Gacha Chat

[orchid elbow]

I can't download it on Chrome Web Store, apparently.

[rapid bough]

paging @old galleon

[slow raft]

Its not an app, its just a website you visit

[orchid elbow]

i see

[old galleon]

there are apps you can use to play it, tho i typically wouldn't recommend it

for what i'd say is the best experience, use a chromium browser and play it in-browser

next best is skyleap browser on your phone, which may require using something like qooapp to install depending

if you can wait a few months, youc an play it on steam, which would let you duck the whole "use a japanese site like mobage or dmm to make your account' thing

[rapid bough]

breaking in the new year right

i've got a mold pulling frenzy to go on too

[old galleon]

looks like a bunch of resources for the maid stockpile

[rapid bough]

@timber sigil @idle grove next doll is lewis

figured it'd be lainie tbh

[old galleon]

keeping in mind the above, if you want to play it right now (instead of waiting for the steam release in march), you can go to https://game.granbluefantasy.jp

this will take you to the game's home page, but it'll initially be in japanese

you can follow this guide https://gbf.wiki/Creating_an_Account

which should help you create your account

[rapid bough]

also next neural key expansions are peri and lotta

also also lewis and sharkry covenants

[old galleon]

added a link to account creation to the gbf post since there's someone interested in starting it

[timber sigil]

O shit

[wispy goblet]

1k polys came in

[rapid bough]

7/10 of my nikke lobby screens are bursts from gacha skins (nayuta, scarlet, SBS, rouge, mermaid, naga, marciana)... god help me

RRH's poll skin is also there, but i don't count hers since it was free

currently no room for helm's gacha or red hood's poll skin, since the other 2 are reserved for s.rosanna and s.mary bursts

shift up i am begging for infinite slots

[mental acorn]

canto 9 ||cannot wait for her to meet don https://fixupx.com/misg1111/status/2006376287015981426||

제육볶음 (@misg1111)

올해가 식기 전에 그려왔소

**💬 5 🔁 452 ❤️ 4.0K 👁️ 24.8K **

FixupX · Dec 31, 2025, 2:45 PM

||very scrungly creature||

[runic ether]

||the yap session will be legendary. i bet she'll be friends as we kill each other||

[astral drift]

Happy new year gachafiends

[rapid bough]

i've been glancing at the YSG and eve main subreddits recently and i guess reddit saw fit to suggest some of the other "X mains" subreddits to me

one popped up just now that was not like the others

r/pipebombwife for grace

also happy new year from the american east coast

[wispy goblet]

pushing a little farther
improved my Hunter score with Cauldron on Yixuan and better play by 6k or so

[runic ether]

ghfjkhgkjfh

the carnivalll

https://tenor.com/view/rage-emoji-rage-gif-2922587064166244739

[slow raft]

Exhausted? Tired. Want rest? Hungry. Want out?

[runic ether]

udjat outis just instant killed someone at 0 sanity with her s3 rolling 2 tails on the coin

this is a sicko id

we broke sinking by giving it 4 new ids that all deal like 150 damage on command without set up

[mental acorn]

are the butlers dead now

[runic ether]

yes and no

[mental acorn]

[runic ether]

the thing about the butlers is that echoes of the manor is still really good

and it also does stack with new outis

in theory? i'd run butler faust + udjat outis

[mental acorn]

oh that's cute

[runic ether]

in practice? index faust is kind of fucking strong

i think the fact that butler faust has always had pretty mediocre clashing doesnt help... and there are ways to apply echoes of the manor without them

but they are not nearly as practical

corroded bygone days ish for instance

good but not as practical to fire off

this does mean that it can be content dependent on who/when to run them

though in practice...

index faust

just really damn strong

overall rather easy conditionals to meet the mark of the prescript to get some extremely good rolling skills

the sinking is mostly flavor but sinking app hasnt ever really been a big issue for the tea

ignorant damage for free

[mental acorn]

alright guess I might as well go gambling then

[pastel bear]

happy new year guys

in more important news

[runic ether]

happy new years (its not new years for me yet)

[pastel bear]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY FAVORITE SINNER

https://x.com/niyuliu/status/2006390062846799901

NIYU (@niyuliu)

#LCB1
🎉🎉🎂🪶🎂🎉🎉

X · Dec 31, 2025, 3:40 PM

BEING BORN ON NEW YEAR'S DAY IS SUCH AURA

[runic ether]

yi sang has really good moments in part 1 of canto 9

[pastel bear]

man

now I gotta finish 7 and 8

[runic ether]

hes such a cutie

[mental acorn]

you do

[runic ether]

also being fr

index faust and udjat outis have put the nail in the coffin

solemn lament > spicebush

definitively

they work much better with solemn lament as has hanafuda ish

[old galleon]

castoria, is that you?

[pastel bear]

nevermind I just read logres' bio

[astral drift]

https://x.com/marutisuto/status/2006418875660062949

赤佐棚(赤さん) (@marutisuto)

え？こいつは結局なんだったの？

X · Dec 31, 2025, 5:35 PM

[pastel bear]

wait did we get a 2026 upcoming servants silhouette banner

[old galleon]

global got one, yes

in the dev diary

[pastel bear]

did someone post it already

[old galleon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MQr3yXNgmA

[pastel bear]

oh so we didn't get one for

japan

[old galleon]

i haven't seen one for japan

doesn't mean it doesn't exist; i could have just missed it

[pastel bear]

don't we usually get them around this time

[old galleon]

iirc yes

[pastel bear]

uh oh

[astral drift]

[silver osprey]

https://x.com/umamusume_eng/status/2006546043341836590/photo/1

Umamusume: Pretty Derby (@umamusume_eng)

📅 January's Release Schedule is here, Trainers! Here's what you can look forward to this month.

#Umamusume

X · Jan 1, 2026, 2:00 AM

Oh

Oh January is hell

[glossy latch]

Yao Guang drip marketing is out

... why does she look like Feixiao

[runic ether]

not too much at all?

feixiao has a sharper face and eyes

yao guang isnt amazing tho

i do like the peacock theme tho its funny its a male peacock

[glossy latch]

Also poor Sparkle is second half huh

Guess they're still trying to come up with a new name lmao

[runic ether]

the sparkle incoming

[glossy latch]

Sparkle, the

Also God my WuWa pull plans are cooked if Aemeath is actually a negative status character

[silver osprey]

Ah Yostar didn't forget to translate the new years voicelines this time

[long tree]

Fellas this is your uma reminder: she is approaching rapidly (Christmas oguri in 5 days)

[copper steppe]

saber getto

(and helena)

[silver osprey]

I'll have to skip for the ramen junkie

[versed pawn]

this man did 17 hours nonstop for that shiyu stage just to clear with anton

[rapid bough]

certified bro moment

[rapid bough]

time to break in the new year with a mold/social pull frenzy in nikke

can't remember the last time i got more than one SSR from a social multi

it is time

off to a great start with the purple molds

final report:

130 socials - poli, ninja delta, moran, clay, arcana (5/130 = 3.8%, above the 2% rate)
14 purple molds - emma (1/14 = 7.1%, way below 21% rate)
3 elysion molds - d:kw (1/3, below rate) + maid anchor from the guaranteed elysion mold
3 missilis molds - admi (1/3, below rate) + tia from the guaranteed missilis mold
3 tetra molds - dolla, leona (2/3, above rate) + bunny alice from the guaranteed tetra mold
2 pilgrim molds - snow white (at rate, also a fitting pull to get right now)
13 access records - mana, rosanna, ninja delta, alice, blanc, bunny milk, flora (7/13 = 53%, below 61% rate)
2 guaranteed gold molds - pepper, bready

the mana copy from the 13 access records was actually my first copy, one of the few nikkes i didn't have yet lol

and to round things out, 200 mileage down the drain

[slow raft]

https://x.com/ovrbrd_nina/status/2005246283657925001

nina (@ovrbrd_nina)

jane doe to alice thymefield

X · Dec 28, 2025, 11:55 AM

[mortal iron]

i hate windtrace

[rapid bough]

i will never understand why nikke takes awesome full res CGs and compresses them to dogshit quality, and for good measure even on PC they throw black bars on both sides of the image as if it's a mobile display

(this CG looked way worse in-game)

[old galleon]

||please give our deuteragonists some real upgrades||

||snow is a good start, now give us the rest shift up||

also that cg (as shown here) is based

[rapid bough]

||with scarlet and rapunzel set up for full body replacements it's pretty easy to anticipate they'll get theirs in future||

||doro is off on her seventh existential crisis of the week but i gotta assume she'll get hers once she has that "come to jesus" moment too||

