avrora-general

[warm bluff]

just not the ones i wanted

[ornate mantle]

True.

I shouldn't roll...

I already got the pizza botes in the banner.

[warm bluff]

you got formidable?

[ornate mantle]

Pizza ritual will be ineffective for getting an HMS bote.

[warm bluff]

oh ya good point

you need to buy some tea then

[ornate mantle]

Yeah.

I need tea and small snacks.

[solar fjord]

2 gold cats one from log in reward and one from the free cat now i don't know what i'm getting
Bishamaru,Takemaru,Steel or Oscar

[clear gate]

Essex fleets in PvP now :|

Gosh

[solar fjord]

try hards

[warm bluff]

essex in pvp?

[clear gate]

Essex is great in PvP

[stuck copper]

Essex is great in be-

[warm bluff]

unfortunately ijn is still top tier in pvp

[solar fjord]

all pr pvp fleet the true power

[clear gate]

Essex completely trolls the hell out of opposing carrier fleets

[warm bluff]

i wish murica botes become top tier again

carrier fleets?

like akagi+kaga?

[clear gate]

Ye

[ornate mantle]

I'm not a PVP guy.

[clear gate]

Absolute Evasion, yo

[ornate mantle]

So i can't keep up with anything.

[warm bluff]

eh nagato+amagi+hiryuu is just so far ahead of everything else that's not really a problem

[cosmic pier]

'evasion'

[clear gate]

By "evasion" they mean "tank the hell out of"

Nagamagi + Hiryuu isn't even the best fleet comp by some tier lists

But it is cancerous nonetheless

[warm bluff]

which ones claim it's not the best in pvp?

[clear gate]

https://game8.jp/azurlane/201087

[warm bluff]

lol game8

[clear gate]

Some other ones too

[warm bluff]

game8 tier lists were terrible in PAD

so i'm super biased against them

[stuck copper]

essex offers a 12% reduction with a rather big restriction

[warm bluff]

this tier list looks super outdated too

[clear gate]

It's a 2-month old tier list

[stuck copper]

you probably miss out on a lot of firepower

[warm bluff]

the new top tier comp in jp has FdG and azuma

[clear gate]

AriPanda also suggests several updated ones

that are competitive

Including SoDak Washington Essex backline

[warm bluff]

that comp is really outdated, sd+washi doesn't have the consistency or firepower that nagato+amagi have

[clear gate]

Take it for what you will ¯_(ツ)_/¯

It's also suggested that with FdG, a KMS fleet is viable in PvP

[warm bluff]

viable maybe, but i dont see that being top tier

[verbal obsidian]

i feel my inner azu screaming

[verbal obsidian]

WHALE it screams

but i resist

[cosmic pier]

pvp and tierlists

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/463463448827658241/614583840270319811/giphy_2.gif

[stuck copper]

i think it's only planes

[warm bluff]

i like theorycrafting tier stuff

the theory that i wont get all event ships by the end of event

[cosmic pier]

[warm bluff]

[night oriole]

[ornate mantle]

@verbal obsidian WHAAAAAAAAAALEEEEEE

@warm bluff : Your introduction into the whale brotherhood.

[warm bluff]

i refuse to whale!

[ornate mantle]

Weak willed.

[night oriole]

[warm bluff]

my money must be used for "merchandise"

also i'm poor lol

[cosmic pier]

ships are merchandise too

dont see a difference

[warm bluff]

the pizza was only $10

and it'll last me for like 5 meals

[ornate mantle]

$10 gets ya 20 cubes.

[warm bluff]

so basically 10 disappointments!

[ornate mantle]

10 dollars of regret!

[warm bluff]

ya i'd rather buy "merch"

[stuck copper]

Guys I'm pregnant

[night oriole]

[warm bluff]

congrats

[ornate mantle]

I need to like.

Set up my scrolls and merch.

[warm bluff]

oh that reminds me i haven't set up my scroll yet

[cosmic pier]

did you just say scrolls

beth coming over to sue you

[ornate mantle]

Who.

[cosmic pier]

Beth(esda)

[ornate mantle]

Oh, I don't know worthless companies.

You'll have to excuse me.

[cosmic pier]

you wouldnt know its a company if you didnt know it

[ornate mantle]

You must be new to Intellectual guesses.

[ornate mantle]

Wow pretty.

did you decide to switch off MSP.

[cosmic pier]

no

drew it in paint

[warm bluff]

teach me how to draw

[cosmic pier]

@warm bluff just do it

[warm bluff]

i did but i only created an eldredge abomination, and not the cute eldridge

[ornate mantle]

Whew, almost done with C3.

