inb4 new event or boss comes out that need aoe spam.
#Gacha Chat
ebon quartz
runic ether
clara
glossy latch
There just arent a lot of Hunt units and Destruction is kinda cutting into their space
runic ether
destruction has powercrept the erudition in most content and then when aoe comes up, clara power creeps everyone
glossy latch
Erudition is the same, except Hunt at least has Seele
runic ether
especially with top ass
summer hornet
Ngl I would’ve assumed that Destruction was purely focused on self damaging gameplay
glossy latch
Erudition is just inferior to Clara and blade
Destruction is (supposed) to be like an off-tank style
summer hornet
But then Bat MC and Cooler Daniel exist
glossy latch
I.e. they do decent damage but can also take a good hit
I genuinely dont know why IL is destruction
runic ether
the dps paths are:
destruction (qingque and seele are here)
hunt
erudition
glossy latch
Like IL isnt really about tanking hits
long tree
I genuinely dont know why IL is destruction
Destruction doesn't always mean health loss
glossy latch
He feels like he should've been Erudition
long tree
It can be resource loss as well iirc
runic ether
but he can which is deeply funny to me
ebon quartz
Ugh do I save for Silver Wolf rerun or Luocha rerun....
summer hornet
SW is so nice
runic ether
are u getting huohuo?
summer hornet
But also I seriously wish I had Luocha lmao
ebon quartz
Yeah.
Leaning Luocha for my Jinglu/Blade combo.
ebon quartz
are u getting huohuo?
Don't plan on it.
glossy latch
Luocha is good but boring
runic ether
keep in mind: they are skipping jing yuan
glossy latch
SW enables fun comps
summer hornet
Or at least a healer other than Natasha + Bailu
runic ether
and going to sw in 1.5
summer hornet
Wait they’re skipping Lightning Lord?
glossy latch
keep in mind: they are skipping jing yuan
Damn even Mihoyo doesnt like mid yuan
runic ether
its possible they skip luocha rerun
ebon quartz
Yeah hmm....
runic ether
Damn even Mihoyo doesnt like mid yuan
hes not even bad
but getting outclassed in your own path by qingque is tough
ebon quartz
Like Silver Wolf is a god gremlin and would complete my Stelleron Hunters.
But Luocha makes Jinglu and Blade auto pilot and just never die.
runic ether
its not nearly as auto pilot with both
blade is immortal yes but careful timing is needed or else they will have times where u end up dying to their damage + potential cc
glossy latch
How do you handle QQs skill point vacuum anyway
ebon quartz
Well I've been using a friend's for farming and it's been pretty easy to just turn my brain off.
runic ether
e4 is the big one for qq
the way to manage it is actually being fast
like very fast
your supports with qq wanna be at around 161 speed
or 162
summer hornet
I miss your Blade Licia 
runic ether
Well I've been using a friend's for farming and it's been pretty easy to just tu...
oh for farming sure
i am talking moc mostly
ebon quartz
I miss your Blade Licia <:pensivecowboybread:737367263635570688>
Oh want me to switch him back?
I was letting a friend use Jinglu.
summer hornet
Ohh, that’s fine
ebon quartz
Just ping me or dm me when you want me to switch back.
summer hornet
A twitter mutual turned out to be very intense in their Blade love, so it does the job well enough
runic ether
the real secret of qq is that shes not a point vacuum. shes sp positive
glossy latch
... que?
ebon quartz
I have star rail on my phone so it's an easy swap.
runic ether
qq's whole deal is that shes actually insanely sp positive
understanding how her mechanics work do a lot
a lot of the time, her skill buffs dont need to trigger her power up normal
using it once or twice for a quick burst for instance
taking your other supports or other dps turns to set things up and then get back to qq and then nuke
ebon quartz
I'm working on Guinafein next.
runic ether
good speed does a lot of qq
ebon quartz
runic ether
she can actually sacrifice a lot of dps for speed because of how insane her self buffs are
ebon quartz
I only have Guin e0 and have to keep myself from pulling more.
runic ether
i think shes more than enough at e0
runic ether
all her eidolons are good so
ebon quartz
Honestly I have an full dot team now.
runic ether
i meant between topaz and gwen
lynx is great though
i hope that 1.6 will have a free choice between lynx, hanya, and gwen
ebon quartz
Sampo, Serval and Lucka e6.
Kafka and Guin with Fu Xuan heals.
runic ether
yea ur set for dot
e6 on those also makes the team very competitive with the biggest dps peaks in the game
dot is weird still
its def very viable
but it has some sus characters and set ups
ebon quartz
Yeah and I have my Jinglu/Blade/Lynx team for my "main" team.
runic ether
black swan will be the savior
maybe
for what we knew about 6 months ago, she is 5 star sampo so maybe shes not quite the savior but she will be good at least
dot will likely be kafka black swan guinaifen sustain
maybe huohuo since she can battery your team
ebon quartz
I hit 1.7 million damage in the infinite upgrade Sim U with a dot team.
runic ether
fu xuan will be great too and there will be set ups with 0 sustain
glossy latch
dot will likely be kafka black swan guinaifen sustain
It will be a cold day in hell before I drop Sampo
runic ether
fun fact about the 8th layer
ebon quartz
Honestly I find it harder to justify Sampo personally but not sure on the math.
