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dull bridge
runic ether
yeah why
runic ether
nothing
runic ether
do u just not play the game
dull bridge
I do
but like im still a lot off
ive done most of the world quests I thought
do I need to get all chests?
runic ether
u havent then
idle grove
hmm kind of want to build around blade cause he's cool
runic ether
based
have you claimed your free 5 star from the standard banner?
if not, the one you will pick is bronya for blade
blade bronya jade in 2.3 and tingyun or hanya will be your team for him most likely
though neither is truly perfect or ideal
idle grove
haven't rolled enough on that banner to get the 5* yet
runic ether
blade has a small issue
well 2 technically
he has no real supports for him
acheron is in the same boat more or less
but acheron at least bounces off existing good characters
blade doesnt yet have one besides bronya/sparkle and jade in 2.3
since hes an hp scaler for his dps
and he wants hp drain (jade says hi)
every single buffer in this game buffs attack more or less
recommending hanya because while she buffs attack she also buffs speed and has good return on skill points
also recommending tingyun because while she also buffs attack, she also regens energy which is valuable for blade
idle grove
yeah both of them seem good for him
runic ether
over time though, we will definitely get supports that buff hp
or drain hp for him
say a 4 star abundance character that can transfer hp from one to another
thatd be great for blade
idle grove
assume you want a healer for him right? or is the idea you just buff him and then smack someone really hard
runic ether
yeah a healer of fu xuan
idle grove
runic ether
*or
jade can somewhat circumvent this
since she will be speeding blade up enough and she drains his hp too
idle grove
hmm a little unfortunate
runic ether
so he can basically become "immortal"
idle grove
ahh I see
runic ether
but that is a sustainless team which u can cross that bridge when you get to that point
your initial blade team would be him + gallagher + asta/hanya + tingyun
replacing asta or hanya or tingyun with bronya
if you had sparkle, id say just go in on building qingque
glossy latch
Oh random ||Argenti|| jumpscare
runic ether
Oh random ||Argenti|| jumpscare
||i love him. apparently you can skip his fight if you select the right dialogue||
idle grove
replacing asta or hanya or tingyun with bronya
probably asta right? they're the closest to each other I assume
runic ether
asta is different from bronya
asta is like a budget ruan mei
where asta's buffs are for the whole team
like ruan mei
bronya's buff is entirely for 1 character
the action forward on bronya is also 100%
idle grove
ohh sure
runic ether
the speed needed for asta to do the same would be astronomical she cant do the same
idle grove
runic ether
asta is still good but she works best in a 2x dps comp
even if she is outclassed by ruan mei
idle grove
and what if I decided to clara?
runic ether
clara does scale off atk which is of benefit to her since she can take advantage of all the current supports and the ones you have
but she builds kinda weird
copper steppe
using clara on those pure fiction levels was crazy
idle grove
clara does scale off atk which is of benefit to her since she can take advantage...
pog, but how weird does she build?
cause clara struck me as more like uh Charles from Epic 7
runic ether
she is built to go slow
idle grove
where you build full atk + def and then just tank every hit and bonk to counter
runic ether
you want her to get attacked basically
not defense though since her scaling is entirely on atk
you wanna run her with a shielder or potentially someone that increases aggro towards her like lynx or march
enemies that hit clara get marked and take increased damage from her skill
so there are a few ways to go about it
you can build her somewhat like a hypercarry
or build her with a dual dps comp
clara/topaz is the usual way to go since svarog's follow-up attack will also bump up numby
clara also has some good application in pure fiction
so she can help you out there and in memory of chaos
copper steppe
to clarify (get it) her skill hits like 3-4 times if marked
runic ether
yeah
its a big dps boost
so you need to balance clara getting hit or having her ult up constantly
so that svarog can be shooting things even when other allies are hit
idle grove
you wanna run her with a shielder or potentially someone that increases aggro to...
oh does march increase aggro?
runic ether
her shield is the useful part but yeah
runic ether
yeah so long as that ally is healthy
iirc over 30% hp
if they drop below that 30% hp they dont get the increased aggro chance
versed pawn
how much did you have to grind
u just open chests and do story missions and some of the sidequests and thats it pretty much
idle grove
ohh sure, so I guess you just go clara march and then some other supports?
runic ether
honestly that team lacks debuffs for ratio to have great uptime
so tingyun becomes less favored over someone like pela
but then you also want asta in there
which becomes awkward
topaz works since she doesnt need debuffs applied like ratio does
where kaveh
idle grove
I'll have to look into teams more then
I just need 2 consistent ones so I can do MoC properly
runic ether
yeah
idle grove
and then I need to make my PF teams
versed pawn
thank god i saved some fuel for this patchs releases
idle grove
If you get Robin Aeri
that is a big load bearing if
old galleon
the fruit of my labor
weirdly enough, despite toova being a launch character and even having an alter, this is my first 5* version of her
that is by design, since both her ns (even with true manifest) and as are pretty badly outdated
her alter is good mainly for another sense overthrow passive and can make a competent dps too, i just never got aroun dto getting her third opus
meanwhile toova es is a good ice fields master pick
so it makes that choice pretty easy
torn harbor
||i love him. apparently you can skip his fight if you select the right dialogue...
||I didn't even realize you could fight him||
versed pawn
Smh imagine skipping fight and not outright one tapping with archeron 
So he's a lordly trashcan undercover
torn harbor
Also the puzzles these time around were great
I finally had to think about them instead of autopiloting them!
