Arknights

[wanton stratus]

[vagrant tusk]

yea same.. and on my birthday too

this RA is the permanent mode right?

[wanton stratus]

I do believe so

[vagrant tusk]

[wanton stratus]

[vagrant tusk]

https://preview.redd.it/future-events-datamined-by-y-jun-v0-26x6xsuenrfd1.jpeg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=a8186194c80d994c6a03cfff8357d5a5c830ab57

[wanton stratus]

TfN 4… oh no

[wanton stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/green-mile-im-tired-boss-michael-clarke-duncan-gif-2375696290766999196

[hot rampart]

degen about to taste her own medicine

[versed compass]

trial of navi should randomly drop playwrite + izumik + ed4 IS4 on plebs

[wanton stratus]

Shivering in my Timbers rn

At the thought

[hot rampart]

so true!

[hot rampart]

https://fixupx.com/KotCate/status/1819399373274681672?t=Lki39yHe9vZSJ4XzmqX_gw&s=19

[wanton stratus]

Holy moly

[mossy tinsel]

"YES"

The Blacksteel CEO is a silver metalist!

[hot rampart]

honestly this would have fit better too

[mossy tinsel]

Yeah, I can see that!

Woody is just as good if not better!

[tardy vigil]

https://youtu.be/UPss5oTnMjE?si=BIfxs3pmPkNE-c6U

I spent 5 tries doing the clear

Could've removed literally 10 operators from the equation

[wanton stratus]

One thing I don’t understand is that the sky poles sometimes die without being attacked just as they enter Virtuosa’s range, I wonder why that is?

[tardy vigil]

obvious suspects are elemental dmg (???) or them jumpion onto vivi from big range

I suspect some bug with elemental dmg

[wanton stratus]

I can’t think of anything else, that might be it

[spark oasis]

They have 1HP, and die from Elemental Damage.

[wanton stratus]

Yeah, but shouldn’t they have 1000 points of EHP just like all other non-boss enemies?

[tardy vigil]

half of them manage to fly in and jump onto virtuosa

but idk

maybe they do it inbetween ticks?

[wanton stratus]

Interesting

[spark oasis]

Sky Poles are just programmed to die to any instance.

I'd assume they'd even die to Enforcer's Push.

[wanton stratus]

But Virtuosa’s talent proc isn’t a damage instance

It just does elemental dmg

[spark oasis]

And they die to it, because the necrosis build up is still an instance of damage, even though it doesn't deal HP damage.

It's weird.

As for why they hit Virtuosa at all, they despawn in order to mark the operator for continuous damage.

[wanton stratus]

HG got that spaghetti code

[wanton stratus]

Well, that I knew. My own clear relied on the sky poles to charge Lin S3 faster

[hot rampart]

whoever doing loxic kohl farm in this event u are basically stress testing your device like those pc/phone benchmark videos

[wanton stratus]

Just prevent the polluted water from reaching the sky poles

[hot rampart]

[wanton stratus]

That’s what I did in my clear

The map is clearly not designed around it though lol

[spark oasis]

Luckily I don't need Loxic.

Pretty much exclusively been farming RMA.

Now I just need a Grindstone and Sugar farm.

[hot rampart]

im farming rocks

[wanton stratus]

Didn’t HS-7 have bad sanity efficiency?

[tardy vigil]

work fine on my phone

it barely stutters on first spawn but thats it

[wanton stratus]

…Or are you farming 1-7 during the event?

[hot rampart]

i dont care i want rocks

[civic linden]

guess i won't need use my pulls, thank god

[hot rampart]

https://twitter.com/kurone_zero/status/1819707666580795420?t=nYKe07gm_3NE-Nmgbv-EQg&s=19

くろねっこ (@kurone_zero) on X

ねぶた祭りLIVEで、だれうさアーミヤ見つけた。

Twitter · Aug 3, 2024, 12:11 PM

[fluid verge]

I just used chen2 s3 to clear the rats

[tough matrix]

Oh my fucking god

[willow nymph]

Yep i have an auto and i just kill the rats

[tough matrix]

I can't spend more than this

Half of my savings are used to buy 2 10 pulls, and I got trash

[civic linden]

i used mostima and virtuosa for the rats

[wanton stratus]

I finally broke 300K orundum again but I fear it will be taken away from me in just 10 days’ time

[mossy tinsel]

Why in 10 days?

[wanton stratus]

That’s the last day of the banner and I always pull on the last day of the banner to make sure I get all 24 free pulls first in order to most efficiently use the resources available to me

One does not easily gain 300K orundum as a F2P without luck, orundum farming and penny pinching

[mossy tinsel]

Orundum farming? Like in the base?

[wanton stratus]

Yeah

[mossy tinsel]

I kinda wanna do that, but it might be too early for me.

[wanton stratus]

How old is your account now?

[mossy tinsel]

I'm not sure, what was my first message here?

[wanton stratus]

Idk

I think it was this year

[mossy tinsel]

I remember seeing the 4th Anniversary announcement when I started my 2nd account.

[wanton stratus]

Right, so let’s say your account is 7-8 months old

I would say it’s too early in that case

You probably want to finish building every character you wish to before considering orundum farming

[mossy tinsel]

Yeah, I still have Blaze and Shu at E2 Lvl 60 w/o module.

