Arknights

[ebon sphinx]

[quaint arch]

Did someone say Soviet?
||https://youtu.be/sZv4areNwW8?si=pOb3ThIqsRWaEJMP||

[wanton stratus]

Is this real!?

[quaint arch]

No, it's all in your dreams.

[wanton stratus]

I’d rather dream of ||continuing the Silverash bloodline||

[hot rampart]

i dream of continuing a lot of bloodlines

[wanton stratus]

My man

[young void]

oh shid free roll jumpscare

[violet vortex]

She gonna hit you repeatedly with a tornado for 800 damage now

[young void]

[tribal thicket]

Noob

I can hit u for 9999

[wanton stratus]

[versed compass]

dam thats 500 more then i expected

[wanton stratus]

So she deals 266% of expected damage? Sounds super strong

[versed compass]

no red numbers tho

game must be bugged

[violet vortex]

When I first saw her damage calcs at near max when you can’t levitate an enemy I wept

And the worst part was how little them being affected by levitate improved those numbers

[tired gulch]

I hit 1.5K though?

Never mind. 3.8K

[quaint arch]

Per what second?

[wanton stratus]

Were the numbers red!?

[tired gulch]

Yep

Granted, the tornadoes are slow by default, but it's fair enough

I be seeing red numbers, yes

[wanton stratus]

Thank goodness

[hot rampart]

her dmg per tornado definitely high but the dps is just awful especially with the increased attack interval penalty for ungod reason

[wanton stratus]

Fair and balanced

[hot rampart]

shit and balanced

good job hg

[wanton stratus]

I’ll take a Ho’ol over Ch’en’s mistake or Lingma balls any day

[hot rampart]

in comparison to another recent "underrated" unit called viviana

hool s3 total dmg during skill activation is around 70k+ with 60 sp cost and 45 sec duration
viviana s3 2nd activation and so on also have 70k+ at total damage during skill WITH 25 sp cost and 25 second duration

[quaint arch]

Speaking of which, how's Viviana as of today on CN? @hot rampart

I heard S2 is underrated

Errrm... I mean low-key useful

[hot rampart]

fair and balanced

i have no clue tbh rather she definitely looked underwhelming

especially she gets compared to surtr who likely to be redeployed after like 60 seconds

[quaint arch]

Not 70?

[hot rampart]

or 70

i dont remember the specific numbers so

[quaint arch]

Ok....

[hot rampart]

but its close enough

if u think about how

her skill cost

25 sp

with 70k total damage

its actually pretty decent

definitely wont 1 cycle some hard bosses

but will likely help against constant strong elite enemies

[quaint arch]

*Arts Damage

So RES on enemies mattered

But that aside, which is better General Daily Driver Skill, in your opinion? S2 or S3?

[hot rampart]

no clue about s2 tbh

25 sp cost 35 sec duration

+1 block count and attack blocked targets

seems great for general use due to attacking 2 target

[hot rampart]

she needs correction

[versed compass]

just casually traveling to the past to steal money

[ebon sphinx]

all those pics of F!Endministrator being seemingly a gremlin is paying off for fanart

[tired gulch]

Once again, the girls are the gremlins, and I approve

[wanton stratus]

Reading the event enemy info kinda crazy ngl

Really helped me beat EX-7 CM

[tribal thicket]

You read

No way

[wanton stratus]

I know, right

[wanton stratus]

Who’s ready to pull tomorrow?

[tribal thicket]

You

[fluid verge]

pull for what

[wanton stratus]

Mumu or Ho’ol, I guess?

[violet vortex]

With Holo’s major accomplishment being that she’s better than Vigil

And Mule being more unique than super strong

Not much of a big pulling banner

[wanton stratus]

True

I’m hoping for my first 6* to be Mumu and then I’ll dip

If not I may keep going

[tribal thicket]

But

Mudrock clone

[violet vortex]

On one end pulling for new things is fun, but the other I’m glad I don’t like many units

Getting the ones I do want never in question this way

Only care for Swire in the next 6 months because I like merchants
Maybe Candle but it’s kind of sad what they did for her kit

[wanton stratus]

But Muh meta units

[violet vortex]

This 6 month gap does make me sad knowing how far away another fish is

They don’t really release that many meta defining units

[wanton stratus]

Aren’t we closer to 8 months behind now?

[violet vortex]

meta defining for an archetype maybe

Came back to the game when specter dropped, since then the meta units have been Pozy, Mlynar, Texas, & Yato

And idk if you even consider Pozy

Even if you pulled every big meta unit there is still enough pulls to go for who you want

[wanton stratus]

Well, some people get really unlucky

With 300 pity for every limited meta unit it’s not that easy

[tribal thicket]

Wait wym

We got another fish?

[violet vortex]

I’ve never met someone who has to go to the absolute extreme for every unit consistently (200+ for normal, spark for limited, 120 in the case of Yato).

