quency just fuckin gdied and i couldn't clear the qtes on time
#Gacha Chat
old galleon
wispy goblet
honestly even if there's only a minute left I'll insta retry if someone dies
rapid bough
with my first 3 teams i retried until i could hit timeout
my last 2 had no hope of hitting time out so i just retried til i got some favorable RNG to get reasonably far
wispy goblet
I didn't even try for timeout with my first two
no chance
rapid bough
suffering against this boss makes me want to go pull for the maids but i legitimately just spent all of my skill books on upgrading helm to 10/10/10 lol
even with a halfway finished favorite item she's so good with crown
old galleon
well wher eyou're at you probably don't need them if it's just for solo raid
rapid bough
i just can't use her for burst yet
rapid bough
narrator: it was not minor
old galleon
yeah that's the joke
i'm starting to get a bit annoyed at being locked out of various things bc royalty hates my guts
at least red hood played nice
wispy goblet
I still don't have red hood
old galleon
red hood was nice bc she let me cheese whale core
rapid bough
red hood's still very good but now we're inundated with ridiculous B3 DPS so she's less of an account powerspike
crown by comparison is still far and away the best b2 support
wispy goblet
got a few Nikke's I can upgrade from Burst 6 to 7
who should I do first
Liter, Naga, SBS, or Blanc
old galleon
which one do you use the most?
old galleon
naga is a bit less important if you run her with crown all the time
blanc is less important if you run crown all the time since you're not running bunnies
so liter or sbs
wispy goblet
I personally don't use SBS a lot
for some reason she feels really weak to me
but she's been putting in work lately
Naga is basically always paired with Crown outside of Tower
Liter gets a lot of use in Campaign except when I use RRH or loaner Liter for B1
Blanc has been relegated to a novelty mostly tbh
old galleon
sbs is great but she feels like ass to control for me
rapid bough
i literally never manual SBS
old galleon
just leave auto to do its thing
rapid bough
she's one of the few nikkes that auto will be way more optimal on
it always hits full charge perfectly which is what she needs
wispy goblet
ngl I can only manual MGs and SMGs
I only learned how to manual Alice because I use her so much
old galleon
god save my mouse whenever i have to start manualing alice
rapid bough
i'd prioritize several other OLs before alice because alice really needs proper rolls
wispy goblet
lemme see who has branded gear rn
old galleon
i want to get more on rapi but i literally cannot get gear to drop for her to save my life
and both boxes and furnaces have all been duds so far
so just as the moment i pulled her, she's stuck with just 2 gear pieces
wispy goblet
Quency EQ has branded head, chest, feet
Alice head
RRH head, feet
SBS feet
Winter Ludmilla head, feet
Ice Maiden head, chest
Rouge head
Maxwell head
D Wife chest, arms, feet
Centi head
hmm
should I move my Elysion-branded gear from D Wife to Maid Mast?
rapid bough
idk why alice slaps so hard on this boss when it's not fire weak but damn
old galleon
idk why helm hits so weak on this boss when it is water weak but damn
not phase 3 yet?
rapid bough
yeah not phase 3, so i'm not using her for burst
old galleon
understandable
rapid bough
just there to proc crown and decent passive dps
her buffs and healing off-burst are still very good at phase 2
old galleon
am i gonna keep suffering until i eventually get the king's blessing or something
wispy goblet
alice has big hurty stick
old galleon
feels like "have crown or get rekt" is a common refrain
wispy goblet
also liter gives bonus ammo right?
rapid bough
yes
wispy goblet
bonus ammo is so good on Alice especially if you're not at 100% reload
rapid bough
(i am 100% reload)
wispy goblet
well shit I dunno dawg
rapid bough
i think it's because she actually does double damage with pierce
this might be a boss where hitting the core also hits something behind it, idk
wispy goblet
can you roll multiple super successes if you use multiple kits at once
rapid bough
it only uses the kits one at a time until it hits a super success (or you hit the next level/run out of kits)
nothing goes to waste
old galleon
bruh i really don't want to replay this
rapid bough
ofc rapihood alone wasn't the difference, but it let me put QEQ in another team which helped that team a lot too
old galleon
but with meta getting over double my score i'm feeling kinda forced
idk how i'm getting even close tho
his rapi comp hits 895m and mine is at like 254
don't think switching the maids to tia/naga will close that gap
old galleon
also how are y'all making cindy work here
she is the epitome of a flaming dumpster fire for me in this fight
rapid bough
just gotta try and time her so she bursts with no adds on screen
rapid bough
well emilia did that work in my comp
there's a brief delay between the adds arriving on screen and getting whatever their buff is that makes their HP decrease based on # of hits rather than raw damage
old galleon
i'm aware
rapid bough
you can use that time to kill them with an AoE that's strong enough
emilia was that AoE for me
i hope i'll stay top 3% for the best profile border but i highly doubt i will
honestly shocked i even got this high to begin with since i don't have the maids which are like finely crafted to abuse this boss
wispy goblet
I paired Cindy with Winter Lud
either Cindy gets most of the mobs and Lud can clean up
or Lud just kills them all during burst
Not exactly elegant
but it did enough
rapid bough
uuuuuuuuugh i forgot i still need to do gunsmoke frontline
old galleon
tried out the maids with sbs...
only got to 436m
idk what i'm doing wrong
granted if i can replicate my first time with rapi comp i still get to about 670 in just 2 fights
but that's not nearly good enough
okay so after 2 fights i'm at 821m, lasted a lot longer but the run still wiped
on the other hand, the cindy comp is, once again, playing like complete ass
just got no good way of dealing with the mobs and then i die
oh cool, finally dealt with the mobs, then blanc died so it doesn't matter
rapid bough
i restarted many, many times for some of my teams to get proper RNG
the beginning of the fight is the most chaotic part so it's where the most things tend to go wrong
so it's pretty restart-friendly, if also pretty frustrating
rapid bough
"dogshit" is the word i used several times when raging silently to myself lol
it has very unforgiving mechanics and not enough nikkes to really deal with them properly across 5 teams
even with a full roster
wispy goblet
what are the thresholds for rewards?