[wanton stratus]

I see

[mossy tinsel]

I'm so looking forward to Weedy's new outfit!

[wanton stratus]

Damn, Pepe’s S2 powercreeps Gavialter S2

[willow nymph]

pepe is way less tanky tho?

for example

pure dps wise yeah sure

utility wise s2 galter is strong

higher def, pull cancel
targets 3 separate instead of 1 random with the small aoe

i find both to be pretty even

[wanton stratus]

You say pull cancel but since she only pulls unblocked enemies she can only cancel the attacks of ranged enemies

Right?

[hot rampart]

no

even at melee range they still getting "pulled"

its just body collision pushing them back and forth each time

[wanton stratus]

Wait, really? So the skill description is lying

“Pulls unblocked enemies” it says

Well, the less she’s powercrept the happier I am

[willow nymph]

Its only unblocked

Pulling blocked would suck

Because shifting enemies are unblockable

[wanton stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/crying-emoji-dies-gif-21956120

[hallow garnet]

gavialter still exists?

i havent used her in so long

[wanton stratus]

I borrowed her from either Aiur or Sigruna for something’s a while back as my own is only E2 lv1 sl1, but I haven’t done that many times

[versed compass]

pepe dont like super duper broken but thats fine

the last 3 or so ops i wanted before her are all super broken so i can take a break from that

[tardy vigil]

https://youtu.be/3gkZ2Y5O_So?si=2Ewk8RObffKtfYZw

The discussion about previous vid was too good

[quaint arch]

No.

It's Blaze that still exists.

[wanton stratus]

It certainly feels weird to once have quit Shadowverse (and other card games), becoming an arknights player and then finally being reacquainted with card game design philosophy due to watching YouTube videos about arknights

An unexpected cycle

[versed compass]

pretty much the only one who i just... wont

[wanton stratus]

I imagine being a durinknights player is living in constant suffering

[versed compass]

not like you have stuff to heal anyway

[wanton stratus]

Myrtle tank gameplay is surely riveting

[vagrant tusk]

My blaze is still s2m1
Cos I don't really need her to be m3 to overcome stages even way back then

[ebon sphinx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aDc2L6lYS0

[versed compass]

who made this map is pretty much a demon

[quaint arch]

Defense and HPS check map

Also that Thorns Chest

[versed compass]

more like bait and fast damage check

and dp check

you bait middle then try to remove them asap

after that i think it can go smooth

assuming you dont get the bad variants

[quaint arch]

How hard the medium sized gundams hit on that right lane btw?

I assume it hits like 800 or something

[versed compass]

700 with 1.3 attack time

at d15 they go close to 2k

[quaint arch]

Geez

[versed compass]

pretty much champions offensive stats

very strong for a fodder mob

[hot rampart]

[versed compass]

even ooc was not this limiting

[hot rampart]

honestly the shit thing about ooc is it also has like 60 enemies so u will likely die if u fuck up

musical disaster and that new map is like 19 and 26 respectively

[versed compass]

ooc allow you deploy units which make it much less then 60 leaks

this one just fuck you from the get go

even the fodders are monsters

musical disaster is not bad tbh

actually more tame then like march of the dead and mount/sea

and of course carnival

[tardy vigil]

https://youtu.be/co7yBWRg_Bs?si=zw5jbWT01-pZ67fD

They use another 2 of my operators

I feel so dumb for using them all

[tardy vigil]

So true (what)

[versed compass]

shu passive used
bad 2 op smh my head

[ebon sphinx]

https://fixupx.com/kuhl_notes/status/1820004282508497325?t=reOEoM1jYmz2IJs-0K3Rpg&s=19

[vagrant tusk]

Kal'tsit ASMR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV2zU4aDJww

[ebon sphinx]

today's free daily and...Nian huh

[versed compass]

i get better lol

i get

cardigan

superior defender

[ebon sphinx]

The start that gives you all the king relics: hey, i heard you like living dangerously

[hot rampart]

this relic is great when there's multitudes way to gain shields hp as this relic only reduce actual hp

got chalice at the end of floor 2

ended the run with 200 ingots and like 20+ hope

if i went for ed4 i coulda trade em in without a problem

too bad this is my first run after expansion

[quaint arch]

Heavy Sigh

Game Crashes while I'm in Emergency Manmade Carnival

And I haven't finished yet

I hate this game

[neon moon]

https://i.imgur.com/62SziId.png

[tough matrix]

I don't have anything to do, so might as well

going to e2 dusk next

[hot rampart]

im playing with an unstable internet

i havent lose to it yet

[quaint arch]

Wanqing

[wanton stratus]

BloopAK talks a lot about magic the gathering’s design philosophy in regards to the “three types of players” established some 20 years ago

[wanton stratus]

What he said btw, don’t feel bad @tardy vigil
The clear uses Ines so you wouldn’t want to use that strategy anyway

[tardy vigil]

anyway? why?

I use ines in all endgame content because I suck

[fluid verge]

It's okay we all have our own preferences

No shame in it

[tardy vigil]

my relationships with Ines are...complicated

[versed compass]

https://x.com/ArknightsEN/status/1820293734858436704

Arknights_EN (@ArknightsEN) on X

Dear Doctor,

New event: Reclamation Algorithm [Tales Within the Sand] will soon be live on August 7, 2024, 10:00 (UTC-7), and some of the contents are available for a limited time. Please refer to the following notification for the event details.

