Gacha Chat

[runic ether]

you'll hit the 40k points in da

[rapid bough]

i remember hearing during astra/eve beta that there was some uncertainty about whether astra would even be significantly better than nicole or our other supports

turns out it really is the S rank support diff

[runic ether]

in theory

a super well built lucy at m6

the actual damage number differences are not that massive

but then

[rapid bough]

lucy is way more annoying to use optimally tho

[runic ether]

she isnt

kinda

[rapid bough]

related note: i still hate using lucy

[runic ether]

she has the longest uptime of the 4 stars

she gaps caesar in a lot of scenarios

[rapid bough]

they need to make one change to her and she'll feel so much better

[runic ether]

caesar ofc offers defensive value

and her uptime is longer

[rapid bough]

let her queue up her EX special flyball during other animations

esp her defensive/quick assists

burnice can do it, she should be able to as well

[runic ether]

that'd make her extremely free

it'd be nice

but lucy wouldnt need that buff

[rapid bough]

drives me nuts that you have to be like frame perfect on her animations to start her EX properly

[runic ether]

in any case, yeah like lucy is actually pretty comparable

but the big argument tho becomes why then would u not just use them both?

if you dont need the stun, why not use lucy/astra

or nicole/astra

soukaku is the only one that has aged pretty poorly

miyabi can use her as can harumasa but she takes up a lot of field time

and yanagi cant really use soukaku (and she also would want more field time in her own team)

[rapid bough]

soukaku is another support i hate using so i'm glad she's aged poorly tbh

her animations are soooooooooooo fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucking sloooooooooooooooooow

[runic ether]

hugo would use her... if lycaon and lighter didnt exist

actually

i think even then you'd rather on field nicole

ig for hyper budget hugo

[timber sigil]

https://vxtwitter.com/_Darthsoldier_/status/1901650243776651442?t=J7ye7NL7No6HL46rIVZqzg&s=19

[timber sigil]

Maki banner alongside Klukai is foul

[rapid bough]

wasn't this expected? they're adding her LNY skin, to do that without a rerun would be equally foul

speaking of, that'll be the first skin i buy in gfl2

i resisted suomi and sabrina swimsuit skins

i know for a fact that when we get springfield i'll be getting her dress skin too

apparently i have a type in this game lol

[timber sigil]

Formal wear?

[rapid bough]

i haven't really vibed with the tacticool or overtly fanservice designs like swimsuits yet

it's the designs that i'd describe as... idk, elegant? those are the ones that are getting me

(still with a healthy dose of fanservice ofc, i am ultimately a simple man)

[astral drift]

i should check my lidl

[old galleon]

was reminded that the outrage ce is available on the dantes banner, so i picked that up in a few tickets

now to keep saving

(outrage is a 4* ce with a 1 turn taunt effect on it)

[timber sigil]

post maint apolopieces

[summer hornet]

It's saved my skin a few critical times

[old galleon]

i have poster girl so i know the feeling

[long tree]

WHEN WILL GREATEST ESTATE DEVELOPER GET A PROPER COLLAB

[old galleon]

https://i.imgur.com/AM4FjXq.png

cleared out tales of arcarum shop in just a couple hours

if that

[idle grove]

yooo

https://vxtwitter.com/404_Griffin/status/1901947229276917873?t=jt_d1FLSanXjExJD-HZZIg&s=19

[rapid bough]

blessed

waiting for her GFL1 dress skin to be remade tho

[timber sigil]

Mosin got thigh game

[idle grove]

this skin is crazy good
https://vxtwitter.com/404_Griffin/status/1901941839961244145?t=n8nmemjRYWd4ge9-F7AMqw&s=19

[rapid bough]

yeah that's another skin i see myself getting

[glossy latch]

Am I going insane or is it literally impossible to max out Rinas core skill?

[runic ether]

it needs her w engine atm iirc

[glossy latch]

I mean, even with that

Youre 2% short

[runic ether]

huh you are

[glossy latch]

Right now Im at 58%, if I use Puffer Electro and her signature Id still only be at 70%

[runic ether]

bad news

astral voice is better for rina than puffer

[glossy latch]

Oh I k now, Im not using Puffer

Its just odd that her passive literally cannot be maxed out

[runic ether]

im sure we'll get another pen set

but yeah atm

cant

also im waiting on this week of beta changes for hugo before grinding shadow/phaethon for him and vivian

cus i have a feeling he will either go better on shadow with some changes, or he'll be a horomone punk merchant for the time

[glossy latch]

Tbh Im grinding Shadow for Vivian and Harumasa

If its good on him too thats just gravy

[runic ether]

leifa has it set as being his possible best set rn

mostly cus nothing else fits very well

[rapid bough]

yeah same situation as ovven

just on the shadow/phaethon grind anyway for harumasa + vivian

haven't gotten a single goddamn good shadow piece yet in like a week of burning all my energy on routine cleanup

though ik routine cleanup is 90% for dismantle fodder to turn into rolls at the music shop

[runic ether]

im pre-building hugo, vivian, lighter, and jane's material requirements i'll handle the discs later

[rapid bough]

not gonna go hard on that until i need harumasa

i don't want to commit to pre-building hugo/vivian's skill leveling mats yet since they change that shit in the beta too often

[glossy latch]

The only issue with using Hugo is

[rapid bough]

i should get lighter's stuff tho

[glossy latch]

Who do I use for a fire comp

Koleda aint as good

[runic ether]

its not that often

[runic ether]

fire?

[rapid bough]

she's still more than good enough to get 20k in DA or shiyu w/ evelyn

[runic ether]

hugo/lighter/support

[rapid bough]

oh wait you don't have astra do you

[runic ether]

could use lucy, astra, nicole

heck you could use soukaku

[glossy latch]

I do not

[runic ether]

her field time reqs arent an issue for hugo really

[glossy latch]

And if I use Lighter for Hugo I cant use him for Evelyn

[slow raft]

Oh fuck, tribbie banner ends tomorrow

[glossy latch]

And Im not gonna get Burnice

[slow raft]

There is no shot i get 60 rolls in that time

[rapid bough]

koleda still kinda slaps for eve

not as good as lighter but that's the standard vs limited S rank tax

[runic ether]

she isnt ideal but she does work

yeah

its not that she isnt as good as lighter raw, its that lighter is so much better at getting the stuns without optimal play

koleda in theory still has comparable stun times

but

you need to play her well

[rapid bough]

tbh i feel like lighter's biggest buff to eve is just the longer stun window so she can fit her big chain combo into it

koleda doesn't have that which is annoying

[runic ether]

ye

[rapid bough]

but you don't need the super long stun window without astra

[glossy latch]

Also its a shame lighters stun extension doesnt increase Hugos damage

[runic ether]

i think hugo would actually be extremely busted if it did

cus that'd be a huge jump for what, atm, is probably one of the most comfortable attack agents to run

also he is likely to be getting buffed

[glossy latch]

I know, but it wouldve been funny

Imagine if you could hit 8 digit damage numbers

[rapid bough]

holy shit i just realized something

i've been switching my s5 steam oven between koleda and qingyi as necessary and i definitely forgot to equip it on my koleda for this shiyu reset

[runic ether]

while it would be funny, i am glad this game isnt going far into the powercreep territory like hsr

[rapid bough]

i really S ranked shiyu 7 with astra/eve/koleda with a koleda that had no wengine

i was wondering why it felt like she was doing less daze than normal

now i wanna go retry and see how much i can improve my time, i think it was 1min42sec with gimped koleda

i hope to one day be like the pro gamers that get like 30sec shiyu clears but most of those people have dupes or sigs and are just flexing

