Progress from Two Years as FTP

Apart from the usual sources, my drop rate of 4 star AM has indeed increased by a significant amount in this last year. I think the main reason is that for the majority of this 2nd year, my alliance has been chaining 14 star titans, so that’s 4 rolls of AM every day. Even though it doesn’t seem that the loot is good when analysed in a short window, the drop rate does add up over the timespan of a year. :slight_smile:

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Happy game anniversary @ThePirateKing!

I will not even attempt to compare my roster to yours, as I know yours is far superior. And I even spent some money on the game.

I could easily brush it off and chalk it up to you just being luckier than me, but I know the reality is that you are a far more dedicated a player than I will ever be. Filling every chest and fighting 14* titans every day, it’s only natural that you have surpassed my own progress in the game.

I started off very hardcore myself, but reduced my efforts significantly since then… combination of being annoyed at the game’s summoning odds, real life situations, drama within my first alliance, etc. I don’t tryhard in the game anymore, because I decided the “rewards” weren’t worth it for me personally.

But absolute kudos to you and everything you have accomplished. You are proof that a player can still start off in this game with absolutely no advantages, and still manage to work their way up to top tiers with enough hard work and dedication.

You are absolutely a beacon of light and hope to the rest of the F2P community. :+1:

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Thank you so much for the kind words and encouragement @TGW, really appreciate it my friend. I really enjoy all our interesting discussions and banter in the F2P group, it brings me much joy to see everyone’s daily achievements in the game and being able to share my own. It’s fun and hopefully we will inspire other players to enjoy the game in a similar capacity. The beginning or the end doesn’t matter, we must enjoy the journey. :slight_smile:

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It’s not just kind words. I mean it absolutely sincerely. I have a reputation around here as being mostly a jokester and/or whiner, or both (and mostly guilty as charged on both counts)…

But you on the other hand… you don’t whine, you don’t joke around or play casual… you went into this game with no money and worked your way towards destroying every obstacle in your path, without ever having to swipe a single credit card to buy yourself an advantage.

For all of my whining on here about the game being way too spendy and cash-driven, etc., (which I still believe it mostly is), you are one of the few top players I know of who didn’t simply just buy their way to the top.

I’ll fully admit that I no longer have that level of dedication myself. I’m tired, worn out, disenfranchised, disillusioned. Overall mostly, I’m just too old for this tryhard :poop: anymore. But you? You keep fighting the good fight, and tirelessly so.

I may never be good enough myself to fight by your side, but I’ve certainly got your back.

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A fantastic post!

Permit me, if you will, to briefly tell you my E&P story. I considered myself C2P or possibly P2P at an average of $30-$50 (NZ) per month, over my life in the game.

My roster had it’s moments (Alasie, Kunchen, Kiona, Ariel) being my standouts, imo. I raided #1 global, hit titan up to and including 11* for 100k+ in one shot, nothing remarkable in those stats vs 10’s thousands of others and so on.

My point being, you’ve spent almost nothing, and have a bench comparable to what I had amassed, so who had better value from the game? I don’t regret what I spent, as I never exceeded my budget per month, but other than SG, who benefited?

I have fond memories of the game and the players I met along the way, but in terms of tangible rewards, F2P is the way forward, if you have the patience.

A big tip of the hat to you, Sir :slightly_smiling_face:

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Thanks for sharing, and for the kind words. The FTP life is indeed one of patience, but I have learned to enjoy (parts of) the grind. I kind of see the wall out there ahead where I can no longer level heroes that benefit me, but I’m planning a massive (for FTP; ~50 pulls) costume pull when the new ones are released, and I’m hoping that will keep me going until SGG decides to finally make some of their older special heroes easier to obtain. :crossed_fingers:

It is rather remarkable that I have gotten more than two years of daily enjoyment out of a game I have paid exactly $0 out of pocket for. (I wouldn’t have used Google Play credit on anything else, probably.) I do envy your Ariel, though! :smiley:

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OFF TOPIC: They wont let me use my google play credits to makes purchases on this game. How do YOU do it? I have 5,300 + credits.

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When I go to buy an offer in-game, it just pops up my available balance, and I hit “one-touch buy”, hit my fingerprint sensor, and that’s it.