#Arknights #Yostar

Twitter · Aug 5, 2024, 3:00 AM

[wanton stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/moist-critical-gif-18538102

[versed compass]

boring ass mode

but hey red sarkaz caster

[wanton stratus]

Huh? I thought you were the only one here who enjoyed RA more than me

[hot rampart]

it was me

[wanton stratus]

Do I have dementia

[hot rampart]

its fine i can be mistaken for being useless as well

im sure theres someone else maybe

[versed compass]

i always complained about its issue

maybe they fix some but honestly my biggest gribe is the raids

the farming for base was not too bad tbh

[wanton stratus]

I did in fact not notice you liked the mode so much back then

My bad

[versed compass]

still

better then SSS

anything better then SSS

♿

[wanton stratus]

True

[hot rampart]

SSS is not a even a low bar

its like the bar is on the floor

[versed compass]

nah the floor above it

[hot rampart]

true!

[versed compass]

actually first clears are fine in SSS

its like anni

[wanton stratus]

The bar is in a subway station and we’re standing on street level

[versed compass]

but after that its pleh

[hot rampart]

i think the fact that it was like anni is shit

it reset was on biweekly

its like trying to be as frequent as anni (anni skip ticket was introduced around the same time SSS is introduced)

xd

[versed compass]

anyway i made it clear before

am not really hyped for Ra2

[wanton stratus]

Funny thing is I actually used to do SSS more diligently (basically never skipped) when it was biweekly but I became way worse at making sure I completed it when it became monthly instead

[hot rampart]

i dont remember if ed4 came around the same time as RA2

i just think this two coming together is rather overwhelming

but both are perma mode now

[wanton stratus]

[hot rampart]

[versed compass]

ED4 is pretty fucking tough

i did not even get to play the alters

[hot rampart]

also i fucking forgot to do last month surtr lore

[versed compass]

carnival ending half my runs by existing

i saw someone conisdering to try their luck on emergancy mount and sea over normal carnival

[hot rampart]

its called carnival cuz our role is being the clown that is forced into this stage

[versed compass]

it have a cool theme in being full machine map

but holy shit they made it like an F7 map

[quaint arch]

Finally

D10 All Squad 3 Different Bosses

[wanton stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/congratulations-african-nigerian-computer-clap-gif-10187323

[hot rampart]

erm theres another trim on d12

[quaint arch]

Not yet

I'm enough with this for now

(I still have to do it on my Main Acc btw )

(Khandu & Luzargus can wait infinitely too)

[versed compass]

red and yellow are as hard as izumik

(actually harder cause IS4 relics are weaker)

[quaint arch]

It's power got transferred into Fordartals

Wait...

[versed compass]

even with folds it still way weaker

blue dance alone is beyond IS4 powerlevel

actually if blue dance was in IS4 you probably will see many yato solos on ed4 lol

[devout zenith]

sweaty tryhard

[quaint arch]

Call me that when I'm actually doing D15 All Squads

Man, My Sniper Rosters kinda bad on my Main Acc for IS#4

[hot rampart]

wait for wisadel

[quaint arch]

Can we wait faster tho?

[quaint arch]

No Neo-Sniper of current year do be hitting me

Ol' School Sniper is all I had

[willow nymph]

Exu buff squad like the madlad

[quaint arch]

Warfarin-Exia

I have skill issue on performing such

[hot rampart]

call stainless

[ebon sphinx]

https://fixupx.com/shmm030492/status/1820348050327601562?t=2KVDeLOcXDIxysgGynv1YA&s=09

[versed compass]

which idiot even attempt that

[willow nymph]

Sciel

[quaint arch]

Someone on Reddit

That is Pre-Expansion 2

[versed compass]

crazy people

i tell ya

[hallow garnet]

boyo done

[tardy vigil]

what is musha role

they block 1, they live, they do dmg

[ebon sphinx]

they are kind of supposed to be self sustaining duelists but it really depends on the operator

[hallow garnet]

zuo blocks 2 with s2

zuo is probably the perfect musha

he embodies the class fantasy very well

great self sustain, very fast skill cycles

good defensive utility

access to good burst as well as durability

i think if his s3 range was wider he'd be even better

hes already very good tho

he corrected all of the flaws that hellagur had

[quaint arch]

Autocorrect

💀

[hallow garnet]

what

ah

there

hellagur's biggest problem is that he gets dodge chance and not a barrier and that he had no way to eat his own hp

so he may or may not be oneshot still

which is the usual musha weakness - being unhealable

zuo's s2 also gives bigger atk buff +1 block and reduces own hp

[hallow garnet]

and to this, musha fantasy is:
get to low hp to get berserk (musha specific buff that gives higher stats based on how low hp is)
duelist with decently fast skill cycles that support it
able to burst as well as have good self sustain
capable of sololing without outside assistance while dealing very respectable dmg

and zuo does all of this and more

while older mushas struggled with either being good solo units, or having no access to instant hp lower to max out their talents, or not having reliable way to survive

i'll be the zuo salesman

[willow nymph]

Yep

Hellagur still was really good for very long even if awkward and then ... elite stats made him fall off kinda hard because everyone has 1k+ def

In terms of st dps peak perf hella s2 is above exu with higher dph

So old man does do very good damage

He's just a pain

[quaint arch]

"The Future is here, Old Man"

[tardy vigil]

ok what is their job (outside of IS)

a sidelane with infrequent mobs?