Luck exists and it can be a lot of rolls in some cases for a unit. But in general/average there is more than enough rolls for meta & then some

[wanton stratus]

We’ll possibly be getting another one in 1 year (for global)

[violet vortex]

No which means it’s gonna be longer than 6 months already until we do

[wanton stratus]

Good, pity is too damn high

[glacial breach]

300 rolls to guarantee a character is fucking insane

Every second 6* should be guaranteed rate-up

[wanton stratus]

I think 120-150 would be reasonable

As in you get it at that exact pull, not the shitty standard banner pity we got

[violet vortex]

I play path to nowhere and that’s how it is
Same 2% rate but every other 6* equivalent is guaranteed banner rateup. They split the limited & regular release into two banners so no rng on that either

But in that game dupes actually do things so win some lose some

[tribal thicket]

Damn

[violet vortex]

Dupes in arknights are like throwing the result in the garbage. Even for characters that benefit a ton from dupes in comparison are rarely making use of it to work for something

[wanton stratus]

Still better

[glacial breach]

FRD dupes are the only ones that remotely matter

[wanton stratus]

Fuck required dupes

[glacial breach]

But I kinda like that

[tribal thicket]

Yea shouldve been 200 by now

[glacial breach]

Locking char power behind dupes in hoyo games is so fucking greedy

[violet vortex]

I’m glad dupes have little purpose

[glacial breach]

And signature weapons

Fuck that shit

[tribal thicket]

Reverse locks a lot of power behind dupes too

Kinda sadge

[violet vortex]

It’s a bit weird since ptn has like twice the pulls, dupes sometimes matter, you get the units easier because of the 50/50 system, & unlike genshin it still has that 2%

Because I don’t really pull for dupes it’s like the only game I’ve played that I can completely f2p sustain owning every single character

I think the 300 for a spark thing is entirely because of gbf

[tribal thicket]

I feel like too many games are adopting the 50/50 gacha

[violet vortex]

That’s what gbf set it as so it become the standard

[glacial breach]

To be fair I havent paid money in arknights besides some promo packs here and there in quite a while now

And I have almost the whole roster

[tribal thicket]

I see

I like arknights' system but

[violet vortex]

Gbf invented the spark system

[tribal thicket]

300 for pity is just way too much

[violet vortex]

And its pull economy is absurdly high

[wanton stratus]

It all comes back to CyGames, huh…

[violet vortex]

So 300 for it is less than other games

300 pulls in gbf barely even has any value in it

[tribal thicket]

Arknights gacha is generous but lord almighty

When people lose

It feels like fgo all over again

[violet vortex]

Ak is fine until you start losing 50/50s a little too much

A 6* every 36 pulls on average

Or was it 33

Something around there

[glacial breach]

Most I lost were 4 in a row on reed banner

Was super tilting

Think I had to go to 280 pulls to get kal'tsit initially as well

[wanton stratus]

Gat damn

That’s a lot

[tribal thicket]

I wish ak would adopt the 50/50 system sometimes

[young void]

this essentially

[tribal thicket]

Cuz the 70% rate up seems so fake sometimes

[young void]

feels like the best game ever until you get that one bad day on a banner

[tribal thicket]

Friends of mine going hundreds to get one unit

[fluid verge]

i got burned badly a few times

[violet vortex]

If ak adopted the 50/50 system while also having next to no value on dupes

[young void]

for some people, several days

[violet vortex]

Would be able to roll like every unit

Maybe skipping every 4th

Or every 3rd

[fluid verge]

i did 140 pulls for qiubai

got nothing

[wanton stratus]

[fluid verge]

then i got qiubai on this banner

[wanton stratus]

My condolences

[young void]

the day the new pity system got implemented on Ines's banner, I had to go to full pity. Like of course

[fluid verge]

like wtf game

[young void]

of course it happens on the day

[glacial breach]

Fukn ChewBye

[young void]

Makes me wonder how long it would have taken if no new pity was implemented

[tribal thicket]

I'm just afraid if they adopt 50/50

[young void]

Could have gotten unlucky as Namie for her first Goldenglow

[tribal thicket]

We lose the 2% and up system

[violet vortex]

I can’t really complain about my experience too much it only started off really shit and has been here & there since

[wanton stratus]

That would be absurd

[violet vortex]

And I don’t roll enough for when it sucks to matter

[fluid verge]

namie went 560+ pulls to p6

i know that pain

[wanton stratus]

P6

Whales 🐳

[violet vortex]

P6 is like an aesthetic gain

Just to see a pretty full star next to them

[young void]

indeed

you put your supports up, you just feel that "tick" when you see only pot 1 compared to others who have pot 6

and you just feel that sense of "inferiority"

that lack of

[fluid verge]

i helped a guy get max risk several times

cuz of my p6 units

[wanton stratus]

Personally I feel superior

[violet vortex]

I sure don’t I just put a support that’s niche or on a skill/module that’s different

[wanton stratus]

[violet vortex]

• Ethan

Since not enough people have ethan raised I guess

[tribal thicket]

I just think pots shouldnt exist in general

[young void]

no reasons for whalelords to whale

and then the game would die due to lack of revenue

[violet vortex]

Yeah instead you open a bag, get a dupe, & the game just tells you that you lost

[wanton stratus]

Finally, real gambling

[tribal thicket]

[fluid verge]

wtf no where is my p5 baggers then

[tribal thicket]

Thankfully ak doesnt lock special shit behind dupes

[violet vortex]

Speaking of aesthetics did you see aiur

[tribal thicket]

Cough Hoyo Reverse

[fluid verge]

huh?

[violet vortex]

Ptn getting its first male S-class post release

[fluid verge]

hoyo reverse?

what dat

who is dat

[wanton stratus]

Cringe gaming

[violet vortex]

Donald getting his moment

[tribal thicket]

I meant Hoyoverse and Reverse 1999

[fluid verge]

bro

[tribal thicket]

Lock power behind dupes

[fluid verge]

i just couldnt get into r1999

it was just impossible

[tribal thicket]

Git gud

[fluid verge]

adding my 9th gacha game

[tribal thicket]

9th

[violet vortex]

9th?

[tribal thicket]

I play 2...

[wanton stratus]

[violet vortex]

Man does not play any other games

[wanton stratus]

You deadass play 9 gachas?

