#gilfest

[sunmaylight]

Ah, the TamLin Cup is here in FGO.

…Round One of the battles have ended & I have yet to actually farm for the lottery….

Wish me luck that I can get at least 20 Lineups finished before the end of the event

[lanliingwang]

thanks teslafest

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

is there any point in trying to rush the last set of teslafest cqs or should i just try to do the last gilfest one and then farm

[number1mongrel]

hi! as someone who also loves gil deeply i love your blog and all your meta posts about our king. but i was curious, i know you ship kotogil and gilkidu and gilhaku, but how do you feel about gilguda? i ship gil with...basically all of the above options, all gil ships are good and amazing, but as someone who does ship all of them (and who is excited as hell thanks to oc3 for gil to have an entire ass harem in chaldea now lmfao) sometimes i get kinda anxious about shipping gilguda in the wake of how much people love all the others ships in comparison.

i do like gilguda!! i think they dont quite get as much time together as gil does with the other three, which is probably why its not quite as popular, but i do really like them. given the nature of things they dont really get a lot of one on one time in babylonia, but gil does come to genuinely admire and respect guda there, and then in solomon he comes in and give a whole speech as he helps guda to protect humanity together! the movie even implied that gil helped give guda the final power boost they needed

and then in chaldea gil very openly really likes guda! you can't forget the classic "give me a week's notice before your birthday". hes a complete tsun about caring about them. he will work well together with guda, like in the second gilfest where he helps you defeat spishtar. he basically never gets significantly angry at them

and ofc, both versions' valentines scenes are oo perfect. archer is a complete tsun and caster takes you on a literal date!

guda is definitely up there with the people gil cares about the most, just like the others. he literally sacrificed himself in babylonia to save them!!

[mdpikachu]

mephisto monday (he was spotted in a gilfest node)

[300iqprower]

And now some various hotfixes to the mess that is FGO’s economy:

Alchemy system for excess Gold mats, mana prisms, gems, and statues. Materials only transmute downward in rarity, Gems only transmute upwards. Turn 1 rare mat in multiple lower rarity mats, turn several lower rarity gems into one higher rarity gem. Statues can be substituted universally but are worth much less in filling the “meter”. Powered by mana prisms instead of QP.

Burning an asc4 max level servant will refund 50% of materials used on them if Silver or bronze border, 100% of materials if gold. QP, embers, All-fou’s, and grails are not refunded.

Large quantities of Mana Prisms can be compressed into Rare Prisms. Large quantities of rare prisms can be compressed into Unregistered Spirit Origins. Both processes require lots of QP.

Vegas style Big Bets can be attempted once a month.

Story replay, Replay post-rerun CQs and gilfest challenges on rotation for “Lore Shards”

Grail front is monthly rotation with refreshing grail shards. Massive increase to bond it grants as well.

2MLB of mat drop CE guarantees at least 1 per run on a stage that normally has a chance to drop them if the stage is in a lostbelt.

Just fucking cut the amount of bond servants need in half across the board with 6 onwards. You don’t even have to retroactively reward current players even though you should in the form of banking the excess upon lanterning a servant who got overflowed.

[strangefellows]

okay but no lemme continue that thought from the ask

listen to me, gilgamesh is one of the most human ass major servant characters i’ve seen, despite the fact that technically he’s only 1/3 human and a big deal is made about how Apart from humans he is

he’s petty, he’s arrogant, he’s an egotistical piece of shit sometimes, he’s loud and obnoxious, he’s selfish and possessive, he’s childish to the extreme sometimes, he whines, he laughs loud and often, he brags about himself constantly, he’s the type of dumbass rich bitch to run around playing hotel manager TWICE in events, he’s tsundere as fucking hell, gilfest is literally him looking at nero and going NO I CAN DO IT BETTER and he basically lays on the ground and SULKS when spishtar crashes his party, he drinks like his liver is in a fetal position in a corner somewhere crying, his devastated grief for enkidu is LEGENDARY, he makes stupid mistakes out of hubris all the damn time, he likes it when lizzie calls him golden p or whatever, he steps on a landmine because he thinks it won’t affect him, he STRIPS FOR BARELY ANY REASON, his idea of entertainment when he gets bored is turning into an ACTUAL 10yo instead of just acting like one, he’s surprisingly kind when he wants to be, he clearly absolutely fucking adores children in any iteration of himself, he takes anything and everything as a personal challenge, he has a dumbass crush on artoria that makes him lose every single braincell he has in her vicinity sometimes-- i could go on for hours.

he’s so, so human. even in the epic itself, looking at it, he’s incredibly human. he gets scared when they go fight humbaba, he’s confused and worried back when he was having the dreams about enkidu’s arrival, again i mention the absolutely relatable devastation grief and extended mourning after enkidu dies -- that’s one of THE most relatable parts of the myth, watching this man mourn his loved one and be so broken by their death. i could argue that it’s both a hero’s journey story and a coming of age story (if those aren’t just the same thing) and he’s just. so human. i love how the first hero story ever written is so stupidly relatable to people, the first hero is so very fallible and human.

the thing is, he’s so incredibly human, but he doesn’t realize it. like merlin, he’s so absolutely dead set convinced that he’s Apart and Distant from humanity that he doesn’t see the big neon sign in front of his face that he is very, very human nonetheless. 

and THAT’S my favorite part about him as a character. not his op combat skills or his arrogant attitude -- how stupidly wonderfully HUMAN he is despite how little he realizes that fact.

[sassyshin]

Oh I feel like the Hassan fight in Nerofest is the prototype for the Mephisto fight in gilfest and some others now as well

You fight a bunch of enemies then the boss shows up every 3 turns or so and does something then leaves again

When you think about it the Hassan fight does feel like the raw idea for it

[writer-and-artist27]

👾 🪩🤔

Hello to you, Anon. Took a moment to see this (work's been intellectually stimulating lately...), so here we go.