[hallow garnet]

they are guards

their job is the same as most guards

ground dps

but they can also take a beating

well mostly zuo

i think he can even take frequent beefy mobs

his sp cycle is really really fast

his main "downside" is that hes very clicky and he has to actually hit stuff to heal back

so not afk friendly at all

he can solo most bosses probably

hes also good at spawncamping

he is THE soloblade

oh also with s3 he can hold multiple lanes

to me zuo is the perfect example of good powercreep

he kept all of the general flaws of his class while improving on its strenghts

unlike some other newer ops who just straight up ignore these things and cheat

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

this is a decent showcase

oh also his module is great

[wanton stratus]

I am absolutely FIENDIN’ for the operator hindsight video on Zuo Le

[hallow garnet]

is it out ?

[wanton stratus]

No, otherwise I wouldn’t be fiendin

[hallow garnet]

tf does fiendin mean

i thoguht it was like simping

[wanton stratus]

Well, it can mean that

Just classic internet parlance

Generally it means to “want or desire something a lot”

[hallow garnet]

parlance

what are these words

my vocab is EXPANDING

[wanton stratus]

Good to hear it

[hallow garnet]

what im fiending for

is zuo module

i really hate that they put a trust limit on it

so annoying

cant have it day 1

[wanton stratus]

The 100 trust limit is literally lore-gating gameplay function

It sucks but I can’t help finding it hilarious

[tardy vigil]

It makes sense: fiend is an evil spirit, a demon that possesses human. Makes them lose control and act like a beast

Same vibe goes for obsession over smth

So fiending = obsessing to the point you have a demon in you

[hallow garnet]

oh and i forgot to add

zuo can permastall big bosses

with mod3

cuz he stunlocks them for 5s

and gets back all his sp during that

im not fully sure what scenario his s2 is better

cause sure it's more barrier +1 block but u can just stun shit

with s3

so

guess s2 is better if the boss is stun immune

cuz then the stunlock just doesnt work

[wanton stratus]

Nowadays almost all bosses are stun immune though

[hallow garnet]

yeah then thats what his s2 is for

s3 is better vs hordes and elites

s2 is better if you wanna stall a boss

[wanton stratus]

Lacking range extension hurts

[tardy vigil]

Stunlock?

So stun immune boss will just walk over him?

[hallow garnet]

if ur using s3, yes

[tardy vigil]

Stun is too old to do shit vs bosses

[hallow garnet]

so just use s2 vs bosses

if u want him to tank them

[tardy vigil]

So he can't stunlock

[hallow garnet]

obviously

if the boss is stun immune

he cant

duh

[tardy vigil]

Tbh sounds like ad Viviana

[hallow garnet]

but this isnt even his main niche

jesus christ

take that slur back

[hot rampart]

s2 is bread and butter for casual use

s3 generally better if u know what u doing with a musha in a stage

[tardy vigil]

[hallow garnet]

viviana is a dysfunctional sad botch job of a npc made palyable

[hot rampart]

[wanton stratus]

S2 is generally more reliable

S3 is cool af

[hallow garnet]

who brought nothing from her original design

[tardy vigil]

Take those slurs back

[hot rampart]

im crying

im sorry but vivi deserv3 it

[hallow garnet]

viviana might as well be not viviana

with how her kit has none of her signature things

no clone, no fire, no aoe

well not clone

but her minion shits

[hot rampart]

i think zuo le is cheating witb that sp regen talent

[bleak mirage]

Who to e2 next lads

[hot rampart]

20 sp cost to him? more like fckn 5

[hallow garnet]

it just makes sense. this is what mushas should be

[tardy vigil]

Keep malding

[hallow garnet]

get a good reward for staying low hp

[wanton stratus]

Eyja alter seems good

[hallow garnet]

im not malding i was just sad for her and her permanent account damage of a kit

cause i do love her look

and i wanted her to be playable for so long

but not like this

but im over it now

[tardy vigil]

She has a great, lore accurate kit

[hallow garnet]

great kit what

[tardy vigil]

If only anyone would read the lore

[hot rampart]

yah its a very good reward for being punished and he keep that reward with smart use of it thanks to getting barrier

[hallow garnet]

shes a damn candle knight

her kit has no candles

WHERE ARE THE CANDLES

i wanna see shit burnnnn

oh and with warmy existing burning could have been a thing with her too

[wanton stratus]

She only uses arts to show off according to the lore, so why is she an arts guard?

[tardy vigil]

She used candles to stir off shadows of necromancer and saved dozens of students

[hot rampart]

this is very sad as it implies that her lore accurate strength is being fckn bad

[wanton stratus]

[hallow garnet]

saved them tons of mats maybe

[tardy vigil]

[hallow garnet]

cuz she aint gettin any

[hot rampart]

like hey i can get why she wont be doing what her enemy version does

[hallow garnet]

give her a burning aura

[hot rampart]

that candle vivi was just for show for the epic knight esport kazimierz

[hallow garnet]

or idk

[tardy vigil]

Her candles are defensive

[hot rampart]

it was a facade

[tardy vigil]

She creates shields with them

[hallow garnet]

protecting our mat supplies

[wanton stratus]

Bruh

[hot rampart]

but then her being true to herself

is being this mild

gosh...

