Gacha Chat

[runic ether]

very favorably

i believe she's personally behind on raw numbers but makes up for it through teamwide dps

you are aiming for 200k on her fan slaps int 60k normals for soukaku

which puts her a fair bit below billy but the team dps should make the difference

[glossy latch]

I see

Im guessing Lycaon is also gonna be crit/ice/impact then?

[runic ether]

yep

shockstar

polar or crit 2pc

depends on your crit stats

if you can hit 60:120 without a crit 2pc polar is obvs ideal

[glossy latch]

Well, itll be ages away before I can build him but eh

I guess thats one advantage Miyabi has

I already have her team mostly built

[runic ether]

kinda true

[glossy latch]

Disorder damage is elementless, right?

[runic ether]

uhhhh im pretty sure yes

[glossy latch]

I see, I see

Potentially makes Yanagi a decent "universal" option

Eh, whatever, Ill figure it out

[runic ether]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Zenlesszonezeroleaks_/comments/1hj2133/30_free_pulls_during_15_via_flying_flame/

oh nest

*neat

https://www.reddit.com/r/Zenlesszonezeroleaks_/comments/1hj00my/15_beta_nicole_skin_splash_art_by_dim/

and skin is cano and official

holy

its free too

hoyo keep cooking with zzz

and ellen is getting a full story too

https://www.reddit.com/r/Zenlesszonezeroleaks_/comments/1hj11jl/zzz_15_beta_nicole_skin_render/

render too

1.5 is also our reruns

astra/ellen
evelyn/zhu yuan

[summer hornet]

WELCOME BACK!!!

[timber sigil]

@stray bramble what the fuck u exist again

Anyways Yuri are u playing GFL2

Come join us

[timber sigil]

survey for 200 collapse pieces @old galleon @rapid bough @torn harbor @long tree

[old galleon]

https://x.com/granblue_en/status/1870357351062196300

Granblue EN (Unofficial) (@granblue_en) on X

First up:

The Snake Divine General will be Indra, voiced by Nakashima Yuki!

Twitter · Dec 21, 2024, 6:35 AM

another blessed older zodiac

[stray bramble]

No

I don't play bad gachas

[old galleon]

you play azur lane

[stray bramble]

A gacha where you both roll character and weapons

Is a bad gacha

[long tree]

...doesn't azur lane have 9 units to a team (3 front 3 back 3 sub)?

[stray bramble]

Yes

Well only front 3 back three

Subs don't really matter

AL is also very liberal with handing out gacha materials

3 free cubes a day when the light banner only takes 1 per roll and the heavy/event takes 2 plus another free cube for rolling

Weeklies also gives you like 20 odd cubes

[slow raft]

True and real tbh

[stray bramble]

I have 1600 cubes

And that's after spending 200 on the banner to finish it

[stray bramble]

My friend went on a tangent about it on her stream for predatoryness

Cause the characters need their specific weapons and if you get one without the other you're fucked

[slow raft]

This is not really true

[stray bramble]

It's why I played Zenless for about 40 minutes. Unlocked gacha. Realised it was bad gacha

And uninstalled

[long tree]

Hoyo games are usually good about this cause no PvP so it's just dick measuring points

[stray bramble]

Still love Burnice though

https://tenor.com/view/zenless-zone-zero-zzz-dance-dancing-groovin-gif-5028094838469981580

Look at this idiot

[long tree]

Some characters in hoyo games do just lack good f2p options though

[stray bramble]

She’s just a silly goober

[long tree]

I am in preference to the one who's height starts with a 4

https://tenor.com/view/miyabi-zenless-zone-zero-zzz-hoyoverse-motivated-gif-7272010783378449680

[stray bramble]

Ever since I saw burnice's song

I've loved her

She's so silly

[old galleon]

https://x.com/granblue_en/status/1870364288994664683

Granblue EN (Unofficial) (@granblue_en) on X

Winter Missions coming December 22th, along with the Winter campaign and New Year’s campaigns (we’ll translate details later we’re already underwater)

Yes Gachapin and Mukku roulette starts December 22nd and goes until January 5th

This year will reward a Grand Pick Ticket

Twitter · Dec 21, 2024, 7:02 AM

You better give me the goods cygames

[slow raft]

listens to the worst gacha song ever recorded
"wow, shes so cool"
Cant relate

[stray bramble]

I love her silliness what can I say

She's a dork

[long tree]

We are the lights still gets my vote for best gacha song

[old galleon]

Mine is probably stifling song, with operation blade in the discussion

[slow raft]

Its something in the arknights catalogue for me

Unless i start cheating and pick a limbus one

[old galleon]

Arknights has a ton of great tracks, yes

[slow raft]

I am also a big fan of the "time of partin hath come" tho

🤔

https://youtu.be/7OV2eBd_mj4?si=7hs3Sm9Ecf28gFKm what a great fucking track

[slow raft]

And i say something from that caralogue wirhout a specific song in my cause i listen to just about ever msr song all the time

[long tree]

The reason I like we are the lights so much is this event https://youtu.be/XSoXqdz8z9s?si=VIj4bQiLYb1qJMHp

[slow raft]

I owe you an apology scarlet, i was not familiar with your game

[slow raft]

https://x.com/VonZenless/status/1870209837226754524

VonZenless (@VonZenless) on X

Motivated

Twitter · Dec 20, 2024, 8:49 PM

Maybe i should pull for her

[slow raft]

whats a miyabi team even look like

[digital marlin]

Great choice I'm personally more of a fan of The Last Grand battle theme

[slow raft]

link?

[digital marlin]

https://youtu.be/GD0twqDUCVg?si=LEbagGbupArGov-o

[slow raft]

oh this one

its good, but i like the flow and energy of the time of parting hath come better

[slow raft]

couldnt assemble a single fusion ego gift in my poise mirror dungeon run

atleast i got old dopo rope

[honest pawn]

L

should've played rupture

[slow raft]

rupture was last weak buddy

i got a choice between burn and poise today

and i wanted to enjoy some pride gaming

should probably remove one of the teams from the rotation, now that bleed is playable

also i just realized that im playing the ahab faith conservative but i have fucking faith i should just be spamming egos

[rapid bough]

nobody asked but something from nikke has gotta take the cake for me, they consistently put out absolute bangers

hard to even pick a "best" one tbh

midnight memories, satellites, angel's cry, freeze ACPU

they really just don't miss on the OST

[rapid bough]

i don't disagree that weapon banners are awful civ

but you really do not need to pull weapons for characters to be good in ZZZ

source: me, who has not pulled for signature weapons and has had no issues clearing

[idle grove]

gbf is just giving these out now wtf?