I prefer the utility of Lucka punching off a buff.
ebon quartz
Yeah, true.
runic ether
hes also decent in both single target and blast
worse in aoe sure but dot as a whole is weird in aoe
guinaifen is more damage overall than luka in blast but luka's debuff and buff removal is great for dot in some scenarios especially in single target
ebon quartz
I know they all have trade offs.
Just hard for me to decide one over the other because I prefer utility to sheer damage.
runic ether
this is why u build all of them
dot is a path/team that will wanna have them all built
glossy latch
DoT is largely a boss killer ye
ebon quartz
I have seen my Kafka doing disgusting numbers.
runic ether
kafka is theoretically the best dps in a few scenarios
the nature of her optimal teammates being so strange holds her back
long tree
Nikke Anni live
astral drift
they really cooked with this event
long tree
Oh the floating gloves?
glossy latch
Im sorry did they name the anthropomorphic donkey "bottom"?
long tree
Yes, because he's an ass
glossy latch
Thats a me tier pun
old galleon
good lord this cq is free as fuck
ez
and there's the comp
strat is simply to force nobukatsu to kill himself, force kagetora and mozart out, then clean up with kiara
also in case you don't have an np5 s kiara on friend supports, i have bb set up with the damage ce
bb can do this just as well
i just used kiara for the flex
summer hornet
I mean we all have Vale as a friend, no?
digital marlin
idle grove
cries in JP
old galleon
I mean we all have Vale as a friend, no?
idk if he has her set up for it tho
i was using another one this time
old galleon
wouldn't be hard ot set her up if he hasn't yet
but yeah, a good lancer and a good moon cancer make easy work of the cq
i used kagetora bc why not but others should be doable too
or if you have a high np gil you can feasibly have him carry
summer hornet
I’ll probably use Cu and Summer BB
Because I can
Went through the five stages of grief with that kouhai (fake), so I might as well get the mileage for it
summer hornet
https://vxtwitter.com/lalalalack/status/1720059560239698169?t=zfqqBeFZoLAphBkexA...
basado
is today Iskandar or Waver's birthday or something?
astral drift
they're involved in the jp event
astral drift
summer hornet
when was the last time we had Iskandar involvement in FGO?
old galleon
case files cq or some later event i didn't do : ^)
oh wait that was alexander
uhh then idr lol
glossy latch
Kind of a neat design
runic ether
she is childe's master who trained him in the abyss
dull bridge
she is childe's master who trained him in the abyss
another changing weapons 👀
glossy latch
||Id like this a lot more if she had trousers or a skirt||
runic ether
this is why arlecchino is special
and jean
to an extent
genshin characters are allergic to dressing formally
skirk and nicole japanese voice actresses supposed leak
||https://www.reddit.com/r/SkirkMains/comments/17m9qyx/skirk_nicole_vas_via_hutaolovergi/||
glossy latch
Why does the domain for Wrios set also have 2 more artifact sets >.>
runic ether
2?
oh
wait
do not grind artifact sets until ar45 or above
once u hit ar45 u can do the hardest level of the domain which guarantees the 2 featured 5 star sets
runic ether
run either exile or instructor pieces u fin
*find
oh btw
the exile and instructor are actually potentially good on various characters even after you can grind 5 stars
runic ether
genshin impact skirk screenshot
||https://imgur.io/a/uMsOC20#Jqhp98X||
||jingliu!?||
||okay thats her then. final design cus this is too well done to be fake||
genshin cant do this to me. i have too many sword carries
versed pawn
Got her to e2 only
2p fire 2 musket and fleet of the ageless
Didn't had space sealing arround but that 16% atk diff won't cut it for me anyway
versed pawn
... I need 29 more Geoculus for level 10 wtf
Oh man u didn't used the interactive map 
versed pawn
Worst case scenario is u do liyue reputation quest and get the geoculhs tracker
Or u run up all the spots from the interactive map again
I know 1 is at least behind a quest
glossy latch
The problem with the tracker is that you get 1 per 5 Qixing
I dont have that many Qixing lmao
ebon quartz
Kinda wish I had Guin at e1 or higher but I need to save my tickets.
runic ether
got to floor 12 and unless things rotate this week in spiral abyss im gonna wait to do some runs with furina next week
glossy latch
Ok down to only 9 more
mystic python
Mond and Liyue aren't too bad if you have the map open
Remember doing it on an alt in a day
glossy latch
Down to 6, but now Im struggling
... lmao
I just had a very funny situation
Where I could get a geocolus with Wrio just jumping because he is that tall
versed pawn
I'd u do not use the traveler turn him into geo traveler bis elemental skill is very handy
glossy latch
Is there a f2p vacuum effect?
runic ether
lynette
oh wait
hmm she might need constellations to have a vacuum
if not i think anemo traveler has a bit of grouping
not a lot but a bit
simple wind
Going through dragalia music again
WE HAD IT SO GOOD MAN
I’m still mad/sad about EoS on dragalia
runic ether
u thought u checked it 3 times
glossy latch
Well no I did
It was just lower than where I checked
And the detection radius is stupid
Now I just need ~700 more gems for one more 10 pull
runic ether
thats not too bad
glossy latch
Also Bennett is in the shop but Im 8 short >.>
glossy latch
Yeah but Id need like
40 pulls right?
