Good Time to Gacha - Fate/Grand Order 7 Million Downloads Campaign

Merlin

The Gacha to Start this week is Fate/Grand Order:

  • 7 Million Downloads Campaign offers a ton of gifts from 9/12 - 9/25

  • Large amounts of free Saint Quartz (summoning currency) and Summon Tickets

  • Leveling Servants is both faster (chance for bonus EXP) and cheaper for the duration

  • Pick your own 4* Servant absolutely free, no gacha required (normally at most a 2.1% chance)

  • Rate-up for Merlin, commonly considered the most powerful Servant ever released

What is Good Time to Gacha?

The world of mobile gaming has been seeing more and more gacha games in the past few years, to the point where even players who had never heard of the gacha model before might be tempted to test the waters and see what the craze is about. Since the chance-based nature of gacha games usually means players have to highly invest either time (to grind out premium currency in-game) or money (to skip the wait and get to the gambling), veterans and newcomers to the genre alike can benefit greatly from choosing the most opportune times to pick up a new game. Enter Good Time to Gacha - we’ll take a look at the events, promotions, freebies and other enticing rewards going on in a selected gacha game and explain why now is a good time to take the plunge!

Gacha of the Week

FGO BG

This week’s pick is the well-known Fate/Grand Order, the mobile face of TYPE-MOON’s behemoth Fate media franchise. As one of the current most popular gacha games in the world, FGO has had a dedicated player base more or less ever since its 2015 launch, with many opting to play the original JP version prior to the release of the EN version in 2017. Today, we’ll be taking a look at the EN version, however, due to a series of excellent incentives lined up for new and long-absent players alike.

Why Start Now?

FGO CHOOSE YOUR SR
You don't want to miss out on a 4* Servant of your choice... with no gacha involved.

Today, Sept. 12th, marks the start of several concurrent events and rewards in the global version of FGO. Right off the heels of one of the game’s most popular events, largely targeted at veterans (the challenging Nero Fest), the reward campaign for reaching 7 million downloads has kicked off with a veritable smorgasbord of gifts and freebies: 

  • 7 days of consecutive login bonuses that can be claimed between 9/12 and 9/25, capping off with 10 Summon Tickets; note that breaking your login streak will lock you out of further rewards!

  • Players who tried the game prior to 12/5/2018 and have not logged in since can also earn a hefty sum of rewards upon logging in again, including 48 Saint Quartz and another 10 Summon Tickets on top of that.

  • Doubled chances for Super Success (2x Experience gained) and Great Success (3x Experience gained) when leveling up Servants and Craft Essences; perfect for snowballing early-game progression quickly.

  • On the same note, halved QP Costs for Servant and Craft Essence Enhancement, lowering the resource bar for new players in particular and allowing them to level up with more wiggle room regarding QP, the in-game currency.

  • But most importantly of all, the game is giving out its first opportunity to Choose Your Own 4* Servant, with the 7 Million Downloads Ticket. The chance to get your favorite Servant, or perhaps just the strongest one you see (we won’t judge either playstyle!), without any sort of suffering at the whims of gacha RNG is incredibly enticing, and is the strongest argument for picking up FGO at this moment. The 7 Million Downloads Ticket can be obtained by logging in anytime between 9/12 and 20:59 PDT on 9/18.

But wait! Even after all this, there’s another, more chance-based but equally intriguing opportunity. As part of the 7 Million Downloads Pickup Summon, the legendary 5* Servant oft considered the single strongest release in the history of FGO will make an appearance as a gacha rate-up Servant. Anyone who has friends who talk about FGO at all will likely have heard his praises sung to high heaven and back: Merlin, the Magus of Flowers, takes the stage, and even gets multiple solo rate-ups.

Magus of Flowers

Now, as usual, the gacha is a cruel mistress, and even a rate-up is never a guarantee that you end up with your favored Servant. However, when combined with the influx of rewards going on at the moment, there has never been a better time to try your hand at potentially rerolling to try and get him. Even for those who prefer not to undertake a method like that, just having the extra Summon Tickets gives a big boost to the chances of pulling this overpowered support unit. And if you should get him, rest assured - Merlin can turn almost any unit into a powerhouse on his own merits. 

As the combination of so many rewards and highly coveted rate-ups is a very rare thing, we recommend that players looking to dive into Fate/Grand Order strongly consider doing so while these promotions are ongoing. It is, after all, a Good Time to Gacha!

You can download Fate/Grand Order here:

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Kritaarth Mahankali is a Content Director at GamePress. He has been a writer, manager, editor, and site lead for various GamePress projects since 2018. Native Texan, fond of egg rolls, and lover of all RPGs.

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