[rapid bough]

also bad take alert, burnice's song is peak

she's lit, you can't deny

[idle grove]

aw man

I thought my GFL1 account was still around

but I guess it was only twitter linked and I never changed it before they removed it

[slow raft]

https://x.com/phl293bbutpr/status/1870070067368734826

銅仁女天庭遙 (@phl293bbutpr) on X

かわいい…

Twitter · Dec 20, 2024, 11:33 AM

Oh right, theres skins from the sanrio collab

Rainbow 6 siege and monster hunter fit in p organically but this stuff still feels kinda off

[summer hornet]

I'm not going back but man if that isn't tempting

[summer hornet]

Tungsten goes way too hard, as expected of Hiroyuki Sawano

https://youtu.be/gnh2qIdI2To?si=Oe91lSqDC7dt4XCd

Aside from that... Hope is the Thing with Feathers, Hell is Preferable to Nihility (both Honkai Star Rail),

https://youtu.be/DlIgf0PUDo4?si=BZmwMfia-6oLJn08

the FGO Lostbelt 6 Map theme in all its variations, the Advent Beast boss theme (the evolution based on previous Lostbelts is what makes it A++),

https://youtu.be/kKybPEgRkIc?si=QFsqH68GYA2ccog6

And of course: https://youtu.be/vVuUj0ibrVo?si=xjd_2-TnX7SyU1oN

[slow raft]

The problem with arknights is just that theres so many songs in different genres that are all peak

[summer hornet]

Tbh yeah lol

I coulda gone with the il siracuso wolf song, or summer sheep song (Misty Daydream?), or the Mostima/Fiametta boss theme

And that’s not even getting into the trailer songs, for all the above games

[slow raft]

Yeah its hard to compare when you jumo from upbeat disney song to tragic russian ballad to what i can only describe as church dubsteb

even renegade, which is what i would say is my least favourite msr song, is still good

[timber sigil]

Oh I saw the R6S characters in AK

Why is AK Blitz hot af

[slow raft]

always has been i fear

[timber sigil]

But also Tachanka was a based af pick as a collab unit

[slow raft]

the song for one of the rs6 collabs is also really cool

https://youtu.be/NR5WqaTdPUk?si=GZNkaq2GLAxJ613T

i love gun sync

i actually need to make a fucking list now

@rapid bough theyre interrupting chatterbox's kill move after weve already cleared, these bozos do NOT know how to play coop raid

[slow raft]

How about we stop talking for a little while

[timber sigil]

https://vxtwitter.com/senpaihawkkun/status/1870283845679055271

[slow raft]

i would recognize that fucking pose anywhere

[honest pawn]

is that sol badguy

[slow raft]

https://tenor.com/view/christmas-cheer-install-sol-jolly-guy-guilty-gear-accent-core-gif-9580124281898594422

i do love the fighting game memes

https://x.com/ChaMaganera/status/1870157972841587104

Kotek (Cats in a trench coat) (@ChaMaganera) on X

No wonder people say Manager Don is OP look at these fuckass hitboxes

Twitter · Dec 20, 2024, 5:23 PM

[runic ether]

yes it is

thats sol's js

or one of his specials forget the name

my sis would know

[glossy latch]

Its his jD

Oh actually

Not quite

Ok yeah I was wrong, thats Volcanic Viper

[slow raft]

^

[glossy latch]

jD has a similar pose but it doesnt slash

Its more like a hit with the hilt

[runic ether]

yea itsnot a dustloop

its def volcanic viper

[patent swift]

https://tenor.com/view/volcanic-viper-sol-badguy-guilty-gear-gif-26939579

[runic ether]

sol mains are different sort of monkeys

[rigid pilot]

SOL BADGUY MENTIONED

Sol was my favorite character in fiction and then I realized I was a lesbian. It all made sense then.

[idle grove]

where's sol goodguy

[rigid pilot]

https://tenor.com/view/saul-goodman-better-call-saul-breaking-bead-walter-white-gif-6174761702766811539

[idle grove]

I'm shocked that I forgot tbh

[torn harbor]

the golden age will return!

just got back from someone doing an arknights music tournament and gotta say, arknights has really good music

[idle grove]

https://x.com/erichnkn_/status/1870431735768563852

coll ★ (@erichnkn_) on X

rkgk #ドルフロ2 #소녀전선2

Twitter · Dec 21, 2024, 11:30 AM

[timber sigil]

[slow raft]

https://youtu.be/6BL_kNVBZGs?si=167wXmZ2AcjkoDVr

[stray bramble]

https://fixupx.com/kuwanger12/status/1869999128769400962?s=19

Auto mode go brrrrr

[torn harbor]

https://youtu.be/fk38p6N92qg?si=9H2CClkfUa-jIdup

[slow raft]

https://youtu.be/1x9E38IfDm0?si=5pnQpp-dFKz8cfA1

[torn harbor]

https://youtu.be/hpI5vMxYJ_k?si=Zv359RDvwaFvp7WT

[slow raft]

https://youtu.be/saOnB_CRG9Y?si=NVRUqluh2WYdJaG7

[runic ether]

what the fuck

[glossy latch]

Actually called out damn

[old galleon]

YES I'M ON FIRE

[old galleon]

obligatory save it after free rolls are done

[old galleon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgw3dqZBZYI

didn't have time to link it earlier, so doing that now

i like a fast and heavy banger as much as the next guy but this is a fantastic slower track

[copper steppe]

i finally caught up with hsr so i guess i do my clossing notes
||This was more of a build-up chapter more than everything, but its nice to see more development on sunday and tingyun, and its finally nice to have a newcomer on the express after black swan’s fakeout. So i feel satisfied enough with this i guess, better than rappa’s chapter||

||also i guess more plot about herta feat. number 11 big eye||

[honest pawn]

WHAT

LIGHT SANDALPHON???

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[summer hornet]

Welcome back to Granblue, Roast

[digital marlin]

man that grand ticket was super generous

[timber sigil]

Where's Mukku tho

[long tree]

Logged back into gbf cause free sandy is amazing

I'll take it

[long tree]

Where did the training dummy tab go in gbf

[idle grove]

I'd check but I'm not at my pc and I don't have gbf on my phone anymore

[long tree]

Found it

[timber sigil]

https://vxtwitter.com/GFL2EXILIUM_EN/status/1870658806759481763

Chapter 7 of main story dropping alongside WA event

[wispy goblet]

unlocked the tribe towers

I do not have the synchro slots for this

I also do not have enough Pilgrims for this lol

[glossy latch]

Ok, down to 1 more disc I need for Soukaku

No CR% weapon is kinda rough tho

[runic ether]

you could use a spare neko engine but

dps soukaku actually appreciates her own buffs given to herself

and support wengines are all kinda good

especially hers for herself

also the latest story chapter was great

it was definitely more of a "heres the story, heres the action, heres the climax, heres the conclusion" with slight set up for future content but it was all quite nice

[glossy latch]

Yeah I've got hers, so Ill probably stick to it

Does mean however that Ill end up with like

60/120 at best?