wispy goblet
is that the only reward related to placement?
old galleon
aside fro mthat, everyone who plays gets gems
rapid bough
gems too
old galleon
higher the rank, higher the gem count
wispy goblet
gotcha
rapid bough
the gem rewards don't really change that much between percentile rankings though, the massive increase is for people who place like top 10 and shit
(and those people are exclusively whales, you ain't getting that high without dumping your bank account)
old galleon
becomes a dick measuring contest among whales to see who can whale the hardest
rapid bough
ironic since the whales are the ones least in need of the gems
so yeah, bragging rights mostly
old galleon
ye the scaling is brutal
rank 1 gets 6k gems
outside rank 100? already under half that
rapid bough
yeehaw
i just checked and 2.45% has already become 2.63% in the 2.5 hours since posting this
i'm probably cooked
oh well, good run
old galleon
anyway i'm not gonna fuss with this run anymore, i'll be happy with what i've got
shoutout to my hastily-made red hood comp doing respectable damage
rapid bough
i honestly have only done one attempt for the past several solo raids, this is the first one i did more than once and it's because i realized i forgot one of my best units on my first round lol
i spend a lot of time (30min-1hr) theorycrafting the 5 teams i want and then just yolo and take what i get
old galleon
i wasn't gonna but seeing meta get over a billion despite not being as far in campaign motivated me to at least try to do something
rapid bough
it's definitely a crown diff, she's not only a crutch for preventing you from dying but also an insane team multiplier
old galleon
still not having crown sucks tho
rapid bough
so your best team does that much better
i hope she accepts you as a citizen in her kingdom sometime soon
wispy goblet
looks like I've fallen to 13.58% (from 12.38%)
old galleon
honestly with how people love waiting until last minute on this we're probably both getting booted out of top 20
wispy goblet
miserable ass boss
I remember hating it when I faced it in a challenge event series
old galleon
i remember last time i dropped precipitously on the last day straight out of top 30
and yeah material h just sucks in general
rapid bough
not that i auto solo raid, but i hate this boss when it appears in challenges or easier content that i would auto because it completely breaks the auto targeting AI
old galleon
i remember getting it first try in campaign but the fight itself being a colossal ass
wispy goblet
I still don't understand all the things that pop up and then go away
old galleon
i mix between auto and manual solo raid for now bc i know my account isn't strong enough to try too hard on it
i'll go full manual one of these days tho
wispy goblet
sometimes I shoot them
sometimes I don't
sometimes I don't even notice until it's too late
old galleon
yeah the turrets are a pain
with everything else going on effects-wise it's sometimes hard to know when they're up and all of a sudden someone's dead
rapid bough
this boss does not mesh well with the mess of particle effects that some nikke bursts throw onto your screen
good luck seeing turrets in the back when you've got dorothy's burst up
wispy goblet
do you get batteries for challenge placement?
wispy goblet
good luck seeing turrets in the back when you've got dorothy's burst up
dawg I can't see the turrets in the back because the pillar in the front visually blocks them (it feels like)
guess I should cash in my union chips and fill out my next level of Resilience or Bastion
old galleon
iirc rn i'm on level 8 resilience and level 3 bastion
wispy goblet
I'm at 4 and 4 rn I think
old galleon
not super sure if bastion catch up is better than getting resilience higher first
but that's a problem for future me bc i'm out of currency
rapid bough
i should probably leave my union and join a new one that does better in raid but i have an odd sense of loyalty to my current union since it was the first one i joined and i've risen to be one of the strongest players in it and the owner gave me "officer" privileges so i can help administrate it lol
also i'd level both resilience and bastion to 7 and then just pump resilience to 15
level 7 is the last level where their main trait (reload speed for resilience, ammo restore for bastion) increases in effectiveness
and both have good traits you want to max
late canopy
I don't actually play either game right now. I follow Legends news still even years after having stopped just cuz it's the one I've actually played for a couple years
runic ether
zy0x deserves it for his absurd goblets
glossy latch
Wtf is the new cryo set
mystic python
Skirk gonna be energy-less or smth
runic ether
or a unique way to burst
versed pawn
slow raft
X
rapid bough
holy fuck brunhilde absolutely refuses to come home
i have over 100 pulls on this AL banner and have pulled a banner ship exactly once... z16 on the very first pull
i'm now 100+ dry on literally anything else
new 10-pull, lmao i got fucking blucher off banner before brunhilde
least i'm in the 8k saved club now
god this is like fucking alfredo oriani all over again but even worse
just burned through my entire 100k coins in storage for pulls and still haven't pulled her
i want to die
i was at 630 cubes before this, i am now at 430
this is by far the unluckiest i've ever been on a banner in terms of volume of banner ships pulled
i've lost track of how many pulls i've done, probably like 150, and i've pulled 2 banner ships (1 z16, 1 blucher)
if only my collector brain would let me just give up on brunhilde since i'll probably never use her anyway
but unfortunately that collection percentage calls me
long tree
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/818142790763937834/1339213299686047744/...
This design kinda creeps me out
rapid bough
i've now done so many pulls that i'm at risk of literally not having the coins to fund enough pulls before the banner ends to even get this ship
actually have to 12-4 spam to fund more pulls
i'm pretty sure rate-up is an absolute fucking lie on this banner
old galleon
i'm pretty sure rate-up is an absolute fucking lie on this banner
Channel topic confirms
rapid bough
yeah my banner (un)luck on this one is absolutely worse than that previous time with trying to pull alfredo oriani
and that one scarred me for life
gonna have to go to therapy after this one
time to break out some high-efficiency logistics plans and multiple farming teams
disadvantage of waiting to mass pull until the last day is that now i'm working against the clock
rapid bough
got a second z16 😭
god i just realized i'm gonna be pulling for evelyn later today too
i think gacha games are gonna break my heart today
slow raft
itll take some time for me to be pulling evelyn, luckily(?)
i wish you good luck with your 50/50
rapid bough
thanks, i'ma need it
i wanted to remember my suffering so i looked up my pull history
i've lost 3 50/50s in a row, with all of them going 75+ pulls (soft pity)
please hoyo... don't make it 4... have mercy...
