Congrats to people who pulled something new, commiserations to the unlucky ones. Seems rough overall, the in-game rates for the boosted units were a bit on the lower side. I've always had terrible luck on CYO sugos in the past so this one was an easy skip.
There are quite a few sugos coming up before Snakeman/V2 Katakuri (French Anniversary in July/August?). If you can't buy gems, ideally you'd like to save 450 gems by then. Schedule in the next few months should look like this :
1) Next week/End of March : V2 Jinbe sugo (good batch, tricky legend to use)
2) Mid-April : TM Boa sugo (no new legend, just TM boosters)
3) Third week of April : possibly Franky/V1 Sanji sugo to celebrate their 6+ but Global might just skip that.
4) End of April : Capone sugo (great legend with fun mechanics, also Chiffon batch, the best RR to pull for in the upcoming months, she works as a captain in some tough Support content) AKA the first big "trap" probably, I think Global will drop a 2x legend rate on this one, like they did for V2 Doffy.
5) Mid-May : TM Law/Zephyr sugo (weaker V2 Doffy for Shooter, ok batch, leeches well off Capone and 2nd best Shooter lead)
6) End of May/Start of June : Sulong Carrot sugo (everyone's favourite rabbit, the most hyped legend before Snakeman/V2 Kata, kinda restrictive teambuilding but fills a good niche as best speedrun lead, good batch) AKA the second big "trap", another 2x legend rate possibly or some enticing pull structure.
7) Mid-June : TM Nami sugo (no new legend, just TM boosters, maybe Cavendish on 3rd multi to celebrate his 6+)
8) Start of July : Surprise Sugo, Global first legend with no batch, maybe Dual Inu/Neko, maybe finally Chopper legend, something to drain our gems stock before the big one.
9) Mid-July : Snakeman/V2 Katakuri, probably French Anni, 3x legend rates, great pull structure, guaranteed Snakeman for 410/450 gems, best chance to pull Carrot, Capone and other recent legends.
I'd like to add that the content released after Snakeman/V2 Katakuri is getting harder and harder, especially anything support-related. And as cool as Sulong Carrot is, she struggles in a lot of tougher content because she has access to a limited pool of units. She doesn't get to ride the upcoming Driven/Powerhouse hype trains, she doesn't boost them so at most she's a 2x lead for those units. Obviously she can't be used for longer content with a lot of pre-emptives like Garp Challenges. I think Snakeman is worth every single gem (if he is guaranteed) because he clears alot of harder content fast enough and safe enough.
I'm looking forward to Global springing on us some surprises though but not sure when they can add those, the schedule seems pretty packed already.
Oh and make sure to clear each Sanji lobster island at least once every day, it's our 3rd free daily gem in the next few days.