[old galleon]

||yes, but ark politics dictate that it's likely gonna be a pain in the ass||

[old galleon]

||inb4 people complain bc it won't feel "earned"||

[rapid bough]

it do be

i really do wonder if we'll ever get playable lilith

[old galleon]

she's like olga marie in fgo

big break glass for deep into teh story type

[rapid bough]

they're not shy about giving us playable "past forms" since we have all of goddess squad's original forms

[old galleon]

i think it'll happen, but it won't happen anytime soon

[rapid bough]

but lilith is definitely different in a lot of ways, both in terms of story and how her character has played out

[old galleon]

for comparison, olga was introduced in literally day one of fgo, took her until the 10th anniversary to get a playable form

[rapid bough]

oh boy lol

as much as i like nikke, i kinda hope it's not still running 10 years from now

[old galleon]

and their circumstances, while not identical, are relatively similar

[rapid bough]

well, 6 years from now i guess

[wispy goblet]

the legendary twenty-year story plan:

[rapid bough]

please god no

[old galleon]

prologue took 3 years, so maybe

[rapid bough]

i struggle to imagine any universe where the story isn't a convoluted mess if it runs that long

[wispy goblet]

the writers have explicitly said they have twenty years worth of plans, if not material
might have been a joke, but prologue was three years long....

[rapid bough]

they pulled a vinland saga

[rapid bough]

they've also been pretty honest about changing direction when they feel it's necessary though

[wispy goblet]

hey
Dragon Ball has been going for over twenty years, right

[old galleon]

close to 40

dragonball started in the mid-80s

[rapid bough]

dragonball, noted for not having a convoluted story and universe

[old galleon]

me, watching dragonball episode 1: the fuck you mean this turns into some space epic

[summer hornet]

TIL that operators have New Year’s dialogue in Arknights

And naturally, Mylnar is a wet blanket about it lmao

[old galleon]

GRAVEL MENTIONED

[summer hornet]

I got jumpscared by a Gravel kiss as soon as I opened the game

[old galleon]

based

[silver osprey]

They did last year as well but Yostar forgot to translate half of them

[summer hornet]

SMH

At least they did the job right this time

[summer hornet]

(I am team Platinum, if I had to choose. But still, 🤝 )

[old galleon]

platinum is also good

did she ever get an alt?

[summer hornet]

She has not

[old galleon]

rip

[summer hornet]

Her only costume is a so-so swimsuit that’s mostly just thin sheets of cloth

[old galleon]

wait she's had that since like year 1

[summer hornet]

yeah

[old galleon]

wth lol

[summer hornet]

Bison of all characters got a costume for the first time a few weeks ago (in global)

[old galleon]

cn game blacklisting her original va so hard they don't even give her character a crumb of goodies

[summer hornet]

They what the what now

Her VA got blacklisted?

[silver osprey]

She probably didn't get an alt bc the Kazimierz arc is over

[old galleon]

to be clear this is a joke, but her original va was ai kayano

iirc she was in a video at a shrine that chinese people associate with war crimes committed by the japanese military, and it caused a ton of backlash

[summer hornet]

Jeeez

[old galleon]

this was a while back so i don't think i remember everything, but that's the broad strokes of it

anyway, all that backlash resulted in her voice being replaced in certain chinese-produced games

arknights and azur lane i remember getting hit by it, at least

[summer hornet]

This is like the fifth time that I’ve heard about CN/KR-JP relations breaking down over stuff like that

[old galleon]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_surrounding_Yasukuni_Shrine

there's a goddamn wikipedia article about all the issues it's caused lmao

[summer hornet]

https://x.com/xuansanming/status/2006748438315368496?s=61&t=7tWIxbOdxNC_-wEw2U-VHg

斿明Akira (@xuansanming)

#Limbus_Company

X · Jan 1, 2026, 3:24 PM

1: I desire context on this https://x.com/xuansanming/status/2006748588899185067?s=61&t=7tWIxbOdxNC_-wEw2U-VHg

斿明Akira (@xuansanming)

#Limbus_Company
Who？

X · Jan 1, 2026, 3:25 PM

2: I keep seeing fanart on twitter of (potentially Canto 9 spoilers idk) ||some long haired blonde lady with a Thumb outfit. Or at least, a fit reminiscent of Thumb Sinclair and Thumb Merusault||

[runic ether]

you played night sweeping intervallo right? xichun comes on to don after don is excited to see her and don folds instantly and asks for dante's help

[runic ether]

how far in to canto 8 are you? have you met lei heng?

[summer hornet]

I forgot about that lmao. But I meant the second image, with hairbun Ishmael

[runic ether]

oh lol

idt theres context just showing 2 sinners in their past

thats the ish we see on the pequod and thats don from the lighthouse

err

not lighthouse specifically

just the house she was stuck in iirc it was a lighthouse?

[summer hornet]

Ohhhhhhh

So it’s like “if baby Ishmael met baby Don”

[runic ether]

yeah

[summer hornet]

Twould be cute, for sure

[runic ether]

don and ish dont get much ship art. the pair is cute in a sense but they dont have much really.

[summer hornet]

Fair

[runic ether]

i think i've seen more faust ish than don ish

[summer hornet]

Heathmael is too strong

[runic ether]

heath ish, rod ish, ish dante are def more popular. yi sang ish is also climbing up more thanks to yi sang having wei's id and ish having xichun and there being a bit of a ship there

[summer hornet]

Ohhh yeah, the Heishou IDs

Not the first time mentor/student shipping has happened

I think on Don’s side I see mostly Sinclair, but also Merusault and Outis?

[runic ether]

that one is more master/servant

[runic ether]

and dante too of course

theres plenty of don ryoshu too

[summer hornet]

Dante… stop being the team bike, Dante….

[runic ether]

dante x hong lu is big as is with sinclair

i am a bit upset dante x heath isnt bigger especially with lines from canto 6

meursault also gets a lot of mileage out of his thumb id for meur greg

greg has 2 whole ids who are subservient to the thumb

that being the kurokumo clan and the night awls

and meursault being the thumb capo is one of the highest ranks in the thumb theres only sottocapos, underbosses, and the capo di capi above them

[summer hornet]

That is spicy

[runic ether]

his thumb id is very... sexually charged too

at least for pjm standards

[slow raft]

i think the only reason ive seen any art between the two was becuase of ishamels xichun id lol

I didnt post this earlier but its always nice to get a little thread stimulus check when the season changes

[wispy goblet]

working through the Ye Ye Ass Haircut event
giving more historical lore like ||about the Tigerbane Bell||

[runic ether]

real

literally uptied all my ids

errr

egos

not my ids

i still have thread left

[slow raft]

yeah im probably doing some egos aswell

[runic ether]

it feels great to have them all at 3 at least

[slow raft]

i ahve all the real significant ones at 4 and all my ids are fully uptied but there are some egos that get small boosts that i just kept at 3

[runic ether]

yeah thats fair

theres def plenty of ids i wont bring up to uptie 4

but egos are basically all going to 4 eventually

especially in prep for uptie 5 for ego since they did mention they do want to roll this out for the mid ones

[slow raft]

also damn, these new ids are mad tempting

if i were not a man of extreme restraint i might even gamble

[runic ether]

i just gambled and i got them relatively late but im okay with that for now

i got another set of thread deposits coming in about 2 weeks

[slow raft]

i only have 580 rolls saved up rn, i wanna have a safety net of atleast triple pity

[mental acorn]

need to get to 800 for arknights collab 2 in 2028

[slow raft]

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

[astral drift]

we're back to quick farming

[wispy goblet]

Ye Scooby Doo really making me work
down to 25 before guarantee
after losing the 50/50 deep

[slow raft]

https://x.com/them_failure/status/2006745923230249344

BlueJay, Tianqiao Star of #pinkytwt (@them_failure)

X · Jan 1, 2026, 3:14 PM

[rapid bough]

unfortunately i think she took offense to your strict refusal to use her actual name in any context

[digital marlin]

im tempted to go for Ye Guang but i was planning to go for alice rerun

and the fact i dont have to deal with the 50/50 on her banner makes it hard for me try to skip her again

[rapid bough]

i got YSG and i'm still planning to go for sanby and alice

very high chance i leave this patch with no savings at all

which is fine since i don't want any of the idols

after pulling for YSG i was left with 0 polys/tapes, already back up to 7300 polys and 10 tapes thanks to all the sources so far this patch

i'll definitely be able to get sanby thanks to her being guaranteed

alice afterward... gotta just pray i win her 50 too

[wispy goblet]