Also god Inazuma being inaccessible is mildly annoying
runic ether
it should be after a tiny quest
glossy latch
Actually there is now the Dainsleif interlude between them
runic ether
oh right
i forgot u get a dainsleif interlude every time u are done with a region's main quest
glossy latch
Was that always the case
Or is that new
Also nvm I need 6 now
(I got Colleis C2)
Is she any good?
runic ether
it has always been teh case
*the
also yes collei is very solid
not the best dendro unit but shes a great applier
glossy latch
Gotcha
Also god it feels like Im so close to getting Wrio C1 maybe
But its only 4 days left
runic ether
i think u could do it
its not super unrealistic
- if anything and u only get close, u are pretty close to getting furina which should also get u bennett and if u lose the 50/50 on her, u can save that guaranteed for arlecchino
glossy latch
True
It would be easier if I knew how to get gems optimally lmao
I guess I should clear out quests
glossy latch
Also we dont have Dainsleif as a character yet do we?
runic ether
nope
he wont be out until
hmmm
at least until after we go to the last region
at the very least 3 years away
glossy latch
Wait he has no vision?
old galleon
reminder for the fgo people that new gudaguda starts in probably the next couple weeks, and requires heian-kyo to be completed to access
so if you haven't done that yet, i'd recommend getting on it
long tree
Got the nikke Anni unit
runic ether
genshin livestream done
4.2 1st phase and 2nd phase banners
new bosses
new events
jingliu skirk official reveal
https://genshin.hoyoverse.com/en/gift?code=VA97KJNF24UV
https://genshin.hoyoverse.com/en/gift?code=NTQP2KPEJMUH
https://genshin.hoyoverse.com/en/gift?code=9T96KJNE2LVM
livestream primogem codes
1st phase banners will feature beidou and collei as well as charlotte as the 4 stars
if i get furina early im most likely gonna pull for staff of scarlet sands
that 2nd phase weapon banner will likely be solid
haran + staff of scarlet sands will basically mean u dont lose getting either
staff would be a big upgrade for my hu tao and xiangling. i could get insanely greedy with the cdmg
and hsr is also done with their livestream
jade codes
2 new quality of life changes:
new ascension voicelines
new guest book for astral express visitors
forgotten hall resets buffs
u can now restart battles in forgotten hall with the same techniques without restarting the 1st half
anyways silver wolf's banner is one of the best banners
the best banner in the patch by fat
*far
long tree
changed her black hair to white hair
No bags under eyes
Looks like a seele jingliu fusion
Phew they almost made me pull for her based on her concept art
runic ether
she never had black hair
long tree
this was her last leaked art
My brainrot getting to me, my mind was picturing this art with black hair
idle grove
https://vxtwitter.com/Akasukiane04/status/1720437168047575124?s=20
oh great now I have to play genshin 
runic ether
indoctrinating more people into genshin slowly
runic ether
furina is cringe in a girlfailure kind of way
idle grove
I can already feel the game starting to install
long tree
Koyanskaya cringe, okita loves unconditionally
honest pawn
which bodacious babe should I save for
old galleon
next summer is stacked, yes
(in more than one sense)
you can also consider saving for koyanskaya of dark, or arc, or bazett fraga mcremitz, or....
speaking of which, arc countdown is at approximately 8 months
out of all of those, i'd probably most recommend rolling for bazett if you already have an arts looper and don't care as much about quick looping
that said, bazett and s skadi do go well together
honest pawn
right now I'm saving for Oberon at the end of next year
old galleon
also valid
i'm saving for s castoria
||although that does make my plans for ort xibalba a bit more complicated|| lb7 spoilers
old galleon
5.5 has like one or two challenging fights, the rest are pretty free
definitely easier overall than olympus imo
so if you got there you should be fine
honest pawn
I'm at LB4 lol
old galleon
if it's any consolation, lb4 isn't that bad either
i don't think anything there is harder than the hardest lb3 threw at you
5.1 isn't that bad either, 5.2 has some nasty stuff tho
olympus spoilers ||i think the demeter fight is way overrated but a lot of people have trouble with her, so be wary of that||
||i think the beast of taming fight is a lot harder for the average account; you need very specific options to hit her effectively, most of which are limited||
||aphrodite is also kind of annoying||
||zeus is fucking free, just use jalter or something||
honest pawn
I'll spam the leyline stones I have too
summer hornet
jfc
honest pawn
oh is he an arts looper lol
honest pawn
oh he's one of THOSE
old galleon
yeeeep
old galleon
and he can actually go both ways instead of the switch being one way
honest pawn
that's really cool, he seems pretty decent
old galleon
yeah he's really good imo
remains to be seen how many people will pull for him because he's a guy, and one of his forms is an old guy, in a gacha game
but he's definitely worth
honest pawn
the demographic for old man yaoi is, unfortunately, very small
summer hornet
it's very loud though
summer hornet
If I was a new FGO player I'd give him some more serious consideration but for me right now, it's iffy
might honestly roll on his banner just because he's on rateup with several new 3 stars lol
old galleon
both of the three stars range from decent to great, but they'll both also be permanent after the event
so there's no rush for them
old galleon
dude has legit a 4* kit in a 3* body
and almost eclipses bedivere for me (i rate bedi very highly too)
summer hornet
different kind of cute, but they are both very cute
honest pawn
you have no idea how badly I want him ||for my chaldea||
his skills are also jacked for a 3 star yeah
rigid pilot
If I was a new FGO player I'd give him some more serious consideration but for m...