👾 Do you have any "bad" writing habits you want to break?

...Staying up late to finish a chapter? Or just sitting in front of a blank doc trying to come up with something for hours. Not sure. Or just leaving a WIP alone for a year because I can't think of anything. Those all make me want to go hit my head against the wall.

🪩 Do you have any "good" writing habits you want to cultivate?

Being able to talk about my stories with my friends again. Because I know since getting into Fate and writing for a bunch of different characters, thanks to COVID and my lower energy levels, I've gotten a lot quieter when it comes to my own brainstorming. Getting their feedback would be great, especially when it's from friends who actively read my work and enjoy it. That's what had CP going so hard in its first year, because I could call my rl Achi and not feel guilty about it. (Real Life can be a bitch, seriously.)

🤔 Are there any new characters you want to write about?

Um.

From Fate? Semiramis, Amakusa Shirou, Castor and Pollux (the Dioscuri), Sei Shonagon, even Anastasia and so many other Servants. Maybe even Archer Gilgamesh since he decided to spook me during Gilfest 2021. There's a lot I want to cover since so many visited me in-game, it's just taking the time and energy to write it.

From Naruto? I'd love to write for Naruto himself as well as Hinata whenever CP and S&S gets there in the timelines. Because those two together are cute and I still ship them.

In terms of other fandoms? I'd like to try writing for Ainz Ooal Gown from Overlord and even for the titular Komi herself from Komi Can't Communicate. Since I do love both series a lot. Maybe even Priestess from Goblin Slayer.

[bbnibini]

Qin Shi Huang, my blorbo. I didn't even whale for him. He just kept coming home and I spoiled him rotten (I ran Arts based teams, so he fit in immediately)

And I love seeing your blorbos ☺️ They deserve love.

I genuinely miss the game sometimes, but my phone refuses to run it again without freaking out. I hope it's a possibility when I upgrade. I do miss the less... insane combat. I was genuinely into the story (including the early chapters that people complain about) and would like for it to not be as... difficult to get through. I'm not good at the strategy of it all nor do I really want to think about 10+ things at once. I just want to enjoy the joyful angst of the lostbelts.

For context, I stopped just after India came out (never played it).

Ooh! The LB3 Ruler, right? From my own runs with him, he's really fun and a really good solo/CQ choice!

I'm F2P in Fate GO too. I only ever spent SQ in GSSRs because tbh spending money on SQ here isn't really worth it unlike in say...Genshin where there is a guarantee you will get who you want.😅 Even the new safety net Fate GO introduced is really steep and not accessible to F2P.

I got my Arthurs from saving SQ for several months and grinding pretty much every free SQ I can get! I saved up around 500ish SQ by the time his banner came up and managed to snag 3 copies! And with the current banner he has going right now, after two painful tenpulls, I finally have four! I want to roll more but there's so many good servants coming this year (CASTORIA RERUN! OBEROOOOON!😭💕) so I'm holding back and coping with the mana prism tickets.

I personally struggled in challenge quests and some annoying nodes on Gilfest/Nerofest. But from what I saw in LB6 beyond, the gimmicks seem really annoying/tedious ><! (The LB7 gimmick is just...wow. for spoiler reasons I won't elaborate but it really forces you to raise ALL your servants).

I do remember them giving us those revival cubes(?) In JP where you can continue the battles and revive your units with full NP charge without spending SQ or command spells. Wait lemme check my JP...

It's this one I think? I didn't check if NA already has it cause I already cleared the available main stories.

And no shame on that! I haven't properly read the main stories lately too (only have enough brain power to read the event ones cause it's not as serious) and stopped around LB2. From there I just read summaries and translations of the LBs from Reddit and wiki. I suggest reading through summaries from translators if you still wanna read the lore! (That's what I did when I didn't have the phone to play the game at the time 🥲) They condensed the info into manageable pieces so it isn't too overwhelming.

[tariah23]

I was just thinking about this evil round table challenge quest ☠️. I’d initially forgotten what even the CQ in question was from but now, I’m just punching the wall like man. This is like nerofest levels annoying. Maybe gilfest. I think I had to use a sq to revive after I’d used up all my my CS the first time I played the challenge and I never to that 😵‍💫.

[fiannalover]

Recommendation time

Multiple Case Studies of the Strange Concept of Love by Forgotten_blossom, fic where a Mysterious New Servant (identity revealed on last chapter) looking at other couples in Chaldea in order to gain a better understanding of their own feelings.

The result is a really meaningful analysis of the selected ships and a Really Sad last chapter. Read if you need Rama Content, want to see OsakaMusashi Fluff, GilKidu, or the narrator having a breakdown over their love life tragedy

For more direct fluff, Vignette 50 by bitter_edge. Just a short and super sweet round of Sieg and Guda talking to one another while going through the GilFest grinding experience. It is seriously so warm and soff I'm smiling just writing about it, please check it out

Actually you know what this post is now a fate fic rec thread. Reblog this post and add your personal recs when it comes to fate fanfics.

Try to include!

A link to the fic (duh)

A short summary/hook of the fic (don't overthink that one, a simple "Muramasa/Benkei fluff" will do, just give people an idea of what they're signing up for ok?)

What you liked about the fic (this one is fully optional, but hey it's your chance to gush about how great the characterisation is or how this one power line haunts you or how you've never considered this headcanon or whatever)

and most importantly have fun

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

I'm panicking a bit bc I've done barely any of the gilfest fights. I need to get over myself and just blast through them

[the-astralalchemist]

EVERYONE BETTER STOP BY THE URUK SHOP AND SAY GOODBYE TO SIDURI