Maaaybe I should've tried for Zhu Yuan
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runic ether
thats just bc of her weapon flourish isnt it
glossy latch
The side dash or however its called
runic ether
yeah
rapid bough
zhu yuan is fun (and best girl + hot 
) but her playstyle doesn't really let her shine i feel
runic ether
the "mage-types" as they got described in beta iirc
rapid bough
her burst window deals more damage than god though and that's satisfying
runic ether
billy, rina, grace, and zhu yuan
they have a unique dodge
zhu yuan's is cool cus shes still shooting as she does it like rina
where grace and billy take a small break between their shots with their dodge
rapid bough
"Just making sure, you will deploy me, right?"
rip
old galleon
unironically i might
even though she won't be dl 30 for a while she still gives royal navy fleet tech, which is the only faction i haven't maxed yet
and i still have to get neptune as well
and prake memes aside she's not completely terrible
you're just probably never using her over hindenburg or unzen unless you specifically need to use a brit or something
on that note, i'll probably go finish off neptune soon
rapid bough
i was wondering where fleet tech maxed out at, now i know lol
not that i'm anywhere close, i think my highest tech is EU at like... level 3
old galleon
well that's faction fleet tech specifically
rapid bough
right that's what i mean
sour tendon
https://i.imgur.com/bTY8vOD.jpeg
i was always curious do most people who play these games have a big affinity for ships/planes etc in general aside from the waifus pumped out by the game
old galleon
for me specifically, i wouldn't consider myself a huge naval history buff, but i enjoy history in general
sour tendon
i had one guy try to get me into azur lane and he was an enthusiast but i didnt known if that was the norm
old galleon
there are definitely rl ship fans who play the game
rapid bough
*raises hand*
old galleon
but there are also people less interested in that and more in the waifu aspects
(and sometimes they're both)
rapid bough
*raises hand*
old galleon
i know i kinda meme on it sometimes but the anni events where they integrated the actual us navy into them were pretty neat
rapid bough
i got into the game for the waifu/fanservice no doubt, but grounding everything in irl ships and their stories does appeal to my sensibilities as well
rapid bough
even the "theoretical" ships which they've had to lean on more and more are interesting to learn about
that's most of the URs nowadays
old galleon
and like, a relatively common community thing is to interact with/engage with the rl ships for content
for example, oathing new jersey on the new jersey
sour tendon
i just wondered for the waifu exclusive folk what it is that gets them excited for upcoming stuff specifically
like in fgo they can be like
tez and kuku are coming
rapid bough
i just wondered for the waifu exclusive folk what it is that gets them excited f...
hot new shipfus
sour tendon
and i can know nothing of the characters in fate
and be super hype because its the gods of my people
old galleon
hell, there was a community effort a while back to raise funds to help with getting nj into drydock
sour tendon
with ships its like if you dont know the ship are you just looking for dere types and looks?
rapid bough
i got into azur lane right around the time a major anniversary event was about to start, and i followed the news cycle as they announced and revealed the designs of new ships like alsace (who did not exist irl, she was just planned for construction)
i assure you at least 90% of people were hyped enough over the big ol anime tids
myself included, though i also enjoy the historical context
old galleon
my hot take is that i'm not a huge fan of alsace's design, but i'm probably in the minority of people who'd be vocal about that, at least
rapid bough
i actually am not either, i've said i don't like her mask and the weird ribbon over her chest, while nice for fanservice, just looks silly to me
her bikini skin however is peak
old galleon
i don't mind the ribbon but ffs put some clothes on under it at least
rapid bough
my favorite part of her skin (aside from the obvious) is actually the flower headdress she wears
she's so much prettier in this skin than base
old galleon
(if this were 2018 azur lane she'd have probably gotten nip slip in her base lol)
yeah the flower is cute
rapid bough
with ships its like if you dont know the ship are you just looking for dere type...
there are a few ships left that the history/naval nuts will definitely get hype over
old galleon
if yamato ends up being revealed next month lol
rapid bough
generally agreed to be the "break glass if in need of money" ships
which should indicate that the irl context does indeed concern a nontrivial part of the fanbase
rapid bough
if yamato ends up being revealed next month lol
that'd be wild
and, while hype, also kinda disappointing at the same time because it's like
another UR BB? really?
rapid bough
but it's well-timed if they want it to coincide closely with musashi rerun
old galleon
i don't actually think they'll drop her
i think they'd sooner drop an akagi or amagi ur of some kind, and i don't think that'll happen either
rapid bough
not that i follow the story but doesn't this currently running event strongly allude to an amagi return?
old galleon
all indications are that the current big bad of the story has taken some sort of possession of amagi's soul and is using her to do bad shit, or something like that
runic ether
foxians must love me. i get them in a single 10 pull
rapid bough
all indications are that the current big bad of the story has taken some sort of...
could be an event about liberating amagi then which could give enough of a reason for Amagi II or juiced up akagi or whatever story beat they need to justify a new IJN UR that isn't yamato
old galleon
or they could drop 2 urs and hurt people's rainbow bulin stock even more
long tree
Man I'm saving for the pyro archon but the guy with the 8 bit Dino thing has me tempted
That grapple hook mechanic looks sweet
old galleon
could be an event about liberating amagi then which could give enough of a reaso...
they could throw something out of left field too
unzen ended up being justified as being "the great sage" at first
rapid bough
could be an event about liberating amagi then which could give enough of a reaso...
side note, i don't like the "ship 2" stuff like for yorktown and laffey
i know why they exist but i wish the names weren't as stupid as they were
rapid bough
bismarck zwei at least has the flavor of the german name
and funnily enough i know people didn't like biszwei because there wasn't actually a second bismarck irl
so it felt weird after they did it for yorktown
old galleon
and yorktown/laffey etc are american ships, so theirs being english
rapid bough
personally i think bismarck getting a UR makes sense, she had the disadvantage of being released when URs didn't exist lol
old galleon
soyuz was held back like 4 years after her story intro
rapid bough
they could throw something out of left field too
but yeah absolutely they'll conjure up whatever they need
rapid bough
idk about any planned/theoretical IJN ships but they could easily go down that road as they have been for basically every recent UR
alsace, uvh
old galleon
speaking of which i'm convinced they're intentionally holding back on making her event perma
rapid bough
i think only mogador actually existed?
