my team for the last 3 days has been
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dull bridge
dull bridge
yeah I also only need a bit lower for sw because of pela
sorry
was playing ace
but my team for the past 3 days has been danjin
and no one else
I used havoc mc for a bit
but I just like danjin better
high escarp
Is your MC male or female
dull bridge
female
high escarp
Because at the current stage it actually makes a difference
Oh
Huh
The male MC has a bug where his final attack stage can’t be cancelled
Causing significantly lower damage
So you already have the correct havoc MC
Just try it out
The ult damage is worth it
high escarp
You can still play danjin
high escarp
Better farm mats for inhalers
I’ve been sniped by those funny mushrooms way too many times
And the game just never gave me a second correct havoc 3 cost echo
So I just gave up and built her to support instead
dull bridge
Better farm mats for inhalers
inhalers?
high escarp
Yknow
dull bridge
And the game just never gave me a second correct havoc 3 cost echo
did u not do the sim uni
high escarp
The revival thingie
high escarp
dull bridge
?
high escarp
I had no idea
high escarp
Also what are you spending your stamina on in hsr
Because relic farming for 240 everyday has been yielding me nothing but trash and it feels like a waste
mystic python
Not areo but farming for Himeko to do Pure Fiction with, then back to the Watchmake mines
summer hornet
Prefarming for Firefly, mostly
The weekly bosses as well, naturally, plus the spare run of Nihility Calyx 1 whenever I don't want to think
Kafka and (Licia's) Black Swan make that gauntlet literally brainless
I just hit auto, come back five minutes later, and everything is dead
mental acorn
heh
slow raft
do keep in mind that hes still a crusher guard tho
slow raft
hook 
dull bridge
is fu xuan e1 good?
long tree
Better than her cone iirc
dull bridge
i mean I have her on moment of victory
i just got 8 cress
so I can use textures or whatever the herat one is a called
if it's better
torn harbor
is fu xuan e1 good?
Yes
summer hornet
I do love how active and varied all the VAs have been with this game
dull bridge
I do love how active and varied all the VAs have been with this game
i THINK, it's because more of them come from streaming backgrounds
/ similar stuff
copper steppe
yeah its like 30% more crit damage?
long tree
Yeah and bonus crit rate if you miss a crit
slow raft
Twitter
glossy latch
Playing through the Sumeru Archon Quest (for rolls for Alhaitham)
Man I love Alhaitham
Fun character
long tree
Alhaitham really has such a cool motif
long tree
He just radiates style and the feeling of being in control, which is funny because kavehs animations make him seem more aloof and lazy (not swinging his sword himself, just gesturing towards the enemy)
glossy latch
||Of course this motherfucker was playing 5D chess||
glossy latch
Ah I see Kaveh and Alhaitham are a married couple
runic ether
yeah lmao
glossy latch
Specifically the kind where youre not sure why they married in the first place
runic ether
it becomes more apparent as u see their backstories
glossy latch
I assume thats what you need the character quests for?
glossy latch
What are hangouts?
glossy latch
Ok soon Ill finish this archon quest
And then I can try two more rolls on Alhaitham
I love how Alhaithams motivation was just "if these fuckers cause chaos thats going to interfere with my work"
long tree
Alhaitham is like "I will only work if it causes me to work less in the future"
glossy latch
Why is this quest randomly so long
runic ether
which one?
glossy latch
The finale to sumerus story
long tree
I just heard kyokutei bakins voice and I got diabetes
glossy latch
59 pulls, no Alhaitham yet
glossy latch
Yes but I dont mind
runic ether
but yea sumeru story is p good. finale is a bit long but its trying to set up for the story quests of it
glossy latch
Anyway thats the Sumeru quest, it was decent but man not telling us the details is mean >:[
Anyway, 16 more rolls for soft pity, 31 for hard pity
Doable but man is it gonna be a pain
runic ether
wanderer's story and nahida's story quests are both continuations that eventually lead to fontaine
runic ether
Anyway thats the Sumeru quest, it was decent but man not telling us the details ...
mhm
i understand why
but like
u will see
just play thru fontaine's quest
runic ether
the sumeru dainsleif quest was peak
apparently from what i hear this latest one is peak
glossy latch
God thatll take forever to get to
runic ether
its fine. fontaine is really really good too
glossy latch
Im sure but the quests are starting to get lengthy
runic ether
i think fontaine's quest is likely the best quest hoyo has made so far
runic ether
Im sure but the quests are starting to get lengthy
thats true
glossy latch
Well see, I just wanna get Alhaitham so I can ... start saving for Emilie maybe?
