probably have way more moon mats from that ad than i know what to do with
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old galleon
but meh
oh they're at 159 shadow
so just 1 off of that then
the unique grasta from western mythos astral archive missions is nice but clarte still requires justice
they are a unit from 2020/21 after all
old galleon
fitting description for a lot of arknights stages
summer hornet
so I'm assuming that Furina is a bad pick when you're joining someone else's world in co-op?
mystic python
Not that bad, you just need to know when to swap to healer mode
summer hornet
Gotcha, gotcha
Turns out an IRL friend had been out of Genshin since they had no one to play with lol
And now I am (a person who plays Genshin, that is)
So he got back in, and got both Kinich and his weapon in a total of like 50 rolls
mystic python
Ah pretty lucky, hope they enjoy playing spiderman. And ye, just gotta make sure you don't drain them low enough that it gets them killed
old galleon
did a yolo red key run and actually got a shadow drop out of it, which puts feinne at 201 now
so i have 360 with her+clarte now
if they ever decide to release dungeons that need 360 shadow specifically, that's why that'd be useful
as it stands, all the 2x green key dungeons need 360 light or shadow, and i've been able to meet the requirement using light for a long time now
also ost 6 released last month and i'm reminded of just how much i loved the nihilus tracks
some of my favorites in the entire soundtrack
old galleon
finally did the phantom rugal stella fight and used the starcharts on terry
kula's pending, i need to get the remaining 2 starcharts from points ladder
(the above team clears that fight just fine btw)
long tree
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OH OKAY BUT BROLY CANT BE "DBS BROLY", FUSED ZAMASU CANT BE "FUSED ZAMASU (CORRUPTED)" BUT BEERUS CAN BE "BEERUS (PAJAMAS)" AND GOKU CAN BE "GOKU (DAIMA)"
Dokkan Devs looking at extreme class
mortal iron
Why do srs still exist bro
long tree
So dokkan can steal your stones
glossy latch
Well Im at soft pity in ZZZs standard banner now
I can try tomorrow for one roll ig
runic ether
glossy latch
God I hate reaching that point where standard pulls become rare >.>
Technically I can get the last rankup now for those
But Id need to farm money first >.>
runic ether
zzz is stingy on money for some reason
the new training event is p good though to save
glossy latch
Also ... is it normal that the saurians only drop the common material?
runic ether
the benefit is that there are a ton of children on the map to kill for mats
hm
wait
that sounds wrong
look point is theres a lot of enemies in natlan that drop the mats
summer hornet
mortal iron
the benefit is that there are a *ton* of children on the map to kill for mats
tbf you're also a ygo player, killing kids is your job
runic ether
nice!
if i wasnt gunning for xilonen i'd probs pick kinich up he is a lot of fun to play
my problem is that i'll most likely want xilonen + chasca + mavuika
glossy latch
Mavuika is the onlxy one Im considering, and only for Kinich really
Next step I guess is getting Dehya levelled up
Emilie is probably fine at level 80
runic ether
i have a c6 faruzan waiting for an anemo dps so i can do faruzan dps or chasca as main dps
and xilonen is so i can free up my kazuha
my boy has been overworked for ages
slow raft
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mortal iron
i like to get xilonen for overworld gaming
also she's pretty
also kazuha 2 is really nice
runic ether
she'll be a big boost to my navia and noelle
mortal iron
noelle benched forever even tho i built her because i like navia better
there can only be 1 geo lady claymore in my account
also i cant share furina
summer hornet
Finished all the HSR events yesterday, they were both super good
I am now completely caught up on all the ongoing stuff, though
Feels weird
runic ether
noelle benched forever even tho i built her because i like navia better
they work in different scenarios
navia is better in single target
navia in aoe
runic ether
noelle in aoe lol
in any case aoe for genshin is multi-wave + multi-enemy scenarios
noelle's massive sword swipes lend her to destroy that kind of content baseline
whereas navia can pump a ton of damage into a boss
slow raft
guys i think my game might eb broken
not only did i win a 50/50, i got a and s rank agent only 30 pulls after the last one
gotta bugreport this
runic ether
i got a fat paycheck so i can will xilonen home if i have to but i have a second guarantee. so no need... ideally
mortal iron
i think i have about 80 pulls?
so here's hoping
coz im probs skipping chasca
i heard mavuika is 5.3
i feel nothing towards chasca besides she just existing
runic ether
i have like 30
i can get another 20 soon
from grinding stuff out
so i shouldnt have to spend
runic ether
honestly my luck on the lc banner continues to be insane. thats $50 well spent on both lingsha + her lc lol
runic ether
part of me feels like she got lost on the hsr penacony cast audition
weirdly futuristic for genshin but it kinda fits
also slight chasca gameplay in this
also her banner has dori, candace, and collei
thats so ugly
couldnt even give gorou??
mortal iron
I wish it was kaveh instead of dori
Coz I don't have kaveh, and I hate dori
I'll take candace, one step closer to c6 so I can use her with arle
long tree
AYO HES HOT
mortal iron
did they pre record this before the va strike thing
coz genshin eng stream just had the localisation team do it
or did they resolve that
patent swift
iirc star rail isn't targetted in the same way genshin is
But this does have different characters than the others
iirc the strike for star rail has no effect on the game itself, just marketing
mortal iron
yeah i was referring to the marketing, coz iirc some genshin vids recently uses jpn audio in the eng channel
i see
patent swift
yeah i was referring to the marketing, coz iirc some genshin vids recently uses ...
Same with star rail yeah
copper steppe
fgo gogh banner soon tm
slow raft
Lets fucking gooooooogh
astral drift
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summer hornet
https://x.com/GenshinImpact/status/1843231125436854774
summer hornet
yeah i was referring to the marketing, coz iirc some genshin vids recently uses ...