old galleon
did the soyuz not exist?
rapid bough
(among URs this year that is)
nah soyuz was like alsace, planned for construction but never finished because WW2 happened
old galleon
then since you're counting reruns, vanguard?
rapid bough
soyuz got pretty far along in her construction iirc
i'm counting reruns? i didn't mean to, i forgot uvh was a rerun lol
old galleon
and shimakaze was made perma recently
rapid bough
what was the first UR this year, was it soyuz?
rapid bough
alright so i guess what i was saying is that this year, the headliner ships haven't actually existed
old galleon
if you count event sthat started last year and ran through the start of this year, then guam/laffey ii, but i don't think you meant that
rapid bough
yeah i didn't
really all i'm trying to say is that they'll dip into fantasy/theory land for a UR if they need to
if yamato hasn't been built up at all aside from the name factor then i feel like they'll have to
old galleon
they'll do that for an sr if they need to lol
rapid bough
to my knowledge, which is admittedly limited, i can't think of any obvious UR candidate other than yamato
old galleon
yamato's been doing some stuff behind the scenes
rapid bough
that hasn't already released, obviously
old galleon
but it's apparently all been through intermediaries and the like
we've never seen her actual design
rapid bough
come to think of it
is JP anni always an IJN ship? i ask because CN anni was obviously not a dragon empery ship
old galleon
every jp anni since shinano's introduction has been a japanese ur, yes
rapid bough
aight
old galleon
2020: shinano
2021: shimakaze
2022: musashi
2023: unzen
rapid bough
would be funny if they rugpulled us and didn't go IJN for this upcoming anni
rapid bough
figures
old galleon
global anni doesn't coincide with the usual ur timing, and i'ts a month before jp anni, so we don't get ur privileges
as for cn anni, they just get whatever
2021: new jersey
2022: vanguard
2023: bismarck zwei
2024: alsace/mogador
to this point, new dragon empery ships mainly come with lunar new year
although we did have that one event earlier this year that gave us huan ch'ang
rapid bough
as for cn anni, they just get whatever
perils of not being attached to a "major" faction i guess
old galleon
and after 3000 years they've finally destroyed the storm that was stopping their sea access
so now we might finally get some shit for them
that isn't just "new retrofit every lunar new year" or whatever
rapid bough
cool because i'd like to get harbin literally ever but i don't have anywhere near the amount of fleet tech i need
she needs 160 and i have 10 lol
old galleon
yat sen/ning hai/ping hai/chang chun are all technically permanent
but idk if they get you to 160 alone
idr if there are other permanent chinese ships either
rapid bough
i have more important stuff to unlock than harbin anyway, but hopefully by the time i have the fleet tech to get her PR5 will be coinable
though now i say that i wonder
digital marlin
on the topic of UR choices
rapid bough
is PR5 set to be coinable at the same time as DR4? or do they do that separately
old galleon
i'm pretty sure that's separate
idle grove
might be time to play hsr again
took a pretty decently sized break and idk why actually
digital marlin
i kinda like having the major flagships as gold gives while the UR being more of the Secret or more legendary ships
digital marlin
took a pretty decently sized break and idk why actually
Relic farming i bet
idle grove
probably
rapid bough
i kinda like having the major flagships as gold gives while the UR being more of...
yeah i totally get it but idk, i think the UR options that are major famous ships with service records is just more hype
hence why yamato is one that's got everyone waiting
idle grove
gear farming killed e7 for me but arena was definitely helping that process speed up
digital marlin
continuing on on my main post i felt aloto f the choices for some of the URs we got prior are not hype
rapid bough
yamato's service record isn't even that impressive (certainly not for what she was intended to be)
but the story of what she was and represented is enough on its own to carry that UR status
that's kinda where i get the sentiment that flagships work better as URs
digital marlin
i barely know anything about actual history for ships so im basing my thoughs off the actualy Story lore for AL
rapid bough
oh then we're on opposite ends of the spectrum here since i don't know shit about the lore lol
digital marlin
digital marlin
Argor please
old galleon
this game, lore-wise, is a colossal trainwreck and it's just fun to see where it ends up
rapid bough
i've said before that i at least respect that it tries to be something more than just T&A coomer bait
it could've easily gotten by just doing that, and for the most part does
digital marlin
It actually is intresting just that theres way too much going on
rapid bough
nikke's story/lore/characters are all really good but it's not even 2 years old, and that's got me wondering whether it'll end up like azur lane (convoluted clusterfuck) after 5-6 years of buildup
assuming it lasts that long anyway, since longevity is never a guarantee in the gacha industry
digital marlin
main issue with AL side is how many different parties there are involved
old galleon
nikke's reasonably popular, right?
rapid bough
it's on the fringe of top 10 in revenue for gacha games basically every month
it's definitely in no danger of ending atm
old galleon
obv there's no guarantee that'll last, but
digital marlin
like 7-8 different factions and even splintered grops between each faction al doing their own thing
old galleon
fringe of top 10
in this market that's pretty good
summer hornet
there is literally an Evangelion collab today
digital marlin
all it takes is one p5 collab to EoS it
old galleon
tbf both granblue and another eden survived p5 collabs
rapid bough
> fringe of top 10
in this market that's pretty good
very good, it only really loses out to hoyoverse, wuwa currently, FGO, and those weird CN-only games like naruto that make money hand over fist simply due to having a loyal following
old galleon
ae even had 2 of them
rapid bough
oh and the new-ish husbando one, love and deepspace i think it's called?
that game is earning insane amounts of money
summer hornet
A moment of silence for Touken Ranbu
old galleon
didn't granblue also have a touken ranbu collab
rapid bough
nikke outearns azur lane by a significant margin for that matter
old galleon
yeah it was in like 2016 or so
digital marlin
on this topic of GBF. GBFs popularity feels so weird to me.
