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#Gacha Chat
runic ether
golden troupe/marechausse hunter, emblem of severed fate/shimenawa's reminiscence, gilded dreams/deepwood memories
honkai star rail leaks: ruan mei experiment logs
||Experiment Purpose: To create life with pure rationality.
Experiment Result: It didn't move and died due to mental chaos. Failure Reason: Life seems incompatible with pure rationality.
No. 524
Experiment Purpose: Cultivation of the 8th Lambda member.
Experiment Result: The 8th Lambda member vanished after smiling. Failure Reason: The 8th Lambda member seems unwilling to return.
No. 1024
Experiment Purpose: To create a form of life with a dispersed existence. Experimental Environment: Special accelerator and incubator.
Experimental Method: Firing high-energy particles into the Monster Fragmentum's body to separate it into several quantum forms of life.
Experiment Process: complete.
Accelerating high-energy particles, then shooting them at the confined experimental subject until its body splits. The subject is fed fruit blessed with "Abundance" until the separation process is
Experiment Expectation: The experimental subject can exist in many places at once as a dispersed form of life. Information received by one form can be transferred to all other forms.
Experiment Result: Destroyed after 123 seconds.
Failure Reason: Emotional detection equipment conveyed immense sadness. Overwhelmed with information, the subject seemed to perceive some sort of truth. However, the remnants of its particles continue to sing at an atomic voice level.
Experiment Product Handling: Secret. No handling was performed.||
||Experiment Purpose: To create life that is "Genius from birth".
Experimental Environment: Special incubator. Experimental Method: Mixed, stirred, and heated.
Raw Materials: Spirituality, training, Starquake added in a 1:1:1 ratio, then used as the intelligence basis.
Other Ingredients: Genius characteristics, including but not limited to Screwllum planet's unique engine oil. Yu Qingtu's poison brew. Sserkal's spider silk webbing. Herta's puppet fragments, and #22 Aiden's handwriting.
Experiment Process:
Optimistic genius type: Add two spoons of Screwllum's unique engine oil.
Pessimistic genius type: Add three drops of #55 Yu Qingtu's poison brew.
Anxious genius type: Add extract of #29 Sserkal's spider silk web.
Aggressive genius type: Add Herta's puppet fragments.
Altruistic genius type: Add ink extract from #22 Aiden's handwriting
. Experiment Expectation: Adding different Genius characteristics to the intelligence base to create a Genius with specific traits.
Experiment Result: Failed. Failure Reasons:
Low Genius characteristics in the "experimental product". (Most likely)
Ordinary abilities of the Geniuses. (Very unlikely)
High "spirituality" levels in the process caused the product to imitate its creator. (Unlikely)
Creator-collected raw materials are fake. (Very unlikely)
Experiment Product Handling: Destroyed or sealed after collection.||
||No. 1733
Date: Star Calendar --- --- ---
Experiment Purpose: Cultivation of Emanator Propagation,
Experimental Environment: Special incubator.
Experimental Method: Melling ----- and injecting extract --- into the original body.
Raw Materials: -----, the beginning and end of Swarm Disaster, "data" from Imperator Insectorum's relics. Other Ingredients: "Memory Bubble", "Planar" fragments, "Aeon protoplasm Simulation", and Mimic "Spore".
Experiment Process: Using "Planar" fragments as the base, add "Memory Bubble", "Aeon protoplasm Simulation, and Mimic "Spore", then extract excess energy from the "Propagation" Path in the "Swarm Disaster" data,
finally drop the "data" from Imperator Insectorum's relics.
Experiment Expectation: To birth an Emanator Propagation that lasts for 56 seconds.
Experiment Result: Successful. Destroyed after 56 seconds.
Experiment Product Handling: Self-destructed.||
glossy latch
Who uses Emblem of severed fate?
runic ether
everyone
i kid but a ton of characters
xiangling and xingqiu are the 2 notable ones
but anyone who uses their burst for their primary damage uses emblem
includes raiden, yelan, xq, xl, beidou
and the 2pc emblem is solid at getting the needed er requirements
shimenawa is good for the opposite. characters who dont care for burst and the 2pc is also good
glossy latch
Gotcha
runic ether
includes yae miko, yoimiya, wriothsley could use it not his bis but can
gilded is insane for anyone who cares for em on-field, deepwood for dendro teams
marechausse value increases exponentially if u have furina since it becomes a competitive set for most everyone
golden troupe is for skill users such as fischl yae albedo furina
and any future character who relies on skill dmg
summer hornet
||No. 1733
Date: Star Calendar --- --- ---
Experiment Purpose: Cultivation of ...
okay so she's definitely got some mad scientist in her
interesting possibilities regarding ||the other members of the Genius Society tho||
slow raft
so true
copper steppe
shinjuku was wild
old galleon
correct
long tree
It's crazy how much I prefer avenger Jeanne to beserker
old galleon
i like both because i am a man of culture
slow raft
based!
long tree
slow raft
kiara banner
Nice try fgo but im already rolling for ryoma, i cannot afford to spent anymore
slow raft
old galleon
based
slow raft
Did a few more rolls for sakamoto, got izo
And sone other assasin which ill probably never use
Dipped below 250 rolls, i think ill stop here so i can guarantee bazett
astral drift
astral drift
summer hornet
<:PauseChamp:683182130624331878>
H-how did you max bond Nobukatsu before Nobunaga, mios dios
old galleon
dios mio indeed
honest pawn
well
I got 30 sq from login streak
dropped it on nobu
no nobu
yeah, fuck you anyways
slow raft
H-how did you max bond Nobukatsu before Nobunaga, mios dios
The answer is twofold
Well ig threefold
One, i prioritise the servants with the more unique bond CEs
Two, nobukatsu has a lower teamcost so i can put him into teams more often
Three, a 1 star needs less bond for bond 10 than a 5 star
versed pawn
summer hornet
Peak-sengumi
summer hornet
In a completely different topic, @slow raft would you say that the second season of the Arknights anime is worth a watch? Spotify has shown me the soundtrack was done by Yuki Hayashi (one of my favorite anime composers) and my curiosity is piqued
slow raft
idk, havent watched it
ive heard whispers that the game unironically does it better than the anime but i wouldnt know
summer hornet
Oh oof, gotcha
....also now that I think about it I think you said a few days ago that you don't really watch anime anymore lol
idle grove
I've heard good things about the second season
summer hornet
Oh nice! Anything specific?
idle grove
it just sounds like it might be more polished than the first season
but yeah I would imagine the game does it better anyway
summer hornet
It's covering what, chapters 4-6 of the main story?
idle grove
I think so?
but it falls into the same trappings that every adaptation of a text based medium does
which is not being able to convey the same levels of detail and emotion that 2 paragraphs of text can do in like 10 seconds
torn harbor
https://vxtwitter.com/headfallsoff/status/1729072933132517689?s=20
It's food4dogs!
