Gacha Chat

[glossy latch]

Have you played Outer Wilds and Disco Elysium?

[slow raft]

the latter yea

twas alright

[glossy latch]

Heresy

[runic ether]

i have also played disco elysium

library of ruina clears it for me tho i would put it in my top 10

[long tree]

Disco elysium is an exceptional game but it doesnt hit top 5 for me because it just has points where its like... kinda boring

[glossy latch]

Its an easy number 2 for me

Only cleared by Outer Wilds

[rapid bough]

my top 2 are FFX and freelancer

kinda tied tbh

dragon age origins is way up there too

[glossy latch]

Number 3 is probably Transistor but

That might also be nostalgia to some degree

[copper steppe]

too bad golden sun beats all games ever

[glossy latch]

I struggle to put any JRPG in my top 10 though

[slow raft]

you may just have not played to many good ones then

[pastel bear]

I value emotional poignancy above all else and I do think JRPG's often are the best at delivering on that front

[glossy latch]

I love Ys VIII to death, its one of my favourite games of all times

But its just not a top 10 game

[pastel bear]

Roxas still means something to me man

[slow raft]

case in point

[long tree]

I think my top 5 is like

1. Expedition 33
2. Metaphor rephantazio
3. Chrono trigger
4. Xenoblade 1
5. Dark souls/elden ring i flip flop between them

[rapid bough]

i still need to play E33

[long tree]

Tfw e33 wins your game of the year as well

[copper steppe]

metaphor sneak

[long tree]

What cant it win

[glossy latch]

I have played most of the good ones

[long tree]

Wdym sneak game is at its worst great

[runic ether]

oof dragon age origins... i actually really like that game too. i think i am only ranking it in my top 10 personally bc of the future games kind of weigh it down to me

[copper steppe]

imo metaphor is good i like it but not the best atlus game

[glossy latch]

I cant speak to E33 since Ive yet to play it

[old galleon]

chrono trigger mentioned

[glossy latch]

Metaphor is high on the list of best JRPGs though

But even it still suffers from a few decisions made towards the end

[rapid bough]

i think 2 is overhated and inquisition was good, trespasser DLC reached the heights of DAO imo. shame about veilguard tho

[pastel bear]

actually the best game of all time is the one I'm developing currently but am too embarrassed to talk about

[runic ether]

yeah dont get me wrong

[copper steppe]

best jrpg for is probably smt iv

[runic ether]

its great

[long tree]

cant be smt
cant be persona
cant be etrian odyssey
...you a devil summoner fan?

[runic ether]

but i do feel like i was cheated out of a goated franchise? if u know what i mean

[long tree]

[rapid bough]

yeah

[long tree]

Talking down metaphor while prasing smt4 is demon work

[rapid bough]

esp compared to mass effect as the other major bioware franchise

DAO is the best single bioware game imo but 2 and inquisition are just ok/good

mass effect had 3 great games going for it

[glossy latch]

I love the Trails series and while I have enjoyed Daybreak 1 and 2, and Horizon so far a lot

I think the best game would probably be Reverie?

[rapid bough]

we don't talk about andromeda

(though i think it's also overhated, i had fun with it)

[pastel bear]

I should play more of the Tales series

[runic ether]

less spoken of, the better... another one that also felt like missed potential as a whole is mass effect franchise

[pastel bear]

waiting for them to go on sale still

I have a feeling one of them will break me

[glossy latch]

Daybreak 1 takes bold new steps but the new systems arent refined yet

Daybreak 2 and horizon both improve massively, but take less bold steps as a result

[rapid bough]

the ME trilogy had an ending that let it down but every game was great in its own way

[pastel bear]

have you played soul hackers 1 actually

[long tree]

Mass effect is one of those games I couldn't get into just wasnt for me

[pastel bear]

I'm curious

[runic ether]

its understandable to not get into mass effect

[long tree]

I have not played any smt spin off that isnt persona

[pastel bear]

literally only playing the worst ones

[rapid bough]

imo 1 had the best worldbuilding and story, 2 had the best character interactions, and 3 had the best gameplay + overarching story until the end

[glossy latch]

Oh that reminds me, I still have soul hackers 2 to play eventually™

[pastel bear]

soul hackers 2 is a definitively good game but soul hackers 1 is one of those lifechanging experiences

[rapid bough]

also the citadel DLC in 3 is goated

[glossy latch]

Anyway time for my objective top 5 list of JRPGs not including E33 because Ive yet to play it

[rapid bough]

ackshually E33 is an FRPG

[glossy latch]

1. Metaphor Refantazio
2. Trails into Reverie
3. Ys VIII
4. Ys X
5. Trails beyond the horizon

[mental acorn]

https://x.com/juiceetin/status/2012249968883494939

juicetin (@juiceetin)

Oh come ON

X · Jan 16, 2026, 7:45 PM

[glossy latch]

Honorable mention to FFXV after all the updates for showing that it couldve been a top 5 game if its dev cycle wasnt as horrible of a mess as it was

(It still isnt a top 5 game after all the updates)

[pastel bear]

we gotta stop with the objectivity talk it's giving me a hernia

[glossy latch]

Also honorable mention to Crosscode, its probably number 6th

[slow raft]

its crazy how many jrpgs youve seemingly missed cause i cant think of many jrpgs ive played i would place lower than ys VIII

[long tree]

E33 is on of those games that just kinda changes your tastes fundamentally but the last third can be decisive

[glossy latch]

I mean as much as you didnt like Ys VIII, I loved it a lot

Its actually the game that got me into Ys as a whole

[rapid bough]

man it's been too long since i played a real game

[glossy latch]

I struggle to think of a lot of JRPGs I think were even half as fun and engaging as it was for me

Also lemme think if I missed any other JRPGs

[rapid bough]

stellar blade was the last and i still need to finish it

[slow raft]

thats still crazy to me since i cant find a single aspect of that game that was engaging

[rapid bough]

it was good too

not groundbreaking but competent and engaging

[glossy latch]

Well FFVI, FFIV and debatably FFVII Remake are there, but the former 2 have gameplay thats not aged too gracefully, the latter has ... questionable decisions made

[glossy latch]

Tis personal taste I suppose. I loved the music, the exploration, the environment and the story

Tales of Arise could've been in the top 10 if its last third just didnt exist

Unfortunately said last third massively drags the game down

[pastel bear]

jot I promise to give E33 as fair a chance as I can give

[rapid bough]

part of the reason FFX is the only FF game i've played is because i feel like i peaked and no other FF game can match it lol

[glossy latch]

Sea of Stars was fun but the story was wack especially towards the end

Chained Echoes is fun but I wish it was less sequelbait-y

[slow raft]

those parts were alright but are just not at all able to make up for the combat

[pastel bear]

play star ocean 3

[rapid bough]

i love literally everything about FFX except blitzball and the endgame grind, both of which are optional

[glossy latch]

Tbh I thought the combat was fun

Very easy because of how abusable perfect dodge and block are

But fun nonetheless

[copper steppe]

Octopath 2 is also peak

[slow raft]

legit less complex than a Musou game and none of the fun of it

[rapid bough]

musou games are my jam

[glossy latch]

Eh, that I just cant agree with

[rapid bough]

i still go back to play dynasty warriors 8 occasionally

[slow raft]

yea i love them too

[pastel bear]

oh right nier automata and replicant are also up there

[rapid bough]

need to play origins

[glossy latch]

Its definitely a simple system but a fun one nonetheless

Granted the amount of JRPGs Id play for the combat are ... few

[slow raft]

but they atleast know that complexity of combat isnt their winning point

[copper steppe]

why yes team ninja i do want to see the battle of the red cliffs again how did you know