Granted I also dont know if I have a weapon for Alhaitham
runic ether
fav sword?
iron sting?
harbinger of dawn?
if u have any of these 3 they work very well on him
haitham is an em scaler
some atk sure
but mostly em
glossy latch
Ive got Fav Sword
runic ether
his ult matters so he likes having energy
glossy latch
I also have the standard banner 5* sword
runic ether
fav sword is overkill
glossy latch
Which idk if thats good on him
runic ether
its better in xq
and bennett
haitham is also an on fielder so fav lets him constantly fill the whole team's er needs
iron sting is great for his damage
and its a craft sword
so u can guarantee it
and then harbinger is absurdly good for his crit stats
and since he doesnt care about the lower base atk
he can use it super well
imo harbinger of dawn is going to be his best option for you
we get a free kirara in 4.8
so your haitham team is basically built for you
haitham, xingqiu, kuki, kirara
if you are confident in your kirara build, you could also forgoe kuki for fischl
if your arle isnt using her
glossy latch
Oh, Hyperbloom?
runic ether
haitham: harbinger of dawn r5
4pc gilded dreams
glossy latch
I assumed you'd go Aggravate
runic ether
you could
its up to preference
he does very well in both
the reason haitham hbloom works so well is that he has actual dps
traditional nahida or collei or dmc have pretty poor damage
haitham on the otherhand is about 35% of the team dps in hyperbloom
vs the reaction itself normally being about 60-70%
and he more than makes up for it since he gets to both hyperbloom and quicken
how it goes: you start with xingqiu q and e normal -> kirara or yaoyao e to make blooms -> kuki e to pop them -> haitham hold e to aim to the ground to get a slide and a plunge at the same time for 3 mirrors and then you normal strings on him
what happens is haitham starts making blooms with xq and then he starts getting quicken
glossy latch
Its just that ideally Id not use XQ since Navia already uses him
runic ether
so you get to use kuki's aura to pop said blooms and his own quickens
runic ether
Its just that ideally Id not use XQ since Navia already uses him
when u dont run navia u can give him xq
alternatively, when yelan next goes on rate up, grab her
u will eventually run into the issue even with furina
where u are like "fuck i would really like another hydro"
shes with wrio too anyways right?
your alternative then is c6 candace
or burst ayato but at that point just get yelan
i wouldnt go for emilie unless u really want to run burning
hmm
which i guess is a use for your diluc
runic ether
imo in your state right now, i'd want yelan over any other character
runic ether
What use would Diluc have in burning?
he looks pretty and has good personal damage
realistically itd be burnmelt that you play
wrio/emilie/bennett
4th being dehya
glossy latch
Twas the idea
runic ether
glossy latch
I think the most useful character for me rn would be Kazoo realistically but eh
Im basically all set on DPS
glossy latch
I dont think Arle needs Bennett
runic ether
oh? kind of a hot take
glossy latch
I mean its a good boost
But my Arle is already doing stupid damage
Significantly more than Wrio even
runic ether
fair
i do think arle isnt super bennett reliant like some ppl say
but it is good to keep him in mind
sometimes u want to be able to do 290k normal attacks with a vv set up and a vape
are u running overload with fischl beidou?
runic ether
its arle and fischl with chev carrying a lot of the damage
try with beidou
it really helps against multiple enemies and helps fischl's uptime
glossy latch
Whats the electro bonus again?
runic ether
it recharges energy faster iirc
yeah it increases the particles generated
also you are affected by hydro 40% less time
yeah hm for your account
id be totally good once u get haitham for on field dps
haitham
arle
navia
wrio
thats more than enough
emilie could be good for wrio
yelan would also be good
and so would kazu
glossy latch
Id likely focus on gearing those 4
runic ether
but your account is kind of weird where i dont think he would be a super big upgrade
glossy latch
Wrio in particular needs to get some better gear
runic ether
kazu would be nice for arle and wrio but you have jean
glossy latch
Hopefully we can strongbox for that set soon
runic ether
in 5.0 most likely yeah
runic ether
yup
hopefully they add deepwood, gilded, golden troupe, and marechausse
that would actually let you grind whimsey for alre and the other set for emilie if they add those 4 sets to the strongbox
since you'd have reason to grind them out
oh dont forget to strongbox a decent tenacity of the milileth set
its never the best set of all time but its always nice to have
a generic 4pc for it would be hp or energy recharge/hp/hp
glossy latch
Gotcha
runic ether
hmmm past that yeah i guess u can aim for emilie and yelan
glossy latch
Also once Im done with that ... Im probably gonna try to get the freebies in Wuthering Waves then put gachas on the backburner
runic ether
glossy latch
(I still have actual games I need to play through)
runic ether
same
glossy latch
And like actually productive things I should do again
runic ether
oh not me
im stupid busy
big reason i have been playing mostly gacha is bc they are quick games to play