[violet vortex]

Bg3 released & he is too busy logging into dailies 8 times

[tribal thicket]

[fluid verge]

i was playing ac6 instead of bg3

[tribal thicket]

"Bro when you getting on?"

[wanton stratus]

Time for No Gacha November

[tribal thicket]

"Hold up lemme do my 8 dailies"

[violet vortex]

Events must be hellish

[wanton stratus]

That was literally me with Shadowverse lmao

When the chest events were up

[tribal thicket]

Chest event is so ass

I cant bother with it anymore

Actually wasting my time

[violet vortex]

8 gacha events running at the same time

[tribal thicket]

In HS i used to play 4 at once

Now i just cant

Aiur too strong

[fluid verge]

i got fgo, ptn, hsr, genshin, hi3, gfl Neural cloud, AK, counterside

[wanton stratus]

“Hey, you wanna play something?”
“Sure, I just need to farm 5 chests in this card game first. If I’m lucky it’ll take less than an hour but if not it could take up to 3-4 hours”

[fluid verge]

chest event is so cringe

[wanton stratus]

Tell me about it

[fluid verge]

idk why i keep coming back

honest interactions are gone now

everything board wipes and hits face and draws and refills pp

with just 1 card

and auto evolves

[young void]

[wanton stratus]

Good

[fluid verge]

its kusoge

[wanton stratus]

They deserve it

[fluid verge]

now fighting games on the other hand

[young void]

pure skill

[fluid verge]

they be 💯

my new fav genre

[wanton stratus]

How do you have time for fighting games?

[tribal thicket]

This why i play hs

[young void]

[wanton stratus]

Surely the most balanced card game around

[fluid verge]

i just do?

just have

multiple devices

[tribal thicket]

Is it actually

[fluid verge]

ez

[tribal thicket]

Magic isnt balanced?

[wanton stratus]

Is that so?

[tribal thicket]

I mean

I think its a good meta rn

Last xpac it became bad after mini

[wanton stratus]

Gacha players buying a 3000 dollar PC to play 10 mobile games simultaneously

[tribal thicket]

Because two classes just kept rolling through the meta after nerfs here and there

[fluid verge]

nah i just use a laptop and phone

[tribal thicket]

One of my classmates got a prebuilt from her cousin

And all she plays is sims

[wanton stratus]

Wdym? Yogg titan was the most balanced card ever

[tribal thicket]

Wtf ben you play?

yo lemme farm you for achievements

[wanton stratus]

No, I just watch a lot of HS vids

[tribal thicket]

Aw

[wanton stratus]

Played many years ago

[tribal thicket]

Wow

Hs boomerge

[wanton stratus]

Last expac was Gadgetzan iirc?

[tribal thicket]

I started a bit before descent of dragons

Wow

You're old old

[wanton stratus]

😳

[fluid verge]

no one here started the game on release?

[wanton stratus]

Nop

[tribal thicket]

@strong rampart did

[fluid verge]

damn im boomer af then

[tribal thicket]

Tene was beta

boomer

[wanton stratus]

I didn’t even start SV on release

[fluid verge]

wld here

i was there for alice

and spawn

[wanton stratus]

Oh wow

I started in Rise of Bahamut

Get outboomered

[glacial breach]

Same

[fluid verge]

i got albert early

and became a sword main since

the og 3/5 STORM GOD

[glacial breach]

But I've stopped playing SV this xpac

Havent played a single match

[fluid verge]

bored?

[glacial breach]

Been bored of it for like a year

Or more

Cygames refuses to innovate or make new content

Its all just recycled events and boring new sets

Where every second set is more recycling

[wanton stratus]

The crazy turn nine 10 dmg burst if you had an evolve point… which you never did lol

[glacial breach]

Havent had a new keyword mechanic since 2021

[tribal thicket]

I came back cuz I saw dirtboost

And that was it

It just doesnt feel fun rn

Ghost shadow was boring as hell too

[fluid verge]

wdym i always had it

[glacial breach]

Game also gets faster and faster

[tribal thicket]

Too many otk, too little tempo

[glacial breach]

Which I dont enjoy

[tribal thicket]

And midrange doesnt really exist either

[fluid verge]

RALLY SWORD

[glacial breach]

And they all revolve around combos or quest objectives

[fluid verge]

KEEP PLAYING DUDES AND PRAY

[glacial breach]

Jack off until t7 then win

Big gameplay

[tribal thicket]

And sv boards almost never matter

So they keep printing those dumb unkillable bums

[glacial breach]

Removalcreep is insane

[tribal thicket]

And those units are giga boring

[glacial breach]

If your card doesnt have storm or rush, it will never attack

[wanton stratus]

All skilled players want to do is bu(r)st

[tribal thicket]

And buff dragon

I cant lol

Its literally like Hs dragon druid rn

I love fighting 11+ hp statlines on 6

[fluid verge]

on 6

how about 20+ on t3

[tribal thicket]

Wth

[fluid verge]

atomy in UL

[tribal thicket]

Shouldve countered

[fluid verge]

2pp shitty vampy loli that does 7 dmg burn that you cant dodge 👏

[wanton stratus]

Last I played Atomy + Lich on turn 2 was the fastest UL atomy combo

Tf happened

[glacial breach]

I mean you can play a 3/1 storm on turn 1 in UL

Its just a shit gambling mode

[quaint arch]

What da heck? A leak?