Xilonen got her Eng VA; is she the first English voiced Hoyo character trailer (HSR/Genshin) since the strike?
copper steppe
https://x.com/evilvileveil/status/1843163665782145119?t=XKa-ldCF9HjXb3IujIs9kA&s...
finally its liztober my dudes
runic ether
Xilonen got her Eng VA; is she the first English voiced Hoyo character trailer (...
zzz has had english trailers
tho this is mostly bc zzz is in-house basically
zzz's voice directors is actually a studio owned by seele's va and furina's va and they serve as the directors too
and hoyo took steps to move paimon's va to another studio so the others are not out of the picture for genshin at least
patent swift
zzz's voice directors is actually a studio owned by seele's va and furina's va a...
Main reason is because they essentially instantly agreed to the union demands
For obvious reasons
I wouldn't be suprised if all of hoyo's en va work moves there tbh
runic ether
correct
its what i was thinking since its again more or less "in-house" for hoyo with molly and amber in charge
mortal iron
and hoyo took steps to move paimon's va to another studio so the others are not ...
can you clarify this point more sorry
runic ether
hoyo basically told fomosa studio that works on genshin "nuh uh, we need them (corina) you cant lock her in" and just took her from the studio
which makes sense given they voices way more than anyone else
they did this not bc of the strike (that happened shortly after) but because fomosa was not paying corina or rather
they end up waiting over 6 months to pay them
patent swift
Over how many months?
runic ether
over their tenure as paimon
patent swift
runic ether
iirc since 2021-2022
patent swift
runic ether
the sad part here is that its normal for studios to take like 2-3 months to pay usually
corina was waiting for 2x that amount
or more
and then this fomosa branch wouldnt fold to union demands so hoyo said yoink
we are not replacing paimon
patent swift
Based hoyo wtf
runic ether
for hoyo's faults, they have treated their voice actors very well
this is not something they have failed at
glossy latch
What does C6 Candace do for Arle btw?
runic ether
perfectly timed off-field hydro
mortal iron
they kiss
runic ether
that too
glossy latch
C6 improved Hydro App?
runic ether
ye so
c6 candace begins putting out her hydro app at a fixed wave
this wave matches arle's pyro app cd
and she buffs na damage
mortal iron
yeah i cant wait for c6 candace
im at c2, c3 from event coz she's free
so...please 3 copies
runic ether
im at c5 without the event so...
glossy latch
... you have to be fucking kidding me
Not only did I get another W-Engine 5*, but its the same fucking one
Why is there not even a guarantee
glossy latch
Unfortunately Im pretty sure Nekos W Engine is not very good on non-physical characters
runic ether
its a fine crit stat stick
it does lose out on some characters to s5 starlight
but this is bc some characters can get a ton of free crit
glossy latch
Still rather disappointing, I wanted another 5* character at least
runic ether
like ur gonna go for lighter right? so i assume ur gonna pick up s11 from the 300 pulls on standard?
glossy latch
Ugh, whatever, I guess Ill see Lighter
Yeah probably
Assuming I get enough pulls for Lighter
runic ether
her set gives her 40% crit rate free
glossy latch
Idk how many pulls you can get this patch but Ill have to see
runic ether
over 116 iirc
u can guarantee him
i say that cus knowing ur luck so far...
hey maybe u get s11 on the way to lighter
glossy latch
Im expecting a third pincushion tbh
Oh well, Ill just do the events ig and slowly work towards lighter
astral drift
Both servers yippee
summer hornet
Your devotion continues to shine
Genshin Sumeru.... ||I thought that what we were doing to the assistant of the Sages was kinda messed up, and then the next day I got confronted with something that was REALLY messed up||
||Dottore just running random experiments on the brains of like half the city, because he can, and anticipating all our moves- seemingly already aware of all our acquaintances, cutting us off in the forest before we could even reach the Rangers, using Haypasia as the dreamer to see visions of the NEW SUMERU ARCHON??? Wanderer being set up to usurp Nahida was nowhere near any of my bingo sheets, and while I know that there's a connection between the lower god status, Gnosises, and the Eleazar and Withering outbreaks, I can't quite tell what the throughline is||
||also... Just how bad did Raiden do Wanderer? I remember that he was in Inazuma, and Yae Miko talked about him, but I forgot the details- was it an active choice to abandon, or a misunderstanding mistake?||
runic ether
||also... Just how bad did Raiden do Wanderer? I remember that he was in Inazuma...
||she abandoned him thinking he would never activate||
||but then left him alone to live his own life as he chose||
summer hornet
||…and then he ran into suffering and misunderstanding, and ended up in the Fatui. And she doesn’t want to intervene, because of how she originally failed him, or something?||
||Actually no, Miko had no problem throwing hands with him if not for us being in the way||
||Don’t answer if it’s too spoilery, I expect I’ll find out by the end of Sumeru lol||
runic ether
yea u will see more of it
runic ether
||Actually no, Miko had no problem throwing hands with him if not for us being i...
||step mom doesnt has to follow the rules of the mom||
long tree
@simple wind would you recommend reading your battle cats seed?
simple wind
<@156893455010758659> would you recommend reading your battle cats seed?
By both discord TOS and being an r/battlecats discord mod the answer is no but personally i don’t care
Probably more effort than it’s worth (I’ve never done it)
long tree
Discord tos?
simple wind
Discord tos?