:gigachad:

[glossy latch]

And difficult ones often do the Tales of thing of just making their bosses frustrating by letting them ignore key game rules you pick up from fighting regular mobs

[copper steppe]

did you play berseria

[slow raft]

i still think this preconception comes from you not understanding berserias systems but weve argued that point enough

[glossy latch]

I did play Berseria yes

[copper steppe]

velvet my beloved

[glossy latch]

Its one of the JRPGs I liked the least

[old galleon]

berseria mentioned

[glossy latch]

Not the worst by any means

I actually finished it

But there was just ... a lot wrong with it

The characters were the highlight but I cant say they carry the game enough for me to overlook all the flaws

Shame really, I quite liked Magilou

[slow raft]

god the berseria themes are just so good

[pastel bear]

not a fan of how the berseria remaster means the original doesn't go on sale anymore

[slow raft]

https://youtu.be/92gIEzA3jWQ?si=jhPldsIIwp68EkZr

[old galleon]

one of (honestly, the main) reason i want ae to do legacy collab upgrades is so velvet can be usable in end content

[glossy latch]

The Tales of music is decent yeah

[old galleon]

they're doing it with chrono cross so chances aren't zero, anyway

[glossy latch]

Berseria particularly had an issue with the mixing being subpar in places, but I like it nonetheless

Though tbh I think Arises while better mixed wasnt as impressive?

I can only remember 1 or 2 songs from it, despite having played it more recently

[slow raft]

i dont think a single arise theme stuck with me im ngl

[glossy latch]

Obviously none of the Tales of games ever match Falcoms music but theyre good still

Nothing matches Falcoms music except PlatinumGames

[slow raft]

agree to disagree on that

[glossy latch]

I mean Im not gonna say that youre not wrong, but I wont push the point

[slow raft]

the same thing im doing then

[glossy latch]

I am still waiting for the song in Horizon that really hooks me though

[slow raft]

:)

[glossy latch]

The Deep Carnival, Pyro Labyrinth or Solid-State Shard Blow of the game as it were

Though Daybreak and Horizon have focused more on atmospheric tracks like Blurred Scene and Smoky Smoky

Oh and Line of Non-Negotiable is really good too

That one even got the Singa haters to shut up for once

Do we know Endfields file size btw?

[slow raft]

well currently it is occupying

about 44 gb on my computer

launcher included ofc

[mystic python]

Mine atm

[glossy latch]

I see

[slow raft]

oh theres a new donwload, gimme a sec

Canto 9 and library of ruina spoilers
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♿️

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||every time i think about it its inanse to me how much roland had that shit on||

hmmmm

turns out my 8 years old pc isnt quite up to date

[pastel bear]

shall we go band-for-band

[slow raft]

https://x.com/kelsuis/status/2013942342391394337

Kelsuis (@kelsuis)

X · Jan 21, 2026, 11:50 AM

[silver osprey]

She do be an elf

And they probably live a long time like Sarkaz

[slow raft]

https://x.com/ShiroMatsunoki/status/2013528689393434733

Shiro (@ShiroMatsunoki)

As an non binary, this is my desired body type

X · Jan 20, 2026, 8:27 AM

[silver osprey]

And Mumu's like 30

[slow raft]

Warfarin for sure will also still be alive

[runic ether]

zzz wipeout is crazy
canto 9 spoiler

[slow raft]

luckily the phone i got for my birhtday is

[pastel bear]

happy birthday guy!

[slow raft]

(my birthday last year)

[pastel bear]

happy birthday guy!

[slow raft]

https://x.com/ArieliteAi/status/2013815787815948431

Arielite🔆 (@ArieliteAi)

I wonder who she means. I just can't tell. Shes so nice, giving reccomendations to you!

X · Jan 21, 2026, 3:27 AM

[long tree]

Merlin and Vladimir? If youre sure ig artoria

[summer hornet]

She's so humble

[slow raft]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G-KKcVebUAAqn1S?format=jpg&name=large

(art by misg1111)

[runic ether]

idt i've seen an misg sketch before it looks great

[versed pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/takdes-takundes-arknights-endfield-endfield-endfield-gif-gif-15340081082537491416

[slow raft]

https://x.com/anxientdesu/status/2014001313634476126

Anxient (@anxientdesu)

the virgin "noooo we can't let you use 120 fps, your system can't take it!" vs. the chad "TURN UP THE VOLTAGE, BECAUSE THIS IS A FUNERAL FOR THE LIVING!"

X · Jan 21, 2026, 3:45 PM

[mental acorn]

my laptop will die a glorious death immolated in the fires of kazdel and enter valhalla

[astral drift]

give all my material possessions to lilith, got it

[digital marlin]

Couldn't wait to get home so did my work at lunch

60 rolls for Alice and 30 for her w engine

[rapid bough]

send your luck to me pls since i need both sanby and alice

[digital marlin]

That's Misty luck I'm borrowing

Think i might go and pull for Ye Shuang now

Or attempt to

[glossy latch]

Thats what I did but also

Fuck you >:[

I had to go to soft pity for Astra

[idle grove]

what time does endfield launch

[silver osprey]

In 8 hours

[idle grove]

so tomorrow 😭

[silver osprey]

Pretty much

3 am for me

[mental acorn]

thenfield

[glossy latch]

Do you need to do a tutorial in Endfield for any of the time-limited rewards, or is just logging in enough?

[wispy goblet]

here we go

(it took 80 pulls)

[old galleon]

finished samrem collab story, just gotta clean up missions

remember to do all that if you haven't yet, event has liek 5 or 6 days left on it

[wispy goblet]

how often does HSR add units to the standard banner
I've heard they've done so, alongside their selector shop

standard banner

(I was on 13 to guarantee)

possible fufu upgrade?

could also give it to Dialyn

[versed pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/arknights-takdes-takundes-arknights-endfield-endfield-gif-14767558189191898084

[silver osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/endfield-today-gif-16396825324916171990

[runic ether]

m1 astra... or m3 alice?

idt im getting sanby no matter what

hmm 18% attribute res reduction but astra needs to hit?

and a shield

idk if i like astra's m1 terribly much

[rapid bough]

pretty sure astra's m1 is generally agreed to be nutty lol

[old galleon]

m1 and m3 are engaging my gbf brain

[rapid bough]

one of the best m1s in the game iirc

[old galleon]

which in turn reminded me that gw started

[runic ether]

i mean its p damn solid yeah

but i do partly think i could just get alice m3 lol

alice is by far my most invested carry in zzz atm

[rapid bough]

but surely alice m3 isn't better than astra m1

[runic ether]

the only real shame? her other mindscapes are kind of mid

[rapid bough]

going for alice m3 feels like you're investing more just for the sake of investing more lol

[runic ether]

yeah fuck it ig i'll go for astra's m1 just to make sure astra keeps up

[wispy goblet]

Astra cleaned me out
so now if I want Alice sig I'm almost certainly going to have to spend

if I spend, I'm gonna probably commit for the spending event anyway

[runic ether]

you have alice? or why do you want her wengine?