rapid bough
kinda crazy thing about nikke's success is that it isn't even technically available in CN
i think CN users have to VPN to the japanese server to play
old galleon
granblue has a loyal fanbase and their character designs have definitely stepped up over the years
summer hornet
Plus Cygames is sorta like Hoyo where you can get sucked from one of their games into another
old galleon
but they did also just confirm that the slime isekai collab is gonna have limited collab summons, so we'll see how that holds up
digital marlin
the Game is such a big success but before the FG came out it didnt feel as out there as other big names despite how longs its been going now
and even the FG didnt do that well till the re release.
old galleon
kinda crazy thing about nikke's success is that it isn't even technically availa...
lmao
summer hornet
Shadowverse, GBVS, PriConne, Rage of Bahamut, UmaMusume, all swirl back to GBF
old galleon
rip priconne
digital marlin
like it always had a big following in JP but never felt that loud
old galleon
(global only)
rapid bough
i wonder if nikke will ever break into CN, i know being officially approved for sale there is a bureaucratic nightmare
old galleon
i'm sure versus (and rising) have helped
rapid bough
but shift-up (nikke's company) recently went public in korea and i gotta assume that'll increase shareholder pressure to make more money
old galleon
i wonder if nikke will ever break into CN, i know being officially approved for ...
they'd have to deal with the government censors and whatnot
rapid bough
everyone thinks (rightfully so) that'll mean either censorship for wider appeal, or just more aggressive monetization
but if i were a SU shareholder the first thing i'd ask is "why not cash in on the chinese market more"
would almost certainly require a CN-specific client with censorship and whatnot
but so much money to be made
digital marlin
i'm sure versus (and rising) have helped
yeah they did sort of. but before that it didnt feel that out there.
sort still feels the same cause the new games only really generate talks towards them self and not toward the gacha
rapid bough
nice just hit commander level 105 in azur lane after a set of 12-4 sorties
all my buildings officially maxed out
summer hornet
yeah they did sort of. but before that it didnt feel that out there.
sort still...
There's some spillover, we just don't see as much of it
GBF community in general is super weird
old galleon
nice just hit commander level 105 in azur lane after a set of 12-4 sorties
if you have enough decent ships for it you may consider pushing chapter 13 if you haven't already
rapid bough
i likely don't, my vanguard AA is still garbo
old galleon
what options do you have?
rapid bough
these are all my leveled vanguard ships, idk if any shipgirl portrait here is particularly raunchy but i'm spoilering just in case
so not great
i don't have any of the standard AA carries
old galleon
hmm
digital marlin
can just farm 12-4 for a bit
old galleon
that's what he's been doing
digital marlin
can continue to farm*
digital marlin
think cheshire should be a good option to raise for chapter 13
Sandy is another option
rapid bough
yeah sandy is who i'd target first since cheshire would take forever to get running
but even then, sandy UR retro is expensive as hell and would set me back on my UR LB plans
old galleon
ignoring the pr ships, sandy is extremely expensive but returns her investment by being useful not just for anti-air
juneau is strictly worse but cheaper and does the job decently enough for chapter 13
astral drift
Where's rate up 2 modCheck
old galleon
isuzu is the copium option if you happened to get her
rapid bough
i did not
digital marlin
Speaking of which at some point need to get back to farming 14-4
old galleon
including prs, i'd do shimanto > cheshire, but both do the job fine
summer hornet
Where's rate up 2 modCheck
BB Dubai is the 28th, no?
runic ether
oh lmao
rapid bough
shimanto is PR6 right? yeah nowhere close
runic ether
the new weapon in zzz is literally right now
summer hornet
Summer 9 part 2, Ordeal Call part 3
digital marlin
oh yeah
summer hornet
(aka, Nasu felt like it)
digital marlin
man such a weird move
old galleon
shimanto is PR6 right? yeah nowhere close
still a valid long term goal
rapid bough
aye but that's very long term
old galleon
shimanto is likely to be extremely useful to you in harder content
rapid bough
i don't expect to even get out of PR4 for another several months
gonna need to be here forever for agir/haku
digital marlin
my personal opinon would just be to go for coinable before even touching the later seasons tbh
old galleon
that's what he's doing, yes
digital marlin
coinds are up to pr4 right now right
rapid bough
specifically PR ships yeah
digital marlin
contine going for the coinable Pr
old galleon
but i don't think it's a bad idea to start making plans for some of the later seasons
rapid bough
i have anchorage, avp, and agir in season 4 unlocked
anchorage fs5, avp currently fs2
digital marlin
dam
rapid bough
can't start haku, not enough fleet tech
i thought about starting marco polo just for another coinable
but decided to go back to PR1 for izumo for sakura tech
old galleon
marco polo's problem is that once you get more rainbow bb's, she becomes very replaceable
as is the case for basically all gold bb's in this era
rapid bough
yeah and i already have 3 with a fourth (fdg) on the way
so she likely won't see use
that said, will eventually need her for sardegna tech
rapid bough
hopefully i get another coinable DR unlocked by the time fdg is fs5
rapid bough
probably will be drake
since again, sakura fleet tech for azuma is brutal
actually damn i'm way off the required HMS tech for drake too oof
we'll see how much i get out of this JP anni giving me a bunch of sakura tech lol
old galleon
how far off are you?
rapid bough
673/820 for drake
old galleon
and azuma?
rapid bough
though i am imminently MLB'ing vanguard and will get her to 120 quickly which is 100-something
647/900 for azuma
old galleon
hm
better hope the ur is a battleship then : ^)
(i personally don't since i really don't need a 10th rainbow battleship)
rapid bough
with vanguard considered i'm actually not that far off for drake
vanguard MLB + 120 is 100 fleet tech
so really 773/820 for her
still a long way from fs5 fdg though so no rush
she's only dev27 atm
think that leaves something like 1-1.5 months at 10 BPs/day til fs5
old galleon
speaking of fdg i'm trying to ignore the temptation to buy her skin
not sure how much longer that'll hold
digital marlin
thanks for 700 gems Dev
rapid bough
but the aesthetic is just peak
old galleon
you're not wrong
rapid bough
- insane upgrade in quality over her base art
summer hornet
https://vxtwitter.com/aeinzalot/status/1826280943432478737?s=46
Picking a fight with Pako is certainly a choice
old galleon
i just don't know how much i'll use her
digital marlin
Pako was just getting in the Hoyo mood
old galleon
wait what am i missing?