Seed tracking is technically an exploit afaik
Discussion of it is just outright banned in the R/battlecats server
long tree
The charmony dove
runic ether
need him carnally
long tree
I usually like fluffy boys but this isn't hitting it for me
Could just be my dislike of his character seeping in
So does this make him 2.6 or 2.7
patent swift
2.7
summer hornet
Me @ Lingsha now
rapid bough
finally got some skill levels into my caesar, i understand now
her shield legitimately trivializes the entire game
this is wild
going from my nicole/zhu/qingyi comp to my caesar/jane/seth comp is like night and day in terms of survivability
though it doesn't help that i'm still 99% sure qingyi's dodge is either bugged or purposely has fewer iframes than every other dodge/perfect dodge
i swear i get hit so much more with her while dodging (even during what should be perfect iframes) than any other character
also i'm convinced qingyi's perfect dodge window is smaller than other characters, i swear there are dodges i physically could not time better that just don't trigger perfects so often with qingyi
but anyway caesar fixes that by saying "lol what's damage" and that is crazy
idk why in the hell they gave her a shield gate so damage can't go over her shield capacity, that is so utterly broken and such an obvious nerf if they ever do nerf her more lol
her kit is dummy strong to begin with but a party-wide shield gate that's so free to refresh is ridiculous
her character is also great and the gap moe is peak. i'd run through brick walls for caesar, my king
runic ether
with good rotations qingyi clears faster in the right team comps but caesar is insanely reliable
rapid bough
"good rotations" AKA not me because i'm bad
rapid bough
i mean nicole/zhu/qingyi comps are pretty plug & play
runic ether
somewhat
rapid bough
qingyi stack passive + stun -> zhu burst -> rinse and repeat
runic ether
even without c6
rapid bough
but yeah caesar just makes everything so forgiving
runic ether
nicole still dumb
my billy + nicole just needed caesar for her buff and they shred content like crazy
rapid bough
i feel like caesar is must if u play mobile too
genuinely how do you even play this game on mobile
runic ether
the same way the insane genshin speedrunners do
a lot of patience and resetting im guessing
rapid bough
it's wild to me that the most popular gacha of today like genshin would seem to translate so poorly to mobile gameplay
at least compared to PC or with a controller
the control limitations of mobile have to feel like such shit
runic ether
actually genshin mobile is quite... good
like
i dont wanna say its ideal
but they do so much mobile optimization
it is the preferred platform for some characters + speedruns
on the flipside tho is that some characters are almost unplayable in mobile
namely lyney and ganyu, if you dont have zhongli, they feel awful to play on mobile
i've heard sethos is similar
i dont believe zzz has released characters that are unplayable on mobile (yet)
rapid bough
but like how do the controls even work on zzz mobile
rapid bough
i'm not a mobile gamer and never have been so maybe i just don't fully grasp what's available on mobile
runic ether
u play it like how u do fortnite or pubg
rapid bough
but i feel like i have to be ready to do 5 different things at any given moment
and i can't imagine that on mobile
with no PC hotkeys or finer controls
runic ether
u get a nearly invisible joystick on-screen + the buttons are very responsive
hoyo does so much to optimize for mobile across their games
rapid bough
my many years as an MMO gamer renders the idea of physically pressing a button to do things vomit-inducing
runic ether
rapid bough
idk how you'd play this game by pressing buttons on the screen over hotkeys
rapid bough
controller is fine
that makes sense
it basically has hotkeys, they're just buttons on the controller
but playing it with your thumbs on the screen or something? blows my mind
runic ether
yea somewhat
im personally not a fan of doing so
if i have to do mobile i'll log in, waste energy, do my dailies and leave
i wont do anything more complex like shiyu defense or the hollow zero modes
but i will say the timing for s11 is easier on mobile for most ppl
like playing osu same with qingyi
rapid bough
guess i'm just not mobile-brained enough because i just can't picture a world where any content in ZZZ is easier on mobile than PC or with a controller
runic ether
nicole's special attack is easier to do on controller and mobile
rapid bough
for both controls-related reasons and others, like visibility
sometimes i can't even pick up small cues on my 1440p big-ass monitor
how the fuck are you keeping track on a phone
runic ether
visibility is actually quite good on mobile
rapid bough
pixel density might work in its favor i guess but ugh
runic ether
genshin is particularly solid about this one and zzz is even easier
high end phones are like
really competitive with some low end consoles
my own issue for mobile is that in genshin, i get worse ping anywhere i'd use my phone to play
it was only a matter of time before this piece of shit hit theater
at least we get yae + tigh for it
summer hornet
Twitter
runic ether
ya know
im reminded molly is like this every once in a while and it explains why zzz is so horny
old galleon
the sea of butterflies demands more dogs
mental acorn
ch12 done 
i love the damazti they're great
now how much of 13 can i go through before babel drops 
"oh i have a few kernel tickets let's get skadi" first pull 
summer hornet
Twitter
runic ether
need a guoba xiangling flip
glossy latch
https://x.com/grandaloe/status/1843312691798261873?s=61&t=7tWIxbOdxNC_-wEw2U-VHg
Gee I wonder why you like this fanart
Jokes aside human Oz is pretty
long tree
Fischl raiden err electro onfielders
dull bridge
kuki is also pretty good no?
long tree
Kuki is a great one yeah
dull bridge
ive heard yae is also ok
summer hornet
gotcha... so kinda the standard good electro then?
dull bridge
yeah the big things for electro units in hyperbloom are
- good em
- good constant electro app that will hit the seeds, not the enemy the seeds
summer hornet
right, because it scales off level and elemental mastery no?
dull bridge
yeah
dull bridge
Fischl raiden err electro onfielders
and iirc fischl isnt that good as shes not that good at hitting the seeds
but i could be wrong
long tree
She’s more so good when you’ve got good hydro application
If you can shit out seeds she does insane damage
summer hornet
yeah, I'm currently doing it with Furina
long tree
(Read nevu becoming a taser)
summer hornet
so it's not that constant
long tree
Kinich is fun as hell to play damn
mortal iron
pew pew pew summon big dargon is fun
runic ether
@summer hornet no offense to areo but hes kind of dumb the best electro for hyperbloom is raiden, kuki, c6 dori, and fischl
yae is not a hyperbloom trigger (she can be) but shes not recommended to be
there is also clorinde
and sethos
neither are off-fielders
and there is a big difference for electros that are on and off field for hyperbloom
a general hyperbloom comp will do either an on-field electro or dendro or hydro (your choice)
the important part of the hyperbloom is the electro though
since the electro character will be triggering the bloom core to hyperbloom
this means, the electro character needs to build full em for hyperbloom damage
em/em/em + em weapon + em substats on the feather and flower
around 1k is the soft cap for em
what happens with a hyperbloom comp:
on-field dendro means you have consistent application for dendro, you need hydro and electro off-fielders with good timings that last a while to max out hbloom value. you build your dendro + hydro for damage (atk/element goblet/crit)
on-field hydro means your hydro app is the best and you are going to make generally more bloom cores. you need a good sweeping electro applier like kuki or raiden or c6 dori and a great off-field dendro applier or 2 of them. you build all for their respective stats
ie: you are not building crit kokomi for hyperbloom with kokomi
you would build her as a healer 1st and then focus on her slow hydro app to get blooms to trigger hbloom
on-field electro can have wildly different functions depending on the teammates + on-fielder
raiden and clorinde can both be on-field and be built as aggravate dps with a side of bloom core gens in a playstyle frequently known as quickbloom or aggrabloom
this means you are doing mostly aggravates/quickens + the occasional bloom that becomes a hyperbloom
usually done when your off-field hydro app is slow like furina or kokomi
and you cannot spare a 2nd hydro
an alternative is someone like dori c6 that will on-field drive the off field hydro and dendro appliers like the other forms only instead, dori would have 1k em
you can do quickbloom with a dendro on-fielder as well under the same conditions but, you will generally never build your dendro characters up to 1k em
the exception: nahida
nahida mostly scales off em anyways
so she goes to 1k herself
even with an electro off-fielder needing to build up to 1k
you build nahida to 1k and then the electro to 1k
each hyperbloom comp also still builds the core + picks the 4th based on what option you started with
if you built say haitham as your hbloom guy
you'd pick raiden or kuki as your off field electro and bump their em to 1k
then you pick a hydro between xq or yelan
and your 4th is typically a 2nd dendro to carry deepwood memories or you go for deepwood on raiden/kuki and pick a 2nd hydro to keep up with haitham's on-field dendro
another option for haitham is fischl + dendro + furina which is the aforementioned quickbloom
here, fischl builds damage
atk/electro/crit (em/electro/crit can work)
dull bridge
<@226397396895006720> no offense to areo but hes kind of dumb the best electro f...
