Summer Time!

Sun shining bright, the ocean makin waves, and the tropical theme at Banana Ocean marks the start of the Summer Event in Flower Knight Girl! The beaches are sandy, the girls are in mizugi, and the mobs are....still caterpillars and slugs..But yes! It is now summer. And this summer patch also comes with a few little added things to make it even more fun and stressfree.
Congratulations to those that were able to complete last event and got all the medals. Sadly I wasn't one of them. But forget the past and on to the new one! This event style will be like Himeyuri and Southern Cross in which we need to collect special event drops from bosses to cash in and trade for the event girl and items for her skill lv and equipment slots. More info in the Event tab.

-So for the changes, first thing I noticed was that there was a new world in the special tab section and it had the name of an area. The next day I checked and it changed to another area name so it seems like another one of those certain day dungeons(they don't appear on exp fairy days). Not sure how far they go up to yet, might be only 4 for now. You will need to have the specific area girls in order to do these maps(didn't I just say they might do something like this last week? Ya?) Nice to have something added in the special tab.

Press twice to change forms

-Another thing was the party that will be seen and be used by your friends. Now it is only the first team of your first set that will be seen by other people. Not much need to worry about looking like a noob to them now or not being helpful when you need to change teams to do your own thing.
-And about secretaries! Now you can choose anyone to be your lovely waifu, just go to the 2nd tab of the character screen and it will be the top right button that wasn;t there before. But now clicking on them won't change their form. Instead, you click the secretary button again to alternate between the before or after evolution forms.
-See something new in the quest section? Now there's a new tab for Character quests! Currently there are only 4 of them and three are the new gacha girls. To be able do them, you must have the character, have her as your leader, and be the right lv. I'm sure we will see more character quests in time for the ones that aren't new.

 

-This wasn't at this patch but just to say, the encyclopedia isn't jumbled up anymore, it properly sorts them out based on rarity now. Also when picking out from present box, it doesn't reset to the top everytime.
-The way bosses are distributed now can be decided by you. When the sharing sign comes, it will now have 2 choices, the left to share to everyone and the right to share only to friends. Was sad when they made it only for everyone so this makes me glad.

That's it for the changes now, who knows if we have more in store for us. They are doing their monthly 2 hana stone giveaway again this week and with that, new girls to get. They are these,

I'd think the blond would be the rainbow but it's the blu loli.... well that makes us be happy about getting golds too right? Let's not be too obsessed with getting rainbows. The campaign gacha this time is simply these girls getting a bonus chance in appearing if chosen in their rarity.

They introduced a new op dungeon map suggesting 4875k power now. I can't even beat the first one yet so I'll leave this to the ones that can...

So enjoy your summer! Pick your favorite secretary, make your best team for your friends, and defeat bosses for event items!

Remember to stay hydrated

Convenient for the Soul

Hey hey, hows this summer going for you? Are you the one that has summer school or work you gotta do in this hot season? Well to alleviate some of the stress, the developers at FKG and made organization a lot easier! Hurray, now we can change the team orders simply by clicking these small arrows, up or down, instead of having to take the girl out for this team, the same for the other team, put the girls into this one, and the rest into that one... Plus they added more organization orders in the preset kind of menu. Now they have locations as an option for example, choosing Blossom Hill will bring in anyone from blossom hill to the teams and just them. The other setup is for the attributes such as red slashing or purple witch. I don't see a particular meaning for it besides being more creative with it? For the attributes, you can see all your best colors on the same team but for locations its simply checking where all certain girls are from really. Unless....they add a location based event..... ;D

That's not all, now we can see a girls movement speed by hovering over the team while you are deploying your girls on the map. No need to memorize which team was faster than the other one now.

 There's a cute little clip with Sakura and Ume dueling each other out! I really want Ume, only using 2 yellows at the moment..... I really tried at this time, did a batch, a few more, only silvers, esp ones that I didn't need......

We Can Play!

