Hey guys.

Looking ahead to the OrbFest coming for BSBFest, it looks like the Orb distributions have changed. Note I'm not talking about the order of phases, but how the orbs are paired (tripled ?!?)

Previous and current Orbfest (in current Orbfest Phase order):

• Black, Dark, Lightning
• Power, NE, Wind
• White, Holy, Earth
• Summon, Fire, Ice

BSB Orbfest:

• Summon, Ice, Earth
• Fire, Dark, White
• Black, Power, Wind
• Holy, NE, Lightning

To me, the distributions are a lot less attractive for the next one. Summons is a lateral change, or maybe slightly better (Earth are the minor orbs for Saint's Cross and Full Charge, while Fire is the major for Dragon Dive, and minor for Exploding Fist if anyone likes it). The rest are worse for me, although I can see Black, Power, Wind being amazing for some compared to Power, Wind, NE. Dark suffers horribly though.

How does this change compare for you ? If you do stam refreshes, does this affect your strategy ? Some other things to keep in mind, the trend seems to be that later orb fests have better drop rates, so your total orb gather rate can be higher. We've also gotten surprise Orb festivals in Global that can't be predicted (I think a lot of us are expecting 2 more orb weekends). And of course, Global isn't JPN, so there's a slim chance the BSB orbfest might be entirely different.