summer hornet
Friend of Pako's asked him to draw some HSR/Fate art
Since the friend was writing an article about it
Twitter
And now people are crying that Pako, the guy who designed like 90% of the Indian servants, is whitewashing
old galleon
???
old galleon
maybe he looks a little lighter colored, but he's not black to start with
maybe if we were talking about emiya alter
runic ether
right
runic ether
maybe if we were talking about emiya alter
?
summer hornet
He is in fact a Japanese man
idle grove
oh emiya alter lmao
summer hornet
Emiya Alter is a whole other bucket of controversy
idle grove
digital marlin
oh no
idle grove
it's one of the more out of pocket things fgo has done in a while
runic ether
well
old galleon
did detroit emiya survive the translation? i don't remember if that's a thing in the english version
summer hornet
They swapped it to "Edgemiya"
old galleon
aight
astral drift
Thanks Albert
long tree
The issue with drawing emiya white is it makes no sense
slow raft
Twitter
old galleon
and the issue people are having with pako drawing him white doesn't make sense, since even in his art he's not white
he's a lighter shade of tan, arguably, but not white
long tree
The man has dark skin because his mana circuits burnt him completely
You could argue then maybe it’s a version of him where he didn’t burn his circuits as much, but then his hair should have color
long tree
and the issue people are having with pako drawing him white doesn't make sense, ...
Dude is lighter than me and I don’t go outside
runic ether
The man has dark skin because his mana circuits burnt him completely
fact or cap
long tree
Fact
Emiya has dog shit mana circuits to begin with, add to it extreme over use and that’s what happens
runic ether
wait why'd i ask u my sister knows more about fate than anyone i can think of
no offense
long tree
None taken I just googled it one day cause I was curious
summer hornet
runic ether
thats just shirou
long tree
Regi that art is not only one example but also the sprite is still several shades darker than the art peko did
runic ether
which ig is technically and literally true
long tree
I personally don’t care that much because the man isn’t intended to be black representation, but I can easily see why people have issues
summer hornet
I just don't want Pako to get run off of Twitter by an angry mob
long tree
I get that but you have to admit he is looking lighter in that art
summer hornet
Because he doesn't deserve it
slow raft
not his fault, just happens naturally when you try to do hoyo related art
long tree
He likely doesn’t, I’m just saying it’s a valid concern to take but not one the guy deserves to get super hated on for or anything
slow raft
😔
long tree
If it were like one of the Indian servants it was for then I’d get the controversy
But this is just a strange visual choice
summer hornet
It's odd
But again: Arjuna, Sana (Hololive), Ashwattman (I know I spelled that wrong), etc
long tree
Actually can we talk about Arjuna alter becoming whiter the more kind and empathetic he becomes through his ascensions
I get that it probably doesn’t have that meaning but it’s certainly a choice
summer hornet
I haven't gone through that man's interludes because I do not have him lol
(maybe later this week since they've got road to LB7 going)
summer hornet
I get that it probably doesn’t have that meaning but it’s certainly a choice
That said,I think you answered it yourself
long tree
I’m just happy I got NP2 Arjuna alter
long tree
Me sitting at the buster aoe berserker looper factory
summer hornet
Sometimes you just wanna smash a node with minimal thought process
honest pawn
in Limbus Company we already have an Urban Nightmare ID in the form of Philipclair so theoretically early Star of the City should be fine
Argalia Hong Lu next year?
slow raft
buddy we are not getting a colour this early
also we already have early sotc
liu and r corp
honest pawn
I know, I'm just dreaming
slow raft
that said
index ids when?
i need that proxy gregor before the end of the year
and meursault ofc
honest pawn
I want Index ID's but I also want a Yan
but ||the page you get from beating Distorted Yan|| Yan
for the named Proxies though I'm thinking ||Mersault Hubert and Yi Sang/Gregor Esther||
idfk how you'd do ||Gloria||
slow raft
give it to faust just to make kromer faust seethe even more
honest pawn
BRILLIANT
slow raft
you could prolly do rodya?
shes tall enough for it
youd have to go halfway on some of the stuff tho
honest pawn
absolutely
slow raft
if there was a good crop of their logo id use it as my pfp
honest pawn
one of my favorite teams in lategame Ruina is just Chesed's floor with ||Purple Tear||, Nikolai, and Yan Singleton deck with 2 generic Singletons for support
slow raft
fantasic fits, banger members and interesting philosophy
oh yeah and their cards are also just banger after banger
cannot go back to playing without will of the city 
slow raft
one of my favorite teams in lategame Ruina is just Chesed's floor with ||Purple ...
nikolai is also such a good page
commanders mark my beloved
honest pawn
me when I open Will of the City and Will of the Prescript (it's gaming time)
honest pawn
nah that's not controversial
slow raft
is it a good card?
eh
does it activate my neurons?
oh yes
honest pawn
you're telling me I can get up to 3 stacks on my Singleton build for free with no down payment?
give me that shit
sour tendon
detroit emiya
not nearly the craziest thing tamamo cat has said
i remember being scared about the lightening of emiya alters skin tone
i was worried they would lighten up scheherazade
and shes perfection
nothing ever came of it tho apparently the emiya alter artist just personally felt his depiction was problematic so he changed it
pako specifically is a funny artist for twitter to start shit about white washing considering he's illustrated several of the darkest skinned servants in the entire franchise
mental acorn
amog
old galleon
kroos based
old galleon
ae collab is live, hopefully it ends up being decent
okay not knowing any of these characters is kinda hurting me lol
is kula a klepto?
man this k' guy can't catch a break
okay so at a glance from their prologues, kula is probably the most interesting of the four, but the least likable
summer hornet
Do we still need to spoiler for LB4 bosses or Oberon's final ascension?