[runic ether]

thats more than fine

soukaku dps wants raw atk

more than hitting a ton of crits for lower attack and lower buffs

[glossy latch]

Hm

I may ... have underprioritised ATK% then

Ill have to check

[runic ether]

a good crit rate helps

and

gotta consider the other supports too

cus dps soukaku can run 2x support or 2x stun

ie: lucy/lighter

soukaku/lucy/lighter

or soukaku/lycaon/rina

or soukaku/lighter/lycaon

[glossy latch]

I mean itll be Soukaku/Lycaon/? probably

Lucy, maybe Nicole

Nicole would be nice if I had her C6

[runic ether]

true

tho nicole pushes u towards dps anby

stunning yes but dpsing as well

[glossy latch]

I mean I need an Ice DPS, Im good on Electric

[runic ether]

ye

i just mean for optimal team dmg you'd also be going more into damage on anby too

[glossy latch]

Hmmm

I mean I could do that theoretically, but I kinda wanna use Lycaon since I pulled him

[runic ether]

no yeah lycaon himself is also really good

and his ice shred opens up a lot for soukaku

[old galleon]

would have waited until free rolls ended

[runic ether]

also deadly assault pompey

[old galleon]

but congrats

[runic ether]

holy shit

what aggro

i got 2/3 stars off him but he killed lucy and qingyi at the tail end of the run

[glossy latch]

I might roll up to 45 rolls for Miyabi then see from there

Figure if I get her early I can still guarantee Evelyn

[runic ether]

yea possibly

theres a ton of pulls this entire patch

and apparently an extra free 30 to start 1.5

[rapid bough]

with all the free pulls/polys i'm gonna have a tough time resisting the urge to get miyabi's sig

but yao and evelyn must come home

[runic ether]

im p sure im skipping evelyn. i dont imagine she's gonna be a massive upgrade to 11 given her numbers unless she receives a ton of raw buffs in the upcoming betas and my s11 was almost able to 3 star pompey in deadly assault. which means i'd be wasting time going for evelyn. rather guarantee astra since her and caesar should be able to combine to resolve all known skill issue in the tower

i'll catch eve on a rerun

i think if i had lighter i'd have full cleared pompey in deadly assault

[rapid bough]

she could turn out the worst character in the entire game and i'd still pull her on design alone

[runic ether]

no fr

she looks so good

[timber sigil]

https://vxtwitter.com/GFL2EXILIUM_EN/status/1870666274180845881

@old galleon @rapid bough @idle grove @torn harbor

[runic ether]

maybe if im lucky

[timber sigil]

full Jan roadmap for GFL2

[rapid bough]

SSR RAPI HUOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH

[runic ether]

im not gonna jinx it too

i'll just pull

[glossy latch]

Honestly my only real issues with Evelyns designs are ZZZ-isms basically

And that her ult takes her jacket away for the rest of the fight

[runic ether]

im hoping its a glitch during beta

[glossy latch]

Like I think her pants being latex (?) is kinda lame

I'd have preferred if they were just practical slacks

[runic ether]

yeah kinda like lighter's pants

[rapid bough]

obviously they did that for the gyatt, but also presumably slacks would be annoying for her to fight in compared to something skin-tight

[glossy latch]

Yeah like Lighters Pants

[runic ether]

or just proper dress pants

[glossy latch]

Tight pants would still be better than Latex for fighting

You want there to be some wiggle room

Like its very obviously a "because sexy" decision more than anything else

[runic ether]

also full shirt would have been great but ik the exact reason they went for the sexy sleeveless

[glossy latch]

Which like, fair enough, its what the game is

[rapid bough]

i don't follow

[glossy latch]

But it feels kinda out of place for her

[rapid bough]

like, she seemingly has a very acrobatic fighting style and every acrobat i've ever seen wears skintight clothing for performances and whatnot

[glossy latch]

Full on Latex would restrict your movement quite significantly

Typically acrobats have their legs entirely free

[runic ether]

if they covered her the way it does yea

its way too much latex on your legs

you know what

i feel like evelyn was meant to have a horse at some point not just cus her last name is chevalier

[rapid bough]

what i'm hearing is she actually needs no pants at all then

[runic ether]

the irony is yes

[glossy latch]

And when you dont have your legs free, I believe relatively tight but not skintight pants are the preferred options for anything that requires unrestricted movement

[rapid bough]

if only this were nikke or AL or bd2, they'd be brave enough

[runic ether]

if it wasnt full pants she'd be wearing, going the way of yanagi would be way better

[rapid bough]

there's no way yanagi's skirt and heels are remotely practical for fighting lol

[glossy latch]

Oh definitely not

[runic ether]

not heels but her freedom of movement is more ideal in an acrobatic sort of fighting style

[glossy latch]

Then again Evelyn also has heels

[runic ether]

we know why this wasnt picked for a character throwing kicks like evelyn

[glossy latch]

Because of course she does

Id argue Yanagis design works better though, because its kind of alluding to her character

She is an office lady, just one who can fight

With Evelyn it feels, hm

[runic ether]

evelyn is supposed to be a manager

but like

[glossy latch]

It feels like its trying to be two things at the same time?

Its going for the classical femme fatale

[runic ether]

we saw her in the trailer (and in the end of the 1.4 story) that shes def more than a simple manager for astra yao

shes yelan

[glossy latch]

But its also trying to go for the no-nonsense practical outfit

[runic ether]

i just made the connection

shes yelan

down to the string

[timber sigil]

https://vxtwitter.com/GFL2EXILIUM_EN/status/1870680908434657417

fug maint

[glossy latch]

Like, hair kept in a hairbun, sleeveless shirt, jacket

It's going for a different trope

[runic ether]

yeah

it does feel a bit that evelyn's characterization and design got a bit lost from each other

writing team and design team likely got something mixed up somewhere with her and said "eh you know what its fine ppl will go crazy for her fit anyways"

[glossy latch]

Like trying to be King from KoF while also doing a normal femme fatale

And I personally would've preferred more King from KoF

[runic ether]

yeah

i wouldnt even mind if they took her jacket off in fighting but like

you know?

have it fully on and more "elegant" into femme fatale

[glossy latch]

Especially because her voice direction (in english at least) is going for more of that kinda vibe

[runic ether]

speaking of her voice im p sure its emilie in genshin

i thought it was allegra but she confirmed it was not

[glossy latch]

Like her voice is very direct, no-nonsense, with nary a hint of seduction

It's professional

Which kinda doesnt fully mesh

But eh

[runic ether]

we'll see if they fix that with skins as time goes on

cus apparently in the files for character skins, nicole is not the only one

[glossy latch]

Like I get that its ZZZ and ZZZ wants to have its cake (🥁) and eat it too, but they have done it better before

[runic ether]

but shes the only one with a upcoming skin fully in the game

[glossy latch]

... actually yeah ironically they already have done a femme fatale with Jane Doe

And her design has way more internal cohesion

[rapid bough]

am i the only one that thinks evelyn isn't a femme fatale, you keep using that to describe her but i don't see it

she doesn't own her sexiness literally at all

[glossy latch]

Thats kinda the point, she isnt, but she has several design elements that focus more on that

[rapid bough]

and there's no seductiveness

[glossy latch]

Which makes for a bit of a design that pulls in two directions

(I still think Jane Does idle pose is brilliant btw)

[runic ether]

she was probably designed a bit too close to jane at 1st and then changed up

[glossy latch]

Like if I were to change Evelyns design slightly to match what she is going for, I'd change the pants for something closer to Lighters, and her heels for practical boots

Her heels arent a big part of her design because you can barely even see them most of the time, but they feel really out of place for the character theyre going for

Good luck doing acrobatics in high heels

[runic ether]

slacks and slip-ons would work better for her "astra yao manager" role

[rapid bough]

yanagi would never

[runic ether]

but her "bodyguard role" would swap for more dress pants + boots

could even do heeled boots like miyabi

[glossy latch]