Speaking of Idols
2.6 beta allegedly dropping tonight

[versed pawn]

[rapid bough]

trying YSG against thrall... can't even get more than my optimized eve team lol

i'm definitely absolute dogshit with proper rotations of the YSG team

[wispy goblet]

I've heard she's pretty bad against it

[rapid bough]

so many resources to manage

[wispy goblet]

I think because Sobek has no stun multiplier

also co-op and union raid start today

[rapid bough]

if you get to sobek phase with her qingming state active she absolutely fucking mercs it anyway

my issue is just proper state management

dialyn makes YSG much more complex to play

[wispy goblet]

still
I've heard she unusually underperforms against it

[rapid bough]

maybe she'll be better against 2.5 boss which we no doubt get next DA

but i wouldn't expect her to do worse than my eve team

thrall is phys weak after all

[wispy goblet]

yeah
she's like perfectly designed to face the 2.5 boss' mechanics

[rapid bough]

granted my eve team has two sigs in it (eve and lighter)

YSG team has no sigs

but i see people killing thrall with YSG/dialyn/zhao m0w1 across the board

obviously 3 sigs adds a lot so i'm not hoping to get a boss kill

but i max out at like 35k

i wouldn't expect 3 sigs to go from 35k -> boss kill

there's definitely a lot to optimize that i haven't done yet

people say YSG is braindead to play and tbh i don't agree

i guess she's not super interactive since she gets so many iframes and counters built into her kit

but her resource management (esp with dialyn) is actually pretty complex

[wispy goblet]

unfortunately
I did not pull Ye Ye Ass Haircut yet
so I will be doing my first attempts without her

[rapid bough]

every time you use her joke name that's an extra pull you'll need toward hard pity

[wispy goblet]

I have Alice for Fiend
Yidhari for Hunter
I'll probably end up using my Evelyn for 2.5

[rapid bough]

i should probably enhance my brimstone to 3* since i have the dupes to do so

but i can see brimstone dupes being useful so i haven't committed to it

[wispy goblet]

have you leveled the dupes up yet?

[rapid bough]

nope

been saving them for a rainy day

[wispy goblet]

what agents do you have that use Brimstone

[rapid bough]

since brimstone is so generically good, several. it's basically BIS for every attacker i have since i only have eve's sig

currently my leveled one is on YSG

but in theory it could go on haru, s11, zhu yuan, neko...

thing is that i don't realistically use any of them except maybe zhu, and her only in threshold sim where you need more than 3 teams lol

granted, eve's sig is also insanely good and arguably better than brimstone on most of those characters

but because i use eve so much, i'm rarely in situations where i can use her sig elsewhere due to gear locks

realistically i know i don't need 3 brimstones, i just dread some future situation where i regret not having extra due to how generically good it is

[timber sigil]

https://youtu.be/iijjq0rju6Y?si=RB3uZZ4wUcFS1t8i

Lewis' trailer is out officially

[wispy goblet]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1EhiHzIpHng

Physical Support

also apparently an EN intern posted Aria's drip too early

Ether Anomaly

[versed pawn]

Mhh doubt she's actually pure anomaly would be weired to have 2 supports in the patch cycle with the same niche

[wispy goblet]

we know from her set she's likely on-field centric
unless she has a wack off-field BA-based kit like Trigger

[versed pawn]

Maybe reverse miyabi

Or like miyabi

Anomaly but build crit

But still play arround your anomaly

Because pretty sure the last k e is gonna be a stunner

[wispy goblet]

likely has an Ether Veil mechanic if they want you to use her with Ye Shaggy Ultra Instinct

[versed pawn]

They deleted this because en posted this too early

[runic ether]

oh neat they kept her robot form

[wispy goblet]

Zhao in the mud for YSG optimizers
but also
Zhao wins again for idol skippers

[versed pawn]

ofc they did

probably hides her robot form so people dont think they band is AI

[versed pawn]

see crit

crit anomaly would make so much sense

havent had that since miyabi

[rapid bough]

well the crit damage buff is for attack characters

[versed pawn]

also the new ether set increases dmg during stun too

ah damn its specific to class

[rapid bough]

she gives stun damage multiplier and AP/CDMG depending on her team

[versed pawn]

tho the only interesting thing here is the stun multi

[rapid bough]

sure feels like she's gearing up to be a universal support

[versed pawn]

the 20 cdmg and 36 ap kinda whatever

[wispy goblet]

Aria is a crit-scaling Anomaly unit

[versed pawn]

would assume so based on the set i assume

[rapid bough]

the initial draft of chinatsu's wengine is bonkers lol wtf

[wispy goblet]

also
third type of Ether Veil

[rapid bough]

off-field ER, +40% damage and +12.5% ATK to her squad

[versed pawn]

When the equipper's Basic Attack hits an enemy, their Anomaly Proficiency increases by 36, lasting 8s. Repeated triggers reset the duration. When any enemy on the field is Stunned, the equipper's DMG increases by 25% for 18s. Repeated triggers reset the duration.

due the short duration i assume and basic attack specific being a trigger she should be crit based

[rapid bough]

vivian is very much alive for people who will not be idol havers

not sure she'll even fill the same role as vivian tbh

people are expecting her to have more of an on-field focus, no?

[wispy goblet]

yes
they're very different archetypes

[versed pawn]

the first time i wished they actually run a double banner for the entire patch

so i can play both immediatly together

[wispy goblet]

putting things together
Sunna Buffs

• +50 flat ATK (Ether Veil: Idol)
• +1000 ATK (Core)
• Mesmerized debuff to enemies causes them to be less aggro towards Sunna specifically
• when Mesmerized is consumed by an Attack or Anomaly agent, deals Attribute DMG 500% ATK to enemies in range; guaranteed to crit and CDMG increased by 50%
• stunned enemies have their Mesmerized "bar" filled more quickly
• +30% Stun Multiplier when attacked under Ether Veil: Idol (bonus passive)
• Attack agents under Ether Veil: Idol gain 20% CDMG
• Anomaly agents under Ether Veil: Idol gain 36 AP
• Sig grants +40% DMG and +12.5% ATK to team

[versed pawn]

oh well seems like then aria is just anomaly standart

when theres a gurantee crit trigger

[versed pawn]

if it works like janes where anomalys cant usually crit so they need a specific own modifier

[rapid bough]

wonder if they'll add haru to the standard pool finally

[versed pawn]

tbh if they didnt add him into the new thing in the shop i dont see it happening

id rather see it not happeing or i get another unit i had to s6 first

[wispy goblet]

Aria Mechanics

• puts Light Sticks on the floor with BA
• has a charged Basic, up to three levels; charging near Light Sticks fills the one level instantly per Light Stick; also grants +20 Decibels and 1 stack of a buff (the next charged basic gains +10% DMG and Anomaly Buildup +15%)
• max charged basic triggers Abloom
• with 2 Light Sticks nearby, can shortcut into charged basic from last BA, SP, EX, or a Level 3 charged basic into another Level 3 charged basic
• SP drops 1 Light Stick on the floor
• EX drops 3 Light Sticks on the floor
• Ult transforms Aria into Enhanced State for 15 seconds, unlocks the Enhancement Guage, activates Ether Veil, and drops the maximum number of Super Light Sticks
• Super Light Sticks charge by 2 levels instead of 1 when consumed
• When detransforming, Super Light Sticks convert to 2 (regular) Light Sticks each
• enemies afflicted with Ether Attribute Anomaly also enter Anomaly Weakened State for 20s; getting Ether Anomalyed again triggers a bigger Abloom
• with Stun or Support, during (any) Ether Veil, generate 2 Light Sticks every 15s; when elite or boss stunned, generate 4 Light Sticks (can trigger every 25s)
• if AM > 180, AP increases by 1.5 for every extra 1 AM

[rapid bough]

lol no shot

[wispy goblet]

free skin

[rapid bough]

can't say i ever saw someone ask for a pan skin but i'm happy for those dozen pan mains i guess

[runic ether]

pan is a popular enough character

[runic ether]

bets on them making harumasa even harder to play but hes actually insanely busted if played optimally?