old galleon
since everyone i know who plays fgo in here has already beaten lb6, except roast, who is a big enough oberon fan i assume he's already seen the third ascension anyway, i don't bother
(and roast is in lb5.5 or 6 iirc)
it's already been over a year since lb6 anyway, and over 2 since lb4
if i were talking to someone about the content that i knew was like pre-lb4 or something, then probably
summer hornet
Gotcha 
old galleon
ofc i still spoiler major things from lb7 onward
such as ||the spider raids||
does the name "darkest noah" reference anything from any of the king of fighters games?
not sure if that's a name they chose randomly or if it has any significance
honest pawn
WORLD RECORD
STOP THE TIMER
WHEN YOU CLICK ON HIS ID IN BATTLE HE LAUGHS
HE'S A NEGATIVE COIN ID ON HIS DULLAHAN SKILL
sour tendon
Do we still need to spoiler for LB4 bosses or Oberon's final ascension?
i feel like they could have just done 2x or 3x hp for the super recollections
why is it 8x - 10x
this shit was miserable
merlin buff cant come soon enough
old galleon
alrighty, the rest of kula's story wasn't too bad
she came off a little weirdly in her prologue but w/e
gonna do terry next
now we need a yugioh collab to bring this joke full circle
okay so as far as i can tell, kula doesn't have a way to get flexible in her kit
which is kinda annoying if you want to run the full kof team, since they all have a passive that sets blunt zone at the start of the fight
......and she uses magic
old galleon
i like the contrast in these character introductions
mai: introduced by helping a girl confess her feelings to her childhood friend
kula: introduced by trying to snag a cake coupon from a cat
terry: introduced by saving a janitor/announcer from thugs
kyo: introduced by having a fight of destiny with iori
long tree
FEH YOU BETTER BE NEXT
summer hornet
i feel like they could have just done 2x or 3x hp for the super recollections
For realllll
Saw a Scathach 3t clear on YouTube and I thought "oh, so there's a chance"
Level 120, NP5
versed pawn
aint no way https://www.reddit.com/r/EpicSeven/comments/1eykb13/sg_compensated_cn_players_5k_ss_and_a_5_star_hero/
long tree
“Oh damn that’s a lot of compensation I wonder what it’s fo-“
sour tendon
glad i never touched that shitty game taiwan is my favorite country after the United States of America
mental acorn
sour tendon
this is why FGO is so based
let china have their own server where they can make whatever shitty changes they want
and the rest of the world can play the game in peace without fear of meddling from the chinese government
versed pawn
thats arround 300€ of compensation
and yeah its a korean company they opened server on CN last year
old galleon
aint no way https://www.reddit.com/r/EpicSeven/comments/1eykb13/sg_compensated_c...
The ccp and those who defend their bullshit are soft lmao
old galleon
and the rest of the world can play the game in peace without fear of meddling fr...
thankfully azur lane's non-chinese servers have dodged the ccp's nonsense, at least
i'm not sure how much of it affects other chinese-sourced games globally
arknights seemed fine on this front last i checked
sour tendon
its kinda funny how much the ccp would have meddled in fgo
they censored out almost every Chinese servant
i cant imagine they have lb3
and on their server they fucked with gacha rates several times
without informing the players
and they never compensated players for doing so
honest pawn
slow raft
Absolute erlking victory
honest pawn
reminder that the all-time peak was from the Philip Walpurgis banner
when they do get around to Color ID's I think it's gonna be some crazy shit
slow raft
Already putting some lunacy aside for purple tear ryoshu
honest pawn
after Solemn Lament Yi Sang I'm gonna save for Index ID's/Yan announcer
slow raft
you know what would be really funny
"typwriter sounds" announcer
prescript announcer that tells you to press the auto button every turn
honest pawn
||Moirai|| announcer and she just whispers "win-raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate"
old galleon
Twitter
it's been 3000 years...
iirc she was first shown either in the musashi or unzen events
yeah i think it was unzen's event
tone's still in npc hell tho
and by npc i mean enemy
oh also apparently bell's artist is getting harassed
tldr some people thought there was a sliver of a chance one of their bell artworks depicted ntr
you can figure out the rest
people are stupid etc
copper steppe
ah the classic
old galleon
for the double whammy, apparently this artist is also the artist for anson
idle grove
Twitter
slow raft
Twitter
honest pawn
paus
rapid bough
one down, two more to go
didn't even have to use pull currency for her, got her solely with pull vouchers i'd saved from the last few events
doubt i'll be as lucky with the other two nikke collab units, this event's gonna kill my savings
kinda weird that they didn't get any EN voice acting for her or any of the collab units tbh
glossy latch
If I had a nickle for every gacha that had Asuka from Evangelion in it Id have two nickles
Which isnt a lot but its weird that it happened twice
rapid bough
perils of a collab with such an old IP i guess
long tree
If I had a nickle for every gacha that had Asuka from Evangelion in it Id have t...
You'd have a lot more than 2
A lot a lot more than 2
glossy latch
Huh
old galleon
kinda weird that they didn't get any EN voice acting for her or any of the colla...
this feels pretty standard for a lot of collabs across a lot of different games
probably licensing issues or such
rapid bough
i've only been around for one in nikke (the re:zero collab) and they got the actual english VAs for emilia, rem, and ram on that one
dunno about the previous chainsaw man and nier collabs
rapid bough
lol yes she's still the best unit in the game
rapid bough
nah, NA
idle grove
damn
rapid bough
Evangellon collabs with a lot of gacha
nikke is particularly popular in japan so they're really going all out on this collab (except for the voice acting, but again, don't really blame them for struggling to get the old english VAs from nearly 30 years ago now)
long tree
The lore between the two series also seems like it'd mesh well
idle grove
nah
rapid bough
global = europe, as far as their server availability is concerned
their other servers are NA, JP, KR, and southeast asia
long tree
How good is my drunk samurai wife currently?
long tree
scarlet? sadly kinda powercrept
rapid bough
she did get an alt version (scarlet: black shadow) that is one of the best units in the game though
rapid bough
stonks
anyway, despite the powercreep she's still a solid damage dealer
just not "top dog" anymore like she was on release
asking about her specifically says you have good taste though
scarlet's one of my favorite characters in the game, both for aesthetic and personality
her EN VA also knocks it out of the park
idle grove
god my home screen has so many icons now lmao
wait
is memory of goddess back permanently?