i forgot that one time i pulled caesar in my next multi after losing her 50/50 though lmao
also not pictured here is that i won zhu yuan's 50/50 when i first started the game, but i think history doesn't go back father than 6 months
slow raft
i wanted to remember my suffering so i looked up my pull history
ima ctually interested, where can you look this up?
rapid bough
slow raft
no shot they got me openign powershell for this 
rapid bough
that's the only way i've found to get an actual summary like the one i screenshotted lol
slow raft
yeah it doesnt seem like anything sus its just funny that thats the only way
hmm, this doesnt have my full history
rapid bough
it only goes back 6 months
slow raft
it doesnt capture the lost 50/50 before caesar but here
rapid bough
weird, since i assume that was still within the last 6 months
slow raft
yeah and it says 19 so it should show that there was an agent before that
ill try importing again
mortal iron
slow raft
it doesnt capture the lost 50/50 before caesar but here
2nd try did it
twas not a lost 50/50 i am misremebering
apparently the one before that was jane
rapid bough
so you've only lost one 50/50? lol
slow raft
i have 3 graces and only one of them is from the standard banner
rapid bough
slow raft
but yes, my 50%50 luck in this game is insane
ive lost 3 and won 4
unless im miscounting
rapid bough
i wanted to remember my suffering so i looked up my pull history
as you can see from my run at the beginning, my 50/50 luck was pretty nuts to start (this doesn't include a zhu yuan 50/50 win from more than 6 months ago)
won zhu yuan, won qingyi, lost on jane but it only took 19 pulls for the loss so it was low impact, lost on caesar but immediately pulled her afterward so low impact, then won on burnice
been downhill ever since then though
slow raft
for me it was the oppsite (until this weekend)
lost on ellen, lost on zhu juan and then win after win
ive even gotten miyabis w engine in only 56 pulls
rapid bough
i think that's around how many it took me to get her wengine as well
slow raft
you can check
rapid bough
i already closed the tab and i don't want to reimport lol
slow raft
fair
speaking of lost 50/50s tho, im close to 300 standard pulls 
atm im chosing between lycanon and rina
rapid bough
i'm close to 300 too, rina and koleda are the only standard banner units i don't have and i definitely am picking rina when i hit the guarantee
rapid bough
didn't you just post this
slow raft
yeah no offense to koleda and nekomata but i dont think im choosing either of them
unless koleda is insane with evelyn
rapid bough
i already closed the tab and i don't want to reimport lol
i did it anyway
66 pulls to get miyabi's wengine
i think that's soft pity territory, barely
which makes sense since i was worried i was gonna have to commit sudoku if i lost the 75/25
mortal iron
didn't you just post this
Different animation
Same post but it had 2 videos, but the 2nd didn't get embedded
rapid bough
ah
summer hornet
You have a type, huh
rapid bough
top priority is hitting enough ATK for her core skill's threshold, i think it's around 3400 if you're c0
then energy regen after that, yeah
slow raft
Nyaruhodo
rapid bough
if you have soukaku's wengine (bashful demon) it's a very good option for astra, nearly as good as her sig and helps quite a bit with hitting the ATK threshold
slow raft
Im p sure i have a few copies of that yea
I definitely have them if they were on the miyabi banner
X
rapid bough
short hair makiatto (i know it's not makiatto but that's immediately who i thought of lol)
old galleon
bazett a cute
old galleon
short hair makiatto (i know it's not makiatto but that's immediately who i thoug...
if you'd like to learn more about this character, there's a certain visual novel you can read called fate/hollow ataraxia
||it even has sex scenes so it's perfect for a degenerate like you||
rapid bough
despite fate's well-known eroge history, and watching fate/zero (not nasu but i loved it) and ufotable's UBW (wasn't as big on this one), i have never had any interest at all in reading the VNs
speaking of pull history
is there any way to see your pull history in azur lane, i really want to see just how unlucky i've been on this god-forsaken banner
old galleon
if there is, i'm not aware of it
slow raft
bazett a cute
My archetype killer cant possibly be this cute
rapid bough
if there is, i'm not aware of it
sad! (probably for the best so i don't sink deeper into gacha depression)
before today i was feeling very happy with my cube savings, i was at over 600
now i'm sub-400 which is uncomfortable for guaranteeing UR pity
idk when implac is supposed to rerun but it should be relatively soon and i NEED her
ofc her rerun will have 40+ free builds but still
runic ether
https://fixupx.com/dimbreath/status/1889655415392161858/video/2
lol
cant wait for strags to call her thick
rapid bough
omggggggggggggggggggggggggggg i have to be at 200 pulls on this fucking AL banner by now
runic ether
cant believe im looking forward to iansan way more than any other character hefe
*here
great time to save
old galleon
semiramis fans just got a huge w
she got an upgrade to her s3 that removes the star requirement, adds 50% anti-poison, and adds a buff that applies poison before damage on all her cards including her np
also that skill has a 6 turn cooldown so with append 5 she can stack it on turn 2
which is effectively 100% universal anti-trait
what an incredible buff
copper steppe
oh shit thats kinda insane
rapid bough
just noticed these stats on the stardb signal viewer
nearly top 5% in total pulls and unluckier than most, wtf is that a rank luck especially lol
FINALLY JESUS CHRIST
i'm free to go cry about losing at least 300 cubes for this damn ship
slow raft
nearly top 5% in total pulls and unluckier than most, wtf is that a rank luck es...
meanwhile im in the top 30 percent for a ranks
rapid bough
i definitely didn't realize i was so unlucky on them lol
silver lining is that of the A ranks i've gotten, all of them have been dupes for ones i want
e.g. i have nicole c6, lucy c6, etc
so i've gotten the important ones
slow raft
i thought i was unluckier cause i still have quite a few of them at c0-3
but ofc sicne ive done like 250 pulls on zhu yuans banner i i have the important ones maxed
X
click on for you page
an absolute edluge of evelyn fanart
love it when this happens everytime a banner changes
stray bramble
Got a new tablet. God help me.