Yeah same here lol
old galleon
if there's one thing i'd have against him, it's that saber hokusai exists
and is in the evocation shop
hokusai rolls over him comparatively, but that's just 4* vs 3* advantage
rigid pilot
I like him! A lot actually! I like his kit too! Problem: he's just competing against a lot
old galleon
theseus is still gonna be putting in great work
rigid pilot
Theseus I'm less interested in but will still build
old galleon
very grailable too; husbando considerations aside, sabers don't get atk penalty and theseus def wants the extra stats
if the ||flare marie gauntlet is unlimited when he's added||, i'd consider using him somewhere in there
summer hornet
It's like- Ishtar, Spishtar, Garcher are all level 90 or above in my account
old galleon
||idk if koyo is in her 1st ascension for that one, but if she is, he'd be a decent pick for that wave alongside an aoe nuke||
summer hornet
and Melusine (and the entire Summer LB6 cast) are on my future rolling plans (Melusine isn't set in stone, but she's a contender)
Honestly it's hard to justify a large amount of servants for myself at this point, not just Ptolemy, unless I really like their kit/design
old galleon
it's also hard to justify s melusine if you already have space ishtar tbh
we'll also be getting ranmaru (in the very near future) and iyo (next year) for other neutral looping options
would still say she's very good tho
oh and also s ibuki lmao
not sure ibuki is a fair comparison, otherwise you could argue she invalidates a lot of good servants
or you could be the chad who rolls her to run in arc looping
summer hornet
honestly I'm skipping her lol
rigid pilot
summer hornet
if I have to pick one banner for next summer, it'll be Summer Skadi (because I don't even have regular Skadi rn)
rigid pilot
My account is basically done
old galleon
if I have to pick one banner for next summer, it'll be Summer Skadi (because I d...
based pick
old galleon
idk what you're thinking
old galleon
that's probably an exp issue
rigid pilot
Did you know you need NP6 to get a SSR servant to 120
summer hornet
oh RIP, I apologize
rigid pilot
She's on rate up right now sure
old galleon
like you could probably skip one or both of appends 1 and 3 and have enough to 120, factoring in the bond coins
rigid pilot
But if I pull NP copies, I basically guarantee I'm not getting Okuni and S Skadi
old galleon
b ut that's a process
summer hornet
yeah it did take me a year to get Emiya to 120, plus putting him in the backline so he could get to bond 11 (and get the last set of servant coins I needed)
I was unfamiliar with the game, sumanai
old galleon
speaking of bond, i gotta go grab a whole bunch of bond ces in the next 2 years
most of them should be easy (oberon, koyan, probably tamamo)
rigid pilot
Oh right it's NP6, Bond 13 I think?
old galleon
but i also need umu bride and ruler da vinci bond ces
rigid pilot
Bond isn't a huge deal tbh
old galleon
pretty sure class score has something dealing with bond
summer hornet
aside from Solomon, Oberon's in-game biography, Angra's interlude, a few specific bond CEs and servant coins I don't think it's pushed too hard
rigid pilot
Also I will say, this game does a great job at not making absurd power creep so I never feel like I have to get new servants. Usually.
Supports are always guaranteed to be necessary
but
I do think Mélusine, and maybe Summer Mélusine are particularly strong to warrant being near must-pulls for most players even with established accounts and especially for new players
old galleon
you can clear things like ||ort raid and flare marie||, both of which are definitely roster checks, with pure f2p stuff
old galleon
i'd argue melusine is much more in that vein than s melusine
and even she's not necessary
i don't have her
rigid pilot
Tiamat, Queen Draco, Kukkulkan, Tezcatlipoca all feel very borderline on powercreep in some aspects
summer hornet
are Tiamat and Kuku actually that crazy?
old galleon
i'm not rolling for him anyway but he's really fucking stupid
rigid pilot
Well
summer hornet
Tez I get, Draco I get
old galleon
kuku is great, tiamat overcomes the limitations of her class
rigid pilot
Mélusine is atm, one of the most powerful loopers in the entire game
Tiamat in about a third of the game has higher damage
old galleon
at high enough np level youu can probably make a case for tiamat being on melu's level
not sure how they both fare at np1 tho
rigid pilot
NP1 vs NP1 Tiamat outclasses her when she has advantage
Mélusine is better across the board even versus Sabers but it's extremely close
And I think it's silly that NP1 Mélusine can loop Sabers
Tezcatlipoca and Kukkulkan are also very silly
old galleon
and in that regard the arcade collab is really stupid
getting both tiamat and draco from it
rigid pilot
I also think for any new account, Summer Mélusine is also stupid since her damage is top tier and her survival is also really stupid good
old galleon
would def say she's great for newbies, assuming her mats aren't too hard to get for them
rigid pilot
She's only a bit shy of survival compared to Qin Shi Huang for instance
But her damage is through the roof compared to him and most other rulers even Iyo NP5
She (Iyo) will outdamage her at NP5 but S Mélusine has much better survival
summer hornet
wait so what makes Kuku ridiculous, is it just the super invincible passive
old galleon
no but that does help
rigid pilot
Jeanne is out there somewhere. Crying at the new Rulers coming out in a few years. Wondering when her buffs are coming.
