Lost Track of Time..

Wow, how time really flies..

I logged in with the intention of deleting this blog, since I no longer have the luxury or the time to blog about Ayakashi Ghost Guild (AGG), since a very long time ago (or rather, more than a year ago)..
.. But I was actually surprised that there were visitors to my dead blog.
For memory's sake, maybe I should just keep it?
Hmmm.

Yes, I have became much busier and AGG has slowly, but surely. taking a back seat in my life now.
It's no longer that important or addictive to me anymore.
It's also a fact that I would never be able to catch up in blogging on my AGG's events and adventures.

I am no longer called "Ayumi-san" in AGG now.
Did I mention before that my first AGG in-game name (IGN) was actually "Kagome"?
In case you're wondering..
.. Yes! I am still very much active in AGG, but much lesser than my peak addiction period.
I am also in a ranked top 10 guild now.

These screenshots were my very last few pieces of AGG memories that I still held close to.. in my computer.
Thereafter, I changed my phone and stopped the tedious process of having to manually upload AGG screenshots onto my computer every now and then.

Screenshots taken from The Great Princess Wars (solo) Conquest Event:

First Half (FH) Ranking: 1274th

Reward: Ohina [Princess Wars] + Ohina [Princess Wars] Skill Magatama(s) x4

Second Half (SH) Ranking: 1195th

Reward: Black Prince's Ruby + Black Prince's Ruby Skill Magatama(s) x5

Level 150 (solo) Conquest Reward: Arria

(I stopped here. Too busy and tired to continue fighting upwards.)

Total Ranking: 1073rd

Reward: Bifuku + Bifuku Skill Magatama(s) x2 (obtained from Level 135 and 145 Conquest Rewards)

AGG has changed so much now..
In a brief summary:

- With the introduction of Silver Apples (SAs) and Golden Apples (GAs), many free and light cash players can now "kill" off their existing 4* (SAs) and 5* (GAs) daemons, save up, and barter to own limited released 5* daemons and even the once costly-to-obtain Bell daemons!

- Double Gold offers were also introduced twice too; to maybe attempt to retain the dwindling cash player population.

- With the introduction and end of the first ever Guild Conquest Events: Horoscopes (Fallen & Pure) in the past 12 months, it's not a surprise that many cash players have decided to put their money back into their wallets instead.

- It's also becoming increasingly common to see "dramatically" or "high trigger rate", sometimes even "very high trigger rate", appearing in the list of daemons released for each event.
(Old daemons? Normal trigger rates? Combined stats of <27,000? They are now increasingly considered obsolete.)

- The introduction of Soul Gems (SG) and Seal Stones (SS) events also allowed free and low level players to easily obtain 5* daemons. Magatama Points were recently a new feature that was introduced as you unlock more completions, used in summoning Magatama(s).

- Magatama Summon used to be the most useless feature to be spending your precious Gold coins in, but with the introduction of Super Skill Magatama(s)! You now have the possibility of increasing your daemons' skills by ONE level each time if it works!
(Unfortunately, it rarely works. Maybe 5% chance, good luck.)

- Players can now also easily "eat" Beef Bowls to re-allocate their stats freely between Health, Attack Spirit and Defense Spirit, in addition to the traditional method of re-crewing.

- A recent introduction of Chain System will also see an increasing no. of new cards being created with Chain abilities (dependent on positive or negative abilities) that can enhance your team's Chain Partner(s) and weaken opposing team's Chain Partner(s).

- New second series of Guild Conquest Events: Tarot Cards (Reversed & Pure), which is likely to carry on for another 22 months, makes me feel that the events are so repetitive, it's getting very boring.

I think that's roughly most of what has happened in the past months that I was on hiatus from this blog.
I am not even sure when I'll stop playing AGG completely for good.

Guild Conquest Event: Galaxy Wars: Raging Rapids - Aquarius (Pure).

*But I still love the art.*
Sighs.

~ Loves, Ayumi-san :)

Event Complete: Sengoku Swimsuit Scene

This conquest event, Sengoku Swimsuit Scene, is (finally) officially over!
[What a long and tiring event.. zzzZ.]

