Most efficient way to reach Gachikoi level?

[Blinky]

I'm confused by the wording on the EXP table, does the "first clear" mean in general my first time beating that stage, or clearing it for the first time with that character?
And how many stages do I need to clear (after getting G. Rank 20) to reach Gachikoi with each of them?

[Katsumi]

It's been a while since I've played so I may be misremembering.
The wording refers to the first time you clear with that specific character.
I believe the quickest method is to reach G. Rank 21 and beat 2 Hard stages to reach Gachikoi.

[99xPotions]

• Get a character to G.Rank 20 (40 XP)
  
• Beat stages 1, 2 and 3 (42 XP)
  
• Beat stage 1 (Hard) (20 XP)

It’ll give you 102XP. Reaching Gachikoi.

Not exactly the most efficient since clearing 3 hard stages (60min) is faster than 3 normal and 1 hard stage (80min), but certainly is easier this way.

[4t2]

Originally posted by Blinky:

I'm confused by the wording on the EXP table, does the "first clear" mean in general my first time beating that stage, or clearing it for the first time with that character?
And how many stages do I need to clear (after getting G. Rank 20) to reach Gachikoi with each of them?

It means first time clearing that stage with that character. So the most efficient way to get a character to Gachikoi is to get them to G20 and beat three different hard stages.
G20 = 40 points,
Hard stage first clear = 20 points

[Rantzas]

Pretty sure max G.rank is 21

[99xPotions]

Originally posted by Rantzas:

Pretty sure max G.rank is 21

G.Rank 21 won’t give you additional 2XP.
It stops at G.Rank 20.
You get 2XP just by obtaining a character for the first time (G.Rank 1).

[HeraldOfOpera]

Originally posted by Dan Longname:

Originally posted by Rantzas:

Pretty sure max G.rank is 21

G.Rank 21 won’t give you additional 2XP.
It stops at G.Rank 20.
You get 2XP just by obtaining a character for the first time (G.Rank 1).

Yeah, the 21 is just to max out stats and isn't necessary/helpful for fandom.

[Rantzas]

Originally posted by HeraldOfOpera:

Originally posted by Dan Longname:

G.Rank 21 won’t give you additional 2XP.
It stops at G.Rank 20.
You get 2XP just by obtaining a character for the first time (G.Rank 1).

Yeah, the 21 is just to max out stats and isn't necessary/helpful for fandom.

aaah gotcha

[Intra]

Fastest way to Gachikoi characters is G Rank 20 and complete Stages 1-3 in Hard Mode. Now, if your characters sucks then maybe you're better off doing 1-2 hard mode and 1-2 normal mode.

[Shirojacky]

Originally posted by Intra:

Fastest way to Gachikoi characters is G Rank 20 and complete Stages 1-3 in Hard Mode. Now, if your characters sucks then maybe you're better off doing 1-2 hard mode and 1-2 normal mode.

Why not 1-3 easy and 1 hard? That sounds more sensible to me, at least.

[June]

Originally posted by Dan Longname:

• Get a character to G.Rank 20 (40 XP)
  
• Beat stages 1, 2 and 3 (42 XP)
  
• Beat stage 1 (Hard) (20 XP)

It’ll give you 102XP. Reaching Gachikoi.

Not exactly the most efficient since clearing 3 hard stages (60min) is faster than 3 normal and 1 hard stage (80min), but certainly is easier this way.

I don't understand why, but this didn't work. There's still a sliver of XP left to get. Maybe it was changed recently, or is bugged?

[99xPotions]

Originally posted by SevenOfSpades:

I don't understand why, but this didn't work. There's still a sliver of XP left to get. Maybe it was changed recently, or is bugged?

Some people are reporting that stages beaten prior a certain date weren't giving the correct amount of XP.

But if you've tried now with a new character that hadn't beaten any stage before it should work 100%

[June]

Originally posted by Dan Longname:

Some people are reporting that stages beaten prior a certain date weren't giving the correct amount of XP.

But if you've tried now with a new character that hadn't beaten any stage before it should work 100%

Haven't tested it out myself yet but, a tentative thanks for the info.

[Crimson Idol]

Originally posted by SevenOfSpades:

I don't understand why, but this didn't work. There's still a sliver of XP left to get. Maybe it was changed recently, or is bugged?

Like Dan Longname said the fandom-xp got corrected with a patch, most likely the one released on August 24th as I have the same problem for some characters.
E.g. for me Mumei has slightly less fandom-xp compared to Sana although both have a G.rank of at least 21 and I played the first stage with each once. The difference is that between those two the one patch got released.

As I only started maxing out characters after that date I was quite confused why it always took one normal stage more to get the fandom-xp.

[Uomovero]

Originally posted by Crimson Idol:

Originally posted by SevenOfSpades:

I don't understand why, but this didn't work. There's still a sliver of XP left to get. Maybe it was changed recently, or is bugged?

Like Dan Longname said the fandom-xp got corrected with a patch, most likely the one released on August 24th as I have the same problem for some characters.
E.g. for me Mumei has slightly less fandom-xp compared to Sana although both have a G.rank of at least 21 and I played the first stage with each once. The difference is that between those two the one patch got released.

As I only started maxing out characters after that date I was quite confused why it always took one normal stage more to get the fandom-xp.

so basicaly it seems to have been an issue that popped up with steam release since iv noticed that 1 version before steam release iv done stage 1 mumei and could do 3 normal + 1 hard for required fandom exp (ofc grank20) but for example when steam version and ID banners dropped all characters like moona for example who i just completed 3 normal + 1 hard with (grank 20) is that tiny bit off
quite an anoyance but oh well glad to see its not some user specific issue