rigid pilot
wait so what makes Kuku ridiculous, is it just the super invincible passive
Her damage is fucked
old galleon
high damage, also great utility
her 50% charge is targetable and also casually has hard survival for no fucking reason
rigid pilot
This past two years in JP we have seen a very very steady increase in damage and mostly, skill creep
Skills are very loaded with effects and passive skills are also very strong nowdays too
old galleon
her 1 and 3 give her the trinity combined, and she has anti-threat to humanity and anti-earth on her np if you're into that
the np also gives her stars to fuel her added effects on skills
just overall a great kit
rigid pilot
Civilization Creation EX also has an increased Debuff Chance Rate up by 8% for all allies while she is on there. And her second passive converts the invicible buffs to anti-enforcement defense and she gains 10 Stars per turn and 3% NP gauge per turn
summer hornet
...okay yeah, when you line all that up it makes sense
rigid pilot
Compare to SpIshtar's Self-Restoration being 3.5% a turn with some other rather medium passives. Good ones sure but nothing crazy.
Kukkulkan is far from the worst offender here
old galleon
||and i get to skip all of them bc s castoria||
summer hornet
enemy boss? Not Foreigner? just slap her in and call it a day 
rigid pilot
S Castoria is rather vanilla actually in terms of passives. Her numbers are where it's all great though.
old galleon
she is beauty, she is grace, she will wreck your fucking face
rigid pilot
In my case, I'm gonna pick up Summer Mélusine partly for her. And partly to get Cerpriestess
old galleon
the passives are mostly decent, the crit resistance is very nice tho
summer hornet
I love the evolution of Castoria in fandom from another version of Saber Lily to angry gremlin
old galleon
but yeah, it's everything else about her that's great
rigid pilot
I love the evolution of Castoria in fandom from another version of Saber Lily to...
When we first got her, she was a new Saber Lily
old galleon
i am here for gremlin castoria
honest pawn
it's funny that like
I don't have any plans for beyond Oberon
because I've only been able to think about the moth
summer hornet
wake up, Roast
old galleon
i'm gonna put someone else on y'alls radars
summer hornet
you're caught up in a dream
old galleon
MANANNAN MAC LIR bazett
rigid pilot
Oh right let's go over Tezcatlipoca's and Tlaloc's passives
honest pawn
you're caught up in a dream
a dream I don't wanna leave
old galleon
gotta wait for traum for that
copper steppe
its next year iirc
rigid pilot
Tez:
Magic Resistance A (20%)
Territory Creation A (Arts 10%)
Divinity C (+150 total card damage)
Almighty Wisdom A (Buster 10%)
Titlacauan A (Mustic Code Skill effect up by 10% when on field)
Entirely offsets his Assassin class disadvantage
Tlaloc:
Territory Creation EX (Arts 12%)
Divinity A+ (+210 total card damage)
Waterside Work A+ (20% Crit Strength when near water
Alliance of City-States A (All allies get Arts 8%)
She can have the Near Water field at will
old galleon
@summer hornet bazett is legit great
rigid pilot
The speedrunner's favorite
old galleon
she might be someone i roll for anyway despite the fact i'm supposed to be saving
she brings too much unique gameplay to ignore
rigid pilot
Her timing is just not great basically
old galleon
oh it's dogshit timing
rigid pilot
Koyanskaya Dark before her
summer hornet
Bazett -> Zhang Jiao -> Arcueid(?) -> Summer Skadi -> Kukulkan -> Summer 8 + ||Aesc/Tonelico||
old galleon
you get her like 5 months before summer hell, not long after koyan dark
summer hornet
is my schedule right now
rigid pilot
Trung Sisters into Super Bunyan into Constantine XI and then Charlemagne
copper steppe
maybe i should also try to get lucky with skadi
rigid pilot
And then right after it's Ruler Moriarty
old galleon
tbf i'd probably say all of trung/bunyan/constantine/moriarty are skippable
rigid pilot
Then not too long after is Archetype Earth
rigid pilot
tbf i'd probably say all of trung/bunyan/constantine/moriarty are skippable
They are but they have their fans
summer hornet
Arc's timing is absolutely criminal
copper steppe
i need to get more bond ces
rigid pilot
and then Ibuki Summer and Summer Skadi
honest pawn
since Oberon is at the absolute end of the year next year, I wouldn't mind dropping some quartz for another unit inbetween now and then
rigid pilot
If you're F2P in FGO 
summer hornet
Arc temptation will probably rise exponentially once I play Tsukihime Remake next year
old galleon
you can also potentially make it rise exponentially once you read og tsukihime this year
rigid pilot
Fortunately for me, once I pull Okuni I'm not pulling until Summer Skadi
copper steppe
im still f2p because dollar is five times more my country currency
rigid pilot
I'm skipping Arc
honest pawn
you can also also make it rise exponentially once you play melty blood
I'll gift you actress again, hop on
rigid pilot
My SQ won't support going for Arcueid
summer hornet
you can also potentially make it rise exponentially once you read og tsukihime t...
