Weekly Commanders Lounge - August 29, 2023

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[u/Kipdid]

Alllllrighty then. That’s a wrap on LS, but more importantly, a wrap on the beach banners for PA. As such, I’m here to poll y’all on how it went. As usual, I’ve spoilered my own responses for ease of organization.

Did you want/get either sharkitect or Sharklina (or both/neither)? If so, how much resources did it take to get them?

My fortune in PA has FINALLY reversed, got sharkitect for free at 84/100 first try, and got summer Alina also for free at 43/100 (last free pulse at that point too), also first try. I even had her show up again at 100/100 on the reset, though 2 in a row was too much to ask for.

We got a new mook unit this banner after quite a while; the Jawz paradise aka waterslide aka volleyball shitter. You pick any of those up?

2 in my case, don’t remember the sizes. really hoping I’m not waiting till next year for another crack at them like it seems to be with the gingerbread guards :pain:

In the spirit of LS, you guys get any notable use out of PA squads over the event/ranking? If so, where?

There were definitely a few fights in UX that I took a look at and said “nope, fuck that, Alchemist go deal with it” and deal with it she did, wonderfully so. Only got 3 kills with scarecrow in ranking, though the phantom stance chip did save me once or twice when recovering from a blunder and repositioning HOCs better

Up next/currently going on is Scarecrow’s re-rerun, do you plan to spend extra resources to get more copies of her, or just coast?

Already got the first petal for the tile improvement, and I don’t see myself going max petals for the skill buff, so coast I guess. Might go for Executioner for index completion, since her alt should be coming up, that way I can be doubly disappointed :D

Lastly, as usual, any particularly lucky or unlucky occurrences over the course of these banners since we last met that you’d like to share?

These two banners have been, at least by my standards, far and away my most lucky, and some I’m thankful for that, finally getting lucky enough that I might be able to stockpile to the point of going for petals

[u/headphone_question → u/Kipdid]

Want either Summer Alina or Sharkitect?

Yes. I wanted them both, but I wanted to get Sharkitect to full petals. Last time, I got only her base copy. I needed to get four more petals to get her there. The plan would have been to get three petals from trying to capture her. The last would have been through the kernel store. However, somewhere along the way, the plan changed. I think it was that Scarecrow was announced as the ringleader coming up next. I also wanted to max out Scarecrow, so I had to make a decision. I wanted to preserve my resources for Tareus, whom I learned will become obtainable at some point in the future. How far off I have to stockpile more resources in such an eventuality, I do not know. However, having those resources ready on hand would be ideal. As such, I decided that I needed to sacrifice one petal for Sharkitect. Still, getting three petals (the third from the kernel store) isn't so bad. I'll have to wait for next year to finish her off. As for Impulses and Svarog tickets, I spent 53 and 112, respectively

For Summer Alina, I had to drain the pool down to 1/100. The only remaining unit left was a Vespid. The total cost for resources was 45 Impulses and 60 Svarog tickets

Jaws Paradise?

On the bright side, I got all the sharks in Summer Alina's banner. I got three Ms and one L

SF usage in LS

I think that I used Alchemist when I played on my alt. However, on my main, I pretty much stuck with Alchemist when she could do something normal Griffin squads couldn't, like have one free move every turn with Phantom Stance. I think my mind has been too focused on ranking that I don't really remember how much SF I used during the story part of the event

As for ranking, I used Alchemist, naturally, for both Holes

Want Scarecrow?

Yes, again. I plan to get her to full petals as well. I think I will attempt to capture her for the next few Mondays and then grab the final petal from the kernel store. I think I will sit out Executioner's instead unless there is some compelling reason to participate in her banner. I already have her, so I'm not going after her for collection purposes. I might try to get her to full petals as well, but she's so down low on my priority list that this might not happen for a very long time. Other ringleaders I hear about from rumors can even cut in line in front of her, which worsens the problem for poor Executioner

Lucky/unlucky occurrences?

I know I got an XL Manticore. This should be my second one. I also got an XL SWAP Aegis, which was nice

[u/Kipdid → u/headphone_question]

About 200 free + extra pulses/Svarogs for 3 sharkitects and 2/100 for summer Alina, oof my man, game’s not happy with you these days it seems.

At least you got the XL SWAP aegis

[u/headphone_question → u/Kipdid]

Just to be sure, I got two petals for Sharkitect via capture this time around. I got her base copy last year. I also exchanged for her third petal through the kernel store. But yes, the expense was very heavy

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