and thats about all the time i have nowdays anyways
play for about 15-20 minutes genshin and hsr
and then book it to do other things
glossy latch
I mean I have time I just want to use it more productively
Other than on days where I actually got work, thats easier
I really wish uni had more structure sometimes
runic ether
grad school has been way better for me since the structure has been way better for my natural workflow
glossy latch
Oh it works for a lot of people but
I have realised I really need structure badly
Even with writing doing it daily no matter how much or little has been far better than the previous approach
glossy latch
Partially that, partially just difficulty starting things
Much easier when I have to start
runic ether
but they make you start
like if a deadline exists or a school/teacher/authority is telling you "start"
yeah i can work like that myself but i would prefer starting on my own and doing things on my own
i can organize myself way better that way personally
glossy latch
Yeah some people work better without structure, some better with, Im in the latter camp
runic ether
yea thats fair
glossy latch
I might also just have undiagnosed ADHD which I really should get checked
runic ether
oh yeah that can absolutely be something that affects you
old galleon
wat is patriot even
mental acorn
punching bag
base stats are 45k hp 1600 atk 500 def but then he also has a bunch of buffs in phase 1
hunters are truly built different
old galleon
i know what the patriot fight is lol
ulpian/gladiia/spalter/skadi sounds like a pretty legit core
can also use og specter if you need another laneholder
summer hornet
Did one roll on each of the banners; first gave me Bennet and the second gave me Sethos
He really does look good, I have to say
his habit of draining ult for sniper shots is... kinda annoying, ngl
runic ether
its his gimmick
you either use him for fast and extremely powerful charge shots or you burst and have weaker but consistent fast shots
he is stuck to fischl though
summer hornet
who's Fischl? Never heard of her
(this is a joke because I do not have Fischl as a character, I've met her in a few side stories and the TCG)
runic ether
rip lol
without fischl hes not unusable but hes going to have some serious energy needs for his charge playstyle
hmm
next month, you can use starglitter to get your 1st copy of fischl
sethos/fischl/kirara (free in 4.8)/yaoyao
or collei
or dmc
mystic python
Yinlin not Yunli ye
runic ether
oh you're talking wuwa
dull bridge
yeah
runic ether
?
summer hornet
sethos/fischl/kirara (free in 4.8)/yaoyao
I do remember seeing Yaoyao in some of the character trials
is she the best 4* Dendro applier?
runic ether
nah
but she heals
like a lot a lot
i believe dendro mc is the best dendro applier at 4 stars
collei is close behind
has upsides in that some support bows are really really busted
kirara has worse dendro application but has shielding
yaoyao has worse but has heals
dull bridge
i believe dendro mc is the best dendro applier at 4 stars
isnt dendro mc a 5* unit
runic ether
kaveh is an on-fielder
and i feel like im forgetting someone here
kaveh, kirara, yaoyao, collei...
no thats it
they all kinda get blown out the water by nahida as a dendro applier though
its not even particularly close
summer hornet
sheesh
runic ether
this actually causes a fair bit of annoyances in some teams though
even with double electro, nahida will actually prevent kazuha from swirling electro
because of how much dendro she applies
also bc of how much dendro she applies, with burgeon teams, she can absolutely burn you to death
also her multi-wave dendro application is annoying in many capacities
she has to constantly reapply her e
which cuts into character field times in wave content
summer hornet
that's more tricky than I expected it to be
I might as well ask, then- where do the 5* dendro units fall in terms of dendro application ability?
runic ether
nahida > haitham > emilie from what we can tell? > baizhu and tighnari
mystic python
If it's for on-field app Baizhu should be pretty close to Alhaitham since he's a catalyst
mystic python
For off-field Alhaitham and Tighnari have none
runic ether
yeah
super technically they can burst tighnari can skill but it is moot points
they arent intended for off field
mystic python
Also kinda depends what you want, cos more app =/= better
runic ether
that is kinda true
summer hornet
fair
runic ether
i would say u can never have too much hydro or pyro app
but dendro can have too much app
as i pointed out with nahida and kazuha
mystic python
On-field Nahida does more than maintain a dendro aura on enemies, but it's excessive to the point there's not really a use
runic ether
she can interrupt his electro swirl
mystic python
Ye and you'll run out of other elements to react with
runic ether
thats why nahida hyperbloom teams run double hydro
she on-fields and needs so much hydro app to keep bloom core production
mystic python
Even that has the hydros react on the dendro aura, Nahida overtakes way too fast
runic ether
yeah lol
again it can absolutely be excessive in some circumstances
even though nahida has nice em buffs
i rarely run her for quicken/aggravate
dull bridge
did anyone do yinlin compainion quest?
versed pawn
How patch been out like 30 minutes
dull bridge
?