Here goes my ranking results:

First Half

First Half Ranking: 1918th @ 14,814 Conquest Points.

Second Half

Second Half Ranking: 2178th @ 12,569 Conquest Points.

Total

Total Ranking: 1579th @ 27,383 Conquest Points.

~ Loves, Ayumi-san :)

Event Experience #3: En Garde! Ghost Agents Do Battle! ~ 4 ~

It certainly appears to be the case that battle events, which are generally shorter in duration, are being used as "filler" events in between the bigger and longer duration events. The previous conquest mission event was approximately two weeks long and the next event is speculated to be another two weeks long tower climbing event.

Battle events, as the title already clearly suggests, means the Ghost Agents (us) have to keep battling each other to try to win against each other to obtain Victory Points (VPs). After battling and winning (better still if you've a long victory streak of more than 5), you can save up your VPs to quickly exchange for the limited no. of daemons and magatamas available in Dora's Barter Shop.
[Popular and highly sought after daemons would always be the first to sell out first. This is often followed by the cheapest daemon and its skill magatamas to be sold out.. Everything is while stocks last!]

More daemons were introduced and available for "barter" trade for VPs in this battle event - one top daemon, two 2nd prizes, one 3rd prize and last consolation prize.. Not forgetting the respective daemons' skill magatamas.

Introduction begins! Starting with the top prize daemon - the Divina daemon, Mars. Mars is an offensive Divina daemon and perfect for any pure Divina Attack Team. However, with its good-but-not-excellent profile and skill, the VPs required for Mars is simply too far out of reach for most players.

Divina - Mars.

Mars's profile: 

Attack (Minimum / Maximum): 4545 / 13015

Defense (Minimum / Maximum): 4065 / 11695

Spirit Required: 35

(Default) Skill Level and Skill: Level 15 Victory March

Skill Effect: Increases Divina Attack (+22%).

There were two available 2nd prizes, one offensive daemon and the other defensive daemon. As the offensive daemon appears to be much higher in demand, I did not manage to grab her. :'( I can perfectly understand why Helle was so crazily in demand. Offensive daemons with decently good profile and (team) skills are always in higher demand.

Phantom - Helle.

Helle's profile: 

Attack (Minimum / Maximum): 4364 / 12554

Defense (Minimum / Maximum): 3510 / 10090

Spirit Required: 33

(Default) Skill Level and Skill: Level 15 Reaper's Scythe

Skill Effect: Increases Phantom Attack (+22%).

Instead, I landed myself my very first 5* daemon - the defensive Divina daemon, Mahamayuri! :D:D:D

Divina - Mahamayuri.

Mahamayuri's profile (see screenshot): 
Skill Effect: Increases Divina Defense (+22%).

As I was already on my last event day after past days and days of saving up my VPs for Mahamayuri, I was trying my best to also go for the last two prizes, whichever I could save up enough of my VPs up for..

.. Bad news came. :(

The last consolation prize, which is the most value-for-VPs Divina daemon, Nobutsuna Kamiizumi, was already sold out. :'(

[Nobutsuna Kamiizumi's profile and skill are comparable to that of the 3rd prize daemon.]

Divina - Nobutsuna Kamiizumi.

Nobutsuna Kamiizumi's profile: 

Attack (Minimum / Maximum): 3068 / 8828

Defense (Minimum / Maximum): 2432 / 6932

Spirit Required: 25

(Default) Skill Level and Skill: Level 13 Transient Blade

Skill Effect: Reduces opponent's Phantom Defense (-20%).

I did not exchange for any daemon's skill magatamas in the end. I was only concerned about grabbing the daemons. I fed my Crystal Magatamas to Mahamayuri happily to level her experience up: 

Fuse Mahamayuri and Crystal Magatamas.

No more Nobutsuna Kamiizumi left for me to grab, I could only pushed on for the 3rd prize Anima daemon, Grinning Aoe.

Anima - Grinning Aoe.

Grinning Aoe's profile (see screenshot): 
Skill Effect: Reduces opponent's Divina Defense (-20%).

I could only poorly afford to farm free Tourmaline Magatamas to feed Grinning Aoe to level up her experience:

Fuse Grinning Aoe and Tourmaline Magatamas.