versed pawn
I lost e1 50/50 
torn harbor
Won 50/50 on robin
44 pull ins topaz banner
If I lose 50/50 I have guarantee for firefly
If I win my fua team grows ever stronger
long tree
The fact this tells me nothing about her age
long tree
Knowing anime she is either A. A robot/clone/whatever that's actually like a year old or something, B. A regular 20-30 something that's insecure, or C. A 500 quintillion older than time and space and your mom woman
old galleon
Knowing anime she is either A. A robot/clone/whatever that's actually like a yea...
none of the above
long tree
Nah this is C
old galleon
toova stuff ||so she's a necromancer who performed necromancy on her own body to give herself an extremely long life; her es character quest revealed that she and her necromancy teacher are both over 3,000 years old||
||strictly speaking, that's a lot closer to b than to c||
long tree
listen we both know I used hyperbole here
idle grove
don't think I've said it yet but like
man I love listening to acheron's jp voice
she has a really soothing tone which I think fits how she speaks really well
runic ether
yeah thats the other raiden's va she does a great job
paper spoke
Reminded myself that Kafka’s JP VA is gonna be one of the Qadistu in SMT V Vengeance
idle grove
I love looking on the hsr reddit
every other post feels like it's "story not that good because I don't understand it"
runic ether
lol
granted i dont think the story was as good this time around as 2.1
but it was fine
slow raft
i do undserstand a certain frustration with the story of hsr cause there were moments where i was like "ok i have never heard this word before and they are saying it like im meant to understand it" or alternatively "i have heard this word before, but i cant look up where except on a third party website"
but its still decent
(mind, i havent played 2.2 yet)
runic ether
nah thats a fair assessment since there are plenty of times where they bring up a concept and ur like ???
runic ether
and u look into it and u had to have cleared simulated universe at x difficulty with x relics on x path
slow raft
its a bit needlessly confusing and most of it would be solveable if you could look up story dialogue but i have yet to find the option for that
idt it necessarily detracts much from the story beats tho
slow raft
you can revisit it
where?
idle grove
from what I've heard though
idle grove
being messy fits honkai games perfectly
runic ether
lets you see stuff again
but yeah i think back to 2.0
sparkle saying aven is a sigonian and him saying he was an avgin
if u hadnt played topaz's quest in belobog 1st u dont know who aventurine even really is
if u dont have topaz herself u dont get context on how he is
if u dont read lore logs u dont know what a sigonian/avgin is
idle grove
aventurine is solely powering this poor man
runic ether
aventurine is welt's hp bar at this point
idle grove
sparkle saying aven is a sigonian and him saying he was an avgin
this is the only thing I didn't really get that springs to mind immediately, it felt like a lot of importance got placed on it for something that was background info
runic ether
also some stuff has multiple names
ten stonehearts are also known as the cornerstones
or how dialogue sometimes calls someone a follower of x or whatnot but use their title within said group which is accurate too but
can lead to confusion
idle grove
maybe I slightly misunderstood then, I thought the dept. heads were the stonehearts while their rocks were the cornerstones
runic ether
its both
idle grove
runic ether
they are the ten stonehearts but they are also the cornerstones themselves
aventurine's real name isnt that its kakavasha
but he is as much the cornerstone as he is a member of the ten stonehearts
topaz is the same way
she has a real name beneath it
idle grove
one thing I do like about the game though
runic ether
but she is topaz as well
idle grove
is that sometimes when you see things that have multiple names
idk what the technique is but they do the thing where it's like
runic ether
the other name is on top
idle grove
yeah
idle grove
really helps in understanding some shit
runic ether
i believe its just a thing in chinese story telling
idle grove
like when they go "esoteric concept" and then it's just "bob and dave" written above it
copper steppe
isn’t chinese novels full of complicated and convoluted bs
idle grove
so I've heard
slow raft
fate's atlas
i dont see the option here, do i need to clear something for it?
runic ether
hmmm
idle grove
when are we getting the Honkai Star Rail Cultivation Story
runic ether
i gotta double check
copper steppe
i still do not understand how the elements work in chinese alchemy
idle grove
True ✅
copper steppe
long tree
Done all new content and quests for 2.2
These mini game ones that you need to do 15 times can go commit blaze
runic ether
no offense but go outside
copper steppe
its been 2 days bro how
long tree
no offense but go outside
All I do is sleep or play games
copper steppe
jot are you ok
long tree
Yeah I'm fine this is faster than I usually do it all?
Took me like 6-7 hours?
Chests were really easy to find this time around
copper steppe
huh
long tree
The side quests are short
Only thing that took a bit were the mini games but they weren't like, hard
long tree
jot are you ok
Combination of depression, anxiety and disability requires me to answer no, but I basically don't have to do anything rn, so I'm just doing what I like
For example I slept about 15 hours today
dull bridge
I do think 2.1 story was better
but some scenes in 2.2 story felt absolutely fucking badass
glossy latch
... wait what
||Did they just anticlimatically finish the fight with a Deus Exianzhou?||
No way
This has to be a fakeout
glossy latch
👍
||Ok called it it was a fakeout||
||This ... would work better if it was a single player game lmao||
slow raft
Easiest challenge quest of my life, simply np 27 turns in a row
(Disregard the dead castorias)
Finally have this thing cleared out, bought everything relevant in shop and i even got a few copies of the 1 star
runic ether
||Why the fuck am I fighting an Orcust lmao||
||cus not every day needs to be a sunday||
glossy latch
Its just weird how its ||literally just an Orcust, even has the symbol on the forehead||
runic ether
||oh yeah fair lol||
honest pawn
Finally have this thing cleared out, bought everything relevant in shop and i ev...
