#NP5 !!! NP5 GILGAMESH

[hakusins]

I spent the rest on my wife,,,, Gil chan I hope you're happy because you sucked me dry of all of my SQ.

[shuttershocky]

Guy who was the one who said ideally if Iori yadayada, I get what you mean. Just was throwing out an idea on 3 hours of sleep. Hypothetically, if Nasu himself came to your house, and said you have to give an explanation for how Iori is a Servant (or living person, whatev) in FGO, how would you go about it?

I wouldn't.

Like I said before, you need a sufficiently cool reason to be able to forgive completely ignoring or even retconning the original themes of a work, and no matter what Iori would appear in FGO for the sake of fanservice, and I don't find FGO's brand of fanservice to be cool at all. The very act of making him a summonable character would be stepping on his original arc, which I could probably forgive if it was for something other than FGO—a fighting game, a pseudo-sequel like CCC, I may even forgive FGO Arcade (if he has to be there for fanservice, let it be on the version of FGO with actual gameplay), but not the mobile game.

Let me give an example to illustrate my point.

One of the last servants I raised before I stopped playing FGO was my NP5 Fujino. At the time, I joked "Man it's kinda fucked up that the animations imply they gave her back her appendicitis when she became a Counter Guardian" but they really did, because it's the most obviously recognizable part of the character that can be repackaged. Never mind that Shiki choosing to save Fujino when the former was actually hired to kill the latter by Fujino's own dad was a critical part of both their character arcs. Never mind that the reason Fujino would actually be remembered as heroic is for when she would talk girls out of suicide long after she had gone blind and had learned to walk with a stick.

Fujino's noble phantasm is twisting a bridge because that was her big moment of power in Remaining Sense of Pain, even if it's kind of weird that she now (metaphorically, as I don't suppose her NP involves creating a real one) summons a bridge to twist and collapse on to enemies when they could just show a big psychic blast. It's especially a missed opportunity that FGO portrays the bridge moment as the height of her power when the whole reveal that Shiki actually saved Fujino instead of killing her is done by Shiki explaining that Fujino's only going to get even stronger as she ages. She can be way more destructive than collapsing a bridge, she just never had to when her real strength was being able to reach out to girls looking to jump off a bridge.

I think an easier one that more Fate fans can understand is Lancelot (Berserker). His NP in FGO is the chaingun he ripped out of a fighter jet in Fate/Zero, his most famous moment in the series. But his NP wasn't summoning a minigun, his NP in Fate/Zero was being able to instantly master any weaponry put into his hands. He could grab Gilgamesh's projectiles and throw them back at him. He could use modern day weaponry like automatic guns that the other servants couldn't, and he could use them with deadly efficiency.

But again when you appear in FGO it's not about the character, it's about the character's selling points. Lancelot's NP is hijacking a jetplane even if there can be no jetplane that's actually present because it's THE Lancelot moment, and FGO is a mobage with very limited game design that's unable to actually interpret Lancelot's powers within the game's scope, so a metaphorical jet hijacking is the best they can do.

But then FGO's all-encompassing popularity has knock-on effects, so when Lancelot appears in another Fate title, like Fate/Extella Link, his moves there involve him whipping out the assault rifles and the jet plane too. It's not metaphorical anymore, he's just summoning these whenever he wants to now. And while a dark knight dual wielding assault rifles like he's in a Wolfenstein game is admittedly kinda rad, I still think it's not quite rad enough to be worth having left his original concept behind.

I don't want that for Iori.

[starsworn-sanctum]

archer gilgamesh has been NP5'd 🙏

we ball

[aqours]

i'm really happy abt knockanera bc medb is my favorite servant overall or gilgamesh it might be gilgamesh but i've always said medb

and after doing LB6 i also LOVE knockanra but she does not inspire the -same- brainrot that medb gives me so before iw as just like "oh i hope we just get a costume dress for her" but now its like "oh i LOVE knockanera too even if i prefer the og more"

AND NOW WE CAN GET HER NP5 FOR FREE

[bewitchsun]

Welcome to my Blog that I will hardly ever use! Previously known as @moegil​ if you want to find some older stuff I post. 

You can mostly find me on Twitter @zasshuu! 

Art Credits: Pinned Post: @liliya  on Twitter Tumblr Blog Header: 風李たゆ

Main Interests:

Final Fantasy XIV

Main Ships: G’raha/WOL, FanWOL ( taking my life away ), EliWOL & EliAzem, & ZenosWOL

I LOVE MY WOL SEIZA MAREBITO ( I have too many comms of her)

I’m lazy at Gposing but I do them sometimes

I love Elidibus. I love Fandaniel. I love G’raha Tia. I love Zenos. 