[cosmic pier]

its fine rome wasnt build in one day or whatever it was
ye gotta keep making em abominations till you can make the non abominations

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/468804119377739776/621432181465546802/image0.png

[warm bluff]

too late i summoned cthulu from my hideous art and now i'm a lunatic

[ornate mantle]

AHHHHHHHHH< I WANT FORMIIIIII.

[warm bluff]

me too

[ornate mantle]

That expression.

Is the cutest.

Amazingness.

Lime is almost done.

[stuck copper]

@ornate mantle

[ornate mantle]

@stuck copper

1 more battle in C3 and I'm done.

[warm bluff]

i wanna be done with c3 so i can play hollow knight

[cosmic pier]

have you gone hollow

[warm bluff]

i always was

[ornate mantle]

My lime had mountains tenacity!

[somber halo]

pulled a lime, it has bad talents unfortunately

[ornate mantle]

I have 7/8 SSR cats now.

A 7th Zara.

[warm bluff]

maybe pizza ritual was a bad idea

[ornate mantle]

No kidding.

An 8th Zara.

Haaaaaaaaah.

Hey hey hey hey hey game.

What is this.

[stuck copper]

What the fuck

[ornate mantle]

No Formidable yet.

[solar fjord]

hey that looks like me and jean bart

with no mass

[ornate mantle]

Looks like 21 Zara isn't a pipe dream.

[stuck copper]

Help

[ornate mantle]

Shoot me.

[cosmic pier]

hey atleast you'll have 21 something

🔫

[ornate mantle]

That's not a good thing.

[cosmic pier]

[ornate mantle]

I'm in Pain.

[warm bluff]

lewd

[cosmic pier]

[ornate mantle]

The pizza ritual is working against me.

[warm bluff]

[ornate mantle]

Send it to Aki.

[cosmic pier]

well atleast the ad aint super unrealistic

you upgrade your waifus

[night oriole]

finally grind C3 to"safe" level, those annoying planes become stationary .....thank god

[ornate mantle]

Ehhhh, I just got it to done.

I'll be farming the D maps when they arrive.

[warm bluff]

Cute!

[cosmic pier]

[night oriole]

farming C3 for Fairy Albacore bp

[warm bluff]

choco sub is so cute

[ornate mantle]

Isn't Fair Alb just a nerfed Cuda.

Except Faster.

[night oriole]

just to arm Fair Alb on Formid, and nothing else

[ornate mantle]

Ahhhh, when I get a Formidable I'll think about this I guess.

[warm bluff]

if only albacore could use albacore

[night oriole]

as cheap as 1000 token to be...i still would like to farm anyway..... lvling certain girl and hope getting enough FA bp in the process

[stuck copper]

These are smaller than I expected

[warm bluff]

Cute!

[stuck copper]

I also got the Ayanami one

I’ll post a pic in a minute. Walking dog

[warm bluff]

[cosmic pier]

@warm bluff

[stuck copper]

Here’s both side by side

[warm bluff]

Cute!

[cosmic pier]

[night oriole]

the potential torp queen #2 (Shimakaze)

[warm bluff]

[stuck copper]

Hello

@stuck copper whoa you ordered two?

We only need to wait another year

Omf

[dense wing]

sad I dont have this skin but I cosplayed it

[stuck copper]

Why didn't you just get it then

[errant burrow]

You have 14k gems, Kawa. The next time it comes up, you better buy it immediately

I get anxiety looking at that count

[stuck copper]

14k???

[dense wing]

I will

[stuck copper]

Give me some please

[dense wing]

because I wasnt getting free gems when it was out

[stuck copper]

@dense wing kawa

[dense wing]

@stuck copper okaasan

[errant burrow]

Yama

[stuck copper]

lemme flex on kawa with uni qipao

@stuck copper send feet pics for a social experiment pls

no

Why

I'm not ajax or concord

You could be

damn he's onto me

i got a little acrylic thingy of Black heart

should i put her in my PC case or nah

https://twitter.com/ArknightsEN/status/1171996858702585856

Arknights_EN (@ArknightsEN)

Name: Ansel
Gender: Male
Battle Experience: ½ Year
DOB: 1/31
Height: 163cm

Ansel was an Intern before formally joining Rhodes Island. He is now admitted to the Rhodes Island Medical Team after passing the tests with excellent results.

