#lostbelt 4 spoilers

[idliketochill]

The only way to end this fight (og karna died halfway through)

[valkyrievanessa]

Então, os Spoilers de fgo estão se contradizendo de novo hahaha, acho que o que torna os spoilers de fgo inofencivos é que é impossivel fugir das grandes lutas e tals, mas os detalhes da historia se perdem em meio a más interpretações, más traduções ou simplesmente mentiras inventadas.

Dessa vez é sobre o ORT, a unica informação é que o que enfrentamos está mais fraco que o da panhuman history, o que faz sentido, o fato da Kukulkan não ser a quetzalcoatl mas sim o coração de ORT também é concistente, na verdade muita coisa parece estar correta pelo que vi, menos 1 que continuam se contradizendo que é que o ORT que a gente luta é uma versão que sempre foi inferior ao ORT da historia normal do universo de fgo e o concenso que cheguei é que o ORT que lutamos já foi tão forte quanto o da panhuman history (porque só existe 1 ORT, o do lostbelt é o ORT que a gente conhece mas que viveu uma historia diferente), mas por conta do camazotz arrancar o coração do ORT ele ficou mais fraco, quando ganhou um coração novo, o novo era mais fraco que o original o que o impediu de usar seu poder total, sendo bem honesta, é a unica versão que faz sentido para mim, se o ORT que enfrentamos é chamado de subspecie é porque ele está mais fraco que a versão que ainda dorme na panhuman history, ele não esta completo.

E outra, já vi gente comentando que agora que derrotamos um aristoteles eles não são mais um desafio a ser superado, eles são, sempre vão ser. Ado Edem partiu 2 no meio e eles continuaram representando o desafio supremo da franquia, o pessoal do chaldea derrotando ORT foi um milagre que não tem como acontecer na historia normal, todos os fatores que permitiram a vitoria nunca aconteceram na historia normal, não foi algo que ocorreu na maioria dos universos paralelos, foi uma cituação completamente unica do Lostbelt 7 e pelo que comentam, quase não deu certo, morreu gente para caramba para possibilitar essa vitoria.

[writer-and-artist27]

In the game, seeing a certain character re-appear in the newest story event of Lostbelt 6.5 Traum had the author feel a lot of things considering this story.

In real life, the author's been cleaning up messes for a good 3-4 months, and anger needed an outlet. Especially when the messes are from someone she thought could be a friend, but turned out to be horribly incompetent in professional settings. Pregnancy be damned.

So. Writing.

Spoiler warning for events up to Section 1 of Lostbelt 6.5 Traum. And content warning for threats of violence and genital mutilation too. Hellsing Ultimate Abridged had influence.

AO3 link here. OST Playlist here, with all the new songs included.

Now to rest this rage off to play the rest of the story of Traum for Holmes and Charlie...

[darabeatha]

Trope trope trope trope!

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 “𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞” 𝐈 𝐠𝐞𝐭, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐓𝐕 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞. / @caemthe

𝐌𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐳𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐈𝐈

Animal motif: jaguar! a reference to not only Tezcatlipoca but also to the Ocelomeh (Ocelotl in singular and Ocelomeh in plural; jaguar warriors. They were basically members of the Aztec military elite) to whom he's the leader of.

Back from the dead: it's his second chance at life! "Moctezuma II, the unfortunate ruler of the Aztec Empire during its fall to Hernán Cortés' conquest. Having felt pity for his betrayal and terrible end, Tezcatlipoca had summoned Moctezuma into the South American Lostbelt for a second chance at life."

God in human form: technically he is Tezcatlipoca's impersonator! Putting a small parenthesis to fgo; to the Mexica, this person was called the 'Ixiptla' who for one year was seen as the god (in this case Tezcatlipoca) on earth. They were highly respected and seen as the god, and at the end of the year, they were sacrificed. Despite this, being the deity's impersonator was seen as an incredibly high honor and not a tragedy or something bad like how we would think in the present (this sacrifice just like death in battle was like the absolute honor). Real Moctezuma wasn't an Ixiptla in this sense, but I think that for the fictional narrative, it was an interesting choice especially considering the second reason as of why he was summoned by Tezcatlipoca (besides him taking pity of how his life ended) which i won't say how it ends bc it'll be spoiler

Rage helm: except that in this case, even if you take off his mask he is still frowning !

Perpetual frown: Rarely will you see him not looking angry or frowning even if he's literally just vibin' . Sometimes this scares people away and it doesn't help that he tends to have airs of grandeur moments (tm) sometimes (king moment), but when you get to know him, he's pretty considerate and chill person ! U just have to ignore his king-ly traits at first

Clean freak: inspired by his real counterpart, my Mocte is very much into cleanliness and tidyness. On a single glance u think he wears the same black body suit all the time but then u open his closet and he just has a bunch of exact same copies of it. U will not catch him wearing the same clothes he did again till 4-5 days or the next week. He's like that one lil robot in wall-E that can't stand stains, u leave a ketchup stain over the counter and even if it doesn't involve him, you'll see him going like -SCRUBS-

War is glorious: Or more specifically speaking; death in war. 'Dying in war was the highest honor and was something that was longed for. The concepts of war and sacrifice responded to the needs of cohesion and reproduction of society, by dying in war or through sacrifice, the warrior would be able to pay the gods their mythical sacrifice which had given origin to life'. Mocte is not devoid of this line of thinking.

