I assume these were OP Talismans when they came out, and about as hard to get as Awakening materials are, now.
I assume these were OP Talismans when they came out, and about as hard to get as Awakening materials are, now.
Yeah they were coveted at the time and for the end gamers more. Hard to get and rarely seen.... now, they aren't very powerful at all. Although.. Zone's absolutely help in the Airstrip Dungeon. They are the only way Soldier Ed does any real damage/killing blow to the General. I use them on the Gunner Escaped Prisoner too.
But this all plays into the talisman issues.. these are 4 sets, somewhat difficult to get, and lord knows when they will be needed for achievements. So it's not unheard of to dump these mediocre 4 sets to make room for a 5 or 6 set.. but then you're screwed when these events appear. Like I posted earlier I was just lucky I had a set of Quake on a damn pumpkin :)
Lord knows why I kept all these BNW tali sets. I guess because they were hard to get? I've had them stashed on weak Eddies so they don't clutter up my menu. Just need 1 Cyclone and 1 Rage now. Starting to look at class-specific runs.
The original dragon king was much harder before he got nerfed and the drop rate was horrible. It is dramatically better now.
I have a fleet of characters whose sole purpose is holding a set of each talisman type. It has worked well for me with these events, but it makes talisman management a nightmare and my character inventory is always stupid high.
My biggest hope for this game is that someday they actually implement something to make storing, finding, and swapping talismans easier. I counted earlier. It takes over 40 "swipes" to get to the purple talismans in my talisman screen for each character. Just being able to change the first color listed would be a dramatic improvement.
There is one way to do that-- if you have a SLOT that color, click on it. In the inventory management, instead of stars up/down click NO stars. Then it will start at that color. But only IF you have a slot to select from.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim28213
I know that trick and use it a lot. My issue is when I want to put 3 purple or 3 yellow in the generic colorless slots at the top. So much swiping... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ah, here we go. The purple I was looking for.
I have learned that if I make it all the way to purple and find the talisman set I want is not there (on another character already), put any purple talisman in the spot. After I finally track down the missing set when I go back I click the placeholder purple talisman and I go straight to purple. Big swipe saver.
It's a pain, for sure. Cosmic characters/no slot restrictions also break the method.
NICE :) --I'm using thisQuote:
Originally Posted by Tim28213
Okay, some interesting observations that might help people.
I have just completed 15 battles in brave new world. I have completed the Rage talisman mission, which required 30 wins. I was using 2 characters that had a Rage set.
I also completed the Ascension talisman mission after just 8 battles, I had only one character with Ascension talismans, and one character with a Cosmic talisman that gave the same Ascension effect.
So, it counts each set of talismans, and cosmic talismans with the same effects. So you can do some of the 30 win missions in fewer than 30 runs.
Not going to say how many runs I spent trying to get Zone talismans....... before noticing I had a full set on an Eddie I've never used...
Still need two more Rage talismans though. Will hopefully get them in less than 500 ironite worth of SoT refills :P
My primary issue is WHERE is THAT talisman.. which character did I put it on??? You HAVE to tap each and every character until you find it.. and often the app will crash at some point.
Tip: talismans on the 2 backseat Eddies are counting for the challenge!
Lightning Talismans are dropping - I got the 3 that I needed last night running Garden of Dismay IX. Yes, it was mostly the other ones (I ended up with a another full set of Comets and Immortals along the way), but they eventually dropped and I just completed the 30 runs needed for the event.
The ironite spent on SoT refills was far less than the 500 I would have needed to purchase the last Impulse Talisman from the store -plus all the materials dropped along the way- so it was well worth the effort.
Good luck...
So I would like to make a slight retraction. This event isn't quite as grind-y as I first thought. Tonight I sucked it up and did 45 runs with the talismans and for the next three nights I'll be doing the class specific runs 1 a night.Quote:
Originally Posted by MuzakMaker
This will net me all of the challenges before it's over. I will be at a disadvantage for sure when I need to cash in those frags later on in the mega event. And I'll definitely lose some precious cyborg grinding time since even level 1 has a bunch of loading time. Plus I lost a lot of time hunting down the talismans all of which I knew I had because I hate running extra levels just so I can do part of an event. I have at least one set of every talisman that has been available outside of gold/silver/bronze souls and purchasing.