For those that thought they'd finally be able to have fun after the ending event maintenance were met with an emergency maint that lasted an extra 8-9 hours on top of the original 3 probably due to the new event mechanic they were trying to implement but it didn't work out. For those that are familiar with Kancolle, it as the locking out system where girls that participated in one map, were not able to sortie to the other one. But that's been cancelled so no worries on it yet. For their apologies, they've sent us 3 of each grade of red evolution dragons and 10 Hana Stones for compensation and even made this pic.

 

To me it seems like those life crystals are here to stay, its been already over a month since they were first available and the stock kept renewing each new event. We get an increase in those now too; get the chance to lv up your high rarity skills.

 

A new week, an event ends and a new one starts. I was able to reach up to the 2800 mark. I've tried to get all my energy spent in the bonus stages but I kept getting the regular one... and so new girls!

 

Not to mention that there's also a new gacha campaign including bonuses for all types! one for blue and red, the other for yellow and purple. Not that you're guaranteed to get one but at least..you can hope...

 

As our forces of the flower knight kingdom grows, we get....another week supply of 2x hana stones! Congratulations 450,000 on players! Pretty girls keep blooming and stronger leaders are born! Use the Hana stones to make your Harem better than anyone else!

 

 

 





Suiren Character Spotlight

     Welcome to my FKG Character Spotlight! Last week we learned about the short but vibrant life of the Japanese national flower, Sakura. Today we are going to view the aqua goddess, Suiren. A 5★ who has a unique ability that may keep her alive more than others at a gamble.

     Suiren(スイレン) in english is 'Water Lily' and her flower meaning in game is "pure and innocent heart," "trust, faith" and "innocence".  She says she is usually serving from the Banana Ocean's Royal Palace. Her way of talking is like that of a maid or servant, and it is very humble and sincere. Her attribute is Slashing and her favorite present is books. She comes from the family of Nymphaeaceae which is the main name of water lilies. Her Hp starts at 720 and ends at 7500 and then add 100% affection bonus of 1440, making her clearly the lowest hp 5star by far in the game. Her attack begins with 593 and ends with 3900+1440, giving her pretty decent hitting power. Her defense sprouts at 379 and blooms with 1650 plus 600 making this also average. Her moving speed is quite a quick 600, faster than most other girls(even though she goes barefoot!). She has the unescapable Thousand Guilty skill which does 2.4x dmg to a single enemy but has a trigger percentage starting at a whoping 32, increasable to 37%. Most girls begin at 20 or less, so this is one thing that makes up for those meager stats. She unleashes a thousand of her little leaf daggers surrounding the enemy and with a single snap, they all charge at the enemy at once, taking dmg from all sides without any chance to run! Now the unique aspect to Suiren, her main ability. She can avoid attacks completely with a certain percent chance(I beleive it to be 30%). It happens everytime someone attacks her, she will either take dmg like normal or a "avoided" sign in blue will pop out next to her and any array of attacks will be negated and then it resets again on the next attack. There are times when she will be the first one to die due to her really low hp or may be the last one to die. Eitherway, if she does happen to dodge alot, it means all your other girls aren't getting hit making it as if the enemy is just wasting his turn. Her after evolution skill inrcrease all party members defense by 10%. Suiren helps her team survive with a small def boost and even uses her own body if she has to, hoping she will be able to dodge them. Truly a pure and innocent heart.

     Her illustration feels very refreshing and does well to reflect her flower counterpart. Her short hair has the bright yellow color of the tip of a white water lily stamen. She wears a kind of frilly leafy maid costume which exposes her abdomen. The main parts are white like her petals and then her extensions are the green leaves that float around her. She carries around gauntlets and greaves that have a white base with a strong gold surface touch with a shiny emerald embedded in them. Along with her golden jewelry around her ankles, she reminds me of someone with an equipment of a war goddess and that is further sensed in her evoluted form. She wields these tiny daggers which I suspect are her seeds and wears a belt for them on her thigh. She also has these cutouts on her leaves which may be her stalk? And finally for her feet, she wears nothing! Going completely barefoot, probably a touch for the aquatic types who can "walk" on water. They are so nicely drawn that you'd think her scene would include them but...to our disappointment, it's something else. Her evolution form does not have much things changed, just everything looks more reinforced. Her armor has upgraded into this heavy plating and her leaves are lessened but look sharper than her former ones. They are also tipped with a slight yellow, signifying the flower is closer to maturity. What has been altered is part of the armor on her left leg and the absense of it on her left arm. Her right thigh is uncovered to hold her deadly daggers but her left leg has a full installment, plating it all. She now equips round shouderpads as well. Her frillyness has become evermore frilly, and with that pose, she seems very well balanced and flexible in the ways of swiftly ambushing her opponents. I like both designs as they reflect very well to her flower part with a unique twist on a maid uniform.