rapid bough
dunno about the previous chainsaw man and nier collabs
i went and checked the units, nier collab units have english voiceovers, but chainsaw man units do not
rapid bough
is memory of goddess back permanently?
yup
rapid bough
red hood won the recent 1.5 anni popularity poll which means she's getting a free skin soon
either near the end of this month or the next, i forget
idle grove
huh cool
rapid bough
was a vote between these 3, design A won so we are getting red hood in a dress
rapid bough
she'll do that lol
as i said, still the best unit in the game
arguably shares that position with crown, but they're different roles (crown is support/buffer, red hood is DPS)
idle grove
just annoyed that modernia got a rerun after that so I didn't get to star her up either
rapid bough
what level is your squad
idle grove
I stopped playing when I got plateaued at like 160
rapid bough
ah yeah
160 wall is annoying
took me like 3 months to get past it, but honestly i don't think it's that bad
around that time is when resources get really scarce, so an artificial wall to force resources to build up isn't the worst thing
idle grove
I think I'm close to breaking it I just need one more 5* limit broken so I can level past 160
idle grove
do you have tia
idle grove
yeah cause I think she has the same synergy with naga that noir and blanc have
long tree
Is naga bad without tia?
rapid bough
naga is good without tia, but not vice versa
however there's probably a better solo b2 to run?
hard to say without knowing the rest of your roster
also i assume you auto battle, so just remember that bursts go from left to right, and you want to give liter + naga priority on their bursts over red hood's, and RH+SBS priority over base scarlet
so for auto battle your party should look something like liter/naga/red hood/SBS/base scarlet
that is a pretty damn good squad
if/when you get tia, drop base scarlet for her and put her leftmost (tia/liter/naga/RH/SBS)
or if you have blanc+noir, best to use them until you get tia (liter/blanc/RH/SBS/noir)
long tree
rapid bough
yeah naga's your best b2 and that squad is your best possible comp right now
idle grove
as someone who has forgor everything about this game, thoughts on who to slap in a team
rapid bough
liter/blanc/RH/modernia/noir
against bosses like in interception, swap modernia with SBS
idle grove
long tree
Damn they nerfing feixiao?
runic ether
she got nerfed back in v3
v5 has only really clarified wording
and buffed her e2
she feels super awkward
basically her speed was destroyed and put into her e4
so now shes like
just a better ratio in the ratio team
summer hornet
oh ig it's time to login to nikke again then
On the topic of NIKKE… I must come clean
summer hornet
patent swift
https://www.goodsmile.com/en/product/60418/Nendoroid+Aventurine
My wallet 
summer hornet
No, I think I get it
rapid bough
khaios is single-handedly gonna turn people here to the dark side
i bring only cultured recommendations
paper spoke
Huh, Genshin Impact for Game Pass. Something I noticed as I got on for a post-work gaming session
torn harbor
https://www.reddit.com/r/HonkaiStarRail_leaks/comments/1ez1pnu/25_beta_v5_feixia...
Lingsha got buffed though it wasn't highlighted
Her bunny went from 90% atk to all to 75% to all and then an additional 75% on the primary target (also doubling the break to the primary from what I understand)
old galleon
s ishtar is saved, long live s ishtar
s3 loses the delayed stun, gains a 30% battery and a 3 turn 50% np gain buff
copper steppe
when the call is ordeal
summer hornet
s ishtar is saved, long live s ishtar
LONG LIVE ISHTARIN
rapid bough
finally
now to wait and see what the JP anni UR(s) is, because if it's not a CV i think i'm MLB'ing mogador next
slow raft
@honest pawn which sinner should get the QoH ego/id and why?
honest pawn
Don is the obvious choice, given it's a perfect fit for her lore, but I want Heathcliff to get it
honest pawn
magical girls always have a partner, after all
slow raft
Honestly it might be a heath qoh and a don knight of despair angle, depending on what we learn in her canto
honest pawn
you know what I got to in Ruina and now have had a neverending desire for
||Apocalypse Bird EGO/ID||
slow raft
Thats fair, even tho i still think long bird >>>>
honest pawn
honestly
slow raft
||Apocalypse Bird EGO/ID||
idk how youd even try to upkeep the gimmick in limbus tho
slow raft
Honestly it might be a heath qoh and a don knight of despair angle, depending o...
alternatively, sicne heathcliff is extremely shirou coded and knight of despair is extremely EMIYA coded
you could do somethign with that
honest pawn
this is also true, I got to 6-34 last night
honest pawn
idk how youd even try to upkeep the gimmick in limbus tho
it depends on which phase but I'm hoping Sinclair gets it, whatever it is
and if it's Long Bird he's on stilts
slow raft
you could do a like
summoning deal
three individual ego/ids and then you get the big man in the background
and access to like
an extra passive/ego attack for the relevant sinners
honest pawn
all I need is for it to be game-breaking so I can make ||"It's the beast! A big, scary monster lives in the black dusky forest!"|| memes
slow raft
well prolly get NIHIL first i imagine
honest pawn
perfectly acceptable too
slow raft
NIHIL dante when
honest pawn
Dante can get the Lulu ID for no reason
idle grove
Twitter
old galleon
congrats
slow raft
The first of many 
slow raft
Twitter
long tree
I pray for whoever has to sell us bio broly
mortal iron
Bio broly will be better than the god raditz himself I bet
slow raft
Twitter
long tree
Guin kills her girlfriend for views more at 11
old galleon
https://vxtwitter.com/EmeraldEmp/status/1827249659674325286
hans
hans on hot ones would be a blast
summer hornet
Okay this shot went hard
idle grove
snow white my beloved
summer hornet
The Modernia reveal... I expected her to be the person the Commander knew in the hospital flashback, ngl- not the lady from the tutorial
But I guess that's more Arknights style
old galleon
so uhh
is albert's mic malfunctioning
i can't hear a thing he's saying
people calling for pc port in the comments as if
- it wouldn't be announced for jp first
- the devs wouldn't find a way to royally fuck it up
astral drift
PC port for what
honest pawn
tsukihime remake
astral drift
TIL that's not on PC already
honest pawn
yep
slow raft
https://x.com/yukihara_crgd/status/1796014507816259981
Gudao my goat
Twitter
rapid bough
Okay this shot went hard
snow white is a real one
one of the realest tbh
true ride or die
old galleon
good way for people to get more salter coins and np levels before her strengthening next year
assuming anyone's interested in salter gaming
honest pawn
I am very much interested in SALTER GAMING
I have her at NP2 already I believe
I could go for more NP's
astral drift
Where's the news
astral drift
I mean the real news
old galleon
hope albert has clairvoyance killer ex in reserve, i guess
summer hornet
I mean the real news
you will eat your GudaGuda pasta and enjoy it
old galleon
2-san sighted
tldr 10 more quartz and the obligatory reminder to raise your servants ||so you stand a chance against the spider||
albert just said "everyone here at anime expo" lmao
old galleon
but you still stick with it
honest pawn
no
astral drift
Still seeing a lot of madoka cosplayers at the venue in current year
honest pawn
waste of time personally
astral drift
Always
glossy latch
Oh the story requiring you to go to level 36 in the middle of it is lame
Levelling up is so slow now >.>
versed pawn
Golden week side event gives XP if u haven't done that yet
summer hornet
Oh the story requiring you to go to level 36 in the middle of it is lame
Genshin, I assume?