i am just curious about fischl
cause how does the bird trigger the seeds
is it consistent enoughj?
i just thought it might not be
but thats all
summer hornet
I mean when I was trying hyperbloom with Furina/Kiarara/Fischl/Kazuha, it felt like Oz was missing the targets a good bit, but I wasn't actually building for it- and I might not have been consistent enough with generating/swirling dendro cores
because Furina
the Elemental Mastery makes a lot of sense; I've been focusing on Energy Regen for most characters I've built so far lol
runic ether
er is good yes
em scaling is mainly for dendro though
that said, vaporize and melt do scale off em
summer hornet
Furina, Kirara, Fischl, Kazuha (edit: I thought it was Lisa but I double checked and I was wrong lol)
Bennett, XL, Navia, Kachina
old galleon
granblue is rerunning exo sagittarius
which wouldn't normally be as noteworthy but the new weapon is a pretty good mh sword
which is something wind has kinda lacked outside of windhose for ca shit
might not be a bad idea to go get an atk awakened exo sword at least
runic ether
Furina, Kirara, Fischl, Kazuha (edit: I thought it was Lisa but I double checked...
nice now get floor 12
runic ether
I mean when I was trying hyperbloom with Furina/Kiarara/Fischl/Kazuha, it felt l...
also now that im off work
the reason this fails is less oz and more furina
her hydro app is slow
what will happen, even if u infuse kazuha with hydro swirls, is that you will get hydro on opponent, dendro, bloom, hyperbloom, and then never see another hyperbloom until a few seconds later
this is bc fischl and kirara will be trigger aggravate/quicken off each other
furina will land a hydro app and often trigger electro charged
old galleon
cleared all the way up to 175 but needed several full elixirs for it
155 is probably where i'll stick around for a bit since it's the minimum for the new lapis material drop
runic ether
this was easily my best genshin banner of all time
i got 4 fav swords + got xilonen with plenty to spare + c6 candace
i might get chiori like why not
mehhhh i'll save and see how chasca plays
old galleon
155 is probably where i'll stick around for a bit since it's the minimum for the...
yeah it's looking like this is the sweet spot for me for now
it's a 4 turn, clicky manual clear but at least it doesn't make me want to go play in traffic like mindlessly mashing level 80 does
did that for my exo dagger and i tihnk my exo fist and i hated every minute of it
this feels more reasonable to me
i'll probably work on the bow at some point during this run of exo crucible but the sword is def top priority to me
only doing one of each for now
astral drift
No clue who to choose for this
honest pawn
you get ANOTHER free SSR?
digital marlin
No clue who to choose for this
Vrita if not np5 already
old galleon
you get ANOTHER free SSR?
yes
same as the first limited time ticket, except story lockeds are available too
i have no clue who i'm taking with it in 2 years
honest pawn
can I get a list of the available SSR's?
old galleon
plenty of solid options actually
a bunch of them are on the permanent ssr ticket if you haven't used that yet
but of the newer ones...
medb is a decent story locked rider with all the favoritism nasu the devs have for her
cu alter is what he is
taigong wang is a decent support/potential 90++ candidate
tesla gets ignored bc he's 1. male, 2. an aoe archer a la ishtar and 3. not gilgamesh, but he's also actually really good
if you're factoring in the ones on the perma ssr ticket too, then the obvious ones would be like waver/tamamo/jeanne/jinako, not in that order
honest pawn
already got waver and jeanne so
old galleon
(i'd take eitehr tamamo or jinako between the four)
i'm out of exo sagittarius hell
got my sword and bow mainhands and that's all i need
(also the wonder's level 15 in the process so that's a nice bonus)
not at all surprisingly, exo pelion ends up a better mh than evanescence
runic ether
lmao
mortal iron
Took me exactly 40 pulls no candace
old galleon
a bit clicky but it does the job
(this is tiamat aura omega obv)
the nice thing is that if the rest of the raid is a bunch of shitters and don't raise green chest levels, the rotation can get several on its own
runic ether
i was just gonna come post that about 5.2
huge
me running furina bennett on every team
mental acorn
popukar solos the entire kmc 🗣️
astral drift
Second one done 
rapid bough
haku get, finally
mortal iron
theatre was giga ass
geo being prominent didnt help
it was just navia that was good in my roster
i didnt even get to have a zhongli
slow raft
you know what to do, Guy
I have work, i fear
honest pawn
I meant mute every word on twitter
here's my list
"don", "quixote", "rocinante", "limbus", "pm", "pjm" "project moon", "canto", "distort", "distortion", "footjob", "metroid prime 4", and "#Canto7"
slow raft
My god i forgot about the feet thing
Im not checking twitter at work anyways, i have to many oomfs whoa re vtuber fans
on an entriely different note than the don quixote feet fiasco, i do love being reminded of good songs by youtube
https://youtu.be/-o5pHx8XMPI?si=q68TAccnfGNfD7CV
heal the world i didnt listen to originally but when i heard it on spotify i really liked it
glossy latch
I wonder when we get the English VO for the new Archon Quest
old galleon
gbf players, they added a gold brick to the fp shop at some point, but it resets on september 1 next year
costs 20k fp, which i'm pretty sure is the cap
that's september 1, 4:59 am jst next year so that'd actually be august 31 for almost everyone else
runic ether
sorry chasca
that hat stays on
oh
chasca when the abyss
i was not expecting that anim after the splash art i thought "its too exaggerated" but damn
damn
oh my god the gun has horse reigns this is honestly fucking peak
i 100% believe mavuika has a motorcycle
and i also believe the motorcycle will be the most tame of the natlan stuff
long tree
https://streamable.com/h2a51l
“I leave the dirty work to the only two men I can trust… Smith & Wesson”
runic ether
its really so un-genshin-like
but its honestly so ridiculous it runs back to being great
mortal iron
it feels like star rail
it really doesnt help the natlan issue? (unless they give a reason) being very all over the place aesthetic wise
runic ether
we know its xilonen who made chasca's gun + kachina's drill + mavuika's sunglasses
and we know they do know a bit of the ancient tech the dragons left
its still such a crazy tonal shift to genshin
mortal iron
i guess it makes sense with how ancient dragons had really high tech stuff?