[tribal thicket]

Its veng stuff

Seductress buff

[quaint arch]

(SV Leaked to this channel)

[wanton stratus]

It was GBF’s fault

I would do anything to return to post-mini World Uprooted to play burn blood once again

[tribal thicket]

We have burn blood

You burn yourself

[fluid verge]

take me back to dbne when sord could play a board

[tribal thicket]

[fluid verge]

and arthur was the GOAT

[wanton stratus]

I’ll burn myself out instead

||By playing 8 gachas at the same time||

[quaint arch]

||I technically played 2||, cuz ||I play 1 game with 2 accounts now||

(||Yes, I'm back with my ALT account for now, since I hit the "Jackpot"||)

[wanton stratus]

Wow, tell me more

I knew Laxus was back but not why

[quaint arch]

Simple

This

And also I'm gonna build Reedic from that account

(Not pictured atm)

[wanton stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/tsk-tsk-tsk-avdol-gif-19180044

[tribal thicket]

Probably late but

The best gacha system is GBF

During Andira era

And those unsparkable providence summon

Gotta be my favorite feature in gacha game

Eh?

Explain

[hot rampart]

i like pgr 100% rate up

the drawback is character strength are definitely locked behind dupes, weapon gacha and they introduced pets with the job of buffing the char/debuffing enemies

[wanton stratus]

Pets

[tribal thicket]

You're my pet ben

Now go bark at the enemy and reduce their def and confuse them

[wanton stratus]

https://youtu.be/FXglHbYB1Y4?si=QjIq4oTpTcNhmc5t&t=4m26s

[tribal thicket]

Wtf LOL

[wanton stratus]

Got ‘em

All thanks to remembering a minor detail in a 7 year old youtube video

[tribal thicket]

Ben da boomer

[wanton stratus]

You know it

[wanton stratus]

Man, I miss the arknights channel

Tryna search for things in here is impossible sometimes having to sift through all the gacha game threads

[tribal thicket]

Same

I blame Ben

[wanton stratus]

Bruh

[tribal thicket]

This is why lonely isnt kind

[wanton stratus]

Don’t let the loneliness stop you from being kind

[tribal thicket]

Yes

[wanton stratus]

Oh no

[tribal thicket]

Now lemme take your hand love

[wanton stratus]

Dap me up

[tribal thicket]

🫴

[wanton stratus]

🤝

[tribal thicket]

[wanton stratus]

[tribal thicket]

2000+ draws and still no Andira/no Providence summon

Also old Zodiac characters in GBF were meant to be only appear once in zodiac cycle

They introduce a limited character that were meant to only appear once every 12 years in a game without gacha pity

[wanton stratus]

How old is GBF now?

Has it cycled through the zodiacs already?

Also

Reject zodiacs, embrace the Omens

[ebon sphinx]

they currently have 9 zodiacs, 3 more

currently its Bunni

so next is dragon

[wanton stratus]

I thought it was supposed to be a hare

Smh my head GBF

[hot rampart]

i hope the dragon is a milf

altho gbf seems already fell off in regards to jp fanartist meta

[ebon sphinx]

it's all BA yes, the fanarts have generally favored more casual games and fandoms

[tribal thicket]

Make dragon a harvin arrogant bratty loli

And speak weird like Mahira

[tribal thicket]

oh

jeez

[ebon sphinx]

https://vxtwitter.com/nambarimasu/status/1726486669015298401?t=30bToVdze4waMU29iGTKCA&s=19

[ebon sphinx]

they said theres a 15% discount but...

its already used up it seems wtf

[young void]

wait i need that

[tired sky]

https://tenor.com/view/money-dollars-cash-rich-shut-up-and-take-my-money-gif-3555042

[ebon sphinx]

i tried to check if the voucher does work but currently its not...

will check to see if they fix it because 15% is noticeable

https://vxtwitter.com/denfaminicogame/status/1726431520624402535?t=eYWEbEcVZg_jaGlbc-36RA&s=19 HG's Ex Astris gameplay snippet, turn based with interaction like dodge, parry and combo

[hot rampart]

@wanton stratus ping me for ur damage report later

[sharp tartan]

Oh shit renzokuken moment

[hot rampart]

317 pulls for pot 6 mumu
pot 2 hool
(didnt use spark yet)

[ebon sphinx]

my last 6* was an off banner one that's all folks

[glacial breach]

6 mumus in 317 is incredibly lucky

[ebon sphinx]

i'd have to find the other 2 pots from somewhere...

or in the future

[wanton stratus]

This is just Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga, innit?

[ebon sphinx]

i made the comparison to Super Mario RPG instead

[wanton stratus]

I’ve been outboomered

[ebon sphinx]

not necessarily, that one's remake was just released

[wanton stratus]

Oh yeah, I forgot about that

[hot rampart]

1st mumu at 120
1st hool at 240
the first two 6* in the 100 pull was both offrate ( pozy pots, new fartooth)

around 150 to 230 i did pull like 4 worths of mumu ig

and i was planning to pot 6 hool

[wanton stratus]

You’re as mental as she is

On the other hand, so am I; I fucking dreamt that I got a top op recruit last night

[ebon sphinx]

hey, can we trade

[wanton stratus]

@hot rampart
Damage report:
34 pulls, of which 24 were free and 10 were from my stash
One 6*: Muelsyse, on pull 31
Results are almost identical to NTRK’s banner, where she appeared on pull 32
Status: Content, no more pulls required
Conclusion: Patience is virtue, impulse is sin

[hot rampart]

commit sins for hool

[wanton stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/no-i-dont-think-i-will-gif-23864982

I wouldn’t build her even if I got her, so unfortunately for her there is hardly any point for me to go further

[young void]

The hoolheyak swag walk

https://tenor.com/view/hoolheyak-swag-hoolheyak-arknights-gif-18311124816029064298

[wanton stratus]

This is so sad. Alexa, play moonsiders

[tired gulch]

Damn. If the normal mode is tough, then this is bonkers

And of course the difficulty comes from busting the balls

[wanton stratus]

I didn’t beat it since I couldn’t use the same strategy as my normal mode clear

Ran out of practice plans for today

[tired gulch]

RIP

One thing's certain too. I ain't gonna stop until I beat this shit

They really be cucking us by denying Guardknights and Defenderknights

[wanton stratus]

I tried to bruteforce it with 3 flags and bag

[tired gulch]

Impossible

[wanton stratus]

Indeed

[tired gulch]

May as well adapt. Only one DPS Guard, AKA Fell Uncle

The rest? Substitutes. And luckily, we have Specialists

Also! Summoners like Ling, but honestly? Kal'tsit's better

How much damage do the balls do anyway?