I... read the manga?
old galleon
I... read the manga?
the entire game is readable on web browser now
summer hornet
you can also also make it rise exponentially once you play melty blood
I have both Actress and Type Lumina lmao- the latter twice
old galleon
don't even need to pirate it lol
summer hornet
DM me please
copper steppe
ryouma lancer is tempting
honest pawn
link that shit man
slow raft
ryouma lancer is tempting
so true
rigid pilot
Ryouma Lancer is another skip becaude if timing for me sadly
honest pawn
I've learned my lesson
rigid pilot
I'm gonna go for Okuni here and from there I gotta save until Skadi
summer hornet
so true
I still remember you wanting Ryouma when you first started playing FGO, Guy
Is he still on the list?
copper steppe
i have too many arts support
rigid pilot
No such thing
copper steppe
this is a cry for help
honest pawn
it's alright, I got koyanskaya while I was in New York earlier this year so my hopium is at an all-time high
slow raft
I still remember you wanting Ryouma when you first started playing FGO, Guy
i also really want bazett and sima yi and i have barely 600 sq rn
rigid pilot
slow raft
and apparently ryoma gets a rerun sometime so ill just have to bank on that ig
old galleon
hephaestion is cracked in her own right
rigid pilot
Yeahhhh I think Reines is a stronger servant than Lancer Ryouma for the utility you get from her
old galleon
just a casual pretender with full advantage against casters for 3 turns bc fuck you i'm iskandar
honest pawn
oh, shit
I kinda want summer skadi now because I just realized who's a quick aoe archer
kill me
rigid pilot
Oh right
LOL he is one of those that is literally built with S Skadi in mind
QQBB decks are the S Skadi special
honest pawn
he's SO COOL ALSO
old galleon
until mighty chains happen and you just do some combination of QBA most turns : ^)
rigid pilot
Kyokutei Bakin is one of the coolest servants I'm not pulling for until a rerun
She's just arriving at a really inopportune time
Securing S Skadi comes first
old galleon
aoe arts rider
when habetrot exists
when rider da vinci also exists
incredibly based design but my god how do you stand out with these two monsters as competition
rigid pilot
You don't
You just accept you are literally never climbing the mid tier servant ranking unless you are NP3 or higher
honest pawn
Kyokutei and Takasugi have the best artist man
old galleon
they also did xu fu
honest pawn
makes sense
honest pawn
brito is also someone I'm interested in, surprisingly enough
damn I'd be served really well by a s skadi
old galleon
britomart can apparently bg loop against zerks in a triple skadi comp
honest pawn
what the fuck
rigid pilot
S Skadi performs magic
She doesn't make Quick the ultimate meta but she does help Quick come back
old galleon
what the fuck
haven't seen it yet but it's on the looping spreadsheet
oh yeah and she also casually has anti-riding (and rider) on her np
guess that explains why winner's eye was given anti-riding lol
another fantastic welfare ce
rigid pilot
Forfeit all mortal possessions to sisshou
honest pawn
if I don't get her I will wait until her next rerun after oberon
a million and one nights
old galleon
britomart has not been rerun on a standard banner in jp yet
it also hasn't been a year since her event ran, so there's some hope there, i guess
honest pawn
I mean s skadi lol
old galleon
oh right
s skadi does have a rerun, at least
she's also an option on the destiny order thingy if you're willing to pay money to have a 10% chance at her
honest pawn
eh, why not
old galleon
honest pawn
I can just rig the destiny order so I get a servant I want anyways
old galleon
it's apparently 1 in 9 not 1 in 10, so more like 11%
but yes, if you take that option, you definitely rig it to have 9 servants you don't have
honest pawn
definitely gonna be muramasa, super orion, brito/melu np2, nemo, castoria, tez, arjuna alter, summer skadi, koyami/kuku
based mechanic ngl
old galleon
too bad you can't double dip
so can't put both s skadi and arc into the pool
even so it's still nice for people who are willing to buy it
costs the full 30 paid quartz instead of 15 if that's a factor
rigid pilot
Since I'm unlikely to have Archetype Earth I'm putting her on there with Kyokutei and maybe some other NP2+s that I would be cool with
old galleon
i'd probably go medusa/durga/melusine/reines/skadi/tez/s ibuki/s skadi or arc/draco
summer hornet
https://fategrandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Fate/Grand_Order_%EF%BD%9E8th_Anniversary...
Sigurd(or Saberstolfo)/Tametomo/Melusine/Iskandar/Skadi/Hijikata(or Morgan)/QSH/Kirei-Rasputin are probably my bets at the moment
old galleon
last one's very up for grabs since tiamat and bazett are also desireable
otherwise most of mine feel pretty set
summer hornet
It's a very nice opportunity set, all in all
Did anyone actually get multiple SSRs from this?
rigid pilot
I think I saw some people post about it
summer hornet
old galleon
o.o
really? i thought a critical failure was a good thing : ^)
welp guess i'm dead
astral drift
https://i.imgur.com/TwQZkLQ.jpg
Is this a CoC reference???