Foreshadowing: goes by the name Izcalli when first introduced and then his true name is revealed; Moctezuma II the last Aztec emperor (which he's technically not really -the- last, as two other rulers succeeded him after his death but their reigns were quite short-lived so it's not uncommon to see him referred as the last)

[spiegelgestalt]

Lostbelt 4 is really peak FGo

FGO currently has a "finish the story" -campaign so I used it to finish lostbelts 4. It has a lot of similarities to Apocrypha (including Lakshmi who just looks like the lovechild of Shirou and Jeanne) which I approve of. Some random observations under the cut. Spoilers for LB4 obviously

Peperoncino is best boy and I can't decide if I ship him more with Daybit or Asvathaman

Lots of interesting Indian mythology which I do know nothing of but am now curious about. Has anyone any suggestions where to start?

GOREDOLF THE RACER!!! I love you, you loser!

Absolutely love Ganesha (and Ganesha/Karna) just wish they would stop fat shaming her (but I admit her NP always makes me smile because I'm a bad person)

Arjunas face whenever he sees Karna gives me life

Some really interesting observations that the search for a perfect world has some really nasty connotations (I just wish that it would be less accompanied with the whole Status Quo is the best possible world -stuff)

Asclepius is scarily similar to some doctors I know

I'm 90 percent sure that there will be a way to save the lostbelts - I felt like the game hit me really over the head with that idea

[melonisopod]

What colossal fuck up for lb7 are you referring to? Just the fact that there were no new servants or the lostbelt itself?

Well for starters, how the schedule in JP seems to be forever off its course ever since Lostbelt 6 went from a normal story chapter to a doorstopper. That in itself was because of Nasu's overreach as head writer and soemthing he'd never have let another TM writer for FGO do on their own.

Second, how much they hyped up 7 with Road to 7 campaigns and urging people to rush through the story to get to their Big Finale, then announced there'd be no Christmas event because we had to make room for Lostbelt 7, there will be no new Servant banners because no spoilers for Lostbelt 7, then we find out it's two parts released in separate chunks.

We get Lostbelt 7.1. Remember how it was established years in advance that this one was somewhere in South America's Amazon Rainforest? You know, cause that's where ORT/Type Mercury is? Well now it's in Mexico for some reason, I guess the handwave excuse is "Pangea" but we're highly suspecting Nasu didn't even have enough wikipedia articles on "South American mythology" to skim through.

All the (playable) Servants are pale and blonde, or at least the datamines show they're the only playable ones. The Grand Berserker that's been teased at since Lostbelt 4 as Daybit's Servant looks like this:

There's like two dark-skinned POC who haven't been whitewashed in the chapter so far, neither of whom is playable. (The one everyone thought was Tezcatlipoca was actually Camazotz) Frankly, with this (admittedly very nice on its own, just really not suited for a gacha game) art style and overall design I don't see how this guy can even appear on a summon banner.

And, other than Kireisputin New Year Announcement there have been no signs of any new Servants arriving in FGO, then it's announced the second half of Lostbelt 7 will be a month from now. Nothing planned in the meantime. So we're just stuck here, with a really unsatisfying half-chapter, because of what seems to be a scheduling conflict.

And you know, I don't really blame Lasangle on this, it seems very much to be Nasu's own doing. As the head writer and what definitely looks like a bunch of last-minute changes he made to the plot he's just not giving the rest of the dev team any time to recoop and catch up. Okay, maybe I blame Lasangle a little on this, but it does morstly seems like no one is telling Nasu "no" when he wants to write and rewrite more bullshit. 7.1 feels like a comedy skit shoehorned into the overall plot, wihch is not something you want out of your Big Final Chapter.

I'm kind of rambling on here but yeah, fuckup. And somehow everyone got start-dash rewards on NA so that was funny.

[la-chica-del-jardin-magico]

fgo x twisted wonderland 4

spoiler warning for Lostbelt No.6: Avalon le Fae.

the events of this Lostbelt are hard for gudako and mash so it is almost forbidden to mention what is happening. gudako has some PTSD regarding the fairies and she was almost eaten. she still gets along with Diasomnia (although at first she didn't realize that Malleus, Lilia and Sebek are fairies).

twisted wonderland fairies are NOT the same as lostbel. that is to say, they do not carry sin in their blood and really are more similar to the beings you would find in a fairy tale (luckily for gudako and the servants).