[runic ether]

i've def gone into shiyu undergeared before when testing shit

i had astra on no wengine last time

wengine shuffling happened

[rapid bough]

currently my only wengine shuffle is steam oven between koleda/qingyi

i was worried i was gonna have to shuffle around brimstone but then i got a second one from standard banner

[runic ether]

i uh. got really lucky on qingyi when i went for her m1. i was like fuck it lets get p1 and i did

i only need one maxed out steam oven as a result

[rapid bough]

i hate pulling for wengines and i've sworn to only do so when i can afford it and there's a massive difference between a character's sig and free options

idt that's true for qingyi

[runic ether]

there wasnt i just said i'll do it in one and iirc it was

[rapid bough]

thus far i've only pulled for miyabi's, but i did have to strongly resist going for eve's too

[rapid bough]

prolly gonna get eve's on her next rerun if it comes at a time where i don't have a billion other things to pull for

[runic ether]

it was 30 pulls for her wengine

[rapid bough]

happy for you

[slow raft]

Must be nice

Halfway there

[runic ether]

slightly less actually

[rapid bough]

were you the one i was talking to during miyabi banner who has obscene weapon banner luck throughout all the games you play

[runic ether]

yes

specifically for weapons

[glossy latch]

Khaios every time I post my pulls

[slow raft]

Fwiw i cant tell if i have good luck on wepaon banners because i have a sample size of 1

[rapid bough]

at least i got luckier than you on actually pulling eve

[slow raft]

I am much more confident in my bad luck on normal banners in hoyo games

[rapid bough]

i will never forgive your luck on her wengine tho

[glossy latch]

Nyehehehehe

[rapid bough]

i guess i have a sample size of 2 if we count gfl2 which has hoyo rates on its weapon banners

i think both have taken me to soft pity, but i won the 75/25

[slow raft]

Another servant i will likely never use cause i have so many good avengers already

[glossy latch]

Tbh

In Genshin my weapon banner was atrocious

I had to lose the 50/50 twice and go past soft pity both times

For Arle

Wrios was a won 50/50 but after soft pity

[rapid bough]

i wish more games did what snowbreak does and have seperate free pull vouchers for weapon banners

you still use the same premium currency (like polys) for both, but vouchers are split between characters and weapons so you actually occasionally pull on weapon banners without feeling like complete shit

[glossy latch]

WuWa does that

[slow raft]

Whatever you say, my glorious beyblade king

[slow raft]

I have an even more radical alternative: no weapon banners

[rapid bough]

ok very true

[runic ether]

thats because i stole your crimson moon

[rapid bough]

weapon banners indeed suck and i'd prefer they didn't exist

3/5 of the gachas i play have them

i sorta don't count BD2 though because it's so generous i generally don't give a shit

there's more than enough pulls to go around in that game

[glossy latch]

Wtf >:[

[copper steppe]

he’s so fucking cool

[slow raft]

Speaking of cool, i also leveled my new grand caster

[copper steppe]

again, welcome to the club lol

[slow raft]

We already got the date for tiamat so my next goal is on the horizon

[old galleon]

i will fall not to motherly temptation, nor shall i fall to draconic temptation

(i say before i fold and use my remaining stock and get nothing)

[slow raft]

Godspeed argor

I havnt even decided what ill do for summer lol

[summer hornet]

I'm skipping Arcade for Summer

But the reason I can do that is because Setana is the welfare lol

[slow raft]

I technically have pity twice so i should be ablw to get something from summer unless im superbly unfortunate

[old galleon]

at this point i'm gonna be trying to hold for next year's summer, for reasons i've already stated

but forsaking s castoria and/or s skadi rerun will be tough, as will not going for s chloe for certain setups

such is my life

[summer hornet]

This is why you've been blessed with so many story banner spooks

[slow raft]

I need to look at my plans again but im p sure they end at draco

[summer hornet]

No plans for the next year and a half? Samurai Remnant, Mahoutsukai, Moon Cancer summer, anything?

[summer hornet]

Also what did you mean by this

[slow raft]

Well since i have 600 rolls

And the average for getting a 5 star is about like what, 100-150

And i want 2 servants before summer

[summer hornet]

Ohhhh

So you're not counting on hard pity

Or wait

[slow raft]

Im praying on no hard pity

But again, im not sure what i would want from summer

[summer hornet]

How much SQ do you have; pity is 330 rolls/900 SQ

[slow raft]

I have 200 tickets and the rest in sq

Technically like 1100 sq but i have a bunch of stuff where i could get more if i eat some apples

[summer hornet]

Naturally, I'm the same way

But dang, well done

[slow raft]

Well i did save for rasputin for almost half a year

Only to get him in 90 rolls

Or less even iirc

[summer hornet]

That's all it takes

A W paves the way for consecutive dubs in the future

[slow raft]

And then i caved for kukulkan and taigong wang because i am that easy to sway

Speaking of dubs

The free 10 pull got me there

[idle grove]

any GFL fans

peak is on sale

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[summer hornet]

I STILL have zero collab units so far aside from Senshi

It's killing me

[old galleon]

today's freebies gave me y de la fille and a sariel summon dupe

this just minutes after i resumed my dark m3 farm

i think the game's trying to tell me something

[slow raft]

https://x.com/Mlickles/status/1902038350103720212

Mlick (@Mlickles) on X

welcome to rizz academy

X · Mar 18, 2025, 4:44 PM

[summer hornet]

Worst rolls I've ever had on a Spark lol

But on the other hand, I REACHED THE SPARK

Grand Zeta is MINE

[old galleon]

not grand ewiyar
as befits the master troll cat

SHE DEMANDS FLOOFS

[summer hornet]

I already had Grand Ewiyar lol

This was just the cat's way of reminding me to not neglect floof time

[old galleon]

but did you have 2 of her weapon?

[slow raft]

https://x.com/Marian3njoyer/status/1901897613273706746

Marian Enjoyer (@Marian3njoyer) on X

Weird Nikke update

X · Mar 18, 2025, 7:25 AM

[honest pawn]

nice pickups

[old galleon]

og ilsa is kinda whatever

basara is decent tho

good weapon too, tho i'd not invest in it unless you know what you're doing

[honest pawn]

unfortunately he's a light and I have sandy so

[old galleon]

why is that unfortunate

[honest pawn]

because I will only use my wife

[old galleon]

why can't you use them both together

[honest pawn]

I guess he can go in my backline but my lineup rn is nehan grand light sandy lu woh albert and I forgot the last 2 I have

[mortal iron]

https://fixupx.com/ZenlessWorld/status/1902077094365974970

[wispy goblet]

Of course the golden arches would endure even in a dystopian future

[honest pawn]

oh here

[summer hornet]

How soon would you spark if they added Faa-san

Out of curiosity

[honest pawn]

who's that

wait do you mean lucilius

[summer hornet]

Yeah lol

[honest pawn]

I'd have to steal your credit card

but knowing my luck I'd pull him within 20 rolls

[summer hornet]

Glad to know I cracked the code lol

Like that's not a bad team, but also it's

Pretty blatant lol

[honest pawn]

all incredibly bishonen characters, no females in sight

yep, this is true granblue fantasy

the only gacha game on the market where I can have these many cute boys

[long tree]

And then they are used to play a game with the monotony of doing taxes

[summer hornet]