#Arknights #Yostar

Likes

118

Twitter

the keen among you will spot the detail

[carmine coyote]

Meanwhile in Arknights

[night oriole]

looks like Cleve

[stuck copper]

i might be blind but

[carmine coyote]

If Clevebro was a bro and not a bote

[stuck copper]

exactly

HE

ah

it says in the text

thought you meant in his art lol

you have no idea how many fell for this trap

[carmine coyote]

Well that's a cute girl there

[stuck copper]

sad!

[carmine coyote]

[stuck copper]

he even has a summer skin

[night oriole]

[carmine coyote]

Funny thing in this event so far is how Litto started hitting on Lusty in the heat of battle

[warm bluff]

Cute

[stuck copper]

yurification

[carmine coyote]

Was taken from #al-lore initially

[stuck copper]

Litto hit on Lusty?

[dense wing]

u can flex on mee, but my power will shine for having her outfit irl

[stuck copper]

yeah... no

[dense wing]

wow just got my first gold cat

[stuck copper]

didnt we get a guaranteed one from login

[cosmic pier]

its kawa

[dense wing]

where

[cosmic pier]

that's normal

[stuck copper]

bro...

[dense wing]

oh stanly

I didnt login a day obviously

[stuck copper]

thats a you-problem

[dense wing]

I never

said it was a problem

[stuck copper]

[dense wing]

im just saying

wow got my first gold cat

from the free boxes

to be more specific

[stuck copper]

wow

thats cool

who'd you get

[dense wing]

I dont spend gold on buying them

I dont know yet

[stuck copper]

you dont need to

first one daily is free

[cosmic pier]

woa lila

[dense wing]

from the free boxes

[cosmic pier]

ur a genius

lila for ceo when

[stuck copper]

Warspite is Warspite retro in the event does this mean we get her

[cosmic pier]

i mean

you'll get her eventually

[stuck copper]

[carmine coyote]

@dense wing you should of gotten one from working on Yamashiro's outfit

[stuck copper]

[carmine coyote]

And one from the special drop today too

[dense wing]

I mean the ones you "buy"

[dense wing]

and not everyone logs in everyday ok

I feel oppressed

[stuck copper]

thats what all gamers feel

you get used to it

[dense wing]

expected to fit in your everyday daily logging in standards

[stuck copper]

tbh tho logging in is like the most basic activity on any gacha game

you just log in and get right off

[dense wing]

ok well some people are too busy

[stuck copper]

[dense wing]

you wouldnt know

[stuck copper]

i mean ive been in school for a month

gotta grind that AP chem and whatnot

[dense wing]

and thats perfectly enough time to get used to it

ive been in school literally a week

[stuck copper]

not really, my AP US teacher sucks monkey dong

cant really get used to it since nothing is consistent

[dense wing]

time wise

your school schedule isnt consistent?

[stuck copper]

getting used to it isnt

[dense wing]

a month seems like enough time to

[stuck copper]

you know how most classes have some regular routine and lesson plans n shit?

[dense wing]

though, I dont know what you do when you dont have class

kind of

[stuck copper]

yeah

except

she changes like eveyrthing on the fly without ever telling us much

and makes shitty jokes every 3 minutes anyways

imagine throwing your students into an essay response like

3 weeks into school when you didnt teach them anything

nor even hand out the rubric

like bro

[dense wing]

D:

[stuck copper]

oh and did i mention

she handed back essays for 5th period the day after

ive been waiting a week and nothing

and we also have an essay early next week so if i dont get this back i have 0 idea how my writing style fits into how she wants them written

[cosmic pier]

and not everyone logs in everyday ok HammBite

fgo maintenance reee
i wanna roll some grills with my none existent materials

[stuck copper]

[cosmic pier]

[stuck copper]

she is mine

event done

[rich gazelle]

gimme zara and guiunugin pls gaem

[dense wing]

I cant vote

[cosmic pier]

maybe its cuz you aint 18 yet

[dense wing]

oh no

I cant vote one qualifier comeback and 1 group?

im sorry saratoga

u can do it without my help

[rich gazelle]

lmao

[dense wing]

[rich gazelle]

time to put more propaganda for group b when avrora comes in

[dense wing]

I did not know

sadly enough

[dense wing]

it doesnt state that in the details either

that you can only vote one of the 2

aaaaaaaa

saraaaaaaaaaaaa

[rich gazelle]

yeah, idk why you cant just vote qualifiers and group a

if this makes me not able to vote avrora later bcuz i voted in group a

[dense wing]

gomenasai saraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[rich gazelle]

im gonna use my two other dummy accounts

[cosmic pier]

ur a dummy

[rich gazelle]

Website Voting:

Players can vote on their favorite characters once a day by visiting the Azur Lane Popularity Poll 2019 website after logging into their Twitter or Facebook account to it.