But thats just my takes

I get that Im not really the target audience for ZZZs more ... horny excesses

[runic ether]

also they really missed a chance to do the whole jacket off -> pull over shoulder as she turns around by having her have it like wrio has his jacket

[glossy latch]

That would've been cool yeah

I kinda wish she actually wore her jacket properly by default

[runic ether]

like it is cool

but yelan and wrio in genshin already have that same style

[glossy latch]

It doesnt quite work as an overcoat the way Wrios work tbh

Its too thin a jacket to always be like that, and the sleeveless shirt also kinda goes against it

[runic ether]

well its supposed to be a suit coat iirc

which all the more

[glossy latch]

It would work if she slung it over during her ult animation, to use it as a source of string before rematerialising

But its just odd

[runic ether]

pulling it off for her attacks as a visual meter for her string would have been insane work

[glossy latch]

Yeah to be fair

[runic ether]

but it was probably too hard to animate and convey what was happening

[glossy latch]

I dont blame the animators

That sounds like hell

[runic ether]

still shes def better looking than astra yao

[slow raft]

||yknow, after it turned out it wasnt syuen who ordered the marian headhunt i thought that maybe she finally widened up. turns out shes still as stupid as ever|| (nikke)

[runic ether]

i wish astra had more going on in her legs

the bare legs just feel so empty

[glossy latch]

I can see that

But it kinda makes sense for a popstar like her?

[runic ether]

it does yeah

[glossy latch]

Granted Im not someone who follows pop music performances very much, but bare legs feels very standard of a choice for pop stars

Anyway, I do like ZZZs designs overall, though I do wish we got some more of the diversity the launch characters had with the limited releases

[runic ether]

for sure

pulchra waiting room

im also hoping bellum and big daddy are playable before 2.0

[glossy latch]

Its been very "human or barely distinguishable from human" lately

[runic ether]

and hugo is a vampire and he was a twink when he was younger but i do hope he has a more monstrous vampire look during his anims

[glossy latch]

Same

Hell theres a lot of that kinda vampire ferocity you can sell with animations too

[runic ether]

okay tho tbf the alternative

is i would want hugo to have a "too elegant for you" type of animation style

[glossy latch]

Sort of Alucard-esque?

[runic ether]

yes but not as heroic more haughty and arrogant

[glossy latch]

Mmh

Personally I'd prefer that less

I think that thats a bit too common for vampires but

I wouldnt be surprised if the game goes that route

[runic ether]

also we need actual old people. they have no real excuse after showing us the qingyi trailer. give us a playablle gilf just cus it'd be peak. plus i imagine it'd be a great way to do some of the other void hunters

[glossy latch]

Yeaaah I think thats not very likely

[runic ether]

maybe

[glossy latch]

Itd be cool though

[runic ether]

but they gave us man boobs with lighter

[glossy latch]

I think the Persona 5 Gacha did it

[runic ether]

something thought impossible on playable characters for hoyo

same with furries (buff) and furries (chunky)

[glossy latch]

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/megamitensei/images/3/3f/P5X_Chizuko_Nagao_Vino_1.png/revision/latest?cb=20240620104841

Yeah P5X did it

[runic ether]

right like

the void hunter dan should be a lot older now

but imagine if she was still out there

not even full "old woman" just a lot older

or joyous too

old man assassin

[glossy latch]

I still doubt it though

Gachas seem afraid to make characters that wouldnt sell by virtue of being hot

Well not hot

Conventionally attractive

[runic ether]

for sure

tho at least we know zzz has cooked with overall character designs and hasnt been as afraid to go a bit out there. just hoping they can bridge that gap for playables

also i feel like they wouldnt have gone out of their way to fix the camera issues for ben if they didnt plan to make more ben-like characters

i believe bellum is about ben's size for instance

probably wont be an s-rank but a-rank bellum would still be great

[glossy latch]

Yeah I figure if we get more non-standard designs theyll be mostly A-ranks

I guess the business model of selling characters does mean that youre more restricted in how you design said characters

[runic ether]

conventionally attractive is the name of the game there at the very least for s-ranks

[glossy latch]

I did wonder for some time why JRPGs tend to get weirder with it compared to Gachas inspired by them

[runic ether]

unfortunately the billion dollar game world of genshin does not fund itself

p sure there was reports that genshin impact's game world had cost hoyo about 500 million dollars

while hsr and zzz arent on genshin's scale

they are absolutely expensive games

[glossy latch]

The capitalist experience

Though I do wonder sometimes what exactly made Genshin that expensive

Like I get that its a decently big world and all, but it didnt really seem graphically so advanced or with such precise physics that the costs should explode like that?

[slow raft]

Arknights did it also but we still have like

More actual no himanoid robots than old people

Well, visibly old peoole

[astral drift]

https://x.com/BirdHatter/status/1870319691220254865?t=XuvT_KCOI0EMr106tg66fw&s=19

BirdHatter (@BirdHatter) on X

ジャック・ド・モレーと巌窟王の漫画（1/2）

Twitter · Dec 21, 2024, 4:05 AM

[runic ether]

should include marketing i believe

[runic ether]

real

also chinese gov moment using venti as an example of characters they need to avoid making so they just kept making twinks anyways

[glossy latch]

Lmao

[runic ether]

wanderer was a direct response to that

he didnt have a playable model

they made a new one for him

like sure maybe it was in the cards for him to be playable eventually but they went out of their way to get that made

i still cant believe the zzz team got away with the section 6 simps

a woman yelling "please step on me miyabi" and a man going "i cannot hold back my feelings harumasamasa" is crazy work

since they left no room for interpretation on what these 2 wanted

[summer hornet]

Dantes always has our back

[runic ether]

or the driver girl in the jane quest who just outright asks jane out and asks for her number

no idea what the cn version says but i can imagine its not much different

[slow raft]

I mean you say that

But they coukd just literally remove all trace of it

And very easily so

[runic ether]

true it is unvoiced dialogue

tho i dont imagine they would unless they do some serious crackdowns but at that point thats just rip hoyoverse

they have too many things that cant be washed away clean in the air

plus idk i feel like it'd be more likely china eases up on that rather than them going scorched earth

[rapid bough]

didn't they already ease up on the censorship somewhat recently? iirc that's part of why ZZZ is getting away with some of the stuff that it is

[runic ether]

a while back yes

which is partial indicator maybe it gets better rather than worse

its still a very nebulous area in cn laws

it can also be just a case where zzz being a smaller game with less raw attention than genshin is able to push more

lighter and lycaon are very flirty with belle and wise. they got 2 cn gay erotica voice actors to voice aventurine and dr ratio in hsr. the infamous bronya seele kiss from the hi3rd webcomics was restored but genshin is somewhat clean in this department from a "more in your face" kind of deal

[summer hornet]

I forgot how fun FGO can be

[old galleon]

i'm caught up on story so i'm mainly just catching up on things like free quests and whatnot for more sq

i'm pretty confident my roster is more than enough for you know who

so i'm not sweating that

finally getting np5 santa karna gives me one more st saber in case it decides to spam lancer class

speaking of, does anyone want an lb7 guide pinned?

i know community-wide there was a fair bit of apprehension about it and i found what looked like a decent enough spoiler free guide for some of the harder fights

[summer hornet]

I'd appreciate it, personally

[old galleon]

aight, give me a minute to dig it up

LB 7 Overview (Spoiler Free): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XBu22fUB8-SrF-sxOvd6WrISzC40TrwoAn_TJldpm78/edit?gid=0#gid=0

[old galleon]

like i did with the guide for cernunnos, i'll leave that pinned for a while but unpin it eventually

that guide covers mechanics for some of the harder fights, and also has tabs dedicated to the raid

i'm also gonna note that while most of the fights let you revive, you'll have to use saint quartz or leystones to do so

you will be unable to use command seals for just about every fight in lb7

so keep that in mind

even with that, it really doesn't look that bad

but if you were planning on cheesing fights with command seal revives or whatever, then you'd better have another plan instead

[mortal iron]

Finally I have 3 full sets

[torn harbor]

earthshaker Dota 2!?