She's also a massive atelier fan
runic ether
https://vxtwitter.com/headfallsoff/status/1729072933132517689?s=20
@rigid pilot thats u
long tree
Anyone know what that floating green thing is and how to open it?
glossy latch
Raiden Shogun uses emblem right?
runic ether
yep
her bis
unless she hyperblooms
in which case its flower of paradise lost but its not worth farming that set so gilded dreams which is only about 3-4% worse on average is better
raiden builds er or atk% if you have engulfing lightning u build er over atk until you hit 250%+ er
er/electro or atk%/crit
actually okay raiden is relatively complicated to gear and build lol
so
er% > atk% to meet her er requirements and can help with her own passive + emblem passives but atk% > er% sands in a lot of cases. throw this out the window if you have her signature polearm engulfing lightning where er% >> atk% unless your atk% sands is insane
electro goblet >= atk% goblet for a similar reason
raiden's a4 passive converts er% to electro damage% for each 1% above 100%
its a total .6% greater energy restoration from her burst, and .4% electro dmg bonus
as such, if you have a ton of er on raiden, she may actually be better off with an atk% goblet if she is getting diminishing returns on the electro buff
atk buffers also tilt in favor of an atk% goblet
or against it
furina raiden for instance, does want atk% goblet
electro dmg is almost always better, but atk% can be better in plenty of situations
if using raiden to hyper/quickbloom, if shes off-field, she goes full em
if she is the on-fielder, she builds like how haitham does
literally exactly the same
em sands/em or dmg% goblet/crit or em circlet
a hypercarry raiden build with say, bennett, anemo, electro battery like fischl or sara goes:
weapon: the catch or engulfing lightning
atk% (er% if engulfing)/electro/crit
off-field raiden as part of a team with:
haitham/raiden/dendro/hydro
weapon: dragon's bane or any high em polearm of choice such as kitain or moonpiercer
em/em/em
on-field quickbloom/hyperbloom raiden say:
raiden/dendro mc or collei or yaoyao/kuki/furina
em/em/crit
if the team is instead
raiden/xingqiu/hydro/yaoyao or dendro mc
em/electro/crit
long tree
Standard banner is the goat
long tree
Means I can put the catch on xiangling
runic ether
on-set electro goblet 
astral drift
idle grove
summer hornet
Mostima is definitely in the same category as Gojo and Merlin (the Fate version at least)
summer hornet
your second? third? wife is proud
the speed at which you accumulate bond 10s still scares me for the record
glossy latch
on-set electro goblet <:pogofgreed:562491300432314369>
It even has one good stat
runic ether
i think elemental goblets are the hardest to get perfect on followed by circlets tho circlets are way easier to be decent
idle grove
https://vxtwitter.com/schlafenkirsche/status/1729241366348042405?t=qARTHCwmuv7St5rYDowU1w&s=19
crying
old galleon
ah yes, good ol' poorberon
runic ether
the emotional weight of the scene before this was lost entirely when i had this happen to me in the part right after
holy fuck
old galleon
i too like a protagonist who can walk on air
long tree
Traveler is now openly expressing discontent for the laws of teyvat
glossy latch
Wait why does Freminet need a helmet
Cant you just swim indefinitely in Fontaine or is that a traveller thing
glossy latch
Ah
Also hey, just 14 more hours til I can pull for Kuki and Cyno
... actually I guess if I want Raiden maybe Ayato makes more sense
runic ether
ayato would be better if u plan to go for raiden
long tree
Next dokkan character is... Oh wow android 21
this is honestly nice, we very rarely have crossovers outside of the dedicated heroes banners
glossy latch
My only issue with Ayato is that now that I know you can just hold his attack button in his skill
He seems kinda lame?
glossy latch
Like you just press skill and hold leftclick
runic ether
the best part of ayato is just his versatility
being an off-fielder or on-fielder
but yea tbh if anything, itd be nice to lose the 50/50 on that banner if you do pull on it harder
but ayato is the 5 star u would want instead of cyno
but if u lose the 50/50, u would hope to get keqing or tighnari or diluc
furina legit also makes qiqi not bad but u never wanna get her anyways just cus her job is done by mika or charlotte
dehya isnt bad either
glossy latch
I mean Im likely gonna pull for the 4* and a couple xiangling constellations
mystic python
Cyno is super cringe to play outside of abyss btw
glossy latch
Yeah Ive heard
mystic python
Unless you're doing full rotations you'll have no burst and do peanut damage, and the E cooldown is a lot longer outside of burst
glossy latch
As far as actual 5* I want its like
Raiden maybe, Alhaitham if he ever appears, Shenhe if she ever appears and Arle
mystic python
I'd try my best to avoid a 5 star here then, since there's a chance it's Raiden next patch then Shenhe the patch after
runic ether
its not a chance
it is raiden next patch
navia/yoimiya or ayaka next half
2nd half is raiden/yoimiya or ayaka
glossy latch
Tbh Shenhe is probably the best pull for the Wrio team I can get
Since that lets me run Wrio/Shenhe/Jean/Furina
Raiden is moreso a general purpose pull
runic ether
wrio's self-heal may be enough to run a single target healer
also yeah raiden is a solid pull for p much anything
she can off-field, she can on-field
she can hbloom, she can hypercarry
tho tbf, if u wanna use her just off-field, she is just another fischl
runic ether
hyper/quickbloom, aggravate, taser, hypercarry, rational
u can build all of these for her
late canopy
I love Raiden, I personally put her and Kazzy in a league of their own
Not necessarily strength although they are strong
runic ether
raiden will never let u down
late canopy
But as team glue
late canopy
They make teams which otherwise cannot function and/or uncomfy to play suddenly work
Raiden in particular can be on field main pivot
runic ether
i think another great part of raiden is how f2p efficient she is. wants emblem just like xingqiu and xiangling, wants the catch which is f2p farmable
kazuha is a bit less
runic ether
same
i literally lived in the emblem domain for a while
logged in right in front of the momiji dyed court
slow raft
idle grove
long tree
Mcmash inbound
unkempt orchid
glossy latch
Rolled a couple times on the new banner
Got a Xiangling constellation and another rainslasher
glossy latch
I just wanna get more 4*
long tree
Xiangling pretty damn good
glossy latch
Yeah but I want standard rolls lmao
glossy latch
@runic ether what artifacts do you use on Kaeya?