rapid bough
hoyoverse games see only 14gb and be like "weak"
stray bramble
AL In total is 20GB
old galleon
can probably cut that down a bit if you don't download 3d dorm shit
runic ether
hoyoverse games see only 14gb and be like "weak"
genshin smashing in at a grand 100 gb at one point
they managed to compress that shit to 75 not too long ago
stray bramble
can probably cut that down a bit if you don't download 3d dorm shit
The 3D dorm stuff is only 1GB
I think most of this is L2D stuff I didn't check
long tree
Dokkan player, can confirm digital puppetry using sprites takes a lot of data
Ten year old game, most of this is sprites
rapid bough
T-15 mins until evelyn breaks my heart
old galleon
here lies khaios' heart, shattered by that one ass shot of her never becoming his reality
long tree
I have manipulated fate to give you evelyn
glossy latch
:3
rapid bough
sigh
four lost 50/50s in a row, all taking 79+ pulls
i'm so tired boss
hoyo rates can get bent
welp
27 days left on the banner
gonna be scrounging for every last poly i can get
and if i don't get her, the guarantee is going to s.anby instead
glossy latch
34 rolls to hard pity
Should be entirely doable in 27 days
Kinda wish I got her now tho 😔
long tree
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
I may have lied
rapid bough
i now have neko c3
long tree
A tiny bit
rapid bough
I may have lied
sorry but i never believed you
glossy latch
i now have neko c3
Damn Khaios gets pussy
long tree
sorry but i never believed you
That's okay no one believes in me 
rapid bough
glossy latch
Also guess I level Nicole now
long tree
I gave you none of my luck cause I need it to pull gogeta in 4 days
I hope you understand
rapid bough
i do, there's only room for selfishness in gambling
slow raft
did a last pull for anchro with the tiickets we got today and got 2 of her
which is 2 more than i expected
rapid bough
god this has been a very rough day of gacha
old galleon
Top 10 Level 100 Servants of 2024:
1st. Space Eresh
2nd. CIEL
3rd. Aoko
4th. Phantasmoon
5th. Louhi
6th. Takeru
7th. Super Dantes
8th. BB Dubai
9th. Iori
10th. Sono-G
jp is cultured, i see
slow raft
Im p sure i have a few copies of that yea
i have indeed 6 copies of bashful
ist it better or worse than weeping cradle?
slow raft
> Top 10 Level 100 Servants of 2024:
>
> 1st. Space Eresh
> 2nd. CIEL
> 3rd. Ao...
based 9th place
glossy latch
At this point I want to try and get Evelynn today just to annoy Khaios for doubting my strategy
Jokes aside
Hope you get enough polys in time
rapid bough
At this point I want to try and get Evelynn today ~~just to annoy Khaios for dou...
i mean your strategy was specifically to end up with enough polys to guarantee her so i'd sure hope you can get her lmao
runic ether
that was 74 pulls though
rapid bough
wow must be nice to pull for something and actually get it
rapid bough
you already lost the 50/50 so i'd only be minimally annoyed if you got her today
at least you were as approximately as unlucky as me
you just had more saved
glossy latch
True
rapid bough
who'd you get from losing the 50 anyway
glossy latch
Ish
She generally does
But M2 is probably her weakest dupe
It just makes her do a bit more damage I think
Still good because I want her E6 eventually
runic ether
her e4 is nuts
old galleon
90++ seems fairly straightforward this time
i hope you have iyo : ^)
speaking of fgo, does anyone need the lb7 guide pinned anymore?
i assume most people already finished it
copper steppe
I think guy is a bit far behind?
old galleon
if so, i'll leave it up longer
long tree
Oh boy I get to make fun of guy for being behind now
Me when the ||
|| and the || || combine powers to || || and || ||
slow raft
X
runic ether
c1 qingyi improved my time from 23k to 27k
slow raft
just did 1.3 k damage with a single everlasting awakening
i apologize faust, i was unfamiliar with your game
slow raft
I forgot to do this until now so i did a quick run on auto
slow raft
I forgot to do this until now so i did a quick run on auto
You can really tell which squads i had prepared beforehand and which k let the game pick for me
rapid bough
4 off hard pity now
damn that's exceptionally unlucky
highest i've ever gone is 7 away from hard pity (83)
the ramping boost on soft pity is pretty significant, most of the time i get it at 79-80
rapid bough
You can really tell which squads i had prepared beforehand and which k let the g...
oof you definitely could've done much better lol, though i get you were auto'ing to rush
you finished in the top 30% though so you got a profile border, worth
wispy goblet
Just slipped in under 20% (unless the calculations update later)
rapid bough
nah everything should be final now that solo raid is over
glossy latch
Oh wait
Soft pity not hard pity
Oops
Im not that unlucky
(I have jinxed it now)
slow raft
oof you definitely could've done much better lol, though i get you were auto'ing...
Tbf, even if i tried hard i wouldve done like
15 percent better at most methinks
And those 100 gems arent that important to me
rapid bough
wtf does anyone else have this login event
rapid bough
for one, did not expect it
but the fact that it was helm threw me for a loop since i just got her favorite item yesterday
so i was thinking "do you get a free login event from finishing favorite items???"