[astral drift]

https://x.com/ej_pistachio/status/1870303250358120804?t=HC4vHtFuvRUi8PNUBvxPxw&s=19

メジロピスタチオ@C105日曜 東C 20ab (@ej_pistachio) on X

未知との遭遇に興奮するコヤンスカヤ氏
#FGO #FateGO

Twitter · Dec 21, 2024, 3:00 AM

[glossy latch]

Well I may have just had the most busted Divergent Universe run

And I didnt even get the Rupert Relic

11 fully expanded equations, a shitton of relics

33 relics to be precise

[summer hornet]

I'm glad that we don't have to repeat DU every week now

It's still fun, of course, and we have the cyclical expansion or whatnot for extra points, but it's not a necessity

[idle grove]

https://x.com/shana_oh_/status/1870439325243936922

shanaoh (@shana_oh_) on X

#FGO
叛逆の騎士 モードレッド

Twitter · Dec 21, 2024, 12:01 PM

[mortal iron]

That's a mighty fine sword

[stray bramble]

[old galleon]

based mordred

[old galleon]

gbf is getting a zodiac anni event

...which brought out some doomers bc dragalia did the same thing

[old galleon]

apparently gbf's next collab is negima

lmao

also no collab gacha as far as i can tell

which hopefully means they've learned that that was a horrible idea

oh they also previewed the next few characters

grand yatima, grand raphael

orologia summon in the providence series

oh also an aletheia alt i guess

his earth version (after the updates over the years) is already based as fuck so maybe his new version will also be good

[astral drift]

Back to quick?

(how do i farm 1-3-2 with quick)

[old galleon]

that's the neat part, you don't

maybe use some sort of 2 attacker setup or 2x s skadi/oberon and cope your attacker has enough np gain in wave 2

[long tree]

This is why I laugh at the tier lists, they pretend that summer skadi gave quick characters footing with the goats arts and busters

[old galleon]

tier lists are w/e but s skadi is actually still a very good character

[long tree]

Yeah she's good but they pretend she's castoria/koyan tier

[old galleon]

i haven't seen anyone do that

i also haven't seen anyone say koyan is castoria tier

the only one who's even close is oberon and they both do such different things that it doesn't matter

what makes s skadi very good isn't just for quick looping (which is the worst of the 3 for that purpose) but for helping with carding

a quick support with a massive unconditional buster crit buff is not to be underestimated

esp with mighty chains existing now

[astral drift]

i use summer skadi for the fat crits

[long tree]

First result when you Google FGO tier list

[old galleon]

wouldn't be the first time some randoms on the internet got something wrong

caught up on most of the tales of arcarum missions, so now it's time for my favorite sandbox pastime

killing all the 5 bar defenders with my light ca comp

https://i.imgur.com/T0ThGbJ.png

this works on all 5 bar defenders regardless of element

(horus ring is 100% not necessary)

speaking of which, for reasons as yet unfathomable to me, s horus is getting a ny skin

granted the skin looks good but like

why

https://gbf.wiki/images/9/96/Gbfes_2024_horus.jpg

i guess the upside is that i can have a horus home screen that i can actually show off in public?

oh the other ny skins are percival and niyon

https://gbf.wiki/images/c/cb/Gbfes_2024_percival.jpg

https://gbf.wiki/images/4/48/Gbfes_2024_niyon.jpg

i like horus enough that i actually ringed her so there's a decent chance i fold and get that skin

[idle grove]

tier list in fgo omegalul

unless you're doing the most recent OC CQs I don't think they really matter too much

[old galleon]

they don't matter even then

only thing i'd watch out for is if they decide to start adding ignore anti-enforcement to more things so you can't just blindly castoria np to cheese damage

hakuno certainly opened the floodgates for that

[idle grove]

:D
https://vxtwitter.com/_Darthsoldier_/status/1870932945264955677?t=fkDOibFyVN8vmAQGBq2YmQ&s=19

[timber sigil]

swomy

[wispy goblet]

how do you get this last picture in the minigame album?

unrelatedly
what the dog doin'

[old galleon]

ain't that supposed to be a lion

[wispy goblet]

yes it is a lion

[summer hornet]

Fcuk

[summer hornet]

I'm not gonna jump back in till the month of the collab

And I'm only doing the collab, nothing else

There's never enough time in the world for Granblue Grindblue Fantasy

That said... Keep me updated

[old galleon]

we're on the usual freebie 10 pulls for christmas now

banner changes in a few hours and i'd suggest saving today's for that since the current one is kinda bad

[slow raft]

https://x.com/past_desiderium/status/1870972536206590200

🌒 (@past_desiderium) on X

Twitter · Dec 22, 2024, 11:19 PM

[runic ether]

where can i get this shirt

[long tree]

Idk it gave me Christmas wamdus

[old galleon]

then you have godly luck

[long tree]

He that good?

[old galleon]

wamdus is not a guy

and yes, she's good

[long tree]

They aren't?

[old galleon]

she functions as a powerful short form burster

wamdus is a girl, yes

at least in the harvin form she's taken

formally she's one of the six dragons

[long tree]

Damn idk why I thought they were a guy

[old galleon]

https://media.skycompass.io/assets/customizes/characters/1138x1138/3040419000_02.png

here's her original look if that helps

[long tree]

I see it now, maybe I thought cause the cats a girl that there'd be 3 dudes 3 girls

[old galleon]

nah the only dudes are wilnas and lu woh

i will say for what it's worth that due to her (and all the others) being dragons, their gender in game is categorized as "other"

and if you pay attention to their voices in their raids, they vary significantly

galleon sounds quite masculine, for example

[slow raft]

https://x.com/mutomorokoshi/status/1870793947251175825

無糖 (@mutomorokoshi) on X

マドアーマー

Twitter · Dec 22, 2024, 11:30 AM

[timber sigil]

why is everyone so mean to Vepley

:(

[old galleon]

holy shit z52's voice is gonna be the death of me

[slow raft]

Oh hey, good effects

Im not running gregor in my tremor team and you cant exactly justify running this over funeral in sinking but it has potential

Ishmael seems like an easy slot in for molar boatworks and zwei

[slow raft]

If the sp heal and attack up on gregors is substantial enough, you might be able to run it but well have to wait for the numbers

Sin fragility is also neat

[idle grove]

my free 10 roll from hitting 35 is peak

[timber sigil]

nice sabrina

[stray bramble]