[tardy vigil]

She does have a timid personality

[hot rampart]

i feel like god themselve work against her

[bleak mirage]

Its ok

Those who truly like vivi will use her

Same with any op

[tardy vigil]

She works

[bleak mirage]

You said adele? One for adele

Who do you guys vote for on my next e2

[tardy vigil]

Y'all stuck at "can't delete the map in 2 seconds" mentality

[hallow garnet]

im not

bro

im the guy who forces cheeto wherever possible

do i look like i do speedruns?

[hot rampart]

vivi is usable but its the kind of usable that u would expect a year 1 operator in AK 2025

[tardy vigil]

You are stuck with waifu you imagined

That never was

[wanton stratus]

We really should collectively watch BloopAK’s videos, methinks

[hallow garnet]

this is true

but i accepted reality

thus vivi is ded to me

[bleak mirage]

I stick to the homie frostbyte for kit reading

[hot rampart]

my vote on degen

[hallow garnet]

but im happy for the ppl who enjoy her

i enjoy quirky shit too sometimes

[quaint arch]

EBENSWEEP

[tardy vigil]

We should collectively watch silvergun videos

[hallow garnet]

maria having self heal on s3 one day

at this point

maria having s3 heal herself wouldnt even be broken

it would just make her a modern op

maybe module Z

[tardy vigil]

Is arts guard mod released in cn?

[wanton stratus]

A worthy thing to fiend for

[hot rampart]

nope

i would fiend for maria

[hallow garnet]

cuz this was the argument for her before

kama u agree right?

she wouldnt be broken now

with this

[hot rampart]

not at all

[hallow garnet]

there

let's have it then

[wanton stratus]

She would just be hella fun

With Aak support

[tardy vigil]

When w mod

[hot rampart]

she shoulda just heal herself with s3 and it will make her a good operator but nothing broken

cuz her frontload damage is still held back by her hitting a sleeping enemy

[willow nymph]

Blemi is mod that lets her sleep enemies with s3 on hit

[hallow garnet]

shes that one op i couldnt force even tho i love her design

even cheeto is easier to force

[hot rampart]

IS module cope rrraaaaa

[quaint arch]

No.

[willow nymph]

Cheeto is very easy to bring cos aa snipers are easy to deploy

[hallow garnet]

yep

[quaint arch]

Mizuki will get it first

[hallow garnet]

and she can still be a battery

[willow nymph]

Not that she'll do much in some maps but she'll always do shit

[hallow garnet]

does maria have anythin going for her in IS?

[hot rampart]

tbh her s2 is very general use thing

[hallow garnet]

any relics or something that can make her pop

[hallow garnet]

i hate her sleep shit

i just wanna use her s3

[willow nymph]

Just defender atk

[quaint arch]

Defender +60% Atk

[willow nymph]

S2 works

[quaint arch]

[willow nymph]

[hallow garnet]

oh right

how is zuo in IS?

is he a decent starter?

theres that stun item

[willow nymph]

Is4 ? Amazing

[quaint arch]

Or "-1 Block -> Aspd & Atk" IS#3 Defender Relic

[hallow garnet]

that could be funny on him

[hallow garnet]

amazing starter?

[willow nymph]

Is5 holy balls he suck

[hallow garnet]

oh

[willow nymph]

Starter idk

[hot rampart]

i think zuo is fckn amazing in IS

starter is a bit icky cuz he is 1 block

but its doable

[hallow garnet]

hes 2 block

with s2

😄

[quaint arch]

Why?
Bulky Mobs?

[willow nymph]

Half the enemies leave a necrosis aura on death

[quaint arch]

Oh wait

[willow nymph]

[hallow garnet]

YIKES

[quaint arch]

Necrosis Damage

And remember

Enmities

[hot rampart]

💀

[hallow garnet]

sadge

but in is4 he good

[hot rampart]

i think is5 if very unfriendly towards melee

[hallow garnet]

okay

[willow nymph]

Necrosis bypass barrier too iirc to put salt in the wound

[hallow garnet]

YIKES

it's fine

[willow nymph]

[hallow garnet]

i just wanna use him somewhere

is4 it is

ig

i should tackle other endings

i always end up at ed1

[quaint arch]

Explain why Lin still block the Necrosis Damage then

[willow nymph]

Its not barrier?

Its damage negation

[hallow garnet]

so is5 is ranged game?

walter probably ugh

sometimes i hate op shit

[willow nymph]

Nah its play the damn maps well

[quaint arch]

Nah, if you're brave & good enough, it's Ez Relic Fest

[hallow garnet]

sexas everywhere

no planning needed

[willow nymph]

Eh no

[hot rampart]

yeah need good map knowledge as usual

i think zuo can do fine as his s3 has a bit of range to outrange the necrosis ass thing

[willow nymph]

Clearly funny if you drop sexas everywhere and then get door'd

[hallow garnet]

i think i asked this before but where does zuo place in the guard list

[hot rampart]

like 1 tile away if her s3 kills ?

[hallow garnet]

is he above or below fedex

[quaint arch]

Btw, does 6* Manticore showed better performance there?