I didn't even touch the event, damnit
runic ether
tbf its a really cool design
glossy latch
I mean yeah
||Orcusts are good designs so||
Ok completed the story
Good, but 2.1s was better
Im mostly confused by ||Firefly just leaving, but I assume well get her last chapter next patch||
runic ether
||given acheron's dialogue, it seems firefly was the one who reached out to acheron and the others on the express||
||also i dislike that we didnt get to see argenti saving aventurine||
glossy latch
||Yeah but we dont even know what happened to Firefly so Im expecting some closure next patch||
dull bridge
||Yeah but we dont even know what happened to Firefly so Im expecting some closu...
||yeah we will also get the whole ipc shit when jade arrives||
glossy latch
When do we get the drip marketing btw?
dull bridge
oh
mbbb
sorry
||didnt leaks say 2.4 was march||
||no its jiaoqiu and screwllium or smt||
runic ether
should be a day before 2.3
march is also supposed to get an updated form like trailblazer does
dull bridge
during 2.4?
runic ether
yes
glossy latch
I see
Im mostly asking to know if I need to save Jades for after Firefly
In case its Screwllum
runic ether
the initial leak was jiaoqiu and screwllum + new march skin
with an alternate path
iirc hunt
long tree
Harmony MC really just said "what if you could break harder"
I need to see how a harmony MC Ruan mei silver wolf xueyi team does
versed pawn
It's good on anyone u can stack breakeffect on double dipping
Main problem is u can't bring it every content since since can't always cover all bases of weakness
So I guess this is also the reason they release 2 breakeffect units to have more coverage for the playstyle
And I feel like Ruan Mei is a bit too good to pass up since her toughness dmg scales with superbreak
glossy latch
If its Screwllum Ill have to save rolls from now on
If its not I could try for Boothill
runic ether
If its Screwllum Ill have to save rolls from now on
keep in mind leakers have been pretty wrong with hsr character order
summer hornet
Finally got to the Harmony trailblazer reveal
||SO FREAKING GOOOOOOOOOOOD||
||That whole cutscene was divine||
||honestly all the cutscenes so far have been 110%||
glossy latch
keep in mind leakers have been pretty wrong with hsr character order
Yeah Im aware
Thats why I want the drip marketing to be sure
dull bridge
yeah fair enough
runic ether
Thats why I want the drip marketing to be sure
itll be last day of 2.2 though basically
glossy latch
Ye
Means Ill know if I can roll for Boothill or not then
Dont think I can risk it on Topaz 😔
runic ether
unless you get really lucky
and im talking 10 pull -> topaz -> 10 pull -> boothill
and then spending on sam and win the 50/50 -> skip jade unless you 10 pull get jade -> then screwllum
at least for me, i can safely skip until jade
if jiaoqiu is good for acheron, ill probs pull
if hes a marginal upgrade, ill skipp
runic ether
runic ether
seems very doable
glossy latch
If Screwllum is not 2.4 I might go for Boothill + Sam then aim for Screwllum eventually
I mean I have like 100 rolls banked rn
And weve got events still
runic ether
yeah
glossy latch
Alternatively I could do Sam + Jade so my PF teams are better
runic ether
jiaoqiu would be the last thing i would pull besides jade on my end
and only if jiaoqiu is actually an upgrade for acheron
and a significant one
i think jade will be a very busted support dps and thus i will get her
plus gives more options for mono quantum
glossy latch
I just need another PF unit since 12* rn is kinda iffy
Ive got Herta, Himeko and clara
But past that its kinda ... eh
Like I have Serval, Kafka, maybe Sampo/Guinaifen
runic ether
black swan would help with kafka
though maybe screwllum is truly the fua acheron as he was rumored to be
and can thus be the guy for pf
in any case, i now overcap crit rate on her
so i have to farm the new planar set in 2.4 
her cdmg is also way better than it looks here
her lc gives 24% and aventurine is on keel for me
so she has 103/142
oh i forgot ruan mei
also has keel
103/152
glossy latch
Realistically I could maybe tune my sets for PF and get the last star but eh
I just want Screwllum because I like the character admitively also why I want boothill
My only issue with Boothill is the lack of good lightcone
runic ether
yeah
that had been my topaz's problem
until yesterday where my random 10 pull into the lc banner provided me her lc at like 2 pity
all the hunt lc options are like
20% worse than her own lc
and i could tell
i took her to moc and her dps went from 70ks on numby to 111k
glossy latch
The new one from the LC shop, the one with aventurine and ratio on it, could be decent?
Assuming Boothill uses crit
runic ether
yeah he wants to crit
glossy latch
Sadly not as good on Ratio
runic ether
even though he breaks
he still wants crit
but iirc he translates break into crit
hes not super hard to build
the annoying part is that he has no actual lc
outside his sig
glossy latch
I mean
The one I mentioned seems decent?