Odd. My Google Play balance is in dollars. Perhaps there is some mechanism by which you have to convert credits to currency. :man_shrugging:

There was some discussion of this, I think, in this thread:

Good luck.

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Lovely topic.
28 months in the grind so far.

5*
Red: Marjana+12, Azlar+14, Khagan 3/70 and that’s all, pathetic
Blue: Vela+18, Magni+15, Isarnia+4, Skadi4/80, Master Lepus 3/70, Richard 2/60 and 5 duplicates waiting for HA lvl10
Green: Telluria+8, Lianna+13, Zocc+5, Kadilen 3/70, Elkanen 3/70 and 3 dupes
Purple: Clarissa+4, Sartana+9, Domitia+6, Clarisa 3/70, Sartana 2/60 and 3 dupes
Yellow: Joon+9, Viviva+7, Justice 4/80 and 1 dupe

15 maxed and 7 more possible with leftover mats.
186 4* ascension materials collected so far. (seems low compared to others in this topic)

HOTM: Telluria, 2x Vela, 2x Clarissa, Zocc
Telluria arrived on the last day with a desperate EHT, by the way it was after 17 month of playing this pure f2p :slight_smile:

S2 Atlantis: no 5* star, all tokens spent, no hopes left

S3 Valhalla: Skadi, oh boy, she is a beast against minion summoners.
Actually i play a high success fun rainbow team planned around her:
cRigard+20, Wilbur+20, Zocc+5, Lady wool+13, Skadi

Customes: Isarnia, Richard, Rigard, Boril, Little John, Melendor, Boldtusk, Sonya, Li Xiu + 12 3*

Notable non standard 4*:
2x Wilbur, 2x Lady Wool, 2x Buddy, Jack O’Hare, Valeria, Sir Lancelot, Sumitomo, Triton, Ameonna, Gadeirus, Gobbler, Jott, Stonecleave, Fura, Captain of Diamonds

Player lvl 64
Raid: 2450-2650 (before double Tell-Vela doublenerf it was 2550-2700)
Highest: 2813
Strongest titan: 11* volcanic dragon

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Thanx, @Noble_Weasel. I’ll check out that thread. :slightly_smiling_face:

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nice roster and achievements! and two maxed Red 5s isn’t bad either! i’m in the same boat in that i can’t pull a non vanilla Red 5 to save my life…

nice team built around Skadi too!

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18 October 2021 (3rd year Anniversary):

Click for Hero Progress.

Rare to Legendary Heroes Trained/Summoned:

Element Quantity
5 Fire 10
Nature 10
Ice 14
Holy 7
Dark 20
Total 61
4 Fire 69
Nature 61
Ice 57
Holy 54
Dark 60
Total 301
3 Fire 200
Nature 290
Ice 208
Holy 181
Dark 274
Total 1153

Legendary Heroes Retrained:

Type Element Quantity
S1 Fire 9
Nature 9
Ice 9
Holy 8
Dark 10
Total 45
S1 + Costume Fire 0
Nature 0
Ice 0
Holy 0
Dark 0
Total 0
Non-S1 Fire 2
Nature 0
Ice 1
Holy 2
Dark 0
Total 5
Non-S1 + Costume Fire 0
Nature 0
Ice 0
Holy 0
Dark 0
Total 0

Heroes (Non-Unascended Dupe):