[wanton stratus]

Not sure

They deal a lot when they burst though

In phase 2

[tired gulch]

I know.

If my testing is correct, Mon3tr should be able to survive enough to do Meltdown

Just gotta test the next day

[violet vortex]

The stage becomes a lot easier if you take it slow

https://youtu.be/2KjRimGg6jY?si=xbi-gJJiSv711zAH

An example of it

[queen sequoia]

Take it slow. Gummy hitting Kristen with a frying pan for eternity

[wanton stratus]

No burst?

[tired sky]

nah just murder her asap with mlynar as soon as she steps into the stage

NO MERCYYYY

[tribal thicket]

Truly a barioth moment

[fluid verge]

Where's ur Texas, yato, ntrk, surtr obliteration squad

[wanton stratus]

DP-locked behind the challenge mode condition

[fluid verge]

What's the cm condition I havent gotten to it yet

[wanton stratus]

Guards and defenders have their dp cost tripled

[fluid verge]

not a problem for p5 baggers

I think

[wanton stratus]

Oh, but it is @fluid verge

[fluid verge]

that's a challenge then

[tired sky]

guards and defenders triple cost

[wanton stratus]

Shadowverse moment

[violet vortex]

Would recommend trying to take it slow if you’re struggling still. Less flagpipe brute force, more teamwork with snipers/casters dealing with the mob waves. Then having the 1 high defender blocker for Kristen

Any healing defender on skill 1 can stall her indefinitely in phase 2 if you clear 2 of the balls

If you’re using mlynar/texas/yato those can easily just kill everything to make the whole process pretty fast

[wanton stratus]

I’ve got some cheese strats with Weedy I want to try tomorrow

[violet vortex]

For the rocket wave instead of trying to block them all, use slowers/pushers and have them go uphill

Despite its mechanics it becomes a simple stage when you don’t try to bruteforce it

Kristen is fairly weak, she’s actually stronger in phase 1 when it comes to overwhelming the ball attacks

The rockets are only problematic going downhill & trying to block them

Waves are super slow, if you focus on the mobs instead of Kristen you’ll end up singling out most enemies

Damage is also pretty low overall from enemies. A ranged caster/sniper can deal with most things start of map to end of map

And because of the low weight, any pusher/puller can keep enemies cc looped for a good bit to take heat off lanes

Bruteforcing obviously works fine if you know what you’re doing. But you do end up facing most of the waves at the same time rather than one by one

[hallow garnet]

whos that

hot boy

on the right

[ebon sphinx]

that's the Male Endministrator option for Endfield

[hallow garnet]

oh

eh

nvm then

endfield combat looked weird af

[ebon sphinx]

it's Xenoblade combat, mobage version

[hot rampart]

still alpha

hope they improve it further

[wanton stratus]

Okay? I’m an alpha, what’s wrong with that?

[hot rampart]

u will become beta later

[wanton stratus]

But I even graduated from Hustlers University

[hot rampart]

hustle deez nuts

[wanton stratus]

I already did, how do you think I graduated with honors?

[ebon sphinx]

https://vxtwitter.com/preude07/status/1726645117564637522?t=G1ysKscB5FXvrEftG2mEWQ&s=19 crossover

[tired gulch]

Simply put, gotta take it slow and deal with everyone else

Good thing Kristen takes her sweet time. Still, if it's not the enemies, it's the balls

[wanton stratus]

Crossover with what?

[ebon sphinx]

that's Mumu in Furina cosplay

[wanton stratus]

Who is Furina?

[ebon sphinx]

Genshin character, dresses like that but mainly blue and white

[wanton stratus]

[ebon sphinx]

the obvious connection is how they are both water users

[tired gulch]

You're not aware of Genshin at all. Surprising.

[wanton stratus]

Yeah, I don’t care much for genshin

[quaint arch]

Oh, that certain character that catches my eye on YouTube feeds.

Never played that game, only saw stuff about it.

[wanton stratus]

That’s probably a good thing

[quaint arch]

2016 Zelda but it's RPG and Gacha

[wanton stratus]

Imagine if you had an alt in genshin

[quaint arch]

[violet vortex]

https://youtu.be/HJOXLlQvf4I?si=IJcNNq3C83R-Eh1s

CM stage 8 4* 6op

Cool clear

[ebon sphinx]

https://vxtwitter.com/oyuki_gms/status/1726805260243739088?t=weDznDXdE4q6ukT5FZ0dsw&s=19

[tribal thicket]

Is this real

[ebon sphinx]

yes, its a collabv

[tribal thicket]

Collab with wut

[hot rampart]

some market brand

in china

it doesnt affect us in any way aside from showing the operator in nice clothing

[ebon sphinx]

its Lawson...a Japanese convenience store chain

no misinformation from assumptions please

[tribal thicket]

damn

i want the skins

[ebon sphinx]

though it was originally American but was taken over by Japan

[tribal thicket]

mumu in casual outfit

[ebon sphinx]

there are no skins from that one

[ebon sphinx]

shes currently skinless but you can probably expect one during CN anni since Lone Trail was CN 4th anni event