My team after this battle event is officially over! :) I am not too sure why Grinning Aoe was not included in my team then, but maybe because I was taking way too long to level her up? x_x
[Anima daemons are the hardest to level up due to the higher difficulty of gathering Anima feeds effectively.]

Kagome (Level 46).

[Kagome was my old username.]

~ Loves, Ayumi-san :)

Daemon Transmigration #4: Goddess of Poverty

Goddess of Poverty and Goddess of Misfortune come in a pair of transmigrate-able daemons. It would be such a pity if I didn't go ahead to collect the both of them together.

Both goddesses transmigrate earlier at experience level 16 (not the usual maximum level) and comes with the ability to steal more silver from your opponents in won battles.

[I obtained Goddess of Misfortune first; I obtained Goddess of Poverty only much later.]

Divina - Goddess of Poverty.

[Pulsing away with short bursts of energy.]

Mira: Your daemon is transmigrating! o.O

Mira: Your daemon has transmigrated and been reborn in a different form! :)

[Yay! Jacket are off, hair let down loose and spectacles are removed! ^^]

Transmigrated: Goddess of Poverty (Ultimate).

~ Loves, Ayumi-san :)

Daemon Transmigration #3: Goddess of Misfortune

Goddess of Misfortune and Goddess of Poverty are a pair of goddesses that you would encounter on exploring Chapter 5 in Story mode. I decided to grab the both of them after giving it much thought and considerations.

Goddess of Misfortune (Ultimate) acts as a silver-generating daemon during battles, stealing more silver from your opponents after winning a battle (that is, if her skill activates). :X

Can Transmigrate: Divina - Goddess of Misfortune.

Mira: Your daemon is transmigrating! o.O

Mira: Your daemon has transmigrated and been reborn in a different form! :)

~ Loves, Ayumi-san :)

Event Complete: Alice in Ayakashi Land

Unlike the battle event, there are First Half, Second Half and Total Rankings introduced in this conquest mission event.

In the First Half Rankings, we're given a chance to obtain a 5* Phantom daemon, March Hare, and March Hare Magatamas (dependent on your ranking).
[March Hare Magatamas are only within your grasp if you're ranked within the top 3000. Otherwise from rank 3001 to 6000, you would only receive March Hare alone.]

March Hare is everyone's dream Phantom daemon. She fits in snugly in both the Attack Team and Defense Team, especially so if you're fielding a pure Phantom team. We're no longer able to find another event ranking daemon as fantastic (in profile and skill) as March Hare nowadays. I truly regret not realising March Hare's true potential earlier.

Phantom - March Hare.

March Hare's profile: 

Attack (Minimum / Maximum): 4260 / 12100

Defense (Minimum / Maximum): 5020 / 14400

Spirit Required: 37

(Default) Skill Level and Skill: Level 15 Latecomer

Skill Effect: Greatly increases Phantom Defense (+24%).

In the Second Half Rankings, we're now instead able to obtain only a 4* Anima daemon, Lady Wedge, and Lady Wedge Magatamas (dependent on your ranking).
[Lady Wedge Magatamas are only within your grasp if you're ranked within the top 3000. Otherwise from rank 3001 to 6000, you would only receive Lady Wedge alone.]

Lady Wedge is a proud and arrogant-sounding Anima daemon. She makes a great addition to any pure Anima Attack Team. There are indeed lesser beautiful Anima daemons around, and worse so for those with admirable profiles and skills. I myself have had more Anima daemons than Divina or Phantom daemons, but there are much lesser decent to excellent Anima daemons compared to Divina and Phantom.
[If you're a free player, you should only try to start the conquest mission event during the Second Half for a higher chance of getting Lady Wedge.]

Anima - Lady Wedge.

Lady Wedge's profile: 

Attack (Minimum / Maximum): 3630 / 10350

Defense (Minimum / Maximum): 2880 / 8220

Spirit Required: 29

(Default) Skill Level and Skill: Level 13 Nepotism

Skill Effect: Increases Anima Attack (+20%).