runic ether
emble
emblem
unless he onfields in which case, u can marechausse or blizzard strayer
marechausse if furina
glossy latch
W-why
long tree
She is a Chinese opera singer
runic ether
yun jin is decent. but kinda niche in some ways
she is great for mono geo, yoimiya, and hu tao. she does decent with noelle and ayato on-field
works with wanderer
but shes kinda niche ultimately
the worst part of yun jin is that she wants husk
glossy latch
God farming up rolls is gonna take a while isnt it
runic ether
yup
glossy latch
I forgot how I did it in Star Rail tbh
Maybe I should play it safe and just save for Arle
In case I cant get enough rolls for her otherwise
runic ether
45 pity
hmm u can make a pit stop at raiden
probs enough pulls between the rest of 4.2 and 4.3 to get guaranteed a 5 star
4.4 -> 4.5 -> 4.6 should have enough to get arle
glossy latch
Shame about no Kuki though
She seems good for bloom teams
And by that I mean Alhaitham
runic ether
hyperbloom
she doesnt do bloom cus bloom isnt real outside of nilou
also i would say that she is good, but u have yaoyao
so long as ur not doing furina/haitham its fine
glossy latch
Also depending on the outcome I guess I might also try to get Shenhe
Since shes so good for the Wrio team
runic ether
ye
but i wouldnt prioritize shenhe
ie: if she reruns in 4.4 like ppl are thinking since cloud retainer is the 4.4 character, i would skip shenhe there unless u get greedy
as good as shenhe is, she is only gonna pair with wrio
and kaeya i guess but its still just a cryo buff
glossy latch
Ye but it lets me finish the Wrio team
Since rn I kind of have an awkward situation where there isnt a good cryo support who isnt a healer if I wanna run Jean
glossy latch
Nope
runic ether
yea kaeya is perfectly serviceable for wrio furina jean atm
simple wind
It wouldn’t be the most toxic relationship to the commander ever
astral drift
summer hornet
Borgar based
old galleon
one full elixir was sacrificed in the name of this meme
front looks like kengo/seofon/g charlotta/g kaguya, with back being the usual estarriola/h vane
copper steppe
old galleon
dechi
glossy latch
We havent gotten Fontaines extra region yet right?
glossy latch
Its enjoyable yeah
Gives good gems too
I might do one more roll on this banner for Kuki maybe
runic ether
kuki or kirara are both nice
so hope u get either
though cons on xiangling are good
glossy latch
Hm, I could actually just roll 1 3 times for the 4*
Lets do that
4 times, I cannot count
Ok got Kuki
Kirara is mostly for exploration anyway isnt she?
runic ether
no shes actually really good
shielding in this game goes:
zhongli > layla >= kirara >= thoma
the best part of kirara is her extremely low field time
and her dendro app as a result, is extremely consistent
layla has a more consistently stronger shield than kirara and brings bigger raw personal damage (more than zhongli pre-c2)
glossy latch
Now its time to save again then, yaaaay
glossy latch
Iron Sting is craftable?
runic ether
yep
the downside
she needs to go to level 90
its not negotiable for her she just needs to go to 90
slow raft
glossy latch
she *needs* to go to level 90
... why?
old galleon
fraud mccool
runic ether
... why?
hyperbloom damage reaction is the biggest part of her and without going to 90, her damage is nonexistant
her healing is a thing sure but ur not building her to heal
glossy latch
Ah I see
runic ether
not bad
glossy latch
How the fuck did it avoid DEF
runic ether
simply skill
paper spoke
I see your game Nightingale
old galleon
fgo needs a kfc christmas collab so we can get official art of salter holding a kfc chicken leg
glossy latch
Dr Ratio: ||Apparently his kit was reworked to be way simpler||
||Looks stronger and more consistent, but less interesting now||
copper steppe
long tree
Present 😄
runic ether
finally got my monthly candace clear on abyss
old galleon
we are so fucking back
awakened amal gamal is dead
for an enemy that's weak against all physical attacks and all basic elements, this bitch is hard
Activates on taking Weakness.png weak point damage; Single enemy - Physical and FireWaterWingEarth Fire/Water/Wind/Earth Resistance +100%
also it has multiple hp stoppers and sets multi-turn full damage barriers on each one
so unless you wanna stall this thing, you gotta bring something with barrier pierce
luckily for me, miyu es has barrier pierce, and this is one of the (relatively few) enemies that has barriers that also doesn't outright nullify thunder
so while i could have used minalca or sesta, i wanted to give little miss "i'm coming" herself a go
velette is thunder zone setter, dewey is obligatory damage support since i have to go through 100% resistance, soira helps with some of the annoying aoe nonsense, miyu is the dps, sheila bears for miyu, and myunfa gets to swap in to use her vc for extra crit strength
old galleon
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1118163142879485982/1179373272299733022/GAGJDSOasAADP8n.png
medusa fans won
oh also old men fans won too
copper steppe
New gudaguda servants
4 Star Archer ||Saika Magoichi||
4 Star Berserker ||Nagakura Shinpachi||
5 Star Rider ||Takeda Shingen||
old galleon
the archer is the welfare btw
slow raft
Wow, the new arknights banner has a 6 star guard? Daring today arent we, hypergryph?
slow raft
the berserker has the drive jacket, not the rider
summer hornet
Rider just drives the car, he doesn’t care about the details
Also I really feel like this is building up to SSR Kagetora
astral drift
idle grove
what's Mr. Rider's kit look like?