Morgan is one of the first to threaten Crowley that if something happens to his wife, he will not hesitate to destroy the school and perhaps the entire island to the ground. Crowley can see that Morgan is extremely powerful (besides that she is crazy) so he has no choice but to please her. When she is around Ella Morgan, she usually walks around the island and many are impressed by the queen's melancholic beauty. Morgan is also the first to meet Tsunotaro (Malleus) and is surprised to meet other fairies in this world, Morgan usually treats malleus as a small child since in comparison she IS much older than him. Lilia can tell by her eyes that Morgan has been through a LOT, she doesn't deny it but she prefers not to talk about it. she is also interested in knowing the Valley of Thorns.

Baobhan Sith believes that this is because the Valley of Thorns resembles the ideal realm that Morgan dreamed of. It is VERY possible that Baobhan Sith and Lilia belong to the same race of fairies but there is no confirmation. Baobhan Sith still tends to act like a spoiled child in front of most. but she is still interested in school, she too she often curses Crowley for giving them such an undignified place to stay. She also usually frequents Pomefiore to learn more about fashion in this world, especially her beloved shoes.

Barghest, to her surprise, she is extremely popular among the students, especially in Savanaclaw, several of whom either flirt with her or have directly asked her for a date. Ruggie seems in love not only with her figure but also with her food. Sebek may or may not also have a crush on her.

[elstreem]

LB 6 final boss spoilers!

The utter disrespect I dealt to Oberon Vortigern by having Hokusai hand his scrawny ass back to him and slapping him with a giant paintbrush. How many other bosses suffer the humiliation of dying by being painted on?

Of course, this was very unfair since Foreigners have a class advantage over Pretenders, and the fact that the story support Castoria is mandatory meant Hokusai hits even harder since she has Arts support...but I pulled for Hokusai, and the opportunity to wipe out a boss with a father-daughter duo of crazy good brushwork is too good to pass up.

I feel bad for Oberon Vortigern all things considered because I saved for and got a lot of Foreigners (though all of them are NP 1 because I'm a free player and I gotta save SQ for other banners). I have Hokusai, Voyager and Goghie, but I decided to go with Hokusai since they're my first Foreigner, and I still love them as both a character and a unit.

As for other boss slayers, while Hokusai did bug swatter duty, Bedivere is both my monster hunter for easily downing Albion (with help from a friend's Sigurd) and fluffy killer. Really, the Cernunnos boss fight was just a matter of "well if Excaliburs are needed to kill this guy then here, have the man who wields Excalibur as a hand slap Cernunnos in the face"

I know I made Bedivere my strongest unit by leveling him up to 102, unlocking his append skills, and making sure to level up my MLB Aerial Drive to further his NP...but even I'm surprised at how powerful he is, even with 4 curse layers Airgetlam easily reaches 300k-400k damage (plus buffs though).

I messed up this fight because I had Scathach and Skadi come in last, but I mistimed putting all my buffs on Scathach when there were more curse layers in the way, and she got wiped out after, so I had to use a Leyline stone. But it worked out since Oberon Vortigern wasn't that bad of a boss, and it meant Bedivere landed the killing blow on Cernunnos.

I have to rest him after this Lostbelt though, he fought sooooooo many bosses and Berserkers it isn't funny.

[toadeyes-miqote]

Further Levindome  - Whoa! Déjà vu

And chocobopoop hit the cpu fan.

Escalating lvl 99 msq is escalating and I'm rummaging through pop culture reference to process this.

Please be doing the cat quest with a 5.0 and up 4 legged ground running minion and calling it a glitch for Matrix or Reboot glitching fun

Glitchy cat spoilers below

Newly Entered the Matrix spoiler

Please give the ones(your wol too) who have been through ShB a hug and take note of them. PTSD abound. G'raha and Alisaie are not reacting well to this place, the process that powers this place is bringing back ShB trauma. Neither is Hlynyan, the whole removal of memories scares her(see the Fordola echo scene and probably what teaching Meteion to deal with pain and lost means). Forgetting people like Haurchefant or even Yotsuyu. Or Exarch somehow. Oh yeah it reminds her of Elidibus' dementia during his Amaurontine Guilt trip

Kinda glad Thancred isn't on the main team. I doubt he takes well to losing memories of loved ones and endangering other shards.

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- In general Wuk Lamat the newbie is naturally more incline to negotiation than veteran Hylnyan.( highly amused that both Hylnyan and Alisaie are seeing too much similarities in past expacs that Sphene was sussy from first sight)

- that thing about Gudako and Hylnyan not quite seeing eye to eye on stagnant shard pruning.

Hello folks, welcome to the Fujimaru Ritsuka's Lostbelts-Ascian experience. You ain’t nudging stagnant timelines in the direction you want to go no more.

/ Puts on mythril foil hat

- Which sundered or unsunder is Hylnyan to punt with her oni greatclub for the 2nd Calamity? - Was a Fandaniel involved in the removal and processing of souls thing?

- the whole memory and nostalgia theme feels like Emet's handiwork after what he did in the Tempest-Amaurot (which diorama is more recent? And what if Tempest-Amaurot happened after Solution 9 malfunctioned into a space-time lock?)

- Emet obviously knows something and was he expecting Hylnyan to clean it up?

- What are the odds that the Allagan empire was a project to get to unlock Levindome or Levindome tech part 2?