Imagine if taxes had autobattle

[honest pawn]

that's called turbotax

[old galleon]

wasn't there a vn where you could do your real life taxes

[long tree]

Yeah

[slow raft]

https://x.com/CEOofCastorice/status/1901495703433531860

daily castorice :3 (@CEOofCastorice) on X

ALL I NEED IS ONE PULL JUST WATCH

X · Mar 17, 2025, 4:47 AM

[summer hornet]

[slow raft]

i think i might just have to 90+ this dgo event

[summer hornet]

I've been slacking on the grinding for points

Needing to do the grind for story (and vice versa) is killing my progress

[runic ether]

theres genuinely no reason to go for anything but e0s0 atm

and v5 is wording changes

[summer hornet]

Do we have any more definitive info about the global buff

[versed pawn]

Stays probably didn't seem they even back down once from it

[runic ether]

yeah they are probs leaving it in unless a global pushback during the livestream happens against it

honestly idc for it unless the passive affects end game

free revive also changes little. it'll be to watch out for tho if they add say a speed passive or an atk passive

speed is fucky

cus it can make certain characters unpullable

if you speed tuned characters around certain sets or thresholds

[summer hornet]

It’s mostly the precedent that worries me

And endgame applicability

[runic ether]

yea thats what i said

possible worry if it works in end game modes

and if they introduce better passives

a free revive changes very little

your end game remains basically the same

[timber sigil]

https://x.com/wwm2007/status/1902141880038760547?t=hjSZCKXZlh0Dfij_yByq-Q&s=19

wwm2024 (@wwm2007) on X

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어.....

X · Mar 18, 2025, 11:35 PM

Pour one out for this skk chat

[wispy goblet]

I don't get it

[versed pawn]

He bought Standart banner tickets

[summer hornet]

oooof

[versed pawn]

[rapid bough]

i have to hope that's fake because it causes me physical pain

[mental acorn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=270k1dmMo0s

insert OH MY PCCCCC soundbite

giant reed nukes are so funny

[old galleon]

a harmacist in her natural habitat

[slow raft]

https://x.com/kokoda_wa/status/1902149830811820273

尾城 (@kokoda_wa) on X

X · Mar 19, 2025, 12:07 AM

[slow raft]

I FORGOT TO TAKE FIREFIST GREGOR ON MY MD RUN

[old galleon]

it's okay, just play tenki

[rigid pilot]

I caved... but I was never punished

I got Mydei and Huohuo back to back

[runic ether]

now to get you to pull for phainon instead of castorice

https://tenor.com/view/evil-grin-evil-smile-smirk-haha-gif-6403290434734800133

[rigid pilot]

I still have like 80 pulls left over and Penacony to go through...

[runic ether]

and amphoreus

by the time you'll be done, you're probs gonna have like 2-3 patches of story to do in amphoreus

also why huohup

huo^2

[rigid pilot]

Her event won me over 😭

The fyxestroll garden

It was cute

And Mr. Tail is great

[runic ether]

fair

tbh that does solve your sustains for the most part

lynx + huohuo

should be enough

just get gallagher to replace lynx

and ur good

[rigid pilot]

Hopefully

Also I got four copies of Xueyi

I'm one off her 6th Eidolon

Might build her then

[slow raft]

Oh yeah, uodate from my part: did not get tribbie
Shouldve knonw that that was gonna happen, since i only got 50ish pulls in after the failed 50/50

[runic ether]

rip

[rigid pilot]

How do you build Mydei btw

[runic ether]

make him thicc

[slow raft]

Now i either go for cas, a good rerun or wait for stay night

[runic ether]

he wants a lot of hp

imo

cas can be quite demanding on your units

and her damage at e0s0 is actually quite good now

so it is worth it

buuut

she isnt impressive

did you get therta?

or aglaea?

[slow raft]

Both

[runic ether]

shes worse than both

[slow raft]

Yeah but i am not pulling for strength

[runic ether]

fair

you do have a guarantee but

saving it all the way to the fate collab?

they may be evil and put it with phainon

[slow raft]

Yeah but idc about that dude so

[runic ether]

oh i mostly meant the timing

as in it'd be 3.4

which is quite a while off now

[slow raft]

How many months, 6? I can deal with that

[runic ether]

6 just about

[slow raft]

Yeah no biggie

[runic ether]

[rigid pilot]

It's just Saber and Archer right?

[slow raft]

I think so?

[rigid pilot]

They won't give us a surprise Herc or Lancer?

[runic ether]

from what we know it is just saber and archer yea

[slow raft]

Sasaki as the first 3 star

[runic ether]

maybe we get a skin

[slow raft]

Ill probably cave before that for a rerun of some sort

[rigid pilot]

Are there even any dragons for our regend?

[slow raft]

Especially if its one lf the supports im missing

I hear amphoreus has one

[runic ether]

you are literally trying for castorice because of the dragon

[rigid pilot]

I MEANT. As enemies to be fair.

[runic ether]

oh

then

also yes

in amphoreus

[rigid pilot]

Oh. Duh.

Wait but it's Greek themed

[runic ether]

that didnt stop them

[slow raft]

Sasaki kojiro when he sees that damned charmony dove: "eh, close enough"

[runic ether]

https://tenor.com/view/sunday-hsr-star-rail-charmony-dove-gif-323700708566112776

[rigid pilot]

I can't wait to be in on this meme. Easily the most important part of understanding HSR.

[astral drift]

https://x.com/ddwiyong/status/1902376878524014737?t=dqERSCNedleDX69RiMOvBg&s=19

[summer hornet]

I was ten pulls away from hard pity, took all of my reserves in every category

But I finally got a collab unit (aside from welfare Senshi)

GODS

I don’t think I’ve ever had luck this atrocious in Arknights lmao

[slow raft]

i remember the first siege collab

i hit soft pity twice

and get kltist at roll like

118

and at first i was upset

but then i realized that that was actually good

still wouldnt wish that on anyone else tho

and still not as bad as my wisadel escapades

[summer hornet]

I don't remember what my halfway spook was, but it definitely wasn't Kalsit tier lol

Unfortunately

[old galleon]

so the eastern mythos final boss is certainly a boss of all time

after you kill its first hp bar, for every character that did at least 1% of its max hp, they get a stack that reduces their power and int by 9,999; it's unmitigable and unavoidable

so yeah, that's fun

(it has 4 hp bars)

and 1% of its max hp is very low; it has a bit over a billion hp, so 1% of that is in the 10m or so range

which is absolutely trivial to reach nowadays

the intended solution is clearly to keep a second dps in the back and swap them in afterward

[long tree]

No chilchuck?