looks pretty good
summer hornet
Oh that’s actually nice
Not quite busted, at least from just the skills, but really good
runic ether
nah thats for spread/aggravate
anemo cant swirl dendro so it cant shred def on that
hyperbloom has 3 options
2nd dendro to help with dendro core generation. useful if u have a lot of hydro app and an electro on-fielder like running lisa/xingqiu
a 2nd hydro to help bloom uptime. useful if you have an on-field dendro like nahida or haitham and a lot of electro app like raiden or kuki
a 2nd electro which is useful for a variety of reasons but its mostly the same as the others: you have an electro or hydro on-fielder, your dendro app and hydro app are both really strong but you need more consistent ways to pop blooms into hyperbloomz
some characters can potentially need a battery to keep up burst uptime
so u match them to their element
if u have a dendro on-fielder, the 4th unit will likely be the deepwood memory holder
even if they arent dendro themselves
some can hold instructors
rarely noblesse or tenacity
also for hyperbloom: whoever is the main trigger of the hblooms needs to build em
everyone in the team will build em ultimately but the one triggering the hbloom cores to pop will build full em
ie: kuki shinobu would run iron sting, 2pc wanderer's troupe, 2pc gilded dreams or 4pc gilded dreams to hit about 1k em
at level 90 with 1k em, ur cores will be doing at least 37k per
glossy latch
So if Im running Dendro MC, Xiangqiu and Kuki, who would you suggest for the fourth?
runic ether
yaoyao or lisa
dendro mc has quite a lot of dendro app
could also do collei
could also do furina but the build becomes weird
lisa shreds electro res which is huge and shes a pretty strong on-fielder on her own without strict requirements to be on field so dendro mc can continue their dendro app
xingqiu and kuki both give lisa plenty of healing and interruption resistance so should help keep her safe
yaoyao would be for if u feel kuki healing and the incidental rainsword heals arent enough and ur not so keen on dendro mc swapping
collei would be for near perfect dendro uptime
furina would involve a lot of quickswapping and her own personal damage
u can also do wriothsleu
*y
or freminet
glossy latch
Whats the advantage of Collei vs Lisa?
runic ether
collei if u never wanna worry about dendro app, yaoyao if u never wanna worry about heals
lisa if u want big damage
wrio and freminet both have upsides and downsides
both can freeze which preserves the hydro aura for more blooms more often
wrio brings very consistent freeze and his own personal damage
but he has no way to take advantage of the occasional superconduct
freminet on the otherhand, does take advantage of it
freminet takes advantage of every last bit of a hyperbloom team
freezes so that bloom cores are made more often, superconduct buffs his physical damage
his downside is that the build and personal damage when not focused on him is mediocre
so hes just along for the ride
which can be fine but can also feel bad
oh freminet can also shatter the freezes due to his claymore hits which is. something ig
of course the hyperfridge idea also works with kaeya
though kaeya vastly prefers freeze and reverse melt
wrio too but hes at least flexible and his personal damage is somewhat independent of reactions thanks to marechausse
runic ether
the on-fielder on this team is rather quickswap so go for basically everyone sharing field time
funnel energy into xingiu
dendro mc with gilded dreams + sapwood blade
er/dendro/crit
collei with deepwood memories + fav bow
er/dendro/crit rate
xingqiu with sac sword + emblem
atk or er/hydro/crit
kuki with iron sting + 2pc 2pc em or 4pc gilded dreams
em/em/em aiming to hit as close to or over 1k em
glossy latch
Iron Sting is craftable right?
glossy latch
Sac sword iirc I have currently on Bennett
runic ether
favonious sword works in that slot if u havent/cant craft it yet
fav for sapwood
not for iron sting
sac sword isnt great on bennett since it has low attack
p sure that the game gives u a high base atk sword for free that is good on bennett
some prototype thing or whatnot
glossy latch
Prototype Rancour?
runic ether
thats the one
its not great outside of bennett
but its solid on him until you get sapwood to use with bennett
dendro mc can also use sapwood
runic ether
sac sword is good on lynette and xingqiu but thats about it
late canopy
I think the high base atk weapon is absolutely a must for benny mostly cuz it's the only place you can get it
If you don't have good ER you can make up for it with artis
But base atk only comes from the weapon and character
glossy latch
Also huh E2 Collei seems good for hyperbloom?
runic ether
yep
she gets real good at c2
shes fine at c0
but c2 actually makes her a great character
glossy latch
I do have her C2, so thats nice
astral drift
cute
idle grove
why does this dude have the Drive jacket
https://vxtwitter.com/KaroshiMyriad/status/1729821187306352695?s=20
slow raft
>the berserker has the drive jacket, not the rider
they really messed up
glossy latch
Why are Onikabuto a pain to find wtf
Oh
Its apparently because the main area(s) to get them from are locked off
runic ether
many such cases in inazuma
glossy latch
That doesnt sound bad
runic ether
it isnt
she is just a bit reduntant and harder to use
and she only really gets amazing at c6
glossy latch
Huh
runic ether
the inconvenient part of sara, is that her buff requires her to fire a fully charged aim shot before it fully takes effect after her skill that is only reduced after c2
versed pawn
Got xinqs artifacts done now I need to level weapon and and him up
runic ether
get him to 90 and bump the er to 180 at least
simple wind
Rip Dragalia EOSiverssary is tomorrow
versed pawn
get him to 90 and bump the er to 180 at least
Sword isn't leveled yet should be arround 200 ER
runic ether
noice
long tree
Ayo the new fgo welfare's NP is sick af
old galleon
legitimately
old galleon
it's one of my favorite np animations in recent memory
copper steppe
fate/sr
reached ngame+ and bro
||didn’t expect the muderhobo instinct from iori, bro really is built different||
old galleon
gbf released its first batch of christmas units
yuni and illnott
so yuni's first seasonal alt, illnott's second
honest pawn
okay so
I really
really
really like the new 5* Rider
my 2 year long save will now commence
simple wind
Welp
The Symphogear gacha is going into offline mode at the end of January
simple wind
In this case it was pretty obviously happening
They literally gave the main character and her wife powered up forms named after the game itself
summer hornet
Welp
The Symphogear gacha is going into offline mode at the end of January
How?? Did they not just have a huge collab with Kamen Rider?
long tree
I have done what is known as a pro gamer move, I have gotten a new phone with reduced storage space compared to my old one to limit the amount of gacha I can play
(It’s totally not because I cheaped out and got the smaller space model)
glossy latch
Modern problems require modern solutions
simple wind
How?? Did they not just have a huge collab with Kamen Rider?