[wispy goblet]

ye I have Alice

I'm gonna wait for the preview stream before pulling anyway
because I am considering going for Yixuan sig and/or Yuzuha sig if those are the reruns as rumored

[runic ether]

man i got lucky asf getting yuzuha sig

i dont think i'll ever get yixuan's sig though at least for me

she performs really well without it idt it'd ever be a difference maker at least not yet

and if we get to a point where it does, i'd probably quit beforehand

[wispy goblet]

for me it represents like a 20% or so damage increase over the event w-engine if I remember my calcs

[runic ether]

right but thats what i mean

p sure its like 20% vs nekomata wengine too

but

again, if im at a point where i need a 20% boost on yixuan who can relatively casually get to 30k points playing casually on deadass

game's balance is cooked

[rapid bough]

isn't that basically true of astra m1 too lol

in fact it's true of nearly every sig or mindscape

they're really not necessary for endgame

[wispy goblet]

we'll see with the upcoming bosses
they're releasing bosses with lower DEF now to discourage Rupture units
and this alleged upcoming anti-crit rate debuff to discourage crit units in general

[runic ether]

ye

tho i do think astra's m1 at least can like

maybe open up a team or two

idt thats true for yixuan sig

[rapid bough]

time to see what luck has in store for me on my quest for sanby and alice

[wispy goblet]

contemplating
is Alice sig, Jane (or any future selector unit), and Jane sig (or any future selector w-engine) worth $140

[runic ether]

no

[rapid bough]

yeah objectively no lol

[runic ether]

if you'd say, alice + jane and one sig, maybe?

even then

[wispy goblet]

but what if I really want to take Jane on a date

[runic ether]

then i'd simply say to go outside

[rapid bough]

only took 83 fucking pulls because this game is literally incapable of not making me go into soft pity and decided to make me go deeper than i've ever gone this time for good measure

[runic ether]

guess no alice unless you get lucky

[rapid bough]

i had 30 pulls left over after sanby and they didn't get me alice

[runic ether]

speaking of getting lucky... i still havent done any events this patch

i have a 10 pull and all that to see if i can get someone else

[rapid bough]

if i wanted to drop my 130 residual pulls i easily could, but i'm gonna go as long as i can without doing so

[runic ether]

though honestly im thinking of getting zhao wengine to have basically a 2nd astra

[rapid bough]

i feel in my fucking bones that i'm going to lose this 50 on alice

for the second goddamn time

[glossy latch]

It doesn't actually

It added some units to the pool of those you can lose your 50/50 to ... once

[wispy goblet]

looks like the signal trackers haven't yet added a section for tracking the special rerun banner

counted it out
took me 77 pulls for Astra

[wispy goblet]

curious
guess there's no reason to bank my standard pulls then

[glossy latch]

Not as it stands no

They could change the system in the future, we just have no indication they will

[runic ether]

it isnt once iirc my sister got e1 seele off 50/50 losses

lol

[glossy latch]

Oh no I meant as in

They have added new characters to the pool once

[runic ether]

in hsr?

[glossy latch]

You can get them any number of times you want but so far its only been like what

Seele, Blade and Fu Xuan?

[runic ether]

yeah thats it but they arent standard characters

genshin is the one that adds to standard

at least one a year

[wispy goblet]

hmm

[digital marlin]

50 in

[glossy latch]

:[

Why is everyone but me so lucky

[wispy goblet]

took me 77 pulls to get Astra

been on a pretty bad streak lately of going deep

[rapid bough]

brother i've spent like 250 pulls this patch and have YSG and sanby to show for it in total

[runic ether]

youch

[digital marlin]

ay one whole year

[glossy latch]

I dont even have YSG lmao

[long tree]

https://x.com/i/status/2014098210340610422

Umamusume: Pretty Derby (@umamusume_eng)

🎊 Here's your first look at the new 3★ character!

Introducing [Fast as Lightning] Tamamo Cross!

For details, please check the Featured Trainees section on the top right of the Scout screen, available from Jan 22 (UTC).

#Umamusume

X · Jan 21, 2026, 10:10 PM

[silver osprey]

The fuckass pose

[long tree]

3ft tall gremlin lovers your day is neigh

[silver osprey]

Even there she's hitting that

[rapid bough]

...how many pulls have you spent trying to get her

[mental acorn]

funny aptitudes

[silver osprey]

Also starts with 105 strength

https://tenor.com/view/uma-musume-cinderella-gray-umamusume-cinderella-gray-uma-musume-cinderella-gray-tamamo-cross-umamusume-cinderella-gray-tamamo-cross-umamusume-gif-1832388347328994700

[mental acorn]

post #837031 about how only using Default Model for every uma design is annoying why does everybody have toothpick limbs why is ryan not ripped

[slow raft]

fourhoursfield

[versed pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/endfield-today-gif-16396825324916171990

https://gif.fxtwitter.com/tweet_video/G_K0OM1WQAECJXP.gif

[silver osprey]

Can't believe the meme will finally disappear

[mental acorn]

jaunary22nd2025field

[slow raft]

anyways, im heading to bed now, yall have funfield

[versed pawn]

I can't im at work

And being annoyed by a dude who had his house burning down

[rapid bough]

why are you not having fun? i specifically requested it

[versed pawn]

He smells like burned house

Even offered him to give him a bathrobe and wash whatever he has on

[rapid bough]

fuck it i'm cashing in my residual to see where it gets me

too impatient for this shit

i swear to god hoyo...

thank FUCK the bnuuy had mercy

that was 50 total which makes me feel better

[digital marlin]

Misty's luck is going hard

[rapid bough]

119 residual left to spend how i please, and 3 wengines i want in theory (YSG > sanby > alice)

plus whatever pulls are left in the next 14 days obviously

[digital marlin]

Think I'm going to cash in to get Jane.

[rapid bough]

hmmm i might value sanby wengine over YSG's come to think of it

it's more widely applicable and sanby's second options are worse than YSG's

i'm probably just gonna end up buying jane's wengine from the shop for alice lol

wtf

[runic ether]

alice's wengine is insanely good

tho i feel that over sanby

[rapid bough]

20 pulls for this

this means i lost the non-guaranteed 50

which means alice's wengine is guaranteed

we're cooking with gas

[wispy goblet]

double check the order in pull history if you can

[rapid bough]

it was the guaranteed banner

[wispy goblet]

I think it always shows standards after the sigs

[rapid bough]

the first pull had to have been sanby's

[wispy goblet]

oh right

[digital marlin]

OH GOD

[rapid bough]

that's 4* brimstone too lol

i wish i could lose wengine 25 to get koleda's for once

i need it so bad

[wispy goblet]

who you want it for

[rapid bough]

fufu

or dialyn ig

but mainly fufu

[wispy goblet]

I got Hellfire off the standard banner today

like 70 pulls in

[rapid bough]

i could just buy it from the shop but i feel like it's objectively correct to get a limited wengine from there since you can get the standard ones from banners

[runic ether]

yeah

[rapid bough]

i'm only going on this pulling frenzy because i don't give a fuck about the angels

so i'm prepared to leave this patch with zero savings

[wispy goblet]

The effect is so bad for the Fufu fighter
You don't EX that much
and you spend some time on-field when you're heated up so you don't get full value from the ER
but it does drop her substat demand for max buffs

but Fossil is a crazy amount of Daze gen
especially for lower-scorers

[rapid bough]

with brimstone 4* in my back pocket... do i maybe go for alice's wengine over YSG's

since brimstone is a damn good secondary for YSG

[wispy goblet]

Takes a lower expected number of pulls for the Alice wengine

[rapid bough]

i have guarantee for YSG's too

[wispy goblet]

unless you also have a wengine guarantee on the normal limited wengine banne

[rapid bough]

since i lost the 75 on dialyn's

[wispy goblet]

Hmmmmm

How many units do you have that might want the brimstone

[runic ether]

its just ysg since he got sanby wengine

unless eve is kinda wengineless even then

atk isnt lacking for wengines

[rapid bough]

zhu yuan kinda cooks with it

i don't really use her anymore though

[runic ether]

the one problem with alice wengine is that basically every anom wants it

[rapid bough]

i've got eve's wengine, who the hell do you think i am

[runic ether]

besides miyabi

[wispy goblet]