Spas my beloved

Calling her Sabrina is like using the localized names for Jojo stands

[idle grove]

that's her name in gfl2 smh

respect the lore

[slow raft]

Cant believe chrys is deadnaming his waifu

[timber sigil]

besides there's a better Italian semi-auto shotgun user in the game too

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1263921836475945122/1308465283882684427/2PV1-ezgif.com-crop_1.gif

[stray bramble]

Insane string of words

Lmao

[timber sigil]

it's true though

she doesn't go by SPAS-12 anymore

[stray bramble]

She'll always be spas in my heart

GFL1 is still spas

I simply do not see GFL2

[timber sigil]

well she's 3d now

but sure

go off

[long tree]

thicc

[idle grove]

meme was made in 2018 we can cut it some slack

[long tree]

Not until I see actually thick women in my gachas, the landscape has remained unchanged since this meme

[rapid bough]

touch down from a 15hr flight and first thing i see on my reddit feed is SSR RAPI LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO

overspec is new

[stray bramble]

Azur Lane has some

[long tree]

Name me one

[rapid bough]

it's basically pilgrims except they use their old manufacturer gear

[rapid bough]

are we talking thicc as in tastefully chonky, or thicc as in a ridiculous leg/thigh/booty game

[stray bramble]

Shinano's race skin

[rapid bough]

they also go into pilgrim tower lmaooooo

elysion tower stays broke

[long tree]

I'm talking thick as in stomachs here

[rapid bough]

so the former

anis and elegg are my thicc queens in nikke

[long tree]

man y'all don't see the vision

[timber sigil]

afaik there isn't any chars like that in either GFL game

[stray bramble]

Bismarck's new skin

Is also quite chonky

[rapid bough]

https://tenor.com/view/elegg-nikke-goddess-of-victory-goddess-of-victory-nikke-belly-gif-15483550107183863489

nah put some respect on elegg's name

[slow raft]

No way at the end of the day its fgo who reigns supreme in terms of chubby representation

[long tree]

one day people will see the vision

[rapid bough]

OVERSPEC CAN BE WISHLISTED IN STANDARD BANNER

this probably means a pilgrim wishlist

[idle grove]

it's just a meme term I think you're putting too much stock into it at this point

[timber sigil]

the closest GFL1 char aside from SPAS/Sabrina I can think of that fits that category is maybe DP-12/Helena

[rapid bough]

we are WINNING this new years

[long tree]

you refering to Genesha? She looks too much like a kid for me

[rapid bough]

overspec is a neat concept

[slow raft]

Jinako yea

[rapid bough]

we're 100% getting overspecs for ch33+ spoilers ||eunhwa, emma, and vesti, and we're being set up for an anis overspec too||

[long tree]

She's probably the closest I've seen the gacha communities come to accept bigger women

[idle grove]

I'm afraid to tell you jinako is literally a middle aged teacher

[long tree]

She's a football

She's 3ft nothing

[idle grove]

she's exactly 5ft

[rapid bough]

yeah you ain't getting an actually fat woman gacha char lol sorry

[long tree]

Her art makes her look much smaller

[rapid bough]

tastefully chubby is all you will receive

[idle grove]

oh yeah for sure

she looks and acts like a small gremlin

[long tree]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-guts-berserk-gif-25103745

One day

[slow raft]

🙏

At this point i should probably unironically put snow white on there

[long tree]

It's just funny when I watch people react to an anime girl go "omg they're eating so much they're fat lol" and I see a woman who's like

Lower range healthy weight

[idle grove]

the way sabrina eats she should not be healthy weight

[long tree]

Literally this

[rapid bough]

ok yes people definitely do that for actual twigs

but thicc is also used for big ass/thighs correctly too

you're the weirdo using it to refer to a legit unhealthy weight and big stomach lol

on that note though, justice for muscular girls

ZZZ did caesar dirty with her twig arms

same with nikke and rumani

[long tree]

Ayo no need to call me weird we all in gacha chat here

[rapid bough]

at least grave had abs tho

[long tree]

https://tenor.com/view/shadow-sonic-sa2-sonic-adventure2-sonic-the-hedgehog-gif-27303797

Feixiao makes me sad

[slow raft]

Actual quiet mgs level explanation for that one

And they didnt give her pants!

[idle grove]

feixiao almost got me to play hsr again but then I saw they just didn't deliver on her

[rapid bough]

man overspec nikkes being part of pilgrim tower is so fuckin lame

[rapid bough]

that's a big L

[rapid bough]

she does not look particularly muscular

[timber sigil]

i kinda figured it was implied with the feats she pulls off

[rapid bough]

well the whole point is about the design

i'm sure she's very strong but she's built like a twig

compare

caesar in ZZZ suffers from the "very strong in-universe but has sticks for arms" design issue too

rumani in nikke is a literal PT and bodybuilder who takes her musculuature very seriously and has... almost no visibile musculature

we are continually robbed

[stray bramble]

[rapid bough]

grave is indeed major neuron activation, it is known

[idle grove]

meanwhile FGO gives us bageko

who is built

[rapid bough]

chrys do you not play nikke, it seems like it's right down your alley

[stray bramble]

Nope

Even by my standards

Nikke came across as nothing but gooner bait

[rapid bough]

AL is way worse on that front lol

nikke has a great story

the story is actually what keeps me in the game, since fanservice alone can't do that and the gameplay is nothing special

[stray bramble]

I mean my first exposure to it was literally just the entire gameplay is jiggling ass. And it was never coming back from that impression

[rapid bough]

there's a reason nikke and gfl are often compared, and it's not just sexy androids

[stray bramble]

Even in AL the goonerness of the skins is getting beyond me

[slow raft]

I wanted to post an image proving that here but that would be too nsfw i fear

[long tree]

Barghest posting is a dangerous game

[stray bramble]

I've reached a point in AL where "oh boi tiddies" doesn't even cross my mind most times

[idle grove]

yeah I'm just not posting her summer version at all

[stray bramble]

I have rotating secretaries turned off rn

And my entire lineup is just daughterships

[idle grove]

even her final ascension on normal is not great to post here

but she is muscle girl done right

[stray bramble]

This lineup cures my depression

[slow raft]

The consequences of being drawn by melon22

[idle grove]

fgo is just really good at having a diverse cast tbf

might be the best in class at that for gacha games

[timber sigil]

blessed be raita

raikou is like the only fgo char i know

[rapid bough]

genuinely why even play lol

[stray bramble]

Cause I still like tiddies

[rapid bough]

like that and the gameplay which i actually like is why i stick with it

[stray bramble]

But sometimes I need to see that lineup being cute

Rather than jiggly mammories

[slow raft]

True

Also really like the diverse art styles

[rapid bough]

plenty of cute girls in nikke too

[stray bramble]

Like right now. I'm using skin rental on the new bismarck skin

Cause I fucking love Bismarck still

[rapid bough]

i would run through several brick walls for flora

lol why tf that image got 2 pixels in it

google images dropping the ball

[stray bramble]

I love my Biscuit

[rapid bough]

i have to buy basically all the l2d skins from this event

they're all peak fml

[stray bramble]

I buy 1 skin per event

At most

I don't need to buy bismarck skin when I have her oath skin

[slow raft]

You guys are buying skins?