- For that matter, was Emet able to access Levindome after it got locked up?

- Matrix, Johnny Mnemonic, GITS and maybe Appleseed references aside. Paradise is the downtown business district… This feels like Emet remembering the glorious past of bureaucratic constancy of Amaurot. an then an NPC mention that the living used to use the area.

You are my special

Ghost in the shell

where the Volcano?

I am starting to lose my train of thought enroute to work

Because Dawntrail is amusing to me in that Hylnyan, Wuk Lamat and Sphene are all green eyed ladies.

Headcannon territory and really wild guessing alert.

Sphene is an Emet creation, she's a lighter hair and light jade green eyes version of Azem!Helen (if not the Persephone who was gone before he met Azem!Helen). Who juat happen to have a passing resemblance / personality (may or may not be a shard) and that was enough for Emet to trial run soul plug and play(whatever it was that he was doing to Zenos). The purge of an individual existence from the memories of others was an accidental side effect that couldn’t be fix by the time the rejoining happen.

Either he left the memories (failed project) as is or he can’t retrieve them

Tempest was easier without wonky AI but had a mouthy Hyth shade instead

I lost my train of thoughts and left Hylnyan to check on G'raha.

[freyayuki]

Fate/Grand Order Merlin Pickup Summon Banner

The Part 2 Chapter 6 Conclusion Commemorative Pickup Summon series of banners just started in the Fate/Grand Order (FGO) mobile game.

This is to celebrate the conclusion of "Lostbelt No.6: Fae Round Table Domain, Avalon le Fae - The Moment a Planet Is Born".

The Part 2 Chapter 6 Conclusion Commemorative Pickup Summon comes with 3 banners. These banners and the Servants they feature are as follows:

Merlin Banner

5-star SSR Caster Merlin (#ad)

4-star SR Saber Gawain

4-star SR Archer Tristan

Medb Banner

5-star SSR Rider Queen Medb

4-star SR Saber Gawain

4-star SR Archer Tristan

Caren C. Hortensia (Amor (Caren)) Banner

5-star SSR Ruler Caren C. Hortensia (Amor (Caren))

4-star SR Saber Gawain

4-star SR Archer Tristan

Medb’s banner will show up from 2023-7-24 21:00 - 2023-7-27 20:59 PDT. Caren’s banner will show up from 2023-7-26 21:00 - 2023-7-29 20:59 PDT. Merlin’s banner will show up from 2023-7-28 21:00 - 2023-7-31 20:59 PDT.

Thoughts about 5-star SSR Rider Queen Medb

After playing through the Fate/Grand Order Waltz in the MOONLIGHT/LOSTROOM×Fate/Grand Order Collaboration Event "Bedazzled! Grail Concert! Crane Returns an Idol's Favor", ended up liking Medb. Also really like the costume she got from said event.

I remember throwing like 10 tickets on the Queen Medb banner that showed up with the aforementioned event. Was supposed to be saving my pulling resources for other upcoming Servants so I really shouldn’t have done that but couldn’t seem to help it.

Unfortunately, Medb didn’t show up. Thankfully, managed to stop myself from throwing more tickets or even Saint Quartz (SQ) on the Medb banner.

When the feature that lets us get 1 non-limited and/or story-locked 5-star SSR Servant became available, I strongly considered choosing Medb. But since said feature doesn’t expire, decided to hold off on using it for now.

It’s not like I really need Medb anyway. And there are other Servants I’m also considering getting instead of Medb. She just happened to be one of my top picks.

Aside from liking her and her costume from the Grail Concert event, Medb also happens to be a story-locked Servant. This means there’s no way she can spook me or show up as an off-banner pull. The only way to get a copy of her is to roll on a banner that features her.

Anyway, at the time I’m writing this post, currently playing through “Lostbelt No.6: Fae Round Table Domain, Avalon le Fae - The Moment a Planet Is Born”.

Warning for possible spoilers for the aforementioned story chapter.

Queen Medb or a char who’s her spitting image is featured in Lostbelt 6 and, as I played through the aforementioned chapter, ended up liking that version of her too. Too bad Rider Medb has yet to get a costume that features any of her Lostbelt 6 outfits.

Anyway, the point is, definitely interested in pulling for Medb. She’s also a pretty good Rider who’s a mix between a DPS and a support.

Unfortunately, much as I want to, I can’t pull for Medb right now because there’s someone who I want more. Gonna have to skip this banner of hers and either just wait for her to get another banner or pick her as my free SSR.

Thoughts about 5-star SSR Ruler Caren C. Hortensia (Amor (Caren))

Caren seems fine. Wouldn’t mind getting her but, like with Medb, can’t afford to pull for her right now.

Besides, she has a Quick-type Noble Phantasm or NP and I unfortunately don’t have my own 5-star SSR Caster Scáthach-Skadi, the premier support for Servants with Quick-type NPs.

Thoughts about 5-star SSR Caster Merlin

I really like Merlin. Ever since I first started playing Fate/Grand Order and heard about him, I’ve wanted to pull for him. It’s not just because he’s a really good support, especially for Challenge Quests and the like.