[old galleon]

but good luck surviving

[long tree]

Iirc he’s the best unit of the collab

[summer hornet]

nope

No Laios or Chilchuck

[long tree]

Yikes

Iirc laios is the worst

[summer hornet]

Tbh I'm not that concerned lol

It's Laios, in Arknights

Arknights isn't the kind of gacha where I couldn't use him because he's .5 below the top tier

[long tree]

He’s like

Actually awful iirc

[summer hornet]

He'd have to be 1-3* levels of awful for me to not use him

And even then I'd still use him in the rouguelite mode

[mental acorn]

he frightens enemies he's too funny to not use

[long tree]

He do the dog impression

[old galleon]

spent the better part of this afternoon figuring out this fight in another eden

i finally did it but it was absolutely miserable

easily one of the top 3 worst fights in the game imo

after shade alter force and ice fields master

kaputnik's also in that conversation but he at least feels kinda fair

[wispy goblet]

should I be spending my residue signal and fading signal on extra pulls
or are there better things to spend it on

[rapid bough]

you tend to get more fading signal than can be spent on purely pulls, but you should buy the 10 monthly pulls (5 standard, 5 rate-up) with it for sure. i like burning excess fading signal on the limited dennies too (don't buy the unlimited dennies)

residual signal should only be spent on pulls, and specifically the rate-up ones (encrypted master tape) at that

[versed pawn]

Which is funny the limited Dennys cost as much as the unlimited Dennys

[rapid bough]

yeah but the limited dennies have a reasonable spending cap lol

whereas if you don't know what you're doing with the unlimited dennies you could just blow all your fading signal

[glossy latch]

So close to finishing Harumasas gear (again)

Like 2% crit rate off >.>

200% CD tho

Ok yeah given how my Nicole is underbuilt and I dont play Harumasa that well, getting 15k on DA tells me he is pretty strong now

... also god I will actually have to build my supports in Genshin >.>

[runic ether]

which ones are lacking?

[glossy latch]

Easier to ask which ones arent tbh

Ororon is probably the most built one

[runic ether]

more than bennett??

[glossy latch]

I just need to upgrade his talents more

Oh no, Bennett is more built

[runic ether]

also hope u get iansan. she is literally bennett 2

trading some raw atk buffs for scroll of cinder city

at least building her is easy

tho i argue in genshin most supports are

[glossy latch]

Granted Bennett doesnt really care for much past weapon no?

[runic ether]

some er maybe

hp is nice as can be a healing bonus circlet

but otherwise yeah just weapon + er

iansan is similar

only she cares about raw ark%

*atk

so atk/atk/atk

if fav lance a crit circlet can be nice

sucrose is em/em/em

[glossy latch]

The only issue I have with Ororon is that I dont know if I have a great weapon for him

[runic ether]

fav bow

[glossy latch]

FGM is kinda ... eh

[runic ether]

yeah thats better on an on fielder generally

or fischl since she snapshots

[glossy latch]

Of course she does

But yeah I need to up Ororon a little, Chevreuse a lot, Bennett a little, and then everyone else quite a bit

[runic ether]

chevy is also p easy

unless you are chasing a 4pc tenacity

40k hp and thats kind of it

[glossy latch]

Maybe Xiangling too

[runic ether]

well

xl is a dps

now no longer the 3rd best pyro dps! shes now 4th and shes still bis in more than a few teams

[glossy latch]

Dehya doesnt terribly matter since she just applies pyro

XQ is another one I need to fix up

[runic ether]

dehya is another hit 40k+ hp

xingqiu is also a dps

but 60:120 is more than enough

[glossy latch]

Rosaria ... would've been, but now I dont think Id use her

Idk who I would use for Wrio tho

[runic ether]

u got citlali?

or xilonen?

[glossy latch]

Nope

[runic ether]

or shenhe

uhh

oh lanyan?

[glossy latch]

Nope and nope

[runic ether]

wrio/bennett/xl/lanyan?

[glossy latch]

Dont have Lanyan (not built for sure, and I might not have her period)

[runic ether]

sucrose it is

[glossy latch]

My main issue is that Wrios team kinda feels like it overlaps with Kinichs

Otherwise Id do like, Wrio, Benny, Pyro (?), Emilie

[runic ether]

iansan can replace almost anyone in kinich's best team

ie: kinich/pyro/pyro/iansan

bennett is easier on wrio

but u can use iansan with him

[glossy latch]

I guess I can run Burnmelt Wrio when I dont use Kinich

Also I should fix up Alhaithams team, but I cant remember wtf his team even is

[runic ether]

aggravate or quickbloom

haitham/fischl/electro/flex

either healer + furina

or 2x electro + 2x dendro

[glossy latch]

Im guessing the healer isnt Anemo since you cant swirl Dendro?

[runic ether]

ideally not

kuki or yao^2

is preferable

dori can work but eh

ehhh

[glossy latch]

I do have Yaoyao

Guess Ive got those to build again too

And I need some better artifacts for Alhaitham

He and Navia are the only ones that arent top third in Akasha for me

[runic ether]

not the best measure buut

iirc, akasha for navia is extremely competitive

[glossy latch]

Although I am slowly working on getting Navias signature set

[runic ether]

a good build may not be in top half

[glossy latch]

Everyone else is like top 14% or better, which is good enough

[runic ether]

[glossy latch]

Although I do wish Haitham had a better sword

Poor guy is still on a 3*

[runic ether]

harbinger if it was made today would have been a 4 star

[glossy latch]

I suppose

Eh, Ill see

Will say, man Genshin is kinda annoying to gear and upgrade stuff in

Especially day-gated domains

[runic ether]

day gated needs to go for sure

other domains is fine but time gating them is dumb

we had an event last patch where they removed it

[summer hornet]

Sus, sus, super sus, sussier sus

Absolute dork, absolute drama queen (and also an idiot, mostly affectionately- like Sharpay and Usopp had a daughter), great siblings, unbelievably based take

Not much further than this, paused at the bit where I need to meet up with Lyney again - ||to get the reveal of how the magic show works, so we can try to prove him innocent. Love the amount of detail going into this case, but also… I don’t think there’s much chance of us beating the odds here lol. Not only is the case already stacked against Lyney, but FURINA is stacked against Lyney. Girl is literally physically incapable of telling an audience “no”, and it means that we have to not just prove Lyney innocent, but also make it entertaining for the audience. And THEN we have to get Ms. Third Coming of Sharpay (like SERIOUSLY) to accept a flat-out defeat||

||It’s interesting to have an antagonistic Archon again, though in a very different way than Raiden- she was hands-off but determined to see our demise; Furina is hands-on but doesn’t really care about us specifically lol. Though given the initial introduction at the docks… maybe someone was already whispering in her ear to make her paranoid about us?||

||also seriously, my gosh- CHILDE. I assume he featured in quite a few events between the end of Liyue and now? Because the Traveler going Kaeya levels of buddy-buddy with him was unexpected lol. But everything about his appearance here was wonderfully ominously foreshadowing. Training in the Abyss as a kid, Hydro Vision malfunctioning (I thought it was Furina actively hijacking his Vision at first)… Dreaming of a giant sea monster, in the city where “all the world’s tears” converge, and then giving US his malfunctioning Hydro Vision… he’s the physical manifestation of a Chekov’s Gun rn||

[runic ether]

childe is the main character

[simple wind]

did not put "battle cats x baki collab annoucement" on the list of stuff i expected to see today but here we are

[dull bridge]

so trueeeee

whoops

replied to wrong person

[stray bramble]

https://x.com/munmun_zatta_39/status/1902531253909532694?s=19

むん🥀♛ (@munmun_zatta_39) on X

#過去作でどれだけ伸びるか無言でチャレンジ見た人もやる

X · Mar 20, 2025, 1:22 AM

Disney made the red queen hot and I've been suffering the consequences ever since

[slow raft]

Oh, is the tw gacha treating you bad?

[idle grove]

O shit

spoilered for klukai's skin but we get a lot of treats damn

Oh I love this

[rapid bough]

first order of business

second order of business

and third order of business in 50 pulls (thank god i finally won a 50/50)

extremely close to just buying another planeta copy for klukay

switching my one copy around between tololo and her seems annoying as shit lol

and sharkry

[idle grove]

No klukay

[rapid bough]

how many pulls did you have to drop on her right away?