wispy goblet
were it so (not at all) simple
rapid bough
i have so many questions about why this login event exists and why it's helm-themed
ARE THEY TRYING TO TELL US SOMETHING
oh it's because the two maids were the other two members of aegis squad
wispy goblet
Her two squadmates are the focal point of the current event
slow raft
Btw, how do favourite items actually work
old galleon
seems like master captain needs a lesson in critical thinking
wispy goblet
this is why you're still the subordinate
slow raft
Or rather how do you get then
rapid bough
upgrade purple doll to level 15 + get 30 affection -> do short side quest with nikke -> receive favorite item
then upgrade favorite item with 160 of the item parts
specifically 50 parts to level 2, then 110 to level 3
old galleon
i just put indivilia on auto and tabbed out since i can't stage 2 regardless yet, and this time they didn't even hit 4m damage
lmao
wispy goblet
You get maintenance kits for favorite items through an unlockable dispatch mission
rapid bough
3 per day 😭
need 160 to full upgrade a favorite item so basically 2 months worth of dispatches
wispy goblet
Right now I'm farming the random option
Instead of the targeted one
Maybe that's unwise
rapid bough
solo raid gives some but it's randomly distributed and i think it's coded to spread the items evenly
rapid bough
Right now I'm farming the random option
Instead of the targeted one
you're forever away from getting any favorite item so it's for the best
that's what i did with the season 1 items
wispy goblet
Maybe when I pull Helm I'll switch to targeted
slow raft
thanks for explaining, i understand now
gonna keep farming those drak itesm til 100 and then switch to the next unit i have
rapid bough
that's what i did with the season 1 items
i have like 250 of each of the season 1 item kits lol
the best ones are exia and viper iirc so they might be my next targets
but getting helm's doll to level 15 took all my regular doll maintenance kits
wispy goblet
I'm a little scared to start trying to level up purple dolls
glossy latch
Ok, about to hit soft pity
slow raft
#winning
glossy latch
Think Ill leave it at that
rapid bough
34 rolls to hard pity
how did you go from 34 rolls to soft pity to nearly at soft pity so fast
where tf you getting these polys from
glossy latch
Battle tower, uncashed in rolls in the shop, the click click event, and a few missions I hadnt done
Oh and a couple "free" rolls from getting duplicates past M6
Although the 34 rolls were to hard pity, not soft pity
rapid bough
so you actually meant hard pity in that comment lol
glossy latch
That one yes
rapid bough
that makes more sense
glossy latch
The 4 to hard pity was meant to be soft pity
rapid bough
soft pity is 15 before hard pity so you would've been 19 til soft pity, getting that number of pulls on demand from outstanding events/shop/tower makes more sense
glossy latch
Yep
slow raft
ssr mold yea
glossy latch
Ye I think Ill get to soft pity then call it a day
Im in no rush since I didnt prefarm at all lmao
rapid bough
stopping right at soft pity would drive me nuts lol
i would have to go for it once i know i'm on the cusp
slow raft
i still have that standard selector from new years
if i wasnt close to standard pity i mightve used it for helm
rapid bough
prolly would've been a waste, she becomes OP with favorite item but you're still a long way from that
slow raft
i mean yeah relistically i should use it for like
maid privaty
slow raft
ive been for like a month
glossy latch
Damn, not yet 😔
slow raft
oh hey, todays interception gave me both the final piece for alice and the final one for sbs
rapid bough
average anomaly kraken run
SBS carrying just a wee bit
looking forward to next patch when i can wishlist mana/pirate maids and try my luck with my 50+ standard tickets
i am strongly considering just pulling on rate-up for them though
getting a duo through the wishlist sucks ass
took me forever to get tia/naga and blanc/noir
so maybe i'll just target mast (since her banner ends when the patch is over) and wait to wishlist anchor
slow raft
i mean yeah relistically i should use it for like
maid privaty
The nikkes im missing for reference
rapid bough
fuck it i need a gacha palate cleanser after AL and ZZZ did me dirty
hopefully that cup won't runneth over to nikke
30 pulls in and i get a folkwang... wrong SSR 
nikke making me lose 50/50s too
glossy latch
Actually I might try one more roll on ZZZ
rapid bough
there we go, took 60 pulls (really 70 since i did a multi for fun when her banner started)
old galleon
gonna be like, wipeout twice, give gifts, and recruit
rapid bough
used all my vouchers though rip
had to spend like 1500 gems, what ever will i do with these 146k i have left
slow raft
true...
rapid bough
probably
old galleon
tho you might also have enough mileage for that to start with
old galleon
worth
rapid bough
and cindy/grave right before her
slow raft
i have 400 so im not too worried about the next few banners
rapid bough
that two month timespan had me spend 800 mileage lol
slow raft
i should probably set priorities on what skills to get to what point sometime soonish, noticing alot of 1/1/1 nikkes
old galleon
i spent 600 mileage for the combination of mlb rapi and a copy of sbs
not about to put myself in a crown situation for sbs since i coudl avoid it
rapid bough
i have 157 mileage now after pulling for mast
and enough gems to get nearly 500 more (plus whatever the pulls get me lol)
so i'm not too worried
that said, i do want to be prepared for the upcoming collabs
limited units are really the most ideal thing to be spending vouchers/gems on
old galleon
i have exactly zero interest in either the eva or stellar blade collabs
rapid bough
same here really, but my collector brain has to get the limited units
old galleon
the characters i expect to be pretty good but even then they just don't appeal to me enough to want to roll on right now
like here's how i see it
rapid bough
also helps that the eva units from last time (which are almost certainly going to rerun) are all very good
slow raft
same here really, but my collector brain has to get the limited units
this is also me
old galleon
last year also gave us double pilgrim at anni
those, and knowing there is a pretty good chance we see at least some overspecs
like i'm a lot more interested in them than either of the known collabs
rapid bough
i think overspecs are going to occupy the same slots pilgrims would be
so they'll be the new anni units
old galleon
whenever anis and neon overspecs drop i want to make sure i get at least one copy of each
to reunite counters
wispy goblet
I tell myself I will bank for the Eva and Stellar Blade collabs
but
old galleon
and then there's the possibility (albeit kinda cope right now) of little mermaid
gotta reunite cindy with her long lost colleague
rapid bough
it's cope right now but i would say the ending of the latest story chapter strongly implies we'll be getting some more lore on her soon in the current timeline
well, i say "soon" not knowing wtf they're planning next
rapid bough
point is that mermaid has not only been mentioned within old tales
(as of the most recent story chapter)
my theory is that she's one of the Sleeping Princesses alice introduces you to in... chapter 6?