Always pleased whenever I see Merlin show up in events and story chapters and such. Heck, I wish he’d show up more often. Always like seeing him and learning more about him.

Anyway, if I’m remembering correctly, I first started playing Fate/Grand Order a bit before the rerun of the event featuring 4-star SR Archer Oda Nobunaga. I think the Chaldea Boys event was ongoing or about to start at that time.

There was a Merlin banner that was gonna show up a few months after those aforementioned events. When the Merlin banner finally arrived, used all the resources that I had but, unfortunately, it wasn’t enough, and I failed to get even a single copy of Merlin.

Needless to say, was very upset. To make matters worse, IIRC, it was gonna be a really long wait for Merlin’s next banner.

If I’m not mistaken, Merlin’s next banner, or at least the next one I pulled on was the one that showed up in one of the summer events. Unfortunately, I once again failed to get Merlin on that summer banner.

At that time, was already feeling kinda burnt out with FGO so failing to get Merlin didn’t help at all. Was so upset that I couldn’t get through the summer event.

Didn’t feel like doing anything in the game so started just logging in then quickly logging out. Only really bothered to log in to get the daily login rewards. But as time passed - well, this happened what feels like forever ago so don’t remember all the details anymore but I eventually just stopped logging on to FGO.

Didn’t delete the game, but for all intents and purposes, I basically quit. I knew the summer Merlin banner was gonna get a rerun though. And a part of me was still interested in FGO. The story is good. So sometimes, I’d still check out news about it like upcoming and/or new Servants and such.

Anyway, to make a long story short, I unfortunately missed the Merlin rerun banner. I returned to FGO either right before or during the anniversary that featured 5-star SSR Caster Altria or Artoria or Castoria.

Told myself that if I fail to get Castoria, then I’ll just quit playing again, but if I actually manage to get her, then maybe I can take that as a sign to start playing again. Well, managed to get Castoria somehow so here I am again, back in FGO. LOL.

I still want Merlin though. He’s undoubtedly one of my fave Servants in this game. But I know that I don’t actually need him.

I mean, I’ve been able to get by this long without him, and I can just borrow a friend support Merlin if I really need him for a fight or something. Well, assuming it’s possible to do so anyway since there are fights where you can’t bring a support or you’re locked to using certain chars.

The point is that my interest in Merlin was never just about how good and meta he is. He is really good, but that’s just a bonus for me. I like him so want to pull for him and Grail him to level 100.

Merlin’s next banner was supposed to be sometime in March 2024 so my plan was to save and pull for said banner.

This Part 2 Chapter 6 Conclusion Commemorative Merlin Pickup Summon banner came as a surprise. Totally wasn’t expecting this banner, and I’m not ready for it at all, but can’t and don’t want to pass up an opportunity to finally get my first copy of Merlin. Well, hopefully, anyway.

Thoughts about 4-star SR Saber Gawain

Currently have Gawain at NP2. I like him but don’t get to use him that often since I have lots of other Sabers, and I don’t have any of his skills leveled to the max. Certainly wouldn’t mind getting more copies of him though.

Thoughts about 4-star SR Archer Tristan

I like Tristan too. Currently have him at NP3. He has a Quick-type NP and don’t have any of his skills leveled to the max either so don’t really get to use him much at all.

Don’t mind getting more copies of Tristan and Gawain, but of course, my main priority is getting Merlin.

Fate/Grand Order Guaranteed Summon Function

Fate/Grand Order now has a “pity system” but it costs 900 Saint Quartz for 1 rate-up SSR. If you happen to get the rate-up SSR before spending 900 SQ, you’re not guaranteed to get another copy even if you keep pulling until you spend 900 SQ. In short, this so-called pity system sucks.

Fate/Grand Order Pulling Resources

Sadly, don’t have enough to pity Merlin right now. Banners featuring the following Servants just recently showed up in Fate/Grand Order:

5-star SSR Berserker Morgan

5-star SSR Assassin Koyanskaya of Light

5-star SSR Pretender Oberon

Spent a lot of my tickets and SQ on these banners. Thankfully, was able to get them all but after 3 banners that were practically back-to-back-to-back, I barely have any pulling resources left.

I know it’s better to skip this Merlin banner and just pull on his upcoming March 2024 banner instead so I have more time to save. Maybe by then I’ll even have enough to pity him if I have to.

But like I said, I just can’t help it. Don’t want to pass up the opportunity to try and get Merlin now. Really don’t have a lot of resources left though so I can only hope that I’ll get lucky or there’ll be a miracle or something.

Ahh, if only the rates in this game were higher and/or the cost to pity a SSR Servant wasn’t so high.

Part 2 Chapter 6 Conclusion Commemorative Merlin Pickup Summon Banner Pulls Results

Currently have 180 SQ on hand and 1 summon ticket. Still have a few more that I can get from my present box, from the SQ fragment exchange shop, and from rewards from clearing missions and such.