[wispy goblet]

also has enduring relevance in enabling the second Rupture team

[runic ether]

if they actually buff miyabi, i may uninstall. i dont wanna know what monstrocity may powercreep miyabi

[rapid bough]

that's hoshimi "tier 0.5" miyabi to you

[runic ether]

right but almost any time hoyo has buffed a strong character in the past, it comes with the fact that they are about to get powercrept into oblivion

[rapid bough]

lol i'm joking, miyabi absolutely does not need buffs

[runic ether]

and/or, they'll still be worse than what powercrept them

[rapid bough]

prydwen putting her in t0.5 is a meme

[wispy goblet]

don't look now
but they just dropped Sunna

[rapid bough]

if sunna powercreeps miyabi i might uninstall

i refuse to be baited by this shitty idol

[wispy goblet]

Sunna likely will be good for her
but not in the Mono-Ice/Mostly Ice team compositions

[rapid bough]

well i don't use those team comps

[runic ether]

yeah but i doubt she'll be good enough to overcome vivi or even yanagi in the team

[rapid bough]

but i ain't using sunna either

so

[runic ether]

or if she does, i dont think it'll be a massive upgrade rn

[rapid bough]

oh i meant aria

sunna is the support

i don't even know their names, that's how little i care about them

[runic ether]

oh lol

[rapid bough]

i went to reread this summary and i'd like to say: from the screenshot i saw earlier, sig gives +40% damage, not 20

i said earlier it read like an absolutely insane sig

[rapid bough]

as written not sure she supplants yuzu even outside of ice comps

the stun damage multi is pretty nice ig

but yuzu gives more ATK and the anomaly buildup is better for disorder spam

[wispy goblet]

saw updates about it
I think the most recent info says 20%

[rapid bough]

i mean it's 20% but it stacks twice

and at 2 stacks the ATK buff is turned on

[wispy goblet]

oh right

Miyabi/Lycaon/Sunna could be something

but triggering disorders for more stacks for EBA would be tricky

maybe Miyabi/Yuzuha/Sunna
but the Stun Multiplier bonus is less relevant without a stunner
and no freeze chaining for farming S1 freezeable bosses

[rapid bough]

maybe at higher miyabi mindscapes where she can self-sustain her resource gen

but feels like her stack gen at base would be shit with that first team

[wispy goblet]

increased stun threshold on the 2.6 boss
very curious
largely irrelevant to Anomaly comps and Ye Shunguang

[rapid bough]

-20% ether res and high base DEF? bah gawd that's yixuan music

obviously made for anomaly + anti-miyabi but i feel bad for burnice enjoyers lol

when's the last time they got an anomaly-favored boss that also wasn't fire resistant

was it bringer

[versed pawn]

pls dont take prydwen tierlist serious ever

[rapid bough]

i don't lol

but it is a source a lot of people consult, especially entry-level players

[wispy goblet]

other way around
lower base DEF than usual

60 is normal
90 is high

[versed pawn]

they do the thing u would never even remotely think about doing in yugioh for statistics

[rapid bough]

476 DEF (Base 30)

[versed pawn]

they take timmys performance into their average cleartime

[rapid bough]

how am i supposed to parse this

[wispy goblet]

yeah
Base 60 is normal, like 900-something DEF
Base 90 is above average, I think 1200-ish?

[versed pawn]

thats like basing a t0 deck in yugioh on how timmy performs with it

[wispy goblet]

it's like pokemon
there's a base number, and then the actual stat that translates from the base

[rapid bough]

ah

well

then i guess, since i'm not pulling the idols, i'll just do what i always do on bosses i don't have a shill team for: eve team

fire resistant? schmire resistant

or maybe time to run it back with zhu yuan

[wispy goblet]

comparing them directly, Sunna and Zhao don't seem too far apart for YSG specifically

[rapid bough]

personally think it's not really worth theorycrafting what the meta teams will be since we all know they'll fiddle with the stats and buffs a ton before release

(also idc whether zhao is powercrept or not because i won't be pulling for sunna)

[lusty egret]

Just so you know, I'll never need your support, ever

[wispy goblet]

https://x.com/zzz_en/status/2006968702441284063

Zenless Zone Zero 🎉Season 2🎉 (@ZZZ_EN)

Agent Record | Aria

"Together, let's create the most bea~utiful stage in the world!"
Aria

"When delusion spreads, everything around you turns into a hazy kaleidoscope of colors..."
"So leave your worries at the door! Follow me, and let's dive into the world of music~"
"Lights,

X · Jan 2, 2026, 6:00 AM

[versed pawn]

probably ties to the summer event and she uses the tech they used to spook the guest

at the beach resort

generally not worth tc right now

6 weeks of shit getting changed anyway

[rapid bough]

yeah these early leaks are fun to get a glimpse of how a character works/what they do

the numbers always shift so any statements like "X new character will replace Y" or "Z new character is broken OP/very weak" might change overnight

[wispy goblet]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/beGhb8w1-kU

[mortal iron]

Okay thank god a UR @lusty egret @summer hornet

[lusty egret]

Yattaaa

[wispy goblet]

now this is peak

[wispy goblet]

very cute
they're tempting me

[versed pawn]

[runic ether]

sparxie i fucking cant

spoilers for canto 9 and udjat outis uptie story

[glossy latch]

Damn she's got neopronouns in her name

The final boss of woke™

Also fire elation, as expected

Now we just need to know what makes elation special

Also another white haired character

[pastel bear]

https://fixupx.com/LimbusCompany_B/status/2007014317972140518

Limbus Company (@LimbusCompany_B)

2026.01.08 (KST) 신규 인격 특정 추출/ 新規人格特定抽出 / New Identity Target Extraction
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FixupX · Jan 2, 2026, 9:01 AM

[runic ether]

what the fuuuck

what they do to don

[silver osprey]

This might be the ||index apprentice||

[runic ether]

||i've seen ppl say that and also say it as the index apprentice atm us ryoshu's daughter and this one is so glitchy bc we arent supposed to know and also its another ishchun situation.||

[glossy latch]

Also man idk about Sparxies design

It feels oddly underbaked?

[slow raft]

https://x.com/misg1111/status/2007057633023520828
https://x.com/Chr1stmas12/status/2007024938046369960

제육볶음 (@misg1111)

손이 다들 빠르시네

X · Jan 2, 2026, 11:53 AM

크리 (@Chr1stmas12)

Long hair Faust

X · Jan 2, 2026, 9:43 AM

https://x.com/dreamingsheeep/status/2006593134365651460

jolly luka 🎠💛🎄🎁❄️🔔 (@dreamingsheeep)

Pronounfather: Yo she/he/they

X · Jan 1, 2026, 5:07 AM

[silver osprey]

https://x.com/drunklaim/status/2007021685221069224

the doctor, winged tiger of #indextwt (@drunklaim)

wait theres a frame where its visible

X · Jan 2, 2026, 9:30 AM

[digital marlin]

I'm glad some else feels the same

[mental acorn]

hooooly shit

[mortal iron]

https://x.com/dotgokulism/status/2007042803491291598

ഗോകുlism🎨(COMMS FULL) (@dotgokulism)

it's like watching the mona lisa be painted

X · Jan 2, 2026, 10:54 AM

[orchid elbow]

any o fy'all heard of a game called Stella Sora?

[long tree]

Though faint, though unfinished, even the outline produces a small voice in your mind, one you could not forget even if you tried. It fills you with Harikitte ikou!

[rapid bough]

still no eve cinema invite? i'm in shambles

[rapid bough]

looks like people jumped the gun on that shunguang chibi gif

https://tenor.com/eGMWrfexsAS.gif

shoulda been for the idols lol

[silver osprey]

https://www.redditez.com/r/limbuscompany/s/iUYDeW7LJQ

LegendaryW (@LegendaryW)

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EmbedEZ • 1 - 1 of 1 · Jan 2, 2026, 10:02 AM

[runic ether]

||they should have cut to dio's theme ngl...||

[rapid bough]

zzz sword seeker event minor spoiler ||lol. lmao even. IT'S JUST A PHASE SISTER||

[slow raft]

Man, the upcoming flood of good banners in fgo makes me hesitant to pull for theyber

[summer hornet]

Samurai Remnant collab, Ordeal Call 2, Mahoyo collab, the extinct Abhnerbe shop duo, Moon Cancer Summer, Kazuradrop, King Tut, the worst Santa ever, single target gamer girl Arcueid, and then Strange Fake's True(?) Saber

It's a little lighter in the second half of the year but still

[idle grove]

why do I need to get 54 of this mannnn

well I don't need 54 I need

162

[slow raft]

oh im looking through the upcoming banners and apparently theres a lillim harlot rerun

[long tree]

"Stop bitching liberal sissy, our generations grew up in the mines of 100s of materials at 20% drop chances" or something

[astral drift]

Exchange pure prisms?