[idle grove]

oh like 30 but still

after my reissi experience I'm expecting nothing

[rapid bough]

what was your reissi experience

[idle grove]

used up like 15k collapse pieces and only got her v0

[rapid bough]

[slow raft]

https://x.com/IHeartFixers/status/1902569040561750206

Don 𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴xote (@IHeartFixers) on X

X · Mar 20, 2025, 3:53 AM

[rapid bough]

ugh old azur lane event clear time always sucks

letting you 3* new event stages on the first clear was one of the best QoL changes they ever made

going back to old events where that isn't possible blows chunks

[stray bramble]

I do like it being 1 tap clear

but I miss reading the story as you went

[rapid bough]

first clear of D3, don't even have it 3* or 100%

it is simply that easy

also got scylla on my first 10-pull, hoping my luck holds and i clear banner quickly

my cubes can't take getting nearly to UR pity twice in a row

getting scylla reminds me that i forgot to get her skin during rafaello event, rip

[stray bramble]

https://x.com/variasii_/status/1902680266851733877

Varia.sii - CFXX (@variasii_) on X

🙁

#ドルフロ #少女前线 #GirlsFrontline #GirlsFrontline2 #GFL2Exilium

X · Mar 20, 2025, 11:15 AM

UR into UR rerun

is diabolical from manjuu

[rapid bough]

imagine how it feels if you don't have thousands of cubes stocked already

rafaello nearly took me to pity

if implac does the same i am absolutely cooked

[stray bramble]

I hit Rafaello 1 from pity

[rapid bough]

did you do an extra pull to get a free dupe lol

[stray bramble]

Ye

Now I'm back to 1989 cubes

[rapid bough]

that is like triple the highest amount of cubes i've ever had

i'm currently at like 310 after rafaello ate nearly 400

really hoping this banner blesses me and i clear it within the ~40 free build tickets

[summer hornet]

Wait

You change teams for each chamber of floor 12? Or am I reading that wrong?

[runic ether]

you can

not in one run

but you can

this cycle was overall kind of easy though at least for my roster

raiden was overkill and i didnt even bring arle

[honest pawn]

https://x.com/Potential319048/status/1902614868668068212?t=nOZQX_FNJuiNKNxjrscWiQ&s=19

Potential Man 45. (@Potential319048) on X

//Oh.

X · Mar 20, 2025, 6:55 AM

OMG

https://tenor.com/view/library-of-ruina-roland-black-silence-roland-particles-we-agree-gif-17385947598225432405

[timber sigil]

So for the new GFL2 event they're doing some sort of Web campaign thing

https://gf2exilium.sunborngame.com/springgachapon/?xrndj_code=876612934

[idle grove]

is Aphelion just chapter 9 lmao

only just got on to actually play so I didn't realise

[slow raft]

||https://x.com/FuckDevyatDaily/status/1902673046374088879||

[runic ether]

hate when that happens

[slow raft]

🫡

[runic ether]

based

i believe u can 3 star pompey but ig rewards matter way less after 6 anyways

[slow raft]

i was trying for an hour for 2 stars and barely got it

im p sure i need some better gear perhaps

[rapid bough]

are you a pro gamer who knows evelyn's big chain combo

since that's where most of her damage is gonna come from

[summer hornet]

Yatima's a good snag at least

[wispy goblet]

tried Evelyn out in the demo-roguelite-thing
she feels pretty good
unfortunately it will be ten thousand years until her rerun probably

[rapid bough]

evelyn is hella fun and has a high skill cap (and is also insanely hot but i digress), but trying her out in the roguelike hollow zero demo is probably a bad sample

in the sense that trying any character out in that roguelike mode is a bad sample

since the gear you get in it can change how a character plays pretty drastically

[wispy goblet]

I see

[rapid bough]

that said i am a certified evelyn stan

so i approve of playing her anywhere

also i do think she'll get a rerun sooner than you think

she's part of a 2-character faction with astra who she also has strong synergy with, and astra is dummy strong

[wispy goblet]

smh I'm a fish on a line at this rate

[rapid bough]

that means astra is a prime rerun candidate

and that also means evelyn is a prime candidate to rerun alongside her

that said, she (and astra) released literally 1 patch ago

so i wouldn't anticipate seeing them again for the next like 6 months lol

i just think it's unlikely she'll be forgotten and consigned to rerun hell since she's attached at the hip to a very strong character who's likely to rerun early/often (as far as reruns go)

[wispy goblet]

well, one collecting step at a time

[runic ether]

eve is genuinely more popular than astra

which helps for reruns

[rapid bough]

they cooked too hard with her design to leave her forgotten

[timber sigil]

Yep

https://x.com/StillHazoDDD/status/1902790430338801978?t=T52PNQaVh0GBC4kp70YeSg&s=19

Hazo (@StillHazoDDD) on X

It's one of the most important days of your life can you look serious FOR ONCE

X · Mar 20, 2025, 6:32 PM

[runic ether]

this is my "problem" with zzz and im glad they havent been doing it like they do for some characters in other hoyo games

they cook hard for practically all characters and im always glad to see them again

i really liked in sanby's agent story trial bits where she goes around talking to yanagi and ellen and such interconnecting the world

it doesnt feel like only we know them, it feels like they all gradually meet each other and start befriending each other which reasons why they would work on commissions together

[timber sigil]

https://x.com/YZsFerrari/status/1902896799112634722?s=19

Ferrari (@YZsFerrari) on X

Happy Aphelion release day for Girls Frontline 2!
In commemoration, we remember one of G11/Mechty's all-timer quotes towards 416/Klukai.
(G11 MOD3 Story - Early September, 2064)

X · Mar 21, 2025, 1:35 AM

[timber sigil]

https://fixupx.com/variasii_/status/1902680266851733877

Varia.sii - CFXX (@[email protected])

🙁
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FixupX · Mar 20, 2025, 11:15 AM

[late canopy]

[versed pawn]

damn he dead

[rigid pilot]

I have now successfully drained the Xianzhou Luofu of every last bit content (I believe)

Honestly overall I liked it. It was quite good in the end especially the second half story with Hoolay and Feixiao and the Wardance.

The character I liked most I met in this world has to be Boothill though. I guess he is someone I was supposed to meet in Penacony. But I met him in the Wardance and he has what the kids call aura.

Still the only character I dislike so far is Yunli. But she was fine in the actual Wardance story

[timber sigil]

chat do I go with the EOTech holo or Ultradot Pan AV Red Dot for Klukai's 416

[rapid bough]

co-op without an early failure condition... trying to smile through it all

[runic ether]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Zenlesszonezeroleaks_/comments/1jgfg7v/172_hugo_changes/

1st character to actively want 2pc/2pc/2pc

raw buffs overall tho he does want a bit more field time

https://www.reddit.com/r/Zenlesszonezeroleaks_/comments/1jgeqbx/172_vivian_changes/

vivi is going to be really good too

[rapid bough]

they just did it again

[timber sigil]

sleepo beepo the same as ever

[rapid bough]

not a fan of the trend in ZZZ where sig wengines project as major upgrades over free options

can't say i'm surprised since that's how they make money

but you could comfortably pass up early sigs and not really notice a huge difference

[runic ether]

its the same in genshin as of late

[rapid bough]

but it feels like basically every sig for the past several character releases except for astra have been massive boosts

[runic ether]

ye

the f2p options are great though

[rapid bough]

both viv's and hugo's wengines look nutty, idk how any free option is even gonna come close