The games original story wrapped up in the literal very next event after that
idle grove
long tree
Someone tell pekora to cancel the next gw
old galleon
which means MY TIME HAS FINALLY COME
old galleon
Someone tell pekora to cancel the next gw
also this tbh
seriously if high level raids weren't so ass to farm sometimes and if gw was....better
i'd be more incentivized to play gbf more often
but on that note, i have 149 gold moons
and the next shop reset is in a little over an hour
so i'll have 150 gold moons before long
which illustrious weapon do i take and is there a case for anything other than ereshkigal?
(there is a legitimate case for hraesvelgr but i don't really have all the units i'd need to maximize that)
old galleon
Blazing Mistral: Fire Spear (meme?)
Higurashi: Fire Katana (Kaneshige alternative, but I already have fire Kaneshige)
Hraesvelgr: Water Gun (top burst weapon, but needs specific units and grid to maximize)
Shishio: Water Katana (sustain alternative to Kaneshige in longer fights)
Andromeda: Earth Harp (CA support, buff removal prevention)
Hrunting: Earth Sabre (fantastic main hand for autos)
Murcielago: Wind Bow (meme?)
Rhomphaia: Wind Spear (Grimnir 2.0, decent Spartan main hand)
Futsunomitama: Light Dagger (meme?)
Golden Fists of Ura: Light Fists (fantastic main hand for autos)
Ereshkigal: Dark Axe (core auto burst main hand)
Zosimos: Dark Staff (core crest main hand)
these are the options, and my brief description of each
old galleon
shiva solo accomplished
that's the comp, not super hard to replicate
vajra should be replaceable
pretty low effort grid too
support 250 luci is the most important thing, and that's not hard to find at all nowadays
old galleon
europa solo done
satyr should have been in the 4 instead of soriz for optimization but it worked fine anyway
this one used 2x yggdrasil instead of luci support since the crit grid kinda demands it
old galleon
alexiel solo down
definitely the easiest of the three i did today, but vania and narmaya are braindead, so
the only solo i have left to do is metatron
since i did grimnir and avatar a while back
old galleon
and metatron solo down
actually a pretty hard team to replicate: 2 grands aren't that bad over time i guess, but ilsa being seasonal is a toss up
obligatory grid
oh right if it wasn't obvious, female mc in the earth team is not optional, helps maximize soriz
glossy latch
Oh, another Sac Sword
Yay
Iirc its kinda mid outside of Xingque isnt it?
Also Bronya obtained
And Natasha E2 which is nice
runic ether
~~Iirc its kinda mid outside of Xingque isnt it?~~
just kirara, xq, dendro mc yep
so merge it. it gets even better merged
runic ether
ye
its very niche
i think just kaveh and beidou use it
and beidou has better options
runic ether
yea new characters or cons beat out most weapons
except for fav weapons
fav weapons > most characters/cons > weapons
glossy latch
I guess now Ill get Raiden for the hyperbloom team (maybe) or as an on-fielder and just wait for Arle
Might play through chasm and Sumeru
Kinda feels playing through content feels less rewarding when youre not pulling on a currently active banner
long tree
Damn steep f2p competition then
glossy latch
Thats why Im hoping shes an on-fielder
Iirc there arent any strong f2p Pyro onfielders?
long tree
Hutao is great but other than her it dips a bit
glossy latch
Not F2p technically
long tree
True
glossy latch
Anyway now that I have Bronya ... I guess I might just aim for Dr. Ratio next
glossy latch
Oh apparently
Next patch is gonna give a big buff to MoC
If you can clear MoC 7 you can skip 1-6 on the next weeks MoC
Guess I should aim for MoC 7 now
runic ether
yea itll be nice as fuck since a lot of early moc is just a chore
glossy latch
Just means I need to make sure I have 2 teams properly built
Also should probably build 2 teams in Genshin as well so I can start doing Spiral Abyss
Getting xp is still annoying tho
Is there anything I should know for farming xp?
runic ether
condensed resin -> 160 -> 4 run the leylines + do events
it saves way more time
tho doing (blue) leylines also gets u a lot of random mats
also remember getting to 90 isnt huge for most characters
its nice but not needed
unless its a hyperbloom team
then ur hbloom trigger needs to go to 90
ie raiden lisa kuki
runic ether
standard rolls will be thru quests
glossy latch
Do those drop wishes?
runic ether
not exactly but like. completion of map + getting for example the sakura tree
glossy latch
Ah, I see
old galleon
i will never understand how people subject themselves to these kinds of runs
i'm not exaggerating when i say i think this run took this guy over 10,000 turns
anyone who can read chinese might be able to confirm that since he puts up some numbers at the end
old galleon
ye thanks
so his strat isn't even to engage the fight normally (which is hard to do since it has so many dumb gimmicks i'm dreading doing it myself eventually)
but just to perma stall and chip at the fish 1 million hp at a time
(each 'cycle' of damage is like 8 turns because he has to wait for the sidekicks' gauge to get high enough)
fish itself has several hp bars, each one with probably almost 1 billion hp
for w/e reason that info isn't on the wiki right now lol
but endgame fights like these have enemy hp bars approach a billion, so i'm just ballparking it
there's a jp community tier list of how difficult another eden's superbosses are
this fella's at the very top of that list
High HP, AF gauge management, high firepower, random instant death attack, MP damage, barrier penetration, action obstruction due to freezing, high magnification resistance, long-term battle
this is a translation of the commentary for that
random instant death attack
action obstruction due to freezing
these look like the worst parts
old galleon
new koyan ce just dropped
apparently at mlb it increases bond gain by 20%, for servants with animal characteristics trait
old galleon
been casually farming macula marius in the bg for a while, trying to get some more ancient auberon drops
i've gotten four auberon drops in a row 😐
i have at least gotten one more ancient auberon done today, so i'm on 2 copies now
(out of 4 targeted)
copper steppe
apparently at mlb it increases bond gain by 20%, for servants with animal charac...