Players can vote a second time by using the Share button to post their character choices on Twitter and Facebook. Please note that you can only vote a maximum of 2 times a day from the same device.

The link to the Popularity Poll website will be posted on the official Azur Lane Twitter and Facebook accounts.

wait

the copy paste is too big

[cosmic pier]

delete all the free space lol

also put 3 ` at the start and at the end for good measure

[dense wing]

ahh 2 times a day as long as I share the first one..

[cosmic pier]

ok now run to #bug-reports

[dense wing]

success

[rich gazelle]

lol neat

and also dont forget to vote twice a day, every day

for maximum effect

people will overlook that

@dense wing , ill vote for sara in group A if you vote for avrora in group B

[cosmic pier]

wao trading votes

[rich gazelle]

yasssssssssssss

YASSSSSS

group b wont be until next week

so our votes wont clash

until finals

[wintry sonnet]

fml

6 waifus in group A

y u do dis gem

[cosmic pier]

just spread your votes

[stuck copper]

Who did you guys go for?

[wintry sonnet]

for the web voting, houshou and vestal

[stuck copper]

Not too shabby

[cosmic pier]

mutsuki

[stuck copper]

Lol

[dense wing]

sara and shiratsuyuu

[stuck copper]

[wintry sonnet]

nothing but rares and commons today

[cosmic pier]

heccin shounen

[stuck copper]

soo formidable's special planes

are they only white rarity?

or should i get to opening purple boxes

[cosmic pier]

arent they in shop and farmable

or sth

[stuck copper]

oh! i just got a blueprint from event map

ok

and ya there is on in shop

[wintry sonnet]

you can farm them on C3

but you also get 1 copy in shop

think they also drop on A3

[stuck copper]

they do ye

i got 5 already and i havent started hard maps

probably only need 2

although

theyre fast launching

[stiff musk]

[stuck copper]

you're not allowed to have this much gold

[wintry sonnet]

uhhh

did JP change its construction date

[cosmic pier]

[wintry sonnet]

they threw up a new tweet for the rate ups

and then I noticed the date says September 11th to September 26th

so 1 day longer than what our banner shows

[cosmic pier]

maybe it means start of 26th instead of our end of 25th

[wintry sonnet]

wouldn't make much sense

since JP doesnt do maints on 0:00

they do theirs at like 14:00

and both us and them had the maint on 11th, ended on 11th

[stuck copper]

japan will be japan

[cosmic pier]

im used to al not making sense

idk

[wintry sonnet]

gonna look up the USS event

[dense wing]

they do maint at 12

lots of japanese games do maint mid day

I think it is to use work time wisely

unlike us

our staff work overtime to resolve bugs after patches

such troopers

[cosmic pier]

idk timezones n shit but ik their maints is closer to our reset time than their own

[wintry sonnet]

except it doesn't add up

[stuck copper]

well our staff are working in china arent they

or do they stay in us

[wintry sonnet]

ok, they did the same thing on Ashen Simulacrum

so I guess justJPthings

[dense wing]

theyre in china

jp maint is

[stuck copper]

so then they are doing US reset in their morning?

[dense wing]

7pm pst

8pm pdt

[stuck copper]

oh its their evening?

damn

[wintry sonnet]

imma let you finish

[dense wing]

jp does maint at 12

in the afternoon

[wintry sonnet]

but JP alwmost always does maints on 14:00

[dense wing]

sometime in the afternoon then

wait 7pm is for another game

yeah no maint is 10pm pdt or pst

some standard daylight timezone

for jp

so yes, 14

[stuck copper]

so our staffs in HK start maintenance at around 2pm

their time

[wintry sonnet]

1-2 hours earlier I'd imagine

not sure if CN and JP are the same timezone tho

[stuck copper]

i think jp is a bit further ahead

[wintry sonnet]

If they're operating on China Standard Time then yea, 1 hour behind JP

[stuck copper]

gmt+9 and HK is gmt +8 so its only 1 hour

so thats why its 14:00 in japan

must be that time on CN and KR server too

so they do all servers at the same time

[wintry sonnet]

Still curious why they're adding 1 day to their banner

does JP do maints 1 day later and the banners just disappear properly

actually, I think I know what it is

it's the fucking 23:59 nonsense

cause for EN when we get event duration it's something like september 11th 0:00 till September 25th 23:59

but since JP has their maints in the middle of the day, it's gonna be the same date regardless

when the reset happens

[stuck copper]

yeah

[wintry sonnet]

you know now that I think of it

kinda sad the answer is this simple

cause if it was a typo, that'd mean we'd still have the event for the day we get 9 cubes

[warm ice]

I can’t sleep.