versed pawn
And I'm stuck at work
dull bridge
i thought its been out for 10 hours
a;ready
its honestly really fucking good
good story quest
but HOLY FUCK HER VOICE IS SO MONOTONE I WANT TO SCREAM
i hate it so much
dull bridge
i think imma just fully skip
all I want now is the stupid 5* swords
that I get at ul45
versed pawn
U are not missing out skipping super early limited banners
versed pawn
Usually some of the first one to fall of the game
dull bridge
hey
seele is still fine
jy is still find
sw is still insane
from hsr
but tbf
yinlin and jiyan
feel like standard units
from genshin/hsr
versed pawn
Like I don't feel sw is that great it's actually the only character i kinda regret pulling personally
versed pawn
Never use her or find a way to use her if I don't force myself to use her
runic ether
the new game mode will once again help her out a lot
dull bridge
bro wtf does this mean
HUGE spolier for the wuwa yinlin quest so idk if u remember after u finish tell me but im so confused
old galleon
only took almost an hour and a half but finally got the ae update finished up
should be in game in a couple mins
i say, as i immediately get stonewalled by yet another download
okay, done for real this time
finally time to play some main story
dull bridge
uhhh
well
that was nice
I was spending the free rolls from ul 35
my crit ratio still kinda sucks
I think I just need crit rate on my 3 cost
so tmr I can farm those
runic ether
we knew unfortunately
summer hornet
we knew unfortunately
I'm assuming we have no idea about his kit yet?
mystic python
We have an old version from ages ago
||Applies defense shred very frequently, and has small heals|| but the kit can always change, and often changes a decent amount from that old version
versed pawn
He's apparently a def shredder with a bit of healing
But until numbers it's just hearsay Esspecially until the final version is dropped on test server
Because it can go from firefly sucks - > really good from one version to another
old galleon
this was actually pretty tough blind
ran through two different teams before finally switching to ol' reliable
also this boss theme is probably the best regular boss theme of volume 3 so far
the main gimmick is that after you break one of its hp bars, it clears its own debuffs, then nukes you
it has 2 "break bars", so you gotta kill it 3 times, dealing with the nuke twice
its hp isn't super high but it has a lot of resistances and that nuke is a constant threat
thankfully radias can cheese it
runic ether
good lord
the star rail main has not reacted well at all to yunli
"General Huaiyan of the Xianzhou Zhuming will accompany his granddaughter Yunli to the Luofu to participate in the Wardance." In Jing Yuan's opinion, Yunli and Yanqing are of similar age
from cosmoddyssey
Yanqing is a teenage boy
from his intro
nah its straight up uncomfortable what these mfers are posting
old galleon
degens are everywhere
glossy latch
Her design is unfortunately also not great given that
runic ether
i hadnt noticed how its meant to bait exactly that crowd until that crowd started talking
🤢
i wanna say at the very least shes not a child model
but this is still at the oldest, a teen
summer hornet
People asking for more child model are as well
runic ether
its not even ambiguous
or cant even justify it like huohuo who is stated to be a working adult foxian
shes similar age to yanqing who is not of age
glossy latch
Wait HuoHuo is an adult?
summer hornet
She's like 38 or something, I think
glossy latch
Right but she's a long lived species isn't she
mystic python
All the Xianzhou natives are
mystic python
And they're the ones with the shortest life spans
runic ether
i believe they are the only ones of the xianzhou that actually have an end date
the rest are fully immortal
with a caveat
glossy latch
Right I'm just saying that what is considered an adult is different on xianzhou
Probably
runic ether
yeah and huohuo is said to have been an adult
glossy latch
Oh ok
runic ether
she reminisced about her school life
and how she had already been working for the ten lords fro 38 years
so shes just short
may be on the younger side but shes def an adult
runic ether
pela's is the one that made no sense at all
p sure it was a writing team and story team miscommunication
long tree
Yanqing said to be a child... But he's a loufu resident so that either means he's like 14 or he's like in his twenties/thirties
long tree
Ye I just assume he's a teen
long tree
Iirc the new physical destruction character is around the same age
glossy latch
p sure it was a writing team and story team miscommunication
Probably
runic ether
Iirc the new physical destruction character is around the same age
i already said this yeah
glossy latch
I think they just wanted Lynx to be around the same age as Pela
runic ether
they state outright she is the same age as yanqing
glossy latch
But forgor that Pela was supposed to have been part of Servals college band
glossy latch
Which given that Serval is in her 30s ....
runic ether
oh also could have been that they mixed up pela in the story with cocolia
if u had told me cocolia was the one in the band with serval
yeah tracks
glossy latch
(Well that's not confirmed but she is the most 30s-coded woman in star rail)
They both were no?
glossy latch
Oh nvm it was Dunn not Cocolia
I'd say mid-30s
Natasha is the one striking me as closer to in her 40s
glossy latch
Who's the oldest character in star rail ignoring Xianzhou nonsense, I wonder
Oh wait it's Welt
runic ether
yea its welt
glossy latch
Duh
glossy latch
Welt is probably the oldest even ignoring Xianzhou nonsense
glossy latch
I mean that was fun foreshadowing
glossy latch
Gallagher is probably the next closest yeah
mystic python
Who's the oldest character in star rail ignoring Xianzhou nonsense, I wonder
Firefly
runic ether
she had lived a full human life before aging backwards
glossy latch
Next is Herta or Himeko
mystic python
She was alive during the swarm disaster
glossy latch
Eh I'm not counting cryostasis
glossy latch
Her ship was attacked, she survived in cryostasis floating around
mystic python
Dunno if it's explicitly stated but she was created during it, at least
glossy latch
Until ... I think Elio found her?