but it feels jarring still
i guess coz we dont know enough about ancient dragon society and how it looked like it looks super off
xilonen makes all other regions look like bums
mortal iron
khaenriah was set up with that
glossy latch
This looks very off
mortal iron
but like natlan is not what i expected
it's way more high tech than the expectations of a region dubbed nation of war and dragons
glossy latch
It being a gun is whatever, nation of Pyro, I can believe they know how to make guns
But a giant floating shotgun revolver like that is kinda jumping the shark
mortal iron
yeah like a gun is like fine
like i can believe guns exist coz we got mechs
a flying shotgun is peak
but also very jarring
summer hornet
Finished the back half of Sumeru Act 3
Cyno is Atem, Candace is Ishizu/Isis, and just due to the rivalry Alhaitham is Kaiba lmfao
runic ether
But a giant floating shotgun revolver like that is kinda jumping the shark
at least we know why shes the peacemaker
if someone pulled up with that piece on hand i'd probs also stop fighting
summer hornet
Teddy Roosevelt style lmao
runic ether
Cyno is Atem, Candace is Ishizu/Isis, and just due to the rivalry Alhaitham is K...
just wait till u meet sethos kaiba later in the cyno 2nd story quest
summer hornet
unironically I can't wait, lol
I almost put Dehya down as Joey, but that felt unfair for some reason XD
mortal iron
Dehya kit is like red eyes as a deck
They didn't really pinpoint what they wanted her to do so she does like 5 things and all of it is poorly done
Except 1 of those things where it's kinda meh but not many other options
summer hornet
yeah, I've heard about the Dehya mismatch
Heard about it even before I started seriously looking into Genshin lol
mortal iron
I feel like dehya is the mai
summer hornet
That's also appropriate lol
mortal iron
Nilou is uh...
summer hornet
Also, a random theory thought- don't feel like you have to confirm or deny, I'm just getting it off my chest. ||Is the issue with Withering and Eleazar and so forth because Nahida wasn't allowed/able to properly replace the Greater Lord when she died? The fact that she's been imprisoned literally since she succeeded the Greater Lord, and how the Sages and Fatui (or at least Sages) believe that replacing her will solve the Irminsul crisis seems to imply that there's a function of the Dendro Archon that Nahida is currently unable or unallowed to do||
||I wonder if she should be able to traverse through the Irminsul in the same way that she flits between the minds of people with Akasha Terminals||
runic ether
you will see
honest pawn
CINQ MERSAULT IN AN HOUR
old galleon
never fuckin punished
i'm pretty sure her ns form came easy too
so i guess at least i can pull floofy wolf girls easily enough
my budget was 3 ten rolls, only needed the one
so i'll gladly take it
old galleon
good question
they tease us with aldo and nona's concert outfits but won't make them playable
runic ether
ok hes cool
that said the spinning... off fielder... burst...
ugh i actually need her lol this actually looks somewhat fun to control
runic ether
ditto
neat
ororon is way more viable
this puts c6 chev ahead of kazuha in raiden and arle too
also gives credence to the fact that citlali will be superconduct/physical buff
honest pawn
BONES. CLAIMED.
old galleon
and so begins the next set of astral archive challenge fights
first time trying otoha in this context, all i'll say is that she's pretty fuckin good
old galleon
this is by far the worst comp i've ever actually had clear one of these
carried on the back of a massive act bonus
(also the points needed were really low this time, at around 164m)
traits required for that one were demon sword, royalty, and bow
(it really, really wants you to play altena here)
claude and miyu are royalty, pizzica is bow, and feinne, aldo, and altena all have demon sword
altena obv covers all 3
old galleon
so this went absolutely horribly
i wasn't lacking for damage, but gail carrigo hits like a fucking truck even debuffed
so turn 1 i always had someone die
ended up not mattering since this is still enough
old galleon
think i'll just let the numbers speak for themselves
to think these would be even better if tsukiha were stellar awakened
but ewan and minalca do way more than enough to compensate
tbh i should probably be using parisa for my singer instead of aisha but i like aisha enough and she does the job well enough that i don't care
anyway that's the first run i can recall being over 1m points
tried this one with parisa due to the adds miroku disaster spawns in the middle, was pretty solid
damage is much less bc enemy isn't weak to fire
this is still a fantastic neutral run
slow raft
BONES. CLAIMED.