glossy latch
Golden week side event gives XP if u haven't done that yet
Need to complete the story quest for that 🙃
long tree
I like what zzz does where it shows you how many levels to unlock the next story beat, but has side stories you unlock before those points it doesn’t tell you about so you get pleasantly surprised
Like “we know the next story bit is far away, so here’s a little bit to keep you occupied”
versed pawn
Need to complete the story quest for that 🙃
Well side missions I guess
summer hornet
No, it's an Arknights artist
Namie
Twitter
Twitter
old galleon
Namie
namie's been doing fgo art since before arknights global existed lol
wouldn't say she's just an arknights artist
slow raft
Its not gonna get better either
runic ether
yeah they really want u leveling slow in this game
genshin is kinda similar but i think its even slower than that
glossy latch
Got to level 35 at least
But ugh, this is a pain ngl
I just want more standard rolls
... well I have C6 Billy now
Unfortunately I hardly ever use him because Im going full electric with Anton 
(Idk what Team Billy would want either)
runic ether
billy anby nicole works extremely well
glossy latch
I assume woodpecker + the physical one whatever that is
runic ether
he likes woodpecker 2pc and 2pc fanged metal
woodpecker being the crit rate
but
he can go 2pc/2pc/2pc
cus the assault one doesnt do a ton fo rhim
*for him
you can make him a chain attack/ult dps but thats not the best
iirc that one is a puffer electro situation
the way i would consider billy in the future tho is pulling for caesar
caesar nicole billy
runic ether
she provides a shield and stuns
shes compared to genshin zhongli in a way but way more aggressive
again, defenders are cracked
she does great damage, does good stun, provides strong shields, and basically is like
condensing a sub-dps, stunner, and support in one
for your case i'd probs do anby anton rina with plugboo
and then billy caesar nicole with maybe amillion?
glossy latch
Oh she can parry without switching?
runic ether
yea
shes a sword and shield user
and passive a shield to the team that prevents interruption to their actions for a brief period
glossy latch
How so?
runic ether
first she's a physical defender that allows your on-fielder to more aggressively stay right next to enemies
this is good for billy in particular with his c6
but all billy levels like being up close
caesar gives him way more time to be there
2nd
her core passive
so when there is a parry support character (like nicole)
all enemies within 6 meters will take an additional 25% damage from your team (which stacks with nicole's def shred)
triggers off: getting hit while shes using her skill, gettng hit while doing a dash attack, if you hit a perfect assist follow up, and when she catches her shield throw
she gets additional impact damage (more daze) and crit rate when she parries
and of course her shield lasting 90 seconds that scales off her impact
so in the team with billy, he's getting (with nicole) an effective 55% damage increase and the comfort to trigger his own passives more easily
she will of course work well with any attacker really
as i said, shes like zhongli for zzz
everyone will kinda like her as a whole
but billy in particular gets a lot out of her
since caesar wont need to be on-fielded a lot
billy likes being so
glossy latch
Oh you dont use her on-field much?
runic ether
you can
shes flexible in that sense
you can use her on-field since she scales on daze
but her parry and dodge isnt super tied to her being on field a lot
means if you want to on-field her a lot for daze build up on some teams, sure it works
but if you only need her for her uptime, that also works very well
tbf
this is the case for ben (and seth too) but caesar being physical means u can easily enable billy's faction passive with nicole caesar
glossy latch
Does that passive require both of the teammates to fit?
runic ether
can depend
it can usually be as loose as "shares the same element"
or some say "when you are with an attack agent"
or "when you are with a support agent"
i think billy specifically says "when in a team with a cunning hare or a physical agent"
glossy latch
Yee
runic ether
and, you only need to meet one or the other
runic ether
the reason for nicole is just cus shes broken
lol
but say u wanna use ben or seth with billy
your other teammates for them would be grace (no synergy), anton (hogs field time and lacks synergy), koleda (a stunner with the same issues if you had ben)
or for seth you have jane (little synergy but can actually be a decent team... but it stops being a billy team and becomes a jane team)
or qingyi (current banner character which is good and can fit with billy and nicole but at that point use anby?)
or zhu yuan who has the same playstyle but wont be on banner again for a couple of months
runic ether
mhm
seth jane billy should be a solid team in and of itself
but again this is less a billy team
and more a jane team
slow raft
||https://x.com/sunisagaslight/status/1827319920020901903|| limbus company canto 6 spoilers
versed pawn
genshin is kinda similar but i think its even slower than that
genshin 1.0 was a lot slower i think u where pretty capped arround lvl AR 30 and it become a daily grind these days not much of a issue since there a ton more story missions to follow
rapid bough
it's worth remembering that ZZZ only released about two months ago lol, not out of the ordinary for a new game to quickly reach a soft level wall where progression slows down significantly
even more true of gacha games which always frontload progression and resources
runic ether
it's worth remembering that ZZZ only released about two months ago lol, not out ...