Genshin Impact

Main Ships: Kamisato Sandwich, Zhongli/Tartaglia, Albedo/Mona, & Cyno/Nilou....Scaramouche/Lumine has been winning me over too

I LOVE XIAO FROM GENSHIN IMPACT 

Scaramouche is funny little man ( it’s not because he reminds me of Fandaniel, no, but I love me an unhinged Kakihara )

I love the Archons. 

Type-Moon

Main Ships: Gilgamesh/Hakuno, Gilgamesh/Enkidu, & Gilgamesh/Arthur ( wow it’s just Gilgamesh no surprise )

FATE/EXTRA IS MY LOVE AND MY MAIN

Hakuno Kishinami is my beloved child

if it’s not Gilgamesh, I do not care

Don’t talk to me about FGO, I’m already retired once I reached my goal of NP5 Gilgamesh with Bond 10. 

Touken Ranbu

Main Ships: MikaTsuru, I live for them and I die for them

I hate one Mikazuki Munechika yet here I am with everything about him

Lowkey want to kiss Kashuu Kiyomitsu

Kogitsunemaru does not exist

HEY YOU EVER CRY ABOUT FUCKING SWORDS I SURE FUCKING DID!!!! NOW YOU CAN TOO!! 

Ensemble Stars

Main Ships: Anzu X Anybody, The Boys X Happiness

I am an OddBallP ( boomer P name), ReiP, and lowkey HokutoP because he keeps coming home

Young Star used to do back to back Ranking in Basic, who was I

I hate Eichi but I also love Eichi, it must be the blonde lover in me

I KIND OF WANT MORE SEXY WATARU CARDS LET HIM BE SEXY

also put more of the boys in dresses, they are hot

LOOK AT HOKUTO IN A DRESS

Kamen Rider

Neo-Heisei and Reiwa Fan

people shit on Ghost but I PHYSICALLY CRIED TWO TIMES IN GHOST AND IT HAS ONE OF THE BEST CHARACTERS???

EX-AID SUICIDE WATCH, NEVER FORGET CHRISTMAS

Kuroto Dan is literally the best man in Neo-Heisei

BTW, I started off with OOOs. HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Zi-O made me all warm inside

Gaim has banger OST and I only watched for Baron Kaito lol

DRIVE IS MY PERSONAL FAVORITE WITH THE MOST HANDSOME ACTOR

Chase is my boyfriend, he’s so handsome I cry

ZERO-ONE LITERALLY RIPPED MY HEART OUT AND SPIT ON IT

Zero-One starts off the Reiwa era and I’m so grateful, everybody is so good. 

NOT GONNA LIE, I DIDN’T EXCEPT REVICE TO STOMP ALL OVER MY FEELINGS

Idols & Stageplays

I love anything idol related. UtaPri, idolish7, Love Live, etc etc

I’m stuck in Hakuouki Musical

GOD I LOVE SUZUKI SHOGO

oh speaking of Swords again, Musical Mikazuki Munechika what the fuck is going on with you

I NEED MORE MUSICALS AND STAGEPLAYS TO BE MORE ACCESSABLE TO ME

Other Interests:

I love shoujo manga

I been dying in webtoon lands honestly. I can’t even listen my favorites

VTUBERS!!! I like HoloProduction

I throw my money at artists so they can draw my WOL lol

my friend is dragging me into Dylan Wang hell

Other Socials:

I just live on Twitter

Ao3 I write sometimes, mostly my WOL

toyhouse , it’s just my WOL because she is my BABY

[homeinchaldea]

FGO 2022 Recap

Huh, it’s the end of 2022, isn’t it?

There are indeed ups and downs in most servers, and while there are bright spots, the JP server’s direction didn’t inspire much hope. I’m most likely to keep the attention low until further notice.

But I digress.

TW Server

I did get all of the target servants in the main account!

Not pictured: Muramasa, Kagekiyo, all the Gudaguda 5 servants + GSSR servants

Honestly it felt great to have them (especially Voyager and QSH), but hooo boy. People were not kidding when they said how broken Castoria is. With her around, there’s no need ti fear CQs any longer.