Help.

[stuck copper]

take 10 slow deep breaths to quiet your mind

[dense wing]

think of blackness

[stuck copper]

yes

[dense wing]

whenever I cannot sleep its bc I have too many thoughts

when I focus on the color black

I get sleepy

[stuck copper]

[wintry sonnet]

das lasist

[stuck copper]

can focus on white too

as long as its something empty

[wintry sonnet]

oh, right

the regular voting's today too

I wonder if they changed the certificates to no longer be random

then again they haven't posted anything on the matter

[stuck copper]

i cant vote them

[dense wing]

white would distract me

its my favorite color

[stuck copper]

i havew votes but it doesnt click them

[dense wing]

I would be thinking about how much I like it

[wintry sonnet]

did you restart

we had like 2 hotfixes since the reset

[stuck copper]

did a few minutes ago

[dense wing]

restart again

[stuck copper]

ah

now it works

[dense wing]

also dont try too many times

it was visual

I had 10, then I restarted and had 5

cause I voted 5 times before testing it out

[wintry sonnet]

I'm not gonna vote until last day anyway

[stuck copper]

it got fixed now

[wintry sonnet]

I got 6 waifus in just this round alone

[dense wing]

ye

[wintry sonnet]

gonna have to stock up and put them on whichever will be in danger of dropping from top 10, or will have a chance to get into top 10

[dense wing]

im aware

[wintry sonnet]

you're not the only one in this channel

[dense wing]

world may never know what that even means

[cosmic pier]

you aint the world

[dense wing]

you understand it then?

[stuck copper]

rei understand everything huhu

but rei no tell

[wintry sonnet]

must've been too low iq for a genius to understand

only dumm dumms like me or rei will get it

[somber halo]

just dont be dum

[wintry sonnet]

how

I tried to read a book about how not to be dum, but I was too dum to read it

self help books are a scam

[stuck copper]

most self help books written after 1970-80 are useless anyway

[wintry sonnet]

they're not even truthful

if you were looking to help yourself, why would you read a book written by someone else

that's not selfhelp, that's help

[stuck copper]

u know it

[wintry sonnet]

also my day is ruined

[stuck copper]

just use sandy

[wintry sonnet]

I wanted to use kms botes

to get some roon exp

[stuck copper]

roon xp

i stopped on roon and started on izumo

[wintry sonnet]

figured since I have 10k oil over the cap to burn through so I can redeem the one in my canteen, might as well put it up to use

[stuck copper]

and now shes nearly done the first just by using amagi

[cosmic pier]

[stuck copper]

hmm im beginning to think the reason i never have oil is just cuz im using inefficient fleets lol

[cosmic pier]

kinda

[wintry sonnet]

inefficient doesnt neccessarily mean pointless

[stuck copper]

[wintry sonnet]

like, me throwing 3 mlb KMS cruisers into C3 trash killing is inefficient

but it does serve a purpose

[stuck copper]

well

i was clearing story mode

& 10-2 farming

[wintry sonnet]

well, if you're gonna be there for a while, might as well do couple things at once

[stuck copper]

definitely

[wintry sonnet]

o, new 👏 ship 👏 review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY8sgeNirxs

now that's surprising

[stuck copper]

Well yeah

Her skills are amazing

[wintry sonnet]

I'm curious what the math'll say on her planes

[stuck copper]

From what I've heard

She does damage on par with enty

[wintry sonnet]

with albacores or with cudas?

[stuck copper]

The person used Ryusei, Alba and Helldiver

[cosmic pier]

enty is so 2k18 anyway

just3c

[wintry sonnet]

so how exactly does her slow work

[stuck copper]

It basically

[wintry sonnet]

does she have to actually hit the target or is it autoaim

[stuck copper]

Resets their speed to 0

And no

It works like Royal's

[wintry sonnet]

so whenever it procs

[stuck copper]

The moment you airstrike it triggers

[wintry sonnet]

ok, that's actually really good then

so you can queue up 2 of them

[stuck copper]

Just reading it

[wintry sonnet]

for double the slow duration

[cosmic pier]

first time seeing someone refer to ark as 'royal'

[stuck copper]

"Even with just the first skill her damage is already higher than a lucky E proc"

This alone

Should tell you how ridiculous she is

[wintry sonnet]

Sounds about right

considering she can go full yolo setup with 0 fighters and just attack planes

• flooding dmg which doesnt override burn

[stuck copper]

i don't get it. of course formi is good.