[idle grove]

https://vxtwitter.com/EASTCAT94/status/1870670133737476126

[rapid bough]

AL owns my wallet fr fr

[stray bramble]

Ony if its a skin I want

[rapid bough]

i'm a slave to my monkey impulses and have too much disposable income to care

[stray bramble]

I still wait for the day Adalbert gets a skin I like.

Her L2D one I'm not a fan of over her default

[rapid bough]

i'm not a feet guy so her l2d was a pass for me

[idle grove]

jebless behaviour

[stray bramble]

I blame Jeb for making me want Marie Rose's skin

From the dead or alive collab

[slow raft]

You cant exactly blame another man for your fetishes

[stray bramble]

One of my favourite skin buys recently

Is Bristol's

I love her so much

[slow raft]

https://x.com/JustKiyan/status/1871140193908171148

🍟Kiyan🍕 (@JustKiyan) on X

Twitter · Dec 23, 2024, 10:26 AM

[rapid bough]

YOOOOO

second evangelion collab for nikke

prolly means reruns for the first wave of units too

rare collab rerun

[slow raft]

Wow, skipper was right

What does he know

https://x.com/ISHID0RU/status/1870803115542561213

meriki (@ISHID0RU) on X

The hat..couldn’t resist adding the wings to see how it’d look with it 🥺

Twitter · Dec 22, 2024, 12:06 PM

[idle grove]

https://x.com/pak_deus/status/1871057473194557528

Pakdeus \\ COMMISSION Closed (@pak_deus) on X

There is a nyto in the game already!?

Twitter · Dec 23, 2024, 4:57 AM

[rapid bough]

what's funny is that shift up came out and said the first eva collab didn't do as well as they'd hoped

so i thought for sure we'd never get another if the first one flopped

[wispy goblet]

The Nier rerun is coming
Trust

[rapid bough]

maybe they've got some better stuff cooked up this time

[wispy goblet]

This time
They have women, but they're in swimsuits

[rapid bough]

the asuka gacha skin from the first collab was garbo

[wispy goblet]

actually
do they have schoolgirl outfit skins yet?

[rapid bough]

mari does

asuka had a skater girl skin

i forget what rei had

[wispy goblet]

maybe they'll give Misato an SSR

[rapid bough]

would be neat since she was a welfare SR last time

[wispy goblet]

gotta appeal to the adult woman fetish

[rapid bough]

oh god i just saw the naga gacha skin

i'm cooked

not posting it here for reasons

next wave of favorite items

helm is blessed

nikke/stellar blade collab on the way too, was expected eventually

[slow raft]

My goat is getring a favourite item too

[rapid bough]

SBS rerun

[rapid bough]

ark's greatest hero got one, only fair that its greatest villain does too

[slow raft]

https://tenor.com/view/nod-cat-hyper-gif-9540792418684483949

https://x.com/Joliah8/status/1871133349001171247

Okapiah 🔮 オケピア (@Joliah8) on X

how it feels to say "BokGak" instead of Rerun

Twitter · Dec 23, 2024, 9:58 AM

[mental acorn]

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO

[slow raft]

https://vxtwitter.com/cole_25_/status/1870798787809051032

[honest pawn]

I like the keyart more tbh

[slow raft]

Banger scene, however do not let agravain have the mic

[honest pawn]

the simpler colours really bring a lot

[slow raft]

https://tenor.com/view/feel-that-thats-true-true-adachi-tohru-adachi-gif-7686386473571447384

[timber sigil]

wait she was meant to be a Nyto?

[idle grove]

apparently

[slow raft]

Dwai, pepper

Hes used to it

[rapid bough]

oh damn i didn't realize they actually announced the new eva collab units + skins already during the stream

they seem to be cooking harder with this second round than the first

maybe it makes them the money they expect this time around

so no misato SSR, sorry skipper

only 2 new SSRs, and they're just asuka/rei alts

[wispy goblet]

smh my adult woman fetish goes unfulfilled

[old galleon]

Jinako

Also finally getting ssr rapi confirmed is nice

[rapid bough]

sadly she will not save elysion tower

nor will any other future overspec unit contribute to their tower

[old galleon]

Pilgrim?

[rapid bough]

overspec is a new unit class they're introducing with SSR rapi

they're basically pilgrims yeah

[old galleon]

Aight

[rapid bough]

but i guess they exist to give existing characters power-ups

there are already several possible overspec candidates in the latest story chapters, on top of rapi

[old galleon]

So how does that work then?

Do you still roll them or is it like a retro?

[rapid bough]

you roll them, they're alts

and they're basically the same class as pilgrims in all but one respect: they keep their original manufacturer gear bonus

they're gonna be updating everything that mentions pilgrims (molds, tower, etc.) to say "pilgrim/overspec"

[old galleon]

Then will she be 2% or 1% rate up?

[rapid bough]

but we are getting a wishlist for pilgrim/overspec too

1%

[old galleon]

Based wishlist

[rapid bough]

overspec definitely feels like "pilgrim in all but name" gameplay-wise, but it makes sense from a lore perspective since rapi herself is not a pilgrim in the story

and that'll be true of all future characters to get overspecs

they're gonna be existing tetra/missilis/elysion girls that get alts that we can expect to be average pilgrim-tier strength, so quite good

the overspec designs for (chapter 33+ spoilers) ||emma, eunhwa, and vesti|| already exist so they're top candidates, and there's strong allusions to anis getting an upgrade soon too

[old galleon]

Those are great but give me mihara cowards

[glossy latch]

Alright, finished Soukakus Discs

50/112

Not ideal but eh

[rapid bough]

she's another one i forgot

the wordless side story means she's almost certainly getting one too

[glossy latch]

I cant be bothered to go for perfect rolls lmao

[rapid bough]

though idk if it'll be an overspec

since she doesn't have an SSR variant to begin with

could just be a regular alt, we'll see

[glossy latch]

Just need to finish levelling her W engine and Ill hit the 2500 ATK breakpoint too

[old galleon]

Rapi didn't either

[rapid bough]

yeah but rapi is rapi tbf

[old galleon]

No reason mihara can't have one

I suppose I should push campaign a bit more

I've let it sit in chapter 20 for a while

[rapid bough]

mine's sitting at the start of c32 i think

could definitely push but have been lazy

[old galleon]

Same

[slow raft]

Im currently experiencing everyone being dumb around crow

[rapid bough]

i always prefer to push in waves anyway since nikke story is good and makes me want to get a lot of it at once

[old galleon]

Sounds familiar

[rapid bough]

do you have any idea how little that narrows it down

[old galleon]

Can you give me the direct link to the CD redemption site? Want to do these codes but can't get on just this second

[slow raft]

New codes?

[rapid bough]

oh yeah good shout, there are indeed new codes

NIKKECHRISTMASPARTY - 10 advanced vouchers and some other goodies
AWAKENRAPI - 300 gems

idk how to get a direct link to the cd key portal though

[old galleon]

no worries, you can just do it directly from discord

which is pretty neat

[slow raft]

ironically i need standard vouchers rn

not that im complaining

[old galleon]

iirc YROMEM for 5 standard vouchers

code def still works and i think that's what it gives

[slow raft]

already used that one and it does

[old galleon]

aight

[slow raft]

thats where i got my third snow white

[summer hornet]

[old galleon]

goddammit naga

i will not fold

the skin gacha is a scam on principle

i. will. not. fold.

