Blue Archive vs NIKKE: Goddess of Victory: which pity system is more generous?
Same question every player asks before starting a second gacha: is NIKKE: Goddess of Victory kinder than Blue Archive, or the other way round? This page puts the main banner of each game side by side — the numbers that decide how many pulls a featured unit really costs — and reads the verdict from them. Everything comes from each banner's published rate table, not from opinion.
Main banner, side by side
 Blue ArchivePickup |  NIKKE: Goddess of VictorySpecial Recruit | |
|---|---|---|
| Hard pity | 200 | 200 |
| Soft pity starts at | 150 | None |
| Base rate | 2.5% | 4.0% |
| Featured guarantee | Direct (no 50/50) | Spark at 200 |
| Cost per pull | 120 Pyroxene | 300 Gems |
| Cost of hard pity | 24,000 Pyroxene | 60,000 Gems |
| Featured unit, worst case | 200 · 24,000 Pyroxene | 200 · 60,000 Gems |
| Chance in 10 pulls (pity 0) | 22% | 34% |
| Pulls for a 50% chance | 28 | 17 |
Verdict
- On this point the two games are identical.
- NIKKE: Goddess of Victory has the better base rate (4.0%), so lucky early drops are more common.
- Blue Archive skips the coin flip entirely: its guaranteed drop is always the featured unit.