[wintry sonnet]

• barrage

[stuck copper]

do people really need a guide for that?

Yeah her damage becomes rather ridiculous

Btw

[wintry sonnet]

It's one thing to know she's good

[stuck copper]

The first skill

Is 12*240 damage

as if her skill set wasn't obvious lmao

[wintry sonnet]

it's another to understand why she's good

[cosmic pier]

gotta compare stuff or tierlist slaves dont get it

[stuck copper]

Yeah understanding why a unit is good

Allows you to play to their strengths more

[wintry sonnet]

I mean lest you forget we were discussing on day 1 if the albacore is even worth equipping

[stuck copper]

Yeah after all it does gimp the standard damage

But knowing the barrage is worth

Makes it actually worth using

[wintry sonnet]

it could've been the same trap as with Georgie

where the gun is only really good if you're using her for trash mobbing

[stuck copper]

which is most of the battles

[wintry sonnet]

not if you use her for boss comp

you generally dont want your boss comp fighting trash

since you know, you're likely gonna be running more ships there

[stuck copper]

Well the thing with KGV

She does a lot of damage with her gun

But if a fight extends too long

The 406 will outdamage it

Over time

i just took issue with the idea that mobbing is somehow less important than boss killing

[wintry sonnet]

It isn't

[stuck copper]

having a carrier with her skills in w12+ is a freaking boon

[wintry sonnet]

not sure what gave you the idea that's what I was implying

[stuck copper]

Tbf

The guy in the vid

Saying that Litt is not that great because she can't boss

Despite the fact

[wintry sonnet]

I was just saying, trash mobbing and boss killing are 2 different jobs

[stuck copper]

Her second skill

Is literally for mobbing

got it

Like 20% FP for the first 3 battles

If you only do the boss fight

That's a huge waste of it's power

[wintry sonnet]

eh, you dont really need that 20% fp for first 3 battles tho

[stuck copper]

Except

[wintry sonnet]

esp ch 12

[stuck copper]

Every bit of FP and things dying quicker

[wintry sonnet]

where most trash doesnt have the tankiness to survive

[stuck copper]

Means less hp lost

Means faster fights

[wintry sonnet]

I mean sure but if you can already 1shot them

then 20% extra fp is moot

you can't kill something harder than 1 shot

[stuck copper]

Funny thing though btw aquan

I was like before she came out

"Gonna oath Formi"

Turns out she's op

[wintry sonnet]

I need more time with her before I make that choice

[stuck copper]

I expected her to be about Lusty level

Not better than Enty level

[wintry sonnet]

tbh it was about time HMS got a legit strong carrier to use

[stuck copper]

I do agree there

[wintry sonnet]

Lusty and Vicky are good, but they're kinda niche in their use

[stuck copper]

Their CV's are really lacking

Poor Vicky never really saw the limelight

[wintry sonnet]

actually

[stuck copper]

imho she is at least centaur level. not sure about the damage yet, but the rest of her skills easily make up for a potential lack.

[wintry sonnet]

pair up formi with Sirius

[stuck copper]

Well let's be honest

The fact she has enty damage + the fact she can stop botes

Alone puts her top tier

Then there's her third skill aswell

Which increases fleet survivability to boot

have you compared 120 stats yet?

Yeah

Stat wise she's like

[wintry sonnet]

413 avi at 120

[stuck copper]

Around Vicky / Lusty area

Kind of a mix between

[wintry sonnet]

she's 20 behind Essex in avi stat

[stuck copper]

Then she has a perma 15% buff

[wintry sonnet]

17 behind enty

[stuck copper]

that's not much

• access to the strongest fleet buffs existing

[wintry sonnet]

yeah the selfbuff basically removes the stat difference

[stuck copper]

Aka QE, Sirius

And that kind of dealio

[wintry sonnet]

heck it outright makes her stat higher

• you can forego a fighter and use a dive bomber

meaning you got 3 plane slots to do dmg with

[stuck copper]

Yeah the fact she has Dive, Torp, Torp

Means she has a ton of damage potential

• Barrage

[wintry sonnet]

tho it seems she doesnt get a + 1 dive bomber

[stuck copper]

Then if you went something like Sirius + QE

That's like 40% + Avi

Alone

And considering her already high damage

That just boosts it into another level

i don't have space for QE, but sirius is on my list

QE would need a kai for me to pick her

[wintry sonnet]

I mean QE's there more as a support for other ships to drop the damage

she just had the unfortunate experience of being released before they decided to go yolo with nagato