[slow raft]

this year doth appear quite packed

[pastel bear]

I wasn't expecting you to be an ushi gozen guy, guy

[slow raft]

i wish she had a fully armored ascension but we cant have everything we want

[idle grove]

I can fully relate to bb dubai

[slow raft]

[pastel bear]

@summer hornet do you play or did you play that bleach gacha? soul resonance I think?

[wispy goblet]

I see
these dastardly fiends have made it so you need to clear the board for max rewards
(the final rewards are largely inconsequential)

okay the noodles are cheap enough it is denny optimal to buy two bowls

[slow raft]

my gods its been only a few days since i last booted up zzz why is there so much stuff

[runic ether]

in the art of visual clutter much like the gameplay

[wispy goblet]

now this is dastardly work

[slow raft]

2 questions:
-do we have an outpost
-are there any codes i can still redeem

[runic ether]

we do i pinned the outpost. tho it may be region locked. not sure about any codes to still redeem

[slow raft]

yeah that outpost appears to be regionlocked

[idle grove]

hmm

I don't think tamamo needs any appends so I might just 120 her in the future

[summer hornet]

I played Brave Souls, but not Soul Resonance. Sumanai

[pastel bear]

alright then

it's supposed to be like an action rpg deal

[summer hornet]

Yeah, sorta HI3 esque I guess?

Aaroneiro made some videos on it iirc

https://youtube.com/@aaroniero?si=HvnGzwUQiRRwMAag

If you just wanted an idea of how the game looked like from a 'profesh' perspective

[rapid bough]

yeah the weekly reward board requiring actual effort to complete properly threw me for a loop after reset

[pastel bear]

all it took was one fortnite collab

[rapid bough]

i don't mind it, but my usual expectation was to have all the poly rewards by day 2 (and the rest basically didn't matter)

[wispy goblet]

first try on the 2.5 boss
(it took me multiple resets)

[summer hornet]

https://x.com/mikeyuubi/status/2002770819404235254?s=46

Mikeyuubi (@mikeyuubi)

Tall Rukia is cracked at Fortnite
#BLEACH

X · Dec 21, 2025, 3:59 PM

[rapid bough]

i'll be doing DA later today, got some last notorious hunts to do before i can max out zhao's core

[pastel bear]

rukia being so tall is so wrong

I'm waiting on this high quality rip of the bleach anime before continuing my manga read

[rapid bough]

dammit i can't use belion in both yixuan's team against hunter and YSG's team against 2.5 boss

[astral drift]

all in on archetype inception

[old galleon]

wouldn't go as far as to say kazuradrop is the savior of quick but she's close to it

her biggest thing is actually being used in a double kazura comp and being able to loop any node composition in teh game

a quick comp being able to do a 1/1/1 is pretty good

[wispy goblet]

you want YSG's dedicated bangboo anyway

they really making me work for it

[old galleon]

aside from that she's just a very good servant

however, this year is full of very good servants

tbh out of all years of the game, this one might just be the strongest on balance

and that includes koyan/oberon year

[astral drift]

problem is can you find another kazuradrop on support

and can you get enough damage on 1/1/1 nodes

[old galleon]

yes, that is the biggest issue with that comp

[astral drift]

i might roll for her if i have leftovers from summer

[old galleon]

you'd definitely have to curate your friend list for it

[astral drift]

but i will not jinx myself

[old galleon]

note: for new servants specifically

the year after will make all servants really easy to acquire due to all the class banners lol

[rapid bough]

nope, level 3 belion is better than YSG's

sigh, i'm almost certain i can break 30k here but i'd have to go mega-sweaty since i don't even feel like my rotations were that far off

ngl the health inflation and different buffs causing my scores to go down over time is kinda sad

i've gotten as high as like 35k with this team

[wispy goblet]

ending was pretty sloppy, but definitely the easiest clear

all in all, a rougher DA score-wise
but we made it in one session

[rapid bough]

i feel like i should probably be able to do better than this but i am just so shit at sequencing with this squad and especially during this fight because the miasma shield timing makes stuns a bitch

(also zhao is only core E but that's a relatively minor thing)

i actually wonder if astra would be better since 2.5 boss is ice resist (why would they do this when zhao is new and one of the shill agent's best partners...)

losing out on YSG's extra resource gen from zhao's ether veils is kinda rough tho

[mortal iron]

https://x.com/HWMaOCR/status/2006847905328673144

ふうま おくら (@HWMaOCR)

X · Jan 1, 2026, 10:00 PM

she got the mom fit

[rapid bough]

definitely did better with astra despite the absolute shittiest rotations imaginable since it's like my second time using the team

boss being ice resistant is scuffed for zhao

they fear miyabi so much that they torpedo a new agent's usefulness on a boss

well, just short of 100k for this reset... i'll probably come back later with hopefully some better YSG gear

[wispy goblet]

tbh the miasma makes triggering stun timing easier for me
don't gotta worry about autochain triggering a stun with the wrong thing

way more telegraphed so I can always start stun with Dialyn bonus ult

[rapid bough]

i've finally made the switch to manual chains so i'm not worried about that

[wispy goblet]

one by one they leave me....

[rapid bough]

my issue is the dreaded "daze stuck at 99% because there's a boss mechanic that's about to happen"

[wispy goblet]

it's always like that

[rapid bough]

i know it is

but this boss spams the shit out of miasma shield so it happens a lot

[long tree]

The new zzz girls biggest downside for me is that her visuals are so insane they lag my phone

[wispy goblet]

I got through it pretty easy by "stunning" and then instantly swapping to Zhao for ult to chunk it

then beat down through miasma with Evelyn
then when it's about to break switch to Dialyn and ring up the hollow hotline

[rapid bough]

YSG in qingming state dumps on the shield easy enough, you'd just rather be using it during the stun proper

with dialyn/zhao that's not a huge issue since you get so many states for free

[wispy goblet]

well you do have YSG

[rapid bough]

slightly harder with astra though since you're more resource starved

[wispy goblet]

and this cycle has a strong Ether Veil-related buff

[rapid bough]

my first thrall attempts with dialyn converted me

trying to use her without manual chains made me want to alt-f4

genuinely miserable experience

also miasmic fiend was my first time using the new jane skin

it's solid but the new ult voicelines don't hit the same

and overall i do think i prefer her base design EXCEPT her skin's 2d art is peak

quite a conundrum

wish i could use her base with the skin's 2d art

[astral drift]

we need to invent scratch n sniff technology

[idle grove]

we start based

I know castoria is correct but I was always doing tamamo for this

[slow raft]

Fuck it we ball mentality once more proves correct, it only took me 100 rolls

Tfw i dont have any rice

What am i, some sort of detective prince?

[pastel bear]

holy shit

[slow raft]

Its really funny that they gave them this fit considering

[pastel bear]

thank you for being woke and using their pronouns guy

[slow raft]

I am always woke

[pastel bear]

sasuga sensei

[slow raft]

Thankfully for fgo servants, gender is a gamepla mechanic so you can have any dipshits going "well this person looks like a man/woman"

[pastel bear]

hope rides alone

it's so annoying that the only non-gssr banner up right now is takeru's

they gave me new year's sq and I can't even waste it

[glossy latch]

Wait, Arias robot form barely even shows up in animations?