Nyan~

     Although Suiren has the special ability to avoid mob attacks, she isn't the only one who has it! She is a feline type of character who represents a thing cats actually love to play with. Her name isssss Green Britslegrass/Foxtail(エノコログサ)! Having two dodgers in the team seems really fun to play with. Of course for that price, Foxtail also has ridiculously low hp with her base hp being even lower than Suiren's but is made up with the affection bonus to become somewhat o k. If I ever get her I am so trying that out!

The pretty water lily

lol

     Time to learn about her origin. Water Lily outside the game has a few meanings, main ones I've found were 'purity of heart' and 'truth'. Water lilies are actually the national flower of Bangladesh, also imprinted on their national emblem. They symbolize many things to different countries and religions. For Buddhism, the different colors of the lilies have their own meaning or representation. To Hinduism, the way the lilies bloom once sun rises and closes when it sets represent ressurection, and it also represents purity since the water lilies grow in dirty mud but sprout out to become beautiful and pristine flowers. So the one Suiren represents in the game is the White Water Lily or Nymphaea odorata. Reading through there descriptions, they reminded me of a starcraft race, the Zerg! While they are really beautiful and a delight to see, they are referred to as the weeds of the water by some for their massive invasive breeding behaviors they have. If not properly taken care of, they will invade the whole pond or lake, causing less oxygen and sunlight available for the other plant/animal life living in the area. Another similiar aspect is that their blooms only last for a few days; since there is so many of them though, no worries on missing out. Keep your marines on standby for any ling infestation. They may destroy little ecosystems if grown without control but they are also essential as they can provide homes to little creatures like frogs and become food when they die. Their leaves are the lilypads that we all used to see long time ago when we were young, they're not directly connected the flower but from the roots under the water. Home for the froggies~


Oh crap

The splendid plant Nymph of the water, Suiren! Watch her dodge and invade all your enemies away.




Flower Knight Dinner?

Well other than smacking bugs and tending to your needs, they must have a life too. And what's essential in life? Food! So I was thinking what kind of food they must be eating everyday. Then it hit me that we level them up, but do we level them up with? Umm....little spirit fairies.....and other flowers..... O.O omg. But then wait, flowers in real life don't actually eat, it's more like draining things around them and sunlight. However, we don't ever give them water, just our c-  Ahh...no wonder why they are always happy when we spend "special" time with them ;)

It's a new week and as always recently, little changes from the maint! A little more organization from the gacha section, now each kind of roll has their own tabs so don't be surprised when you see 5 tabs compared to 3 like above. First are campaigns, then a tab for premium, and even the normal seed gacha has its own tab now. Equipment gacha same as usual. Prize campaign this week is exp spirits(hence the 'food' topic).
For those that never do normal quests anymore, they finally added a new one, Blossom Hill something!(yeah sorry I suck at kanji, looks like outside) The World 14 maps have mobs starting around the high seventies and eighties, recommended power is almost 400k. Of course, beating the map with less is possible but completing it, you might need to get closer to the rec.

I don't remember if it was always like this, but the present box will never show more than 100 even if you have more inside. After they implemented giving in quests, mine's constantly full...
And this only happened to me once, but while versing a boss, it 'weak'ed one of my girls. Was like "omg, did they implement our knights getting super effective hits now too?" But it never happened again. I think it would be interesing if they actually did that. Would probably make team setups more important and to decide whether or not hitting more and getting hit more is would be worth it. Weaker girls definitely would have to be wary of this.
Not much else this week, they did give us a service 3 hana stones for emergency maints. Continue on with the event and try to reach that 4k sheet goal! First half was surely a struggle but now they put in bonus stages for us to farm alot more. Just make sure you have the energy to go.