[hallow garnet]

hes deffo below degen mlynar ofc

[hot rampart]

i would put above fedex

[willow nymph]

Fedex above imo

[hallow garnet]

but fedex sux in IS

[willow nymph]

She's basically ranged

[hallow garnet]

yall said i shouldnt

[willow nymph]

Fedex has his issues

Is5 i think fedex better than zuo

[hallow garnet]

long ass cycle time and having to plan the waves

when to turn off s3

[willow nymph]

Iss4 zuo> fedex

[quaint arch]

Ranged Ground Units?

[hot rampart]

err

ascalon has epic talent so she can dont care about necrosis

[tardy vigil]

Wait really?

[quaint arch]

But... S2...

[hot rampart]

im overrating this statement

[bleak mirage]

Seems like a three way tie

[hot rampart]

but her talent slow is very reliably applied

[bleak mirage]

I’ll just roll who goes first on a wheel

[hot rampart]

and it deal some damage

[quaint arch]

SPEEEN DA WHEEEL

[tardy vigil]

How is talent slow related to necrosis

[willow nymph]

Because her talent is a skill

[tardy vigil]

She works even with sp being suck?

Isn't HP loss a problem?

[willow nymph]

Not that much you basically always have tin man s2

Which outheals necro at e1

(Goated)

[quaint arch]

Just bring Medic or roll that 50/50 dodge roll

Kek

[hot rampart]

talent so good i can see some operator with this talent as their passive skill

[willow nymph]

Mfw
Manti having 50% slow for 5s as skill
Ascalon with casual 54% for 25s

And damage

[hot rampart]

ascalon talent is literally better version of manticore S1

[willow nymph]

[bleak mirage]

Here we go boys

[quaint arch]

Oh come on
German Harry Potter?

[bleak mirage]

Eben it is

[hot rampart]

German mommy 🗣️ 📢

nooooo

[quaint arch]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[bleak mirage]

Ebenholz from the top rope!!

Oh!! Degenbrecher wasn’t ready for his boss killing skills!!

Insta dead

[bleak mirage]

And is it wrong? My dude even has a wand. Though we both know its a conductors baton

[quaint arch]

You're not wrong tho...

[bleak mirage]

All that’s missing is his best friend hermione

We already had a ron but he got got

[quaint arch]

Ron, eh?
I forgot Harry Classmates name or whatever

[bleak mirage]

I don’t blame you

I read the books in elementary just to get that free day

From that book thing that gives points back then

Hp gave so many if you knew the plot

[quaint arch]

Some sort of school minigame the way i see there

[wanton stratus]

You’ve gone and fucked it all up @quaint arch

EbenWEEP

[quaint arch]

I am indeed the reason

[tardy vigil]

Ebenholz is a Slytherin student

I actually don't know any goth characters in media to represent him

[willow nymph]

Ebenholz from Asylum

Terminal grade chuuni except it's real

[tardy vigil]

Never heard of it

[willow nymph]

Mental asylum

[tardy vigil]

Yea it is true

I thought it's some game

[hot rampart]

having voices in your head that isnt actually real

[tardy vigil]

Google says chuuni implies teenage delusions

Ebenholz is a victim of real politics

[hot rampart]

irl teenage delusion of having a future only to be a victim of real politics once they reach adulthood

[tardy vigil]

History knows several examples of kids being a plaything of nobility on the throne

[tardy vigil]

That's me

[hallow garnet]

im thinkin

do we have a viable maleknights team now

still no sniper

most males are guards

insider is probably the best male sniper

or ig...does aak count?

with s1

[wanton stratus]

Totter

Aak is also pretty great now

[hallow garnet]

yea but no 6*

also no 6* defender either

smh

[hallow garnet]

does he need s1m3 tho

[tardy vigil]

Mlynar

[hallow garnet]

yea duh

[tardy vigil]

Mlynar

[hallow garnet]

mlynar wont solo IS

ye hes strong but he cant cover an entire map alone

[tardy vigil]

Courier and Spot for stalling

[hallow garnet]

not gonna be enough

lol

courer and spot get twoshot

[wanton stratus]

Just use his S3 on Shalem with S2

[hallow garnet]

later on

SHALEM

i forgot he existed

maybe cuz hes not that good

[wanton stratus]

Contrary to my hoarder nature I actually E2:d him

[tardy vigil]

Baseline won't

Also courier is tanky

For a vanguard

[hallow garnet]

not tanky enough to stall for an entire mylnar downtime

[wanton stratus]

His S2 hits air which could be quite useful

[vagrant tusk]

Maleknights
https://www.youtube.com/@ebenblaze

[hallow garnet]

oooh poggg

[wanton stratus]

Who’s the best maleknights healer?

[tardy vigil]

Arene is male

[hallow garnet]

lumen

duh

[tardy vigil]

Bass?

[hallow garnet]

not bass

kek

[wanton stratus]

Duh indeed

Teehee

I forgor

[hallow garnet]

alr imma do a maleknights clear

i slacced on is4

so im only on d2

and got thorns e2 opener

so this should be fine

[wanton stratus]

Logos is gonna be great for maleknights too

[tardy vigil]

I feel like 80% of the cast is female

[hallow garnet]

welcome to gachas

[wanton stratus]

It is

[tardy vigil]

What a shame

[tardy vigil]

I hope future gachas will be more gay

[hallow garnet]

happens when most of your players are straight males

[vagrant tusk]

[tardy vigil]

It is clearly trending

[hallow garnet]

they wont be

[tardy vigil]

Why?