runic ether
barring long-life species shenanigans
like ppl who lived
i think its actually herta
let me double check
cus she had stated to have lived a full life, and then double dipped and aged backwards
so shes basically on round
2
glossy latch
I mean Welt isn't long-lived he's just vaguely unaging
mystic python
I mean at this point do you count that as cheating as well
If you're already discounting long life species, cryostasis
runic ether
hmm
glossy latch
Oops I missed my train stop
runic ether
ig its slightly different cus she isnt supposed to be alive this long outsid eof her tech
glossy latch
Oh well, thankfully I can just take a slight reroute
mystic python
Rip hope you took the all stops train
glossy latch
The trouble with long lived species is that we don't get good answers with them
runic ether
i think basically it comes down to who has the most old person vibes
and its welt and gallagher
im discounting herta now w this criteria
glossy latch
I guess Jing Yuan is the only one we get a decent idea for
Also huh, leak for next World suggests its ||Ratios planet||
glossy latch
So ||Erudition but not Planet Screwllum?||
runic ether
they may be saving that for later
which somewhat spells like
||screwllum def not 2.x patches||
mystic python
They got sick of the people asking for Jade changes
runic ether
honestly i didnt even think she needed them much
mystic python
Ye but people asked regardless, and ig it worked out
runic ether
we are gaslighting hoyo into buffing her until shes broken broken
gotta do the same for firefly before release
let me run her with sparkle
and without ruan mei or htb
mystic python
Tbh any Firefly change at this point should probably be a nerf, she's already busted when she works
runic ether
yeah but i fear when she wont
like
other dps characters feel okay at their neutral/disadvantage
mystic python
Ye that part I hate as well
runic ether
or some can push past
and like
yeah its healthy that not every dps can be on this level
itd be unsustainable
but its a shame thats all
mystic python
Ye it feels bad when you're effectively told "sorry you can't use the character you invested gems/resources into here"
runic ether
like even in some pf cycles ive been able to use jingliu
mystic python
I'm still bruteforcing Seele every MoC because at worst it's just non-quant weak
runic ether
yeah and it can def work
i think also a big travesty is 4 stars
i dont feel hsr 4 stars are even close to how genshin 4 stars come out
mystic python
Altho having seen changes they made to the new game mode it looks like they want to stop people bruteforcing things
runic ether
and it also is starting to feel worse
like gaming and sethos are p competent dps 4 stars
chev is goated support
i feel like gallagher is the only like truly relevant 4 star thats dropped from star rail past the initial launch and everyone else is just been okay or somewhat usable only bc u dont have the 5 star
glossy latch
4* DPS I'd agree
glossy latch
4* healers have been pretty good
runic ether
but i dont see how they go from here
and yeah 4 star dps?
just qq
and can they make more 4 star dps?
glossy latch
4* supports are niche but good in their niche
... except of course RM is so insane she breaks that a fair bit
Like I'd use Gui or Luka more if RM didn't exist
In my Kafka teams
runic ether
mhm
but theres a 5 star that eclipses them
hanya is another
she in theory
is quite good
but sparkle kinda takes all she does
and does it so much better
runic ether
so like u use the 4 star supports just bc they are somewhat stand ins
okay fair lmao
ruan mei feels like a mistake as a whole
but
even outside the scope of rm
we see sparkle and honestly robin too stepping over hanya and asta totally
and i think jiaqiu with the og leak kit may be stepping on pela
mystic python
On the bright side of that one, at least being 2nd Pela is a Pela buff
glossy latch
Maybe, but Pela is still strong
old galleon
this one was actually fun
glossy latch
I think the big issue star rail suffers from is being turn based, so characters stepping on each others toes becomes a natural problem
runic ether
ye
i think ultimately i just wanna see them truly make good 4 stars
cus i know they can with genshin
glossy latch
Imagine if Xueyi got the same amount of Karma from her allies as she does from her own attacks
I'm pretty sure that'd be enough to make her a good 4* DPS
old galleon
gee i wonder why 😐
if this thing survived the beating it got in story, no way melancholy aspid ain't still alive and kicking somewhere
just great
old galleon
this fight was absolutely nasty
thing's weak to earth and still somehow ended up being a pain in the ass
torn harbor
https://i.imgur.com/9hMFLYo.jpeg
What is this?
Ah wait another eden
How is another eden?
I sort of stopped playing early cause there was so much dialogue with no skip button
old galleon
How is another eden?
I sort of stopped playing early cause there was so much dia...
there's still lots of dialogue with no skip button, but at least if you die in a boss fight it lets you skip scenes when you retry it
global caught up with jp back in january so they're running on basically simultaneous release now
i find the game fun to play overall, but i'm into turn based jrpg stuff to start with
but if the lack of a skip button is a turn off, then i wouldn't bother
torn harbor
i find the game fun to play overall, but i'm into turn based jrpg stuff to start...