she called one of them princess blue hair and the other princess yellow eye
blue hair could be hansel/gretel, yellow eye could be mermaid
old galleon
i would also take hansel, gretel, or both
wispy goblet
now hold on
old galleon
point is old tales reunification project must happen
wispy goblet
mans might be onto something
old galleon
||except red shoes, fuck red shoes||
rapid bough
point is old tales reunification project must happen
<insert "true" meme here>
wispy goblet
poggers Red Shoes next banner
slow raft
<insert "true" meme here>
rapid bough
thanks guy
wispy goblet
okay but when's the next Investigation addition
old galleon
tbh liberation is an awful mechanic and getting dupes is even worse
rapid bough
so it's currently in a bit of a limbo
old galleon
so yeah i'd like it if they reworked it
and while they're at it, buff the liberation units
wispy goblet
best I can do is favorite items
old galleon
i mean i wouldn't say no
rapid bough
favorite items could work if they used the opportunity to make getting dupes for them less shit
old galleon
as long as that comes with an overhaul of their dupes
slow raft
ok but what about second favourite items
old galleon
sounds like arknights : ^)
rapid bough
whatever they plan with favorite items, we'll have to wait another 6 months to find out
old galleon
oh right did you see the interview the nikke lore guy did with the counters vas?
was kinda neat
wispy goblet
Recently?
although I've never seen it regardless
rapid bough
oh right did you see the interview the nikke lore guy did with the counters vas?
i saw it was happening but didn't watch it
i do think it's awesome that all the VAs seem so involved with their characters
old galleon
just let me remember how to spell the guy's name first
rapid bough
especially anis's VA
there's a reason anis is in every goddamn livestream event they do lol
old galleon
slow raft
my fucking god do i need to actuyll do hollow zero with billy?
rapid bough
"leader" title fits all the work he won't be doing
old galleon
is that archer wearing a mask
slow raft
no, archer is gonna be added to hsr, wrong hoyo game
also, billy uses guns and we all know that an archer couldnt do that
old galleon
billy the kid noises intensify
idle grove
X
glossy latch
You didnt have enough faith 
rapid bough
i actually had nothing but faith since deciding to pull for astra lol
glossy latch
Well, you needed more then
Also damn, her W engine is such a big upgrade over everything else
rapid bough
may be a blessing in disguise that she didn't come home then, since i hate pulling for wengines to make a character feel close to optimal
weapon banners are/were a mistake
(note: this is just me coping, i still want her bad)
idle grove
X
glossy latch
Well, I've got a new character to build
Yay
Does suck that she doesnt have a great disc set for her
glossy latch
Thats the idea for now
But Ill see
Oh hey
Finally got Lingsha geared up
Got decent speed boots
Oh less decent than I thought
Eh theyll do
... now, how funny would it be if I got Evelyns W engine in a single 10-pull
long tree
...you know what fuck it
You got my luck do it for the funny
I got gogeta guaranteed anyway
rapid bough
ps5 state of play just announced stellar blade getting a nikke DLC in june
guess that's when the nikke collab will be too
wispy goblet
cross-promotion!
old galleon
guess that's when the nikke collab will be too
afaik this is speculation, but ye
i'd expect it around this time
rapid bough
it'd be absolutely diabolical for them to not release the nikke collab at the same time as stellar blade's DLC lol
old galleon
too bad i don't have stellar blade
rapid bough
especially considering they're made by the same company
old galleon
anyway, i will again note that i as yet have little interest in pulling on the stellar blade collab
tho i will admit the character designs seem okay
if it ends up being in june, i guess that's enough time to save up and still not get completely fucked in the event of a random anis/neon/little mermaid/hansel/gretel drop
old galleon
the welfare 50% one has pure atk and 20% np gain up iirc
long tree
genshin releases cow based characters
She eats a lot
She attacks by sitting on people
She is skinny
She dresses really strange
COME ON GENSHIN BEAT THE ALLEGATIONS ONCE PLEASE
runic ether
varessa is a flop
shes kind of ugly too
doesnt help that she does not have a unique model
she is the standard medium girl model (slightly chubbier thighs but not arms lol)
long tree
Why does she look so young? Why does have the least amount of clothes on out of every character?
glossy latch
Its amazing how meh the Natlan designs have been
runic ether
unvoiced
glossy latch
Kinich was good, the water lady was alright
The rest have just been miss after miss
long tree
First the sauna controversy now this, I'm gonna call it genshin got the gooner money from zzz and went "oh fuck yeah"
runic ether
i dont remember any controversy over the sauna
long tree
People got upset aether was in a sauna with 3 women iirc
long tree
Fair
runic ether
The rest have just been miss after miss
they frontloaded their best designs
at least we get skirk
long tree
I feel like between firefly and ZZZ there may be a hoyoverse push for more of these types of characters
runic ether
well thats vague
glossy latch
I mean its not even the fact that theyre hornybait
Its Genshin, a lot of their characters have been
Its that the designs are just kinda messy
There is no cohesion in Natlan
runic ether
yeah
glossy latch
You look at a Fontaine character and you see immediately that theyre from Fontaine
runic ether
cant convince me that iansan and varessa are from natlan
where is their overcomplicated and extremely advanced weaponry?
glossy latch
Natlan meanwhile has incredibly modern clothing styles
runic ether
and citlali
im betting ifa is gonna be more mesoamerican in style and also completely crash the look of natlan further
glossy latch
Like it feels like with Natlan they started designing characters without their nation in mind?
long tree
The mesoamerican graffiti style looks great but idk if it was worth this
runic ether
that was honestly very cool
natlan as a region is... great
the playable characters are the problem
glossy latch
I think Kinich works fine for instance
runic ether
the majority of the story is also pretty good
glossy latch
He's also quite modern, but there are still hints of mesoamerica in there
glossy latch
And hes modern in a way that doesnt terribly clash
long tree
I feel like the drill kid fits in
long tree
Forgot her name
runic ether
and ajaw is 8-bit
glossy latch
Like yeah, he's wearing basically a ... uh
What do you call it
Like a big jumpsuit I guess
But it doesnt clash
Oh yeah the Drill kid works well too
Kachina?