Im pretty sure he hits a lot of times in his enhanced attack
Could be decent on Topaz as well maybe?
runic ether
~~Could be decent on Topaz as well maybe?~~
its about 20% worse on her than her sig
all 4 star lc are on the same level at s5
glossy latch
Most are
runic ether
20% or higher worse than her sig
glossy latch
Also theres something funny about the fact that Sam looks to be good only in a team with HMC
runic ether
the herta shop cone is 16% worse
runic ether
Also theres something funny about the fact that Sam looks to be good only in a t...
its something i see them fixing or buffing
either through the beta or through supports
in the future
currently hmc + ruan mei are the only real options for sam
thats not idea
glossy latch
Yeah
runic ether
*deal
cus if sam drops at current stage
idk
blade-tier dps
thats not bad
but its not great
way less team options too
glossy latch
Mmh
... oh I just realised, I could do a really stupid build with Luka + HMC + Ruan Mei
glossy latch
I mean
runic ether
but that sounds miserable
glossy latch
Ye
glossy latch
Sam is gonna be Sam + HMC + RM + Gallagher probably
glossy latch
Shame I dont have Gallaghers Eidolons but ah well
runic ether
thats frankly the only team
glossy latch
Also shame I dont have Xueyis eidolons or that HMC isnt the old kit that was perfect for Xueyi anymore
runic ether
yeah rip xueyi
idk why hoyo decided to say fuck you in particular to her
from her beta, she seemed quite decent
almost competing with qq
and then she just kept eating nerfs
her bis support was also yanked
glossy latch
I mean she'd be strong if we had the old HMC ult because shed just get to keep shredding breakbars but damn
runic ether
dont get it twisted
in mono-quantum, as a sub-dps for qq, she can absolutely crush it
this latest moc cycle 1st half is basically perfect for her
versed pawn
She does only a ton of toughness dmg with Ruan Mei which is fine but she's is incredibly hard to build to get the right subs on
runic ether
you dont need silver wolf with qq and sparkle
so you can run her as a sub dps for that half for qq or seele
versed pawn
Like I'm like 150 be 70/120
runic ether
she helps a ton vs the annoying dino
glossy latch
Yeah shes good vs quantum-weak enemies but less good vs anyone else
The overcooked one?
runic ether
yep
glossy latch
I thought that one is trivial
runic ether
no
glossy latch
Ah
versed pawn
The cool thing about her tho is she can deal toughness dmg to anyone
versed pawn
Most annoying about her is she dips into like 4 substats
runic ether
The cool thing about her tho is she can deal toughness dmg to anyone
yeah but its never enough
versed pawn
With Ruan Mei it's like a flat 50% thoughness dmg for most enemy's otherwise it's 33%
runic ether
like if i had a fix for xueyi, id bump like all her numbers up
glossy latch
Id just make her get the same amount of karma stacks from allies as herself
runic ether
though what it indicates to me is that they likely will redo her kit on a 5 star and make it better
glossy latch
That way she is less bound to quantum exactly
Rn the only way for allies to meaningfully contribute is basically FuA characters who need to get a lot of said FuA
runic ether
if she could consistently build her karma
she would be so good for aventurine
the way pig chalk gamba is
glossy latch
Yeah
Ironically Topaz is probably the best character for Xueyi but Xueyi not the best character for Topaz lmao
runic ether
had a turn where i just abused the enemy through a brutal loop of ratio ult -> fua -> numby -> ratio fua -> numby -> aventurine -> bumped numby again and topaz then skilled into the kill
it was at least 500k damage
actually i can go look
nvm
it wont tell me
if there is one thing i dislike about the hoyolab hsr tracker
is that it wont track highest dps or defeats like genshin does
glossy latch
Also Xueyi + Topaz needs specifically fire + quantum weak enemies which is rough
long tree
Is it bad I feel no motivation to build jingyuan even though I have him E2 lc1 because of how bad lightning lord feels at times
long tree
Worst is I want to grab topaz for him but firefly is coming up
long tree
It's just how I am, tbf topaz has other uses for me especially since I have aventurine so I can do ratio aventurine topaz
runic ether
only pull topaz if you actually main ratio + jing yuan and actually use them both heavily
i fully main ratio
like
before acheron
i was using him nearly every moc with jingliu and with qq
post acheron, i started using him less but thats cus my topaz was kinda mid
focusing on her + then getting her lc the team feels absurdly strong but i actively build and play ratio
my spare fuel goes into him + acheron
long tree
Fair, I'm gonna go hard on firefly so hopefully I can get them built well (relic gods pls)
runic ether
yeah if u arent going to commit into spending a lot of resources into ratio + topaz, its not worth getting her
even if you have aventurine
bc aventurine can be used anywhere and everywhere
hes not tied to them
tbf they arent tied to him either but my point is that having those 2 on your account doesnt mean much
long tree
Ye aventurine is my go to sustain now
runic ether
ipc national is the team you want to be aiming for
and willing to farm a lot for
the alternative is if you just really like topaz
and want to build her as a hypercarry
long tree
I never really farm too hard mainly because I know the teams I have are good enough for what I feel comfortable doing (moc 10 pf 2), if I ever have a time where I'm gonna grind more ill probably focus on jingyuan and acheron
glossy latch
I just want to make a FuA team and Im kinda lacking a good option
Since Ive got, what
Clara, Ratio and thats about it?
