This Guide will teach you how to MERC and why MERC LIFE is the BEST LIFE!
This goes without saying but PRIORITIZE 
EC parties ( 
/
) before anything
>>> Hunt Parties >>>
Why? DROP CAPS.
Cat: 500/100
HP: 280/60
Kinis: 250/50
STEP 1: CAMPUS CHAT + PUB CHAT
Read all the messages to see if someone’s advertising an open cat/kini. If you’re going to be away from your phone for a bit, switch your phone off but leave PIMD running. Personal announcements disappear after 15 minutes but Club Announcement linger for more time. When you unlock your phone you should be able to see all the Campus announcements in the past hour, and see all the possible open EC parties that were announced.
IMPORTANT: PLEASE wait at least until your energy regens or the next party is initiated before you leave. Especially near changeover, a lot of clubs like to do EC Parties B2B
STEP 2: FOLLOW OTHER MERCS
After getting into a few open ECS you’ll start to see the same people joining these parties. Friend these people (or do what I do and just memorize their usernames) and follow them to see if they’re in an open EC.
Joining merc GCs are also helpful when finding these parties
STEP 3: CAMPUS BUZZ (RRRIIISSKKEE)
ONLY use this option at times of extreme thirst, when you REALLY feel like you’re in danger of not hitting of not hitting a “checkpoint”. Go to any club with auto join and enter. Check to see if they’ve even dropped the item yet (cuz this happens a lot) then offer the admins or dropper a gift in the club so they’ll let you stay for the party, but be prepared for a “no”. The worst case scenario (which has happened a few times to me) is that you hit the party and litterally when the party is LBH with half a bar to go, the admins finally wake from their slumber and say “SHIITt wE FoRgot tO lOck tHe DoOrs!!.!!” and start kicking people out.
STEP 4: LBH
At the end of the day, you gotta get your drops. Using Campus chat you can easily find Parties that are LBH. And when possible choose PPOTD LBH over POTD LBH. You’ll get more drops even if it might take a little longer.
In general LBH is better than parking. For example if I LBH 3 times an hour at a POTD club I gain 50-70 main hunt drops each time and 150-210 drops total. But if I park myself at a club for the same amount of time, (assuming they even finish in that time) I would likely hit the drop cap and only receive 126 drops total.
AGAIN do not leave as soon as the party is over. Sometimes clubs like to reward people who helped them finish with EC Parties
STEP 5: HELP UNLOCK
Sometimes it’s worth it to help a club unlock a party and do 3 cats/Kinis afterwards. I would only really advise doing this during the early days of a hunt and only LONG hunts. If this isn’t advertised in Campus Chat go to CampusBuzz and ask clubs who are doing “Back Alley Debut” and “Big in Japan” if they are dropping after the party. These parties are the last two needed to unlock “Pizza Pop Art” and “Cat Cafe” respectively.
STEP 6: PARK IF YOU MUST
Every so often the POTD is something extremely time consuming, thus there’s not many LBHs being announced. In this case you’ll have to park yourself at a club that finishes parties quickly. Min CS stat requirement isn’t even the most important thing here, it’s club history. If the club even has one “couldn’t complete in ...” it’s probably not a good choice. But if the club finishes otaku parties in under and hour and 30 minutes it’s probably a good choice.
END GOAL:
Your real end goal here is to NOT pay to party, as in not trading your chibis/stat items/rare furniture for bentos to get into cat clubs and basically to retain as many stat items as you can.
This goes without saying but PRIORITIZE EC parties ( /) before anything>>> Hunt Parties >>> Why? DROP CAPS.
Cat: 500/100
HP: 280/60
Kinis: 250/50
STEP 1: CAMPUS CHAT + PUB CHAT
Read all the messages to see if someone’s advertising an open cat/kini. If you’re going to be away from your phone for a bit, switch your phone off but leave PIMD running. Personal announcements disappear after 15 minutes but Club Announcement linger for more time. When you unlock your phone you should be able to see all the Campus announcements in the past hour, and see all the possible open EC parties that were announced.
IMPORTANT: PLEASE wait at least until your energy regens or the next party is initiated before you leave. Especially near changeover, a lot of clubs like to do EC Parties B2BSTEP 2: FOLLOW OTHER MERCS
After getting into a few open ECS you’ll start to see the same people joining these parties. Friend these people (or do what I do and just memorize their usernames) and follow them to see if they’re in an open EC.
Joining merc GCs are also helpful when finding these partiesSTEP 3: CAMPUS BUZZ (RRRIIISSKKEE)
ONLY use this option at times of extreme thirst, when you REALLY feel like you’re in danger of not hitting of not hitting a “checkpoint”. Go to any club with auto join and enter. Check to see if they’ve even dropped the item yet (cuz this happens a lot) then offer the admins or dropper a gift in the club so they’ll let you stay for the party, but be prepared for a “no”. The worst case scenario (which has happened a few times to me) is that you hit the party and litterally when the party is LBH with half a bar to go, the admins finally wake from their slumber and say “SHIITt wE FoRgot tO lOck tHe DoOrs!!.!!” and start kicking people out.
STEP 4: LBH
At the end of the day, you gotta get your drops. Using Campus chat you can easily find Parties that are LBH. And when possible choose PPOTD LBH over POTD LBH. You’ll get more drops even if it might take a little longer.
In general LBH is better than parking. For example if I LBH 3 times an hour at a POTD club I gain 50-70 main hunt drops each time and 150-210 drops total. But if I park myself at a club for the same amount of time, (assuming they even finish in that time) I would likely hit the drop cap and only receive 126 drops total.
AGAIN do not leave as soon as the party is over. Sometimes clubs like to reward people who helped them finish with EC PartiesSTEP 5: HELP UNLOCK
Sometimes it’s worth it to help a club unlock a party and do 3 cats/Kinis afterwards. I would only really advise doing this during the early days of a hunt and only LONG hunts. If this isn’t advertised in Campus Chat go to CampusBuzz and ask clubs who are doing “Back Alley Debut” and “Big in Japan” if they are dropping after the party. These parties are the last two needed to unlock “Pizza Pop Art” and “Cat Cafe” respectively.
STEP 6: PARK IF YOU MUST
Every so often the POTD is something extremely time consuming, thus there’s not many LBHs being announced. In this case you’ll have to park yourself at a club that finishes parties quickly. Min CS stat requirement isn’t even the most important thing here, it’s club history. If the club even has one “couldn’t complete in ...” it’s probably not a good choice. But if the club finishes otaku parties in under and hour and 30 minutes it’s probably a good choice.
END GOAL:
Your real end goal here is to NOT pay to party, as in not trading your chibis/stat items/rare furniture for bentos to get into cat clubs and basically to retain as many stat items as you can.
these pointless arguements are literally why I hate posting threads.
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