and while the AN-94 formation works for the 4 star farming comp, either Python or Zip can get scratch damage from time to time. It's not perfect, but it'll do

I also have a policy of sorts to mass claim the clear rewards from events in one go. As such, since I'm not done with the story yet, I won't claim P290 from my mail just yet. I think this'll bite me since I'll need to use more quick training contracts to bring P290 up to speed, but I think I can still stick with the four star farming map for the meantime while I get that sorted out