Talisman management is still one of the worst aspects of this game and I can't wait for an update that makes it not a royal pain in the tuchus.
Seems that when additional Snow frags do drop...... they aren't in any higher quantity in X than they are in IV... 5 frags for a random drop.. regardless of BNW level.
I've had 10 drop occasionally too. Mostly in the higher levels, but haven't been paying much attention sorryQuote:
Originally Posted by Yup
These Impulse talismans seem kinda meh to me... Anyone tried them already? Are there any characters that might benefit from them? I'm wondering if I should grind this or just skip it...
One immortal talisman away from being able to finish, grinded out both magus and sentinel on GoD VIII-X still bloody waiting. Already sold 2 full sets of both comet and lightning
FYI.. cosmic augments count... I used a cosmic with the Immortal augment and it worked.
I did the same with Ascension. No immortal cosmics thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Yup
Nice and easy to do this one. Nice and quick to do - ride a long's and cosmic's work so defo use them if you can. I ran mine on Level 3 in each dungeon but I did do a maybe 5 runs in level 10 of each as I wanted to test some teams and drops for frags. I got 2,750 snow frags 80% of which was level 3 so they seem to drop pretty decent for less sands at the lower levels. I did not need any talisman as I have multiple sets of each so ride along and cosmics really helped to make it quick.
I have those xmas characters already so will keep my frags for what they have for sale in the store when that comes round. Shame they had not included the Krampus characters though! That in itself is weird so I hope they have them for sale in another event as still missing the assassin dude.
Keep in mind to all who commented about the grinding overlap... They extended the Cyborg event 5 days. The same 5 days that these 2 events are now overlapping. I believe they originally would have overlapped by only a day or 2 max. Still sucks that you guys have to choose which event to grind out, but (assuming stable servers were a thing) we should have all been done with the Cyborg by now and fully focused on BNW. If they were to then push the BNW event a few days, it would run into another event....etc. I dont like their event scheduling any more than most of you, but I also empathize with the devs having to form an event schedule a month or 2 in advance and try to maintain that schedule while still adapting to all of our whiny crying asses. Just to keep things in perspective.Quote:
Originally Posted by MuzakMaker
Ironically, that is the first thing i thought of when i saw the requirements. I tried using a few cosmic Immortals and they did NOT count for me. Swapped out for some guys with actual immortal sets and counted those fine. I assumed that all cosmics didnt work, so I just used the full sets. Oh well...Quote:
Originally Posted by Yup
ASSASSIN KRAMPUS is one of like 8 toons i still need to complete the collection, so it BETTER be available lol!Quote:
Originally Posted by scott-5496
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Originally Posted by Yup
I was just doing the floor 1 brave new world, for speed purposes, and was still getting 5 or 10 snowflake fragments.Quote:
Originally Posted by Azagthor
...... and I'm running level X.. and getting 5 or 10 frags. So level makes no difference.
How many snow frags do you think we should earn for future purchases?
100,000K if the cyborg event was any indicator. I'm at roughly 2.5k... so I've got a way's to go :)
Just going for BHE was no more expensive or time consuming than the ferryman event. The kicker was going for the talisman and evo shards. The net ironite for BHE, 3* taliman and evo shards was 1700. I didnt pay attention to the other rewards.
If they didnt up the frag drops it would have been another 1000 ironite.
100, 000, 000.frags does seem kind of steep for any toon or even multiple toons.
For mid-level players like me, event frags/toons that = sac essence are still nice.
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Originally Posted by Yup
All right, thanks y'all for the responses. I'll give it another try once I'm through racking up Cyborg frags. Only about 10000 more to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blazpheme
Magus Werewolf can wear them. I'm using him in my auto teams now. +25% Damage seems to speed things up, along with his "return 5x True damage when taking damage" passive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Knut-3112