Locked bingo genes mons = useless?

[Black Captain]

I'm still new to Stories. But I'm noticing that some mons have gene slots that are locked w/o a level indicator. They are grayed out. I'm assuming they can never be unlocked. Are these mons then useless/ritual fodder, or do they get some type of advantage over mons with full bingo slots?

Also, if they are fodder, what's the point of them cluttering the egg pool? I mean, if I wanted a Genodrome with 7 slots, I could get a 9 slotter and use 7 slots... but why would you?

[Kismette]

Use appropriate stimulants to unlock them from Melynx via bottle caps or random item drops.

[crunchy]

You can unlock them via monster type stimulants, which you'll get throughout your playthrough and even more in post game.

[Black Captain]

Oh... so they are a means to waste your bottle caps... great.
Capcom designs a problem to fix it with rare currency... =/

[Kismette]

Originally posted by Black Captain:

Oh... so they are a means to waste your bottle caps... great.
Capcom designs a problem to fix it with rare currency... =/

It's very limited while still in story mode though, but as crunchy mentioned, there will be more post game, including bottle caps.

So don't worry about it too much.

[Black Captain]

Originally posted by Kismette:

Originally posted by Black Captain:

Oh... so they are a means to waste your bottle caps... great.
Capcom designs a problem to fix it with rare currency... =/

It's very limited while still in story mode though, but as crunchy mentioned, there will be more post game, including bottle caps.

So don't worry about it too much. :wink_eol:

Yeah I know. Still, I think it's a poor design choice. But I'm sick of trying to hunt for a mon with a full bingo board, so I might need to invest in some drogas.

[DeadIsland2Veteran]

In the late game you get tons of universal stimulants and every gne slot on every monstie you ever get can be unlocked.

[DeadIsland2Veteran]

Also you get TONS and TONS of bottlecaps later too don't worry about spending them.

[Velesianus]

Originally posted by UnfathomableRy:

Also you get TONS and TONS of bottlecaps later too don't worry about spending them.

True but if you plan on min/maxing genes then it's not a bad idea to spend the first few on upgrading your stables.

I also wouldn't spend bc's for unlocking gene slots on anything under rarity 4 until post game unless you're making a support build or just really like the monstie's aesthetic.

Slots are cheap but not if you buy in bulk.

[FDru]

It costs 4 bottlecaps for each one. It's nothing unless you want to unlock a ton of monsters for some reason... but you can easily unlock all of your main 6 as well as whatever you use for co-op for a pretty small investment.

[Raemnant]

You dont need max bingos to complete the game. You dont need any bingos to complete the game. They are a nice bonus

[zmanbuilder]

if you do all the everdens you will have no shortage of bottlecaps while doing the main story

[jazz3601]

I'm a decent way into post game and still haven't touched genes unless it's to get rid of an annoying one, you probably shouldn't worry about it

[AH-1 Cobra]

I maxed bingo on a pukei-pukei in the 2nd area of the game, it was pretty easy, I found a rare pukei pukei egg that had no stimulant locked slots, only level locked ones, and filled the 3x3 up with misc attacks and skills from misc monsters I hatched from eggs, didn't even really grind them.

There's no reason to not do this, even in a run of the game where you don't plan on wasting too much time with sidequests and stuff. You're just missing out on doing extra damage when you attack, and if you're talking about not messing with bingos at all vs just filling the slots up with something that gets you a bonus, it's a literal night and day difference.

Fill the bingos up with something, preferably same element skills or attacks at a minimum. Non-element is the easiest type to fill up, Fire would be the 2nd most common type.

I used pukei-pukei until level 49. A pukei-pukei I obtained from a rare den in the first area of the game. Bingos matter enough where a pukei-pukei with a full bingo hits harder than a Nergigante that you didn't mess with the bingo on at all.

You could honestly use Aptonoth, Pukei-Pukei, and Ranmar, and beat the game with those 3 monsters, without worrying about leveling up any others through the story. They're all neutral element, 1 power, 1 tech, 1 speed. Boatloads of skills and attacks you could slot in any of them, and you get enough to full bingo them pretty much as soon as you unlock it in area 2.

Aptonoth's kinship attack is one of the best in the game, it's a guaranteed topple, even against monsters you can't otherwise topple. So, not only could you easily beat the game, you could also beat any of the royal monsters using those 3, and any of the (hard) sidequest missions as well. Like, as soon as they're available.