[stuck copper]

Also Curlew Kai also gives 15% too

• Centaur

doesnt matter. i already run a carrier and a healer

So if you add it all up

70%

Aviation damage increase

[wintry sonnet]

isn't it curlew kai tho

[stuck copper]

Yeah that's what I said

[wintry sonnet]

no you didn't

I can read

honest

[stuck copper]

Lol

But yeah 70% avi

[wintry sonnet]

also nope

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Double steam cata

[wintry sonnet]

fucking certificates for voting

still rando

[stuck copper]

Woke damage

[wintry sonnet]

just finished C3 run, no certi

[stuck copper]

i feel QE's buff loses in importance as power creep gives us stronger individual units

The thing is

QE

She's a force multiplier

FOR said strong units

That's like the purpose you use her

To make everything else more op

[wintry sonnet]

I mean it's not like she doesn't do any dmg herself

[stuck copper]

Yeah she's a solid BB by herself

But her main gimmick is first and foremost

so for w13, i am going to bring sandy kai, which gains nothing

To make an op fleet more op

vestal, which basically gains nothing either

Cal

We're talking about HMS here

okay

Why would you use QE in anything but HMS lol

[wintry sonnet]

also, pretty sure Monarch's one of top recommended for Taihou battle

[stuck copper]

That just doesn't make sense period

[wintry sonnet]

so that alone would imply HMS

[stuck copper]

well, to buff centaur and formi lol

But

You could use Sirius

If you weren't going to do that

Or Curlew Kai later

correct

Like you wouldn't use a faction restricted bote

In those scenarios

[wintry sonnet]

dont forget also

mewoficers

[stuck copper]

Those too

[wintry sonnet]

there's 2 specific ones that are basically made to be RN buffers

[stuck copper]

my focus right now is very narrow

This is why I said in terms of sheer buff damage capability

Formi has probably the highest

Of any bote right now

Cause the fact that QE's stacks on top of most

[wintry sonnet]

I mean flooding damage alone's already big to me personally

[stuck copper]

Same for sirius too

[wintry sonnet]

since it's an extra dot on top of burning

[stuck copper]

Yar

The fact as well she can basically be timed

With BB's

So that you land their salvos too

[wintry sonnet]

and on top of her damage capabilities she also has heavy armor + damage reduction skill

[stuck copper]

Yeah heavy armour + damage red is huge

[wintry sonnet]

so she's an all-rounder

can do dmg, can do slow debuff, can do dmg reduction

[stuck copper]

She's essentially

The Essex of HMS

Which for me who uses CV's HMS

Is very happy about

To see a good CV

Btw Aquan

I found it kind of funny

How the number of skills go up with each lusty class

Will the next be 4

[wintry sonnet]

depends

I mean I'm still waiting to see if the devs are gonna be history virgins

and only do retrofits on ships that had em historically

[stuck copper]

Lol

That will be interesting

[wintry sonnet]

cause Prinz and Lusty are long overdue a retro

[stuck copper]

Agreed

Btw

I saw something funny

"She even has Essex beat in terms of description length"

[wintry sonnet]

unsurprising considering that 2 out of 3 skills you gotta scroll to read entirety of

and even the 3rd one just barely fits in

[stuck copper]

Lol

I'm really glad I kept my ring for her

She's such a cutie

Even her lines are amazing too

[wintry sonnet]

oof

savage

[stuck copper]

Yikes

Completely destroyed

[wintry sonnet]

oh, I got lime and bisha from event catboxes

[stuck copper]

Nice one man

[wintry sonnet]

both dupes, but hopefully Bisha's good

the one I have has garbo skillset

[stuck copper]

How many cats you have now?

[wintry sonnet]

as in total including dupes, or how many out of 8

[stuck copper]

How many out of 8

[wintry sonnet]

I'm missing Justice

[stuck copper]

Ahh

I'm missing Steel personally

[wintry sonnet]

and I suppose I'm missing Pound

because of how abysmal her skills are

[stuck copper]

Lol

Tbf for me it's good cause well

I use HMS

So no problems there

[wintry sonnet]

started off so well with the 1st skil

[stuck copper]

Oof

[wintry sonnet]

then it went to shit

[cosmic pier]

i have like 10 pounds
but idk where i put em
so i guess im missing pound too

[wintry sonnet]

oh shit

[stuck copper]

Mine isn't too bad

[wintry sonnet]

ender's not a mod anymore

oh wait it's just rei

[cosmic pier]

wat

[stuck copper]