glossy latch
Genshin: ||Uhhh, why is the travelers sister evil?||
runic ether
genshin: ||not exactly evil but its unknown atm what happened after our sibling was yoinked||
glossy latch
||Arent the Abyss order evil?||
runic ether
||not necessarily. u will see through more of the abyss quests||
runic ether
||it all comes down to what happened in kaehnria 500 years ago in the current genshin timeline.||
||its best to think the abyss order and all of hilichurls and such as antagonistic but not evil outright||
runic ether
welcome to japan inazuma
home of literal nuclear radiation and the buffest population of homeless people this side of teyvat
glossy latch
I thought Fontaine was the nation of the perpetually sick folks
runic ether
they arent sick in fontaine they just like hurting themselves. and drama
runic ether
raiden had caused multiple natural disasters that have left large swaths of land completely uninhabitable
on top of some man-made radiation
long tree
Inazumas homeless population when near death, considering simply not being near death
versed pawn
Argenti looks super ez to build
versed pawn
on top of some man-made radiation
I call it tartarabyl
summer hornet
Failed to grab a screenshot in time
But it was infinite expansion plane, with Dan Heng IL/Fire Trailblazer/Gepard/Silver Wolf
versed pawn
I'm missing 7500 point to have all in 10k
100k
I hate the Ruan Mei one
Probably wait on huo huo
Like tons of sustain but the energy recharge on her ult looks somewhat small
runic ether
huohuo's banner is ass
versed pawn
It's like 20% which I like 24 energy with a rope
Which is not even half of what tingyun does for single target
runic ether
she does it aoe but yeah
she is role condensation
heals but not the best. atk/dmg buffs but not the best. err but not the best.
versed pawn
Yeah but I feel like even if aoe most of our support allready do have super low energy cost I guess s
runic ether
correct
versed pawn
So it isn't even helping funneling your carry I feel
runic ether
huohuo is far from the best character or support
luocha is extremely sp positive
lynx has her targetting niche
nat has a cleanse on skill
bailu has her revive
there is still trade off among abundance characters
versed pawn
Also not quite sure on hanya yet as well she's like a half a tingyun with sp generation
runic ether
its not like gepard where hes been crept extremely hard by fu xuan
she got nerfed
she used to generate a lot more sp
2 per
she got nerfed to 1 per
so now shes basically neutral
versed pawn
Ye so 2 per skill
versed pawn
But the problem I fins is u need to constantly reapply it to the opponent to keep the dmg bonus
runic ether
she has spd up atk up
which is decent
but yea ultimately shes not gonna be insanely good anymore
versed pawn
And support characters take up the buffs dmg bonus
runic ether
maybe still worth it for something like sushang
versed pawn
Yes multi turn characters def
runic ether
and sp hungry teams as a whole could do with her
versed pawn
Since they can make sure to procc the omen thing as much as possible
runic ether
but its also likely a skill issue to be so sp negative
versed pawn
Argenti looks decent I guess e1 + lc is once again stupid amounts of free stats
And his ult has also like crazy single target dmg
But still skip I have enough dmg dealers for now
runic ether
nah his lc is bait
its worse than the bp erudition cone
his ult is also way better in aoe but hes ultimately about as good as jing yuan
which unfort means hes worse than qingque
e1 is great on him though
but i think i saw some math where in most content, e6 qq > e6 argenti even
versed pawn
Ruan Mei still kinda confuses me on description
All. I understand is she supports breakeffect
runic ether
her kit was changed a bit from what we last saw on her leak
she is break support yes but is intended to be similar to asta in how her dmg buff goes but then also has a bit of a pela type deal?
i think shes kind of in a weird spot without numbers
versed pawn
Ye
Still building breakeffect t silverwolf so her Rerun I guess I try to get her e 1
Current problem I habe with breakeffect silverwolf is that the enemies are to squishy in the current game
Can't get the Detonation in normal content since dps clear too fast
runic ether
once u hit e2 on sw break effect is way worse
ebon quartz
Damn okay I still don't know if I save for Luocha rerun or not 
runic ether
depending on how it goes and the rumors about 1.6, u may be saving for a while
ebon quartz
👀
runic ether
1.6 rumors so far are dr l + ratio will run with ruan mei in 1st half
screwllum alone 2nd
glossy latch
Wait so Dionas goal is to destroy the alcohol industry and she ... works at a bar?
mystic python
She tries to serve the shittiest drinks possible to get people to stop
glossy latch
Does she not realise shed get fired if she actually was successful?
runic ether
Does she not realise shed get fired if she actually was successful?
shes on the younger side
glossy latch
Oh god not the awful german pronunciation
Fischl is annoying enough as she is with her speeches but that grates my ears
glossy latch
Also the Genshin TCG is actually not as bad as I thought itd be
runic ether
i know
lol
i was expecting a small distraction
but a couple of patches ago i did spend some time studying up on it and playing it well
but i havent caught up cus i wanna have a better raiden team but i dont wanna grind it
glossy latch
Im mostly surprised at how ... unlike any major game Im aware of it is
runic ether
they wanted to make genshin impact's combat as a card game
so they spent like
real dev time
glossy latch
I expected a knockoff of another game
Ah fuck
Thomas upgrade material is on the furthest island in Inazuma
runic ether
thats very far from the worst part of that island
i believe u can get there with the boat btw
theres literally no limit to how far u can take them
u can boat back to mondstat, liyue, and sumeru at some point too
runic ether
oh u havent found the waveriders
oh i guess u have
no yeah they originated in inazuma
they are the main inter-island transport before you get teleporters
glossy latch
Oh I see
glossy latch
Wait like baseline?
