User:Linathan/BeginnerGuide

Welcome to Brave Frontier! This guide aims to guide players who are new to the game or have returned to the game.

What to expect in a Gacha game
Brave Frontier is classified as a gacha game. Gacha is a genre of games based on popular gachapon machines that exist in Japan. Generally, in this genre of games, you use premium currency to "pull" something random from a set pool of rewards. You can obtain in-game currency for free, but if you want to pull multiple times, you very likely will have to pay real money.

The gacha mechanic of games is referred to by various names, and in Brave Frontier, it's called Summoning. There are a variety of summon gates/banners from which you can exchange Brave Frontier's premium currency known as Gems or special items such as Summon Tickets in order to get a random unit from a summon gate's unit pool. Due to the nature of gacha, you do not know what unit you are going to get before summoning. While most summon gates in Brave Frontier have rates that increase the more summons you perform, it may take you anywhere from 1 to 100 tries, or potentially even more to get one featured unit if you're unlucky. Most importantly, getting a unit you want all comes down to RNG, also known as Random Number Generator.

The rate to obtain a featured unit generally starts at 0.5% on the first summon and caps at 5% from the eighth summon onward. Some summon gates may contain a safety net which guarantees a featured unit after a certain number of tries. This does not pertain to every summon gate in the game, so be sure to check the In-Game News for more information on which summon gate you are summoning on.

When playing a gacha game of any kind, it is important to keep an open mind on budget, self-control, and preparation for disappointment should you summon without getting a unit you want.

The Very First Step
Upon starting the game, you will be prompted to choose one of four starter units. It is highly recommended to choose Lance. Upon finishing the tutorial, you obtain Vargas from the start. Eze isn't chosen due to many other units that can do his job much better. Selena can be obtained from Summoner Journal.

If you chose a different starter, do not fret! This is mostly for the short-term. As you progress through the game, you will find yourself using different and much better units as opposed to the starting four units.

In addition, upon reaching Player Level 25, you obtain Mifune as a reward. Mifune is a great damage dealer early on as well as one of the best farming units in the game long-term.

Summoning
Every 1-2 weeks, a new summon gate releases with a new unit or units. As a new player, you might not have much of an idea of which units are good or bad.

As a recommendation, check the comment sections of the wiki's unit pages or the Summon Megathreads that appear on the Brave Frontier Subreddit to get a gauge of how the unit performs. In the early stages of the game, you will want to have a fresh pool of units you obtain from the summon gates. With updates pushed out to the permanent summon pool each year, you will more often summon units that are much more relevant in the current meta in comparison to units that are heavily outclassed.

* Seasonal and Holiday summon gates are generally named after their respective season and holiday. These tend to be limited time and won't return for a few months. ** Elemental Resummon gates are great for focusing on mono-elemental squads which are emphasized in most hard content. Be mindful of the summon pool for these gates. *** Not all Global Exclusive summon gates are worth summoning, as not all of them are time-limited.

A common question that tends to be asked is "What units do I need?" In the beginning, especially in Quest mode, you can mostly steamroll through the quests with almost any unit that pops out of the summon gates. As you progress, your unit roster will grow so you have more options to choose from. If you are below Player Level 185, you won't be able to fit a full Omni squad, but once you reach near that level, you will need to start looking out for units that you need, especially for the long-term.

Generally, these are the following buffs that you need to have once you hit Player Level 185 to have a solid foundation:

TIP: Always check a unit's full skill set on this wiki, as most buff-values on the Brave Burst descriptions are not listed in-game.

Recommended Units to start with: Mitigators and EXP Leaders
 * List of Units with Mitigation Effects
 * List of Units with EXP Boost Effects

Examples: Glacial Vail & Vidron (Mitigator), Cheery Bjørn & Linlin (EXP Leader), Twilight Priestess Neferet (Mitigator), Infinity Starsage Zeruiah (EXP Leader)