Flesh: yielded
Bones: claimed
Yep, its BL time
torn harbor
(argor's note: pure melody, not project moon)
I choose to believe it is project moon
slow raft
Yea
idle grove
Twitter
old galleon
https://x.com/click_burgundy/status/1844223094266921186
based hungry clicker
fuck this asshole in particular
forgot how annoying its no face mechanic was
summer hornet
People have leaked tomorrow's Star Rail character reveal
It's in the usual place, and... ||It is entirely what was predicted||
runic ether
we had data files so not entirely predicted more like translated
honest pawn
https://i.imgur.com/mnh6VoZ.png
how'd they get a hold of my hong lu x yi sang fanfic
mortal iron
||https://vxtwitter.com/arth_Z3R0/status/1844320669972168980|| natlan new area
runic ether
betas
hoyo sends out betas for the next update on the day of their new release
ie: honkai star rail 2.6 is coming in like 2 weeks or so
at the day of 2.6 release, we get a 2.7 beta
you are very limited in what you can actually share but people have learned to set up custom private servers
some ppl are dumb and share their uid and other stuff from beta and hoyo can track down even damage numbers to the account and that can get u banned but they are fine with the custom clients
the big ones they are against is internal company leaks
there was a huge one for genshin a while back that leaked a ton of concept art and such for characters
but usually everything else is whats found in the beta data
mortal iron
Yeah all of sumeru cast got leaked super early
copper steppe
ahh i guess i understand better now thanks misty
runic ether
yea for sure
zenless zone zero's beta is actually the most limited of all hoyo games
the most that can be done is animation showcases and new set data + character numbers but thats it
where in genshin we get character icons, maps, new areas, new events etc etc
zzz just has event name data at most
copper steppe
oh almost forgot but finished the loufu recent main story
it was pretty good
liked hoolay and jiaoqiu a lot in this part
and the part where ||jiaoqiu laughs like a demented man knowing he poisoned hoolay was peak||
runic ether
that part with ||jiaoqiu was peak nihility. i was still confused as to why he was that role but this gave way more than enough context about it||
summer hornet
||Made me (mostly) regret not pulling for Jiaoqiu lol, he had such a good showing||
||And then they did him dirty with the blind jokes lmao||
honest pawn
not really spoilers but it's Cinq Mersault Uptie stuff
Cinq Mersault is basically Jerma
Twitter
runic ether
||And then they did him dirty with the blind jokes lmao||
i dont see what you mean
mental acorn
10 pulls
the walter fund remains intact
slow raft
We need to cook, doctuah
Maybe ill roll for ascalon
Shes kinda cool
lin is so cool, i wish rats were real
old galleon
til gbf has a skyscope mission currently running that gives a copy of the exalto gun
my current situation for wind m3
got another gun drop so that's one of my guns uncapped
like with light i'm only gonna do 3 of them for now
the other 2 can be a longer term project
in other words, i only really need 6 more drops medium term
hopefully i can get another dagger and some more bow drops in the meantime
just to get those out of the way
runic ether
go fav
runic ether
fav is genuinely stronger anyways for team-wide energy + healing bonus is better over def% helm
if the healing is needed
mental acorn
babel st-2 ||i am now a firm believer in the priestess agenda||
patent swift
She's very pretty 
summer hornet
(also if any of the Genshin people are on... Do you please want to help me with Solitary Suanni)
runic ether
~~(also if any of the Genshin people are on... Do you *please* want to help me w...
still need help?
summer hornet
Nah, I'm calling it a night for now lol, no worries
I'll give advance notice next time
runic ether
its like 1am but i can still go for it lol
summer hornet
Same here, and I need to wake up in the morning lol
late canopy
It is also 1 am for me
Last moments of me sharing the same time zone as you all for a while
runic ether
we all hang out in the east coast rn huh
runic ether
oof gl
old galleon
got 2 of my wind exalto guns 4* now
here's my progress
the short term goal is to 4* the third gun, and get my second bow and dagger both 3*
i'll leave the other two for later, i think
slow raft
||https://x.com/cunthara/status/1844615386710294740|| spoilers for the dream ending
summer hornet
mental acorn
HYPERGRYPH YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME
mortal iron
mavuika holy moly ultimate exploration QUEEN
long tree
||cryo off field||
AT LONG LAST
glossy latch
Why is Shiyu Defense 9 kinda difficult
mortal iron
>||cryo off field||
AT LONG LAST
technically we had like a few already, i just wish they werent tied to bursts
but if she applies via skill, then we're cooking
runic ether
Why is Shiyu Defense 9 kinda difficult
they actually wanna challenge players in zzz
runic ether
but if she applies via skill, then we're cooking
this
glossy latch
Well moreso
Its difficult to hti the DPS
Like I can beat it fine, just not with enough time to spare
runic ether
yea
i also didnt hit he dps thresholds this time
but i know where i could find the time saves
glossy latch
Oh I mean the permanent nodes
glossy latch
Nah, have yet to unlock that one
Like its weird because I have characters at level 60
But the enemies still kinda suuuck
runic ether
have u leveled skills?
