> On Mar 8, 2015, at 1:58 AM, Hitoshi Doi <doi@usagi.org> wrote:
> 
> "Robert .Nykkel. DeLoura" <deloura@yahoo.com> wrote:
> | 
> | OK, so now I've started playing the English version of this game.
> | I know there's a subreddit on Reddit about it, and I'll go read
> | that sometime soon. But just one general question as I start out --
> | is there anything I should make a point of doing or not doing
> | early on that I might regret doing the wrong way later?
> 
> The only thing is probably not wasting the stones.
> It's probably best to save 50 to do the 10+1 draw.
> Is one SR guaranteed for the EN version?
> In the JP version, at the beginning the SR wasn't guaranteed,
> so a few times I just got 11 Rs.. (;_;)

It’s guaranteed now except during events. Effectively, the EN version is almost
exactly a year behind the JP version.

> Go for the event SRs.

I second this. The most guaranteed way to build up your team is to get the event SRs
and also get to the 2nd tier (which has gotten easier because they’ve started
to expand the tiers). Well, the most guaranteed way to build up your team is to
throw thousands of dollars into loveca gems (they are called gems in the EN version),
and draw away, but most of us don’t have those kind of wallets. :P

> | I'm assuming I should hang onto one of each card so long as I have
> | storage space to do so.
> 
> Not necessary.
> Use the level 40 N as food for a new N so it levels up quickly.

Yeah, once you’ve idolized and maxed them out (level and kizuna/bond wise),
they only take up space. I hold on to a bunch so I remember which N cards I have or
haven’t idolized yet, but I’ve started tossing most of them away.

> | Still at the point where I can't spend a significant fraction of my
> | LP without leveling and refreshing the bar to maximum.
> | That probably won't be an issue for long, and then I'll just be
> | grumpy about not being able to play much. :)
> 
> You'll have to wake up in the middle of the night when the LP
> gets full to drain it.. (^_^;;

Been there, done that, glad I don’t have to do that anymore. :P

But a new player does have an advantage of sorts during the event time; use your level
ups wisely to coincide with running out of LPs to maximize your event points. You
should be able to level up quickly during events and not have to use so many gems

(stones). 

--Tim