And clara + Ratio is kind of a rough team
glossy latch
Like the best option there would be
runic ether
aventurine clara pop off
glossy latch
Gallagher as a healer and Ruan Mei as a support or Topaz as a support
But even then 3 debuffs isnt super consistent
runic ether
itd be ruan mei for sure
you give up consistent fua
for better clara and ratio general dps
my current ratio team now has both thanks to topaz lc
but also i did indeed get lucky as fuck
long tree
I wish I could go back in time to grab Clara instead of geppy on my selector, considering I lost my very next 50/50 to him
runic ether
i have only lost a 50/50 in genshin and it was after i had already gotten arle
and then i did a spare 10 pull and got her c1 anyways
long tree
I lose every 50/50 in genshin it is surreal
glossy latch
Realistically Im just not sure how to make Clara work really
Like
Obviously its Clara + Lynx or March
glossy latch
And then either I do double support
long tree
The last 50/50 I won was... Ayato? And I was mainly pulling for 4 stars
glossy latch
Or I do double DPS but who would be the other DPS?
runic ether
i think its 2x support for you
if you had aventurine
then you could do 2x dps
since ratio can feed off him well
not the most debuffs
but just enough
breaks also count as debuffs
glossy latch
Hm
runic ether
so in theory that was kind of all you would be missing
runic ether
but without aven, id do tingyun + maybe hanya?
glossy latch
If Welts gimmick didnt run counter to Claras gimmick Id try Welt as a sub-DPS
glossy latch
Sparkle or Bronya no?
runic ether
on your account
runic ether
could do sparkle or bronya at e1 yeah
i could see clara + bronya + tingyun + huohuo
or sparkle > bronya
either works
glossy latch
Id still use Lynx tbh because I wanna make the aggro reliable
runic ether
just position clara next to tingyun
since tingyun will draw all the aggro in anyways
glossy latch
Lmao
glossy latch
I guess I could do Xueyi + Clara against enemies that are quantum-weak
runic ether
so that way as tingyun gets attacked despite the weight destruction characters have
you get reliable fua from svarog
and build energy on all 3
xueyi clara can work with rm
glossy latch
Realistically the main team is gonna be mono-quantum anyway, so its mostly a question of what the second team is
runic ether
seele hypercarry?
glossy latch
Usually its gonna be DoT but I guess I can run Clara for other enemies
Ye
Seele + SW + Sparkle + Fu Xuan
runic ether
qq stonks
glossy latch
I like Seele in mono-quantum and I cant be bothered to build QQ
glossy latch
Whatever Ill figure it out once I get to MoC
And PF-wise I have Herta + Himeko so I just need a second team there that isnt just "DoT when its good"
runic ether
qq is currently stronger atm since the current moc with quantum weakness really favors qq
long tree
If I could go back in time to stop myself pulling any limited character it'd probably be blade
Love his design, love his character
But damn I never use him
runic ether
yeah cus he hasnt gotten a real support yet
since blade's drop, we also got 2 top dps above his damage that worked with current supports
so surely, he would get someone to support him directly
long tree
Hopefully he does soon, I want to make a team out of all the stellaron hunters
runic ether
then 1.4 goes by and nothing, 1.5 nothing, 1.6 nothing, 2.0 nothing (sparkle kinda), 2.1 nothing, 2.2 nothing (robin meh)
2.3 jade
finally
the blade support he has been waiting for
but shes not ideal for him
shes super fucking good for him
absolutely worth going for if you have blade as one of your main carries
but she still doesnt has a kit that buffs hp
like blade wants
long tree
but she still doesnt has a kit that buffs hp
For that couldn't you use lynx as your sustain?
runic ether
thats not the issue
you can use lynx or luocha or gallagher or whoever
the problem is that blade lacks a support that says "buff target's hp"
or "drain hp from an ally to give to another"
every other dps and carry has something
acheron lacks this too somewhat
but makes up for it with absurd raw damage and working with 2 of the other best characters in the game in pela and silver wolf
blade doesnt has that
all the other supports dont directly bump his damage like the others
which causes him to feel awkward
40% of his atk and 100% of his hp scaling is genuinely so rough for blade
if he was an attack scaler, he would be stupid good
like
flip the numbers
100% of his atk, and 40% of his hp
longivous is still his best set
but now every support buffs him to an insane degree
summer hornet
How good (or bad) does Traildancer/Aventurine/Welt/SW sound?
(By Traildancer I do mean Harmony Trailblazer, it’s the best name imo so far)
runic ether
do you have e2s1 wolf?
cus as much damage as aventurine does, you will lack a lot of it without a 2nd dps and welt doesnt has nearly the output as wolf does at e2s1
ideally u would want e4 wolf too
honestly wouldnt even be too bad to do aven, ratio, hmc, wolf
runic ether
without e2, silver wolf needs to build more eff hit rate
so you cant focus on crit stats or atk
with e2 you can just run her how you would any other dps more or less
versed pawn
Just bring a support that increases health for your team even more
Bailu doesn't give enough
versed pawn
yay found all chests
summer hornet
Was that Blade's goal all along
versed pawn
Soon
versed pawn
My good why that one minigame have 15 stages 
runic ether
u dont technically need him
hes so broken but u do have arle and wrio
u dont need another on-fielder
glossy latch
True but I think he looks neat
Plus Im rolling on that banner for chev probably anyway
dull bridge
I might get cloris de
clorinde
she seems cool
I always liked ayatos play stem
a play style
and she seems similar?