long tree
Something like that
runic ether
yeah its kachina
iansan fits too
as does citlali
you can make a case for ororon easily
chasca is almost there
long tree
Mualani is almost there imo
runic ether
yeah we mentioned her earlier
long tree
Ah my b
runic ether
mualani, kinich, kachina, iansan all fit easily
citlali and ororon too
chasca almost
and then everyone else is like
what
long tree
Mavuika is... Really badly designed
I get they wanted motorbike suit aesthetic but it just doesn't work
runic ether
just like her kit
u can do the motorcycle shit
like
imagine if we had seen ancient dragon vehicles
and then boom she comes in with the outfit later
long tree
Yeah if it was like a thing she wears for long motorbike journeys
Fair
Remember the leaked design for her
runic ether
they were too good to be true
which is crazy cus furina came out (lol) extremely well for her role
long tree
runic ether
i'd take the motorcycle aesthetic over a spanish matador outfit
runic ether
mauvika if she was from fontaine
long tree
What leaked design were you thinking of?
runic ether
nvm it was fanart
summer hornet
I know it's the name of the game but my mind still says "overcomplicated" looking at all the robes and sleeves crisscrossing
The general vibe is great though
old galleon
X
rapid bough
HELM SIGHTING
old galleon
helm
so this is why she got her favorite item
rapid bough
last eva collab featured marciana heavily and she got a gacha costume
helm incoming gacha costume confirmed
i'm only like half joking too, i've lowkey been expecting her to get one given how everything played out with her favorite item (the fact that she got one + the story and power level increase attached to it)
now she's also part of the eva collab? all helm all the time
old galleon
i woudln't be surprised
rapid bough
just noticed that this art has pre-red hood rapi in it, so i guess timeline wise it'll be before the events of chapter 34/footstep walk run
kinda wild that rapi's design in events she's part of will double as a timeline reference lol
and that'll be true of the other overspec nikkes as well once they start rolling out
ofc this is also a collab event so its place in the wider timeline doesn't really matter, but something to think of for any future event that features rapi or mihara or absolute (the only other nikkes with overspec designs atm)
old galleon
has any event featured mihara since wordless side story?
rapid bough
nope
old galleon
then i assume they're holding her back for something in main story
since her and yuni's situation is what it is
not sure an event can properly resolve that
glossy latch
Welp, lost the 50/50 in WuWa
rapid bough
we already knew this but official banner confirming it's limited, she's SSR, etc (obviously expected but yknow, more confirmation than we got in the stream a few months back)
and reminder she's also getting two skins, one is free
old galleon
free costume
trying to bait me into pulling her lol
rapid bough
if she's anywhere near as good as the first (base) asuka from last collab was, then you'll probably want to pull her anyway
old galleon
i mean maybe
on the other hand, being locked out of an entire section of game content leaves a bad taste in my mouth
plus i'm not that big into eva to start with and never even watched the rebuilds
rapid bough
on the other hand, being locked out of an entire section of game content leaves ...
not sure what you mean here
runic ether
hold on im now extremely invested in this beta
holy shit though her kit is so fucking good
bennett 2
tentative
she has 5 versions to go
old galleon
not sure what you mean here
unless i'm blind, there is no such thing as abnormal tower
so collab nikkes get locked out of manufacturer tower progress
rapid bough
ok you were referring to the nikkes, not yourself
wispy goblet
Are there enough nikkes and burst options to have an abnormal tower
rapid bough
technically yes, but practically no since
- all the B1s so far have been the free SRs from the collabs (misato, ram, pascal)
- obviously, abnormals are all limited so you'd need to be playing across multiple collabs to even get a team together
rapid bough
damn they dropping a bunch of stuff at once
wonder if it's because they just announced the stellar blade/nikke collab so they're making sure to get some stuff in the public eye
old galleon
wouldn't be surprised
wispy goblet
Dang
So I probably have four units I gotta chase during the Eva collab
rapid bough
probably
all 3 units from the first collab are quite good, but i think it ends up being asuka > rei > mari (though mari is 2nd best if you don't have grave, i know you do)
we'll have to wait and see how good the 2 we're getting in this upcoming collab are
wispy goblet
I actually don't have Grave
rapid bough
oh right i told you to not pull for her/use mileage since the new year's units would be more important (which was true)
then mari is indeed probably better for you than (old) rei
grave basically fills the same niche as mari (massive pierce attack buffer) but is better
summer hornet
https://x.com/nikke_en/status/1889826886315893020
Oh, they're specifically doing Rebuild versions of Rei and Asuka this time, that's interesting
Tbh it's a little weird because we already had Mari last time lol
But I guess it's just pre-2.0 finale and post-3.0
old galleon
first collab asuka being named "asuka shikinami langley" isn't an og eva thing iirc
summer hornet
Also they could have absolutely found a way to give us SSR Misato this time lmao
summer hornet
first collab asuka being named "asuka shikinami langley" isn't an og eva thing i...
You're right, I completely forgot that
That's on me
old galleon
no worries
summer hornet
Would be fun to return but I don't have bandwidth for it
old galleon
understandable
summer hornet
Might look up the event story afterwards; the first one was pretty average but it had some good moments with Misato and Mari
My brain wants to say Privaty was in there as well, but I think she was just involved in the school event they had literally right beforehand
old galleon
probably the best way to engage with it if you don't want to get back to playing
and ye, i wasn't playing when the first collab dropped so i wouldn't know
i started just before 2nd anni
X
lmao
copper steppe
do people still use picrew
torn harbor
I heard something about her being cardcaptor Sakura but a blonde
slow raft
"astra can now promote the store"
ininite money hack
versed pawn
I heard something about her being cardcaptor Sakura but a blonde
the does the cardcaptor staff bonk
torn harbor
Ooo
versed pawn
rapid bough
>"astra can now promote the store"
ininite money hack
i thought the same thing lol
it breaks my immersion that she doesn't 100x the store income just by being there
slow raft
just yapping
ok ive been wondering this for aa while now but am i misreading ceasars kit or does it not do what it says?