[rapid bough]

we went through this with seed, are you really surprised

[slow raft]

^

[glossy latch]

Ok but

The robot form is so sexualised I figured shed at least be in half the animations

Shes got fucking Shibari motifs

[rapid bough]

from what i'm reading, people think she might be bugged atm

she has an enhanced state that i think people are expecting to use her robot form, but currently there's no visual cue for it

[glossy latch]

Huh

[rapid bough]

or that's the faint green glow around her idk

hard to notice

[glossy latch]

Nah she has that from combat start

I think thats just meant to show that her human form is a hologram

[slow raft]

i just did the corrosion gaze trick in md completely on accident

[old galleon]

break on the roulette got me to a spark on the banner, but i haven't gotten an ssr on the break yet so i'm horrified that if i spark horse that she'll show up on the ssr

still gonna do it, pray that i dont' get punished

ssr was a versusia dupe

never fuckin punished

anyway, the spark +10 only gave me 3 copies of versusia, nothing else really useful outside of gold moons and the sparked horse

that said, one might argue the 3 copies of versusia are really lucky since you can't spark her

classic cygames decisionmaking

anyway, i can flb versusia using only one stone, which is a very fair trade

[glossy latch]

Finally

[old galleon]

more importantly, i now have the regular versions of all six back half zodiacs

so i am content

[glossy latch]

I have obtained the full Banyue engine

Time to actually try him out while I dont know how he works yet

Unsurprisingly, that wasnt very effective

Ill try again after figuring him out ... tomorrow or so

[digital marlin]

Join the save train

[old galleon]

least horny granblue player

[digital marlin]

oh god

[old galleon]

sandira's fate episode seems to be about taking down an mlm

why this is a thing in granblue, idk, but lol

[wispy goblet]

https://x.com/underdatv365/status/2007116594124865804

OOCStelle (@underdatv365)

Poor Aria
#ゼンゼロ #zzzero #アリア

X · Jan 2, 2026, 3:47 PM

[glossy latch]

How did I do worse after reading up on how Banyue actually works o.0

[glossy latch]

... ok I clearly dont play Banyue right yet

Guess its back to the drawing board

[rapid bough]

many such cases

in other news, this is the second union raid in a row where my union didn't get day 1 hard mode

think i'm gonna be switching unions again

[glossy latch]

Ok I think I figured out one of the two issues with my Banyue play

... still a bit concerned that the fire-weak enemy isnt easy to get 20k on with Lucia

[rapid bough]

are you trying to do wandering hunter atm

[glossy latch]

Aye

[wispy goblet]

who should get the Steel Cushion
Dialyn or Miyabi

[runic ether]

can you get to a reasonable crit rate on either? is the better question

[wispy goblet]

it's moreso a matter of not having enough w-engines
if I give Dialyn the Steel Cushion, Miyabi can use Fusion Compiler, but I need like five more crit rate rolls to hit 68%, which reaches 80% after B&B's ability procs so I have max buildup from Miyabi core
if I give Miyabi Steel Cushion, I only have one max-core Steam Oven, so I'd need to spend my puzzle pieces crafting another one

[rapid bough]

got core F on zhao, basically tied my earlier astra attempt now

once again, could absolutely navigate the rotations better but idk how much further i want to optimize

if I give Miyabi Steel Cushion, I only have one max-core Steam Oven, so I'd need to spend my puzzle pieces crafting another one
fwiw i did this (crafted a second steam oven) for dialyn

idk how optimized your miyabi is already though, if 5 more CR% rolls is reaching "i need godrolls everywhere" levels of optimization then i say just send it with a second steam oven

[wispy goblet]

it's awkward because my Miyabi isn't great
but I've already got disks with enough substats that finding better ones is going to be a big hassle

I guess there will be a steady flow of puzzle pieces anyway

yo wait
they made crafting A-rank w-engines cheaper
you no longer need w-engine mats to craft them, just puzzle pieces

[glossy latch]

Also why did you ask if I was doing wandering hunter, Khaios?

[rapid bough]

because i was wondering if you were interacting with the current DA buff

which seems like it'd be fairly mid for banyue

[glossy latch]

Ah

Yeah its not the greatest but still

Well lets do one more try

... how do I get fewer points the more I know how to play Banyue o.0

[runic ether]

you are overthinking

[digital marlin]

there is a difference between simply knowing mentally and knowing by instinct

[glossy latch]

Im not thinking at all

[digital marlin]

😔

[glossy latch]

Ok now I got closer to my original amount (which I think is mostly down to getting a stun pre-veil then)

But unless my damage is reduced that much by playing it wrong I fear my Banyue might be ... weak

Time to try a slightly different team

[wispy goblet]

are you pre-setting veil before the fight starts with basics

[glossy latch]

Uh

Can you do that?

[wispy goblet]

yeah
Lucia's B5 builds her bar
and she starts the fight with some built
before you enter the fight, mash on her basic
her forward movement should move you into the fight trigger
and then her B5 will fill the bar, triggering Veil

[rapid bough]

lucia's basic combo gives you 40 of her resource and you start at 60/100

just unload at the start of the fight, free veil

[glossy latch]

I see

[wispy goblet]

you might have to practice the spacing a bit, especially for the stages where you have to run forward a bit
but on Hunter stage tbh walk back to the wall, turn around towards the center, then mash basic

the veil trigger will also trigger a QA, so QA right to Banyue

also remember her EX shortcuts into B5
so EX into basic for the B5 will fill her bar from empty

[glossy latch]

Ok this got me closer

I think 20k is doable ... barely

Also yeah Panda over Pulchra did better

[wispy goblet]

your team order should be Lucia/Banyue/Pan then
make sure Pan is QAing to Banyue since only the guy Pan QAs to gets the sheer buff

[summer hornet]

When do the "every servant is here!" Banners start for FGO NA?

[glossy latch]

I know how pan works yes

Hmmmm

This is better, its not quite there

Meh Ill grind it out another day maybe

[rapid bough]

man my yixuan team gets fewer and fewer points on hunter with each reset

this HP inflation/buff deflation is quite demoralizing

[glossy latch]

Just gonna get 6 stars for now

[rapid bough]

i remember when i got 46k on hunter with yixuan team a couple months ago

i felt like i had ascended

now i'm topping out at like 32k lol

i'm certain the buff this time is weaker than the time i got 46k, but not that much weaker

HP inflation is a real bitch

[glossy latch]

Yep

My not that hot hot take is that timer-based endgame fundamentally just sucks ass

Wow even my Jane team didnt get 20k

Wtf

... wait

No I had the right buff

Wtf

[wispy goblet]

What's your Jane team?

[glossy latch]

Jane Vivian Yuzuha

[rapid bough]

i got about 28.5k with that team on fiend this reset

[wispy goblet]

hmm
not sure if Yuzuha should be QAing to Vivian instead
not as familiar with that team

[rapid bough]

yuzuha should def be in front of vivi

[glossy latch]

Do you have any signatures Khaios?

[rapid bough]

no

gemini on jane/vivi and kaboom on yuzu

[wispy goblet]

so it should be Jane/Yuzuha/Vivian?

[glossy latch]

Huh

[rapid bough]

ya

[glossy latch]

Weird

I got only like 19.5k

[rapid bough]

did you get the 5k perf points lol

[glossy latch]

I think so?

[wispy goblet]

it'll say there on the score screen if you check

[glossy latch]

Aye, did get 5k

[rapid bough]

should say that all my wengines are 5*

[glossy latch]

Ah that might do it

Although thats a bit much still

Eh

Not gonna worry about it, I got 6* in total

Evelynn got 2 stars on the first boss

But man ZZZ endgame kinda sucks lmao

[wispy goblet]

it's been a pressure point for a lot of people

[rapid bough]

i think miyabi made them overcompensate for powercreep and now the bosses are straight up just quite difficult to full clear with even an average roster

[wispy goblet]

I think they're largely moving in a good design direction tbh
but a lot of the foundational systems feel really bad

especially for players who want a high skill expression experience

chat
Aria looks fun
I'm being tempted

[rapid bough]

i am happy to say that i am not, at all

[glossy latch]

Im only considering her as an ether anomaly agent but

Ehhh

[slow raft]

Canto 9 spoilers
||https://vxtwitter.com/misg1111/status/2007129491152531795
https://vxtwitter.com/ASDF1211950/status/2007053037853106584||

제육볶음 (@misg1111)

닮은듯...

vxTwitter / fixvx · Jan 2, 2026, 4:38 PM

· (@ASDF1211950)

https://t.co/ePoYah33aS

vxTwitter / fixvx · Jan 2, 2026, 11:35 AM

[rapid bough]

3k higher than my previous PB, we're making progress

i'm basically certain i can break 40k, but the rotations of this team are actually proving pretty damn hard to get down

[wispy goblet]

I have been told Fiend this patch has actually undergone HP deflation
but the buff is significantly worse

[rapid bough]

so close gdi

[runic ether]

i need her so bad

im 3k points off 100k

i gotta regear my 11

and i gotta consider if zhao is worth it

or if lighter/dialyn with puffer is gonna nuke so bad

[slow raft]

If we dont get an id for her, project moon are cowards

[rapid bough]

ok got to 35k with better navigation (esp defensive assists) to get a full 4th stun window instead of half of one

could definitely go a bit higher too, i sorta fucked up the last one

[runic ether]

finally getting around to sara and lo and behold that anomaly resistance is a fucking lie

[rapid bough]

i tried miasmic fiend with miyabi for the lulz and did worse than with jane/vivi (no huge surprise)

but now i went back to jane/vivi and can't quite get 28.5k like last time lol

[runic ether]

jane vivi feels weird

idk myself either cus yeah sometimes i'll cruise past 30k

and other times i somehow hit only like 19900 or so

[glossy latch]

Maybe theres a luck factor and thats why I fell short of 20k

[rapid bough]

i don't think it feels weird, i think the buff this time around just fucking sucks

[runic ether]

and i can never really tell what i do wrong

[glossy latch]

... oh wait there might just be an RNG factor lmaoo

[rapid bough]

there's always a bit of a luck/RNG factor but to be clear, i'm barely short

i got 27.9k lol

it's like a crit rounding error

[runic ether]

but i think theres a chance that i can get to 30k with alice on sara

and i do kind of just mean alice

[rapid bough]

either way, with my 2.5 boss and hunter optimization, i have now cleared 100k

i'm happy... for now

[runic ether]

not bad

[glossy latch]

Yeah thats what I tell myself too

But also damn

... god Ill have to actually do Shiyu at some point

[runic ether]

im on the cusp myself. i think im trying 11/dialyn/lighter before i go farming for a better puffer

[glossy latch]

Not looking forward to it (even if it basically buffs Banyue specifically now?)