Hopefully, I’ll be able to get Merlin right away. Also hoping that I can get 1 copy of the 5-star SSR Craft Essence The Black Grail.

My copy of this CE is stuck at Level 80 of 80. Need 1 more copy in order to be able to fully MLB this CE.

The Black Grail is one of the best CEs in FGO. It increases NP damage by 60%. When fully MLB, it increases NP damage by 80%. The downside or demerit is that the Servant equipped with this will lose 500 HP each turn but that’s a small price to pay for such a powerful effect.

Anyway, here are the results of my pulls on the Part 2 Chapter 6 Conclusion Commemorative Merlin Pickup Summon banner. Only gonna list the notable stuff I get though.

Started with a multi-draw. Got 2 4-star CEs and 1 5-star CE but they were all dupes. Too bad the 5-star CE wasn’t The Black Grail.

Got a silver Caster card on my next multi-draw. To my surprise, this card suddenly started turning gold. OMFG! Also, hell yes!

The moment I saw the silver Caster card turning gold, I got so hyped and excited. Thought for sure that I was about to get Merlin. Surely, I was about to get Merlin. Right? Right?

More like wrong. Unfortunately. Because the gold Caster card soon revealed itself to be my very first copy of 5-star SSR Caster Xuanzang Sanzang.

She's a new Servant but - argh! Disappointed doesn't even begin to cover this. Why? Why'd this have to happen? Damn it. Seriously, have no words for this. I'm so, so - argh!

Instantly, I flashed back to the first time I tried pulling for Merlin. I still remember getting a gold Caster card from that banner and thinking for sure that I was about to get Merlin already.

Got so hyped and excited when I saw that gold Caster card but that quickly turned to disappointment and complete and utter despair when I ended up getting my first copy of 4-star SR Nitocris instead.

Was so tempted to burn or sell Nitocris for a Rare Prism. I didn't but I also didn't bother to use her or even level her up for the longest time. Eventually, I did end up leveling her up and even increasing the levels of some of her skills since I needed a farmer and I thought she might as well make herself useful.

Unsurprisingly, was also really tempted to sell Sanzang. I didn't but argh! Seriously, why? Why'd this have to happen? Sigh.

Anyway, my next multi-draw gave me dupes of 1 5-star CE (Holy King of Twilight) and 1 4-star CE (The Vessel of Desire). Wish that 5-star CE had been a dupe of The Black Grail instead. At least I haven't fully MLB'd the aforementioned CEs yet but still.

After that, decided to do single draws. The very first single pull I did gave me a dupe of the 4-star CE called Divine Banquet.

Feels like this CE is trolling me because I keep on getting it. IIRC, also got dupes of this in one or more of the recent banners that I just pulled on. Currently already have 2 fully MLB copies of Divine Banquet so really don't need any more.

The rest of my single pulls after that were all nothing more than 3-star trash. Meh.

So went back to doing a multi. Got a gold Archer card that soon turned into a dupe of Tristan.

Then a gold Saber card showed up too and this turned into a dupe of Gawain.

Aside from those 2, also got dupes of 2 4-star CEs, one of which is Imaginary Number Attribute, which is pretty good and which I have yet to fully MLB.

My next multi-draw gave me another dupe of The Vessel of Desire as well as a dupe of the 4-star CE called Be Graceful.

Now down to 3 SQ on hand so went to exchange my SQ fragments for actual SQ and went to get the rest of the SQ that I have in my present box and as mission rewards and such.

My next multi-draw gave me yet another dupe of Divine Banquet and a dupe of the 4-star CE called La Folia.

Started doing single draws again. But I soon ran out of SQ. Should have taken this as a sign to stop pulling already, but didn't want to just give up now after waiting for what feels like forever for a Merlin banner to show up.

So I decided that I was going to keep on trying until the end. Still have some content in the game that I had yet to do and that would give me SQ so my plan was to just try to finish all of these quests and such and use any SQ I manage to get on the Merlin banner.

Was gonna keep doing that until one of the following happens: I completely run out of SQ, the banner goes away, or Merlin actually comes home. At this point, that last part seems really unlikely to happen and this is likely - no, totally an exercise in futility, but I don't know. Guess I wanted to keep trying and hoping for a miracle anyway.

When the Merlin banner was announced, was still going through Lostbelt 6. Continued doing that. Didn't skip any scenes but every time I got enough SQ to do a single draw, I'd go to the Merlin banner, hope for the best, and pull. Unfortunately, still no Merlin.

Was already nearing the end of Lostbelt 6 when the Merlin banner showed up so it didn't take that long to finish it. After that, started doing all the Lostbelt 6 free quests and the rest of the free quests from other chapters that I had yet to do.

There's a permanent mission that gives you 10 SQ every time you complete 10 free quests. So was really glad to find out that I had yet to complete all of the free quests from Lostbelt 5.5.

There's also a permanent mission that will give you 10 SQ every time you complete 10 rank up quests. Currently, my progress for this mission is at 139/140. Sadly, already cleared all the available rank up quests for all of my Servants.