bond farmers we are so fucking back
astral drift
will save this as reference for future commissions
late canopy
Although granted it has been a fairly quiet few months
Reverse 1999 doing extremely well for itself though
Solid multi million revenue
summer hornet
Yeah some of these gachas (read: FGO) have huge seasons of downtime followed by immediate number 1 grossing sales
Small scale revenue observations overlook the bigger picture
slow raft
Arknights quadrupling their income whenever theres a limited op
copper steppe
Yeah some of these gachas (read: FGO) have huge seasons of downtime followed by ...
fgo constantly goes up and down
i remember the release of oberon
it literally skyrocketed
its mostly the build up and story for the character that makes people want to spent money on a certain character
summer hornet
Precisely! Same with Arknights tbh (especially the alter units)
versed pawn
i guess big increase on ruan mai and dr.ratio banner
old galleon
honest pawn
FGO quadrupling Arknights' income whenever they release a new servant
runic ether
faruzan con is the biggest gain here
but holy shit i cant get away from getting amos
soon
summer hornet
Giving Gundamn backpack vibes
turbid olive
I finally got all the Senran Kagura ships.
Oh wait...I still need the one in the event shop lmao
Never mind, time to keep grinding.
old galleon
if you got homura, then you should have enough currency saved up to buy ikaruga if you don't get her to drop by the time the event ends
hollow kayak
RTA
old galleon
yes i'm on fire
orchid elbow
Pardon the poll, but which gacha game would y’all say is free-player friendly?
old galleon
Pardon the poll, but which gacha game would y’all say is free-player friendly?
this would heavily depend on what you define as 'free player friendly'
orchid elbow
Well, I don’t have to spend money to win. Simple.
old galleon
good ssr rates? high rate of premium currency acquisition? pvp?
old galleon
Well, I don’t have to spend money to win. Simple.
probably plenty of games in this category if you're just looking for one that you can do without spending at all
would be easier to answer if you had more clear criteria, bc otherwise i could probably recommend a bunch of the more common games
orchid elbow
Like, there should be no difference between people who spend money on the game and people who don’t.
old galleon
there is no game where that would be the case
even in the most f2p friendly games, someone who spends will simply have more resources, whether that's for pulling or for whatever else
what i think you're looking for is one where even if you don't spend, that gap between you and a spender doesn't matter
which again, could be a bunch of different games (imo)
of the ones i'm familiar with, probably the most friendly one purely for gameplay purposes is azur lane; there's a lot of free currency acquisition; while the game's true premium currency (gems) can be used for true gameplay resources, a lot of that game's monetization comes in the form of skins, which don't affect gameplay at all
but it's also pretty horny, even by gacha standards
aside from that, one of the things i look for is the quality of freebie units; even if a game is stingy with its currency, if its free units are capable of clearing relevant content, then that's not so bad (although if you like specific units you think might be coming or want to prepare for someone unexpected, you'd probably have to save a good amount)
fate/grand order is more in this vein; its rate up ssr rates are pretty low, but global has the advantage of 2 year clairvoyance, so you can save a decent bit for those you want in particular, and its free units range from decent to great (plus in most content you can take a servant other people put on their support lists)
i can't stick around to explain too many games, but if you have any particular interests in specific formats (strategy, tower defense, action), then someone else might be able to give you more recommendations
orchid elbow
Noted.
long tree
Genshin and honkai are also very f2p friendly, you won’t do as well as people with money but you don’t need to, there’s no competitive aspects except for abyss/MoC clear times but that is just bragging rights
digital marlin
Fgo Raids always be wild
astral drift
idle grove
based
idle grove
seeing more news on gfl2 is making me slowly wander back over to being a gfl player
rigid pilot
<:EZ:873056992019759124>
Based
copper steppe
oh shit the fgo raid boss is ||imagawa yoshimoto||? sick
astral drift
200k HP guts until turn 4
summer hornet
ABSOLUTELY BASED DECISION
old galleon
not based, there's no "hell no" option
summer hornet
...reading through this cutscene, it's occuring to me (or maybe I'm just remembering, it's been at least a year since I finished chapter 4) that FrostNova is really Built Different
both in gameplay and lore
Oh not the Ace callbacks
old galleon
frostnova is given a bunch of hype, yes
summer hornet
okay
do you happen to know what operators are best with dealing with cold?
like granting resist, removing, etc
I know it's categorized differently from the insanity-type effects in Under Tides/Sultifera Navis but that's about it
old galleon
lumen/other therapists
summer hornet
Many thanks
It is finished
In retrospect I could probably 3-star it without using the support, but eh
summer hornet
Okay infinite kudos to Ch’en and Amiya for this scene
Love them calling out the corrupt old powers in Lungmen
summer hornet
Pardon my French
But fuck those damn seaborn
Spent thirty minutes yesterday trying to fight through sn-7 AGAIN, so I figured finishing chapter 6 would probably be easier
And it WAS!
summer hornet
THEY POPPED OFF FOR THIS
idle grove
I should probably start this event
copper steppe
sasuga avatar of bishamonten
old galleon
But fuck those damn seaborn
regi f word sighting
copper steppe
old galleon
https://vxtwitter.com/0TPaper/status/1731252746182160794?t=QVAIw0kY5Z3M-paijlgBA...
holy based batman
old galleon
https://vxtwitter.com/zoddiacz/status/1731141905835319318?s=20
also based, gladiia good civ
turbid olive
Finally.
old galleon
congrats
pretty solid vanguard dps who increases in value when you start needing good anti-air (worlds 13 and 15 mainly)
but usable more or less anywhere, since rainbows be rainbows
remember to give her a good destroyer gun btw
turbid olive
Yeah, once I find one. It'll be a boon against those higher worlds. 👌
versed pawn
that would be a buff because i think it used to only trigger 2 times only
versed pawn
could be nice for danheng teams
literally half skillpoint consumption for 3 turns
or 6 next attacks
characters with dmg ults have it pretty nice i guess
since skill + ult makes u not consume a skillpoint for that rotation
runic ether
yep
it was exactly what they wanted out of her when we 1st saw her
then nerfed and it didnt matter
versed pawn
so i guess teams of luocha danheng hanya and whoever hits can generate extra skillpoints
still need to find good boots from the healing set 
runic ether
luocha or fu xuan/daniel/bronya or sparkle will be a strong/hanya
old galleon
do they not get the va joke
simple wind
I wonder if that new black clover mobile game is any good
I probably won’t pick it up anyways because nothing can fill the hole dragalia left
But makes me wonder
old galleon
and even if it weren't, generally speaking, gachas based directly on a manga or anime tend to suck
simple wind
True
As far as I can tell they didn’t even hop on the trend of real time gameplay in gacha stuff
turbid olive
and even if it weren't, generally speaking, gachas based directly on a manga or ...