[tribal thicket]

pog

it better be wedding dres

[hot rampart]

right i forgor

i kinda remember some cn stream showing collab with their local supermarket

and they were also blue

[ebon sphinx]

https://vxtwitter.com/kelsuis/status/1726866953913163784?t=aKBCC4fnugJgLTvv99zmDQ&s=19 ... oof

[hot rampart]

22 minutes left

hope theres no such person doing 299 mistakes

https://vxtwitter.com/kuroe776/status/1726892608046375261?t=A98j6L7mEPlb40ieF8NNNw&s=19

[ebon sphinx]

https://vxtwitter.com/AK_CN_Shitpost/status/1726914013630705902?t=mR9AwyfWu-cQihGLoBJicQ&s=19 oh she's a monthly IS4 op too

she did mention once about making contact with the elves of Sami only to find that water elves are not the same as leaf elves

[hot rampart]

holy sex

[tribal thicket]

New suzuran skin?

[hot rampart]

no

ngl due to the lack of this kind of character in AK

she has a chance to get a 4th skin and its l2d

💀

[ebon sphinx]

https://vxtwitter.com/SihZari/status/1726920037125201925?t=5eGOWHJrODNkeYvzfDqUfQ&s=19 fluffy cat, i want to pet

[fluid verge]

Damn this skin is godly

[violet vortex]

Too bad she sucks

[young void]

Suzuralter where

[violet vortex]

Hopefully never

[tired sky]

i'd rather get her mom added as an operator

you know, show shes alive and have her join us, make suzuran happy and the players happy that we get an adult fox mommy

[tribal thicket]

Can we have summer swimsuit skin for Suzuran?

[ebon sphinx]

its not 'can' but 'will they'

[tribal thicket]

Or Bunny Outfit Shamare

[tired sky]

i mean

we already have sussurro's

[ebon sphinx]

yes, "Will they?"

[tired sky]

its more like, suzuran doesnt need any more skins for now

other operators need some love too

suzu has 3 skins already

[tribal thicket]

Suzuran's

Skin

[versed compass]

they need to finish her destiny

to have as many skins as tails

[wanton stratus]

Please, no

[hot rampart]

just release 2 alters of her

each one have 3 skins

or big suzuran in endfield

[tired gulch]

Stop

[young void]

adult suzuran with full kyuubi powers active

gg it's over

[hallow garnet]

suzuran goin delta from kagejitsu

https://tenor.com/view/delta-gif-27675977

https://tenor.com/view/delta-eminence-in-shadow-gif-27485365

but also keeps the cute side

ahh perfect

i can see it

[tired sky]

https://tenor.com/view/pat-pat-anime-head-pat-head-pat-anime-the-eminence-in-the-shadows-gif-5667253875476889008

[tribal thicket]

Cat

[wanton stratus]

I didn’t manage to beat EX-8 CM today either

[hallow garnet]

8 ex is some kind of a monster stage

wtf

what the actual fuck is this

ooo

[wanton stratus]

Now you know my pain

[hallow garnet]

okay no

time to pull out

my own mad scientist woman

and blow this place to smithereens

oh wait

if i destroy 3 balls

she can be blocked?

aaa

okay

I DID IT

aaaa my beautiful boom boom woman

guard triple dp ooogf

i'll mald this another day

[tired sky]

she needs 1 more block per active ball

so yes, if you destroy them she can be stopped

[hallow garnet]

yeye did it alrdy

[wanton stratus]

Normal or challenge mode?

Wew

[hallow garnet]

just normal

[wanton stratus]

Only normal so far

Good

[hallow garnet]

challenge mode with the triple dp

[wanton stratus]

Suffer with me more tomorrow

[hallow garnet]

is gonna make my strat harder

yea

no

no way i can do this with my previous strat

guards just cost too much

even with triple flagpipe

i'll just go full on caster sniper

ehehehhe

i did it

too bad there's no lineup recap at the end like cc

but this was glorious

mumu actually useful

😄

[wanton stratus]

Wtf

How

30 practice plans wasn’t enough

[hallow garnet]

basically took almost every caster

• suzu skalter

• gale

• boom boom woman

• mumu

and just blow shit up

everything in the middle

kristen just circles around and eats shit

and gale s3 can protecc vs her big orb boom

then she disappears on the bottom and u can finish everything else off

and only she remains

so you dont have to care about the orbs the 2nd time

[wanton stratus]

Most impressive, young padawan

[tired sky]

@hallow garnet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1vuaL5mfo8

the madman

[hallow garnet]

lol

respect

[ebon sphinx]

https://vxtwitter.com/LEMONYAN_MOFU/status/1726970479435825613?t=pvMVf9uGNmV-FyaRGwWRxg&s=19

it's a bit too big

[wanton stratus]

Hey, look who’s here

[wanton stratus]

I know that this is going to cause great bodily harm

[tired sky]

cw-s-4 cm is annoying me lmao

[violet vortex]

Did you not watch the 6 unit 4* clear of cm

[wanton stratus]

I have a strategy I’ve been refining that should work

[violet vortex]

https://youtu.be/HJOXLlQvf4I?si=dJaeXqWAeLso7QWp

[wanton stratus]

I’ll use guides when I’m out of options

[violet vortex]

It shows how simple Kristen is to handle pretty well

[wanton stratus]

But thanks anyway

[violet vortex]