I am too
It's just that when I play gachas
Due to how time consuming they already are
I would like to go on with my day and just play the game
late canopy
I had to do a double take before I remembered and realized what I was looking at
Too used to looking at x/160
torn harbor
im used to x/240
summer hornet
Who's the oldest character in star rail ignoring Xianzhou nonsense, I wonder
Isn't Screwllum several hundred years old?
long tree
He's also presumably without lifespan given yknow mechanical lifeform
He'd likely be serviced until a critical or unrepairable fault is found and then his parts would be smelted or put into newer units
summer hornet
...That makes logical sense when you say it but now I'm thinking Ship of Theseus again
Like who is in charge of his new parts
Does his algorithm ever change, could he be corrupted into the next Rubert, all that stuff
long tree
He is sentient so likely he is considered the same until the part that houses his consciousness is replaced
Like you would a person, human beings are the same until you replace the brain
...but then again if they made a backup and put his consciousness in that to replace it if it got damaged, you would be right, because you could consider it either a clone or a repair
I feel with screwliums introduction we should see an extension of the side quest with Clara where you help to house an AI who is becoming sentient into the right framework
Because screwlium would be the best person to find a solution
summer hornet
Is Herta's clone puppet consciousness funneling considered magic or science? I do not remember rn
summer hornet
Because screwlium would be the best person to find a solution
definitely
copper steppe
does hsr even have magic
long tree
I assume Regi is refering to the powers trailblazers are given as magic
summer hornet
Yeah
copper steppe
well i gues you can consider the power of an aeon as magic
summer hornet
Magic isn't quite the right word but it isn't science either lol
long tree
Is Herta's clone puppet consciousness funneling considered magic or science? I d...
Something something any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic something something
I don't know much about hertas puppets but Id be happy with either explanation
copper steppe
but its funny that even sometning akin to a ghost is treated as a scientific phenomenon than magic
long tree
That'd be because magic as a concept falls under science as does anything else, it's only magic until you understand it
copper steppe
thats fair
summer hornet
Yeah basically
Pretty sure Eggman uses that logic in the comics to understand chaos energy and rings lmao
I digress though; there was a connection between Herta and Screwllum my mind was pursuing but it has since been lost
long tree
Sentient artificial lifeforms?
copper steppe
i reckon both are mechanical
long tree
They certainly have more parallels, but with herta going for efficiency whilst also being lazy (puppets left whenever she may need them, minimizing travel time likely due to her understanding as life as heavily finite from when she was a regular human) and the egotistical side (looking like her in her youth) meanwhile screwlium as a life form is more self focused with no discernable copies but that comes at the cost of having to travel to observe phenomenon (likely due to a robot having a different sense of time, being able to temporarily deactivate or simply wait out a long travel time due to their inherently long life spans)
long tree
Finally
slow raft
Gonna have to delete that one chief
long tree
Apologies, should’ve censored
torn harbor
Apologies, should’ve censored
what was it?
long tree
New azur lane uber rare ship
torn harbor
ah
dull bridge
IM RICH
2nd reset
this is actually kinda hard
i did just realzie I did the tower that does jackshit for solo danjin
glossy latch
Isn't Screwllum several hundred years old?
I'm not sure actually
When did Ruperta rebellion get stopped
Oh no wait he has to be yeah
torn harbor
Oh no wait he has to be yeah
yes cause he was alive when the guy who made that bomb was alive
summer hornet
That was another whammy of a Clockie Clockwork quest btw
None of these have been simple and clean
runic ether
sethos is so real for this
long tree
Sethos like
runic ether
He's voiced by Kazuha VA
it does feel like i have to get him
thats 2 crux fleet members right there in the same team?
in 2 different games?
thematic sense
summer hornet
Oh right LMAO
Beidou and Acheron; their personalities are much further apart than what it seems Kazuha and Jiaoqiu will be
But it's still funny to imagine Acheron being like "...I remember you, somehow"
old galleon
New azur lane uber rare ship
There are two of them lol
long tree
Ty, took nearly 100 pulls
dull bridge
BRO WTF
DEOS THE MORNING AIX
HAVE AN UNDODGABLE ATTACK
this shit
is the bane of my existance
this attack
holy shit
this
i hate it
so much
am I supposed to parry the beam attack than
glossy latch
Does the Kazuha story quest sword have any use?
versed pawn
holy changli looks cool
summer hornet
Kazuha quest comes with a sword? 👀
glossy latch
Sword of, yes
runic ether
Does the Kazuha story quest sword have any use?
its for c6 dps kazuha
not his best option its more or less a lore sword
dull bridge
<:AlphaPeek:882256022276829234>
i haven't unlocked
becauee Ir rally wanna solo clear resonant with danjin
or whatever the one with mourning aix is
the starter floors
I should be 40 soon enough
and with higher level character and weapon
should be able to clear
old galleon
beat not skull guardian
he truly was the bone of his sword
these boss fights, annoying though they can be, are actually really fun
this is some of the most fun i've had playing this game in a while
the fights are hard but feel fair
...on the other hand i know of some guy trying the main story bosses with just story characters and apparently they're having a really hard time
which isn't surprising, these are definitely a step up
some of these feel like lower end (for endgame) superboss material
glossy latch
https://youtu.be/puuzuACXf0Y?si=YxX0Nh6mZ6VbIeAr also <:monkaGIGA:65273409466426...