[runic ether]

hugo's is a massive buff the difference is: unlike eve's or sanby's engine, it isnt as useful outside of hugo

thus points against it

if it was like sanby or eve where they were super good generalist, it'd be a nice option but now its just not worth

same with vivi

the og version of it was just broken broken

[rapid bough]

maybe but tbh i think that's a very minor point, why are you pulling for a sig if not to use it on its associated character lol

[runic ether]

hard to get standard character wengines

and im sure a lot of harumasa players didnt get a chance at sig if they were also gunning for miyabi

or they are interested in pulchra's wengine too in this case

its not the biggest point but it helps in case you get dupes or in case you dont run 2 atk characters in a cycle for da/shiyu

at the very least the f2p options are still great

also hugo and vivi's material changed

hugo needs dance shoes what a diva

[rapid bough]

i mentioned that here lol

[runic ether]

so glad i waited on my pre-farm

and glad we have burnout to knock those out extra quickly

i had forgotten pulchra's core skill mats but i did them all in 1 day p much

https://www.reddit.com/r/Zenlesszonezeroleaks_/comments/1jgi1vt/172_hotfix_hugo_core_passive_multipliers_changed/

more!?

i think i'd be fine if they released vivi and hugo like this. maybe some wengine nerfs that get translated to their base kit

thats the one thing thats not so much in line with genshin where sigs there are often a 15-20% increase but in zzz they can be up to and often are 30%

completely fine on the f2p options but it can feel way more noticable

also the special effects on wengines is genuinely cool idt u need to sell power for them

[rapid bough]

yeah this is ultra stinky

especially in a game where the characters are so fire that i want basically all of them

even at the best of times i never want to pull for a weapon over a character

but this game is full of more characters i want to pull than i have pulls to fund them

and it feels pretty shit to lose a huge portion of damage because the game is set up to basically make you have to choose between a weapon or a future character

like it's ultimately not a huge deal because i still comfortably 9* deadly assault and S rank shiyu 7 with my mostly sig-less roster (e.g eve who benefits massively from hers)

so it's mostly unnecessary optimization

[runic ether]

the place i can see it though

is if they release a character thats like

[rapid bough]

but the thing is that i like optimization and min/maxing so being significantly pull-gated on a massive stat boost is booty

[runic ether]

5-10% off full clearing da or shiyu

and sig is the way to do it

[rapid bough]

it mostly harms people without complete rosters

esp no miyabi/astra since they're crutches

once your roster is full enough i don't think missing a sig will ever cause enough of a difference that you miss a DA/shiyu clear

[runic ether]

the good thing is reruns but yeah ideally there are no "must pulls"

[rapid bough]

there's also something to be said for optimizing elsewhere

like an optimal disk set is worth as much or more than even the strongest sig wengine

but some people CBA to play the RNG game of disks

so the sig is like a crutch

[runic ether]

i just personally hope that the game doesnt jump towards hsr levels where some characters and kits are just not complete at base

and e1 and e2 are massive bait pulls for some characters

[rapid bough]

harumasa kinda feels that way tbh

his c1 is a huge QoL

[runic ether]

qol is fine cus u can skill past it

mydei in hsr recently

he just dropped

he is honestly pretty busted

he has insanely good multipliers

but he has an auto battle mode

like a berserker rage

he auto targets enemies and such

e1 turns that into full aoe

so it doesnt matter who he attacks

and buffs it too

its beyond a simple "oh this is qol" its

locking the full power of his kit

into his e1

[rapid bough]

yeah that sounds shit

[runic ether]

on top of the fact that he has no other weapon available bc he scales on hp

his class (destruction) has a single weapon that scales off hp

and its another limited 5 star

[rapid bough]

thankfully no ZZZ char is really like that yet but i feel like it's bound to happen eventually

[runic ether]

it hasnt really happend to genshin or honkai impact 3rd

[rapid bough]

adding dupes to the optimization problem is even worse than sig weapons lol

[runic ether]

and zzz is more akin to those games

though hi3rd's powercreep is on another level

but thats more a circumstance of lore than anything else

[rapid bough]

guess we'll see. i intend to get sigs and dupes for characters i really like (right now that's just eve) but i might have to set a rule for myself to save that for reruns

[runic ether]

basically i dont want to see a mydei situation where hes "really solid/good/meta even at base but is astronomically broken at e1"

i'd rather we keep getting harumasa style qol

or even gameplay changes

like getting a stunner or support to become a dps

[rapid bough]

yeah i'd prefer if dupes were either QoL or an optional way to invest into characters you like to keep them relevant for longer

[runic ether]

i'd like to see anom character mindscapes to expand on their role ie: give them off field potential? or support potential?

this is how genshin does it overall

its rare to see raw power increase off their constellations

usually qol stuff

[rapid bough]

like i'm sure we'll get a fire DPS agent that's stronger than eve at some point, but if i can get eve's sig and a few dupes she'll likely still outperform a brand new agent without sig or dupes

[runic ether]

past the 2nd, its the ones that are meant for whales to have fun

[rapid bough]

and that lets me use her for longer which is nice

[runic ether]

yeah

thats what should be ideal imo

the same way eve didnt powercreep 11

or lighter koleda

we should (hope) that future characters in the same class dont powercreep others

[rapid bough]

with the exception of void hunters that seems to be the case

[runic ether]

void hunters excluded from this bc it would be massive flavor fail if a voidhunter is getting gapped by some guy

also im thinking we know our 2nd current voidhunter being yixuan

[rapid bough]

she was getting glazed big time during the gepetto tutorial mission lol

[runic ether]

ju fufu saying "her master is strong enough to crush geppetto" when miyabi couldnt kill off nineveh and geppetto being stronger makes me think shes our next voidhunter

[rapid bough]

ju fufu might've been glazing her master a bit much tho

[runic ether]

of course

lol

also miyabi was still not using her blade's full power vs nineveh

she only unlocked that after chapter 4

*5

[rapid bough]

yeah what she pulled vs bringer slicing a whole hollow open is probably enough to hurt nineveh now lol

[runic ether]

also i'd like to see a voidhunter thats a supporting role

not a raw dps

[rapid bough]

a void hunter support would prolly be the closest to a "must pull" agent possible

no way they wouldn't be a massive power multiplier for every team

wait til we get enough agents for a full void hunter team and they just kill DA bosses in like 30 seconds flat

[idle grove]

finally

[rapid bough]

https://tenor.com/view/girls-frontline-2-gfl2-gfl-klukai-hk416-gif-2876623830108503159

vroom vroom

[stray bramble]

Khaios

Have you seen Mogador's new skin

https://tenor.com/view/toy-story-medical-school-med-school-gif-11958955

I saw it and thought of this

[runic ether]

true but maybe split them

[rapid bough]

i have

that is definitely a relevant gif

i already have mogador's swimsuit skin so the jury is out on whether i'll get this one

need to see its interactions

[stray bramble]

HOLY SHIT

I just seen

Franklin

It was funny when Sheffield was canon no pan

but it's like every other ship now

does it

[rapid bough]

what does this mean

[stray bramble]

Sheffield canonically in both the game and anime

does not wear underwear

[rapid bough]

ah.