[runic ether]

im too used to have 100/150 on 11 instead of 68/170 on puffer

but puffer is so much stronger rn on 11 thanks to her buffs + dialyn

[rapid bough]

i think the endgame goal i'll have to set myself moving forward is 100k+ on shiyu/DA every reset

i don't have a whaled enough roster to compete for top rankings lol

i'm hella horizontally invested so i can field just about any team i need

but i have no mindscapes and a steadily declining share of signature weapons because luck has not gone my way

[glossy latch]

Im just here to max out the poly rewards, otherwise I dont care lmao

[rapid bough]

i like min/maxing

[glossy latch]

Also yeah it feels like signatures are getting more and more neccessary

[rapid bough]

i do it in nikke and gfl2 too

[glossy latch]

Which is kinda fucked

[rapid bough]

though ZZZ's endgame is definitely far more robust than nikke/gfl2 (especially gfl2 where it's just a whalefest)

but nikke/gfl2 endgame is also far more of a luxury, mostly just competing for bragging rights

[glossy latch]

I like min-maxxing, but its a lot less fun when most of the max comes from pulling

[rapid bough]

well i mean sure but you can still min-max plenty even without pulling for optimal squads or gear

[slow raft]

min maxing being born out of rng is indeed evil
<-man who has to dunk on relic systems in every conversation

[runic ether]

yeah shit that went worse. watching my perfect crit ult not crit and all the damage disappears

https://tenor.com/view/crying-boy-walk-away-cry-man-tears-gif-5637398

[rapid bough]

yeah i only needed to see one highlight of an eve miss an ult crit at 99.8% CR

it's then i knew i'd rather overcap than be short by a hair lol

[runic ether]

my usual set on 11 is woodpecker but puffer is just so strong... i guess i just gotta bite the bullet and grind put puffer

also need to see calcs on it cus ppl think atk disc 4 is stronger than crit now with her strengthening 6

[rapid bough]

one thing that's a bummer about me switching eve to puffer is that it kinda railroads her into dialyn to be optimal

since it's worse with lighter

[runic ether]

oh

lol

uhhh

i forgot i have astra

[rapid bough]

[runic ether]

zhao isnt too much worse surely but shes def unfinished on my acc

[runic ether]

its genuinely the best end game among hoyo games

and i speak of this despite liking genshin's end games atm

the problem is the looming damage window barrier skyrocke on the horizon for genshin and then star rail is fucking ass

[glossy latch]

Ok so checking in Genshin leaks for the first time in ages

||... were fighting Dottore at full power now?||

[runic ether]

yeah

no need to spoiler the story is...

worsening by the patch

just like natlan

whatever you think will happen in the story will happen

its predictable and bad

at least the nod krai cast is actually fun

[glossy latch]

Im more confused by the powerscaling

[runic ether]

aino ineffa jahoda are very fun

[glossy latch]

Wasnt he supposed to very much so be out of the main casts league?

[runic ether]

and lauma's voicing is... bad overall but she has a good character

[runic ether]

this is where the nod krai power of friendship comes in

no im not actually joking

we're supposedly fighting him combined with arlecchino who is getting buffed by albedo and columbina buffed by nod krai stuff

and sandrone is throwing hands too

[glossy latch]

Right but

[runic ether]

even then we got another "he isnt defeated at the end he just backs off"

[glossy latch]

Isnt he meant to be above all of them too?

[runic ether]

yes

[glossy latch]

Then again

[runic ether]

and much like arle boss fight, hes not gonna die to our knowledge

[glossy latch]

Capitano didnt end up matching his hype, did he?

[runic ether]

his circumstance is that he has had no rest for 500 years

significantly past his prime

even then, mary su-err mauvika had to be the one to beat him

dottore feels like an overcorrection to this

[glossy latch]

Weird

[runic ether]

not to mention... his lore has been really fucked with

we had a sumeru event which was really good not long ago

great ineractions among the cast and whatnot and

for some reason

at the conclusion

they add more dottore lore

only... the game and dialogue wants to paint what he did as... bad?

when at worst, it was self-serving?

it also contradicts some timeline points too

and it further confuses what is going on with dottore

bc the only way his part of the event makes sense is if he had a segment then but he was a student but the timeline doesnt line up but then hes unecessarily evil but if you read his notes he wasnt being that way but character dialogue implies he would have been the worst

[idle grove]

poggers

[runic ether]

it feels like an effort is being made to retcon and/or the current writing team has no fucking idea what was written before

[glossy latch]

I ... see

God Trails really just had the edge by having the main writer for all of their games (minus one) be the same guy

Funny enough even that one game was good, arguably one of the best even

HSR meanwhile having to suddenly rewrite 4.x because of real life politics 💀

[slow raft]

wow, you force trails into the conversation almost more often then i do project moon

[runic ether]

yeah genshin's og writing team leaving absolutely fucked the game years down the line when hoyo failed to... i dont even know if its rewrites...?

[slow raft]

speaking of, did you know...

[runic ether]

it may just be that the tone the og team wanted just did not vibe with what the current direction for genshin is going

set ups for dottore, arlecchino, sandrone, and signora just feel out of place to the current writing

[glossy latch]

Ok but its relevant here

[runic ether]

ie: house of hearth members in inazuma actively wanting to kidnap children... only for us to later find out it was the previous knave

[glossy latch]

Because Genshins writing structure is very similar to Trails and it was clearly at least partially inspired by it

[runic ether]

but crucabena has been dead for over a decade

[glossy latch]

Well to be fair, wasnt Inazuma locked off for a while?

[runic ether]

not from the fatui

that was the whole conflict

[glossy latch]

... ah right

[runic ether]

so thats an arle rewrite to make her more sympathetic

[slow raft]

so true, i also only mention pm when its relevant (always)

[runic ether]

one of sandrone's lackeys killed a robot she had interest in and for the troubles, had his tongue cut off and him sent to the guardes in fontaine

when we meet her in nodkrai she... is a tsundere for columbina

great

[glossy latch]

But yeah the Fatui harbingers are like a mix of Trails' Anguis and Enforcers, except despite having fewer of them in less complicated constellations, theyre somehow having a harder time being consistent with them?

Granted Genshin did one thing with them that I always thought was odd

Which was revealing each of them very early on

[runic ether]

sandrone is almost a great character! if only we had anything that like... made us see her being as ruthless as before?

columbina same deal

[glossy latch]

Instead of having the Harbingers be almost enigmatic and you only realising who they are as you see more of them

[runic ether]

childe and scaramouche say "she might be satan dont ever fuck with her" and what we get is...

a mess

i wouldnt mind it but the set up for her doesnt match her tone at all and we had no hints whatsoever

[mortal iron]

I kinda dont like how genshin undersells a character when theyre in reach, because they oversold them when hyping em

[slow raft]

god its so weird to finally have the index in limbus
like we are getting multiple ids from that faction
i am in heaven

[runic ether]

same deal with how its clear the prior writers had different plans

[glossy latch]

This would also help you keep things consistent because you dont have previous writing for each harbinger that locks you in hard

[silver osprey]

Index Don also broke limbus twitter

[glossy latch]

So if you dont like the writing for, idk, Childe

You can just Skirk him out of universe

[runic ether]

they had a clear vision for them and when they left... its over

[glossy latch]

And only bring him back once in a blue moon

[slow raft]

somehow more fanart of her already than the canto 9 robot

[runic ether]

same and both ids are fucking peak

[glossy latch]

Anyway what Im saying is

[silver osprey]

Which like... makes sense, it's Don

[slow raft]

i didnt think it possible

[glossy latch]

You should play Trails misty

[runic ether]

its don

don vuff

[silver osprey]

Plus the ID is very weird

[runic ether]

*buff

[glossy latch]

The first game recently got a very good remake, and the second one is getting one this year too

And all the other games have been localised barring one which is coming out in 12 days

[runic ether]

i'll look into it given how much i've seen you (and others here) talk about the series but maybe some other time

[glossy latch]

Fair, it is a time commitment and a half

[silver osprey]

Ig now I'm glad I was wrong about ||Kira Don||

[runic ether]

the monkey's paw curls more and more

[slow raft]

honestly, given the trailer

[glossy latch]

By the time youre caught up we might have Horizon 2 even

I am looking forward to the game in 12 days but

[slow raft]

what are the chances well see a certain messenger of the index?

