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Searching for info about the remaning events of this year I found the following video by Chaldea Gurus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUjuEIhL51k) according to wich there will be a Jalter (Avanger) banner this month, one of the servants whose history I liked the most. Problem is I'm a F2P saving to (try and most likely fail in) get Merlin and It's been little more than twenty days since I started playing F/GO.

My question is: how many chances will I have to get each one (Jalter and Merlin)? I know Merlin is broken but since I basically play to get my favorite chracters from Mythology/Nasuverse I would rather focus on the one I'll have less opportunities/events to get even if it's not the best unit in game.

Asked by Hakurou6 years 10 months ago
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by wei321 6 years 11 months ago

F2P but planning to get both Merlin and Jalter? I'm sorry, but unless you have thousands of SQ saved up (which is highly unlikely considering you've only played for 20 days), that's not gonna happen (and even if you have thousands saved up, it's still very difficult to get both).

My recommendation is to go for Jalter if you're in dire need of DPS Servants, but if not, just go for Merlin.

And to answer your question, Jalter and Merlin will both be available next year on the paid gatcha.

However, if you want to remain F2P, then Jalter will be on rate-up 2 years later during the Da Vinci event re-run and Merlin will be on rate-up next year during the 10M downloads campaign.

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Thanks for the answer. Getting both is a long, really long term objective. The game for me is just a hobby so whathever comes from the gatcha is fine to me. Eventually having my favs historywise is just a side thing.

I don't really have a need because whale friends in the list. My question is more oriented to what would be possible to get less times/year.

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I recommend you just go for Merlin in the long run if you're F2P. You could feel free to try for both but you'll need extreme EX rank luck for that type of miracle to happen.

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First things first: amazing name. xD

Thanks for the answer and I would never try them both because my luck is so good that I could be an Irish lancer. I'm just intrested on knowing which of them is available more times/year to try the other but honestly, no high expectations. I'm a fan of Fate as a saga so I intend to have the game as hobby for a long time just for the fun of playing its history. Getting those two and other servants whose history I like is just something on the side.

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by zer0z 6 years 11 months ago

Both Merlin and Jalter will only be available for free once more each after this year (at least based on what JP has gotten so far - we will likely get more in the future), Merlin again mid-late next year and Jalter in early 2020. Both are available in a few paid gachas after this though.

To the best of my knowledge, to get a 1/2 chance of getting either of them, you'll need to spend about 300 quartz on their respective banner.

If you've only played for 20 days, I'd suggest catching up with the story and doing as many free quests as you can to get all the saint quartz, and spend maybe 100 - 200 (max) for Jalter. By my calculations, we will get around 100 - 200 free saint quartz (story missions, events, login bonuses, etc) from now until Merlin's release, which should give you a decent shot at him.

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Thanks to your concise answer and for the tips. It helped me immenssely on making up my mind. I will try my terrible luck (and more likely fail) with Jalter and If I manage to get 200 SQ by the Merlin event I may give it a shot, otherwise I can farm the SQ and try late next year for the meme guy. Outside those two there is only one servant which story I like enough to try getting him and I still don't have so it's not like I have a lot to spend SQ on.

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