Mythmaker Irelia really was chinas best-selling skin huh
runic ether
huge quality of life for domains
im beginning to believe the level 100 rumors
then again this all further helps new player experience as a whole
dull bridge
im beginning to believe the level 100 rumors
👀
versed pawn
becauee Ir rally wanna solo clear resonant with danjin
I did it with chixia but at lvl 70
dull bridge
I did it with chixia but at lvl 70
yea ah
at 70 i'm sure I can clear it
also if I just practice the stupid dodge
should be able to at 60
i just really fucking hate that attack
versed pawn
https://youtu.be/puuzuACXf0Y?si=YxX0Nh6mZ6VbIeAr also <:monkaGIGA:65273409466426...
Yeah she looks great I want her
Tho the lvl 70 Hologramm was harder than the lvl 70 tower one
I did clear hologram at 60
dull bridge
well yeah cause in tower you get buffs aswell
i haven't really cleared holograms
i mickt gm va go that later
slow raft
finally getting to hsr 2.2 and ||i just noticed that when welt was speaking to misha, he was invisible to ther others just like clockie. but i thought that was a thing exclusive to the dream and we saw misha in reality? or was that shortly after we entered the dream? its been to long and i cant look it up cause hsr doesnt have that funktionality for some reason||
runic ether
u will see
old galleon
dude finally did first boss story only and ended up having to stall it out
not even like the main story characters are bad, just the bosses can be really punishing
this is the one that cleanses debuffs on break and then nukes you
so part of the stall is waiting on aldo to set 3 stacks of origin force on it (since those can't be removed)
each stack is -15% power/int/speed iirc, so -45% total
since this is a stall strat instead of killing it before it matters, its second gimmick has the field changing people's skills to crystal element after a certain amount of time
which is why guildna stays in the back, to not get too many of those stacks
old galleon
not the first time ae has gone full eldritch horror on us but damn
and that's volume 3 part 3 beaten on master difficulty, assuming i'm not getting faked out
also this was a four phase fight all done consecutively, with the two screens being in the final phase
story fights were a pain but also really fun, definitely not trivial
also in case it wasn't obvious, as good as aldo is, anabel es is utterly absurd
like i say the story fights weren't trivial but anywhere i could use anabel was made basically free
well uhhh that's funny
old galleon
i guess it's worth noting that while main story boss hp bars remain relatively low (their gimmicks easily make up for it), optional bosses (not even what i'd consider actual superbosses) are getting hp bars that exceed 1b
which obv means so will the actual superbosses
on one hand, this is good, in the general case
on the other hand, this game is very quickly going down the "make gear and units that break damage cap" route
damage cap is currently 2.14something billion per hit
nothing currently in the game lets a hit exceed that damage, but i wouldn't be surprised if it happens soon
dull bridge
made some more progress
ive honestly probaly collected most of the caskets left
I just need to make sure I actrualy did
copper steppe
versed pawn
I need to find one more casket in desorock and I'm done and like 4 blobfly to completely 100% the map
versed pawn
I was on vacation when the game released 
So I had the whole weekend to try scavange the map
dull bridge
ah
versed pawn
And they fixed the bug on the map
versed pawn
I spend 2 hours running up and down wuming bay to find the last 1-2 chest
They did not exist
dull bridge
alright
prefarming done
and i have like 90 blue metallic shit
I may need a couple more rings
to max talents thouhg...
versed pawn
If u farmed overworld a lot u should have tons of rings
old galleon
not sure if this should be considered a superboss, it's only the second highest tier of mage tower, but it's pretty rng
on the upside, the usual azami comp handles it pretty cleanly
summer hornet
Twitter
long tree
Firefly Ruan mei is an evil banner phase
Alternatively they were very nice by giving us the world's easiest skip with argenti for jade
summer hornet
Like Argenti isn't bad, but people who want him don't want Jade
it's balanced
unlike the Ruan Mei decision
long tree
Which way will you go western man, powerful new DPS Waifu, or insanely strong buffer mommy
long tree
You are insanely based for sharing the gift codes
summer hornet
🤝
I'll post the last one when it's revealed if someone doesn't beat me to it
lmfao
Albert really is wild
long tree
He is a hoot
torn harbor
Which way will you go western man, powerful new DPS Waifu, or insanely strong bu...