I had my Brimstone on Zhu
moved it to Ye Ye Ass Haircut
Haven't used Zhu in a while

[rapid bough]

hope zhu is planned for potential unlock buffs

[wispy goblet]

The upcoming Aria wengine also looks decently all-purpose

[rapid bough]

technically haru can use brimstone too and he's getting buffs but now that i have sanby+wengine i can't see myself using haru really ever

[wispy goblet]

if you have to pick one

I'd lean towards Alice w-engine
The guarantee on that banner will be lost if it's not used before the banner expires
you can carry the normal limited wengine banner guarantee forward

[rapid bough]

i mean i'ma be real, with how my luck has turned re: the double pull setting me up for a guarantee alice engine, i probably swipe for both by the end of the patch if my raw pulls don't get me there

[wispy goblet]

Also if Miyabi and Yixuan are an indicator
YSG will rerun relatively soon

[rapid bough]

The guarantee on that banner will be lost if it's not used before the banner expires
i thought they said pity on the special banner will carry over to future banners of its type

[wispy goblet]

Pity will
unused guarantees will not

[rapid bough]

oh

well that makes it a pretty easy decision

alice wengine here i come

i literally could've pulled a single time.

this was my first 10 pull

this is why 10 pulls are a scam and pulling 1 by 1 is objectively better if you don't consider the dopamine hit

[runic ether]

endfield's u

up

but ig i wont know it crashed my laptop

[mental acorn]

twohoursearlyfield monka

[wispy goblet]

ngl I hope one of the reruns is someone I don't care about so I can bank a little

[runic ether]

o-oh

it is literally just crashing my laptop to open endfield

[rapid bough]

ok my insane luck ran out on YSG's wengine, it took me to soft pity (66 total i think)

but i now have gotten everything i wanted out of this patch

[silver osprey]

The snow effects are great

[glossy latch]

Not that many because I usedu p all my rolls last patch trying to get Banyue

And I had to get to near hard pity twice

[rapid bough]

i mean until the generational run i posted above my ZZZ pull luck had been pretty shit for a while

[wispy goblet]

waiting for the pull tracking websites to have interfaces for showing special banner pulls

[glossy latch]

Yeah mine has just been bad for a while >:[

I didnt even pull on the special weapon banner (idk what Id pull there tbh)

[runic ether]

it took me like 70 to get astra m1 here but i did get rather lucky in hindsight with dialyin + her wengine in like

[glossy latch]

Like Astras weapon is alright I believe?

[runic ether]

110?

~

pulls

[rapid bough]

astra wengine is ultra meh

only a few % better than f2p options

[glossy latch]

Alices would be decent if I wasnt aiming for Janes now that you can get it

[wispy goblet]

Astra's weapon is a notorious underperformer

[glossy latch]

And I dont have Sanby

[wispy goblet]

Alice's w-engine is in high demand for a lot of agents

[runic ether]

okay yeah thats 3rd time now im not gonna push it

[wispy goblet]

it's great on all the physical anomaly agents
although it puts some funky building demands on Jane

[glossy latch]

Yeah

And I am trying to get Janes signature anyway so

No reason to really go for it

[wispy goblet]

30% ATK and 60 AM is still pretty cracked on any Anomaly agent
although it's just a statstick if it's not on a Physical agent

[runic ether]

worse than alice

[glossy latch]

It is apparently a tiny bit worse but

[wispy goblet]

if you can still hit your AP demands, Alice sig does slightly outperform Jane sig

[glossy latch]

Its not really worth pulling for if Im getting Janes sig anyway?

[wispy goblet]

do you have enough puzzle pieces to get it from the shop?

[runic ether]

also did you not have enough to use the shop currency to buy jane's sig?

[glossy latch]

Plus I dont know what other WEngine Id get with those materials anyway

Not yet no

[rapid bough]

alice sig is also braindead to maintain while jane requires regular dodging which you can't always do with all the downtime fights have nowadays

[glossy latch]

But Im getting there

[runic ether]

you can knock 2 birds with one cup

cus jane's best support is alice anyways

(and yuzuha)

even before the m2 alice m2 jane superteam

tho of course vivi competes

[wispy goblet]

Ovven, are you interested in going for the Angels of Delusion at all
(or Yixuan or Yuzuha, who are allegedly rerunning in 2.6)

[runic ether]

at least until m2 m2

[long tree]

Prydwen einfield tier list that is almost certainly wrong or will be altered significantly in the next month

[mental acorn]

last rite mentioned

[glossy latch]

Not really no

Tbh I doubt Ill get Alice either

[mental acorn]

fluorite at the bottom this list sucks

[long tree]

Shit sucks ass

[rapid bough]

damn i actually had enough leveling materials saved to get nearly everything leveled off rip

[runic ether]

does the list suck or does fluorite suck

[long tree]

Half the people i know wanting to play this game are playing for her

[rapid bough]

sanby/alice to 60, and sanby/YSG wengine to 60. no anomaly mats for alice's wengine tho

[runic ether]

only time will tell (next week ig)

[mental acorn]

i'm people

[long tree]

Knowing prydwen prolly both

[silver osprey]

Reference to Priestess' simulation, right?

[runic ether]

prydwen's limbus company tier list is decently useful if you have no idea what anything does which they take into account

[long tree]

not one guy that appeals to me
Fuccccck

[mental acorn]

yeah reads close enough

idk what else it would be

[glossy latch]

Anyway for ZZZ Im not sure about my pulling plans

... mostly because Im half debating dropping the game

[mental acorn]

AU maybe but that doesn't feel right

[silver osprey]

It's also ||a carbon copy of the monolith she had there||

[mental acorn]

yeah there you go

[silver osprey]

[runic ether]

im gunning for entirely one character that im like oh thats cool and its the dragon girl that seems to have been ripped straight out of my brain
and i think shes a starter operator lol

[long tree]

At least ember is bad af

[glossy latch]

If you mean Laevatainn

[mental acorn]

oh boy a new name

[glossy latch]

Shes launch banner apparently?

[runic ether]

no

chen

iirc thats her name

[glossy latch]

Ah

[silver osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/chen-endfield-arknights-qianyu-silly-gif-2603914693282121266

[glossy latch]

I will say

[runic ether]

i've posted my pf2e fighter before she is actually just close to what i designed myself

its freaky

[glossy latch]

These designs feel a little ... basic for what I remember of Arknights

[mental acorn]

yeah

[glossy latch]

Maybe its just a case of "playing it safe with the launch" tho

[mental acorn]

hopefully

[long tree]

So were the initial ops for arknights

Give it time

Its also 2d vs 3d visual design

[silver osprey]

Only Liduke is designing characters rn iirc

[long tree]

Cause a busy design in 3d is hard af to deal with

[runic ether]

makes sense to keep it safe to start for endfield before they throw in some massive furry men into the equation as i've seen from arknights

[long tree]

Need more women that could kick my ass in the game

[silver osprey]

Well Da Pan does fit the "massive furry men" category

[runic ether]

one sure but ik they got more in them

[glossy latch]

I mean theyre bound to release a (literal) silver fox

Anyway at least WuWa is still as enjoyable as ever

But ZZZ ... idk

Im basically only in it for the combat at this point and Idk how much the combat can carry when the endgame kinda blows

[long tree]

ZZZ got the hoyo trap of gatekeeping the interesting shit behind some of the most sloppy slop to ever slop

So you end up not caring

[runic ether]

i think it was a mistake on my end to expect the post apoc setting of zzz to play a much bigger role and/or be a bigger deal than what it currently is

[rapid bough]

i feel like i'm on an island actually enjoying ZZZ's endgame lol

[runic ether]

i dont mind the current story now that i finished it but holy shit is it just way worse written than limbus who has an extremely similar plot thread with a memory eating sword