Since I really wanted more SQ, actually seriously considered using the free SSR feature to get Medb now. It helped that she has 2 rank up quests and 2 interludes.

While trying to decide if I was really gonna do that or not, I happened to tap on the Rank Up Quest button in the game. Since I didn't have any more rank ups to do, was expecting to see the text "No Quest Available" so was surprised when I saw a greyed-out rank up quest. It was Sanzang's.

Took a closer look at her and saw that she actually has 2 rank up quests and 1 interlude. Honestly, was all set to just completely ignore her for now. Really didn't want anything to do with her at the moment.

Didn't even want to look at her because every time I see her, I keep being reminded that the only time I ever got a gold Caster card on the Merlin banner, I ended up being trolled by Sanzang.

However, the fact that she has 2 rank up quests and 1 interlude and the fact that completing these quests would give me more SQ for Merlin changed everything. Her rank ups are locked behind leveling her up while her interlude requires her bond to be at a certain level for it to be unlocked.

And so, much as I didn't want to, reluctantly leveled up Sanzang to 90. Left all her skills at 1 though. And didn't bother trying to raise her bond level yet since I actually have a lot of other interludes to do so didn't need to unlock hers right away.

Anyway, after leveling up Sanzang, completed both of her rank up quests which gave me 4 SQ. Also finally cleared the "complete 140 rank up quests" mission which gave me 10 SQ. Yay for more SQ for Merlin.

Speaking of interludes, there's also a mission that will reward players with 10 SQ every time they complete 10 interludes. So far, I've completed 110 interludes and have around 30+ more that I have yet to do. So now I started doing these interludes.

Interludes have cut scenes, some of which are kinda long, so it takes time to read through and finish these. However, didn't want to skip these stories, so just tried to read fast and finish off the enemies in these quests as quickly as possible.

Time was running out though. Sadly, the Merlin banner was gonna end soon. On one hand, I'm getting burnt out with all this grinding and the situation seems hopeless so maybe it's for the best for the Merlin banner to end aready. I can just try again the next time he shows up.

But on the other hand, after grinding so much, I really wish I wasn't leaving this banner with nothing to show for it. Sure, the Tristan and Gawain dupes are fine but they're not Merlin. Sigh.

Anyway, soon, maintenance for the Grand Nero Fest Summer 2023 Revival just started. After this maintenance ended, the aforementioned event began.

I thought the Merlin banner would be gone after the maintenance was over so was surprised but glad that that wasn't the case at all because I was able to scrounge up a bit more SQ from playing through more interludes and such and we also got some SQ as apology for the maintenance.

The Merlin banner was definitely ending soon though so was rushing to get as much SQ as I could before that happened.

This included quickly finishing all the weekly Master Missions quests.

Also decided to spend 5 Rare Prisms to unlock the Main Interlude Abyssal Cyber Paradise, SE.RA.PH event so I could get even more SQ although I did this before the maintenance for Nero Fest started so when I got back to the game, opted to start with some of the available Nero Fest quests first.

To be more precise, focused my attention on the 2 available Exhibition Quests. These are Challenge Quests that will reward you with 1 ticket after you clear each of them for the first time. So 2 Exhibition Quests means 2 tickets. Too bad the rest of the Exhibition Quests aren't available yet.

While doing all of the aforementioned chapters and quests and interludes and such, was also trying to increase the bond levels of my Servants. Made sure to bring the ones who were close to increasing their bond levels since you get some SQ every time a Servant's bond goes up. The amount you get depends on the bond level and even the Servant's rarity.

Was also really thankful that the monthly Mana Prism shop's ticket stash got reset just before the Merlin banner ended. This meant I was able to get 5 more tickets.

Anyway, here are the results of the rest of the pulls I was able to do on the Merlin banner before it went away:

A single draw gave me another gold Archer card which turned into yet another dupe of Tristan.

After a few more singles, got my 10th and +1 or bonus summon, both of which turned out to be dupes of Be Graceful. Ugh. Merlin, doko da?

My next set of single draws just gave me dupes and more dupes.

The only noteworthy thing that I got from my next set of singles was yet another dupe of Gawain.

The few times I actually got a Caster card, it was always silver, which was really disheartening.

It seemed like my next set of single draws was all set to give me crap again. Got a Caster card but it was silver and didn't turn gold. Instead, it just turned into my nth dupe of 3-star R Caster Avicebron. Got a 5-star CE (Under the Sun) but it wasn't The Black Grail. It wasn't even new or useful.

By now, it really seemed like all hope was lost. Even if I wanted to keep on grinding and grinding, time was fast running out. Was just getting more and more frustrated, angry, depressed, and burnt out.

IIRC, it was around this time that I got the tickets from the Mana Prism shop and the 2 Exhibition Quests from the Nero Fest event. So started using these tickets.

Soon, I was set to do my 10th and +1 or bonus summon. Saw some gold sparks during the 10th summon. Tried not to get too excited since this could be yet another dupe of Tristan or Gawain or something.

But then a gold Caster card actually appeared.