Element Hero Level Costume
5 Fire Azlar 4/80+20 4/80+20
Mitsuko 4/80+20 -
Marjana 4/80+20 -
Noor 4/80+19 -
Ares 4/80+19 -
Tyr 4/80+18 -
Santa Claus 4/80 -
Natalya 3/70 -
Khagan 3/70 -
Elena 3/70 -
Nature Telluria 4/80+20 -
Lianna 4/80+20 -
Elkanen 4/80 4/80
Kadilen 4/80 -
Horghall 3/70 -
Ice Krampus 4/80+20 -
Ariel 4/80+20 -
Vela 4/80+20 -
Raffaele 4/80+18 -
Skadi 4/80+11 -
Frida 4/80+4 -
Magni 4/80 -
Misandra 3/70 -
Thorne 3/70 -
Richard 3/70 -
Isarnia 3/70 -
Holy Joon 4/80+20 4/80+20
Devana 4/80+20 -
Poseidon 4/80+20 -
Musashi 4/80+19 -
Vivica 4/80+19 -
Vivica 4/80 -
Justice 3/70 -
Leonidas 3/70 -
Inari 3/70 -
Dark Kageburado 4/80+20 -
Sartana 4/80+20 -
Clarissa 4/80 -
Aeron 4/80 -
Thoth-Amun 4/80 -
Quintus 3/70 -
Domitia 3/70 -
Obakan 3/70 -
4 Fire Boldtusk 4/75+20 4/75+20
Scarlett 4/70+20 4/70+20
Guardian Falcon 4/70+20 -
Gormek 4/70+20 -
Boldtusk 4/70 4/70
Kelile 4/70 4/70
Mack 4/70 -
Carol 4/70 -
Shale 4/70 -
Sumle 4/70 -
Sumitomo 4/70 -
Colen 4/70 -
Nature Melendor 4/75+20 4/75+20
Caedmon 4/70+20 4/70+20
Buddy 4/70+20 -
Skittleskull 4/70 4/70
Little John 4/70 4/70
Melendor 4/70 4/70
Brynhild 4/70 -
Gobbler 4/70 -
Jack O’Hare 4/70 -
Gadeirus 4/70 -
Kashhrek 4/70 -
Ice Kiril 4/75+20 4/75+20
Sonya 4/70+20 4/70+20
Grimm 4/70+20 -
Kiril 4/70 4/70
Jott 4/70 -
Mireweave 4/70 -
Triton 4/70 -
Agwe 4/70 -
Boril 4/70 -
Holy Guardian Jackal 4/75+20 -
Wu Kong 4/70+20 4/70+20
Hu Tao 4/70+20 4/70+20
Mist 4/70+20 -
Chao 4/70 4/70
Griffin 4/70 -
Li Xiu 4/70 4/70
Gullinbursti 4/70 -
Danzaburo 4/70 -
Dark Tiburtus 4/70+20 4/70+20
Proteus 4/70+20 -
Rigard 4/70+20 -
Sabina 4/70+20 -
Cyprian 4/70 4/70
Ametrine 4/70 -
Stonecleave 4/70 -
Fura 4/70 -
Ameonna 4/70 -
Gafar 4/70 -
3 Fire Hawkmoon 3/50+20 3/50+20
Sudri 3/50+20 -
Bauchan 3/50+20 -
Namahage 3/50+20 -
Vollermork 3/50 -
Azar 3/50 3/50
Jahangir 3/50 3/50
Ei-Dunn 3/50 -
Nashgar 3/50 -
Rudolph 3/50 -
Nature Carver 3/50+20 3/50
Brienne 3/50+20 3/50
Grevle 3/50+20 -
Mnesseus 3/50+20 -
Gramps 3/50 -
Isshtak 3/50 3/50
Friar Tuck 3/50 3/50
Berden 3/50 3/50
Belith 3/50 3/50
By-Ulf 3/50 -
Muggy 3/50 -
Hisan 3/50 -
Ice Frosty 3/50+20 -
Gunnar 3/50+20 3/50+20
Nordri 3/50+20 -
Gato 3/50+20 -
Helo 3/50 -
Jarvur 3/50 -
Karil 3/50 3/50
Graymane 3/50 3/50
Valen 3/50 3/50
Ulmer 3/50 -
Holy Poppy 3/50+20 -
Bane 3/50+20 3/50+20
Kvasir 3/50+20 -
Arman 3/50+20 -
Gan Ju 3/50 3/50
Kailani 3/50 3/50
Agnes 3/50 -
Melia 3/50 -
Dawa 3/50 -
Dark Balthazar 3/50 3/50+20
Tyrum 3/50+20 3/50+20
Gill-Ra 3/50+20 -
Chochin 3/50+20 -
Morris 3/50 -
Prisca 3/50 3/50
Jack 3/50 -
Renfeld 3/50 3/50
An-Windr 3/50 -
Bjorn 3/50 -
Guardian Bat 3/50 -
Vlad 3/50 -
Oberon 3/50 -
Click for Troop Progress.