its important to have the key skills leveled per agent
and core passive of course
runic ether
honestly thinking about it
some wrinkles and granny glasses would have gone a long way for citlali
long tree
At least some old peoples clothes
runic ether
honestly shes fine for genshin
slow raft
Twitter
honest pawn
I do not like Outis' dress
it should be poofy instead of just flaring out on the bottom
old galleon
bruh
anyway i finally got another dagger drop so i have both of those done now
all i need to do are my guns
glossy latch
Ok Abyss Floor 12 is still too difficult for me
rapid bough
Its difficult to hti the DPS
it's been a while since i finished the perma shiyu nodes but i remember the last one or two having pretty tight timing without somehwat optimal parties. you could basically wing everything before those
what really fucked with me is this reset's critical shiyu rotation, where the 5th node was randomly WAY harder than every other one, even the two that came after
idk how they messed up the balance so bad on that one lol
runic ether
no its on purpose
genshin and hsr do this too
in genshin's abyss floor 12 is divided into 3 chambers for both sides
often the hardest chamber is 2
and i've heard that for some accounts, floor 11's 1st and 3rd chambers are also randomly really hard when hoyo is feeling particularly mean
runic ether
Ok Abyss Floor 12 is still too difficult for me
this one is particularly rude
the aoe into single boss can trip teams up
1st half kinich gets fucked by that mushroom congregation into the jadeplume
but then arle will farm the shit out of it
mortal iron
It's weird when the abyss is like good for a character that isn't even running and awful for the ones that are
Like one of the previous abyss cycles was just neuvilette propaganda and he wasn't even up for rerun
runic ether
nonsense. if its neuv propaganda, its also for childe and ayato (not like they reran there either)
mortal iron
Well neuv has the massive blast that can hit 2 pyro heralds
Makes it faaaar easier and faster
mortal iron
That's true however those heralds were far apart where to group them can be annoying
Like neuv was far more comfortable and you can take both out at the same time
Since his blast hits both
And not just on the one
mortal iron
Baiting them together was really annoying
Coz they just sometimes don't and you gotta reset
And they were like side 2
runic ether
they always do actually
pro tip
move towards either left corner or right corner facing them and they will always without fail follow
and they will be grouped conveniently
runic ether
pc
mortal iron
Ah I'm mobile
runic ether
it should work the same
mortal iron
Depends on the device
Like my old phone made genshin harder coz it had like less frames or smth
So I did less dmg than I shouldve
I got a new phone like last year, it made abyss far easier
mortal iron
Not the exact same thing, but phone fps can like affect gameplay
My old phone was like 3 years old or smth so it was expected
I remember abyss mobile had the issue where the enemies didn't spawn until 10-20 seconds in, and to work around, you had to immediately go to the summon tab as it starts to load them in without ticking the timer
summer hornet
Oh Nikke has that too
One of the gun types are actively worse if your phone isn't able to maintain a consistently high frame rate
long tree
Aww fuck I actually really like citlali
summer hornet
||oh so Nahida IS the Greater Lord, straight up||
||she just got turned into a kid, like Nel from Bleach? That's WILD||
||Also there really is no King Deshret to revive; he died in peace to prevent... An alien cyber virus apocalypse? Not anywhere on my bingo sheet, I have to admit||
runic ether
it gets even more insane just keep going
summer hornet
Sumeru is seriously SO dystopian
Like it's straight up a sci fi story in a fantasy world
It's impressive that it works
Oh and ||Cyno||
||his whole outfit, that lingering glance at the Deshret ruins... He's gonna become the leader of the desert people when this is all done, isn't he?||
||at the very least I think he has or is going to have a deeper tie to Deshret than anyone else||
summer hornet
Oh she's a must roll must roll
summer hornet
Man, it feels GOOD to be the person who knows things the other characters don't
Especially in Sumeru
||...if they're trying to get "divine knowledge", but the knowledge has been driving people crazy... Is Scaramouche going to become an alien god?||
||FGO: Cosmos in the Lostbelt intensifies||
runic ether
sumeru is really good overall
i think in hindsight its the (current) best arc in genshin and all hoyo games
old galleon
for a half-baked burst comp based entirely on glorybringer's um being broken as fuck but not having as much of a grid for it specifically, this ain't bad
this one's on yggdrasil m3
slow raft
Twitter
honest pawn
Twitter
idle grove
she was iirc
runic ether
https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact_Leaks/comments/1g1uf0q/mavuika_gameplay_crumbs_via_uncle_归来/
we are in genshin impact part 2: patch 16.4, bennett is still the best pyro buffer
i load up my dain/skirk/bennett/mavuika team. bennett is still the best pyro character
oh and new tingyun skill is detailed
shes fucked lol i wonder what her numbers will be like
Posting to let people know. Seele Leaks made a correction for the final part of the talent:
When Fugue is on the field, allies deal enhanced Break DMG -> Super Break DMG to enemies in a Weakness Broken state
boothill will gap everyone in raw single target with fugue
but this is also means shes a great buff to himeko and xueyi
summer hornet
That's gonna be crazy
glossy latch
Oh hold on
Theyre making old Imaginary trailblazer into a character?
Does the weaker break bar constantly refresh?
versed pawn
Probably
mystic python
Does the weaker break bar constantly refresh?
I'd guess it only happens once, otherwise you will never trigger the superbreak that's also apparently part of the kit
glossy latch
Isnt the superbreak damage what oyu get when the weaker break bar is broken?
mystic python
Superbreak is calculated using toughness damage you deal when there's no toughness bar; if the bar constantly refreshes, you never hit the enemy while they have no toughness bar
When the weaker bar breaks you just get normal break damage
summer hornet
could you not trigger superbreak just off the initial break though?
(also, if anyone is up and able in Genshin- any chance y'all wanna do a few runs of the ice suanni boss with me?)
mystic python
o ye I can log in
summer hornet
mystic python
What the wiki says, dunno if the HSR wiki is as good as the Genshin one tho
But it matches with what I had in my head, it's only toughness damage that's dealt when they're broken, the break itself is just normal break damage
glossy latch
Well the thing is that Boothill for instance also does break damage on already broken enemies, so it wouldnt be weird to have the inverse for superbreak as well, superbreak damage when you break a fake break bar
mystic python
o ye, definitely possible they make the break from breaking Stingyun's exo-toughness count as superbreak, but currently superbreak is exclusively for when you hit already-broken targets
long tree
Connection lost in the middle of a genshin cutscenes, I'll never recover from this
10 fucking minutes wasted
mystic python
Big Dan Heng was also initially posted as just "Imbibitor Lunae" even tho it was pretty clear it was Dan Heng but with horns
runic ether
Fugue is Tingyun?