[hallow garnet]

cn isnt exactly gay friendly

[tardy vigil]

They are just posing

[hallow garnet]

also no audience

look at how much cn rages when theres male character at all

now imagine if that male is gay too

[tardy vigil]

Straight males might pull on gay units easily

[wanton stratus]

They do?

[hallow garnet]

yeah

[tardy vigil]

Look at anime, how many hyper masculine characters are there

[hallow garnet]

thats cause anime isnt CN

[tardy vigil]

Or different male characters

[tardy vigil]

I didn't watch any cn anime

[hallow garnet]

and you arrived at the issue

gacha space has been overtaken by cn

[wanton stratus]

What banners did this happen on? I must’ve missed it

[tardy vigil]

But I assume japanese anime is popular there

[hallow garnet]

jp is a lot more lax with this

jp folks love a good ikemen

[tardy vigil]

There is Korea and Japan making their games

[hallow garnet]

not in AK

[wanton stratus]

They still pass on the gay part though

[hallow garnet]

remember the scara fiasco in genshin? or remember adam in hi3, or the snowbreak incident

[tardy vigil]

What happened with snowbreak?

They made a male unit?

[hallow garnet]

and then they unmade it

[tardy vigil]

Tbh it would be their fault, as game was 100% female from the start

[hallow garnet]

i doubt we will see gacha games gender ratio gap go smaller

theres no audience for it

[tardy vigil]

You can't start selling cheap military bags after doing fashion handbags for years

[hallow garnet]

cuz gacha game market is mostly made up of cn incels

who just want booba

[wanton stratus]

I mean, yeah

[hallow garnet]

and glb market is of no importance

[tardy vigil]

Western incels don't mind gay

[hallow garnet]

western incels are not the audience

we dont have the money to blow on this

[tardy vigil]

Yea but

[hallow garnet]

or rather we dont blow the money

also idk why i said we

[tardy vigil]

Chinese incels will move to this too

[hallow garnet]

im far from an incel

[tardy vigil]

Ur gay
Furthest from an incel there is

[hallow garnet]

whats even rarer

is male support

like actual support

not subdps

genshin has like what

baizhu

and zl

and thats it

mika, benny ig count if we look at 4*s

[tardy vigil]

Luocha

[hallow garnet]

not many

is what im saying

[tardy vigil]

Well

[hallow garnet]

if gachas make males they are usually dps

[bleak mirage]

My g

[hallow garnet]

in AKs case they are usually guards

[tardy vigil]

Hot men don't have to break gender roles to be appealing

[bleak mirage]

Glad you e2 hoederor

[tardy vigil]

You just need gay enough audience

[bleak mirage]

He gotta flex for his wife and roach child

[wanton stratus]

2022 Ben was a different beast, I tell ya

[hallow garnet]

it just makes it hard to form good teams with them

[bleak mirage]

Yeah so was 2022 sig

[hallow garnet]

tho i have been clearing genshin abyss with male only for a long time

[bleak mirage]

Now I’m tired of all these damn waifus and I need more guys

[tardy vigil]

Yea but why you need real supports in AK

[bleak mirage]

Praise be when I get more guys though

[tardy vigil]

I doubt maleknights is the worst restriction

[hallow garnet]

oh for sure

it's not

i just want some variety

like a sniper would be nice

[bleak mirage]

A male sniper?

[hallow garnet]

a 6*

[bleak mirage]

With how these gachas are your praying hard

[hallow garnet]

if we think about maleknights it's mostly guards

[wanton stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/gta-sa-gta-gif-gta-one-liners-we-need-more-men-in-here-gif-17464292

[bleak mirage]

For one of those to come

Doubly so for them to not be a guard

[tardy vigil]

AK is not badass enough for a male sniper

[bleak mirage]

Like this zuo le guy I like thats now a unit

Glad he got married

I think.. remembering all the sui events is hard

[tardy vigil]

HSR and genshin clearly make bunch of males and attract enough of female audience to set the trend

[hallow garnet]

when is thorns module coming

i forgot

[tardy vigil]

The problem is - to attract thirsty female big audience they need real gay tension, and China is not ready

[hallow garnet]

but it's mostly dpses again

also the ratio is WAY off

[tardy vigil]

Gallagher, luocha

[hallow garnet]

two

out of what

[tardy vigil]

Gepard

[hallow garnet]

3

we can count but you cant tell me you dont see my point

[tardy vigil]

Welt is an offensive support

Like sw

[hallow garnet]

thats a stretch

[tardy vigil]

A decent bunch

Sure no male harmony

[hallow garnet]

no male qua

is the funniest to me

[tardy vigil]

Well

Quanny

Idk why no male qua

Some rogue would look iconic there

[hallow garnet]

aaand i leaked

kek

thorns couldnt keep up

and game didnt give me good tickets

rip

[wanton stratus]

Oh, you’re doing IS maleknights?

