Celebrate Good Times

Hello fellow Megucas! Welcome to Grief Seeds: your weekly update on all things Magia Record! Double XP is finally upon us! In addition to the continuation of the My Diary With You event, this week also brings our first New Chapter Celebration! Everyone can’t be fortunate enough to have the time to be grinding Magia Record at all hours of the day, and thankfully the New Chapter Celebration will give those who are behind a chance to catch up. With a new story chapter, another magical girl, and additional mirror layers to explore, this week is sure to keep you busy.

Kamihama Public Service Announcements

Another week has passed without bug fixes. A healthy client means a happy player base, but unfortunately those looking to bolster their Magia Stone stash will have to look elsewhere.

Shortly after last week’s Grief Seeds, among the myriad of event announcements, players also received access to an exclusive Memoria in the Mirror Coin Shop. 5 copies of Clear Summer Colors will be available for purchase with Mirror Coins until Tuesday, August 6th. Each copy ranges in cost from 100 to 140 coins, which is quite a hefty price tag. This Memoria should only be considered by die-hard completionists due to its restrictive cost, items such as Fate Weave Tickets, and Rainbow Orbs should still be prioritized by most players.

Ongoing Events

There’s double XP to be had, and no shortage of new content, but before that we have to say our goodbyes to our new friend Ren.

This week will mark the end of our first story event, My Diary With You on Thursday, July 18th. The Shop will stay open until the following Monday, the 22nd, so there’s no need to worry about spending all your Notebooks right away. Make sure to use as many Colored Pencils as you can in the next couple days!

Amidst our tearful goodbyes, this week also brings us the release of the first half of chapter 4 of the main story, as well as the New Chapter Celebration event. This is less of a traditional event, and more a collection of perks for players naturally progressing through the game. These perks include:

Quest: Double Player EXP: Players will be awarded double the amount of EXP from Main Story, Another Story, Magical Girl Story, and Labyrinth Quests. Note that this excludes the ongoing story event My Diary With You.

Quest: Double Support Points: Players will be awarded double the amount of Support Points from Main Story, Another Story, Magical Girl Story, and Labyrinth Quests. This also excludes My Diary With You and also does not affect Support Points gained through Login Bonuses.

Magical Girl Enhancement: Double Great Success/Super Success Rate: The chance for a “Great” or “Super Success” is double when enhancing Magical Girls. This does not apply to upgrading Memoria.

Support Point Fate Weave: Increased Enhancement Gem Rate: Enhancement Gems are more likely to appear in the Support Point Fate Weave. This is advertised as a benefit, but I strongly believe it is not. I recommend against spending Support Points for the Gacha during this promotion.

Lastly, some additional premium Gacha currency has been added for players to earn. A set of missions have been added for clearing each of the available chapter 4 quests that reward the player with Magia Stones. 5 Fate weave tickets have also been added to the Support Point Shop, but at an outrageously steep cost. Each ticket is 5000 Support Points, the equivalent of 25 rolls of the normal Gacha. Whether this is a cost you are willing to pay is up to the individual, but with a highly coveted 4-Star Memoria likely coming very soon it may be wiser to forgo these tickets.

The New Chapter Celebration runs until next Tuesday, July 23rd, at server reset.

This week also saw the release of Mirror Layers 12-16. The previous 1000-point cap has been removed, and players can now progress through the new layers to see how the story unfolds.

If all that wasn’t enough, it has also been announced that immediately following the completion of My Diary With You we will be getting our next Mitama training event in the form of Mitama’s Special Training: Felicia Mitsuki. This event will begin on Thursday, July 18th and run alongside the New Chapter Celebration until Tuesday, July 23rd. We can assume this event to be identical to the previous ones, but we do not yet know what specifics the shop will contain.

Fate Weave

Coinciding with the end of her event, this Thursday the Ren Isuzu Featured Fate Weave will be ending. For those who have fallen head over heels for this adorable Single Target DPS, fret not. Ren will be added to the general pool following the end of her banner.

To replace the current banner, a new featured Gacha will be starting on Thursday, and with it Felicia Mitsuki will be added to both the Premium and Featured Fate Weave pools! This new banner will feature both Momoko Togame and Rena Minami who are the only 4-star girls that have not yet been given a spotlight.

Rena is one of the more popular Magical Girls currently released, and packs quite a punch. Reasonably high attack, 3 Accele discs and a powerful single target Magia make her a nightmare for Fire characters like Kyoko. She also pairs well with other Accele or Magia based Magical Girls due to her discs allowing for Accele Combos more often, as well as her connect providing a huge boost in Accele MP gain.

Momoko is one the few Charge based Magical Girls currently available, offering 3 charge discs, and a connect skill that increases the target’s damage after using a Charge disc. Momoko unfortunately doesn’t shine in Mirrors due to mostly single target attacks, and the selfish nature of her kit. She can however, act as a tank in PVE due to her high HP pool, and use her multiple Charge discs and connect to setup a devastating attack for another member of her party.

Momoko and Rena’s Fate Weave will run until Tuesday, July 23rd, at server reset.

Mokyu~!

As our first story event comes to a close, I look towards the horizon. There are so many exciting things to come for Magia Record EN, and if the JP schedule is to be believed our next event is one of my favorites. These thoughts are quickly pushed down by the realization that my AP is full, and I should get back to grinding… That’s all your Grief Seeds for the week! Remember to keep those Soul Gems clean!

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All photos in this article were taken directly from Magia Record on my own personal device and account.