summer hornet
Finished ||fighting Sunday|| in HSR
||boss fight was super intense without being overly tough- and I liked the design, it catered to all three main styles (Hunt, Erudition, Destruction) without explicitly favoring one over the other||
||cleared it in one go with Ratio/Topaz/Aventurine/Silver Wolf||
runic ether
i believe ||he just got through the fakeout ending||
idle grove
||it's a good bit for sure but definitely felt a lot more obvious as a fakeout once you look back on it||
torn harbor
i believe ||he just got through the fakeout ending||
Yeah ||I could tell from the team lineup lmao||
summer hornet
i believe ||he just got through the fakeout ending||
Yeah that's where I am lol
Currently ||talking with Robin||
||the fact she realized it was a fakeout because her brother was too nice in the dream is heartbreaking||
summer hornet
||it's a good bit for sure but definitely felt a lot more obvious as a fakeout o...
||I knew something was off because Aventurine was back lmao||
torn harbor
I mean ||it explicitly stated both in the middle of this patch and the end of 2.1 that he isn't dead||
summer hornet
||yeah but they didn't explain a single thing about how he returned||
torn harbor
Ah
If you talk to welt during the ||fakeout||
You get this dialogue
||https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/884849474583806069/1238052684591009833/SPOILER_image.png?ex=663de1e9&is=663c9069&hm=e59ecabbb870c24b4115488450d7667d42d2f7e8f341b5c2d86e05a85a519fed&||
summer hornet
I did see that
torn harbor
||note this means that trailblazer is a higher ranked valkyrie than base Kiana who is B||
runic ether
||yeah but they didn't explain a single thing about how he returned||
||yup||
||argenti saved him but they dont ever mention it||
idle grove
||I knew something was off because Aventurine was back lmao||
||I thought something was up when the boss was beaten by a cutscene, and then everything was like.. too easy. IPC just going "yeah we're happy now bye" and nothing else was a huge red flag||
torn harbor
||I thought something was up when the boss was beaten by a cutscene, and then ev...
||also everyone gassing up the protag||
idle grove
true
summer hornet
||argenti saved him but they dont ever mention it||
||in the dream?||
long tree
summer hornet
idle grove
||yeah, think argenti mentions he saved him when you fight argenti at the end of the tests||
||also the jade abacus thing makes you wonder how all the luofu got into the dream to save you||
torn harbor
Here's what I think
I think the jade abacus will not be used until after we have visited all of the luofu ships
So that they can have a sick moment where every luofu character comes to beat up a boss as a support attack
(or just each of the 7 generals)
runic ether
its a clear end-game item for when we face off vs nanook
dull bridge
should i spoiler?
runic ether
yes
copper steppe
by this point its common knowledge
runic ether
1st id spoiler cus this is not going to be accurate in about a week
dull bridge
runic ether
2nd is that while its common knowledge, its also totally pointless to do pre-tc and showcases
glossy latch
||Yeah the anticlimatic ending makes it a bit too obvious||
||I did spot Misha though, which helped lmao||
||Do all 5 options give you the reveal or is it only Misha?||
dull bridge
only
summer hornet
||speaking from personal experience, if you pick the other answers Black Swan explains why you’re wrong, removes the choice, and takes you back to the beginning||
glossy latch
||Did you try to check all of them out or did you just pick wrong ||
summer hornet
glossy latch
summer hornet
||I was thinking in terms of “which character is mostly likely to have been hiding something” rather than “which plot point was the most suspicious”||
||And I didn’t doubt the Misha/Watchmaker reveal, which was my undoing||
summer hornet
||yeah once they explained that it lined up||
turbid olive
digital marlin
old galleon
Twitter
glossy latch
Oof, Firefly without Ruan Mei looks rough
Surely theyll change her kit a bit to make her not 100% reliant on exactly one team
copper steppe
well i have ruan mei so im good
👍
mecha girlfriend here we go
ruan mei teams are pretty funny
also about fgo, yesterday marked 1300 days of gacha hell
30 sq yipee
slow raft
Twitter
summer hornet
Finished the story for HSR, ||for real this time||
||Robin's third song playing with the train ramming into god was PERFECT||
torn harbor
Indeed
I also want to point out
As pompom is the conductor of the astral express ||he is now officially the most useful hoyoverse mascot character, assisting us in a boss fight :p||
torn harbor
||Robin's third song playing with the train ramming into god was PERFECT||
On a related note
Should read the description of the event lightcone "for tomorrow's journey"
summer hornet
||that train sequence also felt very tokusatsu. Like I'm 90% sure that I've seen it in a henshin animation, maybe not Den-O or another Kamen Rider but definitely somewhere||
versed pawn
summer hornet
Also I finished the side quest for Mr. Blues
||I didn't expect to cry over five origami birds but here we are||
versed pawn
||the hidden hanu game was annoying||
torn harbor
||the hidden hanu game was annoying||
And you need to do it
16 times
summer hornet
Oh joy, dare I ask
versed pawn
i mean totally fine do 3 cycle the first half of moc 12 with this team
torn harbor
i mean totally fine do 3 cycle the first half of moc 12 with this team
I finished side 2 2 cycles earlier now that I have robin (instead of Ruan mei) from my fua team 😄
versed pawn
i did 0cycle aventurine tho e6 archeorn is just diffrent
torn harbor
Honestly it didn't quite register how much more damage I was doing with Robin until I went and did my normal farming runs
And herta's spin practically one shot a mob
versed pawn
it stacks up quite a lot
summer hornet
||also i dislike that we didnt get to see argenti saving aventurine||
Yeah I'm kinda disappointed about that too when I think about it
torn harbor
the initial leak was jiaoqiu and screwllum + new march skin
Well new leak has a different character instead of screwy
torn harbor
Actually
Do you think Sparkle's button ||will be relevant in 2.3 where I'm assuming that we have like the close out wrapping up the loose ends before leaving (for real this time)||
summer hornet
Actually
Do you think Sparkle's button ||will be relevant in 2.3 where I'm assum...