runic ether
click her skill
and she walks on water
her skill lasts 30 seconds
on a 20 second cooldown
she can run too
glossy latch
Wack
Ok I think Im so close I might just
Grind on the last day to get as many rolls as possible
torn harbor
Genshin with their overworld metas
runic ether
old galleon
summer hornet
not sure if 
or 
but congrats nonetheless
digital marlin
copper steppe
congratulations/my condolences
glossy latch
Man fuck the mandatory character quests
I do not care about Yoinima or whatever her name is
long tree
Wdym of course you do
runic ether
i believe it was done bc they needed time filler between the archon quests in inazuma
glossy latch
Gee I wonder what anime the devs were watching when they made the Raiden Shogun cutscene
long tree
Which one
glossy latch
The Domain Expansion one
long tree
Lmao yeah
runic ether
Gee I wonder what anime the devs were watching when they made the Raiden Shogun ...
what is that a reference to?
isnt it a rather common trope in anime?
slow raft
Clearly, they had just watched hit anime fate stay night unlimited bladeworks
glossy latch
what is that a reference to?
JJK
The whole creating a subspace locked off from the outside based on the user
runic ether
isnt the jjk anime rather new? genshin's 2.0 update came out like 3 years ago now i believe
slow raft
The whole creating a subspace locked off from the outside based on the user
Damn, i love Ionioi Hetairoi
Actually, whats the coolest reality marble?(aside from ubw)
(And also not tsumukari muramasa)
Lair of the beast king and golem keter malkuth for non traditional reality marbles and papiyas for traditional reality marbles
glossy latch
Ive hit soft pity but Im still not getting another 5* 😔
runic ether
f
runic ether
true
and yes
mona is a really strong character
u can tell by the element
if its a deep watery blue, the character is good
real talk
mona is a really good character
shes just hard to fully utilize
shes getting a lot better with furina, and she has a lot of applications that she works on
to put it short, shes very versatile
she can vape easily, she can be a burst support, she can be a consistent hydro applier, she can be a healer, she can be a strict buffer
she can do extremely well in freeze
the only thing mona doesnt really do well is bloom and hyperbloom
runic ether
she can do a bit of quickbloom but quickbloom doesnt use her buffs well
runic ether
I.e. the best elements huh
yea except for dendro reactions
shes not bad but shes just not great at it
but yeah mona is one of the most versatile characters in the game
she can be the on-field vaper, or the off-field hydro applier to help vape
glossy latch
Still kinda wish I got Wrios C1
runic ether
imo
glossy latch
Hmmm
runic ether
new character > constellations
glossy latch
Is she good with Xiangling?
runic ether
oh yeah of course
mona had 2 teams at launch
xiangling/bennett/mona vape
and the more infamous morgana
glossy latch
I might have her with Xiangling and Wrio with Thoma or Bennett if I can get my hands on him
Since I need 2 teams
runic ether
the easiest team in the entire game
mona, diona, venti, ganyu
even in a lot of content nowdays, this team is still extremely good at clearing content
people also discovered how to abuse her burst too
mona is an enabler for nuke teams
often with raiden at c2
but plenty of other characters can nuke with mona
bennett + mona buffs can easily work together with a third support to have one individual character who has good modifiers in their burst do max damage in the game
potential to one-shot bosses even
also
and this is important with mona
she can dash through water
her dash allows her to move through lakes, rivers, the ocean
glossy latch
Her dash?
runic ether
yes
her dash is uniqe
*unique
instead of running
she melts into a wave of water
her dash can apply hydro to enemies near her
and leave behind decoys that can apply hydro after some time
glossy latch
Oh thats what her talent is
runic ether
glossy latch
Hm
runic ether
there is also a good way to do it and a bad way to
glossy latch
Im 1 duplicate off of Bennett
runic ether
as i said though in general, do not sleep on mona. shes an extremely versatile character and a great asset to have on any account
i still use mona a lot rn and with furina's release mona becomes even more versatile
late canopy
I do not care about Yoinima or whatever her name is
@unkempt orchid Let's sick em bestie 
runic ether
its not yoimiya
its yoi-mid-ya
i dont blame ovven for not liking yoimiya
i liked her 2nd story quest a lot sure
late canopy
Nah real talk I don't blame him either
runic ether
but shes just not all that interesting to me
late canopy
To me though she's probably holds my absolute favorite story quests in all of Genshin bar none
Especially the first
runic ether
the 1st? i dont even remember what happens in it
i can remember most other story quests well but not that one
only other one i just dont remember much of was diluc's and uhhh
late canopy
Where he went after the abyss mages
A lot of the early Mondstat story quests are really straightforward
runic ether
oh eula's quest was 😴
glossy latch
... so there arent a lot of ways to get standard pulls are there
glossy latch
Well shit
late canopy
I can think of...
glossy latch
Because I need 1 more duplicate for Bennett
runic ether
but eventually the only standard pulls u get are from characters + the monthly shop
glossy latch
But idk if I wanna keep pulling on Wrios banner
runic ether
id hold now with a guarantee
late canopy
Character asc, and the regional sigils
runic ether
u can choose to get furina or save it for arle