im under the impression that i could get the passive shield dimply by pressing the ex special button, the chain attack or the ulitmate
but none of these seem to give me a shield whatsoever
rapid bough
her shield is separate from the health bar, it's an orange bar that appears next to your character
versed pawn
slow raft
i sure do love clearing ice resitant stages faster with my ice dps than with the proper weakness
what an ignorant character miyabi is
fantastic banner
https://x.com/ArknightsEN/status/1889948178331664444
X
old galleon
reminder for azur lane players who care about which ship they want to get a valentine's gift from tomorrow to set your first slot regular secretary to that ship today
i have mine set to shinano this time
dull bridge
HOLY SHIT
I DID 1 TEN PULL IN CLASS BECAUSE MY CLASMATES HAD A BINGO BOARD WHERE I EXCLAIM LODLY ABOUT A GAME AND I THOUFJT MABYE I PULL A 4* BUT I PULLED THE COOL WOMAN!!!!!!
idle grove
I'm guessing at the start of zzz there's not really any need to actually like do team comp
dull bridge
misty
can i build aroun her ez
or do i rly need sunday
and just ignoreher for now
im kinda aggrivated cause now no jiaoqiu
runic ether
sunday is very important without him she'll feel worse than expected
dull bridge
sunday is very important without him she'll feel worse than expected
so worth building or nah, i have a fup team and a acheron team
for moc
runic ether
not really worth going super deep in a build yet
rememberance trailblazer is available for you to use yeah but
you'll still want a sunday for her
bronya works
but bronya not having the energy sunday gives hurts aglaea unless you aim for her e1
rapid bough
reminder for azur lane players who care about which ship they want to get a vale...
tough choice between alsace and NJ but i think i have to go with honey
old galleon
based
rapid bough
not being able to jump
niche criticism but honestly i get it, i am a jumping junkie (jumpkie?) in games that allow it in free roam contexts or whatever
and tbh i've never even thought about it in ZZZ lol
idle grove
it's just uh
me wanting to do launches and stuff that I could in dmc
and I just can't
glossy latch
Thats more of a WuWa thing yeah
runic ether
yeah its not the combo system that zzz wanted
astral drift
X
copper steppe
cute sith
old galleon
aighty i'm almost at level 200 for my nikkes
is there anything i should be particularly aware of once i'm forced to level the device?
digital marlin
not being able to jump
yeah its the same issue i had when i playede it at first
woops forgot to take off the ping
glossy latch
Hmmm
Pretty close to having a good Evelynn build ngl
Not quite 100% crit yet, and a crit W-engine overcaps
Would also take away discs from S11
slow raft
bashful demon is probably the better w engine over weeping cradle for astra, right?
the ice damage up is kinda wasted but it should give more atk
rapid bough
correct, bashful demon is by far her best non-sig wengine
slow raft
guess ill have to wait for rina to get any use out of this w engine
rapid bough
is there anything i should be particularly aware of once i'm forced to level the...
only thing is that you get +5 slots which are then filled by your top 5 nikkes that are forever locked in after the device changes, but you already know that since i know you've been planning around it
besides potentially planning around that, it's really "just another level" and forever after you'll just level the synchro device instead of nikkes themselves
old galleon
looking like my five will be rapi, cindy, naga, xlewd, and marciana still
technically i have a few other options but it doesn't matter that much (since noir and blanc aren't two of them)
wispy goblet
only thing is that you get +5 slots which are then filled by your top 5 nikkes t...
Is there any mechanical significance as to who the top five are?
X
old galleon
Is there any mechanical significance as to who the top five are?
absolutely not
it's all aesthetics
not like your top 5 get any gameplay perks for being in those slots
so you could have 5 nikkes up there that yo umlb'd and you personally dislike as characters, but they're your only options so you do it anyway
and it wouldn't change anything aside from maybe you wishing you could replace them with nikkes you like more
wispy goblet
this is a trap
long tree
Sabrina will hand you an empty container of chocolate
wispy goblet
poggers Dolla dupe from social pull
(this is unfortunately not very useful to me)
rapid bough
https://twitter.com/NIKKE_en/status/1890222513679904904
every time i see promotional art like this i'm always shocked they aren't skins
i've seen so many amazing outfits in promotional art that haven't been made into skins, it's kinda wild
give me that sakura skin shift up
rapid bough
first 10-pull after 50/50 sadness, still no evelyn
expected but increasingly demoralizing
tomorrow is shiyu reset which will probably get me another 10-pull (with some additional grinding of other poly sources)
noticed i was at soft pity on standard banner and did 2 pulls, got a second brimstone lol
probably not gonna enhance, just gonna keep 2 brimstones since it's just a very good generic attacker wengine
old galleon
god this was stupid
final boss of chapter 8 hard really shouldn't be hitting as hard as it does
rapid bough
X
next UR event is sardegna 
thank god for this dead week so i can build up my cube store a bit again
stray bramble
X
It's a spaghetti event
I finally managed to not accidentally delete the valentines day mail from secretary for the first time in 2 years
timber sigil
Groza making me question my loyalty here
slow raft
Yeah this 90++ setup did not quite work out
old galleon
thank god for this dead week so i can build up my cube store a bit again
Damn that means we're getting another event where Marco Polo does stupid shit bc she's possessed by something
slow raft
new permanent wallpaper spotted
start event
first conversation already has dialougue and vo mismatch
versed pawn
versed pawn
X
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo4_PeJp7F8 A Rank actually looks fun
https://x.com/anxientdesu/status/1890120634212212935 average danjin mains.....
X
glossy latch
... how do I not overcap on Evelynn
runic ether
roll more cdmg
glossy latch
Actually my solution has been "switch Harumasas engine to her and move some things around"
Now my Harumasa is like 6% short of 100%, but if I use Nicole hell get 100% anyway
(In fact hell overcap)
Tbh my Harumasa hasnt been doing too well anyway
glossy latch
Ok yeah my Harumasa is too weak
... or my Nicole
... what am I doing wrong with him?
glossy latch
Maxed out core skill, dodge skill maxed out, skill ultimate and autos are at level 7 or 8 iirc
runic ether
it might be your nicole
or your supports you use with him in general
also i went ahead and maxed his autos, special, and ult
or got near max on them
glossy latch
Yeah thats probably also a good idea, but I figured its not as high a priority
Still Im surprised, I didnt think Nicole could triple your damage or anything
glossy latch
I mean yeah, but that still seems ... like a lot