That’s tougher

I thought you were gonna do stage clears

[hot rampart]

i think gacha space being "more gay" is unlikely

but its plentiful reasonable for it to be "pandering to female audience"

which to some extent is what yaoi/gay would fall under

[sharp tartan]

I think gfl2 has a storyline where one of the waifus saved a male npc
The breakdown is so great because they said they are getting ntrd

[mossy tinsel]

Heh

[hot rampart]

a waifu only games is just sad whenever they wanna try to put in cool male character in their game (just as NPCs) cuz u have loud insecure incels

and a storyline without a male character is just

odd

very2 weird u need some in universe explanation on why this is the case

[mossy tinsel]

GFL2 is the funniest thing when it comes to having male NPCs like Raymond.

[ebon sphinx]

i know that Blue Archive implies human-ish males do exist, its just that the only other males that we ever see....arent human-ish males

they are like...robots, talking animals or inhuman

[mossy tinsel]

It's okay, Sensei already got cucked by another gacha game MC.

[ebon sphinx]

that one's a clear cut case of toxic fandoms creating their own drama where theres none anyway

[hot rampart]

it always involve china somehow

see mahjong soul collab

[ebon sphinx]

if you thought the fans shitting on other gachas is already insufferable here, i assume its like x10...or x100 magnified in certain circles in china

[hot rampart]

it happens when u have 1 billion population

the small weirdos of 0.001% will still be a huge number of people that could terrorize the internet

[hallow garnet]

yeah

[hallow garnet]

wheres the challenge in that

and what stage

i can try to clear EX stages with male only ig

when they open

[wanton stratus]

The only problem with that is that RA2 opens at the same time, and surely you’ll be playing that?

[hallow garnet]

what

i hate RA

pissass mode

it's the build your own map shit right?

farm mats build base

it's basically endfield

ugh i hated it the first time too

i dont get why they brought it back

i have a hard time believeing that the gp was into this

sure some ppl liked it but come on

bring back the coop event - without lag issues - that was fun

[hot rampart]

yeah there is an upcoming co op event

[hallow garnet]

oooo

the multi-floor thingy?

wait n

no

BO

NO

I KKNOW

ITS THE STUPID MINIGAME SHIT

aaaaa

i remember now

no thats not what i had in mind

[hot rampart]

its not just football

theres actual normal stage clear wheres 2 player play on the same stage as well

https://youtu.be/m5O-tOgh9is

[hallow garnet]

ooh poh

yea so

fedex feels like an inferior zuo to me

but maybe im just bad at using fedex

tho hmm

no

i think im just bad at placing fedex yea

and timing his skill is hard

[hallow garnet]

come on boys fk them up

yaaas

we done

i mean this was mostly guardknights but

eh

i have no imagination

there we go

[quaint arch]

Nice

Although the ending emblem bothers me since I'm used to play on D10 now

(Sorry)

[hot rampart]

yuwen not a filthy casual how can this be

[quaint arch]

I got nothing better to do in Arknite than doing IS

[versed compass]

smh should have seen me talk with bara about it

[quaint arch]

I didn't see it

[versed compass]

♿

[tardy vigil]

ZZZ panders to female audience?

[ebon sphinx]

kind of

...i think some of them gravitate towards Lycaon

[hot rampart]

i mainly mean love and deepspace but zzz could also count

specifically that discount mountain character that would totally cater to furries and female

[quaint arch]

Discount Mountain

[tardy vigil]

Eeeh

I mean, this is what I am talking about. Furry is one of movements that pushes gay into media as young horny audience pays for it

[ebon sphinx]

calling him discount is disingenuous when he's not even a tiger and has a different overall vibe...

[tardy vigil]

They communicated the point

Moreso this character is a ripped white furry that isn't as cool as mountain

[ebon sphinx]

what's the metric for cool here

[tardy vigil]

It is purely subjective

[tardy vigil]

Maybe he is equally cool or cooler, just smaller. It was about getting the point across not putting down the other game

[hallow garnet]

ill go up dw. I'm curious to see how far i can take the boys

but the roster wont be too diverse

[versed compass]

think someone already done max male only

but only ed1 pre update

[versed compass]

got mostima p2

[bleak mirage]

Another dragon to keep up with brother rowan

[versed compass]

first ed4 clear

ok i take it back this ending might be easier then izumik

[hallow garnet]

oooh a borrowed zuo

how did he perform?

[versed compass]

pretty good

actually liked him more then degen slightly

granted did not have a lot of testing on either

[hallow garnet]

i really liked him

s3 mostly tho

[versed compass]

i was swapping between 2 and 3 depending on pressure

[hallow garnet]

he cut thru the duck bear invis guy 3boss encounter map

like paper

[versed compass]

not every IS map is full of pressure on him

[hallow garnet]

i just slammed him in the middle the big dorothy robots

and he got to cutting

[versed compass]

i dont like entering that map at all on high diff

[hallow garnet]

cant wait for the module

[versed compass]

the 2 robots feel impossible

[hallow garnet]

oh yeah makes sense

i was only ed2

but i'll keep on climbing

now i have to think about

[versed compass]

the animals are easy its just the robots

[hallow garnet]

what other males are useful in IS?

besides the usual guardknights shit

[versed compass]

will mlynar

[hallow garnet]

ye duh

zuo fedex thorns mlynar mountain is a given

lumen

[versed compass]

ngl rest kinda sucks past mlynar zuo lee

[hallow garnet]

hmm ig it's just gonna be the same comp over and over again then

[versed compass]

fedex work until high d where pressure is such an mf

[hallow garnet]

thats....not gonna be too fun

[versed compass]

thorns struggle too

lumen is just eyja at home