i already have ruan mei cause my plans for ratio were stopped by him being free so i was like "ill just 50/50 ruan mei"
long tree
Based
slow raft
same
mystic python
Every time I see Xueyi I get excited then I remember I already got E6 by dying on Ruan Mei's banner
There's a free one from the new end game mode as well I think
summer hornet
Twitter
summer hornet
There's a free one from the new end game mode as well I think
Yeah I think that's what Ovven was talking about
Did they say what the 4*s were for the banners this time? Got a bit sidetracked with codes and stuff
long tree
I wonder who that last one is 
summer hornet
twitter thinks it's March, but I think they're delulu
mystic python
Yeah I think that's what Ovven was talking about
o I thought it was about Xueyi being on Firefly/Ruan Mei's banner because of the "maybe I can", since the one from Apocalyptic Shadow should be guaranteed
copper steppe
are they gonna make xianzhou story good
summer hornet
Twitter
glossy latch
oh that would... also make sense lol
Regi how tired are you
But yeah I'm pulling on fireflies banner anyway sooo
Pls xueyi e6
copper steppe
execute the marastruck bottom text
torn harbor
https://x.com/StarRailVerse1/status/1799054244689121694
I hope Moze is as cool as the silhouette suggests
torn harbor
https://vxtwitter.com/honkaistarrail/status/1799093877061939413
They gave her the Eva plug suit
runic ether
was about to say
lol
its rei's plugsuit
but not surprising since hoyo has eva references all the way to the core
summer hornet
Yeah Hoyo loves Eva lol
Firefly also has a ton of reference material to pay homage to along the way
long tree
She looks damn good in that plugsuit
slow raft
burning abyss?
copper steppe
what is the popular opinion on jade
besides people crying on twitter about slavery or something
long tree
As a character or kit
Character she’s incredibly morally grey from what we’ve seen, potentially evil, kit she’s apparently busted
copper steppe
both
for what i seen its a follow-up character, don’t have many follow-up guys so hard pass
summer hornet
for what i seen its a follow-up character, don’t have many follow-up guys so har...
she drains HP and speeds characters up
that's instant Blade synergy right there
plus she gets her Follow-Up-Attack stacks when people use AOE attacks
As far as character, she literally has a man collapsed at her feet in her character art
You can guess what the comments are like
(also I'm still waiting to see that ||"All for the Amber Lord"|| check from 2.1 get cashed)
copper steppe
the good ol’ mommy dommy scheme
old galleon
good god this sucked
i almost lost the run to forgetting the rotation in the second half but somehow managed
this thing does the same as the first story boss: cleanse debuffs (by merging, so even stacks shouldn't work), then nukes
this isn't even the final tier of fights
yet i'd absolutely consider this a superboss
so....
yeah
learning mechanics for the next fight
watch video to preview it
turn based barrier
oh boy
oh right this is the guy who auto kills you if you change his zone
a lot of mp drain too
these were all done with non gacha, it's the current tier of fights i'm on
the strat for last fight is pretty neat
just stall it out forever until you get a chance to nuke
but it uses the new sidekick to help with mp regen
old galleon
this was A LOT easier than the twins
in fact this was first try
helps that this one didn't punish you for having the gall to use a fire dps
old galleon
this cleanse debuff/nuke shit is becoming standard
astral drift
https://www.reddit.com/r/gachagaming/comments/1cyhlxv/trickcal_revive_global_version_in_development/
astral drift
i just want to pinch some cheeks in english
runic ether
ye
idle grove
is this the uh
runic ether
we had a leak about it
idle grove
new legendary swordsmaster
runic ether
yep
idle grove
I like her outfit though
summer hornet
It is a snazzy fit
I wish we got the Belobog dress, but if we only get one this is more general audiences ig
long tree
They said it's not gacha right?
idle grove
well we are going back to space china for like 10 years so it makes sense
glossy latch
They said it's not gacha right?
As far as we know, yes
Im just confused by the explanation
Did she just decide to pick up swords?
glossy latch
Maybe, but thats not how the trailer framed it is the weird part
long tree
Still holding onto march being an aeon of remembrance
idle grove
you mean emanator right
long tree
Ye
glossy latch
Possible
idle grove
wonder if like
summer hornet
I mean if it's like, she gets "new memories" and equips them or something
idle grove
black swan just gives her memories of using swords so she can use them
long tree
I'm thinking her recollections will be false until she actually becomes a full powered emanator
As sort of a trial
The ability to see through false memories in order to be certain of what memories need protecting
summer hornet
Ironically that'd mean she would probably go through multiple paths, just to come back to Rememberance
long tree
Well she's perseverance now, her sword stance reminds me of jinglius so this one could be destruction
summer hornet
Oh right
Man I'm not connecting anything right today
I think I was thinking of SU
runic ether
its preservation
summer hornet
Like Freeze blessings in Simulated Universe
runic ether
no that one is rememberance