[glossy latch]

I dont even mind that part tbh, WuWa also plays it fast and loose with their post-apocalyptic setting (You can barely even tell its meant to be post-apocalyptic in most of Rinascita), its just that

[wispy goblet]

I feel like "endgame" is a misnomer
it's just... game

[glossy latch]

ZZZ in general has little going for it

[runic ether]

nah i do like current end game for zzz

[silver osprey]

Ah, ||Relkin|| is a Chapter 16 character

[glossy latch]

Its just combat and nothing else

But in a setting that isnt well-suited for it

[wispy goblet]

I will agree

[runic ether]

my gripes is the story for zzz atm

[wispy goblet]

their minigame... game is weaker than Nikke's

[rapid bough]

i like the characters, the aesthetic, the music... idk

[runic ether]

events? good

[rapid bough]

just the overarching plot is meh

[runic ether]

character design? overall good

[glossy latch]

Also I just dont vibe with the character designs much lately

[runic ether]

music? good

[glossy latch]

Banyue was great

[runic ether]

endgame? good

[glossy latch]

I enjoyed Spook Shack well enough

[wispy goblet]

and there's not enough ongoing story to keep invested in ZZZ just for the story

[glossy latch]

But everyone else is just kinda meh

With the AoD I cant even say the robot is interesting

[runic ether]

i am way more down on the story after limbus canto 9 though but thats my own fault. i should have played zzz first

[glossy latch]

Both because you apparently barely even see that form in the gameplay

[wispy goblet]

it's like SFV
or a lot of the indie RTS

[glossy latch]

And because the robot form is just kinda pure fanservice

[wispy goblet]

that overcommit to competitive balance
and leave Timmies and Johnnies out in the cold

[glossy latch]

The most "interesting" part is the Shibari theme but idk

Its just not something I care for

[long tree]

After genshin I just dont trust hoyo with any slow burn overarching plots

[rapid bough]

jesus i had some cracked shadow harmony disks laying around

[digital marlin]

Bro there's theme in game you like listening too?

Game has some great bangers

[runic ether]

zzz hard carried by its base aesthetics to an extent

[long tree]

Took one of the easiest slam dunks in history and then just went "fuckinnnn errrrrrrrrrrrr 6 more years dumbass"

[glossy latch]

Kinda, but I cant say they really do those aesthetics ... well?

[runic ether]

but i dont have super high hopes for the story

[rapid bough]

something something live service story limitations something something

[glossy latch]

Especially now that were in not!China again

[rapid bough]

i mean waifei has max 2 more patches of life left in it so

[runic ether]

this is the most different its been for the chinese region

[wispy goblet]

it's almost chinatown really

[runic ether]

despite the xianzhou luofu being in outer fucking space

[long tree]

Whats worse is they proved they could have a somewhat satisfying conclusion to an overarching plot in hi3

[glossy latch]

I swear to god chinese gachas need to learn restraint with their chinese regions

[runic ether]

its government mandated (kinda lol)

[glossy latch]

Trails barely even has japan in it, take a page out of their book

[wispy goblet]

gonna bookmark this for when the german gacha game does germany

[rapid bough]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx6qbWnYVOE wish they used it more but this theme slaps so hard

[glossy latch]

0% chance tbh

There is no region less likely to appear in a german game than one inspired by germany

[rapid bough]

look at it this way

hoyo notoriously messes up their china regions

but at least they got it out of the way first in ZZZ right :^)

[digital marlin]

you know what

your right Khaios

[wispy goblet]

also
do we know if the china designs are unpopular
in china

[runic ether]

they've done this for genshin and hsr though so they get it out of the way first

[runic ether]

somewhat

[long tree]

Luofu being ass is so funny its like everyone in the entire luofu empire sucks so bad at their job

[digital marlin]

i swear if we get hit by China 2

[long tree]

get it out of the way
continue to return there whenever they have a lull in the story

[runic ether]

as long as we dont have a japan region that got secretly scrapped...

[glossy latch]

Well technically it wasnt scrapped

They just renamed it and filed the serial numbers off

[runic ether]

in hsr no

i mean in zzz

[glossy latch]

Oh

I would assume no given we just had the chinese region but

Genshin did that

[long tree]

Hsr story having to be ass for the next year because of real world politics is funny as hell to me

(Especially because it was already ass last year)

https://tenor.com/view/basketball-slam-dunk-man-dunks-basketball-basketball-hoop-gif-26961879

[runic ether]

amphoreus was p good and had some high highs

but mannnn

they need to put shaoji down

[long tree]

Amphoreus not use a key word 5 times in a single sentence challenge (these words just mean basic shit why are they doing this)

[runic ether]

the nounitis was on another scale

and unfortunately, aha is gonna be used as an excuse for poor storytelling moments in 4.x

[glossy latch]

😔

I still hope they at least dont fuck up Sampo SP (And he is actually coming)

[runic ether]

its fine in short bursts look at black swan and sparkle's story in penacony

but a whole region like that? just put the pen down shaoji

its over

[silver osprey]

||The first boss is speaking Sarkaz holy peak||

[long tree]

male who isnt paired with another man in the story
Hes gonna be a mid f2p unit with half a patch of story

They even got dan heng when blade wasnt around

[glossy latch]

I mean

DHPT is not mid by any means

Hes like top 2 sustain unit lmao

Plus Sampo was rumoured to be an emanator, those are always busted (-ish)

Speaking of HSR, Sparkle is apparently gonna become BiS for Phainon after all

I can skip Sunday again

[runic ether]

sparkle slurred her way into bis for a gay man

unreal

[glossy latch]

Fujoshi buff, clearly

[runic ether]

that was castorice

sparkle is just homophobic

[glossy latch]

Anyway since I had to uninstall Marvel Rivals for a bit anyway, I guess Im installing Arknights Endfield

[timber sigil]

@rapid bough @idle grove Sakura next

[rapid bough]

mica really is using a dartboard to decide the order they do these releases huh

how are they gonna drop deep oblivion and then make us wait for lainie lol

diabolical

[timber sigil]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX1Or-eiCZ0

[silver osprey]

We did not learn shit even after like 100 years

Crazy

[mental acorn]

tbf beta implied things were different so maybe they did! ||or maybe priestess said "alright these guys aren't too bad let's tone down the assimilation"||

[timber sigil]

atp they're running out of filler event banners to keep the major events at bay

after Sakura the only banners left are Lainie and Basti

Bathilde is a clan reward

Harpsy is standard

then upcoming major event units are Alva/Voymastina, Helen/Phaetusa, Loreley/Cheyanne

[runic ether]

yeah idk what it is but trying to open endfield keeps crashing my laptop

guess it wasnt meant to be

[mental acorn]

did you check the use directx thing in the launcher

mine wasn't working properly when i tried to set it up yesterday and that fixed it

although it just wouldn't start rather than killing itself

[wispy goblet]

okay sorry @rapid bough apparently I was wrong and deceived you
https://www.rxddit.com/r/ZZZ_Official/s/BOhrZvwB59

[glossy latch]

Damn

Also how long until you can roll in Arknights?

Like I assume theres some kind of tutorial

[rapid bough]

i will never forgive you

[summer hornet]

Arknights or Endfield? Those are 2 different games, now

[runic ether]

i did indeed. it was working fine when i tried to set up yesterday. today, after it logs in and does its thing, trying to go in crashes. im gonna try and force some things and see if this works

[mental acorn]

zamn

[mental acorn]

i'm seeing people doing it in other servers so less than 1.25 hours

[glossy latch]

I see

[silver osprey]

I saw that for rerolling it takes like 30 minutes

So yeah should be like 1 hour for the first time

[glossy latch]

Gotcha gotcha

Maybe Ill do it rq today, or I just save it for tomorrow

[silver osprey]

Ok unlocked it

Oh yeah you get 40 pulls for free by doing chapter 1

[glossy latch]

Wait is Endfield set in the future of regular Arknights?