[rapid bough]

there was a code a few days ago

that gave 5 standard vouchers

idk if you got taht one

[slow raft]

.

[old galleon]

he did

[rapid bough]

ic

[old galleon]

damn the impulse to make bad decisions and try (and fail) to mlb ssr rapi

[slow raft]

anayways, another 60 standard pulls and i have all but one of my ssr copis to break past 160

[rapid bough]

it's already over for me...

[old galleon]

also despite having liked evangelion i have negative interest in the collab

is that bad

[rapid bough]

not really, in general i think collabs are overrated in gachas so it's funny how universal they are

[old galleon]

honestly for me it depneds on the gacha and how they handle collabs, i guess

[rapid bough]

the first eva collab was overall just mid, though i think its biggest issue that led to it underperforming their expectations is simply that their skin game was weak

[old galleon]

another eden does them (mostly) fantastically, for example

[slow raft]

obligatory arknights mention

[rapid bough]

the skin game looks stronger this time around so we shall see

[old galleon]

asuka's free skin is cool

[rapid bough]

looks like no gacha skin either, unless they're saving that for closer to the actual event

[old galleon]

white plugsuit is an aesthetic

[rapid bough]

asuka's gacha skin was the weakest skin of the entire collab last time

it was weaker than the season pass (skater girl) skin

honestly big L by them

[old galleon]

just saw anis art from her designer on my feed

that might have made me fold

[rapid bough]

anis's artist absolutely lives and breathes anis

they are very based

[slow raft]

redrop coded

[old galleon]

oh not sure if anyoen mentioned it but apparently they're doing a step up for a nikke of (choice?)

not sure how relevant that ends up being

[rapid bough]

yeah i think the previous new year's events did that

[old galleon]

if you can do pilgrims then maybe

bc lord knows i need crown

[slow raft]

actually CHOCO coded

[rapid bough]

i don't think previous runs of the step up package allowed selecting pilgrims

[old galleon]

damn

[rapid bough]

guy's collection of "true" image responses grows

[old galleon]

anyway elysion tower goes yet another update without its savior

[rapid bough]

tbf i hear that x.maiden is actually very good in there

so at least they're better off than they were

[old galleon]

she's aight, but idk if she's enough

[rapid bough]

shame about x.guillotine sucking

[old galleon]

tbf i'm at least not far enough in tower for it to matter much

[rapid bough]

unrelated, but since i made this comment i have yet to get a single banner ship in my next 30 pulls

[old galleon]

rip

[rapid bough]

blew all my luck on one pull

tbf duisburg is all that's left now, since i got hipper from D3

[old galleon]

hopefully that won't extend to me trying to acquire rapi

[rapid bough]

gonna be dropping pity on her

hate pulling on 1% banners

[old galleon]

if i can manifest the luck i had going for cindy then that'd be great

but it's not gonna happen

(also i know sbs is getting a rerun but i like rapi more than scarlet so she'll have to wait)

[rapid bough]

i'd say that we can only hope SSR rapi will be good

but frankly, if she's not then there will be riots in the streets

[old galleon]

yeah i was gonna say

if rapi sucks people would actually riot

[rapid bough]

also both of the last 2 new year's nikkes have been meta-defining ever since release lol

only fair rapi gets that treatment too

[wispy goblet]

so who should I be chasing in the new year's event

[old galleon]

we don't have rapi's kit yet but probably her

[rapid bough]

my bet is rapi, but you wouldn't go wrong with SBS either

[old galleon]

sbs is also extremely good tho

just had an ak-12 jumpscare in nikke

the survey banner in the notices page has one who looks a lot like ak-12 at a glance

[rapid bough]

also apparently SSR rapi has shades of red hood (surprise) and can be either B1 or B3 depending on team comp

[old galleon]

blessed

is her full kit out or?

[rapid bough]

nah, just a quick and dirty summary

the note that she has strong element against both wind and electric is cool too

[old galleon]

cool i can run rapi and cindy together : ^)

[rapid bough]

wonder if that'll be the case for all overspec units

prolly not though, since in this case it's specifically because it's a rapi+red hood fusion

[old galleon]

but no that sounds a lot like a potentially big form of creep

[rapid bough]

whereas other overspecs won't be that

[old galleon]

being able to be an element dps on 3 elements sounds insane

[rapid bough]

well, two. she's fire which beats wind by default

but red hood is iron, which beats electric

so rapi+red hood has both

[old galleon]

oh i'm blind

even so, 2 is still greater than 1

[rapid bough]

for sure

and element advantage is huge in the endgame so she has literally twice the availability as anyone else

assuming her damage is there (and we're expecting it to be), that's gonna go hard

[old galleon]

it works out really nice for me bc

for one, i'm pretty sure fire weakness is a huge hole in my roster

between her and red hood herself, i have iron covered

cindy is electric (and also x maiden and ein i guess)

and lewdmilla has me for water

i guess wind becomes the biggest hole then, but scarlet isn't completely incompetent either

(alice also works for fire but she's not super invested yet and i'm not exactly looking forward to developing carpal tunnel for using her)

[rapid bough]

i still can't spam alice for shit after practicing a fair deal

genuinely not convinced people do it without macros

(which are banworthy and 100% not worth risking an account for, but that won't stop the tryhards)

[old galleon]

yeah i ain't doing that shit

i like alice but not enough to chet

oh right when's the ny stuff supposed to go up?

[rapid bough]

26th

[old galleon]

neat

[rapid bough]

given that's probably UTC+9, i'd assume that translates to early-mid 25th for us

[old galleon]

it's a modern day christmas miracle

except rapi herself is new year's day

just checked that fine print lol

man between gbf christmas gachapin happening and now nikke new years i'm gonna die

forgetting about azur lane for a sec since they at least have a ur event going....fgo's main thing for ny is a gssr

which on its own doesn't amount to that much in comparison

but at least the new year servants tend to be good

muramasa into koyami into rasputin into ya boi from samurai remnant is a pretty nice set

remains to be seen who the new one will be this year

[rapid bough]

finally watched (well, skimmed) the actual nikke livestream instead of just grabbing bits and pieces of news from the subreddit

[old galleon]

how much did neon say or reference the term firepower?

[rapid bough]

i only skimmed but at least like four from what i saw

this naga skin has me feeling some type of way and i really do not appreciate her burst line being "just wait til i become an adult" because now it just means i'm on a list somewhere

[old galleon]

LMAO

i don't think nikkes age, right?

[rapid bough]

no, in this context she means "wait til i graduate"

but still

why they gotta phrase it like that man

this is the same nikke that has an advise session that ends with something to the effect of "I tell Naga that age is just a number"

[old galleon]

o.o

get pilgrim defender piece
yay!
it's a chest, which cindy already has

[rapid bough]

classic

the process becomes significantly less painful when you unlock anomaly intercept

since each boss gives a specific gear slot

[old galleon]

ye

just gotta get there