Which would you rather have?

Yes. Np 2 is stronger than NP 1 but at NP 1, you can still do NP spam. Overcharges are just added effects once you have the NP gauge at 100%, 200% etc.

Np2 does 300% more damage since it is an arts np. But as for the real reason people want np2 ("hurr but I can use the heal skill and np on the same turn with np2 durr") the odds of you having to heal on a np turn are miniscule and it's still a good talent considering how good her np gain is to begin with. 10% is nothing. And yea she still does the np spam just fine even at np1.

The way her overcharge works is the more overcharge you have the greater the amount of Mana restored on completion of the np (it's still not a big difference, at 200% it's ~46% np restored vs ~41% at 100%)

Altria's NP2 overcharge gives a higher NP refund after use, but her base NP gain + hitcounts are so good she doesn't really need it. Plus, the extra effort needed to get her to 200% overcharge arguably makes that not worth it.

True. Having many servants is a godsend for a lot of events

Just look back at the Summer events. Each Servant had a certain bonus for farming. In order to farm with max efficiency in those events, you’ll need a wide variety of servants (and event CEs obviously) but still. Servants make up the bulk of what you need in those cases

Right. A wide variety of factors are at work in those events. Class advantage, Gender, Historical background, DPS or Support, AOE or ST, Buster/Arts/Quick, and team synergy

There are a lot of factors that aren’t even apparent from the start. Such as Arturia’s Dragon Affinity or the fact that Emiya takes more damage from Brynhild because he carries the Brynhild’s Beloved trait

All of these things are important- thus why servant variety is imperative

Aye, I can't argue with that. The collection part is definitely the most fun part of these types of games for me. But then on that note, I'd personally have to do some thinking about whether or not being handed some extra SSRs that someone else summoned would really scratch that itch for me.

Like, earlier today, I got a bit curious about how much FGO accounts sell for and such, so I did a quick Google search and discovered that you can buy accounts with quite a few SSRs on them for pretty cheap (compared to the cost of buying saint quartz and summoning them yourself, I mean). I honestly started kicking around the idea of buying an account in the near future, but then I quickly vetoed that idea because I realized that that would be less fun for me. Even though my main account has E-rank luck, and I'll probably never be able to get those servants on my own, it's still fun to try.

It's kind of like when I collected Pokemon cards as a kid. There was nothing more fun than getting my hands on a booster pack and finding out what was inside. If someone had just handed me a binder with all 151 Pokemon in it, I probably would have gotten bored with Pokemon cards within a week.

But that's just me. Everyone probably has their own feelings about that type of thing.

He's weighing her higher as she is limited probably just like Squirtle is. It's decent value for a trade but can you really part with servants you've invested time into and grown with? :)

No problem at all. I don't always know how much my advice is really worth, but I certainly don't mind giving it.

But it sounds like you actually have more SSRs than your friend does (Archuria x2, Nightengale, and Illya make 4 vs your friend's 3). Also, we should have a Jalter banner coming up pretty soon, so you might still be able to get her. If you don't trade, you might be able to still get your own Jalter next month, or whenever the banner will be. But if you *do* trade, you won't be able to get another Illya probably ever, and you won't have another shot at getting Squirtle to NP2 for another year. As far as Tamamo Lancer goes, she also won't be available for another year, so if you really want her, then it might be worth it, but it's not like there aren't any other good Lancers with large oppai.

Admittedly, Nightengale and Illya are lower tier SSRs than Jalter and Tama, but it's not like they are useless. In fact, they have pretty decent synergy together. Nightengale's buster boost could amp up the damage on Illya's NP, and her debuff removal can remove the demerit from Illya's NP. Plus Nightengale's arts cards could help form arts chains with Illya's, and her buster cards could form buster chains with Illya's NP.

I wouldn't really sweat the SRs that you mentioned. Kiyo lancer is great, but she's redundant if you already have Tama (or vice versa). Herc is great too, but he's not exclusive and you very well might end up with a herc or two of your own in the near future, plus there are other decent berserkers in the game. You have a 20% chance to roll *something* that's SR or above, whether it's a CE or a servant, every single summon, so you will surely get plenty of your own SRs over time.

In terms of gameplay, Squirtle at NP2 is pretty nice and you can use her in most situations. In terms of exclusivity, your account wins imo. So if I were you, I probably wouldn't trade. But that's only my opinion.

On a side note, if you are F2P, and you really just started playing recently, it sounds like you have had pretty good luck with your SSR rates. I know that this makes me sound paranoid or something, but I personally believe that your luck is tied to your account. Like, not superstitiously, but literally programmatically tied to your account. I'm not gonna write my essay long reason here, but I recently posted about it, so feel free to check it out if you're curious. That being the case, just based on the fact that you seem to pull SSRs a lot, and your friend is having to throw down hundreds of dollars and still can't get the SSR that he wants, I wouldn't want to trade my lucky account for his unlucky one. But this is, of course, my opinion.