Though in the case of Duel Links, we got some decent "closure" to some of the characters, so it can work if it takes place after the anime/manga or something. Or even flesh out sides to the characters we never saw in the anime/manga.
old galleon
hexachromatic hierarch has been soloed
with a full minute to spare, even
haase 5* might have made water a top element (w/o hraes even)
runic ether
ohh its gonna be like that today huh. lets see how it rolls
so far so good
one bad roll but 2 cdmg rolls
higher rolls at that too
i dont have more artifact exp
lol
copper steppe
and even if it weren't, generally speaking, gachas based directly on a manga or ...
a moment of silence for the princess connect global server
digital marlin
and even if it weren't, generally speaking, gachas based directly on a manga or ...
yeah like FGO
:^)
honest pawn
FGO is a VN, nice try
old galleon
fgo isn't a gacha directly based on a manga or anime
(fgo has its own problems ofc)
i'll grant that fgo isn't original ip, since it's another entry in the fate franchise, and nasu's works as a whole, but grand order wasn't based on a previously existing manga or anime
iirc they released the movie sometime in the vicinity of the game's launch
but i'm talking more about games in the black clover gacha's vein
can't actually judge that one since i haven't played it tho
as for priconne, did its anime exist before the gacha released?
digital marlin
no
old galleon
aight
long tree
fgo isn't a gacha directly based on a manga or anime
This makes up a lot of anime tie in games though
Both dragon ball mobile games do this, some sword art games do, seven deadly has its own mobile plot lines, etc
old galleon
the only sao gacha i played was pretty fuckin bad
hell the only sao game i've played that i actually like is fatal bullet
but that's a separate conversation
seven deadly sins gacha i heard sucks
can't really speak to the dragonball ones
and i know some of y'all in here enjoy them
late canopy
I think Dragonball Legends is a really solid game at its core but I stopped because the PvE content it created from it was torture in its tedium
PvP in the game was surprisingly super fun and deep to learn how to get good at
old galleon
i've basically never been a fan of pvp in gachas since in my experience, they all get pay to win
where pvp exists, the less it's required for progress, the better imo
late canopy
My mindset with gacha pvp games is usually care as much as you want but don't care too much
Have as much fun going as high as you can
But recognize when to fold it if it's causing more mald than fun
It's usually really fun for me while keeping that mindset
Where its semi try hard
astral drift
somehow accumulated 700 sq on jp already
i wonder who the new years servant will be
old galleon
i mean maybe
but she also has passing relevance in strange fake, so it's not completely out of left field
old galleon
this is not a bad damage test, considering my opus is still only 10
i'm gonna do a stupid damage test, replacing the solomon militis with harmonia
i lose a bit of supp but i gain 16% voltage (4 harps vs 2 axes)
yeah it's doing slightly worse
old galleon
glossy latch
Well, Ive got a second Favonius Warbow ig
runic ether
nice
keep it for now
fav bow is one of the most useful fav weapons besides spear + sword
glossy latch
I see
old galleon
got an 8 day christmas lotto coming up, and the 90+ isn't gonna be for a few days into it
that's gonna suck
old galleon
on the 1% chance anyone here other than me plays this game, the simultaneous global/jp livestream will be starting in a bit
the link is to the global version
we should be getting an announcement for which collab is coming, as part of it
well i say 'in a bit' but it's about 3 hours 40 mins from now
old galleon
shoyuu makes everything look weak tho
anyway, the golden age smacked surtr in the face there, eh
void cargo
lost everything on kama and didnt get her
and i can only summon for castoria at the end of the year to have a good chance
honest pawn
wait
wdym end of the year
does castoria have a rate-up?
or are you talking about lucky bag summons
void cargo
i saw the 2024 banners
cant remember if they where lucky bag summons
but i think 1 of them was on rate up
may is lb6 banner
and lb7 prerelease at the end of the year
old galleon
so yeah they went with octopath for the collab
and that's all 3 games
the playable characters are cyrus (octopath 1, also shares a name with a certain frog boi), partitio (octopath 2), and tithi (cotc)
was about to tag licia since she's into octopath but TIL she left the server
oh also, since octopath is another square enix thing
this follows the chrono cross collab's 5 year limited time deal
instead of being permanent
is it bad that i'm excited more for moke sidekick than i am for thillelille es?
i mean lookat him
fella's got the derpiest face and i love it
all 3 collab units have stellar awakening
absolutely not surprising
In Symphony areas AF gauge does not rise by normal means, instead you must attack weakness and break the target
pretty sure aldo af passive will be able to ignore this, so lol
stellar awakening is a Fair and Balanced Mechanic
and some key art
foreground left to right are aldo, tithi, partitio, cyrus
some background characters include temenos (octopath 2), olberic (octopath 1), h'aanit (octopath 1), and a couple from cotc i don't immediately recognize
oh wait one of the bg characters might be castti (octopath 2)
and i guess the other cotc character involved is nicola
so on cotc i do have nicola at 4*, don't have tithi at all
Ancient: Partitio focusing on Wealth
Present: Cyrus focusing on Power
Future Tithi focusing on Fame
okay so it's actually just a cotc collab they're branding as a general octopath collab for reasons
wealth, power, fame are elements of cotc's story specifically
anyway, i find it funny that a character named cyrus gets stellar awakening, and it's not another eden's cyrus
justice for froggo
anyway, something worth noting is that all collabs (including the persona 5 collabs if you combine them) have 4 playable characters, but we've only been shown 3 for octo
which suggests to me they might do what they did with starky from chrono cross and add a fourth character later on
chrono cross collab initially only had serge, kid, and harle playable, adding starky around 4 months afterward
if they do that for the octopath collab, then the options theoretically would be olberic, h'aanit, castti, temenos, and nicola
or they could add someone not shown in the current promo material
(not likely)
anyway, since two of the playables are guys, i suspect they'd add one of the women, meaning either h'aanit, castti, or nicola
of the three, i think i'd like castti the most, but h'aanit has a chance to introduce some unique gameplay with her summons
nicola feels largely redundant with partitio
slow raft
i forgor to buy the skins 
i guess ill justw ait for the rerun next anni
paper spoke
long tree
Can someone ping me when gbf Christmas roulette is up?