[silver osprey]

About 100 years yea

[pastel bear]

oh I thought it was a prequel

[silver osprey]

Welp got the fisher guy already

[runic ether]

yeah i cant figure it out. system should qualify for endfield and yet it bsod's my laptop

[glossy latch]

Did you check your drivers?

[runic ether]

yup

i should be all up to date

[glossy latch]

Dang

Oh this isnt set in the same world is it

[mental acorn]

different planet

terra and talos-2 were connected via stargate, which we were introduced to a couple years back in the northern icefields where the demons live

it got fixed, people started colonizing talos, and then it broke again so now they're cut off afaik

[glossy latch]

Nyaruhodo

[runic ether]

theres no fucking way it runs perfectly on my phone and it bsod's my laptop

i may uninstall for this audacity

middle don is a bit too vanilla unfort 😔

2 bleed + 1 bleed count on skill 1 and 2

baller skill 3 especially since it can come off her guard but it needs envy a-res at 6+ to do so

shes not bad, but we'll def need to see the nursefather id and/or maybe an extra middle id

big issue is that envy's biggest fan is queen of hatred don but she has a middle id already

yeah i cant even think of how to fit this ish into burn because there is very little envy in burn

hmmm

[sharp swan]

Any Asia here in Endfield?

I need friends

[glossy latch]

Oh I see, not pre-registering was not smart of me

Oops

[runic ether]

pre-registration buff is a free operator yea

kinda busted

the gacha tech of pre-registrating if you have even a passing interest in it remains unbeaten

[mental acorn]

how does envyres actually work in practice
are there like mono envy ids or do you just spame defense or

is it just a Yeah We Do This Once In A While

[runic ether]

there are envy-consistent ids

queen of hatred don for instance

and the existing middle ids are all focused on envy

they get this through either having envy guards/counters

and then it asks you to use them more often

[glossy latch]

No wait I think I did pre-register lmao

I forgor 💀

[runic ether]

this doesnt make the non-envy skills useless

but

at the very least, you should aim to create as many turns where you are creating those resonance chains

[mental acorn]

nyaruhodo

[runic ether]

this is a thing for other archetypes too but envy is notable cus it actually has a lot more direct support

[long tree]

Ya boi

[glossy latch]

How did you get to a 6* already o.0

[long tree]

I got 2

Servers opened 2 and a half hours ago

[glossy latch]

Again how

I havent even gotten one yet

[long tree]

I got lucky in the starter banner

2 ten rolls, 2 6 stars

[glossy latch]

I knew it

[long tree]

These are the 2 I got

[glossy latch]

Lucky you

[rapid bough]

the game was crashing misty's laptop so her luck was just out there in the ether

guess it went to you

[glossy latch]

It shouldve been me!

[runic ether]

im downloading stuff on my phone rn to give it a try. idk if i'll stick with it? im already a bit burnt out on open world gachas

but i'll give it a fair shot. the arknight event in limbus left enough of an impression on me to try the ip out

[summer hornet]

Wasn't he an old man in og Arknights?

[runic ether]

he got better ig

[summer hornet]

Yeah Hellagur

Could be wrong but it looks like a dead ringer

.....though there was the whole thing of people ||reincarnating through Oripathy or something like that||? So it could be a totally different personality, idk

[long tree]

We assume its either him or a variant

[mental acorn]

good old reconveners

big spoilers for og AK story but ||originium was made to store data, so every time an infected crystallizes they essentially get zipped into the Assimilated Universe. reconveners are those zip files extracted; technically new people who have impressions of memories from their past lives||

[summer hornet]

Okay, so I was right lol

I remember part of that coming up in the Babel side story

Is Ch'en 2 the same way?

[mental acorn]

she's just a descendant of our chen

[summer hornet]

Lmfao

[glossy latch]

What 5* are notable for being good btw?

[long tree]

None of em are great

They're all usable tho

[glossy latch]

Oh is this a 6* or bust kinda game?

[long tree]

And the 4 star dragon dude but

Roster is small so everyones about on par except the limited unit and eyja who you get for free

[mental acorn]

if it's anything like og AK then half the 5s will be weird kit designs that get overshadowed by 4s

[glossy latch]

Unfortunate, I was hoping Arclight would be good

She looks cool

... wait this game is just a play to get people into Factorio

[runic ether]

this game plays better on mobile than i expected

this guy took off his glasses... and he had another pair underneath

[glossy latch]

Classic gag

[glossy latch]

At this point Im just gonna get the last 10 rolls on the starting banner so I know what 6* I have

And then go to sleep

[glossy latch]

Lifeng, huh?

... I have no idea what his deal is

Oh I guess he works with Endmin

Neat

[runic ether]

oh she got swapped out of the index story

wait this means outis middle nursefather

confirmed

valencina rodya strong upscale

[summer hornet]

I was intrigued enough to give it a go

It really is its own story, though

Aside from a few mentions of Kal’tsit in the lore books and such it’s straight up a whole new world

Not a bad thing though

I’ve already dropped HSR and Genshin, so we’ll see if this stays

[late canopy]

Endfield is apparently having payment platform issues with Paypal

Where you accidentally get charged too much for even buying something like the monthly pass

[wispy goblet]

I've heard rumors of people's paypals being hacked too

[wispy goblet]

okay allegedly
something went bad on the backend
and the wrong people were being charged for orders
that may be why some people have been overcharged

[idle grove]

is there a good site for endfield that isn't prydwen

[silver osprey]

The wiki ig

https://youtu.be/vJ3aAMdGE9A?si=v6C6obJQ8KDrp-IQ

Endfield has EPs as well nice

[pastel bear]

laevatain is kinda cute

[slow raft]

https://x.com/rfantazio/status/2014207771722285112

🌬️🌧️☔️😌☀️🚗 (@rfantazio)

you guys are bullshitting already

X · Jan 22, 2026, 5:25 AM

[pastel bear]

IT HAS THE DARK SOULS MESSAGE SYSTEM?

[slow raft]

Ive seen several teams where 4 and 5 star units were bis but that might change once we get more 6 stars

[slow raft]

Yea

[silver osprey]

Try finger but hole

If it's like AK it'll take a few years until you need a 6* to clear stuff

[slow raft]

https://x.com/RuptureAgenda/status/2014206709691195546

Rupture (@RuptureAgenda)

can someone kill her

X · Jan 22, 2026, 5:21 AM

[silver osprey]

Not my Ish

[silver osprey]

The hints that the endmin is the doctor are as subtle as a brick

[slow raft]

my pc is fuckign fighting for its life trying to play this game lmao

[silver osprey]

This is still NOT a slug hypergryph

[long tree]

This is just a design mistake, the original slugs are slugs they just have rock cancer on their backs

That mf has an actual shell

[idle grove]

https://fixupx.com/i/status/2014292988810363387

Kars (@KaroshiMyriad)

Hebi Nyobo (4* Assassin) Noble Phantasm #FateGO #FGO

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▶ Play video

FixupX · Jan 22, 2026, 11:04 AM

[slow raft]

Ushmael is a powerscaling daughter 💔
https://x.com/graydachi/status/2014182743240798488

gray (@graydachi)

INDIGO ELDER UPSCALE

X · Jan 22, 2026, 3:46 AM

[idle grove]

seeing people on twitter saying endfield has the worst start to a gacha game they've played and I just cannot see that being anything other than ragebait

[versed pawn]

No thats just saint dodo and his monkeys

[silver osprey]

Wuwa's definitely worse from what I remember when I tried it out on release

[silver osprey]

The guy was complaining that the login event only gave 10 pulls

It also comes with the best healer in the game

[versed pawn]

A picture of Saint would be a prime example next to a title thst reads "Talentless Content creator"

So all he does is ragebait

[slow raft]

Its a bit infodump-y, but its not bad so far

[silver osprey]

It's arknights after all

[versed pawn]

The only reason that dude even has a platform is because of tectone

[silver osprey]

Already went through that in chapter 0

https://x.com/BEEPTHATUP/status/2014302210302103745

Bell 🇱🇧🇵🇸 (@BEEPTHATUP)

THESE THINGS ARE THAT BIG??