[stray bramble]

Like Guam you can clearly see both sides and she's not got anything on. and it's becoming a trend with ships to have it be obvious

[rapid bough]

so we keep winning, gotcha

[glossy latch]

[versed pawn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyS25ZH6RnI

[timber sigil]

@rapid bough @idle grove would y'all hate me if i said i've won 3 klukai 50/50s in a row

so i have her at v2 now

[rapid bough]

only thing that would make me not hate you is if you kept winning all the way to v6 and put her as your support unit for gunsmoke

[idle grove]

my hammers are ready

[rapid bough]

i still have like 20k pieces for more klukai pulls if i want

[idle grove]

I was ready to go v6 but I don't think I have it in me

I have 0 pieces lmfao

[timber sigil]

Speaking of Klukai I've had the same opinion since GFL1

[rapid bough]

but i'd have to get obscenely lucky to make it worth

[timber sigil]

But I really don't understand why she's so beloved

[idle grove]

I'm just saving for v1 vector now

[rapid bough]

just gonna save for mechty/vector/springfield

[idle grove]

her design is good and people like tsunderes

[timber sigil]

Makiatto is the better tsun

[rapid bough]

is klukai really a tsun? she's not shy about her affection is she?

if anything she's openly possessive lol

i have no opinion on her yet since i didn't play gfl1 and have yet to play the new event story

but her design is cool and she seems like a ride or die dork

what's not to love

[rapid bough]

this interaction tells me all i need to know

[timber sigil]

I never meshed with her since GFL1 but I'm hoping this event story can make me change my opinion on her

Backstory wise she was only a part of 404 because M16 kicked her off her squad for disregarding her orders and for bullying UMP45 + UMP40 at the time for being less advanced units

I had a whole write up for a friend of mine about Squad 404 prior to Belka/G28 and Andoris joining

[idle grove]

I would love this skin in gfl2

[timber sigil]

Vector's legacy costume is her Halloween one as one of the customisation options in her second GFL2 costume

[timber sigil]

Though one thing I do like about Klukai is her dynamic with Mechty

Originally she saved Mechty before Mechty was fitted with a Fire Control Core from being kidnapped and sold off, then helped her get repaired, but once she learned Mechty would go back into society doing her previous job as a maid she advocated for her to stay with herself and UMP9/45

So in a way she's Mechty's mum

OH and also she's the entire reason in universe the VA-11 HALL-A collab in GFL1 even happened

She got so shitfaced that an entire alternate universe was made in her neural cloud where copies of Jill, Dana, Alma, Sei and Stella were created and had separate lives to the originals

[stray bramble]

CN censors for AL get funnier every event

cause I've just seen their art for Santa Fe

[long tree]

Finally he's mine

[mortal iron]

wait a sec gokai yellow voicing varesa

now i gotta summon for varesa

[runic ether]

alright. okay i guess.

[glossy latch]

RIP

[runic ether]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Zenlesszonezeroleaks_/comments/1jgp7xw/hugo_boss_art_got_updated_via_donut/

a bigger ass in the boss icon

oh hes arching his back more too wh

[rapid bough]

damn hugo what you doing out here with all this ass

[runic ether]

"vivian, i'm trying to ambush phaethon. but the sound of my ass cheeks keeps alerting eous"

[idle grove]

https://x.com/Ruru_Berryz/status/1902631669313507623?t=G40nTKXPSjlMrlr3Ym-4Tw&s=19

Ruru | MoePop (@Ruru_Berryz) on X

Reverse Studio introduces the 1/8 scale figure of Jefuty from「Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery」.

⊹ Pre-order start soon!
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#Reverse_Studio #逆向坍塌面包房行动

X · Mar 20, 2025, 8:01 AM

[wispy goblet]

https://x.com/lovelive_sif_gl/status/1750407445552480274

Love Live! School idol festival 2 MIRACLE LIVE! (@lovelive_SIF_GL) ...

【Global Launch Notice】
We are excited to break the news to you that the global version of Love Live! School idol festival 2 MIRACLE LIVE! is launching soon in February 2024.

However, we also want to inform you that, the Global Version will close its doors on May 31, 2024, and

X · Jan 25, 2024, 6:37 AM

Well
At least they told you when it was closing

[slow raft]

https://vxtwitter.com/bisexualheathcl/status/1902811055451148357

[wispy goblet]

augh I missed a whole day of co-op raiding

They gotta make it more obvious when it's running

[slow raft]

https://vxtwitter.com/compactorking/status/1903021211560579341

[slow raft]

https://x.com/Tokaoioi1/status/1902991967753212155

To-ka_oioi (@Tokaoioi1) on X

景清 #FGO️

X · Mar 21, 2025, 7:53 AM

[rapid bough]

now that i'm using koleda with some regularity (alongside evelyn), can i just say i love how hard her VA goes for her ult lines

"STAND STILL LET ME BEAT YOU INTO THE FOUNDATIONS" is a bar

split decibel pool + ults is still the best change they've made since the launch of the game

just think of all the ults we would never see if not for that change

i'm a sucker for good ult voice lines, can be as important as a good animation/impact frame

other favorites are:
rina's "kindly... fall into despair"
evelyn's "your journey... ends with me"
jane's "here's a taste of the abyss"
anton's "STRAIGHT TO THE EARTH'S CORE"

in other news, new nikke teaser (not spoiled for NSFW, just because it's a teaser)

appears to be a chef who's... chubby? 👀

commander doll is scared for his life too, which means one of two things

1. her cooking is worse than emma's
2. she's down awful and real SKK is in danger

or i guess it could be both

[old galleon]

a gacha game character not named jinako carigiri with love handles
i'll let her burn the kitchen down if she has to

[rapid bough]

nikke has toyed with chubbier designs like elegg and anis before but if this teaser art is any indication, they might be going fully in on it

we shall see, gooner gacha gamers are a fickle bunch so it may be too bold a move

[wispy goblet]

pretty sure commander hiding just means the new nikke is horny for him

unrelatedly
pulled 30 times for Trina because I had liberation quests to pull
nothing

what are the best uses for monochrome

[runic ether]

11's old va saying "flames... obey me!" went hard

[rapid bough]

buying skins or converting to polychromes

but don't convert them 1:1, there are some packs in the shop you can buy with monochrome that give you a 1:1 conversion + some extra goodies that you may as well buy

[runic ether]

usually limited to once or twice yea

[rapid bough]

they're limited to once and they keep increasing in cost (and therefore poly conversion)

i think they're level 10, 20, 30, etc. packs

but they give the same amount of polys as normal mono->poly conversion plus some extra leveling materials and dennies so you may as well get them if you were gonna turn your monos into polys anyway

i'll be saving my monos from the monthly pass up until i either need the poly infusion or see a skin i want

[rapid bough]

your liberation quest definitely did not require you to pull 30 times lol, you madman

i always just used social pulls to complete those missions

same for the weekly "do 20 pulls" mission, since if you get your 30 points/day that's 210 per week so just enough to spend on 20 pulls for the weekly every time

free 10 pulls babyyyy

gfl2 bros stay winning

tank ms klukai

[timber sigil]

lose a 50/50 to sabrina then immediately do another 10 pull

damn I may not like her much but she sure seems to like me a lot

[rapid bough]

how many pulls do you have sheesh

[timber sigil]

my paycheck this week was pretty good

is all i'll say

[rapid bough]

[timber sigil]

jesus christ

[idle grove]

https://x.com/MurderCube/status/1903238390616564154

SOP2 Junya's Canon Dad (@MurderCube) on X

This reminds me of this old meme. Ironic how it's 416 who is now the one with the "bullshit skill" lmao FULL CIRCLE

X · Mar 22, 2025, 12:12 AM

[wispy goblet]

Oh no it didn't require me
I just saw the mandate to pull and went for it

[stray bramble]

https://fixupx.com/AzurLane_EN/status/1903446574610452640?s=19

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FixupX · Mar 22, 2025, 2:00 PM

I love the gremlin energy in the intro

Those eyebrows are insane though.

https://tenor.com/view/doctorwho-twelve-petercapaldi-attack-eyebrows-gif-5047545

[slow raft]

https://x.com/yziyiling/status/1901722797506019723

Ling (@yziyiling) on X

#Feixiao 🐺❓

X · Mar 17, 2025, 7:50 PM

[slow raft]

https://x.com/Gacha_Zone/status/1903245561936920811

Gacha Zone (@Gacha_Zone) on X

Best team for each element

X · Mar 22, 2025, 12:41 AM

[long tree]

The other DPS should just get motivated tbh

[slow raft]

incredibly, my 50/50 win rate continues to be almost even in zzz

[runic ether]

[slow raft]

it feels so good to not have to go to pity twice to get a character you want, is this how yall have been living all this time?