old galleon
Can someone ping me when gbf Christmas roulette is up?
you're asking about 2 weeks in advance
usually it starts a few days before christmas
astral drift
East Coast FeelsStrongMan
summer hornet
Yeah it happened last week
Can still DM her tho
Also what does it say about someone if their favorite Genshin characters are Noelle and Rascal? Asking for a friend (legitimately this time)
old galleon
idk who this rascal is, but maids are based, so
slow raft
||https://vxtwitter.com/papapapa_per/status/1731964966977380824?s=20|| ig fgo lb6 spoilers
copper steppe
i got 30 sq login bonus im rich
summer hornet
you can't just say that and not give us a screenshot
slow raft
Oh right, i also had one of these
copper steppe
gacha hell has captured me
long tree
There's a new honkai event?
summer hornet
nah, it's a conversation from the update with Topaz
these four are at the top of the construction area, next to one of the treasure chests
long tree
I see
summer hornet
depending on your choices for the mech design you get one of two different achievements - good ending and bad ending, basically
old galleon
so this fucker
this dragon that looks like it got chopped in half
not the most painful boss in the game, but it's in the conversation for most annoying
first off, you have to fight it four (4) separate times
with each fight, it gains an extra hp bar you need to kill
so it starts with 1 in the first fight, goes to 2 in the second ,and so on
second, it appears in randomly selected parts of the side story map, and it's not visible on the map, so you have to hope your targeted area is where it's at
it's narrowed down to one of the four "depths" areas, but you won't know if your targeted area is the one until you try
if it's not there, you can warp back to the central hub and try again
but my point is that simply starting a fight (remember you need 4) can get tedious
you might get it first try, you might not see it for over 20 attempts
and then depending on your comp, and which fight it is, there are varying levels of rng nonsense
the fourth fight is particularly bad, since it just randomly says "fuck you" at the start and drains one random member's mp to 0, which you cannot influence in any way
and if you thought af was gonna save you.....nope
there are only two viable ways to do an af at all in these fights, due to mechanics regarding the environment
the environment automatically drains 50% af gauge every turn, and also reduces your af gain per hit to 0
so how to af?
- start with sa aldo with his passive maxed, so that you start with 100% af gauge; 100-50 will give you enough to af at the start of the fight
- ashtear+korobo skill
the latter is basically completely nonviable unless you want to stall these fights for some ungodly reason
the former, you need fast fingers to do a proper af, since you don't get any gain, so you only get like a couple rounds per character at most
(i didn't bother doing t1af strats for this reason)
anyway, it also has multiple mechanics to punish elemental attacks of any kind, even ones that ostensibly are allowed in that fight
so unless you have some specialized comps that can do those respective fights...you're kinda stuck using non-type attacks
and the two best units for the job are sa aldo and benedict
benedict comes with the bonus of being able to set slash break which helps ease damage requirements, but you can also use various supports to set break, so it's not like aldo's completely helpless in that way
hell, you can even run them both together
i did that for i think the second and third fights
summer hornet
Sounds like you pretty much have to use Aldo for this then
old galleon
you don't have to, but he makes it a good bit easier
i also neglected to mention colette, but she probably functions best at high light, which is kinda rare that people grind collab units that high
benedict isn't that hard to get, though; while obviously you'll need him at 5*, he's available from the gacha at 3 and 4
so if you don't have aldo at high investment, benedict can work just fine
but yes, t hese fights really incentivize non-type damage
for pure non-gacha, it looks like the second fight is the worst of the bunch, though
gonna post some vids, one sec
oh right, something i should note is that each hp bar has no stopper
the hp bars themselves basically function as stoppers in later fights
so the first fight as a result becomes pretty simple to clear quickly
if they were using gacha units this wouldn't be a terribly hard 1 turn
here's fight two,a nd note that this is not a non-gacha clear
the reason for that will be self-evident in a sec
the non-gacha clear took him 23 turns
5k fixed damage per turn is a very high benchmark, on top of whatever else it's doing in that turn
(2.5k if your unit is water)
on the flipside, that 2nd fight 2 turn showcases one of the strongest possible aldo comps
ilulu alter/claude es/myunfa alter on the left of aldo specifically
anyway, the other clears are much more reasonable
in terms of turn count anyway
but yeah some of these runs use a high shadow gariyu as the main dps instead, using aldo to support
(gariyu is non-gacha but you farm his shadow from antiquity garulea, which isn't a great dungeon to run a lot of, later on in the game)
(so mine is relatively low lol)
digital marlin
Sounds like you pretty much have to use Aldo for this then
dont get wrapped up
thats how you entinwed into trying it out
old galleon
nah if i were trying to get him to try it out i would have posted the mech
old galleon
this game really doesn't want me to roll myunfa alter
i got myunfa ns and cynthia on this banner earlier
then just now got.......mariel as
as spooks are like a .02% chance
so unless i manage to pull something out of my ass here soon, i'll end up having to get 3 of her opuses to drop
slow raft
summer hornet
He's such a schemer lol
slow raft
Useless old man, outmatched by office worker horse uncle
slow raft
So true
idle grove
they let takeuchi back in the kitchen with this one!!! 🔥 🔥
https://vxtwitter.com/KaroshiMyriad/status/1732333810896052295?s=20
slow raft
I love when like mystival fighters wear modern clothing
That rocks so hard
Lost my shit when i first visited the somniel in fe engage
idle grove
it is peak yes
slow raft
Also
honest pawn
I'm really enjoying arknights