X · Jan 22, 2026, 11:40 AM

[glossy latch]

Story-wise, definitely, yeah

[versed pawn]

Too early for me to talk about the gameplay

Need functioning teams with rotations first and see if this clicks with me

[copper steppe]

hashtag not my originium slug

[glossy latch]

Ok, prefarmed echoes for Luuk

At this point Im locking in that I get him, and may well just skip Aemeath

[long tree]

Enfield is factorio
Fucccccck

[late canopy]

Wait

Is it really?

Not that Im going to play it

But this just makes me want to go start up the real Factorio again

Which is a very bad idea

I stopped playing that game for a reason

[old galleon]

ae global anni banner might have been the best outcome of 3k chronos i've ever gotten

[glossy latch]

It is kinda yeah

[old galleon]

first roll, shion ac as, id
second roll, lingli as
third roll, ewan ns dupe
star drop, daisy as

[long tree]

It requires you to do factorio base building to get materials for equipment

The mcs magic rock cancer power is literally to fabricate technology from materials

[old galleon]

based

[glossy latch]

Now the interesting question is

Will we get anything for the paypal issue

[long tree]

1 bajillion dolla

[versed pawn]

maybe not

at least as far i know fob got completelz refunded

even what he actuallz payed for

https://fxtwitter.com/AOD_EN_Official/status/2014291970043293751

AngelsofDelusion_Official (@AOD_EN_Official)

🖤
︀︀Congrats on finding the "performance easter egg" that only the luckiest Delulus can discover~
︀︀Sampled a track we stumbled upon at the arcade. It's way more rhythmic than our usual stuff!

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FxTwitter · Jan 22, 2026, 11:00 AM

[runic ether]

vtubers always felt parasocial as hell but these are a new level of weird with their promotions they arent even real

[versed pawn]

probablz getting a live stream with those models i assume

since all 3 of them have a vtuber model

[silver osprey]

I'm surprised you only found out about that now

[runic ether]

i dont trust that this will be a long term enough thing to be worth the investment and/or length

[wispy goblet]

Allegedly hoyo started up their own vtuber agency

That's hearsay on my part

[slow raft]

Poggers

Only took all 40 of the rolls but i got the one i want most

[glossy latch]

Congrats

He's one I am also hoping to get to pair with Lifeng

[slow raft]

my god the increased rates on the weapon banners are noticable

i did 20 pulls and got 2 6 star weapons

[runic ether]

yeah i tried again to run endfield on my laptop and it keeps shitting itself. i can get into the game now that im past the tutorial but it crashes shortly after

thankfully, this game actually plays well on mobile

it doesnt overheat my phone at all and theres no real lag

kind of surprised

[glossy latch]

It is shockingly well optimised

So Im a bit surprised your laptop struggles

[slow raft]

my pc struggles on even the lowest settings

but its fine on my phone

[mental acorn]

mine runs at like 15 fps

[glossy latch]

Ok but your PC is ancient

Also still no compensation news

Curious

[idle grove]

do you only unlock more factory buildings later in the story

[runic ether]

oh oops i never did the multiplayer event in zzz

i thought i had until tomorrow

to finish it

[slow raft]

theres a point where you get a tech tree

[runic ether]

factorio real

[slow raft]

have you seen the wacky inflatable tube men? you kill them for points in the tech tree later

[idle grove]

oh sure

tbh I just wanted to play the factorio part straight away but ig I'll play more to get everything

[slow raft]

you get the tech tree around the same time you get the last 10 pull on the beginner banner, which is shortly after the first big bossfight

[idle grove]

ahh sure

[slow raft]

its also where it does the whole "alright, next story mission is levelgated so go explore the world or whatever" thing

[idle grove]

explore the world?
no thanks, factorio

[slow raft]

well, doing one helps the other

[idle grove]

[long tree]

liberate a camp being harassed by bandits
immediately use their land for generating power from rocks that cause cancer

God bless

Oh and explosives manufacturing

[slow raft]

you dont understand, the factory simply must grow

[long tree]

My main issue with the factory stuff right now is the limited ports

That shit gets rough im down to like 1 port left in the first base

A lot of it is having to be rewired now i have lane stacking and splitting

[silver osprey]

Considering there were whole fields filled with comveyor belts in the beta it might not be an issue meanwhile

[long tree]

Oh im sure there's a way to do it im just not factorio mental illness I got the sonic the Hedgehog kind

Just not wired for it

Worth noting you can just like

Yoink other people's blueprints

So if someone makes the super giga factory 5000 and they submit it you can just yoink it and copy it

[silver osprey]

Yeah

[runic ether]

oh thank god

i am not built for factorio

[slow raft]

i imagien within the month well have 100 videos of "best base layout for each outpost(real)"

[silver osprey]

243

[runic ether]

so is perlica a cat

or a bird

or a secret more sinister third thing

[slow raft]

bird

least im p sure shes liberi

btw, ive come to quite like the combat in this game with both of the teams ive tried out

[mental acorn]

yea

[slow raft]

same as poggers

[glossy latch]

Still no compensation for the paypal issue?

😔

I wanna get free rolls

[runic ether]

combat's pretty fun so far

tho i cant form a full opinion yet since while mobile is not bad, i feel like i'd enjoy it more on pc

[long tree]

Mmm infinite healing item generation

[idle grove]

my only issue with the combat is like all of these games I just don't think casters feel great to play

[long tree]

Okay my actual main concern with this game

Hooking shit up in the field to your electric grid

Only choice is to daisy chain relays all the way from your base

[silver osprey]

Now that I can make a cryo and physical teams, same

Having all 4 ops on the field at the same time makes things interesting

Weapons also feel really easy to get, I already have a bunch of 5* and a 6* arts unit

[slow raft]

Really like the teambuilding aspects and it makes me want to experiement with the lower star units

[mental acorn]

accidentally finished a career with 1400 unspent skill points

bakushin is rubbing off on me

[silver osprey]

Using these two teams rn

[glossy latch]

Hmmm

Im increasingly feeling like this might just not be a game for me

Not even sure why

Though granted the Valley IV story is kinda ... not great

[silver osprey]

Yeah I'm waiting to return to the ship

[silver osprey]

Bars

[mental acorn]

literally me

[turbid olive]

Jesus Christ, she looks like a deranged person in Black and white lmao.

[old galleon]

252 back to haunt us

[pastel bear]

I'm gonna try launching endfield

[mental acorn]

https://x.com/DesperateKnot/status/2014217043802018174

Ame (@DesperateKnot)

Doesn't this imply she's talking to SoraDon

X · Jan 22, 2026, 6:02 AM

peak fiction

[turbid olive]

Holy Wacky Bag, Batman.