||most likely - though I guess they could handwave it by saying they were lost in the gap between Sunday's dream and the Harmony's||
||Sparkle's bombs, the IPC Stonehearts (and Boothill), Firefly's third death, Acheron's next destination, and Sunday's punishment are the most obvious plot stickers for Penacony that I can think of||
||they really wrapped up a LOT||
||the whole contest thing felt a bit hamstringed (though it made sense and was a great way to give us more Firefly+Argenti time), and it felt like they repeated Sunday's past and motivations a little too much... But I also understand why those were important||
||people getting those mixed up could get very bad very fast||
||the amount of jumping around made this one feel more chaotic than 2.1, but it was still really good on the whole||
runic ether
||i dont imagine sunday is actually alive tbh. but i wouldnt be surprised if he is||
torn harbor
||Sparkle's bombs, the IPC Stonehearts (and Boothill), Firefly's third death, Ac...
Here's what I think
I don't think it's a bomb
I think it's her name
torn harbor
||i dont imagine sunday is actually alive tbh. but i wouldnt be surprised if he ...
||leakers say he is and his lightcone for 2.3 highly suggests he is||
torn harbor
||i dont imagine sunday is actually alive tbh. but i wouldnt be surprised if he ...
||some people are theorizing he will be joining the stellaron hunter due to letter you find when helping robin in the grand theatre post main story||
runic ether
good lord can you stop pinging me
torn harbor
Sorry
summer hornet
Wait is this leaks or publicly available content
summer hornet
||some people are theorizing he will be joining the stellaron hunter due to lett...
This, I mean
torn harbor
This, I mean
The letter?
torn harbor
This, I mean
Go to the grand theatre's entrance and walk forward for a bit
mystic python
Oof, Firefly without Ruan Mei looks *rough*
Not just Ruan Mei
versed pawn
woundt dmg be quite a lot lower superbreak dmg scales with thougness dmg
mystic python
I mean she's not super reliant on just Ruan Mei
Kinda need both supports to be good
versed pawn
ye it just increases the dmg by a good ammount
oh right superbreak team try for gold and gears
runic ether
thats somewhat depressing to have exactly one team and its to a character that will get powercrept eventually
versed pawn
more of a annoyance is probably that u have to consistently build diffrent characters for IMC
to cover elemental weakness
glossy latch
Firefly implants fire weaknesses
runic ether
yeaht hats not really a concern
the issue is that your damage is locked to 2 specific characters with no real replacements to have damage
mystic python
When the enemy protects its own weakness bar or has multiple so you can't super break and your damage drops off a cliff:
versed pawn
shit took forever
idle grove
Twitter
dull bridge
is it HMC or IMC
idle grove
either works
dull bridge
how tf do i get into this locked door
versed pawn
what a smile
long tree
how tf do i get into this locked door
There’s one of those hamu firework boxes next to a wall you gotta shoot with a rocket launcher iirc
dull bridge
that didn’t work for me it was just the mini game i think
with the hidden thing
ni still didn’t unlock it
long tree
It might be a painting behind the elevator then?
On floor 2?
Iirc the door doesn’t unlock it but you can get into the room it leads to
dull bridge
yeahhhh that’s it
torn harbor
what a smile
I'm still trying to get her
torn harbor
found the 15 stage mini game
It's 16 counting endless!
dull bridge
i will do that mini game when I get a new computer
or get my current computer fixed
im not playing that on my phone
i’ll explore and everything just not doing that stupid mini game cause it’s so easy to overcompensate when moving
torn harbor
how tf do i get into this locked door
Become hanu, on the top left corner of the map there is a rocket launcher, there you can shoot the wall
Door will not open
torn harbor
im not playing that on my phone
I played it on my phone
torn harbor
Ooo
dull bridge
i'm bringing my computer in today anyways and we can ser what happens
versed pawn
I'm still trying to get her
torn harbor
https://tenor.com/view/wolfy-21-pgr-punishing-gray-raven-no-21-no-21-dancing-gif...
Gimme
About 30 pulls left till pity
mental acorn
today's free pull was good
honest pawn
we're killing you, unfortunately
copper steppe
long tree
sigh fellas we got another form to fill out (HSR spoilers)
idle grove
thankfully I only simp for SAM
torn harbor
*sigh* fellas we got another form to fill out (HSR spoilers)
||I feel sad for it cause it keeps calling out for Gallagher after the story D:||
summer hornet
today's free pull was good
Congratulations!
it should have been MEEEEE
summer hornet
||I feel sad for it cause it keeps calling out for Gallagher after the story D:|...