4☆ Troops Keeped:

Element Type Level
Fire Mana 30
11
1
1
Critical 13
1
1
Ninja 1
1
1
Nature Mana 30
17
10
1
1
Critical 1
1
1
Ninja 1
1
1
Ice Mana 30
18
1
1
Critical 6
1
1
Ninja 1
1
Holy Mana 30
17
5
1
1
Critical 1
1
1
Ninja 1
1
1
Dark Mana 30
17
7
1
1
Critical 1
1
1
Ninja 1
1
Click for Ascension Material Progress.

Unfarmable AMs Collected:

Ascension Material Used Remaining Total
4 Mystic Rings 42 10 52
Mysterious Tonic 24 32 56
Farsight Telescope 42 4 46
Poison Darts 36 18 54
Royal Tabard 30 26 56
Damascus Blade 29 19 48
Tome of Tactics 29 15 44
Total 232 124 356
3 Hidden Blade 124 93 217
Sturdy Shield 89 112 201
Warm Cape 111 92 203
Orb of Magic 104 77 181
Trap Tools 94 118 212
Compass 94 97 191
Fine Gloves 94 99 193
Total 710 688 1398
Click for Emblem Progress.

Emblems Collected:

Emblems Used Remaining Total
Barbarian 4476 16 4492
Cleric 4226 402 4628
Druid 4226 327 4553
Fighter 4101 245 4346
Monk 4361 515 4876
Paladin 4456 36 4492
Ranger 4476 85 4561
Rogue 4226 133 4359
Sorcerer 3971 608 4579
Wizard 2976 1532 4508
Total 41495 3899 45394
Click for Aether Progress.

Aether Collected:

Element Used Remaining Total
5 Fire 0 7 7
Nature 0 6 6
Ice 0 4 4
Holy 0 4 4
Dark 0 1 1
Total 0 22 22
4 Fire 20 26 46
Nature 20 26 46
Ice 20 25 45
Holy 20 20 40
Dark 0 7 7
Total 80 104 184
3 Fire 38 41 79
Nature 38 37 75
Ice 38 39 77
Holy 35 44 79
Dark 0 12 12
Total 149 173 322

I no longer run TC20. In the last year I got 15× 5☆ heroes (including dupes). I also got 7 new unique heroes from HA10 retraining (2 S1 and 5 non-S1), my S1 collection is complete.

The 4☆ AM I collected in the 1st year is 94. In the 2nd year I collected 121. In the 3rd year I collected 141. Increased yet again due to new venue to get it.

In my first year, I collected 6745 emblems (the first 3 months, emblem was’t available in the game). In my 2nd year, I collected 12503. In my 3rd year, I collected 26596. This drastic increase happen because SG increased emblems availability by around twice in an update.

Still no Wilbur…

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Excellent tracking of your progress. Congrats on your third anniversary as a f2p!! :+1::+1::muscle:

I hope you pull Wilbur next time! :crossed_fingers::crossed_fingers:

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Feb 1 was my 2 year anniversary FTP. I have been running 2 TC20s for quite awhile now. I am still missing most notably Isarnia and Joon. My focus has been titans and leveling heroes that can help with titans (our alliance currently has 10/11 star titans).

I am currently working on leveling up my HA (building level 9 currently). I also have put some time into my troops and I have mana troops up to 11 in all but red (come on mana troop!). I also have a ninja troops in all but blue, so hopefully I will pull one during this ninja tower event.

I have enough ascension items to level a dozen five star heroes and just short a tome of tactics to have enough for 13 ascensions. I am pleased with my 40+ 5* heroes which gives me a real options for HA10. My 20 or so heavily emblemed 4* with my 8 completed 5* allows me to finish events. I am closing in on the end of season 3 Hard, and season 4 with only direct damage working is proving to be difficult but not impossible.

Many thanks to all the F2P people that are on the discord channel (moderated currently by PlayforFun) that have given me great advice.

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Nice roster - and lots of dupes who can go into soul exchange :slight_smile:

Happy to have you @kawookie , glad you’re still playing and posting!

And after 2 years your vanilla 5* collection is already more complete than mine :stuck_out_tongue: after 3.5 years I still miss 3 of em!

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