User blog:Swordisms/Musings on Gacha

It's nice to get your favorite waifus/husbandos and all, but I like FGO for its strategic bent, too. The fact that one battle can turn out very differently depending on which servant or CE you use is very gratifying. Balancing the skills in battle and letting them loose at just the right moment to avoid a K.O. is nice too; it gives every Servant merit in battle!

That aside, I admit to falling in love with the nice 4*s and 5*s just like any other girl. I'm still dreaming of another chance to find Okita Souji one day, or getting more copies of Nero Bride...sigh.

But recently, Gacha's been pretty nice to me. I consider myself lucky to have drawn Alter Cu in the story gacha rate up (Anniversary Event), Ruler Martha for the Summer Event, and yesterday's Francis Drake in the Camelot rate-up gacha, of all things. Ironically, I was hoping for different cards every time (Helena from the America gacha, Caster Marie from the Summer one, some variation of Camelot servant from the third).

I don't expect to get many 5-stars and I'm satisfied strategizing with my current pool of servants; maybe that's why every bonus addition is a pleasant surprise? Because I have lowered expectations? (That, and following your gut feeling to roll when it's time.)

In any case, it makes the play experience much less frustrating. With the Prisma Illya event coming up, I'm looking forward to some token free servant for the cute and collecting purposes. Hehe, Archer Illya would be the best, but again--no expectations. I'm here to enjoy the journey more than anything else. ^-^