||yeah that side quest kinda hurt ngl. Also SoulGlad creator is kinda morally bankrupt, as expected||
old galleon
old galleon
cleared out all of the tales missions pretty easily
now it's just a bit of the shop to finish
this is what's left of my limited stock
old galleon
i'm reminded that the process of uncapping evokers to 5* is absolutely miserable
probably not as bad as eternals honestly, but still not fun
so this is just the first step
shoutout to eternity sand for being an asshole
this is the second step
the actual uncap requires another evolite, some gospels, more sephira stones and lusters, which aside from the evolite isn't that bad
and then getting the fourth skill burns a sunlight stone bc why the fuck not at this point
process requires damn near everything except gold bricks
did i mention this is all required (except the fourth skill) just to fight the world
old galleon
okay so at least celeste is much easier to blue chest now
old galleon
yeah my experience running celeste now is much improved
have 2 of the not saber and 1 of the other two
the long term goal is 5 exalto fists, and 2 of the others
versed pawn
im at 159 speed with the average of like 6 speed per piece i think
4 p watchmaker
mhh gonna check fast
i have no speed on robe yet tho
ye its at minimum 6 speed per piece
30 speed substats if u wanna stay on 4p watchmaker
24 if u play 2 watchmaker 2 speed or so
just need to find BE robe with base speed tho and im allready done
dull bridge
watchmaker will be good tho
cause than I can also improve acheron
what refinement is memories for you
mine is only r1
versed pawn
3
and im honest i have 3 e6 characters and i dont know how i only have it s3 at this point
versed pawn
but with s5 + my own buffs i should be at arround 310 with ruan mei in team
i just had good enough watchmaker pieces arround from the 6 weeks of acheron prefarming
torn harbor
@versed pawn why does getting currency in pgr take so long T.T
versed pawn
it takes arround the same time as genshin i guess
but no 50/50
but if you are not too far into the game you should have numerous story chapters to play through
torn harbor
it takes arround the same time as genshin i guess <:ConcernedFroge:6527416458165...
And genshin takes forever
torn harbor
but if you are not too far into the game you should have numerous story chapters...
Yeah I do
But still
slow raft
got topaz 
glossy latch
Ok I cant solo abyss 12 with Arle yet
summer hornet
Twitter
long tree
Nah this feels like an emiya energy tweet though
WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE ALSO VOICES CYNTHIA
runic ether
idk enough about fate to say if its really emiya energy or not
let me ping an expert
@rigid pilot
runic ether
https://x.com/SimplyAllegra/status/1789644775429218342
is this emiya energy or whatever
rigid pilot
You're so petty lmao
But no that's not really something Shirou would say
He's mother but he's not mommy
runic ether
just had to know
rigid pilot
mortal iron
WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE ALSO VOICES CYNTHIA
which version of cynthia
like the anime, the gacha, the web anime?
long tree
Mobile gacha
mortal iron
aah
what do you mean she's puko in aggretsuko!?
oh and mitsuru (i never played persona)
runic ether
allegra is just an insanely talented va
runic ether
yeah march reference
but most likely will be someone else ultimately
hsr and genshin arent this on the nose about iy
*it
idle grove
oh yeah for sure I just think it's neat
summer hornet
is this for beidou or for acheron
Both lol
Plus Maki from JJK, and everyone else that y'all listed already
(but mainly Acheron)
summer hornet
Nah this feels like an emiya energy tweet though
Specifically Archer, not Shirou
Shirou doesn't have the sass to say that
idle grove
my robin looks weird
runic ether
f
runic ether
lol
old galleon
boudica isn't roman
long tree
Yes but she lets me punish the Romans who aren't on my side after becoming roman
You will become Roman, and you will suffer oppression (my buffs)
But she's mainly there for filler for if/when I pull draco
old galleon
also i question why your spishtar isn't 10/10/10 at this point
old galleon
i hope you got first day of filming from the last event mlb'd
old galleon
oh no
long tree
Fgo is mainly on the back burner rn
long tree
I'm doing finnnne
The crit strength is usually more relevant for me anyway
(I can't loop without this CE anyway)
old galleon
that's bc you don't have him at mana loading level 10
summer anniversary is still a good ce to have mlb'd but it's mainly for servants like grey, who need to start at 80% instead of 70
or you're actually making use of the crit buff on it somehow
long tree
Makes him melt bosses
idle grove
wtf this drink is so well animated
why do the ice cubes have proper physics like
they went hard on this
honest pawn
finally got Koyanskaya's buster buff to 10
now I'm 10/4/10
next I gotta get junao's S1 to 10
and then I can wait for oberon
old galleon
forgot to post this lmao
they finally showed charlie, for the people who are into him
everyone pretending they don't know the trailer just showed moriarty
traum drops after maintenance tonight
2-san said 16 quartz but it sounded like 60 at first and i was gonna flip
also bakin event confirmed for june
honest pawn
they finally showed charlie, for the people who are into him
oh I'm very into him
astral drift
any unexpected stuff
old galleon
nope
summer hornet
traum drops after maintenance tonight
KADOC IS BACK IN SEASON BABY
AND I AM NOT SHUTTING UP ABOUT IT
old galleon
now go grail his girlfriend
summer hornet
Yeah this summer is Rough lol
I've got like twenty-plus grails so I probably can Grail the OG, but uh... I should probably get her skills done first lol
old galleon
if you don't actually like her then don't do it
i'm not sure where anastasia is on your scale
summer hornet
I don't hate her, I think all versions of her are sweet in their own way, I just don't care for her quite as much without Kadoc
So ironically making her not Lostbelt Ana made me more reluctant to commit to her
old galleon
i see, so ice-wielding terrorists are more your style
old galleon
and yet you didn't say no...
summer hornet
🥶
old galleon
anyway, on an unrelated note, did you go run tales of arcarum?
summer hornet
I've not logged into GBF since the end of Rise of the Beasts, alas