While main account is lucky in rolls, alt account, not so much. I end up losing too many SQs in the Hijikata banner ( can got only a Sanzang spook + NP5 Siegfried)

At least it serves as a reminder that one should have restraint in rolling, and I did get Muramasa from a ticket so it’s not entirely bad.

Now with pity dropping by the TW server starting Jan 1, my rolling goals shall be more focused than before:

Koyanskaya + Oberon (of course)

Ever since I got both of them in the JP account, my life has never been the same. No more worries of non 3-3-3 quests. Buster farming will wipe everything clean.

Unga Bunga Buster is truly the best, and my Buster servants would appreciate them greatly.

And that’s not to mention the sheer value Oberon brings in the LB6 story.

Percival

One of the best KOTR period. 

A likable yet human knight, paired with a decent looking design and a excellent gameplay, Percival is the one knight I wish to get as soon as possible.

Other servants I like to get is Miss Crane ( one of the prettiest designed servants of all time, want to have her alongside with Habetrot as fellow fashion designers), Bazett (can’t say no to lady in suit who also counters attacks like a champ), Taigong Wang (pretty design, useful gameplay, another Chinese servant), Lancer Ryouma (Gudaguda themes for alt acc). But overall, I would prioritise the ones above over them if it’s necessary.

JP Server

Would I call it a bad year? Not entirely, there are at least 3 servants that are free to get and also fairly decent in gameplay (Taisui and Xu Fu comes in mind). Some of the most anticipated servants are released that year, and one of the main story (Traum) is fairly decent, giving spotlight for each characters and making them likeable (except Constantine. I don’t think I can forgive his writing choices there.)

Also, in terms of rolls, I did get some of the SSRs from a ticket, and most of them seem fairly decent in gameplay. I also got some of my fav SR servants (eg. Yamanami + Huang Feihu), so it’s overall alright.

But between the mediocre collab (and the last 2 SSRs), the messed up schedule and also me not getting Tametomo / Don Quixote / Castoria?

I dunno, I’m seriously tempted to jump ship once LB7 ended, because the future is not worth it.

Maybe not entirely since part of me wonders if Moses / whatever servant I want would be playable in mobile, but expect me to just log in and farm blue apples from now on.

NA Server

After neglecting it for over a year, I finally managed to return to the NA Account (thank you Castoria for coming home and giving me motivation).

I also rushed from Babylonia to LB2 (thank you Van Gogh for giving me the motivation to do so).

Due to the negligence, I’m pretty lacking in mats, meaning I cannot just willy nilly ascend servants even though I want to.

Nevertheless, the rolls I get are fairly decent. There are misses (like Voyager *sniff*), but I did get a decent amount of SSRs. Some of the servants I got included: NP2 Gilgamesh (cool), Amakusa + QSH (both are great), Douman (also cool) and Van Gogh (FINALLY!)

Honestly on next year, I would like to get a copy of Voyager on CBC and maybe the buster duo + Muramasa. But overall I think it would be more realistic to just focus on the main quests / interludes / SQs / levelling up servants.

Overall

With the JP falling, I may consider redirect my attention to other servers, since they seem more worth my time. But if I end up quiting next year halfway through, this cannot be helped. But we shall see.

[kcciny]

Marrying Gilgamesh for tax benefits

[hasprotogilgamesharrived]

day 307

has prototype! gilgamesh arrived in fgo?

he hasn't. but i finally have a copy of archer gilgamesh. after three years and multiple failed rolls (+achilles and karna spooks) he has finally graced my chaldea. he's np2 too and i only used 150 quartz.

[nyaacaron]

Scouting for Dantes in this banner be like

[autobee23]

My king loves me too much! 🤣

[producermokyo]

Me: Voyager is cute, I think I’ll save for him

Also me: Lostbelt six, and possibly Arthur Alter, don’t commit yet. 

[deirakizuna]

you heard it here first folks

it's

Gil Time

[stancelot]

July was a busy month but productive.

Ozy took the crown grail for being my first lvl.100, followed quickly by Gil. Next - 10/10/10 and getting Arthur to 100. He came home nine times, it’s the least I can do.

And then I get a two year break before Altjuna hell.

Also, yes, I’m a permanent resident of QP hell now for the first time since I started playing last year. I hate this.

[fategrandsalt]

DO I TRY FOR NP5

(my money qqq)

[babilun]

“If Saber can have an army of herself, I can as well.” 

[finotaisen]

One of the perks of getting into FGO NA at the start is that I got all the whales on my friends list before they realized I’m a pleb.