She gets solo’d by a single defender + healer or just 1 healing defender

As long as she doesn’t have control over more than 2 balls and can be blocked by them

It also shows the power of shifters since everything has reduced weight

Once you do get your clear you should watch it

Since it really isn’t as hard a stage as most make it

There are just a lot of ways to go about it that make things more hectic

[ebon sphinx]

https://vxtwitter.com/IndigoOwner/status/1727156210078732517?t=rZccqDaPBoPd2iWruUXPPw&s=19 either this Doktah lifts or this Amiya is really light

[tired gulch]

I still am stuck with EX-8 CM

Glad to see people working wonders though

[ebon sphinx]

https://vxtwitter.com/AK_CN_Shitpost/status/1727289407978504602?t=mZrWKYYnQ5NAHh8sf2X5gg&s=19 not to mention I hear it's apparently a bit BS

[hot rampart]

also i dont see || eblana || in the stage at all?

[quaint arch]

What? You wanna see the entire stage burn?

And overheat your device?

[quaint arch]

Oh well... what can i say?

[hot rampart]

yeah if i want to get shit on in the perma stage it better be by someone hot

and not

some annoying underlings

[quaint arch]

Design Powercreep slowly gets them

[tired gulch]

Welp. The situation for HG is getting hella dicey

[hallow garnet]

why even do this

also

gifted operators are small cups

what does that mean

smol booba?

or is that translation for something else

[ebon sphinx]

???

[hot rampart]

its just machine tl so idk

i think i get it

[hot rampart]

welfare operators are bad* , especially when its on a streak of

silencer alter , 5* pallas archetype thats so bad , and the newest addition of Lessing

meat peagons do not rise directly is something else tho

[quaint arch]

Latest 5* Instructor is Bad
But have great Base Skill

[hot rampart]

dont u need to uh

e1/e2 him for that

[quaint arch]

Therefore Base is the real endgame

[quaint arch]

Exactly

[hot rampart]

is it e1

[quaint arch]

No. It's E2

[ebon sphinx]

https://vxtwitter.com/AK_CN_Shitpost/status/1727344823676674186?t=8ogdB0H9g_iX40iIM1nWqQ&s=19 case closed then

...no royal token restock :(

[wanton stratus]

Huzzah

[hot rampart]

damn

[hot rampart]

what to complain now

[hallow garnet]

we can complain about no royal restock xd

[wanton stratus]

[versed compass]

am too lazy

did not even do the EX yet

[wanton stratus]

Rip

[hot rampart]

same here im procrastinating

[wanton stratus]

I’ve been putting off the ex-stages for the last events so I figured I’d try to be better now

Y’all are in for a struggle if you’re like me

[fluid verge]

Ex 8 is such a pos

[violet vortex]

Now that you’ve done it you should look at the 4* clear

So you can see how much easier the stage is when done slowly

And taking advantage of the reduced weight for pushers

https://youtu.be/HJOXLlQvf4I?si=sPY1LDrglhLeXXSY

[hot rampart]

after im done with stages myself i do watch how other people clear it on youtube

[violet vortex]

For the pusher tactic I figured it out myself since I noticed an entire lane gets invalidated

And it’s the main lane

That causes issues

Just 1 pusher on skill 1 & the entire problem lane is gone

[hot rampart]

the last ch 12 hell stage
i realized i made my run harder than it should be when i took out both boxes at the top lane when should leave 1 box do the lane dont split

[violet vortex]

I also used Gladiia for the cars for the same reason

She just yanks them to wherever you want

[wanton stratus]

Wow, when you said ‘slowly’ you really weren’t kidding

Did you put a pusher in the same spot as silvergun? Spoiler for my strategy: ||I put weedy s2 on the orange gravity switch||

[violet vortex]

Yeah I did because I was having issues in that spot otherwise

Shaw for that spot & Gladiia for the other lane when the cars show up

Specter Alt & Skadi guarding the top lanes themselves with Specter covering rightside

I was a little less optimal because I did it in a way that all 4 phase ball covers needed to be gone before she starts going for blue box

Instead of just saving a 3 block proper for it

[hallow garnet]

just bruteforce bro

after i found out that the upgraded balls can be destroyed it was a cakewalk

CM is tougher but you can just do caster/suppknights

and then there's that one guy who did it with defs only

[wanton stratus]

Wait what

You can permanently destroy the balls?

[wanton stratus]

How is this possible

[violet vortex]

Well in phase 2 kristen doesn’t add more covers

So after she puts a cover on the 4

That’s the cap for it

Remove 2 covers = Kristen permanently stallable by a healing defender

[wanton stratus]

No, look at the clear Barioth linked. Two of the balls are just… gone

In phase 2

Oh nvm, it seem the balls despawn 999 seconds after they were last moved

Sasuga HG programming

[violet vortex]

Weird but I wouldn’t use that strat myself for a normal clear

Definitely something tuned for a challenge run

[wanton stratus]

I just realized the SSS stages rotated

I never completed all the missions, nor did even complete both of the last stages

I kept doing the jungle one because of the device it offered

[violet vortex]

Ethan so broken

[wanton stratus]

Recruits went hard today

[hot rampart]

wow u can r18 1st week of cc beta

[violet vortex]

Overpowered units but still was pretty fun

Already knew the stage was done when I was 2nd phase with this setup

Specter doll & Ethan are too insane on this stage

[wanton stratus]

Finally

[violet vortex]

Anyone who struggled with cm ex 8 gonna be having a time with cm cw-s-4 that’s for sure

Although this stage is a lot more free form & follows a similar format of waves

[fluid verge]

i forgot i had mylnar to scwhing

[tired gulch]

One thing's certain. Weedy S2 can actually work wonders

[ebon sphinx]

https://vxtwitter.com/ArknightsEN/status/1727582805977350200?t=xJ5-5M_HQ7JBSBB8lYoFcA&s=19

what a casual way to say "fell from 4-5km"

https://vxtwitter.com/lingtranslates/status/1727353966038806730?t=cFNwVMCMbeJ08cNTmYSaKg&s=19

[serene swallow]

google classroom better watch out

[hot rampart]

imagine sisyphus happy

[hot rampart]

kristen gap

[tribal thicket]

Kristen lu

[tired gulch]

I'm hyperventilating

I now have one stage left to clear. And I'll admit, it's devious for them to reduce ASPD around the balls

[hot rampart]

i love balls

https://vxtwitter.com/di_do_di_do/status/1727464545290272817

[tired gulch]

Balls!