by this time with honkai star rail im p sure if u were completing the game u were basically at max
rapid bough
i think i'm IK 43 after hitting 40 about a week ago lol
but i haven't kept up with commissions as they've come in, just done dailies/weeklies and made sure i don't cap battery
shit's sloooooooooooow tho
versed pawn
i think i'm IK 43 after hitting 40 about a week ago lol
if u play since day 1 and spend 300 energy everyday u should been 50 arround the week qingi came out
versed pawn
yeah than expect 50 arround the first half of 1.2 or so
runic ether
i played day 1 and i spent about 300 daily (sometimes) and i got to 50 around the week of qingyi
slow raft
Custom card ass in lore buff, completely broken
https://x.com/kizu_skip/status/1827659798499766551
Twitter
old galleon
so when did people just start ascribing the term "custom card" to everything they think is remotely broken
also that's why it's called a broken phantasm kek
slow raft
Theres a trend of people trying to fix their dogwater archetyped with one single card that does everything and solves every problem
long tree
HES HUMAN HOW IS THIS BETTER THAN A LOT OF SERVANT NOBLE PHANTASMS
This shit is a domain expansion at this point tf do you mean infinite swords that can't miss
slow raft
Me when i broken phantasm caladbolg or god forbig gae bolg
Nice magical defense bucko, heres an unlimted amount of swords with the rulebreaker property
old galleon
Theres a trend of people trying to fix their dogwater archetyped with one single...
yes, i know people generally suck at writing decent customs
long tree
He truly is the swords now
old galleon
but at some point in the last year or so i noticed the term get applied to a bunch of different things
slow raft
I wouldnt know, ive heard peopl use it like this for almost a decade now
digital marlin
Nice magical defense bucko, heres an unlimted amount of swords with the rulebrea...
The dumb combinations that can be done didn't really come to me till you mentioned this
runic ether
the only 5.1 new character
mortal iron
is she the first real 5* cat girl
runic ether
yes
keqing and dehya arent real cats and then its been kirara and lynette aa 4 stars
technically lyney is part-cat but hes both not a girl and didnt get any visible features
runic ether
from early leaks shes broken
mortal iron
what does she do
mortal iron
geo so they have to go above and beyond to make her good
runic ether
geo-sword
mortal iron
yeah i read the new natlan set, but coz it's for new effects, i couldnt guage how strong they are
I misremembered it was sands
runic ether
extremely good sets
runic ether
I misremembered it was sands
that is pretty damn good
mortal iron
100% gonna be her offpiece
mortal iron
i pray she works well with navia
i'll be fine if she works with chiori, that just means i have to get chiori
slow raft
||https://x.com/selachymorpha/status/1826679555081601049|| kinda limbus spoilers
runic ether
i'll be fine if she works with chiori, that just means i have to get chiori
she will work with navia to our knowledge
again shes like geo kazuha (no grouping tho)
neat
the pattern continues
1.0 had sokaku and ben free -> 1.1 is weapon -> 1.2 will be lucy
1.3 will be another character
1.4 will be weapon
summer hornet
Custom card ass in lore buff, completely broken
https://x.com/kizu_skip/status/1...
They buffed all the Tsukihime cast for Remake, now Shirou gets buffed for the FSN anniversary
torn harbor
ah there is my m6 lucy
m6 lucy is like crazy good
especially with a unit with an ex that lasts a while (like piper's spin)
summer hornet
Twitter
long tree
Ain’t no way
runic ether
not looking forward to this
i know what those dolls are gonna see and it ain't pretty
versed pawn
Mhh missing 1 exploration quest in chapter 3 zzz
Finally found all items in hollow 0 is probably added later
the last item was BS needed 2500 Gearcoins only had 2000 on me and there was literally a pack with 500 gearcoins but they really had to despawn the event if u coundt take it and i had to reset 30 times to get it back
runic ether
as long as u got kirara out of it ur fine
tho ig it depends on how much ur gonna pull in natlan but oh well
we are getting an extra 1k primos anyways
glossy latch
I did get her and her outfit
I did the trackable event stuff
Im just pretty sure there is stuff left I didnt explore in the overworld
Also I havent done two side quests yet but I can do those tomorrow
runic ether
Im just pretty sure there is stuff left I didnt explore in the overworld
oh ur all good then
glossy latch
How long is the Inayuma part of the event quest?
runic ether
they buffed her!???
i think i have to skip jane. i want the strongest billy
so was burnice wow
but caesar's buffs are just totally massive
comment put it best its like zhongli and bennett had a baby
versed pawn
Got 200 pulls ready for Jane banner and only need 4p for the guarantee but I try weapon too
tho I wanna have Seth
torn harbor
Twitter
patent swift
https://twitter.com/honkaistarrail/status/1828281590759436648
Parappa no way
summer hornet
https://twitter.com/honkaistarrail/status/1828281590759436648
Close enough; welcome back Calliope Mori
(for real though, she looks cool)
glossy latch
https://twitter.com/honkaistarrail/status/1828281590759436648
Well thats the most hornybait design in a while
slow raft
now I want to go for Chef Ryoshu
Alternatively: wait for walpurgisnacht, where youll be pulling regardless methinks, and simply use the red eyes ryoshu youll get from that
honest pawn
Alternatively: wait for walpurgisnacht, where youll be pulling regardless methin...
SPEAKING OF
slow raft
summer hornet
I might grab his weapon? I'm pretty sure weapons in Genshin aren't quite as omnipotent as HSR, but I'm still sorely lacking in blades for my 70% sword-main roster
runic ether
why would you go for a downgrade to fav on kazuha?
runic ether
Wonder if I should go for him
for comfort of when u need to run sucrose in one team and then u have only lynette on another, kazuha is a good upgrade