Talk:Tsurumaru Kuninaga/@comment-26221101-20150320203507/@comment-26221101-20150326212420

I cannot remember the exact time I got Kogitsunemaru, but it was a similar time span phenomenon. It was the first afternoon (afternoon by US EST time zone) after the new servers opened. I was alternating between 55/66/66/55 and 55/55/55/55 with my starter Mutsunokami as the leader.

What happened was I got my first 3:00:00 timer, which gave me Shishio, who also happened to be my very first "rare" sword. Because I was excited to finally get something other than an Uchigatana, I immediately smithed right after (though a different recipe). Out came my 4:00:00 and Kogitsunemaru.

So my only advice is if you're hunting for rare swords is to group your smithing attempts close together if you got anything beyond 1:30:00. I still get uchigatanas pretty often, but once I hit  3:00:00 (I very rarely get 2:30:00...maybe twice XD ) and I have the tokens/resources, smith again as soon as you can. Don't change leader, don't change recipe. More often than not, you'll get the exact same timer or similar rarity.

This still needs extensive testing, and right now there's a rate up event so any successes with this are officially skewed. But when the rate-up event is over that would be the time to really test this idea.