OMFG! Please, please, please be Merlin. Please. My heart was beating fast. Fingers crossed. Hoping, hoping. Then the gold Caster card soon revealed itself and -

OMFG! It's Merlin. It's actually Merlin. Yes! Hell, yes! Merlin! Finally! It's a miracle. This is so freaking awesome. Thank you, thank you. So freaking happy to see Merlin. He's finally home. Yes, yes, yes! Don't know what else to say, but definitely really freaking happy about this.

At least all that grinding didn't turn out to be for nothing. Since Merlin actually showed up, in the end, it was all worth it.

Anyway, here are some more screenshots of Merlin:

4-star SR Archer Tristan and 4-star SR Saber Gawain

Managed to get my NP3 Tristan to NP5.

Got my NP2 Gawain to NP3 and then to NP4.

5-star SSR Caster Merlin

Leveled up Merlin to 90 then spent all the Holy Grails needed to get him to level 100.

Also got all of his skills to level 10. Would have unlocked and maxed out his second Append skill (Load Magical Energy or Mana Loading) too but, unfortunately, currently don't have enough of his Coins to do that yet.

Also, sadly, since I didn't clear the summer event where Merlin showed up, I don't have the Key needed to unlock his costume or Spiritron Dress. It’s called Camelot & Co. Thankfully, this is apparently coming back, just not anytime soon.

Also missed out on the Command Code that features Merlin. It's called the Mage of Flowers, and it also showed up on that summer event I skipped. Sadly, it looks like this one isn't coming back at all. Sigh.

Conclusion

So, what about you? Did you pull on any of the Part 2 Chapter 6 Conclusion Commemorative Pickup Summon series of banners? What do you think about Merlin, Medb, Caren, Tristan, and Gawain?

Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below or by reblogging this post.

Notes:

screenshots are from my Fate/Grand Order game account

[brilliantpride]

for your consideration: yako lostbelt part 2 8tracks.

through the falling stars, eternal winters, stormy seas, fiery skies; through the wreckage of utopia and the onslaught of abyss, the death of gods and the fall of heroes; when our names have been lost to time, and our sins mounting and ruinous, remember me - in every step of my fall - that i never strayed from my convictions.

1. untitled world

even on those nights when i’m about to collapse, i won’t stop walking.

2. homura

your words, your wishes, i swear i’ll protect them until the end.

3. everything goes on

don’t look for me - i’m just a story you’ve been told. but let’s pretend a little longer; ‘cause when we’re gone, everything goes on.

4. remember

so let it shine! so let it fly! don’t look back again; and the beauty of the colors, they ran in the rain...

5. we will meet again

this life might be out of our hands, but i know that we will meet again.

6. hanabi

let your heart hold tight and let it dream a little more.

7. prover

i’ll keep singing for you, even in the endless night. i promise i won’t let your dreams die.

8. close in the distance (orchestral ver) [ffxiv spoilers]

our journey now a memory fading from sight — but i see you.

[medi-melancholy]

[300iqprower]

NO REALLY, HOW THE FUCK THIS DUDE NOT AN AVENGER

LIKE, THIS IS EXPLICITLY ESTABLISHED AS THE DEFINING TRAIT OF AN AVENGER IN SHINJUKU

SO AM I FCKING GOING CRAZY OR WHAT CAUSE THESE SURE AS HELL LOOK LIKE THE SAME PICTURE

[garsideofthemoon]

okkk so I think I know who daybit’s servant is?????? spoilers under cut for lb4

I think daybit’s servant is ammit the devourer. When daybit shows up in LB4 his servant says the following:

‘Death is meant to be eaten. Life is meant to be sacrificed. Giving the dead freedom would never pass in my world.

So I consumed them. But they tasted terrible. It proves they haven’t been eating anything decent.’

So this means that Daybit’s servant a) comes from a culture without reincarnation, and b) can consume the dead. So I thought the servant might be Ammit since there isn’t reincarnation in ancient Egyptian myth (as far as I know) and Ammit devours souls. The Servant speaks disdainfully of judging the dead earlier which indicates that they aren’t involved in judging the dead.

This rules out a lot of figures involved in death/underworld mythology but notably could be related to Ammit’s relationship to Ma’at/the judgement process in ancient egyptian myth? Like because Ammit just does the eating and not the judging they don’t like that aspect of it? idk.

Other possibilities:

-someone from Mesoamerican myths due to the ‘life is meant to be sacrificed’ line?

-some human I’m not thinking of???? I don’t think you can have weird hijinks with the Grand Servants so unless they do something weird w ammit maybe ammit wouldn’t count?????

[fiannalover]

Nezha: I got fused with my dad, and we absolutely hate one another, each step I take throws my self-esteem down another set of stairs and I want to die

William Tell: My memories of my child and everything I hold dear got erased, so I become the perfect killing machine.

Ashvattma: I got back my curse that makes every single second of my life be unbearable pain, and then my worst enemy beat me up until I was his tame guard dog

Guda: Man

Guda: What about you?

Asclepius: Oh, I'm just kind of a psychopath

[elizabethbathoryofficial]

Based on a true story btw