[idle grove]

https://fixupx.com/i/status/2014473181734564284

🌬️🌧️☔️😌☀️🚗 (@rfantazio)

guyss
︀︀talospioneers.com/en

Quoting Lens (@lens_the_martyr)
︀
I made a blueprint sharing website for Endfield with a couple of friends, please check it out!
︀︀
︀︀#ArknightsEndfield #Endfield #EndfieldBetaTestII

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FixupX · Jan 22, 2026, 11:00 PM

[silver osprey]

Radahn at home was pretty neat to fight

[turbid olive]

Yooo, it's John Steins;Gate!

[long tree]

I've been on the ship, nothing changes

Im assuming the plot is just gonna be

area is being attacked
go to area
establish base
fix area
fight relevant boss
repeat

[long tree]

Oh right enfield protagonist is canonically gender fluid

[silver osprey]

[runic ether]

i got the sheep girl even tho she'll be free tomorrow

at least i got lifeng from standard pulls

[runic ether]

i've been liking it a fair bit, but my enjoyment is def hurt by it not being playable on my laptop

[runic ether]

soradon doesnt believe in fixers of justice... its so fucking over for her

[mental acorn]

canto 9 ||https://fixupx.com/moonlit_azure/status/2014516398677230050||

𝒫𝒾𝓃𝓀𝓎 𝒜𝓅𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝒸𝑒 一 ...

// canto nine merch idea

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FixupX · Jan 23, 2026, 1:51 AM

[versed pawn]

https://youtu.be/7wMz8mDyHgM?si=ItWV2uSMssuHVgYd

[runic ether]

so glad they are gonna take up the next few patches

i can finally save in zzz again

[wispy goblet]

shit
Nangong Yu is Anis
oh no

[wispy goblet]

okay it might not be Nangong Yu specifically

but she's one of them

[rigid pilot]

Finally got all my curreny servants to their max level excluding a spare Georgios and Leonidas for sac purposes. Skills next I guess...

I am so glad I grinded Caster pieces so that I won't feel bad seeing 10/10/10 next to Geronimo

[wispy goblet]

okay
with third-party discounts
I should be able to hit 10k tickets with a total spent of $137 before tax at most
plus that will include my next six months of IK so I won't be spending on the game for the next six months

[runic ether]

astralynn worked once so now we need a 2nd musician pair yuri hoyo isnt slick

[runic ether]

kjh is live. roadmap for events this season soon...
https://www.youtube.com/live/DAwZQvtcR_Q?si=F4nrTY3vVy3U83ro

[toxic cloud]

We are empire kinda goated @mental acorn

[runic ether]

some immediate points:
he wants to add skins by 3rd anniversary

not all ids can get skins bc some would have special effects/summons like lord hong lu but he'll work on it

most skins would wanna be made using thread/shards not sure yet

gacha skins would be special effort, not that non-gacha skins wont be, but they want them to be worth their money including those sold in bundles

wants to add skins for more casual outfit for example like pj skins or casual fit that wouldnt work in a normal id

"NEW CONTENT!? NANI!!"
-kim ji hoon
told his employees to watch the stream for him to explain what his vision is for this

okay going into specifics, he wants a roguelike end game mode to do after mirror dungeons/beyond them

its important to make them (md) fun, but he also recognizes that for most, its becoming a farming sim to grind, and he wants this new mode to not be tied up in that cycle

wants to keep mds at their current tempo for those who use md to grind for ids, and wants to make the new mode for those who have many/most ids
refers to the design team to think about season 1, he wanted md teams to gradually be built up
similar to auto chess where you start with 1-2 random ids, and you get more ids as you progress randomly like a selection you can pick

the main focus is for this to be something that can allow md to be available for those who grind, since he wants to add more spice to md, but if he does, and it causes friction with the tempo of grinders, he would understand that frustration

battle for this mode should be simple and light. just clicking winrate is not enough. wants it to be totally automatic.
ids would start off with just parts of their kits some skill 1s and 2s

thinking about the system should let the ids pick for themselves
or, you have a preset of what you want the ids to do

egos would give you time to use them as needed but otherwise, wants this to be as low input as possible

???

did kim ji hoon leak an id by accident??

why is he talking about myo faust??

oh lmao nvm he meant mao faust

kjh was comparing getting random ids being the fun part to let you have fun comps that maybe dont work or maybe you pull weak ids but then you see maost or ff gregor and the run changes

wants md to feel like somewhat hack and slash or big number simulator vs this new one to be more darkest dungeon.
ego gifts would be rarer as a result

the new game mode is compared to the bp, where md can be farmed infinitely for shards, the new game mode will have a marked and clear reward track, where once its done, you can say you got all the content out of it for the season

new game mode will be planned to include all ids as drops, but if you own the id, it becomes better ie lord hong lu can use his skill 3 right away if you own him and he'll be uptie 4 or he gets better stats etc

same deal with ego. can obtain them, but they would be downgraded if you dont own them.
thinking about ids being improved if you uptie them, level them up etc etc

tldr for battles: you set up your skills prior to the fight, it plays automatically, you can only interfere with ego

reiterating the roguelike map property where a new map is generated per run

example. dead ends can exist with goodies if you win, but if you lose you wipeout

lmfao

hes asking his design team watching this rn if it sounds like fun? looks like fun? to send him questions in their group general chat

"ah yes the design team has sent the hanging pepe emoji but it seems like they like the idea"

full release is still ways away and wants to deploy it with a full bp for it to go through

maybe a beta in a while with a shorter bp

temp title: limbus dungeon or limdun

now unrelated:
hes not burnt out, but is exhausted after canto 9, 9.5-1 and 9.5-2, and canto 10

canto 10 not done, but he has an idea on how to make it enjoyable

and... hes planning a 1 week vacation. turn off discord and detox type shit

reason he feels comfortable doing so is that half? parts? of canto 9 were not done by him and was entrusted to his team leaders and it turned out really well (agreed)

he worked hard on a lot during canto 9 but he'll be busier (feels like he will be?) due to the anniversary coming upon february, april fools, the hyundai popup event, and more

last bit here has been him praising his team leads and employees as they have grown a lot closer overall, and he feels he can explain his vision less

[glossy latch]

Oh hypergryph are urgently hiring a contract lawyer

They're cooked cooked huh

[runic ether]

youch

yeah no way it was easily brushed under as a simple "heres a refund and some pulls"

[pastel bear]

wait what happened

[glossy latch]

Yeaaah

[runic ether]

WAIT HUGE

[glossy latch]

Tl;Dr people who had linked their PayPal would randomly get charged for other people's purchases

[runic ether]

"this isnt confirmed, and this is just a thought, but we had originally planned to make a game alongside limbus company but it was hard enough with just limbus alone, so i thought, why not add stories to limbus as a system? like distortion detective with limbus battling and story mode as a sub story in limbus?"

[glossy latch]

Because apparently there was an internal mismatch between PayPal and the Linked accounts

[wispy goblet]

have they been able to process refunds yet

[runic ether]

"we can make games within limbus company as modules to add to the story this way."

3d game not cancelled? but announcements of it would come winter 2027 with the new office

it wouldnt be bad to use limbus company as a platform for more stories he wants to tell

[glossy latch]

Believe so

[runic ether]

"currently, limbus can support a 2d side scroller, so we could make say, a devyat fixer game"

[glossy latch]

... a nine fixer game?

[runic ether]

large fixer orgs are all based on a number

zwei, cinq, liu, devyat, shi, etc etc

in different languages of course

1 -> 10

[runic ether]

games like these may be sold seperately, or could be part of a bp to monetize them, unsure yet

alright stream done, the man continues to be insnae

[pastel bear]

top 1 gacha game man

[glossy latch]

Oh right you mentioned they were numbers

[runic ether]

i'd pay a lot of money for distortion detective shit proper in limbus