Total Rankings = First Half Ranking + Second Half Ranking.
If you've done well in the First Half, chances are you would do relatively well for the Second Half too. However, you should always note that there would always be this last day / hour / minute rush to squeeze into the Total Rankings for the daemons, be it for the top prize, Red Queen (Divina), or for the consolation prize, Cheshire Cat (Phantom).

Red Queen is a Divina daemon, similar to March Hare's profile and skill, is practically non-existent among current event ranking daemons nowadays. Highly sought after and if you've her, you've just made yourself a powerful ally not to be easily trifled with. March Hare and Red Queen are everyone's dream daemons. High trigger rate is very drool-worthy.
[Top 2500 for Red Queen.]

Divina - Red Queen.

Red Queen's profile: 

Attack (Minimum / Maximum): 4840 / 13800

Defense (Minimum / Maximum): 4840 / 13800

Spirit Required: 37

(Default) Skill Level and Skill: Level 15 Guillotine

Skill Effect: Increases Divina Attack and Defense (+22%). High trigger rate (70% chance to activate skill).

The Phantom daemon, Cheshire Cat, acts as a (filler) consolation prize for the rest of the players who tried for the conquest mission event and made it into at least top 2501 to 8000 in Total Rankings. If you're a hardcore avid collector / player, you can obtain both Red Queen and Cheshire Cat if you made it to top 1000.

Phantom - Cheshire Cat.

Cheshire Cat's profile: 

Attack (Minimum / Maximum): 2820 / 8100

Defense (Minimum / Maximum): 3560 / 10100

Spirit Required: 27

(Default) Skill Level and Skill: Level 13 Cynical Smile

Skill Effect: Reduces opponent's Divina Attack (-20%).

~ Loves, Ayumi-san :)

Event Experience #2: Alice in Ayakashi Land

My second event encounter in Ayakashi Ghost Guild took place in a strange and mysterious place called Ayakashi Land..
.. The perfect time for a conquest mission event, Alice in Ayakashi Land! :3

I had barely recovered from being overwhelmed in the previous battle event, I was already being thrown into another even more complicated conquest mission event! Being still relatively new to the game (only my second event after all) and a cash-free player, I didn't bother much about understanding how the game mechanism actually works, or thought about the possible conquest strategies that I could actually deploy; I simply foolishly went headstrong against the super-inhumanely-strong but disgusting slugs named "Alice's Dress".. -_-"

It's therefore not the least surprising to say, I could only manage the bottom two conquest rewards - Quartz (Anima) + Tartella (Anima). I obviously didn't dare to even dream about making it into the rankings. In fact, I didn't even check on the rankings. x_x
[I stopped fighting at conquest mission level 70, just barely enough to scrape through getting my hands on another skill magatama.]

Anima - Quartz.

[Level 25 Conquest Reward; Quartz (skill) Magatamas for Levels 30, 35, 40 and 45 Conquest Rewards.]

Quartz's profile (see screenshot): 

(Default) Skill Level and Skill: Level 11 Everlasting Time [+4 Quartz Magatamas]

Skill Effect: Slightly reduces opponent' Divina Defense (-17%).

Anima - Tartella.

[Level 50 Conquest Reward; Tartella (skill) Magatamas for Levels 55, 60, 65 and 70 Conquest Rewards.]

Tartella's profile (see screenshot): 
(Default) Skill Level and Skill: Level 11 Treats Galore [+4 Tartella Magatamas]
Skill Effect: Increases Anima Attack (+22%).

In case you're confused and wondering what these "skill magatamas" are..

.. Here you go! :)

It is actually a magatama imbued with the skill of the said daemon, hence fusing this magatama to this particular daemon would raise its skill level.

[1 skill magatama = 1 skill level]

Fusing Tartella and Tartella (skill) Magatama.

This was the only other screenshot that I had of this conquest mission event and its sluggish "slimy" monsters. The only reason I even bothered to screenshot this picture was because the numbers were reflected incorrectly.

[I had accidentally pressed on the "Back" button in the game, hence resulting in the slug appearing to suddenly "gain" significant amount of health.]

(r a n d o m) screenshot - "You Lost".