she is indeed tingyun
also just finished the latest archon quest god damn it was good but it presents so many more new questions than answers
honest pawn
man
Ciel should get a spiritron dress that's just her Powered Ciel outfit
I'm not a big fan of the other ascensions aside from 1
old galleon
i agree with the first half but i do like her ascensions
i don't get the hate for star ciel in particular, i think she looks great
i've gotten really lucky with my earth m3 grind so far
i'm catching up on that even though earth gw just ended last month, bc i want to prepare for farming water m3
and...at the rate these weapons are dropping i'll finish them before i get all the anima i need
incidentally i'm using that stupid glorybringer team for yggdrasil
it's stupid in the context of that fight bc she demands debuffs for her chest stacks and my comp doesn't have that many
it's just a dumb unga bunga here's 140m damage for honors fuck off
it's also stupid because i haven't gotten my celestial sword to 4* yet
to say nothing of my opus still being stuck at 4*
oh right although i don't show it, galleon/vania/narmaya all have 15 boosts for claiohm
old galleon
found what i'll probably be using for ex+ and nm90 both
it's a super bog standard ca comp but i'm not bothering with hl support
bubs/transcended tiamat, on ex+ it's just catura 1, on nm90 add bubs call
can probably replace the daggers with beaks but i haven't farmed out enough ewiyar to do that yet
even single sided you get 175k skill supp with 2 daggers, 3 exalto guns, and wedges of the sky sub aura
i don't have ami but i'll be getting her in a few days hopefully, so that would push it even further
(which is the obligatory reminder that rise of the beasts starts in a few days)
proof of concept
aside from everything i've noted here, mc needs astrapste as one of their skills, for obvious reasons
old galleon
this was a really sloppy run but i'm still damn proud of it
sesta obv carried damage-wise but soira was 100% mvp
old galleon
does musashi count as a nikke character
rapid bough
i assume they put caesar with red hood because they both have the horn headpiece on their heads lol
old galleon
bc give her animations too
runic ether
idk nikke but i assume so
rapid bough
but caesar is supposed to be a boar or something right?
red hood's headpiece is supposed to be for a wolf aesthetic
rapid bough
does musashi count as a nikke character
azur lane x zzz would similarly break the internet
never gonna happen but a man can dream
old galleon
sure but i mentioned her specifically bc literal nikke skin
rapid bough
how often do gacha games even collaborate? nikke x azur lane seems like it'd be a money printing cheat
old galleon
how often do gacha games even collaborate? nikke x azur lane seems like it'd be ...
depends on the properties
runic ether
hoyo crossover is semi-rare
old galleon
the big ones are pretty xenophobic when it comes to gacha collabs, in my experience
rapid bough
nikke and azur lane are about equal on horniness, make it happen
though i'd give advantage to azur lane on that one
runic ether
but, evangelion crosses ovrr often
guilty gear is also often a fan of throwing their characters in gachas
old galleon
the biggest one i can immediately remember is when danmemo (rip) had a collab with another eden
it didn't go both ways so another eden is missing its danmachi collab lmao
that one also was probably in large part bc wfs handled both properties
ae also has a collab with all of octopath traveler, which includes a gacha
but aside from those i can't really think of any off the top of my head
fgo goes without saying but i can't remember azur lane, gbf, arknights, etc running collabs with currently running gacha games
rapid bough
nikke has heavily leaned on popular anime/japanese IPs for collabs
chainsaw man, nier, re:zero, evangelion in that order
old galleon
as tends to be the case in general
i really want a re:zero collab in ae but it won't happen
gbf is getting a slime isekai collab next month
rapid bough
i've heard that japan is a massive share of nikke's revenue so not surprising
hard to tell how much of that is japan proper vs china players having to use the japanese server since they don't have one for themselves
old galleon
nikke wouldn't survive in china without being heavily censored
rapid bough
aye
which is likely why it hasn't released there
but the thing is that they already release censored designs for marketing and stuff
old galleon
that's not too surprising
long tree
||https://vxtwitter.com/jinjjj_3/status/1845390599345799561||
They got that one piece build
old galleon
but that'd kind of have to be the default for a chinese version of the game
rapid bough
tbf hasn't china recently been less strict on the censorship? and that's partly why zzz is getting away with being as horny as it is relative to the other hoyo games lol
i've seen some of the censored azur lane designs and they don't actually seem that much worse
old galleon
it's all fun and games until some random aggrieved guy goes complaining to the ccp
rapid bough
imo it's only a matter of time before nikke tries to make a push into the chinese market, they even have a full CN translation + client already. just no official server or listing for download in china
it's undoubtedly a lot of work + bureaucracy to submit to the chinese censors
but they're leaving so much money on the table
and now shift-up (nikke devs) is a public company so some shareholder(s) somewhere has gotta be asking about the cost/benefit analysis of trying to break into the chinese market
it's no coincidence that the biggest gacha games are all the ones that are biggest in china
with some of them being ones that are almost exclusively played in china like that naruto one lol
runic ether
it's undoubtedly a lot of work + bureaucracy to submit to the chinese censors
china did have recent leniency on their censorship as well
but its def more work than expected
rapid bough
tbf hasn't china recently been less strict on the censorship? and that's partly ...
yeah i mentioned that
insert <society if X> meme here except it's gacha games if china didn't censor shit
not biased at all toward horniness dwai
but if azur lane can exist in china then nikke should be able to as well, even with current censorship
i'd even venture to say azur lane might have a harder time than nikke, since while nikke has more horniness up-front, azur lane is probably hornier once you include skins, voicelines, etc
granted, manjuu are chinese devs so they kinda don't have a choice
idle grove
summer hornet
okay at some points it looks really goofy
but at other points it looks really cool
copper steppe
not meant to insult or take a jab our resident pm fans here, but is it just me or are limbus company fans wierdly elitist about gachas?
rapid bough
phew, finally got two teams good enough to S rank all 7 critical shiyu stages
so only shiyu content left is ambush node 5, which is easily the hardest content i've tried yet, at least for the parties i have (ether stun with nicole/zhu/qingyi, and physical anomaly with jane/seth/caesar)
may not get that one done til i get burnice up and running, since both teams are weak to fire+physical but i only have one team that can abuse that
also the nicole/zhu/qingyi stun focus team sucks against two enemies since even if you stun one, the other constantly interrupts zhu's burst rotation
ambush node 5 is brutally tuned and had me shooketh the first time i tried lol
versed pawn
There's no timer for critical node
So all u need is dodge and attack even if it would take 10 minutes
runic ether
yea u gotta skill past those
old galleon
got bubs x kaguya for both ex+ and nm90
i am good to go for gw, for now
rotation is bubs call, galleon 1, tag team (for ex+), attack (for nm90)
and there's the grid
could use improvement ofc