[glossy latch]

I have heard the cliffhanger is particularly nasty

Even by Trails standards

And the sequel isnt even announced yet 💀

[runic ether]

only if they put him in a skirt like don too

[silver osprey]

Oh yeah she does look like Yan

[slow raft]

i did see fanrt of that tbf

[runic ether]

oh thats what i was referring to lol

maybe the same piece of art

[idle grove]

https://x.com/i/status/2007196752462643442

lmfao only Riyo could do this

PlushieMistress (@JWeng8)

Kinoko “we don’t allow beasts in GSSRs because it’s bad omen for the holidays” Nasu had this year’s new year CE depicting the moment before A team blew up during the rayshift incident. The CE name is “first mission day” and it is extremely dark for a NY CE imo.

X · Jan 2, 2026, 9:06 PM

[silver osprey]

Also apparently there's something in the files about ||the index apprentice or the Don ID having an effloresced EGO?||

[slow raft]

i heard tell of that for the don id yea

man i really should actually play the canto story

[runic ether]

this is def one of the biggest id drops in terms of "what the actual fuck" and im so glad its index

[silver osprey]

We have W Heath beat a grade 3 fixer, then Udjat Outis beat a ||nursefather|| and now this

[slow raft]

finger number 1 for sure

[runic ether]

we're moving up in the world 🥹

[slow raft]

surely we are sotc level at this point

[runic ether]

at least grade 3

could easily see us coming out of this canto grade 1

cus iirc the grade 3 w heath beat was an ex-grade 1 that fell from grace

[slow raft]

some sort of washed up fixer, huh....

[runic ether]

at least they didnt fall to grade 9... now that'd be something

[slow raft]

imagine that, a grade 1 falling to grade 9... youd have to do some real messed up stuff for that to happen...

canot 9 spoilers
||https://vxtwitter.com/mitama_nyan/status/2007022203884515337||

mitama 🚬 (@mitama_nyan)

Kira & Albina

vxTwitter / fixvx · Jan 2, 2026, 9:32 AM

[silver osprey]

I could see attacking a finger lead to that...

[slow raft]

but who would be mad enough to do something like that....

[silver osprey]

If that happened, I'd expect that person to stay in silence

[runic ether]

||i want the middle group here to be normal and help us for once only for them to get ricardo on the line for his revenge once they find out.||

[slow raft]

https://x.com/star_shonagon/status/2006965635297980711?s=20

star✧ (@star_shonagon)

strange fake actually releasing tomorrow never thought i’d see the day

X · Jan 2, 2026, 5:47 AM

[old galleon]

https://static.atlasacademy.io/JP/CharaGraph/9400340/9400340a.png

this begs to differ, john kaleidoscope

[slow raft]

found another one
https://x.com/hanjuk_yudetama/status/2007086477780586652

かにんも (@hanjuk_yudetama)

生足、欲しい

X · Jan 2, 2026, 1:48 PM

[runic ether]

lets goooo

[glossy latch]

I dont recall Frieren being into bondage

[slow raft]

thats yan, hes notably not an elf

[runic ether]

https://bsky.app/profile/cottonwings.bsky.social/post/3mbhsz37uyk2p

cotton 💿 Canto 9-11 (@cottonwings.bsky.social)

The Creature Feature. Featuring... the creature.
#LimbusCompany

Likes

113

Bluesky · Jan 2, 2026, 9:17 PM

[slow raft]

Vague enough that i dont have to mark as a vanto 9 spoiler
https://x.com/citroncynique/status/2006569810407072020

Emi 🍋 ➽ lemonpigs for good fortune (@citroncynique)

wow i love playing a gacha game where one of the characters is an intimidating woman with an italian name who goes by the title 'father' and who has a pet twink at her side doing her bidding

X · Jan 1, 2026, 3:34 AM

[idle grove]

grand number 2

[sharp swan]

https://x.com/i/status/2007285789781307541

Wuthering Waves (@Wuthering_Waves)

Resonator Preview | Aemeath

Attribute: Fusion
Weapon: Sword

#WutheringWaves
#Aemeath

X · Jan 3, 2026, 3:00 AM

[rapid bough]

man, i thought mirror container was the worst boss in nikke

and it is, but at least it's doable at significant deficit with an optimized team (like i did a couple weeks ago)

but merely one hard chapter later there is crystal armor

which has the same stupid one-shot mechanic as mirror container, except the things you have to one-shot are RIGHT IN THE FUCKING CENTER OF THE BOSS AND GET HIT BY EVERY STRAY BULLET

whatever deranged lunatic at shift-up designed this mechanic and put it on this boss in this way needs to be fired, preferably out of a cannon into the sun

[runic ether]

i love valenccino and lynio

[glossy latch]

Not too surprising

Hope she's fusion burst as some think she is

Chisa could use a new teammate

[slow raft]

Foolish twitter user forgetting the possibilty that its both
https://x.com/Yan_Messenger/status/2006781347445223464

Jolly Yan Linksmok (@Yan_Messenger)

The Head is ran either by a extremely hot and tall beautiful women or a AI.

X · Jan 1, 2026, 5:35 PM

[wispy goblet]

did a little more chasing
I think this is my peak with Ye Ye Ass Haircut

swapped my KotS on Trigger for Astral since KotS does nothing for Alice

[mental acorn]

oh hey perfumer alter

[summer hornet]

Oh dang

[sharp swan]

I'm thinking Amy gonna have mech and tokusatsu refs

[wispy goblet]

have enough standard pulls to cash in my selector
thinking about who I should go for

• S11 (first copy)
• Nekomata (first copy)
• Koleda (M1)
• Grace (M2)
• Rina (M2)
• Lycaon (M5)

[runic ether]

you're rewarded to go for lycaon m6 to start getting m7+ and turn him into other characters

[wispy goblet]

that's what I'm smelling too

[rapid bough]

yeah if you didn't already have eve or rina m1 i'd say that s11 or rina would be the play

but as it stands, lycaon m6 is probably the best for your account, albeit indirectly

[wispy goblet]

to be clear, the parentheticals is what I would be getting

[rapid bough]

plus lycaon himself is still good, not like his m6 is useless

[wispy goblet]

so I would be going to Lycaon M5; I have M4 rn

[rapid bough]

ah

well, same logic

[wispy goblet]

ye fastest way to start farming agent tokens

and I do have Rina M1 already

not that I use her at all

[rapid bough]

it's her best mindscape so

[wispy goblet]

I have enough stunners I'm under no pressure to build Koleda any time soon

maybe Grace someday, but someday can wait for another lost 50/50 or a standard banner pull
not to mention having to farm up potential unlocks

ditto with S11

[rapid bough]

potential unlocks are pretty easy to get tbf

honestly wish i had rina m1, i might actually use her w/ yanagi mono-shock

alas

[wispy goblet]

hmm
not actually in immediate pressure to pick
maybe I wait until I hit Lycaon M5 then cash in to reach M6

[rapid bough]

[wispy goblet]

hmm
I don't think I can make it to S+ on Shiyu

[wispy goblet]

we are on the precipice

[runic ether]

nice

[wispy goblet]

took a lot of kicking and screaming
but I got ther

I really enjoyed having the rethink how to sequence and route
to frontload the damage as much as possible

[runic ether]

yeah for sure

i should retry 11 with a proper route to frontload

def puffer electro

may retry if i snipe better puffer pieces

and i'll calc if str 6 favors atk disc 4

over cdmg

[wispy goblet]

absolutely slaughtered

[versed pawn]

noodles in 2026

also new s11 is kinda fun