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Preferred Friend Selection

Configure FGA to filter support selection by friend status, or target specific friends by name for optimal farming rewards.

Overview

Preferred Friend Selection allows you to restrict support selection to your friends list or prioritize specific friends. This is valuable because selecting friend supports provides bonus Friend Points compared to random players.

Key Features

  • Friends Only mode: Only select supports from your friends list
  • Preferred Friends: Target specific friends by name
  • Guest and Follow support: Automatically recognizes different friend statuses
  • Grand Servant compatible: Works with JP server Grand Servant format

Friends Only Mode

When enabled, FGA only selects support servants from players on your friends list.

Friend Status Types

FGA recognizes three types of friend relationships:

Status Icon Description
Friend Friend icon Mutual friends
Guest Guest icon Random players (not friends)
Follow Follow icon Players you follow (one-way)

With Friends Only enabled:

  • Friends are accepted
  • Guests are rejected
  • Follow players are accepted (treated as friends)

Why Use Friends Only

Benefit Description
Friend Points Using friend supports gives bonus FP
Reliable setups Friends often maintain consistent support lineups
Event coordination Friends may set up event CEs you need

Preferred Friends

Beyond just filtering to friends, you can target specific friends by name.

Adding Friend Names

  1. Use the Support Image Maker to capture friend name images
  2. Navigate to your Battle Config Preferred Support settings
  3. Tap Add in the Friends section
  4. Select one or more friend name images
  5. Tap Save to confirm

How Friend Name Matching Works

flowchart TD
    A[For Each Support Entry] --> B{Friends Only<br/>enabled?}
    B -->|Yes| C[Check friend status]
    B -->|No| D{Preferred friends<br/>set?}
    C --> D
    D -->|Yes| E[Search for name image]
    D -->|No| F[Accept any friend]
    E --> G{Match found<br/>in region?}
    G -->|Yes| H[Accept this support]
    G -->|No| I[Try next support]

Matching Priority

When both Friends Only and Preferred Friends are configured:

  1. Support must be a friend (Friends Only check)
  2. Support must match one of your preferred friend names
  3. Support must still match servant/CE criteria

If no preferred friends are specified but Friends Only is enabled, any friend matching servant/CE criteria will be selected.

Grand Servant Friend Matching

For JP server Grand Servants, friend name matching uses a different screen region optimized for the Grand Servant display format.

The friend name search area adjusts automatically:

Support Type Search Region
Normal Standard friend region below servant
Grand Servant Adjusted region for Grand Servant layout

This ensures friend name matching works correctly regardless of support format.

Configuration Options

Friends Only Toggle

Setting Behavior
Disabled Accept any support (friends and guests)
Enabled Only accept friends and followed players

Preferred Friends List

Configuration Behavior
Empty Accept any friend (if Friends Only enabled)
Has names Must match one of the specified friends

Tips for Best Results

Capturing Friend Names

  • Use Support Image Maker for consistent captures
  • Include the full friend name in the capture
  • Avoid capturing when text is animating

Friend Name Accuracy

  • Friend names should be captured clearly
  • Special characters in names may affect matching
  • Update captures if friends change their names

Balancing Speed and Preference

  • Adding many preferred friends increases match chances
  • Very specific friend targeting may slow down selection
  • Consider using just Friends Only for faster matching

Managing Friend Lists

  • Coordinate with friends for event CE setups
  • Remove inactive friends who may have outdated supports
  • Add new friends with useful support configurations

Troubleshooting

No friends being found

  • Check friend list: Ensure you have friends with the required class/servant
  • Verify friend status: Some "friends" may actually be follows
  • Refresh the list: Friends may not be immediately visible

Preferred friend not selected

  • Verify name capture: Friend names must match exactly
  • Check other criteria: Servant and CE must also match
  • Consider name changes: Friend may have changed their name

Guest keeps getting selected

  • Friends Only may not be enabled
  • Check your support preferences
  • Verify the support icon shows friend status, not guest

Follow players not being accepted

  • Follow players should be accepted like friends
  • If issues occur, check for the Follow icon
  • The system treats Follow as equivalent to Friend

Grand Servant friend matching fails

  • Ensure you're on JP server
  • Friend name region differs for Grand Servants
  • Recapture friend name if needed