[runic ether]

yes

well sometime

[rapid bough]

fire weak? miyabi. physical weak? miyabi. electric weak? miyabi. ether weak? miyabi. ice weak? miyabi. ice resistant? believe it or not, still miyabi.

[rapid bough]

that was not how i was living for i think 4 straight banners until eve

and even on eve i lost the 50/50, i just lucked out and didn't need pity afterward, got her 21 pulls later

[slow raft]

its really funny how i am enterally devoid of luck in hsr but in zzz im such a luck sack

[rapid bough]

i am going to need some major 50/50 luck to leave next patch with all of lighter, vivian, and hugo

and my priorities will be in that order

i'll call myself lucky if i get 2 out of 3

[slow raft]

above 50% winrate on 50/50s,got s ranks before pity multiple times

[rapid bough]

i guess it's not confirmed yet that lighter is rerunning, but i know everyone assumes he is lol

too perfect of a time not to rerun him

[slow raft]

yea

[rapid bough]

you use up all your bad luck in another game so you get lucky in ZZZ

that's definitely how things work

[slow raft]

[rapid bough]

overall i think my luck in ZZZ has been about even amounts of good and bad

when i first started i was insanely lucky

multiple won 50/50s in a row, one even well before pity iirc

then i hit a really bad streak of being taken to soft pity twice for each character 4 times in a row

and it would've been 5 in a row if not for eve blessing me before pity

[glossy latch]

My luck in ZZ has been ... decent lets say

[rapid bough]

gacha gambling is definitely a "rich get richer" ordeal because if you save up a ton and get lucky, your savings only grow so you need luck less to get by

[glossy latch]

Still not gonna risk pulling for Burnice in case I will miss out on Hugo or Vivian

[rapid bough]

i probably would've been in much better shape for sanby/trigger if i didn't have that stretch of 4 chars that needed like 160 pulls apiece

[rapid bough]

oh i forgot i also got miyabi's sig in this streak and that took me to weapon soft pity too

thankfully i won the 75/25, i may have actually cried if i lost that

[slow raft]

same

[runic ether]

yea this is where im at too

i love the little gooby

but i fw mockingbird, jane, and lighter way more

and sanby... is not a huge upgrade if at all to harumasa

[glossy latch]

Pretty much

[rapid bough]

i'm not even sure whether i'll use burnice ever again once vivian comes out lol

[glossy latch]

Vivian I want for Jane, Hugo I want for the animations

[rapid bough]

for fire weak stages i'm locked to eve

and vivian prolly replaces burnice in jane's team

[runic ether]

burnice (atm) is better gor jane than burnice in sheets but vivian has such massive potential that its hard to look away

you know, it'll be interesting if we get an on field anomaly support to have burnice + vivian combo

[rapid bough]

that'd be fun

sadly disorder internal CD makes 3x anomaly teams kinda booty

[runic ether]

3x anomaly has cooldown issues so thats not ideal but a support to carry off fielders may be cool

could make it a defender or actual support

seth almost fills that role if it wasnt for his short field time

[rapid bough]

also seth can only buff one of the theoretical 2 agents which is a bummer

[runic ether]

also im hoping hugo and eve get a chain attack focused disc drive

[rapid bough]

i'm honestly surprised there's not one yet

justice for my stun/chain attack abusers

[runic ether]

literally

ig we'll see but yeah they are both very lost when it comes to discs

im p set on grinding phaethon/shadow but i'll be giving hugo woodpecker/branch

eh maybe i will do 2pc 2pc 2pc

should perform about as well

[rapid bough]

i'm grinding lighter's mats atm since he's the only character i'm sure i can get lol

i'll catch up on viv/hugo if i luck into them

once i'm done lighter's mats it's back to the mines for phaethon/shadow, currently want shadow for harumasa but phaethon for a theoretical viv is nice too

[rapid bough]

i keep typing this and realizing his rerun isn't confirmed so maybe i should stop jumping the gun so much

but surely they don't pass up the opportunity

[slow raft]

well, i was grinding disks for mutiple characters but i have just acquired a reason to not do that for a bit

[rapid bough]

[runic ether]

he was announced 2nd half

err

leaked

but he is 2nd half

ig this means u can gamble on vivian and if u lose, u can guarantee lighter

[rapid bough]

ah shit i should've expected he'd be 2nd half with hugo since viv is first half

uuuuuuuuuugh that sucks

assuming i don't get obscenely unlucky i should have enough pulls by then to get viv+lighter

i currently have about 170 pulls

wait no i can't math

idk where i got 170 from lmao i fucking wish i had that many

i have about 110 pulls

we still have the rest of this patch and next for polys + 2 monthly resets for 10 + the login event that gives 10 every patch

which is quite a few extra

i wanna say that's like 250 pulls when all is said and done

(bearing in mind that i buy the monthly pass for significant extra poly income over time)

i told myself i would stop buying the season pass because i don't really need the leveling mats or wengine anymore and the pull value is just sorta average compared to buying monochromes straight up

but i may pick it up just for some extra safety

[timber sigil]

https://vxtwitter.com/YZsFerrari/status/1903464804653609278?t=qkTMrFvziKQW8fdYwmWPFQ&s=19

[rapid bough]

rt

[summer hornet]

if only

[summer hornet]

I cannot play ZZZ but I wish I had some of that

[summer hornet]

FGO got me like that rn

Saved up 1000 for one character, got them in 100, which let me stock up to 1200 for the next char...

Currently at ~1500

[runic ether]

4 liner with 3 useful substats and 5 crit rolls

[glossy latch]

Jesus

[runic ether]

this means my hu tao is not actually that far off from a coveted 100:300

[glossy latch]

Bloody hell

Also I have realised that ... somehow my Harumasas disc set is almost perfect despite the new set having come out this patch

Genuinely just need like 2 more crit rate rolls somewhere to get to 75% over 200%

[runic ether]

i have gotten a single good piece out of that entire set across both

ohh wait shit actually because im playing her with xianyun, hu tao has 101:272 right now

[glossy latch]

Ive got I think 2 with all rolls going into crit stats, and 2 with half the rolls going into crit stats and the others into ATK

No wait, 1 of the latter

1 is the weak one, which is the crit damage disc with only one crit rate roll and nothing useful otherwise

If I can get a good one of those, hes basically all built

[runic ether]

[glossy latch]

No idea what to make his team though

Nicoles crit rate buff gets kinda wasted if he has perfect stats

[rapid bough]

it's fine to waste since 95% of nicole's power is her DEF shred anyway

[runic ether]

haru/stun/nicole is great

obvs preference to qingyi

but anby works well

koleda can work? but rotations with her are weird