The real issues are honestly the giant mechs right at the start

[tired gulch]

I was right. The balls

[violet vortex]

Seeing this made me realize how little healers I use

Too used to Gladiia

Speaking of Gladiia she has a crazy tile that stage

Completely murders the car wave

[tired gulch]

Honestly I'm more focused on the balls rather than the cars

[violet vortex]

Passenger was pretty good for that

Can attack 3/6 of them

[strong rampart]

Balls and eggs?

[wanton stratus]

Burger King soda dispenser

[strong rampart]

Wat

[tired gulch]

Ball busting

And now, it's done. Good night, Kirsten

[tired sky]

lets go

weedy MVP on that last S stage ngl

[ebon sphinx]

i'll just do the last of the S missions after i survive the weekday

[hallow garnet]

ah

S missions

sheesh

hope they are bruteforceable

do they have kristen

[tired sky]

last one is kinda monkaS

last one does

[hallow garnet]

zzz

im bored of her

shes so paper

[violet vortex]

It took me 3 tries for the base version & 2 for the cm afterwards

It only has 2 lanes to worry about despite how open it is

And with everything being weak to push/pull you can control a lot of the map

Ethan is also broken same as usual

[tired sky]

i failed my first cm because i killed 2 orbs at once

do not kill 2 orbs at once.

[violet vortex]

You can just use the fish

[violet vortex]

To show the crazy Gladiia tile

[tired sky]

brother

i'll reveal one of my sins to you now

....

|| my gladia isnt raised ||

[violet vortex]

Wild

I use fish everywhere

[tired sky]

shes in line to get raised but i always get sidetracked

[violet vortex]

You can imagine how strong that tile is though right

Kills an entire lane early on, deals with cars, & can chip balls on top

Specter Ethan was also fun for Kristen stalling

Movement speed slowed to a crawl

[tired sky]

i just ended up having hoshiguma block kristen

kristen herself is still so harmless

[violet vortex]

It also has the side effect of slowing down & killing every other enemy spawning

With the Ethan/Specter

With everything that gets through dying to Gladiia/Passenger

Can’t believe my next fish is so far away still

And my deep sea storyline

This is the one I’m the most invested in

[tired sky]

my tiger waifu is soon

[violet vortex]

I’m getting swire but mostly because she’s a merchant

[tired sky]

i love merchants too

my lee is p6

not because i wanted it

but because destiny willed it i assume

[violet vortex]

May be convinced on Typhon if she seems cool enough

Got more than enough pulls for it with all this waiting

[tired sky]

dont really like her design, its just angelina/ceobe but purple

but shes strong as heck

@violet vortex you win

[violet vortex]

She’s like the greatest thing ever so I just made your life better

[tired sky]

i wanted to buy that package anyways, just wasnt really decided on w ho to use it on

was leaning towards Rosa but i'll level fish instead

[violet vortex]

I remember the super old leak where there was supposed to be a new fish based on a feather star

Wonder if that’ll ever come up

https://youtu.be/OyketlthVWg

[tired sky]

my favorite faction are the seaborn so its not like i dislike them

gladia i just kept getting sidetracked

[violet vortex]

There story is more interesting to me than the rest

Ocean is spooky

[tired sky]

Seaborn > beast lords > Sui > Rhyne > Kazimier > rest

for me at least

err not liberi

beast lords i think

the wolves and emperor penguin and stuff like that

[young void]

Ulpianus pleaaaase

We need more Feesh

[violet vortex]

Make his mod Gladiia tier too

When he’s on field he gives every fish def shred when they attack

Actually better yet

[young void]

[violet vortex]

Give every fish 20%/20 def/res ignore when he’s on field

[young void]

He better be a white whale

Or a whale of some sort

[versed compass]

talent : all enemy seaborn loses 5% def/res for every abyssal hunter deployed

upgrade level 3 module : all enemy seaborn loses 8% def/res per abyssal hunter

totally balanced

[violet vortex]

Sounds balanced to me

Balance it by they have to be deployed

Hard condition

48% def/res shred

[hallow garnet]

i dont trust npc jail runaways anymore

arturia made it ig but like HER?? really? and they shaft vivi so hard

i pray we get logos one day and he's gonna be gud

same with ulpi

but hg is doin sus thingy

[young void]

so sad we get ulpianus revealed way before arturia

and arturia already playable

it's not fair

[tired sky]

qiubai be like "Heh, amateurs"

[young void]

shes chinese, she doesnt count

[versed compass]

i mean santalla waited for 4 years to get her release

[young void]

yeah and shes a useless welfare 5*

the worst kind of fate

[hot rampart]

shes hot at least

[versed compass]

actually pretty good for a 5*

also she banner no? not welfare

[young void]

highmore skin nowhere in sight but santalla already getting one

and iirc shalem has a skin too