@slag said:
How grindy is the gacha system in this?
I'm no expert, but in terms of getting characters it seems fairly generous. Right now there are two groupings you can roll through, and they each have four featured 5* heroes that have an increased drop chance. So there are eight 5* heroes currently with a boosted rate of 6%. Regular 5* heroes have a 3% chance which is still not terrible compared to some other games. Each time you get a hero that isn't 5* the drop chance of a 5* increases slightly as well, so you're guaranteed to get one eventually. The game tells you how many you'd have to roll to get to 100% chance.
Who is featured will likely rotate every now and then which will be nice as well. It's pretty easy to get orbs until you beat the story, and I believe they plan on adding new chapters as they go which means more orbs. You get 1 orb per map you finish, and there are 5 maps per chapter from what I have seen so far. You also are given a chunk of free orbs for linking your account, and you get 2 orbs just for logging in every day.
What seems like it will be the grindiest is the feathers. You use feathers along with another item to upgrade your hero to the next star level. So if you have a 4* you really like but want to make them a 5* you need a shit ton of feathers. Its understandable since it makes them much stronger and dodges the need to gamble for a 5* copy. Be prepared to likely only be able to improve one hero every month or two. This might improve if they do events and depending on how the arena system plays out. Right now it seems like it will be slow.
You also unfortunately can only do 3 arena battles per day which is what the ranking system is based on. If you want to do more you have to use an item which refreshes your ability to do so for the day. It does seem like you are given one of this item every weekend (I got one today for logging in on the weekend), and there are other ways to buy it with mynintendo reward points or money.
If you just want to play and have fun the grind doesn't seem bad at all. There's plenty to do with whatever heroes you might have. If you want to be hardcore grinding lunatic maps in order to be the strongest in arena then expect tedium.
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