Has Tireless Warrior

Main fleet AA + BB FP

So it's alright at least

[cosmic pier]

how'd you confuse me for ender

[wintry sonnet]

actually, the dupe lime might be helpful too

[cosmic pier]

[wintry sonnet]

she's not tragic, but she lacks focus

[stuck copper]

That's not too bad actually

Yeah it's a bit all over

[wintry sonnet]

at least the 3rd one is bb fp

so it works with her main skill

RN buff's also fp

[stuck copper]

Mine is FP + Crit for BB, Royal Navy buff and Main Fleet AA

[wintry sonnet]

actually, my takemaru is... interesting

on one hand she's actually got a really good set

but

she basically goes all out on IJN cruiser torps

[stuck copper]

Lol

[wintry sonnet]

with vanguard accuracy cuz why not

[stuck copper]

Ibuki woke

[wintry sonnet]

yeah that's what I was thinking of

this is a godly combo for Ibuki/jintsuu combo

[cosmic pier]

i mean you can just pop the generic metaslav bossfleet with it

[wintry sonnet]

I mean, yes and no

the IJN skill is torp, avi and eva, so yeah it'll work with foxes or cranes

and even aya will get some benefits

on the + side she's a command cat so at least you can pair her up

[stuck copper]

Yeah the issue I find with SR cats

Is that they're the only ones with real command skills

[wintry sonnet]

bunny's an elite with command cat skills, but

Bunny's one of them preemptive strike cats

[stuck copper]

Yar

[wintry sonnet]

• she requires a dd in front

to really function well

[cosmic pier]

a cat names

names

ugh

[stuck copper]

Which instantly limits botes

[cosmic pier]

named

bunny

[stuck copper]

Yeah we don't question their naming sense

Like Edelweiss for example doesn't make sense

[wintry sonnet]

Bunny, beer, Potato

[stuck copper]

When the cat is literally brown

[wintry sonnet]

Eagle

[stuck copper]

edelweiß is a german word

[cosmic pier]

back in rift i tried naming my raptor 'raven'

[stuck copper]

Yes I know it is

[cosmic pier]

it was invalid

[stuck copper]

It also means proud / white

[wintry sonnet]

Edelweiss is actually pretty fitting for a cat name

[stuck copper]

And it's a brown cat

it's also fairly popular amongst the bad ones

[wintry sonnet]

kinda waste edel buffs submarines tho

[stuck copper]

Like if the cat was at least white

It'd make more sense

Thematically

i think there was a nazi band called that or something. not sure. i don't research that stuff.

[wintry sonnet]

I mean not waste that we have him buffing subs, but with Edelweiss you'd kinda thing he'd buff aviation and shti

[stuck copper]

I wish I had steel so I could buff that hunting range to woke levels

[cosmic pier]

can i get some F's for poor gral

[stuck copper]

Who dat?

Is basically the appropriate response

[wintry sonnet]

my steel turned out almost perfect

[stuck copper]

the rei of cats

Lol

[wintry sonnet]

2 ss torp buffs and accuracy buff

which isn't as great, but I guess couple accuracy won't hurt

[stuck copper]

That's pretty gnarly though

[cosmic pier]

gral is mikasa

doesnt exist

[stuck copper]

Accuracy is always useful

[cosmic pier]

[wintry sonnet]

gral is a meme

[stuck copper]

Sub damage again always useful

Not much that subs need honestly

[wintry sonnet]

well

[stuck copper]

Since hp is like

[wintry sonnet]

I had a choice between one with accuracy

and one that had the same skills but instead accuracy it gave hp

[stuck copper]

Well they want to be there for like about 30 secs anyway

[wintry sonnet]

so out of the 2, accuracy seemed more useful

[stuck copper]

So generally

Anything to improve their damage

Even slightly is basically all subs need

[wintry sonnet]

funny thing

so far, out of all the faction cats

german ones are almost exclusively the best ones I have skillset wise

[stuck copper]

LOL

Funny thing is

For me

It's the HMS ones

That are really good

razzle

razzle did u get formidable yet

[cosmic pier]

no steel life be like

[stuck copper]

I have all 4 of the botes

pog

Including Litt

i love illustrious class

[wintry sonnet]

when gral has to pretend to be edelweiss

to get used

[stuck copper]

his purpose is to be eaten by superior cats

The sad part is too

Gral is literally

Just there till one gets Steel

To be forever replaced

[wintry sonnet]

I mean enough said, until EN got their meowficers

Gral wasn't even added on wiki

[stuck copper]

LOL

[wintry sonnet]

[stuck copper]

Disliked that much

No one wants to be the person to write it down