Many freebies were actually given out upon the completion of each conquest mission level. This includes candies (+50 Health), spirit waters (replenish all Attack and Defense Spirit), loads and loads of silver (useful for card levelling / fusions), and last but not least, the main conquest rewards everyone anticipates..
.. The daemons and their skill magatamas!

Next up on this tall steep ladder, we have the Phantom daemon, Hattie! I was trying so hard to also add her into my daemon collection, but I simply could not press on any further after conquest mission level 70. Many were also ranting and complaining that this daemon should have been a 4* for a Level 75 Conquest Reward, since the next daemon higher up the ladder is the lead character featured in this conquest mission story - Divina daemon, Alice..
.. And she is already a 5* daemon. -_-"

Phantom - Hattie.

[Level 75 Conquest Reward; Hattie (skill) Magatamas for Levels 80, 85, 90 and 95 Conquest Rewards.]

Hattie's profile: 

Attack (Minimum / Maximum): 2220 / 6320

Defense (Minimum / Maximum): 2230 / 6430

Spirit Required: 20

(Default) Skill Level and Skill: Level 11 Mad Hatter

Skill Effect: Reduces opponent's Divina Attack (-18%). High Trigger Rate (70% chance to activate skill).

Having spent this much time and effort to climb up so high on this conquest mission level "ladder", you would finally be given a chance to defeat that hideous slug monster and obtain your very first 5* daemon as a conquest reward in this event..
.. It is none other than the main lead - Divina daemon, Alice! :D

Divina - Alice.

[Level 100 Conquest Reward; Alice (skill) Magatamas for Levels 101, 106, 111, 116 and 121 Conquest Rewards.]

Alice's profile: 

Attack (Minimum / Maximum): 3870 / 11080

Defense (Minimum / Maximum): 4310 / 12290

Spirit Required: 32

(Default) Skill Level and Skill: Level 15 Wonderland

Skill Effect: Increases Divina Defense (+22%).

Climbing further and higher up this crazily long ladder would begin to yield you more skill magatamas for the ranking rewards' daemons - Red Queen (Divina) + Cheshire Cat (Phantom). Since you would certainly have made it into the rankings if you've actually managed to make it this far. It's extremely enticing to continue up the "sadistic" level ladder as skill magatamas are the only way for you to max. out your daemon's skill level to 20. Pressing on would eventually lead you to this monstrous ugly creature that was clearly enjoying itself "Glooop! Glooooop!" causing this whole havoc..
.. Who else but this Anima daemon, Alice's Dress?

Anima - Alice's Dress.

[Level 125 Conquest Reward; Alice's Dress (skill) Magatamas for Levels 126, 131, 136, 141 and 146 Conquest Rewards.]

Alice's Dress' profile: 

Attack (Minimum / Maximum): 4960 / 14200

Defense (Minimum / Maximum): 4560 / 13100

Spirit Required: 35

(Default) Skill Level and Skill: Level 15 Digestive Tract

Skill Effect: Dramatically increases the daemon's Attack and Defense (+34% to self only). High Trigger Rate (70% chance to activate skill).

If you felt that you're up to the challenge, and I actually meant challenging your cash reserves, you could attempt to continue climbing all the way up to the top conquest mission level 200. Sitting at the very top of this "ladder" and awaiting your grand arrival is your top prize, the Divina daemon, Classic Alice~! :D:D:D
[She is essentially still Alice, albeit a stronger one.]

Divina - Classic Alice.

[Level 200 Conquest Reward; Classic Alice (skill) Magatamas for Levels 175, 180, 185, 190 and 195 Conquest Rewards.]

Classic Alice's profile: 

Attack (Minimum / Maximum): 3860 / 11000

Defense (Minimum / Maximum): 4940 / 14110

Spirit Required: 36

(Default) Skill Level and Skill: Level 15 Fantastic Idolatry

Skill Effect: Greatly reduce opponent's Anima Attack (-24%).

Having reached the very top of the conquest mission level "ladder", you would have uncovered the key to the entire mystery of this sluggish Alice's Dress saga. Congratulations! :P

Ranking Rewards covered in the next blog entry here, pretty please..

~ Loves, Ayumi-san :)